fair warning! i will be time skipping! in this chapter, the tenyas and their partners will be reunited with takato, henry, and terriermon.
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-about two days later-
"uno."
"are you serious?!" asahi yelled, standing up and staring down at his brother's last card. yuzuru scowled, holding the card in his chest. "sit down, you sore loser!" he shouted.
amari only groaned at her cousins behavior. "i swear they act like children..." she murmured, strolling over to the projection that rested at the podium. "mr. mizuno?" she questioned, leaning against the podium. the blonde haired man slowly looked up at her, giving her a tired smile. "what is it, little lady?" he asked, tilting his head. the girl pointed at the doors that were closed shut. "can lunamon and i stroll around for a bit?" she asked. the projection nodded his head, gesturing to the doors. "go right on ahead." he said. amari smiled before turning back around to her digimon partner.
"we got the okay, lu."
"on it!" the rabbit like digimon exclaimed before hopping up off of the table. she slid her way up the steps. "lunamon, wait for me." the dark skinned girl said, strolling over to the stairs. her golden brown eyes wandered to kotemon and kudamon, who stared at their partners.
"do you two have everything handled from here?"
"yeah." the masked digimon said, nodding his head. "just let us know if anyone from out group comes." the ferret-like digimon said, looking over at amari. the young girl nodded her head before walking up to the doors. "lu, you ready?" she asked her digimon. the white creature nodded her head as she looked up at her tamer. the plum haired girl nodded her head before opening the door to traverse through the library that was connected to the lecture hall.
"i wonder if anyone from out group will show up today?" the young girl muttered softly as she slowly walked through an aisle of bookcases. the digimon next to her nodded her head. "i hope so." she started. "i'm sick of just hanging around yuzu and asa." she stated. her tamer chuckled at her partner's remark.
"me too."
"man, this is like a studying nightmare." a familiar voice stated, catching the pair off guard. "you couldn't get through these books even if you read them for a hundred years." the voice said.
"make it two hundred for you." a quirkier voice piqued.
the plum haired girl's eyes widened. her lips curved into a big smile as she ran in the next aisle.
"mari!" her digimon partner cried out as she followed after her.
"guys!" she blurted out, grabbing the attention of takato, henry, and terriermon. the digimon on the blue haired boy's head smiled as she ran towards them. "mari!" he exclaimed. "is it really you?" he asked, tilting his head. the young girl nodded her head happily, reaching over and poking both terriermon and henry.
"it's really you guys!" she exclaimed, going over and poking the gogglehead next. she furrowed her eyebrows, realizing a certain red digimon not beside him. "where's guilmon?" she asked the boy worriedly. takato sighed, shaking his head. "it's long story." he muttered.
"why are you here, amari?" the blue haired tamer asked, gaining the girl's attention. "where are your cousins?" he asked. the girl glanced over at him. "we're here in hopes to find everyone." she stated. "speaking of, where is everyone?" she asked. henry sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. "it's a long story..." he muttered. amari furrowed her eyebrows. she took a deep breath before turning back around.
"come on." she started. "follow me." she said as began walking off. the boys behind her nodded, following her back to the lecture hall. the brown haired boy furrowed his eyebrows. "mari, where are you taking us?" he asked. lunamon glanced up at the boy. "you'll see in due time." she said. the plum haired girl stop in front of a set of doors that had immediately opened.
"we're back with familiar faces!" amari chirped as she ran down the set of stairs before her.
"uno, yet again."
"dude, you're cheating!"
the girl sighed loudly, looking over at their digimon partners. "kudamon, please take those cards away from them." she said. "otherwise, they'll end up killing each other." she muttered. the ferret like digimon sighed as he ran over to them, using his tail to smack the cards out of the twins hands. the teens groaned at the digimon.
"kudamon!"
"did you not hear mari?" the masked digimon asked, walking up to his tamer. "we have guests." he added. the younger twin blinked, turning around and noticing a pair of familiar faces.
"takato, henry!" he exclaimed, waving a hand. asahi turned around as he watched them stroll down the stairs. "long time, no see!" he beamed. the boys smiled, running over to the twins. "you guys are ok!" takato stated, earning a nod from the younger twin. "i should say the same to you." he said.
"who's that?" henry asked, looking down at the podium that stood in the front of the lecture hall. asahi hummed, looking back at the projection of the blonde haired man that rested on the chestnut podium. "oh, that's mr. mizuno." he stated. the younger boy furrowed his eyebrows and tilted his head. "mr. mizuno?" he questioned, earning a nod from their cousin. "yep." she said, skipping down the stairs. "c'mon." she added. her friends followed behind her closely, stopping behind her as she stopped in front of the projected man.
"wake up, mr. mizuno." the female tamer said. the kids watched as the blonde man stirred around before sitting up on the podium. "yo." he said, waving hand at them. "there's more of you?" he questioned, glancing over at amari. the young girl nodded her head, looking back at her friends. "these are some of my friends i was telling you about before." she stated, earning a nod from mizuno. henry leaned over to her quickly.
