New chapter... and the Episode IX trailer dropped today... my reaction? Makes fanboyish squeeing noises. Calling it, Palpatine is a Sith Spirit like Bane in that episode of Clone Wars. What I'm truly hoping for is Hayden to come back as Anakin and have a conversation with Rey, or ever better, Luke's ghost.
Anyways, shoutout to the reviews left by Whiteling, DigimonAT0318, MadDogLucario96 and GreenD109, you guys are my core fanbase and I love you guys so much. Oh, and Matsky, I don't really know how to answer that... I'm just gonna say yes, Hong Kong in this reality has a Governor-General like some of the other Commonwealth's, though I'm guessing this is an elected position here.
With that out of the way, let's continue the world tour. Time to pay a visit to the land of spiders the size of SUVs that no one bats an eye to and the cheese-eating surrender monkeys... dang it, Willie!
Chapter 46: Rebel Cause! Coral and Versailles!
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. December 25th, 2002. 1401 Hours. (AEST); 1301 Hours. (JST)
P.O.V. – Iori Hida
Certainly had quite the fast trip on our way to the city of Gold Coast in Australia. Imperialdramon dropped us off in Sydney to quickly deal with a Dark Tower that was not too far away from the infamous Sydney Opera House. The tower wasn't much of a challenge as Ikkakumon and Digmon took care of it fairly quickly. From there, we needed to head north to Gold Coast where we were to meet up with the Chosen Children all throughout the South Pacific. The issue was that we were several hundred miles away from our destination. However, we got some luck as when we destroyed the tower, a family friend of one of the Australian Chosen Children met with us and told us to come with him on a jet that took us to the city. It didn't take long before we were back on the beach once more, this time in Gold Coast, removing the Dark Tower that was a blight on the beach.
"Digmon." I said as Armadimon and Gomamon evolved again and were prepared to take out this tower. It was kind of odd though; these towers apparently weren't active like the one back in Odaiba. I don't know what the deal was with that… maybe Archnemon was just mostly using them as a gateway for Digimon to come through. Perhaps when they first arrived, they performed the evolutionary jamming that we had to deal with all the time when we were fighting Osamu. Still, even when inactive, there was no telling what those things could truly do if they stick around, considering they were designed to help destroy the Digital World.
"Got it." Digmon responded.
"Ikkakumon, destroy the Dark Tower." ordered Jou.
"Right!" He shouted. The two of them took a few steps up towards the Dark Tower as they got ready to destroy it. "Harpoon Vulcan!" Ikkakumon's missile flew out and blew the top part of the tower off and caused it to disintegrate.
"Leave the rest to me!" Digmon now charged forward and ran his drills into the tower, causing it to crack.
"It's Christmas, but it sure is hot in Australia!" Jou complained as he pulled out a small handkerchief and used it on some of the sweat that was building on his forehead.
"Unlike in Japan, it's summer in the southern hemisphere now." I informed him.
"That's true. Okay, let's take it down by pulling with a rope."
"Okay." I nodded. We turned back and looked at many of the beach goers going along with their fun like nothing at all was wrong. Wow, this stuff wasn't phasing them at all.
"Still…" Jou muttered.
"It sure is peaceful." I observed.
"What can we do?" Ikkakumon asked. "The Australians don't know the Earth is in danger." We keep watching the surfers catching some pretty good waves out on the ocean.
"But doesn't this suddenly appearing making the wonder?" Digmon questioned as we finished up tying some ropes and putting them around the tower and our Digimon.
"Complaining about the Australian people won't help." I told him.
Jou and I soon got a rope ready and were about to pull it to try to topple the weakened down over.
"Iori-kun, let's hurry and take the Dark Tower down."
"Yes, Jou-san." I pick up the rope with him.
"Heave-ho!" We both shout as we start to pull with Digmon and Ikkakumon.
"Heave-ho!" They responded back to us.
"Heave-ho!" We shouted once more.
