Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Warped Digital Reality ❯ Trouble in Little Driver-Town ( Chapter 2 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Hello!! Well, if your this far, I hope it means your enjoying the
story. For those who don't remember from the info chapter in the
start, remember, this toy Agumon looks like agumon, but is grey and
plastic-like skin. He is not as black as a virus agumon, although he
is a virus digimon. Anyaway, enough yammering, on with the story!!
Lights, keyboard, Action!!!

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Warped Digital Reality

Chapter 2 ~ Trouble in little Driver-town!

TK yawned deeply as he woke up. He was glad this was sunday morning,
and so he didn't have to worry about school. Using a DigiPort, he and
Kari had both gone home, writing notes saying they were staying at
Yolie and Cody's houses respectively. Yolie and Cody, having searched
the eastern side Folder and turning up nothing, had returned to the
real world, to keep the alibies going. Ken and Davis were still
searching, each having more ground to cover with only one Chosen in
each section working. TK and Kari though, had been on a wild digivice
hunt, having picked up a signal of an active digivice early evening
the night before, but for some reason, it has vanished, after a few
minutes of chancing. Instead of chancing getting on a lost goose
chance, they both agreed, it would be better to sleep, and get an
early start, that way, they would be more rested, and ready for the
day of hunting ahead of them.

Next to him, Patamon was still fast asleep, more tired this his human
partner, from all the flying he had done last night. TK knew being
Pegasusmon was even easier then evolving into Angemon, because of it
being from a digimental, but they had gone a long time last night,
without a single thing to show for it, aside from a possible digivice
alert, that had suddenly cut off. He layed the small digimon on the
ground again, putting his hat flat over him as a makeshift blanket. He
looked over to Kari, seeing her still sleeping, with Gatomon curled in
her arms, about a fourth of a foot away from him, against the same
tree. Although this was unfamilier terratory, Kari has said this place
felt safe enough for the night, and all three of the rest of the party
knew to trust her insticts on things like this.

He brushed a lock of brown hair from her face, admiring his best
friends features a moment, in the morning sun. Over the last year or
so, he had been starting to look at Kari in a different light. Not to
say, he liked her any less then he had before, actually, quite the
contrary. He had begun liking her even more, possibly more then a best
friend should. He didn't think she had noticed, because she had never
said, nor did he think she felt like he did, for the same reason. So
he kept how he felt secret, not wanting to hurt his friendship with
her.

As he brushed his hand over her cheek, he froze, as she shifted, his
crimson brown eyes slowly opening. She smiled, sleepily at him, a soft
blush in her face. His face not betraying his worry, he smiled softly,
trying to forget his hand gently touching her cheek. "Good morning
Sleepyhead." He joked. she laughed softly, as she lay her digimon
down, and sat uop, sitting next to him.

"Good morning to you too, TK." She smiled softly at him, being more
awake already, as she stretched. She looked at her digivice, checking
the time, and stood up, yawning softly. "We should find something to
eat, so they have energy, for today." TK nodded, understanding what
she meant, and glad she didn't say anything. They started to pic fruit
from the trees around them, preparing for the Phantom digivice chase
they were about to embark on.

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Eric stretched his arms over his head, as the trio walked down the
path, finally on an actual path through the woods. He smiled at his
partner, who gave his toothy smile back, and then smiled at their
other companion, the young Floramon they had rescued, getting a
bashful smile and blush from her. He scratched the back of his head,
watching her a moment, and then gave ToyAgu a questioning glance about
it. But, obviously, he didn't know anymore then he did on the matter,
because he gave his third shrug for the day, on the silent question.

The morning had started alright, waking up to the sounds of two Child
digimon eating noisely, finding his black tennis shoes next to him, so
he wasn't running around barefoot all the time. And then getting a
full meal in his stomach before they walked off. The main odd thing,
was Floramon's reaction, when he first wokeup....

(flashback)

He stretched, sitting up to the smell of food, his stomach and brain
finally agreeing, 'No this wasn't home, but hey, good food to eat! '
When his hands side beside him, they bumped into his tennis shoes, and
although he did not know how the pair of black velcro shoes got in
this world, right now, he wasn't complaining. Putting them on, he
walked over to the fire, joining the two digimon. But he didn't expect
Floramon's first statement, as he took a bite of the fruit.

"Why don't you have any color in your eyes?"

