Chapter Three: A Request
Location: Raybeck Household. Tallahassee, Florida. December 29th, 2005. 16:31.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a second," Brian said, starting to put pieces of the conversation together. "So you're saying that in about two years, we have to leave everything here with no word to anyone, travel through a portal to a completely different dimension, train to become some sort of battle team, and fight for the right of this world and the digital world to exist?"
"In simplified terms, yes, I supposed that is what I'm asking of you. Although when you phrase it that way you make me sound like I'm the bad guy..." Gennai mumbled while rubbing the back of his head. "So what do you say?"
Brian turned to look at his sister, who nodded aggressively. May smiled at him in agreement to Carol. He turned to Alice, who seemed to be contemplating her decision.
"I believe the chances of winning and surviving this dangerous war are quite low," she began, much to the disappointment of the rest of her team. She then gave a warm smile. "However, the chance to save our friends and the rest of both worlds means much more to me than any statistic, so I'll have to say yes."
"Good! Good! Daisuke? I'm sure you'd be willing to join them?" Gennai asked him. It took a simple thought of Veemon to secure his answer.
"Of course. Are, uh, the others...?" He began.
"Unfortunately, not immediately. I've told them of the plans. I need them to protect the real world in case the enemy finds a way to get through. They'll probably be transported sometime down the road, but as of right now, their place is here." Daisuke sighed, earning a weird look from not only Gennai, but Carol as well. "Well, it is time for me to wander off and work on the portal. You don't have to worry about a thing until I call for you, so don't waste your time. If I were you, I would go to the park and enjoy some ice cream. Oh how I miss that ice cream, brings back such good memories..." Gennai's musings continued until he completely disappeared from the screen.
"Uh...that was interesting?" Brian commented.
"You never said anything about being a chosen child, Daisuke," May said, turning her attention towards him.
"It never came up in conversation, I guess. Besides, it's not really something I go and tell everyone about," was the response. Brian came up next to him and put his arm around Daisuke's shoulders.
"It looks like we're going to be spending lots of time as a group. You know what that means!"
"Um, not really...?" Daisuke responded nervously as the rest of the group looked at Brian curiously.
"We're gonna go get pizza!"
Location: Unknown. January 7th, 2006. 4:06.
"Team assemble," a voice commanded. Almost instantaneously nine figures sped to form a line in front of their master. He smiled wickedly, admiring his creations. He began naming them one by one.
"Fear. Loneliness. Ignorance. Deceit. Hate. Infidelity. Darkness. Despair. Cruelty."
Each humanoid figure stepped forward at the announcement of their name. One they all stood before him, The Master let out a victorious laugh. Once his creations were transformed with the power of Genesis, he would be invincible. Nothing could stop him now. The golden powers would belong to him.
Location: Yagami Household. Odaiba, Japan. January 10th, 2006. 18:16
The chosen children gathered in Taichi and Hikari's bedroom a couple of weeks after their meeting with Gennai. Although it was a school night, they decided to get together and reflect on the information and task given to them.
"I don't understand how Gennai assumes we can protect this world without our partners..." Iori stated, confirming the rest of the group's doubts. "It's not like we can fight an evil force all by ourselves. Who knows what sort of powers they could have?"
"But we can't just sit here and pretend nothing's going on," Yamato interjected. "We are digidestined, and partners or no partners, it is our duty to protect this world and the Digital World."
"Yeah, against digimon. We're not even sure what the enemy is supposed to be!" Miyako grumbled. "How do we fight against a force that we have no idea about?"
"Well, nothing has happened yet," Sora remarked. "We shouldn't spend our time worrying about what could happen. We just need to contact Gennai somehow and get more information on how to go about this."
"And that's exactly what I came to talk to you about," a familiar voice said from Koushiro's computer, earning a "Gennai!" from the chosen. "I can only talk for a short amount of time, so listen closely. Before Azulongmon was deleted," the group gasped, "he gave me the rest of his cores so we could use them in what he says is an upcoming war. The Digital World's defenses were already very weak due to the defeat of the other sovereigns, so he decided to put his last bit of power into good use. I am here to grant you one DigiCore." As he said this, an orb of light radiated from Koushiro's computer and floated in between the digidestined. "Use its power to help protect your world. Good luck! I must go now, they're coming my way!" Just as suddenly as he had appeared, Gennai was gone, leaving a bunch of puzzled kids behind. The orb ceased to glow and fell to the carped with a soft thud. It was merely a pearl sphere that had hardly any weight to it at all. Hikari lifted it up and examined it, earning a bunch of worried comments from Jou.
A few moments later, the orb began to glow once more. Every digivice in the room glowed the same hue, and the orb split into rays of light that were absorbed into the devices. All the digivices then underwent a sort of metamorphosis. They changed shape and became more circular with grip handles. The screen overtook the whole device, making it look like some sort of high tech smart phone. Instead of showing things on the screen, however, holographic pictures popped up that made Koushiro go insane with excitement. Each device came with its own color, and not one had the same features as another. On the back was the symbol corresponding to the given crest, along with new ones for Miyako and Iori. The rest of the group noticed this as well, and Koushiro was the first to come up with answers.
"Miyako, according to the Digi Index, yours means Passion. Iori, you have Wisdom," he explained after furiously typing away at his computer. All of the chosen were deep in thought at what the new devices meant, until a voice interrupted them.
"Hey, kids, I just made some awesome smoothies," Yagami Yuuko declared as she waltz into the room with a tray. "Now who wants some?"