Author's note: I don't own Digimon!


Chapter 5 - Situation and Partners

While Taichi continued on his way after Agumon became Greymon with the help of his 'transformation' and was able to chase away Allomon, his classmate Takenouchi Sora was also on the way to a certain place with the fourth-graders Izumi Koushiro and the two Digimon Piyomon and Tentomon .

But not only these three people are here in the Digital World...

Because not only Sora was here, but also Taichi's other classmate.

Let's see further...

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~~ ? ~~

Ishida Yamato stood at his balcony and held his phone to his ear, a small smile on his face as he spoke to a certain person.

"I asked mom..." a young voice spoke from the cell phone. "And I can come to you in the summer holidays! I'll be with you in a few days! I hope you're happy, Onii-chan." The voice sounded delighted.

Yamato half-nods. "Of course, I'm happy. It's always good when we can see each other. But what does 'in a few days' mean? Don't you have an exact date yet?"

"Hmm…at the start of the summer holidays. Isn't that enough for you?" the voice asks in a naive tone.

Yamato smiles. "It's okay. Takeru..., thanks for letting me know. ...then see you...soon." He says hesitantly.

"Oww!" the voice, Takeru, agrees without noticing the hesitation. "That's going to be great! See you!"

"...see you soon." The blond boy ends the call.

...

Yamato frowns at the sky and sighs.

'Takeru...'

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...

'In this situation I guess I've ended up in now, I guess I can't see you... I'm sorry...'

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~ Digital World …~

"Yamato? What's wrong?" a voice snapped the fifth year out of his thoughts.

"Hmm..." Yamato opened his eyes and looked at the Digimon next to him. "Nothing, Gabumon. I was just... thinking..."

"Oh... I see." Gabumon mumbles. "Okay, if that's all."

"Nice of you to be concerned...but let's move on...We still have a long way to go."

Yamato also ended up in the Digital World, with a strange device in his hands, he met the Digimon Gabumon, which has faithfully accompanied him ever since. The two are also on their way to the destination on the map... hoping to find out more...

Hopefully Yamato will

l meet Taichi or another human soon...

Gabumon is a maroon-eyed yellow-skinned lizard in a bluish-white pelt with navy blue markings and purple claws. A yellow horn protrudes at the top of its head and its belly is blue with unusual pink markings.

"Don't worry, Yamato." Gabumon smiles. "Once we both meet other people, be it other people like you or my friends, then we have a few less problems and worries. So we remain optimistic for now."

"Are you sure there are other people here?" the blond boy asks skeptically. "When I asked you earlier, you said there were only Digimon here. ...why the sudden change of heart?"

"Because I completely trust my friends that they have already found their own partners! And once we're all together, we're a lot stronger than we would be alone."

"Okay...?" Yamato frowns. "And another question; ...how many 'friends' do you have? Can you really trust them?" the fifth grader asks sceptically.

Gabumon looked questioningly at Yamato at this question, "Don't you trust my friends, Yamato? You sound so suspicious again…" The Digimon bowed its head sadly.

"I don't mean it like that!" Yamato says firmly. "These are simple questions! And if you don't want to answer them, just don't!"

Gabumon nods. "Sorry... Yamato. I must have misunderstood you."

"No. I shouldn't have gotten so angry straight away." The blond boy says calmly. "You have to know...before I ended up here with you, I was with a friend while we were waiting for another friend..." Yamato explains. "To be honest, I'm a little concerned about whether the two of them might have ended up here, too."

"Really?" Gabumon asks in surprise. "How kind of you to be so worried!"

"Ah... it's no big deal."

...

...


~ with Sora, Koushiro and their Digimon…~

"This mountain trail is really longer than I thought..." Sora murmurs. "We've been walking for at least ten minutes now…. that worries me."

"Don't worry Sora~~~" Piyomon sang. "No matter what happens, I will protect you!"

"… that calms me? I think…" the girl says uncertainly. "If another rock like that falls, we'll have to be really careful... What do you think, Koushiro-kun?"

