Tagiru's Bizarre Adventure

Disclaimer:
Digimon is owned by Toei Animation

The various guest characters appearing in every arc are owned by their respective owners.

Okay, so far I got a review and though it's not that groundbreaking, I'm still pleased with this and am now going to continue with the next chapter, and here the first arc will commence where last chapter left off, and this time Tagiru gets embroiled in a murder scene and will soon realize that his upcoming situation is nothing like what he encountered at the Digital World, and it'll be a mix of suspense and mystery, yet it won't directly involve any Digimons for the time being.

So read up and enjoy!

Disclaimer:
Digimon is owned by Toei Animation

The various guest characters appearing in every arc are owned by their respective owners.

Ch. 2: Mōru no Naka ni Satsujin

The scene shows that Gumdramon is walking around the streets of Kyoto, a bit grumbled that he had to do some errand for his "partner" after being told to head for the Akishi residence and retrieve Tagiru's wallet, though he appeared fine with it for now as he would get to do some "exploring" as he seemed to like "peaceful moments" after his and his friends' battle with Quartzmon two years ago.

"Geez...how could Tagiru be so forgetful...I'm betting he's having Alzheimer's Disease..."

Since he is dressed like a civilian (he is wearing a mix of hip-hop attire with a hooded shirt), he has no problem moving about undetected and while still walking, he encountered some rowdy punks (about four of them), who blocked his way and began to intimidate him in giving out his "allowance", and there the disguised Digimon smirked as he gets to "blow off a little steam" though he is forced to put up with some of the bullies' insults.

"Hey, kid...!"

"Yeah..you!"

"New in town?"

"Yeah...I am..."

"You're in trouble..."

"But we'll let you off..."

"Really...?"

"Provided that you give us your dough..."

"As in "allowance"..."

"Better give it to us..."

"I don't have any..."

"Are you looking down at us?"

"Or do you want us to get rough?"

"Come on...give us the money or else...!"

"I say we beat him..."

"Good idea...that'll make him wise up..."

At first Gumdramon tolerated the punks who were pushing him around, but one of them began spitting at his face, and the other began to stomp on his tail, and that was enough for the Digimon to hold back, and when the other punk swat off the hood, Gumdramon's face is revealed, though the punks think it was just another disguise, and they all called the Digimon a "crappy cosplayer", and that was enough for him to "unleash" his fury.

"Hey...check it out...!"

"A cosplayer...ha-ha-ha!"

"Now you're going to get it...!"

Using his speed and size advantage, Gumdramon made short work on the bullies, beating them up and even though they are outclassed, the Digimon opted to use a bit of force, beating the punks to a bloody pulp until they begged for mercy, which Gumdramon at first ignored, as he wanted to see if they really meant what they plead for, and after seeing it for himself, he gave them a stern warning.

"Want some more?"

"No!"

"No more!"

"We're sorry!"

"We are!"

"Then go away and stop harassing me...or else...!"

"We'll go!"

"We promise!"

"We're leaving!"

"Mommy!"

The rowdy punks ran off to separate direction in fear, and the Digmon smiled as he get to do some "workout" and puts on his hood over his head before heading for the Akishi residence to get what he is supposed to get, and because the Akishi parents are on vacation, the house is pretty much deserted, and Gumdramon arrived and went for the refrigerator and helped himself with sandwiches and burgers.

"Time for a quick snack..."

After 15 minutes of meals, Gumdramon went to Tagiru's bedroom and got the wallet, and is now ready to leave the house, and upon leaving the area, he encountered another "roadblock", in the form of a Digimon, which resembled a humanoid hammerhead shark. The entrant is identified as "Shumokuzamemon" and began to attack Gumdramon using his head that is shaped like a hammer.

"RRROOOAAARRR!"

"Just great...now I'm going to be late...!"

Gumdramon sighed as he felt he's going to get more than a mouthful of sermon from Tagiru for coming late, but it can't be helped as he has his hands full as he can't let this rogue Digimon go on a rampage in the neighborhood.

-x-

At the Kyoto Mall, Tagiru is busy and is having problems of his own, as the mall is large, very large and it took most two blocks of space (it was annexed in two, annex A and annex B), and with so much items he has to deliver, he had no choice since this is part of his job and he needed to earn a lot of Yen so complaining is not an option and had to put up with everything that has been hurled at his way, whether he like it or not.

