Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Digimon 03: The Power of One ❯ The One of a Kind Digimon ( Chapter 1 )
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By: Charmeleon 
A boy without a Digimon and a Digimon that has waited a long time for its Tamer meet.
Anime/Manga: Digimon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.01.2004 | Pages: 3 | Words: 5.0K | Visits: 544 | Status: Completed
A boy without a Digimon and a Digimon that has waited a long time for its Tamer meet.
Anime/Manga: Digimon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.01.2004 | Pages: 3 | Words: 5.0K | Visits: 544 | Status: Completed
Here's the brand new Digimon story I said I was going to update. This is like a Tamers story done my way, but it will have quite a few twists. Okay, let's get to the summary. In this story, Takato is one of the very few people who isn't a Tamer. Far into the Digital World, a Digimon waits for his Tamer to come. This Digimon is so rare, that getting info on it is next to impossible. Read what happens as human and Digimon meet.
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Chapter 1: The One of a Kind Digimon
It was a clear but cool day in the area of West Shinjuku. Everyone knew about Digimon. Digimon were common in the city now because everyone was a Tamer, meaning that everyone had a Digimon partner. WEll, everyone except a few people. One of these people was a boy around 13-years old with wild and spiky brown hair and reddish-brown eyes. His name was Takato Matsuda.
He had Digimon cards to play the Digimon card game with though. However, he still felt left out. His friends pitied him and let him play with their Digimon. Even though Takato got along very well with his friends' Digimon, it still didn't help matters too much. He wanted to have a Digimon of his own.
"What's wrong chumly?" a visor-wearing boy with brown hair asked. His partner was a brown robotic Digimon called Guardromon.
"You get along fine with our partners," a girl with long brown hair added. Her partner was the brave lion Digimon known as Leomon.
"It's not that Jeri, Kazu. It's just that I would really love to have a Digimon of my very own. Your partners are very nice, but I still feel empty inside," Takato said.
"Who knows Takato? Maybe someday you will get you have your very own Digimon," a short boy with blue hair said. He had a hybrid Digimon partner that had the head and body of a Gabumon, but the ears and wings of a bat(A/N: I really didn't think that it was fair for Kenta to have a Mega Digimon just like that so that's why I decided to give him a lower-level Digimon).
This Digimon was called Bat Gabumon.
"Maybe Kenta, maybe," Takato said sadly. He did enjoy playing with his friends' Digimon, but he really hoped to have one of his own someday.
Meanwhile, a Digimon took residence in the farthest sector of the Digital World. This Digimon was the only one of its kind. Because it never really made itself known to anyone, no one knew of this Digimon. Even Digivices couldn't get info on this Digimon. That was because this was the only Digimon whose information wasn't programmed. This Digimon was Guilmon.
Guilmon looked like a red dinosaur. He looked a little like the orange dinosaur Digimon known as Agumon. His ears looked like the flying pig Digimon known as Patamon. He had a large hazard symbol on his chest. But there was another thing about this Digimon. He was waiting for someone.
From the day of his birth until now, he had always been waiting. He always hoped that the person who he waited for would come. But there was no such luck. He didn't lose hope though because he knew that he would someday meet his partner. He looked at the D-arc next to him. After he was born, it just appeared next to him. This was a sure sign that he was going to have a human partner.
'Oh Takato, where are you?' Guilmon thought. He didn't know that he would meet his Tamer very soon.
That night, Takato was back at his house. Well it was a house/bakery because the bakery was on the 1st floor and the living area was on the 2nd floor. An hour after dinner, Takato showered and got ready for bed. He soon fell asleep. It wasn't long before he had a strange dream.
| The Dream |
Takato found himself in a strange world. He walked around and saw a pink creature with no arms or legs. 'That's a Koromon,' he thought. Then he saw an orange creature with a large horn on its head and red eyes. 'And there's Tsunomon,' he thought. 'I must be in the Digital World.'
"Hey, who are you?" a feminine-like voice asked.
Takato looked back to see an Agumon walking towards him. "My name is Takato," he responded.
"We really don't see humans in the Digital World anymore. You're the first one in a long time," another voice said.
The others looked to see a yellow caterpillar. This Digimon was Kunemon. A Gabumon, Palmon, Gatomon, Betamon, Elecmon, Botamon, Punimon and Yuramon soon joined the Kunemon. They were fascinated to see a human in the Digital World after so long.
"Hey do you want to play?" Koromon asked.
"Play what?" Takato asked.
"Let's play Tag," Tsunomon responded.
"All right," Takato said. He and the other Digimon began to play together. He liked it because it reminded him of playing with his friends' Digimon. He had forgotten his loneliness when he played with his new friends.
Unfortunately, the fun didn't last for long. Only an hour later, an explosion rang in their ears. They looked at the source and found several trees had been completely obliterated.
"What was that?" Koromon asked.
They soon found out. The Digimon then made himself known. It was a very large red Dinosaur Digimon. This Digimon looked like a T-rex and was known as Tyrannomon. Most Tyrannomon were peaceful for the most part unless they were controlled by something or provoked. But this Tyrannomon was one of the few who were very mean on their own.
"It's Tyrannomon!" Gabumon shouted.
"I thought Tyrannomon were usually peaceful," Takato said.
"Not this one. This one is very mean. But even worse than that, his temper is as short as he is mean," Koromon said.
"Blaze Blaster!" Tyrannomon shouted, aiming for Takato.
"Move Takato!" Palmon shouted.
Takato got out of the way just in time. Tyrannomon was angry about seeing a human in the Digital World. This Tyrannomon didn't like humans so Takato was an immediate target. Takato moved out of the way of more Blaze Blaster attacks aimed at him. The attacks destroyed more of the area.
"We gotta do something. The forest will be completely destroyed if we don't," Takato said.
"How can we. We're only In-Training and Rookies. None of us are strong enough to Digivolve to be able to take on Tyrannomon," Agumon said.
Takato ran at the Tyrannomon. He had to do something.
"Takato what are you doing?" Elecmon asked.
"I can't just let this Digimon destroy your home. I'm going to lead him away," Takato responded. He soon faced the Tyrannomon. "Hey, over here big red," he added before running off.
