Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Legacy ❯ Genesis: Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

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Ogremon tried to charge forward, but the guns' energy beams intensified. Ogremon screamed out in pain as he vanished from sight.

The one with the cape sighed deeply, as he grabbed a small square device from his belt and brought it to his mouth. "Orion calling base, come in."

"Base here, go head," a female voice spoke over the device.

"Ogremon has been dealt with."

"Understood. Lord Sentry is very pleased with your work Orion."

He smiled slightly,"I won't rest until every Digimon has been vanished from the face of the Earth!"

"Thanks for waiting guys!" Takato cried out as he placed his cards in his box. As he started to climb out, his foot accidentally hit the box, sending his cards all over the small platform.

"Oh man!" he said, starting to gather his cards up again. As he did, his hands grazed across a card he had never seen before, a bright blue card. "What the-?" he asked, holding it up,"I wonder what this does...?"

He slid the card through his card reader. He watched with interest as the small screen began to display letters across it. Suddenly the card reader sent a current of electricity across the front and the letters vanished.

Takato, however, grabbed a smaller notebook which he hid inside his larger one, which was filled was his drawings. He took out a red pencil and started to color in a drawing of a large dinosaur. "This guy is going to be so cool! I think I'll call him....Guilmon!"

Tai watched an image of a burning building, with a group of odd beings running from the police force. Hundreds of injured people were outside, coughing and breathing through air masks, while wrapping themselves in burn blankets. ".....and these images are from a recent attack on an apartment building by a group of so-called Digimon Gangsters. This marks the latest in a long line of attacks on residential areas by these gangs. The government allowed 'Digital Bounty-hunters' have been on the track of these gangs, but they don't seem to be getting any closer to the main bosses. This is Mia Kounicho, signing off."

"Tai," Gatomon said, turning to him,"We've got to do something about this! They're hurting innocent people."

Tai sighed. "I'm not a fighter anymore, I'm just a mild-manner school teacher, its not my problem anymore."

"But, Tai.."

"This is the end of the discussion!"

"W..What is my target?"

The figure flicked a thin photo off the desk that landed at Ice Devimon's feet. He picked it up and stared at the photo,"This female looks cute, in a human sort of way.."

"She has something that I want, bring her here for questioning, but do not kill her, understand?"

Ice Devimon nodded. "Right, I understand, my Commander."

Suddenly, the E-CAR began to sound like gears were grinding together. Dr. Shibumi was at the keyboard in a second, typing away. "It..It's not responding," he said to himself.

The E-CAR swung upward, with the beam of light still shooting from it tips. The kids dove out of the way, but Takato didn't move in time. The beam of light zapped into his chest, sending him into the ground. As the world turned dark around him, the last thing he heard was Jeri shout his name out. "TAKATO!"

December 4, 2015

Genesis

Chapter 2

"Takato!" Jeri shrieked as she ran into the hospital room,"Takato are you okay?"

Takato looked up from his hospital bed, and smiled broadly. "Jeri, I'm so glad you're here!"

"Really?" she asked, sitting down in the chair next to him.

Takato suddenly started to blush fiercely. "I...ah...that is..."

Jeri chuckled lightly. She was about to say something, when two other figures walked into the room,"I brought some people with me."

"Hi Mom, hey Dad," Takato said as his parents walked in.

"Takato!" his mother said, wrapping her hands around him,"Are you okay? What happened?"

"I...ah..."

"Don't worry," he said,"I'm okay, really. The doctors said that I just really got a bad case of static shock."

"But isn't lightning static shock?" Jeri asked without thinking.

"You were struck by lightning?" his mother shrieked.

"No..no..." Takato said, trying to get control of the conversation,"It was a..."

"Where is your teacher?" Takato's father asked.

Jeri spoke up. "After Mr. Kamiya brought Takato here, he said something about 'needing to talk to the principle,' and left."

"Mr. Kamiya was the one that brought Takato here?" his father asked.

"He carried him here,"Jeri said, nodding.

"Why?" Takato asked.

"I don't think we'll be suing him then," Mrs. Matsuki muttered.

"What?" Takato asked.

"We'll call Mr. Kamiya later," Takato's father said grabbing his wife's shoulders,"I think we should let Takato rest."

"But..but..." she tried to say as she was lead out of the room.

"We'll see you tomorrow," Takato's father said as he left.

"I'd better be going, too," Jeri said, getting up,"I'll try to visit you tomorrow, okay."

"Alright," he said, sadly,"Good bye." He fell back onto his pillow. "I wonder if she likes me?" he thought.

"Ah, it's about time, Yamaki!"

