DAX: Episode 7-Hotaru's Mission: The Fight of Love and the Flames of Confidence
Digital World
"It's been two days now since they have tried to free MetalGreymon, and the only one willing to come into my world is my dear big brother. How sweet is that?" the Digimon Empress said as she watched her brother and his Digimon search the Digital World for MetalGreymon. "Since you are on File Island, you won't find what you're looking for Taka. He's on Mirage Island with me." She smiled coldly and laughed.
"Oh, Nami. Why do you take pleasure in making your family suffer? That's not the Nami I know. The Nami I know would have asked her father for forgiveness, she was such a sweet and kind girl." Michimon said as she watched Nami through the cracked door.
Real World
"What?! We come home to this? A lab full of Rookie Digimon!"
"What are you doing here Daichi?"
"Oh nothing really, just waiting for the rest of the team to get here that's all." Daichi replied.
"Sorry we're late." Ami said as they walked in.
"What is the big idea with all the Digimon in the lab!"
"Geez Uncle Jim, calm down we couldn't take them to school with us anymore." Keiji said trying to calm down his uncle.
"Grandpa!" Hotaru said as she and Kiba gave him a hug.
"Hey while you are greeting each other there's trouble in the Digital World here!" Daichi said.
"What's the big emergency, Daichi?" Karu asked him.
"It's Taka that's what!" Daichi answered.
"He's still upset about MetalGreymon, so that's why he isn't here. Right?" Hotaru said.
"Well yes and no." Daichi told her.
"Make up your mind. Taka is at home with his Agumon." Leiko said.
"Yes he's still upset, and no he's not at home with his Agumon." Daichi told them.
"And where exactly is my cousin?" Karu asked.
"In the Digital World, somewhere, I hope." Daichi answered.
"You hope?! He hasn't been at school for two and a half days and you hope he is in the Digital World because he isn't at home!" Karu argued.
"Hey, fighting isn't going to help here. We need to come up with a plan to find him." Ami told the boys.
"Oh yeah and do you have any bright ideas?!" The boys shot back at her.
"Hey don't yell at Ami at least she is thinking! Use your brains for once boys!" Leiko defended Ami.
Hotaru sighed, she really wanted to say something, but all she could think about was Taka. Lately Hotaru been having these weird feeling whenever she is around Taka. She always thought that Milo was her first crush, not just a crush her first true crush, but Taka is always there when she needs someone special.
'Milo is just my friend, one of my best friends. Taka is always going out of his way to save me or comfort me. And now he needs my help and where am I? Listening to our team fight over what to do. I can't even say one little word.' Hotaru thought as she typed.
Digital World
"Taka, we've been walking for hours, shouldn't we head back home?" Agumon asked.
"What good are we Agumon? I can't save the Digital World! I can't even save MetalGreymon! You can't Digivolve and all I have is a crest. At least Daichi has a crest and his Digi-Egg. I guess that's why he's the leader not me." Taka said as his D-Terminal beeped. He took out his D-Terminal and opened the new e-mail.
'Taka, I'm worried about you. The team is arguing about what to do, so if you need any help you know that I'm there for you. Just let me know where you are at and I'll come help you look for, and rescue, MetalGreymon. –Hotaru'
"What is it, Taka?" Agumon asked.
"Nothing." Taka muttered as he typed a reply back to Hotaru.
Real World
Hotaru pull out her D-Terminal and read Taka's response to her e-mail.
'Don't worry so much, Hotaru. I'm fine and thanks for the offer. Don't come after me alone wait for the team to come up with a plan then come. I don't want to see you get hurt. –Taka'
"Taka…" She whispered. "Um, guys I hate to say it but I have an emergency tennis meeting I have to go to, so e-mail me the plan and I'll come as soon as I can." She lied to the group.
"Hotaru, do you want me to come with you?" Milo asked her.
"No that's okay; it's just a stupid meeting. Come on Biyomon." Hotaru told Milo.
"Coming, Hotaru." Biyomon said as she flew after her partner.
Hotaru ran out of the lab, and she didn't stop running till she was home. She stood at her door, wondering if she was doing the right thing. Her heart was telling her yes, but her mind was telling her no.
