Jin sits at a desk in middle of the library,pick in head up and looking around the room as he takes a break from reading his book, "'Seems like the library is pretty empty today. Usually it is packed with university students." Jin took his out his phone and look down at the time, "Oh I need to head home soon, I have a raid to go on. I have been here all morning anyway.", Jin got out of his seat and placed the book he was reading back on the shelf. As he heads out of the library, he takes his headphones out of his pockets and puts them in his ear as he begins to walk to the train station. "It should take me about a half hour to get home if I can make the next train, I should take that alley and I could make it in time." As Jin turned the corner to take the alley shortcut to the station he quickly vanished.

"It is dark, I can't see anything. It was the middle of the day what happened it is like the whole world became darkness. Was I in an accident did something happen to me? Light! I can see light." Jin slowly fell out of the darkness and to the ground. "What is this? Where am I?!?" Jin says as he stands up and looks around.

"The Digital World Jin!" Says a small dragon like creature, "I have been waiting for you Jin for a long time. I'm Dracomon, your Digimon partner, nice to finally meetcha!" Says Dracomon as he reaches out his small arm for a handshake.

Jin stared at Dracomon terrified, "Where, and my what Jin says as he begins to crawl back away from Dracomon "This is my dream right? This isn't real. It can't be." As Jin says this a light shoots into the sky in the distance.

"It is real, but if you want to find out anything that light is the way." Dracomon says as he points at it.

"Digimon? Digital world? This thing has to be some sort of crazy dream, and maybe if if I get to that light i can wake up and make it home in time for the raid."Jin says as he runs toward the light, and Dracomon follows behind.

The sound of rain pounding on the concrete, the feeling of the water rolling down your shoulders, it's a common thing in Seattle, and today's no exception. Mal walked through the cities streets with his hood up, keeping some of the water off of his head. It was a pretty boring day. Mal had a pair of headphones in his ears, listening to some Nirvana, well he is from Seattle after all. As he pasted a alleyway, something caught his eye. He saw something move. He stopped, and entered the alley. He looked around the alley, and saw nothing. Then the trash cans moved ever so slightly. He came closer to them, and then a cat jumped out from behind them, and ran off. "Stupid cat!"

He turned around, and began to exit the alleyway. As he walked forward, he just vanished without a trace. "Huh? What the heck?!" He shouted. He couldn't see a thing. "What's going on?! Wait, what's that?!" He saw some sort of light and ran towards it. He stumbled out of the darkness, and fell onto the grassy ground. He quickly jumped up, and took a good look at his surroundings. He was in some sort of lush, and exotic jungle. But everything seemed.....off. He took his headphones out of his ears. "What the......did I fall and hit my head?" He pinched his arm to check if he was awake, well he was awake, that's something at least.

He could rustling in the trees above him, he had this feeling he was being watched. He cautiously walked forward, and he kept a eye on his surroundings. Then from above, a small, red-orange, lion-like creature leaped towards him. The creature tackled him to the ground. "Finally! You're here! You took you're sweet time!" the creature said as it sat on his chest. "Get off me fuzzball!" Mal said as he pushed the creature off of him. "Fuzzball?! Em's fightin words!" It said as he put up it's hands. "I'm not gonna fight you! I don't even know who you are!" Mal said as he got up. "I'm Coronamon! And I've been waiting for you Mal."

Mal gave him a confused look. "How do you know my name? What are you? Where am I?" Mal asked the strange creature as he looked around. "I don't know, I just do. I'm a Digimon. And you're in the Digital World." Coronamon answered. "What's a Digimon?" Mal asked. "I can't explain that anymore than you can explain what you are. We are just Digimon." Coronamon answered. "Ok, fair enough. But what's the Digital World?" Mal asked. Coronamon sighed. "I don't know everything! If you want answers you're suppose to follow the light." Coronamon then pointed towards a light in sky in the distance. Mal gave Coronamon a nod. "Lead the way little guy." He said as he motioned him to move forward. "Don't call me little!" They then set out forward towards the light.

Shiori tossed and turned in her bed, the same nightmare that had plagued her for the past few nights had returned. Shiori sat in complete darkness crying, until two large red eyes appeared before her. "You want to be strong? The strength to protect yourself from harm? I can grant you that power. The power to change the world.". Shiori woke up in a cold sweat, What were those eyes? That isn't the same nightmare I always have. Shiori quickly got out of bed and got changed to get ready for school. As she walked down the steps she soon realized her mom was still sleeping so she would need to get breakfast at a convenience store on the way to class.

As Shiori walks out of the convenience store she begins to walk down the road toward her normal route to school. Three cats run out of an alley past her causing her to jump back quickly. "I can grant you the strength you want, you just need to allow me too.", the same voice from her dream echoed in her head, "What was that?", Shiori looked down the alley and saw some movement, "I wonder what those cats from from? There is probably just a dog back there or something. I should probably make sure everything is okay.". Shiori walked into the alley the shadows instantly consumed her.

