Jayr POV - Digimon Tamers Universe, Digital World, Lowest Layer - 2001

  I quickly turn my head ahe being that appeared in front of us and 't help but excim out loud in surprise, "Shaka!? WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE!??"

  At the same time, Nikita and Zandeer also jumped out in surprise and raised their guards clearly spooked, as they didn't sense his preseil he first spoke those words.

  At the same time, I soon realize my mistake as the being in front of me, he doesn't look anything like my friee the fact that in my senses, he feels incredibly simir.

  I'm, of course, talking about the Virgo Gold Saint, Shaka, the Saint who is known as "The Closest Man to God" in respect to his incredible power which is sed only to the actual Gods.

  In the same instant, I realize that the newer, who is very likely some kind of Digimon, calmly says, "I'm not this Shaka you speak of. My name is Shakamon, the being closest to Yggdrasill in the Digital Multiverse, the ohat has protected the entire Digital Multiverse sint times..."

  Again, I notice just how simir his voice is pared to my friend, Shaka, which at the same time, makes me scream in my mind, 'Oh my Goddess!! Not only the void presence, but eveitles are almost the freaking same!!! Did some other version of Shaka actually choose to reinate in the freaking Digimon Universe!!? Are there more Shakas in the multiverse!?'

  While thinking that, I also quickly start to look at Digimon in front of us, he looks like a tall handsome dark-skinned man, with long straight silver hair wearing a yellow Kāsāya, which is the robe of a fully ordained Buddhist monks, a strange golden mask that covers the upper part of his fad ears, a golden armor mahat covers the whole neck, part of the chest and the shoulders, a golden armor belt around his waist, and he has a golden sun-shaped circle floating behind his back.

  (Image Here - Shakamon)

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  [colpse]At the same time, the Digimon that introduced himself as Shakamon tio calmly speak, "As for the reason behind my presence here is quite clear... One of Yggdrasill's subroutines, more specifically, the one instructed to watch over and ehe tinuation and safety of this Server of the Digital Multiverse, instantly noticed the presence of 3 unknown but very powerful variables that suddenly appeared in his domain and it has immediately calcuted that the 3 unknown variables may be beings from the outside with enough power to threaten the whole Digital World, but deemed way too hasty sending the Royal Knights to eradicate the possible threat. And so that is the reason I have appeared in front of you, to gauge your iions and decide the course of a."

  Hearing that, I 't help but be surprised as I didn't expect our presen this universe to be noticed so soon.

  But quickly after that, I realized that the main reason for that is that we arrived directly in the Digital World, which is stantly watched over with great care and attention by the Yggdrasil, God of the Digital World, and all its subroutines.

  If our destination would have been the Real World instead, I'm sure that we would all have gone unnoticed.

  As I arrive at that clusion, Shakamon then calmly says, "Now that I have expined who I am and the reason for my presence, would you kindly offer me the same courtesy and expin to me who you are and the reason for your presence here?"

  Despite not showing any immediate hostility toward us as he says that, I 't help but notice that Shakamon is calmly projeg the same familiar aura of absolute fidehat tells me that if he deems me and my panion a threat to the Digital World he won't hesitate to act, the same ohat my friend Shaka has, moreover, it is clear that the Digimon in front of me is actually very, very powerful, in fact, I clearly sehe immense power hidden within his body, and it is easily parable to that of Antispiral and even my own power, as expected from the "The Being Closest to Yggdrasill in the Digital World".

  I maintain my calm and with a smile, I start to introduce myself and my panion, "o meet you, Shakamon. I apologize for my previous outburst, but you remind me of a close friend of mine named Shaka. My name is Jayr and these two people behind me are my friends and panion, the female is named Nikita, while the male is named Zandeer. Just like Yggdrasil calcuted, we are indeed from the "Outside" of the whole Digital Multiverse and all its ected realities, we are travelers who are able to explore the many different universes that exist out there. But first of all let me reassure you that we don't wish to harm the Digital Multiverse in any way or capacity, in fact, if deemed necessary I promise you that we will also offer a helping hand."

  Very likely sensing the truth behind my words, Shakamon simply nods, at the same time, I tio speak with hoy, "Now the reason for our presence here is quite simple and direct. Since I have learned of the Digital World, I always wished to not only explore it and enjoy its sights but more than anything else, I also wished te a strong and sting bond with one of the incredible creatures that call this pe. In simpler words, I desired a Digimon Partner, not only for the incredible power that we unleash w together which will surely help me in my future journeys, but more than anything else for the strong bond of trust and friendship that I know the Digimons are able to form with their partners."

  After a moment of silence, Shakamon smiles slightly and says, "I see, I sense no falsehood in your words. Your iions, wishes, and desires are very clear to me now. I deem that you aren't a threat and for that I wele you all to the Digital World, I hope that your presence will steer the course of this Server on a brighter path... Now, let me give you a present to celebrate your first step in this incredible world."

