Starting Point_

Part 2

'Digital Gate Open! A New World for Ruki!'

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JC: Continuing on… Part 2!

Solo: Same disclaimer as before: JC doesn't own anything.

JC: As usual.

Solo: On with the show!

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The first thing Ruki saw when she opened her eyes was the brilliant blue sky.

"Ughn…" The girl moaned as she rubbed her temples to fight the growing headache. Memory flooded her, the strange ocean, Dagomon, Demon… and…

"TAOMON?!" Ruki called. The tamer stood up, trying to get her bearings. She was in a grassy field, full of strange flowers and…

"Digimon?" She gasped, surprised as a flock of Airdramon flew overhead. A group of Woodmon were at the edge of the field, apparently sleeping.

"Ruki." Renamon appeared.

"AH! Renamon!" Ruki hugged her partner tight. "Don't scare me like that..."

"I'm sorry." Renamon apologized.

"Where are we?" Ruki asked and gazed at the sky.

"Apparently, the Digital World." Renamon stated.

"However, this is not the Digital World I remember."

Meanwhile…

"Where could Ruki have gone?" Takato hung the phone up. He'd just called Ruki's house, but her grandmother said she hadn't come home the night before.

"It's almost been 24 hours." Lee said.

"If we can find the digimon then…" Takato started.

"We tried that yesterday and found nothing. No new digital fields have appeared." Lee squeezed Takato's arm, trying to comfort the boy, but Takato was anything but calm.

"She's been gone too long. I have a bad feeling about this." The goggle boy leaned back… and nearly fell out of the chair he was sitting in. Fortunately, Lee caught him and helped him back into the chair.

"You should be more careful." Lee scolded.

"I know… but I feel safe with you around." Takato sighed. Lee blushed.

Back to Ruki…

"What do you mean, 'this isn't the Digital World you remember'?" Ruki repeated.

"Exactly what I said. The world I came from was harsh, and unforgiving." Renamon explained.

"Maybe things changed." Ruki suggested.

"I don't think that it could have over such a short period of time. There's several big differences." The fox digimon stared at the sky.

"For one, I can't see the Real World in the sky."

"You could see the Real World?" Ruki was surprised.

"Yes, it was always in the sky. All digimon dream of evolving until they are able to travel to the Real World." Renamon explained.

"I had no idea…" Ruki stood up.

"Let's go."

Odaiba, the Yagami residence:

"Onii-chan! Hurry up or we'll be late!" Hikari Yagami yelled to her older brother, Taichi.

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Taichi lumbered into his room with a large picnic basket, and his boyfriend, Yamato.

"Do you need help?" Hikari asked, seeing Taichi's strained expression.

"No… I got… it! OUCH!" Taichi dropped the basket on his foot.

"I told you not to carry it by yourself." Yamato snickered.

"Sheesh! Kiss it and make it better!" Taichi gestured at his injured foot.

"No." Yamato replied flatly. Hikari sighed. It was amazing that days could be so normal now. Picnics in the Digital World were quite frequent, especially for her older brother and Yamato.

"Hikari, will you kiss it and make it better?" Taichi joked.

"Eww…" Hikari backed away from her brother's foot and pulled out her D-3.

"One last thing…" Taichi started but then the door burst open and a very exhausted Miyako Inoue stood there with Poromon, panting.

"Ran… all… the… way… " The purple-haired girl gasped.

"Hold on. I'll get some water." Hikari jumped up with Tailmon and ran to the kitchen.

"I guess lunch will have to wait a bit, huh?" Yamato grinned.

Meanwhile, Ruki and Renamon hiked across the grassy field to a nearby hill. At the crest of the hill, sitting on a large rock, was a TV set.

"I don't understand." Ruki said flatly as she examined the TV.

"The Elecmon told us that this was the portal to the Real World. He said that humans come through the TVs." Renamon recalled.

"Yeah, well, I don't see…" Ruki turned around, as she did so, the screen of her D-ARC faced the TV screen. A brilliant flashing light went off, and she and Renamon were sucked in.

"What the?" Taichi gasped as the computer screen flared white, and the next second, someone landed on him.

"ITAI!!!"

"What's wrong?!" Hikari and Miyako dashed back into the room to find a strange red haired girl on top Taichi and an unknown fox digimon.

"Onii-chan! Daijoubu?!" Hikari gasped and hurried to help her brother and the girl up.

"I'm fine." Taichi groaned as his sister pulled him to his feet. He turned to the Ruki.

"Who are you?"

To Be Continued…

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JC: Well, now Ruki is about to meet first and second generations of Chosen Children! What will happen next? And what about Lee and Takato? Will they ever find Ruki?

Lee: We have to find Ruki! And get Takato to confess his love for me! Can we do both in just one part?

Takato: Jiikai, Digimon Tamers, Starting Point! 'Falling! Takato no Hatsukoi'!