Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.
A/N: In honor of the Digimon Anniversary, I give you a new story! Are you ready for this last adventure?
Chapter 1
"Have fun, okay?" Davis told Daisuke. The two were riding in the car in silence as Daisuke hugged DemiVeemon closer. "Summer camp isn't that bad."
"For little kids, maybe not. But I'm fourteen." He rolled his eyes.
Davis pulled the car up to the parking lot of the school. "But you're not going to do the activities they're doing. You're just going to volunteer." He clarified.
"Will the food be good, Digi-daddy?" DemiVeemon asked.
Veemon smiled and gave a wink before answering "That's questionable."
Davis finally pulled into a parking spot, making Daisuke's heart rate go up. This is it. He's about to lead a pack for the first time. And to think, this started in a conversation that had nothing to do with him. Davis was talking to Tai about soccer until it turned into Tai's first day at summer camp. He said it was a good idea to get one with nature and become a man. And that's how Daisuke got involved. Plus, he was going to transfer to an upper level high school soon. He needs something to put on his résumé.
Daisuke slowly crawled out of the car with DemiVeemon tightly in his arms. The poor Digimon had a hard time breathing! Davis and Veemon climbed out as well and everyone met at the trunk of the car. Davis opened his arms wide for a hug but Daisuke stepped back. "Dad…" He looked around at a few girls that walked by. Color his face red because he was about to start blushing!
"Right, right." Davis said, putting his arms down. "You're at that time when you don't need your daddy hugging you." He held out a hand instead for a handshake. "Have a good trip, musuko."
Daisuke smiled as he grabbed his father's hand with pride and shook it. "Thanks, Dad."
Davis opened the trunk for him. "You'll do great. I know you will."
Daisuke picked out his large blue duffle bag and strapped it over a shoulder. "Thanks, Dad. I'll do my best."
"Bye, Digi-daddy." DemiVeemon waved.
"Bye, Digi-son!" Veemon replied as Daisuke headed off.
Davis sighed as he saw his only son leaving as a boy only to come back as a man. "I love you, musuko." He said, but Daisuke was already out of earshot. "He grows up so fast."
A car pulled up next to him. Davis watched Daisuke enter the school building as one of the other fathers told his son "Have fun and make new friends." The voice sounded familiar to Davis, causing him to turn around. It was good ol' T.K. with his son, Connor. "Before you know it, summer camp will stay in your memories."
"And into my memoirs!" Connor joked. "Bye, Dad!"
"Bye, Connor!" T.K. called.
"Sending your kid off too, I see." Davis observed. "Is this the first time?"
T.K. nodded. "He was really nervous about this until he heard that Daisuke and Josh were going too."
Davis smiled as he saw Connor go inside with his Tokomon. "They grow up quick, don't they?" He took a deep breath before admitting "This is the second time we've been apart, but this is the first time with me being the new me. He's going to be kind of on his own."
"All the joys of being a father." T.K. patted his back. "Have you ever gone to the Digital World lately?"
"No, why?" Veemon and Patamon were at full attention now.
"Cody said he's been there and a Centarumon was controlled by a black hex nut wrapped around his leg."
"How bizarre." Veemon commented.
"It is." Patamon said. "What do we do?"
"Well, we make sure the kids aren't involved." T.K. said. "Then, we can go to the Digital World and find out."
Davis snapped his fingers. "Oh, I can't! I have a meeting to go to today."
"And, T.K., don't forget your deadline." Patamon chimed in.
T.K. sighed. "You're right. We'll think of something."
"Maybe our kids can think of something." Veemon said, looking at the school building. "They are the new DigiDestined, aren't they?"
T.K. nodded. "I believe so. They are the only kids with digivices."
Meanwhile, Daisuke met Mr. Fujiyama. His father used to be Tai's teacher. Like father like son! "Great to see you early, Daisuke!"
"I can't wait!" Daisuke said with fake enthusiasm.
"Some of the kids from your group aren't here yet, so get to know the ones that are." He handed him a clipboard. "Again, it's nice to have you onboard!"
