Digimon Tamers X Gundam Wing

Disclaimer: I do not, in any way, shape or form, own the rights to Digimon Tamers or Gundam Wing.

Author's note: I'm not sure what the ranking in the Preventers work like so I'm using American Forces Ranking (I couldn't find the Canadian ones). Rika will most probably be a little ooc since I seem to have difficulty being mean (or so I'm told. Can't play an evil RPG character to save my life -.-) Anyway, reviews are welcome even the ones that say my writing sucks. (That's probably because it does sometimes-.-'

Chapter 1

It was a nice, quiet, late August evening for the people of West Shinjuku but for one thirteen year old boy, it was going to be full of unexpected surprises.

Takato Matsuki's parents watched him anxiously for his reaction to their news. This was a secret they had been keeping from him for his whole life and they were afraid he'd get the wrong idea.

"I have an older Brother. I, Takato, have a brother."

The young former Digimon tamer looked unsure of what to think. It was extremely rare for his parents to hide secrets from him. They had a habit of treating him like a child but they had always been honest about things. To learn that he had had a sibling all this time was, expectedly, quite shocking. Takato got up from his seat at the kitchen table and looked at his parents quietly.

"Takato, what are you…?"

"I'm sorry Mom. I need to clear my head. I'm going to the park to think about it. I should be back before full dark."

The brunette patted his back pocket subconsciously to make sure that his Digimon deck was at its place and brushed the same hand across his hip to check his D-Ark. Having both necessities he left the Bakery by the back door. His feet automatically took him to his usual destination when going to the park, Guilmon's shed. Once he reached the old empty concrete hideout he sat down by the doorway, knees pulled up to his chin.

'I wonder what my brother is like now. Mom said he was a very happy kid as a toddler. Wonder if I found him now he'd come back home. He might not want to leave his new family behind.'

Takato stayed at the shelter for the better part of an hour. He was about to leave to go home when he noticed a light coming from the tunnel Guilmon had dug out a year and a half ago.

'I've got to check this out. Maybe the portal is open again.'

He climbed down the old excavated tunnel towards the end. A dim glow was the only indication that something unusual was happening. Takato put his hand before him and laughed as it disappeared with a tingle. Pulling it out, he reached for his cell to send a text message to Rika and Jenrya. Once he was done he noticed that the glow was getting brighter and starting to pulse wildly. The teen tried to back away unsuccessfully. The pulsing light took a hold of him and pulled at him, tugging him in with a strangled yelp.

Rika Nonaka ran down the street towards the park. She was rather curious at what would have caused the Goggle-head to text so late in the evening and risk her wrath. Her route met up with Jenrya Lee's, who joined her.

"Hey Brainiac, do you have any idea what Goggle-head wants?"

"No but he seemed excited about something in the message."

The two teens arrived at the shelter a half hour later, out of breath, just to find it conspicuously empty.

"Where's Takato? He said he would wait for us here."

Jenrya climbed down the tunnel, thinking that Takato would be there. All he found, to his surprise and dismay was one of his friend's shoes.

"Find anything?"

"Just one of his runners, he can't be far. Just to be safe, call Yamaki and ask him if there was anything weird lately. I'll go check the woods."

Jen climbed out of the tunnel and as he reached the mouth both D-Arks started to beep in alarm. The digital compasses blinked on to point back where Jenrya had come from. The two teens looked at each other horrified.

"What if Takato's stuck in the Digital World?"

"We'll figure something out. Let's go tell Yamaki and your Dad."

Rika pulled her cell out to phone the adults as Jen climbed out of the tunnel. This was going to be a long night.

Yamaki snapped the lid of his lighter shut and clicked it open again. The Hypnos system had detected a spike in digital activity. The spike, brief as it was, was powerful enough to worry him.

"Riley, what's the analysis on the spike?"

"The spike was located in the West Shinjuku Park, more specifically in Guilmon's old shelter. It lasted maybe five minutes then vanished. So far nothing resulted in the occurrence."

Yamaki sighed, shoving his unused lighter back in his coat pocket. He jerked, surprised as his cell phone rang. Answering it his face became rather grim.