He blinked. 'No color? What's she..... wait, if my hair's white, it
shouldn't be much of a shock that my eyes are too...' He looked at
ToyAgu, who obviously was wondering the same thing, by the look on his
face. Obviously, he had assumed this was normal, until the young girl
told him otherwise. 'Maybe she knows about other humans then.' He
looked between them, taking another bite, as he thought, before
answering. "When I came here, my hair and eyes lost their color like
this, as well as my hair growing. It must have been done for some
higher purpose." He gave a shrug and continued eating, swiftly
followed by both digimon, who obviously thought he knew what he was
talking about.

(flashback end)

'Well, now what? My eyes are white, my hairs white and long, and I've
suddenly bonded to a creature known as a digimon, to be a Chosen and
save the world, with another one deciding to tag along either out of
enjoying our company, hero worship, or she has a crush on one or both
of us.....' He walked quietly, along with his companions, as they
walked through the forest, without another problem, until they got to
the forest edge. Then, Eric's mouth had to drop. Before him, stood
larger city then he had ever seen before. Absently, he barely thought,
'This must be Driver...' He shook his head, realising the small
Digimon he was walking with, had passed him, and were now looking
back, waiting for him with a curious look. He scratched the back of
his head, smiling a little embarressed, as he ran back up. "Sorry, the
city surprised me." They both nodded, chuckles softly, as they walked
on.

"So ToyAgu, What exactly DO we do now? I mean, figuring out how to
make you grow temporarily with this digivice, is one thing, but that
still doesn't tell us what we are supposed to do?" Toy Agumon
shrugged. The had walked into the city, and Eric was just trying to
not be overwhelmed by the sights before him. Walking around their
small group, were walking mushrooms, with arms and legs, insects and
other creatures similiar to ones on his world, but with that Digital
World uniqueness about them, obviously. And then some, were nothing
like anything he had seen before. If not for meeting ToyAgu and Flora
already, he might have considered himself happily insane now, but as
he had proven, walking up this morning, this wasn't a dream.

As they walked through the crowds, he did notice that none of the
digimon seemed to look at him as something out of the normal. This
made him smile a little. If something looking like him wasn't
different, then either some digimon looked like humans, or it meant
there were other humans here. As he was trying to look for some, being
easily taller then the Child level digimon, and only a few obvious
Adults out right now, he barely noticed a tugging on his flannel
sleeve. Blinking, he looked down, seeing Floramon trying to get his
attention. He stopped, grabbing Toy Agumon's shoulder to stop him too,
and walked to the side of the street with his companions, so as not to
upset people in the street.

"Eric, have you ever been to the digiworld?" He knelt down, as they
walked next to a building, so he was on level with them, and wouldn't
need to talk so loud. "Well, you should know, this area is a part of
Dagomon's territory." He listened, nodding for her to continue. "This
is the closest city, to the port town of Modem, and his guards are
always around. I'm not sure how they would treat someone with your
job..." He smiled softly, quickly getting the hint, and slipping his
digivice into the pocket of his shorts, clipping it on to hold.

Toy Agumon seemed to be thinking, while Floramon said what he needed
to, and added quickly after. "She is right. I forgot about Dagomon's
goons. We need to get you a diguise, or something." Eric rubbed his
forehead slightly, showing how uncertain he was about this plan. But
before he could even respond, a sheet was being thrown over him. He
blinked, as it was pulled away from his face, and ToyAgumon's claws
cut two holes for his eyes in it. He paused again, as a giant hat was
put on his head, almost too big for his head. Next, the two digimon
pulled a mirror from somewhere, setting it in front of him. He looked
like a tall, Ghost, with human eyes and a witch's pointed hat, with
the tip bent. He almost wanted to die of embarressment. There was on
way, this could work, he was too obvious...

A small ghost like digimon, looking like a sheet with big eyes and
teeth looked over at three trio, and waves an end of it's sheet,
obviously it's hand. "Hey, Soulmon, the new hat fits you!" Then, it
just floated past.

Watching in disbelief, Eric quicky put his hands on his mouth, not
wanting to laugh out loud. He snickered hard, looking at his two
friends, and seeing an arched eyebrow, or at least the best they could
do, not having eye brows, from each, and laughing harder. He finally
started to calm down, lowering his arms, and looking at the two Child
digimon. "Ok, we have a disguise, now what?"

The two digimon looked at one another, and then at him, before
shrugging their shoulders. Toy Agumon tapped his claw against his
head, as he talked. "I've never done this before, so I don't have the
first clue. Floramon?" The plant digimon shook her head no.

"Well.... If I am supposed to protect this and my world, how about we
look around? I am sure, if we are supposed to do something, we'll
figure it out, and besides, we need to figure out where we are staying
tonight." He walked back into the crowd, flanked by his companions,
trying to find a hotel or something.

