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chapter 29
What if a digimon who felt she wasn't pretty had a fan who said otherwise?
Series: Digimon
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"Welcome everyone to the annual Digital beauty pageant! Today we get to see the beauties from all around the Digital World!" Announced an Etemon to the roaring crowd in front of the stage, all of whom were eager to see the females and which one would be crowned.
"Now it's time see which ones are gonna be out today before we start the contests!"
That was the cue for the curtain to pull aside, revealing the Digimon to the audience, who all cheered upon seeing the various females.
"That Floramon sure is cute." Commented a Gotsumon.
"She may be cute, but she's no match for my sister." A male Mikemon replied as he pointed to the BlackGatomon on the stage.
"Please, have you seen that Lillymon? Wow!" Drooled a BanchoLeomon.
"She is something. But I think the real competition is either Kyubimon or BelleStarmon." Digmon told his friend, gazing upon the masked biker Digimon, who winked at the audience.
"Now let's get started! First up is the talent portion! And first up will be Floramon!" Etemon called, in which Floramon nodded as she approached the front of the stage.
The spotlight shone on her as she showed off her talent.
Her vines extended out as she started moving her arms around while the vines started spinning, making the audience cheer, before she began to prance around the stage, twirling around her vines to make beautiful patterns and swirl across the stage.
Soon she stopped, retracted her vines and bowed, causing Etemon to come back on the stage and say. "Alright. Let's hear it for Floramon and her Ribbon Dance!"
The crowd applauded once more, making Floramon smile, before giving a final bow and then moving back to stand alongside the other contestants.
Next came the BlackGatomon, who stepped forward and bowed.
"Thank you, thank you." She said, before getting serious. "I'm sure most of you have heard that us cats have nine lives, well I intend to prove if that is true by balancing across a tightrope, with no safety net."
"And blindfolded." The dark furred feline added, pulling out a blindfold from her right glove, which she then wrapped around her head and tightened, taking away her field of vision.
Everyone went quiet as she held out her arms and was grabbed by two DemiDevimon, each grabbing an arm, before flying to the top, causing the lights to turn up to show the DemiDevimon duo place BlackGatomon on the platform.
They flew away as BlackGatomon slowly tapped the rope with one foot to make sure where it was before moving forward and onto it, followed by her other foot.
And soon, everyone watched as she began to cross.
The crowd was amazed at her performance, especially whenever BlackGatomon would stop to do a trick, such as traverse on her hands or let go completely before grasping the rope with her tail, while showing no worries and only confidence in herself and act.
Once she reached the end, the crowd roared with applause, making BlackGatomon remove her blindfold, throw it away and smile as she waved to her fans.
"Way to go, sis!" Mikemon called out, knowing that even though his sister most likely didn't hear him, she always had his support.
And After getting assisted back down by the DemiDevimon, BlackGatomon walked back to the other females, before the Lillymon walked forward, as the order had been decided.
She curtsied to the crowd before snapping her fingers, in which everyone went silent as a low song started playing.
Soon Lillymon started bending her legs with her arms bent towards her chest and started lightly moving across the stage.
She moved across it with ease and light movements while pivoting and twirling on her feet, all the while the crowd were in awe at her dancing.
She jumped up after bending her legs and finished the dance with one last twirl before landing on her feet.
"Wasn't she something?" Etemon asked, making the crowd applaud for the flower Digimon as she smiled and walked back
"But let's change the atmosphere with BelleStarmon and her Shotgun Special!" Etemon announced.
Hearing her name called, BelleStarmon walked up to Etemon.
"Thank you." She said, before calling out. "Now then, for my performance I will need a volunteer. One who isn't afraid of anything."
"I'll do it!" Called an Agumon, raising his left claw, making BelleStarmon nod her head in approval.
As the Agumon joined BelleStarmon on stage, a rotating board that had four leather straps was placed several feet away from the pair, making BelleStarmon explain. "Thanks to my new assistant, we can now begin."
Agumon was then grabbed by BelleStarmon's lady assistants, two AquaVeemon, who escorted the confused Digimon over to the board, only to strap his arms and legs down and hold him in place.
