Shiki Taiga and Dorumon - Princess Luna (Ruki44)

Ari Utagau and BlackGuilmon - Samuel Joseph Pie

Introductions- Ari

Oct. 1

Ari walked through one of the city's parks, trying to think about what excuse he was going to give his father for his recent drop in grades. He'd really just gotten into an argument with his physics instructor on the on the properties of light speed, but he knew his father wouldn't be happy to hear that. Maybe he could say his teacher hated his haircut? That had gotten his dad off his back about his Language scores.

This park wasn't really visited often, so he wasn't too surprised to find the old pond had dried up. What he wasn't expecting was a faint glowing light from the hollow basin. Walking forward, he looked at the odd light warily. Had they installed a light since he'd been there last? As he approached, he realized this was almost definitely not the case. There was some sort of orb, half embedded in the rock, glowing with golden energy.

Ari stared at the orb, certain something was going on. It had to be some sort of trick. Maybe one of those other punks from school had set it up, they knew he came sometimes. Well, if it is a trick, might as well "fall for it." Thought Ari to himself. At least they'll be happy.

Walking up towards the glowing light, Ari couldn't help but feel drawn towards it. If this was a trick, it definitely wasn't Ishi. He wasn't smart enough to pull something this good. Walking into the orb completely, Ari suddenly felt a jolt of energy and found himself in a shaft, illuminated by a series of glowing symbols. Panicking, he starting running towards the light at the end. After several minutes, he emerged gasping from the end of the tunnel to find himself in falling face first into a pile of rocks. Pulling himself to his feet, he could only stare in shock at the sight before him.

Somehow, he had ended up on the side of a gigantic mountain. Already trying to figure out what had caused him to fall asleep, Ari turned around to find the tunnel gone. Scrambling around on the rocks, he tried to calm himself with thoughts of what was really going on. He'd probably taken a nasty spill in the park, fallen in the old pond, and now he was having a dream about mountaineering. That was it. He'd wake up soon, and everything would be all right.

"Hey, are you alright?" said a small voice behind him. Ari calmly turned around. He was dreaming, after all. Stuff usually showed up in dreams. As he finished turning around, he saw a small orange creature behind him, with large ears looking up at him. It looked a little amused. "You sort of fell on your face just then. Did you get scratched up?"

The small creature kept grinning at him, but Ari wasn't sure if the thing was actually concerned or just mocking him for falling out of the tunnel like that. Either way, he was getting more uncomfortable with this dream the longer it lasted, so he decided to go to sleep. Maybe it would make him wake up faster.

He could still hear the little orange thing talking next to him. "Are you even listening to me? I am actually concerned here, even if that was pretty funny!" A short pause. "ARE YOU IGNORING ME?"

Ari grinned a little, his eyes shut tight. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain as the thing bit him in the ear. He shook his head and pulled the orange thing off of his ear, and it glared at him. "Meanie. I was talking to you." Ari placed the orange creature on the ground and rubbed his ear. The thing kept talking, but Ari ignored it. He'd learned long ago it was best not to talk in dreams. "If you don't want to talk to me you could have just told me. I don't like meanies."

Ari just chuckled and started walking up the mountain road. "Whatever, Orange-kun. I'm going to head this way. Might help me wake up if I figure out what I'm dreaming about."

He started sprinting up the hill, leaving the protesting orange creature behind him. After about thirty minutes of sprinting, he started walking slowly. Nothing seemed to be happening, and he was still on this stupid mountain.

Suddenly, he heard a loud noise from above him. Looking up, he just barely managed to duck to his right when a large green shape slammed into the ground next to him. It looked like some sort of ogre in a blue vest, and the thing slowly advanced towards him making guttural noises. Ari closed his eyes and waited for the attack. He knew it would probably wake him up, but it was probably going to hurt.

Suddenly, he heard something running up behind him. Opening his eyes just a crack, he turned just in time to see a dark shape running right for him before he was pushed out of the way.

"GET AWAY FROM HIM, YOU MEANIE!" screamed the dark creature, which Ari suddenly recognized as some sort of dragon. Ari looked in awe as the black dragon grabbed the ogre and threw it off the mountainside; its yellow eyes wide open with fury. After a moment, the dragon turned towards Ari and grinned. "Not really Orange-kun anymore, huh, Mr. Meanie?"

Ari stared at the dragon, which was about as tall as his chest, and touched his still throbbing ear. "Uh, so you're that little orange guy?" He knew he was dreaming, but it still didn't make much sense. "You sure grew up fast."

The dragon thing laughed. "Well, I followed you up after you left. I tried to warn you about that guy. His name's Shamanmon and he seems to think he owns the entire mountain. When I saw him attacking you, I guess I sorta…" he held out his clawed arms and shrugged.

Ari looked down the mountainside and whistled. "Pretty good throw there. I must admit, for an imaginary dinosaur, you have a really good arm." Looking around, he suddenly noticed a small device sitting on the ground. It looked kind of like a gaming device, and he held it up. "Uh, dragon guy. You drop this thing?"

The creature looked at the device in Ari's hand and his eyes widened. Grabbing Ari in a hug, he seemed to be on the verge of tears.

"Oh my, Mr. Meanie is BlackGuilmon's tamer! Now we can go and fight all the other meanies!"

Ari struggled against the bear hug of the creature, apparently called Guilmon, but eventually stopped. He'd wake up soon. He had to.

Shiki and Dorumon had been "partners" for a month now. She wasn't quite used to being a "Tamer," but she was managing. They had been doing training montages that would put Rocky Balboah to shame. They had also managed to ruthlessly kill defeat a few Digimon who had entered the Human World the same way Dorumon did. Dorumon would be able to notice their entrance, and the D-arc would lead the two right to their location. Although the first time trying to get to the Digimon was a pain in the ass because there was this blinding light surrounding it. Shiki had to spend her hard earned money on a pair of sunglasses.

Shiki was a cheap bastard.

She had also decided to buy some Digimon cards, just to see if they would work like they did in the game. They did. Magnificently. And she was naturally talented it.That was a good day indeed.

Shiki had managed to convince Dorumon to show her his village, so they could start planning the counter attack. It would be good to know what the hell they were dealing with. They were wandering about the wild when they heard a yell.

"That's a Shamanmon!" Dorumon said worriedly. Shiki smirked. More target practice. Excellent.

"Come on Dorumon!" Shiki exclaimed, grinning at her partner. "Let's go." Dorumon looked scared. He was getting better at fighting. However, he still didn't want to jump into the fight. Shiki would take care of that soon. Baby steps. Baby steps.

"Come on," she insisted. "You want to get stronger right?" Dorumon nodded his head weakly. "Then let's go!"

Dorumon sighed, and the two ran off towards the direction they heard the yell.

However, what they saw there took Shiki by surprise. A boy was standing there, looking at something in his hand as a black dinosaur stood next to him. Shiki took out her D-arc and the black dinosaur popped up on the screen.

Black Guilmon
Rookie
Virus Type
Main Attack: Pyro Grenade.

Shiki smirked as the black dinosaur was chatting excitedly how the two could fight "other meanies."

"You? Fight?" She called out as the two turned to face them. "I doubt you could win against a defenseless kitten."

Ari glanced over and pried himself out BlackGuilmon's bear hug as someone approached from below on the mountain path.

"I doubt you could win against a defenseless kitten," said one of them, and Ari suddenly recognized her. He'd seen her around school, always being followed by a bunch of other kids, but he hadn't paid much attention. He couldn't quite remember her name though. Something to do with shins.

"Oh, hi there. I was wondering when someone I actually knew was going to show up. So far it's just been Orange-kun here and that ogre. Shigi, right?" As he started up the path, he hoped he would wake up soon. He really hated people like this at his school, and he wasn't in the mood for one showing up in his dreams. He felt a tug on his sleeve and BlackGuilmon whispered in his ear. "Is she a meanie?"

