Hello, Miss-Stoneflower here. I can't remember where I got this idea from, but I was bored and just sat down at the computer and just typed, and then it flowed out. Since this is just the beginning chapter, its short. But yeah. Hope you enjoy! BTW, _________ ___________ means a break in the paragraph.

Disclaimer - I do not own Digimon.

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Tai pushed his brown hair out of his eyes as he ran through the wet streets, occasionally stopping under verandas to escape from the rain. He was covered with mud, and was soaking wet. He had been at soccer practice, which was continuing even through the wet weather. As much as he was glad it was spring, the rain didn't add up for much. Taking a deep breath, Tai continued his run to his apartment building, which he reached in a matter of minutes. He stopped for a short while underneath the opposite building, which belonged to his best friend Sora's place. He was about to step out from under his temporary shelter when a bolt of lightning struck the place where he was going to stand. He stared at the burnt patch for a few minutes, dumbstruck.

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In her room, Sora stared out her window, just gazing into space, until she was jerked out of her reverie by the same bolt of lightning. She screamed in shock, and fell backwards. Worried about anyone walking outside, she went out onto her balcony in the pouring rain, and looked down for anyone. Then she saw a familiar mop of brown hair.
"Tai!" she shrieked. She went inside and grabbed her umbrella, also slipping on her shoes.
"Sora, where are you going?" Mrs Takenouchi asked.
"Nowhere, really. Just down to the corner store." Sora lied. She ran down the steps and out to where she saw her friend. She opened her umbrella and ran to catch up with him. He blinked in surprise.

"Oh, hey, Sor," he said. "What are you doing?"
"I saw you, and thought that maybe you got hit by that lightning." Sora admitted.

"I got close to it." Tai said. Sora stared at him. "I was about to start running again, then bam!"
"Are you okay?"
"I'm still alive."
Sora was about to hug her friend, when she realized the mud. "Uhm....what's with the dirt?"
"I just had soccer practice."
"Ah....in this weather?"
"It's not like there was lightning."
"Any longer and you would've been dead meat."

"Cooked meat, you mean. Not necessarily dead."

Sora transported Tai safely to his building, and shook out her umbrella.
"Will you be okay?" Tai asked. Sora nodded.

"I'll run. Once I reach the burnt place, I'll be okay. Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place."

Tai nodded, and Sora turned around, and ran across. Tai watched her passage, then something made him glance at the sky. He thought he saw something leaping from the rooftop of Sora's building to his, but it may have been a trick of the light.

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Tai entered his apartment, and was immediately given a towel by his mother. Until she realized he was dirty.
"Shoes off." Mrs Kamiya ordered. "Wait here."

She disappeared, and Kari came to the door.
"Woah," she said. There was a small look of disgust on her face.
"You should really get into soccer." Tai said. "Look how fun it is!"
"No thanks." Kari replied. "Davis might think I'm trying to impress him."
Tai laughed as Mrs Kamiya returned with an armful of towels. She laid out a path for her son to follow to the bathroom.
"Shower. Now." she commanded. "Wash your hair."

Tai obeyed, and followed the path. Mrs Kamiya sighed at his brown mop.
"You seriously need a haircut.

Tai clutched his head. "This is a trademark! You can't chop it off!"

He jumped into the bathroom and locked the door, so his mother couldn't assault him with the scissors.

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"Would you have done that for Matt?" Biyomon asked her partner when Sora re-entered her bedroom.
"Matt doesn't live opposite me."
"But what if he did?"
"Of course I would've."
"Are you sure?"
"He's my boyfriend, I would do it because I like him."
"Okay. By the way, have you noticed that there haven't been any more bolts of lightning?"
Sora looked out the window. "Yeah....that is quite odd."
Biyomon ruffled her feathers. "Maybe there's a Digimon out there."
"I hope not. I've been enjoying the past couple of months of no monsters." Sora said, lying on her bed. "I mean, it's been so hectic. And we've all been busy. School is finishing soon. Tai has that big tournament, Matt's got a gig that's really important, Izzy's focusing on succeeding in his first High School year, Joe's finished another year of medical school, Mimi lives in America, and then all the younger kids are busy with whatever they do. I'm bored."

