Battle Across The Omniverse

Jayr POV - Real World, Earth, Japan, Tokyo - 2001

I'm slowly walking across the lively hallways of the school casually greeting the students on break and the other patrolling teacher I encounter with a smile on my face while in my mind I think about the latest individual who "willingly" decided to live with us for the time being, 'At first, Impmon kicked up a fuss when he arrived at my house, especially when he noticed the presence of V-mon, Wormmon, and Patamon. He started to call them pathetic weak Digimon who can't do anything without their Tamer and so on. But his tune changed when I "gently" invited him to join us in our usual evening training.'

I smirk remembering Impmon's expression when he saw and took part in our "light" warm-up exercises under high gravity, how he started to enjoy himself when we started to train their techniques and Special Moves as he was able to go all out without minding his surroundings and worry about anything else, how upset he was when he was absolutely trashed by everyone when they started sparring, and his shocked face when V-mon, Wormmon, and Patamon evolved in XV-vom, Stingmon, and Angemon and we started to spar with me as I taught them how to use their new forms and abilities in an actual combat situation, even more so because I a "weak" human was actually easily keeping up with three Adult level Digimon who were obviously not holding back.

After our evening training, Impmon was just too tired to keep up with his antics so, he peacefully had dinner with us where he almost cried as it was the best meal he ever had in his life.

After dinner, I moved on with the next phase of the "Impmon Reformation Plan", where we started to watch the first few episodes of Digimon Adventure to show him how various Digimon bond with their Tamers, allowing them to grow and bring the best out of each other, of course, I plan to let him see all the various anime that represents more distant parallel universes first before I actually show him Digimon Tamers who will likely interest him the most as it will be a bit too much for Impmon in his current state. 

While I remember what happened yesterday when I brought Impmon home, I'm heading toward a more empty and calm hallway while thinking, 'Even if Impmon relentlessly mocked Tai, Agumon, and the others throughout all the episodes we watched, his eyes never left the screen, and after that, he calmly went to sleep in the guest room and didn't try to escape throughout the night, in fact, this morning he also willingly joined us in our morning training, even if he complained the whole time. Then when it was time for me to get out, I simply sent him into my Soulbound Dimension with V-mon, Wormmon, and Patamon so that they could have fun there.'

While I'm thinking that, I continue to calmly walk through the school corridors but just as I'm about to turn around the corner, I suddenly hear Takato's voice as he asks in a clearly worried tone, "Hey, Lee-kun, what do you think? Were my eyes playing tricks on me? But I'm sure I saw it... I-I don't want Guilmon to disappear like that..."

In response to that, Jianlinag says in a calm tone, "Digimon are beings that aren't supposed to be in the Real World, where we live, to being with."

Hearing that, Takato stutters, "B-But... But Guilmon is my friend! I'm Guilmon's Tamer!"

At this point, Terriermon's voice is heard as he says, "Moumantai! You don't have to keep defining this thing from that thing all the time just because of where they're from, don't you think?" making Takato reply, "Y-Yeah... That's right, Terriermon."

But then Jianliang says, "I... wonder..." making Takato exclaim, "I thought you wanted to be with Terriermon forever, too, Lee-kun! Was I wrong?"

Hearing that, Jianliang replies, "Takato-kun. Nothing lasts forever... no matter what it may be." which makes Takato exclaim as he runs away in the opposite direction I'm coming from, "I don't understand what you're implying!" 

Listening to that, I immediately understand what is going on, 'Ah... This has for sure something to do with the Digital Zone that opened this morning. If I remember well in the anime there is that episode where Takato decided to walk on the streets with Guilmon to see what the reactions would be, which was practically nothing. But when he walked to a particular spot, Guilmon seemed to disappear as he was being pulled into the nearby Digital Zone, but he was pulled out of there just in time. But this event caused Takato to worry about the eventual disappearance of Guilmon, then Takato again walked close to that spot with Guilmon and this time, the Digimon was forcefully pulled into the Digital Zone, a Digital Zone that is going to be the testing ground of Hypnos' new program, Yuggoth... I think it is better if I keep my eyes on them, after all, this situation can be quite dangerous and it takes only a single misstep to have catastrophic consequences, especially since my presence has changed the course of the events and so Takato and the others take the risk of being actually deleted by mistake...'

