A bond of trust
An eleven year old girl finds herself in a middle of a battle between two Digimon, and was nearly killed by one of them but was saved by a Digimon. Digimon Tamers, I do not own the characters of this show only the characters that I made up.
Digimon in Kyoto, Gold-Gaomon, front and center!
There is a world that is far more different from our own. Where creatures, with incredible powers, live. The world that I'm talking about is called the digital world. And the creatures which live in that world are monsters that are made of Data from the people that have created them. They're called digital-monsters or Digimon for short. The digital-world is governor by the four sovereigns of the four regions. The digital-world was a place where Digimon live, in a world where it is the strong that survives. Digimon fight with one another so that they could get stronger by absorbing their opponents Data. That was the way of life for the Digimon, but some Digimon look for tamers who would make them stronger. The real world and the digital world are the places that our story begins.
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It was a warm summer day as everyone got ready for the summer festival. Some kids were running around as they chased after each other, but one of the children weren't playing. She was new in town and she was too shy to make any friends of her own.
She was eleven years old with light brown eyes and copper red hair that flowed down past her shoulders. She was wearing a red sweatshirt with black sleeves, Baggy blue jeans and black-white running shoes. The girl's name was Hikari or Kari for short.
Kari and her family had moved to Kyoto when Kari's dad had accepted a new job. Kari's family use to live in Tokyo Shinjuku, where Kari had some friends to call her own. Kari was a girl that mostly kept to herself most of the time, and never bothered people with her problems. Kari was a big Digimon fan and she always liked to challenge someone for fun. Kari had been introduced to the Digimon card game by her friends and became a prow in a few months time. She had once entered the battle card tournament. She nearly made it to the championship but was quickly taken down by one of the best players in town, the Digimon Queen herself. Kari was beaten pretty badly by the Digimon Queen, but she knew that it only meant that she just have to try harder to win next time.
Kari was sitting under a tree as she watched the leaves being blown by the wind. Kari would always look for a quiet place to think and be alone when she's stressed. On that moment Kari heard a ringing sound from her right pocket and quickly pulls out her cell-phone. She always carried her cell-phone around so that she can talk with one of her friends back home.
"Hello?" greeted Kari to the person on the other end of the phone.
"Hey Kari, it's me," answered the person on the other end of the phone.
"Henry!" said Kari with a smile. "Hey, how're you doing?"
"I'm doing good thanks." answered Henry "How about you, you doing okay?"
"Yeah," replied Kari with a nod of her head. "But I really miss you and the others back in Tokyo. Maybe I can come and visit you guys some time."
"That would be great," said Henry. "I look forward to it."
"Okay, I'll see you soon then." Kari said with a smile on her face. "You take care of yourself, okay?"
"I will," answered Henry on the line. "See you soon Kari."
"Bye Henry" said Kari before turning off her cell-phone.
Henry was one of the greatest friends that Kari had ever had. Kari had met Henry when they were little kids. They always hung out with each other through thick and thin. Kari's smiled at the memories of her childhood; it was one of the greatest memories that she had ever kept in her heart.
It was one memory that she wouldn't change for the world. But even though Henry was her friend, Kari really wished for a friend that she could trust with her heart and would help her through her life. Kari knew that Henry was the only one that can help her. But what she didn't know was that she was going to meet someone that would change her life forever.
Digital world
An explosion occurred in the desert as a fight took place within the digital world as two Digimon fought against each other. The two Digimon were facing one another with threatening looks on their faces.
One of them was a blue dragon/serpent with tattered red wings on the sides of its body, a white skull on top of the creatures head with red eyes glowing with rage, and red-yellow frills that struck out from behind its skull head. And on the dragon/serpent's head were to antlers.
"Give it up Dog-boy!" roared the dragon/serpent. "You can't win against me or run away from me. I will have your data no matter what!"
"Stick a sock in it why don't cha!?" questioned a male voice in front of the dragon/serpent. "Listen, I don't have time to waste with you!"
The voice had a calm tone to it as the person spoke. The voice was strong and powerful with a warm touch to it.
"I'm afraid you have no choice, fur-ball!" growled the dragon. "For no matter where you run, I will find you and kill you!"
A glove hand tightens into a fist. "You're really starting to bug me," the voice said in anger. "If you wanna fight that badly,"-blue eyes narrowed-"Then bring it!"
The creatures shot towards each other as they fought. A pink column started to come towards the two fighters. The column came between the two creatures, and instantly sucked them up as they disappeared into it.
Human world
Kari was helping her mother set up their booth for their famous sweet cakes. Kari had set down one of the last boxes before she turned to her parents, who were working on the sweet cakes.
