History of past.
I'm going to just skip some episodes that would have not a lot of involvement from Odette and Ailith since I don't want to bother typing all the story out that you already know but just with a few things from Odette and Ailith. Call me lazy or productive, I don't care. This chapter is going to be once again focusing on the two females and the events with Gorillamon have already happened.
Odette and Ailith were hanging out together at the local shopping centre, eating lunch in the food court.
"You're going to my school, great." Odette said.
Ailith had just told her that her parents were sending her to school while they stayed in Japan, both of them would even be in the same class.
"Yeah, my parents think that I haven't been getting enough social interaction, what with travelling around all the time." Ailith said after taking a drink. "Actually, before I met Gelfmon I was pretty lonely."
"How'd you meet Gelfmon anyway." Odette asked.
"Well…"
Flashback
"Be back before dark!" a woman called after Ailith as she left a house.
"Will do, mum!" Ailith called back.
Ailith walked, passing shops and houses, until she reached a park. Once there she sat down on one of the swings and began to swing higher and higher with her eyes closed, when the swing reached as high as it could go she let go and enjoyed the brief moment of weightlessness as she fell before she landed on the ground. She then got off and sat back on the swing to repeat the process. But as she got higher she noticed a mass of fog suddenly appear not that far away, she jumped off again but ignored the feeling while falling and ran toward the fog.
Once she reached the fog she entered and had to cover eyes because the fog irritated them slightly. Once inside she found that the fog was a sort of dome with the centre being empty, except for two battling creatures.
Ailith screamed and ducked as one of the creature's attacks came close to hitting her. The two monsters took notice of her.
"A human," said one of the monsters that looked like a tall ape with yellow fur; an Apemon.
The Apemon seemed to forget the other Digimon that it was battling (Gelfmon) as it turned towards Ailith.
Ailith found herself frozen in fear as Apemon came towards her.
"Stay away from her, your fight is with me!" shouted Gelfmon as she positioned herself in-between Ailith and Apemon.
Gelfmon didn't look to be in the best of shape, she had scratches covering her body and was shaking where she stood.
Apemon laughed. "I don't intend to hurt her, what use would a hurt human be to their partner?"
"What?" Gelfmon broadcasted Ailith's thoughts.
"Haven't you heard, they say that a human partner can make you stronger, and I intend to be stronger. Now go away, you're strong for a rookie but still no match for me, and I'm feeling generous."
Gelfmon looked over to Ailith who was still to frightened and confused to move, they looked each other in the eyes and felt a connection between them. Gelfmon then turned back to Apemon and glared defiantly.
"I won't let you near her!" she proclaimed.
"Suit yourself, I guess I'll prove my strength to her first." Apemon grinned. "Mega bone stick!"
Apemon attacked Gelfmon with a big bone that had been tied to his back.
"Ethel shield!" a shield of energy formed in front of Gelfmon.
The bone smacked against the shield and both Digimon were thrown back by the force. Gelfmon landed near Ailith.
"Are…Are y-you alright?" Ailith managed to ask the Digimon she realised was protecting her.
"I'll be fine. Just get out of here." Gelfmon told her as she got up.
Gelfmon charged at Apemon and they continued battling. Ailith managed to stand and walked backwards towards the fog barrier, keeping her eyes on the battling Digimon. But when Apemon threw Gelfmon harshly into the ground and she didn't get up Ailith found herself running forwards.
"Leave her alone!" Ailith shouted at Apemon.
"Why would you care for this weak Digimon?" the Apemon asked.
Ailith knew she had heard the name Digimon before but decided not to focus on it just yet considering who she was facing.
"I don't care if she's weak, she was protecting me from you." Ailith said, surprising herself with how courageous she was being. "I don't know what you are but I'm not going to be your 'partner', as you put it."
"How dare you?" Apemon shouted.
Apemon raised his hands above his head, ready to bring them down hard, and Ailith screamed in fear.
"No!" Gelfmon screamed from her place on the ground.
Gelfmon was suddenly wrapped in an egg of data.
"Gelfmon digivolve too…" she shouted from inside the egg.
Inside of it her skin was peeled away to reveal her data structure which grew and changed shape slightly, her skin then reformed over her new data structure.
