Greetings, welcome, salutations, and ik ben blij u hier te zien allemaal (Translation, Dutch: I'm happy to see you all here.). Why I just spoke Dutch, I'm not quite sure. But it's true nonetheless. I hope you enjoy this story, but to be honest, I really wish I had a better working title. This one might not cut it for long and it's the only one I could think of that fit. I'm open to suggestions.

This is a little different, and I'm trying something new, but I hope it works out. I've had the outline of this idea for a while, and this is what it came to. I'll gladly accept OCs, just as with all of my other stories, but keep them reasonable. I don't want anything overpowered, but feel free to give teams, one Digimon and one Tamer to them, or just one wild Digimon, can be an enemy or a temporary ally, even a rival that reappears from time to time. Our star needs a way to get stronger.

Bear in mind I have five chapters ready so far, so I won't be able to easily add anyone until after then. I can try, but it won't be very easy. That said, I'll do what I can to add them if I can find a way to put them in somehow, maybe even in a flashback.

Disclaimer: I, Lord Genesis Shadow, do hereby state that I do not own the rights to Digimon. The story idea is mine, the rest goes to the respective creators and owners. Thank you, and have a nice day.

I tilted the baseball 'cap' down a little as the little kids played outside of the small school. It was the end of the day and they were waiting for their parents. I was in the car, waiting with Mara, my best friend's mother, waiting for her daughter. My friend was already walking home by now, though I had to wait behind at the house to help his mother with the chores.

"Mao, would you be a dear and check the back for Kelly's juice?" She asked after a few minutes. I raised the hat and undid the seatbelt before climbing into the back. She opened the door as I looked around for a second before spotting the box.

"Hi mommy." Kelly said. She was six years old, and very energetic.

"Hi sweetie." Mara said.

"Mao?" Kelly asked. I stuck my head up a little and she smiled as I held out her juice box, which she took.

"Hi Kelly." I said. She giggled as I climbed back into the seat, where she held out the box. She had trouble getting the straw through the hole, so I took the box and poked the hole with the straw while Mara strapped her into the car seat, facing backward. "Here you go." She took it with a smile and began drinking it while I put my seatbelt back on.

"How was school?" Mara asked.

"Fun." Kelly said. I leaned back and tilted the borrowed hat again. "We watched a movie, and it was really funny." She giggled as I put my hands on my stomach.

"That's good." Mara said. "We'll have to rent it soon." Kelly drank her juice but I leaned my head up a little. "Mao?"

"Something, doesn't feel right." I said quickly. I undid the belt again and looked out the window as they looked at me. "There." I pointed as Mara's cell phone started buzzing. I heard her open it.

"Arthur?" She asked. "Yes, he's right here." I turned and took the offered phone.

"Mao, did you feel that?" He asked.

"I think so." I said. "Are you nearby?"

"I'm over by my school." He said. "I'm actually just starting on the way home. Do you think it might be an emergence?"

"I do." I said. "I've got that feeling."

"Crap." He said. "I've got a teacher who offered to drive me out to it, if you said you thought it might be. You're totally sure?" I looked at the sky.

"I am." I said calmly. "This looks like a good one. I'd say, Champion, at the most, or a really tough rookie. We'll have to work for a win on this one." I heard the doors close. "By the way, I found your good hat. I'm wearing it right now."

"Dude…" He said, laughing quietly. "Not cool. That's my lucky cap." I smirked as Mara started the minivan. "I'll be at the northern intersection by the Pizza Hut. Hurry up, or I might buy a slice."

"See you there Art." I said. He closed his phone and I closed Mara's. "He's at the northern intersection at the Pizza Hut. I'd hurry." I handed her the phone as she started going, and I quickly sat down and buckled in.

"You said, Champion?" She asked. "What kind of Digimon is that?" I looked at her as she started moving quickly.

"I don't know yet." I said. "Champion is, like a different level. I'm a Rookie level, and Champion is the next stage. They're really strong, though hopefully this is just a really tough Rookie."

"How much danger will you both be in?" She asked.

"Well, if all goes well and I get the drop on it, none." I said. "I might be able to take it down right off the bat." She began turning and I heard a siren. "Oh, come on." I looked back quickly and saw the motorcycle cop as she pulled over and put her head on the steering wheel, though I rolled down the window as he took his time getting off of his bike. Luckily I was on the driver's side. "Come on, come on. Hurry up." As he got up beside me I slowly leaned my head out. "Officer, we're in a big hurry." His head was down as he removed his helmet.

