A Digimon Adventures/Digimon Tamers Crossover
Unity
Chapter 2: Encounters
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THE REAL WORLD
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Tai Kamiya's eyes opened slowly. He knew he was lying down, and on grass no less. Slowly, he sat up, and looked around. "Where are we?" he asked himself.
"'Bout time you woke up," he heard a voice say.
It was Matt. He was standing nearby, leaning against a tree with his arms folded. Gabumon was standing beside him, and Agumon was standing not to far from Tai. His partner walked up to him.
"Where are we?" Tai asked.
"Not too far from what looks like a city," Agumon answered, pointing into the distance. "What's more, it looks like Tokyo..."
"What?" Tai asked, standing up. Apparently, Agumon was right. The sprawling cityscape lay out before them. "Well, at least we didn't get sent to some abnormal parallel universe," Tai said.
"As opposed to the normal one?" Matt asked. "And by the way Tai, have you noticed, we have not landed anywhere near the others..."
"What? What do you mean?" Tai asked, turning to face him. "You mean the other's aren't here?"
"Yes, that IS what I said Tai..."
Tai sighed. "Just great," he said. "But why? That didn't happen the last time we went through the gate..."
"Well, we'll just have to find them," came Matt's reply. "Shouldn't be too hard..."
Tai nodded, and took out his digivice. "... well, there's no reading on this... maybe if we walked around a bit."
"Gee, ya think?" Matt replied.
Tai frowned. "Come on Matt, now's not the time..."
"I couldn't agree more," Matt replied. Just then, he noticed Gabumon and Agumon were both looking in the same direction.
"Hey, you guys, what's up?" he asked the two digimon.
Agumon pointed in the direction with a claw. "Sounds... in that direction..."
Matt looked at Tai. "People?"
Tai nodded. "Probably. Let's check it out." With that, they walked off in the direction Matt was pointing. At the same time, they didn't notice the small figure who'd been sitting in a nearby tree the whole time.
Impmon scowled. Who were these guys? Some new tamers with digimon? He doubted it. Their digimon... they felt different than normal. And he couldn't sense their presence, like all digimon could when another was nearby.
"Well Impmon," the little demon told himself, "Looks like dis warrants a little invest'gation..."
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Takato sat on the edge of a small cliff that rose up from the nearby river. His friend, Henry. was laying a few feet away, looking up at the sky. Their partners, Terriermon, Guilmon, and their associate Calumon were nearby playing in the water.
They were out here thanks to a school trip. Henry and Takato had found a way to smuggle the digimon along. Now, they had come here, away from the main group of children, so that their digimon could enjoy this little "vacation" without prying eyes to see them. And in case they were missed, they had Kazu and Kenta covering for them (though Takato doubted what the effectiveness of that plan would be..).
"Can you imagine what would happen if Rika were here?"
Takato looked over at Henry. "Eh?"
"I mean, she'd probably have us fighting trees," Henry said.
Takato blinked. "Uh... right," Takato said. "But-"
Suddenly, Takato was interrupted by a sound from Guilmon. He looked in his partner's direction. The digimon had come onto the bank, and was growling at the bushes.
"What is it boy?" Takato asked, getting up to run down to his partner. Henry followed.
"I smell something," Guilmon said. "It smells like a digimon, but not exactly..."
Terriermon and Calumon hopped out of the water, landing beside Guilmon. "What do you mean?" Terriermon asked. "If it were a digimon, we'd both be sensing it..."
"I don't sense it, I smell it..."
"I stink?"
Suddenly, a head popped out of the bushes. It belonged to an orange dinosaur-like digimon which looked like a miniature tyrannosaurus-rex.
Everyone blinked, surprised at the digimon's arrival. It was Henry who finally reached down for his digivice, activating the analyzer.
"Uhm..." Henry said, "Agumon. It's a rookie. Vaccine. It's attacks are Pepper Breath and Claw Attack."
"It's obvious what it is," Takato replied, still looking surprised. He put his hand out to touch it. "Whoah, it's just like on the TV show..."
Agumon jumped back. "Hey! No touchy!" then he blinked. "... TV show?"
Takato drew his hand back. "Heh, sorry," he said.
"Whatever," said the Agumon. He then turned in the direction he had came. "Tai! Matt! Gabumon! I found some kids! And they have digimon with them!"
Takato and Henry looked at each other.
"Matt?" Takato said.
"Tai?" Henry replied.
