While waiting for the rest of chapter in Fading Whisper finished to be edited, I'm going to post the first chapter of Digimon AU LL!
This time, i got editing help from LightRiver33
Hope you Enjoy it!
Also, please note that this is a Digimon AU, it's ok if you doesn't know Digimon~ I'm trying my best to put all explanation in. Then if you don't know how the Digimon looked, you can browse them in Google~
A small static noise made in her cellphone—waking the ginger-haired girl from her slumber…
Dancing—Dancing, Non-stop my Dancing!
The song echoed in her mind. She wondered why the song hasn't left her thought, she has never been fond of music or anything related to it. Her life has always been filled with culinary knowledge and all, so there is no way of her to be able to memorize a song.
Putting that aside, she probably needs to remember what she really needs to do in the morning…
Her alarm clock began to sing—her cellphone began to shout. Both are set to remind her that she needs to wake up for school.
Slowly, she snoozed both of them—then raised her body stiffly. Eyes still too heavy—the light is still too bright.
After a few minutes passed, she finally decided to get off the bed and walk to the bathroom, leaving the room empty—her cellphone that was now placed on the end table began to make the similar static that woke her up.
Another minute passed. This time, she is walking back to her room—covered with only a bathrobe. Next, she moves toward her wardrobe to chang into her school uniform. When she did—another her cellphone made a static again.
She noticed it…
She picked her cellphone up and trying to understand what just happened to it.
She tried to remember what happened to it before this…
She remembered that there's a girl from UTX—she said her name was…
Kira Tsubasa….
Then she also said…
It would be nice to see you around some more…
And that was the time she returned her cellphone that she picked up from the ground.
At the time her cellphone fell, she was watching a music video—but she couldn't recall who they are or what they truly are…
She certainly wasn't interested in it…
Not that it can do anything to her life which she feels is somewhat boring. She wanted to have some excitement—an adventure…or anything could do at this rate. She doesn't want to just go to school and do school stuff… she doesn't want to just meet her friends and hang out to talk about school life…
Her thoughts went back toher cellphone…. She remembers that there was something that happened between her and the person that named Kira Tsubasa….
She held her hand and said…
I want to see you again tomorrow…
It's ok if you're just going to walk by…
As long as I can see you again….
That person also asked to her.
Oh, perhaps we should exchange our number… is that ok?
She wasn't sure of what to say to her. She think she was mesmerized—or something like that…
No? Then…let me add my number to your cellphone, please give me a call… …
That person said before she took her cellphone— then she returned it and walked towards the crowd that was watching the same music video she was watching.
The ginger haired girl still wasn't sure of what she should say—or what she will have to talk about if she ever gives her a call. She never knew her—not that she needs to know about her. Perhaps it's better to ignore it for now and focus on getting herself to school.
The Otonokizaka Highschool,
The ginger haired girl walks through the entrance—she might be clumsy, but she always arrives early to school. When she was close to her classroom, she overheard a few girls talking…
"Hey, did you know? I saw Ayase-senpai go into the Digital World last week!"
"E-Eh?! Don't tell me! Ayase senpai plays Digimon Online?!"
"Most likely. What else would her reason be if she's not playing Digimon Online?"
"To accompany Toujou-senpai perhaps?"
"Well…I did see Ayase-senpai and Toujou-senpai together…but eh—they're always together…it's almost too scandalous!"
"I always knew Toujou-senpai plays Digimon Online, she likes to boast about her two perfect grade cats Digimon..."
"Two? I never knew that someone could get two Digimon partner?"
"Luck—I heard. It's not that much luck, but still lucky! Or…maybe she paid handsomely?"
"Wow… it can takes over five hundred thousand yen to get two partners! Then there is the challenge of getting the perfect grade Digimon!"
"Yep, it's a pain to get that sort of thing, we need to keep resetting our accounts to be able to catch the perfect Digimon without using cash. It takes a lot of time too…"
The ginger haired girl decided to pass on the rest of the conversation—she has absolutely no idea what Digimon truly is.
It sounded somewhat fun though…
She enters the classroom and sat on her usual spot—a Blue Haired girl approached her and slams her hand on her table….
"Honoka! You forgot to Log Out from your social media account again last night—someone hacked your blog!"
"H-Huh?! What? I didn't even—…"
"Here! Look!" the blue haired girl shows her cellphone screen …
It shows that Honoka posted a notification that she is now playing Digimon Online…
"W-whatt?! I didn't even register for it!" she said.
"Then the hacker sent me this—!" Umi showed her a chat.
Honoka: Hold this for me….
ID: ShineeWingsLove
Pass: T4sty8un1s6ood
Umi: Huh? What is this?
Umi: Honoka?!
Umi: Hey, answer me! What is this?! Is it your account for playing Digimon Online?
Umi: You know you shouldn't play Digimon Online because you're still way behind in your study?
Honoka: Tell her, I'll be looking forward to her first play. I just registered her account so she can feel free to pick her own partner!
Umi: Wait! This isn't Honoka! This is not how she speaks!
Umi: Beside, even if this is Honoka or her sister—you can't possibly be awake at the time like this!
