Chapter 2: In the Digital World

Hiro groaned at the pain he felt in his head. He must have hit it hard when he landed. He moaned, his eyes clenching shut further before he slowly tried to open his eyes. His vision was blurry as he looked around. There where ... trees? What where there trees doing here? Hiro slowly sat up and looked around. His friends where no where in sight. What was going on?

He slowly stood, his hand to his head. "MASAMI!" He called out. "TOSHIKO!" He yelled. "Where is everyone?!" He called out.

"Will you stop yelling?" Masami said coming out of the bushes. Hiro paused. There was a little ... Hiro didn't know how to describe it. It was a little pink with with little arms and a face.

"What is ... What is that?!" He asked.

"This?" Masami asked. "This is Motimon. He calls himself a digimon. Everyone has been a wake for a while now. You've been unconscious for quite some time. We're still looking for Keisuke though." He said, not sure where he'd ended up.

"A digimon?" Hiro asked, looking down at the thing. "Yeah, we all had one by us when we woke up. They seem keen on following us around. They're pretty friendly." He said looking around the small clearing where Hiro was. "I wonder where yours is."

"I don't want one." Hiro said. "That thing is freaky."

"Who you calling freaky!" Motimon said angrily. Hiro jumped back.

"It talks!" He said as Motimon jumped out of Masami's hand.

"Of course I talk. And I can do more than that!" He said jumping up and hitting Hiro in the head. Hiro fell to the ground in a sitting position, holding his head where the little pink thing hit him.

"You're pretty strong for a little guy." Hiro said, rubbing his head. There was a russling noise in the bushes and the three of them turned to see what it was. "What was that?" Hiro asked, moving away from the bushes.

"I don't know." Masami said as a faint glow appeared in the bushes. There was a small whimper and the glow disappeared again.

"Hey, you don't have to be afraid of us." Motimon said, hoping over to the bushes. "You can come out." The faint glow appeared again, but neither of them could make out what it was, except Motimon who was close enough to see. "It's your partner Hiro ... he's scared of you."

"Of me?" Hiro asked. "Why would he be scared of me?" Hiro asked shocked as to what he'd done to make the little thing scared of him. If anything, he should be scared of them.

"You did say you didn't want him Hiro." Masami said, causing the thing to whimper again. Hiro sighed and moved a bit closer to the bush.

"Hey little guy. You can come out. I'm not going to hurt you." He said, crouching down low to the ground.

"He's a very shy Digimon. Don't take it personally." Motimon said moving over to the bush. The glow withdrew a bit. "Hey come on, you have to meet your partner. You don't have to be afraid of him. You'll be best friends before you know it!" He said. Hiro watched as Motimon continued talking, though it was too quiet to hear. A few moments later the little creature came out, though very slowly. The thing seemed about ready to bolt at any moment.

It was a little fire ball that hovered over the ground. It had bright purple eyes, and three stitches over either side of his mouth. Six in total. Two little flame like arms sprouted underneat him.

"Hello." The thing said in a quiet and smooth voice, though it's mouth didn't move. "I'm Demimeramon." He said quietly. He remained by the bushes, not going anywhere near Hiro.

"Demimeramon." He said curiously. "You're ... kinda cool. I guess." He said looking at him. "What exactly are you? And where are we?"

"We're Digimon." Motimon said. "And you're in the digital world. We're your partners!"

"So you keep saying." Hiro said looking back at Motimon. "But ... What exactly is a digimon?" He asked, rubbing his head again.

"We're digital monsters. You are the digidestined. We've been waiting forever for you to come here. We never thought you'd show up! But here you are!" Motimon said bouncing happily over to Masami again.

"Hey guys!" Hiro looked over to see Yuuko, Toshiko and Keisuki walking over to them. "Look who we found." Yuuko said, jabbing her thumb in Keisuke's direction. "He's got one too! Oh, hey Hiro. Is that your Digimon?" She asked looking down at Demimeramon.

"Uh, yeah. From the looks of it." He said standing up from the ground. Demimeramon slowly floated closer.

"Oh cool. Yours flys." Toshiko said.

Hiro laughed. "Yeah, yours looks like a racoon and a moth had a baby." He said laughing. "So, who are all of you?" He asked.

"I'm Gummymon."

"Kyaromon."

"Kyokyomon."

"We should find shelter soon." Yuuko said. "It's going to start getting dark out."

"Can we get home from here?" Hiro asked. "How do we get back?"

"Get back? But you just got here!" Kyaromon said hopping out of Toshiko's arms. "You can't go home already. Besides ... I don't think you can get home. Not yet."

"What do you mean not yet?" Masami asked picking up Motimon again.

"You were brought here for a reason. I don't think the gate to the real world will open again until that reason is fulfilled." Demimeramon said quietly, shriking away from Hiro. Hiro looked at him confused.

"You don't have to be afraid of me you know ... I'm not going to hurt you. I mean that. Besides ... you're covered in so much fire, I doubt I'd be able to touch you anyway." He said with a bit of a laugh. Demimeramon floated away a bit more, turning his face away from Hiro. "Hey what-"

"Hiro. Knock it off. That's not nice." Toshiko said. "Hey, it's okay Demimeramon. Hiro talks more than he should. He didn't mean any of it. You're a perfect Digimon. I bet your real powerful too." Demimeramon looked at her and smiled slightly before he floated cautiously closer to the group.

"Come on guys, we really should find somewhere to sleep." Yuuko said looking up. "The suns already going down."

((A/N- And there's day one in the digiworld! Please R&R))