The origin of the Wild Ones
Many years ago, V-pets were popular toys among children and some older students that liked tech-based entertainment. Some of them wanted to improve the roster of monsters available, programming on their old computers the base codes for different beings based on cryptids, mythological beings, or whatever else the person wanted to create. Many advances were made during those years in the field of computer simulations due to the increase of the processing power of their machines. The researchers transferred data of biological, organic, and inorganic molecules through the primitive internet when they wanted to compare their findings. Nobody could imagine that this flow of data could develop an unknown type of creature, which at first consisted of weak monsters that fought and devoured each other for evolving.
Slowly, the amount of information that flowed through the net became enough for coding the kernel of the Digital World. The first Digimon gathered the pieces, merging anything that seemed useful to them. Yggdrasil didn't exist yet, as it wasn't necessary to construct an AI in charge of controlling all processes of the world.
Humans believed that they were the Gods of those monsters, but they already had their own hierarchy. The oldest groups were based on angels, sacred Chinese creatures, and Greek gods. GrandDracumon was one of the first dark Digimon, who brought some ancient angels to his side after the failed rebellion against God that was started by Lucemon, a Seraphimon, who later became Demon, and Bagramon. Their fall from grace was the start of the Seven Great Demon Lords, who represented the seven sins.
The Four Great Dragons have lived in the Digital World since ancient times, but they had their own agenda. The Royal Knights were assembled after confirming that the Demon Lords gathered enough firepower for becoming a serious threat. Yggdrasil existed when this shift of forces happened.
Decades passed until the Digimon had so many conflicts that some of them moved into the Earth, reaching Japan at first. The smaller ones were mistaken for plush and mechanical toys, but when the dangerous ones wandered into many countries, some humans thought that it was time to stop their invasion.
The richer countries decided to hire people specializing in cybersecurity after checking that normal weapons were useless against the strange beings. Digimon became hostile, attacking all buildings that hosted the computers used for exterminating them.
Nobody was sure of the composition of the materialized Digimon, therefore it was important to capture a specimen alive for analyzing it. Big was their surprise when they figured out the nature of those AIs.
However, one incident that happened in Germany's capital city was so weird that it seemed like a bad dream. The location of this chaotic event was the office of one of the research groups that tested scientific simulations at universities and research institutes.
A former high school student forgot his V-pet near the room where physics simulations were carried out. The programs acted normally until there was a sudden reaction from the toy, which caused a severe malfunction on most of the processors of the supercomputer. There was a loud noise before the device stopped working, smelling like charred toast.
Whatever came out of the pile of broken electronic parts scared the scientists that worked in the room. They described it as a small lizard-like bipedal creature, who tried to steal their lunch as soon as it detected the food.
The careless guest heard the chaos, going to the disaster zone to see if he left his V-pet there. He couldn't get inside it, but he could see enough to spot a broken device laying over the desk where he misplaced it.
'Great, my dad will either kill me, especially if what I did trigger the explosion, or he will try to study this for his next paper,' the redhead thought when he spotted the mess.
The dragon approached him, showing no fear. The creature sniffed him, trying to get anything that looked edible. The tall teenager scratched his head, wondering why the monster didn't attack him.
'Hmm, now I think that the paper research wins this time. Nobody else has published anything about lizards coming out of their computers after all,' he petted the Digimon, baffled at the dragon's careless attitude.
The dragon begged him for food, so he decided to check if the vending machine had anything nice. While he inserted a coin into it, the lizard called him by his name. Things started getting weird.
"How do you know that my name is Alex? Did you get that information out of the V-pet?" he sighed, thinking if the thing that stood in front of him was the same Digimon he was raising. The thing looked very pixelated when it was within the toy, so he decided to ask the creature if he was a Dracomon.
"Yes, I'm a Digimon from that species," the green lizard chirped. Alex was livid when he confirmed his suspicion.
'What kind of acid trip is this? Digimon are supposed to be part of a toy series!'
"Alex, I want that chocolate bar!" the dragon yelled, liking how the envelope looked.
"Hmm, I hope you can eat human food," the redhead picked it, and the Digimon devoured the candy without removing the plastic.
Dracomon loved it, begging for more candy. Alex refused to buy more, as the creature could get sick.
