Chapter 3 is here. Nothing much to say except this is going to be split into 2 chapters with the next chapter probably being much longer. I'm going to lengthen my chapters after this one so I can have more details and action.

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon

Chapter 3: The Star River of Rebirth Part 1

Flashback

"The Star River of Rebirth. What is that?" Aoi asks.

"It is hard to explain, it is better if you see it yourselves" MagnaAngemon states.

"It's not far is it" Rita asks. "I don't know about the rest but I'm tired and don't feel like walking to far."

"Don't worry I'm sure we can arrange some transportation" MagnaAngemon says.

End Flashback

"Aaaahhhh" Rita screams in terror as she desperately clings to Shin.

At that moment the group was up above the clouds riding on the backs of a digimon called Airdramon. It was a huge serpent like digimon that has big red wings.

"I know I say I didn't want to walk but this is ridiculous and I'm afraid of heights" Rita yells squeezing Shin.

There were 3 Airdramon that they were riding. Rita and Shin were on one and it looks like Shin is really annoyed by the scared girl clinging to him. Aki and Rico were on another one and although Aki was also screaming it was of excitement and not fright. Rico was not bothered much by the screaming as he stares at the passing scenery below them. The last Airdramon was flying a little further ahead of the rest and has Aoi and Terriermon on it.

"Terriermon can you tell me a bit about the 'River Of Rebirth'" Aoi asks.

"When a digimon dies their bodies will break up into tiny pieces of data. After sometime the data reforms into an egg and reappears in an underground river. Once there they hatch and some digimon take care of them until they digivolve to rookie." Terriermon points out at the coming horizon "look."

"Is that the wall dividing the two sides?" Aoi sees the giant wall as it comes into view.

"Yes, and the river flows right under it." Aoi stares at the wall in amusement. "The river is a neutral location where there is no fighting aloud. When the digimon become rookies they have to choose which side of the wall to live on."

"So you get the choice of which side you want to be on and you chose the side of light" Aoi says.

"Ya, but when you grow up with so many other digimon you make quite a few friends, just to be separated by different beliefs" Terriermons' cheery mood suddenly drops.

"Did you have a friend that yo got separated from?" Aoi asks.

"We were both best friends and also twins" Aoi looks at Terriermon confused. "We weren't the same digimon but in the end we had different views so we split up."

Aoi was about to say something but realizes that they have arrived at their destination. The Airdramon lands in front of the wall and their was a mountain just to the right.

The other two Airdramon lands and Rita quickly jumps off and falls to her knees.

"Sweet ground, I hope I never have to fly again" Rita says.

Terriermon walks over to her with a grin forming on his face "You know toots we still have to fly back." Rita and Shin moods drop when they think about the ride back.

The group led by Terriermon makes their way to the mountain side where they enter a cave. They continue to walk down a staircase that was lite up by torches on the walls. Finally they see a bright light that leads them into a underground cavern.

This is the second time in one day that the group was in ah at the sight before them. The underground cavern was like an open field with lush grass and some trees scattered about. Coming out of one of the walls was a waterfall that ran into a river that goes the length of the cavern. However the water was not regular clear water, instead it was black and was sparkling like stars in the night sky.

There was batches of digimon in the area as well. Most digimon were small baby digimon with a few in training. Terriermon had told them before hand about the Elecmon and Swanmon that take care of the digimon. Their was also two digimon different then the others by that they were guards, each protecting the gates to the different sides of the wall. The giant white guard that protects the doorway to the light side is BishopChessmon. The giant black tower that protects the doorway to the dark side is RookChessmon.

"Now what?" Aki asks.

"Now you need to find your partners" Terriermon says.

"How do we do that?" Rico asks confused.

"All you need to do is search this entire area and find the egg that seems to speak to you. Easy right" Terriermon grins.

The group looks around at the surrounding as they seem to go on forever. They all let out a moan as they wonder when they will get a chance to rest.

"We should all split up and find our partners" Aoi says receiving nods of agreement from the others.

"One more thing before yo go" Terriermon grins which the others get the feeling this isn't going to be good. "It has already gotten late and the sun will set soon. So it would be best if you get comfy because we are going to be staying the night."

