Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.
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Summer camp sucks, Tai thought to himself. The young man with huge brown hair sat upon a tree branch and was currently viewing the other campers with a small telescope. He turned the scope to a teen with blond spiky hair.Mr. Cool himself. The goggle wearer thought to himself. Yamato Ishida, or Matt for short. Wonder when he'll stop being so stoic and hang with the rest of us?
He turned the telescope to the basketball court where another boy with blond hair like Matt's was currently shooting a three-pointer. And there's Takeru Takaishi, or Tk, as he prefers to be called. From what I understand, he and Matt are identical twins, though Tk is definitely a lot friendlier! The popular kid at this camp, Tk looks exactly like his lone wolf brother, but he's a lot more fun to hang out with and gives more than a three-word sentence. Tai chuckled under his breath at that. Again he turned his scope to the soccer field where a teenaged girl with amber-colored hair was attempting to play with another teenager with short golden-brown hair covered with a backwards cap.
The most ditzy girl I've ever met, Mimi Tachikawa. She's probably the most popular girl here, and with those looks I understand why. Tai blushed a little when that thought hit him. And with her is my best friend, SoraTakinouchi. Heh, we've known each other since preschool. She's the only person who can compete on the same level as me when it comes to soccer, not that I'd tell her that!
Growing bored with watching Mimi constantly miss the ball Tai once again changed his view. It landed on two teens with goggles on their heads and spiky brown hair. Tai rolled his eyes at his mini clones.
Takato Matsuki and Daisuke Motomiya, these kids actually have good taste in headwear. I'd thought I was the only one with goggles until I met these guys. Daisuke, or Davis, actually is pretty good at Soccer, but he's a couple years younger than me and goes to school with my sister. She may as well have a rope tied around him because he never leaves her alone; it makes me wonder if she was just pretending to be sick to avoid spending three months with Davis at camp. Tai shrugged it off, trying to push away his concern for his younger sister. Takato is actually supposed to be at the Computer Camp, which is right next to this one, but he often sneaks over here to hang out with Davis. A good artist I hear, always carrying a sketchpad.
"Tai!" A male voice called from below. Tai looked down to see one of the counselors, Mr. Kanru, standing there with his arms crossed. The middle-aged counselor was actually a pretty cool guy, though he often called the campers 'Sport' or 'Slick', or something like that.
"Heh," Tai laughed nervously. "Listen, if I'm in trouble I didn't do it."
"Relax sport," Mr. Kanru chuckled. "Just here to tell you it's lunch time."
"Right!" Tai mock saluted. "I'll be at the mess hall sir!"
Mr. Kanru rolled his eyes and walked away. Tai called out to Tk as the blond walked by with Matt.
"Hey, Tk!" Tai waved a hand. Tk looked at him and waved back.
"Need a hand getting down?" He asked. Tai shook his head.
"Nah I've got it," The goggle-wearing teen reassured, before losing a handhold and falling onto his rump. Tk helped the embarrassed boy help as Mimi, Sora, and the other two Goggle-wearers walked by.
"Great move Tai," Sora teased. Tai rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.
"Cut me some slack," He begged. "The hunger is making me clumsy
"Sure it is," Sora said skeptically.
"Snow?" Takato asked out of nowhere, pointing to the sky.
"Dude! It's summer there's no... snow," Davis stopped as snowflakes started landing on them, and heavily. Everyone stared in surprise.
"This is practically a blizzard," Tk commented. "We'd better get to shelter." The others all agreed and they headed towards the nearest cabin, which was surprisingly empty of people. Takato and Davis sat on one of the beds while Tk leaned against the wall near a window. Tai sat on a chair near a desk and Sora sat on the desk. Mimi attempted to talk with Matt, who ignored her and looked outside the window with curiosity.
"This isn't right," Takato murmured. Davis raised his eyebrows.
"What d'you mean?" Davis asked. "It's weird and all, but you're acting like something bad is happening.
"I feel it to," Tk turned to them. "Something's off." The others looked at them oddly, even Matt.
The snowstorm suddenly stopped.
"Okay, from weird to weirder," Tai commented. "Let's check it out." He led the way as they all went outside.
"It's beautiful!" Mimi exclaimed, clasping her hands together in delight. The sky had what seemed like an Aurora Borealis in the sky. Everyone stared at it in awe, until seven multicolored streaks of light flew from the sky.
"Meteors?" Tai asked aloud.
"Take cover!" Davis shouted, diving back into the cabin. The lights ended up in front of each person, hovering as if waiting.
"Idiot," Matt stated.
