time for trouble -kazu

[chrish]

It was late at night as the tamer pulled his cloak on and sighed softly looking at the sky. He needed to get out for a bit and relax after a long day at work sometimes wondering what he would do when this was all said and done. He started for the door when he heard someone cough and looked up and saw Black Guilmon who was staring at him. Ah he knew what the digimon wanted glancing at the clock he saw that it was late enough and nodded “come on buddy” he said and opened the door grabbing his D arc and some cards that had been given to him. He sometimes wished he could just go back to being a computer programer but what could one do really. Knowing it was to dark to hit the waves he decided that the town would be his best bet as most were asleep anyway.

The two drove over towards town the drive never took long and they were soon walking down the streets Black Guilmon running ahead of him “slow down Black Guilmon your not supposed to be out” he called quietly. The last thing he needed was for the boss to get on his back tomorrow because of this but he didn’t care. Instead he fingered the D arc in his pocket. Suddenly it started to beep and he frowned what the hell was going on he thought “looks like we have something to deal with” he called and picked up the pace towards the dot on his D arc and turned the corner running into someone almost becoming knocked down “will you watch where you are going?” he snapped annoyance in his voice as he went for his D arc which was on the ground and picked it up only to realize he had run into the beep.

BlackGuilmon growled at the smell of a digimon and had come around the corner and stopped when his tamer had run into a human. He growled darkly his eyes staring ahead as he waited to see what would happen. The two had become close other the few months that they had been together and he was curious at the same time. Seeing his tamer calm down slightly he paused “Hi” he said a bit to nicely.

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Kazu was not supposed to be out this late, but he was not supposed to have a Digimon in the house anymore so one more rule broken was not going to kill him. Yet. He was heading toward the park in search of wild ones as he had noticed that it was a general hot spot as far as things went. He had no intention of letting a random spawn-er catch him sleeping in his bed, which would have been totally embarrassing as he only had the pajamas that his grandma had made for him as laundry was not done until tomorrow. It wasn't that he disliked his grandmother's gift; it was just that her gift had little teddy bears holding hearts all over it. This would be extremely awkward for him and his opponent if they were to ever meet under extreme odd circumstances.

Hagurumon was following him as quickly as possible as they were in a hurry because the last three nights that they had done this sort of escapade they were met by couples making out and this weird feeling that a dog catcher was tracking them for no reason. Kazu was dead set though on finding something to fight on this nigh, which only would occur if the circumstances were right. The sound of beeping attracted the mass of gears attention, which was only normal as he liked the sounds that devices make. It was machine Digimon thing from what Kazu could tell, or maybe it was just his partner's thing as he had not met any other wild machine type. "Kazu, your pocket is beeping. Don't you think you should look to see what is up?"

"No time for that stupid thing. It keeps pointing out people we know. And what are the chances that we run into an enemy in route to where we find...." His sentence was cut off as he ran into someone that he didn't know, which made him internally smack himself on the forehead. Kazu looked up at the guy and put on one of those smiles that looked like the earth was cracking. "Sorry about that dude. I didn't pay attention to where I wa...Hey you have a Black Guilmon."

[chrish]

He frowned as he looked up and saw a digimon though the thing was tiny. A gear it seemed then he took a moment to notice the face on the boy and realized who he was. A tamer from the last war he had seen it in the files when he had been brought into the clone project Ken…no Kyle…no Kenta yes that was his name he thought as he gave a small smile “hello” he said after a few moments. The boy it seemed he had to be the one he had been after “yes this is my partner Black Guilmon” he said as he took his D arc and clipped it onto his belt before he stroked the Digimon’s head “your out late” he said calmly and frowned. He didn’t know what the boy was out and about for whatever insane reason and even had the weirdest little pajama’s on “didn’t plan to go out tonight did you?” he asked and chuckled calmly.

The tamers were kept in the dark about what Hypnos was up to for good reason. They were not ready to know and the fact that things could have gone bad quickly if they did. Black Guilmon was a clone of the goggle boy of the group. Yet they were better then the ones they had been cloned from “so you have a digimon as well…its interesting the number that have been around lately it seems” he said calmly. The d arc gave him how many were in the area though the clones were used it was not a must and he didn’t move unless he was already out and about and could get near or if he was called in it was not his job. He sighed quietly and thought this over “my name is Mike may I ask your name?” he asked after a few moments using a cover name like most of them did. It made staying away from enemies.

