DISCLAIMER: I do not legally own the rights to the Digimon franchise, but I do own this story, characters, and my original Digimon.
Hello, everyone! This is MysticalStarburstX saying welcome one and all to my first story! I will admit that I had a hard time deciding what story idea to try first, but after I watched some Digimon Fusion, even though I've seen it before, watched some Hunters in English Subbed, I decided to try my luck in making my very own original Digimon Hunters story! :D
Now, this story isn't gonna have any correspondence with the real Digimon Hunters in the anime, so it's completely original. Not only the story, and the characters, but even some of the Digimon will be originals that I created! There will be mostly cannon Digimon, but I added my own in there just to spice things up a bit, like the main character's Digimon partner for example, which you'll all see in a minute. ;)
Though, I will be honest... Another reason why I'm making this story is because I've noticed there weren't many original Digimon Hunter stories on this site, so I figured, why not try my luck making one. I like the concept of fusion, and I like the style of the Hunters, so why not? Not to mention I wanted to see how some of my original Digimon do in a story, so again, why not? XD
That said, hope you all enjoy the first chapter of my story! Sorry if it seems a bit long, but I really wanted to make the first chapter good and get you guys to know the characters at the start. Not sure if you will completely, but only one way to find out! Now then, let us begin the epic adventure! :D
~Between the Worlds~
Somewhere deep within the computer network, there exists a world paralleled to our own that nobody knows about. In this world exists creatures that we also don't know about. Creatures with extraordinary capabilities far beyond anyone's comprehension. These creatures were known as the Digital Monsters, or as they prefer to be called, Digimon. And they exist in this other world connected to ours, and that world was known to as...The Digital World.
Right now, between the Digital World and our own, in a strange large open cylinder shaped tunnel made of digital blocks of many shades of green, a Digimon was seen slowly flying through it. Thought, it's appearance was far different from any well known Digimon in the Digital World.
It appeared to be small humanoid dragon-like Digimon with cobalt blue skin and white fur near its four small sharp black finger claws, one being used as a thumb. Its ears though didn't look like dragon ears, but more like two strange rabbit ears with the upper half in light blue shading with cobalt blue crescent moons in them. It also had bright green eyes, a tanned colored mouth with three little spikes on the sides slightly angled upward, and sharp fang sticking out downward on the far right side of its mouth, a tanned colored stomach that's connected to its mouth, and three small sharp white toe claws on its feet. It also had an individual yellow crescent moon markings on each of its arms near its white fur and one on each foot, a small yellow star on its forehead, and small white wings on its back that don't look suitable for flying, but possibly for hovering though.
This strange Digimon of unknown origin smiled as it kicked its legs like a swimmer would, slowly, enjoying the ride down the strange digital tunnel, taking a deep breath before gazing straight ahead with confidence in its eyes. Hang on, everyone... it thought, though its voice of thought sounded like a young boy. I promise I'll bring help. Just hold on until I come back. Please...
For some reason, the Digimon's expression changed from a smile of confidence to a look of serious determination. Apparently, this Digimon had a reason for being in this strange digital tunnel, heading to who knows where. However, he knows exactly where he's heading. A place he only thought existed in myth. A place he never thought he'd be going to at all.
As he saw a light coming up ahead of the digital tunnel, his smile returned as he increased his speed towards it, heading for his destination. Human world...here comes Luxdramon!
~Fukuoka, Japan~
In our world, the human world, it was a bright and sunny day in the country of Japan, in a city known as Fukuoka, the largest city on Kyushu Island, and Japan's tenth most populated city. There weren't very many clouds in the sky, the chance of rain was unlikely, and down in the city, everyone was going about and enjoying their day. It was summer time, so lots of families were enjoying this time with their kids being out of school and all. Some were hanging out in park, others at the beach, some visiting, whether native or touring, the ancient temples Fukuoka was known for, or even spending time at the local shopping malls.
~School District Baseball Field, Fukuoka, Japan~
Currently, at one of the local schools in the city, on a baseball field, a game was going on as we speak. One team was wearing purple shirts, baseball caps, and long white pants with many wearing different shoes, and the other team wearing red shirts, baseball caps, and the same long white pants as the other team, and also each individual had different shoes on. It appeared the game has just started, with the visiting time, the ones in purple, had went first and scored only one point in the first inning. The whistle had just been blown, letting the home team, the ones in red, come out to bat.