"What're these thingies?" Tai reached out and grabbed the red light that had stopped in front of him. Tk grabbed the blue; Matt grabbed the green, Mimi the pink, Sora the orange, Davis the black (After coming out of hiding), and Takato the gold. Each resembled a watch, but was far more advanced than any they'd seen.
"Do you think they're like an alien Rolex?" Mimi asked as she snapped hers on. Tk chuckled as he followed suit.
"Sorry Meems, but I don't think so," He said. "I have a feeling these do something far more important than keep time.
"Y-yeah," Mimi blushed lightly. After each had snapped them on, they started messing with the numerous buttons.
"Whoa!" Takato said in surprise as a large circular hologram appeared from the watch. "A map?" He examined it closely, the continents were definitely the ones he'd studied in geography. Takato pressed another button and the mapped zoomed in, showing seven dots with different colors each.
"There are no Digimon recorded," Davis's device stated in a female voice.
"Hey, what's a Digimon?" Davis asked. Everyone shrugged.
"I have no clue," Sora replied. A loud roaring started in the distance.
"Someone please tell me I'm imagining that tsunami," Matt stated, pointing.
"What?" Tk asked, turning to where his twin was pointing. A gigantic wave was heading towards them. "Oh... crap..."
"What do we do?" Mimi shrieked. "I don't know how to swim."
"I think that's the least of our worries," Sora was tightly clinging to Tai.
"Everyone, back to the cabin!" Tai shouted, and everyone complied. Before they could even shut the door the wave was upon them, sending them all spiraling into unconsciousness.
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"Ugh... " Tai rubbed his head as he awoke. "That... is the last time I ever-"
"Hi!" A tiny pink body full of teeth greeted him from atop his stomach.
"Augh!" Tai yelled, scrambling to get up. The little monster thing fell onto the ground and rolled.
"Ow!" The creature yelped. "What was that for?"
"W-what are you?" Tai asked, starting to calm down. A smile grew on its face and leaped happily towards him
"I'm Koromon!" Koromon introduced himself. "I'm a Digimon!"
"My name's Tai," Tai introduced himself. "I don't suppose you have any idea what's going on?
"Sure I do!" Koromon exclaimed. "I'm your Digimon Spirit.
"Um... what?" Tai asked.
"Well I'm not sure myself how it worked, but I'm a Digimon that died a while back and wasn't reconfigured," Koromon explained.
"A... ghost?" Tai guessed. Koromon nodded as best it could, which was pretty well for a head.
"Yup! And I'm linked to that Digivice you've got on your wrist," the Digimon explained further.
"This is way too weird!" Tai exclaimed. He noticed the scenery around him, dense trees; a forest. "Where am I?
"The Digital World silly!" Koromon laughed.
"A-are my friends here to?" Tai asked.
"Depends on what you call friends," A monotone voice said from behind a bush, soon Matt walked out.
"Matt? I'm actually happy to see you!" Tai was almost ready to hug him. Matt shook his head and sighed.
"Whatever," He replied. "Let's go find Tk.
"What about the others?
"If we happen upon them then so be it, but once I find Tk I couldn't care less about the rest of you," Matt walked along and Tai noticed a small orange and peach ball with a large horn on it's head following.
"You have a Digimon too!" Tai exclaimed as he grabbed Koromon and ran to catch up with the loner.
"That's what it's called?" Matt shrugged as if he didn't care.
"Greetings!" It called out as it struggled to keep up. "My. Name. Is. Tsunomon." The small horned creature spoke between hops, causing a delay of his sentence.
"Nice to meet you," Tai said. "I'm Tai and, in case Lone Wolf over here didn't introduce himself, his name is Matt."
"A pleasure that is all mine," Tsunomon said clearly as they paused for a second.
"Shut up!" Matt growled, the cause for the delay. He had stopped for no apparent reason.
"What's your deal?" Tai was getting ticked off from this guy's attitude.
"There's strange sound I heard and I'm trying to listen for it again, so shut up!" Matt barked. Tai fell silent and listened; an odd sawing/buzzing sound could be heard in the distance.
"It's getting closer," Tai thought out loud. Matt nodded. Tree branches exploded above them as a large red monster flew at them.
"Kuwagamon!" Both Digimon yelled. "Run away!" Matt picked up Tsunomon and followed Tai as they ran.
"Go left!" Koromon ordered and Tai obliged with Matt following closely. A tree with a doorway in it came into vision. "Go through that!
"What is this?" Tai asked as he and his stoic friend entered the hollowed tree. The doorway disappeared behind them.
"A hiding tree of course!" Tsunomon said as if it were obvious. Tai gulped as the buzzing sound of Kuwagamon passed over them.
