AAN: tamers are finally arriving with a surprise. But is it good or bad? Oh and please excuse the horrible grammar on Japanese phrases.

Monster World Digitize

Arrival of the Tamers!

Genki woke in the middle of the night to find Holly at his door. She seemed to be in deep thought. Her daughter had woken her and after a lengthy discussion Holly had calmed her back down. Genki watched for a few moments before speaking softly startling her,

"Holly, what are you doing up at this hour?"

"I couldn't sleep… Sara woke me. She had the vision again… and she is very afraid for my safety."

"I can see why she would be. You are everything to her." he wouldn't say more then that for fear of upsetting Holly. He sat up now and gestured for her to take a seat. She sat down next to him; he took her hand giving it a gentle squeeze. "What's bothering you?"

"In order to get Sara to go back to bed I had to promise her something…"

"What was it?"

"That I would stay with you tonight…." Her voice got really soft. Genki's eyes widened in shock; that was the last thing he was expecting. "She said you'd protect me. That you promised you would."

"I did promise yes, but I never expected her to ask that."

"I know. I told her it wasn't appropriate but…"

"You couldn't say no to her."

"Yeah…." He smiled to her gently.

"Well its up to you. You want to keep that promise?" she looked at him a moment.

"I'm not sure I can… but I also hate breaking a promise."

"If you can't keep it, its alright we'll find another way to make it up to her. Besides digimon generally don't break into houses." Holly remained silent for a long while, he could tell she was serious thinking about this and was slightly upset.

"Genki… I should keep my promise… will you …"

"You can stay with me." He felt her hand move to his chest.

"You aren't planning to try anything are you?" he knew she was searching for lust in his heart.

"No, I'm far too tired for that…" he laughed lightly. She could feel he was telling the truth, he was too tired. "But I have no interest in sex right now anyway. I already told you, I've had my fill of that for a long time." Holly waited a moment before nodding. She awkwardly slipped in beside him. His hands coming to rest on her large belly her back against his chest. He could tell by how tense she was, that she was very uncomfortable with this. "Its alright, just relax Holly," his voice heavy with exhaustion. He closed his eyes and was asleep within seconds. Holly knew by his breathing that he indeed was asleep. * Why did that blacksmithing wear him out so much? I know his job is different but still… maybe we should talk about his job and family a bit more. I know little about them. * Soon though her own exhaustion took over and she too fell asleep.

When Holly woke she found an angry looking Suezo in the doorway. She gave him the look she used to get him to leave when Jared was around. It worked and he hopped out of the room. She would speak with him later. Holly realized that Genki was still asleep, his breathing told her that much. It was strange feeling his arms around her. Yes he had held her on several occasions but it was nothing intimate. It usually was in the middle of a battle or when she was sad. Holly felt his hand move over her belly, placing her hand over his she smiled. * I guess it would be nice to have him with me. It's strange for me to have this happening now… especially after the conversation we had last night. I should make a decision as to how far I want to go with this right now. I do feel safe with him, despite knowing about his carnal lifestyle… but if I had been there when he was hurt would he have done such things? He used to be so innocent, sounds like that woman didn't just betray him she stole something from him. Something he couldn't get back alone. Maybe I can give it back to him. * She felt him shift, he mumbled in his sleep,

"No…Tiffany don't do this…. not again…." his voice barely audible but Holly had heard it along with a painful groan. She shifted now shaking him awake.

"Genki wake up." He did slowly looking around confused. Finding Holly there seemed to confuse him more for a second but then he seemed to remember why she was there. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah I'm fine…"

"You were talking in your sleep."

"I was?" he seemed surprised.

"What was your dream about? You mentioned some one named Tiffany…" he looked away now.

"Tiffany was the girl I was going to marry, the one who I got pregnant and had a son with." He paused a moment, "it was more a nightmare then a dream. Though I don't get to see my son much, I do love him. And the thought of her making me go through yet another court battle to see him…."

"It scares you doesn't it? You afraid she will take off with him and you will never see him again?"

"Yeah." Holly pulled him into an awkward embrace, Genki resting his head against her shoulder. After a few minutes she could feel her shoulder becoming wet, his tears sinking through the fabric of her nightgown. Holly just help him letting him cry it out knowing he needed this. * I've never felt so helpless… I'm sure it scares him as well that he might stay here and never see his son again… but he loves me…. Would he sacrifice seeing his son for me? This is very complicated…. * she let out a sigh,

"Its alright Genki… I didn't mean to upset you. Just let the pain go alright?" she felt him nod and after a few more minutes his tears slowed and he pulled back whispering,

"Domo Arigato" he hadn't thought before he spoke, he just spoke his feelings but forgot to use Holly's native tongue of English rather then his own. Holly looked at him very confused, she had no idea what that meant.

