A/N: Glad to see you still read my work. Welcome to my first attempt at a Digimon Data Squad fan fiction, which could end up as a crossover with TDI later on. This will be a retelling of Digimon Data Squad, with the inclusion of an extra OC. Pairings, which there will not be many of, are as follows: Keenan/Kristy, Marcus/Megumi, and then a Miki/Thomas/Nanami love triangle, and maybe some Sampson/Sarah on the side (Sarah being Marcus' mom for those people who never watched Data Squad), as well as OC/Yoshi. Anyhow, that said, on with Chapter the first of Digimon Data Squad-Redux!
Chapter 1-A Chance Encounter
"Crap! What did you say!" Harold Sampson, commander of the Digimon Accidental Tactics Squad, or DATS, roared at his underling, Megumi.
"I said that there's been a Digimon spotted emerging in the real world, Sir!" Megumi replied a bit fearfully.
Sampson swore under his breath.
"Where's Fujieda?" he barked at the other girl present, Miki.
"Yoshino? She's on standby and ready to deploy at any time." Miki replied, a bit more confidently than Megumi had.
"Good. Tell her to go and take care of it!" snapped Sampson, as he spun around on his heel and stormed out of the room.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the city, a young man had just finished beating up a group of punks who had been trying to jump him.
"Man, no challenge at all. Where am I going to find a worthy opponent?" the young man, Marcus Damon, snapped, only to have to jump to the side as a fist collided with the side of his head, which he grabbed, and pulled towards him, as he prepared to use a haymaker punch, only for the person who had been about to punch him to grab his arm, bend it behind his back, and drop him to the ground.
"I believe you were complaining about not having a proper challenge, yes?" the person asked Marcus.
"Maybe I did. What of it?" Marcus replied coldly, only to get a better view of the person, only to realize….it wasn't a person at all, but a dinosaur with red bands on its arms. Marcus assumed a battle ready stance, and faced off against it, and then proceed to face him, only to end the scuffle in a draw.
"Whew, I'll give you this much, whatever you are, you put up a good fight, for a lizard." Marcus remarked to his opponent.
"You too. My name's Agumon." The lizard, Agumon, said to Marcus.
"Nice to meet you, Agumon. I'm Marcus Damon, and I'm aiming to become the best street fighter in all of Japan!" Marcus roared.
"I don't know what a Japan is, but I'm striving to be the best fighter in the Digital World!" Agumon remarked back to Marcus.
"Okay, I guess that means we're friends, as well as rivals then!" Marcus said as he and Agumon exchanged a fist-bump with Agumon.
Meanwhile, as he was doing this, another young man was walking by when he saw what looked like a blue lizard with arms and legs being beat up by a group of strange creatures. Of course, being the honorable person he was, the young man couldn't do much else but help. He turned to the strange creatures and roared,
"Pick on someone your own size, you dishonorable cretins!"
The creatures turned to him, and said,
"Your funeral, human." The biggest of the strange creatures replied, and he and his friends jumped the young man, and despite the fact that the young man possessed innumerable experiences with fights, he was getting the stuffing knocked out of him, until the lizard stepped up and stood next to him.
"I don't know who you are, but let me fight with you so we can beat these fools!" the lizard said.
"Very well then, friend, you can help me. And you are?" the young man asked the creature.
"Call me Veemon." replied the now named Veemon.
"Okay then, Veemon, my name is Josh, and I'm glad to meet you. Now who are these brutes?" Josh asked Veemon.
"The big one is a Monochromon, and the two idiots helping him are Gizamon and Hagurumon, a pair of Rookie Digimon. Gizamon and Hagurumon are harmless, but Monochromon, he is not." Veemon replied. Just then, the now named Monochromon turned to face Veemon.
"Eat this, Veemon! Mono Fireball!" Monochromon roared as he fired a ball of flame at Veemon, who took the hit and was beat up pretty badly. Josh bristled at this, and snapped,
"How dare you? It looks like I'll have to show you what happens when you cross me. Veemon, you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, and ready to help you teach these guys a lesson." Veemon said, as just then a beam of light shined down from the sky, and Josh saw what looked to be a fancy cell phone come out of the beam, only it was silver and aquamarine, and floated into his outstretched hand, causing that hand to glow silver, like the Digivice.
