A/N: Okay, I know I should be focusing on my other two fanfictions, but I can't work on just one project. Sometimes inspiration comes to me for another work even if I'm trying to focus on a different one. And sometimes I run into a snag that I can't work out immediately. When that happens, I've found it's best for me to work on something else that I can manage to get down on paper. That way I'm at least working on something.
That being said, the other works do come before this one, but I can't control what I have inspiration for and what I don't. This is something I have found to be common throughout both fanfiction and in my original works. I have it on good authority, however (my creative writing professor, in fact) that it's normal to work on several projects at once and sometimes you finish a younger project before the first one you started, so I won't feel too bad about uploading this.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS STORY!
READ BEFORE CONTINUING WITH THE STORY!
Now that I have your attention (or at least I hope I do) this story is an AU novelization of the 02 story line. I have changed aspects of the story due to logical errors found in the original concept and because certain aspects I didn't like about the original (such as everyone getting a digimon at the end of the show. That is definitely not happening, since it negates the necessity of having Chosen Children in the first place).
However other changes are due to the existence of an OC. I've done my best to make her a part of the Digimon world and have made sure that her actions actually affect the plot. She doesn't just exist to be a carbon copy of one of the other characters. She won't be the one that takes out the final big bad. The entire story doesn't even revolve around her. Because her presence changes aspects of the plot, these changes will be explored. This means, even when my character is not there, I will be rewriting scenes from the episodes, because her existence has already changed the plot line. This chapter is a good indicator of how she will affect the characters and how scenes will change.
If you hate OCs, don't read the story.
Finally, I would like to point out that this story may be more brutal than the original. I'm going for realistic and if kids really did fight against super powered monsters, they would get hurt and they would feel it. This might make the work darker, so to speak, but really, I'm just trying to flesh it out for a teen/adult audience. I like realism and it's not like the characters can't get hurt in the original (They get knocked out by BlackWarGreymon at some point, after all).
PS: The cover image for this story is Asuka Akiyama, my OC. This cover image may change, but I want to give you guys an idea of what she looks like.
PPS: Sorry for any sudden changes in writing quality. Parts of this chapter and the next were written years ago, and although I have tried to edit them, I felt they were decent enough for me to leave without completely rewriting the stories.
Now that all the important stuff is out of the way, you can get to the story after this brief disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon Adventure, Adventure 02, Tamers, Frontier, Savers, or Fusion or any of their plot and characters. They are the property of Toei Animation and Akiyoshi Hongo. This was made purely for entertainment and does not receive any profit.
I do, however, own Asuka Akiyama, so don't steal her.
Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins Again
Daisuke walked onto the school grounds in a rather chipper mood. It was the beginning of the school year, which he wasn't too happy about, but he would be able to see friends he hadn't spoken to much during the winter break. He started thinking about one friend in particular and a grin spread across his face.
"Hey Daisuke!"
Daisuke whipped his head around causing his wild maroon hair to fly every-which-way. Kuniyuki Shuuske was waving at him, hair windswept and eyes shining like silver.
"What's up, Kuniyuki?" Daisuke asked his friend, walking towards him.
"School doesn't start for a while yet, so we were going to play a quick game. We're odd though," Kuniyuki said pointing at the six people behind him. They were all members of the soccer team last year which Daisuke and Kuniyuki co-captained. They were hoping they still qualified this year. "What do you say?"
Daisuke grinned even wider, "Of course! You know I'm always up for a game!"
The group cheered and the eight boys ran off to play some soccer. It was a mild game, compared to what they usually played, since there were only four people on each team. This didn't bother them all that much – even the boys that were really competitive didn't mind – since they didn't want to get all sweaty just before the school day started.
Kintaro, a black haired brown eyed boy, kicked the ball hard and Daisuke ran for it. He jumped up and tried to knock it with his head, but it only clipped him and was redirected to the entrance of the school. Daisuke fell to the ground and turned to watch as the ball flew towards a student standing in the entryway. It looked like it was going to fly right over his head, but before it could, the kid jumped up and caught the ball.