"What?" the red-haired boy asks in surprise.

"When are we going to get out of here? Do you think it's still far?"

"Um... I'm not sure... maybe..." he says quietly.

Tentomon flew next to Koushiro, "Koushiro-han is something worrying you? If you have something on your mind, feel free to say it. I'm a good listener, you know."

"There is nothing…"

...

"Hey Piyomon." Sora looked curiously at the pink bird walking next to her. "You and Tentomon… you two have known each other for quite a while, haven't you? Earlier it looked like you knew each other well."

"Yes. I have known Tentomon and the others for ages! I don't even know how long exactly!" the pink bird explains proudly.

"The others?" Sora frowned in confusion. "Whom do you mean?"

"Our friends." Piyomon says simply. "Ne, Tentomon?"

"Yes. We should meet them soon too!" the red beetle says enthusiastically.

"There are more of your kind?" Koushiro asks curiously.

"Of course!" Both Digimon spoke in unison.

"How many friends do you have?" the red-haired boy continues to ask.

"Hm..." Piyomon thinks. "There were always six of us on the road."

"So you have four other friends..." Sora concludes. "And these are... really good Digimon?"

"Of course!" Both shouted again in unison.

"Okay...if you say so."

"You two don't have to be suspicious." Tentomon says calmly. "There may be some shady people here these days, but not our friends."

"I see..." The orange-haired girl sighs. "Unfortunately I can't make sense of you..."

"I can think of more questions..." Koushiro spoke and got a curious look from the older girl.

"You can ask your questions.", Tentomon spoke happily.

Piymon smiles. "If we can't answer them, we'll just say it!"

"Okay...", the red-haired boy says cautiously, "You called this place 'Digital World', didn't you?"

"Yes."

"And there are no people here?"

"Only Digimon live here."

"But then why are Sora-san and I here? How did we get here?

"I don't know." Tentomon spoke. "I always felt like I was waiting for someone."

"On me?"

"Yes."

Piyomon nods eagerly. "Yes! I've been waiting for Sora for ages! That was deep inside me for a long time!"

"But why specifically on us?"

"Don't know..." the pink bird spoke sadly. "It was just one of our basic ideas. We can't explain it either."

Koushiro thought for a moment before speaking again, "You said it, there are 'shady people' here these days, so you mean Digimon? Are they malicious or what?"

"Yes. Suddenly, some Digimon started getting brutal and attacking innocent Digimon." Tentomon explains. "And for a while those Digimon didn't have a reason to. Something evil has appeared here..."

"Unfortunately, we don't know what that's all about." The pink bird spoke up. "The digital world has become dangerous... even for us."

Sora nodded after learning this information. "I see... it would be just our bad luck if we encountered such Digimon... We would then definitely be in an almost hopeless situation. How are we supposed to survive that?"

"We protect you." Both Digimon said firmly.

"Are you strong enough for something like that?" Sora asks.

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...

...

What Sora, Koushiro, and the two Digimon didn't know at the time was that an insect Digimon was watching them.

It was the Digimon Kunemon.

It is a small yellow caterpillar with black lightning shaped stripes, blue mandibles, a pair of long antennae, twelve legs with blue claws on the front six, and a long stinger on the end of its abdomen.

"I found two people. They are accompanied by two Digimon…" It spoke to itself. "I have to report this to my general immediately!"

With that, it crawled away quickly.

...


~ at Yamato and Gabumon…~

Meanwhile, Yamato and Gabumon had arrived in a small village. It actually contained only very small and few houses.

"Where are we, Gabumon?"

"Hm… this village looks unscathed. Apparently no attacks have taken place here until now…" Gabumon mumbles softly.

"What do you think?"

Little Digimon came out of the houses, curiously looking at Yamato.

"Are those Digimon?" the blond boy asks in surprise.

"Yes. That's Pokomon and Caprimon! Don't worry, they're small and innocent Digimon!"

Caprimon is a small Digimon with a metal helmet on his head and two antennae. It has a blue and white striped tail.

