DIGIMON GENESIS 02

Chapter Three: Singing! Beat Appears!

Ryoko sighed, walking through the halls of her school. Terriermon had gone to stay with Kimiko since she had grown attached to him. Closing her eyes, Ryoko looked down at the digivice and crest hanging around her neck. Just why did Terriermon - no, Tasuke entrust her with these? Did he know something was going to happen? This was all to much for her to take in. However, as if heavensent, a melody began to play. It was up-beat yet down-to-earth. A voice pierced her ears as well. "Everyone should be gone by now..." Ryoko murmured as she headed down the hall to the music room. Peering in, her eyes widened when she saw a red dinosaur-like creature singing into a microphone as if he had his own stage. She had to admit, the thing was pretty good - wait. Was this thing a digimon? Pulling out her digivice, stats began to display on the screen

Name: Shoutmon

Level: Rookie

Type: Small Dragon

Attacks: Rock Soul, Soul Crusher, Rowdy Rocker

Then the creature stopped. Looking over his shoulder, a growl erupted from him. "Show yourself foul creature!" Holding what appeared to be a pole microphone pointed at the door, Ryoko slowly let herself in. "Hmm. A human, huh?" The shoutmon said, snorting. "Erm...I just heard your voice and came to see." "Really? What did you think? Am I not the best?" The shoutmon asked, his chest puffing out. "Erm...yeah. Its actually quite good." Ryoko said raising a brow. "Hehe." The shoutmon said eyeing her with blue eyes. "I like you, whats your name?" The shoutmon asked. "R-Ryoko Fujiyama. Just Ryoko, please." Ryoko said in a slightly deranged tone. "Ryoko, eh? Call me Beat then!" "Beat?" Ryoko asked. "Yeah, unlike other digimon, I was given a nickname." Beat smirked. About to say something else, Beat was cut off with Ryoko's digivice began to glow. Floating off of her neck and in between the two, it glowed like a rainbow. Turning right-side up, a scanner-like thing came from the screen, scanning Beat who was just as confused as Ryoko. The d-power then floated back around Ryoko's neck and lay flat. "That was..." "...wierd." Both said, blinking. "Wait a minute. Thats a digivice, isnt it?" Beat asked in a excited tone.

"Yeah...a d-power is what Terriermon said." Ryoko said sweatdropping. "That must mean we're partners!" "Partners?" Ryoko's eyes then widened as she remembered Terriermon's words about a partner digimon. Was Beat hers? "That scanning was registering me as your partner!" Beat said walking forward and holding out his paw. Ryoko blinked. "Guess we'll be working together from now on!" Beat said cheerfully. Ryoko then smiled. She saw alot of her in this digimon, perhaps they could be friends after all. Taking his paw, Ryoko shook it. "Nice to meet you, Beat."