Digimon Defenders
Disclaimer: Hey Tamer Fans! This is DayDreamer9 bringing you a redone and modified 'Digimon Defenders'. I'll be changing some of the characters and fixing the dates and surroundings to keep up with the times.
I'll have a calendar and a 'clock' in every chapter to let you know what's happening and when (some fics do that). I'd like to thank the authors; 'The Dark Tamer,' 'Infinity Blade', 'Godeerc Creedog', 'Debbie(Dai-chan)', 'Arek the Absolute', 'Lobo Kendo', and 'Pyrogirl123,'who's fics have inspired me to write this one . I'm also a big fan of 'Senkaiden Houshin Engi' a.k.a. 'Soul Hunter' and a friend of mine owns a site (with a Nataku Shrine and lots of Raishinshi pictures).
Why did I tell you that? Because some of my digimon characters' levels are based off of characters from that show. I aim on keeping the 'Card Slash' sequence and I plan on introducing crests in as well. . Also check out my 'Angelic Layer' fic, 'My Angel Story.'
Now for the legal stuff: I don't own digimon, it's property of Toei Animations and Saban (I think it still is). The only things I own are the kids, the crests, and the kids' partner digimon. Now that that's done, on with the fic!
Chapter 1: A New Adventure
February 6, 2004- Friday, 6:15 PM
Twelve-year old Gina Miller was bushed. Not just from school itself, but from school and homework all together. She had just spent an hour and a half on her Math homework, twenty minutes on her Reading assignment, and the last ten minutes checking her Math problems. As if solving equations wasn't hard enough, these were equations where you had to multiply and divide to get the answer, and unfortunately Gina wasn't a Math person. She'd happily take Language Arts over Algebra any day. Unfortunate for her, the school didn't grant that notion, and she was stuck in Algebra.
She enjoyed school, she didn't really have anything against it, but when 'A Days' came she was grumpy for the first half of the morning. Reason: her 1st period was Spanish and Algebra was after that. She wasn't good at Spanish and Math she could do without. That was why she was glad that her last class was something interesting: Biology. It was neat learning about living things and the homework came mostly as worksheets with cool puzzles. The only thing about Biology she didn't like was writing essays on Biology related events in the newspaper.
On Saturdays, however, she was a free girl all morning watching TV. Her favorite show was 'Digimon: Digital Monsters'. She had watched and taped all of seasons 1,2,3, and now 4. But her most favorite season of all was season 3, 'Digimon Tamers'. She loved the show; she had even started collecting action-figures based on season 3. She had printed out 'Fan Fics' of digimon, which she kept in the top drawer of her desk. She had watched the show ever since she was in her old house and wasn't tired of it yet.
Seeing as how she finished all her homework for tonight with the exception of her Biology worksheet, Gina got off her bed, and exited her pink-walled room to go to the kitchen down the hall.
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The kitchen was relatively large; having both the kitchen and dining room together in the same room was a good thing, as far as Gina was concerned. On the left side of the room were the stove, sink, and multiple cupboards where pans, breads, and seasonings were stored. In the middle of the room was a counter that was U-shaped, with the sink and stove built into it. It had chairs under the overhang for eating over the counter. And on the right of the room was the dinner table and in the left-hand corner, the china closet. Her mother was at the stove, watching a pan of water boil as she waited to put the spaghetti in it. It was Gina's favorite, the long, thin spaghetti.
"Hey Mom," she said, walking over to a cabinet near the sink where glasses were kept, "how much longer until dinner's ready?"
Mrs. Miller looked up from the stove and then over to her daughter.
"That all depends," she said, "did you finish all your homework?"
After retrieving a glass from the cabinet, Gina walked over to the refrigerator.
"Yeah, I finished both Math and English," she replied, opening the fridge.
"Didn't you also have Biology?"
"Yeah, but I got half of that done in class today. I'll finish the rest tomorrow."
Mrs. Miller gave her daughter an approving smile.
"Alright then, in that case, the pasta will be ready in nine minutes," she said, as she began to put the spaghetti in the bubbling water.
After pouring herself a glass of juice, Gina walked towards the houses entrance. She had been stuffed in her room for quite a while; she wanted to get some air. She thought about getting her jacket, but she figured she wouldn't need it. She observed herself in the foyer mirror. She was currently wearing a pale blue shirt with dark blue-rimmed sleeves and collar, blue jeans, and white socks. She was wearing her blue slippers and it wasn't that cold outside, so she figured that she was all set.
"Mom!" she called over her shoulder, "I'm going out for a while!"
"Just come back in for supper!" her mother called back.
"Sure!"
Opening the door, Gina stepped outside onto the tiled porch. It had chairs on one side and potted plants on the other. Two cars were parked in the driveway in front of her. But it didn't stop there. The driveway formed a circle in the front yard with a flower garden in the middle. Her dad was both an architect and a repairman so he was very creative. Gina remembered a time when she and her dad would always go in the backyard and play with their dog. It relieved all the stress that Gina had built up over schoolwork. But they hadn't gone out lately. Her dad had too much work to do.
Taking a sip of her orange juice, Gina walked along the driveway, thinking. Her life had been getting dull lately. She hadn't really made a lot of friends, except with the girl next door. She was a girl her age that loved anime as much as she did. But since her dad was in the hospital, they had hardly gotten the chance to hang out lately, seeing as the girl visited her dad every day. Gina's sister, Lisa Miller, was just a year older than she was, but didn't share the exact same interests as her. That made it hard to talk to each other. She always longed to have an adventure; that something exciting would happen to her.
(At times I wish that Digimon were real, that would be cool,) she thought, staring up at the cloudless blue sky, (it would be awesome to have a digimon partner. At least my life wouldn't be as dull as it is now.)
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Thirteen-year old Lisa Miller watched her sister through her window. She was lying on her stomach atop her bed, reading one of her books called, "Broken Sky: Book One". As far as books were concerned, Lisa had lots. On the right of her bed was a big white bureau with books packed in two of the four shelves. And not little kid books, Lisa had books for young adults and grown-ups. Not to mention that most of the books were so old that the covers were tearing. From 'Buffy' books to books by 'Anne Rice', Lisa would read any book. Gina had a bookshelf too as well as a bureau, but her books were for kids.
Lisa's book collection wasn't just books, it also had anime comics too. They were on the second shelf. She had manga like 'InuYasha', 'Magic Knight Rayearth', three books of 'X', and 'Gundam Wing'. Anything that had action in it, Lisa would buy. Lisa liked adventure too, but unlike her sister, she had learned to cope with the fact that they were to young for the action her sister wished for. Not to mention that Lisa didn't day dream as much as Gina. She saw no point of fantasizing about things that couldn't be real. Like 'Digimon".
Lisa wasn't into 'Digimon', at least not totally. She liked season 1 and bought some digimon cards, but that was about it. She considered season 2 and the latest season 4 as dumb, as for season 3 she thought it was okay, but the fact that it was only a show made it less interesting for her. The only anime that Lisa watched was 'InuYasha' and the 'Saiyuki' DVD. Her top shelf carried other shows and DVD's on anime, but most was because her sister wanted to get them, and Lisa had been too generous.
Lisa was more in-tuned with the real world, while her sister was always into fantasy. Even their rooms were different. Gina's was pink-walled and full of 'Beanie Babies' and knickknacks. Lisa's walls had yellow wallpaper and her room was full of books, tapes, and notebooks, seeing as Lisa liked to write stories in her spare time. Her sister wrote too, only she was much better at it. She even had books that were piled on her desk, which was on the left side of the room. Those were books on fortune telling, psychology, and even a couple of encyclopedias. The fact that she was a bookworm didn't bother Lisa; she liked reading about things.
Sighing, Lisa put down her book, and stretched. Hopping off her bed, Lisa went over to her desk to get her Math book that she had deposited on it earlier.
(Might as well get ready for the test next week,) she thought to herself, paging through the book to the right page.
Walking back to her bed, Lisa looked into her closet's mirror. She was wearing a simple gray and blue shirt with blue jeans. It wasn't her best outfit, but she didn't think that a girl should spend so much time in the morning picking out clothes. Which was what her sister did daily. The two were total opposites, but still sisters. And if it was one thing they had in common it was anime.
Just then, Lisa heard her fathers work van coming in the driveway and the front door open as Gina came back inside.
(If dad's home then dinner must almost be ready,) she thought, getting to the right page of her Math book, (oh well, there's still time to study.)
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After depositing her empty glass in the sink, Gina headed for her room. She still had four minutes to kill before dinner, so she figured that she'd at least set up her Biology worksheet for after dinner. She didn't have much to do anyway. Walking quickly down the hall, she past hers sisters' room, the bathroom, and her parents' room, until she reached her own at the end of the hall by the backroom.
Her room was pink-walled with a white, four-shelf bureau in the middle of the right wall. The top two shelves were filled with nothing but 'Beanie Babies' and other toys that she had collected over the years. The third shelf was a home for books 1-49 of 'Animorphs' and the bottom shelf was where she kept her schoolbooks when she wasn't using them. To the right of her bureau, near the door, was a smaller bookshelf with only two shelves. The top was nothing but papers and folders of books and fan fics she was attempting to write. The bottom was practically empty except for some 'Lisa Frank' items. The very top of the smaller bureau was occupied by a couple of potted plants. On the very top of her other bureau were digimon action figures of Gallantmon, Sakuyamon, Gargomon, and Kyubimon.