"Domo Arigato?" she repeated back hoping he would explain.

"Sorry… it means thank you. I meant to just say thank you. I guess in the middle of recovering from that it slipped my mind to use English…"

"You know another language?"

"Yes, my native tongue is Japanese."

"I had always suspected that English was something you learned later." He seemed unsure of what else to say. "Would you mind speaking to me a little in your native tongue? I'd like to hear It." he seemed confused now but then responded,

"Mochiron, of course." He saw her smile, "hiragana shinsetsu ken, atammaii, utsukashii na desu ka, Holly." She tilted her head,

"What'd you say?" she noticed his smile.

"Holly, you are a beautiful, smart, and kind woman." Holly blushed at the compliment, somehow it had sounded even better in his tongue.

"Genki… how do you say I love you in Japanese?"

"Aishiteru."

"Aishiteru" she repeated back, mispronouncing it a little but it made no difference to him. He smiled,

"Any other requests?"

"Not in language but I would like to know more about how your life has been outside of relationships. What is your job?

"Well I work for a furniture factory, I'm in charge of the lathe for making various legs for things. Whether tables, chairs, or other items."

"What's a lathe?"

"Well it's a machine that uses preset bits and settings to carve wood. There are also lathes that can carve metal, usually brass."

"So the machine does most of the work?"

"Yeah. I'm mostly moving wood pieces around and carving the legs using the lathes settings."

"I see, so that's why blacksmithing wore you out so much…"

"Yeah, I'm not used to that much work all at once. It'll take me awhile to build up." She nodded; she wasn't able to keep up for the first month or so when she started.

"What about you family?"

"I haven't seen my dad in years, he and mom separated awhile back they never agreed on how to raise me. I stayed with my mom awhile; she wasn't all that happy when I decided to go live on my own. In some ways I don't think she wanted me to grow up. Last time I saw her was about a month ago. She's doing fine though and she finally got a hobby for when she's not working to occupy her time with." Holly felt bad for asking now, * poor Genki… so it wasn't just the girl that hurt him *

"I'm sorry if I brought any bad memories."

"Its fine, I've had a long time to come to terms with them separating. My parents never really loved each other anyway. Dad stayed cause he got mom pregnant after some romantic dance they went to, I don't know the details there." He shook his head, "But I know he stayed because of that. He wanted to do the right thing. And they stayed together till I was 15, so he made it work till I was old enough to understand what was going on. He said he would never hurt his son by running off when I was too young to understand things. His job keeps him busy so I don't see him much. He's constantly traveling." Holly seemed unable to think of anything to say.

* So his father did that same thing… is it common or did he just make the same mistake? * "Genki…. your parents weren't married till after…"

"Yep till after mom got pregnant."

"Is it common in your world not to wait till marriage?"

"There is a large group that doesn't wait yes. Though some still do… they are often ridiculed for their decision. Most of it is a religious commitment when they wait rather then just a moral one." Holly stared at him. "That's why I said I would need your help. I have little to draw on so I'm not sure what I should and shouldn't do in every case." She nodded her understanding.

"Why'd you do the same thing as your father?"

"I didn't precisely. He was having a fling with mom; he never loved her. The girl I did it with… I loved her. I thought that'd make the difference. I'm sure it would have, if she had actually loved me." Holly nodded again seeing the difference.

"Genki… what's your son's name?" he blinked caught off guard.

"Tai" she smiled,

"Maybe you can bring him here?"

"I wish I could. Tiffany has primary custody… if I took him I'd essentially be kidnapping him as far as the governments concerned. I know you're worried that I won't stay because of him. But though I love him… I really want a family here… and you're the only one I can trust with my heart. I wouldn't give that up for the few days I see him. I guess in some ways I love you more. Probably cause I don't know him that well, Tiffany keeps a short leash on him when it comes to me doing things with him. She even tried to get the court to believe I was a pedophile once…in order to get my visitation rights taken from me." He sighed, he had already made the decision to stay, "and I'm tired of fighting to see him every year… I can't do it anymore." Holly pulled him close again realizing his pain couldn't be healed because he had those wounds constantly reopened by that woman.

* I wish I could slap her; she has no right to keep hurting him. He loved her… he wanted to do the right thing…he even gives her money and yet she keeps hurting him. * "Genki its alright. You're safe here…"

"I know Holly… I know."

"Genki… what's a pedophile?"

