Author's Note: One major thing to keep in mind before you start reading. The Digidestined are older in this fic. Even though the storyline picks up right before "Duel of the Wargreymon," add about two years to each kid. So Tai, Matt, Sora are 16, Kari, Davis, Tk and 14, ect.
The Time Wars: Reloaded
Chapter 1:
Odiba District, Japan
2025
The stench of death filled the city. The buildings were crumbling, those that were left, that is. Many of the formers structures of the city had long since been destroyed. Cars were over turned and lying in the cracked pavements of the streets. Piles of decaying bodies littered the sidewalks. Despite all that, the citizens refused to submit, they soured and scrounged to find anything that they could use to prolong their lives. Five years after the bombings and the city refused to die. Despite their differences and warring problems, the refusal to surrender and submit was a basic genetic code inside of all humanity. People refused to give up, humanity fought to the very end, even when things were at their bleakest.
The young teenager walking through the destruction thought so. She had watched the once beautiful city become the necropolis around her, but yet, she refused to give up. She was a fighter, just as her father had called her before he…
She shook that thought out of her mind as she continued down the street. She could not give in to that depression. She had received a transmission from an old friend, one that had given something she had not had in a very long time, hope.
She was dressed very simple in a pair of blue jeans and a yellow tank top that hugged her in all the right areas. She wore a blue jacket with a large yellow paw print that reached her sneakers. She had long black hair that reached her back, pushed down on top by a pair of blue goggles. At her side was a small white dinosaur that trotted alongside loyally. "Are we almost there, Kasumi?"
The human nodded as they turned a corner, "I haven't been here since the Battle of 2018, but I think Erika's right over, ah!"
The duo stopped in their tracks when they saw a teenaged boy standing directly in front of them. A dog creature with white fur and gray stripes stood at his side. "Hey, Snow Agumon," it said, "It's been a while."
"Not long enough, Psychemon!" the dinosaur sneered, "I should have finished you off when I had the chance!"
"Hold it, Snow Agumon!" Kasumi ordered.
"You too, Psychemon!" the boy said. Once their digimon partners were silent, the two humans stared at each other. "How are you, Kasumi?"
"Just fine, Shiro," she answered, "What are you doing here, anyway? Still with the UN's Special Forces?"
He smiled slightly as he shook his head. "No, we were dissolved about five years ago." He sighed slightly. "No, I'm here to lead you to where Erika is waiting."
"You?" she asked, "What does she want with you?"
"Everyone's there," he said, "And we have to hurry. Time's running out."
"What are you…?"
He grabbed her hand and started pulling her down the sidewalk. "Later. We've got to get there, now."
He lead her and Snow Agumon through the destroyed city until they reached a building that was actually still standing. Kasumi was going to mention that she had not seen a still-standing structure, when Shiro pushed her through the door.
Inside the crumbling building were a group of people that she had not seen in a very long time, her friends: Sabrina, her group's second-in-command, had dyed purple hair and wore blue jeans, a red t-shirt and a denim jacket. She always wore a blue handkerchief in her hair. She was partnered to a Red Veemon. Next was Keero, a blue haired teenager who wore thick glasses and wore a red sweater and white pants. His digimon partner was a Gizamon. The group's youngest member was a brown haired boy named Hiroshi with an Armadillomon. The second scientific expert was Osamu, another boy with dark black hair, with a green digimon known as Wormmon.. Her younger cousin Seiji stood next, with a black Salamon. Next was a blond teenage girl named Melissa and her digimon partner, Alruamon. Standing next to them was an older boy with brown hair and a green Modaki Betamon. A boy with blond hair was next, partnered with a Mushroomon. Another blond hair boy was leaning against the wall, with a Terriermon. Last was Kasumi's best friend, a red-headed teenager named Erika. Her partner was a yellow insect called Kunemon.
"Welcome back," Sabrina bowed.
Kasumi could not help but smile. "Like wise." She turned to the scientific expert, "Erika, what's up?"
The redhead took a deep breath. "Well, I don't really know how to start, so I'm just going to say it. Time, that is, the past, has been altered."
"What?" everyone gasped.
"It has," Erika said, "Something has caused, the past as we know it to change drastically."
"How?" Keero asked.
"What's your proof?" Osamu asked.
