Title : Digitals Angels
By : Luckash (formerly DarknessJudgeDE)
Disclaimer : I don't own any material related to Digimon, Evangelion or any anime material mentioned in this story
Part I : Introducing the Digital World
Chapter 1 : What's up with all the transfer students ?

June, 25, 2005

Hikari Yagami

The bell was ringing announcing the beginning of the lunch break at Odaiba Junior High. People were gathering outside in groups of 5-6 people, regardless of their classes, so I knew my friends were going to come to this room. As it had become an habit over the last 3 months of school, we took our seats at the back of the classroom; By "we", I mean myself and my friends. I guess the first thing I should do is introducing everyone.

I am Hikari Yagami, and I am 14 years old. I guess I am an average teenage girl, with chocolate brown hair and mahogany brown eyes. I am currently in my second year of Junior High School at the local school, Odaiba Junior High. There isn't much to say about the school in itself. That's your typical japanese Junior High School, which has all the main possible clubs for extra-scholar activities. Personally, I took photography and ballet dancing. Now, that brings me to my friends..

The first of them to gather around my table are my classmates, obviously. Daisuke Motomiya, Ken Ichijouji and Takeru Ishida.

Daisuke has spiky brown hair, and always has a pair of goggles strapped on his forehead, except when he's playing soccer. He actually tried to be the team captain, but got outclassed, by a landmark, by Ken. Daisuke isn't that tall, but that doesn't keep him from getting into trouble. Needless to say, he has that kind of loud and abrasive personality, but that doesn't mean you can't trust him as a friend.

There is one thing I haven't said about me. Since a long time, 10 years to be precise, I have to miss school long stretches of time, sometimes entire months, because, I am frequently sick. Doctors haven't found what it is yet, but it started randomly around the beginning of August 1995. Doctor Isao Kido is the one taking care of me, and I have monthly appointments with him, just to check for even small details, because my mother worries a lot about me. Some doctors have actually told her it's a miracle I'm still alive.

Now, back to Ken. Ken Ichijouji, formerly the genius boy of Tamachi Junior High, now captain of the Odaiba Junior High soccer team. Somehow, he and Daisuke are best buddies since he transfered here. They met on the soccer field… last year ? 2 years ago ? I'm not even sure, and I don't care. Ken has straight dark purple hair, he usually wears the uniform all butonned up, without any tie, which sent most boys into an outrage because they were mostly obliged to wear said tie. At this moment, most of them weren't wearing any, and if it wasn't for the school dress code, and punishment when not respecting said dress code, we wouldn't be wearing any uniform at all. The weather was so warm the heat was actually painful to bear. The AC was off.

Now, onto the last of that small group, before I start to digress again. Takeru Ishida. What can I say ? A lot, I guess, considering I have known him ever since I was like 3 or 4 years old, before even my parents moved to Odaiba, and he moved with his mother to Setagaya. For the past 10 years, he frequently made the trip to Odaiba, to see his brother and father, and they would spend the day with my brother Taichi and me. He has short blond hair, and he is maybe the kindest boy of the whole school… and the captain of the basketball team. He wasn't wearing the green sweater of the uniform, but, as I said, it wasn't useful, since there was that heat. We could feel it, even with the AC on.

As we were unpacking our lunch bento boxes, we were joined by a lavender-haired girl, wearing big round glasses. That was Miyako Inoue, head of the computer club, in her last year here. I could start to hear the whispers. around us "I can get why Yagami hangs around the basketball and soccer captains, but the nerd ?" or "I guess the nerd hangs with them because they tolerate her" Miyako was doing quite a good job at ignoring those. There was a second set of whispers. I personally had trouble ignoring them, because I was the one they were chatting about. "Which one do you think has more chances with Yagami : Motomiya or Ichijouji ?" would ask one guy. "Don't count Ishida out. Knowing his brother banged Takenouchi Sora…" was the regular answer, usually followed by "Really ? Then, Ishida, probably" followed by a growl. I don't even get why my sentimental life was any of their business. Well, maybe because half the boys population of this school has the brain of a pig and wants to date… no, to bang me is more accurate. The other half is more interested in superficial girls, like Yorokobi Fujimoto.

