2003, Tokyo, Odaiba High School
"Kari...Catherine...fight...hallway...locker room..." Izzy said through breaths. "Take a deep breath and then tell us Izzy!" Tai said, touching Izzy's shoulders. "He meant that Kari and Catherine are in a fight in the hallway near the locker room!" TK said after a minute "That true?" Tai said. Izzy nodded. TK sped off, dropping his backpack on the ground as he ran. 'Stupid Catherine...I wonder if Kari is fighting back...knowing her probably not...oh please let Kari be okay...' TK thought. TK barely noticed Jacob, who started following him. "TK, where's Kari? And what's going on?" But his question was answered as they quickly rounded the corner by the locker rooms, only to see a large crowd of people. What they saw in the center shocked them. One girl was holding Kari, and Catherine was hitting her and pulling her hair. Jacob was infuriated at the sight of Kari being beaten up. Even now he could feel his anger growing. "Jacob, are you OK…?" TK asked, but Jacob didn't answer. His temper had reached its limit and he lost full control of himself. "Leave her alone, you heartless bitch!!!" Jacob yelled as he pounced on Catherine…
2027, Odaiba, Kimura Residence
Jacob woke up with a start. He had leapt into the wall in his sleep, resulting in a bruise on his head. Jacob had yet to open his eyes for he was too afraid to look. He was scared that if he opened them, he'd see something horrible happening to him. When he gathered up the courage to look, he was relieved. He was in his bedroom at Kari's home. Oh, thank God last night wasn't a dream, he thought to himself. I wonder what Kari has to eat, he thought. He then left his room and almost ran into Margaret, who was just waking up. Margaret was so groggy that she hadn't remembered what happened the night before, so when she saw Jacob, she thought he was a burglar and had broken into her home. Margaret started screaming at the top of her lungs in fright. This in turn startled Jacob, who also began to scream. Kari burst in from the kitchen, asking "Margaret, Jacob, what's wrong?" "Mom! There's a burglar!" Margaret cried out as she ran into Kari's arms. "You just scared the living-wait a minute! I'm not a burglar," Jacob quickly said.
"Sorry, for scaring you like that Mom," Margaret apologized later, a little embarrassed at how she reacted. "Ehm, same here, Kari," Jacob sheepishly said, scratching the back of his neck. "It's alright," Kari cheerfully said, "Today we need to go get you some new clothes, Jacob. Good thing today's Saturday." "Crap," Jacob said, "I hate shopping. Should I just call you "Mom" while we're in public, Kari, so that no one suspects anything?" "I think that's a good idea," Kari answered. "Mom, is he really going to be living with us?" Margaret asked. "Well, he did save my life when we were younger," Kari explained, "So this is my way of repaying him." "On top of that," added Jacob, "I don't have anywhere else to stay, since my real parents are too old to care for me."
Aquacity Odaiba
"Hmmm…" Jacob said as he looked in the mirror. He was wearing a green zip-up hoodie with blue jeans that had silver stripes on the legs. Jacob had already gotten a black pair of shoes with a white strap on them and now he was trying to find some new clothes. "I like it! I like it!" he finally said after a thoughtful moment. "All it needs is something else… I know!"
The streets of Odaiba
Jacob was happily wearing his new sunglasses, which was what he thought was missing from his attire. He wore his shades on his head much like Tai and Davis wore their goggles, bearing a satisfied grin on his face. Kari was glad to be seeing some of the old Jacob coming back. "So Kari," Jacob said, "Tell me about digimon… When will I get my own?" "Well, we'll have to go back to see I-" Kari had started, but before she could finish, she was pulled into a dark alley by a grown man. "MOM!" Both Margaret and Jacob yelled. "Now what's a pretty lady like you doing around these parts?" the creep asked her with a sneer, holding her at gunpoint. "And you brought your kids… Such a shame, you'll have to pay the toll. And your kids will get a good lesson on how babies are made…"
This was too much for Jacob and he couldn't take it anymore. He leapt at the pervert, yelling, "That's it, you sick bastard! DIE!!!!!!" Before the criminal could react, Jacob had planted his feet into the predator's face. Jacob now grabbed the attacker by the collar and punched his face a few times, then slammed him into the wall. Jacob then smashed the jerk's face into the wall, breaking the sick pervert's nose. Fueled by pure anger, blind rage and adrenaline, Jacob then flung him into the other side of the alley, and jumped on top of the creep. Jacob then started pummeling the criminal with punch after punch, despite the criminal's pleas. He then stopped, leaned in close to the predator and said "If you ever come near her again, you'll regret for the few moments that you'll be alive. Do you understand?" The pervert nodded, Jacob spitefully said "Go," and slid him to the end of the alley. The attempted attacker then sped away.
Kimura Residence
"I still can't believe that he fought off a grown man by himself," Kari's Gatomon said after hearing what happened. Jacob sheepishly remarked, "Gees, I guess I still feel like I gotta look after Kari." "Well, all the same, you did save me," Kari said, "Thank you." "You don't have to thank me," Jacob said, "I'm just glad you're safe." At that moment, the phone rang. "Eh, sorry, let me get that," Kari said as she picked up. "Hello? Oh, hey Izzy! Really? Okay, I'll bring him." After hanging up Kari turned to Jacob and said, "We gotta head back to Izzy's lab. He says that a strange Digimon signal appeared in the Digital World. He thinks it might be your digimon…"
