Author's Note:
Me: Hiya everyone! I apologize for not updating this in forever! I've just been sooooo busy with Frontier Tamers because now I'm introducing the rest of the partners and making some of them Digivolve… *sigh* But I'm perfectly happy with my progress! I may actually get to the Digital World part pretty fast!
Lunar: Don't make their brains explode.
Me: Right, sorry… But just as a quick question, since they're dubbing Xros Wars, does that mean I have to change Taiki's name to Mikey on all of this stuff?
Devidramon: Hi everyone! In Frontier Tamers, I evolved to this and the author hasn't put up the chapter I devolve in yet. Just in case you haven't figured it out yet, it's me! Tsukaimon! Just for the record, I still do disclaimers, do Pandamoniam doesn't own Digimon
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P01:
In a human form, in the human world...currently enjoying themselves!
Chapter 13: Xros Memories! The Boys' Old Days!
P02:
Taiki: This is more than two months before...
Taiki: We got lost in the Digital World...!
Shoutmon: Wha...what're you talking about, Taiki! There's no way you could've travelled back in time, right!?
Dorulumon: Sure they didn't get the date wrong or something?
Akari: Wa...wait a minute!
Akari: The date in my cellphone has indeed changed as well...
Akari: N...not only that, I kind of remember that news just now...!?
Akari: Wha...what is all of this!? Did we return to the human world of the past!?
P03:
Wizardmon: The speed of time flow of the human world and the Digital World is not constant. It's said to be caused by fluctuations in the processing speed of data in the Digital World, but...
Gatomon: But I've never heard of time actually going backwards!?
Wizardmon: That's right! Taiki...could I borrow your Xros Loader for a moment?
Wizardmon: Hmm...
Wizardmon: By looking at the log here, the human world and the Digital World's flow of time was roughly the same during these few months.
Wizardmon: Before that, time flowed faster in the Digital World...
Wizardmon: However...the sudden change in passage of time that we went through while moving through space-time just now isn't recorded here...
Akari: ?...What does that mean?
Wizardmon: It means that...we did not end up in the human world of the past due to the movement through space-time just now. ...If that's the case...
Wizardmon: The other possibility I can think of is...
P04:
Taiki: (Is it due to that time when we first wandered into the Digital World...!?)
Shoutmon: D...do you mean that they moved from the human world of the future to the Digital World of the past!?
Akari: B...but what about Shoutmon's melody in the Xros Loader then? Don't tell me that came from the past too...!?
Taiki: What brought us to the Digital World then wasn't the Xros Loader's power...
Taiki: It was that voice of the light that brought us and Shoutmon together and led us to the Digital World...!
Gatomon: T...the conversation became so complicated all of a sudden...
Starmon: We came to the human world to look for secrets about the Digital World, but it's the opposite now!
Taiki: (Huh? Then...the past me that walked by just now...)
P05:
Taiki: (Ah...! Today is...!?)
Dorulumon: ...?
Taiki: Akari...sorry!
Akari: Huh?
Taiki: Could you help guide everyone else around for a while more!? I have somewhere I've got to go right now!
Akari: Eh, Taiki!? What happened all of a sudden!?
Taiki: We'll meet up on the rooftop we were at just now! Later!
Ballistamon: ...?
Starmon: What's wrong? Going off in such a hurry...
Akari: ...ah...!
P06:
Akari: (I see...! Today is that day...!)
Cutemon: Wasn't Taiki acting rather weird just now, kyu...?
Dorulumon: He indeed isn't his usual self...not only that...
Dorulumon: Hey, Akari...
Dorulumon: Not only what happened just now, but I've been worried about it for a while now...
Dorulumon: One of the few times when Taiki isn't straightforward is when it comes to things concerning Kiriha.
Akari: !...
Dorulumon: The Taiki I know is a good-willed person to the core who, as long as he can find a bit of trust in an opponent, will try to trust them even if he gets betrayed once or twice. During the battle in Rain Zone, he should've felt some of Kiriha's morals as they fought together...