Umi: Log her account out—Now! Else I will find you and rip you apart!
—Honoka has logged out—
Umi took a deep breath,
"Understand what I mean now?!" Umi said to her loudly.
"I have never registered a Digimon Account! Not that I was interested or anything! I also didn't log to any social media yesterday! I swear I was studying and all!"
"Did you stop somewhere and log your account from a public computer?!"
"I went straight to home after I listened to the Music Video in front of UTX! There's no reason for me to log in any public place!"
"Then how could that be happen if it's not because of your clumsiness?!"
"No idea! I swear!" Honoka replied.
"Now-now…" a chirping voice heard from a little distance…
"What's happening here?" an Ash brunette joined them,
"Kotori! Honoka got hacked again… and this time, she registered her to play Digimon Online…even invited her to play as well…"
"Digimon Online? Well…isn't that good?" Kotori replied.
"No way! Honoka shouldn't play any games before she gets her grades up!"
"Hehe…Digimon online is very fun and helpful though… I've heard from my mother that many rich people play Digimon Online. They have to pay about ten thousand yen to register—then after that, they will be allowed to use Program called Digimon Capture for free once, if they were not satisfied with the Digimon that they captured, they can set them free and pay for another round which will cost about five thousand yen per try…."
"So it's not only bad for her—but will be also bad for her family! Just imagine how much money you will spend for that?! Plus, what if that hacker is using your family's money to register your account?!"
"Uh—I don't even know if my family has any credit cards…." Honoka said.
"It's fine, Umi-chan… the hacker probably used their money—because Digimon Online doesn't take transfer cash for registering, so they should somehow go in to the admissions of Digital World and register her there…"
"Still! This is really bad for her!" Umi said.
"Hehe—then, what if I register you to play along with me and Honoka-chan?" Kotori asked.
"W-what?! No!" Umi replied with blush on her face.
"Trust me, it will be fun!" Kotori said again.
"No…I can't! I'm busy!" Umi said.
"Pleaseeeeee!" Kotori begged.
"K-K-Kotoriii! You know I'm weak with that sort of thing!" Umi said, trying to prevent herself from listening to her begging voice.
"Pleaaaassseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Kotori emphasized her begging again.
"F…Fine…I'll play…. But let me pay for my account myself, ok?"
"Yaay! That's a promise, Umi-chan!" Kotori said cheerfully.
The bluenette sighed,
"Sheesh, seriously though, what's so good about this Digimon Online….?"
"Hehe, first, you will get a real adventure! Second, you will get a friend to talk to! They're very knowledgeable, you know!"
"Hmm…. friend…?" Umi wondered,
Honoka has been paying attention to them, a part of her has already been convinced to actually play the said game…
"Like this!" Kotori showed a strange but pretty looking device— it looks like goggles with a microphone attached and it perfectly fits a cellphone-like device positioned on one ear, and covered with a flowery decoration on the very side…
"W-what is that?" Umi asked.
"It's called Digivice! Hehe….Do you want to try?" Kotori offered.
"H-how do you use this?" Umi asked.
"Just wear it—you know how it supposed to be worn like! It's just like goggles with a one-sided headphone and a microphone!" Kotori replied.
Umi decided to wear it like how it supposed to, then Kotori sets something up before Umi realized that she is connected somewhere….
"Chun-chun! Chun-Chun!" a cute voice heard from the headphone, a projected image of a pink bird-like creature with red beak appeared in a short distance.
"W-what? W-Who is this…?!" Umi asked
"Eh…? You're not Kotori-chan… who are you…?" the Pink Bird asked her,
"That's Umi-chan, Biyomon!" Kotori said.
"Aah—! Kotori-chan! Are you having a friend try on your digivice?"
"Yep! Hehe! She wants to play Digimon Online soon too!"
"Ooohhh! That's good! That means we will have a friend to travel with, right?"
"Two friends!" Kotori said cheerfully.
"Two?! Nice! I wonder what they will pick! I hope I can get along with them!"
"For sure!" Kotori replied again.
"Alright then! Hehe! Biyomon is looking forward to meeting your two friends!" Biyomon replied before the connection went off.
"I just know that this is an earmuff with a speaker next to it!" Umi said as she took off the Digivice.
"We can set it the other way—but I don't really like it…" Kotori replied.
"Oh…."
"Sooo…how about it? Are you interested now?" Kotori asked.
"Yes! I am!" Honoka suddenly said loudly.
"And…Umi-chan?" Kotori asked.
"I guess I'll try…." Umi replied.
"Then, that's set! We're going to the Digital world!"
Afterschool, the Digital World Terminal;
Kotori helped Umi and Honoka get their first arrival tutorial session after they completed their registration. Upon reaching the terminal, they were told how to use it to Log into the game. It took only a few minutes for both Honoka and Umi to learn—thankfully, Honoka is very determined with it so that she had all of her focus on it as well.
After the two finished their session, they hopped into a capsule-like machine and transported themselves into the Digital World to catch up with Kotori who logged in long before they did.