"Heave-ho!" They strained as we all kept pulling it.
"Let me help you." A voice called out. "We can't have a good Christmas as long as the Dark Tower is here." We turned to look over and saw someone dressed as Santa in a red and white striped bathing suit.
"Santa Claus in a swimsuit?" Jou and I loudly questioned at the same time. He walked over to us and grabbed the rope that Jou and I were holding.
"Okay, let's do this!"
"Heave-ho!" The three of us cried as we tugged once more. We pulled hard and the tower started to come down. Digmon fell on his back on the last tug and devolved back to Armadimon as the infernal creation came crashing into the sand.
"We did it!" "Alright, dagyaa!" Our Digimon cheered as the tower began to disintegrate.
"Merry Christmas!" Santa cheered along with us.
"Merry Christmas!" We said back to him.
"But we can't celebrate yet. The Pacific Chosen Children are leading the Digimon to the remaining Dark Tower in the Great Barrier Reef." He told us… which greatly confused us on how he knew all this. It all made sense when he took off the mask he was wearing to reveal himself to be Gennai!
"Gennai-san!" We both exclaim.
"I'm a friend of Gennai's, Yukari." Our attention was soon turned when we heard screaming nearby.
"{Help! Somebody help!}" We looked out on the water and saw someone sailing on a wind board.
"It's a boy!" I pointed out to him.
"Is a shark after him?" Armadimon wondered.
"He's with a Digimon!" Ikkakumon shouted. Upon looking closer, we could see that he had a gray crab Digimon riding on the front of the board.
"He's probably a Chosen like you." Yukari said. We looked at the curly brown haired, blue eyed boy as he looked incredibly terrified at the moment while trying to sail back to shore. Behind him, a large white fin came out of the water, turns out it was the head of a large squid like Digimon.
"He's being chased by a Gesomon!" After that, we could see Shellmon coming up out of the water behind Gesomon and behind those two was Ebidramon. That boy was being chased by three strong ocean Digimon!
"Gesomon?" "Shellmon?" "Ebidramon?" Yukari, Jou and myself observed.
"They sound like a seafood mix." Yukari suggested. That turned out to give Jou an idea.
"Okay, we'll go with that!" He declared.
"'Go with that'?" I asked.
Well, I might not have figured it out, but Ikkakumon and Armadimon seemed to.
"I see! Seafood mix attack, huh?" Ikkakumon nodded. The boy soon hit a hard wave and caused his wind board to jump out of the water. He and the crab hung on tight as they did a full front flip before landing back in the water and safely sliding to shore. The three Digimon approached the shore but Ikkakumon ran up to them with Armadimon on his back. "Hold it! We're the ones who'll protect…"
"…the Australian Chosen, dagyaa!" Armadimon finished his sentence. The boy and his Digimon partner ran up to us. He was wearing some water shoes, a t-shirt and some legless swim trunks.
"{Hi. I'm Hugh Kelly. My mates call me Dingo. I'm one of the Digidestined of Australia.}" He introduced himself.
"He says his nickname is Dingo." Jou translated. "Calls himself a Digidestined, guess that's what the Chosen Children call themselves here."
"Hmm… kinda catchy." I admitted. We then looked to his Digimon partner.
"{This here is Ganimon.}"
"It's not the time for introductions!" Yukari reminded us of the task at hand.
"Right. Ikkakumon, tell them!" Jou called over to him.
"Yeah! Gesomon, Shellmon, Ebidramon! We'll make you into Digimon seafood mix pizza!"
"Digimon…" "Seafood…" "Mix…" "Pizza?" The three of them said. They went into thought about that before suddenly panicking and diving under the water. Oh, now I get it.
"Armadimon, tell them." I smirked.
"We'll make you all into Digimon seafood mix pilaf, dagyaa!"
"Digimon…" "Seafood…" "Mix…" "Pilaf?" Once again they got scared and dived into the waves again.
