Digimon Divided
Prologue: Chosen are Chosen, Tamers are Tamers, Warriors are Warriors – So what?
By Coquelicot (coquelicot@japan.com)
Written 11/08/2002
NOTE: Alright, so it should be called a Major Note. Because that's what it is. A nice explanation for this is coming… are you ready? Here goes…
The Following is basically an introduction to the start of a deathmatch-based series. Except, this time, we'll be containing it to within one show. Because technically, Digimon, despite the differences in the seasons (Frontier takes place about the same time Adventure 02 does – but they're in different dimensions), it's all still part of one show. Just different stories. Much like the way "Onizuka" and "Great Teacher Onizuka" are related… well, okay, Onizuka's there, Ryuji's there, Onizuka's insanely funny attitude towards women and sex is there, but still, there's the Digital World in Digimon's case, right?
The thing is, this thing will be like no deathmatch you've seen before. Okay, so the deathmatch element will be there, but all in all, it's basically a comparison between the same characters in various places with various skills. And in the end, those two who do best get to have a no-holds-barred deathmatch. Think reality series, I've been reading too many of those Animé-based reality series fics again…
Also, two more things, but shorter. One, this thing DOES contain spoilers, because if I'm including Frontier, then obviously, there are some things that you haven't seen. Secondly, it contains use of my horrible Japanese, because I'm only in second year, and I don't get perfect grades. But I'll include translations. …I'll shut up and begin now, okay?
Odaiba, Japan – Chosen Dimension"Ee?! (What?!)" Daisuke bent down and picked up the large manila envelope on the welcome mat. It was too early for the mailman, and if the Chosen ever wanted to have a meeting… well, that's what cell phones and D3s were for, right? So what the heck was this?
To Motomiya Daisuke was written in perfect kanji on the white labeling sticker on the envelope. Tossing aside his usual recklessness, he carefully undid the string tie on the envelope, nearly crashing into the door in his concentration.
"Saa…(Come on…) they oughta make better doors these days," he commented, noting the scratch his spiky hair had made in the wood. Pushing it open with a foot, he walked in, still rifling through the contents of the envelope, and flopped down onto his bed.
"Daisuke~! Daisu~ke!" Chibimon jumped on the bed around his partner, trying to get the goggle boy's attention. At one point, Chibimon landed on top of Daisuke's head and jumped there, trying (and failing) valiantly to distract Daisuke from the envelope. Finally, Chibimon slipped and landed on top of the paper, shocking Daisuke with his two large brown eyes before getting his attention.
"UWAAA!!!" Daisuke fell back onto the bed, the envelope flying from his hands onto the floor, some distance away. "N-nanda ze?! Chibimon!!! (W-what is it?! Chibimon!!!)" he scolded.
"Ano kami wa nanda, Daisuke? Omoshiroi da? Oishii da? (Daisuke, what's that paper? Is it interesting? Delicious?)" Chibimon chirped, hopping onto Daisuke's chest. Daisuke blinked at that last part.
"Saa…(Come on…) Is that all you wanted to know…?" As Chibimon nodded, Daisuke's face turned from shock to flat. "Che… Baka na… (Hmph… Stupid, aren't you…)" Daisuke let out a sigh. He had to call the Chosen together to discuss this anyways.
But hey, that's what cell phones and D3s were for, right?
~*~*~
"The Digital World?" Taichi shook his head. "Man…" Unconsciously, he reached into his pockets for his Digivice. Then he looked up at the assembled Chosen and grinned, giving a thumbs up to Daisuke. "Let's do it!"
One by one, the others grinned as well. No other discussion was needed. It was a consensus amongst all of them.
The Digital World – Tamers Dimension
Guilmon sniffed uneasily at the envelope. "Takato, what is that?" Takato noticed what his Digimon was looking at and snatched it away. "Hey, be careful with that!"
To Matsuda Takato was written on the labeling sticker in neatly printed kanji – a lot neater than most of Takato's scribblings. But he could be forgiven, he was only in fifth grade, right? And even if Lee-kun or Ruki-san was better than he was, that was just because they were better, nothing more.
Opening the envelope (and keeping it safely away from Guilmon's snout), Takato peeked in. "Aa?" He couldn't read half the things on the paper, even with hiragana lettered neatly to the side of each kanji.
"Sou da… Saa, Guilmon! (So it is… Come on, Guilmon!)" Guilmon's head perked up from sniffing at Takato's bag. "We're going to see Lee-kun about this!"
From his vantage point on the roof of the shack in which Guilmon hid, Culumon's ears perked up. "Takato's going to see Lee-kun kuru? Sounds like fun kuru!" With that decision made, Culumon flew after Takato and Guilmon.
~*~*~
"To this point in the Digital World? Hmph. Why should we even trust this thing?" Ruki snorted. "There was no name on the envelope, right?" She held her hand out for the letter within the envelope. Without hesitation, Takato gave it, scared by Ruki's unusual interest.
