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Chapter 12: The Crest Hunt Starts

"Gennai, this is a lot of information already." Cody tried to interrupt.

"Yeah and Izzy still has to tell us how to reboot our computers so that we could access them at home." Yolei then found this as an opportunity to fully join the conversation and jumped in.

"But that's just it, we figured that it was certainly hard to find a suitable place to meet up and then find a portal to the digital world so we came up with the idea that it would be much more convenient to just let you lot carry the digiport with you at all times. All Izzy has to do is send a message to all your digivices and it will show how to set up something called a DigiZone."

"So what does a digizone do anyways?" Asked Patamon who now flapped around TK's hat, excitedly.

"What it means is that you kids won't have to find a portal anymore. Without trying to find a portal, we will be able to sense a zone being accessed and it will connect with a television set located in the digital world. So instead of saying 'Digiport Open', you will now say, 'Digizone Set'. From there, the digizone will allow you to choose your location and let you transport there. However, you can only go to places that you've been to before, so if you want to transport to a new location, you must walk towards that location by foot first before transporting there automatically."

"Man, this sounds like one of those adventure games that people have for their game stations." JP commented and sighed inwardly at the thought of walking all over the digital world once again.

"But Gennai, how will we know where it is we need to go and how do we know if we've been to a place before?" Takuya asked Gennai who then put out his hand, silently asking for the boy to give him his D-tector. Takuya gave it to the man who then pushed a certain button on the D-tector and out popped up a holographic map of the digital world.

"By using this newly installed map in both the D-tectors and D3's, you are able to see new locations and towns, and you are able to pinpoint your exact location as well as your comrades. With the touch of this button, you can change the viewing range and the amount of details needed on this map." Gennai demonstrated and showed them which buttons did what.

"That's pretty cool Mr. Gennai, I'm sure the others are grateful to have a person like you around to help them with things like this." Bokomon praised the man.

"Thank you for that compliment sir Bokomon but I'm sure you've done some pretty useful things to help your friends in one way or another, maybe in even more ways than you or they can count." Bokomon blushed at the comment and was happy to be appreciated or said to be appreciated.

"Then all we have to do is let Izzy send a message to us and we'll be able to install some sort of portable portal?" Koji took a look at his D-tector. Gennai nodded in response. "Well that beats trying to find every single member of this group and just meet up at the digital world on our own. Thanks."

"And that makes it easier for us to come and find everyone too." Ken and Koichi were pleased with the new invention.

"So, is that all you wanted to speak to us about, Gennai?" Cody asked the old man.

"Yes, I think that's about it. If there's any other information that I need you to know, I will tell Izzy to tell you." Gennai said as the kids all got up from their places.

"Phew, that was a long chat." Neemon stretched.

"You took a nap!" Bokomon snapped his waist band.

"OUCH!"Neemon rubbed his side.

"I guess we have to walk back up those stairs." Takuya sighed as he looked out the window.

"Oh no, I have my own television set right here so you can get back to Izzy's from here." Gennai chuckled.

"So you really could've just transported us here straight from the digiport instead of having us try and find you again." Davis accused. Takuya held Davis back a bit and then waved his goodbye and thanks to Gennai before he pointed his D-tector towards the television set and yelled the words, Digiport Open. The kids were then brought back to Izzy's room.

"So how did it go?" asked Izzy.

"It went well, we just took in a whole bunch of information." Zoe said to the red headed boy.

"And did he tell you about the DigiZone?" Izzy asked with curiosity gleaming in his eyes.

"Yeah, and he said that you could install it for us." Tommy told the boy.

"Yup, just let me scan your digivices and it will automatically send a message that will activate it. You know, I only recently found this out and couldn't wait to share it with you but Gennai said that it would be best if you were all together first." Izzy explained as the kids finished placing all their digivices on his desk and he started to scan them with his own modified digivice. The group just watched as the boy worked on the devices. A few minutes later, Izzy checked his laptop for a bit and then gave the group the okay to take their gadgets back.

"So how do we activate it?" Poromon wondered.

"Oh that's easy, you just press a button and it will show a holographic map of the digital world, you just touch the place where you want to go and it will either allow you all to enter or tell you a place near the area that you want entrance to. So if you set the location, then just say the words and bring it down in front of you as though you were undoing a really tall zipper and the portal will open up in front of you." Izzy demonstrated as he explained, doing the motion with his arms. "But just be aware of who's around you and make sure that you aren't seen doing this either."

"That's amazing Izzy!" Yolei exclaimed and hugged the boy.

"I have a question, what if we activated it but then wanted to shut it off because someone was coming towards you. What do we do then?" Koji asked.

"Well, then you use the word: Delay." Izzy explained to them.

"Alright, that sounds easy enough." Takuya said as he looked at the device. "So this doesn't work as a transporting in the real world either, does it?" the goggled head boy just had to ask.