"is he a human, mari?" the blue haired boy whispered. "or is he a digimon?" he questioned. the girl sighed, stepping away from them. "as him for yourself." she said. "he's more than happy to answer your questions." she added, glancing over at the projection. the blonde sighed as he fixed his hat, looking over at the pair of new boys.
"my name is mizuno." he started. "and the answer to you question would be yes.." he paused, shaking his head. "well, more like i use to be a human." he stated. "how in the world did you get here?" henry asked, watching mizuno take off his hat. "i could ask the same thing of the three of you." he stated, resting his chin on the palm of his hand. "but why waste time with meaningly questions?" he asked. "i already know who you are and how you got here cause, well-" he paused, taking a breath. "i'm the one who created you." he said. takato hummed, furrowing his eyebrows in confusion.
"we're just as real as you are." he stated. "you didn't create us." he said.
"are you sure?" the man drone, staring at the kids boringly. "maybe you're all dreaming like me." he wondered. "maybe all beings are dreaming about what they'll become." he continued. "and when we all wake, we will begin our evolution." he stated. lunamon sighed as she shook her head.
"yeah, this is what we dealt with day one." she said, earning a nod from her tamer.
"hey." the brown haired boy said as he pulled out his digivice. "how come our digivices look like that thing you got hanging from the ceiling?" he asked, looking up at the large replica of a digivice that displayed on the ceiling.
"they're arcs." mizuno stated, looking at takato. "for transporting data." he added.
"arcs?" the blue haired boy questioned. takato put his digivice back in his pocket. "okay..." he muttered. "i heard my dad mention them once." henry stated. "you're not one of his old friends, are you?" he asked. "his name is janyu wong." the boy stated. "he use to work with a group of programmers called the monster makers." he added. the younger twin furrowed his eyebrows.
"the monster makers?" he whispered. his brother looked over at him. "wasn't that.."
"the name of the group mom worked with in college?!" both teens exclaimed. both of them rushed down the stairs, stopping right before mizuno. "you wouldn't happen to know a woman by the name of shiori tenya?" yuzuru asked the man. his brother nodded. "i think you guys had called her-"
"azrael and tao!" mizuno chuckled before standing up. "that was a long time ago!" he exclaimed. he pointed over at at henry. "so you're tao's son?" he asked, earning a nod from the boy. "yes, my name is henry wong." he stated, his digimon partner hopping on to his rightful place on his shoulder. "and i'm terriermon." he smiled. the brown haired boy next to him jabbed a thumb at himself. "and i'm takato." he stated. the blonde man glanced over at the tenyas.
"then you three must be azrael's kids." he said. asahi chuckled at him.
"only us two." he stated, pointing at him and his brother. "the little one here is her brother's kid." yuzuru said, pointing at amari. mizuno's eyes widened.
"kei's got a kid?"
"two of them, to be exact." the girl stated, placing her hands on her hips. "i'm the youngest." she stated.
"sorry, but do you mind helping us get home?" the brown haired boy interrupted, earning mizuno's attention. "well, i suppose i could." he paused, crossing his arms over his chest. "but i can't really promise anything." he said. "you see, getting all the way back is a lot harder than you think." he stated. the brown haired boy pulled out his digivice.
"wanna use one of these digivices, er-" he paused, shaking his head. "i mean, arcs?"
amari watched as a book flew past her. "perhaps. one of the functions of the arcs is to act as toolboxes to store, organize, and connect data." mizuno stated as the book opened before everyone. "they can be use to bring kindred pairs together, just like the animals on noah's arc." he added. "even i'm not sure all they can do." he finished. a set of fairy like creatures flew by, carrying another book.
"hey, what are those giggling guys?" takato asked. "they're digital gnomes." the blonde stated, looking at them. "i call them digignomes." he added. the blue haired boy tilted his head. "are they some sort of digimon." he asked. mizuno shook his head at the question. "no, they're not." he said. the rabbit like digimon on his shoulder then moved to his head. "about time you gave us a straight answer." he said, earning a sigh from his tamer.
"terriermon.."
"they're another form of artificial intelligence that evolved on their own ." the projection informed. "it's just logical to call them digignomes." he stated. "at least to me."
"well, did they evolve from digimon?" takato asked. the man shook his head once more. "not really." he started. "they evolve from the digital world itself." he informed. "you see, just as the human body is made up of cells and digimon are made up of data, the digital world is a living thing made up of digimon and other digital creature." he stated. "and as the digital creature evolve, so does the digital world." he finished. one of the digignomes chimed, flying towards the tamers holding a blue card.
"hey, it's the blue card." the brown haired boy stated. the projection glanced up at takato. "well, it may look like a card to you, but it's really an algorithm." he informed. yuzuru hummed at the piece of information he learned.
"how so?" he asked, tilting his head. mizuno looked over at him next. "i'm sure azrael and the others forgot about digimon when the project ended, but i wanted to complete our work." he started. "so i created an algorithm that would allow digimon evolve on their own, beyond what we humans could imagine for them." he stated. "i originally wrote the algorithm to prove that digimon were more than just toys." he added. "that they were a true lifeform that can grow on their own." he continued. "but i gather that the blue card have a different meaning for the five of you." he said. "so, how do you use the algorithm i wrote?" he asked. the older twin blinked as he pulled out his digivice.