Tyrannomon roared in anger at being called big red and gave chase after Takato while throwing one Blaze Blaster after another. Takato tried his best to stay ahead of Tyrannomon but it woas very difficult considering Tyrannomon's size. Takato didn't know that he was coming to Guilmon's area. He was just trying to outlast the Tyrannomon on his tail. But Tyrannomon pored on an extra bit of speed and passed Takato. Takato stopped when Tyrannomon got in front of him.
"Blaze Blaster!" Tyrannomon shouted.
Meanwhile, a strange red dino Digimon was just enjoying a peaceful nap. Well that is until he heard an explosion. He woke up and saw smoke in the distance. A few moments later, he faintly heard something shout blaze blaster. He hid behind some trees in wait for the source of the noise. He soon saw a boy running. Then he saw the Digimon cut the boy off again.
The D-arc in his hand started glowing. The strange red dino gasped in surprise at the D-arc's actions. His eyes then turned viral as he growled. He was not going to let his Tamer get killed. He came out from behind the trees, still growling loudly. Takato and Tyrannomon looked and saw a strange red dino Digimon, and it didn't look very happy either.
"I'll take care of you first you little lizard. Blaze Blaster!" Tyrannomon shouted.
The strange Digimon quickly moved out of the way. A red glow then formed around his mouth.
"Pyro Sphere!" he shouted as the red beam of energy rocketed towards the Tyrannomon.
Tyrannomon simply deflected the attack with his tail. "Blaze Blaster!" he countered.
This time, the strange Digimon was hit. He lost consciousness and fell to the ground. Takato rushed to his side.
"Please wake up," Takato pleaded with the strange Digimon. He then saw something glowing next to the Digimon. He looked and saw that it was a D-arc like the ones his friends had, but this one was red with a black rimming around it. He was glad that he had his cards with him. He fished throught them and quickly found the one he was looking for. 'I hope this works,' he thought. "Digi-Modify! Rejuvenation Activate!"
The strange Digimon felt his strength coming back. He regained consciousness and stood up. "Thanks Takato," he said.
Takato was dumbfounded. "How do you know me? I haven't seen you until now," he said.
"I'll explain everything later," the Digimon said. He prepared to face Tyrannomon again.
'This strange Digimon won't be able to take Tyrannomon on as a rookie. If only he could Digivolve. Wait, I have a Digivolution card. My Rejuvenation card worked, maybe my Digivolution care will work too,' he thought. He brought out the Digivolution card. "Digi-Modify! Digivolution Activate!" he shouted.
The strange Digimon felt a surge of strength course through him. He then began to glow. "Guilmon Digivolve to..." he said as his body burst apart into data until an outline was left.
Then new data began to fill the outline. The new data formed into a figure much larger than Guilmon. When the glow diminished, it revealed a large red Digimon with a white stomach and black rings on his arms, legs and tail.
"Growlmon!" the new Digimon shouted in the same voice as Guilmon.
| End Dream |
Takato woke up with a confused look on his face. 'That was a weird dream. But it looked too realy to be a dream. I hope that Guilmon is real. Maybe he is my Digimon. But how am I going to get to the Digital World to meet him. I hope that the part of my dream that involved the Tyrannomon doesn't happen,' he thought. He would unfortunately encounter that. He managed to get back to sleep without any more dreams.
Meanwhile, a team of people was still at work. These people made sure that rogue Digimon couldn't get into the city. This team of people worked at a place called Hypnos. Yamaki led this elite team of people. But things would soon begin to get out of hand. For at this moment, a rogue Digimon was almost ready to bioemerge.
This Digimon was a powerful Champion-level Digimon. Other rogue Champion-level Digimon was usually destroyed before they could enter the real world due to Hypnos programs. But this rogue Digimon was prepared for the programs. The rogue Digimon was tried to come through were usually data or vaccine Digimon. But this Digimon was a virus. Unfortunately, Hypnos didn't have an anti programe for virus-type Digimon.
This Digimon that would soon bioemerge looked like a cross between two different creatures. It looked like a medium-sized T-rex but with the wings of a Kabuterimon. This Digimon was known as Viralmon. THis powerful Champion virus Digimon's attacks are Poison Wing, Chaos Beam and Viral Explosion. This Digimon was not the one to mess around with because of its Poison Wing and Viral Explosion. Anyone who was unfortunate enough to be hit by those attacks always got very sick. Some had even died because they couldn't get treatment in time.
Late the next morning, the alarm at Hypnos went off.
"Riley, what is it?" a blonde man wearing shades asked.
"It's a rogue Digimon sir. It's trying to bioemerge," a brunette woman answered.
"We have to try and stop it," a blue-haired man with glasses said.
"Don't worry Mr. Wong. We'll do our best," a redhead woman said.
"Reika, Riley, I don't want that Digimon to bioemerge," Yamaki said.
"Yes sir," Riley and Reika said. They immediately got to work on trying to stop this Digimon from bioemerging.
The Digimon smirked when it felt the programs being turned on. 'Boy are they going to be in for a big surprise,' it thought. It then began to gather black, red, purple and yellow energy. It gathered the required amount of energy a few moments later. "Viral Explosion!" it said.
The black, red, purple and yellow energies spread through the computers. The different colors each represented something. The black energy was dark energy while the red energy was actually radioactive energy. The purple energy was poison and the yellow energy was nuclear energy. It was needless to say tha tthe computers didn't stand a chance of defending themselves from this kind of attack.
"Sir, we have a huge problem. This Digimon has launched some kind of virus into the programming," Riley said.
"Shut the programs off then," Yamaki said.
"We can't sir. The Digimon has reprogrammed our programs. There's nothing we can do to stop it from bioemerging," Reika said.
"Well if this isn't our luck," Yamaki said.
"My son and friends might be the only hope now," Mr. Wong said. He picked up the telephone and called his son.
"Hello," Henry said as he picked up the phone. He had blue hair like his father. He also had a Digimon that looked like a white and green rabbit named Terriermon.
"Henry, it's dad. There's a rogue Digimon about to bioemerge in the park. It somehow reprogrammed our computers here so we can't do anything to destroy it. We need you and your friends to try and stop the Digimon," Mr. Wong said.
"Gotcha dad, I'll be at the park soon," Henry said before hanging up. "Suzy, I'll be back as soon as I can(A/N: In this story, Suzy will not be a Tamer)," he added before calling Kazu, Kenta and Jeri and alerting them to the problem.
Ten minutes later, Henry came to the park. Jeri, Kazu, Kenta and Takato showed up a few moments later. Henry didn't see a Digimon with the fourth person.
