#3: Something Amiss in the Air

Persona series © ATLUS
Digimon Adventure © Toei Animation

4/14 Thursday
After School

The Personas hovers above the group, observing the battlefield. Their controllers stared at their Personas, in amazement. They were controlling them, and even they were surprised. The Personas then looked at their controllers, and only their stare spoke all the words. They are on their side and will come to them to aid them in battle. Tai and Kari nod and the Personas disappeared into them; disappearing into their souls, obtaining a facade to help them through life's hardships.

"That was insane!" Matt exclaimed. The two other kids ran up to them and asked them a bazillion questions.

"H-How did you two call those things?" Sora said.

"What did you call them? Persona?"

"Guys, guys, calm down." Tai said. "Even we don't know much about them."

"We just, do." Kari said. "We just know that they're on our side."

"Geez, you guys always seem to get all the cool stuff." Matt said.

"Do you think those things are the same as Digimon?" Sora said.

"I definitely don't remember any Digimon just appearing out of the blue like that. Literally!"

"C-Can we find those other guys now?" Kari groaned while holding her stomach. "I'm starting to feel icky now…"

"Yeah, me too…" Tai groaned while holding his head.

"Right." Matt nods, as they start walking off to find where Narukami and the others are.

As they do, they heard an explosion occur up ahead. They looked at each other, wondering what it was before Kari starts taking off.

"H-Hey! Kari! We're supposed to run away from those kinds of sounds!" Tai shouted as they ran after her.

They turned a corner, and then they see another weird monster, floating above Narukami and Yosuke. It actually looked a bit like Yu. It looks like he was wearing something similar to his Yasogami High school uniform, with a mask covering his face. He was also equipped with a spear.

"I-Is that another one of those Persona things?" Matt said, surprised. Soon the monster disappeared into Yu, as Yosuke rushes up to him.

"Dude, that was sick!" Yosuke shouted. "W-What was that!? H-How did you do it!?"

"Hey! Guys!" Tai shouted towards them, and the teens looked to see that the kids were alright.

"Oh, thank God, you guys are okay." Yosuke sighed in relief, as the kids walked up to them.

"Hey Yu, what was that thing, just now?" Kari asked.

"It was…" Yu started before Yosuke jumped in.

"You called that thing a Persona, right?" Yosuke said.

"Yeah. I did."

"So you can call it too?" Tai said, surprised.

"Yeah. Why?"

"Me and Kari did something like that just a little while ago."

"W-Wha!? You guys too!?" Yosuke exclaimed.

"Yeah." Kari nods. "It was kinda freaky at first."

The kids then see that Chie was unconscious on the ground, next to the teens.

"H-Hey, what happened to Chie?" Sora brought up, as everyone diverts their attention to her.

"Oh crap! That's right!" Yosuke exclaimed as they try to wake the teen up.

"Chie! Hey! Chie! Wake up!" Kari exclaimed, trying to get her up. Soon, she was moaning, and her eyes fluttered open, and see that everyone was staring at her. "Phew, thank goodness."

"Are you alright?" Tai said.

"H-Huh? W-What happened to the monsters?" Chie said, sitting up.

"Long gone. We took care of them."

"W-Wait, really?"

"Yeah. Narukami took care of some with some kickass monster, and these guys say they did it too." Yosuke said. "And they called it a…"

"…a Persona." Kari said. "But, I don't know how…"

"Okay, well that sounds cool and all, but, can we just focus on getting out of here before one of those freaky things attack again!?" Chie exclaimed.

"Hey…do you think that bear knows the exit out of here?" Matt said.

"What bear? Oh, wait, you mean that freaky one?"

"Where did he go anyway?" Yosuke said. "He just took off while we were getting chased…"

"Do you think he's back at that studio?" Yu said.

After a bit of searching, they finally found their way back to the studio area. Over there, they found the mysterious bear, staring at them, surprised that they survived the shadows attacking them. They then explained the situation to him, in which he blinked in confusion.

"You need an exit?" The bear said.

"Yeah, of course we do." Chie said.

