Chapter 1

Kanbara Takuya, a twelve year old girl with chocolate eyes and hair, sighs as she runs through her soccer drills again. Ever since her adventures in the Digital World she had been feeling restless. Her shoulder length hair was left to fall free as she preferred it to look windswept, only being held back by her trademark goggles. " Rest easy, partner, adventure is coming for us again soon." Now most people would have been put off by a voice speaking to them out of nowhere but Takuya knew this voice. The voice of Pelemon, her human spirit. Unlike the others her spirits had come with her. Sure, the others could harness their elements in some ways, but Takuya, fire had never hurt her.

Lady Ophanimon hadn't realized she had actually called an elemental of fire to be the Warrior of Flames. It was for this reason that her spirits had accompanied her, as she was still learning how to harness her power. Pelemon and Nǚhuǒyànshòumon were able to keep her flames in check when she was emotionally involved i.e. pissed off. Plus, well, she was avoiding going home because her mother was once again trying to make her daughter more feminine. Takuya had taken one look at the ikebana class pamphlets and had grabbed her soccer gear before turning on her heel and leaving her home.

" Takky-chan, it's not like you to run drill like this. "

Takuya blinks and looks over to see Motomiya Daisuke, Davis, as he preferred, watching her, " Soccer's my only safe way of venting, Dai. "

Davis groans at this, that meant Takuya's mother had set her off again. His coffee eyes glint mischievously, " Care for a game of one on one? "

Takuya grins, " Think you can keep up, Dai? "

Davis smirks, " Takky-chan, you are the only one whom knows how damn good I actually am. Rumor has it my school may be playing Tamachi this year. "

" Ah, you'll be going up against Rocket boy, huh? I see why you came to me then. We always beat them in the unofficial games, mostly because Rocket boy underestimates me every time. " Takuya says and they were off, dancing around each other and fighting for possession of the ball. This is what Takuya had needed. Davis was the only one capable of matching her on the soccer field, he just generally never brought out his a game, unless Odaiba was playing Shibuya.

Kanbara Home:

Yuriko fumes as her daughter had once again left their home after seeing the brochures. The girl would never get a guy this way, guys liked gentle women, not tom boys. Hiroaki groans, " Yuriko, if you keep this up you will push her away for good. Takuya hardly ever comes home now because you keep trying to make her something she's not. "

" That girl will never get a husband at this rate, Kanbara Hiroaki. You should not be encouraging this kind of behavior, it's deplorable. " Yuriko snaps.

" What's deplorable is how you're treating our daughter, she practically lives at the Orimoto home now. Most of her clothes are there, in fact the only reason she even comes here is for Shinya, but with the way he's been treating her as well that may stop. Takuya approached me about being part of an exchange program to Odaiba and I'm going to let her go, she needs time away from you, Yuriko. At first I wasn't, but she will leave and never return if you keep this up. "

Yuriko looks at her husband, " She needs to learn how to be a proper lady if she is ever to succeed out there. "

" Times have changed, Yuriko, there is a women's soccer league, there are many more opportunities for girls like Takuya. I will not have my daughter be stifled. " Hiroaki fires back, " Plus, if you're so deadest on traditionalist views then why are you fighting me on this? "

Yuriko freezes at this, her husband had her dead to rights, this was his decision and he had made it already.

Park:

Takuya ends up tackling Davis and the burgundy haired boy was quick to pull her down with him. Takuya laughs at this action of her longtime friend. They'd met at a soccer camp six years ago and had stayed close friends ever since. Of course, Takuya had never told her parents about Davis, as her mother wasn't thrilled with the fact that she had so many male friends. Davis grins happily as he wraps his arms around her, " Feeling better, Takky-chan? "

Takuya smiles, " Maaaaybe. "

Davis rolls his eyes at this, " You gonna go home or hole up at a friend's place again? "

Takuya allows herself to relax, with Davis she could truly be herself, and she could let herself not be on alert all the time. " When do you need to head home anyhow, Dai? "

" I've got some time before I need to head back to Odaiba, so do you know whether or not you have permission to take place in the exchange program? " Davis asks her.

" Not yet, Dai. Dad was still thinking it over the last I spoke to him. If it was up to mom I'd be at an all girl's school and incapable of independent thought. She doesn't even want me playing soccer. "

Davis sighs at this, Takuya had only told him about her adventures in the Digital World. Takuya would never be the type of girl to sit back and wait for a guy to save her. Now, that didn't mean she didn't appreciate help dealing with some more problematic guys. Her entire team always backed her up and didn't appreciate their captain being messed with. Davis was the only one that had permission from them to go near her and that's because Takuya always came alive when playing against him. He was the only one she taunted that much on the field and he dished it back.