"Aleriamon!" she announced in a more mature voice as she burst forth from her egg of data.
Aleriamon looked very similar to Gelfmon, she was now the size of a horse, her skin was a darker shade of blue, she had wings, some green spikes at the end of her tail, and the top half of her snout was hooked past the bottom jaw.
Apemon screamed as Aleriamon tackled him away from Ailith.
"Slash claw!" Aleriamon shouted.
Aleriamon's front claws glowed with energy and as she slashed them in the air the energy shot out and hit Apemon.
"No!" Apemon screamed as he turned into data.
Aleriamon absorbed the data instinctively. She then walked over to Ailith who was staring at her with awe.
"Thank you." Aleriamon said to Ailith.
"Why are you thanking me? You're the one who saved me from him." Ailith was surprised at how calm she found herself around the Digimon.
"I may have saved you, but it was you who gave me the power to do so. I could feel you giving me the energy to digivolve."
"Me?"
A glowing orb of light suddenly appeared in front of Ailith and she instinctively held out her hands and the orb dropped into them, the orb then disappeared leaving a red and black D-Arc in Ailith hands.
"What's this?" Ailith asked.
"I don't know." answered Aleriamon. "But I feel it linking me to you."
Ailith sighed and put her new D-Ark into her pocket.
"So does this mean I'm your partner or something then?"
"Yes, you are my Tamer."
"Okay, I'm going home, it feels like my brain is going to overload. You should hide, my parents won't have the best of reactions if they see you."
Ailith then walked home with Aleriamon following behind while doing her best to stay hidden.
End flashback
"…The next day I went out to find her and when I did she had de-digivolved back into Gelfmon, she then explained to me about Digimon and I remembered where I heard Digimon before and got into the card game, show, etc." Ailith finished telling her tale of how she met Gelfmon.
"Wow." Odette said. "Has Gelfmon reached champion since then?"
"No, but then again I wasn't technically her partner yet when she did and we haven't been in a situation that called for her to digivolve."
"I wonder what Felidaemon will be like when she digivolves."
"Well, she is a cat based Digimon, maybe she become a Gatomon. But then again Digimon don't always follow the obvious evolution pattern, Gatomon can go from being a cat to an angel. I guess you'll just have to wait and see."
"I just hope she'll be a manageable size. From what I've learned partner Digimon don't go back to rookie once the fight's over, so if she's too big it'll be hard keeping her from sight, let alone keeping her in my room."
"I know what you mean, I already have trouble keeping Gelfmon from sight as it is, it'd be impossible for Aleriamon since she's the size of a horse."
By now the two girls had finished their food and were sitting back in their chairs. Their conversation was then interrupted by beeping coming from their D-Arcs.
"There're picking up a digital field." Ailith explained to Odette.
The two girls grabbed their bags and left, having already paid for their meal. Once they were out of the shopping centre their Digimon followed their, the Digimon had already picked up on the digital field but had waited on their Tamers.
Once the girls and their partners reached the digital field the Tamers each took out a pair out sunglasses and put them on just before they entered. Once inside they took them off and looked around for the Digimon. Their Digimon were on edge as they looked around.
"Sticker blade!" shouted a gruff voice.
Felidaemon and Gelfmon managed to avoid the attack itself but were still blown back by the explosion it caused.
Odette and Ailith looked toward the source of the attack to see a large wolf-like Digimon with armour and blade over his front half. They both pointed their D-Arcs at the Digimon
"Sangloupmon," Odette read out. "Champion level, attacks; sticker blade and black mind."
"He looks like he's a powerful champion, they're going to need upgrades to take him down." Ailith said as she took out a modify card and slashed it through her D-Arc. "Digi-modify! Hyper speed activate!"
Odette nodded, she took out her own modify card and slashed it through her D-Arc. "Digi-modify! Strength activate!"
Gelfmon felt herself become quicker as Felidaemon felt herself become stronger.
"Make this battle as quick as you can, don't let him get the upper hand…uh, paw." Odette instructed the Digimon.
"Laser yowl!"
"Energy blast!"
The two Digimon fired their attacks at Sangloupmon but he managed to dodge them.
