Hey everyone, I'm here with another update for the story. I must thank you all for the support and the constructive critique, so thanks a bunch, keep it up! I am also happy to announce that all of the OCs have now been filled and I will have the positions of who is what at the bottom. Now on that note, be sure to read the end author's note and statements that will have information pertaining to that. So without further delay, let's get to the chapter!

Chapter rating T: Language and suggestive themes

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Digimon. I own the OCs, the story here and the idea of the story.

Bold- PA Systems/Message Bulletins/Computer Messages

Bold Italic- Radio/TV/Text Messages/Cell Phone Voicemails/Computer Message Responses/Cell Phone Responses

Italic-Thoughts/Letters/Flashbacks/


Takato, Guilmon and Rika were sitting in their hotel room after returning from their meeting with the new Digidestined. Renamon was gone as she was keeping an eye on Andrew to make sure he did not spill any of the information they revealed to him. The three of them were relaxing and passing time as they waited for Yamaki by watching whatever caught their eye on TV. Takato sighed and rubbed his eyes as he changed the channel for what felt like the hundredth time to see a baseball game pop up. He perked up a bit as he saw the game, and although he was not much of a sports player, he developed a bit of interest in baseball when he was dating Jeri as she enjoyed going to games.

He set the remote down beside him and returned his attention to the game. It was the New York Yankees against the Boston Red Sox and they were in the bottom of the fifth inning. He heard Rika groan from her bed and glanced at her to see her arms crossed with a frown on her face. He was concerned about what was eating at his friend and decided to put the game aside to talk to her.

"What's with the sigh?" Takato asked.

"It's that Andrew kid," Rika replied. "I really hope Kyle made the right call when he invited him to join us."

"Why don't you trust him?"

Rika gave him the "Are you really asking me that?" look to which he just sheepishly scratched the back of his head. He felt stupid for asking, but he was still curious about why Rika was so quick to dismiss him.

"He just has this shifty vibe." Rika looked back him.

"Are you sure you're just not paranoid?" Takato smirked.

"Don't patronize me, Gogglehead."

Takato only let out a chuckle and received a glare from his ginger haired friend. He held up a hand after he stopped laughing to prevent her from lashing out at him.

"You want to know what I think?" Takato asked.

"What's going through your empty head?" Rika teased back.

"I think you just don't like Andrew because he has a stubborn personality like you."

Takato felt one of the decorative pillows smack into his head as Rika chucked it at him. He only laughed again and could see Rika's face was matching her hair color. This only made him laugh harder.

"Shut up, Takato." Rika growled.

"Rika, you need to calm down," Takato replied, trying to hide his smirk. "Do you know any deep breathing exercises?"

"Yeah, I know how to do deep breathing exercises. What does that have to do with anything?"

"The reason I ask is because you are right on the verge of a freak out."

Rika's brow furrowed and her eye had a noticeable twitch as Takato continued to poke fun at her expense. She opened her mouth to retort, but was unable to form any words to say. This only made Takato punch the air in victory and unmute the TV to watch the game.

"Yes!" Takato cheered. "Ha, ha, I win! I have rendered Rika Nonaka speechless!"

As Takato was leaning back against the headboard of his bed he found himself tackled to it and struggled as he tried to get out of Rika's strong grip. Now if this had happened a few years back when he first met het, Takato would have been terrified out of his wits, but now he just found it hilarious. He never managed to tease Rika to the point of her physically trying to hurt him. He could only laugh as he felt her slapping his shoulder as she managed to get him in an arm bar.

"You must think you're really funny today with the streak you've had?" Rika growled.

"Hey, I almost saw you naked and now I get you too flustered to speak," Takato replied. "This was a good day."

Takato saw tiny lights burst in front of his eyes as Rika smashed her fist on the top of his head. Despite the dazing blow, Takato still had the strength to laugh as he glanced up at Rika to see her face redder than before.

"You are such a pervert!" Rika yelled as she slapped his shoulder again.

Takato found some leverage and made his move. He rolled as hard as he could and managed to push Rika off him and suddenly their roles were reversed. He was now on top and had her pinned down to the bed. He continued to laugh as Rika struggled to break out of his hold as he had his arms restraining hers.

"Oh, now you're going to get it!" Rika glared at him. "When I get out of this hold, you're going down!"

"Really?" Takato smirked. "Then try it."

