"The Detectives Kamiya: Backstabbing Brits," written by Freedom Fighter
Summary: Tai and Kari head to London, after Mina has identified the person
who killed the siblings' mother. Before they can apprehend the guy, the two
are wrapped in a Scotland Yard scandal of epic proportions! Well, at least
for the three officers involved...
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this fanfic.
Rating: R, contains profane language, violence, and implied sexual situations
(though not all may be present in each episode). Do not read this if you are
too young or you are against reading fanfics that contain this type of stuff.
Part 2 of the first story arc of the season is here at last! Read on...
******
London, England
As soon as the showerhead began spewing water into the tub, only one thing was
going through Kari's mind as the cleansing drops of liquid pelted her from
top to bottom.
"After ten long years... it's come down to this..."
Kari stood there in the tub, as if she were a statue. The shower was not only
cleaning her body, but her mind as well. Only one thing mattered to her right
now, and that was finally avenging her mother's death.
"He's right here... he's within reach..."
More silence followed as the only sounds filling the room were coming from
the water itself.
"And yet... we can't get to him..."
======
Out in the main room, Agumon and Gatomon continued to introduce themselves
to the television shows of the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, Tai had since
gotten off the phone with Matt and was now dialing another number.
"I've got no choice," he said aloud. "I have to make this call."
After dialing, Tai sat there by the phone and waited for someone on the other
end to pick up.
======
On said other end...
This time, the phone is mounted to the wall. But like it was with Matt, the
phone rings again and again without anyone coming to answer.
Suddenly, a bedroom door opens and light pours out from it.
"But we weren't done yet!" came the voice of a male.
Naturally, it was followed by a female's. "Business before pleasure! You'll
get what's coming to you anyway, so just sit tight, you worrywart!"
After closing the door and making the light disappear, a female dressed in
a purple nightrobe comes out and finally answers the telephone.
"Hello?"
"Yolei! Whew... for a moment there I thought you were asleep already!"
Yolei takes the cordless receiver and heads over to her purse to search for
something. Seconds later, she pulls out the timer that she had started
earlier in the day to time when the Kamiyas would have called her back.
"Well Tai, I wasn't. But I was kinda busy."
Yolei squints her eyes, as she is not wearing her glasses. The timer still
reads 54 minutes and 22 seconds... 21 seconds... 20 seconds...
"Busy? Busy doing what?"
"Oh... just having a little fun," Yolei replied with a giggle. "Why? Are
you jealous?"
"As much as I'd love to reassure you, there's something that has to be taken
care of first."
"Ah yes... of course. According to my timer, you're about an hour or so
early."
"Wha?"
"Well, I was expecting that you'd call me back 12 hours after you hung up on
me in India... but I was off by an hour, it seems."
"Who cares about that? What I care about is booking this guy once and for
all!"
"Oh," Yolei squealed, now getting into full informant mode. "I see. Well...
you know the drill. Tell me what you're looking for and I'll find it!"
"How much this time?" Tai asked, afraid of the answer.
"Depends. I can give you an estimate right now. You still want me to tap
into the military's computers and find out if Japan really is receiving
security secrets from London?"
"Yeah, sure. Also, see if you can get me any information on his two lackeys.
Mina should've sent you the pictures a few hours ago."
"Okay... this is gonna take awhile. It may be another 12 hours or so."
"Whatever. Just how much is this gonna set me back?"
Yolei started to compute her fee charges in her mind. In seconds, she was
able to come up with an answer.
"35,000 yen ought to be enough. After all, this is the military's computer
system we're talking about. It'll be a hassle just to get in, not to mention
what will happen to me if I get caught hacking..."
"Okay okay, just do it! I'll figure out some way to pay you."
"Perfecto! You can count on me! I've never failed to deliver the goods!"
"You'd better if you expect to get paid."
"Just leave it to me! I've got everything under control."
Yolei then hung up the phone, quickly tossed aside her nightgown, and ran
buck naked back to her room.
******
(Begin theme song - Limp Bizkit's "Boiler")
The siren of an ambulance wails in the background. Younger versions of Tai
and Kari are standing with their father and a hundred other mourners, all
dressed in black. A gravestone marked with their family last name, Kamiya, is
on it. Kari weeps openly into her brother's arms as a coffin is slowly lowered
into a hole in the ground and then promptly buried in dirt.
Now in present time, Tai, dressed in a gray suit with matching pants along
with a white buttoned long sleeve shirt and plain orange tie, walks out of a
police station. Kari is walking next to him, wearing the same clothes as her
older brother, with the exception of a knee-length skirt in place of pants.
Meanwhile, the title screen appears...
"The Detectives Kamiya"
Starring Tai Kamiya...
Tai laughs as he chats with an Indian girl.
Kari Kamiya...
Kari drives up to a house in her Honda Prelude.
Also Starring Matt Ishida as the Chief...
Matt fills out some paperwork at his desk, which has a framed picture of TK
on it.
And Yolei Inoue as the Informant...
Yolei pulls a white and black one-piece swimsuit out of her closet.
Fanfic Written and Edited by Freedom Fighter...
In one scene, Kari is seen handcuffing Davis' arms behind his back. In
another, Tai and Sora are grappling with each other. And in a third, Greymon
and Gatomon are digivolving to MetalGreymon and Angewomon, respectively.
