Tamers: Stuck in Paradise - Season 2
Part 11
by Christian "Sid" Lang
"Takenuchi residence, Sora speaking."
Sora is sitting in her most comfortable chair as she answers the call.
Her legs are resting on another chair. Biyomon is sleeping on the couch.
She had just had breakfast and had decided to relax a bit more.
Errrr... Sora, this is T.K.
"Oh." Sora just mutters and blinks.
I guess you have heard some of the recent news?
"You mean that Kari dumped you because of a hot nigh-"
Don't rub it in please. T.K. groans.
Sora giggles.
"Well, whatever could you want from me?" she asks innocently.
With her free hand, she opens her book of lifelong favors and writes his name into it.
Davis, Hawkmon, and now T.K. she thinks and smiles.
She smiles mischieviously while she closes the book again.
"Takenuchi Flower Service." the man greets Kari happily.
Kari blinks in surprise. She had expected Tai.
"If I remember correctly, you are Kari, right?" the man asks.
"That is correct. Why do you-"
Her question is left unfinished when the man hands her a rose.
She gulps, remembering the last time she received a single rose.
Does this mean that T.K.... leaves me? she asks herself.
The girl accepts the rose, her hand shaking like mad.
"Oh well. The usual greetings from Sora. See you!"
Kari just nods, staring at the rose. She opens the attached card with a trembling hand.
Sighing, she reads the short text:
"What's that." Gatomon asks flatly.
"A rose from T.K." Kari answers dreamily.
"And now you're gonna crawl back to him."
Kari blinks.
"You're not really in a romantic mood, are you?" she asks the Digimon.
"Three days! Three days!" Gatomon hisses.
"Your talk wth Veemon yesterday didn't help much." Kari observes.
"It did! But Renamon hasn't even tried to come back!"
"So you miss her?" Kari asks with a smile.
"Pah. Why would I want her back?" Gatomon answers, trying to sound angry.
Kari knows that Gatomon would kill to get Renamon back.
But somehow the cat seems... disturbed.
Geez. Kari's happy again. And I? I'm just lonely.
Gatomon looks at her partner, trying to make Renamon responsible for her mess.
But it doesn't work. She had sent Renamon away, after all.
I bet she doesn't love me anymore. I hurt her badly.
Gatomon notices that Kari frowns.
"Funny. When did you get this wooden figure?" Kari asks her.
Gatomon raises an eyebrow and turns around.
"What the-" she mutters when she notices the figure on the table next to her.
That hasn't been here when I turned around!
The cat Digimon takes a closer look at the carving work.
At first sight, she sees only one slender form.
Gatomon instantly recognizes the body of Renamon. Then she rotates the figure.
She gasps when she sees the front of it.
"That's Renamon... kissing... you?" Kari asks.
Gatomon's eyes widen when she recognizes what is portrayed here.
"Her fur looks wet." Kari observes.
"Our first kiss." Gatomon whispers.
"Your first kiss?" Ruki asks Renamon.
The Digimon nods while picking up the remaining pieces of wood.
"We had... bathed in the pond in the park." the fox explains.
"Bathed." Ruki mocks her.
"Yes. Just bathed. And when we came out of the pond..."
"I know. I recognized the pose from the newspaper."
Renamon smiles when she hears this.
"Yeah. I held her in my arms. And we... kissed."
The Digimon sighs.
"And you gave her this carving work so she remembers the good time you two had?"
Renamon nods, happy that her Tamer understands her plan.
"Say... What happened after that kiss?" Ruki suddenly asks with a sly grin.
"Ummmmm... Nothing."
Ruki giggles when she hears the obvious lie.
"I can see you blushing under all that fur." the Tamer mocks her.
Renamon simply sighs.
The doorbell rings again, causing Kari to sigh.
She lazily opens the door, prepared to greet her brother.
"Hello T-T-T-" she stutters when she realizes that the boy at the door is not Tai.
"-T-T-T-" she continues to stutter.