Shiori opened her eyes to see a colorful world, and a small creature looking up at her "Hello, I am Lunamon it is a pleasure to finally meet you Shiori. I have been waiting quite some time." Shiori stares at the well spoken and adorable creature not know what to say, "Is this real?" Shiori ask as she kneels down to the creature, Lunamon nod her head. "and your what exactly?" Shirori asked Lunamon, "A Digimon, one of the many that inhabits the digital world. More precisely though I am your Digimon, We are partners." Shiori looked confused beyond belief "I don't get this why me?" Shiori asked but Lunamon simply shrugged her shoulder, "I only know this and nothing more." Lunamon replied sightly before a strange dark gate appeared behind Shiori. Shiori turned around and jumped back, the gate had a familiar feeling. After a few minutes of staring it down she realized this was the same feeling she had during her nightmare. "Lunamon I think we need to go there to find out answers." Luna hopped on to Shiori's shoulder. " Well then lead the way. I got my seat." Shiori walked into the dark portal, Lunamon smiling from on her shoulder.

Thump, thump, and more thumping echoed in the bedroom of Simon Conway as he threw a rubber ball at the ceiling of his bedroom, catching it, and throwing it back up again. "I'm soooooooooo bored!" He moaned. He's been suspended from school, again, and has nothing to do. The reason for his suspension this time was taking his school's principle's car for a little joy ride, and parking it into a lake. Honest mistake. "You seek anarchy? Thrills? I can grant you this, and much more." A deep, and ominous voice bellowed in his mind. Simon sat up, and looked around his room for it's source.

Then a black portal appeared in his room. Simon got up, and investigated it. "What the...?" He asked himself. "Go through it. Meet your destiny." The voice commanded. "Ah, screw it." Simon then cautiously entered the dark portal. On the other side was a different, and colorful world. Simon looked around in wonder as his portal disappeared behind him. "Ok, what have I been smoking?" Simon asked himself in disbelieve at what he was seeing.

A small red fireball rushed pass his head, coming from behind him. "What the?!" Simon yelled in surprise. "Hey Simon!" A loud, and angry voice called out from behind him. Simon turned around to see a small, purple devil-like creature. "Boy you're uglier then I thought!" The strange creature shouted when it saw his face. "Hey short-stack! Look who's talking! Yea.....purple rat!" Simon replied back. "Rat!......I don't know what that is." The creature said as it took a moment to think what a rat was.

"What are you then?" Simon asked as he circled around the creature. "I'm Impmon, a Digimon! And you better show me respect if ya' know what's good for ya'!" Impmon replied. Simon pulled on his tail to be sure it wasn't some sort of costume. "Hey! Watch it! You stupid or somethin'?! You don't go around pulling a mon's tail!" Impmon yelled as he took his tail in his hand. "Fine, sorry. Wimp. So what is this place?" Simon asked. "You're in the Digital World pal! Beyond that I can't tell ya'." Impmon said as he stroked his tail. "Why's that? You don't know?" Simon asked with a bit of smugness. "I....I just can't explain it to someone as ugly, and stupid as you! Besides, you're suppose to go through that!" Impmon said as he pointed out the dark portal that just appeared behind Simon. "Come on dummy!" Impmon ordered as he dragged Simon along through the portal by his arm.

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The two new partners continued to walk in the forest towards the light. "Man that thing's much farther away then it looked." Mal groaned. "Hey, it's better then just waiting around." Coronamon added. "I guess. So Coronamon, tell me a little something about yourself." Mal asked. "What about? I'm fuzzy, and I shoot fireballs. I'm not that complicated." Coronamon answered. "Yeah, you sound so simple." Mal said sarcastically. "At least tell me if I'm the only one brought here." Coronamon sighed. "No, others are brought here as well. Don't know if any have got here yet though." He answered. "Really? How many more?" Mal asked. Coronamon sighed again, and stopped. "You sure have a lot of questions. I'm not sure. Five I think. Any more questions?" Coronamon answered. "Yeah, think we should wait for them?" Mal asked. "I don't know. Hard tellin' when they get here."

Owen layed in bed still half asleep enjoying the peaceful silence. The silence was soon broken however as his alarm went off and Owen quickly but quitely silenced it. He quickly got dressed and preformed his morning rituals. Before going downstairs he quietly peered in to his mothers room and then into his brothers. They were both still asleep which was something that put Owen at ease, he could leave for school without much of a fuss this morning. He was glad he wouldn't have to deal with his mothers early morning nagging or his brothers not so subtle mocking. Not that he showed any hint of this on his face that is, keeping his emotions hidden underneath an expression of calm was something he had gotten quite good at after a few years.He went downstairs poured himself a bowl of cereal and then made his way out the door.

As he was walking toward school Owen looked around in a casual sort of way. He had decided to take a longer way to school today in an effort to avoid the bullies that would wait around to torment him, but he was still somewhat worried that one of them would stumble upon him. As he walked he heard a strange noise come from a rather dark alley. He thought about ignoring it but his curiosity got the better of him and he walked over to the source of the noise. As he walked into the dark ally the shadows got darker until eventually they enveloped him completely.

When Owen awoke he was staring at a strange candle like creature.
"Hi Owen! I'm Candlemon your Digimon partner! It's so great to finally meet you, I've been waiting for an awful long time!" Owen was terrified just moments ago he was going about his day and now he was talking to some candle creature. He wasn't sure what was going on but he refused to show this creature how scared and confused he was. He stared at Candlemon with an almost blank face and spoke in utter calm."What's a digimon and why am I here?"

Candlemon shook his head slightly and gestured toward a dark portal that showed up behind him"It would be easier if you just come with me. Everything will be explained soon I promise." Owen considered this for a moment and decided that following Candlemon would be the best idea so he gave a small nod and followed Candlemon into the portal.

