Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Digital Trilogy - Episode 5 - A Phoenix from the Ashes ❯ Chapter 7

Chapter 7

TK swept the last pieces of broken glass into a dustpan that Ken was holding. "I think she flipped." Ken said.

"I've never seen her like this. She's always the last one to resort to violence. She never throws a tantrum or anything like that." TK said.

"I thought she was going to split me in half." Allura said turning off the vacuum.

"I think she would have if the coffee table wasn't there." Ken said. "We should replace this before Kovin gets back. He uses two katanas and is a hell of a lot better with them than she is."

"He wouldn't do that." TK said. "He's not a psycho. And if anything Kari will get the heat." About them Mimi came back in after taking Azuma for a walk.

"What are you guys doing?" She asked.

"Sweeping some glass, having a bud." TK said.

"True, true." Said Allura.

"WAZZUP!" Ken yelled. Mimi, TK, and Allura looked at him like he had a third arm. "Sorry, reflex."

"From what?" TK asked.

"I heard it on one of the North American channels. Some commercial." Kari came in the room off the balcony putting something in her pocket with Gatomon close on her heels.

"OK, boys. We need information. We also need to be in control of the situation where we get it. What we are going to do is go downtown and wait out for a group to show. When it happens we can determine beforehand their strength." Kari looked at the blank faces. "If anyone has a better idea, or problems with this one, now is the time to speak." TK and Allura tried to speak but couldn't disagree with her plan. Ken made no move either way waiting to see how the situation played out. "Then it's on."

Kari sheathed the blade in a scabbard on her back and put her coat on. With the hood up it was just the right size to cover the blade. They made their way to the street.

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TK sat on a first-floor fire escape watching the deserted street below him. Patamon was resting comfortably on his hat. "Just because three fights have happened on this street doesn't mean one will tonight. Law of averages." TK said. Allura sat beside him with Palmon in her lap, also resting.

"Well it was Kari's call. I don't think it matters. This part of the city always attracts rogue digidestined."

"You think maybe there's something about it?" Ken asked sitting on the steps to the second level. "I mean Asia has as many digidestined as the other five populated continents. And Tokyo has the most of all." TK and Allura thought about it.

"Pst!" The heard Kari say. She was on the second level balcony watching the alley across the way. They looked and saw three people come into view. Each had a digimon. A Toyagumon, a Candlemon, and a Teromon. Kari mouthed the word 'five' and the rest started quietly climbing down the fire escape. Sound was the only this to give them away. The streetlight was burnt out and they were all in black. Just as TK's foot touched the ground he looked up to see how Ken and Allura were doing and he saw something he never expected. Kari dove off the second floor balcony summer-salting in the air and hitting the ground on her knees. She drew the blade from her back and ran swiftly but quietly. She grabbed the back of the three walking away from them and whipped him around into the wall.

"Fuck!" He yelled. Kari had the blade on his neck quickly and used an icy stare to keep the other two away.

"Tonight things happen my way." Kari said.

"And what way is that?" One of the other boys asked in a double-meaning tone. A stone in is crotch silenced him. Kari turned and saw Allura had thrown in. TK and Ken were flanking her backing up the scene.

"Nice shot, girl." Kari said. Allura nodded silently. "Now, we'd like to know why all the digidestined are fighting in teams. You tell us or your friend will no longer need a hat."

"Well it's obviously not for protection. But what do you care? You're in a four-person group. Alexis is going to be pissed. This wasn't even scheduled." The boy who didn't get hit said.

"Who is Alexis? And there are actually seven people in our group." Allura said. The two boys not under Kari's blade went white.

"You're the Guardians. Heléne's group is the only one allowed to engage you." He said.

"Keep talking." Kari said. The two looked back and forth and then at each other. They both drew .45s before they could be stopped and fired. A bullet grazed TK's right side but the rest missed.

"Shit." TK said falling to his knees. He looked up to see one of the boys fall to the ground. His head and left arm nearby. Kari had severed them with one diagonal swipe. The one she had under her blade and the other were running like mad.

"Stop them." Kari said. "No one hurts my team." Ken drew his gun and fired two shots. Both missed their targets, one sailed past and the other hit the heart of one boy. He fell and his Candlemon pixilated. The last one with the Teromon had him digivolve into Dactymon and they took to the sky. "Can you run, TK?" Kari asked with some of her old sympathy.

"Yeah, just a scratch." He said standing. They could see the genuine concern in Kari's eyes. Inside she was still the person they knew. This was just an armoured personality she developed. "Then let's go." She said running.

"Wormmon." Ken said.

Wormmon digivolve to ... Stingmon

They all climbed on Stingmon, a tight fit, and took to the air. They followed the remaining enemy through the tight turns around buildings low in the city. He eventually veered strait up the side of a building heading for its roof. Stingmon was not able to ascend the distance as fast, but still made it. They landed on the roof and all four mentally kicked themselves for what they walked into.