"T.K.?" T.K. helps out, smiling nervously.
"T.K." Kari finally manages to say.
The world around her fades away. Her complete reality is taken up by the boy.
"I'm really sorry for what happened. But I wondered... well..." T.K. stammers.
"T.K." Kari simply whispers.
"Well... I wondered if we could talk hings over?" T.K. asks.
The young Kamiya girl simply stares at him.
"Ummm... Maybe this evening? Dinner at a restaurant?" T.K. shyly suggests.
When he receives no answer, he snickers.
Finally Kari's crain catches up with the conversation.
"Sounds great." she whispers after some seconds.
"I'll be here at six. Is that okay with you?"
Long seconds pass.
"Six. Sure." Kari answers finally, still staring at the boy.
After closing the door, Kari is able to think again.
"Did I just... accept a date?" she asks herself.
She scratches her head. The memory of the last few minutes is somehow blurred.
"Gatomon? Did I just accept to date T.K. at six?"
The snow-white cat turns her head, seemingly lost in her own world.
"There has been somebody at the door?" the Digimon asks.
Kari can see the wooden figure cradled in the cat's arms and smiles.
"Nevermind. Will you manage without me?"
Gatomon nods absentmindedly, gently stroking the figure.
"Motomiya's, Veemon speaking." Veemon answer the phone.
Hawk here. Emergency meeting in the park.
Veemon blinks.
"What kind of-"
Shhhhh! Digimon only. I've called the others, too. In half an hour at the pond.
Before Veemon can answer anything, Hawkmon has ended the call.
Veemon feels like a spy when he arrives at the pond.
He can see Hawkmon, Patamon and Agumon waiting at the pond.
"Glad you could make it." Agumon greets him.
"Anytime. Am I the last one?" Veemon asks.
Hawkmon nods.
"Wormmon, Armadillomon and the Tamer's Digimon seem to be busy." he says.
"What are they doing?" Patamon asks.
"Beats me. But it must be important." Hawkmon answers.
"OK, so what are we doing here?" Veemon asks the group.
"We need to find a way to cheer Gatomon up." Agumon tells him.
Veemon gulps.
Patamon's wings still look shaky, and Agumon's throat has clawmarks.
"The best time would be tonight. Kari's out with T.K. then." Patamon says.
"Tai will be happy to hear that." Agumon remarks.
"Then what do we do? A party?" Veemon sarcastically suggests.
"Nah. But we could visit her. Cheer her up together." Hawkmon answers.
"You can count me in." Veemon tells them firmly.
Gatomon lazily watches her partner.
It's five fifty now. Kari had started her panic attack two hours ago.
The girl is wearing a dark blue dress that should make any man drool.
"What about the Digivice?" Kari asks the Digimon.
Gatomon just shrugs.
"I think I'll take it with me." Kari decides.
"Like some kind of talisman?"
Kari nods and giggles nervously.
The sound of the doorbell makes Kari jump.
The young girl yelps in surprise and trips over her own feet.
Even while her partner hits the floor, Gatomon walks towards the door and opens it.
She is relieved when she sees Tai standing in front of her.
"Hey, Gatomon. Agumon informed me that it's safe to come home again?"
Gatomon just shrugs and returns to her place on the couch.
"T-T-T-" Kari stammers while she stands up again.
Then she faces her brother.
"TAI?" she yells, making the older boy jump.
"Heya sis, you look gre-"
"HOW DARE YOU?" Kari continues her yelling.
"Ummmm... Kari?" another voice asks.
Kari blinks when she sees T.K. standing inthe still-open door.
"T.K." Kari whispers, her rage long-forgotten.
Gatomon notices Tai sigh as his sister hovers over to T.K.
"Bye, Gatomon. See you, Tai!" she shouts happily as she exits the apartment.
Tai just shakes his head and heads for the door, too.
"Where are you going?" Gatomon asks.
"To Matt's place. I feel like crying and I don't want you to see it."
