Melody: Hmm….not much to say right now, but Happy New Year or whatever holiday is upcoming or occurring by the time this finally gets posted.

Kazu: Eh, it'll probably be Easter by then, or what you people call Independence Day.

Melody: Very funny Kazu. Why don't you do the disclaimer, since you like to hear your own voice so much?

Kazu: Come on Kenta, you have to do it too kid.

Kenta: Do I have to?

Everyone rolls eyes.

Disclaimer: (Kazu): Forlorn Melody does NOT own Digimon just her crazier-than-catfish characters

(Kenta): And…uh…wow there's a lot of people out there…and her evil New-Year's resolutions!

Kazu: Is that the best you could come up with buddy?

Rika: Like you could think up anything better.

Melody: ANYWAY! Let's applaud the reviewers.

Xtremequeen666: Eh, don't worry about it. A short review is better than no review. ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING!!? If I did that, my review would be like this: "Good…hafioeahrfaewjorhwe" (that's my head hitting the keyboard as I fall unconscious.)

HybridMutant: Yay! You reviewed again! I'm so happy…I could…faints

Icefilled Darkness: Chapter 2: The Computer Froze…Over

Real World X: Odaiba Japan: 3:17 PM

A warm breeze floated down from the fluffy white clouds. When it neared the Earth's surface it blew through the city streets and smirked at the busy people and the peaceful ones they hurried by. The wind died for a moment, pausing at a local café, then carried away the hats and ruffled the hair of those present. One of these was the golden hair of T.K. Takaishi.

He smoothed out his sandy locks and grimaced. "I knew I should've brought my hat."

"Why, so the wind could blow it away?" His brunette girlfriend teased from across the table. Kari Kamiya smiled cheerfully as T.K. rolled his eyes in defense.

When she looked down at the table again, Kari noticed that their light lunch had been served. Well, her serving size was small anyway. T.K's plate had several triangle-shaped sandwiches on it, with a plate of sushi on the side. He briefly glanced at his date and then back at his food. Seconds later he was devouring anything that was edible. Kari was shocked that he could accomplish that with wonderful table manners. She eyed hers, not feeling that hungry.

"I've been having weird dreams lately." Kari murmured only loud enough for T.K. to hear.

The blonde boy swallowed quickly when he heard and looked into her eyes. "You mean like the Dark Ocean?"

She shook her head. "They're usually about the Digital World, well I think they are. You see; the dimension in my dreams is so harsh and wild, almost like when Malomyotismon entered it."

T.K. set down his third sandwich. There was concern written all over his face. "Is that it?"

"Well, at first it was. But recently there's been this girl. She has a digimon and everything, though she doesn't act much like a digidestined."

"Is she anybody you've met before? Maybe we can go talk to her about it."

"No, these dreams are the first I've seen of her. I think she needs our help." Kari remarked quietly.

Real World X: Odaiba, Japan: Izumi Residence: 4:36 PM

The late afternoon sun shined through the apartment window, hitting the back of a computer monitor. It didn't seem to notice, and the machine kept its usual routine of beeps and rumbling noises. In front of the computer two hands typed melodically never stopping. These hands belonged to Izzy Izumi, an average computer genius.

His eyes studied the screen as his typing ceased. A window had popped up on the screen that he had not expected. First it showed the grid of the Digital that Izzy used to use as a tracking device for the control spires and eventually Blackwargreymon. Then the window closed itself and another appeared with a link. 'Genai? What's he calling for…the Digital World is safe now. Right?' Deciding that he did not have anything better to do than to click on the link inside the window, Izzy did. Instantly the entire screen went blank. Seconds later a face replaced it. Genai's face, though it was rather pixilated, probably from a slower connection.

"Izzy…Digital World…danger…darkness…." The young-man's lips moved, out of time with the words.

Then the monitor went blank a second time. Next the graphics depicting the dimensions as lines popped up. They continued flashing across the screen and then began to blend together until the screen went black. Yet the computer message was not finished. It returned to the graphic just before the mixing. One of the lines was flashing, so Izzy clicked on it. Suddenly a video clip of the world he clicked on replaced everything else.

There was a sandstorm blowing, concealing much of the image. Though Izzy could discern a desert scene, complete with large red sandstone formations. He was reminded of Arizona, except the sandstorms should have been in the Arabian dessert, not in America. This brought him to the conclusion that he was in fact seeing the Digital World, but not the way he remembered it. Izzy saw a hunched over figure trying to make its way across the screen. Clicking on the person, he caused the computer to zoom in and enlarge the figure.

