2. It Begins
There was a stunned silence as the reality of the situation sunk in. Then the pieces of the puzzle snapped together in my mind and I had what could be called an epiphany, a sudden revelation.
"Wait a second! Let me guess," I started, " something horribly evil has appeared in some other reality, Digital World or otherwise, and the tamers can't defeat it alone. So we have been brought here to become tamers and to help them help them defeat it?"
"Yes," said Gennai.
He looked around at our little group.
"Oops, looks like I forgot a member of you group."
He waved his hands and another portal appeared. As I stepped up to take a closer look at the portal, there was another scream and a figure collided with me and sent us rolling into the back wall.
When I opened my eyes, I was face to face with a young girl with long brown hair and a goofy grin on her face. I couldn't believe it. It was the one girl I liked as more than a friend. It was…
"Kary?? Is that you???"
She giggled and said, in her sarcastic tone of voice, which would always betray her excitement to everyone, "No, it's Jennifer Lopez."
I got up and helped Kary to her feet. She had on a white shirt underneath a bright yellow jacket. The sleeves past the elbow were purple, though. Her pants were a slightly dirtier yellow and her Digivise was a yellowish golden color with purple buttons and ring.
I then turned to Gennai and asked, "Okay, what's the low down? What's going on?"
"The fate of all worlds, including yours, is in great danger. I have brought you here because you six are the Digidestined of your reality."
"What!? Really!?" I said, my excitement getting the better of me.
"Yes, and you, as the leader of the new Digimorfic-Destined, are the bearer of the crest of Persistence. Chris is the holds the crest of Ability. Leaf has the crest of Strength. Sage is the bearer of Skill. Kary possesses the crest of compassion. Your brother, Ben, has the crest of Confidence. Finally, all of you posses the crest of Courage because it is in all of you in equal proportion. But back to the task at hand the ancient evil that has been released is the red dragon Digimon, Dracaromon. Like Apocolamon, that Tai's group of Digi-Destined defeated, he was born of the darkness of people's hearts. Especially from one person in particular: Yamaki."
"Who's Yamaki?" asked Takato.
I looked to Gennai. He nodded.
"Takato, do you know about a man with blond hair and dark sunglasses wearing a black suit?" I asked somberly.
"Ya, that's Yamaki?"
"Yes. What's more, he works at a government run facility called 'Hypnos'. He hates all Digimon and is constantly trying to find a way to destroy all of them. Every single time something bad and inexplicable has happened to yours or other Digimon it's because of him."
Takato gasped. "You mean when Guilmon vanished and reappeared in the tunnel and was then almost deleted was because of him?" he asked with rising anger.
I merely nodded.
Takato nearly exploded. I won't repeat what he said, but if his parents had been there they would have to clean his mouth out with oven cleaner. After a couple of minutes he had slowed down with the plain cursing and started saying some things that he thought Yamaki should do. Some of which were physically impossible. I wonder where he came up with the one about a fire truck, a hundred foot long role of sand paper, and something about how a rectal thermometer is used.
We all stared.
Nick was the first to blurt out, "Where the h**l did you learn to cuss like THAT???"
"I bet he didn't get it from his parents." muttered Sage.
"Takato, please calm down." coaxed Henry.
"Ya, save your anger for this evil Digimon." said Sage.
"O.K. I buy the fact that we're Digi-Destined, " I said, "but then where are our Digimon?"
"You don't need any." Said Gennai, "You are your own Digimon."
"WHAT!? REALLY!?" I questioned getting excited again.
"Yes. Here, take these."
He held out six cards for us, the new Digi-Destined. I took mine and examined it closely. It looked like a card from the Digimon card game, but it was swirling with a rainbow of colors.
"Hey! Why don't we each get a card too?" asked Takato.
"Ya," added Rika, "we are the Digi-Destined of this reality, after all."
"But yours is to walk a different path." Responded Gennai mysteriously.
