Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online: Gaiden ❯ Story 10: A Faded Miraculous Light ( Chapter 10 )

Now, with Davis and Kari, all of you already know what the basic ‘plot point’ for those two are in this story series, but while you have had details on what happened to them during SAO, you really don’t know how it really began…until now. It is time for the start of Davis’ and Kari’s ‘tale’ in this story series to be told. Now, once again, before I start, I have to give thanks and credit to Belletiger and Kanius as well as Kanius’ YuYuGiDigiMoon fanfiction series, especially his The Invasion of the Rajita story, for giving me permission to use the idea of Valkyrie Sailor Soldiers and everything that’s a part of them in my fanfiction. I would like to give thanks and credit to Kanius and his YuYuGiDigiMoon series, including this author’s Dawn of Chaos story, and LazerWulf for giving me permission to use the idea for their version of Sailor Charon, namely the fact that she is Sailor Pluto’s sister among other things. I would also like to give thanks and credit to Matty G91 and this author’s story of Kamen Rider Lunar for giving me permission to use Kamen Rider Lunar, his looks, and everything about him as well as the UNI-SHOCKER organization.

 

Now, with that out of the way, as they say on SAO: Link Start!

 

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Warning: These stories may and will contain mature level intense violence, blood, gore, death, mild to explicit suggestive themes, including mind-control and brainwashing, mild to explicit bad language, and mature adult themes/situations!

 

Second Warning: Some to a lot of OOC (Out of Character) actions and mannerisms in these series of stories!

 

Prelude: A castle of stone and metal floating in the sky that consist of one hundred floors. Within this massive structure, there are countless cities, villages, towns, forests, plains, lakes, and whatever you can imagine. There is only one staircase that connects one floor with another and these staircases are located within dangerous mazes filled with monsters. The players with navigate through these floors to the top with nothing than the weapons in their hands. And yes, I said players.

 

This is the world of Aincrad, a floating castle in a virtual sky, and yes, I said VIRTUAL sky. This world and this floating castle world are in a realm made of digital information…the world of Sword Art Online. A world that was supposed to be game, but because a nightmare prison when its creator, Akihiko Kayaba, trapped the ten thousand players within this virtual world and if they die here, they will die in real life. The ten thousand players struggle in this ‘game death’ to reach the top of the floating castle where the final boss and the key to their freedom waits.

 

You may know this story and the stories that come after it, but do you know all of the stories? All of the tales that happened within the floating castle? What about the tales that happened after the floating castle was conquered? There are stories connected to the ‘tale’ of this floating castle, its ‘history’, and its ‘aftermath’, but they weren’t told…until now. These are those stories…

 

Sailor Moon Online: Gaiden

 

Story 10: A Faded Miraculous Light

 

November 2022, Tokyo, Odiaba District

 

Inside of the Odiaba District of Tokyo, we head to the apartment home of the Kamiya, home to Taichi ‘Tai’ and Hikari ‘Kari’ Kamiya, two of the Digidestined of Odiaba, where we find one female Kamiya, around 15 years of age, sleeping in bed, but she isn’t sleeping peacefully as she is moaning and groaning in her sleep, sweat running down her eyes, and tears threatening to come down her eyes.

 

Kari moans out, “No…No…Please I’m not…I’m not…Get it off…Get it off…No…No…NO…!!!” Kari then gives a gasp and she wakes up with a start going into a sitting position.

 

Just then a male voice yells out, with great concern in his voice, “Kari!” Kari turns to see his big brother, Tai Kamiya, looking around 17-18 years of age, by her side with a really concerned look on his face. Her Digimon partner, the feline Champion Digimon, Gatomon, is sitting on her lap with a greatly concerned look on the feline Digimon’s face.

 

Gatomon asks, “Are you okay?”

 

Kari looks around and Tai asks her, solemnly, “That nightmare again?” Kari couldn’t answer her elder sibling, but she can only nod her head as tears start to flow down her eyes. Tai then gently hugs Kari and Kari buries her head into Tai’s chest as tears flow down her eyes.

 

Gatomon thinks in her mind, worriedly, “Kari…”

 

Tai thinks in his mind, “It has been around several years since that horrible day and I don’t think that she and Davis have gotten close to start getting over it. Not surprising since it was a traumatic event. It was so bad that if Kari saw a gun in a book, she would start to go into a ‘panic attack’. And Davis…Oh, Kami! It has gotten a bit better that they don’t go into a panic if they see an image of a firearm, but they know that it isn’t real just an image. If they even see a police officer with a gun, they got into a ‘fit’. Davis seems better off than Kari, but I can tell that ‘fire’ that he once had has greatly faded. I wish that there was something that I could do for them, but I can’t.” Tai then looks at a device on a nearby table, a NervGear, VR device that allows the user to ‘full dive’ into all sorts of virtual games. Tai thinks in his mind, “I can see why people would want to go into the virtual game worlds of the NervGear. An escape from physical reality…and all of its ‘troubles’.” Tai sighs as he gently comforts his sister and nearby, there is poster showing a strange flying castle world in the sky as well as a name ‘Sword Art Online’ as well as a date of November 6 of the current year which is the date that the game comes out.

 

November 6, 2022, Tokyo, Odiaba District

 

Right now, we are within another part of the Odiaba District where we find ourselves within an office-like setting where we find Kari sitting down on one of the chairs while reading a magazine with Gatomon in another chair by her side.

 

Gatomon says, annoyed, “Another one of these ‘consoling sessions’, huh? This is getting annoying.”

 

Kari says, with a kind smile, “It isn’t that bad, Gatomon.”

 

Gatomon responds, annoyed, “Not that bad? Kari, these things haven’t helped you or Davis one bit! I know since I’ve talked with Veemon…!!”

 

Kari asks Gatomon, “You have been talking with Veemon?”

 

Gatomon says, “Well, of course…!!” Gatomon then blushes and she tells Kari, “Kari, don’t get any ideas! We are just really concerned about our partners, that’s all!” Gatomon tells Kari, with a sigh, “And trust me, Veemon can tell that Davis isn’t what he used to be. We worried about the both of you. It has been around a few years and you are still suffering.”

 

Kari gives a solemn look and she says, with a weak smile, “It isn’t easy, Gatomon. We went through…a big…event…” Just then flashes of ‘imagines’ come into Kari’s mind including a pistol, screaming, knife, and ‘something red’ causing Kari’s arms to wildly shake.

 

Gatomon, upon seeing this, yells out, “Kari? Kari?!” Kari then snaps out of her thoughts and she looks at Gatomon, who has a concerned look on her face.

 

Kari says, nervously, “Sorry, Gatomon.” Kari thinks in her mind, nervously, “Again. It has been a few years since that horrible day, but the instant that I even start to think about in the least…those imagines…coming back into my mind. Sure, yes. They were going to kill us. They were going to kill us all and Dai-kun and I were fighting to protect ourselves…to protect everyone…” Kari then shakes herself out of her thoughts and tries to focus on the magazine while Gatomon looks at the television screen with her eyes widening.

