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Chapter 1: Awakening

Nagisa Hayato-san was a renowned professor of Mathematics at Tokyo U. He was what people call a happy person. He was married to Ikari Hana, professor of Philosophy at the same university. With her, he had a son.

Hayato was madly in love with his family. He knew that Hana was the woman of his life when he saw her teaching about Kant's categorical imperative to a room with more than 100 students. Her hair was auburn, long and shiny, and it covered her back. She had blue eyes, the color of the sky, and a smile more beautiful than any other Hayato ever saw in his entire life. For someone as shy as him, asking her to go out was a difficult task, but he managed to do it. And even when accompanied by a woman who spoke of Nietzsche, Sartre and Descartes with the enthusiasm of a child, he could not avoid looking at her with deep devotion.

Hana was wonderful.

Two months later, when Hayato suddenly asked her to marry him during a lecture on Schopenhauer and she, despite being very flushed and embarrassed, replied "yes," he felt he was the luckiest person on the planet. Until a month after getting married, when Hana told him she was pregnant. That made Hayato feel that he could die out of joy.

The small Koushiro was born after eight months of pregnancy, a fact about which Hana joked "he could not wait to see the world." However, Hayato was very worried about their son for being premature. One night, when Koushiro had already been brought home and was sleeping in his crib with a teddy bear, the Math professor looked at him lovely. He is so small and fragile.

Hayato stretched out his hand and gently stroked the baby's face. He was very much like Hana: had the same red hair and delicate features. However, Koushiro had his father's eyes: dark and deep. The baby also had disheveled hair, like Hayato's, instead of Hana's straight hair.

"Do not worry, Kou-chan. Daddy will take care of you and protect you always." The man promised, smiling.

Three days later, Hayato and Hana decided to travel to the coast with Koushiro. It was a hot summer night and the baby slept in his infant seat in the backseat of the car. Hayato was driving while Hana carefully studied the map.

"It will be the first time I'll know the coast. But we could have gone to a coast city not so far from Tokyo." She said excitedly.

"I've never seen the sea either; I heard that Tottori is spectacular and thought that, since it's our first time, it should be in a very special place. We should do this every year during our vacations. They will coincide with Kou-chan's birthday; I can imagine the fun we'll have." Hayato spoke enthusiastically.

"How will he be when he grows up?" Hana asked, smiling and blushing, "Will he enjoy Philosophy or Mathematics? Or will he like something completely different? He can be 'cool' and do not like to study." She had fun imagining the future of her son, knowing that she would love him anyway. Hayato looked at her fondly, failing to pay attention to the road.

I wish he were like you, Hana.

"HAYATO!" Hana cried suddenly, pointing forward, terrified. The man looked again at the road only to see a speeding car coming towards them. Instinctively, he threw the car to the right, leaving the road and entering the woods at high speed. Unable to control the car, the last thing he heard were the screams of Hana and Koushiro crying.

And then everything was silent.

"Uri-san, I'm afraid. Why we had to come to the woods to play the cup's game?"

A voice?It seems to be a boy.I see nothing.

"Don't be afraid, Cho-kun! You've heard the story that there was a car accident here 15 years ago, right?"

Now it's a girl.A car accident?

"I know, I heard what your grandfather said about the couple who died instantly and the baby he managed to save. But did we have to come here?"

Couple who died?Baby?

"Isn't it obvious, Cho-kun? If there are any ghosts here it will be great! Let's start the game. Oh, spirits! What message do you have for us?"

Where is Hana?And Kou-chan?What's going on?

"The glass is moving without us holding, Uri-san! What are you doing?"

"I'm not doing anything! It must be a spirit! It's forming a word: H-A-N-A."

Hana died?My Hana died?No!NO!What about my son?WHERE IS MY SON?"

"Now it's forming K-O-... AHHHHHHHHHHH!"

In a shrine next to the woods, the old priest was sweeping the floor when he saw his 12 years granddaughter and her best friend coming up the stairs of the site, running covered in blood.

"What happened?" The man asked, terrified, taking the kids into the shrine to treat their injuries. They had deep cuts on the arms, legs and chest, and some cuts on the face. Soon he felt it was necessary to take them to the hospital in the city, a mile away.

"What did this to you? Uri? Cho-kun?" The priest asked as he took the two to his car.

"It was a monster, Grandpa," Uri said, among sobs, "a horrible monster."

The next day, in Tokyo, Izumi Koushiro was spending his Saturday morning backing up his files on the computer when he heard the phone ring.

"Hello."

"Koushiro, tune in on TV Sakura, now!"

"Taichi-san? Why are you so nervous?"

"Tune that channel!"

Koushiro went to the living room and saw that his parents were watching something on TV Sakura, terrified.

"What happened?" The redhead asked.

"Near Tottori... it seems that a monster attacked two children." Izumi Yoshie answered, without taking her eyes off of the television. Koushiro didn't take long to realize that something was wrong with his parents, but did not touch on the subject, returning to his room to talk to Taichi-san.

"You think it may have been a Digimon?" Koushiro asked, afraid.

"I see no other explanation. The reporters were unable to speak with the children. However the doctors who attended them said that they were talking about a creature that was made of black smoke and they thought they had invoked it with the cup's game." Taichi replied.

"Huh? You do not really think the monster has been invoked like that, right?" Koushiro asked with skepticism and Taichi was nervous when he answered:

"O-Of course not! I just think we'd better investigate."

"You're right, Taichi-san. If it's a Digimon, we better take care of it. Can you contact the others and tell them to meet up at the train station? I need to prepare some things."

"OK... erh... Koushiro..." Taichi sounded hesitant, which drew the attention of the young man across the line.

"Something wrong, Taichi-san?"

"If there is something dangerous there... I think you better stay close to me... us. I mean, it's better that we all stay together, you know?" Taichi tried to disguise the nervousness forcing a laugh that wouldn't convince anyone. He hung up. Koushiro went to wake Tentomon up; his partner had been sleeping in his bed all the time. At that moment, the red-haired boy had no idea how that incident in Tottori would affect his life.