"I'm sorry I am late, sir," the man with the dark sun glassess, walking into the conference room,"There was a slight problem at base. There was a school field trip viewing the public front of our operation. He was injured when an experimental imaging laser attacked him."

One of the men seated around the conference table asked,"Good Heavens, Yamaki! Is the child alight?"

"Yes sir," he said, taking out his cigarette lighter,"luckily the doctors said it was only a severe case of static shock. He will be out of the hospital tomorrow."

"Do you have your lawyers ready?" a woman seated at the table asked.

"Recorder-that is, Ms. Tailly, is already working on it. We are considering using this as a write off."

"Will the boy's parents go along with that?"

Yamaki smiled slightly. "It's probably more money then they've ever had at one time. " He looked at his watch,"But, let's not waste any more time on my problems."

The man wearing a military uniform stood up,"Yes, good, good. " He pointed to an older man wearing a business suit,"This is the President of Tokonawa Electronics, Mr. Hakado."

"How do you do, sir?" Yamaki asked, bowing.

"Mr. Yamaki," Hakado asked," My company is extreamly interested in funding your 'Digimon Bounty Hunters'. Could you give me some background information?"

"Of course sir," Yamaki said,"These invaders, called Digimon, come from a place called 'The Digital World." We are not sure how this world came to be, however, we believe that a group of programmers created them twenty-seven years ago, in a project to create artificial life.."

"Ah, yes," Hakado said,"I do remember the Project of 1987, very interesting results, too interesting..."

"Sir?" Yamaki asked.

"Those of us that were funding that Project became fearful of the ramifications of artificial life, so we cut the funding." He smiled slightly,"The bases of that project was very successful as a children's toy."

"Yes," Yamaki said,"But, it seems you cut your funding too late. While you destroyed all programs except the most basic ones that were later used to create the Digimon video and card games, some of the artifical intelligence programs obviously survived. It somehow mutated and gained sentience, becoming alive, at least on the Web, or, as the Digimon call it, The Digital World."

Yamaki paused to take a quick breath, then continued,"Now, I'm sure you all remember the invasion of Tokyo fifteen years ago by a Digimon Invader?"

"Yes," one of the women said,"It was horrible. I was one of the older children taken prisoner by that vampire."

"His name was Myotismon," Yamaki continued,"and he was defeated by a group of children calling themselves the Digidestined. After defeating Myotismon, they journeyed to the Digital World and faced Apocalymon in the skies over Tokyo. The government officials then started to research this Digital World. We tried to talk to the Digidestined once they returned, but we could never find them. Then, four years later, Digimon started to invade all across the country. The mysterious Digidestined reappeared and brought the Digimon back to the Digital World. The rulers of the various nations then received mysterious e-mails telling them that the gate between both worlds had been sealed again. Now, it appears that seal is weakening."

He walked closer to the table,"In order to combat these invaders, the government has sanctioned the use of Digital Bounty Hunters, whose job it is to find the Digimon invaders, and destroy them. My organization, Hypnos, operates as a government for the various bounty hunters. I, in my Lord Sentry guise, and the supreme commander of all Digimon Bounty Hunters in Tokyo. "

"Does your organization simply hunt Digimon?" Hakado asked.

"We also do research into these Digimon, trying to find out why they are here, and, more importantly, how they form into real beings on Earth."

Hakado nodded. "What about these humans that are partnered with Digimon? They too battle invaders, do they not?"

"The Digidestined have not been seen since the Digital Invasion nineteen years ago, but, new human/Digimon partners have appeared, they call themselves Digimon Tamers. We have yet to discern their motives, or their powers."

Hakado nodded. "This..Hypnos organization, how do you operate."

"Well, sir," Yamaki said,"our command center is operated by two technicians, Ms. Tailey, whom we call Recorder, who operates as just that, and Ms. Riley, called Tracker. She is my second-in-command. Between the two of them, they alert me to the presence of a Digimon that has broken through, or 'bio-merged'. We call these Wild One. After a wild one has bio-merged, the Hunters are alerted."

"Now, tell me about the Hunters."

"My chief commander is a man called Orion. He has been outfitted with cybernetic implants that give him enhanced strength, speed, and stamina, as well as the ability to fly. The hunters use a variety of weapons including projectiles, and up close fighting, such as swords and knives."

Hakado nodded. "Are you working on any projects currently to aid you?"

"I am working on a project code-named Juggernaut. My apologies, but it is classified."

Hakado nodded. "Right, well, I must say, I am pleased with what you have told me. I will think it over, and get back to you tomorrow with my answer."

"Thank you sir," Yamaki bowed.

Tai smilied to himself as Gatomon jump on top of Agumon's head so she could reach the top of the tree. "There," she said, placing the star,"That's beautiful!"

