Call to Rise
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Guess who's back? Yeah, I managed to pull myself out of my depression/slump to give this tiny tease chapter. Not a lot...it's only 7 pages. *shrugs* but it will have to do for now. Ja minna.
Standard Disclaimers Apply, but Kyoko and all her stuff as well as Kelsamon and all her stuff are mine. So are Taiji, Hitori, and Kajoro...and all their stuff.
Taiji, Hitori, and Kajoro: We don't have any 'stuff'. We're not digidestined you baka.
Oh...k. On with the fic.
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Daisuke was walking back home with Kyoko after a crazy day of school. "People are weird, ne?"
Kyoko nodded. "No kidding." They had dropped off Taiji, Hitori, and Kajoro at their homes already. They were going to do their homework together and then just hang out somewhere. Kyoko stopped.
Daisuke looked back at her, a couple steps ahead. "What'd you stop for?"
"Ever get the feeling you're being watched?"
Daisuke sighed. "Nobody from the school is following us today Kyoko."
Kyoko made a face. "Not that." She looked around a little though, just to check. "Like...uh...I can't explain. Just like some creepy thing is watching you."
Daisuke paused and thought about it. "Well..now that you mention, yeah." He shrugged as they arrived at his apartment. "It's probably just us being paranoid though." Kyoko nodded, but neither of them could shake the feeling and it was beggining to creep them out.
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Far off in the southernmost part of the Digital World...
A large shadowed laughed at his screen as the two he watched went inside the apartment. "If only you knew how right you were." In the room, there were many screens, all of them set on each digidestined as well as their respective digimon. "Yakazemon!"
A tall, wolf-looking digimon appeared and bowed. "Yes sir?"
"Get those digidestined together in the Digital World and make sure their digimon are worn out. I want my heirs found so I can begin planning. NOW!"
The digimon jumped a little and bowed. "Yes sir."
Out of his master's hearing range, the digimon muttered to himself. "Whichever of those Chosen the heirs are, I pity them. The future holds nothing but hell for them."
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Kyoko and Daisuke were currently listening to loud music.
The artist sang out the lyrics to a hip-hop beat.
"So if you wanna go
Walk right out the door
'Cause I don't want no more
Of your pretty girl bullsh*t"
Daisuke finished his math homework, nodding his head to the music. He sang with the artist.
"If you wanna leave
It's okay with me
Matter fact I'm beggin' please
Take your pretty girl bullsh*t"
(A/N: Guess who I'm taking a shot at? *cough*Hi*cough*ka*cough*ri*cough* ^_~)
Kyoko munched on some cookies as she did her English homework. "Mmmmm..."
Daisuke looked up. "Oi [Hey]! Where did you get the cookies??"
Kyoko held the package of cookies close to her protectively. "Mine. Get your own cookies, there are a bunch more in your kitchen."
Daisuke arched an eyebrow. "You stole cookies from /my/ kitchen, and now you refuse to give me any?"
"Basically."
Daisuke growled and pounced. "Gimme!!"
Kyoko struggled as they rolled around. "No! They're mine!"
"You stole them from /my/ kitchen!"
"So it's currently in /my/ possession. Get off! You may be in shape, but that doesn't make you very light!"
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Vee-Eldramon and Kelsamon were sitting there in the living room watching TV as their partners did their homework. They heard the noise and turned to look at their partners. Both digimon blinked blankly as they watched their partners roll around on the floor. Vee-Eldramon thought they were playing. "What game is that Kelsamon?"
Kelsamon shrugged. "I thought it was the way humans mated with each other."
"Daisuke said that humans his age were too young to mate."
"That's what it looks like." The doorbell rung and whoever it was began knocking. Daisuke and Kyoko continued rolling around. Kelsamon got up. "Come on. We better answer the door." Both rookies stepped around their partners to answer the door. Taking their precious time too. The knocking became louder and more urgent. The cat/fox digimon looked through the peephole. "It's the other digidestined."
Vee-Eldramon frowned. "Why would they be here?"
"How should I know?" Kelsamon unlocked the door with her claws and opened the door. "Yes?"
Taichi tried to go around her, but Vee-Eldramon was in the way. "Where is Daisuke?"
"He and Kyoko are...doing...something. They look silly."
Taichi gave them a strange look, but didn't comment. "Okay...can we come in?" Hikari, Takeru, Miyako, Iori, Yamato, Ken, and Sora stood behind him.
Kelsamon moved out the way, walking back towards the living room. "Are you two finished?"