"Riley, recheck that data! Nonaka just called, she and the Lee kid were supposed to meet Matsuki there an hour ago, they couldn't find him. They'll be here with Janyu soon."

The woman nodded from her high chair, already intent on her data.

Rika hurried to the elevator that would take her up to Yamaki, Jenrya and his dad on her heels. Both teens looked worried as they waited anxiously for the doors to open and let them out. Yamaki greeted them as soon as the three got out.

"We registered a large spike in digital energy in Guilmon's shelter an hour ago. When did you last talk with Matsuki?"

"Goggle-head sent us a message telling us to meet him there almost an hour ago. When we got there the place was empty. All we found was one of his shoes."

Yamaki's frown deepened at that. It wasn't like Takato to pull pranks and the teen was usually extremely responsible.

"Riley, scan the Digital World! See if you can find Matsuki's D-Ark."

The four on the ground waited impatiently as the woman did as asked.

"It's a no go Yamaki. I'm not picking up anything from the Digital World. I've run a scan to locate all the D-Arks and Takato-kun is the only one I can't find."

Yamaki cursed loudly as Rika tried to stop herself from showing even more of her worry. Neither of the elder men said anything as Jenrya gathered her in a hug.

"It's gonna be okay Rika. Takato can take care of himself. He'll find a way home on his own, just wait and see. He'll be okay."

Unbeknown to the group of people in Hypnos, Takato was far from being okay. He'd landed in the Digital World without too much trouble, in the same area the Tamers had arrived in on their first trip there. The problem was the large group of Viral Digimon that had found him not long after. They had chased him to an outcropping of large stones where he had tried to hide. This proved to be the wrong thing to do as a Devimon slammed him into one. Takato bit his lip, blood dripping from the small, self inflicted cut, to stop from crying out. The apparent leader of the Viral gang smirked and swept his large hand towards the Tamer, catching the teen in the side and sending him skidding 10ft away, across the rocky ground and slamming into a boulder that shattered on impact. This time Takato did cry out in pain as pieces of stone ripped through his already tattered clothes and his abused skin. His eyesight blurred with the effort of staying conscious, the last thing he could focus on was the Devimon's clawed hand reaching for his neck and everything turned black.

Takato first came awake to the sound of a heart monitor and of a respirator somewhere beside his head. He kept his eyes closed; taking in the sounds of what he hoped was a human hospital. The quiet sounds around him lulled him back to sleep without him noticing.

When he woke up again he realized that someone was sleeping by his bedside. This person was male with really long brown hair done in a braid. The man's clothing were casual work clothes in black and his feet, what he could see of them, were shod in sturdy, well worn, combat boots. Takato couldn't see his face through the bangs hiding it but the overall shape was pleasant. The man stirred and stretched fluidly like a cat waking from a nap. Takato gasped as a startling pair of violet-blue eyes opened in the young visage. The eyes widened in clear surprise when the young man realized Takato was awake.

"Hey Kid, you're awake! That's good since you've been unconscious for the past week!"

Takato struggled to push himself into a sitting position without aggravating any of the myriad of injuries he was sure he had.

"Whoa, hold on. You don't to do that yet Kid! The Doc's gonna give me Hell if you hurt yourself more. Aw shit, here let me bring the head of the bed up for ya."

"Thank you. Where am I?"

"Ah right, this is the Winner Memorial Trauma Center. You were brought here from the hospital after my friend Heero and I found you in the park. According to Doc Winner, you should be dead. Do you have any idea who did this to you?"

"I'm sorry but who are you?"

"Ah, I forgot to introduce myself, didn't I? Right, the name's Duo Maxwell. What about you? Do you remember yours?"

"Matsuki Takato desu, dozo yoroshiku."

Duo looked at Takato a little strangely, pretty sure that the kid had introduced himself formally in old Japanese. It wasn't that the boy could remember his name that made the Deathscythe pilot suspicious, but the fact that no one really used that way of introduction anymore. It was also pretty clear that the kid was avoiding the subject of his attacker. Well that wouldn't be his problem. As one of the people who'd found the boy he couldn't be part of the investigation. He'd leave the questioning to Wufei after the Doc had taken another look at her patient.