At that moment, several new figures arrived. Two were teenagers. One had a mop of brown hair, held up by a blue and black head band. The other was blond. At the side of the blond one stood a Gabumon.
The eyes of the two Tamers and Terriermon widened. They just stared on in disbelief.
Guilmon scratched his head, looking at the three of them. "I don't get it..."
Tai looked over at Matt, who had a quizzical expression on his face. "What do you think wrong's with them?" Tai asked.
"I have no idea..."
At that moment, a new voice was heard. "Hey, don't you guys know not to talk to strangers?"
Everyone looked in the direction the voice had came. It was from Kazu, who was running towards them with Kenta.
"Whose your friends, gogglebrain?" Kazu asked.
"Uhm..." was all Takato managed to say.
"Hey, these two guys look just like the guys from the TV show," Kenta said. "What are you guys? Some sort of cos.. cos.. oh, what's that word Kazu?"
"Cosplayers," Kazu said. "I really have to commend you guys. You even got the fake digimon... course, our pal Takato has the real deal!"
"I am not fake!" Agumon replied angrily.
The two boys were silent.
And then they fainted.
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The strange boy waited. She came by here everyday, they'd told him. And so he waited. Waited for her to come by, This was where she came by everyday. On her way home.
It was very tedious. Then again, he had all the time in the world.
His face was cold and emotionless. He wore a cap, a handkerchief-scarf, and a simple suit made for a little boy. Everyone who walked by him gave him a strange look. But he didn't react. There were so many things he wanted to do, but didn't.
He was waiting.
Tedious, yes very tedious.
And then he spotted her. The girl with red hair, tied back. She was wearing her school uniform. She was walking slowly. The boy waited for her to walk past him, and then on for a little while.
Then he followed her.
A little while after, Rika stopped, looking over her shoulder. She saw a boy looking out across the street. Nothing odd about that... except Rika remembered passing him a while ago. And now, the street they were on was mostly deserted.
"Hey you!" Rika called. "You following me?"
The boy turned to look at her. The very corners of his mouth curled up into a small smile. Then he began to laugh.
And then, the arrival of a new individual changed everything...
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"So, let's go over this again... here, you believed digimon was just a TV show and card game, until you got digimon of your own. And we're characters in this TV show?"
Takato and Henry nodded.
Matt looked at Tai. "Well, stranger things have happened," he said.
"Woah," Agumon said, a sparkle in his eye. "Can you believe it Tai? I'm a star..."
Tai laughed lightly. "I guess so Agumon..." he said to his partner. Then he turned back to Takato and Henry.
"And we've just told you our story," Tai said. "There's a problem in our world's digital world... and it seems to be coming from this world. Now, how long have you guys been digi-destined?"
"Uhm," Takato replied, "we're not called 'digi-destined'... we're called Tamers."
Tai blinked. "Ohh-kay...."
It was a little while after the first encounter of the two groups. After Kazu and Kenta had regained consciousness, they finally managed to explain what was going on. Namely, all of them were surprised to find out what the other knew.
Agumon blinked at Kazu and Kenta, who were staring at him and Gabumon.
"Uh.. can I help you..? Geez, you guys look as though you'd never seen a digimon before..."
Kazu spoke next.. or at least tried to. "Well, uh... maybe.. uh.. could we.. uh.. ask you a question? It's been on our minds for a REALLY long time..."
"Uh, go ahead," Agumon replied.
"Ok.." Kazu said, taking a deep breath. "Which would win, Omnimon or Imperialdramon?!"
Agumon and Gabumon glanced at each other, a perplexed look in their eyes. Agumon looked back at Kazu and Kenta, who were eagerly awaiting their answer.
"Why would we be fighting him ...?" Gabumon asked.
"It's like, ''what if?''!" Kazu said. "To see which one of you is stronger!"
Agumon grinned, posing dramatically. "Why, of course _we'd_ win... it's a given. We are older and more experienced..."
"Hah!" Kazu said, turning to Kenta. "Told ya so!"
"Yeah right!" Kenta argued. "Can you, uh.. really believe what he says?"
"Yeah! He's the real deal!"
"And what are we?" Terriermon asked. "Chopped liver?"
As everyone continued to argue, Tai looked back to Takato and Henry. "I take it those two aren't... 'tamers' like you are?"
"Heaven help us if they were," Henry groaned.
