"Aw man!" Davis groaned as he fell right on his back on a grassy field. Davis met up with Ichika and his friends for lunch, but most of his body was sore. His scheduled match against Serene was to take place in another five days, but it wasn't easy for Davis.

"Lita's got you going?" Ichika said.

"Yeah. It's nice of her to help me out, but I don't get the training she has me doing." Davis said. "We've been using the kendo dojo and she isn't going easy on me. On top of that, she's trying to get me to memorize all the stuff about the I.S. I don't get why I can't just get in one and start flying."

"Well….it's not really that easy, Davis." Houki said.

"Come to think of it, Davis doesn't have a personal I.S. like the rest of us do, does he?" Charlotte questioned.

"No, and I haven't heard anything form Chifuyu about the government funding him one like they did with me." Ichika said.

"So is he going to be using a training model? That's a little unfair since I heard his opponent has her own personal unit." Rin said.

"Indeed. He'll be at a distinct disadvantage." Cecilia said.

"That doesn't bug me. It'll be more humiliating to back out than it is to lose." Davis said. All of them did admire his perseverance.

"In that case, we should help out in any way we can. Should we not?" Laura suggested.

"She's right. We'll help you out ourselves, Davis. We do have more experience than Lita." Houki said.

"Thanks, guys." Davis said as he sat up. When he did, his stomach growled like a lion. "Oh man. I'm starving."

"Here. You can some of our food." Cecilia said as she held out a basket of sandwiches.

"Wow! They all look so good. Thanks a lot." Davis said as he took one of the sandwiches. The others all looked with caution.

"Shouldn't we warn him?" Rin said.

"I think it's too late." Ichika said. Davis opened up his mouth and took a bite out of the sandwich. His eyes suddenly popped open and all of them waited for what he was going to say.

"This is….amazing!" Davis said. All of them were surprised that Davis said that, but Cecilia was the only one who was pleasantly surprised.

"You really like them? Then please, have as much as you like." Cecilia said.

"Thanks." Davis said as he was eating as much as he could. "Oh man, Ichika. You're a lucky guy if you have someone like Cecilia to make all these delicious sandwiches." While Cecilia was pleased, everyone was astounded.

"I can't believe he's actually eating Cecilia's cooking!" Ichika said.

"I can't believe he's still alive." Rin said.

"Étonnant, but I suppose everyone has their own unique taste." Charlotte said.

…

The Dojo

When classes were over and everyone was free, Davis met up with Lita in the academy's very own dojo. They've been using the area as training to get Davis ready for his match. Davis took out a kendo stick and attacked, but Lita was able to block each of his attacks. When she struck, she knocked Davis right off his feet.

"Get up. We're far from done." Lita said.

"I just don't see the point of this." Davis said. "Kendo's my buddy, Cody's, thing. Why do I have to do this? Why can't we just get one of those I.S. and start flying?"

"We're freshmen. We don't have that privilege yet. Neither one of us even have a personal I.S. to use." Lita said. "Besides, flying one of those things will be a lot harder than you might think. You'll also be given a weapon and since it seems you'll be using a training model, you'll be using a sword as our weapon. Now get up or do you want to be beaten around some more."

"Sheesh, you're a real piece of work." Davis said. "Ever since day one, you've been coming at me a little hard."

"What? Are your feelings hurt?" Lita said. Davis didn't answer, but he seemed more annoyed. "Look, I'm sorry if I've been coming down at you hard. It's just that I take this pretty serious. I want to keep focused on my studies and not afford any distractions."

"Oh! So you think I'm a distraction, do you?" Davis taunted. Lita blushed a little, but she slammed her sword against his head.

"Let's get back to work." Lita said.

"Right." Davis said as he got back on his feet.

"This time, try to block my attacks. Here I come." Lita said as she went and attacked, but she accidently slipped. Davis tried to catch her, but they both fell on the floor.

"You okay?" Davis said.

"I think so." Lita said, but when she pushed herself up she saw how close she was to Davis and was staring right into his eyes. Lita didn't know what it was, but she felt like she was in a trance staring right at him.

