Jayr POV - Digital World, O Area - 2001

  The plex pipe system led us to a giant watery space, surrounded by tless twisting waterways ected to many other pipes all leading toward a giant co-like water bubble.

  Seeing this enting sight in front of us, Takato 't help but ent, "It's following the waterway." followed by an impressed Jianliang who adds, "It's like a water space..." making a fused Terriermoion, "Water space?"

  At the same time, V-mon also says, "I'm kind of getting sick of all this water." followed by Wormmon who ents, "Well, I think this is very likely the ter of this water-themed world, after all, it seems ected to many other areas like the one we were before..."

  Meanwhile, Patamon looks at the immense co-like water bubble we are quickly approag and hopefully ents, "I hope this is the home of many cute Mermaimon and geous A Mermaimon..." but I smile wryly and say, "With our luck, it is more likely that we will enter a Leviamon..."

  Sooer the immense co-like water bubble and the instant, the bubble proteg us bursts surprising Takato, Jianliang, and Terriermon who yelp.

  Then Takato looks around and asks, "Where are we supposed to go?" followed by Jianliang who replies, "I don't know..."

  At this point, I poi some nearby DigiGnomes who looked at us for a few seds before they started to fly away and say, "Let's follow them."

  The Digignomes lead us to an uer house, where we find what looks like a library that makes Takato ask, "Is this a library?" with Jianliang who nods and calmly says, "Seems like it."

  I also notice that there are quite a few Digimon around, but most of them are at the Baby I and a few Baby II Level, but no Child Level her, and all of them seem to ignore our presenore likely simply not care about it.

  After a while, we find a big -like area with a giant model of a D-Ark and a single human inhabitant who is currently sleeping oeacher's desk.

  The human mao have only a spectral presen the Digital World, something that makes me instantly realize that the man iion is only present as a soul, which means that his body is still in the Real World while for some reason his soul is now here in the Digital World.

  This also makes it quite easy to identify the man iion as he only be, Mizuno Gorou, better known as Shibumi, another member of the Wild Bunch, if I remember well, he is currently in a semi-atose state after a traffic act which kinda expins why he is here only in his soul.

  While I focus on the man, Takato and Jianliang's attention is caught by the giant model of a D-Ark making Takato excim, "It looks like... a D-Ark." but soon, Terriermon also notices Shibumi and says, "Hey, there's someohere."

  In respohe two also notice Shibumi's presend Takato excims, "A person!"

  Seeing that, I lead the way as we calmly approach him and say, "I think it is better if I take a step bad you two talk with man... after all, I think that two kids are way less intimidating than a grown man like me suddenly waking him up..." making both Jianliang and Takato nod.

  Once we are close enough I and my Digimon Partners sit on a nearby desk while Jianliang calls him out, "Excuse me... Please wake up! Hey!"

  Shibumi slowly raises his head and still a little sleepy mutters, "You guys sure look solid." making Takato ent, "And you're a bit transparent, mister..."

  Shibumi casually dismisses Takato's ent and asks, "Hmm? So, what do you want?"

  Hearing that, I simply tio watch as Jianliang asks, "Who are you? A human? Why... no, how long have you been here?"

  In respoo those questions, the still somewhat sleepy Shibumi answers in quick succession, "Who am I? Mizuno. Am I human? Yes. How long... I wonder."

  Hearing those brief answers, Jianliang further asks, "How did you get here?" making Shibumi ask back, "I ask you the same. How did you get here?" but quickly ges his mind and says, "No, that question is meaningless. I already know who you are. I created you all myself after all. Hehehe..."

  fused, Takato 't help but ask, "What are you talking about? Are you half-asleep?" making Shibumi didly admit, "I am. I'm still sleeping. No, it's not just me. All of mankind is sleeping. ime they awake, it will be time for a new evolution."

  At this point, both of them look up as Takato asks, "Hey, mister, what's that? It looks like our D-Arks, but..."

  Seeing the D-Ark in Takato's hand, Shibumi ents, "Well, well... Isn't that an Arc?" making Jianliang, who finds this term familiar, repeat, "Arc?" followed by Takato who asks, "You know it?"

