Pre-Story Notes
This is the chapter where Tyro meets his partner Digimon, and it's a quite a bit longer too. Reviews would be appreciated. Thanks to those who have already made their opinions clear in the existing reviews. Your opinions are appreciated, and your advice considered.
Also, sorry for the wait. I got a little lazy and almost didn't even finish this chapter. But I did and got it uploaded, so enjoy!
Chapter 2
The Digital World
The darkness seemed to fade away, but much slower than when it had come. Tyro slowly regained consciousness as he felt something on his chest. He slowly opened his eyes to reveal a small, pink blob atop his chest. But when his vision cleared, he saw one disturbing feature. This weird blob-thing had red eyes and long, floppy pink ears and a big, wide mouth that all the way across the front of its face. And it was breathing!
Tyro quickly jumped to his feet, with a small scream. The thing had just bounced up and down on his chest happily. 'Just what is that thing!?' he thought. The two just looked at each other for a split second before the little blob jumped towards him again, a big smile spread across his face.
"Hey, it's about time, Tyro!" the blob shouted. "I've been waiting for forever for you to wake up!"
"Y-you talk!?" Tyro exclaimed. "A-And h-h-how do y-you know my n-name?"
"My name's Koromon!" the blob exclaimed. "And I'm you're new Digimon partner, Tyro! As for how I know you…I don't really know. I just do."
"Wait…what? You're my digi-what?"
"I'm your Digimon partner!"
"What's a 'Digimon'?
"Huh? You don't even know what a Digimon is? A Digimon is a Digital Monster!"
"A Digital…Monster?"
"Yeah, and most are really mean and vicious and love fighting more than anything else. But don't worry, that's why I'm here! I'll help you by fighting them off. That's what a partner does!"
"Heh, no offence little guy, but it doesn't look like you'll be able to fight much of anything." Tyro replied. He looked the little… Digimon and took in its size, weight and no doubt his strength wasn't much greater.
"Oh don't worry," Koromon replied. "I'll help you in more ways than you may think I can." Tyro simply shrugged this off. He wasn't sure of what this little guy could do, and he still had his doubts, but it was better to have something with him than nothing.
"So, I guess we should probably get going, then?" he asked.
"Yeah." Koromon replied. "But I know of the perfect place. It's the place where I grew up, and it's not very far away from here! Let's go!" With that, he bounced away happily, leaving Tyro to mull over the odds in his thoughts. But that changed when Koromon shouted back to him, "Hurry up, slowpoke!" Tyro soon made up his mind. This 'Koromon' was going to try to help him out, at least. And who knows? This may turn out in his favor. So, he quickly followed behind and caught up with the Digimon.
Several Minutes Later...
After many long minutes of silent travel, they arrived at what Tyro believed to be a rather large clearing filled with large mounds of rubble. But Koromon stopped suddenly upon looking out at the various piles scattered around the clearing. It was as if he couldn't seem to comprehend the sight.
"What's up, er, Koromon?" Tyro asked, still having difficulty with remembering the little guy's name.
"M-my h-home…." Koromon said simply, gazing out across the rubble. "I-It's gone…." Suddenly, his eyes became watery, though Tyro couldn't see them, for he was turned away from him and continued to gaze out over the rubble.
It took a moment for Tyro to piece together what Koromon was talking about. But then, he realized that these weren't simply bits and pieces of ruined, miniature buildings. Tyro was unsure of what to say. He'd never been in a situation like this before. This being, creepy and different as it may be, had just lost its home and, possibly, his family and friends. Tyro had never felt this way before. Deep down, he felt major sympathy for this strange being he'd met only minutes ago. Tyro had no idea what came over him, but he walked up to Koromon and picked him up in his arms. "It's alright…" he said. "We'll find whatever did this and get 'em back. Right, Koromon?" He couldn't believe what had just come out of his own mouth.
Koromon looked up at him with teary eyes and smiled slightly and confidently and said, "Y-yeah…. Let's do it!"
Tyro smiled at Koromon. This was the first time, possibly in his life, that he'd shown a true amount of compassion toward another being. But he had done it to something that he had met only minutes before-hand and that wasn't even human! What led up to this, not even Tyro knew. Perhaps it was the sight of a terrible loss happening to another being in front of his eyes, but whatever it was, Tyro felt much better inside than he had in years, as though an entire load had been lifted off of his shoulders as he stood there with Koromon in his arms.
"Well first," Tyro said. "We'd need to know who did it in the…" But before he could finish, Koromon had already jumped out of his arms and had already begun to search the ruins for any sign. He hadn't even shown that much energy when he'd met Tyro, no matter how hard that was to believe. Tyro didn't know what random force made him do so, but he joined in right behind Koromon. Maybe looking out for others, and helping them, wasn't so bad after all….
After an exhaustive search, Tyro finally found what they'd been looking for. Out of the rubble, remarkably still there, there was a small patch of slightly faded footprints still in the dirt. They were small and had three toes on the front end, and a rounded heel in the back. "Hey Koromon! Come over here for a sec; I found something!" Koromon was at his side in a flash, gazing at the faded footprints. It was strange seeing them there, for they just seemed to appear, with about half of one footprint completely faded and the other half barely visible, and then a couple footsteps later, the same thing occurred. Apparently, this small patch of footprints was the only part of a set that hadn't eroded away.
After sniffing the area for a bit, Koromon's eyes seemed to fill with anger. It was apparent to Tyro that Koromon knew this scent.
"Impmon…" Koromon growled. "That little demon has come to our village many times to wreak havoc, but never destroyed it! Why would he want to do something like this?"
Tyro looked down at the footprints, and saw that they led in a specific direction and said, "Well, they lead this way, so let's go find ourselves an 'Impmon.'" Koromon nodded in response. But just as they turned and were about to start moving, a voice came at them from above and behind.
"You won't have to!" the voice shouted. Tyro and Koromon quickly turned around to see two fireballs headed right towards them.
End of Chapter
Ending Notes
Thanks for taking the time to read the second chapter! Hope you enjoyed it! I expect Ch. 3 to be up soon!