Taichi and the others all had wide-eyed looks. Kyoko had managed to keep her cookies. She tied him up with the ends from her backpack and was sitting on his stomach, happily eating her cookies. "Mmm?" She looked and waved. "Look Daisuke, ya got company."
Daisuke glared at her. "Then get off me."
"Nope, I like it right here just fine thank you."
He sighed. "Why are you guys here?"
Yamato gave him a dry look. "Hello to you too."
Daisuke squirmed under Kyoko. "Likewise blondie. Get off me woman!"
"Nope."
"Argh! Why not?"
"Because I'm not finished eating my cookies. Can't have you trying to eat them again." She finished her cookies and got off of him. "Happy?"
"No. I'd like it if you untied me now."
"Ohhh...but it's so entertaining..."
"Kyoko!!"
"Alright, alright." She untied him and he blew her a raspberry. "So sensitive." She put her books in her backpack, done with her homework. "Hey I know what we can do to blow off time." Daisuke gave her a questioning look. "We could take Kelsamon and Vee-Eldramon to the Digital World and let 'em run around a bit."
Vee-Eldramon nodded happily. "Yeah, let's go!"
Kelsamon and Daisuke both shrugged. "Sure, why not." They said this in unison.
"Excuse me!" Daisuke, Kyoko, Vee-Eldramon, and Kelsamon turned around. They were crouched in front of Kyoko's laptop, which had been in her backpack. They all gave Kari a blank look. She looked exasperated. "We were sort of talking to you guys!"
Vee-Eldramon and Kelsamon looked decidedly bored. Kyoko gave her a look that said 'so?'
Daisuke sighed and nodded to her, as if just acknowledging her. Kari was surprised to find that this gesture sort of stung a little. She stifled it as Taichi spoke. "Gennai needs us in the Digital World."
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~*FLASHBACK*~
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He and the other Chosen had been lounging in the park after school, Yamato, for once not having practice. It was then that Gennai had contacted them, saying he needed them to come to the Digital World immediately. They'd just reached the computer lab when Gennai had contacted them again, making sure they were all there and coming.
Ken had suddenly asked if Daisuke and Kyoko were supposed to come. Gennai's hologram-self looked a little grieved and worried by that. He'd asked where the two redheads were. Everyone looked around, realizing they were unable to answer. Hikari had guessed they were at home. There was a pregnant pause before Gennai looked at them all as if they were idiots and exclaimed, "Well please go get them!" He was gone and they'd set off to Daisuke's place, hoping that both were there. This hope was mainly due to the added realization that no one knew where Kyoko lived.
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*~FLASHBACK~*
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And now here they all were.
Daisuke seemed unfazed by the news. "And so you're telling us because..."
"I meant /us/ as in all of us, including you two."
Awkward silence. Daisuke and Kyoko simply got up and approached the laptop once more. Vee-Eldramon and Kelsamon followed their partners, ready to go.
"Wait! Where are you going?" Kari's voice quieted after her initial call.
Kyoko rolled her eyes. "To see Gennai of course. You /did/ say we were supposed to go, ne [right]? And so we're going."
Kari frowned. ~Why is this girl so rude? How could Daisuke be friends with someone like that?~ She frowned at the sudden thought. Why should she care? The company Daisuke decided to keep was his business and his alone.
A voice in her head spoke, ~Yes child...why do you care so much? You are with Hope are you not? Miracles is of no concern to you..~ She frowned again, this time at the way the voice spoke, but dismissed it. A move she would live to regret. She found herself persuaded by the voice's words. ~Yatta [Yeah], who cares?~ In her heart-of-hearts, deep down, Hikari knew it was she who cared.
Abruptly, Daisuke breaks the following silence. "Digiport Open!" The two redheads and their partners were then gone.
Silence reigned.
Taichi shifted a bit, nodding his head in the laptop's direction. "Guess we should go too." All the others nodded. "Digiport Open!" And then there were none.
Daisuke, Kyoko, Vee-Eldramon, and Kelsamon were all perched in various spots in the 'backyard' of Gennai's abode. All of them were bored out of their minds, waiting on the others. Kyoko spoke up. "Do you suppose the geniuses forgot to enter Gennai's coordinates?"
"That's probably what's taking so long. They might be searching a bit for us. We did leave rather abruptly you know."
"Sore de [So what]? They said let's go, so we went. Big deal."
Daisuke stared for a moment, before shrugging. Kelsamon and Vee-Eldramon were sparring with each other to pass the time. "Oi [Hey], let's try that Daisuke."
"Nani [What]? Sparring?"
"Hai [Yes]."