Yamaki Mitsuo POV - Real World, Earth, Japan, Tokyo - 2001

I'm slowly walking aimlessly feeling incredibly more relaxed as I unconsciously flick open and close the silver Zippo lighter I always carry with me while thinking, 'After so many weeks of countless sleepless nights... I finally did it! I completed the program that will finally enable us to fight those anomalies... I completed Yuggoth, a program that applies a more advanced tracer than the one we are currently using and that theoretically has the ability to delete anomalies, including Wild Ones and abnormal zones. I was able to create this program using what we were able to gather and study from the Wild Ones that were Realized until now. I was able to create Yuggoth in such a way that it is basically able to generate what is equivalent to a blast of virtual energy to strike the locked target and hopefully delete them. Now, the only thing left to do is actually test Yuggoth on a Wild One or an abnormal zone...'

While I'm thinking that, I suddenly hear my phone ringing, which makes me stop in place, pull out the phone from the internal pocket of my jacket and answer half dreading and half expecting what kind of news I'll hear, "This is Yamaki."

On the other side, I hear the voice of Onodera Megumi, one of the Hypnos System Operators who works together with my girlfriend Reika, who says, "Supervisor Yamaki, please return immediately."

I quickly grow tense and ask, "What's up?" but soon Megumi answers, "The head of the Audit and Inspection Board has asked that you give him an explanation." 

Hearing that, I let out an annoyed sigh and comment in a frustrated tone, "Haa... As if he thinks he'll understand once I explain it to him." making Megumi on the other side confused by my outburst, "Sir?"

I quickly calm my nerves and say, "All right. I'll be there at once." before I cut off the call and start to head toward the Hypnos headquarters. 

After some time, I finally reached the Hypnos Headquarters and met with the man in charge of the Audit and Inspection Board department of our government, whose title is Chief Cabinet Secretary. 

Basically, he will likely be another one of those useless politicians who only thinks about himself, his benefits, and his authority without doing anything or even caring about actually doing his job and focusing on how to help, support, and protect the people of our country.

I go through the usual annoying meaningless exchange of pleasantries as I give him a quick tour of the structure until we reach the heart of the organization and start to explain, "Hypnos is a system that keeps the ever-growing network, the Digital World, under constant surveillance. It can record the exchange of all kinds of information, and if either an abnormality should occur within the Digital World, or should illegal information be spotted running through the network, Hypnos has been constructed to remove it at once, within all scope of the law."

Hearing that, the Chief Cabinet Secretary asks for confirmation, "All the information in the network? Does that mean you also inspect private information?"

Understanding his concern, I quickly reassure him, "Only illegal activity and actions related to crime, I assure you." while thinking, 'As if I actually care about inane information like what you say to your mistress or your strange passion for tentacles and elves adult animes... I only want to ensure that nothing like the tragedy that happened in America can repeat itself in our country...'

While I was thinking that, the Chief Cabinet Secretary let out a sigh and said, "Haa... If the public ever finds out about this system, the entire general election will find themselves out of office."

I quickly stepped in front of the Chief Cabinet Secretary and declared, "Similar systems are already operating in other countries. It's Japan that is falling behind."

Hearing that the Chief Cabinet Secretary nods and declares, "The existence of the Hypnos System must never be known. Not even the facilities here exist! Having these Wild Ones gain physical bodies in the Real World is something that must not happen!"

Takato POV - Real World, Earth, Japan, Tokyo - 2001

I'm walking on the busy sidewalk with Guilmon by my side and luckily no one seems to actually care about his presence thinking that he is some kind of well-made cosplay or something along these lines, our destination is Kagurazaka Girls' Academy, the only other elementary school in this area, which means it is likely the school of the Digimon Queen.

Once I arrived in front of the Kagurazaka Girls' Academy, I quickly asked a random girl where the Digimon Queen currently lives, it was a bit difficult without knowing her name, so I had to actually describe her to all those I asked and after a few try, I finally learned where she lives and that her name is actually Makino Ruki.

I quickly head there and soon I arrive in the area and start to look around searching for the "Makino" nameplate while muttering, "I think it is around here..."

But suddenly, Guilmon rushes into a nearby alleyway and I quickly run after him while yelling, "Guilmon! Wait up! Where are you going?"

I continue to run after my Digimon until Guilmon leads me to a dead-end alleyway, but soon I understand the reason as standing in the alleyway is actually a familiar fox Digimon with bright yellow fur waiting for us making me exclaim, "Renamon!"

At the same time, Guilmon says, "Guilmon knew right away that you'd be here, Renamon"

In response, Renamon simply states, "Digimon are drawn to each other. That is because Digimon only exists to fight and destroy each other."