Daisuke heaved himself up and ran over to the boy. He was several inches taller than Daisuke and had sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. "Sorry about that," Daisuke said as he came to a stop in front of him. The guy stared at him rather intensely and Daisuke blinked a few times a bit confused by the behavior. Did he have something on his face or was the kid just weird?
Only a few seconds passed before the boy smiled and tossed the ball to Daisuke and spoke up, "Those are some pretty cool goggles."
Daisuke stared at him completely bewildered. It wasn't every day that some random person commented on his goggles. The odd staring before the comment only made it weirder. Before Daisuke could say anything he heard Kuniyuki call out to him, "Hey Daisuke, hurry up!"
Daisuke snapped out of his thoughts and quickly called out a thanks as he turned back towards the game and kicked the ball back to his friends. When the bell rang for the start of school he said a quick good-bye and ran to his class and let his mind wander back to the strange incident. When he made it to class, Daisuke saw one of his best friends and not-so-secret crush. She was only an inch or so shorter than Daisuke and had short brown hair and reddish brown eyes.
"Hikari, looks like we're in the same class again!" he said happily as he took a seat beside her.
Hikari looked up and smiled at him. "It's good to see you, Daisuke. How have you been? We really didn't see much of each other during the break, did we?"
"Yeah, we were both so busy," Daisuke groaned a little in disappointment, "I'm doing pretty well, though. Although something kind of weird did happen. I was playing some soccer and this guy, just out of the blue says my goggles were cool. I don't even know who he is... How have you been?"
Before Hikari could answer, someone plopped down in the seat next to Daisuke with a groan. "I am so dead," they complained.
Daisuke looked over to see a girl about Hikari's size with long, dark brown hair pulled into a ponytail, leaving only a few bangs to frame her face. She turned her head to look at him with sad, imploring blue eyes. Daisuke sighed. He knew she was about to ask him for a favor.
"What do you want, Asuka?" Daisuke asked with a resigned air.
Asuka let out a huff. "Well, you know that art project I've been working on?" Daisuke nodded. She had been trying to build a replica of the Imperial Palace for an art contest. She'd been hard at work the entire break. "Well, I was bringing it in to work on after school a bit – the art teacher, Miura-sensei said I could – and some guy bumped into me and knocked it out of my hands!"
Daisuke's eyes widened and he gaped a little. That had been a three month project.
"Did it get destroyed?" Hikari asked worriedly as she leaned around Daisuke to look at Asuka.
Asuka shook her head. "Not completely. Some guy helped catch it, but the roof came off. It's in pretty good shape, so I don't want to have to start over, but I'll need someone to hold it in place while I make the repairs."
Daisuke knew he couldn't say no after that. Asuka had spent a lot of spare time on it and had never asked for help. It was a solo contest, but with the deadline in a couple of weeks she didn't have nearly enough time to redo the roof and finish the details and painting.
"Alright, I'll help," he said and she gave him a huge hug.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
"Alright, settle down everyone," the teacher said as he walked in and everyone took their seats as roll call began. Once they were finished the teacher, Nagashi-sensei Daisuke remembered, gave an announcement, "We have a new student joining the school this year and he has been placed in this class. I want all of you to treat him well. You can come in now!"
Daisuke, who had been leaning on his desk in a bored manner, sat up straight when he saw who had come in. It was the strange kid he'd met outside. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Hikari sit even straighter and her eyes go wide. "I'm Takeru Takaishi. It's nice to meet you all," he said with a slight bow.
"That's the kid that helped me," Asuka whispered, leaning in close and keeping her lips as motionless as possible.
"Why don't you take a seat next to Yagami," Mr. Nagashi said and Takaishi, looking rather pleased with the arrangement, sauntered up to his seat.
"Long time no see," he said as he sat down and took his hat off.
Hikari smiled brilliantly, "You got tall, didn't you?"
Daisuke frowned as he watched the two. They were obviously good friends and he felt a strange sensation in the pit of his stomach as they talked. It was jealousy. He did his best to ignore Asuka's eyes on him.