Dorulumon: But somehow in the end...Taiki just refuses to acknowledge Kiriha.
Ballistamon: It's true that Taiki only acts that way towards Kiriha...
P07:
Shoutmon: Akari, you're Taiki's childhood friend, right? Do you know something about what's going on?
Akari: ...
Akari: ...yeah...
Akari: I know.
Akari: Follow me...
Akari: I think you'll understand better if you meet that person face to face...
Taiki: !
P08:
Taiki: Tatsuya...!
Taiki: (I knew it, it's this day...!)
Taiki: (Darn it...! What are you doing...quickly go and apologize...!)
P09:
Taiki: (Even if he won't forgive you...that's what you're supposed to do right now...!)
Dorulumon: Tatsuya...?
Dorulumon: You mean that kid in the wheelchair?
Akari: Yes, he's Taiki's elementary school friend...
Akari: He and Taiki were both chosen for the track meet, but...
Akari: His legs got injured badly and he became unable to walk again...
Shoutmon: ...!
Dorulumon: Is there any relation between Taiki and that injury?
Akari: ...yeah...
P10:
Akari: Taiki was supposed to apologize to Tatsuya and promised to meet him here on this day, but...he was afraid to meet him and didn't meet him in the end...
Shoutmon: No way...!
Pickmon: You can't be talking about Brother!
Gatomon: (I'm surprised Taiki can even talk to Akari so freely about this...)
Dorulumon: So...
Dorulumon: What does all of this have to do with Taiki disliking Kiriha?
Akari: That...
MailBirdramon: Some interesting talk we have here, don't we?
Shoutmon: !?
P11:
MailBirdramon: We happen to be quite interested in that too.
Greymon: Yooooo! It's been a while, you guys!
Greymon: How you doin'!?
Shoutmon: Eh...!?
Starmon: 'It's been a while'...who exactly are you guys!?
Kiriha: Wow...we just followed a scent that MailBirdramon found familiar, and what do we have here...
Dorulumon: !
Dorulumon: Kiriha...!
P12:
Akari: So this guy in the black suit is MailBirdramon...and this huge guy is Greymon!?
Greymon: Well...this form isn't too shabby!
Akari: I see...so you used Baromon's transformation magic.
Baromon: Hmph, so you guys thought of the same thing...
Cutemon: So Kiriha, did you come to the human world to investigate about the state of the Digital World too, kyu?
Kiriha: What're you talking about?
Kiriha: When I heard that my beloved Taiki has left his army...I came here to try and persuade him to come over.
P13:
Kiriha: It's a joke.
Kiriha: I finally got hold of a Code Crown that's connected to the human world, and Greymon said he wanted to take a look at what it's like over there, so I decided to bring him over and check out how things are going at the same time.
Greymon: Stop telling these jokes with a straight face! Even we were shocked...
Kiriha: Well...I myself am disinterested in what happens in this world now...
Kiriha: So? How about continuing that conversation you had just now about Taiki disliking me? I'd like to take that into account when scouting for him.
Kiriha: His battle strategy has that freshness that I don't...
Kiriha: I have no intention of giving up on him until I can make that mine.
P14:
Dorulumon: Sigh...
Dorulumon: Isn't that the same as what DarkKnightmon said? Taiki sure is popular.
Gatomon: True...he's both quick minded and determined, but he's lacking in some aspects!
Wizardmon: Although we've only met for a few days, he's a person that gives you that 'I can't ignore them!' kind of feeling.
Shoutmon: Hey, Akari! Please tell us more about Taiki!
Shoutmon: All of us can't ignore Taiki either!
Shoutmon: We want to become of help to him if he's troubled or suffering from something!
Akari: Everyone...!
P15:
Taiki: (Ah...I wonder what I'm doing...)
Taiki: (Even though nothing will come of following myself around...)
Spadamon: (Fufufu...)
Spadamon: (He's finally moving alone away from his comrades...!)