Hearing that, Guilmon declares, "But Guilmon doesn't want to fight you." making me add and ask, "That's right! Do you want to fight that badly?"

Right at this moment, I hear Ruki's voice behind me as she asks, "Then what does the cowardly Tamer who doesn't have the guts to fight want to see me for?"

Guilmon and I turn our heads at the same time to look behind us and see the Digimon Queen, Makino Ruki standing behind us as she says, "Could you stop walking with Guilmon throughout the city like it's your pet? It's embarrassing,"

Feeling attacked, I quickly respond while stuttering, "I-It's not embarrassing at all!" 

We stare at each other in silence for a few seconds, until Guilmon suddenly asks, "Are we going to fight, Takato?"

Hearing that I quickly exclaim, "Fight? No! I didn't come here to fight." then I look back at her and start with, "You're Makino Ruki-san, right? I'm Takato. Matsuda Takato."

Without any hesitation, Ruki looked at me and asked in an annoyed tone, "What do you want? You didn't fall in love with me and come here to confess, did you?" making me awkwardly reply, "No..."

After that, Ruki invites me to her home, a very elegant traditional Japanese home with tatami flooring, sliding doors, and wooden verandas circling the home.

Once there, I take a good look at her and hesitate for a moment as I once again remember that strange dream I had the day before Guilmon was born where I saw her and Renamon fighting against what looked like a Lynxmon, but then I unconsciously say, "I think I have seen you in a dream..."

But I immediately realize how what I just said can be misunderstood especially when I remember what she said a few minutes ago, so, I quickly raise my hands and defensively say, "Don't get the wrong idea! It's not like I have feelings for you or something like that..."

At this point, she looks at me and calmly says in a deadpan manner, "You don't know a joke when you hear one, don't you, kid?"

Offended, I quickly yelled back, "You are in fifth grade just like me!" making an annoyed Ruki yell back, "Cut it out! Don't you realize that you come off as really creepy, saying this weird stuff about how you have dreamt about me?"

Hearing that, I can only feel myself deflate and say, "I'm sorry. That's not it. It's just that I have a question for you..."

At this point, I hear the voice of an older woman that says, "Ruki? Ruki-chan, are you home?"

Quickly after, one of the sliding doors opened revealing the figure of an older woman with short light brown hair and brown eyes, she looked at us and said, "Oh, it's rare for a friend of Ruki to come over."

I face the woman who is very likely Ruki's family and respectfully greet her, "Hello! I'm sorry for the intrusion."

The older woman smiled gently and invited me, "Come on in and have some tea. I haven't brought any cakes, but we have senbei crackers, if you'd like." but before I could reply, Ruki said, "Don't bother, grandma. He was just leaving." making Ruki's grandma say, "Well, that's a shame. Please come visit again." before she closes the sliding door and leaves.

Hearing her gentle invite, I can only awkwardly reply, "O-Okay!"

Shortly after that, I heard a sound behind us and saw the figure of Guilmon falling on the ground as Renamon, who helped him in hiding from Ruki's grandma, threw him out.

But then I focus back on Ruki and finally ask after struggling to find the right words, "Um... Ruki-chan... Do you know why Renamon came here from the Digital World?"

Hearing that, Ruki looks at me and asks, "Why do you want to know?" making me answer, "Because maybe they could end up turning back into Data..."

But Ruki quickly says and asks back, "Digimon are Data to being with. Why would that be so wrong?" in response to that I stutter, "But... But that's sad..."

At this point, Ruki takes a look at Renamon and falls into silence unable to come up with an answer, and at this point, I realize that it is time for me to return back home.

Ruki walked me by the door and I looked at her and said, "Um... thanks. I've always wanted the chance to talk to you, after that dream. See you!" followed by Guilmon who said, "Renamon, bye-bye!"

I start to walk back home, but after a few meters, I hear Ruki as she yells, "Hold it!" I turn back and curious ask, "What?" Ruki then warns me, "If you add a -chan to my name again, I'll kick your behind!" before she walks back into her house and closes the door making me comment surprised by her outburst, "W-What's with her?"

Yamaki Mitsuo POV - Real World, Earth, Japan, Tokyo - 2001

After the meeting with the Chief Cabinet Secretary, I remained in the Command Center of the Hypnos System to watch over the situation of a strange anomaly we detected when suddenly, Reika said, "Supervisor Yamaki!"

I look up at the internal dome, which we use as a projection screen to show the visual representation of the current state of the network, and instantly my gaze focuses on the blinking red point with swirling lines around it and declares, "It isn't a wild one..."