Alex walked through the busy streets of Downtown her headphones in her ears as she listened to a song by her favorite band on her Ipod. She always took a walk after she had a fight with her parents it was how she calmed down. That afternoon was a particularly nasty fight, Alex was confronted by her mother yet again to get a job insisting she couldn’t live off her parents forever. After a few things were thrown she stormed out angrily.

As she walked through downtown she walked through an alleyway she shivered as the alleyway seemed to grow darker and didn’t seem to end as if she walking forever. Suddenly her music stopped playing and she looked at the screen and noticed that the small machine seemed to be freaking out and not working properly. “Hey Alex” She heard a soft delicate voice call. “W…who whose there?” she called back. “Come into the light Alex it’s your destiny, I can help you reach your true potential” The voice said.
Alex hesitated but saw no other choice and stepped into the bright light and everything was white for a moment. When she awoke she was in a lush jungle, “Where am I?” she asked mostly to herself.

“You’re in the digital world” The voice said from behind her. Alex whirled around and saw a small plant like creature with a colorful flower on its head. “What are you… who are you?” Alex asked “I’m going to be your friend and partner I’m Palmon and we need your help in the digital world” the digimon said with a smile. “All we have to do now is wait for the others” The digimon said “Wait there are more?” she asked as the two began walking through the forest. “All will be explained in time” the digimon said with a smile.

Jin continues to walk toward the light, Dracomon walking behind him, "So Dracomon was it? What exactly is a Digimon, and this whole world?", Jin had decided dream or not learning a little bit about the world around him wouldn't hurt and might be a necessity in this weird world he was in. I am not really sure what the Digital World is exactly, but I know it is connect to your world. Jin walked on looking around the area, as he sees a vending machine sitting next on front of a forest clearing. "Well this place is interesting". Jin continued to walk silently for a awhile constantly looking up to judge the distance to the light pillar. "Almost there. This is all going to be done soon.", Jin said out loud. "I don't know Jin, I am pretty sure you and the others were brought here for a reason." Dracomon said as he jumped from a tree branch next to Jin. " I mean you guys weren't brought here for no reason. I think that you were chosen to make the other Digimon and myself stronger than any Digimon"

Jin quietly listened to Dracomon as he looked up, he could see that the light was incredibly close and unless it was at the bottom of mountain or something only a small hill was in their way. Jin and Dracomon got top of the hit and they saw the source of the light, in the light stood an angel, "What is that?" Jin said as he sees a silhouette in pillar of light, Angemon, he is the apostle of the sovereigns. He will answer all your questions, if you still have any." Jin looked at Dracomon and started to walk down the hill toward Angemon.

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Shiori appeared in a mansion's foyer. "Well this is an interesting house." An eerie looking mansion was before Lunamon and Shiori, small gargoyles sat on the end of the staircase in front of them. From the shadows literally rolled out four strange looking creatures with eyes on their hands. "The master will be out when the others get here." Said the four strange creature in unison as they danced around the room doing cartwheels and such, "We are the Dracmon brothers, and we have the responsibility to serve and entertain you until the master shows up." Shiori and Lunamon looked at each other after these strange Digimon introduced themselves, "Well I am Shiori and this little one on my shoulder is Lunamon. Lunamon looked at the Dracmon brothers and realized that they were each holding a small box in one of their hands, "Hey what are those?" Lunamon asked pointing at the small boxes. These are for the humans guest masters says. Each belongs to a different human. The names are placed on them. So here you are Miss Masuda." The four Dracmon spoke one sentence at a time before the last handed Shiori the box. Shiori opened the box to reveal a small pink and purple device."What is this? Shiori asked holding the item up to Dracomon, "No idea the master just said to give them to you, and have you wait in there.". To the Dracmon pointed toward a large set of double doors the swung open to reveal a large living room. Shiori walks into the living room, Lunamoon still sitting on her shoulder.I guess we gotta wait for the others before you get any answers." Lunamoon says as she hops on to the couch and lays down.

"Really? Now you're getting into fights?"

"I..."

"Shut up."

Mickey stiffened slightly at how sharply his mother cut him off, his scabbed knuckles cracking slightly as he clenched and unclenched his fist as a hard-wired coping mechanism he'd developed at some point. Andy and Donna, his older siblings didn't even bother to dignify the familiar scene with their attention as they sat at the table eating dinner and Abby, his little sister, visibly fidgeted a little and kept her eyes firmly transfixed on her peas.

"Y'know, maybe if you spent less time planting your head into someone else's fist and actually studied, you might actually do something right once in a while."

"But-."

"Shut. Up."

Mercifully, the alarm on his phone went off, letting him know he had to get to work. Usually he would've been able to cram some food into his gullet by now, but under current... circumstances... he hadn't even been able to sit down at the table.

Not that it would've made much of a difference as, quite purposefully, no plate was left out for him tonight.

"I'm going to work." The boy ground out and, in spite of the frigid glare his mother gave him, clicked the alarm off and started back towards the door.

"Try not to fuck it up." She called after him as he went, turning back to her now cold meal "It really is the only thing you've got going for you."

For a second, the boy considered telling her where to shove her opinion, but managed to keep his mouth shut.

