Chapter One
The Past:
Kanbara Takuya sighs as he sits at the table waiting for his dad to get home so they could finally eat. Today happened to be his little brother Shinya's birthday. Takuya blinks when the doorbell rings and heads over to answer it, his brown eyes widening in shock as he takes in the girl barely standing there, she had her long brown hair up in a braid, had on a light blue t-shirt with orange crescent moons around the bottom, orange shorts with blue leggings on underneath and blue and orange sneakers, She also wore the pendant from which her name hung in kanji form, a gift from him. Her brown eyes were weary, but she held a gift bag in her hands, " Gonna let me in, Taku-nii? "
She takes in his appearance, he was wearing a yellow t-shirt with a black D like symbol on the chest, under a red short sleeved jacket with a pocket on each side of the chest, a pair of dark brown Bermuda shorts, light brown gloves, could be seen in a pocket currently, white socks, orange and red sneakers with white soles, and a light brown cap over which he had his ever present goggles. His cap left a tuft of his brown hair visible in front. Takuya blinks and lets her in, she slips her shoes off, " Shinya, you want your gift get in front of me now. "
Shinya Kanbara was in front of his big sister in fifteen seconds flat, " Yes, you may open it now, Shinya. " Serena answers his unspoken question.
Shinya's eyes widen when he sees what she had gotten him, " Sere-nee, how did you…? "
" My best friend's mom owns a jewelry store, Shinya. I managed to work out a deal with her mom. It doesn't hurt that I'm very good at talking indecisive customers into purchases, I managed to get her ten big ticket deals. So getting you the pendant you wanted wasn't that big of a deal. " Serena says.
Takuya looks at her, " Like you manage to talk our grandma into letting us…" he trails off just then and Serena slips her shoes off, heading for the kitchen and her eyes widen as she looks in the fridge.
" Oh, Serena dear, sorry, I forgot to stock up on your Pineapple Juice. " Kanbara Yuriko says to her step-daughter.
Serena nearly whimpered at this, she needed her juice hit, now. Takuya shoves a glass of Kool-Aid into her hand and the girl downs it immediately, handing the glass out for a refill. Takuya sighs and gives her, her refill, she downs that as well and smiles, " I'll be back, don't do anything stupid until I get back, got it, Taku-nii. "
Yuriko laughs at the affronted look on her son's face. Serena may not be hers biologically but she was over often enough. She had been legally separated from her husband and Takuya absolutely adored his little sister. Serena was almost never away from Takuya when she was over either, the two actually shared a room. Generally she wouldn't allow it but Serena slept better when she was with Takuya.
Serena returns, looking much refreshed and wearing a different outfit, she had raided Takuya's closet and was now wearing an orange t-shirt with a short sleeved blue jacket over that, and then had gone to her room for an identical pair of shorts and leggings only the shorts were blue and the leggings orange this time, she still wore her pendant though. " Raiding my closet again, imooto? " Takuya asks.
" Not my fault we have similar tastes in clothes, Taku-nii. " Serena retorts.
Mere moments later Takuya receives an SMS message and he drags his little sister out the door. Serena's eyes widen when a truck bears down on him after he retrieved a ball for a father son duo. Serena doesn't even think, she tackles him out of the way, rolling with her brother, " Baka nii-chan. "
" Gomen, imooto. " Takuya murmurs, she had saved him. He was supposed to protect her, not the other way around.
" Don't we need to go? " Serena asks as she stands up.
Takuya curses and they race off, Serena easily overtaking her brother. She manages to keep him from making a spectacle of himself on the train, but not getting to the elevator, she was the better runner. She lets him have his boy moment and looks at the other boy with them, " I'm Kanbara Serena, google boy is my brother Takuya. "
Blue gray eyes meet her chocolate ones, " Minamoto Koji. "
Serena grins, " Was that so hard? "
The elevator comes to a stop, " Which one will you choose? "
Serena grabs her brother and drags him off to a train. The goggle wearing boy sighs and takes a seat, his sister cuddling up next to him. " Why this train? "
" It's where we should go. " Serena answers simply.
Both stare in awe when the scenery appears and then the train comes to a halt, " Everyone off. "
The Kanbara siblings blink but then get off, " Hey, where are we anyhow? "
" This is the Digital World, later. "
Serena smiles, " We might as well explore, Taku-nii. "
Takuya sighs but agrees with her and it isn't long before they reach a big, roaring fire and Takuya's transformed phone reacts to this. Instinctively Takuya calls out, " Spirit! "
Summer Camp, Present:
Kanbara Serena grins as she looks at her big brother, she now wore his old goggles around her neck, as he'd out grown them, " Best present ever, Taku-nii, thanks. "
" Thank dad, I told him the best present for you would be for me to be at the same summer camp as you. He made this possible. Imooto. " Takuya says, it had been two years since their Digital World adventures and the children were still just as close as ever, well, Serena barely tolerated Koji most days.