Black Guilmon watched the two with cautious eyes as his tamer seemed to be tense for a few moments “yes I am his partner and friend…we have been together a few months” he said and grinned. So this one seemed to know Guilmon he thought a low growl rising in his throat he had hated the digimon he had been cloned from since the first time that he had been told he was not a original that had been one of the hardest days in his life. Taking a breath he calmed himself down noticing his anger was peaking it was something that could not be helped he thought almost bitterly as he stared at the two tamers “how did you know about Black Guilmon?” he asked as he tilted his head to the side mimicking his originals movements almost to the second. He had an idea since only two he knew of existed and he was one but he had to play stupid as much as he hated it “I am one of a kind” he said and smiled. Yes he was one of a kind a Black Guilmon not a stupid orange version who was a weak fool of a digimon.

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Kazu studied the pair of what he could only assume to be a guy with his kid sibling in a really bad Guilmon costume as it was the wrong color, or at least he wished he could make that assumption as it meant that he could go on his way with no problem at all. Unfortunately, his D-Arc said otherwise as it kept telling him that the Black Guilmon was indeed real, which meant that someone was tampering with the laws of Highlander that stated that there could be only one Guilmon in existence at a time. Now Kazu could not hold it against the guy who looked like he had never seen a movie that wasn't considered current. The guy began saying things that Kazu found completely odd as they made him wonder if the guy was used to talking to an actual person. "You do realize that we are already outside, so I must be going out."

Hagurumon looked at Kazu, then the man, then back at Kazu and finally he blinked as the looking at everyone in a cycle made his head hurt. It was really weird to see another Guilmon as he thought there was only one Guilmon. He wondered how such a thing could happen, and his first thought was too outrageous to mention because he immediately thought that Guilmon had turned evil again for some weird reason that only his mind could sort out. "Kazu, I do believe that Guilmon has become corrupted again. We may have to go get help in order to stop him." He was of course whispering this to Kazu though his concept of whispering may be different from everyone else as he did not know how to be subtle about some things like that. He was still learning about the ways of the world, which was going to be an ongoing lesson.

The guy said his name was Mike, and for some reason Kazu didn't believe him. He wasn't sure if it was the Black Guilmon or the way the guy acted, but there was no way that this guy was on the side of good. His partner's growl was not helping the situation either, which made Kazu think that he needed to either make the first move or bolt. "No Hagurumon. This is not our buddy Guilmon, who only growls at enemies. Mike has a cheap carbon copy of Guilmon that looks like he has been playing with some charcoal." Probably not the nicest of ways to continue a conversation, but it had popped into his head so fast that he had no time to filter the words coming out of his mouth. This always happened when he met a person that he got a negative vibe from, and it always ended with him getting into a fight with said person. Well this particular situation didn't always happened as most people he got a bad vibe from were not accompanied by a Digimon. Now Kazu had neglected to give his name and only partially answered the Nega-Guilmon's question, but it was safer to withhold some information than being a gossiping girl.

[chrish]

Yes this one knew the original Guilmon he thought a small smile coming to his lips. Yes if he could recall this one had been one of the background tamers. The ones that were never a big issue so much that Hypnos did not even bother creating a clone of the digimon that he had with him. It was not surprising though given the fact that the rookie was just one large gear “Black Guilmon is not anyone else’s digimon” he said with a roll of his eyes. He knew this could get bad here as he stared at the two “you never said your name” he reminded the teen even though he already knew thanks to the files that were kept on every tamer that had ever come across in the long run. He chuckled calmly at the carbon copy joke “really?” he said his voice dripping with sarcasm “a carbon copy? I doubt it since it cant be done kid” he said as he rubbed Black Guilmon’s head “we have been friends since he came from the digital world I take care of him and he takes care of me” he said and gave a shrug. A truth and a lie at the same time really.

