Digimon Frontier: Taming the Darkness
Chapter 1: The Beginning and the End of Everything
Author's Note:
Me: Hi everyone! I've been incubating this story in my head for ages and I'm finally putting it up.
Takuya: I was wondering how long it would take you to put it up.
Koichi: Yeah, I've been on Neopets for 15 days straight just trying to burn time and get the high score Meerca Chase II waiting for you to start the story.
Koji: You play Neopets and you're trying to get the high score on the most impossible game ever?
Koichi: As oppose to seeing if you can skateboard fast enough to time travel?
Koji: Not cool, Koichi.
Koichi: I know you are but what am I?
?: Both of you stop!
Koji: Sorry, sweetie…
Me: Ugh! Now she's here! Alright, I don't own Digimon. If I did Takumi and Taikari/Akaiki would be canon.
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"So, how'd it go?"
"Did you convince them otherwise?"
"…"
"Virus Gatomon?"
"…..."
"Um… helloooo? Anybody home?"
"Copy Cat Version II…"
"Waahh!"
"Kazemon!"
WOOSH!
"Hey! Get back here you creep!"
"It's too late… I-I think she's gone now… for good"
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"What do you mean you can't change us back into spirits?"
"I don't have enough power left, nor do the other Great Angels."
But! But!"
"I'm sorry, there's nothing you can do but fight for now. We already have a different solution underway."
"But that's just as risky!"
"Yes, but She has driven us beyond even your control, Agunimon. She has even taken on the title 'Perfect Soldier.' Our power is little against her now. This must be done."
"Whatever you say, Lady Ophanimon."
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Takuya Kanbara's eyes shot open and he sat up, looking around frantically. His entire body was covered in sweat and his heart was racing. Fear was raging through his veins, and panic swept over him.
"What's wrong, Takuya?"
His eyes shot down to where the voice had come from. After realizing who it was, he let out a loud sigh of relief. It was only Zoe Orimoto, a girl he met when he first went to the Digital World. She was staying at his house until her parents came back from a business trip in Italy.
"Nothing, it was just a dream," his voice drifted off at the end and his chocolate brown eyes seemed to get a very distant look in them.
"Takuya Kanbara! You haven't looked that nervous since we were in the Digital World! What's wrong?" She was very persistent; he had to give her that.
Nervously, he pulled the covers off of himself and walked over to where his friend was sleeping on the floor. She smiled at him and placed her cat-eared beanie on her head.
"Umm…it was…I think it was…"
"Well? Spit it out already!"
He sighed and placed his prized hat and goggles on his head. Slowly he thought back to the voices and shuddered as he recognized some of them.
"I-I think it was about the Digital World." He paused and looked up at Zoe, taking note of her worried reaction.
"Are you sure?" Her voice quivered at the thought of their second home being under threat again.
"Yeah, I heard Agunimon, Ophanimon, and Kazemon's voices. There was another one too, but…I've never heard it before in my life…" his voice drifted off as he began to force himself to search his memory as hard as he could just to make sure he hadn't heard it.
"Another voice? Maybe it was a Digimon only I or one of the others met," Zoe pondered aloud.
"No. I'm sure about that one thing. I-I think it was called Virus Gatomon, but they kept calling the Digimon Her and She," the brunette explained. The two sighed and stood up, tension quickly filling the room.
"You're right, I've never heard of a Digimon called that, not even in legends. I wonder who Virus Gatomon is?"
"Zoe! Takuya! Breakfast is ready!" a voice shouted up to them from downstairs.
"I'll race ya'," Takuya smirked to his friend.
"You're on!"
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A reddish brown haired head slowly rose off of a pillow and into the rays being casted down onto his bed. His bright, brown eyes eased themselves open and peered around the room.
His body sluggishly moved into an upright position, and soon after, up to his feet. The boy's eyes scanned the area once again and stopped on his alarm clock.
'9:54'
"Man, I sure slept in late…" his voice drifted off as his mind began to pull him back into unconsciousness. It was about then that his suddenly shot open as realization hit him.
"Takuya and Zoe have probably eaten my breakfast by now!"