  Soon after he finished saying that, Shakamon cps his hands produg a deep but pleasant bell-like sound, and quickly after that, he disappears with a bright fsh of light as he teleports away leaving this universe and very likely returning back to the Yggdrasil Realm, the highest yer of the Digital World, to his duty of watg over the entire Digital Multiverse.

  At the same time, Zandeer quickly ents, "Damn! You weren't kidding when you told us that the Digimon were very powerful! Even if he did nothing and didn't even have any malice toward us, I felt exactly the same sense of oppression that I felt when I met your father-in-w and your mother-in-w. Even with my ret upgrade, I'm not sure I'll be able to defeat him even if I go all out."

  Following him, Nikita asks, "Hey Jayr, are you sure he isn't Shaka actually pulling a fast one on you? I admit that I'm not too familiar with the man but even I mistook Shakamon for him for a moment. Hell, even his name is quite suspicious! Shakamon and Shaka it is basically the same! Moreover, what do you think this present he spoke of could actually be?"

  I look in the distance as I sense many small but very pure presence quickly approag us and at the same time I reply, "I don't know if that was actually Shaka, one of his reinations, or even simply this universe version of him. After all, in the Omniverse there are infinite versions of Athena, Zeus, ods, and also other important and legendary figures that almost be described as stants, it isn't that much out of the possibility for someone like Shaka to make su impact that other versions of him appear here and there in the Omniverse. However, regarding the present he spoke of it is very likely that we will find out soon..."

  As soon as I finish saying that, Zandeer also notices the ining creature and pointing in the same dire I'm looking at, he asks, "Hey, what are those? Are they dangerous?"

  Nikita also looks at the shining creatures approag us from the horizon and after taking a good look at them she excims, "Ah! How cute~!!"

  I simply smile as I look at the tless small-sized creatures flying toward us, they have cute roundish bodies, cute small feet with three digits, long wing-like arms that are as long as their bodies, a roundish head with three triangur extensions to the sides that slightly reminds me of butterfly wings, and a long thin antenna on top of their heads, moreover, there are small purple marks on their bodies and an ied triangle on their foreheads, as not fet about the deadly circur puppy eyes, those creatures are the DigiGnomes.

  (Image Here - DigiGnome)

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  As they are quickly approag us, I reply to Zandeer's question with aed grin on my face as I have a good prese about their presehose creatures are called DigiGnomes, and they are pletely harmless. It is a life form that inhabits only the Digital World of the Digimon Tamers Universe. A different species from Digimon that has evolved on its own. They do not have the capacity to express themselves like most Digimon, but they want to unicate with people and Digimon, and they try to show that they are willing to do so by granting wishes and it is very likely that they are here to give us the present that Shakamon talked about. You basically think of them as cute, little, se Dargon Balls."

  Hearing that, both Nikita and Zandeer nod as we all wait for the DigiGo reach us, and after a few moments, they are finally here and start to cheerfully fly around us as I greet them with a big smile on my face while scratg the head of a DigiGnome who nded on my shoulder, "Hello there, little guy. You are all very cute."

  Meanwhile, I also hear Nikita giggle, and turning my gaze away from the DigiGnome on my shoulder, I see her patting the head of a DigiGhat flew into her arms and hugging it close to her body, while Zandeer also seems to smile as a DigiGnome nded on his head and uses his long arms to cover his eyes.

  At the same time, I also sehat the DigiGnomes are actually studying us ahhly at that.

  Still, I let them be and do not obstruct them as I sense no malicious i behind them, especially sihey aren't actually rec any of the data they gathered nor they are sending it to a third party, after all, if they did such thing I could have easily se, more now than ever, since I am not holding back my senses and ic Awareness.

  Thanks to that nothing happening in this whole multiverse escape my senses if I focus on it, I'm even able to sehe presence of Yggdrasil itself in his realm.

  Soon the DigiGoug our bodies join back to the swarm flying around us, and at the same time, a flow of shining motes something that I only call Data starts to gather in front of eae of us geing a bright white light and I see that two object quickly start to take form within that light.

  Soon the light fades away and the two object fully reveal their forms as they hover in front of us for a few seds before they slowly nd in our arms.

  One of the objects is quite easy and distinctive, it is a retively bulky, hand-sized device, its shell is fully white, while the decoration and the buttons are of a metallic grey that slightly reminds me of silver, moreover, engraved on the rim around the s, there are the words "Digimon Tamer" written in the writing system that is used in the Digital World, the Digimoji, this is the D-Ark, the Digivice used in the Digimon Tamers Universe, and with immense surprise, I realize that it is already synized with my biometrical data and even my Spiral o aing to it.