The end of school came and Daisuke was much less happy than he had been at the beginning of it. Hikari spent the entire day hanging out with Takaishi and completely ignoring him. Asuka stayed with him as she normally did, and he was grateful to her, but her consoling didn't help him much. The fact that she was becoming agitated with Hikari's behavior definitely didn't help. When the last bell rang, Hikari and her friend left abruptly without any word. As soon as Daisuke was able to register what had happened after the sudden and unannounced leave (at least sudden and unannounced to him), he ran as fast as he could toward the shoe lockers. When he made it there, he saw Hikari and Takaishi talking amiably about one thing or another. He didn't really care at the moment what it was; he just wanted to know who the kid was that had stolen one of his best friends in just a few hours.
"Hey Blondie!" Daisuke called when he came to a stop. Hikari turned around and glared at him. Daisuke was a little surprised. Hikari never glared at him.
"It's not "Blondie" it's Takeru," she said.
"Whatever," Daisuke said. "What's your deal with Hikari?" He knew he was being rude, but he didn't care at the moment. He had just been ignored all day by one of his best friends and he wanted answers, now.
The two of them looked at him a little oddly. "Huh? What are you talking about?" Takeru asked before laughing, and Hikari just sighed. "You're a funny guy, Daisuke."
This only served to irritate Daisuke further, because really, what was funny about what he had asked? How could he not realize what he was asking? Daisuke knew he wasn't the smartest person in the world and he knew he didn't always understand things that should be rather obvious, but Takeru had seemed like a smart guy. Maybe Daisuke had been wrong, because he was pretty sure that what he was asking was obvious.
"I'm not trying to be funny!" Daisuke yelled.
"Daisuke!"
Daisuke turned to see Asuka running towards him. She stopped just before him and grabbed his wrist. "You said you would help me with my project!" she said before she started dragging him away.
"But-!" Daisuke tried to protest.
Asuka shook her head. "No buts!" she yelled and pulled him away from Hikari and Takeru.
"Asuka!" Daisuke complained as his oldest friend dragged him through the halls towards the art room.
Asuka stopped and turned towards Daisuke. She grabbed his shoulders and stared intently into his eyes. "Daisuke, you're always running after her, doing everything in your power to get her to look at you – doing everything to make sure she's happy."
Daisuke frowned. "What's your point?"
"Let her run after you for once."
"And if she doesn't?"
"She's not worth it," Asuka said firmly.
Daisuke's eyes narrowed. "She is worth it," he said just as firmly.
Asuka sighed tiredly. "Whatever. You said you'd help me, but if you'd rather follow Hikari and Takeru around, then go. I won't be angry."
It was a complete lie, and they both knew it, but they also both knew that Asuka would only be angry for a few minutes, unable to take Daisuke's pouting. Daisuke knew he could and would get away with ditching, and she'd still be there for him. And it was exactly the reason why he couldn't ditch her.
Daisuke rolled his eyes and grabbed her arm, this time leading her towards the art room. "Don't lie, Asuka. You're terrible at it."
"Hey!" Asuka yelled indignantly.
"Let's just finish your model," Daisuke said. "I can win Hikari back tomorrow."
Asuka let out a short laugh. "I doubt it, but I'll be rooting for you anyway."
Daisuke smiled at the words. She might not believe that he could win Hikari's heart (which he totally could, and he would prove it), but he also knew that he would never have to win Asuka over to his side. She was always on his side.
Hikari and Takeru watched as Asuka dragged Daisuke away. They looked at each other and blinked. It was a rather sudden and unexpected event. Hikari couldn't say she was surprised, though. It was Asuka and Daisuke, after all – they were always doing sudden and unexpected things.
Before she or Takeru could say anything, they were heralded by a shout. "There you are!"
They both turned towards the entrance of the locker room and saw Miyako Inoue, a sixth grade girl running towards them. Miyako was rather tall, even taller than Takeru, and had light brown eyes and lilac colored hair. She also wore big round glasses.
She came to a stop in front of Hikari. "You're Hikari Yagami, right?" she asked, while holding up a piece of paper.
"Uh, yes..." Hikari said a little confused.
