Part 24: Digimon... DIGIMON EVERYWHERE; Arata the Fugitive

We wake up... in a somewhat serene wildland area. DID WE JUST ARRIVE IN THE DIGITAL WORLD?!

Well... either way... we move forward to find... Yuugo. Yep. The real deal apparently.

He knows who we are. Because apparently he called out to us and we respond to 'those that call out for help' and our subconscious responded to him. Apparently?

Either way he thanks us for saving Yuuko and doesn't know what he would have done if we hadn't of been there. It's all good. Yuuko is BEST anyway. No problem man.

He then goes on to say that his memories have been the weird 'scenes from the past' we've been seeing and claims all of that is the cause of all this. I'm not sure how that is supposed to work, but whatever you say?

Either way it appears Yuugo is the 'Ghost of the Pale Boy' we've been seeing.

Eventually though, someone else has called out to us and Yuugo is surprised that they found us. Well... it's our friends. What do you expect?

So we return to the real world. Only to find...

The ENTIRE area is .hack-like. Like one huge Digital Shift/Labyrinth/whatever you want to call it. Well then...

We get multiple calls from our friends who are relieved to see that we're okay and Arata keeps telling everyone to ask one question at a time. This isn't the only problem though. But I'll get to that later.

We return to the agency with our friends all relieved again. Particularly Yuuko that Nokia claims was the most concerned but Yuuko says it was only because she didn't get to thank us properly and wasn't sleeping well because of it. Sure it was...

However... Kyoko is noticeably missing. Which Arata states has been that way for a while as she immediately went out to search for us. Kyoko cares. That's... actually kind of sweet.

We attempt to contact Kyoko but no luck. Uh oh... where are you Kyoko?

Either way the remnants of the Dimensional Door are abound and not surprisingly the news is blaming it all on hackers again claiming they have kidnapped Rie Kishibe. WRONG. COMPLETELY WRONG.

We also tell everyone what happened to us. They think it was just a dream. It seemed like it was that’s for sure. Either way, Yuuko is happy to hear that her brother was concerned about her.

Kishibe/Crusadermon's trail has gone cold and it's unknown what that jerk is up to. Nothing good I'm sure. However... Matayoshi makes his reappearance. He's unsure where Kyoko is at either... but... he didn't come to see her. He came to see... Arata?!

Corruption is at its finest once more. Everyone is looking for a scapegoat. Because Arata was the one that caused the blackout (which practically SAVED THE WORLD) Matayoshi's superior's want Arata as a person of interest in what is currently happening. Everyone tells Matayoshi that what Arata did was the only choice and that they were all involved. Which Matayoshi knows and he insists on talking things out.

However, Arata isn't having any of it apparently. Arata goes back to acting cool, which he tends to do a lot to make it seem like he's tough, and won't listen and go into police 'protection.' He also tells Matayoshi to ignore everyone's outbursts about them being involved as well and only wants the finger pointed at him. So we can continue to move about freely. He takes out his Infermon and busts out of the office. SERIOUSLY?! Yeah... that's NOT going to help anything... but... he's trying to protect us too... UGH.

Yuuko says she'll try to pick up Kishibe/Crusadermon's trail and Nokia will continue to help Digimon and let them know that humans aren't all bad. Why? BECAUSE DIGIMON ARE IN THE REAL WORLD NOW AND ARE PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE.

You know... this IS bad don't get me wrong, but, it's kind of... awesome at the same time. I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS GAME AGAIN.

Kyoko is still missing though... and... Date comes in to talk with us. Uh oh...

But Date is actually somewhat understanding and tells us that Kyoko will come back. True she probably will. She has a case for us. Well... we can't let the Agency go out of business can we?

Turns out... she has a Lopmon with her. This time... it's a missing Digimon case. I told you. DIGIMON ARE EVERYWHERE NOW. Anyway, the Lopmon was roaming around and Date couldn't ignore it. Her feminine side shows itself finally. She calls Lopmon cute. Well... that's true.

She yells at us to not laugh. Anyway the Lopmon lost its friend Tokomon and asks us to help locate it. Can do! However... Date also informs us that due to Arata's actions... he's now a wanted man. Not surprising really. Matayoshi tried his best but Arata's actions only made him look more suspicious. Either way Date leaves warning us to keep an eye on Lopmon and Date wants to touch its ears later.

So we run around trying to find Tokomon. Lopmon even offers to help us look for our friend (Kyoko) as well. Oh and PETE IS IN THE OFFICE NOW. I DON'T CARE IF THIS IS BAD THIS IS BEST. We even get some assistance from Nokia and her team in our search. We check with Yuuko in EDEN and.... WELL THAT WAS FAST. TOKOMON FOUND. IT'S ON YUUKO'S HEAD.

CUTEST. SCENE. EVER.

Lopmon and Tokomon are reunited and Yuuko states she found it cowering in the corner. Nokia tells us she hasn't found anything but is happy to hear we found Tokomon. She meets us back at the office and sees Lopmon and Tokomon. They reveal that they fell from the huge hole that opened in the sky (Dimensional Door). Nokia offers for them to stay at her place as her and Omnimon are offering shelter for Digimon that have nowhere to go. Lopmon and Tokomon are excited to meet a Royal Knight and agree. Case complete I suppose.

Next up a Digimon needs help... finding a job?! Okay...

It turns out to be a Piedmon. He needs a job but everyone is scared of him. Understandable considering what's going on.

Ironically we find someone running a circus that needs help spreading the word about them. So we go back to Piedmon with this and he agrees saying it's a perfect fit. Well... he looks like a clown so I suppose it is.

However, he's nervous and needs help with the job interview so we give him some advice and help him practice. I'm not sure how much good it'll do considering he's a DIGIMON but hey whatever works I guess. Case complete?

There's some more cases to be done as well as a new DLC case. So I'll be getting to those next time.

Next time:

We need to find Kishibe/Crusadermon, Arata is fleeing fugitive, where are you Kyoko? Also...

DIGIMON ARE EVERYWHERE.

If this were to really happen... yes it would be bad... but... I'd be like... "This is bad!! BUT IT'S SO AWESOME!! NO IT'S BAD!!! BUT IT'S AWESOME!!"