A/N: This is request fic for retro_mania. It is based on the Digimon Adventure light novels.

Chapter 1: First Day of Camp

"Are you okay?" Tai asked his younger sister Kari while placing his hand over her forehead. His younger sister had shown symptoms of a fever yesterday but today, she appeared to be well. Good thing he didn't drag Kari to shop for the camping trip on the night before or she probably would have to miss the trip. Her temperature felt normal and there was no sweat like yesterday. "I'm okay, thanks." She responded gently, almost inaudible to Tai.

It was noisy where they stood. The protective brother wrapped his arm around Kari's head to shield her ears from the chatters of about a hundred children in the area. Izzy was with them too but he tuned all of his attention to his laptop. They were soon joined by Sora who just said her goodbyes to her parents.

Eventually Tai ended up being allocated to Joe's group which consisted of Tai himself, Kari, Sora, Izzy, Matt, TK, Mimi and the leader, Joe. Five of them greeted each other and chatted about idols, video games, manga and anime. Kari withdrew herself to silence after being introduced to the group by her brother. She didn't mind looking up at the taller children, listening to them talking and making jokes but Tai was constantly worried that she might be lonely. This camping trip was meant for people around his age after all but for a few reasons his mother managed to have permission for his sister to join him. Tai didn't really object to it and actually, the more he thought about it, the more he liked the idea of bringing Kari along. The clean air and the tranquillity would do her good, especially when she didn't have the best immune system in the world. The brother looked around as he felt there was a couple of people missing in the conversation and then he spotted his classmate, Matt staring at the trees in the corner with a younger blond clutching on his side.

I'm glad Kari isn't the only young one here.

Tai, followed by his sister, went up to Matt to attempt to talk to him. "Hey Matt. Good to see you here. Who's he?" The older blond turned and gave his usual polite smile to him. Whether or not he was happy being approached to talk no one could tell. "He's Takeru Takaishi, or TK for short." He answered flatly. The younger boy seemed to have a different last name to Matt. Could he be Matt's cousin or friend? "I don't think I've seen you in school before." The gogglehead crouched and said softly to TK. The younger blond wanted to explain but he was a bit nervous of talking to an older person other than Matt. "I… I come..." Matt could feel his younger brother's clutch gripping on harder on his leg. "Leave him alone." The older blond told the gogglehead while pushing TK back a bit with his palm. Tai stood back up with his eyebrows more knitted. "I was just trying to talk to him." He explained with contained aggression. "You're scaring him. Go away." He coldly responded. An urge to give the blond a physical lesson grew quickly but he really didn't want to cause a scene, especially on the first day of camping. Plus, the younger boy didn't seem bad. "Okay." He yielded and took his sister back to the group.

So far on their first day, they weren't given much to do. They were told they can use this day to bond with their group but some members were already doing important things such as collecting water, gathering wood etc and some of them just wanted to take the time to relax before it really begins. Tai was one of the members opted to relax and he rested on a branch of a tree with his eyes closed. It was a hot summer day but Tai could feel something cold landed on his nose. He grabbed it in his hand and opened his eyes. It was a snowflake. "Huh?" He looked around and he could spot several of them falling. Then dozens of these flakes came, followed by a wind. Tai quickly climbed down the tree and followed everyone inside a cabin as the wind got stronger. Out of the 8 children, Joe was the most bewildered. "This is impossible. A- a snowstorm?" He said, cleaning his glasses again. It was a bit easy for Izzy to keep an open mind as he had heard of a few freak weather incidents in the past few days and this could be another example. He spent all this time trying to connect to the dial up with his 'pineapple laptop' to check on any news about this incident but it wouldn't establish a connection. Fortunately, they didn't have to wait long for the storm to die down and once it did, the children walked out of the cabin, observing their environment. "Oh wow! Snow!" TK excitedly remarked. The un-summery look of the scenery made Joe panic as his world view he carefully crafted in his young life was in question. The supposed leader of the camp group hesitatingly touched the white fluffy texture on the ground. "It.. is snow." He said to himself in suprise. Tai on the other hand was more than happy to make a ball out of the snow and throw it at Sora. "Hey!" The wet Sora accepted the fight and she quickly threw back a ball of snow. The two of them ended up snowball fighting and Mimi nearly got caught in the middle of it. The girl with the cowbay hat was careful to dodge the snowballs as she had washed herself this morning. The other members were more interested in the strange weather phenomenon and just stood around, observing the environment. Matt walked up to the group leader, Joe Kido to ask him something. "Hey, do you think the snowstorm has passed?" The tidy, bespectacled Joe turned to the blond boy. "Erm.. well normally if there are no clouds, there wouldn't be any chance of a snowstorm but the one we just had came outta nowhere!" He answered anxiously. While the boy was answering, Matt thought that this boy wasn't fit to be a group leader. His arms and legs had barely any flesh on them, and his skin was pale, indicating that he may not have gone out much throughout the summer. Matt felt he should be responsible for the group and he was thinking of calling everyone in to the cabin again in case of another snowstorm coming. In fact, the thought of another snowstorm made Matt turn his gaze towards TK in case he needed to literally pick up the boy and run.