The Digital World;
Honoka found herself in a place that looked like a big city with terminals in almost every corner. People are going in and out and a few unknown creatures seem to be moving around the city without even being feared by anyone.
Umi was so astonished by the beauty of the scene and she enjoys it as much as Honoka does, except she is still expecting herself to regret playing this…
"Whooaaaaa! This is reaaallllyy coooooollll!" Honoka shouted excitedly.
"Honoka! Keep your focus! We still need to get our Partner Digimon, remember?" Umi said.
"Oh–right! So…How are we going to do it, Kotori-chan?" Honoka asked.
"Hehe, First of all, let me give you some tips since I've been here longer than you two!" Kotori replied.
"Mm-mm…so what is it that we need to know?" Honoka asked.
"First of all, it's the types of Digimon. You've seen the explanation in the tutorial, right?"
"Yep! They said, Digimon has three types: Vaccine, Data, and Virus!" Honoka replied.
"While Virus is stronger against Data, Data is stronger against Vaccine, then Vaccine is stronger against Virus…" Umi said, repeating the tutorial.
"Yep! But it's not only like that. Level, Rank and Grade of Digimons also matter—then remember there's also element!"
"Ah—right, I've heard about Grade of Digimons in the tutorial. It says, it determines the strength of their status. But I have no idea how to see their grade or how to get better graded Digimon?"
"Hehe, the bigger the Digimon, the higher their grade. It's not the size between species though, it's the size in their species. I don't know about the cap of the grade but I heard the current highest is 250%, A Renamon that won in the latest Rookie Digimon Tournament…"
"R…Renamon?" Umi flustered.
"Hehe, it's a fox Digimon… I heard it was just recently that she showed up in the tournament."
"I…I see…." Umi nodded,
"What's the average grade?" Honoka asked.
"Mmm..well, there are some people who plays Digimon online just for fun, they usually have smaller Digimon—like about 80% until 119%? It's called 3 stars Digimon. Then the average grade for Adventure Digimons are about 120%-200% which are 4 stars Digimon...while Fighter Digimons are 201% and above… and that would be 5 stars Digimon."
"Is there a way to increase their grade?" Umi asked.
"Hmmm..there is…by getting miracle fruits! They're very rare though! Then sometimes it could decrease their grade instead…."
"W-wow…that's a pain…can you go from 5 stars to 4 stars?"
"Yep, it's possible…but so is 3 stars to 5 stars!" Kotori replied.
"Great!" Honoka said cheerfully.
"But…now that means that you don't really need skill to play this…" Umi said.
"Not really, you do need a lot of skill! It's not that simple! You also need to think of how to maximize your Digimon skill—it takes a lot of research! Simply having a 5 stars Digimon won't make you the greatest tamer!" Kotori replied.
"What other thing we need to understand?" Honoka asked.
"Hmm… like…what your Digimon is truly good at and how their statuses affect their skills and ability…for example, my Biyomon scales her attack from physical attack status, so there's no point for me to train her magic attack…then, even though defenses are needed—it's still not that effective for her to be trained on defense— training her in speed would be better!" Kotori explained.
"How do you know about your Digimon's status?" Umi asked.
"You will be able to see it from your Digivice!" Kotori replied.
"Oh—then, what about the training? How do you do it?" Umi asked again.
"Everytime your digimon levels up, you get about 5 training points! You can spend them in the gym!"
"Uh...what if we want to change our digimon statuses? Like…we're mistaken about their status and wanted to do it all over…?"
"Hehe, you will need Reset Disk! You get three free Reset Disks upon getting your Digimon, also some other things that you will need! I'm about to use one soon—since you two are playing with me now!"
"E-eh? But why?"
"Isn't it going to be too much a hassle for you?" Umi asked.
"Nope, hehe, I've always wanted to be a support! It was so much trouble to level up if I didn't make my Biyomon attacker, I also spend so much on battle supplies to keep her around! If I'm to be support, I can stand in the back line and support you two while you two do the killing!"
"K-K-Killing?!" Umi and Honoka raises her eyebrow.
"Yep! Killing Wild Digimons! That's the only way to get experience!" Kotori said.
"I...isn't that cruel? I mean… our Digimons are…well… Digimons… to make them kill each other is a little…." Umi doubted her words.
"Nope, hehe… most of the wild Digimons don't have consciousness—If you read the digi-pedia, they explained that the Digital world is currently struggling with the population of Uncommunicative Parasitic Wild Digimons, from the smallest to the biggest. That's why, they are forming an alliance with Humans to help them increase the population of Digimon that can be communicated with and also have an actual culture. You train them to be stronger while suppressing this parasitic population—then those Digimon will also able to help you in whatever you need in our world!"
"T-they can travel there?" Umi asked.
"They can, but it's not allowed to take them out. Only some people can do that...like the authorities…"
"What kinds of things has Biyomon helped you with until now?" Honoka asked.
"Hehe…by becoming my dress model and also helping me research for references!"
"Oh…."
"The best thing about her is that she is also very supportive! She told me herself that she always wanted to be a support Digimon than an attacker! That's why she was so happy when she heard about you two!"