Rika felt Takato's grip loosen and she wasted no time and tried to roll back over to be on top to pound him again, but it seemed as if he had been waiting for that. The only thing that Rika succeeded in doing was rolling herself over so she was now face to face with Takato. She stopped struggling as she saw the close proximity of their faces and felt her face heat up again. Takato's playful smirk was gone and instead replaced with one of longing. Rika had never seen that look in his eyes before except for when he was with Jeri, but now here he was staring at her with those same eyes.

The two tamers were at a loss for words as they continued staring at each other, but were soon brought back to reality when Guilmon spoke after waking up from his nap.

"Takato, what are you and Rika doing?" Guilmon asked as he tilted his head.

Takato quickly got off Rika with his face now a dark shape of red with Rika fairing no better. He looked back at his partner and stammered as he tried to think of a response.

"Guilmon, Rika and I were, uh…"

"That was an intense staring contest you two were having." Guilmon added.

Rika was about to deny everything Guilmon said, but she was cut off when she heard her phone vibrating from the bedside table. She answered it after recollecting herself and her voice.

"Hello?" Rika asked.

"Rika, it's me," Yamaki's voice replied. "Is Takato with you?"

"Yeah, we're just watching some TV now."

"Okay. Look, I got your message about that Andrew kid and I want you to get ready to bring him to me the second I get back to the hotel."

"I can do that. When will you be back?"

"I should be back in three hours. My flight will be leaving shortly and I'll be back in New York around seven."

"We'll be ready."

"Good. By the way, are you okay? You sound a little flustered."

Rika felt her cheeks burn again as Yamaki called her out. She was inwardly cursing Takato for getting her all worked up to the point she was still unable to hide it even after calming down.

"No, I'm okay. Just a little distracted," Rika answered.

"All right. Well, I'll see you in a bit. I'll let you and Takato get back to what you were doing."

Rika was sure her boss had a large smirk on his face after saying that and hung up, silently cursing him and Takato. She pocketed her phone and looked at the clock to check the time. It was now four o'clock and they had to let Andrew know that they expected him to be at their hotel at least half an hour before Yamaki got there. Putting that thought aside, she turned back to Takato who turned away when he saw her looking at him.

"Hey, Takato…" She began to say, but never got to finish.

"I'm sorry, Rika. I don't know why I did that," Takato said as he gave her an apologetic look.

"It's okay, things happen."

Takato nodded and rubbed the back of his head, the look on his face was still one of guilt. She shook her head as she crossed her arms. When she turned back to him he was tying his shoe as if he was getting ready to head out somewhere. When he finished tying his shoe his eyes met hers again. He said nothing as he stood up and pocketed his phone and wallet. The awkward silence between the two tamers was proving to be too much for both.

"Rika," Takato finally spoke.

"What?" Rika replied.

"Guilmon's going to stay here and watch the room."

"Okay?"

"Well, I guess what I'm getting at is… um…"

Rika watched Takato as he shifted nervously under her gaze as he tried to continue his sentence.

"Do you want to go get dinner with me?" Takato uttered.

"Are you asking me on a date?" Rika asked with a raised brow.

"As friends, I mean!"

Rika giggled at Takato's quick denial and smirked at the goggle wearing boy.

"Okay, but you're buying," Rika said as she walked out of the room.

"Wait, I don't know if I have enough to pay for both of us!" Takato protested as he hurried after her.

The door shut leaving Guilmon alone in the room. He was still confused about what happened between Takato and Rika. He woke up after hearing a lot of movement and looked up to see his tamer on top of Rika with their faces close together. In a way it reminded him of the staring contest he had earlier with BlackGuilmon, but they both denied that they were playing a game.

"I wonder if they'll be playing more games like that later?" Guilmon thought as he turned the TV back on.


Andrew sat in his hotel room with the TV on, but he was not paying it much mind. He was still trying to comprehend everything he had learned an hour ago from Takato, Rika, Kyle, Bobby, and Mikayla. He looked down at his hands as he sifted through his deck of Digimon cards and saw many monsters and status cards.

"Rika said that Kyle, Bobby and Mikayla all scanned the card of the Digimon they chose as their partner through the Digivices they received which brought them into existence," Andrew thought as he brought up the next card in his hand.