Gatomon snickers as the original DigiDestined of Courage exits the apartment.
Then she realizes that she is completely alone now.
"If she claws my eyes out, it's your fault." Veemon tells Agumon.
"Nobody forced you to join." Agumon hisses.
The four Digimon are walking through the evening streets.
"I hope she won't get this the wrong way." Patamon mutters.
"Yep. She might think we pity her." Hawkmon observes.
"Trust me. Everything will be all right." Agumon says and toys with the apartment keys Tai has given him.
Sitting in the dark apartment, Gatomon realizes she misses Renamon.
"Oh Renamon." she whispers, stroking the figure.
"A reminder of better times." somebody whispers.
Gatomon's head jerks up in alarm.
Then she spots... her.
Renamon is kneeling on the floor, looking down.
Just like the day when Ruki scolded her for kissing Veemon. she realizes.
Then she notices the fine scar on Renamon's nuzzle.
"Oh Renamon!" she cries and jumps up.
She runs towards her love and hugs her.
"I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings." Renamon whispers into Gatomon's ear.
"Don't. It wasn't your fault."
Gatomon feels Renamon's gentle paws on her back.
"I missed you." Renamon says, making the understatement of the century.
"Just hold me. Just like you held me for the very first time." Gatomon purrs.
"Let's surprise her." Agumon suggests.
He and his three henchmen sneak through the dark apartment.
"I bet she's in Kari's room." he whispers.
"I don't know. what if we disturb her?" Patamon asks.
"Nah. She'll thank us later." Veemon assures him.
"I hope you're right." Hawkmon whispers with a frown.
Smiling, Agumon opens the door to Kari's room and switches on the lights.
"Hey Gatomon! We came to ch-ch-ch-" he shouts before his voice fails him.
The orange dino stares at the multicolored furball on Kari's bed.
The only thing he clearly sees is Gatomon kissing Renamon.
He doesn't even dare to look where their paws are.
"I'm just soooo dead." he mutters when Gatomon's eyes meet his.
Part 11
by Christian "Sid" Lang
"Takenuchi residence, Sora speaking."
Sora is sitting in her most comfortable chair as she answers the call.
Her legs are resting on another chair. Biyomon is sleeping on the couch.
She had just had breakfast and had decided to relax a bit more.
Errrr... Sora, this is T.K.
"Oh." Sora just mutters and blinks.
I guess you have heard some of the recent news?
"You mean that Kari dumped you because of a hot nigh-"
Don't rub it in please. T.K. groans.
Sora giggles.
"Well, whatever could you want from me?" she asks innocently.
With her free hand, she opens her book of lifelong favors and writes his name into it.
Davis, Hawkmon, and now T.K. she thinks and smiles.
She smiles mischieviously while she closes the book again.
"Takenuchi Flower Service." the man greets Kari happily.
Kari blinks in surprise. She had expected Tai.
"If I remember correctly, you are Kari, right?" the man asks.
"That is correct. Why do you-"
Her question is left unfinished when the man hands her a rose.
She gulps, remembering the last time she received a single rose.
Does this mean that T.K.... leaves me? she asks herself.
The girl accepts the rose, her hand shaking like mad.
"Oh well. The usual greetings from Sora. See you!"
Kari just nods, staring at the rose. She opens the attached card with a trembling hand.
Sighing, she reads the short text:
A single rose for my only love."Oh T.K." Kari whispers and closes her eyes.
"What's that." Gatomon asks flatly.
"A rose from T.K." Kari answers dreamily.
"And now you're gonna crawl back to him."
Kari blinks.
"You're not really in a romantic mood, are you?" she asks the Digimon.
"Three days! Three days!" Gatomon hisses.
"Your talk wth Veemon yesterday didn't help much." Kari observes.
"It did! But Renamon hasn't even tried to come back!"
"So you miss her?" Kari asks with a smile.
"Pah. Why would I want her back?" Gatomon answers, trying to sound angry.
Kari knows that Gatomon would kill to get Renamon back.
