Author's note. Today I finally can respond to a review and I was half happy and half sad since the review brought up a question I had not prepared myself for. No use crying over spilled secrets.
Re: Guest: I had thought of changing the name more than once but for some reason I can't imagine Davis with any other name no matter the gender and I feel that if she did have a choice to change it, she will still continue to use that name.
Re: ki757566555544: Similar to what I wrote to Guest, but I would prefer it if you do not call Davis an "idiot male name for a girl". I understand how some of you are put off by me keeping Davis as Davis, but I really cannot imagine myself calling someone something else just because of their gender.
However, I made an Omake -that I was planning to insert into the later parts of the story when she joined the gang- to show what I mean.
Enjoy
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"Are you sure this is it?" Veemon confirmed it and Davis reached out her hand to the television.
Upon touching the screen, it seemed to suck both Davis and Veemon who held onto Davis's hand into it. Before they knew it, they both landed on the floor back in the real world.
"Okay, I wanna do it again!" Veemon who looked smaller exclaimed.
Davis chuckled and carried him, "Well, not now Veemon we need to firstly, bathe."
Veemon pouted in disappointment, "No fair, anyways, it's Demi-veemon now."
Davis took out her clothes, carrying Demi-veemon with her to the bathroom, "Let's bathe quickly then, I want you to eat my specialty."
Demi-veemon looked excited at the prospect of food and wriggled in Davis's arms, pleading her to hurry up.
Davis decided to take a quick shower, giving a small bucket to Demi-veemon to replicate a bathtub.
"This is so warm..."
Davis raised an eyebrow at that, "You never bathed in hot water before?"
Demi-veemon smiled up at her, "Yep, to be more exact, I never bathed until now."
Nodding, Davis scrubbed Demi-veemon with shampoo and washed it away to dry both of them with a towel.
"Okay, I'm going to introduce you to my family, try not to go crazy." Davis carried Demi-veemon in her arms to the living room.
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Davis's mother saw her child coming out with a new toy and nudged her husband to pay attention since Davis also looked serious.
"Davis, is that a new toy? Where did you get it?" Davis's father asked, looking up from his newspaper.
Davis took a deep breath, "I got him from the computer. Please don't freak out..."
Davis's mother nodded, she knows that Davis was too much of a good girl to steal so she pinched her husband when he looked to speaking up.
"Honey, let our daughter finish."
Davis smiled in silent appreciation, opening her mouth to continue, "So it's like this..."
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By the time she is finished, Davis's parents seemed unperturbed but there was a long drawn out silence.
"Hey, by the way, the name's Demi-veemon!" Demi-veemon waved at Davis's parents.
Instead of panicking, Davis's parents thankfully accepted Demi-veemon into their family.
Demi-veemon tilted his head at the same unfamiliar word, "What's a family?"
Davis blinked at Demi-veemon, "Y-You don't know what's a family?!"
Demi-veemon nodded and Davis's parents pulled him out of their daughter's arms and hugged him, "Well, now you'll be a part of us."
It was that moment that Jun, Davis's sister opened the door, "I'm home⦠What the heck is happening?"
Jun looked to Davis, who seems to be the only sane one in the room and she shrugged in response to the questioning stare.
"We apparently adopted a new family member, meet Demi-veemon."
Gesturing to the creature in between her parent's grasps, Jun smiled warmly, "As long as you don't cause trouble."
Davis rolled her eyes, "Like you don't."
Jun stuck her tongue out at Davis and went to place her bag in the room, "So, you made dinner again, Davis?"
Nodding, Davis filled out the bowls with soup and noodles before passing them out to everyone, including Demi-veemon who drooled at the sight of it.
When they finished eating dinner, Davis brought Demi-veemon to her room but paused when she remembered something.
"Mom, did Tai come over at around 5?"
Davis's mother shook her head as Jun started glaring at nothing, angry that the Kamiya(s) keep bullying her sister while Davis's father growled, "Why?"
Davis gave her father a forced smile, "Oh, no reason, I just wanted to ask him about homework..."
Jun's glare worsened, "So he stood you up?"
