This is the rewritten version of The DigiGuardian.
Chapter One.
Ichijouji Katrina was sat on a bench, leaning her palms on her knees as she breathed heavily, trying to regain her breath. Her facial expression was stormy as she stared at the small device clutched in one fist. She took steady breaths, trying to regain control over her breathing. Katrina had tried every possible way for the last week without being spotted, but now she was screwed. Incredibly screwed.
''Dammit.'' the eleven year old tilted her head back towards the sky and squinted into the sun. ''Why the hell would they kick me out.'' she mumbled under her breath, flicking her ebony black hair over her shoulder. She grimaced wryly, it was greasy. She needed a shower.
The girl unclenched her fist, uncurling her fingers palm upwards and looked at the device with a sunken expression. ''Screw you.'' she muttered, bashing it next to her against the bench. A startled eep escaped from her lips as it suddenly lit up, almost blinding her. She blinked quickly as a voice echoed from the device.
''Ichijouji Katrina, if you want your questions to be answered you must listen. You must take the westbound train from Jiyugaoka. At 6:45 PM, it will leave for the Shibuya Station.''
Just as quick as the woman's voice came, it faded and left Katrina aggravated and startled. She jumped up and looked at the large tower clock ahead of her. She had six minutes until the train left. The dark haired girl grabbed her tatty backpack from the ground next to the bench and pushed herself into a sprint towards the train station.
She yanked her hood up over her head as she ran through the station, the 6 o'clock news had started and it was just a matter of time before her name and photo would be announced on it. Katrina knew off by heart what would be said, and the horrid school photo of her scowling face was appear on screen.
The eleven year old Ichijouji Katrina has been missing for two months and one week now. Her sudden disappearance may have a connection with a series of child kidnapping. If anyone has seen this girl, or know anything about her, they are obligated to report it to the nearest police station as soon as possible. Her foster parents are worried and heartbroken.
That last part was a lie of course. Katrina wasn't an easy child to take care of and she wasn't home much anyway. She was always either outside or shut in her room playing Digimon. Katrina was never really much of a social child. She preferred being on her own and observing from a distance.
''Sorry. Whoops. Excuse me. Coming through.'' Katrina mumbled short apologies as she pushed through the crowd to get a ticket for the train. She bounced on the balls of her feet, keeping an eye on the time as she impatiently waited for the man behind the glass to give her change and the ticket. He was being awfully slow. ''Thanks.'' Katrina grabbed the change and the ticket, shoving the change in her pocket as she ran towards the train.
The conductor blew the whistle, making her heart jolt and urging her to push her legs harder. ''Hey! Hey you! Stop! Keep the stupid doors open!'' Katrina yelled at a boy standing in the door opening. He gave her a short confused look before realising that the doors were about to close and she wanted to get on the train.
He stuck a foot against the door, leaning forwards and reaching out his hand for her to grab. Katrina grabbed his wrist, feeling his hand close around her wrist as he pulled her into the already moving train. They rocketed backwards at the impact of Katrina's body hitting his and he smacked his head off against the wall.
Katrina winced at the sound and gave him an apologetic look. All he did was scowl at her and adjust the bandana that had slipped over his head. ''Sorry.'' Katrina said wryly before standing up and dusting her jeans off. She gave him a quick nod as a thanks before heading to the next compartment. Her eyebrows raised at the sight of the train packed with kids, all with a flashing mobile clutched in their hands.
A boy with goggles on his head was sitting against door, panting heavily and grabbing his head. ''Come on! Give me a break, I'm doing the best I can!'' he exclaimed loudly in frustration. Katrina quickly turned around, the voice connecting with a face and name in her mind. Kanbara Takuya. She used to go to school with him like two years ago
She hurried out of his sight, taking a seat besides an overweight boy in a tracksuit. ''Come on, '' she growled in her small device she pulled out of her hoodie pocket. ''Talk to me. What next?''
''The underground train at the Shibuya Station leaves at 7:00 PM.'' the woman's voice replied smoothly.
Katrina bit at her lip thoughtfully before Takuya suddenly frowned in her direction. ''Hey…'' he stood up, walking towards her slowly. ''Ichijouji-san. Long time no see.'' he grinned, before casting his eyes down to her device. ''But haven't you been-''
Katrina quickly pocketed it before he could take a good look and gave him a cool look. ''If you finish that sentence, I'll break your arm in three different places.'' she warned him before standing up and sliding the compartment door open. ''See ya, loser.''