"But why?"
"Do you have a better idea as to what we should do until the others get here?"
"... Actually...no. Not really."
"Exactly. So let's go."
Both redheads faced each other before coming at each other with basic moves. Kick. Dodge. Jump and kick. Parry. Punch, punch again. Block. You get the idea.
Kelsamon and Vee-Eldramon stopped to watch their partners as the spar fight got a little more intense. Both digidestined seemed lost in a trance of some sort. Little sparks started to come from their fists and the moves got more complicated. Swing. Back flip. Run forward and kick. Duck and parry. Somersault. Jump off this boulder. Punch, punch, roundabout kick. Dark silver sparks came from the attacks now. Daisuke punched downwards and Kyoko flipped away. Daisuke's punch left a crater in the ground. One of Kyoko's kicks decimated a boulder. Their crests were glowing oddly as their eyes appeared glazed over.
Vee-Eldramon jumped away as Daisuke almost hit him, trying to get Kyoko. It was like they no longer acknowledged their digimons' presences.
Gennai came out to inspect the noises. He had been talking with the other Chosen, finding out that Daisuke and Kyoko had left the others behind. He was a bit upset by that, it had implications he didn't want to think about. But he was then relieved to find that it was only because the two soccer stars had entered the coordinates, whereas the others had forgotten. His concern returned when he saw the scene before him. ~Oh dear...~
Kari and TK ran out to stop what they thought was a fight gone out of control. Gennai called out to them, trying to warn them. "No! Wait you two; you don't know what you're dealing with! I--" Too late.
TK got in the way of one of Kyoko's lighter kicks, fully expecting her to stop. Unfortunately...his presence didn't seem to register in her mind. He flew back, knocked out upon impact with a tree. Daisuke seemed to snap out of it when Hikari came into view, but only briefly and the hit still knocked her back. She skidded back, lying unconscious beside TK. Both redheads stopped, examining the damage. They'd be fine, in a couple hours...maybe. Neither seemed very concerned about the situation. No...they didn't seem to care at all. Of course, this didn't go over so well with Yamato and Taichi. Both picked the other two up by the collar.
"What was that?!"
"Yeah, just what did you think you were doing?!"
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What /were/ they doing? *scratches head* I don't know myself. Guess we can figure it out together, ne?
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Guess who's back? Yeah, I managed to pull myself out of my depression/slump to give this tiny tease chapter. Not a lot...it's only 7 pages. *shrugs* but it will have to do for now. Ja minna.
Standard Disclaimers Apply, but Kyoko and all her stuff as well as Kelsamon and all her stuff are mine. So are Taiji, Hitori, and Kajoro...and all their stuff.
Taiji, Hitori, and Kajoro: We don't have any 'stuff'. We're not digidestined you baka.
Oh...k. On with the fic.
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Daisuke was walking back home with Kyoko after a crazy day of school. "People are weird, ne?"
Kyoko nodded. "No kidding." They had dropped off Taiji, Hitori, and Kajoro at their homes already. They were going to do their homework together and then just hang out somewhere. Kyoko stopped.
Daisuke looked back at her, a couple steps ahead. "What'd you stop for?"
"Ever get the feeling you're being watched?"
Daisuke sighed. "Nobody from the school is following us today Kyoko."
Kyoko made a face. "Not that." She looked around a little though, just to check. "Like...uh...I can't explain. Just like some creepy thing is watching you."
Daisuke paused and thought about it. "Well..now that you mention, yeah." He shrugged as they arrived at his apartment. "It's probably just us being paranoid though." Kyoko nodded, but neither of them could shake the feeling and it was beggining to creep them out.
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Far off in the southernmost part of the Digital World...
A large shadowed laughed at his screen as the two he watched went inside the apartment. "If only you knew how right you were." In the room, there were many screens, all of them set on each digidestined as well as their respective digimon. "Yakazemon!"
A tall, wolf-looking digimon appeared and bowed. "Yes sir?"
"Get those digidestined together in the Digital World and make sure their digimon are worn out. I want my heirs found so I can begin planning. NOW!"
The digimon jumped a little and bowed. "Yes sir."
Out of his master's hearing range, the digimon muttered to himself. "Whichever of those Chosen the heirs are, I pity them. The future holds nothing but hell for them."
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Kyoko and Daisuke were currently listening to loud music.
The artist sang out the lyrics to a hip-hop beat.
"So if you wanna go
Walk right out the door
'Cause I don't want no more
Of your pretty girl bullsh*t"
Daisuke finished his math homework, nodding his head to the music. He sang with the artist.
