Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, New Orleans, The Boondocks, or Angel and Theft...the only thing I own is my puppy :)

Time to Run!

"Ah I'm stuffed!" Armadillomon sighed happily, rubbing his stomach contently. "Big Al was right! That Jambalaya was the best thing I've ever tasted!. I'm beginning to really like New Orleans." Armadillomon glanced at Patamon. "What ya thing buddy? Patamon?"

Patamon was busy making cooing noises at his plastic baby. "Isn't my baby soooo cute!" Patamon nuzzled the baby against his cheek lovingly.

"Uhhh yeah I guess he has a cute quality to him." Armadillomon replied uncertainly.

"What do you think I should name him?" Patamon asked excitedly.

Armadillomon scratched his chin, thinking. " How about Babymon?"

Patamon shook his head furiously. "No way! He isn't a digimon! He's a human baby! He needs a human name like T.K" Patamon's eyes sparkled. "That's it! I'll call him Little T.K." Patamon rubbed the baby against his cheek tenderly. "I love you baby T.K"

Armadillomon watched Patamon and then slowly pushed the plate of Jambalaya away from him. "I don't think I'm hungry anymore."

Suddenly Big Al walked back to their table. In his hands were a giant tray filled with what looked like red lobsters, but smaller in size. Steam wafted up from the tray and small potatoes and corn-on-cob littered the red crustaceans. Big Al set the tray in front of Armadillomon and Patamon. "Crawfish is ready!"

Armadillomon sniffed the crawfish curiously. The spicy aroma made his mouth instantly water. "Never mind! I'm hungry!" Patamon wasn't as eager.

"Are you sure we're suppose to eat this?" Patamon questioned, peering at the red crawfish uncertainly. Patamon picked one up cautiously.

"Hohohoho These here the bestie grub ya'll ever did taste!" Big Al demonstrated by grabbing one, peeling the tail off and sucking the insides, with a loud slurping sound.

Patamon made a disgusted face. Armadillomon gave him a friendly nudge, smiling. "Don't worry partner! It probably tastes just like sushi!"

"Yeah, but sushi doesn't have a face." Patamon muttered, staring gloomily at the crawfish's face.

"Now don ya boude little peeshwank! This crawdaddy is deader than a stump!" Al said cheerfully.

"Well I'm game!" Armadillomon said, scooping up a pawful of the red crawfish and pushing it into his open mouth. He began sucking on them. "Hmmmm spicy!"

"Hahahaha! Ya don eat it like that!" Big Al took the crawfish Patamon was holding. " Now ya here have to peel the tail of like this." Big Al gently pulled off the crawfish's tail, revealing the white meat. " And then ye suck it up like a bee!" Big Al quickly popped the crawfish into the surprised Patamon's mouth.

Patamon's eyes widened in surprise, but he obediently sucked the crawfish. Armadillomon spit out the crawfish in his mouth and hovered over Patamon.

"Well how is it partner?" he asked curiously.

Patamon's eyes were watering and he quickly spit the crawfish out, flames coming out of his mouth. He started flying around in circles , spilling out flames. "Ahhhh! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot!" Patamon yelped.

"That's a interesting trick he can do." Big Al stated, watching Patamon fly in circles.

"Hold still little buddy!" Armadillomon quickly grabbed Patamon, holding him still. Patamon was rubbing at his lips, eyes tearing up.

"My lips are burning!" Patamon wailed.

"My lips are a little hot myself." Armadillomon agreed. Big Al handed them both a glass of water, chuckling.

"Yah, it takes a little bit for newcomers to get used to the taste. Ya lips be burnin for awhile."

"Now you tell us." Patamon muttered, taking a gulp of water.

Before they could continue their conversation, a loud, female voice spoke from behind Big Al. "Hubba wha you doin with our plate of crawdaddies! Don chee know the flies will get them!"

Big Al, Armadillomon, and Patamon turned to see a rather large, African American women marching toward them. She was dressed in long green sundress, with a white cooking apron on. In a her hand she carried an old sweeping broom.

"Who's that?" Patamon asked.

"That be my wife, Sugar Momma" Big Al answered in a lovely voice. " Doesn't she remind you of a beautiful African Goddess?"

"She looks more scary to me." Armadillomon whispered to Patamon, eyeing the broom she was carrying, Patamon nodded.

"Hubba! What are ye doin with these crawdaddies? We're suppose to be selling them to them Yankees!" Sugar Momma yelled, arriving at the table and glaring at Big Al. Big Al seemed to shrink in size as Sugar Momma loomed over him angrily.

"Now Sugar! You see..I..me...and my buddies here having a bite and talking..." Big Al stuttered to his threateningly wife. Sugar took her gaze away from Big Al and turned to Armadillomon and Patamon, who both had crawfish hanging out of their mouths. Sugar's eyes widened in surprise.

"AHHHH! Hubba! Looked what you did! Critters have got into the food!" Sugar screamed, waving her broom at Armadillomon and Patamon. Armadillomon and Patamon quickly dropped their food and ducked under the table.

"SUGAR NO! THEM MY FRIENDS!" Big Al tried to take the broom away from her, but she turned to him and began swatting him with it.

"DID YE LOSE YOUR EYES! THEM WAS SOME GIANT ARMADILLO AND A MUTANT BAT!"

"Honey!"