Her entire team had realized that, that was their way of flirting without alerting anyone else to the fact that they were interested in each other. Her team respected him as he treated Takuya like one of the guys, he didn't hold back when he played against her like so many other guys did, simply because of her gender. Takuya was always quick to capitalize on that too. Many coaches had lambasted their teams for treating her differently when she was good enough to play with the boys and be their captain.

Odaiba was the only school that was always competitive with Shibuya because Davis knew his dear friend leaning towards girlfriend would kick his ass if he even thought about going easy on her. He was also the only one other than her teammates she would allow to even help her on or off the field. They both generally were picked for the national team for their age group as well. They covered each other when they played on the same team. They made for a good combination on the field which is why they were placed on the same team.

Davis threads a hand into her hair and Takuya can feel herself relax even more, " Hopefully your dad says yes, you are way too stressed for someone your age, Takky-chan. "

" I know, sure, I have my other team, but they seem to have better family lives than I do. Dad's my only real support as even Shinya is starting to treat me like mom does. " Little did the Flame Warrior know that her second in command was listening to this, he had spotted his leader laying in the arms of someone new and was curious.

" Your mother needs to realize that times have changed. Does she really think you won't be able to find a guy if you don't act like a damsel in distress? " Davis asks her.

" Actually, yes. My parents don't know about you, Dai, I never told them, as you're my one anchor outside of all this. You can see all this objectively, mostly, as you are somewhat biased when it comes to me. " Takuya admits.

Minamoto Koji curses internally, why was she so damn stubborn? If she'd let them in they could help her. Then again her parents knew them and she apparently wanted a friend if not more that they didn't know about. It did explain why she never responded to any of the subtle overtures he and Koichi had made. Koji knew JP wasn't her type and he had the slot of her best friend. Sure, she and Zoey were friends but Takuya seemed to be able to bond better with guys. The Light Warrior smirks, " You know, if you'd actually tell us some of this stuff we would be willing to help you. "

Koji chuckles lightly at her reaction to his speaking up, she had literally jolted and yelped in shock before swearing vociferously, " Dammit, Koji, make some damn noise, would ya. "

Davis grins at this and sits up, motioning the lone wolf over, " I'm Motomiya Daisuke, but call me Davis. I'm one of Takuya's oldest friends. "

" Minamoto Koji, you know, she never mentioned you. "

" Not surprised, she likes having someone not connected to anyone else she knows to give her different opinions on certain situations. You ever been to a Shibuya and Odaiba game, I'm the striker that goes against her. "

Koji blinks, " I actually was at that game this past year, oddly enough. You're good and after becoming friends with Takuya I've learned too damn much about soccer. "

" Admit it, Kooooji, your life would be waaaaaay toooo boring without me to liven it up. " Takuya says.

Koji rolls his eyes, noting his chocolate haired leader had yet to move away from Davis, instead she was cuddled into him, " Hurt her and you answer to me. "

Davis groans, " Takuya, are all your fellow team members going to do this when they meet me? "

" Koji's my second in command so he's even more protective of me than well, you've met my soccer team. " Takuya answers.

" Wait, you told him? " Koji asks her.

" Koj, can't you feel it in the air around Dai? " Takuya asks.

The Light Warrior stills for a moment and then he felt it, Davis was a future digidestined, Takuya had known this and had started preparing him, " How good are you in a spar, Motomiya? "

" Decent enough, need a partner? " Davis asks.

" It'd be nice to have a different sparring partner every so often, yeah. "

With that the two exchanged numbers and it was then that they noticed the chocolate haired girl had fallen asleep in Davis' arms. Davis stands up and gently transfers her to Koji, " Make sure she remains safe. " Davis says, a gentleness in his eyes that hadn't been before.

Koji smirks, " I'd be a poor second in command if I couldn't protect her. Don't wait too long to make your move, Motomiya, you I approve of. "

Davis stares after the lone wolf stunned, just thinking over the implications of his words before he shakes himself out of his stupor and smiles before heading home himself. What Davis didn't understand was that his destiny was approaching him ever faster and he would have the Legendary Warriors at his back, in particular he'd have the Warrior of Flame to help guide him through his destiny as the new leader of the Virtue Digidestined.

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon.