Okay, first off, this chapter is largely unchanged from its original format. Things will start to change a bit more, in terms of Lexi's reasoning for her decisions at the end of this part and Parts II and III, and Kyōsuke will get more character development, as he was kind of shoved into the background in the original Parts 2 and 3.

Just for fun, every fic in the revised RttDW series will have a 'theme word' in the chapter titles. For Part I: Normal. All chapter titles will have at least some form of that word in it. Nothing particularly special, just something I felt like doing.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Digimon. Plain and simple. Otherwise, this would already be on TV.

WORD COUNT: 1926

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

"All aboard!" Trailmon shouted as he heard someone getting out of the elevator.

"Long time, no see, huh?" It was Kōji and Kōichi, identical grins on their faces as they ran up to the front, with Junpei right behind them. "It's hard to believe we haven't been down here in five years! Man, this place looks a whole lot bigger when practically empty."

"I hope the others are coming," Kōichi added.

"Guess who, guys!" Izumi cried as she stepped out of the Trailmon's only compartment, "I sure missed you!" Junpei and the twins walked over, glad to see their old friend again. Another boy poked his head out.

"Exactly how many people are coming, Izumi?" he asked.

"Including you and me, ten. I think."

Junpei and the twins stared at their friend, confused. "Um, I know we're all wondering this," Kōji said, "but I'll go ahead and say it: Who is that guy?"

Izumi grabbed the guy by the arm and gently pulled him over. "This is Miura Kyōsuke," she introduced him, "He got the same text message we did, so I brought him along. I think there are a few other new kids coming, too. When I looked at the message in the taxi, I saw that it was sent to ten people."

"Well, it makes sense," Kōichi thought out loud. Kōji understood his brother right away, nodding. There were ten different elements, so that would call for ten different warriors. So four other kids, including this Miura guy, would have to find Spirits of their own, assuming all the old Legendary Warriors got to keep theirs.

Junpei clearly got it as well, but Kyōsuke seemed like he still had no clue what was going on. Izumi obviously hadn't explained it to him. "It does?" he asked. Izumi sighed and pulled him back on board. Junpei and the twins followed.

"How about we save the explanations for when everyone's here, okay?" Izumi suggested.

It wasn't long before the ding of the elevator reached their ears. "Are you sure this is the right floor?" asked an unfamiliar voice, "I've never been to this part of the station before."

"Come on, Shin'ya. This is definitely the place." All but Kyōsuke grinned as they recognised the voice of their leader. They cheered as Takuya stepped on, waving at them. He tugged a sandy-haired kid about Tomoki's age, presumably his younger brother, on board. "Hi, guys!" he greeted them, "You remember my brother Shin'ya, right? I've already explained everything to him."

Kōji checked the time on his cell. "Tomoki and the other two new kids better get here soon," he announced, "We leave in a couple minutes."

Ding. Someone else was coming down the elevator. Ten seconds later, Tomoki poked his head in the door. "Hey!" he cried, "Good seeing you guys again!" He called to the outside: "Juan, hurry up!" and helped another kid on board. "Juan here got the same message on his phone, too. So I brought him with me." Juan gave everyone a small, shy smile, then continued staring at his shoes, fists stuffed in his pockets.

"Well then, that leaves one more person," Izumi concluded.

"Whoever they are," Kōichi interrupted, checking his watch, "They might not make it. We'll be leaving any second." The words were barely out of his mouth when they heard the ding of the elevators – just as the compartment doors automatically slammed shut.

"WAIT!" The girl' cry was barely audible over the engine of the Trailmon. Kōji jumped up and ran over to the rear end door, throwing it open. A girl in a green shirt was chasing after the now-moving Trailmon.

"Grab my hand!" he shouted, stretching his arm out to her. The girl reached for him and grabbed hold, her purple-manicured fingernails digging painfully into his wrist. Her extra weight nearly pulled Kōji off; he felt a hand grabbing his other arm, looked back, and saw his brother behind him. Kōichi tugged, hard, and all three fell onto the compartment floor, groaning.

Izumi helped the girl up. "Are you okay?" she asked, "You almost got left behind, there."

"I'm… fine," the girl replied uncertainly, like she was uncertain of the words coming out of her mouth, "Uh… My Japanese isn't very good." Kōji couldn't help but notice she was pretty hot, despite the fact that her clothes were covered with various dirty smudges.

"Yeah, we're okay, too," Kōichi grunted, pushing his brother off him, "Don't worry about us." Junpei and Takuya helped the twins to their feet, staring at the new girl all the while.

Izumi smiled at her. "I'm Orimoto Izumi. What's your name?"

"My name's Lexi," the girl said, running her fingers through her long red hair and dusting off her clothes nervously, "I got a text message telling me to get on this train. Did you guys all get one, too?" She put her mirror away and sat down, eyeing all of them curiously.

"Yeah," Izumi replied, "And you're one of the three people who probably don't know where we're going. Oh, and your Japanese actually sounds pretty good."

"Thank you. So… where are we going, then?" Takuya, Kōji, Tomoki, Izumi, Junpei, and Kōichi all smiled at each other.

"We're going to the Digital World," Takuya announced, stretching out in his seat, "It's an alternate dimension some of us saved five years ago."