"Mom, Dad!" called Kari from her spot. "Is it okay if I took a walk around the city?"
"Sure Honey," replied her mother, "Just make sure you make it back before the festival, alright?"
"Don't worry, I will!" called Kari as she ran out of booth, and toward the town of Kyoto.
Kari walked down the streets of Kyoto as she took in the sights around her. There were old style Japanese houses with charms hanging down on the roofs. Kari smiled as she walked down the street. The summer festival was going to be great this year.
"It's just too bad that I won't have any of my friends to share it with." Kari voiced as her smile turned into a frown.
Just then a small jolt went through Kari's body. She froze in her steps with a surprise look on her face.
"What was that?" muttered Kari as she held her forehead in her left hand with her eyes closed.
What Kari didn't know was that a thick layer of fog started to form around her.
Tokyo Shinjuku
A girl was leaning against a wall of a building as she listened to her music from the headphones on her head while her eyes were closed. She was wearing a white and blue short sleeve shirt with a dark blue broken heart on the front, blue jeans with belts encircling her right lower leg and red-white blue sneakers. The girl's hair was a fiery red that was tied up into a spiked ponytail and her eyes were a beautiful violet color.
On the girl's belt was a white device with a blue rim around the screen. The device had three smooth edges with a slot on the right side of it. The screen on the device started flashing red as the girl's violet eyes shot opened.
"A Digimon has appeared," muttered the girl in a silent voice.
The girl's device wasn't the only one going off. Two other kids were also getting the same signal as well. But there were other people who were getting the signal of the Digimon as well.
Kyoto
Kari slowly opened her eyes and saw that she was in a thick blanket of fog. But the strange thing about this fog was that it was light pink and it was bright inside instead of cloudy and hazy.
"W-where am I?" muttered Kari as she looked at her surroundings.
Kari soon heard a hissing sound behind her. She quickly turned around and saw a serpent/dragon glaring down at her. Kari was frozen with fear as her brown eyes stared into raging red eyes. It was like she was looking straight into the eyes of death itself. The dragon/serpent suddenly shot forward with its jaws wide open. Kari closed her eyes as she awaited her doom.
"ROLLING UPPER!" a voice shouted from behind Kari.
A golden blur suddenly appeared from out of nowhere and slammed into the side of the dragon/serpent's head. The blur landed on the ground in front of Kari as it stood in front of the dragon/serpent. Kari slowly opened her eyes as saw a three foot tall dog standing in front of her. The dog was standing on its hind legs that no normal dog would do.
The dog's fur was a golden-brown with white on the tip of its tail, paw/feet, stomach and muzzle. A tuff of white fur lay on the dog's chest. The dog turned to Kari, and Kari saw that the dog was wearing blue and black boxing gloves on its front paws with black straps on its wrists. A blue bandana was wrapped around the dog's head with the headband covering a white star behind it. Three black claws were produced on the dog's two feet, and the dog's eyes were a deep crystal blue like the rivers that flow throughout the world.
"Are you alright Miss?" asked the dog in a powerful voice.
Kari was a little stunned when she heard the dog talk, but quickly nodded her head 'yes' to answer.
'That…dog just talked…like a…human,' stammered Kari inside her head.
Kari was quickly jolted from her thoughts when the dragon/serpent let out a roar of rage. The dog quickly turned back to face the dragon with his boxing gloves up in front of him before speaking to Kari again.
"You better find a safe place to hide Miss; this could get dangerous."
"O-okay," said Kari quietly before running a safe distance away before turning back to look at the battle taking place before her.
That dragon/serpent looked familiar to Kari as she started to search in her pockets for her deck of cards. she quickly pulled out the card that she was looking for. Kari looked at the card for a moment before looking up at the dragon/serpent again.
"No…way," whispered Kari with amazement. "That's a…Airdramon."
"So...you made it to the human world after all," stated the Airdramon with a growl. "I was so hoping that you have been deleted in that data stream, Gaomon."
"Gaomon?" muttered Kari in a quiet voice.
"I'm hard to kill," the golden dog Digimon, Gaomon, said. "You of all Digimon should know that by now."
"You should know by now that you and your brother are an abomination to our kind." Airdramon growled as he glared down at the Digimon before him. "Once we Digimon destroy the both of you then our lives will be back to the way it should be."
"The way it should be?" scoffed Gaomon. "Don't make me laugh. Your world will always be the same no matter how many Digimon you destroy! My brother and I might be different, but we're still Digimon. Also, my brother and I don't fight Digimon that are stronger or weaker; we train to defend ourselves from Digimon who try to destroy us!"