"It's a person, usually a man, who molests and or rapes young children to gain sexual satisfaction." He felt Holly shift; he knew this was a shock for her. "Even as bad I had gotten with women I never thought she would accuse me of such… and actually it was my sex with those women that got the judge on my side. Based on those I was with he knew I had no interest in children that way. So in a way those carnal relationships helped me, even if it was only a little."

"Why would anyone harm a child like that?"

"I have no idea why they do it, or why they enjoy it enough to get their rocks off. All I know is its become more common in the past few years." He looked into her eyes seeing she was troubled; it obviously bothered. "I've always liked it here better because things like that don't happen. Or are very rare if they do at all." She nodded understanding now. Holly pulled back now rising.

"We should go down stairs. The others will be wondering where we are. And Suezo didn't seem happy to see me with you earlier this morning." Genki nodded,

"Holly should I…"

"No I will talk with him myself." He nodded, after she left he got dressed.

By the time he finished Holly was already down stairs talking to Suezo of to one side. He let them be walking into the kitchen getting a wink form Hare in the process. Genki sighed sitting down next to Granity and Bruce, he wasn't sure what to do considering thing here were so different form his world. Bruce decided to speak with him first saving him the hassle.

"I heard you slept with my daughter last night." Genki looked over surprised. * Wow he doesn't pull any punches *

"She asked if she could stay with me. Apparently Sara had made her promise to stay with me for the night."

"You didn't do anything then?"

"We talked but that's about it other then sleeping. Holly and I already discussed a little about the possibility of us being together. I think we both have a lot of healing to do." Genki paused in thought and then continued, "I don't think we have a consensus yet though. That will take time I'm sure."

"So you waited for a chance to hit on her but not me?" Colt whined making him and Bruce sweat drop.

"Actually I didn't hit on her. She ask me why I didn't and we had our conversation because of that." The group stared at him a little surprised.

"Why didn't you hit on her? You liked her right?" Hare asked,

"Well she was still wearing her ring. To me that said she wasn't ready or interested in another relationship. She seemed surprised that I had noticed and had taken it that way." Granity had been curious about something for awhile and finally asked,

"Genki the girl you wanted to marry, why'd you decide to ask her?" Genki looked over at her confused for a moment, the others seemed just as confused.

"I had more then one reason but the main reason being I loved her. Only she never loved me apparently."

"What were the other reasons?" She pressed. Genki sighed in defeat, he didn't want to talk about it right now but he saw no way out of it.

"She had promised to marry me for one. So we already had the promise there… only she broke it." he hesitated now, "the final reason being she was with child. She had convinced me that our promise was enough… I was foolish enough to believe her and gave in. she used me in the end, I never expected she would break our promise though." He refused to make eye contact with the rest of the group. "Holly already knows Granity if that was your concern." He felt a soft touch on his shoulders looking up he saw Holly. She knew he was upset again; She and Suezo had walked in hearing Granity's pressing question. Suezo seemed calm considering leading Tiger to believe Holly had already discussed it with him.

"So wait… you have a child then?"

"Yes a son…but I'm not allowed to see him much…She won't let me." Bruce placed a hand on his shoulder now, he felt bad for the young man.

Genki rose though and walked out of the room needing some time to himself. Blaze saw him and followed. He had comforted his partner many times in the past few months. Holly looked to the others.

"I don't think we should ask much of him on that subject. She seems to have deeply wounded him. He's done some regrettable things because of the pain; we already spoke about it. He broke down a couple of times even while talking with me."

"What did he do Holly?" She looked to her father.

"Does it really matter? I already forgave him. Don't hurt him anymore then he already is… please…" he sighed,

"Holly please… I won't ask him about it. But I'm asking you." Holly looked around at the others. Suezo seemed intrigued as well; she hadn't said much to him.

"Father I can't, this is his shame to bear and it's not my place to make more shame for him."

"Holly, I will ask him myself if you refuse to tell me. What could possibly be that bad? He didn't kill someone did he?" Holly sighed, it was true he'd never asked her to withhold the information but she wasn't sure she should say anything.

"No he didn't kill anyone."

"Holly, we won't treat him differently." Tiger stated hoping to help,

"I wouldn't be sure of that." She sighed heavily then finally gave in, "Genki…was desperate to relieve the pain in his heart. Rather then trusting another, which he seemed very reluctant to do. He turned to physical pleasure… he told me he slept with several … not sure what he called them now, but they can be compared to brothel women. He regrets the decision, but I know it was the pain driving him there. Tiffany was the one he had a son with and she continued to hurt him even after they split up. Taking his son from him, making him go through court battle after court battle just to be able to see his boy. She even had him investigated by the police after she accused him of being a pedophile. All he seems to want now is to finally be healed by someone he can trust. Apparently he feels I'm the only one he can trust with his heart." He father looked astonished,

"What's a pedophile chi?"

