The Frontier chosen ones were summoned to Alameda, California, unknowing of the danger that lurked. Betrayal and death were to happen, yet know one knew.
*Opening Theme Song*
-=Lost=-
"Why am I in a hotel room?" Kouji asked himself as he got up from a, like he said, hotel bed. "Not to mention; where am I?"
At the same moment, Izumi was asking the same question herself, but in the room next door. She got up and looked around the room. "Wow, this is just as big as my apartment!" she commented.
Izumi spotted a radio and searched for a decent radio station. "Hmm... 92.7 huh? Sounds good to me." She cranked up the volume to a blasting 10.
"Aghh what is the noise?" Kouji grumbled. "Ugh... stupid room next to me."
Kouji got up and walked out the door and banged on Izumi's hotel door. "Hey! Answer the door you dolt!"
After about 10 knocks, Izumi finally noticed. She went to the door and made Kouji fall down just as he was about to bang at his ultimate hardest.
"Oh my god, I'm sorry Kouji!" Izumi gasped.
"Grrrr... turn down the volume on that blasted radio..." Kouji snapped as he got up. "Or I'll brake it, personally."
"^.^ sorry! Don't worry, it won't happen again."
The song playing was a techno mix of "Shima Uta". "Wait... I've heard this song before, but never like this."
"It's Shima Uta..."
"Hmm... of course..." He walked out the door and went back to his own.
**Sigh* I wonder why he's like that...** Izumi thought to herself. She turned down the volume so she could hardly hear it and layed down on her bed. **I really need some time to think...**
The story cuts to night time, and Izumi is outside on her room's balcony, staring out into the stary sky.
**Wait... isn't that Kouji?** Down below at the pool was Kouji, leaning against a tree and staring out into the sky. **He looks so grim...**
Izumi walked down from the balcony and closed the glass door. She left her room and went down to visit Kouji.
"What do you want?" Kouji questioned without even look at her.
"I want to know why you- nevermind. I just want to look at the sky. It's kinda hard to look alone." Izumi sighed.
"So why do you watch the skies? You don't seem like the type."
"It's beautiful... the fresh air inhances the vision... it helps me get away from my troubles..."
"Hmm..."
"Why do you come out here and watch?"
"Because just looking into the sky helps me realize... even if you can't see it, it's there."
"Huh?"
"See that blank spot in the sky? Not a single star, but keep watching it, harder."
Izumi blocked out all her senses and stared up at her hardest. Then, a star appeared.
"Oh!" Izumi cried.
"Yeah..." Kouji mumbled with a slight grin. "I guess in a way, it helps me leave my troubles as well."
"So we do share some things in common, hmm?"
"Yes, I guess so."
Kouji and Izumi spent the rest of the night talking about themselves and the stars. Morning approached, and Izumi found herself lying on the ground with Kouji at her side.
**Hmm... we must have fallen asleep talking about the stars...** Izumi thought to herself. **Kouji's so sweet inside, but he acts so frusturated... strict... angry, even, but why?**
Kouji started to get up as Izumi stared into the pool, noticing that she was a little more pretty than before, in his perspective.
**What? Am I falling in love with her? No... I can't...** Kouji struggled within his mind. **She's beautiful, both inside and out, but I can't... I might-**
"Oh, good morning Kouji." Izumi cut in.
"Hmm..." Kouji mumbled.
**Oh, he's back to his other self again...** Izumi thought to herself with disappointment.
**What? How can I be so insensitive?! Why did I do that? I-**
"So, you going to breakfast?"
"Yeah."
"Do you mind if I join you?"
"No, go ahead."
"Thanks."
"Hmm... so they're falling for each other- perfect. Now I can kill them off together." a dark voice laughed in the shadows after they left. "They're going to be the easiest, in comparision to the fat guy and the little kid!"
"Umm, excuse me, but you're not allowed to hide in the shadows and plot evil things here." a water cleaner notified.
"Shut up kid, I'm doin somethin here!"
"Hey, I can have you arrested.
"Or so you think."
The dark figure grabbed the cleaner with a black, armored hand and blood went around.
"Weakling."
The phantom (let's call him Mr. X) leaped away with blood on the blades of his armor.
Kouji and Izumi were getting their food in the breakfast line and brought up the topic of how they got here.
"I don't understand- one minute we were fighting against some Fridgemon, and the next we're here." Izumi thought outloud.
"Strange. The one I encountered kept on saying somethign as he fought. It might have been some sort of chant." Kouji suggested.
"That would make sense, but where are we anyways?"
Like some sort of sign from God, a tourist walked by with a shirt that said "I 3 Alameda" (of course, there isn't actually a shirt that's like that).
"Alameda? We're in Alameda?"
"Well of course! It may be a small city, but it's pretty nice compared to all the other Bay Area cities in California!" the tourist cut in.
"Oh, thank you sir!" Izumi sweetly replied in her 'I'm a sweet little girl' voice.
"Oh, no problem sweetie."
After the tourist walked off in a distance in which he could not hear them talking, Izumi muttered, "I hate it when people call me 'sweetie'!"
"I agree- it sounds stupid." Kouji agreed (well DUH).
"I've never heard of 'Alameda'. Must be some sort of made-up city..."
"Hmm.. there's only one way to find out." Kouji got up and went to the nearest person who didn't look like a tourist. "Hey, how can I get to San Francisco?"
"Well, you gotta take this bridge on High Street that leads to Oakland, then turn left when you see the light and take the right side of the bridge. Then keep going until you see the signs to where you needa go." the person replied in a voice that was very deep. "You want an autograph with that kid?"
"Uhm... okay..."
The man took a napkin and signed "Terral Owens" on the paper.
"Have a nice day kid." the FOOTBALL player Terral Owens grinned.
"Uh, thanks Mr.... Ownes..."
"And remember- root for the Niners!"
"Okay..."
The scene cuts to Izumi checking out a sign that says "Dance-athon".
"The prize is a free trip to any place you would like to go with all expenses paid!" Izumi commented to Kouji.
Kouji was silent for a moment, and then confessed, "I can't dance."