"Hush Hubba! You already fed them! Now the only way to keep them critters from coming back is to kill them!" Sugar Momma flung the table over, revealing the two digimon hugging each other in fright.

Armadillomon smiled nervously at her. "Uhhh..Howdy!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Sugar Momma shrieked, swinging her broom at them. Armadillomon covered his head with claws, as she kept hitting his armor with the broom.

"But Momma!"

"Hush Hubba!"

"Ow! Ow! All I did was say hey!" Armadillomon yelped, as the broom kept coming.

"I'll stop her!" Patamon said running up to Sugar's feet. "Hey you need to stop being a bully...AH!" Patamon cried as Sugar's stomping feet almost squashed him. Patamon began to do little jig trying not to get stepped on.

"Die little critter! Me no like Armadillos in my kitchen!" Sugar yelled, still hitting Armadillo in back.

Armadillomon uncovered one eye and glared at the crazy women hitting him. "Well to tell you truth I'm not to fond of you either." This earned him a loud shriek and an extra hard whack on the head.

"Die! Die! Die...uh?" Sugar stopped hitting and stood still. "Ah! Ah! Ah! What the devil goin on?" Sugar screamed, dancing in place. Armadillomon and Big Al stared at her in confusion.

"Sugar wha wrong?" Big Al asked.

"Something in my dress! THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY..." Patamon suddenly stuck his head of Sugar sun dress, from in between her breast.

"Hello! What to meet my baby?." Patamon held up Baby T.K. To her face. "Isn't he cute?"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Sugar screamed. She grabbed Patamon by the ears and threw him in the air. Patamon flipped a couple of times, but managed to stay in the air.

"You really shouldn't be so violent in front of kids." Patamon lectured, wagging a finger at her. He barely got out of the way as Sugar swung her broom..

"BAT! BAT! GET AWAY YOU LITTLE DEVIL!" Sugar shriek, trying to swat Patamon out of the air. Patamon quickly dodged all her attacks, but was getting out of breath fast.

"I really hate to see you have kids." Patamon remarked, as he dodged the broom again. Sugar's face turned an angry red color and she swung with all her might at Patamon. Patamon couldn't dodge this one. The broom hit him square on the side, sending him flying. "Ahhhh!" Patamon yelped.

"Got ya buddy!" Armadillomon yelled, catching Patamon. The force of Patamon caused Armadillomon and Patamon to roll out of the tent and into the street.

"Is she gone?" Patamon asked groggily, still dazed from the hit.

"I think so partner." Armadillomon said, smiling. Suddenly they heard an angry bellow and they saw Sugar throw open the tent flap and stomp outside toward them. Behind her, Big Al was waving his arms franticly.

"RUN BOYS! RUN!" he warned them.

Armadillomon looked down at Patamon. "You heard him partner! Let's ride out of here!" With that the two digimon ran away from the Market Place, with Sugar Momma following them with her evil broom.


"No! No! Dude! Your doing it all wrong!" Dario yelled, stopping the music on his radio. Veemon looked up at the two boys. Dario had his arms crossed and was glaring at him and shaking his head. Trevor slapped his forehead in annoyance. Veemon hung his head sadly.

" I'm sorry guys...I guess I'll never be a good dancer."

Trevor shook his head. "Nigga, you have the skills, you just need to let them out! You're thinking about it too much! Break dancing his about feeling the beat, not thinking about it!"

"Word!" Dario agreed.

"Now try it again!" Trevor nodded to Dario, who started playing the music.

"Feel it!" Dario added, nodding to Veemon.

Veemon gave a curt nod and got into position. He slowly closed his eyes and started to listen to the music. Feel the beat, Veemon thought to himself as his foot began to tap to the music.


"You some ugly as rat."

Gomamon and Tentomon stopped in their tracks. Turning they saw Riley standing behind them, hands in his pocket and a glare on his face.

"Hey who you callin' a rat?" Gomamon asked. Tentomon quickly covered Gomamon's mouth with his claw.

"Shhh! Gomamon be quiet. Last time you opened your mouth we almost got killed!" Tentomon quickly whispered to Gomamon. Gomamon rolled his eyes. Tentomon released Gomamon and looked from him to the boy, sweating nervously.

"Why hello little boy!" Tentomon began. "What a lovely day we're having."

Riley stared at him blankly. Tentomon started to sweat.

" You may think that his here is a rat." Tentomon said pointing to Gomamon. "Well you are perfectly right! He is a rat!

"WHAT!" Tentomon covered Gomamon's mouth. "And I am a...a...ummm.."

"Dung beetle!" Gomamon chirped in, smiling slyly at Tentomon.

"Yes...I'm a ….dung beetle." Tentomon mumbled. " Now if you will just excuse us so we can just be on our way doing what ever rats and beetles...do." Tentomon finished hesitantly. Tentomon and Gomamon quickly tiptoed their way past Riley. "Come rat! Lets' go! Scuttle! Scuttle! Scuttle!" Tentomon imitated the noise of what he thought a beetle would sound like.

"Coming...Dung beetle...Squeak! Squeak! Sqeak!" Gomamon started to squeak like a rat.

"Squeak! Scuttle! Squeak! Scuttle!"

"Shut Up!" Riley yelled. "Ya'll ain't foolin no one. I know what you fools are."