TK wanted to join the snowball fight but he was too shy to play with older strangers on that day. He opted to build a snowman instead. The other young one, Kari saw what he was doing and was about to make her way to join him but then she spotted something in the sky. "Hey what's that!?" She asked loudly which was rare to hear. It stopped Tai in his tracks and he looked to where his sister was pointing to. Everyone did the same and ended up looking at the sky. Colourful waves were rippling across their vision of the sky. "Is that… is that an Aurora Borealis?" Sora nervously asked to no one in particular. "In.. in Japan?" Joe questioned, wanting this day to be a dream. The unpredictability made him feel unease. More so than the others there. If a snowstorm, and an Aurora Borealis could take place in the summer of Japan out of nowhere then what could happen next?

It wasn't long before orbs of light burst out of the colourful waves. The children were puzzled but at the same time, in awe of the beauty of the flickering orb lights and the waves. There were 8 of these lights and they were flickering brighter and brighter. "It's coming this way!" Izzy shouted. The others didn't believe him at first but then they felt some wind coming their way. Out of instinct, Matt threw himself at TK to cover him while Tai ran towards his sister to cover her. These balls of light crashed down to the ground like meteorites. The children felt the ground shaking, and waves of snow smacked their bodies and faces. It happened so quick and luckily, none of them were injured. "What were they?"Asked Mimi, showing some curiosity for the first time during this whole incident. "The apocalypse is upon us." Joe answered half seriously. Once the children regained their footing, they went to one of the holes caused by those falling lights. They gathered round a hole and spotted a small device with a screen in the middle and a few buttons on the side. It resembled a Tamagotchi device. "Is..is that a game console?" Tai said loudly. The little device was smoking hot and all of a sudden, it bursted out a beam of light. The other seven of these things also emitted a light out of their crater holes. Each with their own colour. These little devices floated out of their crater and gently landed on each of the children's hands. Izzy curiously observed hisdevice and was the only one brave enough to push some of the buttons but it didn't do anything. Shortly afterwards, a wall of water shot out of the ground, creating what it appeared to be an upside down waterfall. A hole then formed in the middle of the wall of water, sucking the liquid and the air in. It was now like a whirlpool on its side, and it was getting powerful. The kids felt like they were being pulled into it and before they knew it, they all got sucked in like insects being vacuumed.

Tai was lying on his back in a daze. He felt his thumbs touching a face on top of him. "Kari? Are you alright?"

"Kari?" An unfamiliar answered. "I'm Koromon."

"Huh?"

Tai opened his eyes and saw a pink blob with a face. He looked oddly familiar for some reason. Familiar enough that he wasn't afraid of seeing this unusual creature. "Koromon?" The pink blob nodded to Tai. "Uh huh. I'm your partner." Tai wasn't sure what he meant. "What are you?" Curiosity distracted the boy for a moment. "I'm a Digimon." Replied the pink blob called Koromon. "A Digimon huh? Have you seen a girl nearby?" The pink blob thought for a moment and then looked worried. Worried that he might disappoint his friend. "I.. don't know what that is." Tai gave off a sigh and got up while still holding the blob. "Let's look for her." The boy's response took away the anxious thoughts of the Digimon and he nodded enthusiastically.

