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Loving through the darkness! [Kath/Kazuya]
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Post by Katherine Jasso on Nov 25, 2018 3:05:29 GMT
CHAPTER III: BACK AT HOME.
Episode 2: Loving through the darkness! The new evolution that shines upon everything!
Even if Shibuya is one of the districts around Tokyo with the lowest crime rates, it couldn’t be a good idea for a 16-years old teenager to run through the streets of the Residential District at 2 am in the morning. “Wait a minute… Kath!” It was the only thing Jazz managed to say, popping her head out of the girl’s backpack, while she kept running. “What is going on!? You just went out of the apartment and got me inside this thing! Talk about rude!” The bunny’s body kept shaking, being moved inside the girl’s bag, while she ran. “I’ve got it, Jazz! I know what he’s trying to do!”The Lopmon blinked for a second before actually starting to realize what her tamer meant. “You mean Void!?” She asked, with a bit of shock in her voice. There was certain harshness in the girl’s movements. She was angry, angry at herself and the cunning person she was supposed to be. How could she not have seen this before? It was preposterous! She even talked to Kazuya earlier that day and analyzed the whole scenario of the power outages around Tokyo. So how could she miss something like this!? She tried to funnel this frustration into her sprinting to get into Kazuya’s house as quick as she could. “Aren’t you supposed to be sleeping!? There’s school tomorr- I mean, today!” Jazz remarked, a little annoyed by the constant shaking of the backpack she was inside of, and just remembering it was actually past twelve. Luckily for her, Katherine began to slow the pace, as she finally reached Kazuya’s building. The front door of the edification was opened, which immediately raised Katherine’s attention. Could someone have gone out and forgotten to close it? But who could go out this late? Well, she wasn’t going to complain; this was perfect. The girl simply went in and took the elevator. While she went up, she took the time to reply to her partner. “Today is November the third. It’s Culture Day here in Japan, so it’s a holiday. There’s no school.” She explained, her gaze affixed on the digital keyboard, only shifting when the door opened. “Holidays… Oh! Like Halloween?” The bunny asked, being that the closest resemblance she could find. “Kind of. Except you do go to school on Halloween.” The girl pressed the button to ring the bell. At first, she thought Kazuya might have been asleep and it would take him a while to wake up and open the door. She had texted him before going there but he wasn’t replying to his cellphone. She tried calling… no luck either. “Where could he be at this hour!?” The green-eyed asked, starting to get impatient. She knew from the start that what she was doing was crazy, but there was no time to lose! Void could find any of them at any minute! That’s why she had decided to go there at the exact moment she found out about the Digitamamon’s plan but… The truth was she didn’t know where she could find Kazuya now. It was past 2 am and it probably wasn’t a good idea to go back into the street. For a second, she considered Void had actually taken Kazuya, but there didn’t seem to have been any power outages in the area so that wouldn’t make sense; based on the theory she had developed herself. In the end, Katherine just slowly sat on the ground, right in front of the door, while she waited for Kazuya to give her any sign. Meanwhile, she told Jazz about the conclusion she had reached. Once that topic was over, the duo just waited, and waited, and waited… until they fell asleep. The tamer holding her partner into her arms.
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Post by Kazuya and Royland on Nov 25, 2018 15:05:17 GMT
Kazuya Oda and the now Holo-suited Royland left Tsukiko house early in the morning, with a good bye they parted ways with her. Once outside they decided to go on a walk instead of immediately taking a taxi, Kazuya thought that might be a good time to fill Roy on the whole situation between him and Tsukiko, it was kind of a long story but Kazuya told it anyway. The content of story made Roy be enthralled from beginning to end, and even though the story ended in the past Royland still got sad when he learned that they went in different ways. "What why ? Have you not seen her Kazuya, she is super cool and nice and is like really really pretty. Why did you guys break up, you two would be like the super couple." Royland inquired, he seemed disappointed at the way that relationship ended.
"Well yeah she is really amazing, and quite the breathtaking beauty." Kazuya said with a faint smile, he knew what Roy said is somewhat true. "But that was not the issue, its a bit more complicated than that. Maybe we can table the discussion for another day Roy ?" Kazuya asked as he saw that his explanations will take a lot of time, the blonde boy nodded as he agreed to leave this discussion for another day as he went to stop a taxi. After getting a ride home and paying the driver Kazuya and Roy made their way up to the second floor and headed to the apartment.
The duo was surprised by what they saw, Katherine Jasso and Jazz sleeping in front of their door. Kazuya smiled at the sight before turning towards Royland who immediately understood what he must do, the blonde boy picked up Katherine bridal style, being careful not to wake her up. After Kazuya opened the door, Roy got inside and headed for his room and gently placed her on his bed, and covered the both of them very gently. Both Kazuya and Royland changed to a much more casual and comfortable clothing, and Kazuya sat in the couch of the living room, while Roy kept checking up on Katherine and Jazz just in case they wake up. But he then left to cook breakfast for everyone, he wore his apron and got ready to make some delicious breakfast.
Once Kath and Jazz wake up the first thing they will see is the blue sheets of Roy's bed and the poster of the knights of the round table in the wall, or perhaps the book shelf filled with historical and war related books like Musashi's book of five rings or Sun Tzu's art of war. Maybe they will lay eyes on his computer or maybe even his heavy training equipment, but no matter what they see, the first thing they would hear is the sound of the tv. If they follow that noise they will see Kazuya sitting on the couch and drinking tea.
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Post by Katherine Jasso on Nov 26, 2018 22:55:29 GMT
The first thing Katherine managed to see with her squinting eyes was the thin ray of daylight that went through one of the drapes and across the room. She immediately incorporated, lifting her body to take a sitting position. By going through the last thing she could remember, she realized she had fallen asleep at some point.