Spadamon: (I don't know if he's scheming anything, but this is a great chance!)
Spadamon: (I'll capture him and make him spit out his intentions! Then Master will praise me for it!)
Spadamon: (How about I finish him with these words...'Relax, I'm only hitting with the back of the sword'? Alright, here I go!)
Spadamon: (Hiyaaaaahhhhh!)
Taiki: (...I feel like I'm being watched by someone...)
P16:
Spadamon: (Huh...!? This guy isn't a Digimon!?)
Spadamon: A real human!? Uwaaahhh dodge ittttttt!
Taiki: Eh!?
Taiki: Wahh!?
Spadamon: Ahhh!
Spadamon: Ouch!
Taiki: D...Digimon!?
Taiki: Why is a Digimon here...!?
Taiki: Hey, are you alright!?
Spadamon: Owowowowow...r...relax, I was only hit with the back of the sword!
P17:
Spadamon: I mean, who the heck are you! Why were you together with Digimon disguising as humans! What on earth are you planninggggg!
Taiki: Ahh...well, it's kinda mysterious...
Taiki: I've also got a lot I want to hear from you, but...
Taiki: There are a lot of people here so why don't we go somewhere else to talk? Right, Poochy 3
Spadamon: Eh...?
Boy: Mama, it's a lion cub!
Mother: L...lion...? Eh, but...
Girl: W...what's with that getup...
Man: Wait, didn't that thing just talk...
Spadamon: Woof 3
Taiki: See? It was just ventriloquism~
Taiki: Aren't me and my pet just alike~3
Taiki: (Ahhh, but I'm becoming an even weirder person by the minute...)
Man: D...dog?
Man: But...
Man: V...ventriloquism?
Man: I...I see...if it's ventriloquism then it can't be helped...
P18:
Spadamon: I'm sorry.
Spadamon: I didn't know that you were the General of an army fighting against the Bagra Army...to think that I would mistake you for one of their underlings...!
Taiki: (Sleeping in a kowtow pose?)
Spadamon: I am unworthy, a complete failure of a knight! A...as an apology, I shall cut my own stomachhhhh!
Taiki: Knights commit seppuku too?
Taiki: Don't worry about that at all!
Taiki: Could you tell me more about yourself? Why are there Digimon in the human world?
Spadamon: Yes! My name is Spadamon!
Spadamon: I am one of the knight apprentices that serve the great Royal Knights!
Spadamon: I got caught in the destruction of the Digital World during the Bagra Army's invasion...I was sent flying to the human world together with my master, and since then we were unable to return!
Taiki: Eh...!?
P19:
Taiki: You...you mean, since the time when the Digital World was divided into the many Zones!? How long ago did that happen, exactly!?
Spadamon: In the human world, merely a few years passed since then, however...
Spadamon: At that time, the speed of processing data in the Digital World became very active, so...I fear that a few hundred years have passed over there. I was very worried about what happened to the Digital World after that war...but I'm relieved after hearing that it's more or less okay!
Taiki: (T-this kid...you mean he actually witnessed the beginning of that war...!?)
Spadamon: Please follow me, Taiki. I'd like you to meet up with my master!
Taiki: Master!?
Spadamon: That's right! My master is one of the Holy Knight Digimon that protect the order of the Digital World! He'll definitely be delighted to hear about you fighting the Bagra Army!
Spadamon: Not only that, I was surprised to hear that you, a human, are leading an army of Digimon!
Spadamon: What happened for things to turn out this way?
Taiki: Eh? Ah...if you're talking about how it started, it was just a coincidence!
P20:
Taiki: I just happened to receive this Xros Loader...and I started by lending my power as a General to the Digimon in the Village of Smiles.
Spadamon: Xros Loader? General?
Spadamon: Is that a powerful weapon of some sort? Whatever it is, that's reassuring to hear!
Taiki: (!?...He doesn't know about them...?)
Akari: About Taiki...
Akari: Right now, although he's someone who always can't ignore others and works hard for them, while not caring for himself...