They'd barely settled in when it started to snow, the half-siblings blink and race to the nearby shrine, " Man, I wish Tommy was here. "
" Shut up, you have an internal heater, I'm more susceptible to the cold, Taku-nii. " Serena snaps.
Takuya curses and pulls his sister closer, letting his power over flame spread to her as well. In the shrine they find seven other kids, two blondes, Ishida Yamato and Takaishi Takeru. A pink loving girl named Tachikawa Mimi, a blue haired kid wearing round wire frame glasses named Kido Joe, a short red headed male named Izumi Koushiro but everyone called him Izzy, an orangette in a yellow shirt named Takenouchi Sora, and finally a kid wearing round goggles with his brown hair defying gravity, Kamiya Taichi, " Takuya-sempai, I didn't know you'd be here at camp. " Tai says.
" Present for my sister, Tai-kohai. "
Serena rolls her eyes and elbows her brother in the side, " Oh, right, Kamiya Taichi meet my little sister Kanbara Serena, she's in between me and Shinya. "
" Do you play soccer too? "
" I'm a runner. " Serena replies.
The Kanbara siblings were the only ones not surprised by the light show over head, " Digiworld must be in trouble again, Taku-nii. " Serena murmurs soft enough that only her brother could hear.
Takuya nods at this and they join the others, only the Kanbara siblings don't flinch when nine objects impact the ground, they grab the ones in front of them immediately and notice their D-Tectors have come to life. The spirits had opted to go with their partners and the children all swore they'd come help no matter what. Lady Ophanimon wasn't the one calling them though, as they now had a different model digivice. That was when they heard Tai yell Surf's Up.
The siblings were quick to grab on to each other and Takuya was the first one awake only to find a purple seal sitting on his chest. " Why is there a Bukamon on my chest? " Takuya asks out loud.
Serena was the next to wake and she blinks as she spies a DemiMeramon, she was curled up against her brother, the siblings stand up as she asks, " Why do I have a DemiMeramon looking at me like I'm the next coming? "
" We're your partners. "
The siblings blink, " We can turn into digimon, why do we need partners? "
" No human can… " the in trainings trail off when they see the D-Tectors and the Warrior Symbols that lit up in them, " Our partners are Legendary Warriors? "
Serena spins around just then and before she can evolve she gets slammed into a tree. Takuya snarls angrily, his D-Tector firmly in his right hand, " Only use your spirits when necessary, Takuya. " Lady Ophanimon's voice can be heard through it.
" My little sister just got slammed into a tree. " Takuya retorts, " Execute… Spirit Evolution! Agunimon! "
" DemiMeramon digivolve to… Candlemon. "
Agunimon glares at the Snimon that had dared to attack his sister, " Lava Loogie! "
" Pyro Tornado! "
A Woodmon creeps up behind Serena and the twelve year old moans as she sits up, holding her head. Agunimon scans the fractal code of Snimon and then he curses as he sees Woodmon, he was too far away. " Bukamon digivolve to… Betamon. "
Betamon gets knocked aside and Serena somersaults away, her D-Tector firmly in her left hand and starts to stand only to fall to her knees, " Ancient Spirit of Water, defend me! "
Agunimon, Betamon, and Candlemon watch as a wave of water rushes up out of nowhere and Woodmon's fractal code shows, " Bro, can you harvest the code for me? "
" You're chopped Woodmon, Fractal Code Digitize. " Agunimon says, scanning the code.
Agunimon was quick to go over to his little sister and Takuya lets the evolution end, " You all right? "
" Most likely got a concussion from getting my bell rung like that, Taku-nii. We better find the others and something tells me it's Tai's time to shine, only advise, Taku-nii. "
Takuya nods and the twelve year old climbs onto her brother's back. They find the others just as they go over a cliff. " Wonderful, imooto, can you? "
" Iie, can't evolve right now. You'll have to evolve to BurningGreymon and hope to hell you don't scare the noobs. " Serena says.
Takuya grins and Beast Spirit Evolves, meeting up with the others just as they make landfall. He ends his evolution and the other seven kids stare at him in shock. " Takuya-sempai, how did you… "
" He's the legendary Warrior of Flame, " Agumon says.
" Taku-nii was our leader. " Serena admits.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Digimon.