"Ready, Veemon?" Joshua called to Veemon.
"I was born ready!" Veemon said.
As if by instinct, Joshua put the Digivice out in front of him, shouting,
"DNA…CHARGE!", then thrusting it around in a circle, and pushing both hands outwards as he did so. Veemon then started to glow.
"Veemon DIGIVOLVE TO…."
Here Veemon got taller, his chest became more defined, his tail lengthened, and a giant X appeared across his front, and he gained a big horn on his nose.
"EX-VEEMON!" Ex-Veemon cried.
"Now, as for you, Monochromon. Vee Laser!" Ex-Veemon roared as a giant X-shaped laser fired itself from Ex-Veemon's chest, and flew towards Monochromon, who dodged, causing the attack to instead hit Hagurumon and Gizamon, causing them to disentegrate, only for eggs to appear where they used to be. Josh then focused on Ex-Veemon, and commanded,
"Try hitting him again!"
"Got it! Vee-Matrix!" Ex-Veemon cried as a much bigger X laser appeared and this time it struck true, nailing Monochromon square in the face, who barely had time to shout,
"Damn you!", before he was deleted like the other two, and turned to a Digi-Egg.
"Well-done!" Josh said to what was now Veemon, as the VeeMatrix took a lot out of Ex-Veemon.
"Thank you, Josh. I would be honored to be your partner." Veemon said as he bowed to Josh.
"I would be honored to have you as a friend, Veemon. Thanks for helping me." Josh replied and bowed back to Veemon.
Just then, a car pulled up, and from it stepped a girl who was wearing pink and white, but Joshua spotted a device like his own attached to her waist.
The girl then turned to Josh.
"You, there! Did you do this?" the girl asked Josh.
"Yes, ma'am, if by do this you mean defeat a group of punks who were threatening me and my partner, then yes I did this." Josh replied to the girl.
"I see, well you did a good job. My name is Yoshino…."
"Fujeida?" Joshua interrupted, apparently recognizing the last name.
"Yeah, but how do you…..Joshua?" Yoshino said, apparently recognizing Joshua.
"Yep, it's me, well me and my partner anyhow. Veemon, come on out buddy." Joshua said, as he revealed Veemon from behind him, only to have Yoshino eye him suspiciously until she spotted the Device in his hand.
"Hey, that's a Digivice, isn't it?" Yoshi asked Joshua.
"Yep it is. It came to me as I was defending Veemon from a trio of creatures that were bullying him. I believe Veemon called them Monochromon, Hagurumon and Gizamon?" Josh said to Yoshi.
"Really?" Yoshi said to Josh.
Damn, he's sure changed a lot since the last time I saw him. But why does he have a Digimon and Digivice? And better yet, why do I get an unusual feeling around him? Yoshino thought to herself as she felt her stomach do flips and her cheeks warm up. Why am I blushing? Yoshino asked herself as she blushed. Joshua blinked, then looked Yoshino over. Wow, time's really been good to little Yoshi. Now she's all grown up and….really…..cute…..Wait, what? Did I just think that? Josh mentally asked himself, oblivious to his newfound feelings.
"So, you say this is called a Digivice?" Josh asked Yoshino.
"Yes, it is. Come with me, I have to investigate another report of Digimon activity, then we'll go. Digimon, being the creatures you and Veemon fought earlier. Actually, Veemon's a Digimon as well." Yoshino replied. Josh and Yoshino then left in Yoshino's car.
Back with Marcus…
"Crap, Agumon, I didn't know this many Digimon were pissed off at you." Marcus grumbled, having just fought down the fifth straight wave of Rookies alongside Agumon.
" I didn't know either, Boss." Agumon said to Marcus as he looked up and saw a huge chicken-looking Digimon.
"Crap, not Parrotmon!" cried Agumon.
"Parrotmon?" Marcus asked Agumon.
"Parrotmon is a champion-level Digimon who's specialty attacks are Static Destroyer, Parrot Punch, and Beak Bash." Agumon replied.
"Ah, I see. Let me do THIS then!" Marcus said as he threw a punch at Parrotmon, only for his fist to connect, then glow orangish-red.
