IEP (intricate evil penquin)- Hehe, Hey Everyone. Me back!
Takuya- Yhea we know.
Kouji – we could hear you running down the hall to get here.
IEP – You're so mean Kouji.
Kouji – OH, Just you wait! I'm so going to get you back for this chapter! Storms out of the room
IEP - laughs oh yhea, 'Spotty."
Kouji- muffled throught the door SHUT UP!
Takuya – Yhea don't ask, you'll understand at the end of the chapter.
IEP - chases after Kouji Spotty! Spotty! Spotty! Spotty!
Takuya - Sweatdrop Oh dear…
Chapter Four - Explaining and 'Spotty'
Lance and Kouichi froze their eyes wide. Everyone turned around to see a woman standing behind them. A very angry woman.
The woman's long, black hair fell into her eyes, which were shining with anger. She was wearing a green dress with a long black jacket over it. The woman gave off a don't-mess-with-me kind of aura, but also a loving mother, who was exceptionally angry with her son. Which she was.
"Well Kouichi dear?" Tomoko asked sliding up in front of her son.
"Umm, Hello Mom." Kouichi smiled innocently. "Guess what? Everyone's here." He pointed to his friends and brother.
"That's very nice, but that does not explain to me, Why. You. Snuck. Out. In. The. Middle. Of. The NIGHT!" She shouted.
"Epp." Kouichi jumped and ran behind Kouji for protection. Kouji glared at him but his older brother shrugged. "She won't kill you so I'm safe." Kouichi explained.
Kouji raised an eyebrow and looked at his mother. She seemed really mad so he took a step to the side and let Kouichi face the music without him.
Kouichi shot him a look that clearly said. 'Thanks for the help.' He was saved from any yelling or punishment when Lance placed a hand on Tomokos' shoulder.
"Now, clam down. It wasn't exactly all his fault." Lance said as Tomoko waited for him to explain. "I mean Ophanimon did ask him to go ask for the Children's help."
Tomoko nodded. "I suppose." Then her attitude changed again. "But that doesn't mean Kouichi can go off in the middle of the night to do what the lady wants whenever he feels like it! Especially without talking to me first!" Tomoko yelled.
A sudden explosion made everyone jump. Even J.P. jumped behind Zoë, who shot him a dirty look.
"What was that?" Takuya asked looking around.
"No idea." Zoë replied.
Tomoko looked around to see where the source of the explosion came from. "Is somebody fighting?"
"Yhea the virus are up against us again." Kouichi told her.
"And you haven't bothered to go stop them yet?" Tomoko asked. Kouichi shrugged.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go stop them." Tomoko said then turned back to Kouichi. "Kouichi honey, take the others back up to the castle. We'll join you in a minute."
As soon as Kouichi nodded Lance and Tomoko ran off towards the battle area. In minutes they were out of sight beyond the hill.
"What? You're just going to let them go?" Kouji asked pointing to his mothers retreating back.
"Yhea." Kouichi replied putting his hands behind his head as he began walking away from the others to the front of the train.
"But we don't even know if that guy, Lance, is trust worthy," Argued Kouji.
Kouichi looked back at Kouji with an innocent look on his face. "Oh he is." Kouichi smiled. "Otherwise I wouldn't be letting mom date him."
If Kouichi had had a camera he would have taken about five pictures of the look on Kouji's face. It was priceless.
Everyone laughed at Kouji whose face had gone completely white and his mouth was hanging open.
Kouichi laughed and closed Kouji's mouth for him. With a smiled Kouichi spoke. "I was going to tell you later but this was just to funny an opportunity to pass up." Kouichi patted Kouji on the arm. "Come on we have to go." The elder twin began to walk away humming a tune under his breath.
Takuya stepped up beside Kouji and shook him awake. "Kouji, Yo dude, it's time to get going." He said with a smile on his face. Kouji didn't move so Takuya grabbed him by his arm and dragged him along with him.
Zoë, J.P. and Tommy came up behind them. Zoë ran in front of Kouichi and turned around to she was walking backwards facing the elder twin.
"Hey Kouichi?" She said.
"Yhea?" He said as he stopped humming.
"What's been going on lately with you? I mean you've been gone for almost two full years and you haven't contacted us at all and suddenly you show up and we're back here again." Zoë asked.
Kouichi grinned sheepishly. "Well, it's kind of funny actually. Apparently Mom and Ophanimon have known each other for quite a few years." Behind him he heard Kouji yank his arm away from Takuya, who laughed, and began to walk on his own. "Mom happened to be one of the creators of the digital world. Along with Lance whom you all met, and three other people. They were Traum Estrada, Paul Ritter, and Seta Yumihiro." Kouichi explained. "That's a really long story and I'm not going to get into it."
"You mean mom helped make the digital world?" Kouji asked shocked.
Kouichi nodded. "Imagine my surprise when I came home to find mom sitting in the living room with Lowemon and Angemon beside her. I think I nearly passed out." Kouichi laughed as he remembered.
