AU: Hello! This is my first fanfic! I hope you all like it :) I'd like to thank SennaNyx for helping me edit!

Takes place 6 years after season 1, and instead of leaving their digimon behind they come with them to the human world. Season 2 never happens. Every so often a digimon makes it into the human world. It's the digidestineds job to stop it. During a particular fight, something happens to Matt's partner and he will need to enter the digital world to get him back. With help from Izzy he finds a way to in. So far their are no pairings, but this will most likely change :)


Matt threw a large duffle bag onto his bed, filling it with a few necessities. The majority contained rations along with a few hygienic items. He looked over to his bass which was placed neatly in its case alongside the wall, which was littered with posters of bands he admired. He sighed, deciding last minute to leave it behind. He zipped up the duffle and flung it over his shoulder. He grabbed a jacket and headed towards the front door. Just as he reached for the door knob the lights turned on and a familiar voice called out his name. Matt turned around to see his brother half awake. He sighed inwardly, having hoped to avoid coming up with any explanations.

"What are you doing? It's late you know." T.K. rubbed the sleepiness out of his eyes and tried to put on a more serious expression.

Matt hesitated for a moment. "Hey. I'm going out ok? I'm meeting with my band to practice".

T.K. narrowed his eyes as he examined his brother. He crossed his arms and gave him a skeptical look. "How are you going to practice without you bass?"

Matt mock smacked his forehead, "Right! I can't believe I almost forgot my bass! What would I do without you!?" Matt went towards his room and grabbed his bass. He really didn't want to take it where he was going, but it was the only way T.K. would even remotely buy his lame story at that point.

Matt jumped as he turned around to see T.K. right behind him.

"Matt…What are you hiding?" T.K. asked, now completely awake.

"Alright, alright" Matt replied making gestures with his hands before clasping them together. "So…I didn't want to tell anyone, but, I'm going on tour with my band, were being sponsored by a big production company! Don't tell anyone T.K. I want it to be a surprise when they see me on the T.V." Matt tried his best to sound genuinely enthusiastic.

T.K. was silent for a while, trying to process what his brother had told him. "Wait, Matt…I thought you were going to leave your band? You literally said, word for word, I'm done wasting my time I need to focus on school instead of chasing a childhood dream." T.K. watched his older brother carefully, as though struggling to decide if he was lying or not.

Matt was internally cursing his brother for being so intuitive - he was never good at lying, especially when it came to T.K. In one last weak attempt Matt replied, "I know, you're right. I did say that, but maybe we do have a chance. I mean we have a sponsor, and we're doing a tour, this could really help get us out there. I decided if things don't work out this time then I really will quit. I can't just let an opportunity like this slide."

T.K. sighed, "I don't think you're telling me the truth, and I think you're hiding something, but I won't stop you." T.K. looked up thoughtfully, "and, I'll accept what you're saying. You've gone through a lot this past month…just make sure to text me. I want to know you're ok, and if you don't I'm going to let everyone know." T.K. stood up straight with his arms still crossed, giving a look of finality.

All the anxiety Matt was holding instantly vanished with his brother's approval. He gave his brother a cocky smirk. "I'll be fine little brother. It's me we're talking about after all." He ruffled T.K.'s hair, to which T.K. responded with an annoyed grumble. Matt turned around to head out the door, and without looking back he said, "I'm glad you're my brother T.K. While I'm gone make sure you take care of everyone for me, they'll be counting on you to take my place." Before T.K. could respond Matt had closed the door behind him and left.

T.K. frowned, feeling sad for his brother. He returned to his room to find Patamon awake sitting on his bed with large curious eyes.

"What happened?" Patamon asked as T.K. took a seat next to his partner.

"Matt's going on a tour with his band," T.K. said, making parentheses with his fingers to emphasize the word.

Patamon's expression reflected his partner. "You think he's lying?"

