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Uuh, an RP challenge! heart
Panbachimon has been kidnapped by Daipenmon because it stole a whale sweater. You must now RP how you would save Panbachimon from the clutches of Daipenmon and the fabulous whale sweater.
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[]Intro[]
“This may possibly..”
Kaya held her hands out in front of her as if to ward off the sheer amount of idiocy coming her way.
The small group of rookie Digimon gathered in front of her all paused for a moment, listening
“..be the stupidest rescue mission anyone has ever wanted to send me on”
A myriad of voices, some squeaking others growling loudly, rose immediately following her statement as all the smaller Digimon began trying to plead their case at the same time.
Kaya felt a headache approaching rather rapidly.
She turned her head to look at Blue, but her Wizardmon companion merely shrugged helplessly. She could see a shine of amusement in his ice blue eyes though, as he watched his normally suave tamer squirm under the barrage of half a dozen rookie Digimon.
That little b*****d.
It was much too hot for this, kaya thught with a grimace. She had left her home in the remains of the Spiral tower, looking forward to a nice, relaxing day in the forest with her Digimon (The fact that they were still rebuilding after the tower was torn apart by some very enthusiastic “white hat” tames who wanted to save the world, and Kaya had been woken at 5´am by hammering, was not helping either) and now she had half a dozen digital beings begging her to save some strange Digimon called Panbachimon.
She had never in her life heard the name before.
With her luck, it was some slimy little thing she would have to carry back with her like a little damsel in distress
Veemon let out a loud “Whoop!” somewhere behind her, and she heard the sound of someone falling into the lake. She was not worried, the water was warm due to the heat, and she was sure Kit was watching the kids while she herself dealt with the problem at hand.
“Okay, tell me again, slooowly this time, what happened”
The noise started up again, dark and light voices mixing in a chorus of gibberish in which she heard nothing but small pieces of “..must help us”, “Honored Princess we beg of you..” and strangely enough “..the whale shirt!”
Clearly, she must have heard wrong.
Why would there be a whale shirt?
Kaya held her arms aloft, waving them back and forth with a desperate “one at a time guys!” but the group were all so busy explaining their version of the event, that they had as little chance of hearing the young woman, as she did piecing together a story from of all the bits and pieces she could make out in their joined babbling. The dark tamer let one arm fall to her side with a huff, and used the other to smack herself on the forehead with the palm of her hand. Yup, hellooo headache.
“CRACK!!”
A bolt of lightning flashed through the air, the sound so loud it was deafening.
Both tamer and Digimon covered their ears with a shocked gasp. The rookie Digimon all took a step back, eyes wide and momentarily frightened.
Incredulous green eyes turned to the smirking Wizard who lowered his lightning staff with an innocent expression. The Mages eyes crinkled at the corners in a way Kaya meant he was sending her his sweetest smile from behind the high collar of his cloak, and he tipped his hat at her, politely.
She didn’t know whether to hug him or knock the pointed purple hat of his head in retaliation.
“..thanks Blue”
Kaya cleared her throat, her hands resting on her hips as she did her best “power pose”, chest strutting and head held high.
“I need one”
She held up a hand with one single finger raised when all the Digimon were about to begin ranting again
“And only one, of you to tell me what happened and it will be..”
She scouted the mob, eyes darting from one Digimon to the next Palmon, Penguinmon, Wormon..
A tapirmon floated above the rest, rubbing his stumpy little arms together nervously
“You”
Kaya pointed at the little vaccine Digimon, and the other Digimon turned jealous gazes to the floating rookie “You are coming with me, the rest of you, go about your business”
Another cry rose from the crowd, Kaya ignored it with all the might of a woman used to having several baby Digimon running around her feet crying for attention and just raised her voice a bit
“Lord Lucemon appreciates that you came to one of his people for help, and I assure you all, I will resolve this situation quickly and with as little fuss as possible”
A few of the Digimon cowered at the mentioning of her Masters name, but she saw that many merely nodded in respect. They may not appreciate her Masters plans, but Lucemon still had the respect of the common folk, and Kaya most of all, because she had been helping them with all the “little things” for years, even before she became one of Lucemons most trusted.
