The ACCELerated Tamer [OPEN]

"Kaaariiiin~ Wait for me~"

"....I already told you, I'm not qualified for any of this."

"Why so cold? I'm sure that we can be the best partner ever!"

"I don't like to be buddy-buddy with anyone, you included. Now please leave me alone, if you're not some hallucination of my depression. Honestly, to see talking hallucination of a plant monster, this might be the worst day ever. Is this some acute version of schizophrenia?"

"But I'm not your hallucination! I don't think I'm hallucinogenic, plus I can talk normally with you, so I'm as real as I can be!"

About few minutes ago, a blond haired teen somehow had the "pleasure" of finding an egg in the middle of Shibuki Forest. Her... strange device that she always carried around suddenly shattered. She had no idea why she carried it all the time, but either way it's now gone, replaced with smaller one, then quickly morphed into something like a smartphone. ...Why did this happened seriously she had no idea. The creature from inside the egg called herself 'Freya'.

...She doesn't feel "Freya" at all though. She's very... strange. She stuck to her like a moral pet but honestly the blond haired girl did not want any 'friends' baggage at all. She was a loner as far as she was concerned. Joining a band was already an oddity, and some people seemed to like her. But all she remembered was the lone her who only sticks with her childhood friends....

...Who is this 'social' Takamiya Karin that's not herself?
What happened in these years?
None of it seemed to make sense. The blond haired girl exhaled. She quickened her steps in hope of losing the bud monster following her.

"Oh look! There is someone else with Digimon."

"...Wha...?"

Karin hoped that this was the last thing she would hear, because otherwise that means all of this are real. She slowly turned her head to the direction of where the Tanemon is looking at... Lo and behold... that's another blob shaped monster.

"...............................What has this world gone to?"

"Forced partnership, perhaps," Freya joked.

"Well, I'd wish this is a dream, but I... happened to fell somewhere in the forest and it hurts so I guess... I'm not really dreaming. I thought this was all hallucination, but looks like it's not," Karin answered. "...Not quite nice to have my fear confirmed to be reality but... whatever I guess... Oh, I don't think I 'own' them per se..."

"Why not?" Freya asked, chuckling.

"Well, it's weird to say that I own someone that might be as sentient as me."

"But don't you humans did that at all time? I mean, telling your boyfriend and girlfriend that they're yours and you're theirs for example...~"

"...Are you seriously a newborn?" the blond haired girl can't help to tsukkomi.

"Digimon's knowledge and human's knowledge is different, Karin-chan~ We have several basic knowledge inserted as our basic programming. Usually it's just languages and AI, but looks like I also come with fashion tips and all that romantic stuff, teehee~"

"...That... that's something... Uhm... Sorry about the late introduction, but name's Takamiya Karin.. this bulb here is... Freya. That's what she called herself."

"Nice to meet you~" the Tanemon curtsied.

"Matsushita-san was it? I guess we're in similar predicament--" and somehow this Digimon rolled at her. "...Well, it doesn't looks like he's a daruma-like."

Either way Karin looked at the device on Ryouji's hand, then whipped out hers.


"I don't think mine and yours are similar, sadly."

"But it's the same technically," Freya suddenly answered. "They're Digivice. Let's just say they're what connects you to us, Digimons. With this object you can make us evolve and all that you know?"

"...Sorry, evolve? Don't tell me this is Pokem*n or something."

"Pffft, nothing of that sort, unless that's your style. Digimon's battle is infinitely more dangerous than 'Rat**ta is knocked out!' Collateral damage is a thing you see... and death too. We're not 'ohey let's fight and make friends' kind of monsters. Not everyone have that privilege. We're only partnered to specific people."

"Specific...?"

"Perhaps before you saw Digimons, or maybe somehow you have similar wavelength... I have no idea the details, but it all boils down to 'you're now partnered with a Digimon because you're qualified somehow' yay!"

"...And what for is this? This felt like... those chosen people trope..."

"Saa?" if she could shrug, the Tanemon probably would shrug. "It's not known for what you're chosen or for what you're bonded to us... but one thing for sure is that our bond is unique. Those who already bonded with Digimons will find that their 'reality' is not as what it seemed."