  Quickly after that, Jianliang asks, "Say, mister... are you by any e of my father's old friends? My father is Lee Jiang-yu. He was in a group called the Wild Bunch."

  Hearing that, Shibumi stands up and says, "Tao? That brings back memories... so you're his son?"

  Jianliang nods and starts the introdus, "Yeah, that's right. I'm Jianliang. This is my parterriermon, my friend Matsuda Takato, and my teacher Pucci Jayr-sensei and his Digimon Partners, Wormmon, V-mon, and Patamon."

  Of course, Shibumi still thinks that this is all a dream and he crosses his arms and mutters, "I don't know any Matsuda or Pucci... Maybe some cssmates in high school or uy?" but then he casually stops thinking about it saying, "Well, whatever. It's not worth thinking too hard about it. I'm dreaming after all."

  Takato tries t back the topic that is him the most and says, "But that Arc thing..."

  In response, a book moves on its own and opens in front of us projeg a series of words written in English and images as Shibumi says without rhyme or reason, "Ark. Box. Chest. Noah's Ark."

  Then the book closes itself aurns to its previous position while a couple of DigiGnomes bring another book, and seeing them, Takato 't stop himself from enting and asking, "They're cute! What Digimohese?"

  The Digignomes open the book that projects another word as Shibumi answers, "DigiGnomes." making Jianliang asks, "They are not Digimon?"

  In response, Shibumi shakes his head and replies, "No." but when Terriermon asks, "Then what are they?" he expins, "They're an artificial intelligence different from the Digimon that evolved separately. I came up with the name "DigiGnome" myself."

  A little uakato asks, "But they're still living beings, right?" but Shibumi asks back, "Living or not, why should it matter?"

  After asking that, Shibumi doesn't wait for an answer but tinues his speech, "Even the Earth is alive. When you take an ecosystem and treat it as a living being... Whether the beings that inhabit it are alive or not doesn't matter."

  At this point, Patamon flies closer to my ear and whispers, "Is it just me, or almost everything that this guy is saying doesn't make any sense... I mean the whole Fate series feels less voluted than a few words that came out of this guy's mouth."

  In response, I only shrug my shoulders and whisper back, "What do you expect? The puy in front of us is actually in a a that sted at the very least more than a year and currently his mind is in the same state as if he is dreaming... It is already a miracle that he is somewhat coherent..."

  While I'm telling that to Patamon, aniGnome picks up a Blue Card from the floor and flies around with it, and Takato who notices it excims, "Ah, a Blue Card!"

  In response, Shibumi again ges the subjed says, "Card? It may look like such media to you, but... It's just an algorithm."

  This makes a curious Jianlia and ask, "Algorithm? How does it work?"

  Instead of directly answering, Shibumi starts by saying, "I wonder if Tao and the rest have already fotten about the Digimon. I wao make sure that the Digimon could evolve beyond what humans expected, all the way to the Ultimate Level. Those algorithms, the Blue Cards, are what I created to get past the limit... of Digimon being just Digimon or the work world being just for unication purposes. But I still have a long way to go."

  After hearing that, Takato looks up at the DigiGhered around the giant model of a D-Ark and says, "We became Digimon Tamers when we used those Blue Cards." making Shibumi simply ent, "I see."

  Meanwhile, I 't help but notice that the DigiGnomes aren't simply flying around that giant model of an D-Ark, but they are iing it with, ging it into a vehicle that will allow us to quickly move across the whole Digital World in respoo Takato and Jianliang's wish to leave this pce to find Guilmon and Culumon something that makes me smirk while thinking, 'Damn, who he Dragon Balls when the DigiGnomes are around granting the wishes of those they i with...'

  As I'm thinking that, a DigiGnome nds on top of Terriermon making the cute ask, "What is it?"

  Shibumi also notices that and says, "They want to unicate with humans. Sihey don't speak uage, they try to express themselves through as. If I could uand them I'd be able to learn many things..."

  As Shibumi is saying that, awo DigiGnomes akato and touch his D-Ark making Takato ask, "What are you doing?"

  Takato's D-Ark reacts to their toud projects Takato's inal drawings of Guilmon making Takato excims, "That's... the memo I drew!" Soon after that, the proje shows the resulting data that led to Guilmon's creation making Shibumi ask, "A Digimon you thought up yourself?"

