Tagiru's Bizarre Adventure

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So far, so good. Things are really heating up as Tagiru is in a dilemma as he is unsure on what to do next as he is being chased by human assassins and with Gumdramon not around, he'll have to rely on his wits to stay alive .

So read up and enjoy!

Ch. 4: Kare no Shūgeki o Kaihi

After Tagiru claims that he doesn't know what they are talking about, one of the men drew a gun and opened fire, and the teen dodged it, but the misfire bullet struck an elderly woman on her head and she fell to the ground, blood seeping from her head, and Tagiru realized that he is now in imminent danger and made a run for it, with the suspects in hot pursuit, and the teen realized that they are indeed after the cartridge and is now regretting for not heading for the Criminal Investigation Bureau as told by the late scientist whom he met at the mall.

As Tagiru is heading to a corner, he was taken by surprise as more men, foreigners in particular, drew their guns and opened fire, and the teen narrowly missed them and took a shortcut and went to a park filled with thick trees and seeing a lot of people there, he was forced to get through them in hopes of losing his assailants so he can escape and call the police if he sees one, and hoped that the assailants are not foolish to open fire at a crowd full of people.

"Hope this would work...I don't think they would be foolish to open fire at a crowd this huge..."

However, the assassins opened fire and killed many people while others were dispersed, and Tagiru realized that they have no qualms in killing anyone as long as they get to him, and now he is starting to run out of options as he didn't want to drag any more innocent people in his mess and mentally wished that he would find Gumdramon and have him digivolve and deal with his assailants. He is now pondering on calling either Yuu or Taiki for help, but with the situation he is in right now, pausing for a cellphone call is out of the question right now would be a FATAL mistake as doing so would make him an easy target.

"Blast...need to find a hiding place so I can safely call for help...!"

As Tagiru is continuing to make a run for it, he came across an alley and went there, as it was too narrow for several persons to pass by, and thus he took the chance and his assailants followed, forced to follow the boy in a single line, and were forced not to open fire to prevent from hitting each other, and the teen is given another head-start, an ample time to get farther away from his pursuers.

"There he is!"

"Don't open fire...we don't have enough space!"

"Just follow him!"

"We got it!"

The chase went on which lead him towards the border of Kitayama and Kitaoji, and as he feels that he might get help there, he collided with another person and both fell down. Tagiru landed down hard, though the other person got up and berated the teen for being clumsy. As the person is about to take his leave, he got embroiled as the assailants came and shot the man in cold blood, and Tagiru is taken aback seeing that his assailants arrive and held in at gunpoint, and there they gave the teen an ultimatum.

"Alright, boy...give it to us!"

"Better do it if you don't want to die!"

"Hand it over now...unless you want us to kill anyone near you...and this would certainly add more to your conscience..."

Guessing what the men are after, Tagiru decided to take the risk and tries to stall them, which momentarily worked, but the men aren't playing around, intending to make their threat taken seriously so that Tagiru would be forced to hand them what they want.

"What do you want with me?"

"You know what we want..."

"So better not play with us, kid...or we kill you..."

"Just tell me what it is and I'll see what I can do..."

"Then give us the cartridge..."

"Give it to us now..."

"Or we kill you and anyone else who get in our way..."

However, an unexpected turn of events showed up, and to the teen's surprise, and dismay, that the "turn of events" that showed up happened to be the Troopmons, and there they made it known that they came here for the Xros Heart Team, and seeing Tagiru, they are more than willing to take him...as their unwilling prisoner which didn't suit the assailants well, thinking that they are just "punks in a cosplay" attire, and this started a "word war" between the two sides, which gives Tagiru time to plan and make a move.

"Tagiru Aikishi!"

"We found you!"

"At last...our mission is a success!"

"We now got ourselves a prisoner!"

"Our new leader will be pleased!"

"The new Bagra Army will have its revenge!"

"And the fall of the Xros Heat Team!"

"Alright, you weirdo...get lost!"

"We got the kid first..."

"He's ours to take...so scram!"

"Better get out of here or we shoot you!"

"Your cosplay won't intimidate us!"

"Fool! Those who get in the way of the Bagra Army will pay!"

"You dare challenge us?"

"You humans are fools!"

"Now you feel our wrath!"