"Look, you seem to know the ins and outs of this place pretty good." Yosuke said.

"That's not important right now!" The bear spazzed out. "What happened to the shadows?"

"You talking about those monsters?" Chie said.

"Yeah, yeah!"

"What are those things anyway?" Sora said. "They didn't seem like Digimon."

"Hey, wait, did you made those shadow things by any chance, and lead them to us?" Tai accusingly.

"Grrrr! Now, don't you be a dummy bear!" The bear exclaimed, angry. "You know, I've had it up to here of people barging in here and riling up the shadows!"

The bear then slammed his foot onto the ground. Then, like magic, a stack of TVs appears in the middle of the place.

"Whoa! Where'd all those TVs come from?" Tai said.

"Now go on! Get out of here! Scram!" He said, starting to push them all into the TVs. "As you can see, I am a very busy bear!"

"H-Hey! Stop pushing me!" Tai exclaimed.

"Watch where you're pushing!" Chie exclaimed.

"Agh, it's a tight squeeze in here." Kari groaned.

The bear then managed to push everyone in there. They were falling through the squares again and were supposedly teleporting back to Junes.

They remember falling out of something, and they landed on a checkered ground. They hear muzak in the area, as they opened their eyes, and they look to see that they're in an aisle in a store. They looked behind them, and they saw the same big flatscreen TV they went into in order to get to the parallel world. It was showing rippling effects on the screen, before subsiding, and the portal closed. They had made it back into the department store, without gaining any sort of attention luckily.

"D-Did we make it back?" Chie said, looking around, frantically. She and Yosuke suddenly pop up from the ground, and start to celebrate, relieved that they made it back out of that crazy TV World alive. That is until the two instinctively embraced each other, and Chie's eyes widened, and she kneed Yosuke in his stomach, in which he writhed around in pain for a bit. "Don't take advantage of the situation, perv!" The kids sweatdropped awkwardly after seeing that.

The intercom pings and a female voice rings in the store.

[Attention, shoppers. Our daily limited-time sale will now begin at the side dish area on the first floor. Why not try the delicious, fresh produce Junes picked for you as your side dish for dinner tonight? All ages are invited to take advantage of this incredible bargain!]

"Dinner?" Tai repeated. "Wow, we were in there for a couple of hours."

"Mom and dad must be worrying about us." Kari said.

After surviving the attack on his intestines, Yosuke was about to tell everyone to go home until he sees a familiar poster against the wall he was looking towards.

"Hey…that's right!"

"What is it?" Yu asked. "Did you remember you have to go to the bathroom?"

"YIPE! Why did you remind me!?" Yosuke exclaimed, grabbing his groin.

"Yosuke, spit it out." Chie said. "What is it?"

"That poster over there, I thought I recognized it." Yosuke points to the poster on the wall.

"Huh? What about it?" Sora asked.

"That's the poster we saw in that weird, creepy room with the noose hanging on the ceiling."

"It is?" Kari said.

"Hey…yeah, they do look the same." Chie said. "The face was cut out, but now that I look at it, those posters were posters of Misuzu Hiiragi…"

"You mean that lady on the news?" Kari said.

"She's been all over lately."

"Wasn't it because of something about the husband having an affair with that Yamano lady?" Sora said.

"Yeah, and she died the other day."

"Hey, so could that mean…that room, and that noose…" Yu thought. "Could that be related to her death?… She probably could have done that purposefully to herself." Yosuke then shakes his head.

"Yaagh! No! I don't want to think about it anymore." Yosuke exclaimed. "We gotta stop talking about this. I'm just going to wipe today's events from my brain. I don't think my poor heart can take it anymore."

"And your bladder." Yu added.

"Knock it off, man! Oh crap...!" Yosuke then limped out of there, desperate in finding the nearest bathroom.

"Ugh, I'm chilly…" Kari complained.

"Do you remember what that bear said?" Yu said. "He said we might get even more sick if we hung out in that strange place."

"Wonder why though." Tai said. "Ah, never mind that. Let's just all go back home."

Everyone nodded, and they started off back to their homes.