Her desk, which was at the far left of her room, was pretty organized. On the left was where she kept her books. She had all the books in the 'Avalon: Web of Magic' series and she also had some 'Sailor Moon' novels. There was also manga stacked with them. Gina's manga collection consisted of books 2-5 of 'Angelic Layer', books 1 and 3 of 'CardCaptor Sakura', and all, but book 11, of 'Sailor Moon'. On the right were practically all the books in the 'Redwall' series and a motion lamp with red colored drops inside. And in the center stood an Imerialdramon Paladin Mode action figure. And sitting in front of her window was a small stereo that once belonged to her sister.
The nightstand next to her bed was also covered in knickknacks. It consisted of her lamp, her CD player, a Kleenex box, and a pair of purple- rimmed, blue-glassed goggles that she bought when they went on vacation in Tennessee. There was a sliding glass mirror on the sidewall by her bed, which was also a closet. Her sister had one too, as well as a nightstand, and a white bureau. With all the things the girls collected, they needed this much in their rooms. A little tired from her walk outside, Gina decided to wait on the Biology worksheet, and take a while to rest. Walking over to her flower-printed bed, Gina was ready to just plop down on it, when she noticed something.
There were a couple of objects on her bed that weren't there before. Leaning in closer, she examined them, carefully. One of the items was what looked like a card pouch, the kind she saw the kids on 'Digimon Tamers' wear. It was 4 ½ inches high and 2 ½ centimeters wide. There was a clasp in back for hooking them on someone's pants and there was a symbol in front of it. It was a vertical crescent moon with its two curved points facing the right. Curious, Gina reached down, and unbuckled the clasp on top. She was surprised at what she found inside.
Cards; there were cards inside. She was about to check what kind they were, when the second item caught her eye.
It was a circular-square shape on top, with a U-shape on the bottom, which harbored two oval buttons. In the middle of the circular-square was a copper-colored ring with a square screen in the middle. There was a copper- colored strap on top that ended with a clasp. Hesitantly, Gina picked up the odd object, and began to examine it. She looked at the back, the sides, she played with the strap, and even shook it. She discovered that on the right side, there was a slot built into the device like a card reader, or..
A D-Arc.
Gina quickly dropped the object back on her bed. It couldn't be, it just couldn't. She had bought a toy digivice from season 2, but not one from season 3, yet. Plus, there was no copper D-Arc in season 3. Gina eyed the device for a while, then picked it up again. It felt like it was made of metal instead of plastic. Gina looked it over again.
(Could this really be a real digivice?) she thought, eyes wide, (no way! Digimon is only a TV show, this can't possibly be real! But.........)
Gina lifted the device up to her face so that she was eye-level with the screen.
"What if it is real?" she asked to no one.
Before she could give it any more thought.
"Gina, Lisa! Wash up for dinner!" her mother called from the kitchen.
Sighing, Gina put the device back down on the bed, and started to get up. Then, she stopped, and turned back to the two, mysterious items. After staring at them for a few seconds, Gina carefully picked them up, and placed them on her nightstand next to her goggles. She figured that they'd be safer there, her parents would think that they were just a couple of new knickknacks. Without saying a word, Gina turned, and left the room.
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The dinner table was medium length and oval-shaped. There was a place on all the sides for someone to sit if company ever came over, so it wasn't too small. Now, it currently had four chairs around it. Mr. Miller at the head of the table, the Mrs. was across from him, and Gina and Lisa sat across from one another on the sides. Dinner was the time to talk about events of the day: events during school, work, etc. Mr. Miller was currently talking about the newest assignment that he was working on, a repair job: he was attempting to fix a bathtub/shower structure, but he didn't have all the parts necessary plus one of the water pipes was cracked, and he'd have to fix it tomorrow.
Normally, Gina would have talked first, telling Lisa her latest idea for a 'Digimon' fan fic. But tonight, Gina was just staring blankly down at her spaghetti, totally 'zoned out'. Lisa had noticed this and knew that whenever her sister 'zoned out', she was usually deep in thought about something. Whether it was about school or something else, Lisa didn't know. She tried asking, but Gina had just blankly said that it was nothing. It wouldn't bother Lisa as much, since her sister 'zoned out' on a daily basis, but this time it was different. Gina didn't just look 'zoned out', but disturbed as well. When dinner was over, Gina quickly put her dish in the sink, and hurried down the hall. She looked eager to leave, so Lisa didn't stop to question her.
Figuring that Gina would come talk to her if it was important, Lisa let it go, and walked to her room. She still needed to study for her test and it was on Tuesday, giving her lots of study time. Upon entering her room, Lisa went to her bed to start studying when she spotted something on her bed. Two objects that weren't there before lay on top of her open Math book, one on each page. Lisa walked over to them observed them from a distance.
One was what looked like a small, brown cardholder that she saw kids in her school use to carry various card games around. But this one had a symbol on it. It looked like a yin yang had been laid out horizontally and then split in half, with a small circle in the middle. The next object appeared to be made of metal and was a circular-square shape with a U-shape on the bottom. There was a screen in the middle that was surrounded by a red ring, and two oval buttons under it. There was a red strap on top with a clasp on the end. It wasn't until Lisa slowly walked over, picked it up, and examined it completely that she noticed a slot on the right side.
Puzzled, she looked at it over and over again. She thought that she had seen it before, somewhere else, but she couldn't exactly remember where. She scrunched her nose, something she did whenever she got confused. It probably was one of Gina's toys. She would sometimes leave them in here when she stopped by. Lisa shrugged and picked up the cardholder. She placed the two objects on her nightstand, between her lamp and jewelry box. She then picked up her textbook and started reading over the problems she was sure would be on the test.
(If they are Gina's,) she thought, (she'd probably come by and pick them up before she went to bed. No big deal.)
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9:15 PM
Between finishing up her Biology worksheet and getting caught up in a good book, not to mention looking over the strange device again, Gina was ready to call it a night. After completing her homework, she would usually reward herself with a taped episode of 'Digimon'. But after the strange, not to mention sudden, appearance of the odd device, Gina had spent half the night looking it over. She had now looked it over several times and still had no clue about it. The only thing that she could think of was that it really was a D-Arc, and as cool as that sounded, it was almost unreal. She had thought about telling her sister or parents about it, but what would that accomplish? After an hour and a half of observation, she took a break on the device, and started to read the book she was doing her report on. One of her favorites of the 'Redwall' series: 'Mariel of Redwall'.
She was just getting into the second half of the book, when her sister came into her room; completely forgetting to knock.
"I just figured I'd return this to you before I went to bed," Lisa said, simply.
She never really wore a nightgown or PJ's to bed. She just threw some old clothes together to make a night outfit. Tonight was no exception: a white and green tie-dye shirt with short pants. Gina would normally have a nightgown on by now, but she was to caught up in her book to notice anything, including the time. Until now.
"Huh?" she asked, blankly, looking up at her sister.
That was when she saw what her sister was holding out to her. It was a device that looked exactly like the one she had found earlier that day on her bed! The only thing that was different was the color!
"Holy Cow!" Gina gasped, wide-eyed, dropping her book.
Lisa looked puzzled.
"What?" she asked.
"Where did you get that?!" Gina exclaimed, eyeing the device.
"It was in my room, on my bed," Lisa stated, giving her sister a weird look, "isn't it yours?"
Instead of answering, Gina stumbled off of her bed, and grabbed the other device on her nightstand. She held it up for her sister to see.
"This one's mine, it looks just like yours, only mine's an orangey-copper color," she said, still a little shocked, "where'd you get that one?"
Lisa was just standing there, staring at Gina's device. If the one she had wasn't her sisters', then where had it come from? Lisa hadn't thought anything of it until now because she thought it belonged to her sister. But it wasn't, there was a strange object in her room, and it wasn't even there before. It was more than just weird.
"I-I don't know," Lisa admitted, a little confues now, "it wasn't there before. What do you think it is?"
"A D-Arc," Gina stated without a second thought.
Lisa blinked.
"A what?" she asked.
"A D-Arc. It's all I could think of it being, it looks just like one," Gina stated, turning the device around in her hand.
"Uh, sis? What's a D-Ark?" Lisa asked, now totally confused.
Gina gave her sister a surprised look.
"You saw what they look like sis," she insisted, "you saw them in the first three episodes of 'Digimon Tamers'. They're digivices!"
Lisa just stared at her sister and the devices for a few minutes before giving her reply.
"Sis, are you playing a practical joke on me to make me think that I'm going nuts?" she asked, eyeing her sister, suspiciously.
Gina dropped her arms to her sides and gave her sister one of her well- practiced exasperated looks.
"No," she answered, firmly, "I'm not. And I don't know who put these in our rooms, unless it was Mom or Dad."
"Are you kidding?" Lisa asked, "you know Dad thinks the shows we watch are dumb, why'd he get us both a toy based on one of them?"
Gina bit her lip. If their parents didn't get these for them, then who did? And if it was someone else, how'd they get inside the house without anyone knowing it?
Just then, a loud beeping noise filled the girls' ears, startling the two of them. Both looked around the room for the source. They knew it couldn't be the smoke alarm, or it would've been much louder.
"What is that?" Lisa asked, nervously, as the beeping continued.
Gina was about to reply when she suddenly realized where the beep was coming from.
(Of course,) she thought, looking down at her hands, (it has to be.........!)
Gina lifted up the device and, just as she thought, the screen was flashing blue!
"Lisa! Check your digivice," she ordered, eyes not leaving the screen.
Confused, but not in the mood to argue, Lisa looked down at her 'digivice'. Sure enough, her screen was flashing as well. Of course, that didn't help Lisa calm down.
