Digimon World Tour

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Introduction: The Beginning of the End?

Our story begins in Summer 2013 in an executive suite at the MGM Grand Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two brothers, Yamato "Matt" Ishida and Takeru "T.K." Takaishi are on opposite sides of the bedroom, not speaking to each other. Accompanying each of them is a digital creature known as a Digital Monster, or Digimon. Matt has a a maroon-eyed yellow-skinned lizard in a bluish-white pelt with navy blue markings named Gabumon, who is currently threatening to wreak havoc on T.K.'s partner, a small flying guinea pig-like creature with light blue eyes and bat-like wings named Patamon.

Matt

I can't believe I let it get this far. Could this really be our last tour? ….If it is, I'm going to leave this city with no regrets. Nobody gets left behind, nobody. I guess I should explain what's going on, huh? Well, the tall one with the bomber jacket and no hat is me, Matt Ishida. The one scowling in the bucket hat is my little brother T.K. Takaishi. He's a full-blooded Ishida, but he took my mom's maiden name out of loyalty to her. I tell you, divorce is hell. I hope I never have to go through with it. Oh, and the creatures? Bluish-white one is my partner, Gabumon. Little guinea pig runt is Patamon. A lot of stuff has happened to us in the past six years."

We go through a little mini-recap of the events of Digimon Adventure. Then, we go to Matt's apartment in Odiaba, Tokyo, Japan. There, Matt's practicing his bass guitar.

Matt

In the summer of 2007, we fulfilled this prophesy Gennai sent us. 'The sky will be darkened by the wings of many bats. The fallen people will invoke the name of the undead Digimon king and when the clock strikes the hour of the beast, the undead king will reveal himself in his true form as the beast. Then angels will shoot arrows of hope and light at the loved ones of those they've been sent to protect, and a miracle will happen. Please always recycle.' Well, I ended up getting shot by one of Angemon's arrows. I think it was hope, because that's the crest my brother has. It's kind of complicated. Anyway, that triggered something in me that allowed Gabumon to Warp Digivolve into MetalGarurumon. But more about that later. About a year after we defeated Apocalymon, we were invited back to the Digital World. We were reunited with our partners, but that wasn't why were there. Ultimately, we had to release the power of our crests to free the Digimon Sovereigns. A year after that, in 2009, I started up my band, the Teenage Wolves.

It was just a side project for after school, a way to blow off steam. I was the bass guitarist and lead vocalist, and I still am. Takashi played the electric guitar, Akira was our keyboardist, and Yutaka played drums. We made our first TV appearance on a talent show. I was so nervous, but at least I had Gabumon by my side. In spirit, anyway. We had to look for a competing show on another network, because my dad works for TV Tokyo as a reporter. It was something of a gentleman's agreement. They didn't allow any original songs, and we didn't have any, so we covered 'Rocky Raccoon' by The Beatles. I put an alternative rock edge on it.

["Rocky Raccoon"

Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Lead Vocal: Matt Ishida (Michael Reisz)

Spoken Intro by Takashi Kotoe (Jeff Nimoy)]

The scene shifts to an episode of a junior version of NHK's Nodo Jiman ["Proud of My Voice"]. The audience cheers as Takashi, the guitarist, approaches the mic. He plays a few bars of guitar every so often as he speaks.

Takashi:

(spoken)

Now somewhere in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota,
there lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon.
And one day his woman ran off with another guy.
Hit young Rocky in the eye. Rocky didn't like that.
He said "I'm gonna get that boy."
So one day he walked into town
Booked himself a room in the local saloon.

"One-two-three-four!" Matt calls, as the song really starts up. The song definitely has an alternative hard rock edge.

Matt:

Rocky Raccoon checked into his room,
only to find Gideon's Bible.
Rocky had come, equipped with a gun,
to shoot off the legs of his rival.

His rival, it seems, had broken his dreams,
by stealing the girl of his fancy.
Her name was Magill, and she called herself Lil,
but ev'ryone knew her as Nancy.

Now she and her man, who called himself Dan,
were in the next room at the hoedown.
Rocky burst in, and grinning a grin,
he said, "Danny boy, this is a showdown."

The band really gets into a jam as they play an instrumental bridge. Matt even gets a harmonica solo in. Soon, the band stops abruptly as Akira plays a few simulated gun shots on his keyboard. Matt tenderly, and somewhat sadly, comes up to the mic, speaking again.

Matt:

(spoken)

But Daniel was hot, he drew first and shot,
and Rocky collapsed in the corner.

After a two second pause or moment of silence, the song starts up again.

Matt:

Now, the doctor came in, stinking of gin,
and proceeded to lie on the table.
He said, "Rocky, you met your match,"
and Rocky said, "Doc, it's only a scratch,
and I'll be better, I'll be better, Doc, as soon as I am able"

Now Rocky Raccoon, he fell back in his room,
only to find Gideon's Bible.
Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
to help with good Rocky's revival.

The band goes back into their jam as the song fades and the people applaud.

We see a picture of the Teenage Wolves with the crew and cast of Nodo Jiman.

Matt

We won that night's competition, and made it to the final round. Unfortunately, we lost, but that didn't matter. At school, we were celebrities. So, we kept it up and I started writing music. The first song I wrote, "I Turn Around", was quite autobiographical. You know, it was dealing with my parents splitting up and some of the lessons I'd learned in the Digital World. Gabumon helped me out with some of the lyrics, but I wrote most of it. The single got major airplay locally and in other parts of Tokyo, but we never hit the Oricon. That's like Billboard in Japan. Still, we did well enough. I wasn't making any big money off of it, but it certainly helped my dad and me. Sometimes, I'd slip some money home with T.K.

We were supposed to have a huge Christmas concert in Odiaba, but DarkTyrannomon and a group of Bakemon crashed that party. I dropped everything and helped the others with the threat. Gennai gave all of us the Digi-Core which allowed Gabumon to go back to his Mega level. That was really awesome! So, I took Ken with me and we went to Mexico. After clearing out a Mayan temple, I gave Jose a copy of my single on CD and asked him to pass it to a radio station there. He told me he would.

When we got back to Japan, it turned out that the real threat was MaloMyotismon, and Davis was the one who ultimately led the others to defeat him. Who knew the kid was into noodles? After Oikawa bit the dust and turned into a group of butterflies, not much else happened. The Digital World was safe, and the Digimon went back into the Digital World to help fix it up. Gennai kept the DigiGate open for a while so we could help out on occasion. I know T.K. and Kari went, but I didn't go as much. We were allowed to keep our Digivices in case anything like this ever happened again.

That night, I called Takashi, Akira, and Yutaka asking about the band again. They quit then and there. "Your friends are just too creepy!" Takashi exclaimed. "What if those monsters come back?" Akira asked with fear. "Sorry, bro, you're on your own," Yukata said. Their parents made some legal agreements with my dad, and we said our goodbyes. I'd have to find a new band. What I didn't know was that I'd not only find one, but I'd enter the greatest adventure I'd ever been on.

Author's Notes:

* So, this is the introduction/first chapter. Don't worry, we'll get into the action soon enough. Stay tuned.