After a pat on the back, Mr. Fujiyama left Daisuke alone with his camper, Connor, who sat there smiling at him. "Hi." Connor greeted.
"Hi... Connor, right?" He nodded as Daisuke checked his name off of the list. "So what are you in for?"
At first, Connor was taken aback by this question. This wasn't prison. "My dad thought it would be a good idea. And it might be fun!"
"I'm so excited!" Tokomon bounced.
"Shh!" Connor and Daisuke hissed as they frantically hid him and DemiVeemon from the teachers walking by.
"Sorry." Tokomon squeaked.
"We can't have the teachers knowing you're going too." Connor told him. "Digimon aren't allowed."
"Of course, Dad doesn't know that." Daisuke winked towards DemiVeemon who snickered and bounced. "But you have to stay quiet."
"Oh right." DemiVeemon hushed.
Daisuke looked around at all the kids getting there things together and meeting others. "I can't believe we're gathering all of these kids from all over the Kanto Region to go on this trip."
Connor looked around. "Yeah."
"The names on this list look familiar but I don't remember." He handed the clipboard to him.
Connor scanned the list and smiled. "These are our friends from DigiWorld! What are the odds?"
"Our friends?" He took the clipboard back and looked at it. "Those kids from the Digital World?" Connor nodded. "How cool."
"Here comes one now!" DemiVeemon said.
The two boys turned around and saw Makoto with Tanemon on his head. On the way to the tables with our other heroes, he was greeted by the cheerleaders and the football team and any other popular kid from Odaiba Middle School.
"It's Tanemon!" Tokomon cheered.
"Hey, Makoto!" Daisuke called and waved him over here. "What are you doing with a Tanemon on your head? You're going to get it taken up."
Daisuke reached over to grab it but Makoto maneuvered around him. "As far as the teachers know, this isn't Tanemon. It's my abnormal hat."
"It sure is weird!" Connor giggled.
"So which team am I in?" He asked, sitting next to Connor.
"Ours." Connor replied.
"Great. I don't have to get up. Mom woke me up so early just to get new clothes."
Connor looked him up and down. But he got confused. "What's new?"
"Everything in Mom's closet." The three boys shared in a laugh.
"Oh, Daisuke!" Daisuke turned around only to see Aika standing inches away with a clipboard. "I didn't know you were volunteering too!"
Little Sam stepped from behind her and waved. "Hi, Connor."
"Hi, Sam!"He waved back.
"I brought your dad's book. Hopefully, the bus ride is long enough for me to read it!"
"Are you talking about those DigiDestined books?" Makoto asked.
"Yeah! Do you read them?" Sam asked.
"Just the first one." He rolled his eyes. "You only need to read one to know that Tai will be with Sora."
"No way!" Aika stomped her foot. "I'm on Team Matt!"
"Matt? Are you kidding?" Makoto asked. "That Matt is so obsessed with his brother. He doesn't have time for a girlfriend."
"But that's what girls like." She said. "Eventually, she'll fall for him. I mean what girl wouldn't? He's so cute!"
"How?" Daisuke asked. "He's just a book character."
"He looks beautiful in my mind. The description is very precise. I mean, what girl doesn't like spikey blonde hair and deep blue eyes? Anyway, why do you care so much? Are you jealous?" She winked.
Daisuke raised his eyebrows and took a step back. "Of who? Why? I don't..."
"What do you think, Connor? Your the author's son. Who's it gonna be?"
Everyone turned to Connor who was preoccupied with something in his backpack. The kids leaned forward to get a good look at what he was doing. "Connor?" Makoto tapped his shoulder.
Aika adjusted her glasses. "Are you filming us?"
Connor turned back to the group who were all confused. "Um, yeah." He took out his video camera. "I want to document this trip and your argument just seemed so…fascinating."
"How do I look?" Aika lit up.
"Fabulous." Connor replied.
Daisuke looked around at the other volunteers who had their groups of five almost complete. "I wonder where the rest of my group is."
