A/N: 02 is definitely one of my favorite seasons. It is less flawed than most people think and if you do a lot of research, you'll find that many 'plotholes' were actually covered by external media. For example, the appearance of Ryo in 02 was a nod to the WonderSwan games. Many people didn't know about it and were confused and angry. You'll find that the games are crucial and tie in Adventure and 02 in a beautiful infinity loop. If you studied it you'll know what I mean, otherwise you'll find out in time if you follow this story ;) Anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter. It was fun to write.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN DIGIMON AND THE WONDERSWAN GAMES. I AM JUST WRITING THIS STORY BY FLESHING OUT THE SOURCE MATERIAL.
Chapter 1:
The Digital Limbo is a place where space and time is inconsequential. It is a place where deleted Digimon drift towards before being reborn. In that place, a certain dying Digimon fizzled in and out of existence. His data merged and dispersed randomly, solidifying his limbs and dissolving them immediately. The place he was in was dark and empty, void of light and life. As he struggled to retain his consciousness, a thought formed in his mind.
Is this the end of the mighty MugenDramon? Is it my destiny to remain in limbo until the end of time?
Hope of being starting anew was dashed. The fallen Dark Master would have chuckled at the notion if he could. It was ironic that he who destroyed and nullified The Village of Beginnings would have thoughts about being reborn. Who would have thought that one day, he would die at the hands of a lowly Ultimate Level Digimon.
Piedmon… Pinnochimon… Metalseadramon… His former comrades had dissolved completely into nothingness. They too had had no chance at being reborn. Now their data scattered across this abyss that MugenDramon was in, so diminished that they couldn't possibly reform again. Soon, he would join them and fade eventually.
Damn that Wargreymon… If only I could rise again and take my revenge…
Suddenly, a voice penetrated the darkness. "Oh, so you have regrets as well?"
MugenDramon strained to detect the source of the voice. However, his deteriorated body would not allow it. "Who are you?" he spoke as hard as he could, but unlike his previously solid resounding voice, it sounded like a weak grunt.
The voice chuckled darkly. "I am no different from you. I was once a magnificent creature with enormous power, but I suffered defeat at the hands of the cursed Chosen Children…"
Anger coursed through MugenDramon. His left claw momentarily formed before it broke again. "So you were killed by those meddling children too?"
"Oh yes, I was destroyed by their unexpected power. How I long to strike back and annihilate them…"
MugenDramon fell silent. "But it is impossible to rise from this void. You and I are destined to mourn ourselves until we are erased completely. Vengeance is nothing but wishful thinking."
"Is that so?" the voice said amusedly. "There is an ancient technique, one that allows two Digimon to merge and become a greater power, one strong enough to rise from the depths of hell. It is called Jogress."
MugenDramon felt his excitement rise. "Is it possible for us to unlock this technique?"
"I have not tried, but I am sure it is. We can do it only if we are synchronised in mind. Tell me, do you wish to take your revenge? Do you lust to unleash your rage on the Chosen Children?"
The dying cyborg thought back to the pain inflicted to his mortal body and the loss he felt at the demise of his comrades. Anger began to swell in him. "Yes, I do. I swear I will make them pay for what they have done," MugenDramon vowed.
"Good, then we have common intentions," the voice drawled. "Merge with me, the supreme Kimeramon and we shall return to the world of the living as an omnipotent being! Focus your anger, let it consume you!" he let out a guttural roar.
MugenDramon channelled his anger and concentrated on one thought: kill the Chosen Children and retake the Digital World. He felt his data get pulled apart and his body disintegrated completely. The void was vanishing and the darkness was starting to vanish. His consciousness merged with another being's as two minds became one. His grasp of reality began to slip away…
In the deepest regions of the Digital World, bits of data streamed from all directions into a colossal Digitama. The shell was coloured purple, black and grey and they swirled chaotically. As more data gathered, the egg grew in size. Finally, it cracked and the shell shattered into dissolving bits. The monster within had finally awakened.
The newly Jogressed Digimon roared, as if informing the Digital World that the devil had appeared and that all living creatures should fear its wrath.
For their sake, they really should, because a new enemy had appeared, one that would take more than the Chosen Children to stop.
Nothing would stand in Milleniummon's way to world domination.
New Year's Eve, 1999
Dusk fell in the evening sky. The turn of the millennium was approaching and everybody was excited. Workers rushed home to celebrate the countdown with their families. The owners of shops everywhere prepared to close for the day as less customers began to turn up.
Somewhere in Shinjuku, there lived a certain boy named Ryo Akiyama. He was the only child in the family, which meant he got a lot of attention. So it wasn't really surprising that his father bought him a brand new laptop for Christmas. The boy had spent the last five days tinkering with it, checking out what programs it offered. There was that one time he accidentally caused his the screen saver to run through some embarrassing photos he downloaded and he had to lock himself in his room for a whole hour to figure out how to reset it.
So by New Year's Eve, Ryo had completely familiarised himself with the electronic device. He enjoyed surfing online (literally as well, as he came across a surfing game that he enjoyed immensely) and chatting with his friends. They were very surprised when Ryo popped into the chat room one day and declared his presence.
Ryo was in his room on the second floor of his house. He sat at his desk in front of the window, using his new computer. He leaned back and yawned. It was 9.20pm and his dad wasn't back yet. He had gotten bored of playing online games and there wasn't much to do. He briefly considered getting a book to read before a chat box popped up. His friends had come online at the same time, to his surprise.
