EPISODE 37: Another Normal Day
Yun, Minako, Lucero, Lopmon, Cutemon, YukimiBotamon, and Terriermon played in the park for almost a whole hour by themselves. The Digimon played all sorts of games like tag and hide and seek. Sometimes the kids played with them, and they sure enjoyed every minute of it. They laughed and played and ran around and rolled on the grass and everything. They had never felt so free in a long time. Minako especially. She remembered that she used to play like this with Kiyoshi as he slowly began to grow into a toddler, and with Yun and the rest of her friends when they were just innocent children. Minako wished that days like this would go on forever, but that is not to be. She did, however, feel relieved for finally being able to apologize to Yun and reconcile with her again, though she could see signs that Yun is still traumatized by the mean things that Kosuke said. Understandable, since autistic kids are rather sensitive to these kinds of things (some of them) and tend to stick to certain beliefs and be very intractable regarding them. But nonetheless, Minako was just happy to have her friendship with Yun back and to have fixed it. Not only that, YukimiBotamon is there with her, so she remembered that Digimon are different from humans. She also had to thank Yun for saving Salamon's data before LadyDevimon could absorb it all.
Not only that, Minako isn't the only one who's happy about reconciling with Yun. The Digimon were happy for her and lauded her for her sincere apology. But it wasn't just them. It was Lucero who seemed the happiest regarding this whole thing. When he first met Minako, he could tell she was quite the congenial and civilized character, though with some insecurities hidden deep within the depths of her heart. But when Kosuke and Minako lashed out at her in the past few days, he instantly saw something about Yun that he never saw: Yun lives on the harmony of her unending daily life, including having her friends around. If that harmony is destroyed, then she's destroyed. Sure the pieces would come back together, but it wouldn't be totally complete. There would still be scars. He accepted Minako's apology and gave her the benefit of the doubt, but it broke his innocuous little heart to see Yun so broken and her life and beliefs thrown in great discord. He did not want to see that ever again. Even so, he could tell that Yun's still latching to her belief that she is a problem, despite that he knows that she's not. Still, she's having a great time playing with her friends and the Digimon right now, so he decided to let her be. He didn't want to unknowingly destroy the now slightly restored harmony in Yun's heart. Right now, Yun, Lucero, Minako, and the Digimon are sitting in the gazebo and talking merrily amongst themselves.
"Hey Yun. I'm not sure if you heard the announcements yesterday, but you know that End Drug and Substance Abuse contest that's going on? The winners are going to be announced next Monday over the PA system! Not only that, they added a new prize to the first prize winners: a hundred dollar gift card to anywhere you want to go!" Minako exclaimed with a smile as YukimiBotamon sat contentedly in her arms.
"Yeah, I heard them," Yun said as she clung to Lopmon, who sat contentedly on her lap.
"Contest? What is this contest thou speakest of?" Lucero asked.
"You weren't there when it began so you don't know, do you? The entire school is making us kids submit drawings to this charity that specializes in making sure kids don't do drugs or drink alcohol. The first three winners will receive cool prizes. Most of us wanted to not participate, but they made us all do it against our will," Yun explained.
"The school makes all the kids do it? And against their will? Isn't that a little cruel?" Lopmon asked.
"I think they're just doing it for recognition. You know how Fushimi's reputation is. The teachers are almost always fussing over how great the school is," Minako said sarcastically, apparently not really caring about how great the school supposedly is. "But I know for sure that you're gonna win."
"No, I don't think so," Yun said.
"You don't think so? Yun, your drawing is great! You're gonna win for sure! I know it!" Terriermon backed up Minako's statement.
"Me too. I'm sure you'll win," Lopmon said with a smile.
"I don't know what this contest is like, but I think you'll win, kyu!" Cutemon said.
"You'll win! We all know you will!" YukimiBotamon piped in cutely.
"Stop. You know that's not gonna happen," Yun said.