Pokomon is a small yellow round ball with four legs, a pair of sharp pointy fox ears and a fluffy white-tipped tail.

"Ui! A Gabumon and a human! How exciting!" one of the Pokomon spoke.

"I've never seen a human before! Where are you from?" Caprimon asked.

"Huh?" Yamato asks confused. "We should move on, Gabumon. After all, that is not our destination."

"What? Well... if you mean..."

"No! Wait a moment!" one of the Caprimon says anxiously.

"What is it?" Gabumon asks worried.

"Can't you two protect us?"

"Protect us from Dobermon! Please!" Pokomon says sadly, almost to the point of tears.

"Dobermon?" Yamato asks. "Another Digimon?"

"Why is it attacking you?"

Caprimon jumped up and down excitedly, "It belongs to the evil Digimon. It was here a few days ago and killed all the bigger Digimon! Now there is only us... we are too weak to defend ourselves..."

Pokomon nods. "And...after it killed our friends, it said it will come back soon to finally destroy our village... We didn't want to run away...no we can't run away! Because if we leave our village, we're going to die anyway!" With these words, the yellow Digimon started to cry.

"Please don't cry..." Gabumon says. "What should we do, Yamato?" he asks his human partner.

The blond fifth year was silent for a long time and watched the crying Digimon.

'What should I do… I don't even know them… Is it possible to stop such a brutal Digimon…. But… when I think about it; Taichi and Sora would probably help them... And I bet... he would be happy to do it too.'

"That sounds dangerous..., but there's nothing you can do about it...", the blond boy hesitates a little. "Can you do it, Gabumon?"

"Of course! I'm strong! I will protect you all, that includes you, of course, Yamato!" Gabumon spoke optimistically.

"You really want to help us?" the little Digimon asked. "Thanks! Thank you very much!"

One of the Pokomon slowly walked towards Yamato. "Ne, ne… human? What is your name?"

"My name?"

"I would really like to know your name! Will you tell me please?"

"I'm Yamato." He says calmly.

"Aha. Ya-ma-to… Yamato!" Pokomon shouted happily. "I've really never heard a name like that!"

'This innocence somehow reminds me of him...' the blond boy thinks and looks into the distance. 'I hope You are fine…'

...

Yamato suddenly noticed that a dog-like creature was slowly approaching the village.

"Gabumon."

"This is Dobermon. Please stay under cover, Yamato. I'll take care of it!"

"Okay good luck…"

...

...

"Stop!" Gabumon yells as he steps in front of Dobermon. "I will not let you destroy this village and kill the inhabitants!"

"A Gabumon?" Dobermon asks. "What does someone like you want here?"

Dobermon has piercing red eyes and a metal collar with spikes around its neck. Its main coat is black, but the fur around its muzzle, paws, and inner body is brown. It has three toes on each paw with a claw on each toe, and from the back of each foot juts a blade. It has gear-like protrusions on its spine and knees, and in each thigh is a red gem.

"Are you one of the Digimon that is traveling with a human?" the dog-Digimon asks curiously. "I recently heard about such Digimon. And my mission is, if I meet people, I have to kill them!"

"I won't let that happen either!" Gabumon says resolutely.

"I'm really lucky. Then I can kill the village and its inhabitants as well as you and your human partner. That will certainly please my master." Dobermon says with a wicked grin. "Then that arrogant Digimon won't be so arrogant when it hears about it. heh..."

"What are you talking about? Which Digimon do you mean?"

"None of your business!" Dobermon yells and braces himself. "Do you really want to fight me?"

"Yes!"

"Then die!"

...

...

From afar, Yamato watched what was happening, he was very worried about Gabumon...

"What are they talking about?" he asks himself.

"Yamato...?" a voice spoke and when the blond boy turned around the yellow Pokomon was next to him.

"You better hide yourself! It's dangerous!" he shouts at the little Digimon.

"I'm worried about Gabumon like you though..." it says innocently, unperturbed by Yamato's words. "Will he make it? Because I don't want to see good Digimon die again."