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The digimon chuckled. She was clad in a black, tight-fitting dress. Her hands were in the form of monstrous claws, and her skin was pale. She had long hair, and most of her face was hidden by a mask...
"What do we have here?" LadyDevimon announced, breaking the silence. "A little digimon pretending to a human?"
The boy scowled, glaring at the new arrival. This was indeed unexpected, and could very well ruin everything.
"I won't loose the plan to some interloper," the boy said, sounding more mature than he ought. "Be gone, or-"
"Or what?" LadyDevimon asked. "You know, by addressing me, you've already blown your cover..."
WHAM!
A fist came out of thin air, striking the side of LadyDevimon's face. Scowling, the fallen angel knocked away the aggressor.
Renamon slammed into the ground, but quickly leapt back up to her feet, despite the fact that an ultimate had dealt the blow. "Now where did you come from?" Lady Devimon asked, flexing her claws.
"It's a gift," Renamon replied curtly.
LadyDevimon laughed, and looked over her shoulder. "What do you say? Why don't we destroy them togeth- eh?"
The boy that had been standing there was gone. LadyDevimon scowled, and looked back towards Renamon and Rika.
"Diamond Storm!"
With a command, razor sharp arrows of light flew from Renamon, striking LadyDevimon in the face. Hissing the fallen angel drew her arm back, and then threw it forward as she charged them both.
"FIST OF THE BEAST KING!"
"LIGHTNING PAW!"
LadyDevimon grunted as she was struck from the side by both an energy blast and a punch attack. It threw her out onto the road. Hissing, she floated back to her feet.
"YOU!"
Standing where LadyDevimon had once been was a white, cat-like creature, with a ring around its unnaturally long tail. It scowled, as a tall lion man landed down beside her.
"You're not supposed to be here!" LadyDevimon screeched. With that, she spread her arms, in order to fire her attack. "Dark Wave!"
Bats flew from LadyDevimon, their screeches filling the air.
There was a flash of radiant light, and the Gatomon began to change. "Gatomon, digivolve to... Angewomon!"
"Heaven's charm!" Angewomon shouted, moving her arms in the shape of a cross. A beam of energy flew forward, vaporizing the bats. But LadyDevimon was nowhere to be found.
"Blast it, she escaped," Angewomon said, sighing. Then, intentionally, she de-digivolved to Gatomon.
"Gatomon!"
Gatomon and Leomon turned to see who was running towards them. It was four girls, three of which were accompanied by digimon of their own. One was a small pink bird, the other a brown bird that was similar but obviously male resembling a hawk, and the third looked like a living plant.
"Kari!" Gatomon exclaimed. "She got away..."
"We saw," Kari said. "Any clue what she was doing here...?"
"No clue, but it's definitely a Lady Devimon we've seen before," Gatomon replied. "She knew who I was..."
"That doesn't bode well," Sora said.
"Excuse me ladies," Leomon interrupted, "but I believe the answer to her motives lies there..." He then pointed forward.
Sora, Mimi, Kari and the digimon both looked in the direction she was pointing.
Rika crossed her arms and sighed. "Hey, would you people like to tell me what's going on...?"
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Later...
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Takato sighed as he sat with Henry, Terriermon, and Guilmon in the back of the bus, on their way home from the class trip.
"As if enough wasn't going on," Henry said quietly. "First those Deva things start showing up and now we have people from another world telling us ours is destroying theirs..."
"Definitely not something I expected," Takato replied. "It still seems a bit unreal you know... I can't really believe it happened. You know the feeling?"
"Oh, I know it," Henry replied. "It's... kind of like when I first met Terriermon... but then it started to feel normal..."
Takato nodded. "Well, definitely not how I expected the field trip to turn out... you want me to call Rika and tell her what's going on?"
"Someone has to," Henry replied. "I'm personally hoping Kazu and Kenta keep quiet like they said they would..."
Takato nodded. Suddenly, the bus stopped. "Well... we're here," Takato said, rising. He turned to Guilmon, who was hiding. "Remember... you'll get off the bus the same way we got you on..."
Guilmon nodded. "Ok... by the way Takato, how are Agumon and his friends going to get a ride to the city?"
"Tai said he'd find a way.." Takato replied.
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"I must say, this is giving me an odd sense of deja vu," Tai said.
"You and me both," Matt said, as he and Tai walked along the road-side. Every time a car would pass by, they would stop and try to get a lift. Their efforts would meet with little success.