Soon after Miyako joined us, I could hear a loud squeal, of joy. Just at my left, there was a girl pointing to our group. She began whispering with her friend.

"And we have the attentions of all the fangirls yet again ! Couldn't they just leave us in peace ?" Asked the violet-haired girl.

I mention half the boys population basically stared at me. Some have actually tried, rather rudely at times, to ask me on dates. Generally, I look at them before refusing, as politely as I can. Some people have tried on numerous occasions, including Daisuke. On the other hand, a good portion of the female population of this school, especially in 1st and 2nd year, is similarly engrossed and almost fighting to know which one is going to date Daisuke, Ken or Takeru. I turned to Miyako.

"You know they won't, Miyako. We are friends with those three." I said, pointing to the boys "Mostly, they are just jealous of the facts we're talking to them, especially you, being the head of the computer club and all. You know, if it wasn't for Yamato Ishida, Sora Takenouchi or my brother, Koushiro Izumi would have been in your situation."
"Hikari-chan, I don't know if I have to thank you or not." she answered with a pout. "I've known that hot-headed gogglehead for a long time, you know." She was pointing to Daisuke. "Those girls, you know, I see the way they glare at you. They are jealous of the fact you seem to be friends with Takeru-kun, despite him transferring from Setagaya only last March"

I repressed a small laugh. What a bunch of idiots.

"Takeru-kun transferred in March, that's true, but…" I said, then turning to Takeru "How long was it, Takeru ? All of our lives ?"
"Almost, Hikari-chan. Almost all our lives. Since we are 3 or 4, something like that. That's because of our brothers, I think. Those two always have a special relationship to me. They aren't "friends" more "rivals" I should say."
"How could you two know each other through your brothers, Takeru ?" Daisuke asked

I heaved a sigh. I had explained this to him about once a week since last month. It was about the time it took him to even tolerate Takeru's presence near me. And that's not taking into account the small things Takeru does sometimes. He still glares at him in some cases.

"Daisuke, we already told about ten times now. Takeru's brother Yamato and my own, Taichi, are both attending the same schools, since they left the kindergartens. Even now, with Yamato having his own band and everything, they still do." This was starting to be amazingly annoying to repeat.
"Actually, Yamato said they were keeping the big projects for after he graduated high school. You know, like touring Japan and stuff. His agent, Wada-san, makes sure any concert is held during school breaks for now." Takeru added.
"So, why was he in Setagaya before, and not here in Odaiba ?" He asked, going back to the original topic right away "I saw you for a long time, but never him"
"My parents were divorced since I was about 4. I was forced to move to Setagaya with my mom. They started to see each other again next year, with my mother finding a job in a newspaper in Odaiba in December, and we moved back. The deal is simple. They aren't dating or anything, BUT, they agreed it would be easier this way.
- "If you aren't that bad into your conversation, you should see that someone more is here, guys."

It was Ken, and he was right. Much to his surprise, and ours as well. Just standing beside Miyako was a boy, with medium length brownish black hair, and blue grey eyes. He's generally the kind of person to stay in a corner of the room, by himself, and sometimes with Rei Ayanami. Like Shinji, she was keeping her blueish grey hair short. Both of them were wearing the school uniform so nothing out of the ordinary, except the fact they were here in the first place.

"Ikari Shinji. Ayanami Rei. You two aren't exactly the type to look for company." Ken mentioned to her.
"And you are the one speaking, Ichijouji." she said. Her voice seems unconcerned, like whatever she says, she doesn't care. "Always hanging out with Daisuke Motomiya and Takeru Takaishi, the two most popular guys in the whole school". It sounded like she was trying to be rude to him. At least to me…
"Don't be so rude with Ken-chan !" spat a voice on my right.

