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Snapshots

Episode 1

Promises to the dead

Silence.

Of all the places within Odiaba, only here could one possibly find this particular sound. Maybe that silence was possibly the whisperings of the dead, telling their secrets to the few who decided to come.

For Jun Motomiya, it was one of the few things she could do for them.

"I'm sorry guys." she whispered as she stared down towards the three gravestones. "I'm still no further than I was late week."

She took a deep breath and looked ahead. The past three and half years had been an interesting roller coaster, all kicked off that fateful day.

It was a day or two after New Year's Eve when this whole mess had begun. She had been at home, chatting with some of her friends on the computer.

Tigerra10573301: Anything interesting in the news?

BlackCat2: Yes, actually.

Tigerra10573301: And what would that be?

BlackCat2: I don't think it's a good idea for me to tell you this…

Tigerra10573301: What do you mean, Victoria?

The phone then rang and Jun got up. She ran into the kitchen, grabbing the phone as fast as possible.

"Hello?" she greeted.

"Jun Motomiya?" the voice answered. "Your brother, Davis Motomiya is dead."

Time froze as the phone fell to the ground. In almost an instant, things had changed forever for Jun and her parents. It wasn't until her parents got home did she finally leave the kitchen. They had told her it would be alright, that Davis would still be in their hearts and watch over them in heaven, blah blah blah. She quickly grew tired of those sort of phrases. Eventually, that became just a blurred of mess of half-hearted sorrow and flat words used each and every time of this supposed 'loss' within their eyes. In time, she eventually blocked their words out of her mind.

They found the bodies the next day, piled up with a whole bunch of other kids at a summer camp. Someone had scrawled 'fuck them all' in pink across a couple of bodies, possibly by the mass murderer behind this vile act. As she stared at the bodies, something caught her eye. It was a dark blue and silver ovaloid device with a single black screen. It called out to her as she picked it up. In that moment something clicked within her.

"I'll find who did this, Davis." Jun whispered to herself as she tried to hold her tears back. "I w-w-will bring your killer to justice."

But who was she kidding? It was the equivalent of just deciding to solve the murders of a bunch of rabbits. Yet, Jun didn't care. In a way, it gave her life some sort of purpose. But at the same time, it seemed to be the only purpose she had at the moment. Now here she stood at these gravestones, having seemed to make no progress at all.

"Hi sis!" a voice announced and Jun exited her flashback, turning around to see who it was. Her brother, Davis Motomiya now stood before her, very much alive. Strangely, he looked the same, still dressed in the same clothes as before. "Aren't you happy to see me again?"

Jun stared towards her supposed brother for a few seconds, taking a deep breath as she walked away.

"I don't know who you are, but you're not him." Jun whispered as hollow laughter filled the air. "You may look like him and sound like him, but you will never be Davis!"

"Is that so?" 'Davis' accused and clapped his hands together, creating two dao broadswords out of thin air. "I guess I'll be the last person you'll ever get to see."
Jun immediately headed off, her jog quickly becoming a full-on run. For now, she would need to somehow lose the crazed person attempting to kill her. Jun then took a right, heading into some nearby apartment complex.

"Did you really think that would actually work?"

'Davis' then reappeared, now standing in front of Jun. He still had his broadswords in hand, possibly ready to slice his 'sister' into a million itty-bitty pieces. She attempted to turn around, but quickly found her feet unwilling to cooperate with the rest of her body.

"Possibly." Jun answered and muttered a few curses under her breath, digging through her pockets in one last feeble attempt at saving her own life. It just had to be here, awaiting its use after what seemed like forever. "But you just don't know these days at all."

Jun then pulled the ovaloid device out and held it close to her chest. While she had no clue how to use it, she didn't have many options at the moment.

Davis only stared at her and laughed.

"Do you really expect that pitiful device that actually protect you?" her chaser announced as Jun stared at 'him' with a confused and dopey look on her face. "Your brother thought the same thing and we both know what happened to him and his friends."

As this unknown person or thing said that, dread seemed to fill the air. Jun then rolled her eyes, only to be bombarded with the rapid images of dead bodies.

"Are we even now?" Jun shouted as 'Davis' laughed, turning into some white metal wyvern thing with a tattered red cloak and goggles. "And you are?"

"Huckmon." the creature responded as Jun regained movement of her legs. "And you are Jun, correct?"

"Correct."

"Good, we have a deal then."

Jun stared back with a confused look.

"If you help me bring them together, I'll tell you who killed your brother."

"Deal."

The two reluctantly gave each other a nod, making their way out of this totally random building and towards the apartment buildings Jun lived in.

"So how am I going to explain you to my parents?" Jun remarked as they headed off.

"You don't." Huckmon answered and received another confused glance from his 'partner'. "Just claim I'm some random stuffed animal you bought with your own money."

Jun didn't question it, her mind focusing on other things. As great as it was to have some semblance of a lead, something felt off about all of this. But for now, she would just have to roll with it.

Notes:

And so it begins.

First off, while the digitalverse is referenced quite a bit in this opening chapter, Snapshots is a separate universe altogether. Second, there will be a lot of canon divergence throughout. And third, the epilogue at the end of 02 isn't going to happen.

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Next Time: We check in on our main group of chosen. Surely they ended up just as well as Jun... Right?