Hello again, welcome to chapter 4 of "With The Stars To Guide Me." I hope
you enjoy this chapter as much as the last three. Luckily for you there are
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I would just like to warn you of a little bit of swearing at the beginning of this chapter. If you are easily offended then I advise you not to read on!
Please read on! NKC
1 Chapter IV
1.1 One Year Later, in the real world.
"T.K. YOU BASTARD!" Kari screamed, "YOU DID THIS TO ME YOU PRICK! I HATE YOU!"
Sure enough T.K. was right beside her, getting his hand crushed, as Kari was being wheeled into the delivery room. She was squeezing his hand so hard that he could no longer feel it.
T.K. and Kari were both twenty-one years old, and happily married. They lived together, as they had done for a while now, and were expecting their first child. It had been eight years since their last adventure in the Digital world, and they hadn't seen, or heard, from their Digimon since then.
"I'm so sorry, T.K." Kari sobbed, her mood changing. He was used to it by now after nine months. "I love you. ARGH! It hurts so much!"
"It's okay." He stroked her hair gently, in an attempt to comfort her, "I'm here for you."
He snuggled with her for one brief moment, until another contraction swept through her.
"AARRGGHH!" she cried out, seemingly straining every muscle in her body.
"Breath Kari." One of the doctors instructed.
"I am!" she yelled back, red faced.
"When the next one comes push as hard as you can!" she was ordered.
"AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH!" She screamed again, pushing with all her might.
"Right, we can see the head. One more push!"
Kari heaved as hard as she could, "AAAAAAHHHHHH! T.K.!" she bellowed.
"It's okay, I'm here." He told her.
"Okay, it's out." One of the midwifes said, then turned to Kari, "Well done."
T.K. gave the exhausted Kari a kiss. "Well done Kari. You did great."
Kari just smiled in response. She was completely worn out.
One of the midwifes walked over to Kari, holding their newborn child.
"Congratulations," she said, "its a little girl."
"Felt like rather a large one to me." Kari mumbled, barely awake. T.K. and the midwife looked at each other and laughed.
"Kari, do you want to hold her before we take her to the incubation unit?" she was asked.
"Please." Was all she said in reply. The midwife laid the baby in Kari's arms. Kari smiled down at the fragile little child in her arms, unaware of what the future had install for her.
"What shall we call her?" T.K. asked. They'd had a few names in mind, but hadn't completely decided on which one.
Kari looked down at the sleeping child, trying to think of the perfect name for her.
"Well, I guess sleepy is out of the question." She smiled, "How about Hope, after your crest?"
"I don't know." T.K. said, "It doesn't sound right."
"How about Naizumi?" she asked.
"I've never heard a name like that before." T.K. admitted.
"I've only ever heard it used once, but I like it."
"Well, if you like it then it's fine by me." T.K. cuddled Kari, the baby still in her arms. They both looked down on her fondly, with love in their eyes that only a parent could have.
1.2 Twelve years Later.
"Naizumi?!"
"Coming mum!" she called down from her bedroom.
She shot up and out of her room, practically flying down the stairs. She jumped the last four, landing at the bottom with an almighty thud.
"Don't jump down the stairs! You'll hurt yourself!" T.K. called from the living room.
"Sorry Dad. Force of habit!" she apologised as she entered the room.
T.K. and Kari were sat on the sofa, next to each other. Their were faces strangely expressionless compared to usual. They were nearly always in a good mood.
"What's up?" Naizumi asked her mum and dad, the concern in her voice was clear.
"Well, we have something to tell you." Kari began.
".We hope you'll understand." T.K. smiled, to Naizumi it looked fake compared to her father's normally happy smile.
"What Did I do?"
"Nothing." Both parents replied.
"Did someone die?"
"No." T.K. said.
"Are you pregnant?" she looked at her mum.
"No!" Kari said.
"What then?" she was getting pretty nervous.
T.K. looked at Kari with a frown. She nodded in reply.
"This!" T.K. jumped up, waving something in his arms.
Naizumi jumped backwards. T.K. stopped waving his arms around long enough for her to see what he was holding.
"Oh. My. God!" she cried, "You didn't!"
"We did." Kari stood up next to T.K. wrapping an arm around his waist and smiling.
