Chapter 3:
Daisuke was walking to her school with her sister Jun, who was wearing a green uniform and matching skirt.
The older Motomiya wanted to walk together to school and made her younger sister waited until she was ready to go.
Now, besides the sound of Daisuke reciting, there was complete silence between the siblings, which was getting on Jun's nerves.
Jun is a very talkative person that likes to hang out with her friends and go have fun but Daisuke was completely opposite, she is very quiet, never tries to make any friends and she would preferred to sit indoors studying than playing games.
These differences were what drove the siblings to be so far apart from each other.
"So, Dais… How was your trip to the Digital World?" Jun asks awkwardly in an attempt to start a conversation.
Just as Daisuke returned from the Digital World yesterday, Jun happened to walk by her room and saw her return to Human World. After being bombarded by questions from the older sister, she told her about the Digital World and her promise to Ryoki when she was younger.
"Like I said yesterday, it was annoying. Kari, Tai and their friends were completely useless when fighting the Digimon Emperor. They shouldn't be allow to enter the Digital World if they do nothing but stand at the sidelines while the digimons with them get their asses handed to them" Daisuke said after closing her book.
"Come on Dais, give them a chance. You can't save the Digital World all by yourself" Jun reasoned.
"I don't need their help. I have way more experience in the Digital World than them" the younger brunet huffed at the thought of working with the other group as she keeps her book inside her jacket.
"It wouldn't hurt to try. Just go with them today and see how it goes. If you like them then join 'em, if not then go solo" the older suggested, sounding almost pleading-like.
Jun, like her parents, did not want Daisuke to keep isolating herself from everyone around her and thought that this group was the best chance at breaking her out of her shell.
"Fine, I'll give them one chance to show me that their worth joining but if they don't, you have to promise to drop this" Daisuke sighed just as the siblings arrive outside Odaiba Elementary.
The duo split with the younger walking through the front gate while the older continues to walk down the street to her school, Odaiba High.
After keeping her stuff inside her locker, Daisuke walks into her class and sat down at her desk but before she could relax, Kari walks up to her.
"Dais, we're going to the Digital World today and we were hoping that you would join us" Kari asks nervously.
"Sure I would join you guys today" Daisuke said, which shocked the other brunet but before she could say anything she raised her hand. "But, that doesn't mean I'll be joining your group. I'm doing this to assess if your group is worth me joining or not" she added coldly.
The school bell took this moment to ring, signaling the start of the school day and students started flooding their classrooms.
Kari sat down at her desk, which was next to Daisuke's and turns her attention to the lesson that the teacher was teaching.
Later that day, the final bell rang and students were leaving the school to go home. All except Daisuke, who was walking to the computer lab to meet with the others.
When she opens the door, she saw nothing inside the room. Thinking that she had arrive earlier than everyone else, she takes out her book and sits down on a chair before reciting to herself.
Daisuke was too caught up by her reciting, like usual, she did not notice the computer lab door opening and TK and Kari walking inside.
TK clear his throat to get Daisuke's attention and it work as said brunet closes her book turns towards the newcomers.
"Kari told me about you joining us on our trip to the Digital World and I promise we'll show you how good we really are" TK said with enthusiasm and a smile on his face.
"I'll be the judge of that" Daisuke said as she gets up from her chair and that is when she realizes that there were some people missing. "Where are Yolie and Cody?" she asks the duo in front of her.
"They'll be here soon" TK said before they heard footsteps coming towards them. "In fact Yolie's coming right now" he said and said person jumps into the room with a large plastic bag full of food.
"Sorry I was late, I had to go get some food from my family's convenient store" Yolie said as she places the bag of food onto the floor for the digimons to eat.
"Good idea Yolie, digimons need food to fight and digivolve. Giving them food before we go to the Digital World will make sure that they are ready for anything the Digimon Emperor has in store for us" Daisuke said as she watches all the digimons except for Gatomon scarves down all the food while all the humans were staring at her with shocked looks on their faces.
"How do you know so much about digimons Dais?" TK asks the brunet.
"A friend of mine taught me about them when I was younger".
"Really?! That's awesome!" Yolie exclaimed with excitement.
Daisuke did not say anything further, showing that she was still on the fence on her opinion of the group. As she does another headcount on everyone, she notices that they were still missing another person and asks "Where's Cody?".
"Cody's still eating his lunch" Yolie informed as she walks to a desk. "How about we watch some TV while we wait for him" she suggested before opening a news report about a dark haired boy named Ken Ichijouji, who had won a computer programming competition.
The report continued going on about the things he had done and Daisuke could not help but feel a strange similarity they both had. She is the smartest in her class and could beat anyone both mentally and physically at anything, even though the brunet was not too keen on showing off her skills in public.
Was it a coincidence that she found someone that was just like her?
"I heard he once gave his teachers homework" said a voice behind the group, snapping Daisuke out of her thoughts.
"Cody, when did you get here?" TK asks the youngest member of the group.
"Just a few minutes ago" Cody shrugged with his partner, Upamon, in his arms.