"Hurry or not, you were breaking the speed limit." He said.

"And a wild Digimon is in the park." I said. He laughed.

"Right, and you've got a Digimon." He said.

"I am a Digimon." I said. He raised his head and began to speak, but he saw me instantly as I removed the hat. "Well?" He put his helmet on, followed by his sunglasses.

"Tell the driver to follow me." He said quickly.

"My Tamer is outside of the Pizza Hut on the north side!" I called as he got on his bike. I got back in and Mara looked back. "He says to stay close behind his bike." I rolled up the window as he started the bike and the siren.

"Good thinking Mao." She said. The officer went past and she quickly caught up to him. As we drove, Kelly giggled.

"Cool." She said. "I get to watch?"

"From a distance." Mara said. "If it's safe enough."

"Or on the computer." I said.

I got out of the van as Arthur walked onto the road. The portal had completely opened and he quickly pulled out the Digivice.

"It's a fairly big one." He said. "Kind of, a dinosaur looking one, big, red, and mean."

"Bipedal?" I asked. He nodded. "Fire?" He shook his head.

"Not yet, but it doesn't look too happy." He said. "It's like it, wants to blast flames, but it won't. It's like it's looking for something."

"Well, I say we go in however we can, and try to drop it quick." I said. "Anything else I should know?"

"Yeah, it sees us." He said. I turned as it glared for a moment before turning and walking toward the playground. I groaned.

"Great, it's a Tyrannomon." I said tiredly. "I've seen enough of these idiots."

"Hey, uh, w-what's your name?" The officer suddenly asked. We turned to him. "I need to write this down in my report. I'd rather, skip introductions, but I don't need my boss on my case, you know?" Arthur put on his cap.

"I'm Arthur." He said. "This is my partner, Mao."

"Mow?" He asked.

"Spelled em, ay, oh." I said.

"And, what kind of Digimon are you, exactly?" He asked.

"I'm a GunImpmon." I said.

"Gun?" He asked. "Oh, I see." He pointed the pen toward my belt as I nodded. He wrote something down in his notepad and gestured quickly. "Take it down then. I'll, get some video evidence. Hurry." I nodded and turned to Arthur, though as I suspected, he was already on his way over.

"Be careful!" Mara said. I took off after him and quickly made it past him.

"Speed is of the essence." I said, drawing the revolver at my side. It looked like a plain revolver, a .32, but it got the job done.

"Got it." He said. "Optimizing for speed and accuracy, drawing from muscle. You won't need that, right?" I nodded as he skidded to a halt behind a tree, and my body felt smaller in muscle, but only in the upper body and left arm. This was my 'blitz' state, as Arthur called it. I was physically faster, but my body was a little weaker. My Digivice was different than the common models. It let Arthur augment my Data, and thus my body, for various purposes, though the change had to draw data from somewhere. Shifting muscle somewhere required muscle from elsewhere. Muscle from my body and left arm let my legs and right arm get a little stronger. As I got in I jumped high as it turned, and I just went over its head while it couldn't see me. But as luck would have it, I landed near the tail when it turned, and it knocked me over. "Mao!" It turned as I rolled, and just as I knew, it tried to claw me. I rolled to both sides quickly before rolling back and then onto my feet to jump up and grab its shoulder.

"Hey, didn't you hear?" I asked. "You need a Tamer…" I jumped off of its arm and held onto a spine on its back as it turned quickly. "To be here in the park!" I fired the revolver into its shoulder twice before it spun and threw me off. I rolled over my shoulder and turned as I opened the cylinder and ejected the spent rounds."Shadow Reload." I felt the weight of two new bullets in my palm and I rapidly reloaded my weapon, closing the cylinder swiftly. "Arthur, recoil for six!" I felt the change again as the muscle from my legs that came from my body went to both of my arms as I pointed the revolver at it. I saw the flames forming as it roared. It fired several balls of fire in rapid succession, six in all, and I shot each one. The flames exploded, but the bullets, as I intended, were forced into the ground, though one hit it in the leg. It roared as I stepped back carefully. "Lasso!" Again the change coursed through me and my arms were made more muscular, as were my legs. Basically, he had set me back to 'normal'. I moved my revolver to my left hand and focused on my right. "Blazing Lasso!" I formed a line of fire as Tyrannomon roared again, and a loop near the end. I swung it as I waited, and as soon as I saw the beginning of the flames I threw the line of flame and pulled tight as it reached the mouth, forcing it shut. It roared in pain for a moment before flames shot out of its nostrils, and it grabbed the rope as I took aim at its good hand, the other arm hanging limp due to the two bullets. "Badda-Boom Shot!" I pulled the trigger and concentrated fire hit the hand, and I repeated the action until it let go of the lasso. "Arthur, ground grip!" My legs were given nearly all of the muscle I could spare without losing my grip on the lasso. I wasn't as strong as Tyrannomon, but I could hold on for a few moments. "Badda-Boom Shot!" I fired repeatedly again, hitting it in the face and good arm as it fought me, turning its head. "No, no you don't! You're not getting away from me!"

