Tamers: Stuck in Paradise - Season 2
Part 15
by Christian "Sid" Lang



"This is the stuff!" Gatomon whispers.
Renamon frowns and looks at the bottle Gatomon had pointed at.
"What is this?" she asks.
The cat blinks in surprise.
"You don't know?" she asks.
The fox shakes her head, causing Gatomon to snicker.
"Well, then let me tell you that this is just the thing to end the day."
"You can bottle passion?" Renamon asks, making the cat blush.
"I didn't mean that!" she hisses.
Renamon cocks her head.
"It's the perfect way to end a really bad day. It makes you forget your sorrows."
When she sees Renamon's blank expression, Gatomon sighs.
"You really never heard of Sake?" she finally asks.

Ruki snickers as Kari strides through the living room.
The Kamiya girl is wearing the Killer Tango Dress and high-heels.
"OK, final test." Ruki announces, bringing Kari in position.
Kari now has her back turned at Tai's room.
"Tai?" Ruki calls the boy loudly.
Kari's brother briefly looks out of his room.
"What is it, Ru... Ru... Ruuuuu..."
Tai gasps when he sees Kari's back.
Quickly he exites his room and smiles like a gentleman.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know we had a visitor. Hello, Miss...?" he politely addresses Kari.
"She doesn't talk much, but she asked if you would date her." Ruki lies.
Tai's smile widens as he obviously imagines himself with this beautiful girl.
"It'd be my pleasure." he purrs and gently touches Kari's shoulder.
"You're a real charmer, big brother." Kari purrs back and faces Tai.
Ruki snickers when she sees Tai's smile freeze.
"KARI?" he yelps, jumping back.
"Final test - passed." Ruki states and laughs.
While Tai walks back to his room on shaky legs, Kari sits down on the couch.
"You've been right. The dress makes the difference." Kari observes.

Hawkmon paces through Yolei's room.
Man, I really shouldn't do this. he tells himself, thinking about Veemon's plan.
It would just hurt them. And I don't want to be responsible for it.
He sighs.
On the other hand Veemon has a point. They have gone too far.
The bird Digimon frowns as he looks at both sides.
Finally he shakes his head.
"I'm sorry, Gatomon." he whispers.

Kari smiles as she opens the door.
T.K. has rung the doorbell exactly at six.
"Hello, T.K." Kari purrs.
Ruki can see T.K. wearing a tuxedo. She can also see that he is blushing.
His eyes look down at Kari's dress, then up again.
But somehow the boy's stare stops slightly under Kari's chin.
"I'm up here, T.K." Kari mutters.
Matt's brother coughes and looks into her eyes.
"Should we go?" Kari asks after half a minute of silence.
Somehow T.K. manages to nod.
Ruki snickers when she sees T.K. following Kari like a love-happy zombie.
Then she checks her watch.
"Oh well, time to go. It's a long walk to Davis' place."

"You really think this stuff works?" Renamon asks as she enter the empty apartment.
"I've seen it last New Year's Eve." Gatomon answers and nods.
"Did Kari-"
"No. Others. Kari's just a child. But we're mature Digimon, right?"
Renamon nods, although she still doesn't get the idea.
Gatomon quickly gets them two cups while Renamon pulls out one of the bottles.
The cat instantly pours the Sake into the cups and holds up one of them.
"Cheers!" the cat shouts before she empties her cup.
Renamon shrugs and does the same.
She instantly realizes that this has been a mistake as her throat starts to ache.
The fox coughs wildly for a minute until the feeling stops.
Then she can feel a warm fuzzy feeling comforting her.
"You like it?" Gatomon purrs.
Renamon nods happily as she grabs the bottle again.

Davis and Ruki are lying on the couch, watching some anime.
Ruki gently rubs Davis's cheek and frowns.
"Funny." she mutters.
"Hm?" Davis asks, stroking her back absentmindedly.
"I never notices that fine beard."
Davis chuckles.
"I shave it daily." he tells her.
"I think you forgot to do it today." Ruki hints.
"No, that's not it. I just can't find my shaver anymore."
"Yeah. Right." Ruki snickers.
"Really! It has been one of those battery ones!"
"Then where is it?"
"Beats me." Davis answers and shrugs.

Gatomon giggles.
Renamon obviously has never had a drop of alcohol in her life.
Now, after a bottle of Sake, the fox looks drowsy.
Still Renamon pours another cup from the second bottle.
Gatomon still feels pretty normal.
The room seems to move a bit, but she is still in control. Sort of.
Renamon on the other hand looks drunk. Simply drunk.
Maybe because I Champion... Gatomon manages to realize.
"Oh looky! I can do tricks!" Renamon cheers, balancing on one hand.
Split seconds later, the fox crashes to the floor, giggling madly.
Then the giggling stops.
"Rena? Rena? Mon?" Gatomon asks.
When nobody answers her, she simply shrugs.
"Guess she doesn't want anymore." the cat whispers.
Then she decides that drinking alone is boring.
With her last bit of control she climbs onto the couch and falls asleep.

