Disclaimer: I'm so synced I'm finally getting a chance to write this fanfic, it's been on my coming soon list for the past to months and I though I was going to have started this a month ago. It's very loosely based on my old chain stories but I've changed almost all the settings and events but I've kept the same two big events (though I changed the original KouichixKari to TakatoxKari but that might change XD) Also note that like most of the digimon community I'm in denial about what happened at the end of season two so know that the world semi knows about the digital world but for the most part it was covered up by the government.

Chapter 1:

And so it Begins

As Takato walked toward the bright yellow-orange light it was hard for him to believe that only a week ago the only thing he had to worry about was trying to make new friends on his first day of his junior year of High school.

Eight Days Earlier

Takato was shaking as he reached for the door. He knew that once he stepped inside he'd be forced to realize that he was never going to see his friends, Henry and Rika, again. He slowly turned the handle and entered the dimly lit room filled with fellow teenagers still energized from summer vacation. Takato took a seat in the back row, trying to ignore the sounds of his new peers reuniting with their friends. Takato buried himself in his arms and could feel the tears starting to form in the back of his eyes when he felt a tap on his shoulder, "Hey your new right?" said a blond haired boy standing next to him.

"Yeah, my family just moved here a few weeks ago, my name's Takato Matsuki," the goggle boy replied, wiping his eyes on his sleeve.

"I'm TK Takaishi, it's short for Takeru but no one calls me that but my girlfriend, so how come your family decided to move to Odaiba?" TK asked as he sat down at in the desk next to Takato.

"Well you see my family owns a bakery and recently they decided that they wanted to expand and found a larger place here. I can't see why we they couldn't just commute everyday; we only live an hour and a half away. But no we had to move, they don't even care that all my friends live back home. God they could have at least waited two years till I left for college. Parents can be so selfish sometimes," Takato complained as his new acquaintance started to laugh.

"Parents always try to do what's best for their kids but they never seem to actually ask us what we think about it," the blond mused.

"Very true, I guess your parents do you too many favors too," Takato commented.

"Actually my parents are divorced, it's just me and my mom," TK said sullenly and seemed to be caught in a trance but quickly caught himself and grinned like it was no big deal.

"Oh I'm sorry TK now I feel like such an idiot maybe I should just move," the Tamer apologized and started to get up from his seat.

"No don't, it's not a big deal, they broke up when I was very young so I barely even remember having two parents, anyway as I was going to say I moved here about four years ago so I know what it's like to be the new kid" Takeru told him.

Just then Takato noticed a girl with brown shoulder length hair walk over followed by a dark red headed boy with goggles similar to his own on his head and another girl with long light purple hair, "Hey Taky who's your new friend?" Kari asked as she wrapped her arms around his neck from behind. TK turned his head and their lips quickly pressed together with the sound of a male's laughter in the background.

"Oh grow up Davis," TK sneered then turned back to his girlfriend, "This is Takato he's new here."

"Oh hey Takato, I'm Kari and those two over there are Davis and Yolei," the brunette told him with a friendly smile on his face then sat down in the seat in front of TK and turned around in her chair.

"Your lucky you didn't move here last year, this is the first year we don't have to wear uniforms," Davis said as he held out his hand when the bell rang and he and Yolei took their seats on the right of TK and Kari respectively.

"Welcome back to school students I hope you enjoyed your summer vacation and I hope even more that we will have a good time together this year," Takato's new teacher announced then began passing out note cards that the students were supposed to put their general information on.

That Afternoon

TK and Takato exited math class, glad that the day that seemed to have dragged on for an eternity was finally over, "I hate the first day of school, every teacher tells you the class rules that they never enforces and no one listens to anyway, then they give you the stupid note cards and ask you for your mothers maiden name, your phone number and what your great aunt ate for dinner on March fifteenth 1973, and of course it's all already stored in the computers but the teachers just get some sort of sick pleasure out of it," complained TK as he kicked a rock on the ground but then started to laugh.

"Well at least we only have two days of school this week because of the orientations on Tuesday and Wednesday," Takato shrugged as they left the school grounds.

