"The Ninth Digivice"

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"Gee, Tai, I sure hope that your and Dai's sister Kari is over her nasty cold." Koromon said as my brother and I walked home after we separated from the others to see our families.

"We too. You know, it's really weird. The last time we were here, she remembered what happened four years ago." Tai said.

"Maybe because she's the 9th child." I said.

"What?!" Tai and Koromon gasped.

"What makes you think that, Dai?" Tai asked.

"Oh, come on. We're both Digidestinds. Kari was with us when we saw that battle when we were kids." I said feeling irritated that they still hadn't figured it out yet.

"Adding it together, it spellsh 'duh'!" Demiveemon said making me smile down at him as he rested in my arms.

"Ah, man! You could be right." Tai said.

Gee, how is he the older one?

If I didn't tell him, then how else would he have figured this out?

Whatever, I can't wait to get home and see my parents and sister.

"We should ask and see if Kari has a digivice first. That's a sure way to tell if she is the 9th child." Tai said.

We were quiet the rest of the way to our apartment, our digimon looking around in interest of the city as we went.

"We're back!" Tai sang as he opened up the door.

"Hi." He said.

Our mother walked out of the kitchen with her apron on and I felt tears in my eyes as I realized just how much I missed her.

"Tai, Dai? Why are you here?" she asked confused as Miko, our cat, ran pass us and out the door.

What is it with that cat?

"Camp was canceled because it snowed." Tai said.

"Snowed? Who would have thought at this time of year? The weather's getting so unpredictable these days. Oh!" she gasped when she saw Koromon and Demiveemon.

"What are those?" she asked.

"Huh? We brought Kari home some presents." Tai said.

"We made them in arts and crafts. Aren't they great?" I asked.

"They look wonderful, sweetie. I'm amazed that you two have a great talent at making toys. I'm sure Kari will love them. Now, give me your dirty clothes so I can wash them." Mom said and Tai dropped Koromon as he tackled her in a hug.

"Mom!" he cried.

"Tai, did something happen?" Mom asked as she held him confused as he started to sob.

"I'm glad you're here." He said.

"Of course I am. What's this all about, son?" she asked while I closed the door.

"Oh, something wrong?" Dad asked as he and Kari came into the room.

"Dad!" Tai cried as he hugged him too.

I laughed as I tackled my sister into a hug and she laughed right along with me.

"I'm happy to see you. Why weren't you here with Tai last time?" she whispered into my ear.

"That's a long story. I'll tell ya later." I whispered back as tears fell from my eyes.

Mom and Dad were giving each other curious looks, wondering what was wrong with their eldest child before I turned away from Kari and walked over to Mom and hugged her legs.

"We just really missed you guys." I said as Kari picked up our digimon.

"Are these toys for me?" she asked smiling.

"Uh, yes. They are. Isn't it nice? Your big brother and baby sister made them for you." Mom said as she picked me up and hugged me.

Dad looked at the 'toys' with a surprised look and nodded.

"Yes, they're very well made." He said before he looked over to me and studied me for some reason.

"Did you change your hair?" he asked.

Everyone then looked at me, noticing that my hair was tied up and my bangs were brushed to the side.

"It looks pretty." Kari said.

I laughed at that as I blushed at the attention.

It's not that much of a change, but Kari was always nice to everyone.

She doesn't have a mean streak in her body at all.

"Well, I was just cooking, so you two get your clothes in the washer and I'll take care of them as soon as I can." Mom said as she handed me to Dad and he hugged me, kissing my head before he set me down, Tai and I doing what we were told.

After that was done, I picked up Demiveemon and Kari followed me as we went into the bathroom an di started up the bath tub, ready to take a nice long bath after everything I went through and told Kari about Kaitoumon and Magnamon and finding my Crest, pretty much everything that happened to me that Tai didn't know about.

