I am wondering if anyone interested to be my beta? Please?
I am planning to have few more chapter of Takeru's journey before starting the 02 adventure~ but feel free to suggest otherwise.
Update on 06-01-13: Fixing timeline since I accidentally forgot two MAJOR events, stupid me!
-Digimon movie (Our war) said to be happen around 1999-2000 after their departure back to real world. Takeru hold a role in this in my story. Due to many factors I am forced to alter the timeline to suit my needs. The day they left DW in first adventure 'probably' 4th August, according to calculation they made of 'what if' they spent the rest of their summer holiday in DW. Japan's summer holiday ended in 31st August.
-May 2000 is when they gave up their crest to revive sovereign according to wiki, but because of my story need to drag the timeline a little bit I will put it on July 2000.
(¯ˆ·.¸Chapter 3: Hopeful First Step¸.·ˆ¯)
October 4th, 1999
Patamon and Takeru stared at each other, while Punimon, Yuramon, and other kind of baby digimons were perching on their head and snoring. Elecmon sighed at the digidestined pair, wondering how long they had been at it. Yuramon on Takeru's head yawned cutely then slept soundly, the bearers of hope were still oblivious of their surrounding,
"Hmmm…"
"Hmmm…"
Elecmon strolled to Takeru's side then jumped to pick up the sleeping baby digimon on his head, "You know pals? It's not that hard to decide where to go next. As far as I know. You guys were walking without destination just fine when you have no idea where the big bad digimon is." He pointed out nonchalantly, "What's so hard in picking one direction then go straight to it?" Elecmon asked incredulously.
Takeru groaned then laid himself comfortably on the fluffy ground of primary village, "We went to wherever Taichi-san's gut telling him." He informed the babysitter digimon helpfully, in which Elecmon wondered how Takeru said it as if that was something Taichi could be proud of. And how they could survive their adventure, Taichi had some kind of sixth sense of something? "It's a tough decision! I would like to go visiting Andromon but… the city I thought was where he is gone… and I am not sure the old amusement park is still exist now either."
Patamon grumbled, "How Taichi could decide where to go at a drop of a hat?" He wondered out loud.
"Because Taichi-san have courage to take huge decision…" Takeru answered, staring at blue sky where fluffy cloud passing by. That one looked like Taichi-san, especially the wild hair, Takeru thought with a smile. "Ne… Patamon, do you think I can be as brave as Taichi-san one day?"
The rodent digimon playfully gave a thoughtful face at Takeru, his small paw rested on his chin. "Hm… I wonder…"
The bearer of hope narrowed his eyes at his partner, "Patamon…"
Patamon laughed at Takeru then flew to him so he was right beside Takeru's head, "Takeru… a hope without courage to make it reality is just empty hope, iee… it's not even a hope."
Takeru stared at his partner then turned his attention back to the endless blue sky, "You are right Patamon… all this time, since I decide to stay here, I thought a lot about my crest mean… what is hope?"
"Then… what do you find?" Patamon asked curiously.
"I am different.." Takeru said, "Nii-san's crest, Sora's, Joe-san's crest… they are powered with their feeling toward others, and Taichi-san's, Mimi-san's and Koushiro's san… uhm it's more to the way they hold their belief…" The bearer of hope listed with dazed face, "Demo… boku wa… I am different, that time…" He muttered as the memory of their final battle played on his mind. "I said, everyone's hope is my hope. But did I really understand what I was talking about actually?" He wondered out loud.
Patamon looked at Takeru with confused face, "Takeru…" He called, "If you don't understand your crest how you used it all this time?"
Takeru's reply to that was quick, "I was desperate?" That was a statement even though it sounded like a question. "We were in pinch that time and yeah… hope work the best when we are in pinch ne?" He laughed out loud.
Patamon sweat-dropped, "You are joking…" He paused, "I hope."
"Anoo…" Elecmon called them, "It's not like I mind you are here but if you want to learn something other than babysitting, I am sure primary village is not the correct place~" He informed them loftily.
"…"
"…"
Both Takeru and Patamon stared at him then face-vaulted, "You are right…" They chorused, not to mention wasting time sitting in primary village was simply not productive.
Takeru sighed as he opened his backpack, and then he took a laptop that looked like Koushiro's except the pineapple logo replaced by crest of hope and the color was green and gold. It was also only half the size of Koushiro's laptop. "Uhm, let's see… Gennai-san said he installed map of digital world in here." Takeru mumbled as clicking a globe icon.
"Whoaa…" Elecmon grinned, "I thought only Koushiro can play around with that laptop-thingy!"
Takeru sweat-dropped at Elecmon, "If only using application everybody can do it! I maybe can't do programming or hacking like Koushiro-san but basic stuff I get that down… Gennai-san taught me a little."
Patamon hopped on Takeru's head, "So… what's on the map Takeru?"