"That's okay, I'll teach you! Besides, the danceathon isn't until tomorrow night!"
"Oh lord..." Kouji muttered as he stared up.
"Oh come ON! It won't be THAT bad!"
"Fine..."
After the two left to go practice, Mr. X, wearing a trench coat and dark sunglasses put down his newspaper and sneered, "My plan is going into action just how I had wanted it to."
"Now, the dance said that it will be mostly techno music, so I'll teach you some moves. Okay, go like this..." Izumi instructed as she atempted to teach Kouji to rave.
**Lord...** Kouji grumbled.
"Now like this..."
"And then this..."
"No, like this..."
"No..."
"Argh... this is a LOT harder that I thought... hang on, I got an idea."
Izumi grabbed the dials of the radio and switched it onto CD mode. She held up a CD and said "I don't got anywhere without this." She clicked on the sound and turned it up to 3.
The radio began to play "Butterfly" from Dance Dance Revolution.
"Okay, here we go."
The techno music began to play.
"Now step here..."
"Raise you arm here..."
"Do this..."
Finally, Kouji began to make some sense out of all these orders Izumi barked.
"Good!"
**Well, this isn't so bad.** Kouji thought to himself with a confident smile.
**Oh my God, he's SMILING!** Izumi smiled to herself. **I got him to SMILE!**
Izumi joined him in his dance and began to make them look like they were perfectly cherographed.
"Okay, now let's try something else." Izumi giggled. "Break dancing!"
"What?!" Kouji gaged.
"Don't worry, it'll be fun if you can do this. Thank God this is a wood floor..." Izumi smiled and said. "Now put you arms down on the ground like this..."
"Raise your legs like this..."
"Twist around..."
"Wow, you're a natural!!"
"Hm." Kouji smiled again and totally let go of his problems- he laughed.
**Wow, Kouji's so carefree now. And he's a GREAT dancer!**
Soon enough, the song was over, and Kouji looked ready for more.
"Okay, let's try Dive, it's short, but it's pretty fast."
Kouji kicked up the pace and the two were making N'Sync look like they were hamsters. They added a touch of fighting skills into their dance and totally kicked butt.
"Wow, Kouji that was muy bien!"
The song "Lose Yourself" by Eminem began to play. Kouji began to drift off as Eminem talked about slippin and how the guy was forgetting. Izumi looked into his eyes and could see he was really taking it in.
"...Kouji..." Izumi asked.
Kouji began to remember how many horrible things had happened to him and how he still stood strong...
"Kouji? Are you okay?"
He fell to his knees and stared at the ground, breathing heavily.
"Kouji?" she whispered with a shaky voice. "Please... answer me..."
**I...**
"Kouji..." tears started to slip from her eyes. "Please..."
Kouji lifted his head up and stared into her watery eyes. They were silent and completely toned out.
"I'm sorry." Kouji hugged her softly.
"It's okay..."
"I love you..."
"I love you, too..."
Suddenly, the music stopped and the power went out.
"Oh my God! What happened?" Izumi gasped.
"Power outage... and I doubt it was an accident. Come on we have to Spirit evolve." Kouji declared.
"Right."
"Execute!" they shouted together. "Spirit Evolution!"
Light flashed an extreme brightness so they were not seen. The addition to armor and flesh began and eventually was finished.
"LOBOMON!" Kouji shouted.
"FAIRYMON!" Izumi screamed.
They were finally back in regular space.
"Hold on, I'm going to atempt light up the room." Kouji took out his sabers and attached them back-to-back. Then he twirled it around so it made a perfect circle which illuminated the room.
"Good. You keep doing that while I open the door- just in case there's something out there..." Izumi ordered.
"Right."
She took the door handle and leaned her ear against the wood. "Shhh... I hear something!" she whispered. "It's roaring, but not like an animal sound..." She slowly opened the door and a giant fireball erupted. "Ah!" Izumi quickly closed the door.
"There's a fire outside. We have to jump out the window." Kouji shouted above the flames.
"But what about all the other people in the hotel? They don't know there's a fire!"
"Well then we'll have to fight!" There was no fire extinguisher within reach or sight, and it seemed a little hopeless, until Kouji came up with an idea. "Hang on, I'm gonna use the water from the bathroom to try to drown out a little bit of the fire."
"What? There's a wall of fire to the bathroom! You might not make it alive!"
"That's a risk I'll have to take! I didn't come all the way here to play it safe!"
**Crazy...** Izumi thought to herself.
Kouji/Lobomon ran up to the flames and hurled himself over. Realizing he was still alive and (surprisingly) uninjured he ran to the bathroom and grabbed the cups from the sink. He filled it up to the brimming point and threw it over the wall of fire. The wall began to decrease and the fire began to die down.
**Wow... it's actually WORKING!**
Eventually the fire began to work up again and Kouji began to work even faster, not even bothering to turn of the sink before throwing and refilling time.
"KOUJI! WHAT SHOULD I DO?!"
"Use your wind powers on the top of the fire! It SHOULD help it decrease faster!" Kouji/Lobomon shouted.
"Alright- HA!"
Twisters began to form at her hands and blow out the fire. Soon enough the fire was gone from the room.
"Kouji... what about the rest of the hotel?"
"I'm sure the fire alarms have gone off and the sprinklers are settling it down." Kouji replied between gasps of air. "We have to leave before someone spots us in our Spirit forms. Dedigivolve!"
"But- you might not make it with all that smoke intake!"
"We HAVE to!"
The two de-digivolved and returned to their human forms. Suddenly, Kouji fell to his knees and started gasping.
"Oh NO!" Izumi cried as she ran over to make sure he was still conscious. Just then, a fireman busted through the doors.
"Is anyone in here?" the fireman shouted.
"YES! OVER HERE!"
"Oh no. MEN! OVER HERE!"
Kouji squinted between gasps and saw some people towering over him, running. Then, all went black.
**Oh please be okay... you just told me you loved me and now you're dying...** Izumi whispered in her mind.
As they ran through the hallway, Izumi saw a strangely familar face, who looked exactally like Kouji.
Izumi stopped and said, "Hey... who are you? You look exactally like Kouji!"
