Chapter 1 – Life in the Real World
Impmon woke up to yet another normal day, both Ai and Makoto rushing to get to him first. As usual, he would quickly scamper away and hop out the window before the children could maul him. Upon hopping out the window, he heard the all so familiar, "Culu!" being chirped out in a sickeningly cute manner. Impmon, getting slightly irritated, snapped, "Why can't you leave me alone?"
Impmon quickly headed inside and slid the door shut behind him before Culumon could say anything.
Culumon's ears shrunk in as he let out a sad, "Culuu!"
Impmon went into the kitchen to find a snack. After scavenging around for food, he led himself into living room, plopping down to watch some television. Ai and Makoto, who were still searching for the missing Impmon, were overjoyed to find him in the living room. Only being able to sit still for a few moments, they eventually began to fidget, and then they both started to fuss about him, which was much to Impmon's annoyance. However, the children soon spotted Culumon, and ran over him for further "torture", as Impmon worded it. He sighed with relief, "That white fluff ball has a use after all," he thought to himself, smirking, while he changed the channels idly. Not paying attention to what he was really doing, his eyes suddenly wandered to the calendar. Letting out a surprised "Urk!" he shot up and ran outside.
Impmon walked over to where his Tamers were. Out of breath from running, he spoke to them, "Guys, I need to leave. Please let me evolve." Their attention quickly left Culumon as they argued over whose turn it was to help him evolve. A huge sweatdrop appeared on Impmon's brow as he watched the children nearly kill each other over a small device. Makoto finally prevailed, holding out the D-Ark to Impmon. The screen flickered for a moment, but soon let out a blinding light, which engulfed Impmon's body. Impmon, throwing his head back, cried out, "Impmon, evolve!" His body's skin seemed to rip off, leaving the same shape, only covered in purple bits of data. All at once, he seemed to grow as new skin formed around him, and wings spread from his back. In seconds, a new digimon was standing there. "Beelzebumon Blast Mode!" Nodding to the children quickly, he then took off.
Ai and Makoto, now being unentertained, went to go play with Culumon, only to see him fly off after Beelzebumon. Beelzebumon looked back to the small digimon following him, "Why are you following me?" Culumon tried his hardest to catch up to him, finally getting close enough to reply, "I came to remind you of today, culu!" Beelzebumon smirked as he flew off at his utmost speed, causing Culumon to get sucked into an updrift, as well as a distressed cry of, "Cululu!!" The silhouette of a large group of people became visible as Beelzebumon neared his destination.
He quickly landed, somewhat outside of the group, which consisted of Guilmon, Renamon, Terriermon, Leomon, Cyberdramon, Guardromon, and MarineAngemon. Sitting on a bench across from were their respective Tamers; Matsuda Takao, Makino Ruki, Jenrya Lee, Katou Juri, Akiyama Ryou, Shiota Hirokazu, and Kitagawa Kenta. Culumon, who had apparently gotten out of his situation, flew down and landed on Ruki's lap, letting out a contented, and somewhat relieved "Culu culu!" Ruki smiled down at the digimon and gently patted it on the head. Takato stood up and was about to speak, but before he can, the sky lightened up. Nine beams of red light suddenly shot down and swallowed up the digimon, followed by a bright flash.
The flash temporally blinded the Tamers. When the flash disappeared, they opened their eyes to find their digimon gone. Takato's eyes darted up to the sky, gasping as he saw the silhouette of what appeared to be a digimon. The figure disappeared in the blink of an eye. He quickly checked to make sure he still had his D-Ark, while everyone else was still gazing towards the sky. Jenrya looked to the others, "What just happened?" Juri stood up with a sad look in her eyes, "I just lost Leomon again…" she said softly, as tears welled up in her eyes... Takato, sympathetic, walked over to her, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder, smiling gently, "It will be fine, Katou-san. We will figure out what happened and fix it, right?"
Jenyra once again spoke up, "What if the same thing happened to Shuichon? I think the first thing we should do is find out." Everyone agreed, and Takato looked over to Jenrya, "I think we should try to contact Yamaki first. He could know something about what just happened." Jenrya started to get a little angry, caring more about his little sister, but an idea popped up in his mind. "We should split up, and then meet back here in two hours, okay?" Takato, Juri, Hirokazu, and Kenta head to meet Yamaki, while Jenrya, Ruki, and Ryou headed off to talk to Shuichon.