"Tanjiro Akahoshi!" shouted the coach for the home team, wearing the same red shirt and baseball cap, but had light brown shorts on with white sneakers and socks, and a whistle dangling around his neck. "Jiro...! You're up, boy!"
Listening to his coach, coming up to bat, Tanjiro Akahoshi, or Jiro as some call him. He appeared to be an average built teenage boy, and he too was wearing the home team's red shirt, baseball cap, and white long pants. Underneath his helmet though, he had spiky pure black hair, had fairly tanned skin, and blue eyes. Around his neck were a pair of bright yellow framed goggles with a dark blue strap, which made him stood out from the rest of his teammates, and he black finger-less gloves with red wrist straps on. He also had red, white, yellow, and black colored sneakers on over black socks.
As he slowly made his way up to bat, holding a bright silver metal bat with a black handle and held it over his right shoulder, the small crowd that was watching the game cheered as he came into view. Apparently, Jiro was well known to them, and to his team as they smiled confidently that he'll do well, along with their coach with his arms crossed.
When Jiro reached the home plate, he showed a confident smile towards the opposing team's pitcher and slowly took position to swing his bat at any moment. Though, unknown to him, there was someone in the bleachers with the rest of the crowd taking pictures of him in his stance.
Okay, Jiro... This is it. he thought as he waited for the pitcher to swing. The first game of summer is here. Your first real game. Time to put all the practice and effort to good use.
Flashing back, Jiro had spent the last year practicing his form to one day be apart of his school's baseball team. Eventually he made the cut, passing his try-outs with flying colors above the others apparently. Though, his real goal was to one day be apart of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and become the best baseball player in all of Japan. Of course, he had a long way to go to reach that point, and this was his very first game ever apparently, but, to him, it's just the first step to becoming the best.
After about a half a minute of deciding what ball to throw first, the opposing team's pitcher was finally ready to throw the ball. Knowing it was about to come, Jiro tighten his grip on the handle of his bat and spread his right leg out a bit. All right... Here it comes! he thought as the pitcher threw a fastball towards him with all his might. He's lined up for the first swing, and...!
Once he believed the ball was close enough, he swung his bat, but apparently didn't swing at the right time as he missed it and was caught by the catcher behind him.
"Strike one!" the referee exclaimed for everyone to hear, while Jiro's eyes widen and grinned with embarrassment.
He misses. he thought as the catcher threw the ball back to the opposing team's pitcher, who caught it and readied to throw it again, while Jiro quickly took his stance again, showing a more serious expression this time. But... The next one...
Without wasting time, the pitcher threw another fastball at Jiro, but this time he was ready as he swung the bat and this time managed to smack the ball hard, sending it flying through the air, surprising the opposing team, his team, and everyone in the bleachers. They watched as the ball soared high into the air until it slowly made its way down, and when it did, one of the opposing team's players tried to catch it, running right for the fence, but was unable to make it in time, nor could he catch it in the first place. The ball went right out of the park, meaning that it was a home run shot, making Jiro grow an open mouth smile, surprised, but yet was overcome with joy.
"Ha...! Yes!" he exclaimed as he dropped his bat and proceeded running through all the bases without any problems, while the people in the bleachers routing for the home team cheered, along with Jiro's teammates and coach as they watched him go to first, then second, then third, and finally home plate, giving his team the first point of the game. "Yeah...!"
Taking in the moment, Jiro posed once he was one home plate, lifting his arms up high as he took in the crowd's cheers. As he took it all in though, he still was unknown to the fact that someone in the crowd was taking pictures of him, but this time, a slight happy giggle was heard, and it sounded like a young girl.
Once he was done taking it all in, Jiro waved to the crowd as he made his way back to the rest of his team, an open mouth smile still on his face.
AN HOUR AN A HALF LATER...
Throughout the rest of the game, he and his team kept up a good lead over the opposing team, and once it was all over, the end result showed that Jiro's team had won eight to five, and some of it was because of Jiro.
After the game, the people in the bleachers had left, and so did the opposing team, along with most of Jiro's team and coach. Being one of the remaining three getting his stuff ready to go in his black duffel-bag, again, he was unaware that someone was taking pictures of him again. However, when that someone let out another slight girly giggle, he became aware. Upon hearing that giggle, he was surprised at first, but then he smiled as he turned around and made his way out into the field a bit, looking towards the bleacher stands and saw only one person was there. The one that was taking pictures of him throughout the whole game.
