Hello everyone. It's been a while since I've been online or publishing anything so before I get started let me explain the situation.
Secrets is on a temporary hiatus until FernClaw and I can get back into writing for it. It's just gotten to the point where we can't figure out how to bring this guy into a closer. That and college among other things have currently been taking priority over getting Secrets finished.
That being said, I've gotten back into the groove to write my own work and the first thing I wanted to do is start fresh with what was personally, my biggest project when it comes to Digimon Frontier thus bringing us to this point here. I'll be rewriting Legends from scratch whenever I have the free time and I'll be posting each chapter when I finish. I will also be deleting the previous rendition so keep that in mind guys.
For fans of Secrets, I have taken a few elements from that story (mostly characters that have had minor roles in the story) and integrated them into this new project.
I hope you guys enjoy and show my your support in this endeavor.
Now with all that being said, let's get this show on the road.
The streets of Flame Terminal were bustling with loud crowds of excited Digimon. Digimon from all around have gathered despite the sweltering heat from the boilers lit around the village.
Today marked the annual celebration of the Digital World's rebirth. Yes, it was today where the story began; where legends were revived and saved the world from a corrupt evil; where six brave human children were brought to this world and defeated a long forgotten tyrant.
To commemorate this grand event, the celebration was held here in Flame Terminal, the place where the adventure all started.
In the crowd, a small white Digimon with a pink waistband was trying to squirm his way through to reach the tracks where everyone was gathered.
"Oh this is just impossible!" he moaned, brows furrowed in agitation.
"Hey Bokomon, maybe we should find a ladder." Replied his companion.
Bokomon huffed in exasperation. "And just what do you expect to do with a ladder you nitwit? Climb over the crowd?" He then yelped when he felt a pair of hands pick him up. "Angemon sweetheart!"
"I got this Papamon, just hold on." Smiled the angel Digimon as he placed his elder on his shoulder. He then turned his attention to the little yellow rabbit and picked him up as well. "Now let's see if we can get a bit closer." Angemon, having been appointed as the leader of Flame Terminal, was able to easily make his way to the front of the crowd. Soon enough, he stood before the train tracks and set his adoptive family down.
"So who's coming again?" Neemon asked as he looked down the tracks, waiting for the Trailmon to arrive.
Angemon was the one to reply. "The other leaders from all of the new terminals are gathering here. Once they get here, we'll start the opening ceremony." He looked down at the two small rookies, "Will you be okay on your own? I'll have to go with them once they get here."
"Of course baby. You do what you need to do." Bokomon smiled, adoring Angemon like the proud parent that he was.
The sound of the Trailmon's whistle sounded through the air, gathering the attention of all. In the distance, a red trailmon was running down the track towards them.
Neemon smiled excitedly and shook his companion. "They're here!" "Bokomon, they're here!"
"Y-y-yes! I-I-I know that! N-n-n-now l-l-let GO!" Bokomon responded as he tried to keep Neemon from shaking him any further. When he couldn't stop the shaking, he resorted to his surefire method of handling any Neemon situation…. a quick snap of Neemon's waistband.
"OWWWW!"
Angemon couldn't help but shake his head and smile fondly at the two. Those two never change.
He paused suddenly, seeing a figure in a red cloak and large bat wings standing on the train tracks. Angemon didn't recognize this Digimon but there was something in its presence that made his body stiffen and drew a cold sweat down his brow.
It seemed that the crowd hadn't fully noticed this stranger yet, their attention drawn to the train heading towards the station.
"Angemon? What's wrong my boy?" Bokomon spoke up, having noticed the way Angemon's jaw locked up with tension.
Trailmon blew its whistle again and once more, having noticed the cloaked Digimon standing in its path but no matter how many times the warning was given to move out of the way, the figure didn't move from its spot.
Fearing the worst, Angemon materialized his staff but as he did so, the hooded Digimon lifted up one of his hands, facing its palm towards the incoming train.
"With this marks the beginning of the end."
Digimon Frontier: Legends Reborn.