Evening

Tai and Kari enter through the door, after trekking through the rain outside.

"Hey, we're home." Tai said, as they walked into the living room, where dinner was ready.

"Just in time too." Susumu said. "We're about ready to eat."

"Where have you two been all day?" Yuuko asked.

"Oh, we were hanging out with some cool teens." Kari said. "They were named Yu, Chie, and Yosuke. We were at Junes."

"Oh! I heard that Junes is a popular department store around here."

"Yeah, we were checking out the big TVs over there, but-"

"But a sale just happened over there, and Junes' happy hour just started." Tai quickly jumped in, trying to hide the fact that they actually went into the TV, and fought mysterious monsters known as shadows. "We were also trying to see all the other cool stuff over there, but we didn't watch the time, and it got away from us."

"Well, I think it's nice that you've made some new friends, but you should really watch the time." Yuuko said.

"Sorry, mom." Kari apologized. She then sneezed and sniffed.

"Oh, are you coming down with something?"

"It's probably because of this rain." Susumu said. "I'll get you some cold medicine, sweetie." He then got up and walked on over to the kitchen. Tai then sneezed as well. "I'll get some medicine for you too, Tai."

While their dad was getting medicine, the news channel was talking about the death of Mayumi Yamano. Her whereabouts before the death remained unknown, however, it's been stated that the police investigation has found out that she has been staying at the Amagi Inn. Apparently, this is a pretty well-known inn ran by the Amagi family.

The surname reminded the two kids of Yukiko Amagi. They were surprised to find out that she and her family run this well-known inn. They never knew. Course, they only just met Yukiko one time, and that was the other day when they found Yamano's body.

The news channel had another commentator on set. He was saying that Yukiko could potentially take over the family business this spring. He then goes on to comment about how she would be one of the youngest managers on record, and how he should book a trip over there.

Awkwardly, the news anchor moves on to the weather report. The rain will stop tonight, and heavy fog warnings will be in effect in Inaba until the morning. Then the day after that comes more rain before the sun will finally show itself to the quiet town.

The dad came back with some medicine, and the two kids took it.

"You two should get to bed early." Susumu said. "A spring cold can be rough."

The two kids nod, and after a while, they went upstairs to their bedroom and called it a night.

Tai stayed up a little bit though, still wondering about that Persona ability he, Kari, and Yu had. They somehow knew how to control them, and they knew who they were exactly. The only thing they don't know is, what they are. They only know their names. They don't know exactly what they are, or where they came from for that matter. They could be related to the shadow monsters, but…

Tai grows drowsier the more he thinks about it and goes to sleep.

Late Night

The fog has set in for the night, and won't go away until the morning, as the forecaster described it. Tai and Kari were fast asleep in their beds, exhausted from today. They really felt sluggish when they got home, so they really needed the rest.

However, their TV mysteriously came on. It wasn't even raining outside, so the Midnight channel wasn't scheduled to broadcast tonight. Just then, two figures came crawling out of the TV and fell onto the ground. That didn't wake up the two from their sleep, however. They then crept up closer to the two kids. Still, they hadn't woken up. Finally, one of the figures jumped onto Tai's bed and looked over him. Now that made him open his eyes a little, and Tai saw the figure, close to him. He then yelped in panic, and threw his pillow at the figure, making them fall off the bed, groaning.

"Ow! What's the big idea?" They groaned.

Tai looked over the bed, looking to see whom he just hit. Kari also was woken up from the commotion, and she too looked over the bed.

"What was that, Tai?" Kari asked.

"Don't know." Tai said, getting onto the floor, watching the pillow on the ground. The figures that he just hit were under the pillow, and they were groaning. They were also pretty small, considering the pillow was barely covering both of their bodies.

"Ngh, well this is a good way of greeting old friends who haven't seen you in a while!" One of them groaned, clearly agitated.

