Project Digimon: Odyssey

Chapter 1: Kitsune no Unmei/The Fox Spirit's Destiny

Sekai-World. This refers to the cousin's names.
Gaijin-A rude term for foreigner.
Kitsune-Fox spirit/demon
"O kami-sama..."-Oh, God...

The team had won, but two girls had kept calm: The sixteen-year-old captain and the thirteen-year-old star player. The coach had treated all of the players to a nice dinner. "Nice game, Chino!" called one girl.

"Here is to the best captain we have ever had: Chino Tenshi!" Yelled another.

"Here is to our star player, Himemiya Bara; my cousin." She said with a slight smile. They cheered.

"Here is to the Sekai Cousins!" Called the coach.

The team cheered wildly again. They were calmer twenty minutes later, though the chatter of so many girls sounded like a dull roar. Tenshi stole a look at Bara. She had shoulder-length straight, kind of spiky brown hair, brown eyes, a tan, round, pleasant face that was smiling and was average sized. She wore the team uniform, which was common enough. Its main colors were red and orange. Tenshi had long, wavy black hair, pale green eyes and was very pale. Many who saw her at first thought that she was white, even with her sharply defined face. She was called gaijin for the longest time, too. Not anymore.

Then she saw something weird and scary: Bara seemed to go fuzzy like a TV with bad reception. Then, it was gone. She was still there. Tenshi breathed heavily for a moment, scared. Then she calmed herself down. "What happened...?" she murmured to herself.

She didn't know.

PROGRAM START UP
Login: Himedemon
Password?
Login successful.

Query? Fire Guardian
Query recognized.

Fire Temple Guardian: Lucemon
Level: Ultimate
Location: Unknown. Last seen fourteen years ago.

Fire Elemental: Kitsunemon
Level: Ultimate
Location: Unknown. Last seen nine years ago.

Query? Chosen Children locations

First Child: Osaka, Japan
Second Child: Osaka, Japan
Third Child: Unknown location in Wales, UK
Fourth Child: Unknown
Fifth Child: Locked File

Query? Unlock Fifth Child file

Password?
Password not recognized. Sending re-


A week had passed since the game. Tenshi and Bara were home with Akane, Bara's mother. Tenshi had grabbed a pop from the fridge. Bara was busy gaming on the computer in another room. The house was quasi-traditional. Most of the walls could be moved or be taken down except the bathroom walls and the game room walls. The house had sparse decorations, but it was a good and peaceful house. Akane was outside, gardening. It was early summer and gardening was a passion of hers.

Bara was waiting for a game to load. A screen appeared unlike any she had ever seen. It showed a window on a stone shrine. "What? This isn't the game..." She said, confused.

A voice from the computer sounded. "First Child recognized. Now activating transport program..."

Tenshi heard a yell from the computer room. She dropped her half-finished pop and raced to the game room and opened the door.

It was empty...

Bara sat up and looked around. She was in a simplistic stone room with many designs and runes on the walls. There was a doorway near her. She looked down. She was wearing her soccer uniform. She felt her head for bumps, but only found her round, blue goggles. "Where am I?" she asked, barely believing her eyes. "How did I get here?"

She got up and walked though the doorway and saw something stranger: Murals on the wall depicting a kitsune, a girl and an angel. Three statues and a pedestal guarded the heavy-looking oak doors at the other end. The statues were of the kitsune, the angel and the girl... who looked like her! "O kami-sama..."

She took a look at the pedestal. It had a red device that had a screen, a few unmarked buttons, a keyhole and an antenna. She picked it up and took a closer look. There was nothing else noticeable . . . until it began to glow. Two bright lights shot out, one through the door and the other at the angel statue. A glowing ball came out and landed in her arms. A small white creature with several markings and huge ears appeared and took the place of the ball of light. "Hi! My name is Calumon!" It called cheerfully. "You must be a Chosen Child! What's your name?"

"Ah, ah, ah, my uh, name is Bara...why am I here?" She stuttered nervously.

"We have to find Kitsunemon. You are her destiny." Calumon explained. "She is your destiny, too!"

"How? Why?" Bara was bewildered.

"You are the Chosen Child of Fire. Now let's go and find Kitsunemon!" Calumon's ears expanded and she/it pulled at Bara's hands.

"How did you come from that statue of the angel?" She called, still nervous.

"Because I used to be the angel, silly!" Giggled Calumon.

The doors opened and showed a strange-looking city. The digital world was out there, and they needed to find Kitsunemon.

Next: Kitsunemon to Sake/Kitsunemon and Sake Rice Wine