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Prologue

Rumors tell of the "Megalithic Mainframe", a supercomputer so powerful and so advanced, that inside its memory banks lies an incredible new world! Within this world, lived unique creatures, known as Digital Monsters, or Digimon for short. These entities come in all shapes and sizes, most commonly possessing the ability to evolve into stronger forms, known as "Digivolution"! Asides from that, they also battle with one another, utilizing powerful attacks to great effect, in cyber-duels known as "Monster Matches"! A Japanese toy company gets wind of this incredible world, and in 1997, started making virtual pets of these amazing monsters that are connected to the Megalithic Mainframe, so that players would raise their own Digimon and train them for battles against opposing monsters! These v-pets became a smash hit in the toy market, and kids all over the world started playing it. Soon, these 'toys' started bringing some kids into the Digital World within the Megalithic Mainframe. These weren't just random kids, however. They were children with a special potential to raise and train real-life Digimon. Our story begins, when a young boy named Makoto gets sucked into the Digital World via his v-pet, and meets the adventures of his life.

Chapter 1: Enter Makoto!

It is the year 1997, and we see a young, brunette Japanese-American boy of 11 years going through a toy store with his mom. He has green eyes, complimented by a pair of golden-yellow goggles, as well as a white t-shirt with a green vest, also with a pair of shorts. This boy's name is Makoto Daishima, and he is looking to get a new v-pet; Digimon! Where players (or Tamers) can raise the incredible Digital Monsters, train them for battle, and pit them against other people's Digimon! They had become so popular, that kids all over the world are playing it. As a result of this popularity, tournaments of these v-pets are being hosted and competed in all over the globe, to find the very best among the players of DigiMon! Speaking of champions, a 12 year-old boy named Kane Rander is the U.S. National Champion in Digimon, and his Garurumon means business! Anyways, back to the Daishimas.

"I hope you saved up enough allowance for this, be-," Mrs. Daishima started, when Makoto finished for her, "I know, kaa-san, you're not going to buy it for me. I have heard it all before", when he spotted the Digimon part of the boy toys section of the store.

He goes over to the v-pets, to decide which one to buy for himself. Makoto eventually chose a blue, version 1 Digimon v-pet, as he and his mother then went to the cash register to pay for it, which he did. After they got home, he went to his bedroom, and opened the packaging for the v-pet, before pulling the tab out, turning it on for the first time, as Makoto grinned eagerly.

Two weeks afterwards, he managed to raise and train his Digimon well, even getting it to evolve into a powerful Greymon, who is said to be the arch-rival of Garurumon. One day, Makoto went to the park to meet up with one of his best friends, the kindly and fun-loving Rix Picard, who too has a Digimon v-pet, also having raised and trained a Tyrannomon. Rix often plays DigiMon with his friends in the park, and is known to be pretty good, having raised a MetalGreymon at one point, before it "returned to the Megalithic Mainframe". As for Rix's appearance, he has short blonde hair, dark blue eyes, and fair skin. He is also wearing a pair of jeans, as well as a black t-shirt that reads "Digimon Rules!"

Makoto greets him, "Hey, Rix!" as the blonde Tamer responds, "Yo, Makoto! I see you have a Digimon, too! You wanna battle?!"

The Japanese-American nods with a smile, as he brings out his v-pet device, as did Rix. The two boys connect their v-pets via the BattleConnect feature, which allows Tamers to pit their Digimon against one another in a no-holds-barred Monster Match! In which case, it is Makoto's Greymon against Rix's Tyrannomon, like in the TV commercial. The two Digimon fiercely fought one other, until Greymon has won.

"Wow Makoto, you've certainly raised one heck of a Greymon there," remarked Rix, and just when the brunette was about to reply, when they notice another person showing up; Rix's 14 year-old older sister, tomboyish Chelsea Picard. Like her younger brother, she has blonde hair and dark blue eyes.

"Hey Chelsea", greets Rix, as she smiled back, "'Sup, Rix?"

Makoto greets, "Hey, Chelsea, I've just beaten Rix and his Tyrannomon with my Greymon," to which she replied, "Get out, my brother's better than that," but Rix retorts, "It's true, sis, he did beat me", showing the defeated state that his Tyrannomon is in.

"You ain't kiddin' little bro, Tyrannomon really did get creamed," remarked Chelsea, as she then adds, "Anyways, I've noticed something strange happening with my v-pet lately; I've gotten a weird message that reads that I, along with a few other unknown "Tamers", have been chosen to save the Digital World of the Megalithic Mainframe from some bad guy who's wreaking havoc there. I shrugged it off, figuring that it might be some storyline of the v-pet that they didn't even bother to mention."

