Hi! I'm aware the first chapter is short, but I'm super excited to write this! Just to clarify the original 2 teams are the main characters in this one (adventure and adventure 02). But the Tamers and the Legendary Warriors have significant roles in this story also. It takes place 2 years after the aftermath of 02, but in an alternate timeline (invented by me :)). In other words, Tai is 16, Izzy 15, Joe is 19, Kari is 14, and Cody is 11 (making Kari's group one year older except Cody for the sake of the story). Hopefully other chapters will be longer. This should go on for awhile! If you have any comments or questions, I will be happy to discuss my story with you in the comments. Rate and Review! Thanks!
He could hear the soft drumming. Boom Bah-boom Bah-BOOM! The fire danced with sparks of red and yellow light flying off the lustrous flame. He could also see the blur of trees, faded and sighing in the wind. Around him, he saw them dance. He wasn't even sure what they were. They were just dancing. Wildly, euphorically. And they were chanting.
He will come… He will come…
Over time, the rhythm began to increase. Slowly, steadily.
He will come… He will come…
The shadows began to blur together, the dancing was wilder, stranger. It made him dizzy.
He has come… HE HAS COME!
And then, he felt the fire.
Taichi shot up from his bed screaming. His hair was in a massive tangle on his head, and the sweat soaked from his chest and onto the sheets. Breathing heavily, all he could see was the dark. As his eyes adjusted, he could seem the dim outline of his bed frame, the dresser sitting across the room, and his closet door shut with a hand-drawn picture of Agumon on it that he made when he was eleven. He breathed a sigh of relief. He was home.
"Tai! Are you okay?!" Kari burst through the door, looking frightened in her wrinkled pink tank top and white shorts.
"Yeah. I… uh… had the nightmare again."
Kari's fear quickly changed to sympathy as she quietly crept inside his room and shut the door behind her. She sat next to Tai on the edge of the bed. She started gently rubbing circles into his back, looking at him with a deep pain and pity in her eyes.
"You felt them suffer again didn't you?"
Tai leaned into his sister's gentle touch, and quietly began sob.
"It was horrible… The pain. The fear. That deep, cruel anger. Something's wrong there Kari. I can feel it. God… I wish I could go back. I need to see Augumon. And Tentomon. And everyone's smiling faces again. If I could just see… See that everything's okay, maybe it'll all stop, ya know?"
Tai looked up at Kari and saw the concern spread across her normally cheerful and lovely face. But now she looked older and sad, with a faraway look in her eyes.
"Tai… you know that we can't go back. The portal has been shut since… awhile ago. And even if we could… it may not be such a good idea. If it's as bad as you think it is… you can't go back on your own. The team is gone. And I'm not even sure if they'd want to go back. People have moved on. Nothing's the same anymore."
As much as he hated it, Tai knew she was right. It didn't matter how bad the Digital World was, no one could get to it anyway. After the second generation of Digidestined defeated Myotismon, the portal had slammed shut all access to the Digital World. Izzy had tried again and again to find access, but just couldn't. And neither could anyone else for that matter. Shortly after his defeat, the entire world had gained proof that the Digital World was another dimension in the universe. People weren't even sure if multiple dimensions were even real until then. It had sparked a deep, burning desire in millions across the planet to gain access to such a world. Scientists, university students, families, and even drugged up teens wanted to go there. But no matter how hard anyone tried, the gate wouldn't open anymore. There were many myths, online hoaxes about ways to get into the Digital World, and "proof" that only the "select few" could do it, and "evidence" that that it had been done. Izzy, Yolei, Cody, and even Joe had chased every story, every rumor, every lie; that they could possibly dig up. But no avail. Every single one had ended up in false hope and failure.
After about six months of this, Joe had gotten a job offer to move to Hong Kong to work in a top research facility for medical professionals. The opportunity was one of a lifetime, and Joe was honored and humbled to take it. So he did. This first good-bye was sad, and bittersweet. The team had thrown him a special going-away party. There was crying, laughing, and hope for the possibility of Joe's incredibly bright future.
But that was just the beginning. Matt's band, The Teenage Wolves, had gotten the opportunity to go on a world-wide tour two weeks later. Matt had to go, there's no way he could turn down a career-maker like that. So, Sora and Matt broke up so he could leave without a relationship tying him down. Another going-away party was then commenced for Matt. Everyone was there; except for Joe, who was in Hong Kong, and Sora who was wallowing over she and Matt's sudden break-up.
Shortly after, Yolei had transferred to Ken's School for the Gifted after gaining remarkable test scores so she could get into a great university to pursue a career in computer science. No one saw much of her anymore after that. Rumor was she had started dating Ken, and lost touch with almost everyone because she was so engrossed in their relationship. But no one knew for sure, because Ken had quit hanging out with everyone around that time. He had just kinda dropped off the face of the earth, probably because he was dating Yolei. And Izzy suddenly got extremely busy with his studies, once again spending days and hours over his computer and now over school books too. Sora had decided to take some "me time" and began to spend more time with some other girls at school. Now Tai only saw her once in awhile down the hall, with the two exchanging an occasional wave. Mimi apparently had a new boyfriend named Charlie, and began to email less and less, and then not at all. Tai had last heard from her six months ago. Davis had gotten busy maintaining his popularity and spending more and more time on the soccer field. And then, Cody began homeschooling after realizing he didn't care for public school too much.
The only person who seemed to be around still was TK. He and Kari had grown to be best friends, and then began to date about 4 months ago. Tai remembered having a serious Sit-Down with TK to let him know that if he EVER hurt Kari, Tai would kill him. TK had blushed and stuttered, promising not to damage one hair on Tai's sister. Since then, their relationship was the sweetest thing Tai had seen all his life. They never fought, talked deeply with one another, and held hands often. Kari even told him that TK hadn't even kissed her yet, as he insisted that he wanted to "do this right". Tai was definitely okay with that. TK is such a nice kid.
But, as much as he hated to admit it, the team was gone. Everyone had moved on, like the Digital World didn't matter anymore; or was even a part of their lives. Yes, it was sad. But it was life. Tai knew it was no one's fault. It just was what it was.
However, after having that nightmare again, Tai's entire body was screaming that they needed to go back. We need to go back.
Tai looked up from his thoughts, and moved away from his sister's light touches. He gently grabbed both her shoulders, moving her body in line with his. He looked her in her deep brown eyes, studying her.
"Kari. The Digital World is in trouble. Agumon is in trouble. Gatomon is in trouble. Our Digimon, our friends, our family is in trouble. We have to go back. We need to go back. Every bone in my body is screaming this to me. You have to understand."
Kari swallowed and looked her brother deep in the eyes. Tai rarely got serious about anything, and this was the most serious she had ever seen him. Over the last several months, she had noticed the shaking, the heavy sweating, and the staggering breaths he had every time he had that dream. And even how he sometimes wouldn't sleep for days after he did. It had been too many times. Too many times for this to be coincidence.
"Alright. I'll make some phone calls."