"{I see, so that's their weakness!}" Now, Dingo followed along. "{Ganimon, you tell them!}"
"We'll make you into Digimon seafood mix curry!" The little crab crawled over to the water's edge.
"Digimon seafood mix curry!?" The three Digimon soon turned tail and ran away from us.
"Wait, Digimon seafood mix!" Ikkakumon, Armadimon and Ganimon followed after them.
"Pizza!" "Pilaf!" "Curry!" We all got into a ridge-inflatable boat with a strong motor and were soon following the three scared Digimon and our own.
"Good, they're heading towards the Great Barrier Reef. We'll follow them!" Yukari told us as he hit the gas.
P.O.V. – Jou Kido
We followed the Digimon along for what felt like a good while before we could see a small island with a Dark Tower on it up ahead.
"This is the Great Barrier Reef." Yukari explained.
"That's…" Iori pointed ahead to the Dark Tower.
"Yeah, a Dark Tower…" I calmly stated.
"We'll take care of the Digimon seafood mix later." informed Yukari. "Let's all destroy the Dark Tower!"
"Yeah!" The three of us shouted.
"Come back, Ikkakumon! Come back!" I called out to him. Ikkakumon turned around leaving the three Digimon to ink the ocean in fear as they sank into the waves.
"We're safe…" They sighed.
As we got closer to the island, we were soon welcomed by a large geyser of sand before an Anomalocarimon came out of the sand. We reached the shore and Ganimon jumped forward in a crustacean on crustacean fight. However, he was quickly knocked away by the larger Digimon and jumped out of the way before he was impaled by one of the sea scorpion's large claws.
"Anomalocarimon!" He roared in a bit of a high pitch and familiar voice… wait… could this be the same one that served MetalSeadramon all those years ago? Either way, he's strong.
"That's a Perfect-Level one." I explained to Iori and Dingo. "Ikkakumon, super-evolve!"
"Ikkakumon, super-evolve! ZUDOMON!" Zudomon stomped forward and the two of them were locked up in a hard duel with neither trying to give ground. Sadly, Zudomon lost the edge and was surprisingly tossed away, crashing into the shallows.
"Stinger Surprise!" His attack was deflected by Zudomon's hammer but the sea scorpion charged right into him and knocked him deeper into the water where he destroyed a huge reef of coral.
"{The coral reefs will be destroyed!}" Dingo exclaimed in shock. Anomalocarimon sat in the waters and just waited for his next opponent to come.
"At this rate, the Great Barrier Reef will be damaged…" Yukari feared.
"Zudomon! Dive into the sea!" I ordered. Zudomon nodded and ambushed the scorpion by grabbing him by the tail and dragging him under the waves.
"If it's underwater, it's our turn!" Iori declared.
"Gotcha! Armadimon, Armor-Evolve! Whirling Sincerity, SABMARIMON!"
"{Ganimon, don't fall behind!}" ordered Dingo.
"Ganimon, evolve! COELAMON!" Coelamon was a large prehistoric looking fish, with the teeth that looked like they could chew through metal. Iori climbed into Sabmarimon and dived into the waves while Coelamon followed in after everyone.
"Sabmarimon, keep Anomalocarimon away from the coral reefs." I heard Iori's voice over my D-3 as I looked into the clear waters and was able to see the entire fight.
I could be able to make out Zudomon and Anomalocarimon fighting in a dead lock once again. Zudomon had just not used that form for so long and was having some troubles readjusting, which gave Anomalocarimon a good advantage at the moment. He showed it when he knocked down Zudomon once again. He then had to roll over to avoid being impaled by that stinger. Coelamon soon swam by and the sea scorpion turned his attention towards him and chased right after him.
"Aqua Vulcan!" Sabmarimon's attack struck him in the face as he was distracted with the ancient fish.
"Anomalocarimon!" He chased after the both of him in quite the rage.
"I'll act as a bait and set him up for you!" advised Coelamon.
"Countin' on you, dagyaa!" The two of them split off and the scorpion took the bait and followed right after Coelamon. However, the plan never expected Zudomon coming from above!