He looked at the card and thought about it. The card he was looking at was a common one that came in a lot of booster and starter decks. Agumon, although a personal all-time favorite of his was not the one he wanted for a partner. He needed a partner that he could relate to and have the same attitude as him. His fingers placed it in the back of the deck and he looked at the top card that came into view. He blinked as he read the name of the Digimon and the attacks that came with it.

"Perfect. This is the guy." Andrew grinned as he stared at the partner he wanted.

He placed the card of his future partner in his wallet and put it in his pocket. He rested his deck back on the bedside table and turned his attention back to the TV. There had been nothing on TV since he got back, but he was fortunate that he managed to find an old war movie which managed to garner his attention. As he watched the movie his eyes glanced at his phone that was resting on the other side of his bed. His eyes narrowed as they looked at the phone and then around the room. He knew that Rika sent Renamon to keep an eye on him to be sure he did not say anything to anybody, but he had yet to see her. As he thought about it, when he saw Rika yesterday, he never saw Renamon with her, but she told him that she was there.

"Was she bluffing?" Andrew thought. "If Renamon is following me, how can she tell I haven't talked to anyone?"

He could not figure out how Renamon was keeping watch over him and it was driving him crazy. He did not like being in a situation he had no control over as he was a tactician that thrived off of planning and being in control of his own goals, but at the moment he did not have that luxury. His mind raced and then an idea clicked for him. While he did not have control over the situation, he had a way to force Renamon to make a move to stop him which would help him determine how she was able to evade him so far.

"Let's see if I can outfox that vixen." Andrew reached for his phone.

He dragged his thumb across the screen and brought up the dialing screen to pretend as if he would call for a pizza. As he dialed the number and brought the phone to his ear, he was suddenly restrained and he dropped the phone from the sudden assault. His arm was pinned against his back while his other one was being gripped tightly.

"What do you think you're doing?" Renamon whispered in his ear.

Andrew was still shaking off the surprising appearance by the fox Digimon, but his plan worked. He glanced back at her with a smirk on his face which made Renamon give him a look of confusion.

"My plan worked," Andrew answered.

"What plan?" Renamon replied.

"I was trying to figure out how you were keeping an eye on me when you weren't anywhere in sight. So I lured you out by faking a phone call to see how you were hiding."

"Well, aren't you a clever one?"

Renamon released him and picked up his cell phone. Andrew held out his hand to retrieve his phone, but Renamon merely smirked back at him.

"I don't think so, big boy." Renamon wagged her finger. "I'll hold on to this until Rika's ready to see you."

"What? I told you guys I'm on your side!" Andrew retorted.

"And I don't care what you say. I won't trust you until Yamaki approves of you."

With that Renamon flickered before vanishing completely, leaving Andrew stunned. Although he tricked her into revealing herself, she got him back by taking his phone and vanishing. To make matters worse, she was a teleporter which made it near impossible to predict where and when she would appear for an attack and that frustrated him. He thought he had managed to one up her, but she outfoxed him right back.


Kurt's fingers typed away at his keyboard as he prepared to infiltrate the Hypnos computer system with his new computer virus. He had high hopes for this virus as he would be able to test out two new features that he added to it, and if it proved successful, he could eliminate the threat of Hypnos all together which would make his goals easier to achieve. He puffed out more smoke from his cigarette as he managed to enter the mainframe for the Hypnos systems.

He was ready to put his plan into action. He switched to his laptop on his desk that he was using to talk with Chris. To make sure that none of his other subordinates were able to monitor their actions, Kurt took some defensive measures by setting up a closed server between him and Chris as well as putting in three special firewalls that were near impossible to crack. Only the best hackers would be able to crack the firewalls, but even if they were to try and break in, they only had a specific amount of time to crack the code before the firewall reset and changed the codes.

"Are you ready to go?" Kurt typed to Lewis.

"Ready when you are," Chris replied.

"All right. We have to do this perfectly, so when I tell you to do something, you do it."

"Okay."

Kurt took another drag of his cigarette and typed away at his keyboard to enter the password. The keystroke worm he used to enter the system proved itself by serving its purpose to get the passwords needed. He switched to another monitor once he had the password entered to activate the Trojan. The Digimon he infected with the Trojan virus was of the highest level to avoid detection as well as fight any possible threat off.

"Work your magic, Diaboromon," Kurt muttered as he sent him out with the mouse.

