The being continued to smile upon the group. Having a calm disposition
while the group had a shock and confused look upon their faces. Who was
this strange youth that had just appeared before them? He seemed friendly,
but was that just skin deep. Perhaps he's an enemy trying to lure them
into a trap?
Takato was the first to speak, "Uh.hey?"
"Well it's about time that one of you talk. I was beginning to think you lost you're voice when you fell from the sky. That was a pretty high elevation that you fell from."
Rika interrupted, "Wait, hold on. You knew we did that?"
"Of coarse, in fact I planned it out that you would arrive exactly at this time." The being pulled out from the small satchel tied to his waist a small golden pocket watch. Placing his fingers and triggering a latch as it opened to cover. "Yup, exactly on time."
Takato suddenly said, "Hold on, I know I've seen you before. But I just don't know where." I smiled at his response and observation. Perhaps he would remember me, after all, I had saved their lives, more or less when they first arrive."
Kazu whispered to Kenta, "What's with this guy anyway?"
"I heard that you know. And the name is Chronos if wanted to know who I am." I replied
"So what do you think? You think this guy is for real? I mean that was a really cool entrance that he made and that Drimogemon was real right?" Kazu continued to whisper even though I was well aware of his talking. I decided to just let them pretend that I didn't hear their whispers.
"Tell me something, how old do you think I am?" I asked
"Huh?" Henry asked. I could tell he was sort of confused by the question.
I replied, "Seriously, how old do you think I am?"
"I don't know you look 18 or maybe 19 to me." Henry replied
I let out a small laugh, "I'm actually 473 years old."
"Ok now I know this guy is not for real." Rika said as she made her final decision upon me.
I figured they wouldn't believe me. I mean in this reality, no one was really capable of that type of age. And to think, that I'm still pretty young to the council's eyes and all the others back in the time realm. It was sort of ironic in a way. Now, however was not the time to think of meaningless things. I was sent here on a duty and I intend to fulfill that.
I cleared my throat getting everyone's attention, "Well I guess I should start to explain things around here. But I guess I should get everyone here, you're short about five people."
"What? Short? What are you talking about?" Takato asked
"You'll see in time." I began to chant an incantation spoken in an ancient dialect. I had memorized it completely as the council had instructed. My chanting continued as the tip of my staff glowed suddenly a strange white light. The louder I got the brighter my staff got as I continued to beseech the higher powers to hear my plea.
Everyone was a little frightened to what I exactly was doing. I could understand that as I started to say the last remnants of the incantation. Saying the final words and completing the spell I raised my staff and slammed the hilt to the ground. It cause the a loud echoing vibrating sound as I shouted, "I SUMMON YOU GUARDIANS!!!" Back in the real world
Yamaki, Riley, Tally, Janyu Wong (Henry's dad), and all the other monster creators were at a station discussing their plans. As they continued to talk and converse, something unexpected started to take place.
"Yamaki! Something's happening!" Riley pointed to him.
Yamaki turned to face Riley as he saw that she was pointing at him. He began to notice it too; small packets of light were beginning to form all around him. "What? What's happening to." The light enveloped him until he had completely disappeared.
"What was that!?!" Tally shouted
"I don't know, but the same thing is happening to me." Mr. Wong replied as the light appeared on him again. It spread and covered his entire body, until just like Yamaki he too disappeared.
"What's going on?" Riley said until she saw it right in front of her face. White light was appearing before her, as Tally shouted, "No, not you too Riley!"
Riley tried her best to reach for a phone or something to do, but it was too late she had disappeared.
In another part of the real world, Mrs. Nami, Takato's teacher was stuck at school grading papers. She had already seen the children run off into the digital world and could do nothing to stop them. She didn't know exactly what to do, so she just decided to keep her mind preoccupied and get back to work. While she was writing down a few comments, something troubled her.
"I have to stop worry about them. They said that they were going to be fine, even that little digimon said don't worry."
She got out of her chair as she walked over to the window. "Just please be safe." however, after a few moments past by, her worrying was the least of her troubles as a sudden bright light surrounded her and she faded away, taking her away from her safe class room.
Within a small dojo an elder man sat down at a coffee table. He slipped from his cup some tea as he continued to relax and be at ease. He was dressed in a sort of odd way, but it seemed only proper with his line of work. He teaches martial arts at his dojo to young and old students. One of his favorite students was a young boy around thirteen, he had blue hair and is very determine in his studies. He took a sip at his tea once again, "I know of you're exploits Henry, I wish you luck." Even though there was no one in the room, he felt only necessary to say something on behalf of him. He knew however that Henry was special. Knowing that he and his friends were destined to do great things. Call it a hunch, but Sensei seemed a lot more in tuned with the things going around him.
However what was about to happen was something he couldn't prepare for. He got up after he had sensed it. He had felt a presence in the room that had just entered. He looked around to see nothing, but he still knew it was there. It was way too late for him to do anything about it as he soon observed it was happening to him. The ominous white light appeared right before him and it quickly surrounded his whole body. Soon enough, he had disappeared from the dojo to a place he did not know.
Somewhere quite far away, was a normal boy. He had brown hair and about the same age of Takato. He was watching TV seeing the destruction that was cause by that enormous boar. He had family down there and worried for their safety. The boy had an Uncle and an Aunt as well as a cousin. He hasn't seen them in a while, but he was sort of close to his cousin. After all family was family. As he continued to see the last remnants of the burnt and destroyed city he replied, "Takato.hope you're all right dude. I'd hate to see you caught in all this. What was that thing anyway? Could it have been a digimon? That'd be cool if it was, but."
He looked around his house seeing his white jacket. It wasn't necessarily cold out, but he'd figured to wear it anyway. For some reason he had a strange feeling come over him. Something that told him that danger was coming and that he should be prepared. Little did he know, the young boy had no clue what was in store for him. He had a destiny just like Takato did and soon they would cross. Sooner then expected as he walked over to a mirror. He looked at himself not knowing what this feeling he felt was. It was like something deep inside of him was just telling him to do something.
As he continued to look at himself when his eye caught a hold of a glimmer of light. Thinking it was just a glare from the mirror, he readjusted the mirror, but still the light shined. Suddenly the light began to spread until it was fully covering apart of his body. He knew it wasn't a glare anymore as he looked down and saw the light actually on him and spread and surround him. He turned to call for his mother's help, but disappeared before he could get the chance.