Both Tentomon and Gomamon ceased their squeaking and scuttling and stared up at Riley nervously.

"Hehehe What are you talking about? We already told you what we are!" Tentomon said nervously.

"Yeah I'm dung beetle! And he's a rat!...wait..." Gomamon thought for a moment. "What are we again?" He asked looking up at Tentomon.

"Gomamon!" Tentomon yelled, falling to the ground.

"Hehehe, sorry."

Riley rolled his eyes at the two digimon. "Follow me."

"What?" Tentomon asked.

"I said follow me." Riley ordered, walking away from them. Tentomon glanced at Gomamon, who was looking at Riley suspiciously.

"Why should we follow you? We don't even know your name." Gomamon stated.

Riley paused and without looking back said, "My name's Riley and I know where your blue friend is."

Gomamon and Tentomon looked at each other in surprise. "Is he talking about Veemon?" Gomamon asked.

"I'm not sure." Tentomon crossed his claws worriedly. "Should we follow him?"

Gomamon stared at the retreating figure of Riley. "I don't know..."

"It's your lost." Riley called out to them.

Gomamon bit his lip nervously and then started running after Riley. Tentomon jumped in surprise and quickly followed Gomamon.

"Are you sure we should go with him Gomamon?" Tentomon asked nervously.

Gomamon kept his eyes on Riley. "Do we really have a choice? He's our only lead so far. Besides he probably knows this city way better than we do."

"I hope your right."


"Veemon! Veemon! Come on Veemon where are you?" Gatomon sidestepped away from a group of kids running around waving sparking Mardi Gras beads.

Ever since she had left the fortune tellers table, Gatomon had been searching for Veemon. It wasn't like Stella had made Gatomon change her mind about Veemon. No, she still thought he was annoying and immature. That will never chance. But still...Gatomon looked down at a piece of the Ace of Cups card she had tore up. Stella had made her feel a little bit guilty for yelling at Veemon. That was the only reason why she wanted to find him, to apologize. Nothing else! She hissed as another young child stepped on her tail. The boy looked down at her and smiled widely.

"KITTY!" the boy yelled, grabbing Gatomon around the middle and hugging her. Gatomon winced as he petted her fur roughly with sticky fingers. "Good kitty!"

"Of all the rotten luck." Gatomon muttered sourly. The boy seemed not to notice.

"Jimmy!" Gatomon's ear's perked up as she heard the sound the boy's mother.

Jimmy's mom walked up to Jimmy, frowning sternly. "Honey what have I told you about petting strays? It probably doesn't even have its shots." She quickly grabbed Jimmy's hand and made him drop Gatomon. Gatomon landed roughly on the ground. "Now come on Jimmy! Mommy's going to bring you to the big parade! Would you like to go to the parade?"

Jimmy's smile got bigger. "Am I going to catch lots of beads?"

Jimmy's mom smiled sweetly. "You bet sweetie! Now come on so we can get good spots!"

"Coming Mommy!"

With that, they left Gatomon in the dust. Gatomon shook her head irritably. "I say if anyone needs their shots, it's Jimmy! His hands were filthy!" Gatomon sorrowfully looked at her white fur that now had sticky patches on it. "No wonder she thought I was a stray."

Gatomon was about to start licking her fur, when she heard the pitter patter of more little kids coming. "What is this? Let your kid run wild day?" Gatomon let out a weary sigh. "Looks like it's time to take the high road."

Gatomon quickly shot across the street onto the side of the street with all the buildings. She leaped up on the nearest water drain and climbed it until she reached the balcony of the building. (Almost all the buildings in the French Quarters have balconies overlooking the streets. During Mardi Gras season, people are often seen on the balconies throwing beads to the people below). From the balcony, Gatomon made a flying leap to the roof top. Gatomon gazed down at the square below.

"Wow! I should of did this in the first place! The view is beautiful!" Gatomon gasped as she looked at New Orleans from above. Gatomon eye's wondered around Jackson Square. From here, she could see the place where Gatomon and Veemon had gotten into that big paintbrush fight. And there was Stella's fortune telling table! And...wait what's that? Gatomon squinted her eyes, trying to see across the square to the Cathedral, where a small crowd was gathering.

"I wonder what's going on over there?" Gatomon wondered out loud. Curiosity getting the better of her, she started hopping from roof to roof to get closer to the Cathedral. As she got closer, she climbed off the building and made her way toward the crowd. Now that she was closer, she could hear loud music being played.

"Party Rock is in the house tonight!

Everybody just have a good time

And we gonna make you lose you mind

Everybody just have a good time!

Squeezing between many legs, Gatomon made her way to the front of the crowd. She eyes popped open in surprise. "What the?"

Veemon was dancing in between two teenage boys. At least, she thought he was dancing. He was doing some weird thing with his feet that kind of bounced around with the beat. The two boys next him were doing a similar dance, but with some added twist and turns. Together they were pretty good.

Party rock is in the house tonight

Everybody just have a good time

And we gonna make you lose you mind

We just wanna see you shake that!

At this part, the trio did a comically imitation of a woman shaking her butt. Gatomon couldn't help it as she giggled out loud. She saw Veemon's ear's perk up and his eyes widen in horror as they fell upon Gatomon.

Veemon stopped dancing momentarily, staring at Gatomon. Dario and Trevor, noticing that Veemon had stopped, quickly finished their dance and stopped the music. Dario smiled good naturely at the crowd. "Sorry folks! The group has to take five!"