T.K. handed what he was holding in his hand to Naizumi. "We know you like them." He explained, "And it is your birthday tomorrow."
Naizumi jumped up and hugged her dad's neck, "Thank you!"
She got off him and repeated the same procedure with her mother. Both T.K. and Kari were smiling.
"Do you know how hard it is to get a ticket to an Immortality concert, let alone two tickets, and less than a day before the concert!?"
"Well, I have a friend whose mother-in-law's brother's daughter's son knows a man who works at the concert." T.K. explained.
Naizumi and Kari just gave him a weird look, which he noticed almost immediately. "What?" he looked at them, puzzled.
"Nothing." She said. She looked at Naizumi, the two smirked, attempting to hold back a laugh.
"So, who are you going to take with you?" T.K. asked, still confused over why they were smirking.
"Well," she considered, "I'm not entirely sure."
"How about that British exchange student you're always talking about?" Kari asked, "What's his name? Chris?"
"Mum! I can't take Chris!" she said.
"Sorry. Why not?"
"Because I don't like him." She said like Kari was dense.
"Okay." Kari frowned. "That makes sense. I thought you did?"
"Not any more. I like someone else now." She explained.
"I say you ask them to go with you." T.K. suggested, "That's how your mum and I got together, no beating around the bush. Just go and tell them."
Kari coughed comically causing Naizumi to laugh.
"What?" T.K. asked.
"As I remember it, it took you five years to ask me out!"
"Really?" Naizumi asked.
"No!" T.K. said.
"Yes!" Kari insisted. "You told me you fancied me from practically when we first met. You didn't ask me out until we were thirteen! That's five years!"
Naizumi laughed.
"Okay. You're right." T.K. said as he thought about it, "but you liked me for that long too and never asked me out." He said in his defence.
"True." Kari nodded.
"Well," T.K. put his hand on Naizumi's shoulder, "take as long as you like to ask him, if you ever want to."
"Thanks dad." She hugged him for a few moments.
"If you ever need advice, just ask." T.K. smiled.
It was Kari's turn to laugh.
T.K. looked at her, "Okay, that's it!"
Naizumi knew what was coming next. With a fake evil grin T.K. dived towards Kari, tackling her to the ground.
"NO!" Kari shrieked.
"Oh yes!" T.K. grinned.
Naizumi looked on, laughing, as T.K. began to tickle Kari, who was desperately trying to get away. None of the three could control their laughter.
Naizumi looked at the clock. "Oh no!" she cried, "I'm going to be late for school! Bye mum, bye dad!"
"Bye!" both parents called as she shot out of the house, slowing momentarily to pick up her backpack.
T.K. and Kari listened as their daughter ran out of the house, he still had her pinned to the floor.
"We have a great daughter." T.K. said.
"I have a great husband." Kari smiled up at him.
"Flattery will get you nowhere!" he laughed.
"Oh no!" Kari cried in laughter as the tickling torture began again.
It took Naizumi five minutes to get to school, arriving just before the bell. She ran the whole way, so she wouldn't be late. She walked into her classroom panting and took her seat, beginning to remove the things she needed for first period.
"You look like you had a long run." A friendly voice said, "Were you up late again?"
Naizumi turned her head to look at who'd spoken to her.
"Nah," she replied, "just set off a bit later than I ought to."
"Oh."
"So what's new?" she asked.
"Well, I still didn't manage to get tickets to the concert. They've all sold out!"
"Too bad." She frowned, "But I know someone who has some."
"Who?" their voice picked up slightly.
Naizumi reached into her pocked and showed her best friend the tickets, "Me!"
"Cool!. so. who are you going with?"
"Well," she suddenly felt very nervous. Please say you'll go. "I was hoping you would, Keiji."
Her reply took him off guard, and the expression on his face gave it away. He considered his reply for a moment before he answered her.
"I'd love to go!" he said with a smile, a bit overenthusiastically, "I mean, sure. It's cool."
Naizumi leaped towards her best friend and drew him into a hug, the top of her head resting just under his chin. He ran her brown, shoulder length hair through his fingers, returning the hug with a light squeeze.
Just at that moment the teacher walked into the classroom. The two broke apart to take their seats.
"Good morning class." The teacher said, "Today we will be reviewing your history projects on the medieval world."
