A/n: Well, time for another chapter. This chapter features Cecilia getting Renamon as a partner. So here is Chapter 4.
Chapter 4: IS Girls and Digimon Partners: Part 2 of 7: Cecilia and Renamon
Not long after saving Elecmon from Snimon and Kuwagamon, Kyoko gave our heroes a break to rest up until their next case. Taking the opportunity, Ichika and his friends all scattered around Nakano to check out the shops and restaurants.
On the second floor with Houki, Ling and Cecilia, they were having some Tamayaki while hanging out with each other until they hear their next case from Kyoko.
"Man, I can't believe you were able to have your own Digimon partner, Houki." Ling smiled as she congratulated Houki with the pat on the back. "You're so lucky to have one of your own. I wonder if the rest of us will have our own Digimon partners like you, Ichika and Satoru."
"I'm sure you'll find one for each of you soon enough, Ling." Houki smiled as she reassured her friend. "We'll just have to wait and see what happens next. Much like how Elecmon called out to me, the same thing might happen to you and everyone as well."
"Perhaps you're right, Houki. Elecmon called on you, so it might happen to us sooner or later." Cecilia agrees with her. "I'm convinced we'll have our own Digimon partners in no time." Both her friends nodded in agreement as Cecilia brought something else up. "Speaking of which, has either of you noticed that Ichika and Char have been getting closer to each other?"
"Now that you mentioned it, they seem to be getting closer to each other." Ling agrees as she scratched her chin in thought. "Something tells me we might be seeing them end up together in the future." Her friends nodded in agreement as they continued eating Tamayaki.
On the third floor with Char, Twoearle, Laura and the Sarashiki sisters, they were looking through the bookstore where they met the employee before.
"Wow, this bookstore is amazing." Char gasped as she sees a bookcase filled with romance manga and another bookcase with fantasy novels. "I had no idea there was a store that sells this many books in a place like Nakano."
"And not to mention at a pretty good price." Tatenashi agrees with a grin. "Most of the other bookstores we've been to sold books that are expensive and could easily break the bank. From now on, I'm buying books from this store." Her sister and friends all nodded in agreement.
"Glad to know you guys like it here so far." Twoearle smiled in approval. "Nakano has a lot of stuff here that you're all going to like. I'm sure you'll find something here that you like." Her friends all nodded in agreement as Twoearle said something else. "By the way, there's something I've been meaning to ask you guys. Do either of you have feelings for Ichika?" That made Char, Laura and the Sarashiki sisters all blush madly.
"W-Well, I'm not too sure about that." Kanzashi answered with a embarrassed smile as she pressed her thumbs nervously. "We all have feelings for him, but he hasn't made a decision on which us he likes more. But from what we're seeing, he might have feelings for Char." Her friends and sister all looked towards Char who looked away shyly.
"Is that true, Char?" Twoearle asked her with interest. "Do you have feelings for Ichika?"
"Y-Yes, I do, but I haven't told him yet." Char answered as she blushed some more. "I'm not sure if he has feelings for me." She feels Laura placed her hand on her shoulder.
"I'm sure he might have feelings for you as well, Char." Laura said with a small smile. "So even if he might choose you over us, we won't hold it against you." The Sarashiki sisters both nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, Laura. Tatenashi and Kanzashi." Char smiled as she hugged Laura. "But even if he doesn't choose me and might choose one of you, I'll be happy for his choice." Her friends all nodded in agreement as they continued to look through the books.
On the fourth floor with Ichika and Satoru, the boys were hanging out at the arcade and playing some games. As they were reaching the end of their game, Satoru made his final attack and won the game.
"Yeah! I won! Sorry, Ichika. But now you owe me some ice cream later." Satoru grinned.
"Oh, man! I almost had you that time." Ichika moaned. "I had an opening on you, but you got the jump on me. How did you manage to defeat me first?"
"What can I say, I have faster reflexes." Satoru answered with a smirk. "And you left yourself open when you tried to attack me. So I took the opportunity to counterattack and win the game."