"Well, no…"
"So it's a challenge. Another chance to get stronger. Beat the enemies. I say we go for it." Ruki's eyes scanned the letter for the location to go to, then let it fall to the floor. "Renamon," she summoned, and the two walked off.
"I don't like this," said Jenrya uneasily, lifting one of Terriermon's ears out of his eyes. "I say we follow her."
"Yeah! Even if she's cold at times, we shouldn't leave her alone!" Juri, always the one to see the good side of anyone, ran off, chasing after Ruki. Unfortunately, her stamina was relatively low, and in the end, Leomon carried her, bounding after Ruki.
"I guess it's settled then, eh? We're stuck with watching the girls anyway," sighed Ryo, who had remained with Cyberdramon in the shadows. "Shall we go?" he said to no one in particular. The group of males (and Shaochung) trudged after Juri and Ruki, Takato lagging behind after bending to pick up the letter. Marching…
Well, okay, in Shaochung's case, skipping. With Lopmon hanging on quite uneasily to her swinging hand.
The Digital World – Frontier Dimension
The Trailmon sped off before any of them had a chance to plead for a ride home. Not that they would've, but it did. Junpei and Tomoki had learned their lesson back near the beginning of this adventure.
"What's this?" Izumi bent down to pick up the Trailmon's delivery. Neemon looked blandly at it, saying, "Nani mo… (Nothing…)" and earned a "pantsing" from Bokomon.
To Kanbara Takuya, they read. Tomoki grinned enthusiastically to Junpei, exclaiming, "See, Junpei? I told you, Takuya-nii-chan is special! He got something that we didn't!"
Kouji, to the side, raised an eyebrow. Hands in his pockets, he leaned back into the shade of the tree and looked up at the sky, one hand shielding his eyes from the sun's glare. "Another challenge, no doubt," he sighed. Kouichi, on the other side, nodded in agreement.
"Hey, you're right. It says we have to go to some 'Arena Terminal' or so," admitted Takuya.
"Strange," remarked Bokomon, "There's no 'Spirit of Arena' in the book…" Leafing through the pages, Neemon peeking over his shoulder.
"Well, Bokomon, you just have to learn," commented Izumi, snatching the book and snapping it shut. As she held it out of the reaches of the wildly jumping Bokomon, Neemon calmly reached up with one hand – or paw – and took it as she continued with a wink, "Not everything's by the book."
On that note, the group went to catch the attention of a coming Trailmon, hoping for a ride to the Arena Terminal.
"Arena Terminal"
"You know," said Coquelicot to her partners-in-crime, "That was almost ridiculously easy."
"About as ridiculous as the coming insanity will be," snorted Kohaku. "Do we have the hosts yet?"
"No, not yet. Kyosuke and Kiko-chan are rounding them up," reported Kula. She sighed. "Iori-chan doesn't know about this, by any chance, right?"
"No. We don't want the two Iori to clash together." Just then, a loud banging came from outside the doors. "Well, they're here."
Coquelicot got up, resigned to this. "Oh, and Kohaku?" The mentioned perked up his ears. "No flirting with the contestants."
"Aw… spoil my fun," whined Kohaku. "That Kouji was looking pretty hot, too."
~*~*~
Outside, the three groups walked about, waiting for whoever had gathered them here to show themselves. Introductions were taking places, comparisons were being made, questions were being asked. All in all, Kohaku thought, this was starting out nicely. If only Coquelicot had let him get to know Kouji better…
Kyosuke burst in, reducing the already battered door of the room to shreds with a "Last Symphony" attack that startled Kiko-chan. As the demi-angel (Kiko-chan) regained his composure, Kohaku noticed that Kyosuke was sweating profusely – something he was used to, as every guy who knew him sweated profusely in discomfort.
However, the source of Kyosuke's discomfort was different this time.
"The hosts called in sick." The five fatal words, second only to "We have to host this" were spoken. Unfortunately, Kyosuke followed up with the five most fatal words to this series. "We have to host this damn thing."
Okay, so make that the seven most fatal words.
Kohaku grinned. So much the easier to get closer to Kouji… All he needed was an approval from Coquelicot, right?
Wrong.
"WHADDYA MEAN I CAN'T BE A HOST!?!?" bawled Kohaku after Coquelicot had told him a flat-out no over the cell. Kyosuke and Kula would be the hosts. "Either way, it's a bad thing," Coquelicot had muttered, but they were stuck with it.
And Kohaku continued moping as Coquelicot dragged him by the ear towards the entrance hall to get this "damn thing" started.
~*~*~
"Sorry for the delay, everyone," boomed the voice. The crowd looked up in surprise at the petite girl on the platform as she continued, "I'm Coquelicot, one of the many members of the evil organization that brought you here. Any questions?"
Daisuke raised a hand. "Evil organization… Does that mean we have to defeat you?"
