Me: Heeeeeeey! I'm baaaaack! And I have a new chapter for you all!
Rika: Whoop-dee-doo…
Me: Ri~ka~… I'm trying really hard… you could at least appreciate it…
Rika: I do… I just don't want to show it.
Me: Okay… Hey! Takato! Can you come here please?!
Takato: Sure! Just hang on a second! *runs over with Guilmon close behind* What is it?
Me: Can you say the Disclaimer?
Takato: Why do you want me to do it?
Me: I can't bring myself to do it and Rika…*Rika snorts and looks away* just won't…
Takato: Sure… no problem… StoryMakingDragon210 doesn't own anything but the plot and-
*BANG BANG*
Voice: You'll never take me alive! Mwa-ha-ha-ha!
2nd Voice: We've got you surrounded!
Me: *',:I* Why don't you read and review while I go see what's going on? *leaves*
Going Your Way
Chapter 3
What's Going On?!
No POV:
Southern Quadrant: DigiWorld
An unusual body was falling from the sky. Something like that didn't happen very often. The strange being was screaming something fearful. (Does that make any sense to you?) It wasn't long before it came close enough and hit the ground; the scorching hot, sandy ground.
"Ouch…" the creature groaned, "I don't think that'll ever stop hurting…"
The creature had brown hair and dull, crimson eyes. It was wearing a black and orange sweatshirt with the sleeves bunched up until its elbows, white and red fingerless gloves, black (jean) shorts that stopped just above the knees, and a pair of red and black shoes. What was weird about the attire was that the sweatshirt had a (black) centered design with 4 triangles. One triangle was at the center, upside down, with a thin-lined circle hitting each corner; the last three triangles had one corner touching one of the corners of the central triangle. This was, indeed, the Digital Hazard.
Getting up, it brushed the sand away from its clothes. When it was done, it took a careful look around, only finding sand and rock formations. Sighing, it started walking in a random direction.
'Takato… what have you gotten yourself into…?' it reprimanded itself.
Takato kept walking for what seemed like forever. It was then that the Digital World quickly went into its 'nighttime' state. This didn't affect the human at all, seeing as he had been there before.
The sand billowed around him as a wind kicked up. This wind wasn't natural though. It was derived from a running digimon heading in his direction.
He barely had enough time to turn around before he was tackled by a black on red figure. "Takatomon!" it exclaimed in nothing but joy.
"OI! PINAPPLEHEAD! I TOLD YA TO WAIT UP!" an angry voice called to the digimon that was now licking Takato's face.
"Stop it Guilmon!" Takato commanded with a laugh. He then turned toward the voice, which was now a black and blue figure, "Hey Beelzemon! Long time no see!"
"A little too long Goggles…" Beelzemon said.
"What do you mean? Where are the others?"
"We got split up about 2 months after we were sent back here. We haven't seen 'em since."
"Wow…" Takato gave it some thought, "Why don't we go look for them?
"Now you're bein' smart!" Beelzemon looked around, "'Ey… where are the others?"
"I… don't know… Earth?" Takato said, sweating a little.
"… I take it back…"
"Where is Behemoth?" Guilmon asked, ignoring Beelzemon's insult to his Tamer.
Beelzemon simply whistled and a monster of a motorcycle came roaring up to them. "Get on or I'm leavin' yas behind," Beelzemon growled.
Takato and Guilmon quickly got on behind the Demon Lord before he popped a wheelie as they took off. Eyes wide with surprise, Takato and Guilmon held on for dear life as Beelzemon drove with reckless abandon. When they got within 500 feet of a canyon, Beelzemon skidded to a stop, ten feet from falling off the edge.
"HUH?! That wasn't there yesterday…" Beelzemon was confused, he had only been there yesterday, when it was still solid ground with no cracks at all.
Takato and Guilmon were at the edge looking down, having gotten off Behemoth in Beelzemon's stupor. Takato leaned over further when he saw a strange sight, a data stream was going horizontally across the ground, but that wasn't all, the data stream was blue. He soon realized that he was leaning over too far when he couldn't feel the ground beneath him. With a shout of surprise, he tumbled over the edge.
"Takatomon!" Guilmon yelled as he faithfully jumped after his Tamer, trying to save his life.
