Tamers: Stuck in Paradise
Part 8
by Christian "Sid" Lang
Something is wrong.
Davis' happiness vanishes when he realizes that.
Everything has been fine until now. Now he is standing at the front door of his home.
And he can see what is happening inside. Although the door is closed.
Since his goggles don't give him X-Ray vision, Davis concludes that the door is broken.
The huge hole in the door backs his guess.
"DIE VEMON, DIE!" he can hear somebody yell inside.
Davis guesses that there might be a connection between the hole and the voice.
Frowning, he opens the door and steps inside.
"What did I do?" he can hear Veemon.
His buddy sounds out exhausted.
"FEATHER STRIKE!"
A red feather hits one of the far walls. Davis can now see more feathers stuck in various surfaces.
"These feathers look like the ones Hawkmon uses." Davis ponders.
"Hawkmon, old buddy. Please! Can't we just talk about it?"
Davis walks to his room, following the voices.
The door to his room also has a hole in it. Maybe they could install a window in it...
He shakes his head and looks into his room.
Davis can see Veemon and Hawkmon. Yolei's Digimon looks angry. No, not angry. Lunatic.
And he is struggling with Veemon. Davis frowns when he sees the claw marks on Veemon's body.
Hawmon's feathers look ruffled, too. The fight has obviously started a while ago.
"Excuse me?" Davis interrupts them politely.
The two Rookies instantly freeze and look up.
"Back off! This is just between me and Veemon!" Hawkmon yells.
"Davis! Help! He's completely nuts!" Veemon shouts, causing Hawkmon to snarl.
"Veemon, what's this all about?" Davis demands, not really knowing what to do.
"I don't know! He just came in and attacked!" Veemon shouts, trying to break free.
Hawkmon only starts to attack Veemon's head with his beak.
"SEDUCER!" he yells at Veemon.
"Oh no. Don't tell me you're in love with Gatomon, too." Davis mutters.
Hawkmon stops and looks at him in confusion.
"Who said anything about Gatomon?" he asks, sounding unnaturally calm.
"It's not about Gatomon?" Davis asks, having not seen the front page.
Veemon just sighs. He has stopped struggling, too.
"Just switch on the news channel, Davis." the blue lizard sighs.
"What channel number is that? I never watch that one." Davis asks himself as he switches on the TV.
Trying to keep an eye on the two Digimon, he watches the report.
And now back to the story of the day! Digimon in love! the announcer says.
Davis gasps when he sees the image on the screen.
It shows Veemon and Renamon. His buddy and the Digimon of Ruki!
"Ohhhh... Ruki..." he whispers, but manages to find his way back to reality.
However, the Digimon are... together. Close together. And they're... they're...
"KISSING?" Davis shouts, looking at Veemon.
"It's not as it seems, Davis! I can explain! I ca-URKS"
Veemon's protests are cut off as Hawkmon furiously tries to strangle Veemon.
"LIAR!" the bird yells at the lizard.
Just in time. Renamon tells herself when she sees the scene in front of her.
She has chosen to appear inside Veemon's home without actually being visible.
But she realizes that she could not afford to stay invisible for long.
Veemon's face has already turned blue from the lack of air.
No, wait. He has always been blue. she realizes her silly mistake.
Still, she has to do something.
She appears behind Davis so that nobody actually sees her fading in.
Then she steps past the gogglehead Ruki seems to be in love with.
"Hawkmon." she simply says, making everybody in the room jump.
Just as she had expected, Hawkmon instantly releases Veemon and starts to run towards her.
"My dear! How I have waited to-" he says dreamily.
But Renamon interrupts him by holding up her paw.
"What do you think you're doing here?" she asks flatly.
Hawkmon instantly stares at Veemon.
"Making this... this.. SEDUCER PAY!" he suddenly roars, charging at the blue Digimon.
This really isn't my day. Renamon tells herself.
"Hawkmon, FREEZE!" she yells, having had enough trouble for one morning.
"Excuse me, how did you get in here?" Davis asks, having caught up with the recent events.
"Please go. Call Ruki or something like that." Renamon mutters.
Am I the only one in here who is capable of thinking?
She turns her attention back to Hawkmon, he has indeed stopped his attack.
"Listen up, featherball. Veemon is not in love with me." she calmly starts to explain.
Hawkmon looks at her, then suddenly resumes his attacks.
