Digimon Xros Wars: Armored Warriors Of Fate
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Okay, looks like things have gotten a bit good, and now I'm going to kick-start the story here as Taiki will OFFICIALLY be in and what he is doing now that he is a university student, though what he did before becoming one, the details will be shown below before the story comes underway. That way you get to see what Taiki is doing as he makes the transition from a high school student to entering college.
Well, That's the summary I can tell you right now, but you'll soon see where this would lead to, so here is the first chapter, so read and enjoy!
ch. 2 - Tatakai no Ato, Nenkan o Tsūjite Ibento
Four Years After Quartzmon's Defeat...
The scene shifts to Kyoto, where the prefecture appeared to be normal, and so far there has been no reported disturbances of any Digimons, and the next scene now shows that Kyoto has become a busy place full of people, and you can see a rather huge building in one of the busy thoroughfare, revealed to be the well-mentioned college - Kyoto University. You can see a lot of students coming in and out of the school, and that it was just three month after the school year started.
Among the university students seen was one particular person who is now starting his college life. He is Taiki Kudo, and he is on his way to start classes when he is joined by two more college students, and this started a conversation between the trio, in which they all know each other well and appeared that they are "good and best buddies" since from "a long time ago", particularly since after elementary days.
"Taiki!"
"Yo, Taiki!"
"Akari...Zenjirou!"
"Looking good, are you?"
"Looks like we made it!"
"Yeah...and I'm glad we got here together...just like the time we were starting out..."
"Yup..."
"Only this time no Digimons to disrupt our college lives..."
"Yeah, I guess..."
The other two university students, a male and female, are revealed to be Akari Hinamoto and Zenjirou Tsurugi, and they are also in the same class as Taiki, and the trio are heading to class and are looking forward to their already starting university lives as they seemed to be focused to concentrate on what lies ahead of them as they are now worry-free after all the challenges that have came past them.
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Later at lunchtime, Taiki, Akari and Zenjiro were having lunch, and the trio were having a good time as they enjoyed their university life, but then Zenjirou brought out a school paper which shows that the so-called "latest game craze", and about the now-emerging corporation identified as Yggdrasil Corporation, a powerful conglomerate that has set up shop in Kyoto Prefecture, in which they are now well-known by many within the business districts.
Zenjirou then mentions that Yggdrasil Corporation is known for providing for many of the services the city needs to continue life, from clothing to transportation to even waste disposal. Its presence makes the populace feel that they are living in a castle town rather than a bustling city, which Taiki feel a bit suspicious and distant towards that corporation. He even recalled seeing the corporation's building and wondered why he never noticed it though Akari commented that they may not have noticed it due to her, Taiki and the others being busy with the Digimons and all which Taiki seemed to see this as a viable reason for this.
"Yggdrasil Corporation..."
"Looked to me like an enigmatic-type of an entity..."
"Yeah...and I never even heard of them till last year...when we graduated high school..."
"Yeah...even I haven't heard of it until that...wonder why we never noticed it being built until it opened last year...I could've sworn that..."
"Maybe we never noticed that corporation's construction because we were busy with Digimon hunting..."
"Come to think of it..."
"That may be it...since the events leading to Quartzmon invading our world..."
"Well...as long as it doesn't involve Digimons..."
"I think that Yggdrasil thing is...check out the article I just read..."
Looking at the school paper, Taiki read the article about the "latest game craze" and saw the title called "Invess Game", in which it mentioned being popular among the children and adults, but then he noticed that the so-called "Invess" in question resembled Digimons and asked Zenjirou if he sees anything about this. Of course Zenjirou said that this is probably a computer-like game since he has seen one before and even reminded that Shoutmon and his friends are currently rebuilding their kingdom at the Digimon world and has managed to "fix the holes" that prevents rogue Digimons from traveling to the human world since the "Digi-Quartz" has been closed off.
Taiki sighed in relief as he won't be worrying about anything else that would put humans at risks, and there he slowly recalled the years that passed by where he, Yuu and Tagiru spent time together following Quartzmon's defeat, and looked back at the events that happened about five years ago before he sets off as a university student which he is currently being one.
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Five years ago...
Year 1...
The scene shows that several months ago, a huge battle took place where in the ensuing conflict between the heroes and the villains are in a fight that would decide the fates of both the human and the Digital Worlds, and both sides appeared to be evenly matched until the evil forces seemingly have gained the upper hand and threatened to win the decisive battle.
There, various Digimon heroes, including the "Chosen Children" from their respective "universes" appeared and aid the "Chosen Teens" of the Xros Team, but despite this, the main villain maintained a tight hold of the situation.
In the moments before the decisive battle it appeared that Ryouma had betrayed the Hunters, but Astamon reveals to Tagiru that he is slide-evolution from Quartzmon's Terminal and has been manipulating Ryouma the entire time. Assuming his slide-evolved form, Quartzmon reveals that he used Ryouma to obtain enough Digimon data to construct his main body before fusing into it and burrowing underground to turn Earth into data to absorb.
The Old Clock Store Owner has everyone gather around him to lend the power from their Xros Loaders, while having Clockmon temporarily freeze time to halt Quartzmon's digitizing of all life on Earth long enough for Tagiru to obtain the Brave Snatcher. Taiki then passes his goggles to Tagiru, asking him to hunt Quartzmon using the combined strength of himself, Taichi, Daisuke, Takato, Takuya and Masaru.
While the others are digitized, Tagiru and Arresterdramon proceed to hunt down Quartzmon with the latter assuming Superior Mode and Digi-Xrossing with the Brave Snatcher to break Quartzmon's core at the root. With Quartzmon reduced to a DigiEgg and everything restored, the Chosen Children, the Tamers, Legendary Warriors, and DATS agents return to their respective universes while the Xros Heart and Hunter Digimon return to their respective human and Digital worlds.
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Year 2...
Two years have passed after Quartzmon's defeat, and Japan seemingly went peaceful after managing to defeat rogue Digimons that made their way to the human world, thanks in part to Taiki Kudo, Yu Amano, and Tagiru, along with their Digimon partners, and now they are having a good time now that Yuu and Tagiru are now in their final year as junior high students as they are just two months away from graduating Shinonome East Junior High School and are soon to become senior high school students.
At a picnic area, Taiki paid Tagiru and Yuu a visit, and the trio got together as they are having their lunch, the two are rather dumbfounded to discover that Taiki has a large appetite, and another discovery that they didn't expect: he carries a bottle of mayonnaise with him and puts it to any food he is eating, which made them grimaced a bit as well as sweat-dropping a lot. It is the first time they seen this and questions him for that.
Tagiru: "Ah...now to have a very good lunch..."
Taiki: "Er..Tagiru...what are you doing...?"
Yu: "Pouring mayonnaise on your lunch...? Are you out of your mind...?"
Tagiru: "Not at all...I've been doing this since I was small...and it taste good when you put mayonnaise on your favorite dish...want some, Taiki-senpai...?"
Taiki: "Er...no thanks..."
Tagiru: "Okay...Yu...have some...here...let me put this on..."
Yu: "WWAAHHH! NO!"
Tagiru: "Come on...try it...I promise it'll look good..."
"KEEP YOUR MAYONNAISE TO YOURSELF!"
A brief scuffle ensued as Tagiru attempts to offer Yu a whip of mayonnaise on his lunch, which Yu grappled with his friend to keep the bottle away from his lunchbox which Taiki sighed seeing that despite the time have passed, Tagiru is still the same as before, though he did matured a bit but still acts goofy at times, though he is glad that none of his friends suffered any major damage during their battles ranging from Bagramon and his Bagra Army up to defeating Quartzmon.
"At least they didn't suffer any injuries during our battle at the Digital World...and I'm glad these two are doing well..."
After several minutes, Taiki had to break up the scuffle as lunchtime is over and urged both Tagiru and Yu to "knock it off" and head back to their classrooms to resume classes, and Taiki looks on as the duo head back, Yu smacked Tagiru on the head for trying to place mayonnaise on his lunch without his consent even though Tagiru insisted that the food would still be good if "laced" with mayonnaise.
KA-PLAG!
"OW! THAT HURTS! WHAT WAS THAT FOR, YU?"
""WHAT WAS THAT FOR"? I HAD TO EAT MY LUNCH EVEN THOUGH YOU POURED HALF OF THE BOTTLE OF MAYONNAISE ON IT EVEN WHEN I SAID "NO"!"
"But you did ate it...and it shows that you enjoyed it..."
"I DID NOT!"
"Did too..."
"DID NOT!"
"Did too..."
"DID NOT!"
A few months later, Yu and Tagiru have graduated junior high and soon passed the entrance exams for Shinonome West Senior High, which Taiki is currently enrolled, and is now a second-year high school student, and there the Xros Heart mates got together and formed their own team in sports which soon made them well-known in that school.
During that year, Taiki was involved in various "adventures" that involves Digimon hunting, though at first he and Yu had to save Tagiru from various troubles, as well as aid other "first class" Xros Heart mates such as Nene Amano, facing other factions and even terrorists and assassins.* Then he, Yu and Tagiru faced another challenge when they encountered a "Digimon Sorcerer" who intends to rule the human world through magic, and Taiki and his friends took a lot of effort to defeat this powerful threat, in which Taiki himself nearly got killed in the process.**
* These events happened in Tagiru's Bizarre Adventures
** This event happened in Xros Heart In Magic land
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Year 3...