Kurt, although not much of a nerd, had a guilty pleasure for Digimon. His personal favorite evil Digimon was Diaboromon as it related to computers and was regarded as the Y2K Bug. To Kurt it was chaos at its finest and he loved it.

"Lewis, I sent Diaboromon to the Hypnos mainframe. You should have access to their systems now since I entered the password." Kurt typed.

"Got it. I am opening the file with my worm now."

"Not yet. Wait until I give the order."

Kurt glanced back at the screen Diaboromon was on moments before and saw that it changed to that of something zooming by a bunch of lights. Diaboromon was still traveling through the link and he could not have Chris activate the worm until Diaboromon's screen showed a barrier. He was looking through Diaboromon's eyes to see what he was seeing and that proved to be helpful on every single hack his group ever did. The screen changed again and now Kurt could see the barrier in front of him and it resembled a giant wall of scorching flames. He found it amusing that the term firewall was literally a firewall in the digital world.

"All right, do it." Kurt sent.

"Activating the worm now," Chris answered

Kurt looked back at Diaboromon's screen and waited patiently for the firewall to drop. He calculated the plan in his head and the process of Diaboromon entering the mainframe after the firewall was taken down to handle Chris' worm to infect the system should take no more than two minutes. He glanced at his watch and started his stopwatch function. His computer gave a buzz and he looked back up at Diaboromon's screen to see that the fire wall now had a large opening in the front. A smirk spread across his lips as he ordered Diaboromon through the firewall. Fifteen seconds.

Kurt quickly switched back to his main computer and brought up Diaboromon's programming with the virus. He typed away at the keyboard as he entered the code to initiate the virus to begin the infection. His finger struck the enter button and he felt a rush of adrenaline as he heard the sound reverberate around the quiet room. Oh, how he loved the sound of striking a small key to start chaos. His onyx eyes glanced back at Diaboromon's screen which now changed to show to a black background with only Diaboromon's head in the center. His sinister grin grew as he saw the virus begin to work.

Diaboromon began to copy himself one after the next. His virus had just two things that had to be tested. The first was to copy itself like it was doing now, but that was only part of the first function. The second part was that the virus was able to hop from one copy to the next without it being truly located and eradicated. The second capability was to pull off an irreversible system crash and a literal HCF just for added humiliation.

"Kurt, my worm has been destroyed." Chris messaged.

"No matter, it did its job. Now all there is to do is watch nature take its course," Kurt replied.

"Sir, what is the purpose of invading Hypnos' systems?"

"I already told you it's to test the virus, but the true reason is because I perceive them as a threat to us."

"How are they a threat?"

"Come on. Do you really think I did not read any of that information you stole from them during the D-Reaper incident? I know what they are capable of."

"Right… I forgot about that."

"Besides, I view it as revenge."

"Revenge? What did Hypnos do to you?"

"Hynos didn't do anything to me, but my old partner works with them and my partner betrayed me."

"Who was your partner?"

"It's no concern of yours. Our job is done. Disconnect from the server and delete it."

Chris did not reply as he had nothing left to say. His chat screen disappeared and soon the server was terminated. Kurt closed his laptop and turned off Diaboromon's screen. He stopped the timer on his watch and smirked. Right on time. Two minutes.

Kurt rested his cigarette in the ash tray and was about to pull out another one, but was stopped after a coughing fit. He covered his mouth and felt something splash against his hand. When he looked down at his hand, it had a glob of blood on it. He frowned and walked over to his sink to wash his hands clean. When his hands were clean he returned to his desk and pulled up the files he stole from the U.S. government systems years ago. He was still going through a lot of the files that his group recovered.

"Political injustice and corruption will cripple this nation." Kurt grinned as he pulled out another cigarette. "It will be interesting to show the public the information these classified files hold. If it starts a revolution, then so be it. Chaos is unavoidable as long as I have these files."

Kurt chuckled under his breath and stood up once again. He decided to get some fresh air after being cooped up in his office. As he prepared to leave his office, he turned gave a sharp whistle and Dobermon appeared from the darkness.

"What do you need, Kurt?" Dobermon asked.

"I'm going out for some air. You know the drill. If anyone tries to come in here…" Kurt replied.

"Kill them."

Kurt nodded and ruffled Dobermon's mane before leaving the room.