"I asked the same thing, he told me its someone who rapes or molests children." The table to silent for a while shocked that anyone would do that let alone accuse him of such a thing.

"You forgave him?"

"Yes, he asked if I could forgive him for what he has done." She looked around the table. "I know he truly wants to be healed, he wants to feel love again and have a family. He said Blaze pulled him out of the hole he had dug himself into. He showed him what he should be focusing on instead of his pain."

"How can you know for sure…" Holly stopped Suezo with a look.

"He told me something else, inside of his body attached to his heart is an artifact called a rainbow crystal. He nearly died…but the crystal brought him back to life. I'm able to communicate with the crystal. With his permission, I looked into his heart. He's still in pain, feeling alot of regret, sorrow, and shame; but most of all I felt an overwhelming desire to be healed. He does love me; I felt it and he told me himself. I haven't felt any lust at all in his heart. He seems to only want one thing now, and that is to be loved." Everyone was silent now; Holly rose and left them to their thoughts while she set about cooking a meal.

Genki didn't seem to want to talk the rest of the day, so Holly took him to the forge to help him work off some of the pain. He retired early, exhausted from working. Holly came in thinking he was already asleep. She put the covers over him and was about to turn out the light when he spoke.

"Holly…can we talk?"

"Sure." She came over and sat on the bed.

"You told them didn't you?"

"Yes. They were pressuring me…I figured it might be easier if I said it…you seemed so upset. They would have asked you if I hadn't…"

"Its alright. I noticed they seemed distant. Colt seemed to stay away from me…"

"She's just not sure what to do."

"Holly…how far do you want to go with me?"

"Huh?" Holly had a hard time not thinking he was being perverted.

"How far do you want to go in our relationship? …I know you felt uncomfortable next to me." He refused to look at her; she reached out and placed her hand on his chest, his hand coming up to hold hers. What she found was fear and anxiety.

"Why are you afraid?"

"I'm just afraid that we are moving to fast and you'll get hurt…"

"Its fine Genki. I was uncomfortable at first but when I woke in the morning… it felt…natural being in your arms. I enjoyed it." he looked up at her now. "Genki how long has it been since you were with someone?"

"In a serious relationship? About five years. As a fling…about 8 months." Holly nodded.

"If I stay with you at night. Can you control yourself?"

"I should be able to yeah. I haven't felt the need to bed a woman since then, I don't seem to have any desire for that anymore. Probably cause it never satisfied me in the first place."

"What do you mean?"

"It was just sex… there was no real emotion behind it other then lust. It wasn't what I wanted or needed…it was just to only thing I could get at the time." He looked at her, she felt love within him and deep sincerity, "I want it to mean something if we ever do that. And I want to be your husband before that even happens. If you want that later that is." He smiled then looked away again. She finally understood what that woman taken from him. She took his security away, Genki didn't think this was a secured relationship or atleast didn't felt secure about it. Now she understood why he acted like he did.

"Genki I do want you with me. I want you to marry me; I wanted that back when we were young. I waited for you for a while before I married. But it was you I wanted to be with. I loved Jared but not that same way I love you. I want this to work, so please just have some confidence. I won't leave you, I promise!" He nodded then smiled pulling her into an embrace.

"Lets get some rest." It was her turn to nod. Holly blew the candle out and climbed in with him. She was startled when Blaze lay down and put his head on their legs. "Its fine, he likes to be with someone at night." She snuggled up against him as best she could in her condition then relaxed; he smiled before his exhaustion over came him.

When morning came he found Holly still asleep, he smiled knowing it was an emotionally draining day for both of them. He moved his hand affectionately over her enlarged belly. He smiled feeling the baby kick in response to his touch. Holly's hand came up to his as she awoke feeling his touch. She remained silent just holding his hand there for a moment.

"Genki… you really do care about this child don't you?"

"I do. If it's important to you, I will always care. Besides…I want to be a father remember?" she nodded smiling.

"I remember. I'm just surprised… not many men would take in another man's child."

"I'm not like most men."

"Genki… if I had been there when you were hurt… do you think you would have had sex the way you did?"

"Probably not. But I had no one I could count on. If you had been there, I would have gone to you for help." She smiled again; he knew she enjoyed his answer. She shifted to look into his eyes now.

"Genki I know things aren't going to be easy for you. They aren't for me either but…I want us to help each other ok? I won't hide anything from you; I know you won't from me. Please…open your heart and let me heal it?" he looked into her eyes seeing her love and sincerity he smiled.