That got sighs and moans off everyone in the classroom, including Naizumi. The day wasn't going to pass as quickly as she'd hoped.
It felt like it took forever for last period to come. The day just seemed to trail on forever and ever. Luckily it was a lesson that Naizumi liked: IT. Unfortunately the lessons that she liked never seemed to last very long, plus she had very few friends in this lesson so she could get on with her work, which made it seem to go faster still! The only good thing that came out of this was that it was home time afterwards.
The end came all too soon, the loud bell marking the end of the day.
"Right class," the teacher said, "You can go home now."
The class began to evacuate the room at a fast rate, leaving only Naizumi behind. She was saving her work, but the computer wasn't having any of it. She decided to try saving it to another one of the three file servers in the school, via the network. It still didn't work. After exhausting several other options she decided to try the last thing left, which involved networking the computer to one of the laptops and saving it on them. She decided that the infrared communicator would be the best option. Then it clicked,
"Duh!" she hit her hand against her forehead, "These computers don't have infrared! Oh well, it's going to have to be the old-fashioned way. Good old wires and cables."
She let out a sigh; the wires were so inferior to infrared. The signal always deteriorated when it passed throughout the network.
She went and got the laptop and the wires and began to hook them into the laptop. She then got down onto her hands and knees to plug them into the P.C., all of a sudden she heard someone enter the room. She decided to keep quiet; she could get in trouble for putting the laptops on the network. They were a backup to do work with in case the network got infected with a virus. She hid under her workstation, quietly.
"We have to go back in!" a very familiar female voice, "Their life could be in danger, especially if what Izzy said is true!"
"I agree," a male voice said, she realised that it was Keiji's voice!
"It's too risky." Another female voice said, "We can't just go rushing into things. Anyway, what makes you think this new kid even knows about the Digiworld, let alone being held captive there?"
"Nothing, except for the fact that the Divine Powers haven't come to our world yet, looking for them!" the first girls voice said again, an angry tone could be heard clearly.
"That doesn't prove a thing. I say we ask Gennai, like Izzy suggested." Keiji pointed out, "Now, are going into the Digital World or not?"
They had a quick vote. It ended up being two against one in favour of going.
"Digiport open!" the second girl yelled.
Naizumi knelt up so she could see what was happening. She managed to catch a glimpse of the three people, two she recognised, but the third she'd never seen before. All of a sudden a bright light shot out of the monitor, engulfing the three before they disappeared. Only the bright light remained.
Naizumi got up and ran towards the computer that the three had surrounded moments before. The light emanating from it was still just as intense.
"What just happened?" she asked out loud, attempting to rationalise what she had just seen.
She reached out to touch the screen with her right hand, slowly. As her hand got closer to the screen she felt a strange tugging sensation. Her hand reached where the screen should've been. Without warning the light intensified and engulfed her, sending a strange energy flashing through her body. She closed her eyes, not wanting to see what was happening.
The next thing that she felt was soft grass underneath her.
"Naizumi?" she heard Keiji's voice.
She opened her eyes to look around. She found that she was no longer in the computer lab, but in an open field in the middle of nowhere. She was surrounded by the three people who had occupied the lab a few minutes before.
"Where am I?" she asked, dazed.
"Who are you and how did you get here?" an angry female voice asked, it was the person that she didn't know.
"It's okay. She's a friend of ours from the real world. Her name is Naizumi." The other girl said, "Although how she followed us is a complete mystery to me."
Keiji helped her up, "Thanks." She said gratefully, dusting herself off.
"It's okay." He smiled. "But how did you get here."
"I saw what you three did." She said simply, "So I looked to see what had happened. I tried to touch the computer screen. The next thing I knew I was here."
"But people aren't supposed to be able to get here without a digivice."
"By the way, where is here?" She asked curiously.
"The Digital World." Keiji told her.
"Where?" she was still confused.
"The Digital World." He repeated. "A sort of parallel universe."
"I'm supposed to believe this place is a. parallel universe, a Digital World?" she laughed. She realised that the others all looked serious.
"You should." The angry female said.
"Why? It's exactly the same as any place on Earth. Where's the proof?"
"Here." Keiji turned around, "Come out guys."
