On a recount of last chapter, we left Takato in the dusty floor of a weird
dimension (X-files music plays) . . .with a paper on his face and don't we
want to know what it says?
West
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Ch. 2 - The Others
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As he stood up, he took the paper and read:
Wanted The Digimon Queen and her Outlaw Gang
Reward D$10, 000
His jaw just dropped . . .Outlaws? Digimon Queen? It had to be another person . . . Though to his surprise when he looked at the picture it was . . . indeed Rika with a black cowboy hat and suit, on each of her sides were . . . well, Kenta and Kazu also in cowboy outfits with a smirk that would make you believe they were twice as smart, and, behind each of the tamers was their correspondent Digimon.
Takato couldn't believe his eyes, when he looked up from the paper he met a nummemon gazing at him. The nummemon was sitting in a rocking chair and was wearing a little white hat to match his size, a red bandana around his, 'neck', if you will, and a tiny gold star pinned to his bandana, which read: Sheriff Ass. (It's short for ASSISTANT you pervy people)
"Gives ya the willies aren't it? Yep but let me tell ya somethen' if I ever meet face to face with that 'Queenie' hah" he let out a small crackle and proudly looked down at his golden star.
"I'd give her a lesson, hash, hash" Takato looked at him weirdly doubting this to be true, then looked around him to find himself in the balcony of a small wooden house.
"Listen... you... you must be mistaken; they're not bad, they're my friends..." Big mistake.
"What!? You, they, friends?! And I thought you a nice young laddie!!! Hands up hoodlum' why .those freakish clothes of yours said somethin'!!" He shrieked and, as from nowhere he prepared to throw a spitball at him.
"AHHHHHHHH" shrieked Takato in disgust. "Aright kidder, time's up..." But at that moment a catastrophic mix of braking glass, some yelps and what appeared to be mini explosions interrupted him.
"Why those gangsters!!" The sheriff ass. nummemon cried as he and some other fifty that just appeared, sped of in the direction of the noise, which happened to be the southernmost part of the town.
Takato, without any hesitation followed the odd little group, and as they got there he saw some people standing in the middle of the road just gazing into the same direction in which Takato was running.
"Sheriff Henry sir, did those buzzards strike again?" The nummemon sheriff ass. asked concerned. The people started to turn around as the cloud of dust indicating the attacker's departure started to clear.
Takato stopped as if frozen; did he say 'Sheriff Henry'?? As the person in the middle turned around, it was definitely Henry Wong in a common white cowboy suit, Terriermon on his head and a big large golden star on him that stated 'Sheriff'. Jury and Ryo were next to him with cyberdramon on Ryo's side .what, wait!! Ok this was just a bit too freaky! Jury was smiling and Ryo had a confident smirk on his face while the Sheriff just smiled joyfully until he came upon Takato.
"I SEE DEAD PEOPLE!!!!!" Terriermon cried horrified, for he had spotted him too.
"What it, it can't be... Ta, Takato?" Henry started coming towards him, Jury covered her mouth with her hand and Ryo's jaw dropped; they just stood there petrified.
"My God, Takato, we thought you were long gone!"
"Yeah after what those outlaws told us, we thought we'd never see you again, how they must have tortured you and made you ware those awful clothes!" Jury said looking at him.
"Long gone, tortured?" Takato gulped. And, ok so his clothes weren't the latest fashion but that didn't make them lame either and he was getting this from someone in a cowboy outfit? But this was surely the time to neglect that thought.
"What do you mean? Where am I?" He had the feeling these people weren't the Tamers he knew. ('¬.¬ Nah)
"Shame, It altered his memory" Ryo said sadly shaking his head.
"Huh? Listen, I don't know who you are or why I am here but . . . the last thing I remember is that I was at Guilmon's hut and my clone pushed me in the hole and I fell from the sky..." He stopped to look at the astonished faces.
Jury started shaking her head felling a bit worried about her 'dislocated' friend. Taking some breath Takato came up with the most reasonable explanation at that moment.
"Ok, think that I am not the Takato you think I am and you aren't the 'you' that I think you are, I know it sounds confusing but my memory has not been altered!" Takato said nervously glancing at Ryo who just squinted.
"Well, let's talk it over shall we?" Henry suggested, pointing at one of the wooden houses.