"Right, I'll go tell the Doc that you're up Matsuki-kun. Once she's done with you Preventer's 2nd Lieutenant Chang Wufei will ask you a few questions."

Takato watched Duo leave his room. He was sure that the young man was suspicious of him.

'I doubt that he'd believe me if I told him about Devimon or the other Digimon, especially since I've never heard of Preventers before. Something tells me I'm not in Shinjuku.'

His introspection was interrupted by the arrival of a tall female brunette in a lab coat.

"Ah, good, you're awake! I'm Doctor Iria Winner; Mr. Maxwell tells me that your name is Takato?"

"Hai, Winner-san."

Iria smiled at her patient, surprised to have such a polite teen, even while he was in extreme pain.

"I'll be checking for any damages that we might have missed while you were unconscious. Right now you have several injuries that are healing quite nicely. Your ribs, left arm, collar bone and your ankle were all broken. You have several deep lacerations to the chest and back, one shallow one on the head. Preliminary tests showed signs of severe concussion and possible head trauma due to repeated blows. It was lucky that you don't have a smashed skull. On top of all those wounds your body is just one gigantic bruise. It's a miracle you can move so soon after waking up."

"Well I've always been told that I have a hard head. What test do you need Doc?"

"I'll do some CAT scans and MRAs of your brain to make sure that everything is working okay and see if the concussion is gone, although that isn't very likely. I'll also need some more x-rays to see how well your bones are mending. The pain killers in your IV should hold you until after 2nd LT Chang is finished with you."

Takato sighed as the woman and a nurse removed the brakes from the wheels of his bed and wheeled him out of the room. The Trauma center's hallways were done in different pastel colors, most of them featuring some kind of artwork. The trip to the radiology and neurology departments was rather quick considering the time it took to carefully move Takato to and from his bed. By the time they were done with the battery of tests and back in his room, there was a young Chinese man waiting for him there.

"Takato-kun this is 2nd Lt Chang Wufei. He'll be investigating your case. You should keep the questioning short Chang-san. He's almost due for his next dose of pain killers then he'll be useless to you. Before I forget what were you slammed against Takato-kun? We had one of our lab techs test the rock samples retrieved from your back and found nothing to match it?"

Takato cringed at the thought of the boulders that had been reduced to ruble back in the Digital World. Dr Winner and the man in the tan uniform looked at him expectantly, waiting for an answer. When he didn't say anything the Lieutenant's frown deepened and Doctor Winner sighed and left. For his part the lieutenant hunkered down to ask questions he had a feeling would go largely unanswered.

Chang Wufei all but exploded into the waiting room where four young men were waiting for him, one of which was Duo Maxwell.

"What got up your ass and died Wu?"

"That child is as annoying to question then you are Maxwell! He either refused to answer or told me the truth with the most excruciating vagueness he could. He knows who did this to him but he refuses to say a word on the subject. What information I got out of him is barely enough to be considered the need to know."

"So what is it?"

"Like he told you, he's Matsuki Takato, 13 years old. As far as he can truthfully say, he has no idea where his parents are. For all he knows he is alone in the world."

The contemplative silence that followed was interrupted by the arrival of Iria Winner who knocked gently on the waiting room door frame.

"Sorry to interrupt gentlemen but I have some test results you might like to know about."

"What do you mean Doc? Is something wrong with the Kid?"

"Frankly speaking, that child should have died from all of his injuries. How he survived is a mystery to us. During the surgery we performed when you brought him in we found several strange substances either lodged into or covering the wounds. I've had the lab attempt and I do mean attemptto analyze them."

"Wait, didn't you send samples to Forensics?"

"Yes we did. That's not the problem. Both labs concluded the same thing for the liquid like substances found coating the wounds. Had we not removed it, as a matter of course, the boy would have died of poisoning and or toxic shock. We're not sure how the toxins would have affected the body but we do know that the result would have been fatal eventually. As for the rock samples we sent to Forensics they discovered that it didn't have any of the bio-samples or elemental make-up found in such things. From all the possible combinations of rock compositions found in both Space and on Earth, this sample doesn't match anything we've ever found."