She almost bumped into a boy with a cap on, briefly glancing at him and mumbling a sorry. He was oddly familiar but Katrina didn't dwell on it, wanting to get as far away from Takuya as possible. She pushed through the next compartment and stopped at the doors when the train started slowing down. Jumping out of the train when it stopped, Katrina glanced around before heading towards the elevator ahead.
She narrowed her eyes as the bandana boy stepped into it, but followed him into it anyway. Both of them shot the other a glare before a small hurricane came rushing through them and leapt through the closing elevator doors. Just before the doors closed, Katrina caught a glimpse of the boy with the cap running past the elevator. The dark haired girl let out a heavy sigh when she paid attention to the hurricane and came to the realization it wasn't just a hurricane. It was Kanbara Takuya.
''Ichijouji-san.'' he grinned sheepishly, rubbing his head. ''Hey. Did you get one of these two?'' he asked the two, flashing his mobile at them. The bandana boy promptly turned his back on them and Katrina rolled her eyes.
''No.'' she replied. Both Takuya and the bandana boy glanced at her surprised. Katrina shrugged, folding her arms and leaning back against the wall. She didn't look at either of the boys, picking at her bottom lip with her teeth.
''Hey, you're the girl on the news.'' the bandana boy suddenly spoke up. Katrina jerked around and glared at him, but before she could open her mouth to reply angrily the elevator suddenly dropped down in high speed.
Katrina gritted her teeth and closed her eyes shut tightly. She felt her stomach turn as the elevator plummeted down to the ground real fast. She felt her feet slightly lifting up in the air and she widened her eyes. Waving her arms around, she clunked someone on their head and grabbed hold of the bar going around the elevator. Her feet touched the ground again and she sighed in relief as the elevator started slowing down and slammed to a stop.
Takuya yelped in surprise as he hit the floor and groaned. ''Man I need to stop landing on my head.'' he moaned and shot a glare at Katrina. He must have been the one she had hit in the head then.
The elevator doors opened and Katrina stumbled out of them feeling slightly dizzy. ''That was even worse than Locomon.'' she grumbled under her breath, blinking before analysing the situation before her. She was in an underground station where all kinds of trains were waiting. To all the kids in the area they would seem normal trains, but Katrina knew each and everyone of them. They weren't normal trains. They were alive. They were called Digimon. Trainmon, Trailmon, Locomon and many others were stationed waiting for people to board them. Kids were swarming around the trains; climbing into them and laughing, crying, teasing and playing.
Katrina's eyes fell on a light blue Trailmon and she just knew that was the right train to take. It would bring her back to where she belonged. ''It's up to you now. Do you wish to board the train, or not?'' the woman's voice sounded crystal clear, coming from Takuya and bandana boy's phones.
Katrina stepped away from them, steadily pacing towards the light blue Trailmon. Takuya saw her leave, immediately rushing after her. ''Hey Ichijouji-san, wait up!'' he called. Katrina ignored him and headed towards the Trainmon. ''Hello? Do you hear me?'' Takuya shouted as she jumped aboard. Katrina turned around to face him as he got on the Trailmon after her.
''Yes, I heard you. Did you hear me?'' she asked him slowly.
''No, I didn't. You didn't say anything.'' Takuya gave her a confused look, not sure where she was heading at.
''Well done. Very smart of you. If only you figured out that normally means people are ignoring you and don't want you with them. So go away!'' Katrina snapped and shoved him out of the Trailmon.
Takuya waved his arms around before landing on his back and hitting his head on the ground. Katrina smirked and closed the doors with a shake of her head. Takuya stuck his tongue out childishly and she rolled her eyes at him through the window.
''Vile child.'' Katrina muttered as she sat down with her back to Takuya. She rubbed her temples and ran her tongue over her chapped lips.
''You're one to talk.'' a voice replied and Katrina opened her eyes to catch the bandana boy taking a seat on the other end of the compartment. He wasn't even looking at her and yet she knew that was on purpose.
''Oh, and what to you mean with that?'' she asked tensing up. He merely glanced at her and continued looking out of the window, watching some older kids shove a small boy in a Locomon. Katrina frowned at the boy and crossed her arms. Trailmon set off and Katrina turned her Digivice around in her hands aimlessly.
