Digidestined Mission 1: The Fateful Day

[Noblejanobii]

“So we’re going to eat at Core, right?”


“Where else would we eat?”


“Jimmy Johns?”


“You are sorely mistaken if you think I’m walking all the way to downtown in shorts and a t-shirt in this cold.”


“That’s your own fault for not bringing sweat pants.”


“I shouldn’t have to when my dorm is less than two minutes away!”


Three college students walked from the gymnasium on campus. It was almost eight thirty on a Monday, their fencing practice having just ended for the day. Thus, as tradition, the three headed to the mess hall on this side of campus. Sadly, it would just be the three of them this time, as the other fencers had opted out due to various reasons. This left only the three: a foilist, an epeéist, and a saberist.


“Are they even open? It is Thanksgiving break. Doesn’t Core usually close for holidays, Sloane?” The only female in the trio shrugged a little. She was the shortest of the group, her purple bag taller than she was when it rested on the ground. She currently wore an orange and purple jacket with the college fencing emblem on the front right side, and the word “Foil” on the back. Underneath she only wore an orange t-shirt and a pair of blue shorts with some orange and blue athletic shoes. Her long brown hair was pulled into a high ponytail, but was very frizzy as Sloane had just taken it out of the bun required for fencing.


“I think so,” she answered, “but I don’t eat there often enough to say for sure, Matthew.” The guy to the right of Sloane sighed loudly. He was several inches taller than Sloane with spiky brown hair and sharp blue eyes. He carried a black bag on his back and wore a jacket exactly like Sloane’s except for his had the word “Saber” on the back. He also had on a black athletic shirt with long black and white striped pants. He glanced around, keeping watch in the darkness of the evening. Ever since the time change, it had been getting darker earlier, prompting he and his friend, Roman, to escort Sloane back to her dorm after practice most nights.


Roman walked with Matthew and Sloane in relative silence, his attention more on his phone. He was currently hitting all the pokestops he could on the way to the mess hall. He towered over his two companions, over six feet tall in comparison to the other two shortstacks. He had black hair with a somewhat scruffy beard covering the lower part of his face. His outfit was the same as his Matthew’s but with “Epeé” on the back of his jacket.


As the three rounded the corner, almost to the mess hall, a loud scream pierced the air. Several university students were fleeing the streets, taking shelter inside the Starbucks or mess hall as a gigantic bird emerged from a rift in space time. The bird screeched, flapping its crimson wings as it crushed several tables with its talons. Sloane took a step back at the sight of the bull horns on the bird. There was no mistaking the crazed look in its eyes.


“D-Digimon!” someone yelled as the bird flapped its wings again. Matthew and Roman both took steps forward in front of Sloane.


“Sloane!” Matthew called, “Run back to Fike! See if any of the other fencers are there! We’ll hold it off.” Sloane nodded quickly as the two fencers unclipped their digivices from their bags.


“Be careful!” Sloane replied as she began to run off, “That’s an Aquilamon! It’s a Champion level.”


“We can handle it! Can’t we, Labramon?” Matthew held out his digivice and a yellow dog with red ears materialized in front of him. It barked then smiled.


“You know it! Let’s kick some champion butt!” Roman gave Sloane a nod of reassurance as he summoned his partner, a blue and white dragon with red wings and horns.


“If I, the noble Dracomon, cannot do it, then nobody can. Though I do think some backup might be quite nice,” Roman’s digimon said. Sloane smirked and continued back down the road towards the exercise center. Hopefully Matthew and Roman could hold off the Aquilamon long enough for Sloane to contact Bree or Brandon. Their partners would definitely be able to handle a champion level digimon. Sloane internally sighed. It was times like these that having a digimon of her own would be so useful, but she was not worthy yet.


It was a little known fact that the fencing club at Sloane’s university was also a digimon organization. Every fencer eventually got a digimon partner and helped fight the outbreaks that had increased across the globe. Most universities these days had at least one digimon organization, with fencing clubs being the most frequent pick due to their common interactions with each other. Sloane was one of the newest members and, as a result, had yet to get a partner. They kept telling her that her digimon would arrive soon but no such luck yet and Sloane was becoming worried she might never get a digimon.