As the crowd made sounds of protest, Trevor quickly announced, "Now! Now! How about you good folks head out to the parade and catch some beads! And remember! Who DAT!" As the crowd dispersed, Dario and Trevor glared at Veemon.

"Dude why'd you stop? You were doing awesome!" Dario asked.

"Yeah Nigga! What gives?"

"Well I...uh..." Veemon glanced from them to Gatomon, who was approaching them. He wished he could tell what kind of mood she was in. Was she still mad at him? He wished he could read her face, but it remained expressionless.

"Veemon what was that?" Gatomon asked. Veemon started to sweat nervously. Was she going to be even more mad at him for wasting time dancing instead of looking for their partners? It didn't help that Veemon could feel the two teenagers staring at him also.

"Well I was...dancing." Veemon gave a lopsided grin. Please don't be mad!

Gatomon raised a eyebrow. "Dancing?"

"Uh yeah! It's called the Shuffle! They taught it to me." Veemon pointed his thumb at the two boys behind him.

Gatomon glanced at them and back at Veemon. For some reason, she looked kind on the edge. "It's not too bad. Maybe you could teach it to me one day." Gatomon said, smiling slightly

Veemon's eyes brightened. "Really?"

Gatomon nodded. "Yeah, it was pretty cool. Your not that bad of a dancer Veemon."

Veemon couldn't believe his ears! Earlier Gatomon had wanted to slit his throat and now was actually complimenting him! And she wanted him to teach her something! Veemon wanted to bounce around and shout Yes! Yes! Yes! But refrained from doing so.

"Yeah that would be cool." Veemon answered quickly, blushing.

"Cool." Gatomon answered, averting her gaze from him

"Yeah." Veemon replied, staring at the ground.

There the two remained in an awkward silence, until it was interrupted by Dario...

"Wow, did that cat just talk?" Dario asked loudly.

" When Veemon said he wanted to impress a girl, I thought he wanted some pussy...not a pussy cat!" Trevor exclaimed.

Veemon felt his face heat up and glared at his friends. If he had seen Gatomon's face, he would of seen that her face was just as red as his. She took a couple steps away from the group.

"Come on Veemon, we should go."

Veemon glanced at Gatomon and then back at Dario and Trevor. "It was nice meeting you two." Veemon gave a polite bow. "Thank you for teaching me how to dance." When the two boys failed to say anything, Veemon grew a little uneasy. "Well bye!" Veemon said, waving farewell to them and following Gatomon.

Dario turned back to Trevor. "DUDE! THAT CAT TALKED!"


As Veemon and Gatomon walked away from the two boys, a silence hung between them. Despite their polite exchange earlier, wounds from their previous fight still seemed to sting. There was still many words left unsaid and neither Veemon or Gatomon knew how to start the conversation. Nor were they too eager to bring up such a sore topic.

"So where are we heading?" Veemon asked, breaking the silence.

" We're going to go around this cathedral and head down St. Ann Street. If we go the other direction, we'll soon hit a river. I saw it from the rooftop." Gatomon answered, barely glancing at Veemon.

"Oh, okay." Veemon said quietly. The bubble that had seemed to grow inside of him earlier, was now starting to inflate. Gatomon was being cold toward him again.

Gatomon didn't fail to notice the change of tone in Veemon's voice. Sighing, Gatomon switched directions and started heading back toward Jackson square. Veemon blinked in surprise. "Where are you going?"

"We need to talk." Gatomon stated simply.

Though slightly confused, Veemon followed Gatomon toward the entrance to the square. They followed a brick path that lead to a beautiful water fountain that stood near the center of the square. Gatomon sat herself down on the edge of the fountain and stared down at the clear water cascading into the pool. Veemon sat down next to her. The sun warmed stone felt great against his cool skin. He waited for Gatomon to speak. Gatomon sat in silence for a couple of seconds, continuing to stare at the water. Finally she turned her blue eyes to Veemon.

"Veemon..." Gatomon began. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean those things that I said. This isn't all your fault. I was just upset and I let my anger get the better of me. I'm deeply sorry. I know I must of hurt you."

Veemon fidgeted uncomfortably. "Oh it's okay Gatomon. It's no big deal."

Gatomon glared at him. "Veemon it was a big deal! I said some horrible things! Things that I know hurt your feelings...things that the old Gatomon used to say." Gatomon curled into a gloomy ball, staring at the water. Veemon never seen Gatomon look so miserable. "I thought that I had changed. That I was a different Gatomon that had once worked for Myotismon." Gatomon stared at her reflection in the water. " I thought I left that part of my life behind me...but I was wrong." Gatomon splashed the reflection with her paw. "I haven't changed one bit."

Veemon looked at Gatomon with surprised eyes. He had never seen Gatomon like this before. The Gatomon he knew had always seemed to be on top of things. She was always strong, smart, and determined. It felt weird seeing her look so down on herself. Maybe this time, Veemon could help her with her problems.

"Gatomon...I never knew you when you worked for Myotismon." Veemon thought hard on what to say next. "but I do know you now. And I like the way you are. Whether you've changed or not."

Gatomon smiled slyly. "Soooo you like me?" She put emphasized the word 'like'.

