Kirin held the exhausted Beelzemon tightly, letting him sleep in her arms.

"A-Ai...Mako..." he muttered.

Impmon sat in the back seat of the car between his two young tamers, Ai and Mako. The two were laughing and giggling, playinng with their plastic toys and talking Impmon's ears off. They had come to a stoplight when suddenly a semi came out of nowhere, hitting the car head on.

"AI! MAKO!" The small Digimon cried out. The next thing he knew he was waking up as a Yaamon in the digital nursery.

Beelzemon shot up from his sleep, gripping his chest, tears running into the leather that covered his chin. Kirin ran her finger tips down his spine, causing him to shudder. He held in his sobs, trying not to make a noise. Trying not to show any form of weakness. Kirin could see through it though. She brought Beelzemon's head back to her chest, his arms now around her waist. Kirin slid off his helmet and buried her face in his thick blonde hair.

"It was just a nightmare." she whispered, caressing his cheek.

"A bad memory." he whispered back. His tail shifted in the sand as they stayed that way until the sun came up.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you had a soft side, Beelzemon." a woman's voice said. Beelzemon grabbed his helmet and quickly slid it back on. Kirin looked up to see a beautiful yellow and white fox-like digimon approaching. "Have you seen Guilmon anywhere?"

Beelzemon stood.

"Stay here, Kirin." he ordered. He put his hand on renamon's shoulder and lead her away. Kirin picked up a stick and started doodling in the soft sand. When she was done she took a look at the drawing.

"It's Guilmon!" a high pitched voice said from behind her. She turned to see a tan rabbit with green stripes and a single horn sticking out of the top of it's head. "Hi, I'm Terriermon!" it said cheerfully. Kirin smiled sadly. She picked upthe stick again and drew whatever it was that was sticking out of his back.

"Do you know what that was?" Kirin asked. Terriermon jumped up on Kirin's shoulder and stared down.

"That's the seal Babamon put on Guilmon so he could turn into Gallantmon on his own! Otherwise, the only way he could digivolve past warGrowlmon was if he were to get really upset. Then he'd turn into-"

"Megidrmon." Kirin interrupted. Terriermon looked at the human girl.

"Did you break the seal?" he asked.

"No, my partner did. He thought it was making him crazy. Gallantmon had come out of the sea and attacked us for no reason."

Terriermon sighed.

"Guilmon hasn't been 'all there' lately." he said.

Kirin nodded in agreement.

Beelzemon and Renamon emerged. Remnants of tears were visible in the vixen's eyes.

"I'll let you tell the rabbit." he said, noticing Terriermon on Kirin's shoulder. Terriermon hopped off of Kirin and over to Beelzmon.

"Hi Beelzemon! Long time no see! Where've you been? Whatcha been up to? How are Ai and Mako?"

That last question hit a heartstring. He sighed sadly.

"I don't know. I have a new tamer." he said.

Terriermon glanced over at Kirin, who was now drawing something else in the sand.

"That girl?" the rabbit-digimon asked.

Beelzemon nodded.

"So where's Guilmon? The girl said you fought him."

"Terriermon-" Renamon started.

"I killed him." Beelzemon said.

Terriermon glared up at Beelzemon.

"Beelzemon don't-" Renamon started. Beelzemon shot her a warning glance, and she kept her mouth shut.

"Why would you do such a thing!" Terriermon cried, tears flowing from his eyes. "Guilmmon was good!"

"That thing sticking out of his back could've been dangerous. He could have turned-"

"THAT THING was a seal that Babamon put on him so he could turn into Gallantmon without Takato!"

Beelzemon shook his head.

"You stupid jerk!" Terriermon screamed. "You killed Guilmon! You don't deserve to have a nice tamer!"

Kirin turned her head at the word tamer.

"It had ta be done! I'll protect my tamer at any cost! Even if it means killin' a friend!"

"ENOUGH!" Renamon yelled. The two turned to face the angry fox. "Guilmon is gone, but as sad as it is, there is no sense dwelling on the past. We have to move on. Beelzemon was only looking out for his tamer."