"Nope sorry." Izzy smiled apologetically. "If this place was a digital space then we'd have no problem but this is reality." Takuya nodded in understanding.

"So I guess that's it then, we should get going since it's getting late." Koichi said as he looked out the window to see the sky turning a deep red color with a pink undertone.

"Then we'll meet tomorrow at school first thing in the morning." Zoe announced to everyone.

"And make sure to keep Koichi and I posted on what happens. If anything, we'll meet you guys in the digital world." Ken said as they agreed. They then said their goodbye and thanks to Izzy who just nodded in response and then waved before shutting his door. The digidestined and warriors all looked at each other before separating, each thinking of how this new quest will turn out for them.

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Early next morning, each digidestined from the school had met up in the front courtyard. They all looked at each other and expected to see if there was a change in their digivices but none had happened. "I guess we can't rush these kinds of things, huh, Takuya?" Tommy said to the other.

"Yeah, you got that right, buddy." He sighed.

"But how long do these things usually take? As far as we know, Lucemon could be gathering the Demon Lords at this very moment, taking kids along with them." JP shook and scratched his head out of frustration.

"At this moment, there isn't anything we can do but I do know that there are some digimon in the digiworld that are looking after it as we speak." Gatomon replied to the human.

"That's right, and they're reliable, trustworthy and won't let anything slip from their sight." Demiveemon joined in.

"Well... most of the time." Patamon shrugged with a knowing smile on his face.

"Regardless, they're doing more that we are." Upamon defended the digimon.

"Alright, we get it but this is still a drag." Davis said.

"Let's just get to class and we'll continue this around lunchtime." Kari said as she put an arm around Davis and TK's neck and started to drag them towards the school. Everyone nodded in agreement and followed the girl with a smile.

Not much had changed at school, they still learned and Davis still got scolded by the teacher for not finishing his homework, for disrupting the class and other things that aren't really worth mentioning. Takuya and Zoe just exchanged glances before sighing inwardly at the poor boy. Kari and TK just facepalmed inwardly as Davis returned to his desk.

"Dude, you have to stop causing so much trouble for yourself, what are we going to do if you get detention and we need you to come to the igitaldai orldwai." Takuya whispered to him in pig latin.

"No sweat, I'll stop making a ruckus." However Kari and TK found that extremely hard to believe.

"Stop talking back there and pay attention." The five of them then snapped their attention to the front of the classroom and concentrated on their english lesson. The teacher rambled on about dialects and pronunciations while the students just sat and listened. That was when TK, Kari and Zoe all heard a faint beeping noise that was coming from behind them. They turned around slowly so as to not make themselves suspicious in the eyes of their teacher who was reading from his book as he wrote on the board. Behind them, they saw Takuya and Davis fidgeting noticeably as they each had their hands in their desks and were banging and trying to shut something up from inside it. Both their expressions were filled with agitation, annoyance and were both twitching.

The three couldn't help but laugh, although they tried to hold it in so that they all wouldn't get into trouble. "W-w-what's t-the mat~ter?" Zoe asked the pair.

"Something's up with the igidai icevai (digivice)." Davis whispered back. That response instantly shut them up and they turned serious.

"Well, just try and hide it in your bags for now. We don't want to get it confiscated." TK said and turned forward as he spoke to them.

"But there's a problem." Takuya said. "It's glowing brightly." He looked at his desk that radiated the light as he spoke and tried to cover it with his hand.

"That plus it's beeping. Why did this have to happen in school?" Kari sighed as she then saw the teacher coming up to their corner. They all looked at the teacher who stopped as he came between TK and Zoe's desks.

"Is there something wrong sensei?" Zoe asked him.

"There's a lot of chatter in this corner. Is there something that you'd like to share with the rest of us? Why don't you enlighten us on your conversation?" He challenged them as they each exchanged glances. The room then grew silent and fear and struck them as the beeping sound became less and less faint. So Kari instantly came up with something.

"T-they were just trying to answer a question that I had on homonyms." Kari said quickly, breaking the silence as others started to speak as well. Another student then raised his hand.

"Sensei, I don't understand it either." He said as there was a round of agreement from the classroom.

"Ah, is that so. Well then, let's explain it in more detail." He walked away from them as they all gave a sigh of relief.

"Thanks Kari." Davis thanked her.

"Anything to save the digital world." She smiled as the two boys continued on their mission try and shut their devices up. Lunch seemed like it was hours away but with the bell, they quickly escaped and ran out of the classroom. The two boys had stuffed the thing in their pockets and were walking with a glow that came from their side. As a result, they walked down the hall with their books covering that certain spot. People wondered what had gotten into the two soccer players as they watched them walk consciously while not moving the book from its position.

"Just ignore them and make it to the field." Davis said to his co soccer captain.