"No, you'll just have to suffer going through another reality series-based fanfiction. Anything else?" came the reply as the contestants stared at each other in horror. "Good. Now while you came in three groups, you'll be divided into 4, just to take a load off our back. They are based on your groups as you journeyed together in:
Chosen 01: Taichi, Yamato, Sora, Mimi, Jyou, Koushirou
Chosen 02: Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Hikari, Takeru, Ken
Tamers: Takato, Ruki, Jenrya, Ryo, Shaochung, Juri
Warriors: Takuya, Kouji, Junpei, Izumi, Tomoki, Kouichi
An insulted pair of voices came from the crowd, "Hey what about us?!" Hirokazu and Kenta looked indignant, clutching their D-Arcs tightly. Their companion Digimon stood behind then, ready to back them up.
Chuckling nervously, Coquelicot scratched back of her head, "Ehehehe… you get to be spectators. Believe me, you're the lucky ones. And you get free popcorn." Kenta and Hirokazu exchanged glances. "It's a deal!"
"Good," grinned Coquelicot. Problem solved. She summoned Kyo to her side, explaining, "Kyo here will lead you to your rooms. The room pairings will be given as he reaches each room! Have a good night, especially you, goggle boys…" The light glinted evilly off her grin. "Because you're the first contestants to go up tomorrow…" With that, she receded, popping back out for just one second.
"Oh, and beware of the gay Kohaku. Especially the lone wolf bishounen." Massive sweatdrops formed on all of their heads.
"She's got us classified into groups already?"
~*~*~
NEXT EPISODE: The first actual competition begins, as one character from each show steps up to the plate! One stands out from the rest, but in the end, it's all the same the challenges we're placing before them will test both their weaknesses and strengths! With a round of soccer, dancing, eating, and other events, which one will come out top? And uneasy alliances begin to form amongst the shows, as the most unnatural pairing you could come up with scares the hell out of the other contestants. Wait, is some of the equipment sabotaged too?
~*~*~
OMAKASE: "Yare, yare…" Ramble on all you want (I know I am), but hell, I figure I might as well let you people have a chance in this, ne? Alright, so, as a ploy to get reviews and see what you think, tell me, which two of the following characters do you think has the best chance to win (despite the fact that you don't know the events) overall?
Chosen 01: Yagami Taichi/Tai Kamiya
Chosen 02: Motomiya Daisuke/Davis Motomiya
Tamers: Matsuda Takato/Takato Matsuki
Warriors: Kanbara Takuya
Remember, vote, because who knows, your vote might actually count! ^_^;;
Now, as a side note, the Chosen are coming from after the events in Adventure 02, obviously, about a year after. So Jyou is in 10th; Taichi, Sora, & Yamato are in 9th; Koushirou (Kou-chan!!!) & Mimi are in 8th; Miyako's in Junior High, 7th grade; Daisuke (Dai-kun!!!), Ken, Hikari, & Takeru are in 6th; and Iori's in 4th (and Iori's my Angel of Earth, which is why he's mentioned in the first dialogue of the "Arena Terminal").
The Tamers are coming from the point where Kenta gets MarineAngemon, but before Leomon dies. I don't really remember much about Tamers (I watched each episode once, then got over it), so if anyone's willing to refresh me with summaries of the latter episodes, yea, go ahead, e-mail a site or them to me. And yes, you'll get credit. Oh, and lucky Kenta and Hirokazu get to be spectators, because I need each group to have 6 – now you know why, so keep the Guardromon and MarineAngemon away.
The Warriors are coming after Kouichi joins them, just to round it out with 6 (or else they'd have less than everyone else – the Tamers have more than enough already, but we're ). For those who don't know (and thus want to be spoiled), Kouichi wields the Spirit of Darkness and is Velgmon/whatever his H-Spirit form is. I know what he is later too, so to be exact, this would be around right after episode 33. Not that it's aired yet in Japan, but I trust With the Will's info. Because, simply put, it kicks ass.
Also, I realize that I am combining the different versions of Lee Jenrya & Shuichon's names. For Jenrya (a.k.a. Henry), I am using the Japanese version (Chinese version – Jianliang). For Shuichon (a.k.a. Suzie), I am using the Chinese version. Simply because it sounds better to me that way.
The "partners-in-crime" are my "guardians", and various characters from games/animé or my own creation. Yes, Kohaku is gay – I can't control him in that aspect. At least he doesn't dress up like Nuriko… Then again, fishnet tanks + flared jeans are probably worse.
From here on, every event will be in script form. The in-between scenes will be written in paragraphs, though. ^_^;;
Finally, to finish off this insanely long rant, here are the roomings. No, there are no intended couplings, so you can shut up…:
Room 01: Taichi/Koushirou
Room 02: Sora/Yamato
Room 03: Jyou/Mimi
Room 04: Daisuke/Takeru
Room 05: Hikari/Iori
Room 06: Miyako/Ken
Room 07: Jenrya/Shaochung
Room 08: Ruki/Ryo
Room 09: Takato/Juri
Room 10: Takuya/Izumi
Room 11: Junpei/Tomoki
Room 12: Kouji/Kouichi