"W-why is it doing this?" she asked.
Gina didn't answer. She observed the two buttons below the screen. On a hunch, she pressed the one on the right, and the flashing screen was replaced by a single, digital word: Locate. After a moments hesitation, Gina pressed the button on the left, and without any warning whatsoever, a holographic compass appears inches away from the top of the screen.
"Gaah!" Lisa cried, jumping back, she was apparently more than freaked now.
Gina, on the other hand, seemed to grow excited about the sudden appearance of the hologram. It proved her theory correct.
(It is a real D-Arc! I knew it!) she thought in pure excitement.
The red arrow on the compass seemed to swerve around the circle-shaped compass for a while before finally stopping on the left, pointing at Gina's window. Gina hurried to her window, pausing only to draw back the shades. Lisa accompanied her in looking out the window, past the driveway, and across the road beyond the gate. It was dark out, but the girls could still see the woods that belonged to the people who lived across the street.
Suddenly, a beam of pale white light shot up from within the woods, over the treetops, and into the night sky. The girls were open-mouthed and speechless, for about five seconds anyway.
"What is that?" Lisa asked in a somewhat demanding tone.
Gina knew exactly what it was. She had seen it on 'Tamers' enough times to know what it was.
"Something's coming," she stated, then ran to her desk.
Grabbing a piece of paper from behind her 'Imperialdramon' action figure and a pencil from her pencil holder that sat beside it, Gina quickly scribbled down a note that read:
Gone out to the garage for something. Be back soon.
Gina and Lisa
After finishing the note, Gina placed it on her bed, and opened her closet.
"What are you doing?" Lisa asked, going over to read the note.
Gina pulled out her light blue 'Route 66' jacket and quickly slipped into it.
"I'm going out to the woods," she said, simply.
"WHAT!?" Lisa exclaimed, not loud enough for their parents to hear in their room, but still loud, "what do mean you're 'going out to the woods'?"
Gina reached back into her closet and pulled out another jacket, a dark blue one.
"I want to see where that light came from," she stated, tossing her sister the jacket, "and you're coming too."
Lisa caught the jacket absently and stared at her sister.
"Why do I have to come on this wild goose chase?" she asked.
"Because, 1: You're my big sister," Gina said and then raised her 'D-Arc' for her sister to see, "and 2: You also have a D-Arc, so you must be a Tamer too. You have to come."
Lisa opened her mouth for a moment, then closed it, then opened it again.
"Sis, 'Digimon' and D-Arcs aren't real," she stated, firmly, but it didn't carry out well.
"Then what are these?" Gina insisted, pointing to her D-Arc, "look, I know you're not a believer when it comes to unreal situations, but you have to come. Please, for me? If we get caught, I'll take the blame, okay?"
Lisa paused. She looked down at her D-Arc, then looked back to her sister.
"Fine," she groaned, "but if we get kidnapped, I'm going to kill you."
Smiling, Gina slowly opened her door. Her parents were in their room, which was a couple feet down the hall on the opposite side from Gina's room. They could hear the small TV that their parents had. Seeing that no one was in the hallway, Gina slipped out of her room, followed by a rather reluctant Lisa. After opening the door to the backroom as silently as they could, both sisters dashed inside, and quietly shut the door.
The backroom was also called the 'computer room'. It was where the family computer, a 'Compaq MV520', sat comfortably on a desk by the backdoor. There was another door leading out to the garage, the one by the computer was more like an emergency exit. There was a couch against the right wall and a medium-sized TV right across from it. A tape rack was against the wall by the garage door and a trunk was across from it. The trunk held Gina and Lisa's baby toys and clothes, their Mother couldn't bear to put them in the attic. Gina and Lisa both made a beeline for the back door by the computer.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Lisa asked, as Gina unlocked the door, "I mean, we don't know what that light was, it could be dangerous."
Gina turned to her sister.
"I know what it is," Gina said in a matter-of-fact voice.
"Yeah?" Lisa asked, unconvinced, "what?"
"A Digital Field," Gina answered, opening the door, quietly.
Their parents turned the 'burglar alarm' on at 10:00, right before they went to bed. And they checked the girls usually around 10:10. Lisa figured as long as they were back by then, they'd be fine. But what Gina just told her made her think they may not come home at all. Gina was already out the door and was making her way to the front yard.
"Sis, wait!" Lisa called, closing the back door quietly, and running after her sister, "what do you mean, a 'Digital Field'?"
"I mean that a digimon might be coming," Gina said, a tinge of excitement in her voice.
All her life, Gina had wanted adventure. 'Digimon' had given her that adventure; to find out that it might be real was almost too exciting to believe. She had always dreamed that digimon could be real, she'd even wished for it during her walk earlier in the day. She looked down at the D- Arc.
(Does this mean that my wish came true?) she thought, wondrously .
Lisa, on the other hand, wondered whether or not this was totally crazy. They had just snuck out of their house and were headed for the woods across the street. The woods were part of private property. And what about that light? Her sister claimed that it had something to do with 'Digimon', which was insane, of course. 'Digimon', as far as Lisa was concerned, was a TV show. It wasn't real. Lisa always believed that there was a logical explanation for everything, so there had to be one for that light. But still...
Lisa looked down at the red D-Arc she was carrying tightly in her hand.
(Perhaps this 'is' real,) she thought, as both she and her sister neared the front gate.
After going through the gate, the girls could get a better look at the woods. It was completely dark, the only things barely visible were the house on the other side of the road that was surrounded by thin woods and a cluster of walled in houses to the left called 'Summerton South'. It was a new moon out, so there was no moonlight. The only lights were the lamps outside of the Millers' house.
Just as Lisa was about to suggest they forget about this crazy plan, Gina pointed towards the middle of the woods. Lisa followed her sisters' finger to where she was pointing. In the middle of the woods was a thick fog that didn't look like any fog that Lisa had ever seen. For one thing, it was a light magenta color, and it didn't seem to spread like most fog. The fog was just there.
"That's the weirdest fog I've ever seen," Lisa stated.
"That's because it's not ordinary fog," Gina said, as she looked both ways of the street, "if I'm right, anyway."
Before Lisa could ask what she meant, Gina ran across the street, and onto the other side. Reluctant, but curious at the same time, Lisa followed her. Soon, they were on another persons' property. The ground beneath them was covered with grass and dead leaves. Aside from the house in the center and the cement wall of 'Summerton South' on the left, the area was completely vacant.
"What if we get caught?" Lisa asked, holding herself as a cold wind blew by.
"I doubt that anyone's awake," Gina pointed out, gesturing to the house, "the lights are out."
Lisa didn't look very convinced, but agreed for the time being. Gina looked down at the D-Arc's compass. The arrow was pointing directly at the fog. Gina turned to her sister.
"The compass is pointing to the fog," she told Lisa.
"And that means, what?" Lisa asked, eying the strange fog.
"We need to go into it."
"No way! We don't even know what's in there!"
"We won't know until we look."
"You can look. I'm not!"
Sighing, Gina walked forward, towards the fog. As she went further into the woods and closer to the fog, Gina started thinking that maybe this wasn't such a good idea. Not that she was scared or anything really, but if this was in fact a 'Digital Field', any kind of 'Digimon' could be in it. But, then again, the D-Arc wouldn't lead her to it if it were dangerous. With that thought in mind, Gina continued to head for the fog until she was standing only a foot away from it.
(Here goes,) she thought, taking a step into the fog.
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Digital Field, 9:32
For a few seconds, Gina was blinded by fog. All she could see was the pinkish-purple mist that swirled around her.
(Oh man, I wish Lisa had come with me,) she thought, looking around the fog, (anything could be hiding in this. And what if I have to face an evil digimon, or something?)
Gina continued to walk through the fog for what seemed like forever without seeing anything. Finally, Gina came out into an empty space, a clearing in the fog. It wasn't too small, there was enough room to walk around in. But there wasn't anything else inside the clearing. Gina sighed, disappointed.
(I guess Lisa was right,) she thought, (maybe this was a wild goose chase.)
Gina was about to exit the clearing, when she heard a noise from in front of her. Turning around, Gina strained her eyes to see through the fog, without much luck.
"Lisa?" she called out, praying that it was her sister and not some wild digimon.
There came no reply. More nervous now than before, Gina got into a fighting stance that she learned in karate class last summer. She didn't recall many of the moves, but she remembered enough to defend herself. She heard the noise again, but it was closer. Then, without much warning, something came bounding out of the fog, and rammed right into Gina. Unable to stay balanced, Gina toppled to the ground.
"Hi! Are you the one I'm supposed to team up with?" asked a voice.
"Huh...wha?" Gina stuttered, trying to pick herself up.
She only managed to get up on her elbows and when she looked at what was sitting on her chest, she knew why.
The thing that had rammed into her was a cat. But it wasn't an ordinary cat. Its fur was a copper-orange color, it had long ears that ended with tufts of dark blue fur, and it had a long, copper tail with dark blue stripes, and a dark blue tuft at the tip. Also on the tail, near the tip, was a shiny silver ring. Its hind paws each had three dark blue claws sticking out of them and its front paws were covered with lavender-colored gloves with four dark violet stripes on each. Each glove ended with three black claws that looked really sharp. The final thing about the cat that was different was the cats' eyes. Instead of the normal round shape, the eyes were a sharp shape, and were colored brown with a visible red tint.
In short, the cat definitely didn't look like a normal cat of any kind. It looked more like Gatomon from 'Digimon Adventure 01', only the cats' coloring was different. The cat was looking at Gina with a simple smile on its face. Gina, on the other hand, couldn't stop staring at the cat.