An hour later, Hawkmon grunts as his wings protest against the strain.
"We're almost there!" Veemon shouts.
Hawkmon looks down at the Digimon hanging at his talons.
"Thank... God..." he mutters.
As soon as he is above the balcony, Veemon jumps.
Hawkmon crashlands next to him, gasping.
Veemon instantly ducks and waits.
Everything stays quiet. Nobody has noticed them.
Quickly Veemon takes out some items out of Davis' backpack.
Hawkmon takes the blow gun and the tranq darts and frowns.
"You're serious, aren't you?" he asks a last time.
Nodding grimly, Veemon holds up Davis' battery-operated shaver.
"Remember. One of them starts to move, you tranq'em. No matter who it is."
"What if Tai-" Hawkmon begins to ask.
"Tranq him."
"what if Kari-"
"Tranq her."
"What if Gennai-"
"What would freakin' Gennai do here?" Veemon snaps.

Using one of Hawkmon's feathers, Veemon manages to open the balcony door.
It's already dark, so he sneaks into the room blindly.
After some steps he trips over something on the carpet.
He hits the floor cursing and angrily turns to see what has caused him to fall.
He gasps when he looks directly at Renamon's face.
Ohmygodohmygodohmygod
Then he notices that the fox's eyes are still closed.
Frowning, Veemon apporoaches her. Suddenly, Renamon yawns.
The smell of alcohol - much alcohol - almost overwhelms him.
She is drunk! Veemon realizes.
He carefully looks around and sees Gatomon sleeping on the couch.
Then he sees two bottles of Sake on the table and smiles.

Patamon smiles as he watches the scene from the neighbouring roof.
Hawkmon is waiting on the balcony, watching Veemon approach Gatomon.
Nobody is aware of his presence.
Just like the assassins in the movies...

Chuckling softly, Veemon switches on the shaver.
The low buzzing sound doesn't wake up the drunk cat.
No need for those tranq arrows. Veemon thinks as he starts his work.

It's time. Patamon decides and puts a plain dart into the blow gun.
He takes careful aim. A human would have to aim very high.
But Patamon has an unfair advantage.
He inhales until his body looks like a balloon.
Just to be sure, he aims again.
Then he releases the air, forcing the compressed air of his Boom Bubble through the blow gun.
The dart flies accelerates out of the thin tube until it reaches almost the speed of sound.
After less than half a second, the dart hits its target.

Veemon gulps when he hears the insane hissing sound.
Then he sees the dart stuck in Gatomon's butt.
He looks at Hawkmon, but the bird Digimon looks just as surprised.
Gatomon may be drunk, but the pain caused by the dart obviously sufficed to wake her.
The cat looks up and stares directly into Veemon's eyes.
"Veemon?" she shouts.
Problem.
Hiding the shaver behind his back Veemon starts to move to the window.
"Oops, wrong house, sorry!"
Gatomon blinks and raises her paw testily.
Veemon knows that his time is running out. But he doesn't run yet.
The paw gently touches her head. The bare skin of her head.
"What the... VEEEEEEEEMOOOOOOOON!"
Big problem.
Veemon starts to run towards the gasping Hawkmon.

Hawkmon watches in terror as Gatomon starts to chase Veemon.
Everything seems to happen in slow-motion.
The adrenaline rush gives him more than enough time to do some calculations.
He's not going to make it. he finally realizes.
Gatomon is much faster than Veemon, purely acting on instinct.
Hawkmon gulps as he decides what to do.
He jumps off the balcony, hoping that Gatomon didn't see him.
The Digimon can hear Veemon's voice even as he is falling.
"Traitor!"

He's leaving me alone! The little coward! Veemon thinks.
Then he kisses the floor again, being forced down by Gatomon's weight.
"VEEMON!" the cat shouts, clawing his back.
The pain seems to give Veemon's power a final boost.
It is enough to shake off his attacker.
Gatomon lands on her feet and hisses.
Veemon knows that he would need a mircale to reach the window.
He gulps as Gatomon jumps at him, doing her famous Lightning Claw attack.
Then the white cat sails past him and hits a wall.
Veemon does a mental note to thank the inventor of Sake and starts to run.
His back still hurts, and Veemon knows that he is bleeding.
But his wounds aren't too serious.
Gasping, Veemon reaches the balcony and jumps.
He doesn't care about the fact that he has no wings.
He doesn't care about the fact that Hawkmon is gone.
He doesn't care about anything but the hissing cat behind him.
Anything is better than ending in her claws.
He screams as he falls. The ground is coming closer at a horrible speed.
Then, suddenly, he stops.
"Glad you could make it." Hawkmon mutters.
Veemon realizes that the bird is standing on a balcony two floors beneath the Kamiya's.
"Thanks." Veemon weakly replies.

Gatomon slowly recovers from her crash and shakes her head.
Veemon has moved out of the way at an incredible speed. Somehow.
She has no idea how he had done it, but she knows it must have happened.
How else could she have missed him?
Then she notices the tickling sensation on her skin.
She touches her head again and howls in frustration.
"MY FUR! VEEEEEEMOOOOOOOON!"

"Oh yeah..." Patamon whispers and grins.
Time for phase two.