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Yeah, I made a Persona 5 reference. I love the game and the animation (Anime). Did it get your attention? Well, no matter. It's time for another chapter.
Chapter 16
The scene cuts to Lin in a large bucket-like tarai-bune boat, waiting by the small dock.
Lin: Sen, this way!
Kouji "Good, Lin got a boat ready."
J.P. "That's a boat?"
Takuya "It's better than nothing, right?"
Sen is running down a cement staircase, waving excitedly. She jumps into the bucket, Crow-Fly and Boh-Mouse flying close behind. Lin turns the handle to steer them away.
No-Face, skinny and calm now, walks along a pipe jutting from the bathhouse. Sen turns to him as she takes off her pink kimono, wearing her lime-striped t-shirt beneath.
Sen: Hey, over here!
Lin: Sen, don't call him over!
Bokomon "Is she trying to get them killed?"
Tommy "I don't think No-Face wants to hurt anyone."
Zoe "He must have just been copying how others interact in the bathhouse."
Takuya "He's just a lost spirit looking for a friend."
No-Face looks down from the steaming pipe.
Sen: I think being in the bathhouse makes him crazy. He needs to get out of there.
Lin: Yeah? And go where?
Sen: I don't know.
Lin: You don't know?
No-Face jumps into the water.
Lin: Great, now he's following us.
No-Face travels along the tracks, underwater, his mask leading his small, translucent body
Sen (Off-Screen): He won't hurt us.
No-Face slithered in the water before rising out of the water until he started to cough after a few times he spits out the last person he swallowed. Aogaeru the frog spirit.
Neemon "Well at least he spits out the frog."
J.P. "Talk about having a frog in your throat.".
No-Face Continues walking towards Sen, as Aogaeru floats to the surface, looks up, and swims off. Lin stops at the tracks.
Lin: You'll have to walk from here.
Sen: Okay.
Sen jumps into the shin-high water, holding her shoes in her hands.
Lin: The station's just down the tracks.
Sen: Thanks, Lin.
Lin: You better come back; you hear me?
Sen: I will.
Neemon "That reminds me. After getting to the Forest Terminal, do you guys think you might come back to the Digital World?"
Bokomon "What in the world are you talking about?"
Neemon "Takuya and the others, when the journey is done will they come back to see us sometime?"
The children share a look of thoughts and concerns with each other.
Sen walks off, followed by Crow-Fly and Boh-Mouse. Lin paddles away, keeping her eyes on the girl.
Lin: Sen! I'm sorry I called you a "Dope" before! I take it back!
Despite how far away Sen/Chihiro is, she raised her right arm and waved to her. As she continues towards the station.
It was then the children made up their minds and came up with an answer to Neemon's question.
Takuya "I hope we can."
Zoe "Me too."
Kouji "I don't know about you guys, but the Digital World feels like a second home to me."
Tommy "Yeah!"
J.P. "As long as we can still go home to our world."
[The Six Station]
Lin swings the small tub boat around until she's heading back in the right direction, and just as she is heading back, No-Face follows after Sen/Chihiro. Making Lin calls out to him.
Lin: No-Face. If you put even one scratch on that girl, you're in BIG TROUBLE!
Zoe "Look at Lin being a big sister to Chihiro, it's adorable."
Takuya "This again, Z?"
Kouji "Again?"
Jane "Zoe was teasing Takuya acting like a big brother to Tommy. Which is true, minus the acting part, because Takuya does have a younger brother."
Takuya "How do you know that?!"
Jane "I know lots of things, kid. Lots. Of. Things. Plus, it's part of the job of being an all-powerful deity."
Everyone "No way!"
Jane "Yes way. Now, let's get back to the movie."
The scene cuts to Sen/Chihiro walking towards a stone platform before sprinting to it.
Sen/Chihiro: There's the station!
As Sen/Chihiro and her friends got onto the platform, Sen/Chihiro looked back to see No-Face and a brown oval dot shape growing bigger. That can mean only one thing.
Sen/Chihiro: Here comes the train. Come on.
J.P. "Talk about perfect timing!"
The train is forming in the distance, catching up to No-Face. No-Face looks behind and the train rushes by him, sending waves that push the spirit back. The train stops by the platform. Chihiro and the tiny pair rush to the door as it opens.
