"A little help over here would be nice!"
"Oh, hold your Centarumons!"
It was late in the afternoon when the Digidestined had finished for the day. They had managed to fix half of the village in the last week they had first arrived, and Elecmon was extremely grateful for their help during his recovery.
The next day, they had found themselves surrounded by a group of baby Digimon.
"Whoa! What are these little guys doing here? I thought that they had been relocated to that meadow!" Davis exclaimed.
"Davis, it's okay," Elecmon said. "After you finished yesterday, I thought it would be okay if the babies could come back. As long as they don't get in your way or destroy anything. Again."
"Then we better fix that pipeline if those little cuties want something to drink." Armadillomon suggested.
Cody nodded at his partner's words. "We can take care of that. Armadillomon is the only one who can dig."
"Then we better get started finishing the other half of the village." Davis said.
"Right," Veemon pumped up his chest. "Veemon Digivolve to. . . What?" He looked at himself to see nothing changed.
"That's weird. Try again." Hawkmon encouraged.
"Veemon Digivolve to. . . I'm still Veemon." His disappointment turned into rage. "WHY CAN'T I DIGIVOLVE?! DIGIVOLVE! DIGIVOLVE! DIGIVOLVE! There I feel much better."
Gatomon looked at the blue dragon in disappointment. "I really don't get you sometimes."
"Hey Davis," Kari tapped the Digidestined of Courage and Friendship on the shoulder. "Can you look after the Digimon for a minute? TK and I need to check something out for a minute. And besides they've already took a liking to you anyways."
He shrugged. "Okay. Anyone up for a game of soccer?"
The little Digimon bounced up and down in excitement, and jumped on top of Davis. "I'll take that as a yes!" He said, laughing from his place on the ground.
Davis, Veemon, and the baby Digimon had played a few rounds of soccer, using the beach ball Yolei inflated.
Reminds me off. . . Tara thought, before she blushed at where her thoughts was getting to. Oh great. He's still haunting my mind even after summer vacation. I'll never hear the end of this if Yolei finds out.
Lunamon shot a questioning glance at her partner. "Tara, why are you red?"
That snapped her out of her thoughts. She turned to Lunamon and replied, "Sun must be getting to me."
Yolei, who overheard the conversation, looked at Tara, then the beach ball. "No way!" She snickered.
"What is it Yolei?" Hawkmon asked.
"Tara, I can't believe it! Don't tell me that you're actually-"
Tara tackled her, and placed her hand to her mouth. "Not. One. Word."
Yolei pushed her off. "Well he is your first kiss after all."
"What's this about a first kiss?"
Tara jumped, then swiveled around to see Davis scratching his head in confusion. "N-nothing!" Good thing he's oblivious. Too bad he wasn't right now.
His face lit up, and smiled mischievously. "Tara and Willis, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G."
Yolei joined in on the fun as well. "Davis, don't you mean, 'standing on a bridge'?"
Davis slapped his head in mock forgetfulness. "How could I have forgotten? After all, it was his 'goodbye present' to Tara."
"And then to top it of, he said, 'I'll see you someday my love!'"
They burst out in a laughing fit. It took them all the strength they had to stay upright.
"Um, guys?" Tara broke through the laughing barricade. "I think you should stop before a certain lavender Digimon tears you to shreds."
They shut up immediately. One look from Lunamon, and you could see that she very much wanted to take someone's eyeballs out right on spot. Namely, a certain blonde-haired American who kissed her partner during Summer Vacation.
Lunamon glared at them. "Tara, can you be as so kind to let me take my frustration out on these two?"
"Only if you can catch them." She shrugged.
Lunamon gave them a malicious smile, while cracking her knuckles. "I am so going to love this."
"Should we restrain her?" Veemon asked Hawkmon.
The bird shook his head. "From what I know about Yolei being really angry at someone, you should best be advised as to stay away."
"Got it."
"Ruuunnnn!" Davis and Yolei said in unison.
"You two should've known this was going to happen!" Tara shouted as the chase began.
"What did we do to deserve this?!" Davis yelled, running as fast as he could from Lunamon, who was surprisingly swift despite her size.
"It's a little something I call Karma; or in other words, bad luck." A small shiver coursed through Tara. That's strange, she thought. It's not cold or anything like that.
Lunamon had just nearly caught up with the two trouble makers, when a huge explosion sounded in the distance. Everyone stopped in their positions.
"An explosion?" Yolei muttered, bewildered.
Tara had a mild panic. "It came from the village! We have to go!"