"I must agree," Agumon laughed slightly as Gatomon jumped down and landed gracefully beside him,"What do you think, Tai?"

Tai pulled away from the computer screen to look at the sparkling green tree seated in the corner of the small apartment living room. "It's a perfect Christmas Tree," he said,"Now, why don't you put up the stockings?"

"We know Tai," Gatomon said, walking over to a large brown box that was resting on the couch,"We've been doing this for fifteen years now." She extended one of her claws, then cut the brown masking tape that was sealing the lid of the cardboard box. She pulled the flaps away and reached inside to grab the first stocking she saw. When she did, she gasped.

"What's wrong?" Tai asked, as he and Agumon ran over to her. When they saw the stocking in Gatomon's hand, Tai sighed, and Agumon's face dropped. "Oh, i-it's Kari's."

Gatomon sniffled, hugging it close to her,"I really miss her so much."

"So do I," Tai said, lightly rubbing his hand on Gatomon's head,"But, we've got to move on, I know she wouldn't want us being depressed over her all the time."

"Tai's right," Agumon said,"Kari was the happiest person or Digimon that I knew, she'd want us to be happy too."

"I know," Gatomon said, whipping away a tear from her eye,"I know."

Tai heard a noise from his computer. "Someone's sending me a message," he said, walking back over to it.

"I thought you were working on your lesson plan for the New Year," Agumon said.

"I've got a couple weeks yet," he said, sitting back in his chair,"Besides, I can wing it if I need to."

Agumon just shook his head and went back to decorating the house. Tai moused his mouse so he could see his chat room dialogue box. He smiled when he saw who it was. He started to type a message, "Hi, Kasumi."

A second later a response came,"Hi, Daddy, how are you?"

Tai typed,"I'm doing fine, and you?"

"Just great."

"How is your mother?"

"She's got the flu, but she still won't rest."

"That's the girl I remember."

"Hey, Daddy, listen, I want to talk to you about something."

"You can tell me anything."

"Okay.....Dad, I received a Digimon last week."

Tai felt his heart stop when he read the message. His fingers were shaking when he typed his response,"You're kidding, right?"

"No, Dad, I'm a Digidestined, like you and Mom and...."

"Oh, Kasumi, I....." Tai wasn't sure what esle to write, so he sent that message.

"Dad," the message sent back,"I....I'm not sure what to do. My Digimon is an Agumon like yours, only she's a girl. I want to be able to help save people from the bad Digimon that are crossing over like those Tamers do, but I don't know how."

"Kasumi, I don't want you to fight, understand? It's too dangerous, I don't want you to end up like your Aunt Kari!"

There was a long pause before Kasumi's response came,"Dad, Mom says that if you train me, I can stay with you for a while, like maybe a year or two..."

Tai's face lit. "Really?"

"Really."

He was typing so fast that his finger brushed up against other keys, making him correct his message before he sent it. "I haven't seen you since last Christmas. I'm against having you fight, but I really want to see you again. I'll help train you, but, you can appeal your case to me about fighting when you get here."

The response came back,"YES! I'll see you in a couple of weeks. Bye Daddy, I love you."

"Good bye, Kasumi." Tai leaned back in his seat, a giant smile on his face.

"What just happened?" Agumon asked,"I have seen you this happy in a long time."

"Kasumi's coming to stay with us," he said,"I can't wait for her to see Japan again." He thought for a couple of seconds, then jumped up and ran to the door.

"Where are you going?" Agumon asked.

"I'm just going to see if I can get a stocking for Kasumi," he said, grabbing his jacket,"I'll be bag in a little bit. See ya."

"Man," Agumon said after Tai left,"I don't think I've ever seen him that happy."

"There are only a few people left on earth that he deeply cares for," Gatomon said, jumping onto the back of the couch,"And Kasumi is one of them."

Takato's eyes slowly started to rise. "What the-?" he asked, looking around,"Where is that beeping noise coming from?"

He sat up and started looking around. He grabbed his new Digivice and looked at it. He held the device tightly in his palm as he hit the large button on the right. The image on the screen shifted to the next screen to show a broken egg. "Hey, I...I had a Digimon! But...what happened?"

Suddenly an image flashed across his mind. He remembered when the E-CAR zapped him, more specifically, zapped his pocket, containing his Digivice and...

"My notebook!" Takato said, jumping off of his bed and running over to the chair where his normal clothes were lying,"I can't believe that I forgot about it!" He started fishing through his pocket, then grabbed his notebook, or what was left of it. Takato was in complete disbelief as he opened it. "All...all my pictures and plans for Guilmon are gone. I wonder if...?"

