Chapter 3: Conversational Matters
Takato sighed as he lay on his bed, thinking about what has been going on in the past few days as the clouds outside went over the moon. Guilmon was lying by Takato's bed, taking a nap. Takato was about to do the same when his mom called him.
"Takato!"
"Coming!" he said as he went downstairs. "Yeah Mom? What's up?"
She handed him a bag of bread and said, "Could you go deliver this to Ms. Yakanishi for me? Poor old thing broke her leg and can't get out of the house or at least that's what she said."
He took the bag and said, "You mean that old lady with the cats?"
"Yes. Now go deliver it and she'll give you the pay for it."
"Since when did we deliver bread?" Takato asked.
"Since you decided to be someone who likes to stay up late. Now go and she might give you a nice tip."
"Yeah. The last time she gave me a 'tip' was a stick of gum," Takato mumbled.
He decided not to wake Guilmon up and started to go out the door. He went down a few streets and then came to a small white house. He went up to the door and knocked as he heard some shuffling. When the door opened, there stood an old lady with white curly hair and some small round glasses. Takato looked at the cast on her leg and also at the several cats that were behind her.
"Hi. I'm from the Matsuki bakery. I brought your bread."
"Oh, good. Come on in and I'll get you your pay."
Takato went in and said, "Where do you want me to put this?"
"Just put it on the table over there," she said pointing to a small dining table.
He put it down and then heard meowing as he looked down and saw a lot of cats rubbing against him. He smiled as he bent to pick one up but then it hissed and scratched him on the cheek.
"Ow! Thanks a lot," he mumbled to them.
"Here you go dear," she said as she handed him the money.
"Thanks. Bye now," he said as he started out the door.
"Wait. I think you should deserve a nice tip."
'Oh boy,' he thought remembering the last time he delivered something to her.
He suddenly felt a couple of bills slip into his hands. He looked down and saw that it was 20 bucks. Takato's eyes widened at the money.
"I can't take this. Not this much money."
"Nonsense. I'm old and my money usually comes from other places. Besides, a boy your age should buy something nice."
"Well…ok. Thanks and bye," Takato said as he walked out the door.
He pocketed the money and walked down the sidewalk when he heard a chuckle. He turned to see Mako in a black coat looking at him.
"So…you're paying old ladies visits huh?"
"Look it was a delivery job. What do you want anyway?"
"Does it really matter? I was just passing by is all. By the way, where's that doofus partner of yours?"
"You leave Guilmon out of this and don't call him a doofus," Takato said as a temper started to rise in his voice.
Mako smirked and said, "What can that partner of yours do anyway? He's just like all the rest of them. Silent but deadly."
"What do you mean the rest of them?"
"Are you blind! Don't you see the hazard sign on his chest? Any digimon that bears the sign of hazard should be deleted immediately."
"You're not going to delete Guilmon. He's my friend and I'll do whatever it takes to defend him."
Mako turned around and said, "You're just defending a monster. One day he'll get out of control and even you won't be able to stop him. If you know what's good for you and the innocent lives in this city, you'll get rid of him."
"Never! I will never do that to him!"
"Then your more blind than anything," Mako said as he walked away.
"Hey! Get back here!" Takato yelled after him but he kept going.
Takato turned and started to head home again, anger fuming in him. He calmed down once he got home and gave his mom the pay from the delivery. He went upstairs and into his room as he saw Guilmon was still asleep. He sat on the bed and started to gently pet Guilmon's head.
'Could he really be that dangerous?' Takato wondered. 'No! He would never do anything like that. He's my friend…'
He sighed as he pulled on his pajamas and went to bed, still thinking about Mako's words.
Mako walked down the street thinking about his conversation with Takato.
'What a blind fool. It's obvious that digimon hasn't gotten out of control before but when it does…'
Mako stopped and looked at the sky, still wondering about it.
'If that digimon gets out of control…then I pray we'll be able to stop it.'
Mako continued down the streets until he came to an apartment building. He went up to the third floor and entered his home. The lights were off as he took off his shoes and went to his room. He shut the door behind him as he went towards his bed. He passed a picture of two little kids that was on his dresser as he went into his bed and fell asleep.
The next day, Takato, Henry, Terriermon, and Guilmon went to the park. Takato decided not to tell anyone else about the previous night's conversation but he couldn't stop thinking about it.
"Hey Takato you ok?" Henry asked.
"Yeah. Why?"
"No reason. You just seem…a bit out of it today."
"Just thinking about stuff."
Takato watched as Guilmon and Terriermon played in the water. Suddenly, a digital field emerged a few miles away. Their D-Arcs started to go off as the digimon came out of the water.
Mako walked down the sidewalk with Beelzemon when his D-Arc went off.
"Another bioemergence. Let's go Beelzemon!"
They were closer to the bioemergence than the other tamers, so naturally they were there first. Mako pulled on his black sunglasses as he entered the digital field and looked for the digimon. Once his eyes were adjusted, he took of his sunglasses and took out his black D-Arc to scan for the digimon. He finally found it as the fog around the digimon parted to reveal it.
"Diaboromon. Virus Type. Mega Level. His attacks are Cable Crusher, Web Wrecker, and Inferno Missile."
"This isn't going to be easy," Beelzemon said.
"I know but I have faith in you, Beelzemon. Now show that thing what we're made of!"
"Right," Beelzemon said as he charged at Diaboromon.
