Chapter 1

It seemed like the beginning of another normal day for Shinji Hatake. He woke up and took a hot shower, washing his dark black hair as usual. After his shower Shinji placed his contact lens in, over his mahogany eyes. He dried and brushed his hair so that it flair outward like "wings," a common hair style, right at his ears. He looked himself over in the mirror before getting dressed. Shinji stood next to his mirror at a measuring tape placed on his wall. He was, like yesterday, 5'11", but Shinji had to check just in case he'd grown over night. He put on plain yellow shirt, which fit perfectly for his lean body. Over said shirt he threw on a red and white checkered button-down shirt but left it unbuttoned. He placed a pair of clear goggles around his neck like a necklace, because he thought it looked "hip." Shinji put on his knee-length shorts and finished his outfit with his lime green sneakers.

Shinji headed downstairs to see his sister finishing breakfast. Shinji grabbed a Pop-Tart and left the house. Not only did he forget to say goodbye to his mom, he also left his sister behind. Karui Hatake, Shinji's twin, stood up in a hurry. She was wearing a floral sundress and white flats. Karui's shoulder-length brown hair flowed behind her as she raced after her brother. She caught up to him and he looked down at her. She was five inches shorter than him, so the first thing he saw was the Alice-band in her hair. Karui looked at her brother; despite being fraternal twins they had identical brown eyes.

The school bus pulled up to their house and they got on. The two sat on opposite sides of the aisle, by the windows. At a house on the next street, the bus stopped and Kaito Mizutaiyou stepped onto the bus. The boy was two inches taller than Shinji, around 6'1". The kids on the bus always noticed Kaito's spiky, yellow-blond hair, which he kept upwards with a blue and white striped sweatband. Next was Kaito's unzipped blue vest, which was riddled with pockets. He had a black T-shirt under his vest with a full moon in the middle. Kaito wore white jeans above his blue and yellow striped shoes. Part of the inspiration of Kaito's blue and yellow theme were his crystal blue eyes. Kaito greeted Karui as he sat next to Shinji. She responded by blushing and looking out of the window. Karui was saved from the awkward situation by the arrival of her best friend Natsu Akatsuki. He was wearing a white and dark green checkered scarf. He had it wrapped around his neck above his black long sleeved cotton shirt; his shirt had a grey pattern on it, similar to that of a generic bandana. Next were his black jeans and dark black boots. These colors contrasted Natsu's ear-length blonde hair. Surprisingly, Natsu had blonde hair and brown eyes.

Natsu saw Kaito and saw Karui blushing; he only responded with a chuckle to himself. He sat down next to Karui and they talked about there math homework for a moment.

"Oh! I almost forgot, they finally sent me a copy of my demo-track," said Karui.

"Can I come over after school and listen to it," asked Natsu.

"Over course! I think the producers liked it too."

On the opposite side of the aisle, Shinji reached into his backpack and pulled out a video game, still wrapped in plastic.

"Kaito, I got the new Battle Creatures game. The online content for ZBox Live is supposed to be amazing. I'm skipping soccer practice today to play it, you in?"

Kaito nodded his head with a smile. The bus slowly pulled up at the entrance of their high school. The four got off the bus and saw Sosuke Arashi locking up his bike. Sosuke was tanner than the rest of the group, having a caramel complexion. He had jet black hair, which outshined his sky blue eyes. Sosuke wore a white T-shirt it had a picture of a yellow, winged running shoe. Sosuke was wearing navy athletic shorts which had two orange stripes on each pants leg. Sosuke also had a necklace on, with a sun-shaped charm in the center. He was wearing plain white running shoes. Shinji called him over and Sosuke greeted the others. Sosuke towered over Karui by nine inches, 6'3". Following Sosuke, Otohime Santori and Haruhi Fuuken stepped out of a black Mercedes Benz. Otohime had square glasses over her lime green eyes. She had short ear length hair that was light blue. Over her hair were dj-style orange headphones, connected to her MYpod in the pocket of her black jeans. Otohime was wearing an off white button down shirt, the same color as her shoes. She was not a giant like Sosuke, instead only 5'7". Haruhi was the same height as Otohime. She was wearing the same shirt and shoes as Sosuke, but her shirt had a yellow and black soccer ball instead. She was wearing grey track pants with white stripes going down the sides of the pants leg. Haruhi's hair was the same length as Otohime's but was crimson instead of blue. Her eyes were a similar deep red. Haruhi said goodbye to her father and the two girls greeted their friends. The sound of heavy breathing and fast footsteps preceded the arrival of Renge Kuchiki. Renge was wearing a sweat shirt and sweat pants when she ran up to the school. The group looked at her bizarrely as the pink-haired girl jogged in place. Her pink pony tail looked odd against her grey sweat shirt and sweat pants but had garnered the nickname "The Pink Streak" for her amazing speed. The group watched Renge run inside to a bathroom and within five minutes she came out wearing a pink A-line skirt that matched her shoulder length hair. Her black top matched her dark brown eyes. Renge was tall for a girl around 5'11", but her height was caused by her long "runner's" legs. The group of eight walked into school in one mass and went off to their separate classes.