The only problem not was that even after she made “shoo” motions towards the digimons, the crowd was *not* dispersing and Kaya allowed herself a brief moment of panic as they instead came rushing towards her, little hands, claws and flippers reaching for her.
A massive golden helmet appeared at the edge of her vision, and an even larger dark shadow was cast over her and the group of rookie Digimon. She could feel warms scales against her bare back as the serpentine Digimon slowly curled his body in a half circle around her. The rookie all fell back, mouths open in silent cries, as the the MegiSeadramon emitted a loud hiss, jaws opening in a vicious smile.
The crowd scattered, much to Kaya´s relief, and she was left with only Blue, Sadira and a Tapirmon that was growing paler by the second
“Hey!”
Kaya bowed down towards him, normally, she would not pick up a Digimon without permission but the little thing looked just about ready to keel over. She closed her hands about the chubby little body and lifted the Digimon up like , he hardly weighed a thing
“It´s okay, this is one of my Digimon partners, Sadira, she´s a sweetheart, really”
The rookie Digimon did not look very convinced. Sadira, pleased at the frightened look on the much smaller beings face, tossed her head back and rose to her full height, preening at the attention.
Kaya was amazed the tapirmons eyes could go any wider, but they could.
She cast a scolding look over her shoulder and Sadira gave her tamer the most innocent look she could muster. Kaya shook her head, with a huff, then turned her attention back to the Tapirmon
“Okay, We´ll be going over to the rest of the gang, because I am not going in a mission on an empty belly. You can sit with us while we eat lunch, and explain what the problem is. Okay?”
The Tapirmin flailed a bit, apparently not looking forward to meeting the rest of the Dark Tamers digimon “Y-yes, okay” He Digimon stuttered, blue eyes still seemingly locked on the massive seaserpent smiling, who was still smiling at him in a way that showed off quite an impressive amount of sharp teeth.
Kaya snorted when the rookie tagged on a little “my princess” a few seconds later, as she hopped up onto one of Sadira´s coils, waiting a beat for Blue to do the same. She patted Sadiras rough skin, to the her know they were both properly seated, and the serpent turned about as carefully as possible, slithering her way over to the clearing where Kaya had left the rest of her Digimon partners behind.
The back and forth motion was very soothing, and the girl sighed gratefully, arms wrapped around the Digimon on her lap. It felt strange that Tapirmon was sort of just.. half a Digimon. In the middle where his hindlegs should have been, there was only a purple vapor flowing freely from his body like smoke from fire. It smelled, strangely enough, like lilacs.
Kaya felt a drop of sweat run down her back and into the fabric of her white dress, which covered her front and her bottom and little else, and curse tha fact that even in her dress, it was too darn hot.
She did not envy any of her partners their thick fur at the moment.
Chapter 01
The clearing Kaya and her partners had chosen for their picnic today was ta the banks of Dragon Eye lake.
While there were other Digimon there, they all either respected the Dark tamer in their midst or stayed out of her way completely. There had also been a boy here earlier, rather tall with glasses and balck heair who had been sitting at the edge of the lake with a Kamemon, but he left before she could introduce herself.
It was a rather beautiful place, the trees around the lake were a colorful mesh of green, and the grass below filled with all kinds of flowers. Even the lake looked calm and quiet today, with the sunlight reflected off of the mirror like surface. It looked very much like a scene from a painting.
Her Digimon partners had accepted the little Tapirmon with very little protest, though a few complained about the fact that it was supposed to be their day off. Kaya countered with the fact that unless the problem was extremely dire, she hardly needed all of them to come with her.
Bandana, her Mummymon, seemed most pleased with that. Kaya was sure it was due to the fact that her Angewomon Kit, had muttered something about “sunbathing” and “bikni”, no way did he want to miss that.
Kaya leaned back against Meta, unwrapping the foil from her sandwich. Meta had taken the form of a female Kyubimon for today, despite Kaya´s protests about it being much too hot today to be a thick furred fox digimon. Meta claimed the opposite, that the Kyubimon form would keep him cool despite the thick fur. Kaya had to grudgingly admit her oldest Digimon partners had been absolutely right, as she leaned back into her flank and the cold surface of her silk like fur. Meta was blessedly cold.