With that thought in his head, he raced around his room getting everything he needed to be prepared for the day ahead of him. Finally, he came to a halt in front of his computer and sat down at the wooden desk it was placed on.
His fingers rapidly hit the buttons on the keyboard, logging on to his new favorite game: Digimon Tamers Online. He had yet to tell his older sibling about it, as the last online game he signed up for just earned him ridicule from him. So he figured that it would be best not to let him in on it yet.
After a moment, the screen finished loading, revealing his two partner Digimon who followed him unconditionally. Well, video-game wise, that is.
One was a small female imp-dragon cross with mainly purple skin and a white muzzle with stitching across each side. Two long ears poked out of the side of her head, as well as a red bat design on her forehead. A pair of tiny wings with the same color webbing as the stuff on her ears emerged from her back. Her main body was covered in a black jumpsuit with white markings covering it that her purple appendages emerged from. Finally, a small, brown wand with a perfectly round, light pink orb on the top shining brightly was clutched in one of her petite hands. Her name was Petitmamon, the sister to his other partner, Tsukaimon. (For those of you who have watched Xros Wars, she's basically a demonic version of Gumdramon. Seriously, Google it.)
Tsukaimon, on the other hand, was more of a blue hamster with wings on its head. He had deep, purple eyes and a light fuchsia underside and a royal blue top. To sum it up, he was an anti-patamon.
"Welcome back, Shinya!" Their friendly voices sang the second their faces appeared on the screen, causing said boy to fall over in his chair from shock.
"Aren't you graceful," came his female partner's sarcastic voice as he recovered from his abrupt welcome.
"It still gets to me that you two can see and hear what I'm doing even though you're in the computer," Shinya muttered while he stood his chair up and sat back down in it.
"Did you tell your amazing brother about us yet?" Tsukaimon chirped while flapping his large head-wings and smothering the computer screen with his face.
The little hamster creature was suddenly yanked backwards and back to his sibling's side while their Tamer just stared and sweat-dropped. Tsukaimon then shook his entire body like a dog covered in water and sat down on his haunches, his big, bright eyes shining with mischief.
"Just because you can't reach him, doesn't mean his personal space is eliminated," Petitmamon grumbled as she looked up at her Tamer.
"Say…you plan on…letting us out soon?" She added slowly, her eyes darting around in an unsure manner.
"First of all, no, I did not tell Takuya about you guys yet. I don't think he'd like you two or any other Digimon, for that matter," the reddish brunette sighed, "Second, I'm not sure I get what you mean by 'letting you out soon'."
"She didn't mean anything!" the male Digimon shouted frantically while jumping up and down.
"Riiiight," Shinya smirked as he stared at the two nervous creatures.
"So anyways, what's our mission for today? Beat up some of UltimateKhaosmon's goons? Take on 'The Perfect Soldier' with only our bare hands? Figure out how to evolve? Find the perfect co-"
"There is no mission," Petitmamon interrupted while staring at her clawed feet, "Not until ya' activate it."
"What do you mean by that? Is there a code I have to enter, or maybe a special card to scan?" the teen asked nervously.
"Yes, Shinya Kanbara."
"Umm, I thought I told you guys not to be formal around me. Why are you suddenly breaking the only rule I made?"
"That…wasn't us…" Tsukaimon whimpered as he huddled up into a ball.
That's when the screen went black.
"Guys?" Shinya squeaked as he tapped on the pitch black monitor, "Umm, guuuys?"
A pair of red eyes suddenly appeared in the screen and two clawed hands bathed in dark energy floated out of the said electronic device.
A scream echoed from the speakers, causing the Tamer to fall backwards off the chair and inch his way towards the door.
"You should mind your business, Brother of Flame," a deep, gruff voice roared that seemed to be male. It was only after the hands, attached to what looked like black snakes, had a hold on him, did he realize it was a women's voice.
He frantically struggled about, his hands moving around trying to find something useful for wrenching him free. Nothing seemed to even come close to this standard, sadly. Shinya then grabbed hold of a card reader and tossed it at the portal that was his computer to the best of his ability. It hit the screen and fell uselessly onto the desk, causing his search to start again.