"Well I know that it will happen, and thou will surely win this contest beyond a shadow of a doubt!" Lucero backed everyone else up. Yun sighed as the majority went against her in terms of who will win the contest.
"If there's two people I know who WON'T win, it's Nenji and Seiko!" YukimiBotamon edicted proudly, without a hint of regret.
"You met them?" Yun asked.
"Yep! I saw Seiko spill soda on her skirt and Nenji making fun of her. They're NOT nice kids, are they?" YukimiBotamon explained.
"Very. Not nice at all," Lucero said.
"I'm surprised you even brought YukimiBotamon to school. You could've gotten in trouble if someone saw her!" Yun told Minako.
"I know, but I thought that since she's in her baby form now, I could hide her in my bag and show her the school, the kids, and everything in it and show her what our day is normally like," Minako said.
"Your school looks nice!" YukimiBotamon piped in.
"Oh no, it's not THAT nice," Yun said.
"I wouldn't mind going to see it, but since I know we'll draw unwanted attention, we won't go," Lopmon said.
Suddenly, YukimiBotamon saw something in the distance and hopped out of the gazebo to get a closer look.
"What's wrong?" Minako asked.
"Someone's coming," YukimiBotamon said.
All of a sudden, a voice fell on their ears. "Heeeey!"
Into the park came Aria, Syakomon, Isao, Bearmon, Otoya, Labramon, Hokuto, and Kudamon!
"Otoya-chan! Aria-chan!" Yun exclaimed as Aria ran up to her and hugged her.
"Hokuto-kun! Isao-kun!" Minako exclaimed as Otoya hugged her.
"We thought we'd find you here!" Otoya cried out happily.
"Were you looking for us?" Yun asked.
"Yes. It was Otoya's idea. She wanted to have some of us together so we can hang out with you and make your day a little brighter," Labramon told her kindly.
"We're sorry about what happened two days ago. I wish we could've been able to stop LadyDevimon from hurting Salamon," Isao said.
Minako smiled. "It's okay. It was kinda inevitable so there wasn't much we could do."
"She's right. We can't digivolve to our ultimate forms yet, and it may be a long time before we do," Kudamon said.
"Yun-chan, Mina-chan...are you okay?" Aria asked innocently.
"Yes, we're fine," Yun kneeled before Aria and rubbed her head of black hair gently, which made Aria smile a bit.
"But really, how could LadyDevimon be so cruel? I would've loved to punch her in the face for what she did!" Bearmon exclaimed.
"I agree with you," Terriermon said. Bearmon sighed.
"I wish I could digivolve to my ultimate form. I would be able to help everyone better," Bearmon said.
"I think you're doing a fine enough job of helping us," Lopmon told him gently as she put her tiny pink paw on one of his big ones. YukimiBotamon hopped onto his head too. Suddenly, Bearmon felt a freezing jolt on his head and jumped.
"Whoa! It's coooold!" Bearmon exclaimed.
"But you're wearing a hat!" YukimiBotamon said.
"So...how have you been, YukimiBotamon?" Labramon asked.
"I'm good!" YukimiBotamon replied back.
"You gonna digivolve back into Salamon soon?" Syakomon asked.
"Probably so," YukimiBotamon replied.
The Digimon broke away from the kids and decided to play with each other, feeling happy that YukimiBotamon is alright. The kids sat on the grass and talked amongst themselves.
"You apologized to Yun, didn't you, Minako?" Otoya asked with a rather suspicious look in her green eyes. Minako drooped her head downward a little.
"Yes, I did. I'm sorry for behaving so badly this past week," Minako whispered sadly. Otoya and the other kids smiled.
"It's alright. We forgive you. If it helps, we'll go to the picnic this Sunday if you want," Otoya told her.
"I've always wanted to go to a picnic," Hokuto said.
"I miss going to picnics. Mama used to take me and Orie-Neechan to those all the time, and her food was the best!" Aria explained.
"Sure, I'd love for you all to come," Minako said.