"KOUJI? He's here?" the familiar face gasped. "I need to warn him!"
"Wait a second you! Who ARE you?"
"That is not important. I must warn Kouji!"
"About what?"
"Someone is after him."
"Wait- does this have something to do with the whole intire Digimon-thing?"
"You know about it?"
"Yeah, I have a Spirit, do you?"
"Yes. Well, then, I must warn you as well; an evil Digimon is after your Spirits. It is-"
Suddenly, Mr. X leaped out of no-where and knocked the look-alike to the ground.
"Hmph. Thought you could warn another Spirit-owner, huh? Fat chanse." Mr. X laughed.
"Who are you, and what do you want with the Spirits?" Izumi said.
"If I told you that, what fun would this game of predator-and-prey would this be?"
"Grrr... I'm warning you."
"Hah! A pathetic girl like you?! Unlikely you could anything but through a doll at me!"
"Oh, that is SOOOO stereo-typicial! I'll show you!"
"Wait!" wheezed the look-alike. "Don't do it in front of all these people!"
"Quiet YOU!" Mr. X stepped on his chest and forced his last bit of air out.
*He's right... but what CAN I do?* Izumi thought.
"HAHAHA!" Mr. X then used some sort of power and trapped Izumi and the Kouji-clone in a black orb. "Now your Spirits will be MINE!"
Mr. X lept out the window with the black orb hovering behind it. People in a giant spa below (hah! as if Alameda Hospital actually HAD a spa) screamed and jumped out. He landed on the ground and made around the pool.
*I've gotta get out with this guy!* Izumi thought to herself as she stared at the Kouji-like person. "Spirit Evolution!" she whispered.
Soon she beacme Fairymon and had enough power to shater the orb surrounding here.
"HA!"
The orb broke and allowed her and the clone to escape. Mr. X turned around and gasped, "Impossible!"
"Now to finish you off! HA!" The twin-twisters surprised X so much that he fell into the spa.
"AHHHHH!" he screamed and evaporated.
"I doubt that was the last of him, but now I have to see if Kouji's alright... and turn in this guy."
Soon everything was taken care of, and Izumi sat, staring at Kouji in the midst of sorrow. She stood up and walked towards the window. She looked down and saw the trees and parking lot of the Alameda Hospital.
Suddenly, the pulse machine beeped a long, loud sound (also the signal of someone's pulse ending).
**WHAT?!**
Izumi turned around and saw Kouji sitting up and ripping the pulse taps off his body.
"KOUJI!" Izumi cried with tears. She ran over and hugged him. "I thought you were-"
"Dead? Yeah, right." Kouji laughed. "Now let's get out of here."
"Wait- we have to visit this guy who looked like you. He has some information about the person who started the fire. He's this guy in a trench coat, and he almost stole me and his Spirits."
"Hmmm... did this guy give you his name?"
"No, he said it wasn't important."
"It is if he knows about the Spirits." Kouji sat up and realized he was in the hospital clothes. "Great. I don't have any clothes."
"Just grab that coat up there and button it on!"
"Mhmm."
The scene cuts to the two running down the hall and stopping at the look-alike's room.
Kouji grabed the door knob and twisted it to the right. He let it swing open and stepped inside. The windows were open and the boy was laying on the bed. He opened his eyes at the sound of the door banging against the wall.
"Kouji!" the boy cried.
"Who are you, and how do you know my name?" Kouji growled. "And why do you look like me? What are you; some sort of clone?"
"No, if any clone, you would be it anyways- I'm older than you."
"How do you know, and that doesn't answer my questions!"
"Kouji, I am Kouichi."
"Kouichi? I don't know anyone by that name."
"Didn't Dad ever tell you? I'm your brother, Kouji."
Kouji lifted his eyebrows up to it highest point and his eyes widened. "You-you're my brother?" He snapped back to his strickened self and then added, "That doesn't mater. What maters is the person trying to steal the spirits."
"Yes. He was once an aquantince of you and Izumi. He owns the Spirit of Fire, and his H-Spirit is Agunimon."
"Takuya?" Izumi gasped.
"Yes. He has been overwhelmed by the powers of darkness, and now has stolen Junpei and Tomoki's Spirits already, and almost mines. He must be stopped before he steals all the 10 Spirits."
"Right." Kouji declared as he walked out the door.
"Oh, and little bro," Kouji stopped and turned around. "be sure to get some decent clothes."
The scene cuts to Kouji and Izumi outside the hospital.
"So how do we find him?" Izumi asked.
"I don't know, but I do need to get some decent clothes. You did keep my Vice for me, right?" Kouji asked.
"Yep. Snagged it before the people gave you a room."
"Good. Hey- there's an outdoor sale over there."
"Yea, let's get you and me a new outfit."
"What?" Izumi grabbed his hand and ran over to the outdoor sale.
The scene cuts to Izumi checking out some shirts about Kouji's size while he stood next to her.
"Hmmm... how about this?" she held up a white turtle neck.
"Whatever..." Kouji shrugged.
"And these jeans."
"Sure."
"@_@ You're a hard one to shop for. ^.^ Okay, now I HAVE to buy this shirt. Oh! And these jeans are multo bueno!"
So after about five minutes Izumi bought flair jeans and a long-sleeved purple belly-shower, and Kouji got what he originally "chose". They put it on and started walking around, searching for a place to start looking for Takuya.
**Kouji looks so hot with that turtle neck...** Izumi started to wander off in her thoughts as Kouji stared down into his D-Tector's map.
"Izumi, he's north from here." Kouji notified. "Let's go."
"Right."
They ducked behind a wall and quietly Digivolved into Fairymon and Lobomon. Then they started to head north.
The scene cuts to Lobomon and Fairymon dodging around Bay Farm Island.
"He's west from here..." Kouji informed.
Eventually they came apon- a school...
"Unusual place for Takuya- to be at a school." Izumi joked.
"Bay Farm Elementary?" Kouji read the header. "Well, let's go."
"Wait, school's in session! Someone might see you!"
"Your point. De-digivolve."
So they turned back into their human forms and walked into the school.