"Huh? Wait, that voice." Tai said, recognizing that voice. He then takes off the pillow, and the two kids were in shock to see long time friends; friends that they journeyed with throughout the ends of the Digital World. They were none other than their Digimon partners, who they always remembered…except for a few seconds ago, in which Tai didn't even know the two figures were their partners in the first place. Tai's Digimon was in his fresh form, named Koromon, and Kari's was in her rookie form, named Salamon.

"Koromon? Salamon?" Kari said, surprised.

"Never throw a pillow at us again, please?" Salamon complained.

"S-Sorry. I didn't know that was you guys." Tai said. "B-But, how did you guys get back into the real world? What are you doing here exactly?"

"We don't even know ourselves." Koromon said.

"All we remember was something attacking us in the Digital World, and here we are." Salamon said. "We went through some sort of portal to get here."

"Portal?" Tai said. He then looked towards the TV, in which there were still ripples of black and white on the screen, indicating that the portal was still active. "You mean the TV?"

"Huh? If that's where we came from, then I guess it was our portal."

"Anyways, what happened to your room, Tai?" Koromon asked, looking around the place. "It looks different than the last time."

"We're actually not in Odaiba anymore." Tai said.

"Really?"

"Yeah. I mean VenomMyotismon pretty much destroyed most of Odaiba when he attacked. Oh, and you pretty much destroyed our apartment when you Digivolved into Greymon, remember?"

"Oh right."

"So, where are we, exactly?" Salamon asked.

"A town named Inaba." Kari said. "It's pretty quiet around here, and Miko seems to like exploring around here."

"So, is this where we're staying?" Koromon asked. "Cause, we don't know how to get back to the Digital World."

Tai does kind of agree with Koromon there. They did come through the TV from the looks, but if they were to go back, they would most likely end up back in the mysterious TV world. The computer would be another way, but at the moment, they can't do that without waking up their parents. Besides, they all longed to be together again, so what's the rush to get them back into the Digital World?

"So Tai? Can we stay here?"

"Alright, you two can stay here as long as you like." Tai said.

"Really? Thanks, Tai!"

"Shhh!" Tai covered Koromon's mouth. "You'll wake up mom and dad."

"Oh, sorry."

"It's been a while since we've been together." Kari said, picking up Salamon, and putting her beside her in bed.

"Yeah."

"So, are you sure you don't remember much about getting here?"

"Mmm, nope." Salamon shook her head. Then, something just came to her. "Oh, but, I do remember some sort of words that somebody said."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I don't know if I said them, or if someone else said them."

"What did you remember?"

"I think the words are, 'I am thou, thou art I.'"

"Really? Huh, weird. I remember some voice in my head saying that."

"Really? You heard those words too?" Kari nods, and Tai raises an eyebrow. He starts to get drowsy though.

"Okay, guys. We can talk about this in the morning, or...whenever..." Tai said, getting sleepy.

"Okay. G'night."

They all said good night, and they all went to sleep.

4/15 Friday
Early Morning
Rainy

The fog has lifted, and you'd be able to see clearly again. The birds were chirping, and raindrops were falling from the leaves on the trees. Everything seemed so peaceful when in reality, it wasn't. On a telephone pole, some wires were entangled. Something must have fallen onto them, causing them to get tangled. What made them get tangled, however, was the scary part.

It was someone's body. A body was entangled on the wires. It was hanging upside down. From the looks of it, they go to Yasogami High, judging from the school uniform they have on. Whoever they were, they weren't moving at all. Their eyes were hanging, and they remained motionless. This person was dead.

Meanwhile, in the Kamiya house, Tai and Kari rushed out of the door, holding umbrellas. They were feeling much better after their journey in the TV world yesterday. Their Digimon partners were hiding out in their backpacks, acting like toys.

While they were walking, the Digimon peered out of the backpacks to observe the new setting they were in.

"Wow. This place sure is quiet." Salamon said.

"Yeah. I remember you guys living in a crowded city." Koromon said

"It was pretty crowded." Tai said. "Though, can't really say that with what things are now over there. This place on the other hand is totally different."

"Even we haven't gotten used to this place yet." Kari said.

As they were walking, they walked past two high school girls that were conversing about something. They slowed down their pace to try to hear what the girls were saying.

