Akari: Okay first chapter
D9: Good luck. Just be glad I edited it.
Akari: Ha-ha. I hope everybody enjoys this cause this took forever.
D9: Yeah. You are not exactly the faster typer sis.
Akari: Thanks…Cue intro.
Fire: When can I come in?
Digimon VOD Opening (Destines Call)
Raise your voice higher; let our lights join as one we'll find them in our own time.
The sound echoing across the fine lines.
Destiny is calling to you.
Digimon
As the sound rings out we come to its call
With our own rising voice
Before the dark wipes it all away
Digimon
The light will lead to hope
Have courage to believe in friends
Be sincere in the love of all
Rely in the knowledge you gain
Kindness waits inside
Digimon
Destinies call is for you, the voice of destiny calls your name
Raising you even higher, the lights will lead the way
Time will erase all flaws for the voice of destiny is calling for
Destiny call is for you
Digimon
Chapter 1: New school, New destinyA red car drives along a busy street. Many people seem to be walking to work; others are just kids heading for school. The car's driver was listening to her radio. A news program was telling their audience about some resent kidnappings or disappearances. The newscaster did not know what to think of this story or about the strange earthquakes the country had been having. The woman driving listened carefully, she is middle aged with soft pink hair tied in to a ponytail and vermilion eyes. Dressed in what can be described as an office suit.
"can you please turn that off?" questioned a voice from the backseat.
"Sure, honey" she called back turning off the radio and looking back behind her.
In the backseat sits a girl with long soft pink hair that framed her face like the drivers but longer and tied half up. The girl looked at herself in the window glass. Her strange vivid violet pink eyes stared back.
At first glance she looks just like one of those pretty girly girls you see on TV dramas about teens, but she is far from those cute bubbly actresses. Looks can be very deserving. They continued driving around, going down some side streets until they reached their destination.
They parked in front of what appears to be a school building. Students and staff walk casually in through the old gray front gate toward the plain white building, wide stairs lead up to the main doors.
"Everything has been arranged" smiled the woman turning to the back. "want me to walk in there with you?" she asked concerned. The girl looked down hair shaking as she shook her head.
"just let me out here if that's ok, I can walk in myself" she replied and opened her door with a pop to step out. As she shut it the window rolled down.
"Ok sweetheart you have a good first day, but let's try… not to do anything that you'll regret" pleaded her mother.
The girl sighed nodding to her mother. This was her third school just this year alone. Her mom kept telling her that this was a fresh start during the move but to the girl it was just another school in another town. This one would be just like the others.
At The last one she had been expelled due to a fight she was involved in. swinging her bag as she closed the back car door behind her. As she walked a ways into the school grounds she glanced back at her mom. Who was giving her thumbs up. The girl sighed almost embarrassed seeing this then took a deep breath. As she crossed the grounds she noticed some younger students playing a game on the steps, this made her crack a small smile.
"So they play digimon here too" she thought to herself as she walked through the glass doors into the white/tan stone building.
"HEY, BRO! WATCHOUT CUSE HERE I COME" shouted a voice from the crowd behind him.
Alex jumped to the side just in time as a blur flew past him. a loud crash echoed ahead of him. Alex sweat dropped and dashed to the crash site. As usual there lying upside down was Alex's friend. This was somewhat of a normal thing on school days.
"Zac, seriously learn to use an alarm clock so we won't be late all the time" Alex said looking down scolding his friend. His friend had crashed into the crosswalk sign.
His name is Zachariah Antonio Eagle, Zac for short. He is the class clown and school delinquent. He is about as tall as Alex who is not saying much because neither is the tallest or the shortest. Zac's long bright blond hair is tied back into a low ponytail, his bangs are swept over his right eye. A bright pop of red splashes over his bangs, it contrasts well with his mischievous green eyes. He is wearing dark brown jeans with his favorite black tee-shirt that has a yellow and red eagle emblazoned across the front, and well worn converse style sneakers.
Alex short for Alexander wears his own personal style as well. He has light brown hair that is cut short on the sides with long layers and bangs on top. A long thin ponytail peaks out from the back. His plain blue jeans clash harshly with his asian style shirt and red sneakers. His bright blue eyes shine beneath his hair, crystal clear with an aura of strength behind them.