"Man, you really got me. Nice work, Satoru." Ichika said, smiling. "I gotta say, it's nice to be around another guy once in a while. I've been around Houki and the others for so long, I kinda forgot what it felt like."
"Speaking of which, which of them you have feelings for, Ichika?" Satoru asked him. "I've been wondering if you like one of them." That made Ichika blush madly.
"W-Well, I've been having feelings for Char for a while now, but I never told them yet." Ichika answered with a stutter. "I'm just worried that I might hurt the others' feelings if I told them about my real feelings for Char. I'm not even sure what I'm going to do." He feels Satoru's hand on his shoulder.
"Then I can help you with that." Satoru said, smiling softly. "I'm sure you'll make the right choice soon enough, I just know it."
"Yeah, you're right, Satoru." Ichika agrees smiling as well. "I don't know what the future holds, but I'm sure I'll make the right choice one day. Hey, you up for another round?" Satoru nodded as they began another round on the game.
Hours later, our heroes all returned to the office where Kyoko was sitting at her desk while reading a book. She looks up to see everyone had returned and smiled.
"Welcome back, everyone." Kyoko greeted as she puts the book down on her desk. "I trust that everyone has enjoyed their time here in Nakano?" Everyone nodded in response and she smiled. "Glad to hear it, I'm sure you'll be able to use Nakano whenever you can."
"We really appreciate your kindness, Kyoko." Ichika smiled in gratitude. "Everyone here was kind to us and I owe a lot to you, Satoru and Twoearle for helping me find what happened to me and my body." His friends all nodded in agreement.
"Don't thank me just yet, we're not out of the woods, Ichika." Kyoko told him. "There's still more pieces of the puzzle missing and we need to be careful where we're heading. Unless we find out more about the EDEN Syndrome and Kamishiro's true ambitions, we'll need to be cautious from here on out."
"Yeah, you're right, Kyoko." Houki agrees as she crossed her arms and pondered about this. "There are still some things we don't know about with Kamishiro's real plans with all those patients with EDEN Syndrome. Until we find out what really happened to them and return Ichika to his body, we'll just have to wait and see what their next move is." Everyone nodded in agreement as Kyoko looked at her watch.
"Well, we'll have to wait until tomorrow for something to happen." Kyoko told them. "It's almost about time for Nakano to close for the night. Why don't all of you head for home and rest up? You'll all be needing it for your next case." Everyone nodded as they all headed back for home while Satoru and Twoearle stayed with her.
"Well, I guess that means we'll be heading back ourselves, Satoru-kun." Twoearle smiled softly. "Let's head back home and get some dinner ready." Satoru nodded in agreement as they turned to Kyoko.
"You two go on ahead, I'll be working late again." Kyoko said with a small smile. "There are still some paperwork I need to do and this might take some time. I'll be home later after midnight." Twoearle nodded while Satoru stayed silent and she noticed. "Satoru, I know it's been hard for us since our parents died, but we need to be strong for them. I'm sure we'll get through this case together."
"Yeah, whatever..." Satoru muttered as he and Twoearle left the office while Kyoko slumped in her chair.
"No matter what I do, I can't seem to have a conversation with him." Kyoko sighed. "I know it was hard for him when our parents died and no one even bothered to take him in, I just wish we could have a normal conversation like we used to." She stretched her arms above her before getting back to work. "Well, I'll just have to wait until he decides to speak again. Might as well start on the paperwork before anything else." She takes out her pen and starts writing.
Later at the IS Academy
Cecilia returns to her room back at the academy. As she takes off her clothes, she enters the shower and washed off all of her sweat from hanging out at Nakano with her friends. After she was done in the shower, she turns off the water and wraps a towel around her to dry off. Once she was dried up, she took off her towel and puts on her nightgown.
"Whew, that was an interesting first day as a cyber sleuth." Cecilia sighed. "Not only we had both Satoru and Twoearle join us as students, but also Houki managed to acquire her own Digimon partner. I wonder if I could find one for a partner?" She shrugged her shoulders as she get into her bed. "I guess we'll see what happens tomorrow. I'm sure I'll find one sooner or later." She lays her head on the pillow and goes to sleep until she starts dreaming.