"Excuse me, what are you doing here?" a old, feminen voice questioned.
Kouji and Izumi turned around and saw an old lady with a strict face staring at them. "Uhm... we're looking for my sister..." Izumi lied.
"Oh, and do you have a visitor's pass?"
"Uhm... yes!"
"Well then, carry on."
So the lady finally was out of hearing's range and Kouji looked at his D-Tector. "He's close. Head east."
Soon they found themselves at a media center.
"Hmm... the lights are out, and there doesn't seem to be a class in here." Izumi notified.
"Then he's probably here." Kouji declared.
They cautiously walked into the dark building.
"I wonder where the light switch is..." Izumi whispered.
"Here." Mr. X laughed. He snapped his fingers and torches lit up with fire. "I've been expecting you two, Chosen ones."
"Enough talk Takuya. We know it's you." Kouji barked.
"Oh, I may be in Takuya's body, but I'm anything BUT him." he took off his trench coat and hat and revealed Agunimon with Takuya's head, his eyes dark and firey. "And now I will destroy you!"
"You wish."
"Hmm. I will enjoy using your body as a puppet Kouji. You're so strong and fierce, why, I'll be able to scare off my prey without even being in Spirit form!"
Takuya slowly paced towards Kouji and Izumi, who were both ready to fight.
"I'll help you make this a fair fight, although you don't stand a chance against me!"
Somehow, Takuya was able to force Kouji and Izumi into a B-Spirit Evolution, turning them into Kendo Garurumon and Shutumon.
"And now, I'll make it even harder for you!" Takuya began to turn into Dark Burning Greymon and walked closer to them.
"I'm not afraid of you. Let's begin." Kouji growled.
"Hahaha."
Takuya slashed at Kendo Garurumon with all his might and nearly cut off an ear. "Missed fool." Kouji opened his mouth a fire out a blue beam of light.
"Gah!" Takuya tried to defeand against the attack but failed.
"HAH!" Kouji rammed his head at Takuya weakened body.
"UH!" A black stream flew out of Dark Burning Greymon's mouth. The darkness disappeared from Takuya and left him weak and unconscious. The stream of darkness formed into a body and began to pace towards Kouji.
"Now you will meet my full power, human!" X malevolently declared. He formed a giant, black circle in his hands and thrusted it out.
"Ahh!" Kendo Garurumon jumped out of the way and sneered, "You missed."
"Who said I was after you?"
"WHAT?!"
"AHHHHH!" Izumi screamed. She began to fade back to her human form.
"Izumi!"
She fell to the ground on her knees and turned black. "Now to steal her Spirit!" X laughed. He leaped up and sucked the Spirit out of Izumi.
"NO!" Kouji tried to stop X, but was knocked aside.
Izumi turned back into human and collapsed.
"HAHAHA!" X laughed. "And now to take her soul!"
"NOOOO!" Kouji screamed and leaped up. "HA!" he head-butted X and took Izumi's weakened body on his back.
Izumi's eyes peaked open a bit and she managed to whisper, "...Kouji...?"
"I won't let him take your soul," he looked up. "Ever."
"Well now that you're weighed down, I can destroy you even faster!" X grinned. He ran towards Kouji and let one arm hang back. He then formed another orb of darkness and flung it at them.
"Hmph." Kendo Garurumon leaped aside like it was nothing. *This is for you Izumi* "HA!" he shouted and let loose another blue beam.
"AHHHHH!" X dropped to the ground and evaporated into the air. Izumi's Spirit hung in the sky and then returned to her D-Tector without being summoned.
Kouji returned to his human form and was holding Izumi in his arms. He looked down and saw Izumi grinning. "Well, you did it, Kouji." she said with her eyes closed.
"We did it." he corrected.
Takuya then woke up and mumbled, "Where am I?" He looked up and saw Kouji with Izumi in his arms. "Huh?"
"You had been possesed, Kanbara. We saved you- you're in our debt."
"Oh, what? Well I never asked for your help!" Takuya mocked. He laughed and stood up. "So where are the others?"
"I don't know. They're probably still under the possesion of X."
"X?"
"The darkness that had possesed you- he probably is in them as well."
"Well then we're off on another adventure."
"Yes... but first we gotta get her to the hospital." he directed his head to Izumi. "Actually, you take her. I don't think these American hospitals will be too thrilled with me breaking out."
"'Breaking out'?"
"Uh... yeah... well, let's just get out of here."
"Right." So Takuya took Izumi to the hospital.
The scene cuts to Izumi waking up in the hospital...
**Where am I?** Izumi sat up and looked down. She saw she was in hospital clothes. **Don't tell me I have to buy a new outfit AGAIN!**
"Oh, you're awake." Takuya muttered.
"Takuya? Where's Kouji?" Izumi asked in confusion.
"He left. He said he wanted to look for Junpei and Tomoki himself." Takuya turned around. "He also told me to bring you to the hospital since he was afraid he'd get locked up or somethin' 'cause he broke out of here."
Izumi muffled a laugh and replied, "So where is he going?"
"He headed north from the window over there." he pointed to the window which he had been staring out of earlier. "But he didn't say exactally WHERE."
"Weird..."
A doctor walked in and said, "Well, Izumi, you're free to go. Here's your clothes back and we'll be on our way."
Once the doctor left, Izumi looked at Takuya and said, "Did he take my Tector?"
"Kouji did before he left. Said he didn't want one of those hospital people to take it."
"Okay, now LEAVE!" she screamed.
"Geez, crazy girl..."
"I HAVE A NAME!"
"Yeah, yeah, I know, Izumi."
"^.^YEAH! NOW GET OUT!!!."
"Okay, okay!" he dodged out and closed the door.
**Kouji would know better...** Izumi thought to herself. **...I wonder where he is...**
(Where Are You Going, Dave Matthews Band)
-Where are you going? *Izumi stares out the window*
-You are growin weary
-Waves crash down
-I am no superman *Kouji walking along a dirt rode*
-I have no answers
-For you
-I am no hero
-Oh that for sure
-But I do know one thing *Turns to night*
-It's where you are
-It's where are belong *Kouji stares into the sky*
-I do know, where you go *Izumi stares up from a bus*
-Is where I wanna be...
