The Babysitter


By: Linkmaste

Authors Note: I really had this idea for a long time. I'm so glad I got it out on paper.


It was a peaceful evening in West Shinjuku as it was the late summer season. In the quiet neighbourhood, were two parents getting ready to go out.

It had been a long stressful year and a half after Lindy gave birth to Iris. One child was hard only until you got a routine down, two equals four pairs of eyes, four hands, and if you could, all knowing ears to make sure they were not causing mischief. The two parents in question were Lindy and Ian, half human, half Digimon. After the whole UltimateChaosmon epic, life took it's course. Lindy was a professional soccer player, and a head council of Digimon and Humans Committee while Ian was running the Demon Lords full time at the castle until the new year passed and it would be under Lilithmon's rule. Every year it was a different Lord's turn.

Exhausted from work, and the kids, they decided to go out on a date just like old times. They desperately needed it.

Unfortunately, finding a babysitter was a little difficult. Ai and Mako were both out of the country, Takato and Guilmon were on a mission co-ordinated by Henry, Rika was on a date with Trevor and Renamon was no where to be found (figures). Eventually, it came down to one little Digimon-the bunny dog with the big mouth and no tact-Terriermon.

"Now Terriermon, are you sure you can handle this?" Lindy asked for the hundredth time. She was putting on a nice pair of earrings that she had not worn since she gave birth to Iris. With her dazzling blonde hair done up in a chignon, and wearing a cute little black dress with rocking heels, the athlete looked pretty smoking hot. Lindy directed her look of concern at the green and white Digimon. Terriermon scoffed waving his paw.

"Please, looking after two kids will be so easy as pie. I saved the world you know like a million times."

"I know, I know just it's they can be a little...crazy. Hybrid children is a completely new territory," Lindy explained and carefully gave a little book full of numbers, doctors, food they can have, rules, and emergency contacts. Terriermon rolled his eyes.

"You really need to Momentai. Go have fun! I got this."

"Ya heard the bunny! He got this," Ian came in smirking. He was dressed fancy as well-and fancy meant a nice dress shirt and jeans, un-tucked. The man was really happy about this for two reasons. First, he is going to get a night off from the kids (whom he really loves but they drive him up the wall bonkers), and the bunny was going to get a terrible, awful wake up call about Hybrid children. His emerald green eyes locked onto Terriermon who huffed.

"Now, I can't believe he has kept the kids alive for so long."

"What you say bunny?" cried Ian angrily, but Lindy was already on it and with her strength, dragged the blonde adult Hybrid out of the front door. She kissed Iris and Leon goodbye already and had her cell phone and keys ready to go. She took three hours to get ready and God almighty, they going to go out and have fun like a normal couple.

"Bye, bye babies! Mommy loves you! Daddy loves you too!" Lindy shouted and finally got the door closed while struggling with a pissed off Ian. Terriermon felt relived at the silence. Ah, that was easy he thought and turned around to see his challenge for the night-if he could call it that:

There waddling in was Iris, with her poof of blonde hair smacked on top of her head and blue eyes. She wore an ice blue onesie on with flowers decorated on them and little socks. A little fang poked out of her mouth as she was starting to grow them in. Iris also appeared to be holding a chew toy and gnawed at it eagerly, drooling all over it.

Beside her was Leon, the three year old toddler who was taller than Terriermon by a few inches. His blonde hair was shaggy, and had his tail wagging happily. He was wearing a back rock band t-shirt with some jeans. His kelly green eyes were bright and excited at the sight of Terriermon. Leon did a small wave as a 'hello' and gave a impish smirk. Cute kids remarked Terriermon sarcastically. Putting on a big, old grin, he clapped his tiny hands together.

"Alright, Uncle Terriermon is in the house! What shall we do first?"


Two and a half hours later...

"I can't believe we ate that much food." groaned Lindy as she looked down in guilt. They came out of an all you can eat buffet where they had the best dumplings. Ever. Ian nodded but was very content. He had about five plates while she had two. He even convinced her to have an extra scoop of ice cream with that strawberry sauce she loves. The blonde man cast his eyes at his wife, dismayed. He was reluctant to scurry back home to drool machine and the pyromaniac.