At first, unable to recognize where she was at, a fluttering feeling took over her. However, she was able to reach an assumption rather quickly. "Jazz..." She shook her partner's body slowly, who was fast asleep right next to her. "Jazz, wake up." She tried again with a bit more of intensity. The bunny started to open her eyes slowly. Then, she promptly incorporated too. "Where are we?" She asked, a little scared.
"I think we are in Mr. Oda's apartment." The green-eyed remarked, an inquisitive countenance being held. The girl noticed she was barefoot, but still wearing the dark pink hoodie she was wearing when she arrived, along with her dark jeans. Putting her sneakers back on, she quietly left the room, the Lopmon walking closely behind her. It wasn't until she was at the living room she confirmed this was Kazuya's place. "Yes. This is definitely Mr. Oda's home." She whispered.
"Yes. I know." The bunny nodded, responding nonchalantly. "He's right here." She added, pointing to the raven-haired man sitting on a couch and drinking tea, who had gone unnoticed from the girl's sight due to her being too busy looking at the layout of the place. "Gwah!" Katherine squealed, a bit startled at the sight. "H-Hi there, Mr. Oda!" Still having trouble to speak fluently, the girl bowed immediately to greet the man. "Thank you..." She added, lowering her gaze in an apologetic manner. Being obvious what she meant. "It was Kath's fault." Jazz pointed at her tamer, without taking her eyes off Kazuya.
"Hey!" A slight blush didn't take long to reach the teenager's cheeks, right below her green eyes. "You fell asleep too!" And even though she knew the human was right, the bunny just issued a simple shrug. "Still..." Katherine went back into track regarding the conversation. "I'm sorry. I guess we were more tired than we imagined." She lowered her gaze again, this time taking her mobile out of her pocket, checking the time. 10:54 am. "By the way..." The girl blinked, a bit curious. "Where is Sir. Royland?"
Meanwhile, Jazz made her way to the window to take a leap to grab the lower side of it and stick her head out to look down below. She always found widely entertaining to look at how the humans went on with their human lives from above. It was something she was already used to doing from Katherine's window.
Leaning from a wall, Katherine let a sigh escape. "I'm glad to see you're alright." After all, the reason she had gone out home at that time of the night was that she thought her friend was in danger. "We need to talk." Her expression turned dead serious. "But first... Please tell me, how's your ha...?" While her gaze went to the golden-eyed man's hand, it stopped upon seeing part of his arm covered in white bandages, the girl stopped herself mid-sentence, to immediately change the question. "What happened to your arm!?" She placed both hands in her mouth, a little scared.
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Post by Kazuya and Royland on Nov 27, 2018 5:29:42 GMT
The raven haired man sat in his couch, leaning on it. He was comfortable as his legs were far apart his upper was in a bold pose and he had a delighted smile on his face, he often picked his tea cup and just enjoyed its rich aroma as its taste help make his taste buds dance with joy, today Royland truly out did his previous work and Kazuya loved every sip of his tea. He enjoyed his tea alongside some worthwhile entertainment from his television, it was mostly news, nothing major happened just a string of blackouts. Neither Kazuya nor the news reporter took it as something serious, both sides not knowing how wrong they are. But the man would go until he heard the footsteps of what he assumes was Katherine leave Roy's room, and moments later he heard Jazz.
The man then turned around to face Katherine and Jazz, he noticed that the girl with emerald eyes was bit shy and ashamed. The man smiled at her unnecessary thank you "Well, good morning girls.Come on now Katherine, you know that you are more than welcome. So its fine really, no need to mention it." He then chuckled at Jazz statement, to quickly shift the blame to Katherine is such a...Jazz thing to do I guess, it was not just the shifting blame, it was mostly how quickly and nonchalantly she did it. "Well its ok if you both sleep, wasn't that how we got to know each other in the first place ? " the man said in a jocular manner, he had a light hearted smile the whole time.
"Oh yeah, he is in his holo suit right now. Making some breakfast for all of us, hold on one second." Kazuya raised his index finger to Katherine. "HEY ROY! KATHERINE AND JAZZ WOKE UP." Kazuya yelled to his partner who was quite far from their current location at the moment.
"OH GOOD MORNING LADIES, ITS A SHAME THAT I AM BUSY WITH COOKING. BUT I DO HOPE THAT YOU HAD A GOOD SLEEP, I WILL COME TO YOU GUYS IN A MINUTE. OFCOURSE IF ANYONE WANTS TO HELP ME THEY ARE FREE TO DO SO." Believe it or not that was Royland's subtle way of saying that he wanted Jazz to help him with breakfast, of course the knight was a bit too shy to ask her straight on, you see at first he just flirted with her expecting to be downright rejected, but now they are in this grey area, is there a thing there or not. Thar was the question that occupied Roy's mind whenever he thinks about Jazz, which is often.
Kazuya smiled at Katherine's honest and sincere worry, he cared for the girl's well being. So its nice to know that she cared as well, but she then asked him about the obvious wound in his arm. First he hurts his hand and now his arm, what an unfortunate series of events huh ? "Oh yeah, its a long story. Something happened yesterday, its the reason why me and Roy were late yesterday. I want you to know, but first sit down. Since it might be a long story, after that you can tell me your thing. How does that sound ?" He asked as he offered her a seat in one of the chairs next to the couch.
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Post by Katherine Jasso on Nov 29, 2018 2:59:20 GMT
“I know. It's jus that…” It had to be kind of weird to find her sleeping in front of his door when they arrived. “I came to tell you something important and you ended up taking care of me.” The teenager let a sigh go, still leaning against the wall, using both hands as a support in her back. “Well... you’re kind of right.” A giggle escaped Katherine. Even if it shouldn’t be that way, having Kazuya remind her that they were friends felt… nice. And very much needed. In the end, they did meet after odd circumstances and got involved in something that had made them much closer to each other. “Still, I’m sorry for having caused you so much trouble.” A sad countenance took over Katherine’s expression again.