In Cecilia's dreams
Cecilia opens her eyes and looks around her new environment. There was nothing but mist everywhere and there doesn't seem to have any end in sight.
"What the? Where am I?" Cecilia asked in confusion. "I thought I was in my room, but now I'm here. And where is everyone? They should be around here somewhere." As she looks around for her friends, she heard the sound of screaming somewhere near her.
"Ahhhh!" A voice screamed.
"Was that someone screaming just now?" Cecilia asked with her eyes widen. "Someone must be in trouble, I have to help!" Ahead of her, she sees two silhouettes fighting each other. One silhouette was a bipedal fox while the other was a massive horse with wings on its back.
The horse silhouette charges up an energy sphere from its mouth and fires it at the fox silhouette who barely managed to avoid it and was blown away. The fox lands at Cecilia's feet and looks up at her.
"Please...help me..." The voice said as the dream ends.
Cecilia wakes up from her dream, panting heavily and wiping off her sweat. "What was that all about? Was that some kind of dream? Or was it a call for help like how Elecmon called out to Houki?" She turns towards the window and looks at the moon shining down. "I better tell the others what I saw. If that was a call for help, then I'd better be ready for what's going to happen tomorrow." She goes back to sleep, but she still couldn't get what she saw out of her mind.
The next day, Cecilia had woken up from her sleep after experiencing her dream and was getting ready for school and meeting with her friends.
"There's no way that was dream, it felt all too real..." Cecilia whispered as she looked at her window overviewing the city. "And those two silhouettes I saw, one of them was calling for help. I wonder if that's how Houki felt when Elecmon called out to her yesterday?" She shakes her head. "I better let the others know about this." She leaves her room and headed for class to meet with her friends.
Hours later at the academy, Cecilia has met up with her friends in the cafeteria to tell them about what she saw in her dream.
"Are you serious, Cecilia?" Houki asked with wide eyes. "You actually saw two silhouettes fighting and one of them was calling out for help?"
"No doubt about it, that's exactly what I saw in my dreams last night." Cecilia answered her, nodding to her question. "I definitely saw them fighting and one of them was calling me for help. Do you think they were Digimon?"
"It's a possibility, but we can't say for sure." Satoru answered as he scratched his chin in thought. "Until school's over, let's head for Nakano and tell Kyoko-nee about this. She might know what to do." Everyone nodded in agreement as they continued with classes like normal until school has ended.
After classes have ended for the day, our heroes rode the bus back to Nakano to tell Kyoko what Cecilia had told them. Upon arriving at their destination, they made their way to the office and entered to see their boss waiting for them.
"Welcome back, everyone." Kyoko greeted as soon as they entered the agency. "I trust that everything went well at your school?" Everyone nodded as she noticed the serious expressions on their faces. "What's the matter? Is there something wrong?"
"Unfortunately, there is." Houki answered her as she began explaining. "Cecilia had a dream last night where she saw two silhouettes fighting each other. She even said that one of them was calling her for help, like when Elecmon did for me." Everyone nodded in agreement as Kyoko placed her hand on her chin.
"I see, that sounds interesting." Kyoko stated as she pondered this. "From your explanation, there's another Digimon in trouble and is calling Cecilia for help. If that's the case, then we'd better be ready for when the call comes." Everyone nodded as she turned to Twoearle. "Twoearle, have you finished the communicators for Houki and the others?"
"Yep, I'm all done with them." Twoearle answered while giving her a thumbs up. "I've managed to complete them just last night and they're ready to go." She reached into her pocket and takes out seven communicators. "Here, now we'll be able to communicate with each other with these." The IS girls nodded in agreement as they took the communicators and placed them in their ears until Ichika, Satoru and Houki's Digivices started ringing and they knew what was next.
"That must be Agumon and the others." Ichika figured. "We'd better see what they have to say." Houki and Satoru nodded in agreement as they answered their Digivices. "Agumon, what's up? Is there something wrong in Kowloon?"