  While Takato is stuerriermon casually answers, "It's Terriermon. Our friend."

  Shibumi nods and expins, "This is how they unicate. They must have used your drawing as a model to create a Digimon, using the Data from the Data Packets."

  Hearing that, a shaken-up Takato mutters, "Guilmon is data...?" but before I say anything to help Takato out of this "terrible" revetion, Jianliang ges the subjed asks, "By the way, we're looking for a. Do you know anything?"

  Shibumi stands up and asks, "A to where?" making Jianliang look up and answer, "To a wastend-looking pce. The Digital World's highest point."

  But Shibumi corrects him, "Highest? You probably e from the lower part. The highest part is the realm of the Four Holy Beasts, the Digimon's gods." making Jianliang mutter, "Holy Beasts..." before he decres, "They must be whom the Deva call "gods"."

  At this point, hearing the term "Holy Beasts" something clicks in Takato's memory making him ask, "You're talking about Qinglongmon and the others, right? I know about them. They're the ones who protect the Digital World, right?"

  In response, Shibumi says, "Isn't it ironic? The Digimon pursue shapes that are different from their humaors, in the process of evolving into bigger and stronger forms. Yet what they up being is beings who call themselves gods with the shape of the gods that mankind worshiped in aimes."

  After Shibumi says that, Takato looks at Jianliang and says, "If they're gods, they must be good Digimon." but Jianliang quickly corrects him, "No, Cho-seold me once... Good and evil aren't absolute. They ge depending on the point of view."

  Hearing that, I almost 't help myself from sn out loud while thinking, 'That may be true from a certain point of view... but from my own personal experience I firm that absolute evil and absolute good do exist and they are stant that do not ge no matter the point of view of those who see them...'

  While I think that, Shibumi tinues, "It seems like the Four Holy Beasts want to accelerate evolution to fight something. They'll do whatever it takes to survive, and they seem to be in a rush. Still, those Digimon have my sympathies."

  Jianliang curious about what we have just heard, leans forward and asks, "What do the Holy Beasts want to fight against?" making Shibumi directly reply with "Only the gods know. Hahaha!"

  Hearing that st bit, Patamon 't help but snicker and ent in a very low tone, "Hehehe. At least he got something right... only the gods know, and luckily our Tamer is one of them..."

  Suddenly, the giant model of a D-Ark known as Ark activates and produces a beam of light that envelopes our bodies while also geing a gate above it, making Takato ask "Is that a vehicle?"

  As we are being pulled toward the Ark, Shibumi replies, "Didin't I say "ark" also mean a kind of ship? Now, go." which makes Terriermon ask, "And you...?"

  Shibumi looks up at us and says, "If you want to sleep, you sleep. If you want to sleep, then sit."

  As he is saying this, Shibumi sits down and lies his head oeacher's desk before c his head with a cap and starting to sleep once again.

  At the same time, Takato, Jianliang, and Terriermon are pulled ihe Ark leaving only I and my Digimon outside

  At this point, the "sleeping" Shibumi mutters, "Thanks for watg over them. Maybe with you on their side, the crisis looming over us all will be avoided. Before your arrival, Yggdrasil almost gave up on this instance... Thanks."

  Hearing that, I simply smile and nod as I realize that Shibumi isn't as scatterbrained and half-asleep as he lets on, as these st few words indicate that he has an actual e with the Digimon Multiverse's greatest authority.

  After that, we all board the Ark and then it starts to move toward our destination.

  Ihe Ark, is a big empty space with a circur windshield on the front end of the Ark, and another circur gss floor in the middle that allows us to see sery below the Ark.

  While I'm studying our surroundings, I hear Jianliang say, "Takato? You'll see Guilmon again soon." but Takato still seems shaken by what he learned as he looks down and mutters, "Guilmon, the Digimon I created... But he's just a bunch of data."

  Hearing that, Terriermon stands up and says, "I'm the same. All Digimon are like that." making Takato mutter, "I know. I know that. But..."

  At this point, I walk in front of him, and without aation, I flick his forehead making him yelp, "Ouch!"

