Chapter Ten:
The Singer's Secret
Major Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon; for if I did, Loaño would actually be in Data Squad, and not in this Fic. +There will be at least three or more of my own custom episodes!!
"Loaño! Look at this," Marcus held a newspaper in front of my face. It had a picture of…What the?
Yoshino?!
"What the…?" I muttered. I started to read, Mysterious Girlfriend of Neon Discovered!
"Yeah, I know! We'd better get to DATS right away!" Marcus said.
"First off," I huffed "why do we always end up either walking or running to work?"
"I dunno," Marcus huffed too.
"Second off, who the heck is this Neon guy? I've never heard of him." I growled.
"That's because you don't have a life." Marcus laughed. I gave him my flat stare.
Sum it all up; found out Yoshi is dating a singer, and we ran to DATS (again).
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"Wait, what?! How come you get to date Neon!!!?" Megumi shouted.
"Yeah, why not one of us?!" Miki shouted too.
"Would everyone just SHUT-UP, or I will have to hurt someone!" I shouted louder.
Everyone went silent. Thomas was ticking away on the computer.
"Yoshi, look at this." He said. Yoshi sighed and went to him.
"They've posted everything about you on the internet…your favorite music, clothes, everything!" he told her.
"Wow, how'd they know?" Yoshi grumbled.
"You like showtunes?" I teased.
"Shut it." She growled.
"Umm, for the record, who's Neon? And why are you dating him?" I asked yet again.
"Well, Neon is an old friend of mine…and now he's a singer, I guess… as for why I'm dating him…" Yoshi explained.
"Yoshi is 'dating' Neon because I suspect him of holding a Digimon." We all turned around to see Sampson and Kudamon come up behind us.
"Commander." I nodded.
"I want you all to investigate. Now, go outside and get some fresh air, you've been cooped up all day." Sampson ordered.
That was the thing about Sampson; he doesn't suggest, he orders.
We leaned against the pier talking to Yoshi.
Well, Miki and Megumi were. I was sitting there, feeling hungry. My stomach growled. Kidd flicked his ears and said,
"Dude, shut your stomach up, you just ate!"
"Sorry, but I'm hungry again." I snapped.
A flashy sportscar drove onto the side of the road. A blonde man sat in it. Yoshi ran to him, while we all stayed behind.
I assume that the guy was Neon.
Yoshi waved goodbye and he drove off. Miki sighed dreamily, Megumi looked down sadly.
You know what I did? Nothing. I had no clue who the guy was, so I wasn't going to go gaga over him.
I closed my eyes to relax.
Hello, again. My 'conscience' said.
Oh, great…I thought.
You know, you're a very negative and quiet person…you should fix that. Tell them that Neon is hiding the Keramon. It ordered.
"Keramon?" I said aloud. I opened my eyes when I realized everyone was looking at me stupidly.
"Keramon? Yes, that would make sense…" Thomas thought.
"I'm not hungry anymore…" I said suddenly.
"Well, that's odd. Some one can't go from hungry to not-hungry in a few minutes." Kidd observed.
"Hey, maybe it's one of those warning things?" Marcus said.
"It's possible…" Thomas replied.
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"You're right Loaño," Miki said. "It is a Keramon signature."
"What exactly do Keramon do?" I asked.
"What Keramon do is they eat data. When they're hungry, they go to the nearest computer and gobble some data. They can also alter the data they've eaten to fit their needs." Megumi explained.
"Hmmm… wouldn't that only work if someone was boosting their career?" Marcus suggested.
"Oh, this is the worst!" Yoshi complained. "How am I going to tell him I know?"
"Well, you could always be up-front about it." Thomas suggested.
But, you know, while everyone's arguing, I decide to do this myself. I thought I knew where Neon's 'HQ' is, so I decided to head for that. Kidd followed like he always does.
"What the heck are you doing?" Kidd whispered.
"I don't really know, but they're not getting anything done back at DATS, are they?" I said mildly.
"Whatever."
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Neon's studio was a large skyscraper near the middle of the city. I saw red electricity coming from the top of the tower.
The hair on the back of my neck prickled. Someone's hand grabbed my shoulder. I spun around to see a tall blonde man, in a red t-shirt and cream-colored pants.
"Hello, what are you doing around my studio?" he spoke kindly, but with a hint of impatience.
"Umm…I wandered here." I said flatly.
I looked around for Kidd. He was probably hiding.
"Who-who are you?" I asked. I pretended to sound scared.
"I'm Neon. I think I saw you with Yoshi this morning." Neon spoke quietly.
I secretly pressed the emergency button on my comm..
"Now, I want you to leave, and never come back; both of you." His face hardened and he snarled; "Or else-,"
"Or else what, Neon?" it was Yoshi. She was behind him, with a hard look on her face.
"Oh, nothing, dear, I just caught this child spying around my studio." Neon tried to explain his one-sided tale.
"Oh, really, or she wouldn't have pressed the emergency button on her comm. as I was coming to dinner." Yoshi explained.
"Well, Yoshi, she was spying, or she's a spying groupie. Which is it?" Neon said.
"One, blondie, I don't even know who you are. Two, I don't care who you are, you're harboring a Digimon, and I'm here to take it back where it belongs." I growled.
Neon looked scared. "Are you hearing your own teammate's drabble?!"
"She's not insane, Neon. I know about the Keramon." Yoshi spoke gently.
"You-you…KERAMON!!" he called.
Glass broke, and the odd-looking digimon, Keramon, appeared near Neon.
It hissed.
"Take care of them, Keramon. Them both!" Neon ordered.
"Lalamon, realize!" Lalamon appeared in white light.
"Kidd!" I called. KiddGarurumon stormed out of the bushes with growls.
"Seed Blast!" Lalamon shot her seeds at the Keramon.
It started to glow.
Darn, do they always digivolve? I thought angrily.
Kurisarimon appeared before us both.
"Night Claw!" it slashed at Lalamon, knocking her out.
"Knockout Punch!" Kidd slammed into the digimon.
It glowed and turned into an egg.
Yoshi held Lalamon close to her.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"Yes…" she said.
I smiled and collected the egg.
Well, that ended well.