Aoi, Aki and Rico did not seem to mind this very much. Aoi and Rico have gone camping together a few times with their families. Aki had also told them that she likes the idea of camping and wanted to give it a try. She once tried camping in the schools park but got discovered and scolded by a teacher.

The other 2 however did not seem to like the idea that much. Shin did not say anything but you could tell by his expression he was not happy. Rita on the other hand was happy to speak her mind and was currently chasing Terriermon yelling at him.

The group has split up and Aoi has been walking for quit some time with no luck of finding her partner. Exhausted she sits down on the riverbank staring at the weird sight until she notices her stomach growling. A Swanmon hears this and brings over a large leaf that has different berries and weird looking fruits on them.

Aoi gracefully excepts the food and starts to fill her stomach when she hears someone calling her name. Looking around she doesn't see anyone but can still hear the faint whisper echoing in her ears. Closing her eyes she listens carefully to the sound and finds that it is coming from somewhere upstream.

Running along the side of the Star River Aoi finds a lone digiegg floating in the middle of the river. Not wasting any time Aoi takes off her sneakers and socks and roles up her jean legs. Aoi only pauses for a second to stare at a scar on her left leg before walking into the river.

The river went to just above her knees and has a warm, calm feeling to it. After collecting the egg she gets out and walks back to where her food was. Setting the egg down she was careful not to get her clothe wet since she only has one set. Tearing off a piece of the big leaf she uses it to dry off the white egg with orange paw print designs.

The egg suddenly begins to shake and a crack forms along the top. Aoi stares as the egg hatches and out hops a small baby digimon with two big red eyes, a yellow flower like head and a leaf tail.

The egg that the digimon came out of turns into a ball of light and hits Aois' right arm. The light dies down and their was a strange device on her arm. The device goes from her wrist to half way down her forearm and consisted of 3 different colours. Near the top of the device by the wrist their is a red orb, the body of the device was orange and the outline and buttons were both yellow. The buttons on the device was just like a phone with 12 buttons but did not have numbers, instead it has strange symbols.

The red orb begins to glow and worlds appear in the centre. "D-alpha" Aoi reads. "What's that?"

"D-ALPHA,

All-purpose

Link

Power

Hand

Attachment Device" a computer voice sounds from the orb. "Downloading personal information and status. Download complete. Digidestined Aoi Sakamoto, age 14, gender: Female. Downloading partner information. Download complete" a 3-D image appears above the orb of the digimon in front of her with some info.

"Digimon: Popomon

level: Fresh

A slime type digimon that takes the appearance of a plant. Popomon is a timid digimon that does not like to be approached by strangers and will instantly run away, but once it trusts someone they will become attached for life."

After getting over the shock of what is happening Aoi looks down at her partner Popomon "so your going to be my partner. I look forward to working with you" Aoi outstretches her arm to touch the digimons head.

The digimon hisses at Aoi and its hair starts to prickle like a angry cat that was about to pounce. Before Aoi knew what what was happening Popomons hair shoots out and strikes her in the eyes blinding her. Screaming out in pain and mostly shock Aoi falls back trying to wipe the hairs out of her eyes with no success. Slowly making her way to the river she uses the black water to wash her eyes.

"What was that" she asks no one while cleaning her eyes.

"Popomon does not take to kindly to strangers and uses his attack 'hair mist' to blind the person and flee" Aoi's D-alpha says.

"That would of been nice to know before I tried to approach him" Aoi say finally regaining her vision. Standing up she stares across the field to see her partner jump into the bushes. Letting out a sigh "I got a feeling that this is not going to be easy."

She rolls down her jean legs and puts her socks and shoes back on before starting to run only to stop instantly. Looking back Aoi notices all the food she didn't get a chance to eat and how she was still hungry.

The red orb glows once again and a beam of light shots out and strikes the food. "Storage system activate" The device says as the food disappears.

Not worrying about what just happened Aoi starts to run after Popomon thinking 'now for the hard part.'

End of part 1. We learn about the river and a bit about Terriermons past. We also learn that Aoi has a scar on her left leg which will be explained later on along with her mysterious past. Next chapter might also look into another characters past. Next chapter will be longer and might take some time to be posted since I don't have it finished and I got to work sometime this week. Till then please Review.