"Uh, h-hi kitty," she stuttered, her eyes not leaving the cat, or its claws, "w-where did you c-come from?"
The cat tilted its head to one side and gave her an odd look.
"Man, do all humans talk this funny?" it asked.
Seeing that Gina's eyes couldn't get any wider than they already were, she simply let her mouth fall open.
The cat talked! It was really talking! And it was a boy cat apparently.
When Gina had taken a few seconds to get her composure back, she addressed the cat again with a little more steadier voice.
"Um, only when we get scared," she said, answering the cats' question.
The cat blinked.
"You're scared of me?" it asked, sounding hurt.
"Oh no, I don't mean that I'm afraid of you or anything," Gina assured, "you just startled me that's all."
"So you're not afraid?" the cat asked, perking up.
"No, you seem friendly. Can you let me up now?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah."
The cat hopped off of Gina, allowing her to stand up. It took her a while, though, to find her D-Ark, and turn the compass off. She looked down at the cat, who was looking up at her, expectantly. He was a couple of inches higher than her knee, not counting his ears, and was currently standing on his hind legs.
"Um, just out of curiosity," Gina began, eying the cat, "what are you?"
"That one's easy," the cat stated, "I'm a digimon."
That last sentence almost knocked Gina over again. She stared down at the cat in disbelief. He was real! He was a digimon and he was real! Her wish really had come true! In one move, Gina scooped up the cat, and hugged him tightly.
"WOW!" she cried, as she hugged the cat, and danced around in circles, "you're a digimon! You really are! This is amazing, I can't believe this is really happening!"
"Uh.........excuse me....could you stop?" the cat managed to sputter, as Gina continued to squeeze and dance, "I.....can't breathe...and.....I'm.........getting dizzy.."
Gina suddenly realized that she was choking the cat and let him go.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" she apologized, "I just never saw a real digimon before."
"Well, I never saw a real human before, but I didn't squeeze you," the cat pointed out, rubbing his neck.
"No, you jumped on me," Gina stated.
"I was excited!" the cat objected.
"And I wasn't?" Gina asked.
The cat frowned, then rubbed the back of his head.
"I guess we both got a little excited, huh?" he asked, embarrassed.
Gina smiled gently.
"Yeah," she agreed, "definitely."
They both started giggling out of pure embarrassment. Gina liked the cat; he was really nice and almost reminded her of herself. He had a young, deep voice; almost like a kid her age. She was about to ask him for his name when a noise from in front of them got her attention. Gina looked up and was surprised at what came out of the misty veil.
It was another cat, though this one was different. It looked like a lion cub. Its fur was bright red, its paws were a lighter shade of red, and its tail ended with a bright orange tuft. The cub didn't have a mane, only a small lock of fiery red fur that was hanging down over its eyes, which were large, round, and a navy blue color. It had a blank look in its eyes and said nothing as it walked over to Gina and the cat.
(Is this one a digimon too,) Gina wondered as she observed the new cat.
It looked up at her and then at the other cat.
"Is this one of the humans?" it asked, flatly.
Gina was a little surprised by the new cats' voice: it was masculine, but mono-toned and flat as well. There wasn't any shred of feeling in the cats' voice. The other cat she was with simply frowned and raised an eyebrow.
"Well, she's not a Meramon," he stated, sarcastically.
Unfazed, the lion cub looked back up at Gina.
"I thought that there was supposed to be two of them," he stated.
The copper cat shrugged, a movement that looked a little silly to Gina.
"So, they must have miss-counted, or something," he suggested.
Gina let out a sigh and looked at the ground.
"Um," she began, "there was another girl, my sister, but........."
"Gina!?"
Gina's head popped up while the two cats simply raised their ears. Gina whirled around and began to shout.
"Lisa? Is that you?" she called.
The sound of footsteps reached her ears and at that moment, her sister came stumbling out of the fog. Gina sighed in relief.
"Sis, it's you!" she exclaimed in surprise, as her sister ran over to her, "but I thought you'd gone back to the house."
Lisa stopped in front of her and put her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, well, don't forget that you are my little sister," she scolded, light-heartedly, "I can't just let you wander around in a fog by yourself, you're my responsibility."
"Well, I'm glad you came after all," Gina said, then motioned to the two cats behind her, "I'd like you to meet a couple friends of mine."
The minute Lisa looked over to the cats, she immediately freaked.
"Aaaahhhh! Wild animals!" she cried, shoving Gina behind her, "get back, sis!"
Gina rolled her eyes and was about to say something when the copper cat spoke up.
"Well, there's two of them," he said to the lion cub, "you happy now?"
The lion cub said nothing, but continued to stare at Lisa.
Lisa's eyes bugged out to their limit.
"Oh! My! Gosh!" she cried, grabbing her sisters' arm, "the cat talked! But.........but that's impossible!"
Gina shook her head.
"Sis, they aren't ordinary cats," she explained, "they're digimon."
Lisa gave her sister an 'are you serious?' look.
"Gina, come on! I'm in no mood for jokes!" her sister stated, firmly.
Gina pried her sisters' hands off her arm and faced her.
"I'm not joking," she said, firmly, "they are digimon. Go ahead, ask them."
Lisa, not believing any of this, just shook her head. She was just about to drag her sister away, when the lion cub took a few steps towards them.
"Excuse me," he said, voice flat against the open air, "but we need to know now if you two are the ones."
Lisa froze and stared down at him in shock.
"Y-you can t-talk too?" she stuttered.
The lion simply nodded while the other cat gave her a confused look.
"Boy, you humans sure do get scared easily," he pointed out.
Lisa looked like she was going to pass out. All of this was just too much for her to take in at once. But despite her shock, she refused to faint or wimp out any further, and attempted to calm herself down. Meanwhile, Gina turned to the cats.
"What do you mean?" she asked, "why are you two here exactly?"
The copper cat shrugged again.
"We were just told that we were to meet up with a couple of humans," he explained, "are you them?"
Lisa said nothing while Gina looked thoughtful.
"I think we are," she said.
Lisa stared at her. Gina simply shrugged.
"Well, we are the only two humans here," she explained and then held up her D-Arc, "and we have these, so we must be their partners. Why else would these lead us here?"
Lisa opened her mouth to object, but then stopped, and closed it. She wasn't too serious when it came to fiction. But now it seemed that the subject was starting to become fact. In front of her were a couple of digimon, creatures of pure fiction, and yet they were really here, standing right in front of her. There was no logical explanation for that. Taking a deep breath, she turned to her sister.
"Well if they are our partners," she said, slowly, "which one is my partner and which one's yours?"
Before Gina could reply to that, both their D-Arcs' screens began to glow, startling both the girls and the cats. Both girls stared at their digivices. Like with the 'digital compass', a flat, holographic blue circle popped out of each screen. There was a picture of one of the cats on each one.
On Gina's, a picture of the copper cat appeared, and under the picture scrolled down the following information:
Gankomon
Level: Rookie
Type: Holy Beast Digimon
Attribute: Vaccine
Attack(s): Sonic Jab, Thunder Claw
Information: 'A small digimon gifted with unbelievable attack power.'
On Lisa's, a picture of the lion cub appeared with the following information:
Nekomon
Level: Rookie
Type: Animal Digimon
Attribute: Data
Attack(s): Lotus Storm
Information: 'A lone digimon who has the heart of a true warrior.'
After all the information had been displayed, the holograms were sucked back into the screens. After a couple seconds, Gina looked down at the copper cat.
"So, we're partners then?" she asked, smiling.
The cat, Gankomon, nodded.
"Looks that way," he said, returning the smile.
Lisa turned to Nekomon, who was still looking at her.
"Are you okay with being my, um, partner?" she asked, nervously.
"Are 'you' okay with it?" he inquired.
Lisa thought a moment, then nodded.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt," she admitted, "besides........." she smiled, politely, "lions 'are' my favorite animal."
Nekomon blinked his big blue eyes and nodded.
"Alright then," he said, and walked over to Lisa.
Gina smiled at her sister and then faced the cats again.
"Well, since we know your names, I'll tell you ours," she stated, "I'm Gina and that's my sister, Lisa."
Both cats turned looked up at the girls. Gankomon gave a thumbs up sign, which looked a little weird since he only had three claws, while Nekomon simply nodded.
"But sis, how are we going to keep them a secret from Mom and Dad?" Lisa asked, a little concerned.
Gina shrugged.
"We'll find a way," she said, picking up Gankomon.
"Why do we need to be kept secret?" Nekomon asked, a hint of confusion in his otherwise flat voice.
"So we don't scare 'Mom and Dad,'" Gankomon replied, in a 'matter-of-fact' tone.
Gina started giggling while Lisa just rolled her eyes.
Around them, the fog began to disperse. Within minutes, the fog was completely gone, leaving only two young girls and two digital cats in the middle of the woods. Without hesitation, the two Tamers and their partner digimon began their way home.
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Pronouncing and Meaning: This is just a help bar for those who don't know Japanese.
Gang-koh-mon - 'Ganko' means 'stubborn' in Japanese.
Neck-oh-mon - 'Neko' means 'cat' in Japanese.
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Well, that's about it for the first chapter of the redone 'Digimon Defenders'. I know, there wasn't much difference (for the ones who read it anyway), but I 'did' adjust a few things. I don't know whether or not to give the kids a main oufit or to change their clothes daily. Give me your opinions, 'kay. I'll try and update as soon as I can. 'Till next time! Please R&R! No flames, please!
