A/N: ZOMG. I misspelled a character's name last chapter! More than once! Fricking weird name change. For those of you who haven't read my profile, Kyle, or Kikinakasoki, is now Kile. I forgot to make the change in the last chapter and it will be edited in as soon as I can be bored enough to do it.
Anyways, everyone goes to Tokyo in this chapter, unless they're already there or they're one of Felicia's non-Digidestined friends or co-workers. Oh, and random student and teacher numbers 36 and 34 aren't gonna be there either. Yes, I did number them. Also, new character introduction happens and my disclaimer becomes a story of its own. So sue me. Actually, don't. That'd suck.
Disclaimer: Ikaru Kakou frowned as he walked back into his story mansion. The place was a madhouse. Every character from every story he'd ever written (or merely imagined often enough) was there. Hence it being a mansion. And hence it being a madhouse. This time, the main foyer was rigged with various traps. Many of them would be deathtraps, were it not for the fact that nothing could die there (a concept he had written into the place himself when the first deathtrap appeared). Instead, you wound up falling from the ceiling in the main foyer and landing rather painfully on the ground. This was of course after your mutilated body magically disappeared.
But back to the moment, Ikaru was frowning. This would be difficult to get through without using his author powers. But he was up for the challenge. First off, he had to figure out which characters had set up the traps. After all, Luna and Venus' traps varied greatly from Kyle and Leormon's traps, which in turn also varied from Johnny and Erika's traps. In this case, it appeared to be a mix of almost every character's abilities, excepting Kira and Lunamon, who refused to take part in the trickery around the house. First trap: the slightly raised tile, which if stepped on opened a hole in the ground leading to a pit of lava with Cheri Berry trees growing from the sides. Anyone who fell in would undoubtedly hit one of the trees, thus knocking loose a berry or ten. Explosive berry trap number thirty-two. Easily bypassed, except for the next trap. Bat horde trap number two: laser detection system where if a laser was crossed the horde of Zubats and Golbats Shee had invited to the house was released. The bat horde traps weren't deadly by themselves, but their main purpose was to force you onto another trap. Hence the first trap not being easy to bypass. Past the laser net, Ikaru saw nothing, for the moment.
"Oh Luna!" He called, the vampiric demi-god appearing in a puff of black smoke.
"Yes?" Luna asked.
"Sol put your imitation deathnote in the middle of that laser net."
"THAT BASTARD!" The character exclaimed, running straight into the net. Ikaru backed up against the door as the bat horde was released, pushing Luna onto the raised tile. One large explosion later, and Luna could be heard cursing as he fell to the floor. Ikaru moved on, past the now deactivated laser net, and saw a labyrinth. He heard a distinct slicing sound, followed by Luna's screams again. One less guillotine trap to deal with. Ikaru shrugged and made his way into the labyrinth.
"Luckily Luna is the only character from an original fic I used here. Otherwise I'd have to break out with the 'I don't own Digimon' or something, the fanfic characters are allergic to their disclaimers." He distinctly heard a sneeze around the corner that sounded like a Doommon. "OH COME ON! YOU'RE A MADE UP ONE!" Ikaru shouted, taking out his 'I don't own Digimon' sign from hammerspace and holding it ahead of him as he turned the corner.
"I swear. Next disclaimer I'm gonna have to invent a disclaimer-only made up digimon partner for myself. Maybe a Double Burst Mode level…." He trailed off as the next chapter of Digital Demons took over the scene. One last sneeze was heard from the Doommon before –
Chapter Two: Searching for a Contradiction
17:34DST/The Great Council Chamber of the Seven Demon Lords/Dark Realm
Barbamon cursed. He'd been searching for a Real World week already and still no sign of Dan in Tokyo. Zooming out the map for the millionth time, he checked to make sure that the dots representing Dan and Arkadimon were indeed there. Yup. "Stupid map."
Still pretending to sleep in the Seat of Sloth, how he did it nobody knows, Belphemon rolled his eyes behind closed eyelids. Perhaps it was time to show Barbamon a better way. Surely opening a portal was within their power. Then again, maybe he'd wait another Real World day or so….
10:24PM/Japan/Tokyo/Dan's Apartment
Dan sighed. Still nothing good on TV. He made a note to steal satellite TV services so he could watch American TV when the searcher program from the digital world stopped going through Tokyo. It'd taken a while for Arkadimon to find it, but once he had they'd known it would be nothing but whatever food they could order on the phone and get delivered.
Speaking of food, Dan's stomach growled. Grabbing another slice of pizza from the box next to the couch, he changed the channel to one of those game show networks. You know, the ones where people do weird things like Human Tetris. Sadly, Japanese game shows were nowhere near as funny when you knew Japanese and they didn't have wrong subtitles in English. But the entertainment value of two women in bathing suits and helmets fighting each other with steaks while balancing on logs in a pool was still priceless.
"Hopefully tomorrow night is better, Tuesdays usually are." Dan's gaze shifted to Arkadimon, who had actually spoken just now. How the digimon got to mega level without him noticing in the first place was beyond him, but the fact that he spoke a full sentence with a comma? Man, it really was getting boring around here.
