Episode 1: A New Beginning

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[Shinjuku Park]

Darkness enveloped a large section of the park, a white fog overpowering the air, an eerily chilly wind blowing across the general vicinity. Couples walked around the park, others riding their bikes, unable to see such an occurrence. Within the fog, the air began to crackle and hum as a figure stepped into existence, entering the Real World for the first time within its life span.

A red glow scanned across the area, moving like a spotlight from one direction to the next, yet not attracting anyone's attention as of yet. For some reason, the fog was keeping them from noticing him , a rather intriguing situation. The digimon finally materialized fully, its metallic body standing perfectly upright as he took in the sights within an observant, yet steady gaze.

"Phase 1, Complete. Now to...bzzt....begin reconnaissance. Phase 2, commence." The Sealsdramon walked forward toward a group of trees. Looking at a tree, it scanned its shape with his eye, trying to analyze it just by observing it.

"That f-fog...w-what is that!? It's a robot?!" People began to look up in disbelief, wondering exactly what Sealsdramon was, before promptly running off screaming in fright. His form was indeed frightening, it would be a surprise it wasn't.

Pulling its knife out, he slashed at the tree, slicing it once and only once. The tree fell over with a loud thud, leaves and broken branches spreading out in every direction. He observed the butchered tree closely, apparently it was similar to the trees back in the Digital World, if not the same.

"Mark 2, Observation 224." The Sealsdramon said as he took a mental note of the tree's biological composition. The fog was giving no signs of letting up, but it was only occurring in the general area so it wasn't as wide spread as one would originally think. "These humans, are quite loud."

[Kazai]

Beep!... Beep!... Beep!...

"What the-? That's my... Digivice..."

Rika turned toward her nightstand, only to see her digivice glowing. She stared at the device in awe. It had been so long since she had last used it. Ever since Renamon and the rest of the digimon had gone back to the Digital World she had had no use for it. Digimon hadn't breached the digital world. There had been no bio-emerging. Digimon had gone back to being a simple card game, video game, and t.v. show as it used to be. But now, as she looked over toward her erraticly beeping digivice, she realized things must have changed.

I wonder if... Could it be?... Renamon!

Rika ran toward her dresser, quickly opening the top drawer and pulling out her deck of Digimon Cards. She quickly shuffled through her deck, looking through her cards before putting them in a small pack and placing them in her pocket. If there really was a digimon breaching the area, then it was certain she would have to use them. She then quickly ran to her digivice, grabbing it from her nightstand, before running out the door of her room without bothering to close it.

"Mother! I'm going out! I'll be back later!"

She ran through the hall and away from her home. She held up the digivice to look at the screen. Surely enough, there was a digimon breaching into the real world. It was bio-emerging. She had to check it out. Hopefully it would be Renamon, but if it weren't... if it were a wild one. Then it could get dangerous.

Her digivice was showing her the way to the digimon with arrows pointing in the direction of the Digital Field. It wasn't too long before she could see it in the distance. It looked as though the Digital Field was in the nearby Shinjuku Park... Only a few minutes away. Rika ran toward it, with nothing in her mind other than the thought of reuniting with Renamon. Digimon were back in the real world, could this mean that all her friends would be back?

"RENAMON!" She screamed as she waited for her old partner to come and greet her. "RENAMON!"

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Sealsdramon looked around, confined to the foggy area, bound by its laws to stay within its boundaries. His mission was to simply observe and collect as much information as he could before returning back to the Digital World. As things were looking, it was already much different than the Digital World in most aspects, yet they were the same in others. The sky, the grass, the clouds and the very composition of the air, it was all the same. Investigation was its only duty. Why could they not have sent a different digimon to perform such a medial task? Sometimes duty took precedence over what was preferred or what someone wants to do with themselves. Lives were always at stake, they could not be gambled, could not be risked and were ultimately necessary for carrying out the grand plan.

That's all Sealsdramon was. A cog in the great machine that was the plan of the others. A simple pawn in a deadly game that spanned across two separate worlds that were still somehow tied together quite deeply. The machine digimon's gears began to spin rapidly, warming its body to the most efficient heat so it could fight at peak power if the situation were to arise. It wasn't something that Sealsdramon could rule out entirely, especially considering situations in the past that involved both humans digimon.

The power of a digimon is not to be underestimated when in the company of a human tamer. That word, tamer, it was such a derogatory term. It made it seem that humans were the masters of the digimon and digimon were nothing more than pets who battled for the amusement of a bunch of kids with digivices slapped in their hands. Those were the rumors among those who've encountered the tamers or heard of them, a group of humans accompanied by digimon wasn't something that would be deemed ridiculous...not when looking at the chain of events that had transpired only two years prior.

