'I don't understand what the big deal is!' Takato thought as he walked through the hall ways of Shinjuku middle school with the strange sensation that something was watching him. Well that was a no brainier! Everyone in the entire school was watching him! It wasn't just him thought either. His friend, Henry, was also being watched, and he was almost positive that his other friend Rika, who went to a different school, was also being watched. They just couldn't understand why. 'I mean, I know we saved the world from a giant killer red blob from destroying all of man kind as we know it, but hey, they would have done the same thing if it were them, right?'
Takato slapped his fore head at what he'd just thought. Of course they wouldn't! This is only a natural reaction to what they had done. They almost couldn't do the job for crying out loud! Takato looked over his shoulder looking at his crush, Jeri. He could tell this was making her feel uncomfortable, but he could also tell that she understood that this reaction was only natural. 'If I weren't one of the few people a part of this adventure, I'm sure I'd be staring at whoever did, too.' he told himself.
It had been a couple of months since their Digimon had returned to them, and despite things turning back to what you would call, 'normal,' people still couldn't get over what happened. He didn't need to hide Guilmon much anymore because his parents already knew about him, but the red Digimon started making these weird, low growls as if something was wrong. However, Guilmon never seemed to run off in any direction, so Takato didn't think anything of it.
His thoughts were interrupted as a young boy ran up to him and skidded to a halt trying to catch his breath. This boy's hair was disheveled on both sides, and on top of that hair was a pair of black, square goggles. He was apart of the soccer team, so he wore a blue soccer jersey with a white collared t-shirt underneath. He wore a pair of green khaki pants, and red sneakers. On his right arm he saw a white armband, while there was a blue one on his right arm. His name is Shaun.
Takato knew this kid as a soccer prodigy, but he also knew that he was pretty partial to Digimon, too, especially after what happened with the D-reaper. Takato turned toward the soccer prodigy with a smile saying, "Hey Shaun! How was soccer practice today?" Shaun was shocked at the sudden greet from Takato. He seemed pretty occupied by what he was doing. "Oh, hey Takato! Sorry, I didn't see you there!" he said this regaining his calm collective attitude. "Soccer practice was good, nothing too exciting happened."
Takato chuckled. "But what did happen?" Takato asked with more emphasis. Shaun smiled back. "Oh, of course!" he replied in a cool manor. "You know, the usual. I play a little soccer, people seem to be impressed by my skill, same ole, same ole." Takato nodded at this. Shaun had just recently been introduced to Guilmon and the other Digimon a day ago, and man was he excited! He found Guilmon the most interesting because he found dinosaurs fascinating, but he thought the other Digimon were great too! He wanted to get Guilmon used to more and more people just in case the red Digimon ever came across these people while he was gone.
"Hey Shaun, wanna go check up on Guilmon today?" Takato asked. Shaun sadly smiled at the offer, but sadly replied, "I'm sorry, but I can't today. Maybe another time, alright? I've got a lot of home work I need to do today, and there's just no way I could get around it. Maybe another time, alright?" Takato nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I understand. One of those days where your teacher gives you a butt load of home work just for the heck of it. It's disgusting!" Shaun laughed. "Yeah, it's like the only reason home work exists is to keep us away from the things we like!" The two of them laughed knowing that everything that was just said were 100% not true.
Shaun raised his right hand up and waved at Takato as he started heading for the exit. "Well, see you on Monday, Takato!" Shaun called out as Takato waved back as he gathered the rest of the school supplies he needed that night and went toward the club house where Guilmon was hiding. When he reached the entrance, he heard a low growling noise that sounded familiar to him. H then realized that the growl came from Guilmon. 'Oh no, not again!' Takato thought as he ran towards the hut-like house.
The growl became more and more violent by the second until Takato was by Guilmon's side doing everything in his power to calm the kindhearted Digimon down. Guilmon's growls became calm breaths as he regained his composure. "What's wrong boy?" Takato asked his best friend. Guilmon's expression was one of worry. "I don't know," he started. "I feel as though something's wrong, but I don't know what!" The more Takato looked at Guilmon's behavior, the more he wanted to know why. Even though he didn't know exactly what was causing it, he knew one thing.
Something was coming. And whatever it was, Guilmon could sense it. If he can sense it and come to the conclusion that it's bad, then maybe this won't have the same out come as the D-reaper did. Maybe this threat is worse.
'I've gotta talk to Henry, Rika, and the others about this! We have to be on our guard!'
Meanwhile, Shaun was walking home from school as he casually waved to his neighbors as he walked past them. People often marveled at how relaxed Shaun was, even his family. He couldn't fathom why himself, actually. He did have problems just like any other normal 12 year old boy would. It's just that he took it way better than most kids his age. If you could find anyone who could put a good mood in any situation, Shaun would be your guy.