*Opening Theme Song*
-=Lost=-
"Why am I in a hotel room?" Kouji asked himself as he got up from a, like he said, hotel bed. "Not to mention; where am I?"
At the same moment, Izumi was asking the same question herself, but in the room next door. She got up and looked around the room. "Wow, this is just as big as my apartment!" she commented.
Izumi spotted a radio and searched for a decent radio station. "Hmm... 92.7 huh? Sounds good to me." She cranked up the volume to a blasting 10.
"Aghh what is the noise?" Kouji grumbled. "Ugh... stupid room next to me."
Kouji got up and walked out the door and banged on Izumi's hotel door. "Hey! Answer the door you dolt!"
After about 10 knocks, Izumi finally noticed. She went to the door and made Kouji fall down just as he was about to bang at his ultimate hardest.
"Oh my god, I'm sorry Kouji!" Izumi gasped.
"Grrrr... turn down the volume on that blasted radio..." Kouji snapped as he got up. "Or I'll brake it, personally."
"^.^ sorry! Don't worry, it won't happen again."
The song playing was a techno mix of "Shima Uta". "Wait... I've heard this song before, but never like this."
"It's Shima Uta..."
"Hmm... of course..." He walked out the door and went back to his own.
**Sigh* I wonder why he's like that...** Izumi thought to herself. She turned down the volume so she could hardly hear it and layed down on her bed. **I really need some time to think...**
The story cuts to night time, and Izumi is outside on her room's balcony, staring out into the stary sky.
**Wait... isn't that Kouji?** Down below at the pool was Kouji, leaning against a tree and staring out into the sky. **He looks so grim...**
Izumi walked down from the balcony and closed the glass door. She left her room and went down to visit Kouji.
"What do you want?" Kouji questioned without even look at her.
"I want to know why you- nevermind. I just want to look at the sky. It's kinda hard to look alone." Izumi sighed.
"So why do you watch the skies? You don't seem like the type."
"It's beautiful... the fresh air inhances the vision... it helps me get away from my troubles..."
"Hmm..."
"Why do you come out here and watch?"
"Because just looking into the sky helps me realize... even if you can't see it, it's there."
"Huh?"
"See that blank spot in the sky? Not a single star, but keep watching it, harder."
Izumi blocked out all her senses and stared up at her hardest. Then, a star appeared.
"Oh!" Izumi cried.
"Yeah..." Kouji mumbled with a slight grin. "I guess in a way, it helps me leave my troubles as well."
"So we do share some things in common, hmm?"
"Yes, I guess so."
Kouji and Izumi spent the rest of the night talking about themselves and the stars. Morning approached, and Izumi found herself lying on the ground with Kouji at her side.
**Hmm... we must have fallen asleep talking about the stars...** Izumi thought to herself. **Kouji's so sweet inside, but he acts so frusturated... strict... angry, even, but why?**
Kouji started to get up as Izumi stared into the pool, noticing that she was a little more pretty than before, in his perspective.
**What? Am I falling in love with her? No... I can't...** Kouji struggled within his mind. **She's beautiful, both inside and out, but I can't... I might-**
"Oh, good morning Kouji." Izumi cut in.
"Hmm..." Kouji mumbled.
**Oh, he's back to his other self again...** Izumi thought to herself with disappointment.
**What? How can I be so insensitive?! Why did I do that? I-**
"So, you going to breakfast?"
"Yeah."
"Do you mind if I join you?"
"No, go ahead."
"Thanks."
"Hmm... so they're falling for each other- perfect. Now I can kill them off together." a dark voice laughed in the shadows after they left. "They're going to be the easiest, in comparision to the fat guy and the little kid!"
"Umm, excuse me, but you're not allowed to hide in the shadows and plot evil things here." a water cleaner notified.
"Shut up kid, I'm doin somethin here!"
"Hey, I can have you arrested.
"Or so you think."
The dark figure grabbed the cleaner with a black, armored hand and blood went around.
"Weakling."
The phantom (let's call him Mr. X) leaped away with blood on the blades of his armor.
Kouji and Izumi were getting their food in the breakfast line and brought up the topic of how they got here.
"I don't understand- one minute we were fighting against some Fridgemon, and the next we're here." Izumi thought outloud.
"Strange. The one I encountered kept on saying somethign as he fought. It might have been some sort of chant." Kouji suggested.
"That would make sense, but where are we anyways?"
Like some sort of sign from God, a tourist walked by with a shirt that said "I 3 Alameda" (of course, there isn't actually a shirt that's like that).
"Alameda? We're in Alameda?"
"Well of course! It may be a small city, but it's pretty nice compared to all the other Bay Area cities in California!" the tourist cut in.
"Oh, thank you sir!" Izumi sweetly replied in her 'I'm a sweet little girl' voice.
"Oh, no problem sweetie."
After the tourist walked off in a distance in which he could not hear them talking, Izumi muttered, "I hate it when people call me 'sweetie'!"
"I agree- it sounds stupid." Kouji agreed (well DUH).
"I've never heard of 'Alameda'. Must be some sort of made-up city..."
"Hmm.. there's only one way to find out." Kouji got up and went to the nearest person who didn't look like a tourist. "Hey, how can I get to San Francisco?"
"Well, you gotta take this bridge on High Street that leads to Oakland, then turn left when you see the light and take the right side of the bridge. Then keep going until you see the signs to where you needa go." the person replied in a voice that was very deep. "You want an autograph with that kid?"
"Uhm... okay..."
The man took a napkin and signed "Terral Owens" on the paper.
"Have a nice day kid." the FOOTBALL player Terral Owens grinned.
"Uh, thanks Mr.... Ownes..."
"And remember- root for the Niners!"
"Okay..."
The scene cuts to Izumi checking out a sign that says "Dance-athon".
"The prize is a free trip to any place you would like to go with all expenses paid!" Izumi commented to Kouji.
Kouji was silent for a moment, and then confessed, "I can't dance."
"That's okay, I'll teach you! Besides, the danceathon isn't until tomorrow night!"