"Hammer Spark!" He slammed his hammer down on Anomalocarimon's head and sent him deeper into the water.
"Oxygen Homing!" Anomalocarimon took the brunt of the attack and was knocked unconscious.
"Did we… finish him off?" Coelamon asked as they swam over to him. "Don't tell me…"
"Don't worry, dagyaa." assured Sabmarimon.
"He's just unconscious." Iori said as Anomalocarimon floated back up to the surface.
"{Now we just have to destroy the Dark Tower!}" Dingo turned our attention back to the main objective at hand.
"Variable Darts!" Coelamon's nails glowed yellow before shooting out in multiple projectiles. They flew out to the tower and it was completely disintegrated upon impact. We all clapped in approval for his good work.
"Help!" We turned around to see Gesomon, Shellmon and Ebidramon now running away from a Whamon and a large boat with multiple Digimon and humans on both.
"{The other Digidestined from all over the Pacific have brought the Digimon here. Indonesians, Polynesians, the Kiwis, my fellow Aussies; we got 'em all!}" Dingo exclaimed.
"Well, then… we've still got one last thing do. Let's send the Digimon back to the Digital World." I said as I patted him on the back. Dingo pulled out a laptop he had in his backpack and soon started to get it ready while Yukari talked to the other Chosen Children while Iori hopped out of Sabmarimon and ran over to Dingo to get ready open the gate. Dingo moved out of the way with everything ready.
"Digital Gate, open!" The gate lit up and soon the Digimon were well on their way back to the Digital World. Our job down under would be complete… and in no small part to the help of Dingo.
Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France. December 25th, 2002. 0406 Hours. (CEST); 1206 Hours. (JST)
P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi
Ah, Paris on Christmas… so many lights and decorations. Of course, it isn't called the 'City of Lights' for nothing. We stood by the Arc de Triomphe where Imperialdramon dropped us off and looked at the Eiffel Tower as we waited for Grandpa to come pick us up. Of course, the only thing that one could see was wrong was how quiet the city was, even in the middle of the night on Christmas. Clearly the Digimon were probably keeping everyone indoors.
"Christmas in Paris…" I muttered as I kept my hands in my pockets. "It's much colder than Tokyo, isn't it, Taichi-san?"
"Yeah… been a while since I've been here…er, well, it was in Medal of Honor: Underground that I played with Ross." He chuckled to himself. "But anyways, I have to ask, but is he really coming? That Michel, your French grandfather who lives here."
"Look, he told me to wait at the Arc de Triomphe, so I think he'll come."
"'I think' isn't good enough! We don't really know anything about Paris, after all."
"I emphasized it was a worldwide crisis, so don't worry."
"Okay then… but tell me this… how is you're a quarter French on your mother's side then?" Taichi and the others were actually fairly surprised when I admitted the fact that I had some French blood.
"Well, my grandfather was assigned to the French Embassy in Tokyo when he was a young man after the war, where he met my grandmother, who actually had a great interest in French culture. He became so enamored with her… well, you catch my drift."
"Okay, so that's how your mother's parents met, but Takaishi… why isn't your surname something more… French?" I chuckled.
"I said my grandfather was so enamored with my grandmother, that he actually took her family surname rather than for her to take his, so that's why Mom and I went back to Takaishi after the divorce. Technically, my surname should actually LaRoche."
"Well, that honestly explains a few things… like the blonde hair and blue eyes." I rubbed the back of my head. "Hey, you know any French?"
"{Of course.} I'm fairly fluent in it; Mom taught me lessons at home. Yamato would've too, but you know…" Taichi nodded and looked fairly impressed.
Patamon soon made a small gasp as he interrupted our conversation. We soon heard a sound getting closer and closer as it was coming down the Champs-Élysées.
"It's a motorbike engine." Agumon listened before we saw a bright lone light coming down the infamous road. "A sidecar!" As soon as it got closer, I recognized who it was.