His thoughts were interrupted by a loud explosion as he turned to see a light fall from the sky that seemed to be heading straight for the direction his house was in. He looked around, but found that the explosion seemed to have gone unnoticed by everyone else in town. He stared back at the direction of his house frantically, and shot towards his house like a bullet. 'Please be there! Please be there! Please be there!' he thought in panic.
Fortunately, the house was still in one piece, but there was this strange aura that seemed to surround a crater in his back yard. 'Talk about a plot hole...' he thought plainly. (I know that was a one-liner, but this is a Digimon story! There had to be at least one!) 'I wonder what could have caused this to happen?' The smoke that had been concealing whatever it was that caused the crater started to disperse. As such, Shaun braved the unknown and approached the strange matter from outer space, but when he looked into the hole, he only saw what looked like an egg. But there's no way an egg could have survived a fall like that! Maybe it was a meteorite or something like that. But then again, if it were a meteorite, wouldn't it be way smaller than that thing?
Shaun cautiously crept even closer to the mysterious item despite his better judgment, and managed to have a better look at it. The meteorite was definitely egg-shaped, but not any egg he's ever seen before. It was a dark purple color with a white blotch on top, and it was about the size of a big rock just small enough for him to carry without too much difficulty. Either that or the space rock was much lighter, either way once again he betrayed his better judgment and grabbed the said item. Apparently his better judgment wasn't very accurate. Seeing as he didn't melt, Shaun concluded that the rock was safe enough, and proceeded to bring it inside his house.
Once he entered the house he ran straight to his room and noticed that his sisters were watching a movie in the living room. So he placed the space rock on his soft pillow and walked over to where his sisters were. "Did you even notice what just happened?" he asked in disbelief. Sylvia, his older sister, replied with a cool statement of "Nope. Why?" Shaun rolled his eyes and approached his sisters in disgust. I this just proved that if anyone were more seemingly unaware of dangers around them than Shaun was, it would be both his sisters, but his older sister in particular. It didn't usually bother him, but he noticed this huge explosion and he wasn't even at the same block as his house. They were inside the house, and they didn't even notice?
"You know what? Come on! I've got something to show you outside." he said as he grabbed the two girls by the arm and dragged them to the back yard. "Hey! We were in the middle of watching High School Musical 3!" Sarah whined. "Yeah, well you watch that every day, and you have to admit that it's getting pretty annoying!" He opened the door and pointed at the crater and yelled, "See?!" The two sisters gazed in all directions, but Sylvia replied, "I don't get it. What are we supposed to see?"
Shaun was shocked at how unaware they were, and gazed back at the crater to find that it was still there. "What are you talking about?!" He scolded pointing at the area. "It's right there! Can't you see it?!" Sylvia looked at Shaun with a worried expression on her face. "Are you feeling alright, Shaun?" she asked. "Is the amount of homework that Teacher Mitsuki gave you making you paranoid again?" Shaun's jaw hung open when his sisters were walking away while he was looking at them and pointing back at the crater. He sighed in defeat and slowly sulked back to his room, but then remembered the rock that he'd found at the crater. He rushed into his room and quietly gasped when he saw that the rock was gone.
He gazed around his room frantically, but found nothing until he heard some giggling. "Okay Shaun, Sarah and I are going out for a little bit! Make sure you don't break anything, and please don't hurt yourself with your paranoia, okay?" Sarah said as she shut the door without giving Shaun a chance to reply. Typical Sylvia. He continued hearing the giggling when he saw something small and furry underneath his bed. He noticed it was twitching, so he decided to crawl by the bed to have a closer look. When he did so, he suddenly met the gazed of a pair of large black and yellow eyes.
He gasped and crawled backwards which caused the smaller creature to panic and go deeper under the bed. This caught the boy's attention as he slowly approached the frightened Digimon once again. The small creature growled at the boy's steady approach, but then soon calmed down when the goggle-head (as Rika calls the Digimon characters who wear goggles) said, "Don't worry little guy, I'm not gonna hurt you." This caused the creature to calm down, but not to move from its spot. The boy patiently waited for the courage of the ball shaped creature to rise, and, to his surprise, it didn't take very long to do at all.
As the creature slowly approached, the boy started making out details on the small figure. Like described before, it was a small and round creature with pointy ears. It was oddly furry, and had a white muzzle with a large mouth made up of several zigzag lines. Its eyes looked a bit angry at the moment, but it did seem like it had the potential of being cute.
When the small fuzzy creature was satisfied that the boy wasn't there to hurt it, the creature proceeded to explore the area around him. The reason was a mystery to Shaun, but perhaps the small creature was looking for something to eat. But he didn't even know what this thing was, much less what it eats. He placed a hand under his chin, and a hand under his elbow pondering. He then shrugged casually as he calmly walked towards the kitchen to check what they had stashed in the fridge.