As the song comes to an end, Tai and Kari stand in front of their mother's
grave. Kari sheds a tear as she places a bouquet of flowers next to the
tombstone. Tai hugs his little sister as he looks up to the sky, knowing that
their mother is now in a better place.
(End theme song)
******
Season 2, Episode 4 - Backstabbing Brits, Part 2 (05.03.03)
Slipping on his shoes and stuffing his wallet in the back of his pants, Tai
headed for the door.
"Where ya going, Tai?" asked Agumon.
"To find a bank," the elder Kamiya replied. "I gotta find a way to pay Yolei for
the information she's getting for us."
With that, Tai left, closing the door behind him and leaving the Digimon to
watch TV. Tai made his way to the elevator lobby. There, he pressed the down
button and waited for an elevator car to arrive. It didn't take long, as in
15 seconds he was in and on the way downstairs.
But just as he had left, the other elevator car had opened up on the floor the
group was staying on. Two men, with bonnet masks over their heads and dressed
in black sweaters and leather pants, exited and made their way down the hall.
"Are you sure about this?" the man in front, whom we'll dub 'A,' asked.
"They're Japanese!" the other, whom we'll call 'B,' replied.
"So?"
"What do you mean 'So?' Don't you know how smart the Japanese are?"
"Um... no."
'B' slapped 'A' upside the head. "They're the technological geniuses of the
world, idiot!"
"So, you thinking about kidnapping those two Japanese tourists that your friend
told you were in here?"
'B' replied as the two stopped and squatted down next to the door of the room
the Kamiyas were staying in.
"It's harder to get away with kidnapping! A simple theft will suffice. I'm sure
they've got a PDA or laptop or something worth pawning for cash!"
"And what if they don't?"
"Then we'll just do it old school. Euros, credit cards, checkbooks, jewelry...
the whole she-bang."
'B' produced a keycard out of his shirt pocket. But before he could stick it
in the door's computer lock, 'A' stopped him.
"Wait, wait! Are you sure about doing this?"
"Don't tell me you're chickening out! Not after we've come this far!"
"Well... what if we get caught? What if there's someone in there?"
"If there's, we'll just fake that we're maintenance men, take a quick observation
of the room, leave, and come back later."
"Wow... you really planned this out."
"I try. May I open the door now?"
"Go ahead."
'A' and 'B' stood up as 'B' inserted the keycard into the computer lock. A green
light blinks, unlocking the door and allowing them to get in.
======
Inside the room, just seconds before that...
"100 people surveyed, top five answers on the board," the game host on the TV
told the two team captains. "Name something that a person does while waiting
for the bus."
Both captains buzzed in, but the one on the host's right was slightly quicker
as she gave a response.
"Pick ye nose."
The host gave her an odd look, as the audience laughed. Gatomon rolled her eyes
in disgust.
"Why do they let idiots like these on game shows?" she asked Agumon.
"So we can make fun of them," Agumon replied. "Tai laughs at them all the time."
Suddenly, they heard the door open. A gruff voice shouted in from the doorway.
"Housekeeping! Is anyone here?"
Agumon was about to answer, but he looked over to Gatomon, who was shaking her
head. Gatomon immediately froze in place, sitting with her legs dangling over
the side of the bed. Agumon did the same just as 'A' and 'B' stepped in.
"Hmmm... the TV's on," 'A' commented.
'B' glanced at the Agumon and Gatomon before the sound of the shower running
in the bathroom distracted him.
"There's someone taking a shower," 'B' told 'A.'
"Aren't we gonna check who it is?"
"Why? Just leave the bloke be. We just have to be out of here before that
person gets out of the shower."
The two began to search the room for valuables and high-tech gizmos, unaware that
Agumon and Gatomon were moving their eyes around, observing every movement.
They wanted to figure out why these two strangers were in their room before
acting.
"I think I found a coin purse," 'A' shouted.
"Well, open it and see how much is inside!" 'B' told him.
Gatomon's eyes narrowed as she stealthily jumped off of the bed and tiptoed over
towards 'A' from the rear. Getting into position, Gatomon made her move. She
pounced on her target, leaping up and embedding her claws into the behind of 'A.'
"Yowch!" 'A' screamed, nearly leaping out of his pants.
"Shhhhhhh!" 'B' said to 'A,' putting a finger up to his mouth before noticing
that Gatomon was clinging to his partner's butt.
"This cat is alive!" 'A' started running all about.
"What the..." 'B' said as he looked on the bed and noticed that both of what he
thought were 'plush toys' were gone.
"Pepper Breath!"
'B' looked down at his feet just in time to see Agumon fire a mini-attack that
was enough to set a small part of his sweater on fire.
"Aahhh!" 'B' yelled, quickly patting the small flame with his hands to put it
out.
"What are these things?" 'A' asked, finally able to pry Gatomon off his rear.
"Our owners are more stronger than we are," Gatomon told them, "so you'd better
go before you find yourselves in a whole lot more trouble.
"Or do you want me to burn the rest of your clothes off?" Agumon told them,
seething.
"Let's get out of here!" 'A' said to 'B.'
"That's the first smart thing you've said all day!" exclaimed 'B.'