As the assailants are making their way towards Tagiru, the Troopmons blocked their path, asserting their right to take the teen, and soon words turned into action as the assailants opened fire, and to their surprises, their bullets simply bounced off, yet this also caused the Troopmons to stagger back, but this didn't deter them as they used their spears to "poke" their attackers, which resulted in a melee and the teen took advantage of the distraction and ran off, and after more than ten minutes, the two sides realized that their target is gone, and both make a hasty retreat after sirens from a police car are heard and soon fled.

-x-

Back at Tagiru's house, Yuu Amano decided to drop by and pay Tagiru a visit, and when getting no responses after several calls, he decided to go inside and see if Tagiru is there, and upon entering, he is taken aback at seeing the place being thrashed and when he called for anyone there, he got no reply, so he checked every room and saw that the whole house appeared to have been ransacked, and filled with worry, he grabbed his cellphone and called for Taiki to tell him of what he just saw inside Tagiru's house.

"Hello...Taiki!"

"Yuu...what's wrong?"

"I'm at Tagiru's house...and the place has been ransacked or something!"

"Is Tagiru there?"

"No...but I called his cellphone but he is not answering!"

"This is bad...Meet me at the park!"

"Okay...I'll call my Digimon partner..."

"Okay...I'll contact Shoutmon as well..."

-x-

The scene later shifts to Kamo River, where Tagiru is talking to Mori on the cellphone and asked him to play the "Cloak And Dagger" game and though Mori is baffled as to why Tagiru asked him with that kind of reply, the teen responded that he had a feeling that there is a "secret" hidden in that cartridge and told his friend to play it and call him if he finds something "unusual", urging that it is a "matter of life and death", which further baffled Mori, as he never expected that Tagiru would say something THIS strange.

"You want me to what?"

"You heard me...play the "Cloak And Dagger" game and finish it...and call me back if you find something that appeared on that game..."

"Sure...I would like to play it...but what do you mean "something appearing at the game"?"

"I believe that there's a hidden secret there..."

"Really...?"

"Yes...and i think it might be something vital that's normally not found n a video game..."

"Hey...you're freaking me out..."

"Just do it! I don't have much time...once you find it...call me...and when I get back...I'll tell you why..."

"Hey, Tagiru...don't leave me in suspense...hello...? Tagiru...? Hello...? Hello...!"

After Tagiru hanged up, Mori glanced at his cellphone and realized that the line is cut, and he decided to resume his work as customers are lining up and had to accommodate them, not realizing that someone heard the conversation, though is unsure of it and decided not to make a move just yet.

Meanwhile, Tagiru went to a nearby shop and bought some emergency rations as he knew that he won;t make it back to his house and had to stay away from his hometown given that his assailants knew of his location and had to outrun them until he is sure when to get help as he is unwilling to have more innocent people get killed, and before leaving, he saw something from another shop and went there to buy it.

After leaving the shop, he is about to leave Kamo River when another foreigner shows up, and demanded to the teen to give up the "item", which Tagiru pretended to play innocent, asking what he meant by that, but the foreigner smirked and told the teen that he knows what he meant, and simply told him to surrender the "cartridge", which Tagiru replied by saying there are no more cartridges as CD and DVD's are the formats being used in making video games.

"Found you, Japanese boy..."

"Huh? Do I know you...?"

"No...but I do...and I know you have it..."

"The what...?"

"The video game cartridge...hand it over..."

"Look...cartridges are now phased out...the only video game formats are DVD and Blu-ray..."

"Don't try to psyche me out...or else someone will pay on your account...look up there..."

"Huh?"

However, the foreigner rebutted that either he surrenders the "cartridge" or expect someone to die in front of him as he pointed up at the higher ground, where another foreigner is holding a little girl, threatening to drop her, while the girl's mother is being held at gunpoint, and there the foreigner simply tells him to surrender it or the child dies a horrible death, which made Tagiru clench his fists as he is again being placed in a corner and had to make a decision to rectify the matter or else his conscience would bother him for the rest of his life.

To Be Continued…

Hope you like this chapter...a bit of Digimon action while Tagiru managed to escape death, but then he came in to a fix as a hostage situation took place and he is blackmailed in to giving the "cartridge" to his assailants, knowing that he would be shot down if he did so, so now he has to find a way to save the hostage while trying to outwit them in their own "game".

The Troopmons of the Bagra Army are back, and this time they claim that they have a new ruler who will conquer both the Digital World and the Human world, though this kind of development will wait while Tagiru tries to solve his dilemma…

Preview:

The next chapter will show if Tagiru managed to outwit his assailants or not, and who will come to their rescue…