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Case 34 - The Heroic Kaiser?

[AO3 version]

The Space Trio had handed a data file to the 02 Group, in the aftermath of their fight against one old Soleil and Lune’s acquaintance named Kayono:

“This student’s title is ‘The Kaiser’, and he’s some sort of ace in his field.”

Ken remembered those words, and the next ones:

“His grades are above the school’s expectations, some sort of genius kid. And knowing Ichijouji Ken-kun here used to be called the ‘Genius Boy’ in the past…”

He looked at the file again, now hearing Daisuke’s voice in his head:

“They could be the one targeting Ken, right?”

Just like Youta and Mizuki have the titles Soleil and Lune at Dai-Take-Hika’s school… Ken hadn’t time enough to check if anyone else at his own school would have something similar to those. But Noel might be right, someone from his school is targeting him, and playing with innocent lives… Trying to catch his attention, like a legit criminal from one of those detective stories.

“It can be just a coincidence,” he frowned, “This person looks like Taichi-san in terms of appearance though…”

“Tsukiyono-kun! Can you help with my homework…?”

Ken didn’t know this person, but it was indeed from his class. But how could he never have seen that student before? The answer is…

“Ah, sure sure! Show me where’s the problem.”

… That this kid was actually a transferred student.

“...”

All flags pointed at this kid. He suddenly got popular, beloved by everyone enough to use that suspicious title-nickname for 3 weeks?!

Suspicious…

Ken watched the boy from his desk: Light brown fluffy hair but its “spiky” edges were cut, green eyes, a scar in the left ear…

“He can’t be… can he…?” Wormmon whispered to Ken. But soon or later he would know, Miyako is investigating that boy in her free time.

Then he got up from his desk, right after the ‘Kaiser’ finished helping the other student and left. Ken followed him to the hallways, with Wormmon on his back.

“Um, excuse us, Kaiser-sama--”

The boy stopped, and then witnessed Ken just staring at Wormmon’s head which was resting on his shoulder, as if he had just slipped a BIG secret by sheer accident.

“Huh?”

“Don’t mind him…” Ken laughed nervously, covering Wormmon’s mouth immediately, “You’re… Tsukiyono Seishiro, by the way?”

“Yes, and you are…?”

“Ichijouji Ken, we’re classmates,” he uncovered Wormmon’s mouth, “And this is Wormmon.”

“N-Nice to meet you!” Wormmon babbled, awkwardly.

“Ah, I see… You’re the national celebrity, the ‘Genius Boy’ from the news?”

“I’m not a celebrity anymore, but yes” Ken nodded, calmly.

“True, your reign as Japan’s genius prodigy has ended shortly, right?” Seishiro smiled, it didn’t seem fake though? “But what would you want from me?”

So far Ken did not find anything that could lead this transferred student to be the wannabe Digimon Kaiser.

“Have you heard the news?” Ken started playing dumb, speaking politely and relaxed, “There’s strange jewelry and ceramic pieces being distributed by people turning them into unstable digimon.”

He knew that if Seishiro was indeed the one targeting him and his friend, some awkward reaction would be spotted by them.

“Ah, yes. Those cases are happening around Tokyo, right?”

“Exactly,” Ken said as Wormmon silently nodded his head.

“Huh… It’s a bit suspicious of you asking me about that, are you involved in those cases?”

Ken’s heart skipped a beat. If he answered that, he would reveal he was the original Digimon Kaiser a long time ago. But there’s no way he could inform that he’s being framed for those crimes without--

“Tsukiyono-san, he’s the young prince detective who’s helping the police with those cases.”

Seishiro, Ken and Wormmon looked at the boy behind Seishiro, who was…

“So obviously he would be involved in some way.”

Nokita Yuu?! -- Ken said to himself, mentally.

“Oh? So you’re playing the role of a detective?” Seishiro smiled again at Ken, “Interesting…”

Huh… That sounds strange…

“Ichijouji-kun is a Chosen Child, didn’t you know?” Nokita gestured to Wormmon, “He and his friends are the only ones who can solve those cases unlike us.”

“You’re not partnered with a digimon?” Wormmon asked, blinking.

“No, I don’t…” Seishiro shook his head, gently.