"Yep, and it's worse than before." Agumon answered him. "We sensed another Digimon being attacked and we have to save them." Dorumon and Elecmon nodded in agreement.
"Right, we'll head for Kowloon now." Ichika nods in understanding. "We'll make sure the Digimon is safe from being deleted."
"Ichika, let me go with you to Kowloon." Cecilia suggested. "I have to make sure that Digimon is safe from harm."
"Okay, then let's both go." Ichika nods in agreement. "But stay behind me and Agumon, we don't want anything bad happen to you." Cecilia nodded as he turns to Kyoko. "Kyoko, we're heading for Kowloon. We need to make sure that Digimon is safe from harm."
"Okay, but be careful, you two." Kyoko nods in response. "We don't know what you'll be up against, so keep on your toes. We'll keep watch from here in the real world." Ichika and Cecilia nodded as they entered the TV and headed for Kowloon.
After a few minutes, Ichika, Cecilia and Agumon appeared in Kowloon. Cecilia looked around and gasped in awe and surprise. "So this is the place where you met Agumon and ended up in your half-digital body, Ichika?"
Ichika nodded. "Yep. It's also where I met my online friends and those two Digimon who tried to help us fight that thing that got me into that state. I wonder if they're okay. Now I know how Nokia feels about people who helped her." Ichika scratched his head in worry.
"Don't worry, Boss! I'm sure that other Agumon and Gabumon are safe! I can sense that they're still okay, but are in hiding from that thing." Agumon reassured his master.
"Yeah, you're right, Agumon. I was just getting anxious about what may happen to them since they saved our bacon back then. Now let's go in there, rescue that Digimon and kicked the bad guy's ass!" Ichika grinned as he and Agumon high-fived each other. Cecilia couldn't help but smiled at the increasing bond between Ichika and his Digimon.
"You and Agumon are already best friends since a few days ago. I hope whoever becomes my Digimon partner be best friends with me as well."
"And maybe help you with your cooking?" Ichika joked. Cecilia puffed her cheeks with a pout.
"Hardy har, har…" Cecilia sarcastically remarked. "Let's not waste any time and help that Digimon." Ichika and Agumon nodded in agreement as they continued onto the next area.
As soon as they entered the second area, they heard a scream and something was knocked into Cecilia, knocking her to the ground. "Oww…" Cecilia winced as she rubbed her head to ease the pain.
"Whoa… Déjà vu…" Ichika murmured in awe as he remembered Elecmon ramming into Houki's arms the first time they met. Ichika and Agumon got a good look at what knocked into Cecilia. She has fur sticking out from her shoulders and has a furry chest. Her only form of clothing are the purple sleeves she wears, which has a yin-yang symbol on each, and has three fingers and claws on each hand. Swirling symbols can also be seen on her knees, which are yellow, like most of her body. She also has long, white, three-toed legs and a long, white-tipped tail.
"No way, that's Renamon!" Agumon gasped in awe.
"You know about her, Agumon?" Ichika turned to his partner with a concern look.
"Yeah, they are known for their years of experience and are level-headed, but they have a hard time opening up to others." Agumon explained. Cecilia then looked at the creature called Renamon.
"No doubt about it… This is the same Digimon that appeared in my dream!" Cecilia gasped in shock as she began shaking Renamon awake. "Hey! Are you alright? Wake up!"
Ichika and Agumon carefully listen in to what Renamon was about to say. "Run… before he gets… you…"
"Hey! Hold on! I have a Healing Disk to get you back up! Cecilia, I'll let you give it to her." Ichika gave the Healing Disk to Cecilia.
"E-Eh?" Cecilia blinked as she looked at the disk. "Why me?"
"Because, I think Renamon is fated to meet you and she's gonna need the help she can get to help her get payback on whoever did this to her." Ichika smiled softly before he showed a serious face at the direction where Renamon was knocked from. "I can sense he's nearby. Get ready, Agumon!"
"Right away, Boss! Agumon… Digivolve to…!" Agumon digivolved into GeoGreymon. "GeoGreymon!" Suddenly, the same winged horse appeared and roared at our heroes.