"YOU SEDUCE HER WITHOUT EVEN LOVING HER! DIE! DIE!" he yells frantically.
Furious, Renamon grabs Hawkmon's right wing and slam him against one of the walls.
"What's the matter with all those male Digimon?" she yells at the startled hawk.
She grabs his wing again and twists it onto his back, forcing the smaller Digimon onto the floor.
"Now listen up! Veemon doesn't love me. I don't love Veemon. GOT THAT SO FAR?" she shouts.
Hawkmon looks up at her in terror, but managed a short nod.
"GOOD! The kiss has been a simple challenge! Nothing more!" she continues.
Hawkmon stops struggling and frowns.
"Challenge?"
"I said I'd be better than at anything he could think of. And he proposed kissing." Renamon sighs.
She has told that embarrassing story far too often today.
Hawkmon thinks about that, then smiles.
"Want to challenge me?" he asks with a grin.
"Want me to break your wing?" she simply asks back, making Hawkmon gulp.
"What on earth-" another voice interrupts them.
Gatomon couldn't really imagine Hawkmon being jealous. Or mad. Or in love.
For her, Hawkmon has always been the cocky gentleman Digimon at Yolei's side.
Then she had seen the front door. Or rather, what's left of it.
The door had been open, so she carefully stepped inside.
The white cat saw Davis at the phone. Judging by his dreamy face, he has called Ruki.
But another thing grabbed her attention:
There are feathers everywhere. Most of them are stuck in pices of furniture.
Hawkmon has never used so many Feather Strikes in one battle.
Then she noticed the silence. The battle is over.
She slowly made her way to Davis' room and looked inside.
"What on earth-" she mutters when she sees what is happening.
Veemon is lying on the floor, catching his breath.
Gatomon winces when she sees the scratches on his body.
Then she notices Renamon kneeling on top of Hawkmon.
The slender fox has secured Hawkmon's wing on his back, immoilizing the bird.
Gatomon briefly asks herself how long Renamon has been here.
I've made it here in record time. Still it seems as if she has been here for quite a time.
She shrugs.
Must be all that training Ruki forces her to do. she finally decides.
Renamon looks at her and sighs.
"Take care of Veemon, please." the golden fox says.
She's so in-control. So balanced. So slender. So- GOD, WHAT AM I THINKING?
"Uh, sure." she mutters, still wondering about her thoughts.
She had stared at Ruki's Digimon. And it had felt so... perfect.
Must be all that love-talk. Made me dizzy. Yeah. she tells herself.
Still... I can understand why Hawkmon is crazy about her. she adds while she looks after Veemon.
She blinks, forcing the thought away.
Veemon looks up at her and frowns.
"Everything all right?" he whispers, concern showing on his face.
"Yeah. Sure. I'm fine." she assures him, faking a smile.
"My love, please let me go!" Hawkmon begs.
He has the feeling that he has screwed up. Big time.
Slowly his brain starts to go through the events again.
Okay. I got mad. I yelled at Yolei. I tried to kill Veemon. Renamon is mad.
He frowns when he realizes just how much he has screwed up.
"I'm not your love!" Foxy hisses, tightening her grip on him.
"Bu-Bu-But I love you! You're the most perfect being in existance!" Hawkmon weeps.
He can feel Renamon's grip loosen. His love stares down at him.
"Really? You really mean that?" she whispers, cocking her head.
"Of course. I adore you!" Hawkmon eagerly adds.
Renamon's features soften when he says that.
"Oh you silly bird." she teases him with a smile.
She releases him and kneels next to him.
"Does that mean that you love me, too?" Hawkmon asks hopefully.
She touches his shoulder and cocks her head again.
"This is all happening so fast. I barely know you." she tells him.
Hawkmon can feel Gatomon's curious stare.
Don't give up! She likes you! his inner voice tells him.
"Well... I could give you the chance to know me better..." he starts carefully.
She raises an eyebrow, looking even cuter than before.
"Maybe we could... well... have dinner somewhere?" he proposes slowly.
Hawkmon braces himself. He knows that he is playing an all-or-nothing game.
He notices Gatomon almost fainting in the background.
The silence following his words seems to last forever.
"Why not?" Renamon finally answers with a smile.
Hawkmon and Gatomon faint in unison.
"Well, see you in the evening!" Davis says as he finishes his call.