"Is it safe? Tai asked. Matt shrugged.
"Only one way to find out," He said, then shoved Tai outside. The goggled boy cried out in surprise and stumbled outside. Tai looked around in fear, but there was no one there and the buzzing had stopped.
"It's alright!" Tai called out. Matt stepped out from the tree with Tsunomon hopping along behind him.
"You are good for something," Matt said. Tai's face went red.
"What if that Kuwaga-guy had been out here?!" Tai yelled. Matt shrugged.
"Then I guess he'd have less room in his stomach to eat me," He pointed out. Tai's face flushed even more.
"I can't believe you!" He shouted. Matt shrugged again and started walking away.
"You coming or staying?" The stoic boy asked. Tai looked down to Koromon in his hands and the Digimon looked back at him.
"Better than being alone," The pink head said. Tai nodded.
"Yeah I guess," He sighed and followed Matt. The two found a trail and followed it, keeping an eye out for the large red insect that had ambushed them earlier. After a while they happened upon a circular part in the forest where there were no trees.
"What's this?" Tai asked.
"This used to be a picnic spot," Tsunomon explained. "But Kuwagamon put an end to that.
"Oh," Tai replied. A rustle in the bushes nearby caught everyone's attention.
"Tai!" A young boy's voice came out.
"Takato?" Tai squinted, trying to get a better view of the voices source.
"Yeah!" Takato poked his head out of a bush and near the bottom of the bush another head appeared.
"Hello," The small red Digimon greeted. "I'm Gigimon!"
"I found him when I woke up," Takato explained sheepishly as he stepped out of the bush, wiping the stray leaves off his shirt and pants. Gigimon walked along after him, revealing his four tiny legs and a tail with a black tip.
"So you didn't get one that was just a head," Ta commented. Takato looked at the Koromon held in Tai's arms and the Tsunomon at Matt's feet.
"I guess-" Takato was interrupted by an impatient Matt.
"Let's move," Matt ordered. He started walking, not caring if the others followed.
"Wait up!" Takato shouted, running after the blonde. The elder goggle-head sighed in exasperation and walked after the two.
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"Tk!" A feminine voice shouted and a blur of pink flew at the blonde teen. Takeru's eyes widened and he stumbled a few steps before regaining his balance. Mimi had leaped onto him and was clutching his arm tightly.
"Mimi, what's wrong?" Tk asked. The amber-haired girl pointed at a small humanoid blue figure that had hopped out from behind a tree.
"Hi, I'm Chibimon!" The creature exclaimed. It was like a small blue and white child and Tk smiled at it. The pale Digimon had he carried under his free arm looked at it.
"Where's your partner?" Tokomon asked. Chibimon pointed at the tree he came from.
"You an come out Davis!" The small Digimon shouted. A boy with dark brown hair and goggles poked his head out from behind the tree, blushing in embarrassment.
"UmÉhey guys," He greeted. A small pink ball flew off of Mimi's shoulder and examined the boy.
"You look funny!" The Digimon giggled.
"Linamon!" Tk reprimanded. "That's rude." The tiny ball with wings merely giggled and landed on Mimi's shoulder.
"I was just insulted by a tiny ball of pink," Davis groaned. "All the worlds are the same."
"So all three of us are here, do you think the others came also?" Tk asked. Davis shrugged.
"Well, all of us got those watches so they might be," Mimi suggested. Tk nodded.
"I heard once the best thing to do when your lost is stay in one place," He thought out loud. "But since we're in a different world I don't think that applies here.
"Let's go find Takato and the others!" Davis exclaimed. Tk chuckled.
"I hope they're all together," Mimi said. "I don't want to walk more than I have to.
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"Boo!" A girl with brown hair shouted as she jumped out from behind a bush. Tai jumped about three feet and threw Koromon into the air. Sora laughed as Tai held his hand over his heart and a screaming Koromon fell to the ground.
"Real mature," Matt scoffed. Takato was attempting to stifle his laughter with his hands, but bits still came through.
"Where've you been?" Tai asked when he regained his breath and some dignity.
"I just woke up a few minutes ago," Sora explained. "I met Viximon here." She held out a small yellow Digimon with a white-tipped tail and large pointy ears for all to see. "And she explained a few things. After that I saw you guys and figured I keep you on your toes." Sora winked. "Or off them.
"Well we have to be on our toes, there's a big monster that's been chasing us around," Tai said defensively. Sora rolled her eyes.
"Sure... " She said skeptically. As if on cue a large buzzing sound could be heard, followed by a shrill shriek. Soon after Tk, Mimi, and Davis appeared running at full speed with Mimi screaming at the top of her lungs.
