Yeesh, me and my crazy ideas. I decided to go through with this after it would not leave my head, but I think this has the potential to do great. I have always been a fan of Digimon, but Pokémon has always been number one to me. This story is taking place after the Digimon Tamers series and is acting as a continuation to it because I thought that series was the best one. It is an OC story as well and I am accepting them. Check the bottom of the chapter for information towards that. I know this is a long prologue, but I had to do all of this to get the plot of the story started. This story takes place in 2014 in the tamers universe with it's dark themes, but I plan on mixing it with Digimon Adventure 1 and 2 with the aspect of the Digital World. Please check the bottom for the extra information.
Chapter rating T: Minor language
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Digimon. I own the OCs, the story here and the idea of the story.
Bold- PA Systems/Message Bulletins
Bold Italic- Radio/TV/
Italic-Thoughts/Letters/Flashbacks/
Five years. It had been five years since the D-Reaper incident. Takato Matsuki, Rika Nonaka, Henry Wong and Ryo Akiyama fought the D-Reaper and saved the world from imminent destruction. However, in the wake of defeating the D-Reaper with aid of the Juggernaut Program, the Digidestined learned that their partners, their friends, would be forced to return to the Digital World as a result. With the Digimon eradicated from the earth, life returned to normal for the Digidestined before they even met their partners, but no matter how much things returned to normal, they were unable to forget their invaluable friends. It was almost a month after the D-Reaper incident before one of the Digidestined, the unofficial leader Takato Matsuki, went to the old hangout he had found for Guilmon just to see if by some miracle he came back from the Digital World. Upon entering the old hideout, Takato was surprised to see the digital portal that Guilmon found still there.
Ecstatic about the chance of reuniting with his best friend, Takato had rounded up the rest of the Digidestined and brought them to the hideout to show them the portal. Needless to say, all of them were filled with hope at the chance of seeing their partners once again. They entered the portal to the Digital World and searched for their friends. After almost a day of nonstop searching, the Digidestined managed to reunite with their lost comrades. When they returned to their world with their partners, their families were surprised to see the Digimon once again, having believed they were gone forever. Even Yamaki was thrown for a loop.
Yamaki, once the enemy of the Digidestined, became their ally when they went in search of Calumon after he was taken back to the Digital World. He was in charge of a secret branch of the government that was tasked to monitor any disturbance of the Digital World and prevent any of the Digimon from bio-emerging into the real world. His group, Hypnos, tried countless times to stop the bio-emerging of Digimon, but he was either beaten to it by the Digidestined or his plan would backfire like it did with the Juggernaut Program when he first tried to use it. Yamaki was given a lot of praise and credit along with the Digidestined for the successful defeat of the D-Reaper by using the Juggernaut Program and was given a new task for him and Hypnos to handle by order of the United States.
Yamaki's task was to watch the security of high-profile secrets as well as track hackers and terrorists. His new assignment was given to him shortly after the Digidestined recovered their friends. There had been a security breach into high security files of the United States government. A group of very skilled hackers, known as Seeker managed to get classified data on the Digital World as well as the D-Reaper incident and used it to create a bunch of elite Virus Digimon. Each of the Virus Digimon created was programmed with a specific form of virus that ranged from Malware, Trojans, and more. The Digimon were created to stay in the Digital World and use it to access different computers through it to infiltrate and steal whatever they were looking for. The only way that the virus that the Digimon carried that allowed the Seeker to retrieve the data they wanted could be destroyed was for the Digimon itself to be destroyed which was near impossible. However, with Yamaki it was another story. The man was a genius and he knew of a way to take the threat down.
In order to mitigate the hacking that Seeker was doing, Yamaki enlisted Takato, Rika, Ryo and Henry as well as their Digimon to enter the Digital World to intercept the target and destroy it before it reached its destination. Their first few attempts were not successful, but on their fifth try, they caught a break. They ended up destroying the Digimon and upon doing so were able to trace its origin back to a city in the United States. The trail led to Houston, Texas. Of course when the authorities arrived at the hideout Seeker was using, everything had been wiped clean and there was no trace of them save for a map of the United States that had a few of the states circled.
