Merry Christmas, everyone! I know it's actually April when this has been posted but I just want to put you in the holiday spirit, even if it's for a few minutes in your day with this chapter.
Shoutouts to MadDogLucario96, DigimonAT0318, and a guest reviewer who left a great one. Yeah, we're getting to the final showdown soon enough. Oh, and to GreenD109, I'm afraid there is and will never be other wielders of the Crests of Honor, Kindness and Compassion. Sorry, I was already burdened with adding my OC and Osamu into the story that having any more Chosen Children and Digimon would've just been an overload. Sorry for failing you once more with this.
Anyways, I got a ton to say about this chapter, but I'll save it for the end. Till then, enjoy.
Chapter 43: Holy Night! Incursion into Odaiba!
Yagami Residence, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. December 24th, 2002. 0852 Hours.
P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery
"I don't mind you hitting me, Frank, but take it easy on the Bacardi. To old times, my friend."
"Oh, my God, it's..."
"Lew Hayward, your old boss. Your best friend."
"But you're...dead."
"Seven years."
"Gah, Has it been that long? Jeez, I mean, to look at you, I wouldn't have guessed… more than three, tops."
"Oh, Frank. Frank, you are in trouble. Big trouble."
"All right, let's just say for argument's sake that you're right, that I am in big trouble. What exactly would that mean?"
"Look at me. Look at your future. Now, if you don't change your ways, you're gonna wind up doomed, just as I am. Ugh… One minute, I'm on the 14th hole at Winged Foot, lining up a putt. A heart attack later, I'm a worm feast!"
" No, no, no, no, no, no, you're not a worm feast, you're an hallucination! Brought on by alcohol! Russian vodka poisoned by Chernobyl!"
"I love this movie so much." I said, as Taichi, Takeo, myself, Guilmon and Agumon all sat in the living room and watched Scrooged early in the morning. It was always a tradition to watch my favorite rendition of a Christmas Carol around Christmas Eve. Hard to believe it's already Christmas. The past month and a half has basically been a blur. After our encounter with Qinglongmon, our attention went back to wrecking Dark Towers in order to stop Archnemon's plan to destroy the Digital World. Speaking of which, we haven't seen any sight of her or Mummymon since that day they went to chase down BlackWarGreymon; we haven't seen him either so at least we didn't need to worry about saving the Holy Stones. The New Breed mostly took over things and offered to focus more of their time on wrecking the towers. We did our share too, but… I get the feeling they just wanted to prove themselves more than they already have. There was also the issue with the fact that we still haven't figured out who's pulling Archnemon's leash, and that's what worries me. Of course today, it's now Christmas; the whole city is in the spirit and now's a time to relax a bit.
"It is a very funny film." Guilmon observed in response to my statement.
"So, you guys are going to meet up later today?" Takeo asked us.
"Yeah, Miyako-kun said the others have us older Chosen Children quite a surprise today, and well, eh, you deserve to hang out with us." Taichi told him.
"Come on… I'm not one of you guys."
"Your service was invaluable, Takeo. You were truly a great help when we were fighting Osamu." I assured him.
"Yeah, and I kinda wished Archnemon had just moved into Osamu's place so I could keep helping like before… but a long winded lecture from Koushiro-kun told me about why that didn't exactly happen. I'm serious, there were multiple times where I thought I was just going to doze off." He joked.
"To be fair, Takeo, we all kinda fell the same." Taichi laughed before he suddenly stopped. "Don't tell him I said that."
"What will it take to buy my silence?" Agumon chuckled which earned him a glare from Taichi.
"Well, I've really been kinda left out ever since Miyako-kun told me to stop watching the Digital World map." He explained.
"I think that might have something to do with that surprise I mentioned before." replied Taichi.
"Can't truly imagine what it would be." I wondered before we turned our attention back to the screen as Lew was hanging Frank out the window before he'd end up back in his office and the phone would automatically call Claire. "Well, whatever it is, I'm sure we'll probably like it."