"Listen Matt," Tai said. "I've been meaning to talk to you about-"
"Save it Tai," Matt said. "I'm not in the mood to talk about it..."
Tai sighed. "Well, we just can't leave it up in the air forever," he replied to his friend. "When will you want to talk about it?"
Matt shrugged, still acting indifferent.
Tai just shook his head, and looked away.
"... Maybe we should just digivolve Gabumon and ride there...."
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THE (TAMERS) DIGITAL WORLD
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"So... just where the hell are we?"
"You've asked that several times already Davis..."
"I know that TK, but did I get an answer?"
TK sighed at Davis's obvious attempt at bad humor. The six of them (the being TK, Davis, Ken and their partners) were trudging across a seemingly endless desert. It reminded TK of his and the other's trek across Server, during the "crest battles" with Etemon.
And there was no sign of the other digi-destined...
And, as usual, Davis was acting goofy, despite the severity of the situation. Both TK and Ken knew why - it was how he dealt with such things.
Suddenly, Patamon rose from his position on TK's head. "Guys, I hear somethin'..."
"What?" TK asked. "What is it? Where?"
The airborne digimon pointed a stubby finger. The five of them looked in the direction he was pointing.
It was a small mountain, maybe half a mile away. Sure enough, the moment they looked, a roaring sound filled the air, and something crashed against the mountainside.
"Whoah!" Davis said, reaching for his D-3. "We'd better go check that out..."
"What?" TK replied. "It could be dangerous..."
"And it might not. It's certainly better than wandering across a wasteland for who knows how long.."
"Davis does have a point," Ken replied quietly.
TK sighed. "Alright..."
Davis grinned. "Alright then, Veemon, you know what to do," he said, holding up his D-3.
Veemon nodded. "Veemon, digivolve to... EXVEEMON!"
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THE REAL WORLD
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"You have failed me..."
LadyDevimon backed against the wall of the small, self-made "fortress" beneath Tokyo. "I-I'm sorry my lord... I didn't want to risk being destroyed..."
"Your objective was to kill the girl's digimon and bring her to me," her 'master' replied. "But you didn't. You ran, like a scared little Chuumon... I did not restore you to life for this!"
Lady Devimon cringed. "I.. I await any punishment you wish to inflict upon me, master..."
"Oh, don't be so sniveling," he replied. "I won't kill you... good lieutenants are hard to come by. You will live, for now..."
Lady Devimon breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Master," said another digimon, this one very thin, and covered in bone-like structures. He held a large staff with an orb at the end of it "May I ask, what is our next move?"
The master did not answer. Instead, he looked to the shadows...
"You can come out now..."
As soon as he said that, a very frightened looking digimon emerged from the darkness. It was a monkey, clad in a fez, baggy pants, a purple vest, and gloves.
"You!" cried LadyDevimon. "You followed me here!"
"Oh get off it, LadyDevimon. I knew he was following you from the get go..."
LadyDevimon slunk back. "Oh... alright, Master Daemon."
Daemon grinned behind the shadows of his cloak. "You are... Makuramon, am I correct? Well, now that you're here, perhaps we can make a deal..."
"The mighty Devas do not make deals with demon lords..." Makuramon replied curtly.
Daemon chuckled. "I don't think... you really have a choice...."
TO BE CONTINUED...
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AUTHOR'S NOTES
1. Ok folks, that's the second chapter. ^^ Now you know just who the main villain is (wait, I made that obvious before...). I'm interested in people's reactions to some parts of it... particularly the Tamers' reactions to meeting the digi-destined. Do you believe it was handled well enough or not?
2. There's a good reason why Rika and Renamon weren't as shocked to see Kari, Sora, Mimi, Yolei, their partners and Leomon as Takato and co. were when they met Tai and Matt. I'll explain why next time around.
3. There's a good reason why Gatomon could go to ultimate. I'll explain why, again, next time.
4. In response to a particular reviewer's comment...
"That is a very interesting story. One problem: Calumon is not a digimon. At first that is. He originally was a Shining Evolution turned into a digimon-like creature by Digi-Gnomes to shield him from Ebonwumon. He later becomes a real digimon when he restores Shining Evolution in the Digital World"
I'm already perfectly aware of that. There's an explanation for all this, and it involves Gennai not knowing all the facts (for once). Truth be told, there's more to my version of the story of Calumon than what was in the anime. It'll all be revealed in future chapters.
