Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Digimon.EXE ❯ Session 7: Ashita wa Motto... ( Chapter 9 )

Digimon.EXE

By Wolf O'Donnell

WARNING! May contain Alternative Universe situations and out-of-character experiences. Upon reading this, you hereby agree that you forfeit all your rights to sue me and that I cannot be held liable for any psychological or physical damage caused by the fact that I use British English spelling and that this fanfic contains graphic acts of a heterosexual and homosexual nature (not applicable to FanFiction.net version), extreme violence and use of swear words. Digimon is copyrighted by Bandai and Toei Animation Ltd. Wolf O'Donnell is copyrighted by Nintendo Ltd, although that might have nothing to do with the fanfic. Constructive criticism is very welcome.

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Session 7: Ashita wa Motto...
It had been two weeks since the Power Plant incident on the Orbital Ring. Everything had returned to normal and somehow, Takato had managed to make up with Ruki after the dancing incident. It was a gradual transition from being hated to being liked to being loved back to being liked again. Yes, he had gone back a step, especially now that he had been invited to the Earth and not Ruki.
Takato picked up the invitation card and checked it again. He sighed and sat down, placing the card to his chest. He was going to the Earth. How he'd always dreamed of visiting the Earth. He had always wanted to see what it was like to see real sunlight, to feel real rain, to feel real wind, to see mountains and oceans and hills and valleys. Now he would have that chance. Helping to save the Orbital Space Ring had made him renowned throughout the entire DEVA Organisation.
That helped to get him invited to Earth. The UN was inviting representatives from the major nations of the Earth Sphere- North America (also known as Namerica), South America (also known as Samerica), Europe, Asia, Africa, Arab League, Phyle, Inphynitio, Spyrol and Dyjitopia. Takato had become so famous amongst the DEVA Organisation that the Officials had selected him to be representative of Inphynitio, the section of the Orbital Space Ring that he came from.
It had been a hot contest between him and Ruki. They were both competing for the title of DEVA Representative for Inphynitio, but Ruki got herself involved in a project that required her to be permanently based at Spyrol for the entire duration of the project. That meant only Takato could go to Beijing, where the meeting was going to be held.
Takato knew the other Representatives from the Orbital Space Ring. Jenrya came from Dyjitopia, where the DEVA Organisation's Orbital Space Ring HQ (and hence the Officials' Orbital Space Ring HQ) was located. Alice came from Spyrol and Juri, whom he had met during the Power Plant Incident, came from Phyle.
His D-Scanner suddenly started ringing. Quickly, Takato reached out and picked it up.
"Moshi, moshi, Takato speaking," he greeted the as of yet unknown caller.
"Hi, Takato, it's me, Ruki!" spoke the person on the other end.
A nervous feeling washed over Takato. He could still remember the tantrum Ruki threw when she discovered that due to her commitments, she couldn't go to represent Inphynitio in the UN meeting of Devas.
"Oh, hi, Ruki," he stuttered nervously. "Erm... are you still made at me about...?" he began, but Ruki interrupted quickly.
"No, no," she said quickly. "Look, Takato, I won't be able to see you off tomorrow, when you leave. I've got lots of work to do. It's all urgent. I'm really sorry, Takato."
"Oh, I see," said Takato quietly, as he thought of what that meant. "Well, that doesn't matter." Silence. He tried to think up of something to say. "Ruki, I'll get you a souvenir from Earth," he told. "It'll be something especially nice."
"Aw, thank you, Takato," thanked Ruki. "Well, I've got to go. See you!"
"Yeah, bye," stated Takato, before he heard Ruki hang up.
"Something nice, huh?" asked Growlmon from Takato's D-Scanner.
Takato's eyes nearly widened to the size of dinner plates.
"Growlmon, you were listening?" he shouted at his Digimon. "I don't believe you!" Ever since his Digimon had been hanging around with Rapidmon, he had been picking up some of Rapidmon's obnoxious behaviour. "How many times have I told you that eavesdropping is rude?" he asked his Digimon.
"Well, it's hard not to," protested Growlmon in his own defence. "Everything you say is through my D-Scanner."
"Hey, that's my D-Scanner," corrected Takato. "You just live in it."

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Rena looked all around her. She had digivolved recently to her Adult level, Taomon. She now looked like an anthorpomorphic fox with a flat face instead of a vulpine one, dressed as an Oriental shaman.
"Ruki, are you sure this is the way?" asked Rena.
"I'm sure, Rena," came Ruki's reply. "The DarkSquare should be somewhere around here."
The Taomon heard a noise and spun round. She leapt back and just in time, before a grey slab came crashing down on to the black path. She had heard that the viruses that occupied the DarkNet were tougher than any other viruses in the normal areas of the Digital World. This slab0001 Virus was testament to that.
"Ruki, I need some hard hitting Advances and fast!" she called out. She realised that any attack that wasn't rock-based would have very little effect against the slab0001 virus. "Talisman of Light!" She drew a symbol into the air (for lack of a better word, since the Digital World didn't have air), creating a glowing symbol.
The slab0001 virus turned upright again like a vampire rising out of its coffin in one of those clichéd B-movies. The virus had an evil, crooked smile on its face. It floated towards Taomon eeriely and slowly.
Rena could easily outrun the slab0001. It was the slab0003 that was more difficult to outrun. However, the Digimon preferred to stay and finishte virus off. It opened its mouth and moved forward to take a bite out of the normal-type fox Digimon.
"Yeah, that's right. Open wide," she said, as she flung her arms forwards. "Thousand Spells!" She fired several paper spells through the air towards the virus. It hit the slab0001, causing damage to its soft inner mouth.
"Rena, here's an Advance you could use," announced Ruki. "DigiModify- Sharmamon's Sharma Hammer activate!"
A large chromedigizoid hammer appeared in the Taomon's hands. A smile spread across Rena's face.
"Perfect," she commented, before she rushed forwards and swung it at the slab0001, crushing it.