"But what are you doing back here?" Tommy asked still slightly confused.
"Well, you remember those creepy looking digimon you saw before?" Kouichi asked a dark look passing over his face.
Everyone nodded.
"They're called 'Virus' or 'The Viruses.' They're led by the main virus in the Program of the Digital World that mom and the others created." Kouichi explained.
"Lucemon?" Takuya asked and Kouichi nodded. "But I thought we destroyed him?"
The elder twin shook his head. "You did destroy him, or most of him anyway. A little bit of the virus that was Lucemon remained in the system. When we all left the virus began to rebuild its self; it was slow at first but as it got bigger it started to grow even faster. About a year and a half ago, Ophanimon called mom for help, that's when I came across them. Ophanimon knew that I could help mom, so we came back here together. And here we are today, Lucemon is almost back to his full strength and you guys got sucked into the battle again." Kouichi looked back and smiled at his friends. "You have bad timing."
Everyone was silent as Kouichi finished his story. They kept on walking along the path that Kouichi was leading them along when they suddenly came into view of a very familiar castle.
"Ophanimons' palace." J.P. sighed in awe of the pink palace.
Kouichi grimaced. "It need a good fixer upper in some parts. We really haven't had time to completely finish rebuilding it yet."
"No kidding." Tommy grimaced as he saw a hole in the side of one of the towers.
"Is it that noticeable?" Kouichi asked.
They all nodded.
"Oh well, we'll get around to fixing it eventually." Kouichi sighed as he started down the hill. "We 'usually' do."
"Why did you say usually?" Kouji asked following him.
Kouichi stared at him, "Well…"
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"I see why you said usually." Takuya said gapping at the gigantic hole in the side of the hallway.
"Heh, Yhea bout that." Kouichi smiled. "That's been there a while. I think the only reason it hasn't been fixed yet is because Nefertimon likes the way the hole actually gets some air into the library."
"Oh nice," Takuya said looking out at the forest that surrounded the castle from the hole in the wall.
Suddenly something came running down the hall yelling. "Ahhh."
They looked up to see a poyomon coming down the hallway and a pixiemon with a broom chasing after it.
"You come back here you little pipsqueak!" The pixiemon cried swinging the broom wildly. "I'll teach you to steal my snacks!"
"Ekk! Help!" Poyomon cried as it jumped and landed in Kouji arms.
"Kouji look out!" Takuya yelled.
"Hunh?" Kouji looked up just in time to see the broom come down and smack him in the face. "Ow, Ow."
Pixiemon looked up to see what he had hit, if it had been Poyomon or not. When it saw Kouji it jumped back taking the broom off of Kouji's face.
"Oh sorry." Pixiemon gasped as it tried to hide the broom behind it back. "It was an accident, Honest."
"Honest this!" Kouji said as he picked up Poyomon from his arms and threw the baby digimon at Pixiemon. Poyomon smacked into Pixiemons' head making them tumble down the hallway.
Kouji turned back to the others to see Zoë, Takuya, Tommy and J.P., all trying to hide their laughter. Kouichi was standing beside them trying to keep the smirk off his face but when Kouji turned around he found it impossible to keep back the laughter.
"Yhea, yhea, laugh it up you jokers." Kouji muttered taking off his bandana to fix it.
After most of the laughter had subsided, which took about fifteen minutes, Kouichi, who was still trying to stop laughing continued to lead them through the halls. Kouji had a big red spot on his forehead where the broom had hit him. Every time Kouichi turned to talk to him the older twin would start laughing again.
"Well here we are." Kouichi said wiping a tear from his eye due to laughing so hard. They were standing in front of two large oak doors with funky door handles. "Ready to see her?" They all nodded to he reached up and poked one of the door handle.
Something gave a grunt.
"Go way." It said.
"Wake up!" Kouichi scolded looking at the door handle with a slightly un-amused look.
"Oh it's just you Kou-kun." The voice said. Everyone jumped as the door handle shook and two eyes appeared on it.
"What do you mean, Oh it's just me?" Kouichi asked in a fake hurt voice.
"Sorry, I thought it might have been Sorcermon, he was supposed to come by and polish me today."
Kouichi raised his eyebrows, "Good luck with that then, but first can you open the door?" he asked.
"Hunh? Oh yhea sure I suppose." The door handle said as the doors swung open by themselves.
Everyone jumped back but Kouichi raised a hand and waved at the others to follow him into the room. As Kouji pasted the door, the door handle appeared on the other side of the door and looked at him.
"Hey kid, wha happen to your face?" it asked.
"Nothing." Kouji replied as he entered the room.
"Okay then," The door handle said, then added. "Spotty."
Kouji whipped around and seethed. "What did you call me?" He started to walk back to the hallway but the doors shut making his face connect with a solid wall.
"Ow," Kouji groaned as he covered his face with his hands.
"Spotty." Said the doorhandle from the othersdie of the door.