Note: I'm attempting to turn this into a series. Yes, be afraid. It doesn't follow the 03 timeline exactly, since I'm writing this and watching the episodes at the same time.

Summary: Jeri gets her own Digimon!…sorta.

Great Power, Small Package



Normally, she would've just walked home. But Jeri was in a very good mood, so she bounced, skipped, and even cartwheeled a few times, until she got dizzy. So dizzy, in fact, that she was bound to bump into someone.

Naturally, she did.

"Hey!" a familiar voice cried out.

Jeri shook her head to clear it, then looked up to see a slightly older girl glaring at her. "Hey, I know you! You're Takato's friend!"

The girl narrowed her eyes. "I don't think so."

"But I saw you with him and Henry!"

"You also talk to a sock puppet. I wouldn't trust myself if I were you, kid." She rolled her eyes and sighed. "Anyway, you should watch where you're cartwheeling."

"Sorry!" Jeri apologized, smiling at her. "But I just came back from seeing Takato & Guilmon, and they-"

"I didn't ask for your daily diary," Rika snapped. "Just stay out of my way." She quickly walked past.

"Hey, wait!" Jeri called, running after her. "Don't be mad!"

Rika paused and glanced over her shoulder. "Oh, great. Now I've got a crazy Digimon AND a crazy kid stalking me."

"Did…you say Digimon?" Jeri asked, her eyes widening. "You've got one, too?"

"Trust me, this one isn't mine. In fact, you can have it." Rika pulled something small and shiny out of her pocket and threw it at Jeri. "Catch!"

Jeri just barely caught the strange device in time. "But what is this thing?" She looked up to see Rika already half a block away, and she was only going faster by the second. "And what does it do?"

"Ooooh! Shiny!" a playful voice behind her shouted.

Jeri looked down to see a white and purple blur running around her feet in a circle. Suddenly, whatever it was jumped up and made a grab for the device in her hands.

"Oh, no you don't!" Jeri closed her left hand around the device and entrapped the struggling creature with her right arm. "Gotcha!"

"Hey! Gimme it back!" the creature demanded. "And let me go!"

"I will if you answer my questions. Are you a Digimon, too?" Jeri asked.

"Well, yeah! Everybody knows that, silly!"

"Then you must have a name, right?"

"I'm Calumon! What's your name, and are you fun?"

Jeri giggled. "Well, I guess you'll have to find out. What's this thing?" she asked, opening her left hand to reveal the device.

"Mine!" Calumon replied, pouncing on it.

"What's it do?"

"Do? Um…" Calumon scratched his head. "Uh…it makes noises and lights sometimes, and it has all my friends inside!"

"Friends?" Jeri asked.

"Yeah! See?" Calumon shook the device until it beeped, startling him. "Whoa!"

Jeri caught it and stared at the image being projected. "That's Guilmon!"

"I TOLD you they were in there!"

"Well, Takato is Guilmon's Tamer. Where's yours?"

"Tamer? What's that?" Calumon asked.

"Um…someone that takes care of a Digimon, I guess."

"I dunno. I can take care of myself just fine…"

"Well, how would you like a human friend?" Jeri asked.

"Um…okay! What's a human?"

Jeri giggled. "I think I'm going to like you, Calumon."

"Sure! Everyone does!" Calumon picked up the device and expanded his ears.

"What are you doing?"

"I gotta go find some more fun!" He leaped out of her arms and flew into the air. "Bye!"

"Be careful!" Jeri shouted. "And look both ways before crossing the street!"

* * * * *

"So…you think Jeri's supposed to be a Tamer?" Henry asked.

"Well, she gets along great with Guilmon." Takato scratched his head. "And just because she doesn't have a Digimon doesn't mean she isn't a Tamer. I mean, I MADE Guilmon."

"But you already tried to get Calumon to be her Digimon, didn't you?"

"I think that Calumon was meant to be free. Besides, he's the only one that can help us digivolve without cards, and he never actually fights himself."

"I don't know, Takato. Just because someone likes a Digimon doesn't meant they're meant to be a Tamer. My little sister adores Terriermon, but I'd be very afraid the day she got her own Digimon."

"So would I," Terriermon muttered from his shoulder, shuddering slightly.

"It was just an idea," Takato said with a shrug. "Anyway, how are we supposed to know if there are any other Tamers?"

"I guess we'd just run into each other when a renegade Digimon popped up," Henry replied.

"Yeah! And then I'd flatten 'em with my Bunny Pummel!" Terriermon added.

"No, you wouldn't," Henry said firmly.

"Aw, man…you're no fun, Henry! Momentie!"

"You're not going to 'Momentie' your way out of this one. No fighting."

"But Guilmon gets to fight!"

"Guilmon is a dinosaur. Of course he gets to fight!"

Takato was just thinking of excusing himself when his D-Power began to beep. "Um…guys, look!"

Henry & Terriermon were STILL arguing.

Takato sighed and took a closer look. "Hmm…oh, it's just Impmon again. False alarm."