It appears I am not the only one finding it rude. But I don't think that was a good idea from the person that voice belonged to because Rei was quick to retaliate with another question, and the one that made the most sense : "Did I hear that good ? You called him Ken-chan, yet have you any right to do so, Inoue Miyako ?"

Yes, that was Miyako. In our small group, it wasn't a secret, even to Ken, that Miyako had a not-so-subtle crush on him. I wished sometimes she would just ask him out, for a lot of different reasons. It was starting to break into a loud argument between Rei & Miyako, until…

- "Calm down you two !"

Silently I thanked the one who had just spoken. It was the youngest of our group, Iori Hida, currently in his first year here. He had really short brown hair. If it wasn't for the fact he was the shortest of the group, you wouldn't tell he was actually the youngest, as he is really mature, for a 13-year old.

- "What, she started the argument, you saw it Iori !" Miyako answered him. The truth was… if Miyako was more careful with her words, this argument wouldn't have occurred.
- "Everybody is listening. Calm down if you want privacy".

Everybody became silent after the young boy has spoken. He was right, everybody was silent, just staring at them. Finally, Takeru broke the silence after people starting minding their own business again.

Takeru Ishida

- "What do you want, you two ?" I asked "And, for the record, my last name is Ishida, even though I spent 10 years with my mother's, they agreed it was best that I could use Ishida in any case. It caused quite the fuss with Mom, but she agreed on it, and even helped me with that"

That much was actually true. Even if if wasn't necessarily useful on a personal level, on the official, administrative one, it was better to fill the papers about that, in order to avoid any confusion for future officials papers, but Mom understood I wanted to share Yamato's last name.

"Nothing much really. Just hanging out with you guys, and try to guess what makes you so popular." she answered. I had no reason whatsoever to believe her. Up until now, she had pretty much ignored us. She was one of the few girls in the whole first and second year to not even care about the fact we were the most popular guys of the whole school.
"Ayanami, I can't really understand what you mean. I don't feel like, at least I, deserve that popularity. It has been only like a few months since I came back to Odaiba..."
"Ishida, don't play fool with me, please" she said. "You know why you are popular among girls. And most of them actually are jealous of a certain brunette who spend a lot of time with you, and I can't even start to comprehend why."

Hikari started to blink at her words. I stared at her, dumbfounded. Of all people, Ayanami was the first to actually state it : the other girls took offense of the fact I spend a lot of time with Hikari Yagami. I knew that of course. But I hadn't known most of them for as long as I have known Hikari, that was for sure.

"Takeru and I are just best friends, Ayanami, nothing else. I don't know what you heard, but that's not true". Hikari replied to her. I could see she was hiding a chuckle. We had heard what they were saying, of course.
"We didn't hear nothing much that sounds like truth. Rumors of both of you dating, or meeting each others after school". explained Shinji. Even his voice wasn't memorable. Everything was average in that guy.
"there's something true in that. Not much, but something" I replied "Shinji Ikari, I think that's the first time we heard the sound of your voice." And that was true. That guy was so… silent. I mean, I've seen him talk to Ayanami-san on occasions, but it was always during breaks, so I couldn't hear the sound of his voice with all the chattering.
"My friend Shinji isn't known to be a really talkative person. To be honest, you could say he's easily the shiest guy you could meet in the whole school. But that doesn't matter". explained Rei. "Now, why do you have the same first name as Yamato Ishida ?"

Her question got met by maybe the biggest laugh of the day, especially from both Hikari and me.

"What's so funny ?" she asked
"Because you just asked the stupidest question of the day, baka. Why do I have the same first name as my brother ? Are you that much an idiot ?"
"So Yamato Ishida is your brother ?"
"Yes. Our parents divorced when I was younger, and reunited earlier this year. So for a long time, I had my mother's name. But I was born as Takeru Ishida.
There was a silence before Shinji spoke again

"Rei, I got a question ; Why are we having this conversation during lunch break ?" he asked. It took me a second to realise he had called her by her first name, and not her last name. So they actually might be friends or seeing each other outside school. I brushed it aside, since it wasn't that much out of the ordinary for me.