"He... he'll make it..."

Pokomon looked at Yamato with longing eyes, "You...Yamato...you haven't been in the digital world long, have you?"

"Not even a day." He spoke with a sigh.

"I've been missing a good friend a few days before Dobermon first attacked our village... a Digimon named Renamon."

"Renamon? What happened?"

"He just wanted to go out to find food but he didn't come back… I hope he's not dead too. The Digital World has had a weird vibe lately... I don't like that. It used to be such a peaceful world..."

Yamato looked sadly at the little Digimon. "You must have... been very fond of Renamon, or how do I understand that?"

Pokomon smiles sadly, "He always called me his little brother. Even if he said it just for fun..."

'little brother…'

...

A scream interrupted Yamato's thoughts as the fifth year looked up to see Gabumon being bitten on the shoulder by Dobermon.

"Gabumon!" The blond boy screamed in horror and ran.

Dobermon let go of Gabumon and looked at the approaching Yamato.

"Human..." he says with a hint of enthusiasm. "How nice of you to come out voluntarily, so I don't have to look for you unnecessarily long. Get ready to die."

"Yamato...run away..." Gabumon says in a weak voice.

The blond boy knelt down next to Gabumon. "No… you were with me the whole time and I was so ignorant to you. You just want to protect me for a while and I'm finally starting to appreciate that..."

"...Yamato..."

"Let's fight together. You have to protect the weak Digimon. Like... a big brother... would do for his little brother..."

"I'm ready." Gabumon spoke firmly and stood up slowly.

...

The strange device in Yamato's possession began to glow brightly, as did Gabumon.

"I feel a power flowing through my body..."

"Gabumon, shinka! Garurumon!"

"Gabumon has changed?" Yamato spoke stunned.

"An evolution..." Dobermon murmurs. "So the rumors that some Digimon have been telling are true. Humans help Digimon evolve...interesting."

"Yamato." Garurumon spoke firmly. "Get on my back. Let's fight together."

"OK."

Fifth year determinedly mounted Garurumon's back.

Garurumon is a wolf with light blue fur, a white underside, dark blue tiger stripes, magenta claws, dark blue-tipped blades, and a very curly tail.

"So you really mean it?" Dobermon asks again.

"Yes." Garurumon spoke. "We protect the village from you. And I won't let you harm my partner Yamato."

The wolf ran towards Dobermon to attack him, but this didn't really impress Dobermon.

"Tse... do you really think you have a chance against me?" it mumbles.

"Fox Fire!" Garurumon spews blue flames out of his mouth, causing Dobermon to dodge, unimpressed.

"Don't let up!" Yamato encourages his Digimon partner.

"You are still weak, Garurumon." Dobermon says provocatively and bit Garurumon on one of his legs.

The wolf suppressed the pain to let out a small giggle, which left the dog-like Digimon confused.

"Your arrogance will cost you your life in this fight, Dobermon."

"What? Don't kid me!" Dobermon growls.

But Garurumon looked Dobermon in the eye before repeating his attack from before, only without Dobermon being able to escape.

"Foxfire!"

With a scream, Dobermon vanished, dissolving into data.

...

Yamato dismounted from the wolf and looked at the sky. "Did you kill it?" he asks uncertainly.

"I had no choice. I'm glad nothing happened to you." Garurumon replies.

"Yes…"

When the fifth year turned around, Gabumon was back in front of him.

"Tell me... how did you get so big before? Why did you transform?"

Gabumon smiles. "It was an evolution. I don't know exactly, but I do know that you were the reason for my sudden strength, Yamato!"

"Huh?"

"Come on, let's quickly let the village know that there is no more danger!" With that, Gabumon ran off. The blond boy followed hesitantly.


What Yamato and Gabumon didn't know was that they too were being watched by a Digimon.

It was similar to what Sora and Koushiro observed...

It is a small green caterpillar with black lightning shaped stripes, purple mandibles, a pair of long antennae, twelve legs with purple claws on the front six, and a long stinger on the end of its abdomen.

