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Chapter 2: The First Battles!
We see Makoto and Agumon traversing the wooded forest outside the city, when they noticed another Agumon coming towards them with a feral look.
"Here comes trouble! This is our first battle against a wild Digimon," Makoto warns as he gets a determined look on his face.
His own Agumon, which he named Burn, gets into a fighting stance, baring his sharp claws.
"In this case," he starts, "Let's show him what we're made of!" before running up to the opposing Digimon and spat a fireball at him, scoring a direct hit and knocking him onto the ground.
The opposing Agumon gets up, before spitting a fireball of his own at Burn, who dodges it and strikes his opponent down with his claws.
"Go, Burn!" Makoto calls out, "Wrap it up with another attack!"
Before Burn could launch another attack, the opposing Agumon got up and started to glow brightly, causing the tamer and parnter to cover their eyes to avoid getting blinded as Agumon's shape began to change...
"Agumon, Digivolve to...Meramon!" The enemy Agumon called out, now having evolved into a Meramon, a large, humanoid figure made of pure fire.
"Be careful, Burn!" Makoto calls warningly, "This guy means business!"
The opposing Meramon blew flames at Burn. Burn is able to shield himself from the attack, but that wasn't enough. Meramon had come up to Burn, and grabbed him by the neck, before proceeding to throw him around.
"Burn, no!" Makoto yelled desperately, as the D-97 started glowing, sending out a thin beam of energy to Burn, causing the Agumon to break out of Meramon's grip and glow brightly as he changed shape.
"Agumon, Digivolve to...Greymon!"
Burn was now a larger, T-rex-like Digimon, with a horned helmet on his head, and blue, tiger-like stripes now covering his body.
"Nova Blast!" the newly-evolved Burn roared out, as he shot a huge ball of blue flames out of his mouth at Meramon. But, this had only pushed Meramon back a few feet without outright damaging him.
"If flames won't affect you, maybe this will!" Burn said as he grabbed the enemy Meramon, and viciously kicked him into a large tree before choke-slamming him onto the ground. That caused the Meramon to revert back into the Agumon it once was.
"You did it, Burn!" Makoto praised as he looked up at his evolved partner with pride.
"I couldn't have done it without your support, Makoto," Burn said, also de-Digivolving back into an Agumon.
The other Agumon woke up, clutching his head in pain, as he asks the two partners, "Ugh…What happened? The last thing I remember was running the Item Bank back in File City, when I started getting stressed out for unknown reasons. Everything else was a blank."
"Take it easy there. You're free from whatever's been making you feral," smiled Makoto, as Burn then added, "You can go back to the city, now."
At that statement, the Agumon smiled, "Thanks! Now I can return to my job! See you at the Item Bank," as he then left towards File City.
"That's one battle down, plenty to go," smiled Burn, as his human partner reached into his backpack, took out a map of the entire island, and looked it over.
"According to the map," Makoto starts, "We've knocked some sense back into that Agumon, here in the Native Forest, which is near File City. There are other areas where there could be wild Digimon, such as the Drill Tunnel, Coela Beach, Gear Savanna, Factorial Town, Fossil Canyon, and vice-versa. If they're hostile, we'll take the fight to them."
It is then that a familiar voice says, "That was pretty good for your first battle, Makoto, taking on an Agumon that Digivolved into a Meramon, but we've only just begun," as its owner, Kane Rander, walked into view. Beside him is a Gabumon, a Reptile Digimon known for hiding his face under a fur coat.
Makoto asks Kane, "So, Kane, you found anything yet?" at which the latter replies, "Gabumon and I found a few Digi-Mushrooms lying around right before we had our first battle with a Palmon, who afterwards went to help with the new Meat Farm over in File City. Don't worry about the mushrooms, though, they're safe for Digimon to eat. I never bothered to have my partner Digivolve when we battled Palmon, because I preferred to battle on even terms."
Burn asks the Gabumon, "So, you gotta name?" to which the latter replies simply, "Freezehorn."
Makoto then asks Kane curiously, "Found anything else, dude?"