"I hope that my dad doesn't want to research you. Things could get quite ugly if his team wanted to analyze your body," he imagined the lizard being split into tiny bits, dying in the process.
"Don't worry, you should be able to hide me," the dragon told Alex to go back to the disaster zone, spotting that the V-pet was gone. Or better said, it became a different kind of device that resembled the ones that he saw on stores that sold Digimon merchandise. Dracomon sneaked inside and picked it, giving the Digivice to the student.
Alex fiddled with the blue device until he found the storage function, activating it. He noticed that there was a slot, which probably was for a card-based protocol. He guessed it was for Digimon-based cards, so he sighed as he had no money for investing in another card game.
However, he wondered if the device could process information from anything else. He picked a card that depicted an armored black dog, guessing that his attempt would fail. Ironically, the Digivice detected the data of Fullbau without issue.
The screen blinked before showing Shadow Paladin's emblem, telling that his clan got installed properly. This result was a weird one, as those cards shouldn't be compatible with a Digimon.
Alex thought that it would be good to research this phenomenon, therefore he left the building for gathering information at home.
A repair shop specialized in fixing motorcycles became the next source of chaos. One of the newer workers was busy inspecting a bike when she heard some chomping noises nearby.
The woman had no time to clean her hands before checking the source of the annoying sound, so whatever caused it would end covered in car oil if she had to remove it.
The creature that ate wires had an excellent idea of using a very expensive motorcycle for lunch. The mechanic was angry, picking the bunny like being with her greasy hands.
The Digimon wasn't happy, biting her hand. The woman yelled before throwing the creature, going to the bathroom, as the bite could get infected if she was careless.
She cursed while she ran to clean her wound. She never expected to meet weird animals in Germany, even if she was used to Vietnam's exotic fauna.
"I wanted to run away from my family, but not like this. Maybe I will have to find a new shop to work at if this one has killer bunnies," she complained.
She guessed this counted as a workplace accident, but would her boss believe her that a weird-looking bunny bit her? He would claim that she was seeing things.
The blue-haired mechanic bandaged her hand before trying to repair the bitten wires. The damage done by the bunny was so great, she would have to order a new set.
"I swear that I would barbecue that bunny if it's edible! That little shit ruined my day!" she yelled, knowing that the wires costed a fortune.
She chased the culprit as soon as she spotted the rabbit, grabbing her wrench for smacking it. The woman caught the Digimon, hitting it on the head.
The bunny cried, telling her that it was sorry for damaging the wires. It swore to stop chewing the bikes.
"Don't you know who I am? I thought that you wanted to train me," Lunamon pouted.
"Wait a second, are you the Digimon from my virtual pet thingy?" she asked in disbelief.
The rabbit nodded, sniffing her as a way of recognizing her scent. "I know that you're Lumiere if I recall correctly."
The Digimon bounced around, being happy that it met its Tamer, despite ruining her work.
The rest of the day was quite uneventful, but during the night the Digimon-induced chaos continued in Berlin. A bunch of metalheads started a bar fight after watching a concert, not noticing the dinosaur that was near one of the tables.
The fight happened after one of them trash-talked a popular band, punching the guy that made that outrageous claim. While they were busy flinging chairs, tables, and any bottle that was nearby, the lizard picked a beer can out of curiosity.
The creature managed to cut and open the can, drinking beer without knowing the side effects of alcohol. The orange dinosaur didn't have high alcohol tolerance, so it bumped into an angry guy.
The ignorant man threw a bottle at the dinosaur, who defended itself by breathing fire. The object melt, pissing off the guy. He had the great idea of chucking a chair at it, which met the same fate as the bottle.
The drunk man even tried to fistfight with the dinosaur. This was the worst idea since the Digimon had sharp claws and enough jaw strength for injuring him. The dinosaur bit his arm, scratching the guy's body until he decided to run away.
Agumon looked around, leaving the bar as it looked like it didn't find what he was searching for. There was no food, nor any sign that its Tamer was nearby. It picked some rotten apples out of a trash can.
"I miss the Digiworld's fruits. This tastes so bad," Agumon sighed, feeling hopeless.
Another Digimon perched on a tree, glaring at the lizard. The fox had no respect for the unrefined attitude of Agumon, so it dissed the other creature.