"Shinji, you know we have to go to NERV after school, and meet with Katsuragi-san." she said, bringing me back to reality.

I sent a curious look to both. NERV ? What is that ? Sounds like something that should not be mentionned lightly.

"Yeah, I know but..." Shinji answered, seemingly looking for his words, all of a sudden. I guess he wants to mention the fact she mentioned the name of a secret organization in front of their classmates
"But what ? That's it, we are speaking during lunch break because it's the only moment of the day we possibly could. Plus, you know we have a guest coming from Europe today. Anyway, my question was, what are your thoughts concerning the trio who came today during class ?"

Daisuke raised an eyebrow. That girl was pretty direct. And I could say he liked that. And the change of topic was rather sudden.

"You mean Haruaki-kun, Kubrick-san and Muramasa-san ?" he asked.
"Yes. Actually, some of the fangirls you mentioned earlier actually called her 'Fear-chan'. Kind of silly, if you asked me."
"But does that really matter ? I mean, the girl is kinda cute anyway. She looks friendly, I mean, they are currently somewhere here with the Class Pres' isn't it ?"
"Yeah, Ueno-san looks to know them. At least Haruaki-kun"

Everyone was keeping quiet during a moment, eating their lunch. The bell rang and everyone was going back to the classrooms. I took a look at the crew they mentioned during lunch break. Yachi Haruaki, Muramasa Konoha and Fear Kubrick. Yachi Haruaki wasn't really much to be honest. Brown haired, your average junior high schooler. Nothing more to him. Muramasa Konoha had brown hair, and didn't seem like much either. I had heard some boys speaking about her frivolous personality, but she didn't seem like the flirty kind. Then was Fear Kubrick. There was sure something with that girl. I can't honestly believe she is 14, like the rest of us. If anything, she is Iori's age, maybe even younger, so she doesn't even belong in this school. I had learned with Iori not to judge a book by its cover.

I was half listening to the lesson, while looking at that girl. She had, which was odd, a Rubix's Cube on her desk. It was nothing out of the ordinary. Colorful, for sure, but nothing out of the ordinary.
I couldn't help but think about what had happened during lunch break, as the English lesson was going on. I was always very good in English, although not the best, but today, my attention was elsewhere.

"First, Ayanami announced they have a guest coming from Europe... then she speaks about those three" a voice inside my head said. "I can't think of something linking the two situations. And she spoke about the rumors concerning you and Hikari... can't you think about a link, Takeru ?
"I can't because I feel there's none."
"There should be one."

"Takeru Takaishi, are you there ?"

I was interrupted by the teacher. It looks like Nishijima-sensei was asking something to me

"Sorry. Could you repeat please, Nishijima-sensei ?"

Rei Ayanami

After school, I could see most people, leaving in small groups. Waiting for us in front of the school was a Mazda Cosmo Sport. It was Misato Katsuragi

"Misato, did she arrived from Europe ?" I asked. I was never one for formalities. Straight to the point. Gendo-san made this clear to me long ago.
"Yeah, about an hour ago." she answered "NERV has already cleared all the trouble to make her coming from Germany, and Unit 02 is going to delivered in about 2 days. As for your Unit 00 and Unit 01, we put them in safety".

As I mentionned to one bunch of laughing idiots during the lunch break, we were waiting for a guest to arrive from Narita Airport. What I did not know, was the trouble it gave us. Because you know, we weren't ordinary children. You might wonder what NERV is, since it is the second time I've mentioned it. Well, to this day, I still can't say much of it. Most of the stuff you will hear has already happened, and it's intertwining with NERV confidential matters. I will say what I can, but there is some stuff that will stay as it is, confidential.

