*I still don't own How To Train Your Dragon or Digimon Tamers!*

Dialogue Key

"Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile." = Normal Speech

'You know that doesn't wash out.' = Thoughts

"Renamon digivolve to… KYUBIMON!" = Someone Yelling

"Gargomon: Terriermon's Champion form, what a difference. His attack's Gargo Laser, whatever that is." = Digimon Data

A Lad's Home Problems

In another part of Shinjuku, a group of teenagers were watching two of their group members play a card game known as Digimon. Ironic, don't you think? And judging by the layout of the cards on the mat, I'd say that these two are the reason Unimon and DarkTyrannomon ended up fighting in the first place.

"And this ends your reign as champion, Snotlout!" one of the players, a boy with dull green eyes and auburn brown hair, declared as he placed a card over his DarkTyrannomon card. "DarkTyrannomon digivolves to MetalTyrannomon which makes you history!"

"Ah man, that hurt! That was, like, something I would have done! How did you figure that out?" asked Snotlout, a teenage boy with large muscles, black hair and brown eyes.

"What can I say, you're dealing with a master of Virus Types." the first boy replied.

"Yeah, I got no argument there, Hiccup." Snotlout said.

Hiccup swiped a card through the card reader he uses when playing this game and grinned as it showed his rank as a player move up. Now, instead of being number eleven on the Top Twenty list, he's in the Top Ten ranked at number nine. Needles to say, his friends are very impressed.

"Nice! If you keep this up, you could take on and dethrone the Digimon queen!" exclaimed a blonde haired blue eyed girl named Astrid.

"Oh, I-I really don't think I could do that. I mean, I'm good, but I'm not that great." stuttered Hiccup.

He's always had confidence issues that have only grown worse due to family issues back home. Ever since his mother, Valka, died in a car accident where a trucker's trailer cargo came loose and crushed her to death on the road (she was already dead by the time the paramedics arrived on the scene), Hiccup's father began to focus more on his work and spent less and less time with Hiccup. And when he did spend any time with him, he often voiced nothing but disappointment for the lad simply because he wasn't a genius or a great athlete like so many other kids his age are.

It's caused him to take many a blow to his self esteem and self confidence. And it began to get significantly worse as time went on. Especially once he started dating Hiccup's teacher at school, Ms. Isagi. To Hiccup, it felt like she was trying to take Valka's place as his mother and make him forget who he is; where he truly came from.

Not a lot of people know this, but Valka wasn't born in Japan at all. She was born and raised for most of her life in Mexico before she and her parents moved to Japan for a better life when she entered High School. But Hiccup refuses to ever even consider her family even if she is dating his father (and he uses that term extremely loosely). It's why Hiccup has set up a traditional place of remembrance for his mother called an ofrenda. A type of shrine native to Mexico where a deceased family member's photo is placed and offering are made to them. Things like the kind of foods they enjoyed in life or even small trinkets that they may have liked such as necklaces or bracelets.

Hiccup's father and Ms. Isagi may have been, in their own way, trying to get Hiccup to forget about Valka, but he's as stubborn as they come and has been doing all he can to remain who he is. Even going to so far as to defy his father by setting up the ofrenda in the first place.

"Not that great? Hiccup, I know you have self esteem issues, but you're way better than this!" a boy with dirty blonde dreadlocks named Tuffnut exclaimed.

"Yeah! You've got what it takes to be a Digimon champion!" Tuffnuts twin sister Ruffnut added.

Suddenly, a rather portly boy in their group, Fishlegs grabbed his bag and started to head out of the shade dome they'd been playing cards under.

"Guys, I hate to break up the pep talk, but can we get going? If we're late, Ms. Isagi is gonna make us stand out in the hall!" Fishlegs urged.

Hiccup's expression soured greatly at the mention of that woman, wanting nothing more than to slug her in the face regardless if he'd get in trouble or not. But he managed to get his emotions under control again and quickly put on a blank expression.

"You guys and girls go on without me. I need to put these cards away." Hiccup said.

"You sure you don't want help?" Snotlout asked.

Hiccup shook his head mumbling "Just because I'll get in trouble with Isagi doesn't mean you should." under his breath.

The others heard it and gave their friend sympathetic looks, having been told of Hiccup's troubled home life from various sources and knowing that he doesn't really like Ms. Isagi very much because of his how he feels she's trying to take Valka's place. But they also know that Hiccup has long been starving for the love of a mother. Reluctantly, Snotlout and the others started running towards the school to try and avoid getting in trouble for being late.

Their just lucky that Ms. Isagi isn't like the other teachers at that school who discipline their students through physical means. Such as Mr. Kuchiki, who is known for hitting his students over the head with a yardstick for getting just one question wrong on their homework assignments. He's quite the perfectionist.

Once Hiccup could no longer hear the retreating footsteps of his friends, he sighed as his depression began to make itself known again. He could never shake this depression of his as he was constantly reminded of his father and all of the hurtful things he's ever said to him. He may not have ever physically abused Hiccup, but he certainly neglected him and abused him emotionally.

"Why can't he just once be proud of me?" Hiccup asked himself.

But as he was picking up his cards, he noticed something odd among the cards he possessed. A blue card that looks like it's made of metal with an 8-bit marking that looks like Agumon. He picked it up and examined it, silently admiring the metallic feel of the card.

"Wow, I don't remember ever having a card like this one."

Curiosity getting the better of him, Hiccup picked up his card reader and began to slide the card through the slot. But the results weren't quite what he expected. The card reader and card began to light up as Hiccup was hit with a strong shock that knocked him flat on his back as he dropped both items.

"What was that!?" he gasped as he sat up.

To his astonishment, the screen of his card reader lit up as something happened to the device.

"Okay, it's never done that before…"

Various numbers and codes began flashing across the screen as the blue card seemed to disappear. He quickly stored this information away for later and put the device in his box of cards and grabbed his backpack. He began to walk towards school at a sedated pace as he knew he was going to be late even if he ran. Besides, it's not like he's in any hurry to see Isagi and receive another scolding from her.

*To Be Continued…*

As you can see, Hiccup does have some family problems at home. Will they be resolved? Read on and find out. Anyway, I've decided to post a poll to decide Hiccup's partner, so be sure to vote on that. It's up even as you read this. No questions this chapter.

Hope to see some reviews from you all. See you next time.