South Digimon Diaries
The story of the Digi-Destined from Argentina.
By Persona
Notes from the author: This story is a fanfic, nowhere in Digimon 01 or 02 have anyone ever mentioned the chosen from Argentina, still according to Toei, there IS at least one Chosen in every country of the world, so this story COULD have happened.
Second of all, english is my second language, but I think I'm good enough at it so you'll understand this. The characters in this story will be talking in spanish of course, except when stated otherwise.
As far as I know, the only guy in Digimon that spoke spanish had been Ken.
Third. The Argentinean version of Digimon 01 and 02 is a loyal translation from the original Japanese (from what I know, the US version had many things cut out, kanji erased and stuff like that) so if there is any difference from what you saw, it was not my intention.
One more thing, I'm setting this up in the 'universe' created by Lord Archive (after asking for his permission) known as Red Digivice Diaries and War Diaries Adventures 03, if you whish to read it, you can find it at Fanfiction.net and Mediaminer.org
Lord Archive has helped me clear up some things regarding his timeline so this fic would not contradict his.
Please keep in mind that Argentina is on the other side of the equator, so when up there is summer down here is winter and vice versa.
Any other things that I think are worth explaining will be so at the end of the story.
Well, with that settled, on with the story.
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Chapter three: Past memories.
Piyomon was in the same forest where Julia had gone back to the real world, and was standing near the monitor.
She closed her eyes and sighed in the warm night air, recalling why she was here.
While Julia and David were talking, David's viral Candmon walked over to Piyomon and whispered something in her ear.
"We need to talk, come here later."
And with that Candmon walked to stand right next to David once again.
Piyomon was still wondering why was she here waiting for Candmon in the first place. For one, she hated his 'I'm bad' attitude.
But then again, even if he was that way, both she and Candmon were the partners of Digi-Destined kids. They were both in the same side, like it or not.
Besides, Candmon's tone seemed very serious when he whispered that to her.
Piyomon had been waiting for almost an hour when Candmon showed up.
"About time you showed up!" complained Piyomon, an annoyed look in her face.
"Well excuuuuuse me, David's a light sleeper, it is not easy to sneak out without waking him up." replied Candmon.
"Let's get something clear," said Candmon as he approached Piyomon, his features hardened, "I don't like you, and you don't like me. But we're both on the same side, so that's what I'm going to tell you this."
Piyomon blinked, "Huh? Tell me what?"
"About David." explained Candmon. "He might look cold and heartless now, but he hasn't been always like that. You see, it all started a few years ago..."
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The Digital World. Late 1999.
A twelve-years-old David Albornoz opened his eyes slowly and lazily.
"David? You okay?"
What had happened? He was in the club's dressing room to get ready for practice, and the next thing he knew he was sucked up by this strange portal thing that seemed to come out of thin air!
"Are you alright? Are you hurt?"
David heard a voice next to him, a voice that he hadn't heard before in his life. What was going on? Did he have a nightmare and feel asleep without noticing?
"David! David open your eyes!"
Whatever it was it seemed that someone was worried about him, and so, with a great effort he opened his eyes completely.
It took him a few seconds for his eyes to adjust to the light, but when he finally did, he saw something that freaked him out.
"WHAT THE...!" David sat up and retreated as much as he could with his hands and feet.
"David! You're awake!"
In front of David was a small fireball. A small TALKING fireball, with EYES! And it called him by his name!
David pinched himself in the arm. "Ouch! This... this is not a dream?"
The small fireball with eyes looked at him in wonderment, then smiled and approached him. "No, its not a dream. My name is Petit Meramon, and I am your Digimon partner!"
David, now completely confused, blinked a few times, then asked, "Huh? Petit Meramon? My Digimon partner? What do you mean? Where am I?"
"This is the Digital World. Home of all Digimon. It's like another dimension, formed by all the lots data flowing around what you know as The Internet." Petit Meramon explained.
David took a minute for the information to set in. "You mean that I'm in another world? How? Why?"
"Well, I don't know how, I found you five minutes ago, and you were already lying here." answered Petit Meramon, "As for why you're here, it's because you're a Digi-Destined. A human boy that has a Digimon partner companion. I know you are since you have that Digivice attached to your belt."
David looked down at his belt, sure enough there was a small black video game like thing attached to his belt, then he looked back at Petit Meramon.
"I'm a Digi-Destined? Why me? I'm nobody." David looked down at his feet.
Petit Meramon shrugged, "I don't know WHY someone is a Digi-Destined or a Chosen, they just are."
David stood up, and looked around. He seemed to be atop a cliff. Down the cliff he could se a wide river stream flowing just below him, and past that he saw a great extensions of plains and forests.
"Well then, the first thing to do is find out exactly how did I get here, and what to do. Who should I ask this to?" he asked to Petit Meramon, with out looking at the baby Digimon.
"I don't know. Maybe old man Gennai knows." replied the Digimon.
This time David turned to look at Petit Meramon, "Okay, how do I find this Gennai person?"
"Well, you have to... huh? DUCK!" Petit Meramon yelled suddenly as he looked behind David.
"Duck? What do you mean duck?" David turned around, and his eyes opened in amazement, then he went flat on the ground.