She loves me! She loves me! And she'll date me! he silently cheers.
He hovers past the TV, which is still showing Renamon and Veemon kissing.
Oh perfect world! Life is good! Life is great!
He enters his room and blinks.
Hawkmon is lying on the floor in front of Renamon.
Veemon is buried under an unmoving Gatomon.
"Am I witnessing something perverted here?" he carefully asks.
"Davis! Help me! Gatomon's lying on top of-" his partner starts to shout.
Then Veemon obviously realizes what he is saying.
"No! Don't help me! Just leave me like this! Please!" he corrects himself.
Renamon sighs and lifts up Gatomon.
"Spoil-sport." Veemon mutters.
"Pervert." Renamon snaps.
"What has happened here?" Davis asks, still standing in the doorframe.
"To be honest - I'm not sure." Renamon answers, shaking her head.
She cradles the unconscious Gatomon and examines the room.
"Please call Yolei. I guess she's on her way here, but I'm not sure." she adds.
"What about me?" Veemon asks, dtill lying on the floor.
"Try not to bleed to death." Renamon tells him as she starts towards the window.
She opens it with one paw while holding Gatomon with the other one.
Then she briefly faces Davis.
"Sorry about all this." she says, nodding at the ruins of Davis' room.
"Oh, it's OK. I guess." Davis answers as she jumps out with Gatomon.
Patamon looks up at T.K.
His partner has been phoning for some time now.
Finally he finishes the call and smiles broadly.
When he faces Patamon, the smile vanishes.
"Well, Patamon. I have good news and I have bad news." he tells the Digimon.
What is he talking about? What could possibly be wrong? Patamon asks himself.
"I've talked with Kari. And guess what: Davis loves Ruki!" T.K. cheers.
"Well, that's great T.K. Then you have Kari all for yourself!" Patamon observes.
"Yeah! Well, however... Kari told me something about the newspaper photo." T.K. continues.
Seconds later, the whole neighbourhood jumps when a single scream can be heard.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Patamon yells.
Notes:
OK, no casualties this time. Phew.
But will Patamon join the fray now? Does Renamon love Hawkmon? And what about Gatomon?
Oh boy... I hope this doesn't end in a "Last 'mon standing" duel...
Part 8
by Christian "Sid" Lang
Something is wrong.
Davis' happiness vanishes when he realizes that.
Everything has been fine until now. Now he is standing at the front door of his home.
And he can see what is happening inside. Although the door is closed.
Since his goggles don't give him X-Ray vision, Davis concludes that the door is broken.
The huge hole in the door backs his guess.
"DIE VEMON, DIE!" he can hear somebody yell inside.
Davis guesses that there might be a connection between the hole and the voice.
Frowning, he opens the door and steps inside.
"What did I do?" he can hear Veemon.
His buddy sounds out exhausted.
"FEATHER STRIKE!"
A red feather hits one of the far walls. Davis can now see more feathers stuck in various surfaces.
"These feathers look like the ones Hawkmon uses." Davis ponders.
"Hawkmon, old buddy. Please! Can't we just talk about it?"
Davis walks to his room, following the voices.
The door to his room also has a hole in it. Maybe they could install a window in it...
He shakes his head and looks into his room.
Davis can see Veemon and Hawkmon. Yolei's Digimon looks angry. No, not angry. Lunatic.
And he is struggling with Veemon. Davis frowns when he sees the claw marks on Veemon's body.
Hawmon's feathers look ruffled, too. The fight has obviously started a while ago.
"Excuse me?" Davis interrupts them politely.
The two Rookies instantly freeze and look up.
"Back off! This is just between me and Veemon!" Hawkmon yells.
"Davis! Help! He's completely nuts!" Veemon shouts, causing Hawkmon to snarl.
"Veemon, what's this all about?" Davis demands, not really knowing what to do.
"I don't know! He just came in and attacked!" Veemon shouts, trying to break free.
Hawkmon only starts to attack Veemon's head with his beak.
"SEDUCER!" he yells at Veemon.
"Oh no. Don't tell me you're in love with Gatomon, too." Davis mutters.
Hawkmon stops and looks at him in confusion.
"Who said anything about Gatomon?" he asks, sounding unnaturally calm.
"It's not about Gatomon?" Davis asks, having not seen the front page.
Veemon just sighs. He has stopped struggling, too.
"Just switch on the news channel, Davis." the blue lizard sighs.
"What channel number is that? I never watch that one." Davis asks himself as he switches on the TV.
Trying to keep an eye on the two Digimon, he watches the report.
And now back to the story of the day! Digimon in love! the announcer says.
Davis gasps when he sees the image on the screen.
It shows Veemon and Renamon. His buddy and the Digimon of Ruki!
"Ohhhh... Ruki..." he whispers, but manages to find his way back to reality.
However, the Digimon are... together. Close together. And they're... they're...
"KISSING?" Davis shouts, looking at Veemon.
"It's not as it seems, Davis! I can explain! I ca-URKS"
Veemon's protests are cut off as Hawkmon furiously tries to strangle Veemon.
"LIAR!" the bird yells at the lizard.
Just in time. Renamon tells herself when she sees the scene in front of her.
She has chosen to appear inside Veemon's home without actually being visible.
But she realizes that she could not afford to stay invisible for long.
Veemon's face has already turned blue from the lack of air.
No, wait. He has always been blue. she realizes her silly mistake.
Still, she has to do something.
She appears behind Davis so that nobody actually sees her fading in.
Then she steps past the gogglehead Ruki seems to be in love with.
"Hawkmon." she simply says, making everybody in the room jump.
Just as she had expected, Hawkmon instantly releases Veemon and starts to run towards her.
"My dear! How I have waited to-" he says dreamily.
But Renamon interrupts him by holding up her paw.
"What do you think you're doing here?" she asks flatly.
Hawkmon instantly stares at Veemon.
"Making this... this.. SEDUCER PAY!" he suddenly roars, charging at the blue Digimon.
This really isn't my day. Renamon tells herself.
"Hawkmon, FREEZE!" she yells, having had enough trouble for one morning.
"Excuse me, how did you get in here?" Davis asks, having caught up with the recent events.
"Please go. Call Ruki or something like that." Renamon mutters.
Am I the only one in here who is capable of thinking?
She turns her attention back to Hawkmon, he has indeed stopped his attack.
"Listen up, featherball. Veemon is not in love with me." she calmly starts to explain.
Hawkmon looks at her, then suddenly resumes his attacks.
"YOU SEDUCE HER WITHOUT EVEN LOVING HER! DIE! DIE!" he yells frantically.
Furious, Renamon grabs Hawkmon's right wing and slam him against one of the walls.
"What's the matter with all those male Digimon?" she yells at the startled hawk.
She grabs his wing again and twists it onto his back, forcing the smaller Digimon onto the floor.
"Now listen up! Veemon doesn't love me. I don't love Veemon. GOT THAT SO FAR?" she shouts.
Hawkmon looks up at her in terror, but managed a short nod.
"GOOD! The kiss has been a simple challenge! Nothing more!" she continues.
Hawkmon stops struggling and frowns.
"Challenge?"
"I said I'd be better than at anything he could think of. And he proposed kissing." Renamon sighs.
She has told that embarrassing story far too often today.
Hawkmon thinks about that, then smiles.
"Want to challenge me?" he asks with a grin.
"Want me to break your wing?" she simply asks back, making Hawkmon gulp.
"What on earth-" another voice interrupts them.
Gatomon couldn't really imagine Hawkmon being jealous. Or mad. Or in love.
For her, Hawkmon has always been the cocky gentleman Digimon at Yolei's side.
Then she had seen the front door. Or rather, what's left of it.
The door had been open, so she carefully stepped inside.
The white cat saw Davis at the phone. Judging by his dreamy face, he has called Ruki.
But another thing grabbed her attention:
There are feathers everywhere. Most of them are stuck in pices of furniture.
Hawkmon has never used so many Feather Strikes in one battle.
Then she noticed the silence. The battle is over.
She slowly made her way to Davis' room and looked inside.
"What on earth-" she mutters when she sees what is happening.
Veemon is lying on the floor, catching his breath.
Gatomon winces when she sees the scratches on his body.
Then she notices Renamon kneeling on top of Hawkmon.
The slender fox has secured Hawkmon's wing on his back, immoilizing the bird.
Gatomon briefly asks herself how long Renamon has been here.
I've made it here in record time. Still it seems as if she has been here for quite a time.
She shrugs.
Must be all that training Ruki forces her to do. she finally decides.
Renamon looks at her and sighs.
"Take care of Veemon, please." the golden fox says.
