Magic And Data Working As One
Chapter One: I Have My Own Story To Tell

Kana

You're heard my brother Takato's story, about how he discovered that Digimon was real. About how he and his friends struggled to protect Calumon, the Light of Digivolution given Digimon form, from the Devas only to discover that they and their master weren't the true enemy. You're heard about how he and his friends defeated the out of control D-reaper.

Well I have my own story to tell.

I suppose you could say it began when Mihiramon, the Tiger Deva, appeared in the real world under the orders of his master, looking for a long-lost fragment of the Light of Digivolution, which was said to have been given human form, impossible as that was.

The fragment couldn't give Digimon the power to Digivolve, but it could do other things, from the legends Ryo had told me, ones he'd heard in the Digital World from the Digimon he and Cyberdramon helped. Amazing things. Incredible things. Things beyond your wildest dreams.

Anyway, Mihiramon came looking for it, and for some reason, was drawn to me. I got to be his Tamer. We later discovered that somehow, I was the lost fragment (and later I became all of it when Calumon got deleted by a rouge Digimon who somehow came to the Real World). Mahiramon received orders from his master to guard me, because the power I held was great. I think after a while, he stopped looking at it so much as a duty he had to perform and started looking at it more as spending time with a friend. I certainly liked spending time with him.

The Tiger Deva had a sarcastic sense of humor that not many people understood.

He also had a way of pissing people off without even trying. I always found it funny that so many people got pissed off at him so easily— he'd even managed to piss off the calm and strong Henry and the easygoing Takato.

Still, pissing off ability or not, everyone managed to get used to him.

It was about six months after I first became his Tamer that I had the most unusual dream.

A boy probably about the same age as Takato was when he and the others first went to the Digital World tried to seal this thing he called a Jewel Seed. However, it failed and he was badly injured. It would take a doctor or a healer as powerful as Alanna the Lioness, a character from one of my favorite book series, to save him. He was in pretty bad shape.

Just as I was about to wake up, I swear I saw him turn into a ferret.

Except then I bolted upright, gasping and panting and cursing in every language I knew, which, surprisingly, was quite a few, including Digital Language. Mahiramon, who was lying on the end of my bed, lifted his head and looked at me, looking about as concerned as he ever looked.

"Kana? What was that dream about?" Mihiramon demanded, blunt as ever.

I sighed, resigned. "No hiding anything from you, is there Aniki?" I called him that occasionally because he had become like another big brother to me. "Well, here's what happened. I saw a boy trying to seal these things called Jewel Seeds, but it didn't work, and he got hurt. It would probably take a healer of Tsunade or Alanna's caliber to heal him. Just before the dream ended though, I could have sworn I saw him turn into a ferret. Pretty weird huh?"

My Digimon brother frowned. "Now that is odd." He agreed. "Do you know exactly what the thing he was trying to seal was?"

I shook my head. "No. He called a Jewel Seed, though. Commanded it to 'be sealed' whatever that meant. That thing he was trying to seal sure as hell didn't look like a seed though. Anyway, his sealing attempt quite obviously didn't work." I glanced at the clock and cursed in Digital Language. "Damn it, I'm going to be late!"

Mihiramon chuckled. "Some things never change."

I paused briefly to flip him off. "Button it and zip it!" I snapped. "I'm not late that often!"

He merely raised an eyebrow. "No, I don't think I will."

I scowled, but resumed my rush to get ready without saying a word. I'd been having weird dreams for as long as I could remember— I attributed it to being that lost shard of the Light of Digivolution given human form. I still wasn't sure how that worked, but anyway, I was pretty sure that because of that I'd been having weird dreams.

That was actually how I knew about everything that happened in the Digital World and in the Real World during the days when Takato had to hide Guilmon from Mom and Dad.

However, this particular dream took the cake. Usually, I dreamed about people or places I was familiar with, like the place where Mom and Dad's bakery was before they owned it and turned it into the bakery it is today, for example.

Takato occasionally had dreams, like that one about Rika his first night as a Tamer, but nothing like mine, probably from being around me for so long.

I had a feeling that this particular dream wasn't a dream of the past like I usually had, or a dream of the future which I occasionally had, but a dream of the present.

As far as I could remember, I'd never had a dream of the present.

School was boring as always. On the way home though, I met up with Mihiramon, who turned himself invisible, and we passed by the dock on a small lake as usual. However, today, something was different about it: it was completely trashed.

"Excuse me sir," I began, tugging on the sleeve of the nearest police officer, who then turned to face me. "What happened here?"

"Well the barge and the boat somehow got wrecked." He answered. "We don't know how, but we're just cleaning it up now."

I nodded. "I see. Thank you for the information."

Suddenly, I heard something. "Help me."

I whirled around sharply in the direction I'd heard the voice come from, the forest from the looks of it. "Mihiramon, tell me you heard that." I demanded, taking off at a run.