"I...is that so? Then I guess we both will have to find a Digimon that could complete the team…" Umi said,
"Don't worry! You can get any Digimon and just raise them like how you always wanted! Their evolution will be different according to that!"
"Oh…is that so?"
"Yep! Then once they are evolved—you will get their evolution saved in your digivice, you can evolve them and de-evolve them anytime! But remember, evolving them into something higher than Rookie class will require energies! That's why, you will have to do it slowly to get yourself used to it!"
"I see…"
"Any more question?" Kotori asked—and as she did, an announcement was made…
"Dear Players—We're making this announcement to remind you that the Champion Tournament is about to start soon! Please make sure to be inside the Tournament Hall in 15 minutes!" a female voice said.
Then a call in Kotori's Digivice appeared which she quickly responded to,
"Chun-Chun! Kotori-chan! Where are you? We have a tournament soon!" Biyomon said.
"Ah—right! I'll be there!" Kotori said.
"Tournament?"
"Yup! Hehe…you two want to watch? Maybe it will help you to decide what kind of Digimon you want!"
Umi and Honoka turn their sight to each other, nodded as they agreed with the idea.
The Tournament Hall;
It doesn't take long for them to find a seat in the audience— Honoka and Umi sat on their bench without Kotori on their side, but there were some other tamers and their rookie Digimon who seem to be excited to watch as well.
Kotori is sitting on the contestant bench, along with her Biyomon who has been stretching to prepare herself for the battle. Honoka is very intrigued with how tamers seem to have different way to prepare their Digimon. While Kotori and Biyomon seems to be casually working it out, some tamer are being strict and some are just too relaxed…
There's this one tamer though—one tamer that looks somewhat interesting for Honoka. The tamer is wearing a white cape, she is also casually preparing her Digimon—a black lizard-like Digimon with two feet and two arms, small tail and big green eyes.
Who is the name of that Digimon?
She wondered…
And why does his tamer look somewhat interesting to me?
She asked herself.
After a moment of thinking, the announcer started to speak:
"Welcome to the Champion Tournament! After passing through the Rookie stage, a digimon will evolve into a champion phase. It may still be far from a real adult in their term, but as what we have always said—it is neither too early nor too late for them to test their strength. That's why this Champion Tournament is held to prove their power and also how well their tamers have raised them…" the speech continued.
While Umi is focusing on listening to what the announcer is saying—as announcer began to introduce the second announcer, Honoka's attention returned to the interesting tamer. At one point, the interesting tamer seems to notice that Honoka has been looking—giving a cheerful and somewhat friendly wave to her.
Honoka is flustered, did she know this person? Or perhaps that person was waving to someone else?
Just a moment after, two more tamers with the similar white capes approach her. There were also two other Digimon, one is a dragon-like Digimon with the Japanese-Traditional armor-like scales, yellow fur on its two legs and an adorable looking face with the Japanese Traditional helmet, the second one is a pink flower-like Digimon, floating around their tamers as they speak with each other.
A Starting Bell Ringing, snapped Honoka from her thoughts. She let her attention focus on the Arena Ring—it wasn't Kotori or anyone she knows, but there's a Blue Wolf-like Digimon fighting against a Devil-like humanoid Digimon.
"Ready?!" a male announcer said,
"Set!" A female announcer continued,
"Gooo!" Both of them said.
The fight started when they attempted to freeze their enemy with their breath, then continued with some physical damages , biting and scratching. There's no blood or anything that drops—instead, there's some static when they receive damage.
Honoka is now very interested on understanding how they fight—it appears to be that the tamer could encourage them or give them commands through the microphone of their digivice. It seems that the blue wolf-like Digimon is very well organized while the devil-like Digimon….
Doesn't seem to obey his trainer who yelled so loud in his digivice's microphone…
The fight began to show the result—The Devil-like Digimon is starting to get exhausted. Then, a red signal is sounded so sudden…
"Oooh! Looks like we have our winner already!" said the announcer.
"That's too bad, Devimon! Garurumon is the winner for this match!" said the other announcer.
The devil-like Digimon left the Arena Ring so quickly, the Blue-wolf Like Digimon howled with his pride before he jump rolled in an excitement. He was then returning to his tamer and transformed back into….
A penguin-like Digimon….
"W-what?!" Umi exclaimed in her surprise.
"Oo…so that's what Kotori-chan said before… even a penguin can turn into a wolf in this game?"
A few more matches happened before Kotori finally gets her turn.
This time, she is going against a snake like creature—with yellow head and blue skin, it's pretty obvious that it's a water Digimon... while Kotori's Biyomon has evolved into a fiery bird.
"Maaan… that's an obvious win…" said a person near their bench. Umi and Honoka turned their attention to him.
"Really? Seadramon versus Birdramon? We all know who is winning! It's Data against Vaccine! Water against Fire!" said the other.
Honoka and Umi turn their sight to each other—worried that it might be a bad thing for Kotori. Though, the Ash Brunette doesn't look that much worried.
When she entered the Arena Ring, she de-evolved her Birdramon back into Biyomon.
