Disclamer: I do not own the Digimon characters in this story...I do own Marlamon and Katyamon.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is my very first fanfic. I've read a lot of Digimon fanfics so I thought it would be fun. I've noticed most people write about Yamato or Taichi, so I'm writing about Takeru. I hope you all like it!

Ages: Taichi Kamiya: 18

Yamato Ishida: 18

Takeru Takaishi: 15

Hikari Kamiya: 15

Koushiro Izumi: 17

Sora Takenouchi: 17

Jyou Kido: 20

Mimi Tachikawa: 18

Never Lose Hope

Chapter I
Takeru heard soft music in his ears. He stirred from sleep only to smack his alarm clock. Unfortunately, it got knocked off his desk by his swipe, and it seemed to get louder. Takeru moaned and tried to bury himself in his covers.

"Takeru Takaishi, get up! It's your first day, you don't want to be late." his mom called.

"Why not...?" Takeru mumbled. He sighed. Sometimes he wished they had never come back from the digital world. He could be running around with Patamon right now, but nooooo------ooo. He was stuck here, going to his first day of high school. Takeru dragged himself out of bed and took a shower. He went through his closet and pulled out the first thing that matched. He pulled on dark blue cargo shorts, and a plain white T-shirt. Then he grabbed a blue and white flannel button shirt, and left it unbuttoned. Finally, he grabbed his blue shades and combed his short, blonde hair. He grabbed his dark green backpack, and made sure everything he needed was in it. "Bye Mom!" Takeru called as he left their apartment. A moment later he raced back up the stairs and back into their apartment.

"What are you doing back?" his mom asked.

"I forgot something." Takeru said as he went into his room. He opened his desk drawer and grabbed his crest and digivice. He never left home without them. When Takeru was outside again, he sprinted a few blocks so he wouldn't be late, and then started walking.

"Hey Take, wait up!" A voice called. Takeru turned. No one called him Take, not even his mom. The only person he knew that called him that was...

"Hey Hikari." he said to the girl.

"Don't call me that," she snapped. "Call me Kari." she finished with a smile. Takeru smiled and hugged her.

"I haven't seen you for awhile."

"Did you miss me?" Kari asked.

"Well.....Yeah...." Takeru blushed slightly as he said this and turned away. There was a silence between them for a few minutes. When Takeru looked up he saw the back of their school. "Man, I wish we had more summer." Takeru said, leaning against the school building. He pulled out his crest and digivice. His digivice read 7:30. "We have fifteen minutes until school starts." he said. Kari glanced up and saw his crest and digivice.

"You still have those? I can't find my crest. I found my digivice awhile ago though. Meeko ran off with them." They heard the sound of a motorcycle approching. Yamato rode up and stopped next to them.

"Hey Kari," Matt turned to Take, "Freshie." Yamato Ishida said.

"Hey Yamato." Kari greeted him.

"So, what were you two lovebirds talking about?" Yamato asked.

"Yamato, we're just friends. And, not that it's any of your business, we were talking about the digital world." Takeru snapped.

"Whoa, cool it bro. I'm just kidding. You don't have to bite off my head." Yamato said. With that, Yamato started up his motorcycle and sped towards the parking lot.

"That wasn't very nice." Kari scolded.

"I'm sorry. I just don't like it when he says stuff like that." Takeru apologized.




"Threaten the Light, and the Hope will tear. Kill the Light, and darkness will reign. Kill the Hope, and turn it to Sorrow and Hatred..." The dark digimon read from the prophecy she would help come true.

"Master..." a digimon said to its master.

"What is it Marlamon?" She asked the bird-like digimon. He had a falcon's shape, but was bigger with an odd coloring and bat-like markings across his wings.

"Do you want the digidestined now? Two of them are alone." Marlamon asked.

"Bring me only the one who holds the Crest of Hope, he is my first target." Katyamon told him. She had a panther's shape, with silver wings. Her eyes were dark purple, and her claws were also silver. She had a silver sheen to her coat, and her hind legs were shaped more like human legs. She stood on two feet unless she was attacking.