His hands once again came to a stop, this time on a Digimon card that had started glowing. His eyes widened as it turned blue with a strange marking on the back that looked like two percent signs combined. Basically there was an x with a 0 in each gap. (Here's a normal sign, if it helps %)
Slowly, he clenched it between two fingers and held it upwards to examine it, only to hear the scream from earlier, one that sounded like a girl only a bit younger than him. He flinched and dropped the card and a cackle sounded from the speakers once again.
"Pick up card… please…pick up." A new voice entered the environment. A voice filled with misery, fear, and pain. "Please…sa-ave…Ne-ek-o…"
Shinya's eyes widened as he suddenly felt initiative enter his trembling body. He plunged into the lake of darkness forming in front of him, out of his attacker's grip, and towards the blue card pulsating blue light fiercely and with determination.
A low growl sounded from the computer as the creature attacking him began pulling herself from the machine. He swiped the card up into his hand and ran towards the card reader he had thrown earlier. He wasn't sure why he was doing that, or what he would do once he got there, but, he ran.
"So, you've surrendered?" the cat-like monster, who was halfway out of her now sparking portal, smirked.
A surge of courage hit Shinya like a lightning bolt and his hand grabbed hold of his card reader. He fumbled with it until the device was in a position he could use it with and paused as a plan came into his head.
"I wouldn't count on it," he smirked back as he brought up the blue card slowly and placed it in the slider part, ready to scan it. Increasing his grip on the glowing rectangle in his hand, he ripped the card through the slot and watched the points skyrocket upwards until it sparked blue electricity and began glowing white.
A creaking sound, like metal being ripped apart, echoed loudly as the darkness around him was engulfed by light. His card reader then began to glow brighter and brighter and its shape slowly changed into a more round one. The light brightened and filled the room until it was blinding, then disappeared.
When it cleared, the room was absolutely normal again, like nothing ever came through and went on a rampage. Well, sort of. The only thing off was a small stack of cards laid where the female were-cat had almost entered the world at. Shinya's hand shakily reached over towards the pile and picked up the cards on the top. He brought it up to his gaze and stared at it in wonder at what it was.
"A Millenniummon…" he whispered in awe as he examined the Thousand Year Monster's card, "and in such good condition."
His door suddenly swung open and panting soon entered the room. He pivoted on his heel and looked over to see his brother standing in the doorway with a worried look on his face.
"You… okay?" he gasped as he leaned against the doorframe to catch his breath.
"Yeah," Shinya responded slowly as he stared at his brother in shock.
He was wearing his usual goggles and green hat and gloves, but was dressed rather strangely, other than that, for the end of summer. He had on long brown pants that reached down to his ankles and a long-sleeved red jacket with an orange undershirt, completely off for the end of August.
"You were shouting and we could hear screaming from downstairs," Takuya responded as he finally got a hold of his breath. "Say, what's that you're holding there?"
"Holding where?" Shinya asked as he hid his newly acquired Millenniummon card behind his back.
"Was that…a Digimon card?" the gogglehead gasped as he ran up to him.
"No…" the younger teen lied sheepishly as he looked away in a suspicious manner.
"Yes it was! Who told you about Digimon? I thought we all promised not to tell anyone about our journey!" the Carrier of Flame shouted as he took a step closer towards his younger brother.
"A bo-err-teenager I know named K.J introduced me to it," Shinya explained rapidly, "he gave me a Tsukaimon card, a Petitmamon card, a few power boost cards, and a card reader. He also showed me the online game. You enter a special code hidden on the cards and it gives you that Digimon for a partner."
Takuya just stood there, not even blinking, as the information soaked into his thick skull as slowly as it possibly could.
"Show me."
"But-"
"Show. Me."
"Alright, but only because you asked. I don't know why you, of all people, would care."
"Just cut the chat and get to the game!"
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And there you have it ladies and gents. The first chapter to my first story! Please send me plenty of reviews so I can know how to improve on this story. I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I can, which hopefully won't take forever.
Anyway, like I said earlier, review. I will accept constructive criticism, but not flaming. For those who do flame, I will use your fiery wrath to burn Kazemon at the stake.
Thanks!
Pandamoniam
