Tamers: Stuck in Paradise - Season 3
Part 14
by Christian "Sid" Lang
Gatomon frowns. She has never seen her vulpine beloved in such a condition.
Renamon looks as if she is trying to do a dozen things at once.
"G-Gato! Paint! Hurry! Probl-" the fox hisses, running back and forth gesturing wildly.
The sound of a lot of paint hitting the pavement makes Renamon stop in mid-sentence.
A moment later, a loud, female shriek can be heard.
"Oh boy." Renamon mutters.
"Davis... wake up please. Davis?" Ruki asks, stroking his head.
"What did he mean with 'You won't get her'?" Kari asks, sitting on a chair nearby.
Ruki shrugs and looks up at Kari. Davis is taking up most of the couch, so Ruki kneels next to it.
"I don't know. Have you done anything to him?" the Tamer asks, giving Kari a frown.
"As far as I know: No. Why should I? He's my friend and your love!"
Both girls look at Davis when they hear him groan.
"Ru...ki..." he whispers, and Ruki hugs him in return.
"I... love... you..." Davis continues, making the girl smile.
However, before she can answer him, Davis sees Kari and growls.
"Give it up! You'll never get her!" he instantly barks, making Ruki jump.
Kari only cocks her head, unsure how to react. She opens her mouth to answer, but Davis is faster.
"Just tell me who is behind all this! You or Renamon?" he hisses.
Ruki raises an eyebrow and gives Kari a questioning look.
The DigiDestined of Light scratches her head, trying to figure out what Davis is talking about.
"You can stop acting so innocent! Veemon has told me about your relationship!"
Renamon's Tamer gasps when she hears this. She whirls around, looking at Kari with wide eyes.
"Me? Renamon? RELATIONSHIP???" Kari asks, raising her voice slightly.
Seeing her love and her host getting ready to kill each other, Ruki does the only thing she can think of.
"Renamon! NOW!" she barks.
Aquaveemon runs. She has no clue where she is or where she is heading.
She only wants to get as far away as possible after this... incident.
Oh God! I'm... I'm... WHITE! she thinks, looking at her arm again.
All Veemons have blue skin. There is no exception to this rule.
At least there hadn't been an exception five minutes ago.
I've become a freak! A freak of nature! she thinks and sobs.
Finally she can't push herself any more. She leans against a wall, trying to think of a solution.
Okay okay. Calm down. It was just paint. Nothing more. she tells herself.
"Just need some water... Yeah... A quick bath and I'm ready to go!" she whispers.
Since she doesn't want the others to see her like this, she decides to go to Veemon.
"He's the only one who might understand my trouble here..." she mutters and starts to run again.
"Gatomon listen, we have a big big problem here!" Renamon whispers.
And it's too late! It's already too late! she silently adds.
"What is it? You look as if the Earth might explode any second!" Gatomon snaps.
Renamon nods and catches her breath.
"Okay. Here's the prob-"
"Renamon! NOW!"
"-lem... Ruki?" she finishes her question, startled to hear Ruki's voice at this time.
"Ruki is our problem?" Gatomon asks and raises an eyebrow.
"N-No... Sorry, I'll be right back." Renamon whispers and vanishes.
"Yolei?" Hawkmon asks from his position on the bedpost.
The DigiDestined of Love turns away from the computer and faces him.
"How can I help you, Hawkmon?" she asks and smiles.
"I want to know how to commit the perfect crime." Hawkmon whispers.
When he hears Yolei gasp, he quickly laughs, trying to hide his real intentions.
"Just a hypothetical thought!" Hawkmon assures her.
Yolei raises an eyebrow, but doesn't ask any questions. After some seconds of thinking, she shrugs.
"I'd say there is no such thing as the perfect crime." the girl tells him.
"I see... Thanks, Yolei."
"What is it, Ruki?" Renamon asks, fading into the material world next to her Tamer.
It takes her a moment to realize where she is and who is with her.
Davis and Kari look... angry... she notices and frowns.
Just then Davis turns around to face Renamon. The boy gives her an annoyed look.
"Ah, the second traitor." he mutters.
TRAITOR? Wait... SECOND traitor? Renamon thinks, clenching her fists involuntarily.
"Davis, what're you talking about?" Ruki hisses.