It turned out to be a young girl after all, around the same age as Jiro. She looked nice and skinny, and had long dark brown shoulder length hair, slightly pale skin, and bright hazel eyes. She wore a short sleeve unzipped jacket with noticeable silver chain and zipper and a bright lavender tank top underneath, a three layered white mini skirt with black polka-dots and dark grey skinny shorts underneath so no pervert could try anything there, and small dark brown combat boots with black laces and black stockings that stretch up just a little bit pass her knees. She also had a dark blue digital watch on her left wrist, two bead bracelets on her right wrist, one red and the other yellow, and lastly a silver chain necklace around her neck with a dark red heart with silver outlining pendant.
When Jiro saw this girl, he couldn't help but smile and chuckle a bit towards her, who smiled back, putting down her silver digital camera and placed it back in a little purple purse she had next to her.
"How'd I know it was you?" Jiro asked, crossing his arms and smirked. "Yumi..."
Hearing Jiro call her name, the girl named Yumi giggled a little as she wrapped her purse around her shoulder and stood up, exiting the bleacher stand. Her full name was Yumika Shimazu, but she liked being called Yumi more for some reason.
"Were you here the whole time?" Jiro asked as Yumi walked out a bit onto the field and gazed at him, nodding in reply.
"Of course I was, silly." she replied, crossing her arms. "Why wouldn't I be? I wanted to see you play your first real game, and it turned out to be greater than I expected."
"Heheh..." Jiro chuckled with an embarrassed grin, scratching the back of his head. "Oh come on... It wasn't that great. I mean, we won and all, but..."
"Hey, don't you go being modest on me as always." Yumi replied, taking a few more steps toward Jiro. "You were great for your first game ever. You should be able to boast about it, even just a little. At least with me, okay?"
Seeing her smile and tilt her head a bit at him, Jiro smiled too and nodded in reply. "Sure." he replied, putting his arm down. "I'll keep that in mind for next time."
"Okay then." Yumi replied back, this time giving Jiro a smirk. "But who knows...? Maybe next time will be even better than this one."
Finding that a bit funny, Jiro closed his eyes and laughed a little, which made Yumi close her eyes and do the same after a few seconds, also finding it a bit funny.
For as long as they could remember, Jiro and Yumi have been friends ever since they were little. In a way though, Yumi was closes, and possible the only friend Jiro had. Back then, Jiro was a bit of an odd ball, and that made him a target for many school bullies. Because of his quirky behavior though, nobody wanted to hang around Jiro, and when Yumi noticed this, she felt bad for him. Then, one day, she decided to approach Jiro and introduced herself to him, and ever since then, the two had been the best of friends. In fact, she liked it whenever he did something odd. It made her laugh, and she also liked how nice Jiro really was.
Even now, she still liked him to this day. In fact, for the past year, watching Jiro practice his heart out to become a great baseball player someday, she grew...deeper feelings for him. So deep in fact, that she wanted to become more than friends.
Once the two friends had seized their laughter, as the other two members of Jiro's team left just then, he and Yumi gazed at one another for a moment and smiled until Yumi stepped closer to Jiro, getting a bit close in his personal space a little. She put her hands together behind her back and started to act all cute in front of him.
"So, Jiro... I was wondering..." she said, catching Jiro's attention.
"Yeah...?" he asked, crossing his arms. "What is it?"
"Do you...think we could...hang out...at the you know where...today?" she asked a little nervously, looking down a little at the ground, but slowly moved her eyes up at Jiro, hoping he take notice of her little cute act, which he apparently didn't as he just nod in reply.
"Sure." he replied, turning his body slightly away, but kept his eyes on her. "Just let me get my stuff packed up and change out of this uniform and I'll meet there. Sound okay with you?"
"Oh... Uh... Yeah!" Yumi replied, returning his head and body to their normal posture, giving a happy grin with her eyes closed at Jiro. "Sounds good! I'll...see you there."
"Great!" Jiro exclaimed before running back over to finish getting his stuff packed. "I'll see then, Yumi!"
"Y-You too, Jiro!" Yumi exclaimed back, but once Jiro was far enough away from her, she sighed in disappointment, turning around and walked off with her cheeks puffed up a bit in anger. "Why do I even bother with him sometimes?"
Ever since the past year, Yumi kept trying to catch Jiro's attention with her little cutey acts every now and then, but every time she tried, Jiro never took notice. She couldn't tell if he was that oblivious, or if he wasn't interested. She had known him since they were little, so he must only know her as a friend more than anything. Of course, she really wanted to be more than friends ever since she became thirteen and went on to fourteen, while Jiro went from fourteen to fifteen. They were at an eligible age range, but if Jiro just wasn't interested, she wouldn't know what to do. Clearly, she liked him, but it's hard not knowing if the other likes you back.
