Izumi Yukari was an ordinary 12 year old girl with Aspergers. She enjoyed watching many kinds of cartoons and reading books. But most of all she loved watching Japanese Anime and reading Manga. One series that she watched a lot of was "Digimon". She had finally gotten around to watching the whole of season three recently, and though she knew that it wasn't all wonderful, as said season had shown, she couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to have a Digimon partner of her own. As she sat in her bedroom, a sudden feeling of weightlessness came over the girl. Izumi gasped as her room seemed to dissolve into a bright light. She wanted to close her eyes, but was unable to do anything but stare as a small device with a long handle and a cord to allow it to hang around her neck floated down to her.
"Izumi Yukari, you have been chosen as a Digidestined," a voice said. "What you do next is unavoidable, but how you do it is up to you. Are you ready to face your destiny?" it asked. The young girl was speechless, but although she had no idea if this was a dream or really happening and she was equal parts excited and terrified, Izumi nodded. "I will if I have to" she replied, reaching out and grabbing the Digivice. As soon as she touched it, the surrounding area returned to normal and she fell a short distance onto her bed. Izumi looked around, wondering what had just happened. Looking down at the device in her hand, she wondered if it really was a Digivice. Turning it around to examine it, the blue-haired girl found that it had a long handle connected to a large body which had several buttons around a screen. On the back of it was what looked like a camera screen like what you would find on the back of a mobile phone.
The main body was a mix of light blue and pink, while the handle was white. Looking back at the screen, Izumi blinked when she saw words appearing on it: "Digidex ready for scanning. Please scan Digimon's information now" "okay, so the model must be called a Digidex, but what does it mean: scan Digimon's information?" she muttered in thought. Suddenly the girl remembered something. Moving over to her craft cupboard, Izumi pulled out her drawing book and turned to the page where she had designed her own Digimon. Holding the lense part over the page, she watched in amazement as her Digidex scanned the page and all the information. Once that was done something else amazing happened. A white and ice blue Digiegg started to materialise in the air in front of her. When it was done the egg dropped like a stone. Izumi gasped and leapt to catch it. Wrapping her arms around the egg, the young girl sighed in relief. Looking down at her Digivice she found the screen to be dark again.
"Okaaay? Well now what do I do?" she asked herself, gripping her Digidex with one hand and cradling her new, unhatched partner in her arms.
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The whole rest of the day was spent caring for the Digiegg and examining her Digivice to see what else it could do. To tell the truth she still hadn't fully taken in what had just happened. She was a Digidestined. How, she had no idea, but she was. Her new partner was going to need a lot of food when they hatched, and she still had to tell her mother about everything. Not to mention fight off whatever evil was after the Digital world now. She sighed, was she supposed to fight this threat by herself? Glancing down at the egg she was slowly rubbing, the young girl smiled. Well, not completely alone at least. As Izumi did her jobs that day, she wondered what her creation would look like as a real Digimon.
And she also thought about if there were supposed to be any other Digidestined like her around. As she was eating dinner, the young woman was trying to come up with ways to tell her mother about her new "destiny". Brushing her short blue hair out of her face Izumi took a deep breath. "Mama, I need to talk to you about something important" she began. "Yes dear?" her mother, Nori Yukari asked, looking up in expectation. The brown-haired woman wondered why her daughter looked so nervous. "Well, you know those Digimon Anime? And how the kids became Digidestined when they received a Digivice and Partner Digimon?" Izumi asked. "Um, yes? Where is all this going Izumi?" Nori asked her daughter. The Blue-haired girl sighed and pulled out her Digivice, "it turns out that's it's more than just an Anime" she said.
And so the girl began to explain to her mother exactly what had happened earlier in the day. She even went and got her Digi-egg from her bedroom as evidence. As the two women sat in the living room, one trying to understand and come to terms with everything she had just been told and the other waiting impatiently for her mothers reaction, Izumi kept unconsciously rubbing the Dig-egg she held in her lap. "It's just- so crazy sounding, like something out of a book or a cartoon- no wait, it is from a cartoon, how can you be a Digidestined! Digimon aren't real!" Nori complained. "But they are, even if we can't see them, Digimon and the Digital World are as real as you or I. I know this is hard to understand, but this is something I need to do Mama. The Digital World is connected to our world. If something happens to the Digital World, it could cause big problems for ours. Not to mention any evil Digimon that might come here to try and take over this world" Izumi replied, trying to convince her mother.
"But-" Nori began, but was unable to put her disbelief into words, so she just shook her head. The young girl knelt in front of her mother, "Mama, listen, I may be a child, but I know when I need to step up- not just one, but two worlds need me, so I will do what I need to when I have to" the Blue-haired girl replied. Nori held her daughter in her arms, "I don't know about all of this dear, but- if this Digital World place is real, and you really need to go- I will try to let you do what you need to Izumi." The woman stroked the young girl's hair, very worried for her daughters safety, but hoping that she would be okay. Nori teared up. She had never paid much attention to those Digimon Anime Izumi watched, but she was sure that this evil wouldn't just let her defeat them. Her baby would be in horrible danger. But she was still determined to do this. She would fight. The woman threw her arms around the younger girl's shoulders, hugging her daughter, "please just, try to be careful, okay Izu-Chan?" she asked.
The blue-haired girl hugged her mother back, as tears gathered in her own eyes. She hadn't admitted it yet, but she was scared. She would have to go to an entirely different world, fight terrifying and overwhelmingly powerful enemies, and she had no idea if she would even have any help aside from her Digimon partner. Izumi was scared. But she knew that if she did nothing, everyone would either die or suffer, including her mother, "I promise I'll try to be" she replied. The young girl wiped her eyes and smiled slightly. Nori replied with a smile of her own and nodded, "okay!" she exclaimed breathily, "let's have dinner now" the mother said.
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As she went to bed later, Izumi's eyes wondered first to the Digi-dex on her bedside table and then to the Digiegg that she had set up earlier. It was placed in a large basket on the floor near her bed, warm blankets underneath and wrapped around it so that when the baby Digimon hatched it would be warm, comfortable and safe. She hoped it would happen soon, she was really looking forward to meeting her partner Digimon. Izumi then turned off the light and closed her eyes.
To Be Continued