Tagiru's Bizarre Adventure

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

Okay, last chapter showed that Tagiru narrowly escaped his first, AND second wave of assailants, managing to outrun them after getting cornered in a boat ride and managing to get a head-start, so now he needs a place to hide and plan his next move to alert Taiki and Yuu about the situation he is in, and is hoping that Gumdramon would meet up with them and tell the two about the cartridge, while at the same time he is hoping that his friend, Mori, would by now "crack" the secret of the Cloak And Dagger game, but now a new danger awaits him as the events play in motion...

So read up and enjoy!

Ch. 6: Kikende Tagiru

The time now is 17:30, and the scene showed that the sun is ready to set, where you can see that the boat ride reached its destination and the passengers alighted in confusion as they were told that there is a fire, yet nothing happened and the foreign assassins alighted by mixing with the crowd and reached a meeting place where the rest are also waiting, and when they convened, they discussed about what to do next, realizing that Tagiru is now way ahead of them and it would be difficult to find out where he would go next.

"So...did you...?"

"No, he managed to jump out of the boat...he's trickier than we thought..."

"How about you?"

"He tricked us as well...the tape we got is a fake..."

"Then perhaps we should go to his house..."

"Negative...he is surely aware that we know his area...we need to know if he has other contacts..."

"Wait...my cellphone is ringing...let me answer it..."

"..."

However, the leader's cellphone rang and there he answered it, where a minute later, a smile formed within his lips and told his comrades that their problem is partially solved, and told them to focus on finding Tagiru and bring him alive for now, as they received new orders and the assassins nodded as they all leave the scene and went to their parked vehicles, preparing to find their prey and capture him alive, though they are allowed to kill him if he tries to resist.

-x-

The time now is 18:30, and the scene shows that Taiki and Yuu have arrived at Kyoto Mall, where Gumdramon, still dressed in hip-hop clothes, gave the two Xros heart members the directions to the video game store where Mori works, and there they discussed on what to do should they see what Mori uncovered when Gumdramon told Taiki that Tagiru asked Mori to play the video game, and in the end, both Gumdramon and Damemon (dressed in a hat and trench coat) agreed to wait outside the mall, and were given cellphones to receive the call in case something happens, and there the two teens are ready to enter.

After 10 minutes, Taiki and Yuu arrived at the place and the teen began to call out Mori's name, which he got no response, and Yuu suddenly felt that something is off, as he recalled the events earlier and from what Gumdramon told him and Taiki, and wondered aloud about what if the assassins are aware of Tagiru talking to the people he knows and told Taiki about this, which made the Xros Heart leader feel more concerned, and seeing that the "CLOSE" sign is up, yet the door is open, he decided to go inside and take a look.

"Taiki..."

"What?"

"Something's not right..."

"Eh?"

"...and that's my thought..."

"...okay...we'll go by your method..."

"Okay...be ready for anything..."

"I'm ready..."

As they entered the room, both teens are taken aback at the sight before them, seeing that the room is empty, but there was a large spot of blood on the floor, which is already dried, indicating that the incident may have happened earlier within the day, the TV had a bullet hold, yet the Nintendo 64 unit is still open, and Yuu noted that nothing else is touched, but looked around, after which he told Taiki that the body is nowhere to be found. Taiki then noticed that traces of blood are also seen on the table and the TV screen, and slowly realized that Tagiru is in serious danger.

"The body's gone..."

"And nothing else is touched..."

"Then..."

"I think...judging from what Gumdramon told us...the culprits may have been here earlier...and took something important...no! The tape! The video game cartridge! They must've took it!"

"Since that the item is what they came for...then..."

"I dount they would leave Tagiru alone...since they shot the person in charge of this shot...they're certain that they would eliminate him..."

"We'd better meet up with Gumdramon outside..."

"Yeah...and maybe...huh?"

By then, the general manager of the mall arrived when informed that the shop was closed prematurely, and saw the two teens and the scene before him, and there he called security and the two teens are cornered, in which a policeman was also there and began interrogating the two, which Taiki spoke and told him and the manager that they just stumbled here and there the manager insisted that Taiki and Yuu did something, remarking that Tagiru also caused a disturbance a few days ago, and there Yuu responded by saying that what if Tagiru is telling the truth, but the manager rebutted it, until Taiki asked the manager to check the CCTV footage of the incident a few days ago, which the manager claimed that it is just a trick on Taiki's part and told the policeman to have the two teens arrested. However, a man in business attire came and showed his badge, identifying himself as a member of the Criminal Investigation Bureau and told both the Kyoto Mall general manager and the policeman to unhand the two teens and asked them to show the footage of the events from a few days ago, stating that a body was found inside the garbage bin near the mall, and the two adults were forced to release their hold on the two teens and Taiki was asked to come along, as he wanted to know about Tagiru, having overheard the conversation about the teen on the run.