The states that were circled were California, Illinois, New York, Florida, Colorado, Ohio, Virginia, Alabama and Oklahoma. The only move that could be played for the government was to encourage the use of stronger software and secured networks for the government agencies in those states. In the meantime, Yamaki was trying to figure out how to find the hackers. And then it hit him. As much as he would rather send Takato and his group to the United States to search for the hackers, he wanted to keep them in Japan if Seeker came after them. So he decided to do the next best thing. He knew of the Digimon Card Game after Takato had talked to him about it on one of their many conversations. There were tournaments for the card games around the world and each one produced a champion player.
For his next move, Yamaki chose to send Takato and Rika overseas to the United States to the card game tournament that was taking place. His specific instructions to them were to pick out the candidates who had the best potential and he would take it from there. Of course Rika was not thrilled with the idea as she was unsure of what some people who were good at playing the game could do. Takato, however, was able to see what Yamaki was doing. Yamaki wanted them to recruit possible tamers to form a Digidestined in America to fight against the Seeker. Although Takato was able to figure that bit out, he had no idea how it would work as Digivices were not made, they appeared to those who were destined to become tamers. His mind kept delving on that thought, but he was unable to figure out how Yamaki was going to make it possible. But being the unofficial leader of the Japan Digidestined, he was going to carry out the job Yamaki gave him and Rika which is why the two of them, along with Guilmon and Renamon were now in New York City at the Digimon Card Game Tournament.
The two seventeen year olds were watching the games going on from the floor above as they tried to figure out who were the best candidates for Yamaki's plan.
"Rika, how's it going on your end?" Takato asked into his microphone.
"It's the same thing I told you five minutes ago, Gogglehead," Rika's annoyed voice replied. "Everyone I've seen for the most part is a joke. None of these kids can hope to pull this off with their skill."
"Sorry. But I think you're being too negative about this."
"I'm being real here. Why Yamaki is so fixated on this plan is beyond me."
Takato sighed as he heard Rika's rant. She had been bitter about this whole plan from the beginning, mainly because she did not want to come overseas to do a mission she found pointless. He was broken from his thoughts when he felt some sharp claws lightly prod his arm. Glancing from the corner of his eye, Takato saw Guilmon looking at him with a smile. He decided not to disguise Guilmon as he would be able to blend in perfectly with the merchandise and costume wearing fans.
"Takatomon, I found someone you might want to see," Guilmon said as he bounced on the balls of his feet.
"Really?" Takato asked, somewhat surprised. "Show me."
Guilmon nodded and started to hurry off towards the other end of the balcony. Takato followed close behind the red dinosaur and came to a stop beside him seconds later. Guilmon was peering over the railing and pointing down at the table directly below them. Takato smiled at his partner and pat him on the head before looking down at the table. The table below him had two boys sitting at it, one on either side. Cards were spread across the table in front of them and they both appeared to be in deep concentration as they tried to come up with their next move.
Takato followed Guilmon's claw to see it pointing at the boy on the left side of the table. The boy appeared to be around his age. He had a BDU colored baseball hat with a small badger on the front that hid most of his messy brown hair and dark green eyes. He looked at the card in the boy's hand and narrowed his eyes as he tried to see what he was planning. It did not take long before he was able to see what was coming and just sat back to watch.
"BlackGrowlmon digivolves to BlackWarGrowlmon and by using this power boost, I can attack you twice as hard," the boy said.
"Wait, what?" The other boy stammered in surprise.
"Goodnight."
"Aw, crap."