My partner made himself visible as soon as we entered the forest. "Don't worry Kana, you're not going senile. I assure you, I head it too. It sounded like telepathy, actually. But the real question is, who or what has the power to use telepathy around here? I know some Digimon can do it, myself included, but as far as I know, humans don't have that ability."

I nodded. "That's what I want to know."

In the woods, I found the ferret from my dream last night, which then shifted into a human boy who looked to be around three years younger than me.

"Can you hear me?" A telepathic voice asked. "I need your help. I need you and your tiger friend to come over here so that I can give you Raising Heart."

I blinked. "But Raising Heart is yours, isn't it?" It was probably my Light of Digivolution powers kicking in again, but I somehow knew what Raising Heat was.

"I'm dying." The boy said flatly, still using telepathy. I guessed that he didn't have the strength to speak out loud. "I can tell. Now get over here."

I sighed. "Alright. Mihiramon, you too. You— what's your name?"

"Yuuno Scryaa." He supplied.

"Well Yuuno, what do we have to do?"

"Just come over here and sit down— or in Mihiramon's case lay down so that I can touch you. I'm going to give you Raising Heart and my magic. Mihiramon I'm going to give my memories."

I sighed and did just that. "Alright. And Mihiramon, for once in your life, don't argue."

My partner grumbled a few incoherent curses under his breath, but complied anyway, keeping one eye on me, and the other on Yuuno. It appeared he didn't trust the ferret-boy.

"Thank you." Said Yuuno. He placed his hand on me and another on Mihiramon's head, who did not seem very happy about that.

I felt something flow into me. Was it Yuuno's magic? My powers told me that, yes, it was.

Yuuno then closed his eyes, removed his hands, and was still.

After a long moment, I stood up. "Come on Mihiramon. Let's go home. Mom and Dad should have something for me to do, since Takato is probably out playing with Guilmon again. Especially because they're still talking about turning the bakery into a Café."

Lately, Mom and Dad had been talking about turning the bakery into a Café to get more business. That meant Takato would have to stop going out to play with Guilmon so much, something I personally thought would be good for him.

He sighed and heaved himself to his paws. "And what are you going to do about the boy?"

I closed my eyes for a moment. "Tell me if my powers start going crazy." I said and held out my hand. They had a nasty habit of doing that. I imagined the earth caving and Yuuno's body being buried and then felt it shift underneath my feet. Then, I imagined a headstone rising from the ground, engraved with a final message I felt was fitting: Yuuno Scryaa the boy who paid the ultimate price to seal the very things he unearthed. He will always be remembered.

I wasn't sure how I knew that, but I blamed my Light of Digivolution powers.

"Nice." I heard Mihiramon compliment. "For once, you did exactly what you intended to."

I snorted. "For once." I agreed. "My powers have a very nasty habit of going out of control, and it can be really bloody annoying at times." I'd started saying bloody and bugger after reading the Harry Potter books so many times.

Mihiramon snorted. "At times?"

I gave him the one fingered salute. "Button it and zip it."

"Refer to earlier conversation. Now let's get home or your parents will worry."

I sighed. "I'm coming, I'm coming." I decided not to tell Mom and Dad about what happened. They may have accepted the Digital World stuff, but that didn't mean they'd accept this.

Hell, I still hadn't told them that I had certain powers from being the Light of Digivolution.

Quite a while later, after dinner, dishes, and all that, when it was time to go to bed, I sensed something and sat straight up from where I was reading another American fantasy novel.

The book dropped.

Mihiramon looked at me, and in unison, we came to the same conclusion. "Jewel Seed."

"Come on, let's go." I said, standing up, thankful I hadn't put on my pajamas yet. "Take a guess as to how I'm going to sneak out without alerting Mom and Dad." I already had a plan in my mind, starting with something straight out of Naruto, my favorite show/manga series.

"Shadow Clone?" He suggested.

"Shadow Clone." I agreed. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" A clone appeared right beside me. I told it to take my place and make sure Mom and Dad didn't get suspicious before I leapt out the window, white hair flying straight up. Brushing my hair again was going to be a pain.

Mihiramon was able to lead me right to the place where the Jewel Seeds were. I had to clamp my hands over my ears to block out the horrible screeching noise.

"It's the Jewel Seeds alright." He told me. "You need to activate Raising Heart."

I sighed. "And how exactly, pray tell, do I do that? My powers didn't tell me that."

Despite the severity of the situation, he laughed. "Just hold Raising Heart in your hand. Close your eyes, clear your mind, and recite the password." He told me the words I needed say to activate the little red jewel in my hand. "Think you can do it?"

I scoffed. "I'm the Light of Digivolution given human form! Of course I can do it!" Arrogant? Probably, yeah. But it did make my nerves about the Jewel Seed go away.

"Well then," Mihiramon ordered. "Do it."

I closed my eyes and let out a breath.

"Wind in the sky, stars in the heavens. An indomitable spirit in my heart. Grant your magic unto my hands. Raising Heart— set up!"