Davis waved her hands, hoping to diffuse the tense atmosphere, "N-No, he was the one who wanted help so it's no trouble."
The three Motomiya(s) gave her uncertain looks and Demi-veemon jumped in, "Don't worry, I'll protect her from the guy called 'Tai'!"
Embarrassed, Davis quickly grabbed Demi-veemon and ran to her room.
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"Davis, who is this 'Tai'?" Demi-veemon asked, wanting to know who gained the dislike of the nice and kind family.
Giving him a sad look, Davis shook her head, "It's just our neighbor upstairs, no one you need to protect me from."
Demi-veemon only trusted Davis's words slightly, considering that she sounded hurt and went to sleep beside Davis.
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The next morning came as a shock to Davis, who has remembered that she had a show and tell today.
"Oh my God, it's so not like me to forget and it's graded too. I'm so dead."
Throughout her panic attack, Demi-veemon quietly tried to crawl into Davis's bag.
Davis sighed, "Whatever, I'll just be the laughing stock today..."
She got ready swiftly, taking her bag (which contained Demi-veemon) and went to collect her lunch box that she made last night, leaving the house.
Today's elevator trip did not consist of an awkward encounter and Davis got suspicious with how smoothly her trip to school had been, aside from the hiccup this morning.
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Entering her class, Davis saw that Kari and T.K. was not around before hurriedly heading to her seat.
The door slide open, and in came the two people who Davis was worried about along with the teacher who came in a little later.
'They just barely made it.'
Lessons after that was as per normal, with the usual picking on the weaker students to answer and finally, the sweet release of lunch break.
Davis, as usual tried to ask Kari if she wanted to join her but before she could, Kari dragged T.K. to find the rest of the Digi destined.
Sighing, Davis went to get her lunch box, "This is delicious!"
Pausing for a moment, Davis wondered if she was hallucinating, slowly opening her bag to check its contents.
"Ah, hiya Davis!" Demi-veemon was somehow in Davis's bag which worried her.
"No one saw you right? How did you even fit in here?" Davis kept her volume low to prevent people from thinking she is crazy.
Shaking her head, Davis carried her bag with Demi-veemon inside to the usual empty park bench.
"Davis, don't worry there's another box of food." Demi-veemon said, thinking that Davis was hungry.
Davis took Demi-veemon out, placing him beside her and accepted his offer and sighed. "Was it Mom?"
Demi-veemon shook his head, "I'm pretty sure it was Jun, she tried to copy your cooking and asked me to give it to you."
Davis took the time to process that while eating, that sounded like something Jun would do. "So, what do you think?"
"Well, it could use a little bit more sauce but quite good for someone who has never cooked." Demi-veemon smiled at Davis's compliment.
A few bites into the meal, Davis snapped her fingers all of a sudden, "That's it!"
Demi-veemon's smile start to turn nervous, "W-What's it?"
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It was now Davis's turn in the show and tell segment, she carried Demi-veemon up with her and showcased him to the class.
"This is Chibi, I got him from my parents the first time I got an 'A' on my test."
Davis saw varied reactions and trudged on, "Every time I start to lose hope that I can't do it before a test, I felt like Chibi pushed me on and motivated me to continue to study hard..."
Davis remembered how Demi-veemon helped her gain courage, "He also was able to help me cope when I felt low on confidence so I really appreciate Chibi's appearance in my life."
After she ended, Davis received applause from her class along with shouts of encouragement.
"Next time you feel like that, you can tell me!" Or "Why don't I help you in your math later?" Even a "Lets hang out and can talk about random stuff later, Davis!"
Davis felt her lips tug at the corners, "O-Okay."
Bowing before returning to her seat with Demi-veemon, Davis hugged him to her chest.
"Did you really mean those things?" Demi-veemon whispered hopefully.
Davis gave him a minuscule smile, "Of course Demi-veemon, who was the one who helped me gain courage before?"
Demi-veemon scratched his neck, a blush raising. "I guess I'm just awesome like that."
The rest of the lesson time was spent with people walking up to Davis's table to help her in their best subjects.
This time, Davis went home without having asked Kari if she wanted to tag along but she smiled.