'A' and 'B' run out of the room and head back to the elevator as fast as their
feet would allow. They didn't dare look back, for fear that the two 'creatures'
they saw were following them. 'B' reached the lobby first and started pressing
the down button over and over again.
"Hurry up!" 'A' exclaimed.
"I can't make the elevator go faster, stupid!"
Finally, the elevator doors slid open. The two hopped in and immediately
pressed the button for the ground floor. They breathed a sigh of relief as the
doors closed and neither of those 'creatures' were coming after them.
As the doors to that car closed shut, the doors of the car next to it opened, as
Tai stepped out. He heard a room door close shut.
"I wonder what that was?" Tai asked aloud.
He made his way to the room, where he pulled out his keycard and slipped it into
the lock. The door opened, and he entered. Everything was just as he had left
it... Agumon and Gatomon were still watching TV, while Kari was still in the
shower.
Tai, nor Kari, had any idea what had just transpired. As far as Agumon and
Gatomon were concerned, that was fine by them, for the Kamiya had far more
important things to worry about.
******
The rest of the day passed without a hitch, as the foursome decided to sleep it
off. That was because they were still so tired because of jet lag, and the fact
that they had not received any news from either Matt or Yolei.
Night fell on the city of London, and all was quiet in the hotel. All except
for those residing in Room 309. Agumon and Gatomon were watching late night TV,
Tai was still trying to get another hour of sleep, and Kari was sitting at a
desk in the room, composing a plan for how to get their mother's killer out of
the hands of Scotland Yard and into theirs to be extradited back to Tokyo.
The digital clock that sat on the nightstand between the two beds read 1:05 when
the phone began to ring. Kari tried to hop over her bed to get to it first, but
Tai had been awakened by it and had already answered it.
"Good morrow to ya," came the happy voice of the chief, Matt.
"Wha?" stated a groggy Tai, not understanding the greeting.
"It's English, Tai. Good morrow means good morning!"
"Good morning indeed!" Tai looked at the clock. "It's one bloody a.m.!'
"Will you stop talking English and give me the phone?" Kari shouted.
Tai gave the phone to her sister, then turned the other way to sleep again.
"I'm wide awake, chief! What's up?"
"Finally," Matt breathed a sigh of relief, "someone sane."
"Sorry about Tai, sir. He's still getting used to not sleeping in his bed."
"Been sleeping all this time, huh? Then I guess you are now what I was about
half an hour ago."
"Huh?"
"I'd check the news if I were you, lass."
"Lass?" Kari seemed apprehensive of being given a nickname, but she looked at
Gatomon.
"Find me a news channel, Gatomon."
"Got it!"
Gatomon grabbed the remote control and started to change the channel. Agumon
just sat there, obviously having been bored out of his mind by late night TV in
London. Anyway, after about twenty clicks, Gatomon finally found a news channel.
An anchorman was on screen at the time, and by coincidence he was talking about
something that they needed to know.
"Just over a day after arresting three of their own officers and accusing them
of providing top secret security documents to government officials in Tokyo,
Scotland Yard released those very officers just after six this evening, London
time."
Kari, Agumon, and Gatomon gasped in tandem, loud enough to wake Tai from his
slumber and get him to throw a pillow at his sister.
"Tai!" Kari threw the pillow back at him. "Get up, 'cause you need to see this
too!"
"What?" Tai asked, frustrated as he sat up and glanced at the TV.
"The release doesn't mean they're completely scot-free. Mitsuo Yamaki, Reika
Ootori, and Megumi Onodera have been suspended indefinitely from Scotland Yard.
Further disciplinary actions, which may include a discharge from the force and
possible fines and jail time, are dependent upon the completion of the
investigation of their case. That could take a few days..."
"So they're out?" Tai asked out loud. "Well... I guess we'd better go find them
then."
"But it's the middle of the night," Kari said. "They're not going to be awake."
"So? We're members of the Tokyo police force!"
"That's exactly it, Tai. We're in London... this isn't our jurisdiction!"
"She's right," Matt stated from the receiver, agreeing with Kari.
"If it isn't our jurisdiction," Kari wondered, "then we'd have to go through
Scotland Yard and get them to arrest Yamaki, right?"
"That's right. We could then have him extradited to Japan to stand trial for
his part in the murder of your mother."
"But then that means we can't touch them?" Tai asked.
"You can talk to them for now. And don't worry about Scotland Yard... we're
working on the papers that will allow you to borrow any of their men if you need
them."
"How long will that take?"
"A couple of hours. I'd say by about eight o'clock your time. In the meantime,
you can plan out how you two are going to approach this."
Kari spoke up. "We've got it under control. We'll get him!"
"That's good to hear! I'll be waiting for word of your successful arrest,
detectives! Chief Ishida, out!"
Kari hung the phone up, leaving the foursome to begin drawing up plans for how
they were going to approach Yamaki in the morning.
======
A few hours later, the sun rises over the Thames River. Tai, Kari, Agumon, and
Gatomon are all eating breakfast, or actually lunch for them, when the phone
rang. Kari goes to answer it, and is this time greeted by the voice of Yolei.
"Hello! I've got the info you requested, hot off the presses!"
Kari covers the mouthpiece and looks at Tai.
"It's Yolei... you didn't agree to pay her, did you?"
"Let me talk to her!" Tai shouted, hopping over the bed.
