Renamon stayed in Suko's room for the entirety of the morning of March 1st. She was thinking about what had happened a few days prior. Suko's cousin, Atsuo Nakamura, came to visit that weekend. Atsuo was for all intents and purposes a problem child. He was 2 years older than Suko at the time, and he had an influence on Suko because of this age difference. Atsuo was tall, strong, and physically imposing compared to Suko, who was thin and short for his age. Atsuo had a penchant for destroying things, stealing, and bullying other kids. Suko mentioned to Renamon how Atsuo would steal tips left to servers at restaurants. If any suspicion was raised by Atsuo's grandparents, who raised him, Atsuo would simply say the server had already taken the tip and they would believe him. He often looked down on Suko for not being as "cool" as he and his other friends. For Atsuo, being "cool" meant stealing, lying, and bullying other people.
Suko's and Atsuo's grandparents had been important people in Tokyo politically. They were well-known as the grandfather, Riichi, had been Tokyo's governor when Suko's father was a child. Riichi had also been raised in a military school and fought during World War II. Naturally, the family possessed a large house and could afford to buy any toys Atsuo wished provided he was a good kid. However, Riichi had glaucoma and it was easy for Atsuo to get away with many things. But whenever Atsuo got caught, Riichi subjected Atsuo to the severest of punishments, including beatings with a belt. For example, one day Atsuo was doing homework and his grandfather was so frustrated with his inability to complete basic math problems that he would slap the child and call him a failure. Atsuo would cry and his grandmother would try to defend him but to no avail. It was this grandmother, Reika, who would mostly spoil Atsuo by buying him games and toys without him deserving them as his grades were rather dismal or, if high, were due to a teacher being permissive.
Atsuo grew up away from his parents because his father, who was also named Atsuo, had a drug addiction and was bouncing from rehabilitation facility to rehabilitation facility. Atsuo's mother simply disappeared. Nobody knew where she went and what happened to her. Atsuo's father had met her at a brothel and because the father had failed to use protection, Suko's cousin was born.
Suko liked Atsuo because he was available and sometimes they would have fun together. Henry did not like Atsuo too much because of how he would treat Suko and how he would only hang out with him whenever his friends were not available. But Henry respected Suko's wishes and simply observed. Suko and Atsuo had a younger female cousin named Midori who they would bully together. They would push her, or take her dolls away and hide them, and even call her a whore. But Suko only behaved this way whenever Atsuo was around. Whenever Suko and this female cousin were alone, Suko would get along with her quite well. They shared a similar interest in books and would sit together to read, much to the annoyance of Atsuo who considered reading boring and a waste of time.
"If you take away her book and throw it out to the street, I will let you play with my new game." Atsuo would often bribe Suko this way. If Suko refused, Atsuo would simply tell Suko that he would never play with him again and that he would stay alone because he had no real friends.
"That Henry guy is much older than you and he cares little for a little kid like you. I am your cousin, remember that." This had an influence on Suko, as he knew many people did not want to spend time with him and that it was true that Atsuo was often willing to spend time with Suko. Whenever Suko performed the act of mischief Atsuo requested, Atsuo would blame Suko for it and Suko would take the punishment as his parents would not believe him. Suko would get upset at Atsuo, Atsuo would wait some time and act nice to Suko, who by then had forgotten what Atsuo would do, and was willing to spend time with him if Henry was not available. It was a cycle.
Once Suko met Renamon, things changed for the best and naturally Suko drifted away from Atsuo. Suko also met Juri and Takato, so Atsuo was seldom in his mind now. Suko was beginning to form real connections with the tamers, and Renamon was a source of comfort and care. It was a real connection with his Digimon. Suko was aware on some level of how the quality of these relationships differed from the relationship with Atsuo.
When Atsuo visited Suko last time, Renamon was hidden in other areas of the house, hearing most of what happened in vague detail. Suko told her that Atsuo had burnt Yuki, his plush rabbit. Atsuo convinced Suko that he was too old for stuffed animals and that cool guys did not play with them past four years old.
