Tagiru's Bizarre Adventure

Disclaimer:

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

By now you know that the elderly couple are in league with the foreign terrorists and got to Tagiru and knocked him out, and yet both Taiki and Yuu are too far from the scene to help him, and now it'll take a miracle to save our secondary "gogglehead" from certain death...which would be shown later in this chapter of this exciting fic. The moment of truth...who will save Tagiru...?

Speaking of which, this will be the closing chapter of this arc and will no doubt leave a lot of things for Tagiru to think about...

So read up and enjoy!

Ch. 7: Kūkō de hitojichi

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..."

And so the elderly couple carried the unconscious Tagiru and placed him inside the car's compartment and then boarded their car before cruising away, heading to an unspecified area to meet up with their cohorts, so that they can collect the cartridge and hand the teen over to the assassins. It appeared that they are aware of Tagiru's intentions since meeting him on the boat ride and possibly possesses some means to figure out his home address and the area he is living, which seem to explain why the foreign assassins were able to trace Tagiru's home and knew of the routes of Kyoto.

-x-

At the Criminal Investigation Bureau, Taiki and Yuu are informed of the events before the incident at the Kyoto Mall, and there the CIB managed to make contact with Interpol, and are now informed that the terror ring/group have been identified, with majority of its members arrested, some being hunted, and there Interpol told the CIB that a pair of spies are in Japan and are possibly looking for the one who has the "formula", and there the two heads discussed it, and realized that Tagiru still has it.

"…we have managed to capture some of the ring's most prominent members…"

"That's good to hear…"

"…however some escaped and we are hunting them as we speak."

"We will be on the lookout…"

"Also…we managed to get some info…two elderly couple are believed to be in Japan…and are after something…must be the formula…"

"Wait…I was told that one of the teenagers have them…it is hidden inside a video game cartridge…it must be the boy who was being chased…!"

"You must find and protect him! We can't let the spies get their hands on that formula!"

"We're on it!"

And so the CIB took Taiki and Yuu with them and began to head out for the streets of Kyoto to find Tagiru, and save him, unaware that the teen is already in the hands of the spies, namely the elderly couple.

-x-

At a park near the Kyoto Airport, the elderly couple dumped Tagiru at a grassy area, and are now waiting for their contacts, and minutes later, the foreign assassins arrived and gave the elderly couple the video game cartridge and asked if Tagiru is with them which they explained that his death is necessary to eliminate any witnesses, and there the two groups began talking, unaware that Tagiru slowly woke up, and overheard their conversation, which Tagiru saw them opening the car's compartment showing Mori's corpse.

"Eh? Another body…?"

"Did he…?"

"Yes…he saw the formula, so I shot him…but thanks to him…we now know we have the genuine tape…"

"What about the boy?"

"He's over there…with a blow that I gave him…he won't be moving for another several minutes…"

"Here's the tape…where would you two be going to next…?"

"To the nearest airport…we're going to bring this to the boss…and you guys should leave japan to if you want to avoid arrest…"

"We will…"

As the elderly couple boarded their car in order to head out for Kyoto Airport, Tagiru tries to sneak around to avoid detection, and as he is about to get away, one of the assassins saw him and a brief chase ensued, and because of Tagiru's head wound still fresh and bleeding, his was still in a weakened state and thus easily captured, where one of the assassins aimed his gun at the teen and is mocking him to ask for any last words, much to Tagiru's anger.

"Looks like it's the end of the road for you, brat…"

"…"

"Any last words…?"

"…"

"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?"

"…"

"Aw…don't be like that…you'll join your friend in seconds…"

"…"

Just as the gunman is about to pull the trigger, something unexpected showed up, and they turn out to be the Troopmons, and this time they are twice more than the number of the assassins in terms of sheer number (assassins - 10, Troopmons, 20), and again the foreign assassins are pissed at being interrupted by "more cosplayers" and gave them a stern warning to leave or else they will kill them, but it didn't work as it triggered a "word war" between the two groups.

"Tagiru Akashi is ours! Move away now!"

"Damn!"

"More cosplayers!"

"Get lost! Halloween's still far away!"

"Tagiru Akashi is ours! Leave now or we kill you!"

"Anyone who gets in the Bagra Army's way shall be dealt with!"

"Let's waste these idiots!"

"Sure do!"

Infuriated, the assassins opened fire, and to their surprises, their bullets simply bounced off and the Troopmons began to attack the assassins, resulting in a bloody death of them and now only Tagiru remained standing, still weakened and yet he is unwilling to surrender, despite being surrounded. One of the Troopmons told Tagiru to surrender as he is going to meet the new leader of the Bagra army, an "empress" of all "royalty", which the teen slowly deduced that a new evil is born at the Digimon world, but for now he had to focus on staying alive and get to the airport.

"Tagiru Akashi…you will come with us!"

"The empress will be pleased to see you!"

"Be thankful she ordered to bring you to us alive!"

"Damn! This means a new evil is born! I can't get captured…not at a time like this!"

"Prepare to abduct him!"