Mikayla and Veemon were sitting in the park and watching the sunset. She willingly took Veemon to the park as he wanted to go and play around and take in the city after being captivated by it. She giggled as her so-called son chased after a large group of pigeons in the grass and tripped as he tried to grab one. Veemon's face was filled with joy as he continued his quest to try to capture the flying birds.

"Come back! Come back!" Veemon said as he chased after another one. "All I want to do is touch you!"

Veemon made a wild dive for the closest pigeon he saw, but it flew off, leaving him to do a face plant in a bed of flowers. He sat up and huffed as he puffed out his cheeks in a cute pout at failing to catch the flying creature once again. Brushing off his disgruntlement, Veemon got to his feet once again and locked eyes with the flock of birds that were standing midfield. As he started running, he failed to notice Mikayla pulling out her Digivice on a card.

"Digi-Modify! Speed activate!" Mikaya whispered as she slashed the card.

She watched with a smile as Veemon's speed picked up as he flew towards the group of birds faster than before. She would not mention anything to make it seem he did it all on his own, but then again it might not work as Veemon would have likely felt the power boost. Her eyes followed Veemon as he jumped up high and pounced into the flock of birds. The birds scattered giving cries of surprise and Mikayla burst into a giggling fit as she saw Veemon rolling on the ground as he held on to the pigeon tightly.

"I got you!" Veemon cheered. "Do you want to be my friend?"

Veemon's grip on the pigeon released as it pecked his finger. He fell to his rear and watched the pigeon fly off into the sky to rejoin its flock and vanish from view. He waved after the bird sadly and his head drooped. He could not understand why it did not want to be his friend. He was being nice and Mikayla told him that was the most important thing to be if you wanted friends. A sad sigh escaped him as he gently rubbed his injured finger.

"Making friends is hard," Veemon muttered to himself.

His head perked up when a shadow towered over him. Looking up he could not see the figure clearly as the sunlight was going against him. Veemon blinked and then the figure became more defined, but he was surprised that it was not Mikayla or another human. It was another creature like him. The Digimon before him had blue and white fur and bared the resemblance of a dog. The most outstanding features of the Digimon in front of him were the red boxing gloves and the red bandana.

"Who are you?" Veemon asked, curiosity drowning out his sadness.

The dog like Digimon did not grant a response as he continued to look at him passively.

"It's rude to ask for someone's name and not grant yours first," the Digimon finally said.

"It is?" Veemon tilted his head. "I'm just asking a question, right? I didn't know I was being rude. I'm sorry."

Veemon put on an apologetic look as he held out his hand as an introductory greeting and gave a friendly smile.

"I'm Veemon. What's your name?" Veemon tried again.

"Gaomon," the Digimon answered as he shook Veemon's hand.

Gaomon let go of Veemon's hand and turned to leave after spotting his partner. As he started walking away, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps behind him and glanced back to see Veemon hurry to keep up with him. The young Digimon's antics made Gaomon raise a questioning brow as he continued to follow him with that large grin on his face.

"What are you doing?" Gaomon stopped.

"Huh?" Veemon replied.

"Why are you following me? You should be heading back to your partner wherever he is."

"You mean my mommy?"

Gaomon blinked again at the odd response from Veemon. He addressed his partner as his mother? The thought alone was bizarre enough.

"Whatever you dub your partner, yeah," Gaomon answered. "You should head back to her."

"I will, but I want to meet your dad," Veemon replied as he pointed at the teenage boy in front of them.

"My partner is not my father."

"Then what do you call him?"

Gaomon was about to respond, but he was stopped when he saw who he assumed Veemon's so-called "mother" hurrying over to them. He could also hear his partner's footsteps coming from behind him. Both he and Veemon were soon joined by their partners to see what the commotion was.

"Veemon, what are you doing?" Mikayla asked as she squatted by him.

"This is my friend, Mom. He was going to introduce me to his daddy," Veemon replied.

"I wouldn't call us friends, and I never agreed to introduce you to my partner," Gaomon answered.

"Now, now, Gaomon. Let's not be so quick to dismiss our company," the tall teen said.

Mikayla looked up at the teen before her. The boy was a couple of inches taller than she was. His greyish blue eyes complemented his neck length hair that was dark in color that appeared to have a bluish tinge to it. His sense of style was fashionable to say the least. He was wearing a dark grey t-shirt under a red zip-up red vest and blue baggy denim jeans. Mikayla's face flushed red when she realized she had stared at him for a fair amount of time. She stood up and held out her hand with a smile.