 

Gatomon asks, confused, “What this?”

 

Kari looks at Gatomon and she asks, “What is it, Gatomon?” When Kari looks at where Gatomon is looking, she looks at a flat-screen HD television hanging on the wall where it is showing a news channel where they are talking about the story about the players being trapped in SAO along with the over two hundred deaths of those that attempted to forcibly remove the NervGear causing Kari’s eyes to widen in horror where she remembers that she allowed Tai to play the game while she is currently here. Kari says, shocked and horrified, “Oh, Kami…Tai!” Kari then drops the magazine, takes out a smart phone, and she calls her home. However, she gets an answering machine and when it allows her to speak, Kari says, worriedly, “Tai, please answer! Tai? Tai!” However, she gets no answer and a lot of worry comes over Kari’s face.

 

Gatomon tells Kari, trying to calm Kari down, “Tai might not have gone online, Kari. He could have gone somewhere.”

 

Kari responds, “Without telling me?” Soon enough, Daisuke ‘Davis’ Motomiya, around the same age as Kari, is walking out of a room with his Digimon partner, the blue dragon Digimon, Veemon, in which Davis has an annoyed look on his face.

 

Davis says, annoyed, “Geez!” When Davis looks at Kari, he sees the distressed look on her face and he asks, “Kari? What’s wrong?”

 

Kari says, pointing to the television, “Davis, look!” When Davis looks at the television, he gasps to see the news report.

 

Davis yells out, shocked, “Damn! You are kidding me!”

 

Kari responds, shaking her head, “This is no joke! And…And Tai decided to borrow my game cartridge and log into SAO while I was here!” Davis gasps in shock and Kari says, worriedly, “I called home and Tai isn’t answering!”

 

Davis says, with a serious expression, “Rats! And it isn’t just Tai!” Kari gives a confused look and Davis tells Kari, “Matt, TC, Yolei, and Ken are also logging into SAO today!”

 

Kari says, worriedly, “Oh no!”

 

Davis tells Kari, “Kari, you try to get TC! I’m going to try Ken!”

 

Kari says, with a nod, “Okay!” Davis calls up his best friend among the Digidestined, Ken Ichijouji, while Kari calls up Takeru Takashi, called TK by his friends, but they are getting the same situation as when Kari phoned home.

 

Davis says, angrily, “Damn! No answer!”

 

Kari says, worriedly, “No answer from TK ever, Davis!”

 

Davis says, pushing button on his smart phone’s screen, “I’m going to call Izzy.”

 

After a short time, Izzy’s voice comes over Davis’ smart phone, “Yes?”

 

Davis tells Izzy over the smart phone, “Izzy, it’s me!”

 

Izzy says, a bit surprised, “Davis! I thought…!!”

 

Davis says, “Kari and I had an ‘appointment’, Izzy.”

 

Izzy says, “I see.”

 

Davis asks Izzy, “Have you…?”

 

Izzy replies, with a serious tone, “Yes, I did. I called Matt, but he isn’t answering!”

 

Kari then says over Davis’ smart phone, with a concerned voice, “Izzy, it’s me! I lent Tai my SAO game cartridge to meet with Matt, TK, and Yolei!”

 

Izzy asks, shocked, “What?!”

 

Davis says, seriously, “Izzy, Kari tried to call Tai and TK! They aren’t answer! Neither is Ken!”

 

Izzy says, worriedly, “Oh, Kami!”

 

Davis tells Izzy, “Call the others! We have to get to their houses now!”

 

Izzy responds, with a serious tone, “Right!” When Izzy ‘hangs up’, Davis gently grabs Kari by her hand causing her to look at him.

 

Davis tells Kari, “We need to get to your house now!”

 

Kari says, with a nod, “Okay!” Kari and Davis then take off with Veemon and Gatomon following behind them. As they are running, Kari asks, “But what about your house?”

 

Davis says, with a smirk, “Don’t worry, I hid mine away! And besides, zit-face is an MMO fan, sure, but SAO isn’t her style!” Davis tells Kari, “Right now, we need to worry about Tai, Ken, and the others!” Kari nods her head as she races off with Davis to get back to home and hoping that she is wrong that her brother could be trapped in a virtual game where dying there means dying in real life, but what Kari and Davis don’t know is that Davis is going to be proven wrong about his sister, Jun Motomiya.

 

November 8, 2022, Tokyo, Odiaba District

 

Within the Odiaba District, we are one of the hospitals of Odiaba where inside one of the rooms, we find Taichi ‘Tai’ Kamiya, Kari’s big brother and leader of the first Odiaba Digidestined team, lying down on a bed with a NervGear attached to his head and he looks like he is in a coma, but in fact, he or his mind is trapped in the virtual world of Sword Art Online. By his body’s side, there is Kari, Joe Kido, and Sora Takenouchi with their three Digimon partners, Gatomon, Gomamon, and Biyomon.

 

With tears in her eyes, Kari says, weakly, “Tai…big brother…”

 

Biyomon tells Kari, “Don’t worry, Kari. Tai is strong.”

 

Sora says, with a smile, “We’ve been in worse scraps before.”

 

Joe tells Sora, “True, but we had our Digimon partners to help us out. Tai, Matt, TK, Ken, Yolei, and Jun are trapped alone in there.”

 

Sora gives an annoyed look and Gomamon tells Joe, nervously, “Not helping, Joe.”

 

Joe says, nervously, “Oops.”

 

Sora tells Kari, with a kind smile, “Tai, TK, and the others will be okay, Kari. They are strong. We have been through a lot and we have managed to not only survive, but save the world.”

 

Kari says, weakly, “I know, but…but Joe has a point…we’ve always had our partners…to help us…”

 

Gatomon tells Kari, “That’s true, but remember, we need you in order to digivolve. Without our human partners, there would be no way that we could stop fiend like Myotismon and Daemon.”

 

Biyomon says, with a smile, “And due to your experience in the Digital World, you know that even through the place is ‘digital’, danger is still danger.”

 

Joe says, with a nod, “That’s true. That’s true. We know that it doesn’t matter if we are in a ‘digital world’ or because we have experience in a ‘digital world’, Tai, TK, Matt, Ken, and Yolei would know that if the danger is real, they will treat it as such. But what about Jun? She isn’t one of us and thus, she has no experience in a situation like ours much less this.”

 

Biyomon says, nervously, “I’m glad that Davis isn’t here to hear that.” Joe gives a nervous look as we leave the room where we find Davis looking at the comatose form of Jun Motomiya, his elder sibling who is around Tai’s age and like Tai, she is lying in bed in a comatose with a NervGear fitting over her head to show that she is in the same ‘condition’ as Kari’s sibling.

