AUTHOR'S NOTE: I would just like to say, before the upcoming chapter, that I am not bashing Renamon. I think she's a great character and certainly one of the more interesting Digimon. So please don't misread the door scene, thank you very much.
"So, Yamaki, you didn't manage to catch the hybrid, did you?"
Yamaki gave a grunt of a response to his boss.
"No," Yamaki said reluctantly. "Lee and that digital fox managed to get him away from me just as he was begging to listen." he reported.
"Ah...I see...well, you might as well get a few more cracks at it. I guess it wouldn't be as easy as we supposed." Yamaki's golf-playing, and rather chunky boss mused.
"You were saying you think you know how to get at him, right?" the boss asked.
"Yes." Yamaki said.
"Then you try that." the boss told him.
"Of course I will." replied Yamaki, clicking off the television set in which his boss had been talking to him through.
They were so many questions mixing around in my head. The only possible word to even describe what I felt right now was confusion. Poor, helpless, confusion. But what was the point in staying confused? I might as well get some questions answered, right?
Better start with the least controversial...
"Mom," I asked suddenly, causing her to look in my direction.
"What happened to your aim?"
Mom's head jerked back in suprise.
"Um, excuse me?" she asked.
I blushed as I stared at the table. So much for least controversial...
"Well, um, y'know...I mean you could've hit that guy, right?" mom nodded indifferently.
"So...why didn't you?" I said, finishing my question.
Mom sighed. "You have to have discretion with your power, Kiiroishi." said told me.
"You and I, we do exceed humans in many ways. But you see..." she paused, as if searching for words.
"I've learnt over the years that if you're going to fight, fight for a purpose you believe in...for someone you believe in." I watched as his mother took a deep, sad, sigh. That bugged me.
"Or else there's no point. You shouldn't even fight." she concluded.
I frowned. "I'm still confused." I said simply.
Mom smiled at me. "Let me explain that again. I could've hit Yamaki if I wanted to -- but by firing my attack, I served my main purpose." she said.
I paused, and frowned even deeper. My mother was not making any sense. "Which was...?"
Mom walked over to me and ruffled my hair. "To get you back."
Then the doorbell rang. We glanced at each other, then I began sprinting for the door with mom behind me...only for both of us to smash into the door as my unknowing dad closed it after letter Ruki, Takato, Reiko and Guilmon in.
"Ow..." I moaned as I ever so quickly came to realizing the meaning of pain.
Mom said nothing, but I'll assume she shared the same sentiments.
Reiko stood by the door giggling, Takato just blinked at stared at the two in confusion, Guilmon did the same, and dad just stared with obvious suprise on his face.
Ruki grinned evily and walked up to the us. "Door..." she said softly. "Is something not to hit."
"Guh..." was my painful and ever-so-intelligent reply. Dad, with his fatherly instincts returning, ran off to go make ice packs.
Some hour or so later, all assembled company (with me and mom clutching out ice packs) were sitting in the kitchen, eating. Excepting me, of course -- it hurt too much to eat.
Reiko was taunting mei, waving her plate in my face. "Oh come on, Kiiro-kun..." she said teasingly, "I'm sure you wouldn't mind a little bite." she giggled again. I groaned in frustation. "For the record, I would mind." I snapped.
Reiko laughed. "Whatever suits ya." she winked at me and took a bite of her meal.
Then came a sharp knocking at the door. Everyone glanced at each other, then dad rised and walked to the door.
A man in a black suit, wearing a sort of bowler hat and sunglasses stood at the door. I could see him from my seat. I felt a chill go up my spine, and it wasn't helped by the fact that everyone else around me (excepting Reiko) was watching this outside the window -- then froze.
"Hypnos..." mumured Takato softly.
"What?" asked Reiko frightfully. But Takato ignored her question.
"I thought that they weren't around anymore!" muttered Ruki angrily, her teeth clenched.
"Unfortunately, no." my mother said softly.
I glanced at my mother, and back at the window. Why were they here? Who were they? Why was everyone after him now? Because of what he was? But if that were true, then why...
"You are Jenrya Lee, correct?" asked the strange man.
"Yes." I heard my father reply.