***********Meanwhile**********
In their hideout; the largest house in town, a different town that is, a large structure worthy of a highly ranked person-a sheriff-. That is where our "outlaw" gang lies.
"Gee Chief-o, they're getting better, we gotta admit they're really getting better, next time they might even get us..." Kazu was saying laying back on his chair on their little meeting.
"Is that supposed to be funny? Because let me tell you this, since they got Ryo after the Matsuki boy disappeared, we haven't won a single battle and let me remind you whose fault that is?" said Rika as she bolted up from her chair and smashed her fists on the table.
Kazu and Kenta gulped and looked at each other. Kenta fixed his glasses and continued: "Yes, but, you couldn't beat him either, don't blame it on us" Kazu totally agreed on this, Rika didn't seem happy with his defiance. "Well then come up with the solution egghead!!" She then stood up and stormed out of the room.
When they were sure that she was nowhere close they started they're own little conversation.
"Just great, what'll we do now?" Kazu asked fribbling with his hair. "Precisely" Kenta stood up; in his 'I have an idea' pose "I have an idea!! All we have to do is get the real sheriff's assistant ya know, Takato." Kenta nodded in agreement with himself.
Kazu didn't look too pleased "Ah. didn't he disappear or something?" Kazu asked unsurely. "That's the reason they got Ryo in the first place, If we bring him back we won't have to worry about Ryo anymore!!!" Kenta yelped joyfully Kazu had finally understood.
"Yes, yes now all we do is tell boss-o our solution, gee, you really are an egghead!" He said taking it as a compliment and patting Kenta on the back receiving a cold-blooded glare.
As they were about to get in action, Rika stepped in the room, she didn't seem as raving as before, yet sighed at the sight of them. "Well thank God at least I have a well functioning brain and have come up with a plan."
"Oh, but egghead here and I have a plan too!!" Kazu said in a matter-of- fact way.
"Ok you drop the name and you, I mean Boss, I have come up with a plan!" Kenta bragged, he coughed loudly and continued: "We must find Takato Matsuki, return him to the Sheriff that way Ryo will no longer be needed and shall leave, and we will have our way on the highway!" Kazu had been nodding with every word Kenta had said while Rika buried her face in her hand; her eye was twitching with annoyance. She raised her head to speak.
"And, just, where, oh brainfull one, shall we find Matsuki? I mean we couldn't just go off in a wild crusade to find him could we? I mean where to start? The plains? The beach? . . . . . . I've heard Mountains are nice!!" She ended up quite irritated and scowling at both. Kazu just looked at Kenta whose self-esteem was evaporated.
"So this is the real plan, what we do is use the elements of surprise and time, we will attack early in the morning that way..." She stopped in awe to see Kazu sitting in his chair raising his hand as high as he could, kinda like a little kindergartner. 'Pathetic, just pathetic' annoyance wasn't the word she was looking for, more like infuriation.
-Yes?- -Um, when you said early just how early?- -Quite early.- -Exactly?- -Agh! Around 3:00 am- -3:00 AM!!! But, but.- -We'll be sleepy!- Kenta burst in.
"Well, what a freken' shame!!!" Why, oh why did she put up with these idiots no, idiots was too much for these *beeeep*!!! (wanna keep it PG people) She stood up; she didn't need them dead, for now. "I'll, I'll be out for a while" She said in a deadly tone. She had to go outside to get some fresh air and reprise her anger with an innocent rock or something.
As she went out she passed Tankmon and Marineangemon who where on duty and playing cards (which was very difficult for tankmon couldn't grab a card and Marineangemon just threw bubbles at them). A few paces later she was met by Renamon who was in one of her famous poses with her eyes closed, and as she opened them she made one of the worst questions possible.
"Troubled?"
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At least longer than the last chapter, so I guess most of you already know why this story is called 'West' (except for the s-l-o-w people out there). Up to now I believe many questions are popping in your head. ¿What is this place? ¿Why is he there? ¿Who are these people? ¿What about the 'other' Takato? ¿Will we ever find out many others answers as well? I already know these enigmas, at least most of them...okay some of them. But as I have said before it will all come in due time. But, I do not leave you in infinite suspense, no! I leave you on a mission, the exiting task of . . . reviewing, yes! Do so please! I only want 5 for this cahppie. (But, hell, if you want to put more, I mean, flourish yourselves reviewing! Good for you!)