Seeing Gatomon's smile, Veemon quickly shook his head, blushing furiously. "No! No! I don't! I mean I do! But I meant as a friend! I..." Veemon stopped stuttering as Gatomon splashed water over his face.

Smiling, Gatomon walked over to him and gently wiped off the red X mark she had previously put on him. "Thanks Veemon. That was sweet." Gatomon said softly.

" Oh it was nothing." Veemon said absentmindedly. He was feeling unnaturally warm for some reason and it seemed like his ears were buzzing. Wait, they weren't buzzing...music was playing. Music? "Do you hear that?"

Gatomon's ears were already perking up and she was staring at the direction the music was coming from. "Yeah over there." Gatomon pointed a claw towards the far end of the square. A live band had been set up for the Mardi Gras celebration and they had just started play one of their songs.

She likes whiskey with her water

She starts dancing when the stars come out

She ain't your typical preacher's daughter

she'll leave you dreamin yeah ain't no doubt

A crowd was quickly forming and many people had already started dancing. Veemon was watching them, when he felt a touch on his hand. Looking down, he saw Gatomon had set her paw on top of his hand and she was smiling up at him. "You want to dance?" Gatomon asked, tilting her head toward the crowd.

There's a little bit devil in those angel eyes

She's a little bit of heaven with a wild side

Got a rebel heart a country mile wide

There's a little bit of devil in those angel eyes

A little bit of devil in those angel eyes

"Me?" Veemon asked dumbly, pointing to himself.

Gatomon rolled her eyes. "Of course you! Who else? You like to dance don't you?"

Veemon scratched back his head nervously. " Well...uh...not like that." Veemon was looking at the crowd of dancing people. Many of them were couples who were dancing together. The thought of dancing with Gatomon made his hands sweat just thinking about it. He shook his head. "No I'm just going to listen. You can go though!"

Gatomon looked uncertainly at Veemon. "Oookay. If your sure."

"Yeah go ahead! I'll be fine! Go have fun!" Veemon gave her a thumbs up sign. Gatomon smiled and nodded her head. She jumped off the fountain and ran to the crowd. Veemon watched her go, with a sudden urge to join her.

Saturday night she's rockin out by the bonfire

Foot hangin' from that tail gate and crankin' up the dial

Veemon watched Gatomon spin around, and dance next to a little girl. The little girl accidentally stepped on her tail. Veemon saw Gatomon's eyes flare up, but as soon as she saw the girl, her eyes softened and she held up her paw to her. The girl laughed and took it. Together the girl and Gatomon swung and swayed to the music.

Come Sunday mornin' she'll be singing with the choir

Drivin' me crazy with that kiss me smile

Gatomon saw Veemon staring and her and smiled brightly at him. Veemon felt his body get warm and his heart beat faster.

There's a little bit of devil in her angel eyes
She's a little bit of heaven with a wild side

Veemon watched as a couple next to Gatomon danced. The guy was leading the girl and spinning her around to the music. The girl was laughing and looking at the guy with her eyes shining brightly, full of happiness. For a second, Veemon imagined what it would be like if Gatomon looked at him like that. Veemon shook his head, letting the image evaporate.

Got a rebel heart a country mile wide

There's a little bit of devil in her angel eyes
There's a little bit of devil in her angel eyes

Veemon jumped off the fountain and made his way to the dancers. His heart jumped when he spotted Gatomon, twirling to the music, eyes shining and a smile on her face. Her white fur seemed to shine in the sunshine and she seemed to move like she was floating on air. Veemon stood dumbfounded, just staring at her.

I can't stop wonderin' what it would feel like, to hold her all night

Veemon jumped in surprise when he saw Gatomon look his way. Gatomon eyes' widened when she noticed Veemon staring at her. However her uncertainty drained from her face and she smiled playfully at him. She winked and waved a paw for him to join him. Veemon gave a bounce of excitement and ran to her.

She's got that something, that sexy innocence, she must be heaven sent

Unfortunately when he got to her, a wave of nervousness hit him. He didn't know what to do! Gatomon gently grabbed his hand and set it on her shoulder. Veemon gulped and started to back away, but Gatomon held on to his hand. She nudged him playfully. "Relax, just have fun!"

Veemon smiled sheepishly. "Right!" He let the music flow into him, just like before. His feet started to move on their own and he swayed and danced through the music with Gatomon.

There's a little bit of devil in her angel eyes
She's a little bit of heaven with a wild side

As they danced, Veemon looked down at Gatomon. His eyes widened when he saw her starring at him with big, sapphire eyes. Her eyes were shining with laughter. Maybe she wasn't looking at him the way he wanted her to, but she was happy and that was good enough for him.

Got a rebel heart a country mile wide
There's a little bit of devil in her angel eyes

As Gatomon was lead through the dance by Veemon, she couldn't help but think how much he has surprised her. What he said earlier, despite its simplicity, had exactly made her feel better. Maybe that is why she talked herself into dancing with Veemon. However, despite her earlier doubt, Veemon was turning out to be a surprising good dancer. He was actually leading her through the dance. Gatomon looked up at Veemon, He was wearing his signature goofy grin, as he twirled her around and listened to the song. Gatomon actually thought he looked kind of cute...wait what?

