Digital Darkness

Ch. 3

"I Wanna be a Marine Biologist!"



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Morri-Chan: Before I begin this chapter, I'd like to apologize for 2 errors in the previous chapter. First off, at the top, I wrote "Ch. 3". But it should really be "Ch. 2". Then, in the sentence "Tai was sitting at a lunch table with -some of his- two of his friends," It's supposed to be just "two of his friends,". The words "some of his friends" shouldn't be in there. Gomen Nasai! *sweatdrop* So, uh, on with the story!

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June 5th, 2002 (once again), late afternoon



Joe Kido was outside, sitting at a table near his favorite ice-cream shop, merrily eating an ice-cream cone with his buddy, Gomamon. The shop was located on a boardwalk overlooking the bay. It was a sunny day, the water was crystal-clear, not a cloud was in the sky, and it seemed that nothing could possibly taint the happy, peaceful atmosphere.

"So, Goma," Joe asked his Digimon, "How's that Double-Deluxe-Triple-Chocolate ice cream taste?"

"Good," replied the seal-like creature to his buddy, "But it needs fish."

Joe sighed. His pal just loved fish. Why, Gomamon would eat anything if it had fish on it.

"So, Joe, tell me, why did you start taking marine biology classes?" Goma asked.

"Well," Joe replied, " I wanna be a marine biologist!"

Gomamon gave him a funny look. "I thought you wanted to be a doctor."

"I do. I want to be a doctor for all those dolphins that get shredded by fishing nets. I want to help all the whales stranded on beaches. I want to help save the manatees!" Joe said proudly, as he got up and stood on the table. A little sweat bead formed on Goma's head. "Do you hear me, people? I WILL HELP PRESERVE MARINE WILDLIFE EVERYWHERE!!!!!"

Everybody stared at him.

"..." a sweat bead formed on Joe's head. "Uh, sorry, temporary moment of insanity." Joe then sat back down, looking rather embarrassed.

"So, you wanna be a marine biologist?" said somebody with a Portugese/Spanish accent.

"Well, yea..." Joe started. What he saw in front of him was something that left him speechless. It was a merman. Not the kind off of "The Little Mermaid", either. He was green, and had fingers, which were webbed, that ended in claws, and on his back and elbows, there were spines that were also webbed together. His face looked human, except for the fact that you could barely point out his nose. He also had gills on his chest.

"Hey, man," the merman said, "Are you gonna stare at me all day, or are you gonna say something?"

"Uh, uh, uh... Hi?"

"My name's Rikou Aulbath. (I like to think of Aulbath as his last name, just like Alba Aulbath *my favorite author*.) And you are?..."

"My name is Joe. Joe Kido," he replied. "Oh, and this is Gomamon," he said pointing to his buddy.

"Hi! nice to meet you! " Rikou said to Gomamon.

Gomamon just stared at him, before finally saying, in a trance, " Fish..."

"..." was Rikou's reply. "So," he said, turning to Joe, "You are gonna be a marine biologist? That's nice. Those whales need saving, you know."

"You heard my speech?" Joe asked.

"Yeah, man, it was great!"

"Uh, thanks, I guess. So, where are you from?"

"Me? I'm from Brazil."

"Ooo! Where they make the coffee?" asked Gomamon, snapping out of his trance.

"No," the merman replied, "That's Columbia."

"Oh..."

"What are you doing here?" Joe asked.

"I dunno. Some force just called me to this place. I got a funny feelin' that strange things are happenin', man."

And so, the day passed, and the three friends would find out just what was happening soon enough.

And a little girl in a red hood just stood in the shadows, with a killer gleam in her eyes.



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Morri-Chan: Will Gomamon ever get his fish? Is that mysterious little girl the assassin who has their eyes on Tai? And for Pete's sake, will that ice-cream shop ever sell white chocolate!? Find out in the next exciting episode of Dragon Ball Z!... I mean, the next chapter of "Digital Darkness"!