That's all for this chapter folks. Seeya next time. - Megaraptor
Unity
Chapter 2: Encounters
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THE REAL WORLD
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Tai Kamiya's eyes opened slowly. He knew he was lying down, and on grass no less. Slowly, he sat up, and looked around. "Where are we?" he asked himself.
"'Bout time you woke up," he heard a voice say.
It was Matt. He was standing nearby, leaning against a tree with his arms folded. Gabumon was standing beside him, and Agumon was standing not to far from Tai. His partner walked up to him.
"Where are we?" Tai asked.
"Not too far from what looks like a city," Agumon answered, pointing into the distance. "What's more, it looks like Tokyo..."
"What?" Tai asked, standing up. Apparently, Agumon was right. The sprawling cityscape lay out before them. "Well, at least we didn't get sent to some abnormal parallel universe," Tai said.
"As opposed to the normal one?" Matt asked. "And by the way Tai, have you noticed, we have not landed anywhere near the others..."
"What? What do you mean?" Tai asked, turning to face him. "You mean the other's aren't here?"
"Yes, that IS what I said Tai..."
Tai sighed. "Just great," he said. "But why? That didn't happen the last time we went through the gate..."
"Well, we'll just have to find them," came Matt's reply. "Shouldn't be too hard..."
Tai nodded, and took out his digivice. "... well, there's no reading on this... maybe if we walked around a bit."
"Gee, ya think?" Matt replied.
Tai frowned. "Come on Matt, now's not the time..."
"I couldn't agree more," Matt replied. Just then, he noticed Gabumon and Agumon were both looking in the same direction.
"Hey, you guys, what's up?" he asked the two digimon.
Agumon pointed in the direction with a claw. "Sounds... in that direction..."
Matt looked at Tai. "People?"
Tai nodded. "Probably. Let's check it out." With that, they walked off in the direction Matt was pointing. At the same time, they didn't notice the small figure who'd been sitting in a nearby tree the whole time.
Impmon scowled. Who were these guys? Some new tamers with digimon? He doubted it. Their digimon... they felt different than normal. And he couldn't sense their presence, like all digimon could when another was nearby.
"Well Impmon," the little demon told himself, "Looks like dis warrants a little invest'gation..."
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Takato sat on the edge of a small cliff that rose up from the nearby river. His friend, Henry. was laying a few feet away, looking up at the sky. Their partners, Terriermon, Guilmon, and their associate Calumon were nearby playing in the water.
They were out here thanks to a school trip. Henry and Takato had found a way to smuggle the digimon along. Now, they had come here, away from the main group of children, so that their digimon could enjoy this little "vacation" without prying eyes to see them. And in case they were missed, they had Kazu and Kenta covering for them (though Takato doubted what the effectiveness of that plan would be..).
"Can you imagine what would happen if Rika were here?"
Takato looked over at Henry. "Eh?"
"I mean, she'd probably have us fighting trees," Henry said.
Takato blinked. "Uh... right," Takato said. "But-"
Suddenly, Takato was interrupted by a sound from Guilmon. He looked in his partner's direction. The digimon had come onto the bank, and was growling at the bushes.
"What is it boy?" Takato asked, getting up to run down to his partner. Henry followed.
"I smell something," Guilmon said. "It smells like a digimon, but not exactly..."
Terriermon and Calumon hopped out of the water, landing beside Guilmon. "What do you mean?" Terriermon asked. "If it were a digimon, we'd both be sensing it..."
"I don't sense it, I smell it..."
"I stink?"
Suddenly, a head popped out of the bushes. It belonged to an orange dinosaur-like digimon which looked like a miniature tyrannosaurus-rex.
Everyone blinked, surprised at the digimon's arrival. It was Henry who finally reached down for his digivice, activating the analyzer.
"Uhm..." Henry said, "Agumon. It's a rookie. Vaccine. It's attacks are Pepper Breath and Claw Attack."
"It's obvious what it is," Takato replied, still looking surprised. He put his hand out to touch it. "Whoah, it's just like on the TV show..."
Agumon jumped back. "Hey! No touchy!" then he blinked. "... TV show?"
Takato drew his hand back. "Heh, sorry," he said.
"Whatever," said the Agumon. He then turned in the direction he had came. "Tai! Matt! Gabumon! I found some kids! And they have digimon with them!"
Takato and Henry looked at each other.
"Matt?" Takato said.
"Tai?" Henry replied.