He ran back over to his Digivice and lifted it up."My Digi-egg has hatched, which means my Digimon, whatever it is, is somewhere.....inside my Digivice? That doesn't make any sense."

His Digivice suddenly created a holographic circle above the screen, with a small triangle pointing to the right of the room. "What is this?" he asked, moving the Digivice, but the triangle continued to point towards the right of the room. "Is this a compass, or some sort of tracking device?"

He ran over to the right of the room, but found nothing out of the ordinary. "Well, this stupid thing was a waste!"

Suddenly, Takato heard a loud noise from above him. "What the heck was that?" he asked. His Digivice started beeping even louder. Takato looked at it, then back at the ceiling. "I wonder if...?" He hesitated for a second, then ran to the door. He opened it and peeked outside. When he was certain that no one was there, he ran over to the stairs and ran up to the roof.

Riley sighed as her chair swung around in the air. She leaned forward on her control console and pulled her goggles over her forehead. "Is this sad or what?" she said, rubbing her eyes.

"What?" Taily asked, from her raised chair.

"It's Friday night, and we are two good looking young women stuck here without a date. Do you know how many dates I had to turn down?"

Taily sighed. "At least you're getting calls."

Riley smiled slightly. "Well, if it makes you feel any better, I wasn't interested in any of them."

"Why?" Taily asked,"Were they all bums?"

"No," Riley sighed with her eyes close,"There is really only one guy that I have my eyes on."

"Who?"

"Oh no," she said, pulling the goggles back over her eyes,"You're not going to get that out of me." Her laughter faded when a loud beeping sounded through the dome shaped room.

"We've got a Digimon sighting, at Nagano Station," Taily said,"It isn't a Wild One though, there has been no bio-merge detected."

"I am alerting Orion now," Riley said, pressing a sequence of buttons on her console, "Orion, this is Tracker calling. We have a confirmed Digimon sighting at Nagano Station."

"I am on my way, Tracker," Orion responded over the loudspeaker,"I will be there shortly."

Takato slowly opened the door to the roof and peeked outside. He took a deep breath and walked outside, making sure to prop the door open with a rusted coffee can he found nearby. He checked his Digivice compass and found that the diamond was larger. "Whatever this thing wants me to find must be up here." He held up his compass and found that the diamond was pointing to a large metal building in the center. "It's got to be behind that thing. Okay..." He took a deep breath and walked around the building.

He saw a large amount of white smoke billowing out of a small crater near a few satellite dishes and electrical machines connected to the power and telephone lines. That wasn't what was causing him to gasp though, it was the red blob-like creature sitting inside of the small crater moving like an amoeba around the roof.

"What is that?!" Takato gasped, moving closer. His Digivice was giving off a glow from its screen, so he held it out in front of him to get a better look at the red glob. Suddenly, the blob started to slid towards Takato, as if it was drawn to him. He ran as quickly as he could, but the blob shot a part of itself out and wrapped around Takato's leg, throwing him to the ground.

Takato turned around, trying to kick the red stuff off, but it quickly ran up his legs towards his waist. He reached his free hand out to grab a part of something to pull himself free, but the glob was already at his neck. He finally was able to scream, seconds before the glob covered his head. His hand was still in the air, trying to grab onto something, but the red glob ran up his hand, overtaking it. Takato's open hand slowly relaxed as it was covered. The red glob stayed still for a few seconds, before it suddenly exploded apart, freeing Takato.

He was on his hands and knees, breathing very heavily. "W..what happened?" he asked, when he noticed that his Digivice was glowing even brighter.

A woman's voice sounded over the Digivice,"Item acquired: D-Arc. Item acquired: Digi-modify cards...Digimon acquired: Guilmon."

Takato stared at the red dinosaur standing in front of him. "I don't believe it!" Takato shouted,"Is that..Guilmon?"

The dinosaur creature's eyes were slits as he stared at the red glob as it re-formed itself. The middle part suddenly shot towards Guilmon and Takato. "We're gonna die again!" Takato shouted.

The red dinosaur creature open his mouth,"Pyro Sphere!"

A ball of red fire shot from his mouth and into the red glob. It almost sounded like it was screaming before it disappeared in a burst of smoke.

"I..It's gone?" Takato asked.

The creature turned its head and looked at Takato. It made a strange noise, then started charging at him. Takato jumped into the air. "Ohnoohnoohnoohnoohno!" he shouted,"It's going to eat me! It's going to eat me!" He dropped onto the ground and shut his eyes, waiting for the end. However it never came. After a few minutes, he wanted to know why he wasn't being digested by now, so he opened his eyes, and saw the creature's face directly in front of his.

"Ah!" he shouted, jumping back.

