I'm going to post the ages just so no one's confused.

Jou: 15
Yamato, Taichi, Sora, Mimi, Koushiro: 14
Ken: 12
Miyako: 12
Daisuke, Takeru, Hikari: 11
Iori: 9

OCs:

Brian: 14
May: 13
Carol: 11
Alice: 9


Chapter Two: Beginnings


Location: Tallahassee, Florida. December 13th, 2005. 11:10.

The next day, Daisuke found himself wandering aimlessly through a park. His thoughts still lingered on the girl he had seen yesterday. As if by chance, he stumbled upon a soccer game. While it was the middle of December, the skies were blue and the weather relatively nice. He watched the group play his favorite game longingly. Memories began to appear of his friends back in Japan, and among those, Hikari stood out to him. No matter what he tried to do, he couldn't stop his heart from fluttering when he was around her, even after the incident. That was in the past, though, and he doubted that he'd ever see Hikari, much less anyone from Japan, ever again. He brought his attention back to the soccer game and was shocked to find the girl from the day before. Almost as if she felt his gaze on her, she turned to look at him and smiled. He was surprised to find her jogging towards him.

"Hi!" she exclaimed. "You're that kid from yesterday, right?" Daisuke nodded nervously. 'Why can't I talk? And why are my palms getting sweaty? It's not like I haven't talked to her before...'

Seemingly oblivious to his uncomfortableness, Carol offered him to join in their soccer game. Surprised, Daisuke muttered a quick sure. Carol pulled him by the hand down towards the other kids to introduce him.

"Guys, I'd like you to meet...uh..." She turned towards Daisuke apologetically. "I'm sorry, I don't even know you're name..."

"It's Daisuke," he responded, finding his voice. "Moto- I mean, Daisuke Motomiya."

"Awesome!" Carol cheered. "Okay, Dai...Dais...Dai..." she started to stutter.

"Daisuke," he repeated.

"Dai...uh...can I call you Dai?" Carol asked shamefully. After a nod from Daisuke, she regained her cheerful attitude and began to introduce her friends.

"This is my brother, Brian," she began, pointing to him. Brian was about fourteen, but was mature for his age. He had a calm composure, the opposite of his eccentric sibling. He had short blond hair that was slightly spiked with gel, piercing blue eyes that matched his sister's, and wore brown cargo shorts with a plain gray top. His feet were covered by plain black and white converse, and he wore a shark's tooth around his neck. He shook Daisuke's hand, and Carol continued with the introductions.

Next was Brian's classmate, May Paston. She was a few inches shorter than Brian and looked like a classic American girl. She sported a white blouse and light blue jeans. Her hair was a bleach blonde color, and her eyes were a light shade of milk chocolate. She also wore plain white tennis shoes and a charm bracelet on her right wrist. She gave off a friendly aura and had a smile that could light up a room.

Lastly was the youngest of the group, Alice Raybeck. She looked to be about nine and reminded Daisuke of Koushiro and Iori combined. She wore round glasses that made her seem intelligent, which she was. Her hair was long, black, and straight, and she had straight across bangs that almost hid her emerald green eyes. She wore a soft yellow spaghetti strap and plain jeans. She wore white sandals, which, to Daisuke, made her seem unprepared for a game of soccer.

As the group began another game, Alice bluntly pointed out the fact that they now had an uneven number and almost immediately volunteered herself to sit out. She walked away in a hurry to her lap top sitting on top of a nearby park bench. Sometimes sports aren't for everyone, Daisuke presumed.

As he looked around at his soon to be friends, he genuinely smiled for the first time in what seemed like months.

'Maybe I can turn this life around...'


Location: Izumi Household. Odaiba, Japan. December 20th, 2005.

"How could he just leave us like this?" Yamato exclaimed angrily. "Did we mean nothing to him? I would have thought that he would have had the decency to at least mention the fact that he was moving halfway across the world!"

"Calm down, Yamato," Takeru interrupted. "Yelling and screaming isn't going to change anything. We'll just have to accept the fact that he's gone." He increased his grip around Hikari's waist, trying to comfort her. She seemed shaken by the fact that Daisuke had left abruptly.