"OI! What's goin' o-!" Beelzemon yelled, looking over as Guilmon jumped. Quick in his actions, he put the pedal to the metal and jumped into the canyon after the human and dinosaur, finally seeing the data stream as is swallowed the three of them. "Shit…!" was all he could say.
For the second time that day, Takato was falling from the sky.
Southern Quadrant: Real World
Rika's House:
The phone began to ring not long after dinner had finished.
"Rika! Could you get that for me?!" the redhead's grandmother yelled from the kitchen. Rumiko was off on another modeling job.
"Sure Grandma!" Rika yelled back. She picked up the phone, "Moshi moshi, Nonaka residence."
"Rika?" a woman's voice asked, sounding stressed.
"Mrs. Matsuki? What's wrong?" Suiko was now in the hallway, hearing Rika's concerned voice.
"It's Takato… he didn't come home from school," she sounded like she was about to cry.
"What? Where else could he be? I watched him walk home, although… it was the long way…"
"Where does that go by?"
"… A lot of places, he likes seeing some of the sites on random days. I'll ask Henry and we'll check to see if he's still somewhere near there."
"Thank you so much Rika. You know my number right?"
"Yes I do, I'll call you if we find anything."
"Thank you again," Mrs. Matsuki's voice cracked a little before she hung up.
"What was that about Rika?" Suiko asked.
"Grandma," Rika turned to her, "Takato's missing."
Southern Quadrant: Real World
Henry's House
Henry sighed for the thousandth time in the last hour, he couldn't help but try to remember what the earlier feeling was about. It was then that he heard the phone ring and Suzie picked it up, "Hewwo? This is Suzie… Hi Wika!"
'Rika? Why's she calling?' Henry jolted up as he heard Rika's name.
"You wanna talk to Henwy? Okay… Henwy! Miss Wika's on the phone!"
"I'm coming Suzie!" Henry got up and took the phone from his sister, "Yeah Rika?"
"Meet me at the park in ten minutes. No later!" Rika demanded.
"What?! Why?" Henry was confused, 'Why would she ask me to meet her in the park?'
"Henry…" Rika sighed, "Takato's missing."
"WHAT?!"
Southern Quadrant: Real World
Shinjuku Park
Rika only had to wait for less than a minute before Henry arrived. She had already given him the details and they began their treck down the path Takato took for the long way to his house. The night air was damp and they were about to pass Guilmon's old shed, thinking that Takato wouldn't go in there when they simultaneously stopped in their tracks, looking at the opening. The gate was open. That meant that someone had gone in there.
With one look at each other, they understood that they had to go inside and check. With their flashlights still on, they went inside. Seeing nothing different, they turned to leave, but stopped when there was a flash of light. They turned back around toward the giant hole that Guilmon had made, the source of the light. They ran to it as lowered themselves down. Going down the 'tunnel' a little bit, they didn't notice the pile of items on the floor before Henry heard something crumple beneath his foot.
Looking down, Henry saw pieces of paper strewn about in a small area of the ground/floor. He knelt down to pick one of them up and read it. It was a math assignment with only two of the problems done and the name at the top read 'Takato Matsuki.'
"Rika, I think I found something," he said, turning to the redhead.
"What is it Brainiac?" said girl walked over to the boy and looked at what he held in his hands, "A piece of paper? I thought you found something useful."
Henry sighed, "Just look at the top Rika."
Rika rolled her eyes and looked at the top, her eyes widening as she read the name, "But… why would this be here and not in his backpack?" then she glared, "Something's not right…"
"I know that, but the question is… what?"
15 Minutes Later
Henry and Rika stopped running in front of the Hypnos front doors, trying to catch their breath before they confronted anyone inside. It wasn't long before they had done so and walked inside. Looking to the desk, they saw a new secretary typing away on the keyboard.
Walking up to her, Henry politely tried to gain her attention, to no avail. Rika rolled her eyes at his lame attempt and rudely said, "Hey lady, we need to see Yamaki right now."
The secretary looked up with a glare, "And what do you think gives you the right to order me around?"