"I'm with you on that." Taichi took a sip of his drink. "Can we finish this movie before we have to leave?" I looked at the clock.
"Yeah. Should have about thirty minutes to spare."
"Come on, let's not pause this thing again or we'll never finish!" Guilmon complained. He sure did love movies.
Digital World. December 24th, 2002. 0947 Hours.
P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji
"X-Laser!" XV-mon's attack rings out as another Dark Tower topples over.
"Glide Horn!" "Tail Hammer!" "Shooting Star!" "Spiking Finish!" "Strike Claw!" "Rosetta Stone!" Our Digimon dealt with the other remaining Dark Towers. This was important… as they were the last Dark Towers in the Digital World. We had finally cleared out the sinister threat to the Digital World.
"Alright! You did it!" Daisuke praised the Digimon for their work.
"I don't know what Onii-chan or Ross-chan would say at this moment, but I could hazard a guess." Hikari said. "'That ladies and gentleman, is all she wrote.'" She gave a light chuckle upon saying that.
"Yeah, you're right about that Hikari-chan! All of the Dark Towers have now been destroyed!"
"It's certainly been a while since we last saw the Digital World without Dark Towers." Iori says. The others are celebrating before I walk over to Osamu.
"Hey, Onii-san, about that…" I see him look nervous as he slowly starts to pull out the envelopes from his pocket.
"I don't know about this…"
"This was your idea, Osamu-chan." Monodramon reminded him.
"But will they accept it?"
"Of course, they're all your friends, Osamu-chan." assured Wormmon.
"Hey, guys!" Daisuke soon ran up to us. "What are you doing? What do you have there?"
"Well…" Osamu hid it behind his back, just making Daisuke want to know more.
"C'mon, what is it?" He sighed and finally relented.
"My mother said we should have a Christmas party at our house and invite you all…"
"Really? You really want us to come over?"
"Hey, some of you already have." I pointed out. Now the others started to get excited as they gathered around.
"Great! So, those are invitations?" Miyako asked.
"Yeah… Would you like to come…?" Man, I really have never seen Osamu this nervous in my life. He always looked like he had it under control; I don't know, maybe I just never truly noticed. Wouldn't be the first time I didn't notice something off.
"Of course." Takeru kindly told him and held out his hand.
"Thanks."
"Same to you. I'm happy you invited us."
"It was all his idea, by the way." I gave him a slight nudge which just caused him to go even redder from embarrassment.
"And us…? Can we come?" V-mon asked as the Digimon looked somewhat nervous about being excluded.
"Of course!" Osamu assured them.
"A Christmas party!" Patamon cheered.
"But… what is Christmas?" Hawkmon asked. Daisuke soon began to explain.
Meanwhile, Iori and Armadimon were still looking out across the field by themselves as Osamu held the last invitation. He sighed once more.
"Come on, it's all water under the bridge." I told him considering he felt that he and Iori were still a bit distant. He nodded and walked over to him before holding out the card.
"Will you accept it?" He asked him. Iori soon gained a small smile.
"Thank you. I'll definitely come." Osamu gave a little sigh of relief upon hearing that. Looks like those two are finally getting along now.
P.O.V. – Third Person
Back in Odaiba, the city was going on with its Christmas business as usual. People were all bundled up in winter clothes while laughing and talking and getting into the festive mood as they were doing some last minute shopping or just hanging out. The shops and malls all over the city were decorated and Christmas music played throughout them. For some people, there was not as much time to socialize as they had important business, such as the case for Yamato and his band who were getting ready for their biggest gig to date: a live performance of their band being broadcasted on local stations. All of it was part of a competition they were in where multiple bands from the city's different junior highs were playing against each other.
"Sorry I'm late!" Yutaka apologized.
"Hey, what were you up to?" Akira asked him. "Don't tell me… a date?" Yutaka chuckled. "Gimme a break! The junior high band contest is right around the corner!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! But, you know…"
"Whatever!" Yamato spoke up. "Let's start jamming."
Yamato began to tune his guitar before he soon heard his cellphone begin to ring. He picked it up and looked at the number before answering.