She missed being back there so much, she had so many questions and hardly any answers. She belonged with him but yet she wasn't there and it felt so wrong. Katrina closed her eyes, inhaling and exhaling as calm as she could. She frowned as it got even darker behind her eyelids and opened her eyes. The lights had gone out, it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything. Trailmon started to shake violently and Katrina got hurled out of her seat. She gave a surprised yell and then a pained yell as she bashed her head against the back of the seat in front of her.
''Hey!'' she exclaimed as the device in her hoodie pocket lit up brightly and shone a beam of light out of the Trailmon.
''What the-'' the bandana boy started and then shut up as his phone lit up brightly. The lights flickered back on and Katrina scrambled to her feet. She grabbed the seat in front of her and stared at the device in bandana boy's hands.
''You-'' she started and shook her head frowning at it. She clambered over the seat and grabbed the device out of his hands. Katrina turned it over and over in her hands, ignoring his protests and staring at it in confusion.
''This is your D-Tector. Welcome to the Digitalworld.'' the woman's voice spoke up.
''What the hell!'' Katrina yelled at the D-Tector. ''Lady Ophanimon, what is going on!? What the hell is a D-Tector and why hasn't he got a normal Digivice?'' There was no reply and Katrina started shaking it vigorously. ''Give me an answer! I want some answers!'' she shouted desperately. ''Come back and talk!''
The boy grabbed the D-Tector back and gave her a strange look, ''What on earth is wrong with you? This is mine. You have your own!'' he said, taking a seat and examining the D-Tector.
''Mine is different actually.'' Katrina said after a moment of silent. She took it out of her pocket and showed it to him. His was bigger and more oval shaped, navy and white coloured while hers was a small light blue squared shaped Digivice.
''Minamoto Kouji.'' the bandana boy spoke quietly. It took a moment for Katrina to realise he was introducing himself. She stared at him warily for a moment. ''Of course I know who you are, everyone knows who you are. You're all over the news.'' he continued, arching an eyebrow.
''I didn't get kidnapped.'' Katrina found herself saying.
''Obviously.'' Kouji smirked and got up with a shake of his head. Trailmon had started slowing down without her noticing. ''I'll see you around Ichijouji-san.'' Kouji called before getting off the train.
''Find the Spirit and you will find the answers to all your questions.'' Ophanimon's voice echoed through the train station they had stopped in.
''Not good enough,'' Kouji retorted. ''I'm not some lap dog you can just order around, you know. What is this Spirit anyway?'' he asked; gaining no answer. ''Why did you call me into this place?'' Kouji narrowing his eyes at the D-Tector as there was again no answer. ''What do you want from me!?''
As if on cue, a green holographic map beamed out of his D-Tector. Katrina watched from the doors at the train, her brow furrowed in confusion. She never got anything fancy out of her Digivice. She knew that there would be a couple of kids coming back with her, but she didn't quite understand why.
''What is this?'' Kouji asked confused. ''This looks weirder by the minute,'' he frowned and looked up Trailmon who just blew some steamed.
''You said it!'' he answered as he started his engine again and slowly started to continue to drive. Katrina hopped out of the train as he directed his next words at her. ''You're wanted.''
''I'm going already. I'm the one that got kicked out.'' she replied with slight irritation.
''Not by them, by them.'' Trailmon corrected her as if that made complete sense.
''Hey… Hey!'' Katrina yelled at Trailmon, confused and stuck with more questions and even less answers than before.. ''Get back here!''
Trailmon didn't answer and soon he was gone in a cloud of steam.
''Damn Trailmon.'' Katrina muttered, hitching her almost forgotten backpack higher on her back.
''A what?'' Kouji asked her.
''Trailmon.'' Katrina said shortly and watched him start to walk in the opposite direction of the way she planned on going. ''Oh and you're going the wrong way. You're better off to head that way. That's where the dot is on your map.'' she added, pointing forwards and walked off leaving bandana boy staring after her a little in shock.
''How would you know!?'' he called, a slight bit offended that she knew more then him. She just shrugged and soon lost him in the cloud of steam she walked through.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything but Ichijouji Katrina.
Hello guys and I hope you like the rewritten first chapter! I'll be doing all the chapters before I continue the story! Leave a comment what you thought of the chapter and the changes I made. Which are the ages, I will be keeping them the same as original. So they're all 11/12. Because I have a sequel planned! So there will be less romance between Katrina and Kouji, but a definite friendship. All the romance and stronger word choices are being saved for the sequel.