A/N: Small chapter here, but necessary.

Digimon Tamers 2: Zero's Legacy

Chapter 21

Renamon couldn't find Zero. She has heard he was back, others had seen him. But no one knew where he was. Rika was helping her locate the Sovereign, but even between them they had no luck.

They had spent an hour searching for him. He wasn't anywhere they thought he'd be. Not assessing any damage, not checking his followers. Not even in the kitchen having a snack. This baffled Renamon, had he left again? Did Fanglongmon summon him again? Then again, Rika was still here. If he had been summoned she would have joined him. They met up outside shortly after they almost gave up.

"Still no sign of him?" Rika asked.

Renamon shook her head. "I don't get it Rika. He's nowhere here and he had no reason to leave."

An idea suddenly came to Rika. "You don't suppose he's gone to bed, do you? It's the only place we haven't looked yet."

Renamon virtually slapped herself as they headed back to their room. No one had seen him go this way, but once they stopped outside the door they heard something. Faint snoring. Rika and Renamon shot each other a grin as the vulpine opened the door.

There on the bed, sprawled in an undignified manner, was Zero. Sound asleep. It looked like he hadn't cared where he laid, he just went to sleep. The result was quite comical. Rika let forth a muffled giggle as she left the two foxes alone. Renamon closed the door behind her and took up a position next to her mate. She decided against her earlier plan of fornication, instead she let him rest. Even she had seen the rings around his eyes before he gated to the real world.

She let him rest as she too settled into a light dose.

Zero woke in the arms of his mate. A rather inviting position, if he wasn't so tired. He watched her as he slowly woke up, taking the time to sweep his gaze across her. She was pristine, very unlike how she was when she was in the streets. He was glad she was restored to her glory, it also gave him something to look at. Then again, she wasn't quite in her full glory.

Sporting a devilish grin he ran his tongue over her mark. This had two effects. One was the one he wanted, the activation of her mark and all that came with it. The second was one he didn't really want yet, she woke up.

"Here I was, letting you sleep, and you go do something like this. Honestly."

Zero tried his best commanding tone. "Your Sovereign commands it." His best sleepy, commanding tone.

Renamon hid a smirk. "Bullshit. We both know that trick doesn't work on me."

His face fell. "Damn. I was bored too..." He closed his eyes and laid his head back, not expecting the lips that met his own.

"Although, should my Sovereign command it, I should obey..." The way she said it sent shivers down his spine. "If that is your wish of course." Zero didn't know what to do. He could accept and roll with what he was originally going for. Or, he could melt away into the bed from the heat of her tone. Either one sounded equally as good. Renamon saw the effect she had on him and smirked. "And you call me the sex whore."

It was his time to smirk. "You are, I'm just tired." His pathetic excuse caused her to laugh slightly. "How is everyone? Any casualties?"

She became serious now he was in 'Sovereign mode'. "No, no injuries either. You did a good job keeping that away from us all. I'll admit we panicked when it jumped to the real world, how did that end up?"

"The usual. I prevented it incinerating a few buildings as the other Sovereigns showed up. Together we defeated the dark Sovereign, at which point Fanglongmon showed up, grabbed data, purged and divided it. Then he did something I never expected."

"What was that?"

He took a breath. "He asked me if I wanted my village back. Not those who died, just a new village of new digimon like me."

Renamon's eyes widened. "And you said?"

"What else would I say? Firstly I said no."

She choked on the air she breathed. "What? Why?"

"It didn't feel right. My life has been shaped by me knowing I'm the last of my kind. For that to suddenly change seems wrong. But Fanglongmon asked me to reconsider, saying I could take as long as I liked to decide."

"And you still stand by your first choice?"

"I don't know anymore. If another village of me is to exist, I want to be the one to oversee its protection. But that means having it in the real world, if we go back. Until this is resolved," He waved his arm around, meaning the migration, "I will stick by what I said."

"Fair enough Zero. Whatever you choose, I will be here to help. I hope you know that."

"Of course I do. Now, as I recall we have fornication to perform..."

Her reaction was simply epic.