"Geez...now this is really a bad day...well, no choice...better get going..."

Starting with Annex A, Tagiru sweat-dropped as Annex A is wide with so many stalls and stores, along wit the fact that it was four stories high, and had to use escalators to get to his destinations, which is the 2nd floor, where he first arrived at a computer shop where his first customer is waiting and delivered the item to the waiting client, and there he got the first payment before the teen leaves for the next client, which is located on the 4th floor.

"Now for the next one..."

Arriving at the 4th floor, he arrived at an internet cafe where the 2nd client is waiting, and there he delivered the item and that was it, which Tagiru went for the 3rd floor to deliver another item to a client at a video shop, and after making the deliveries, and getting the payment, he went to a nearby McDonalds restaurant to take a snack break given that the deliveries he made took near 30 minutes and this made him hungry.

"Time for a break..."

After queuing he ordered a Big Mac with large fries and a Fried Chicken before heading for a table and there he brought out his bottle of mayonnaise and pored them over his food, earning surprised looks from other customers, some bemused while others labeled Tagiru for being "weird" and "crazy". Other customers wondered and tried applying mayonnaise on their food thinking it was a new trend, only to regret their actions after tasting their mayonnaise-laced foods, eliciting various reactions.

"Check that out..."

"Eeeeww..."

"Hey, let's try it..."

"...yuck...it tasted terrible!"

"Is that kid crazy or what...?"

"Is that a new food craze...?"

"He's weird..."

"Yeah..."

Tagiru did not notice them as he is busy digging in on his food and after nearly 30 minutes he was full, though he felt that he wanted to dine in some more but he still has work to do, so he prepared his bags as he has more items to deliver to his clients but then checked his watch and noticed that Gumdramon hasn't arrived yet, and wondered what is keeping him as he knows that his Digimon partner is never this late.

"What's keeping Gumdramon so long...? Can't wait for hi this long...!"

Nevertheless, Tagiru decided to head for Annex B and there he started to make rounds to meet with the clients he is tasked to deliver the items, only for him to cringe realizing that Annex B of the Kyoto Mall is wider than Annex A and that it was five stories high, and the escalators were not near to each other so he has to move around and about to reach the floors towards his destinations.

-x-

Back at Tagiru's neighborhood, the scene shifts to a nearby playground where Gumdramon managed to keep Shumokuzamemon to a standstill, and earlier in the battle he uses his cellphone given to him by Tagiru to call Taiki to come and help, and within a minute Taiki arrived with Shoutmon and there the two Digimons fought together to stop the rogue Digimon with Taiki watching, observing the rogue Digimon's movements, and came up with a tactic to stall and disable the shark-Digimon.

"Gumdramon! Shoutmon! Here's the tactic!"

"Okay!"

"Got it!"

Following Taiki's instructions, Gumdramon uses the "Ram-Gum Break" to trip the enemy while Shoutmon uses the "Rock Damashi" at full power to strike the rogue Digimon on his cranium, and the blast knocked the enemy out, and there the danger is over, and thankfully, the neighborhood wasn't rattled as most of the residents are out. Gumdramon glanced at himself seeing his disguised clothes were in tatters so he hurried back to the Akashi house to get some spare clothes while asking Taiki and Shoutmon to deal with the shark-Digimon as he needs to get to Kyoto Mall to meet up with Tagiru.

"Darn!"

"What's wrong?"

"That shark-Digimon ruined my clothes!"

"So what now?"

"I'm going back at Tagiru's house and get some new clothes...can't go to the mall like this..."

"You're meeting with Tagiru?"

"Yeah...Can you handle that guy...?"

"Okay."

"Thanks!"

-x-

Back at Kyoto Mall, a very-exhausted Tagiru wobbled towards the escalator as he had just made 15 deliveries to various establishments from all floors, and right now he wanted to leave the 5th floor and head towards the nearest McDonalds restaurants to "replenish" his body, now that he is feeling hungry from making all the deliveries and couldn't wait to meet up with his Digimon partner, as he realized that he only has enough money for a bus ride, and mentally wished for Gumdramon to get here at once.

"Please hurry up, Gumdramon...!"