Disclaimer: Hey Tamer Fans! This is DayDreamer9 bringing you a redone and modified 'Digimon Defenders'. I'll be changing some of the characters and fixing the dates and surroundings to keep up with the times.
I'll have a calendar and a 'clock' in every chapter to let you know what's happening and when (some fics do that). I'd like to thank the authors; 'The Dark Tamer,' 'Infinity Blade', 'Godeerc Creedog', 'Debbie(Dai-chan)', 'Arek the Absolute', 'Lobo Kendo', and 'Pyrogirl123,'who's fics have inspired me to write this one . I'm also a big fan of 'Senkaiden Houshin Engi' a.k.a. 'Soul Hunter' and a friend of mine owns a site (with a Nataku Shrine and lots of Raishinshi pictures).
Why did I tell you that? Because some of my digimon characters' levels are based off of characters from that show. I aim on keeping the 'Card Slash' sequence and I plan on introducing crests in as well. . Also check out my 'Angelic Layer' fic, 'My Angel Story.'
Now for the legal stuff: I don't own digimon, it's property of Toei Animations and Saban (I think it still is). The only things I own are the kids, the crests, and the kids' partner digimon. Now that that's done, on with the fic!
Chapter 1: A New Adventure
February 6, 2004- Friday, 6:15 PM
Twelve-year old Gina Miller was bushed. Not just from school itself, but from school and homework all together. She had just spent an hour and a half on her Math homework, twenty minutes on her Reading assignment, and the last ten minutes checking her Math problems. As if solving equations wasn't hard enough, these were equations where you had to multiply and divide to get the answer, and unfortunately Gina wasn't a Math person. She'd happily take Language Arts over Algebra any day. Unfortunate for her, the school didn't grant that notion, and she was stuck in Algebra.
She enjoyed school, she didn't really have anything against it, but when 'A Days' came she was grumpy for the first half of the morning. Reason: her 1st period was Spanish and Algebra was after that. She wasn't good at Spanish and Math she could do without. That was why she was glad that her last class was something interesting: Biology. It was neat learning about living things and the homework came mostly as worksheets with cool puzzles. The only thing about Biology she didn't like was writing essays on Biology related events in the newspaper.
On Saturdays, however, she was a free girl all morning watching TV. Her favorite show was 'Digimon: Digital Monsters'. She had watched and taped all of seasons 1,2,3, and now 4. But her most favorite season of all was season 3, 'Digimon Tamers'. She loved the show; she had even started collecting action-figures based on season 3. She had printed out 'Fan Fics' of digimon, which she kept in the top drawer of her desk. She had watched the show ever since she was in her old house and wasn't tired of it yet.
Seeing as how she finished all her homework for tonight with the exception of her Biology worksheet, Gina got off her bed, and exited her pink-walled room to go to the kitchen down the hall.
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The kitchen was relatively large; having both the kitchen and dining room together in the same room was a good thing, as far as Gina was concerned. On the left side of the room were the stove, sink, and multiple cupboards where pans, breads, and seasonings were stored. In the middle of the room was a counter that was U-shaped, with the sink and stove built into it. It had chairs under the overhang for eating over the counter. And on the right of the room was the dinner table and in the left-hand corner, the china closet. Her mother was at the stove, watching a pan of water boil as she waited to put the spaghetti in it. It was Gina's favorite, the long, thin spaghetti.
"Hey Mom," she said, walking over to a cabinet near the sink where glasses were kept, "how much longer until dinner's ready?"
Mrs. Miller looked up from the stove and then over to her daughter.
"That all depends," she said, "did you finish all your homework?"
After retrieving a glass from the cabinet, Gina walked over to the refrigerator.
"Yeah, I finished both Math and English," she replied, opening the fridge.
"Didn't you also have Biology?"
"Yeah, but I got half of that done in class today. I'll finish the rest tomorrow."
Mrs. Miller gave her daughter an approving smile.
"Alright then, in that case, the pasta will be ready in nine minutes," she said, as she began to put the spaghetti in the bubbling water.
After pouring herself a glass of juice, Gina walked towards the houses entrance. She had been stuffed in her room for quite a while; she wanted to get some air. She thought about getting her jacket, but she figured she wouldn't need it. She observed herself in the foyer mirror. She was currently wearing a pale blue shirt with dark blue-rimmed sleeves and collar, blue jeans, and white socks. She was wearing her blue slippers and it wasn't that cold outside, so she figured that she was all set.
"Mom!" she called over her shoulder, "I'm going out for a while!"
"Just come back in for supper!" her mother called back.
"Sure!"
Opening the door, Gina stepped outside onto the tiled porch. It had chairs on one side and potted plants on the other. Two cars were parked in the driveway in front of her. But it didn't stop there. The driveway formed a circle in the front yard with a flower garden in the middle. Her dad was both an architect and a repairman so he was very creative. Gina remembered a time when she and her dad would always go in the backyard and play with their dog. It relieved all the stress that Gina had built up over schoolwork. But they hadn't gone out lately. Her dad had too much work to do.
Taking a sip of her orange juice, Gina walked along the driveway, thinking. Her life had been getting dull lately. She hadn't really made a lot of friends, except with the girl next door. She was a girl her age that loved anime as much as she did. But since her dad was in the hospital, they had hardly gotten the chance to hang out lately, seeing as the girl visited her dad every day. Gina's sister, Lisa Miller, was just a year older than she was, but didn't share the exact same interests as her. That made it hard to talk to each other. She always longed to have an adventure; that something exciting would happen to her.
(At times I wish that Digimon were real, that would be cool,) she thought, staring up at the cloudless blue sky, (it would be awesome to have a digimon partner. At least my life wouldn't be as dull as it is now.)
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Thirteen-year old Lisa Miller watched her sister through her window. She was lying on her stomach atop her bed, reading one of her books called, "Broken Sky: Book One". As far as books were concerned, Lisa had lots. On the right of her bed was a big white bureau with books packed in two of the four shelves. And not little kid books, Lisa had books for young adults and grown-ups. Not to mention that most of the books were so old that the covers were tearing. From 'Buffy' books to books by 'Anne Rice', Lisa would read any book. Gina had a bookshelf too as well as a bureau, but her books were for kids.
Lisa's book collection wasn't just books, it also had anime comics too. They were on the second shelf. She had manga like 'InuYasha', 'Magic Knight Rayearth', three books of 'X', and 'Gundam Wing'. Anything that had action in it, Lisa would buy. Lisa liked adventure too, but unlike her sister, she had learned to cope with the fact that they were to young for the action her sister wished for. Not to mention that Lisa didn't day dream as much as Gina. She saw no point of fantasizing about things that couldn't be real. Like 'Digimon".
Lisa wasn't into 'Digimon', at least not totally. She liked season 1 and bought some digimon cards, but that was about it. She considered season 2 and the latest season 4 as dumb, as for season 3 she thought it was okay, but the fact that it was only a show made it less interesting for her. The only anime that Lisa watched was 'InuYasha' and the 'Saiyuki' DVD. Her top shelf carried other shows and DVD's on anime, but most was because her sister wanted to get them, and Lisa had been too generous.
Lisa was more in-tuned with the real world, while her sister was always into fantasy. Even their rooms were different. Gina's was pink-walled and full of 'Beanie Babies' and knickknacks. Lisa's walls had yellow wallpaper and her room was full of books, tapes, and notebooks, seeing as Lisa liked to write stories in her spare time. Her sister wrote too, only she was much better at it. She even had books that were piled on her desk, which was on the left side of the room. Those were books on fortune telling, psychology, and even a couple of encyclopedias. The fact that she was a bookworm didn't bother Lisa; she liked reading about things.
Sighing, Lisa put down her book, and stretched. Hopping off her bed, Lisa went over to her desk to get her Math book that she had deposited on it earlier.
(Might as well get ready for the test next week,) she thought to herself, paging through the book to the right page.
Walking back to her bed, Lisa looked into her closet's mirror. She was wearing a simple gray and blue shirt with blue jeans. It wasn't her best outfit, but she didn't think that a girl should spend so much time in the morning picking out clothes. Which was what her sister did daily. The two were total opposites, but still sisters. And if it was one thing they had in common it was anime.
Just then, Lisa heard her fathers work van coming in the driveway and the front door open as Gina came back inside.
(If dad's home then dinner must almost be ready,) she thought, getting to the right page of her Math book, (oh well, there's still time to study.)
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After depositing her empty glass in the sink, Gina headed for her room. She still had four minutes to kill before dinner, so she figured that she'd at least set up her Biology worksheet for after dinner. She didn't have much to do anyway. Walking quickly down the hall, she past hers sisters' room, the bathroom, and her parents' room, until she reached her own at the end of the hall by the backroom.
Her room was pink-walled with a white, four-shelf bureau in the middle of the right wall. The top two shelves were filled with nothing but 'Beanie Babies' and other toys that she had collected over the years. The third shelf was a home for books 1-49 of 'Animorphs' and the bottom shelf was where she kept her schoolbooks when she wasn't using them. To the right of her bureau, near the door, was a smaller bookshelf with only two shelves. The top was nothing but papers and folders of books and fan fics she was attempting to write. The bottom was practically empty except for some 'Lisa Frank' items. The very top of the smaller bureau was occupied by a couple of potted plants. On the very top of her other bureau were digimon action figures of Gallantmon, Sakuyamon, Gargomon, and Kyubimon.