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"Tai and Sora? What are they doing here?" Davis spotted the two of them along with Izzy who she did not know walking through the side gate which puzzled her.
"Hey Davis, who are they?" Demi-veemon wants to find out how Tai looks like to put him in his 'Stranger danger' book.
"Ah... Tai and Sora are my seniors in the soccer club and the other guy... Not so sure, but they should have graduated." Davis decided to tail them silently.
She followed them to the computer room and his in the room beside it. Since the walls were thin, she could make out some of their words.
When a teacher walked pass with Tai, Davis quickly acted like she left something behind.
"Davis, what are you doing here?" Davis looked up to the windows and saw Tai with the teacher.
"Oh, I had lost my favorite pen somewhere and I thought to look here first, since I had a lesson here."
Scratching her head sheepishly to add on the effect of her clumsiness.
"Do you need help?" Tai offered looking worried as Davis was known to never give up easily so she could be here all day.
Shaking her head quickly, Davis spoke, "There is no need to, you seem to need something from the teacher so I don't want to intrude."
Tai pouted, actually wanting to escape the teacher and tried to use eye signals, to send the message, 'I really want to get away from the teacher.'
Davis seemed to catch on as she quickly continued, "But if you want to, I don't see why you can't help."
Tai gave her a smile and turned to the teacher, "There you have it Sir, I need to set a good example to my junior so why don't we talk at a later date?"
The teacher looked between Davis and Tai before patting Tai's back, "Well, good luck with the girls in middle school then."
Davis struggled to not smile as the teacher left, "Girl troubles?"
Tai rolled his eyes, at her teasing tone. "Yeah, haha. So where did you last left your pen?"
Davis shrugged, not to sure how she wants to go about this. "It's somewhere here, but I guess it could also be in my bag... I'll check."
"Let's go to the digital world!" There was a shout of joy before a flash of light came from the computer room.
Davis pointed to the computer room looking at Tai, "What was that?"
Tai started sweating, 'Why couldn't the girls keep it down... This is really "out of the frying pan and into the fire."'
Trying to keep his stutters down, "I'm not sure what you're talking about, Davis. Are you seeing or hearing things?"
Davis blinked at Tai's pitiful attempt at lying.
"You suck at lying, but I'll won't pry, just... Tell whoever said that to keep their volume down, I'm sure not everyone will drop it like me."
Tai breathed a sigh of relief, "Thanks Davis. Did you find your pen?"
She nodded and showed it to Tai with the hand not holding Demi-veemon, "Yep, got it right here."
Tai then noticed Demi-veemon, "Hey, I don't remember you having that toy..."
It was now Davis's turn to panic but she was better at keeping it unnoticeable, "You can ask Kari or T.K., I shared about it today during show and tell. Besides, I don't always show you my toy collection."
Tai nodded slowly, waiting for Davis to exit the room, "Okay... Wait, how do you know that I know who T.K. is?"
Davis exited the room and walked towards the school gate, with Tai trailing behind.
"Well, that was a confusing question... Anyways, since Kari wanted to show T.K. around the neighbourhood, I thought she would introduced you two first."
Tai readily believes Davis since she rarely lies, "What's the name of the toy then?"
"Chibi."
There was then silence, Tai felt that it was awkward as they were supposed to be childhood friends and yet here they are, with no topics to discuss about.
Davis on the other hand, did not feel the tension and chose to instead reflect on what she has heard.
'There was a shout about a 'digital world' so they probably also go to where I had... And I guess Tai, Sora, Kari, T.K. and the other guy knows about it.'
"Davis, hello~ Can you hear me?" Tai waved his hand in front of the dazed girl.
Blinking, Davis turned to Tai and with the most serious voice, she said, "You just had to wake me up from my ten minutes without hearing Tai's loud voice, don't you?"
Knowing that Davis was joking, Tai laughed, "Ok hot shot, what's got you thinking so hard that you missed my fabulous voice?"
Davis sighed, "Your voice is anything but fabulous-"
Tai interrupted, "Thank you for calling it awesome."
Davis smirked a little at that, "I was thinking along the lines of annoying but if you want to fluff your ego..."