"Buraimon, aid the gunmon!" A man called. I looked over as a bird-man with two swords and a strange straw hat rushing forward. "Give it a good one!" He wore a red outfit without sleeves and gold waves on the legs, golden armbands, a pair of swords with blue scabbards, and large golden brown wings sprouting from his back, flared as he got closer and drew his first blade.

"Tsubame Nimai Gaeshi!" The bird Digimon called. He rushed closer and swung the right sword quickly, cutting the damaged arm off and spinning and drawing the left sword just as fast, cutting the tail almost free. Tyrannomon roared and swung its arm as I let go of the lasso.

"Shadow Reload!" I called quickly. I opened the revolver as Buraimon dodged several claw swipes and sliced fireballs in half as I swung the revolver, tossing the spent cartridges so that they hit the wounded stump. "Arthur, power attack!" I felt muscle in my right arm as I pointed the revolver after reloading a single shot, gripping the rest as I took aim at the head as it looked over at me. "Dark Round!" I fired a bullet laced with darkness and hit it through its right eye as I skidded back a few inches. I panted through my nose quietly as I lowered the revolver, the dead dino falling and vanishing in a flurry of green code, much of which flew over to me, though some went past me to the Digivice. Arthur walked over as my body returned to normal.

"Good shot buddy." He said. "Close one."

"Yes, it was." Buraimon said. We looked at him as a man in a dark grey suit walked over. "Sending a Rookie against a Champion. A risky move." I shrugged as I reloaded the revolver, holstering it after I was done.

"He's more than strong enough." Arthur said defensively. I tapped his arm and stepped forward.

"What Arthur means is, thank you." I said. "I could have handled it, but we're happy to have any help we can get." Arthur sighed.

"You could have handled it." The man repeated. I nodded. "How?"

"Same way I finished it after your partner took off its arm and tail." I said. "One shot through the eye. I just needed to wear the thing out a little more and I could have reloaded while leading it around." He smirked.

"You know, I'd keep an eye out for visitors for a few days." He said. "If you're truly as skilled as you say, well, you'll see." He turned as Buraimon walked ahead of him.

"H-hey, who are you?" Arthur asked.

"Name's Baxter." He said. "See you around kid."

I spun the revolver on my finger as Arthur went over the new data. He was careful to always do so after every battle to make sure we could make use of it. If not, he would release it and it would be sent back to the Digital World. A major difference between this Digivice and many others, was that it was a gauntlet that was fitted over his left forearm and it had a touch-screen on his palm and a keyboard on along his forearm, and a small stylus on the side near the screen, which was just large enough for him to see a picture of me, which could be 'flipped' like a page to show different screens.

"Arthur, dinner's almost ready." Mara said.

"Just going over the data." He said. "It's, different, but useable."

"Hurry up." She said.

"Hurry up!" Kelly repeated. "Hamburgers!" I turned my head as I licked my lips. I loved Mara's hamburgers. Handmade, ground at the butcher's, and seasoned perfectly. It was a no brainer why she'd win any cooking contest she decided to enter, full points in every area. She used to be a famous chef. She even made the bread from scratch in the morning. I knew she was baking bread earlier, but hamburger buns? She really went all out.