"You sure you're okay?" Davis said. He moved his hand, but that was a mistake because he placed it right where he shouldn't have behind her. Lita snapped back to reality.

"You jerk!" Lita shouted as she smacked Davis across the face and caused him to slide across the floor and right out the door. "That jerk coping a feel." She said, but blushed some more. "Though, I guess he is cute."

"Oh man! Is this girl a boxer in training or something?" Davis said. When he opened his eyes, he looked to the side and spotted another girl. She had brown hair that went to her shoulders with a green and white hairband. She also wore the academy uniform with her wearing knee high black socks and an actual tie. "Um…hi."

"Davis, let's go. We're not done." Lita said as she stepped outside.

"Sorry. This girl was just standing there." Davis said, but they both looked and saw she was already gone.

"What girl? Stop making excuses and let's go." Lita said, but Davis wondered who that other girl was.

….

Davis

Davis was on his way back to his room with Ichika and Houki following him. Davis felt like he would need an icepack for his entire body.

"You going to be okay?" Houki asked.

"I think so, but Lita sure knows how to hit." Davis said.

"I'm sure you'll get the hang of it." Ichika said. "If you want some tips on how to work a kendo sword, you can ask Houki. She's amazing at it. She even won a tournament."

"Oh, I wouldn't go that far." Houki said, but she was flattered that Ichika thought that way of him.

"Just don't get Houki mad or else she turn into a monster." Ichika said.

"Oh! I'm a monster, am I?!" Houki said and smacked Ichika right in the head for that.

"Uh…maybe I should leave you two alone to talk." Davis said. He went ahead of them and made it to his room. Davis walked over to his bed a collapsed right on it. DemiVeemon came out of hiding and noticed Davis was alone.

"Davis, are you okay?" DemiVeemon asked.

"Yeah, DemiVeemon. I'm just sore and tired is all." Davis said, but he just realized what he said and got back up. "DemiVeemon?! What are you even doing here?!"

"You can't get rid of me that easily." DemiVeemon said. "I snuck in one of your bags and decided to come with you. I had to wait till you were by yourself to show you I was here."

"DemiVeemon, this is bad. I don't think most people even know about digimon here." Davis said. "You could cause a panic, but we don't know enough about this place to keep you hidden."

"Hey, Davis." Ichika called out. Davis got nervous and acted fast as he placed DemiVeemon against the pillows.

"Just pretend to be a stuffed animal." Davis said. Ichika came walking in and DemiVeemon was doing his best not to move.

"I was just going to go get some dinner. If you want, I could bring you something if you're too tired to move." Ichika said.

"That's okay. I think I can just heat something up here." Davis said. Ichika didn't really mind either way, but he just now noticed DemiVeemon.

"What is that thing?" Ichika said as he walked over and picked him up. DemiVeemon tried not to move and Davis was starting to panic.

"That? Aw, my mom or dad probably just put that old toy in there as a practical joke or whatever." Davis lied.

"Davis, it's okay. You don't have to lie. I know what this is." Ichika said.

"You do?" Davis said as he couldn't believe Ichika actually knew about digimon.

"Yeah. It's an old stuffed animal that you had since you were a child and you don't want people to know." Ichika said with Davis not knowing how to feel. "It's okay. I'll keep your little secret. You've probably been through a lot with this little guy."

"You have no idea." Davis said.

…

Five Days Later

The match soon arrived and some people were excited to see this. Ichika and his friends took their seats in the stands and couldn't wait to see what Davis can do.

"I hope Davis does okay." Charlotte said.

"Please. This is going to end in disaster for him, but at least he's taking it like a man." Rin said. Davis and Lita was in the hangar and he was getting ready for this. He wore a dark blue two piece suit that was pretty tight.

"This stuff feels like it's going to give me a wedgie. Do I really have to wear this?" Davis said.

"It's mandatory. Loose clothing could cause some interference." Lita said. She brought up a screen and showed Serene in her I.S. It was an icy blue color. It had wings that looked like three icicles on each side. It was dark blue around her feet. She also wore a chest plate similar to a trident and had two snowflakes on the side of her head with her wearing a dark blue one piece. "This is Serene's I.S. It's called Icy Queen. Careful, it's a sniper-type."