West
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Ch. 2 - The Others
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As he stood up, he took the paper and read:
Wanted The Digimon Queen and her Outlaw Gang
Reward D$10, 000
His jaw just dropped . . .Outlaws? Digimon Queen? It had to be another person . . . Though to his surprise when he looked at the picture it was . . . indeed Rika with a black cowboy hat and suit, on each of her sides were . . . well, Kenta and Kazu also in cowboy outfits with a smirk that would make you believe they were twice as smart, and, behind each of the tamers was their correspondent Digimon.
Takato couldn't believe his eyes, when he looked up from the paper he met a nummemon gazing at him. The nummemon was sitting in a rocking chair and was wearing a little white hat to match his size, a red bandana around his, 'neck', if you will, and a tiny gold star pinned to his bandana, which read: Sheriff Ass. (It's short for ASSISTANT you pervy people)
"Gives ya the willies aren't it? Yep but let me tell ya somethen' if I ever meet face to face with that 'Queenie' hah" he let out a small crackle and proudly looked down at his golden star.
"I'd give her a lesson, hash, hash" Takato looked at him weirdly doubting this to be true, then looked around him to find himself in the balcony of a small wooden house.
"Listen... you... you must be mistaken; they're not bad, they're my friends..." Big mistake.
"What!? You, they, friends?! And I thought you a nice young laddie!!! Hands up hoodlum' why .those freakish clothes of yours said somethin'!!" He shrieked and, as from nowhere he prepared to throw a spitball at him.
"AHHHHHHHH" shrieked Takato in disgust. "Aright kidder, time's up..." But at that moment a catastrophic mix of braking glass, some yelps and what appeared to be mini explosions interrupted him.
"Why those gangsters!!" The sheriff ass. nummemon cried as he and some other fifty that just appeared, sped of in the direction of the noise, which happened to be the southernmost part of the town.
Takato, without any hesitation followed the odd little group, and as they got there he saw some people standing in the middle of the road just gazing into the same direction in which Takato was running.
"Sheriff Henry sir, did those buzzards strike again?" The nummemon sheriff ass. asked concerned. The people started to turn around as the cloud of dust indicating the attacker's departure started to clear.
Takato stopped as if frozen; did he say 'Sheriff Henry'?? As the person in the middle turned around, it was definitely Henry Wong in a common white cowboy suit, Terriermon on his head and a big large golden star on him that stated 'Sheriff'. Jury and Ryo were next to him with cyberdramon on Ryo's side .what, wait!! Ok this was just a bit too freaky! Jury was smiling and Ryo had a confident smirk on his face while the Sheriff just smiled joyfully until he came upon Takato.
"I SEE DEAD PEOPLE!!!!!" Terriermon cried horrified, for he had spotted him too.
"What it, it can't be... Ta, Takato?" Henry started coming towards him, Jury covered her mouth with her hand and Ryo's jaw dropped; they just stood there petrified.
"My God, Takato, we thought you were long gone!"
"Yeah after what those outlaws told us, we thought we'd never see you again, how they must have tortured you and made you ware those awful clothes!" Jury said looking at him.
"Long gone, tortured?" Takato gulped. And, ok so his clothes weren't the latest fashion but that didn't make them lame either and he was getting this from someone in a cowboy outfit? But this was surely the time to neglect that thought.
"What do you mean? Where am I?" He had the feeling these people weren't the Tamers he knew. ('¬.¬ Nah)
"Shame, It altered his memory" Ryo said sadly shaking his head.
"Huh? Listen, I don't know who you are or why I am here but . . . the last thing I remember is that I was at Guilmon's hut and my clone pushed me in the hole and I fell from the sky..." He stopped to look at the astonished faces.
Jury started shaking her head felling a bit worried about her 'dislocated' friend. Taking some breath Takato came up with the most reasonable explanation at that moment.
"Ok, think that I am not the Takato you think I am and you aren't the 'you' that I think you are, I know it sounds confusing but my memory has not been altered!" Takato said nervously glancing at Ryo who just squinted.
"Well, let's talk it over shall we?" Henry suggested, pointing at one of the wooden houses.