"Don't worry, my love. They won't get you." Davis whispers.
Renamon blinks, but she has the feeling that she is not the only one who has missed the briefing.
"Okay, you have A LOT to explain, Davis!" Kari suddenly snaps.
Davis gives her a look and smirks. Renamon knows this look all too well.
He looks just like the one time I asked him if I could in...
She frowns. Davis had been mean back then. Maybe even hostile. And now he's just as hostile.
"Veemon told me about you being seduced by Renamon." he tells the Kari.
There is a long pause. Then it happens. Kari... laughs.
"It looks all right from here. What did she mean?" Gatomon asks herself.
The cat follows the white Aquaveemon without being noticed.
But she can't fight the feeling that something is wrong.
Renamon looked worried. But what did she notice? she thinks and frowns.
So far, everything has worked according to her plan. Still, the fox's comment has hit a nerve.
What if I messed up again somehow? she muses.
Finally she shrugs and decides to worry about it later. Right now, Aquaveemon enters Veemon's home.
With a smirk Gatomon sees her entering the apartment. Veemon's voice sounds worried, but soothing.
Perfect. Now I only have to wait for them to fall in love!
Hawkmon smiles while he is reading the text on Yolei's computer screen.
"Helloooo Internet..." he whispers, trying to use the mouse with his wing.
He has used the past day to re-evaluate his current situation.
Okay. Veemon may be a moron, but Gatomon could be successful by accident.
Reading the various texts has found on the Internet, he becomes confident again.
So I just have to make sure that Gatomon stops her work. he concludes once again.
He smiles as he browses pages dealing with poisons and other clean killing methods.
Good thing I don't have to deal with a corpse. It would- he thinks, then freezes.
Slowly he turns his head and sees the tiny angelic Hawkmon next to him.
"Do I even have to say anything?" the tiny Hawkmon asks and cocks his head.
My God... I really considered killing Gatomon... Hawkmon realizes.
His wing trembles and Hawkmon quickly closes the browser windows.
"Yes. You wanted to kill your friend, your DNA Digivolution partner."
Hawkmon jumps off Yolei's chair and starts pacing nervously. Then he sees the evil Hawkmon on the bed.
"He's right. Don't kill Gatomon!" the evil Hawk tells him.
Hawkmon cocks his head. It always confuses him when his inner voices agree on something.
"Gatomon's not your problem. Kill Veemon instead!" the evil Hawk continues.
"This is hilarious!" Kari snickers.
Ruki is worried by now; Kari has been laughing and snickering for five minutes now.
"You actually thought I really seduced Kari?" Renamon finally asks Davis.
"Errr... Yeah... You told Veemon so..." Davis replies, looking confused.
"Oh... Right." Renamon admits, making Ruki frown.
"And then you said you and Ruki had kissed each other!" Davis adds.
"I said that she kissed me!" Renamon quickly corrects him.
"Seducing... me..." Kari snickers, but nobody pays her any attention.
"I actually did, Davis. It was right after you left..." Ruki admits and blushes.
Davis finally seems to understand that he has jumped to wrong conclusions.
"So... Kari doesn't want to make us unhappy and Renamon doesn't want T.K. all for herself?"
Kari stops snickering.
"You really thought that I want T.K. for myself? How sick!" Renamon comments.
"Weird thought, I know. Who'd actually want T.K.-" Davis begins.
When he hears Kari gasp, he snickers and hugs her.
"Just kidding!" he laughs, making Ruki and Renamon sigh in relief.
"Oh no! Gatomon!" Renamon suddenly whispers and disappears.
It has taken Gatomon some patience to pick the Motomiya's front door lock.
But now she is sneaking through the apartment, listening to the sound of running water.
Just a quick peak to make sure my plan works, then I can take care of my poor claw.
She idly rubs over the claw she has used to pick the lock. But she decides that it has been worth it.
With a wide grin, she approaches the bathroom door.
Oh boy... This'll be so great! My plans final-
Her thoughts are interrupted by a paw holding her mouth shut.
"It's me!" she hears Renamon hiss as she is being pulled away from the bathroom.
Now what? Gatomon thinks while Renamon is dragging her out of the house.
When the fox is sure that they are out of hearing range, she releases the cat.