Her green eyes shifted to the east as she looked towards the kitchen, from where Royland was speaking. They couldn’t see him, but apparently, he was using a holosuit. Kazuya had, in fact, mentioned he was getting accustomed to use his yesterday. “I wish it would be so easy for Jazz to wear her holosuit.” Katherine frowned a little, turning at the bunny who was… ignoring her again, walking slowly towards the kitchen.
“I understand now.” Katherine placed her right index finger on her lower lip, raising her gaze while she mused about the matter. “So that’s why you weren’t home when I arrived at two in the morning? Because you were getting your arm hurt?” She frowned. She couldn’t help it; she was actually worried for her friend’s wellbeing.
“Of course.” The girl walked towards the empty chair and took a seat. “Thank you.” She then crossed her legs to listen closely to what the man had to say. “Please, tell me everything.” In the end, this might be related to Void somehow. And even if it wasn't, at this point, Kazuya's problems were her problems too.
Meanwhile, Jazz just entered the kitchen, a deadpan on her face. She raised her hand to greet her peer. “Hi there, Gallant Warri…” Her eyes had to go up, to see a blonde human boy wearing an apron and smiling at her. “… or.” She managed to finish. Her eyes denoted how startled (and even a little flustered) she was from seeing Royland like this. Was that how weird it was when she wore a holosuit too?
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Post by Kazuya and Royland on Nov 30, 2018 20:59:42 GMT
Kazuya shook his head at Katherine's statement, it was not a big deal to the young man but apparently the girl felt like it was. "It was not a big deal really, if the situation was reversed I don't doubt that you would have helped me, it's only natural." The golden eyed man said with a sincere smile on his face, the man was a loner, choosing to distant himself from people and avoiding close relationships. It was thanks to his way of life that Kazuya never had people close to him, with a few minor exceptions and now Katherine seemed to slowly place herself in that list of few exceptions and the thing was. . .Kazuya did not mind that, for reasons he couldn't explain even if he tried. "An apology is not necessary but its accepted anyways." The man said with a firm nod towards the young girl.
Kazuya then turned and scratched the side of his head when the girl mentioned how Jazz does not use her Holo-suit more often, and honestly he sympathized with Jazz more, it must be very hard to switch from a digimon to a human. "I mean to be fair to Jazz I'd imagine that being a digimon with digimon abilities is more fun than turning to a human with human limitations, I mean Roy only wears it when he needs to and he can't make breakfast for four as a spadamon." The man said with a soft chuckle, Royland was too helpful of a digimon for Kazuya, boy was he glad he got drunk that one day.
Kazuya nervously chuckled when Katherine started to scold him like she was actually his sibling, his eyes shifted away for a moment. "Well when you put it that way it makes it sound like I wanted to get hurt again, I do not enjoy if I do I would be a. . .weirdo." Kazuya said as he avoided saying masochist, no need to say questionable stuff in front of Katherine who is still a minor. But once Katherine sat down and was ready to hear his tale, Kazuya took a deep breath and got ready.
The golden eyed man started telling her what happened after the two separated yesterday, from the fact that he lost his device and that Tsukiko took it and gave it to Argus. He stopped for a moment to tell her all about Argus and Tsukiko's backstory, of course omitting the details on how or why he and Tsukiko separated. Going on he told Katherine about Royland's evolution and the last actions of Argus the duskmon, how it hurt Kazuya's arm and made Royland take his life, Kazuya had a grim countenance on his face as he recalled the whole story to Katherine.
"So yeah that is what happened, I spent the night at Tsukiko's house as I needed her to treat my wound. Royland did not know how to, I am sorry I did not respond to my phone I had to leave it here amidst the panic. But don't worry its just a flesh wound. Anyways that's what I have been up to ? And what is the urgent thing you came here to tell me?" The man asked wearing a confused look on his face.
When Jazz walked in she should be able to see that Royland was almost done with the food, it mostly consisted of four bowls of rice, some eggs and tea for everyone. The blonde man was shocked to see Jazz actually walk in. "Oh umm, Hi Jazz. Yes its me Royland, I know it must be weird seeing me like this. But I will go back to being my usual Spadamon form, so can you wait just a little bit ?" He asked and in trying to look cool and confident he gave the tiny bunny a playful wink, probably not a smart choice to mimic the way Kazuya consider the whole Tsukiko situation but Roy was out of options.
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Post by Katherine Jasso on Dec 2, 2018 15:13:00 GMT
Crossing her arms, Katherine nodded at Kazuya’s explanation. “I guess you’re right. It’s not like she ever makes breakfast for us or anything like that.” In the end, he was probably right. The bunny was definitely not as obliging as Royland, so there probably wasn’t much need for her to use her holosuit except for when she had to go out. And still, most of the times she didn’t want to.
“A… weirdo.” The girl repeated Kazuya’s last words, almost in an inaudible tone. “You mean like…” In her head, she tried to reach whatever the raven-haired guy was referencing, until she did. “Oh my god.” Using both of her hands the girl covered her mouth letting go a gasp. “There is people like that, isn’t there?” She blinked, inquiring more about the subject. Katherine’s curiosity had little boundaries, so it wasn’t like she was completely alien to those subjects. The green-eyed then chuckled loudly. “It would be weird—if you—enjoyed--hurting your arm.” She managed to say, getting somewhat interrupted along the way by her own laughter. The Spaniard’s laugh was not something hard to trigger, in all honesty. Her expression drifted back to a serious one once her peer started telling her his story about last night.
The tale was nothing short of amazing. To think Kazuya had gone through such an intense battle, risking his life last night without Katherine knowing. It had a deep background too, regarding how this woman who had just become a tamer was someone important from his past and the digimon she had obtained was actually the egg Kazuya had found inside the inn back in the forest!
