Author's Notes: Oh, boy…I'm really stressed out. Finals are around the corner and I have got to seriously hit the books in order to get on to second year. Please bear with me like you have done in the past. Thank you. Also, I'm assuming that the Digital God mentioned in V-Tamer is not the Sovereign since this was before Daemon was created PLUS the fact that the Digital God scattered the tags so that humans can't enter his castle. Then again, who really knows? All I can say is that if the turtle really was the Digital God then obviously he has changed his mind about humans and that would explain why he's really old.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon in any form whatsoever. Bandai, Toei and ABC own the rights and all that stuff.
Ascension – V 3.7
'Walk slowly…don't attract any attention…' The subway train came to a complete stop before all the doors opened to let the passengers move in and out of the cars. Among them was Sora Takenouchi, the Digidestined child of Love. She was currently on her way to speak to Tai Kamiya about the other boy who looked exactly like him but currently, that was one of the last things she had on her mind. She was more concerned with what to do with all of the anti-Digimon coalitions popping up as well as the tower mystery in the digital world.
It wasn't surprising that this happened. When the rest of the world learned about Digimon, it caused a great social reaction, similar to the one when the birth of Dolly was announced. In some manner, the Digimon had embodied humanity's greatest ambitions, evoked their greatest fears and challenged mankind's most sacred views about themselves and their place in the world. It is becoming clearer now that the story is not just about Digimon. It is about the human race as well.
Sora had noticed Matt and Tai's odd behaviour when they had been given back their partners in egg form after about a month had passed. As soon as they had received their eggs, they went home and focused on caring for the egg until it hatched. Fresh Digimon were similar to human babies…young, innocent and dependent. She gave a small smile as she thought about the way that Tai and Matt had been acting. According to Kari, Tai got himself scratched up a bit by the cat when he tried to shoo it away from the egg. And then he just sat down and held the egg like nothing happened. As for Matt…he spent the night at his mother's place since he felt that the egg would fare better in a more comfortable (and cleaner) environment. He had also cancelled band practice indefinitely until Gabumon was back to normal.
'They were both acting like fathers with their new born children.' It was odd to think of them acting as fathers but that was the only way to describe their behaviour as of late. She snapped out of her thoughts as she reached the front door to the Kamiya apartment and knocked. A moment later, the door opened. "Tai, we've got to…whaaa!!!" Standing in front of her was Tai Kamiya but his face seemed to have disappeared and was replaced with an odd looking pink shape. She could still see his gigantic hair sticking out.
"Mrromph, mrrrph mrrphh mrrrph mrrrph." The pink shape then bounced off him to reveal a flustered Tai and a hyper Koromon. "The last time something like that happened was when that other Koromon first appeared before he fought that Parrotmon!! Oh…hi, Sora!!" She didn't respond as Koromon was now doing the same thing to her that he did to Tai earlier.
After Tai had gotten his partner off of Sora's face, he started to fix up some refreshments. Koromon was in the bathroom as a result of him devouring the mystery dessert made by Tai's mother earlier. Even though this gave him the energy to digivolve from his fresh state to his next form, he only realized recently the effects that Mrs. Kamiya's cooking had to others. The in-training Digimon was quite surprised that Tai and Kari had endured it for this long.
Before Sora could say a word, Tai noticed that there was a small stain on her forehead. "Is that a blood stain?!?" She blinked before realizing that he was mentioning about the red stain on her forehead. "Don't worry about it. That's just from a tomato some guy threw at me as I left the shop to come here. He must have been from a type one anti-Digimon coalition."
When Tai developed a blank look on his face, Sora gave a small sigh. "Don't you remember the last group meeting before the whole tower mystery began? Izzy found out that there were two main types of anti-Digimon groups. Type ones are convinced that we were all going to use our Digimon to commit crimes against humanity. The only way they can be satisfied is to put us in isolation and constantly monitor us. Type twos think that our Digimon are using some sort of mind control and they want to break us free from their spell. If it wasn't for the Digimon helping to save the world and the potential benefits that the digital world has in store, then we wouldn't be given special protection under the law and we wouldn't be having this conversation now."
The boy gave a nod. "Yeah. I'm starting to get worried about those types of groups here on our world. They'll just make the transition harder and give us a lot of trouble. Some may go to extreme lengths to…" The disturbing image of his friends being hurt or killed sent a chill down his spine. "I won't allow those groups to tear apart everything that we've worked so hard to accomplish!!"
Sora remembered that Tai is one of the diplomats trying to establish a working relationship between the human world and the digital world. With these types of groups on the loose, all of Tai's work can come tumbling down. "Nobody wants to see what you've worked for go down for nothing. We'll find a way to resolve this." She hesitated before placing her own hand over his clenched fist. When Tai looked back at her, the look she was giving ensured him that everything would work out fine.