Zac rubbed the back of his neck after turning himself upright again.
"you know I'm like lightning, I never strike the same place twice… well in one day that is" he said grinning up at Alex. Who just shook his head in despair.
"You do remember that Max is waiting for us; you know how she is about waiting for us… she hates it" Alex commented as he helped his friend to his feet.
Zac gave a visible shiver in response. Alex started across the walkway, Zac on his heels. Up the road some distance a bell started to ring. Both boys looked at each other for a second then seemed to sprint for dear life up the sidewalk.
Pumping their legs as hard as possible looking every bit the fool. Other students filed through the gate, a few waiting to see if the daily ritual of these two would end with a tardy or detention for them.
Smoke clouds were tell tale signs of their approach. Both boys did not stop until the gate swung closed behind them. Alex breathed hard and Zac lay on his stomach on the courtyard ground. Both breathed a sigh of relief only to shiver frozen in their tracks as an icy glare stared them down.
They turned in the direction of the gate. There in the shadow of the gate was the one person they did not want to make mad… but it was too late.
"what took you so long this time?" asked this person. Both easily recognized the voice.
In all appearance this person looked like just another thirteen year old boy but is really a girl. She is Alex's best friend and Zac's cousin Max, or Maxtsarina if you are brave enough to call her by her full name. She has short black hair that is slightly spiky, light green eyes that seem to have an endless depth in side them that if you looked to deep you could get lost in them. She was dressed similarly to Zac in a dark blue tee with a dark gold eagle print, black jeans and gray sneakers.
Max is the most un-girly person both guys know, but knowing that as a warning never call her a boy if you value your life. As she came out of the shadows towards the boys, who were cringing back. She was clearly angry as she passed them going towards the school doors, but not before grabbing zac sharply by his right ear.
"Owww.." yelped as he was dragged behind his cousin.
Alex walked behind them as they entered the school, more students followed suit watching this spectacle. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a cascade of pink hair standing in the office talking with the schools secretary and principle. They were lost from view by the plants in the window.
Class rooms steadily filled with students, most clearly did not want to be there. Alex, zac and Max were among them. They took their normal seats towards the back of the room. Everyone was talking, gossiping, laughing as they waited for their teacher to come in.
As Max and Zac started to argue, leaning on his arm Alex glanced at the class door. The principle and his teacher Mr. Killgoy apparently were having a conversation. He nodded then the principle left. Killgoy glowered after him left.
Everyone knew killjoy wanted his job but was turned down. Zac started to shoot spit wads at other people, this distracted Alex as Killgoy opened the door and walked to his desk. Behind him came a girl with pale pink hair that came to her lower back. She stood right at the front of the class . She seemed to be staring at the floor nervously.
Alex thought she was kind of nice looking. Somehow she looked familiar to him somehow even though she was new. This made him feel akward, so he pulled on Zacs arm to get his attention. Zac turned to him then looked to the front of the room.
A wide grin flashed across his face as he attempted to shoot a wad at the teacher but Max pushed his head in to his desk. Killgoy who is the plainest looking teacher, a middle aged man in a gray plaid suit and is balding hair started to talk.
Class, class …CLASS! He sharply shouted.
Every student stopped mid sentence to look at him. The silence hung in the air; a cricket in the class pet's tank could be heard chirping. Mr. Killgoy only smiled at his students. They knew if they interrupted him it was an instant detention so they waited for him to speak.
"We have a student starting today, Miss Yoleeco please sit in that empty desk" he pointed to a desk a few rows behind Alex. She nodded then proceeded to walk between Alex and Zac. As she passed He caught a glimpse of her eyes, Violet. Alex blushed slightly. They were strangely distant like she was in a haze.
Class went as usual with free time at the end until the period bell rang. Alex sat on a desk watching as other students went to talk to the new girl. Her voice drew his attention. It was soft like she was trying not to scare anyone away but was firm at the same time.
Even Max and Zac went to meet her. Max came back unimpressed and Zac made a big deal of it giving her a bow. The bell broke Alex's train of thought and he mustered the courage to talk to her. He walked in her direction, he made it half way when his feet seemed to come out from under him.