“So… we are… responsible for her being a tamer now?” The teenager blinked, a bit horrified from the influence they had over the life of someone she didn’t even know about. “Is she doing okay? I hope she gets along well with her partner.” It was hard to even begin to comprehend they had probably changed that woman’s life forever with their actions. It made her tremble… it scared her. Even if it wouldn’t be easy, she tried to shake those thoughts off, and concentrate on assimilating the rest of the story. “It’s a good thing Sir. Royland had evolved. That probably means he’s stronger than Jazz right now since she still can’t control her adult form all too well.” Katherine placed her hand over her chin, lowering her gaze and thinking about this matter. “Those are some very good news. However…” They still couldn’t take on Void, could they? He was a perfect level digimon, and Royland had just reached adult. Katherine did have a card down her sleeve regarding this, but…
“You should have reached me through your D-Terminal or something like that!” Katherine stood up from her chair, both hands on her hips. It wasn’t like her to actually scold people, but she just couldn’t help it right now. What if Kazuya got killed last night while she was at home without even knowing? She was angry at herself for not being there for him, but she was angry at him for not finding a way of calling her. “That was too dangerous! If Sir. Royland hadn’t evolved just when you needed it, god knows what could have happened to you, Mr. Oda!” Well, there it was, she needed to let that out.
After some seconds, Katherine managed to calm down, taking a seat again. “I’m sorry, but…” She made a short pause. In all honesty, she was a bit flustered upon saying something like what she was about to utter. “… I couldn’t forgive myself if anything happened to you.” She lowered her gaze again. What was she doing? She felt so useless and at the same time so relevant. She felt unprepared for all of this. She cared about people now and was even influencing their lives with her actions, yet still, she didn’t feel up for what the situation demanded from her. The girl just let go a big sigh.
“I think we should wait for breakfast to be ready. It’s better if we’re all together for what I have to tell you.”
Jazz just stared at Royland’s holosuited form. It was… stunning. He had the same voice as the white-pelted digimon and his attitude was basically the same, yet it looked… so different. “It is kind of weird. But you look good.” The bunny nodded to the blonde boy. “Of course. Do you need any help? Even though I can’t really do much in this form…” The tiny Lopmon added, a deadpan on her face.
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Post by Kazuya and Royland on Dec 3, 2018 16:12:47 GMT
Kazuya nodded, the only reason a digimon should use their Holo-suit is when they are trying to blend in with society. So Jazz not using it was not a big issue, she is already tiny to begin with. But what came after it was the interesting part, from the way Katherine talked it seemed like she knows what a masochist is. And for a moment Kazuya was confused, should he be happy that Katherine is mature enough to know about that stuff or should he be worried that she knows that stuff despite being underage? The man truly did not know how to feel about all this, but one thing was for sure Katherine had an infectious laugh and soon Kazuya found himself laughing alongside Katherine.
"Ye-yeah exactly, I-I do not enjoy doing that." the man said barely containing his own laughter, Kazuya was enjoying himself today. Which was bizarre considering that less than twenty four hours ago him and his partner faced death, this was truly a testament to how strange his life had become after he became a part of the digital world. But the man's laughter soon faded, as his face turned more serious. Katherine inquired about Tsukiko, the woman who's life they changed forever. Even though Kazuya felt completely responsible for involving her with this digital world, he would understand if Katherine felt an overwhelming sense of guilt. She was young and Kazuya was unsure if she actually had dealt with consequences for her actions before today, so he wanted to soften the blow for Katherine.
"Yes we are, but here is the thing. I do not think we should blame ourselves, because no one could have predict here to be at that place and at that time. That coincidence was just too much, no way we could have planned that." Kazuya had hoped that he managed to say the right things now, he was not used to comforting others after living alone for a while. "As for that topic, incidentally they do get along. In fact they get along a little too well as both of them see me as someone to take down, but its not hate hate, just borderline hate. So if you meet them and they tell you stuff about me just know that they are kinda blowing things out of proportion, and are probably exaggerating to create a cartoon version of me." The golden eyed man said trying to just brace Katherine for all the things she might hear about him, he knew that she would most likely not believe them but it was just in case. Because Mitsuharu calls Roy demon cat, and that is good guy Roy can you imagine the stuff he will call Kazuya ? It's probably not safe for work.
"Well probably, Royland did show extreme discipline and competence when he evolved. I was quite impressed, but still Jazz has monster level strength in her champion form. Perhaps Royland should teach Jazz how to use her power ?" Kazuya suggested scratching his chin, he was not an expert in digimon battles, far from it, but if Jazz wielded her weapon with the same finesse and mastery that Roy shows won't she become insanely powerful ? But the topics came and went rather quickly, now they are on a different more sensitive topic right now.
While honestly Kazuya forgot about the other ways of communications he unlocked via the digital world, those being the digivices primarily the D-Tector. Kazuya wouldn't have called Katherine either way, only because the thought of having the mad Argus hurt the young girl made Kazuya crazy with worry. He couldn't possibly risk her life, but the man should have known how selfish his selfless thought was. Katherine really cared about him and he should have considered that, Kazuya knew he made a mistake this time. So he opted to just sit down and listen in silence, having someone in his life to scold him out of worry was a nostalgic feeling. You see his mother left when he was too young for her to do that to him, so Katherine actually reminded him of Tsukiko, quite the ironic and interesting coincidence isn't it ? Kazuya looked up and found Katherine's gaze lowered, she was that scared for the man ?
"I am sorry to have caused you this much worry Katherine, but you must know that I will never let anything happen to me. That is a promise from me to you, I will always be there if you need me so do not worry about me. Just make sure you stay safe alright ? I would hate for anything to happen to you, so chin up Katherine. Look on the bright side we are now here, the two of us are safe sound so we should enjoy each other's company." The man said as he gave the green eyed girl a bright and wide smile, trying to cheer her up.
He then nodded at her statement, if she was here to continue their talk from yesterday, which was about Void. Then yes she was right, it would be best if Royland and Jazz were here to discuss this with them. "Alright then Katherine, we would talk about it over breakfast. Which shouldn't take long." Kazuya stated.