"Takeru!" Grandpa laughed as he pulled up. He was a fairly older gentleman with a somewhat thick goatee.
"Grandpa!" I ran up to him as he parked the bike and got up, before I gave him a hug. He laughed once more.
"Joyeux Noel." He said as he removed his driving goggles.
"Come again?" Taichi asked.
"It means 'Merry Christmas' in French." I explained to him which gave him a 'Oh, duh' look on his face. "Anyways, Grandpa… now's not the time for celebrating Christmas." I got us back on the matter at hand.
"We have to find the Digimon quickly or it'll be terrible." Taichi explained.
"I know. Your mother explained much of it to me over the years. The world is in danger once again, am I right?" Grandpa put back on his goggles. "Hop in, I'll get you boys around the city. Traffic is terrific tonight with everyone either afraid to come out or just asleep."
I got behind Grandpa and wrapped my arms around him while Taichi, Patamon, and Agumon got in the side car.
"Hey, what's Grandma doing?" I asked as we drove down the road to Versailles where apparently there was some Digimon sightings in the area according to the local French news.
"She drank too much wine at the Christmas Eve party and fell asleep, so I didn't wake her up." I gave a light laugh.
"You're nice, Grandpa."
"If you say so. So far, the night in Paris has been mostly quiet and peaceful since the Digimon first appeared earlier… Right now, It's almost hard to believe the world is in danger."
"You'll definitely see more once it's morning. An eerie Dark Tower will appear and the lost Digimon will go crazy." informed Taichi.
"It would be a horrible Christmas, huh?"
"That's why we have to destroy the Dark Tower before morning and return the Digimon to the Digital World." I said.
After driving for a bit, we soon were in Versailles where the famous Versailles Palace was. Everything seemed fine until Grandpa suddenly hit the brakes.
"Grandpa?" "What's wrong?" Taichi and I questioned before looking around and seeing we were at the gates of the palace and it was just right over there.
"Strange…" Grandpa had a somber tone to his voice. "Something's wrong here."
"What is?" We questioned once again as he killed the engine.
"The gate to the Palace of Versailles is open. And it's lit up at this hour…"
"It must be a Christmas after-party!" Agumon suggested as Grandpa and I got off the bike.
"What!?" Grandpa now sounded upset. "Who would do that at the Palace of Versailles!?"
"You don't have to get so angry…" We all got somewhat nervous about his attitude.
"H-he's joking…" Taichi tried to tell him.
"Sorry." Grandpa cooled down.
"Come on, Grandpa, let's hurry up and look for the Dark Tower!" I insisted.
"Non! As a good Paris citizen, I can't ignore the situation!"
"But what about the world's crisis?" Taichi asked.
"It's our national duty to protect the Palace of Versailles. Vive la France!" He charged for the gate and the palace.
"Grandpa! That's trespassing!" I tried to tell him. He stopped and turned to look at me.
"Don't worry! The Palace of Versailles has been my playground since I was a kid. It's not a problem!"
"Grandpa!" I ran after him.
"Takeru!" Patamon called out as he and the others got out of the side car.
"See, you shouldn't have called your grandfather!" Taichi told me as we chased after Grandpa.
"But…"
"Silence! Be quiet and follow me!"
We soon followed Grandpa deep into the palace before he tried to turn a corner and stopped. We ran up to him and he put his finger to his lip to shush us. We heard the sounds of laugher, drink glasses clinking, and chewing of food. Sounds like there was a party around the corner.
"What's that?" Grandpa asked as we peaked our heads around the doorway. We could see that apparently three Digimon, who were all these round silver bowling ball like Digimon, were having themselves a grand old time eating and drinking. "What are those things?"
"That small one is Mamemon." Patamon explained. "He's a Mutant Digimon with a small body but frightening destructive power."
"They're totally drunk." I said as the three Digimon drank more wine out of their glasses.