The whistle blew and a boy in a red jersey ran for the ball ahead of him, kicking it and attempting to make his way across the field where a team in green jerseys attempted to cut him off.
The audience by the bleachers watched excitedly as the two teams, red and green, fought to steal the ball away from the other. A particular party in the audience grew rambunctious when a particular boy in red stole the ball and attempted to rush through the opposing team.
"Go get 'em Takuya!" one of the younger boys yelled out excitedly as the others started to cheer with him.
The boy, Takuya Kanbara, grinned when he heard his name being cheered out by friends and family. Their cheers gave him some nice motivation and pep to push himself harder.
"Man, Takuya sure knows how to make a hustle out there, huh?" asked the husky one, JP Shibuyama, as he tugged on the collar of his T-shirt in an attempt to cool down.
The boy next to him with the blue and white tiger striped bandanna, Kouji Minamoto, nodded and smirked knowingly. "Let's just hope he doesn't mess this up."
"Come on now, he doesn't mess up that bad." Kouji's brother, Kouichi Kimura, remarked and nudged playfully at his side with his elbow. "Much." He added with a sly smile on his face.
Kouji just rolled eyes at his brother's antics and kept his attention towards the game.
"At least he isn't tripping over his feet or anything." The blonde at JP's other side, Zoe Orimoto, offered just before the green team stole the ball from their friend.
The two younger boys on the grass in front of the bleachers just continued to cheer Takuya on as the ball moved back and forth on the field. "Come on Takuya! You can do it!" hollered the boy in orange, Shinya Kanbara, while his friend beside him, Tommy Himi, "whoo"ed with a hand cupped around his mouth to send his call further.
Shinya's mother sighed at their enthusiasm while Tommy's mother only offered a shrug and something along the lines of "kids being kids" before she reached into the cooler beside and pulled out a few bottles of water. Considering how hot the summer has been, Mrs. Himi figured it would be a good idea to bring refreshments during the game.
"JP can you hand these around please?" she asked as she held out the bottles.
JP smiled thankfully and nodded, passing the bottles around and downing half of his in a matter of seconds. "Man, todays a hot one huh? How do these guys handle it?"
"They have it rough too. They've been slowing down a bit." Kouji observed. "Good thing this was the last play."
"I think they're finishing up now." Zoe stated, hearing the whistle and seeing the two teams gather together to congrat each other on a good match. She smiled brightly and got up when Takuya started to make his way towards them.
Takuya offered a lopsided grin as he approached the group. "We kick butt or what?"
"Those other guys didn't stand a chance!" Shinya responded with a grin just as big as his brother's.
The elder Kanbara then pulled his brother into and one-armed hug and ruffled his hair. "Well, of course not. No way was I gonna blow it in front of the birthday boy."
Kouji patted his friend on the back and offered him a bottle of water. "Don't go stroking your ego too much. Your head might explode." He joked as Takuya gulped down the water and poured the rest over his head.
"Yeah yeah." Takuya grinned and shook his head, getting everyone around him in his surprise attack.
"Hey! Watch it!" Zoe held out her hands to keep her from getting wet.
Kouji frowned and used his bandanna to dry his face off. "Smooth Kanbara."
"Should've responded quicker." Quipped Kouichi, who used his brother as a shield to keep from getting wet. When Kouji gave him a quick glare, Kouichi just offered an innocent smile.
"I think I liked you better when you were timid." Stated the younger twin and turned his attention back to the boy who got him wet only to find that he was already out of reach, having gone to get changed into his street clothes.
JP couldn't do much to hide away the amusement he felt at Takuya slipping away like that. "He really got him good this time." He muttered to Tommy who snickered at the comment.
"Come on now kids! Everything's ready at the park!" called out Mrs. Kanbara. She and Mrs. Himi were both waiting by the dirt path nearby.
"Let's go guys!" Takuya chimed in, rejoining his friends quickly and leading the way down the path where the rest of the adults were waiting.