Her desk, which was at the far left of her room, was pretty organized. On the left was where she kept her books. She had all the books in the 'Avalon: Web of Magic' series and she also had some 'Sailor Moon' novels. There was also manga stacked with them. Gina's manga collection consisted of books 2-5 of 'Angelic Layer', books 1 and 3 of 'CardCaptor Sakura', and all, but book 11, of 'Sailor Moon'. On the right were practically all the books in the 'Redwall' series and a motion lamp with red colored drops inside. And in the center stood an Imerialdramon Paladin Mode action figure. And sitting in front of her window was a small stereo that once belonged to her sister.
The nightstand next to her bed was also covered in knickknacks. It consisted of her lamp, her CD player, a Kleenex box, and a pair of purple- rimmed, blue-glassed goggles that she bought when they went on vacation in Tennessee. There was a sliding glass mirror on the sidewall by her bed, which was also a closet. Her sister had one too, as well as a nightstand, and a white bureau. With all the things the girls collected, they needed this much in their rooms. A little tired from her walk outside, Gina decided to wait on the Biology worksheet, and take a while to rest. Walking over to her flower-printed bed, Gina was ready to just plop down on it, when she noticed something.
There were a couple of objects on her bed that weren't there before. Leaning in closer, she examined them, carefully. One of the items was what looked like a card pouch, the kind she saw the kids on 'Digimon Tamers' wear. It was 4 ½ inches high and 2 ½ centimeters wide. There was a clasp in back for hooking them on someone's pants and there was a symbol in front of it. It was a vertical crescent moon with its two curved points facing the right. Curious, Gina reached down, and unbuckled the clasp on top. She was surprised at what she found inside.
Cards; there were cards inside. She was about to check what kind they were, when the second item caught her eye.
It was a circular-square shape on top, with a U-shape on the bottom, which harbored two oval buttons. In the middle of the circular-square was a copper-colored ring with a square screen in the middle. There was a copper- colored strap on top that ended with a clasp. Hesitantly, Gina picked up the odd object, and began to examine it. She looked at the back, the sides, she played with the strap, and even shook it. She discovered that on the right side, there was a slot built into the device like a card reader, or..
A D-Arc.
Gina quickly dropped the object back on her bed. It couldn't be, it just couldn't. She had bought a toy digivice from season 2, but not one from season 3, yet. Plus, there was no copper D-Arc in season 3. Gina eyed the device for a while, then picked it up again. It felt like it was made of metal instead of plastic. Gina looked it over again.
(Could this really be a real digivice?) she thought, eyes wide, (no way! Digimon is only a TV show, this can't possibly be real! But.........)
Gina lifted the device up to her face so that she was eye-level with the screen.
"What if it is real?" she asked to no one.
Before she could give it any more thought.
"Gina, Lisa! Wash up for dinner!" her mother called from the kitchen.
Sighing, Gina put the device back down on the bed, and started to get up. Then, she stopped, and turned back to the two, mysterious items. After staring at them for a few seconds, Gina carefully picked them up, and placed them on her nightstand next to her goggles. She figured that they'd be safer there, her parents would think that they were just a couple of new knickknacks. Without saying a word, Gina turned, and left the room.
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The dinner table was medium length and oval-shaped. There was a place on all the sides for someone to sit if company ever came over, so it wasn't too small. Now, it currently had four chairs around it. Mr. Miller at the head of the table, the Mrs. was across from him, and Gina and Lisa sat across from one another on the sides. Dinner was the time to talk about events of the day: events during school, work, etc. Mr. Miller was currently talking about the newest assignment that he was working on, a repair job: he was attempting to fix a bathtub/shower structure, but he didn't have all the parts necessary plus one of the water pipes was cracked, and he'd have to fix it tomorrow.
Normally, Gina would have talked first, telling Lisa her latest idea for a 'Digimon' fan fic. But tonight, Gina was just staring blankly down at her spaghetti, totally 'zoned out'. Lisa had noticed this and knew that whenever her sister 'zoned out', she was usually deep in thought about something. Whether it was about school or something else, Lisa didn't know. She tried asking, but Gina had just blankly said that it was nothing. It wouldn't bother Lisa as much, since her sister 'zoned out' on a daily basis, but this time it was different. Gina didn't just look 'zoned out', but disturbed as well. When dinner was over, Gina quickly put her dish in the sink, and hurried down the hall. She looked eager to leave, so Lisa didn't stop to question her.
Figuring that Gina would come talk to her if it was important, Lisa let it go, and walked to her room. She still needed to study for her test and it was on Tuesday, giving her lots of study time. Upon entering her room, Lisa went to her bed to start studying when she spotted something on her bed. Two objects that weren't there before lay on top of her open Math book, one on each page. Lisa walked over to them observed them from a distance.
One was what looked like a small, brown cardholder that she saw kids in her school use to carry various card games around. But this one had a symbol on it. It looked like a yin yang had been laid out horizontally and then split in half, with a small circle in the middle. The next object appeared to be made of metal and was a circular-square shape with a U-shape on the bottom. There was a screen in the middle that was surrounded by a red ring, and two oval buttons under it. There was a red strap on top with a clasp on the end. It wasn't until Lisa slowly walked over, picked it up, and examined it completely that she noticed a slot on the right side.
Puzzled, she looked at it over and over again. She thought that she had seen it before, somewhere else, but she couldn't exactly remember where. She scrunched her nose, something she did whenever she got confused. It probably was one of Gina's toys. She would sometimes leave them in here when she stopped by. Lisa shrugged and picked up the cardholder. She placed the two objects on her nightstand, between her lamp and jewelry box. She then picked up her textbook and started reading over the problems she was sure would be on the test.
(If they are Gina's,) she thought, (she'd probably come by and pick them up before she went to bed. No big deal.)
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9:15 PM
Between finishing up her Biology worksheet and getting caught up in a good book, not to mention looking over the strange device again, Gina was ready to call it a night. After completing her homework, she would usually reward herself with a taped episode of 'Digimon'. But after the strange, not to mention sudden, appearance of the odd device, Gina had spent half the night looking it over. She had now looked it over several times and still had no clue about it. The only thing that she could think of was that it really was a D-Arc, and as cool as that sounded, it was almost unreal. She had thought about telling her sister or parents about it, but what would that accomplish? After an hour and a half of observation, she took a break on the device, and started to read the book she was doing her report on. One of her favorites of the 'Redwall' series: 'Mariel of Redwall'.
She was just getting into the second half of the book, when her sister came into her room; completely forgetting to knock.
"I just figured I'd return this to you before I went to bed," Lisa said, simply.
She never really wore a nightgown or PJ's to bed. She just threw some old clothes together to make a night outfit. Tonight was no exception: a white and green tie-dye shirt with short pants. Gina would normally have a nightgown on by now, but she was to caught up in her book to notice anything, including the time. Until now.
"Huh?" she asked, blankly, looking up at her sister.
That was when she saw what her sister was holding out to her. It was a device that looked exactly like the one she had found earlier that day on her bed! The only thing that was different was the color!
"Holy Cow!" Gina gasped, wide-eyed, dropping her book.
Lisa looked puzzled.
"What?" she asked.
"Where did you get that?!" Gina exclaimed, eyeing the device.
"It was in my room, on my bed," Lisa stated, giving her sister a weird look, "isn't it yours?"
Instead of answering, Gina stumbled off of her bed, and grabbed the other device on her nightstand. She held it up for her sister to see.
"This one's mine, it looks just like yours, only mine's an orangey-copper color," she said, still a little shocked, "where'd you get that one?"
Lisa was just standing there, staring at Gina's device. If the one she had wasn't her sisters', then where had it come from? Lisa hadn't thought anything of it until now because she thought it belonged to her sister. But it wasn't, there was a strange object in her room, and it wasn't even there before. It was more than just weird.
"I-I don't know," Lisa admitted, a little confues now, "it wasn't there before. What do you think it is?"
"A D-Arc," Gina stated without a second thought.
Lisa blinked.
"A what?" she asked.
"A D-Arc. It's all I could think of it being, it looks just like one," Gina stated, turning the device around in her hand.
"Uh, sis? What's a D-Ark?" Lisa asked, now totally confused.
Gina gave her sister a surprised look.
"You saw what they look like sis," she insisted, "you saw them in the first three episodes of 'Digimon Tamers'. They're digivices!"
Lisa just stared at her sister and the devices for a few minutes before giving her reply.
"Sis, are you playing a practical joke on me to make me think that I'm going nuts?" she asked, eyeing her sister, suspiciously.
Gina dropped her arms to her sides and gave her sister one of her well- practiced exasperated looks.
"No," she answered, firmly, "I'm not. And I don't know who put these in our rooms, unless it was Mom or Dad."
"Are you kidding?" Lisa asked, "you know Dad thinks the shows we watch are dumb, why'd he get us both a toy based on one of them?"
Gina bit her lip. If their parents didn't get these for them, then who did? And if it was someone else, how'd they get inside the house without anyone knowing it?
Just then, a loud beeping noise filled the girls' ears, startling the two of them. Both looked around the room for the source. They knew it couldn't be the smoke alarm, or it would've been much louder.
"What is that?" Lisa asked, nervously, as the beeping continued.
Gina was about to reply when she suddenly realized where the beep was coming from.
(Of course,) she thought, looking down at her hands, (it has to be.........!)
Gina lifted up the device and, just as she thought, the screen was flashing blue!
"Lisa! Check your digivice," she ordered, eyes not leaving the screen.
Confused, but not in the mood to argue, Lisa looked down at her 'digivice'. Sure enough, her screen was flashing as well. Of course, that didn't help Lisa calm down.