His mother voice called to him, "Kai? Kai where are you?"
Back in the digital world
Takato and the group continued look at me as I stood there. A few moments had passed after I had cast the incantation. Everyone just stood there as nothing had happened. Finally I moved as I lifted my hand again. I opened my pocket watch and looked at time as a few more seconds passed.
"So was this supposed to do anything either then put up a light show?" Kazu asked
I lifted my finger symbolizing to hold on. "Wait, just a few more seconds."
Everyone started to look around seeing still nothing happening. Suddenly, something unexpected had started to take place. A series of separated light appeared in a line before them. There were five strands of light, growing and increasing until images could be seen through them. They were vague at first, but soon they became clear. The light faded revealing five beings emerging from the light, eyes closed and what appeared to be sleeping.
Henry was the first to speak, "Dad? Sensei?" "Look its Mrs. Nami!" Jeri shouted
"Mr. Yamaki?" Takato replied and then looked to the side, "Kai?"
He looked to his side to see Yamaki's assistant was by him. Takato however never got a hold of what her name was. It didn't really matter; all of them knew who they were with the exception of Kai and Sensei. Only Takato and Henry knew who they were. They were completely taken by surprise to see their friends and family appear before them. As they helped them off their feet, Henry was the first to react and respond.
He shouted, "Why have you brought them here!"
"Calm down my young friend, I'll explain my actions in good time." I replied calmly. The grown ups however had a different disposition on their recent transportation. Mrs. Nami asked, "What happened? Where are we?"
Jeri was the first to calm her down, "Don't worry Mrs. Nami, you're with us."
Kai replied, "Takato? Is that you? Whoa dude, I haven't seen you in a long time. I mean what's the good of having a cousin if I can't see you once in while."
"Uh.it's good to see you too, Kai. But I don't think this is the best place to meet up again."
"Henry what's going on? Where have we been brought to?" Mr. Wong asked. Sensei also added to Mr. Wong's questions, "Indeed Henry, what IS going on. It was just a few moments ago I was in the dojo sipping my tea when I was transported here. A bright light appeared out of nowhere and took me to this place, where ever this might be."
"Hey that happened to you too? Awesome!" Kai replied Henry answered them. "Listen! I wish I could tell all of you what is going on, but I don't even know how you got here or why you were brought here. All I can tell you is that we're in digital world now." Yamaki looked around in awe as he heard Henry answer this. "So this is digital world. I never thought I'd see this place. So, this is where all the digimon came from."
"Sir, I don't think this is the right time to make observations." Riley informed.
I had to interrupt, "See that is where you are all wrong. This isn't the digital world."
"What? What are you talking about?" Takato asked. "This has to be the digital world."
Sensei walked over to Henry and asked, "Who is this Henry? A friend of yours?"
"Let me explain, now that you're all here I can begin. Don't worry I can answer all you're questions, just give me the time to explain my story." I started. They all looked to each other and had agreed to my terms. Some sat down and others stood up, but the story I had to tell was quite long. I myself sat down as I was prepared to tell my story.
"Ok, now let us begin. I think what you're most interested in was when I said this isn't the digital world. Well I'm telling the truth, cause I've been there and this isn't it." Henry asked, "But if this isn't the digital world, where are we?"
I replied, "I'm getting to that, just sit back and relax. You see, back in the digital world a new type of creature appeared out of nowhere. No one really knew what it was, because it wasn't identified as a digimon. They decided to give it a name and called them Digi-gnomes. They didn't pose a threat, so the guardians of the digital world didn't bother with them. However, they were fascinating creatures, capable of doing multiple things. One of which was to open a portal between dimensions. That's how they managed to keep the portal functioning between yours and this dimension."
Suddenly, a small being appeared and descended upon the ground towards us. Everyone was quite surprise as it was something that no one had seen. Rika held up her D-power getting no reading on it. "What's wrong with this thing? Why am I not getting any data on this." Rika complained
"I was wondering when you're going to show up." The small creature landed on my shoulder and perched upon it. "Heh, you wouldn't get any data on this. It's a Digi-gnome, don't be alarm thought. As I said before they're rather harmless." I patted it on its head as it continued to play around.
"You see these creatures opened a portal between this dimension and the true digital world. That is why I said that this isn't the true digital world." I continued to pat the small digi-gnome.
Takato asked, "But if we're not in the digital world, then were are we?"
I got a little distracted, but soon attended to Takato's question, "Good question Takato. This dimension was just another empty shell."
"Empty shell?" Henry asked
"Not all realities have life within them. Whenever a dimension has no signs of life we use the term empty shell to classify it being lifeless." I explained.
"But if this is a reality that's lifeless, how do you explain the digimon?"
The Digi-gnome flew off my shoulder and started to circle me. I figured it was just fooling around I should continue to answer their questions, "Remember, I told you that the Digi-gnomes had created a portal between here and the digital world. Many digimon were drawn by the mysterious portal and came here to this dimension. In fact, the portal remained undiscovered for six months; anyone who would go near it would be sucked into it. By that time, numerous digimon fell victim to it's power and were transported here against their will."
Rika asked, "But if all the digimon came through, why don't they remember it?"
"Good question, but I have an answer for that one. Unlike the power we wield, the Digi-gnome's gateways are very unstable. If you were to step through it, it would result in many devastating effects. One of which was memory loss. I can prove my point by asking one question to all of you're digimon. What was the first thing you remembered?"
All of the digimon were clueless on what to say. Their past was something they couldn't actually recall. I replied, "Can you remember when you were ever in your in-training forms?" None of them answered back. "I prove my point. It is because that part of you're life was erased from your minds. It's true however some digimon could remember their past. The reason for that is because they were truly born here. Over time, of coarse digieggs would be form. You can't really put a pause on the creation of life, even if you're on a different dimension."
Kenta asked, "But if they came from a portal, couldn't they just go back."
I shook my head, "It's because of one of the effects of the Digi-gnome's gateway. The portal they opened was a one-way trip. Anything that went in wouldn't be coming back anytime soon. I managed to protect you're memory and appearance when you went through the recent portal"
Rika finally asked, "So then what's the deal with Calumon? How come our digimon could only digivolve when he's around?"
