Notes:

Everything that refers to the original Digidestined is completely made up. In fact, they're the characters in a fic I'm writing.

"Shounen," Kaiki's last name, means "Boy."

"Kaiki" means, "Weird."

Chapter 2:

Shounen Kaiki

And

Histiory 101

Melissa glanced around nervously. That wacko had better show! She thought furiously. She looked at the watch on her Device. It was 12:01 AM.

She looked around again. She knew that if her Mom or Dad found her out here, she'd be up to her ears in trouble.

About five minutes later, she heard the shuffling of feet in the ally that separates her house from her neighbor's house. She didn't know whether it was Akira or not, but she wasn't going to take the chance. Moving as quietly as she could without making noise, she made her way to the ally.

Melissa lucked out. Akira was there, and so was a boy that Melissa had never seen before. He was tall and athletic, with spiky red hair and dark green eyes. He was wearing a sleeves red shirt and jeans.

Akira frowned. "You're late..." She pointed out. "It's almost 12:10…"

"What?!" Melissa sputtered. "It was here two minutes early! I was waiting by the front gate! I assumed that that's where we were meeting! Furthermore, it's only 12:07. "

"Whatever." Akira muttered. Then, she pointed to the boy. "Melissa, this is Shounen Kaiki. He'll be working with you, along with your partner Digimon."

Kaki looked up at her. "You can call me Kai…" Then, he studied Melissa and grinned. "…Kun."

Melissa rolled her eyes. Just what I need…She thought. Another stud…

It wasn't like Melissa didn't like boys. Nay, she liked them a lot. It's just that it got tiring of having them chase her all the time.

It was probably because she was so pretty. She had long, jet-black hair and dark blue eyes that seemed to sparkle when she had an idea.

That was most likely it, because she didn't have a great personality. She wasn't stupid or an airhead, but she had an attitude. Also, she was a hacker extraordinare.

Anyway, Melissa looked up at Akira. "You told me you would tell me what this thing is. By-the-by, what's a Digimon?" Asked Melissa. She held up the machine for Akira to look at.

Kai grinned again. "Oh, you have one, too?" He asked. He pulled something out of his pocket. His device was identical to Melissa's, except that where her's was purple, his was orange.

Melissa groaned. What an idiot…She thought.

"First of all," Interjected Akira. "Those things are called, 'D-3's'." (n/a: Finally! I don't have to call it synonyms for device anymore!)

"What does D-3 stand for?" Asked Kai.

"It's a Digivice, and it has three functions." Answered Akira shortly.

"What's a Digivice? And what's a Digimon?" Asked Melissa.

"WILL YOU TWO KINDLY LET ME FINISH TWO CONTINUAL SENTENCES BEFORE I HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS?!" Snapped Akira.

The Children fell silent.

"Thank you! Now, let me explain things." Said an exasperated Akira.

"You'd better…" Muttered Kai.

"SHUT UP!" Roared Akira. Then, she took a few deep breaths. "In order for me to explain things perfectly, we need to go to the Digital World."

"What's the-" Began Kai, but Akira gave him a look that could freeze water in July.

"Now then…" She said. "Off we go!"

Suddenly, Melissa felt herself leaving the ground. It was almost like she was jumping, but she sure as heck wasn't going down.

Higher.

Higher.

Higher…

Kai placed his hand around her wrist. "I'll hold your hand so you don't get scared, Melissa-Chan…" He said.

Melissa jerked her hand away. "I'm fine, thank you." She said coldly. "And don't call me Melissa Chan!"

Kai sulked.

Higher.

Higher.

Higher…

How high were they going? Melissa looked around. She guessed that they were eight feet above her house.

Higher.

Higher.

Higher…

"This is high enough." Murmured Akira. "If we go any further, the children won't be able to breath.

This was true. Melissa had found the air had become much thinner. And Kai had gotten closer.

He gazed in to her eyes. "Are you sure you don't want me to hold your hand…?"

Actually, holding on to Kai didn't seem like such a bad idea. She was about to reach out for him, when she realized what a baby she was being. "No thanks." She said firmly.

Kai shrugged. "Oh well…The offer's on the table."

Suddenly, they were soaring. more beautiful. She could see the lights of the city below her, and above, there was an endless stretch of sky.

She laughed out loud, and then did a barrel roll, stretching her arms out like airplane wings.

"Children!" Said Akira suddenly. "Hold out your D-3's!"

Melissa carefully pulled out her D-3 and held it in front of her face. She snickered when Kai almost dropped his.

