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I tried my best to hold back my tears. "No Echo.. Please.." The tears were loose, and I fell onto my knees. "Don't leave..."

The girl in a transparent sparkling dress hugged me tightly. "I must, Taiyo. Take care of Kazumi for me.." She too had started crying. "You're the best friend I've ever had.." I hugged her as her body started to fade away.. Her pale skin sparkled as it disappear. "Goodbye... We will meet again.." She was gone. She was really gone.

"Echo!" I screamed as the storm had kicked in, and it had started to rain. Thunder made its way into the area as lightning cackled and soared past the skies.

My mother, Jane called. "Tai, come inside! You'll catch a... Taiyo? What's the matter?"

I wiped away the tears, and sighed. "Nothing, mom..." I didn't dare look at my mother. I was too upset.

"Tai.. How about some cake? I'm sure it'll help you feel better..." She hesitated, but I shook my head. This was the worst birthday ever.

"I'm not hungry, mom..." I sighed as I sulked into my bedroom. No one would understand my anger, nor my sadness.. Over my best imaginary friend. They wouldn't ever believe me..

Looking down at my pillow, I cried into it... Wishing I could see her... Echo.. At least once again..

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"Hey, Tai! Tai!" I heard a voice call for me. It was my friend, Yuki. "You need to wake up before you get another detention!" She sweat dropped when I closed my eyes again. "Taiyo!"

Episode 1: The Echo of My Past!

I sighed and started to walk home with Yuki. "I can't believe that I actually got a detention.."

"I told you!" Yuki said with her arms crossed.

"Yeah.."I smiled a tiny bit. "You're right." I stopped when I heard a noise. It had sounded like a ringing phone. "Your phone ringing?"

Yuki frowned and shook her head. "It's at home"

"Well, it isn't mine!" I dug into my pocket to find my cell phone, and yet, there it was. As dead as always. "It needs to charge up.."

Kyoshi Yuki pointed to the nearby phone booth across the street we were on. The phone had kept ringing nonstop. I just had to check it out. "Come on."

"Wait!" Yuki gasped."What if... um.. It's some stranger?"

I just kept walking across the almost empty street. "Then it's some stranger. Stay here if you're scared, Yu." I stopped without turning to face the younger girl. "Before he left, my dad was the bravest in the Japanese military. He wasn't scared of anything. When I was younger, I wanted to be just like him."

Yuki didn't respond. She didn't know how to respond to my comment. "Um, well you know, Tai.." She grinned. "You're my best friend. I want to be like you." She followed me to the dusty phone booth. I didn't know why, but it looked pretty familiar.

"It looks as if it hasn't been touched in years..." I observed once the loud ringing returned, causing Yuki to jump.

"Answer the damn thing already before I get a heart attack!" She gasped as I laughed.

"Alright.. Here I go.." I opened the rusted door to the phone booth until it had fallen off its hinges. "Whoa!" I stepped back before the door had fallen on top of me. I then picked up the phone. "Um.. Hello?"

"...Help me.." The voice came out as a glitchy phone. It was hard to understand, but I could only make out the words, 'help me'.

"Hey!" I called to the person on the other end of the line. "Where are you?!"

"Tai... World... Danger... Down... Tokyo..." The voice replied, and the line snapped.

"What was that, Taiyo?" Yu asked me.

"I.. I don't know..." I said placing the phone back in its place. 'How did that girl know my name...?' I asked to myself looking at the phone line.

"Tai! Come on! Let's just go home already!" Yuki called.

"Alright, I'm coming!" I replied after coming back into reality. 'Who was she?'

I had tossed my book bag on my bed, and then sighed. I really wanted to check out what's going on in Tokyo.

Then it hit me... I could sneak out. Yeah, when mom goes to bed, I'll just sneak out and try to find my way into Tokyo.

I had smiled to myself and then yawned. "... after a quick nap."

I got up out of my bed, and then sneaked toward the front door, with my backpack on. Had to bring some food in case I was gone a while. On my way, I called Yuri.

"You're doing what?!" She asked me.

"I'm running to Tokyo. And quiet down, or we'll get caught." I adjusted the goggles that I got from my grandfather.

"Tai, you can't just run from home just because some girl called you."

"It seems strange. I wanna check ur out."

"Why is it that my best friend is so reckless? Okay meet at the park. You owe me on this one." She told me.

I shrugged. "Fine. I just past the park anyway.. Meeting you there."

After I had met up with You, we boarded the subway train until we had made it to Tokyo. "She said Down... Tokyo.. You think she meant downtown Tokyo?"