"Yeah, mine too." Aika looked around. "Come to think of it, I only have Sam here."
The kids kept looking until they spotted little Yukio and Shoji running passed the people with Kim and Josh following behind. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Daisuke and Aika called as the two little ones skid to a stop in front of their leaders.
"Where are you guys off to?" Aika asked.
"We're going on a camping trip!" Yukio cheered excitedly.
"Yeah!" Shoji chimed in. "I'm Shoji Ishida."
"And I'm Yukio Kamiya. Are any of you our camp leaders?"
Daisuke looked down his list. "Oh, right. You're Tai's son. You're with me."
"And you're with me along with your sister." Aika told Shoji.
"Yay!" Both boys cheered as they sat at their table. Kim and Josh finally caught up.
"Is that everyone?" Aika asked.
Daisuke snickered as he pointed towards the entrance. "Don't forget the Nerd Brigade!"
He was pointing to Mel and Eriko. They were holding hands and giggling about something. Aw, young love! "Eriko, Mel, you guys are on our team." Aika told them. "And now I'm complete! We can get on the bus now."
Daisuke squinted his eyes at them and back to his list. "I still have one more left." He said. "Where's Hitomi Izumi-Tachikawa?"
"She's at the computer lab." Tanemon told him.
"Shh!" Makoto hissed. "Remember, you're a hat."
"Oh right."
"What is she doing in the computer lab?" Daisuke asked. "She's supposed to check in first!"
"Chill. She just wanted to get her flash drive that she left the last day of school. No one knew it'll take this long."
Daisuke shrugged. "Well, let's go get her. Come on, team!"
"We'll go with you!" Aika said, jumping to his side. "I mean, we have to stick together."
"Why?"
Aika looked around as sweat started to drop. "Because…um…because…" She snapped her fingers. "Haven't you heard of the buddy system? Anyway, let's go!"
"Right!" He adjusted the goggles on top of his head. "Let's do it!"
The halls were dark as every little sound echoed off the walls. The group made sure not to get caught by the teachers. "Mr. Daisuke, I have to go to the bathroom." Yukio raised his hand.
"Shh!" Everyone hissed.
"But I really have to go." Yukio whispered.
"Later." Daisuke whispered back.
"Here it is." Josh whispered. He opened the door to the computer lab only to find a hectic Motimon scuttling about.
"Where's Hitomi?" Makoto asked.
"The computer took her!" He pointed to the computer screen with the Digital Gate open. How could this have happened? The kids were struck with panic.
"What do you mean it just took her?" Daisuke asked.
"We just came here to take the flash drive but the computer turned on and sucked her inside." Motimon explained. No one said anything except for Daisuke who scoffed.
"Okay, Hitomi, quit joking around. Come out or we'll miss the bus." He said.
"Maybe it did take her." Mel said. "The computer's on."
"I believe him!" Eriko confirmed.
"Well, since Hitomi's the only computer whiz in our group, what do we do?" Connor asked.
"Get Sam to do it." Aika answered, pushing her brother toward the crime scene. "See if she's in there."
"Um…" He looked at the screen but he started to tremble. Then he looked at the group. "I don't know what to do."
Suddenly, the computer started to glow brighter, grabbing Sam and sucking him inside. "Sam!" Aika called, dashing to the machine. "Give me back my brother!" She started clicking random things but Daisuke grabbed her shoulder.
"Aika, stop! You don't know what you're doing! You could delete them!"
Makoto pushed passed him. "Let her do what she wants. At least she's trying to get our friends out." He started pressing buttons.
"I want to press buttons!" Yukio said, crawling underneath to get to the keyboard.
"Me too!" Shoji said, doing the same.
"Shoji, no!" Kim said following him. The rest chimed in with suggestions and arguments. The computer lab became a room of loud cacophony and button pressing, and Connor was getting the whole thing on camera! But the chaos ended when the lights came back and swallowed all ten remaining kids and their Digimon.
And they were gone...
And that's chapter 1! Tell me what you think! Happy August 1st!