Kari handed over the phone and mumbled, "You better not have used any money from
my bank account."
"Yolei? It's me, Tai."
From this point in the conversation on, the screen will alternate between Tai
in his hotel room in London and Yolei in her apartment in Tokyo, depending on
who is talking.
"I'm surprised you actually had the money to pay my fee," Yolei said, surprised.
"For what I had to spend, this information had better be the best!"
"It is! Don't worry your little head!"
"Little? It's not little, and I can prove it!"
"I didn't mean it that way! Sheesh... and people tell me that I'm the most
perverted person in Tokyo!"
"Just get on with it!"
"Okay... I did get into the military's computers, without getting caught, I might
add. I found out that someone from London has been sending transmissions of
top secret security measures in place. No wonder Scotland Yard was so tiffed...
one of the blueprints that was e-mailed to the Japanese government was of
Buckingham Palace!"
"What's that?"
"Don't you know your famous landmarks? England's royal family lives there!"
"I didn't come here to sightsee, Yolei. Look... just get to the good part. Did
our guy send the messages?"
"Unfortunately, a general account from Scotland Yard was used, so I can't be
sure. But someone in the Japanese government must have confirmed it, because
they were the ones who tipped off Scotland Yard itself to the e-mails."
"So our guy is now guilty of murder and treason."
"What about the two women that work with him? Reika Ootori and Megumi Onodera.
They may be involved too. After all, if they were arrested, they might know
something too."
"What will it take to confirm or unconfirm their involvement?"
"An hour, maybe two... and probably another 10,000 yen."
"You're crazy!"
"Of course, you could always find out yourself, but who knows how much danger
you'd be putting yourself into..."
Yolei never finished her sentence, because Tai had hung up on her.
"Well, if you didn't want my services, you could've just say no! Darn
cheapskate."
Now no longer on the phone, Tai relays the information to Kari and the Digimon.
"It's just as we thought. His two 'girlfriends' might be involved too."
"Then we'll have to split up. I'll talk to the two women, and you go after
Yamaki."
"Agumon, let's roll!" Tai shouted, heading for the door.
"Right behind you!" Agumon exclaimed.
"Wait, Tai! Do you even know where Yamaki lives?"
Tai and Agumon stopped in their tracks. "Um... no."
Kari shook her head and sighed. "We have to go to Scotland Yard and get the
addresses. We can see if Matt told them about us already, as well as see if
they'll lend us any help."
"We also can't enter their houses without search warrants," added Gatomon.
"Well, let's get going then!" Tai pulled Kari towards the door, and Agumon did
the same with Gatomon. "If we just stand around here, they might fly the coop!"
======
After reporting to Scotland Yard to get search warrants and any help, Tai/Agumon
and Kari/Gatomon split ways. Neither had Yard officers with them, but each pair
was given a walkie talkie to communicate with fellow officers. All of the
officers on duty were briefed one way or another, and were at the Kamiyas'
disposal if needed.
For the moment, we'll follow Tai and Agumon, who are making their way towards
Yamaki's house. It doesn't take them long to find it by taxi.
"Looks like this is the place," Tai told Agumon.
"Yep," Agumon nodded. "It all ends here."
"Get ready to attack just in case he tries to pull something."
Tai rang the doorbell. He and Agumon waited patiently for someone to answer,
but no one came to the door. Tai rang it over and over again, up to nine times.
"Guess no one's home," Agumon said, turning to walk away.
"Not so fast," Tai cut in, stopping Agumon. "We can still get in."
"How?"
Tai reached into his pants pocket and pulled out... a bobby pin.
"It's good to have a sister sometimes," he remarked as he began to pick the lock.
"Won't Kari miss that?" Agumon asked.
"Naaaa... she's got plenty of pins for her hair. Though why she needs so many...
I'll never understand."
Tai then hears the lock click, and he turns the knob.
"Bingo!" Tai said as he repocketed the pin.
None of the lights in the house were on, but the sunlight from the windows was
bright enough to see from one end of the room to the other. Once Tai and Agumon
were inside, they closed the door.
"Hello?" someone yelled from the top of the house's staircase, just off to the
side and out of Tai's line of sight. "Is someone down there?"
Tai and Agumon gasped, knowing that they could very well be in trouble.
*** To be continued... ***
Author's Notes:
I think the guys out there enjoyed some more fan service, courtesy of Kari and
Yolei. But what about you female fans out there? Not many people give you fan
service to drool over... but trust me, you'll get your chance soon.
And, in case you couldn't figure it out, the game show that Agumon and Gatomon
were watching was 'Family Fortunes,' which is the UK version of 'Family Feud.'
I didn't list a host since I don't know who he is or if there is a current
version of the game show airing in England.
The preview for the next episode is given below, but I have no idea when it'll
see print. Don't be surprised if you're kept in suspense for another month...
or even more.
******
Next Episode Preview: Narrated by Matt...
The mystery unfolds as Tai and Kari finally find out the truth. But a more
pressing issue takes precendent first. Is Yamaki or either of his 'girls'
involved in the security conspiracy? This trio may not be from our incarnation
of 'Digimon,' but the answer to that question will still thrill you to the bone!
"Backstabbing Brits, Part 3," is the title of our next episode. Just because
I don't play a major part in this mini-series doesn't mean I can't do the previews!