Erik held up a large photograph. "This is a picture that was taken from America. Take a look." She passed it around.
"This can't be!" Melissa shouted, "This is Liberty Island, but…where's the Statue of Liberty?"
"It was destroyed," Erika said, "I don't know when, but that statue is in it's place."
"This is a statue of Myotismon!" Kasumi shouted.
"Yes," Erika nodded, "He erected it after he took over America."
"No!" Kasumi shouted, "We stopped him! We lost thousands of soldiers but Myotismon couldn't get America!"
"But he did. He managed to win that war, just as he did every other war. Earth, now belongs to him."
"How can this be?" Hiroshi asked.
"Because the time line was changed," Erika's Kunemon answered, "Someone has gone back in time and altered history."
"But how do you know about that?" Osamu asked, "Wouldn't our memories have been change too?"
"Theoretically, yes," Erika said, "But I have been monitoring all Digital Gates that have been appearing on Earth ever since Myotismon started his campaign. I detected a strange energy signal from one, which I determined to be temporal energy. I knew I had very little time, so I quickly sent a time shield to all of you to protect it from the change. I then called you here."
"Okay," Shiro said, "So, Myotismon sent someone back in time to change history, but what changed?"
Erika took a deep breath. "I have been going through old newspaper articles and I think I found out what. Twenty years ago, when Myotismon emerged from Ukyo Oikawa, he was seemingly destroyed by Imperial Dramon. As we know, that was not the case. He appeared again ten years later and started his campaign to conquer Earth. We have always been fighting him, and it was only a matter of time before we defeated him. He sent an assassin back to kill the one person that could have possibly stopped him." She turned to Seiji.
"Me?" he asked.
"Yes, because of your powers. Myotismon fears you, like no one else. His assassin's mission: kill your parents."
"Mom and Dad?" he gasped, "But they're…" He looked to his feet, "They're already gone."
"I know," Erika said, "All of our parents are, but Myotismon had to stop you before you could stop him. He's afraid that you'll become powerful enough to destroy him, so he sent someone back in time twenty years ago, to kill Kari Kamiya."
"Mom? How?" Seiji demanded, "When?"
Erika shook her head. "Sorry, most of the libraries were destroyed. All I could find was that, a few days before Myotismon separated from Ukyo Oikawa, she disappeared. She was finally found five days afterwards. Now, history follows pretty much the same course for the next seven years. This is when history starts to really change. Lord Kamiya and Master Takashi became involved in substance abuse, and were in a downward spiral until they died in 2013…"
"That's not right!" Kasumi protested, "My father trained all of us! If it wasn't for him, we would have been dead years ago! Besides, he's not dead, just…missing…"
"I'm sorry," she said, "Lord Ishida died a year later, followed by the rest of the original Digidestined. According to history, we all should have died three years ago. Not to give us too much credit, but without anyone to stand in his way, Myotismon easily took over the planet."
The group of young teenagers and digimon were silent for a few minutes. Erika waited patiently, allowing her explanation to settle in. "I have more bad news. The temporal shield that's protecting us, can't be sustained for very long." She mentioned to her Kunemon, who was sitting atop a black simple black box. "The generator is inside of here. It also contains a time machine."
"What?" Sabrina shouted, "Wait a sec' are you tellin' me that we're going back in time?"
"Not all of you," Erika said, "I can't risk overloading the time generator. Who ever goes back will have to blend undercover, that means attending classes with your parents. Who feels up to it?" She bowed to Kasumi, "You will be going, of course. Whoever stays behind will have to try and find out what's going to be coming, or rather, went after Kari Kamiya."
"How?" the boy with the Mushroomon asked, "I mean, I would be happy to ztay here, but how would we discovaire what happened?"
"Through newspaper articles," Erika answered, "Also, it might be a good idea to sneak into Myotismon's castle and see what he knows. It's hard to believe that he wouldn't know that changing the past, even in his favor, would change his memories as well."
Kasumi nodded. "Okay, Erika, why don't you stay here, since you seem to know what you're doing here." She turned to the blond boy with the Mushroomon. "You're staying, right Pierre?"
He nodded. "Oui."
"Okay, Hiroshi, Chris and Melissa, how about you guys stay here and help Erika? The rest of us will travel back."