At that moment, several new figures arrived. Two were teenagers. One had a mop of brown hair, held up by a blue and black head band. The other was blond. At the side of the blond one stood a Gabumon.
The eyes of the two Tamers and Terriermon widened. They just stared on in disbelief.
Guilmon scratched his head, looking at the three of them. "I don't get it..."
Tai looked over at Matt, who had a quizzical expression on his face. "What do you think wrong's with them?" Tai asked.
"I have no idea..."
At that moment, a new voice was heard. "Hey, don't you guys know not to talk to strangers?"
Everyone looked in the direction the voice had came. It was from Kazu, who was running towards them with Kenta.
"Whose your friends, gogglebrain?" Kazu asked.
"Uhm..." was all Takato managed to say.
"Hey, these two guys look just like the guys from the TV show," Kenta said. "What are you guys? Some sort of cos.. cos.. oh, what's that word Kazu?"
"Cosplayers," Kazu said. "I really have to commend you guys. You even got the fake digimon... course, our pal Takato has the real deal!"
"I am not fake!" Agumon replied angrily.
The two boys were silent.
And then they fainted.
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The strange boy waited. She came by here everyday, they'd told him. And so he waited. Waited for her to come by, This was where she came by everyday. On her way home.
It was very tedious. Then again, he had all the time in the world.
His face was cold and emotionless. He wore a cap, a handkerchief-scarf, and a simple suit made for a little boy. Everyone who walked by him gave him a strange look. But he didn't react. There were so many things he wanted to do, but didn't.
He was waiting.
Tedious, yes very tedious.
And then he spotted her. The girl with red hair, tied back. She was wearing her school uniform. She was walking slowly. The boy waited for her to walk past him, and then on for a little while.
Then he followed her.
A little while after, Rika stopped, looking over her shoulder. She saw a boy looking out across the street. Nothing odd about that... except Rika remembered passing him a while ago. And now, the street they were on was mostly deserted.
"Hey you!" Rika called. "You following me?"
The boy turned to look at her. The very corners of his mouth curled up into a small smile. Then he began to laugh.
And then, the arrival of a new individual changed everything...
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"So, let's go over this again... here, you believed digimon was just a TV show and card game, until you got digimon of your own. And we're characters in this TV show?"
Takato and Henry nodded.
Matt looked at Tai. "Well, stranger things have happened," he said.
"Woah," Agumon said, a sparkle in his eye. "Can you believe it Tai? I'm a star..."
Tai laughed lightly. "I guess so Agumon..." he said to his partner. Then he turned back to Takato and Henry.
"And we've just told you our story," Tai said. "There's a problem in our world's digital world... and it seems to be coming from this world. Now, how long have you guys been digi-destined?"
"Uhm," Takato replied, "we're not called 'digi-destined'... we're called Tamers."
Tai blinked. "Ohh-kay...."
It was a little while after the first encounter of the two groups. After Kazu and Kenta had regained consciousness, they finally managed to explain what was going on. Namely, all of them were surprised to find out what the other knew.
Agumon blinked at Kazu and Kenta, who were staring at him and Gabumon.
"Uh.. can I help you..? Geez, you guys look as though you'd never seen a digimon before..."
Kazu spoke next.. or at least tried to. "Well, uh... maybe.. uh.. could we.. uh.. ask you a question? It's been on our minds for a REALLY long time..."
"Uh, go ahead," Agumon replied.
"Ok.." Kazu said, taking a deep breath. "Which would win, Omnimon or Imperialdramon?!"
Agumon and Gabumon glanced at each other, a perplexed look in their eyes. Agumon looked back at Kazu and Kenta, who were eagerly awaiting their answer.
"Why would we be fighting him ...?" Gabumon asked.
"It's like, ''what if?''!" Kazu said. "To see which one of you is stronger!"
Agumon grinned, posing dramatically. "Why, of course _we'd_ win... it's a given. We are older and more experienced..."
"Hah!" Kazu said, turning to Kenta. "Told ya so!"
"Yeah right!" Kenta argued. "Can you, uh.. really believe what he says?"
"Yeah! He's the real deal!"
"And what are we?" Terriermon asked. "Chopped liver?"
As everyone continued to argue, Tai looked back to Takato and Henry. "I take it those two aren't... 'tamers' like you are?"
"Heaven help us if they were," Henry groaned.
