Author's notes: Hey, this is the new fic by me, Keiya992! I got my idea for this story from the original movie, 'Our War Game!' and also from listening to the trailer music. Hope you would enjoy this, treating it like a movie at the same time. (Though it sounds really weird…)
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon…LALALA …
Summary: 4 years had passed since the events of Digimon Adventure 02, with both the Digital World and the Human World at peace. However, not known to everyone, a new war is on the verge of rising as the Humans will soon pay for their action…
PART 1
The group took heavy steps as they crossed the great desert, with no signs of life forms anywhere. There were 7 of them and the most distinguishing one was an old man wearing his White Coat, on his left pocket had 3 big letters on it – DPU. He looked like a professor with 5 other armed well-built men walking around him.
A rather young looking man walked forward upon noticing an oasis not far from them. "Professor, Professor!" He yelled. The old man looked up and rushed to the bloke.
"What is it?" He got excited as he stopped. He stared at the direction the bloke pointed and right in front of them was a huge oasis. It looked really beautiful as the 5 armed soldiers rushed up to get their sip of water. The old man and the bloke smiled at each other.
"Professor, let's help ourselves too!" He smiled. The old man nodded and walked up slowly towards the pool of water. Then, after a while, the group decided to rest by the trees. The old man sat down beside the bloke. The bloke was cleaning his pocket watch, blowing and trying to make it glimmer. The old man chuckled as he watched the bloke.
The bloke smiled back, "What's wrong, Professor?"
"Nothing…" He grinned. "That watch, does it has some sort of value to it?"
The bloke continued. "Well…I suppose it does…It's from given to me by my brother," He blew against the thing.
"You mean Howard?" He asked, staring at the watch.
"Yes Professor," The bloke kept his watch after 1 final glimpse. "Was he a great man?"
"Indeed," The professor looked up at the sky. "He stayed with me till the end, even though many others left. He wanted to help me fulfill my dreams…"
"Guess that's why I'm here…" The bloke looked up too. "To…finish what has yet to be finish…"
All of a sudden, the old man had tears streaming down his cheeks. He wiped them away and looked up. "I'm sorry that he lost his life for me, Albert…"
"Professor…" Albert smiled. "It's okay, I understand…" Then, as they finished, the 2 of them realized the soldiers all looking weird. "What…What's wrong?"
"Albert, Professor, step back please!" 1 of the soldiers shouted as he slowly slid back along with the other soldiers, all pointing their weapons up. The old man got up quickly as Albert tried to protect him.
"What's going on?" Albert got worried.
"There's…There's someone watching us!" Another soldier trembled.
Then, they all saw it, the movements of the bushes. It was fast, as though that something was approaching them. Then, all of a sudden, in the pitch black darkness of the bush, 2 glowing red eye sparked at the Humans. They were all so shocked that the soldiers started firing towards those eyes. Albert and the old man quickly squatted down to protect themselves.
"Control yourselves!" Albert tried to calm them down. The gun fire was so loud that he had to stand up and stop them by force. He pushed the rifle downwards and stopped one of the soldiers. "There, stop!"
"…I'm…" The soldier panted. "I'm sorry!" The other soldiers stopped too. Albert heaved a sigh of relief.
"It's okay…" He breathed hard and walked towards the bushes.
"Albert?" The soldier called out. "What are you…"
"It's okay," He looked back. "I'm going to be alright…" He then slowly walked up to where the red eyes were glowing. As he got closer, the eyes glowed again. He moved back from the sudden glow. Then he heaved. "Don't worry…I'm not going to harm you…"
"…" The eyes continued staring.
Albert smiled and walked up, all of a sudden, a sudden pain went through his body. He could not move s single bit, his body totally frozen in the nerves. He struggled as the shadow with glowing red eyes got nearer and nearer to him. Albert felt worried.
Then, it stopped, still hiding in the shadows. Soon, it spoke up, in a mysterious tone. "LEAVE THIS PLACE NOW…"
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(A/N: Play the song 'Butterfly' if you have as you read this introduction section)
He stepped onto the paddle, all hands on the handles, ready to ride the bike. "Let's go!" He punched into the air as he rode fast down the steps and out of the school.
Hey, I'm Yagami Taichi, nice to meet you! I'm currently 18, still studying in High School and of course, a talented soccer player!
