This chapter is just a short one to give Azza a bit of a back story. Also id like to thank Lord Pata for being such a good fan of this fic
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It had been two days since the revelation that the Digital World was now inaccessible for what appeared to be permanent. The Digidestined were finding it hard to adjust to the fact that they may never see there best friends again.
It was Azza's third day back in Odaiba and as yet he had only seen T.K. Kari and Tai, at the moment while they were at school he sat in the Kamiya sitting room reading the local newspaper when there was a beeping from his wrist. He stood up and pulled back his sleeve revealing a strange watch with, rather then having a face on it, showed a screen with a taijitu flashing yellow on it, around the screen were for curved silver 'horns' this was his Digivice, the D-Touch. He stepped out of the room and onto the balcony bringing his wrist in front of his face he pushed the screen, a small hologram of a girl with long hair and a heart shaped face flickered to life in front of him
"Well ain't you a sight for sore eyes" the hologram smiled "I've missed you"
"I've missed you two babe" Azza sighed "But there's work that needs to be done here and I know my way around here I know how to keep hidden"
"Couldn't the others just read a map" the girl pouted putting her hands on her hips
"Come on babe" Azza chuckled "Just think how great it will be when I do get back"
"Hmmm" she looked him up and down "What makes you think I'll still be around when you get back"
"Well" Azza contemplated "After everything we've been through I can't see why you would, your not having doubts are you? "
She gave him a smile "Of course not, God Azza Evans you got the brains of a genius and yet you still ask stupid questions
Azza smiled, there was another beep on his D-Touch
"Sorry sweetheart there's another signal coming through its probably business" Azza frowned, the girl in the hologram frowned to "Tell you what, ill get Echo to fly you out here on first class, it looks like I'll be here another week as it is so I want to spend it with you"
The hologram girl smiled and blew him a kiss before flickering out of life, Azza clicked another button and another hologram flicked into existence, this time a boy with the same length hair as Azza but his straight opposed to Azza's mess
"What is it Tom?" Azza said his mood shifting
"Umm how are you?" Tom began
"This isn't a social call Tom" Azza spat "You put an end to those years ago"
Tom sighed
"Echo wants to know what's the update on Project Violet" Tom said "They called saying you hadn't responded to there calls"
"I've had stuff to do" Azza said "I keep time for private life and don't let Echo get involved, perhaps you should remember that sometime Tom"
"Azza I-I'm" Tom frowned
"Just tell them that the gates closed and that everything's on track got it" Azza interrupted
"Az-" Tom was cut off as Azza switched off his D-Power, he sighed then went back into the main room he looked at the clock it was 3:10p.m Kari and Tai would be finishing school in ten minutes but they had been staying later to have meetings with the Digidestined about the current situation, Azza grabbed his coat from the peg it was hung upon and took his hat from the table with one final look at his D-Power he left the room.
He walked along the streets in the direction of the school he was getting dodgy looks from people walking passed, but he had expected that considering last time they had seen someone with a long coat and a hat that covered most of there features it had been the Digimon SkullMeramon and had blown up most of the city, Azza clenched his fists at he arrived at Tokyo Tower
"This is where SkullMeramon attacked" he thought sighing
He remembered how so many people had died being burnt alive as SkullMeramon merely rested a hand on their shoulder or got to close, a tear fell slowly down his cheek as he heard there helpless screams ring through his head.
"It never gets any easier does it" a voice came from behind him
"What are you doing here George?" Azza asked the voice turning around to be in front of another boy of his age "I thought you swore never to set foot on Japanese soil ever again"
The boy had long straight black hair and wore tattered clothes he was younger then Azza looking around the same age as T.K. which would make him fourteen (compared to Azza's sixteen) on his wrist was another D-Touch similar to Azza's but black.
"Yeah I did" George sighed "That's why I left Echo, to make sure that I would never have to deal with this ever again"
The wind swept through their hair as they walked along the pavement surrounding Tokyo Tower
"You can't run from your destiny though George" Azza said, he took George's wrist and held it to his face showing the black D-Touch "Our journey isn't over yet George"
George snatched his arm away from his friend
"Get your head out the clouds Azza" George sighed shaking his head "We forfeited our right of a good normal life when we joined Echo and now the Digi-Ports have been closed so looks like our journey's ended before it even began"
George turned away from Azza
"They sucked out my soul and they'll slowly suck the soul out of each one of you" George sighed "But they've all got something to hold over all of us making it impossible to live happy lives without them"
George began to walk away leaving Azza standing there contemplating what was just said, he got to the end of the pavement and turned back around
"Azza" he called, making Azza look up again "Don't let them know of Julia's D-Touch or they'll get to her too"
Before Azza could say another word George had wandered out of the area and out of sight, Azza looked at his D-Touch the taijitu was flashing again to signal a call from Echo, he curled his lips and rejected the call. He took a final look at the tower before walking back towards the school.
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So then looks like Azza's got a bit of a strange thing going on! What is this Echo? Why isn't he speaking socially with Tom? What was so bad that George left this mysterious Echo and refuse to step foot in Japan ever again? And most importantly why does it take Azza a whole chapter to get to school when its not that far….all these will be revealed in the next chapter of.., Dreams!