"The big one is BigMamemon. He's a Mutant Digimon that's ten times bigger than a regular Mamemon." Agumon continued.
"Those Digimon look alike." Taichi observed.
"The last one with the big arm cannon is MetalMamemon. A Cyborg Digimon that's much stronger than Mamemon." Patamon finished explaining.
P.O.V. – Taichi Yagami
"We're the three Mamemon brothers!" They happily cheered as they clinked the glasses with more wine in them.
"They're the Digimon who put the world in danger." I informed Michel.
"How dare they…" Michel growled. "Sneak into the Palace of Versailles and have a party, will you?"
"Grandpa, calm down!" We tried to hold him back.
"Hey, look!" Agumon cried.
"Looks like there's someone else." Patamon noticed. We looked closely and saw at the end of the table this blonde girl with blue eyes that was tied up.
"She's cute!" Takeru smiled. If I wasn't dating Sora, I'd probably say the same thing.
"What would Hikari say?" I teased him causing him to blush. Meanwhile, Patamon and Agumon saw the Floramon that was right near her.
"She's cute!" They both exclaimed.
She looked up as I think she actually noticed us.
"She has a Digimon, which means…" Takeru looked at me.
"She's a French Chosen Child!" I finished his statement.
"Oui. And I, Michel, will rescue the young mademoiselle!" He then marched forward after shoving us out of the way! "Hey, Mamemon brothers!"
"What?" They turned to him.
"Occupying the Palace of Versailles is outrageous and unacceptable! Reprehensible, inexcusable!" He then looked over to the girl. "Oh, mademoiselle… I, Michel, have come to save you as an elite knight of Paris." He took a small bow.
"What's with this old guy's attitude?" BigMamemon questioned.
"Take that!" Mamemon threw a creamy pastry that hit Michel in the face! The three Digimon laughed.
"Grandpa!" Takeru shouted as we ran up to him… and took more pastries to the face. Our Digimon soon ran forward.
"Agumon, evolve! GREYMON!"
"Patamon, evolve! ANGEMON!"
"Let's fight outside!" BigMamemon declared and the three brothers flew out a window. Greymon and Angemon followed suit.
"Hey! Don't damage the Palace!" Michel yelled.
"Heaven's Knuckle!" His attack knocked away Mamemon and MetalMamemon. Meanwhile, Greymon was taking a load of jabs to the face by BigMamemon and his boxing gloves. Greymon took one more punch before he picked up BigMamemon and tossed him into the air.
"Mega Flame!" He was hit and knocked into the water.
"Energy Bomb!" MetalMamemon's cannon fired at Angemon who dodge it. The bomb exploded in the air like a beautiful firework over the palace.
"Oh, tres bien!" exclaimed Michel as we helped untie the girl and her Digimon. "Je suis venu vous sauver." He said.
"Merci beaucoup. Thank you for saving me." She said in Japanese. "My name is Catherine. Catherine Deneuve. I'm a French Chosen Child." She curtseyed.
"So you speak Japanese…"
"Qui. Yes, I do." Takeru and I got back in front of him.
"If you don't mind us asking, but how did they catch you?" I asked.
"It happened when a Dark Tower suddenly appeared in the Seine, right near Pont Alexandre III, and Floramon and I went to the river to destroy it. However, there was something there as we heard a sinister laugh before a bomb detonated in the water in front of us. I don't know what happened as we both lost consciousness. When I came to, I found myself a prisoner in the Palace of Versailles." She informed.
"So that's what happened…" Michel rubbed his goatee.
"Are there more Digimon other than the three Mamemon brothers?" I questioned once more. We then heard a laughter behind us.
"What, you got a problem?" A Digimon that looked like a metal ball with two horns, a shark's mouth and two arms carrying a chainsaw and bomb laughed at us.
"I recognize him! He's Giromon! A Machine Digimon that has quite a violent streak!" Floramon told us. Giromon revved up his chainsaw and charged at Angemon with it who had to use his staff to block the spinning blades.
