Road To Recovery

Again many thanksto the readers who tuned in on chapter 2, and more are on the way as Daisuke goes a little emotionally ballistic as he blames himself for what happened and ran off to avoid everyone. He was so ashamed for letting himself get possessed by D-Mon and wants to be left alone, and so the other Chosen Children decided to go find him.

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At the Motomiya house, the Motomiya family is sitting on Daisuke's empty bed while Chibimon waited for the others to arrive as he is very worried over his partner, seeing that Daisuke is far from recovered from the ordeal. Though he is a little peeved the blue-furred Digimon can tell why. Being the leader of the 2nd generation Chosen Children, and being the wielder of the Digi-Egg of Courage, Daisuke is seemingly immune to the temptations coming his way, such as being tempted by Belial-Vamdemon three years ago, and being possessed by D-Mon a week ago, it is understandable that he was overwhelmed due to his personal problems.

But leaving home all of the sudden? It's not like him, and Chibimon seemed to have a lead on where his partner went as ken and Miyako were the first to arrive and enter the bedroom, with Hawkmon and Wormmon trailing behind, and there they conversed on where to start finding him and what made their friend "disappear".

Chibimon: "I think Daisuke went to the Digital world…"

Wormmon: "But why did he left all of the sudden…?"

Ken: "I think I know why and why I can relate."

The others shifted their views towards the ex-Digimon Emperor as Ken continue his speech, much to their surprise after hearing what he just said, which appeared to make sense.

"After realizing what I did at the Digital World three years ago, after Wormmon died, I went back there to reflect what I did in the past, and I have a feeling that Daisuke did the same, though his reasons might be different from my case. Chibimon…he left without telling you?"

"No…nothing. He's gone when I woke up…"

"Then I have a bad feeling about this…he might still be emotionally down after what he went through…going there by himself…we have to go there and find him. And we better hope he doesn't commit suicide there…"

Taichi, Hikari and Sora arrived and were informed of the events happened, in which Hikari started to feel guilt about what happened, mentally blaming herself in causing Daisuke's action as she realized that she should have told Daisuke to stop pursuing her instead of ignoring him. Mimi arrived next, and there the Chosen Children decided to go inside while assuring the Motomiya family that they'll bring Daisuke back, and so they activated their D3 and entered the gate en route to the Digital World.

Mr. Motomiya: "Daisuke…what has gotten into you…?"

Mrs. Motomiya: "Getting depressed over a girl…"

Jun: "Let's stop blaming him and pray that he'll be fine and he will be found by the others…"

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At the Digital World, the 2 generations of Chosen Children arrived, and noted that everything is fine here in File Island, though they need to be sure that their missing friend didn't stray off into any trouble, which is the last thing they ever expect, so they opted to split up into two groups. Taichi, Hikari and Sora went to the eastern section while Mimi, Miyako and Ken head out to the western portion bringing their Digimon partners with them.

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Meanwhile, somewhere within File Island, a few Digimons were watching someone taking wild fruits from a tree, and they were baffled at the sight that they're seeing. It was Daisuke, and he looked like a teen surviving in the wild. His pajama clothes were quite tattered and sports eyebugs, indicating that he didn't sleep well; his lower face appeared to sport some facial hair and is eating wild berries, which is meant to be consumed by Digimons though it is perfectly safe for human consumption. But they noted that Daisuke was acting quite…feral; almost animalistic in terms of behavior.

Boarmon: "Hey…isn't that one of the Chosen Children…?"

Gazellemon: "Yeah…and look at him…he's eating berries like an animal…let's have fun with him…I feel like teasing him…and we can get back at him for making us look like laughing stocks for beating Belial Vamdemon…"

And so the two wild Digimons approached a very silent Daisuke, who is eating the wild berries in a disturbing behavior and started taunting him which, minutes later, would made them regret their actions.

Boarmon: "Hey boy…what are you eating…?"

Daisuke: "…"

Gazellemon: "Digimon got your tongue? Hmm…?"

Daisuke: "…"

The two Digimons were taken aback by the teen boy's silence, as he ignored them while gobbling up the berries fro the tree and Gazelemon decided to call his troops while Boarmon began to physically taunt the teen while hurling insults, not knowing what the results might be.

"What's the matter? You chicken? Got no balls? Are you just ignoring me? Come on…don't be a sacredly cat…or are you being a chicken? Bok-bok-bokok…ha-ha-ha…GGGAAAKKK!!!!!"