Abby, for her part, began to tear up a little, still staring at her peas so as to avoid eye-contact.

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Shutting the oxygen and acetylene off, Micky pulled off his goggles, wiped the sweat off his brow and set the torch down, the soot on his face somewhat obscuring the shiner he was sporting around his left eye.

His mother wasn't entirely wrong- a part-time job working a torch and grinder at the shipyard wasn't a bad gig for a kid his age; even if it was 'Grunt Work' as she liked to dismiss it, he was still making hand and fist more than most other kids in this town. Especially when he was being paid double for overtime as he was now, not really having to worry about school this week due to his being suspended anyway.

It occured to him as he brought a bottle of water up to his split lip that he probably should've called home and let her know he wasn't coming back 'til around nine in the morning. On the other hand, she probably would've given him shit for that too, as she had so heartily done so for the crime of caving in the face of the guy dumb enough to try and rob his little sister.

Not that she probably knew that part mind you, but she hadn't exactly cared to let him explain.

A vibration in his pocket derailed that train of thought before it could pick up any more steam, and he pulled off one of his gloves and pulled out his phone to glance at the screen, seeing a bunch of missed calls he'd been too busy to notice; one from his mom, two from his dad and over thirty from Abby.

Plus one email.

Not exactly feeling like calling anybody back at three in the damned morning, he thumbed over the odd message out and opened it.

Suddenly, the world went black around him, and then just as suddenly it came back.

Also, for some reason, he was now falling face-first out of a goddamned tree.

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With a groan, Mickey stirred, finally coming to and heaving himself up onto his hands and knees from the heap of dirt and broken twigs he'd been laying in. Blinking a few times as his vision melted and shaped back into something comprehensible, he found himself, oddly enough, surrounded by what looked like subtropical forest.

"What..." He started while picking up his hat, staggering to his feet and brushing the dirt off it and his denim work jacket. "...The hell?"

"Finally had your beauty sleep, eh?"

Mickey stiffened slightly at the low but powerful voice that sounded directly behind him, turning his head slowly to face the speaker. There he found a little orange honest-to-God dinosaur, just a bit taller than his waist and covered nearly head to toe in disfiguring scars.

"Yo."

A talking dinosaur.

Meeting his silent, incredulous stare, with a clearly amused expression, the reptillian spoke again.

"You have no idea where the hell you are, do you?"

Mia was starting to get bored she had over done it on games and was burnt out, and hacking hadn't seemed challenging for a while so she was just watching random videos on YouTube and scrolling through her emails. The emails she usually got where mostly spam but occasionally there was a job offer and that's what caught her eye. The subject line said "if you can crack this you can reach that place." This was really weird but she opened it any way.

"I know you have seen it the place between the sites the place that you now dream of going to and I can get you there. All you have to do is prove your skills, crack this program that i have attached and it can take you there." The email said

Excitement swelled in Mia reading this it sounded crazy but if it was even slightly possible she would do this. Running the attached code she saw that it was not in a singular code like most she worked on it was some strange hybrid language.

The work took a while to get used to it was a few hours before Mia was sure she had the code language worked out, but after that is was simple honestly she couldn't believe that something this easy to break was what would take her where she wanted to go. Before finishing the hack she hesitated nothing this simple could really be the solution to that place. "Its where you belong with me just run it Mia" said a strange voice. Out of shock Mia hit the enter key and there it was on the screen.

Paradise that was how Mia saw it a beautiful world where she could be alone not have to worry about boys that couldn't handle her smarts and the girls that would reject her because they wanted the boys to notice them. "OK I see it its a constant image on the screen but how do i get there" Mia said to the room at large.

"Look behind you and come on through" said that strange voice again and looking on the screen Mia say a small purple fluffy looking dragon. Turning round Mia saw a large black doorway and she scooped up her bag and laptop and just ran into it.

When the darkness lifted Mia was there she was finally there in paradise. "Yay you're here you're really here" said the small fluffy dragon "I'm dorumon and you're Mia we are partners and this is the....." Dorumon started excitedly.

"The digital world I don't believe it" Mia said looking around her eyes stopping on dorumon, "you are so cute will you be my first friend... Here?"

"Of course silly what why im here, its going to be me you and all the other humans friends for ever. Now come on we need to get to the mansion and meet the others" Dorumon said walking off not noticing Mia's face at the mention of others.

The dark pairing stepped out of the portal, and onto a mansion's foyer. "Hmmpt, fancy digs." Simon stated as he gave the place a good look over. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, marvel on ya' own time!" Impmon growled. "Pretty pushy for a guy who barely comes above my knees." Simon smirked as they walked forward. "Shut it!" Impmon was very sensitive about his height. "Ouch, 'shut up', quite the burn." Simon replied back a grin. "Burn?! I'll show you a burn you little....." Impmon was then interrupted by the three Dracmon who began dancing around them like they did to the one who just arrived.

"Stop! You're giving me a headache!" Simon yelled. The Digimon all stopped. "Who are these jokers?" Simon whispered to Impmon. "Dracmon, working for the guy you, and the others are suppose to see. They are annoying." Impmon whispered back. "I'm Simon Conway, and the big guy here is Impmon. You're expecting us?" Simon said with a slight smirk. "Yes! Master wants us to hand these out to the humans!" One of the Dracmon said as he took out a small, indigo, and black device. "This is for you Mister Conway!" The Dracmon said as he handed Simon the device. "Great, what I always wanted. A thingamajig." Simon said as he cautiously took the strange device. "Now you must go wait in there with Miss Maksuda!" The Dracmon said as they pointed towards the large door.