Before you could say, 'What in the Digital World is happening?', the five Digidestined teens reached the village as another explosion was created. The five was so close, they nearly got blown away! When the dust cleared, the Digidestined were in for a shock. In front of them was two Digimon. One was a huge fellow, that looked like a much larger and tougher version of Armadillomon. The next was a humanoid green insect with wings. A huge gust of wind came from the hole in front of them, which in turn created an updraft.
"Cody!" TK yelled.
The boy in question was being carried by the updraft and into the air.
"Cody!" Everyone shouted his name one more time.
"Gotcha!" The mysterious flying Digimon from before caught the boy in mid-air.
The rest of the Digidestined breathed a sigh of relief, before another explosion began. TK, Davis, Kari, Yolei, Cody, Tara, and their Digimon turned to see another Digimon rise front the dust. It was small, yes, but it looked like a bomb. Which was quite ironic with all the explosions happening.
The green insect flew down. "I believe that you would like your friend back." He said, putting Cody on the ground in front of the Digidestined. He took off towards the sky again. "Time for your end!" the hero of the hour was now locked in close-combat battle with the Digimon.
They went like that for a few moments, one side striking, while the other was either blocking it or dodging it. At one point of the battle, the insect managed to find an opening. "Have ya now! Spiking Strike!" One of the blades on his arms glowed with pink energy, as he brought it down on the small Digimon. Within a matter of seconds, the small thing burst into a million bits of data.
The Digidestined jaws hit the floor when the scene unraveled in front of their very eyes. So much for hero of the hour.
Despite what she was seeing, Tara strangely couldn't feel any guilt that she didn't protect it, or sorrow for the loss of a Digimon.
"He-he destroyed him. . . " Yolei brokenly said.
The kids and their Digimon stood in this position, until the mysterious Digimon flew over to the rooftop of one of the buildings. But the shocks didn't stop here, because coming into view from behind the tower was none other than-
"Ken!" Cody's hands balled up into fists.
As the insect Digimon landed on the genuis' arm, a white light shone and Wormon was perched on top of his human partner's shoulder.
"Wormmon?!" Everyone shouted in complete amazement and shock.
"Good job, Stingmon!" Ken said. "Let's go!" He jumped off the building and out of sight.
"I think we should go too." Kari said, snapping everyone out of their shock. "its getting late. Our parents would be wondering where we are for now."
They all made a silent agreement, and marched on home.
Tara walked to her home which was just a block away from over the bridge. Questions began buzzing in her head.
Moonmon sensed her human partner's worry. "Tara, is there something wrong?"
Tara sighed. "I'm not sure. It's really strange. Remember how Wormon deleted that poor little Digimon?"
Moonmon clenched her fists. "How could I forget? It's gonna haunt me for the rest of my Digital years!"
"Well, thing is, for some crazy reason, I wasn't sad for it's death. At all."
Moonmon stared at her in surprise. "That's what I was feeling to! I'm mean, sure he destroyed a portion of the village, but it doesn't give me a reason to not mourn over its death!"
"Do you think Ken and Wormon know anything about this?"
"Why don't you ask me yourself?"
"Gah!" Tara stumbled back a few feet when Ken popped out of nowhere. "What the-? How did-never mind, don't scare someone like that!"
Ken bowed slightly. "My apologies, my curiosity must have gotten the best of me."
"It's alright, we were wanting to talk to you anyways." Moonmon said.
Then he looked a little sheepish. "I'm sorry."
Moonmon gave the boy a questioning glance. "For what?"
"For what I did to you back when I was the. . . You-know-who."
Tara dismissed a hand. "It's fine. If you hadn't captured me in the first place, I wouldn't have met TK, Yolei, Kari, Cody, and Davis. Even if he is a goofball like Tai was."
Ken suppressed a small laugh. "So what did you want to talk to me about?"
"Tara and I were wondering why you deleted that Digimon earlier."
He cringed a bit. "I-I can't tell you. However, you'll find out in due time."
"Well that clears the air." An idea popped in Tara's mind. "Hey Ken! How about you join me and the others?"
Her reply was simply a shake of the head. "Sorry, but until I've make up for what I done, I won't join you."
"Okay!" Moonmon said cheerfully.
"Just call us when you need us! And vise versa." Tara said happily. Ken turned around to leave."And one more thing." Ken turned around to the Digidestined. "Watch out for Davis. Knowing him, he'll ask you to join as well. But he won't give up so easily, so watch your back."
He smiled. "Thanks."
Tara and Moonmon watched him, as he left the bridge.
"Tara?"
"Yeah Moonmon?"
"Aren't we supposed to be home by now?"
Tara's eyes popped out of her head, when she realized it was nearly her curfew. "I'M LATE!" She yelled, while dragging her Digimon along for the ride.
"Here comes the lecture again." Moonmon muttered under her breath.
