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Chapter 1: Hero's Fire: Agunimon!

It was an early afternoon at the school. Takuya sat in a tree bored out of his mind. Normally he'd play soccer but that had been made against the rules in the school because of so many people getting hurt. Several other outdoor games were also band: such as football, tag, and field hockey. The brown haired boy muttered to himself and then sighed. I wish something would happen. I wish my destiny would just find me already and take me from this boring life, he thought and then sighed again. Destiny had yet to meet him face to face and time only seemed to drag on for him. He dangled his legs out of the tree and dropped down, startling the boy that sat next to where he landed.

"Ah!" he shouted but turned to see the sixth grader and sighed out of relief. "Oh, Takuya, it's only you." Takuya looked at the brown haired and brown eyed fifth grader and smiled.

"Hey, Teruo, what's up?" he asked, offering a hand up.

Teruo took it and stood up. "Well, not much really . . ." he said trailing off mid-sentence and looked away. Takuya followed his gaze to see a Digital Monster Official in a light blue work suit and a hard hat. What he was wearing made him look more like a construction worker. On his belt he wore a walkie-talkie and a defractal-taser to ward off any hostile Digimon.

He walked over to them. "Have you seen a Bokomon and a Neemon?" asked the man. The two shook their heads. "Well, if you find them make sure to contact us. A Bokomon and Neemon pair is wanted and who ever does will get a fine reward."

"Why are they wanted?" asked Teruo.

"What's so important about a Bokomon and Neemon?" Takuya said as if the wanted add was a joke. "They're only a Rookie level yet the DMO can't even handle them?"

"They're wanted criminals," the DMO said. A call for back-up was heard from the walkie-talkie and the Official turned back to them before running off. "Criminals are criminals. Contact us if you find a pair of them," he said and ran off.

Takuya sighed. "Boring, boring, boring," Takuya said over and over. "Has the DMO really shrunk that low, though, having a reward for a Bokomon and Neemon?"

Teruo shrugged. "A warrant is only dealt to those who are extremely dangerous or important for them to be captured again," he reminded the sixth grader.

"Yeah, but still-," Takuya began but was cut off by the bell. It was now time for students to return to class after their lunch brake. The two boys rushed back to the school building and back to their classes. Takuya bade his younger friend goodbye as they went to their separate hallways.

All for the rest of his class, he fantasized about being some sort of hero so he could take down anyone that dared harm everyone.

"Kanbara," said the teacher. "What's your take on the news since you claim to be the hero?" Takuya didn't pay attention and kept daydreaming. Something flew at him and hit him on the head. Takuya fell out of his seat, more from the sudden jolt of being brought back to reality than the piece of chalk hitting his head.

"Huh?" he asked, he stood up and looked around as if he was still that hero and was waiting for the ambush.

Kitagawa-sensei, the teacher, cleared her throat and the rest of the class laughed. She brought them to order and began explaining what had recently happened. "At the ambassador meeting last night between the Human Ambassadors, Michi Harumi, and the Digimon Ambassadors, Seraphimon, Ophanimon, and Cherubimon, the meeting was attacked right in the middle. Several killed, including the ambassadors of the Digimons and Humans."

Takuya grew quiet. "Oh," he said. They continued the class, making memorial cards to those who had had family that died in the riot or were severely hurt during the meeting.

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After school, Takuya began walking with his younger brother, Shinya. Shinya began babbling about the game he had beaten and then mentioned "Toxic Fire 2". Takuya stopped and spun around to glare at his brother. How the hell did his brother think he could get away with playing his game?! "Shinya! How many times have I told you not to mess with my stuff?" Takuya demanded. "Did you start over?"

Shinya stuck out his tongue. "You haven't played that game in weeks!" Shinya shouted back. "It was just lying around. Of course I started over because I had no clue what the heck to do next!"

Takuya gritted his teeth. There was only one save file on his game and only one memory card. Takuya had nearly beaten the game, taken the fire stone, and bath in glory like all the other times he had beaten his other video games and after winning a soccer match only to have it taken away by some annoying little brother who couldn't keep out of his stuff. "Damn it, Shinya!" he hollered with a crazed look in his eyes.

Shinya gasped as he began tearing down the side walk with his older brother in hot pursuit.

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Bokomon sighed. "Where can we find the human for this Spirit?" he wondered aloud, as he pulled Neemon by the pants like a dog on a leash.

"Maybe we can wish on a star and he'll find us," Neemon suggested in his dopy voice. Bokomon let go of his the waist band, having it snap back onto Neemon's butt and having him shout. Bokomon ignored the moan from his companion and restated the question. "How can we find the human for the Spirit?"

