Being a transfer student wasn't always as awesome as people made it out to be. Sure, it was exciting to be able to see new places, get new friends and experience a totally different culture.

For one Edmund Banners, this was true at first, but being pulled from the States all the way to Shibuya in Tokyo wasn't easy to get used to. Even then, he had only been there for six months, out of a grand total of two years he was supposed to stay there. Not that he complained about that; Japan was amazing, and he had gotten a few very close friends over the months.

That being said, they did have differing interests, to be sure.

"Eddy ~!" Hearing that female voice call for him, the brown-haired eighteen-year old glanced behind him with a mildly surprised look, removing the slightly oversized headphones from his ears, so he wouldn't let the music he was listening to drown out her voice. "I've been looking all over for you, Eddy!"

Forcing a slight smile to spread across his lips, Eddy closed his eyes. "Did you look at the usual spots I hang out at this time around, Sayoko? I'm surprised." he said with a chuckle, as he turned to face the seventeen-year old girl approaching him. "You couldn't get Hime or Kata to join you today?"

"No…" Sayoko muttered with a small frown, as she scratched her head, before pulling her hand through her dark-green, medium-sized hair. "Hime's off practicing with her band, and Kata's got to go to chess club. So apart from you, Eddy, I'm all out of options…" Then, she perked up, clapping her hands together. "But that's alright! Now I can take you out around the city! Maybe we can do something about your hair!"

Eddy reeled back at that comment, moving one hand defensively towards his hair, which was tied up in a long ponytail, which stretched down to below his shoulder blades. "H-hey, I like my hair like this!" he said, as he tilted his head. "Why do you keep dying your hair with that color, anyway? Don't you like being blonde?"

"I like this color better, okay, Eddy?" Sayoko replied, as she folded her arms. "Besides, my hair has nothing to do with your hair!"

"As long as we agree not to cut my hair, I can get behind that philosophy." Eddy replied with a deadpan expression. "So, what do you have planned?"

"Well, I was going to run a few errands for my mother…" Sayoko began, as she pressed a finger against her chin, glancing up at the air. "After that, I've got to check out the new handhelds that came out recently! I've been saving up, and I've got enough for at least two!"

"You sure about that?" Eddy uttered, as he tilted his head. "Aren't cells pretty expensive these days?"

"I'm not talking about telephones, Eddy!" Sayoko said with an annoyed tone. "I mean the new virtual pets! Hime and Kata already have some for themselves!"

"…virtual pets?" Eddy repeated, before he pressed two fingers against his forehead. "Please don't tell me that it's Digimon again… Sayoko, how old are you?"

"Oh, come on, don't be like that!" Sayoko said, as she grabbed hold of Eddy's blue hoodie, pulling him after her down the street. "I've grown up with those shows and toys; I need the latest model!"

"Still, it's more for kids than anything else, isn't it?" Eddy countered, not even bothering to resist being pulled by someone younger than him. "I can understand ten-year olds going crazy for the new Digimon collectibles, but you're seventeen… right?"

Hearing that question, Sayoko glanced at Eddy with a glare. "…what was with that question?" she uttered, before shaking her head, continuing to pull Eddy after her. "Alright, just for that, we're cutting your hair!"

In that instant, Eddy immediately began resisting, skidding along the ground to try and stop Sayoko, but to no avail. "Damn it, Sayoko; that's a low blow!"

"That's what you get for insulting me!" Sayoko replied with a huff, still pulling Eddy after her. "Now, I'm going to give you a buzzcut; I think that'd fit you!"

"W-wait!" Eddy pleaded desperately. "I'll do anything! I'll even take one of those Digimon things, if you just leave my hair alone!"

Hearing that, Sayoko stopped, as she glanced at Eddy with a bewildered look. "…you'll…" she uttered, before suddenly grinning maliciously, a mischievous glint appearing in her eyes. "Ooh, you'd even stoop to that level to protect your hair! Taking a product from a show you hate… you are a desperate young man!"

"Hey, I never said that I hated Digimon…" Eddy replied, before sighing. "I've just grown out of it… and what's that about "young man"? I'm older than you, Sayoko!"

"Doesn't matter." Sayoko shrugged, as she walked down the street, Eddy following her. "Now, you'll let me pick out a Digimon for you, right?"

"Yeah, sure…" Eddy muttered, as he rubbed the back of his head. …man, what kind of mess did I get into this time? he thought.

As the two walked through the streets, they passed by someone wearing a black beanie, along with attire that was reminiscent of a punker. While they didn't notice him, the teen glanced at the two, without removing the black shades covering his eyes. Once Eddy and Sayoko were a distance away, he looked away from them, walking the opposite way from them. …hmph. What a strange pair… he thought.

"I'm home!" Entering an apartment in a larger building, Eddy casually took off his shoes, walking into the living room, where a twelve-year old girl was reading the newspaper. "Hey, Lira! Is Hiragiya out at the moment?"

"…mhm." the girl nodded, as she looked up from the paper at Eddy. "She'll be gone the whole week; she has business outside of Tokyo." she said.