"Who are you and where is your Digimon?" Henry asked.
"I'm Takato, and I don't have a Digimon," Takato responded. "Who are you?" he added.
"My name is Henry, and this is my partner Terriermon," Henry responded. "It's dangerous to be here without a Digimon Takato. We're about to face a tough Digimon."
Just as Henry finished that statement, a strange fog blanketed the area. He and the others soon saw the outline of a stange-looking Digimon. It had a T-rex's body and the wings of a Kabuterimon. Henry pointed his D-arc at the Digimon.
"Viralmon, the virus Digimon. This Digimon isn't the one to mess around with. His Viral Explosion and Poison Wing can cause sickness in human, Digimon and machine," Henry read off his D-arc. "Be careful guys. This is going to be one difficult fight," he added.
"Allow me to make the first move. Chaos Beam!" Viralmon said.
The green and yellow beam streaked for the Tamers and their Digimon. They got out of the way with only mere seconds to spare. "Let's take it up a notch Terriermon," Henry said. He took out a Digivolution card. "Digi-Modify! Digivolution Activate!" he added.
"Terriermon Digivolve to..." Terriermon said as his old body burst apart into data.
New data then began to form around him. He grew to about Henry's height. He now had guns in the place of his hands and put on a belt of bullets around his shoulder.
"Gargomon!" the new Digimon shouted in the same voice as Terriermon's. "Let's see how you like this. Gargo Laser!"
The light green energy came towards Viralmon. Viralmon just countered it with another Chaos Beam.
"Let's help Gargomon out Bat Gabumon. Digi-Modify! Digivolution Activate!" Kenta said.
"Bat Gabumon Digivolve to..." Bat Gabumon said as his body dispersed into data, leaving an outline of him.
Then new data began to fill in the outline. The outline grew larger as the data for the new Digimon poured into the outline. When the data completely filled the outline, it revealed a Garurumon-looking figure with large bat wings.
"Batwolfmon!" the new Digimon shouted.
The other Tamers, even Kenta, had to stare at Batwolfmon in awe.
"Now that's cool," Kazu said.
"I agree with you," Gargomon added.
"I am Batwolfmon, a hybrid Digimon with the wings of a bat and the body of a Garurumon. I suggest that you cover your ears when I use my Sonic Waves attack. My Howling Wind and Energy Wing will do more than blow my enemies away," the hybrid Digimon.
Viralmon was preparing to attack again. He stopped when he noticed that Takato had no Digimon partner. 'This boy is a fool to be here without a Digimon. I'll get rid of him first,' he thought. "Chaos Beam!" he shouted, aiming at Takato.
"Takato!" Jeri, Kenta and Kazu shouted.
"Fist of the Beast King!" Leomon shouted as the fireball shaped like a lion's head streaked to cancel out the Chaos Beam.
The two attacks collided, causing a huge explosion. But this explosion wasn't a regular one. The energy from the Chaos Beam ended up sending Takato someplace else.
"Where could he be?" Henry asked.
"Don't have a clue. I just hope he's all right," Kazu responded.
Takato had ended up in the Digital World. Just like in his dream, he woke up to find a Koromon and Tsunomon.
"Who are you?" the Koromon asked.
"I'm Takato," Takato responded.
"How did you get here?" Tsunomon asked.
"An explosion brought me here. A Digimon called Viralmon is in my world. When he aimed a Chaos Beam at me, Leomon countered with his attack. The explosion sent me here," Takato responded.
"It's interesting to have a human here. There hasn't been one here for a really long time," two new voices said.
Takato looked to see an Agumon and a Gabumon coming toward him. He could then see the other In-training and Rookie Digimon from his dream with them. Just like in his dream, he and the Digimon began to play Tage. He had a lot of fun with these Digimon.
Unfortunately, that didn't last. For an hour later, they heard an explosion. They looked and saw some trees destroyed. Takato didn't have to guess what happened. He knew that a very mean Tyrannomon was responsible for the damage. Sure enough, Tyrannomon stepped out and started destroying the area.
"Hey you big red lizard, over here," Takato said before he ran.
The Tyrannomon roared in anger and pursued Takato. Takato didn't have much of a chance to outrun Tyrannomon. But he was rapidly approaching another sector of the Digital World. In this part of the Digital World, a red dino Digimon was napping when an explosion woke him up. He picked up the D-arc next to him and went to investigate. A few moments later, he saw a Tyrannomon chasing a boy. The Tyrannomon then cut off the boy. Then the D-arc began to glow. The strange red dino Digimon looked at the boy in surprise.
'Could it be that my Tamer has finally arrived?' the Digimon thought. He then growled and his eyes went viral. He then came out of the trees. "Leave the boy alone," he said, growling dangerously.
Tyrannomon and Takato looked back to see a weird Digimon. By the look on the Digimon's face, it was pretty angry. Tyrannomon quickly regained his composure though. He looked at the weird Digimon defiantly.
"I'll torch you. Blaze Blaster!" Tyrannomon shouted.
The Digimon moved out of the way. "Pyro Sphere!" he countered.
Tyrannomon deflected the attack with his tail. "Blaze Blaser!" he shouted again.
This time, the strange Digimon was hit and fell to the ground unconscious. Tyrannomon gave it another Blaze Blaster for good measure. Then Tyrannomon set his sights on Takato again. But Takato knew what to do. He pulled out his Rejuvenation card and took the D-arc.
"Digi-Modify! Rejuvenation Activate!" Takato shouted.
The strange Digimon felt his strength return as his body healed from the beating it took from Tyrannomon. "Thanks Takato," he said.
"No problem Guilmon," Takato said.
"How do you know me?" Guilmon asked.
"Now isn't the time to explain. We have to deal with Tyrannomon," Takato responded.
Guilmon's eyes went viral again and he faced Tyrannomon. "It's time for some payback," he said.
"I'll pulverize you like I did last time," Tyrannomon said.
"No you don't. It's time to even things up. Digi-Modify! Digivolution Activate!" Takato said.
Guilmon felt stronger than he had ever felt so far. His old body began to dissipate into data as new data began to fill in a new Digimon. "Guilmon Digivolve to..."
The new data completed filling in the new body. The result was a much larger version of Guilmon. The new version was red with a white stomach and black rings on his arms, legs and tail.
"Growlmon!" the new Digimon announced.