TAKE: Hey, guys! (SMILEY)
UK: Oi, Takeda! Nice of you to come online. (BIG GRIN)
MAA-KUN: Hello Uto-kun, Takeda-kun. Ryo-kun, are you there? (SHY)
Ryo smiled. It was always great to talk to his friends. They used all abbreviations of their names for their ID's, but it was enough to identify them. Takeda was obviously TAKE, while UK stood for Uto Kurosaki. MAA-KUN was a nice girl named Mari. She was humble and polite, so Ryo always enjoyed speaking with her, be it online or in class. He began to type:
RYO: Yes, Mari. I've been online for more than an hour. Is everybody here?
TAKE: Well, it's just us. Haruka and Shinji aren't free to come online. Haruka is away visiting her relatives in Singapore. I don't know what Shinji is doing, but he's probably too lazy to turn on the computer. (BORED)
UK: Speak for yourself, Takeda. You are in no position to judge.
TAKE: What do you mean? (ANGRY)
UK: You shouldn't comment on others being lazy. You've gotten yourself sent out of class for not doing your homework enough times to get a warning letter.
TAKE: That wasn't my fault! My dog ate my homework!
MAA-KUN: But Takeda-kun, you don't have a dog…
TAKE: It was a stray!
Ryo snickered to himself. That was just like Takeda to make up excuses to defend his forgetfulness. He read on as the conversation continued. He couldn't resist joining in.
Ryo: I thought you said it was yours? (WINK)
TAKE: It was, but I took it in and took care of it!
UK: Whatever, Takeda. Nobody believes you anyway.
TAKE: Hey, at least the teacher did!
UK: For what, the first two of fifty times you used that lame excuse? Please.
MAA-KUN: Guys… Please don't fight. It's New Year's Eve. (SAD)
TAKE: Hmph, fine.
UK: Okay, okay… Hey, do you guys remember the weird incident we had this summer?
Ryo thought for a moment. True enough, there were anomalies occurring throughout the world. Japan had not been spared.
MAA-KUN: The earthquakes? Yeah, our town got wrecked… I heard that other places had droughts, strange weather and tsunamis. I wonder what happened… (WORRIED)
UK: My dad said it was a terrorist attack. I knew something didn't add up.
TAKE: Terrorists don't create earthquakes. I heard that people are saying it's because of Digimon.
UK: No way! Are you kidding me?
Ryo frowned. He had heard about Digimon before. There were reports worldwide about the sky being torn open and another world could be glimpsed. He had seen it himself as well.
MAA-KUN: How could they blame the Digimon!? Are they nuts?
TAKE: Calm down. It was Taichi something who said it. Truth be told, I'm mad at him for blaming the Digimon as well. YukiAgumon would be furious too.
Ryo blinked. YukiAgumon? What is Takeda talking about? He didn't get the chance to ask because the power sizzled and his screen went dark. The lights in his room had gone out to. He stood up and looked out of the window. Streetlamps and the lights of houses of the housing area were disappearing rapidly, creating a veil of darkness outside.
"What is going on? Is it a power shortage? It had better not fry my new laptop" Ryo groused. Well, there goes my entertainment until the count down, he thought. Suddenly, he heard a voice coming from his computer.
"Ryo… Help me, Ryo… RYO!" The screen had come back to life despite not being connected to the power source. The monitor showed a weirdly shaped yellow reptile with green eyes in its oversized head, waving its arms frantically.
The boy in question felt his jaw drop. He had never seen anything like it before. Could it be one of those creatures that were called Digimon?
"Ryo, you have to help me! Taichi, Yamato, the others… They're all captured! Please, help us!" The lizard pleaded.
Ryo recalled Taichi's name coming up in the conversation with his friends earlier, but he was too distracted at the moment to pay heed. Things got weirder when the monitor warped and spat out a white device on the keyboard. Ryo gaped at the thing as if it was a bomb.
"What the heck is that thing?" Ryo asked.
The lizard-dinosaur-like thing replied, "It's a Digivice. Touch it, quickly! We need your help!"
"I'm not touching it! What's going on here?" Ryo shrieked.
"Please, you're our only hope. You have to help us!" The creature was almost in tears now. Ryo's expression softened a bit. It really needed his help, he could see the desperation in its eyes. Tentatively, Ryo reached out to the Digivice and shrank back a little.
"Here goes nothing!" He forced himself to grab it. As soon as his hand clasped the white device, it shone brightly. He felt himself getting sucked into the monitor and he tumbled through cyberspace, screaming his head off. The computer fizzled and powered down after that.
A while later, Ryo's mother knocked on his door and said. "Ryo? The breaker was shut off. Can you take a look at it?" When she didn't get an answer, she called again. Finally, she opened the door and peeked inside, using a flashlight. To her surprise, she found the room dark and vacant.
"Hey, Ryo? Where did you go? Ryo? Ryo? Oh well, he must have gone out without me knowing it." Mrs Akiyama shrugged. She shone the flashlight at the clock which showed 9.37 pm and hoped both her son and husband would be back before the countdown started.
A/N: There we go, a short chapter. This story will have much shorter chapters compared to my other two, LFAW and MotOS. I can't manage lengthy chapters for all three stories, so this one will be shorter and will hopefully be updated more frequently.
So what did you think of my interpretation of the game? This is just the beginning. I will stay loyal to the storyline, only changing minimally. The game was simple, but when it comes to writing there is so much that can be added.
That's all, folks. Leave a review to tell me what you think. Merry Christmas and adios till the next update!