"Since we have these!" Rika was starting to get agitated at the woman and pulled out a card that had HYPNOS written (typed) in fancy lettering at the top with D.I.G.I. written underneath. (A/N: D.I.G.I. stands for Digital Investigation of the Geographical Interface… don't judge me please! The Geographical Interface is supposed to mean something along the lines of digital 'things' in the real world. Geographical- real world; Interface- network. Just clearing that up)
She snatched the card from Rika's hand and looked hard at it, studying every feature… "This card is obviously fake. I mean, why would the boss even consider hiring children to one of the elite groups in the building?"
Henry sighed, even he was starting to get annoyed, the fact that his best friend was missing didn't help in the least, "Look, just… call Yamaki and ask him. He knows and you'll probably end up doing something more… useful with your time."
Sending her glare toward the boy, she huffed and picked up the phone. Dialing a number, it was about 4 or 5 rings before she started talking with a smile on her face, "Sir, there are two delightful children standing in front of me who claim to know you… Yes… they had cards… D.I.G.I. Sir… um, Rika Nonaka one said… the other? Didn't look at his card… Brown or blue? Sir, I don't see how that's… blue Sir… No Sir… Yes Sir… Of course Sir… Good day," she turned to the two… kids, "Go on up. It's the," they were already in the elevator. She sighed, "Why did I even apply for this job…?"
Top Floor
The elevator doors opened and the two Tamers stepped out, hurriedly walking toward the blonde man whose back was turned toward them.
"Yamaki!" Henry called to the man, the piece of paper had wrinkled in his tight grip.
The blonde sighed and turned around, "What do you want?"
"We need your help with something," Henry stated.
"With what…?" Yamaki was starting to get annoyed, "Wait, where's Matsuki?"
"That's the thing…"
"He's missing," Rika said blatantly, crossing her arms.
The surprise didn't last long before he asked another question, "Do you know where he might be?" (Yup! Interrogation time!)
"We think that he might be in the Digital World," Henry said, rubbing his temples.
"What makes you think that? …and how do you know he's missing?"
"I got a call from Takato's mom. She said that Takato hadn't gotten home and that he hadn't called to tell her that he'd be late," Rika explained.
"We think he's in the DigiWorld because we checked out Guilmon's shed. The gate was open and the hole Guilmon dug was still there. We were about to leave when we saw a flash of light and went down into the… tunnel. We didn't see what caused the flash, but we did find this," Henry handed Yamaki the piece of paper that was in his hand.
"And how do you know this wasn't an assignment from when you all went to the Digital World the first time?"
"Because, this was assigned to his class today," Rika stressed. 'Isn't he supposed to be smart?' she thought.
"I see… I'll see what I can do, but no going to the Digital World until I say so," the government official stated, as if they'd actually listen…
"We understand Yamaki," Henry 'agreed' politely, bowing.
"Whatever." (Betcha can't guess! ;P)
Outside the HYPNOS Building
"We're going to the Digital World, aren't we?" Rika asked… more like a statement than anything.
"Do you even have to ask?" the blue-haired boy said without even looking at his companion.
"Gather the others?"
"Gather the others. But we need to come up with a plan of when and how we're going."
She sighed, "Gogglehead always makes things interesting… in the most annoying ways…"
"By the way Rika, did I hear you say Takato's name in there?" Henry grinned slyly. (*shiver* scary…)
Rika blushed and looked away, wishing that the street lights weren't on, "Humph! You're just hearing things!"
"Whatever you say Rika."
The two then walked in different directions to go home. Rika had to call Mrs. Matsuki and tell her to not make a scene about Takato's disappearance. Henry had to explain to his family why he had run out of the house after dark.
Eastern Quadrant
Real World
(Betcha thought it was gonna be the DigiWorld… too bad! Not yet!)
TK stared aimlessly at the board, contemplating on the 'encounter' at Tokyo Tower the other day… and ignoring the teacher all together.
He was brought out of his musings by a paper ball hitting the side of his head. He looked around to see Davis staring at him with a confused/worried look on his face. Sighing, TK picked up the paper and smoothed it out. It read, 'Hey TJ, what's with you? You're starin off into space. What's goin on?'
Picking up his pencil, TK wrote down, 'I've just got some things on my mind. Something just feels off.'