6:24AM/USA/California/Los Angeles/LAX/Terminal 1/American Airlines Flight 247 to Tokyo
Blake groaned. Not only was it early in the morning, not only was Bearmon digifused into him and complaining about it, not only was Dan quite possibly the Demon Lord of Pride, NOT ONLY was he stuck on an airplane, BUT HE HAD THE CENTER SEAT, STUCK BETWEEN KILE AND JEFF. "I'm gonna kill you guys when we get to Tokyo." He said angrily.
"Not my fault you drew the short straw. Then again, you have a lot of short things." Kile said.
"You're not funny." Blake said.
"Tell it to his fans and start living up to your virtue." Jeff said casually as he pulled his hat down lower over his eyes.
"Says mister running back who still doesn't use deodorant. You try not being angry when you've got the most disgusting smell in the world on one side and the least funny guy in the world cracking jokes on the other side."
Kyle looked hurt for a moment before muttering "Critical Bite" and then grinning widely with now sharpened teeth as he said "Oh, come on. I don't bite."
"Bear Fist." A large bruise began to form on Kile's left cheek, courtesy of Blake's left fist.
Wayne leaned across the aisle and hissed at them "Hey, keep the attacks quiet. We're in public."
"You're not the one getting attacked." Kile said defiantly before rubbing his bruised cheek. "I think I cut the inside of my cheek." He added sadly as he began to taste blood.
"You're the one who went for the sharp teeth when you knew I'd punch you." Blake said.
From the seat across the other aisle, Aki shook her head. "Boys." She muttered, putting on some headphones and turning on her iPod. Twenty hours of J-Pop should be able to drown them out, right?
4:36PM /Japan/Tokyo/Tokyo International Airport/Terminal 2/American Airlines Flight 247 from Los Angeles
Aki had been wrong. The eighteen-hour flight had outlasted her iPod's battery by about sixteen hours. She had forgotten to charge it the night before. Consequently, she had been spending the past sixteen hours listening with slight disinterest as Jeff, Blake, and Kile insulted each other (how they managed to keep it up for so long without repeating themselves was beyond her), sleeping, making a single trip to the plane's bathroom (she regretted this), and watching the in-flight movies (an old Godzilla one, one of the many Dracula movies, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, all of them with Japanese subtitles, thankfully in kanji. The films did little to make the flight better, as the Godzilla movie even took place in Tokyo.)
Given these events, Akira Matsubara was on the verge of biovolving to Burst Mode and killing everyone on board when the plane landed. Even Wayne was looking angry, and it took A LOT to anger Wayne. Kira stood up quickly and took her carry on luggage out of the overhead compartment before storming off the plane, closely followed by Wayne. "Note to self: NEVER stick those three together on a plane ever again." She muttered as she began walking down the exit ramp.
"Agreed." Wayne said through clenched teeth. His patience was immense, but there was only so much a person could take.
Meanwhile, Bearmon was in the middle of telling Blake something. "The virtues are getting weaker for some reason. I don't feel like I could reach Burst Mode anymore. Should we tell the others, or ask your dad?"
"No. The others will notice on their own, and my dad probably thinks I'm dead. He doesn't need to learn that I've been alive all these years, that we've actually experienced more than any other person alive. He knows the way time flows in the digital world better than anyone else does, even if he's never been there himself. He set it up. Besides, the virtues are nothing to get concerned about. We can supplement them if we absolutely have to get to Burst Mode." Blake replied. He received a mental nod in return and then stood up to leave the plane.
4:43PM/Japan/Tokyo/Tokyo International Airport/Terminal 2
Felicia leaned against a rental car next to a man wearing a hooded jacket with the hood up, even on a day this hot. A sign lay by her feet that read 'Contradiction Searchers'. It was in English, so as to lower the amount of suspicious people even more. The Digidestined had agreed previously to use that sign, for privacy purposes. A few people had stopped and questioned her about it, but she had replied in Japanese that she didn't know what it meant, as she was French. She certainly looked the part, and in fact her grandmother on her mother's side actually was French, so she knew enough of the language and accent to pull of the act quite easily.
She looked up as she saw Wayne and Kira walk out. They looked angry about something, but their anger turned to surprise when they saw the man who stood next to her. "Who is he?" Kira asked.
"Edward Windsor." Felicia replied before adding "Relation to the King of England. And he knows our secret." She spoke in English even though she did know Japanese because there were too many people around who might question them if they heard.
"I wish to remain unnoticed. Royalty does not go unnoticed very easily at an airport in a foreign country." Edward explained. "Nice to finally meet the Olympic Warriors though. Felicia told me so much about you." He held out his hand for them to shake before realizing again that they were in Japan. So instead he put the hand back at his side and bowed. Wayne and Kira bowed in return.
"I'm Wayne Johnson."
"Matsubara Akira. Call me Aki."
"The question arises, exactly what did Felicia tell you about us?" Wayne asked as he stood up straight again.