"Great. Waiting." Simon moaned. The two went over to the living room. Inside a rather pretty girl, and some kind of rabbit, thing waited. "Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Simon said with sly grin. He gently took the girl's hand, and gently kissed it. "I, my lady, am Simon Conway. It's a pleasure my dear." Simon said with the most charming smile he could muster. "And my pint-sized friend here is Impmon." Impmon rolled his eyes. "Shut it ugly!" Impmon said as he threw a fireball at Simon's feet. "Hey! Watch it you little purple rat!" Simon growled at Impmon. The two stared each other down.

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They were very close to the pillar of light now. Mal could make out a figure in the light. "What is...or who is that?" Mal asked. "Angemon. He'll answer all your questions." Coronamon answered. Mal's eyes narrowed in on Angemon. "Come on! Enough waiting!" Coronamon shouted as he grabbed Mal's hand, and dragged him down the hill. "Hold on!" Mal said as could barely keep up with his partner.

They soon past another human, and digimon pairing as Coronamon dragged Mal down the hill. "Ha, ha! Later slowpokes!" Coronamon shouted as they pasted them. "Dang it slow down! How can you be so fast with those little legs of yours?! Why couldn't you be a nice, and calm turtle?!"

Owen quickly found himself in the foyer of a mansion. Owen looked around the foyer for a moment, despite the rather unimpressed expression on Owen's face he thought it was a fairly fancy and nice house. He was about to ask Candlemon what they were supposed to be doing here when four strange creatures emerged from the shadows, who began dancing and doing tricks. Candlemon was rather enjoying the tricks and watched with an eager smile but Owen just watched the four creatures with a bored expression. Once they were through Owen finally spoke up "I'm Owen James and this is Candlemon. Who are you guys?" though he was rather nervous he spoke in an even tone. The creatures looked at Owen and spoke in unison with each other "We are the Dracmon brothers and it is our job to make you and the others comfortable. We have also been instructed to give you this Mr.James." As they spoke one of the Dracmon walked towards him with a strange green device with light blue buttons and then pointed to a rather large door."Others are already waiting you should go and meet them."

Owen took the strange device, inspected it for a moment and then placed it in his pocket and then made his way to the door. When he walked into the room he saw two other humans each with a Digimon of their own. Owen walked towards them at a steady pace. He never really enjoyed talking to others and he was use to keeping others at a distance but it seemed like he'd have to be in this world for a while. He was nervous just like he usually was when forced to interact with others but his face showed no hint of it. Candlemon on the other hand was excited to get to meet everyone and excitedly made his way to the others."Hello everyone! I'm Candlemon!. he then pointed a waxy finger towards Owen as he walked up to the others. "And this is Owen James! Nice to meet you guys." When Candlemon pointed to him Owen gave a nod and a slight wave to the others as he spoke."Hello there."

Mia and Dorumon walked for what seemed an age but that was probably because they kept having the same conversation, Mia asking questions like "Why are there others?" and "Why are we going to a mansion?", with Dorumon always replying "I dont know."

Suddenly they where there and Mia was in awe of the building it was beautiful. Before She could say anything to Dorumon 4 other creatures came forward dancing. "Woooooooow they are so cute" Mia moaned. Suddenly they all stopped "That's the first time someone has said that to us Miss Masahito so thank you" said one of the dracmon.

"How do you know who I am" Mia asked not really caring but feeling it should be said. "The master know alot more about you than simply your name and appearance miss Royal Guard" another dracmon said routing in his box and pulling out a strange black and white device. "All of your questions will be answered soon take this and head inside with the others" the dracmon finished handing Mia the device.

Though she really didn't want to meet these other people Mia went inside she needed to meet the person or being that had brought her here and thank them for her freedom. Walking into the room Mia was horrified when all she could see was 2 boys at her side her hands where beginning to shake. "Its ok Mia look there is another girl over there your not on your own" Dorumon said quietly to Mia. "Hello everyone I am Dorumon and this is my Partner... Ouch" Mia had pushed dorumon out of the way at the sight of the pretty girl sat down. She rushed over to Shiori and dropped to 1 knee "Hello beautiful I'm Mia and the things i would do......" Before Mia could finish Dorumon landed a jump kick to her side knocking her sideways, "My apologies she seems to have quite the liking for pretty girls and doesn't possess a filter for her mouth I'll try to control that" Dorumon said with a slight bow to Shiori

"So, uhh... this 'Angemon' guy... what does he want from me, exactly?"

"Eh. Something about an 'Ancient evil', 'Five heroes chosen by destiny', 'Something, something Digivice...'" The scarred dinosaur, Agumon, as he'd learned to call him responded "Wasn't really paying attention to be honest; I was a little caught up in how much I'd rather be talking to his sister."

Mickey could only fix the Digimon with an incredulous stare.

"That... seems like an awful lot of important shit to tune out just to daydream about a girl."

"You've clearly never met Angewomon."