Akari: In the past, he was the type that would involve others for the sake of the things he wanted to do.
P21:
Akari: In the morning, he would want to become an adventurer...in the afternoon, he would want to become a pro baseball player...and at night, he would want to become a fighting game champion...he would immediately get sucked into anything he had interest in. On top of that, he would continue doing them at the same time without giving up on any of them halfway, and he was quite mean at that time...
Akari: Those times were just so busy...
Shoutmon: ...
Akari: Ah, I guess that hasn't really changed even now.
Akari: The worst thing that happened was when he said 'If I ride this sea current, I can go all the way to America!'...
Akari: And he set out from the river mouth of Sumida River with a handmade raft...at that time...
Taiki: Awww, and I thought I could reach there...
Akari: ...At that time, if I'm not wrong...he was missing for two days and was finally secured by the Japan Coast Guard boat just as he was about to exit Tokyo Bay, causing a huge fuss...ah...when I think of that, my stomach...
Gatomon: Y...you sure worked hard back then too, Akari...
P22:
Dorulumon: That's definitely...different from the image of the Taiki that we know...
Ballistamon: ...But...
Ballistamon: It somewhat...also gives me a very Taiki-like feeling...
Akari: Hehe...because of that, he would always involve a lot of people into the huge fuss that he causes.
Akari: ...But most of the time, it would just end with everybody laughing it away.
Akari: But it was different for that time...
Akari: At that time, Taiki go interested in the track event...and he joined the district's track meet as a participant, saying 'I'll become the first Japanese 100-metre gold medalist'.
Akari: Tatsuya would also join Taiki for running...
P23:
Akari: Although he used to be quite reserved and withdrawn...but he was quick when Taiki called to him!
Akari: This was different from the times when he did all the things that he wanted to alone...
Akari: Should I call them rivals...it was different when he had somebody else with the same dream to compete with. The two of them continued running until the end of the day...
Akari: It surprised all of us how time flew!
Akari: However...
Parent: Doctor! My child...
Doctor: He has suffered muscle rupture and heavy damage to his ligaments...he will become able to walk ordinarily without any major hindrances if he undergoes intensive rehabilitation, however...
Doctor: I am not sure he'll be able to ever take part in intensive running activities such as track meets again...
P24:
Akari: I guess you could say that Tatsuya overworked himself...the two of them were having so much fun running...they even practiced while hiding the fact from the teacher.
Akari: Taiki was alright because he was usually involved in different kinds of sports...but for Tatsuya, who did not exercise his body as much, it was too much for his body to keep up...
Akari: From then on, Taiki never really talked about what he wanted to do or become.
Akari: On the contrary, when he sees someone in need...especially when he sees someone suffering while trying to tackle their problems with all their might...he would try to help them no matter what...
Gatomon: I got other people involved and hurt for the sake of my own dream...so that's what Taiki was thinking.
Dorulumon: With his personality, he'd rather get himself hurt than see someone else get hurt...
Dorulumon: I see...I thought he was just soft-hearted, and never actually thought of him going that far...
Kiriha: How stupid...
P25:
Kiriha: Giving up on a dream due to a reason like that...!?
Kiriha: That's why he doesn't like the way I do things!? Hmph...!
Kiriha: I thought I could get a clue or something as to how I could recruit him, but...
Kiriha: What a letdown! We're leaving...!
Shoutmon: Wh...what's with you all of a sudden...
Akari: Taiki...
Akari: I think that Taiki actually envies Kiriha, who continues to chase his dream regardless of getting himself or others hurt in the process...
Akari: But...he couldn't forgive himself for having lived the same way.
Shoutmon: ...But...but...
Shoutmon: That shouldn't be the way...!
Shoutmon: Shouldn't someone like Taiki be living to chase after his own dreams instead...!
P26:
Dorulumon: But Shoutmon, you know...
Dorulumon: It's because he's that kind of person...that he's helping you fulfill your dream, you know...?