"Now yell, 'Digi-port, open!'" Ordered Akira.

The two obeyed.

Abruptly, everything changed. The city and sky vanished. It felt like they were flying through an endless tunnel. The colors of the rainbow flashed all around them, as well as digital information.

Suddenly, Melissa found herself in a field. She turned, and saw Kai and Akira were there as well.

She let out a sigh of relief. However, she was shocked when she placed her hands on her hips, and realized that her clothes were different. Instead of the loose, sleeveless white shirt and dark purple shorts that she was wearing before, she now looked a bit like an elf. She now had on a purple, lace-up mini-dress that had REALLY short sleeves, and gold trimming. The front of the dress had a very low, triangular collar, but the collar in the back was pretty high (it went about halfway up her neck). Underneath the dress, she was wearing lighter-purple pants, without the gold trimming. Purple gloves and brown boots topped off the outfit.

She looked at Kai and figured that whoever assigned the outfits must have spent much more time on hers, because his was less complicated. He was just wearing a leather jacket, jeans, a white T-shirt, and black biker gloves.

Akira grinned. "How do you like your new clothes?"

Kai muttered something about already having something like it at home, but Melissa returned Akira's grin. "This is one of the coolest outfits I've ever worn."

Akira nodded. "Let's go. Follow me. As we walk, I'll explain to you everything they need to know."

They started walking. Well, Kai and Melissa were actually just following Akira. As they walked, she started talking.

"The internet," She began, "Is a powerful thing. It contains billions of bytes worth of information. Eventually, some of these bytes created their own world, where everything, the trees, the water, the grass, the sky, everything, is made of Digital information."

"Woa." Said Kai. He was totally amazed.

Melissa thought for a minute. "…Kind of like the Matrix?" She asked.

Akira nodded. "Yes. Anyway, along with the normal things in the world, Digital creatures were made. They were called, 'Digital monsters', or, 'Digimon'."

Melissa nodded. Even though this was the craziest thing she had ever heard in her entire life, she believed every word of it.

"Things were peaceful in the Digital World. That is, until Apoclamon showed up. He was a Digimon who thought that he should rule above all others. It was then that the original Digidestined showed up.

(n/a: For those of you who DID NOT read the notes, everything about the original Digidestined is completely made up)

"Kiki, Angel, Michael, Miko, and Aiaka were chosen to save the world. Five Digimon; Labramon, Darklabramon, Pinkveemon, Geckomon, and Otomon, were chosen to be their partner Digimon.

"These Digimon had the power to Digivolve whenever necessary, and then change back in to a rookie, with the help of a device called a 'Pendulum'."

"After the original digidestined defeated Apoclamon, peace was restored again. Then, Devimon started acting up. Eight new Digidestined were chosen, based on a past experience with Digimon. They were given a modified version of the Pendulum, called a 'Digivice.'

"They took care of everything that had gone wrong.

"As lame as it may seem, four years later, there was another crisis. One of the even newer Digidestined thought Digimon didn't have feelings. Two of the Digidestined from fours years before, and three new others came to save the world.

"Eventually, The Digimon Emperor joined the side of good, the Digidestined fought, yadda, yadda, yadda…BUT…"

"…But what?" Asked Melissa curiously.

"Something has gone wrong. The Digidestined now take innocent Digimon to be slaves. And when the Digimon is too tired to work…" Akira drew a finger across her throat, and made a gurgling noise.

Melissa and Kai gasped.

Akira stopped walking and nodded sadly. "It's sad, but true."

Melissa thought for a moment. "…I'm guessing that our job is to stop the Digidestined."

Akira nodded.

Melissa stepped forward. "Well, I accept! I'll do everything I can to stop those menaces!"

Kai nodded. "I'm with you, Melissa-Chan!"

"Don't call me Melissa-Chan, Kai. Didn't I tell you that when we were flying?"

Kai sulked again.

Akira clapped her hands. "Perfect! The Digital World will be happy to have you on their side! Come, it's time to meet your partner Digimon!"

"What?" Melissa was surprised. "We get Digimon?"

"Why not?" Asked Akira. With that, she started to walk again.

She led them to a little hill. When they climbed up it, they found a cave with a campfire in front.

Akira called toward the cave, "Guys, I got your partners out here! Come out and say 'Hi'!"

Suddenly, two pairs of eyes glowed from the cave, blinked, and stared.

Melissa swallowed. She could only hope that they were friendly…