The two had been wondering for the entire day. Only to make their job worse, they had several meetings with strange men with tasers chasing them. Once they even ran into a group of younger children that chased after them, shouting stuff like, "I wanna have it", "Cute", or even "I wanna pull its ears". Bokomon didn't know which was worse: the guy with the taser or the group of children wanting a new stuffed animal.

Bokomon sighed. "Maybe the child isn't here."

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Takuya had finally caught up with his brother in the park. All motivation was gone for him getting pay back, so now he was trying to find his brother so he wouldn't get a nagging from his mother when they got home for being late on top of scarring the crap out of his brother after getting pissed. "Shinya, come on out," Takuya called for his younger brother. "Look, I'm not going to hurt you though I'm still pissed that you erased my game without my permission. Come out before I have to make you!" Takuya put his hands on his hips and looked around. His brother had always been good at hiding.

The leaves of the tree above him rustled. He looked up to see his little brother in a tree branch. "Shinya, finally-!" he began, but Shinya put a finger to his lip and motioned for his older brother to follow him. Takuya didn't want to play any games and wanted to get back home before his mother was livid but he followed his younger brother anyway. He climbed up the tree quietly. Takuya looked in between the leaves to see a Cerberumon blasting green fire at the trees, scarring and scorching the humans and Digimon in the park. "Where is the Spirit?" he demanded. When no one answered, he spat green flames that started the grass and trees on fire. Humans shrieked and ran for cover. Any Digimon brave enough to stay tried to put out the fires before they spread to the other trees.

This was what Takuya would fantasize about but unlike his daydreams during class, he couldn't do anything. He loathed leaving but he had to get his brother home. Takuya pulled on his brother's arm. "Let's go, Shinya," hissed Takuya.

"Okay, Nii-san," Shinya answered and they began inching their way back over the branch when- Snap! Shinya screamed for his brother. Takuya looked down to see his brother land hard on the ground. A second scream came after Shinya hit the ground. Takuya climbed to a lower branch and jumped from it and circled the tree to his brother. He helped him sit up.

"Shinya, you okay?" Takuya asked frantically.

Shinya shook his head as tears trickled down his face that was bright red. "M-my hand hurts," he replied.

"Let me-," Takuya began helping his brother to his feet, being careful not to grab the arm that Shinya cradled to his chest; Shinya had probably fallen on and broke his wrist. A snarl stopped them both. Takuya slowly turned to see Cerberumon standing a few feet behind him.

"Where do you think your going?" growled the black demon dog.

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Maybe the human isn't here? Bokomon thought as he continued walking and pulling Neemon so he wouldn't go off on his own. Maybe the human is in a different city? Suddenly, Bokomon felt something warm against his skin from inside the pink belt. "Hm?" It quickly became way too hot for Bokomon to handle the next second and it started to burn his skin. "HOT! HOT! HOT!" Bokomon cried jumping from foot to foot trying to reach for the orb and get it away from his skin but it was way too hot for him to grab onto.

The orb began floating away from his body but the belt kept hold of it, stretching out in front of Bokomon. Then, it began to zoom off, pulling Bokomon and Neemon with it.

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Takuya managed to get Shinya to run for cover and get help as he distracted Ceberumon. Ceberumon had landed on top of him, trying to bit the human's head but a long stick was crammed between the demon dog's jaws. Takuya tried his best to keep Ceberumon's head as far away from his as possible, but he was losing that battle. He could feel the hot and rotten smelling breath that spewed from the Digimon's nostrils and partially open mouth.

Ceberumon bit down harder on the stick and tossed his head and letting go of it, and sending the boy flying a few yards and landing hard on the grassy ground. "Hellfire!" Ceberumon released a green blaze towards Takuya, who rolled out of the way but still managed to get burns on his arms.

Ceberumon jumped at the boy and landed a few feet away from him and unleashed a green Hellfire. Takuya ducked to avoid the flames but he could still feel the blistering heat from them. His arms hurt like hell from his burns but he did his best to ignore them.

Ceberumon jumped in front of him. "I'm quite amazed you made it this long," he growled. He began readying a blistering fire. Takuya couldn't move and buried his head in the grass. Where are they? he wondered. His life flashed before him and angry tears flowed from his eyes into the dirt. So much he wanted to do; so much he wanted to say. Was this the end of the road? Was destiny going to snuff him out before he can do anything?

"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" cried two voices. Ceberumon looked up in curiosity and the next thing he knew- Bam! Ceberumon was sent flying as two small Digimon crashed into him at high speeds. He coughed up green fire as he sailed through the air and landed several yards away into a several trees and bushes. The green flames turned red and danced around the human.