"TK! TK!" Matt shouted over and over again through the forest. Images of TK's mother kept flashing in his mind. It was hard getting his dad to arrange this camping trip with his half brother and he felt extremely lucky that his mother would trust him to take care of her little son. That face he witnessed, it was like she was giving TK away to a stranger which deep down inside, Matt wanted to prove wrong. "TK!" He shouted again but there was no answer. He continued randomly picking a direction, repeating the call until something moved in the foliage in front of him. Anxious to see the boy's face, he could almost expect to see the innocent smile of the kid popping out of the dense leaves. But instead a small head with a horn at the top dropped to the ground. Matt skipped back in fear. "W-what are you?" The boy was considering running off. "I'm Tsunomon. I heard you calling the name TK. I can take you to him."

For various reasons, Matt didn't really trust this creature who just appeared of of nowhere and wanted to help him. There must be a catch. "Really?" The Digimon innocently nodded at the boy. "Yeah I saw Tokomon running off this way. He should have found him by now." Tokomon eh? If he happens to be a headless monster like Tsunomon then TK may not be safe. Judging by the lack of legs on that monster, Matt felt he could probably outrun it if it decides to attack. He decided to let the monster take him to where TK could be in case any more of these monsters are around which could scare the poor little boy to death. "Okay, show me the way." They both went deeper into the forest.

"I've waited so long for you, Sora." The girl tried her best to keep calm. It was only a talking vegetable. What can vegetables do? "This is the happiest day of my life. I'm so glad to meet you." The girl slowly took a few steps back. Perhaps this vegetable can do much more than she thought. "Please don't come near me!" Sora shrieked. The Digimon frowned and its flower on its head hung lower. "you… you don't like me?" Asked the Digimon with tears forming in her eyes. "No no." Sora answered immediately. Her empathetic side took over. "It's just.. I.. I've never seen something like you before. W-what are you?" The vegetable lighted up.

"I'm a Digimon!"

"A D..i..g..i..mon." Sora slowly repeated what the vegetable said, emphasising every syllable with her cute japanese accent. "Do you have a name?" The vegetable appeared to be more animated than before. "I'm Yokomon!" It replied in glee, whilst bouncing on the spot. At that point, Sora felt a little safer with that innocent looking creature and eventually she felt safe enough to hold the Digimon in her hands.

"Interesting." Izzy murmured to himself as he rubbed a leaf. It felt like plastic, like the ones that can be found in bento boxes. The curious boy walked to another tree and rubbed its leaf as well. And then, he moved on to the bushes. All of them felt like plastic. He hypothesized that this forest could be a replica built for an amusement park and he happened to fall into it from the weather phenomenon. "Did you say this place is called File Island?" He asked the automaton next to him called Motimon.

"Yes I did."

"This place is amazing. I'm sure it'll be a popular attraction soon."

"You're the first person I've seen here."

The boy smiled from the thought of being inside an amusement park that hasn't launched yet. "Anyway the others are waiting, I can take you there."

Izzy calmly followed and admired the well-made automaton which could effortlessly hop over the bumps and cracks of the forest. In no time, we'll be able to make them climb up the stairs.

In his short life, Joe had never experienced anything as bizarre as this. "Joooooeee!" The bespectacled boy kept on running from that seal/seahorse experiment. That mutant kept on calling his name which he was sure it was its roar that happened to sound like it. "I swear when I get older, I'll stop these scientists from wreaking havoc on this planet. Nature is fighting back!"