The bearer of hope frowned then his eyes narrowed at the map," Patamon… the map… almost all of it written with '?' What is this suppose to mean? And why only file island is colored green and the the rest is black?"
"It's Gennai…" Patamon sighed.
"Ah… he left a message of instruction!" Takeru exclaimed as clicking envelope icon hastily.
Dear Takeru
Hello sonny! Hope you find this application useful!
You see… there is some area with blank description, I am sure you wonder why? It's simply because digital world is reforming after your last battle and when some area remain the same, the geography was not exactly the same! So! It's up to you bearer of hope! To fill that blank with your writing! This is the first step of your adventure in digital world! Once you reach the blank area the date would be gathered automatically by your laptop and digivice! This is a noble quest for upcoming project I planned to help digidestined in the future! It's still a secret though I assure you that this project would undoubtedly help you guys a lot! So do your best!
I wish you lots of luck in your quest!
Sincerely yours
Gennai ;D
"…"
"…"
"I have a question." Elecmon broke the silence, "How you can find a map application with no description functional? And… as digiworld's guardian he supposed to be the one who map it! He is dumping his job to map digital world to you?" The last one was a statement not a question.
"…"
"Takeru?" Patamon called worriedly.
"Yosh! I will do my best Gennai-san!" He cheered, "Patamon let's go to northeast! It's the nearest seashore from here!"
"Takeru… anoo… it's good you are pumped over this quest but…" Patamon tried. "I think… whoaaa!" Patamon yelped when Takeru dashed to northeast was fast as he could, and the rodent digimon had to grab Takeru's hat to stay on Takeru's head.
"Bye bye Elecmon! See you soon!" Takeru shouted from the distance.
Elecmon sweat-dropped, "Is it me or Takeru has become so energetic and hyper since the last time I saw him? And I don't think I will see him anytime soon~ "
October 5th, 1999
Takeru and Patamon was filling their thermos with water from well near an oasis, where palm trees grew so high as if they had reach the sky. "Ah… the water is so refreshing." Takeru muttered after gulping the cold water.
Patamon nodded in agreement, "It is!"
Sunflowmon who helped them to take water chuckled at them, "Fell free to drink your fill! There is enough for everyone!"
Digy-analyzer: Sunflowmon
A plant type digimon, it's head shaped like a sunflower and they had a lizard like body. If it bathed in the sun's light it becomes very energetic, and even its offensive power rises. On days when the weather is good it will also flap the leaves on its back to fly around. Furthermore, its smile is feared for its eeriness.
"Arigato!" Takeru thanked her.
She smile eerily, at first it was kind of creepy but then again after Vamdemon and Piedmon her smile was not really that creepy for Takeru and Patamon. "Lalamon!" She called to the distance suddenly, "Bring some fresh coconut water for these two!"
Takeru gasped, "You don't have to trouble yourself with us! We are happy enough you let us fill our thermos from your well!"
Sunflowmon shook her head, "You guys helped us a lot! Thanks to you those nasty Ponchomons… those troublemakers… who knows what they would do to our beloved oasis this time."
Takeru scratched his head sheepishly, "We did nothing! Me and Angemon only led them to area with finest sand, you know that area is really a nasty trap… we also almost drowned there but luckily we can fly." He shuddered at the nasty memory, if Patamon didn't digivolve in time he would be at least buried three meters under sand surface.
The plant digimon handed Patamon and Takeru a green coconut full of sweet water with a straw on it. "Anyway you are still our hero Takeru, Patamon! So enjoy our little treat!"
"Ha ha ha…" Takeru laughed sheepishly, "If you say so."
After a while Sunflowmon began a conversation, "By the way… will you guys competing in the tournament? You are quite good with that staff of yours" She commented as eyeing short staff that strapped on Takeru's belt. Sunflowmon had saw the bearer of hope elongated the staff to be longer and taunted a hoard of Ponchomon with it.
Takeru and Patamon blinked, "What tournament?"
Sunflowmon titled her head, "You don't know? There is a big tournament in Geo City! This tournament held once a year where all knight type digimon, or any digimon who could use weapon competing in that tournament to decide who is the strongest among them!"
"Ohh…" Takeru oh-ed in amazement, "I don't know… but I don't think I can compete with digimon like Leomon or Ogremon in that tournament." Takeru was sure he could take child level or weak adult digimon like Numemon but he was not strong enough to take on stronger adult level.
The plant digimon waved her hand, "Ah I did see Leomon or other stronger adult level digimon, though a child like you couldn't compete with them in that tournament you know?"
"Eh?"
October 6th, 1999
Patamon huffed, "We moved from one place to another place faster than ever! Why are we in hurry again?" He asked to no one.
Sunflowmon was the one who answered, "Because the registration for the tournament closed today."
"And?" That didn't explain anything, Patamon thought as he pushed on.