As they walked through the town, the tranquility of the town went into
a sudden nose dive. Without warning, people were clearing off the
street, and pretty soon, the small street they had been walking was
almost totally deserted. This seemed a little too suspicious to pass
up, for figuring out whats wrong. Eric continued walking, before a
gentle tug on his sheet got his attention, making him look down to
Floramon again, who was staring behind them, with a look of what could
be considered true fright on her face. He turned around, expecting to
see more then he did. But what he saw was enough to know, they were in
for trouble.

Walking down the street towards them, was a small group of what looked
like goblins or something, about three total, all of them carrying
small clubs, their skin green with identical red mohawks, and a
leather shirt and shorts on. The funny part, was that their hands and
feet were easily as big as their heads. But what was with them, wasn't
funny at all. It resembled an ogre or a troll, standing about a foot
or so taller then him, carrying a very large bone club, and wearing a
tiger stripped shorts, and forearm bands. It's hair was long and
greyish, and it's mouth was open constantly, hanging in front of his
chest, letting his huge teeth show. He was the obvious leader, and was
giving small orders to the rest, as they laughed and hollered.

Eric looked down at Floramon, and noticed she was hiding behind him
now. Looking at Toy Agumon, he could see he was as confused as he felt
himself, but he noted a bit an annoyance at the approaching group.
Deciding to take then peacefull approach to it, he patted ToyAgu on
the shoulder, and walks to the side of the road, staying between Flora
and the Orge's party.

Unfortunetly, his plan wasn't going to work how he would have liked.
As they were about to reach a vender's vegetable stand, one of the
goblins landed on the tarp above it, grinning darkly at all three of
them. As he looked around underneath the sheet, the other two had
flanked their sides, and the ogre behind them, making no means of
running possible. He patted Flora's head gently, wishing he could
comfort her, but something was obviously wrong, beyond the obvious in
this situation.

"Well, look what we have boys!" The ogre said, as Eric turned around.
"A little adult, and two little kids, how cute." He laughed loudly,
followed by the chattering of his cohorts. The sound made Eric's face
twitch, recognizing the tone to it. 'He's a bully....' He was starting
to get angry. He had dealt with bullies for a long time, but had
finally started standing up for himself, recently. He wasn't about to
let that all go again.

The large ogre gave him a self centered smirk, or as best he could,
without shutting his gapping mouth, while patting his club head in his
hand. "My names Fuugamon. These Goblimon are my gang. We're the ones
who run this here town." He looked behind Eric, at Floramon, and his
smile seemed more.... Sadistic? Evil? It just gave Eric this erge to
punch those teeth out of his mouth, when he saw it, lets put it that
way. "Ahh, boys, you remember this Floramon, don't you?" Eric quirked
a brow, glancing at Floramon, who was cowering, literally shaking next
to him, holding the shet tightly, and her face was buried in it. He
looked around to the now laughing Goblimon, noticing the way they were
looking at her, when the realization of what they meant dawned on him.
He looked to the Fuugamon, and growled softly, but the creature didn't
hear him. "Why don't you give us our friend, and you and your little
pet dino can go on about your business." Toy Agumon gave a soft growl
at the insult at them, not knowing what they meant by the earlier
portion of the talking, aside from knowing that these digimon knew
Floramon. He was standing on the other side of Eric, so he couldn't
see her.

The Ogre took a step forward, along with one from each Goblimon,
before Eric finally had it. "Don't come any closer...." His tone was
laced with almost pure controled rage, his white eyes boring at the
stupid Adult. Fuugamon blinked, giving a look of confusion, shared by
his minions. Normally, they just said to do something, and people
agreed, fearing him, and his boss. He had never had someone actually
stand up to him, and he was almost at a loss of what he was supposed
to do. "If you don't leave now, you'll regret it... If you even touch
her at all again, I will see each one of you dead...." ToyAgu looked
up at Eric, a little shocked. He had only known his friend for a
little over a day now, but never had he expected this tone or reaction
from him. He could tell something was behind this, but he would have
to ask later.

Fuugamon recognized this though. He had just been threatened. That
meant, he had to be taught the proper way of things. His mouth grinned
as much as it could, as he tapped the head of his club in his hand
again. "Boys, I think this Soulmon needs to be taught some manners."
After a moment of laughter from all three, he pointed to the one on
his right. "You. Get our 'friend' and show these two what we do to
people who don't agree with us." The Goblimon started walking towards
them, not even bothering to draw his club from his belt. After all,
these digimon couldn't be stupid enough to fight them, after all.