"There was trouble to make her come from Germany ?" Shinji asked. From the moment we knew it was a girl coming from Germany, with some fluency in Japanese no less, Shinji has wondered if she was going to be friendly with us and all that kind of things. I am not bothered by this kind of things.
"Yes, a ton. She isn't considered as an adult by neither German, nor Japanese law. So we must enrolled her in a school. We were considering enrolling her in that school Odaiba Junior High is facing at the next soccer game. I've heard about both Setagaya and Tamachi. But at the end, higher-ups decide it will be better to look after her for a bit, so she'll be going to Odaiba Junior High."
"Did you give them a push for that to happen, Misato ?" I asked, perfectly knowing it was typically a thing she would do. Leaving a 14-year old child to live by himself is not something you would do in your right mind. That was why Misato was taking care of both me and Shinji. Her only answer was a wink, and a smile. I took it as what it was. She had indeed pushed for this to happen.
"Before I forget to mention it, not only she will attend your school, but I heard she will also be in your class. That part hasn't been decided when I left headquarters."
- "We already had three new students today. They say they were coming from the countryside, but there is something concerning those guys."
- "You are sure, Shinji ?"
- "Yeah, that little girl what's her name again ? Fear Kubrick. Everytime she wasn't doing an exercise or listening, she was playing with that Rubik's Cube of hers... "
- "And what ? Maybe she was trying to solve it, you know ?"
- "Maybe, maybe not ? How could you know, Rei. ?"
- "We will see. We're almost to Headquarters, now "

We entered NERV Headquarters shortly after that and straight away, went to a room in which was waiting Shinji's father, Ikari Gendo, Ritsuko Akagi, and a brown-haired girl. Not brown, actually, she had red hair. I guess it is our pilot. There was nothing special about her. I could make the two A10 nerve clip in her hair, acting as clips for her twintails. Other than that, she does not look like much, but again, that is the case for all pilots.

- "Hallo ! So you are the other two pilots ? Soryu Asuka Langley, from Germany, Nice to meet you."

She was sure friendly, at least looks like. I cannot say much about it, again, but as we were supposed to be a team to prevent world destruction by a couple of beings seemingly coming from other worlds and hell-bent of destroying everything we hold dear. I was cut in my train of thought by my fellow pilot, and somewhat friend.

"I… I…I'm Shinji Ikari, and this is Rei Ayanami. Nice to meet you too" he said.

I could see the smile on Misato's face as he was introducing us.. His father, as always, had that concerned yet uninterested look on his face. That was something I could say I liked about Gendo Ikari. He has an analytical mind. To be honest with myself, I guess Shinji kind of resent him. Gendo left him to be raised by someone on the countryside until last year. And in the meantime, Gendo has raised… me.

"Major Katsuragi, did you mention that our comrade, for lack of a better word, will be staying with you and her classmates, from now on ?" he asked, with that toneless voice he uses most of the time.
"Sorry, I did forget to mention that point." she answered "So you're putting them in the same class ?"

Shinji couldn't hide his surprise. Another girl living with us, and a girl his age no less ?! I felt like I should glare at him for this, but that would mean I actually mind, which I do not.

"If we want to be safe, we are keeping this between us. Misato, I can count on you to come up with a story explaining why three people are being brought by the same person. I know I might be overthinking it, but better be safe." I said
- "Ayanami, I don't think we need that." Shinji said "Plus, Miyako Inoue & Iori Hida are leaving in the same building".
- "Yes, sure, but they aren't living in the same apartment. You heard the rumors concerning Takeru Ishida and Hikari Yagami ?"
- "Yeah I did, and we did talk with those two during lunch break."
- "Can you imagine what the school could have in store for the three of us ?"
- "I don't want to."
- "Can you two explain me what the heck is going on ?"

It was Asuka. She has a point. Shinji and I were discussing what could happen in school, and we didn't include her. I might not care in the slightest about what could happen to other people in school, but when I am concerned, I may overthink it.

- "You three should head back home, I suppose you got school work for tomorrow ?" Gendo said, cutting us. "You better not fall behind. We will be counting on you when the time comes. Including you, Shinji. You might be my son, but never ever ask for a favor. Is that clear ?"