"Hey, I just got an idea" Kari began, gaining everyone's attention. "We should ask Ken to help us stop the Digimon Emperor" she finished.
"No way, are we asking him to help us, I know more about the Digital World than that guy" Yolie protested, which seems to have gotten on Daisuke's nerves.
"Yolie, you need to stop being so prideful over other people just because you've gone to the Digital World once" Daisuke scolded while waving her book that was still in her hand around.
"Hey Dais, what book is that?" Cody asks, pointing at said book.
"Oh, this? It's a holy text that was given to me by my friend" the brunet said as she opens a page and turns it around for everyone to read it but the response she got was unexpected.
All the humans in the computer lab had a confused look on their faces as they try to read the book. The reason they could not read the book was because the entire book was written in digital code instead of normal human letters.
"Dais, how can you read this thing? Everything is written in digital code" TK asks as he tilts his head for the umpteen time to try and make heads with what he was reading.
Daisuke had an amused smirk on her face as the group's confusion reminded her about her first time trying to read digital code.
(Flashback Begins)
Sitting at a bench at a park, Ryoki was reciting words from the book in his hands just as a young Daisuke walks up to him.
"Ryoki, let's go play some games!" the little girl exclaimed with excitement clear in her voice.
"Sorry Dais, but I can't play with you right now. I have stuff to do" the man said politely.
Daisuke pouted, because her best friend, Kari, was sick today and she now had no one to play with. Curious to why she was being ignored by her first and closest friend, the little brunet climbs up the bench to investigate.
When she finally got onto the bench, she saw that the book Ryoki was reading had strange codes on it instead of words.
The poor girl could not understand a single thing that written on the page, thus the reason she was so astonished at the speed and grace in the older man's voice as he recites everything on the page perfectly.
"Wow, Ryoki. How can you read it so easily?" she asks with curiosity shinning in her dark brown eyes.
"It's actually not that hard to read it Dais. Here, let me teach you how to read it" Ryoki said as he lifts the girl onto his lap, so she could see the book clearer.
"First, I'll read a few words while pointing at which ones I'm reading and then you do the same thing. Eventually, you'll figure out how to do it on your own" he said with a smile on his face before starting to read aloud to the girl.
(Flashback Ends)
Daisuke's flashback ended when she saw a hand waving right in front of her face. Looking pass the hand, she saw its owner, TK, looking at her with concern on his face.
"You okay Dais? You kind of spaced out on us" the blond asks as he lowers his hand.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Watching you guys struggle at reading this book reminded me of my first time trying to read digital code" Daisuke mused while keeping her book back inside her jacket.
The group stares at her before Yolie turns on a computer and opens a Digi-Port.
"Okay Dais, since you don't have a digivice like we do, you have to hold on to one of us to access the Digi-Port" Kari said as she takes out her digivice.
Daisuke nods her head and holds onto the other brunet's shoulder before a bright light comes out of the computer and engulfs them.
A moment later, they arrive in a forest.
Everything was quite as the group walks deeper into the forest when suddenly, all the digivices started beeping.
"Hey, I'm detecting another digiegg" Cody said as he walks to the direction of the signal.
"Maybe it's for Dais" TK suggested but said person shook her head at him.
"Can't be for me, you need a digivice to use those digieggs you guys have and I don't have one" Daisuke reasoned.
"We won't know until we find it" the youngest of the group suggested and they all walk to where the signal was coming from.
The walk was very uneventful and, other than the sound of Daisuke reciting from her book, was completely silent.
Suddenly, the Digimon Emperor appears in front of everyone.
"The Digimon Emperor! You're not getting away this time!" TK exclaimed as he was about to grab the dark haired boy but was stopped by Daisuke.
"Don't try to grab him TK, it's just a hologram" the brunet said non-chantingly and after everyone took a closer look, they too notice that it was a hologram and not the real Digimon Emperor.
"That's right and you should leave now. The Digital World isn't some kind of playground, it's only for the Digidestind and not for normal people" the Digimon Emperor said, which confused the group.
"But we are the Digidestind" TK pointed out.
"That's physically impossible".
"And why is that?" Daisuke asks, not liking how the Emperor was talking about them.
"Judging by the laws of physics, only a perfect person can be a Digidestind, which is me" the dark haired boy said smugly.
"How about you come here and say it to my face, you cowardly creep" Daisuke growled as she cracks her knuckles.
"With pleasure" he mused before his hologram disappears and loud footsteps could be heard coming towards them.
The trees rustle before a large red dinosaur with a dark ring around his neck appears with the Digimon Emperor on his shoulder.
"I order all of you to exit the premises immediately" the Digimon Emperor ordered.
"Not a chance" Daisuke said with confidence as she takes out a paper talisman and throws it at the big dinosaur, which caused a big explosion on contact.
"Why must everyone undermine my authority?" the dark haired boy groaned before cracking his whip at the red dinosaur, Tyrannomon.
Tyrannomon fires a fireball out of his mouth and easily dodges it by summersaulting out of the way but the others scramble away to avoid getting burned.