"Dad?"
"Sorry, but it doesn't look like I can go home tonight." Hiroaki admitted. Yamato sighed.
"It's fine. You must be busy with the holiday TV shows."
"Well, that and other things."
"Yeah, I'll be back late tonight as well, so I'll get my own dinner."
"Sorry… I'll make a great dinner for us next time."
"Of course. I look forward to it. Later." He hung up.
Down at the Aqua City mall, Natsuko Takaishi was doing some last minute shopping herself before she meet with Daisuke's father, Haruto, and had a short conversation with him.
"Thanks for always having Takeru over."
"No, no, same to you about Daisuke. I hear they're going to a Christmas party."
"Yes… oh, I'm sorry. I'm robbing you of your time, aren't I?"
"Not at all, anyways…" He handed her a manila envelope. "Here's the information." He began to walk away.
"Have a happy New Year." She turned back around before she turned around… and nearly bumped into Phil. "Oh, excuse m- Captain McGlathery!" Phil gave a light laugh.
"Good to see you again, Takaishi-kun, but I guess word doesn't get around apparently, it's Rear Admiral now."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"Quite alright."
"Anyways, how have you been? It's been quite a while."
"Pretty good, and yes it has. I think it's been almost three and a half years since we last saw each other."
"Even if our sons have seen each other much more lately."
"Indeed… certainly has calmed down with them with what Ross has told me."
"That's good to hear… oh, by the way, I have to really thank you, Phil-san."
"What for?"
"Well… not too long after the kids went on their camping trip… well, Hiroaki and I have actually been seeing each other again."
"Really?"
"Yep… he said those words you gave him… they actually convinced him to actually ask me out again, and… we've been really reconnecting."
"Well, that's terrific to hear. I was just saying stuff that night, we were both stressed with the whole Kaiser thing going on."
"Still, I have to thank you. It's actually kind of funny, our boys don't know that we've been seeing each other again." Both of them laughed as they started to walk towards the parking lot.
As they walked, a very tall, gaunt, pale skin man with long black hair and wearing a purple jumpsuit stood up and soon blocked their way. It felt as if the temperature dropped even more than it already was.
"Ah, Rear Admiral McGlathery, Takaishi-kun, so nice to see you two again. I'm Oikawa Yukio, do either of you remember me?" The tall man asked them. Phil slowly and subtly began to get in front of Natsuko as they looked at the man who stood above them.
"Ah, yes… Oikawa-san…" She said.
"Yes."
"You asked for information about what happened at Hikarigaoka…"
"Yes… I also wanted to ask about the 'Odaiba fog' case. But we didn't meet in the end."
"I was busy back then, and didn't have time…"
"Besides, you met with me and I told you all that I knew." interrupted Phil.
"I know you did." He said to the navy man before turning to look at Natsuko. "And it's fine. I did some research myself." Both adults felt themselves tense up upon those words.
"I see…" Natsuko took a step back. "So, what do you need today?"
"That case isn't over yet. It's just beginning. I'll see you later." He started to walk pass them. "Enjoy the holidays, you two. It's the most wonderful time of the year."
And just as soon as he was there, he was gone.
"What… what was that?" She questioned.
"I don't know… but I had hoped I'd never run into that ghoul again." Phil growled.
"Was he that bad?"
"Let me put it this way, it took every favor I had to make sure the kids were interviewed by PSIA. As soon as I saw him, I knew right then and there that I should try to, pardon my language but I am a sailor, keep him the fuck away from the kids."
"I see… when he interviewed me and Hiroaki seven years ago, he was a bit odd, but certainly not creepy like he was a moment ago. And what did he mean by 'the case isn't over'? I thought the kids were doing well?"
"That's what Ross and Taichi-kun told me the other day; that all was being taken care of."
"I'm now suddenly worried for our kids again…" She expressed her fear.
"You and me both, Takaishi-kun."
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya
We all walked through the forest on the way back to the gate, all quietly chatting about what we just accomplished.