The lad rode across the streets, as he approached the park near by. He turned towards the right and into lane planted with trees by the side. Under the shade of the vegetation, he whistled and finally stopped as he noticed a boy sitting by the bench, fiddling with his laptop.
"Yo Koushiro!" He grinned as he ran up to the computer whiz. Koushiro looked up and smiled.
"Hey Taichi," He placed his laptop by the side, looking at Taichi as he stood up. The lad ran up to the whiz and the 2 of them punched their knuckles together, smiling confidently at one another.
This is Izumi Koushiro, a computer whiz to be exact. He's currently 17, studying well…obviously the computer-related course…oh whatever it is called.
-- -- --
"This is…so…I see…" The blue-haired said as he read the thick book. He adjusted his glasses and then, slowly, the train stopped. Still concentrated on his reading, the doors of the train opened.
This is Tokyo Train Station, this is Tokyo Train Station. Passengers may now alight.
"Right…This medicine…Tokyo…Tokyo Train Station?!" Jyou freaked out as he quickly picked up his bag and ran out of the crowded train. He squeezed through the crowd and finally got out of the train. He heaved a sigh of relief as he pushed up his spectacles, looking up at the high buildings.
He is Kido Jyou, kind of a book worm I guess…Oh well, he's been preparing for his exam to enter the university today and of course, to get into the Medical Course. Let's just hope he can make it!
-- -- --
The door looked locked and the letterbox is filled with tons of letters. There are even more letters hanging out from the box and some are dropped onto the floor. On the door wrote small words – Tachikawa Residence.
As you can see, this is Mimi's house. She's probably on vacation again, some countries, will I don't know. She's the same age as Koushiro, 17 and hoping to become a great cook someday.
-- -- --
The bloke walked down the stairs, carrying his guitar by the shoulders. "I'm going out for practice. You'll have to make your own dinner, Dad." He said as he left the apartment. Then, looking all cool and calm, he reached the ground floor, only to realize a tangerine-haired lass standing in front of him, smiling at him.
"Hey Yamato," She waved to the bloke. The bloke smiled and walked up to her. Then, the girl held him by the shoulders as the 2 of them walked along the road, looking all lovey-dovey.
These 2 here are Ishida Yamato and Takenouchi Sora. Well, they are currently dating and…Oh never mind. Sora is picking up flower arranging skills from her mum while Yamato is currently the vocalist of his own band, the Teenage Wolves. These 2 sure have a great future ahead of them!
-- -- --
"Yeah, United States here I come!" The hot-head exclaimed as he stretched himself. The blonde and brunette laughed as they walked behind him. "Hey, what's so funny?" The hot-head squinted at the blonde.
"Nothing," The blonde smiled back. "You're as energetic as ever." The brunette nodded.
"What's wrong with that?" Then, he stared. "And why are you walking beside Hikari-chan!?" Then, he got all worked up as Hikari tried to calm the whole situation down. The teacher then walked up, feeling all stress with the passers-by looking at them.
These 3 here are the younger generation of the DigiDestinied - Motomiya Daisuke, Takaishi Takeru and my sister, Yagami Hikari. Well, I heard from Hikari that they will be going on a field trip in United States, so guess I won't be seeing them for quite a while…
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"Miyako-chan, aren't you being a little too…excited?" The boy teen said, frowning.
The Violet-haired looked back at him and gave him a glare. "Well, Ken, if they're going to the states, so are we!" She smiled.
"But, Miyako-chan, they're going on a field trip…"Iori tried to smile. "Not on vacation I mean…" Miyako sighed as she heard. Then, she looked at both boys with serious look on her face.
"Listen up, boys. If there are going, so are we! Why you ask?" She glittered in her eyes. "Because we're a team!!" The 2 boys were startled by her actions. And her speech went on and on, making the boys tired.
Well, that's Inoue Miyako for you, and she's 17. Ken on the other hand is 16 while Iori is 13. Miyako is a little bossy at times but, well, she wants the team to do good I guess? Ken on the other hand always gives in the Miyako whereas Iori tries to get away from her speech.
Then, the screen moves up to the sky, where a small green data patch would be seen…
Keiya992 presents:
DIGIMON ADVENTURE: OUR WAR GAME
"I wonder how Agumon's doing…" Taichi sneezed as he kept his lazy eyes locked on the shady trees.