At this, the U.S. National Champ replies, "Yeah, I did. Found this old baseball cap of the Yomiuri Giants," at which Makoto asks softly, "Did it have someone's name written on it?" to which the former replies, "Yeah, it did. It's in Japanese, so I can't exactly read it," as he hands the Japanese-American Tamer the cap.
Makoto looks over the article of clothing, before getting a glimpse of the name on it, which reads in Japanese katakana, "Daishima Yuuto"
He widened his eyes upon recognizing the name, before having tears run down his face, muttering, "Yuuto…" to which Burn asks, "Who?"
He explains sadly, "Yuuto is my twin brother *sniff* He and I were very close. He is also a fan of the Yomiuri Giants, as they're his favorite baseball team. *sniff* I remember back when our family still lived in Japan, Yuuto and I would watch them on TV, especially when they go up against the Hanshin Tigers. One day, when we were playing in the park, this strange light blinded us, and when it died out, Yuuto vanished…Our family called the police to try and find him, but they were of no help. He and I were both 8 years old at the time. We were quite traumatized by this disappearance of my brother, and I took it the very worst. We had to move on in life, especially when we moved to the United States due to my father getting a new job there. Sometimes, I would have nightmares of that fateful day when Yuuto…"
He wasn't able to finish his sentence, as he broke down into tears, covering his face with his hands as he sobbed. Kane comes over to him, putting his arms around his fellow Tamer in a brotherly manner, seeing as he too had a brother who disappeared.
He soothes, "It's going to be alright, man. I'm sure that Yuuto is alive, somewhere. If it's of any consolation, I have a brother who disappeared, as well. At least we now know that Yuuto's here somewhere in this world. I'm sure we'll be able to find him."
Burn smiled in agreement, "Yeah, don't worry! I bet he's somewhere on File Island right now, knowing that his brother is here, waiting until the right time to reveal himself!" He didn't know how right he was.
Meanwhile, in another part of the island, which is Gear Savanna, we see a young boy whose appearance is identical to Makoto's, standing on a cliff alongside a purple, reptilian Digimon that somewhat resembles a dragon.
"So…" the youth starts, "My brother is here on this island" to which the Digimon asks him, "How do you know, Yuuto?"
At this, the boy, now identified as Yuuto Daishima, replies "This prototype D-Ark allows me to track the Digivices of other Tamers, especially my brother's D-97," as he held a silvery-colored device resembling a more advanced model of the D-97.
Back in the Native Forest, Makoto and Kane is having a sparring battle between Burn and Freezehorn, so that they could test each other's skills as Tamers. Claw to claw, and Pepper Breath (or Spitfire) to Blue Blaster.
"Blue Blaster!" Freezehorn growled as he shot a blast of ice.
"Spitfire!" Burn snarled, firing his attack, which hit directly at Freezehorn's, causing them to cancel each other out.
"Go, Burn!" Makoto called out, "Show him what you got!"
"Freezehorn, Digivolve now!" Kane commanded in response, having his red-colored D-97 empower the Gabumon with Digivolution energy.
"Gabumon, Digivolve to...Garurumon!"
Freezehorn was now a large, wolf-like Digimon with blue, tiger-like stripes, a Garurumon. Burn flinched, but stood his ground. However, he would not stand a chance against a Champion-level Digimon like Freezehorn.
"Howling Blaster!" Garurumon called out, as he fired an icy blue sphere of sub-zero energy at Burn, knocking him away.
"Burn, no!" Makoto rushed over to his fallen partner, as he pulls out a bandage from the backpack and applied it to him.
"Good battle, Makoto. With a little more practice, you could easily make the semi-finals in U.S. National Championships," Kane said with a smirk as he crossed his arms.
"Thanks," Makoto replied with an agreeing smile, as he helped Burn to get back up, "I think we should go looking for the others now. Knowing them, I reckon that they got their Digimon partners, too."
Chapter End
Forgive me if this chapter wasn't as long or good-looking as the previous, but I try my best. Way too much dialogue, though. Be sure to review. Constructive criticism is appreciated!