The bell rang and Shinji was quick to leave the building. He met Kaito by the school buses, along with his sister and Natsu, and the four headed to the Hatake household. Renge and Sosuke prepared for track & field practice. Haruhi headed to soccer practice only to find out that it was cancelled and she missed the school bus. Otohime was in the school's computer lab testing a computer game that a class mate designed. The Hatake twins, Kaito, and Natsu arrived at the house. Kaito and Shinji sat in front of Shinji's television and began playing Battle Creatures 4 on Shinji's ZBox. Karui loaded her CD and began to play it in MYtunes. Renge always did her track workouts outside of school, so she stayed in her skirt while using a stop watch to time Sosuke's sprints. Haruhi called her mother on her cellphone to get picked up from school.


In the Digital World a shadowy group of Digimon stood in front of a large doorway called the Gate of Deadly Sins. This Gate had the Crests of the Great Demon Lords on it and stood taller than most buildings. The Shadowy Digimon released bright energy at the Gate, causing it to open and shine a bright light unto the Digimon. The Eight Great Demon Lords and the Celestial Angels stood in front of the gate, bathed in its brilliant light. The Digimon sent their power to the gate in hopes of summoning the Chosen Children to their location. As soon as the Gate of Deadly Sins was fully charged, the Royal Knights crashed into the temple of which the Bedlam Alliance had been hiding. The Celestial Angels and Demon Lords attempted to protect the gate, but the Royal Knights attacked the massive doorway. It broke down the middle, sending a great shockwave through the Digital World. This shockwave reverted the Bedlam Alliance to their child levels and sent the Demon Lords, Celestial Angels, and Royal Knights to separate location in the Digital World. The Demon Lords landed in a strange and foreign forest, the Celestial Angels were scattered in all directions, and the Royal Knights landed at the World Tree, their home.


Back in the Real World, a massive power surge shuts down all of Tokyo for thirty seconds. When the power returns, Shinji's television, Karui's computer, Otohime's computer, Renge's stop watch, Sosuke's watch, and Haruhi's phone all displayed digi-code and began to glow brightly. The light engulfed all eight kids and they vanished from where they were.

Shinji awoke first, he looked around to find himself in a bizarre jungle. He grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket and it was glowing. The rest of the group awoke; Renge's stop watch was glowing, as was Sosuke's digital watch. The others looked at Shinji's phone and instantly grabbed theirs. All the objects stayed glowing for a few more seconds before becoming oddly shaped devices. These were shaped like plus signs with rounded edges and corners. The devices had a circular display in the center and were about an inch and a half tall and wide. Shinji held his device flat in the palm of his hand. He noticed that it looked like the directional pad of his video game controller and had a point facing each cardinal direction. On the north-facing point was the word Evolve and below that there was a small blank display. On the east-facing point, the word Unlock sat above a small star that was glowing red. On the south-facing portion was the word Identify and from that portion was a chain like that of a key chain. On the west-facing section the word Activate was above three abbreviated words: Def. Bio. Misc. These were short for defense, biology, and miscellaneous. On the side of the west-facing portion was a small black button as well. In the center display some letters appeared: S-H-I-N-J-I.

