Okay, thanks for reading my first story in a long time! I don't mind any criticisms especially on my grammar, spelling and all that jazz. I do know that my writing can be terrible so please bear with me!

I've always been a fan of Digimon ever since I was a kid to this day and I have watched all the series. I had this idea in my head for a long while now ever since I was a fan of Digimon. This is an AU with all original characters. Enjoy!

(Warning! I will probably update irregularly due to busy school life and extracurricular activities)

Also, this prologue is gonna be a long one! Introducing all the initial characters and whatnot.

I'll also answer any questions you may have in the next chapters and so on. So, you'll remain confused until the next update. And once again, enjoy! \(^.^)/

Italicized= character thoughts when not with or in quotations

Prologue: Redigitize

Sapporo, Japan

Seiko Sasaki

A girl with light blue hair wrapped up with fish hairbands in two, low ponytails walked in the streets of Sapporo Factory in the busy crowd. Her hair bounced as she passed by the huge billboard sign stating the weather as a warm, sunny day. Checking her watch, it was 10:00 AM in the morning. As she pulled on the collar of her white polo she yawned and stretched her arms. She noticed a small kid alone staring at the crowd of bustling people. As she looked back, he noticed and quickly faced the other direction, startled. Well, it wasn't her business anyway, and there were things to do.

With one hour to spare, the girl wandered around the town enjoying the sights she saw. The bustling crowd squished her as she tried to strolled down the lane with all the ads in the mall circling around her. In thirty minutes and fifty-five seconds she had to get back to practice the piano and cram school for entrance exams. Additionally, she had to manage her studies The list of more to come filled her head, keeping her in her thoughts. Then the walk back should take her fifteen minutes, half the time if she ran, but a bit more if she lightly jogged. And after that- the girl crashed into someone and they both fell. When she looked up, it was a another boy, taller than her.

"Ow." the boy mumbled in pain.

"Oh, I am sorry. Here, let me assist you." The girl offered her hand towards the boy.

"Thanks a bunch fish girl." and he quickly left as he had appeared leaving his sketchbook behind.

The girl spotted it and kneeled down for a closer inspection. It seemed as if he completely forgot its existence. It was a bit battered and the pages were already starting to fall apart. As she picked up the sketchbook, she had to cram some pages inside. The girl stayed for a bit, but he never returned to reclaim it.

With only fifteen minutes and forty-four seconds left to spare, she decided to look into the sketchbook for his name. Instead, she found none, but beautiful pictures of a girl around their age and landscapes both imaginative and real. She began to admire the artwork, staring at the sketches for a while. Snapping out of her trance, she went to take the book to the lost and found. There, she met the same kid from earlier but he was being questioned by the security guard nearby. He couldn't escape due to the strength of the man grasping his arm. Had his parents not arrived yet? The disturbance was attracting attention, so Seiko Sasaki walked up to the guard and simply stated,

"The boy is my brother. Please unhand him."

Kiyoshi Suzuki

"Young boy, where is your caretaker?"

"Uh oh", the boy thought, "trouble." He had been observing people around an hour ago. Some were alone like him, and some had beaming smiles with their hands together. It was interesting to see how much people looked lonely and forlorn yet all the happy faces next to them couldn't cheer them up. Well, he probably counted in the former category. Sighing at his own hypocrisy, his frown planted itself deeper into his face. He was alone, and he knew it. Earlier, a girl with fish hair ties had noticed, unlike everyone else, and so did this annoying adult.

"Well you see.."

"Well, what boy? Children like you shouldn't be wandering around like this. Where are your parents, or the person who was left to look over you? Where do you live? Did you run away from home? If so, where is your address? Are you even from this city? If my kid was wandering around like this, I definitely wouldn't allow it..."

And he kept going on and on. Geez, adults could be so annoying. The boy, noticing the growing crowd around them, tried to escape as soon as the guard look distracted, but he was caught on the arm.

"And where do you think you're going, youngster?"

He tried to squirm around to escape, but the adult had a strong grip on him.

"Boy, you're coming with me to-"

"The boy is my brother. Please unhand him."

Confused and shocked, both him and the adult faced to see the girl with light blue hair and fish bands.

"I'm deeply sorry for leaving him like this. We promised to meet up here if we were ever separated. Right?"

The girl from earlier! But-

"She's not my sister."

"Stop fibbing, we need to go back home."

"But you're not her."

"What exactly is going on!"

And that's when a torrent of white tore apart the grip of the adult and blinding Kiyoshi Suzuki's vision.

Isamu Ito

Ugh. The sudden blizzard was terrible. Luckily, he brought his goggles but besides that, he was freezing! He was glad to have a hoodie though. How could it be snowing... in July! It was the first time he left his house in a while and he was greeted within a few minutes a white tornado. Trying to take cover in an unknown building in Sapporo Factory, he had joined with a girl and a young boy, shivering from the cold. The girl had light blue hair in low pigtails with fish bands and was wearing a polo shirt. She had a light blue vest with a little orange fish on the left chest pocket. She was also wearing a skirt with leggings as well as orange running shoes. The boy younger than him was wearing a green jacket a bit too large, but didn't seem to hinder his movements. He had an frown on his face, but it was probably due to the sudden weather change. After he was sure they were warmed up without their teeth chattering, he introduced himself.

"Hello, my name's Isamu Ito. The two of you?"

"Kiyoshi Suzuki."

"Pleased to meet your acquaintance, Isamu Ito. My name is Seiko Sasaki."

"Thanks Isamu, we would have turned to blocks of ice," Kiyoshi stated, " but exactly where are we? We should look around to have a better idea of where we are. I think its a electronics store... but this is just a small room so..."

"I agree. I was going to suggest it as soon as the both of you weren't cold anymore. Also, don't thank me for saving you. Anyone would have done it."

Kiyoshi frowned at the last remark, but he stood up and walked towards the front of the door.

"We should wait here, Seiko suggested, "the rescue team could probably find us much quicker if we do not move."

"That's true Seiko, but we have to know where we are. What happens if there's actually a better place to rescue us? Don't worry, we'll come back if this is the best place for the rescue team to reach us."

"Seiko, Isamu's right, I'm not just going to wait here."

"All right, if the both of you insist. Just be careful and do not injure yourselves." Seiko stood up and also walked beside him. The trust he saw on her face reassured him.

"Okay, we should go."

As Isamu opened the door, he found a sinister room with just one empty computer lying on the ground. As the three of them went closer, a sudden burst of light shone in the room. Three lights went towards them and he felt engulfed by it. As his vision focused, he saw a strange device in his hand.

"What're these?"

"The bigger question is, exactly how did they appear from the screen?"

Before any of the kids could examine their device, a buzz could be heard from the computer. Out of nowhere, a big, disfigured hand reached out and grabbed him and his new found acquaintances, pulling them in.

Minoru Yamamoto

"Ah! Where is it? How, how could I-"

The tall boy with a white shirt and baggy pants searched all over himself for his sketchbook. Looking into his bag, he dumped all the contents in a hurry as people looked to his direction. His papers spilled everywhere and some sketches as well as a few art supplies were lost as he rushed to stuffed everything back in. He pushed his hair back on one side with the pins he had, and sighed in frustration. Sitting on a bench, he closed his eyes and tried to think up of some plan. He could go to the lost and found, but would someone seriously return a sketchbook? But there was a chance, wait but what about that girl...

"I've got it!" he yelled out loud, scaring the foreigner sitting next to him. He ran in a hurry, his overall straps dangling at his sides. He heard someone chasing after him, or was it just a hallucination. I've been getting those a lot recently, or were those just my dreams? The voice he soon heard disappeared off into the distance and he found himself face to face with the security guard.

"You sir, where is my*huff*sketchbook?" he panted.