Wormon and Veemon had tried earlier to take a nap on top of her, but despite Metamormons many years as Kaya´s partner, he was still very much a lone wolf, and the two rookies had been chased off with barks and threatening nibs to their soft behinds.
The female tamer bit into her turkey sandwich with gusto. Tapirmon was doing the same with a bowl of oats (Theresa, Kaya´s very motherly Gatomon, had packed a bag of oats just in case Unimon decided to join them later today. Kaya doubted it, he had been talking about a mare he has met in the File mountains lately and was properly enjoying the warm weather with her somewhere)
“So, Tapirmon”
The girl brushed some crumbs off her dress with one hand, still chewing.
Kit sent Kaya a look, but the tamer ignored it completely.
She was a dark tamer, she could speak with food in her mouth if she wanted to!
“Let us try this again. Please tell us all what happened that made everyone so frantic to get my help”
Sadira lifted her neck slightly, moving closer. With her long, flexible neck, she could rest her massive body in the cool waters of the lake, while the rest of them ate, and still be part of the picnic, though she had o be careful not to drip on anyone.
Tapirmon looked up from the bowl, chewing his mouthful of oats so quickly Kaya´s jaw hurt in sympathy.
He swallowed loudly
“It´s Panbachimon Miss. Daipenmon is holding him captive in his shop, and won’t let him out!”
Kaya blinked, then frowned. Next to her, she could see Nacht, her Elecmon, raise his head, ears twitching in interest. Angel was fast asleep next to him, head resting on the virus Digimons hindquarters
“This Daipenmon, has a shop?”
Tapirmon nodded
“Daipenmons Wash and Drycleaning! It´s one of the only places in the Digital world where humans can get their clothes clean”
Kaya munched on the edge of her sandwich. By now, she felt like nothing in this strange Digital World should surprise her anymore, and yet she felt like every time she turned a corner, something like this happened, just to keep her on her toes “…okay”
The girl swallowed the last piece of bread, brushing her hands against one another with a clap to get off the last crumbs clinging to her fingers
“So Daipenmon kidnapped Panbachimon, why?”
“Because of the whale shirt!”
..Oh, so she had heard correctly when the little digi-mob was screaming at her.
“A whale shirt?” It was Blue who asked softly as he lay on the grass next to the white and red blanket.
He had taken off his hat and cape, and even unzipped his suit a bit. Kaya could see the scars on his chest, a pale white against his blue skin.
“Yes”
Tapirmon began wringing his stumps again, looking nervous and a bit scared
“It´s all out fault! You see, we were teasing Panbachimon about her costume”
Kaya kept silent, but nodded slightly when she realized that the vaccine Digimon was waiting for some kind of acknowledgment before continuing. Both Kit and Bandana were clearly listening now, curious to hear how on earth a whale shirt and dry-cleaning fitted into the story
“Her suit, it´s like a bees, and a few days ago we had a Betsumon in our village. Mr. Betsumon was..”
The rookie seemed lost for words. Kaya chuckled a bit, eyes glowing with mirth “Don’t worry, I know how puppet Digimon are”
“Hey!”
The Black Biyomon, normally her Puppetmon but currently in his smaller, more harmless form, looked up with an indignant squeak from where he was buried under the puppy pile of rookie Digimon napping next to Blue “Not you sweetheart” Kaya assured him, smiling. The bird huffed indignantly and buried her beak under Labramons paw once more.
Tapirmon spoke up again
“After Mr. Bestumon left many of us made.. fun of Panbachimon for being a cosplayer too” The Tapirmons ears drooped and even the vapor that made up his lower half went a bit darker, as if to fit his mood “Panbachimon was very upset, and eventually, she told some of the others that she wanted to change her look..” Kaya could see where this was going. Tapirmon continued “So she broke into Daipenmon´s shop and stole a shirt, because it was the only way she could think off to get clothing that would fit her, but Daipenmon found out and he was furious that she stole one of his clients clothes. Now, he refuses to let her leave his shop and uses her as a labourer. He wont even let her go home to her mother and father”
“Can’t you just talk with Daipenmon and get it straightened out, or Panbachimons parents” Kaya asked, crossing her legs. A butterfly landed on Tapirmons head, it´s wings fluttering, but the Digimon was so focused on the girl that he didn’t even notice “We tried, but Daipenmon will not listen to reason, and none of us are strong enough to save Panbachimon, not even her father, and he is our leader!”