It was with that remark that the duo finally made it into a clearing after what must've been three straight hours of bushwhacking through rough country and dense forest, for which Mickey was quite grateful that he was still in his workboots, as walking through what was behind him without them would've led to his ankles twisting every goddamn way but right. Taking off his cap to wipe the sweat off his brow, the lad turned his eyes to the top of the hill that was before them now, namely at the impossibly bright light radiating from it's summit.

"That's him?"

"Yup."

"Alright." Mick growled, pulling his hat back on and starting up the hill "Let's see what he wants."

"Heh..."

"What is it?"

"Sorry..." Agumon started with an amused grin "...Just thinking that, for someone who litterally fell face-first into another world today, you've got an awful lot of moxie."

"Oh, shaddup..."

With that, the young man and his now-snickering companion pressed on to meet the one guy that could give them some answers.

Shiori and Lunamon sat on the coach as a second group entered the room and introduced themselves as Simon Conway and Impmon. Simon did kiss Shiori's hand. "Well this is a little uncomfortable." Shiori thought as the two began to argue a bit, "Hi, I am Shiori Masuda and this lazy little one is Lunamon." smiled and waved at them while Lunamoon never tried to get up from the coach.

Soon after walked in two more members of the growing group. These two seemed to have conflicting personalities, Candlemon was the one to introduce them. Owen seemed to be a bit shy, but so was Shiori, but before Shiori could say anything Lunamon got up and crawled up to Shiori's shoulder. "Lunamon here, and this is Shiori. It is a pleasure to meet you two." Lunamon said with a wave at the two who Just walked into the room.

Shiori sat on the couch looking at the two other humans who had come after her, one was a rather weird and didn't seem to understand personal borders, and the other seem to be a bit shy. The Digimon didn't seem to be anything special but complemented their partners well. The only real issue she had though was that she was the only human girl, she remembered that the Dracmon had four box of these little devices. As Shiori was looking at the pink and purple thing she was given and third group appear, and luckily it was a girl this time, at least that is what she thought at first. The girl had a kinda cute purple Digimon that looked like a cross between a fox and a dragon that was introducing itself as Dorumon, this was the only thing she could observe before the girl came running over. She got on one knee and started and introduced her self, as she went to go any further Dorumon interrupted her with a kick from behind. "Well it isn't much weirder than someone introducing them self like a prince, I'm Lunamon and this is Shiori pleasure to meet you two.". Shiori smiled as she stood up Lunamon still on her shoulder. Hello. I think we should be getting a visit from whoever is the Dracmon master is, they only had four boxes when we got here and there are now four of us here now." Shiori said to the group. " I will finally get to see why I finally got to meet Shiori." Lunamon said as she looked at Shiori.

Large double door swung open at the top of the staircase in the foyer, the Dracmon ran back in the shadow from where the emerged. The Digimon walked down the steps a straight into the living room the double doors closing behind him, " I am Barbamon, I will be here to communicate in my master's place. You have all been promised something by my master, as long as you complete his task you will get what you want. I will explain the task simply," Barbamon began giving the others little time to register what was going on.

"Long ago my master was the strongest being in the Digital World, he ruled over it all with his power, then four beings sealed him, this forced the Digital World in to chaos and caused a great power to materialize into this world. That power was the Digital Matrices, a fraction of their power is in those devices, my Master needs you four to collect a majority of these powers to bring my master back to strength."

Barbamon nearly finished before quickly turning back to give one last detail. "I nearly forgot, the master's name is Ikelosmon." Now finished Barbamon waited for their responses before leaving.

When another pair walked through he watched them for a moment. The group seemed to keep growing and Owen couldn't help but wonder just why they were all called here. The girl didn't seem very interested in greeting either himself or the other boy in the room, instead focusing all her attention on Shiori, which is something he was content with. He wasn't bothered with not having to interact with another person for the moment. When Shiori began to speak he watched her with a bored expression though he nodded slightly when she mentioned that who ever brought them her might be showing up soon. He was eager to learn just what was going on.

Not long after the next pair entered the room another Digimon came into the living room. This one said his name was Barbamon and was here in the place of his master, though he wasted no time in explaining what they were all doing here. As Barbamon spoke Owen for the first time since he arrived in this world let a small smile appear on his face. He couldn't believe what he was hearing, he was being offered an opportunity to prove his worth. If he could complete this task he'prove to everyone that he wasn't worthless. When Barbamon had finished speaking he looked at Candlemon for a moment who was waiting to see Owen's reaction with a smile on his face. Candlemon didn't particularly care what Owen said as long he got to stay with him. Owen looked back at Barbamon and gave a small nod. "I'm in" He had to do what Ikelosmon wanted, and nothing was going to stop him.

As the beacon Angemon was creating faded away he landed and looked at the three Digidestined that actually made it to him. "Hello, I am Angemon one of three apostles o the Sovereigns and I have something for you three from them." Angemon said as small balls of light appeared before each of the kids, in the lights were small devices. "I was asked to explain why you have been brought here, and make a request to you all."
Angemon said as he slam his staff in to the ground letting out a blinding light and soon the whole group was in the throne room of a castle.

