A Slice of New York
By: Theodore 'Blitz' Leung
Disclaimer: All Digimon and their characters (except for those introduced in this fic/series) do NOT belong to me. I do not have permission to use their characters, but it's a FanFic, so, who cares? =) This story line belongs to me and me alone. Please ask for permission if you wish to use it. Thanks. Now let's get onto reading!
K.H. Lai, a high school student that lives in New York yawned, the early morning getting to him. Sunday afternoon quickly rolled along as the student continuously worked away at a FanFic he was writing. Homework wasn't an issue, he already finished it on Saturday.
Also, the one known as K.H. was engaged in a chat with two other writers that he associated with often.
"How's that Fic coming along, Nobie?" Blitz typed in his chat window. K.H. noticed, but couldn't respond until after he concluded the paragraph he was writing for his FanFic.
"Still debating whether to alter this line or not," the teenager replied, quickly getting back to his writing.
"Still perfecting I see," GTK commented in his portion of the ICQ chat window. Nobie was using Split mode in the chat, so he could read what everyone typed at the same time.
"It's Nobie, and you know how he likes to do things, G," Blitz 'told' the third member of the room, prompting a 'lol' response from GTK.
"Argh…my slimy little bro is annoying me again…" G typed in next, get an 'lol' response back from Blitz.
"Hey, Nobie, pay more attention to the chat window please," Blitz asked, after releasing a pair of 'beeping' sound effects.
"I am," K.H. typed in 'plainly', before turning his attention once again back to the fic at hand.
"No witty counter attack Nobie?" Blitz asked, followed by a 'face' of disappointment.
"Just leave it alone, Blitz," GTK told his associate. "Speaking of which, did you get my e-mail?"
"Yeah, I got it…" Blitz replied. K.H. noticed the triple periods at the end, curious if that meant anything. "How was your trip?"
"It was…'interesting', to say the least," G typed in his chat window. Curious about the conversation now, K.H. intervened.
"What the heck are you two talking about?" he quickly typed, pausing his progression on his FanFic for a few moments. There was one hell of a long silence that followed, as neither of the other two members of the chat room would type anything.
"Nothing really Nobie…Just comparing notes, so to say," G replied quickly, the letters appearing on screen faster then normal. Blitz added a *Nod* action to his window. Not satisfied, but living with the answer, K.H. continued writing.
* * * * * *
K.H. splashed some water onto his face, attempting to wash the fatigue out of his eyes. He blinked a few times, staring at himself through the mirror. The teen brushed back his dark brown hair with a comb, before returning to his computer. What appeared on the screen puzzled him greatly.
His computer crashed, allowing for K.H. to leave for the bathroom for a moment while he waited for the computer to reboot. However, the fact that two windows opened alone on his computer was suspicious enough, especially when he had no previous encounters with these two windows.
The left window held an unfamiliar map in its frame, which K.H. analyzed carefully, attempting to conclude if the map was related to the current world, but couldn't see any definite pattern.
The second window on the other hand framed a picture of a canyon. The two sides spanned as far as the eye could see, though provided good shade against the sundering heat that the sunlight provided. The teenager moved his face closer to the screen, wondering if his eyesight could see the end of the canyon.
K.H. was gone, no where to be seen, like a disappearing act from a magician.
* * * * * *
"Well…that was an interesting…trip…" K.H. commented, noting his new surroundings. Of course, the first hint was the sudden change in temperature, followed by the fact he wasn't facing his computer screen anymore. Conjunction that information with the fact he took a trip through a 'wormhole' was all the evidence he needed something happened.
After a quick scan on his immediate surroundings, K.H. concluded that he was at the canyon he was looking at previously.
"How I got here is quite a mystery, however," he thought, beginning to walk forward between the two natural, stone walls. "Won't find anything staying still and gawking," the New York teen told himself, thankful the shade inside the canyon will protect him from the sun rays.
* * * * * *
"An infinite length canyon?" K.H. thought, continuing to walk aimlessly down between the two walls. "It sure feels like it," he whispered, stopping for a moment. The teenager glanced up at the clear blue skies above him. Clouds slowly floated by, idly wandering the land.
"Enjoying yourself?" a voice asked behind him, scaring the living heck out of K.H.. He quickly twirled around, seeing a weird looking 'monster' with a white fur coat on his back and a horn protruding from his forehead. "My name is Gabumon, and if you haven't heard from your three friends that traveled here before, I'm a Digimon."
"Digimon? Friends?" K.H. asked out loud unintentionally. "There were others before me?" he thought afterwards.
"I guess they haven't told you," Gabumon replied, walking towards the teenager. "This is the Digital World, or more commonly referred to as the Digi-World, the home of Digimon small and large."
"Well, Digimon must be short for Digital Monsters…considering you're a monster, and this is the Digital World," K.H. spoke, getting a nod from the monster. "And if this is a 'Digital' world…then this could possibly be inside a computer…" K.H. continued, examining his surroundings.
"According to Izzy, the Digital World and Real world are similar to each other in one way, but different in the next," Gabumon explained.
