Shuichon was sitting on her bed, tracing the screen of her digivice. She was thinking about her friend in the digital world, she wondered if he remembered her.
'I have to be brave. No matter what, I have to show Ai and Makoto that there's nothing to fear in the digital world. I've been there. It's fine.'
But really all she could remember doing in the digital world was crying, So much fighting going on. Shuichon knew she had to be strong, like her brother. She could do it. Yeah, she could be strong for everyone. If her brother had done it, so could she.
Shuichon got up, turned off the lights and laid herself to bed. She was tired, and tomorrow was another day of school. She drifted off to sleep with thoughts of her friend in her head.
Ai and Makoto opened the door to their small apartment.
"Kids, where have you been?" Their grandmother said, walking out into the main entrance. She was wearing a night robe.
"Sorry mother, we were out." Ai said, bowing.
"It's fine, get into bed." She said, pouring herself a cup of coffee.
The twins walked into their own separate rooms, both thinking different thoughts.
Makoto walked into his room, he never felt so excited. Usually his sister carried the Digivice with her to avoid him breaking it or something, but he had smuggled it from her to "practice". He dug one hand underneath his bed and pulled out a shoebox. Excited to the point of shaking, he quickly opened up the box. Inside there were many Digimon cards, he took one out randomly. He stood up and slid the card through the digivice, practicing some cool moves. After the heat of the moment he looked at the card he had slashed, it said "Regenerate."
"Cool." He said to himself.
Meanwhile in Ai's room, she was in her bed, thinking hard. She felt scared about going to the digital world. The feelings around that portal were almost too much to handle. So much hate and bitterness. She didn't know if she could make it there. Ever since she had gotten a bit older, she had developed a small amount of psychic energy. It was nothing very intolerable, she could sense the presence of different feelings, different types of souls, and that portal had admitted pure hate to her. It was rather frightening. She couldn't tell her brother though; he seemed so thrilled about going. Ai didn't want to ruin her brother's good mood. If she was chosen to go she would have to go, no matter what feelings overflowed from that portal. She had to be brave, for her brother and Shuichon.
As she drifted to sleep, she dreaded the day she had to trace herself into the digital world. She just hoped that her old friend would be able to protect her.
Back in the Digital world, Beezlemon was suffering. He was trying to find some contacts to heal his arm. It had developed a nice hole in it, and was slowly crawling, devouring more flesh. If it continued to progress he was certain he'd be a corpse within a day. He fell over into the sand, weak from the corroding going on within his body. Suddenly, he felt completely refreshed, as if he could walk a marathon. He looked down at his arm, it was healed right up.
"What in the world..." Beezlemon said to himself, examining his arm "Maybe it's the kids…?"
He rushed off, jumping onto a motorcycle. He had to find the other tamer's Digimon.
That night at the Li residence, Jenya made many phone calls. He was trying to reach out to all the original creators of the Digimon. But all his attempts fell short, he found it close to impossible to contact any of them. He told himself he'd try in the morning as he plucked away at his computer late into the night.
The next day, Ai and Makoto were outside at recess. Makoto was enjoying a good game of soccer while Ai was sitting down on a bench. She was still thinking about what was to come, and the dread she felt with going there.
"Hey, you're Ai right?"
Ai turned her head to see Shuichon standing next to her.
"Mind if I take a seat?" She asked the brunette girl.
Ai nodded and Shuichon sat down next to her. They sat in silence for awhile, then Shuichon finally spoke up.
"May I see your digivice?" Shuichon asked
Ai dug into her messenger bag and pulled out her purple digivice. Shuichon pulled a pink one out of her pocket.
"Does your brother have his own then?" She asked Ai
"No we share one." Ai responded "Impmon is both of our friends."
"I've never heard of two tamers having the same partner, but I'm sure it's possible." Shuichon said "Are you excited we're going to the digital world?"
Ai tilted her head down further; Shuichon looked at her in concern.
"Are you alright?" She asked
"Yes, I'm sorry for seeming rude." Ai replied "I'm just... scared to go. That's all."
"I remember my first trip to the digital world." Shuichon said
"Really? What was it like?"
"Well, I remember crying a lot. Some Digimon were really nice, and some where bad. But then again, I guess my judgment could be off, I was only seven when I went and it's hard for me to fully recall."
"Only seven? That must have been difficult."
"I was pretty carefree at the time, so not really. I remember being scared out of my mind though."
Ai smiled, talking to Shuichon made her feel a bit better, but the queasiness in her stomach didn't die down any. Shuichon's stories about the digital world were interesting though, especially since they were based off of the mindset of a seven year old. Time flew past until it was time to go back into class. Shuichon stood up.
"It was great talking to you; I'll see you when I see you."
"Same."
Shuichon walked back into the school as Ai waited for her Brother.