The creature smiled. "You are you?" it asked.

"I..I...I'm Takato."

"Takato," it said,"I...I am..." It's smile faded,"Takato, do you know who I am?"

Takato was trying to get control of his breathing,"I.I..I think you're Guilmon, and I think I created you."

Guilmon looked confused,"'Created me?"

Takato took a deep breath, and got control of himself. "Yeah, you see, I found this strange blue card in my card box and when I ran it through my card reader it changed into this Digivice. Then, when I was at a field trip earlier today, this strange machine zapped me, and I think my drawings of you somehow fused with the Digivice and......you have no idea what I'm talking about, do you?"

Guilmon looked at him and just smiled.

Takato sighed."At least you're not trying to eat me," he mumbled.

"Damn it!" Tai shouted, as he watched the subway car zoom by him,"Damn it! Now I've got to wait for the next one! Damn it!"

He sighed. "Oh well," he said to himself,"I don't mind, I'm in too much of a good mood. My daughter's coming to stay with me!" He smiled as he stepped back from the edge of the platform.

As people began to assemble on the platform, his mind began to wander. "I wonder how Kasumi is, I haven't seen her in such a long time. I can't wait for her to tell me all about America. I wonder if she even looks the same..." His mind was so lost in thought, that he didn't notice his Digivice, which he always kept on his belt, had started to beep softly.

He did, however, notice that the other people were started to scream. He quickly snapped to attention. He quickly turned his head to where the people were running from. His mouth dropped when he saw a familiar winged creature hovering down the tunnel. "D-Devimon?" he asked,"No, he's white, that can't be Devimon..."

The Devimon creature shouted. "Attention people, my name is Ice Devimon. I have come here to apprehended a girl named Alice...Alice....you know what? I believe I have forgotten her last name."

Tai took a few steps back on the platform as the crowd ran around him. Ice Devimon gripped his claws tightly. "Shut up!" he screamed,"I can't hear myself think!"

The crowd ignored him and continued to run away screaming and shouting as loud as they could. Ice Devimon screamed, then slashed his fist down, blasting a section of the platform with a thick icicle. He started to rub his head when the crowd started to flee from him even faster. "You're not very good at this, are you?" Tai asked.

"Actually, it's my first time here on Earth," Ice Devimon said, slowly shaking his head,"and it is definitely going to be my last time. Well, since you are the only person that hasn't run away screaming, you've got to know where Alice is."

"I don't know any Alice," Tai said,"But if I did, I wouldn't tell you."

Ice Devimon crossed his arms as he hovered in the air. "You look vaguely familiar."

"I'm sorry," Tai said,"I don't think we've ever met."

"No, we've never met," Ice Devimon said,"but, I think I've seen your picture some where before..." He turned his head and started to rub his chin,"I'm very sure that......." he dropped his arm.

Tai turned his head to where Ice Devimon was looking. He saw a girl, about fourteen, with long blond hair wearing a strange black dress charge up the steps to the street. Ice Devimon grinned. "That is Alice! If you excuse me..." He started to fly towards the girl.

Tai took a step forward, then stepped back."I'm not a fighter any more," he thought,"But he wants that girl for some reason, but it could be for a good reason? He's a Devimon, he's got to be evil. Not really....you saw his eyes, you know whatever he wants her for, it isn't good. I don't even have either of my Digimon with me, I can't do anything. He started walking away, then stopped. "Oh, who am I kidding?" He turned around and saw Ice Devimon floating towards the stairs. Tai grabbed a suitcase that someone had dropped while running from the subway station. He took a deep breath, then threw the piece of luggage as hard as he could, slamming Ice Devimon in the back of the head.

He shouted out in pain, then spun around, glaring at Tai. He turned back around and saw that Alice had run up the stairs and disappeared. He slowly turned around, hate glaring in his eyes. "How dare you?!"

"Do you honestly think I was going to let you hurt her?" Tai asked.

Ice Devimon shot forward and pounded Tai with the back of his hand, sending him crashing into a stack of boxes leaning against the far wall. Tai felt unconsciousness starting to fall on him, but he shook it off. He climbed to his feet, but Ice Devimon pounded him back into the ground. Tai felt blood pouring from his nose, and his eye starting to swell over. "Because of you, Alice escaped, and now I've got to spend more time in this human filth-ridden city! Do you have any idea how hard it was to track her down the first time? She's going to be on guard now! And it's all your fault!" Tai started to get up, but Ice Devimon slashed with his claws, ripping his shirt and his chest. Ice Devimon took a deep breath, then flew off. Tai slowly raised his hand, but it fell back onto the ground.

"Shh!" Takato whispered fiercely as he shoved the cardboard box over his Digimon,"You've got to be quiet!"