Naizumi watched as three strange looking creatures appeared from behind the three kids.
"What does that prove?" she asked.
"Tell her guys." Keiji said to the creatures.
"And girl." One of the creatures said.
Naizumi stared in disbelief, "That. thing just spoke."
"I'm not a thing." She said, "I'm a Digimon."
"They're our Digimon, our friends." The angry girl said.
Naizumi sat down, her legs felt like jelly.
"Let me introduce you to our group." Keiji suggested, "The humans in out group are me and Lara, who you already know. The girl who you don't know is called Suzumi." The angry girl nodded. "The Digimon are: Kunemon." He pointed to a yellow, insect-like Digimon. "He's Lara's Digimon."
"Hello, pleased to meet you." Kunemon smiled at Naizumi. She smiled back.
"That one there is Gotsumon," He pointed to what looked like a rock statue, slightly resembling a little bear stood up on two feet, "He's my partner Digimon."
"Hi." He said.
"And the last Digimon is called LadyAgumon." He pointed to the Digimon that had spoken up first. It looked like a small, orange dinosaur. "She's Suzumi's Partner."
"This place is weird." That was all Naizumi could say. Out of a thousand things passing through her mind, that was all she could think to say.
"That's what we thought when we first came here, but it's definitely real." Keiji said.
"Excuse me." Lara spoke up, "But we're supposed to be heading to Gennai's house. We're already late!"
"I know." Keiji looked at Naizumi, "You can come with us if you want. Gennai can explain this place better than I can."
"Okay." Naizumi said with a smile. She was eager to find out more about this place.
The seven of them set off down a small road, in the direction of Gennai's place. It only took them about fifteen minutes to reach it. When they got there Gennai was waiting for them at the front of his house.
"Hello." He greeted them, "Come inside."
Naizumi was a bit concerned about entering the house of a complete stranger, but the others entered without hesitation. She stood there, feeling awkward.
"Come on in, Naizumi." Gennai said.
"How do you know my name?" she asked him.
"I know more than you think." He told her, his tone was very serious. "And you have an important task to do."
Naizumi's curiosity got the better of her. She entered the house, wanting to find out more. The others were all sat in one of the rooms, talking about everyday things. Even the Digimon were talking like everything was normal.
"You'll get used to it." Gennai said to her.
Naizumi was shocked that he could tell what she was thinking.
"I told you I knew more than you think." He smiled, "Go and sit with the others. I will be back in a few minutes. I have to contact a few important people."
Naizumi did as she was asked, joining the group. Gennai disappeared from sight. She turned her attention to the conversation taking place amongst her friends.
"I'm just saying that we'd better find this kid soon, before the Divine Power finds them." Suzumi stated.
"How are we supposed to find them?" Keiji asked.
"Who are you looking for?" Naizumi inquired.
"Another Digidestined." Lara explained.
"A what?"
"A Digidestined." Suzumi repeated, "A person chosen to save the Digital World. That's what we are." She waved her hand around the group.
"And why do you need to find this kid?"
"Because there is a prophecy that say's they hold the power's that can defeat the Divine Power, and some day they will, but if we can't find them and the Divine Power can." he sounded worried, "Then the Digital World, and ours, will be in serious trouble."
"So you really need to find this kid? To beat this Divine Power?" Naizumi tried to clarify what she had heard.
"Yes. Their power's are the only ones that can defeat the Divine Power in direct battle."
"Well, if they can defeat this evil what are you guys for?" Naizumi thought that sounded a bit harsh.
"We're the holders of the other powers that can assist in the final battle."
"So, what are these powers?"
"We each hold two each," Suzumi explained, "Except Keiji, who has three. Mine are Sincerity and Knowledge."
"Mine are reliability and love." Lara said.
"And my three are Courage, Friendship and Kindness."
"What are this kid's powers?"
"They have the two most important of them all: Hope and Light."
Naizumi was just about to ask something else when Gennai entered the room. He was not alone.
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Well, that's chapter four. I know, a bit boring. More explanitary than anything else. I apologise for the severe lack of Gato/Pata. It won't happen again (I hope). Please leave a review and LOTS OF SUGGESTIONS. I can't write more chapters of what you like if you don't tell me what you like. Write More is not a suggestion! Sorry, losing it a bit there, *Deep Breaths*. Thank you. NKC
I would just like to warn you of a little bit of swearing at the beginning of this chapter. If you are easily offended then I advise you not to read on!