With that thought in mind, she sighed sadly towards the ground for a moment before walking off again, while Jiro finished putting away his stuff in his duffel-bag and was about to go change. Though, he let out a sad sigh too for some reason as he turned his head back and glanced towards Yumi before she was out of sight. It turned out, he wasn't oblivious at all to what Yumi tried to do earlier. In truth, he was slowly growing some feelings for her too, but he wasn't sure if he's ready, or ready to take the chance with her. If they date and something happens between them, it could ruin their friendship, and that's he last thing he wanted to do. So, until he comes to a decision on what to do, he had to play the oblivious act till then. He liked Yumi, but just wasn't sure if it's worth loosing a friendship over if it goes wrong, especially the one he holds close apparently.
~Abandoned Harbor Warehouse, Fukuoka, Japan~
About half an hour had passed after Jiro and Yumi departed for a little while, now they were going to meet up again at this "place" they apparently know much about. It turned out that the place was a large, but an old and abandoned warehouse along the city harbor. It appeared to be made out of orange brick, but over the years, and being near the seaside, its appearance slowly but surely changed and withered till its orange color become dark and moist a lot on the bottom areas, and after all its years, the windows were cracked, broken, and there were some areas around its walls that looked broken and sometimes left a big enough of a secret entrance inside.
Currently, Yumi was waiting with her arms crossed and tapped her right foot repeatedly, waiting for Jiro to show up as she looked at her watch to keep track of time. Just then, Jiro was seen running towards her with his black duffel-bag strapped around his shoulder. He also changed out of his baseball uniform and was now wearing a white t-shirt with black lining around the neck, waist, and short sleeves, and only the top half of the shirt was white, while the bottom half had three large zig-zag pattern colors that go from light blue, to yellow, and to grey from top to bottom. He also wore light grey colored cargo shorts, and had the same sneakers and goggles on from earlier.
"Yumi!" he shouted, waving his arm toward her, catching his attention as she turned her head towards him and smiled.
"Well there you are." she said, turning the rest of her body towards him as Jiro stopped a couple yards from her. "I was wondering how long you were gonna keep me waiting."
Before Jiro could reply, he took a moment to catch his breath as he panted constantly for about half a minute with his hands on his bent knees. Once he caught his breath, he stood up straight and gave a tired grin at Yumi. "S-Sorry...about that..." he apologized, still slightly panting a little. "Didn't...mean to...make you...wait."
"Hey, it's okay." Yumi replied as she uncrossed her arms and noticed Jiro brought his duffel-bag with him. "You didn't have time to at least take your bag back to your place before coming here?"
"Well, I didn't want to keep you waiting, so I figured I'd just bring it." Jiro replied as he and Yumi started heading for one of the small openings in the warehouse walls. "Nothing wrong with bringing it, is there?"
"Nah... Not really." she replied, not really caring if he'd brought his bag or not, all she cared about was that he was here with her.
In her mind, she thought this could be her chance to finally get through to Jiro. That's why she asked about coming here with him. Still, unknown to her, Jiro was struggling to decide if starting a relationship with her is a good idea or not. But, while those two were in their own thoughts about one another, they had no idea that some of the harbor equipment and loading vehicles were starting to act strange. Sparks of electricity could be seen coming off them, making them turn on and off repeatedly and move, like something in the electrical system was messing with them.
Inside the abandoned warehouse, its walls looked no different from what it was outside. They were old, darkened, and withered from the many years, but inside, it was just as big as it was on the outside. There were stairs that led up to the second floor, and all around the place were unopened boxes, though a few were open. Sunlight beamed through the cracked or broken windows above, and through the large gaps on the walls that led inside, to help light the place, since the electricity didn't seem to work, which may be a good thing, due to what's going on outside.
Coming in through one of the open wall gaps, Jiro entered first with Yumi behind him, smiling as he gazed around with his hands on his hips. "Man... How long as it been since we've been back here?" he asked as Yumi stood next time him, smiling with him.
"Too long, I think." she replied, flashing back to when she and Jiro, after becoming friends when they were little, would come to this very same warehouse while playing in the harbor where Yumi's Dad worked.