"How would I know?" She replied, and stopped once she saw a pale girl. "That her?"

I looked to where she had been pointing and then I gasped. "Echo?"

She looked toward me, and then smiled. "Hello, Taiyo. It has been a while."

"Huh?" The Akiyoshi girl asked. "Who's Echo, Tai?"

"Oh, Echo is a friend I made when I was younger." I looked to Echo. "Wait, were you the one that called us here?"

She had nodded in response."I'm not really here. I am trapped in GreatXmon's castle. The X-Army has kidnapped me. They plan on infiltrating your world. Give me your cellphones."

Though reluctant,we did what Echo asked. She returned the phones, but they had seemed.. different. "Woah what is this?" Yuki asked.

"That is your CodePrism. It will allow your partners to advance into the next level.. From here, your journey starts, young tamers." A very bright light surrounded us, making us feel very dizzy. At that moment, we blacked out.

"Hey! Wake up!" Something had poked my cheek. I opened my eyes and saw a brown-haired girl smile at me. She had freckles scattered on her cheeks, and green eyes. "Hey! You're up! He he.. Who are you?" She asked me, looking more serious.

"Woah! Hey! Who are you? " I asked back then frowned. "Where's Yuki?"

"Redhead? Yeah, she's over they're. Who are you?"

I sighed. "My name is Taiyo. My friends call me Tai."

"Tai, huh?" She looked like she was thinking a little bit. "Okay. My name is Akatsuki. People call me Roxanne, or Roxi."

A small green thing with a leaf on its head came out from behind Roxi. "Oh! And this is my partner, Tanemon."

I frowned at the monster thing, and stood up to go get Yuki, who had screamed. "Yuki!" I ran to where Akatsuki had told me where she was. There was a small fuzzy bird thing hopping.

"Hey! Yuki, I won't bite. I'm your friend!" It said.

"Help! A talking bird's gonna eat me!" She screamed again.

"I'm not going to eat you. My name is Pinamon."

Right there, a pink ball had hopped toward me. "Hi, Tai. I'm Koromon."

"Koromon? That means Brave Little Warrior?" I thought out loud.

He nodded. "Mmhmm! That's right, Tai. How'd you know?"

"Just a lucky guess." I said turning to Pinamon and Tanemon. "This is what Echo wanted?"

Yuki got down from the boulder, and walked over to us. "Seems so.. I'm pretty sure we were in Tokyo last night.."

"Damn it is morning! Mom's going to be worried sick!" I said.

Roxanne looked over to a heard of buffalo. "Look over there! The Stampedemon are bullying that Baby Digimon!"

"I'll ask later about Digimon." I said. "But I hate bullies. Let's go help it out." The three of us had ran toward the Stampedemon and stood in between them and the blue dragon.

"You two watch and learn!" Roxi grinned brushing her hair as a green light surrounded her and her green CodePrism. "Excecute, Digivolution!"

EVOLUTION SONG. EVO

A bright light had engulfed the small plant Digimon, and blinded us. "Tanemon, Digivolve to..." Tanemon had morphed into a small girl with pale green skin, dark green short hair, and red dress and tank top. "Ivymon!"

Ivymon appeared where Tanemon had stood. She shyly put her hands in the air, and shot thorns into the airm "Needle Rain!"

"Woah," I said. "What happened to Tanemon?"

Koromon looked to me. "That's Ivymon, a Rose Digimon. Ivymon are naturally shy, but that doesn't mean they're not strong. Ivymon is also loyal to her friends."

The needles had fallen back down onto earth... or what I assumed was Earth... and landed on each of the Stampedemon, only stunning them. Ivymon then charged a bright ball of light. "Light of Ra!" A long beam of light had eliminated the Stampedemon, leaving the lead Stampedemon to retreat.

"Wow!" Yuki smiled. "That was awesome!" Ivymon had formed back into Tanemon.

"Thank you, Ms. Akiyoshi." She said.

I smiled and then the small blue dragon looked to us. "Wow. You guysh shaved my life.. I owe you!"

Roxanne shook her head. "It's okay. That's not necessary."

"Oh but I have to! I want to join you humansh on your journey! My name ish DemiVeemon." He smiled.

I bent down and rubbed his head. "Okay. We're heading to the X Fortress."

"Whoa! Are you the legendsh of the prophecy? Come on! I'll take you to the village!" He started to lead the way. We followed, embarking on our new journey to save the worlds.

To be continued...