There's a little bit of devil in those angel eyes
She's a little bit of heaven with a wild side

Got a rebel heart a country mile wide
There's a little bit of devil in her angel eyes

Gatomon's shook the thought away as Veemon twirled her around. Despite herself, Gatomon smiled, enjoying the feeling of being spun. As the last notes of the song started to play, Veemon dipped Gatomon, holding her tight so she wouldn't fall. The two digimon both locked their amber and blue eyes on each other.

There's a little bit of devil in her

Veemon gazed at Gatomon's sparkling eyes and before he knew it, the words of the song escaped his mouth. "In those angel.."

in those angel eyes!

"Did you say something?" Gatomon asked, tilting her head.

Veemon felt his face grow red. "Uhhh no I didn't say anything!"

"Oh" Gatomon blinked up at him. "Ummm Veemon? You can pull me up now." Veemon and Gatomon had remained in the same position that they had landed in at the end of the song.

"Oh Right!" Veemon quickly pulled Gatomon up from the dip. An awkward silence followed.

"That was fun." Veemon commented.

"Yeah your a good dancer." Gatomon complimented.

"You too! You were great!" Veemon blushed at his outburst. He suddenly realized that him and Gatomon were still holding hands and quickly let go.

Gatomon gave a nervous cough. "Well I guess we should start looking.."

"YOUUUUUUU!"

Veemon and Gatomon turned looked across the crowd to see a painter standing in the middle of the square. His hair and clothes were a mess and his eyes had a maniac glint to them. He was pointing a threatening finger at them.

"Who's that?" Veemon asked.

"No clue." Gatomon answered. "But he seems to know us."

"You may have ruined my paintings, but I have found a new art craving!" the painter yelled eyes twitching. The painter held up stuffed squirrel with a sailor suit on it. "TAXIDERMY!"

"Uh oh" Veemon muttered, eyeing the stuffed squirrel in horror.

Gatomon grabbed Veemon's hand. "RUN!"


"Gomamon ask him!"

"Why me?"

"Because he kind of scares me!"

"Everything scares you! Your worst than Joe!"

"I am not!"

"Your scared of dust bunnies!"

"Well Izzy's mom gave a very frightening lecture about them!"

"It's dust!"

"When ya niggas just shut up! God ya bicker more than bitches!"

The three figures had been walking for about ten minutes. Riley had led them down a couple of streets and cut through several alleys. Riley hardly said a word to any of the digimon, let alone gave them a hint to where their destination was. The two digimon could only hope Riley was telling the truth about knowing where Veemon was.

Gomamon walked faster to walk along side Riley. He cleared his throat. "So Riley, are we getting close to where our friend is at?"

"Oh yeah we're getting close alright." Riley answered, stopping in front of an alleyway, in between two vacated old buildings. The alley was blocked off by a narrow iron gate. Wooden boards had been nailed across the door to block anyone from peering into the alley. A rusty lock and chain wrapped around the door, not allowing anyone to enter.

Gomamon and Tentomon peered at the alley uneasily. Riley dug into his pockets and pulled out a paper clip. He started fiddling with the lock. Tentomon hovered over him. "So your saying our friend is in there?"

Riley opened up the lock and kicked open the gate. The gate gave a loud CREEEAAAKKK as it swung open. Riley smiled and gestured for them to go in. "Yep. He's in there all right. Why don't ya'llgo say hello?"

"In there?" Tentomon gulped. Despite the sunshine, the alley was quite dim. Garbage cans lined the alley walls, along with boxes of many shapes and sizes.

Gomamon stepped into the alley, looking around suspiciously. "Where? I don't see him."

"That cause ya aint' lookin right. He's back there!" Riley pointed a finger at the far end of the alley. A huge dumpster had been pushed onto it's side. The lids were being held open by a steel bar dug into the ground. It looked like a homemade den for something to live in. Gomamon and Tentomon glanced uneasily at each other and walked toward it. Behind them, Riley quietly closed the entrance to the alley...

Tentomon flew over the dumpster. "Veemon are you in there?" Movement could be heard from the dumpster

Gomamon peered into the dumpster. "Veemon?"

"ARRRGGGGGG!"

"AAAHHHHH!"

"GOMAMON!"

Gomamon flew back as a yellow and red blur tackled into him, knocking him into a group of garbage cans. Tentomon hovered toward him quickly. "Gomamon are you alright?" Tentomon asked worriedly.

Gomamon rubbed his head gently. "Yeah I think so."

"Hhahahahah!" Gomamon and Tentomon turned to see Riley standing on top of the dumpster, laughing down at them. "Ya'll some dumb ass white boys! I can't believe you fell for that!"

Gomamon gritted his teeth angrily. "Why did you lie to us ?"

"Yeah and what was that thing that attacked us?"

Riley smiled wickedly and whistled. From behind the dumpster that Riley was standing on, jumped out a yellow and red dog like creature. It jumped up swiftly and landed skillfully next to Riley. The creature glared at the two digimon, growling menacing and showing off very lethal looking fangs. "Meet Fang."

Gomamon gaped up at the creature beside Riley. "That's a digimon!"

"Your right! That's a Labramon!" Tentomon exclaimed. "What's he doing with a digimon?"

"Hey what are you doing with a Labramon?" Gomamon called out to Riley.

Riley shrugged dismissively. "I don't know nothin bout no Labramon. This here is Fang and it's our job to protect my city from a bunch of niggas like you."