"You are six, and you are almost turning seven. Aren't you ashamed of it?"
"I guess…" Suko said.
"So, to celebrate your passage into coolness, let's say goodbye to this little friend of yours, who isn't even alive." Atsuo said, taking out a box of matches he bought from the store with money his grandma gave him specifically for potato chips.
Suko's face reflected the orange light of the fire where Yuki was burning. A tear rolled down his cheek as he saw Yuki's small round face being scorched by the flames. He remembered cuddling Yuki while Suko was cuddled by Renamon and realized that this would not happen ever again. Suko had left behind something dear and close to him for the sake of something ephemeral like being "cool."
"Why are you crying? Are you a girl or a man?" Atsuo asked, a smirk on his face and unblinking eyes focused on Suko. Suko then woke up and realized what Atsuo had done. Suko tried to hit Atsuo but Atsuo tripped him up.
"What? Do you want me to tell my aunt about how you started a fire to burn the toy she bought you?" Atsuo then chuckled after saying this. "You are a poor loser and you will never have any real friends because you still cling to stuffed toys."
"Shut up!" Suko replied as he was getting up but Atsuo pushed him down again. They were at an alley close to Suko's house. A police car passed by and turned on the sirens.
"Let's run!" Atsuo said. The cousins ran away, and the police officers got out of the car to follow them. But Atsuo found a dumpster where they could hide. The police were far behind them and eventually gave up the chase as they could not find the pair.
As it was predicted, Atsuo told Suko's parents that Suko had burnt one of his stuffed animals and that he tried to stop him but couldn't. This led to Suko being grounded for the rest of the weekend.
When Suko finished telling this story, Renamon sighed. Not because she had no patience for Suko, but because she felt the pain of the loss Suko experienced. Renamon knew it was a stuffed animal, but also that it was dear to Suko as he had Yuki since he was three years old.
"But why did you try so hard to appear to be cool to him?" Renamon asked, confused.
"Because I want to be accepted!" Suko said, slamming his fists against his legs. "When will I be fully accepted by people?"
"Are you still afraid that Hirokazu will steal your friends?" Renamon asked, looking at Suko, who was looking to the other side of the wall. Suko nodded and let out a faint yeah. "But you are already cool. You are a tamer, and you do have friends. You also have me. I accept you for who you are. Nobody can steal your friends if they really are your friends. That's something I learned the hard way." Renamon hugged Suko and nuzzled herself against his head. "Also, you don't have to do anything to be cool for me because I really care about you." Suko could not contain the tears anymore and cried his heart out. Renamon hugged Suko more tightly. She felt Suko's despair and sadness and fought back the tears.
Renamon then remembered how secure she was in herself overall, but at the same time how insecure she was about any potential friend she encountered. Other Digimon would want to talk to her, but all they would encounter was a mysterious stoicism that would diminish anyone's patience at any point. Renamon met Blackgatomon at school, and both Digimon hit it off well. Renamon remembered how eventually Blackgatomon wanted to know more about her, but she would not relent and would only answer cryptically or with "I'd rather not talk about it," or "it's personal, I can't tell you." This would drive Blackgatomon mad, as he was rather impatient, and he wanted to get to know Renamon better. But Renamon believed it didn't matter if she talked or not, as she thought nobody liked her. Then Blackgatomon got murdered. Metalseadramon murdered Blackgatomon because Metalseadramon had dated Renamon in the past and Blackgatomon confronted Metalseadramon. Metalseadramon was relentless about Renamon returning to him, but Renamon wanted nothing to do with him as he had caused enough pain to her.