"Takeru's right," Sora added, somewhat sadly. "We can't let him leaving affect us too much. We have a crisis to deal with in the Digital World. That's our first priority."

Yamato cursed under his breath. Even though Sora and him were happy as friends after they broke up a month ago, he still felt undermined when she corrected him.

"Well, if we're in such a state of emergency, then were the hell is Koushiro?"

"Right here."

The room silenced as a tired looking Koushiro entered his digidestined-filled room. He looked like he hadn't slept in days, and his eyes were bloodshot from stress. Shocked at the state of their friend, the digidestined erased their thoughts of Daisuke and focused towards whatever had made him so upset. After a few minutes of tension, Miyako finally broke the quiet.

"So...what's the deal, Koushiro...?" she asked timidly.

"They're gone," he whispered, shaking.

"Who's gone...?"

"The digimon."


Location: Gennai's house. Digital World. December 25th, 2005. 22:54.

Gennai sighed deeply. He couldn't believe that the enemy had taken this so far. With no way to bring help into the Digital World, he had to choice but to revert to Dimension 033. This world had been created a long time ago by him and his accomplices prior to Piedmon's attack on their base. They had realized that in a time of great peril, the Digital World might not be reachable. Gennai then suggested the idea that they create a parallel dimension. Unlike the Digital World, this place didn't rely on data to survive. Instead, it had its own special energy called Genesis. It combined the power from the elements, the world, and one's abilities in order to create attacks that mirrored those of digimon. Gennai was currently in the process of creating a portal to this world in order to access chosen children from earth. As soon as he succeeded, however, the portal would also be open to the enemy. Although still an unknown power, Gennai had collected enough information to know that this enemy was strong enough to create beings here out of Genesis. The digidestined would be needed to defeat the enemy from this world in order to save the digital one.

It would require grueling training, though, and Gennai was worried as to whether the chosen would be able to endure the war looming ahead. If they should fail, not only would the Digital World and this dimension disappear from existence, but so would their world.

He wondered if they would be willing to take the risk.


Location: Raybeck Household. Tallahassee, Florida. December 29th, 2005. 14:05.

Carol gulped heavily. This was an incredibly risky thing they were trying to do, and as much faith as she had in Alice's hacking abilities, the punishment from making a mistake would be grave. Yet as she thought of everything that could go wrong, she also thought of everything that could go right. She hadn't known Daisuke for very long; she still couldn't pronounce his name. At the same time, she felt the need to help him in any way possible.

"Got it," Alice stated.

May, Carol, Brian, and Daisuke all sighed in relief. From now on, Daisuke was enrolled at their school. As Carol thought of next semester, she heard a faint beeping sound coming from her pocket. As she looked around, she noticed her brother, May, and Alice all eying each other with a look of worry.

'Oh, no, not here, not around him...,' she thought worriedly.

Just then, Alice's computer lit up her room. Before they knew it, the young Gennai was standing in holographic form in front of everyone. Before Carol could have a moment to explain to Daisuke, however, Gennai turned to him and spoke.

"Oh, Daisuke? Is that you? What are you doing here? I'm not in Japan, am I? Those darn unreliable coordinates..." he mumbled, oblivious to the surprise he had ensued among the group.

"Wait...," Carol began. "Dai...how do you know Gennai...?"

As if snapped out of a trance, Gennai exclaimed, "oh!" and served as a mediator.

"Daisuke is, or was, part of the digidestined group centered in Japan. He was one of the chosen that defeated BelielVamdemon," he explained. "And Daisuke, these are some of the American digidestined. You met a few in New York, correct?"

"Yeah, with Michael," Daisuke responded. Carol looked on at this scene in disbelief. After all, it's not everyday you meet another digidestined. Figuring that all explanations could be dealt with later, she asked Gennai exactly what he was doing here. He spoke solemnly with a frown on his face.

"Well, it's quite a long story, and I have a request of you..."