  (Image Here - Jayr D-Ark)

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  [colpse]The other object 't be mnizable and just looking at it, I 't help but feel a stroement and anticipation growing i is an egg, a watermelon-sized egg, funnily enough, the egg itself also slightly reminds me of a watermelon with its pattern, if the watermelon was dark blue with pure white stripes that's it.

  Of course, this sed object is a Digitama, eggs from which Digimon are born, they are the beginning and the end of all Digimon.

  (Image Here - Jayr Digitama)

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  [colpse]They usually e in a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes and typically hatto Baby I Digimon, but will sometimes hatch directly into a higher form, even an Adult Digimon like Numemon, moreover in rare instances, it is possible for a single Digitama to produce twins like it happened for that character of the Digimon 02 Movie that hatched a on and a Zerimon.

  After cheg what is clearly my D-Ark and the Digitama holding my future Partner Digimon, I take a quick look at my panion, Zandeer, and Nikita, ahat they both are holding their own D-Arks and Digitamas in their hands, the only difference is that Zandeer's D-Ark has bck colored or and he holds a pin white Digitama, while Nikita's D-Ark has dark purple or and she holds a light Digitama.

  (Image Here - Zandeer and Nikita D-Arks and Digitamas)

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  [colpse]I turn my gaze away from my panions, who are still curiously looking at their D-Arks and Digitamas, and focus ba the DigiGnomes swarming around us, and then I say, "Thank you for this wonderful gift. I promise you that I'll do everything in my power to ehe safety of this wonderful world."

  Soon after I gave them my sihanks, the DigiGnomes dispersed and flew away in all dires leaving us aloh their gifts.

  At this point, Zaeps forward and says, "Well, that was a lot easier than I thought... What are going to be our steps?"

  In respoo his question, I put my D-Ark into my pocked aly holding my Digitama, I reply, "Well, for noill wait here for itamas to hatch, something that it should take an hour or so from what I sehen we will feed imons and spend some time with them until they evolve to their and more stable stage, after that we head toward the Real Word and ehat everything goes well and that both the Real World and the Digital World don't get deleted while at the same time f a stronger bond and training our Partner Digimon."

  Suddenly, Nikita, who is tenderly hugging the Digitama, steps forward and asks, "Talking about "Real World", "Digital World", "Digital Multiverse" and "Servers". Just what is going on here!? I admit that I'm fully fused by the structure of this universe. You said that we are in the Digital World, but Shakamon called this pce a Server, then he said that he watches over the Digital Multiverse... so I kinda got lost."

  Hearing that, I nod and say, "Well, since we have an hour or so to waste, I think that it isn't a problem if I expin the ology and structure of the Digimon Multiverse to you. They be rather plex to uand for some, but to make it somewhat simpler to uand I'll also show you a simple proje. All the various Digimon Universe have a well-defined hierarchy and clear division that is very simir to oher."

  I use my Spiral o to project the image of the bottom yer of a drical tower, fill it with images of many universes as we usually know them, and tio expin, "In general it is like this, at the bottom, you find the Physical World, also called the Physical/Material Universe, it is the Ptonic term for referring to the world of space, time and matter in which the huma. The term most only used to refer to this yer is "Human World", or more ambiguously Real World. The Physical World is posed of the universes where huma, these exist through the dimensions of time and space. The worlds exist infinitely and in parallel, following the infinite possibilities described by quantum meics, where each a gee infinite different worlds where something has occurred or has not occurred."

  I create another yer above the bottom one, divide it into six colored parts, and tinue, "After that, there is the "Dimensional Wall", the name given to the barrier that exists between the Digital World and the Real World. The wall exists to keep the worlds apart, in case the barrier fails the worlds begin te, which could lead to the total destru of all worlds. In some parallel universes, the Dimensional Wall is also referred to as the work on which humans work, ie it would be the puter work itself. In these ditions, one of the funs of the work would be the means by whiformation flows from the Real World to the Digital World and vice versa, in fact, we have one such example just above our heads. Just after the level of the Real World is this "Dimensional Wall" that is divided into six yers, after crossing these 6 yers it is possible to reach the lowest yer of the Digital World, referred to as "Physical Layer". The work is the main means of transport within this universe, making it practically impossible to travel between the Real World or the Digital World in case the work is disected."

  I added a third yer, filling this oh all kinds of random images, ps, universes, dimensions, and so on which makes it look like a slightly more varied multiverse, but different from the bottom yers, I also added some lio indicate that they are all somewhat ected, "Above the level of the work, there is the Digital World. This world exists above the work and the Physical World, existing on a higher structural level so that the very existence of the lower worlds would be uo support the existence of the Digital World. Like the Dimensional Wall, the Digital World sists of several yers, an unknown number of them. The worlds that exist between the yers of the Digital World are separated from each other, in fact, there are beings in these worlds who do not even know that there are other worlds like the one in which they live. These worlds are known as "Servers" in the same way as the Servers that were created by humans through the Dimensional Wall. The truth is that the events seen in the animes, games, manga, and other media occur in Servers of the Digital World, and are only a small world pared to the true nature of the Digital World. Still, those sarios we saw tais, stars, gaxies, and more that are colossal and literally infinite in size."