“Yeah, yeah”
Tapirmon nearly rolled backwards, dislodging the butterfly in the process and stopping his wild flailing only when it meant either freezing where he stood.. floated? .. or tripping over Kaya´s pile of baby Digimon still snoring softly in the grass.
Sadira turned her dragon like head towards the little mammal, green eyes glowing with malice “And now you expect us to clean up your mess for you, just like that? For free?”
The snake opened her maw, hissing dangerously. The stench of fish and rotten flesh rolled from her mouth in thick waves. The Tapir Digimon let out a frightened shriek
“No-NO! ”
The Tapirmon turned his gaze to Kaya, body seemingly frozen in fear as the Megiseadramon loomed above him. “L-Like I said, Panbachimon is our village elders only daughter, the only girl out of six children. All her brother have grown up to be great generals and leaders. Grizzlymon wanst the same for her. He said that if you can save Panbachimon, Grizzlymon will sign her over to you, so she can grow strong under the command of Lord Lucemon!”
“Now that´s just mean” Muttered Kit from where she was lying in a patch of sunlight, wings stretched out behind he. Kaya had to agree, but she could hardly let the young Digimon stay locked up in Dapenmons shop either way.
“No matter let us just find this Daipenmon and get it over with. The sooner we are done, the sooner we can get back to the picnic” Kaya brushed a lock of hair behind one ear, stretching her arms above her head with a yawn
“Oh thank you!” Tapirmon bounced excitedly, only to shriek and curl up into a ball when Sadira snapped at him with a grin. Kaya reached out with a faint smile tugging at her lips, softly batting at the metal helmet covering her MegiSeadramons head . “”No, bad serpent, back to the lake with you”
Sadira smirked wickedly, but obeyed. The serpent turned sank back into the depths of the lake quietly.
Tapirmon was close to hyperventilating, the poor thing. Kaya patted him on the back as she let her eyes wander over the digmon around her.
Now, who would be the best choice for this little task?
Sadira was out, as a given, she was too big, too unpredictable, and was more likely to eat Panbachimon than save her.
Normally she would have brought Angel and Nacht along, Angemon and
Myotismon. Myotismon might not be the best negotiator, but she was familiar with his battle style and moods: Plus, there was something about a 2 meter tall vampire that made people shut up and listen.
Unfortunately, Nacht´s power was already reduced to nearly half its strength because it was daytime, and the sharp sunlight today would mean he would be at risk, much weaker than normal.
While she could make Angel digivolve all the way to VirusCherubimon and create a storm to cover the sun like a veil and reduce the amount of sunlight that got through, it seemed a bit drastic, even for her.
Besides, the Digimon gathered to enjoy the nice weather would probably lynch her.
Kit and Bandana were definitely bad choices, Kit was just as likely to get rid of Panbachimon as Sadira and Mummymon was so smitten with her, that he would most likely do nothing to stop his “beloved angel”
Kaya made a snap decision and stood up, smoothing down the folds In her dress. “Blue, wake up Knight and let´s go”
Blue nodded softly. The magic Digimon placed his hands on the soft grass, pushing himself into a sitting position, before reaching for his hat and cloak. He stood up gracefully, brushing off some of the grass that still clung to the back of his suit. With one hand held out in front of him and eyes closed in concentration, he uttered the words, “Fulgur Arma Telum” and the much familiar shape of his Lightning Staff formed out of thin air. Blue grasped his staff and turned to the Puppy Pile of rookie Digimon at his feet, carefully prodding a furred purple rump sticking up in the middle. The purple arse wriggled a bit.