Several minutes later, Taiki and Yuu stared wide-eyed in horror as they saw the footage about Tagiru encountering the man in a scientist uniform handing the cartridge to the teen and there Tagiru is forced to run, as several men came and shot the scientist dead and then had his body placed inside a large bag while another assassin disguised himself as a janitor to sneak the body out, and there the footage shows that Tagiru arrived too late to show the murder. Then the footage of today showed that Mori is playing the Cloak And Dagger video game and there the footage showed that Mori is nearing the end of the game and then suddenly the "secret" is revealed, where a "formula" is showed about how to assemble a nuclear warhead, and by then the next scene showed that the man, who is disguised as a janitor, shot Mori on the head and placed him inside the janitor cart and took the cartridge and left.

The Criminal Investigation bureau agent then berated the general manager of having a "lax" security and personnel for allowing two murders to happen and now Japan's national security is in danger, as well as Tagiru is now a subject of elimination and told the two teens that the CIB received reports that a foreign group of terrorists are after the "formula" and intends to take it with them and have the warhead mass-produced, and Taiki told them that he is willing to hep in any way he could, and the agent told him to find Tagiru and tell him where to go.

"...and that's what we find out..."

"No! Tagiru's in danger!"

"We want the terrorists stopped...and to save your friend...will you help us?"

"Sure! We'll help...our friend is in danger!"

"Then come with us...we need your help in finding out where they would likely to strike next."

"Yuu and I will come along..."

"Then let us get going..."

"Right!"

As everyone is leaving, Taiki sends a text message to Gumdramon, Damemon and Shoutmon, telling them to go and look for Tagiru, and the two Digimons texted back in response, stating that they will look for Tagiru at once.

-x-

The time now is 23:00, and the scene shows that Tagiru is hiding at an abandoned garage near a subdivision near Kamo River, waiting for the right time to come out, as he couldn't bring himself to use his cellphone to make a call fearing that his pursuers are probably using GPS and would track him down via his cellphone signal, and he is now hoping that Gumdramon has already enlist Taiki's help, and get to Mori in time, unaware that his friend was already been murdered, and now he noticed that his pursuers are not around so he took the chance to go out in the open and see if he could head back to Kyoto and meet up with the others.

"Okay...hope those goons are not around..."

After several minutes, he walked by and is now on the streets, reaching a bus stop, and just as Tagiru is about to leave Kamo River, a new situation arises when a car passed by and stopped in front of him, and Tagiru is surprised, yet relieved, seeing that the car's occupants were the elderly, foreign couple he met earlier in the day, and the couple then offered the teen a ride which he gladly accepted and boarded.

"Hello, young man..."

"Need a lift?"

"You guys...from that boat!"

"You looked like you need some help..."

"You seem to be ragged after that incident at the boat ride..."

"Yes...I am...can I ask for your help?"

"Why not?"

"Hop in..."

"Thanks!"

As Tagiru boarded the car, the car left and there he reluctantly told them the situation he is in, in which the couple appeared to take his words seriously and offered to take him to a place where they can seek help, which Tagiru accepted and leaned back, feeling safe that he managed to get away from his pursuers, but after a 15-minute ride he noticed the car stopping by a park, and there the driver told the teen the problem.

"Huh?"

"Aw, at a time like this..."

"What do we do now?"

"Is there a problem?"

"The car bonked...must be the engine..."

"Sorry about this...this is the first time that we encountered something like this..."

"Er...it's okay..."

"Let me check..maybe I can fix this..."

Claiming that the car got engine problem, the male elderly got off and asked the teen to help him fix the car which the teen accepted, but as he got off the car and help open the front hood, the female elderly went behind the teen and brought out a billy club, but as Tagiru glanced and noticed the scene in front of him, it was too late as the male elderly grabbed the teen and the female elderly smack Tagiru, and the blow sent him to the ground, and was knocked out, his left temple busted and bleeding, and there the male elderly picked up his cellphone and is calling someone.

"Hello...it's me."

"Hello...we got news...we got the cartridge...and were now searching for the Japanese brat..."

"Problem solved...we got him..."

"Really? That's good to hear..."

"Okay...meet us at the Kyoto Park...we'll bring in the brat...then you bring us the tape...you can finish him off..."

"Sure...are you heading for the Kyoto Airport after our meeting?"

"Yes...that way we can get the tape to the boss..."

"Very well..."

To Be Continued…

Hope you like this chapter, which focused mostly on suspense...

Now that both Taiki and Yuu are now aware that Tagiru and Japan's national security are in danger, as they are now discovered the secret that the "cartridge" possesses, and why the assassins are hell-bent in eliminating Tagiru...

Tagiru is now in danger now that it is revealed that the elderly couple are in league with the foreign assassins, and it's only a matter of time before the teen himself is eliminated...

Preview:

See who will come to Tagiru's aid, and action scenes abound between him and the assassins, which leads to a ruckus inside Kyoto Airport. This is where this arc concludes as well...