The others that were watching the battle around the table burst into cheers at the end of the battle. The boy in the hat stacked his cards and put them back in their box before extending his hand out. His opponent begrudgingly shook his hand before getting up and leaving the table. The hat wearing boy left the table moments later and disappeared into the crowd.
Takato was a little impressed with the boy's strategy, but found that it was reckless. He saw what was in his opponent's hand and if it was his move, he would have won instead. The boy used to battle like he used to when he played the game, if not more thoughtlessly. On top of that, his choice of monster was another interesting one considering he had BlackGrowlmon and BlackWarGrowlmon, which meant he had BlackGuilmon in his deck as well. Although Takato did create Guilmon, he gave the idea of the card and digivolution line to the card company and he was paid handsomely, and after that, they created the BlackGuilmon line which explained how the boy in the hat had the cards.
"So what do you think, Takatomon?" Guilmon asked as he looked at him.
"He looks pretty good," Takato replied. "But I'm not sure yet, boy."
"What about Rika and Renamon? Have they found anybody yet?"
Takato's head perked up. He had been so absorbed in the game that he forgot to check in with Rika. His fingers clicked the talk button on his radio.
"Rika, do you and Renamon have anything yet?" Takato asked.
"Actually, we do," Rika replied. "Renamon showed me this girl who could play and she's good."
"How good are we talking?"
"Scary good. You'd have to see her play to know what I mean."
Takato smirked and he looked up to try to spot Rika and Renamon. He found the two of them on the other side of the room and looking down into the crowd. He caught Rika's gaze and she gave him a nod to come over to her.
"I think the tournament is done," Rika said. "Let's see who the winners are and go from there."
"Good idea," Takato replied as he and Guilmon started to move to Rika and Renamon. "I'll call Yamaki when we're done."
Takato and Guilmon met up with Rika and Renamon a minute later and they all returned their attention back to the floor below. The large crowd of teens on the floor turned to look at the small stage that was set up. Their cheers were loud and continued until a man got on the stage and walked to the microphone.
"As you all know, all good things must come to an end," the man began. "Having finished the last few matches, it's time to introduce you to the top three players this year!"
The crowd cheered again as that was said. Takato spared Rika a look and she nodded down to the stage. Turning his attention back to the stage, Takato saw three people walk on. There were two boys and one girl. He recognized one of the boys as the one Guilmon pointed out to him earlier.
The second boy was taller than the first, easily six feet. He, too, was wearing a baseball hat, only his was black with a large red snake on the front in the shape of a D. He had a cocky look on his face and his blue eyes had nothing but confidence brimming in them.
Finally, Takato looked at the girl. He would be lying if he said the girl was not cute. She had long brown hair that reached her upper back tied in a ponytail and stood just a hair shorter than the first boy. Her eyes were a light brown color and her skin was lightly tanned.
"That's the girl I was telling you about a minute ago," Rika said as she leaned on the pillar.
"Well, she must have stood out if she caught your attention," Takato replied as he looked back at her.
"Anyway, what do you want to do?"
"I'll call Yamaki now. When everyone starts leaving, go get those three and bring them outside."
"Whatever."
Takato and Guilmon began to ease their way between people and vanished from sight. Rika sighed as she looked back down at the stage. She was ready to get this day over with. The sooner they got done, the better.
"And here are your winners," the man said as he gestured to the three on stage. "Kyle Osbourne, Robert Thornburg, and Mikayla Dunn!"
The three on stage raised their hands to the crowd and received multiple cheers. All three of them were smiling as they sucked in the praise for a great performance. The man on stage then walked to each of them and handed them a small plaque.
"This concludes the tournament! Feel free to stay around for the buffet out in the main hall! We hope to see you again next year!" The man said, putting the microphone back on the stand.
When the man gave the announcement, Rika pushed herself off the pillar and made her way to the stairs. She could feel Renamon following close beside her as they trekked to the level below. She sighed again as she reached the bottom of the stairs and started to scan the area for the three teens that were on the stage moments ago. Her eyes caught sight of Kyle's BDU colored hat and she took off. She pushed her way through the crowd and after a long minute, she reached him. Kyle was talking with Robert and Mikayla which made her job easier.