She's so in-control. So balanced. So slender. So- GOD, WHAT AM I THINKING?
"Uh, sure." she mutters, still wondering about her thoughts.
She had stared at Ruki's Digimon. And it had felt so... perfect.
Must be all that love-talk. Made me dizzy. Yeah. she tells herself.
Still... I can understand why Hawkmon is crazy about her. she adds while she looks after Veemon.
She blinks, forcing the thought away.
Veemon looks up at her and frowns.
"Everything all right?" he whispers, concern showing on his face.
"Yeah. Sure. I'm fine." she assures him, faking a smile.
"My love, please let me go!" Hawkmon begs.
He has the feeling that he has screwed up. Big time.
Slowly his brain starts to go through the events again.
Okay. I got mad. I yelled at Yolei. I tried to kill Veemon. Renamon is mad.
He frowns when he realizes just how much he has screwed up.
"I'm not your love!" Foxy hisses, tightening her grip on him.
"Bu-Bu-But I love you! You're the most perfect being in existance!" Hawkmon weeps.
He can feel Renamon's grip loosen. His love stares down at him.
"Really? You really mean that?" she whispers, cocking her head.
"Of course. I adore you!" Hawkmon eagerly adds.
Renamon's features soften when he says that.
"Oh you silly bird." she teases him with a smile.
She releases him and kneels next to him.
"Does that mean that you love me, too?" Hawkmon asks hopefully.
She touches his shoulder and cocks her head again.
"This is all happening so fast. I barely know you." she tells him.
Hawkmon can feel Gatomon's curious stare.
Don't give up! She likes you! his inner voice tells him.
"Well... I could give you the chance to know me better..." he starts carefully.
She raises an eyebrow, looking even cuter than before.
"Maybe we could... well... have dinner somewhere?" he proposes slowly.
Hawkmon braces himself. He knows that he is playing an all-or-nothing game.
He notices Gatomon almost fainting in the background.
The silence following his words seems to last forever.
"Why not?" Renamon finally answers with a smile.
Hawkmon and Gatomon faint in unison.
"Well, see you in the evening!" Davis says as he finishes his call.
She loves me! She loves me! And she'll date me! he silently cheers.
He hovers past the TV, which is still showing Renamon and Veemon kissing.
Oh perfect world! Life is good! Life is great!
He enters his room and blinks.
Hawkmon is lying on the floor in front of Renamon.
Veemon is buried under an unmoving Gatomon.
"Am I witnessing something perverted here?" he carefully asks.
"Davis! Help me! Gatomon's lying on top of-" his partner starts to shout.
Then Veemon obviously realizes what he is saying.
"No! Don't help me! Just leave me like this! Please!" he corrects himself.
Renamon sighs and lifts up Gatomon.
"Spoil-sport." Veemon mutters.
"Pervert." Renamon snaps.
"What has happened here?" Davis asks, still standing in the doorframe.
"To be honest - I'm not sure." Renamon answers, shaking her head.
She cradles the unconscious Gatomon and examines the room.
"Please call Yolei. I guess she's on her way here, but I'm not sure." she adds.
"What about me?" Veemon asks, dtill lying on the floor.
"Try not to bleed to death." Renamon tells him as she starts towards the window.
She opens it with one paw while holding Gatomon with the other one.
Then she briefly faces Davis.
"Sorry about all this." she says, nodding at the ruins of Davis' room.
"Oh, it's OK. I guess." Davis answers as she jumps out with Gatomon.
Patamon looks up at T.K.
His partner has been phoning for some time now.
Finally he finishes the call and smiles broadly.
When he faces Patamon, the smile vanishes.
"Well, Patamon. I have good news and I have bad news." he tells the Digimon.
What is he talking about? What could possibly be wrong? Patamon asks himself.
"I've talked with Kari. And guess what: Davis loves Ruki!" T.K. cheers.
"Well, that's great T.K. Then you have Kari all for yourself!" Patamon observes.
"Yeah! Well, however... Kari told me something about the newspaper photo." T.K. continues.
Seconds later, the whole neighbourhood jumps when a single scream can be heard.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Patamon yells.
Notes:
OK, no casualties this time. Phew.
But will Patamon join the fray now? Does Renamon love Hawkmon? And what about Gatomon?
Oh boy... I hope this doesn't end in a "Last 'mon standing" duel...