“So, our only duty here is to hand those shards to Ichijouji-kun” Nokita said with a light punch on Seishiro’s arm, “Tsukiyono-san, don’t forget that.”

Nokita kept walking, and once he was far enough from the other two, he dropped that smile.

…

“You went straight to ask the school’s ‘Kaiser’ if he’s involved in those digimon cases? Pathetic.”

The 02 Group gathered at Ken’s house after class… Except for Daisuke, sadly.

“So, what’s the news, dagya?”

“We talked with the Kaiser person from Ken-chan’s school,” Wormmon responded.

“Yes, he’s a transferred student,” Ken added, “Tsukiyono Seishiro. He’s from my classroom.”

“Hmm…” Tailmon mused.

“I’ve researched for that name,” Miyako said next, showing them her laptop screen, “And apparently he is part of a manga and anime online forum.”

The screen showed one of the posts in a thread.

“We weren’t that sure if it was the same person at first, because he uses an alias called ‘Seishiro513’ but…”

“It’s not a random number, right?” Hikari said.

“ ‘513’ is in Gorowase , correct?” Iori asked, “And this means…”

“... ‘Ka-i-za’ which is ‘Kaiser’,” Ken answered, “So this is our suspect indeed.”

“What else do we know about this person?” Takeru looked at Miyako.

“He usually writes long reviews on manga, anime and games. But recently… He replied to a topic about the digimon incidents,” Hawkmon explained.

“Huh?” Patamon blinked.

“Suspicious…” Wormmon commented, while everyone else was reading the topic.

Their eyes widened when they read…

[I have one of those shards. Let me know if you have any questions.]

“W-what?!” Hikari gasped, “What did he mean by that?!”

“How old is this message, Miyako-san?” Iori asked with a serious tone, and then everyone started looking for the timestamps on the page.

“It was a day ago.”

“Maybe we should contact Tsukiyono again,” Ken said, but suddenly…Ken’s phone rang.

“Who’s calling now, dagya?” Armadimon blinked. The group stood in silence as Ken answered the call.

They all thought it was Daisuke or Noel, but…

“Hello, Smooth young detective.”

“It’s you again…” Ken bit his lips, “What do you want?”

“I’d like to inform you that I will drop a fragment next to my new victim. Can you find it before it activates?”

“... Fine. Anything else?”

“Nothing else for now. But I will contact you again once I get more games for you.”

And then, the mysterious voice (? The Kaiser-wannabe?) hung up.

“Who was, Ken-chan?” Wormmon asked.

“We got a fair warning about the next victim.”

“Noel, ya know I don’t feel fine working with your other two friends because they don’t give a…”

“Yes, I know” Noel signed, “But I can’t turn my back on you and your friends either.”

“You said you had something to tell us,” V-mon interrupted, “then go ahead. Spill the beans. Start talking.”

Noel scratched his head, awkwardly. His absence from the previous battles involving the shards were because he was busy with other stuff, disguised in the crowd.

“I think you need to open your eyes and be more careful about your surroundings.”

“Huh?” Daisuke raised an eyebrow, “Whaddya mean, Noel?”

“I couldn’t tell Soleil-san and Lune-san before, but…”

“...?”

Noel looked straight into Daisuke’s eyes, his hair flowing in the wind and his green eyes being visible.

Miyako used the radar to spot the faux shard, but Ken decided to leave it to her and Hikari to secure it before things went south. Takeru, Iori and him settled for going after Tsukiyono Seishiro instead, having all the evidence against their suspect.

They kept in touch via their earpiece communicators, borrowed from Koushiro once again.

The file given by Soleil and Lune had the address of Seishiro’s residence, and this was their first step there. The Tsukiyono family had another child, an older sister named Miyuki, who they met leaving the house.

She had the same face as her brother, and spiky blonde hair, yellow gold eyes. The boys asked for her brother, and she pointed with her thumb to the apartment’s interior. Ken asked if they could see him, and she allowed them to get in.

They stood in front of the boy’s room, the door locked. Takeru knocked on.

“Tsukiyono-kun? Are you there?”

No answer.