Daisuke finally responded by grabbing Boarmon by his throat, choking and strangling him, while he started to growl softly but ferociously, which the wild Digimon started to take notice in seeing the different Daisuke. He continued to strangle the Digimon, seemingly ignoring his tormentor's pleas while increasing the pressure.

"GGGAAAAKKKK…okay…I regret it…please…let go…GGGAAAKKKK….!"

Daisuke: "RRRRRRRRRR…GGGGRRRRR…"

By then the Gazellemon army arrived and were taken by surprise to see the Chosen Child pinning down Boarmon, but the lead Gazellemon tried to put up a brave face as he didn't want to look like a coward in front of his troops.

"Come on…we ain't scared of him! We're ten while he's only one…so let's taker him!"

And so the Gazellemon army charged towards Daisuke, ramming him with their antlers, scratching him and beating him, but this seem to fuel the Chosen Child's anger, as he would disable three of them by raking their eyes and blinded them, while disabling two by punching them hard on their craniums, knocking them down while breaking a portion on the throats of two more, and then grabbed another's by snapping his neck, leaving the lead Gazellemon by himself, and he is now shaking like a real coward.

"Wha…what kind of human are you…?"

Despite bleeding on his lips and upper torso, Daisuke looked more ferocious and is ready to go after him, not noticing Boarmon making his escape, and Gazellemon, with nothing else to do, decided to go head-on with Daisuke, and the two exchanged blows by punches, but the teen boy appeared more resilient, applying more strength in punches and choke holds, and eventually slammed him against a tree, beating him down.

Despite being beaten, Gazellemon was still being beaten up by a rabid Daisuke, and the other Gazellemons were horrified by Daisuke's display of savage behavior, showing a lot of brute force and ruthlessness, and only stopped when the lead Gazellemon was knocked unconscious. He turned his attention towards the other Gazellemons and he roared aloud like an animal.

"GGGRRRRAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!"

The rest of the Gazellemons fled in fear, unwilling to end up like the lead Gazellemon and seeing how Daisuke manhandled one of their kinds and seeing how he managed to take down ten of them, and are unwilling to wait for that to happen. After five minutes, he left, leaving the lead Gazellemon behind, still knocked out.

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At the western section, Ken and Mimi looked up at the sky, seeing several bird-Digimons flying away from the southern part of File Island, and they wondered if that is Daisuke, and hoped that he is not in trouble. They then got an idea on how to speed up their search, as Hawkmon and Wormmon, under Miyako and Ken's D3's activations, evolved to Aquilamon and Stingmon, flew to the sky to search for Daisuke, hoping to find him from the sky and see him below, with good results to boot.

Mimi: "Daisuke…please be alright…"

Miyako: "I have a bad feeling about this…"

Ken: "Maybe I should have brought Daisuke's D3 and Digi-Egg with him…but then in his current state it might cause V-Mon to evolve in a darker version…"

Chibimon: "You did the right thing…I recall Greymon evolving to Skull-Greymon due to Taichi's actions…and I say I'll stay as I am and that way it'll lessen the risks…"

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Meanwhile, Daisuke encountered a Taigamon, and the two fought ferociously, and despite his opponent more bigger than him, a feral-minded Daisuke didn't back off, as he managed to rake out of of Taigamon's eye, blinding him though he himself was wounded due to the bite on his right arm, but Taigamon was starting to get a bit shaken at seeing how the Chosen Child is acting erratically.

"Aren't you a human? Why act like an animal? Or are you just trying to psyche me out?"

But Daisuke did not reply with words, but with actions as he managed to tackle his opponent and was able to rake out the other eye, blinding him but got scratched in the process, but he proceeded to grab a twing and fasten it around his opponent's neck, slowly choking him until it was dead, and again he roared out in frustration, shouting like he is a wild animal.

"GGGGGRRRRRRAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!"

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Taichi, Hikari and Sora saw the birds flying away from their trees and Tailmon vaguely heard Daisuke's scream, and told the others about it, which made Sora and the Yagami siblings feel worried, and Hikari herself was starting to regret her actions a week ago.

To Be Continued…

Daisuke acts like an animal, eating berries and attacking wild Digimons. This was inspired from the X-Men character Wolverine, who has a habit of acting feral in his early days in Marvel Comics before being found by Heather Hudson, who inducted him in Alpha Flight, and in his several exploits, in which he lost his Adamantium due to Magneto's actions.

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Daisuke is found by his fellow Chosen Children, but how will they be able to snap him back to reality?