Sealsdramon pushed off of the ground, moving his body one blur of metal, finding himself a spot behind a couple trees. When the fog would finally lift, he would search out and gather any information on the Real World as he could. And if any digimon were to attack him he'd have to delete them as a cause, without question. Orders were orders. And commands were commands. Orders are chosen to be followed, commands...not so much.

"...bzzt... commencing stationary position......bzzt....preparing to switch into counter attack mode..." Sealsdramon said as he began swiveling his head from side to side, looking on for any detail that he might have missed in his initial sweep of the area. All he had to was bide his time and then go about his merry way, doing what he was sent there to do on the whim of his master.

[Kazai]

Beep... Beep... Beep...

Rika stood in the park, looking down at her digivice's screen. The beeping was occurring even more frequently. Her Digivice was restless and a fight would soon ensue. She could smell it. It was the scent of a Digimon who had some not so friendly intentions, and it was hiding nearby. If the Digimon she was chasing had actually been Renamon, she would have caught up to Rika by now and they would already be reunited. There was no way that this digimon was Renamon... but if it wasn't Renamon, this wasn't a good situation. There was a Wild One in Shinjuku Park, and there were no good digimon anywhere to be found. Takato, Henry, Jeri, Kenta, Kazu, and the rest of the tamers had all lost their digimon. If this really were a dangerous Digimon, how would she fight it? Would she even stand a chance on her own?

Rika had her eyes glued on her Digivice, more specifically, the arrows on her Digivice which pointed toward the Digimon hiding nearby. Rika looked in the direction of the presumed Digimon. She saw nothing but trees. Where was the Digimon? Was her Digivce faulty? It had to be. Digimon hadn't been in the real world for almost two years. How could she be so foolish as to get her hopes up that Renamon had returned to the Real World? But still, she couldn't shake the feeling that something was brewing. In her gut, she knew there was a wild one nearby.

"No more games... I need to find out what digimon is hiding around here."

It was then that her Digivice projected an image of the Digimon, Sealsdramon with some basic information under its name. Apparently it was a digimon of the Champion Level with some dangerous weapons and gear. Rika studied it, hoping to figure out its weakness. If there were no Digimon anymore, that meant that it was left up to her to protect the people of the park. Obviously they didn't know much about the reality of Digimon. The event that had happened two years ago were long over, and had been passed off as an accidental experiment, which was only an understatement. There was much more to it than that, but people did not need to know. Rika could only imagine what would happen if digimon began to wreck havoc in the human world once again.

"Hey you! Sealsdramon! Get out of there! I know you're hiding! If it's a fight you want! Come and get it!"

I can do this on my own... I have to.

Rika squinted as she looked into the trees, waiting for the Digimon to come out into the open. She bent over, picking up the largest stick she could find before standing up and reaching it out toward the trees. She was very serious now. She had to be alert. If it was a Digimon of the Champion Level, even the smallest slip up could prove to be fatal for her. She could not allow such mistakes to happen.

"If you value your life, you'll go back to the Digital World!"

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Sealsdramon's infrared vision picked up on a shape moving within the general area, the body of a small human and on further inspection he figured out that the body belonged to a young girl. Within the girl's grasp was a small device, a device which she used to track him to the location that he was currently in. Using his robotic sense of deduction, mixed along with his own common sense, he was able to figure out that she was indeed one of the very digidestined that he had been warned of. But everyone in the Digital World knew that all the digimon had returned to the Digital World, even those belonging to the infamous digidestined. But then again, if he could travel the Real World, what made him so sure that their digimon couldn't? Absolutely nothing.

He was the first digimon to make contact with the Real World in two years, all else had failed in their attempts to make it, failed experiments...flawed. Sealsdramon observed as the girl picked up a rather long and thick stick, a mere twig to strong digimon such as himself, it made him want to laugh...if he could. Humor wasn't a thing Sealsdramon were known for, after all, they were cold blooded assassins whose only jobs were to slit the throats of their enemies in the cover of night, using darkness to shroud their activity.

]".....bzzt.....Value my...bzzt.....life?" Sealsdramon moved out from the sublime darkness of the trees that he had nestled himself behind, his body moving like one flowing river of metal, his movements were quite elegant and had such a style that it was hard to believe that he was actually a cyborg digimon.