Miyako and Hikari used the shard radar to guide them to another area. There was no other fragment detected at the moment, and they thought they were lucky. Nefertimon and Aquilamon landed on a school’s yard in Shinjuku, and then started to check for the fragment.

“It must be somewhere in this area…” Miyako said, checking her laptop while Hawkmon and Tailmon alongside Hikari inspected the area.

“Ah? What is that shiny object over there, at the top of the building?”

“Could it be…?!”

There was a crow touching that suspicious object though…?

It was when…

“They all were caught in a trap, ” Noel sighed, as if he was already beaten by his adversaries.

“A trap?” Daisuke gasped, “And you hid this from everyone?!” he babbled.

“No, I didn’t…!! Actually, I know who the faux Digimon Kaiser is, and he’s too close to Ichijouji-san. Approaching him from time to time, because… he knows Ichijouji Ken’s past pretty well.”

“A friend, you mean?” V-mon asked.

“...”

“Ok, so… Ken’s closest friends are us… So you mean, one of us is lying? ” Daisuke frowned.

“I’m not sure about this, mon ami. You and the others wouldn’t do that. But did you know… That Ichijouji-san had another friend besides you all?”

“Another friend?” V-mon and Daisuke repeated in unisson.

“This friend…”

A few minutes later, the door opened. Seishiro was surprised to see them though.

“Ichijouji-kun?” the boy said, “What are you doing here?”

“We know what you’re doing (dagya)!!” the digimon said together. Seishiro blinked.

“What did I do??” he replied, with a pout, “Oh you meant that right? Sorry, but--”

“Wormmon, now!” Patamon ordered, and then the green digimon used his sticky net to capture Seishiro.

“Hey!! What are you DOING!?” the boy complained, and Armadimon tucked Seishiro in the corner of his room, “Ichijouji! What the heck are you doing?! Is this a prank?!”

“... The digimon went too overboard with this,” Iori said with a monotone voice. Takeru and Ken facepalmed at this as well.

“Huh?!” Seishiro raised an eyebrow, but was still angry for whatever those doofus were doing and would do next.

“I’m sorry,” Ken, Iori and Takeru apologized with a bow.

“???”

“Where’s the fake shard, Tsukiyono-san?” Iori asked, calmly.

“Shard??”

“Yes, the one you mentioned on this forum thread here,” then Takeru showed him the mobile version of the webpage on his phone.

“??! Ichijouji-kun…”

Seishiro grimaced, panicked.

“I didn’t post that…! I haven't gone to that forum since I started High School!”

“Then what didja mean before?” Armadimon asked, “About a ‘that’ thing, dagya?”

“I meant the test answers from past years. I collect them to study and share them with an online study group, but… But lately everyone is using them to cheat and not to study properly!! So I’m refusing to share them openly now.”

“Oh, that…” Patamon blinked twice.

“He’s really a good person,” Wormmon commented.

“I have none of those shards…!”

The trio then freed Seishiro from the sticky silk, while Ken just tried contacting Miyako and Hikari, But…

… A light consumed the school’s roof and then a digimon appeared instead.

“D-Did the crow turn into a digimon!?” Miyako was dumbfounded by that scene.

“It was indeed a shard,” Hawkmon commented.

“C-can those affect even animals?!” Hikari looked concerned, something felt terrible… It gave her goosebumps, she looked at Tailmon, then turned to Miyako and Hawkmon, “What digimon is that?”

“It seems to be a griffon…?” Miyako adjusted her glasses.

“Hmm, a griffon…” Hawkmon mused, then Tailmon answered quickly:

“ Griffomon ! We will need to use Valkyrimon’s power right now!”

“Right!”/”Okay!”/”Understood!”

Hawkmon evolved into Aquilamon. Then, the digivices’ colors changed, becoming a matched pair and then released lights which formed the Jogress Holy Ring for its execution -- Aquilamon and Tailmon turned into light beams and waltzed in a helix shape. Once the lights hit the Jogress Ring, Silphymon emerged from its top.

Silphymon, ultimate-evolve!! Valkyrimon!

A beam of light surrounded Silphymon and then other two lights in red and pink danced in the shape of a helix as the digimon jumped into the red Jogress ring. From there, Valkyrimon came out of it, bathed by the glorious moonlight from the battlefield.