Of course, he always told her that it was dangerous to go anywhere beyond the safety areas, but being kids back then, she and Jiro just had that sense of exploring, and this place was something they found exciting. Even now, it still had that feel to it, somewhat. As they slowly walked further into the warehouse, they could see in certain spots around them where they used to play as kids. Hiding behind boxes, climbing up some, and even pretending it was like a maze. All of that rushed through their minds as they reached a dark brown colored box, one that was oddly colored among the other tan colored ones.
"Remember this box?" Jiro asked, smiling over at Yumi, who smiled back and nodded in reply.
"How can I forget." she replied before she and Jiro looked back at the box. "This was the one box we used to play near all the time, since it looked different."
"Yeah..." Jiro replied with a nod before taking his duffel-bag off him and sat down on the old box, along with Yumi, who took her purse off and sat next to him, putting her purse on the other side of her.
For a moment, the two looked around and memories of this place kept coming to them, but then Yumi took a quick glance at Jiro and decided to make conversations with him, taking a deep breath before doing so, trying to be cool and calm. "So... How did...you enjoy...your first game today?" she asked, but shut her eyes, thinking that question sounded a bit stupid.
"Well... I found it really enjoyable, being my first ever baseball game and all, but..." Jiro replied, but his smile soon disappeared and he sighed sadly at the floor. "I wished you weren't the only person I knew that came."
When Yumi heard this, she was surprised, opening her eyes at Jiro. "You mean...it was just me that came to watch you?" she asked, leaning in a bit towards Jiro, looking up at his down face. "You sure? Wasn't your Mom there to watch you too?"
In response to her question, Jiro shook his head as Yumi leaned back and he turned his head towards her. "I'm afraid she wasn't." he stated. "I mean, she wanted to be there for me, but, she had to work, and well, you know the rest..."
"Yeah... I unfortunately do." Yumi replied as she and Jiro looked back down at the floor, feeling sad for him.
She actually did understand why Jiro's Mom didn't come to watch her son's first ever game. Being divorced from Jiro's father since he was a baby, she raised him alone all her life as a single mother. Because of this, in order to make ends meet, she had to work hard to keep them financially supported, and they didn't have much help from Jiro's Dad, but he did tried to help them as best he could. Even now, to this day, Jiro's mother continues to work hard to help keep her and her son living well.
In Jiro's mind though, he wished she was there, but at the same time, he understood why she couldn't, so he wasn't mad at her or anything, nor his Dad, since he didn't live in Fukuoka anymore, so him coming to his game wasn't something he held his breath for. But, out of all of this, a smiled returned to his face as he looked over at Yumi, glad that she was able to be there to support him.
"Though, you know... At least, you were there for me." he stated, surprising Yumi as she quickly looked over at him with a surprised expression, but then smiled and actually gave him a playful punch on his left arm.
"Hey, that's what friends are for, right?" she asked as Jiro chuckled a bit before nodding in reply.
"Yeah..." he replied, making Yumi close her eyes happily and giggled.
Ever since they were kids, Jiro and Yumi had always been there to support one another, no matter what event they were apart of. Sometimes they were a bit embarrassing, but still they were there for each other, like real friends would. Though, thinking about that word "friends" made Yumi wished even more that she could go beyond that with Jiro. Just thinking that made her realize, though unaware that Jiro was only pretending to be oblivious, that she wasn't gonna get anywhere with him if she just keeps at her little cute acts from time to time.
With that thought in mind, she took a deep breath and decided that now as good a time as any to say something about it, giving Jiro a serious look now. "Jiro, there's...something I've been meaning to say to you...for the past year now." she stated, surprising Jiro.
"Um... Okay?" he replied, though was a bit worried, fearing that it might be the thing he wasn't sure he was ready to hear yet. "What is it?"
Though, Yumi had a hard time getting it out at first, but after closing her eyes tight and taking one more deep breath, she reopened them and said, "I..."
However, before she could saying anything else, the whole warehouse started to rumble, shaking everything inside, including Jiro and Yumi, who were greatly surprised by this. In response, they held on to the box they were sitting on as the other boxes around them, mainly the stacked ones, fell to the floor and broke open, revealing various stuff in them of little importance.
"W-Whoa...!" Jiro exclaimed, hanging on to the box with Yumi for dear life.
"W-What's going on!?" Yumi asked, shutting her eyes tight with Jiro, a bit scared, but in her moment of fright, she actually reached her right hand out a bit and felt Jiro's, who wasted no time grabbing hold of hers when he felt it, surprising her when she opened her eyes to this, but then closed them and held on to the box again, feeling a bit safer now with him near.