He tumbled right in to her knocking her to the ground, books and paper flying. She recovered instantly staring him down.
"What the… why did you knock me over for"? She demanded knitting her brows tighter in a frown.
"Sorry…I…" Alex stammered at her. She turned away from him
"Weirdo" she said under her breath as she walked past him to the door. She suddenly squealed and sputtered
"Ee-yuck" turning back to Alex. Zac stood up next to Alex, He had filled his straw full of spit wads and had let them loose at her.
Her eyes filled with fury looked at Zac and Alex. She then walked huffily out the door pulling wads out of her hair.
" well… that was a good first impression" Max stood with her arms crossed as she rolled her eyes at Zac.
"What?" zac shrugged. Alex face palmed knowing that this was the start of a long day one that ended up a little too short. Max led the way to PE after having a few encounters with the new girl.
One of which ended with Alex crying on the bleachers. The group did not join the class but choose to stay on the side lines.
It was always a fight to get Zac to the gym for PE. It was Zac's least favorite class of them all. Max and Alex stayed with him so that he would not do anything that they would end up regretting leaving him alone or bodily harm to the school… always in sight of an extinguisher.
"Dude she is evil" Zac joked trying to cheer up Alex as he sat fingering his now short ponytail.
Zac was failing miserable at this. The New girl had randomly walked up and cut off half of his ponytail for apparently no reason. Alex could not understand why. A whistle sounded off and the whole group looked to the class, Alex still crying.
Today of all days was a skills test day, so students were placed in groups to be evaluated. Everyone was in gym uniforms. The girls to one side of the court and boys to the other, a teacher at each station took down the scores. They were running, jumping throwing a ball, even jumping jacks and others. Zac leaned back, arms behind his head
"I hate skills day" he grumbled. Max laughed quietly
"You hate PE any day of the week, what is different about skills day "she said sarcastically throwing her hands to the side.
Zac steamed staring at his cousin, Alex sighed they were always fighting like this. You would have thought that they were siblings not cousins but when you spend almost every day with each other you become that close. Alex saw out of the corner of his eye he saw the new girl come up to the high jump bar.
She stood ready and when the whistle blew she sprinted with surprising speed and jumped clear of the high jump bar with ease. Alex dropped his jaw when he saw this, Zac did too.
"Wow" gasped Max wide eyed.
"You can say that again" zac stuttered back at her.
"Whoa" whispered Alex to himself, who was this girl he thought. No one had told him her name plus her attitude made her a mystery to Alex.
"Just who is this girl?" he asked his friends. Max suddenly tapped her fist in her open palm.
"Now I know why she looked familiar, I know who she is" she smiled
Alex raised his eye brow. "What do you mean"?
She turned to Zac who looked confused. "Do you remember last Month you made us stay up and watch the Digimon TCG Finals"
"Yea, So what" answered Zac raising his brow at her.
"so that's… what was her name.. Aki, Kari... no Akari that's it! Akari Yoleeco was her name. She was the Champion remember"
Zac's jaw dropped as he turned to look down at the court. "The Champ"
they watched along with the rest if the gym as all the girls' team sports captains swarmed around Akari. They clearly all wanted her to join their respected teams. All willing to argue their case with the new girl. She just smiled politely and seemed to decline them all.
Max puffed a little smoke as she watched this. Her Soccer captain was there too.
"How can she decline them all? Are they not good enough for her? Who does she think she is?!" she asked flatly.
Alex and Zac laughed at Max's reaction. When it came to Soccer Max would easily knock you out if you disrespected her favorite sport. Of which she was one of the schools best players. Zac stretched seemingly uninterested with what was going on and glanced at his phone. He broke into a wide grin.
"It's about that time of day" he winked at his friend.
"You want to skip again today?" Alex asked.
Zac grin just widened "we be gone and back before we were missed"
Alex turned and slapped his face like he was trying to erase his frown. They were always back before school was out but they skipped almost too often. Zac loved the thrill of getting away with it. Alex looked back at the gym court.
That's when he noticed Zac was not the only one with that particular idea. Akari slipped from her group and headed for the girls locker room. Alex waved to max and Zac interrupting their conversation about where to go, and pointed at the new girl.