"Um, Hotaru I thought you said it was just a meeting, so why are we at home not the tennis courts?" Biyomon asked her.
Hotaru didn't answer Biyomon's question right away. Hotaru opened the door and walked into her house. "I lied Biyomon, there is no emergency tennis meeting." Hotaru told her partner.
"You what?!" Biyomon said in disbelief.
"Look Biyomon that e-mail I got was from Taka, and I'm going to go help him."
"He told you not to come, didn't he?"
"Yeah he did, but I…" She stopped. 'Do I really love him or do I just like him?' she thought.
"You what? Hotaru, I don't like when you let your sentences hang in the air like that." Biyomon asked.
"I'm sorry, Biyomon. It's just that lately when I'm around Taka, I get this feeling of butterflies in my stomach and he seems to do no wrong in my mind. I don't know why. Right now Taka needs someone there for him, and all he has is Agumon." Hotaru tried to explain her feelings to her Digimon.
"I don't really get it, but okay. So are we going or not, Hotaru?"
"Yeah, we're going. Digi-port open!" Hotaru said.
Digital World
"Are you alright?" Biyomon asked Hotaru as she hovered in the air above her partner.
"I'm fine, Biyomon." Hotaru said as she got up not even bothering to brush herself off.
Hotaru pulled out her Pink D-4 and started searching for Taka's signal. Her heart leaped as another dot on the D-4's screen showed up. She had found Taka, and now she could help him. Without saying anything to Biyomon, Hotaru started to run off in the direction of Taka's signal.
"Hey wait for me!" Biyomon yelled out to Hotaru.
Digimon Empress' Fortress
"Well, well, well looks like Hotaru has come to play with my brother in my world." The Digimon Empress smiled coldly as she watches Hotaru on her screen. "Now who should I seen in? Ah yes, here we go Saberdramon. Perfect dark Digimon for Hotaru's demise considering the fact that her Biyomon can Digivolve into Birdramon."
Michimon look up at the Empress wondering why she never used her for anything. At least once she wished, but no the Empress saw her only as a slave not a toy or warrior.
"Why don't you use me? I'm your true follower. Please use me Mi Lady." Michimon asked of Nami.
Nami sighed, she really didn't want to use her whip, but Michimon was becoming a nuisance.
"Forget it! You may not serve me via a ring or spiral of darkness, but that doesn't give you the right to think that you are useful. Even though you are my first follower Michimon, you are worthless to me." She told her as she lashed her with her whip.
The Empress coiled her whip back up and called Saberdramon on her computer. "It seems there is another one here. Go take care of her."
"As you wish Mi Lady." Saberdramon replied to his order.
The Digimon Empress laugh as Saberdramon flew towards Hotaru. "Let's see maybe I should use Hotaru's Father's Digimon, Gabumon, for my next Spiral of Darkness. I may just do that."
Real World
"Look our best bet is to try to find the other Digi-Eggs to armor Digivolve." Ami told the team.
"Meanwhile Taka's out there with no help and no way to Digivolve!" Karu shot back at her.
"For the last time don't yell at Ami!" Leiko told Karu.
Kiba smiled and shook his head. He knew that Hotaru wasn't at a tennis meeting, but in the Digital World trying to help Taka. Kiba wasn't going to tell the others that or the fact that he saw that a Digi-Port had been opened from their house. So he shoved his hands into his pocket and walked away from the arguing group to his corner of the lab. Kiba pulled out his father's harmonica and sat down. Just as he started to play Gabumon came and sat next to him. Not more than a minute later, Shino, Mika, and their Digimon came over and joined Kiba and Gabumon.
Digital World
"Hotaru slow down! You know I can't fly that fast." Biyomon yelled at Hotaru.
"We're close to Taka and Agumon, Biyomon!" Hotaru told her Digimon.
Nether one of them noticed Saberdramon closing in on them.
"Taka, I've gotta stop." Agumon whined.
"Fine we'll stop." Taka said as he stopped walking. "Agumon, I'm sorry."
"Why are you apologizing to me?" Agumon asked.
"I've been walking not giving you a break or accepting any help." Taka told him.
"It's alright Taka. I'm with you till the end." Agumon said.
"I know, but…" Taka just stopped looking up in the sky.