"W-what? Is she giving up?" A person in the audience seat said, Honoka and Umi also surprised to see it happen.
"Looks like it…?" the other audience said.
Down in the Ring, Kotori pats her Biyomon back and she whispered to her.
"Don't get caught, I'll help you out…"
"Yup! Biyomon believes in you, Kotori-chan!" Biyomon replied.
Then Biyomon ran to the ring, with a Seadramon staring deeply to her as if he has been hungry enough to be able to beat her.
The battle begia when the signal is sounded, Seadramon immediately blasted water into Biyomon—which is dodged so quickly.
"Ooo…that's a really quick Biyomon!" appreciated one of the watchers.
Honoka and Umi are somewhat relieved…
"That won't do much, you know… remember that you're allowed to use one card? If I'm to be Seadramon's tamer, I'll throw in an Accuracy card watch this Biyomon freeze and get mauled!"
And once again, Honoka and Umi began to worry…
"Hah! I knew this would happen! I'm activating Hyperspeed card!" said the Seadramon tamer as he tap his card on a machine attached on his wrist...
Swiftly, Kotori attached the same machine—the sound of the belt clicking and the swift movement followed by her taping a card…
"Reverse Type Evolution!" Kotori shouted.
Well—it looked really cool, even though it may not that necessary to have that much. A dramatic effect is created on the Ring, Biyomon is evolving…
The Fiery bird from before was red—but this time, she turned into a pitch black fiery bird.
"Ooooo! That's Brilliant!" said an audience member.
"Saberdramon! That's a Virus which has an Electric move! Seadramon is a toast!" said the another.
"Man—who would've thought that before? Tamers are getting smarter and smarter!" another chimed in.
Honoka and Umi would've got their jaw dropped right now—but they can barely move from their spot, nor were their eyes willing stop looking and appreciating how cool their friend is.
"Saberdramon! Gooo!" Kotori yelled cheerfully and cutely as Saberdramon charged an electricity sparks, then it flies up to the mid-air before a powerful single thunder blasted on Seadramon which easily knock him down.
"K-O!" The Announcer said.
The Audience roared in amazement.
"Hehe! Thank you! Thank you!" Kotori waved and bowed to the audiences.
A few more matches were held after hers,
The first Battle Set finished and all Tamers are given 30 minutes of break. Kotori sat on the tamers benches along with her Biyomon. Honoka and Umi decided to get some snacks and drinks before approaching her.
"T-That was really cool! Kotori!" Umi appreciated.
"Yeah! I really like that!" Honoka appreciated as well.
"Really? Hehe…I'm glad! There's still three more battles coming up if I win the next one! Wish me luck!"
"How do you think it will turns out?" Umi asked.
"Honestly, hehe…I don't know! But we will see! I got the first turn at the second set!"
"Really? That's great!" Honoka appreciated.
Just a moment after, three tamers with white capes passed by— and that's also the time when Honoka turn herself around, noticing that she was being observed by one of the white caped tamers. She saw a hint of smile—and she also a feeling that she has met this person before….
Honoka's eyes are following this person for more than a minute—she keeps wondering who this person might be, yet she has no courage to make an approach. It's so strange that she has never had this problem before…
"What is it… Honoka?" Umi asked.
The ginger haired girl jumped slightly from the question…
"Uh..Nothing, hehe!" she replied as she scratched her head shyly.
"Anyway… tell me, Kotori… have you ever done this before? You looked so experienced…" Umi asked.
"Yup, a few times, in fact. My biyomon was a little messy before–but I wasn't that far from getting the right status for her… right Biyomon?" Kotori said,
"Yup! Hehe! Biyomon got beaten so badly by a Data Digimon in previous Champion Tournament! It was so terrible! That's why Kotori-chan got Biyomon that card!" Biyomon said.
"We've to build a few skills too to be able to overcome our weakness! It was so hard!" Kotori said.
"Did you try the rookie tournament before?" Umi asked.
"Hehe, yup, I have to say it's the hardest one at first, because we couldn't use any card and not allowed to evolve our digimon too! But once our digimon is well trained, getting through that is easy!"
"That's amazing! Now I'm very eager to get my Digimon!" Honoka said.
"Do you take any interest on any Digimon you saw?" Kotori asked.
"Mmm..sort of? I'm still not sure which kind I want…what about you, Umi-chan?" Honoka replied.
"Uh…I'm interested on the Wolf-like Digimon…what was his name again… Garurumon?"
"Ah! That one! Hehe… It's a very disciplined Digimon! I think he fits you!" Kotori said.
"Really? Then I want to get him… he was from…a Penguin?" Umi asked.
"You can get him easier if you are getting Gabumon… but I think I like Penguinmon better too!"
"Biyomon also like Penguinmon better too!"
"Alright then, that's set! I'm getting a Penguinmon and train him into Garurumon!" Umi said with full of spirit.
30 minutes passed,
Kotori and Biyomon luckily finished their food 15 minutes before the next battle. Starting with 100% power is always good—and it was all thanks to her friends.
"Welcome back to the tournament! Now we're going to start the next Battle set!" the announcer said,
The two steps into the ring…
"Good Luck, Kotori!" Umi said—she and Honoka were already back on their seats.