Now over to Royland who was quite shocked by Jazz's complement, to the point of him having a light pink blush over his cheeks, looking away for a second Roy decided to say something to avoid being overwhelmed by compliments. "I do? Why th-thank you Jazz. And you still look like the most beautiful and radiant digimon in the world, even in my many adventures I have not seen any digimon that rivals your elegance my lady." Royland said with a smile and a wink towards Jazz, now he was back in the groove. "Oh umm yeah, can you help me find the chopsticks ? I forgot where Kazuya puts them." The blonde boy said as he folded his arms with a puzzled look on his face.
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Post by Katherine Jasso on Dec 7, 2018 1:44:21 GMT
Once the laughter coming from the two humans sitting at the living room stopped, Katherine listened closely while Kazuya talked a Little more about Tsukiko. Sadly, it wasn’t helping the teenager. It was exactly because those events couldn’t be foreseen that it was so scary. At this moment, it seemed like whatever they did could affect the lives of both digimon and humans, without they being able to do anything about it.
At least it was a good thing this Tsukiko and her partner got along well enough. It would be a shame if she were too terrified and didn’t want anything to do with the creature. It wasn’t like she had a choice either. “A cartoon-ish… version of you?” Even if she was having trouble to take these self-reproaching thoughts out of her head, at least what the raven-haired man was telling her was enough to distract her a bit. So they hated Kazuya?
“Well… why do you think they hate you? Does her partner hate you because she hates you or is it related to something else?” There was still something that didn’t make much sense. “Why would they help you treat your wounds if they hate you?” If human feelings usually came as confusing for the curly-haired girl, this was a whole another level of obliviousness for her.
It was a good thing they had drifted into the topic of the power level of their digimon. That was something that had been on Katherine's mind for a while. “She is pretty strong but…” Taking a deep breath, she collected the rest of her thoughts. “I think that’s exactly why she’s having trouble to control all of that energy. She gets too crazy. And she calls me ‘Jasso’, for some reason I can’t even understand.” It was a little frustrating having her partner become something as maniac as Chohakkaimon every time she was needed to fight.
With a pouting countenance and a creased mouth, Katherine simply nodded after hearing the rest of Kazuya’s speech, regarding how much he worried about her too. She didn’t feel ready for this, ready for acting like someone else expected from her, ready to take care of herself because others might be worried. The truth was she didn’t feel prepared to influence people’s lives in any way. And yet, she kept getting closer and closer to people like Kazuya or Amy. “I’ll do my best.” That was her only answer regarding that topic.
“Okay, then you tell me where should we sit and all of that, please.” She bowed her head at Kazuya in a gesture of respect. From there on, she just remained silent. Her head just couldn’t stop going around all of these things that made her terribly sad.
Staring at Royland while he delivered his very elaborated compliment, Jazz tilted her head, letting go a soft giggle when he finished. “Well, thank you.” She replied. Her chuckling suddenly stopped. A bad memory came to her. When she was around Kazuya and Royland, memories of everything that happened in the lake came back to her. It wasn’t their fault, but remembering those things just made her really sad.
“Chopsticks?” She blinked, this time staring at the blonde haired boy looking a little lost. Some seconds of silence ensued, until she got what he was talking about. “Oh! That’s right! It’s those things Japanese people use to eat right? I used one of those on Monday. It’s so hard!” She walked towards one of the shelves and jumped on it, opening the drawers below the piece furniture. “Katherine and her family only use forks and knifes. I think it’s because they’re not Japanese.” The digimon took out some wrapped wooden sticks. “These are the ones, right?”
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Post by Kazuya and Royland on Dec 8, 2018 0:50:30 GMT
It has truly been a while since Kazuya had to care for the emotions of others, he got used to living on his own and only fending for himself these past few years. But he found himself unable to continue that type of life style any longer, people like Royland and Katherine need his help and he wanted to provide that kind of help, to be that pillar of emotional support for them, the one to help guide and watch over their progress throughout the days. But in order to do that Kazuya had to start to put their needs above his own, but that is harder than it sounds, to change everything he chose to be was going to be quite a difficult task, but it's ultimately something worth trying. . .in the near future.
For now Kazuya was more concerned with trying to explain to Katherine the nature of his very bizarre and strange relationship with Tsukiko, but how can he do that ? Well being honest will help with that, so when the girl asked about the reason why his blue eyed previous lover hated him, it was going to be difficult to explain the interact reasons and nuanced beliefs Kazuya had while he did what he did to Tsukiko, but he is going to try. "Well I believe he hates me for what I did to Tsukiko, I am pretty sure I broke her heart by breaking up with her. But I am pretty confident in the fact that separating was the best option for both of us, even if it was painful." Kazuya said as he hoped that he was clear enough for Katherine, but the green eyed made a very compelling argument, why would Tsukiko take care of him ? "Well I am pretty sure it was guilt over making the mistake of teaming up with Argus, I mean I understand why she would feel like she is indebted to me for doing that" Kazuya said it seemed like he was confident in his answer. But Kazuya had a strange thought that lingered. . .What if Tsukiko did not hate him ? Nah it can't be, no use thinking about something that stupid.
Luckily the topic shifted once more, the topic of power levels and digimon combat was something funny for Kazuya. As it was in the middle of two planes of existences, the plane of logic and strategy, yet digimon are powered by something as arbitrary as emotions. So pretending to know everything about it is something the raven haired man is not interested in doing. "Well that is an interesting situation, Royland did not change his personality as much as Jazz does. I mean do not get me wrong, Royland as ClearLöwemon is much more mature than his Spadamon form. But Jazz becomes intense and confrontational, I remember that. I tried to figure it out why, but there is no logical explanation from my part. At least she get the job right ?" Kazuya asked, he was really worried for Jasso but he did not want to make it so very clear, it will be very embarrassing for him.
Kazuya smiled when Katherined replied to his request, this world is so bizarre. Kazuya separated from Tsukiko, isolated himself and lived a soldiraty life. But thanks to one mistake Royland invaded his life and made himself a part of it, and now Katherine is doing the same. "That is great, we both shall do our best." Kazuya said as he got up and led Katherine to the food table. "Follow me then." He took her to the table and pulled a chair for her to sit in, before doing the same and sitting on a chair.