"That's why you are an abomination!" roared Airdramon. "And that's why I'll end your life right here, WIND CUTTER!"
Airdramon trusted his wings forward and two blades of wind were shot towards the dog Digimon, but Gaomon quickly dodged out of the way. Kari was amazed at the sheer speed of the new Digimon that was battling Airdramon.
"He's fast," voice Kari.
Gaomon jumped up from off the ground and started to spin around like a tornado.
"BACKHAND PUNCH!" shouted Gaomon as he slammed into Airdramon.
Airdramon let out a roar of pain before slamming his tail into Gaomon. Gaomon landed on the ground with a hard thud.
"Gaomon-san!" shouted Kari from the sidelines.
Gaomon slowly stood up from the ground and got into his fighting stance again.
"You're the most stubborn Digimon I have ever met!" exclaimed Airdramon in anger.
"Takes one to know one!" growled Gaomon under her breath.
"Well that won't last for long," hissed Airdramon as he turned his gaze on Kari. "Once I'm finished with you I'll start sinking my fangs into that delicious looking human over there."
Kari gasped in fright as she saw the dragon's eyes turn on her.
"Leave her out of this!" shouted Gaomon before jumping up at Airdramon again, "GAO-RUSH!"
Gaomon started punching Airdramon at a blinding speed with his arms becoming a blur. Kari was impressed by the sheer speed that Gaomon was punching his enemy. Kari had watched a little bit of boxing when she was younger, and no boxer on earth could ever do rapid punches like the one she was witnessing right now. Airdramon was getting pummeled to a pulp by Gaomon's fists of fury. Gaomon leapt away from Airdramon with a glare.
"WILD BARK!" shouted Gaomon once again as he opened his jaws and loud shock wave shot out of his mouth. They hit their mark on Airdramon's chest.
Airdramon let out a roar of pain once more and disappeared into red particles. Gaomon had closed his eyes as he was lifted seven inches off the ground with blue particles flowing into his body. Kari was in a daze as she watched Gaomon, but was quickly knocked out of her thoughts as she noticed the fog lifting around the area. Gaomon drops to the ground before looking over at Kari with her looking back at him.
Their eyes met with one another as they stood five feet away from each other. Kari slowly started to move her feet as she walked over to the golden furred Digimon. Gaomon didn't move when Kari came up to him. Kari was now standing in front of Gaomon and silence came between the two of them as they stared into each others souls. After what seemed like an hour Gaomon was the first to speak.
"Are you alright Miss?" he asked as he looked up at Kari with a concern showing on his face.
"Yeah, I'm okay, thanks to you," answered Kari. "But...well...who and what are you?"
"My name is Gaomon," he answered. "And I'm a Digimon, but some Digimon call my brother and me an abomination to their world."
"Is your brother like you?" asked Kari again with a curious look on her face.
"Kind of, but he has blue fur instead of gold." Gaomon answered, "But I have a question for you as well, who are you?"
"Oh, sorry, my name is Hikari or Kari for short." She answered as she rubbed the back of her neck in embarrassment.
"Are you human?" asked Gaomon again.
Kari nodded her head 'yes' to Gaomon's question.
"If you're a human, then this must be the human world." Gaomon muttered as he went into thought.
Kari looked down at the dog-Digimon before gulping down her nervousness.
"Um…" Kari started as she got Gaomon's attention. "Not to sound rude or anything but…are you really real?"
"Yes I am, why?" questioned Gaomon with his left eyebrow raised.
"Well…um," stammered Kari before raising her hand up to Gaomon's head but stopped for a moment. "Do you mind if I touch you?"
Gaomon shook his head 'no' before Kari placed her right hand on his head. Gaomon blushed under his golden fur as he felt Kari's touch on his head. Kari now knew that she was not dreaming. This was really a real Digimon in front of her.
"Your fur is so soft," complemented Kari as she pulled her hand away from Gaomon's head.
"T-thank you Ms. Hikari," said Gaomon with a smile.
"You don't have to call me Miss, I'm not that old!" laughed Kari with a smile. "You can just call me Hikari or Kari."
"Kari," Gaomon said as he tested out the girl's name, "That's a nice name."
It was Kari's turn to blush when Gaomon complemented her. Just then a ball of light suddenly appeared in front of Kari and Gaomon. Kari slowly lifted her hands up in front of her. The ball of light came to rest in Kari's hands while it slowly dims to showed its form. It was a small device that had three smooth edges. The outside of the device was a bright gold, with a blue ring around the screen and a blue strap that was attached to the top of the device with a black clip-on attached to the strap.