He closed his eyes and sighed softly “a few years ago I watched in Japan while that blob…from hell came out of nowhere and wanted to help even though I had just moved here seeing the city” he said quietly “as with many though you could not do anything but watch as these hero’s fought” he said quietly. That was the truth and the sad thing was it sounded as if he had been speaking the truth the whole time “a few months ago I was sitting at my computer at home when suddenly the screen changed to this vivid picture of a desert with lights going around itself” he said as he shrugged “Black Guilmon was running towards the screen instead of stopping he came right through and this thing” he said raising the D arc “was next to my bed when I woke up soon we were realizing beeps meant other digimon and decided to help the city since we have not seen the kids who were fighting two years before” he said and shrugged. It was a perfect lie showing no signs of a made up story that he had been drilled on when he had been recruited “honestly he’s my best friend I would not want life without him” he said after a few moments. Another truth his life had been dull before black Guilmon had come into his life.

Black Guilmon stared at the boy who had called him a copy often considering attacking the boy but then he could feel his tamer stroking his head and knew it to mean don’t even think about it and stopped. The gesture for some reason always calmed him as he listened to his tamers story and smiled nodding “ever since we found each other we have been inseparable” he admitted with a grin. He liked Chris who seemed to be more laid back then the others that had a cloned digimon. He was treated as a friend and not a tool which had made them extremely close in the end.

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The guy noted that Kazu had neglected to introduce himself like a proper young gentleman would, which meant that at least the guy wasn't someone who was not blitzed out of his mind on something. It didn't mean that they guy was off his rocker, but Kazu would have to be a little more cautious than he already was. "And I don't intend to tell you my name until you start speaking things other than lies. " There was no way that this Guilmon came from the Digital World as the last one had not technically come from the Digital World. The original Guilmon was a creation of Takato's that came into existence via a blue card's power. There was no possible way that a black version of such a Digimon just naturally spawned itself. Not to mention the likelihood that one would appear in the same city as the original one. "How can you say that something can't be done when you are standing next to something that most people said couldn't exist?"

Kazu listened to the guy’s story and for the most part it sounded right except for a few things that Kazu found to be questionable in nature. For starters, the whole running through the computer bit was basically a rip-off of how Terriermon came to be with Henry, which also required a blue card to open the gateway between the worlds. There was no way that anyone else could have known that outside of their small group of tamers, so it was possible that it was true. The main thing that got him was the comment about the guy having this version of Guilmon for a few months and not running into any of them from the original group. “So you are saying that in the few months that you have been with BG here that you have no run into any other tamer?” Kazu was stretching the comment a little to see how intelligent this guy was, while trying to figure out if he was being watched by whomever this guy was working with. There was no conceivable way for this guy to have been taking on Digimon without talking to someone about how to use the cards properly, and the only people who really understood how to use the cards properly were kids. From what Kazu gathered from the guy’s appearance, it would have been very suspicious for him to ask kids about the game, which would have started a rumor mill that would have gotten to Kazu eventually.

Hagurumon’s eyes shifted between the new male and his Digimon partner, who were obviously lying about something if not everything. “Why didn’t you try looking for anyone from two years ago to find out what was going on? Their faces are well known to most in this city, so inquiring about whom they were and where they lived would be no hard task.”The floating collection of gears was usually not creative enough in his statements, but this one had some intelligence put behind it that even Kazu could argue against. “My friend here has a point. When we got back to school following the events of two years ago, people told us that they saw us on television. Even random people on the street stopped a few of us to ask about what really had happened a few years ago.”

[chrish]

Chris watched the boy as he spoke and rolled his eyes maybe this one was not as stupid as he looked but his mind quickly went over what he knew had to be said “I do not lie to you young friend” he said as he rested his hands inside of his pockets “you have a computer at home I would bet” he said as he took his hand off Black Guilmon’s head and watched the boy “everything you do leaves something behind even opening a card game leaves something behind as would any digimon weather they liked to or not the digital world uses it to make new digimon which could include even a as you CLAIM one of a kind digimon which stands in front of you proves that is not true” he said and rolled his eyes. When asked about other tamers he shrugged “we work best alone then in a group I never searched for any others” he said and shrugged after a few moments.

So they were talking about tamers from the past he thought and shrugged “yes perhaps it would be easy considering the heroes are well known but everyone is entitled to their private lives and it would be rude to just show up and start asking questions of you” rolling his eyes. Their was truth there everyone needed to have their own time and the heroes were no exception “didn’t you feel overwhelmed at times when the same questions would come up every time?” he asked as he walked over and leaned against a wall and watched the boy. He was glad that he had not been one of the picked ones back then sure that they had been given enough trouble that they would sooner or later have gone insane “sometimes it is best to attract as little attention to yourself as possible Kazu” he said and smiled. He kept his eyes straight on him as he spoke. He showed no signs of lying as he seemed perfect to things.