"Toots, do we gotta go back? I'm enjoyin' the quiet-not that I don't love the kids 'n all." Ian laughed uneasily as he eared a glare from Lindy. "-But Terriermon hasn't called at all, and they would be in bed now. Let's just go for a walk."

Lindy glanced at her purse in surprise. She expected the phone to ring at least once. Picking out her phone, Lindy tapped it but nothing lit up. Actually, nothing was working as Lindy was fooling around with some buttons. The blonde grumbled about stupid technology while Ian yanked the phone away.

"Here,-ya gotta...hey did ya even turn it on?" Ian gave his wife a look that said 'how can ya be so stupid as to not even turn on the phone'. Lindy grimaced and turned the phone on. "C'mon it can't be that bad, maybe Terriermon phoned once and said the kids are in bed-"

"You have twenty voice mails and thirty missed calls." The robotic voice on the phone said. Ian and Lindy paled white as ghosts as they scrolled through the missed calls. All of them were from their home.

"Maybe, they have been really good and Terriermon wanted to update us on that...?" Ian suggested weakly but Lindy shook her head while giving him a stony stare. She pressed the play button and let the first voice mail go.

"Hey guys, its Terriermon, nothing is wrong so Ian you can shut your mouth-just uh, does the kids have any new abilities I should know? I would consult the notebook but uh...it's...unavailable at the moment. Just call me back. Later."

Beep.

"Hey guys, it's Terriermon. I don't know if you got my last message or something but I think Leon developed some kind of ability to uh...throw fire? Yeah that's fire alright-he's fine just really hyped up on sugar. I guess that's why you don't give him sweets-heh...should have known that...Well, just call me back, no big deal though!"

Beep.

"Amateur, giving into Leon and his sweet tooth." Ian scoffed folding his arms but Lindy shushed him.

"Uh, hey guys it's Terriermon," the voice sounded a little high for some reason. "Iris seems to be doing ok but is it normal for her to disappear and reappear often? I mean it's not like she's going anywhere-NO NOT THE CEILING! You could hear some thudding and some kind of clang. Terriermon's voice came back on the phone. "Uh, that was nothing, just we were playing...uh... just playing. Yeah. Call me back about those abilities ok? The notebook is still...missing. Later!"

Beep.

"We really should go the house now." Lindy objected but Ian was finding this way too good. He played another one crackling with laughter.

"Hey guys, Terriermon...here...still. Boy, you guys must be really making out or something cause I can't seem to get a hold of you. Heh, not like...anything wrong is going on-Leon! No! Iris is not edible! I-er mean heh. Kids these days...thinking that their sibling is made out of candy! Yep...defiantly not gnawing on her arm...ok I gotta go, call me back!"

"Leon still? I thought he grew out of that." Sighed Lindy disappointed while dragging Ian towards Behemoth who purred upon his master's arrival...and the mistress. The demonic bike never dared to take control of Lindy as she was Ian's wife, and a very scary Digimon when provoked. "C'mon Impy, we got to go home."

"C'mon toots, this isn't that bad, I bet Terriermon is getting freaked out the kid can spit fire, we seen that!"

"Hey guys, gah! Uh-Terriermon here...Why haven't you returned my calls? Is it because I drew on Impmon's face that one time? I was honestly a little drunk and I didn't know the marker was permanent-honestly! HOT! Easy Leon, easy buddy, not my ear! Oh god, why are you crawling on the walls? Is that...No..." Click.

Beep.

The next message was not Terriermon but a series of crashes and Leon laughing maniacally. Also, the gurgle and babble of Iris talking was heard and Terriermon groaning.

The drive home felt like a long time for the parents. Ian, totally addicted, kept going through the voice mails. Some were good and some were quiet save for the screaming of the children and stomping. One voicemail stood out a little since it was quiet but he heard Terriermon's tired voice.

"Hey...Terriermon here. Uh, not that their gone but if they were to play a really good game of hide and seek...uh, where would they go?"

Beep.

"Get back here! No! Don't touch that! Oh, no...why is it all over the walls?!"

"Did Leon get into the markers?" Lindy asked, distracted by letting Behemoth speed through a yellow light. Ian shook his head a little weak in his voice.

