Introductions
By Jack
Manyon
Disclaimer:
I own nothing that could get me sued.
This is the
first story in a trilogy.
It takes
place during the reign of the Digimon Emperor.
***
It was a
wonderful sunny day in the digital world; everything smelled fresh and inviting
after last night's rain. The flowers and trees glistened as the rain droplets
mixed with the morning dew. This was one of the most beautiful mornings this
area of the digital world has seen since the war against the digimon emperor
started and everyone was going to take advantage of this well deserved break in
the fighting.
Kari walked
along the path in front of her admiring the scenery. She closed her eye and
breathed in the fresh air filled with scent of flowers in bloom and all the
greenery around.
"It's a beautiful
day today," she sighed.
"It sure
is," agreed Davis as he walked beside her.
"Yah, I
love the morning after a rain, everything seems so new" chimed in T.K opposite
Davis.
They spent
a couple of minutes walking in silence as their digimon ran ahead playing in the
grass and laughing excitedly.
"I wish we
didn't have to be on patrol, we could be relaxing by a lake and taking it easy
for once" said Davis, breaking the silence.
"I know how
you feel, on a day like today it's hard not to just sit down and watch the digital
world go by." Agreed Kari.
"Me too,
but if we want to have more mornings like this we have to keep up the war
against the evil forces of the digital world" said T.K, bringing a somber note
to the discussion.
"Why did
you have to bring that up?" complained Davis "I was trying to forget the war
for at least a couple of minutes."
"Well, he's
right Davis, we can't forget why we're here." Said Kari agreeing with T.K.
"I still
think that we can't be on duty forever, all the time. We need a vacation once
and a while." Countered Davis.
"Alright,
we'll talk it over when we get back together with the others" said T.K
Continuing
their walk down the path the three companions once again lapsed into another
mutual silence. Their digimon had made it to the lake up ahead and were wadding
in the water, splashing at each other and laughing, all except Gatomon who was
content to sit on the shore and watch the other two.
"Oh no, I
hope the storm's not coming back, I don't want to get wet" said Kari as she
pointed to the dark shadow that had appeared over the path.
"That's not
a cloud Kari. It's a snimon!" yelled T.K as he turned and pointed at the sky.
"Veemon!
Help!" called Davis as the snimon descended towards them, razor sharp sickles
razed.
"It's got a
black ring! The Digimon Emperor's controlling it!" yelled Kari.
"Get down!"
yelled T.K
All three
digidestines as one threw themselves to the ground as a blade sliced the air
their bodies were occupying just milliseconds ago. With their digimon still to
far away to get to them in time, they all knew they were staring death in its
ugly face. The snimon stood over them with its sickle razed ready to bring it
crashing down, ending it all. Each closed their eyes ready for the end.
Only, it
did not come. The only sound they heard was the sickle coming down and a clang
of metal against metal, then nothing. Each opened their eyes and saw the
snimon's blade poised in mid air, un-moving. What was holding it there came to
an even greater shock to the three; there standing above them was a caped
figure dressed in black, he wore a hood over head and piece of cloth covering
his mouth and nose so that only his eyes were visible. He stood there with a
long curved sword in hand pushed against the snimon's blade holding it there
with an amazing show of strength, the slight quiver of the blade was the only
indication of the strain against the snimon's arm scythes.
He spoke to the three stunned kids under him,
"You better get out from under here, I don't know how long I'll be able to hold
him."
They wisely
decided to follow his advice and hurried to get out of the way.
As soon as
the three were out the caped figure let the sickle drop and parried the other
with a swipe of his sword as he jumped out of range. As he landed, he reached
into his tunic and removed two jagged metal pieces.
Blocking
another swipe, he pulled back his arm and cried "Iron Star!" and let fly with
both shards towards the dark ring encircling the monster's middle. With twin
impacts the stars found their mark, the black ring shattered and disappeared
into nothingness. The snimon, released from the dark ring collapsed to the
ground with a thud, too weak from the possession to move.