  Projeg a fourth yer on my tower, filling it with a single big realm with the drawing of a tiger, a vermilion bird, aern dragon, and a turtle, I tih my lesson, "Beyond the various yers of the Digital Worlds there is the Domain of the Four Holy Beasts, a realm created by them that exists beyond the various worlds of the Digital World. While residing at this top of the hierarchy, they maintain the bance of the Digital World preventing it from being ed by darkness sometimes through diretervention and other times through avatars. Despite all this, this world is only "close" to the true God's Kingdom and usually, there is a single Domain of the Four Holy Beasts for a single Digimon Universe."

  At this point, I create the st yer and fill it with the images of a big imporee whose roots touch all the yers below, moreover, these roots also ect to other simir universes and say, "The true God's Realm is the Kerhe core of the Digital Multiverse. Just as Yggdrasil is the Digital World system, its core, its true existence, is the Kerself. The Kers beyond the Digital World itself, in a way that the tent of the Digital World does not occupy the space of the Kernel. Yggdrasil, the Angel Digimoial or Divine Digimon, and the Royal Knights inhabit the Kerhe Kernel has several names, Paradise, Eden, Holy Kingdom, System World, and also Heaven. Like the Four Holy Beast realm, the Kers above the normal levels of the "Digital World" with this being referred to as a "Lower World ". The existence of this world overps all the textures/appearance, which guarao this world the characteristic of being able to easily have any form that expins the diverse appearahat this world have."

  At this point, Nikita excims, "Wait! Wait! Wait! Are you saying that the Digimon Multiverse is basically a Multiverse within a Multiverse within a Multiverse or something like this!?" followed by Zandeer who mutters, "I'm starting to get a headache only thinking about it..."

  Hearing that I nod in agreement, and then I create a small ball of light above the tower and clude, "There is just aheoretical yer, what be called the Great I, something we also call the "Work of the Gods", the system of existence from which everything we have seen so far is only a "part", the domain of the creator of everything, but what is curious and somewhat w is that despite the fact that I know that such realm should exist as Yggdrasil itself decred that it has a creator in some media, I ot se in any way, which makes me somewhat scared of the being that stands at the top of this universe..."

  Suddenly I hear the familiar voice of Culture as it chuckles and says, [Heh... It is impossible for you to se, after all, the "Work of the Gods" as you call it is the realm where I, Evolution, Freedom, Teology, and many other cepts started to create this whole Omniverse, not even Yggdrasil has access to it despite knowing of its existence, only the cepts and the winner of this Battle Across the Omniverse se and access to it.]

  Hearing that, I 't help but smile wryly as I mutter, "I admit, I didn't actually expect that... but from a certain point of view, it is logical that the highest yer of this universe and of many others is the personal space of the cepts... Iing, this is the first time that I find a trace that clearly hints at your existence."

  Culture once again chuckles as it adds, [Heh... This is because we all were quite proud of the work we did here and the final result, even if at first it started to create this multiverse out of spite for what the cept of Svery pulled off in the iion of the Pokemon Universe we all created before this one, he did those wonderful creatures dirty by blurring the lines between svery and panionship so mud making it so easy for them to be ensved or "captured" against their will, luckily we were able to patch things up in time and fix it before it became too dark as the principal theme and atmosphere behind that universe were supposed to be mostly cheerful and light-hearted... After that, the cept of Evolution was especially pissed off si was mainly his idea to create those wonderful creatures and their world, and so he gathered us all together to once agaie a new, bigger, stronger universe with simir themes but with infinite possibilities where the true genuine bonds between the creatures and their partner would alrevail and bring forth immensurable power... and so the Digimon Multiverse came to be...]

  That certainly wasn't what I expected to be the story behind the creation of this universe. It seems that my panions think the same as their mouths and eyes are also opened wide clearly showing their surprise and shock about that revetion.

  Still, I admit that I don't find the idea that the Pokemon Universe is much darker than first intehat much farfetched, after all, even in the first games there were quite a few hidden dark themes that passed over the minds of the child pying it, like the pying protagonist actually killing his rival's Raticate, the fact that Kadabra is actually a boy with powers who one m turned into a Pokemon which also implies that someone "breed" him with other Pokemon to create more of his species, or that Drowzee is actually the Pokemon version of Freddy Kruger.

  After all, before the anime Pokémon was a game about hunting unsuspeg wild animals, beating them to within an inch of their life, capturing them in a tiny, unfortable round prison, and then training them to fight other animals to further their own personal status.

  Odyin