Looking at the teacher, he waited for when she wasn't looking and threw it back at Davis. He watched the confusion/worry melt halfway and solidify into an expression of relief/worry. Davis then picked up his pencil and hurriedly wrote something down, but before he could throw it, Mrs. Suji looked toward him, her glasses flashing.
"Mr. Motomiya, what is that paper you are holding?"
"M-M-Mrs. Suji! These are… notes from another class that I don't need anymore and I was going to throw it away…"
With a smile that didn't look so sweet, she said, "Then stand, walk, then throw it away. Don't throw it across my classroom."
"Yes Mrs. Suji…" Davis reluctantly stood up and threw away the 'conversation.' He sat back down at his seat and mouthed 'lunch' to TK.
TK nodded as Mrs. Suji said, "Alright, now that that's over with, Ms. Kamiya! What is the difference between a simple sentence and an explanatory sentence?"
Lunch Time ('Cause I'm a lazy ass)
TK was last to get out of the classroom because Mrs. Suji needed help with straightening desks. Grabbing his lunch, he headed toward the cherry tree that he and his friends had dubbed 'the hangout' because of Yolei, and because they always had lunch there. He sat between Kari and Cody, seeing as they had left that spot open. (This is Cody's first year at the school.) (The seating was in a circle-ish shape. It's Cody, TK, Kari, Davis, Ken, and Yolei. Ken's family had moved to Odaiba for… reasons.)
"Hey guys," he greeted his friends, receiving greetings from each of them. It didn't take long for conversation to start, but Kari brought up an interesting subject.
"TK, Davis, did you notice that a lot of people in our class are moving away? It hasn't even been a month since school started."
TK swallowed his food and replied, "Now that you mention it, yeah."
Davis then decided to show some smarts, "I heard that they suddenly had to move because their parents had gotten new jobs or perminated."
"You mean promoted, Davis," Ken corrected.
"Who asked you?!"
"Do you think we're going to get some new students?" Kari asked, turning to TK.
"Well, if they don't, they'd have to split us up and put us in different classes."
"WHAT?! You mean, if they don't get new students in our class, I'll have to be in a different class than Kari?! WHY?" Obviously, Davis still has a crush on Kari… and is still stupid…
"If they don't get new students before long, the class will be too small and they'll have to put kids from our class into others so we can get 'equal attention.'"
Davis seemed to deflate at the fact of possibly being separated from Kari, then said, "Then they'd better get students fast." It would've sounded serious if he hadn't been pouting. After a moment, he remembered something and turned toward TK saying, "Hey TC, didn't you say somethin' earlier about somethin' feeling off?" This turned everyone's attention toward TK.
"Yeah, I guess I did," he looked at Davis, "Why?"
"What feels off?" everyone seemed to lean in to hear.
"I… don't know… but I only feel this way when it involves the DigiWorld."
Everyone's faces of expectation then turned into ones of contemplation. What could be going on?
Southern Quadrant
Digital World
It the Desert Level of the Digital World, two figures walked side by side while a third followed close behind. They stopped at the edge of a cliff face of a canyon. Looking down, they saw a thin, blue data stream far below slowly going horizontally across the bottom.
"It seems that they've gotten him. Huh," the human-like figure huffed, "Gargoylemon, take us down."
"Yes, Master," the white Virus replied, but before he could do as he was told, the figure snapped his head in the digimon's direction.
"'Master' is a title reserved for our lord. I am Sir, and I shall be addressed as such."
"Yes, Sir. Sorry, Sir," it then picked up the duo and flew down into the canyon. As it touched down and set its 'passengers' down, it burst into data particles with little more than a shriek.
"A little extra power never hurt anyone," the dragon figure said as he absorbed the scattered data.
"That is true Syukaigamon," the other said, then faced the diminishing data stream, "Let's go, there's no time to waste."
"Of course, Damian, my partner."
And with that, the two figures walked towards, and disappeared into, the data stream as it vanished in a flash of light.
Eastern Quadrant
Wait for it…
DigiWorld (YAY)
In a forest, not too far from Infinity Mountain, a lone digimon was gathering food for his dinner, avoiding carnivorous digimon as he went. This digimon was short, orange, and looked like a dinosaur.
This digimon was, indeed, an Agumon, but not just any Agumon, but the Agumon that had fought alongside his human partner to save the Real and Digital Worlds.