Just as Yun was about to say something, someone else came into the fray, only it wasn't a person.
"Hey everyone!"
It was a Digimon, and it was none other than Patamon.
"Oh! Hi Patamon!" YukimiBotamon exclaimed as she hopped in front of him as he descended to the grass.
"Hey! You're...YukimiBotamon, right? Salamon's baby form?" Patamon asked.
"Yep!"
"You're back! Yay!"
"What are you doing here?" Isao asked.
"Kosuke needs some time alone, so I thought I'd come here and cool off a bit. I feel so bad about what happened a couple days ago!" Patamon explained.
"It's not your fault. I'm the one who made everything worse, and I'm sorry," Minako said. Patamon smiled.
"It's okay. I forgive you! But Kosuke needs to do his share of apologizing first. I don't like how critical and judgmental he's become as of now," Patamon sighed.
"You don't like it either, huh?" Labramon asked.
"Nope! Not one bit!" Patamon replied.
Yun suddenly remembered something she needed to tell everyone, and she felt that this was the perfect opportunity to broach about said subject.
"Everyone? Do you remember the first fight we all had with LadyDevimon? Right before it ended, someone on a walkie talkie talked to her. She referred to him as Master. Do you think maybe...the Digimon on the other side of the walkie talkie was LadyDevimon and Witchmon's Master?" Yun asked.
"You're right! I remember she got out of the battle because of him telling her to come back!" Syakomon exclaimed.
"Her Master must be really scary," Aria said.
"No kidding, kyu! His voice was so deep and low, kyu!" Cutemon exclaimed.
"But LadyDevimon still didn't say what Digimon her master is, so we still don't know, and we don't have any way of finding out. She probably won't want to spill the beans about her Master to just about anybody," Minako said.
"I agree. Considering the Digimon we've fought, it sounds like the Digimon are very devoted to their master. But...upon hearing it's voice, I sensed...something strange about him," Kudamon explained in a low whisper, which made everyone turn their heads and look at him with their confused faces.
"What do you mean strange?" Bearmon asked.
"Well...normally, evil Digimon are supposed to emit a dangerous, ominous, and malicious aura that shows how corrupted they are. I have the ability to tell whether a human or Digimon have good or bad intentions. Other Digimon have this ability as well, and some develop it as they digivolve. But...I didn't feel anything like that with the so-called master," Kudamon explained.
"What did you feel?" Yun asked.
"Is this Digimon actually good?" Lucero asked.
"No, I wouldn't call him pure good. But I did feel a sense of innocence and wonder about him, but it's mixed with a feeling of ambition and revenge. This Digimon appears to be sort of good, but he seems to be doing things for the wrong reasons. But the tone in his voice when he talked to LadyDevimon...sounded as though it were full of love," Kudamon explained.
"Yeah right! No Digimon like that can ever care about it's servants!" Terriermon exclaimed loudly.
"Is he just a good Digimon who's been misguided?" Lopmon asked.
"It might be so, but at this point, it's too early to tell," Kudamon said.
Yun was suddenly lost in her thoughts, ruminating about Kudamon's story. Questions kept floating around in her head like ghosts haunting an abandoned house. Who IS LadyDevimon and Witchmon's master? Is he a Digimon? Or is he human? Is he evil, or is he just good for the wrong reasons? What kind of Digimon is he? Why is he doing the things he's doing? Why is he letting his servants do as they please? Yun couldn't help but wonder. She did, however, remember Witchmon proudly edicting that her master was her saving grace, the very being that saved her from despair. She also remembered how angry she was when Lucero claimed he was a bad influence on her. Yun remembered Witchmon's lucid but vociferous words as perfectly as day.
"Don't EVER say that my master is a bad influence on me, you worthless bags of flesh! You obviously don't understand what I've been through! I've been thrown away, neglected, and abandoned by my own kind just because they accused me of a crime I didn't do! Right when I was about to die, my master came and saved my life! He gave me food, shelter, and best of all, love! He's the only Digimon in this cruel world who ever cared about me, even after I was banished from my native Witchenly! I'm happy to do all of this for him! He's the best thing that ever happened to me!"
