Chapter 31

Surprises and Celebrations

Part 2

Everyone's attention was focused on Jeri and Takato as they came over to them to see the egg hatch. As the shell cracked apart, a small, transparent, tear-drop shaped infant appeared. She slowly opened her eyes and took in her new surroundings. The first thing she saw was the girl holding her. Seeing this stranger made the infant curious at first.

"Hello there, I'm Moonmon. Who are you?" she asked in a curious way.

"My name is Jeri, and I'm your partner," Jeri repiled happily.

"Nice to meet you Jeri. Um, who are these strangers?" Moonmon asked, looking around at the others.

"Oh, these are our friends," replied Jeri.

Jeri carried Moonmon over to the table and carefully set her down. She took a piece of fruit and broke it into small pieces, then offered it to the new Digimon. Moonmon hungrily tucked into the fruit, much to the delight of all the other trainers and Digimon.

When she had finished her meal, everyone took turns introducing themselves to the newest member of their group.

A glowing light lit up Jeri's backpack, signaling her that her D-ARC had repaired itself. It was damaged following Leomon's death over a year ago. Knowing that it was in working order again, and that she was indeed a trainer again, made Jeri smile.

The afternoon continued with the humans and Digimon chatting with each other while they enjoyed good food and refreshments. Later on the group sat around the practice stage, and the tamers told the Digidestined about their lives back home in Shinjuku.

Takato spoke of his parents' bakery above their home. He told them about the recent success the shop saw with the introduction of Gulimon bread and other pastries based on different Digimon. The mention of the bread named after him made Gulimon jump for joy, which made the others laugh.

Henry talked about his Mom and siblings. He had already spoken about his father before at the park. When he told them his sister Suzie was a Tamer like himself, some wondered why she hadn't come with him.

Matt stepped in and said he asked Henry the same thing and told them that she had to stay behind to protect their family. The others understood as they continued to listen.

When it came to Rika's time to speak, she was unsure if she would talk about herself, but decided to give it a try. She spoke about her Mom and Grandma, living in a old style Japanese home, and how her Mom was a famous fashion model. At first Rika was worried what the others would think, but then she saw that Sora, Kairi and Yolei were excited by this. They took her aside to ask questions about her mom.

While they were chatting, Jeri went next to talk about her family, the restaurant that her Dad ran, and how Rika taught her how use the cards.

Last up was Ryo, who spoke of adjusting to living in the other earth, and how he meet his adoptive dad. He also spoke of learning and mastering the Digimon card game, visiting the Digital World, and how he met the others. He finished at the same time the girls were done talking to Rika.

Suddenly Izzy remembered what Ryo was about to say earlier. "Say, you never finished telling us about the Sovereign. How did you know who they are?" he asked.

"Oh that. I first meet them in the other Digital World. While they look intimidating due to their size, three out of the four are normally nice," he repiled.

"I see. I wonder if Gennai knows about them?" Izzy wondered.

"Maybe he does, but we could always ask him once we find him," TK added.

As they were talking about this, Izzy got a message on his computer.

"It's from Mimi. She said she'll be visiting the Digital World soon, and she is bringing along a friend with her."

"A friend of Mimi's. I wonder who it is?" Sora wondered.

"I'm sure whoever he or she is, Mimi must trust them to bring them to the Digital World," Tai repiled.

"This will be a chance for you four to meet her as well," Joe added looking at the tamers.

"Great. We can tell her about what happened, and how she might be able to help us." Henry suggested.

As the others in the group continued to discuss this new turn of events, Jeri asked Takato if she could speak to him in private. He agreed, and the two went outside together.

"So what's up Jeri?" Takato asked.

"Well, I know we're busy trying to save the world and all, but I was wondering about...um well...our date?" she asked.

Hearing this made the tamer realize that he forgot about their date, but he knew that if he admitted it Jeri would be upset. However, he knew that honsesty was the best policy, so he told her the truth.

"Oh right, our date, well you see...I'm sorry, we've been so focused on the mission that I forgot about it," he repiled, hanging his head.

Just as he thought, Jeri did look sad, so he quickly added, "But I promise you we will go on our date soon. I just need so time to think of what we can do."

"I understand and I'm sorry for making you feel bad. I was just curious, is all." she repiled.

"It's okay, but don't worry. It will happen and I never go back on my promises," he said, looking heroic.

Seeing this made Jeri smile. Then she and Takato went back inside to rejoin the party.

The rest of the day went well as everyone had fun telling stories, playing the Digimon card game and so on until the party ended.

When Jeri, TK and Patamon got home, the three of them showed Moonmon around the place where she was going to live. To the newborn Digimon it was very exciting, as this was the first home for her.

To Be Continued