"Okay I'm confused. Is he talking about us?" Tentomon asked Gomamon.

Riley held up a hand. "Lets get this shit over with." He turned to the growling Labramon by his feet. "SICK THEM!"

Gomamon and Tentomon gasped as Labramon leaped at them with claws swiping. Tentomon quickly flew up into the air out of reach of the vicious rookie.

"Whew! That was closeAhhhhh" Tentomon shrieked as Riley swung at him with a crowbar. "What do I look like a Pinata?" Tentomon said, as he dodged Riley's deathly swings.

"Where's a fuckin fly swatter when you need it." Riley sneered, swinging at the digital beetle again.

Gomamon was having far worse luck than Tentomon. It was taking all of Gomamon's dodging agility to escape Labramon's snapping jaws and swiping paws.

"Tentomon a little help here!" Gomamon called out urgently.

"I'm a little preoccupied at the moment!" Tentomon answered back exasperatedly.

The Labramon suddenly lunged at Gomamon with lightning speed and chomped down on his claw.. Gomamon flinched in pain as Labramon's teeth dug deeper into his flesh. "Arghh!"

"Gomamon!" Tentomon gasped. He was suddenly hit across the face with Riley's crowbar. Tentomon fell into the pile of boxes with a loud thump.

"Ha suck that nigga!" Riley called out victoriously.

"Tentomon are you okay?" Gomamon called out.

"No mommy! I don't want to go to school today..." Came the disoriented voice of Tentomon from the boxes.

Gomamon narrowed his eyes at the Labramon. "Why don't you go bite your butt are something! Or better yet bite this!" Gomamon swung out with his other claw, whacking Labramon across the face. Labramon howled in pain and released Gomamon's claw.

However, Gomamon's victory was cut short. Labramon quickly got back up, face distorted with rage. Gomamon backed away slowly, his hurt fin making it impossible for him to dodge any up coming attacks.

"Finish him off Fang!" Riley ordered.

Gomamon got into a fighting stance as Labramon pounced...

"SUPER SHOCKER!"

Labramon quickly dodged the electric attack and now had it's eyes focused on the flying bug digimon above it.

"You again?" Riley shouted angrily.

"If you think you can take me out that easily, you are far mistaken!" Tentomon called out smugly.

"That's right! We're digimon of the digidestined! We've seen a lot worst than you!" Gomamon sneered to Riley.

Riley balled his fist angrily. "I don't care who you are! No one beats fang and me! Sick them!"

"SUPER SHOCKER!" Tentomon send another attack at Labramon. Labramon was now on the defensive instead of the offensive. It was know dodging left and right to escape Tentomon's electric attacks.

"Tent! Over here!" Gomamon called out from behind a trash can.

Tentomon lead Labramon next to Gomamon's hiding place and as Labramon dodged another attack, Gomamon leaped out from the garbage can.

"FUCK YOU!" Gomamon yelled as he smacked Labramon across the face with the garbage lid. Labramon fell to the ground with a thump.

"FANG!" Riley yelled running to his fallen digimon. He gently held the Labramon's head in his lap and tried to rouse it. "Fang wake up!"

Gomamon walked up to him. "Sorry kid, but you gave us no choice."

"Yes what did you expect us to do, let it chew us to bits? I don't think so!" Tentomon added sarcastically. "Besides did you really think you could beat us? It was two against one. Labramon had no chance."

"Your wrong."

"What?" Tentomon asked.

Riley lifted his head up, eye's blazing. "You niggas think we out. This shit hasn't even gotten started yet!" Riley dug into his pocket and held out a beeping and glowing digivice.

"Uh oh."

Labramon's body started growing to twice it's normal size and instead of Labramon, there stood a giant menacing looking doberman pincher like monster.

"DOBERMON!" Gomamon and Tentomon gasped together.

Riley smiled. "You boys are about to become my bitches! SICK THEM FANG!"

"ARRGGHHGHH!" Dobermon snarled leaping at the two digimon.

"JUMP!" Tentomon called out to Gomamon. Gomamon jumped on top of the garbage can he had previously been hiding behind and yelled as Dobermon slammed into them. Gomamon was sent flying into the air.

"I got you! I got you! I..." Tentomon flew up to try to catch Gomamon but as he reached out to catch him, Gomamon slipped through his claws. "Never mind."

"AHHHH!" Gomamon yelled as he fell down. Luckily, he saw some old clothes lines that connected the two buildings and quickly grabbed them. The clothes line was the only thing keeping Gomamon from falling into Dobermon's waiting jaws. "Help Tentomon!"

"I'm thinking! I'm thinking!...Now maybe if you can grab my claw..." Tentomon thought out loud.

"I DON'T HAVE FINGERS!"

"Oh right...how inconvenient." Tentomon commented.

"BLACK LASER!" A black laser beam shot up at Gomamon, barely missing him. Gomamon clung tighter to the rope, clutching his eyes in terror. I wish I was with Joe...

"Don't be scared."

Gomamon's eyes popped open. Who was that?

"I won't let him hurt you."

A image of a girl appeared in front of Gomamon, suspended in midair. It was the same girl that had fell off the roof.

"AHHHHHHH!" Gomamon screamed, completely letting go of the clothes line.

"Gomamon what are you doing!" Tentomon yelled.