"Resistance is futile!"

"Either you come with us or die!"

"I won't!"

But before the Troopmons could act, another wave of surprise attacks appeared, and this time the Troopmons are being attacked, by a wave of Digimons, and when Taigru looked around, he is surprised to see the "Hunters" - Ryouma Mogami, Ren Tobari, and Airu Suzaku, and the trio sent their "Digimon Collections" to fend off Troopmons until Ren commands Dracmon to take out the Troopmons with Opossummon evolving into Chou-Hakkaimon to unleash powerful attacks that soon defeated the Troopmons.

The Hunters then went to Tagiru, and are quite taken aback in seeing his state and Ryouma reluctantly offered to help the teen tend his wounds, which Airu brought out some first-aid kit, and there the four talked, and the Hunters are rather baffled when told about the situation.

"You okay?"

"I never seen you this banged up before…"

"Not a very cute sight to see…"

"Well…thanks, you three…"

"What happened to you?"

"I can't believe you let your guard down like that…"

"You…Airi…can you call Yuu?"

"Huh? Why would you want me to…"

"It's an emergency…tell him to call the police and head for Kyoto Airport…"

"I'm not your operator…do that yourself!"

"There's not much time! Japan's national security is at stake!"

"Seriously…?"

To prove his point, Tagiru, whose head is now wrapped in a white bandage, went to the car and showed to them Mori's corpse, and there he asked the Hunters to call for the police and report to them about the dead assassins, and asked Airu to call for Yuu and Taiki, and instructs her to have Yuu and Taiki to head for the airport to meet him there as he wobbly went to the street and hails a taxi in order to head for the airport, and both Ren and Ryouma reluctantly told Airu to do what Tagiru asked, and she took out her cellphone to call for Yuu.

-x-

At the streets, Yuu answered his cellphone and is surprised to get a call from Airu ,and the two talked, which at first the two reciprocated romantic flirting but then Taiki and Ryouma scolded the two respectively and as Yuu is about to turn off the cellphone she panicked a bit while telling Yuu to head for Kyoto Airport as Tagiru is heading there. Yuu reacted aloud about this and Taiki took the cellphone and asked Airu how she knew where Tagiru is heading, and there Ryouma took over and told Taiki what he and his partners were told of, and there the CIB agent called the Kyoto Police to head to the area and to the airport.

-x-

At Kyoto Airport, the elderly couple has just gotten their tickets and are now heading for the departure area, where their flight is about to leave in a few minutes, and a wobbling Tagiru arrived a minute late and a ticket usher told him he can't go there as he has no passport but noticed his bandaged head showing stains of blood, and there Tagiru asked the usher and guard to stop the two elderly couple, as he told them they did this to him and that they have stolen something from him. The usher is hesitant seeing that the teen's claim is questionable, but the guard started to see something and took Tagiru's word for it and called the two to stop.

The elderly couple were forced to stop as they couldn't risk blowing their cover, and are forced to go back and are now attempting to use some alibi to get off the hook, but then Tagiru told the guard that these two are not tourists pointing out that they didn't have any baggage and only a small bag and said that they have stolen a "technological item", and the guard, seeing how composed Tagiru is despite the wound on his head, decided to check the couple's mall bag to see if he is telling the truth or not.

"Sirs…I want you to inspect these two people's belongings…!"

"Young man…I don't…"

"They stole something from me! And if they're tourists…they should be carrying a huge luggage…not a small handbag…"

"Still…"

"They're carrying a very important item they took from me…a video game cartridge…and if you inspect it…I'll explain the rest…"

"Look here, you brat! I'll have you escorted out of…"

"No, wait…let's see this…just in case…"

"Oh, alright…you two…please come here…"

The male elderly tries to act like an annoyed tourist claiming that they need to catch their flight but the guard insisted that he need to inspect his bag to see if there is some truth to Tagiru's claim or not, and seeing that they couldn't risk further delay, the elderly male sees that guard's gun and all he needed is a distraction and take it. By then, Nene Amano happened to be on the scene, having arrived from Hong Kong just to visit her brother Yuu, and saw the commotion and Tagiru, sporting a bloodstained bandage on her head.

"Tagiru!"

"Nene!"

"What happened to you?"

"I'll explain later…call Yuu and Taiki…tell them I'm here at the airport…and have them call the police!"

"What…? Why?"

"I'm in the midst of a terrorist plot…and these two are…"

"What? "Terrorist plot?""

"That's a huge accusation you made…"

With the guard momentarily distracted, the male elderly took the initiative and grabbed the guard's gun and shot him while taking Tagiru in his arms, and a hostage situation erupted, and there the elderly couple drags a weakened and injured Tagiru with them and heads for the departure area and is looking for an airplane to board, and unfortunately, one of the foreign assassins is there and disguises himself as a pilot and pretended to be another hostage and the male elder recognizes him and both winked, and went towards the departure area just as Yuu, Taiki, the CIB agents and the Kyoto police arrived and are restrained upon seeing that the elderly couple has Tagiru as their hostage, unwilling to risk getting the boy hurt.