Back to Royland who smiled, a light blush covered his cheeks when Jazz giggled. Royland was sad that the two of them did not have enough time to spend with each other and getting to know each other better. But hey no use crying over spilled milk right ? "Oh yeah, I heard that people from the west do not use chopsticks, so it makes sense for Katherine and her family to not use them. But yeah it is very hard at first, Kazuya had to teach me how..." Royland blushed a little more when he thought about his next statement. "Umm I can te-teach you Jazz, if you do not mind." Royland was quite unsure if he should have said that, but he already did so there is no going back.
"Oh god thank you so much, you are a life saver Jazz. Ok give them to me." Royland took the chopstick, set everything well and took the tray full of food and headed out. He got to the table and began to place food in front of Katherine, Kazuya and Jazz assuming she also took a seat in the table.
"Alright everyone, enjoy your rice and tea from yours truly Sir Royland part noble knight, part amazing chef. Bon apetit." Royland said as he changed from his human form back to his spadamon form, and began to eat from the bowl of rice.
"Alright Katherine, everyone is here. Feel free to tell us your tale."
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Post by Katherine Jasso on Dec 11, 2018 1:05:09 GMT
Her eyes affixed onto the floor, Katherine just listened Kazuya explain everything regarding this lady and their relationship. It definitely involved mixed feelings and a little bit of sorrow. To think someone could end up hating the person they once loved because of something like that. Human emotions were so fragile. All of this conversation wasn’t helping her current situation. It all kept making her feel like just a tiny ant in charge of the outcomes happening in a world she couldn’t even comprehend. Letting go a sigh, she decided to move onto the next topic.
“I could think it is somewhat related to the huge amount of strength she bestows on that form. It seems like it gets to even affecting her emotions. Everything the Lopmon Jazz is feeling gets powered up when she becomes ChoHakkaimon.” It was definitely a very interesting transformation. The question was… could it truly be called an evolution? For the Spaniard, it wasn’t that clear. “Yes. I suppose she does.”
“Thank you.” The green-eyed slowly bowed her head at the man before taking a seat in the chair he eased for her. “That would be nice.” Jazz’s voice caught her attention. The bunny was approaching the table while speaking to a holosuited Royland, a blonde boy with glimmering eyes, wearing an apron. “Hi there, Sir. Royland.” Katherine waved her right hand at the digimon, while he got covered in a glowing light and went back to being a Spadamon, taking a seat on a high chair to have breakfast, just like the bunny did.
Before starting to eat, Katherine put her hands together and bowed her head. “Thank you very much for this meal, Mr. Oda, Sir Royland.” Jazz immediately did the same. “T-Thank you.” The teenager issued a nod towards the man, to then start to talk about her findings.
“As I told you yesterday, we went to a restaurant last Monday, November the first. There, we met another tamer, and found out some digimon are looking for Jazz and me." Katherine had her fingers interjected in front of her, analyzing the situation with a stone-cold head."
"They must know we're not giving up on getting that gem." Jazz offered this observation, while she kept munching on her rice.
"She's probably right. They know we're not giving up." A nod ensued these words. It was probably the time to tell Kazuya and Royland everything about their enemies. "They are known as the Dark Army. This is a group of extremely powerful Digimon. They had been following our steps since we defeated them in a race inside of the Digital World, alongside another good friend of ours. They want the Zoid Gems. I'm not sure why or what for, but they are looking for them, attempting to release their power. Right now, they should know we have two of them, even when we actually have three, as I showed you back in the forest." Katherine knew her explanation might be getting too tricky, so it was a good idea to make a pause for letting everything sink in. "Inside this restaurant, I met a former member of the Dark Army. He's on our side now but he told me he was visited by another member of the Dark Army who went to look for some food for two allies that were inside of this world. I assume those could be that warrior you mentioned and... Void. Judging by everything Void said back in the forest, I'm pretty sure he's an ally of the Dark Army." Her eyes then shifted towards her partner, and he continued explaining. "That visitor also asked about me and Jazz. Somehow, they discovered I live here in Shibuya. Now that I think about it, they should already know we're back at the Human World. If this warrior you faced last night is somehow related to Void, then Void must know you're here, and if he knows you're here, he must assume I'm here too. And, just like I told you yesterday, I've been trying to realize what was Void trying to do to find us, and how it could be related to these power outages that are currently taking place in Shibuya." Katherine let go a long sigh.
"And I think I finally reached an answer."
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Post by Kazuya and Royland on Dec 12, 2018 0:33:11 GMT
Kazuya was glad that topic of his relationship with Tsukiko is now done with because in all honesty even the man tried as hard as he can there would have been no way for him to accurately explain everything to Katherine, and in fact chances are that Kazuya would have ended up confusing the teenage girl more than anything. The nature of human emotion and soul is something that has puzzled philosophers for centuries, there was no way in hell Kazuya would have made things clearer, so in general it is better that the topic was left behind. Now this second topic was interesting, Katherine thesis on why Jazz acts the way she does is indeed very intriguing. The man scratched his chin, he only saw Jazz in that form once before but it was probably more enough to have a good grasp of the drastic change she goes to.
"Huh, that kind of make sense, so for example when Roy flirted with her the embarrassment and flattery she felt was normal, but once she evolved things got extreme and that's why Roy had that effect on her that made her calm down. This is very interesting, Roy does not go through a drastic change like Jazz, but he did tell me that he feels a burning sense of justice and desire to fight a lot. Digivolution is a mysterious process, I wish to study it more. " Kazuya said as he rubbed his chin, that was something Kazuya would probably never be able to do, there was no way that Kazuya can evolve...right ? The golden eyed man then nodded as Katherine laid his worry to rest, the man then was interrupted by Royland and Jazz.