"The tournament also start after sun right above our head, so what are you waiting for?" Sunflowmon jogged as dashed to the registration where a Nanimon screamed his head off, calling anyone who interested in participate in the said tournament.
Patamon looked at dazed Takeru who stood on his left, "And since when we agree to participate? When we said it?" He asked.
Takeru blinked then looked at his partner with a grin, "But it sounds interesting! It's not matter we win or not! This is a chance to test ourselves!" He cheered with wider grin, "I bet Taichi-san will agree!"
At the mentioned name of certain bearer of courage Patamon rolled his eyes, "Isn't that obvious?"
"Beside… this tournament is safe! I heard no killing or permanent injury allowed! So why not?" Takeru asked again since he could hear disapproval on his digimon's voice.
"Well…"
"TAKERU! PATAMON!" Sunflowmon called them, "Hurry! This guy will explain the rule to you! Come here!" She said as waved her green limb.
"Coming!" Takeru cheered as dashed toward her.
Patamon groaned, "I haven't agreed with this!"
"So basically in this tournament you guys will fight with weapon and your fist! No fancy beam please~ There are 2 class, one for kiddos and the other for the big guys… you lose if knocked out, forfeit, or fall outside the arena more than ten seconds." Nanimon explained lazily as he pass up the scroll where he listed down participants who had registered to Numemon, and the first Numemon passed it to the next Numemon, to the third and to the fourth. Nobody could guess why someone didn't just move and hand it to the office right away."Simple right? By the way both of ya entering child class?"
"No! Patamon is in adult class!" Takeru cheered.
Everyone except Sunflowmon and Patamon blinked, "Are you serious?"
"YEP!" Takeru nodded cheerfully, then he raised his digivice.
Patamon SHINKA Angemon!
Angemon stepped out from pillar of light; he looked annoyed and grumpy but not less majestic than usual. The angel digimon crouched down so he could be face to face with Takeru, "Can you please explain…" He asked sternly, "Why we enter this tournament?"
When Takeru was about to open his mouth Nanimon for some reason wrote down their name as humming, "So there… Angemon in adult class and Takeru Takaishi in child class."
Angemon turned to the bald digimon, stomping furiously to his table. "You can't do that without my consent!"
"You didn't say objection before I write it down." Nanimon replied cheerfully, grinning at the angel digimon. "And… it's a law that nobody can forfeit the tournament after I write down their name unless you are very ill or serious injury that's not self-inflicted."
The Angel digimon hissed, "Okay… you can keep my name there but erase my partner's name!"
"Why should I?" Nanimon huffed.
Takeru tugged Angemon's blue cloth, "I want to enter! It's my idea in the first place!"
"But this tournament is dangerous!" Angemon was not happy his partner stepped on dangerous situation willingly, and under his watch to boot. "And I didn't teach you self-defense to put yourself in situation that require you to use it on purpose. There is a reason why it called self-defense Takeru!"
"But!" Takeru almost whined.
"Nobody will get killed! Or seriously injured!" Said Nanimon as shaking his head, "The worse you can get is light concussion! And he is in child class!"
"Oh!" Angemon gritted his teeth, "But what can guarantee you are right? Or guarantee Takeru's safety for that matter?" He asked incredulously, "You cannot but expect me to be concerned!" And Nanimon groaned at the mother hen digimon.
Takeru tugged in Angemon's blue cloth again, "Angemon… I think Gabumon is rubbed off on you."
Angemon ignored Takeru's comment, "By all means… I can't fight when Takeru is somewhere else fighting his fight!"
Nanimon grinned at the angel digimon, "The good news is… there would be preliminary round for adult class, which would be held before child class tournament and then… you have your real tournament for adult class."
"Eh?"
"All master whose disciple in child class will watch their student fight, you are not the only one Sir Angemon." Nanimon rolled up his scroll then passed it to Numemons. "We only have one arena anyway~"
"Is that so…" That calmed him a great deal, but not completely.
"Then it's settled." He waved his hand, then walked away then hopped on the hoard of Numemons and the hoard of green digimon and moved away as fast as they could without limbs, "So long pal!"
Angemon rubbed his forehead, "Okay… that's weird, but anyway… if your opponent is about to inflict any permanent harm on you I will step in." Said Angemon to his partner.
Takeru shrugged, "I will take what I can… but I am sure I can take care of myself."
Star hill, Altar of Azulongmon
The great dragon digimon dove from layers of misty cloud, chains that enveloped his body crinkled he slithered up and down majestically. Before him stood a bony old man on a peak of a tall rock, muttering as he kneeled before the mighty digimon sovereign.
"Is that so…?" Azulongmon drawled calmly, "Hm…"
Gennai nodded, "I assure you milord… Takeru, the child of hope will bring the new era in digital world."