Lexi sat in firm disbelief ten minutes later. This was all a big joke, and a stupid one at that. Digital World? Yeah, right. People turning into magical spirit warriors? Impossible! Takuya and his friends were just making this up. She looked over at the other two new kids to see their reactions. Juan looked like he was going to throw up, and Kyōsuke was shaking his head in confusion. As for Lexi herself, she sat up straight in her seat, arms folded over her chest.

CRASH! A sudden jolt sent everyone to the floor. Lexi thought she must've bumped her head, because for a second, she was no longer with the others. Instead, she was surrounded by monsters. Even worse was her own reflection in the train's windows. She was wearing shiny, pale turquoise armour, her hair had turned dark blue, and her skin… it was pale green! Her now blood-red eyes widened at the sight.

Another flash, and they were dark brown again. Her wavy red hair was back, and so were her regular clothes. The others had turned back to normal and were climbing back into their seats.

"Shoulda seen that one coming," Takuya groaned, "That's what happened last time, too."

And just when things couldn't get any weirder, they did. A strange light came from Lexi's pocket, along with everyone else's. She pulled her cell phone out, realising that it was glowing. She could feel it moving in her hand, changing shape. When the light finally died down, she was clutching a strange aqua-green and blue device. It beeped, and she jumped, startled, dropping it on the floor.

"What the hell?!" Lexi looked up and saw Kyōsuke, Juan, and Shin'ya staring in shock while holding objects similar to hers, except that Kyōsuke's was orange and brown, Juan's green and brown, and Shin'ya's olive-green and silver.

The other six seemed much less shocked. "Hey, my D-Scanner's back!" Izumi cried happily. Takuya, Kōji, Tomoki, Izumi, Junpei, and Kōichi each had one of those things as well. They were black and red, black and blue, white and green, pink and lavender, blue and yellow, and grey and black, respectively. Lexi noticed that Kōji's and Takuya's were of a different design than everyone else's.

"What the hell?" Kyōsuke asked again, "What just happened to my phone?"

"It's become a D-Scanner," Junpei explained, "It's what we use to Spirit Evolve." Again with that ridiculous story! When were they going to give it up, already?

They'd been travelling through a dark tunnel for the entire trip, but it suddenly opened up into a vast expanse. The track ran a hundred feet or so above the ground, and blinding sunlight shot through the windows. The land nearby was green and luscious, the single town on the cliffside painted bright orange. "Hey, I think that's Flame Terminal!" Tomoki cried, looking out the window.

Izumi joined him, squeezing next to Lexi. "It is!" she exclaimed, "Boy, has it changed! And I think I can see Bokomon and the others!" Takuya, Junpei, and the twins all jumped up and crowded together to see for themselves. Lexi squirmed her way out of the mass of people and found a new seat next to Juan.

"Who?" It was again Kyōsuke who blurted out the burning question.

"Some friends of ours," Kōichi replied, "Trust me, you'll really like them." The train screeched to a halt, and everyone rushed off.

"Thanks for the ride, Angler!" Izumi called. That was yet another thing Lexi found weird. Like the train was going to answer back!

"No problem."

The train just answered back.

"Anything for the Legendary Warriors! You saved us all; the least I can do is give you guys a lift!" Izumi smiled sweetly before following after the others.

A swarm of small creatures surrounded them. A yellow rabbit-thing in red pants was clinging on to Kōji's left leg, its face buried in his knee, while an orange winged guinea pig was being held by Tomoki. A brown animal had its long ears wrapped around Junpei, and a creature that strongly resembled an ordinary puppy nuzzled Izumi's ankle. Most interesting of all was a mostly white creature that had jumped up and was hugging both Takuya and Kōichi at the same time. Or rather, hanging onto their necks while their faces were slowly turning blue. That thing must be stronger than it looked.

"Oh, it's been far too long!" it wept hysterically, "I didn't even get the chance to give you a proper goodbye! And Kōichi! I thought you were gone for good! Oh, this is wonderful, simply wonderful!"

"We missed you too, Bokomon," Takuya choked, "Now could ya quit strangling us?" 'Bokomon' let go, still crying. The other creatures broke away, too. "So what's going on? Why were we summoned back to the Digital World?"

Bokomon's face darkened. "A new evil has arisen. Luckily, it's not quite as powerful as Lucemon was, but it's still too strong for anyone but the Legendary Warriors to face. We don't know much else about it, not even its name. And even though the original six of you are more than capable of handling the threat, we figured it would be safer to bring the other four Spirits into play. So Plotmon was able to contact the rest of you, and pick out a few new Legendary Warriors, as well." The puppy-creature beamed with what Lexi assumed to be pride. Bokomon turned his gaze to Lexi, Kyōsuke, Juan, and Shin'ya. Shin'ya looked excited, while the others shrunk back.

This was all too surreal for Lexi. This at first seemed like an elaborate joke, but some of it was impossible to pull off! Was it a trick? Or could this experience actually be… real?

Aaaand, next chapter: We get some action, two old Warriors get their powers back and a newbie discovers his. Revealing the new-and-improved form of the Legendary Warrior of Earth! I'd put the design up on DeviantArt and put the link on my profile, but I don't have access to a functioning scanner.