Shinji muttered an answer, and that was all. We left Gendo's office to go back home. We had a couple of assignments to take care of, but it wasn't difficult for us. I mean, we are some kind of geniuses

Taichi Yagami

"I'm home !" I heard. I just got back, but I'm pretty sure that's my sister, coming back from school. I took a look from my room. And indeed, that was her.

"Good evening, Hikari-chan" I greeted "How was school ?"
"Nothing special, just three students from the countryside joined our class. How was yours, nii-chan ?"
"Nothing really special, we start speaking about the school festival. You know, the one happening around... mid-October ?"
"We began too, Class Pres at least. We just don't know what to do."
"Yamato told me his band is gonna play a bit at the Junior High Festival."

Hikari smiled at that info, because like everyone in the school, she has heard about Yamato's band, called The Teenage Wolves. The difference between the others and her was quite simple though. She had known Yamato Ishida since an early age. Like I know she had to explained to Daisuke regularly enough to be bothered by his selective memory, Yamato Ishida and I used to be in the same school. Yamato left when his band started having some success.

Mom was starting to do one of her "special meals". Usually, it was Dad or even Hikari that would handle the cooking. But she just got back, and Dad was working late hours again.

"Why did you let her do the cooking ?" she asked, almost whispering. Mom has gained the reputation of a "trying" cook, but most of her recipes weren't… recommended.
"Because I was studying in my room, simple as that. You should do the same."
"And let Mom take care of the cooking ? You know there is no way I could do that, Nii-chan. Don't worry, I don't have that much assignments to work on."

And Hikari went to the kitchen to know what Mom was cooking, and that was cooking a steak for me... and she came just in time for the steak not to burn. Geez, mom, how can you burn a steak ? That's one of the simpliest things...

Hikari let her mother know she'll do the cooking for tonight. She didn't want to know what her mother was doing before.

After the dinner, she left in her room, likely to send a text to Takeru, just to know when if she can go at his place the next day after school, for the school newspaper and she began studying until a late hour. I know she stayed up late… because I did as well. As for the school newspaper… it was firstly Koushiro's idea when he was in… first year I think, but some people volunteered to help him, and it grew from there. I don't think having a school paper is a Japanese thing to do, but the idea had success, and the school had wished to keep it.

The next day, I woke up earlier than my little sister, because I had a longer way to Odaiba Senior High. When I was about to leave, someone knocked at the door.

"Ohayo, Taichi-san !" came the greeting. Two blond brothers were standing here. The older one, Yamato, was sporting his traditionnal black jacket, along with black jeans, white shirt, and glasses because he was a rockstar, you know ? Takeru was dressed more casually. He already had his uniform on, actually. I could recognise that green blaser everywhere."
"Ohayo, Takeru, Yamato ! How are you, guys ?" I asked
"Fine. Shouldn't you be going to Odaiba Senior High by now ?" Yamato replied.
"I was about to leave, but what are you guys doing that early in the day ?"
"Nii-chan, is breakfast ready ? Oh, ohayo Yamato, Takeru." Hikari actually interrupted Yamato, but he didn't mind a lot coming from her.
"Ohayo, Hikari-chan." Takeru greeted her, then going right back on track "Nii-san, You were about to say something ?"
"Yeah, I was about to say, I'll do the trip with you two to Odaiba Junior High. I've some things to negotiate with the director.."
"We are supposed to meet with Miyako, Daisuke, Ken & Iori in like 30 minutes."
"So, I'll be leaving or I'll be late ! Mata na, minna !"

And that was I did, I left, running all the way to Odaiba Senior High. I knew I would meet Sora there. Koushiro would come later. He had an extra hour before being obliged to get his lazy nerd butt to school. Yes, I just called him a lazy nerd. He might be my friend, but he's still a nerd.