"Whoa! Now that's awesome," Takato said in awe. He pointed his D-arc at Growlmon. "Growlmon, the virus dragon Digimon; this is the Champion form of Guilmon. You don't want to be looking for trouble or else you'll feel the power of his Pyro Blaster and Dragon Slash attacks," he read off his D-arc.
Takato would soon find out that his D-arc was the only one that had information on Guilmon. It made sense when you think about it. No other Digivice has information on Guilmon so the only way to get the information on him is through the D-arc that came with him. Now that D-arc belongs to Takato.
"I'll burn you to a crisp! Blaze Blaster!" Tyrannomon shouted, firing off his attack.
"Pyro Blaster!" Growlmon countered.
The two streams of fire cancelled each other out, causing a rather large smoke cloud. In the cover of the smoke. Growlmon got close enough to Tyrannomon. Then the blade below Growlmon's elbow glowed a bluish white as it pointed outwards.
"Dragon Slash!" Growlmon shotued. He slashed across Tyrannomon's chest.
Tyrannomon roared in pain. Growlmon delivered another Pyro Blaster to Tyrannomon's injured spot. Tyrannomon roared as it was deleted. The data headed straight for Growlmon. Growlmon just closed his eyes as he absorbed the Digimon's data. Takato just stood in amazement. He really couldn't find anything to say. Growlmon then stepped in front of Takato before Dedigivolving to Guilmon.
"That was amazing Guilmon," Takato finally managed to say.
"I couldn't have done it without you Takato. Tyrannomon almost finished me," Guilmon said.
"How do you know me though?" Takato asked.
"I've been waiting for you. When I was born into this place, the D-arc that you now hold appeared beside me. Since then, I waited and waited for you. Now you're here," Guilmon responded. "But how did you know me?" he added.
"Believe it or not, I had a dream about you," Takato responded before telling Guilmon the dream.
"If that doesn't prove that you're my Tamer, then nothing will," Guilmon said.
"But I need to find a way back to my world," Takato said. He didnt' have to ponder about that much longer.
Another portal, similar to the one that brought Takato to the Digital World opened up ten feet in front of him. Takato then walked towards it with Guilmon close behind. When they were through the portal, it closed. The found themselves back in the real world. Viralmon was still here, and the Tamers weren't doing too well against him. The Digimon were forced to stay defensive due to what damage Viralmon's attacks could do.
"Takato, you're back," Henry said.
"Yes I am," Takato said.
"Who's that Digimon?"Kazu asked. He pointed his D-arc at it but no information appeared on the new Digimon. "Why am I not receiving any data on it?" he asked.
"This is my partner Guilmon," Takato responded. He took out his D-arc and pointed it at Guilmon. "Guilmon, the red dino Digimon. This virus type Digimon is the only one of its kind. Don't let the fact that he's a virus fool you because he's friendly as long as you don't pose a threat. His Pyro Sphere and Rock Breaker will send you to dreamland," he read of his D-arc.
Everyone, including Viralmon was shocked to hear that. Takato now had a Digimon partner of his own. Henry and the others were even more surprised that Takato was able to get info on Guilmon when Kazu couldn't. Takato wasted no time and Digivolved Guilmon to Growlmon.
"Now it's time for a little payback. What do you say Growlmon?" Takato asked.
"Grrrrrr! I'm ready Takato," Growlmon responded. He had a feral look in his eyes again. "I don't know who you are, but I won't allow you to harm anyone. Pyro Blaster!" he added.
The stream of fire headed for Viralmon.
"Chaos Beam!" Viralmon shouted.
The two attacks met, but the Pyro Blaster went right through the Chaos Beam and slammed into Viralmon. Viralmon screamed in pain.
"I'll delete you for that. Viral Explosion!" Viralmon said.
The deadly energies streaked for Growlmon.
"You'll have to do better than that. Digi-Modify! Hyper Speed Activate!" Takato said.
Growlmon ran out of the Viral Explosion's path.
"Digi-Modify! Strength and Power Activate!" Takato then shouted.
Growlmon roared when he felt his strength and power increase. "Now to take care of you. Pyro Blaster!" he said.
This time, the Pyro Blaster annihilated Viralmon. Growlmon absorbed Viralmon's data. Then the feral look in Growlmon's eyes vanished.
"You did great Growlmon," Takato said.
"Thank you my Tamer, but I couldn't have done it without you," Growlmon said.
"That was awesome. I'll ask you and Growlmon for help with Digimon battles any day," Kazu asked.
"Kazu is right Takato. You really did well in the fight against Viralmon," Henry said.
"Thanks guys, but I should be going home now," Takato said. He pulled out the Hyper Wings card from his pack. "Digi-Modify! Hyper Wings Activate!"
Growlmon sprouted 3 pairs of shiny white feathery wings. Takato climbed onto Growlmon's back, and Growlmon flew into the sky.
"Where is your house Takato?" Growlmon asked.
"I'll show you the way," Takato responded before giving Growlmon directions.
Growlmon landed at Takato's house five minutes later. He Dedigivolved so Takato wouldn't have to climb down. Takato simply let go of Guilmon's neck. Takato's parents saw the light outside and opened the door to see what it was. They were absolutely amazed to see a Digimon standing next to their son.
"Who is this Digimon Takato?" Mr. Matsuda asked.
"Dad, this is my partner Guilmon," Takato responded.
His parents were shocked at first. But then they smiled. They too had hoped that their son would have a Digimon partner of his own. "We're happy for you son. We saw how lonely you were when you didn't have a partner of you own. Now you won't feel so left out anymore," they said.
"What do they mean Takato?" Guilmon asked curiously.
"Before I met you, I always felt left out because I didn't have a Digimon partner. My friends let me play with theirs, but it wasn't enough to me. I still felt like I was the only person not to have a Digimon," Takato responded.
"Well, you have me now. You will always have me," Guilmon said.
"Thanks Guilmon," Takato said before hugging Guilmon.
Guilmon hugged back and licked Takato's face. This was the start to a beautiful friendship and partnership.
Well, here's the end of the first chapter to this story. I hope that you have started to see the twists in this story so far because there will be plenty more where those came from as the story progresses. Preview for Chapter 2: The Digimon Queen: Takato and his friends attend another seemingly usual day of school. That thought is thrown out the window when a new student arrives. This new student is none other than Rika Nonaka a.k.a. The Digimon Queen. But her attitude makes it difficult to make friends. Is there anyone who will look past her attitude, or will she get on everyone's nerves? Stay tuned to find out.