Metalseadramon was one of those people who took themselves too seriously. He mostly spoke about himself and had many enemies. Renamon, in her former naivete, believed Metalseadramon was "cool" and attractive. Metalseadramon was older than Renamon. He had finished school and Renamon was in the middle of her higher studies. Metalseadramon would often run smear campaigns against his enemies and would victimize himself whenever they would retaliate against him for his abusive actions. Metalseadramon used the school's rules to bully others. He would cite them to make accusations against other Digimon who stood on his way to being the most popular Digimon at the school.
"These other Digimon have nothing but crap to bring to our school. They don't deserve to be class president!" Metalseadramon would say before his last year in school began, when Renamon met him and was beginning to feel something for him. Metalseadramon was also intelligent, which is why Renamon found him appealing for the most part. But that intelligence was wasted on Machiavellian schemes that served no other purpose than to prevent others from becoming president of the school. Renamon believed all of Metalseadramon's lies about others. She backed him up whenever her parents would warn her about him. Metalseadramon would fuel this by creating situations that would drive others away from Renamon, thus isolating her even more. Metalseadramon would often reassure Renamon that she was amazing, that he wished he was as fantastic as her and that people who left her were just idiots who were jealous of her, or simply assholes. For example, one Digimon who respected Renamon attempted to call Metalseadramon out, but he twisted this by saying that Digimon was making sexist remarks. Metalseadramon easily achieved this because the accusation was that Metalseadramon treated Renamon as his maidservant. All Metalseadramon had to do was take the word "maidservant" out of context and claim he called Renamon a maidservant, which inflamed school officials who decided to suspend that Digimon and keep him from running for president. When that Digimon stopped contacting Renamon, Metalseadramon claimed he harbored a deep sexism inside of him that he wanted to keep hidden and simply left like a coward because he didn't want to be discovered. This was effective on Renamon because of many sob stories Metalseadramon would tell Renamon about him being lonely or crying crocodile tears saying he was a terrible person and didn't deserve someone so amazing as her. All of these behaviors made Metalseadramon seem genuine when he was not.
Many other instances of such strange behavior occurred, and Renamon began to notice something was off once nobody would speak to her except Blackgatomon. Blackgatomon and Metalseadramon had not met, but Blackgatomon had heard enough rumors about Metalseadramon, and Renamon's descriptions, that he warned her multiple times about him. The instance that made Blackgatomon and Renamon fight for the first time was when Renamon said Metalseadramon attempted to force his metallic cloaca inside of her when they were patting each other. Renamon kicked Metalseadramon away.
"You are a cunt. You know that? After all that I have done for you that's how you repay me?" Metalseadramon would say whenever Renamon did not want to engage in intercourse with Renamon. Blackgatomon was fuming with anger and he told Renamon he would defeat Metalseadramon in a fight. Renamon told him that it was unnecessary, that she would be ok. But Blackgatomon would insist until Renamon lost all of her patience and told him to mind his own business. After this disagreement, Renamon would not talk about anything pertaining to her life or relationship with Blackgatomon. She was especially suspicious of Blackgatomon's motives, as she felt like he had a crush on her like many other Digimon. But she couldn't have been more wrong, as Blackgatomon merely saw Renamon as a friend and he already had a crush on a Gatomon. The truth as Blackgatomon saw it was that Renamon was justifying her decision to stay with a psychopath by twisting the truth and finding excuses for his behavior. For the attempted rape, Renamon rationalized it saying he really loved her and that he was still young. But Blackgatomon disagreed and said he was old enough to know it was wrong to try to do that sort of stuff. Eventually, Renamon would not speak much with Blackgatomon and their conversations degenerated from talks about books to talks about the weather, talks which both Digimon abhorred. Eventually, they grew to be strangers. Renamon would just wave to Blackgatomon but sit elsewhere during lunch hours, by herself. Other female Digimon such as Floramon, Vegimon, and Biyomon, would gossip about Renamon and call her a cold-hearted sorceress, or a stuck-up cunt. But Blackgatomon would still defend her and say she knew what she wanted in life but that she often wanted the wrong thing from a lack of experience. Blackgatomon believed that her zero-in focus was a double-edged sword as it could be focused on the wrong thing as was the case with Metalseadramon.