"Shinji…" Shinji awkwardly read his own name, "How know my name?"

The other kids looked at their devices and saw their names as well. Kaito tried to pull the device apart. Frustrated by his failure, Kaito found a rock and raised the hand holding the device.

"I will figure out where we are and what happened to my phone."

Kaito brought his hand down, but before he could smash the device a voice called out from the nearby trees.

"STOP!"

Kaito looked as a orange, lion-like creature with a flame tipped tail, a small flame on its forehead, and a large tuft of yellow fur on its chest. Kaito backed up in fear as the creature and seven other creatures revealed themselves.

"I am Coronamon of Saturn. We," he said gesturing to the other Digimon, "Are Digimon…More specifically, the Eight Great Demon Lords."

Shinji's mouth dropped as he listened to the information just laid unto him. The others looked around with confused expressions. Coronamon continued,

"This is the Digital World, a universe created through cyber space and programs invented in the Human World. We are Digimon, mostly programs based upon human-made programs. More importantly, we are in the midst of a war. The Council of Order, formed by a group of rulers of the Digital World, is trying to conquer us and form a dictatorship. The Council of Order is lead by Yggdrasil the Digital World's host computer and the Four Holy Beasts, who govern the cardinal directions of the Digital World. Yggdrasil's soldiers are called the Royal Knights, twelve Holy Knight Type Digimon who serve their master blindly. Recently, two of their leaders went missing though. On the other side, the Four Holy Beasts are worshipped and served by the Devas. The Devas are twelve digimon that represent the Chinese Zodiac and fight for their masters with complete faith."

The kids looked at Coronamon as though he was crazy. Shinji was the only kid who seemed almost excited to find out more. Karui and Sosuke were utterly confused and were sure they couldn't process anymore information. Despite this, Coronamon continued yet again.

"We united with a group of angelic Digimon to form the Bedlam Alliance. We were the ones who brought you here; we need your help to strengthen us and help us find the Celestial Angels."

Shinji was oddly interested in the idea of exploring this world and helping free the Digimon. Karui felt the same way as her brother as usual. Kaito and Natsu would go with Shinji and Karui if they asked, and Renge and Haruhi would go if the other went. Otohime was skeptical and suspicious of the situation, but she kept it to herself.

Why should trust a group of "Demon Lords?" They don't look safe anyways.

"I am Lucemon of Sun, our leader. We have PicoDevimon, Plotmon, Coronamon, Ganimon, Dracmon, Impmon, and Phascomon."

Shinji looked at PicoDevimon with a bright smile. The balloon looking digimon fluttered over with its bat wings. It hovered in front of Shinji and then spoke with a shrill voice,

"PicoDevimon at your service."

Shinji replied,

"I'm Shinji. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a soccer ball?"

PicoDevimon raised an eyebrow with confusion and the two just laughed. Kaito stood next to Shinji, examining Coronamon.

"I've got to figure out how to access this place from home and research the base design. Maybe I'll learn to create one of you from home, I'm excited now."

Natsu looked down at Phascomon with a disturbed look. The Digimon appeared like a horned, winged, and brown Koala with a demon tail. It looked drowsy and was a bit of an eyesore for Natsu. Phascomon yawned, curled up next to Natsu's leg, and went to sleep. Natsu picked the creature up and held it like a baby. Phascomon adjusted itself and got comfortable in Natsu's arms. Natsu looked at his Digivice and said, "Identify."

Phascomon, a-

"That's enough, thank you. So your name is Phascomon."

Sosuke looked at the grey, crab-like Ganimon with disappointment. Sosuke's knowledge of crabs told him that they not only walked sideways but also couldn't run as fast as humans. Ganimon just looked at Sosuke with a silly smile.

"I'm Ganimon, who are you?"

"I'm Sosuke Arashi," he replied.

Haruhi looked at Lucemon with excitement. This was a humanoid Digimon, the perfect person to practice soccer with. She warmly greeted Lucemon and introduced herself.

"I'm Haruhi Fuuken, nice to meet you."

"As I said earlier, I'm Lucemon, princess."