"Oh lord..." Kouji muttered as he stared up.
"Oh come ON! It won't be THAT bad!"
"Fine..."
After the two left to go practice, Mr. X, wearing a trench coat and dark sunglasses put down his newspaper and sneered, "My plan is going into action just how I had wanted it to."
"Now, the dance said that it will be mostly techno music, so I'll teach you some moves. Okay, go like this..." Izumi instructed as she atempted to teach Kouji to rave.
**Lord...** Kouji grumbled.
"Now like this..."
"And then this..."
"No, like this..."
"No..."
"Argh... this is a LOT harder that I thought... hang on, I got an idea."
Izumi grabbed the dials of the radio and switched it onto CD mode. She held up a CD and said "I don't got anywhere without this." She clicked on the sound and turned it up to 3.
The radio began to play "Butterfly" from Dance Dance Revolution.
"Okay, here we go."
The techno music began to play.
"Now step here..."
"Raise you arm here..."
"Do this..."
Finally, Kouji began to make some sense out of all these orders Izumi barked.
"Good!"
**Well, this isn't so bad.** Kouji thought to himself with a confident smile.
**Oh my God, he's SMILING!** Izumi smiled to herself. **I got him to SMILE!**
Izumi joined him in his dance and began to make them look like they were perfectly cherographed.
"Okay, now let's try something else." Izumi giggled. "Break dancing!"
"What?!" Kouji gaged.
"Don't worry, it'll be fun if you can do this. Thank God this is a wood floor..." Izumi smiled and said. "Now put you arms down on the ground like this..."
"Raise your legs like this..."
"Twist around..."
"Wow, you're a natural!!"
"Hm." Kouji smiled again and totally let go of his problems- he laughed.
**Wow, Kouji's so carefree now. And he's a GREAT dancer!**
Soon enough, the song was over, and Kouji looked ready for more.
"Okay, let's try Dive, it's short, but it's pretty fast."
Kouji kicked up the pace and the two were making N'Sync look like they were hamsters. They added a touch of fighting skills into their dance and totally kicked butt.
"Wow, Kouji that was muy bien!"
The song "Lose Yourself" by Eminem began to play. Kouji began to drift off as Eminem talked about slippin and how the guy was forgetting. Izumi looked into his eyes and could see he was really taking it in.
"...Kouji..." Izumi asked.
Kouji began to remember how many horrible things had happened to him and how he still stood strong...
"Kouji? Are you okay?"
He fell to his knees and stared at the ground, breathing heavily.
"Kouji?" she whispered with a shaky voice. "Please... answer me..."
**I...**
"Kouji..." tears started to slip from her eyes. "Please..."
Kouji lifted his head up and stared into her watery eyes. They were silent and completely toned out.
"I'm sorry." Kouji hugged her softly.
"It's okay..."
"I love you..."
"I love you, too..."
Suddenly, the music stopped and the power went out.
"Oh my God! What happened?" Izumi gasped.
"Power outage... and I doubt it was an accident. Come on we have to Spirit evolve." Kouji declared.
"Right."
"Execute!" they shouted together. "Spirit Evolution!"
Light flashed an extreme brightness so they were not seen. The addition to armor and flesh began and eventually was finished.
"LOBOMON!" Kouji shouted.
"FAIRYMON!" Izumi screamed.
They were finally back in regular space.
"Hold on, I'm going to atempt light up the room." Kouji took out his sabers and attached them back-to-back. Then he twirled it around so it made a perfect circle which illuminated the room.
"Good. You keep doing that while I open the door- just in case there's something out there..." Izumi ordered.
"Right."
She took the door handle and leaned her ear against the wood. "Shhh... I hear something!" she whispered. "It's roaring, but not like an animal sound..." She slowly opened the door and a giant fireball erupted. "Ah!" Izumi quickly closed the door.
"There's a fire outside. We have to jump out the window." Kouji shouted above the flames.
"But what about all the other people in the hotel? They don't know there's a fire!"
"Well then we'll have to fight!" There was no fire extinguisher within reach or sight, and it seemed a little hopeless, until Kouji came up with an idea. "Hang on, I'm gonna use the water from the bathroom to try to drown out a little bit of the fire."
"What? There's a wall of fire to the bathroom! You might not make it alive!"
"That's a risk I'll have to take! I didn't come all the way here to play it safe!"
**Crazy...** Izumi thought to herself.
Kouji/Lobomon ran up to the flames and hurled himself over. Realizing he was still alive and (surprisingly) uninjured he ran to the bathroom and grabbed the cups from the sink. He filled it up to the brimming point and threw it over the wall of fire. The wall began to decrease and the fire began to die down.
**Wow... it's actually WORKING!**
Eventually the fire began to work up again and Kouji began to work even faster, not even bothering to turn of the sink before throwing and refilling time.
"KOUJI! WHAT SHOULD I DO?!"
"Use your wind powers on the top of the fire! It SHOULD help it decrease faster!" Kouji/Lobomon shouted.
"Alright- HA!"
Twisters began to form at her hands and blow out the fire. Soon enough the fire was gone from the room.
"Kouji... what about the rest of the hotel?"
"I'm sure the fire alarms have gone off and the sprinklers are settling it down." Kouji replied between gasps of air. "We have to leave before someone spots us in our Spirit forms. Dedigivolve!"
"But- you might not make it with all that smoke intake!"
"We HAVE to!"
The two de-digivolved and returned to their human forms. Suddenly, Kouji fell to his knees and started gasping.
"Oh NO!" Izumi cried as she ran over to make sure he was still conscious. Just then, a fireman busted through the doors.
"Is anyone in here?" the fireman shouted.
"YES! OVER HERE!"
"Oh no. MEN! OVER HERE!"
Kouji squinted between gasps and saw some people towering over him, running. Then, all went black.
**Oh please be okay... you just told me you loved me and now you're dying...** Izumi whispered in her mind.
As they ran through the hallway, Izumi saw a strangely familar face, who looked exactally like Kouji.
Izumi stopped and said, "Hey... who are you? You look exactally like Kouji!"
"KOUJI? He's here?" the familiar face gasped. "I need to warn him!"