"Hey, did you hear the sirens this morning?" One of them said.

"I saw three police cars zooming by."

"You live by the police station, right? Did you see anything?"

"All I heard was yelling. I didn't see anything. Total disappointment."

"Geez, you're supposed to pay more attention to stuff like that. How else are we supposed to get the juicy stories?"

They then hear police sirens in the distance. They were gradually getting closer, before retreating again. The two kids and Digimon all looked at each other, curious about what the sirens were all about.

"What are the police doing out here?" Kari said.

"They sounded really close." Koromon said.

"I got a bad feeling about this." Tai mumbled. They then continued to walk on, and are trying to forget the sirens for a second.

They then reached the school, where like always, their friends were waiting for them.

"Hey Tai. Is it true?" T.K. said, running up to them.

"What's true?" Tai said.

"Did you really go into a TV? Like, for real?"

"TV?" Koromon stuck out of Tai's backpack.

"You never told us about that, Tai." Salamon did the same.

The 6 kids were surprised when they saw the Digimon.

"Huh? How are Koromon and Salamon here?" Izzy said, surprised.

"Why are they even here?" Matt said.

"We don't know." Koromon said. "Tai said we came out of his TV."

"The TV? But, that's where that strange TV world is."

Tai and Kari told everyone else about what happened in the TV world, and how they managed to summon mysterious beings known as Personas. They fought the mysterious shadows and managed to kill them all.

"Wow, that sounds cool!" T.K. said. "How'd you do it?"

"Some card floated down to my hand, and I crushed it, and Tennyo appeared behind me." Kari said.

"Yeah, the same with Momotaro." Tai said.

"Is that what you call those Persona creatures?" Matt said.

"Yeah. I dunno why we're calling them that, though. The name just popped into my mind."

"Momotaro?" Koromon repeated.

"Tennyo?" Salamon repeated.

"What's wrong?" Kari asked.

"That name seems familiar…" Salamon said.

"Yeah, Momotaro does as well." Koromon said.

"Did you hear it from somewhere?" Izzy said.

"No, it's the first time I heard it, but I know it somehow."

The school bell rings.

"Ack, we should get to class." Tai said. "We'll talk about this later."

They all nod, and the Digimon retreats back into the backpack.

Lunchtime

The kids were dismissed for lunch. As Kari and T.K. were walking towards the lunchroom, they accidentally bumped into a girl with her hair in twin-tails, and a dress with two shades of red on it, with a white long sleeve under it. She looked like she was a year younger than them.

"Oops! Sorry." She apologized.

"No, it's okay." Kari said.

"Hey, aren't you new here?"

"Sorta. We came a few days ago from a city."

"Oh, I had someone come from a big city too!"

"Really?" Kari then remembers Yu, and how he had moved into Inaba when his parents were working abroad. "Do you mean Yu Narukami?"

"Oh! Yeah! That's him! Do you know him?"

"Yeah, he's our friend. How do you know him?"

"He moved in with my dad."

"With your dad? Oh wait, I think he said something about having a cousin. So, you must be his cousin, right?"

"Uh-huh."

"Well, he's been nice to us. He's a nice guy to hang out with. My name is Kari Kamiya, and this is T.K. What's your name?"

"Nanako Dojima."

"Nice to meet you." T.K. said.

"Thanks. My dad is a detective, so I don't really see him that much."

"Oh, really? That's cool. What about your mom?"

Nanako stayed silent on that part.

"…! Oh geez. I-I'm sorry. I didn't…"

"No, it's okay."

"If it makes you feel any better, my parents aren't having a good time too. They got a divorce, and I haven't been able to see my big brother for a while."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"Nah, it's okay. We still live in different houses here, but my brother is only a walk away from there. He's a really nice big brother."

"Wow…I wish I had a big brother."

"So, do you want to come with us?" Kari said. "We can talk a whole lot more in the lunchroom."

"O-Oh…Uh…M'kay." Nanako nods, and they start to walk to the lunchroom. They were sharing some fun stories with the girl, and soon they befriended each other. They've gotten off to a great start in a new friendship.