But somehow the cat seems... disturbed.
Geez. Kari's happy again. And I? I'm just lonely.
Gatomon looks at her partner, trying to make Renamon responsible for her mess.
But it doesn't work. She had sent Renamon away, after all.
I bet she doesn't love me anymore. I hurt her badly.
Gatomon notices that Kari frowns.
"Funny. When did you get this wooden figure?" Kari asks her.
Gatomon raises an eyebrow and turns around.
"What the-" she mutters when she notices the figure on the table next to her.
That hasn't been here when I turned around!
The cat Digimon takes a closer look at the carving work.
At first sight, she sees only one slender form.
Gatomon instantly recognizes the body of Renamon. Then she rotates the figure.
She gasps when she sees the front of it.
"That's Renamon... kissing... you?" Kari asks.
Gatomon's eyes widen when she recognizes what is portrayed here.
"Her fur looks wet." Kari observes.
"Our first kiss." Gatomon whispers.
"Your first kiss?" Ruki asks Renamon.
The Digimon nods while picking up the remaining pieces of wood.
"We had... bathed in the pond in the park." the fox explains.
"Bathed." Ruki mocks her.
"Yes. Just bathed. And when we came out of the pond..."
"I know. I recognized the pose from the newspaper."
Renamon smiles when she hears this.
"Yeah. I held her in my arms. And we... kissed."
The Digimon sighs.
"And you gave her this carving work so she remembers the good time you two had?"
Renamon nods, happy that her Tamer understands her plan.
"Say... What happened after that kiss?" Ruki suddenly asks with a sly grin.
"Ummmmm... Nothing."
Ruki giggles when she hears the obvious lie.
"I can see you blushing under all that fur." the Tamer mocks her.
Renamon simply sighs.
The doorbell rings again, causing Kari to sigh.
She lazily opens the door, prepared to greet her brother.
"Hello T-T-T-" she stutters when she realizes that the boy at the door is not Tai.
"-T-T-T-" she continues to stutter.
"T.K.?" T.K. helps out, smiling nervously.
"T.K." Kari finally manages to say.
The world around her fades away. Her complete reality is taken up by the boy.
"I'm really sorry for what happened. But I wondered... well..." T.K. stammers.
"T.K." Kari simply whispers.
"Well... I wondered if we could talk hings over?" T.K. asks.
The young Kamiya girl simply stares at him.
"Ummm... Maybe this evening? Dinner at a restaurant?" T.K. shyly suggests.
When he receives no answer, he snickers.
Finally Kari's crain catches up with the conversation.
"Sounds great." she whispers after some seconds.
"I'll be here at six. Is that okay with you?"
Long seconds pass.
"Six. Sure." Kari answers finally, still staring at the boy.
After closing the door, Kari is able to think again.
"Did I just... accept a date?" she asks herself.
She scratches her head. The memory of the last few minutes is somehow blurred.
"Gatomon? Did I just accept to date T.K. at six?"
The snow-white cat turns her head, seemingly lost in her own world.
"There has been somebody at the door?" the Digimon asks.
Kari can see the wooden figure cradled in the cat's arms and smiles.
"Nevermind. Will you manage without me?"
Gatomon nods absentmindedly, gently stroking the figure.
"Motomiya's, Veemon speaking." Veemon answer the phone.
Hawk here. Emergency meeting in the park.
Veemon blinks.
"What kind of-"
Shhhhh! Digimon only. I've called the others, too. In half an hour at the pond.
Before Veemon can answer anything, Hawkmon has ended the call.
Veemon feels like a spy when he arrives at the pond.
He can see Hawkmon, Patamon and Agumon waiting at the pond.
"Glad you could make it." Agumon greets him.
"Anytime. Am I the last one?" Veemon asks.
Hawkmon nods.
"Wormmon, Armadillomon and the Tamer's Digimon seem to be busy." he says.
"What are they doing?" Patamon asks.
"Beats me. But it must be important." Hawkmon answers.