"Do you know Taichi Yagami?"
Hikari looked at the piece of paper and her eyes widened, "Nii-san! He needs help!" Hikari cried and started running towards the computer lab. Takeru was startled by her sudden departure, but the second her words registered, he took off after her. Miyako followed after them. They ran quickly through the halls and it was a good thing that there weren't any teachers around, because Hikari looked like she would have just bowled them over if there were.
As they came to a flight of stairs they saw a short, red-haired middle school boy walking, very quickly, up them. "Izumi-sempai!" Miyako cried as she spotted the boy.
"Ah, Miyako! I need to use the computer lab," he said.
"Of course you can!" Miyako replied with stars in her eyes looking as if nothing would please her more.
"Koushiro," Takeru said in greeting.
Hikari stepped forward and spoke worriedly to Koushiro, "Nii-san sent us an urgent e-mail. He's in trouble."
"I know, I received one as well, but my computer crashed and I haven't had time to fix it. It's why I need to use the computer lab here," he explained. "Come on we need to hurry."
Hikari and Takeru nodded and the group took off towards the computer lab once again. As soon as they were there, Koushiro went to one of the computers and began typing up a reply to Taichi's distress call. Once he was finished with that he started typing up a bunch of other stuff that went completely over everyone's head, even Miyako's, who was a complete computer nut.
"Hopefully I'll be able to open a gate to the digital world from here," Koushiro said to Hikari and Takeru.
"Hey, hey. What's the Digital World?" Miyako asked with a creepy smile on her face. She was getting irritated with all of the mysterious talk.
Hikari and Takeru shared a glance, but didn't say anything. It was dangerous for anyone to know about the Digital World unless they were a Chosen Child.
Miyako was beginning to get frustrated with the silence, but before she could say anything, a short boy with brown hair and eyes ran into the room. "Miyako, I've been trying to find you. You said you'd help with my computer."
Miyako blinked and her frustration evaporated. "Oh, that's right. I forgot," Miyako said and turned towards the boy. "Sorry, Iori," she apologized before following Iori out of the room.
The computer dinged and Hikari and Takeru looked over Koushiro's shoulder. All three looked at the computer in awe. "The gate… It's open," Koushiro said.
"So... We're going back," Takeru said.
"It looks like it," Koushiro said.
Hikari furrowed her brow in worry. "Taichi…" she whispered and bit her lip.
Suddenly the computer screen lit up. The group tensed and then ducked when four lights shot out of the screen. Blue, yellow, red, and purple streaks shot out the door of the computer lab. The group didn't have much time to think about the implications of those lights, because their own digivices lit up. They took them from their pockets and the digital gate shone. Hikari looked at her digivice and then the computer screen and her eyes hardened.
"Let's worry about the lights later. Right now we need to get my brother," she said.
Takeru nodded and they all held their devices up to the screen. There was a bright flash of light and soon the three of them were gone.
Moments after they left, Miyako and Iori came charging into the room, two strange devices held in their hands. Miyako blinked when all she saw was an empty room.
"Where did they go?" she asked.
Iori saw the computer screen lit up and pointed it out. "Wasn't that the computer they were looking at?"
Miyako frowned and approached the computer. Her eyes widened when she saw an unknown program open on the screen and what appeared to be video of some forest scenery. Miyako went to touch the computer, but was stopped by Iori.
"Maybe we should leave it alone."
"But Iori! Something weird is going on!"
"I know, but we might mess something up. It would be better to wait for the others to come back," Iori said rationally. "Whatever they were doing, it seemed important. I don't think they would leave it like this and not come back."
Miyako didn't look happy about the idea, but she supposed Iori had a point. She was impulsive, but she was also smart. She would wait, and when Koushiro-sempai and the others got back she would grill them for answers.
Daisuke was doing his best to keep still while Asuka applied glue to the roof he was holding. It was difficult though. The roof wasn't heavy, but holding ones arms out for long periods of time was tiring and doing it while remaining still was even harder. The fact that he knew if he moved he would mess up all of Asuka's hard work, was making him want to move all the more.