Ari looked back at the girl and her bizarre purple creature and nodded. "Definitely. Queen of the meanies."

Shiki put her hands on her hips as Dorumon peered at the two curiously. Shigi? Who the hell was this guy to be so familiar? And to get her name wrong at that!

"First off, it's Shiki you imbecile," she snapped. "Second off, don't be so familiar. That's Taiga to you. Anyways, the fact you know of me just proves you go to my school. I'm surprised that lowlife like you managed to get into the Digital World."

Dorumon pulled on Shiki's leg.

"Shiki, I don't want to fight them," he whispered. "They're partners. I don't want to break them up." Shiki folded her arms and growled, finally noticing the Digivice in the boy's hand. It didn't look like hers at all. It looked sort of like the Tamogatchi toy that was super popular years back. In other words, lame.

"Well, they wouldn't be that much of a challenge anyways," she said rolling her eyes. "But they will be in the way here. Listen, you need to leave. Now."

Ari chuckled as Shiki demanded he leave. "What I wouldn't give to do just that. I swear, I've probably been dreaming for an hour? Shame you had to show up. Orange-kun here was starting to grow on me."

Blinking at the bright sun, Ari shrugged his shoulders. "No idea how to wake up though. Maybe someone slipped me something. Wouldn't put it past Ishi to put something in my drink." Looking at the girl, he glared and motioned towards her.

"Fine then, Tuggy. Let's get this dream over with. Show me the way out of crazy land and back to the land of sanity, if you please."

Shiki and Dorumon looked at each, then at the boy. Dream? Was this boy that far into denial?

"First off its Taiga you dumbass," she said with a growl. "Second off, this is no dream. Third off your Digimon is black you pissant." She growled and looked around. This would throw everything off. They didn't have much time for recon, and showing these guys back would take away what they had left.

But they had wasted enough time just communicating with this imbecile. Might as well show him back.

"You can get us back, right Dorumon?" She asked her partner. Dorumon nodded happily, glad Shiki wasn't going to make him fight the two.

"Leave it to me!" He declared excitedly. "I know there is a Digital Fissure around here somewhere. I caught a faint wiff of it earlier!" Shiki nodded her head in approval and gestured for Dorumon to lead the way. She turned to the boy and BlackGuilmon.

"Follow us," she told them firmly. "And try to get lost. I'm not sure how good you are at following the leader. Your IQ level doesn't seem that much higher than a newborns." With that being said, she turned around and followed her partner.

The two humans and Digimon walked for a half an hour before Dorumon stopped in front of a tree that seemed to be shining. Dorumon grinned.

"Metal Cannon!" Dorumon shot an iron sphere from his mouth, destroying the tree to show a small light of data. A Digital Fissure.

"Nice work Dorumon," Shiki congratulated her partner as Dorumon beamed in pride. She turned to BlackGuilmon and the boy. "Start taking notes, because Dorumon is going to be the best fighter ever. Just you wait. Anyways, you can get back to the Human World if you go through this tunnel."

She gestured for the boy and BlackGuilmon to go first.

Ari grinned at the light. It looked like the orb that had started this whole mess. Maybe it was a sign he was going to wake up. Looking at the purple creature, he shrugged. "Best fighter, huh? That shooting thing was pretty sweet, but I'd like to see your purple dog throw an ogre off the side of a cliff." Walking towards the Digital Fissure, Ari put up his hood. This had probably been one of the weirdest dreams he'd ever had.

"You look pretty nice for a Meanie Queen." he heard BlackGuilmon say, and he slammed his palm into his face. Grabbing the Digimon by the clawed arm, he pulled him towards the light.

"Alright. We'll be going now." Hoping he was about to wake up, he stepped into the glowing light.

Meanie Queen? Well, it certainly fit Shiki had to admit begrudgingly. But, it was so juvenile. But it fit her.

"Come on Dorumon," she said as she stepped into the light, Dorumon following in her footsteps. The minute they set foot in the Human World, Dorumon de-digivolved into Dorimon who looked like a giant purple puffball with ears, peg legs and a tail.