A giant snake like creature, with reptile like wings (if there could be such a thing) flew just over them. It's jaw missed David's head by just a few inches.
"That this is trying to eat us!" David cried out from his place on the ground, while the flying snake like Digimon made a U-turn in mid air.
"No, you think?" replied Petit Meramon sarcastically.
"What is that thing!?" David yelled as he stood up and started to run away, Petit Meramon close behind him.
"It's an Airdramon! Its too strong for me to fight it, run!" Petit Meramon yelled back as he ran just behind David.
Still, a baby Digimon and a twelve-year-old boy, even if it was a promising young Rugby player, could never hope to outrun a flying Airdramon.
The Airdramon opened his jaws once again, getting ready to get his prey.
David was so concentrated in running away, a terrified look in his face at the prospect of being a flying snake's lunch, that he failed to notice a weak spot on the cliff's side, as he stepped on the weak spot, the ground caved in below his feet.
"What the... Aaaaaaah!" David screamed as the Airdramon flew over him harmlessly while he fell down the cliff to the streaming river below him.
"David!" Petit Meramon looked down the cliff to see how David fell down, finally reaching the river with a loud splash, disappearing from sight. "DAVID!!!!!"
Meanwhile, the Airdramon flew away, now that the bigger prey was gone, there was little point in wasting energy into chasing a small baby Digimon.
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Four hours.
It took Petit Meramon four hours to climb down the almost vertical cliff, following the river's stream, trying to find where David was.
"David! Where are you David!?" Petit Meramon looked around the forest where the river's stream was calmer.
Petit Meramon's eyes went as big as saucers when he saw a limp form just at the side of the river, under the shadow of a nearby tree. "David!"
Petit Meramon ran towards his partner, afraid that the fall might have been too much for the young Digi-Destined. The baby Digimon let out a sigh of relief when he reached David, his chest was heaving up and down, so he was still breathing. He was just knocked senseless.
He had to find someplace safe for David to rest until the boy wakes up.
David opened his eyes slowly, his head felt like a ton of bricks had fallen on him. He ached all over, but as he remembered what had happened, he should be thankful to be alive.
Slowly, he sat up. "Huuug... damn, that hurt."
"David, you're awake!"
David turned his head to a side to see Petit Meramon standing right next to him. Near the two of them was a slow burning fire.
"Petit Meramon? What happened? I fell down the cliff and then everything is blank." asked David.
Petit Meramon smiled, "Yeah, the stream was really strong. It's amazing that you're still alive after all that, you're like a rock!"
David smiled lazily, "I have been playing Rugby since I was nine years old. I'm used to being tackled around." David then noticed the fire, "did you make this?"
Petit Meramon nodded, "Yeah, I'm a fire Digimon so making a fire was rather easy, getting the wood for the fire now THAT was hard." he said with a smile.
"So, what are you going to ask old man Gennai when we find him?" asked Petit Meramon, changing the subject, "how you can get back home?"
At hearing this, David's gaze lowered and his features saddened, "I dunno, I guess."
Seeing David's reaction, Petit Meramon tilted his head to a side, "Huh? What do you mean 'you guess'?"
"I mean that I'm not sure if I want to go back... my parents don't want
me," David admitted.
"Why wouldn't they?!" Petit Meramon questioned in shock.
"I shouldn't have been born. I was a mistake," David replied tearfully.
"How could you ever be a mistake?!" the fireball demanded.
"When my parents had me... they were barely older than I am now. Neither of them finished high school so they could raise me." David sobbed. "I ruined their lives and are better off without me."
Petit Meramon didn't know how to reply to that. So he didn't.
The two of them stayed quiet until they fell asleep.
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"His parent's never wanted him!? That's awful!" exclaimed Piyomon as she heard Candmon's story. "So... what happened after that? Did you go see Mr. Gennai?" asked the pink bird Digimon.
"Not really. Back then the whole Digital World was screwed over by the whole Millenniumon thing, remember? Gennai's resources were pretty limited. He hadn't even known then that David was sucked into the Digital World." answered Candmon, "As for what happened the next day, well... we were woken up in the middle of the night by a Digimon that attacked us, again we had to run away and hide. Heck, we had to run away and hide almost all the time. I couldn't evolve so I was always too weak to help David. For weeks we had to sleep with our eyes open in case that a wild Digimon attacked us."
Hearing Candmon's tale, Piyomon couldn't help but to be sympathetic towards David. She guessed that anyone would be a cold and heartless person after going trough all that.
"So... what happened then?" asked Piyomon tentatively.
Candmon sighed, "Well, actually we..."
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The Digital World, two weeks after David met Petit Meramon.
David held his right shoulder in pain as he walked with Petit Meramon by his side.
He wasn't hurt very bad, but after the fall that he had to take to dodge the fire breath of that gray-blue dinosaur, a viral Greymon as Petit Meramon called it, he should considered himself lucky that he only injured his shoulder and wasn't burning alive.
He and Petit Meramon had to escape from wild Digimon day after day and were barely able to eat.
They were tired, they were hungry, they couldn't keep it up any longer.
"Petit Meramon?"