When the last window popped up, it was revealed that the figure was a redheaded girl. She seemed exhausted, but did not stop and rest, she looked behind her, only to be hit in the eyes with sand. The girl sped up and soon was gone from the screen. Then a new figure arrived in the picture, except much larger. It was a digimon and it looked at Izzy, noticing his 'presence.' Flapping its wings, ice flew at the screen. Ice covered the computer completely, literally freezing it.

Izzy picked up his phone. He sighed. Emailing the rest of the Digidestined would be much faster than calling them.

Real World X: Odaiba, Japan: Kamiya Residence: 5:02 PM

The sun was high in the western sky, not quite ready to sink below the horizon. It shown through all the windows of every building triumphantly, leaving the beings inside the only option of closing their blinds and turning the air-conditioning to full power. Yet in one room, though it was humid enough to be its own sauna, the occupant did not seem to mind.

"Aw…you have to go already? But we just started talking." A brunette teenager with wild hair whined. His hand grasped a telephone while the rest of him was draped lazily over a sofa.

"Despite what you think Tai, we've been talking for over three hours, and if one of us doesn't hang up soon, our phone bills be higher than Bill Gate's pay check." A female voice replied from the other line.

"Fine…but Jael, you hang up first." Tai requested to his girlfriend.

"No, you hang up." Jael retorted playfully.

"No you!

"You!"

Tai heard the line beeping, informing that someone else was trying to call. He sighed. "Someone else is calling, uh Bye." The leader spoke in a defeated tone. After listening to Jael's farewell, Tai hung up the line and greeted the second caller. "Hello?"

A slightly younger voice asked, "Is this Tai?"

"Yes Izzy." Tai replied annoyed that the genius had to interrupt his conversation with his girlfriend living in Colorado.

"I need you and the others to come to my house as soon as possible." Izzy blurted.

"Is something wrong?"

"There isn't time to explain. Just call everyone else and tell them to meet at my apartment."

"Uh, okay…bye." Tai hung up. Something in Izzy's voice told him it was more urgent than usual. Picking the receiver up again, he dialed Kari's cell phone. It only took a few seconds to inform her of Izzy's situation and to receive a confirmation that she and T.K. would be at the redhead's place as soon as they could. Then Tai obtained a favor from his sister that included sharing a portion of the Digidestined calling list. Finally the leader hung up the phone, sighed, and picked it up and held it to his ear for the third time.

Real World X: Tamachi, Japan: Ichijouji Residence: 5:11 PM

In this location, the sun had to fight to make it past the blinds. It seemed to be loosing the current battle. A few scattered rays filtered into the living room, and cast golden light on the coffee table littered with books and papers. The papers themselves were covered with seemingly scratch marks and numbers; but with a closer look it was revealed to be complicated math problems written down by both Yolie Inoue and her tutor Ken Ichijouji.

He set his pencil down. "Does it make sense now?" Ken inquired. It had taken what felt like forever to explain how the problems worked.

Yolie answered back, "Huh? Oops…sorry Ken, I was kinda distracted." She adjusted her glasses.

"By what?"

Pausing, she replied with a sneaky grin, "You."

Ken blushed. Giggling, Yolie had to admit that the genius was adorable when he was embarrassed. With her brain exhausted, Yolie set her writing utensil, and made her way to the desk nearby. Resting on it was a picture similar to the one in Ken's room, only larger. She grabbed the picture frame and raised it up, obtaining a closer view. The picture was of course, a portrait of Ken's brother Sam.

"You look a lot like him." Yolie remarked quietly.

A moment passed, but Ken didn't answer. They had taken the picture a month before his older brother's death. Ken had to admit that much of his guise as the Digimon Emperor was taken from that picture. Even the hair was similar, except Ken's hair ended up being darker than Sam's was. Which did not make sense, for Ken actually spent more time outside playing soccer than his brother did.

The phone rang.

Melody: MUHAHA! I finished in less than 3 weeks! Booyah! Take that Kazu! Does a boogy dance

Rika: Now that's disturbing.

Yolie: Dido.

Melody: Oh be quiet. Come on now Ken, aren't you going to defend me?

Wormmon holds up a large poster with a message written on it.

Ken: Uh…Read and Review?

Melody: Grr…anyway, incase you're wondering, Jael is a character that I created. To learn more about her history and her relationship with Tai, read my first fic, Deathful Darkness.