"Gooooo! Kotori-chaaann!" Honoka shouted cheerfully as she raises her fist.
The Ginger girl was about to cheer something else again, but she noticed that Kotori's opponent this time is the white caped tamer with Black Lizard-like Digimon. The two tamers evolved their Digimon, Biyomon turned into Birdramon while the other one into a Big Dinosaur like Digimon with red stripe on its black skin.
"Ah—now that Birdramon is in the advantage! Dark-Tyrannomon is a Virus and super slow… she surely will win this!" said an audience next to Honoka and Umi.
Just right at the time battle started,
Kotori used a card,
"Power up!" she said as she taps her card to the machine on her wrist.
Kotori is confident that she will win this one—her eyes, is burning with passion to reach the victory, but….
When the white caped tamer also used a card…
A card that called as 'Dragon Vessel'… with gold frame…
Her eyes began to show another expression….
"G-G-gold framed card?!" said one of the audiences.
Honoka and Umi have no idea about what a Gold Card mean… but they're pretty sure that it might be the rarest card or something like it…
"Birdramon! Let's make it quick!" Kotori said.
"Got it!" the fiery bird reply as she started to make her attack to the Dark Dinosaur-like digimon, It surely is a critical hit as she is having advantage in type—but it seems that the attack doesn't do that much damage to the dinosaur-like digimon, thanks to the card…
Another attack is made again–then in the same time, the dinosaur-like digimon also attacked with a very-very-very huge flame that spread across the Ring. Birdramon could try to dodge, but the ring's mid-air area is limited and the flames reaches up to its maximum height—which made this attack practically undodgeable.
From that attack alone, Birdramon took almost half of her health.
"W-w-waaa! B-Birdramon! A-are you alright?!" Kotori asked.
"This is bad, he is too powerful…" Birdramon said.
"D-do you think we should just surrender?" Kotori asked.
"Let me try once again and if I can't do it, just sound the red-alarm!" Birdramon replied.
"O..Ok!" Kotori replied nervously.
Birdramon tried to move a little farther and charged her power before she blasted her fire—but it once again caused too little damage on Dark Tyrannomon. The Dinosaur once again charged his power, but before he was able to unleash it,
"Kotori-chan!" Birdramon shouted.
Kotori quickly sounded Red Alarm— it was apparently a sign that she is surrendering…
The Dinosaur Digimon stopped, then he calmed himself down.
"Ooooo! Looks like our Birdy is surrendering! That's too bad!" the announcer said.
"Man..that Dark Tyrannomon is crazy!" said an audience next to Honoka and Umi. The two quickly turn to them as they listened to their conversation.
"What do you expect? He was supported with a Gold-card!" the other audience said.
"Nah—it wasn't it… it just feels like that Dark Tyrannomon could evolve to an Ultimate Digimon if he wants to…"
"Right… Man…. That's annoying, even though he is powerful enough to be a mega, he can't be disqualified because he didn't break the champion tournament rule. As long as they're not evolving to an ultimate and above Digimon, they are fine to go…"
"Why would people want to enter champion tournament a lot of times anyway…."
"To get the prize perhaps? Too weak to compete in the higher level?"
"You know Rank Tournament isn't giving you much prize but certificate to compete in higher rank?"
"You're right dude, he could've done another tournament right now… now I wonder why that person joined?"
Honoka and Umi turn their sight back to each other.
"Hmm..so this tournament is for a certificate to join the higher rank…" Umi said.
"Yeah, I guess Kotori-chan wants to participate on the next rank…What's the benefit though?" Honoka said.
Umi shrugged, she was about to say something but…
"You don't know?!" a high pitched and somewhat annoyingly cute voice said so loudly,
Honoka and Umi turned themselves around to see a black haired little girl, with black glasses and mask…
"Are you two living in a damned cave!? The higher your rank, the more money you get! Damn real money, I tell you! Also, people will acknowledge you as high class tamer, you get to join an elite club—and you will get so much benefit from it!"
"R-r-real….M-money? Elite Club?" Honoka raises her eyebrows.
"W-where do they get them from….I've never heard game could get you money…"
"Sheesh, for real?" the little girl sighed,
"Digimon Online is funded by thousands of millionaires around the world. Getting money is not a big deal for them. Besides, the Digimon game itself gives them so much income. You are paying 500 Yen for standard Tournament Entry, 1000 yen for Rank Tournament, 5000 Yen for Special Tournament, and 8000 yen for the Beauty Contest!" she explained.
"W-wow…. 8000 yen? Is the prize worth it?" Umi asked.
"The higher the rank, the higher the prize... The lowest rank of beauty contest winner will get about 100000 yen, 50000 yen for the second and 25000 for the third. Your Digimon will also get a damn lot of food and enhancer!"
"Enhancer….?" Honoka and Umi asked.
"God! You don't know what an Enhancer is?!" the girl angrily said.
"…It's what every tamer loves! Other than training, Enhancer is also important for their status! It's not easy to get them you know?! Only a tamer with Superior Rank Digimon can purchase them…!"
