Keepers and Tamers
A fanfic by Nopporn Wongrassamee
Summary: While cleaning up after the D-Reaper, Henry's dad
is called to a meeting where he learns the true origins of
the Tamers and the Digimon. A crossover with Gatekeepers.
"You wanted to see me, Yamaki?" Janyu Wong asked.
"Yes, Janyu. Please come in," Yamaki said, gesturing to
the empty seat in his improvised office.
After Janyu was seated, there was a moment of
uncomfortable silence.
"What did you want to see me about?" Janyu asked
tentatively.
"Janyu, I've been asked to help rebuild an organization
called A.E.G.I.S." Yamaki began. "And I'd like you to help
me."
"Uh, what's A.E.G.I.S?" Janyu asked. "And why are we
rebuilding it?"
"A.E.G.I.S. was an international organization dedicated to
protecting the world from external threats. Like I once
thought the digimon were." Yamaki smiled sheepishly. "I
forget what exactly the letters stand for."
"But why would are we recreating this A.E.G.I.S?" Janyu
asked.
"In case the Digimon come back. Or worse."
"But...the digimon can't come back!" Janyu protested.
"We...I made sure of that. The barrier between dimensions
has been sealed."
"Let me tell you a story about the origins of A.E.G.I.S."
Yamaki said patiently. "A.E.G.I.S. was formed after World
War II when world leaders discovered that a secretive
outside force was provoking and worsening human conflicts.
Evidence pointed to a definite nonhuman presence that
could move among humans undetected. They naturally assumed
Earth was being invaded by aliens and called them 'Invaders' because they didn't know what we called themselves." Yamaki paused to take a sip of his coffee. "Until the final battle in the sixties, no one knew differently."
There was a knock on the door. A familiar old woman entered and sat herself next to Janyu. "Did I miss anything?"
"You're Rika's grandmother, aren't you?" Janyu asked.
She just nodded, a slight smile tugging at her lips.
"Ma'am, I was just telling Mr. Wong here about the origins of A.E.G.I.S." Yamaki told her.
"You know about this?" Janyu asked.
"I was one of their agents," Rika's grandmother replied.
"I'm retired these days."
"What do A.E.G.I.S. and these Invaders have to do with Digimon?"
"A.E.G.I.S.'s primary weapon against the Invaders was a
special group of young people they called Gatekeepers,"
Yamaki told him. "I understand they had special powers
that were useful against the invaders."
"Powers?"
"Like this," Rika's grandmother added. She pointed at a dying office plant. In a conversational tone, she said,
"Gate Open."
A pair of concentric, glowing golden rings appeared in the
air at her fingertip. Little bits of light drifted from the rings to the plant. The plant immediately grew healthier. The rings vanished.
"What the hell?!" Janyu exclaimed. Those little bits of light looked like data packets that Digimon disintegrated into when they died.
"I was one of those Gatekeepers, Mr. Wong," Rika's grandmother told him unnecessarily. "Our powers derive
from being able to open a portal between dimensions."
"The real world...and the digital world?" Janyu asked
slowly, beginning to suspect where this was going.
"Maybe."
"We're getting ahead of ourselves, Ma'am," Yamaki
interupted.
"Call me Ruriko, young man."
"Yes, ma'am," Yamaki replied. "Anyway, Janyu, one of the
Invaders' leaders was a Gatekeeper. During the final
battle, he revealed that the Invaders were in fact, the
creation of some ancient Gatekeeper. The Invaders in turn,
fed off all the negative energies humanity created when we
fought each other."
"Fed off negative emotions... like the D-Reaper did with
Jeri?" Janyu asked.
"And like Digimon parters feed on the positive emotions of
their tamers," Ruriko added.
"The Invaders and the Digimon opposite sides of the same
coin," Yamaki said. "They were created by and sustained by
Gatekeepers."
"But there weren't any Gatekeepers in the Monster Makers,"
Janyu protested. "Were there?"
"Technically, every human being on the planet is a
potential Gatekeeper, though some have more potential than
others," Ruriko told him. She eyed Yamaki. "Although I
thought no new actual Gatekeepers had manifested since the
Invader's defeat."
"We thought that too," Yamaki admitted, "until we learned
about the Tamers. It wasn't until after we destroyed the
D-Reaper that we ran a correlation. Almost every known
Tamer is related in some way to a known Gatekeeper."
"What?" Janyu cried.
"That's right, Janyu," Yamaki laughed bitterly, "It
appears that Gatekeepers have evolved right along with
their Digimon."
"I get it," Ruriko said suddenly. "If Tamers really are
Gatekeepers, then sooner or later, one of them will open
a Gate to the Digital World."
"Can they really do that?" Janyu asked.
"The Gates are shaped by the Gatekeeper's mind," Yamaki
told him. "If they want their Digimon badly enough, then
sooner of later. they will open one."
***
Watching the rift in space time ripple, Takato hoped
Guilmon was coming through. No, not hoped. He *willed*
Guilmon to come, just like when he created the digimon
so long ago.