Lucemon had done something he hadn't ever done before, he blushed. Haruhi blushed and smiled in response to Lucemon's nickname for her. Renge looked at another humanoid Digimon, Impmon. He was purple with gloves, a tail, and a scarf on. He had a devilish smiley face in the middle of his chest that represented his mischievous personality.

"My name's Renge and I am the fastest girl in Tokyo."

"Really? We should race then!"

Renge laughed at Impmon's request and pointed to her A-Line skirt.

"Not while I'm wearing this, um…"

"Impmon, is my name pinky."

Otohime looked at the Digital World with excitement. To her this place was another video game waiting to be conquered. The only problem was that she really didn't want to fight. Dracmon walked up to her with his bizarre appearance. He had eyes on his hands, a mask covering his face, clawed feet, and two wings that were too small to fly with.

"I'm Dracmon, prince of trickery."

"I-I'm Otohime," she said nervously.

Something about the Digimon being demonic offset Otohime. She may have just been xenophobic herself and not sure whether foreigners in general were trust worthy. Karui on the other hand was rapt by how adorable Plotmon was. She picked the puppy-like Digimon up and smiled.

"I'm Karui Hatake, my brother is the brown-haired kid with the bat D-Digimon," she said still grasping the idea of a Digimon, "What's your name cutie?"

"Plotmon," she responded with a chuckle.

Plotmon licked Karui's face and the two joined the rest of the group. They headed to a clearing to see where they were. When they got to the clearing the kids were startled to see an Airdramon flying at them. Shinji looked at the winged dragon and looked at his Digivice.

"Identify that thing," he said

Airdramon, an Adult-Level dragon. This Mythical Beast type Digimon is known for its mastery of the skies. Its God Tornado and Spinning Needle attacks are its specialty.

Coincidentally, Airdramon had just used its God Tornado attack. A tornado of fire spat from its mouth at the group. Lucemon stood out to the front lines and knocked the attack aside. Haruhi looked at Lucemon, proud that he was so powerful and her partner. The other Digimon stood next to Lucemon ready to fight.

"Phascomon, you're up fast," said Lucemon.

Phascomon was sneaky; in that it had already begun climbing up Airdramon's dragging tail. When it got to Airdramon's head it yawned and said,

"Evil Snore," in a lethargic voice.

Phascomon let out another yawn, but this yawn was louder and seemed to bother the dragon Digimon. While Airdramon was distracted, Plotmon stood in front of it and howled loudly.

"Puppy Howling!"

The attack froze Airdramon in the…air. All the dragon could do was flap its wings while under paralysis from Plotmon. Pico Devimon flew at Airdramon's left wing.

"Bat flutter!"

Pico Devimon slashed the wing with the sharp end of its wing. The attack grounded Airdramon, who was now freed from paralysis. The dragon slithered toward the kids with its tongue out, hissing and roaring obnoxiously. Ganimon was faster than Sosuke thought though, and had arrived at Airdramon's tail. He grasped Airdramon's tail with its larger pincer.

"Scissors Execution!"

The attack crushed Airdramon's tail under the pressure of the pincer's grip. Impmon and Coronamon stood valiantly in front of the enraged Airdramon.

"Corona Flame," shouted the lion-like Digimon.

"Summon," shouted Impmon.

The flame on Coronamon's forehead glowed bright white. The Digimon fired a shot of the white fire at Airdramon. Simultaneously, Impmon summoned a spirit of fire in one hand and ice in the other. He combined them into a large sphere of fire and ice and hurtled the sphere at the sky dragon. Airdramon roared in the explosion and vanished, to be reborn at the Village of Beginnings. The dragon's roar summoned another Airdramon. This Airdramon didn't last as long since Lucemon took to the forefront.

"Grand Cross," he proclaimed.

Ten orbs of energy flew from Lucemon and pierced through the Airdramon. It vanished in a flash and Lucemon hovered in the air. He was bathed in the sunlight and appeared divine as the light radiated around him. Haruhi listened to the others cheer as she stared in awe of Lucemon.

"We should go east before another Deva's soldier appears."

The group moved toward a road that leads to a lake, Dragon Eye Lake.