Reika quickly checks our database and after a few seconds she says, "We don't have any previous data on this pattern!" 

Hearing that, I immediately command, "Gigabit Tracer!" which is followed by Reika who understands what I intend to do and says, "It's been installed. Switching to virtual monitor."

Soon on the internal dome the image of a series of chaotic blinking squares appears making me question, "What in the world is it?"
 
Takato POV - Real World, Earth, Japan, Tokyo - 2001

After my talk with Ruki, the sky starts to turn dark and I start to walk back home with Guilmon by my side as I continue to think about what Lee-kun and Ruki told me and mutter, "I wonder why..." making Guilmon ask me, "What's wrong, Takato?"

I continue to walk as I try to explain what is going through my mind, "I wonder why you came to me, Guilmon... I like Digimon, and I've always thought that it would be great if I could play with them for real, not just on the net or with cards. That's why all of this feels like a dream come true. Like the things I wished for were granted like magic."

Guilmon walking by my side comments, "Magic? Guilmon doesn't understand, but if it makes Takato happy, then Guilmon is happy, too!"

Hearing that, I stop and take a look at my Digimon feeling happy about his feeling, then with a smile on my face, I say, "Thanks, but somehow I get the feeling that that isn't all there is to it."

In response to my words, Guilmon opens his mouth as if smiling back at me and says, "Wonder what fun things we'll do tomorrow. Maybe Culumon will drop by to play again!"

After saying that, Guilmon starts to walk in front of me, and I immediately notice that the lower half of his body is growing fuzzy and faint just like what happened this morning, and scared I yell, "Guilmon!"

Guilmon turns around and looks at me confused, "What's wrong, Takato?" but then he seems to realize that something is wrong, "Huh? Guilmon feels kind of strange... It feels weird, Takato... Like Guilmon... is about... to disappear..."

Seeing that more than half of his body becomes fuzzy and faint, I quickly hug him while yelling in despair as I start crying because I don't want to lose my friend, "I don't want that to happen, Guilmon! Don't do this to me! Don't! I'll never let you go off somewhere! I-I'll never-"

Guilmon interrupts me by saying, "Guilmon... won't go anywhere..." before his body suddenly disappears making me fall on the ground, but then I quickly turn around just in time to see his very faint figure disappear in motes of red light as it calls my name, "Ta... ka... to..." making me yell as tear fall from my eyes, "Guilmon!!"

Seeing the empty sidewalk, I get up and mutter, "It's like he never existed in the first place... How can that... Guilmon did exist... He was my friend..."

But just as I'm about to be engulfed by sadness and despair, I hear my Digivice beeping and with hope in my heart, I pull it out and take a look at it, and see that it now displays a compass pointing somewhere making me instantly realize, "He is here! Guilmon's here somewhere!"

After realizing that, I immediately start to look around while thinking, 'I can't do this alone... I need some help, but who can I ask... That's right! Pucci-sensei, Lee-kun, and Ruki! They are Tamers too, and Pucci-sensei seems to know a lot more than us! But I don't know how to contact him or where he lives... This means I can only ask Lee-kun and Ruki...'

Coming to that conclusion, I don't hesitate and start to run toward the home of the closest one among the two, Lee-kun.

Yamaki Mitsuo POV - Real World, Earth, Japan, Tokyo - 2001

After watching that anomaly for some time I decide that it is finally time to do something about that before it could unleash who knows what kind of danger, so I head toward the server area with Reika following me, officially she has to input the new data we gathered in Hypnos' backup servers, unofficially, my girlfriend is here to help and support me. 

Once there, I quickly start to connect my personal external hard drive to the server, and seeing that, Reika asks, "What are you doing?"

I use my comm device to connect to the server and install Yuggoth while saying, "No matter what that thing may be, its attributes are still the same as a Wild one... A bringer of chaos into the network. It is not allowed to exist."

Hearing that, Reika warns me while maintaining her professionalism, "Programs that haven't been officially approved of are prohibited from use, sir..."

In response, I can't help but say in an almost mocking manner as I wait for my program to be installed, "Prohibited? Do you honestly believe that the established laws made by men who can't even imagine that there is another world overlapping our Real World will be enough to allow the Digital World to maintain its regularity?"

Soon the installation of Yuggoth is complete, and Reika again warns me, "What you are doing is dangerous. There is a possibility that it will cause a malfunction within the network itself."

Hearing that, I look at my girlfriend and say, "When the branches have withered, you cut them off. We can always re-connect it later. Execute my program, Yuggoth." 