"OK, so what are we doing here?" Veemon asks the group.
"We need to find a way to cheer Gatomon up." Agumon tells him.
Veemon gulps.
Patamon's wings still look shaky, and Agumon's throat has clawmarks.
"The best time would be tonight. Kari's out with T.K. then." Patamon says.
"Tai will be happy to hear that." Agumon remarks.
"Then what do we do? A party?" Veemon sarcastically suggests.
"Nah. But we could visit her. Cheer her up together." Hawkmon answers.
"You can count me in." Veemon tells them firmly.
Gatomon lazily watches her partner.
It's five fifty now. Kari had started her panic attack two hours ago.
The girl is wearing a dark blue dress that should make any man drool.
"What about the Digivice?" Kari asks the Digimon.
Gatomon just shrugs.
"I think I'll take it with me." Kari decides.
"Like some kind of talisman?"
Kari nods and giggles nervously.
The sound of the doorbell makes Kari jump.
The young girl yelps in surprise and trips over her own feet.
Even while her partner hits the floor, Gatomon walks towards the door and opens it.
She is relieved when she sees Tai standing in front of her.
"Hey, Gatomon. Agumon informed me that it's safe to come home again?"
Gatomon just shrugs and returns to her place on the couch.
"T-T-T-" Kari stammers while she stands up again.
Then she faces her brother.
"TAI?" she yells, making the older boy jump.
"Heya sis, you look gre-"
"HOW DARE YOU?" Kari continues her yelling.
"Ummmm... Kari?" another voice asks.
Kari blinks when she sees T.K. standing inthe still-open door.
"T.K." Kari whispers, her rage long-forgotten.
Gatomon notices Tai sigh as his sister hovers over to T.K.
"Bye, Gatomon. See you, Tai!" she shouts happily as she exits the apartment.
Tai just shakes his head and heads for the door, too.
"Where are you going?" Gatomon asks.
"To Matt's place. I feel like crying and I don't want you to see it."
Gatomon snickers as the original DigiDestined of Courage exits the apartment.
Then she realizes that she is completely alone now.
"If she claws my eyes out, it's your fault." Veemon tells Agumon.
"Nobody forced you to join." Agumon hisses.
The four Digimon are walking through the evening streets.
"I hope she won't get this the wrong way." Patamon mutters.
"Yep. She might think we pity her." Hawkmon observes.
"Trust me. Everything will be all right." Agumon says and toys with the apartment keys Tai has given him.
Sitting in the dark apartment, Gatomon realizes she misses Renamon.
"Oh Renamon." she whispers, stroking the figure.
"A reminder of better times." somebody whispers.
Gatomon's head jerks up in alarm.
Then she spots... her.
Renamon is kneeling on the floor, looking down.
Just like the day when Ruki scolded her for kissing Veemon. she realizes.
Then she notices the fine scar on Renamon's nuzzle.
"Oh Renamon!" she cries and jumps up.
She runs towards her love and hugs her.
"I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings." Renamon whispers into Gatomon's ear.
"Don't. It wasn't your fault."
Gatomon feels Renamon's gentle paws on her back.
"I missed you." Renamon says, making the understatement of the century.
"Just hold me. Just like you held me for the very first time." Gatomon purrs.
"Let's surprise her." Agumon suggests.
He and his three henchmen sneak through the dark apartment.
"I bet she's in Kari's room." he whispers.
"I don't know. what if we disturb her?" Patamon asks.
"Nah. She'll thank us later." Veemon assures him.
"I hope you're right." Hawkmon whispers with a frown.
Smiling, Agumon opens the door to Kari's room and switches on the lights.
"Hey Gatomon! We came to ch-ch-ch-" he shouts before his voice fails him.
The orange dino stares at the multicolored furball on Kari's bed.
The only thing he clearly sees is Gatomon kissing Renamon.
He doesn't even dare to look where their paws are.
"I'm just soooo dead." he mutters when Gatomon's eyes meet his.