Hikari Yagami

I had a quick breakfast, and after I showered and dressed myself, we went at the meeting point, in front of Daisuke's building. After exchanging greetings, Miyako asked Yamato

"What are you doing that early, you're coming back to school, Yamato-san ? And the group ?"
"The group has been asked if they can come to the school festival this year. And even if I went back to school, I would be with Taichi and Sora, not with you guys." he answered, matter-of-factly.
"Ken, have you heard that news, some guys heard about an organization that thinks a Digital World exists ?"

It was Iori. He has always treated Ken a little bit colder than the others. But you could have a more, interesting conversation with Ken, so Iori used that to his advantage

"Yeah, Iori-kun, I did. Doesn't sound as crazy as it seems. That's the principle of the internet in itself, all the computers in the world, linked between each other throughout the world."
"Yeah, and if it was true..."
"If it is true, it would stay a secret until the government said it's not. We kept in touch with one of our friends who left Odaiba some years ago." Takeru cut him off
"You mean Mimi, Takeru-kun ?"
"Yup. I heard she might come back here during summer break."
"Great news. We should organize something with everyone"
"You know Jyou won't come. He's always busy. I don't get how he does to study that much and not pass out from exhaustion or something like that. Being the son of a doctor, and having a doctor brother, his family must have expectations or something..."
"Probably. Don't worry, We'll find a way"

As we came to the schoolgrounds, I saw a group of teens chatting It was Yachi Haruaki, who they saw the day before, he was with his two friends, Fear Kubrick & Muramasa Konoha, and the class president Kirika Ueno. I couldn't help but eavesdrop for a moment.

"So, Haruaki-kun, your father decide to move you here, rather than in the countryside ?"
"Yeah, and this forced me to move with those two."
"You are sure they won't try to take them while we are here."
"Can't tell. At least, we aren't the only weird people in the school. Rumors are floating around."
"Which rumors are you talking about ? Because you know, there are a lot of rumors, even in our own class".
"In our class, I meant. That blonde boy, the brown-haired one, the genius, and the girls." Of course, those ones. I kept myself from growling.
"I was sure those one were gonna float around. I mean, a near half of the school is all about gossiping around. The other half doesn't care."
"As for the school festival, what's in store for us ?"
"I don't really know, Yachi. We will know today, I think."

The bell rang not long after that, so we went to their classroom. The first teacher entered, and quickly, I shot a glance at Ueno-san, who was standing with Himekawa-sensei. Something was going on.

"So, yesterday we had three transfer students..." she said, looking in the direction of the aforementioned students, "and today, we are welcoming a guest from Germany. Introduce yourself."
"So, my name is Soryu Asuka Langley, but you can call me Asuka."

She wrote the kanji of her name, although with some difficulty it would seem, followed by some katakanas, and quickly turned to the class with a smile.

"Hmm, I think you can get a seat near Ikari, Ayanami and Suzuhara..."

Asuka went to the designated seat, and the lesson went on. Daisuke passed me a message from Takeru : "Four transfer students in two days, what the hell is going on here ? That's crazy" Daisuke's reply was short, but summed up his thoughts : That girl from Germany is cute. Be careful, she isn't that far from us.

He was right, Asuka's seat was actually two seats on the left of Daisuke's. English lesson went on, followed by Japan history. Asuka was wearing the uniform of Odaiba Junior High, which wasn't really hiding she had a slightly bigger bust than most girls, for example. I could guess why Daisuke found her cute though. Her red hair was split into two twintails, each with a clip, and her bangs were loose. She has deep blue eyes, with a slight hint of pride in it.

Nothing much happened during the morning. Asuka has been revealed to be quite intelligent, as she answered most of the questions she was asked right, and her Japanese was actually surprisingly fluent, for a non-native. Then it was lunch break, and the time of the reunion of the crew. This time we were joined by Yamato

- "Guys, I have all negociated for the school festival, that's it."
- "Why did the band send you, actually, Yamato ?" Daisuke asked
- "Because I was at that very school not that long ago, and Wada-san trusts me with that, Daisuke Motomiya. And because they wanted to know what stuff we need, how much time we need, you know, stuff that music bands care and you guys pretty much don't. You guys have to remain silent over that. Not that I would like my link with Takeru to be discovered. You know, paparazzis are something a lot different than high school gossipers."
- "I'm afraid it's pretty damn late for that, Blondie. Even I, can see the signs, and I just transferred here. What do you think we are, idiots ?"