"Excuse me," Rika said as she tapped Kyle's shoulder. "I need the three of you to come with me."
Kyle gave her a puzzled look, but Robert only had a grin spread across his face as he looked at her. Robert took a step forward and looked down at her and she returned his gaze with a cold stare of her own. He reached out his hand to shake hers, but she was hesitant at first.
"What's your name?" Robert asked.
"My name is none of your business," Rika replied as she grabbed Robert's hand to shake it. "I only wanted to ask you three to follow me so we can talk."
"Oh come on, baby. Don't be like that."
Rika was used to the flirting of others after brushing off multiple attempts from Ryo. She only let a smirk spread across her face as she squeezed Robert's hand tightly, spun him around and pressed his arm to his back. Robert was caught by surprise and started to squirm in discomfort as he felt his arm ache from the stress. Rika managed to make Robert fall to a knee and she leaned in just so her mouth was by his ear.
"Call me baby again and I'll break your arm, lover boy," Rika said sweetly.
"Ah, okay! Okay!" Robert replied.
Rika let go of Robert's arm and he stood up, shaking it to loosen the pain. He turned around and gave her a sour look to which she rolled her eyes. She looked at Mikayla and Kyle who were still somewhat surprised with what happened. It was Mikayla who opened her mouth to speak this time.
"I'm sorry about Bobby," Mikayla said as she nodded back at Robert. "He's a bit of a douchebag."
"I can see that," Rika replied. "Now this brings me back to my question. Can you three please come with me? I want you to meet somebody."
Kyla, Mikayla and Robert looked at each other and then back at her. She sighed and took a deep breath to calm her short temper.
"What's your name?" Kyle asked.
"Come with me and you'll find out," Rika said as she turned around.
Rika vanished into the crowd leaving the three of them behind. As she rounded the corner to go down the hall towards the exit, she saw Renamon appear from the corner of her eye.
"Shouldn't you wait for them?" Renamon asked.
"No, they're coming," Rika said as she looked at her partner.
"How do you know?"
"The trick is to catch their interest and that's what I did. They'll be outside in a second."
"Clever move, Rika."
"I learned from the best."
Rika and Renamon shared a laugh as they left through the doors. As they stepped into the alley, they saw Takato and Guilmon standing off to the side. Takato tucked his phone back into his pocket and walked over to them with Guilmon in tow.
"So what did Yamaki say?" Rika asked.
"He said he'd be here in a few seconds," Takato replied. "What about you? Where are they?"
Rika looked at her watch and glanced at the door.
"They'll be here in five, four, three, two, one," Rika said just as the doors opened.
Kyle, Robert and Mikayla saw them, but they looked shocked at sight of Guilmon and Renamon. Guilmon's face lit up at seeing the three of them appear and he hurried over to greet them. The trio stood stiff as boards as Guilmon stopped in front of them and began sniffing. When his sniffing subsided, he beamed up at them and had a playful look in his eyes.
"Want to play tag?" Guilmon asked.
"What?" Kyle replied, still in some shock.
"Tag. One of us is it and we have to run away from the person who is it."
"No, I know what the game is, but who are you?"
"I'm Guilmon."
Kyle blinked and then started to laugh. Guilmon tilted his head in curiosity as Kyle laughed.
"I don't think they want to play, Guilmon," Takato said.
"Aw, but I want to play now," Guilmon replied as he walked back over to Takato.
"Okay, what the hell is going on here?" Robert asked
Takato, Rika, Guilmon and Renamon looked at the trio. They had their arms crossed and their expressions demanded answers. Takato tucked his hands into his pockets as he leaned against the building. He heard a car pull up and looked to see a black limousine come to a stop by the alley. The door to the back opened and a man stepped out. Even though five years had gone by, Yamaki still looked the same. He still wore his trademark black suit, his sunglasses still blocked his eyes and he still fiddled with his zippo lighter.