Renamon eventually ended things with Metalseadramon when he caught him speaking with another female Digimon, one of the Floramon that would gossip about her. Metalseadramon referred to Renamon as her "toy."
"Sometimes the toy bites, but I know how to keep her in line." Metalseadramon chuckled.
"When will you come with me and dump that poor devil? Stop wasting her time!" Floramon giggled.
"Don't worry Floramon. That disgusting furry bitch is nothing but a pawn I am using so that the school sees that I am of higher status, as Renamon tend to be of high status and their power carries a certain prestige. But she is nothing more than a mere pawn to me. However, I do love you." And then Floramon and Metalseadramon kissed. Renamon's heart sunk and her whole world crumbled. Then the rage surged from within her and decided to confront them.
"That's how I wanted to see you, Metalseadramon." Renamon emerged from her hideout at the beach. It was a large boulder. "Look at how pretty you two look."
"Renamon! What are you doing here?" Metalseadramon said, raising his voice in protest.
"I don't owe you any explanations you treacherous snake. You are nothing but a con artist and everyone warned me about you. How stupid of me to not have believed them." Renamon said, shaking her head.
"Watch what you are saying you idiot!" Metalseadramon got closer to Renamon.
"I listened to you, I believed you, I defended you against everyone else." Renamon said, trying to keep herself calm. "But you just proved everyone's point. I can't help it but call a spade a spade."
"Shut up!" Metalseadramon slammed his tail against the sand. "You are nothing but a disgusting idiot who believed me. And you know what? Your smell causes me nausea, I can't stand the sight of you, nor your voice, nor you touching me!"
Renamon sighed and turned away. She did not bother to respond to Metalseadramon's temper tantrum.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Metalseadramon's voice raised. "Hey! You!"
Renamon would cry inside her room from that day forward. She remembered telling metalseadramon about her insecurity regarding her smell, and the fact that it was used as an insult was a tremendous blow. She had trusted him with all her heart and there was no other heart to trust hers back. The days passed and Renamon grew numb to this pain. She remembered how whenever she would notice something didn't add up, Metalseadramon would divert her attention or claim it was all on her head. She specifically remembers a time when he said he would have come back at a certain time and more than an hour passed. She wondered what was happening during that hour, and the rumors of Floramon and Metalseadramon had began to spread. When questioned, Metalseadramon would simply call everyone else crazy and say Renamon was too naïve to believe them. But Renamon now realized her intuition was on the mark and that she knew on some level that something was not right. This made Renamon feel like a patsy, which was a further blow to her self-esteem. The lies Metalseadramon had made about others, which isolated her even further. The attempted rapes and the cheating. All of this was a cocktail of pain that Renamon wanted to get rid of but couldn't. All of the good things Metalseadramon had said about her were nothing but a house of cards to keep her around. All the lies he said about others had been nothing but machinations to keep her to himself. Was she really the bad person here? Perhaps she was evil because she chose to associate herself with an evil being. These thoughts drove Renamon to further isolate herself.
After Blackgatomon was murdered all the Digimon at the school blamed Renamon for it. Even other Digimon who had formerly expressed interest in her had began to give her weird looks.
"Get away from me or I will scream." One female Gomamon said when Renamon tried asking for the time.
"I feel a connection to Suko." Renamon thought. "But this is not any kind of connection. I know what that insecurity he feels inside is like, and I see so many parallels between Atsuo and Metalseadramon that it's scary." Renamon thought of Suko suffering as much as she did and the thought made her feel a sense of loss she could not describe.
Renamon then remembered Yuki. She wanted Suko to have his friend back. But she did not have any money to go and find another stuffed rabbit, and she doubted any of the tamers would trouble themselves in asking their parents for money. She also did not want to bother them by asking them to go to the store. Renamon then decided to speak with Juri as soon as saw her. At the park, they worked a similar plan as last time. They pretended to go to the restroom and instead talked. Renamon told Juri the gist of what had happened to Suko with Yuki and said she really wanted Suko to have the rabbit back.