  Then I don't give him any d start to rebuke him, "Oy, Takato how stupid you be? Guilmon is only a bunch of data? Big deal! I have a big news for you. In the end, you are just a bunch of atoms. It is basically the same thing with different materials! Even if he is a bunch of data. Even if he is the Digimon you created. Guilmon is Guilmon! Your closest friend! You pyed, talked, ughed, and fought together!"

  Hearing my words, Takato's eyes open wide as tears start to fall from his eyes as his mind uands the meaning behind my words, looking at him, I kneel down in front of him and look at him in the eyes I say, "You alset ahing. At the moment you, Jianliang, and I are also made of data because we are in the Digital World, but does that ge anything?"

  At this point, Takato shakes his head, clears the tears away, and yells, "No, it doesn't! The time I spent with Guilmon was pletely real. The feelings we shared were real. No! My Guilmon is u doesn't matter that he is made of data! No matter how much his data has multiplied, Guilmon... The Guilmon ith me... There's only one!! He is my friend Guilmon!!"

  After that Takato thanks me for helping him in s out his feelings and the ark starts to slowly move with us on board, making Takato wonder where it's taking us as Terriermon wonders how Shaog is doing.

  Hearing that, I remember that Jianliang's little sister should also arrive in the Digital World around this time so, I use my ic Awareo che her, and sehat she is still in the real world at the moment.

  I spend some time rexing with my Digimon as I keep my ic Awarerained on Shaog and perceive that she is so bored with the absence of Terriermon that she ends up bckmailing Jiang-yu to take her out to py.

  While Shaog enjoys herself, Yamaki finds them there and asks about Shibumi.

  As they discuss Shibumi's odd desire to create life, Shaog es upon a mysterious digital area created by the passage of the Ark between the various yers of the Digital World and, seeing the Ark flying over with Terriermon in it, follows it and vao Jiang-yu's horror.

  Yamaki theorizes that the Digital World was calling out to Shaog, possibly because of her young age, which is somewhat right, but als as this is once again the work of the DigiGnomes who sensed Shaog's wish to follow us and helped her with it allowio arrive in the Digital World.

  Because of that Shaog falls into the Digital World, and with no care about what is happening around her, she starts chasing around a nearby Bakumon.

  She then finds some DigiGnomes, who lead her away, and when she loses sight of them, she finds herself face-to-face with a hostile Kiwimon.

  The Kiwimon fortunately runs off, and Shaog finds herself missing Terriermon which makes her break down and call for Terriermon and her brother, causing Terriermon, within the Ark, to sense Shaog's presence as the cute Digimon raises his ears and looks around fused as he mutter, "Shaog?"

  Jianliang notices the strange behavior of his partner and asks, "What's wrong, Terriermon?"

  Terriermon remains stunned on the spot with his ears raised as he expins in almost disbelief, "I heard Shaog's voice."

  This news shocks both Takato and Jianliang, especially this st one as he excims, "It 't be!" but Terriermon looks at his Tamer and decres, "I'm sure. Shaog is around here."

  As soon as he finishes saying that, Terriermon, Takato, and Jianliang stumble as the Ark suddenly ges dire.

  The reason for that is that the Ark clearly felt Terriermon and Jianliang's desire to reach Shaog as fast as possible, because of that, it is now responding to their feelings of wanting to find her, quickly heading toward her position.

  Meanwhile, through my ic Awareness, I tio watch over Shaog as she finds herself at a rge waterfall, where she meets a rge rabbit-like Digimon named Andiramon.

  Shaog is excited to meet a rge bunny, and Andiramon tells Shaog that they're in the domain of the Four Holy Beasts, which it is assigo guard.

  Hearing that, Shaog asks Andiramon to search for Terriermon with her, and while it's initially hesitant to ditch its position as guard of the Southern Gate, it gives in and carries Shaog around in her search, well, more like the little girl annoys the pimon until it does what she wants something incredibly stupid to do sidering that Andiramon is a Perfect Level Digimon which means that it is more than capable of easily destroying the world if it desires to do so, but luckily it is a good natured Digimon.

  While this is happening, Takato notices the ge of course and mutters, "The ship ged its course... but why?"

  Jianliang is also unsure of what happened but he still says what he has in his mind, "I don't know, but... Maybe it responds to its passengers' feelings." making Terriermon ask for firmation, "Then, if we want to see Shaog, it will take us to her, right?"

