The Lost Digidestined
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon! Please don't sue me… ^_^;
A/N: This chapter is half prologue, half episode. So bear with me. Also this is my first ever fanfic. So gimme a li'l R&R (what does that mean anyway? [Lol] Reviews and requests would be my best bet).
The Present.
Adrian's Perspective
~*Prologue*~
I sat. In the shadows. In the biggest tree, overlooking the ocean. It was oddly familiar, yet mysteriously different. A feeling I found all too familiar. I tried to recollect the past happenings. I find them to be continually elusive to me. I sat there. The time I was there is not known to me. Minutes? Nah. Feels longer than that. Hours? Possibly. Days? Well, lets not get into that.
I sense a presence approaching slowly behind me. "Is there something wrong, Adrian?"
My digimon. Her name… DarkGatomon. She is very similar to a digimon I have seen before… where still remains forgotten to me. She is a feline, like a small house cat, with false looking claw gloves, or what would be considered false, for ones who haven't been here in the digital world as long as me… wherever here is… I have seen another of her kind in a different form, maybe the original… or is it the other way around…? They could possibly be related somehow. This other Gatomon I have seen was a colour of pure white, purple ear tufts and tail, and blue eyes… while my DarkGatomon was more a shady character, darker features. While the other Gatomon I saw had yellow gloves, mine had dark blueberry, as well as her ear tufts and tail. She was also the exact opposite colour of Gatomon, black.
"You seem troubled... Are you okay? Are we in trouble?" She looked at me through glowing green eyes, from the shadows. I detected a great deal of worry in them.
"Its… nothing."
"Is it about your past?"
I twirled around and glared at her. She withdrew. Then, tears welling up in my eyes, I turned away from her. I tried to choke them back. To no avail. I simply wiped them away. It was too late.
"A-chan…" she started. "I cannot bear what this is doing to you… we have to do something about it..." She reached for my shoulder. Her paw was subconsciously, but welcomely accepted. "Somehow, we have to find out about your past."
"I know, but where?" I rested my back against the trunk of the tree, pulled my knees to my chin and buried my face in my arms.
She was now in the branch directly above me.
"There were a select few in this world that knew where I came from, what happened to me, and what I'm doing here…where ever here is..." I lifted my head a little, and smirked. "Funny how I'm not one of those few."
She shifted.
"So far I know that Devimon was one of the few that knew about me. I don't know of Etemon, but him, for sure. But those kids defeated him. Now they're gone..." By this time I was getting a little aggravated.
She held her head down. "I have heard from a collection of digimon that both Devimon was were evil..."
"..." I flared up inside.
"...also some rumors that these kids are the Digidestined..."
"YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!!" I snapped. She drew back again. I realized what I just done. I turned away. "Listen, Dark Gatomon... although I can't remember my past, I do remember a saying that was always told to me... 'there is no perspective of good and evil... unless you find out for yourself', or something like that..."
"But..."
"Yes, I know I'm contradicting what you digimon stand for, but it's what I've been taught." She looked back at the ground. "Things are not looking good for me, Dark Gatomon… I have no recollection, whatsoever, of my past… and now I have Metal Etemon and those kids looking for me. I don't know what either of their intensions are..."
"André..." she said quietly, only she could hear.
"...and I have absolutely no one to turn to for answers now!" I was confused again. "I'm beginning to think that you digimon are right about the good and evil thing..." I jumped down from high in the tree. I landed hard on threes (two feet and a hand). My knees burned. I didn't care. "I need some time alone! I'm going for a walk." I stormed off.
I sense her. She is looking for me. I feel bad for blowing her off like that earlier. ~I feel as if this is happening more often. I pray she doesn't take offence and leave. She is all I have left. ~ [Choking back tears] ~I don't know what I would do if I lost her too. ~
I hide. I slip into the welcoming shadows. She detects this. We are truly kindred spirits (even it is digital spirits). I look out from the bush I reside behind.
She stops in the vicinity and sniffs the air. She looks around. "C'mon André... I know you're here. Your senses are almost as good as mine. There is no use hiding."
I step out. "Call me Adrian. You know I like it better." ~It's one less reminder of the missing past I have.~ I try to sound pleasant. I never was good at acting class. She looks up at me with her crimson eyes. I detect concern in them. "Dark Gatomon... what's wrong...?"
She looks at the ground. "I think its time for me to tell you my story..." She looks up at me nervously. "And it includes Myotismon."
I have a feeling I don't want to hear what's coming, but I have no choice. I sit down next to a tree and set he in my lap and cuddle her. [Sigh] "I know I'm not gonna like what I'm gonna hear, but go ahead." ~I knew this was coming sooner or later. ~ This is it. From this point on, everything is going to be different.
~*End Prologue*~
The past.
Sora's perspective
The day started as usual. Walking. Lots of it. It seems like we Digidestined were always walking. Walking, arguing, walking, fighting, and walking some more. We walked into trouble, walked out of trouble (okay… maybe ran), yeesh, also one of us found their crest by stepping on it; hence, walking (okay, maybe I exaggerated a bit). Our digimon seemed tired. As usual, our 'leader' (known by him) Tai, was getting us hopelessly lost in search of Myotismon; also arguing with his, I guess you can call rival, Matt; Mimi and Joe whining and complaining; Izzy, our ever fountain of information, giving his solutions and technicalities when needed; and Matt's little brother T.K., the most high spirited one of all of us. It seems like he is always in a good mood. I envy him.