"Just another minute…" Asuka said. She knew her friend was starting to fidget, but she was almost done. "One more coat to go and we can set it down."
Daisuke nodded his head and nearly sighed in relief. He held it in, though, knowing that if he sighed, he'd move his arms and mess Asuka up. True to her word, is was only about another minute before the liquid glue had been painted along the bottom edges of the roof. Asuka quickly put her glue and glue brush away to prevent any messes, before she grabbed part of the roof, relieving some of the weight from Daisuke.
"Okay, just move it down slowly…" she said, taking the lead in guiding the roof downwards.
Daisuke easily relinquished control of the model roof. He followed Asuka's arms down, being careful to keep his grip tight, but not so much as to crush the roof. When they got ready to set the roof onto the body of the castle, Asuka paused. She looked at Daisuke over the top of her masterpiece. Their eyes locked and Daisuke nodded his head, showing that he was ready to set the roof down. They laid it down slowly and gently, making sure not to touch the gluey sides anywhere but where the seams needed to be. Once she was sure it was secure, Asuka let go of the roof and leaned back with a sigh.
"It's finished," she said with a smile, looking to Daisuke who was examining the work. "Now all I have to do it paint it and put the finishing touches on."
Daisuke looked up at her with a grin. "It looks great! There's no way you'll lose the contest!"
Asuka's grin split her face at the compliment. She opened her mouth to say something, when suddenly her eyes widened and she took a slight step back. Daisuke quickly turned around, only to find something glowing blue flying right towards him. He let out a small yelp as it closed in on his face, before quickly putting his hands up to protect himself. The object hit his opened palms with a small force and his fingers clenched around it. He saw an amethyst light streak by out of the corner of his eye just before he heard Asuka let out a small yelp.
Turning, he saw that she had a strange device in her hands, held up close to her chest. It was a dark purple and creamy white color with a small square screen and several buttons. It was ovular and about the size of her palm. To the right of it was a short antenna. It almost looked like a weird version of a walkie-talkie save for the screen. He looked at the object in his own hands to see it was the same, except it had blue instead of purple edges.
"W-what is this?" Asuka asked, her voice slightly trembling.
Daisuke looked at the device in his hands unsurely. He was a little freaked out by it, but at the same time, he felt this weird connection to it. It wasn't something he could describe, because he'd never felt it before. Somewhere in the back of his head, something was telling him it was important and that his life was about to change in ways that could barely be comprehended. He looked up to see Asuka clutching the device closely to her chest and looking around nervously.
"You don't think anyone saw them, do you?"
Daisuke hadn't thought of that. He bit his lip and walked cautiously to the door. He peered out, checking up and down the halls. The place seemed completely deserted.
"I don't think so, but maybe we should leave and figure out what's going on," he said and Asuka nodded.
They quickly found a sheet to cover Asuka's project with and wrote a quick note telling everyone to leave it alone. They grabbed their bags from one of the drafting tables they had laid them on and tossed the strange devices to the bottom. They hurried from the room, making sure to close it up tight, before heading down the hall as quickly as possible without looking suspicious.
"Let's go to my house," Daisuke said in a low tone as they made it out of the building. "It'll be closer."
Asuka nodded her head in agreement. "Right."
Hikari, Takeru, and Koushiro trekked through the familiar terrain. They didn't speak, but not one of them could stop looking at all the strange yet beautiful scenery of the digital world. Koushiro took in every aspect of the forest they walked through, trying to determine where they might have ended up. He couldn't pin point it, but he decided not to let that bother him. The Digital world went through so many changes since their very first time there and after the Dark Masters had been defeated and the world had changed back from Spiral Mountain, they hadn't had the chance to explore or travel and see if there had been any permanent changes.
Beeping from all of their digivices had Koushiro's mind snapping back to the situation at hand.
"We're really close. We should be almost on top of them by now," Takeru said. Almost as soon as he had finished, the group heard a very familiar high pitched voice.
"Takeru!"