"Huh? Yes David?" asked the small fireball with eyes.
"What is that?" asked David, pointing at a series of small huts far away from them.
"Huh? I'm not sure. It seems like a village, a Digimon village I mean." replied Petit Meramon.
"Do you think they're friendly?" asked David.
"I guess." answered the baby Digimon.
"Good, let's go then, maybe they'll let us rest for a while." said David, and started to walk towards the small village. Petit Meramon started to follow him soon after.
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"So what happened?" asked Piyomon to Candmon, "were the Digimon in that village friendly or not?"
"It was a small village of Motimon, and they were quite friendly with both of us. After going trough the ordeal of traveling around the Digital World without a clue of what to do or how to fight, we were more than happy to stay." replied Candmon, "David and I decided to stay there for a while, it was nice and we helped them out by doing some manual labor for them."
"I'm sensing a 'but' pretty soon." said Piyomon.
Candmon nodded, "Yes. It was about a week after we came to the village, when it happened..."
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The Motimon village, a week after David and Petit Meramon found it.
David and Petit Meramon were walking back to the village of Motimon, it had been their turn to gather food for the day.
David had really enjoyed the last week, living with the Motimon. The small baby Digimon had been very friendly with him and Petit Meramon, and for the first time since coming to the Digital World, he had found a place were he could actually belong.
Suddenly, a tremendous explosion was heard in the general direction of the Motimon village.
"What was that!?" asked Petit Meramon.
"I don't know, it came from the village! Let's go!" David dropped the bags he was carrying and started to run towards the village, Petit Meramon following him.
What he saw when he reached the village surprised him to no end. As his eyes went wide and his jaw dropped.
A dinosaur, a HUGE black dinosaur with small red stripes all over its body.
It was attacking the small huts by stomping on them, using his fire breath to burn them to the ground.
The Motimon, completely unable to do anything against the mighty opponent, were running away from the fire and the attack.
But the black dinosaur Digimon wouldn't let them, he attacked the fleeing baby Digimon, using his fire breath or just stomping them with his big claws.
"Fire Blast! Fire Blast! HA HA HA HA! Die you worthless things! Die! HA HA HA HA!" laughed the black dinosaur as he spat fire and stomped on the houses and baby Digimon.
"A Dark Tyranomon!" exclaimed Petit Meramon as he reached David, and saw the utter destruction before them.
"C'mon! We have to help them!" said David, and ran into the blazing village.
"David wait!" Petit Meramon followed him.
David stood in front of the Dark Tyranomon "You! Stop. This. Now."
The big black dinosaur Digimon turned his head to look at David, the young boy was failing to hide the utter terror that he felt from the situation.
"What's this? You're not a Motimon... you don't look like any other Digimon I ever saw." said the Dark Tyranomon, then he smiled evilly, "no matter, I'll kill you too." The black Digimon took a deep breath, ready to burn David into crisps, "Fire Blast!"
David was unable to move as he saw the big fire attack coming his way, it was over. He was about to die, alone, in a world that wasn't even his own. No one would ever remember him, no one would ever shed a tear for his death.
"DAVID!" David was tackled away from the fire attack by Petit Meramon. Digi-Destined and Digimon partner both fell to the ground, as the fire attack hit a small hut behind where David was standing.
"I'll protect you David! You can count on me!" Petit Meramon leaped up, towards the Dark Tyranomon, if he was going down, he was going down fighting!
"Bah! Get away you worthless thing!" Dark Tyranomon smacked Petit Meramon away with the back of his hand, sending the baby Digimon flying away, crashing against a pile of rubble that used to be a hut.
"PETIT MERAMON!" David ran to where his partner fell, the baby Digimon was barely conscious from the impact.
Petit Meramon looked up at David, "I'm... sorry... David... I couldn't protect... you. I'm... just a... weakling..." Petit Meramon closed his eyes.
"Petit Meramon!" David looked at his partner, unshed tears dropping to the floor. He could hear the heavy steps of the Dark Tyranomon getting closer.
He looked around, seeing the burning village. He saw in helplessness how some Motimon ran out of a burning hut, their small pink bodies engulfed into flames. He heard them scream in pain as their bodies slowly disappeared into data. He could hear the evil chuckles of the Dark Tyranomon as he approached him.
It was too much, he couldn't take it anymore. The pain, the anger, the... the RAGE. It was overwhelming.
Slowly, David turned around, his head low, as the Dark Tyranomon stopped in front of him.
"What is it?" asked the black dinosaur in a mocking manner, "want to say something before you die?"
David's hands balled into fists, "I..." tears fell on the ground, right next to his feet, "I..." slowly, his gaze turned up, until he was looking at the Dark Tyranomon in the eye. "I HATE YOU!!!!"
Dark Tyranomon was taken aback by David's gaze, it was so intense! He looked like, well like if he could KILL!
Just then, David's Digivice shone with an intense dark purple light. Petit Meramon's eyes opened wide, and the small baby Digimon screamed in pain as he evolved into a viral Digimon.
"Petit Meramon evolve to..." he could feel the power of David's sadness, anger and desire to kill flowing trough him, he quickly transformed into a walking candlestick with eyes, "Candmon!"