At the park tables where the adults were gathered were platters filled with homemade goodies, at the center of it all being a chocolate cake with ten candles stuck on top.
Today was Shinya Kanbara's tenth birthday and also the first year celebrated with everyone as it was also the day when Takuya and his friends met for the first time and shared in a spectacular adventure in a strange world.
No one was more ecstatic than this group of friends to be together and enjoy the occasion.
"Hey Tommy, look!" Shinya pointed towards a bounce house his father rented where friends from Shinya's class were playing. They both ran to join in the fun, tossing their shoes aside before pulling themselves in.
"Man Dad's really pulling out all the stops this year." Takuya commented and sat at one of the empty tables with the others.
"Well, you do have a big turn out this time around right?" Kouichi asked, having gotten a hot dog from the food table. "I mean, it was just the four of you last time, right?"
Takuya nodded and leaned back against the cement table. "Man I'm pooped."
"You had a good game." Kouji responded and looked over to where his father and stepmother were. At the moment, they were talking to Takuya's parents about the usual things, how things have been and what not. "Where's Mom?"
"Our mom? She had work so she couldn't come by." Kouichi answered with a sad smile. He was a bit bummed out that she couldn't take the time off to enjoy herself but such was the life of adults.
Kouji sighed. "Well, I guess that's for the better considering."
JP had a confused look on his face. "Things still awkward between your mom and dad?"
"Like you have no idea." Kouichi opted to reply. While things between him and his father weren't nearly as awkward, considering the time he spends at the Minamoto residence when his mother was busy, things were more or less uncomfortable when Kousei and Tomoko were in the same room. "I think Dad just feels uncomfortable having both his ex-wife and current wife in the same place."
"That'll do it." Zoe figured and stole a chip from the elder twin's plate.
JP sighed and looked over his friends. "To think it's already been a year huh?"
"Man, tell me about it." Takuya toyed with the goggles around his neck at the thought of their adventures. "Things sure were crazy back then."
"Like the time when the KaratsukiNumemon tied us all up when they found out we were Legendary Warriors." Kouji added, reminiscing as well.
Zoe shook her head in response. "The wagon ride to their mountain was the crazy part."
"Oh man, don't remind me. That was terrible!" Takuya laughed, remembering the way they freaked when they noticed the loops in the tracks.
While not being present for those exact moments, Kouichi did smile fondly at all the memories they made. "Well, how about the time we rearranged the Autumn Leaf Fair like some sort of model set?"
JP grinned. "We thought we were so clever with that."
"Like when you tried getting us to build a rocket from scratch?" Takuya asked with a grin.
He gave the goggle boy a pointed look. "Or when you tried moving the moon with the force of our attacks?"
…
"Point to JP."
"Shut up."
Everyone laughed.
-Shopping District-
"Yu! Come on babe! Can't we talk about this?" a tall teen tailed after a girl with long dark hair streaked with green on her bangs. "Come on Yu!"
The girl, Ayumi Hirata, scoffed and kept her pace to get away from the boy she was obviously angry with. She was also tugging along a younger boy, one who timidly let her drag him down the street. "Bug off Shinoba."
Shinoba Matsuda kept his best from sighing in exasperation as he continued to follow after the angry girl. "Come on Yu. I said I was sorry. Seriously, can't we just talk about this?"
In an instant, Ayumi turned and stared up at her pursuer with furious green eyes that could turn a man's blood cold. They had the desired effect on their target, making him gulp and shudder under her gaze.
"C-can't we…"
"Bug. The hell. OFF!" she demanded, causing the younger boy beside her to silently yelp in response and gathering the attention of passer byers.
Deciding not to test his luck, Shinoba backed off. "O-okay, we'll talk later." He muttered and walked off.
Once he was out of sight, Ayumi huffed in satisfaction and turned to the younger boy. "Hey little bro. How's your eye?"
"F-fine." The young lad, Haru Hirata, responded while keeping his gaze down. "It doesn't hurt anymore.
This caused the girl to sigh. "Lemme take a look see."