Takuya dared a peek to see what was going on and saw a red orb floating above him. "Wha-?" he asked. He saw a strange mental image of a tall Digimon with long and wild blond hair, green eyes, and was wearing red and black armor. The tall Digimon smiled down at him and disappeared. The orb turned into a small figure that had the upper torso armor of the Digimon that had appeared in front of him. It seemed to call out to Takuya for him to take it.

Ceberumon looked to see what he was looking for. "The Spirit," he said with satisfaction. He jumped towards it to take it but red flames flew up and blocked his way.

Bokomon looked towards the human and the Spirit. "The Chosen!" cried Bokomon happily. "The Human! We found the Human!"

Ceberumon growled and tried to jump through the flame wall. Normally, when jumping through flames, Ceberumon wouldn't get hurt by the fire but there was something special about this fire as it burned right through his exoskeleton and burned him. He cried out in anguish and leaped from the flame wall. "How can I get hurt by flames?" he cried.

Despite the heat that he should have felt, Takuya hadn't combusted into flames. How? He stood up and faced the figure. His eyes widened as he heard something ringing from his pocket. Takuya pulled out his cell phone and watched it turn into an odd looking device that was black with a red grip with white buttons. "Take it," said a fuzzy female voice from his device. "Take your Spirit into your D-Scanner."

Takuya looked up at the "Spirit" with wide eyes and then put on a determined look. This was destinies call. He pointed the D-Scanner at the figure and it was sucked into it. A red symbol appeared on the on the screen. "Spirit Evolution!" he shouted the words that came to his mind. In an instant he was covered by a data cocoon and hot flames surrounded him. He broke out of the cocoon and the flame wall that had surrounded him disappeared. Takuya was no longer human, from what he could tell, he was that Digimon he had seen earlier.

"Who's that?" shouted Ceberumon.

"I'm Agunimon!" shouted the new figure.

"We're saved! Saved!" shouted Bokomon.

"We are?" wondered Bokomon. Snap.

"No matter what form you take, a human is just a human!" cried Ceberumon, leaping into the air and flying over Agunimon and blasted green flames at him. Agunimon did a cartwheel to get out of the way. Ceberumon spat more green flames and Agunimon jumped out of the way and the dog demon landed where he had been. Agunimon landed in a nearby tree and jumped towards Ceberumon.

The dog skulls on Ceberumon's front legs looked up and began glowing black. Huge holes began opening on the ground leading to a dark void like area. Agunimon got lucky and landed where a hole hadn't appeared yet and bounced back into the air. He didn't get so lucky the next time. As he bounced back into the air, Ceberumon leaped and crashed into Agunimon. The two hurtled into an open hole. "Welcome to my turf," he snarled as the holes closed and it became totally black.

Agunimon looked around wildly, blinded by the lack of light to help him see. "Show yourself, you coward!" he demanded. He was greeted by slashes. The armor protected him from most of the damage but he could still feel the pain. He anticipated the next slash and caught a large paw that he knew belonged to his attacker. "Gotcha!" he said triumphantly.

"Oh, really? Hellfire!" Agunimon felt the heat of the attack but to his astonishment, it wasn't as hot as before.

"Two can play at this game!" Agunimon let go of his opponent and began spinning around. Fire spun around him from the back of his hands. Ceberumon cried from the blistering heat that he felt through his exoskeleton. The flames extinguished themselves and Agunimon did a round house kick to Ceberumon's stomach.

The black dog howled out in pain and became nothing more than a silhouette with a ring of data orbiting it like a ring around a planet. The glow of it gave off was enough to somewhat see in the dark area. Agunimon summoned his D-Scanner. "Never mess with fire, or you're bound to get burned! Fractal Code, Scan." Agunimon scanned the data ring and it disappeared. The silhouette disappeared and in its place was a DigiTama.

The Dark Area faded back into the park. Agunimon was wrapped in a data cocoon and turned back into an exhausted Takuya.

Several humans rushed over to the boy as did Shinya. "Ni-san!" shouted his brother, still cradling his arm against his body. "Ni-san, are you alright?"

Takuya looked up at his younger brother. He nodded. "Just felt like I had the wind knocked out of me," he replied. Takuya looked around. Since the time he had gone under and fought in the dark area, fire fighters had came into the park and were drenching the fire, leaving charred wood and the smell of smoke heavy in the air. He struggled to stand up, still weak from the toll of becoming Agunimon. "Wait, how the hell was I able to do that?"

"I don't know," Shinya replied. "but that was cool! Do you think you can do it again?"

"You are a Digidestined," replied a voice. Takuya and Shinya looked behind them to see a Bokomon and Neemon walk over to them.

"Digi-wha?"

"Digidestined. You were chosen by the Spirit of Fire to save the world," continued the Bokomon, stopping right in front of Takuya. "You and five others have been chosen as the world guardians along with the Spirits."

"Spirits? Chosen?" asked Takuya, giving him a puzzled look.

