"He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery."- Anne Frank; Anne Frank, the Diary
of a Young Girl.
Chapter 1: The Summons

Davis Motomiya moaned as he woke to the sound, actually feel, of someone jumping up and down on
him.

"Leave me alone, Demiveemon," Davis moaned.

"But Davis," the blue creature that was doing the jumping replied. "It's time to get up."

"It's Saturday," Davis pointed out. "People are suppose to sleep in on Saturdays."

"You promised to meet the others at Yolei's apartment today," Demiveemon reminded his friend.
Davis moaned again. She was not the first person he wanted to visit on a Saturday. She was
rude, obnoxious, overly hyperactive, and egotistical. In short, she was a bitch. Demiveemon
thought that the two were perfect for each other since they matched each other in personality.

Demiveemon knew that only one thing would get Davis out of bed. He leaped off of Davis' back and
walked over to his ear.

"Kari's going to be there." Like a rocket, Davis shot up. He was in and out of the bathroom,
and dressed within seconds, making a new world's record in the process.

Davis went into the kitchen where his Mom was sitting two bowls of cereal out. He inhaled his
bowl.

"Davis, don't eat so fast," his mother scolded. "You'll get indigestion."

"Don't worry, Mom, the faster he eats, the least we have to endure him." Jun Motomiya came in,
clad in a tie-dye crop top, denim shorts that lived up to their name and sandals.

Mrs. Motomiya sighed. Davis and Jun had a typical brother-sister relationship, putting each
other down every chance they got. She prayed that, this being the twenty-first century, they
would edge away from that sort of old-fashioned relationship and into one where... well, one
where they weren't insulting each other. Alas, it was not to be. Not with Davis' stubbornness
and Jun's self-absorbedness.

"You're just lucky I'm in a hurry, Jun-bug," Davis commented. "Otherwise you would be hanging
out on the balcony by your ankles."

Jun pretended to panic. "Oh no! I should better stop, I don't want to anger the almighty
Davis."

"Finally you're giving respect where it's due." Davis said smugly. Jun gave him an evil eye.

Not waiting for a rebuttal, Davis retreated to the safety of his room. Once there, he laid out
everything that he would need. Goggles, wallet, with all ten bucks in it, cellular phone,
electronic watch, D-3, D-terminal. Davis polished his goggles with his elbow then donned them
and the watch. Everything else was placed into various pockets on his khaki shorts.

Davis opened his backpack and held it out. "All right, Demiveemon, in the sack."

"Aw, Davis, I hate it in there. Smells like someone farted in it."

"Sure that's not your BO? Besides, it's not forever, just until we get to Yolei's apartment.
Now in." Demiveemon whimpered and leaped into the sack.

Jun walked in just as Davis zipped up his backpack. "Did I hear you right, are you going over to
a girl's apartment?"

"Why were you spying on me?"

"In this small apartment, it's hard not to hear you talk to yourself. You still didn't answer my
question. Are you really going over to a girl's apartment?"

"Why would you care?"

"Are her parents there?"

"If they weren't, she wouldn't be born."

"Are you two going to be alone?"

"I don't know, are we?"

"Answer my question, Davis."

"What question?" It was an old routine. Jun would ask a question and Davis would avoid it by
using rhetorical answers or answering with questions. It was like this when Davis left on that
camping trip a few months ago.

Now ignoring Jun, Davis exited his apartment, slamming the door in Jun's face.
Davis froze again as the elevator's doors opened. He hasn't been this nervous since the
principal accused him of putting that jelly donut in the swimming pool. He had to force his feet
to move before the elevator doors squished him. He stopped at apartment 214 and rang the
doorbell.

Inside his backpack, Demiveemon scampered around, hating the confined space. But there was no
choice. Davis told him that his parents wouldn't look kindly if Davis revealed that he's been
keeping a monster from another world in his room. They also wouldn't like the fact that more
than once, Davis risked his life for them. Either that or they would think he's crazy.

Davis finally forced his finger to the doorbell. A second later, the door opened and there she
stood. If it wasn't for her hair and eyes, people would mistake her for Davis' twin sister.
Yolei Inoue was a girl and fellow member of the Digidestined. Davis had actually heard some kids
in his class call her cute. Davis mentally admitted that she would be, if she changed her
personality. At this moment, her long purple hair was underneath a fedora that was turned
backwards. She was dressed casually in a white T-shirt with an eagle on it and denim jeans.

"It's about time you got here, Davis," she said.

"Sorry, you know how hard it is to get me up."

