Author's Note: Thanks for reviewing! I'm so glad you guys like it. Well, here's part two.

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Chapter Two

Here We Go

Lina came running back to the Activity Center with their parents trailing behind her. The kids crowded around the field while their parents stared at it with wonder and anxiety.

"What is it, Dad?" Compass asked.

Kazu shook his head. "No way!"

Rika looked ready to scream. "Kazu, why didn't you close it!?"

"I didn't know there was one!"

A sinister voice floated from the field. "The kidsss…" it hissed, like a snake. "The kidsss mussst come…we need them!"

"It…it sounds like a snake…" Takato murmured.

"Is it Sandiramon?" Henry wondered, putting a hand in his pocket.

"I don't know…" Jeri admitted. "Maybe it's a good Digimon."

Kazu looked at her. "Are you crazy? Do you think a good Digimon has a voice like that?"

Jeri shrugged. "I don't know. It was only a guess, Kazu."

The kids looked at each other.

"It wants us," Riku said. "It wants us to go to it."

"But…what's a Digimon?" Riki wanted to know.

Kenta sighed. "I guess we have to tell them, right guys?"

The others nodded.

Takato sat down on a beanbag chair and looked straight at his children. "I'll begin. Digimon are digital monsters—data—that live in the Digital World. They are living creatures too, and when we were kids, they entered our world via a Digital Field—a small foggy cloud. We had Digimon of our own, too, and they fought the bad Digimon. We found a way into the Digital World to fight off the evil." Takato gestured to the portal in the corner. "After many, many, many loses, wins, and adventures, we fulfilled our destiny and peace was once again restored to both worlds."

"Wow, Dad," Lina commented. "Is that what your latest movie is based on?"

Takato shook his head. "No. We wanted to keep the secret of the Digimon away from you kids, because we didn't want to lose you. We want you to stay here with us and lead normal lives."

Mikara, who had been sitting down, stood up abruptly and glared at her parents. "How could you? You've kept this a secret from us all our lives and you're telling us now? We've got destinies too, you know, and ours seems to be the same as yours was. You knew this would happen?"

Suzie nodded reluctantly.

"Then why the hell didn't you tell us?" Mikara exploded. "We need to know these things too, you know!"

Sado interrupted his daughter. "Now see here, young lady! We don't want you getting hurt—"

"Sado, stop," Suzie said quietly. "Mikara's right. We should've told them. I became a Tamer when I was only seven. It's not right to keep the secret of the Digimon from them."

Adeline nodded. "Suzie's right. We should tell them everything."

And so the former Tamers told their kids everything they knew about Digimon. When they were done, there was a silence so great that a knife could cut it.

"So you're going off to the Digital World," Eru said softly. "Good luck."

The kids nodded. They stood up and walked to the portal. Lina crouched down and said to the glowing red eyes, "We're going."

Nine glowing things shot out from the portal and landed in the kids' hands. They looked like D-powers, except the colors were inverted and there was no fastener.

Riki got a gold one.

Josh got a yellow one.

Lina got a purple-and-white one.

David got a black one.

Riku got a green-and-white one.

Daiki got a gray one.

Compass got a gray-navy one.

Mikara got a sapphire one.

Riley got a pale purple one.

"What…are these?" Riku wondered.

Henry looked at them. "They look like D-powers."

"Yeah, only different…" Jeri added.

"What're they called?" Riley asked her parents.

"Let's call them D-forces!" Josh piped up suddenly.

Takato nodded. "All right. It's settled. They're D-forces. David, Lina, look after each other."

Rika hugged her sons while Henry said, "Riki, look after Daiki."

"Okay Dad," Riki replied.

"Be careful, okay Compass?" Kazu told his daughter.

"No problem, Dad!"

"Don't stray far from the others, Riley!"

"'Kay Mom."

"Mikara, look after Josh, okay?" Suzie said.

"Can do, Mom!" Mikara exclaimed, throwing a mock salute.

"Riku, be careful out there, okay?" Ryo told his daughter.

"Don't worry, Dad."

"All righty then!" Lina exclaimed. She held out her D-force. "Let's rock and roll, gang! Let's go to the Digital World!"

From the portal, a white light engulfed the kids and sucked them in.

They had done it.

They were going to the Digital World.