 

Davis clenches his hand into his fists and he says, with gritted teeth, “Damn it…Jun…you baka…I told you…that doing stuff like this is going to get you into trouble. Damn it!” Davis, with tears in his eyes, stomps out of his room as Veemon looks at Davis with concern.

 

Veemon says, worriedly, “Davis…” Soon enough, the Digidestined not trapped in SAO and their Digimon partners along with the Digimon partners those trapped in SAO, namely Agumon, Gabumon, Patamon, Hawkmon, and Wormmon, are assembled in the main hall of the hospital that they are in.

 

Patamon says, solemnly, “It just looks like TK is sleeping and not waking up.”

 

Hawkmon says, solemnly, “Unfortunately, that’s not the case, Patamon. They or basically, their minds are trapped in another ‘digital realm’.”

 

Mimi, who has returned to Japan from America, asks, concerned, “Is there anything that we can do?”

 

Izzy says, “For now, no. If we try to tamper with the NervGears, the trap that Kayaba set in them will go off and the safeties in the NervGears will disable causing the microwaves to completely destroy their brains killing them instantly. I dare say that he was plotting this for quite a while.”

 

Cody says, with a nod of his head, “I agree, Izzy. I don’t think that Kayaba did this on a whim. I think that he was plotting this for a while and most likely, he used the beta test of SAO to perfect his trap.”

 

Izzy says, with a nod, “From what I learned, the government task force that’s set up to deal with this disaster thinks the same thing. They are asking the remaining beta testers that didn’t get trapped in SAO about their time in the SAO beta tester to see if they can get any clues from them.”

 

Cody says, with a sigh, “I doubt that they will get anything through that route. Kayaba had this well-planned. I don’t think that he will leave anything to chance.”

 

Izzy says, with a solemn sigh, “You have a point, Cody. Kayaba is an incredible genius.”

 

Davis yells out, angrily, “I’m tired of hearing how smart that fucking piece of scum is! What I want to know is what we are going to do about it!”

 

Joe tells Davis, “What can do we do Davis?”

 

Davis yells out, with an angered glare, “Something other than standing and do nothing!”

 

Sora says, with a serious tone, “Like what Davis? We are just as angry and worried as you are, but yelling at each other isn’t going to help Tai, Matt, or your sister, Davis!”

 

Davis yells out, strongly, “Well, standing around and doing nothing won’t get us anywhere either! I mean, can’t we go through the internet or something like we did battling with Diaboromon?”

 

Izzy tells Davis, “We considered that possibility with Gennai, but he already sent in probes to test the defenses of SAO servers.”

 

Joe tells Izzy, “Something tells me that the results weren’t good, Izzy.”

 

Izzy responds, with a nod, “Not good at all. The SAO servers are among the best protected computer systems that I have ever seen. There are defenses within defenses.”

 

Davis gives an irritated look and Cody tells Davis, “We are all frustrated…”

 

Davis responds, strongly, “You don’t know how I feel!” Davis then stomps off into the distance much to the surprise of most of the others.

 

Veemon yells out, “Davis, hold up!”

 

After Veemon has left, Mimi says, amazed, “Wow.”

 

Cody says, with a sigh, “You can’t exactly blame him.”

 

Izzy says, with a nod, “Tai is his mentor as leader of the Digidestined, Ken is his best friend, and Jun is his sister.”

 

Mimi says, nodding her head in understanding, “Three people that you consider ‘precious’ to your heart would make anyone go out of their minds.”

 

Izzy says, “Anyway, I hope to learn something that we could also to at least connect with Tai and the others in the game when I join the taskforce.”

 

Joe asks Izzy, surprised, “Wait! Izzy, you are joining the government taskforce set up to deal with this crisis?”

 

Izzy says, with a nod, “Yes. If I join up with the taskforce, I would be able to learn information that we could use to figure a way to connect with Tai and the others trapped in the game at least. Then we can focus on getting them out of the game or at least, finding a way into the game to help them.”

 

Sora asks, “Do you think that they will allow you to join them, Izzy?”

 

Joe responds, “Of course, Sora! Seriously, Izzy is the smartest person that we know! Personally, he understands more stuff about the NervGear that the rest of us combined.”

 

Izzy replies, a bit nervously, “I wouldn’t say that.”

 

Cody says, “Well, whatever the case, you are among the best for the job and I’m sure that they will allow you to work with them.”

 

Izzy says, “I hope so.”

 

Mimi says, with a smile, “I know so!”

 

Izzy says, with a plain tone, “However, I know that this won’t be easy. Kayaba is a genius like no other and it is going to be tough.”

 

Sora tells Izzy, “We know that you will try your best, Izzy.”

 

Izzy says, “I hope that my best is good enough.”

 

Mimi tells Izzy, with a smile, “Come on, Izzy! You are the smartest person that we know.”

 

Izzy says, “While that’s true, Kayaba is a rare type of genius. We can’t underestimate him even if Gennai can’t get through his system’s defenses.”

 

Cody says, with a nod, “Point taken, Izzy.”

 

Joe says, “Well, most likely, you will be working with minds that just like you.”

 

Izzy says, with a nod, “Most likely, Joe. They are going to bring in the best technical minds. Hopefully, together, we’ll figure out a way to free everyone trapped there.”

 

Cody says, “Tai and the others need to hold on until we figure out a way.”

 

Izzy looks at Kari and he thinks in his mind, “I really hate keeping this from them, but from what I’m hearing, increasingly people are dying every single day. And the numbers are rapidly climbing in which they have barely started on the first floor of SAO. For now, it is best to talk with the others when Davis and Kari aren’t hearing this. Davis is already freaking out and Kari is right on the edge. If she learned this…” Izzy sighs as he decides to keep this information to himself until he can take with the others without Davis, Kari, and their two Digimon partners listening in.

 

November 9, 2022, Tokyo, Odiaba District

 

Inside of the Motomiya household, Davis is on the phone with someone and he doesn’t look happy.

 

Davis yells out, angrily, “What do you mean that you can’t do anything?”

 

A female voice responds, “What I’m saying is that I can’t do anything right now.”

 

Davis says, anger in his voice, “Did you know how hard it was to sneak my NervGear out to you? It was a good thing that I had that fake!”

 

The female voice retorts, “And who gave you that perfect fake?”

 

Davis yells out, strongly, “Washu, I’m not playing games!”

 

The female voice replies, “Well, neither am I. This is just incredible. Are you sure that Kayaba is human?”

 

Davis asks, “What kind of question is that?”

 

The female voice, Washu, retorts, “Kayaba has seemly prepared for every eventuality. Any attempt to bypass the ‘traps’ that he has set…I think that you get the idea.”

 

Davis says, with a serious tone, “That wasn’t the answer that I was hoping for, Washu. I thought that you were the ‘greatest genius in the universe’.”