"Oh, Calumon, yes I remember him. You see the digimon here are unable to digivolve because this isn't their natural plain. I had told you before that there are many effects of the gateway. One of which was the light of digivolving. Most of time, when a digimon went through the gateway, it would result in their next stage. However, when that had happened, the light of digievolution was separated from each digimon. Within the gateway, the light continued to grow and accumulate until it had form your little friend, Calumon. The reason why he was sent to your world was because his genetic make up was different to the digimon. This resulted in his body shifting to another reality, your reality."
Henry now had another question, "Why are you telling us this anyway?"
"Because it is necessary. The true digital world is at stake and you might be their last hope. I was sent here by my superiors to help guide you there. Normally I would hide my identity to all of you, but this certain task requires that I would have to reveal everything. You see, when a large portion of digimon were beginning to disappear the four guardians of the north, south, east, and west went to investigate the problem themselves. However, they couldn't leave the digital world defenseless, so they called upon the digidestined to protect the digital world in their place."
Kazu shouted, "Hold on, you mean there really is a digidestined, just like in the shows."
I nodded, "Yes, I though we were clear on that topic that they were in the digital world."
"Wait, just one minute." Rika interrupted, "How is it possible that digimon, a TV show, could be real? I mean I know digimon are real, but come on. People like Tai, and Matt?"
"Do you believe that only digimon crossed the threshold of the portal?" I asked her. "Only one however had stumbled upon it and was transported. Just like Calumon, he was sent to the real world, but something had happened. The effects of the portal had altered his mind and thoughts as well as his appearance, however it left knowledge of digimon and digidestined untouched. Of coarse that was only seemed like an idea to him. Digimon were no realer to him then his own illusions. However he created a show about it and I'm sure you've all watched it."
"So they do exists," Takato replied.
I answered, "Yes, it's a dream come true in your case isn't it?" I continued on, "Well, now that we've gotten that cleared up, I'll continue. The guardians or sovereigns of the digital world crossed and had lost their memories of the old digital world. However they still had the sense of duty deep within them, they had decided to protect this world just as they had done. However, there was actually something manipulating this whole situation. It was probably the one who had brought the Digi-gnomes to the digital world in the first place. In hoping that they would create that portal and entrap the sovereigns. Now, the digidestined fight this unknown evil back there. They had sealed off the gates between their world and the digital world and only six digidestined fight the evil. Now, are you ready to help them?"
Everyone seemed pretty convinced to what I was saying. All of them, but Henry as he came up with one final question, "I believe what you're saying, but that doesn't explain why you brought our friends and family here into this world."
"I was hoping someone would get to that. Be prepared for this, cause this little explanation has got a kick to it. The Digidestined knew that they would eventually be over power, so they needed to get help. They figured if the digimon had passed through there was bound to be someone who could help. It is sort of like calling for back up and reinforcements. That's where you come in. However the question of how they could signal them was still unanswered. Gennai had proposed to send the younger digidestined, in hopes that they would have the power to get help. Gennai created a device that would allow them to store their digimon within them and would be reawaken after they had realized their mission."
Henry asked, "But wouldn't their memories be erased just like all the others?"
"Normally yes, but Gennai was quite clever. The same device that allowed them to harbor their digimon within them also protected their memories. Sure the effects of the portal still made them forget about things, but instead of erasing them, it simply just buried them. All that would take for them to remember was a simple trigger that Gennai had devised. The portal however had other effects then just simply erase of memory. Just like the first one who crossed, their appearance had changed as well." I got up and turned my back to them as I started to walk in the opposite direction. "So uh.what's this trigger anyway?" Takato said.
I suddenly turned back around and held my staff above my head. "It's this." my staff began to glow the same white light as before. As it grew it soon blasted away from it into five beams and headed straight for the unexpected group. Everyone turned his or her heads as Kai, Mrs. Nami, Mr. Wong, Yamaki, Riley and Sensei were all hit by my energy.
I screamed, "Awaken! Digimon Guardians!"
They all closed their eyes and started to float. Their arms were apart as they were in some sort of trance. Something started to happen as small packets of data appeared at the center of their chest. Data was gathering right at that spot, as everything seemed to be happening so fast. What was going on? Their question would soon be answered as the data began to take shape.
Finally they had emerged. Five beings appeared and leaped from where they were and landed as the children/adults returned back on the safe ground.
Veemon replied, "Yes! Free at last!"
"My that was rather uncomfortable." Hawkmon said as he dusted himself off.
"Tell me about it," Armadillomon said as he agreed with Hawkmon.
Patamon started to stretch his wings as he said, "It's good to be out again."
"Wonder where we are?" Wormmon asked.
"Good question" Gatomon said back.
I approached them as I replied, "Well I see the digimon are ok. Ah, I see that the digidestined are changing as expected. This shouldn't take very long."
The tamers and their digimon were in awe to see their friends and family changing right before them. The winds blew once again as their appearances faded away in the breeze. They're buried past which they didn't even know they had, now was reawakening to them. Everything was coming back to them as their lives now and their lives of the digidestined collided with one another. Finally, they began to get back up onto their feet revealing their true selves.
The tamers started to walk towards them. Jeri was the first to speak, "Um.Mr. Yamaki? Mrs. Nami? Are you all right?"
Where Mrs. Nami once stood, emerged a young girl about the age of eleven. She had brown hair, wore long pink gloves, yellow shorts and a small device around her neck. "Jeri, I think you should call me Kari for now on. Hey TK, glad to see you again." Kari replied casually
"Oh hey Kari. I guess you already know who I am." TK fixed his white hat that he had on and extended his hand for a friendly gesture. While Jeri extended her hand back, Takato approached his cousin and Riley, Yamaki's assistant. Takato faced him and asked, "Umm.you guys ok there?" Davis replied, "Well that felt sort of weird, but I guess that was worth it." He stood up and adjusted the goggles on his head. He dusted his jacket off as he turned to hear another voice.
"Just be happy Gennai didn't mess up on anything. Whoa hat hair." Yolie said as she removed the helmet from her head letting down her long purple hair dangle in the winds.
Henry walked to his Sensei as a little boy got back up on his feet. "That was a trip. Too bad I'm a kid again. Oh well, I guess being a kid is better then being an old man." Henry then turned to face his father. He asked, "Dad? How can you be."
"Ken," He finished his sentence, "I know son. Um, maybe I should call you Henry; after all you're about two years older then me. I know this must be hard for you, but you must understand Henry, we didn't even know about this until now."