Dorimon jumped into Shiki's arms. It was a weird combo. Shiki just stood out in the crowd (the blonde hair and sharp blue eyes signaling her foreign ancestry mostly did it), and her nonchalantly carrying Dorimon like he was a stuffed animal just drew stares. However, nobody dared question her.

Ari found himself in an unfamiliar alleyway, his head swimming after the sudden transition from bright sunlight to the dimly lit alley. Someone must have moved me. Some sort of prank.He started walking out into the street when he heard a loud crash behind him. Turning around, fists raised and ready to fight off whatever crackhead lived here, he was shocked to find himself looking at BlackGuilmon. He was standing next to an overturned trashcan and looking awkwardly at the ground.

"Sorry about that, Mr. Meanie. Guess I knocked over your house." He pointed a claw at the trash and started scraping it back into the can. Ari's mouth hung open and he tried to figure out what was going on. I'm hallucinating. I shouldn't have talked in that dream, now it's following me around. As BlackGuilmon propped up the trashcan, Ari groaned.

"That's not my house, Orange-kun. I live somewhere around here. I've got to get back before it's too dark."

BlackGuilmon nodded, and suddenly, before Ari's eyes, he started glowing. As Ari stared, he started to shrink into he was once again the size of Ari's head and orange, just like when they had met. Gigimon jumped onto the trashcan and shuddered.

"I've heard things about the human world. We should get home before something bad happens." Before Ari could protest, the small creature jumped into his hood.

Ari stood still for a moment, unsure what to do, before he started walking home. The thing would be gone by morning, and this whole nightmare would be over with.

Ari Utagau (Adventurer) Character Sheet:

Sex: Male
Birthday: Aug. 1
Age: 16
Description: A boy around 6'2, with wide shoulders and shortly cropped black hair. He's usually found wearing a green V neck shirt beneath a gray hoodie, skulking the hallways of Shinjuku Public High and getting in trouble. His eyes are an off shade of green, but he leaves his contact lenses in for months at a time, leaving his eyes severely bloodshot and irritated.

Special Ability/Talent: Redirecting blame, street fighting

Personality: Ari believes the world gives you nothing you don't take for yourself, and that you need to take it for yourself for it to be yours. He has severe paranoia, making him incredibly distrusting of everyone else he knows. He's drawn towards fighting as a release for his anger, and if he's not fighting someone else he's on the sidelines watching some other pair of blokes beat the tar out of each other.

History: Ari was raised by an investor in the American stock market, who taught him to be wary of anything he saw or heard, until he had completely undeniable proof that it was true. During his earlier schooling, this got him into considerable trouble as he would constantly undermine his teacher's authority and deny scientific theories if they couldn't be proven to his liking, which was nearly impossible for his teachers to do.

Eventually, he was placed into the "problem child" group. Because of the people he met during this time of his life, his worldview changed drastically. Not only should he be wary, everyone else was downright lying unless proven innocent. Ari took to more violent outbursts in class, openly defying teachers and students on anything they would say to him. Getting in several fights with other students because of his conflicting nature, Ari quickly learned how to defend himself by any means necessary.

Ari believes that Digimon are some sort of hallucination or massive trick being played on him, depending on what evidence he's trying to debunk at the time. He doesn't get along well with the other Digidestined, believing them either to be figments of his imagination or just as crazy as he is.

Role: Disbeliever
Digivice Color: Grey

Crest: Trust
Partner: BlackGuilmon

BlackGuilmon: Personality: A little naive and carefree, and fairly young. He cares for others and is often concerned for their well being, but isn't always sure how to help. He doesn't like "meanies", and will usually bite them. To hide in the human world, he'll usually be in his In-Training Mode Gigimon and hide behind things or inside the hood of Ari's jacket.

In-Training: Gigimon
Rookie: BlackGuilmon
Champion: BlackGrowlmon
Ultimate: BlackWarGrowlmon
Mega: ChaosGallantmon