"What are these?" I asked indicating the cards.
"Their 'Tamer Transformation' cards. Go ahead and swipe it through your Digivise."
"O.K."
I stood back and pulled out my Digivise. As I brought the card down through the slot, I felt the urge to say something. So I shouted, "Digi-Modify! 'Tamer Transformation' activate!"
I was suddenly enveloped in a bright red light, which levitated me off the ground. I could feel my body changing rapidly and then, as quickly as it began, it was over.
As the light faded, the first thing I noticed was that I was a bit shorter. I mean I could now look Sage in the eye without having to bend over. As I looked at my body I surprised and excited at the same time. My skin had gone from its normal pale flesh tone, to white on my chest, with Guilmons black virus symbol on it, and a dark red everywhere else. I was no longer over weight, but well muscled, like I had been working out at a gym for five years straight.
Strangely enough I still had on my jacket and my Digivise was clipped to the right sleeve while my cardholder was still strapped on my left. My hands still had my five slightly longish fingers, but they were tipped with another four inches of long silver claws. I glanced down and saw that my pants, underwear, shoes, and socks had disappeared (to all sickos, I'm keeping this story clean so all privet areas are just like in the TV show. Got that?). My feet looked just like Guilmons (sensing a pattern yet?) with two claws in front and a spur on the heel.
As I glanced at the others I noticed that, not only could I see just about every thread that made up their cloths, but I could also easily identify who was who by their smell. I crossed my eyes and noticed two things: one, my glasses had disappeared, yet my vision was better than normal, it had to be at least 20/70! And two, I had a muzzle just like Guilmons.
The others had been staring at me this whole time. So it was kinda' unnerving to be the first to speak.
"Does anybody have a mirror?" I asked tentatively. My voice was still mine but it seamed a little bit gruffer than normal, like I had a sore throat.
Rika pulled out a compact, the kind most women carry around, without saying a word. I think she, like most everybody there, was in shock. As she handed it to me, I felt that my center of gravity was off. I turned around and saw that I had a tale about three and a half feet long sticking out of my backside. This just keeps getting weirder and weirder, I thought.
I fumbled with the catch for a moment before getting it open. I hesitated for a moment, not sure if I really wanted to know what I looked like. In the end my curiosity got the better of me and I glanced in the mirror. I wasn't as bad as I thought, the lower half of my face looked much like Guilmons, but I still had the same blue-green eyes I've always had (even if they were a bit bigger than usual). My short, black hair was still there, but poking out of it were the same bat-wing-like ears that Guilmon had.
"Awesome." muttered Chris, "Le' me try!"
Chris brought the card down through the slot on his Digivise with a cry of, "Digi-Modify! 'Tamer Transformation' Activate!" There was another bright flash of light, green this time, and the Chris I knew was replaced with a creature that looked similar to Terriormon was standing in front of me.
He was taller than Terriormon by a good head or so and he still had Chris's spiky blond hair. Surprisingly, his jacket seemed to have shrunk with him so that it now fit him easily. However, it was very comical seeing his ears flop around him and the sight of his, now seemingly large, cardholder and Digivise strapped to his wrists.
I couldn't hold it in any more. I burst out laughing at the sight of Chris trying to compose himself.
"What's so funny, Dino breath?" he asked in a slightly higher voice than normal.
"Nothing, " I stammered, trying to get control of my self.
"It's just…" and failing, " you look ridicules!"
I collapsed on the floor, pounding my fists against the ground in a fit of laughter.
"I still don't see what's so funny." He said, "Your not exactly graceful either." He added a moment later, taking notice of my attempts to try and stand up with a tail.
"We haven't got time for this," remarked Gennai. "One of Dracaromon's generals is going to bio-emerge soon."
"WHAT!?" shouted the Tamers and myself, with more than a bit of surprise and fear.
"Yes, he's due to emerge…"
My Digivise suddenly lit up with a signal.
"Now."
Coming soon: The First Fight