"Excuse me, no sketchbook has been returned to us. Hey, where are you goi-"

The boy left as soon as he heard, "no sketchbook" and hung his head dejectedly, bumping into many people. They gave him looks and he accepted them to drown in his gloom. He felt empty, just like the white canvases he uses before he splashes them with paint. Everything's a pain, everything. He sat back and let his lethargic state take him over. Today marks the event that happened one year ago, when that freak blizzard came as well. Not that it was my fault or anything. It wasn't. It was- As he was thinking, his train of thought was interrupted by a boy who sat down next to him and smiled at him. Annoyed, he promptly ignored him. He leaned back farther and felt his nose mysteriously wet...by snow? Scowling, he glances aside to see the boy next to him pointing to the sky and panicking.

"It's snowing!"

Eh? It's snowing? Just like back then? Then maybe-

Minoru Yamamoto turned his head up and welcomed the blizzard that soon arrived.

Yoshi Takahashi

The princely looking boy wandered down Sapporo factory attracting the attention of girls along the way. His straight brown hair looked beautiful against the shining sun and his eyes were a clear, sparkling green. He kindly smiled in their direction, but kept going, amazed by the sights he saw. He really wanted to try the food here since they looked so delicious, but he hadn't brought any money with him. He was glad to see all the jubilant people around him laughing in joy. It really was a fine day today.

As he was strolling along, he noticed a dejected boy sprawled out onto a bench. He was that kid from school who was in the individual studies section, was it Minoru Yamamoto? A famous artist or something? He noticed that the usual art tools in his hands were gone, as well as his bag that held all his things. Sitting next to him, he gave a smile in his direction, but Minoru just scowled back and promptly ignored him. A bit hurt, he left a message to his house to inform him to pick him up soon and decided to wait next to his fellow schoolmate. Minoru leaned his head back a bit, closing his eyes. His scowl worsened. He probably having a bad day or something. Then he noticed one drops of white, two, and then a plethora falling from the sky.

"It's snowing!" he exclaimed.

Minoru finally opened his eyes to see the snow but closed them as the snow storm covered their vision. As if he wanted to become a human ice sculpture. He grabbed his arm before he lost his vision by the raging snow and tried to feel for a building to get inside. He was clueless on where to go since it was his first time in the Factory and he couldn't see anyway. Also, it was diifcult to lug Minoru around, as he wasn't really responding to the cold. It was as if he was immobile. This isn't a time to be complaining about someone that's being a log, we have to find shelter! Shivering, he felt the cold taking over him and Minoru began to shiver too, but he didn't try to warm himself up. He sighed and placed his sweater over Minoru. Surprised, Minoru finally participated and tried to make out his face and this time led the two of them toward a building easily.

Right before they entered, the door opened for them which surprised him and he almost slipped on the snow. Suddenly a pair of slender hands effortlessly lifted him into a bridal carry and brought him inside. The heater in the room was on, and he saw himself face to face with a foreigner who had bright blond hair and blue eyes. She gently set him down.

"Ah! Thank you for saving Minoru and me. I'm Yoshi Takahashi and he's Minoru Yamamoto. We're deeply thankful." he spoke in English.

Minoru also gave a slight bow in response and handed back Yoshi's sweater with an apologetic look. Yoshi just smiled back and took it from Minoru.

"No need to bow to me or anything. And don't speak in English, I was born here," the girl replied.

"Oh sorry."

"No sweat. Sasha Alkaev by the way." and Sasha stuck out her hand.

Both Yoshi and Minoru shook her hand and the three smiled at each other's company.

Sasha Alkaev

"Well, I've looked around for a bit and seen what's 'round here. Not much I have to say. This seems to be an electronics company. The power's out though so if we want to see what's beyond this floor we're gonna have to take the stairs. Oh yes, Minoru, was it? Is this your bag? I saw you leaving this on the bench that I was sitting on."

"Yes...and thank you!" Minoru replied and he gingerly took the bag from her. He shifted through his bag, well more like dumped and hastily put back in, looking a bit...disappointed. Probably missing something? But he quickly composed his face back to its stoic expression.

"Let's look at the different floors now that everything's squared away."