The group slipped from the bleachers unnoticed by the teachers. They watched as the girl opened the hall locker room exit in different cloths then she came to school in.
Zac's eyes just sparkled with mischievousness. He looked straight at Alex.
No, No…NO! Alex shook his head in disbelief. Max clamped her mouth shut so not to draw attention to them. She just stared down the hall after Akari.
"Ninja time" Zac whispered and he took off down the hall.
Scooting against the wall then diving behind a plant before going around the corner. Max and Alex could only look at each other.
"Better keep track of him" she grumbled.
Both Alex and Max sighed in unison and followed there 'sneaky' friend. Zac not being the master of camouflage was easy to spot and he was not being subtle either. He stuck out like a sore thumb. The ninja game was a very slow process.
Zac always took the harder route so not the draw attention but it made for lots of sores. The girl clearly had permission to leave but Zac was unconvinced.
So when she left through the front gate, the group had to scale the school wall which ended with max landing in a bush. Leaves stuck to her hair and cloths. Zac continued to dodge and weave from hiding spot to hiding spot. Alex and Max just walked behind him pretending not to know him.
"This is so stupid" Alex told Max "I know but try explaining it to ninja master over there" she pointed to Zac behind a flag pole very conspicuously. They followed this girl from stop after stop.
First was a food stand where Zac almost blew his cover over the smell of ramin if it weren't for Max stuffing a candy bar she had in her pocket in to his mouth.
When she left Alex bought lunch and they ate at the next stop as they watched her participate in a karate class. Zac tried to sneak in but was thrown out when he was caught by a teacher. What else he did in there Alex could not figure out but the teacher was mad as can be.
The next stop was as dance studio; Alex started to wonder why they bothered doing this at all. Zac was absolutely gaga over all the pretty girls in the studio.
He then had the whole group chased off when he tried to climb through an ally window. If there cover was not blown by then Alex would be surprised. When she left the studio she had a duffle bag in hand and where she was heading was a relief to Alex.
Zac was not giving up on his playing ninja. She walked right in to the one place the group knew all too well. The outdoor shopping mall was the group's favorite hangout. They had followed this girl all over town only to end up here.
Even during the day it was quite full. She vanished in to the crowd without a trace. Max and Alex flopped on to a bench. Zac sat cross legged on a flower planted filled with tall grass.
"There goes my quarry" he winced.
"You're the one who wanted to skip" Max shot at him.
Alex opened a soda he bought from a machine then took a long swig. "So we're here now, just forget her" he said at his friend with a smile.
"Then the arcade is calling our name" Zac jumped to his feet excitedly.
So the group headed that way without another word. The arcade was in one of the last buildings on the strip so it was easy to find with all the neon lights. The doors opened to an active business. Everyone was in school but the arcade was far from empty.
Retro game and VR games stood side by side with a snack concessions on one side. Pool and game tables stood in the back for those that preferred card and manual games to all the new age consoles.
Zac headed straight for Alien shooting game he loved and max for the concessions for drinks. Alex just wandered around trying to decide what to play when saw what he did not expect. There in the back of the arcade was Akari. She stood as he came closer.
"Next time fight some one more on your own level" she said flatly to a twenty something year old guy in the seat across from her.
When she stood up Alex saw she was in another set of cloths unlike anything she had wore at school. Her tee and jean were replaced with a yellow cropped tank and a skirt. A Chinese dragon seemed to wrap from the top to the skirt. Her brown boots came to her knees and her forearms were wrapped with blue warmers topped with gold coins. Her hair hung all the way to her lower back.
To Alex she beams with confidence so he assumed this was her natural element. On the table was a scattered Digimon cards. The guy clearly did not know who he was dealing with or he was just trying to show off.
She turned away and was looking up in to Alex's face. He just gulped as her eyes seemed to harden as they bore in to him.
"I... ah... hi." was all he could spit out.
