AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry about the late chapter! I was extremely inspired by getting downloaded Episode 39 off the 'net. It's great! Oh, on Renamon's explanation...it's based on this fic where Renamon had adopted Ruki as her new daughter after her own had died, and I really liked the idea.
"Kiiroishi, wake up!"
I felt someone shaking me pretty hard, and I opened my eyes. All around me was desert. Just desert, nothing more. I sat up, shaking some of the dirt out of my ears and tail.
"A tip for the wise." Dad said, pulling me up. "Don't think about food or anything like that." Dad instructed. "A lot of what makes the digital world tick is thought. For example..." Dad smirked. "Think about a rain cloud pouring over your head."
"Um...a rain cloud?" I asked. Dad nodded.
"Okay..." I muttered, imagining a big black cloud. CRASH! I was soaked in rainwater. I gave Dad a death glare. "Picture yourself nice, dry and sans cloud." he told me. So I did.
"That's great." I said, shaking my body to get the water out of my fur. "But how are we going to get back?"
Dad frowned, pondering the question. "Maybe if we think we aren't here...?" he whispered to himself. I didn't say anything, but I wondered...why did these things keep happening to me?
Renamon regained her consciousness. Yamaki, Kiiroishi, and Jenrya were nowhere in sight. What about the four gods?
"You've awoken?" Ebonwumon's rather concerned voice asked. Renamon instinctively leapt up.
"I will not harm you." Ebonwumon said calmly.
"But why not?" The fox digimon asked.
Ebonwumon smiled. "You intrigue me far too much. Willing to sacrifice your life for a pack of humans?"
The Turtle looked Renamon in the eyes. "What is so important about them?" the Turtle asked. Renamon paused before replying, not completely sure of the answer to the question.
"They are my family. Ruki, my partner...almost like a daughter. Shuchion and Juri, as well. Kiiroishi and Jenrya...my true family. It seems as if you don't understand that we just do this because of love, sovereign."
Ebonwumon started perplexed at this, more or less, inferior rookie. One hit and he could really murder her. It would be extremely easy. Yet it was as if she, and all of those digimon that were slaves to the humans were stronger in some way. Was it really all as simple as love?
"Can just one emotion have that kind of power?" the holy Turtle asked, receiving a nod in reply.
The sovereign frowned, then his face lit with an idea. "I'm sorry, then." he said to Renamon. He held out his hand.
"Zhuqiaomon! Baihumon! Qinglongmon!" he shouted. The other three appeared before him, looking puzzled.
"We've made a horrible mistake." Ebonwumon said. "Taking on the shapes of these humans, to destroy the abominations they've made and end their threat to our world...we're harming our kind!" The sovereign declared.
"Harming?" Zhuqiaomon whispered dangerously. "Harming? Ebonwumon, have you lost it? Don't you get how they have hurt our world! Creating D-Reaper, nearly obliterating the digital world..." Phoenix ranted.
"That's it, you two!" Qinglongmon suddenly shouted. "Sure they've made mistakes, Zhuqiaomon! But we posed a threat to them as well. How were they to know?" he asked.
As the others were fighting, Baihumon lazily looked around. He'd heard this about a million times before, except that Qinglongmon was actually joining in for once...then he noticed the Renamon in standing away from them. Only still here because of Ebonwumon's odd interest in her. She seemed very angry, too...
"What's with you?" the Tiger asked, walking over to the fox. "Are you angry with us?" the Tiger whispered. Renamon gave the Tiger a small glare. Baihumon smirked. "You really care about them, don't you?" he asked.
He pulled a small blue ring from his the pocket in his jeans. "Take it." the Tiger said, tossing it to Renamon.
"What is this for?" the fox digimon asked.
"It's a promise ring. It has the power to grant a wish to the one who wears it." the Tiger told the fox digimon.
"Promise ring..." Renamon whispered, slipping it onto one of her paws. Baihumon smiled a large smile.
"Follow your heart!" he said, both as instruction and encouragement.
Renamon held her decorated paw to her chest, and shut her eyes. Focusing with the same sheer determination she used when she was young to teleport for the first time. *Kiiroishi!* she cried out. *Jen!*
I trudged along behind Dad in the hot digital desert. I remember what he said, I was not thinking about hunger. Still, I couldn't ignore my own natural exhaustion. But suddenly, I felt something wrap around my finger. A ring.
It was an aqua color, just like my D-Arc. Then on Dad's finger was a green one...what was going on?
*Kiiroishi! Jen!*
"Mom?" I cried out in surprise. "Mom!"
"Renamon..." Dad whispered, smiling a very happy kind of smile.
