There Are Monsters Among Us

At a park in Yokohama, Japan...

A shirtless 14 year old boy was sleeping on a park bench. He had long black hair that reached down his neck and hazel eyes. Unlike most 14 year olds though, he was very muscular and had a six pack due to working out on a regular basis.

The boy was resting on his back after going on a 30 minute jog through the park. The sun was beating down on his face and sweat rolled down it.

After sitting up, he quickly wiped the sweat off his face and left the park shortly after that.

Along the way, he couldn't help but feel he was being watched by something that couldn't be seen. Whatever was out there would make it's presence known to him soon enough.

A car with red flashing lights on the top happened to be driving by with a very muscular magenta-haired woman that had fair skin in the driver's seat. Her hair was tied back into a ponytail. The driver was 18 year old Yoshino Fujieda, she was a agent for the Japanese branch of the Digimon Data Squad and was rather attractive for someone her age. She wore a midriff bearing shirt exposing her cleavage. A pair of diamond earrings were in her ears. The Digimon Data Squad's mission was to prevent Digimon from appearing in the human world.

*'No sign of any Digimon in the city today. I might as well head back to HQ and brief my boss.'* Yoshi thought to herself, slightly annoyed. She was preparing to turn the car around when a shadow caught her eye. It was a small reptilian Digimon with a fur pelt on it's body and a small horn protruding from it's head.

"Commander, I've just spotted a Gabumon hiding somewhere at the park." Yoshi informed a man on the other end.

"A Gabumon, huh. I see." The commander's voice said through her ear piece. "Pursue and secure."

"Roger." Yoshi calmly responded back.

She went after Gabumon in her vehicle.

"Hold it right there!" The Gabumon heard her shout and spun around.

"Is there a problem?" The Gabumon asked, confused.

"Lalamon, realize!" Yoshi shouted. A pink, plant-like Digimon with small arms emerged from a strange device in front of Gabumon.

"Lalamon." Lalamon announced.

"I don't have time for this." The Gabumon muttered in annoyance with the interruption. "Blue Blaster!"

Gabumon released a stream of blue fire from his mouth.

"Seed Blast." Lalamon retaliated by firing a barrage of seeds. The two attacks created a smoke cloud which gave Gabumon a chance to escape from the two for the time being.

"Ah it got away." Yoshi groaned. This was not going to go well when she got back to HQ.

*'Now time to find my partner.'* Gabumon thought as he sneaked through the park.

*A few seconds later...*

Gabumon passed through a bush and spotted the teenage boy from earlier.

"Hello there." Gabumon extended a arm in greeting. "My name's Gabumon. What's yours?"

"What!" The boy jumped back in fright before regaining his composure.

"My name's Nick. I was just about to leave when you popped up out of nowhere and freaked me out."

"Sorry about that." Gabumon apologized immediately. "Truth be told I'm looking for a human partner."

"Human partner?" Nick raised a eyebrow.

"I'm what's known as a Digimon. Digital Monster for short. Anyway, I just escaped from a young woman who had a Digimon partner."

"You mean her." Nick pointed behind Gabumon. Yoshi and Lalamon had managed to catch up with the reptile Digimon.

"There you are!" Yoshi exclaimed, getting the pair's attention. "No escape this time Gabumon."

"I don't need to escape." Gabumon smirked back at his pursuers.

"Gabumon is my Digimon partner." Nick added.

"Wait, your Digimon partner." Yoshi repeated in surprise to this unexpected declaration. "Give us a minute."

She and Lalamon shot each other a look and then conversed in private the best way to handle this surprising situation.

"What should we do?" Yoshi whispered.

"Take them to HQ I guess." Lalamon whispered back to her human partner with some uncertainty in her voice.

Yoshi and Lalamon turned back to Nick and Gabumon.

"Follow us." Yoshi instructed.

The four made their way to Yoshi's vehicle as she drove through the city.

"Who exactly are you, anyway?" Nick asked the young woman.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Agent Yoshino Fujieda." Yoshi introduced herself. "I work for the Digimon Data Squad. It's a organization that was established to prevent Digimon from making a appearance in the real world and causing a panic."

"Like Gabumon?"

"Yes." She replied.

A half hour passed and Yoshi eventually arrived at DATS HQ.

"We're here." She told her back seat passengers.

"Whoa." Nick gasped. The building was enormous.

"This is one nice place." He whistled.

"I'm glad you like it." Yoshi smiled. The man and woman walked inside the building.

A tall man standing behind a desk saw Nick.

"Yoshino, who's this?" The tall man questioned.

"My name's Nick Parker. I'm partnered with Gabumon." Nick informed him.