"This is Castle Eden, it is my home and where the three of you can stay while in the Digital World. I understand that you may feel confused so I will explain why you are here and what the Sovereigns' request is." Angemon spoke as three chairs appear behind where the Digidestined stood, he sat down on the throne."Long ago a great evil threaten the balance of the Digital World, this evil attempted to conquer the whole of the Digital World with fear. Ikelosmon, empowered by the fears of Digimon gained a massive amount of power and soon rivaled that of the Sovereigns, and so in a last ditch effort the Sovereigns decided to try and seal away his strength, as destroying a power of that level may have endangered the the Digital world. It took all of their strength to seal him away for what was supposed to be eternity." As Angemon spoke a large tapestry behind him began to show the the story.

"Sadly though the battle took a toll on the Sovereigns, and the once gods of the Digital world had lost most of their power, and were not able to stop what was to come. Without the Sovereign to keep the world in check chaos ensued and strong Digimon claimed territories. The Territory heads are immensely strong, I will tell you how to deal with a territory head if I assume it may be a problem." Angemon stated as the tapestry showed battles between Digimon illustrating the wars that had gone on prior to them showing up."The Wars and construction of territories weren't the only thing to happen with the aftermath of the war, 10 special artifacts once hidden from the Digital World by the Sovereigns were released into the world, the Digital Matrices. The Matrices are what gave their power to those devices I gave you, only a portion of their powers are in there and you'll learn how great of a power those hold." Angemon continued without giving the Digidestined a chance to talk yet.

"Those Matrices are now the objective of Ikelosmon who has returned in a weakened state like the Sovereigns, he plans to use the Matrices to get his power back. We need your power, the power of the Digidestined, special humans chosen to save our world. Barbamon, a soldier of Ikelosmon is using the power of Digivices that he stole and using humans to get the Matrices to fully return Ikelosmon to power to take over the Digital world. Now will you please assist us in saving the Digital World?

Mia and Dorumon where having a little fight over what had happened when the doors opened and to look at them one would laugh if not for the serious tome in the room, Mia was biting Dorumon's arm. She suddenly stopped and listened to what Barbamon had to say and was intrigued. "so basically you just want our help with this and then we will all get what we have each been promised, That sounds a little to good to be true, sounds like a pop-up offering me a 400% pay back from a small investment." Mia said with a slight chuckle.

She was already here she had what she wanted or that was what she thought but when she was looking round her eyes stopped on Dorumon who looked sad. "What's up little guy" Mia asked him in a whisper crouching next to him.

"Please tell them you will help" Dorumon whispered back to Mia. "They only brought you here to help them they will send you back and then I wont ever see you again and I don't want that please Mia help them" Dorumon finished with a shaky voice.

Mia couldn't believe it she was here now could they really send her away that easily, and why was Dorumon so emotional about her they had only just met. As Mia was thinking about Dorumon and him not being there she could feel it something she couldn't put her finger on a connection between them that would destroy her if she broke it.

"What the hell I'm in we can have some fun while we go right dorumon" Mia said shaking off the urge to cry she was just having.

"Right Mia most fun anyone has ever had" Dorumon said with a huge smile.

As Jin walked down the hill toward Angemon, they were quickly bypassed by another Human and a lion like creature. After making it to the bottom of the hill he saw another group appear, this time the Digimon looked like a dinosaur. Soon after the got there the light began to faded and Angemon began to land before the three of them.

As the small turquoise landed in his hand, Jin looked at Dracomon, the colors matched him at most exactly. Soon in what seemed like an instant they were in a castle's throne room. Angemon look little time to allow them to adjust and began telling them a story. It was like the plot of a video game, a great evil and of course it is mature adults that are trained or anything but kids that have to save the world. Jin looked around the throne room, this had to be real he now realized. Angemon hadn't stopped talking even though Jin wasn't fully paying attention. Angemon finally made his request and called them something, Digidestined. "So this really is the real deal. Why me? us? What makes us three, and those others so special? If you need people to save this world why kids? Jin asked Angemon who sat quietly before Dracomon butted in, "Because it can't be anyone else, we partners are connected there is no other choice it you are my human and I am your Digimon. We have to do this Jin, this is my world and even if you have to think it is all a game and none of it is real, help us please. I am going to need your power, and maybe just maybe you'll get something out of it too." Dracomon said looking at Jin but also trying to relay the message to the others. "Well said Dracomon. It is exactly as he says it is not our choice exactly, but if you really don't want to help I can keep you safe here until the Sovereigns get the power to send you home." Angemon responded. Jin now whether he agreed or not he was stuck here for awhile. "If I am stuck here anyway I guess there is no reason not to help until I am able to go home." Jin said as he began to walk out of the throne room, Dracomon followed behind him after talking to Angemon. "He is probably just scared he'll coming around eventually I promise. I'll show him to a room. Angemon nodded then looked over at the others awaiting their answers.
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Shiori listened to Barbamon, he got to the point quickly, If she wanted the strength she was promised she would have to agree to these terms. It seemed like a pretty cut and dry deal one favor for another. Lunamon seemed worried by the deal, she never trusted trusted the virus Digimon in general and Barbamon had always made her feel uneasy. While Shiori was still going over her choices Mia and Owen agreed, they hadn't seemed to troubled by the idea. Shiori knew she had to agree but could feel Lunamon's unease, assuming she was worried Shiori may leave "Don't worry Lunamon, I am going to help them. We get to stay together." Lunamon smiled at Shiori's attempt to console her. She was only told that she was to go meet Shiori no detail at all, and now they are to go on this big with these weird people. Lunamon continued to worry about what this was all about until she realized Shiori was ready to answer Barbamon, "Yes! Lunamon and I will help as well. If it is to get what I was promised it is only fair I do a favor for this Ikelosmon." Luna looked at Shiori and just smiled, even though she still didn't know what Shiori had wished for she could see it was important to her.