"Superior…rank? How many times can a Digimon evolve…?" Umi asked.
"Heh—superior isn't really their evolution rank... heck, you don't call it as evolution rank, it's more like evolution level. There are levels like baby, in-training, rookie, champion, ultimate, mega and Super Mega. Each Digimon has their own cap level and also their own way to evolve. Some digimon require fusion, some are not, some also need to use an item or be in specific places…but anyway! Superior means that this Digimon has passed through the Mega Tournament, Super Digimon Tournament, won in 100 Tournaments or more, then joined the Superior Tournament and win!" the little girl explained again.
"W…wow…it must be tough to get through all that…" Umi said.
"It is! But it's not impossible, in fact, a lot of people have made it to that. After you become a Superior Digimon tamer, you will be allowed to enter the deepest part of the Digital World—you can do everything there and I also heard that you can mine some real diamonds. You'll be super rich and you won't even need to worry about living expense anymore! But on the side note, once you're in the deepest, you won't be guaranteed with any official back up data. If your Digimon died there—then they won't be able to be saved by the official. A lot of tamers have gone bankrupt because of that…"
Honoka and Umi cringed,
"T-that sounds scary…." Honoka said.
"Yup…I also heard, there used to be Superior Digimon Tamers group who decided to get inside the deepest… there were about twenty of them, but only three managed to return with their Digimon safely—which means, the rest of the tamers lost their Digimon forever…"
"S-S-Scary!" Honoka said.
"They can either quit or purchase a new Digimon Capture Program…" the girl said.
"Wait…they didn't get compensation or anything?" Umi asked.
"Well…as what I've told you… enter at your own risk…so nope…"
"Is this Digimon Capture Program a one-time usage?" Honoka asked.
"Yeah, and… you only have one Program slot in your Digivice—which means, you can only keep the Digimon that you get from one Digimon Capture Program. Some Lucky ass could get two perfect grade Digimon, or let's say, a pair of 5 stars Digimon… some could get three and some could get four…! Heck, getting double 5 stars digimon chance is like 0,0000001%...it's a crazy luck to have more than that!"
"W-wow…ok…" Umi replied.
"How does the Digimon Capture works anyway?" Honoka asked.
"Heh—curious aren't you? Well… that's your own job to figure it out… just go to the lobby and use your new-comers ticket…! You got them, right?"
Honoka and Umi nodded,
"Good, you can contact me again after you got your own Digimon… my name is Niko Yazawa—a very talented Tamer I tell you! Add me to your friend list once you get your Digivice, ok?" the girl said.
"Ok!" Honoka replied cheerfully.
Meanwhile, The Digital Station of Digital World….
"Maki-chan-Maki-chan!" An orange haired girl said,
"What is it now, Rin?" A red haired girl replied.
"Hehe, are you going to upgrade to premium account-nya?" Rin asked.
"Well…I'm not sure… what's the benefit…?"
"Well, you will get to pick an exclusive Digimon—Lunamon! Also, you get a starter pack which includes 10 Miracle Fruits, 4 Enhancement Drive, Recovery items, A pack of card, A pack of golden card, and 20 Miracle Meats-nya!"
"Huh…well…that sound good. Maybe I'll get a premium account after all…." Maki replied.
"E-Everyonee!" A high pitched timid girl voice heard from a distance. Maki and Rin turn themselves around,
"Oo! Kayo-chin!" Rin greeted a short brown haired girl,
"Ah…Hanayo….how was—…."
Before Maki were able to finish her word—she saw the timid girl trying to run to approach them, but instead, bumped into a very tall humanoid yellow fox-like Digimon who was walking so quickly.
"A-aa!" Maki and Rin gasped,
"I—I'm sorry!" Hanayo said in a worry, then when her eyes opened, she could see a trophy is broken on the floor. She was about to say something but…
"No…I'm sorry, are you alright?" the fox-like Digimon asked gently as she helped her to get up.
Hanayo began to feel nervous—she is sure that she is to blame for that tragedy…
Maki and Rin came up to them and stopped,
"Are you ok-nya?" Rin asked.
Hanayo still quiet, her eyes still focused on the broken trophy. Maki noticed it,
"Oh…that looks bad…" she said.
"It's fine… my tamer won't see this…" the Fox-like Digimon picks up her trophy pieces back, she looks somewhat disappointed…
"Uh…are you bad with your tamer-nya?" Rin asked.
"O-oi! Rin! That's too personal!" Maki replied.
"Am I bad with her…? Hmm… no…not quite…I know where her thinking comes from…but…." The Fox-like Digimon paused…
"…Ah—sorry, I'm blurting out… Excuse me for wasting your time…" she continued before she bowed gently and left in a hurry.
"What a strange Digimon…" Maki said.
"Hmm… that's called Renamon-nya! She looks sooo much bigger than her common sizes…. Her tamer must be a lucky person-nya!" Rin said,
"Huh…? Ok…." Maki replied.
"A-Anyway!" Hanayo said,
"Yes- Kayo-chin?" Rin asked.
