Longing (Izzy Izumi x OC)

Chapter 12

            Rita opened her eyes to see a world she had never seen before. It was beautiful, pure and untouched. "How nostalgic!" Joe cried out. "Seriously! It's just like before!" Mimi chimed in. "Even if it has been rebooted it doesn't mean that the structure of the Digital World has changed. Just..." Izzy began to speak before stopping mid-sentence. "What?" Rita and Tai both asked. "Well, something feels off..." Izzy admitted. "Off?" Sora questioned. "I can't say exactly what has changed..." Izzy pondered. "Yeah..." Kari agreed. "You too Kari?" Tai asked. "Something feels weird..." Kari also confessed. The group looked around but just continued walking. Rita wasn't much help here, looking around it seemed just like a subtropical forest. Although she did regret not packing hiking shoes, seeing how much climbing there was. Only the sounds of distant birds, Rita wondered if there were Digimon in this Digital World at all. Suddenly a loud sound caught their attention. "W-what?" Joe cried out. A giant explosion and a flash of light were the results in two large Digimon's attacks. Judging from the look of them, they had to be at Mega level. Rita wondered how that was possible since if the Digital World was reset, shouldn't everyone be at In-training or Baby? "Alphamon!" Matt called out. Rita then remembered that the large black one was the same Digimon that attacked Pallet Town. "I've never seen that Digimon!" Izzy spoke as his eyes fell on the other Mega Digimon. Suddenly being caught up in the crossfire, the group bolted back into the woods.

"Looks like we survived..." Joe panted. "Besides, I'm curious about that Digimon" Izzy said as he started to type on his laptop. "They just started fighting suddenly..." Sora spoke. "That's not what I'm saying... there! Jesmon..." Izzy gathered the group's attention. "What's on your mind?" Matt asked, walking over. "Those two must be Mega level." Izzy reasoned, it seemed just like Rita he also found something wrong with that. "For sure..." Tai agreed. "Shouldn't the Digimon be back at Digi-Egg or Baby if there was a reboot?" Joe pointed out. Izzy was zoned into his computer once more. "Did those guys evade the reboot? Or did something make them rapidly Digivolve?" Izzy pondered. "Forget that! What should we do if we meet other Digimon like that? Palmon and them aren't here!" Mimi reasoned. Kari then hushed everyone, the distinct sound of a whistle could be heard in the distance. Again everyone ran in the direction of the sound, as if it was calling them. Running out of the woods the bright light reviled the water, and not only that. Standing on a rock was Tokomon blowing into a whistle. Rita's eyes widened to see the rest of the Digimon in their In-training forms following out towards Tokomon. However, when Koromon noticed the humans the words he spoke were like a knife to the heart. "Who are you? Rita didn't know how much it would hurt, Habumon saw her, yet there was no recognition in her eyes. That was a stabbing pain that everyone there felt. "Give it back, give it back!" Nyaromon cried out. "I want to play more! I want to play more!" Tokomon responded. "What a nice sound," T.K spoke, being the first to walk up to the Digimon. "What's with the whistle?" He then asked. "It's mine! It's mine!" Nyaromon shouted back. "It makes such pretty sounds!" Tokomon informed, blowing into the whistle once more. Sora then ran forward calling out her partner's name. "Yokomon!" However, the Digimon only cowered. "Who are you?" She questioned, Rita could feel Sora's heart breaking. Rita tried to fight off the tears, she reached out for Izzy's arm, touching his skin. Izzy knew he had to do something, to say something. Rita promised she wouldn't cry again and he wasn't going to let her. Stepping forward Rita watched as Izzy slowly moved and crouched down in front of the Digimon. "Hello, I don't know much about you guys, or this world. Would you teach me?" Izzy spoke in such a gentle and loving voice. His actions only made Rita fall in love with him all over again. Walking up beside him, Rita smiled down as she looked at her partner. Mikumon always was a little shy, so she would take this one step at a time.