He looked around nervously to see where his two friends were at
"What did you do? Follow me here?" She asked with narrowed eyes while Alex backed up
"Uhh…no. We skipped." Alex stated
"We? So it's not only you here?" Her glared intensified as she said this giving Alex a cold chill
"Had to enlist help for more pranks huh?!" She exclaimed not letting Alex get a word in
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa. I don't do pranks. That's Zac's department." Alex stated putting his hands up in defense
"Hey I just made it through the…uh oh." Zac stated coming around the corner when he froze seeing his 'quarry' standing cross armed next to Alex
"So YOU'RE the one who did all that stuff." She shouted at Zac who in turn turned tail and began to run…straight into Max who had come up behind him
"Zac you idiot! Can't you watch where you're going?" Max shouted
"But…but…" Zac stuttered lying on the ground. The lights in the arcade began to flicker.
"And you let him do this stuff!" Akari shouted at Alex
"I can't control him every second of every day…That's Max job!" Alex stated
"What is my job? And what did he do?" Max asked looking at Alex then to Zac who is still on the ground. In each hand she had a foam cup which was shaking
"Max chill…I just did some pranks…no big deal." Zac stated scooting back into an arcade console
"No big deal…You should have seen the mess he made!" Akari said her words dripping with ice
"What could he have done in such a short time?" Max asked while Alex began thinking it might be a good idea to join Zac
"First he followed me all the way down the hall shooting spit wads at me!" she started and it was noticeable now that her whole body was shaking with anger
"Then somehow he filled my locker with marbles!" she continued
"Then HE…" she pointed at Alex
"Dropped a water balloon filled with jelly on top of me!" She shouted. The overhead lights shook.
Alex looked at her confused "I walk with Max to gym every day. Zac's locker is all the way at the end of the hall." Alex replied trying to remain calm
"When all this happened I keep seeing you!" she shouted and that's when Alex realized her reason for cutting off his ponytail
"Zachariah…get out here." Max said to Zac who had crawled underneath the table.
A small eep came from below as Zac peeked out
"Just having some harmless fun. That was all." Zac said going back under
"Fun. My first day ruined all over some fun. Why can't I just go somewhere where there no stupid people?!" she said out loud to herself
"Hey. That's my best friend and my cousin you're talking about." Max said flatly glaring setting the drinks down on the table as Alex pulled Zac out from under the table
"It's not you I have a problem with. It's them." She said pointing at the two boys
"Is there no where I can go to get away from all this craziness?!" She shouted
"Can we just stop fighting over all this and start over?" Alex said getting between the angered girls.
'Yes. Come.' A voice said very low that was almost impossible to hear. The only ones who could hear it was the four of them
"What was…" Zac started, but at that moment the entire room began to shake, and lights flickered as the arcade console screens flashed black and white. The four dove under the table as the rest of the people ran for the door leaving them alone.
The shaking stopped after a few moments that to them seemed to last forever. One by one each of them crawled out from under the table. Max was the first to break the silence after crawling out
"An earthquake. Of all times for an earthquake to hit." She mumbled as Alex began looking around.
Something felt different. The air felt like it was full of energy
"Do you guys feel that?" he asked. Akari nodded looking around herself
"Come on it was just a regular earthquake. What could go…" He joked, but was cut off and suddenly screamed. The others looked to where he was standing, but saw nothing
"Zac where did you…" Max began to ask when she screamed as well leaving Alex and Akari looking around for them. The safety lights that had come on only gave off low light so almost everything was in shadows.
"Whatever you do don't move." Akari said as calmly as possible
"Right, but she was standing right next to me." He replied in a whisper.
He looked down at the ground then across over at Akari
"Now we just wait for…" Akari began as a small black opening appeared below her feet she gave a small yelp and fell through. The hole closed after she went through.
Alex sucked in a big breath and took a step forward only to feel his feet fall out from under him. He saw the hole close above his head and he fell screaming like Zac had.
'What in the world is going on?' Was his last thought before he had fallen through.
Fire: That was the first chapter. Hope you enjoyed it.
Akari: Aren't I suppose to say that?
D9: You took to long.
Akari: Okay so it was a long chapter
D9: That I half typed out.
Fire: It was just the last 3...or 5 paragraphs.
Akari: He was in a hurry.
D9: Can we just sign off now?
Akari: Fine. This is Akarisakara signing off
Fire: Fireuser3 blazing off
D9: and Decode9. Over and Out.
Akari: BTW I got my Penname from the old RP this story is based off of.