Wielding their sword, Valkyrimon dashed thru the air and went into Griffomon’s direction.

While the jogress digimon fought the unstable enemy, Miyako was contacting Ken at the same time.

“Ken-kun, are you there?”

“MIyako-san, Tsukiyono Seishiro is innocent.”

“Huh?” Hikari was also on the same line, “What do you mean?”

“Someone hacked his account and pretended to be him,” Iori replied next, nonchalantly.

“Have you found the shard?” and Takeru asked immediately.

“Yes, we did,” Hikari answered, “But…”

“A crow found it first and evolved with it,” Miyako explained hesitantly.

“W-what? A crow?!” the boys exclaimed.

“D-don’t worry about us!” Hikari added quickly, “We’re fine!”

“This friend… Is someone Ichijouji Ken does not remember at all.”

Daisuke and V-mon blinked, “But how…?!”

“Wait… Ken said, a long time ago, that his memories were fuzzy and blurred after a certain… thing…”

“You mean the--” V-mon was about to slip it out something, but Daisuke interrupted him,

“Yeah yeah that thing, but you don’t need to say it!”

“... I’m sorry, but investigating stuff led me to discover what you’re hiding from everyone, Motomiya-san.”

“W-what do ya mean?!”

“Ichijouji-san was the original Digimon Kaiser, wasn’t he?”

Daisuke gulped.

“He’s the main reason for this whole game, right?” Noel said with a serious voice, “Isn’t he?”

“Don’t tell those two, Ken had done bad things, but he’s still paying for those crimes” Daisuke begged, but with a firm tone, “Can I trust you, Noel? Ken doesn’t need more people coming after him!”

“... I won’t let Soleil-san and Lune-san touch him, I promise. Your friends are my friends too.”

“But ain’t them your friends too?” V-mon asked, confused.

“We’re… Just teammates. And besides they’re exploiting me for their own business, but I'm doing the same in return.”

“You all are using each other…?” Daisuke asked then, frowning once again, “But--”

“I don’t mind, this is how a phantom thief works. Doing the sketchy job, after all I’m a criminal in your world, correct?” he said nonchalantly, and smiled.

“But…” V-mon was saying something until Daisuke abruptly interrupted him:

“Ok, fine. But who’s this old friend Ken had and cannot remember him at all?”

“Back to the main topic, oui . It's a boy around his age, he was a Chosen Child way before Ichijouji-san apparently? But why does no one know, or rather remember him…?”

“Wait, what… Do you mean…”

“Oui, exactement” Noel nodded his head, “This person’s existence was completely erased from this world.”

Valkyrimon managed to slash Griffomon with their sword, using the same technique executed on Kayono previously. The faux shard was destroyed in the process, and then Valkyrimon’s holy power resurrected the crow.

“Phew, we won…” the girls said in relief.

“But it was kind of random, wasn't it?” Miyako tilted her head, “Leaving the shard around and letting a crow evolve with it…”

“Yes,” Valkyrimon (Aquilamon side) nodded in agreement.

“Maybe we should meet with the boys for now,” Hikari suggested, “No one got hurt this time.”

“Does anyone know where Daisuke went though?” In different places and at the same time, Ken and Miyako asked their respective groups, “I hope he’s not getting into more trouble.”

They decided to call it a day and returned to their respective homes.

“E-erased?!” Daisuke and V-mon’s eyes widened.

“But how do you know that, Noel?!” V-mon babbled.

“I connected the dots, that’s simple. I’m not only a phantom thief, I’m a magician and illusionist. And besides I wasn’t here when this happened. I was in Witchelny.”

“But why are you telling those to me and not Ken?!” Daisuke squinted his eyes, “This person is trying to target him, not me!”

“Because you might be the key to beat the imposteur I suppose.”

“Me…?”

“Oh I should go now, pardon. We will keep in touch. Au revoir, Motomiya-san~”

“W-wait--!!”

Daisuke and V-mon tried to catch Noel, but he snapped his fingers and magically teleported them back to their home. Daisuke’s hands were trembling, he then looked at V-mon, who was also trying to process what they just heard from Noel minutes ago.