A single ray of moonlight shot down upon his face, glinting off of his left eye as he held the combat knife up, closing in on his target. Killing a digidestined would be a highly rewarded deed, it was worth possibly compromising a rather important mission for. But then again, it was crucial that she be dispatched, he had no idea if she had backup or not. Such thoughts ran through his mind at blazing speeds, calculating such possibilities as he got closer and closer. His red eye glowed brightly, calculating the best spot to strike if he truly had to, but he wanted to take her down alive....get some answers out of her before he massacred her body into indistinguishable pieces.

]".....bzzt.....Foolish human....bzzt...." Sealsdramon said as his empty hand reached out from next to her, rather than from in front of her, reaching out to grab her neck. Yes, subdue her and then extract any information he could before leaving quickly. The Digital Field would soon be gone, in the next few minutes, but for now the fog was still laid thick around the area. ]"...bzzt....digidestined....bzzt..."

[Kazai]

Rika stood there, holding the stick firmly in her hand as the Digimon slowly approached her. There was a hint of fear in her eyes, but she wouldn't run. She couldn't run. If it weren't now, she would have to fight the digimon later, and now was her only chance to beat it without letting it cause any damage. Regardless, it sounded as though the Digimon had already chosen her as a target. She couldn't run now if she tried. Sealsdramon had his eyes set on her, and he was not going to forget.

"So... You know I'm a Digidestined? You're quite informed... But that's not going to help you with anything. What's your purpose?! Why are you here? Just to get stronger? Obviously you're not trying to find a tamer!"

She jabbed her arm forward to stab Sealsdramon with her stick, but before she had made contact, he had already seized her by the neck and had lifted her into the air. Her stick fell to the ground. She raised her free hand onto the Digimon's hand, as she tried to break away from him. It was no use though. He was a Champion Level Digimon. Without Renamon, she knew that there was no chance of her beating him. She held her Digivice firmly The beeping still hadn't stopped yet.

I wish... Renamon were here...

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Sealsdramon's hand tightened around the girl's frail neck, he could feel every pulsing vein in her neck....flowing with blood, with the very oxygen source that was vital for her survival. With only twinge of his arm he could snap it and let that be that. There would nothing more of this female digimon tamer to speak of, except for the corpse that would be left to rot on the park ground. She was done for, now it was time to see if grabbing her was going to pay off. Now it was time to get some information out of her, despite her trying to interrogate him.

"....bzzt....You aren't in the position to make any demands....bzzt...." It was true, she had no other reason to speak except if it was to beg for her life or to answer any questions he had. Speaking outside of that would be quite unnecessary and very stupid in his opinion. Why waste your time trying to make empty threats? Though, for a girl she seemed as though she could be quite an intimidating person if she had the power to back up her words. But for now, her empty threats were just that, empty and meaningless.

Sealsdramon squeezed a bit harder, but only to loosen up right away, as a sign telling her to shut up. There was no need to tell her to shut up when he could simply make her shut up by using force. "...bzzt....I shall be asking the questions....not you.....bzzt...." He said to her in a rather cold, robotic tone, which seemed to be her only tone of voice. That was him, he was a cold, ruthless warrior with no need for such thoughts.

"...bzzt....Where does your power come from?....bzzt...what is a digivice...? ....bzzt.....Who are you?.... bzzt.....10...9....8...7...." He began to pound her with questions, looking her dead in the eye, scanning her face to look for any misleading facial expressions as she answered. If she was going to lie, he would know about it and then simply be rid of her. There was no need to deal with uncooperative fool who failed to answer questions quickly and honestly, so she had ten seconds to answer him.

[Kazai]

"Let go of me already!"

Rika was struggling to speak now with the Digimon's hands squeezing around her neck. Regardless, her feisty nature still hadn't died down. Not even in this time of desperation. It seemed that no one was coming. She'd have to fight this Digimon by herself, and even though she stood no chance, she had no intention of making it easy for him. She swung her legs as she kicked the Digimon in the stomach as hard as she could. Perhaps the kicks did no damage, but she would not let him intimidate her.

"I'm not telling you anything you JERK!"

Rika knew that it was over. He was going to kill her if nothing changed soon. She squinted her eyes in disgust, looking away from the Digimon, forcing her head to the side as much as he would allow her. That was when she saw a shadowy figure hiding in a nearby tree. Was that why her Digivice was still beeping? It meant there was another Digimon nearby whom she still hadn't located. Did that mean there was yet another enemy to fight?... or could it be? The shadowy figure leapt into the air, it was then that Rika saw who it was.

"DIAMOND STORM!"