"So what am I suppose to use?" Davis questioned.

"This." He heard Chifuyu's voice and saw her bring in a training model. "Sorry, Davis. This was the best we can do. You'll have to use it. It's called Uchigane."

"So I have to use one of these huh? Well, you work with what you get I suppose." Davis said as he climbed right in. He was placed right inside the cockpit and trying to get the use of it.

"Miss Yamada and I will use this match as a way to gather data on you." Chifuyu said as she went inside.

"Hey." Lita said as he looked down at her. "The match will end when one of your shield energies run out and many precautions have been made to avoid death or serious injury. Don't worry so much about winning. No one really expected you to get the hang of it in just one week. Just give it your best."

"If you knew me better, you see that I always do." Davis said and braced himself. "Here goes nothing." Davis had the unit take off and Lita stood by and watched. Davis shot out of the hangar and came down on the ground, but it was a rough landing and he could barely keep himself up. "Whoa! This thing is harder to control than I thought."

"If you want to back out, I swear I won't hold it against you." Serene said.

"No way. Give me your best shot." Davis said as he pulled out his katana and held it for him to fight.

"Have it your way." Serene said. 'This should be easy. He clearly doesn't know what he's doing. I suppose he wasn't lying about being able to control one, but I still say he's a fraud.' She thought and plans to expose him as one. An alarm went off and it was their signal to start.

"Here goes!" Davis said as he ran right towards her.

"Too slow." Serene said as she used some turbo and flew in the air before Davis could even reach her.

"He actually tried running at her? I thought he was doing training." Rin complained.

"He must still not know what to do." Cecilia said.

"I say Rin was right. This will lend badly for him." Laura said.

"Let's not count him out yet." Ichika said as he was still holding some faith in him.

"This shouldn't take very long." Serene said as she deployed a rifle-like weapon and aimed it near him. She fired a white laser and it blasted near Davis and it knocked him right off his feet. Davis tried to get back up and tried to get the hang of the I.S.

"So this is what it feels like." Davis said as he registered the pain and the I.S. itself.

"Keep your head in the fight." Serene said as she fired again. Davis tried to dodge, but accidently activated his thrusters and was zipping around the area when he dodged the attack. Davis was doing his best to maneuver it, but it was difficult.

"Oh man. It's hard to steer this thing." Davis said as he was having trouble handling it.

"He's just zipping around like an idiot." Houki said.

"Somebody should just end this now." Rin said as they were all feeling sorry for him. Davis managed to move under Serene and flew straight up by some luck.

"I've got her!" Davis said as he held out his sword.

"I don't think so." Serene said as four lasers on each wing folded out and shot Davis. The impact of the attack sent him flying down and he crashed into the ground.

"I think I see why that's called Icy Queen. She's shooting me down hard." Davis said. Serene aimed all her weapons at him.

…..

Chifuyu

Chifuyu was watching over the match in another room with Maya and Lita. They were gathering data on the match while watching it at the same time.

"I suppose this is it." Maya said.

"Yes. What a complete fool." Chifuyu said. Even Lita was feeling sorry for Davis.

…

The Match

"This match is just about over." Serene said. "It's obvious who is going to win. I don't want to drag your humiliation out for long. I won't hold it against you if you wish to quit." Davis was on a knee and placed his sword in the ground. Serene thought he would surrender, but Davis looked up and she was thinking differently. 'His eyes hold such determination and ferocity. Does he really think he can still win?' She wondered.

"Surrender? Don't make me laugh." Davis said. "I get that I don't know any of this. All of this just sprung on me. Still, I've been through a lot with my friends, a lot of adventures. In all those adventures, I've learned a lot and one of those things is that no matter how much the odds are against you, you can't give up. I won't ever run. I'll keep fighting. I feel that….in my soul!" Davis holds such dedication and it awakened something as a golden pillar erupt around him. Everyone was wondering what that was and it was certainly a surprise.