Jayr POV - Real World, Earth, Japan, Tokyo - 2001

I watch as Takato, Jianliang, Ruki, Terriermon, and Renamon walk toward the spot where the Digital Zone captured Guilmon and hear Takato say, "This is it. This is where Guilmon disappeared."

But as soon as they get too close, Renamon and Terriermon start to get affected by the Digital Zone and part of their bodies start to get faint and fuzzy as the Digital Zone begins to pull their Data toward it.

Renamon immediately warns its Tamer of the change, and Jianliang also takes a look at Terriermon and notices that the same is happening to him, so he says, "There's something inside here. Terriermon, go home and stay there. Renamon, you shouldn't stick around here, either."

Hearing that, Renamon looks at Ruki for confirmation, and Ruki agrees with Jianliang, "It's okay. Go back."

As soon as the two Digimon retreat, Ruki looks at Jianliang and asks, "We just don't have to go near this place, right? I'm going home, too!" making the boy say, "But Guilmon has disappeared."

Annoyed, Ruki yells, "Why would that change anything? Digimon are data, nothing mo-" but Takato interrupts her and yells "Digimon are...!" but then he lowers his tone, "... our friends...! They're our friends..."

Jianliang pulls out his D-Ark and after looking at it he says, "Let's go save Guilmon."

Soon the two run inside the structure that leads to the underground water tunnel while Ruki looks at them and mutters, "They have nothing to do with us..." but then she also brings out her D-Ark and looks at it for a few moments, before she looks back at the duo and starts to follow after them and I calmly do the same.

Ruki enters the building before me, and I hear Takato as he happily yells, "Ruki-cha-" but he stops midway before he lets out a cough and repeats, "Ruki, you came!"

In response, Ruki says, "A Tamer doesn't turn her back on the enemy."

At this moment, I also step inside revealing my presence, and say, "This is her own way of saying that deep inside she actually cares for what happened to Guilmon..."

Ruki turns around and looks at me saying, "You!!" followed by Jianliang and Takato who yell, "Pucci-sensei!"

Before they could say anything else, I quickly raised my hand to stop them and say, "Let's hurry, if we waste too much time Guilmon could really be in danger..."

Both Jianliang and Takato nod and start to walk into the tunnel as Ruki and I follow after them, as we walk, Ruki asks the guys how they know me, making them explain that I'm their English Teacher.

Learning that, Ruki looks at me and asks how it is possible for me to have three Digimon Partners, something that surprises both Jianliang and Takato as they only knew about Wormmon, and shortly after that, I honestly explain that it was my good luck that the three of them hatched from the same Digitama.

Before the three kids could ask any more questions, we finally arrived at our destination and saw a dome made of countless white blinking squares making Jianlinag exclaim, "What is that?"

Hearing his question, I calmly explain, "That is a Digital Zone, an area in which the Real World and Digital World have overlapped... and for that reason, it pulls Digimon into the Real World within it."

Listening to what I said about the Digital Zone, Takato declares, "Guilmon must be in there! Guilmon I'll- I'll save you!"

As soon as he said that, his D-Ark started to shine and release a bright beam of light, and soon after, my, Ruki's, and Jianliang's D-Ark did the same surprising Ruki who asked, "What's this?"

Hearing that question, I quickly explain, "We are all connected to our Digimon through the D-Arks, this means that we can use them to lead our way..."

After saying that, I point my D-Ark at the Digital Zone hitting it with the bright beam it is releasing, and soon, the kids do the same opening the way inside.

Seeing that, Takato doesn't hesitate to rush inside while calling Guilmon's name, and Jianliang and Ruki follow after him.

I run after them to ensure that they don't get deleted as I can clearly sense that a blast of energy is heading toward this direction meaning that Hypnos is using its program to try and delete this zone.

Inside the zone I see Takato, Jianliang, and Ruki floating aimlessly confused by the chaotic mess found in the Digital Zone, at least until Takato finds a bound Guilmon and starts to "swim" toward him while yelling, "Hang in there, Guilmon! You are a Digimon! You are strong!"

But suddenly a strange sound is heard as a blast of energy hits the Digital Zone weakening it, and at this point, I don't waste anymore time and fly toward the bound Digimon while Takato yells, "Pucci-sensei!"

I quickly break Guilmon free and say, "Let's get out of here... This zone is getting deleted!" at the same time, I use my Spiral Cosmo to create a road that they can use to run out of here, once outside, the kids reunite with their Digimon, and Takato thanks us for the help before he is forced to leave as his parents are searching for him.