"What is this thing?" asked Kari.
"That's a…Digivice!" exclaimed Gaomon with wide eyes.
"A Digivice?" echoed Kari with a confused look on her face.
Kari had never watched the Digimon TV show; she had only knew about the card game by her friends. If she had watched the TV show then she would have known what a Digivice was.
Kari's house
Kari's house was an old Japanese Mansion with a small pond at the back. A small bridge was arched over the pond as it lead to a small stone bench that rested underneath a cherry blossom tree. Kari was sitting on the wooden porch as Gaomon explained to her about what Digivice was.
"So as Digivice helps you Digivolved to the next level so that you can become stronger, right?" asked Kari as she made sure that she got the details right.
"That's the idea," answered Gaomon with a nod of his head as he sat beside Kari on the porch. "But…I'm not totally into the idea of being partnered with a human."
"If you don't want to be partners then how about just being friends?" asked Kari with a smile.
"Friends?" questioned Gaomon with a confused look on his face.
"Yeah, friends," repeated Kari. "When two or three people meet they start hanging out with one another. If the people really like each other then they become best friends."
"I see," hummed Gaomon in thought. "Does that mean that you have friends too?"
"Yeah, I have some." Kari answered with a sad smile. "But they mostly live in Tokyo Shinjuku. My family and I had moved here when my dad got a new job. My dad is a computer expert and he always knows how to make a strong firewall in the systems."
"So you don't have any friends in Kyoto, huh?" questioned Gaomon with a frown.
Kari shook her head 'no' before looking down at the ground. Gaomon looked at the human girl for a moment then smiled.
'Well she's a lot nicer then the other Digimon back in the Digital-World.' "I…guess that being friends with you wouldn't be so bad," voiced Gaomon as he looked down at the ground.
Kari looked at Gaomon with a surprised look on her face, but soon smiled at the Digimon.
"Gaomon…thank you," she said softly.
Gaomon looked up at Kari with a smile of his own.
Festival grounds
Gaomon was standing in a clearing that had a ledge which over looking the festival grounds. It was night and a full moon hung high within the sky as Gaomon waited for Kari to come. Kari had invited Gaomon to come with her to the festival and watch the fireworks with her. Gaomon had never heard or seen fireworks before so he was curious on what they looked like.
"Gaomon!" he then heard his name being called.
he turned to look behind him and saw Kari running up to him.
Kari was wearing her light blue yukata, a summer style kimono. Kari's yukata had dark blue flowers patterns on it with a red sash tied around her waist. In her hair was a flower hairclip and on her feet were red flip-flops. Gaomon had to admit that Kari looked really nice in her kimono. In Kari's arms was a brown paper-bag.
"Sorry for making you wait." Kari apologized as she slowed to a walk as she came up to Gaomon.
"That's okay" said Gaomon with a smile. "So…what's in that bag that you're holding in your arms?"
"Sweet cakes," answered Kari as she opened the bag. "My mom made these for the festival and their really good."
Kari so pulled out a white round ball with a tint of red on the top.
"Here," said Kari as she offered Gaomon the pastry.
Gaomon took the sweet cake from Kari's hands and gave a curious sniff. He looked up to see that Kari had pulled out another sweet cake and had taken a small bit out of it. Gaomon was hesitant for a moment; he slowly bit into the pastry and began to chew. Gaomon had a surprise look on his face, but it soon turned into a smile as he tasted the sweet flavor within his mouth.
"How is it?" asked Kari as she looked at Gaomon with a smile.
Gaomon swallowed before answering Kari. "It's good, really good. I've never tasted anything like it."
"Told you," laughed Kari as her smile grew bigger on her face.
Just then the two of them suddenly heard an explosion and they looked to see a bright flash within the sky. The flash was a bright blue with a tint of red in it.
"What's that Kari?" asked Gaomon with a confused look on his face.
"The fireworks are starting," answered Kari as she sat down on the grassy ground. "Fireworks are used to celebrate special occasions, like the summer festival for example."
Another firework went up into the sky and exploded into a fiery red. More fireworks came in a flurry of rainbow colors. Gaomon was amazed by all of the colors lighting up the midnight sky at once then looked over at Kari with a smile. Kari looked at Gaomon with a smile of her own. When she first came here to Kyoto she thought that she would never find a friend here. But when she met up with Gaomon she suddenly felt like a connection had formed between them when they set their eyes on one another.
Kari was going to learn how great their connection with each other will be as they go through an adventure that will test their trust and friendship between each other.
To be continued