"Yeah, I've seen you in class." Yolei stood to the side as Davis entered. He took off his
sneakers and placed them in a corner.

"Everybody's out so it's okay to let Demiveemon out." Davis opened his backpack and the blue
Digimon leaped out.

"Phew, I thought I'd never get out of there. Davis, I still don't see why we can't tell your
parents about us."

"You know what would happen if people did find out about you guys? They would take you away and
perform experiments on you. They'll dissect you and twirl you around in zero-g." To
demonstrate, Davis whirled Demiveemon around and around, finally putting him down on the floor.

"Just thought I ask," Demiveemon moaned as he fell in a basket. He immediately shot back up. A
pink head with wings peeked out from the basket.

"Hey, some people are trying to sleep," Poromon complained. The pink head with wings slowly flew
upward.

"Sorry," Demiveemon apologized.

"Wow, Davis and Demiveemon are on time for once," Poromon commented. Said individuals scowled
in response.

"Excuse me, I hope nobody mind that I let myself in." A small boy appeared in the threshold
between Yolei's room and the rest of the apartment. He was dressed in a respectable manner in a
beige polo shirt and pants. What was unusual was that he was wearing a ski cap with a big bulge
in it.

"Hi, Davis, Yolei," Cody Hida greeted.

"Hey Cody, what's wrong with your head?" Davis asked.

"Oh, I almost forgot." Cody took out his ski cap and a white blob fell to the ground.

"That's a pretty creative way to hide Upamon," Yolei complimented.

"Good thing it's winter, otherwise I would look pretty ridiculous," Cody said.

"All we're missing now are T.K. and Kari."

"Don't worry," Davis assured her. "Kari will come." Yolei and Cody rolled their eyes. Davis
thinks his soul purpose in life is to win Kari and upset T.K. It was no secret that the two were
really fond of one another. But Davis was too thick headed to see that.

There was a knock on the door and Yolei went to answer it. Davis and Cody could hear her voice.

"Hey, Kari, T.K., how's it going." Davis face-faulted. He expected them to arrive separately,
not together. Of course, Cody was smarter than that. He knew that was what was going to happen.

Yolei reentered the room followed by T.K. and Kari. Kari had Gatomon on a leash and Patamon was
rolled up in a ball, completely void of any features that would make him different from a
football.

"Looks like the whole gang's all here." Davis looked around the room.

"Not exactly," Yolei said. On a silent cue, three boys walked into the room. They were much
older than the others.

"Matt, Joe, Izzy, what are you doing here?" Cody asked.

"Yolei asked us over. She didn't say why," Joe explained.

"I will in a moment," Yolei said as she went over to her computer. She connected to the Internet
and after a few seconds, a chime sounded meaning an instant message was coming in. Joe and Izzy
looked over her shoulder.

"Hey, that's Mimi's screen name," Joe identified.

"That's right. She's with us even if she's not with us."

"All right, Yolei, this is your party, what gives?" Matt spoke up. He was still in his school
uniform unlike Joe and Izzy who were dressed casually.

"All right, people and Digimon. It has come to my attention that certain friends of ours have
suddenly taken an interest in each other."

"Who?" Davis asked.

"You mean Tai and Sora, don't you?" Kari accused.

"That's right," Yolei confirmed.

"We've known that since the beginning," Joe mentioned.

"Uh guys, I don't mean to be a party pooper," Davis began.

"Since when has that stopped you?" Gatomon cracked which received a chuckle from everybody
except Davis.

"Anyway, I haven't seen them so much as glance at each other, and you're all talking like they're
soul mates or something."

"I think I know the reason," Izzy volunteered.

"What?" Everybody else chorused.

"Matt and T.K. would remember this but remember when that extremely powerful Digimon attacked the
Internet?"

Patamon winced. "I remember him hitting me like an oncoming eighteen wheeler. I still have the
bruises."

"Hey, I remember that," Yolei spoke up. "The battle was broadcasted to everyone online."

"Well, just before Agumon and Gabumon went into battle, Tai had me try to contact Sora to warn
her of the impending danger. But she wouldn't answer."

"Why?"

"Tai told me that he and Sora had a falling out. She was upset about a hair clip she got from
him for her birthday."

"Sheesh, girls get upset over every little thing," Davis remarked.

"I just received a message from Mimi," Cody, who had taken Yolei's place at the keyboard, said.
He's been transcribing their conversation for Mimi. "She says, 'Davis, you're young and still
ignorant so I won't hurt you this time. Don't you know that every time a boy buys something for
a girl to wear, it's like they're saying they don't like the way she looks.'"

