Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, so I advised you not to sue me because I do not get paid to do what I do.
Anyway, I know I did not introduce the names of the characters in the last chapter because I planned to do so here. So enough of that, lets get this thing started, shall we?
Do not, I repeat, do not take any chapters after this as part of the same exact story. If it has "Redone' next to the chapter title then it is ok.
An half hour had past since my little adventure into the not-so-abandoned Juvenile complex. Seeing two strange creatures face-off, one trying to kill me (failing, yay me), getting a Digimon Partner, and becoming her Tamer. You think that would be the end of it, but your sadly mistaken.
I got grounded.
"Whatever were you doing, being out so late?" questioned my father.
"I…uh…lost track of time" I said, making it up as I went on.
"And look at your pants leg! It's ripped! How did you rip them! I spent a good amount of money on those for your birthday last year!" my father exclaimed.
"Uh…I…uh…tripped and…uh…got caught on a branch" I stuttered out. With that, my father grounded me for the weekend, and made me do all the chores, by myself! Though considering I could have died early, let me at them chores!
Later, around nightfall, while I was throwing out the trash outside, my Partner materialize right in front of me.
"What the?! Jeez you have got to stop doing that, your going to give me a heart attack or something!" I yelled, venting out some anger from earlier. She remained eerily silent.
Not again! I hate silence!
"Uh look…sorry for yelling at you, I'm just kind of stressed right now as you can tell." I apologized.
"My name is Renamon. Yours?" she asked, ignoring my outburst and my apology.
"Uh Victor" I said, just remembering that we never had a chance to introduce ourselves to each other as we were, erhem, occupied.
Time passed by slowly, with Renamon explaining to me the basics of Digimon, the Digital Dimension, and the two bad guys from earlier.
From what she told me about Digimon is that most were just computer code at one point but as technology advance, so did they, forming into what they are now from information on the web. Renamon came into existence because of information on foxes in Japanese mythology, hence her kitsune-like look and the Taoist symbol on her purple sleeves/bracers.
When I asked where the other Digimon came from, she said that it wasn't born 'natural' like other Digimon. It was one of the few Digimon that was actually created by someone for the purpose of mass-producing efficient soldiers.
'Psi' was the rank and name of that particular breed of created Digimon. It was one of the higher ranking grunts, one of the few that led other groups in squads to raid and ransack Digimon settlements.
The name of the organization, that Michael guy and that 'Psi' were a part of, was called Tartarus, as in Greek mythology, the location where the Titans were banished to by the Greek gods. They was a rank for each Greek alphabet symbol, while only five of those symbols held any true power while one controlled everything.
That was all she told at the moment, but I could tell there was something she was leaving out judging by the hesitance in her tone.
She continued on, explaining about Deletion, that was what happened when a Digimon was so badly beaten that their digital form began to become so unstable that it broke apart into those little pieces, its fragmented DigitalCore, that was what happened to 'Psi'.
A DigitalCore is what allows Digimon to maintain their shape and form. The DigitalCore is also what allows them to create their corporal form in the 'Real World' as she calls it. It compresses all their data together to actually form a 'body' for the Digimon, making it an exact copy of what it was in the Digital Dimension. She also said that almost everybody and thing with an electrical field has one, albeit a less prominent one.
She explained about Bio-Emergence, the coined term for when a Digimon somehow makes it to the Real World through a Data Field, or the fog.
The Digital Dimension was created long before Digimon appeared, long before even computers were created, which baffled me, and when I asked how, she just said the only ones who would know would be the Sovereign Digimon or any others of that kind of power, which was quiet of lot she admitted.
She finally went on to explain that Tartarus was created by a group of Digimon who grew tired of falling in line under the rule of the Sovereign Digimon, and that they wanted to conquer the Digital Dimension for themselves. Bunch of hypocrites if you ask me, but, hey, the ones gunning for power rarely every care anyways. And if they achieve that, what's to stop them from setting their sights on the Real World? I shudder at the thought of Digimon invading the Real World if they had powers like Rachel.
"So this group, Tartarus, they plan to take over the Digital Dimension?" I repeated in disbelief. Renamon merely nodded her head in confirmation.
"Okay so what about these cards?" I asked while pulling out the cards I pillaged off from that Michael guy, who turned out to be a Shadow Tamer who sided with Tartarus so that they could gain power to use in the Real World. She seemed surprise that I had them.
"Where did you get those?" she questioned suspiciously.
"Took them from that Tamer when he passed out" I explained. To which she nodded her head to me with new-found respect for me.
"Smart thinking, that should save us some time having to hunt them down, and give me more time to teach your new duties before something else happens" she said. Great, more fun.