The Conductor extends his gloved hand.
Sen/Chihiro: Oh, we'd like to go to Swamp Bottom, please.
She reaches into her shirt, grabs the tickets, and hands them to the conductor, who counts- one, two, three- he counts a fourth behind them. Chihiro looks behind, finding No-Face waiting.
Sen/Chihiro: Oh. You wanna come with us?
No-Face nods, uttering something resembling an "Uh-huh". Chihiro turns back to the conductor.
Sen/Chihiro: He'd like to come, too, please.
Kouji "Do you guys think No-Face will behave?"
Tommy "He seems he's back to normal."
Takuya "I'm sure he will."
The conductor runs the tickets through a paper shredder and steps out of the way. Chihiro and No-Face step onto the train. The doors shut. It is a quiet car, with scattered riders, who are nothing more than translucent gray spirits.
The train takes off into the shallow sea.
Cut to the inside of the train, The hanging handles bob side-to-side. After some contemplation, Sen/Chihiro sits in the middle of a long, empty space between two sitting spirits. No-Face stays put, moaning/groaning lightly, confused. Chihiro pats the seat next to her.
Sen/Chihiro: Sit here.
No-Face walked over to Sen/Chihiro and sat beside her.
Sen/Chihiro: Behave yourself, okay?
As the two sat as Boh and Yu-Bird (Fly) bounced up and down looking at the scenery from the windows, they stared off into space. It almost looks like they are looking directly at the audience.
Seeing Chihiro and No-Face staring at them, made everyone feel as if they were on the train or on a trailmon with them.
As the train runs its tracks, the scenery shows a house and tree on a small island, glowing in the sunset. A faded father and child on a dirt mound, waiting for the train to cross. A larger island in the distance.
On the train, a man grabs his suitcase from the compartment above. Cut to a different train station, the train pulls to a stop, and most of the passengers get off and walk down the station staircase.
The train pulls out of the station as the sea begins to turn dark blue and striking purple from the sunset. Inside of the train, it's empty now except for our group of four. Sen/Chihiro and No-Face are sitting quietly, staring down as neon signs pass outside.
Boh-Mouse and Crow-Fly are snuggled up, asleep in Sen/Chihiro's lap, the young girl cradling them with her hands as she looks out of the train's window.
The scene cuts to the train continuing its tracks through dusk.
Every human and digimon stay silent for a solid minute and thirty-three seconds as they listen to the relaxing music while taking in the beauty of the scenery on the screen.
It feels like a weight has been lifted off of them, and that there's been a change. From what they had seen, Chihiro started as a whiny, lazy, and scared person who couldn't do a simple task. But after seeing how much she has grown and is willing to risk everything to save a friend, Chihiro has become a strong and determined person.
This pause, or gap moment hits the Digi-Destins. The battles they faced and the digimon they encountered were frightening at first, but now they couldn't help but they too have started to change and develop into a stronger and better person they were before they received a text message.
With their eyes filled with determination, the kids stare off at the screen with the gaze to face the next challenges ahead.
Back in the boiler room of the bathhouse.
Haku, lying down, opens his eyes slowly. Kamaji is sitting against his station, snoring in his sleep. Haku rises, and rubs Kamaji's hand, waking the old man.
Haku: Kamaji, wake up.
Kamaji: (delightfully surprised) Haku, you're all right.
Haku: I'm fine. Where is Sen? Did she go somewhere, can you tell me what's going on?
Kamaji: You blacked out, remember?
Haku: Yeah, I remember being in darkness. Then I could hear Sen's voice calling out my name. So I followed her voice, and the next thing I knew, I was lying here, feeling better than ever.
Kamaji: Pure love. It Zeniba's spell. Sen left to return the golden seal, she did it to save you.
It was at that moment, that the wielders of the Spirits of Fire and Wind noticed that they were STILL holding hands. Blushing slightly Takuya and Zoe quickly let go, but didn't move far away from each other.
Takuya and Zoe 'Is love really that powerful?'
That's it for chapter 16.
I am really pushing myself to finish it, but I'm trying not to push myself too hard. Doing that will lead to many negative comments, and spelling and grammar errors.
See ya later