Summary: Tai and Kari head to London, after Mina has identified the person
who killed the siblings' mother. Before they can apprehend the guy, the two
are wrapped in a Scotland Yard scandal of epic proportions! Well, at least
for the three officers involved...
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this fanfic.
Rating: R, contains profane language, violence, and implied sexual situations
(though not all may be present in each episode). Do not read this if you are
too young or you are against reading fanfics that contain this type of stuff.
Part 2 of the first story arc of the season is here at last! Read on...
******
London, England
As soon as the showerhead began spewing water into the tub, only one thing was
going through Kari's mind as the cleansing drops of liquid pelted her from
top to bottom.
"After ten long years... it's come down to this..."
Kari stood there in the tub, as if she were a statue. The shower was not only
cleaning her body, but her mind as well. Only one thing mattered to her right
now, and that was finally avenging her mother's death.
"He's right here... he's within reach..."
More silence followed as the only sounds filling the room were coming from
the water itself.
"And yet... we can't get to him..."
======
Out in the main room, Agumon and Gatomon continued to introduce themselves
to the television shows of the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, Tai had since
gotten off the phone with Matt and was now dialing another number.
"I've got no choice," he said aloud. "I have to make this call."
After dialing, Tai sat there by the phone and waited for someone on the other
end to pick up.
======
On said other end...
This time, the phone is mounted to the wall. But like it was with Matt, the
phone rings again and again without anyone coming to answer.
Suddenly, a bedroom door opens and light pours out from it.
"But we weren't done yet!" came the voice of a male.
Naturally, it was followed by a female's. "Business before pleasure! You'll
get what's coming to you anyway, so just sit tight, you worrywart!"
After closing the door and making the light disappear, a female dressed in
a purple nightrobe comes out and finally answers the telephone.
"Hello?"
"Yolei! Whew... for a moment there I thought you were asleep already!"
Yolei takes the cordless receiver and heads over to her purse to search for
something. Seconds later, she pulls out the timer that she had started
earlier in the day to time when the Kamiyas would have called her back.
"Well Tai, I wasn't. But I was kinda busy."
Yolei squints her eyes, as she is not wearing her glasses. The timer still
reads 54 minutes and 22 seconds... 21 seconds... 20 seconds...
"Busy? Busy doing what?"
"Oh... just having a little fun," Yolei replied with a giggle. "Why? Are
you jealous?"
"As much as I'd love to reassure you, there's something that has to be taken
care of first."
"Ah yes... of course. According to my timer, you're about an hour or so
early."
"Wha?"
"Well, I was expecting that you'd call me back 12 hours after you hung up on
me in India... but I was off by an hour, it seems."
"Who cares about that? What I care about is booking this guy once and for
all!"
"Oh," Yolei squealed, now getting into full informant mode. "I see. Well...
you know the drill. Tell me what you're looking for and I'll find it!"
"How much this time?" Tai asked, afraid of the answer.
"Depends. I can give you an estimate right now. You still want me to tap
into the military's computers and find out if Japan really is receiving
security secrets from London?"
"Yeah, sure. Also, see if you can get me any information on his two lackeys.
Mina should've sent you the pictures a few hours ago."
"Okay... this is gonna take awhile. It may be another 12 hours or so."
"Whatever. Just how much is this gonna set me back?"
Yolei started to compute her fee charges in her mind. In seconds, she was
able to come up with an answer.
"35,000 yen ought to be enough. After all, this is the military's computer
system we're talking about. It'll be a hassle just to get in, not to mention
what will happen to me if I get caught hacking..."
"Okay okay, just do it! I'll figure out some way to pay you."
"Perfecto! You can count on me! I've never failed to deliver the goods!"
"You'd better if you expect to get paid."
"Just leave it to me! I've got everything under control."
Yolei then hung up the phone, quickly tossed aside her nightgown, and ran
buck naked back to her room.
******
(Begin theme song - Limp Bizkit's "Boiler")
The siren of an ambulance wails in the background. Younger versions of Tai
and Kari are standing with their father and a hundred other mourners, all
dressed in black. A gravestone marked with their family last name, Kamiya, is
on it. Kari weeps openly into her brother's arms as a coffin is slowly lowered
into a hole in the ground and then promptly buried in dirt.
Now in present time, Tai, dressed in a gray suit with matching pants along
with a white buttoned long sleeve shirt and plain orange tie, walks out of a
police station. Kari is walking next to him, wearing the same clothes as her
older brother, with the exception of a knee-length skirt in place of pants.
Meanwhile, the title screen appears...
"The Detectives Kamiya"
Starring Tai Kamiya...
Tai laughs as he chats with an Indian girl.
Kari Kamiya...
Kari drives up to a house in her Honda Prelude.
Also Starring Matt Ishida as the Chief...
Matt fills out some paperwork at his desk, which has a framed picture of TK
on it.
And Yolei Inoue as the Informant...
Yolei pulls a white and black one-piece swimsuit out of her closet.
Fanfic Written and Edited by Freedom Fighter...
In one scene, Kari is seen handcuffing Davis' arms behind his back. In
another, Tai and Sora are grappling with each other. And in a third, Greymon
and Gatomon are digivolving to MetalGreymon and Angewomon, respectively.