"Perhaps I could make one for him if you could give me some materials." Renamon said, scratching her head. She hated sewing as she knew she was not born for such an endeavor, and she wanted to do a good job.
"Of course! I can bring you some old shirts and needles and string for you to make the rabbit. I can draw you some patterns for you to follow." Juri said before pulling out her dog puppet. "Woof! Juri made me by following a pattern she found online! Woof!"
"Thank you, Juri." Renamon bowed. "Also, I know Suko's birthday is happening pretty soon. Perhaps this should be a birthday gift for him."
"I agree!" Juri beamed.
"I also thought of making a small birthday get-together for him. I know Takato's family owns a bread store. Maybe they can make us a cake. The only thing is that we don't have money." Renamon looked to the distance, thinking.
"I can bake something. I am good at baking."
"That would be fantastic. Could you make something with chocolate? Suko loves chocolate."
"Of course!"
Renamon smiled at Juri. She was happy that Suko had a genuine friend who was willing to do something as laborious as a cake for him. Renamon had never had a friend do that to her, but she still wanted Suko to experience that. "Please keep it between us." Renamon said. Juri nodded and winked at Renamon.
The next day Renamon received the materials from Juri and Renamon placed them on the old abandoned shrine she used to sleep at. Renamon spent a good while trying to make the rabbit. Luckily Juri had given her two shirts she could use. Renamon prickled herself often, as her big fingers were not suited to holding a needle. Once the basic form of the rabbit was done, Renamon had to sew the eyes, mouth, and nose of the rabbit. The eyes were two red buttons Juri found on a drawer. They had been from an old doll's dress she had and lost. The eyes were not a challenge to put on the rabbit. Neither was the nose. For the mouth she had to carefully trace a "w" shape for her to follow while sewing with the black string. Once the plush was done Renamon placed it inside a birthday bag Juri had also given her.
Renamon asked Juri upon turning the material left-over back to tell Henry and Takato about her plan, which Juri brought with them at school. Henry and Takato were extremely surprised by Renamon.
"I never thought Ms. Stoicism was so warm and fuzzy on the inside." Henry said. "She never struck me as the type to do all that for someone."
"Renamon struck me as a bit of a stuck-up when I met her. But this is unexpected!" Takato said.
"She is one of the kindest and sweetest people I have ever met, guys. She is just very selective with who she shares her feelings." Juri said. "She is not as mean as she seems."
When March 6 arrived Takato, Guilmon, Henry, Terriermon, Juri, Leomon and Suzie with a new Digimon named Lopmon were at the park next to the building where Takato would hide Guilmon. Guilmon smelled the box where the cake was, and his mouth salivated. Calumon accompanied them as well.
"Is this Guilmon bread?" Guilmon asked. Renamon turned towards Guilmon, glaring at him: "Please don't touch it." She said to Guilmon, who was being held back by a nervous Takato.
"Brother," Suzie turned towards Henry, "When will Suko arrive? I want him to see my partner!" She then squeezed Lopmon so hard that Lopmon groaned. Terriermon giggled at Lopmon, who then glared at Terriermon.
"He was probably taken out by his parents right after school and will be here soon." Henry reassured Suzie. The new tamer turned out to be Suzie, and her Digimon was Lopmon, the virtual pet she had all along. Ten more minutes passed and Renamon decided to go to Suko's house to look for him. After a few more minutes, she was back with Suko, who was surprised to see everyone there, looking at him and smiling.
"W-what is going o-on, Renamon?" Suko frowned.
"Happy birthday!" Everyone said. Renamon picked up and hugged Suko and whispered to his ear "Happy birthday, super Saiyan."