"What is that?" Ichika's eyes widen in shock as he placed his Digivice over his eyes and scanned. It showed the name of the Digimon. Ichika placed his Digivice over his head and frowned seriously. "Unimon, a Holy Beast Digimon. Sounds to me we're gonna be in for a tough ride. GeoGreymon! Get ready!" GeoGreymon nodded as he charged towards Unimon who flew away from him.
"Aerial Attack!" Unimon roared as he fired a Qigong attack at GeoGreymon, giving him medium damage. But GeoGreymon stood his ground as he lashed his tail at Unimon, giving him small damage.
"Mega Shot!" GeoGreymon fired a fireball at Unimon, but he evaded it with ease.
"Aerial Gallop!" Unimon roared again as he flew towards GeoGreymon's sides and stabbed his horn onto it. GeoGreymon roared in pain as he swipe his claw at Unimon, knocking him loose from his side which regenerated quickly.
"Boss! This guy sounds like trouble!" GeoGreymon grimaced as Unimon flew above GeoGreymon and fired another Aerial Attack at GeoGreymon, giving him medium damage. "Mega Flame!" GeoGreymon yelled as he breath out fire on Unimon, but he swiftly flew out of the way and fired another Aerial Attack at GeoGreymon who blocked it.
"Spread Nails!" Unimon roared as he emitted a shockwave attack which hit GeoGreymon and he got swirly eyes because of it.
"Oh crap, this doesn't look good…" Ichika gritted his teeth in fear as Unimon continued his assault on GeoGreymon.
Cecilia gave Renamon the Healing Disk. Renamon groaned as she slowly opened her eyes and looked at Cecilia. "Are you… the one who healed me?"
"Yes. My name is Cecilia Alcott. You must be Renamon." Cecilia properly introduced herself.
"So it would seem…" Renamon nodded in agreement as she slowly got up and got into a battle stance.
"W-What are you doing, Renamon?!" Cecilia gasped in shock as she got up and looked at the Digimon with concerning eyes.
"I must settle the score with Unimon. Now please stand back, this may be dangerous…" Renamon frowned seriously as she got ready to fight.
"No! I won't let you throw away your life because you wanted to settle a score!" Cecilia shook her head no. Renamon looked at Cecilia with a calm but curious look.
"What do you mean by that?" Renamon demanded as she crossed her arms and looked at Cecilia calmly.
"I already lost my parents because of that train crash in England and I don't want to lose any more loved ones because of it. Besides, you and I were destined to meet anyway." Cecilia extended her hand with a soft smile.
"Destined?" Renamon raised an eyebrow as she pondered Cecilia's words.
"I'm trying to say that we can work together to beat any evildoer who gets in our way. And I need your help to help my friend return to his body and solve a mystery about the crisis befalling our world. You don't have to do it alone, Renamon. So please, be my partner!" Suddenly, Cecilia's Digivice which is a smartphone beeped as she got it out and saw that the Digimon Capture has been installed into her Digivice. "Just like with Ichika and Houki…" She whispered.
Renamon thought about it for twenty seconds until she nodded in agreement with Cecilia's words. "Very well… Your words does hold some truth to them about working together. To be honest, I was planning on going in alone, but after hearing your words, I will gladly accept being your partner, my master." Renamon then bowed.
"Arigato, Renamon." Cecilia smiled as she used her Digivice to register Renamon as her partner Digimon. "Now let's help our friends!" Renamon nodded as she started to glow.
(Brave Heart Tri from Digimon Adventure Tri plays)
"Renamon… Digivolve to…!" Renamon started to change shape and she was now a yellow nine-tailed fox with a white mane and mystical blue flames flaring around her paws and tail tips. "Kyubimon!" Kyubimon charged towards Unimon just as he was about to attack GeoGreymon, knocking him into a wall.
Unimon growled as he roared "Spread Nails." He tried to get Kyubimon with his confusing attack, but Kyubimon disappeared just before the attack can hit her. Kyubimon reappeared and lashed her tails at Unimon, giving him bigger damage.
"Wow…" Cecilia gasped in awe.