"I could...but I don't...want to forget...my master...and the love he's given me. You may think...he's some heartless villain...but to me, he's...my world...he saved me..."
She remembered it all. How choleric and incensed she became when he was mentioned in a maligned manner, how weak she was when she yearned for his love and called out to him, everything. Yun could tell right away that Witchmon dearly loved her master, even though she was rather misguided. Yun understood that feeling very well. Yun felt all of the things Witchmon felt, only under different circumstances. She wondered if Witchmon found a human partner who accepted her and is happy with her. Is Witchmon doing okay? Suddenly, she felt a tap on her shoulder. It was Lucero.
"Yun? Art thou alright? Thou seem to be spacing out a whit," Lucero said.
"I...I was remembering Witchmon. Do you remember? She said that her master is the best thing that ever happened to her," Yun explained in a low voice that sounded as though it were yearning for something.
"Yes, I do. Doth thou believe that Witchmon's master and LadyDevimon's master are the same?"
"Maybe. But we don't even know who he even is. We heard his voice, so that's a start, but...I wonder if maybe-"
"YukimiBotamon's acting weird!" It was Syakomon who suddenly screamed, which made everyone stand up in alarm.
She was right. YukimiBotamon is lying on the grass, making a very contorted face and shaking like a leaf. Suddenly overcome with worry, Minako ran to her little white Digimon and held her in her arms.
"YukimiBotamon! What's wrong?" Minako yelped.
"What happened?" Otoya asked.
"We don't know! We were only playing and all of a sudden she started sounding like she got sick! We didn't do anything, we swear!" Bearmon explained.
"It's okay. We don't think it's your fault," Yun said.
"Is she gonna be okay?" Isao asked with Aria looking behind him.
Minako shook her baby Digimon. "YukimiBotamon! Get a hold of yourself!"
Finally, YukimiBotamon opened her eyes and mouth, looking as though she wanted to speak...but she didn't. Suddenly, a white light enveloped her entire body. Everyone saw this, and right away, they realized it.
"YukimiBotamon, digivolve to...Nyaromon!"
She got a little bigger, and she grew pointed ears and a tail. The light dissipated, and out came Nyaromon, the green cat head with pointed cat ears, purple eyes, a three tipped mouth, and the stubby tail with bluish purple stripes on it.
"Nyan!" She meowed as soon as the light went away.
"Hey! You digivolved! Congrats!" Patamon exclaimed as he hugged her.
"I'm one step closer to becoming Salamon again! Nyan!" Nyaromon purred as Patamon and the other Digimon hugged her (gently), rejoicing in her most recent digivolution. Minako couldn't help but wipe a tear out of her violet eyes.
"She's getting there," Yun told her.
"Yes, she is," Minako said, trying not to cry. Suddenly, Nyaromon hopped into Minako's arms and nuzzled against her chest, which made Minako laugh.
"Mina-chan! I'm Nyaromon again!" Nyaromon meowed happily.
Everyone looked at the two of them feeling happy with the poignant reunion between them. It had been a while since they had seen Minako so happy. Yun wondered if Minako was like this when Nyaromon digivolved into Salamon on the day they first met. But nonetheless, it seems Minako's broken heart is finally falling back into place again, piece by piece. She wondered if Minako could finally find peace. Who knows? Maybe this will help Salamon digivolve into ultimate level. But it's a long way from now. When Minako and Nyaromon finally stopped squealing, Otoya remembered something she needed to tell everyone.
"Oh! That reminds me! Everyone, I don't think you've heard, but I've got something I need to tell you all!" Otoya exclaimed.
"What is it, Otoya?" Labramon asked as he cocked his head to one side, thinking that this something might be related to them. Noticing their curiosity, Otoya shook her hands at them.