"Bet the others will like our gift to them?" I asked.
"Oh, yeah. They'll truly love it." Miyako told me.
"The only thing that could've been better was seeing the look on Archnemon and Mummymon's faces when we wrecked their final tower!" I laughed.
"They won't take that kindly, that much is true." Iori said.
"I'm still a bit worried about that warning Qinglongmon gave us, and whoever Archnemon answers to." Osamu spoke up and Takeru, Hikari, and Ken all nodded.
"You guys worry too much. We can take whatever those guys throw at us!" I declared.
"I don't think underestimating them is wise, Daisuke." Ken reminded.
"Indeed, who knows what they've got planned." worried Hikari.
"Come on, guys! Lighten up, it's the holidays! We've worked hard and we should at least celebrate!" I told everyone which gave them all smiles.
"Daisuke-kun is right. Let's not worry about those guys right now. Let's just relax and enjoy Christmas." Takeru agreed with me.
"Now you're talking!"
P.O.V. – Third Person
"Ichijouji-san, that's enough for today." Ruki's boss told her at her job. Ruki looked at her watch.
"Oh, it's this late already…" She began to remove her apron.
"Osamu-chan has changed a lot, huh?"
"Hmm?"
"When I called you the other day, Osamu-chan answered the phone. He never picked up phone calls before, did he?" The woman asked as she was stringing along some beads for a necklace.
"He still acts the same at home, though. As blunt as always." Ruki chuckled.
"So, now that we're here, may we please know what's going on?" Koushiro asked as all the Chosen Children and their Digimon were standing on the beach near the bay.
"Well, we have a big Christmas present for you all." Daisuke smiled.
"Present?" Taichi questioned.
"Yeah." Miyako then walked forward and opened up her laptop. "Everyone, consider the Digital World now completely Dark Tower free!"
"Alright!" "Yeah!" "Way to go!" "Great job!" "Awesome!" "So that was the surprised." The older children and Takeo praised the younger Chosen Children.
"Wait! Wait! I've got a gift for you as well!" Mimi ran up and then soon pulled out some trinkets. "They're your very own Crests and Tags!" Mimi handed them replicas of the old Tags and Crests. Daisuke, Miyako and Iori's ones were split in half to share the two Crests that they had, like Daisuke's was one half courage, one half friendship. Ken and Osamu's were blank but Mimi informed them that their own Crests that they had could fit in so she didn't feel the need to make a copy of the Crests. Even Takeo got one which was a different design than any other one considering he didn't have an actual trait, but he appreciated it all the same.
P.O.V. – Taichi Yagami
I quickly went back to the apartment to get my wallet which I accidently left before I headed over to the concert tent where Yamato's band was gonna play tonight. While Daisuke and his group were gonna be in Tamachi have a Christmas party at the Ichijouji's, the us older Chosen Children were gonna be in the crowd to watch Yamato play. When Agumon and I got towards the backstage area where some of the trailers were, I was surprised to see Sora there with Piyomon and holding a green present with a red bow on it.
"Come on, Sora…" Piyomon said to her. "Why are you stopping here?"
"Because…"
"Sora!" She looked like she was going to break from nervousness as soon as I walked up to her. "What are you doing?"
"Taichi…" She turned her head and tried to hide the present. The door opened and out walked Gabumon.
"Wow, I smell something delicious!" Gabumon's mouth started to water.
"What is it?" Agumon asked.
"Is that for Yamato?" I questioned.
"Well, yeah…" answered Sora.
"Is it homemade?"
"Does that really matter?" I shook my head.
"No, not at all."
"Aren't you gonna bring them inside?" Gabumon wondered.
"Sora's been hesitating for a while out here." Piyomon explained.
"Hey! Piyomon!" Sora turned to her partner.
"What's the problem, Sora… come on." I inquired.
"Well… this is the biggest show Yamato-kun and his band have to date, and I thought… maybe some nice homemade snacks would be a good luck charm." She told us.
"And…? Why is it so hard for you to just give them?"