The three looked up to see the small winged form of Patamon flying towards them. He collided with Takeru's chest before the boy could get a word out. Takeru's arms automatically came around his partner as the little digimon nuzzled into his chest.
"Patamon! I thought I'd never see you again!" he said joyously.
"Hikari!" Another, more feminine voice, called out and Gatomon appeared from the same direction as Patamon. She also, jumped into her partner's arms, and Hikari easily caught her.
"Gatomon!"
While the two younger Chosen Children reunited with their partners, Koushiro thought about his own. If he had been in the area, he would have come to him as well. He was disappointed that he couldn't see his partner, but more than that he was worried. He hoped Tentomon was safe where ever he was and that they'd be able to meet again.
"Great! You guys got my message!"
Koushiro jerked his head upwards, startled from his thoughts when he heard Taichi's voice. He was running towards them, the edges of his green blazer flapping out behind him. Koushiro couldn't help but think that the image was rather comical. Agumon ran beside him, surprisingly fast for his short, stout form.
"Nii-san!"
"Taichi!"
Hikari and Takeru called out in relief when they saw him. Hikari looked like she would have hugged him had her arms not been full with Gatomon. Koushiro walked up to him and looked him up and down in a cursory examination.
"Taichi, it's good to see you're alright," he said when he noticed that his friend wasn't hurt.
"Koushiro, I'm glad you guys could make it," Taichi said, looking relieved before worry replaced it. "Things aren't looking too good here."
Koushiro opened his mouth to ask more about the situation when an exclamation from Hikari had everyone's attention turning to her.
"Gatomon! What happened to you? You're covered with injuries!" she said worriedly.
Koishiro frowned. Looking closer, he could see the small abrasions in her fir. It wasn't just Gatomon either. Patamon and Agumon looked like they had been in several fights recently too.
"I think we should find a safer place first," Agumon said before Gatomon could speak.
Everyone agreed and the group hurried through the forest. They ended up in a large cavern, which the digimon said they were using as a safe haven. Koushiro immediately noticed the strange looking object in the middle of the room, which rested on a rock pedestal. It looked a bit like a digi-egg with a large bladed spike sticking out of it. It was also red, orange, and yellow, but he was too far away for any other distinguishing features to be made out. Before he could ask about it, Hikari began to speak.
"Okay, Gatomon. What happened?" she asked, and Koushiro turned his attention to the discussion at hand.
"We were attacked. We tried to fight back, but there were too many of them. The Unimon alone were kicking our butts. We were lucky to get away at all," Gatomon explained and everyone listened in distress. "This human who calls himself the Digimon Kaiser has been brainwashing digimon one by one."
"Human!?" Takeru exclaimed in surprise.
"Yeah. He had a digivice, but it looked different than yours."
"Different? How?" Koushiro asked in interest.
"I don't know. It looked different, like an oval instead of a square," Gatomon tried to explain.
"And it's black too!" Patamon pitched in.
"The problem is that it keeps us from evolving," Agumon pitched in. "After he showed up these dark towers started to rise and ever since we've all been stuck in our rookie forms."
There was silence at the devastating news. How were they supposed to fight if they couldn't evolve? What could they do?
It was Taichi who finally broke the silence. "Well, that's that then," he said while looking at Agumon.
"If we could evolve we would definitely take him down," Agumon said in frustration.
"Even though I'm a champion, I'm not much help alone," Gatomon said.
"We've also been separated from Tentomon and the others..." Patamon said, only adding to the desperate situation.
"How can a human hunt digimon!?" Hikari yelled in disgust. "This Digimon Kaiser. He's so stupid!"
For a moment, there was silence, but Koushiro was deep in thought. There was something bothering him. "I'm curious…about those lights," he said.
"Oh! I forgot about those," Hirkari exclaimed.
"What lights?" Taichi asked a little suspiciously.
"Just before the digigate opened these four different colored lights shot from the computer screen." Takeru explained. "They went into the hall, but when the digital world opened we forgot about them."
"I wonder if they were the same lights…" Taichi said looking at Agumon.
"It's possible," Agumon said.
"Do you know something about it, Taichi?" Koushiro asked curiously.