Sloane rounded the corner and shot across the street towards Fike, nearly getting hit by a car in her rush. She shouted her apology and began to dash through the parking lot when a loud screech filled the air. Sloane looked back and saw the Aquilamon take off into the air. Sloane gasped as it locked onto her and flapped its wings quickly before letting off a cry that sounded like a clap of thunder. Three rings of lightning shot towards her. Sloane began to search for cover when a blast of ice intercepted the attack, sending a mist over the parking lot. Sloane ducked behind a nearby car and took a moment to catch her breath. That was a Seadramon attack, which meant Fiona was nearby. Still, was that enough to take down the Aquilamon.


Sloane felt the ground shake and there was a loud crash as a car right near her was crushed under the talons of the Aquilamon. The horned bird lowered its head and looked straight at Sloane. Sloane trembled a little and slowly back up before screaming.


“H-Help!” Suddenly the Aquilamon was taken off its feet and sent crashing into another set of cars. Sloane looked at the attacking digimon but did not recognize it to be the partner of any of the fencers. It was a Reppamon, champion level holy beast digimon. As Sloane stared at the Reppamon, a bright light engulfed the area around her. Sloane squinted a bit and saw the air begin to swirl until it took the shape of a small device about the same size as her phone. It blinked rapidly as it lowered down to Sloane. Sloane held out her hands and it dropped into her palms. The light slowly faded and Sloane saw the Reppamon looking at her with a small smile. She felt an elation fill her chest and closed her hands around the digivice as she stood up. “Go Reppamon! Vacuum Kamaitachi!”


Reppamon dodged an oncoming attack from the Aquilamon and charged forward, slashing its tail through the air. A wind ripped through the mist, clearing the visual of the parking lot and shot straight towards the Aquilamon. The Aquilamon screeched and was sent flying into the trees that lined the parking lot. Sloane saw Matthew and Roman come running down the hill to Fike with their partners, but pause at the sight of Reppamon. She heard someone from behind her but Sloane couldn’t focus on that now as the Aquilamon stood up again.


“Beast Fang Frenzy, Reppamon!” Reppamon gave a simple nod and charged, its fangs and claws extended as it charged its prey. The Aquilamon quickly took flight, trying to avoid Reppamon but was unsuccessful, Reppamon using its tail to shoot into the air. It delivered a flurry of attacks from its claws and fangs before somersaulting back to the ground. Reppamon returned to Sloane’s side as the Aquilamon’s data began to shake then dispersed. Reppamon stood tall as it absorbed the Aquilamon’s data. Then it began to glow and grew to a much smaller shape. Sloane bent down next to what was now a Kudamon. “Good job, Kudamon, you did great.” Kudamon smiled and allowed Sloane to pick it up.


“I am grateful you think so. I was worried I would not find you in time,” it replied. Kudamon tapped the digivice. “But I did and now it is set, we are partners.” Sloane’s eyes lit up and she looked up as Fiona, Matthew, Roman, and a few other members of the fencing crew ran over.


“Sloane! Are you okay?” Bree asked, shoving her way to Sloane and inspecting her.


“Yeah,” Sloane replied, “I’m fine, thanks to Kudamon.” Sloane presented Kudamon to the group, resulting in several whoops and cheers.


“You finally got your partner!” Matthew shouted, “Congrats! Now you can help us on missions. I can’t wait to show you up in battle.”


Sloane laughed at the comments as Kudamon crawled up her arm and settled down around her neck. For the rest of the day people congratulated her, the sight of Kudamon being a signal that she had achieved the first step into becoming a full fledged digital fighter. The next step, of course, was completing the first mission.

[Blaquaza]

I really liked this. It's always great to see different ideas regarding Digimon and their interactions with the real world. I like here how all of the fencing clubs are secretly Digimon clubs, and that it's not just a bunch of little kids being entrusted with Digivices. That's an interesting change that the main series doesn't show very often. It's even better when all of the characters seem likeable and interesting, so seeing more of them would be great. Considring Kudamon is one of my favourite Rookie Digimon, I'm pretty glad to see it represented here. Overall, I'd say the story has so much potential that I'm keen to see where it'll go from here. Keep up the good work! :D

Also liked the Pokémon GO reference. Stuff like that tickles me more than it should.