Chapter One: The Missing

A six year old Matt stood in the middle of the mall clutching his little brothers hand as his parents argued in hushed whispers. Matt knew the two were on the verge of divorcing, he was snooping in his father's desk one day when he found the papers; the divorce meant that he and TK would be separated. While Matt had been thinking his mother and father had melted away in the crowd. The couple was arguing so much neither of them realized that they had lost their sons.

Matt looked up to see their lack of parents and began searching frantically through the crowd with his eyes. TK realized his brothers death grip on his hand and looked up to see that his mommy was no longer present, he began wailing (a/n: excuse him he's three.). The people bustling past the children began to stare, no one stopped to figure out the problem until a man, who had short black hair, brown eyes and was about five feet ten inches tall, and woman, who had red hair, grey eyes, and was about five foot three, walked up to the two small boys.

"Excuse our intrusion, but I believe your little brother and you are in a bit of a predicament." The man said smiling

Matt Stared at him confused by the mans strange speech.

"He means would you like us to escort you to the child lost and found so that you can find your mommy and daddy?"

Matt nodded and quietly mumbled his thanks. The woman lifted TK and the man lifted Matt, they began waling through the crowd. Matt didn't realize how tired he had been until his head lolled to the side, he jerked trying to stay awake. This was a very stressful situation for the six year old.

The man stopped short to let some people pass and Matt's head shot up in full consciousness, that's when he realized that TK and the woman were not present anymore.

A fourteen year old Matt sat p in the bed he slept in when at his father's apartment letting loose a sigh from a breath he didn't even realize he was holding. After that incident his parents had opted not to divorce, but separated instead. This forced Matt to spend half his time with his father, and half with his mother, and still find the time to do homework, fight evil digimon, search for the missing digidestined, and deal with his parents over working themselves trying to find his brother, TK, who had been missing for eight years. No one but Matt blamed him for his brothers disappearance, at least that's what everyone kept telling him, but he wasn't buying it.

'The worst part though,' Matt thought getting up, 'was knowing that TK was out there somewhere being raised by another family.' The police had told them that whoever had taken the small boy had put him up for adoption illegally so chances were, since he wasn't in the 'system', he wouldn't be found. Matt on the other hand didn't believe this since so far in his life fate had a way of working in unknown ways and was fond of surprising the poor blonde.

After getting dressed Matt walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table, which was covered in paper, he looked tired and his face was pale.

"The dream again, huh?"

Matt grunted and shrugged at his fathers question

"Matt it wasn't your fault. You were six years old, and by the time you realized anything was wrong it was too late, but if you want to blame someone blame your mother and I for forgetting you two."

Matt sighed getting up and grabbing his bag he walked out the door to catch up to Tai and the gang, well except Mimi who had moved to New York last year.

Tai looked at his best friend, "The dream again?"

"Yes."

"Look Matt no one blames you." Kari stated sternly standing with her friends Davis, Yolei, and Cody, who had become digidestined, in hopes that more people would help the seven original finally defeat Myotismon and Devimon after three years of battle with the two, and in order to help find the missing among their ranks.

They all suspected who their missing teammate may be and it all came down to one person; TK.

"Tai we will never defeat Myotismon and Devimon!" Matt said fists clenched

"Matt," Izzy said trying to be practical, "it's not necessarily him you know."

"Izzy do you know what today is?"

"Tuesday."

"No…well yes, but today would be TK's eleventh birthday and tomorrow it will be eight years to the day that I lost him."

"Look I under-" Tai was cut of by Matt

"No Tai you don't. Kari is still with you. TK is gone and I have a five percent chance of every seeing him again." Matt seethed

"Calm down."

Matt heavy sighed and walked away.

San Diego, California, United States

"Why are we moving to Japan again?" a blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy asked his mother

"Your father is opening a branch of his company there."

He sighed, rolled his eyes, and threw a photo album into a box

"TK please be careful with that!"

He looked up, "When do we leave?"

"Tomorrow. I know this is hard sweetie, but you'll make new friends."

"Not like Japan needs another electronics company." he mumbled

"Headline Electronics is a very big corporation TK and without it we wouldn't have food on the table."

"It's just that I've never lived in one place for more than a year in my entire life and it makes me feel more like an orphan."

"You were born in Japan, and you are not an orphan."

"If I was born there than that's all the more reason not to go. I was unwanted by the people there so I don't want to meet them."

"Takeru Arrow! How dare you say such an awful thing!"

"Sorry." He mumbled

TK didn't sleep that night and was easily aggravated while boarding his father's private jet. The jet lag wasn't going to help his mood much either.

Odaiba, Japan

Izzy looked excited for a change.

"What's up Izzy?" Joe asked

"There opening up a branch of Headline Electronics in Japan."

"Oh, well I know that company! They don't sell any good accessories or advertise with hot boys though do they?" Mimi said, she was visiting for the day via digi-port.

"They have a son, but all I know about him is that he's Kari's age."

"Maybe he's our new student coming today." Yolei said

"Let's see."

Odaiba Junior High

"Class today we have a new student. His father is quite famous, but please treat him kindly and like you would your other friends."

A blonde boy with a white hat, a green and yellow shirt, and tan shorts walked in.

"Class this is Takeru Arrow. From San Diego, California."

Kari looked up and dropped her bag, everything spilled out. The boy turned his head and gazed at her with sapphire blue eyes, like Matt's.