"I will. Only for you." He leaned in and rested his forehead against hers. After a few moments he pulled back, he looked like he might kiss her but didn't. Holly seemed confused by it. * Why not kiss me? He wants to…does he think I'm not ready? * Holly decided to test it, she caught him off guard, leaning in she let their lips meet in a soft kiss then pulled back to see his reaction. He seemed confused and relieved at the same time.

"If you want to kiss me you can."

"I wasn't sure if you wanted that or were ready."

"Then ask. Don't hold back your emotions, just ask me if I'm ready alright?" he nodded,

"I will next time." He made his move now kissing her gently, showing he loved her rather then lusting for her. He felt her hand over his heart again as she embraced his emotions. He could feel her emotions somehow, assuming it was the artifacts doing he just embraced them. Knowing she trusted him that much made him feel more secure and loved. Sensing this she smiled into the kiss, after a couple of minutes they parted resting their foreheads against one another's. Genki seemed content now, something Holly had hoped for. "Thank you Holly."

"Your welcome." They stay like this awhile till they heard the others beginning to move around. With a sigh Holly pulled back giving him a gentle smile. "I should go get breakfast started. We have to meet up with your friends today after all." He nodded, she left and he got dressed. Soon he was down stairs noticing the others seemed to have gotten over their trauma of hearing what he had done. Even Colt was back to her usual self.

They headed out after breakfast was over, heading to the spot where the others would show up. They arrived early and settled in to wait. Holly's father had remained behind not wanting to leave the village with out someone to signal them if trouble came. Soon Genki noticed a change in the portal, he knew someone must be on the other side. Takato was the first one through, Guilmon behind him.

"Hey I see you found your way through."

"Yeah, took awhile though. The digital world reorganized its self again."

"Wow that had to be annoying."

"Very, we had to come through the water world to get here… Rika is still struggling with it."

"I'm sure its very confusing… you freaked out as I recall the first time."

"I did not…" he seemed embarrassed now. Soon he saw Rika manage to come through, she looked exasperated. Renamon seemed much calmer about the whole thing. Holly watched with interest.

"Why can't the digital world be normal… ugh I swear. If its not some strange digimon attacking us or hitting on me and Renamon its some crazy world that makes absolutely no sense!"

"Hey atleast Rio wasn't here"

"If he were here I would have killed him by now." She glanced over at Genki, "Henry has a surprise for you, that's why its taking him so long."

"A surprise?"

"Yeah, don't worry you should like it," Rika's tone softening as she got over her annoyance. Terriermon was the next one through,

"Come on Henry what are you an old man?" he yelled back through the portal. Blaze rushed over to Guilmon and Terriermon glad to see them again. Genki seemed puzzled by what could take him so long. * Is it a heavy item? Why not have a digimon carry it then? * When Henry came through with another person with him Genki was shocked. Holly noticed the shocked look on Genki's face. The child looked around seeing Genki he ran to him,

"Daddy!"

"Tai!" Genki picked him up easily, Holly could tell he was younger then Sara, only around 5 years old. Genki looked back at Henry "Henry why did you bring him? You know this will…"

"Its alright. Yamaki has a letter for you explaining everything." Henry seemed calm, so Genki decided to trust him. Sensing he needed help Holly brought Sara over. The girl smiled to Tai,

"Sara this is Tai. Why don't you two play together with the digimon?" Genki spoke softly. Tai eagerly grabbed her hand pulling the giggling girl off to where the 4 digimon were. Genki took the letter from Henry and began to read it. When he finished he looked back at his friend.

"Thank you Henry."

"Hey I know you gotta be conflicted about this but I figured he should be here with you. So did my dad. We looked after her while you were gone. Yamaki pulled some strings, you know how many connections he has. You shouldn't have anymore legal trouble." Genki nodded, he felt like leaping for joy but apart of him felt sorrow as well. Holly was curious now. Henry walked away to talk with Hare who had been trying to figure the group out.

"Genki, what did it say." He glanced to her.

"Apparently I'm the sole guardian of Tai now."

"She gave up?"

"No…she's dead. Apparently her and her new boyfriend were reckless… they were killed in an accident while coming home after they had gotten drunk. I had heard she went with a bad boy type… I never thought she would be that stupid."

"How… do you feel?"

"I'm not sure what to feel… it's between being sad and wanting to throw a party…it's confusing. But I guess it solves some things for me… and for you as well." He leaned over speaking so only she could hear. "Will you… be a mother to him?"

"Of course, its only fair." He nodded then went to collect his son. He knew they would have a lot to talk over with the Tamers on the way back home.

AAN: yep some major bonding and a new upset. How will this get handled? You will have to wait and see. Please R&R