One and a half more days to Las Vegas. For all you Pokemon readers, I will continue on the next chapter to my fic Someone's Always Out to get Me when I return from Las Vegas. I'm just about 1/2 way finished with the chapter. Look for it in about two weeks because I won't be taking my laptop to Vegas this time. It's going to be relax and have a good time for me the whole time of my stay.
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Chapter 1: The One of a Kind Digimon
It was a clear but cool day in the area of West Shinjuku. Everyone knew about Digimon. Digimon were common in the city now because everyone was a Tamer, meaning that everyone had a Digimon partner. WEll, everyone except a few people. One of these people was a boy around 13-years old with wild and spiky brown hair and reddish-brown eyes. His name was Takato Matsuda.
He had Digimon cards to play the Digimon card game with though. However, he still felt left out. His friends pitied him and let him play with their Digimon. Even though Takato got along very well with his friends' Digimon, it still didn't help matters too much. He wanted to have a Digimon of his own.
"What's wrong chumly?" a visor-wearing boy with brown hair asked. His partner was a brown robotic Digimon called Guardromon.
"You get along fine with our partners," a girl with long brown hair added. Her partner was the brave lion Digimon known as Leomon.
"It's not that Jeri, Kazu. It's just that I would really love to have a Digimon of my very own. Your partners are very nice, but I still feel empty inside," Takato said.
"Who knows Takato? Maybe someday you will get you have your very own Digimon," a short boy with blue hair said. He had a hybrid Digimon partner that had the head and body of a Gabumon, but the ears and wings of a bat(A/N: I really didn't think that it was fair for Kenta to have a Mega Digimon just like that so that's why I decided to give him a lower-level Digimon).
This Digimon was called Bat Gabumon.
"Maybe Kenta, maybe," Takato said sadly. He did enjoy playing with his friends' Digimon, but he really hoped to have one of his own someday.
Meanwhile, a Digimon took residence in the farthest sector of the Digital World. This Digimon was the only one of its kind. Because it never really made itself known to anyone, no one knew of this Digimon. Even Digivices couldn't get info on this Digimon. That was because this was the only Digimon whose information wasn't programmed. This Digimon was Guilmon.
Guilmon looked like a red dinosaur. He looked a little like the orange dinosaur Digimon known as Agumon. His ears looked like the flying pig Digimon known as Patamon. He had a large hazard symbol on his chest. But there was another thing about this Digimon. He was waiting for someone.
From the day of his birth until now, he had always been waiting. He always hoped that the person who he waited for would come. But there was no such luck. He didn't lose hope though because he knew that he would someday meet his partner. He looked at the D-arc next to him. After he was born, it just appeared next to him. This was a sure sign that he was going to have a human partner.
'Oh Takato, where are you?' Guilmon thought. He didn't know that he would meet his Tamer very soon.
That night, Takato was back at his house. Well it was a house/bakery because the bakery was on the 1st floor and the living area was on the 2nd floor. An hour after dinner, Takato showered and got ready for bed. He soon fell asleep. It wasn't long before he had a strange dream.
| The Dream |
Takato found himself in a strange world. He walked around and saw a pink creature with no arms or legs. 'That's a Koromon,' he thought. Then he saw an orange creature with a large horn on its head and red eyes. 'And there's Tsunomon,' he thought. 'I must be in the Digital World.'
"Hey, who are you?" a feminine-like voice asked.
Takato looked back to see an Agumon walking towards him. "My name is Takato," he responded.
"We really don't see humans in the Digital World anymore. You're the first one in a long time," another voice said.
The others looked to see a yellow caterpillar. This Digimon was Kunemon. A Gabumon, Palmon, Gatomon, Betamon, Elecmon, Botamon, Punimon and Yuramon soon joined the Kunemon. They were fascinated to see a human in the Digital World after so long.
"Hey do you want to play?" Koromon asked.
"Play what?" Takato asked.
"Let's play Tag," Tsunomon responded.
"All right," Takato said. He and the other Digimon began to play together. He liked it because it reminded him of playing with his friends' Digimon. He had forgotten his loneliness when he played with his new friends.
Unfortunately, the fun didn't last for long. Only an hour later, an explosion rang in their ears. They looked at the source and found several trees had been completely obliterated.
"What was that?" Koromon asked.
They soon found out. The Digimon then made himself known. It was a very large red Dinosaur Digimon. This Digimon looked like a T-rex and was known as Tyrannomon. Most Tyrannomon were peaceful for the most part unless they were controlled by something or provoked. But this Tyrannomon was one of the few who were very mean on their own.
"It's Tyrannomon!" Gabumon shouted.
"I thought Tyrannomon were usually peaceful," Takato said.
"Not this one. This one is very mean. But even worse than that, his temper is as short as he is mean," Koromon said.
"Blaze Blaster!" Tyrannomon shouted, aiming for Takato.
"Move Takato!" Palmon shouted.
Takato got out of the way just in time. Tyrannomon was angry about seeing a human in the Digital World. This Tyrannomon didn't like humans so Takato was an immediate target. Takato moved out of the way of more Blaze Blaster attacks aimed at him. The attacks destroyed more of the area.
"We gotta do something. The forest will be completely destroyed if we don't," Takato said.
"How can we. We're only In-Training and Rookies. None of us are strong enough to Digivolve to be able to take on Tyrannomon," Agumon said.
Takato ran at the Tyrannomon. He had to do something.
"Takato what are you doing?" Elecmon asked.
"I can't just let this Digimon destroy your home. I'm going to lead him away," Takato responded. He soon faced the Tyrannomon. "Hey, over here big red," he added before running off.
Tyrannomon roared in anger at being called big red and gave chase after Takato while throwing one Blaze Blaster after another. Takato tried his best to stay ahead of Tyrannomon but it woas very difficult considering Tyrannomon's size. Takato didn't know that he was coming to Guilmon's area. He was just trying to outlast the Tyrannomon on his tail. But Tyrannomon pored on an extra bit of speed and passed Takato. Takato stopped when Tyrannomon got in front of him.
"Blaze Blaster!" Tyrannomon shouted.