Once they made it down the Mal started breathing heavily. "All man! We weren't the first ones here! This is your fault, slow-poke!" Coronamon said as he pointed towards the other pair that beat them there. "Right....my bad.....I'm not out of shape or anything, but my God, can an Olympic athlete even keep up with you, you big fuzzy jumping bean?" Mal asked as he finally caught his breath. "Yeah.....I have no idea what that is." Coronamon replied. Mal looked at the pair that beat them down here. He then noticed that his partner was a dinosaur-dragon thing, and so was the guy they pasted on the hill partner. Was Coronamon really the only mammal here?

"So....what now?" Mal asked aloud, not really addressing it to anyone. Then the pillar of light faded, and a angel-like Digimon appeared. "Angemon?" Mal muttered to himself. Coronamon seemed to be in awe. Then the orbs of light appeared, and dropped a small device in his hand. "What the? Yeah, I already have a phone, and this seems to be a few steps back." Mal muttered. Angemon then slammed his staff into the ground, and a blinding light emitted, and suddenly they were in some kind of castle. Mal then rubbed his eyes, not sure to believe what he's seeing. Mal turned around to see a chair that was made for him. Mal sat down, and Coronamon leaped up, and sat on the arm of the chair.

Mal listened to Angemon's story, and watched as the tapestry showed the story as he told it. He couldn't help but feel that he's in way over his head. Then Mal heard that they wouldn't be able to send them back home. Well crap. "Alright, fine. Count me in. I would recommend that you pick someone with ACTUALLY combat experience to be your savior." Mal answered. "But since that's not an opinion, then I guess I have no choice. I can't just sit around here on my hands and do nothing." He said with a grin. "Awesome! That means I don't need to drag you around any where!" Coronamon chimed in.

Mia's mind began to wonder as she waited to see what the others would say. This happened to Mia often she couldn't keep her focus in social situations and would often drift of into her own little world. What was painfully obvious to most people but she thought was hidden was that she often acted like a pervert in-front of girls she found attractive and this was how her mind would wonder. Not knowing where the conversation was up to Mia started to ask a question with a growing almost creepy smile. "So while we are here I guess that we will be staying in this mansion that's why you brought us here. So what are the rooms like is it...."

Knowing where this was going but unsure as to how he knew it Dorumon jumped on Mia's back and covered her mouth with his arms. "What she is trying to say could we see the rooms and then we can get started with this mission" Dorumon said with a nervous chuckle.

"You need to start behaving yourself I'm not going to be-able to stop you every time and you wont make friends this way"Dorumon whispered to Mia, who's eyes suddenly seemed a mixture or sad and angry at the term friends.

Simon, and his partner's stare down was interrupted by the arrival of Barbamon. He informed them what they were brought here for, and why. And the history of Ikelosmon. It didn't seem like Barbamon was too interested in them. "Hmpt...what's up his butt?" Simon whispered to Impmon. "Shut up! You'll get us both killed for sure!" Impmon replied back in a hushed tone. "Pussy." Simon replied back.

Then Barbamon was finished speaking. "So, we unleash this Ikelosmon, and we're swimming in the babes, and riches?" Simon asked with a grin. Impmon just rolled his eyes. "I'm in, sounds like fun." Simon said as he folded his arms. "Let's get this show on the road!" Simon said with some enthusiasm. "The faster we wake up the boss-man, the sooner I get my riches."

Owen had slightly moved away from the others, Candlemon opted to stay closer with the group. Something which he was grateful for, while the others seemed to be on good terms with their Digimon, Owen wasn't really sure what to think of his. He made sure to stay just close enough so that he could observe them, and gauge their reactions to what Barbamon had said. Watching others was something he was good at. He never really interacted much with others unless he had to but he always watched and observed. After a while he'd gotten good at reading other people.

Mia had also agreed to help but it looked more like it was to stay with her partner more than anything. Looking closer at her he could see that she wasn't exactly comfortable being around others like this, like him she didn't seem to be very accustomed to being around others. She wasn't very good at hiding it though, Owen on the other hand had learned to hide his social awkwardness just by playing the act of the quiet one. He then turned his attention to Shiori who took a bit more time to say yes, eventually however she did. She wanted to stay with her partner as well but she also seemed to want what ever it is that she was promised. Not that he could blame her, getting what he wanted was the only reason he was still actually here. He then watched the other male in the room for a moment. like the everyone else he said yes, but his reasons were me obvious. He seemed more impulsive than the others, and it seemed his only reason was to have fun and get a more material reward. Owen didn't see the point, and he hoped the other boy could take this seriously, this was most likely going to be dangerous, after all they were all just thrown into a whole world filled with monsters digital or not.

The others especially Simon and Mia looked eager to get started on what ever it was they were supposed to be doing. A sentiment which Owen and even Candlemon shared. Candlemon was bouncing around with excitement at what was to happen next adn Owen just wanted to get this over with as quickly as possible. The sooner he was back home with what he wanted the better. Besides staying here was starting to get boring, he couldn't care much about seeign the rooms they were to be staying in, he just wanted to do something more exciting than waiting around.