Identity Unknown: Prologue

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First Digimon fic be warned. Also please be easy on me! I am sorry if it isn't that good, or it is boring. It will get better in later chapters (I hope!)

Now read the story!

Izumi's soul drifted upwards. Her soul had been saved by her quick thinking mother, so she was still allowed, and was able, to go to the afterworld. But she had not wanted to leave. A tear coursed down her cheek, as she thought about everything she had left behind. By sacrificing her life, her father and mother's soul's had been set free, and they were living again. She had also left behind her friends Tomoki, Junpei, Takuya, Kouichi, and Kouji, she thought wistfully, more tears coming down now. At least she still would be able to watch over them, she thought optimistically as she reached the entrance. An elderly old man looked up at her. "So you are our new arrival. Don't look like much. How old are, errr, were you?" he asked

"Fifteen." Izumi answered, completely unaware that he could see the marks the tears had left.

"And what is exactly is your name miss? It's policy to know."

"Izumi Orimoto and you don't have to call me miss."

"Well the gates are open, but," he said noticing the tear marks again "why don't you stay here for just a bit? I have something to do, and I would rather you stay right there."

Izumi obeyed without a word, to deep in her thoughts to wonder why he was doing this.

Meanwhile the man disappeared in a puff of smoke and reappeared in front of two women, and two men. "I think we've got another second chance case yer majesties," he said to the people in front of him. "Say's she was 15,and her name is Izumi Orimoto, so she must be the one the whole afterworld was uproar about."

"So the famous Izumi Orimoto has finally arrived." said one of the women in her high lilting voice. "Well this certainly does seem like a second chance case."

"I agree, for the cause of her death was a noble one. A sacrifice you might call it." answered one of the men in a gruff voice.

"Well then should if you two agree and its unanimous, then I should go get the girl? That is if you two majesties do agree?" the elderly man asked, referring to the two who had not spoken. Then the two who had been silent nodded, and the man was gone again in another puff of smoke. He arrived where he had left Izumi, who had, the whole time he was gone, had been staring at the gates and wondering what they would bring in the near future. Seeing that she was paying no attention to him, the man cleared his throat loudly and Izumi looked up at him hearing the noise.

"If you don't mind there is somewhere I have to bring you, before I let you in that is." The man said looking at her, wondering how she would react.

Izumi was now confused. Why hadn't she been let in to where ever she was going? Where was this man going to take her? These questions ran through her head as she heard what he was saying. But still she nodded her head and walked over to where the man was standing. The man noticing her actions as a sign of agreement said, "Well here we go!"

And they were indeed gone in another puff of smoke. They arrived at the council where the man bowed and nudged Izumi to do the same. "Yer majesties here is the second chance case, also known as Izumi Orimoto in the err, person, err, personality." Announced the man making no sense at all.

Now Izumi was even more confused. "A second chance case? What is that? Who are you people and what do you have to do with me? More importantly, what is going on?" she asked, bombarding them with questions, clearly having not the faintest idea of what was going on.

"All will be explained in due time." Was her answer from the council." But first we have some things to clear up. To begin with, did you, or did you not jump in soul form to save the lives of 7 unprotected others?" Dumbly Izumi nodded her head, not having the faintest clue at what they were getting at. "Next, is it true, that in doing this you put a strain on your physical body, making it so your soul might have been blasted away if not for your mother, who you freed by doing this?"

Again Izumi nodded, wondering when they were going to get to the main purpose of these questions.

"And last of all, in doing this you lost your life so you ended up here. Do you have any regrets about doing this?"

This time Izumi spoke." I have no regrets of saving my friends, and parents lives in exchange for mine." But inside Izumi was not sure about this. She had no regrets about saving her friends and parents lives, but she had not wanted to die. She would miss everything. The d-world, which she hadn't seen in years, but she might have had a chance to if she were still alive. The wind blowing in her face, and the smell of the ocean would probably not be available here. Also had she not been crying, not 15 minutes ago when she realized she would not be able to see the people she cared for?

Seeing her silence after she answered, one of the women gently said, "This is just a question. You will not get in trouble for telling the truth. Now would you please tell us your real answer?"