After School

The Digidestined all met up with each other again at the school's entrance. Nanako from earlier was walking by them.

"Bye! I'll see you later!" She waved to Kari and T.K.

"See ya, Nanako!" T.K. waved.

The girl then walked home.

"I see you two made a new friend." Sora said.

"Yeah. She said she's Yu's cousin." Kari said.

"Really? That's neat."

"She's really sweet." Salamon said, popping out of Kari's backpack. "Like you, Kari."

"Hee hee, thanks." Kari said.

"Anyway, have any of you guys heard the news?" Sora said.

"No, what is it?" Joe said.

"The police found another body this morning."

Everyone was surprised by that.

"Another body?" Tai said. "Wait, don't tell me…"

"She was dead when they found them."

"Wha!? Someone died again!?" T.K. exclaimed.

"Yup. She was tangled upside down on a telephone pole."

"Upside down on a telephone pole?" Tai said.

"Tai, may we ask what the heck is going on here!?" Koromon exclaimed.

"W-Well, someone was found dead a couple of days ago. But, the thing is, they were also hanging from something, right?"

"Yeah, the first was an antenna, and this time it was a telephone pole." Sora said.

"That's strange…Almost like what happened to Miss Yamano…" Izzy said.

"Well…I mean, it's still strange that they would be found dead like this. I mean, who would do that to a high schooler?"

"Wait, a high schooler?" Matt said.

"Yeah."

"What's up?" Tai said.

*REASONING*

"Don't you remember what aired on the Midnight Channel?" Matt said.

"What? That freaky thing? What does that have to do with all of this?"

"Well, the girl being shown on the Midnight Channel looked like a high schooler, right?"

"Well, I think I do remember the person wearing some uniform."

"Yeah, it kind of looked like a Yasogami High uniform." Izzy said.

"Oh, and the person this time, was a high schooler too, right?"

"So, wait, you're saying that the Midnight Channel and these deaths are related?" Joe said.

"Well, it's kinda hard to ignore, right?" Matt said.

"Well, I do see your point…But what about Miss Yamano? We hadn't watched the Midnight Channel before she was found dead."

"Actually…" Kari spoke up. "Do you remember what I said the other day? Someone in my class said Miss Yamano was their soulmate."

"Oh yeah, that's right." T.K. said. "So, she must have appeared on the Midnight Channel then, right? Because they said the Midnight Channel is where you're supposed to find your soulmate?"

"I think it's a safe bet." Izzy said.

"So, from what I'm gathering from all this is, anyone who appears on that program, ends up dead and tangled on something the next morning?" Tai said.

"W-Wow…I didn't realize it was that freaky!" Mimi exclaimed. "Oh no, you don't think if we appear on the Midnight Channel, we'll all wind up dead too, right!?"

"Well, it's a possibility." Izzy said.

"I said don't think!"

"H-Hey! It's not a certainty! This is only a theory I'm gathering from all this."

"Say, why are we even thinking about all this anyway?" Joe said. "Shouldn't we let the police handle this? I mean, we're pretty good with Digimon stuff, but I doubt a Digimon is to blame for this."

"Mmm, yeah. Maybe senpai's right…" Sora said. "It's not really a good idea to get involved with all this. I mean, there's really not much that we can do."

"Yes, there is." Tai said.

"Huh?"

"Do you remember that freaky room in that world inside the Junes TV?"

"You mean the one where it had all that, uh, 'paint' splattered all over the place?" Matt said.

"Yeah. And there were also those posters of Miss Yamano on the walls all over the place. That seemed connected to her death. And this girl died the same way that Yamano did."

"So, you think that freaky world is related to this?"

"Yeah. Is it so much of a stretch to think that those two wandered into that world, somehow?"

"Come to think of it…remember what that bear thing said?" Sora said. "He said there was someone besides us at the time that was in that world, and when the fog lifts, he wouldn't hear them anymore."