 

Washu retorts, “I AM the greatest genius in the universe, I’ll have you know! But even we, geniuses, can have our ‘off days’, you know!”

 

Davis says, with a sigh, “Washu…”

 

Washu tells Davis, “Look, Davis, I get it. We’re all worried about Jun too. Anyway, I’ll get to work on it, but the way that Kayaba designed this device is one thing. His work is flawless. I can see the genius in his design.”

 

Davis responds, sarcastically, “Well, forgive me if I don’t.”

 

Washu tells Davis, “Anyway, I think that the NervGear will only be half of the problem. It is also the programming that triggers the trap that commands the NervGear to turn people’s brains into well-done streak or fish. I’m going to need to get the programming of SAO for a chance to find a solution.”

 

Davis says, “Well, I heard from Kari that my friend, Izzy, is joining the government group that’s going to be working on this mess.”

 

Washu says, “Good! Keep an eye on their work and see what information you can get! They may find something that could help my research! I am the most awesome genius that the universe has ever known, but I’m just cute genius with an incredible mind, there is so much that I can do. A genius like me knows that a little help goes a long way.”

 

Davis says, with a nod, “Right, Washu. Got it.” Davis says, with a sigh, “Thanks.”

 

Washu says, “No problem. We’re family in a way.”

 

Davis says, “A real dysfunctional family.”

 

Washu says, slyly, “Yeah, you have got a point on that.” Washu tells Davis, “Anyway, about that offer to help with your…*clearing throat*…problem…”

 

Davis says, nervously, “Thanks, anyway, but I’ll pass.”

 

Washu says, slyly, “Okay, but I can tell that it would be a blast to try out my newest inventions.”

 

Davis says, nervously, “For you, Washu.” Davis then hangs up the phone and he looks at Veemon coming over.

 

Veemon asks Davis, “What did Washu have to say?”

 

Davis says, “She is saying that for the moment she is stumped.”

 

Veemon asks, surprised, “Wow! Washu? Stumped?”

 

Davis says, with a nod, “No kidding, buddy. It makes me wonder about Kayaba. If his tech can cause Washu to scratch her head, then he is no joke.”

 

Veemon says, with a smile, “I’m sure that everything will be okay, Davis.”

 

Davis gives a sigh and he says, plainly, “I hope so buddy.” Davis walks away and Veemon can’t help to give a look of concern at his partner. Veemon can see that his partner doesn’t have the ‘fire’ that he had before.

 

November 16, 2022, Tokyo, Odiaba District

 

At school, Kari is walking down the hallways, there are plenty of other students that are just staring at her and gossiping in which Kari starts to hurry along, but when she gets to a corner, she starts to hear voices.

 

One of them, a girl’s voice, says, “Hey, like, did you hear? The ‘Bloody Angel’ trapped her own brother in SAO!”

 

Another girl’s voice retorts, “Like seriously?!”

 

The first girl says, “No kidding! First, she kills a yakuza and now, she is killing off her brother!”

 

Kari’s eyes widen and her whole body starts to shake in which a third girl says, “People keep dying all around her! It isn’t surprising that her own brother would die because of her!” She hears a group of girls’ giggle and Kari turns to walk away with greatest of speed in which Cody is nearby where he sees Kari running off with a look of great concern on his face. Kari walks along, not exactly paying attention to where she is going, where she runs into Davis.

 

Davis asks Kari, “Kari?” Kari looks at Davis and he can see that tears are in her eyes in which she nuzzles against him. Davis is surprised and shocked by this, but he can’t help to just hug Kari and comfort her the best that he can.

 

November 22, 2022, Tokyo, Odiaba District

 

Within the Motomiya household, both Davis and Kari are inside of the living room where we find them lying down on the couch in which Kari is lying down on top of Davis and the two of them are engaged in an intense and passionate kiss with Davis’ arms and hands wrapped around Kari’s waist.

 

Kari thinks in her mind, “I…I can’t believe that I’m doing this. But Davis’ lips…so warm…his arms…around me…it feels so good…so comforting…I…I don’t want him to let me go…”

 

After a while, the two of them break off the kiss and Davis asks, a bit nervously, “Kari, a-are you sure about this?”

 

Kari responds, with a smile and nod, “Yes.”

 

Davis thinks in his mind, “Kari is so beautiful. Dude, I should be happy that the girl of my dreams is in my arms, but I…”

 

Kari tells Davis, with a weak warm smile, “If you are feeling guilty, don’t Dai-kun. I…I need you, Dai-kun.” Kari then kisses Davis, again, and Davis’ eyes widen in which he returns the kiss. When they break off the kiss, Kari says, with a weak tone and a tear coming down her eye, “Please…don’t leave me, Dai-kun…don’t ever leave me…” Kari nuzzles her head into Davis’ chest and Davis then gently hugs her in which he strokes her hair.

 

Davis tells Kari, lovingly, “I’m not leaving, Kari-chan. I won’t leave ever.” As Davis hugs Kari, both Veemon and Gatomon are watching from the ‘sidelines’ in which the two Digimon look at each other.

 

November 24, 2022, Tokyo, Odiaba District

 

All of the Digidestined that aren’t trapped in SAO and all of the Odiaba Digidestined’s partners are assembled together for an important meeting today with Agumon pretty ‘bummed out’ and for good reason.

 

Biyomon tells Agumon, “Agumon, it will be okay. Tai is a strong person.”

 

Agumon says, “Yeah, I know. Tai won’t let a situation like this get him down, but I’m his partner, I can’t help to worry about him.”

 

Palmon says, “I don’t blame you. If it was Mimi…”

 

Mimi says, with a sweet smile, “Thanks, Palmon.”

 

A few of the others give nervous looks before Izzy clears his throat and he says, “Anyway, all that I do know is that Tai and the others are okay as well as Davis’ sister.”

 

Cody asks Izzy, “How do you know that?”

 

Izzy says, “As you already know, I have managed to become part of the task force set up by the government to deal with the situation focusing on Sword Art Online. We managed to get a bit of data from the servers.”

 

Kari asks, curiously, “You do?”

 

Izzy says, solemnly, “Yes, but it is VERY limited. All the information that we can get is the players by their avatar names, their real names, their levels, and where they are or were at different times as well as if they are still ‘logged in’.”

 

Davis asks, shocked, “That’s it?!”

 

Izzy says, with a nod, “Yes. Any tampering that we fear that we might endanger everyone still trapped in the game.”

 

Cody asks, “How much did Kayaba ‘rig’ the servers?”

 

Izzy says, “Very well in fact. Basically, we tamper with the servers too much and we can kiss every single surviving player goodbye.”

 

Joe says, with a sigh, “We can’t be too surprised by that. We already figured that Kayaba planned this out for a long time.”