"…"
"Milord…"
Azulongmon titled his head up, his crimson eyes locked on Gennai's. "I never doubt the child of hope's ability…"
"But…"
"My fellow sovereign surely will voice their displeasure… as for them human is not meant to venture in out world…" He paused, "Unless we need them."
Gennai stood up carefully, sighing wearily. "Is that all?"
Azulongmon rolled his eyes, "I hope it's just them being too arrogant, but in fact it's because child of hope of all people who decide to stay…"
"You mean because his partner is an angel digimon?" Gennai asked warily, "Surely they didn't think that…"
The digimon sovereign nodded, "Exactly why they are wary of the child of hope… so far the child has displayed formidable ability in synchronizing with his partner."
"And that's is worrying?" Gennai asked incredulously, "Milord… don't you think it's enough we demand them to protect our world and we keep so many secret from them as manipulating them from the dark?"
"We guided them…" Azulongmon corrected reluctantly, he actually agreed they were so selfish to drag children to their world and endangered their lives.
Gennai gritted his teeth, "Fine… but milord please! Put some faith to Takeru! He is the bearer of hope, and it's simply ridiculous to distrust him of all people!"
The dragon was agreed about that, Takeru was one of the children under his guardianship. "I agree… but in any case to trust that child… other sovereign would be more lenient of his partner was not an angel digimon."
He snapped, "But the prophecy stated we can't have but an angel digimon for both hope and light!"
"I know… but in the other hand shouldn't you consider what happened in the past?" Azulongmon reminded him, "The very reason only a handful of angel digimon left roaming this digital world…"
Gennai shook his head, "A handful before you were sealed milord… now is none, except two who are partners of digidestined."
He sighed wearily, "At first… angel digimon were the guardian of digital world but now… we have to rely on digidestined." Azulongmon suppressed a groan, "But still… keep an eye on Takeru and his partner."
"I don't mind." Gennai admitted, "But I mind doing that if not for keeping them safe but spying on them just to assure other sovereign they will not fall from grace! I can't accept that!"
"What can I do to change that?" Azulongmon asked, "I am still sealed by the power of dark master… and unless digidestined restore us with their power, my hands are tied Gennai…"
"I refuse to call them back unless one year have passed." Gennai stated firmly.
"That's fine…" He paused briefly then suddenly an orb of light appeared on his horn then flew to Gennai's hand, "Give that to the child… he will need it."
Gennai looked up with gratefulness etched on his face, "Thank you milord…" He nodded, "Takeru will be so happy to receive this."
Azulongmon's chuckled echoed as his form faded to the sea of cloud, "I did what I could… and give my regards to him Gennai…"
"Certainly… milord."
Angemon was having a nervous wreck as he watched Takeru dodged a Kotemon's attack, skillfully blocked the shinai with his rod. A Dinohumon was standing right beside Angemon, looking at him with mirth. His wings fluttered up and down when weapons clashed, the fight had been in stalemate since the very beginning.
Digi-analyzer: Dinohyumon is a Dragon Man Digimon which lives in primitive areas where civilization has not yet reached. Dinohyumon has the character of an aggressive soldier of the dragon family, and lives in tribes. The large sword "Akinakes" is swung by his indomitable muscles.
"Are your nervous?" Dinohumon asked the obvious.
Angemon nodded reluctantly, "I actually… don't want him to compete in this tournament."
"Then why?"
"Takeru insist." Angemon sighed wearily.
Dinohumon raised an eyebrow, "That's no way of protecting your disciple pal! As fair as I see… he is doing good, this fight is not out of his league."
"But I taught him to defend himself and not…" Angemon began wearily.
"And waiting to be attacked to use your teaching is not going to help him…" Dinohumon corrected loftily, "It's just nature of a male gender in general to prove himself and gain approval, I don't know about you but surely… your disciple want to know how strong he is now."
Angemon groaned, "Approval… huh?" Was that why Takeru decided to stay? So he could become stronger to protect his friends. But then again…
"WINNER! Takeru!" The referee announced when Takeru managed to corner his opponent and knocked the shinai wielder digimon out.
"YAY!" Takeru cheered then turned to his partner who stood in front row on audience area. "I win Angemon! I WIN!"
Despite of Angemon being unsure of Takeru's reason to endanger himself just to prove his power, the angel digimon smiled in response. "You did it… Takeru." And the child of hope grinned in return; the tournament was just a beginning for their big adventure!
Review please!
So I want to show the side of a digimon partner who is not always all wise-knowing about their partner. They after all despite of very intelligent are not human and raised in different civilization so... there is different perspective :)
ANyway... I hope you guys can give me info about Ryo Akiyama, because I REALLY want to put him in this story and I NEED that guy but so far info I got from wiki is kind of confusing so I wonder if anyone ever play his game? PLEASE HELP ME! And also his connection with Ken! I need it ROAR!