T.K. cupped his face with his hands. "I think so, but I'm not entirely sure. I know he's still hurt from what happened. He tries too hard to act happy. To be honest I'm not sure what's a lie and what isn't anymore."

Patamon made out the majority of what T.K. had just said, even though it was muffled by his hands. He solemnly replied, "Poor Matt….poor Gabumon."

The next day T.K. got up and went through his daily routine. As he sat down for breakfast with Patamon, he took out his phone to look for any messages from his brother. Instead he found multiple messages from Kari asking if he wanted to train with her and Salamon. Before replying to her he quickly sent a message saying good morning to Matt. He then started his reply to Kari when he heard a beep coming from the hall. "No…." T.K. said, panicking slightly. He quickly dialed Matt's number. In a matter of seconds he heard a familiar ringtone coming from inside brother's room. He opened the door and on Matt's desk was his cell phone vibrating against the wood. T.K. ended the call squeezing his phone in frustration. "Dammit Matt." He cursed under his breath.

He quickly called Kari and told her what was going on. In response, she told him to meet her at her house and said she'd inform the others.

Once everyone was at the Yagami's residence, T.K. told everyone what had happened the previous night. Tai was the first to speak up. "How could you have bought that!? His band split over a week ago T.K. and you just let him leave?!" Tai ruffled his mess of hair in irritation.

Kari spoke up at this point giving her brother a dirty look, "Don't talk to T.K. like that, it's not his fault, he didn't know! Tai, I think you're the only one he told about his band." Tai closed his eyes tightly as he tried to calm down. He mumbled an apology to T.K.

This time Mimi chimed in, "Do you think it's because of Gabumon?" Everyone exchanged looks, all thinking the same thing. It had been weeks since the incident happened, and Matt had taken it very hard. Kari squeezed her digimon into a tight hug, grateful to have her by her side.

"Ahem…" Tentomon spoke up trying to gain everyone's attention. "Um Izumi, I think you should probably tell them what happened." Everyone stared at Izzy, who squirmed a bit under the attention directed towards him.

"What happened Izzy?" Tai asked.

"Ah," he began sheepishly. "I uh, I think I know where Matt is." Izzy pulled out his laptop from his bag and started typing, mainly to calm his nerves as everyone stared at him questioningly. "He's in the digital world." Before Izzy could reply Tai interrupted.

"How? There's no way to get into the digital world from here anymore."

"Not necessarily." Izzy replied. He explained to his fellow digidestined about how he had been working on getting back to the digital world in order to study it. He and his partner had actually gone back a few times now. He pulled out a device that looked like a watch and explained how it works. "It's got the strongest connection to the digital world at the metro." He finished.

"Yes, and Matt is helping Izumi to collect more data. Gabumon and Matt went together last night as planned," Tentomon added.

The other digidestined exchanged looks once again. Izzy was slightly annoyed - he seemed to be the only one out of the loop.

This time Sora spoke up. "Izzy, you do know what happened. He told you right?"

Izzy shook his head. He had been gone for about a month studying overseas in a research program offered by his school. During the time he had little connection to his friends, and when he was able to send messages he had only chatted with Joe and Matt. He did remember Joe mentioning something about a digimon getting into the human world, but that occasionally happened and so he thought nothing of it, since it had been taken care of according to Joe. He had mentioned something about Matt but said nothing more as it wasn't his business, to which Izzy respected. Matt himself had emailed Izzy during that time asking about how his side project on the digital world was going. They had exchange a quite a few emails about it before when Matt had offered to help collect data with Gabumon.

"I really don't see a problem." Izzy spoke, "He should be fine, and we've all been there before, and he has the experience."

"But he doesn't have Gabumon." T.K. answered.

Izzy's eyes widened. When did this happen? What was Matt thinking, going into the digital world alone? From the way everyone was acting, Izzy could piece together what happened. "Matt is searching for Gabumon…which means, Gabumon was destroyed."

Sora nodded, confirming his guess. "This is what happened…"


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