Please read on! NKC
1 Chapter IV
1.1 One Year Later, in the real world.
"T.K. YOU BASTARD!" Kari screamed, "YOU DID THIS TO ME YOU PRICK! I HATE YOU!"
Sure enough T.K. was right beside her, getting his hand crushed, as Kari was being wheeled into the delivery room. She was squeezing his hand so hard that he could no longer feel it.
T.K. and Kari were both twenty-one years old, and happily married. They lived together, as they had done for a while now, and were expecting their first child. It had been eight years since their last adventure in the Digital world, and they hadn't seen, or heard, from their Digimon since then.
"I'm so sorry, T.K." Kari sobbed, her mood changing. He was used to it by now after nine months. "I love you. ARGH! It hurts so much!"
"It's okay." He stroked her hair gently, in an attempt to comfort her, "I'm here for you."
He snuggled with her for one brief moment, until another contraction swept through her.
"AARRGGHH!" she cried out, seemingly straining every muscle in her body.
"Breath Kari." One of the doctors instructed.
"I am!" she yelled back, red faced.
"When the next one comes push as hard as you can!" she was ordered.
"AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH!" She screamed again, pushing with all her might.
"Right, we can see the head. One more push!"
Kari heaved as hard as she could, "AAAAAAHHHHHH! T.K.!" she bellowed.
"It's okay, I'm here." He told her.
"Okay, it's out." One of the midwifes said, then turned to Kari, "Well done."
T.K. gave the exhausted Kari a kiss. "Well done Kari. You did great."
Kari just smiled in response. She was completely worn out.
One of the midwifes walked over to Kari, holding their newborn child.
"Congratulations," she said, "its a little girl."
"Felt like rather a large one to me." Kari mumbled, barely awake. T.K. and the midwife looked at each other and laughed.
"Kari, do you want to hold her before we take her to the incubation unit?" she was asked.
"Please." Was all she said in reply. The midwife laid the baby in Kari's arms. Kari smiled down at the fragile little child in her arms, unaware of what the future had install for her.
"What shall we call her?" T.K. asked. They'd had a few names in mind, but hadn't completely decided on which one.
Kari looked down at the sleeping child, trying to think of the perfect name for her.
"Well, I guess sleepy is out of the question." She smiled, "How about Hope, after your crest?"
"I don't know." T.K. said, "It doesn't sound right."
"How about Naizumi?" she asked.
"I've never heard a name like that before." T.K. admitted.
"I've only ever heard it used once, but I like it."
"Well, if you like it then it's fine by me." T.K. cuddled Kari, the baby still in her arms. They both looked down on her fondly, with love in their eyes that only a parent could have.
1.2 Twelve years Later.
"Naizumi?!"
"Coming mum!" she called down from her bedroom.
She shot up and out of her room, practically flying down the stairs. She jumped the last four, landing at the bottom with an almighty thud.
"Don't jump down the stairs! You'll hurt yourself!" T.K. called from the living room.
"Sorry Dad. Force of habit!" she apologised as she entered the room.
T.K. and Kari were sat on the sofa, next to each other. Their were faces strangely expressionless compared to usual. They were nearly always in a good mood.
"What's up?" Naizumi asked her mum and dad, the concern in her voice was clear.
"Well, we have something to tell you." Kari began.
".We hope you'll understand." T.K. smiled, to Naizumi it looked fake compared to her father's normally happy smile.
"What Did I do?"
"Nothing." Both parents replied.
"Did someone die?"
"No." T.K. said.
"Are you pregnant?" she looked at her mum.
"No!" Kari said.
"What then?" she was getting pretty nervous.
T.K. looked at Kari with a frown. She nodded in reply.
"This!" T.K. jumped up, waving something in his arms.
Naizumi jumped backwards. T.K. stopped waving his arms around long enough for her to see what he was holding.
"Oh. My. God!" she cried, "You didn't!"
"We did." Kari stood up next to T.K. wrapping an arm around his waist and smiling.
T.K. handed what he was holding in his hand to Naizumi. "We know you like them." He explained, "And it is your birthday tomorrow."