Just then, as the place continued to shake, sparks of electricity somehow came out of the broken lights around the warehouse and suddenly, a portal opened up because of them near Jiro and Yumi. When they opened their eyes again, they were shocked when they saw it open about four yards away from them.
"W-What's that!?" Yumi asked, her eyes widened like never before.
"I don't know!" Jiro replied as the rumbling subsided slowly.
As it did, Jiro and Yumi panted as their hearts raced over what just happened, but then they noticed they were still holding hands once the let go and stood up together, making them blush at each other before letting go and looked away, embarrassed.
"Um... S-Sorry." Yumi apologized, putting her hands together in front of her and looking down at the floor.
"It... It's fine." Jiro replied, scratching the back of his head, also looking down.
In Yumi's mind, she couldn't believe that Jiro actually held her hand when she was scared. To her, it seemed like a sign, which made her secretly smile again, turning her eyes at him, while Jiro couldn't understand why he took her hand in the first place. Maybe he really was growing feelings for her if he did that. But as they were in their own thoughts, they couldn't help but stare back at the strange portal that opened up near them, confusing them, but also freaking them out a bit. More Yumi than Jiro though.
"So... What just happened, and what's that?" Yumi asked, pointing towards the portal.
"I don't know, but..." Jiro replied, but before he could say anything else, suddenly, something flew out of the portal and passed over their heads like a rocket, surprising them as they looked up to see that strange Digimon, which they had no idea who or what he was, from earlier for a second before he landed behind some boxes behind them, shouting with joy upon entering and landing.
Shocked, the two friends mouths dropped as the portal closed up, but that wasn't as important as to what just came out.
"Um... J-Jiro... What...was that?" Yumi asked, getting scared again as Jiro decided to put on a brave and serious face.
"Not sure." he replied as he took a few steps and got on one knee, opening up his duffel-bag and took out his metal bat before standing back up, ready to swing it if necessary. "But I'm gonna check it out. Stay back, okay?"
As Yumi nodded in reply, still a little frightened, Jiro slowly made his way towards the boxes where the strange Digimon landed behind, his bat ready for him to swing if it came out to attack him. But as he approached the boxes, he raised the bat up higher, ready to bring it down hard on the Digimon, but when he looked over the boxes, he was surprised when he saw that the Digimon wasn't there.
"What the?" he asked himself, but unaware to him, that strange Digimon was seen running around in the shadows at a fast pace until he jumped up on a box to the right of Jiro and made his presence known to him.
"Hey!" the Digimon exclaimed with a smile at him, catching his attention as he looked and his eyes widen at the Digimon's appearance, while he just waved hello to the human boy. "What's up?"
For about five seconds, there was silence around them, but then Jiro screamed in panic at the Digimon, along with Yumi in the distance, seeing him too, making her shut her eyes tight in fear, while the Digimon was startled by their sudden screams. He had no idea he just freaked them out with his appearance, and it made since for them to be since he was not of their world. So, out of fear, Jiro brought his bat back and prepared to swing it at the Digimon.
Seeing this, the Digimon quickly waved its hands at him, trying to stop him. "No...! Wait...! Don't...!" he exclaimed, but Jiro didn't listen and swung his bat anyway, but the Digimon was able to dodge it by jumping to another box in time, but Jiro kept coming at him. "I'm not here to hurt you!"
Though, as the Digimon tried to explain to Jiro that he wasn't gonna hurt him, Jiro didn't listen still and kept coming at him, but the Digimon was just too fast and easily avoided each strike from Jiro's metal bat, while Yumi quickly hid behind some boxes, watching though with a scared expression. Just when the Digimon was backed into a corner of some stacked boxes, surprising him, he looked back in front to see Jiro about to swing the bat down at him, but when he did, the Digimon managed to catch the bat just before it hit him with his hands, stopping Jiro at last.
"Whoa... Just clam down, okay!?" the Digimon exclaimed, giving a serious look at Jiro. "I said I'm not here to hurt you."
Shocked at how the Digimon was able to catch his bat with little effort apparently, Jiro didn't know what so say, but then the Digimon moved his hands and knocked the bat out of Jiro's hands, surprising him even more as he watched it hit the floor several yards from him. Once he got rid of Jiro's bat, the Digimon let out a sigh of relief before smiling back at the human.
"Okay, that's better." he stated as Jiro looked back at him with a still shocked expression, taking a few steps back from the strange Digimon, pointing at him.