"Energy Bomb!" MetalMamemon used the distraction to his advantage and fired his attack right into Angemon's back.
"Deadly Bomb!" Giromon threw his bomb at Greymon which detonated in his chest.
"Big Smiley Bomber!" BigMamemon's attack also exploded and knocked Greymon and Angemon to the ground as the four Digimon flew away.
"Our enemies are at Perfect-Level." I assumed. "We can't fight them like this. Greymon, let's get to Perfect-Level too!"
"Alright! Let's go, Angemon!" Takeru chimed in.
"Floramon, you too!" Catherine ran up next to us.
"Angemon, super-evolve! HOLYANGEMON!"
"Greymon, super-evolve! METALGREYMON!"
"Floramon, evolve! KIWIMON!" HolyAngemon charges forward with his sword and swipes away MetalMamemon and Giromon. Meanwhile, BigMamemon uses his attack against MetalGreymon… but it does nothing to him. He simply strikes him with his claw.
"Little Pecker!" Kiwimon's attack blows Mamemon high in the sky.
"Run away!" Giromon panics and with the Mamemon brothers, they all turn tail and run.
"Good. Corner them to the Dark Tower at the Seine like that!" I ordered our Digimon. HolyAngemon picked up Kiwimon and flew with MetalGreymon after them. We all got back in the sidecar, with Catherine hanging onto Michel and Takeru and I in the sidecar, and chased right after the Digimon. We soon arrived at the Seine and the Dark Tower that stood out of it. The Digimon flew up to it and our Digimon was ready to end the fight.
"Giga Destroyer!" MetalGreymon's missiles hit the Digimon and gave out a bright light across the sky before the four Digimon fell back down to the river's waters. HolyAngemon then used his sword to destroy the tower and caused it to disintegrate.
"Way to go!" We all cheered as the Digimon reverted back on the stone bank we were standing on.
"Okay, now we just have to send the Digimon to the Digital World." I said before a bus horn went off and we could see a bunch of children and Digimon on it.
"Ah, looks like the other Chosen Children around Europe have arrived and brought the other Digimon here." Catherine said.
"So the crisis is over." Michel gave a small sigh of relief.
The children on the bridge waved at us and said Merry Christmas in their respective languages.
"Joyeux Noel!" Catherine waved before Takeru and I gave her a kiss on the cheek. Hey, it's France, it's not like I'm going to cheat on Sora; I'm just doing what guys normally do here. Michel tapped Takeru's shoulder and bowed before taking Catherine's hand.
"Joyeux Noel." He kissed her hand. Oh, that's what you're supposed to do.
"Joyeux Noel." Floramon blew Agumon and Patamon a kiss.
"Joyeux Noel!" They shouted. We soon got things set up to return everyone back to the Digital World. Looks like Paris would get a calm Christmas come morning.
P.O.V. – Third Person
Meanwhile, back in Tokyo, a small brown haired girl named Kawada Noriko was chatting with two of her friends. She had a medical mask over her face as she was had some coughing issues at the moment, and tended to get sick a bit more often that other kids. Still, despite the issues, she was slowly starting to improve in terms of strengthen her immune system. Plus, a little coughing fit wasn't going to stop her from hanging out with her classmates.
"How was your test?" One of her friends asked the other.
"So-so, I guess…"
"I totally blew it." Noriko coughed once more. "Bye!"
"See ya!" She parted ways with her friends before she picked up her green bag and turned around… to find Archnemon looking at her while blowing a small pinwheel.
"She's scary, but… she might understand me. She might make my wish come true…" Noriko thought to herself as Archnemon walked right down the nearby alley way.
And Noriko followed right after her…
Oh, come on, Noriko! Why does no one take Rick Springfield's advice? Don't talk to strangers!
Also... I envy Takeru. Whenever he goes to Paris to visit his grandparents, he can go to Disneyland Paris and Phantom Manor!
Got nothing more to say for this one, see you soon for the next one.
"Push the button, Frank."