(As I was saying…) As he reached a clearing, the sound of a screaming human, a cussing 'person', and a giggling child reached his… ears. 'Bravely,' Agumon ran to the nearest bush and hid moments before three bodies hit the ground close enough for him to hear and see them.
For ten, breathless seconds, not one of them did anything. It was then that the tallest one stood up and the human groaned. With wide eyes, Agumon recognized the tall one as Beelzemon, a Mega level virus. Soon after, Agumon realized that the last figure had gotten up to check on the almost forgotten human.
After some nudging that didn't work, the red being that Agumon couldn't recognize stood up and jumped… right onto the human's stomach. Agumon winced as the human jerked up from the surprise and pain.
Before much else could happen, Agumon sent his trusty partner a message.
It read: 'Tai! I ran into a human who dropped out of the sky! He's with a Mega Virus named Beelzemon and another I can't recognize! Come quick before I lose them!'
Realizing that the three of them were talking, he turned his attention to their words.
"You guys understand?"
The two digimon nodded as Agumon looked on in confusion.
"Okay. Beelzemon, just lay on the groun-"
"I get it 'Gogglehead'! We just went through this!" the Mega Virus yelled, making Agumon fear for the human, and lied down regardless.
"Right. Guilmon, cut Beelzemon so I can reach inside," the red reptile stepped up and began his 'work', "Gently please."
About two painstaking minutes later the cut had run from the top of Beelzemon's sternum to the bottom of his ribs. Then the human asked the Demon Lord, "You okay Beelzemon?"
"Do ya even 'ave ta ask? I'm a Mega, it would take a lot more than dis to cause me harm," the boy only smiled and the Mega sighed, "Just… get it ova with…"
"Yeah… of course…" and the human reached his hand in the large cut on the digimon's body, surprising Agumon so much that he almost collapsed.
At some point, the procedure had hit a sensitive spot and Beelzemon glared at the boy, "'ey! Be careful! Dat hurts ya know!"
"Sorry. Sorry. I'll be more careful," and with that, the red one promptly fell asleep out of boredom. It was even longer before either of the two spoke again.
"I think I found it! Hey Beelzemon, does it feel like I've got it?"
"Sure ting. Now, pull it out before this heals up," the digimon in question huffed. The 'wound' had already healed up for the most part and was now just big enough for the human's hand to fit through.
"Alright! This is great! But now we have to see if we're right," it was then that the boy's hand was almost out of the cut, and when it was, a cloud of data swirled around it. He held his hand palm up as the data began to form a shape. Before long, it had condensed into what Agumon recognized as a digiegg.
"Yes! We were right! Jeri's gonna be so happy!" the boy yelled as he jumped around with the egg.
As Beelzemon sat up, the digimon the human called 'Guilmon' woke up and brightened as he saw the boy's happiness.
"Takatomon! Did we do it?"
"Yeah, we did! We really did!" 'Takatomon' laughed.
In surprise, Agumon turned around to run to what he thought would be a safer place, but as he turned around, he missed the blue ball of light appear in front of the 'three' digimon. He didn't, however, miss the shockwave it conjured as it teleported them away. Agumon was sent flying head-first into a tree, forgetting their conversation and what the human had looked like.
Before the Ball of Light
Takato, Beelzemon, and Guilmon Perspective:
Takato did a small dance of victory, almost dropping the digiegg in the process.
"Don't do dat! You're gonna break it!" Beelzemon yelled at the, now bashful, human, "Ya know how important dis is!"
"Can digieggs even break…?" he wondered.
It was then that a bright blue ball of light popped up in front of Guilmon's snout. His attention caught, the red dinosaur poked it in curiosity. Turning to his partner, he said, "Takatomon. What's this light?"
"What light Guilmon?" Takato turned to face him as the light flashed, sending a shockwave through the nearby area. For the third time that day, Takato was…
Transported. (HA!) At least this time he wasn't falling from a ridiculous height…
Me: Well, it's done. Took forever though… stupid school… stupid Internet broke down…
Terriermon: Look at it this way, the readers won't murder you until after they've finished reading!
Me: Great… *Hits head on desk*
Terriermon: Momentai!
Me: Just… review… please?