"So, you got this message, too?" asks a new voice coolly, belonging to a young man of 12 years with jet-black hair, maroon-colored eyes, and a large, brown coat. In his hand is a v.2 DigiMon v-pet, which shows Garurumon on the screen.

Rix gasps, recognizing the black-haired individual, "Hey, you're Kane Rander, the U.S. National Digimon Champ!" causing the others to gasp in surprise.

He smirked, "That's me alright; a Champion. Don't give me too much credit, though; there are people out there in this world that may be better than me at Digimon, much, much better. Anyways, don't take that message lightly; I got another message late last night, saying that a portal to the Digital World will open, bringing me, Miss Picard, and a few others to this world. I've read rumors on the Internet of a supercomputer that is said to contain a world within its memory banks, inhabited by real-life Digimon," at which Makoto asks skeptically, "You're kidding, really?" as Kane nodded, before he then continues, "No joke, man. I've also read some other rumors that these v-pets are secretly connected to the Megalithic Mainframe, allowing us to raise and train our own Digimon."

It is then, that Rix noticed a glowing light on the screen of his, Chelsea's, Kane's, and Makoto's v-pets.

He asks, "Um, guys, you do realize that there's a strange glow on our v-pets, right?"

At this, Makoto, Kane, and Chelsea quickly grabbed their v-pets, noticing the glow.

"Could this be the portal?" asks Makoto to the U.S. Champion replies, "We'll never know unless we get turned into tiny little particles of computer data, get sucked in through that tiny LCD screen, and end up in the Digital World within the memory banks of the long-rumored Megalithic Mainframe."

Chelsea was about to say something in response, when she noticed herself turning into 1's and 0's, and Kane, Rix, and Makoto doing the same.

"Well, looks like it started," Kane sighs, as he and the other three turned into mists of 1's and 0's, before going into the LCD screens of their v-pets.

After what seemed to be an eternity of darkness, Makoto wakes up to find himself in front of what appears to be an oversized cardboard box with a can for a doorway, an abandoned "Item Bank" resembling a safe, and a restroom in a wooded area, but that's not what surprised him; He is surrounded by strange-looking creatures.

"WAAAAH!" he yells in surprise, "Where in the living heck am I?!" but realized something; he is being met with Digimon; real, living, breathing Digital Monsters!

"Sorry", Makoto apologized, "I didn't realize that I was surrounded by real-life Digital Monsters, particularly of the Baby and In-Training Levels, along with Agumon. Now, where in this world am I?"

That's when one of the DigiMon, a small, bright red Punimon replies, "You're in File City on File Island, human. Right now, our world is in danger; the Digimon in what used to be a city started losing heart and are becoming feral, so we brought you, along with a few other humans here."

Makoto retorts, "So you summoned us here to investigate this problem, and if it's a bad guy causing it, stop him or her. But what can we do?" to which a floating, jellyfish-like Poyomon replies with an adorable smile, "Don't worry about that, each of you humans will have a Digimon partner to assist you", motioning to the Agumon, who says to the Japanese-American, "Speaking of partners, I get to be your partner."

Makoto couldn't believe his ears, as he unconsciously shook hands with Agumon, before the Lizard Digimon handed him something. The human looks at what he was given, and gasped; what appears to be his v-pet device.

"Wow, our v-pets got sucked in, too!" he gasps, to which a young Botamon replies, "Actually, this isn't your v-pet. It's lying around back in the real world. Although, it looks like the v-pet in appearance, it isn't. This is the D-97 Digivice, a handheld apparatus that will allow you to provide your partner the energy to temporarily evolve into his or her Champion Level. Plus, it will also tell what time it is," as it then explained, "Speaking of which, time works differently in the Digital World than in the real world. A day here in the Digital World is equivalent to one minute in the real world, and thirty Digital World days equal in one year. Don't ask us on how that works, but it does work like that," as Agumon then pulls out a bright red backpack, and handing it to Makoto.

He says to him, "This backpack has all the stuff we need to start our journey to rebuild File City, and to find whatever or whoever's been causing the Digimon to get feral. Take a look inside", as the human then opened the zipper on the backpack, to see it loaded on the inside. The backpack practically has it all, from food to healing items and everything.

"Wow, this thing is loaded, Agumon!" Makoto smiled, before asking the Rookie Level, "So, when do we start our journey?" to which the orange Digimon replies with a confident smile, "Right now!"

Chapter End

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