[File Island] OMG! HAX!

[Zarbon]

"Agh! What the hell are you!?" Matsuo jumped back upon the sight of the fireball, almost falling back into the rushing waters beyond the waterfall. He quickly shot back forward so he wouldn't tumble back in. Blinking every once and awhile, he stared at the strange being. Just stared. There was a talking fireball right in front of his face.

"I'm DemiMeramon! Welcome to the Digital World!" The flame nodded with a homely smile as he repeated his words. The creature approached Matsuo and floated right beside him, holding his expression of happiness. The thing just seemed content with meeting him.

"Digital World? Explain." The Japanese man stated, still shocked by the recent turn of events. "This is all rather confusing. I was just playin' on my computer, pwnin' some noobs on CS, and suddenly...I'm here." Matsuo glanced around him a moment. He was in a beautiful pine forest, on the shore of a large river. A small beach lead up to the grass and into the wild of the area. Around him he saw a few other strange creatures, enough to be called absurd. He looked back at the fireball before him for an answer.

?Well, this is the home of us, the Digimon! We are currently on File Island! It?s great to meet you! I?ve been waiting my entire life just to se your look when you saw me for the very first time! It?s so exciting to meet my partner?Oh my!? DemiMeramon shouted in glee, going up and down like a little schoolgirl. ?To be the partner of a Digidestined! What an honour!?

?Digidestined?? Matsuo inquired. ?I?m destined to be with you I guess that means.? He rolled his eyes at this. ?Well, I do have some uber gaming skills. I guess that?s why.?

?Uber?? The digimon blinked.

?Forget it.? Matsuo scoffed. ?A thing from a digital world not knowing what uber is. Wait?Digital World. Are you telling me all of this is all code? Every single bit of it?? The man looked around in wonder at it all. ?That?s impossible. This is way too complex.?

?What? Code? Everything is made out of code. You mean where are from it isn?t?? DemiMeramon looked at his partner confused.

?I think I want to explore this place now?Say, can you light my cigs?? Matsuo shook off his amazement and dug into his pocket, pulling out a pack of cigarettes. He took one out and put it to his digimon, and watched as it lit up. ?I think this is going to be a beautiful friendship. Let?s go!?

[Zarbon]

Everything in life has a limit, is what Matsuo had learned very long ago from his father. He was always telling him stuff like that, making sure the boy could go on his own. Being a single parent, he was overworked enough, so he had to make sure Matsuo could take care of himself. The boy had always remembered the lesson, and it came up again in programming.

Matsuo had read at fourteen, staring at a computer monitor while smoking a cigarette, that programs cannot actually think, they just do what they tell you to do using various coding. From if statements to whatever other use of code there was out there, you could make in-game commands, automatic response to a click, or whatever the hell you wanted. But, they couldn?t decide things on your own. At least, not with current technology. It was a huge rule in all program creation. That?s why it seemed so absurd that he was in this ?Digital World.? Obviously some sort of program. As the thing floating beside him had stated: this place was made up of pure data, coding, etc. So, it held the characteristics of a program, but, disobeyed this critical rule.

?So how does it work??? Matsuo muttered, pondering over the thought. He was now walking along through forest, the fireball right beside him, just walking along, trying to figure these things out. It all seemed quite impossible to him. ?Some guy must have an uber amount of time to program every response and all of that into this world. All the voice responses and all. Either that, or he has some extreme ninja skillz at programming.?

?What was that?? DemiMeramon zoomed in towards Matsuo, interested in his new partner?s words. Shocked by the sudden closeness of his digimon, Matsuo jumped to the side of the path, tripping over a tree root and tumbling into a bunch of bushes. He let out a groan after it was all over, while his partner rushed over.

?Are you alright?? DemiMeramon inquired, looking a bit worried. ?I?m sorry; I got a bit close there.?

?That?s an understatement.? Matsuo got up and brushed everything off him. He felt a slight pain sensation in his arms, which was surprising. He figured out that he was data as well, but how would someone program pain like this? He had no health meter. No nothing. He shook it off for the moment and put it on his ?think about later list.? He needed more information, so he could find out what was going on, so he could stop saying ?OMGWTFBBQ!? at everything. ?But, I?m fine.?