Takeru wandered on to his third period class, Medical Science. So far he had seen Taichi in the hall a couple times, and Izzy was in his math class (Take's good at math alright). He walked into his science class, and sat down. Kari walked in a few minutes later. "Kari!" Takeru said, surprised.

"Hey Take." Kari said. "I didn't know we had Medical Science together." More students poured into the classroom and took their seats. The teacher then entered the room, followed by a tall, blue-haired young man.

"Class, I am Mr. Fujiami. This is a student teacher, he's studying to be a doctor. This is part of his training. His name is Jyou Kido."

"Jyou!" Takeru whispered in surprise, looking at the front of the class.

"Jyou will be teaching you for the time he is here. Are there any questions?"

"What's this have to do with becoming a doctor, Jyou?" Takeru blurted out.

"Takeru Takaishi, raise your hand to be called on!" Mr. Fujiami scolded. Takeru gave him a rebelling look. Then he looked at Jyou and ignored Mr. Fujiami.

"It's alright Mr. Fujiami, I can handle it. Take, this is part of my training. This is only my second year of college, and my instructor thought it might be interesting." Jyou replied. Jyou went on and taught the class. In the middle of the lesson, the intercom came on.

"ATTENTION ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS. THERE IS A SEVERE STORM APPROACHING, CLASSES ARE DISMISSED FOR THE DAY. RETURN TO YOUR HOMES A.S.A.P. THANK YOU." The intercom clicked off.

"We'll finish this up tomorrow. You are dismissed." Jyou told the class. Takeru and Kari put their books in their bags.

"Bye Jyou!" they called out simultaneously. Takeru and Kari made their way to their lockers, and met in the hallway.

"We'd better find Tai or Matt..." Kari said worriedly. "I don't want to walk in this."

"I say we look for Taichi. Yamato only has his motorcycle. Tai has a car." Take pointed out.

"Kay. I know where he'll probably be, too." Kari headed down the hall, with Take right behind her.


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Thunder rolled, as the black ominous clouds swept over the school. Soon it was pitch black. Someone ran through the crowd and ran smack into Takeru. Take pitched sideways. He tried to catch himself, but ended up on the floor, face first. Before he could see who ran into him, the kid was up and running again. "Stupid freshman," Takeru muttered. Then, realizing what he said, he smacked himself in the forehead. Everyday he was becoming more and more like how Matt acted at school. Take pulled himself off the floor, and looked around for Kari. She was gone. He got up and headed the way they had been going. He got outside, and didn't see anyone he knew. He saw Yamato's motorcycle was gone, and he didn't know where Taichi parked. He looked over the parking lot and didn't spot either of them. He walked around to the back of the school to go home. He stopped dead in his tracks. The storm was building. Lightning shot across the sky, playing in and out of the clouds. It started to pour, and then hail. Take was taking cover when lightning struck right in front of him. He fell back into the mud in surprise. A loud BOOM!!! filled his ears as the thunder followed the lightning. A shocked Take got up, and then he saw it. It looked like a rift or something. He looked closer, and saw there was a place on the other side. It was storming just as bad on that side as it was here. Take took a step towards it and reached out to touch it.

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Jyou Kido exited the rear of the school, heading for his car. 'I hope Take and Kari are alright.' he thought. He got to his car and opened the door, when he saw lightning flash and strike right next to the school. Then he spotted someone. Takeru. He got up and took a step towards a portal that had appeared right where the lightning had struck. Jyou saw him lean over and reach out to touch it.

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Takeru tried to pull away from the force, but found that impossible. He gasped and was pulled totally into it. He went through a tunnel of light, all different colors: white, pink, light blue, light green, light purple...And then the colors got darker: dark blue, dark green, dark purple, and finally black laced with red veins. Take was pretty dizzy by now, and felt himself blacking out. The last thought on his mind was, 'I hope Kari got home safely...' He was plunged into darkness.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: So did ya like it? I know it's kind of slow, but it's my first attempt at a fanfic of any kind. If you read this, e-mail me. I need feedback, Kay? ~Akira~