"But why?" his Digimon asked, his eyes peeking out from the small handle opening.

"Because we're in the park," Takato said,"And some people are afraid of Digimon, you know."

"Why are they afraid of me?" he asked from underneath the box.

"I'll explain later," Takato said, stopping short,"Now be quiet, someone's coming!"

Guilmon's eyes stared out of the opening and looked around the lush green trees, and wide open sky. "This place is so beautiful. I've never seen any place like this before." He started to get up.

"Guilmon!" Takato shouted as he leaned on the box to press Guilmon back to his knees,"I told you to stay hidden! You've got to listen to me. We're in a place with alot of people, that might..."

"Hi, Takato."

Takato's face turned bright red as he spun around and saw two girls staring at him from the behind the swing set. They walked towards him. "Uh, hi Jeri, hi Nickey."

Jeri smiled broadly at him. "Hi, Takato."

Nickey nodded slightly. "What's in the box, Takato?"

"Uh, nothing!" he said quickly,"Just a...surprise."

"A surprise for who?" Jeri asked, innocently.

"Um....nobody, heh," he said with a slight laugh,"You know, just a surprise."

"Come on," Nickey said,"Is it for one of us?"

"N-no..."

Nickey put her finger to his chin,"Hmm, now let's see, you're one of my friends, but I know you wouldn't go to such great lengths to hide a present for me, so then it has to be for Jeri, am I right?"

"If only!" Takato thought. "No!" he said outloud,"it's...it's not!"

Jeri smiled at him, which only made Takato blush more," It's okay Takato. You don't need to be embarrassed. I couldn't except a gift from you anyway, not without me getting you something."

Nickey looked at her watch,"Come on, Jeri, we'd better get going."

"Okay," she said, walking away,"Bye, Takato, you'd better hurry up, you don't want to be late for school again."

"Yeah," Nickey said, combing her almost bluish hair,"Mr. Kamiya'll skin you alive."

"Bye, Jeri," he said, almost in a dream,"I'll be there soon."."

"Takato-mon," Guilmon asked, bringing Takato back to realitly,"why is your face all red?"

Takato sighed. "I'll tell you all about it when we get to the place I have planned for your home."

"Owe, I can't wait! My very own house, yay!"

"Mr. Matsuki," Tai said as Takato quickly jumped into his seat seconds before the second bell rang,"You almost didn't make it."

"I'm sorry, sir," he said,"I just..."

Tai held up his hand. "Why don't we just save the story for today, okay?"

"Yes, sir," Takato said, his face turning red.

Tai shook his head,"Mr. Matsuki, you're going to be in high school next year, you don't really think that those teachers are going to be lenient when you're late every day, do you?"

"No sir."

"You only have a few more months of me before you head on to high school, try to be on time."

"Yes, sir," Takato bowed, sitting back down as Tai started to write on the board.

"Hey, chumly," Kazu whispered to Takato from behind him,"Why didn't you ask Mr. Kamyia about his injuries?"

"Injuries?" Takato whispered back.

"Yeah, have you failed to notice the large bruises on his face?"

"No one knows," Kenta whispered, joining in,"Not even the other teachers, rumor is that he got into a fight or something."

"Is there something you would like to discus with the rest of the class, boys?"

All three boys shot to their feet,"No, Mr. Kamiya!" they all shouted.

"Then save it until lunch time," Tai ordered.

"Mr. Hakkado," Yamaki bowed,"What a surprise."

The brown haired man glanced around the dome shaped control room of the Hypnos building. "I was wondering if I could possibly sit in for a little while? I am quite eager to observe how this entire organization works."

Yamaki had to hold his tongue. He did not like anyone observing the Hypnos command room, no one was even suppose to be able to enter the doors. Only those with the highest clearance, such as Riley, Taily and Orion were able to enter. The rest of the Digital Hunters were not even allowed here. Yamaki concluded that Hakkado must have been given clearance from the Emperor himself. He did not like it, but knew that if Hakkado had that much power, it could cost the Hypnos Commander in the long run.

Yamaki bowed,"As you wish. As you can see, we have been having a slow day."

"I only wish to watch how you handle a bio-merge," Hakkado explained,"I won't be in your way."

Yamaki nodded again, then watched as Hakkado walked over to one of the monitors on the ground level,"There is something about him...."

"I'm sure to win the Digimon Card Tournament this year," Kazu boasted, leaning back in his seat.

Takato sighed and turned his head away from his friend. He learned that when Kazu got on his high horse, just not to listen.

"Yeah right," Kenta laughed,"you didn't even make it past the third round of last year's tournament."