The power from David was so much that he quickly began to transform once again, "Candmon evolve to..." where once stood the small baby Digimon, now stood a big person made out of fire, "Meramon!"
Dark Tyranomon was surprised by all this, and was also taken aback by the cold stare that Meramon was giving him.
"FIRE PUNCH!" Without a word, David's viral Meramon let out his fire attack at the Dark Tyranomon, hitting him right in the stomach.
"Ugh!" Dark Tyranomon took a few steps back, stunned from the attack.
But Meramon didn't give him time to recover, he ran towards him, and instead of using his fire attacks, he began to punch him in the head, the stomach, and every part that he knew would be vulnerable.
"Yeah! Get him! Show no mercy! Kill! Kill!" Yelled David possessed by his rage. He wanted that Dark Tyranomon to die painfully.
Again and again Meramon pummeled the Dark Tyranomon into a pulp. Too fast for the dinosaur Digimon to counter attack, or to step away enough to use his Fire Blast attack. Heck, he couldn't even run away!
With a final punch, Meramon threw Dark Tyranomon away a few feet, making the dinosaur fall down on his back. He was bleeding all over, and was in an intense pain, but he still didn't die.
"Don't fall asleep now, we're just getting started." Meramon grinned evilly as he grabbed Dark Tyranomon's tail, and started to spin him around, beating him against the floor again and again. Then letting him go, causing him to slam face first into the ground.
Meramon walked over to the beat up dinosaur, and kicked him in the gut, causing him to scream in pain and roll over from the impact.
"So, you like to kill smaller Digimon huh? You think its fun huh?"
Meramon kicked Dark Tyranomon again, this time in the head. Again making him roll away.
"How about now!? Do you enjoy fighting a Digimon that can fight back, eh? Do you!?"
Meramon kicked Dark Tyranomon again, this time on the ribs.
"WELL! DO YOU!?"
Dark Tyranomon managed to talk, it was very low, almost a whisper. "P... please... mer... mercy."
"Mercy? No mercy." Meramon picked Dark Tyranomon from the neck, and started to press it, until Dark Tyranomon screamed in intense pain.
"Fire Punch!" with Dark Tyranomon's maw wide open, Meramon used his fire attack, launching a fireball INSIDE the Dark Tyranomon's maw.
The Dark Tyranomon's eyes went wide as he could feel the pain of having a fireball shoved down your throat, he screamed in pain and the last thing he saw was the cold stare from Meramon's eyes before he exploded into data.
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There was a long silent after Candmon finished telling Piyomon what happened in the Motimon village all those years ago.
If Piyomon had started to understand David's character, she couldn't help but to fell sorry for the poor boy. It was amazing that he still had found the courage to live on after suffering so much.
"So..." Piyomon finally broke the silence, "Did you ever fund Mr. Gennai?"
Candmon shook his head, "Actually, he found us. He didn't even know that David was in the Digital World till the middle of 2000. When he did, however, he immediately went out to find him. He apologized to David for what happened to him, and offered to send him back to the real world. But David refused, saying that it was too late for him to go back; that he had been changed forever."
"You mean that David hasn't been in the real world since he got here?" asked Piyomon.
"No, he hasn't. Not even now that he has a D-3 would he go back." replied Candmon.
"Why... why are you telling me all this?" asked Piyomon, since she still didn't know why exactly Candmon was telling her David's ordeal in the Digital World.
"I've been waiting for other Digi-Destined to come for a long time now. David needs help, more than you can imagine. And besides..." Candmon's gaze lowered, "it's all my fault, if I would have been stronger when I found David he wouldn't have to suffer so much."
"Don't say that! It's not your fault, you did your best for him and that's what counts." replied Piyomon.
Candmon gave her a small smile, "Thanks for trying to cheer me up, but I know its my fault."
Before Piyomon could answer to that, Candmon turned around and began to leave. "Please tell your partner what I told you."
Piyomon watched in silence as Candmon walked away.
After hearing Candmon's story, the whole concept that she had about him and David was completely changed.
"Don't worry, we'll help David." whispered the pink bird Digimon, "and we'll help you too." she added.
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Author's notes:
Well, not much to add in this chapter.
David had a Digivce when coming to the Digital World since the D-3s didn't appear till the year 2002.
Also, I was noted by Lord Archive that people and things do not age in the Digital World. So David has now (as in the present of the story) the same appearance that he had when he arrived in the Digital World, but in experience and demeanor is a lot older than he should (which is what threw Julia off about his age in Chapter one). Also his clothes aren't worn out even if he had worn them nonstop for three years.
This chapter was mostly to explain David's past, and why he is the way he is.
The main story will be continued in the next chapter.
Persona.
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And now for a little extra PERSONA'S FUN FACTS ABOUT ARGENTINA!
As I mentioned before, Argentina hadn't won an Olympic gold medal in over fifty years.
The last gold medal was won in rowing in the Olympic Games of 1952.
Before that, Argentina had won gold medals at polo, swimming, boxing and the marathon in other previous Olympic Games.
There was another gold medal after that, like the one in Barcelona '92 at roller hockey, but since that had been an exhibition event, it was considered unofficial.