Terriermon did not avert his glare from Beelzemon though.

"That's not his tamer! Ai and Mako are his tamers!" the rabbit growled.

"Ai and Mako don't need me anymore. Henry don't need you either, stupid rabbit." He turned to Renamon. "You, you need to find Rika. I'm positive she misses you loads."

Renamon nodded.

"Thank you, Beelzemon." she said.

"Wait! You're thanking the guy that killed Guilmon! What's wrong with you?"

"Terriermon-" Renamon started.

"No! I'm not listening to you anymore!" Terriermoon screamed. He finally turned to Kirin who was still sitting in the sand.

"You shouldn't be traveling with such a jerk!" he yelled.

"Beelzemon isn't a jerk."

"YES HE IS! ARE YOU STUPID OR SOMETHING?"

Kirin was taken aback by the small digimon's chamge of character.

"Beelzemon's good-"

"Nothing good can kill another good thing! Beelzemon is evil!"

Kirin smiled, shaking her head.

"I can't care about evil things." she said. She held her hand out to Terriermon. "Come here. Want to draw with me?"

Such passiveness of Guilmon's death pushed Terriermon over the edge. A glow surrounded him as he digivolved to Gargomon. Gargomon pressed a gun to Kirin's head.

"Terriermon, don't do this." Kirin said. "You're sweet, I can tell."

Gargomon shook his head.

"You let your so called partner kill a good digimon. I can't forgive that."

Beelzemon, in a dark flash, now had GArgomon pinned against the sandy floor.

"Ya wanna know da truth?" he screamed in rage. "Pineapplehead turned to Megidramon and nearly killed me! Then, the big dummy felt bad and sacrificed himself to regenerate me! All ecause I lied to him and told him that Takato forgot about him. Truth is, Takato, Henry, Ai and Mako? There all dead! All on da way to a digimon card festival! Some big truck came and plowed 'em all over! I was in da back seat with Ai and Mako when it happened. Ya happy?"

Gargomon stared silently. He burst into tears, shrinking back into Terriermon. Beelzemon set Terriermon down. Everyone was silent. Kirin stod up and walked behind Beelzemon. She wrapped her arms around him, burying her face in his back.

"I'm sorry." she whispered. Beelzemon could feel her lips pressed between his shoulder blades.

"Beelzemon, what's your partner's name?" Renamon asked, trying to lift the stress.

"Kirin." Beelzemon replied.

Renamon picked Terriermon up and cradled the distressed digimon in her arms.

Beelzemon turned around, holding Kirin tighter than ever before.

"I won't ever let anyting happen to you." he growled. He slid off his helmet and threw it out into the net sea.

"Beelz! Your helmet!" Kirin cried.

"I don't need it. Nothin's fast enough to get me in da head anyways." He grinned. The sun was now all the way out, and the ocean dwelling digimon were now emerging from their sleeping places. Beelzemon was now grinning this devilish grin. He drew and cocked his berenjena. His eyes were wild and his tail whipped viciously around. Terriermon wiped his eyes and watched the now pumped Beelzemon putting the guns back in the holsters. Kirin giggled. Terriermon sighed. Kirin let her hand slide Beelzemon's arm, and gripped his hand. He looked down at her, grinning still.

"You're goofy." Kirin laughed. Beelzemon put an arm aroun Kirin, bringing her close.

"That's why ya stay with me dough, ain't it?"

Terriermon could not help but laugh.

"Beelzemon, Kirin, where are you headed?" Renamon asked.

"The real world." Beelzemon responded, still grinning at Kirin.

"May we join you?" Renamon asked.

Kirin twirled around.

"Of course!" She grinned. "The more the merrier!"

"Thank you." Renamon said with a bow.

"I just have one question." Terriermon said. "How did someone so cute and fun, end up with something so scary?"

"I'm gonna strangle ya, rabbit." Beelzemon said in response.