The Other Tamers
Chapter 1 : Digi – What Now?
Paladin101: Hey guys, I'm back! Sorry for making you wait so long, but I'm gonna switch between this and Re: Dark Dawn every few weeks.
Shade: Hi.
Dorumon: Hey.
Paladin101: Yeah, those are two of the new team. Anyway, this story is what would happen if there was a different group of Tamers in the story. Hold onto your pants, these two are the main characters, seeing as this focuses on THEIR adventure. Others in the group are being requested, for anyone who thinks they've got an idea. Please, no reuse of Digimon partners. And try to pick a Rookie that has a clear path to Mega, 'kay?
Shade: Geez. Could you MAKE the prologue any longer?!
Dorumon: I am going to be so awesome.
Paladin101: I don't own Digimon or the franchise would be SO different. Let's go! Oh, this chapter should be damn short.
A 12-year old boy and a purple fox/cat/dog/WHATEVER thing went flying as a huge bird rose out of the flaming wreckage of the palace. The boy held up a handheld device as if to save them as they streaked away from the giant phoenix, unfortunately towards the ground –
Wait, wait, wait. Hold up. Let me check… Dangit! That's not for quite a few chapters. Sorry. Let's back up and see how they got in this situation.
A dark-haired boy rode his bike down the street at breakneck pace, knowing he was gonna be late otherwise. He rode straight past the playground, blowing past a kid called… Was it Kazu or Kenta? He couldn't remember which was which. Although he did shout out to the boy.
"Hey, Shade!"
Shade waved back and slid his bike around the corner, slung his backpack onto his back, chained up his bike, and tore off towards his class.
Six hours of being bored out of his mind later…
The boy ran off towards his bike, intending to get to the park as soon as possible. He waved goodbye to Takato, a goggle-headed boy who had been late and gotten detention, and headed for the park. He ran off towards a little spot he knew about, a small building fenced off but accessible.
The boy squeezed in there and took out his Digimon cards, sorting through them.
"I really have to get that last card in this one's line." he said, picking up a card with a picture clearly labeled as 'DORUMON'. He sorted through those cards – Dorugamon, DoruGreymon, DoruGORAmon (Yeah, it's actually GORA. It can also be just plain gora, but I like spelling it as an acronym.) … He was only missing one card from that set. The Alphamon card.
"I've been searching for that one card for so long… Anyway…"
The boy started sorting through his other cards, coming across a blue one.
"Never seen THIS card before. Well, there's only one thing to do in situations like this."
"JUMP BLINDLY INTO IT!"
He swiped it on his Card Reader, and the thing went weird for a second before fizzing out.
"Aw, great. My Card Reader's busted."
But just as the boy started to put it away, it glowed and started to shift shape. In an instant, it had become a metallic, oddly shaped device with a rectangular screen.
"Oh… My… God! A Digivice!" smiled the boy unbelievingly. He immediately started to fiddle around with it, but he soon found out that it was all empty.
"Dang."
His eyes fell on his Dorumon card. He shrugged, reached for it, and swiped it through the slot.
Very, very elsewhere
A purple fox/cat/dog/WHATEVER thing raised its head out of the water it had been drinking and instantly dematerialized.
But back to the boy. He was disheartened by the lack of effect, and packed up his stuff. He rode his bike back home.
THAT NIGHT
The boy's eyes snapped open to four words, faint yet distinct.
"Diamond Storm!"
"Tiny Metal!"
He jumped out of bed and quickly dressed, grabbing his Digimon stuff out of habit, and ran off towards the sound.
"Why do those sound so familiar?..."
He skidded to a halt as a cloud of shining shards burst out of a fog bank.
"Agh! What the - ?"
He wasted no time in dashing in. Before long, he reached the source of the noise."
"Ugh. Renamon, waste'em." commanded a red-haired girl with a broken heart shirt on. A vulpine humanoid was standing in front of her, smirking. Closer to Shade, he noticed a purple-furred creature.
"No way. Renamon… And a … Dorumon?"
The Dorumon drew breath heavily before yelling "Tiny Metal!"
A barrage of metal projectiles flew, aimed at the Renamon. But it simply fuzzed out of view and the attack missed the girl.
The Renamon reappeared above and behind the Dorumon.
"Diamond Storm!"
As the smoke cleared, both Digimon and Tamer were surprised. Shade had rolled in and taken the attack, and was now gasping for breath as the shards vanished from his arms.
"You're…" murmured the Dorumon.
"That thing has a Tamer?"
"Doesn't matter. If he gets in the way, waste them both."
"Yes, Rika."
The girl walked away as the fox Digimon prepared to attack. But Shade beat her to it.
"Digimodify! Dorugamon's Fighting Spirit!"
He rolled out of the way as the Dorumon unleashed a huge metal projectile, smirking like crazy. The attack crashed into the Renamon, obliterating her attack.
"Blast. Rika will not be pleased."
Those were the Digimon's parting words. She fuzzed out of view again, this time not reappearing.
"Who are you, anyway?" asked Shade, spinning around to face the Dorumon.
"Well, I'm Dorumon, but you can call me Doru. As for you?" he smirked.
"You're my Tamer."
Paladin101: Shortest chapter I've ever written. Accepting submissions! ONLY FIVE SUITABLE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED! Submit your characters, people!
Shade: Shut up already, geez! We've got next to no lines in this.
Dorumon: It only took a day to write anyway.
Paladin101: That it did. I'll write a few chapters of this while working on the bigger Golden Sun story.
Shade: We're a side-story?!
Paladin101: No, you're a serious one, but easier to write. Anyway, read, review, submit either by review or PM, and I'll get cracking in a few days with the official roster!