"And do you remember how we were attacked by those shadow monsters? Okay, so let's put this into perspective. What if someone who is not Digidestined wandered into the Digital World? Do you think they would survive without any partner Digimon, or whatever?"

"With so many wild Digimon in that world, probably not…" Izzy said.

"Then couldn't it be the same for that TV World? The only reason why we survived yesterday was because we got these Persona things last second. Other than that, if we didn't get those, we would have been shadow snacks for good!"

"…You may have a point there…" Sora said. "I mean, any normal person probably can't handle what's in that place."

"That's what I'm saying! This can't be handled by the police! Unless they're able to get Persona things, mons, or whatever, they can't survive in that world. We do. If something freaky is going on with that weird world, then we have the power to go in and investigate. Besides, would they believe in us if we told them about there being a world inside the TV?"

"I agree with Tai." Kari nods. "We should check out that world just in case."

"Hey, count us in." Koromon said, popping out of Tai's bag. "We don't know what the heck's going on, but we're with you all the way!"

"Yup!" Salamon nods.

"Good. With your help, fighting off those monsters in the TV World will be a breeze." Tai said.

"Say, Tai, can I come too?" T.K. said. "I wanna see what this new world is like!"

"You really shouldn't, T.K." Matt said.

"Aww, why not?"

"Well, first of all, it's nothing like the Digital World. It's less green, and more yellow if you know what I mean."

"Wha?"

"I mean, without the other Digimon with us, it's pretty dangerous in there."

"You're talking about those shadow monsters you told us about?" Joe said. "Yeah, if we don't have the other Digimon with us, it's not really a good idea to go in there empty-handed."

"Aw come on Joe. We're always ready to protect you guys." Koromon said. "You still got your Digivices, right?"

"It's back at home…Er, this home at least. Not back in the Odaiba wreck."

"We got ours, just in case." Kari said, showing her's. It was clipped onto her pink pants, and covered by her yellow sleeveless shirt, so nobody would notice it much. Tai's was clipped to his brown shorts, but he thought nobody would mind if they saw it. As long as they don't go haywire, and cause their Digimon to digivolve in the middle of the classroom, they were fine to bring them along.

"Look, you guys can stay here if you like, but we need to get to the bottom of this." Tai said.

"You're all set for this, huh?" Sora said. "If that's the case, then I'll come along and help as much as I can."

"Count me in too." Matt said.

"I wanna go too." T.K. said. "No matter what."

"I mean, this new world doesn't sound as dangerous as the Digital World." Mimi said. "I'll come along."

"You'll definitely need my help as well, Tai." Izzy said.

"Okay, well if everyone's set on this, I suppose I'll tag along as well." Joe said.

"All set then?" Tai said. "Okay, let's head on over to Junes."

*ENDS*

At the Junes department store, they all entered through it and went into the electronics department of the store. The kids who haven't been over there seemed to like the look of the place. It was big and looked like it got plenty of products in it. When they got to the electronics department, they reach the same big flatscreen.

"So, you said all you have to do is reach into the TV, and you make a portal appear?" Joe said.

"It only works for Tai and Kari for some reason." Sora said.

Tai walks up to the big TV and puts his hand on the screen. Again, his hand flowed through like it was nothing, and the other kids who haven't seen the act of opening up the TV were surprised.

"Whoa, that's so cool!" T.K. exclaimed.

"Don't get separated, everyone." Tai said. "Stay close."

"Oh, wait, we forgot." Kari said. She reached into her pocket and got out the same glasses the bear from inside the TV had given them.

"Oh, right." Tai did the same, and they both put them on.

"Why do you need those?" Joe said. "Did your eyesight go bad?"

"No, but for some reason when we put these on, we see better in there. There's a strange fog that covers the place, and we need these to see through it for some reason."

"Hey, they said it works." Matt said.

"We should go soon." Izzy said. "The store's happy hour starts soon, and we can't go in if there are a bunch of people witnessing a pack of kids going into a television."

They nod, and Tai once again sticks his hand into the TV. The others stayed close to him.

"Okay! Let's get going!" They all rushed into the TV, and are headed on over to the TV world.

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