"And now, I shall fire my guns at Agumon, eighteen times as he spins around." BelleStarmon explained, making the Agumon call out. "Wait! I'm having second thoughts…"
"Girls. Let him spin!" BelleStarmon just called out, before the board began to spin in a clockwise motion, while the masked biker Digimon withdrew her firearms and began shooting.
"Wow! Now that's an impressive display of firepower!" called out Etemon as the crowd roared in agreement, amazed that every shot BelleStarmon fired missed Agumon and never hit in the same spot.
And after firing the last few shots in her guns, the AquaVeemon assistants walked up to Agumon, undid his bindings, which caused him to collapse onto the floor, as he fainted, while showing that the bullet holes in the board left by BelleStarmon had formed a heart shape, making everyone applaud louder.
BelleStarmon bowed, winking again to the audience, before moving back as Kyubimon walked forward with a confident smile on her face.
"Now we have a treat for you, I give you all last year's winner, the ever beautiful and always lovely, Kyubimon!" Etemon called, making said Digimon grin as she soaked up the applause.
Several rings rose up from the stage as Kyubimon faced them.
"Fox Tail Inferno!" She then called out, causing the tips of her six tails to become consumed in blue flames that then shot off, breaking into smaller flames that then set every one of the rings ablaze.
Continuing her act, Kyubimon then called out a second of her attacks.
"Dragon Wheel!" The foxy Digimon announced as she curled up and consumed herself in light blue flames, captivating the audience as she leapt forward from one ring to the next.
Everyone was amazed at Kyubimon's performance.
It was a combination of beauty, suspense and danger rolled into one glorious act.
And with the final ring, came a tremendous ending, as Kyubimon's form began to glow brightly, amazing everyone watching as she leapt through the last ring, unleashing her energy in the form of a massive fire dragon that soared above the stage, before it erupted, causing countless wicks of small flame to fall down and around Kyubimon, which then spun around her body.
And after the flames dispersed, everyone was left speechless to see Kyubimon had Digivolved to her Mega form, Sakuyamon, who was curled up, before she arose, proudly showing off her new form and body to the crowd, the contestants and Etemon, who had his jaw open and was drooling all over her.
"Talk about turning up the heat. That performance was seriously hot!" Etemon shouted with the crowd clapping in earnest, while many of the male Digimon were whistling from their seats.
From the reaction of the crowd, Sakuyamon grinned, reverted back to Kyubimon, who then strutted back to the others as the final contestant walked forward as Etemon announced. "And our final contestant, I give you Arukenimon!"
As the spider-like Digimon came to centre stage, many of the males remained quiet, resulting in her getting a small applause compared to the other's.
But that didn't stop her.
Taking the microphone from Etemon, who walked back to give her room, Arukenimon closed her eyes and began to sing.
Every day is so wonderful
Then suddenly it's hard to breathe.
Now and then I get insecure
From all the pain, I'm so ashamed.
I am beautiful no matter what they say.
Words can't bring me down.
I am beautiful in every single way.
Yes, words can't bring me down... Oh no.
So don't you bring me down today.
To all your friends you're delirious,
So consumed in all your doom.
Trying hard to fill the emptiness.
The pieces gone, left the puzzle undone.
is that the way it is?
You are beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring you down...oh no
You are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring you down, oh, no
So don't you bring me down today...
No matter what we do
(no matter what we do)
No matter what we say
(no matter what we say)
We're the song inside the tune
Full of beautiful mistakes
And everywhere we go
(and everywhere we go)
The sun will always shine
(the sun will always, always shine)
And tomorrow we might wake on the other side
We are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words won't bring us down, no, no
We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring us down, oh, no
So don't you bring me down today
Oh, yeah, don't you bring me down today, yeah, ooh
Don't you bring me down ooh... today
With the end of the song, Arukenimon simply bowed, handed the mic back to Etemon and walked back to join the other females, gaining an applause from her singing.
After her song, Etemon asked. "Well judges, let's hear what you have to say!"
"All of them are pretty skilled." Commented Agunimon, making his fellow judges, Angewomon and Shurimon, nod in reply.