'Okay…this is it.' Tai felt that this was the time to tell Sora that he liked her a lot for two reasons. Number one was the fact that this type of life had elements of danger and he realizes that he had to live every part of his life to the fullest. Number two was the fact that if he didn't confess soon, then she may inevitably drift away and maybe hook up with Matt. The words that Takato had blurted out a few months ago may actually come true. 'Oh, man!! What if she's already going out with Matt? Well…I better find out. Here we go…'
The moment was interrupted when a beeping sound started to ring through the apartment. Tai sighed as he went over to his computer to check the incoming mail that had been sent to his e-mail address. He kept muttering to himself. "All I wanted was a little peace and quiet so I can tell a girl that I like her!! Is that too much to ask?!?" "T-Tai?" He then blushed as he realized that Sora had overheard him mumbling.
'While I'm checking that e-mail, I can figure out a way to smooth out this mess!' He moved the mouse to check his mailbox and opened the letter. "It's from Izzy…there's a strange disturbance in America concerning some Digimon. It seems to be related to that virus that made Diaboromon a few years ago!!" Sora cracked a small smile as she remembered Tai's little e-mail but shifted her focus on the new crisis. "Aren't there Digidestined in America? Mimi should also be able to help out!"
Tai grimaced as he remembered what the United States had stated when he had a meeting with the United Nations before the tower mystery began. "The American situation is volatile so until things cool off, the others are probably going to restrict their activities." He paused as he continued to check the message. "The President has already authorized military force to try and stop this Digimon but it may not be enough. We better get a large group over there in a hurry. There's no telling how strong that Digimon can be…and how much damage it can do!!" He was so engrossed in his own thoughts that he didn't hear Koromon yelling that he was done with the bathroom and that he needed help opening the doorknob since he was so short.
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"Hey, guys!! We've got a message on our D terminals!!" TK quickly scanned the message and immediately developed a worried look. Ken gave a frown. "This is bad. We need to stop by a portal and get back. Then we have to get everyone back to full strength as quickly as possible. We'll need to find some sort of program to strengthen our Digimon. I hope that Izzy finished his prototype…"
The other Digidestined looked at him with confusion while some of the others had not listened to what Ken had stated since they had their own problems to deal with. "Right after we got back from the fight with Malomyotismon, Izzy had begun a correspondence with me, asking for my input to the Modify program that he's trying to create for all Digidestined. He's been analyzing the microchip code that has been embedded in one of the game cards that Takato had been kindly gave to us. With any luck, we can perform a few similar tricks like the tamers do. Of course, I couldn't help him that much since my enhanced IQ had gone down the drain and I was just a normal kid again."
"How does it work?" asked Cody. Ken gave some thought to the conversations that he had with the holder of the Crest of Knowledge. "Our Digivices should have enough capacity to store the Modify program. To use it properly, we just have to focus on activating it with our minds. The Digivice will then upload the appropriate components to our partners. Izzy is still working to iron out the glitches and everything."
"It'll be incredible if Izzy can come up with something like that from one of the game cards. I don't suppose he can create a program to teach Terriermon manners…" Terriermon looked at his tamer. "I can be well behaved, Henry!! Really! But chicks don't dig the well behaved guy! They want someone who's a bad ass and…wait a second. Bad ass and well mannered…what an interesting combination. Maybe if I can be like that, then I can have a little harem like Takato does!!" A moment later, he was clutching his head in pain as Rika had smacked him hard.
"So, squirt…where is this portal of yours to get back to your world?" asked Taichi. Kari gave a glare at her brother's doppelganger before giving an answer. "We use our Digivices near a TV to travel back and forth from the digital world…" The tamer just blinked for a second and then started to laugh.
"Right…that's a new one. Travelling using TVs? Come on!! Next, you're going to be saying that you can take a street car to the digital world!! Isn't that the funniest thing you've ever heard, Zero?" The mega Digimon then asked a question. "I was just wondering…what's a TV? I've never heard of something like that."
Taichi had thought that he had told Zero about television but after describing that it was an electronic box, Zero was able to spot one with his enhanced vision. Moments later, he was in front of it. (AN: Remember that Imperialdramon can fly pretty damn fast as shown in the Digimon world tour) "After we take care of what's going on in America, we'll try and catch up with you so we can find a way to reverse this condition," stated Yolei. The priestess Sakuyamon frowned. "I wish that we could come with you but…"
Davis grinned. "Don't you worry about anything!! We'll be back faster than you can say 'Okinawa'." Yolei then rolled her eyes at the goggle boy's expression before the Digidestined group was dropped off near the TV. After making sure he knew how to Gennai's house, Zero flew off into the sky.