"Well, I'm sure they're doing fine on their own…" Koushiro was busy with his laptop. He looked really engrossed in what he was doing and that attracted Taichi to his weird behavior like always.
"What are you doing?" He squinted into the laptop screen. He gasped. "What in the…"
Right on the screen was a message full of digits that Taichi felt so irritated even looking at it just for 1 second.
Koushiro laughed as he continued typing. "A friend of mine from France sent me this. He said he found it shining up on the sky."
"Wha-What…On the sky?" Taichi groaned as he felt even more uncomfortable, now slouching against the bench looking all dead-like. "You guys are out of your mind.
"I don't know, but he's asking me to crack it for him…" Koushiro breathed out. "It must be some kind of code…"
"What could it be? Some kind of message from the Digital World?" Taichi joked. Koushiro then froze. He looked at Taichi, smiling at the same time. "What? Don't tell me you believe that…"
"You're a genius Taichi!" Koushiro got back to the code and tried cracking it. Taichi groaned even louder.
"Come on Koushiro! It can't be, I mean the Digital World has already been locked!" Taichi tried to stop the whiz but was ignored. Then, feeling vexed, he tried to snatch the laptop away from Koushiro. The 2 struggled until Taichi's phone rang. He gave up and Koushiro got back his laptop.
"Hello?"
"Taichi? This is mum!" She said cheerfully.
"Oh, right, mum. Yeah?"
"Can you get me some flour while you're still outdoors?"
"What do you need them for?" Taichi yawned. Koushiro was feeling all hyped up as he got closer and closer to solving the code.
"I'll be baking cake later, dear."
"Oh…Okay, gotcha! Bye!" Then, he hung up as he approached his bike. Then, Koushiro jumped into the air as he finally cracked the code. "What…What the…" Taichi stared.
"I've got it, Taichi! I've got it!" He showed the code hurriedly as Taichi stared. On the screen, the code was slowly altering on its own, changing itself to something legible for the boys.
"This is…" Taichi stared.
"L…Leave?" Koushiro mumbled.
"What is…What does it mean by 'Leave'?" Taichi got up.
"I don't know…" Then, all of a sudden, the code disappeared and Koushiro tired looking for it. "Where did it go?!" He got so worked up as he scanned the whole system.
"Hey, Koushiro, I gotta go get some stuff for my mum." Taichi got on the bike hurriedly as he looked at his watch. . "Meet up you later!" Koushiro merely nodded as the lad rode off swiftly…
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Digital World
"Where is this place?" The old man looked up in amazement as all he could see around him was data codes, and more constructions made up of data codes. As he glanced around here and there, a shadow walked into the room.
"So…You're awake…" The shadow looked into the old man's eyes with its glowing red eyes.
"You…What do you want?" The professor looked back, confidently. The shadow walked up and smirked.
"It's been a while since I last saw such…confident eyes…" He laughed. "Well, am I right to say that you are not at all scared of me? Professor Gilmore…"
"How…How did you know my name?!" The old man exclaimed.
"Looks like you have forgotten…" The shadow walked out slowly.
"Who are you?!" The old man demanded. The shadow merely looked back and exited the room, speaking 1 last sentence.
"I once existed in your memories…Gilmore…"
-- -- --
Human World
"Guess I can go now," Taichi placed the packet of flour into his plastic bag and hang it by the handle. He then rode off slowly down the streets, on his way home. As he rode, he saw a screen by the side of a shop in front. On the screen was a Dinosaur-like creature. Taichi halted in front of the screen. "This…Agumon…" He mumbled.
Then, he noticed a small boy walking up to him, staring at him the whole time.
Taichi looked back and smiled. 'Hey, what's up little guy?" He squatted.
"You…You're the one with the Dinosaur, right?" The boy said excitedly with his eyes glowing.
"Di…Dinosaur?" Taichi muttered. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. "You…"
"Oni-san, where is he?" He asked happily. Taichi smiled and patted the boy on the head.
"He's gone back to where he belonged…" Taichi grinned. The boy looked confused.
"Where he belonged?" The boy looked puzzled. "Where is he? Where is he?" The boy got worried as he pulled Taichi. The lad merely smiled back and shook his head.
"He's on vacation!" Taichi said happily.
"Oh…Will he be back?" The boy continued. Taichi sighed and kept the smile on his face.