"Are you all ready to go?" Yamaki asked as he looked at Takato.
"Yeah, we're ready," Takato replied as he and Guilmon walked back to the limo.
"Whoa, hold up a second!" Robert shouted. "I haven't agreed to anything yet and we're not going anywhere with you until you tell us what's going on!"
Yamaki glanced at the trio and then raised a brow at Rika. Rika merely shrugged and then sent a stare back at Robert.
"Look, lover boy. If you want answers, you'll have to come with us," Rika said as she and Renamon went to the limo.
Yamaki began to fiddle around with his lighter again, a loud click echoed around the alley each time he flipped the top open. His eyes moved from Kyle to Robert and then to Mikayla. He gave a grunt as he snapped his lighter shut and turned to walk back to the limo.
"So, what's it going to be?" Yamaki asked as he looked back at them. "Are you coming with us or are you leaving?"
A few seconds ticked by, and finally Kyle took a step forward. His action seemed to surprise both Robert and Mikayla as they watched him head for the limo. Yamaki had a faint smirk on his lips as he nodded at Kyle. Kyle entered the limo and looked out at Robert and Mikayla.
"Your friend seems to have made up his mind," Yamaki said to them. "So what's it going to be?"
"Damn it," Robert muttered as he followed after Kyle.
Mikayla said nothing as she followed Robert into the limo. Yamaki closed the door after he entered and walked over to the other side where Takato, Rika, Guimon and Renamon were. He knocked on the wall to the driver's cab and the car began to move.
"All right, we're here, so start talking," Robert said as he crossed his arms.
Rika opened the mini fridge and pulled out two sodas and tossed one to Takato who opened it. Takato took a sip from the cool beverage as he looked at the trio before him.
"Very well, let's get introductions out of the way," Yamaki said as he pulled out three manila folders. "You're already met Rika Nonaka and Takato Matsuki and their partners Renamon and Guilmon."
"We met them, but they never introduced themselves," Kyle replied. "Now who are you?"
"I'm Mitsuo Yamaki. I am in charge of a government agency known as Hypnos. Takato and Rika here work with me to help track rampant Digimon and monitor hackers."
Kyle, Robert and Mikayla all shared a look before returning their focus back to Yamaki.
"Look, I don't know what you government dicks want, but I want no part of it!" Robert said.
"Are you sure about that?" Yamaki replied, peering at Robert over his glasses. "I know a lot about you Robert Thornburg."
Robert's face went pale as a sheet when Yamaki said that. He knew that the government had databases and records of all the registered people in the country. If this man was truly part of the government, that meant the manila folder he was holding was most certainly his personal file.
"Really?" Robert replied.
Yamaki opened the second folder and leaned back in the seat as he held up the first sheet of paper.
"Robert Michael Thornburg. Date of birth, 8/14/1996. Born to Rick and Barbara Thornburg in Raleigh, North Carolina. You currently live in Langley, Virginia. The boy next to you is your cousin."
Yamaki closed the folder and smirked as Robert said nothing, but his pale face said everything. He was now realizing just who he was. Yamaki tucked Robert's folder away and opened up the next one. His eyes shifted to Kyle and he looked down at the file.
"Kyle Anthony Osbourne. Date of birth, 7/8/1997. Born to Andrew and Kendra Osbourne in Madison, Wisconsin. You currently live in Langley, Virginia. Your cousin is Robert Thornburg."
Kyle only nodded at Yamaki as he tucked his folder away. Yamaki finally pulled out Mikayla's folder and opened it. He scanned the contents of her folder quickly before looked back up at her.
"Mikayla Anne Dunn. Date of birth, 11/10/1996. Born to Christopher and Jennifer Dunn in Daytona Beach, Florida. Your parents divorced three years ago and you now live with your father in Langley, Virginia."