"Because… Taichi, I'm supposed to-"
"Let me stop you right there, Sora. Don't fret, okay? Yeah, we're going out, but I'm not a jealous boyfriend. I know why you're doing all this to be a great friend, Sora. You care about all of us, that's always been your thing and why we love you for it." She blushed. "So go ahead and give it to him! I trust you completely." Sora smiled at me.
"Thanks, Taichi… that means a lot." She gave me a quick peck on the cheek. "Here you go, Gabumon." She handed him the gift.
"Hey, he's gonna get them all!?" Agumon complained.
"Don't worry, I'll make something extra special for you alone, Agumon."
"Yummy!" Gabumon took the present and walked back into the large trailer.
"Taichi… seriously, thank you." Sora said once more.
"Hey, that's what I'm here for." She then gave me a hug to which I reciprocated.
"Taichi…" Agumon spoke up. I turned to look at him and Piyomon smiling at us. "You've grown up."
"Shut up, you idiot!" I chuckled.
"Excuse me! Get you of the way!" Sora and I looked back up and broke off the hug as we fell to the ground. All of which just to get out of the way as Jun ran right between with a load of gifts in her arms before shutting the door behind her! "Excuse me! This is for Yamato-kun!" We could hear her shout.
"Hey! What are you doing here?!" We now heard Yamato shout.
"Was that Jun-san?" questioned Sora.
"Yeah, it was." I helped her up. "Come on, let's get out of here before she tackles three security guys to the ground."
"Wait, could she really?"
"Do you want to stay and find out?" We both laughed before Sora and I walked away shoulder to shoulder and arms locked.
P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue
The sun was beginning to set as we finally got to Tamachi. Hard to really believe that he last time we were here was actually trying to confront Osamu only hours after we found out he was the Kaiser. I don't really understand why we never came over at any time since then, but we're here now and plan to has some great fun! Maybe I'll even catch Ken under the mistletoe!
"Okay, and this is my room…" Osamu motioned his arms as we walked in.
"Wow…" We all made our tiny comments. I looked over to a picture of what looked like a younger Osamu and Ken looking very happy.
"Aw… how cute you guys looked!" I said causing them to blush so hard.
P.O.V. – Third Person
As night fell across Tokyo, Yamato and the Teen-Age Wolves were up for their performance now at the concert tent by the Fuji TV building. The Chosen Children and their disguised Digimon all sat in the crowd as they watched the lights starting to go up and the music beginning to swell.
"One, two, three, four!" Yamato shouted. "We came across each other on the various paths we walk. We all hold something different close to our heart…"
"Yamato's good at singing!" Gabumon praised.
"Eh, he ain't no Phil Collins-agh!" Ross said before Mimi, who he had a shoulder wrapped over, playfully jabbed him in the side.
"Be nice, Ross-chan." Mimi teased. The children then nearly jumped when they heard a scream and looked over to see Jun with pom-poms and screaming; all the while, Miyako's sister, Chizuru, was now suddenly trying to pretend that she wasn't with her.
"L-O-V-E! Lovely Yamato!" Unbeknownst to all of them… things were going to take a turn very quick. Daisuke hadn't been wrong after the encounter with Qinglongmon when he saw a Dark Tower in the city. There was now one glowing red right outside the tent with Archnemon and Mummymon smiling at the sight.
"Everything is ready. You just watch now, Chosen Children." Archnemon said. A new Digimon invasion was about to begin.
"…I should head towards what I want to grasp; Open up my own world!" Yamato continued to sing until the sound system was beginning to suffer a feedback issue and causing the music to sound more distorted and broken.
"It sounds weird…" Sora observed.
"Some weird sound is getting mixed in." Taichi said.
"Is something wrong with the instruments?" wondered Koushiro.
"There's some noise." Sakurada leaned back in his chair and informed Chioka who was with Shigeru as they were running the recording of the concert.
"Hey, that ain't good! This is a live show!" Chioka panicked. There suddenly was a loud rumbling before the speakers crackled and everyone was forced to cover their ears. "What the…" The answer soon came when a DarkTyranomon tore down the tent behind Yamato and his band and a swarm of Bakemon flew in from behind.