It was Dokunemon.

The Digimon turned and looked into the distance as if someone was with it, it spoke normally, "I have something new to report. Dobermon was defeated by a Digmon accompanied by a human."

"If he had listened to us and not gone then he would still be alive. Well, what a pity. I will mourn for him." A monotonous voice spoke out of nowhere.

"What should I do now?" the insect Digimon asked.

"You can't help it. So come back to us. The master will say what the next step is. We're still waiting for something to happen soon, but for now I'm seeing black."

"I have one more question... if you allow me."

"What?"

"Have the other children been sighted yet?"

"Unfortunately not quite yet. They seem to be good at hiding. But since we know roughly where they plan to gather, it doesn't matter."

"I understand good. I'll be back." The insect spoke and half-bowed.

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~ In the village where Yamato and Gabumon are... ~

"You defeated Dobermon?" Caprimon asks, eyes wide. "Thank you Gabumon!"

"Hehe...oh, that wasn't worth mentioning." Gabumon blushes. "But Yamato and I have to move on now."

"What a pity..." the little Digimon said in unison.

Pokomon nods in understanding. "Well… good luck on your journey. And…Yamato?"

"Hm?"

The yellow Digimon smiles hopefully. "I firmly believe that Renamon is still alive and if you should meet him... please... give him my regards!"

The blond boy nods. "OK. I'll do it…"

...

With that, the duo said goodbye to the village... and moved on...

...

...

"You know Gabumon..." Yamato started.

"Hm?"

"You have to know... I have a little brother..." he says softly.

"For real? And why are you telling me this?"

"Because..." Yamato blushes slightly. "Because I trust you… I'm worried that I won't be able to keep a promise I made to my brother. I hope now that I'm in the digital world that he's not overly concerned... and that he's fine. With your help, I want to get back home to him as soon as possible!"

"Yamato..."

"What are you saying?"

Gabumon smiles. "I will support you however I can! After all, we are partners!"

The fifth year half-smiles. "...partner... ...huh?"

...

...

Hoping to be back in his world soon to meet his little brother, Ishida Yamato continues on his journey with the Digimon Gabumon...

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~ to Sora, Koushiro and their Digimon…~

"Sora~~~ Look!" Piyomon cried happily as the pink bird saw in the distance that the mountains 'ceased'.

"We're finally getting out of the mountains." Tentomon added. "Finally. I got tired of running."

"You were flying all the time..." Sora mumbles.

The red-haired fourth year looked around. The end of the mountains looked kind of battered. "What happened here?"

"Seems there was a fight or something." The red bug explained. "Anyway... how much longer do we have to walk?"

Koushiro looked at the map on his white device. "Hm... as I understand the map... we still have to walk for a while."

"Oh no..." Tentomon complains.

"You fly all the time anyway..." Sora says, shaking his head. "Besides, we have to move on quickly. I finally want to know why I ended up here..."

Piyomon nods in agreement. "And I finally want to see the others again!"

'...and I'm still very worried about Taichi and Yamato... I still don't know what became of them...' the orange-haired girl thinks sadly.

Before the children could continue on their way, Piyomon stopped in amazement.

"What's wrong?" Sora asks.

"I hear a noise... from...above?" the pink bird looked up at the sky, the others do the same as the Digimon.

"From above?" Koushiro asks confused, but then saw something flying in the sky.

A Digimon that looks a lot like a wasp flew towards the children. Where the 'spike' should have been was some kind of cannon.

It began firing multiple lasers at Sora and Koushiro through its canon.

"Beware!" the Digimon yelled and all four quickly ran away for cover.

"That's Waspmon." Tentomon explained.

"And why is it attacking us?"

"No idea…"

...

"Don't worry Sora. I will protect you." Piyomon flew towards the Waspmon.

"What are you up to?" The girl asks shocked.

"Magical Fire!" Piyomon 'summons' green flames to hit Waspmon.

"Wait!" Tentomon called. "I'll support you as much as I can." He flew near Piyomon. "Petit Thunder!" the red beetle attacked with electricity.

