We're now at Chapter 17 now, everybody! And Class Q,
Mimi, Koushiro, the CLAMP School detectives and the
Paper Sisters are now heading their way up to the surface,
and are now in a bit of a hurry, as they noticed that their
current location was starting to deplete oxygen, given that
the base has sealed all exit points and possible areas where
oxygen can make its way in.
- - -
Koushiro and the others were starting to gasp for air as they
realized that the place they are currently in is beginning to run
out of oxygen. Mimi told Rapidmon to go on ahead and see if
he could find an exit, and, see if there is someone outside so that
he could cry for help. Rapidmon nodded, and went ahead. Then
they heard a crashing noise. Kinta told everyone that the place they
just left have caved in, and suggested that they better get going.
And they moved on, climbing upward.
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ALIVE A LIFE by Rica Matsumoto
Asayake ni tsutsumarete hashiri-dashita yuku beki michi wo
Jounetsu no bekutoru ga boku no mune wo tsuranuite yuku
Donna kiken ni kizutsuku koto ga atte mo
Yume yo Odore Kono hoshi no moto de
Nikushimi wo utsushi-dasu kagami nante kowasu hodo
Yume ni mukae mada bukiyou demo
Ikite iru hageshisa wo karada-juu de tashikametai
Taiyou ga toozakaru yami no naka de mayou toki demo
Me wo tojite mune ni aru koe wo kikeba susunde yukeru
Dare yori tsuyoku inochi no oto wo narashite
Ai yo Terase Kono sora no hate mo
Shinjitsu wo madowaseru kagami nante wareba ii
Ai wo daite ima kimi no tame ni
Shinka suru tamashii ga negatte ita mirai wo yobu
Jama wa sasenai yowaki na sakebi furikaeru na michi wa haruka tsuzuite 'ku
Kokoro wo atsuku kibou no iro ni moyasou
Instrumental
Yume yo Odore kono hoshi no moto de
Nikushimi wo utsushi-dasu kagami nante kowasu hodo
Ai yo Terase Kono sora no hate mo
Shinjitsu wo madowaseru kagami nante wareba ii
Ai wo daite ima kimi no tame ni
Shinka suru tamashii ga negatte ita mirai wo yobu.
Getting Out Alive Part 2Ten Minutes later, Koushiro, Class Q, Mimi, the three
CLAMP School detectives and the Paper Sisters less than half-way up,
having exiting the second lower basement, and were beginning to get
exhausted. But the sounds of caving in were beginning to get on their
nerves and decided to keep going.
Meanwhile, Armadimon evolved to Digmon and he and Iori began to dig
their way down to see if the others are still alive. Yumiko followed suit, using
her paper ability to take the form an armadillo and dig her way down.
30 minutes later, Yumiko, Iori, and Digmon saw Rapidmon, and Rapidmon
told them where the others are, and told them that oxygen was running out.
Yumiko then used her paper to take form of a huge missile, and the four
of them then descended further, following Rapidmon's directions.
Meanwhile, Anita was starting to faint after running out of oxygen. Junior
went ahead using his phasing ability to get help. Junior saw Yumiko and the
rest and called for them. In five minutes, they all found each other, and boarded
the paper missile, and flew to the surface.
Everyone outside on the surface cheered as Koushiro and the rest got out,
but fell into silence after telling them that half of the missing twins were burned to
death due to the explosion. After boarding the unconscious twins (the ones who survived)
to the ambulance, Exo-Diver then descended to the yellow square, and disappeared,
after fulfilling its mission.
Three hours later, Japan went into total silence after news that 20 pairs of twins
who went missing were confirmed dead, as Koushiro and the others testified about
what Futagoza did, and that they managed to save the other 20 pairs of twins. Kyuu,
Megumi, Ryu, and Takeru told the Emperor about the Zodiac using twins as slave labor,
using themin dismantling the warheads and loading them into a truck, and planning
to sell them to some black market, and that using them as bomb couriers, explaining
how the Tokyo Business District bombing was carried out.