Shoutmon: !
Shoutmon: ...!...
Shoutmon: I know that, but...
Shoutmon: But...!
Shoutmon: Ah darn it!
Akari: Shoutmon!?
Tatsuya: Taiki isn't coming...
P27:
Tatsuya: Guess it can't be helped...maybe I'll go home for today...
Shoutmon: Waaaaaait just a moment!
Tatsuya: Eh? Wah!?
Shoutmon: Wa-wait up! I'll definitely bring Taiki here!
Shoutmon: Dowaaaaahhhh!
Tatsuya: Ehhhhh!?
Shoutmon: I beg you!
Shoutmon: Please forgive Taiki!
P28:
Shoutmon: He...he might've gone a little overboard, but he didn't have any bad intentions!
Shoutmon: But if you don't forgive Taiki, he won't be able to move forward...!
Tatsuya: ! You...are you a friend of Taiki's...?
Spadamon: This way!
Taiki: Oof...hey, isn't this place off limits?
Spadamon: It wouldn't be a secret base if anyone could just freely enter!
Taiki: That's true...here we go..
Spadamon: Coronamon! It's me!
Coronamon: Ah...welcome back, Spadamo...!
P29:
Coronamon: Spadamon! We can't allow humans in...!
Spadamon: Relax, Coronamon!
Spadamon: This person is Kudou Taiki!
Spadamon: He's the General of a BIG army and leads them to fight the Bagra Army in the present Digital World!
Taiki: (I don't remember saying 'big'...)
Coronamon: Ehh!? That means the dimensional path is...
Spadamon: It's been opened! We'll be able to return to the Digital World too!
UlforceVeedramon: Oh...? It's rare of you to bring guests, Spadamon.
Spadamon/Coronamon: Master!
Taiki: !
P30-31:
Spadamon: He's UlforceVeedramon-sama, a member of the Royal Knights!
UlforceVeedramon: Pleased to meet you, human child!
UlforceVeedramon: I apologize for keeping you in such a cramped space although you've come all the way!
UlforceVeedramon: Ah, this place isn't actually that cramped...is it just that I'm huge? Sigh...I was proud of my body getting bigger, but I guess it's not all that good!
Spadamon/Coronamon/Lunamon: Master! Your dignity, dignity!
UlforceVeedramon: It can't be helped! I'm still not used to being called some holy knight or master or something!
Taiki: (! His...eyes are...!)
UlforceVeedramon: You mean these? Sigh...although it's an injury I received quite some time back...
UlforceVeedramon: The miasma from his katana still prevents it from recovering!
UlforceVeedramon: One of the Three Commanders, Tactimon...!
UlforceVeedramon: He was a fearsome warrior...!
Taiki: !
Taiki: You fought Tactimon...!?
P32-33:
UlforceVeedramon: Indeed!
UlforceVeedramon: The apocalyptic battle that was predicted by God...with that initiation of hostilities, we fought with the Bagra Army...!
Taiki: Apocalyptic battle...!?
UlforceVeedramon: Once upon a time, the 'God' that we Royal Knights served...
UlforceVeedramon: 'The one who wishes for the stability of the Digital World' made a sinister prediction. It goes like this...
UlforceVedramon: When the red-black two-headed dragon conquers the sky...
UlforceVedramon: Life and death, heaven and earth, existence and nothingness, past and future...
UlforceVeedramon: And flames that convert all data (useful information) into noise (useless information) will cover the world.
UlforceVeedramon: Although many souls wander about, longing to be put to rest...
UlforceVeedramon: They will just be eaten by the dragon, to fuel a new era of chaos...
UlforceVeedramon: The two universes crush each other, together with their respective griefs...
UlforceVedramon: Most likely giving rise to a long, grey era where not a single ray of light or flake of darkness exists.
P34:
Taiki: (A...an image is being projected directly into my head...!)
Taiki: (Does this mean...that everything just gets destroyed...!?)
UlforceVeedramon: The prediction of the end being told by God...