  In response, Jianliang tries to say something but stops midway, "Well..." while Takato still isn't sure about her presen the Digital World and asks, "Is she really around here?" but Terriermon is quite sure and decres, "I'm sure she is. We have to hurry and go to her. Shaog must be g now."

  Hearing that I 't help but smile wryly while thinking, ' the moment she is having a lot of fun running around with Andiramon without another care in the world...'

  While I think that, I also try to reassure them by saying, "Don't worry, I'm sure that we will find her."

  As I'm saying that, I perceive that sihey are uo find Terriermon, Andiramon wants to take Shaog back, but Shaog insists on pying with it some more.

  In the end, Andiramon tires itself out as with Shaog, and Shaog goes off to find some food whewo end up hungry.

  At this point, Shaog runs into Makuramon, who decides to snatch up Shaog as an to his god.

  Hearing that Shaog is in trouble, Andiramon finds them and demands Shaog's release.

  At this point, Shaog mao break free of Makuramon and at exactly the same time, the Ark also arrives at our destination crashing right iween Makuramon and Shaog before slowly dispersing as it leaves behind a trail making us fall on the ground.

  Meanwhile, Andiramon takes advantage of the distra created by our entrao sp Murakumon away from Shaog so that the little girl hide behind it, at the same time, I calmly nd on the ground with my Digimon and take a good look at Andiramon.

  Andiramon is a tall, thin, bipedal rabbit Digimon notable for its long arms with rge forearms which have a cream-colored diamond and bars on them.

  It has red pting on its torso and wears a mantle and baggy, footed pants with tails.

  It is brown with a cream-colored face with three horns and the tips of its ears are pink.

  It wears a purple scarf, a white mantle, and spaulders, gold trim, and an emblem with bonji on it, additionally, its pants are li coloration.

  (Image Here - Andiramon)

  Spoiler

  [colpse]While I'm looking at Andiramon, the still dizzy from the sudden crash nding Jianliang asks, "Where are we?" but soon Terriermos up and notices his Tamer's little sister and excims, "Shaog!"

  At the same time, the ed Makuramon excims, "Y-You... how dare you attae of your own!?" but soon they all get distracted as Terriermon calls out for Shaog making the little girl run toward him.

  As she is running toward us, Makuramon jumps in front of her still i on capturing her but soon Andiramon follows after it f Makuramon to bounce bad attadiramon by throwing a crystal ball while yelling, "Stop interfering!"

  The crystal ball hits Andiramon on the forehead sending the rabbit Deva crashing to the ground, and worried, Shaog runs toward it gently toug its head, "Andiramon! Are you okay?"

  Andiramon opens its eyes and looks at the worried face of Shag as she starts to gently reassure it, "It doesn't hurt... it doesn't hurt..."

  But soon Andiramon pushes Shaog away and jumps up avoiding another crystal ball thrown by Makuramon that crashes on the ground before quickly returning in Makuramon's hand.

  Then Makuramon throws it again, but this time the crystal orb bees indest as it leaves a trail of fire in its path.

  Andiramon easily dodges the indest crystal orb and when the orb turns back to attack it again, Andiramon transforms its hands into razor-sharp axes aroys the indest orb in a single precise attack.

  Seeing its crystal orb destroyed, Makuramon yells, "I'll report you as a traitor!" before telep away from here.

  At the same time, Jianliang uses the Digimon Analyzer and reads out loud, "Andiramon. Perfect Level. One of the "Deva Digimon", it is a Perfect Digimon with a form resembling the Rabbit. As a follower of the Four Holy Beasts Digimon Qinglongmon, it is the owner of a gentle spirit. It likes small things, and because it attends to them with profound tenderness, if anything appears that tries to tread ohen its personality is pletely reversed, and it attacks with the Bǎo Fǔ which transformed its hands into razor-sharp axes. Once a cut is made, it won't stop spreading until the enemy's form is no more. Its Special Move is spinning like a tornado with its body as the axis, cutting anything surrounding it with the Bǎo Fǔ on its hands (Asipatravana)." which makes Takato excim, "It's another Deva!"

  Odyin