"Okay buddy, we just got a full gigabyte of new data." Arthur said suddenly. I looked at him as he showed me the screen. "Check that out. One full gig, maybe more." I nodded slowly as I tilted my head. "This is great. You can put this anywhere you need it now." He held out the stylus. "Optimize buddy." He grinned as I took it and tapped my chin for a moment before smirking and tapping a small picture of a reservoir and sliding the stylus to my torso and holding it for a few seconds, followed by each of my limbs and finally my neck and jaw. When he looked at it he nodded. "Balanced. Good choice." I could add data all over my body to aid in battle, which is what the Digivice did. By shifting data, AKA my muscles, to another place, it would reinforce my body to be even stronger than I would normally be in a given area. Speed from my legs could become strength for my arms, or toughened skin in my chest. The only things it couldn't do involved my brain and eyes, since messing with them was beyond its power. "Okay then, with that, dinnertime." He got off of the couch as I holstered the pistol, now lighter from having taken out the bullets, which sat in the loops for them on the back of my belt. I'd use the front, but I keep my special 'Burner' bullets there, tipped with red lead. As we walked to the kitchen there was a sound out front, so I quickly jumped up to the door and stood on the knob as Arthur stopped. "Mao, dinner? Burgers?" I saw a black Denali out front and two men stepping out in black suits.

"We've got visitors." I said. They walked up and I moved down and stepped back. "I'll be in the kitchen, behind the fridge." I jogged away as Mara held a burger out to me, which I took. "Thank you." I went to walk back when Arthur opened the door.

"Uh, excuse me." He said. A man walked in and removed his sunglasses. "Sir, I didn't… Fine, come in. Just don't take us hostage or anything until after we eat."

"Interesting." The man said. He had a rich tan and long dark brown hair, and his eyes were green. His partner walked over, a very dark skinned man with short black hair, though he didn't remove his sunglasses. I offered the burger.

"Um, hello." Mara said. They produced a pair of badges as Arthur walked around them, and I began lowering my hand when the second man cleared his throat.

"I'm Special Agent Taggart." He said. "This is my partner, Special Agent Johnson. We're from the…"

"The DGA?" Arthur asked. I looked at him as I finished lowering the burger.

"You've heard of us?" The first man asked.

"Yeah, there was a thing in school the other week." Arthur replied. "They were, asking if anyone had a Digimon. They didn't believe me since, well…" He held up the Digivice. "My Digivice doesn't exactly 'correspond to current records'. It's not an original, a D-3, or a D-Power, so they just said I was a kid with a fancy new toy." Agent Johnson looked at it and held up his hand before Arthur nodded, and Johnson looked it over as Taggart looked at me before kneeling, whereupon I offered the burger again.

"Last time I'm offering." I said. "Next time I pull my hand back, I'm taking a bite." He laughed as Mara walked over to Johnson with a plate with two burgers, and Arthur took one, as did Johnson, and as I looked away I felt Taggart take my offered burger, so I looked back at him while lowering my arm.

"You're a new Digimon." He said. "An Impmon, but the data is definitely different. No smiley tattoo on your stomach." I shrugged.

"That's because I'm a GunImpmon." I said. "The gun is data, just like the tin star." He looked at the star before standing up while I gestured to the chair. "I take it you're not just here to see a new Digimon. You could do that during the day."

"We were informed by one of the Tamers that you finished off a Tyrannomon." Johnson said. I looked to see him and Arthur at the table, so I climbed onto my chair as Taggart sat across from Kelly. "The time was a little after three forty seven."

"Y-yeah, about then." Arthur said. "Some guy stepped in and helped us, but Mao is a lot stronger than he looks."

"Rookie, probably just shy of thirty gigs?" Taggart asked.

"Sixty two." I said. They looked at me as Mara set a burger in front of me on a plate. "Thank you." She nodded and walked over after giving Kelly the other.

"Good thing I wanted leftovers to reheat tomorrow." She said.

"Sixty two gigs?" Johnson asked. "Wow. Tough guy."

"Sixty three." Arthur said quickly. "The, gigabyte from the Tyrannomon I kept." I shrugged.

"So, this Digivice." Taggart asked. "What does it do that makes it take up that much space?"

"Well, it lets me 'Optimize' Mao's data." Arthur replied. "I draw a line from one part of his body and type in a number in a field, either megabytes or gigabytes, and then draw a line to another part of his body, and it transfers data from the one part to the other, or others. It can make him stronger or faster, or better able to take a punch. Depending on where he feels he needs it, I can help him jump high into the air and then get his arms strong enough to break a bird Digimon's wings, and then back to his legs so he can land without hurting himself." They nodded as I took a bite of the burger in time with Kelly.

"Interesting." Taggart said. "This is the first I've ever heard of such a Digivice. What do you call it?"

"I just, call it a Digivice most of the time." He said. "But, the first time I got it, it had the words Digi-Optimizer on the screen." He turned it on and held it out to Johnson. "And it moved to the top, there."

"So, Digi-Optimizer…" He said slowly.