"If you wanna leave
It's okay with me
Matter fact I'm beggin' please
Take your pretty girl bullsh*t"
(A/N: Guess who I'm taking a shot at? *cough*Hi*cough*ka*cough*ri*cough* ^_~)
Kyoko munched on some cookies as she did her English homework. "Mmmmm..."
Daisuke looked up. "Oi [Hey]! Where did you get the cookies??"
Kyoko held the package of cookies close to her protectively. "Mine. Get your own cookies, there are a bunch more in your kitchen."
Daisuke arched an eyebrow. "You stole cookies from /my/ kitchen, and now you refuse to give me any?"
"Basically."
Daisuke growled and pounced. "Gimme!!"
Kyoko struggled as they rolled around. "No! They're mine!"
"You stole them from /my/ kitchen!"
"So it's currently in /my/ possession. Get off! You may be in shape, but that doesn't make you very light!"
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Vee-Eldramon and Kelsamon were sitting there in the living room watching TV as their partners did their homework. They heard the noise and turned to look at their partners. Both digimon blinked blankly as they watched their partners roll around on the floor. Vee-Eldramon thought they were playing. "What game is that Kelsamon?"
Kelsamon shrugged. "I thought it was the way humans mated with each other."
"Daisuke said that humans his age were too young to mate."
"That's what it looks like." The doorbell rung and whoever it was began knocking. Daisuke and Kyoko continued rolling around. Kelsamon got up. "Come on. We better answer the door." Both rookies stepped around their partners to answer the door. Taking their precious time too. The knocking became louder and more urgent. The cat/fox digimon looked through the peephole. "It's the other digidestined."
Vee-Eldramon frowned. "Why would they be here?"
"How should I know?" Kelsamon unlocked the door with her claws and opened the door. "Yes?"
Taichi tried to go around her, but Vee-Eldramon was in the way. "Where is Daisuke?"
"He and Kyoko are...doing...something. They look silly."
Taichi gave them a strange look, but didn't comment. "Okay...can we come in?" Hikari, Takeru, Miyako, Iori, Yamato, Ken, and Sora stood behind him.
Kelsamon moved out the way, walking back towards the living room. "Are you two finished?"
Taichi and the others all had wide-eyed looks. Kyoko had managed to keep her cookies. She tied him up with the ends from her backpack and was sitting on his stomach, happily eating her cookies. "Mmm?" She looked and waved. "Look Daisuke, ya got company."
Daisuke glared at her. "Then get off me."
"Nope, I like it right here just fine thank you."
He sighed. "Why are you guys here?"
Yamato gave him a dry look. "Hello to you too."
Daisuke squirmed under Kyoko. "Likewise blondie. Get off me woman!"
"Nope."
"Argh! Why not?"
"Because I'm not finished eating my cookies. Can't have you trying to eat them again." She finished her cookies and got off of him. "Happy?"
"No. I'd like it if you untied me now."
"Ohhh...but it's so entertaining..."
"Kyoko!!"
"Alright, alright." She untied him and he blew her a raspberry. "So sensitive." She put her books in her backpack, done with her homework. "Hey I know what we can do to blow off time." Daisuke gave her a questioning look. "We could take Kelsamon and Vee-Eldramon to the Digital World and let 'em run around a bit."
Vee-Eldramon nodded happily. "Yeah, let's go!"
Kelsamon and Daisuke both shrugged. "Sure, why not." They said this in unison.
"Excuse me!" Daisuke, Kyoko, Vee-Eldramon, and Kelsamon turned around. They were crouched in front of Kyoko's laptop, which had been in her backpack. They all gave Kari a blank look. She looked exasperated. "We were sort of talking to you guys!"
Vee-Eldramon and Kelsamon looked decidedly bored. Kyoko gave her a look that said 'so?'
Daisuke sighed and nodded to her, as if just acknowledging her. Kari was surprised to find that this gesture sort of stung a little. She stifled it as Taichi spoke. "Gennai needs us in the Digital World."
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~*FLASHBACK*~
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He and the other Chosen had been lounging in the park after school, Yamato, for once not having practice. It was then that Gennai had contacted them, saying he needed them to come to the Digital World immediately. They'd just reached the computer lab when Gennai had contacted them again, making sure they were all there and coming.
Ken had suddenly asked if Daisuke and Kyoko were supposed to come. Gennai's hologram-self looked a little grieved and worried by that. He'd asked where the two redheads were. Everyone looked around, realizing they were unable to answer. Hikari had guessed they were at home. There was a pregnant pause before Gennai looked at them all as if they were idiots and exclaimed, "Well please go get them!" He was gone and they'd set off to Daisuke's place, hoping that both were there. This hope was mainly due to the added realization that no one knew where Kyoko lived.