"No need to tell me twice." Takuya gritted his teeth as he looked at the people that were giving them the unwanted attention.

"Those two sure are popular around here." Zoe said to the pair that was walking on her left.

"They are the star soccer players in the school." Kari explained to her.

"Not only that, but they're gifted athletes." TK corrected.

"Wow, so that kind of stuff really matter here at this school." Zoe pondered on the thought as they continued after the boys.

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Upon reaching their spot in the field, they found that Koji, Yolei, JP, and the two younger boys were already there waiting for them along with the digimon. "Hey, how'd you guys get here?" Davis asked the digimon.

"Gatomon taught us how to move around the school without getting noticed." Demiveemon announced as he pounced on Davis.

"It was a must, they would be discovered in the computer lab if they stay there every single day; especially with kids walking in and out of there, daily. It's a surprise that they weren't found and taken home already." Gatomon said in a tsundere like attitude.

"Still, that was still really nice of you Gatomon." Kari praised the cat digimon.

"Yeah but on to something else, what is that infuriating beeping sound?" Gatomon covered her ears.

"That's Takuya and Davis. Their digivices acted up in class and we almost got busted for it." TK explained.

"Wait they actually reacted to something?" Tommy's eyes lit up when he heard that.

"Yeah but we didn't take a look at it yet." Takuya said and took the device out of his pocket.

"So where does it say to go?" Cody asked, looking at the device, there was a small map with a red dot on it.

"There's only one way to find out." Koji said as he took out his D-tector.

"Is everyone ready?" Yolei asked them all.

"Yeah!" They all said in unison. Koji was about to activate the after looking around to see if the coast was clear when someone suddenly interrupted.

"Hold on, what about Ken and Koichi?" JP reminded them.

"I emailed Ken during class about it." Kari said as she continued. "I'm sure he'll tell Koichi but he said that their school is participating in something during lunch so they won't be able to make it." With that said, Koji then started again.

"Here we go, Digizone Set!" He said and sliced the space in front of him and there appeared a wormhole. "Destination Set, Location... the Fire Terminal?" Koji announced as the warriors and Bokomon looked at it in surprise. They were all then sucked into the portal and were warped towards the station.

"Why are we at the Fire Terminal?" Zoe wondered as she looked around at the familiar place. "Not that I'm complaining or anything." She said with a small smile, after all, this was the place that they had first met and had first discovered the legendary warrior of fire, Agunimon.

"More importantly, why are there only five of us there?" Koji looked around to find that the other digidestined and their digimon were nowhere to be seen.

"We were separated? Why?" Tommy wondered as he was then answered by Bokomon.

"This is probably because of the Digizone." He said to the others. "Since we were all here before, we were able to come directly to this area. However, in the case of the others, this was probably their first time and were all transported to the nearest Digiport opening."

"So how do we find or contact them?" JP wondered out loud.

"Hello? Helloooo~ Is anyone there? Maybe this is the wrong connection or something." The Warriors heard Davis' voice from somewhere.

"You idiot, who else would have this connection? We're the only kids in the world with these things right now." This time, they heard Yolei's voice.

"I think it's coming from my D-tector." Zoe said with a surprise and responded to them. "Hello? Is someone there?" She asked, feeling a bit silly.

"Yes! I've made contact!"

"That's awesome Davis!" Veemon said beside him.

"Wow, so these things double as walkie talkies." Zoe said through the device.

"Yeah, we discovered this a while ago." Kari explained this time.

"So where are you guys?" Takuya asked this time around.

"We ended up near a television set somewhere in a forest." TK said to them.

"Alright, so that means you're pretty close by." Tommy said with happiness.

"Do you guys see any smoke coming from the sky?" Takuya asked them.

"Hawkmon, do you mind checking?" Yolei said to her partner who then nodded, not that the warriors would know, and he then looked around for some sign of smoke. After a few minutes of observing, he found a faint line of smoke in the distance which was quite a way away from where they currently stood.

"Hawkmon found it but we're pretty far away." Davis said to the others.

"It's alright, we'll start looking for the crest while you guys make your way here but you better hurry otherwise we'll have to start over again later. We do only have an hour of lunch after all." Takuya told them.

"Roger that, we're on our way, over and out." Davis said in an amused tone. "Man, I love walkie talkies." He said like a little kid.

"Phew, well that's settled." Zoe sighed again and looked around. "These DigiZones are really confusing to deal with."

"I'll do an extensive research on it when we get back home." Bokomon promised as they then turned towards Takuya.

"Well, no point in dwelling on it now, let's go and find the location of the Crest." He said and looked at his D-tector which paved the way towards said object.

Hey, yeah I'm sorry it took soo long
You see, even with summer, I guess my schedule didn't clear up one bit
So it's taking me a while to update
But while I have nothing to do,
I try and update stories

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~Owari desu