Yamaki looked up at Mikayla. She merely nodded, most likely not wanting to talk after he brought up the fact her parents divorced. Yamaki closed the folder and set them back in the briefcase he had by his feet. He then folded his hands in front of his chin and looked at the three of them.
"What do you want with us?" Kyle asked again, looking at Yamaki.
Yamaki was silent for a moment before looking at Takato and Rika. His look alone told them that they would be doing a lot of talking from here on in, which meant they would have to help explain the story.
"What do you three know about Digimon?" Yamaki asked.
"It's a franchise for the card game, cartoons and a lot of other junk. Why?" Robert replied.
"Out of curiosity, does this have anything to do with what happened five years ago when that D-Reaper thing almost destroyed the planet?" Mikayla replied.
Yamaki smirked as he looked at Mikayla. The girl caught on quick and he was fairly impressed with how she came to that conclusion.
"I have gathered you here because of what our government is fearing," Yamaki replied. "What do you know about a group of hackers known as Seeker?"
"That they were responsible for some massive database security attack a few years ago and that a lot of important government files were stolen in the process," Kyle answered. "What do they have to do with this?"
"How much time do you have?"
"Enough."
Yamaki nodded at Kyle's response and leaned back in his seat, pulling out his lighter once again. He started to flick it open and closed as he, Takato and Rika explained the reason they came here. They explained that Seeker was creating elite Virus Digimon that were infused with a specific computer virus and then sent to infiltrate government computers to hack files as well as hacking banks to wire money to untraceable accounts. Takato then explained how he and Rika ended up working with Yamaki before the D-Reaper incident and now they worked with him at Hypnos to help destroy the Virus Digimon that are trying to enter the computers by going to the Digital World to destroy them physically as it was the only way to destroy the virus it was carrying.
Rika then told them the reason that they came to the United States was to help Yamaki find people who knew the Digimon card game.
"Why do you need people who know how to play the card game?" Kyle asked. "What can we do?"
"That's exactly what I asked him, but he said he would take care of it after we found you," Rika replied with a shrug.
"The reason I need people who know how to play the game is because I am trying to form another group of Digidestined to help stop Seeker from entering government systems and hopefully capture them for good," Yamaki said.
Takato smirked. He was right from the beginning about Yamaki's intentions and was doing a little victory dance in his head. Although he was glad he figured out Yamaki's plan, he could still see one glaring problem. There was no way the teenagers before them could be Digidestined as they did not have Digivices or a partner. So how did he plan for this to work?
"How do you plan on making them Digidestined?" Rika quipped. "One does not simply become a Digidestined. Takato, Henry and I all received our Digivices from scanning those blue cards. So how exactly can they become tamers like us?"
"Rika, since we started chasing Seeker five years ago, I haven't just been sending you to do my work for me," Yamaki replied as he looked at her. "I've done my share of work to help you out so we could end this. It took me a while to do, but I finally figured it out about a month ago."
"You figured what out?"
"I figured out how to create an artificial Digivice."
Rika and Takato looked at Yamaki with surprise. He did what?
"How's that possible?" Takato asked.
"You know your friend Jeri?"
"What about her?"
"After Leomon was destroyed, she held on to her Digivice and I asked her if I could borrow it to study it."
Takato was slowly starting to piece together all the information as Yamaki relayed it to everyone in the car.
"I took apart her Digivice to see what made it and all the components inside looked like ordinary pieces you'd find in like a cell phone or computer, but they were very advanced," Yamaki explained. "Back then our technology was not that advanced, but now we have improved . The technology that was in Jeri's Digivice is now in everyday technology. By replicating the layout of the Digivice, I was able to make one and tested it out."
To say that Takato and Rika were shocked was an understatement. They were floored with what Yamaki had done. They knew he was a technological genius, but being able to create a Digivice from scratch was unheard of. Granted it took him years to figure out, but if what he said was true, then he successfully completed the project a month ago and it had to have worked.