"What is it Taka?" Agumon asked.
"I don't really know, but it looked like a black Birdramon and it had a Ring of Darkness on its ankle." Taka told him as he pulled his D-4 out wondering why it had flown passed him and Agumon. His eyes widen with shock there was another D-4 signal.
"What's up? Taka?" Agumon asked Taka wondering what was wrong.
"Hotaru!" He yelled as he ran after the black Birdramon.
"Hey Taka, wait for me!" Agumon said running after his partner.
"They should be around here, somewhere." Hotaru told her Biyomon.
Biyomon look at her partner to see a black fireball heading straight for her. "Hotaru Look Out!" Biyomon yelled as she pushed Hotaru out of the way.
"Biyomon!" Hotaru yelled at her injured partner.
"I'm alright, Hotaru as long as you're not hurt." Biyomon told her.
"Oh, Biyomon." Hotaru said as she looked up into the sky to see the black Birdramon.
"Great it's a Saberdramon." Biyomon commented seeing the Digimon.
"Here it comes." Hotaru told her Digimon.
"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon attacked.
"Meteor Wing!" Saberdramon attacked canceling Biyomon's attack. The attack hit Biyomon and barely missed Hotaru.
"Biyomon we need to get out of here!" Hotaru told her Digimon.
"Meteor Wing!" the Saberdramon attacked again.
"Spiral Twister." Biyomon attacked trying to defend Hotaru, but she had taken too much damage.
"Biyomon!" Hotaru yelled as she ran towards her fallen partner.
Saberdramon seemed to be laughing as he swooped down and grabbed Hotaru up. About that time Taka arrived to the battle scene to see Saberdramon grab Hotaru. Hotaru also saw Taka.
"Taka!" She screamed.
"Hotaru, Hold On!" He yelled back at her.
"Pepper Breath!" Agumon attacked the Digimon, but the Saberdramon shielded itself with his wing and flew off.
"No!" Taka yelled as he pounded the ground with his fists. "I told her to wait for the others."
"She just wanted to help, Taka." Biyomon told him.
"I know, but…"
"Hotaru likes you and she just wants to be there for you." Biyomon told him.
"She likes me?" Taka asked in disbelief.
"Yes to the point that she actually lied to the team to come here to help you." Biyomon answered.
"Taka, Biyomon's in no condition to fly." Agumon told him. "How are we going to follow them?"
Taka bit his lip thinking, "Hop on, Biyomon."
"Are you crazy, Taka?" Biyomon and Agumon asked him in unison.
"No, I can run with someone on my back. Remember Agumon I gave Nami piggy back rides all the time." He told them.
"Oh yeah." Agumon said as Biyomon hopped onto Taka's back.
Taka tossed his D-4 at Agumon and got situated, then he looked at Agumon, "Ready?"
"Yup." Agumon told him.
"Then, let's go!" Taka yelled as they ran off towards Hotaru.
Real World
"This is insane! I say we should still go to the Digi World and kick the Digimon Empress' butt." Daichi told them.
"And what? Get ourselves killed! I don't think so." Leiko yelled back at him.
Kiba stopped playing and walked back over, "Maybe we should just go to the Digital World and help Taka and my sis."
"What?!" Everyone looked at him.
"It figures you guys were too busy fighting to notice that a Digi-Port opened up at my house. Meaning Hotaru went to help Taka." Kiba told them.
"Great, what's next? Shino and Mika are also gone?" Karu asked rolling his eyes.
"That's it! I'm going!" Daichi yelled as he pulled out his D-4. "Digi-Port open!"
"Daichi Wait!" Ami and Sam yelled, but it was too late Daichi was gone.
Digital World
"Well done Saberdramon." The Digimon Empress clapped as the Digimon released Hotaru.
"You're the Digimon Empress?" Hotaru asked.
"I am. You and you friends have been warned about playing in my world, so now it's time one of you actually gets hurt." The Empress answered her with a cold smile.
"Where's MetalGreymon?" Hotaru demanded as she stood up. "And where's our parents?"
"Well, well look who has some courage. Here's where MetalGreymon is." The Empress lashed the air with her whip.
Hotaru gulped at the site of MetalGreymon. "Where's our parents?" she asked again.