Matsuo noticed that his 7-Eleven uniform had been a bit torn by the fall, so he threw it off, leaving just a dress shirt and his average jeans. He continued to walk along the trail. The fireball floated after him.

?Are you sure you are ok?? The digimon questioned.

?Yes, I?m fine.? Matsuo took out another cigarette and lit it using his partner. ?I?m just a bit confused about this still. It?s all rather sudden to be here you know. So, I have a few questions to ask you. Is that alright??

?Anything for my partner!? The creature nodded smiling.

?Alright, first off?? Matsuo dug into his pocket and produced the thing he had found under a pile of clothes in his room before. It sort of looked like an electronic cross. ?What the hell is this? A noob toy??

?That?s your digivice! Only the digidestined get those! It?s used so I can digivolve! Become stronger! Become Rookie, Champion, Ultimate, and Mega! Then I can protect you better, partner!? DemiMeramon responded quickly.

?Alright.? Matsuo wondered why this thing was his partner and why it wanted to protect him, but it didn?t really matter, he was about to ask that anyway. ?Next up, what are we supposed to do??

His digimon stared at him. ?I thought you knew! Defend the Digital World, of course!?

?Fantastic?Well, its better then my old job.? Matsuo sighed and continue to walk onward into the world of mystery.

[Zarbon]

They had been walking along some time through the forest. It seemed endless, and it was pretty creepy. Only thin rays of light passed through the roof of leaves now, and had been since awhile back. It was starting to look like Mirkwood in the Hobbit, though, there were not fourteen, but two.

"Alright. Where to go now? I think I understand how this place works...slightly. But, I don't think we have very much instruction about all of this...how exactly are we supposed to defend the Digital World? From what? Are we supposed to put on costumes and fly around like Superman?" Matsuo questioned. He talked a bit more freely around his digimon now, as he began to come up to the idea of being a Digidestined. It didn't seem half bad, though, he would need to learn as much as he could about this place.

"Well, I think we are supposed to just keep the peace." DemiMeramon still floated by the man's side. "It's a pretty basic concept, I must say. Just roll with the punches and we should be perfectly fine. We can do anything you and I! Especially after I digivolve! I'll be so great, I bet I'll be fantastic!"

"Don't get your hopes up. Life is filled with many disappointments." Matsuo looked to the ground. He shuffled his cigarette from one side of his mouth to the order. He looked up to the sky again. "When the hell does this bloody place end?"

"Soon, I think. I came here a long time ago, waiting for you. You're years late you know! Been waiting so long for you...Lonely here too. Most digimon in this forest are pretty paranoid of outsiders like me! I never really knew why..." The digimon sighed at the memories that flowed through his mind.

"Maybe it's because you're a ball of flame. Big turnoff for forest creatures." Matsuo looked back up at the sky, scanning it for any form of life. A few questions popped up in his head just then. Did this world obey the laws of science? Would things actually burn here? Was that programmed in? How long did it take? How is this all possible? It was still hard for him all to comprend. How could this be done?

His eyes widened as a scene from years ago returned to him.

"You can do nearly anything, Dad!" The boy turned towards his father from his computer chair. He was looking in confused about what his son was doing at the machine. They both observed as a man moved across the screen after the boy typed in a long command. Then, the boy put in more code, and the man picked up a stick and started to wack it around. "Anything!"

"Maybe it is possible. Anything can be possible." Matsuo muttered to himself. DemiMeramon heard, but didn't dare to go in close again. The digimon didn't want another accident to occur. He didn't want to make another mistake. The two went onward through the woods, into nowhere, until...

They came upon a clearing. It was a perfectly round one, with long grass. Not many creatures were around for some reason. But, Matsuo didn't really care about that. He was happy for a change in scenery. The perfect place for a nice break. No worries now!

He dashed into the center of the area and his digimon followed. "About time! Whoo! Teh sun is in the sky! Leetness!" Matsuo shouted cheerfully before returning to his normal sad state. "Time for a break." He laid down on the ground, and DemiMeramon followed above him.

"Are you sure? This isn't the best area. We are near the forest border, and this strip of land is where some bad digimon wander around. Maybe we should just move on..." The creature had a worried expression, but Matsuo ignored him.

