An Old Friend, A New Rival!:
It was now Sunday morning and Kaito with his partner BlackGuilmon were eating at the kitchen table with the brunet's mother and sister. "So what are you going to do today Kaito and BlackGuilmon?" the Tamer's mother asks him.
"We're planning on hanging out with Shiro today since I had to go catch my newest partner, BlackTyrannomon, yesterday and cut our hanging out short" Kaito explained as he drank his orange juice.
"Two partners in two days, Kaito? This Tamer business that you're getting yourself caught up in is starting to sound dangerous, son" the woman said with worry evident in her voice.
"I have no choice mum. This had always been my dream and I'm going to live it to the fullest, even with the dangerous monsters that are trying to kill me" the brunet said seriously before getting up from his chair and putting his dishes in the sink.
Kaito's mother sighs in defeat as she watches her son leave the kitchen to call his friend. "You know how Kaito is mum, you can never change his mind when its set" Sakura mused, also putting her dishes into the sink.
The young brunet male picks up the house phone and dials Shiro's house phone number. After a while of waiting, he finally hears someone picking up the phone on the other end and said "Hello, Kaishi Residents".
"Hello this is Shiro's friend, Kaito. I need to talk to him please" the male said very politely while BlackGuilmon curls up on the floor to rest.
"Speaking, what's up Kaito?" the older brunet across the phone asks.
"Shiro, I'm sorry for sticking up on you yesterday. How about we continue that hanging out?" Kaito asks giving an apologetic smile even though he knew his friend could not see it.
"I would love to but…" Shiro trailed off before the sound of something hitting the floor came. "Mairi! What did I tell you about pulling his ears?!" he scolded the person that the younger brunet knew was his friend's younger sister.
"Shiro, what's going on?!" Kaito called out into the phone, accidentally waking up his partner.
"Uh… I got to go Kaito. Bye!" the older boy said hastily before he hangs up, leaving his friend in confusion.
"Well that was weird" Kaito mumbled as he puts the phone back on its nest and turns towards his partner. "Come on BlackGuilmon, looks like you and me are going to have some time together" he said before leaving the living room with the black saurian following close behind.
The duo walked aimlessly at the city streets, looking for something fun to do to pass the time. After a while of walking, Kaito's digivice suddenly started beeping. "Another digimon? This is starting to get ridiculous" the brunet groaned as he pulls the device and brings out a compass.
They followed the directions given to them and soon arrive to see a large tiger made completely out red flames. BlackGuilmon was about to attack when a barrage of light strikes the tiger down onto his side. The crimson duo turned to the source of the attack and saw a snow white fox along with a girl with fiery orange hair that slightly passed her shoulders wearing a crimson scarf wrapped around her neck and face, a green turtle neck with long white sleeves and an orange star at the front and a pair of jeans.
"Rei?" Kaito gasps as memories from his past begin to fill his mind.
(3 years ago)
A ten year old Kaito, who was wearing a black jacket over a light blue T-shirt, a crimson scarf wrapped around his neck and face and beige pants, was now walking through the snow covered streets while patting his arms to warm himself.
Suddenly he heard the sound of a young girl screaming near him and started looking for the source. The brunet soon comes across a red head girl in an alley and was being beaten up by three teenage boys.
Not being one to let people in need go unaided; Kaito quickly grabs the nearest thing to help him in the fight, which was a metal pipe. He swings down the pipe onto the first teenager, who had short blond hair wearing a black T-shirt with the sleeves torn off and a pair jeans with torn knees.
"What the-"the second teenager, a brunet with his long hair tied into a ponytail wearing a leather jacket over a black V-neck and a pair of jeans, before getting the wind knocked out him by the younger brunet.
"Hiro, Lee!" called out the last teenager, a dark haired boy wearing a dark blue tank top and matching pair of jeans just before he hit at the knee and then the side of the head.
"Get out of here you jerks!" Kaito shouted as he waves the metal pipe that was covered in some blood threating manner at the group.
The teenagers quickly scramble to their feet as they ran out of the alley with their tail between their legs. Once sure that they were gone, the brunet threw the pipe onto the floor and turned his attention to the injured girl.
"Are you alright?" Kaito asks as he crouches in front of her with worry in his crimson eyes. The red head was silent at first, which worried the brunet greatly. "My name is Kaito Kiora, what's yours?" he asks in an attempt to get her to respond.
"I-It's Rei, Rei Mikasa" orangette answered after a moment while avoiding the boy's gaze. Suddenly Rei started shaking from the winter cold and hugged herself in an attempt to keep warm.
"Here… You need this more than I do" Kaito said as he takes off his scarf and wraps it around the freezing girl.
"B-But it's yours. There's no way I can take this" Rei gasps, trying to take off the scarf but got stop by the brunet.
"You can because I'm giving it to you. Keep it safe for me will you?" he said with a smile on his face while helping the red head to her feet. Just as he was sure that she was alright, Kaito walks out of the alley and goes back home.
(Present day)
'I know that scarf anywhere, I can't believe I found her again' Kaito thought as he and his partner watch the fox, Renamon, kick back the flaming tiger, Lynxmon, by her white flaming hind paws.
Lynxmon quickly get back on his feet and fires a stream of fire at Renamon, which she easily dodges before unleashing another barrage of light at the champion. Furious of getting hit constantly, the flaming tiger quickly charges at the rookie before she could react and claws her to the ground.
"This doesn't look good boy, we got to help them!" Kaito said as he notices how Rei was struggling a bit at choosing which card she wanted to use. He takes out his deck and shuffles through them until he found a Shellmon card. "BlackGuilmon, cool that guy off until he gets off Renamon!" the brunet ordered his partner, who let out a stream of water instead of fire out of his mouth.
Lynxmon roared as he started to get extinguish from the attack, giving Renamon the opportunity to kick the champion off her and jumps back to give her some room to unleash another barrage of light. With a final roar, the flaming tiger had gone into capture mode and was capture by Rei.
Kaito and BlackGuilmon turns away from the ended battle and head back home but they stopped when a voice yelled "What's your deal huh? I didn't need your help!". The brunet turns to the source to see Rei glaring at him for a split second before it was replaced by a look of complete shock. "K-Kaito? You're the one who help me?" the red head gasps at the sight of her old protector.
"It's nice to see you again Rei" Kaito said with a warm smile on his face. "I can't believe you're a Tamer like me!" he added as he takes out his digivice.
"A Tamer? We're not called Tamers Kaito, we're Digital Hunters or D-Hunters for short and these digivice we carry are called D-Tracker because it helps us track down and capture digimons that come to the Real World" Rei explained while showing her D-Tracker, which was the same as the brunet except that it had a white line instead of crimson.
"So that's what it's called" Kaito mumbled as he look at his D-Tracker with awe.
"How can you not know this Kaito? Didn't you digimon explain it to you when you first met?" the red head asks, completely shock that the other had very little knowledge of the things they do.
"When I first met BlackGuilmon, he was a Digiegg so I doubt he knows more about this than I do" the brunet admitted while rubbing the back of his head.
"Amazing" Rei sighed before turning around and leaving the area.
"Rei, where are you going?! How about we work together and help protect the Real World?!" Kaito called out but got no reply as he watches her disappear in the distance. "Man, what happened to the scare girl I save three year ago?" he asks no one in particular before leaving with his partner, BlackGuilmon in tow.