 

Izzy says, “That’s what the government thinks and they also know that he fooled everyone ranging from Argus to even his own family. From what I learned, not even members of Kayaba’s family had a single clue that he would do this. From what interactions that Kayaba had with his family members, they felt that he was a kind and gentle fellow despite being a bit ‘eccentric’, but they figured that was because he was such a genius.”

 

Joe says, “Well, they have a point.”

 

Izzy says, “Well, here is a real shocker. Kayaba trapped a member of his own family in SAO.”

 

There are gasps of shock and Davis yells out, flabbergasted, “Say what?!”

 

Joe asks, stunned, “Are you kidding me, Izzy?”

 

Izzy responds, shaking his head, “No. I can’t exactly confirm that anything because I managed to luckily overhear it. The government doesn’t want this getting out for obvious reasons.”

 

Cody says, nodding his head in understand, “Because of the family and friends that died might want to get revenge and this family member that Kayaba trapped might be a target.”

 

Kari asks, “Wait! If that’s true, wouldn’t that family member that Kayaba trapped is a victim of Kayaba too?”

 

Joe says, with a nod, “True, but you know how people can be, Kari.”

 

Davis says, angrily, “I thought that ass was sick before, but to trap a member of your family in there! Just…SICK!!!”

 

Cody says, “And it shows what kind of danger that Tai and the others are in and what kind of a person that they and we are dealing with. A man that doesn’t put a care on life, maybe even his own.”

 

Izzy says, “That’s probably a good assumption.”

 

Kari thinks in her mind, worriedly and solemnly, “Tai…TK…Everyone&he llip;” Kari nuzzles closer to Davis and Davis gently hugs her in which plenty of the others notice.

 

Sora asks Izzy, “Anyway, Izzy, how is everything looking?”

 

Izzy says, “The move into the hospitals has been relatively successfully for all of the surviving people, but progress hasn’t been good. I and my colleges believe that it isn’t only the NervGear that we need to focus on, but it is also the programming of the game too.”

 

Cody says, with a nod, “Good point. The game contains the coding that triggers the ‘trap’ that kills the person with the NervGear when they ‘lose’ in the game or it figures that someone is trying to remove the NervGear from the outside.”

 

Izzy says, with a nod, “That’s right, Cody. We already have NervGears in order to study them to figure out how they work and figure a way to remove them safely, but it isn’t going to be easy.”

 

Mimi asks, curiously, “Is it that hard?”

 

Izzy says, “Harder than I first thought. It seems like Kayaba had this planned ever since he made the NervGear in the first place.”

 

Joe asks, “That bad?”

 

Izzy says, with a sigh, “Yeah. However, we’re also working on other plans to find a way to communicate with the people trapped in the game.”

 

Cody says, “That’s a good idea, Izzy.”

 

Joe says, with a nod, “For a lot of reasons.”

 

Izzy thinks in his mind, looking at Davis and Kari, “It is, Joe. However, it is best that I don’t tell Davis and Kari that everyone is predicting the number of dead from SAO’s first month is expected to be around two thousand. Normally, Kari and Davis would be shocked and horrified, but with what happened to them along with Tai, Matt, Ken, Yolei, TK, and Jun stuck in there, I’m not sure how they would take it.”

 

December 5, 2022, Tokyo, Odiaba District

 

Back within Motomiya household, Davis is talking on the phone with Izzy as Kari is preparing some kind of dinner.

 

Davis asks Izzy, over the phone, “Are you sure?”

 

Izzy says, over the phone, “Yes. Even through Tai and the others weren’t part of it, the survivors finally managed to reach the second floor yesterday.”

 

Davis says, with a sigh, “One down and ninety-nine to go.”

 

Izzy says, “True, but it is progress. Sad the same, there isn’t the same on our end.”

 

Davis asks, “No luck?”

 

Izzy says, “No. Not even close, Davis.”

 

Davis says, “Okay. Keep it at Izzy.”

 

Izzy says, “I will, Davis.” Davis then hangs up the phone as Kari comes over.

 

Kari asks Davis, “Who was that Dai-kun?”

 

Davis says, with a kind smile, “It was Izzy.”

 

Kari asks, curiously, “What did he want to talk about?”

 

Davis says, with a smile, “The players in SAO managed to reach the next floor.”

 

Kari gives a gasp and she asks, “Really?”

 

Davis says, with a nod, “Yep. And Tai, my sister, and the others are just fine.”

 

Kari says, with a weak warm smile, “That’s good.”

 

Davis says, with a grin, “Told you that Tai was tougher than some stupid ‘death game’ and with Ken there, they are going to get out just fine.”

 

Kari says, with a smile, “Yeah…” Soon after, the two of them head over to the dining table to start having dinner.

 

December 24, 2022, Tokyo, Odiaba District

 

Inside of the hospital that contains the motionless form of Tai as he lies in his hospital bed within the hospital room that he or at least, his body, is staying in, Kari is in with a card and a bouquet of flowers as she looks at her brother with the NervGear still attached to his head with IV wires attached to his arms as well as lying on a special gel-bed.

 

Kari says, “Hey, Tai, it’s me.” Kari goes over to the bed and prepares to put the flowers into a vase that’s nearby. Kari then says, “I heard that you and the others have made a guild in SAO and you are together. You have started working as part of the top players in the game and you will hopefully be by the sixth floor around the time of the new year.” Kari then starts to shed tears and she says, with a weak smile, “Anyway, I’m doing okay. It has been…hard. I’ve had Dai-kun with me. And yes, he and I have been together for a few weeks. If you said that Dai-kun and I would be together back in our days saving the Digital World from Ken when the Dark Spore controlled him, I would say that you are crazy. However, now…he…he is my new light in the darkness.” Kari says, weakly, “I really miss you, Tai. Come back home soon.” As Kari puts the flowers in the vase, Gatomon, who just entered the room, is looking over Kari with a concerned look on her face.

 

Gatomon thinks in her mind, “Kari…”

 

January 1, 2023, Tokyo, Odiaba District

 

We are inside of the Kamiya household where we find Davis and Kari together as they are discussing something.

 

Kari says, with a smile, “It is a bit of good news.”

 

Davis says, with a nod, “That’s right. They managed to make it to the sixth floor now. Only just…ninety-four more floors to go.”

 

Kari says, with a weak smile, “Yeah.”

 

Davis says, “Hold on, Kari! Remember, the death rates have plummeted down.”

 

Kari says, with a nod, “I know, Dai-kun. They must be adapting and your sister is with Tai and the others in which they have formed a guild.”

 

Davis says, with a grin, “Yep, but I’m not sure how they are going to stand zit-face’s gloating.”

 

Kari tells Davis, with a smile, “Someone is calling the kettle black, Dai-kun.”

 

Davis yells out, annoyed, “I do not!” Kari giggles as she nuzzles up against Davis and he embraces her back.

