Author's Note: Okay, so this is something I've had running in my head since I watched Frontier and it became my favorite generation of Digimon. So, I came up with this and lo and behold! This happened. I don't own Digimon Frontier, but if I did, it probably would have stunk beyond belief.
Chapter 1- Lobomon: the warrior of Light
The black haired boy sighed as he walked through the busy streets of Shibuya. His pale blue eyes taking in the hustle and bustle of the city. In one pocket of his blue jeans, the new smartphone he just bought played music through his headphones. In the other his old garbage phone sat in unuse. His black t-shirt hung loosely around his thin frame under a violet sweatshirt while a ruby ring sat on a chain around his neck. A crab was emblazoned on one side with the name 'Arius' on the other.
The boy shook his head at all the people being so happy with each other. Get used to it, Alex, thought the eighth grader. The only person who got you was Arius, and we can't see him ever again. Thinking about his older brother made the boy sigh again. Putting his hands in his pockets, his eyes widened in shock when his broken phone started buzzing at him. Pulling out his ear buds, he looked at the phone. On the screen was a simple message. Do you wish to start? Underneath it there were Yes and No.
Alex shrugged. "Why not?" He clicked on Yes.
"Alexander Kurai," came a woman's voice and shocking the boy. "This is a game to determine your destiny. Go to the Shibuya train station before 6:00." After that, the screen was dominated by a timer going down from ten. Knowing where the station was, he took off while feeling like Neku from The World Ends With You. To further the feeling, he started playing Twister on his phone.
When he crossed the threshold of the station, the timer's numbers stopped for a moment at 5:26. "Now," said the woman, "get on the elevator and descend."
When the numbers started falling, he was off into the crowd of travelers. While he speed walked to the elevator, he saw a boy in a baseball hat get locked out of one of the elevators. He walked up to him. "Hey, you alright?"
The boy looked up at him. "Yeah," he said. "I was trying to talk to someone but he went too quickly."
Nodding, Arius took him to the second elevator right as it opened. "Then we'll catch him on his floor." When the door closed, the two were suddenly in free fall inside elevator. Screaming, the two crashed to the floor when the elevator stopped. Looking out the open doors, they saw a bunch of trains and a clock fast approaching six.
Again, that woman contacted him. "It is your choice. Which one will you choose?"
"Good luck finding your friend," Alex called as he bolted for a large red train. Running inside, he looked around the empty car before the doors were slammed shut. The ground then lurched under him and he fell into a seat when the whistle blew, indicating they were leaving. Taking a look out his window, he saw a blonde girl dressed entirely in purple going through a similar experience. And like that, his train entered the tunnel and he lost sight of the station.
After a couple minutes of riding, a black haired boy in a blue jacket came into his car. Looking up from his sneakers, he took notice of Alex. "So," he said. "You got on this train too?"
Alex nodded. "Yeah. It was closest to the elevator I was on." He stood and held out his hand. "The name's Alex Kurai," he said.
The newcomer returned the handshake. "Koji Minamoto." He looked around the train car. "So, do you know where we're going?"
Alex shook his head. "I'm afraid not." The two had no time to say anything before their train took a sharp turn upwards. Getting thrown towards the back of the train, they each grabbed on to a couple of seats and hung on for dear life. Looking at Koji, he thought he saw a ghost wearing wolf-themed armor. Then he felt a weird energy run through him as the trashy phone changed its shape in his hand while making a high-pitched whine. When they leveled out, sunlight was streaming in through the windows.
Looking down at his hand, the old phone now had a new design. The device was now a royal purple and had a small screen towards the top in the shape of a square. There were two grips on the device that were a deep blue. Beneath the screen were three buttons, two large white ones, and a small red one. On the side was an oval button. As he stared at it, the screen lit up with a strange plus-shaped design and that woman's voice rang out from both his and Koji's devices.
"Welcome Alexander/Koji, to the Digital World. You are both Digidestined, meaning you both are chosen children, chosen by destiny to protect this world. The inhabitants of this world, the Digimon, need you to protect them. These devices are your D-Tectors. These devices will guide you on your journey. Good luck." Just as suddenly as she had contacted them, she left.
Looking out the window, the traveling companions saw a vast empty sky both above and below them. Dotting the air were small creatures resembling marshmallows who were all floating around the air. "What are those things?" asked Koji.
Alex just shook his head. "I don't know, Koji. Digimon, I guess." The whistle on the train went off again, but now it sounded similar to someone making a train noise. "Well," he said looking at Koji, "I guess we should just sit back and relax until we arrive."
Nodding in agreement, Koji took a seat on the opposite side of the aisle and looked at Alex as he took a seat. "So," he said. "Know any jokes?"
"I can do you one better, my friend." Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his new touch screen phone. Scrolling through his music, he opened up his favorite playlist and let Judas Priest start shredding out Metal Meltdown. He smirked at the bandana wearing boy. "Nothing passes time like heavy metal."