Meanwhile, a strange red dino Digimon was just enjoying a peaceful nap. Well that is until he heard an explosion. He woke up and saw smoke in the distance. A few moments later, he faintly heard something shout blaze blaster. He hid behind some trees in wait for the source of the noise. He soon saw a boy running. Then he saw the Digimon cut the boy off again.
The D-arc in his hand started glowing. The strange red dino gasped in surprise at the D-arc's actions. His eyes then turned viral as he growled. He was not going to let his Tamer get killed. He came out from behind the trees, still growling loudly. Takato and Tyrannomon looked and saw a strange red dino Digimon, and it didn't look very happy either.
"I'll take care of you first you little lizard. Blaze Blaster!" Tyrannomon shouted.
The strange Digimon quickly moved out of the way. A red glow then formed around his mouth.
"Pyro Sphere!" he shouted as the red beam of energy rocketed towards the Tyrannomon.
Tyrannomon simply deflected the attack with his tail. "Blaze Blaster!" he countered.
This time, the strange Digimon was hit. He lost consciousness and fell to the ground. Takato rushed to his side.
"Please wake up," Takato pleaded with the strange Digimon. He then saw something glowing next to the Digimon. He looked and saw that it was a D-arc like the ones his friends had, but this one was red with a black rimming around it. He was glad that he had his cards with him. He fished throught them and quickly found the one he was looking for. 'I hope this works,' he thought. "Digi-Modify! Rejuvenation Activate!"
The strange Digimon felt his strength coming back. He regained consciousness and stood up. "Thanks Takato," he said.
Takato was dumbfounded. "How do you know me? I haven't seen you until now," he said.
"I'll explain everything later," the Digimon said. He prepared to face Tyrannomon again.
'This strange Digimon won't be able to take Tyrannomon on as a rookie. If only he could Digivolve. Wait, I have a Digivolution card. My Rejuvenation card worked, maybe my Digivolution care will work too,' he thought. He brought out the Digivolution card. "Digi-Modify! Digivolution Activate!" he shouted.
The strange Digimon felt a surge of strength course through him. He then began to glow. "Guilmon Digivolve to..." he said as his body burst apart into data until an outline was left.
Then new data began to fill the outline. The new data formed into a figure much larger than Guilmon. When the glow diminished, it revealed a large red Digimon with a white stomach and black rings on his arms, legs and tail.
"Growlmon!" the new Digimon shouted in the same voice as Guilmon.
| End Dream |
Takato woke up with a confused look on his face. 'That was a weird dream. But it looked too realy to be a dream. I hope that Guilmon is real. Maybe he is my Digimon. But how am I going to get to the Digital World to meet him. I hope that the part of my dream that involved the Tyrannomon doesn't happen,' he thought. He would unfortunately encounter that. He managed to get back to sleep without any more dreams.
Meanwhile, a team of people was still at work. These people made sure that rogue Digimon couldn't get into the city. This team of people worked at a place called Hypnos. Yamaki led this elite team of people. But things would soon begin to get out of hand. For at this moment, a rogue Digimon was almost ready to bioemerge.
This Digimon was a powerful Champion-level Digimon. Other rogue Champion-level Digimon was usually destroyed before they could enter the real world due to Hypnos programs. But this rogue Digimon was prepared for the programs. The rogue Digimon was tried to come through were usually data or vaccine Digimon. But this Digimon was a virus. Unfortunately, Hypnos didn't have an anti programe for virus-type Digimon.
This Digimon that would soon bioemerge looked like a cross between two different creatures. It looked like a medium-sized T-rex but with the wings of a Kabuterimon. This Digimon was known as Viralmon. THis powerful Champion virus Digimon's attacks are Poison Wing, Chaos Beam and Viral Explosion. This Digimon was not the one to mess around with because of its Poison Wing and Viral Explosion. Anyone who was unfortunate enough to be hit by those attacks always got very sick. Some had even died because they couldn't get treatment in time.
Late the next morning, the alarm at Hypnos went off.
"Riley, what is it?" a blonde man wearing shades asked.
"It's a rogue Digimon sir. It's trying to bioemerge," a brunette woman answered.
"We have to try and stop it," a blue-haired man with glasses said.
"Don't worry Mr. Wong. We'll do our best," a redhead woman said.
"Reika, Riley, I don't want that Digimon to bioemerge," Yamaki said.
"Yes sir," Riley and Reika said. They immediately got to work on trying to stop this Digimon from bioemerging.
The Digimon smirked when it felt the programs being turned on. 'Boy are they going to be in for a big surprise,' it thought. It then began to gather black, red, purple and yellow energy. It gathered the required amount of energy a few moments later. "Viral Explosion!" it said.
The black, red, purple and yellow energies spread through the computers. The different colors each represented something. The black energy was dark energy while the red energy was actually radioactive energy. The purple energy was poison and the yellow energy was nuclear energy. It was needless to say tha tthe computers didn't stand a chance of defending themselves from this kind of attack.
"Sir, we have a huge problem. This Digimon has launched some kind of virus into the programming," Riley said.
"Shut the programs off then," Yamaki said.
"We can't sir. The Digimon has reprogrammed our programs. There's nothing we can do to stop it from bioemerging," Reika said.
"Well if this isn't our luck," Yamaki said.
"My son and friends might be the only hope now," Mr. Wong said. He picked up the telephone and called his son.
"Hello," Henry said as he picked up the phone. He had blue hair like his father. He also had a Digimon that looked like a white and green rabbit named Terriermon.
"Henry, it's dad. There's a rogue Digimon about to bioemerge in the park. It somehow reprogrammed our computers here so we can't do anything to destroy it. We need you and your friends to try and stop the Digimon," Mr. Wong said.
"Gotcha dad, I'll be at the park soon," Henry said before hanging up. "Suzy, I'll be back as soon as I can(A/N: In this story, Suzy will not be a Tamer)," he added before calling Kazu, Kenta and Jeri and alerting them to the problem.
Ten minutes later, Henry came to the park. Jeri, Kazu, Kenta and Takato showed up a few moments later. Henry didn't see a Digimon with the fourth person.
"Who are you and where is your Digimon?" Henry asked.
"I'm Takato, and I don't have a Digimon," Takato responded. "Who are you?" he added.
"My name is Henry, and this is my partner Terriermon," Henry responded. "It's dangerous to be here without a Digimon Takato. We're about to face a tough Digimon."
Just as Henry finished that statement, a strange fog blanketed the area. He and the others soon saw the outline of a stange-looking Digimon. It had a T-rex's body and the wings of a Kabuterimon. Henry pointed his D-arc at the Digimon.
