Disclaimer: obviously, characters belonging to Digimon are not mine. Also, songs that I use in this story are not mine.
Chapter 1: Light
I'm falling apart again, And I can't find a way to make amends
And I'm looking in both directions, But it's make believe, it's all pretend
So...
Shed some light on me, and hold me up in disbelief
And shed some light on me, and tell me something that I'll believe in
It's innocence within the maze, But I have chosen the wrong way
I'm still getting over who I was, There's no sense of trust, there's no definition of love
So...
Shed some light on me, And hold me up in disbelief
And shed some light on me, And tell me something that I'll believe in
I know now, it's not who you are, It's who you know, And I see clearly now, which way to go
I remember the way I fell from above, And I recall the way I was
So...
Shed some light on me, And hold me up in disbelief
And shed some light on me, And tell me something that I'll believe in
Shed some ling on me, And hold me up in disbelief
And shed some light on me, And tell me something that I'll believe
Tell me something that I'll...
Tell me something that I'll believe, Tell me something that I'll believe
Something I'll believe
I guess we were wrong to assume that we knew everything about the digital world. I think we almost assumed that after my first trip there when I was eight. We were wrong then, when we assumed that we understood it, and even after our recent adventures it would be silly to think we've learned that much. Of course, we have learned that we are not the only digidestined. In fact, there are hundreds of them from all around the world. But even more surprising to us was the existence of even more parallel worlds. After all these experiences I don't think I'll ever really be able to understand the digital world entirely.
I should probably introduce myself. My name is Kari, and I am now thirteen years old. The adventures that I was talking about happened almost five years ago, some of them right here in Tokyo. My brother Tai and all of his friends returned from summer camp early that year, apparently because it snowed. That didn't make sense at first, but my confusion didn't last long. I found out that they had been to a strange parallel world called the digital world. Not only that, but the digital world was beginning to cross over into the real world. Digimon, that's short for digital monster, were beginning to appear all over the city. But my brother and his friends all had digimon of their own, partners, if you will, to help fight off the evil digimon. They are the digidestined, and eventually we discovered that I am one too. Gatomon, who used to work for an evil digimon named Myotismon, is my digimon partner. After she helped us to defeat Myotismon, we all traveled to the digital world to help rid it of evil. We fought the Dark Masters and Apocalymon, but managed to win by realizing the power of our crests.
That brings me to another interesting point. All of the digidestined have their own crest, which is linked to their strongest personal characteristic. My crest is light. But the crests are more than just characteristics; they had enough power to allow all of our digimon to digivolve to the ultimate level. Gatomon, who was a champion level digimon already, was able to digivolve into Angewomon, an ultimate level digimon. Unfortunately, after we defeated apocalymon, we had to give up most of the power of our crests to create a barrier to protect the digital world from evil. It wasn't easy, especially for the digimon who would lose their ability to digivolve to ultimate, but we did it and made the digital world safer.
After that, several more of our friends became digidestined, and we learned that there are hundreds of digidestined all around the world. It was surprising at first, but after everything that has already happened it didn't seem like a big deal. Besides, I would like be friends with all the other digidestined. I'll never be able to meet them all, but with Izzy's help we are trying to create a network of digidestined all over the world.
I should probably introduce our group before the story continues. After all, everyone played such an important part in our adventures that they deserve proper introductions. I'll start with Tai.
Tai is my older brother, and has really become the leader of our group. Even though he doesn't have a D3, we still look to him for leadership. His crest is courage, and his digimon is Agumon. Tai is a really good brother, but he's an even better leader for our group. He can keep his head in tough situations and has really learned to watch out for everyone else.
Next is Matt, TK's older brother. Matt's crest is friendship, and he had a hard time discovering it at first. I guess the strongest friendships have to be tested, and Matt came through for us when we needed him. The power of the crests affects everyone, and Matt's crest is one of the most valuable that we have. His digimon is Gabumon. Gabumon is kind of shy, but he is always ready to help his friends, no matter what might happen.
I'll introduce TK next. TK is a few weeks younger than me, making him the youngest member of the original group. His crest is hope, and he his ability to hang on to that hope has saved us on countless occasions. TK is very nice and friendly, but he can become very emotional about darkness. Still, he always believes in our group's ability to defeat the darkness. His digimon is Patamon, who sometimes has trouble digivolving. But TK never gave up on him, and Patamon did finally digivolve when we needed him most.
