Parallel rose: Yep I finished the redo, (after hundred years) now before you read this I must tell you one thing...

I. HAVE. CONFIDENCE. ISSUES!

do you know what for the past month I've been trying to convince myself that I don't suck at writing.

After you read this tell me-

do i suck

or i don't

On with the story!

By the way your have to save the world now.

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Always have a back up plan no matter how stupid it is because you never know in some bizarre way it might work!

This is my motto, the reason this is my motto is because if it wasn't true I wouldn't be sitting at the front of a small bus, in a state of mild panic because the fact that am a teenager and am a easy target for anything.

Yes people, if you haven't figured it out by now am paranoid.

To any person that sat in this bus (the elderly). I looked perfectly fine, swinging my legs and staring at thin air with a bored expression .

But then again I've always took chances…

Dave the driver is the guy who's given me directions that could help me get home. The guy doesn't even know where I live, maybe what town but not road I live at. I don't even know the guy much, he's just the bus driver that actually made the trip enjoyable. He connected with his passengers and most of them responded back and a friendly manner. to put it bluntly… For I could know he could have been some psychopath that's just leading me into trouble.

But I trust him and just to lighten the mood lets call it women intuition.

I mean it's summer and its only like… five pm. I should be able to make it home alright.

Great, Clouds are forming!

Hopefully Dave could drop me off before it starts and maybe I could get home before pours down much.

I see myself smiling in the reflection of the opposite window of the bus. A little thinking though and everything doesn't seem so bleak now.

Within half an hour I arrive at my stop, Dave gave me directions such as: just look for the billboard that's advertising toothpaste and take the alleyway down there. Simple enough. Even after he mentioned the part that the area hardly populated.

As I step off the bus I place my bag over my head as a shield from the rain. I can' help but notice that the rain really brings out that abandoned, desolate and eerie setting of the area.

Currently all I can see is empty areas where small stalls and shops are set up, you know the kind of markets where they have plastic sheets and metal poles to set up the stalls.

I hide under a closed fruit shop, the roof shields from the rain. Its quiet, blissfully quiet which is good so I just focus on finding my way home. And just when I think I caught sight of the billboard a voice shocks me… "is your name lilly?"

Eep.

Like alot of people would do, I turned around and faced my visitor. It was… a purple furball. A yellow cat eyed, purring, furrball. And the way I reacted probably wasn't the most mature…

1). I was certain my eye twitched

2). I screamed

3). And I ran, far away.

Well… I bet that's what other people would do!

Anyway ran, my legs were doing overtime, I mean a talking furrball knew my fucking name! sorry for the language but am a fourteen year old teenager that spends most of her so called social life helping her mother with the restaurant they own. How is a purple furrball going to know my name?

Soon enough I dashed into a alleyway (I don't think am lucky enough for it to be the one I need to find).

It's dark and very damp which is understandable seeing as it's still raining. "I should be safe" I muttered, "but then again I might of just overloaded with sugar when I was at the cinema" I said. I must be dreaming it, that wasn't normal maybe I should looooong rest when (if) I get home.

But yet again my thoughts were broken by some odd… event. Flapping, the sound of wings flapping and snickering, Me no like the snickering!

"master will be pleased" it sneered, the voice sounding extremely devious, and for some odd reason. I glanced at it's reflection on the puddle in front of me, I nearly gasped but am to shocked to do so.

Bright yellow bore into mine from it's reflection.

Those eyes… why am I reminded of Demidevimon? The flapping becomes louder which can only mean one thing… its scooping down for me!

My breathing becomes harsher and I sudden thought flashes though my mind. If it really is a Demidevimon those claws could shot right though my skin. I duck and see navy wings soar above me, I dig my nails into the ground as my sight is blocked by the darkness of tarmac. While he's turning in the sky I make a break for it. Hearing his claws hack into the building as I turn round the corner.

"Help please, there's something after me!" I screamed (for the second time today). I hear hissing, it's not very happy. Just keep on running lilly, Run for your life! But if that's really was a Demidevimon, where's the digimon that hopefully come and save me?

As I run past buildings I look behind myself to see if he's following but every time I look he's not there.

Maybe I was dreaming?

"No escape human!" oh great that's his voice! Before I could even ponder where he is, he snaps in front of me from the other side of a building. I stop, feeling like my legs are frozen. It is a Demidevimon, "Demi…" he going attack…

"… Dar-" suddenly he's blown back by a purple blur. He forced into a near by wall and I see my hero. It's the furball, "leave human alone!" it snarls, sharp teeth glistening. "so" Demidevimon coos "you finally figured out that this human is your tamer" he continued.

