The Beginning of the End

Reiji rescues a strange cat, who turns out to be a Digimon from the future.
==Synopsis==
Reiji Shinonome fights a bunch of delinquents who have attacked a cat. After scaring them away, he picks up an injured , who he is unsure is really a cat. Back home, he finds his sister and her friends drinking in his room , and kicks them out. After Wanyamon wakes up, Reiji tries to give him , but he resists the food until seeing Reiji eat it, proving it is not poisoned. Reiji's sister overhears it and assumes it's a cat. She tells her friends about Taro, the dog Reiji used to take care of in an empty lot. One day two boys were bullying Taro, and Reiji scared them away, but the next day, Reiji found Taro gone, and overheard the boys saying it must have been put down after one of the them told his mother it was dangerous. After this, he started taking many stray dogs and cats home, and befriended them.
Several days passed, and the Wanyamon, who Reiji named Wanya, still refused to open up to Reiji. Reiji went to the convenience store to buy more food for Wanyamon, and returned to find Eve in his room. Eve finds Wanyamon hidden in Reiji's smartphone and explains he is a Digimon, a cyber weapon from 300 years in the future, who was sent to the past by mistake, and uses a machine to revert time outside of Reiji's room to prove her story. Eve tells Reiji an AI in the future has predicted humankind will be destroyed by a Digimon sent to the past who will cause an "annihilation paradox" and her mission is to erase Wanyamon to prevent this. Eve calls to destroy Wanyamon, but Reiji fights back to protect it.
As Eve attempts to return to a previous point in time, a Devidramon emerging from Reiji's computer steals her time machine, and takes Wanyamon to the Network. Reiji chases Devidramon into the Network to save Wanyamon, and is captured by Devidramon. Eve and Kuwagamon chase Reiji and ask why he's trying so hard to protect a weapon, and Reiji responds Wanyamon is a living being just trying to survive. Determined to save Reiji, Wanyamon digivolves to and fights Devidramon by Reiji's side. They overpower Devidramon and return to the Reiji's room.
Eve is confused by these unthinkable events. Unable to retrieve her time machine, Eve is unable to return to the future. Reiji promises to help Eve on the condition she doesn't try to kill Elecmon. Deciding she needs to supervise Elecmon, she accepts and asks to stay in Reiji's room, which he is reluctant about.
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Category:Digimon Paradox chapters