Knight turned the right side up and stared questioningly up at Blue with bright azure eyes. “Kaya wishes for us to help her rescues a kidnapped Digimon”
Knight took in an excited breath and quickly jumped down from his spot in the pile. His tail wagged back and forth in joy as he stopped in front of his tamer “I´m ready Kaya!”
Kaya just about melted and picked her little buddy up for a quick cuddle
There would never be a day she did not find Dorumon absolutely adorable.
Chapter 02
When they finally arrived at Daipenmons shop, Kaya was well and thoroughly pissed. Tapirmon had lead them straight there, but the journey itself had taken over an hour on foot and not only that but she could have sworn a young brown haired girl with a fanbeemon had been following them the entire time, taking pictures every time Kaya looked away.
“Here it is Miss, Daipenmon´s shop!”
The shop was, Kaya thought, not much to look at. It was a blue building with large windows at the front that gave the people outside a view of a room with a few plants and chairs in it, and a desk placed in a booth that clearly led out to the back area.
There was an image of a strange penguin-like Digimon brandishing the biggest popsicles Kaya had ever seen stuck to the front window of the shop. The advertisement read “Daipenmons washing and Drycleaning – If we can’t get it clean, no-mon can!”
“Daipenmon I suppose?” Kaya asked with a wave in the direction of the window. Tapirmon followed her gesture and nodded sharply “That is him Miss”
“He looks funny” Knight murmured, clearly to himself.
Tapirmon turned to the little furred dragon with an absolutely scandalized look and then stared up at Kaya. The ginger merely chuckled with a faint shrug .
The vaccine Digimon frowned, and for a moment Kaya actually thought he was about to chastise Knight, but he clearly thought better of it and just turned back to the shop.
The dark tamer patted the small Digimon’s head as she passed, approaching the entrance to the building, and the Tapirmon broke into an absolutely vivid blush as the girl opened the door and stepped into the shop, Knight and Blue right on her heels.
The soft chime of a bell filled the otherwise quiet room as Kaya walked over to the desk. There was a sign saying “Please wait here for service” taped onto the floor and covered by some sort of plastic.
The room was, thankfully, nice and cool, no doubt the work of the air conditioning she could hear humming away somewhere. While the decorating of the room was very Spartan, the walls where a lovely shade of beige, and the chairs and tables around the room very inviting and homely. There was even a soda machine in the corner, clearly meant for customers who had to wait for their clothes to be done.
She supposed that some of the tamers with no access to washing machines or other facilities such as those, like she had, would need to use a shop like this…
Unless they wanted to clean their clothes in the river with a piece of soap and a rock like the native Indians. The mere thought made Kaya shudder. No thank you, she liked having her clothes washed and dried in the tumbler much better.
Kaya just stood there for a while, watching Dorumon sniff at the various items in the shop with all the glee and curiosity of a child. Blue stayed by her, but she saw how he was watching Dorumon like a hawk, making sure the little dragon did not stick his snout into something dangerous..
And that was meant quite literally, Kaya did not like the way he was eyeing the Soda machine, Dorumon should know better after the “incident” with the Snack machine on the eight floor of Drive City Hospital.
“Good morning Honored customer”
Kaya nearly jumped half a foot into the air at the heavily accented voice.
The young woman spun about, clutching her hands to her chest in shock.
Behind the desk stood the strange penguin-ish creature she had seen on the advertisement outside. He was thankfully, popsicle-less at the moment.
“Morning” Kaya chirped, sending the Digimon her most reassuring smile. The Digimon raised a brow “What can Dai-Pen do for honored customer today?”
“I am actually looking for a Panbachimon you supposedly have somewhere in the..” Kaya got no further before the bird Digimon puffed up like an angry rooster, an angry grimace twisting his otherwise emotionless face
“NO! NO BACHI HERE!”
A flipper pointed resolutely at the clothing hanging on a coat rack behind him
“Clothes only! To clean!”
“Okaaay” Kaya held her hands up in surrender, backing away a few steps. Knight had also frozen where he was … Darn it, halfway done sticking his head in the soda-machine.