"I'm sorry about that." Mikayla apologized. "I'm Mikayla, and this is my partner Veemon."

"Seishiro," the teen replied as he shook her hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you, too."

Mikayla let go of Seishiro's hand and rubbed Veemon's head. She looked back at Seishiro and Gaomon and her thoughts began to run on the pair before her. She was surprised to see another person with a Digimon and was beginning to wonder if Takato or Rika had recruited him to join the American Digidestined. She quickly dismissed that thought though since Takato and Rika would have told them if that was the case or they would have at least consulted them like they did with Andrew earlier.

"That leaves two possibilities. He is either some random kid that somehow got a Digivice and Gaomon as a partner…" Mikayla pondered as her eyes narrowed. "Or he could be with Seeker. They're the only other group that uses Digimon. Then again, that's mainly for when they conduct hacks."

Little did Mikayla know that while she was having thoughts about Sieshiro and why he had a Digimon, he was doing the same with her. He did not show it, but he was a little surprised to see a girl with a Digimon of her own. He was not sure how she obtained Veemon as a partner, nor was he sure how she acquired the Digivice attached at her hip, but he was interested in finding out how that happened.

Seishiro was merely sightseeing in New York and he was getting ready to fly back home to go back to work, but he had some time to kill before that happened. Coming to a decision, his fingers reached inside his pocket and touched his phone as he got ready to pull it out.

"Mikayla, right?" Seishiro asked as he looked back at her.

"That's right." Mikayla nodded.

"I have to leave tomorrow, so I am going to head back to my hotel and pack. But my flight does not leave until tomorrow afternoon and I was wondering if you wanted to grab a cup of coffee with me and talk before I left."

Mikayla was a little taken back by the straightforward request and was not sure what to say. She rested her hands on her hips as she thought about Seishiro's request and considered turning it down just in case he did work for Seeker. The last thing she wanted was to walk into a trap, but at the same time the risky opportunity gave her the chance to learn about the enemy if he was with them. She thought about it for another minute before coming to her decision.

"Sure, I'd like that." Mikayla smiled. "I wonder if he's thinking the same thing about me and Veemon? He might be suspicious of me, so I need to play it carefully."

"Marvelous," Seishiro replied as he pulled out his phone. "What's your phone number?"

Mikayla took his phone and entered her number in his contact list before handing it back to him. Seishiro pocketed his phone and gave Gaomon a nod. Gaomon started walking away and gave a half-hearted wave to Veemon who waved goodbye to him enthusiastically.

"I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, Mikayla." Seishiro bid her farewell and took after Gaomon.

Mikayla and Veemon continued to watch Sieshiro and Gaomon until they disappeared from sight. When the two of them were gone, Veemon beamed up at Mikayla.

"So is he going to be my daddy?" Veemon asked.

"Veemon, no, it's not like that!" Mikayla replied with a beet red face. "I just met him today and we're just having a talk. It's nothing more than that!"

"Aw, and I was looking forward to having a dad and brother."

Mikayla sighed and shook her head as she led Veemon away as they began their trek back their hotel. She needed to think about what questions Seishiro would ask and how best to counter them and make her answers seem believable. She was silently thanking God that she was not an idiot and was bright enough to think outside the box. Although she was hoping deep down that Seishiro was not a member of Seeker, she did not eliminate the possibility and instead anticipated that he was.

"Who is he?" Mikayla wondered.


Rain continued to pelt against the windowpane and it was the only sound that filled the near silent room apart from the TV that was airing some sitcom rerun. Nasrin grunted as her leg felt stiff. Her leg always felt stiff when it rained or when a storm was coming. For a normal person their leg wouldn't be stiff, but with her it was another story. Before she moved from Australia to Oklahoma, Nasrin had an unfortunate encounter with a platypus that her brother showed her which ended up stinging her left calf. Her parents decided to have the lower half of her leg removed and replaced with a prosthetic rather than remove the muscle and nerve endings which would have left her with a nasty scar.

"Stupid leg," Nasrin muttered as she adjusted herself on her bed.