Emperor Ashitano then had the military find the Zodiac's base at all costs,
infuriated at what he just heard from Koushiro, Kyuu, Megumi, Ryu, and
Takeru, that the Zodiac did something horrible just to commit a crime,
and then escape, at the cost of innocent lives. He vowed to do whatever
he could, in his power, to put a stop to the Zodiac threat.
At CLAMP School, the students of both CLAMP School and DDS were glad
that Class Q, and the three CLAMP School detectives were safe and sound.
Principal Dan and Directress Ohkawa were relieved, but later gave concerning
looks, as the Zodiac are becoming more and more bold, using slave labor, and
then had them killed off.
Three weeks later, Yamato, Ken, Daisuke, Taichi, Jyou, Garurumon, Wormmon,
V-Mon, Agumon, Gomamon, and Tailmon, were all discharged from the hospital,
recovering from their wounds. They too were saddened about the fate of the 20
pairs of twins who were killed in the explosion caused by Futagoza. They all headed
home to rest, and resume classes that they've missed during their confinement at the hospital.
A week later, Class Q, A, and C were having lunch at the cafeteria,
discussing about how to track down the Zodiac after all the damage they have done.
They were also discussing about Uoza's action, and the fact that he's different
from before, according to Mimi's testimonials.
At the CLAMP School Detective HQ, Nokoru, Suoh, and Akira were also
discussing about what happened at the military base in Mt. Bandai, and about Uoza.
Nokoru hinted that Uoza would probably appear again should the Zodiac strike again.
- - -
A week later, in Osaka, a man in black pants, shirt and trench coat was sitting
on his motorcycle, waiting outside of the convenience store. He then took out something
from his pocket, and it was a card deck, with the mark of an archer. It was Iteza (Sagittarius).
He then recalled why he joined the Zodiac (which took place after
Read Or Die: The Book Of Imortality), but after three weeks, he left the
organization after a battle with a Griffimon, in which the Zodiac believed him to be dead.
Then a woman came out of the convenience store, a short, black-haired woman,
who found the man just three weeks after his battle with a Griffimon. "Ren…".
The man then saw the woman, whom he met several weeks ago. He smiled a bit as
the woman approached him. "Yes, Yuri?" the man replied. "Here…" the woman
offered him some food and drinks. Since meeting him, the man told the woman
why he was forced to join the Zodiac organization. An explosion occurred and his
girlfriend was caught in the blast, and ended up in a coma. Then a man approached
him and said that they'll help her if he joins the Zodiac, and they will come up with
a way of reviving her. After doing some menial work, which thankfully didn't involve
killing people, the Zodiac abandoned him thinking he was killed following a battle with
a Griffimon. The woman, in turn told the man that a year ago, her elder brother went
missing and told the man she met that if he would help her find her missing brother,
she'll help find a way of reviving the man's comatose girlfriend.
"Don't worry, Ren. I promise you, we'll find a way of waking her up. But right now,
you'll have to avoid the Zodiac for now. I believed that your girlfriend's accident may
have been orchestrated by the Zodiac to give you a reason for forcing you to join them.".
Ren nodded, recalling that he had to move his girlfriend to another hospital to prevent
the Zodiac from obtaining her as means of using her as a pawn.
Their discussion was interrupted when a rogue Piranhamon made its way to the human
world and disembowel a pedestrian. The man then took out his card deck, and said,
"Henshin", and transformed into a black armored man, and, along with a huge, black bat,
dragged the Piranhamon towards a portal where the human world and the Digimon world
connects, a batlle commences. The woman stared at the portal, feeling that she saw the
portal somewhere before, but couldn't recall it.
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To Be ContinuedAnother bittersweet stalemate for DDS and CLAMP School, as the Zodiac escaped
once again, and leaving more dead bodies in its wake. And it seems that the Zodiac
are brewing something new to make up for the losses they incurred
(the Star Blazer machine costs them almost a million Yen, while the dismantled warheads
were confiscated), and it seems that it will commence pretty soon.
And what's this? Another man carrying the card deck of Iteza? What gives?
And who's the woman with him? And what's her connection to the Zodiac, and in this fic?
And what role do they play here?
Chapter back here for Chapter 18, as the Zodiac are going to do something nasty..
As for that "- - -" part, think of it as a preview of what will take place within this fic,
as something unexpected will happen.
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