"Well, let's start this "Tamer Training" tomorrow okay, because I am beat, and my dad has work tomorrow as well" I said, faking passing out. Renamon let an amused look cross her face for a moment before going back to her stoic default.
"Very well, tomorrow your training begins" she replied before phasing, what she and other Digimon called it, away to do whatever she did.
The Next Morning, Saturday
I awoke from a dream that seemed so real, but when my eyes adjusted to the sunlight in my room, I stood looking face-to-face with Renamon. I jumped from fright, and fell off my bed.
"Please stop doing that already! My dad might see you!" I exclaimed.
"Your father is not here. He has been gone for an hour already. Now get up." she stated. Pushy much?
The day went by with her teaching me about the D-Arc, the cards, how they worked, what each did, Digimon themselves and Digivolution. The latter caught my attention the most.
"So if me and you fight together, you will eventually Digivolve into your next form?" I asked.
"Yes, but only for a duration, then I return to my Renamon form" she said. The way she said "Renamon form" caught my interest.
"Wait, if this form is called Renamon, does that make your other forms Renamon too? Or do each of them have their own name?" I asked. This question caught her off guard, so I went on.
"I mean, I'm human, but that does not mean that's my name. So do you have a name I could call you when I'm just talking about you, and not your other forms?" I asked. She thought for a few minutes, I kept quite, this was, after all, the name that she was to be called.
"Rachel. My name will be Rachel" she answered a little hesitantly.
"Rachel. Rachel the Renamon" I said playing around with it for a second, before I realized that she was waiting for my approval on it.
"That's a great name, Rachel" I said, which seemed to brighten her mood a little bit. Just a little.
The rest of the day went by, with Rachel scolding me when I did something wrong, with me learning the other abilities of my D-Arc. Like how it had a Digi-analyzer built into it, that identified all Digimon strengths, weaknesses, and moves(most of the time…). The D-Arc, also had a health screen on Rachel, to display if she was hurt or anything like that. It also had a page button that called Rachel whenever I needed her from wherever she was at. The last little application, was the one that allowed me to see what Rachel was seeing, which was cool!
I also learned something about Digimon anatomy. To say that I wasn't flustered was an understatement.
Digimon do have a complete workings of the Human body and other creatures. Meaning that they are capable of building muscle, breaking or fracturing a bone, (though theirs are a lot more denser than ours and hollow, making them lighter), and, erhem, reproductive organs. Though female Digimon can not get pregnant, they are able to create a Digi-Egg by sharing their data between each other and it forming together to create another Digimon of the species that proffered the most data for the Egg. From there, the Digi-Eggs are sent to the Primary Villages were the Eggs are nurtured and watched over by the Caretakers. It is an unwritten rule that no Digimon can enter the Villages for purposes of uploading the Eggs and Baby Digimon their. Once you become an in-training you are given the option to stay and learn from the Caretakers the workings of the Digital Dimension and some about the Real World, the rest is left to inherited knowledge passed through the data that created them. When they become a Rookie, you are asked to leave the Village and then its open season on them in the rest of the Digital Dimension.
Speaking of the Digital Dimension, it is always in fluctuating due to the rise of information being uploaded to the web, creating deserts and oceans of from, literally. Time in the Digital Dimension changes constantly. In one place time a day may go by while in the Real World only an hour has passed. While in other areas, it might have just stopped. Hence, time has become somewhat irrelevant in the Digital Dimension due to its randomness.
Any information that has made its way to the internet, or any technology for that matter, changes a part of the Digital Dimension.
Digimon are similar to Humans in the way that they develop.
Baby Digimon are just like baby Humans. In-Training like kids, Rookies like adolescents, Champions are the young adults, Ultimate's, the middle aged, and finally Mega's, they are like the elderly. Though, in terms of power, the older the Digimon get, the stronger they become rather than Humans, who the more older they become, the more frail they get.
That isn't what made flustered, it was the fact that Digimon are blunt about sex, to them its natural to just rid themselves of the urge and move one, though Rachel said she never had any urges, as she was always trying to better herself.
I have a Nun as a Partner pretty much.
When night came, Rachel turned to leave.
"Hey, Rachel, if you want to sleep in my room you can, if you want. It looks like it might be raining tonight. I'll lock my door so that if my dad comes in, he doesn't see you when your sleeping" I offered. To which she nodded and grabbed me and phased us right to my room.
The phasing thing was one of the most weirdest experiences I have been through. It felt like I was dissolving bit by bit and then put back together, which, according to Rachel, was what was happening. Rachel explained that 'Phasing', as they coined it, involves switching ones frequency to travel upon a faster one, hence teleportation like disappearance. I'm still trying to figure out that one.