It was like they had all completely changed into another person. The people they had seen on their favorite TV shows was now before them. The tamers didn't know what to think of this. They actually had mixed feelings of excitement for obvious reason, but they also had a feeling of fear. It was actually quite understandable, if you find out that you're friend or family member wasn't really who they were. The digidestined however were taking this quite well. Instead of staring and gawking at their other guests, they knelt down and greeted their digimon. Laughing and warm welcomes could be heard from them as they continued to enjoy another's company.
Kazu however was the first to speak up, "Oh this is so COOL! You guys are really here, the digidestined! The people who defeated Myotismon and united the digital world with the human world!"
Davis replied, "YUP! That's us alright!"
"Way to be modest Davis." TK replied as Kari giggled a bit.
Takato was the next person to speak, "I can't believe this is really happening!"
"Don't get too excited Takato, I mean it's just us." Yolie said to him. "I'm still Riley, but I'm also still Yolie. And Cody here is still Henry's Sensei, but he's also Cody too." Cody nodded in agreement. The Digi-gnomes fluttered away and left the group as I started to walk over towards them, "Well, now do you believe my story?"
Finally something hit Takato as a lost memory had entered his mind, "Wait! Now I remember where I saw you!" I turned my head to see what he was talking about, "When we were falling you were the one who saved us. And your voice, it was the same voice that was calling out to me!"
"A little bit late on that, but that's ok. Are you ready to step through the portal to help the others?" Rika asked, "But I thought the portal was a one-way trip?"
"Ah, that's where I come in. That Drimogemon I sent was actually a test for you. I sent it right back into the digital world. You see I can open portals, but since I'm not going with you and because you're a fairly large group, I'll need someone with the same abilities like mine to be in the other dimension." I started to walk towards the area where the gate once stood. I placed my hand at my forehead and said aloud, "Gennai! Can you here me?"
"Gennai?" all the digidestined and tamers replied.
I turned as I was a little surprise, "Oh didn't you know? Gennai use to be a sage of time; one level higher then me, cause I'm only a keeper. Because he fondled over the digital world so much, he decided to relinquish his duties and stay to protect her. Of coarse he had to forfeit most of his power, he still has this little tiny ability to connect gateways. So are you ready?"
Kazu shouted, "Count on it!"
I turned again, "I'm sorry Kazu, Kenta. But you cannot come along on this journey. You have not acquired your digimon yet and being that as it may, you can't really help out this time. I truly am sorry, but I was only sent to gather the tamers and the digidestined."
"Bummer dude." Kazu muttered. Kenta as well had a sad look on his face. I raised my hand to where the portal I had stepped out. Hearing Gennai's voice to say he was ready as well I started to summon the portal once again. The blue tare cut down the middle of the digital plain as thunder and lighting emerged. It spread and opened until one could see the vortex and mystery of the gate.
"Step through when you're ready. Good luck digidestined and tamers." I step aside and the group started to walk towards the portal.
Ken replied, "Don't be afraid Henry, we're in this together." He could sense that his son was afraid as he was slightly trembling.
"Come on Takato, you always were goofing around in school talking about digimon." Kari replied to Takato as he too was slightly shaking.
"It might feel weird at first, but you'll get use to it. Don't worry." Yolie said to Rika
TK looked over to Jeri, "Hey don't look so tense, you'll need all your wits for this one. Just relax"
One by one the digidestined, the tamers and the digimon stepped through the gateway. The digidestined had already experience what a trip the gateway was, but the tamers and their digimon were in for a ride of their lives. Just as Yolie had said to Rika the feeling was weird, but almost impossible to describe. The feeling of your body passing between worlds, phasing every molecule of your body to reappear once again in a different reality. The last ones to enter the gate were Kari and Gatomon. Kari felt it was a little polite for her to let everyone go before she would and plus she still had a little of her teacher instinct within her. Usually the teacher would go last to see that everyone had arrived.
They were about to step through when I called out, "Gatomon.Kari."
They turned to see me standing there, "Yes? Chronos right?" Kari asked
"Um.be careful you two." I stuttered.
"Uh.ok." Kari replied as she started to walk towards the portal. Gatomon had followed her lead, but right as she was about to step through she turned her head to gaze upon me. "Could it be." I replied, "Go on.your destiny awaits you Gatomon."
She turned her head back and steps through leaving me alone with Kenta and Kazu. They shouted, "Good luck you guys! Sorry we can't join you!"
As they were screaming I muttered to myself, "Don't worry Gatomon.I will protect you with all my power and strength no matter what the cost may be."
"Dude you say something?" Kazu asked.
"Huh? Oh nothing, that reminds me I have to get you two home safely." I replied.
The portal closed as I started to hear the voice of the council speak within my head. It beckoned, "Have you completed the task keeper?"
I said back, "Yes I have. I'm actually quite surprise that you allowed our identity to be discovered by these creatures of this world."
"We had no choice keeper. If they do not stop this evil, we sense that it will continue on a never-ending rampage on other worlds. We have witnessed its power over portals, which is our greatest threat. It will start there first, and it would be wise to destroy it before it could have the chance to spread."
I asked, "Then shouldn't we aid them on their quest by joining the fight?"
"We are still bound by the dimensional laws set thousands of years ago. We must remain only as guides and protectors, nothing else. We are ready to begin the next part of the plan. Are you ready to continue keeper?"
I nodded and replied, "Yes, I will first get the two children out of this dimension and return back to the time realm. As you have instructed I will rejoin the others in the digital world and act as their guide." "Very well Keeper."
Kenta asked me, "Um.who are you talking to?"
"Huh? Oh nobody, are you ready to leave?" According to the rules of portals I couldn't create a direct connection between dimensions. It was just too risky that one could be sucked in by accident, so instead all portals would go to the time realm. Then from there, you could select your destination. Fortunately for me the Digi-gnomes had already created a portal between their worlds. All I had to do is reopen it. I placed my hand on either shoulder of Kenta and Kazu.
"Hope you guys like teleporting." They turned their heads in surprise. I simply smiled back at them as we began to fade and disappear into the wind. All that was left of us were lost traces of useless energy. Suddenly however, the moment we had left, something began to happen to this dimension. Digipackets began to slowly drift away as well as the data streams moved very sluggish as they shot towards the ground. It seemed like the reality itself was slowing down and it was effecting every aspect of it. The question still remained, what lies in store for the unique band of digimon, tamers, and digidestined? Their journey had officially begun as they traveled through the vortex.