Calumon was doing her happy dance and calooing. "Happy birthday Suko!" Calumon would sing. Renamon put Suko down and took him to Guilmon's hideout. Inside, next to the door, was the box with the cake Juri had baked.
"I made this cake for you. Check it out!" Juri said, smiling. When Suko opened the cake, his frown turned into a big smile.
"I got chocolate cake! Yes!" Suko beamed. "How did you know I like chocolate?" Suko turned to Juri. Juri told him Renamon had organized this for him, and that's how she learned about his favorite cake flavor. Suko looked at Renamon, who smiled at him and turned away, embarrassed.
"Calu! Renamon has another surprise for Suko!" Calumon got close to Suko and pulled him by the sleeve of his jacket.
"What is it?" Suko said, excited. Renamon took the bag and handed it to Suko.
"It's an old friend of yours, saying hi again." Renamon said as Suko was pulling out the home-made Yuki.
"It's…" Suko's eyes were getting moist. Suko then began to cry and hugged his new Yuki stuffed animal. "Wow! It's Yuki again!" Renamon simply stood there, looking at Suko and feeling happy that Suko had his old toy back, even if it was slightly cruder than the previous version.
"Renamon made it for you." Juri said, putting a hand over Suko's shoulder. "She asked me for all of the materials."
"Really?" Suko said, his voice shaking because of how happy he was. "You made it for me?"
Renamon nodded, holding her own hands in front of her. Suko ran towards Renamon and hugged her tightly. "Thank you! Thank you!" Renamon caressed Suko's hair and smiled at him. Takato was surprised by seeing Renamon act this way, even though Renamon was still holding so much emotion back. Juri was moved by this, and her eyes got some moisture but not enough to cry.
"I brought utensils and plates guys." Takato said.
"Yes! Let's eat! I want cake!" Suko said, his voice echoing inside the building's cave.
The tamers then each got their own slice and ate to their heart's content. Suko noticed that Suzie was sitting next to Lopmon and adding two and two he realized she had her Digimon partner now.
"I am glad for you, monkey girl!" Suko said. Suzie stuck her tongue at Suko and Lopmon just scratched her head. "So, that means there's one more tamer to go."
"Yes." Henry began. "I didn't expect this to happen but Suzie is one of the tamers." Henry said, uneasily. He was nervous because he didn't want his younger sister to be exposed to danger. But she was a tamer now, and there was nothing anyone could do to change that. According to Henry, Lopmon appeared once Suzie began to cry when Terriermon did not want to play with her that day. Lopmon appeared to be more docile towards Suzie and allowed herself to be played with slightly more.
"So now we need to find the second tamer, and we are complete!" Takato said. "But I have looked elsewhere and I have not found any other tamer yet."
"Maybe Takatomon can make the tamer out of bread!" Guilmon said, enthusiastically and with cake still on his mouth.
"No, Guilmon! Don't be silly!" Takato frowned at Guilmon. Everyone on the space laughed.
"Well, how are we to go to the digital world if we have to go?" Juri asked. "Is there some kind of portal we can use?"
"I am not sure. But this will be difficult because we can't just disappear without telling our parents about this, and our Digimon." Henry said. Everyone then realized that they had not told their parents about their Digimon partners. How would their parents react? Would they approve of their Digimon? Would the dynamic between tamer and Digimon be affected in a positive or negative way? These were not easy questions for the tamers to deal with.
"I will never be parted from Guilmon. My parents will have to accept him." Takato said, hugging Guilmon. "I promised Guilmon we would never part."
"Yeah, I don't want to part from Prince Leomon." Juri said, blushing and snuggling with Leomon, who seemed slightly embarrassed. Juri did this out of genuine emotion for Leomon, and also because she knew that Leomon was the only secure attachment she had in her life.
"Terriermon is my best friend. I would never cave-in to my parents if they didn't accept him. But something tells me my parents will be okay with Terriermon." Henry smiled and patted Terriermon.