"Come to think of it, the Kid cringed when you asked him what he'd been slammed against earlier. It's rather obvious that he knows even if he chose not to answer. By the looks of it he's either afraid that we won't believe him, or he's trying to protect the one who did this to him."

"I'm leaning more towards the not believing him part. Did you find anything else Doc?"

"As a matter of fact, yes we did Mr. Maxwell. We've run some DNA tests, figuring it was going to be the only way to find his family. It took us a few days but we did find him one relative. The odd thing about it is that the two of them are the only ones in all of the Earth Sphere and Colonies to have this particular genetic make-up."

"So have you been able to reach that person?"

Iria looked up from her clip board and leveled a measuring stare at Duo. The brunette kept looking at her expectantly, wondering why she had gone quiet so suddenly. The other young men were getting a little anxious too.

"I don't have to; I'm looking right at him."

Duo jerked in surprise, his breath catching in his throat. There was no way that the Matsuki Kid could be related to him! What were the chances of that happening in a million years? Even then he had to admit though; there was something familiar about the boy that he couldn't quite place.

"How are we related?"

"According to the tests, he's your little brother. Who your parents are though is unknown. Everybody is entered in the DNA registries as soon as they are born. But the both of you are different. From the records that the Registry has on you, Duo, you weren't added until you were 2years old and that was done by an orphanage. Takato isn't even registered yet. That's nigh on impossible even had you both been born at home. Also you have no recorded ancestry matching your genetics anywhere from the last hundred years."

Duo slumped against the back of the hard plastic chair he was sitting in. He wasn't sure what his reaction ought to be. On one hand he was deliriously happy to have a brother. On the other he was understandably confused. It wasn't everyday that someone told you that a sibling that for all intents and purposes shouldn't exist just appeared out of nowhere. The former Gundam pilot knew the DNA laws just as well as the next person. Every human being had to have their offspring entered in the DNA Registry the minute they were born. That law existed for various reasons and had never been disputed by Earth or Colony. It enabled people to find relatives with some ease and the law to find criminals far easier than in the past. To learn that his own registration had come late was a shock in itself. That Takato was still not registered at 13, made him wonder just what the Hell their parents were thinking and how they'd manage to avoid it for so long. And again supposedly his own parents didn't exist in the registry either. That was impossible in its own right. Duo's look of dumbfounded surprise changed into one of determination.

"I'll have to tell him the news myself then. We don't know if he's ever been told about a possible sibling. Doc if you could make sure that all of his paperwork gets given to me; I'll be taking custody of him if he agrees, when you release him."

"Are you sure Duo? Taking care of a child can be pretty difficult by itself. Add injuries as severe as his and you get even more problems."

"I'm sure Doc. He's my little brother; my only living relative. Besides, I'd rather not have someone sent to an orphanage or foster home. I'll have to get a bigger apartment and do adjustments to my schedule but I'll live."

"Say Duo, why don't you move into my mansion here on Earth? That will save you from having to hunt for apartments and will give you extra hands to care for Takato-kun. I've been thinking of asking all of you to do so for a while now."

It didn't take much for Duo to agree to the arrangement. He liked living with the smaller man and the Maguanacs. It would be a bummer for Hilde who was loosing a business partner but he realized that his brother may never have traveled to space before and that wasn't a good idea with his injuries. Also the other Pilots would be there to help with any problems may arise with the boy. Wufei would also be able to keep an eye for any abnormal behavior that would give him clues for his case. Another plus was that the Chinese warrior would be able to teach the teen self-defense; not that Duo wouldn't be able to do that himself but he'd rather Takato not have anything to do with the dirty street tricks he knew. The idea made it possible to protect the boy better. They still had no clue as to who would want to hurt him this bad. They needed to stay vigilant.

Translations:

San: most used suffix to denote respect towards a stranger or older person

Hai: yes

Matsuki Takato desu, dozo yoroshiku: I'm Takato Matsuki, pleased to meet you.

AN: I'm not sure when the second chapter will be out, it should be sometime soon though. I'm looking for beta readers for this story so if you're interested let me know.