"Yeah, well...you didn't even make it past the first round, ha!" Kazu laughed,"Come on, a girl won it last year, so how hard can it be?"

"That was no girl," Kenta said, shivering slightly,"That was the Digimon Queen?"

"Digimon Queen?" Takato asked, suddenly interested.

Kenta nodded, his eyes opened wide,"Yeah, her name is Rika Nonaka."

"Rika?!" Takato almost shouted,"The girl from my dream."

"Not that again..." Kazu sighed,"Look, chumly, you're not impressing anyone with that."

"Look," Takato said,"I don't care if you believe me or not, but I need that girl!"

"Jeeze man," Kazu said,"If you need one that badly, maybe you should focus on keeping it in your pa-"

"Kazu!" Takato shouted. Suddenly, he face turned red, not because he had just shouted at Kazu, but because of the presence he felt behind him.

"Takato needs a girl? What for, will I do?"

"I don't know, Jeri," Kazu said,"Takato seems a little...'frisky' lately..."

Takato was seconds away from strangling his friend, when Jeri stepped in front of him. "Don't forget Takato, we have that study date tonight."

"Y..yeah," Takato said, calming down,"I won't forget."

Jeri smiled. "Good, because I canceled something with Nickey tonight."

"I'll be there, I promise."

"Well," Kenta said to Kazu,"Anyone who could beat that Digimon Queen would be the strongest Tamer in the entire world!"

"Strongest Tamer?" Takato asked himself, lightly rubbing his chin,"Hmm....."

"Sir!" Riley shouted down from her elevated chair,"I've located the signal of the Wild One that attacked the train station last night."

"Excellent," Yamaki grinned,"Mr. Hakkado, you're about to see how this organization works. Taily, alert the nearest Digital Hunter."

"On it sir," Taily said,"Orion is the closest."

"Send her out with the location Riley is about to give you."

"Yes sir," both technicians said.

Hakkado smiled slightly,"This is truly an amazing place."

Ice Devimon grinned to himself as he stood atop a building roof, staring down at the city. "So many people, they have no idea what's going to occur soon. All with fall before the might of Armageddon! Ha!"

He spread his wings opened and took flight. "And you Alice, I am coming for you!"

Tai took a deep breath as the last student left. "Another day done," he sighed, "Only about twenty years until retirement."

He heard a knock on the door and glanced up to see the principle walking into the classroom. "Good afternoon, Tai," he said.

"Good afternoon, sir," he said, standing up. As he did, he noticed a young woman standing nervously behind the principle, her hands nervously twitching in front of her.

"Mr. Taichi Kamiya," the principle said, moving aside,"This is Miss Nami Isage, she's a student teacher, who is going to be taking over your class for a few weeks, to complete her semester."

"Oh...ah...okay," he nodded, bowing,"It's niece to meet you, Miss Isage."

She bowed. "It is nice to meet you, Mr. Kamiya."

"Please," he said, bowing,"Call me Tai."

"Tai, huh?" she said.

"Well," the principle said, moving towards the door,"I'll leave you two alone to get to know each other."

"Well," Miss Isage said, siting down in one of the seats,"Do you have any pointers for me?"

Tai was going to speak, when he noticed, through the window, a black shadow fly over the cityscape. "Um, excuse me," he said, jumping up,"I've, ah, got another appointment I really should get to, so I'll talk to you tomorrow.."

"Oh, okay," she said, getting up,"I'll see you then."

Tai bowed, then charged out of the door. "Ice Devimon's back," he thought,"And this time, he's not getting away!"

"Guilmon!" Takato shouted, opening the door to the small caged up box in the park,"Guilmon! I've got dinner...Guil-ah!" The entire floor of the cage had been dug up to create a very large hole.

His Digimon partner's head popped up from the hole. "Takato-mon!"

"Guilmon!" Takato said, dropping the bags of bread in awe,"What did you do to this place?"

"It was too small, so I made it bigger," he said, jumping next to him. He leaned down and started to sniff the bags,"Ow, what smells so good?"

Takato reached into one of the grocery bags and pulled out a loaf of bread. "This is called bread, you eat it. Watch." He bite off part of it,"See?"

Guilmon glanced at Takato, then back at the bread. He took a loafs and quickly gobbled them down. "Hey, that's pretty good." He started eating more of them.

"You've got quite an appetite, huh boy?" Takato asked, lightly patting him on the head.

Suddenly, Guilmon's head shot up and his eyes dilated into small dots. "W..what's wrong?" Takato asked, getting slightly worried.

"A Digimon," Guilmon growled,"And it's close!"

"Another Digimon?" Takato asked, his heart racing,"Wow, our first battle. Let's go."