UlforceVeedramon: In order to prevent the invasion of the red-black two-headed dragon who will bring destruction to the world, we began our search!
UlforceVedramon: At first, we considered the powerful, Demon Lord class Digimon...Belphemon and Leviamon, as possibilities for the true form of the 'dragon', and so we became wary of them.
UlforceVeedramon: However, they only observed the situation and did not make a move...
UlforceVeedramon: Just when we thought our search reached a stalemate...
UlforceVeedramon: All of a sudden, their invasion began...!
P35:
UlforceVeedramon: The Bagra Army...!
UlforceVeedramon: A great angel who we thought to be dead after he once rebelled against God and got half of his body burnt due to the thunder of judgment...led a huge army to attack the God's world under the name of Emperor Bagramon!
UlforceVeedramon: We were confused! Because we had no idea since when he had formed such a large army...! The top brass among them, known as the Three Commanders, were also beyond our expectations...
UlforceVeedramon: A Demon Lord class Digimon who only moves for her momentary goals, and who we left out of our surveillance network...Lilithmon.
UlforceVeedramon: Although he was feared for being akin to a natural disaster in the northern mountains...we thought he wouldn't join any forces due to his fickleness...Blastmon.
P36:
UlforceVeedramon: And...a mysterious demon man who possesses both power and ingenuity rivaling...or even surpassing the two, but whose name had not yet appeared once in the history of the Digital World...Tactimon!
UlforceVeedramon: We fought and lost to him...although part of it was because he organized such a big-scale assault that we could not fight back against, above all...he was too strong...!
UlforceVeedramon: The Digital World then broke apart, separating into many Zones and scattering apart...!
UlforceVeedramon: We got involved in that, sending us flying to the human world and caused us to be unable to return. Even now, I have not received any news from my comrades...
UlforceVeedramon: Taiki! If you have the ability to cross the path of dimensions...I plead you to bring us back to the Digital World with you!
P37:
UlforceVeedramon: There is only about two months left before the time of destruction that God had stated!
UlforceVeedramon: Before that, we have to destroy the Bagra Army...and stop their plan before it's too late!
Taiki: ...!? Two months...!
Taiki: (Don't tell me...!?)
P38:
Blastmon: Braaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhh!
P39:
Blastmon: Whaaaat's up with this ruby!? Isn't it a bit smaaaaallll!?
Damemon: That is because it's been diligently polished and cut, Blastmon-sama! I guarantee you that it will taste superb!
Blastmon: Hmmm?
Blastmon: Broaarrr, I like ittttt! I'm gonna take over this Zoooonne!?
MailBirdramon: Hey now...
MailBirdramon: Why is one of the Three Commanders walking around in the human world...!
Greymon: What're you gonna do Kiriha, fight him right!? Of course we're gonna fight him, right!?
Kiriha: I left a good half of my army back in the Digital World you know! I wasn't planning to have to fight such a big-shot like him right now...
Kiriha: However...
Kiriha: I feel like going on a little rampage as a distraction...!
*A superpower-class storm has arrived!
-Chapter 13 End-
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Dun! Dun! Dun!
Okay, that was sort of cheesy of me… So on with the news. Once again, sorry I haven't updated in ages. I had like four big tests last week, and after writing my Frontier Tamers Christmas special, I've only really felt like drawing.
This brings me to my second point. I've been thinking about doing a monthly thing in which I change my icon to feature one of the characters from Frontier Tamers, but just the Digimon for now. I can't really draw people yet, but once I'm in practice, maybe I could do something. Please let me know about that.
Finally, I've been super bust on DMO lately. Anubis is Level 41! His Mega is super powerful! I took out a Guilmon Data Destroyer with it using only one New Year's Cake. Also, I started training Dark, my Commandramon. He's Level… 32 I think, and I need one more evoluter to unlock his Mega. Australorp is Level 32 as well. I haven't trained him in a while.
Well, thanks for reading!
Pandamoniam