Shiny Diamond Shards sparkled around the figure in the air, illuminating the identity of the creature.

"RENAMON!"

Renamon, the oversized fox-like digimon who seemed to be elegantly hovering in the air. She looked determined and serious. She was ready for battle, staged for combat. She had no intention of allowing this Digimon to hurt Rika. It had been so long since she had last been to the human world. She wasn't going to come back only to see her best friend be killed by a corrupt Digimon. It was time to fight.

"Rika!" The Digimon called out to Rika just before her sharp shards of diamond crystals fired toward the Champion-level Digimon aiming for his arm. The velocity of the crystals was so great that there was probably no way he could evade them without letting go of Rika. That was Renamon's plan. If she was to fight him, he would first have to let go of her tamer. Then, maybe she could be strong enough to actually fight.

"I will protect you! I promise!"

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Sealsdramon stared at the girl. Was she truly willing to go this far? To be killed over something as stupid as answering him? Her feet collided with his thick armor, a few thuds could be heard as they made contact, but they did her no good, not in the very least. Her struggles were futile, he had her in his grasp, there was no escaping at all. Now that he had her in his grip and she was not responding to his questions in the manner that he wanted, he decided that it was time to end her life. If she was to be no good to him alive, then she would be better off dead, that was his reasoning. Reasoning and logic, the two things that a digimon such as Sealsdramon thrived off of. It was his nature as a cyborg type digimon to go off of reasoning, any other way wouldn't be natural, it wouldn't be right.

"....bzzt.....So be it ....I have given you once chance....bzzt.....and one chance only...." Sealsdramon said as he began to tighten up his grip some more, slowly choking the poor girl to death. To die in such a manner, it was more torture than it was a mercy killing. A mercy killing would be to end her life in one blow, but he wanted to make sure she felt this one, as payback for her defiance. Sealsdramon was a digimon that often didn't go off of feelings and emotions, but he did have quite a mean streak in him when the situation allowed for it.

"Diamond Storm!"

A second digimon had appeared from the darkness, the air lightning up around its body as it prepared its attack. From the sparkling crystals surrounding its body, he made out the figure of a Renamon which could clearly be seen at this point. So it had happened after all, the thing Sealsdramon feared most, the arrival of her digimon partner. He would have cringed, if he didn't have nerves of steel and the composure of a sentinel. The crystals around Renamon began to leave her, bursting forward straight at his arm, an attempt to separate her tamer and Sealsdramon.

Sealsdramon complied and let go the human girl without any care of what would happen to her, tossing her to the ground as he jumped back to dodge the attack.

"....bzzt.....Do not interfere...." Sealsdramon's eye did a once over of Renamon's body, taking all her body points into account and then he was able to recall information on the digimon before him, identifying her as a Renamon. He began going through possible plans and also began to recall all protocols that he had been drilled with in the past. His knife was already drawn, now it was time to find her weak point. "....bzzt...Renamon...." He finished his sentence since he know knew exactly what digimon she was. "...bzzt....Scouter Monoeye...bzzt..." His eye glowed bright red, scanning the Renamon's body and then quickly shutting off, he know knew where to hit, but could he hit it?

[Kazai]

"Rrngh..."

Ugh... My back..

Rika slowly worked her way back up to her feet after having fallen to the ground after Sealdramon had let go. The fall was painful, but the pain would be nothing in comparison for what Rika planned to do to Sealsdramon now. He would get more than his just desserts. After fully standing up she reached for her pouch, pulling out the Digimon Card on the top of the deck. She was now ready to get serious.

Renamon ran toward Rika in a flash. She too was pumped about this. It had been a long time since she had fought with Rika, although, as she had spent the past two years in the Digital World, she remained just as conditioned as she had been all that time ago and she was ready to fight. She would have to make this a quick fight, because she anxious to do some catching up with Rika.

"Renamon... Are you ready to walk all over him?"

"Of course I am Rika... It's been such a long time."

"Oh... Too true."

Rika grinned as she tapped the corner of the Digimon Card she held against her forehead. She hadn't been so happy in such a long time, even though she refused to allow herself to do so much as crack a smile. She could feel her blood boiling inside of her with anticipation for this battle. It had been much too long since she had gotten the chance to take out her aggression on some Digimon. Of course, she hadn't stopped playing the card game or playing the video game on her computer, but that just wasn't the same as playing Digimon in Real life. Even though it was a dangerous game, it was her favorite.

"Sealsdramon, your chance to escape has expired... bzzt... All chances of your survival have decreased to zero."