"so, we-" he paused, gesturing to the other tamers. "use our digivices to slash the card through it." he stated, demonstrating. mizuno hummed as he sat down. "that makes sense." he muttered. one of the digignomes landed on top of terriermon's head, causing him to look up.
"i'm glad you think so." he mumbled.
"the digital world is all about communication and all communication is about bringing things in touch." the projection stated. "it seems the blue card algorithm is being used for a purpose i didn't quite intend." he said. "to bring digimon and people together as partners." he finished. as the brown haired boy sat down, two of the digignomes grabbed his digivice, causing him to look down at them in confusion. "what are they doing?" he asked, watching the device turn on. amari's golden brown eyes wandered over to the projection the device had displayed. images of a piece of paper with a drawing of his digimon partner had appeared.
"that's guilmon." she whispered, looking at the wandering digignomes. "did these little guys help...create guilmon?" she asked. "i remember first meeting guilmon and my digivice couldn't get any information on him." she stated. mizuno shrugged his shoulders.
"maybe."
"maybe?!" the girl exclaimed incredulously. she was beyond confused now.
"maybe guilmon dreamed his data into existence and takato here became aware of him." the man stated. amari furrowed her eyebrows at him.
"does that mean i was created especially for henry?" the rabbit like digimon asked, wrapping his long ears around his tamer's shoulders. the blonde shrugged again. "maybe." he said. "yeah, created especially to annoy me." the blue haired boy joked. "hey!" his partner shouted, glancing at him. "well, am i wrong?" henry asked, smiling. his digimon smiled back at him. "admit it henry." he started. "you'll be lost without me." he mused. "looks like i'm lost with you, too." the boy chuckled.
"or maybe henry was created for you." the projection stated, looking over at the two of them.
"then guilmon is data..." the brown haired boy said before standing up.
"so," the blue haired boy said, looking at mizuno. "do you know how to get out of here and back to the real world?" he asked, earning a nod from the man. "yes, the highest plain." he stated, standing up.
"there's more?" asahi asked. his brother sighed, shaking his head. "i wonder how much more he have left..." he said. the man looked over at him. "there's only one more level above this one." he stated. "and it is the level which the four powerful and most evolved digimon have made their home." he informed. the youngest tenya hummed as she looked up.
'four of the most powerful, huh?' she thought. "are they the sovereign?" the girl asked, looking down at mizuno. the blonde nodded his head. "if they're like azulongmon from the tv show, they must be huge!" takato exclaimed. "do they protect the digital world?" he asked. the man before them nodded. " it is rather ironic, don't you think?" he asked. "the digimon have tried to evolve to larger and stronger forms to set themselves apart from the humans that created them." he explained. "but they ended up taking the forms of ancient gods of the humans." he stated. "digimon and humans will never be able to separate from each other." he continued. "they live in the same world really." he added. "it's only when that's recognized that the next evolution will begin." he finished.
"if they protect this place, then they're good, right?" the brown haired boy asked, turning to his friend. the blue haired boy turned to him, shaking his head. "that's not what sensei says." he stated. "he said good and evil can switch based on your perspectives." he said, facing mizuno."let's hope our perspective is the right one." he finished.
"the sovereign as you call them seem to want to accelerate digivolution in order to resist something." mizuno stated. "it seems they're afraid they won't survive unless they find a way to defeat whatever they feel is coming for them." he added. the young girl hummed out of curiousity.
"i wonder what they could be afraid of." she mumbled.
"maybe it's a digimon stronger than them." asahi said.
"or one another." yuzuru said.
"maybe it's a person like yamaki use to be." henry stated. "or maybe it's us!"
"or maybe it's me." mizuno laughed, earning weird stares from the tamers. suddenly, a beam of light that came from the arc above them engulfed them. "that is all i can tell you now." the man said, watching them ascend into the arc. "the rest you must learn on your own, i'm afraid." he said. takato furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "but what about you?" he asked. the man smiled up at him before sitting down.
"i'm very tired now." he said, closing his eyes. "i must sleep." he droned. amari's eyes wandered down to the window as the arc flew off. "mari?" the moon inspired digimon asked, grabbing the young tamer's attention. "yeah, lu?" she asked, sitting down.
"you seem tired." the digimon mentioned, earning a chuckle from her tamer. the dark skinned girl nodded her head, resting it against the wall of the arc. "just a little..." she murmured softly, eyes fluttering shut. lunamon blinked at her.
"don't you wanna talk to henry and takato?" she asked, tilting her head. the other rabbit digimon walked over to her. "let her rest." terriermon said, glancing over at the youngest tenya. "she's been through a lot and i'm pretty sure that all the information she got filled up her head." he stated.
soft snores could be heard by the plum haired girl, signaling that she finally had fell into a deep slumber.
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