"That seems like the perfect excuse for a Digimon to attack. You aren't expecting one."
"Sure, sure."

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At the same time, Tai too was lying on his bed. Kari was already asleep, but Tai couldn't reach it.
"What's wrong, Tai?" Agumon asked his partner.
"Nothing, I just thought I saw something odd when I was coming home from soccer." Tai replied, staring at the underside of Kari's bunk. "It looked like a Digimon, one we've never seen before, but it may have just been my imagination."
"I hope that's all it was."

"Yeah, me too." Tai sighed. "I guess I'm just getting paranoid because there hasn't been any sign of a Digital Monster for two months, other than you guys."

"But last time there wasn't much evidence of Digimon."

"I know, but surely someone would have seen us all being happy and free of duty."

"For some reason I don't see how you have been free of duty?"

"Well I have." Tai turned over to face the wall. "We should get some sleep. I'm glad Kari's asleep. I wouldn't want her to worry."

In the top bunk, the younger girl had her eyes wide open, and is shivering at the thought of an evil monster.

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"This morning there was a vicious attack on a local in Odaiba. The victim died instantly, due to ferocious slashing to the back. The victim never saw it coming."

"How awful." Kari commented. She and Tai were eating their breakfast while watching the morning news.

"Just when I thought it was quiet." Tai agreed. He dug back into his food.
"Digimon?" Kari suggested. Tai shrugged.
"Possibly." he replied when he had swallowed. "Or a psychopath killer wielding a machete."
"Do you have soccer tonight?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Take Agumon."
"Why?" Agumon and Tai asked in unison.

"Because no matter which was it was, I don't want you dead." Kari said.
"But I hate that school bag." Agumon moaned.

"And I'm not carrying him around all day." Tai said. "Agumon's heavier than Gatomon, you know."
"Then make him de-digivolve back to Koromon." Kari said. Tai took his bowl to the kitchen.
"Okay, okay, if it will make you stop worrying."

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During lunch, Koromon plucked up the courage to talk to his friend.
"Tai," he said. "I'm hungry."

Tai sighed, and, after looking to see if anyone was looking, gave Koromon his leftovers. He just put his tray back on the table with Kiyoshi looked at him.
"So, Tai, d'you think we have a chance of winning the tournament this year?" he asked.

"A better chance than anyone else in this city." Tai replied. "We train even in the pouring rain. I'm surprised no one on the team is sick."
Kiyoshi turned away, and Tai looked back at Koromon, who was beginning to shake.
"Are you okay?" Tai asked.

"I feel sick." Koromon replied. "Really sick...."

Tai stood up and spoke to the table. "Hey, I'm gonna go now. See you guys later."
"Bye!"
Tai took his bag (and Koromon) over to the tennis club table, Sora's table.
"Sora, can I talk to you?" he asked. He glanced at the other girls. "Alone."

Sora nodded suspiciously, and took her bag to follow Tai. When they were out of the cafeteria, Tai turned to Sora.

"You've got a free last period, eh?" he asked. Sora nodded. "Are you going home?"
"Yeah," Sora replied. "Why?"
"Agumon's not feeling too good." Tai explained. Sora almost fell over with relief.

"Oh, is that it?" she asked. Tai nodded. "Sure, I can take him."
"You can just take my bag, I have gym last period, and then I have soccer practice, so I won't need anything."
"Sure, no problem."

The bell went for last period, and Tai gave Sora his bag.
"Make sure he doesn't do anything in my bag, though."
Sora laughed. "I'll take care."
"Thanks Sor. And don't tell Kari. She freaks out when a Digimon is sick."
"Sure." Sora replied, and Tai ran off to his next class. Sora thought about what he had just said. Since when does Kari worry about the Digimon and them being sick?

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That's what I call short. I hope you enjoyed it! (trust me, the excitement will come in later chapters)

R&R please! I really need them to continue this.

~Miss-Stoneflower~