"No no, it's not about you. Sorry!" Otoya told him and the other Digimon kindly, then turned to the little kids. "It's not about you two either."
"Okay," Aria muttered.
"So? What is it? Spill the beans!" Syakomon importuned.
"As I was going to the bathroom earlier today, I passed by the main office and I heard the teachers talking. Takahashi-sensei's gonna be away for a while because of some illness she got," Otoya explained.
"Is it dangerous?" Yun asked.
"I didn't get it all, but I heard them say that she's in the hospital, so it might be that way. Not only that, starting Monday, we're gonna have to go to-" Otoya wanted to finish that sentence, but she didn't...because of someone calling for her.
"Heeeey!"
Someone ran into the park gasping for breath. It was none other than Riku! He ran up to the kids dressed in a green shirt underneath a dark blue sleeveless vest, long beige khaki jeans, his big white sneakers and black socks. Coronamon was nowhere in sight, which is unusual because Riku and Coronamon are almost always together.
"Rikkun? What's up?" Yun asked.
"You look like you just ran a marathon!" Minako said.
Riku looked up at them with a fiery gaze, like something bad was happening.
"You need to see this," Riku said. "Now!"
Seeing that Riku was quite serious, the kids and Digimon decided to leave the park and follow him. It didn't take long for them to realize that they were going into a well populated part of town...and that there are people all around, screaming and taking pictures or recording videos with their cell phones, and running for their lives. Why? Because three Digimon are duking it out! In public!
"Moon Night Bomb!"
"Fira Claw!"
"Psychic Wave!"
Two of them are Firamon and Lekismon, with Rena watching from the sidelines with her green eyes full of worry. The Digimon they're fighting seems to be the problem. It looks like a giant fiery butterfly almost exactly their size, with black skin covered with shiny red, orange, and yellow armor. It's mouth is funny and red, like that of your typical bug, and protruding out from its back are a set of fiery red and yellow wings. The Digimon flew very fast, almost at the same speed and agility as Firamon and Lekismon, only they're having a hard time defeating it. It's eyes are glowing in a ghostly red light, much ghostlier and more ominous than its wings and armor. It caught sight of some people in front of a building and decided to attack.
"Oh no! Lekismon, over there!" Firamon yelled as he saw what the Digimon planned to do. The couple tried to run, but the girl tripped and couldn't move while the boy went to help her up. Lekismon gasped as she decided to step in.
"Psychic Wave!"
A ghostly purple wave of energy shot out from both of it's armor clad hands, hurdling toward the couple. Thankfully, Lekismon scooped the two of them in her arms and hopped away before it hit the building. Unfortunately, the building fell down and crumbled to the ground.
"Who IS that Digimon?" Yun yelped. Minako got her digivice out and displayed its information.
"That's Shadramon, an armor level, virus attribute, insect Digimon! His attacks are Flare Buster, Psychic Wave, and Serrated Screw!" Minako exclaimed as she read the information and put her digivice back. Rena caught sight of them and ran to them.
"Oh, thank goodness you're all here! This thing's ungodly stubborn and won't keep still! It's destroying everything! Would you mind helping us out?" Rena cried.
"Sure! We'd love to help!" Otoya exclaimed.
"But there are people watching! They're gonna know about this and tell everyone!" Riku yelled.
"It's kinda too late now, is it?" Kudamon asked.
"They'll freak out even more if they see us, so let's take cover while the Digimon fight," Minako said while clutching Nyaromon.
Everyone agreed. They decided to hide behind some trees while everyone else ran for their lives. Lopmon digivolved to Turuiemon, Terriermon to Gargomon, Cutemon to Rabbitmon, Patamon to Angemon, Labramon to Seasarmon, Kudamon to Reppamon, and Bearmon to Grizzlymon. Syakomon stayed in her rookie form because she's still too weak to digivolve to MarineAngemon, but she still decided to join the fight anyway despite her limited mobility. Shadramon saw all the Digimon surrounding him and decided to attack.