Hands at his heart area, Tai faked a gasp, "How could you... you are heartless!"
Davis couldn't help but giggle at that, "Never mind your fragile feelings, I want to quickly go home."
Tai gave her a salute as an elevator came, "Yes Mdm, your vehicle has arrive and is ready for boarding."
Davis nodded, "Good work my subordinate, but for preparing this late, you will see to its end."
They entered the lift and started laughing, Tai wiped a tear and patted Davis's back.
"We could do wonders in the world of acting."
Rolling her eyes, Davis waved his hand off, "Yeah right, soccer is more important to me."
The lift doors opened and Davis stepped out, "Good bye, Tai."
When the doors closed, Demi-veemon whistled, "So that's Tai... Doesn't seem like such a bad guy."
Davis nodded, "It's because my family dislikes his sister Kari and Tai got dragged along with it."
Demi-veemon understood what Davis is getting at but still promised to keep an eye out on the strangely charismatic boy.
Davis opened the door to her apartment and as usual, it was empty and it was a good thing for her as she wants to go digital diving.
"Come on Demi-veemon, the digital world awaits us!" Davis went to her room to place down her bag and wrote a letter to her parents.
Demi-veemon patiently waited while staring at the open digital gateway, wishing to be able to become Flamedramon again.
Davis held out her digivice, the world turned bright and they disappeared.
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Omake: Worried Parents
It was one day on her birthday that her parents questioned her about their fears after hearing a child poke fun at how 'Davis' is a name for boys.
"Davis," They started out worryingly having seen their daughter ran out of the room after that comment. "Is there anything wrong?"
Davis shook her head from her position on the floor, pointedly looking away from them. "No, no there isn't"
Her mother prodded cautiously at the sleeping tiger. "Are you sure? We can help you if you want you know?"
Davis remained firm in her decision and avoided her parents' eyes. "I'm fine Mother."
"Honey is it about your name?" Davis flinched at her father's question and he sighed. "I'm sorry about that. It's our fault, we can go change your name if you would like it."
At that, Davis suddenly stood up, turning around to reveal the fury in her eyes instead of the tears they were expecting. "It's not any of your faults, I know that you had planned that name for a boy."
Her parents shared a look, still worried about her reaction and Davis continued. "But it's okay."
They were surprised, as they should be. Unlike Davis, when Jun was made fun of by her classmates for sharing a similar name to June, she had made a huge ruckus before finally calming down after a while.
Now Jun showed her name off as the month of the holiday, while as cheesy as it sounds, she had grown attached to the name and beats up anyone who dares to mock it, no matter their age because her name became her pride.
Davis furiously rubbed her eyes. "Jun told me about how excited the both of you were to have a shot at getting a son but then I popped out instead."
Giving them a smile to ease their worries, Davis continued. "But you still let me have that name, not because I deserved it and instead it was due to you planning that name for me in the first place, no matter my gender."
Taking a deep breath after her long speech, Davis then looked back at them. "So, I don't care if it is a name for boys. Since I know that my parents are the ones who gave me that name, I will forever treasure it."
Her parents broke down in tears for two reasons. Firstly, their baby girl is growing up now. Secondly, they wondered what or who made her mature that quickly that she can stand up to bullying at this age.
But that does not matter as they will always love their little girl.
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Well now, I wonder if that answered your question and since its already out, I'll just tell you what I had actually plan -Don't worry, it will still happen, just a little shorter- It will be when Davis actually officially joins the gang and Yolei will bring up the question -since she seems like the type to just straight out ask it- then we would cut to the flashback.
Though it is now spoiled, I love how reviews are so out of the blue, I had expected everyone to just read and not say it sucks -even though it does- but you did ask a valid question and now I must be on my toes more often. Improvisation is my favorite thing to do so please keep asking about anything and I will try to answer it.
However, if you are still mad at me keeping the name but still want to read the story, it can be up to you to give Davis a new name -since I do not have very good naming sense- if you want, when you read as I can't see myself changing her name in the near future.
So, I am very sorry for not being able to meet your expectations on the names to fit their gender but I hope you will continue to read the story. Thank You.