 

Kari tells Davis, “Happy new year, Dai-kun.”

 

Davis tells Kari, with a warm smile, “Happy new year, Kari-chan. Don’t worry, things are going to get better.”

 

Kari says, with a smile, “I know, Dai-kun.” The two of them enjoy their time together as they look up and out of the window with hope for the future.

 

Late February 2023, Tokyo, Odiaba District

 

Within Odiaba High School, we find ourselves within the courtyard of said high school where Davis and Kari facing off against a group of teens while other students look on from the shadows and other hiding places. The group of teens facing off against the younger Davis and Kari is being led by a burly and nasty looking teen with messy brown hair and ruby red eyes in which he looks like a ‘punk’.

 

Davis yells out, annoyed, “Why don’t you just get lost? Or maybe I should make you?”

 

The ‘punk’ leader responds, sarcastically, “Oh, I’m so scared of you and your killer girlfriend, Motomiya.”

 

Kari says, annoyed, “Just leave us alone!”

 

The ‘punk’ responds, “Or what? Your precious big brother isn’t here to help you anymore! Not surprising since you sent him to his death by getting him trapped in Kayaba’s trap!” Younger Kari winches at that and the ‘punk’ says, “First, you kill off those goons and now, you, two, killed off your precious siblings! Some brother and sister you, two, are!”

 

Kari and Davis winch and Davis screams out, angrily, “I’ve had enough of you, jerk! I’m going to…!!”

 

The ‘punk’ replies, interrupting, “You are going to what?! Nothing especially with this heat!” The ‘punk’ then pulls out what looks like a pistol and points it at Davis and Kari causing both of them to go wide-eyed with fear and Kari’s body starting to shake violently while Davis gets nervously…I mean REALLY NERVOUS at the sight as horrible images of gore and death ring through both his mind and Kari’s mind causing both of them to breath heavily in which she looks like she is close to hyperventilating.

 

The ‘punk’ leader of the group yells out, evilly, “Look at the mighty Motomiya now!” The group of bullies then hears footsteps and they look to see other students running off from the scene, but they just made their mistake and with one mighty yell, the ‘punk’ leader turns only to get bashed in the face and knocked to the ground by Davis in which, with a look of pure fear and desperation in his eyes, Davis starts to ruthlessly beat the ‘punk’ leader while the ‘gun’ falls to the ground in which the sound of it hitting on the ground shows that it wasn’t a real gun.

 

As Davis ruthlessly beats the leader, one of them shouts out, “Hey!” The bully charges at Davis, but Davis, look of pure panic in his eyes, manages to grab the bully and much to his shock and horror, Davis ruthlessly throws the bully onto the wall causing the bully to suffer a broken arm and possibly concussion as he is knocked unconscious. Younger Davis then turns back to the ‘punk’ leader of the bullies and unable to stop him, Davis ruthlessly continues to beat the ‘punk’ leader of the bullies causing nasty injuries and Davis doesn’t stop no matter how the ‘punk’ leader of the bullies begs and pleads if he is able to. Kari is slumped against the Kari, but not in fear of Davis. The gun and the traumatic memories that came with it are seared into her vision right now in which she is completely frozen and close to hyperventilating. Davis would continue to beat on the bully leader until he was grabbed from behind and restrained by a man in his late thirties and a middle-aged male through looking a bit younger than his age and tough and strong male come with security guards.

 

The man in his thirties yells out, pleadingly, “Stop, Davis-san! Stop! STOP!!!” Davis then stops and looks at the eyes of the man in his thirties while the other bullies look at the middle-aged male.

 

One of them says, “Principal-dono! Motomiya, he…!!”

 

The middle-aged man, the principal of the school, gives a deadly stern tone and he responds, “Oh, I heard everything! Security!” He points at the bullies and the school security immediately force the bullies to the ground while also securing the gun. The principal looks over to Davis and Kari in which Kari is bending tended to by a young woman in her late twenties.

 

The woman asks, pleadingly, “Kamiya-san? Kamiya-san?! Kari-san! Kari-san, look at me! Kari-san?!” Kari looks at the woman with a panic filled look in her eyes and the woman says, “It’s over. It’s over, Kari-san.”

 

The principal says, with a sigh, “Get Kamiya-san and Motomiya-san to your office immediately!” The woman and the man look at the principal and they nod in which they escort both Davis and Kari away in which the scene fades away.

 

Late February 2023, Tokyo, Odiaba District

 

Right now, within the principal’s office, we find said principal looking at two sets of parents with Davis’ and Kari’s parents also in the room as the principal displays the fake pistol and a smart phone.

 

The principal tells the parents, “I believe that we have an understanding.”

 

One of the two mothers shout out, angrily, “You think that you can blackmail…!!”

 

The principal gives a deadly glare and responds, sternly, “Like you were doing with the Motomiya and Kamiya families after what your son had done! I’ve got evidence that your son knew of their ‘condition’ and used this on them on purpose to elicit a ‘reply’. I also have special security cameras that recorded proof of this! While this isn’t a real gun of sorts, it could be used to harm a person, so, there is a good chance for assault with a weapon.” The mother gives a wide-eye look of shock and the principal asks, “Shall we take this to court?”

 

One of the two fathers shout out, “Well, my son…!!”

 

The principal stares at the man with a deadly glare, causing him to be silent, and he says, interrupting, “And I have proof that it is your son that gave their son that weapon!” The principal then takes out a set of pictures and the two sets of parents gasp in shock in which the principal says, taking out a piece of paper and in a stern voice, “Your sons will be expelled from this school forever, this shall go on their records, and you will pay for all medical bills for yourselves as well as the Motomiyas and Kamiyas. Or shall we take this to court and have your sons sent to juvenile hall? Trust me, I have a few friends in the justice departments.” The two sets of parents growl and they slump their heads into surrender.

 

The father says, with a nod, “We agree.”

 

The principal says, with a stern tone, “In writing.” Without hesitation, the two sets of parents sign the paper and when they are done, the principal says, “Now, leave and your sons are to NEVER set foot near this school, again. If they do…” The principal gives then a very deadly and stern look in which the parents rush out of the room.

 

When they are gone, Mrs. Motomiya says, “Thank you, sir.”

 

The principal says, “It is no problem, Motomiya-san. You see, I’ve had an encounter with Yakuza and it wasn’t pleasant to say the least.”

 

Mrs. Kamiya asks, “What about our children? Are they okay?”

 

The principal gives a sigh and he says, “Physically, yes. However…”

 

Mr. Motomiya asks, not liking that part, “However?”

 

The principal says, with a sigh, “All that work that you have done over the years has been ruined by this.” The Motomiya and Kamiya families give looks of shock and the principal says, “This one ‘incident’ reopened those emotional and psychological wounds and most likely, you will have to start from scratch.”