Naizumi jumped up and hugged her dad's neck, "Thank you!"
She got off him and repeated the same procedure with her mother. Both T.K. and Kari were smiling.
"Do you know how hard it is to get a ticket to an Immortality concert, let alone two tickets, and less than a day before the concert!?"
"Well, I have a friend whose mother-in-law's brother's daughter's son knows a man who works at the concert." T.K. explained.
Naizumi and Kari just gave him a weird look, which he noticed almost immediately. "What?" he looked at them, puzzled.
"Nothing." She said. She looked at Naizumi, the two smirked, attempting to hold back a laugh.
"So, who are you going to take with you?" T.K. asked, still confused over why they were smirking.
"Well," she considered, "I'm not entirely sure."
"How about that British exchange student you're always talking about?" Kari asked, "What's his name? Chris?"
"Mum! I can't take Chris!" she said.
"Sorry. Why not?"
"Because I don't like him." She said like Kari was dense.
"Okay." Kari frowned. "That makes sense. I thought you did?"
"Not any more. I like someone else now." She explained.
"I say you ask them to go with you." T.K. suggested, "That's how your mum and I got together, no beating around the bush. Just go and tell them."
Kari coughed comically causing Naizumi to laugh.
"What?" T.K. asked.
"As I remember it, it took you five years to ask me out!"
"Really?" Naizumi asked.
"No!" T.K. said.
"Yes!" Kari insisted. "You told me you fancied me from practically when we first met. You didn't ask me out until we were thirteen! That's five years!"
Naizumi laughed.
"Okay. You're right." T.K. said as he thought about it, "but you liked me for that long too and never asked me out." He said in his defence.
"True." Kari nodded.
"Well," T.K. put his hand on Naizumi's shoulder, "take as long as you like to ask him, if you ever want to."
"Thanks dad." She hugged him for a few moments.
"If you ever need advice, just ask." T.K. smiled.
It was Kari's turn to laugh.
T.K. looked at her, "Okay, that's it!"
Naizumi knew what was coming next. With a fake evil grin T.K. dived towards Kari, tackling her to the ground.
"NO!" Kari shrieked.
"Oh yes!" T.K. grinned.
Naizumi looked on, laughing, as T.K. began to tickle Kari, who was desperately trying to get away. None of the three could control their laughter.
Naizumi looked at the clock. "Oh no!" she cried, "I'm going to be late for school! Bye mum, bye dad!"
"Bye!" both parents called as she shot out of the house, slowing momentarily to pick up her backpack.
T.K. and Kari listened as their daughter ran out of the house, he still had her pinned to the floor.
"We have a great daughter." T.K. said.
"I have a great husband." Kari smiled up at him.
"Flattery will get you nowhere!" he laughed.
"Oh no!" Kari cried in laughter as the tickling torture began again.
It took Naizumi five minutes to get to school, arriving just before the bell. She ran the whole way, so she wouldn't be late. She walked into her classroom panting and took her seat, beginning to remove the things she needed for first period.
"You look like you had a long run." A friendly voice said, "Were you up late again?"
Naizumi turned her head to look at who'd spoken to her.
"Nah," she replied, "just set off a bit later than I ought to."
"Oh."
"So what's new?" she asked.
"Well, I still didn't manage to get tickets to the concert. They've all sold out!"
"Too bad." She frowned, "But I know someone who has some."
"Who?" their voice picked up slightly.
Naizumi reached into her pocked and showed her best friend the tickets, "Me!"
"Cool!. so. who are you going with?"
"Well," she suddenly felt very nervous. Please say you'll go. "I was hoping you would, Keiji."
Her reply took him off guard, and the expression on his face gave it away. He considered his reply for a moment before he answered her.
"I'd love to go!" he said with a smile, a bit overenthusiastically, "I mean, sure. It's cool."
Naizumi leaped towards her best friend and drew him into a hug, the top of her head resting just under his chin. He ran her brown, shoulder length hair through his fingers, returning the hug with a light squeeze.
Just at that moment the teacher walked into the classroom. The two broke apart to take their seats.
"Good morning class." The teacher said, "Today we will be reviewing your history projects on the medieval world."