After my instinctive scare, that some part of my body might have been missing, none was fortunately, I started to get a spare blanket and pillow and laid them on the floor. Which Rachel must have thought was meant for her, so she went and grabbed the blanket from me.
"Hey, what are you doing? That's where I'm going to sleep" I said, To which Rachel just blinked and asked where she was going to sleep at.
I chuckled "Over on the bed of course. You were in a fight yesterday remember?" she didn't know how to answer to that, so I lead her to the bed, covered her up, and said goodnight.
Meanwhile, at the Tartarus fortress, a lone Digimon is seen running down a dark hallway. At the end of that hallway was Tartarus meeting room, where all members of the Collective, there top agents, minus one 'Psi', were awaiting the messenger, a Gazimon.
"My Lords, Ladies" the Gazimon said, then bowed "Reports claim that the 'Psi' that was sent after the Renamon has been deleted. We have just verified, that his Tamer's Shadow D-Arc has stopped transmitting a signal" concluded the Gazimon who turned to leave, but was instantly deleted before he even reached the door by an energy attack.
The expression 'Don't kill the messenger' was clearly ignored here.
The Next Day, Sunday
The next morning I was the first one to wake up, and I was happy. I turned to see a peaceful, sleeping Rachel, curled up under the bed sheets. She looked stunning even when she was sleeping. She looked like she was having a great dream. I went to make us some breakfast. My dad had left on an important business trip, according to a note he left on the fridge, and said that I was still grounded and not to go anywhere. Like that was actually going to keep me from going anywhere
I had finished making the only breakfast I knew how to make: cereal, some toasted bread and butter with a glass of O.J.. With two sets of breakfasts ready I just started to eat mine like animal, and didn't even notice when Rachel appeared behind me. By now, I had already finished my breakfast, when I turned to go wash my dishes, Rachel was standing right in front of me, which caused me to drop the dishes.
With unreal speed, she grabbed the dishes before any of them even got half way to the ground. Damn, that's fast!
"You have to be more conscious of your surroundings" she scolded, to which I grinned.
"Yeah, well, not all of us have ears that could hear things from here to the next block, you know" I replied back, still grinning, till she bonked me on the head. Ow.
"You, also, have to mind what you say" she countered. Not my fault I have a forked tongue.
"Okay, okay. I'll watch what I say, though I doubt that I'll remember that in the next five minutes anyways" I retorted. Hey, it was the truth. I have a short attention span for those sort of things.
"So, why are you so happy today?" she asked, genuinely curious.
"Well, you see today is my birthday. I turn Eighteen today" I explained.
"Oh….well, then happy birthday Victor" she congratulated.
"Thanks, its not often you get told 'Happy Birthday' from a walking, talking, almost six foot yellow fox" I stated cheekily. She slapped the back of my head.
"Too much?" she nodded "Thought so."
"Eat up Rachel. My treat" I said, pointing to the breakfast on the table.
"Really? For me?" she asked like she could not believe it. I nodded. She seemed skeptical about.
"Do you mean no one has ever offered you something to eat?" I gasped. She nodded. I was the skeptical one now.
When Rachel finally gave in, I asked how it was growing up in the Digital Dimension. She flinched. I changed the subject. I asked her if she had an family, she responded no. Though there was the occasional species of Digimon that lived together. I was appalled. I put a comforting hand on her shoulder, which seemed to shock her because she flinched at my touch.
After breakfast, we went outside. Once outside, she turned on me, into a fighting stance.
Not good.
She swung a fist at me. I managed to duck from it and took up a defensive stance. She was testing my fighting skills. She swung her fist again. I parried, and grabbed the arm. Twisting it into an arm-lock maneuver. She was impressed. She broke from the hold easily and jumped back a few meters from me. She jumped up, and came down with a kick that caught me in the chest sending me to the ground. I slowly got back up with a determined look in my eyes. I do not even know the meaning of defeat. Okay I do, but so what, I don't like losing. It sucks!
I faked a right jab, she fell for it, and grabbed her by the arm lifting her up in the air (she's quite light for her height), before slamming her down into the ground. She was surprised, then she got serious. Just so you guys know she was just toying with me if you didn't notice, translation: I'm going to get hurt real bad before she is done with me.
She came at me so fast that it was like a blur. She tackled me down. I was dazed. She stood in front of me, she put her hand out to help me up.
After the sparring, I noticed the outlines of bruises already forming.
My D-Arc suddenly started to beep. I pulled it out to check what was happening to it. Rachel already knew. A Digimon had appeared and had to be stopped if it made itself a threat.
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Redone 12/09/09