Black Guilmon watched his tamer for a few seconds and then approached Kazu. Tilting his head to the side he sniffed him “you smell funny” a grin came to his face as he watched the tamer. He had to admit that he was curious about this one as he had not met any of the tamers from the last war. They had been kept inside way to much “are you always allowed outside this much?” he asked after a few moments. Hypnos was strict on when and where they could be out and seen so he was curious. They were told it was to make sure humans did not panic though from what he had seen panic looked quite funny. Chuckling he took a few steps back from the tamer “I love being out at night it’s the best time of the day” he asked grinning.

Chris watched his digimon and gave a smile seeing that it was coming along well and not mindless like intended by Hypnos “don’t let him fool you he gets out more then I do at times” he said and rolled his eyes. Black Guilmon was a handful at times and liked exploring which usually ended up with him getting yelled at by the boss “I work a lot with computers so it keeps me busy” he smiled “I don’t think he realizes that this old body only has so many adventures and battles left in it” he said with a chuckle even though he was only in his twenties. He had never been one of those that liked sports or did the extreme thing of the week instead he liked to sit back and relax and watch everyone else try and get themselves killed. He knew they didn’t trust him yet showed no notice of it as he watched the mass of floating gears taking notes in his head knowing he would report it back to the boss the next day when he went in.

[Stick]

The guy was definitely creative with his responses as he said that the Digital World had been using things that were left on the computer to create copies of Guilmon, which was only likely if Digimon were created in such a way. Kazu’s lack of knowledge on the subject of how Digimon were born was the main problem with calling the guy’s story false, so he would let the guy keep thinking that he found the idea to be true until he could talk to someone who was an expert on the subject. ”So when you say that you didn’t see any other kids with Digimon partners since you got your Guilmon, you really meant to say that you had been avoiding interactions with other people because you are a loner.” This was also why the guy had not met anyone from the original group because Kazu knew for a fact that they had been out and about in the park where wild ones were appearing like they were on a schedule.

The guy who referred to himself as Mike threw together some crackerjack story about how heroes deserved their private lives, which was a load of Digimon dung to Kazu. Most people had shown up asking random questions about what it was like to be partnered with a creature from another world. Even though he was a member of the team back then, Kazu had barely been interviewed by anyone as those who had biomerged with the Digimon were the ones to have their faces plastered on television screens across the country. It had been a hectic time fo them until people began to realize that the Digimon were gone, so they stopped coming around. “I was actually the type of person back then that would have enjoyed all of the attention that came with being a public icon.” The guy was right that it was best not to attract too much attention to what one was doing, which Kazu had a great response waiting. “And sometimes the hardest thing to find is what is plain view of the general public.”

Hagurumon was a little weary of the Black Guilmon getting so close to his tamer. It was like the little dinosaur was smelling Kazu to see if he was something good to eat. The floating mass of gears moved himself in between his partner and the little black raptor. “Of course we are allowed outside this much. Why? Are you saying that you are kept inside all day?” The mechanical Digimon was getting confused by what the Digimon was talking about. It was almost like it was a prisoner who got to play in the yard area once a day, which Hagurumon only knew about to the television shows that he watched when Kazu was supposed to be doing homework. The black dinosaur said that when the sun was down was the best time of day, which was odd as night was a part of the nighttime hours of the Earth’s rotational pattern and therefore not a time that could be attributed to the day. “I prefer it when the entire area is filled with light. The sun makes the city seem so pleasant.”

Kazu wasn’t sure how he felt about this guy, what the black Guilmon was saying, and the fact that the guy was referring to himself as being old. The guy couldn’t be that old if he had his own Digimon, which usually only went to young kids. Kazu was getting the feeling that maybe now was a good time to get out as far away from this pair as feasibly possible, which meant getting to the nearest friend’s house. Now who was the closest person to where he was right now. “So you are a computer geek with a small dinosaur who likes to fight Digimon during the hours that he should be sleeping? On some level, that seems to be normal to me, which is really odd now that I think about it.” Kazu slid his hands into his pockets to grasp a card in his pocket just in case the guy was going to try and pull something.