That got sighs and moans off everyone in the classroom, including Naizumi. The day wasn't going to pass as quickly as she'd hoped.
It felt like it took forever for last period to come. The day just seemed to trail on forever and ever. Luckily it was a lesson that Naizumi liked: IT. Unfortunately the lessons that she liked never seemed to last very long, plus she had very few friends in this lesson so she could get on with her work, which made it seem to go faster still! The only good thing that came out of this was that it was home time afterwards.
The end came all too soon, the loud bell marking the end of the day.
"Right class," the teacher said, "You can go home now."
The class began to evacuate the room at a fast rate, leaving only Naizumi behind. She was saving her work, but the computer wasn't having any of it. She decided to try saving it to another one of the three file servers in the school, via the network. It still didn't work. After exhausting several other options she decided to try the last thing left, which involved networking the computer to one of the laptops and saving it on them. She decided that the infrared communicator would be the best option. Then it clicked,
"Duh!" she hit her hand against her forehead, "These computers don't have infrared! Oh well, it's going to have to be the old-fashioned way. Good old wires and cables."
She let out a sigh; the wires were so inferior to infrared. The signal always deteriorated when it passed throughout the network.
She went and got the laptop and the wires and began to hook them into the laptop. She then got down onto her hands and knees to plug them into the P.C., all of a sudden she heard someone enter the room. She decided to keep quiet; she could get in trouble for putting the laptops on the network. They were a backup to do work with in case the network got infected with a virus. She hid under her workstation, quietly.
"We have to go back in!" a very familiar female voice, "Their life could be in danger, especially if what Izzy said is true!"
"I agree," a male voice said, she realised that it was Keiji's voice!
"It's too risky." Another female voice said, "We can't just go rushing into things. Anyway, what makes you think this new kid even knows about the Digiworld, let alone being held captive there?"
"Nothing, except for the fact that the Divine Powers haven't come to our world yet, looking for them!" the first girls voice said again, an angry tone could be heard clearly.
"That doesn't prove a thing. I say we ask Gennai, like Izzy suggested." Keiji pointed out, "Now, are going into the Digital World or not?"
They had a quick vote. It ended up being two against one in favour of going.
"Digiport open!" the second girl yelled.
Naizumi knelt up so she could see what was happening. She managed to catch a glimpse of the three people, two she recognised, but the third she'd never seen before. All of a sudden a bright light shot out of the monitor, engulfing the three before they disappeared. Only the bright light remained.
Naizumi got up and ran towards the computer that the three had surrounded moments before. The light emanating from it was still just as intense.
"What just happened?" she asked out loud, attempting to rationalise what she had just seen.
She reached out to touch the screen with her right hand, slowly. As her hand got closer to the screen she felt a strange tugging sensation. Her hand reached where the screen should've been. Without warning the light intensified and engulfed her, sending a strange energy flashing through her body. She closed her eyes, not wanting to see what was happening.
The next thing that she felt was soft grass underneath her.
"Naizumi?" she heard Keiji's voice.
She opened her eyes to look around. She found that she was no longer in the computer lab, but in an open field in the middle of nowhere. She was surrounded by the three people who had occupied the lab a few minutes before.
"Where am I?" she asked, dazed.
"Who are you and how did you get here?" an angry female voice asked, it was the person that she didn't know.
"It's okay. She's a friend of ours from the real world. Her name is Naizumi." The other girl said, "Although how she followed us is a complete mystery to me."
Keiji helped her up, "Thanks." She said gratefully, dusting herself off.
"It's okay." He smiled. "But how did you get here."
"I saw what you three did." She said simply, "So I looked to see what had happened. I tried to touch the computer screen. The next thing I knew I was here."
"But people aren't supposed to be able to get here without a digivice."
"By the way, where is here?" She asked curiously.
"The Digital World." Keiji told her.
"Where?" she was still confused.
"The Digital World." He repeated. "A sort of parallel universe."
"I'm supposed to believe this place is a. parallel universe, a Digital World?" she laughed. She realised that the others all looked serious.
"You should." The angry female said.
"Why? It's exactly the same as any place on Earth. Where's the proof?"
"Here." Keiji turned around, "Come out guys."
Naizumi watched as three strange looking creatures appeared from behind the three kids.