"Not so soon, little guy, not so soon…" Then, he stood up and looked up at the sky. "Agumon…I can't believe that there's still someone in this world who remembers you…Someone who still believes in you guys…" Then, as he looked down, he saw a couple of men in black suits walking up to him.
The little boy shoved himself to one side as the men approached Taichi. The lad looked confused as he looked at the men in their sunglasses.
"Are you Yagami Taichi?" 1 of the men asked. The lad nodded and answered.
"Yes…What's wrong?" He scratched his head in distress.
"Would you please come with us to some place?" The other men asked. Taichi shook his head.
"What for?" The men looked irritated.
"Yagami Taichi, this is important, if you do not…" They stopped as someone else interrupted.
"Let me handle it." A young-looking man walked up to the lad. "Yagami Taichi right? I'm Albert, nice meeting you." He smiled. Then, he took off his sunglasses.
"What do you want?" Taichi scowled.
"Well, we don't mean any harm. It's just that, we seriously need you help."
"What help?" Taichi sounded uncertain towards the 3 men.
"I'm sure you would be interested…" Albert stared. "It concerns…the Digital World." Taichi snapped himself awake as he heard Albert's words.
"Digital…World?" He muttered…
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"What could it be…" Koushiro sat on his chair, still thinking about all possibilities of what the message was trying to convey to them. "Leave…what does it wants us to do…"
Then, a sound came out from his laptop as he looked at the screen. "A new message?" He read and opened the new email. He read, "I've found more of the code…This is a new message…" He read. "What the heck is going on?"
-- -- --
"What the heck is going on?" Taichi demanded as Albert sat down opposite him.
"Relax, Yagami-san." Albert flipped through his files and showed a photo of an old man to the lad.
"Who is he?" Taichi stared.
"He's Professor Gilmore from the United States." Albert pointed out. "But he's currently missing and as you can guess where he…"
"The Digital World…" Taichi stared.
"And that's exactly where we're heading for…" Albert snapped his fingers. Taichi scowled and got pretty worked-up.
"How in the world did he get there? The Digital World is supposed to be locked from ours, so there's no where he'll ever get there!" Taichi yelled. Albert sat back.
"Relax, Yagami-san." Albert stood up. "We're just going in to find Professor Gilmore, and then we'll be out soon enough to not create any trouble."
"Stop thinking that it's something easy to do…" Taichi got up. "I'm leaving now…"
"It's a human life we're talking about here…" Albert walked up to him. "Would you sacrifice that?"
"I don't think that it's part of my responsibility to rescue him, someone that you guys have lost…" Taichi glared.
"I suppose so…" Albert sighed. "Then, I thank you for coming here." He bowed. Taichi sighed and walked out of the room.
"Don't you want to see your partners again?" Taichi heard from behind him.
He turned back and saw a man leaning against the wall, fiddling with the small knife on his right hand. "Who are you?"
Albert got out anxiously as he ran between the 2 to stop them. "Stop it, Venson!" He apologized to Taichi as he scolded the mysterious looking teenager who looked like the same age as Taichi. "Venson, that's enough already! He's right. We should be responsible for our own actions!" The teen smirked at the lad.
"Human emotions are so foolish…" He held the knife tight with his right hand. "Let me guess, you almost wanted to agree right? Because of your…'Partners'…"
Taichi clenched his fists hard by the side as he stomped up all of a sudden, pinning the teen to the wall. "Don't talk like you know everything!"
Venson smirked and provoked Taichi even more, "Foolish, so foolish...Feeling all angry because I'm right?" He laughed evilly. Taichi pinned him to the wall even harder as Albert tried to stop the 2 of them.
"Stop it, the 2 of you!" He managed to stop them. Taichi walked back and squatted in angriness. Venson continued smirking at the lad.
"I'll help…" Albert was surprised. "But promise me one thing,"
"What is it?" Albert said anxiously.
"Promise me that you will never enter the world again, leave the Digital World alone!"
Albert gulped and smiled in confidence. "Promise!"
Venson walked away, still grinning. Then, Taichi got up on his feet and walked up to the young man. "I need more time…" Albert nodded and the lad walked off slowly, still struggling in his heart…
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Digital World
"So…Humans have entered our perimeter again?" A shadow with 'IV' on its chest said.