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The digimon chuckled. She was clad in a black, tight-fitting dress. Her hands were in the form of monstrous claws, and her skin was pale. She had long hair, and most of her face was hidden by a mask...
"What do we have here?" LadyDevimon announced, breaking the silence. "A little digimon pretending to a human?"
The boy scowled, glaring at the new arrival. This was indeed unexpected, and could very well ruin everything.
"I won't loose the plan to some interloper," the boy said, sounding more mature than he ought. "Be gone, or-"
"Or what?" LadyDevimon asked. "You know, by addressing me, you've already blown your cover..."
WHAM!
A fist came out of thin air, striking the side of LadyDevimon's face. Scowling, the fallen angel knocked away the aggressor.
Renamon slammed into the ground, but quickly leapt back up to her feet, despite the fact that an ultimate had dealt the blow. "Now where did you come from?" Lady Devimon asked, flexing her claws.
"It's a gift," Renamon replied curtly.
LadyDevimon laughed, and looked over her shoulder. "What do you say? Why don't we destroy them togeth- eh?"
The boy that had been standing there was gone. LadyDevimon scowled, and looked back towards Renamon and Rika.
"Diamond Storm!"
With a command, razor sharp arrows of light flew from Renamon, striking LadyDevimon in the face. Hissing the fallen angel drew her arm back, and then threw it forward as she charged them both.
"FIST OF THE BEAST KING!"
"LIGHTNING PAW!"
LadyDevimon grunted as she was struck from the side by both an energy blast and a punch attack. It threw her out onto the road. Hissing, she floated back to her feet.
"YOU!"
Standing where LadyDevimon had once been was a white, cat-like creature, with a ring around its unnaturally long tail. It scowled, as a tall lion man landed down beside her.
"You're not supposed to be here!" LadyDevimon screeched. With that, she spread her arms, in order to fire her attack. "Dark Wave!"
Bats flew from LadyDevimon, their screeches filling the air.
There was a flash of radiant light, and the Gatomon began to change. "Gatomon, digivolve to... Angewomon!"
"Heaven's charm!" Angewomon shouted, moving her arms in the shape of a cross. A beam of energy flew forward, vaporizing the bats. But LadyDevimon was nowhere to be found.
"Blast it, she escaped," Angewomon said, sighing. Then, intentionally, she de-digivolved to Gatomon.
"Gatomon!"
Gatomon and Leomon turned to see who was running towards them. It was four girls, three of which were accompanied by digimon of their own. One was a small pink bird, the other a brown bird that was similar but obviously male resembling a hawk, and the third looked like a living plant.
"Kari!" Gatomon exclaimed. "She got away..."
"We saw," Kari said. "Any clue what she was doing here...?"
"No clue, but it's definitely a Lady Devimon we've seen before," Gatomon replied. "She knew who I was..."
"That doesn't bode well," Sora said.
"Excuse me ladies," Leomon interrupted, "but I believe the answer to her motives lies there..." He then pointed forward.
Sora, Mimi, Kari and the digimon both looked in the direction she was pointing.
Rika crossed her arms and sighed. "Hey, would you people like to tell me what's going on...?"
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Later...
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Takato sighed as he sat with Henry, Terriermon, and Guilmon in the back of the bus, on their way home from the class trip.
"As if enough wasn't going on," Henry said quietly. "First those Deva things start showing up and now we have people from another world telling us ours is destroying theirs..."
"Definitely not something I expected," Takato replied. "It still seems a bit unreal you know... I can't really believe it happened. You know the feeling?"
"Oh, I know it," Henry replied. "It's... kind of like when I first met Terriermon... but then it started to feel normal..."
Takato nodded. "Well, definitely not how I expected the field trip to turn out... you want me to call Rika and tell her what's going on?"
"Someone has to," Henry replied. "I'm personally hoping Kazu and Kenta keep quiet like they said they would..."
Takato nodded. Suddenly, the bus stopped. "Well... we're here," Takato said, rising. He turned to Guilmon, who was hiding. "Remember... you'll get off the bus the same way we got you on..."
Guilmon nodded. "Ok... by the way Takato, how are Agumon and his friends going to get a ride to the city?"
"Tai said he'd find a way.." Takato replied.
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"I must say, this is giving me an odd sense of deja vu," Tai said.
"You and me both," Matt said, as he and Tai walked along the road-side. Every time a car would pass by, they would stop and try to get a lift. Their efforts would meet with little success.