The faux Kaiser is… someone who does not exist anymore??

#young prince detective ichijouji ken

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Intromission 3 - Youta and Mizuki’s past

[AO3 version]

“I feel like I had a hangover…” Daisuke whined, sitting on the table of that room. On the sofa, there were Ken, Iori and Takeru. V-mon was sitting next to Daisuke, Wormmon on Ken’s lap and Armadimon lying on the floor next to the sofa.

“I can’t believe we got caught…” Ken sighed, patting Wormmon gently.

“Don’t worry, if we’re back to normal it’s thanks to Hikari-chan and Miyako-san” Takeru tried to lighten up the mood a little. Even if it wasn’t totally effective, he knew Iori being this quiet didn’t mean the youngest boy was upset like the other two. More like Iori was thoughtful instead.

The gate opened and from them came the rest of the group -- Miyako, Hikari, Soleil, Lune and Noel. The digimon came either next with them, or in Sunmon’s case, in Soleil’s arms.

“Noel, you took that long to come back!!” Daisuke complained, “Ah, you got everyone!”

“ Oui. Also, thanks Takaishi-san for allowing me to use your partner for a moment.”

“ De rien, ” He answered with a smile. Patamon flew directly to his arms and landed on the boy’s lap.

“So what do you want us to start with?” Soleil asked, a little hesitant. He was talking with Hikari though.

“Huh huh huh?” V-mon blinked, “What does he mean…!?”

“Now I’m curious about that too…” Daisuke tilted his head like an animal.

“The enemy who possessed Motomiya and Flaremon… Is a former enemy of us,” Soleil explained.

“An old enemy?” Ken looked at him; the rest also turned their attention to the Space Trio.

“We had our own group,” Lune continued from there, “just like yours. It was Youta, Ryouma, Kayono and me. I think it was… around our summer vacations of 2004, when we got partnered with our digimon and summoned to a place called Witchelny .”

“Huh, Witchelny…” Tailmon mused, “I think I heard about that place before…”

“You did, Tailmon?” Hikari asked.

“Yeah, that place was mentioned by Wizardmon before, I think.”

“There’s many wizard-type digimon over there” Noel confirmed, “Maybe… He came from that place too.”

“Yes, possibly,” Tailmon nodded.

“Witchelny was under attack by a tyrant digimon called Barbamon ,” Lunamon continued, “Coronamon and I were partnered with Youta and Mizuki, while Psychemon with Ryouma. And Kayono…”

“... Her partner was Pomumon ,” Lune continued, “And… It didn’t end well.”

“Huh, what do ya mean, dagya?” Armadimon asked.

“Lune and I were the only ones able to fight against Barbamon… Because our digimon… Jogress-evolved into a strong digimon.”

“ GraceNovamon ,” Lune added, “It was some sort of miraculous evolution… But the other two digimon… Well, only Psychemon survived.”

“What happened to Kayono-san’s partner?” Wormmon asked, quite hesitantly.

“... it evolved into Hydramon against their will” Lunamon frowned, “Barbamon casted a curse on them. We had to destroy Pomumon and since then… Kayono had been… uh…”

“She has been hitting on boys in order to make them do whatever she wants. Especially…” Lune looked at Soleil, waiting for him to complete her phrase.

“... To attack both of us, directly or indirectly” he sighed. That sounded really stressful for him, “Ryouma tried countless times to tell her to stop targeting us. No wonder she would take any opportunity to destroy our lives.”

“No offense, but if you were in her place you would’ve been mad at her and Mokami-kun too” Takeru commented, “Am I wrong?”

Lune and Soleil looked down, to their partners.

“Well, it cannot be undone now” Ken sighed, “If Pomumon has been under a curse, maybe you should’ve approached that subject with more delicacy.”

“W-we know that!!” Lune argued back, but--

“Are you aware what Hydramon is capable of?!” Soleil stared at Ken.

“Yes, I do. I was researching the digimon for years” Ken did not lose his coolness, but he had a firm tone of voice, “Hydramon secretes highly toxic liquid through the entire body which can dissolve anything it touches and preys on them. It can also spill a poison gas, made of that same toxin, from the mouth in its abdomen.”