"I rather enjoyed Kyubimon's display of fire. It was strong, but made a beautiful finish." Commented Shurimon.
"Truly a breathtaking performance." Angewomon stated, before the angel Digimon added. "But Arukenimon truly showed us her musical side."
"I enjoyed BelleStarmon's excellent aim." Agunimon said.
"True. But there can only be one winner." Etemon interrupted.
The three of them talked amongst themselves while everyone else watched in silence, awaiting for the judge's decision.
After waiting, Etemon then asked. "So judges, have you made a decision?"
"Yes we have." Shurimon replied.
"We've decided the winner is…...Kyubimon." Angewomon stated with a smile.
Hearing their decision made the crowd stand and cheer, applauding the victor as Kyubimon walked forward and took her place in the spotlight for a second time, presented with a sash and tiara.
The rest of the contestants were disappointed.
None more so than Arukenimon, as before she accepted her victory, Kyubimon whispered in a harsh tone. "Next time leave beauty contests to those who are actually beautiful."
The words stung Arukenimon, making her turn and walk off the stage sadly, unnoticed, except for one audience member.
Moments later
In her dressing room, Arukenimon looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't help but to continue to wallow in self doubt.
"Maybe she's right." Arukenimon muttered to herself, letting out a sad sigh as she looked away from her reflection. "I'm not beautiful."
"You're wrong." Arukenimon heard someone reply.
Looking up, Arukenimon saw the door to her dressing room was wide open, and standing before her was a Gabumon, holding a bouquet of roses.
"Oh, you must be looking for Kyubimon." Dismissed Arukenimon, looking away, before she heard the door close.
Thinking that Gabumon had left, Arukenimon decided it was about time she left too, in which the spider-like Digimon turned and was confused to see Gabumon was still in the room.
"What are you still doing here?" She had to ask.
"I came here to give you these." He replied in a surprisingly shy tone, holding the bouquet out to her.
Accepting his gift, Arukenimon replied. "They're beautiful, but why are you doing this?"
"I was captivated by your voice while I was in the crowd and thought you deserved flowers as beautiful as you." Gabumon replied, as he blushed a little.
But not as much as Arukenimon, before asking. "You think I'm beautiful?"
"I do." Gabumon said with a nod.
"But how? Look at me. I was foolish to think anyone would find me beautiful compared to the others." She replied in a sad tone.
"Don't say things like that. You are beautiful on the outside and the inside." Gabumon told Arukenimon as he reassuringly placed his right hand on hers', while gazing into her eyes.
"You said you came here after hearing my singing? What would you have done if I couldn't sing that good? What about me is so beautiful other than that?"
"Everything." Gabumon said. "I can see your beauty and I know you have an equally amazing personality after watching you."
And before Arukenimon could reply, or knew what was happening, Gabumon moved up, standing on his toes and kissed Arukenimon lightly on the lips.
Her eyes widened before Gabumon broke the kiss and Arukenimon put her hand on her lips.
"I'm sorry." Gabumon apologized. "I don't know what came over me."
"No, I'm just a little surprised. That was my first kiss." She confessed, making Gabumon say as he blushed. "Mine too."
"So even compared to every other girl out there, you prefer me?" She asked.
"Without a doubt." Gabumon replied in all his honesty.
That made her smile with some tears drip down her cheek before she picked Gabumon up, making him blush from being so close to her.
"Then let me thank you." Arukenimon said as she pulled him close and pressed her lips against his own in a more deep and loving kiss, which made Gaumon close his eyes and return the kiss, matching the emotions in Arukenimon's kiss.
Gabumon rubbed her cheek while they held their kiss as long as possible, loving the moment they were in and wishing it didn't have to end.
But eventually the pair had to break for air, only to stare once again in each other's eyes.
"Wanna take a little walk?" Offered Arukenimon, making Gabumon reply. "Anything, so long as it's with you."
Arukenimon smiled and kissed Gabumon's nose before setting him down as they walked out of her dressing room, holding hands.
And while she had lost the contest, she had won in the game of love.