"Yes…" Another shadow walked up, with 'VII' on its Chest. Then, 2 more shadows emerged from the corner walls and walked up. One of them had "III" on its chest while the other had "X". Then, the 4 shadows gathered by the center of the room as they sat down on their seats, according to the number they each held.
"They have ignored our warnings…" III said as its golden eyes glowed.
"Does he know anything about this?" X asked, sounding rather concerned.
"No, not yet," VII replied firmly, as he gulped. "But if he learns about it…"
"He will never…" III spoke up all of a sudden.
"What do you mean?" IV spoke up, sounding afraid.
"We're gong to settle this problem ourselves…If he knows about it; it won't do any good for anyone, not even our own kind…" III stood up, deciding to leave the holographic room. As he walked out, the other 3 shadows watched him closely. And IV could be heard smirking.
"Do you plan to overthrow him?" Another voice spoke out vilely. III stood on the spot, looking disgusted with the words.
"Do you have to hide yourself?" He turned back, only to see a shadow walking down the stairs. He watched as the shadow with "IX" on its chest walked down, snickering along.
"Why?" IX asked, folding his arms. "Are you…scared?" He walked around III in a wicked manner. III was getting irritated as he spoke.
"I have businesses at hand, so if you could please..." III replied as he triggered IX's laughter "This is serious, if you would gently remind yourself the consequences…"
"Well, well," IX chuckled evilly. "So what if he knows? This is the prefect chance to end our grudges against one another, us and the Filthy Humans!" IX sneered wickedly as he slowly approached the lower stairs, wanting to reach the ground floor.
"Our duty…" III sighed. "Is to maintain the peace…Not to create more bloodshed…" IX turned around snickering away.
"But may I remind you, your idea of peace is not something ideal…Some things have to sacrifice in order to achieve your goal…" Then, slowly he walked down the stairs in a criminally manner, with III feeling disgusted.
"You…" He clenched his fists tight as he watched in fury…
-- -- --
Human World
"Am I…" He sighed, ceasing the action of his hand right in front of the door knob. Then, he gripped it tight and unlocked it with a heavy heart. He walked only to find Koushiro already in his room waiting for him. He walked up anxiously to find out what happened.
"Hey, Taichi, I was waiting for you." Koushiro said in anxiety as the lad ran up to him. "This, I received it awhile ago," He pointed to the mail on the screen.
"What's this?" Taichi stared. "A new message…?" The whiz nodded and opened up the mail, decoding the message at the same time.
"An action of justice that tears the peace apart?" Koushiro mumbled. "Justice that…tears the peace?" He was confused.
Taichi sat down, looking depressed. "Koushiro…I…" Koushiro nodded as he got busy with his laptop again. "The Digital World…I'm going there again…"
The whiz paused, realizing what his friend had said, "What do you mean? I thought the gates have been locked up?"
"Well… Guess we have our own ways of drilling into their world…" He sighed. "But, this is serious…I mean this could trigger another war!"
"Hmm…" Koushiro bit his lips. "I thought so…" Then, all of a sudden, a new pop-up appeared on the screen and the boys stared.
"What's going on?" Taichi squinted. In the pop-up was an egg, slowly emerging into its complete form. Taichi and Koushiro had their eyes stretching bigger and bigger as they watched, they couldn't believe what they are seeing.
"It's a Digi-Egg!" Koushiro shrieked. "And something's popping out from it!"
Indeed, something was slowly breaking the shell of the egg as the boys watched in horror. Then, a black figure appeared, and it had an irregular shape like a shadow. "This is a shadow?" Taichi muttered.
"It doesn't look like a Digimon, it…it looks just like a shadow…" Koushiro tried analyzing the creature. Taichi was still watching the creature, wiggling around in and out of the window.
"Ko-Koushiro!" He yelled. "Look!" The 2 boys stared at the picture as they slowly realized the shadow moving out of the screen. It was moving towards the center of the room. The 2 boys continued watching, the shadow was taking a real form this time. Then, slowly, it took a human form. It finally had a regular shape.
"What in the world…" Taichi muttered as Koushiro was too in shock to say a single word. The creature right before their eyes was a knight-like shadow, with something shimmering on its chest – XI...
TO BE CONTINUED
A/N: Hey, hope you have enjoyed Part 1 of 'Our War Game'. For the time being, please enjoy this while 'The Stars That Don't Lie' will continue soon after. Until then, keep the comments coming!