"Who knows?" Freya once again made a gesture similar to shrugging. She frankly does not have all the answer about these questions. "But there are definitely tons other like you guys. 'Chosen'... I guess in this case it's more like a lottery isn't it? I guess the numbers are around in the hundreds... I wouldn't say thousands no. Perhaps half a thousand? Yes, five hundred seems to be a good estimation."

"Why don't we seen them more often if it's that many then? Unless they have way to hide their Digimons."

"Part of the reason, Karin-chan. Another reason is... eh, I guess it's a bit too heavy for first meeting. Anyway... supposedly your devices could pinpoint where other humans and Digimons are. Well it's not foolproof though. Usually a Digimon can smell another Digimon's data signature you see."

"And you're saying that there are way to mask these."

"Exactly~"

"...You're.... awfully well informed."

"I think it's just matter of basic package. Mine just came with more info I guess~"

Karin just squinted at the Digimon but decided to pursue no further. She watched the blob now turning into... something more babylike she guessed.

"Oh, I guess the next stage is Vmon, huh," Freya commented. "That's quite a nice one."

"Is evolution fixed?"

"Well in case of Pokemon, yes, but we Digimons we only can look at someone then try to guess their next form. 80% of the case you usually will miss. Digimon's evolution is non-linear. Two digimons of same species can evolve into different forms. You can say that our future forms are not known even for us, at least until we reach that stage for the first time."

"First time? You're talking as if regression is po... it is, isn't it?"

"Digimon wise, yes! We can return back to our lower form to conserve energy."

"If your luck is shit then your partner either had no idea what to do, is infantile... or their personality is the worst~" Freya answered that question with rather cheerful tone. It's a bit mismatched, but this is perhaps her personality, one that's kind of dark. "There are those kind of partners too, those who only treats their human as battery to fuel their evolution for example. Some would even treat you like a nuisance because they're so used in not being partnered and suddenly had to babysit a human and their evolution depended on your existence.

A partnered Digimon cannot evolve by their own. They need you, humans, to evolve. That's something akin to the "law" I guess."

"...Then what would the Digimon do if they hate the partnership so much?"

"...Well... that..." the Tanemon scratched her lip a bit. "...I have no idea frankly."

"...Something tells me that you're lying."

"Even if I do have an idea, the thought is honestly unpleasant," Freya admitted "I'd rather not discuss it. I'm content with you, Karin-chan~ Well, my other reason is I don't want you to break our partnership teehee~"

"...I see, so that's the reason... ha... I guess I'm really stuck with you."

"Glad to have you~"

"Well, you can hide us as plushies, right?"

"...Absolute not," Karin answered slightly mortified thinking what would people say if she somehow ended up hiding the Tanemon as plushies, carrying her around. She's nearly seventeen for love of god! Plus her appearance that says how she's a tough girl rather than girly type would be shattered immediately when she carried her around!

"Well then in my case you can say that I'm a potted plant. I totally can photosynthesis and acts like just any plant do~"

"....Well that's slightly better but..."

Freya then sighed. "...There is indeed a way but I think you guys need to have money for that.. I don't feel like I want to enter the cramped space of the digivice though. That would be very uncomfortable... and as how to buy it, I guess you have to go to Digital World... our world."

"...And suddenly it became some isekai story."

"Well if push come to shove we can return back to our baby form, you know?" Freya told her fellow Digimon. "Admittedly I don't think I want that, but what can you do. Imagine if somehow the existence of DIgimon become public knowledge. I'd rather stay a baby than being experimented on, you know?"

"...That's... some extreme scenario."

"But one that can probably happen anytime~"

"...You sounded too cheerful after saying something so... bleak."

"Oh my I'm sorry, this is... my bad habit I guess?"

Karin nearly spout out curses when Zeromaru raised a flag. Attacked!? NOW!? If you said something like that, Murphy's law gonna kick in you know!?

"Goddammit why must you raise a flag in time like this!?"

"Flag or no flag, Digimons attracts one another. In that vein, a chosen will attract another chosen or Digimon. That's why you can never be alone. That's why we often stick around to protect you."

"...Great, so we're like moth attracting flame. Grrrreat."