***********Meanwhile**********
In their hideout; the largest house in town, a different town that is, a large structure worthy of a highly ranked person-a sheriff-. That is where our "outlaw" gang lies.
"Gee Chief-o, they're getting better, we gotta admit they're really getting better, next time they might even get us..." Kazu was saying laying back on his chair on their little meeting.
"Is that supposed to be funny? Because let me tell you this, since they got Ryo after the Matsuki boy disappeared, we haven't won a single battle and let me remind you whose fault that is?" said Rika as she bolted up from her chair and smashed her fists on the table.
Kazu and Kenta gulped and looked at each other. Kenta fixed his glasses and continued: "Yes, but, you couldn't beat him either, don't blame it on us" Kazu totally agreed on this, Rika didn't seem happy with his defiance. "Well then come up with the solution egghead!!" She then stood up and stormed out of the room.
When they were sure that she was nowhere close they started they're own little conversation.
"Just great, what'll we do now?" Kazu asked fribbling with his hair. "Precisely" Kenta stood up; in his 'I have an idea' pose "I have an idea!! All we have to do is get the real sheriff's assistant ya know, Takato." Kenta nodded in agreement with himself.
Kazu didn't look too pleased "Ah. didn't he disappear or something?" Kazu asked unsurely. "That's the reason they got Ryo in the first place, If we bring him back we won't have to worry about Ryo anymore!!!" Kenta yelped joyfully Kazu had finally understood.
"Yes, yes now all we do is tell boss-o our solution, gee, you really are an egghead!" He said taking it as a compliment and patting Kenta on the back receiving a cold-blooded glare.
As they were about to get in action, Rika stepped in the room, she didn't seem as raving as before, yet sighed at the sight of them. "Well thank God at least I have a well functioning brain and have come up with a plan."
"Oh, but egghead here and I have a plan too!!" Kazu said in a matter-of- fact way.
"Ok you drop the name and you, I mean Boss, I have come up with a plan!" Kenta bragged, he coughed loudly and continued: "We must find Takato Matsuki, return him to the Sheriff that way Ryo will no longer be needed and shall leave, and we will have our way on the highway!" Kazu had been nodding with every word Kenta had said while Rika buried her face in her hand; her eye was twitching with annoyance. She raised her head to speak.
"And, just, where, oh brainfull one, shall we find Matsuki? I mean we couldn't just go off in a wild crusade to find him could we? I mean where to start? The plains? The beach? . . . . . . I've heard Mountains are nice!!" She ended up quite irritated and scowling at both. Kazu just looked at Kenta whose self-esteem was evaporated.
"So this is the real plan, what we do is use the elements of surprise and time, we will attack early in the morning that way..." She stopped in awe to see Kazu sitting in his chair raising his hand as high as he could, kinda like a little kindergartner. 'Pathetic, just pathetic' annoyance wasn't the word she was looking for, more like infuriation.
-Yes?- -Um, when you said early just how early?- -Quite early.- -Exactly?- -Agh! Around 3:00 am- -3:00 AM!!! But, but.- -We'll be sleepy!- Kenta burst in.
"Well, what a freken' shame!!!" Why, oh why did she put up with these idiots no, idiots was too much for these *beeeep*!!! (wanna keep it PG people) She stood up; she didn't need them dead, for now. "I'll, I'll be out for a while" She said in a deadly tone. She had to go outside to get some fresh air and reprise her anger with an innocent rock or something.
As she went out she passed Tankmon and Marineangemon who where on duty and playing cards (which was very difficult for tankmon couldn't grab a card and Marineangemon just threw bubbles at them). A few paces later she was met by Renamon who was in one of her famous poses with her eyes closed, and as she opened them she made one of the worst questions possible.
"Troubled?"
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At least longer than the last chapter, so I guess most of you already know why this story is called 'West' (except for the s-l-o-w people out there). Up to now I believe many questions are popping in your head. ¿What is this place? ¿Why is he there? ¿Who are these people? ¿What about the 'other' Takato? ¿Will we ever find out many others answers as well? I already know these enigmas, at least most of them...okay some of them. But as I have said before it will all come in due time. But, I do not leave you in infinite suspense, no! I leave you on a mission, the exiting task of . . . reviewing, yes! Do so please! I only want 5 for this cahppie. (But, hell, if you want to put more, I mean, flourish yourselves reviewing! Good for you!)