The three
just stared at the stranger as he calmly sheathed his sword and turned towards
them. "Are you alright?" he said.
"We're
fine, thanks for rescuing us," answered Kari, "Who are you?"
"My name is
Shinobimon and you're welcome," said Shinobimon.
"Kari!" "Davis!" "T.K!"
They turned
and saw their digimon running at full speed towards them.
"We heard
you yell, and we thought you might be in troub…." Patamon's voice trailed off
when he saw the form of the snimon laying unconscious on the ground.
"What
happened here?" asked Gatomon.
"This
snimon was under the Digimon Emperor's control and it attacked us, we were
almost killed but Shinobimon here stopped him and destroyed the dark ring."
Explained Davis.
"Who?"
"That
digimon right over there," said T.K as he pointed to the spot were Shinobimon
was.
They all
turned to look but no one was there.
Shinobimon
was gone.
* * *
"You mean
he just disappeared?" asked Cody as the digidestines were walking through the
park that was centered in the middle of the city, which provided a small amount
of privacy anyone how was passing by.
"What I
mean is, he was there in front of us, we turned around and when we turned back,
he was gone." Said Davis.
"I've never
heard of a digimon named Shinobimon," said Gatomon from her spot in Kari's
arms.
"Has anyone
ever seen a digimon like him?" asked T.K.
Everyone
each shook his or her heads; no one had seen anything like him. He was a complete
mystery to all of them.
"Well, from
what you told us, it didn't seem that he was just passing by and saw you in trouble
and decided to help," said Yoli, "or else he would have stayed instead of
leaving."
"Yolei's
right, I don't think that was the last we'll see of Shinobimon." Agreed Kari.
"Anyway, he saved our lives so he must have some good intentions, I wouldn't
mind having him here to cover our backs incase we do get into any more
trouble."
Everyone
nodded in agreement as they continued to walk towards the other side of the
park. They talked about school and how their lives in general were going, about
the upcoming summer vacations and of the war in the digital world. When they
reached the other side they said goodbye and split up to head to their homes.
It was getting late and they didn't want to miss dinner.
As Yolei
was crossing the street in front of her apartment she was lost in thought.
"Wow a new digimon that no one has ever
seen! I hope he really turns out to be good; I would like to meet him. I wonder
where he came from? Is he really following us around or was this a coincidence
that we met him? If it isn't, why hasn't he shown himself until now? I guess
it's because…"
"Look out!"
The call
jolted her mind to once again focus on what was going on around her. Looking
around she realized that in her thinking she had stopped walking, right in the
middle of the road! A loud honk drew her attention to a large moving van coming
down the street and she was right in it's path! She stood frozen in fear not
knowing what to do, her mind just couldn't grasp the immensity of the danger
she was in and just shut down. The van honked once more and breaks squealed as
the driver tried to stop but it was too close to stop in time.
Yolei's
brain finally managed to get some of itself working and got one cohesive
thought through the fog in her mind: Scream. So she threw up her arms
and screamed. She kept screaming until a weight slammed into her side, throwing
her to the side and out of the incoming van's path which zoomed by a second
later, it would have killed her if she were standing there still.
Yolei
opened her eyes; she was on her lying on her back face up to the evening sky
above her. She also realized that she was lying on something, and that
something just groaned. Realizing that she was lying on her rescuer, she
quickly got off him.
"Oh! Are
you all right?" asked Yolei as she helped him off the sidewalk.
He was
tall, as tall as she was. His hair was brown and covered his head in a thick
mop. He was wearing blue jeans and a white t-shirt under a blue open button
down shirt that fluttered slightly in the wind in, what he hoped to be, a heroic
manner.
"Yah, I'm
all right, the pavement broke my fall," he said rubbing his shoulder, "but I
should be asking you the same question. What were you doing in the middle of
the road anyway?"
"I guess I
was so rapped up in what I was thinking about I wasn't looking were I was
going." She said sheepishly.