Impmon woke up to yet another normal day, both Ai and Makoto rushing to get to him first. As usual, he would quickly scamper away and hop out the window before the children could maul him. Upon hopping out the window, he heard the all so familiar, "Culu!" being chirped out in a sickeningly cute manner. Impmon, getting slightly irritated, snapped, "Why can't you leave me alone?"
Impmon quickly headed inside and slid the door shut behind him before Culumon could say anything.
Culumon's ears shrunk in as he let out a sad, "Culuu!"
Impmon went into the kitchen to find a snack. After scavenging around for food, he led himself into living room, plopping down to watch some television. Ai and Makoto, who were still searching for the missing Impmon, were overjoyed to find him in the living room. Only being able to sit still for a few moments, they eventually began to fidget, and then they both started to fuss about him, which was much to Impmon's annoyance. However, the children soon spotted Culumon, and ran over him for further "torture", as Impmon worded it. He sighed with relief, "That white fluff ball has a use after all," he thought to himself, smirking, while he changed the channels idly. Not paying attention to what he was really doing, his eyes suddenly wandered to the calendar. Letting out a surprised "Urk!" he shot up and ran outside.
Impmon walked over to where his Tamers were. Out of breath from running, he spoke to them, "Guys, I need to leave. Please let me evolve." Their attention quickly left Culumon as they argued over whose turn it was to help him evolve. A huge sweatdrop appeared on Impmon's brow as he watched the children nearly kill each other over a small device. Makoto finally prevailed, holding out the D-Ark to Impmon. The screen flickered for a moment, but soon let out a blinding light, which engulfed Impmon's body. Impmon, throwing his head back, cried out, "Impmon, evolve!" His body's skin seemed to rip off, leaving the same shape, only covered in purple bits of data. All at once, he seemed to grow as new skin formed around him, and wings spread from his back. In seconds, a new digimon was standing there. "Beelzebumon Blast Mode!" Nodding to the children quickly, he then took off.
Ai and Makoto, now being unentertained, went to go play with Culumon, only to see him fly off after Beelzebumon. Beelzebumon looked back to the small digimon following him, "Why are you following me?" Culumon tried his hardest to catch up to him, finally getting close enough to reply, "I came to remind you of today, culu!" Beelzebumon smirked as he flew off at his utmost speed, causing Culumon to get sucked into an updrift, as well as a distressed cry of, "Cululu!!" The silhouette of a large group of people became visible as Beelzebumon neared his destination.
He quickly landed, somewhat outside of the group, which consisted of Guilmon, Renamon, Terriermon, Leomon, Cyberdramon, Guardromon, and MarineAngemon. Sitting on a bench across from were their respective Tamers; Matsuda Takao, Makino Ruki, Jenrya Lee, Katou Juri, Akiyama Ryou, Shiota Hirokazu, and Kitagawa Kenta. Culumon, who had apparently gotten out of his situation, flew down and landed on Ruki's lap, letting out a contented, and somewhat relieved "Culu culu!" Ruki smiled down at the digimon and gently patted it on the head. Takato stood up and was about to speak, but before he can, the sky lightened up. Nine beams of red light suddenly shot down and swallowed up the digimon, followed by a bright flash.
The flash temporally blinded the Tamers. When the flash disappeared, they opened their eyes to find their digimon gone. Takato's eyes darted up to the sky, gasping as he saw the silhouette of what appeared to be a digimon. The figure disappeared in the blink of an eye. He quickly checked to make sure he still had his D-Ark, while everyone else was still gazing towards the sky. Jenrya looked to the others, "What just happened?" Juri stood up with a sad look in her eyes, "I just lost Leomon again…" she said softly, as tears welled up in her eyes... Takato, sympathetic, walked over to her, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder, smiling gently, "It will be fine, Katou-san. We will figure out what happened and fix it, right?"
Jenyra once again spoke up, "What if the same thing happened to Shuichon? I think the first thing we should do is find out." Everyone agreed, and Takato looked over to Jenrya, "I think we should try to contact Yamaki first. He could know something about what just happened." Jenrya started to get a little angry, caring more about his little sister, but an idea popped up in his mind. "We should split up, and then meet back here in two hours, okay?" Takato, Juri, Hirokazu, and Kenta head to meet Yamaki, while Jenrya, Ruki, and Ryou headed off to talk to Shuichon.