"Well, if this is a Digital World, then it must have used something as a model to base it on. The Real world seems to be the best choice," K.H. spoke, still unconcerned with the fact that he was in a completely alien world. The teenager continued walking, the Digimon staying by his side during the trek. "So, who are these other three that came before me?"
"Well, according to Biyomon, Gatomon, and Tentomon, their names were Tao, Shastina, and Tiberius," Gabumon informed K.H. "That makes you the forth Digi-Destined."
"Digi-Destined? That sounds like a cereal" K.H. commented, entering his Nobie-ish attitude, unsure what the Digital Monster known as Gabumon was referring to. Then again, there was a lot of this world he didn't know much of.
"Basically, those chosen to protect the Digi-World," Gabumon answered. "From what I have heard from the others, chances are, you don't have a Digivice, and by the looks of it, no Digimon partner either."
"Something gives me the idea I'll get these two later," K.H. commented, nervously glancing left and right. This trek of the canyon was making him uncomfortable. He had a feeling of impending disaster.
"Chances are, you'll get them very soon," Gabumon replied, stiffening. He also sensed something wrong, and was on full alert.
"I'm guessing something bad happens now…" K.H. whispered to the Digimon.
"Yeah…GET DOWN!!" he shouted, knocking the human over. Both hit the rocky surface hard, the pain from that was significantly less then the pain they would've felt if that manta ray like Digimon actually hit them.
"What was that?!" K.H. shouted, just seeing the long tail of the attacking Digimon sink into the ground. He traced the path of attack, noting a newly formed hole in the canyon wall, a hole wide and thin. A similar one was also added to the ground, most likely by whatever attacked.
"That was a Manstamon, a rock dwelling Digimon who looks like a manta ray from your world," Gabumon informed, keeping an eye out for another attack. "They are peaceful Digimon, however, they have started to become violent, as with other Digimon recently." All was quite in the canyon, as the two waited for another attack. "Quickly, we must go, before the Manstamon attacks again! Let's go…um…now that I think of it, I don't know your name."
"K.H.," the teen replied flatly, taking the Digimon's good advice, and beginning a sprint down between the canyon walls. Gabumon followed behind, constantly checking back to see if Manstamon was following, like that will do any good if their opponent could burrow underground. "So…explain to me…again…what the Digi-Destined are," K.H. asked between breaths as they continued their run.
"The Digi-Destined…are those chosen…to protect the Digi-World," Gabumon answered, also between his breath.
"Well…if Digimon…are getting more aggressive…that's got to be a cause…of concern…" K.H. commented, tiring quickly from the run. Nevertheless, he was still coming up with plausible answers for all this, even if it wasn't very plausible to be sucked into his own computer.
The explosion of dust and rock ahead of them halted their progress instantly. The Manstamon was clearly visible once the cloud of dust evaporated. Gabumon was correct, it did look sort of like a manta ray, however, the skin colour was clearly brown in nature, and there were sharp fangs at the mouth of the Digimon.
"If they're so peaceful, why do they need fangs like that?" K.H. asked the other Digimon, taking a step back.
"The fangs, combined with the speed they can travel at underground allows them to burrow through the solid rock," Gabumon informed, entering a fighting stance. "Of course, the fangs are also very good at chewing both of us up."
"I can figure that out," K.H. spoke plainly, wondering when the Manstamon will attack. "The build of the Manstamon…I wonder if it can glide through the air…" K.H. thought, seeing it as a method of attack from the Digimon. "Holy crap, what is that?! This thing is crazy! We'd better get moving..." he though, entering a laziness state again. "But moving requires effort, so... Ah hell," K.H. thought, before the Manstamon began an attack.
"GLIDE SPIKE!" Manstamon charged Gabumon, and as K.H. theory suggested, the manta ray like Digimon soared across the air, just a few inches above the ground. Despite that, the Digimon was traveling unusually fast.
"BLUE BLASTER!" Gabumon countered, attacking with a blue spray that hit the Manstamon home. Although temporally blinded, the Digimon continued his charge, slamming into Gabumon and knocking him into the wall. Gabumon grunted in pain, as Manstamon dug back into the ground, still trying to get the gunk out of his eyes.
"Hey, Gabumon, you okay?!" K.H. asked, running towards the Digimon that sat on the ground.
"Yeah…I'm okay…just got the wind knocked out of me…" he muttered, trying to regain his breath. "We…should go…before the Manstamon attacks again…" he continued, trying to get up, but fell back down. "Or…maybe not…" Gabumon whispered, holding his side. "He got me good…"
"Come on," K.H. told Gabumon, wrapping his left arm around Gabumon's back, while placing the Digimon's right arm over his shoulder. With a heave, K.H. lifted the Digimon up, and beginning to walk away except for another explosion that shot up right in front of them.
"Wha?!" both exclaimed, taken completely unexpectedly by the renewed attack. Manstamon blasted into the sky, taking it well above the height of the canyon. Soon, gravity began to pull the Digimon back down, directly towards the two targets.