The new subgroup nodded. "All right," Chris said, "I think that'll be good."
Erika nodded and handed Kasumi, Shiro, Sabrina, Keero, Osamu and Seiji a black wristwatch. Each one strapped the devices to their wrists. "These will be your communication devices, as well as your 'temporal devices.'" She walked over to black box, "Prepare for temporal displacement."
The wristwatches started to glow a dark light as a column of light appeared around the group that was about to travel through time. This column started spinning around them at an accelerating rate.
"Wait a minute," Keero said, "Are you sure? Right now? I mean…"
"Come on, Keero!" his Gizamon said, "Don't be such a stick in the mud! This sounds like it's going to be fun! We'll be able to see your parents again!" He started laughing.
"What's so funny?"
"I can't wait to see your father at your age!"
Keero just shook his head. "Why do I have to go back?"
"'Cause Kasumi needs our help, right?" Sabrina asked, turning to their leader. The goggle girl was staring at the twirling lights around her.
"I'm starting to get really dizzy," she said.
"Now listen," Erika said, "Even though you'll be interacting with your parents, you have to stay under-cover. Don't let them know how you really are, the consequences of such a time paradox could be disastrous!"
"How do you know?" Shiro shouted as the spinning lights began to spin even faster.
"Haven't you ever seen Back to the Future?" she asked.
"No."
Kasumi placed her hands over her mouth. "I'm about to lose my lunch!"
Erika checked her black box, "The time axis is pulling towards us. You're about to transcend time itself. Be careful."
"We always are," Sabrina grinned, "We'll be fine, right Kasumi?"
The goggle girl made a disgusting noise as she threw her head down. "Well, there goes much lunch."
"Oh, yuck!" everyone shouted as the column of light exploded and the teenagers vanished.
"Good luck," Melissa mumbled, "I've got a fellin' you're gonna need it."
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2004
Davis slammed his foot onto the soccer ball with as much force as he could. He used his left foot to stop his foreword momentum, and his right foot to keep himself from falling over. He stared as the soccer ball sailed through the air towards the net. He felt his heart pound against his chest as Ken dove for the black and white octagon ball. He leapt with his hands outstretched, but it was no use. The ball sailed through his finger tips where it caught on the back of the net.
"Yes!" Davis shouted, throwing his hands into the air, "Yeah! I'm still the best, Ken!"
The two boys heard sounds of clapping from behind. They turned around and saw Yolei standing next to the bleachers. "That was great, Davis," she said, "Humiliating Ken like that."
"He knows I'm kidding, right?" he asked.
The other boy nodded slightly. "Yeah, I, uh, I guess."
Yolei shook her head. "And how can you two wear shorts? It's the middle of winter!" She wrapped her arms around her chest, "I'm freezing my….nevermind."
"What are you doing here, anyway?" Ken asked.
"Izzy just detected a strange energy signal. He's not sure what it was, but it appeared on his Digital Gate locator, so…"
Davis nodded as he pulled on a pair of sweat pants. "All right, lead the way."
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Tai walked down the sidewalk his hands deep in his jacket pockets. He stared off into the evening distance, so lost in his own head that he was completely unaware that his sister was talking to him until she lightly tapped him on the shoulder. "Tai?"
"What?" he snapped.
Kari frowned. "You haven't heard a word I just said, have you?"
"No, I was listening. It was something about Daemon and…"
Kari lightly grabbed her brother's hand. "I know how much you're hurting inside. No one else might see it, but I do."
Tai forced a smile. "What are you talking about? I'm fine, couldn't be better."
"I know you're not," she said, "Are you going to come when the Digidestined meet later?"
"What's happening again?" he asked.
"We're just going to get together to relax, and least for a little while."
"Are Matt and Sora going to be there?"
Kari sighed. "Probably."
"Then count me out."
"Tai," she sighed, "How long are you going to be like this? I'm sorry that Sora and Matt started going out, but you have to put it behind you! The Digidestined are facing a big problem right now, and we need your help! Even though Cody and Yolei destroyed the Daemon Corps, they still don't want to kill any digimon. Now we find out that our enemy is actually human, not only that, but he seems to know everything about us! Tai, we need you, please…?"