"Sticker blade!" he attacked back.
"Ethel shield!"
Gelfmon jumped in front of Felidaemon and activated her shield, it only just blocked the attack but Gelfmon became weakened from holding up her shield from such a powerful attack.
Sangloupmon didn't allow the two partner Digimon to recuperate and fired his attack again, dust was kicked up and when it cleared the two Digimon were barely standing.
"Felidaemon!"
"Gelfmon!"
Odette and Ailith called out for their partners in worry.
"Digi-modify! Energy activate!" the two Tamers both slashed the same card through their D-Arcs to allow their partners to temporarily gain some extra energy to fight.
"Energy blast!"
"Laser yowl!"
Sangloupmon didn't managed to dodge the attacks this time but they only managed to make him stumble back slightly since they were still too weak.
"Sticker blade!"
Felidaemon and Gelfmon cried out as they were blasted back.
"Felidaemon!"
"Gelfmon!"
Both Tamers cried out as they ran to their Digimons' sides, both were unconscious.
"Ailith! Watch out!" Odette called out to her fried when she noticed Sangloupmon facing Ailith and Gelfmon.
Ailith screamed when she saw the Digimon heading towards her and her injured partner. Gelfmon's eyes snapped open when she heard Ailith's scream, she saw Sangloupmon heading for them and felt a familiar power inside of her as Ailith's D-Arc began to glow.
"Gelfmon digivolve too…" Gelfmon announced as she was encased in a egg of data. "Aleriamon!" she shouted as she burst from the egg.
Aleriamon stood guard over her partner.
"Sticker blade!"
"Ethel barrier!"
A protective dome appeared over the pair and the attack impacted harmlessly on the shield.
"Slash claw!"
Aleriamon dropped her shield and attacked Sangloupmon. He cried out in pain as the attack hit him.
"Go, Aleriamon!" Ailith cheered on her partner.
"Yeah, go!" Odette joined in on the cheering.
Odette ran over to Ailith, Felidaemon cradled in her arms.
"Black mind!" Sangloupmon shouted as he seemed to turn into data and disappear.
"Aleriamon, into the sky!" Ailith ordered her Digimon.
Aleriamon flapped her wings and flew off the ground, just in time to avoid Sangloupmon attacking her from her own shadow.
"Slash claw!" Aleriamon attacked from the air.
Sangloupmon cried out in pain as he did turn to data and was absorbed by Aleriamon.
"Good job, Aleriamon." Ailith congratulated her partner as she landed in front of them.
"I'm just glad you're alright." Aleriamon said.
"I'm fine. I'm always fine, it's you who always gets injured."
Felidaemon groaned as she woke up. "What'd I miss?"
"Gelfmon digivolved to Aleriamon and defeated Sangloupmon." Odette answered. "I better get you home, you're worse for wear."
"Where am I going to hide you?" Ailith asked her Digimon.
"We could use the same place Takato uses for Guilmon, I'm sure they wouldn't mind." Odette suggested.
"Lead the way."
The two Tamers and Digimon walked to the park with Aleriamon doing her best to stay hidden, it was a relief when they actually got there. Odette then showed them the hut where Guilmon stayed.
"Hey, Guilmon." Odette said to her cousin's partner as she entered the hut.
"Oddmon!" Guilmon called out happily.
"Oddmon?" Ailith asked in amusement as she entered the hut.
"Guilmon seems to have trouble telling the difference between humans and Digimon, my nickname is Odd, so since he adds mon to the end of our names he calls me Oddmon." Odette explained.
"Oh, you brought a friend." Guilmon said.
"Guilmon, this is my friend Ailith and her partner Aleriamon."
Odette and Ailith stepped aside to allow Aleriamon inside.
"Aleriamon needs to stay hidden here until she de-digivolves. Is that alright?"
"A new friend." Guilmon cheered.
"I'll take that as a yes." Odette said. "Bye, Guilmon, Aleriamon."
"Bye, Aleriamon, Guilmon." Ailith said.
Both Tamers exited the hut and closed the door after them.
"See yah tomorrow." Odette said as she walked home.
"Bye." Ailith said as she headed in the opposite direction.
