As the eleven year old girl weaved through the crowded train station, she thought about how she ended up doing this. It started with a call she had gotten on the phone after stealing her older sister's, telling her to take the 5:45 train at Shibuya Station. She had gotten to the station late, having got grilled by her mother. She still had to go down to the place where the trains were.
She dashed to the nearest elevator and, in excitement, started bouncing on her heels. Then a boy with a blue and gray bandana and black hair walked through the doors, glanced at her, and leaned against the wall. 'Well he's friendly.' the girl thought to herself.
Not even thirty seconds later another boy came barreling down the walkway. The doors were closing and he dived through, and muttered, "Whew. Made it..." Brown hair peeked from under a green cap with goggles on them.
The girl knelt down and reached her hand out. "You okay? You almost kind of got halved."
The boy took her hand and she helped him up. "Thanks and, yeah, I noticed," he scratched the back of his neck with an aloof grin on his face. "My name's Takuya Kanbara. You?" Takuya asked.
The girl smiled. " Asai Yayako. Nice to meet you!" Asai turned to the boy in a blue jacket. "What about you? What's you name?" she asked. He probably didn't like her pestering but she didn't noticed. After nothing for a few seconds, Asai turned back to Takuya and noticed he had a house phone with him.
"Did you get the message, too?" Takuya asked. The elevator dinged and the doors opened. Bandana Boy was out first and Takuya quickly followed, calling over his shoulder, "Nice meeting you, Asai!" Asai blinked and stood outside the elevator for moment before glancing at a nearby clock that said '5:40'. She blinked and then ran off running.
The trains were all pulling out, so she jumped on one of the remaining ones, a dark blue color. Asai watched as the doors forced themselves shut.
Asai had been on the train for who knows how long, messing with her sister's phone. 'Kumi would kill me if she knew I took this.' Asai tossed the phone beside her and sighed, leaning back. "What am I supposed to do? Did I get on the right train?" Asai thought out loud.
Asai let out a shriek as the train lurched and it got pitch black. She saw a bright light flashing and tried to find the source, it being the phone. Her eyes widened as it got bright again and where the phone had been was a blue and green device. Asai sat back where she had been and examined it.
She turned her head as the door from the front of the train opened. A boy stood there with black hair, wearing a green jacket and a red shirt. He looked surprised to see someone else on the train, but he said, "Hey." anyway.
Asai stood up and stretched, her short brown hair falling loosely. "Hi. I'm Asai Yayako, and you are?" The boy hesitated, then said "Name's Kouichi Kimura. Do you have any idea where this trains going?" Kouichi asked sitting beside her. He looked older than her, a few years maybe? Asai shook her head and looked out the window to see the barren, dark landscape. "Dunno. This place looks really sad."
The train slowed to a stop and the doors opened. Asai looked back into the train and saw Kouichi by the door. "Coming?" Asai nodded and walked over to the older boy.
As soon as the two got off the train, it began to pull out of the strange place. Asai looked around and felt...what? Fear? Probably. The ground had a dark purple-ish look to it and a dark fog hung in the air.
Asai took Kouichi's hand, thankful he was there and someone else was there with her. He looked down at her and gave a small smile. "Hey, it's okay. No one else is here." Asai's grip tightened and she muttered, "We don't know that, Kouichi..." As if to answer, the ground began to shake.
So. Two have come.
Asai stiffened and looked around frantcily for the source of the voice. "Who's there?! Show your self!" Kouichi yelled. The fog thickened and the two could barley see each other, even though there were close together.
You wish to see me? The one with darkness and envy for his brother wants me to show myself?
Kouichi flinched. The voice had struck a nerve. Asai, for all of the fear she had, felt anger welling up inside of her. "You leave Kouichi alone, you mean voice!" she yelled into the shadows.
Oh? The little one has found her voice. You seem to lose it around your sisters. "Don't let it get to you and don't let go of my arm, okay Asai?" Kouichi wispered. "Got it."
The voice kept going. Always the forgotton one, aren't you? The youngest of three, always left out. You resent them, don't you?
"Shut up!" Asai yelled. Yes, she was left out sometimes, sometimes had to walk home from school when no one came to pick her up, but did she hate them? No, never, she loved them even if they forgot her...didn't she?
Yes. You're always the one that doesn't matter. Asai's grip on Kouichi's arm slacked. She didn't know he was being told similar things. "Who are you?! Answer me!" Kouichi shouted into the fog.
My name? I am Cherubimon. Asai looked up and could make out a faint figure.'It looks like a giant rabbit...' she thought. "Where are we?! Why are we here?"
Questions, questions. Perhaps instead of worring about me, you should worry for yourself and the little one. The voice seemed to sigh. Such feeble things, you humans. Perhaps, if you had your Spirits of Water and Darkness... The voice stopped.
"...Kouichi? What..what do we do?" Asai's voice was just above a whisper. Kouichi slowly sat down on his knees, pulling Asai with him. "He's right... I couldn't even have the courage to talk to him...Why would I..." Kouchi's dark hair fell in front of his face and obscured his eyes. "Hey, you said not to let it get to you right? So don't let it, Kou." Asai looked around, trying to find what was doing this to them. All around them, the fog thickened even more. Asai felt the same feeling she had before, a sense of dread. She heard Kouichi gasp in pain and saw a dark cloud around him. Before see could even say anything, her will gave out and fell unconscious.
"Well, the Warrior of Water. Taken down so easily, though she is considered a child in that wretched world." Cherubimon contomplated. He had half of the Warriors now, Water, Earth, Wood, Steel, and Darkness, but that foul Ofanimon had Fire, Wind, Light, Ice and Thunder.
Cherubimon turned his attention back to the one in front of him. Asai, the boy had called her. He scoffed, she wouldn't need to remember that name.
"Water is given many forms here and there, so why not give it one more?" The girl's face contorted in pain, her body taking a blue tinge. Dark fog condensed around her, hiding her from Cherubimon's sight. A scream peirced the silence and the fog dispersed. "Now, then. Time for you to meet Duskmon, Ranamon."
Well that's it for chapter one, if you like drop a review and I'll get the next chapter out fast as I can!
Few notes though, the next chapter or so will be in either Ranamon's or Duskmon's POV. After that... I don't know X3 And before people ask, I have the pairings outlaid already. This is technically a novelization of Frontier, so it will follow the storyline, but with some changes, obviously. Like I said, R&R!