Yoshi and Minoru followed her as she led them to the stairs. Going into the stairs, the three of them trudged on through many flights and floors. Most rooms were locked so access was grim for the most part. The lower levels were mostly opened, but the upper levels weren't. The three walked down to the lower floors which were mostly dark. Her cellphone kept it bright enough for the trio to see. It was a bit frustrating since both didn't seem to have any electronical devices on them. Yoshi lost his in the freak blizzard and Minoru didn't even have one on him.

"Well, we won't find anything at this rate." Yoshi said.

Minoru spoke up. "Why don't we just keep loo-"

And then screams below drowned out Minoru's voice and all of them rushed down to see a hand taking in three other kids with them. Minoru closed the door as soon as the hand started reaching for them. Luckily, Sasha managed to pull Yoshi to safety. Minoru's arm was cut by the hand's fingernails but he didn't freak out. Yoshi started panicking at the sight of blood but Minoru stopped him and used the sink in the nearby bathroom to wash it away. Using his artist rags, he made a makeshift bandage out of the clean parts. It was a bit unsettling to see him so relaxed, but at least Yoshi worried for him instead. Even if it wasn't a great time to freak out. Exactly what was that hand? Is it still there to snatch us next?

"Should we check out exactly what's beyond that room?" she asked.

"What WAS that, and who WERE those kids pulled into a comptuer screen?"

"The girl, I saw earlier. We bumped paths a while ago here. The boy, I know. The other, I don't."

"Which boy?" Yoshi questioned.

Minoru remained silent and instead just stared at the door as if he had x-ray vision. Hmmm... he's pretty mysterious. It seems that not even Yoshi knows much about him. On the other hand, Minoru helped save us from the hand that took the other kids. He's actually a pretty nice guy then, despite his strange behavior.

"Let's try again. I can't just stand here and have those kids taken who knows where."

Both boys nodded, and Minoru slightly opened the door for them and they all peered into the room. Empty silence greeted them and there was a computer in the center all by it's lonesome. No hand to be seen either. Instead, three devices were lined up side by side. They looked like roundish rectangles with a small screen on the top with a black border. There was a hook with a clasp like a key chain's that they could attach their clothes to. She picked up a dark blue device with a silver grip that seemed to be "slashed" across 1/3 of the device as if a sword ran through it. The buttons were also silver too, and three on the front to the left side of the middle formed an upside down triangle with the pink lines painted in between them. There were also two side buttons on the left. Minoru's was the same, but was a violet color with a blue grip that looked like paint was splattered for the edge and had blue buttons. Yoshi had a white one with a yellow grip where the grip edge had little zigzags, like a sun's rays and yellow buttons.

"Is this some new tech?"

Sasha replied in a confused tone,"Not that I know of."

Minoru didn't say anything at all but just curiously stared at the screen, stroking the grip in a nostalgic manner. Yoshi looked to the devices in glee. He tried to finger with the buttons. She just stared at the device. What are they supposed to do with three of these... and there were three of them. And the machines were perfectly laid out. There were also three kids earlier. Did they leave these out before their kidnapping?

"I know how to get inside," Minoru suddenly whispered, "Like this."

He pointed his device at the screen and suddenly was taken inside the computer by a violet light. Yoshi gasped but likewise he did the same, but he was engulfed in a yellow light.

Well, here goes nothing.

Sasha, still skeptic, pointed her device at the screen and disappeared in a dark blue light.

Whew, that's a long prologue. Sorry, you'll probably have a lot of questions, especially regarding Minoru and his knowledge of which boy and how he knew what to do with his digivice and whatnot. They'll be answered in due time! And it took me a while to design a digivice. I dunno if all of you'll really understand how it looks like, but I'll describe the other three (Isamu's group) in the next chapter. :) I hope you all love the characters I have as the mains but if you don't, I hope you'll love them later on in the story.

Well our digidestined are separated into two groups of three at the moment. Don't worry! They'll reunite eventually in a few (2-4) chapters.

For any questions, I'll try my best to answer all of them and as much as I can. Ask anything you'd like, but of course I won't spoil anything plot related.