Digimon Genesis
Disclaimer – I do not own Digimon, except for my own OC's and alternate version of the Digivice.
Chapter 1
Akie Hasegawa sat silently at her desk in the back of classroom 4-D. Her long, brown hair fell over her coal-black eyes as she stared down at her barren desktop. All around her, the other students bustled about the classroom, hurrying to sit with their friends during lunchtime.
"What's wrong, Akie – did you forget your lunch at home again?"
Akie looked up to see a small, nerdy-looking girl, who wore glasses standing over her, smiling.
"Oh, hey, Yuri," Akie said to her, smiling politely.
"So am I right?" Yuri said, laughing excitedly. "Did you forget your lunch again?"
Akie's smile vanished. "Uh, yeah, that's right," she said, nodding. "How'd you know that?"
Even though, Akie was friends with Yuri, she hardly ever spoke to her because they didn't have much in common.
"You always do," Yuri said, her smile widening. She pulled a chair over to Akie's desk and sat down.
"Yeah, I guess I do," Akie said, watching her.
"Here." Yuri offered her a rice ball, smiling.
Akie stared at the rice ball uncertainly. "Uh…"
"It's alright," Yuri assured her. "My mom packed extra today." She showed her lunchbox to Akie.
"Wow," Akie said, surveying the food inside the box. "So she did." She took the rice ball, smiling. "Thanks."
"Don't worry about it," Yuri said, smiling. "Anyway, look at what I've got." She pulled a magazine out of her back pocket and slapped it down on the surface of Akie's desk.
Akie stared down at the magazine with a blank look on her face. "Gamer Girl Monthly?" she said, reading the title out loud. She looked up at Yuri. "Never heard of it."
"Well, of course not," Yuri said, pulling the magazine towards her. "You're always so busy studying, I would never have expected you to have heard of it. I bet you've heard of these, though, haven't you?" She flipped through the pages of the magazine until she came to a certain article and tapped the page with her finger.
Akie stared down at the page and read the headline of the article, which seemed to be about some sort of new toy or game or something. "Digimon?" she said, looking up at Yuri. "No, I've never heard of them."
"Really?" Yuri said with raised eyebrows. "Now, that is surprising. I mean, they don't come out for another two months, but Digimon is the next big thing."
"Well," Akie said, "what are they?"
"They're pets," Yuri said, her smile returning. "Digital ones and you raise them using one of these." She pointed to a toy advertisement on the page opposite of the one with the article on it.
Akie stared down at the advert as she tried to keep from looking bored. She hated stuff like this – it was so childish.
The toy being advertised on the page was white and shaped like a large strawberry, minus the leaves. There was a square screen in the middle of it, an arrow pad, and two small buttons on either side of the screen. The outer edges of the toy were clear and see-through rather than white, revealing the toy's innards.
"What is it?" Akie said, looking up at Yuri.
"It's called a Digivice," Yuri explained to her. "It's what you use to raise your Digimon."
"A Digivice?" Akie said, looking back down at the advert.
"That's right," Yuri said, nodding. "And do you see how the outer edges of the Digivice are see-through instead of white?"
Akie nodded silently.
"Well," Yuri said, "it's like that because there are thousands of Digimon that come in thousands of different colors and you never know which Digimon you're going to going to get. So the outer edges of the Digivice light up when your Digiegg hatches or whenever your Digimon Digivolves to indicate what color your Digimon is."
"So let me get this straight," Akie said, tucking a strand of, hair behind her ear. "You buy a Digivice, activate it, and raise a Digiegg that will hatch into a Digimon and…Digivolve?" She looked confused.
"Oh," Yuri said as realization dawned on her. "Digivolving is what it's called when your Digimon grows and changes into its next evolutionary form. And I know it doesn't show it in the picture, but there are two tiny sensors on top of every Digivice that you use to connect with someone else's Digivice, so the two Digimon can fight each other."
"Oh," Akie said, frowning. "That's sounds…neat." She smiled quickly to try and hide her disinterest.
"I know, right?" Yuri said, hugging the magazine to her chest. "And they're giving away free prototypes tomorrow after school at Shimizu's Toy Store."
"Prototypes?" Akie said with raised eyebrows. "You mean, like, prototype Digivices?"
"That's right," Yuri said, nodding excitedly. "Everyone's going to be there. The only problem is, you only get a one out of seven chance to pick the Digimon you want and even if you do get the one you want, it only Digivolves to Rookie level."
Akie nodded. "Sounds interesting," she said.
"Don't worry," Yuri said, getting to her feet. "You'll find out all about the different levels when you come with me to pick up your Digivice tomorrow."
"Wait – what?" Akie said, jumping to her feet and causing several people to look at her. "I can't go with you. I have to study for finals."
"Of course you're going," Yuri said, laughing. "I said everyone was going to be there and everyone includes you." She pointed to Akie.
Akie stared at her in shocked silence, unable to speak.
"See you later," Yuri said, laughing as she turned and left the room.