"No worries. After all of this walking and talking, I could use a bit of laying back and relaxing, don't you agree? There is a time to be serious, and a time not to be." Matsuo remembered the days back at school when he was a serious student, then came back home and chilled on the computer. He always had quick changes in personality like this. Unfortuately, that wasn't always the right choice...

"Hey! Some trumpy in-training dope is on our land! Get 'em!" A shout came from the trees. Matsuo leapt to his feet. "And he's got some thing with 'em!"

"I told you this was a bad area!" DemiMeramon scolded Matsuo by hitting him across the face. "Stand back! I've got this covered. Let's see what kind of digimon they really are!"

Two monsters leapt from the bushes that surrounded the clearing. They looked like mushrooms, but had faces, and were much more devious. They charged at them with shouts of 'Fungus Crusher!' They shot into the air and hovered right over Matsuo.

"What the hell are those things!?" Matsuo staggered backwards tripping over a stone.

"Mushroommon!" DemiMeramon moved in front of him. "Get back! I can handle these guys! I can defend you!" The little fireball got slammed by the two devilish mushrooms as he said this, but broke away from them with a few fiery punches and of course shouting the name of the attack 'Petty Burning Fist!'

"Wow, that guy has a bit of fight in him!" Matsuo got up and brushed himself off as he watched his partner fight to the end in his defence. The digimon had a look of anger on his face. Anger that his partner was under siege. Programmed emotion? How was that poss- It didn't matter. The little guy needed his help! Program or no program!

The Digidestined ran over to the side of the clearing and ripped off the branch of a tree, quickly returning to see the two mushrooms nearly destroying the little fellow. In a quick act of despiration, Matsuo shouted at them. "Hey noobz! You got no skillz! I'll pwn you with my uber leetness! Fear my ninja powa!" He leapt into the area and used the stick like a samurai sword to try to beat them back. Not the best idea.

The mushrooms jumped on Matsuo and pulled him down to the ground and began to pummel him senseless.

"OMG! HAX!"

"Oh no, you don't! Don't lay a finger on him!"

OOC: Event needed.

[Burter Jr]

"Oh no, you don't! Don't lay a finger on him!"

DemiMeramon digivolve to...



















































































The flame around the digimon slowly builds up over the top of it's head, the underside of it coming into view as a long white cylinder-like body.





























































































































CANDLEMON

[Zarbon]

Matsuo's digivice emitted a bright light from its screen, blinding him. The only thing he could see was the orange blur that was DemiMeramon, charging towards him, shouting not to touch him. He seemed so heroic for a fireball. Matsuo was touched that the thing he had only recently was trying to save his life. The digimon turned into pure light, seeming almost angelic as he launched high into the air and came crashing down onto the two mushroom creatures, in a brilliant new form. Though, it couldn't be called impressive. He now had a bronze base, with a white wax head and a fire on top of it all. A candle. Not very exciting, but Matsuo hadn?t seen what his partner?s new manifestation could do yet.

The candle grabbed the two mushrooms, balancing him on the ground in between them. He then slapped wax into their eyes using his liquid arms, shouting the attack name as he did. ?Melting Wax!? He proclaimed before jumping back, letting the Mushroommon run around blind for a few moments before charging back in between them, throwing flame from his top towards them yelling another battle shout at them before firing. ?Flame Bomber! Time to burn you little viruses!? The fire struck the two enemies upon their heads and they burst into flames. The pain was too great for them it seemed, as the mushrooms ran off into the forest, frightened for their data.

The candle hopped over to Matsuo and put out a now solidified wax hand. ?Need some help getting up, buddy boy?? The digimon smiled pleasantly as he said the words. Now that the danger was over, his mind was without worry again. ?We are safe now. They won?t be coming back, thanks to my ?leetness.?? Matsuo grabbed his partner?s hand and got back on his feet, amazed at what he had seen.

?Dude!? He shouted, still shocked. ?You were like ?OMG! I R T3H UB3R? went in and pwned then world with your ninja skillz! I was like ?OMG! T3H G0DLY CANDLE! PH34R!??

?Right?Whatever. Let?s get out of here now. Beyond this forest are some plains. We better start going.? The candle hopped into the bushes. Matsuo followed.