Daisuke quickly takes out another talisman and throws it the digimon but he burned it with another fireball that narrowly missed the brunet.
"Dais is in trouble! Come on guys, we got to save her!" TK exclaimed with worry on his face.
Yolie and Cody nodded their heads and armor digivolves their digimons into Halsemon and Digmon.
Halsemon tackles Tyrannomon back before Digmon knocks him back even more with another tackle.
"Don't think you can beat me with a simple addition, when I have multiplication!" the Digimon Emperor exclaimed as four more Tyrannomon come out of the forest.
"You got to be fucking kidding me" Daisuke groaned as she takes out several talismans from her jacket.
Daisuke throws the talismans at the Tyrannomon and some exploded on contact but most of them burned by the fireballs that were being fired at her.
Halsemon butted in by twirling his body around like a top and rams one Tyrannomon back while Digmon drives his drills into the ground, creating a large crack that causes two of the red dinosaurs to fall on top of each other.
"Guys, go get the digieggs. We'll try to hold them back" Daisuke ordered as she narrowly dodges another fireball.
TK and Kari reluctantly nodded their heads and left the clearing with Cody leading them to the digiegg signal.
"Where do you think you're going?" the Digimon Emperor exclaimed as the Tyrannomon he was standing on and another Tyrannomon stood in front of the group, blocking their way.
"May I have this dance?" Digmon joked as he jumps in front of the two dinosaurs and shoves his drills into their mouth.
This gave the smaller group an opening to which they took and continued on at finding the digieggs.
Daisuke takes out more talismans from her jacket but instead of throwing them at the Tyrannomons, she threw them into the sky before they exploded and shards of ice rain down on top of them.
Halsemon and Digmon used the opening that was created from the hail to fire their strongest attacks, knocking some of the Tyrannomons back.
But their celebration was short lived as the Tyrannomon that was ridden by the Digimon Emperor fires a fireball that knocks both armor digimons down before he kicks them to the side of a cliff causing them to de-digivolve back into their rookie forms.
Yolie kneels down next to the injured digimons to see if they were still alright while Daisuke stands in front of them to hold back the attacking Tyrannomons.
"May the mighty protector have mercy upon us!" Daisuke chanted with her claps together and suddenly, a large circle of light made of digital code that had a large shield in the center appeared in front of the group.
"That shield won't be able to protect you forever!" the Digimon Emperor exclaimed as the Tyrannomons bombard the shield with fireballs.
Cracks slowly start to form from the continuous attacks and Daisuke was starting to feel the strain of holding up the shield.
Suddenly, a golden horse with wings and a white sphinxlike creature flies towards the group with Kari, TK and Cody riding on their backs.
The two digimons land behind the safety of the shield and let their occupants get down.
"Guys, I don't think Dais can keep up with that shield. Go help her out" TK said, noticing the strained look on the brunet's face.
The horse, Pegasusmon, and the sphinx, Nefertimon, flies up into the air and summons a rope made of light and tie the Tyrannomons together before attacking them with their attacks.
The Tyrannomons dark rings shatter into pieces and the Digimon Emperor runs away while screaming about how armor digivolution will not be able to defeat him next time.
Daisuke released her focus, causing the shield to disappear before she falls to her knees in exhaustion.
TK walks up to the tired brunet and extends his hand to her but she simply brushes it away as she stands on her two feet.
"Thanks for the offer TK, but I can get up on my own" Daisuke said while dusting off her clothes.
"So what do you think about our team so far, Dais?" TK asks with hope glistering in his eyes.
"Well your team needs work. Those Tyrannomons easily knock down Halsemon and Digmon, leaving me to protect everyone until you guys came and saved us" Daisuke concluded, which caused everyone in the group looking depressed and let downed.
"But, you did help me several times during that fight. Showing that you have potential at being the protectors the Digital World needs at this time of crisis" she added with a slight smirk.
"Wait, those that mean you're going to join us?" Yolie gasps.
"Not quite. I'm still not sure about joining a team yet but today did show me that I can't do this alone. I'll be working with you guys every now and then until I'm fully ready to be part of your team" the brunet explained.
"We understand Dais and we'll be waiting for when you're ready to join us" Kari said with a smile before the group left to find a Digi-Port.
Later in the Real World, Kari was storing a picture she took of the Tyrannomons after they were freed.
"And there we go" Kari mused after clicking the save button in the computer.
"We did a good job today, right guys?" TK said with a smile.
"Yeah but that Digimon Emperor is so annoying, if only I can get my hands on him" Daisuke grumbled with her raised fists clenched tightly.
"Relax Dais; you have to remember that the Digimon Emperor is still a human" the blond pointed out.
"Hey guys, why don't we try finding out the Digimon Emperor's true identity? That way we can stop him here in the Real World where he's power is weaker" Cody suggested but got strange looks from everyone except Daisuke.
'Oh no, they must think it's a stupid idea and laugh at me' the small boy thought sadly in his head.
"You make a good point Cody, good job" Daisuke said with a rarely seen smile, which shocked everyone in the room before she left the computer lab to go home.