Everyone turned to the voice. That was Asuka, and she was alone.

- "And you are ?" Yamato asked, not really liking her tone. I didn't like it either.
- "Sohryu Asuka Langley. I'm from Germany, and as I said, just transferred here. If you're done with whatever business you have here, get out. You're not needed and you're drawing the attention of the people away from the interessant ones here."

There was whispers all around us. Asuka had just implied Yamato was a nobody. Everyone in this school knew Yamato's name, whether because of his rather rocky relationship with Sora, or because of his band.

"Be careful what you're saying." Yamato replied "You're the new girl around here. People expect you to be respectful to your elders. You're not in Germany, you're in Japan and things work differently here. If you're too full of yourself, you might be getting the boot soon enough, Asuka-chan."

I couldn't hide a chuckle. Yamato had pretty much set the record straight, without saying who he was.

"As for who I am, you're gonna see it yourself." he said before getting his backpack, and pulling out a pile of photos and a pen "Could you hold this for me, Daisuke ?" he asked, motioning for the papers.
"Sure, Rockstar." Daisuke answered. He was one of the few people that could call him Rockstar, Blondie, or anything of the sort without being glared at. Basically, Yamato just did a surprise autograph signing session, with Asuka glaring at him. If looks could kill, hers would have been a weapon of mass destruction here.

During the last lesson of the day, someone knocked at the door. The teacher looked bothered but told the person to come in. It was a guy, wearing one of those suits that makes everything looks more serious than they sometimes are. I stiffened as I stood up

- "Sorry to interrupt, but I need to talk with some of your students."
- "Is there anything wrong, sir ?"
- "I can't tell. Only thing I can say is that they will be back tomorrow."
- "Hmmm, they didn't break the law. So I see no problem, name them, and they will go."
- "Takeru Takaishi, Hikari Yagami, Daisuke Motomiya, Ken Ichijouji."
Now, the class was all silent. We took our stuff and left in the silence of a room that was stunned to see the top 3 students be called like that.

The guy guided us through the school to the outside, where cars were waiting for us. Iori, Miyako and another man joined us. We got separated in two groups, and the drive began. I was worried and rightfully so. We just were basically taken out from school, and they were driving us who knows where. After a while, I muster some strength to ask, as politely as I could :

- "Where are we going ?"
- "I can't say anything. All I can say, is that you have been chosen for this." The driver said. He was trying to sound friendly, but failed miserably.
- "Chosen ? What do you mean ?"
- "Do you remember what happen in Hikarigaoka, a few years ago ?"
- "Wait, in Hikarigaoka ? We left Hikarigaoka when I was 5, there was a gas explosion, I don't remember..."
- "It was not a gas explosion, Try to remember."

Even Takeru, sitting next to me, was trying to remember... Hikarigaoka... I could make some weird shapes, thinking about it…

- "There were two creatures fighting that day, uh, I mean that night !" Ken finally shouted

Two creatures ?! Was Ken becoming crazy ? Then I remembered. There was indeed two creatures. One was like a giant parrot, and the other was... A dinosaur ? It seems that Takeru was remembering too, as he explained what he could recall from that day.

- "You see ? Most of the Chosen Children, except for one, saw those two creatures. And do you know what they are ?"
- "No, what are they. ? " Asked the three teens
- "Those are Digimon. And you are the Digidestined."

UPDATED DEC 22, 2017 : Here it is, the new and improved version of the first chapter of Digital Angels. I did a few extra edits, but this chapter is normally done with. With that being said, I don't know if Chapter 2 is getting his re-post before Christmas, so I'll be wishing everyone a Merry Christmas !