Royland nodded to Kath and wore a bright smile on his face, its been a while since he saw the curly haired girl. "Oh hey there Lady Jasso, it's been a long while huh ? Nice to meet you, how are you doing today ?." Royland greeted the lovely young lady in a warm and welcoming way. But then quickly set up the food, Royland and Kazuya nodded at the thanks given to them by Katherine and Jazz, the two of them then closed their hands together and did a quite prayer before beginning to eat the food. Royland scooted over to Jazz and shyly placed his hand over hers as he turned to look her in the eye "Ahem so let us begin, its all about the grip so just relax and follow my lead it will not take a long time, trust me." Royland was getting ready to show her how to use the chopsticks.
Kazuya began to intently listen to Katherine's explanation, he knew part of it due to meeting Void in the forest. But Kazuya never knew how dire the situation was actually is, the idea of the Dark army chasing Katherine was an idea thar terrified Kazuya, one champion almost ended his life so to think an entire group is after the young girl that was truly terrifying. Kazuya continue to listen to the girl occasionally nodding to her explanation, the more pieces of the puzzle the curly haired girl cleared by her explanation the more he began to form a large picture. But to think the girl already has an idea to present. "To summarize this Dark army is after the zoid Gems that Void used and you have right ? Hmm this is bad but, if you collect them something great will happen right ? Oh sorry I am rambling go on, I will try to add my part after you are done."
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Post by Katherine Jasso on Dec 17, 2018 6:02:40 GMT
So far so good. It seemed like Kazuya was managing to understand everything, or at least he had an overall idea. "That's right. I know that their leader, a Digimon known as the Dark Soldier, has one of the gems. That must be the one missing, since we have three and Void has one." The girl decided to make this clear, before continuing with their findings.
"Yes! Something amazing will happen! No doubt about that." The legend of the Zoid Gems was probably something they should tell Kazuya and Royland another time. It was long and complicated and frankly not part of the subject right now. "And it'll also be very dangerous if the Dark Army gets the 5 Zoid Gems." The Lopmon added, while she tried to eat rice with chopsticks being aided by Royland and failed terribly at it. This was even harder than eating those noodles Paul made for her an Anzu after the empanadas!
Kathrine's gaze went back to Kazuya as she decided to go on with her tale. "Last night, I kept thinking and thinking about everything we talked about yesterday. Remember when I told you that I felt Void was charging up on energy to attack? You said that what was he going to do when he had the energy if he hadn't found us." Actually, Kazuya's insights had been very important for her to reach this conclusion. "I think you were right! Remember when he was fighting Akane and Mr. Black? He was using some sort of darkness sphere as an arena, taking advantage of the darkness of the destroyed inn." Jazz's eyes were affixed on her tamer. She didn't know about her findings either so this was very important.
“When we arrive, he didn’t notice we were there, maybe because he was focusing on the fight in front of him. However, if he can create something like that when there is plain darkness, then it is possible he can detect things inside of that sphere if he really tries. But I needed more information about this, I needed to speak with someone who had fought these types of techniques themselves.” While she explained all of this, Katherine wasn’t even taking the time to breathe. “So I looked on Tamernet for the address to any establishment inside the Server Woods, to try texting them. From there, I finally managed to text some inn and asked the innkeeper if they knew Akane or Mr. Black. Apparently, the legend of the Wind Warrior and the five beastly protectors is widely known, so they managed to put me in contact with them.”
“You spoke with Akane and Kiriha!?” Jazz slammed both hands over the table, pretty surprised. “So that’s why you were so busy using your D-Terminal yesterday.”
“Yes. The owner of this inn gave me their Tamernet username to text them. Apparently, they use some type of sphere as a D-Terminal inside that cave we saw when we were at the forest. Over a month has gone by inside the Digital World after our battle with Void of that night. They are doing great. Gongkoru and Honozaru are fully recovered and they are making sure the digimon around the forest are feeling better, making the woods a safe place for digimon to go back and live. Then, they'll go looking for Renjiro at the Village of the Beginnings.” Katherine looked at the whole group while she said this. She knew Royland and Kazuya were also probably wondering how were the brothers doing. She couldn’t help it, a smile appeared on her face, just from speaking about their loved friends. Jazz wasn’t different, and a grin akin to the one Katherine mustered made its way to her countenance too.
“I asked Mr. Black and Akane about that battle they had with Void. They told me when they fought him, they discovered he had been able to see everything going on inside the forest, and he was always watching us, during that whole night.” Jazz’s mouth wrinkled. Void power was even bigger than they thought of. “I remember right before Jazz hit him with her hammer, the gem was able to show him the unconscious bodies of Gongkoru and Honozaru, once both Jazz and Royland had defeated them.”
“That’s right. I do remember that.” Jazz placed her index finger on her mouth, lowering her gaze, reminiscing about this.
“I then wondered if that ability has a limit, or if he can see everything that’s going on everywhere. Jaenryu, Mr. Black, Akane, and I reached a conclusion… He can probably know where stuff is through the darkness. That’s the only thing the whole forest had in common: it was dark. That’s the technique he used when he was about to fight Akane and Kiriha: a darkness sphere.”
Jazz’s eyes opened up widely. It all made sense. Even if it was just an assumption, it was a very good one. “So that’s how his power works.”
“Whether this power is conceived by the gem, his own strength or a combination of both, that I don’t know. But I do know he uses darkness to keep control of everything, just like he did to keep us tracked that night inside of the forest. He needs to concentrate, though. That would explain while he wasn’t able to detect right away we had entered the inn and Jazz was able to strike him by surprise.” Katherine continued. “But one thing is for sure: He’s not causing power outages to gather energy, he’s causing them to cover zones of the city in darkness and do a scan… he’s looking for us.” She finished her explanation, looking at Kazuya's golden eyes.