"Well it's about time that one of you talk. I was beginning to think you lost you're voice when you fell from the sky. That was a pretty high elevation that you fell from."
Rika interrupted, "Wait, hold on. You knew we did that?"
"Of coarse, in fact I planned it out that you would arrive exactly at this time." The being pulled out from the small satchel tied to his waist a small golden pocket watch. Placing his fingers and triggering a latch as it opened to cover. "Yup, exactly on time."
Takato suddenly said, "Hold on, I know I've seen you before. But I just don't know where." I smiled at his response and observation. Perhaps he would remember me, after all, I had saved their lives, more or less when they first arrive."
Kazu whispered to Kenta, "What's with this guy anyway?"
"I heard that you know. And the name is Chronos if wanted to know who I am." I replied
"So what do you think? You think this guy is for real? I mean that was a really cool entrance that he made and that Drimogemon was real right?" Kazu continued to whisper even though I was well aware of his talking. I decided to just let them pretend that I didn't hear their whispers.
"Tell me something, how old do you think I am?" I asked
"Huh?" Henry asked. I could tell he was sort of confused by the question.
I replied, "Seriously, how old do you think I am?"
"I don't know you look 18 or maybe 19 to me." Henry replied
I let out a small laugh, "I'm actually 473 years old."
"Ok now I know this guy is not for real." Rika said as she made her final decision upon me.
I figured they wouldn't believe me. I mean in this reality, no one was really capable of that type of age. And to think, that I'm still pretty young to the council's eyes and all the others back in the time realm. It was sort of ironic in a way. Now, however was not the time to think of meaningless things. I was sent here on a duty and I intend to fulfill that.
I cleared my throat getting everyone's attention, "Well I guess I should start to explain things around here. But I guess I should get everyone here, you're short about five people."
"What? Short? What are you talking about?" Takato asked
"You'll see in time." I began to chant an incantation spoken in an ancient dialect. I had memorized it completely as the council had instructed. My chanting continued as the tip of my staff glowed suddenly a strange white light. The louder I got the brighter my staff got as I continued to beseech the higher powers to hear my plea.
Everyone was a little frightened to what I exactly was doing. I could understand that as I started to say the last remnants of the incantation. Saying the final words and completing the spell I raised my staff and slammed the hilt to the ground. It cause the a loud echoing vibrating sound as I shouted, "I SUMMON YOU GUARDIANS!!!" Back in the real world
Yamaki, Riley, Tally, Janyu Wong (Henry's dad), and all the other monster creators were at a station discussing their plans. As they continued to talk and converse, something unexpected started to take place.
"Yamaki! Something's happening!" Riley pointed to him.
Yamaki turned to face Riley as he saw that she was pointing at him. He began to notice it too; small packets of light were beginning to form all around him. "What? What's happening to." The light enveloped him until he had completely disappeared.
"What was that!?!" Tally shouted
"I don't know, but the same thing is happening to me." Mr. Wong replied as the light appeared on him again. It spread and covered his entire body, until just like Yamaki he too disappeared.
"What's going on?" Riley said until she saw it right in front of her face. White light was appearing before her, as Tally shouted, "No, not you too Riley!"
Riley tried her best to reach for a phone or something to do, but it was too late she had disappeared.
In another part of the real world, Mrs. Nami, Takato's teacher was stuck at school grading papers. She had already seen the children run off into the digital world and could do nothing to stop them. She didn't know exactly what to do, so she just decided to keep her mind preoccupied and get back to work. While she was writing down a few comments, something troubled her.
"I have to stop worry about them. They said that they were going to be fine, even that little digimon said don't worry."
She got out of her chair as she walked over to the window. "Just please be safe." however, after a few moments past by, her worrying was the least of her troubles as a sudden bright light surrounded her and she faded away, taking her away from her safe class room.
Within a small dojo an elder man sat down at a coffee table. He slipped from his cup some tea as he continued to relax and be at ease. He was dressed in a sort of odd way, but it seemed only proper with his line of work. He teaches martial arts at his dojo to young and old students. One of his favorite students was a young boy around thirteen, he had blue hair and is very determine in his studies. He took a sip at his tea once again, "I know of you're exploits Henry, I wish you luck." Even though there was no one in the room, he felt only necessary to say something on behalf of him. He knew however that Henry was special. Knowing that he and his friends were destined to do great things. Call it a hunch, but Sensei seemed a lot more in tuned with the things going around him.
However what was about to happen was something he couldn't prepare for. He got up after he had sensed it. He had felt a presence in the room that had just entered. He looked around to see nothing, but he still knew it was there. It was way too late for him to do anything about it as he soon observed it was happening to him. The ominous white light appeared right before him and it quickly surrounded his whole body. Soon enough, he had disappeared from the dojo to a place he did not know.
Somewhere quite far away, was a normal boy. He had brown hair and about the same age of Takato. He was watching TV seeing the destruction that was cause by that enormous boar. He had family down there and worried for their safety. The boy had an Uncle and an Aunt as well as a cousin. He hasn't seen them in a while, but he was sort of close to his cousin. After all family was family. As he continued to see the last remnants of the burnt and destroyed city he replied, "Takato.hope you're all right dude. I'd hate to see you caught in all this. What was that thing anyway? Could it have been a digimon? That'd be cool if it was, but."
He looked around his house seeing his white jacket. It wasn't necessarily cold out, but he'd figured to wear it anyway. For some reason he had a strange feeling come over him. Something that told him that danger was coming and that he should be prepared. Little did he know, the young boy had no clue what was in store for him. He had a destiny just like Takato did and soon they would cross. Sooner then expected as he walked over to a mirror. He looked at himself not knowing what this feeling he felt was. It was like something deep inside of him was just telling him to do something.
As he continued to look at himself when his eye caught a hold of a glimmer of light. Thinking it was just a glare from the mirror, he readjusted the mirror, but still the light shined. Suddenly the light began to spread until it was fully covering apart of his body. He knew it wasn't a glare anymore as he looked down and saw the light actually on him and spread and surround him. He turned to call for his mother's help, but disappeared before he could get the chance.
His mother voice called to him, "Kai? Kai where are you?"