Sora is one of my best friends, and a very important part of our team. Her crest is love, and she is the perfect match for it. She cares deeply about everyone in the group, and acts as a motherly figure. She always wants to protect everyone and never leaves anyone behind. She is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Biyomon is her digimon, and she shares many of Sora's characteristics, including her extreme protectiveness. She sometimes puts too much pressure on herself to help everyone, but too much love is a gift that I would never refuse.
Mimi moved away, to New York City in America. Even though she's far away, we still keep in touch with her, and we arrange to meet her in the digital world all the time. Her crest is sincerity, and she always seems to be able to bring out the best in people. She doesn't like violence, but she and Palmon will pitch in when they are needed. I miss her a lot, but I know that she's happy in America.
Izzy is one of the smartest people I know. He is very skilled with computers, and uses logic to solve some of our most puzzling problems. His crest is knowledge, as can be expected. Tentomon is his digimon. Although Izzy is not the most talkative person in the group, and his explanations can sometimes be confusing, we all know that we'd be completely lost without him.
The last member of the original group is Joe. Joe is the oldest member of our group, and I think he feels responsible for us most of the time. He is usually the most practical. He remembers to bring supplies, like food and bandages. We've nicknames him "Old Reliable", partly because he is the oldest and most reliable member in our group, but also because he has the crest of reliability. Gomamon is his digimon, and is much more carefree than Joe. Still, we can always count on them in a pinch.
I am the last member of the original group. As I said before, my name is Kari, and my crest is light. My crest seems to have some strange powers, and according to Aunlongmon it and TK's crest have power that is shared among the entire group. I guess that kind of makes our crests different from the rest. I like to think of myself as a nice person. Tai says that I keep my thoughts bottled up because I'm afraid of hurting someone's feelings, but I don't notice it that much. Tai can be pretty silly sometimes. Gatomon is my digimon, and is the only one who seems to be able to consistently stay in champion form. She actually used to be a henchman of Myotismon, an evil digimon, but Wizardmon helped her find out that she was actually good. Wizardmon was killed by Myotismon when he tried to save me and Gatomon, but we remember him as a friend who was there when we needed him most.
Now I'll talk about the three new members of our team. They were added recently to help us prevent Myotismon's return as Malomyotismon. First off is Davis. His crest is courage, just like Tai. He's developing into a strong leader, and he was able to save us with his crest when Malomyotismon was tricking us into dreaming of something that wasn't real. But he can be very immature sometimes too. I think he has a crush on me, but he does a really bad job of showing it sometimes. His digimon is Veemon, but when Veemon spends time in the real world he digivolves back to Demiveemon.
Yolei is the second person added to our team recently. She received the crest of love, like Sora, but is still learning about its power. She cares about all of us very much, and is there to help us in tough times, but sometimes she talks too much and she has a tendency to say the wrong thing at the wrong time. It's not her fault, she just doesn't know any better. Her digimon is Hawkmon.
Cody was added to our group at the same time as Yolei and Davis. His crest is knowledge. He is very quiet and kind of small for his age, but don't underestimate him in a fight, he practices Ken-Do. He is very smart but tends to be shy. It took a long time for him and Ken to become friends. Still, he is one of the most dependable people I know. His digimon is Armadillamon.
Ken is the most recent addition to our group of friends. He was once corrupted by a dark spore, but since then he has learned the true meaning of his crest, kindness. He is very smart and a skilled athlete, but is slow to make friends. He tends not to trust people, partly because his older brother died when he was little. But he's become one of our friends now, and I'm really glad that he has. His digimon, Wormmon, helped him to realize how powerful his crest really could be. Ken is one of very few people who have seen the dark ocean, along with TK, Yolei, and I.
Since the end of our last adventure, nothing has really happened. I worry sometimes that this could be the calm before the storm, but we can never really know. For now, I'm happy believing that most of our problems with the digital world are over. I hope that from now on it can just be a place where we go to have fun with our digimon. I know that problems are inevitable, nothing is perfect after all, but as long as we stick together, we can get through anything. I know it sounds kind of corny, but I really believe that.