* * * * *

Impmon was in a particularly nasty mood. Not that he had any reason to be, mind you. Maybe it had something to do with Calumon not being around to torture.

Maybe it was because he was just plain bad.

At any rate, he decided to do something REALLY bad.

First, he would venture out and burn a couple of humans. Then, he would set Guilmon up to take the fall. Fortunately, since they both had flame attacks, Guilmon's Tamer wouldn't know the difference. It was the first time Impmon was actually glad he had something in common with a tamed Digimon.

It wasn't long before Impmon decided on his first victim. She had the whole "I'm-SO-cute" thing going for her, and was the perfect target. With an evil smile, he sprang from the shadows and attacked.

* * * * *

Renamon was not following Calumon. That would've been crazy and ultimately pointless.

She was spying on him. That was much more clever, and plus, it was downright sneaky.

Rika would be proud. That is, if she had any interest in what Calumon did with his free time (but then, all time was free time to Calumon).

But she didn't.

Renamon had only been spying for a few minutes when she sensed…something. And it wasn't from Rika. Still, she got the distinct feeling that someone needed help, and that a wild Digimon was involved.

Amazingly enough, Calumon seemed to sense it, too, because he suddenly took to the air, heading in the same direction she'd been planning on going.

Renamon instantly gave up spying and opted for following. If Calumon was going, there was a good chance that someone was going to digivolve.

* * * * *

Jeri did not consider herself to be a very strong girl, or even a very brave one. If she ever got in a situation where she had to fight, she would most likely scream her head off until someone (she would hope for Takato, but anyone would do, really) took pity on her and stepped in for a last-minute rescue.

Fortunately for her, Impmon's ears were quite sensitive.

Unfortunately for her, Impmon didn't like the fact that she was exploiting the fact that his ears were quite sensitive. It seemed she would have to pay for that.

"Do you know," he said quietly, "how much I HATE hearing kids do that?!"

Jeri instantly stopped screaming.

"Too late." He held up a finger, chuckling as a tiny, pink fireball materialized over it.

From her position on the ground, Jeri tried to back away. "Please," she whispered. "What…do you want?"

"I want you to die in silence," he growled, just before pointing his finger at her. "Bada-BOOM!"

The fireball suddenly tripled in size and flew at her.

Jeri closed her eyes and, despite Impmon's wishes, screamed as loudly as was humanly possible for her.

There was a sound not entirely like *oof!*, and something soft and warm landed in her lap.

Jeri slowly opened her eyes and gasped. "Calumon!"

Calumon groaned and opened his eyes. "That hurt," he reported sadly, rubbing the singed half of his face.

Jeri carefully wrapped her arms around the little Digimon. "You…saved me, Calumon."

Calumon suddenly remembered that the rescue wasn't quite complete yet. "Uh oh…"

Jeri looked up to see Impmon ready to fire again. Only this time he had TWO fireballs.

"Two for one!" Impmon shouted, laughing as the fireballs flew from his fingertips.

Jeri hugged Calumon tighter and made a silent wish that it would end quickly.

And she got it…but not the way she'd expected.

The purple device around Calumon's neck began to beep loudly. "Digivolution."

There was a bright light, and for a few endless moments, Jeri couldn't see anything.

Then the light faded, and Calumon hopped out of her lap. "Calumon digivolve to…!"

He paused, and the red upside-down triangle design on his forehead doubled in size.

"Diosmon!"

Jeri blinked a few times. She was under the impression that Digimon changed when they digivolved, and got stronger. But Calumon…well, Diosmon, apparently…didn't look any different than he normally did. She became much more afraid then.

But Diosmon looked very confident as he planted himself in the path of the two fireballs. His ears expanded, and he shouted at the top of his tiny lungs, "RECALL!"

The device around his neck beeped again. "Recall activated. Accessing files…"

Around this time, the fireballs slammed into Diosmon, but he looked for all the world as if they'd had no effect at all.

Clearly frustrated by now, Impmon fired again and again. Not that it did any good.

"Desired file found."

Diosmon's body began to glow and contort as he grew taller and wider. "Diosmon digivolve to…!"

Impmon stopped attacking and watched in awe.

The glow faded, and the Digimon once known as Diosmon stretched its wings. "Angemon!"

Impmon blinked a few times, then took off running.

Angemon smirked and thrust his right hand forward. "Hand of Fate!"

The attack caught Impmon square in the back and carried him at least twenty miles away before dropping him in a river.

Angemon shrank until he was Calumon again, then collapsed to the ground.

Jeri ran over and scooped him up. "Calumon?! Speak to me, please!"

Calumon opened one eye. "I'm sleepy," he announced before letting out a tiny yawn.

Jeri smiled and kissed his forehead. "Thank you, Calumon."

Calumon smiled dreamily. "Maybe you ARE fun…"

Jeri giggled and carefully stood up. "I'd better get you home. Is that okay?"

"Only if we have…more…fun…" Calumon's ears contracted and he fell asleep.

Renamon watched in silence as Jeri slowly walked away. Then she faded back into the shadows. She had a feeling Rika would want to hear all about this…