Joe looked behind him to see if the monster was gone but nope, the monster managed to match his speed despite having no legs. "This is impossible, it must be a dream. I must have lost consciousness after the weather phenonemon." Joe stopped to take a closer look at the monster. The monster also stopped and smiled at him. "Hi Joe! I'm Gomamon!" The boy's glasses shooked out of place as he leapt back. "Y-you can talk?" The creature leapt forward and gave Joe a hug on the face. Its flippers were slippery and it smelled like raw fish. The sensation was so real, it didn't feel like a dream at all. "No… I must be in a deep sleep or a coma." Joe talked to himself as he pulled the facehugger off. Coughing from the foul stench, he began to move his legs again and resumed the running. "Where are you going Joe!" The Digimon followed him.

Tunomon led Matt through the forest until they found the others. TK and Kari were there playing with their own creatures. "TK!" Matt ran to the boy and scanned his face for any tears. He thought the boy would be in tears without him around but perhaps he was lucky to have someone else with him. "You.. you must be Tai's little sister." The girl nodded while clutching her little Digimon tighter. She was slightly intimated by that older blond. Matt noticed this and felt a little guilty from it. He turned his attention towards TK's creature. "What is that?" TK happily showed the creature in his arm. "Brother, this is Togemon. Togemon, this is Matt." TK's creature and Matt greeted each other. The little boy then introduced Kari to his brother and Matt put on a nicer tone for her this time.

"What's that one called?" The older blond asked Kari. "This one's called Nyaromon" She replied innocently. "Hi there." Matt waved to the yellow Digimon. "Your older brother Tai should be around here somewhere so there's no need to worry." Matt assured her. Kari nodded her head, indicating she was willing to obey him. The older blond then checked on his younger brother again. He noticed that TK was already treating Tunimon like a friend as they were having a little conversation.

"TK, were you afraid when you first saw these creatures?" Matt asked softly. The little brother shook his head. "Nuh-uh." The older brother exhaled in relief or perhaps disappointment that his little brother accepted his environment so quickly. But then, same with Kari so perhaps these children were at the age when they still believe in fairy tales. "C'mon let's find the others." Tunimon said as he hopped further into the forest. The two younger kids willingly ran off to follow the Digimon. Matt found the innocence of these children kind of cute but at the same time, he was worried of their naiveness. You can't just trust a stranger, especially if they look like monsters. "Stick with me, you'll be a lot safer." He told the two children. The kids and the three Digimon slowed down for Matt to catch up.

Tai and Koromon were walking through the dense forest, still not seeing any signs of other humans there. Koromon wanted to break the silence. "I've waited so long for you." Distracted by his thoughts, it took Tai a few moments to process what he heard. "Huh? You were?" Koromon nodded. "Why?" Koromon thought for a moment. "I just knew you will come some day." The boy didn't now what to make of what Koromon said and he wanted to ask more but then, he heard some rustling in the bushes. Tai and Koromon stopped in their tracks and stood firmly still, waiting for any potential threat to come out. They could see foliage twitching about, and then a head popped out of the green. "Izzy!" Tai cried out. The two kids were happy to have found each other. Tai then noticed a pink blob next to the younger boy. It had a different structure to Koromon. "I guess that's a Digimon too?" Izzy nodded to the boy. "Looks like there are more of these things." Izzy remarked. "This place is called File Island according to him." He informed Tai who appeared to be surprised of this information for some reason. "Wait… we're on an island?" He said with scepticism. Tai immediately climbed up a tree before Izzy was about to say that the place might not be an actual island. Once Tai got to the top, he could sea the land was surrounded by the blue sea. "Wow! This place is an island. How'd we get here?" Izzy curled his hand around his chin in thought. "Interesting. If this really is an attraction, then someone must have been ambitious." Tai brought out his mini-telescope from his pocket and scanned the surrounding area in detail. He could see the forest stretching out for miles into the distance and to his left, there was a huge, white mountain that obscured the view of the sea. "I think the huge water earlier flooded the place." Izzy straight away wasn't convinced of Tai's hypothesis. "What makes you think that?" Tai pointed to the jagged, white mountain for Izzy to see. "Isn't that Mount Fuji?" The younger boy sighed. "That doesn't look like Fuji to me." Motimon leapt on Izzy's shoulder in excitement. "That's Infinity Mountain." Said the Digimon who felt giddy like a kid showing a new friend his room. "Infnity Mountain eh? I don't think I've heard that one from school." Izzy remarked as he looked to Tai. The older boy shrugged.