"Has Tai tried apologizing to her?" T.K. asked.

"He was in the process of sending her an email when the attack came," Izzy said. "I'm not sure
if she got it. It was probably lost when that Diaboramon took over the Internet."

"She did get it." That came from Kari, who had been quiet since they came in. "It might've been
what it says that upset her." The spotlight was suddenly focused on her. "Before the attack, I
saw what Tai was writing. I thought he forgot how to send it so I barged in and sent it for him.
I think he signed the letter 'Love, Tai,' instead of 'From Tai.'"

"Ah, I get it," Matt said sitting on Yolei's bed. "Sora must have received the letter and is now
unsure of how to take it."

"Somebody should tell her about Tai's intention."

"Which brings me back to what I called you all here for," Yolei took control. "We should set
them up, show them that they are soul mates as Davis put it."

"Boy, Yolei, you must have had lots of time on your hands to decide on a hair-brained plan like
this."

"Yeah, I've had lots of time since we defeated the Digimon Emperor."

"Speaking of which, how is our resident boy genius?" T.K. asked.

"Solemn as always," Cody commented. "He won the national Chess championship yesterday."

"Again? What's that, his fifth straight victory?"

"Sixth," Matt corrected. It was then that Davis' cell phone rang. He picked it up and spoke
into it.

"Hello? Jun, how many times must I tell you not to call me on this phone! No, I'm not alone;
some of the others are here. Well if you must know, it's Me, Yolei... I'm not done yet! Cody,
Kari, and T.K. Yeah, that's right, Matt's brother. Actually..." Davis looked up at Matt and the
older boy knew what was going on. Jun was asking him if he was there with him. Matt frantically
waved his hands, trying to warn Davis not to tell her that he was here. "Actually, he is here.
Do you want to talk to him? Okay. Matt, it's for you." Fuming with anger, Matt snatched the
cell phone out of Davis' hand. Then put on his best fake smile. "Hi, Jun. Yeah, I'm fine.
Really, you've been thinking about me? I'm flattered. A date? Actually, Jun, I... No, no,
it's not that, I don't hate you, but... All right, I'll call you later. Bye."

When Matt handed the cell phone back to Davis, there was anger in the former's eyes. "Jeez,
Davis, didn't you see my movements? I didn't want to talk to your sister."

"I was just telling her the truth," Davis defended.

"Do you know what happened on our last date?" Davis remembered it well; Jun was talking about it
nonstop for weeks afterwards. They went out to the most expensive restaurant in town. And Matt
ended up emptying his wallet since Jun insisted on eating the most expensive things on the menu.
She was actually worse than Davis when it came to social interaction on any level.

"Davis," Demiveemon called. "Your butt's beeping."

"Huh?" Davis reached into his back pocket and took out his D-terminal. "Who could be calling me
now? Mostly everybody's here."

"It's probably Tai or Sora wondering where we are," Joe said with a wink. Davis opened up his
D-terminal. The screen was full of static like it was a television that was on the fritz. Then
the image of a man came into focus. He was old with tubes sticking out of his neck.

T.K. smiled as he looked over Davis' shoulder. "Gennai, it's been a long time."

"T.K., good to see you. You're looking well."

"So are you."

Kari peeked over Davis' other shoulder. "Gennai, I can't believe it's you. What's up?"

"Kari, looking beautiful as always." Inside, Davis was about to blow like an atom bomb. Another
boyfriend? And this one made Cody's grandfather look like a schoolboy.

"I wish this was a pleasure call but it's not. I need you to come to the Digital World right
away. Something's wrong?"

"Another evil Digimon?" Davis asked, anxious to go into battle again, with Flamedramon,
Raidramon, or Exveemon at his side.

"Well, I'm not sure. Once you arrive, come to my house and I'll show you."

"Sure, Gennai. We'll be right there."

"I'll leave the lake open for you." And with those words, Gennai's face disappeared from the
screen.

"Well, guys, looks like playing the Dating Game will have to wait," T.K. informed his friends.
"We're needed."

"Hey, wait a minute," Davis called. "Who's this Gennai guy? Is he a Digimon? What's going on
here?"

"We'll explain on the way," T.K. said.

"We'll see ourselves out," Matt told them.

"Mimi wishes us luck and asks us to tell Gennai she said hi," Cody said as he closed the instant
message screen.

"Then let's get digital!" Yolei shouted.