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*~FLASHBACK~*
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And now here they all were.
Daisuke seemed unfazed by the news. "And so you're telling us because..."
"I meant /us/ as in all of us, including you two."
Awkward silence. Daisuke and Kyoko simply got up and approached the laptop once more. Vee-Eldramon and Kelsamon followed their partners, ready to go.
"Wait! Where are you going?" Kari's voice quieted after her initial call.
Kyoko rolled her eyes. "To see Gennai of course. You /did/ say we were supposed to go, ne [right]? And so we're going."
Kari frowned. ~Why is this girl so rude? How could Daisuke be friends with someone like that?~ She frowned at the sudden thought. Why should she care? The company Daisuke decided to keep was his business and his alone.
A voice in her head spoke, ~Yes child...why do you care so much? You are with Hope are you not? Miracles is of no concern to you..~ She frowned again, this time at the way the voice spoke, but dismissed it. A move she would live to regret. She found herself persuaded by the voice's words. ~Yatta [Yeah], who cares?~ In her heart-of-hearts, deep down, Hikari knew it was she who cared.
Abruptly, Daisuke breaks the following silence. "Digiport Open!" The two redheads and their partners were then gone.
Silence reigned.
Taichi shifted a bit, nodding his head in the laptop's direction. "Guess we should go too." All the others nodded. "Digiport Open!" And then there were none.
Daisuke, Kyoko, Vee-Eldramon, and Kelsamon were all perched in various spots in the 'backyard' of Gennai's abode. All of them were bored out of their minds, waiting on the others. Kyoko spoke up. "Do you suppose the geniuses forgot to enter Gennai's coordinates?"
"That's probably what's taking so long. They might be searching a bit for us. We did leave rather abruptly you know."
"Sore de [So what]? They said let's go, so we went. Big deal."
Daisuke stared for a moment, before shrugging. Kelsamon and Vee-Eldramon were sparring with each other to pass the time. "Oi [Hey], let's try that Daisuke."
"Nani [What]? Sparring?"
"Hai [Yes]."
"But why?"
"Do you have a better idea as to what we should do until the others get here?"
"... Actually...no. Not really."
"Exactly. So let's go."
Both redheads faced each other before coming at each other with basic moves. Kick. Dodge. Jump and kick. Parry. Punch, punch again. Block. You get the idea.
Kelsamon and Vee-Eldramon stopped to watch their partners as the spar fight got a little more intense. Both digidestined seemed lost in a trance of some sort. Little sparks started to come from their fists and the moves got more complicated. Swing. Back flip. Run forward and kick. Duck and parry. Somersault. Jump off this boulder. Punch, punch, roundabout kick. Dark silver sparks came from the attacks now. Daisuke punched downwards and Kyoko flipped away. Daisuke's punch left a crater in the ground. One of Kyoko's kicks decimated a boulder. Their crests were glowing oddly as their eyes appeared glazed over.
Vee-Eldramon jumped away as Daisuke almost hit him, trying to get Kyoko. It was like they no longer acknowledged their digimons' presences.
Gennai came out to inspect the noises. He had been talking with the other Chosen, finding out that Daisuke and Kyoko had left the others behind. He was a bit upset by that, it had implications he didn't want to think about. But he was then relieved to find that it was only because the two soccer stars had entered the coordinates, whereas the others had forgotten. His concern returned when he saw the scene before him. ~Oh dear...~
Kari and TK ran out to stop what they thought was a fight gone out of control. Gennai called out to them, trying to warn them. "No! Wait you two; you don't know what you're dealing with! I--" Too late.
TK got in the way of one of Kyoko's lighter kicks, fully expecting her to stop. Unfortunately...his presence didn't seem to register in her mind. He flew back, knocked out upon impact with a tree. Daisuke seemed to snap out of it when Hikari came into view, but only briefly and the hit still knocked her back. She skidded back, lying unconscious beside TK. Both redheads stopped, examining the damage. They'd be fine, in a couple hours...maybe. Neither seemed very concerned about the situation. No...they didn't seem to care at all. Of course, this didn't go over so well with Yamato and Taichi. Both picked the other two up by the collar.
"What was that?!"
"Yeah, just what did you think you were doing?!"
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What /were/ they doing? *scratches head* I don't know myself. Guess we can figure it out together, ne?