"DIGIMON!" The Chosen Children collectively shouted.
"What's going on here?!" Jou questioned. DarkTyranomon roared as Yamato's bandmates ran away from the stage while he ran for the other Chosen Children.
"Our live show…" Chioka cried.
"But this could get us some high ratings…" Sakurada tried to look more positively on the situation.
"That's not the concern here!" The audience all ran out of the tent while the Chosen Children regrouped and held their ground.
"Agumon, evolve!" Taichi ordered. Agumon tried but failed.
"I can't…"
"Damn it… why?"
"Wait a minute… no…" Ross muttered.
"What is it?" Koushiro asked. "Never mind, tell us in a moment! Let's go outside!"
"Move!" Yamato shouted as they ran. It wasn't just at the concert tent. Digimon were swarming all over the district. Monzaemon was walking the streets, Numemon were running wild at Aqua City, Megadramon flying over the bay, Kuwagamon and Snimon at the Ferris Wheel: it was pure chaos. The teens ran outside and soon saw a sight that chilled their blood.
"That's…" Taichi looked at the Dark Tower.
In Tamachi, all seemed calm at the Ichijouji residence. The Digimon were all happily eating plenty of snacks while the children were playing a card game.
"Doubt!" Miyako shouted and pointed at Daisuke. "Doubt, doubt, doubt!"
"Too bad…" He smirked as he won. "There." Miyako soon moaned.
"I can't hold any more cards!" Everyone began to laugh, including Osamu much to most of the group's surprise.
"Ichijouji-san is…" Iori said.
"Laughing!" finished Miyako.
"It's the first time I see Ichijouji-san laughing like that." Hikari smiled.
"Really?" questioned Daisuke. Osamu blushed again.
"Jeez, Onii-san… how many times you gonna turn red tonight?" Ken teased his older sibling.
"I never thought a day would come when I'd hear children laughing in this house." Ruki thought to herself in the kitchen as she was finishing up the Christmas dinner. She almost began to cry before the phone began to ring. She walked over and soon answered it. "Hello, Ichijouji residence."
"You know, you're actually cute when you laugh, well, maybe not as cute as Ken-kun." Miyako said causing the brothers to blush once again.
"Hey, I'm also…" Daisuke tried to argue with her when the door was knocked on.
"Osamu-chan, Ken-chan, you have a phone call from Yagami-san and McGlathery-san." Ruki informed.
"From my brothers?" questioned Hikari.
"Damn it… they ruined the contest!" Yamato growled as the concert tent collapsed under DarkTyranomon's feet.
"And that Dark Tower is acting like any other so we can't evolve…" Koushiro informed.
"Then we just have to work around it!" declared Taichi. "Now, everyone!"
"Digimental Up!" All the Chosen Children shouted.
"Agumon, Armor-Evolve! Courageous Flame, KAJIGREYMON!"
"Gabumon, Armor-Evolve! Thunderous Friendship! RAIMON!"
"Piyomon, Armor-Evolve! Soaring Love, ROBINMON!"
"Guilmon, Armor-Evolve! Honorable Fire, WAIBANMON!"
"Tentomon, Armor-Evolve! Drilling Intelligence, FORCEBEEMON!"
"Palmon, Armor-Evolve! Roots of Purity, KONTEIMON!"
"Gomamon, Armor-Evolve! Sincere Waves, METALSEALMON!" The battalion of Armor Digimon stared down the large DarkTyranomon and the Bakemon that supported him.
"There it is!" Miyako pointed ahead as several of the younger Chosen flew towards the area.
"Destroy the Dark Tower!" Daisuke ordered as Osamu and Monodramon hung on to him as they rode on Lighdramon. "A Dark Tower… I thought I was seeing things, but…" Daisuke thought to himself.
"Lightning Blade!" "Big Crack!" The two attacks that were launched ended up destroying the Dark Tower.
"Nice timing, you guys!" Mimi praised.