Koji smirked in response. "True enough." As they rode on with the music blasting, the two shared notes on what classified as good music and which bands were any good. Much to their surprise, the two had similar tastes in music, and even realized they had similar family issues. Both had been separated from their mothers, although for different reasons. Koji lost his mother when she died, and Alex's mother left after a divorce.
After a while, they pulled into a station resembling a large furnace. When the doors opened, the two walked out and saw a face on the train. "Alright, welcome to the Flame Terminal," said the train. "This is where I leave you, and now I go."
"Wait," said Alex. "You can talk?!" Living trains, what's up with this place?
"Of course I'm alive!" snapped the train. "I'm a Trailmon! One of the track riding Digimon of the Digital World." He looked back. "So, if you're done playing 'Let's State the Obvious', I'm out!" With that, the large engine-like Trailmon pulled out of the station. "See ya later!"
The woman's voice came out of Koji's D-Tector. "Koji Minamoto, commence your search," she commanded.
"Search for what?" he demanded.
"The Spirit," she replied. "Find the Spirit, and you will find the answers to your questions."
The two just stood there for a bit before Koji's D-Tector started acting up and a 3D sphere map appeared over the screen. Curious, the two started following the weird compass.
As they walked through the odd town, they saw a couple of boys run by laughing. "That's an accident waiting to happen. They really shouldn't be running around like that. Oh well, I'm not here to play babysitter," Koji muttered.
"Well one thing is for sure, that's not going to end well," said Alex. Koji could only nod in agreement. Turning their attention back to Koji's D-Tector, they kept following the strange compass.
After a while, the two found themselves above a large cavern with those two boys from earlier being attacked by these weird heads. Without thinking, Koji jumped down from their alcove to help the two boys. Grabbing a pole, Koji started fighting off the small creatures. Alex was amazed at the boy's talent. Then, one turned into a monster made of raw sewage and quickly gained the upper hand, sending Koji on the defensive. At one point, a boy in red and the girl from the other train (or was it another Trailmon?) ran into the room. He pulled out a D-Tector of his own and turned into a weird fire creature, but transformed back after a short time. The sludge thing attacked the youngest boy, who was saved by Goggles getting to him. However, he wound up knocking Koji into the pit. "KOJI!"
Why, Koji? Why'd you go like that? As he stood there, he sank to the ground in shock at what just happened. Then, he heard his friend cry out 'Spirit' before a light appeared from the pit.
"Execute: Spirit Evolution!" The light faded as a figure jumped out of the pit, the same figure Alex saw as a ghost on the train. "Lobomon!" He was amazed at what his friend had become. Listening carefully, he heard a small chicken with the other group say he was Lobomon, the Warrior of Light.
Lobomon charged towards the garbage monster. "Lobo Kendo!" Pulling out a sword made of light, the warrior slashed through it. The blade of light sliced through the creature and caused a ring of Data to form around it. Lobomon held out his D-Tector and ran it along the ring. "Alright you talking trash heap, time to be recycled! Fractal Code: Digitize!" Alex watched as the data was absorbed by the D-Tector and the repulsive Digimon dissolved into a small glowing egg and vanished.
As Alex jumped down and ran over to Lobomon, the tall being was covered by a swirl of Data before turning back into Koji. "Koji!" shouted Alex when he caught his friend from falling. "That was awesome."
Koji gave his new friend a smirk. "Thanks."
"Hey, kid!" The two looked up and saw the boy dressed in red walking over to them. "You were pretty cool out there. You guys wanna come with us?" The boy reached out his hand.
Koji stood on his own and shook his head. "Don't touch me," he snapped at the goggle wearing boy. "We don't need your help, we can get by on our own." He looked at the brown haired boy again. "Although, I do owe you a debt. What's your name?" The boy was silent. "What, you're not going to tell me your name? How else will I thank you?"
The boy glared at Koji. "My name's Takuya Kanbara."
"Takuya huh? Well, see you," said Alex as he and Koji went to leave.
The red boy growled in irritation. "Well could you at least give us your names?"
The duo looked over at him. "I'm Koji Minamoto."
"And I'm Alex Kurai," said the other. Turning their backs on the group of four children, the two took off into the tunnels and made it to the surface. Looking at the forest around them, their D-Tectors started beeping at them.
Checking the devices, that symbol was back on screen, with the woman's voice sounding out. "Children, go to the Forest Terminal," she said. Before they could ask any other questions, the symbols vanished and the screens went dark.
Koji sighed. "Well Alex," he said looking at the other black-haired boy, "I guess we're going to the Forest Terminal." Sharing a nod, the two set off into the nearby woods as they followed the Trailmon tracks.
Okay, ending was a bit rushed, but still, it's sort of the introductory chapter. Also, whenever I look at Koji with his standoffish attitude and how people portray him as the biggest jerk ever (of all time), I can't help but believe he's into metal.