Back in the digital world
Takato and the group continued look at me as I stood there. A few moments had passed after I had cast the incantation. Everyone just stood there as nothing had happened. Finally I moved as I lifted my hand again. I opened my pocket watch and looked at time as a few more seconds passed.
"So was this supposed to do anything either then put up a light show?" Kazu asked
I lifted my finger symbolizing to hold on. "Wait, just a few more seconds."
Everyone started to look around seeing still nothing happening. Suddenly, something unexpected had started to take place. A series of separated light appeared in a line before them. There were five strands of light, growing and increasing until images could be seen through them. They were vague at first, but soon they became clear. The light faded revealing five beings emerging from the light, eyes closed and what appeared to be sleeping.
Henry was the first to speak, "Dad? Sensei?" "Look its Mrs. Nami!" Jeri shouted
"Mr. Yamaki?" Takato replied and then looked to the side, "Kai?"
He looked to his side to see Yamaki's assistant was by him. Takato however never got a hold of what her name was. It didn't really matter; all of them knew who they were with the exception of Kai and Sensei. Only Takato and Henry knew who they were. They were completely taken by surprise to see their friends and family appear before them. As they helped them off their feet, Henry was the first to react and respond.
He shouted, "Why have you brought them here!"
"Calm down my young friend, I'll explain my actions in good time." I replied calmly. The grown ups however had a different disposition on their recent transportation. Mrs. Nami asked, "What happened? Where are we?"
Jeri was the first to calm her down, "Don't worry Mrs. Nami, you're with us."
Kai replied, "Takato? Is that you? Whoa dude, I haven't seen you in a long time. I mean what's the good of having a cousin if I can't see you once in while."
"Uh.it's good to see you too, Kai. But I don't think this is the best place to meet up again."
"Henry what's going on? Where have we been brought to?" Mr. Wong asked. Sensei also added to Mr. Wong's questions, "Indeed Henry, what IS going on. It was just a few moments ago I was in the dojo sipping my tea when I was transported here. A bright light appeared out of nowhere and took me to this place, where ever this might be."
"Hey that happened to you too? Awesome!" Kai replied Henry answered them. "Listen! I wish I could tell all of you what is going on, but I don't even know how you got here or why you were brought here. All I can tell you is that we're in digital world now." Yamaki looked around in awe as he heard Henry answer this. "So this is digital world. I never thought I'd see this place. So, this is where all the digimon came from."
"Sir, I don't think this is the right time to make observations." Riley informed.
I had to interrupt, "See that is where you are all wrong. This isn't the digital world."
"What? What are you talking about?" Takato asked. "This has to be the digital world."
Sensei walked over to Henry and asked, "Who is this Henry? A friend of yours?"
"Let me explain, now that you're all here I can begin. Don't worry I can answer all you're questions, just give me the time to explain my story." I started. They all looked to each other and had agreed to my terms. Some sat down and others stood up, but the story I had to tell was quite long. I myself sat down as I was prepared to tell my story.
"Ok, now let us begin. I think what you're most interested in was when I said this isn't the digital world. Well I'm telling the truth, cause I've been there and this isn't it." Henry asked, "But if this isn't the digital world, where are we?"
I replied, "I'm getting to that, just sit back and relax. You see, back in the digital world a new type of creature appeared out of nowhere. No one really knew what it was, because it wasn't identified as a digimon. They decided to give it a name and called them Digi-gnomes. They didn't pose a threat, so the guardians of the digital world didn't bother with them. However, they were fascinating creatures, capable of doing multiple things. One of which was to open a portal between dimensions. That's how they managed to keep the portal functioning between yours and this dimension."
Suddenly, a small being appeared and descended upon the ground towards us. Everyone was quite surprise as it was something that no one had seen. Rika held up her D-power getting no reading on it. "What's wrong with this thing? Why am I not getting any data on this." Rika complained
"I was wondering when you're going to show up." The small creature landed on my shoulder and perched upon it. "Heh, you wouldn't get any data on this. It's a Digi-gnome, don't be alarm thought. As I said before they're rather harmless." I patted it on its head as it continued to play around.
"You see these creatures opened a portal between this dimension and the true digital world. That is why I said that this isn't the true digital world." I continued to pat the small digi-gnome.
Takato asked, "But if we're not in the digital world, then were are we?"
I got a little distracted, but soon attended to Takato's question, "Good question Takato. This dimension was just another empty shell."
"Empty shell?" Henry asked
"Not all realities have life within them. Whenever a dimension has no signs of life we use the term empty shell to classify it being lifeless." I explained.
"But if this is a reality that's lifeless, how do you explain the digimon?"
The Digi-gnome flew off my shoulder and started to circle me. I figured it was just fooling around I should continue to answer their questions, "Remember, I told you that the Digi-gnomes had created a portal between here and the digital world. Many digimon were drawn by the mysterious portal and came here to this dimension. In fact, the portal remained undiscovered for six months; anyone who would go near it would be sucked into it. By that time, numerous digimon fell victim to it's power and were transported here against their will."
Rika asked, "But if all the digimon came through, why don't they remember it?"
"Good question, but I have an answer for that one. Unlike the power we wield, the Digi-gnome's gateways are very unstable. If you were to step through it, it would result in many devastating effects. One of which was memory loss. I can prove my point by asking one question to all of you're digimon. What was the first thing you remembered?"
All of the digimon were clueless on what to say. Their past was something they couldn't actually recall. I replied, "Can you remember when you were ever in your in-training forms?" None of them answered back. "I prove my point. It is because that part of you're life was erased from your minds. It's true however some digimon could remember their past. The reason for that is because they were truly born here. Over time, of coarse digieggs would be form. You can't really put a pause on the creation of life, even if you're on a different dimension."
Kenta asked, "But if they came from a portal, couldn't they just go back."
I shook my head, "It's because of one of the effects of the Digi-gnome's gateway. The portal they opened was a one-way trip. Anything that went in wouldn't be coming back anytime soon. I managed to protect you're memory and appearance when you went through the recent portal"
Rika finally asked, "So then what's the deal with Calumon? How come our digimon could only digivolve when he's around?"
"Oh, Calumon, yes I remember him. You see the digimon here are unable to digivolve because this isn't their natural plain. I had told you before that there are many effects of the gateway. One of which was the light of digivolving. Most of time, when a digimon went through the gateway, it would result in their next stage. However, when that had happened, the light of digievolution was separated from each digimon. Within the gateway, the light continued to grow and accumulate until it had form your little friend, Calumon. The reason why he was sent to your world was because his genetic make up was different to the digimon. This resulted in his body shifting to another reality, your reality."