His musing was interrupted when he saw several technicians arriving and turned of the escalator, and they started to "disassemble" it, where he realized that it is now undergoing maintenance, and as he looked at the other way, he saw the next nearest escalator is also being repaired and he scratched his head in annoyance, as he didn't want to walk farther just to get a ride down towards the ground floor.

"Geez! I don't want to go farther away just to get a ride...!"

By then, he noticed that there is a fire exit near him and decided to head there and take the "easy way out" as he didn't want to go to a farther area just to get a ride on an escalator, and he went there after entering, walking calmly, yet in a hurried pace as he hoped that Gumdramon is waiting for him there. The walk took about almost seven minutes, and just as he was about to reach the 1st floor, he heard loud steps coming from the boundaries between the 3rd and 2nd floors before a gunshot is heard, which cause Tagiru to feel pressure as he knows what this means.

BANG!

"AAAAIIIEEE!"

As Tagiru is tempted to go up the 2nd floor to see what is going on, he hesitated as he is not sure what is going on, but then the next scene appeared, where he became a witnesses a murder, as a man dressed in a scientist attire walked down, he was shot several more times, which the gun fire came from the 2nd floor, and Tagiru went to the victim's side and tries to help him, but then the man tells him that he is his only hope.

"Are you okay..."

"N-no...I won't...m-make it..."

"You will...hold on to me and..."

"N-no...you must...g-go..."

"B-but..."

"T-take this...with you..."

"A video-game cartridge...?"

"Take this...t-to...the Crime Investigation Bureau...give this...t-to them...n-no matter w-what...and...don't l-let them...take it f-from...you..."

"B-but...I can't..."

"P-please...the national security...of J-Japan...rest...i-in...y-you..."

Right before the victim dies, he gives Tagiru an item, which appeared to be a video-game cartridge which is actually a Nintendo 64 game, in which the title "Cloak & Dagger " is engraved, and says that the cartridge contains important military secrets, that he must get it to the Criminal Investigation Bureau at all costs, and not let the item fall to the wrong hands, and Tagiru us baffled as to why someone would want to go after a video-game cartridge, yet he is willing to help the injured man but the man told the teen to go.

"Why me?"

"Y-your...the only...o-one...I can...c-count on..."

"What does this tape have...?"

"C-complicated...c-can't explain...d-details...j-just...give it to th-them...t-tell them...contains...se-secret..."

"What? "Secret"...?"

"G-go...before they...g-get you...t-too...!"

"But..."

"Go!"

Tagiru is hesitant to leave but was persuaded to go, and as he reluctantly left, he opened the door of the fire exit, and there he heard more gunshots and moans from the man so the teen is forced to leave and call a nearby guard for help, which more security guards are alerted, and in turn, seeks help from the authorities, which policemen happened to be near the area, and there they are told by Tagiru about what he saw, when Tagiru led them to the fire exit, the teen is surprised to see that the body of the scientist is gone, and worse, no traces of evidence is left, nor are any bloodstains are seen, which the police simply believe him to be engaging in "fantasy play".

"Hey...where's the body?"

"But...it was right here...!"

"Are you screwing with us?"

"No! I swear I heard gunshots!"

"Guards...escort this brat out of the mall! And let's pretend nothing has happened here!"

"But...I..."

"Come on, brat..."

"You made us lose our chance to slack off..."

"Hey! Let go!"

As Tagiru was being escorted out of the mall and told to go home for causing a "disturbance", Gumdramon arrived and apologized for being late, explaining the reasons why, but Tagiru wasn't listening, as the teen is still bothered at the events that happened a while ago, and is pondering on what to do next, whether to head for the Criminal Investigation Bureau or simply go home.

To Be Continued…

Hope you like this chapter...a bit of Digimon action while Tagiru dame across a murder scene and he is dumbfounded that the corpse "mysteriously" vanished...and he is given a video-game cartridge which he is tasked to deliver to the Crime Investigation Bureau, but then his "adventures" is about to commence...in a bizarre way...

Preview:

Tagiru is slowly being on the run as he is being chased...this time by both Digimons and the killers who murdered a scientist whom Tagiru briefly met at Kyoto Mall, and the teen has to rely on his wits as he is being "shot down"...