The story of the Digi-Destined from Argentina.
By Persona
Notes from the author: This story is a fanfic, nowhere in Digimon 01 or 02 have anyone ever mentioned the chosen from Argentina, still according to Toei, there IS at least one Chosen in every country of the world, so this story COULD have happened.
Second of all, english is my second language, but I think I'm good enough at it so you'll understand this. The characters in this story will be talking in spanish of course, except when stated otherwise.
As far as I know, the only guy in Digimon that spoke spanish had been Ken.
Third. The Argentinean version of Digimon 01 and 02 is a loyal translation from the original Japanese (from what I know, the US version had many things cut out, kanji erased and stuff like that) so if there is any difference from what you saw, it was not my intention.
One more thing, I'm setting this up in the 'universe' created by Lord Archive (after asking for his permission) known as Red Digivice Diaries and War Diaries Adventures 03, if you whish to read it, you can find it at Fanfiction.net and Mediaminer.org
Lord Archive has helped me clear up some things regarding his timeline so this fic would not contradict his.
Please keep in mind that Argentina is on the other side of the equator, so when up there is summer down here is winter and vice versa.
Any other things that I think are worth explaining will be so at the end of the story.
Well, with that settled, on with the story.
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Chapter three: Past memories.
Piyomon was in the same forest where Julia had gone back to the real world, and was standing near the monitor.
She closed her eyes and sighed in the warm night air, recalling why she was here.
While Julia and David were talking, David's viral Candmon walked over to Piyomon and whispered something in her ear.
"We need to talk, come here later."
And with that Candmon walked to stand right next to David once again.
Piyomon was still wondering why was she here waiting for Candmon in the first place. For one, she hated his 'I'm bad' attitude.
But then again, even if he was that way, both she and Candmon were the partners of Digi-Destined kids. They were both in the same side, like it or not.
Besides, Candmon's tone seemed very serious when he whispered that to her.
Piyomon had been waiting for almost an hour when Candmon showed up.
"About time you showed up!" complained Piyomon, an annoyed look in her face.
"Well excuuuuuse me, David's a light sleeper, it is not easy to sneak out without waking him up." replied Candmon.
"Let's get something clear," said Candmon as he approached Piyomon, his features hardened, "I don't like you, and you don't like me. But we're both on the same side, so that's what I'm going to tell you this."
Piyomon blinked, "Huh? Tell me what?"
"About David." explained Candmon. "He might look cold and heartless now, but he hasn't been always like that. You see, it all started a few years ago..."
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The Digital World. Late 1999.
A twelve-years-old David Albornoz opened his eyes slowly and lazily.
"David? You okay?"
What had happened? He was in the club's dressing room to get ready for practice, and the next thing he knew he was sucked up by this strange portal thing that seemed to come out of thin air!
"Are you alright? Are you hurt?"
David heard a voice next to him, a voice that he hadn't heard before in his life. What was going on? Did he have a nightmare and feel asleep without noticing?
"David! David open your eyes!"
Whatever it was it seemed that someone was worried about him, and so, with a great effort he opened his eyes completely.
It took him a few seconds for his eyes to adjust to the light, but when he finally did, he saw something that freaked him out.
"WHAT THE...!" David sat up and retreated as much as he could with his hands and feet.
"David! You're awake!"
In front of David was a small fireball. A small TALKING fireball, with EYES! And it called him by his name!
David pinched himself in the arm. "Ouch! This... this is not a dream?"
The small fireball with eyes looked at him in wonderment, then smiled and approached him. "No, its not a dream. My name is Petit Meramon, and I am your Digimon partner!"
David, now completely confused, blinked a few times, then asked, "Huh? Petit Meramon? My Digimon partner? What do you mean? Where am I?"
"This is the Digital World. Home of all Digimon. It's like another dimension, formed by all the lots data flowing around what you know as The Internet." Petit Meramon explained.
David took a minute for the information to set in. "You mean that I'm in another world? How? Why?"
"Well, I don't know how, I found you five minutes ago, and you were already lying here." answered Petit Meramon, "As for why you're here, it's because you're a Digi-Destined. A human boy that has a Digimon partner companion. I know you are since you have that Digivice attached to your belt."
David looked down at his belt, sure enough there was a small black video game like thing attached to his belt, then he looked back at Petit Meramon.
"I'm a Digi-Destined? Why me? I'm nobody." David looked down at his feet.
Petit Meramon shrugged, "I don't know WHY someone is a Digi-Destined or a Chosen, they just are."
David stood up, and looked around. He seemed to be atop a cliff. Down the cliff he could se a wide river stream flowing just below him, and past that he saw a great extensions of plains and forests.
"Well then, the first thing to do is find out exactly how did I get here, and what to do. Who should I ask this to?" he asked to Petit Meramon, with out looking at the baby Digimon.
"I don't know. Maybe old man Gennai knows." replied the Digimon.
This time David turned to look at Petit Meramon, "Okay, how do I find this Gennai person?"
"Well, you have to... huh? DUCK!" Petit Meramon yelled suddenly as he looked behind David.
"Duck? What do you mean duck?" David turned around, and his eyes opened in amazement, then he went flat on the ground.
