Davis Motomiya was walking down the street, a huge smile on his face. Even the fact that he was on his way to school didn't keep him down. A new school year meant another chance to have some classes with Kari Kamiya, and that was all that mattered to him. So what if she always turned him down when he asked her out? She was his dream girl, and he wasn't going to stop until he got a yes out of her.<br/><br/>Walking into the school, he made his way to a desk, and saw the object of his desires. He grinned, and gave her an eccentric wave. Unfortunately, she was on the other side of the classroom. He'd have to get a chance to talk with her later.<br/><br/>He had no idea what was in store for him this day. It would be far, far from ordinary, and would change his life forever.<br/><br/><div align="center">----<em>Meanwhile, in the Digital World</em>---</div><br/>Tai was flat out running, his lungs burning in his chest. He had been running non stop since entering the Digital World, searching for his long lost friend. He couldn't explain it, but he knew Agumon needed him. Plus, he was able to open a portal to the Digital World once again. He hadn't been able to do that since he and the other Digidestined had destroyed the Dark Masters and Apoclyamon. Genai had said that the portal would remain closed because the Digital World was no longer in danger. But from the moment he came here, he knew that something was wrong. Strange black towers dotted the landscape, as far as the eye can see. And all of the Digimon he had seen were either fleeing for their lives, or were attacking those who were fleeing. What was going on?<br/><br/>"Agumon? AGUMON?!" Tai shouted out, trying to find the little orange dinosaur. Suddenly, he heard a reply.<br/><br/>"Tai.. Tai...!"<br/><br/>Changing course, heading to his left, he ran and hurdled over some tree roots, and found his partner hiding under the roots of a large tree. Tai stopped and leaned against the tree with one hand. "Agumon! What's going on here?"<br/><br/>"It's the rings, Tai." Agumon pointed up with a claw, and Tai looked up, seeing a group of black rings fly overhead. "When Digimon are caught by those things, they start going crazy and attacking everything!"<br/><br/>Tai's fists clenched, before reaching into his pocket for his trusted digivice. "Alright, we're putting an end to this. Time to Digivolve." Tai waited for a few seconds, then frowned. Why hadn't Agumon Digivolved into Greymon yet? Looking down at his Digivice, he saw that the screen was completely blank and unresponsive. That was bad. Even after all these years, his Digivice had never stopped working for him. He knew because he carried it everywhere, and would pull it out and look at it occasionally to reminisce about the good old days. And without it, Agumon couldn't digivolve.<br/><br/>Tai looked up, and saw some Digimon flee past them without noticing him or Agumon, and he saw one of the dark rings swoop down and close around the poor thing's neck. It slowly turned, facing him and Agumon.<br/><br/>"This... is very bad..."