"Well, be
more careful next time ok?" he said "By the way, my name's Chris."
"I'm Yolei,
thanks for saving me," she said as she shook Chris's hand.
"No
problem, I try to save at least one beautiful girl each day." He said, smiling,
"do you live around here? Would you mind if I walked you home?"
"No, not at
all," she said, blushing, "That's my apartment over there."
"Well,
let's go." He said as he took her arm.
I think
I'm in love.
Thought Yolei as they walked under the light of the streetlamps.
***
"Wow,
you're real lucky that he was there when he was or you would have been in real
trouble." Said Kari as the group walked along a path in the digital world.
"But
Chris's not a usual name around here, where's he from?" asked T.K
"He said he's
from America." Said Yolei.
"America?
Then what's he doing in Japan?" asked Cody.
"He's just
visiting I guess. He didn't actually say," Explained Yolei.
"Hello? Can
we concentrate on why were here? We need to find Shinobimon and find out if he
really is our ally." Interrupted Davis. "And we're probably giving every
digimon within a mile a pretty good idea where we are! Shinobimon's probably as
far away as he could get, we'll never find him!"
"Oh I don't
know, he might be closer than you think." Came a quiet voice from behind them.
They all
froze, hands on their digivices ready to send their digimon to attack the
un-seen threat. Turning, their eyes widened as the speaker came into view.
There, back against a tree, sat Shinobimon. Eyes closed and arms crossed, he
looked almost asleep but the sword that lay unsheathed at his side warned
anyone who might try to bother him to do so at their own risk.
"Were did
he come from? He wasn't there a second ago." Said Davis as he stared at the new
arrival.
"Wow, he's
good." Said Gatomon approvingly.
"Thank you
for the compliment Gatomon," said Shinobimon with a nod of thanks, eyes still
closed, " As for your question about my allegiance Davis, I assure you I'm on
your side."
"Oh yeah?
Why should we believe you? For all we know, you could be working for the Digimon
Emperor." Countered Davis.
"Because if
I was, I would have let the snimon kill you instead of saving you." Responded
Shinobimon coolly.
"He makes a
good point Davis," said Kari, "But there's one thing I don't understand
Shinobimon, why have you been following us? And for how long were you doing it?
"I have
been keeping an eye on you digidestines for some time, just in case you get
into any serious danger like the snimon yesterday." He said as he eyed the
group.
"But why
haven't we seen you before?" Asked T.K
"You've
never gotten your selves into enough trouble that you couldn't get yourselves
out of." He said, closing his eyes once again.
"Well I
don't believe him," shouted Davis as he began pacing back and fourth, "Are we
suppose to just believe a guy who until just now we didn't know existed, who
says that he's been watching us but hasn't helped us in the least! Plus he
keeps disappearing and reappearing? How can I trust a guy who won't stand
still?"
Davis
turned back towards the tree, ready to give Shinobimon another piece of his
mind but the space under the tree was empty.
He had
disappeared again.
"I wish he
would stop doing that." Sighed Davis.
***
As the
digidestines neared the portal that would bring them home, Davis was getting
himself all worked up over what just happened.
"Why can't
he just stay put?" shouted Davis.
"You should
calm down Davis, there's no point getting your self all worked up over this."
"Kari's
right Davis, you should get some sleep. Once we get back to my room we should
all call it a night," Agreed Yolei "Digiport Open!"
***
They all
come tumbling out of Yolei's computer with the usual lack of grace and landed
on the hard floor, right at the feet of a very surprised Chris.
Not missing
a beat, Yolei said, "Guys, meet Chris Anderson. Chris Anderson, meet my
friends."
"Interesting
friends." Said Chris.
***
End of part
one.
***
So, What
did you guys think? This is my first attempt at an action/adventure Digimon
Fanfic.
This is the
first of the trilogy. If you want to see more of Shinobimon or Chris, e-mail
me. The next chapter will be coming soon.