"W-why is it doing this?" she asked.
Gina didn't answer. She observed the two buttons below the screen. On a hunch, she pressed the one on the right, and the flashing screen was replaced by a single, digital word: Locate. After a moments hesitation, Gina pressed the button on the left, and without any warning whatsoever, a holographic compass appears inches away from the top of the screen.
"Gaah!" Lisa cried, jumping back, she was apparently more than freaked now.
Gina, on the other hand, seemed to grow excited about the sudden appearance of the hologram. It proved her theory correct.
(It is a real D-Arc! I knew it!) she thought in pure excitement.
The red arrow on the compass seemed to swerve around the circle-shaped compass for a while before finally stopping on the left, pointing at Gina's window. Gina hurried to her window, pausing only to draw back the shades. Lisa accompanied her in looking out the window, past the driveway, and across the road beyond the gate. It was dark out, but the girls could still see the woods that belonged to the people who lived across the street.
Suddenly, a beam of pale white light shot up from within the woods, over the treetops, and into the night sky. The girls were open-mouthed and speechless, for about five seconds anyway.
"What is that?" Lisa asked in a somewhat demanding tone.
Gina knew exactly what it was. She had seen it on 'Tamers' enough times to know what it was.
"Something's coming," she stated, then ran to her desk.
Grabbing a piece of paper from behind her 'Imperialdramon' action figure and a pencil from her pencil holder that sat beside it, Gina quickly scribbled down a note that read:
Gone out to the garage for something. Be back soon.
Gina and Lisa
After finishing the note, Gina placed it on her bed, and opened her closet.
"What are you doing?" Lisa asked, going over to read the note.
Gina pulled out her light blue 'Route 66' jacket and quickly slipped into it.
"I'm going out to the woods," she said, simply.
"WHAT!?" Lisa exclaimed, not loud enough for their parents to hear in their room, but still loud, "what do mean you're 'going out to the woods'?"
Gina reached back into her closet and pulled out another jacket, a dark blue one.
"I want to see where that light came from," she stated, tossing her sister the jacket, "and you're coming too."
Lisa caught the jacket absently and stared at her sister.
"Why do I have to come on this wild goose chase?" she asked.
"Because, 1: You're my big sister," Gina said and then raised her 'D-Arc' for her sister to see, "and 2: You also have a D-Arc, so you must be a Tamer too. You have to come."
Lisa opened her mouth for a moment, then closed it, then opened it again.
"Sis, 'Digimon' and D-Arcs aren't real," she stated, firmly, but it didn't carry out well.
"Then what are these?" Gina insisted, pointing to her D-Arc, "look, I know you're not a believer when it comes to unreal situations, but you have to come. Please, for me? If we get caught, I'll take the blame, okay?"
Lisa paused. She looked down at her D-Arc, then looked back to her sister.
"Fine," she groaned, "but if we get kidnapped, I'm going to kill you."
Smiling, Gina slowly opened her door. Her parents were in their room, which was a couple feet down the hall on the opposite side from Gina's room. They could hear the small TV that their parents had. Seeing that no one was in the hallway, Gina slipped out of her room, followed by a rather reluctant Lisa. After opening the door to the backroom as silently as they could, both sisters dashed inside, and quietly shut the door.
The backroom was also called the 'computer room'. It was where the family computer, a 'Compaq MV520', sat comfortably on a desk by the backdoor. There was another door leading out to the garage, the one by the computer was more like an emergency exit. There was a couch against the right wall and a medium-sized TV right across from it. A tape rack was against the wall by the garage door and a trunk was across from it. The trunk held Gina and Lisa's baby toys and clothes, their Mother couldn't bear to put them in the attic. Gina and Lisa both made a beeline for the back door by the computer.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Lisa asked, as Gina unlocked the door, "I mean, we don't know what that light was, it could be dangerous."
Gina turned to her sister.
"I know what it is," Gina said in a matter-of-fact voice.
"Yeah?" Lisa asked, unconvinced, "what?"
"A Digital Field," Gina answered, opening the door, quietly.
Their parents turned the 'burglar alarm' on at 10:00, right before they went to bed. And they checked the girls usually around 10:10. Lisa figured as long as they were back by then, they'd be fine. But what Gina just told her made her think they may not come home at all. Gina was already out the door and was making her way to the front yard.
"Sis, wait!" Lisa called, closing the back door quietly, and running after her sister, "what do you mean, a 'Digital Field'?"
"I mean that a digimon might be coming," Gina said, a tinge of excitement in her voice.
All her life, Gina had wanted adventure. 'Digimon' had given her that adventure; to find out that it might be real was almost too exciting to believe. She had always dreamed that digimon could be real, she'd even wished for it during her walk earlier in the day. She looked down at the D- Arc.
(Does this mean that my wish came true?) she thought, wondrously .
Lisa, on the other hand, wondered whether or not this was totally crazy. They had just snuck out of their house and were headed for the woods across the street. The woods were part of private property. And what about that light? Her sister claimed that it had something to do with 'Digimon', which was insane, of course. 'Digimon', as far as Lisa was concerned, was a TV show. It wasn't real. Lisa always believed that there was a logical explanation for everything, so there had to be one for that light. But still...
Lisa looked down at the red D-Arc she was carrying tightly in her hand.
(Perhaps this 'is' real,) she thought, as both she and her sister neared the front gate.
After going through the gate, the girls could get a better look at the woods. It was completely dark, the only things barely visible were the house on the other side of the road that was surrounded by thin woods and a cluster of walled in houses to the left called 'Summerton South'. It was a new moon out, so there was no moonlight. The only lights were the lamps outside of the Millers' house.
Just as Lisa was about to suggest they forget about this crazy plan, Gina pointed towards the middle of the woods. Lisa followed her sisters' finger to where she was pointing. In the middle of the woods was a thick fog that didn't look like any fog that Lisa had ever seen. For one thing, it was a light magenta color, and it didn't seem to spread like most fog. The fog was just there.
"That's the weirdest fog I've ever seen," Lisa stated.
"That's because it's not ordinary fog," Gina said, as she looked both ways of the street, "if I'm right, anyway."
Before Lisa could ask what she meant, Gina ran across the street, and onto the other side. Reluctant, but curious at the same time, Lisa followed her. Soon, they were on another persons' property. The ground beneath them was covered with grass and dead leaves. Aside from the house in the center and the cement wall of 'Summerton South' on the left, the area was completely vacant.
"What if we get caught?" Lisa asked, holding herself as a cold wind blew by.
"I doubt that anyone's awake," Gina pointed out, gesturing to the house, "the lights are out."
Lisa didn't look very convinced, but agreed for the time being. Gina looked down at the D-Arc's compass. The arrow was pointing directly at the fog. Gina turned to her sister.
"The compass is pointing to the fog," she told Lisa.
"And that means, what?" Lisa asked, eying the strange fog.
"We need to go into it."
"No way! We don't even know what's in there!"
"We won't know until we look."
"You can look. I'm not!"
Sighing, Gina walked forward, towards the fog. As she went further into the woods and closer to the fog, Gina started thinking that maybe this wasn't such a good idea. Not that she was scared or anything really, but if this was in fact a 'Digital Field', any kind of 'Digimon' could be in it. But, then again, the D-Arc wouldn't lead her to it if it were dangerous. With that thought in mind, Gina continued to head for the fog until she was standing only a foot away from it.
(Here goes,) she thought, taking a step into the fog.
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Digital Field, 9:32
For a few seconds, Gina was blinded by fog. All she could see was the pinkish-purple mist that swirled around her.
(Oh man, I wish Lisa had come with me,) she thought, looking around the fog, (anything could be hiding in this. And what if I have to face an evil digimon, or something?)
Gina continued to walk through the fog for what seemed like forever without seeing anything. Finally, Gina came out into an empty space, a clearing in the fog. It wasn't too small, there was enough room to walk around in. But there wasn't anything else inside the clearing. Gina sighed, disappointed.
(I guess Lisa was right,) she thought, (maybe this was a wild goose chase.)
Gina was about to exit the clearing, when she heard a noise from in front of her. Turning around, Gina strained her eyes to see through the fog, without much luck.
"Lisa?" she called out, praying that it was her sister and not some wild digimon.
There came no reply. More nervous now than before, Gina got into a fighting stance that she learned in karate class last summer. She didn't recall many of the moves, but she remembered enough to defend herself. She heard the noise again, but it was closer. Then, without much warning, something came bounding out of the fog, and rammed right into Gina. Unable to stay balanced, Gina toppled to the ground.
"Hi! Are you the one I'm supposed to team up with?" asked a voice.
"Huh...wha?" Gina stuttered, trying to pick herself up.
She only managed to get up on her elbows and when she looked at what was sitting on her chest, she knew why.
The thing that had rammed into her was a cat. But it wasn't an ordinary cat. Its fur was a copper-orange color, it had long ears that ended with tufts of dark blue fur, and it had a long, copper tail with dark blue stripes, and a dark blue tuft at the tip. Also on the tail, near the tip, was a shiny silver ring. Its hind paws each had three dark blue claws sticking out of them and its front paws were covered with lavender-colored gloves with four dark violet stripes on each. Each glove ended with three black claws that looked really sharp. The final thing about the cat that was different was the cats' eyes. Instead of the normal round shape, the eyes were a sharp shape, and were colored brown with a visible red tint.
In short, the cat definitely didn't look like a normal cat of any kind. It looked more like Gatomon from 'Digimon Adventure 01', only the cats' coloring was different. The cat was looking at Gina with a simple smile on its face. Gina, on the other hand, couldn't stop staring at the cat.