The Digimon stood quietly within HypnosNet at the other end of the Dark Ocean. Both the Dark Ocean and HypnosNet had once been a part of the DarkNet, but with the expansion of Hypnos, both sections were taken over by the Terrorist Organisation.
"There's been a change in plans," announced Yamaki's voice. "You and your Operator are now in charge of getting the Mechanical Program. Will you do it?"
"Yes, sir," replied the mystery Operator. "Don't you worry. Everything will go according to plan."
"It had better," growled Yamaki warningly. "If anything goes wrong, then there'll be Hell to pay..."

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Jenrya didn't know how Ryo did it. The puppy dog eyes that Ryo somehow managed to make were unbearably cute. He just couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for Ryo, however, that was before he realised that he would miss Ryo just as much.
"Aw, Ryo, don't make that face at me," he said. "You know I have to go."
"Yeah, I guess," sighed Ryo, as he kicked at a scuff mark on the airport's tiled floor. "I'll miss you a lot, though," he told Jenrya. He still had that innocent little boy look on his face, which always got to Jenrya.
"And I'll miss you," said Jenrya, as he walked up to hug Ryo lovingly. "I'll bring something back to make it all up to you," he told Ryo, before kissing his love on the forehead.
"Really?" sniffled Ryo.
Jenrya nodded in reply.
"That's right," he told his brown-haired lover. "I promise, I'll bring back something really special. You'll love it!" He saw Ryo smile at him and he reciprocated that smile. "And don't you worry about me going off with another guy," he told Ryo. "You're the only one for me."
"Damn straight!" retorted Ryo.
Alice watched from a distance, her arms folded in front of her chest.
"Will you hurry up?" she shouted out at Jenrya. "If you don't hurry, we'll all miss the shuttle!" She was just itching to get onboard and fly down to Earth and she was sure that Juri and Takato wanted to go down there as well. "Those two act as if they're joined together," she sighed with a shake of head.
"That's right," agreed Dobermon, her Digimon.
"All right, I'm ready," announced Jenrya, as he ran up to them. Their luggage had been already taken care of. Now all they had to do was board. "Shall we go?" he asked them.
"Yes!" came the chorused reply.
Jenrya was rather surprised by the angry reply from the others. Perhaps he had made the parting with Ryo a tiny bit too long. Well, he could fix that.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" he asked them, before he ran ahead (mainly to avoid being beaten to a pulp because of his comment).
"What's going on up ahead?" asked Takato, as he looked ahead of him.
"Strip search," teased Juri.
"No, seriously!"
"That's a metal detector," announced Jenrya, as he walked up to the airport attendant at it. He delved into his pockets and brought out a D-Scanner, flipping its top open. "I'm a Deva," he announced, "and the three behind me are also Devas." The attendant nodded and reached out to flick a switch. Jenrya knew that now the metal detector was deactivated, however, they'd have to have their D-Scanners checked.
Normally, D-Scanners would be confiscated from their Operators to avoid any Operator from jacking into the shuttle's hardware and mucking around with the equipment. It was a sensible safety measure. One by one, the Devas passed through until they were all on the other side.

Ruki looked at the computer screen in front of her. It showed her the layout of the Digital World and her Digimon, Rena. Her Adult-level Digimon was still within the DarkNet.
"Say, what's that?" asked Ruki.
"I'm not sure, Ruki," replied Rena. "It looks as if it's some kind of portal."
"I wonder where it leads?" wondered Ruki out loud, as she looked at it carefully. She could clearly see that a firewall was blocking the way towards the portal. "Perhaps it leads to a Syndicate computer," she suggested. Where it lead, she was sure that it would help her with her case. "Rena, see if you can pinpoint your position's corresponding equivalent in the Real World," she ordered.

