A/N: Hey! So, I'll try to write longer chapters, but I can't promise anything. As you can see, do to the fact that Digimon is dying I didn't get ten reviews before this chapter was done. /cry ;-; Anyway, hope you like it. This chapter introduces a little bit of LopXImp, so enjoy!

Impmon woke up, stretching and looking around. He was on the couch in Mako and Ai's living room, do to the fact that they now had separate rooms. He began to head up the stairs to wake them up for school, only to nearly get stepped on by Ai.

"Excuse me." She said offhandedly as she walked passed, banging on Mako's door on her way down the stairs.

She was wearing a black skirt and white T-shirt, as well as long stockings. After a moment, Mako came out of his room trying to tie a tie as he followed after his sister. He wore black pants and a white dress shirt. Impmon followed them into the kitchen, where they were eating breakfast. Mako gave him a small wave, and Ai pointed to the third bowl of cereal without a word.

Ten years ago, Impmon would have loved to have a quiet breakfast. The twins were always so loud, he had felt like his head would explode at times. Now? It seemed wrong for it to be so quiet. So Impmon decided to do something he never had before, start a conversation with the twins.

"So … anything interesting happen lately?" He asked, thinking they'd say something about some new game they came up with or a new friend they made.

"Well, my friend Shelby finally got with Mako's friend Micheal," Ai replied simply, not looking up from her food.

Impmon just stared at her, causing her to look up and give him an odd look.

"What?" She asked.

"Um … anything else?" The little demon asked.

Mako sighed. "History test today. Can't wait."

Was that sarcasm? Impmon was the sarcastic one, not Mako.

"You coming or wandering off to do your own thing?" Ai asked, taking her empty bowl to the sink.

Mako sighed. "He's wandering off. He always does."

Ai glared at her brother. "Thank you, Impmon."

"What? If I were him, I'd do the same thing." Mako said, handing his sister his bowl and grabbing his bag. "I wish I could wander off, I don't want to take a history test today. Or any day, for that matter."

"You're such a baby, Mako," Ai said as she followed her brother out the door.

Their voices faded as they walked out the door, leaving a confused Impmon in the kitchen. Impmon huffed. Great. You disappear for awhile and suddenly you have two teenagers to deal with instead of two toddlers. At least toddlers are cute.

Impmon sighed, slipping out of Mako's open bedroom window. Maybe the others were having better luck with their tamers.

Lopmon's morning couldn't have been much worse. She was woken up at six in the morning by Suzie's alarm, and the girl practically ignored her all through breakfast due to the fact that she was doing last minute homework and had earbuds in. She then refused to let Lopmon come to school with her because, 'It's long and boring, you would die of boredom by lunch.' Though she didn't say it, this irritated the rabbit Digimon to no end. Normal when she was irritated, she would talk to Renamon or Terriermon. Unfortunately, neither lived here. Henry had apparently moved out a year ago, and Renamon was with Rika. So she decided to go for a walk.

It was still snowy, but not nearly so cold now that the sun was up. She walked along, avoiding the gazes of the few pedestrians that dare come out in the snow.

She smelled him before she saw him. Impmon was sitting in the tree above her, nibbling on a doughnut. He glanced at her, grunting a greeting before going back to his snack.

"Mind if I join you?" Lopmon asked after a moment of silence.

"Why do ya want to? I'm not doing anything." Impmon said, taking another bite of his doughnut.

She sighs. "I know, but I can't find anybody else and I'd rather not sit by myself somewhere."

He sighed. "Fine, but you better not bug me about anything."

Lopmon climbed up into the tree next to him, folding her hands in her lap. To be honest, Lopmon wasn't sure what to think of Impmon. She knew little bits of his past from the others, plus there was what she had seen herself, and he was almost always cold to everyone. Yet, sometimes there was a moment where he was almost … kind. She recalled one of those times when they were still in the digiworld.

Terriermon had been having a bad day, and generally being a jerk to everyone. Lopmon had approached him, trying to figure out what was wrong.

"Terriermon?" She had asked, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"What?" He asked back, shrugging her hand off.

"Are you okay?"

He turned suddenly, knocking her back. "No! I'm not! You may not care, but I want to go home!"

Tears stung her eyes. She did care, she was just trying to be strong for the others. She was about to shout back, or turn and run when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Impmon looked at Terriermon, his green eyes narrowed and his mouth set into a frown.

"We all want to go home, Terriermon." He said. "Yelling at Lopmon isn't gonna get us there any faster." He was shaking slightly, and his claws dug into his palm. "So how about you stop being a jerk and start helping us find a port!"

Terriermon grumbled and walked off to join the others.

"Impmon," Lopmon started "Thank-"

"Don't." He snapped. His face softened. "I didn't like his attitude towards you is all, it was nothing."

He had then walked off, leaving Lopmon alone with her thoughts.

Lopmon snapped out of her trace when the tree she was in exploded.

Both her and Impmon found themselves in the air, and heat seared the ear she had held up the shield her face. She hit the ground, landing on her feet. Being a Deva, she was used to randomly being sent flying into the air. Poor Impmon didn't land so gracefully, he ended up on his face. Lopmon took a protective stance in front of him as he climbed to his feet, staring the attackers in the eyes.

Looking back at her was a Madleomon and a Togemon.

The Madleomon won't be too much of a problem, Lopmon thought, It's stupid, favoring smashing things to thinking. Togemon though, that's a different story.

Impmon growled, a fire starting at the end of his finger. "Who do ya think ya are, huh?"

Togemon laughed. "Stay out of this, we're only after her."

It pointed to Lopmon, and Impmon growled.

Lopmon held out an arm to keep him from charging. "I've got them. A couple Champions are no match for a Deva!"

She closed her eyes, concentrating on digivolving. Only … nothing happened.

Impmon looked at her. "Ya gonna do anything, or do Devas just sit there?"

Togemon laughed. "She can't. The Devas are powerless now!"

Impmon growled. "Looks like I'm helping after all."

The glow of him digivolving started but ended just as quickly, doing nothing.

He blinked in shock. "I .. I don't get it. Why didn't it work?"

The two rookies looked at the two champions. Both unable to digivolve, but they refused to back down.

A/N: Okay! What did y'all think? Good? Bad? R&R!