"Viralmon, the virus Digimon. This Digimon isn't the one to mess around with. His Viral Explosion and Poison Wing can cause sickness in human, Digimon and machine," Henry read off his D-arc. "Be careful guys. This is going to be one difficult fight," he added.
"Allow me to make the first move. Chaos Beam!" Viralmon said.
The green and yellow beam streaked for the Tamers and their Digimon. They got out of the way with only mere seconds to spare. "Let's take it up a notch Terriermon," Henry said. He took out a Digivolution card. "Digi-Modify! Digivolution Activate!" he added.
"Terriermon Digivolve to..." Terriermon said as his old body burst apart into data.
New data then began to form around him. He grew to about Henry's height. He now had guns in the place of his hands and put on a belt of bullets around his shoulder.
"Gargomon!" the new Digimon shouted in the same voice as Terriermon's. "Let's see how you like this. Gargo Laser!"
The light green energy came towards Viralmon. Viralmon just countered it with another Chaos Beam.
"Let's help Gargomon out Bat Gabumon. Digi-Modify! Digivolution Activate!" Kenta said.
"Bat Gabumon Digivolve to..." Bat Gabumon said as his body dispersed into data, leaving an outline of him.
Then new data began to fill in the outline. The outline grew larger as the data for the new Digimon poured into the outline. When the data completely filled the outline, it revealed a Garurumon-looking figure with large bat wings.
"Batwolfmon!" the new Digimon shouted.
The other Tamers, even Kenta, had to stare at Batwolfmon in awe.
"Now that's cool," Kazu said.
"I agree with you," Gargomon added.
"I am Batwolfmon, a hybrid Digimon with the wings of a bat and the body of a Garurumon. I suggest that you cover your ears when I use my Sonic Waves attack. My Howling Wind and Energy Wing will do more than blow my enemies away," the hybrid Digimon.
Viralmon was preparing to attack again. He stopped when he noticed that Takato had no Digimon partner. 'This boy is a fool to be here without a Digimon. I'll get rid of him first,' he thought. "Chaos Beam!" he shouted, aiming at Takato.
"Takato!" Jeri, Kenta and Kazu shouted.
"Fist of the Beast King!" Leomon shouted as the fireball shaped like a lion's head streaked to cancel out the Chaos Beam.
The two attacks collided, causing a huge explosion. But this explosion wasn't a regular one. The energy from the Chaos Beam ended up sending Takato someplace else.
"Where could he be?" Henry asked.
"Don't have a clue. I just hope he's all right," Kazu responded.
Takato had ended up in the Digital World. Just like in his dream, he woke up to find a Koromon and Tsunomon.
"Who are you?" the Koromon asked.
"I'm Takato," Takato responded.
"How did you get here?" Tsunomon asked.
"An explosion brought me here. A Digimon called Viralmon is in my world. When he aimed a Chaos Beam at me, Leomon countered with his attack. The explosion sent me here," Takato responded.
"It's interesting to have a human here. There hasn't been one here for a really long time," two new voices said.
Takato looked to see an Agumon and a Gabumon coming toward him. He could then see the other In-training and Rookie Digimon from his dream with them. Just like in his dream, he and the Digimon began to play Tage. He had a lot of fun with these Digimon.
Unfortunately, that didn't last. For an hour later, they heard an explosion. They looked and saw some trees destroyed. Takato didn't have to guess what happened. He knew that a very mean Tyrannomon was responsible for the damage. Sure enough, Tyrannomon stepped out and started destroying the area.
"Hey you big red lizard, over here," Takato said before he ran.
The Tyrannomon roared in anger and pursued Takato. Takato didn't have much of a chance to outrun Tyrannomon. But he was rapidly approaching another sector of the Digital World. In this part of the Digital World, a red dino Digimon was napping when an explosion woke him up. He picked up the D-arc next to him and went to investigate. A few moments later, he saw a Tyrannomon chasing a boy. The Tyrannomon then cut off the boy. Then the D-arc began to glow. The strange red dino Digimon looked at the boy in surprise.
'Could it be that my Tamer has finally arrived?' the Digimon thought. He then growled and his eyes went viral. He then came out of the trees. "Leave the boy alone," he said, growling dangerously.
Tyrannomon and Takato looked back to see a weird Digimon. By the look on the Digimon's face, it was pretty angry. Tyrannomon quickly regained his composure though. He looked at the weird Digimon defiantly.
"I'll torch you. Blaze Blaster!" Tyrannomon shouted.
The Digimon moved out of the way. "Pyro Sphere!" he countered.
Tyrannomon deflected the attack with his tail. "Blaze Blaser!" he shouted again.
This time, the strange Digimon was hit and fell to the ground unconscious. Tyrannomon gave it another Blaze Blaster for good measure. Then Tyrannomon set his sights on Takato again. But Takato knew what to do. He pulled out his Rejuvenation card and took the D-arc.
"Digi-Modify! Rejuvenation Activate!" Takato shouted.
The strange Digimon felt his strength return as his body healed from the beating it took from Tyrannomon. "Thanks Takato," he said.
"No problem Guilmon," Takato said.
"How do you know me?" Guilmon asked.
"Now isn't the time to explain. We have to deal with Tyrannomon," Takato responded.
Guilmon's eyes went viral again and he faced Tyrannomon. "It's time for some payback," he said.
"I'll pulverize you like I did last time," Tyrannomon said.
"No you don't. It's time to even things up. Digi-Modify! Digivolution Activate!" Takato said.
Guilmon felt stronger than he had ever felt so far. His old body began to dissipate into data as new data began to fill in a new Digimon. "Guilmon Digivolve to..."
The new data completed filling in the new body. The result was a much larger version of Guilmon. The new version was red with a white stomach and black rings on his arms, legs and tail.
"Growlmon!" the new Digimon announced.
"Whoa! Now that's awesome," Takato said in awe. He pointed his D-arc at Growlmon. "Growlmon, the virus dragon Digimon; this is the Champion form of Guilmon. You don't want to be looking for trouble or else you'll feel the power of his Pyro Blaster and Dragon Slash attacks," he read off his D-arc.
Takato would soon find out that his D-arc was the only one that had information on Guilmon. It made sense when you think about it. No other Digivice has information on Guilmon so the only way to get the information on him is through the D-arc that came with him. Now that D-arc belongs to Takato.