"AHHHHH!" Gomamon screamed as he saw Dobermon pounce up, jaws wide open to chomp down on Gomamon.

"Yeah Man! Get him Fang!" Riley cheered. Riley suddenly felt a cold chill run through him.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Riley turned behind him to see a transparent African American girl glaring at him.

"AHHHHHHHH!"

Dobermon shut his mouth and turned to his distressed partner. Gomamon fell on top of Dobermon's head and bounced onto the ground. He lifted his head up to see Riley running blindly out of the alley and on to the side walk. Riley backed away from alley entrance way, eye's widened with fright.

"STAY AWAY FROM ME! This some crazy shit! I don't do no ghost! I...AHHH!" Riley had been so focused on backing away from the alley, he had tripped off the side walk and into the street. A speeding car ( probably being driven by a drunk driver) was steadily making its way toward Riley.

"Oh dear!" Tentomon yelled.

"RILEY!" Dobermon screamed...in a feminine voice.

"You're a girl?" Tentomon gasped.

"Oh shit!" Riley yelled closing his eyes in fright as the car came upon him...

"WATCH OUT!" Gomamon yelled, as he jumped into Riley making him roll out of the way of the car. The car zoomed past the two. Tentomon and Labramon ( Dobermon had dedigivolved) ran across the street and saw Riley clutching Gomamon to his chest. Both their eye's were closed.

Labramon gently nuzzled Riley's face and licked his cheek. "Riley are you okay?" Labramon's voice had a slight Latina accent, but was gentle, so unlike the vicious creature that they had battled. At the sound of Labramon's voice. Riley's eye's slowly fluttered opened.

" Am I dead?" Riley groggily asked, sitting up. Labramon smiled and wagged her tail happily. Gomamon also started to wiggle in his arms and open his eyes.

"Not if I have anything to say about it." Gomamon answered, smiling weakly. Riley frowned down at the digimon in his arms.

Labramon's golden eyes fell upon Gomamon. "You saved him...even though we attacked you?" Labramon tilted her head, confused.

"Well you couldn't expect us to let him get squashed like a bug!" Tentomon said. "Take it from a bug, that's not a very pleasant experience!"

"We're digimon. It's our job to protect people." Gomamon stated seriously.

Labramon narrowed her eyes. "Not all digimon are as kind as you."

"Oh we know, we've fought plenty of them with our human partners." Tentomon explained.

Labramon's eyes widened. "You have partners?"

"Of course! Did you think we were wild digimon are something?" Tentomon asked.

"You would be surprised on how many digimon we have seen in this city."

Riley joined the conversation, rubbing his aching head. "Yeah they were no match for me and Fang here. No mon's are going to take my home turf!" Riley punched his fist into his hand angrily.

Gomamon shook his head, confused. "Wait! Wait! Wait! You're saying digimon have come into your city before?"

Labramon nodded her head solemnly. "Yes. Me and Riley had fought plenty of them. We don't know how or why. We just know it's our job to stop them."

"I whether fight a digimon any day, but I don't do ghost!" Riley shivered and Labramon quickly put her paws around him.

"Riley's scared of ghosts." Labramon explained

"Shut up! I ain't scared of nothin!" Riley glared angrily at his digimon. Labramon smiled and playfully rolled her eyes.

Gomamon looked up at Riley with apologetic eyes. "I'm sorry Riley...I think that was my fault."

When the group looked at Gomamon strangely, Gomamon explained. "You see I saw that girl fall off the roof of a building and I went to help her. But we found out she's a ghost. I think she's starting to follow me now."

Riley's eyes widen in recognition. "Hold up nigga...your talking about the LaLaurie house ghost! But the Lalaurie house is next to J-Cee's turf."

Gomamon smiled. "Oh we met J-Cee!"

"Fo real?" Riley asked, eyes shining. "the dude is suppose to be the craziest nigga in New Orleans!"

"Hmmm, he did seem a little on the edge especially when Gomamon told him 'Fuck you'" Tentomon stated.

"Hahahahahahaah! Your joking! Hahaha! No way!" Riley picked up Gomamon and set him on the ground, rustling his mohawk. "Ya seriously told J-Cee fuck you?"

"Yep!" Gomamon answered, puffing his chest out proudly.

"Ya some crazy ass nigga Gomamon. But you have some gangsta material in ya." Riley commented. Gomamon eyes shone brightly.

"Really?" he asked.

"For real!"

"Hear that Tentomon? I'm a gangsta!"

"Oh boy." Tentomon muttered, alright seeing disaster in the making.

"Come on dudes, lets roll before the popos come. " Riley ordered, walking back into the alley.

"Popos?" Tentomon asked.

Labramon followed Riley. She turned back to Tentomon. "He means police. All the racket we've been making might cause them to investigate."

"Yeah stupid snitches, snitching to the popos!"

"So where are we going now?" Gomamon asked.

Riley smiled. "We going to get rid of your ghost problem."

Duh Du Duhhhh!

Wow, a digidestined in New Orleans! What does this mean for our heros? Is there more to this city than meets the eye?

Even though I said in the last chapter all the digimon would meet, I just couldn't have then meet up just yet. I thought this was a good stopping point. The digimon are definitely going to meet up in the next chapter!

Oh and the name of the song used in the Veemon and Gatomon dance scene is "Angel Eyes" by Angel and Theft.

Please! Please! Review!