A giant snake like creature, with reptile like wings (if there could be such a thing) flew just over them. It's jaw missed David's head by just a few inches.
"That this is trying to eat us!" David cried out from his place on the ground, while the flying snake like Digimon made a U-turn in mid air.
"No, you think?" replied Petit Meramon sarcastically.
"What is that thing!?" David yelled as he stood up and started to run away, Petit Meramon close behind him.
"It's an Airdramon! Its too strong for me to fight it, run!" Petit Meramon yelled back as he ran just behind David.
Still, a baby Digimon and a twelve-year-old boy, even if it was a promising young Rugby player, could never hope to outrun a flying Airdramon.
The Airdramon opened his jaws once again, getting ready to get his prey.
David was so concentrated in running away, a terrified look in his face at the prospect of being a flying snake's lunch, that he failed to notice a weak spot on the cliff's side, as he stepped on the weak spot, the ground caved in below his feet.
"What the... Aaaaaaah!" David screamed as the Airdramon flew over him harmlessly while he fell down the cliff to the streaming river below him.
"David!" Petit Meramon looked down the cliff to see how David fell down, finally reaching the river with a loud splash, disappearing from sight. "DAVID!!!!!"
Meanwhile, the Airdramon flew away, now that the bigger prey was gone, there was little point in wasting energy into chasing a small baby Digimon.
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Four hours.
It took Petit Meramon four hours to climb down the almost vertical cliff, following the river's stream, trying to find where David was.
"David! Where are you David!?" Petit Meramon looked around the forest where the river's stream was calmer.
Petit Meramon's eyes went as big as saucers when he saw a limp form just at the side of the river, under the shadow of a nearby tree. "David!"
Petit Meramon ran towards his partner, afraid that the fall might have been too much for the young Digi-Destined. The baby Digimon let out a sigh of relief when he reached David, his chest was heaving up and down, so he was still breathing. He was just knocked senseless.
He had to find someplace safe for David to rest until the boy wakes up.
David opened his eyes slowly, his head felt like a ton of bricks had fallen on him. He ached all over, but as he remembered what had happened, he should be thankful to be alive.
Slowly, he sat up. "Huuug... damn, that hurt."
"David, you're awake!"
David turned his head to a side to see Petit Meramon standing right next to him. Near the two of them was a slow burning fire.
"Petit Meramon? What happened? I fell down the cliff and then everything is blank." asked David.
Petit Meramon smiled, "Yeah, the stream was really strong. It's amazing that you're still alive after all that, you're like a rock!"
David smiled lazily, "I have been playing Rugby since I was nine years old. I'm used to being tackled around." David then noticed the fire, "did you make this?"
Petit Meramon nodded, "Yeah, I'm a fire Digimon so making a fire was rather easy, getting the wood for the fire now THAT was hard." he said with a smile.
"So, what are you going to ask old man Gennai when we find him?" asked Petit Meramon, changing the subject, "how you can get back home?"
At hearing this, David's gaze lowered and his features saddened, "I dunno, I guess."
Seeing David's reaction, Petit Meramon tilted his head to a side, "Huh? What do you mean 'you guess'?"
"I mean that I'm not sure if I want to go back... my parents don't want
me," David admitted.
"Why wouldn't they?!" Petit Meramon questioned in shock.
"I shouldn't have been born. I was a mistake," David replied tearfully.
"How could you ever be a mistake?!" the fireball demanded.
"When my parents had me... they were barely older than I am now. Neither of them finished high school so they could raise me." David sobbed. "I ruined their lives and are better off without me."
Petit Meramon didn't know how to reply to that. So he didn't.
The two of them stayed quiet until they fell asleep.
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"His parent's never wanted him!? That's awful!" exclaimed Piyomon as she heard Candmon's story. "So... what happened after that? Did you go see Mr. Gennai?" asked the pink bird Digimon.
"Not really. Back then the whole Digital World was screwed over by the whole Millenniumon thing, remember? Gennai's resources were pretty limited. He hadn't even known then that David was sucked into the Digital World." answered Candmon, "As for what happened the next day, well... we were woken up in the middle of the night by a Digimon that attacked us, again we had to run away and hide. Heck, we had to run away and hide almost all the time. I couldn't evolve so I was always too weak to help David. For weeks we had to sleep with our eyes open in case that a wild Digimon attacked us."
Hearing Candmon's tale, Piyomon couldn't help but to be sympathetic towards David. She guessed that anyone would be a cold and heartless person after going trough all that.
"So... what happened then?" asked Piyomon tentatively.
Candmon sighed, "Well, actually we..."
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The Digital World, two weeks after David met Petit Meramon.
David held his right shoulder in pain as he walked with Petit Meramon by his side.
He wasn't hurt very bad, but after the fall that he had to take to dodge the fire breath of that gray-blue dinosaur, a viral Greymon as Petit Meramon called it, he should considered himself lucky that he only injured his shoulder and wasn't burning alive.
He and Petit Meramon had to escape from wild Digimon day after day and were barely able to eat.
They were tired, they were hungry, they couldn't keep it up any longer.
"Petit Meramon?"