Henry slowly approached the Sakuyamon in the yellow armour. "How are you holding up?" The Digimon just gripped her staff more tightly. "What do you think, Einstein?!? I'm practically having the biggest mental crisis of the millennium and you're asking me how I'm holding up?!?" She stopped her yelling and sighed. "I'm sorry, Henry. It's just been so insane…"
"Hey, at least you know you're not alone. Takato's been stuck like this for longer than you have and he's still managed to keep his sanity intact! But then again, he's already had experience dealing with a psychotic persona while you were still learning how not to be so nasty!" Sakuyamon paused, not knowing whether to choke the rabbit or disembowel him. Before she could make a choice, Zero had landed. "Here we are!! I think…"
His tamer grinned. "Yeah, I remember now. Let us off, Zero!!" Moments later, the entire group was in front of the entrance with Zero at his normal champion level. Henry frowned. "Now how are we supposed to get in again?" He was spared of thinking up of a way to solve this when he noticed Gennai coming back. Another man with a beard was with him. They had quite a bit of a panicked look on their faces. But that moment of panic turned to confusion when they saw four Sakuyamons…rather three Sakuyamons and a Kuzuhamon along with the group that had left earlier, minus the Digidestined.
Gennai decided that he was not going to sugar coat what had happened and spoke first while trying to ignore asking the questions about the four other mega Digimon with the group. "Henry…your sister has disappeared." "SAY WHAT?!?!" Terriermon then frowned as he started hearing a strange noise. It sounded like a few voices all yelling "AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!"
Before he had more time to figure this one out, a huge mass of white, red and black crashed on all of Rika's personas. 'Ah…so that was it. What I heard were a bunch of guys screaming in terror as they were in free fall motion,' thought the vaccine Digimon. When the smoke cleared, GCM gave a groan and then gasped at the sight before him. "Oh dear…this is certainly not good…"
Gallantmon tried to shake off the dizziness. Then he realized what his other counterpart was talking about. "Rika underwent Quantum Bio-Merging as well!! I don't even want to know what type of trouble some of her personas can cause!!" GCM shook his head. "That wasn't what I was talking about. Look again." The holy knight did and saw what his other counterpart was talking about. Shadowgallantmon's head is in contact with Kuzuhamon's breast plate. And since she was coming to…
"PERVERT!!!!!"
The next thing the dark knight knew, he was getting whacked on the head several times by Kuzuhamon's staff. It didn't really hurt him that much since he had a strong helmet and the fact that he was a virus while she was a data but it still annoyed him. "Hey…quit it!! I swear, Amaterasu did this on purpose to get back at me for thinking that she had a lousy sense of humour. Probably read my mind or something…will you knock it off already?!?"
Kuzuhamon still kept attacking him. "Then keep your face out of my breasts!!!" Megidramon was now more confused than ever. "Unh?" Yes, that simple noise pretty much summarized everyone's thoughts which was "What the hell is going on?" except for Kuzuhamon, who was thinking of ways to torture, mutilate and ultimately send the dark knight to a world of pain.
Shadowgallantmon was now more ticked off than ever and had been planning to shove his lance straight through her heart but she was whacking him too much to even concentrate on making his move. "First of all, those are digital breasts!! Meaning that they are not yours!! Second of all, the last time dork face looked at your chest…" GCM widened his eyes in horror. "Shadowgallantmon, no!!!"
"…it was flatter than a single Digimon playing card!!!" Cue the awkward silence…also known as the calm before the storm. As this awkward moment was happening, the God of Death was scratching his head at the life counter of Takato Matsuki and wondered why it was fluctuating the way it was. HMMMMM…WHAT A VERY ODD BOY.
"DIE!!!!!"
This time, Kuzuhamon was joined by both golden Sakuyamons…yes, even the Princess had to defend her womanhood. Now the dark knight had three shaman Digimon whacking him with their respective weapons. GCM kept wincing as he felt the blows to a degree. Then he noticed something odd. The crimson Sakuyamon was not participating. He would have asked why she wasn't doing anything but the continuous whacking done to Shadowgallantmon caught up to him and he was forced to sit down and start grumbling. "Ow…stupid smeghead…ow…moronic buttweasel…ow…"
Well, there you have it. Another chapter complete. I based the previous section slightly on Daneel Rush's "Forget the Y2K, This is Madness!" story which is an excellent piece of work. Daneel, try and update "Silent Sorrow" when you can. Anyways…I'm a bit concerned with the way Digimon stories have dropped in quality. A lot of good authors had jumped the boat…and the Digimon section is being overrun by newbies who aren't capturing the heart of what Digimon is supposed to represent. I'm hoping that something can be done soon. By the way, I'm planning to put out a new Digimon fic which is most likely to replace Other Voices since I'm having a tough time with that story. Tell me what you think when I get the first chapter out…hopefully by tomorrow or Tuesday. That's all for me so see you on the other side.