Henry now had another question, "Why are you telling us this anyway?"
"Because it is necessary. The true digital world is at stake and you might be their last hope. I was sent here by my superiors to help guide you there. Normally I would hide my identity to all of you, but this certain task requires that I would have to reveal everything. You see, when a large portion of digimon were beginning to disappear the four guardians of the north, south, east, and west went to investigate the problem themselves. However, they couldn't leave the digital world defenseless, so they called upon the digidestined to protect the digital world in their place."
Kazu shouted, "Hold on, you mean there really is a digidestined, just like in the shows."
I nodded, "Yes, I though we were clear on that topic that they were in the digital world."
"Wait, just one minute." Rika interrupted, "How is it possible that digimon, a TV show, could be real? I mean I know digimon are real, but come on. People like Tai, and Matt?"
"Do you believe that only digimon crossed the threshold of the portal?" I asked her. "Only one however had stumbled upon it and was transported. Just like Calumon, he was sent to the real world, but something had happened. The effects of the portal had altered his mind and thoughts as well as his appearance, however it left knowledge of digimon and digidestined untouched. Of coarse that was only seemed like an idea to him. Digimon were no realer to him then his own illusions. However he created a show about it and I'm sure you've all watched it."
"So they do exists," Takato replied.
I answered, "Yes, it's a dream come true in your case isn't it?" I continued on, "Well, now that we've gotten that cleared up, I'll continue. The guardians or sovereigns of the digital world crossed and had lost their memories of the old digital world. However they still had the sense of duty deep within them, they had decided to protect this world just as they had done. However, there was actually something manipulating this whole situation. It was probably the one who had brought the Digi-gnomes to the digital world in the first place. In hoping that they would create that portal and entrap the sovereigns. Now, the digidestined fight this unknown evil back there. They had sealed off the gates between their world and the digital world and only six digidestined fight the evil. Now, are you ready to help them?"
Everyone seemed pretty convinced to what I was saying. All of them, but Henry as he came up with one final question, "I believe what you're saying, but that doesn't explain why you brought our friends and family here into this world."
"I was hoping someone would get to that. Be prepared for this, cause this little explanation has got a kick to it. The Digidestined knew that they would eventually be over power, so they needed to get help. They figured if the digimon had passed through there was bound to be someone who could help. It is sort of like calling for back up and reinforcements. That's where you come in. However the question of how they could signal them was still unanswered. Gennai had proposed to send the younger digidestined, in hopes that they would have the power to get help. Gennai created a device that would allow them to store their digimon within them and would be reawaken after they had realized their mission."
Henry asked, "But wouldn't their memories be erased just like all the others?"
"Normally yes, but Gennai was quite clever. The same device that allowed them to harbor their digimon within them also protected their memories. Sure the effects of the portal still made them forget about things, but instead of erasing them, it simply just buried them. All that would take for them to remember was a simple trigger that Gennai had devised. The portal however had other effects then just simply erase of memory. Just like the first one who crossed, their appearance had changed as well." I got up and turned my back to them as I started to walk in the opposite direction. "So uh.what's this trigger anyway?" Takato said.
I suddenly turned back around and held my staff above my head. "It's this." my staff began to glow the same white light as before. As it grew it soon blasted away from it into five beams and headed straight for the unexpected group. Everyone turned his or her heads as Kai, Mrs. Nami, Mr. Wong, Yamaki, Riley and Sensei were all hit by my energy.
I screamed, "Awaken! Digimon Guardians!"
They all closed their eyes and started to float. Their arms were apart as they were in some sort of trance. Something started to happen as small packets of data appeared at the center of their chest. Data was gathering right at that spot, as everything seemed to be happening so fast. What was going on? Their question would soon be answered as the data began to take shape.
Finally they had emerged. Five beings appeared and leaped from where they were and landed as the children/adults returned back on the safe ground.
Veemon replied, "Yes! Free at last!"
"My that was rather uncomfortable." Hawkmon said as he dusted himself off.
"Tell me about it," Armadillomon said as he agreed with Hawkmon.
Patamon started to stretch his wings as he said, "It's good to be out again."
"Wonder where we are?" Wormmon asked.
"Good question" Gatomon said back.
I approached them as I replied, "Well I see the digimon are ok. Ah, I see that the digidestined are changing as expected. This shouldn't take very long."
The tamers and their digimon were in awe to see their friends and family changing right before them. The winds blew once again as their appearances faded away in the breeze. They're buried past which they didn't even know they had, now was reawakening to them. Everything was coming back to them as their lives now and their lives of the digidestined collided with one another. Finally, they began to get back up onto their feet revealing their true selves.
The tamers started to walk towards them. Jeri was the first to speak, "Um.Mr. Yamaki? Mrs. Nami? Are you all right?"
Where Mrs. Nami once stood, emerged a young girl about the age of eleven. She had brown hair, wore long pink gloves, yellow shorts and a small device around her neck. "Jeri, I think you should call me Kari for now on. Hey TK, glad to see you again." Kari replied casually
"Oh hey Kari. I guess you already know who I am." TK fixed his white hat that he had on and extended his hand for a friendly gesture. While Jeri extended her hand back, Takato approached his cousin and Riley, Yamaki's assistant. Takato faced him and asked, "Umm.you guys ok there?" Davis replied, "Well that felt sort of weird, but I guess that was worth it." He stood up and adjusted the goggles on his head. He dusted his jacket off as he turned to hear another voice.
"Just be happy Gennai didn't mess up on anything. Whoa hat hair." Yolie said as she removed the helmet from her head letting down her long purple hair dangle in the winds.
Henry walked to his Sensei as a little boy got back up on his feet. "That was a trip. Too bad I'm a kid again. Oh well, I guess being a kid is better then being an old man." Henry then turned to face his father. He asked, "Dad? How can you be."
"Ken," He finished his sentence, "I know son. Um, maybe I should call you Henry; after all you're about two years older then me. I know this must be hard for you, but you must understand Henry, we didn't even know about this until now."