Ice Devimon quickly flew over the crowd of screaming people as he examine each face as best he could. "Alice...Alice..." he mumbled, "Which one are you?" He glanced at the picture in his hand, then back at the people. "This is much harder then I thought."

He hovered down lower, which only caused the people to scream and run more. "Darn!" he shouted,"I'm going to have to catch this teenage girls if I want to capture Alice."

He landed in the center of the crowd. Everyone who had been screaming and running before were now completely frozen in place. Ice Devimon glanced over to where a group of teenage girls were standing. "Might as well start with you guys."

He started to walk towards the crying girls, when a man stepped in front of them. Ice Devimon growled, then gasped. "It's you," he said,"I'm surprised you're still walking after the beating that I gave you yesterday night."

Tai crossed his arms,"What can I say? I'm a fast healer."

"Well," Ice Devimon chuckled,"I can see that you're not going to leave even if I warned you, so I'll simply say this, stay here, and you die."

"I'm not going anywhere," Tai said, as the crowd started to disapear,"And I'm afraid you're mistaken. You're the one that's going to die."

Ice Devimon roared with laughter,"A human is going to kill me? Haha!"

"You misunderstand," Tai grinned,"I'm not going to kill you, he is."

"Who?" Ice Devimon asked, turning around to see Agumon standing behined him. "An Agumon?" he laughed,"And what can a Rookie do?"

"This!" Agumon shouted as Tai's Digivice lit up,"Agumon warp digivolve to Wargreymon!"

Ice Devimon's expression instantly changed,"A......a mega? A mega! Here on earth? But....how can that....." He turned back around to a grinning Tai, who was now standing next to Gatomon,"You're a Digidestined....and if you're a Digidestined with a Mega, then that means you're a Master Digidestined.....the Master Digidestined of Tokyo!"

Tai grinned, "Brilliant."

Ice Devimon started backing away from Tai, then spun around to Wargreymon. "How...what....but....."

"Surrender and tell us what is going on here," Tai demanded,"Or be destroyed."

Ice Devimon hesitated, trying to think of something to say, when he shot to the sky. Wargreymon jumped into the air and was in front of the cold devimon in seconds. Wargreymon smacked Ice Devimon across the face with the back of his gauntlets. Ice Devimon twisted around in the air, then righted himself. He screamed, shooting towards Wargreymon with his claws extended. The dinosaur warrior placed his hands together and raised them above his head, then slammed them down on Ice Devimon, sending him crashing into the payment in front of Tai and Gatomon.

"Ready to talk now?" Tai asked.

Ice Devimon coughed slightly,"Alright...alright....'cough' I don't know who he really is, but he wants that girl Alice McCoy for some reason...."

"What reason?" Tai asked.

"I don't know," Ice Devimon said,"All he told me was that five deaths will occur, then Armageddon will arise."

Tai glanced to Gatomon, then back at Ice Devimon,"Who told you?"

Ice Devimon started laughing,"The next Master Digidestined of Tokyo! Hahahahah!"

Sirens suddenly started sounding in the distance. "Let's go!" Tai shouted, as he and Gatomon ran down the street, followed shortly by Agumon.

Ice Devimon was not sure how long he was lying there before he felt another presence above him; a strange man wearing a metal helmet. "Ice Devimon?" he asked.

"Who are you?" Ice Devimon asked, his eyes opening.

"I am Orion, of the Digital Hunting Agency, Hypnos. What happened here?"

"I was attacked, by the Master Digidestined of the city," Ice Devimon laughed,"And once five deaths have occurred, you humans will finally be destroyed! Hahahaha!"

Orion placed his fist above Ice Devimon's head and fired a massive fire blast from his wrist, silencing Ice Devimon forever.

Takato tried to keep up with Guilmon as best he could, but his Digimon had already run almost the entire lenghth of the park. He was just wondering why he drew Guilmon with such long legs, when his digimon suddenly stopped in the center of the park; a large clearing with one tree in the center.

"Why did we stop here?" Takato asked, panting.

"Them!" Guilmon growled.

Takato then became aware of two figures standing at the base of the tree; a fox walking on two feet, and a red headed girl about his age standing next to the fox. Takato recognized them instantly. "You guys are from my dream!"

"I don't want any small talk!" the girl shouted,"It sure took you long enough to get here, I thought we'd be waiting all night."

"W-what?"

"I'm sure you're probably heard of me, I am...."

"Rika!" Takato shouted.

The girl scowled even more,"How do you know my real name? Well, I suppose it doesn't really matter. If you have anything to say to your Digimon, you'd better do it now."

"Why?" Takato asked.

Rika grinned,"Because Renamon here is going to tear him apart!"

To be continued.......