"So, it's only you and me, huh?" Eddy mused, as he sat down on a chair, looking at Lira. "…hey, what comics are you reading right now?" he inquired.

"I'm not reading any comics." Lira replied, as she flipped the newspaper so Eddy could see what she was reading. "It says that Mudo Ketsuyaga's gang of punks was arrested yesterday, with the exception of Mudo himself. It happened near my school, so I was curious."

"…really…" Eddy hummed, as he took an apple that was lying in a bowl on the table, taking a good bite out of it. "Well, it's more interesting than what I've been doing today." he said, after swallowing what he had bitten out of the apple. "Sayoko pulled me along to do shopping, and she… got me a gift."

"Sayoko gave you a gift?" Lira uttered, as she looked up at Eddy with a surprised look. "What gift was it? Chocolate? Flowers?"

"Actually…" Eddy said somewhat sheepishly, as he dug into the pocket of his hoodie, before pulling out a small, rectangular object. "…a Digivice."

"Digivice?" Lira uttered with a more befuddled look on her face. "…but I thought you hated Digimon, Eddy…"

"I don't hate it; I've just grown out of it…" Eddy said again, before sighing. "…well, in any case, the guy in this thing is called a… Labramon, I think? I just hope he doesn't end up dying; I'm not that good with virtual pets."

"…I'm sure that you can take care of him, Eddy." Lira said with a smile on her face. "You can take care of the house, so I just know that you can take care of that Labramon." Then, she tilted her head. "So… did Sayoko threaten to cut your hair again?"

"…yeah, she did." Eddy muttered, as he pocketed the Digivice. "How do you figure these sorts of things out?"

"It isn't the first time it's happened, you know…" Lira said with a giggle, before glancing at the newspaper. "…say, do you wanna read?" she asked, as she held the paper up to Eddy.

"Ah… thanks, but no thanks." Eddy said, as he stood up, looking down at Lira. "I've gotta study, you see; exams are coming up, and I don't want to get a low score."

"Oh, I see…" Lira nodded, before smiling. "But you'll have a short vacation first, right? So we can invite Sayoko, Hime and Kata over here, and we can have a sleepover!"

"…aren't I supposed to be the one to figure out something like that?" Eddy replied with a flat tone in his voice, before shaking his head. "In any case, I've gotta go study. Just knock when you want dinner!" he said, before heading into his room.

Once there, he pulled out the Digivice that Sayoko had bought him, taking note of its color scheme; black and white. "…hm. Cute." he mused, as he placed the toy on his working desk. "I'll play with you later… but for now, I have to study." he said, as he pulled out a few books, placing them on the working desk as well, taking care not to accidentally crush the Digivice.

Night soon covered Shibuya, and most of those living there were fast asleep at the moment. In one alleyway, however, there was some life, as a couple of shady characters were in a deep conversation. "…it's ready?" a woman asked, as she folded her arms.

"Indeed." a deep-voiced man replied, as he chuckled. "To think that we could copy data from such a powerful Digimon… it's too bad that we cannot use it to extinguish the whole world."

"Don't worry about that." the woman chuckled, as she cracked her neck in preparation. "Even if it can only encompass Shibuya, we can still mold this place into something new."

"And once it's done…" the man began, before looking up at the sky. "…no one can enter or leave."

"Well? What are we waiting for?" the woman said in an ecstatic tone. "We have to say the name in unison, so it can work!"

"Of course, of course…" the man said, as he and the woman held their hands together. "When this night is done… Shibuya will be recreated into a haven for monsters."

Then, both of the characters looked at each other, whilst they were engulfed by a white aura. "ALL DELETE!" both of them said, as they pressed their hands down on the ground. In that instant, a shockwave erupted from underneath them, expanding all over Shibuya. From outside of that place, one would be able to see a white dome expanding across the special ward, but from within, only the two perpetrators knew of the dome's existence.

When the bright light from the dome seemed to quell itself, however, the two were gone…

The next morning, Eddy rose from his bed as usual, rubbing his eyes. "Man… note to self; don't spend three hours straight on studying before bedtime…" he muttered, as he scratched his neck. "…wonder if Lira's making breakfast, already…"

As he spoke, he slowly turned to stand up from his bed, just as he noticed something; the screen on the Digivice on his desk was blinking. "…hn?" Looking at this with surprise, Eddy cautiously approached it. "…what the hell…?" he uttered, as he slowly picked the device up.

Just as he did that, the device suddenly flashed brightly, and Eddy could see something emerge from the screen, landing on the floor. As it turned out, it was a white, Labrador-ish creature, with its ears, tail and some markings underneath its eyes a light, red color. "Hrm… I thought I'd never get fresh air." it muttered in a female voice, before turning to face Eddy, who was more or less stunned. "…nice to meet you, Edmund Banners. I am Labramon; though you can call me Rah."

"…Labramon?" Eddy uttered, recalling what kind of Digimon was inside of the Digivice Sayoko had gotten him. "…you mean that…" As he slowly realized what this meant, he held a hand against his head in shock. "…oh, boy… this is gonna be a long day…"