A crowd of people stood in the center of a town, stunned with silence as to the news they had just received. Two brothers were among the crowd, unsure of what to do next. It wasn't long before a few people started to panic, causing a domino effect of chaos that spread across the crowd. The youngest boy tried to hold on to the older boy as tight as possible as people jostled and pushed their way through the disorder. The older boy soon felt the grip of the younger one slip away.

"TK!" yelled a teenage blonde boy as he was being pushed away by the mob of people in the center of a city.

"Matt!" a voice could be heard through the crowd. Matt looked around, trying to see where his name was being yelled.

"Matt….Matt…MATT!" said a voice growing louder and louder. The scene of the city center was replaced by the teen sitting by a calm river bank. "Matt are you still with me?" asked a monster with a horn on his head.

"Sorry Gabumon, I zoned out there." said the blonde hairs boy as he rubbed his face.

"I could tell, but don't worry about. TK is a tough kid, and we will find him." responded Gabumon as he tried to cheer up his partner. Matt removed his hand from his face and noticed something floating in the middle of the river. Matt quickly jumped in and grabbed the two bodies, bringing them back to shore. Matt and Gabumon looked over the two bodies, realizing they were still alive.

"You know these guys?" asked Gabumon

"Never seen them before. What do you know of the dinosaur?" responded Matt

"He's called Agumon. Rookie level, speciality is fire attacks." answered Gabumon. The sound of coughing could be overheard as Matt and Gabumon talked. Matt crawled over to where the other boy was. Tai coughed up some water as he slowly opened his eyes. The shadow outline of a body began to take shape.

"K…Kari?" groaned Tai

"Who's Kari?" asked Matt

Tai quickly shot up and backed away from the new stranger near him. "You didn't do anything to me did you?" asked Tai wildly

"I saved your life, past that no. Who's Kari?" Matt asked again

"Someone I know." Tai retorted. "Thanks for saving me life…." Tai replied.

"Oh..I'm Matt and this is Gabumon." answered Matt

"Hello." Gabumon said of the introduction.

"Well I'm Tai and this is Agumon." responded Tai as he noticed Agumon still passed out. "Are you alone?" asked Tai

"No, I'm stuck in here with my little brother." replied Matt somberly.

"If you don't mind me asking, where is he?" asked Tai

"I…don't know. I lost him during the first panic." responded Matt. Tai thought back and remembered seeing both of them together when the announcement was made about the death game.

"Well, what would you say if I offered my help in looking for your brother?" Tai said. "Both Agumon and I are heading to the middle of the world to Infinity Mountain. Maybe we run into your brother along the way." Tai finished looking at Matt's reaction to his offering.

"Maybe I act as your security guard, since you seem to get into trouble." joked Matt. "Sure sounds like a deal." Matt finished as the two boys shook hands. The sun began to set on the first day of the death game, and the new party arrived at a beach exhausted and ready to relax.

"Agumon, Gabumon you two are in charge of starting a campfire. Tai and I will get food." said Matt

"Right." nodded the digimon.

The boys were able to catch a couple of fish from the ocean. After a few minutes of cooking the group of were ready for dinner.

"LET'S EAT!" they all shouted.

As the night progressed and the fire died out Tai and Matt sat by the water's edge looking at the large moon.

"So you still never answered my question from earlier." Matt said starting the conversation

"What question?" asked Tai

"Who is Kari?" Matt asked again.

"Let's just say that I understand how you feel not knowing where your little brother is." answered Tai gloomily.

"Oh… I'm sorry to hear that." Matt responded.

"Huh? Oh, no I'm lucky. My little sister wasn't logged on when this started. She had a recital to go to for school. I'm sure by now everyone is scared in the real world about all of us." Tai said.

The two sat in silence still looking out into the ocean when Matt started to stretch. "Well…." yawned Matt. " I don't know about you, but it's time to the hay."

The boys fell asleep as the night progressed in to morning, sun shone brightly into their eyes. Tai was laying on the beach dreaming, when he felt air rushing past his face. He woke up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.

"Man, it sure is windy this morning." Tai said stretching. He saw a big figure looming over him, a big pink colored monster with a shell attached looking right at him. Tai froze in place, shocked by the view he awoke to. The monster roared as Tai quickly got to his feet and tried to out run the monster.

"Why…is…every…thing..trying…to…kill…me!" he screamed as he ran. The other three woke up front he noise being made.

"Tai what's going on?" asked Matt as he woke up.

"What does it look like? HELP!" Tai cried out.

"Pepper Breath." Agumon yelled

"Blue Blaster." Gabumon called out

The two attacks hit the monster, turning it's attention to the two digimon.

"That's Shellmon. He is a Champion level, with a nasty temper and his attack isn't much better." said Agumon. Shellmon swung one of his arms at the two rookie digimon, sending both of them off their feet and into the ground. He turned his attention back to his original target, Tai. Tai felt a tentacle grab him, his feet leaving the ground as he tried to continue running.

"No…no,no,no,no,no. Let…me…go!" Tai screamed as he struggled.

"Tai, I'll save you!" yelled Agumon as he got back on his feet and proceeded to run at Shellmon. Tai's digivice began to emit a light that blinded Shellmon, dropping Tai from his clutches

Agumon…digivolve to….Greymon

"Whoa, Agumon got bigger." said Matt

"That's Greymon, the Champion form of Agumon. His Nova Blast attack is lethal, at least according to his enemies." said Gabumon

The two Champion level digimon traded blows. Greymon would get punched in the jaw by Shellmon, and then return the attack with a slash of his claws.

"Go get him Greymon!" shouted Tai as he rejoined Matt and Gabumon.

"Nova Blast!" said Greymon launching a massive fireball at Shellmon. The attack his causing Shellmon to hop into the water to put of the flames. The water began to behave abnormally around Shellmon.

"Aqua Blaster." shouted Shellmon

"Nova Blast." Greymon said as the two attacks hit, the water jet from Shellmon hit Greymon. Soon the battlefield was covered in a thick steam. Shellmon stopped his attack and looked around trying to find his opponent.

"Nova Blast." Greymon shouted again, his outline could be seen in the steam. Shellmon evaded the attack, but ended up in the path of a charging Greymon. Greymon grabbed Shellmon and lifted him into the air before dropping him back on the beach, knocking him out. Greymon picked up the unconscious foe and tossed him back into the ocean away from the group.

The other three cheered and ran towards Greymon, who began to dedigivolve as they got closer.

"You did it buddy!" yelled Tai as he hugged Agumon

"Nice job Agumon, you showed him." said Matt.

"Not to put a damper on the party, but I would bet that Shellmon could return. We probably should find a new place." said Gabumon

"So no more sleeping under the stars for us?" joked Matt.

"Yeah, I would feel more comfortable with a roof over our head replied Tai.

A/N: I'm curious what you think of the story? Curious what interest you have, what issues you see, so on and so forth. I've enjoyed this rewrite, and already have everything "planned" up to the 8th episode of the show where Devimon appears. It's a nice little challenge to come up with a way to tell a story all of us already know and keep it fresh, making you hopefully want to continue reading.

If you want, review, favorite, share, follow, or you know whatever you want is fine. Thanks for reading.