"Listen Matt," Tai said. "I've been meaning to talk to you about-"
"Save it Tai," Matt said. "I'm not in the mood to talk about it..."
Tai sighed. "Well, we just can't leave it up in the air forever," he replied to his friend. "When will you want to talk about it?"
Matt shrugged, still acting indifferent.
Tai just shook his head, and looked away.
"... Maybe we should just digivolve Gabumon and ride there...."
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THE (TAMERS) DIGITAL WORLD
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"So... just where the hell are we?"
"You've asked that several times already Davis..."
"I know that TK, but did I get an answer?"
TK sighed at Davis's obvious attempt at bad humor. The six of them (the being TK, Davis, Ken and their partners) were trudging across a seemingly endless desert. It reminded TK of his and the other's trek across Server, during the "crest battles" with Etemon.
And there was no sign of the other digi-destined...
And, as usual, Davis was acting goofy, despite the severity of the situation. Both TK and Ken knew why - it was how he dealt with such things.
Suddenly, Patamon rose from his position on TK's head. "Guys, I hear somethin'..."
"What?" TK asked. "What is it? Where?"
The airborne digimon pointed a stubby finger. The five of them looked in the direction he was pointing.
It was a small mountain, maybe half a mile away. Sure enough, the moment they looked, a roaring sound filled the air, and something crashed against the mountainside.
"Whoah!" Davis said, reaching for his D-3. "We'd better go check that out..."
"What?" TK replied. "It could be dangerous..."
"And it might not. It's certainly better than wandering across a wasteland for who knows how long.."
"Davis does have a point," Ken replied quietly.
TK sighed. "Alright..."
Davis grinned. "Alright then, Veemon, you know what to do," he said, holding up his D-3.
Veemon nodded. "Veemon, digivolve to... EXVEEMON!"
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"You have failed me..."
LadyDevimon backed against the wall of the small, self-made "fortress" beneath Tokyo. "I-I'm sorry my lord... I didn't want to risk being destroyed..."
"Your objective was to kill the girl's digimon and bring her to me," her 'master' replied. "But you didn't. You ran, like a scared little Chuumon... I did not restore you to life for this!"
Lady Devimon cringed. "I.. I await any punishment you wish to inflict upon me, master..."
"Oh, don't be so sniveling," he replied. "I won't kill you... good lieutenants are hard to come by. You will live, for now..."
Lady Devimon breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Master," said another digimon, this one very thin, and covered in bone-like structures. He held a large staff with an orb at the end of it "May I ask, what is our next move?"
The master did not answer. Instead, he looked to the shadows...
"You can come out now..."
As soon as he said that, a very frightened looking digimon emerged from the darkness. It was a monkey, clad in a fez, baggy pants, a purple vest, and gloves.
"You!" cried LadyDevimon. "You followed me here!"
"Oh get off it, LadyDevimon. I knew he was following you from the get go..."
LadyDevimon slunk back. "Oh... alright, Master Daemon."
Daemon grinned behind the shadows of his cloak. "You are... Makuramon, am I correct? Well, now that you're here, perhaps we can make a deal..."
"The mighty Devas do not make deals with demon lords..." Makuramon replied curtly.
Daemon chuckled. "I don't think... you really have a choice...."
TO BE CONTINUED...
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AUTHOR'S NOTES
1. Ok folks, that's the second chapter. ^^ Now you know just who the main villain is (wait, I made that obvious before...). I'm interested in people's reactions to some parts of it... particularly the Tamers' reactions to meeting the digi-destined. Do you believe it was handled well enough or not?
2. There's a good reason why Rika and Renamon weren't as shocked to see Kari, Sora, Mimi, Yolei, their partners and Leomon as Takato and co. were when they met Tai and Matt. I'll explain why next time around.
3. There's a good reason why Gatomon could go to ultimate. I'll explain why, again, next time.
4. In response to a particular reviewer's comment...
"That is a very interesting story. One problem: Calumon is not a digimon. At first that is. He originally was a Shining Evolution turned into a digimon-like creature by Digi-Gnomes to shield him from Ebonwumon. He later becomes a real digimon when he restores Shining Evolution in the Digital World"
I'm already perfectly aware of that. There's an explanation for all this, and it involves Gennai not knowing all the facts (for once). Truth be told, there's more to my version of the story of Calumon than what was in the anime. It'll all be revealed in future chapters.
That's all for this chapter folks. Seeya next time. - Megaraptor