"Momantai Henry!" Terriermon said. "I also have a presentment that they will be ok with me and with Lopmon."
Suko looked at Renamon, who looked back at him. Suko looked down and hugged Yuki. "I am not sure what my parents would say about Renamon. It's a coin toss." Suko did not want to part with Renamon or change the routine they had developed. Changing that routine was a devastating thought for Suko, who craved that stability. Renamon sensed what Suko was feeling and held him close to her.
"We won't part ways. There's a reason why we met, Suko." Renamon said. Renamon's voice soothed Suko, and he closed his eyes and smiled while snuggling himself against Renamon.
"That's true. We met our Digimon for a reason, and the little old man said so." Suko said.
"Takatomon. Guilmon is happy to have met Takato!" Guilmon said, cake coming out of his mouth. Renamon winced at this.
"Yeah guys! Cheer up!" Takato said. "Let's enjoy this delicious cake." Takato was enjoying himself, as the cake was made by Juri. He wondered what other delicious things Juri could make, and the thought gave him butterflies in his stomach. He craved more of Juri's company, but he did not know how to approach her without it getting awkward.
"I am happy to have my own cute little bunny!" Suzie said, squeezing Lopmon's cheeks. Lopmon gently removed Suzie's hands from her face and continued eating her cake.
"Calu calu!" Calumon flew over Suko's head and positioned himself above it.
"What are you doing you miscreant?" Suko giggled. "You tickle me!" Calumon laughed at this. "Guys, maybe Mr. Yamaki has a clue about this digiworld odyssey we are having." Suko said, rubbing his chin. "After all, he is a god that can open many doors, to this world and the next one with his sorcery."
"Dude, he is not a sorcerer or a god." Henry shook his head and chuckled. He genuinely found Suko's exaggeration to be funny.
"I was just being hyperbolic. But yeah. Let's go and ask him." Suko suggested.
"Suko, we can't just step into the building and ask him. He seems to be some kind of government official." Renamon said.
"We will find a way. Either way Suko is right. He must know how to enter that world. He probably has gone to it already." Takato said.
"Yeah, he has a Salamon as his partner. I am intrigued by this." Henry said.
"Well, in any case, we have a clue of how to go to the digiworld. Perhaps we will find the other tamer there." Takato continued.
The tamers parted ways as soon as it was getting dark. Guilmon stayed in the small building, while the rest of the tamers left with their Digimon. Juri dreaded going home, while Suko simply wanted to rest and play video games with Renamon. Henry and Suzie went to the store to buy some drinks and then left home, carrying Terriermon and Lopmon as if they were stuffed animals.
Suko's worries had left him this night. He was happy that the tamers had gone to his party. But even more, he was grateful that Renamon had organized all of this for him, and that she recreated Yuki for him. "Thank you, Renamon. I really love this new Yuki."
"It took me quite a few hours to make. I am happy you like it." Renamon said.
"You didn't have to, though. My parents had bought me a new video game and a few figurines." It was Zelda Majora's Mask and the figurines were miniatures of Dragon Ball Z. "It's not like I didn't have any gifts."
"I just… I didn't want you to feel sad without Yuki." Renamon said. All she wanted to do was make sure Suko did not feel like some kind of freak, to make him feel like he belonged somewhere, even if it meant doing things she felt embarrassed doing. She saw Suko and it pained her to know that he felt alienated and rejected. Renamon also wondered about Suko's parents' reaction to her. She knew she would not be separated from Suko, not through his parents, as Suko would always find a way to see her. But she did not let those thoughts bother her any further and she decided to enjoy the rest of the night with her tamer, exploring his new game. Calumon followed them, and she seemed to want to spend the night with them.
"Calu! Suko and Renamon are so close!" Calumon sang. Renamon turned to see Calumon, and she nodded at her in acknowledgment. Suko looked at Calumon and motioned to her to go over his head.
Meanwhile, the sky was beginning to show a strange pattern to it. The lights of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building began to flicker.