"Huh? Yes David?" asked the small fireball with eyes.
"What is that?" asked David, pointing at a series of small huts far away from them.
"Huh? I'm not sure. It seems like a village, a Digimon village I mean." replied Petit Meramon.
"Do you think they're friendly?" asked David.
"I guess." answered the baby Digimon.
"Good, let's go then, maybe they'll let us rest for a while." said David, and started to walk towards the small village. Petit Meramon started to follow him soon after.
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"So what happened?" asked Piyomon to Candmon, "were the Digimon in that village friendly or not?"
"It was a small village of Motimon, and they were quite friendly with both of us. After going trough the ordeal of traveling around the Digital World without a clue of what to do or how to fight, we were more than happy to stay." replied Candmon, "David and I decided to stay there for a while, it was nice and we helped them out by doing some manual labor for them."
"I'm sensing a 'but' pretty soon." said Piyomon.
Candmon nodded, "Yes. It was about a week after we came to the village, when it happened..."
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The Motimon village, a week after David and Petit Meramon found it.
David and Petit Meramon were walking back to the village of Motimon, it had been their turn to gather food for the day.
David had really enjoyed the last week, living with the Motimon. The small baby Digimon had been very friendly with him and Petit Meramon, and for the first time since coming to the Digital World, he had found a place were he could actually belong.
Suddenly, a tremendous explosion was heard in the general direction of the Motimon village.
"What was that!?" asked Petit Meramon.
"I don't know, it came from the village! Let's go!" David dropped the bags he was carrying and started to run towards the village, Petit Meramon following him.
What he saw when he reached the village surprised him to no end. As his eyes went wide and his jaw dropped.
A dinosaur, a HUGE black dinosaur with small red stripes all over its body.
It was attacking the small huts by stomping on them, using his fire breath to burn them to the ground.
The Motimon, completely unable to do anything against the mighty opponent, were running away from the fire and the attack.
But the black dinosaur Digimon wouldn't let them, he attacked the fleeing baby Digimon, using his fire breath or just stomping them with his big claws.
"Fire Blast! Fire Blast! HA HA HA HA! Die you worthless things! Die! HA HA HA HA!" laughed the black dinosaur as he spat fire and stomped on the houses and baby Digimon.
"A Dark Tyranomon!" exclaimed Petit Meramon as he reached David, and saw the utter destruction before them.
"C'mon! We have to help them!" said David, and ran into the blazing village.
"David wait!" Petit Meramon followed him.
David stood in front of the Dark Tyranomon "You! Stop. This. Now."
The big black dinosaur Digimon turned his head to look at David, the young boy was failing to hide the utter terror that he felt from the situation.
"What's this? You're not a Motimon... you don't look like any other Digimon I ever saw." said the Dark Tyranomon, then he smiled evilly, "no matter, I'll kill you too." The black Digimon took a deep breath, ready to burn David into crisps, "Fire Blast!"
David was unable to move as he saw the big fire attack coming his way, it was over. He was about to die, alone, in a world that wasn't even his own. No one would ever remember him, no one would ever shed a tear for his death.
"DAVID!" David was tackled away from the fire attack by Petit Meramon. Digi-Destined and Digimon partner both fell to the ground, as the fire attack hit a small hut behind where David was standing.
"I'll protect you David! You can count on me!" Petit Meramon leaped up, towards the Dark Tyranomon, if he was going down, he was going down fighting!
"Bah! Get away you worthless thing!" Dark Tyranomon smacked Petit Meramon away with the back of his hand, sending the baby Digimon flying away, crashing against a pile of rubble that used to be a hut.
"PETIT MERAMON!" David ran to where his partner fell, the baby Digimon was barely conscious from the impact.
Petit Meramon looked up at David, "I'm... sorry... David... I couldn't protect... you. I'm... just a... weakling..." Petit Meramon closed his eyes.
"Petit Meramon!" David looked at his partner, unshed tears dropping to the floor. He could hear the heavy steps of the Dark Tyranomon getting closer.
He looked around, seeing the burning village. He saw in helplessness how some Motimon ran out of a burning hut, their small pink bodies engulfed into flames. He heard them scream in pain as their bodies slowly disappeared into data. He could hear the evil chuckles of the Dark Tyranomon as he approached him.
It was too much, he couldn't take it anymore. The pain, the anger, the... the RAGE. It was overwhelming.
Slowly, David turned around, his head low, as the Dark Tyranomon stopped in front of him.
"What is it?" asked the black dinosaur in a mocking manner, "want to say something before you die?"
David's hands balled into fists, "I..." tears fell on the ground, right next to his feet, "I..." slowly, his gaze turned up, until he was looking at the Dark Tyranomon in the eye. "I HATE YOU!!!!"
Dark Tyranomon was taken aback by David's gaze, it was so intense! He looked like, well like if he could KILL!
Just then, David's Digivice shone with an intense dark purple light. Petit Meramon's eyes opened wide, and the small baby Digimon screamed in pain as he evolved into a viral Digimon.
"Petit Meramon evolve to..." he could feel the power of David's sadness, anger and desire to kill flowing trough him, he quickly transformed into a walking candlestick with eyes, "Candmon!"