Yuu told Nene the situation and she became concerned, yet they all couldn't do anything at this point as the villains managed to board an empty plane and now a hostage drama is taking place. However, several foreigners appeared and unleashed their guns and open fire, and the CIB agents, Yuu, Nene and Taiki dodged, but other civilians inside the airport were caught, resulting in immediate deaths, its death toll quickly rises to 20, and pandemonium ensued as the CIB agents were forced to fire back.

-x-

At the airplane, the elderly couple and their henchman are now in, and holding Tagiru at gunpoint, and are now glancing at the video game cartridge they are holding, in which they are pleased that their superiors would be pleased once they get their hands on it, unaware that their superiors were already apprehended by Interpol, while the henchman is preparing to start the plane, seeing that the other assassins are keeping the police and the CIB busy, hence he runaway is clear for take-off.

"Looks like we won…"

"With this…we can make a powerful weapon…"

"And we can sell it at a high price…"

"What about the brat?"

"We keep him with us for now…"

"You sure?"

"As long as we keep him hostage…we can pressure those Japs to let us take off…"

"You sure are smart for an old geezer…"

"Same goes for you, my dear…"

As Tagiru is still wobbling due to the wounds he got, he waited for the right time, and saw a steel drinker on the floor and kicked it towards the two, causing them to trip and drops the cartridge which the teen got it, yet the couple got up and aimed their gun at him demanding that he gives the tape to them. By then they all felt that the plane is moving and Tagiru is starting to get desperate as he couldn't afford to let a foreign terrorist get their hands on the formula that is inside the video game cartridge, and had to think of a way to get out alive.

"Got to…do something…"

By then the elderly woman, wanting to escape Japan, decided to head for the pilot room to check and see if they are now about to fly, but as she opened it, Gumdramon, still disguised in his hip-hop attire, came charging in, ramming her and this caused her to stagger back towards her partner and both are down, and there Gumdramon told Tagiru to head to the pilot room which e did, and the scene shows that the pilot-henchman was knocked out and a huge hole is seen on the windshield, in which a brief flashback scene shows that Gumdramon and Damemon arrived moments ago and saw the scene inside the airport, so Damemon stealthily aided the police and soon the foreign assassins were shot down and killed, while Gumdramon saw the plane moving and went after it, managing to get at front and breaks the windshield and smashes a hole, before knocking the pilot out. Tagiru then threw the unconscious pilot out and locked the door, and there Gumdramon head-butt the windshield and made a bigger hole for Tagiru to fit in.

"Hurry, Tagiru…let's get out of here!"

"Uhhnn…"

"Try to bear it!"

"I'm…trying…"

"Easy…"

"Can I fit through…?"

"Yes, you can!"

"O-okay…"

Outside, the elderly couple are kicking the door to get in, while the pilot henchman is still reeling, but then something happened as the left wheel of the plane suddenly gave in, and tilted, and the left engine is now skidding against the ground, and with the plane maintaining speed, it started to spark, and threatens to catch flame, and there Tagiru and Gumdramon jumped out through the broken windshield (on the left side of the pilot's seat) and got out, while the elderly couple tries to shoot their way out, but given the thickness of the door, and armed only with an ordinary gun, they couldn't get out.

As Tagiru and Gumdramon got away in a safe distance, they saw the plane's left engine catching fire, and saw fuel leaking, and within a minute the plane exploded, knocking Tagiru down yet he is unharmed, and soon the hostage situation ended, with Taiki, Yuu, and Nene greeting him while Tagiru gave the cartridge to the CIB agent and things went back to normal, as they are given first aid and underwent stress debriefing while fire trucks arrived to put the fire out. Within three hours the corpses of the three terrorists were retrieved, and the cartridge was turned over to the CIB to extract the formula and Japan's national security is safe.

-x-

A week later, Tagiru attended the funeral of Mori while Taiki and the Amano siblings were there to console him, and apologized for being late to help him, but Tagiru assured that everything is okay, and that he won't sulk like that and will have to stay strong. Hearing this made Taiki feel proud that his "successor" is steadfast and will guide him all the way until he graduates high school, and they all went to the Amano house as Nene said she brought "goodies" for everyone, while Yuu had to keep Tagiru in mind sensing that Tagiru might "hit" on her.

However, they didn't noticed that a silhouette is there watching the teens leaving the cemetery, his eyes focues on Tagiru, and he is making plans before disappearing, foreshadowing an event where Tagiru would be placed in another situation.

To Be Continued…

Hope you like this chapter, which focused mostly on suspense...and hostage-taking, but it ended well despite the slight tragedy on the part of Tagiru's friend.

Now that Japan's national security is safe, things are back to normal, yet another danger is looming as an unseen villain is making plans, who seem to be hell-bent in doing something to Tagiru...

Preview:

A new story arc ensues as new Digimon villains from the Digital World arrives and makes a move on Tagiru, who is just about to spend some summer vacation...which would cause the some problems...