A fanfic by Nopporn Wongrassamee
Summary: While cleaning up after the D-Reaper, Henry's dad
is called to a meeting where he learns the true origins of
the Tamers and the Digimon. A crossover with Gatekeepers.
"You wanted to see me, Yamaki?" Janyu Wong asked.
"Yes, Janyu. Please come in," Yamaki said, gesturing to
the empty seat in his improvised office.
After Janyu was seated, there was a moment of
uncomfortable silence.
"What did you want to see me about?" Janyu asked
tentatively.
"Janyu, I've been asked to help rebuild an organization
called A.E.G.I.S." Yamaki began. "And I'd like you to help
me."
"Uh, what's A.E.G.I.S?" Janyu asked. "And why are we
rebuilding it?"
"A.E.G.I.S. was an international organization dedicated to
protecting the world from external threats. Like I once
thought the digimon were." Yamaki smiled sheepishly. "I
forget what exactly the letters stand for."
"But why would are we recreating this A.E.G.I.S?" Janyu
asked.
"In case the Digimon come back. Or worse."
"But...the digimon can't come back!" Janyu protested.
"We...I made sure of that. The barrier between dimensions
has been sealed."
"Let me tell you a story about the origins of A.E.G.I.S."
Yamaki said patiently. "A.E.G.I.S. was formed after World
War II when world leaders discovered that a secretive
outside force was provoking and worsening human conflicts.
Evidence pointed to a definite nonhuman presence that
could move among humans undetected. They naturally assumed
Earth was being invaded by aliens and called them 'Invaders' because they didn't know what we called themselves." Yamaki paused to take a sip of his coffee. "Until the final battle in the sixties, no one knew differently."
There was a knock on the door. A familiar old woman entered and sat herself next to Janyu. "Did I miss anything?"
"You're Rika's grandmother, aren't you?" Janyu asked.
She just nodded, a slight smile tugging at her lips.
"Ma'am, I was just telling Mr. Wong here about the origins of A.E.G.I.S." Yamaki told her.
"You know about this?" Janyu asked.
"I was one of their agents," Rika's grandmother replied.
"I'm retired these days."
"What do A.E.G.I.S. and these Invaders have to do with Digimon?"
"A.E.G.I.S.'s primary weapon against the Invaders was a
special group of young people they called Gatekeepers,"
Yamaki told him. "I understand they had special powers
that were useful against the invaders."
"Powers?"
"Like this," Rika's grandmother added. She pointed at a dying office plant. In a conversational tone, she said,
"Gate Open."
A pair of concentric, glowing golden rings appeared in the
air at her fingertip. Little bits of light drifted from the rings to the plant. The plant immediately grew healthier. The rings vanished.
"What the hell?!" Janyu exclaimed. Those little bits of light looked like data packets that Digimon disintegrated into when they died.
"I was one of those Gatekeepers, Mr. Wong," Rika's grandmother told him unnecessarily. "Our powers derive
from being able to open a portal between dimensions."
"The real world...and the digital world?" Janyu asked
slowly, beginning to suspect where this was going.
"Maybe."
"We're getting ahead of ourselves, Ma'am," Yamaki
interupted.
"Call me Ruriko, young man."
"Yes, ma'am," Yamaki replied. "Anyway, Janyu, one of the
Invaders' leaders was a Gatekeeper. During the final
battle, he revealed that the Invaders were in fact, the
creation of some ancient Gatekeeper. The Invaders in turn,
fed off all the negative energies humanity created when we
fought each other."
"Fed off negative emotions... like the D-Reaper did with
Jeri?" Janyu asked.
"And like Digimon parters feed on the positive emotions of
their tamers," Ruriko added.
"The Invaders and the Digimon opposite sides of the same
coin," Yamaki said. "They were created by and sustained by
Gatekeepers."
"But there weren't any Gatekeepers in the Monster Makers,"
Janyu protested. "Were there?"
"Technically, every human being on the planet is a
potential Gatekeeper, though some have more potential than
others," Ruriko told him. She eyed Yamaki. "Although I
thought no new actual Gatekeepers had manifested since the
Invader's defeat."
"We thought that too," Yamaki admitted, "until we learned
about the Tamers. It wasn't until after we destroyed the
D-Reaper that we ran a correlation. Almost every known
Tamer is related in some way to a known Gatekeeper."
"What?" Janyu cried.
"That's right, Janyu," Yamaki laughed bitterly, "It
appears that Gatekeepers have evolved right along with
their Digimon."
"I get it," Ruriko said suddenly. "If Tamers really are
Gatekeepers, then sooner or later, one of them will open
a Gate to the Digital World."
"Can they really do that?" Janyu asked.
"The Gates are shaped by the Gatekeeper's mind," Yamaki
told him. "If they want their Digimon badly enough, then
sooner of later. they will open one."
***
Watching the rift in space time ripple, Takato hoped
Guilmon was coming through. No, not hoped. He *willed*
Guilmon to come, just like when he created the digimon
so long ago.