"You really think I'm going to tell you that?" the Empress asked Hotaru as she lashed her whip towards Hotaru.
Hotaru closed her eyes in preparation for the attack.
"Pepper Breath!"
"What the?!" The Empress screamed as a small fire hit the whip.
Hotaru opened her eyes to see Taka with Biyomon on his back and Agumon running up.
"Taka!" Hotaru yelled with hope as she started to run towards him.
"Oh no you don't! Saberdramon!"
Saberdramon dove to attack Hotaru.
"Forget it Digimon Empress! It's over!" Taka said as he stood shielding Hotaru.
"Fine Kamiya, you can take Hotaru. MetalGreymon attack!" The Empress ordered.
"Giga Blasters!" MetalGreymon attacked.
'This is it! The End.' Taka thought as the first Giga Blaster hit Saberdramon destroying the Digimon into Data.
"Hotaru, thank you and I've always liked you." Taka told her as the second Giga Blaster headed for them.
"Oh Taka…" Hotaru started only to stop and just hug Taka, who hugged her back.
"You two alright?"
Taka and Hotaru looked up to see Flamedramon holding the Giga Blaster.
"Flamedramon!" Taka yelled looking around for Daichi.
"Hey Empress! Guess who's back?" Daichi stood proudly at the edge of the canyon.
"Oh great, it's Kamiya's goggle head friend." The Empress rolled her eyes.
"Hotaru, will you help Agumon and me free MetalGreymon?" Taka asked as he helped her up.
"That's what I'm here to do." She replied with a smile.
Just then the canyon started to glow orange and pink. Daichi looked at the canyon behind him to see two Digi-Eggs fly up. "Sweet it's the Digi-Eggs of Love and Confidence!" he yelled as they flew to Taka and Hotaru.
"You ready for an up-grade, Biyomon?" Hotaru asked her Digimon as she grabbed the Digi-Egg of Love.
"Let's go wild Agumon!" Taka yelled as he grabbed the Digi-Egg of Confidence.
"Digi Armor Energize!" Taka and Hotaru yelled together.
"Agumon Armor Digivolve to Firedramon, the Flames of Confidence."
"Biyomon Armor Digivolve to Kyuukanmon, the Fight of Love."
Next to Flamedramon stood Firedramon, who looked like he could be Flamedramon's brother. He's an orange Flamedramon with golden red fire armor.
"Sweet Firedramon looks like Flamedramon." Daichi exclaimed.
Hovering above the dragon Digimon was Kyuukanmon. Biyomon had Digivolved into a beautiful blue-black raven Digimon.
"Wow Hotaru, your armor Digimon is as beautiful as you." Taka told her.
The Digimon Empress gritted her teeth at the site of the three armor Digimon. "MetalGreymon destroy them now!"
"Giga Blasters!" MetalGreymon roared.
"Let's go." Firedramon commanded Flamedramon and Kyuukanmon.
"Fire Rocket!" Flamedramon attacked one of the Giga Blasters.
"Mach Wing!" Kyuukanmon attacked the other one.
"Now all together!" Firedramon yelled as they advanced on MetalGreymon.
"Fire Rocket!"
"Mach Wing!"
"Pyro Cyclone!" Firedramon attacked weakening the Spiral of Darkness.
"Now Flamedramon!" Taka, Firedramon, Hotaru, Kyuukanmon, and Daichi yelled.
"Fire Fist!" Flamedramon attacked one last time breaking the Spiral of Darkness off of MetalGreymon, who had DeDigivolved to Agumon.
Firedramon ran and caught Agumon from his fall.
"Boo-Yah! Now that's what I call teamwork!" Daichi yelled celebrating the victory.
"Don't celebrate too early Daichi. You haven't won yet. You may have saved Agumon, but you have yet to save your parents." The Digimon Empress mocked them.
"Yeah, well it's only a matter of time before we actually win. You just wait Digimon Empress, We'll defeat you and I'll unmask you!" Taka yelled in response.
"We will just see about that Taka Kamiya." The Empress said as she turned and walked away.
"Let's go home and take care of Agumon." Hotaru said to the boys and their rookies as the Digimon Empress walked away from them.