Waspmon dodged the attacks as best he could and attacked the two Digimon with his lasers. Both Piyomon and Tentomon were hit and fell back to the ground.

"Oh! Tentomon!"

"Piyomon...wait, I'm coming!" Sora ran towards the pink bird.

"Sora. Don't come any closer...You mustn't come any closer or Waspmon will attack you..." the pink bird mumbled as it saw Sora approaching.

...

Waspmon fixed his gaze on Sora. "The order I have been given is: kill the Humans that have come into this world. I must do my duty... ...Bear Buster!"

"Sora-san, look out!" the red-haired boy calls out alarmingly.

...

Before the aimed attack hits Sora, Piyomon leaps in front of Sora to block the attack, but is hit badly.

"No! Piyomon!"

"Not good. That's not good!" Tentomon says.

"What do you mean?" Koushiro asks.

"The attack of Waspmon…, Bear Buster is a poisoned attack. It can take down even large Digimon... and now it's hit Piyomon too..."

"Will... will Piyomon die?"

"Hopefully not."

...

Sora kneels next to the weakened Digimon. "Piyomon...please talk to me..." she says sadly.

"Are you okay, Sora?"

"Yes! But what about you? You shouldn't have blocked the attack for me!"

"I had no choice. After all, I have to protect you." The pink bird spoke firmly. "We are... ...we are partners after all."

The orange-haired girl nods slowly. "Yes…"

Sora's white device began to glow, and so did Piyomon.

"Huh? Tentomon what about Piyomon?" Koushiro asks nervously. "Why is it glowing?"

"Um…"

...

"Piyomon, shinka! Birdramon!"

"Piyomon has evolved!", Tentomon spoke excitedly. "It was an evolution!"

"Evolution…?"

...

"Piyomon?" Sora asks.

A giant bird now stood in front of Sora. Its body is wreathed almost entirely in orange flames. The only parts that are not are its mouth with protruding teeth and its two feet, each of which has five talons. It has blue eyes and large wings.

"I'm Birdramon now, Sora. Don't worry, now I'm strong enough to defeat Waspmon."

...

...

Birdramon flew near Waspmon to face the Digimon.

"You managed to evolve to your next level with the help of the human...and my poison that hit you seems to have vanished just like that," Waspmon states. "That's almost impressive."

"why did you attack us?" Birdramon asks.

"My job is to kill the Humans who came here without permission. Not more."

"…I won't allow that! Meteor Wing!" Birdramon shot several fireballs at Waspmon from his wings.

The wasp Digimon saw no alternatives. "Hmm... that's it... I've failed unfortunately..."

It said that last sentence before it was hit by the fireballs.

...

"Yeah!" Tentomon cheers. "Won! Waspmon has been defeated!"

"Evolution..." the red-haired boy mumbles. "That sounds really interesting..."

"Sora~~~"

Piyomon flew into Sora's arms.

"You were amazing!" Sora praises. "Thank you Piyomon."

"But I couldn't find out who Waspmon had sent..."

"We'll definitely find out in time." The orange-haired girl calms the Digimon down.

...

...

"Koushiro-kun... shall we continue on our way?"

"Yes. But we must be careful. We've now seen that this 'evil kind' of Digimon is out to get us..."

"….Yes."

...

...

So Sora, Koushiro, Piyomon and Tentomon continued on their way...

Hopefully they don't have a long way to go...

...


~~ ...near a cave...~~

Ghost Digimon Bakemon just received the messages from the two Digimon that just joined him. It was the two insect Digimon that were watching Yamato and Sora and Koushiro...

The Digimon: Kunemon and Dokunemon

"Is that true?" the ghost asks, concerned.

Kunemon nods. "I reported it before, but Dobermon was defeated."

Dokunemon nods. "The Digimom evolved and then defeated Waspmon!"

"We're losing our soldiers... the master won't like that..." Bakemon wails.

"Not just the Master!" a voice called out.

A Digimon appears from the cave, its entire body covered in flames.