Haru complied with his sister and let her examine his swelling eye.
"That bastard. Shoulda kicked him in the balls for that." Ayumi cursed and took the boy to a café, getting ice for his eye. "Well, never mind him. He's not going to bother you anymore."
The younger brother nodded, opting not to say anything.
Ayumi heaved another sigh, "Come on now. You need to toughen up a little, little bro. This is why you get bullied all the time."
"I-I know." Haru muttered softly.
She gave him a look and shook her head. "What am I going to do with you?"
"Sorry sis…"
They sat there quietly at their table. Taking a look at their history, they've had this sort of situation occur time and time again and had rehashed this conversation time and time as well. Ayumi just wanted to help her brother find his confidence; help him live a proper life without quivering under the slightest pressure.
'If only he could understand'. She signed again. 'Oh well, so long as I'm here, I won't let anything else hurt him.'
She felt her phone buzz and pulled it out to see what she got. She also noticed that her brother had pulled out his phone as well. Curiously, she looked down and saw a message.
-Back at the Park-
"Happy Birthday Shinya!" everyone cheered and the young boy blew out the candles to his birthday cake.
Takuya couldn't help but smile at his brother. He hadn't seen the little squirt this happy before. "Way to go birthday boy." He glanced over at his friends and they each shared the same wide smile he had.
Tommy stood by his side and smiled. "This party was awesome."
"You have fun little buddy?" JP asked as he approached them, a plate of cake in his hands.
"You bet!" Tommy replied and folded his arms behind his head. "We had loads of fun at the bounce house."
"Dad spares no expense." Takuya grinned and mimicked Tommy's action of folding his arms behind his head. "He wanted to make this the best party yet."
Kouichi glanced back at Takuya and Tommy before muttering to Kouji. "It's scary how much Takuya's rubbed off Tommy."
"Tell me about it."
Zoe looked around. "You know, I haven't seen your brother around."
"Yutaka?" Tommy frowned and started to pout. "He's with his girlfriend or something like that."
Takuya patted the younger boy on the shoulder. "I'm sure he'll make time for you later little buddy."
"I guess… he just seems really busy lately." Tommy muttered.
"College kids are like that I guess." JP offered and shoved his hands in the pockets of his overalls. "I mean, I'm starting high school next year and already I've got my hands tied with stuff."
Tommy just nodded. "I'll talk to him later when we get home."
"Hey guys!" Shinya made his way over towards the group. "You won't believe all the cool stuff I got!"
Takuya offered his brother a smile. "Yeah? You gotta show us little bro."
"You bet- huh?" Shinya stopped and felt his phone buzz.
At that same time, everyone else's phone started to go off as well. Phones can be heard ringing from all over.
Kouji, noticed this and looked at his phone and found a message on the screen.
Open?
Yes/No
"What the?" He furrowed his brows and looked to the others, seeing that they all pulled out their phones as well. "You guys getting this?"
There was a collective nod or reply showing that it was the same for everyone else.
"Doesn't this remind you about what happened last year?" Zoe asked.
"Last year?" Shinya was confused and looked down to message on his phone. Being curious he pressed 'yes' to open the message. The screen then went black. "Hey, what happened?"
Takuya looked at his brother's screen and back at his phone but noticed it had gone black as well. "H-hey! My phone just went blank on its own!"
"Mine too!"
"What the hell is going on?"
"Hey, my phone stopped working!"
The children looked around and saw that everyone's phones were in the same condition. Every electronic device went black.
"What's going on?" JP wondered but noticed his phone's screen light up with a bright yellow light. "Something's happening to my phone."
The other phones followed after JP's with red, white, pink, green, and violet.
Shinya looked at everyone, confused as to why their phones were lighting up with those colors. It was startling when his own phone lit up with orange light. "M-my phone too?
"What the? Shinya's too?" Takuya asked out loud but winced when the lights grew brighter.
And brighter…
And brighter…
And eventually, everything went white.
Your destiny is calling for you once again… Legendary Warriors.