"I'll burn you to a crisp! Blaze Blaster!" Tyrannomon shouted, firing off his attack.
"Pyro Blaster!" Growlmon countered.
The two streams of fire cancelled each other out, causing a rather large smoke cloud. In the cover of the smoke. Growlmon got close enough to Tyrannomon. Then the blade below Growlmon's elbow glowed a bluish white as it pointed outwards.
"Dragon Slash!" Growlmon shotued. He slashed across Tyrannomon's chest.
Tyrannomon roared in pain. Growlmon delivered another Pyro Blaster to Tyrannomon's injured spot. Tyrannomon roared as it was deleted. The data headed straight for Growlmon. Growlmon just closed his eyes as he absorbed the Digimon's data. Takato just stood in amazement. He really couldn't find anything to say. Growlmon then stepped in front of Takato before Dedigivolving to Guilmon.
"That was amazing Guilmon," Takato finally managed to say.
"I couldn't have done it without you Takato. Tyrannomon almost finished me," Guilmon said.
"How do you know me though?" Takato asked.
"I've been waiting for you. When I was born into this place, the D-arc that you now hold appeared beside me. Since then, I waited and waited for you. Now you're here," Guilmon responded. "But how did you know me?" he added.
"Believe it or not, I had a dream about you," Takato responded before telling Guilmon the dream.
"If that doesn't prove that you're my Tamer, then nothing will," Guilmon said.
"But I need to find a way back to my world," Takato said. He didnt' have to ponder about that much longer.
Another portal, similar to the one that brought Takato to the Digital World opened up ten feet in front of him. Takato then walked towards it with Guilmon close behind. When they were through the portal, it closed. The found themselves back in the real world. Viralmon was still here, and the Tamers weren't doing too well against him. The Digimon were forced to stay defensive due to what damage Viralmon's attacks could do.
"Takato, you're back," Henry said.
"Yes I am," Takato said.
"Who's that Digimon?"Kazu asked. He pointed his D-arc at it but no information appeared on the new Digimon. "Why am I not receiving any data on it?" he asked.
"This is my partner Guilmon," Takato responded. He took out his D-arc and pointed it at Guilmon. "Guilmon, the red dino Digimon. This virus type Digimon is the only one of its kind. Don't let the fact that he's a virus fool you because he's friendly as long as you don't pose a threat. His Pyro Sphere and Rock Breaker will send you to dreamland," he read of his D-arc.
Everyone, including Viralmon was shocked to hear that. Takato now had a Digimon partner of his own. Henry and the others were even more surprised that Takato was able to get info on Guilmon when Kazu couldn't. Takato wasted no time and Digivolved Guilmon to Growlmon.
"Now it's time for a little payback. What do you say Growlmon?" Takato asked.
"Grrrrrr! I'm ready Takato," Growlmon responded. He had a feral look in his eyes again. "I don't know who you are, but I won't allow you to harm anyone. Pyro Blaster!" he added.
The stream of fire headed for Viralmon.
"Chaos Beam!" Viralmon shouted.
The two attacks met, but the Pyro Blaster went right through the Chaos Beam and slammed into Viralmon. Viralmon screamed in pain.
"I'll delete you for that. Viral Explosion!" Viralmon said.
The deadly energies streaked for Growlmon.
"You'll have to do better than that. Digi-Modify! Hyper Speed Activate!" Takato said.
Growlmon ran out of the Viral Explosion's path.
"Digi-Modify! Strength and Power Activate!" Takato then shouted.
Growlmon roared when he felt his strength and power increase. "Now to take care of you. Pyro Blaster!" he said.
This time, the Pyro Blaster annihilated Viralmon. Growlmon absorbed Viralmon's data. Then the feral look in Growlmon's eyes vanished.
"You did great Growlmon," Takato said.
"Thank you my Tamer, but I couldn't have done it without you," Growlmon said.
"That was awesome. I'll ask you and Growlmon for help with Digimon battles any day," Kazu asked.
"Kazu is right Takato. You really did well in the fight against Viralmon," Henry said.
"Thanks guys, but I should be going home now," Takato said. He pulled out the Hyper Wings card from his pack. "Digi-Modify! Hyper Wings Activate!"
Growlmon sprouted 3 pairs of shiny white feathery wings. Takato climbed onto Growlmon's back, and Growlmon flew into the sky.
"Where is your house Takato?" Growlmon asked.
"I'll show you the way," Takato responded before giving Growlmon directions.
Growlmon landed at Takato's house five minutes later. He Dedigivolved so Takato wouldn't have to climb down. Takato simply let go of Guilmon's neck. Takato's parents saw the light outside and opened the door to see what it was. They were absolutely amazed to see a Digimon standing next to their son.
"Who is this Digimon Takato?" Mr. Matsuda asked.
"Dad, this is my partner Guilmon," Takato responded.
His parents were shocked at first. But then they smiled. They too had hoped that their son would have a Digimon partner of his own. "We're happy for you son. We saw how lonely you were when you didn't have a partner of you own. Now you won't feel so left out anymore," they said.
"What do they mean Takato?" Guilmon asked curiously.
"Before I met you, I always felt left out because I didn't have a Digimon partner. My friends let me play with theirs, but it wasn't enough to me. I still felt like I was the only person not to have a Digimon," Takato responded.
"Well, you have me now. You will always have me," Guilmon said.
"Thanks Guilmon," Takato said before hugging Guilmon.
Guilmon hugged back and licked Takato's face. This was the start to a beautiful friendship and partnership.
Well, here's the end of the first chapter to this story. I hope that you have started to see the twists in this story so far because there will be plenty more where those came from as the story progresses. Preview for Chapter 2: The Digimon Queen: Takato and his friends attend another seemingly usual day of school. That thought is thrown out the window when a new student arrives. This new student is none other than Rika Nonaka a.k.a. The Digimon Queen. But her attitude makes it difficult to make friends. Is there anyone who will look past her attitude, or will she get on everyone's nerves? Stay tuned to find out.
One and a half more days to Las Vegas. For all you Pokemon readers, I will continue on the next chapter to my fic Someone's Always Out to get Me when I return from Las Vegas. I'm just about 1/2 way finished with the chapter. Look for it in about two weeks because I won't be taking my laptop to Vegas this time. It's going to be relax and have a good time for me the whole time of my stay.