"Cool!" shouted Shinya punching his arms into the air and then brought his wrist back to his stomach and flinched in pain.

Takuya pulled his younger brother up by the arm. "I think you can talk about this once we get Shinya back home," Takuya said to the two Digimon. "We can talk when Shinya's at the hospital and I'm stuck doing some chores."

Shinya made an innocent smile. They all began walking back to his house.

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Takuya got a stern talking to and was forced to stay home since he and Shinya missed dinner. Shinya was taken to the hospital after his mother bandaged his burned arms. His burns didn't turn out too badly; only first-degree but it still did hurt if he put pressure on it.

Takuya took some leftovers after he did the dishes. He opened the door and snuck Neemon and Bokomon into the apartment and into his room. Takuya sat in the chair and heaved a sigh as he dug into the food.

"I'm starving!" complained Neemon.

"Do you think we can have some food? Me and my idiot of a companion" – Bokomon nudged his head in the direction of Neemon who was picking his nose. – "have been traveling all day and haven't had any food for a while."

Takuya handed them one of the plates that he had taken in with him since he worked up an appetite after the evolution. Bokomon and Neemon began eating.

"So, what's a Spirit?" asked Takuya before taking another bite.

"Well." Bokomon swallowed his mouthful of food. "A Spirit is a- well, how should I put it? It's rather difficult to explain." Takuya indicated for him to go on. "Well, to put it bluntly, a Spirit is what was left of the Ancient Warriors."

"Ah, I remember hearing that story," Takuya said and smiled at the memory of hearing it as a kindergartner. "The Legendary Warriors defeated the mad Lucemon and stuff. Go on."

Bokomon looked rather annoyed since he wasn't able to tell about the legend. He got over it and continued. "There are twenty Spirits and two for each element: fire, wind, light, water, metal, earth, lightning, darkness, ice, and wood. One Spirit is known as a Human Spirit, quite powerful as you can tell, and the Beast Spirit, loads more powerful than a Human Spirit."

"On my- our- way here, we lost most of the Spirits that haven't yet fallen into Maledimon's grasp, except for yours I managed to get before it floated away," Bokomon explained.

Takuya was lost. "Maledimon? Other Spirits? Beast Spirit? How about you start from the beginning."

That's what Bokomon did, explaining about who Maledimon was, the fall of Seraphimon and Cherubimon, their chase through the night, Ophanimon's sacrifice, and the long search for the Chosen for the Human Spirit of Fire. "And then we met you," he concluded.

"Man," was all Takuya could say in disbelief. "So there are how many more Spirits out there? Nine?" Bokomon nodded. Takuya thought for a minute and his mind flashed back to the night before with the nine jets of light racing across the sky. "Could that have been . . . the Spirits?" he wondered aloud.

Bokomon and Neemon looked up at Takuya as they wolfed down the rest of their food. "So how many are there left?" he asked. "How many other Chosen?"

"Well, assuming that the other humans find them first, four others," Bokomon answered.

"You mean that Maledimon is after them as well?"

"Of course! You're not an idiot like Neemon, are you?!" shouted Bokomon. Takuya frowned, annoyed.

He suddenly felt a jolt of energy tear across from somewhere. Takuya looked around wildly, keeping his D-Scanner prepared. "Did you feel that?" he asked.

Bokomon looked at him in question. "You probably felt the energy as another person found their Spirit and evolved," said the small Digimon.

A few seconds later, Takuya was overwhelmed as three more jolts of electricity passed over him. "Holy crap! That was insane," Takuya nearly shouted as his heart raced. He sat down and breathed shallow breaths from the insane rush.

"Everyone probably found their Spirit by now," Bokomon said. "That's quite amazing that they all found them in about an hour's time."

"We have to find them," Takuya grabbed his hat and goggles and nearly ran out the door before Bokomon stopped him.

"Ophanimon-sama will call them when the time is right," he said. Takuya wanted to go out but gave up as Bokomon reasoned with him.

"Fine," he said in stubborn defeat and sat down on his bed. Takuya fell asleep as soon as he hit the mattress and pillow but soon woke up. He couldn't fall back asleep because of the rush he had earlier. I wonder what the others are like, he thought.

X-X-X

Ha! Chapter 1 is done! The ENTIRE fight that Takuya had with Ceberumon was mainly based on the episode where they fight.

DigiTama is a DigiEgg. D-Scanner is a D-tector. Sensei means teacher and is used as an honorific for people who teacher you. And, yeah.

EDIT: I had decided to rewrite some parts of the story to match and add a bit more and take out some parts that aren't going needed. Sorry about that everyone. The teacher's name came from one of the characters from the Tamers season (I think she was the teacher). Anyway, please R&R.