"Wait a second you! Who ARE you?"
"That is not important. I must warn Kouji!"
"About what?"
"Someone is after him."
"Wait- does this have something to do with the whole intire Digimon-thing?"
"You know about it?"
"Yeah, I have a Spirit, do you?"
"Yes. Well, then, I must warn you as well; an evil Digimon is after your Spirits. It is-"
Suddenly, Mr. X leaped out of no-where and knocked the look-alike to the ground.
"Hmph. Thought you could warn another Spirit-owner, huh? Fat chanse." Mr. X laughed.
"Who are you, and what do you want with the Spirits?" Izumi said.
"If I told you that, what fun would this game of predator-and-prey would this be?"
"Grrr... I'm warning you."
"Hah! A pathetic girl like you?! Unlikely you could anything but through a doll at me!"
"Oh, that is SOOOO stereo-typicial! I'll show you!"
"Wait!" wheezed the look-alike. "Don't do it in front of all these people!"
"Quiet YOU!" Mr. X stepped on his chest and forced his last bit of air out.
*He's right... but what CAN I do?* Izumi thought.
"HAHAHA!" Mr. X then used some sort of power and trapped Izumi and the Kouji-clone in a black orb. "Now your Spirits will be MINE!"
Mr. X lept out the window with the black orb hovering behind it. People in a giant spa below (hah! as if Alameda Hospital actually HAD a spa) screamed and jumped out. He landed on the ground and made around the pool.
*I've gotta get out with this guy!* Izumi thought to herself as she stared at the Kouji-like person. "Spirit Evolution!" she whispered.
Soon she beacme Fairymon and had enough power to shater the orb surrounding here.
"HA!"
The orb broke and allowed her and the clone to escape. Mr. X turned around and gasped, "Impossible!"
"Now to finish you off! HA!" The twin-twisters surprised X so much that he fell into the spa.
"AHHHHH!" he screamed and evaporated.
"I doubt that was the last of him, but now I have to see if Kouji's alright... and turn in this guy."
Soon everything was taken care of, and Izumi sat, staring at Kouji in the midst of sorrow. She stood up and walked towards the window. She looked down and saw the trees and parking lot of the Alameda Hospital.
Suddenly, the pulse machine beeped a long, loud sound (also the signal of someone's pulse ending).
**WHAT?!**
Izumi turned around and saw Kouji sitting up and ripping the pulse taps off his body.
"KOUJI!" Izumi cried with tears. She ran over and hugged him. "I thought you were-"
"Dead? Yeah, right." Kouji laughed. "Now let's get out of here."
"Wait- we have to visit this guy who looked like you. He has some information about the person who started the fire. He's this guy in a trench coat, and he almost stole me and his Spirits."
"Hmmm... did this guy give you his name?"
"No, he said it wasn't important."
"It is if he knows about the Spirits." Kouji sat up and realized he was in the hospital clothes. "Great. I don't have any clothes."
"Just grab that coat up there and button it on!"
"Mhmm."
The scene cuts to the two running down the hall and stopping at the look-alike's room.
Kouji grabed the door knob and twisted it to the right. He let it swing open and stepped inside. The windows were open and the boy was laying on the bed. He opened his eyes at the sound of the door banging against the wall.
"Kouji!" the boy cried.
"Who are you, and how do you know my name?" Kouji growled. "And why do you look like me? What are you; some sort of clone?"
"No, if any clone, you would be it anyways- I'm older than you."
"How do you know, and that doesn't answer my questions!"
"Kouji, I am Kouichi."
"Kouichi? I don't know anyone by that name."
"Didn't Dad ever tell you? I'm your brother, Kouji."
Kouji lifted his eyebrows up to it highest point and his eyes widened. "You-you're my brother?" He snapped back to his strickened self and then added, "That doesn't mater. What maters is the person trying to steal the spirits."
"Yes. He was once an aquantince of you and Izumi. He owns the Spirit of Fire, and his H-Spirit is Agunimon."
"Takuya?" Izumi gasped.
"Yes. He has been overwhelmed by the powers of darkness, and now has stolen Junpei and Tomoki's Spirits already, and almost mines. He must be stopped before he steals all the 10 Spirits."
"Right." Kouji declared as he walked out the door.
"Oh, and little bro," Kouji stopped and turned around. "be sure to get some decent clothes."
The scene cuts to Kouji and Izumi outside the hospital.
"So how do we find him?" Izumi asked.
"I don't know, but I do need to get some decent clothes. You did keep my Vice for me, right?" Kouji asked.
"Yep. Snagged it before the people gave you a room."
"Good. Hey- there's an outdoor sale over there."
"Yea, let's get you and me a new outfit."
"What?" Izumi grabbed his hand and ran over to the outdoor sale.
The scene cuts to Izumi checking out some shirts about Kouji's size while he stood next to her.
"Hmmm... how about this?" she held up a white turtle neck.
"Whatever..." Kouji shrugged.
"And these jeans."
"Sure."
"@_@ You're a hard one to shop for. ^.^ Okay, now I HAVE to buy this shirt. Oh! And these jeans are multo bueno!"
So after about five minutes Izumi bought flair jeans and a long-sleeved purple belly-shower, and Kouji got what he originally "chose". They put it on and started walking around, searching for a place to start looking for Takuya.
**Kouji looks so hot with that turtle neck...** Izumi started to wander off in her thoughts as Kouji stared down into his D-Tector's map.
"Izumi, he's north from here." Kouji notified. "Let's go."
"Right."
They ducked behind a wall and quietly Digivolved into Fairymon and Lobomon. Then they started to head north.
The scene cuts to Lobomon and Fairymon dodging around Bay Farm Island.
"He's west from here..." Kouji informed.
Eventually they came apon- a school...
"Unusual place for Takuya- to be at a school." Izumi joked.
"Bay Farm Elementary?" Kouji read the header. "Well, let's go."
"Wait, school's in session! Someone might see you!"
"Your point. De-digivolve."
So they turned back into their human forms and walked into the school.
"Excuse me, what are you doing here?" a old, feminen voice questioned.