It was like they had all completely changed into another person. The people they had seen on their favorite TV shows was now before them. The tamers didn't know what to think of this. They actually had mixed feelings of excitement for obvious reason, but they also had a feeling of fear. It was actually quite understandable, if you find out that you're friend or family member wasn't really who they were. The digidestined however were taking this quite well. Instead of staring and gawking at their other guests, they knelt down and greeted their digimon. Laughing and warm welcomes could be heard from them as they continued to enjoy another's company.
Kazu however was the first to speak up, "Oh this is so COOL! You guys are really here, the digidestined! The people who defeated Myotismon and united the digital world with the human world!"
Davis replied, "YUP! That's us alright!"
"Way to be modest Davis." TK replied as Kari giggled a bit.
Takato was the next person to speak, "I can't believe this is really happening!"
"Don't get too excited Takato, I mean it's just us." Yolie said to him. "I'm still Riley, but I'm also still Yolie. And Cody here is still Henry's Sensei, but he's also Cody too." Cody nodded in agreement. The Digi-gnomes fluttered away and left the group as I started to walk over towards them, "Well, now do you believe my story?"
Finally something hit Takato as a lost memory had entered his mind, "Wait! Now I remember where I saw you!" I turned my head to see what he was talking about, "When we were falling you were the one who saved us. And your voice, it was the same voice that was calling out to me!"
"A little bit late on that, but that's ok. Are you ready to step through the portal to help the others?" Rika asked, "But I thought the portal was a one-way trip?"
"Ah, that's where I come in. That Drimogemon I sent was actually a test for you. I sent it right back into the digital world. You see I can open portals, but since I'm not going with you and because you're a fairly large group, I'll need someone with the same abilities like mine to be in the other dimension." I started to walk towards the area where the gate once stood. I placed my hand at my forehead and said aloud, "Gennai! Can you here me?"
"Gennai?" all the digidestined and tamers replied.
I turned as I was a little surprise, "Oh didn't you know? Gennai use to be a sage of time; one level higher then me, cause I'm only a keeper. Because he fondled over the digital world so much, he decided to relinquish his duties and stay to protect her. Of coarse he had to forfeit most of his power, he still has this little tiny ability to connect gateways. So are you ready?"
Kazu shouted, "Count on it!"
I turned again, "I'm sorry Kazu, Kenta. But you cannot come along on this journey. You have not acquired your digimon yet and being that as it may, you can't really help out this time. I truly am sorry, but I was only sent to gather the tamers and the digidestined."
"Bummer dude." Kazu muttered. Kenta as well had a sad look on his face. I raised my hand to where the portal I had stepped out. Hearing Gennai's voice to say he was ready as well I started to summon the portal once again. The blue tare cut down the middle of the digital plain as thunder and lighting emerged. It spread and opened until one could see the vortex and mystery of the gate.
"Step through when you're ready. Good luck digidestined and tamers." I step aside and the group started to walk towards the portal.
Ken replied, "Don't be afraid Henry, we're in this together." He could sense that his son was afraid as he was slightly trembling.
"Come on Takato, you always were goofing around in school talking about digimon." Kari replied to Takato as he too was slightly shaking.
"It might feel weird at first, but you'll get use to it. Don't worry." Yolie said to Rika
TK looked over to Jeri, "Hey don't look so tense, you'll need all your wits for this one. Just relax"
One by one the digidestined, the tamers and the digimon stepped through the gateway. The digidestined had already experience what a trip the gateway was, but the tamers and their digimon were in for a ride of their lives. Just as Yolie had said to Rika the feeling was weird, but almost impossible to describe. The feeling of your body passing between worlds, phasing every molecule of your body to reappear once again in a different reality. The last ones to enter the gate were Kari and Gatomon. Kari felt it was a little polite for her to let everyone go before she would and plus she still had a little of her teacher instinct within her. Usually the teacher would go last to see that everyone had arrived.
They were about to step through when I called out, "Gatomon.Kari."
They turned to see me standing there, "Yes? Chronos right?" Kari asked
"Um.be careful you two." I stuttered.
"Uh.ok." Kari replied as she started to walk towards the portal. Gatomon had followed her lead, but right as she was about to step through she turned her head to gaze upon me. "Could it be." I replied, "Go on.your destiny awaits you Gatomon."
She turned her head back and steps through leaving me alone with Kenta and Kazu. They shouted, "Good luck you guys! Sorry we can't join you!"
As they were screaming I muttered to myself, "Don't worry Gatomon.I will protect you with all my power and strength no matter what the cost may be."
"Dude you say something?" Kazu asked.
"Huh? Oh nothing, that reminds me I have to get you two home safely." I replied.
The portal closed as I started to hear the voice of the council speak within my head. It beckoned, "Have you completed the task keeper?"
I said back, "Yes I have. I'm actually quite surprise that you allowed our identity to be discovered by these creatures of this world."
"We had no choice keeper. If they do not stop this evil, we sense that it will continue on a never-ending rampage on other worlds. We have witnessed its power over portals, which is our greatest threat. It will start there first, and it would be wise to destroy it before it could have the chance to spread."
I asked, "Then shouldn't we aid them on their quest by joining the fight?"
"We are still bound by the dimensional laws set thousands of years ago. We must remain only as guides and protectors, nothing else. We are ready to begin the next part of the plan. Are you ready to continue keeper?"
I nodded and replied, "Yes, I will first get the two children out of this dimension and return back to the time realm. As you have instructed I will rejoin the others in the digital world and act as their guide." "Very well Keeper."
Kenta asked me, "Um.who are you talking to?"
"Huh? Oh nobody, are you ready to leave?" According to the rules of portals I couldn't create a direct connection between dimensions. It was just too risky that one could be sucked in by accident, so instead all portals would go to the time realm. Then from there, you could select your destination. Fortunately for me the Digi-gnomes had already created a portal between their worlds. All I had to do is reopen it. I placed my hand on either shoulder of Kenta and Kazu.
"Hope you guys like teleporting." They turned their heads in surprise. I simply smiled back at them as we began to fade and disappear into the wind. All that was left of us were lost traces of useless energy. Suddenly however, the moment we had left, something began to happen to this dimension. Digipackets began to slowly drift away as well as the data streams moved very sluggish as they shot towards the ground. It seemed like the reality itself was slowing down and it was effecting every aspect of it. The question still remained, what lies in store for the unique band of digimon, tamers, and digidestined? Their journey had officially begun as they traveled through the vortex.