"Wow. So do you think you can really trust Kaitoumon? What if he was lying?" Kari asked as I turned off the tap as the tub was full and then started to strip as Demiveemon used my ascot as a blindfold.

"He wasn't. I really trust him. Unlike Tai, I can tell when someone is telling me to truth or not." I said when I was completely naked and climbed into the tub, Kari holding my dragon.

"If you say so." She said.

She then walked out of the bathroom, closing the door behind her and I just relaxed in the nice warm water, breathing in the scent of the strawberry bubble bath.

After a while of washing up, I unplugged the tug and then walked out of the bathroom in a towel, seeing Demiveemon was sleeping on my small single bed that was beside Kari and Tai's bunk bed.

When we get older, Kari and I should ask our parents to give us our own room and kick Tai out into another one.

Come on, it's not right to share a room with him when we're teenagers.

It would be really awkward.

He can just move into Dad's study, it's big enough to be a room.

Dad might not like it, but Mom will take our side and Tai will be happy to have his own room, so it'll be four against one.

I smiled at Demiveemon as he snored and I then changed into my blue tank top with a yellow butterfly and matching shorts with millions of tiny butterflies on them that were my pyjamas.

Last, I grabbed my Tag and Crest, putting them on before I woke up Demiveemon and took him into the kitchen to start eating.

Tai and I kept sneaking our food to our digimon, who were eating happily under the table while Dad and Kari watched some sit com on the TV.

"You two sure our eating a lot." Mom observed.

"It's just been a long time since we had such great cooking." Tai said as Kari and Dad laughed, but I wasn't sure if it was at the TV show or what Tai had said.

Usually Mom's not the best of a cook, but she had her moments where the food she made was edible.

"Hey, mister, if you're buttering me up for a raise in your allowance, you can just forget about it." Mom smirked as she re-filled our bowels with rice and fried shrimp.

When the meal was done, we went into our room and Tai sat down on Kari's bottom bunk with a sigh.

"What,s the matter, Tai? You look bummed." Koromon said.

"I don't know." The child of Courage said.

"I'm glad you're back. I missed you both when you were gone." Kari said.

"I missed you too. By the way, Kari, do you remember something that happened about four years ago in Heighton View Terrace? Tell me everything you know." Tai said.

"I remember that Koromon got really huge and fought with a big bird monster." Kari said.

"And he beat him." Tai said.

"That's something I'll never forget." She said.

"Well, I feel pretty dumb for forgetting it in the first place." I muttered.

"This may sound strange, but do you have something called a digivice, Kari?" Koromon asked.

"Mm, no. what's that?" she asked tilting her head to the side.

"Like this." Tai said as he pulled out his digivice and showed it to her.

"Don't think so." Kari said as Koromon and Demiveemon looked down in defeat.

Darn it, I know she's the 9th child.

Maybe she just didn't get it yet for some reason or Miko's using it somewhere as a play toy.

Speaking of, where is that cat?

"Well, forget about it." Tai said smiling relieved.

He must not like the idea of his other sister being put in danger like I am all the time.

"I'm so sleepy." Koromon yawned.

"I am too. Good night, sleep tight sleepy head." Tai said as he and Koromon cuddled up on the bottom bunk, Kari watching them with a smile as I got into my bed with Demiveemon.

"You're party poopers." Kari said.

"We spent monthsh running around from monstersh that tried to eat ush and kill ush and didn't have a lot of food to eat, sho we're pooped. We have a reashon to be turning in thish early. Good night." Demiveemon with his nose turned up and he cuddled into my side.

I laughed at that and shook my head before I got down under my warm, soft sheets.

This dream I was having was really weird.

I was outside this club called Poseidon that was downtown near the ocean and saw that this gross sludge monster was fighting with Kabuterimon while Izzy was running away with his digivice in hand.

The scene changed to the child of Knowledge being cornered by DemiDevimon who was holding one of the fake Crests of Light and was about to stab him with this large needle he was holding.