Blue stepped closer to his tamer. He was smiling comfortingly at Daipenmon, but Kaya could feel the tension in his body as he placed a hand on her shoulder. The gesture seemed innocent and friendly, but it also allowed the Data Digimon the option to shove Kaya out of danger should the other Digimon attack.
The air seemed to grow thicker and thicker as the penguin scowled, lazy eyes growing dark. Kaya was a bit afraid she might have miscalculated what level Daipenmon was.
That was *not* a champion level Digimon.
“Perhaps we could talk about this, the other Digimon in the village are really worried about Panbachimon and..”
“No”
The penguin shook his whole body back and forth, making a metallic, hollow noise as he did so.
He stepped away from the desk, turning to go back into the back room
“Please go, Goo´day”
“Wait”
Kaya leaned across the desk, reaching furtively for the bird Digimon just as he swung the door open with a violent shove. She felt Blue grap a hold of her legs just as she was about to tip over the wooden surface and slam face first into the floor, when her whole body froze in surprise.
Through the open doorway, on a floor covered in tiles and discarded pieces of cloth, with a mop in her tiny paws and a shocked look on her furry little face, stood the cutest being Kaya had ever seen in the digital world.
It was a Panda.
In a bee costume.
The digital world was *awesome*
“That!”
Kaya threw an arm towards the bee-clad Digimon
“Is who we came to liberate!”
Daipenmon puffed up once again, turning surprisingly quickly to shove the tamer back across the desk with a strength that took the human entirely by surprise.
Kaya pin wheeled her arms for a few frightening seconds, before Blue caught her. The Dark Tamer took a second to regain her balance, and then straightened, face set in a determined scowl
“I understand that he stole a .. a whale shirt from you, but surely we can come to some kind of agreement”
The crank on the penguins head, which Kaya had believe to be a rather ridiculous hat up until now, began turning round and round in jerky movements, and the bird digimon’s body began emitting a very angry sounding version of the “Turkey in a Straw”, the ice-cream truck melody.
Kaya felt goosebumps break out all over her skin, and suddenly her flimsy white dress seemed like very little protection. Daipenmon was a creepy little thing..
Blue stepped in front of Kaya, shoulders squared “We understand that Panbachimon has stolen one of your items, but she is young, and young souls make mistakes.” Wizardmon shifted his gaze to Panbachimon, who was still holding the mop tightly. There was massive bucket next to her filled with dirty water.
Kaya felt her heart clench painfully as the young Digimon clutched the mop handle closer to her chest, shivering. There were tears gathering in the childs eyes.
By Azulongmon, she was just a baby!
“She steal clothes!” Daipenmon said, voice deep and furious “She destroy clothes! Clothes belonging to honored customer, now” Daipenmon threw his flippers into the air, or at least held them as high into the air as his short build and even shorter flippers allowed him “Shop honor gone, tamer not get shirt back” Kaya bit her lip, brain working overtime to find some sort of solution that was *not* gonna end with her blowing up the place and fleeing like the whole thing was some kind of bad action movie
“What if I got a hold of this tamer and explained it was all my fault, not yours”
“No” The penguin huffed “She will stay here an..”
“Is this the shirt?” Daipenmons eyes widened as Dorumon bounded over to Kaya with a grey shirt in his jaws.
Kaya was rather sure Knight had gotten it from one of the trash-cans placed strategically around the room, because there were now pieces of pink gum stuck to his forehead. There was a whale on the fabric caught between his teeth. Kaya reached down and gently tugged the shirt away from Dorumon while Daipenmon fell into a tirade of Japanese directed at Blue who just stood there, politely, responding with his own Japanese every now and again.
Kaya studied the grey material with several holes in it, possibly left behind by tiny claws, she could imagine the little bear-like Digimon accidentally pulling the material apart as she struggled her way into it. It was just a regular sweatshirt, albeit a very snuggly one, with a whale and some kind of text on the front…
And a name and number attached to the hood with a sticker!
“Perfect” She exclaimed, breaking into a smile “Knight, you are the best!”