"So how did you test it?" Takato asked.
"I scanned a Digimon just to see if it worked or not," Yamaki replied.
"And?" Rika asked impatiently.
"I scanned Jeri a new Leomon and it successfully bio-emerged days later."
"But that's not possible. Leomon's data was absorbed." Takato answered.
"That Leomon was destroyed, true. But the card of Leomon Jeri had still has data which is why I was able to bring a new one to life."
Takato and Rika nodded slowly. They found it funny that the man who hated Digimon all those years ago had come so far as to help them and learn to work with them, even going so far as to revive a new partner for Jeri who lost hers all those years ago.
"You did all that?" Rika asked.
"I did, but that's beside the point," Yamaki replied as he pulled out another box by his feet.
Yamaki opened the box and inside were three Digivices. One black, one green and one grey. Takato and Rika looked at the three artificial Digivices that their boss created, still at a loss for words of how he pulled it off. They then turned their attention to the three teenagers who were before them. The three of them appeared to still be processing the information that they were told.
"I understand this is a lot to take in, but we really need your help," Yamaki said with a serious tone. "If it were up to me, I'd rather have Takato take his team and do this, but it's not possible."
"Why isn't it possible?" Mikayla replied.
"Because Seeker is believed to be hiding somewhere here in the United States. I'd like Takato to have his team here, but…"
"But then there's no one keeping security of the networks in Japan," Robert finished for him.
"Precisely."
Silence filled the limousine as it continued making loops around the blocks.
"I believe Seeker is aiming to do something more dangerous than hacking into government files, but I'm not sure what yet," Yamaki continued. "If I had to wager a guess, it would be on catastrophic levels."
"Are we the only ones you've recruited?" Kyle replied.
"No. I sent two of my other agents, Henry Wong and Ryo Akiyama to other tournaments to try to find other potential candidates, but we've come up shorthanded."
Kyle took off his hat and ran a hand through his sweaty hair. He did like the thought of working with Digimon, but on a level of fighting to stop a group of hackers by going through the Digital World sounded dangerous. Although, he remembered the old Digimon TV shows and always tried to find courage like Tai or Davis to step up and face the unknown. This was his one chance to be like them and he was more than willing to take the risk. However, he didn't want to go alone and if Robert or Mikayla didn't want in, he wasn't going to follow through. He spared a glance to his two childhood friends who appeared to be pondering the decision as well.
"I suppose I should say this," Yamaki spoke. "You do not have to do this if you do not want to. If you want out, I can pull over here and you can get out, and this never happened. If you want to step up to the task, I ask you to reach in and grab a Digivice. Choose carefully because there's no going back once your decision has been made."
Kyle, Robert and Mikayla looked at Yamaki and then to the box. Robert's eyes glanced out the window and it was there that Kyle was able to see that unless he made his decision, Robert and Mikayla would not do it.
"Come on, Kyle. What would Tai Kamiya do?" Kyle thought to himself.
Kyle's hand was raised, but it was shaking. He tried to steady his nerves as best he could, but it was almost impossible. Fighting through it, Kyle's hand dove into the box and grabbed the black Digivice. He held the device in his hand and he knew right there that he made the right decision. Looking to Robert and Mikayla, he could see that they had frowns on their faces.
"All right, well, if Kyle did it then I can too," Mikayla said as she reached in and grabbed the grey Digivice.
"I guess I'm in, too," Robert said with a shake of his head. "Someone has to watch Kyle's ass. He'd forget it if it wasn't glued on."
"Oh, thanks Bobby," Kyle said with a smirk.
"You're welcome, Cuz."
Yamaki nodded and closed the box before setting it by his feet. He folded his hands in front of his chin again as he looked at the trio that would now become part of the new Digidestined. He felt as though Takato and Rika made the right choice with the three before him and could only hope that Henry and Ryo would be able to find some people as well.