The rings on our fingers began flashing, and I felt myself being pulled away...
Back to home, I figured. Back to...everything.
"Kiiroishi, wake up!"
I felt someone shaking me pretty hard, and I opened my eyes. All around me was desert. Just desert, nothing more. I sat up, shaking some of the dirt out of my ears and tail.
"A tip for the wise." Dad said, pulling me up. "Don't think about food or anything like that." Dad instructed. "A lot of what makes the digital world tick is thought. For example..." Dad smirked. "Think about a rain cloud pouring over your head."
"Um...a rain cloud?" I asked. Dad nodded.
"Okay..." I muttered, imagining a big black cloud. CRASH! I was soaked in rainwater. I gave Dad a death glare. "Picture yourself nice, dry and sans cloud." he told me. So I did.
"That's great." I said, shaking my body to get the water out of my fur. "But how are we going to get back?"
Dad frowned, pondering the question. "Maybe if we think we aren't here...?" he whispered to himself. I didn't say anything, but I wondered...why did these things keep happening to me?
Renamon regained her consciousness. Yamaki, Kiiroishi, and Jenrya were nowhere in sight. What about the four gods?
"You've awoken?" Ebonwumon's rather concerned voice asked. Renamon instinctively leapt up.
"I will not harm you." Ebonwumon said calmly.
"But why not?" The fox digimon asked.
Ebonwumon smiled. "You intrigue me far too much. Willing to sacrifice your life for a pack of humans?"
The Turtle looked Renamon in the eyes. "What is so important about them?" the Turtle asked. Renamon paused before replying, not completely sure of the answer to the question.
"They are my family. Ruki, my partner...almost like a daughter. Shuchion and Juri, as well. Kiiroishi and Jenrya...my true family. It seems as if you don't understand that we just do this because of love, sovereign."
Ebonwumon started perplexed at this, more or less, inferior rookie. One hit and he could really murder her. It would be extremely easy. Yet it was as if she, and all of those digimon that were slaves to the humans were stronger in some way. Was it really all as simple as love?
"Can just one emotion have that kind of power?" the holy Turtle asked, receiving a nod in reply.
The sovereign frowned, then his face lit with an idea. "I'm sorry, then." he said to Renamon. He held out his hand.
"Zhuqiaomon! Baihumon! Qinglongmon!" he shouted. The other three appeared before him, looking puzzled.
"We've made a horrible mistake." Ebonwumon said. "Taking on the shapes of these humans, to destroy the abominations they've made and end their threat to our world...we're harming our kind!" The sovereign declared.
"Harming?" Zhuqiaomon whispered dangerously. "Harming? Ebonwumon, have you lost it? Don't you get how they have hurt our world! Creating D-Reaper, nearly obliterating the digital world..." Phoenix ranted.
"That's it, you two!" Qinglongmon suddenly shouted. "Sure they've made mistakes, Zhuqiaomon! But we posed a threat to them as well. How were they to know?" he asked.
As the others were fighting, Baihumon lazily looked around. He'd heard this about a million times before, except that Qinglongmon was actually joining in for once...then he noticed the Renamon in standing away from them. Only still here because of Ebonwumon's odd interest in her. She seemed very angry, too...
"What's with you?" the Tiger asked, walking over to the fox. "Are you angry with us?" the Tiger whispered. Renamon gave the Tiger a small glare. Baihumon smirked. "You really care about them, don't you?" he asked.
He pulled a small blue ring from his the pocket in his jeans. "Take it." the Tiger said, tossing it to Renamon.
"What is this for?" the fox digimon asked.
"It's a promise ring. It has the power to grant a wish to the one who wears it." the Tiger told the fox digimon.
"Promise ring..." Renamon whispered, slipping it onto one of her paws. Baihumon smiled a large smile.
"Follow your heart!" he said, both as instruction and encouragement.
Renamon held her decorated paw to her chest, and shut her eyes. Focusing with the same sheer determination she used when she was young to teleport for the first time. *Kiiroishi!* she cried out. *Jen!*
I trudged along behind Dad in the hot digital desert. I remember what he said, I was not thinking about hunger. Still, I couldn't ignore my own natural exhaustion. But suddenly, I felt something wrap around my finger. A ring.
It was an aqua color, just like my D-Arc. Then on Dad's finger was a green one...what was going on?
*Kiiroishi! Jen!*
"Mom?" I cried out in surprise. "Mom!"
"Renamon..." Dad whispered, smiling a very happy kind of smile.
The rings on our fingers began flashing, and I felt myself being pulled away...
Back to home, I figured. Back to...everything.