Kouji and Izumi turned around and saw an old lady with a strict face staring at them. "Uhm... we're looking for my sister..." Izumi lied.
"Oh, and do you have a visitor's pass?"
"Uhm... yes!"
"Well then, carry on."
So the lady finally was out of hearing's range and Kouji looked at his D-Tector. "He's close. Head east."
Soon they found themselves at a media center.
"Hmm... the lights are out, and there doesn't seem to be a class in here." Izumi notified.
"Then he's probably here." Kouji declared.
They cautiously walked into the dark building.
"I wonder where the light switch is..." Izumi whispered.
"Here." Mr. X laughed. He snapped his fingers and torches lit up with fire. "I've been expecting you two, Chosen ones."
"Enough talk Takuya. We know it's you." Kouji barked.
"Oh, I may be in Takuya's body, but I'm anything BUT him." he took off his trench coat and hat and revealed Agunimon with Takuya's head, his eyes dark and firey. "And now I will destroy you!"
"You wish."
"Hmm. I will enjoy using your body as a puppet Kouji. You're so strong and fierce, why, I'll be able to scare off my prey without even being in Spirit form!"
Takuya slowly paced towards Kouji and Izumi, who were both ready to fight.
"I'll help you make this a fair fight, although you don't stand a chance against me!"
Somehow, Takuya was able to force Kouji and Izumi into a B-Spirit Evolution, turning them into Kendo Garurumon and Shutumon.
"And now, I'll make it even harder for you!" Takuya began to turn into Dark Burning Greymon and walked closer to them.
"I'm not afraid of you. Let's begin." Kouji growled.
"Hahaha."
Takuya slashed at Kendo Garurumon with all his might and nearly cut off an ear. "Missed fool." Kouji opened his mouth a fire out a blue beam of light.
"Gah!" Takuya tried to defeand against the attack but failed.
"HAH!" Kouji rammed his head at Takuya weakened body.
"UH!" A black stream flew out of Dark Burning Greymon's mouth. The darkness disappeared from Takuya and left him weak and unconscious. The stream of darkness formed into a body and began to pace towards Kouji.
"Now you will meet my full power, human!" X malevolently declared. He formed a giant, black circle in his hands and thrusted it out.
"Ahh!" Kendo Garurumon jumped out of the way and sneered, "You missed."
"Who said I was after you?"
"WHAT?!"
"AHHHHH!" Izumi screamed. She began to fade back to her human form.
"Izumi!"
She fell to the ground on her knees and turned black. "Now to steal her Spirit!" X laughed. He leaped up and sucked the Spirit out of Izumi.
"NO!" Kouji tried to stop X, but was knocked aside.
Izumi turned back into human and collapsed.
"HAHAHA!" X laughed. "And now to take her soul!"
"NOOOO!" Kouji screamed and leaped up. "HA!" he head-butted X and took Izumi's weakened body on his back.
Izumi's eyes peaked open a bit and she managed to whisper, "...Kouji...?"
"I won't let him take your soul," he looked up. "Ever."
"Well now that you're weighed down, I can destroy you even faster!" X grinned. He ran towards Kouji and let one arm hang back. He then formed another orb of darkness and flung it at them.
"Hmph." Kendo Garurumon leaped aside like it was nothing. *This is for you Izumi* "HA!" he shouted and let loose another blue beam.
"AHHHHH!" X dropped to the ground and evaporated into the air. Izumi's Spirit hung in the sky and then returned to her D-Tector without being summoned.
Kouji returned to his human form and was holding Izumi in his arms. He looked down and saw Izumi grinning. "Well, you did it, Kouji." she said with her eyes closed.
"We did it." he corrected.
Takuya then woke up and mumbled, "Where am I?" He looked up and saw Kouji with Izumi in his arms. "Huh?"
"You had been possesed, Kanbara. We saved you- you're in our debt."
"Oh, what? Well I never asked for your help!" Takuya mocked. He laughed and stood up. "So where are the others?"
"I don't know. They're probably still under the possesion of X."
"X?"
"The darkness that had possesed you- he probably is in them as well."
"Well then we're off on another adventure."
"Yes... but first we gotta get her to the hospital." he directed his head to Izumi. "Actually, you take her. I don't think these American hospitals will be too thrilled with me breaking out."
"'Breaking out'?"
"Uh... yeah... well, let's just get out of here."
"Right." So Takuya took Izumi to the hospital.
The scene cuts to Izumi waking up in the hospital...
**Where am I?** Izumi sat up and looked down. She saw she was in hospital clothes. **Don't tell me I have to buy a new outfit AGAIN!**
"Oh, you're awake." Takuya muttered.
"Takuya? Where's Kouji?" Izumi asked in confusion.
"He left. He said he wanted to look for Junpei and Tomoki himself." Takuya turned around. "He also told me to bring you to the hospital since he was afraid he'd get locked up or somethin' 'cause he broke out of here."
Izumi muffled a laugh and replied, "So where is he going?"
"He headed north from the window over there." he pointed to the window which he had been staring out of earlier. "But he didn't say exactally WHERE."
"Weird..."
A doctor walked in and said, "Well, Izumi, you're free to go. Here's your clothes back and we'll be on our way."
Once the doctor left, Izumi looked at Takuya and said, "Did he take my Tector?"
"Kouji did before he left. Said he didn't want one of those hospital people to take it."
"Okay, now LEAVE!" she screamed.
"Geez, crazy girl..."
"I HAVE A NAME!"
"Yeah, yeah, I know, Izumi."
"^.^YEAH! NOW GET OUT!!!."
"Okay, okay!" he dodged out and closed the door.
**Kouji would know better...** Izumi thought to herself. **...I wonder where he is...**
(Where Are You Going, Dave Matthews Band)
-Where are you going? *Izumi stares out the window*
-You are growin weary
-Waves crash down
-I am no superman *Kouji walking along a dirt rode*
-I have no answers
-For you
-I am no hero
-Oh that for sure
-But I do know one thing *Turns to night*
-It's where you are
-It's where are belong *Kouji stares into the sky*
-I do know, where you go *Izumi stares up from a bus*
-Is where I wanna be...