"Ruki," mumbled Takato, as he sat in his chair, asleep and his mouth wide open. If his mouth wasn't so dry, drool would have been dribbling down the side of his face. "Oh, Ruki... mrph... I am your captain speak." He snorted. "Huh?" he mumbled, as he opened his eyes.
Growlmon giggled.
"Sheesh, why don't you get a room, loverboy?" he chuckled. "Oh, Ruki! Ruki! Man, wait till I tell the guys about this!"
Takato blushed red.
"Don't you dare," he warned Growlmon. "If you do, I swear, I won't plug you in at nights! The D-Scanner will run down and then you'll be sorry." Of course, that was gross negligence and a punishable offence. Besides, Growlmon would end up being deleted and he didn't want that.
"Say, what's that sound?" asked Growlmon from his D-Scanner, which was hooked around Takato's belt. "It sounds like some vicious animal."
"Oh, I don't feel so good," groaned Takato, as he clutched at his stomach.
"Takato, I told you not to eat so much," sighed Jenrya, as he got up from his seat and let Takato out. Since there were only four seats to a row, two on either side of the aisle, getting out of the outer seat was a breeze compared with airlines of the 20th Century.
"Thanks, pal," thanked Takato, before he ran down the aisle bent over.
Jenrya moved back and sat down in his seat. Thanks to the speed at which they were travelling and the way they were travelling, gravity kept everything firmly rooted to where it was supposed to be. That meant the inedible lunches would not float off into the air and the minute amounts of soda they served, stayed within the cups. He flipped his D-Scanner's lid back open and pressed a combination of keys, generating a holographic screen in front of him. It was a romance novel.
"Have I ever told you that this stuff is so sappy?" asked Rapidmon.
The blue-haired Operator sighed.
"No one asked your opinion," he told Rapidmon, before the text changed. "Hey, I was reading that!" he shouted quietly at Rapidmon so as to not disturb the other passengers, whom had to make do with special D-Scanners called D-Arcs- which were provided by the airline. "Put that novel back on my hologram or else," he demanded. "I'll tell Cyberdramon about your secret."
"You wouldn't dare!" protested Rapidmon.
"Try me."

Takato sighed in relief, as he stepped out of the bathroom. It was good to be out of there.
"That's much better!" he exclaimed, as the door shut behind him. "Growlmon, you should be thankful you couldn't smell that." The ventilator was broken, so he had to suffer his own smell. He walked back and was a little bit surprised to see who was sitting in his seat. "Juri? What are you doing here?"
"I was wondering whether you'd like a Duel?" asked Juri, as she patted the empty seat beside her. "Jenrya wanted to talk to Juri, so I let him take my seat," she explained to him.
"Well, I don't fight girls," protested Takato. That statement was true, but it was only half-true. The part which was missing, 'because I'll get my butt kicked', was the pièce de résistance of his comment.
Juri smiled at him.
"Oh, come on," she begged in a way that would attract the most sympathy. "Please? Come on, Takato. What are you afraid of?"
Being beaten by a girl, was the answer. However, somehow, Takato couldn't resist her. It was as if he was suddenly receiving the brainwaves of his alter-ego from a different dimension.
"Oh, okay," he sighed, giving up to her. He sat down and began to attach his D-Scanner to hers.

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Growlmon sighed. It was another Duel on another Duelling Area. This one, however, would be very different from the other ones. He was to fight the legendary Leomon. This time, Growlmon found himself on the blue side of the Duelling Area. 'At last, something different,' he thought to himself, as he waited for the Advances to be sent to him.
"Are you ready?" asked Leomon sternly.
"I'm ready," replied Growlmon with a nod.
"Then let's fight!" roared Leomon, before he flung a punch out in front of him. It sent out a mass of energy shaped in a lion's head.
Growlmon stepped out of the side and spat out a fireball at his opponent. He missed. The normal-type Leomon had stepped out of the way. He fired again, but missed as Leomon stepped out of the way. It was getting annoying.
Leomon smiled, as he stepped on to the same column that his opponent was. He swung his sword out in an arc in front of him, sending a two-column wide wave of energy flying across the Duelling Area towards his opponent. Growlmon couldn't get out of the way in time. Leomon rushed to the very edge of his area and slashed his sword in front of him.
The virus-class Digimon staggered backwards in pain. That metallic blade had hurt! Growlmon had no idea that Leomon was so fast. It was incredible! Never had he experienced such speed and power in his life.
"Got to think fast," he muttered to himself. "DigiModify- Gorillamon's Energy Cannon activate!" A cannon appeared on his right hand and he fired.
A circular wireframe appeared in front of Leomon and it turned into a round shield that blocked Growlmon's attack.
"You've got to do better than that," he warned his opponent. "Fist of the Beast King!" he roared, punching out in front of him and sending fiery attacks across the Duelling Area.

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"Aw man!" whined Takato.
"Looks like I won," stated Juri, upon seeing that Growlmon had been deleted. "Yep, me and Leomon can take you all on."
Takato looked away sideways and grumbled something under his breath. He was never a sore loser, but at that point, he decided that it was okay being one if only for a few seconds. However, that thought didn't get very far when the shuttle started to shake violently.
"This is your Captain speaking," announced a voice over the speaker. "Could all Officials report..." The voice suddenly faded off into static.
Jenrya placed a hand on Takato's shoulder, making the brown-haired Deva whirl round.
"Takato, Juri, you'd better come with us," he said, gesturing towards Alice and then towards the cockpit. "I don't know what's going on, but the captain sounded really freaked out."
"You're right," agreed Takato with a nod of his head. "Let's go!"
"Yeah!" agreed Juri.

To be continued...