Chapter 4: DigiDestined & Finding Tomo

"Soaring on the wings of change
When the world just keeps spinning
On and on without stopping.

Friends true
Will never betray
But distrust
Will only spell chaos."

Year: March 28, 2306
Location: DigiDestined Base, Americanus North Pack-Neutral Border

Ryan sat nervously on the only chair in the box house, and watched the entrance for the return of the DigiDestined.
He didn't have long to wait before a tall, blond-headed boy stepped in, his shaggy hair nearly covering his bright green eyes. Following behind him were a shy, dark-haired girl with bright blue eyes that looked to be about eight, and a boy that couldn't have been more than six with wild red-curls and wilder hazel eyes.
The first boy dropped a bag on the ground by the door and plopped down on a mattress shoved in the corner "Who's the new kid?"
"This is Ryan, he has the crest of faith" Crystal replied, moving over to the bag and rummaging through it 'til she pulled out a burnt burger "This all you could find?"
"We already ate, that's all that was left over" the blond replied, eyeing Ryan again "Faith huh? I'm the lion of courage, Strike"
Ryan nodded, still unsure "My spirit is the dog"
Strike smirked then turned to the other two, pointing first at the girl then the boy "That's Rachel with the panther of passion and Wild with the hyena of loyalty."
Wild smiled, showing sharper than normal teeth "What's your nickname then? I don't like names"
"Um...Ray I guess" Ryan glanced at him nervously then back to Strike "Where are your partners?"
"Resting" Strike replied pulling out his digivice and hitting a sequence of buttons. After a moment, a coronamon appeared beside him "This is Flare"
Wild smiled again and released his partner, a dracomon "Draco"
Rachel was more hesitant but she also revealed her partner, a hawkmon called Feather.

Location: Wave-Shore, Americanus North Machine-Neutral Border

Koko woke again back in the human world with her wounds bandaged and two crests lying beside her, trust and friendship. She picked up the crests and put them in her pocket before stumbling to her feet to notice the digimon beside her.
"You digivolved, twice" she murmured studying the cat-like digimon before picking her up "I guess we should get moving Shizumon"
She wandered the dark streets for nearly a year, stealing what she needed and outright avoiding humans. It was then that she met the mikemon, a lonely dejected creature just like her.
Koko was leaning against a wall, shizumon sitting at her feet while she studied the digivice "I'm still not sure what I'm doing tomo, the only feature working is the storage."
"What's a tomo?"
Koko started, whipping around to see who had spoken and spotting a mikemon standing a few feet away. "It...it means friend" she replied after a moment, pulling out her spirit token just in case.
"Friend?" the mikemon looked hopeful for a minute but then he shook his head "I don't have a tomo"
Koko glanced down as the digivice reacted to the digimon, glowing for a moment before the screen split in two then she glanced between shizumon and the mikemon "I think we can change that..."

Year: Unknown
Location: Outskirts of Dream Plane

The great dragon was stretch out against the hard ground of that strange place, a pool of clear water sitting before him and showing visions of the other world.
"So, it begins at last, they are finding their paths. What do you believe will come of this?"
"Lucifer, was it not you who started this long ago?" Fanglongmon's head rose to regard the uninvited guest before his gaze returned to the pool.
"Not all is as it first seems ancient one, I seem to recall you willing abandoning those you created." The strange angelic child dropped beside the dragon's foreleg to gaze down into the pool beside him. "Many stray still, it will be long before the threads finally come back together."
"You taunt the child, sending her further from the path of light…"
"Her path does not yet lay with the light, only through shadows will they be at last saved."
"Saved? The cursed cores…none touched by them can claim humanity…"
"It is not the cores that corrupt, they merely fight against themselves… The nature of two beasts never meant to be drawn together…"
Fanglongmon shifted, his tail twitching as he drew back from the pool of visions. "There is one left that can guide them, even the lost ones can be found again…"
"Not all will be found, the ashes of the past can only be used when the they are needed."
"There will be much need of them by the end of all things, return to your own place Lucifer." The pool flickered then before going dark, released from the dragon's power for now.
Lucemon stared down into the dark water a moment longer before taking off, his many wings shimmering as he disappeared deeper into the dream plane.