Beelzemon pulled out his two guns and fired at the digimon. Diaboromon dodged the bullets by jumping high into the air. Beelzemon kept firing at him while Diaboromon was still in the air but he still dodged the attacks. As he neared the ground, he attacked Beelzemon.
"Cable Crusher!" he said as his long arms extended and made impact with its target.
Beelzemon got hit with the attack and landed hard on the pavement. He quickly got up and looked at Diaboromon.
"Guess we'll have to do this the hard way," he said as he put his guns away.
Diaboromon stared at him and then attempted a second attack.
"Cable Crusher!"
Beelzemon jumped over his arm extension and charged at Diaboromon while his claws started to glow purple.
"Darkness Claw!"
Diaboromon saw the attack coming and dodged it barely. His arms were still extended as Beelzemon landed and then wrapped his arms around the unsuspecting Beelzemon. He tried to get out of Diaboromon's arms as they kept getting tighter around him.
"Web Wrecker!" he said as electric shocks went from his arms to the trapped Beelzemon.
He screamed and writhed in pain as the electric shocks went through his body.
"Beelzemon!" Mako yelled.
As the electric shocks wore off, Beelzemon slumped to the ground with Diaboromon still hanging on to him. He then jumped into the air with Beelzemon and then threw him to the ground as Beelzemon landed hard into the ground.
Rika was running towards the digital field when she saw Henry, Takato, and their partners running towards there as well.
"Hey goggle heads!" she yelled.
They turned to see her running towards them. They stopped as she caught up to them.
"Hey Rika. Is anyone else coming?" Takato asked.
"I didn't see anyone else but who knows. Come on. We have a digimon to beat," she said as she started towards it again.
They entered the digital field to see Beelzemon on the ground with Diaboromon standing inches away from them.
"He needs help. Guilmon, you ready?" Takato said.
Guilmon nodded and said, "Let's go."
"Renamon," Rika said as she appeared beside her.
"Go Terriermon," said Henry.
The three of them scanned their digivolution cards through their D-Arcs.
"Digi-Modify! Matrix Digivolution Activate!"
MATRIX DIGIVOLUTION
"Guilmon matrix digivolve to…WarGrowlmon!"
"Renamon matrix digivolve to…Taomon!"
"Terriermon matrix digivolve to…Rapidmon!"
Just as Diaboromon was about to attack Beelzemon again, he was hit with blasts from the ultimate level digimon.
"Talisman of Light!"
"Rapid Fire!"
"Atomic Blasters!"
Diaboromon was slammed into a building from the attacks but immediately regained himself as he attacked at his new opponents. Beelzemon got up as he saw the three ultimate level digimon. Mako turned to see the other tamers and growled.
"You! What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Saving your butt. What does it look like we're doing?" Rika said.
Mako turned towards the battle again and said, "We don't need help from you weaklings."
"Weaklings!" Rika yelled at him.
"We're trying to help you," said Henry.
"Well I don't need it. Beelzemon it's time for an upgrade!"
He took out his D-Arc and a card as he slashed it through.
"Digi-Modify! Imperialdramon's Giga Cannon Activate!"
A huge cannon appeared in Beelzemon's hands. He balanced himself from the heavier weight and aimed it at Diaboromon.
"Giga Cannon!"
The blast was too big for Diaboromon to dodge as he was hit with it from trying to jump it. He slammed into the ground as the cannon disintegrated from Beelzemon's hands. Once the dust settled, Diaboromon was still alive but damaged. He attempted to attack Beelzemon again but he pulled out his gun and fired at him. Diaboromon shrieked as his data fizzed in and out until he finally disintegrated. The fog cleared and the ultimates went back to their rookie levels. Mako started to walk away when Takato called out to him.
"Why won't you let us help you?"
"Because we don't need it. Don't get in our way," he said.
Beelzemon watched as his tamer walked away and then looked back at the other tamers who were also leaving. Renamon turned and saw Beelzemon still standing there.
"Sorry about Mako. He has his reasons so just stay away."
"We just want to help," Renamon said.
"I know. But don't, ok?" he said as he started to walk off. "Besides, a pretty digimon like you shouldn't be fighting. See you around, toots."
Renamon stared after him and smiled. She knew that Beelzemon wanted help but Mako didn't. She walked away and started to catch up to Rika. Rika got home and went into her room where Renamon followed her.
"Who does that guy think he is? He's such an idiot," she said as she started pacing.
"I know but I think his partner wants our help," Renamon said.
"Maybe. But I'm not going to worry about some guy who wants to go solo. If he wants to get himself killed, then let him," Rika said as she sat down. "Could you go Renamon? I have some studying to do."
Renamon nodded and said, "Of course."
She faded out of the room, leaving Rika to her work.
Takato and Henry walked down the sidewalk with their partners as they discussed the same thing.
"Why do you think he doesn't want our help?" Takato asked.
"I don't know. I'm sure he has his reasons but I don't think fighting by himself is a good thing either," replied Henry.
"Momentai. I'm sure they'll be fine. Besides…if they are destroyed then that's one less tamer to worry about."
"Terriermon! That wasn't very nice."
"Come on Henry. I was just kidding."
As they walked away, Mako was standing in the shadows as he watched them. He heard their conversation as his eyes narrowed.
"What a bunch of fools."
Suddenly a black car pulled up next to him as he approached it. A window rolled down from the driver's side.
"So anything new yet?" a man asked.
"No not yet. I'm going to keep my eye on them, sir."
"Keep me posted."
"I will sir."
The window rolled back up on the car as it drove away, leaving Mako standing on the sidewalk.