Episode 2

Catching Up! Return of the Chosen!

Kari Kamiya opens her eyes.

Once more, she finds herself pulled back into this filthy world. It is a frustrating feeling, trapped within this pathetic body.

"How much longer?" she thinks, staring down at her long dark purple nails. What use were they if she couldn't dissolve her opponents into a pool of acid? It would make her quite a pathetic Lilithmon if she was unable to use Nazer Nail…

Reluctantly, she applies a thick coat of dark purple eyeshadow and brushes her long black hair into that of a bun. After, she picks out a clean uniform and puts it on, wishing she could wear her questionable black dress.

Nonetheless, she leaves her room and makes up a quick breakfast of mush. While not at all her favorite breakfast item, the chosen didn't have much time. She quickly chows down and then grabs her backpack, heading out the door.

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Sora Takenouchi sits in her bed.

For so long, everything had been two things. Food would come into her and food would go out of her. Day after day, week after week, month after month for the past three and half years. All in the feeble attempt of impressing Tai or Matt for the next step of their possible relationship. At the very least, she was skinny. Well, if one called seeing a ghostly thin girl 'beautiful'.

Sora gets out of her bed and gets dressed in her school uniform. After, she heads off to school, having not taken a single bite of breakfast.

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Matt Ishida's head is a mess.

The night before felt like a complete blur of color and sound, with a bit of booze thrown in for good measure. He and his band were probably at some gig, providing the entertainment as their fellow classmates got wasted beyond belief. After the show, he and his fellow bandmates probably did the same things. Which, was probably why the chosen of friendship now found himself sleeping in a hammock with a sharpie moustache on his forehead. He gets out of bed and takes a quick shower, mostly in a futile attempt to remove that stupid mustache and possibly appear presentable for school. But who was he kidding? He had lost his way so long ago, that even he didn't know the way back. Nonetheless, he heads on and gets dressed, having a piece of toast on the way out.

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The 02 chosen are dead.

You probably knew that, but this is your friendly reminder that they are dead. Possibly, you deduced it last chapter, so you get some bonus sleuth points for that. Of the four, it was Ken Ichijouji who would contribute anything worthwhile in the form of his diary getting leaked to the internet. Which, was the world's only source of what went on during their adventure. Even then, some people later go on to claim it was ghostwritten by some person going by the username 'Conjurer'. But what are the odds of that actually happening?

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TK Takaishi opens his eyes.

To him, everything turned out fine that day. They all survived the attack and got their happy end. Heck, even the digimon are still here. They don't visit often and stuff, except for Patamon. Patamon always seemed to stay with him. He would eat with him, play with him and all the other stuff friends would do. Strangely, the pig would keep to himself, leaving TK to do all the talking. Not that the chosen minded. It made him special in a way.

"Time to get this day started!" TK announces, picking 'Patamon' as he gets out of bed and gets dressed. Well, a patamon plush covered with an assortment of patches. He then leaves his room, making his way into the kitchen-dining room. There, a bowl of cereal awaited his consumption, freshly prepared by his mother. He quickly gobbles it down and grabs his bag, shoving 'patamon' in as he heads out of the door.

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Izzy Izumi is glued to a computer screen.

Not literally glued to it, mind you. It was more of a figurative sense, even if one could argue it was verging on just that.

Currently, we find him indulging in a round of Mage Girls Ultra, the latest hit game based off the works of Kaze Jukia. In said game, the player takes control of one of the six protagonists of Mage Girls and fight their way through a tournament in order to defeat the evil Dark Tempos. Currently, Izzy was using Jess to take on Aria, the main character of this convoluted franchise.

"You're going down." Izzy whispers and performs a complicated sequence of button presses in order to unleash some sort of epic attack upon his opponent. Aria dodged the attack, proceeding to counter and defeat him. "Crap."

He took a deep breath and look towards the window.

Night had finally passed, leaving the bright glow of dawn on full display. Reluctantly, he breaks free from his beloved gaming device and changes into a slightly nicer school uniform. Not that the rest of the world gave two fucks if he did or not.

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Mimi Tachikawa is tired.

As she sits at the Sea-Tac Airport with her family. She just wants to pull the plane in so that she and her family could just get on and fly off to Japan. Maybe then, it could just be like the good old days. But who was she kidding? Those days were long gone, burned within the blaze that were the successors. Mimi takes a deep breath and whispers something under her breath. For now it was the time to relax and wait, until the proper time came to strike.

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Joe Kido stares at his paper.

He had studied hard for this test, having pretty much given up all of his social life in order to succeed. Only then, could he take the first step forward out of this mess. There was no use dwelling within this. Nor any use to mourning and making stupid promises to avenge the departed. The only thing left was to just move on. And yet, he couldn't seem to do that. It always seemed to hang tightly to him, as if to serve as a constant reminder. He picks the pencil up and fills the bubbles in.

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Meiko Mochizuki cracks a smile.

She was finally moving into her new place as things began to look up upon her. Maybe now, she would be able to find Meicoomon and be partners once more. As she ponders her thoughts, some brown haired-boy with a bike passes by without giving her a second thought. He was probably just some nobody with absolutely no role to play at all within this game. Nonetheless, there was much to do. After all, it wouldn't be much of an apartment if there wasn't anything in it.

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Tai Kamiya's day was going alright so far.

So far, he had managed to make his way towards soccer practice without as much a single bad thing occurring to him.

Hyper Guillotine!

The chosen of courage made a quick glance behind him, finding a kuwagamon charging right for him.

"This is just great." Tai mutters and makes a left on his bike, a feeble attempt at attempting to escape his pursuer. Questions began to swirl in his mind. Why now? Why him? What did this weird red bug want with them? And finally, why was he even running from this stupid bug in the first place? He was the chosen of courage after all. While Agumon wasn't with him now, he could still manage against a simple champion…

Tai makes a quick glance behind him, finding not a large red bug intent on murdering him. But instead, a much large dark purple bug even more intent on murdering him.

Almost on cue, Tai's phone then rings and the kuwagamon just freezes in place. It probably wanted to kill him now, but the plot required the digimon to patiently wait and take a quick break to eat it's breakfast. Which, mostly consisted of a warp of leafy greens and a large bottle of water.

"Uh, hi?" Tai whispers in as he gets laughter from the other end.

"Hello Tai and Jun."
Tai shook his head. Of all the people this random prank caller could have chosen as his victims, this combination just didn't make sense.

"What is the meaning of this?!" a voice shouts, which was probably Jun.

"No matter. Let's play a game, shall we?"


Notes:

Did not expect this to come out as long as it did. Even then, it was originally just going to be Kari that would have the weird third-person limited view.

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Next Time: You need me, I need you...