Eric proved the small goblin wrong though. When he was about to reach
for Floramon, who hadn't seen him coming, he grabbed his wrist,
reaching under the sheet, and lifted the small goblin above his head
by it's wrist, his hand barely holding it, if not for the strength he
had, with his anger this fired up. He tossed the Small digimon into
the goblin on the other side of him, slamming both of them into the
street from the force. As his gaze went back to Fuugamon, he seemed to
be totally in shock. "Who the hell are you?"

Eric chuckled softly, almost darkly, to the shock of the digimon next
to him. He grabbed the sheet, pulling it off, out of Floramon's grasp,
who quickly moved right to his legs, and held him tightly. Toy Agumon
stood next to him, between the pair of Goblimon on the street, keeping
his eyes on Fuugamon and the third Goblimon behind Eric.

Meanwhile, Fuugamon just seemed in shock as the hat and sheet were
tossed off the Soulmon he was planning and smacking around, showing a
human beneath them. 'But if he's a human, how come he's here.....
unless he's....' His eyes went wide, and he took a step back, holding
his club in front of him. "Your a Chosen!" All the Goblimon's jumped
at their leader's yell, frantically reaching for their clubs, the two
on the ground, accidently reaching for the same one, and fighting over
it.

Eric smiled darkly, his white eyes staring at the Fuugamon, as his
hands curled into tight fists. "Bingo, ugly. Now, do you leave
quietly, or do we show you why evil digimon should fear Chosen....?"
He touched the digivice through his shorts, reminding himself it was
there. Much as he wanted to hurt this man, for the pain he knew he had
caused, he didn't like the thought of fighting them still, especially
4 on three, and him not even being a digimon. But his anger had him in
full swing, and he wouldn't back down now. The Fuugamon obviously was
considering leaving, from how he was standing, but his temper got the
best of him, and when the large digimon's eyes flickered away enough
to not notice him, he moved....

Fuugamon hadn't been standing too far away, but even Eric was a little
surprised with how fast he closed the gap, not noticing Floramon
letting go real fast to not be dragged. He was even more shocked when
he saw his right fist connecting with Fuugamon's face, right between
his eyes, the force shocking the Adult enough to push him off his
feet. When he landed on his back, Eric wasn't wasting any time, diving
onto him, his fists repeatedly smashing into the sides of his head and
face.

Toy Agumon blinked. He had expected to digivolve, since they knew how
now, and take care of them, when Eric said they would show them why
evil digimon fear Chosen, but even he hadn't expected this. Floramon
has moved next to him, standing close, but with a look of equal shock,
her fear still evident, although he didn't know why. Suddenly, ToyAgu
turned his head, remembering the Goblimon behind him, and was thankful
to see it had the same look on it's face. Quickly, he started
collecting the flames into his mouth, before turning so he wouldn't
hit Floramon partially. "Toy Flame!" He yelled, spitting the fireball
at the Goblimon. It took the hit dead on, flying into a stand of
vegetables, the entire stand collapsing on it. Toy Agumon winced, not
having meant to hurt the stand, but at least no one had been in it,
and hurt, aside from the obvious. He quickly turned his head, firing
another toy flame at the two bickering goblin digimon, making them
yelp and run. He smiled, proud of himself, until, Floramon pulled on
his arm, reminding him about his Partner.

While his partner had caught his opponents by surprise, and removed
them quickly, Eric wasn't so lucky. He had the advantage for a moment,
having surprise the Fuugamon with the pure savageness of his assult,
but it had been short lived, when it grabbed his coller, lifting him
off, and tossing him down the street. He landed hard, rolling on his
side, before standing up, looking at the ogre digimon with a look of
almost rage. As it started to get up, he ran back it. Unfortunetly, it
saw him coming, swinging it's club wildly at him. He ducked, barely
being missed, and jumped back and away again, his senses starting to
calm some, from the near hit. The Adult stood, glaring at him
menacingly, and brought it's hand back, swinging it forward. "Evil
Hurricane!" It yelled, as a focused balst of wind fired from his fist,
slamming into the Digidestined's chest hard. He growled, not wanting
to yell out, but if he was right, he thought he tasted blood slightly.
'great.... always said my temper would be the end of me...' He
thought, as he slumped down to one knee, his arms around his chest,
holding tightly, as he tryed to push the pain away. He watched through
pain filled eyes, as the large digimon walked closer, towering over
him now, and smirking as best he could. He barely noticed a bright
flash of light to his side, but couldn't find the strength to see what
it had been.