"Flare Buster!" Shadramon cloaked itself in flames and spiraled toward the Digimon.
"We have to stop him from destroying the town and hurting the citizens!" Angemon exclaimed.
"We're with you on that!" Grizzlymon backed him up.
"Holy Rod!" Angemon decided to go first and stopped Shadramon from attacking by raising his rod up as a shield, which gave Syakomon, Lekismon, and Reppamon the opportunity to attack.
"Water Screw!" A fast flying jet of water shot out of Syakomon's mouth and managed to hit Shadramon on the side.
"Vacuum Kamaitachi!" Reppamon's scythe tail shook, and Shadramon was suddenly bombarded by attacks he couldn't see.
"Moon Night Bomb!" Lekismon made two spheres of water fall on Shadramon and soak him to the bone, but it wasn't enough to contain him. He broke from Angemon's grasp and flew again. Reppamon, Angemon, and Seasarmon gave chase.
"Tee Dia!" Many arrows of light managed to hit Shadramon, pinning him to the ground.
"I'll see if I can find the Dark Emblem," Turuiemon said.
"We'll help you with that," Lekismon, Gargomon, and Rabbitmon.
The four of them looked around to find the Dark Emblem, but they didn't find any on him.
"It's not on his hands," Turuiemon said.
"It's not on his feet!" Gargomon exclaimed.
"It's not on his face or head," Lekismon whispered.
"It's not on his wings either," Rabbitmon said.
"It's not on his thorax," Seasarmon explained.
"Thorax?" Syakomon asked, cocking her head to one side curiously.
"A thorax is a bug's belly," Seasarmon explained. Syakomon didn't like the word because it sounded rather ugly, but since it was official, she went with it anyway.
"Do you think it may be under his wing?" Grizzlymon suggested? Rabbitmon immediately pulled Shadramon's left wing up and lo and behold, there was a Dark Emblem, though considering how dark Shadramon's skin is, it was a little hard to see.
"I found it! It's under his wing!" Rabbitmon edicted.
Suddenly, Shadramon broke out of the arrows of light and flew away, throwing Rabbitmon off of him. Lekismon and Turuiemon both managed to catch her.
"You okay?" Lekismon asked kindly.
"Yes. Thank you," Rabbitmon replied with a smile.
"Hey Lekismon! Wanna go the extra mile?" Turuiemon suggested while raising her gauntlets like a tough person.
"Now you're speaking my language!" Lekismon agreed while raising her moon gloves in the same manner as Turuiemon. Shadramon flew around restlessly, and then attempted to attack.
"Serrated Screw!" Shadramon spun around like a top and flew himself at Turuiemon and Lekismon, but the two rabbit Digimon had plans of their own. Turuiemon and Lekismon danced a Takarazuka like dance and surrounded themselves with flower petals.
"Waltz of the Flowers!" Turuiemon and Lekismon faced Shadramon and flew the myriad flower petals at him, but it wasn't enough to hurt him. Thankfully, they weren't alone.
"Carrot Bomb!"
"Gargo Laser!"
"Hand of Fate!"
"Crescent Dawn!"
"Black Pearl Barrage!"
"Vacuum Kamaitachi!"
"Fira Claw!"
"Sekkantou!"
Although most of their attacks missed because of Shadramon being difficult, Grizzlymon, Reppamon, and Rabbitmon's attacks all managed to subdue Shadramon enough to make him fall to the ground. Shadramon tried to get up, but Lekismon quickly leaped on him and pinned him to the ground, even though he was struggling.
"Stay down, you intolerable thing!" Lekismon demanded, but Shadramon was clearly defying her.
"We'll remove the Dark Emblem. Lift up his wing," Seasarmon told her. Lekismon did as asked and gently lifted up Shadramon's wing, despite the fact that he was thrashing and flailing like a child throwing an epic temper tantrum. Seasarmon pointed his horn at the Dark Emblem and shot one arrow of light at it.