"Okay, Monodramon, you can evolve normally now!" Osamu turned to his partner.
"Right! Monodramon, evolve! STRIKEDRAMON!"
"Blaze Horn!" KajiGreymon charged forward and struck DarkTyranomon in the gut before locking hands with him in a struggle. At the Fuji building, the lights and computers were going haywire as employees looked out the window down below to the fight.
"That's…" Hiroaki noticed.
"This is… it's like three years ago! What's going on!?" Chioka questioned.
"Do you want to listen to a sutra?" Sakurada asked as he pulled out a Walkman.
"Metal Wing!" Robinmon's attack went after Megadramon but got a bit close to the TV building.
"Please, don't destroy the Fuji TV building again…" Chioka bit his nails as Shigeru hid behind him.
"Those monsters… Like three years ago…" Jun said as she and Chizuru fled back to her house and watched the fighting from a balcony. The other Digimon split up and took on the different rampages. Raimon and ForceBeemon dealt with Kuwagamon. Digmon, Konteimon and Waibanmon fought Snimon. Tetermon, Strikedramon, and Lighdramon avoided Monzaemon's attacks. Holsmon, MetalSealmon, Pegasmon and Nefertimon faced down Phantomon, the Bakemon and the Numemon.
"They just never end!" Sora shouted.
"Damn it… what should we do?" Ross questioned.
"Okay, that's all we can do." Jou talked with Koushiro who had his laptop out. "Everyone, gather all the Digimon in one place!"
"We'll send them back to the Digital World!" Koushiro informed.
"Right!" Miyako nodded. "Holsmon!"
"Understood! Udjat Gaze!" His paralyzing attack struck the smaller Digimon and stopped them in their tracks.
"Sanctuary Bind!" Pegasmon and Nefertimon did the combined attack and soon wrapped up all the immobilized Digimon in a giant net of light.
"Izumi-senpai! Is the computer ready?" Miyako asked him.
"It's already running!"
"Then allow me." She held her D-3 up. "Digital Gate, open!" The gate opened and just like what happened in Kyoto, the Digimon were sent through the gate.
"Alright, let's keep going!" Daisuke said.
"We're counting on you!" Taichi shouted.
"But… why did Digimon appear in this world again?" Hikari wondered out loud.
"And that Dark Tower…" added Takeru. "When Qinglongmon said the real enemy is somewhere else… Was he referring to this?"
"But… the evolution control function of the Dark Towers should have disappeared along with the Kaiser!" Iori pointed out as KajiGreymon tossed DarkTyranomon towards the gate.
"It's Archnemon…" Osamu muttered. "She can switch between this world and the Digital World anytime."
"What?" Taichi turned his head back to him.
"She can do that?" Daisuke was dumbfounded by that info.
"When I first met Archnemon, it was in this world… in my own bedroom. I thought I was dreaming, but it was real!" He said as the last of the wild Digimon were being rounded up and sent back home.
Megadramon and Monzaemon were lured back to the area.
"There are two Perfect-Levels left!" Ken pointed out before looking and nodding with Daisuke.
"Jogress Evolution!" He shouted as Lighdramon, Tetermon, and Waibanmon devolved back to their pervious forms.
"V-mon, evolve! XV-MON!" "Wormmon, evolve! STINGMON!" "Guilmon, evolve! GROWMON!"
"XV-mon!" "Stingmon!" "Jogress Evolve! PAILDRAMON!"
"Growmon!" "Strikedramon!" "Jogress Evolve! MECHARAPTORMON! I'll take the dragon, you handle the teddy bear!" MechaRaptormon ordered as he took to the skies.
"Got it! Esgrima!" Both Jogress Digimon dealt with their opponents in short order before tossing them right towards the laptop.
"Mission accomplished!" Miyako gave a thumbs up.
"We did it!" cheered Daisuke.
P.O.V. – Osamu Ichijouji
Everyone followed Ken and I down to the station as we finally relaxed from the chaos that was caused by tonight. Still, this was a very disturbing revelation. Should've guess Archnemon had some plan like this.