 

Mrs. Kamiya says, fearfully, “No…”

 

The principal says, with a plain tone, “For the best, I think that it is best that you sent your children out of Tokyo.”

 

Mr. Kamiya yells out, stunned, “What?”

 

Mr. Motomiya shouts out, strongly, “Send our children away! My daughter is trapped in that ‘death game’ thanks to that fiend, Kayaba, and so is Kamiya-san’s eldest son too! Their daughter is all they have right now!”

 

The principal says, “And that’s part of the problem.” The Motomiyas and Kamiyas give wide-eyes of surprise and the principal says, taking out some files and folders, “On the day that SAO started, it was originally your son and their daughter that managed to get SAO, but thanks to some trust of fate due to that appointment, they weren’t trapped in SAO, but their siblings were. I believe that they blame themselves for that and I’ve been hearing reports of students constantly ‘taunting’ your children of that fact.” Mr. Motomiya and Mr. Kamiya give angered looks and the principal says, “Your reaction is very understandable. I’m not saying this to be hurtful and in fact, I am VERY worried for the health of your children. With this ‘incident’, these ‘unruly students’ will use this to inflict more ‘mental harm’ on Davis and Kari. If that happens, I can’t be sure that they could ever recover.” The Motomiya and Kamiya families look at each other with concern and the principal says, “For their own good, they need to be in a place where no one knows of their history. Where they can start again, fresh, and hopefully, heal.”

 

The two families look at each other with concern, for several moments, and Mr. Kamiya asks, “How should we do this?” As the principal was discussing this with the parents of Davis and Kari, they didn’t know that Veemon and Gatomon were listening into the whole thing.

 

Early March 2023, Tokyo, Odiaba District

 

Within the Motomiya apartment home, Davis is sitting on his bed and looking down as Veemon is on his bed with him.

 

Veemon asks, “Davis?”

 

Davis tells Veemon, with a sigh, “Veemon, I…I…Damn it all!”

 

Veemon tells Davis, “It isn’t your fault, Davis.”

 

Davis says, with a sigh, “You keep saying that buddy.” Just then Davis hears a knock on the window and he turns to see Kari riding on Nefertimon at his window in which he asks, stunned, “Kari?!” Davis runs over to the window and after a short time, Kari is inside of Davis’ room with Gatomon by Veemon.

 

Kari tells Davis, “Sorry for coming without calling, Dai-kun.”

 

Davis says, “No problem, Kari.”

 

Kari tells Davis, “Dai-kun, I don’t want to leave!”

 

Davis tells Kari, “I don’t like it either, Kari. I’m going to try to argue with my parents again.”

 

Kari tells Davis, worriedly, “They aren’t going to listen, Dai-kun! My parents are already convinced that I should be sent away…away from Tai…and away from you.”

 

Davis tells Kari, as she nuzzles up against him, “Kari…”

 

Kari tells Davis, “Dai-kun, let’s run away!”

 

Davis asks, shocked, “What?!”

 

Kari responds, “Let’s run away together, Dai-kun.”

 

Davis yells out, “Kari-chan, no way! Running isn’t just what I don’t do! I’m going to make our parents see that sending us off is…!!”

 

Kari yells out, interrupting, “Dai-kun, my parents are going to ship me off tomorrow!”

 

Davis asks, shocked, “What?!”

 

Gatomon says, with a sigh, “It’s true. Kari’s parents are going to send her away to relatives tomorrow.”

 

Davis gives a look of shock and Kari tells Davis, “Dai-kun, I don’t want to leave you! After what happened with Tai, you and the others are all that I have left!”

 

Davis tells Kari, “I don’t want to leave you either…”

 

Kari tells Davis, pleadingly, “I know that you hate to run away. You want to face things head on, but I…I…” Kari and Davis look at each other with Kari having a pleading look in her eyes in which she kisses him on the lips and Davis returns the kiss in which he hugs her. Veemon and Gatomon look at each other and they had a feeling on what their partners are going to decide. Later on that night, Mrs. Motomiya is coming to the closed door of Davis’ room and she knocks on the door lightly.

 

Mrs. Motomiya says, “Davis, sweetie. It’s me.” When she hears no reply, she says, “I know that you are angry for sending you out to live with your uncle and cousin Tenchi, but we think that it is for the best.” When she doesn’t hear Davis’ voice, Mrs. Motomiya becomes suspicious and she asks, curiously, “Davis? Sochi?” Mrs. Motomiya opens the door and she gasps to see that Davis wasn’t in his room with stuff missing from his room in which she sees a note on the bed. She rushes over, grabs the note, and her eyes widen in pure shock and horror causing her to scream out, “Honey!!” When Mr. Motomiya runs into Davis’ room, he sees his wife about in tears and her son nowhere to be found.

 

Mr. Motomiya asks, “Sweetie?” Mrs. Motomiya just give her husband the note that she found causing him to gasp and he says, clenching his fist, “Damn it!” Mr. Motomiya says, “I’ll call the Kamiya family! We’ll find them!” Mr. Motomiya runs to the phone to call the Kamiya family and Mrs. Motomiya falls to her knees in tears while choking out Davis’ name in a weak voice.

 

Early March 2023, Somewhere outside of Tokyo

 

Some distance away from Tokyo, we find Davis and Kari within a cave with Gatomon walking into the cave as Veemon is sitting by a fire.

 

Gatomon says, “There is no one nearby.”

 

Kari tells Gatomon, “Thank you, Gatomon.”

 

Gatomon tells Kari, “I really don’t approve of your choice, Kari. However, I can understand why. To be honest, I think that Davis has become the last source of strength from you and I’m afraid for you and Davis. I don’t like the two of you running away, but if you are separated, you can’t ever regain the strength that you lost. You need each other.”

 

Kari tells Gatomon, with a weak warm smile, “Thank you, Gatomon.” Kari then tells Davis, with a weak loving smile, “And thank you, Dai-kun.”

 

Davis says, “I really don’t like this, but I…I don’t want to lose you either, Kari-chan.”

 

Kari says, with a nod, “Same here, Dai-kun. Ever since Tai, TK, and the others got trapped in SAO, you have meant so much to me, Dai-kun. I…I don’t know if I could go on without you.”

 

Davis tells Kari, “You are tougher than you think, Kari-chan.”

 

Kari tells Davis, “I wish that I could agree with you, Dai-kun.”

 

Veemon asks, “What about the others?”

 

Gatomon says, “We don’t have much of a head start on them and they will be out looking for us. Izzy…”

 

Davis says, with a sigh, “I had an idea about that.” Davis takes out his D-3 and D-Terminal and showing that his D-Terminal has a device attached to it.

 

Veemon asks Davis, “What’s that Davis?”

 

Davis says, “A little something that I had a friend whip up.” Davis then displays that his D-3 had some kind of device attached to the back of it and Davis says, “It is a special device that blocks the signal of my D-3 and D-Terminal from anything and anyone tracking them.”