"Uh, h-hi kitty," she stuttered, her eyes not leaving the cat, or its claws, "w-where did you c-come from?"
The cat tilted its head to one side and gave her an odd look.
"Man, do all humans talk this funny?" it asked.
Seeing that Gina's eyes couldn't get any wider than they already were, she simply let her mouth fall open.
The cat talked! It was really talking! And it was a boy cat apparently.
When Gina had taken a few seconds to get her composure back, she addressed the cat again with a little more steadier voice.
"Um, only when we get scared," she said, answering the cats' question.
The cat blinked.
"You're scared of me?" it asked, sounding hurt.
"Oh no, I don't mean that I'm afraid of you or anything," Gina assured, "you just startled me that's all."
"So you're not afraid?" the cat asked, perking up.
"No, you seem friendly. Can you let me up now?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah."
The cat hopped off of Gina, allowing her to stand up. It took her a while, though, to find her D-Ark, and turn the compass off. She looked down at the cat, who was looking up at her, expectantly. He was a couple of inches higher than her knee, not counting his ears, and was currently standing on his hind legs.
"Um, just out of curiosity," Gina began, eying the cat, "what are you?"
"That one's easy," the cat stated, "I'm a digimon."
That last sentence almost knocked Gina over again. She stared down at the cat in disbelief. He was real! He was a digimon and he was real! Her wish really had come true! In one move, Gina scooped up the cat, and hugged him tightly.
"WOW!" she cried, as she hugged the cat, and danced around in circles, "you're a digimon! You really are! This is amazing, I can't believe this is really happening!"
"Uh.........excuse me....could you stop?" the cat managed to sputter, as Gina continued to squeeze and dance, "I.....can't breathe...and.....I'm.........getting dizzy.."
Gina suddenly realized that she was choking the cat and let him go.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" she apologized, "I just never saw a real digimon before."
"Well, I never saw a real human before, but I didn't squeeze you," the cat pointed out, rubbing his neck.
"No, you jumped on me," Gina stated.
"I was excited!" the cat objected.
"And I wasn't?" Gina asked.
The cat frowned, then rubbed the back of his head.
"I guess we both got a little excited, huh?" he asked, embarrassed.
Gina smiled gently.
"Yeah," she agreed, "definitely."
They both started giggling out of pure embarrassment. Gina liked the cat; he was really nice and almost reminded her of herself. He had a young, deep voice; almost like a kid her age. She was about to ask him for his name when a noise from in front of them got her attention. Gina looked up and was surprised at what came out of the misty veil.
It was another cat, though this one was different. It looked like a lion cub. Its fur was bright red, its paws were a lighter shade of red, and its tail ended with a bright orange tuft. The cub didn't have a mane, only a small lock of fiery red fur that was hanging down over its eyes, which were large, round, and a navy blue color. It had a blank look in its eyes and said nothing as it walked over to Gina and the cat.
(Is this one a digimon too,) Gina wondered as she observed the new cat.
It looked up at her and then at the other cat.
"Is this one of the humans?" it asked, flatly.
Gina was a little surprised by the new cats' voice: it was masculine, but mono-toned and flat as well. There wasn't any shred of feeling in the cats' voice. The other cat she was with simply frowned and raised an eyebrow.
"Well, she's not a Meramon," he stated, sarcastically.
Unfazed, the lion cub looked back up at Gina.
"I thought that there was supposed to be two of them," he stated.
The copper cat shrugged, a movement that looked a little silly to Gina.
"So, they must have miss-counted, or something," he suggested.
Gina let out a sigh and looked at the ground.
"Um," she began, "there was another girl, my sister, but........."
"Gina!?"
Gina's head popped up while the two cats simply raised their ears. Gina whirled around and began to shout.
"Lisa? Is that you?" she called.
The sound of footsteps reached her ears and at that moment, her sister came stumbling out of the fog. Gina sighed in relief.
"Sis, it's you!" she exclaimed in surprise, as her sister ran over to her, "but I thought you'd gone back to the house."
Lisa stopped in front of her and put her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, well, don't forget that you are my little sister," she scolded, light-heartedly, "I can't just let you wander around in a fog by yourself, you're my responsibility."
"Well, I'm glad you came after all," Gina said, then motioned to the two cats behind her, "I'd like you to meet a couple friends of mine."
The minute Lisa looked over to the cats, she immediately freaked.
"Aaaahhhh! Wild animals!" she cried, shoving Gina behind her, "get back, sis!"
Gina rolled her eyes and was about to say something when the copper cat spoke up.
"Well, there's two of them," he said to the lion cub, "you happy now?"
The lion cub said nothing, but continued to stare at Lisa.
Lisa's eyes bugged out to their limit.
"Oh! My! Gosh!" she cried, grabbing her sisters' arm, "the cat talked! But.........but that's impossible!"
Gina shook her head.
"Sis, they aren't ordinary cats," she explained, "they're digimon."
Lisa gave her sister an 'are you serious?' look.
"Gina, come on! I'm in no mood for jokes!" her sister stated, firmly.
Gina pried her sisters' hands off her arm and faced her.
"I'm not joking," she said, firmly, "they are digimon. Go ahead, ask them."
Lisa, not believing any of this, just shook her head. She was just about to drag her sister away, when the lion cub took a few steps towards them.
"Excuse me," he said, voice flat against the open air, "but we need to know now if you two are the ones."
Lisa froze and stared down at him in shock.
"Y-you can t-talk too?" she stuttered.
The lion simply nodded while the other cat gave her a confused look.
"Boy, you humans sure do get scared easily," he pointed out.
Lisa looked like she was going to pass out. All of this was just too much for her to take in at once. But despite her shock, she refused to faint or wimp out any further, and attempted to calm herself down. Meanwhile, Gina turned to the cats.
"What do you mean?" she asked, "why are you two here exactly?"
The copper cat shrugged again.
"We were just told that we were to meet up with a couple of humans," he explained, "are you them?"
Lisa said nothing while Gina looked thoughtful.
"I think we are," she said.
Lisa stared at her. Gina simply shrugged.
"Well, we are the only two humans here," she explained and then held up her D-Arc, "and we have these, so we must be their partners. Why else would these lead us here?"
Lisa opened her mouth to object, but then stopped, and closed it. She wasn't too serious when it came to fiction. But now it seemed that the subject was starting to become fact. In front of her were a couple of digimon, creatures of pure fiction, and yet they were really here, standing right in front of her. There was no logical explanation for that. Taking a deep breath, she turned to her sister.
"Well if they are our partners," she said, slowly, "which one is my partner and which one's yours?"
Before Gina could reply to that, both their D-Arcs' screens began to glow, startling both the girls and the cats. Both girls stared at their digivices. Like with the 'digital compass', a flat, holographic blue circle popped out of each screen. There was a picture of one of the cats on each one.
On Gina's, a picture of the copper cat appeared, and under the picture scrolled down the following information:
Gankomon
Level: Rookie
Type: Holy Beast Digimon
Attribute: Vaccine
Attack(s): Sonic Jab, Thunder Claw
Information: 'A small digimon gifted with unbelievable attack power.'
On Lisa's, a picture of the lion cub appeared with the following information:
Nekomon
Level: Rookie
Type: Animal Digimon
Attribute: Data
Attack(s): Lotus Storm
Information: 'A lone digimon who has the heart of a true warrior.'
After all the information had been displayed, the holograms were sucked back into the screens. After a couple seconds, Gina looked down at the copper cat.
"So, we're partners then?" she asked, smiling.
The cat, Gankomon, nodded.
"Looks that way," he said, returning the smile.
Lisa turned to Nekomon, who was still looking at her.
"Are you okay with being my, um, partner?" she asked, nervously.
"Are 'you' okay with it?" he inquired.
Lisa thought a moment, then nodded.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt," she admitted, "besides........." she smiled, politely, "lions 'are' my favorite animal."
Nekomon blinked his big blue eyes and nodded.
"Alright then," he said, and walked over to Lisa.
Gina smiled at her sister and then faced the cats again.
"Well, since we know your names, I'll tell you ours," she stated, "I'm Gina and that's my sister, Lisa."
Both cats turned looked up at the girls. Gankomon gave a thumbs up sign, which looked a little weird since he only had three claws, while Nekomon simply nodded.
"But sis, how are we going to keep them a secret from Mom and Dad?" Lisa asked, a little concerned.
Gina shrugged.
"We'll find a way," she said, picking up Gankomon.
"Why do we need to be kept secret?" Nekomon asked, a hint of confusion in his otherwise flat voice.
"So we don't scare 'Mom and Dad,'" Gankomon replied, in a 'matter-of-fact' tone.
Gina started giggling while Lisa just rolled her eyes.
Around them, the fog began to disperse. Within minutes, the fog was completely gone, leaving only two young girls and two digital cats in the middle of the woods. Without hesitation, the two Tamers and their partner digimon began their way home.
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Pronouncing and Meaning: This is just a help bar for those who don't know Japanese.
Gang-koh-mon - 'Ganko' means 'stubborn' in Japanese.
Neck-oh-mon - 'Neko' means 'cat' in Japanese.
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Well, that's about it for the first chapter of the redone 'Digimon Defenders'. I know, there wasn't much difference (for the ones who read it anyway), but I 'did' adjust a few things. I don't know whether or not to give the kids a main oufit or to change their clothes daily. Give me your opinions, 'kay. I'll try and update as soon as I can. 'Till next time! Please R&R! No flames, please!