"Dragon Wheel!" Kyubimon started to spin really fast which causes the flames on her body to erupt into a fiery inferno which turns her body into a ball of swirling inferno. Kyubimon rammed into Unimon, giving him bigger damage.
"Aerial Attack!" Unimon fired his attack at Kyubimon, but all he hit was an illusion. Kyubimon reappeared behind Unimon.
"Now it's time we finished this, Unimon! Fox Tail Inferno!" The blue flames on Kyubimon's tails become brighter and ghostly faces that then become small fireballs which hit Unimon. Unimon screamed in agony as he exploded into data. GeoGreymon snapped out of his confusion and both he and Kyubimon reverted back to Agumon and Renamon.
After Unimon was deleted, both Kyubimon and GeoGreymon reverted back to their Rookie forms as their partners ran up to them. Ichika approached Agumon while Cecilia did the same with Renamon.
"Agumon, I'm glad you're still here." Ichika sighs in relief as he patted him on the head. "I was worried that Unimon was about to trample you into the ground."
"Yeah, tell me about it." Agumona agreed, sighing in relief as well. "I can still feel his hooves on my head and he even tried to confuse me." He and Ichika turned to Cecilia and Renamon. "Still, I'm glad that Cecilia and Renamon were able to bond with each other and helped us win against Unimon." Ichika nodded in agreement as they see their friends bonding with each other and smiled.
"Renamon, that was amazing!" Cecilia beamed. "You were able to delete Unimon and saved GeoGreymon. For a moment, I thought that Unimon was about to win against GeoGreymon, but you were able to save him."
"Well, I couldn't have done it without you, Master Cecilia." Renamon said in gratitude. "Your will to protect your friends not only was enough to convince me, but also helped me digivolve and win against Unimon. It seems that you were right, we are destined to be partners with each other." She then turns her attention to Ichika and glared at him.
"Uhh...why are you glaring at me like that, Renamon?" Ichika asked confusedly.
"Your body...it's not organic, isn't it?" Renamon asked warningly. "It's comprised of data, right?" Ichika nodded as Renamon glared at him more with a intense feeling. "Then you're are nothing but a threat to us all! I should delete you right here and now!" She got into a battle stance until Cecilia and Agumon stands in between her and their friend.
"Wait, don't attack him, Renamon!" Cecilia reasoned. "He's not a threat, he's our friend! It was an accident that turned his body to half-digital and we're trying to return him to his original body. We can assure you that he's not a threat as you think he is." Agumon nodded in agreement as he waited for Renamon makes her move.
"Guys, it's all right." Ichika said with a smile. "I'm sure Renamon's just being careful and wanted to protect you." He then turns to face Renamon who was wary of him. "And Renamon, I can assure you that I'm not a threat. I won't let anything happen to Cecilia, I can promise you that."
"Very well, I'll take your word for it." Renamon said before glaring at Ichika some more. "But if you ever step out of line or hurt Cecilia in any way, I won't hesitate to delete you right where you stand." Ichika nodded as they all exited Kowloon and headed back to the real world. Unknown to them, the same three silhouettes from before were watching them leave.
"Looks like that's 4 Digimon who has bonded with humans." A male voice said darkly. "I can't believe that humans were able to help them digivolve so easily. We've got to do something about this before they get even more stronger."
"And how do you intend to do that?" A female voice asked with a sneer. "Even if we could come up with a plan, what's to stop them from finding more Digimon and using them against us?"
"Settle down, you two." A second male voice said calmly. "We'll come up with a plan for them, but not right now. For now, we'll be watching from the background and see what their next move is later. Let's head back and report this to our master, He needs to hear about this and give him the results of his project." The other two nodded in agreement as they vanished from sight.
To be continued…
Next chapter: IS Girls and Digimon Partners: Part 3 of 7: Ling and Gatomon
A/n: Sorry for the long wait, everyone. Well, that's two IS girls who have their Digimon partners, only 5 more to go. Next up is Ling and Gatomon. Also, Panther J's aunt and uncle are officially married, so congratulations to them both. See you next time!