Dorumon tilted his head shyly, tail giving a happy little wag as Kaya pulled her cell-phone out from one of the many pockets In wizardmons cloak. Blue did not even move, just stood there nodding while Daipenmon called Kaya some rather filthy things in Japanese dialect, Kaya understood very little of it but she heard her own name and “Inu” (dog) being repeated, so she felt it was a rather safe guess that he was not yelling she was as cute as a puppy.
“Quiet!” Kaya shrieked as the phone began to ring. Daipenmon let out an indignat roar but apperantly, as mad as he was at her, he was not dumb enough to take on a Dark Tamer all by himself.
Kaya heard the dial tone start, a loud beep every few seconds
“Duut… Duuut… Duut.. *click* Hello?”
“Hi, is this..”
Kaya squinted down at the sticker “Kutay?”
The boy on the other end said nothing for a moment, she could hear him breath silently trough the phoneline, thinking
“..Yes, who am I speaking to?”
Kaya jumped up onto Daipenmons desk. The bird gimon looked absolutely livid at the sight of the young womans arse plastered onto his perfectly polished desk, but said nothing. Kaya, being a vindictive b***h at times, wriggled her bottom back and forth a bit
"My name is Kaya, I am calling about a whale-shirt of yours"
“My shirt?” Kaya could hear the puzzlement in the other tamers voice clear as day and could not help but smile “Yeah, I am really sorry but one of my..”
Kaya looked over her shoulder, past Daipenmon to Panbachimon who had now broken into tears, her grip around the phone tightened so suddenly that the plastic creaked in protest
“..Digimon had a bit of an accident you see, and I would like to replace it. I´ll leave 100 digi-dollars at the dry-cleaner, that should be enough to buy at least two new ones, where ever you got them”
Kaya took a deep breath and added
“I am truly sorry”
Another beat of silence followed. She could hear someone in the background speaking, probably one of the boys Digimon asking who his tamer was talking to on the phone.“Sure..”
Kaya grinned, giving Knight a thumbs up. The rookie laughed in delight
“Okay, bye!”
“Wait, who are y..”
Kaya hung up before he got any further, slipping from the desk onto the floor
“Problem solved, now let me take Panbachimon home to his mom and dad, the kid is scared enough already” Daipenmon huffed irritably.
*Time to change tactics* Kaya thought and the Digivice hanging around her waist in a thin silver thread began emitting a sickening grey light. Wizardmons body was engulfed in a thick black mist, and the penguin stepped backwards with a shocked expression as Blue´s body grew taller; His shoulders broader.
The bird Digimon nearly dropped to the floor in a dead faint when, out of nowhere, a gun appeared in the dark creatures hands, and aimed right at the Japanese speaking Digimon’s forehead. The mist parted slowly, revealing a large bodied Beelzemon, lips pulled back into a smile.
Kaya leaned across the desk, resting her elbows on the surface as she placed her head in her cupped palms, smirking “Let us try this One. Last.time”
Suffice it to say, the dry-cleaner was much more willing to listen to reason the second time around.
Epilogue.
Tapirmon and Panbachimon met in a tearful hug as soon as Kaya herded the shocked bear Digimon out of the shop with an innocent wave back at Daipenmon, who was waving back happily, counting the digi-dollars in his flipper with much glee.
Bringing the little Digimon home to his parents was less of a “happy ending” though.
Kaya had been a bit uncomfortable, standing silently in the living room of the biggest Grizzlymon she had ever seen, while he berated his daughter, while a female TigerVespamon, clearly the mother, gave her child a very unimpressed look.
“Always getting into trouble time and time again!! You skip school, you let your friends talk you into doing the dumbest things! DISCIPLINE GIRL!! That is what you lack!”
The father turned with an air of finality, massive paws crossed in front of his chest
“That is why your mother and I have decided to offer you up for service in Lucemons army”
The little bee-looking Digimon looked absolutely terrified and opened her mouth to protest, but her father cut her off with a snarl “You will go with Miss Kragen and you will serve her well, or you are never allowed to set your paws In this house again!”
There was an echoing silence in the house as the young digimon broke down crying (Again!) and none of her parents seemed to be the slightest bit affacted by their daughter’s tears. “Make us proud, Pachi, now go”
Kaya held up a hand, like a student in class. Grizzlymon slowly turned his hard, gaze to her
“Yes?”