Hearing this Izumi gave in and voiced her thoughts. "What I said before was true. I have no regrets for saving those peoples lives. Yet I did not want to die. Everything I ever wanted was down there on earth. From as simple to the wind on my face, to as complicated as love. But that doesn't matter anymore I guess. I'm dead, and there is nothing I can do about it. Because even if I could turn back time I won't do it." Izumi finished her voice breaking at the last part feeling like she wanted to cry again.

"Well then I believe the time is right to get to the point of your arrival here." One of the men said. "Yes, I agree." A woman said.

"Then let us get started. Izumi, have you ever heard of reincarnation?" am man asked Izumi.

"Yes, but I wouldn't want-" Izumi got cut off by the man who had brought her here.

"Don't say anything but yes or no right now. You will get a chance to say what you think later." He whispered to her in an explaining tone. So Izumi just stood and waited for the next question she would be asked.

"Well reincarnation is a way of giving a person a second chance for doing something good in their past life. But if we believe that they have done something so very noble as you have done we give them an even bigger chance. Would you be interested to hear about it?"

Again Izumi replied yes, but this time she was much more curios of what they were going to tell her about the subject.

"As we have told you we believe that by saving 7 peoples lives, that you have done a very noble thing. So we are going to give you a second chance."

Izumi gasped in surprise. She had never expected something like this to happen. Another chance of living? Didn't that only happen in fairy tales? But here was the chance to live again right in front of her.

The council continued on. "The second chance we are giving you is greater then reincarnation. We will give you back your body and your soul, but there are conditions.

You will forget everything that has really happened to you, and you will have a new past. Also everyone else who knew you, or has heard about you will forget who you are. BUT, one person that you choose will remember you. We will give you one year to remember who you really are if you haven't remembered by the end of the time limit you will die again and will not be given another chance. I ask you now, will you take this chance?"

Izumi was in turmoil. Would she risk dieing again because she didn't remember in time?

But even if she didn't remember who she was by the end of the time limit, another year with her friends and family sounded wonderful. She was going to take it, she decided. It was now or never. "I have decided. I am going to take this chance."

Everyone in the room at the moment smiled.

Then one of the men on the council cleared his voice and said, "Now that it is decided that you are going to take this chance, then now we must discuss the details. To start with you will have a different name, but they will use the same letters as in your real name. Choose your new name quickly."

Izumi thought fast. She had always loved anagrams so she was able to figure it out fast.

"Izumi Orimoto :Omori Zuimito" she replied.

"In cases like these, it is required that the person have some family. Choose your family members.

Izumi spoke without thinking because she did not want to replace her old family, but she had no choice. "A mother and a younger sister by the age of 4."

"And at last the part we enjoy most, which person do you choose to remember you. There will only be one person, and he/she will not remember you at first. For their memories will be rearranged."

Izumi thought hard on this one." Who should she choose? Her family was out of the question, because grown adults usually don't except the fact that they can not remember something. That left her friends. She thought of the five digidestined. Junpei was like her brother but she wasn't sure how he would be after she was, well recreated, because the first time he met her he had developed a crush on her and if that happened again then it might blind him. Tomoki was her baby brother but there was that age difference that might prevent her from seeing him. Takuya, though incredibly sweet and a strong leader was not the brightest sometimes when it came to people so the risk was too great. Kouichi might be a good choice but when it came to meeting new people he was a bit shy so she might not even become friends with him so he could figure out before too late. Kouji was a loner even now but it was that fact that had made her so determined to become friends in the first place. She knew 'they' would not change their personalities or hers so Kouji in a weird way, was her best choice.

She answered. "The person I choose to have some memory of me is Kouji Minamoto."

"Then let us begin the process. You know what to do gatekeeper."

Before Izumi could figure out what was happening, everything was engulfed in a huge cloud of smoke. Through it all she could hear a voice whisper to her, "Good luck Izumi Orimoto," then everything went black and she felt herself hurtling downwards to meet her new fate.

If you're wondering what the hell is happening, you will find out in later chapters. :p Please Review! (No flames wanted!)