"Tk!" Matt shouted.
"Heymatt,nicetoseeyou,letsrunnow," Tk managed to say in one breathe. Matt, Tai, Sora, and Takato joined the other three in running, their Digimon being carried in their arms.
"I don't think there's a big enough hiding tree for all of us!" Tai shouted.
"We're going to get eaten!" Davis exclaimed.
"Tokomon, can you attack it or anything?" Tk asked. The small being shook it's head.
"No, I'm only a spirit," It explained. "I can't affect anything in this world.
"Damn!" Tk swore. None of the children had noticed their watches were glowing, too focused on escaping the large beast.
"Crap, the edge of a cliff!" Sora yelled, pointing out the obvious. The path they'd chosen was running out of ground. They reached the edge, where a fifty foot drop could be seen.
"We're trapped!" Mimi was on the verge of tears.
"I'm sick of running!" Tai shouted, whirling to face Kuwagamon. "I say we take this bug down!" He and Koromon started glowing red.
"We're a team," Sora said. She and Viximon took a brown hue.
"I'm with you," Tk nodded. A golden aura surrounded him and Tokomon.
"If Tk's fighting, I'm fighting," Matt stated. A blue aura grew from his and Tsunomon's skin.
"Not like we have a choice," Takato commented with some mirth. A black aura grew around him and Gigimon.
"Bring it on!" Davis shouted, pumping a fist in the air. A white aura appeared around him and Chibimon.
"I'll help as best as I can," Mimi stated. A green aura appeared around her and Linamon.
The Digivices began beeping rapidly and everyone shouted the same phrase without knowing how where they learned it.
"Digimon Spirit!" They held up their wrists and their Digimon were pulled into the screen. "Digivolution Activate!" The auras around everyone intensified until they could no longer be seen.
"Graugh!" Kuwagamon cried out in pain, shielding its eyes with its claws.
"Agumon!" Tai shouted as his glow faded. His hands had turned into claws and his teeth were now carnivorous. He bared his newfound fangs at Kuwagamon and growled loudly.
"Renamon!" Sora cried when her glow dissipated. She now wore purple gloves with yin yang symbols on them and her eyes had taken a feral appearance, and a yellow tail with a white tip fell from her lower back to her feet. She flexed her fingers and took a defensive stance.
"Patamon!" Takeru's golden aura faded and he spread the tan wings he'd grown from his back. He flapped his wings and took to the sky.
"Gabumon," Matt had grown a horn on his forehead and a set of sharpened teeth. His hands had also grown into claws and he wore a jacket with gray and blue fur on it. He watched his foe cautiously, waiting for it to move.
"Guilmon!" Takao had a black hazard sign on his forehead and eyes that were yellow and feral. A large red tail poked from his lower back onto the floor. Similar to Tai and Matt, he'd grown claws and sharp teeth. A rumble could be heard from his throat as he watched Kuwagamon.
"Veemon!" Davis shouted, now possessing a 'V' on his forehead and a blue tail reaching the ground.
"Chibi-Fairymon!" Mimi had two fairylike wings protruding from her back and pink gloves.
"Attack!" Tai shouted in a gruff voice. "Pepper breath!" A large ball of flame flew from his mouth but Kuwagamon merely batted it aside.
"Blue Buster," Matt held out his hand and a blue flame flew from it. Kuwagamon raised his arm and blocked it.
"Pyrosphere!" Takato growled and fired a fireball similar to Tai's at Kuwagamon, who got hit but shrugged it off.
"This isn't working!" Tk shouted, flapping his wings and flying into the air to avoid Kuwagamon's claws.
"Everybody attack at once!" Takato shouted. "On three!
"Three!" Tai shouted. "Pepper breath!
"Blue Blaster!" Matt exclaimed.
"Diamond Storm!" Sora leaped into the air and crossed her arms. Dozens of tiny white beams appeared in front of her arms and when she spread them they flew into Kuwagamon.
"Air Bomb!" Tk yelled, forming tiny circles in his hands and throwing them at Kuwagamon.
"V-head blast!" Davis cried, a golden beam flew from the 'V' on his forehead.
"Mild Hurricane!" Mimi shouted, holding both her hands out with the palms facing Kuwagamon and a small spiral of wind fewl out.
"Pyrosphere!" Takato fired a large fireball. All the attacks combined together, hitting Kuwagamon on his torso.
"Guagh!" Kuwagamon screamed and fell to the ground face first.
"We did it!" Tai pumped a fist-claw into the air. The cries of victory ended when the edge they stood upon crumbled and fell, dragging all the Digimon-Fused warriors with it.
To be continued...