The power from David was so much that he quickly began to transform once again, "Candmon evolve to..." where once stood the small baby Digimon, now stood a big person made out of fire, "Meramon!"
Dark Tyranomon was surprised by all this, and was also taken aback by the cold stare that Meramon was giving him.
"FIRE PUNCH!" Without a word, David's viral Meramon let out his fire attack at the Dark Tyranomon, hitting him right in the stomach.
"Ugh!" Dark Tyranomon took a few steps back, stunned from the attack.
But Meramon didn't give him time to recover, he ran towards him, and instead of using his fire attacks, he began to punch him in the head, the stomach, and every part that he knew would be vulnerable.
"Yeah! Get him! Show no mercy! Kill! Kill!" Yelled David possessed by his rage. He wanted that Dark Tyranomon to die painfully.
Again and again Meramon pummeled the Dark Tyranomon into a pulp. Too fast for the dinosaur Digimon to counter attack, or to step away enough to use his Fire Blast attack. Heck, he couldn't even run away!
With a final punch, Meramon threw Dark Tyranomon away a few feet, making the dinosaur fall down on his back. He was bleeding all over, and was in an intense pain, but he still didn't die.
"Don't fall asleep now, we're just getting started." Meramon grinned evilly as he grabbed Dark Tyranomon's tail, and started to spin him around, beating him against the floor again and again. Then letting him go, causing him to slam face first into the ground.
Meramon walked over to the beat up dinosaur, and kicked him in the gut, causing him to scream in pain and roll over from the impact.
"So, you like to kill smaller Digimon huh? You think its fun huh?"
Meramon kicked Dark Tyranomon again, this time in the head. Again making him roll away.
"How about now!? Do you enjoy fighting a Digimon that can fight back, eh? Do you!?"
Meramon kicked Dark Tyranomon again, this time on the ribs.
"WELL! DO YOU!?"
Dark Tyranomon managed to talk, it was very low, almost a whisper. "P... please... mer... mercy."
"Mercy? No mercy." Meramon picked Dark Tyranomon from the neck, and started to press it, until Dark Tyranomon screamed in intense pain.
"Fire Punch!" with Dark Tyranomon's maw wide open, Meramon used his fire attack, launching a fireball INSIDE the Dark Tyranomon's maw.
The Dark Tyranomon's eyes went wide as he could feel the pain of having a fireball shoved down your throat, he screamed in pain and the last thing he saw was the cold stare from Meramon's eyes before he exploded into data.
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There was a long silent after Candmon finished telling Piyomon what happened in the Motimon village all those years ago.
If Piyomon had started to understand David's character, she couldn't help but to fell sorry for the poor boy. It was amazing that he still had found the courage to live on after suffering so much.
"So..." Piyomon finally broke the silence, "Did you ever fund Mr. Gennai?"
Candmon shook his head, "Actually, he found us. He didn't even know that David was in the Digital World till the middle of 2000. When he did, however, he immediately went out to find him. He apologized to David for what happened to him, and offered to send him back to the real world. But David refused, saying that it was too late for him to go back; that he had been changed forever."
"You mean that David hasn't been in the real world since he got here?" asked Piyomon.
"No, he hasn't. Not even now that he has a D-3 would he go back." replied Candmon.
"Why... why are you telling me all this?" asked Piyomon, since she still didn't know why exactly Candmon was telling her David's ordeal in the Digital World.
"I've been waiting for other Digi-Destined to come for a long time now. David needs help, more than you can imagine. And besides..." Candmon's gaze lowered, "it's all my fault, if I would have been stronger when I found David he wouldn't have to suffer so much."
"Don't say that! It's not your fault, you did your best for him and that's what counts." replied Piyomon.
Candmon gave her a small smile, "Thanks for trying to cheer me up, but I know its my fault."
Before Piyomon could answer to that, Candmon turned around and began to leave. "Please tell your partner what I told you."
Piyomon watched in silence as Candmon walked away.
After hearing Candmon's story, the whole concept that she had about him and David was completely changed.
"Don't worry, we'll help David." whispered the pink bird Digimon, "and we'll help you too." she added.
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Author's notes:
Well, not much to add in this chapter.
David had a Digivce when coming to the Digital World since the D-3s didn't appear till the year 2002.
Also, I was noted by Lord Archive that people and things do not age in the Digital World. So David has now (as in the present of the story) the same appearance that he had when he arrived in the Digital World, but in experience and demeanor is a lot older than he should (which is what threw Julia off about his age in Chapter one). Also his clothes aren't worn out even if he had worn them nonstop for three years.
This chapter was mostly to explain David's past, and why he is the way he is.
The main story will be continued in the next chapter.
Persona.
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And now for a little extra PERSONA'S FUN FACTS ABOUT ARGENTINA!
As I mentioned before, Argentina hadn't won an Olympic gold medal in over fifty years.
The last gold medal was won in rowing in the Olympic Games of 1952.
Before that, Argentina had won gold medals at polo, swimming, boxing and the marathon in other previous Olympic Games.
There was another gold medal after that, like the one in Barcelona '92 at roller hockey, but since that had been an exhibition event, it was considered unofficial.