"Good heavens! What is this?" Serene questioned. Maya took a look at the screen and noticed something was going on with Davis as his stats were turning to static. Everyone kept eye on the pillar and it soon faded away, but it showed Davis in the air with a new I.S. It was gold and white with dragon-like wings and a dragon head on his chest with him having a ring around his head. "His I.S. has completely changed?! How did he do that?"

…..

Chifuyu

"I don't believe it!" Maya said as all his stats have changed with his I.S. "His I.S. has completely changed into a different unit. It says here it's called Dragonic Heaven."

"How is this even possible?!" Chifuyu said as she was surprised herself.

…

The Match

Davis took a look at the new I.S. and it felt a lot different from the other one. He seemed as surprised as everyone else that it happened.

"How did I do that?" Davis said, but he was liking it. "I don't know what happened, but I dig it." A series of screens appeared to him and showed him a weapon. "Sutapisa!" He held out his hand and a sword hilt formed in it and it created a golden energy blade. "Here I come!" Davis flew right at Serene and she snapped out of it. She tried to block his attacks, but he was stronger and caused her to be blown back.

"I can't let myself get distracted." Serene said and opened fire at him, but Davis had better control and was able to dodge her attacks.

"I know what to do. It's like it's all coming at me at once." Davis said. "I think I get what Miss Yamada was talking about. An I.S. is like a part of you, a friend you can rely on, and I can always rely on my friends." Davis flew high above the air and was ready to end this. "Now! Constellation Slash. Seiza Surasshu!" The blade glowed even brighter as it build power and he flew right down at Serene and she wouldn't move. It all happened so fast that Serene couldn't really tell what happened. When she snapped out of it, she saw she was in Davis' arms. "You okay?"

"What happened?" Serene asked.

"The match is over. I took you out with that finishing move of mine." Davis said. "After it hit, you appeared to have blacked out. So I caught you before you hit the ground."

"But why would you do that?" Serene asked.

"Would have felt like a complete jerk if I let you fall." Davis said with a smile and that smile had an effect on Serene. Everyone was amazed at what they saw and in the crowd was the strange mysterious girl Davis saw earlier with some curiosity. Davis retreated back to the hangar and his I.S. went into a gauntlet connected to a metal glove.

"That was unbelievable." Lita said. "I can't believe you pulled that off. How did you do that?"

"I don't know." Davis said as he looked at his new accessory.

"It's in closed mode right now." Chifuyu said as she came out. "Motomiya, that was unlike anything we've ever seen before. I think you should let us take a look at you I.S. and analyze it."

"Really? I want to try it out some more." Davis said.

"Motomiya, you could be using an unregistered I.S. and the government could have problems with that." Chifuyu said. "On top of that, as far as we know, you destroyed a training unit." That got Davis to back down. "Oh and here." She said as she handed him a book. "Here's the reference manual. After that performance, you really need to study up." Studying, something Davis wasn't looking forward to.

…..

Davis

"Man, the match was fun, but I got homework as my prize?" Davis complained as he and Lita walked through the area with the sun going down.

"Maybe, but at least you able to pull it off and now you seem to have your own personal I.S." Lita said.

"I suppose I have you to thank for this." Davis said as he turned to look at her and was really grateful to her. "Thanks, Lita. You know, you're pretty cute." Lita blushed from hearing that and her heart rate rose. She could tell she was staring to take a liking to Davis.

'Great. I didn't want any distractions, but it seems like I got one.' Lita thought.

…

Serene

Serene went back to her room, but as she sat on her bed, she couldn't stop thinking about Davis. She thought about how he acted and the words he said and she could see he meant every bit of it.

'He was so strong and dedicated, but at the end he was so gentle.' Serene thought as her heart was going as well with her face becoming flushed. "Davis….Motomiya!"

…

Davis: My new and personal I.S. is awesome. It's gold and has an awesome dragon design to it. All that flying was awesome as well. I can't wait to try it out some more. I want to learn everything about it and I just might.

Next time: The Girl with Red Hair

Who is this girl and how does she seem to know me?