"Mind if I finish it up? Gargo Laser!" Gargomon shot two bullets from his vulcans and both hit Shadramon, destroying the Dark Emblem. Feeling tired, Lekismon got off of Shadramon so he could wake up.
"Well THAT was annoying! Even more so than Mothmon!" Firamon joked.
"Like a Mothmon to a flame, I presume," Turuiemon joked, which made the Digimon laugh. Shadramon woke up and looked around the town looking very confused. The kids remained hidden so they would be away from other people's sight.
"Huh? Now what in the hayseed am I doin' here? Uhh...can I go now?" Shadramon asked the Digimon looking down at him.
"Sure,"Gargomon said as Shadramon opened a digital portal and flew back in, returning to his home in the Digital World. The Digimon all de-digivolved back into their rookie forms except for Syakomon, who is already in her rookie form, and they returned to their partners.
"You were awesome back there!" Rena exclaimed as she hugged Lunamon.
"But I feel bad we didn't get to save the buildings that Shadramon destroyed," Lunamon said.
"That stuff kinda happens when rabid Digimon come by, and there isn't much we can do," Riku said.
"Hey! At least nothin' got set on fire!" Coronamon joked.
"Awww! I wanted to fight too!" Nyaromon complained.
"It's alright. You'll be able to fight next time," Minako told her reassuringly, which made Nyaromon smile.
"Yun? Do you think maybe we should be heading home? It might be troublesome if people saw us," Lopmon told her.
"She's right. I can already hear people talking amongst themselves right now," Lucero said, listening to the people who stayed behind to watch the epic Digimon fight, which has already gone public.
"Whoa! Did you see that just now? Did you see that?"
"Yeah! That was so awesome!"
"Oh, lord! This can't be true!"
"Tell me they were shooting a movie!"
"This can't be real!"
"I am SO putting this up on YouTube! It's gonna go viral in no time flat!"
"Whoa! Is this cool or what?"
"How can you call monsters destroying buildings and potentially killing us cool? This is a disaster!"
"What are we gonna do? Is this gonna be on the news?"
"It better be! People are gonna see that this isn't some monster flick at all!"
"Look! There's the news people right now!"
The kids turned and saw a white truck with the Sunny Six News label on it.
"Oh no! We've gotta bolt!" Yun exclaimed and ran first with Cutemon, Lopmon, Lucero, and Terriermon trailing behind. Everyone else followed them as well.
"I don't wanna go to juvie! Especially not for this!" Riku complained.
The kids all ran home in no time flat, not wanting to risk their secret getting out...or has it been let out?
Minako was the first to arrive home, since her house was the closest to the area. Nothing around her was destroyed, thank goodness, but she couldn't help but feel happy that Nyaromon didn't digivolve and fight Shadramon. She already lost her once, and she was determined to not lose her precious friend again. She basically spent the entire night with Nyaromon. They watched anime together (Minako and Nyaromon FINALLY got to watch Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva after so long. Minako got tired of not being able to watch her DVD and was happy to have finally seen it, even if she had to eat dinner in the middle of it, which her parents didn't mind), read books and manga together, ate dinner together (while trying to hide Nyaromon from Minagi and Tatsuha), played video games together, looked up stuff on the computer together, and even slept together. But Minagi and Tatsuha both noticed that Salamon was missing (and had been for a while), but Minako simply dismissed it as her going out somewhere or exploring. Minagi and Tatsuha didn't say anymore, but they were still concerned. The little puppy had been gone for the past few days. Had she run away? Minako didn't seem too sad about it either, which is unusual. They were oblivious to the fact that Salamon is actually Nyaromon, and Minako felt very content and at peace with having her by her side again. But for some other people, the day wasn't over yet.
And sadly enough, there was one thing the Digimon Brigade couldn't fix, because they were too late to notice...and it would be on the news tomorrow morning.