He turned to his sister and sighed. She was staring up at him, almost in tears. The last thing he wanted to do was make her cry. "Okay."
She smiled and hugged him. "You're going to have a great time, I know you will."
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In the north section of the city, Davis, Veemon, Yolei, Hawkmon, Cody and Armadillomon were sticking to the shadows and alleyways in their search for the electromagnetic disturbance, which could very well be a newly formed gate to the Digital World. Each one was a little scared. After the journey they had undertaken only a few weeks ago across the world to send the digimon invaders back through the Digital Gates. They could not sustain another such invasion.
"How much further?" Davis asked the person in front of him.
The reluctant leader of the line held out her hand and check the square electronical device resting inside it. "A few more feet, we're close, very close."
Davis crossed his arms,"I still don't see why you're in front! I'm the leader, I should be there."
"First of all," Cody said, right behind Davis,"Tai is the leader, not you. Second-"
"I'm the leader of the Armored Digidestined!" Davis protested.
"Second," Cody continued,"Izzy programed Yolei's digivice to find the disturbance. If we followed your digivice, we'd probably end up in a girl's changing room somewhere."
Davis narrowed his eyes and looked at Cody,"Well, a joke from you, will wonders never cease?"
"Quiet!" Yolei ordered,"We are here."
"Are you sure?" Hawkmon asked.
"Yeah," Veemon said,"This place is totally empty! What is this place?"
"Its a garage for an abandoned building!" Armadillomon said, proud that he knew what it was.
"Well, whatever it is," Yolei said,"The gate should be around here somewhere. Keep your eyes open."
The group spilt up and began to search around. Once they were far enough away Davis said in his best impression of Yolei's voice "'Keep your eyes open.' Who does she think she is? I'm in charge, not her!"
"Come on," Veemon said,"What have you got against her?"
"I don't have anything against her!" Davis said, nearly yelling,"She just thinks I'm a total jerk and probably hates me!"
Yolei and Hawkmon were on the other side of the massive garage, examining a large crack in the wall. "What could I have done to make Davis hate me so much?" she asked.
"Well, you did say he was a complete jerk," Hawkmon said.
"That doesn't mean anything!" Yolei said, nearly yelling,"He probably thinks that I'm nothing but a nerd and probably hates me!"
Further in front of Davis and Yolei, Cody and Armadillomon were examining a collection of abandoned cars, when a low noise echoed across the walls.
"Armadillomon," Cody said,"Did you have something to eat before we left?"
"Yeah," he said,"Why?"
"Because I guess that's not your tummy rumbling is it?"
Armadillomon shook his head,"No....it isn't."
Suddenly, one of the cars was picked up and thrown across the garage. The pair's eyes shot open and ran back towards the others. Cody was yelling,"Davis! Yolei!" while Armadillomon was shouting,"Veemon! Hawkmon!"
The four members of their Calvary came running from opposite sides of the garage to greet the frighten Cody and Armadillomon.
"What is it?" Yolei asked.
"What happened?" Davis asked.
Cody was still shaking in Yolei's arms, but he managed to answer,"I think I found what came out of the gate."
There was a loud stomping noise, and the group turned around and could only see a massive shadow on the wall. Before anyone could react, a figure wrapped in a black cloak appeared in front of them.
"Who are you?" Davis asked.
The figure held out its arms and fired dart shaped object into each of the digidestined and digimons' necks. The group instantly fell to the ground.
"That's it," the figure said, "Sleep, sleep. I can't kill you yet, but soon I'll be able to."
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The dark alley exploded with a fierce battle of light and sound that illuminated the night sky. When the lightning storm faded, Kasumi and the rest of her group had appeared. She took a deep breath as she stepped out of the alley and stared up at the night sky. "Okay, we're here. Let's get to work."
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Biographies:
NAME: Kasumi Kamiya
AGE: 14
PARENTS: Taichi 'Tai' Kamiya and Sora Takenouchi
PARTNER DIGIMON: Snow Agumon
BIO: Kasumi is a determined and courageous young woman. She had inherited her father's leadership skills and, because of her parentage, was the leader of the future generation of the Digidestined after her father and the original digidestined disappeared. She has a half sister and half brother from her mother's second marriage, but she sees her younger cousin Seiji as her only real family.