"W-What... W-Who...and...what...are you?" he asked as he near Yumi, who was still a bit scared, while the Digimon's smile grew bigger as he jumped off the box and onto the floor, slowly walked towards them, which sort of frightened them a little more.
"I'm glad you asked, now that you're not swinging a bat at me anymore." the Digimon replied, stopping a few yards from Jiro and Yumi as he pointed at himself with his claw thumb. "First off, who I am...? My name's Luxdramon. As to what I am... You can call me a Digimon. Short for Digital Monsters."
Upon hearing what a Digimon was, and knowing the name of this Digimon now, Jiro and Yumi were shocked once again. To them, this Luxdramon, a Digital Monsters, was something they never thought they'd meet or hear of ever in their lives.
"Digital..." Jiro said in surprise.
"Monster..." Yumi also said in surprise, while Luxdramon nod in reply and crossed his arms.
"That's what I am." he replied, but then his smiled disappeared when he noticed that Jiro and Yumi still had surprised expressions down at him, making him a little uncomfortable. "Um... Can you two...not give me those weird looks anymore? It's making a bit uncomfortable."
"We're making you uncomfortable!?" Jiro exclaimed, pointing down at him.
"Um... M-Maybe you don't know this, but you're kinda making us uncomfortable too, you know?" Yumi stated, surprising Luxdramon at first, but then he realized what was going on and smiled again, uncrossing his arms.
"Oh... I get it." he stated, scratching the back of his head, embarrassed. "You two being from a different world and all, I guess I can understand why something like me popping out of nowhere would surprise you. Sorry."
Hearing Luxdramon's apology, Jiro and Yumi finally started to calm down, and Yumi slowly came out of hiding. To hear the little dragon Digimon's apology, Yumi could tell now that this wasn't a bad monster, or in this case, Digital Monster, and so did Jiro apparently.
"Well, uh... That's...okay." Jiro replied, giving a small friendly smile down at Luxdramon, but then scratched the back of head too, embarrassed also. "I'm...sorry too actually. You know, about the bat and everything. Didn't mean to freak you out either."
"Hey, no worries." Luxdramon replied, putting his arm down with Jiro and smiled normally again at him and Yumi. "I probably would've done the same if I was you. Speaking of... Who are you two?"
"Oh... Well, my name's Tanjiro Akahoshi, but you can call me Jiro." Jiro replied, introducing himself to Luxdramon with a smile, along with Yumi.
"And I'm Yumika Shimazu, but you can just call me Yumi." she replied, but upon hearing their names, Luxdramon was suddenly in awe at them for some reason.
"Jiro...and Yumi, huh...?" he replied, suddenly growing an open mouth smile up at them. "Would those happen to be...human names?"
In confusion, Jiro and Yumi nod in unison at the little dragon Digimon, making his bright green eyes sparkle with amazement. "Oh...my...Digi-Gods!" he exclaimed, but that made Jiro and Yumi more confused as Luxdramon turned away from them. "If you guys got human names, then you're humans! And if you're humans, that must mean that... I'm in the Human World at last!"
Although, Luxdramon's excitement suddenly disappeared into a look of confusion as he placed the back of his wrists on his hips, looking around the warehouse. "Wait... This is the Human World?" he asked. "Odd... I thought it be a little more...different."
"Um... This is just a warehouse." Jiro stated, making Luxdramon look back at him and Yumi.
"Yeah... If you wanna see what this world is really like, you might wanna look outside." Yumi stated, making Luxdramon realize that was just a warehouse he was in.
"Oh... I see..." he replied, taking his wrists of his hips and smiled again, suddenly jumping up on a nearby box and saw an opening in the warehouse walls close by that led outside. "Well then, if I really wanna see what this world is like, I guess I will have a look outside!"
Without hesitation after saying that, Luxdramon jumped off the box and sprinted his way towards outside, shocking Jiro and Yumi when they saw him do so.
"W-Where's he going!?" Yumi asked, though she kinda knew where he was heading, but didn't want to believe it for some reason.
"Where do you think he's going!?" Jiro asked back, looking at her for a second before seeing some guys come into the warehouse in security uniforms, apparently they've came to check out the weird disturbances that happened in the warehouse, so, upon seeing them, Jiro quickly grabbed Yumi's left arm and dragged her as they ran to catch up to Luxdramon. "Come on!"
"Whoa...!" she exclaimed, suddenly being dragged and running with him, but did find it a little nice that he was holding her arm like this, even though he was only doing it to get them out before they were caught by harbor security.