I woke up gasping as my Crest of Miracles was faintly glowing.

I got up out of bed and then quickly pulled out my black sweater as Demiveemon woke up, blinking the sleep out of his eyes as he watched me.

"What're ya doin'?" he asked.

"I think Izzy needs our help." I said grabbing him and ran out of the room, passing Mom on my way out.

"Oh, Dai. Izzy just called. He was asking for you and Tai." She said.

"Great, I was just heading over there. I forgot something at his place. I'll be back as soon as I can. Bye!" I called shoving my shoes on and then started running out of the building.

"Demiveemon digivolve too…V-MON!"

V-Mon and I ran out onto the streets as my digivice started blinking with a purple light, meaning that it was Izzy.

"Where is he?" V-Mon asked.

"Pretty far away. I think you're gonna have to digivolve again to go find him." I said.

"Right." He nodded as my digivice glowed.

Good thing no one was paying attention at this moment.

"V-Mon digivolve too…XV-MON!"

XV-Mon picked me up in my hand and flew off to where the signal was coming from and I saw the club I had seen in my dream.

The sludge monster had just dived into the water and Kabuterimon was searching for him above the water, but I couldn't see Izzy anywhere.

"What should we do? Raremon is a nasty creature. His scent is just as bad as his Acid Slude attack." XV-Mon asked.

"Go find Izzy. He'll need our help. C'mon." I said and he flew off to where I had dreamt of our red haired friend being cornered by DemiDevimon.

Before we did tough, Raremon broke the surface and spat this gross sludge at him and almost fell into the water, but XV-Mon swooped down and grabbed his arm.

"Need a hand?" he asked.

"Great timing." Kabuterimon said.

"Where's Izzy?" I asked.

"He went to find the 9th child. He picked up on his signal and is looking for him right now." He said.

How can that be possible?

Kari is the 9th child, I know she is.

Something is going on here.

"You fight this guy and we'll help Izzy." I said.

"Piece of cake." Kabuterimon nodded as he tackled Raremon and XV-Mon flew off to go looking for Izzy.

He swooped in over a warehouse and found Demidevimon about to attack Izzy, laughing at him.

"Is this a private party or can we all join in?" my dragon asked.

"Oh no!" DemiDevimon yelled as he turned to us.

"Did I miss anything?" Kabuterimon asked as he soon joined us.

"Bug Face and Long Nose! You'll get it next time, kid. I'm outta here." The blue bat said as he flew off.

"Daisuke, excellent timing." Izzy said.

"Did you get my call?" he asked as his bug and my dragon landed.

"Actually…"I said pulling up my Tag and Crest to show him.

"I think my Crest gave me a vision 'cause I saw you and Kabuterimon. It's pretty weird, but this stuff's been happening lately." I said as Izzy got up on Kabuterimon's back.

"Well, it is the Crest of Miracles, after all. It must have special properties." He said.

"Anyway, we should get going now. Your brother won't be too happy to hear that you left without him." He said.

I laughed at that as our flying digimon took to the air just as a news van pulled up to check out the damage that was made by the fight.

"Sorry you weren't able to find the 9th child, but at least we got rid of the stinky piece of blubber." Kabuterimon said as we flew high up in the sky.

"That's all right. I've been doing some extensive calculations. My theory is that the 9th child is located here in this city." Izzy called over the beating of the bug's wings.

"You don't say." I said sarcastically.

"Yes, it seems Tai had the right idea in the first place. We have to get back to your house and give him an update." He called to me.

"You got it." Kabuterimon said.

"Whatever ya say." I shrugged.

"Follow me." XV-Mon said as he took the lead, the duo of Knowledge following behind us.

We soon separated after that and I went back home, only to have Tai and Agumon rounding on us with stern looks.

"Where were you two?" the dino asked.

"I was worried sick about you? I called Izzy's house and Mrs. Izumi said you weren't there." Tai said.

"I'm dead." I sighed.

To be continued…