"What does that prove?" she asked.
"Tell her guys." Keiji said to the creatures.
"And girl." One of the creatures said.
Naizumi stared in disbelief, "That. thing just spoke."
"I'm not a thing." She said, "I'm a Digimon."
"They're our Digimon, our friends." The angry girl said.
Naizumi sat down, her legs felt like jelly.
"Let me introduce you to our group." Keiji suggested, "The humans in out group are me and Lara, who you already know. The girl who you don't know is called Suzumi." The angry girl nodded. "The Digimon are: Kunemon." He pointed to a yellow, insect-like Digimon. "He's Lara's Digimon."
"Hello, pleased to meet you." Kunemon smiled at Naizumi. She smiled back.
"That one there is Gotsumon," He pointed to what looked like a rock statue, slightly resembling a little bear stood up on two feet, "He's my partner Digimon."
"Hi." He said.
"And the last Digimon is called LadyAgumon." He pointed to the Digimon that had spoken up first. It looked like a small, orange dinosaur. "She's Suzumi's Partner."
"This place is weird." That was all Naizumi could say. Out of a thousand things passing through her mind, that was all she could think to say.
"That's what we thought when we first came here, but it's definitely real." Keiji said.
"Excuse me." Lara spoke up, "But we're supposed to be heading to Gennai's house. We're already late!"
"I know." Keiji looked at Naizumi, "You can come with us if you want. Gennai can explain this place better than I can."
"Okay." Naizumi said with a smile. She was eager to find out more about this place.
The seven of them set off down a small road, in the direction of Gennai's place. It only took them about fifteen minutes to reach it. When they got there Gennai was waiting for them at the front of his house.
"Hello." He greeted them, "Come inside."
Naizumi was a bit concerned about entering the house of a complete stranger, but the others entered without hesitation. She stood there, feeling awkward.
"Come on in, Naizumi." Gennai said.
"How do you know my name?" she asked him.
"I know more than you think." He told her, his tone was very serious. "And you have an important task to do."
Naizumi's curiosity got the better of her. She entered the house, wanting to find out more. The others were all sat in one of the rooms, talking about everyday things. Even the Digimon were talking like everything was normal.
"You'll get used to it." Gennai said to her.
Naizumi was shocked that he could tell what she was thinking.
"I told you I knew more than you think." He smiled, "Go and sit with the others. I will be back in a few minutes. I have to contact a few important people."
Naizumi did as she was asked, joining the group. Gennai disappeared from sight. She turned her attention to the conversation taking place amongst her friends.
"I'm just saying that we'd better find this kid soon, before the Divine Power finds them." Suzumi stated.
"How are we supposed to find them?" Keiji asked.
"Who are you looking for?" Naizumi inquired.
"Another Digidestined." Lara explained.
"A what?"
"A Digidestined." Suzumi repeated, "A person chosen to save the Digital World. That's what we are." She waved her hand around the group.
"And why do you need to find this kid?"
"Because there is a prophecy that say's they hold the power's that can defeat the Divine Power, and some day they will, but if we can't find them and the Divine Power can." he sounded worried, "Then the Digital World, and ours, will be in serious trouble."
"So you really need to find this kid? To beat this Divine Power?" Naizumi tried to clarify what she had heard.
"Yes. Their power's are the only ones that can defeat the Divine Power in direct battle."
"Well, if they can defeat this evil what are you guys for?" Naizumi thought that sounded a bit harsh.
"We're the holders of the other powers that can assist in the final battle."
"So, what are these powers?"
"We each hold two each," Suzumi explained, "Except Keiji, who has three. Mine are Sincerity and Knowledge."
"Mine are reliability and love." Lara said.
"And my three are Courage, Friendship and Kindness."
"What are this kid's powers?"
"They have the two most important of them all: Hope and Light."
Naizumi was just about to ask something else when Gennai entered the room. He was not alone.
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Well, that's chapter four. I know, a bit boring. More explanitary than anything else. I apologise for the severe lack of Gato/Pata. It won't happen again (I hope). Please leave a review and LOTS OF SUGGESTIONS. I can't write more chapters of what you like if you don't tell me what you like. Write More is not a suggestion! Sorry, losing it a bit there, *Deep Breaths*. Thank you. NKC