"I told you...." Fuugamon said, a touch of ego back in his voice. "But
you had to be the big bad Chosen..... Now see where it got you?" He
didn't even has his club raised, knowing the human couldn't hurt him,
after his attack.

Eric chuckles softly, which turned into a cough, one of his hands
covering his mouth, as blood came out, from the internal damage.
'definetely bad... least I don't think a rib broke and punctured my
lungs, since they do not feel like liquid is in them.....' "At least
people respect me, unlike fearing you for your smell...." He smirked,
knowing this was the worst possibly time to be flippant, but unable to
help himself.

Obviously his humor was taken in bad taste, as Fuugamon lifted his
club with a growl. He shut his eyes, knowing he had let his friends
down, but hoping they got away before they got hurt too. But the blow
never came. He eventually opened his eyes, coughing more blood into
his hand, as he looked up, seeing the metal mouth of Deltamon's right
hand clamped around the ogre digimon, as he hefted him up, and threw
him a good distance down the street. He smiled weakly, as his vision
started darkening, watching his partner de-evolve back into Toy
Agumon, and run over to him with Floramon. He layed down on the
ground, not noticing how hard it hit. For some reason, he really felt
tired right now. "ToyAgu, you and Flora watch camp, I'm gonna take a
nap...." His voice slowly got softer as he talked, trailing off on the
last word, as he blacked out.

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Hikari watched the horizon, her gaze watching the ground to try and
see if she saw a human walking next a digimon anywhere. It was almost
late day, and luckily, Iori and Miyako had covered for her and TK,
while they continued the search. A few hours ago, they had another
digivice activation, closer this time, but still not close enough to
reach, before it dissappear again. It was obvious the new Chosen was
fresh new at this, if hi digivice wasn't constantly active, like it
should be. She glanced to her side, seeing TK flying on Pegasusmon,
smiling softly with a blush, as she turned back to watching the
ground.

It had taken alot, after the second signal, to keep Daisuke from
following, even though Ken felt they could handle it themselves.
Daisuke had been sure they would need them, but Kari had e-mailed him,
telling him to wait, in case someone tryed something, they would need
him and Ken together, as the only pair still in the real world right
now. Finally, he had agreed to stay behind, although he had written a
quick mail to TK, to watch out for 'his' girl. Much as she enjoyed the
attention sometimes, Daisuke could get on her nerves, when he let his
possessive side of his personality come out, especially since she
didn't like him like that, and had said as much before. Yea, she would
flirt harmlessly, sometimes, but she had stated long ago, it was
nothing more then friendship, he was just too like her older brother,
Taichi.

Honestly, she was more relieved then she let on, that Davis wouldn't
join them in the search. More then anything, she was enjoying the time
alone with TK. Since the new digidestined team had started, she almost
never got time along with him, just to talk or anything, and even
though this was a mission, she was still enjoying herself. Although,
she had to admit, of late, it wasn't just spending time alone with him
that was on her mind. She had been feeling strange when she was around
him lately, not like she had felt with someone before. Yea, she
enjoyed being around him, same as her other friends, but there was
something special about when she got to see TK. When he looked at her,
she always had a smile on her face. Whenever he gave her a hug, it set
butterflies off in her stomach. She wasn't sure why, but she knew she
liked him as more then just the best friend's they had always been.

That morning, she had woken up, feeling TK's hand on her cheek, and
almost turned beat red, when she realised he was really there, and she
hadn't been dreaming. She had kept herself composed, sure he was only
trying to wake her up gently. After they had gotten food, she was sure
he didn't even remember it, although she wished she could just tell
him. But she couldn't. She didn't want to risk losing her friendship,
if he didn't feel the same way back.

She sighed softly on Nefertimon, as they flew, trying to focus on the
land again. As they flew over the forest, a pretty large city started
coming into view, beyond the forests edge. Nefertimon moved closer to
Pegasusmon, as her erging, for her to tell TK.

"TK!" She yelled, from being so far apart still. "There's a city
coming up, want to check there?" she smiled as she saw him nod, and
see it, pointing Pegasusmon in the direction to go. The pair of flyers
flew towards the city, hoping to find the newest digidestined soon.

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Still with me? good good!! Glad to see this fic has cuahgt some
people's attention. I was hoping that it would get some nice reviews,
since I wrote this over the span of 3 days, and want to continue it
well. But as you can see, seems the new Chosen got himself in a little
trouble, no? Well, hopefully, Takeru and Hikari will find him, and
give him a hand. Anyway, enjoy the story, and head on to chapter 3!!
^_^