"I'm from an agency I'm certain you are familiar with. It's time for you to pay the piper." the man declared unemotionally.
I felt the chills up my spine grow a million times worse.
"So, Yamaki, you didn't manage to catch the hybrid, did you?"
Yamaki gave a grunt of a response to his boss.
"No," Yamaki said reluctantly. "Lee and that digital fox managed to get him away from me just as he was begging to listen." he reported.
"Ah...I see...well, you might as well get a few more cracks at it. I guess it wouldn't be as easy as we supposed." Yamaki's golf-playing, and rather chunky boss mused.
"You were saying you think you know how to get at him, right?" the boss asked.
"Yes." Yamaki said.
"Then you try that." the boss told him.
"Of course I will." replied Yamaki, clicking off the television set in which his boss had been talking to him through.
They were so many questions mixing around in my head. The only possible word to even describe what I felt right now was confusion. Poor, helpless, confusion. But what was the point in staying confused? I might as well get some questions answered, right?
Better start with the least controversial...
"Mom," I asked suddenly, causing her to look in my direction.
"What happened to your aim?"
Mom's head jerked back in suprise.
"Um, excuse me?" she asked.
I blushed as I stared at the table. So much for least controversial...
"Well, um, y'know...I mean you could've hit that guy, right?" mom nodded indifferently.
"So...why didn't you?" I said, finishing my question.
Mom sighed. "You have to have discretion with your power, Kiiroishi." said told me.
"You and I, we do exceed humans in many ways. But you see..." she paused, as if searching for words.
"I've learnt over the years that if you're going to fight, fight for a purpose you believe in...for someone you believe in." I watched as his mother took a deep, sad, sigh. That bugged me.
"Or else there's no point. You shouldn't even fight." she concluded.
I frowned. "I'm still confused." I said simply.
Mom smiled at me. "Let me explain that again. I could've hit Yamaki if I wanted to -- but by firing my attack, I served my main purpose." she said.
I paused, and frowned even deeper. My mother was not making any sense. "Which was...?"
Mom walked over to me and ruffled my hair. "To get you back."
Then the doorbell rang. We glanced at each other, then I began sprinting for the door with mom behind me...only for both of us to smash into the door as my unknowing dad closed it after letter Ruki, Takato, Reiko and Guilmon in.
"Ow..." I moaned as I ever so quickly came to realizing the meaning of pain.
Mom said nothing, but I'll assume she shared the same sentiments.
Reiko stood by the door giggling, Takato just blinked at stared at the two in confusion, Guilmon did the same, and dad just stared with obvious suprise on his face.
Ruki grinned evily and walked up to the us. "Door..." she said softly. "Is something not to hit."
"Guh..." was my painful and ever-so-intelligent reply. Dad, with his fatherly instincts returning, ran off to go make ice packs.
Some hour or so later, all assembled company (with me and mom clutching out ice packs) were sitting in the kitchen, eating. Excepting me, of course -- it hurt too much to eat.
Reiko was taunting mei, waving her plate in my face. "Oh come on, Kiiro-kun..." she said teasingly, "I'm sure you wouldn't mind a little bite." she giggled again. I groaned in frustation. "For the record, I would mind." I snapped.
Reiko laughed. "Whatever suits ya." she winked at me and took a bite of her meal.
Then came a sharp knocking at the door. Everyone glanced at each other, then dad rised and walked to the door.
A man in a black suit, wearing a sort of bowler hat and sunglasses stood at the door. I could see him from my seat. I felt a chill go up my spine, and it wasn't helped by the fact that everyone else around me (excepting Reiko) was watching this outside the window -- then froze.
"Hypnos..." mumured Takato softly.
"What?" asked Reiko frightfully. But Takato ignored her question.
"I thought that they weren't around anymore!" muttered Ruki angrily, her teeth clenched.
"Unfortunately, no." my mother said softly.
I glanced at my mother, and back at the window. Why were they here? Who were they? Why was everyone after him now? Because of what he was? But if that were true, then why...
"You are Jenrya Lee, correct?" asked the strange man.
"Yes." I heard my father reply.
"I'm from an agency I'm certain you are familiar with. It's time for you to pay the piper." the man declared unemotionally.
I felt the chills up my spine grow a million times worse.