As the song comes to an end, Tai and Kari stand in front of their mother's
grave. Kari sheds a tear as she places a bouquet of flowers next to the
tombstone. Tai hugs his little sister as he looks up to the sky, knowing that
their mother is now in a better place.
(End theme song)
******
Season 2, Episode 4 - Backstabbing Brits, Part 2 (05.03.03)
Slipping on his shoes and stuffing his wallet in the back of his pants, Tai
headed for the door.
"Where ya going, Tai?" asked Agumon.
"To find a bank," the elder Kamiya replied. "I gotta find a way to pay Yolei for
the information she's getting for us."
With that, Tai left, closing the door behind him and leaving the Digimon to
watch TV. Tai made his way to the elevator lobby. There, he pressed the down
button and waited for an elevator car to arrive. It didn't take long, as in
15 seconds he was in and on the way downstairs.
But just as he had left, the other elevator car had opened up on the floor the
group was staying on. Two men, with bonnet masks over their heads and dressed
in black sweaters and leather pants, exited and made their way down the hall.
"Are you sure about this?" the man in front, whom we'll dub 'A,' asked.
"They're Japanese!" the other, whom we'll call 'B,' replied.
"So?"
"What do you mean 'So?' Don't you know how smart the Japanese are?"
"Um... no."
'B' slapped 'A' upside the head. "They're the technological geniuses of the
world, idiot!"
"So, you thinking about kidnapping those two Japanese tourists that your friend
told you were in here?"
'B' replied as the two stopped and squatted down next to the door of the room
the Kamiyas were staying in.
"It's harder to get away with kidnapping! A simple theft will suffice. I'm sure
they've got a PDA or laptop or something worth pawning for cash!"
"And what if they don't?"
"Then we'll just do it old school. Euros, credit cards, checkbooks, jewelry...
the whole she-bang."
'B' produced a keycard out of his shirt pocket. But before he could stick it
in the door's computer lock, 'A' stopped him.
"Wait, wait! Are you sure about doing this?"
"Don't tell me you're chickening out! Not after we've come this far!"
"Well... what if we get caught? What if there's someone in there?"
"If there's, we'll just fake that we're maintenance men, take a quick observation
of the room, leave, and come back later."
"Wow... you really planned this out."
"I try. May I open the door now?"
"Go ahead."
'A' and 'B' stood up as 'B' inserted the keycard into the computer lock. A green
light blinks, unlocking the door and allowing them to get in.
======
Inside the room, just seconds before that...
"100 people surveyed, top five answers on the board," the game host on the TV
told the two team captains. "Name something that a person does while waiting
for the bus."
Both captains buzzed in, but the one on the host's right was slightly quicker
as she gave a response.
"Pick ye nose."
The host gave her an odd look, as the audience laughed. Gatomon rolled her eyes
in disgust.
"Why do they let idiots like these on game shows?" she asked Agumon.
"So we can make fun of them," Agumon replied. "Tai laughs at them all the time."
Suddenly, they heard the door open. A gruff voice shouted in from the doorway.
"Housekeeping! Is anyone here?"
Agumon was about to answer, but he looked over to Gatomon, who was shaking her
head. Gatomon immediately froze in place, sitting with her legs dangling over
the side of the bed. Agumon did the same just as 'A' and 'B' stepped in.
"Hmmm... the TV's on," 'A' commented.
'B' glanced at the Agumon and Gatomon before the sound of the shower running
in the bathroom distracted him.
"There's someone taking a shower," 'B' told 'A.'
"Aren't we gonna check who it is?"
"Why? Just leave the bloke be. We just have to be out of here before that
person gets out of the shower."
The two began to search the room for valuables and high-tech gizmos, unaware that
Agumon and Gatomon were moving their eyes around, observing every movement.
They wanted to figure out why these two strangers were in their room before
acting.
"I think I found a coin purse," 'A' shouted.
"Well, open it and see how much is inside!" 'B' told him.
Gatomon's eyes narrowed as she stealthily jumped off of the bed and tiptoed over
towards 'A' from the rear. Getting into position, Gatomon made her move. She
pounced on her target, leaping up and embedding her claws into the behind of 'A.'
"Yowch!" 'A' screamed, nearly leaping out of his pants.
"Shhhhhhh!" 'B' said to 'A,' putting a finger up to his mouth before noticing
that Gatomon was clinging to his partner's butt.
"This cat is alive!" 'A' started running all about.
"What the..." 'B' said as he looked on the bed and noticed that both of what he
thought were 'plush toys' were gone.
"Pepper Breath!"
'B' looked down at his feet just in time to see Agumon fire a mini-attack that
was enough to set a small part of his sweater on fire.
"Aahhh!" 'B' yelled, quickly patting the small flame with his hands to put it
out.
"What are these things?" 'A' asked, finally able to pry Gatomon off his rear.
"Our owners are more stronger than we are," Gatomon told them, "so you'd better
go before you find yourselves in a whole lot more trouble.
"Or do you want me to burn the rest of your clothes off?" Agumon told them,
seething.
"Let's get out of here!" 'A' said to 'B.'
"That's the first smart thing you've said all day!" exclaimed 'B.'