Taichi gestured towards the digi-egg in the center of the room. "When Agumon and the others brought me here, they showed me that egg."
"It has the Crest of Courage on it, so we thought that it belonged to him," Patamon said. "No one was able to lift it."
"Problem was, I couldn't lift it either," Taichi continued. "But when I touched it, these four lights, red yellow, blue, and purple, came shooting from it and disappeared into the ceiling."
They all walked closer to the egg and Koushiro studied it closely. "Perhaps it's not meant for you, then," he said, causing everyone to look at him curiously. "Well, it's definitely the crest of courage, but maybe it's for someone else. It is possible those lights were digivices. After all, ours came falling from the sky like meteorites." Koushiro looked up at Hikari and Takeru. "Maybe we should all try it, just to make sure."
Takeru shrugged his shoulders. "It's worth a shot I guess," he said as he walked towards the egg. He bent and grabbed it at the base, before pulling with as much force as he was able. The egg didn't move. After a moment he stood, panting a little. "Yeah, I don't think it's mine," he said, before waving at it with a flourish for Hikari. "Your turn."
"It doesn't look like it would be very heavy," she said as she came towards it. "Maybe it just needs a woman's touch." She bent down to pull, but the egg didn't budge.
"To bad we don't have any," Takeru teased. Hikari shot him a mock glare, before moving to stand by him. "Looks like it's up to you, Koushiro."
Koushiro hummed while looking at the egg critically. He bent down and hooked his fingers under the egg's base as far as he could. "If I apply the right amount of force…" he said and started pulling. "It…should…come…right…up…" Nothing happened and Koushiro fell back with a puff of breath. "Or not."
"So it either belongs to one of the others or to a new Chosen Child," Taichi said.
"I'd go with the latter, if we're going with the theory that those lights were new digivices," Koushiro said as he stood back up and patted some dirt off his pants.
"The problem will be finding these new kids," Takeru said. "I mean, it was difficult enough to find Hikari and we at least had a place to start looking for her."
The others nodded in agreement but before anything more could be said, the cavern began to shake. Pieces of rock fell from the ceiling and everyone was looking around trying to figure out what was going on.
"What's happening!?" Hikari cried out in shock as she was nearly knocked from her feet.
"Look up there!" Takeru said, pointing towards the ceiling.
Above them was the giant dinosaur form of Monochromon. The few red stripes that peppered its viciously sharp horns stood out vividly against its black and red scales. When it roared, the sound reverberated off the cave walls. Teeth the size of their forearms gleamed.
"Monochromon!" Taichi yelled in shock and anxiousness, remembering the first time they had come face to face with the digimon. They'd been set on rending each other limb from limb over a sliver of territory.
Just then Monochromon fell through the hole it had created and plummeted straight towards the group. When it hit the ground, Patamon and Agumon attacked with a blast of air and fire respectively. The attacks did little to faze the large digimon and it roared and opened its mouth to fire its own attack in response.
"Not good! Let's get out of here!" Takeru yelled as he turned around and ran. Taichi, Koushiro, Hikari, Patamon, and Gatomon were right behind him.
A/N: Okay, so hopefully you guys are interested. You'll have noticed that I didn't finish the episode, which is because it was going to be too long.
Just to give a brief rundown of the changes made –
*Daisuke agrees to help Asuka with an art project, so he isn't with Hikari and Takeru when Miyako finds them.
*Miyako leaves with Iori just before the digivices come through the computer. Because Daisuke isn't there, Koushiro has enough time to go to the digital world before Miyako and Iori interrupt him.
*Miyako and Iori find an empty room when they rush back in. They choose to wait, not knowing what is going on.
*In the digital world, nothing much changes except that Gatomon didn't lose her Tail Ring, which was a logical error. How could a Unimon stepping on it cause it to slip off so easily when she fights and keeps her tail pointed down a lot without it coming off? It doesn't make sense. I'll explain in the next chapter how this, if at all, affects her effectiveness in battle against the controlled digimon.
Anyway, let me know what you think, especially about my OC and how I've chosen to incorporate her into the world.