"W-We got our turn to get our Digivice and Digimon soon! Let's go!" Hanayo said.
"Oh—But Maki-chan wants to upgrade to a premium account-nya!" Rin said.
"W-We can do that in the lobby too! So let's go!"
The three started to run to the lobby.
In a medium sized room,
Decorated by a lot of Exotic Oriental items, simple yet classy bed, a camera on tripod facing to a single comfortable chair, an incense with Cherry Blossom scent burnt in the corner of the room, a single dining table with a lot of uncommon fruits that are said to only grow in Digital world, a few amazing slices of sirloin on the plate and a study desk complete with its chair, garbage can and bookcases filled with a lot of thick books. A yoga mat is folded next to it, and a professional treadmill on the further end of the room, then a display rack placed on the other corner—it looked big and expensive but it's empty…
The tall yellow fox-like Digimon enters the room, still carrying broken trophy fragments in her arms.
Suddenly, the camera on the tripod rings in a notification—a video call is coming…
Quickly, the tall yellow fox-like Digimon throws all the broken trophy fragments to the trash can—then sat on the single chair before she accepted the call.
"H-Hello?"
"Renamon… are you doing something bad again?" A mischievous looking girl with purple hair said from the screen. She has a light blue digivice attached on her head…
"N-No!" Renamon replied.
"There-there…I'm just teasing you… I know you were just picking up your prize…" the girl said.
Renamon nodded embarrassedly.
"No need to be embarrassed. Honestly, I appreciate your good intention…" the girl said.
The fox-like digimon nodded again.
"Are you thinking about what she feels about you now?" the girl asked.
Once again, Renamon nodded.
"It's not hate… that's all I can tell you…"
"Disappointment?" Renamon asked.
The purplenette giggled,
"You're starting to look like her now! But hey, she didn't tell you about how she feels, right? So you can't guess…"
"Say though, Nozomi…." Renamon pauses again…
"Hmm…?" the purplenette tilt her head slightly.
"….is she ok now? Do I….hurt her that much…?"
"Well, you've certainly done something bold, registering yourself with her name in the tournament, fighting without her knowing, then winning in her name too… if you're to be in our world, you can be sued with copyright infringement…."
Renamon sulked when she heard it.
"I'm joking… I believe she is proud of you in a way… I mean…look, look at your dining table… she set those food up for you so that you can celebrate your victory with your trophy… hmm...where's your trophy?"
"Ah—that… well…." Renamon glanced to her trashcan,
"Did you…break it….?" the purplenette asked with her playful smile.
"I…it's just an accident!" Renamon said.
"Sheesh—she might be angry about that too… so I guess you can let that stay at wherever you keep it…I'm won't tell her…don't worry…"
"Thank you…Nozomi…." Renamon replied sadly.
Nozomi giggled to her,
"Ok—once again, congratulations on your Tournament Victory, Renamon. Let's grow up some more!" she said.
"W-wait! Nozomi…" Renamon said in a haste before Nozomi is was able to cut off the connection,
"What is it?" Nozomi asked.
"Uh…C…can I…. look into….you know… things that are supposed to be in that display rack?"
"Ohh! You want to see her undergarment collection?"
"Huh? What?" Renamon flustered.
"Joking, she doesn't have anything like that there…but I know what you mean–prepare yourself to see some shiny stuff!" Nozomi typed something on her keyboard, then within a minute more than a hundred trophies are neatly set on the display.
Renamon's jaw dropped…
Compared to the trophies on display—her trophy is surely worth nothing more than some fragment of garbage…
She carefully examined every little bit of the details, all the trophies are surely super sparkling and it's so scary that she even saw trophies of tournaments that she never expected to be won by someone like her But, from there, she is more convinced that her trainer is not a mere trainer— she is someone to be respected and someone who, indeed, has some skill worth showing off.
There's also an S-Rank beauty contest trophy, that was something she never had interest on—but seeing that it was won by the Digimon her tamer owned before… and also to know that the Digimon was her species too…
It makes her curious of how the Digimon before her was raised…
Such a perfect Digimon…
It's looked so perfect and it became painful for her…
She really wanted herself to be like the Digimon that was raised before…
But….
"It's enough now, Nozomi…thank you….for showing me…" Renamon said.
"You're welcome… I hope you're not jealous…" Nozomi replied as she makes all the trophies disappear from her room again…
Renamon remained silent. Nozomi gave her a faint smile before she said…
"Ah well…you were asking for it… but anyhow, I'll be off now… need to finish a few council duties then I'll Log In to Digimon Online… have fun with your feast!"
The connection cut off.
Renamon still remained silent. She set her eyes to the food on the table, then to the display rack a few more times before she stood up and quickly picked up her trophy fragments. She placed them on her dining table …
"Hmm..ok…so how do we fix this thing…?" she mumbled to herself,
Not even an idea coming up, she decided to give up for now…
"I'll do this later… maybe I should just eat my food…" Renamon said before she pulled the fruit and meat closer and began to eat.
"T-this is delicious! Amazing!" she said to herself before she continued to eat cheerfully.
That's all! Is this interesting enough? lol.