"BOLT ORB!" The attack came from out of nowhere, smashing against the topside of the manta ray. There was a screech of pain as the Manstamon torpedoed into the wall, breaking a large chunk of it off at his speed. Both Gabumon and K.H. protected themselves from the falling debris and clots of dust.
"What was that?" K.H. asked Gabumon as the two waited for the scene to clear. Gabumon shrugged as much as his body would allow him to shrug, not sure of the answer himself.
A small clanking sound followed by something hitting the teenagers foot made him look down, noticing a small device on the ground. It looked exactly like the previous three, except for the yellow handgrip.
"Well, that must be your Digivice," Gabumon informed, coughing up dust. K.H. nodded, clipping the item to his pants. It was then that he finally noticed his new clothing as well. He wore jeans and a black jacket, which was overtopping a purple shirt he wore.
"Hilo! Oh, nice jacket, K.H.!" the young voice squeaked. The two found the source of the voice: a small Digimon which resembled a dragon. He had purple scales, and his un-scaled under belly was yellow. Two tails, both also purple, protruded from his form, one out of the upper half of his body, the other from his rear. "My name is Kinoumon, and I'll be your partner for a while! Geeze, I never thought I'd be able to find you after all this time!"
"Kinoumon? Wha? Damn, did someone slip me some 'shrooms?" K.H. asked, though clicked into the fact the Digimon was looking for him. "You were searching for me?"
"Yeah! For as long as I can remember!" Kinoumon exclaimed, smiling. "I'm happy I found you know K.H."
"The pleasure is mine," K.H. responded, smiling lightly. However, a small falling rock from the new rock pile at the wall caught their attention, as the pile began to rumble.
"I don't think this is over yet…" Gabumon commented, standing back up, recovered enough to hold his own now. Manstamon broke from his rock cage, hissing wildly at the trio.
"BLUE BLASTER!"
"BOLT ORB!" Kinoumon charged electricity between his tails, until he finally had enough charge to unleash a sphere of electrical energy at the attacker. Gabumon's initial attack stunned the Digimon enough for the Bolt Orb to hit home, electrocuting the Digimon.
Yelping in pain, the Manstamon burrowed back into the ground, not showing his face anymore for the duration of time.
"Well, now that we settled THAT, how's it going K.H.?" Kinoumon asked, grinning.
"This is…an interesting place you have here," K.H. commented, surprised about the world within a world. The boy sat down, taking his Digivice. After a quick run through, he opened the Digivice, which frightened him a bit, though the teen quickly calmed down.
"Apparently, you can possibly send and receive e-mail with the new Digivice," Gabumon spoke. "I wonder if it's true…"
"Well, only one way to find out, right?" K.H. asked rhetorically. Kinoumon perched himself on K.H.'s shoulder to get a better view of what was going on. K.H. messed around with the keys for a bit, getting the feel for the controls.
"So, does it work?" Gabumon asked, curious, as was most of the other Digimon who informed him of the new Digi-Destined.
"Yeah, it works, I just accessed my e-mail account," K.H. spoke. He closed the Digivice and clipped it back onto his belt. "No new mail of course though," he added, standing back up.
"I'm sure Tentomon will be interested in hearing that," Gabumon commented, also standing.
"What? That I have no mail?"
"No, that the Digivice also acts as a e-mail sender/receiver," Gabumon corrected, apologizing for the clarity of his previous remark.
"Don't need to apologize," K.H. responded, shrugging. He petted Kinoumon, who giggled at his touch. The teen smiled, happy for the young Digimon. "So, when do I get to go home then?" K.H. asked next, worried if his parents found out that he was out of the house for a long time.
"Oh, if pattern serves true, right about now," Gabumon informed. K.H.'s Digivice beeped violently, as a blinding light engulfed the teen. In a matter of seconds, he was gone, Kinoumon falling to the ground with a thud.
"I guess you were right…" he commented, scratching his injured back lightly.
* * * * * *
K.H. blinked once, then twice, then thrice, before he finally got his bearings. His mind already knew he was home, but apparently, his body didn't want to respond yet. Of course when his body did start to respond, he sat back down at his computer, seeing the program that got him to the Digi-World in the first place was now closed.
"Curses…" he muttered, though noticing the new icon on his desktop. "Well, at least I know I still have access to the world," he thought, leaning back on his chair, recalling his previous events. "I was gone for about four hours…" K.H. thought, checking his watch. Two things surprised him. The first was that only two hours elapsed in 'Real' time. Second was the fact this wasn't his watch.
"Maybe…this is also Digi-Destined equipment," K.H. spoke out loud, checking out what other features there were on this new acquisition. "Interesting, stores multiple time zones…and DWT?" the teen asked, confused with the acronym. "Digi-World Time?" he asked, wondering how true it was. "I'm going have to experiment the next time I head back into the Digital World,"
K.H. glanced back at the screen, his gaze falling onto the new icon. "Next time…"
Fin
Completed: 11/15/00