'A' and 'B' run out of the room and head back to the elevator as fast as their
feet would allow. They didn't dare look back, for fear that the two 'creatures'
they saw were following them. 'B' reached the lobby first and started pressing
the down button over and over again.
"Hurry up!" 'A' exclaimed.
"I can't make the elevator go faster, stupid!"
Finally, the elevator doors slid open. The two hopped in and immediately
pressed the button for the ground floor. They breathed a sigh of relief as the
doors closed and neither of those 'creatures' were coming after them.
As the doors to that car closed shut, the doors of the car next to it opened, as
Tai stepped out. He heard a room door close shut.
"I wonder what that was?" Tai asked aloud.
He made his way to the room, where he pulled out his keycard and slipped it into
the lock. The door opened, and he entered. Everything was just as he had left
it... Agumon and Gatomon were still watching TV, while Kari was still in the
shower.
Tai, nor Kari, had any idea what had just transpired. As far as Agumon and
Gatomon were concerned, that was fine by them, for the Kamiya had far more
important things to worry about.
******
The rest of the day passed without a hitch, as the foursome decided to sleep it
off. That was because they were still so tired because of jet lag, and the fact
that they had not received any news from either Matt or Yolei.
Night fell on the city of London, and all was quiet in the hotel. All except
for those residing in Room 309. Agumon and Gatomon were watching late night TV,
Tai was still trying to get another hour of sleep, and Kari was sitting at a
desk in the room, composing a plan for how to get their mother's killer out of
the hands of Scotland Yard and into theirs to be extradited back to Tokyo.
The digital clock that sat on the nightstand between the two beds read 1:05 when
the phone began to ring. Kari tried to hop over her bed to get to it first, but
Tai had been awakened by it and had already answered it.
"Good morrow to ya," came the happy voice of the chief, Matt.
"Wha?" stated a groggy Tai, not understanding the greeting.
"It's English, Tai. Good morrow means good morning!"
"Good morning indeed!" Tai looked at the clock. "It's one bloody a.m.!'
"Will you stop talking English and give me the phone?" Kari shouted.
Tai gave the phone to her sister, then turned the other way to sleep again.
"I'm wide awake, chief! What's up?"
"Finally," Matt breathed a sigh of relief, "someone sane."
"Sorry about Tai, sir. He's still getting used to not sleeping in his bed."
"Been sleeping all this time, huh? Then I guess you are now what I was about
half an hour ago."
"Huh?"
"I'd check the news if I were you, lass."
"Lass?" Kari seemed apprehensive of being given a nickname, but she looked at
Gatomon.
"Find me a news channel, Gatomon."
"Got it!"
Gatomon grabbed the remote control and started to change the channel. Agumon
just sat there, obviously having been bored out of his mind by late night TV in
London. Anyway, after about twenty clicks, Gatomon finally found a news channel.
An anchorman was on screen at the time, and by coincidence he was talking about
something that they needed to know.
"Just over a day after arresting three of their own officers and accusing them
of providing top secret security documents to government officials in Tokyo,
Scotland Yard released those very officers just after six this evening, London
time."
Kari, Agumon, and Gatomon gasped in tandem, loud enough to wake Tai from his
slumber and get him to throw a pillow at his sister.
"Tai!" Kari threw the pillow back at him. "Get up, 'cause you need to see this
too!"
"What?" Tai asked, frustrated as he sat up and glanced at the TV.
"The release doesn't mean they're completely scot-free. Mitsuo Yamaki, Reika
Ootori, and Megumi Onodera have been suspended indefinitely from Scotland Yard.
Further disciplinary actions, which may include a discharge from the force and
possible fines and jail time, are dependent upon the completion of the
investigation of their case. That could take a few days..."
"So they're out?" Tai asked out loud. "Well... I guess we'd better go find them
then."
"But it's the middle of the night," Kari said. "They're not going to be awake."
"So? We're members of the Tokyo police force!"
"That's exactly it, Tai. We're in London... this isn't our jurisdiction!"
"She's right," Matt stated from the receiver, agreeing with Kari.
"If it isn't our jurisdiction," Kari wondered, "then we'd have to go through
Scotland Yard and get them to arrest Yamaki, right?"
"That's right. We could then have him extradited to Japan to stand trial for
his part in the murder of your mother."
"But then that means we can't touch them?" Tai asked.
"You can talk to them for now. And don't worry about Scotland Yard... we're
working on the papers that will allow you to borrow any of their men if you need
them."
"How long will that take?"
"A couple of hours. I'd say by about eight o'clock your time. In the meantime,
you can plan out how you two are going to approach this."
Kari spoke up. "We've got it under control. We'll get him!"
"That's good to hear! I'll be waiting for word of your successful arrest,
detectives! Chief Ishida, out!"
Kari hung the phone up, leaving the foursome to begin drawing up plans for how
they were going to approach Yamaki in the morning.
======
A few hours later, the sun rises over the Thames River. Tai, Kari, Agumon, and
Gatomon are all eating breakfast, or actually lunch for them, when the phone
rang. Kari goes to answer it, and is this time greeted by the voice of Yolei.
"Hello! I've got the info you requested, hot off the presses!"
Kari covers the mouthpiece and looks at Tai.
"It's Yolei... you didn't agree to pay her, did you?"
"Let me talk to her!" Tai shouted, hopping over the bed.