The other day, we were surprised to find another person in the digital world with us. He is a bit young, dressed in black… black jeans, black denim shirt, a black flowing trench coat. He had black jaw length hair, and very ferocious looking copper eyes (Pretty wild, huh?). He didn't give us his name, but then he didn't stay around too long either. Hmm...
He was obviously lost, almost dazed-like. He didn't know where he came from, or about his past. Also there is something about him. I cant put my finger on it, but it's like he's… different.
It all started when we got a visit from Gennai. We were sitting, hopelessly lost when he came.
"Hello kids!"
We all spun around. "Gennai!!"
"I have come with some troubling news."
"Oh great. As if being lost in this forest wasn't bad enough."
I looked cheerfully at him. "C'mon Joe, lets hear what Gennai has to say."
"Ehem, like I was saying… you kids will be meeting up with a new child."
Tai and Matt jumped forward. "A new kid?! A Digidestined??"
"Prodigious! Is this new child a boy or girl?"
"I hope it's a boy. Then I'll have someone to play with."
"This kid will be a boy."
"Oooh! I bet he's cute." She went all dreamy eyed.
Matt and Tai fell over. "Argh! Mimi…!"
T.K. and I giggled. So did the digimon. Joe frowned. Mimi didn't even notice. Izzy ignored her and continued to talk with Gennai. "So, is this kid a Digidestined?"
"I'm not sure if he is a Digidestined or not. I had no news of his arrival."
Tai shot up. "You mean he's already here?"
"That's right. He arrived quite some time ago."
The whispering, giggling, and snickering in the background, stopped. Everyone was listening intently now.
"Observing that he came here to the digital world, wouldn't this child have a tag and crest, or for that matter a Digivice?"
"If this child does have a Digivice, I have not been able to track it, or him. It seems as if he has gone into hiding since he got here. As for the tag and crest, there is not a trace of them to be seen. Not even I can find them."
~If Gennai can't find them then that can't be a good sign,~ Matt thought.
"You kids try to find him and see if he is one of the destined. I believe he might be the eighth child we are looking for. I will continue to look for the tag and crest for this child if he is a destined. Until we meet again, kids. Good bye and good luck."
And with that, he left as abruptly as he came. I always wondered how he does it.
"So what do we do now," Biyomon asked.
"We search for this kid," Agumon retorted.
So, here we are… lost after looking for Myotismon… just to get even more lost looking for a child that we don't even know if he is a Digidestined or not. Sounds like fun.
After walking for the rest of the afternoon, Tai said something that we never thought we'd ever hear from him unless it was coaxed out of him. "Lets stop here and camp out for the night."
Does my ears deceive me? Anyways, sleep was very welcome for all of us. Izzy and T.K. went looking for firewood, along with Patamon and Tentomon. Joe and Mimi went looking for fruit and fish. I think Palmon and Gomamon did all the work Tai and me were sitting around thinking about this child. ~Could he possibly be the eighth child?~ Matt was off to the side playing his harmonica. The melody was always appealing coming out of that harmonica. Gabumon, Agumon and Biyomon were chatting.
Suddenly Tai spoke up. "Tomorrow we'll split up to find this kid."
Matt, who hadn't heard, was still playing. "Are you sure, Tai? You do remember what happened the last two times we separated, right?"
"C'mon, Sora," he frowned. "It's not like we all make the same mistakes. It will be okay this time. Trust me. You'll see."
"I hope you're right. But, you're telling everyone." I smiled.
"What?!"
"C'mon, Tai. You're the leader, and besides, it was your idea."
[Snorts] "Oh, alright!"
I hope the rest take the news as well as I did.
As dawn turned to dusk, the rest of the kids arrived back at the campsite. It looked like Tai was actually struggling to tell the rest his announcement. I smiled. I casually walked passed him to my seat and coaxed, "Good luck, Tai!"
He groaned and frowned. When everyone settled and Tai looked like he rustled up all the courage he could for this situation, he spoke. "We've got to find this kid. We'll get up early tomorrow and split up to find him."
The crowd gasped. "What?!" Mimi scowled.
"Are you crazy?!" Izzy accused, in time with Mimi.
"Hmm... what are you thinking, Tai?" Matt asked.
"Oh boy... this is it! Here we go again."
"I don't think this is a good idea, Tai. Remember what happened in the past?"
I fell silent, having expressed my concern already.
"Oh, c'mon, you guys! Do you really think that we will make the same mistakes as last time? And besides, we won't stay apart as long as we did before."
Indignant, Matt grumbled, "Yeah right, different mistakes same consequence."
"Hey! You have something to say, say it! I've yet to hear any bight ideas from you."
He fell silent.
"But this time I have a master plan." Yeah, right. Worked about as well as his other master plans. "Before we leave tomorrow, I'll have Izzy network our Digivices to his computer so he can keep track of all of us! That way we can't loose each other!"
Shocked, I silently gasped. I've never heard such a good plan, well coming from Tai anyway. Finally, I spoke up. "But Tai... what if Myotismon finds a way to scramble the signal?"
"I would be able to conjure up some firewall programs that will be sure to keep out that menace Myotismon."
I looked at him skeptically. Finally, I uneasily said, " okay Izzy, but I sure hope you know what your doing. Now lets get some sleep."
I left them and headed to the sleep area. Later on the rest followed. I lay there, buried in my thoughts of tomorrow, of this kid, of our whole mission. And then, I slept.
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