 

Gatomon asks, confused, “Where did you get that?”

 

Davis says, “A bright new Digidestined that I met a while back in Tokyo. You know that there are newer and newer Digidestined appearing every day, right? Well, I met one and he was quite a smart bulb. Not sure that he ever rivals Izzy, but he is quite smart. He created these and I managed to get my hands on a few after I helped him. Dude was all right.”

 

Veemon asks, curiously, “Is that why when you went to the Digi-World to relax that you told me that we would be okay and the others wouldn’t find us?”

 

Davis says, with a nod, “Yep, buddy.”

 

Kari says, with a smile, “Dai-kun already attached it to my D-3 and D-Terminal too.”

 

Veemon asks Davis, “Davis…?”

 

Davis looks at Kari and he says, “I really don’t want to, but…”

 

Veemon says, with a smile, “We understand, Davis.”

 

Gatomon gives a reluctant nod and Davis says, with a smile, “Thanks, buddy.”

 

Gatomon asks, “So, where do we go?”

 

Davis says, nervously, “Got me.”

 

Gatomon asks, “You really don’t have a plan?”

 

Kari says, nervously, “I guess that we didn’t.”

 

Gatomon says, with a sigh, “Oh, boy.”

 

Kari says, with a smile, “But we’ll be fine, Gatomon. As long as we’re together.”

 

Kari nuzzles up to Davis and Davis says, with a nod, “Yeah.” The two of them take a rest as storm clouds start to form outside and it starts to rain in which Gatomon can’t help to wonder if this is some kind of sign or something.

 

Early March 2023, Unknown location in Japan

 

Right now, Davis and Kari are taking a rest at a clearing on the edge of a forest with Veemon and Gatomon coming out of the woods.

 

Davis asks, “Anything, buddy?”

 

Veemon says, “Not a thing.”

 

Davis asks, with a sigh, “Now what?” Just then a soccer ball comes out of the woods and everyone looks to see a young pre-teen girl with brown hair in two pigtails and amber eyes emerges with a Tokomon come out in which the two of them are surprised.

 

After a few moments of silence and Kari asks, “Um, hello?” However, the young girl and her Tokomon run off in which Davis, Kari, and their two Digimon partners look at each other.

 

Early March 2023, Unknown location in Japan

 

Deep within some kind of facility, Davis, Kari, and their two Digimon partners are being lead around by a young man of around 16 years of age with well-groomed short black hair, brown eyes with small glasses in front of them giving a ‘cute smart guy’ look, and wearing a lab coat over basic grey shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes. With this young man, there is a small Ultimate Digimon known as Datamon with him.

 

Kari asks, “So, this place is where Digidestined that are orphans live?”

 

The young man responds, “Yes. All of the Digidestined are poor boys and girls that lost their parents through various kinds of means and they have nowhere to go…nowhere to turn to…”

 

Kari says, solemnly, “That’s so sad.”

 

The young man replies, with a smile, “Yes, it is. Other than their Digimon partners, they have no family. Here, they have one. Fellow Digidestined children just like them.”

 

Davis says, “Luke-san, dude, it must be one heck of an operation.”

 

Datamon replies, in a robotic tone of voice, “Indeed, human. Food, shelter, living arrangements, and more. The costs are quite significant.”

 

The young man, Luke, says, “However, the price is insignificant since we are caring for our fellow Digidestined.”

 

Davis says, with a nod, “No joke, man.”

 

Luke says, “Anyway, I’m curious to find two of the legendary Digidestined from Odiaba around here.”

 

Davis, Kari, and their Digimon partners give looks of surprise and Gatomon asks, a bit suspiciously, “How do you know that we are from Odiaba?”

 

Datamon responds, “Isn’t it obvious? You are the beginning. Other than the Digidestined that came before the elder group from Odiaba, the Digidestined of Odiaba were among the first of the Digidestined and from their battles, the number of Digidestined grew an incredible amount.”

 

Kari asks, “Like those that saw our battles with Diaboromon and Myotismon?”

 

Datamon says, “And those that were watching the battles around the world during the chaos when Digimon were thrown into the real world due to the Dark Spires as well as when Diaboromon returned for his revenge against you.” Datamon says, “The Digimon know you well for saving us from the Digimon Emperor and the Dark Masters and they know who your partners are.” Datamon says, looking at Veemon, “Veemon is a legendary Digimon of ancient times and said to be a myth. Yet, he has been revealed to be real and partnered with a human from the human city of Tokyo within the area of the city known as Odiaba. It is a well-known fact among Digimon and the Digidestined that came after you.”

 

Gatomon says, “Well, he has a point.” Gatomon says, looking at Veemon, “You were thought to be a mythical Digimon of legend, Veemon. Since it is known that you are partnered with Davis, a Digidestined from Odiaba, it is quite obvious that anyone with half-a-brain can figure that out.”

 

Veemon says, nervously, “I guess that I do stand out.”

 

Luke asks, with a smile, “So, what are two of the Digidestined that saved the Digi-World and the Real World so many times are doing out here?”

 

Davis, Kari, and their Digimon partners look at each other and Davis says, nervously, “It is quite a long story, Luke-san.”

 

Kari asks, “Could you please listen to our story?”

 

Luke says, with a nod, “Sure.” Davis and Kari look at each other and after they nod at some kind of agreement, the two of them start to explain to Luke their story.

 

(During the night)

 

Later on, within a bedroom, Davis, wearing a pair of boxers, and Kari, wearing pink lingerie, are sitting side-by-side on the same bed.

 

Kari says, “I’m glad that Luke-san understood.”

 

Davis says, with a smile, “He is a rad dude, Kari-chan.”

 

Kari says, with a giggle, “He is.”

 

Veemon and Gatomon come over and Gatomon tells them, “But he has a point. You can’t run away from your problems.”

 

Davis and Kari get solemn and Kari says, “We know, Gatomon. We know.”

 

Davis tells Kari, “When you are ready, Kari-chan.”

 

Kari says, with a warm loving smile, “Thank you, Dai-kun.” Kari nuzzles up to Davis and he gently hugs her in return with Veemon and Gatomon looking at them while we see their D-3s together on the same bed.

 

(On the meanwhile; Elsewhere)

 

Within another part of the facility, Luke and Datamon are working on computers as they look into a room with ‘strange beds’ that have what look like the medical Full-Dive devices known as Medicuboids on them not knowing what kind of significance that they will have in the future…

 

The End…For Now

 

That’s it, everyone! I’m sorry that took longer than my other one-shot stories of this story series. Well, it is just that while I had a basic plot for this story, I really didn’t have a ‘plan’ for getting it down unlike plenty of my other one-shots. Hopefully, it will be sooner next month that my next one-shot will come out. Please keep reading and review, everyone! And no flames, please! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!