"So Takato where do you live?" the blond asked casually.

"I live on Shinjin Avenue but right now I'm heading to my parents bakery on Kibo Street, My parents promised to buy me a car for my eighteenth birthday if I help them out everyday after school till then," The teenager replied.

"Kibo Street! My apartment is the next block over, maybe you can come over after work and we can hang out," TK suggested with his normal friendly smirk on his face.

"Actually would you mind if I stop by before I go to work? See I'm waiting for an email from my friend Henry and I've been banned from the computer at the bakery since I was caught playing solitaire when I was supposed to be cleaning up," asked Takato as he rubbed the back of head, it was a nervous habit that he had had for as long as he could remember but realized that he wasn't alone on this matter.

"Sure why not. I just hope you don't mind that my room is a mess," the digidestined said in a nonchalant manner.

Fifteen minutes TK reached into his pocket for his key then withdrew it and opened the door. "Hey TK you have a good day at school," called a male voice from the living room that Takato could have sworn he herd before.

"I thought you said it was just you and your mom," whispered Takato in his friend's ear.

"Yeah but my uncle's staying with us for awhile, he just broke up with his girlfriend, her name is Riley or something like that, so anyway she kicked him out of their apartment. When my mom heard about it she told him he could stay as long as he wants and he's been here ever since," TK whispered back, then a blonde haired man walked into the room, "Hey Uncle Mitsuo."

"So Champ who's you're new… friend?" the man began to ask but as he locked eyes with the brown haired boy they both seemed to recognize each other.

"This is Takato he just moved here, I told him I'd let him use my laptop," TK explained then watched as his uncle went over to his new friend and held out his hand.

"It's nice to meet you Takato," Mitsuo said then winked at the teenager.

"You to sir," Takato replied with a wide, clownish grin as the phone rang. (BTW clowns creep me out so much XD)

"TK, Kari's on the phone," TK's mother, Nancy, called from the kitchen.

"Coming Mom!" TK yelled back then turned to Takato, "I'll be right back."

The Tamer watched until he was sure his friend was out of earshot then turned back to the blond haired man, "So Yamaki, you're TK's uncle, that's a strange coincidence especially considering your last name's not Takaishi," the boy smirked as he leaned against the wall.

"I change it when I joined the government," the government agent replied as he examined the teenager in front of him, "you sure have grown in the past four years."

"Yeah it tends to happen this time in a person's life," Takato said awkwardly. He was relieved when he saw his blond haired friend enter the room from the corner of his eye.

"I see you two are getting along, come on Takato my room's this way," TK smiled then led his friend to a room at the end of the corridor.

"So what did Kari want?" asked Takato curiously.

"She just wanted to know if I'd go to the movies with her this weekend but that's not important now, here's my laptop, I hope you get the email you're looking for," TK smiled as he pointed to his silver notebook on his desk then lay down on his blue bed.

As Takato went to open the laptop he noticed two pictures on the sides of the small desk, both appearing to be quite old. One he pieced together was TK and someone he guessed to be his older brother with their parents. The other was a picture of a slightly older TK, around eight years old, with seven other kids surrounding him, "Who are these people?" Takato asked the blond who was now sitting up in his bed.

"Hm that's just a picture from a long time ago of me and my friends, in fact the little girl on my right is Kari," TK laughed then lay back down.

The screen finally popped up and the first thing he noticed was the strange yellow symbol his friend used as a background image. It was a sun on top of something that looked like a cloak of some sort. Takato decided he'd ask about it later and clicked on the email icon.

Five minutes later the tamer sullenly clicked out of the program after seeing the only new email he had was asking if he wanted to find the perfect bra for him. As the desktop came back up Takato noticed a file labeled "Digi" and double-clicked it. All of a sudden the screen was filled with text, "TK what is this?" Takato asked.

"Oh that just a story I've been working on for the past year," TK said after walking over and looking at the screen.

"Oh cool, what's it about," the teenager inquired to his friend.

"Well it's about seven young kids who go to camp for the summer and wind up living in a digital land, where everybody gets to meet their own digi monster, a digital companion, a digital friend…"