"So how does this work?" Robert asked as he examined the Digivice.
"Before we get into that, let me explain something to you," Yamaki replied. "Before you even think about going into battle with your Digimon, you will need to learn how to fight. Takato, Rika, Henry and Ryo will train you before I start giving you assignments."
"Well how is that going to work if you are going back to Japan?" Mikayla asked.
"Simple. You're coming with us," Rika finished for Yamaki. "You all just got out of high school for summer, right? You're coming to Japan with us when we head back."
"But what about our parents?" Kyle asked.
"Leave that to me," Yamaki replied. "I'll deal with your parents and give them a cover story about why you're going there. Now, before we go, we need to do one last thing."
"What's that?" Robert replied.
"You need to choose your Digimon partner."
Kyle, Robert and Mikayla all reached into their pockets and pulled out their card holders. They each sifted through their decks to find a Digimon that they would want as a partner.
"When you choose your partner, scan their card through your Digivice there," Yamaki said. "The data on the card will transfer into the Digivice and then it's just a matter of playing the waiting game."
The three of them nodded as they returned to their decks to choose their partners. Finally, after almost five minutes, they were each holding the card of their chosen partner between their fingers.
"Who'd you choose, Mikayla?" Robert asked.
"You'll have to wait and find out," Mikayla replied.
Kyle, Robert and Mikayla rested the cards on the top of the slot to the Digivice and slowly dragged them down it. There was a light crackle and the device hummed as it scanned the data on the card.
"BlackGuilmon…" Kyle thought.
"Veemon…" Mikayla thought.
"Terriermon…" Robert thought.
"Let's do this!"
The screens on each of their Digivices had lit up and on them appeared a small egg. The three of them stared at the egg that held their partner and they were now eager to see them. Yamaki knocked on the window to the driver and the limousine pulled off to the side and stopped outside of a hotel.
"This is your stop," Yamaki said as he pulled out a card. "That card has our contact information so you can get in touch with us after your eggs hatch."
"One more thing," Takato said as he looked at them. "When your eggs hatch, they will end up bio-emerging. When that happens, your Digivice should act as a compass and lead you to their location. I would suggest finding them as soon as they hatch."
"Thanks for the tip," Kyle said as he, Robert and Mikayla climbed out of the limo.
The door to the limo shut and it sped off into the sea of traffic, leaving the new trio of Digidestined alone. Yamaki cracked open a bottle of water and took a sip from it. The cool drink traversed down his throat and he shivered a little. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Rika looking at him.
"What is it, Rika?" Yamaki asked.
"Are you sure you're making the right decision here?" Rika asked. "I mean, these are fresh new tamers that have never experienced a battle with real Digimon before."
"I'm aware of that, Rika. I never ask much from you, but just this once, please trust my judgment. I wouldn't have done this if there was a better way."
Rika only sighed and shook her head. It wasn't that she did not trust Yamaki's judgment. In fact, it was the exact opposite.
"I'm just worried that these three will not be able to do what you expect them to do, even if we train them," Rika replied. "It's one thing in training, but when doing the real thing, it's completely different. If they mess up, they'll die. It's simple as that."
"I understand your concern, but we have to believe that it will work and I know it can, but I also need to know you can support this and have faith in your future comrades."
Rika sighed again and leaned back in her seat. She rested her cheek on her hand as she stared back at Yamaki.
"I hope you're right, Yamaki," Rika said. "I really hope you are."
That's the prologue chapter everybody. Love it? Hate it? Say what you thought in a review and give me some feedback so I can rectify any mistakes to make this better. Now, I am actually taking OCs for this story. I have the rules for the submitting below here. This may be either a go or a bust depending on the response, but we'll see. You can find the form at the bottom of my profile page along with my OCs for this story here to get an idea of how to write them. Thanks and see you later. -Captain
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