After a few moments of head scratching and pondering, another sound of rustling bushes could be heard. Tai from the tree above had his attention locked on to the bushes, ready to leap on any potential threat coming this way. Izzy noticed his stance and took a few steps back for the much more athletic boy to attack. The rustling of the bushes came closer and closer until four familiar faces popped out of the green.

Tai and Izzy were relieved to see Matt, TK, Kari, and Sora's faces. When Matt's group pushed though the bush, four little creatures could be seen with them. Sora was with Pyocomon, a Tunomonm was standing on Matt's shoulder, and TK, and Kari were holding Tokomon, and Nyaromon respectively.

Just when Tai came down from the tree to join and greet the others, a loud, piercing scream could be heard. "GYAAAAAAHHHHH!" Joe had arrived. When Joe recognised the faces of his camp group, he slowed down in relief, but then quickly resumed his speed as soon as he noticed the seal mutant not far from behind. "Somebody help me!" He cried whilst running around in circles. Eventually, he ran out of breath and collapsed to the floor. Breathing heavily, Joe then realized he was actually surrounded by more monsters. "If you're going to eat me, please apply some anaesthetics before you do it." He weakly said. "I'm Bukamon! Pleased to meet ya!"

"Huh!?" Joe nervously looked at the monster and then at the children around him. The children didn't bother to give an explanation as they felt some bonding time between Joe and his Digimon would be sufficient. "I'm...I'm" He stammered. "You're Joe. I know… I've been waiting for you."

Joe was still breathing heavier than normal but he felt a small sense of comfort after the initial exchange of dialogue. "You- you have!?" The Digimon nodded in glee.

After Joe had calm down, he looked around to check if the whole camp group is here. One, two, three, four, five, six, and then myself… "Has anyone seen Mimi?" The bespectacled boy asked. Everyone shook their heads worriedly. "Oh no! We better find her fast." He cried.

"Where I have I come from?" Tanemon said, dumbfounded. "I've always been here." Mimi didn't believe the Digimon for she already had a theory in mind. "Go on you can tell me. What planet did you come from?" Tanemon felt anxious of all these questions. She was afraid of disappointing her with the lack of answers but she really didn't know much about.. everything really except that she had been waiting on this island for a very long time for her. "What.. what does that mean?" The Digimon replied with an apologetic look. Tanemon thought the girl would be angry with her but all she did was frown. She adjusted her theory and thought perhaps she landed on an alien planet herself and met up with this infant who was just beginning life. "While I am happy that I've stumbled on this new place, I'd like to go back to Earth now." She demanded somberly as if she was about to cry. Tanemon was confused as ever as she didn't know how to respond to this. "Please.. take me to someone who can get me back to my mamma and pappa!" She decided to cry.

Tears were also forming around the Digimon's eyes while she mentally played out the conversation she just had with Mimi, wondering whether what she said had upset her. The Digimon couldn't hold it longer and then burst into tears and crying loudly. "I.. I don't know what to do… I'm sorry.." Mimi stopped her crying, and wiped her eyes when she saw genuine tears coming out of the creature. "Don't cry.. please, I'm the one who should be sorry." She gently said to the Digimon as she picked the it up and caressed the leaves above its head. "We can be friends." The young girl said with a charming smile which can calm anyone down. Digimon included. Tanemon gradually stopped the crying and started to look cheerful again like a baby.

Unfortunately their bonding moment was cut short by a continuous buzzing sound getting louder and louder. "That must be a spaceship." She said, mainly to herself.

"KYAAAHHHH!" A high-pitched, female voice screeched through the forest. "It's Mimi!" Joe shouted. He was about to run, but he hesitated and looked at Tai instead who just ran ahead without thinking too much of it. Matt was closely following behind him and because of seeing those two up ahead, Joe finally felt sure enough to run towards the sound too. The rest of the group followed.