"She mentioned your partners, mega items or whatever they're called, and your virtues. Interesting match there." Edward said.
"I also told him that you two lived with each other and have been going out for years." Felicia added as Blake, Jeff, and Kile walked out as well. Blake currently held Jeff in a headlock with one arm.
"Don't ask." Kile said, opening the door to the car and letting Blake and Jeff get in first. After they got in back, he took one of the three seats in the middle row. Wayne and Aki quickly filled the other two after putting everyone's luggage in the trunk, and Edward and Felicia took the front seats.
"So, where am I dropping you guys off?" Edward asked. It was obvious he didn't know Aki very well.
"Matsubara Manor, roughly translated." Kira said. She took paper and a pencil out of her pocket and wrote something in kanji. "Just type this into the GPS, it'll get you there." She added as she handed the paper up.
Edward nervously plugged in the kanji to the GPS, and began driving.
5:32PM/Japan/Tokyo/Matsubara Manor/Courtyard
Kira sighed nostalgically as she stepped out of the rental. Everyone else seemed surprised, to some degree. "I did tell you my dad was a rich businessman here, right?" She asked.
"Jeez, it looks better than where I'm staying." Edward said, walking over to the fountain in the center of the courtyard.
"Well, it does help that we have a few contacts in the black market. Another reason this place is a good base of operations. The caretakers were the family of someone who runs a crime ring with a focus on assassinations. Chances are that Dan isn't involved in such a ring as a permanent member, but they've been known to do freelancers with that ring as well." Kira replied. She glanced around for a bit at the various buildings on the property. Yes, there was more than one building there. "I think we should set up in there." She said, pointing to the second biggest of the three buildings. The guesthouse.
"Is it safe to let the digimon out?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah. De-Digifuse." Lunamon suddenly appeared next to Kira and walked ahead to open the door.
"De-Digifuse." Came the immediate response from Jeff, Kile, Felicia, Blake, and Wayne. Moments later, Coronamon, Labramon, and Leormon stood there watching as Gaomon and Bearmon were already rushing around the courtyard fighting. Shaking his head, Coronamon leapt onto the back of the rental, opened the trunk, and began taking everyone's luggage out.
5:35PM/Japan/Tokyo/Matsubara Manor/Guesthouse/Living Room
Coronamon grunted as he dragged the last of the luggage (Felicia's camera bag, which she had brought for some obscure reason) into the room. Sitting in various chairs around the room were the Digidestined, Edward, Lunamon, and Leormon. Chained to the ceiling somehow at opposite ends were Gaomon and Bearmon, while Labramon was lying on the floor in the fading sunlight from a window.
"I won't ask." He said, extinguishing the various fires on his body before hopping onto one of the remaining chairs.
"Good policy." Edward said, apparently a little shocked over the whole Gaomon-Bearmon rivalry thing. "In any case though, I need to sneak back to my hotel. Call me tomorrow, Felicia." He added, getting up and walking out the door. The sound of the rental car starting came soon afterward.
"So, the first order of business is…?" Kile asked Kira.
"We call Boss Nakamura." She replied, picking up the phone next to her and dialing a number she knew by heart. She had been friends with Nakamura's daughter when she still lived in Tokyo.
12:34DST/The Great Council Chamber of the Seven Demon Lords/Dark Realm
Belphemon yawned loudly as he finally got up. Barbamon looked over at him, a little worse for wear with sleep deprivation. A trait Belphemon never had. "Why not just go there? It'll get this all over with sooner and I'll be able to sleep more."
Barbamon stared. Of course. Dan wouldn't be able to resist revealing himself if all six of the other demon lords showed up. He called the other demon lords to the table instantly, and immediately opened a portal to Tokyo Bay. "We're going." He said. The other five blinked briefly before composing themselves and preparing to go through. Seven minutes later, all six of them went through the portal, along with a small regiment of Doommon.
6:36PM/Japan/Tokyo/Dan's Apartment/Living Room
Dan sighed and took a bite of the sandwich he'd ordered. Next to him on the couch was Arkadimon, now in Champion form. It wasn't much longer until the nightly check on the searcher program. Who knew, maybe it'd be gone.
6:37PM/Japan/Tokyo
And so it was that as Dan began eating his dinner, Akira finished arranging an appointment with Boss Nakamura, and Edward arrived back in his hotel room (much to the relief of the royal guard), in Tokyo Bay a demon lord settled down to wait while five more demon lords began to wait in various positions in the city, each one of them with twenty Doommon. It would be a while before Dan finally settled down again and came out to play.
5:37AM/USA/Virginia/Langley/CIA Headquarters/Elevator Shaft
And it was right around then that another portal opened from the Digital World and a man in a suit stepped out to land on top of the currently dormant elevator.
End A/N: Well, everyone is in Tokyo now except for that guy in the suit. New character, omg. Insane author who has no idea how he intends to connect the new character to the current ones! OH NOES.
In any case though, read and review and maybe next chapter will be done sooner.