"I...don't think it was exactly markers toots..."

"...Row...row...row your boat...gently...down the stream." A yelp was heard from Terriermon but it went quiet again. "Merrily, merrily, merrily life is...but a...dream."

Beep.

"I think I need you guys to come home. Not that...I'm in trouble but...Leon is playing 'Capture' and he has some rope and...oh no. NO! LEON STOP! GAHHHH-" Click.

By the time the message finished, they were pulling into the driveway of their small home. For a brief moment, the two parents stayed planted on Behemoth unsure to even attempt to go into that house. They shared a look and had the same thought: turn back and pretend they never had hybrid children. However, they had to go save Terriermon. Looking at the house from the outside, it looked nice and quiet, but the parents knew better...

"Let's split up and take an opposite side." Ian suggested slowly. In a moment, he changed into Beelzemon while Lindy took on her Rookie Impmon form and made their way into the front and back entrances.

Slowly, Beelzemon entered through the back door of the house that lead into the kitchen. He didn't have his gun out but in case something was actually wrong, he was prepared. Not hearing any sign of Terriermon or the children, he grew worried at the sight of the kitchen.

Several plates were shattered on the floor, some kind of food was smeared on the table. It looked like mashed potatoes at a glance but the Mega was not too sure. The pantry was busted open-despite it being 'child proof' and the evidence of eaten cookies was seen. A few pots and pans were on the floor with spoons cast about. Some burn marks was evident around proving that Leon broke the first house rule. No fire. Grunting, Belezemon made his way through the house slowly. Honestly, it sort of looked like a war zone or a Digimon battle took place.

There was a fire extinguisher in the living room, however it seemed used only briefly, a Disney movie was playing in the background, and toys were strewn about in a chaotic manner. Someone chew part of the couch...again.

Slowly, Beelzemon met up with Lindy who was in the front hall looking at the ceiling. Scorch marks were everywhere.

"He's so grounded." whispered Lindy but they heard a soft groan coming from upstairs.

Rushing up, Beelzemon glanced a look at the bathroom but wished he never had. Lindy was so going to clean that he thought appalled. Do not breathe just move forward he thought uneasily. Some things were better left unseen. Finally, they came to the bedroom of Leon and Iris.

The bedroom was split into two. One side was white and baby blue for Iris who had her nice crib and lovely pictures of flowers and lady bugs. On the other side was Leon's where he had his bed, and some pictures of his favorite rock bands. Ian taught him early to love Kansas, Linkin Park and AC/DC. Lindy had no say in the matter and eventually let the young hybrid become raised based on classic rock and roll and grunge.

Inside the den of the children, was Iris softly sleeping in her baby blue crib, sucking on her thumb. Peaceful as an angel, she was holding close one of her chew toys. It was actually a dog chew toy but they were pretty resilient to fangs; so Lindy bought them for her.

Leon was asleep as well, dozed off looking dirty and burned, but unharmed. Snoring peacefully, the parents almost thought it was a cute sight until they saw poor Terriermon.

The Digimon was first tied up to a baby chair that had Disney princesses on it. He was tied up in rope that Leon must have found in the garage. Besides burn marks, Terriermon was covered in food, Disney stickers, looked exhausted, and somehow had glitter covered all over him making him look very sparkly. Around him lay some birthday party balloons the kids brought home, and the house phone Terriermon was using to constantly call Ian and Lindy. His eyes widened at the sight of the parents and probably said 'Help me...please' if he was not gagged with a diaper.

Lindy picked up Leon gently as her human form and put him into bed not disturbing a hair on his head. Quietly, she untied Terriermon who did not say a single word. Nervous, Lindy lead the poor dog Digimon out of the children's bedroom after peeling off the stickers and ungagging him from the diaper.

Beelzemon took one look at his children and sighed shaking his head. Those kids were going to need some kind of help soon. However, the blonde hybrid was a little glad on the inside. He got even for the whole permanent marker incident. That took forever to wash off...

Lindy heard the bunny Digimon mumble something but could not hear it. After a few attempts, Terriermon finally spoke clearly.

"..Twenty voice mails guys...Twenty."

And that, was the first and the very last time Terriermon ever babysat Leon and Iris Ramen.

The End.