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Post by Kazuya and Royland on Dec 17, 2018 21:47:58 GMT
Kazuya nodded as Katherine continued to explain what is going on around them, the dark soldier, the leader of the dark army and a possessor of one of the gems. Kazuya thought that it sound very dangerous, especially considering the fact that Void who is a threat to their life is not the strongest possible threat out there. But this only meant one thing, Kazuya had to work in order to protect Roy, Katherine and Jazz from them. The man deep desire is for them to take the safe route and not deal with this whole dark army business but, he knew that none of them would agree with him so his only option is to make sure they are all safe. He gave the green eyed a firm nod, his conviction to protect the few close to him now was strong. "I see, so there are only two left for us. Right now, Void is actually presenting us an oppurtunity to get the penultimate stone by trying to come after us. Its still a very dangerous and uncomfortable situation we are in right now." Kazuya said as he stopped eating to rub the back of his head non-chalantly.
Royland nodded as Jazz claimed that something great will happen once every gem is collected, Roy had no reason to doubt her claim. "I bet you are indeed right, I do wish that I can be there with you guys when you do collect them all." Royland said with a smile on his face, the noble lion knight just realized how difficult it actually is to teach Jazz how to use chopsticks. So the Spadamon decided to get closer to the lopmon placing himself next to her, having his hand over hers more firmly the lion grabbed the lopmon's hand and started to help get a grip that Kazuya had taught him, hopefully this will help the struggling Jazz enjoy her meal better. "And you are right, no matter what happens we can not let the gems fall into enemy hands. I will promise you that I will use all of my strength to help you guys with this, just let me know when we can move and I will use my might to fight our enemies." The tiny lion exuded determination, too bad that in his determination he let go of Jazz's hand for a second there but he quickly grabbed it again.
But seconds later Katherine got the duo's full attention, the girls seems to believe that she figured out what Void intends on doing so everyone wanted to know what she knows. After repeating bits of the conversation that Kazuya and Katherine had yesterday, the man began to remember the ideas the two of them shared. To create a field of darkness around him, Kazuya had a flashback to what happened near the inn, so this meant that the cause of all the blackouts in the city was Void all along ? The man decided to withhold asking questions for now and wait for Katherine to finish her explanation.
Soon after the girl continued to recount something from the forest and that was the nature of Void's ability and the moments his semi omniscience failed him, to be honest Kazuya failed to recount such details, so to say he is impressed by Katherine will be an understatement. What was more clever was the fact the girl reached to their friends, Kiriha and Akane. Those two names brought a smile upon Kazuya's face, the two siblings that had helped him survive the hellish night of the forest. Both Roy and Kazuya were super happy to know that both of them are fine and that everyone is doing great and the other two are recovering.
Kazuya and Roy continued to listen to the girl's explanation, and once she was done the man looked at his partner and then back to Katherine. This time the man took a couple of seconds to try and process everything that was just explained to him. "So let me get this straight, Void for whatever reason be it the gem or his own abilities has the power to create darkness over an area then be able to see whatever he wants inside of that area ? That is a terrifying ability indeed, we need to keep our wits about us. We should maybe try to see if he has a pattern we can study, see where the next blackout will be. And then maybe act upon it, but we need to be together our main advantage over him is our numbers so we can't lose that.......I would also love to make sure you two are safe." The man muttered the last part rather quickly.
Royland then had an idea, he raised his hand as Kazuya turned towards him. "Hey guys, Void wants to ambush us right ? Then how about we trick him into thinking that he did ? That way we can play with him like the fiddle he is, making him lower his guard so we can then crush him and kick his egg butt, ahem. I mean and then we proceed to hand him his long due justice ? What do you think guys ? Does this plan sound good to you." Royland looked at everyone sitting at the table waiting for a response.
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Post by Katherine Jasso on Dec 24, 2018 5:25:45 GMT
It didn’t come as a surprise at all that Kazuya had understood everything so well. Katherine knew her friend was smart, he had just proven it once again. At his first statement, the teenager just nodded, initially. “I don’t think we can see it as an opportunity right now. But you’re right. He does have the fourth gem we need.” Her attention then shifted to Royland, who was talking about taking an offensive approach. “Well… about that…” She never finished the sentence, and her gaze was just lowered. Meanwhile, Jazz only stared at her partner.
Then, the raven-haired dwelled a bit more into the matter. It was important to leave everything clear, so Katherine was glad he was asking. “I think so, yes. As you said, I don’t know if this is the gem’s doing. Every Zoid Gem holds great power, and some sort of ‘special ability’. At first, I thought this gem had the power to create illusions, but now… I think it might also have the power to see things through the darkness. I’m not sure.” Then, the teenager took her cell phone out. “About a pattern…” She slid the device through the table for Kazuya to see it, while she started to eat a bit of her breakfast, since she hadn’t had any time to do it. If Kazuya took a look, he would see a map of Shibuya, showing three different districts strikethrough with a red X. “Those are the places where blackouts have been caused. Uehara, Jingumae and Ebisu. I would say he’s looking for us, but still hasn’t found us.” She made a short pause, took a sip of her tea, and then continued. “However, I can’t see a pattern. I don’t know where is he going to attack next.”
After a couple of seconds of complete silence, Jazz’s eyes widened. “But Kath…” She said, having finished her meal already. “Couldn’t there had been a blackout last night? We should check for that, shouldn’t we?”
“Yes.” The green-eyed nodded, slowly. “That is what we should do right now. Check the news or something and see if another blackout occurred while we were…” She puffed her cheeks, a bit disappointed at themselves. “… sleeping.”
Suddenly, Katherine’s eyes went to Royland, blinking a couple of times. “I guess you’re right, Sir. Royland, but…” Ugh, insecurities. She had managed to spend some minutes without them, but now they were completely back, and had just struck hard. “We didn’t stand a chance against Void last time. I mean, if it weren’t for Mr. Black…” A small pause ensued. She didn’t even want to give an end to that sentence.
“What I’m trying to say is… I don’t think we’re ready to fight Void. And that’s exactly the part that frightens me the most about all of this. I feel all we can do is… hiding.”
But… for how long?
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