"But if that Digimon can really switch between the Digital and the Real World so easily…" Koushiro said.
"It'll be a problem." Yamato growled. As we walked, we all stopped when we heard Archnemon's chuckling echoing over the sounds of the city.
"We'll get her for sure!" promised Daisuke. A minute later, we finally reached the station.
"Sorry about messing up your party." Taichi apologized to me and Ken.
"No, it's okay." I told him.
"Look, we'll make it up and hang out at your place some other time." Daisuke said.
"Thanks, Daisuke. We'll look forward to that." Ken told him.
"Bye." We both bowed and soon walked away from the others and headed back home.
P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery
"Ichijouji-kun has changed, hasn't he?" Sora observed.
"He sure has." Hikari agreed with her.
"Really? I haven't noticed anything…" Daisuke said.
"You're hopeless…" Taichi rolled his eyes. "Well, I guess that's what makes you who you are." We all began to laugh.
"As funny as this all is… Mimi… I'm afraid we're gonna have to break up." I turned to her. Her eyes widened.
"What!? Why!?"
"Well, after tonight, I bet your mother is gonna want to move back to the States because I broke my promise about another Digimon incident from happening." I gave a cheek grin before she grinned too and shoved me in the shoulder.
"Oh, why I ought!" She then began to laugh once more and the rest of us followed suit once more.
"Marv!"
"Harry?"
"Why the hell did you take your shoes off?"
"Why the hell you dressed like a chicken?"
"I'm up here, you morons! Come and get me!"
"Whoaaaahhhh!"
"You guys give up, or you thirsty for more?"
"Tell you guys what; after tonight, Home Alone is certainly what we needed." I said as I leaned back on the couch.
"Agreed… still, at the end of the day, I'm just happy to be with Tailmon, Agumon, Guilmon and my two favorite guys in the world." Hikari said as she wrapped her arms over our shoulders and hugged Taichi and myself.
"Really? I don't see Takeru-kun anywhere." Taichi teased and caused her to blush. "Merry Christmas, you guys." Taichi said to all of us.
"Merry Christmas." The five of us said back.
Motomiya Residence, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. December 25th, 2002. 0731 Hours.
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya
"AHHH!" I found myself waking up upon hearing Jun scream. Normally, I would assume that to be some gift she just opened up considering it is Christmas morning, but that didn't sound like an excited scream; more like a horrified one.
"What? What is it?" I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes.
"That's… last night's…" She muttered as she looked to the TV.
"Last night, during the live show at the Fuji TV building, the sudden appearance of a black tower caused a panicked audience to say they saw monsters." The news reporter said on TV. My eyes suddenly widened when I saw more Dark Towers… in other parts of the world! "And today, it looks like the same black towers are suddenly appearing all over the world. "We'll cover this story as we find out more details." This was really bad. Dark Towers were appearing all over the world and probably right behind them were gates that were allowing Digimon into our world.
And there was nothing we could do to stop it…
Okay, so got quite a text wall to write so here we go.
First, that little moment not to far away from the start... now some of you guys know why I wrote that little one-shot 'Once in a Lifetime' a while back. I'll explain a bit more later on that one.
Second, for all you Taiora fans, you're welcome for that little scene. Especially you MadDog, considering you say it's the worst moment in the series.
Next, it isn't Christmas to me unless I see a film that has a crazy cab driving ghost, a ghost that beats the crap out of the people she's helping, (and that's played by the amazing Carol Kane who I would totally cast as Kammy Koopa if they did a Mario movie) and a reaper that has a TV screen for a head all ganging up on Bill Murray. Also, it isn't Christmas if I don't see Harry and Marv get the shit knocked out of them.
Finally, little note, in the original episode it was actually Miyako's sister, Momoe that was with Jun, but considering I aged her down to Jou's age, I replaced Momoe with Miyako's other sister.
Wow, that wasn't as much of a text wall as I thought. Oh, well. See you all for the next one. Take care.
"Push the button, Frank."