"Partnered with Gabumon." The tall man was taken back by this statement.

"Is that a problem?" Nick raised a eyebrow.

He then regained his composure.

"I'm Commander Richard Sampson. I'm the man in charge of this division." The tall man introduced himself.

As he spoke, a white "scarf" was coiled around his neck.

The white "scarf" proceeded to wake up and inspect his surroundings.

"Who's this?" The "scarf asked Commander Sampson, slightly confused with the new arrival.

"I'm Nick Parker. What's your name?" Nick asked, making eye contact with the "scarf".

"This is Kudamon, my Digimon partner." Commander Sampson explained.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Kudamon politely greeted Nick.

"Now then." Commander Sampson got back to the business at hand.

He shot a look to Yoshi.

"Go get him a uniform and Digivice." Sampson ordered.

"Yes sir." Yoshi ran off to retrieve the items Sampson ordered her to get from elsewhere in the base.

She returned a few minutes later.

"Here." A custom made crimson red DATS uniform and a Digivice iC with a brown face plate, red screen, orange body, orange buttons and a gold ring was handed to him by Yoshi.

Nick wasted no time in trying the uniform on.

"Not bad." He admitted, impressed with what he was wearing.

"Would you like a tour of the building?"

"That would be nice." Yoshi led Nick around the HQ. For some unknown reason, she felt attracted to the 14 year old. Maybe it had something to do with his appearance.

"Yoshi?" A voice said as the duo explore.

She held her Digivice iC up and spoke into the screen.

"What's up Lalamon?"

"Are you in love with him?" The rookie level Digimon asked.

"N...no. We're just co-workers." She lied.

Lalamon could tell that it wasn't true, but elected not to press the issue. She didn't want Yoshi to get mad at her for being honest.

A blush formed on the young woman's face, indicating what Lalamon said was true.

"Let...let's just keep going." Yoshi stammered.

She didn't want to admit it, but she was embarrassed.

Nick took notice of her embarrassment.

"Uh, weren't we looking around the base?" He reminded his guide.

Hearing this caused her to snap back into reality.

"Right." Nick was led to the cafeteria.

The cafeteria had every food that could be imagined on the planet.

"Wow." Nick's eyes widened in surprise. "I've never seen most of this stuff."

"There are a lot of DATS divisions all over the world." He listened to what Yoshi told him. "And with them there are different varieties of food."

Nick remained frozen in shock. This was too much information to process and his brain had shut down.

"I see you're dumbstruck." Yoshi let out a giggle.

He calmed down and followed Yoshi down the hall.

They made several more stops consisting of the locker rooms, infirmary, bathrooms and bedrooms for visitors to stay in.

"That's the end of the tour." Yoshi spun around to face Nick.

"Do you want to return to the main room?"

Both got back just in time. There was a Digimon rampaging in Area D-59.

"We're bringing up the screen now." A dark purple-haired woman brought up a image of a burning building.

"Let's see what we're up against." Nick found a empty desk and sat down before typing on a keypad.

"What are you doing?" A blond-haired woman stationed at a desk asked him.

"Searching the database here for whatever is going on a rampage." Nick explained.

The purple-haired woman came over to check his progress on the computer.

"He's got a hit. Kokatorimon. A Champion Level Digimon who's Petra Fire petrifies it's opponent." She exclaimed.

"It needs to be stopped now. Come on." Yoshi declared before running out of the room.

"Wait for me." Nick wasn't far behind her.

The two soon arrived in the area where Kokatorimon was.

"D.N.A. Charge!" Yoshi slammed glowing pink energy down onto her Digivice iC.

"Lalamon digivolve to..." Lalamon changed into a sunflower with arms, legs and a tail. "Sunflowmon!"

"That looks simple enough." Nick noted. He held his custom Digivice iC up and channeled crimson red energy into it.

"Gabumon digivolve to..." Gabumon changed into a orange T-Rex with a brown beetle-like helmet on it's head. "Greymon!"

"You ready, Greymon?" Sunflowmon asked her fellow champion level Digimon.

"Yeah." Greymon retorted confidently.

"Sunshine Beam!" Sunflowmon fired rays of light from all her petals on her head.

"Fire Horn!" Greymon's horn was enveloped in flames. He then rushed Kokatorimon and impaled him with the horn.

Both attacks ended up forcing Kokatorimon to scream in pain and revert back into a Digi-Egg.

"Digimon life signs have disappeared." The purple-haired woman informed Commander Sampson.

"They did it!" The blond-haired woman cheered.

*'I think this is the beginning of a great partnership.'* Nick thought as the four celebrated their victory.