What?

"Your kind makes me sick!" he snarled, with that he flew into the sky and watched us (furrball) "Demi dart!" he called, I only watched in amazement, for the first time I saw a digimon attack. Small darts aimed themselves at Furrball and sent her (I think it's a girl) into the same wall as Demidevimon. "Ha! Your kind are so weak!" he taunted.

Okay now am slightly ticked.

He flew down and picked up into the sky, I knew he was threatening to drop furrball into the air. "ah well, your not much of a lost anyway" he said, dropping furball from the sky.

I can't help it now, am worried, I shouted and ran away from it the first time I saw it and it still came back to save me. I think I feel a tear coming… "FURRBALL!" I call.

Everything seems to slow down, I can just here myself still screaming as I run to catch it then a feel something appearing in my hand. I look down to see what appears to be a digivice.

It's a black plus sign, the screens outline is red and so are the numerous buttons and a string hangs from the top. Maybe I might be able to save Furrball… Well. Am going try!

"Digital upraising, digital evolution!" I call. the words just seem to… burst out of my mouth and as soon as I say it Furrball glows red. I can see it's form changing it grows legs and a long tail, a head, and cat ears. "Purrmon digievolve to…" it calls.

The form lands on the ground perfectly. I now see a Young panther with white stripes and ruby red claws, its yellow eyes gleam and it lets out a low primal growl. "Leonessmon".

I stand there shocked, am a tamer! But I have one gift curtsey of the digivice, two cards appear in front of me. One has a picture of long black claws on a red background and the other is also red but has a picture of many rubies outlined in black.

"Ruby claw!" Leonessmon calls, she leaps up her claws shimmering brightly. But Demidevimon dodges it, he sticks his tongue and fires a demi dart attack, Leonessmon dodges (narrowly) and attacks again but he misses it easily again.

Leonessmon roars and lets out another attack but Demidevimon uses this to his advantage and fires hitting her.

I run to her. "Leonessmon!" I call, she weakly gets up "Lilly me no very good partner" she said. Wrong! "no you are!" I called "I just need to be a better tamer" I gave her my hand "lets do this together" I said. she smiled "Leonessmon do!" she called.

I was happy now. Now what to d... the cards!

"Leonessmon prepair for another Ruby claw!" I called, she gave me a look of confusion "trust me" I said which is a bit since we only just met, she gave me a nod.

She leapt into the air reading an ruby claw, "ruby-" she started "digital advanced… Leonessmon's ruby blades!" I called, slashing the card though my digivice.

"…claws" as she readied to slash it was different from before. She didn't slash downward, she brought both of her claws together briefly and brought them out roughly in a cross movement. The attack hit Demidevimon square in the chest (dose he have one?) and the evil little gremlin fell to the floor and deleted himself. (YAY!)

The rain stopped.

"we did it!" Leonessmon cheered, I watched in amusement. "Leonessmon and Lilly make good team" she chirped "so I guess were partners" I said. she looked at me with shining eyes and nodded but her stomach rumbled.

I laughed but so did mine so she laughed and then we both laughed. While I laughed and I realised one thing… I found the billboard.

There it is toothpaste advertising! I ushered her with a hand "lets go home" I said, she nodded I think am safe with her near me. We walked for a bit in silence until…

"lilly look different from many humans" Leonessmon brought up, I turned to her so she could continue "Why?" she asked. For a moment I wondered what on earth she was talking about when it hit me. "my skin tones darker, am black, Jamaican" I replied she nodded "you don't understand do you?" I asked.

She nodded.

"You see, well... oh stuff it I want to go home!" I said, she nodded "Leonessmon understand that" she spoke.

We walked on the sun playing with our shadows as it cast of a calming orange and a blissful light blue in the sky as it set. The buildings glistening from the rain earlier and the lullaby of rain water dripping off buildings and objects.

It was a beautiful way to end a day and a beautiful way to start a friendship.

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Parallel rose: on second thought leave your opinion for the latest chapter, thank you!

small notes:

digimon names:

Leonessmon: leoness- I wanted to be different and not put lioness, so it pretty much means the lioness monster. (even if its a panther)

Purrrmon: purr the sound a cat makes when its happy, the purring monster.

Attacks:

Leonessmon's ruby blades: Leonessmon/users claws extend to attack at a large range and add more power to claw based attacks. But these are quiet heavy and do make it hard for the user to move sometimes.