Kari handed over the phone and mumbled, "You better not have used any money from
my bank account."
"Yolei? It's me, Tai."
From this point in the conversation on, the screen will alternate between Tai
in his hotel room in London and Yolei in her apartment in Tokyo, depending on
who is talking.
"I'm surprised you actually had the money to pay my fee," Yolei said, surprised.
"For what I had to spend, this information had better be the best!"
"It is! Don't worry your little head!"
"Little? It's not little, and I can prove it!"
"I didn't mean it that way! Sheesh... and people tell me that I'm the most
perverted person in Tokyo!"
"Just get on with it!"
"Okay... I did get into the military's computers, without getting caught, I might
add. I found out that someone from London has been sending transmissions of
top secret security measures in place. No wonder Scotland Yard was so tiffed...
one of the blueprints that was e-mailed to the Japanese government was of
Buckingham Palace!"
"What's that?"
"Don't you know your famous landmarks? England's royal family lives there!"
"I didn't come here to sightsee, Yolei. Look... just get to the good part. Did
our guy send the messages?"
"Unfortunately, a general account from Scotland Yard was used, so I can't be
sure. But someone in the Japanese government must have confirmed it, because
they were the ones who tipped off Scotland Yard itself to the e-mails."
"So our guy is now guilty of murder and treason."
"What about the two women that work with him? Reika Ootori and Megumi Onodera.
They may be involved too. After all, if they were arrested, they might know
something too."
"What will it take to confirm or unconfirm their involvement?"
"An hour, maybe two... and probably another 10,000 yen."
"You're crazy!"
"Of course, you could always find out yourself, but who knows how much danger
you'd be putting yourself into..."
Yolei never finished her sentence, because Tai had hung up on her.
"Well, if you didn't want my services, you could've just say no! Darn
cheapskate."
Now no longer on the phone, Tai relays the information to Kari and the Digimon.
"It's just as we thought. His two 'girlfriends' might be involved too."
"Then we'll have to split up. I'll talk to the two women, and you go after
Yamaki."
"Agumon, let's roll!" Tai shouted, heading for the door.
"Right behind you!" Agumon exclaimed.
"Wait, Tai! Do you even know where Yamaki lives?"
Tai and Agumon stopped in their tracks. "Um... no."
Kari shook her head and sighed. "We have to go to Scotland Yard and get the
addresses. We can see if Matt told them about us already, as well as see if
they'll lend us any help."
"We also can't enter their houses without search warrants," added Gatomon.
"Well, let's get going then!" Tai pulled Kari towards the door, and Agumon did
the same with Gatomon. "If we just stand around here, they might fly the coop!"
======
After reporting to Scotland Yard to get search warrants and any help, Tai/Agumon
and Kari/Gatomon split ways. Neither had Yard officers with them, but each pair
was given a walkie talkie to communicate with fellow officers. All of the
officers on duty were briefed one way or another, and were at the Kamiyas'
disposal if needed.
For the moment, we'll follow Tai and Agumon, who are making their way towards
Yamaki's house. It doesn't take them long to find it by taxi.
"Looks like this is the place," Tai told Agumon.
"Yep," Agumon nodded. "It all ends here."
"Get ready to attack just in case he tries to pull something."
Tai rang the doorbell. He and Agumon waited patiently for someone to answer,
but no one came to the door. Tai rang it over and over again, up to nine times.
"Guess no one's home," Agumon said, turning to walk away.
"Not so fast," Tai cut in, stopping Agumon. "We can still get in."
"How?"
Tai reached into his pants pocket and pulled out... a bobby pin.
"It's good to have a sister sometimes," he remarked as he began to pick the lock.
"Won't Kari miss that?" Agumon asked.
"Naaaa... she's got plenty of pins for her hair. Though why she needs so many...
I'll never understand."
Tai then hears the lock click, and he turns the knob.
"Bingo!" Tai said as he repocketed the pin.
None of the lights in the house were on, but the sunlight from the windows was
bright enough to see from one end of the room to the other. Once Tai and Agumon
were inside, they closed the door.
"Hello?" someone yelled from the top of the house's staircase, just off to the
side and out of Tai's line of sight. "Is someone down there?"
Tai and Agumon gasped, knowing that they could very well be in trouble.
*** To be continued... ***
Author's Notes:
I think the guys out there enjoyed some more fan service, courtesy of Kari and
Yolei. But what about you female fans out there? Not many people give you fan
service to drool over... but trust me, you'll get your chance soon.
And, in case you couldn't figure it out, the game show that Agumon and Gatomon
were watching was 'Family Fortunes,' which is the UK version of 'Family Feud.'
I didn't list a host since I don't know who he is or if there is a current
version of the game show airing in England.
The preview for the next episode is given below, but I have no idea when it'll
see print. Don't be surprised if you're kept in suspense for another month...
or even more.
******
Next Episode Preview: Narrated by Matt...
The mystery unfolds as Tai and Kari finally find out the truth. But a more
pressing issue takes precendent first. Is Yamaki or either of his 'girls'
involved in the security conspiracy? This trio may not be from our incarnation
of 'Digimon,' but the answer to that question will still thrill you to the bone!
"Backstabbing Brits, Part 3," is the title of our next episode. Just because
I don't play a major part in this mini-series doesn't mean I can't do the previews!