Taiki was in his final year in senior high while Yu and Tagiru are in their second-year, and things went well though a few Digimon-related incidents took place and thankfully, with their partner Digimons' helps, Taiki nd his friends managed to keep things under wraps, but then became alarmed when Tagiru disappeared midway in this school year and this prompted him and Yu to find him, which led them to Shibuya where they found out that Tagiru had unintentionally forged a pact with an ancient, magical Digimon, in which Tagiru became known as an "ancient wizard" and is seeking out other Digimons to feed on their life force as well as their mana.*
It was also during this time that Taiki met with another teen, Takuya Kanbara, who is revealed as the "ring-bearing wizard", and that he has been helping Tagiru out and soon learned of their predicaments and decided to help them in any way they could, while urging Tagiru to continue his schooling no matter what. With that, this helped lessen Taiki's worries and hope that Tagiru would be able to make up form lost time so that his "successor" would pass the school year, but then a new crisis emerged towards the end of the year when the enigmatic Wiseman intends to turn humans magically into Digimon through magic when a "transmutation circle" were formed in parts of Shibuya, Kyoto and Tokyo, and Taiki, and the rest of the Xros Heart members aid Takuya in defeating this threat, and succeeded in saving Japan.*
* These events happened in Digital Wizard
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Year 4...
As Taiki is now graduating high school, he, along with the Xros Heart members, as well as the "Hunters" (Ryouma Mogami, Airu Suzaki and Ren Tobari), were summoned by the Clock Shop Owner and told them that their partner Digimons are to depart for the Digimon World to help Shoutmon rebuild their kingdom, in which there is no telling when they will come back to the human world, in which Tagiru, Airu and Yuu are saddened by this, yet they see no other way and would rather part with their partner Digimons in good terms rather part in bad terms.
And in an emotional moment, the teens said goodbye to their partner Digimons as Shoutmon led his friends towards the portal and soon the "Digi-Quartz" closed, with the Clock Shop Owner assuring that no rogue Digimon would come to the human world to cause trouble, and as the months passed, Taiki, along with Akari and Zenjirou, graduated and are now heading to Kyoto University, in which the trio passed the entrance exams and are now ready to start their post-Digimon lives, with Yuu and Tagiru ready to finish their last year as high school students.
Back to the present...
Taiki was walking with Akari and Zenjirou when the two mentioned to Taiki that they formed their own club, in which they intend to join a well-known dance competition, and there he was curious as to how his two friends would pull it off, and Akari decided to take him to their club so that he would see what kind of activities the club she and Zenjirou are doing. At first Taiki turns down the offer as he doesn't want to get in their way, but she persuaded him otherwise, so with Zenjirou leading the way, they all arrived at the club room, where the club president, a Chinese university student whom his family took residence a few years ago, was waiting for them.
"Akari...Zenjirou...you're both on time."
"Hey!"
"Hi. Henry..."
"I see you brought someone with you..."
"Yeah...he's our friend since elementary..."
"Taiki...this is our club president...his name is Henry...Henry...this is Taiki..."
"Um...hello..."
"Hello...please to meet you..."
"Same here..."
The club president is identified as Henry Wong, and there he told Taiki that he has formed his own club in which their activities involve dancing, and stated that he and his team are going to participate in a dance tournament, in which it is revealed that the said-tournament was sponsored by the Yggdrasil Corporation, in which Taiki went silent for a while, as he recalled that the said-corporation slowly became recognizable when its "corporate building" was unveiled on the eve of his graduation from high school, and in less than a year, it produced a huge amount of jobs and soon became one of the leading businesses within and beyond Kyoto prefecture.
His attention shifted when Henry revealed who are the members of his dance club and soon the members slowly stood before Taiki. The members are then revealed as:
- Henry Wong
- Akari Hinamoto
- Zenjirou Tsurugi
- Rika Nonoka
- Kazu Shioda
- Kenta Kitagawa
Taiki shook hands with the members and quickly got along, and as a "bonus", Henry led the team to showcase their "dance skills" which Taiki became impressed, and there Kazu, in a comedic whim, suggested that Taiki join the group as he see some "potential" in him, which Henry seemed to like the idea, though Rika wasn't sure and that Taiki responded that he needs to think about it. After that, it was class dismissal and Henry told the group that it is time for rehearsal while Taiki decided to leave them alone for now and head out to do some part-time job.
Outside the university, there is a blond-haired teen who is waiting outside and is waiting for someone to come out. His name is Takeru Takaishi and he is holding a cellphone and is calling someone.
"Hello...Akari...?"
To Be Continued…
Hope you like this chapter even though it only showed the original Xros Heart members onscreen, yet it showed the rest via flashbacks as how they were doing during the years and now Taiki, Akari and Zenjirou are doing college, and are also revealed to have joined a dance club with the aim of winning the said-tournament.
Moreover, it also "introduced" characters who are part of the dance club, with most of them are from another Digimon anime, one from Digimon Adventure and the rest from Digimon Tamers. This now shows that this fic will be interesting to see what roles they're going to play in the upcoming chapters, and I'm sure you're going to find this interesting.
While this chapter lacked any action, it does make up with character development and that the story will soon come under way once the next chapters come in and that the so-called "fate" will materialize and Taiki is going to find himself dragged in and what challenges await him while he is without a partner Digimon.
Preview:
The next chapter will introduce the Digimons that will be "exclusive" to this fic, and what role they're going to play, and what this "Invess game" is about, with conflicting results.