He opened the white door to find that there were plenty of things that he thought were good, but he couldn't tell if they were good for the little guy or not. He grabbed a bag of baby carrots, a carton of eggs, and a bowl of grapes. If these didn't work, then he'd try something else. He went back to his room with his stash of goodies and placed them on the desk next to his bed, sat on the bed, and motioned for the creature to sit on his bed. The creature obeyed without question, which actually shocked the boy for a few seconds, and the boy started by handing the little baby a carrot. The creature sniffed it and took a bite, but then made a disgusted face and promptly spit it out. Well, he definitely didn't like carrots. Next, he tried an egg, which the creature actually liked a lot. Then he grabbed a grape and handed it to the small creature, but it ended the same as the carrot had.
This was perplexing to the boy. Almost everyone he knew loved carrots and grapes, and he certainly didn't know a single person who didn't like both, much less someone who liked raw eggs. He noticed the creature hopping impatiently, so he gave it another egg, grabbed the carrots and grapes, and went back to the fridge. Once he opened the fridge, he put the fruits and vegetables back in their rightful place, and grabbed a bag of beef jerky, an apple, and a bag of sliced ham.
When he entered his room with his groceries, he was shocked to find that the creature wasn't in a shape of a ball anymore. It now had for legs, and his front legs were now playing with his card scanner. It still looked the same, oddly enough, except now it had four legs with white tips on its feet, and a purple tail. The boy was a bit frustrated at the creature for messing with his card scanner, so he marched over there and tried to pull the device out of the creature's mouth. "Let go of my card scanner, you little space alien!" The creature was growling at first, but then stopped and let go of the scanner as soon as it recognized who the boy was.
The boy looked at the creature with a confused look on his face, but then continued on allowing the creature to try the new items that he brought. He started with the beef jerky, which he liked, but not as much as the egg. Then, he gave the creature the apple, but the creature seemed to hate it even more than the carrots and grapes. Finally he gave the creature a slice of ham, which he liked more than the jerky, but less than the egg. 'Hmm, it appears to only like protein items like meat.' The small creature hopped and opened his mouth making a sound that he could have sworn was a, "Thank you!" He blinked and stared at the creature and cautiously asked, "Um... I'm sorry, but did I just hear you talk?"
The creature hopped and squealed with a giant smile on its face. "My name's Dorimon!" Shaun gasped before he noticed that his card scanner started to glow, and it transformed into what he knew was a purple Digivice. 'Wait... what am I doing with a Digivice?' he asked himself as he turned to Dorimon. 'Unless...' "Are you..?" he asked, but was then interrupted. "A Digimon? Yes I am! And I don't know why, but I believe that you and I are meant to be partners!" Shaun could only stare at the purple Digimon after he (At this point Shaun just assumed it was a boy.) had explained everything to him. Dorimon could only giggle at Shaun's reaction as he said, "It's okay! You don't have to introduce yourself! Your name is Shaun!"
Shaun was surprised once again from the knowledge that this creature had somehow obtained. "How do you know my name..?" the boy asked at almost being at a loss for words. Dorimon tilted his head in confusion as he answered that question with a question of his own. "What do you mean, Shaun? Didn't you know who I was before I introduced myself?" Shaun, for once in his life, was struggling to keep a hold of himself as he tried to comprehend everything that was being said. It wasn't as if he was taking this negatively or anything, it was just all so much to take in at once. He actually had his own Digimon partner! This was awesome!
He ignored what he knew about previous Digmon Tamer and Digi-Destined and so forth, and focused what he had right then. Dorimon knew his name, and they were supposed to be partners for whatever reason he couldn't tell. However, this was a once in a lifetime opportunity that he wasn't anywhere near passing up. He looked down at the purple creature, and then turned to his alarm clock and gasped at the time. 5:20! "Aw man! I still have loads of homework to do!" He grabbed the carton of eggs and placed it in front of the young Digimon making him promise to stay put as the boy ran out of his room and grabbed his back pack and flipped through the supplies rushing through the work as fast as he could. To his surprise, he was done at 6:30, and his family still wasn't home.
He then went to check on his room, and found that the room hadn't been destroyed! If anything, it was cleaned up. He scanned around the room and saw Dorimon sucking up dirt and debris from all over the room. Shaun had only entered to seen the final touches being done. He placed both hands on his hips and faced his new friend with an impressed expression. He patted Dorimon on the head and gratefully said, "Thanks Dorimon! My room looks awesome!" The young Digimon blushed in embarrassment when the two of them heard someone knocking on the door. Shaun ran to the the door and shouted, "Who is it?"
"Please help me!" was the response. Shaun gasped. He knew that voice! He opened the door to reveal a shy looking girl who looked rather desperate right now. She had long light brown, almost blonde hair that was tied in pigtails. She had dark brown eyes with light tan skin. She wore her school uniform which was a light tan shirt over a white short-sleeved shirt. She wore a red plaid skirt and dark brown panty hoes that reach up to her thighs as well as black dress shoes. "Jikan, what happened?" Shaun asked in concern followed by Dorimon jumping on his shoulder with concern. Jikan stared at the two with a concerned expression of her own before saying, "Don't be alarmed at what I'm about to say, but I found a Digimon and it's dying!"