She had thought all afternoon about Yamaki's proposal to join the American Digidestined, but she had struggled to come to a decision. On one hand it brought her a chance for adventure, although it was risky and could end up being fatal. She had no idea who the other teens were that Yamaki rounded up and he would not tell her anything about them unless she agreed to join. She was a girl that did not like making decisions unless she had all the information she was looking for, which is why she was baffled when Cerise was so quick to make her decision without a second thought. To her, it seemed very foolish as there was no going back.

Nasrin turned her attention back to the old sitcom that was on TV. She was still getting used to American culture and TV, but she had found a couple things that she found entertaining. One of the few things she found a quick love for were old sitcoms, and the one she was watching was a very popular one that finished years ago, but it still had constant reruns.

"Ah, you have to love Red Forman." Nasrin giggled.

As the show went to commercial break, Nasrin found herself mulling over the decision she had to make. No matter how she looked at it, it balled down to the same risk with having the chance for adventure and meeting new people, but the possibility of dying. She glanced at her phone that rested on top of the card that Yamaki gave her earlier that day before she left. Her hand reached for the phone, but stopped midway. Her mind was hit with another wave of creeping doubt.

"Remember, I'm merely offering you both a chance to fight to keep this world safe." Yamaki's words echoed in her head.

Nasrin's mind was replaying his words over and over and it was starting to drive her insane. She was an intelligent young woman and since she arrived in America she was hit with quite the culture shock. She knew that patriotism and politics were the heart of the country and she was hit with a lot of it when she first arrived. However, there was one thing that stuck with her since she moved to Oklahoma. The United States always fought for what they wanted and succeeded frequently and during one of her history classes they watched a documentary that said the phrase that stuck with her. Freedom is never free. She was not a patriot, but she could not deny a good quote when she heard one. If Seeker was threatening to unleash chaos on her new home and threaten her family's way of life, that was all she needed to make her final decision. She had to protect them.

Her hand picked up the card and phone and she dialed the number on it. She brought the phone to her ear and could her it ringing. Her heart thumped in her chest as she waited for the line to pick up. There was a click as the ringing stopped and the call was answered.

"Have you decided?" Yamaki asked.

"I have," Nasrin replied. "I'm in."


Well, that's the chapter everyone. I hope you all enjoyed it and I hope that you have enjoyed the first bunch of chapters here. I will most likely wrap up the first arc here in the next chapter and proceed to the next one after it. I will not introduce all the OCs in one arc as it will get redundant and I don't want that. Check out the OC situation below as well as the statements. Be sure to READ the statements about the OCs closely and if you have any questions about it, PM me. Do not use the review section to drop questions about it. Until next time everybody, see you.-Captain

Statements:

1.) All the OCs I received will be in those roles that I have listed below here. Do not argue with me if your character did not get the role you wanted, because I only chose the characters I felt were more fitting for it. There are the chosen characters and the reserve characters. Reserve characters are for the characters that will brought it in the event of a character death as a replacement or if the OC submitter who put their OC in does not review the story after they have been introduced.

2.) I will set up the forum for all the chosen characters within the week, so be sure to check it out when you get the chance.

3.) I never thought about this, but I felt if this were an anime, it would need a sick opening. Personally I'm imagining "Heroes Come Back" (AKA Naruto Shippuden Opening 1)

OCs Featured in the chapter:

Andrew MacDonald: (Kiue Jin) Partner: Unknown

Christopher "Chris" Lewis: (revan228) Partner: Strabimon

Seishiro Tokugawa: (Kiwami no Sengoku) Partner: Gaomon

Nasrin Hamidi: (wisdom-jewel) Partner: Unknown

OC Chosen Roles:

American Digidestined:

Nasrin Hamidi: (wisdom-jewel)

Cerise Lumière: (Nicky Azure)

Kazuki Chuugi: (Sora Kim)

Andrew MacDonald: (Kiue Jin)

Michael Mitchell: (sonofthetrigod)

Seeker:

Valerie Haines: (An Anon Fellow)

Kryztal Smith: (tyranid80)

Alexis Locke: (Solomon07)

Christopher Lewis: (revan228)

Lucio Emilio: (Asher Grey)

Martin Sanders: (True2Momentai)

Seishiro Tokugawa: (Kiwami no Sengoku)

Reserve OCs:

American Digidestined:

Artur De Araujo: (BEST OC Maker)

Mason Montenegro: (Seth98)

Lindsay O'Hara: (TeutonicGuardian)