"Lynxmon!" Bakemon shouted. "Where have you been? I was looking for you earlier."

"Been looking at some Digimon that have great potential. Those Digimon can get really strong to fight for us." Lynxmon spoke with a wicked grin.

"Ah...there you were..."

"Did I hear you right? Dobermon was defeated. That idiot...if only he'd listened to him. Well, really a shame."

"He said he was mourning over Dobermon." Kunemon spoke up. "But you don't know who the general is either?"

Lynxmon smiles. "No. But I have a strong suspicion."

"So?"

Lynxmon looked at Bakemon. "What should our next step be now? After all, there are still humans walking around here. I would be in favor of killing those Digimon that chose to accompany the human."

Bakemon shakes his head. "No. Leave that to the Digimon who have been commissioned to do this. If they don't make it, I'm sure you'll have your finest hour, too."

"I'm sick of the constant preference given to other Digimon!" Lynxmon growls. "I finally want to be strengthened by the great master!"

"You just have to be patient." Dokunemon spoke reliably. "The Master chooses wisely. That is why our general is so strong today, because the master succeeded in experimenting on him."

"Yes... but he's only done this experiment with him so far... other Digimon could only experience the other thing..."

...

"Let's wait for the next command for now..." the Ghost Digimon advised. "Until then we will wait quietly. And you two; Kunemon and Dokunemon, you keep trying to keep an eye on the areas."

"Yes indeed!"

...

...

The Digimon who serve the bad guys are after Taichi and the other children who ended up in the Digital World...

But why?

...


~Human World…~

...

A large crowd of people was just exiting a train station, including a small blond boy with blue eyes. He was in second grade.

He wears a green hat that leaves a tuft of his hair out and has printed on the left side a logo in yellow inside a yellow circle. He also wears a striped shirt of many shades of green with short sleeves, brown shorts, yellow socks, and green and yellow sneakers. The sneakers have white soles and laces.

The second year looked around and headed for a map of the city.

"Let's see..." he mumbles thoughtfully. "Mom allowed me to go on my own after so much persuasion, but still...I wonder how Onii-chan is...he didn't answer when I called him... ...and I've had this weird feeling ever since."

The blond boy shakes his head. 'I mustn't think like that! I hope I'm just imagining it!'

...

"That's strange!" a man's voice tore the boy out of his thoughts. He looked around and saw two men in suits talking to each other.

"We were really lucky that this train was still running! I just read that another one is canceled due to technical difficulties! And not only that; there was a snowstorm again recently!"

"What?" the second man asks, shaking his head. "A blizzard in summer? I'm telling you, soon our employers will say that we can't work because the machines went down again!"

...

The blond boy processed the men's conversation with a nervous look. 'So the rumors I've heard are true... it's like that all over the world... but where Onii-chan lives I have a feeling it's getting worse and worse...'

...


~ Yagami Residence…~

Yagami Hikari was sitting on the sofa and stroking her cat while the TV was back on the news.

"Onii-chan isn't back yet." She tells. "What do you mean, Miko? Onni-chan is okay, isn't she?" she asks her cat, who only mewed at that.

"Yes, …sure."

...


~ Digital World …~

Taichi and Agumon also kept walking...

Another beep interrupted them and they stopped.

"What was that?" the yellow dinosaur asks.

The brown-haired boy looked at his device. "Something new is shown! And it's very close to us! Let's go, Agumon! I need to know what it means!"

"OK!"

...

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Will Taichi be able to meet someone else soon?

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To be continued...


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Japanese – English

Yagami Taichi – Tai Kamiya

Ishida Yamato – Matt Ishida

Takenouchi Sora – Sora Takenouchi

Izumi Koushiro – Izzy Izumi

Yagami Hikari – Kari Kamiya

Takaishi Takeru – T.K. Takaishi

Piyomon – Biyomon

Pokomon – Viximon

Caprimon – Kapurimon

Petit Fire – Blue Blaster

Magical Fire – Spiral Twister

Petit Thunder - Super Shocker