Zachary: You're in trouble, dude.
Lucemon: 'Cause I lost to Kyuubimon?
Zachary: Exactly. And if we can't even defeat Ruki and Kyuubimon, how are we supposed to take out that punk kid Kouichi and claim the privilege of being supreme something or others of Darkness? You remember what he and his friends did to you in Frontier-verse!
Lucemon: Alright, I'll go run some laps or something. By the way, Ruki's about to glomp you.
-Zachary attempts to dodge and fails-
Zachary: What was that for?
Ruki: Ordering me around in the beginning of all this, losing to us, and interrupting my reading.
Zachary: You read?
Ruki: It's Harry Potter 6, how can I not read it!
Zachary: Alright, even during a full blown Harry Potter release frenzy I SHALL UPDATE! Read and review, or I'll Crucio you! OK, maybe I can't use the Crutacious Curse, but I'll find someone who can. I think that's a half-decent use for a Crossover Portal.
This chapter is chapter 6 and is therefore dedicated to Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling. One's real, the other isn't, but they are both equally great.
Ruki: What's with the gratuitous cruelty to readers?
Zachary: I don't know; I just like to rhyme these things.
Digimon Compiled
Chapter 6: "Tameron Kacy and the XOR'd Message"
It was a summer's morning in a suburban town, with sunlight sparkling in ever leaf of every tree and glittering on every floor in every house on Tuscan Road, which ran parallel to a stream headed downhill, which in turn bordered the grounds of the local elementary school, which was in turn named Tuscan School. A row of houses ran down the hill, their backyards providing easy access to the trickle, each created as a different permutation of numerous house plans such that only a town planner could tell they weren't totally and randomly different.
One of these, however, was more different than the others. In its backyard were not only a tree and the slope down to the stream, but three creatures unlike any others upon the Earth.
Dozing on in the morning warmth, the first was a blue-furred quadruped. He had a bushy, long tail tipped in white, his forelegs were smaller and more like arms, and upon his forehead rested a crimson ruby-like stone. His name was DORUmon, and he was a Child stage Digimon with sufficient power to fight off a small crowd of humans. His deep breaths huffed in and puffed out as he lay on his side in the grass.
The second was also four-legged, though able to rise and use his front legs as arms, also. He was shaped almost like a pig, except for his bat-like wings attached exactly in the spot ears would normally occupy. His own fur ran ll over his body, a mixture of white and a tan so green it could be mistaken for a leaf in September. He was more mysterious to the unknowing eye, as multicolored bolts of energy bounced and collided all along his body, and a circular insignia in all the colors of the rainbow plus a few was on his wings. Soon this program would find its use, but for now Patamon slumbered on.
The final abnormal creature was prowling up in a tree, and she looked like a black cat, complete with whiskers. Her long, triangular ears were tipped in the same light purple that formed stripes along her tail, ending in a tiny, engraved metal ring of dark silver and another tuft of purple fur. Her arms were of equal length and she wore gloves of the same purple, this time with black stripes that only ran partway on the sides, that ended in claws able to cut through most wood. These gloves also allowed her to drop down and walk on all fours if she wished, as she was doing now. Her back feet were already had paws and claws, giving her ample ability to walk upright. Unlike the others, she was an Adult stage Digimon, BlackTailmon, and had been awakened aggravatingly early by her newfound cat nature when sunlight heated her belly.
She prowled some more among the sunlit leaves, being careful not to slip as she squinted her eyes. They were made for the night and it would take at least another half hour to adjust to daylight without being blinded. As she looked around from her height, she noticed a shape appear in one of the windows to her Tamer Reina's "house". A quick leap brought her to the roofing just below, and her claws latched on. It had been Reina, specifically her friendship, who had allowed BlackTailmon to achieve this level. That tie which bound had evolved a creature who could keep it from breaking. This puzzled BlackTailmon, because most Digimon in her world had tried to evolve by absorbing data. Did this mean the rumors were right, that there was a better way than constant combat and infighting among Digimon? She peeked into the window. Was that Reina? No! There was another human in there, but all BlackTailmon could tell was that he was a boy. She crouched back and started to creep over to the other bedroom window, where she herself had slept her first night in the Real World after the greatest but most exhausting day of her life. A bell rang in the front of the house, clear and piercing through the day's heat, and she froze. What could that mean?
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A blonde boy stood at the door to a house. He had just left the tenth grade, and looked as a teenager of sixteen should. Unusually for him, however, he was today dressed in a white T-shirt ("MEP!", it proclaimed in bold green) and long cotton shorts. Waking up this morning, he had found his Digivice beeping and promptly followed it, leading him here. His eyelids still drooped, sleep trying to get back in.
"Why would Patamon be here?", Yuki wondered aloud. From within came the scrambling noise of somebody coming to answer the door who'd just gotten up themselves. A chime was heard, and the tall, glossy wood door rotated inward on its hinges, revealing a middle-school aged boy of hazel eyes, red-brown hair and a darker complexion than Yuki had thought possible in a person who was still technically white. He looked at his apparent guest for a moment, then spoke.
"Hi -yawn-, don't think I know you," he said.
"Umm... yeah, my name's Yuki and I'm just wondering if you've seen any strange looking animals around your property," the teen introduced himself.
"What kind, like racoons?" the smaller boy asked. The larger boy hesitated to make his next inquiry.
"No, I'm thinking more like a pig without a snout. And wings where it's ears should be. Seen one?"
"Nice try dude, there're no such things. And you need a new name." He started to close the door.
