What if Impmon said no to Chatsuramon's offer? Re-uploaded rewrite of the first chapter/
A small purple imp sat in the sewers, bruised and battered from his most recent defeat at the hands of Indramon. How he loathed that horse for proving him so weak.
A white light shone from from the entrance of the sewers, and Impmon screwed up his face at the sudden assault to his senses.
"You crave power, don't you? I can make you stronger." Said the voice.
The offer was tempting and vague. It left ideas to Impmon's mind. Ideas he had been pondering and angsting over for however long he had been sulking and hiding away. His body was stiff and his head pounded. He was ravenous, and as his eyes readjusted to the light, it seemed softer and more welcoming than ever.
But he didn't need that. He could do it himself. Even if he wasn't strong yet, he wasn't going to stoop to that level.
"No thanks. I've seen 'nough TV to know not to trust random voices."
"You shall pay."
"With what? My-" He began to snark before the light disappeared and he growled. Impmon attempted to stand and yell after it, before crumpling back to his knees.
Renamon paused as the tamers searched for the missing imp. It was best to know where all the digimon were when they were leaving so soon. Especially one who had been so injured and left without anybody to help.
"There." Renamon called, and ducked into a tunnel, picking him up. His head lolled, and he seemed mostly unconscious.
The children turned and met the sight with horrified expressions. The few digimon with them looked disturbed. This wasn't the Impmon they were used to.
"Is he okay...?" Kenta asked, and Renamon focused her attention on the digimon in her arms.
"I believe so. He's hurt, but he can recover," She answered.
"Yeah but where's he gonna stay?" Kazu asked, and Rika frowned, rubbing her chin.
"That's actually a good question for once. We're going to the Digital world, so we can't just keep him in our houses or anything..."
"He can stay at my house!" Jeri volunteered. "I know we have to go soon, but we can take another day or two to make sure he's fine?"
"Are you sure?" Takato frowned. The digimon was a lot of work.
"Of course. Leomon can help me. I can do this while you guys find the portal."
"And then we can get Calumon back." Takato grinned, determined to find it.
Renamon nodded slowly and carefully passed Impmon over to Jeri.
She took him back to her house while the others searched. He stayed asleep for the good part of a day and a half, though Leomon assured her that this was normal.
Luckily, he woke up just after they had discovered their way to the Digital World.