Kaya let her hand drop to her side and walked over to the young Digimon, placing a hand ontop of the little teddy-bear like Digimon’s head
“Since she will be under my personal command, I would like to see to it that she gets a few items from her room to take with her to the barracks”
The Grizzlymons snout crinkled, but Kaya sent the man her most winning smile. The bear nodded with a jerk of his head “Fine”
It took very little time to gather Pachi´s possessions. She did not own much, and most of what she had, was equipment used for drawing. Clearly she had an artist’s soul.
Kaya was rather impressed with the drawings hanging on the walls, covering every inch of the room in portraits of different Digimon. “You are very talented” she said, nodding at the drawings while Pachi was stuffing a dufflebag full of pencils and paper. She looked up, but there was not much life in her eyes, the little Digimon was clearly still in shock.
With a sigh, Kaya reached down and picked up both digimon and duffle-bag. The little girl did not weigh much, luckily, so it took almost no effort to carry her downstairs and outside with a shouted “Bye” as she slammed the wooden door shut behind her. If she was not carrying a child in her arms at the moment, she would have a choice word or two to say about those two Digimon and their parenting skills.
Slowly, Kaya felt wetness seep down her shoulder as she realized Pachi had buried her furry snout against her neck and had gone back to crying silently.
The journey back to the picnic near dragon eye lake seemed to take twice as long with a crying child on her lap, even when she Digivolved Knight, and she and Blue rode all the way to the lake, soaring through the air on Dorugreymons broad back.
Bandana was the first to comment as they approached the others.
The children were clearly done napping, and was running around the lake, playing tag (Kaya reminded herself to suggest hide and seek in a bit, Wormon never protested playing tag, but he had a pretty harsh disadvantage in the game compared to the others) “Hey, you won a plushie?”
Kaya felt Pachi try to crawl under her skin. With a little twist, she managed to dislodge the Digimona and place her on the picnic blanket
“Guys this is Pachi, she will be staying with us from now on”
Kaya waited for a moment, ready to protect the little Digimon should any of the others say something harmful, but she should have known there was no reason to worry
With a loud squeal, Kit flung herself down besides Pachi and began cuddling the surprised bear digmon, wings fluttering in glee behind her
“Oh my god, aren’t you just the cutest little thing!”
Pachi starred up at Kit with a worried expression, then shifted her gaze to Kaya who gave the Digimon a soft tilt of her head “Pachi, this is Kit, she is..”
“HI!”
Next to Metamormon, stil in her Kyubimon form, a large, red and white Guilmon stuck his snout close to the new Digimon with a cheerful grin “I´m Ember!”
“H-H´lo Ember” Pachi stuttered out, turning her body towards Kit and burying her face against the angel Digimon’s stomach. Guilmons ears drooped a bit. Kaya hurriedly tried to save the moment.
“She´s just a bit shy Ember, she doesn’t really know any of you yet. Give her a little time”
“Okay” Guimon perched back up again like nothing had happened, bless his silly little heart, and stooped down, so that he looked smaller “Pachi do you wanna play with us? We´re playing tag”
“Tag?” Pachi looked over at the reptile Digimon, clearly insecure but there was a spark of life in her eyes now “I l-like tag”
“They why don’t you go join the other kids Pachi, and I´ll make you a sandwich when you get back”
Kaya brandished a container full of sliced ham as proof
“O..Okay” Panchi uttered and timidly held out one little paw that Guilmon took in his own claws with utmost care, gently leading the young girl towards the other rookie Digimon, who all greeted the newcomer happily, overjoyed at the prospect of a new playmate.
Kaya sighed softly, falling back into Meta´s flank and covered her eyes with one arm.
She heard Blue chuckle somewhere to her left
“Hard being a single mom?”
“Super hard” Kaya agreed and threw the ham container towards him, smirking when she heard the soft “thunk” of the plastic container colliding with Blue´s hat knocking it clear off his head .
Yeah, the Digital World was awesome.
The end.
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