"But there are! I own, err... am friends with one! Seriously, it must be here!" Yuki stomped down the walkway in frustration until a black cat caught his eye. He stopped, looked at it, and blinked. Was that?
"Yes," the Digimon answered his question as if it had been spoken, "I evolved from Plotmon."
"Plotmon? So then... this must be Reina's house! Who was that kid at the door? And what are you now?"
"The kid at the door is called Chase, and Reina says he's a 'digi-freak', whatever that means. I'm now called called BlackTailmon. Also, Patamon and DORUmon are sleeping out back. 'Twas a rough night." The black and purple feline led her friend's Tamer around to the backyard, where he was relieved to see his partner now awake and basking in the heat.
"Patamon!" he cried in delight. The batpig Digimon yawned and looked up to see his Tamer's smiling face.
"'Morning Yuki, what time is it?" the Digimon looked around for moment as he remembered where he was.
"About 10 AM."
"Man, you wouldn't believe what happened!" Patamon didn't get to finish, however, because a flame-haired 14 year old girl walked out of the back door of her house, still dressed in her clothes from the day before. Reina Anez sighed at the sight of the pair.
"Oh, you're back here! Chase said there was a guy at the door looking for a funny pig and I figured it must have been you."
"Yeah, I was trying to find Patamon- Hey, Patamon, what're you doing!" The Digimon had managed to stealthily fly straight past Reina and into her house.
"Breakfast!"
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Breakfast turned out to be toast and butter for Reina and Tameron and turkey bacon for the two Digimon, still waiting for DORUmon to wake up. Sitting at the kitchen table and munching his toast, Yuki turned to the red headed girl.
"So why were the Digimon here?" he asked. Reina started to rattle off the night's story.
"They were almost caught be policemen working for animal control last night. When BlackTailmon here evolved and fought them off (I suppose I hope she didn't do any permanent damage.) I said they could crash here. Oh, and that reminds me, I've got to get Jeice to give me those darn goggles. I was the only one who stayed up and was there!"
"You only rushed out to help me at the end, too, you know," interrupted BlackTailmon.
"Well at least I was there! And you have no idea how hard it is to stand up to police officers, even when you know you're right. And you should get a nickname or something, I think 'BlackTailmon' is kind of long."
"I am not!" Now Patamon swallowed and interjected into the conversation for himself.
"Hey, Tameron, isn't it about time you told Reina that's your real name?" Embarrassed and angered, Tameron dragged his Digimon into as much of a headlock as one could execute on a Patamon.
"You're not supposed to tell anybody that!"
"Well why shouldn't I, you certainly seem to like her," the batpig protested. Luckily, he was saved by Reina dragging him out of the hold. She giggled as she started taunting her friend.
"Why shouldn't I know your real name's Tameron, Tameron?"
"Because I don't tell anyone! Not since middle school."
"Why don't you tell anyone your real name's Tameron, Tameron?" Another boy walked in and started to take out food.
"Who's Tameron and what's the weird-named kid doing in our house?" he demanded. Reina had to act quickly to keep him from noticing the creatures eating on his very kitchen table.
"Chase, don't you have the new Harry Potter book to read?"
"Why don't you tell anyone your real name's Tameron, Tameron?" The sixteen year old was obviously annoyed with the nagging by now.
"Because it just sounds too goody-goody, OK? Now if you're going to nag you can call me that, but everybody else has to call me Yuki."
"Why?" Tameron began to fume.
"Well I heard the word used by some kids and decided it was a good idea to get people to finally ignore me." Still curious, Reina persisted in her questioning.
"Why do you want to be ignored?" Yuki sighed and attempted to change the topic.
"Do you know where Jeice lives?"
"Sorry, I've got no idea." They were saved the trouble of pondering the problem, however, by DORUmon's appearance from the backyard.
"I know where he lives, we can go after breakfast."
Upstairs, a boy having just left the 6th grade read "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and wondered what the heck was going on downstairs. So many voices were speaking that the only way to account for all of them was... Was it possible those things on the table weren't plushies? Brooding, Chase Davidson turned a page, read a bit further down, gasped and muttered to himself that he'd known that guy was actually evil all along...
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Zachary: Ruki, do you think I should stop here and release this so I can make good on the "Updating during the Harry Potter frenzy" thing?
Ruki: No, and I really didn't see that whole thing coming with the identity of the Half-Blood Prince. I mean, it was apparent that !#$ was a Death Eater, but I didn't expect him to be the Half-Blood Prince as well. I actually think Rowling was just contriving that whole part about his mother's maiden name being Prince.
Zachary: Well thanks to a bad spoiler I didn't think of him being the Half-Blood Prince, but I didn't think he was evil. I mean, Dumbledore was an excellent Legilimens and it could even be theorized that !#$ had to take an Unbreakable Vow in order to join the "good guys", especially after overhearing the prophecy. So I think the real contrivance was that he was a Death Eater. And that I should really be writing the fic instead of this.
Ruki: True dat.
Zachary: Sorry folks, I was going to write the rest of the chapter about here, but I'm going on vacation for about a week and a half and want to update before then. R&R, I actually won't Crucio anybody!
Author's Notes:
Red magic Digimon entrance
"crazy" girl
Exploration by main characters: Where? Mains meet up with "crazy" girl, eventually find out about Digimon. Foreshadowing?
Zachary: Did I just leave those author's notes in as spoilers for the next chapter? Accidentally -on-purpose! Have fun speculating.