Once they were outside the warehouse, Jiro and Yumi saw Luxdramon standing on top of a large red cargo ship container with an open mouth smile and his eyes widen in amazement as he gazed out to the harbor all the way to Fukuoka city. He never seen such a place like this before apparently, and now he was sure that this was the real sight of the Human World.
"Whoa..." he said in amazement. "Check out the city! It looks...amazing! And so big too!"
"Hey...!" Jiro shouted up at Luxdramon as he and Yumi ran up to the cargo container. "What are you doing up there!?"
"Get down from there!" Yumi shouted too, making Luxdramon look back behind him down at them in confusion. "It's not safe to be up there!"
"Are you kidding...!?" Luxdramon asked, a smile returned to his face. "You call being up here not safe!? Yeah right...! Where I'm from, being up here isn't as dangerous compared to what happens in my world!"
"What!?" Jiro asked, a bit baffled by what Luxdramon just said. "What are you talking about!? What world are you from!?"
Just as Jiro asked that, Luxdramon gazed back at the city. "A little world known as the Digital World!" he exclaimed with a tone of excitement as his smile widen a little. "A place I call home! But right now, compared to this world and mine, this one looks interesting! I wanna see it up close and personal!"
With a shout of joy, Luxdramon jumped forward off the cargo container, shocking Jiro and Yumi as they saw him land perfectly on his feet and sprinted quickly with an open mouth smile down the harbor and headed for the city, leaving Jiro and Yumi in shock.
"W-Where's he going off to now!?" Jiro asked, but he, along with Yumi, already knew exactly where the little dragon was heading.
"He's heading for the city!" Yumi exclaimed, but then gasped when she realized that if Luxdramon goes into the city, a panic might start, due to his otherworldly appearance. "Oh no... He's heading for the CITY!"
Just when Yumi shouted that, Jiro realized it too. "If everyone in Fukuoka see him, then... Oh boy..." he said, already imagining what might happen if everyone in the city sees Luxdramon and freak out.
Of course, while Jiro was thinking all the possibilities that could happen if Luxdramon goes to the city, Yumi shook her head quickly and suddenly ran to catch up to him. "We gotta stop him!" she shouted, surprising Jiro as she watched her get ahead of him. "Jiro, come on!"
At first, Jiro was just shocked, but then he shook the feeling off and had a look of disbelief on his face. "Jeez... The things that're happening to me today." he stated, finding the fact of Luxdramon appearing was strange, but wasn't gonna be as strange if everyone in Fukuoka sees him and freaks out. "I'm coming!"
Without a second thought, Jiro sprinted after Luxdramon and Yumi, but Luxdramon was at this point already at the other side of the harbor, since he appeared to be twice as fast as Jiro and Yumi. However, as Jiro and Yumi were running across the harbor to catch up to the little dragon Digimon, they noticed that some of the loading vehicles were again emitting strange sparks of electricity around them like earlier. But, this time, the electricity dances off them and starts forming into something strange.
As Jiro and Yumi got further away from what was happening, the electricity started to take more of a form, and just when it did, a strange transparent figure of a large red beetle was seen, letting out a roar before disappearing into the electrical currents. Apparently, Luxdramon wasn't the only thing that came to this world.
TO BE CONTINUED...
And so ends the first chapter! What did you guys think of it? I apologize if there wasn't any action in here. I'll try to make things a bit more exciting next time. But on another thing, will Yumi and Jiro end up together someday? There's a question you all might be thinking. ;)
If you think they should, be sure to say so, but if not, let me know why you think they shouldn't. I hope to hear from some of you, and if you wanna know what happens next time, stay tune to the chapter two coming soon! :D
Luxdramon: I'm so excited! I get to see a human city! I can just tell it's gonna be awesome! *Eyes sparkle in amazement again*
Oh brother... He's gonna be handful, ain't he? That reminds me... Fun facts about Luxdramon, everyone. Lux means Light in Latin, which is also his element, and he's a data attribute of the Dragon's Roar and Virus Busters families. As for his level, well, like in Hunters and Fusion, they didn't have any levels, but if he did, he'd obviously be a rookie level. And though he looks like a normal mini Dragon with wings like Gumdramon does, though minus the vest, ring on his tail, and has a normal looking mouth instead of a zig-zaggy one like a Veemon would, his ears look like that of a Lunamon's. How is that you might be wondering? Well, you'll all find out someday. XD