“Then you know that we were all in danger, we had no choice!”

“But killing Pomumon without warning and helping her get prepared for that was what caused her to turn against you two,” Iori added, calmly.

“You never had to kill a partner digimon before, did you?” but Lune snapped, “We didn’t want to! We--”

“Yes we had done that before, against our own will as well” Hikari replied, staring back at the other two, “What we’re saying is you did not let her accept it first--”

“Hey hey, ain’t we supposed to talk about the weird digi-guy who possessed Flaremon and me?” Daisuke interrupted them all, trying to prevent a fight.

“Ah yes, exactly, Motomiya-san!” Noel babbled, “We should… Leave the story to another time, Lune-san, Soleil-san.”

“Who’s that digimon,” Tailmon asked, trying to help both Daisuke and Noel to change the subject, “Why are they affiliated with the Kaiser-wannabe?”

“It’s a vampire digimon” Noel stated, “Matadrmon.”

“Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice, another vampire freak” Daisuke growled, “I let a vampire get inside me…!!”

“Does it mean Daisuke is a digi-vampire now?” V-mon asked, innocently.

“W-what do ya mean, V-mon?!” he gulped.

"Don't be stupid, Matadrmon hasn't done anything to you," Soleil replied seriously, "except using you as a puppet for a moment, of course.

“You wanna go, punk!?” Daisuke squinted his eyes at Soleil.

"Ne vous battez pas, s'il vous plaît!" Noel raised his voice, a little awkwardly, “We need to focus on the main topic, right now!”

The tension between the groups definitely made poor Noel Leblanc believe that they would never solve this case together. But the enemy was definitely targeting him as well. He watched the group argue again and sighed. Did he choose the wrong people to work with?

Youta had so much potential and willpower, and Daisuke, Ken, Iori and Takeru would have been like him if they'd lost their empathy for others and their helpful nature, embracing more violent methods to bring justice for all. Mizuki had sharp senses and mind, but she was what Miyako and Hikari would be if they had lost their kindness and delicacy and had started to do anything for the sake of ending conflict and bringing peace to the world.

The 02 group has always been more than just teammates. They formed strong bonds, and keep helping each other when someone is in danger. But Soleil and Lune? They weren't quite in touch with their own group, and yet they just formed this new one with him, but they act more like coworkers. He felt bad about the idea of continuing to use them for his goals, but they're involved now, right? And he was aware that the Sun and Moon duo were exploiting him and Miss Espimon’s abilities for certain purposes.

Well, Lune and Soleil had already said to him they’re vigilantes and not heroes like Daisuke and the others… They’re not hiding their true intentions at all!

“This is a pain in the rear…” Noel sighed next, “We’re all involved in this… We should cooperate.”

“I don’t think this will work, though” Lune pouted, “They’re too sensitive for this job.”

“That’s all you got to say?!” Miyako snapped this time, “We helped you and this is all you thank us?!”

“Um, everyone…” Noel tried to interrupt them all again, but.

“Sorry Noel-san, we can’t do this if someone can’t consider how the others feel before acting or saying something else,” Iori said with a serious gaze at the trio, then he and the 02 group began to quit the room in silence.

“Wait…” Soleil called them, making the six kids and six digimon turn to the trio.

“What is it now?” V-mon asked, annoyed.

“... We investigated something for you,” Soleil seemed a little tense, his grip on Sunmon was tight, but not squishing the baby digimon, “About that wannabe Digimon Kaiser.”

“!!” Ken’s eyes widened by that name. Oh he hoped those two were not aware about the original Kaiser though.

“What is it?” Tailmon asked for the entire group, who was still in shock.

“All the information on the net leads to Ichijouji Ken-kun” Lune said, as Espimon showed the data via holograms projected from her eyes, “Which makes no sense because Ichijouji-kun is a hero, isn’t it?”

The group nodded in silence, fearing what those three would do if they knew they were lying right now.

“So, we researched about people around the gumshoe detective’s school” Soleil continued from there, “There’s one person whose alias is something similar to the ‘Digimon Kaiser’ title.”

“Huh?” Miyako raised an eyebrow.

#young prince detective ichijouji ken

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