"Boss, I believe that's called a DNA Charge, which you can use to help me Digivolve!" Agumon said to Marcus.
"Right! But how do I….." Marcus started to say, then trailed off as a device fell into his hand. He knew instinctively what to do at that. He then lifted the device up.
"DNA…..CHARGE!" Marcus said, grunting as he thrusted the device forward.
"Agumon, DIGIVOLVE to…"
Agumon got taller, his head gained three horns, his chest started getting covered with blue stripes, and his hands became thicker.
"GREYMON!" roared the now-Greymon.
"Agumon?" Marcus asked.
"No, I'm Greymon, Agumon's champion form. My Nova Blast, Great Antler, and Grey Claw attacks will destroy my enemies." Greymon answered as he turned to Parrotmon.
"Eat this. NOVA BLAST!" Greymon said as he shot a massive fireball at Parrotmon, who dodged the blast, though his wing got singed from the action.
"My turn. Static Destroyer!" Parrotmon said as he shot a bolt of lightning at Greymon.
"Great Antler!" Greymon said as he head butted Parrotmon, then while Parrotmon was down, roared,
"NOVA BLAST!", and fired a fireball, point-blank, at Parrotmon, who was helpless to do little else but disentegrate and leave an egg in its place. Just then Marcus heard the sounds of sirens, and fearing for the worst, took off running, Agumon following closely behind him, both unaware that this was a move expected of them, as Marcus found himself cut off by a young man who had a Digimon with him.
"Going somewhere?" the young man said.
"Yeah, getting out of here before the cops try to arrest me." Marcus replied, as the young man grinned.
"Trust me, Marcus, you're not in trouble. My friend and I just want to talk to you." the young man said. Marcus was about to snap at the young man when he stopped.
"How do you know my name?" Marcus asked.
"Simple, because I told him about the police file I have on you." answered another voice, this one belonging to a female, who appeared besides the young man.
"Relax, Marcus, we're not here to hurt you, we just want to take you and Agumon in for some questioning. My name is Yoshino, and this is Josh." Yoshino said before pointing to herself then Josh in turn.
"Josh, why do I smell a Digimon?" came a voice from inside of Josh's Digivice.
"Veemon, what do you mean, Digimon?" came a voice, but this one came from Yoshino's Digivice.
Josh and Yoshino face-palmed as one before turning to face Marcus, both muttering,
"Crap." under their breaths at the same time.
"Veemon…."
"Lalamon…."
"REALIZE!" Joshua and Yoshino cried out simultaneously, as Veemon and Lalamon, who resembled a budding flower, appeared from the Digivices.
"Yay, new friends! I'm Agumon!" Agumon said to Veemon and Lalamon, though for a reason he couldn't identify, he found himself blushing around Lalamon, which made Veemon roll his eyes.
"Nice to meet ya, Agumon. I'm Veemon, and the Digimon you were eyeballing is Lalamon." Veemon replied offhandedly.
Lalamon flushed (though it was hard to tell since her skin was already pink), then said,
"Nice to meet you, Agumon."
Joshua smirked at the Digimons' antics, as he'd had a feeling that something along those lines would occur.
"So, Marcus, Josh and I are parts of a secret task force designed to patrol the appearance of Digimon, and seeing that performance, I can tell you'll make a useful asset to the team. So, what do you say? Will you join DATS?" Yoshino asked Marcus.
"I'm not really a team player, but, sure, I'll join your DATS." Marcus replied to Yoshino. With that, he, Josh and Yoshino headed back to DATS, but what Josh and Marcus were expecting was how differently the rest of DATS would see them.
A/N 2: And there's the end of Chapter 1! For those of you wondering, I know some parts are slightly fudged from the first episode, but they had to be in order to accomadate the introduction of my OC. Speaking of whom, he does end up playing an important role in this fic, one that won't be revealed until later on.
Next: Our heroes tackle their first official assignment as DATS agents, Marcus immediately starts butting heads with Yoshino, and Joshua end up having to mediate the fight, only to be the last one standing when a Digimon cripples Agumon and Lalamon, making them unable to Digivolve or fight. Also, the group is introduced to Commander Sampson, who doesn't exactly warm up to Marcus, but his reaction to Joshua is shocking, to say the least? What is his reaction? Keep reading to find out.
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