"What're you doing? I just wanted to-" Gatomon starts, but Renamon's angry stare stops her.
"The paint is WATERPROOF!" the vulpine Digimon finally yells.
"Weird..." Veemon mutters, giving Aquaveemon a confused look.
"Why doesn't it come off?" the poor female wails.
Must be paint for outdoor use... Veemon muses, then frowns.
"Okay, there is a way to get rid of the paint. But it won't be that great..." he tells her.
"Just DO IT! PLEASE!" Aquaveemon cries.
"Wait here..." he whispers as he leaves the room to get Davis' paint remover.
"Hawkmon? Everything all right?" Yolei shouts from the couch in the living-room.
"Yeah... I'm... fine..." Hawkmon shouts back, looking at the bed.
Slowly he pulls the feather out of the mattress. The hole is small; Yolei should not notice it.
He couldn't stand the evil Hawkmon's voice any longer. A second later, he might have agreed.
The Feather Strike of course hasn't killed him. But it has made him vanish.
My God... I really wanted to kill them...
He paces again, trying to think of a way to win Aquaveemon without killing anybody.
"Gatomon has to stop helping Veemon... But how?" he whispers.
She's just too helpful. Darn... things would be different if Veemon made one of his-
Hawkmon stops pacing. He has just found the solution to all of his problems.
It's so simple... he realizes and grins.
"It'll be the perfect crime... indeed..." he sneers and starts planning.
"This can't be true!" Gatomon wails.
Renamon only shrugs. The couple is wandering through the streets, unsure what to do.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier that the paint is waterproof?" Gatomon suddenly asks.
"You didn't tell me about your plan until it was too late!"
The cat frowns and sighs. She knows she can't undo her actions.
The plan would have worked perfectly! It's just not fair!
Hawkmon is whistling happily as he looks at his list of items he has to... acquire.
"Shouldn't be too hard." he concludes and nods.
"You're aware that Veemon might still die?"
Hawkmon gives the angelic Hawkmon a look. The tiny hawk is sitting on the bed, shaking his head.
So what? It's not my fault. He'll get what he really deserves.
"But you know that your actions will cause much harm!"
Hawkmon laughs when he hears this.
Oh no... VEEMON's actions have caused much harm! he corrects the blue hawk.
The angelic Hawkmon only sighs and disappears.
And the real Hawkmon begins to work out the details of his master plan.
"Ohhhh God..." Aquaveemon weakly groans.
"Don't worry, Aqua... You'll be okay..." Veemon whispers.
He is showering the female Digimon, who is lying in the bathtub like a corpse.
"I feel... weak..." the young Rookie mumbles, and Veemon sighs.
"I know. Paint remover hasn't been designed for full body usage."
Aquaveemon groans, but she already sounds stronger, as if her body draws strength from the water.
"Veemon..." she whispers, and Veemon leans over the tub to be closer to her.
"...thank you." Aquaveemon finishes her sentence with a hinted smile.
Veemon smiles back and gently strokes her chin.
"Just rest, Aqua. You'll recover soon enough." he tells her.
Just a friend. Just a friend. he quickly tells himself, but somehow... it sounds faked this time.
Part 14
by Christian "Sid" Lang
Gatomon frowns. She has never seen her vulpine beloved in such a condition.
Renamon looks as if she is trying to do a dozen things at once.
"G-Gato! Paint! Hurry! Probl-" the fox hisses, running back and forth gesturing wildly.
The sound of a lot of paint hitting the pavement makes Renamon stop in mid-sentence.
A moment later, a loud, female shriek can be heard.
"Oh boy." Renamon mutters.
"Davis... wake up please. Davis?" Ruki asks, stroking his head.
"What did he mean with 'You won't get her'?" Kari asks, sitting on a chair nearby.
Ruki shrugs and looks up at Kari. Davis is taking up most of the couch, so Ruki kneels next to it.
"I don't know. Have you done anything to him?" the Tamer asks, giving Kari a frown.
"As far as I know: No. Why should I? He's my friend and your love!"
Both girls look at Davis when they hear him groan.
"Ru...ki..." he whispers, and Ruki hugs him in return.
"I... love... you..." Davis continues, making the girl smile.
However, before she can answer him, Davis sees Kari and growls.
"Give it up! You'll never get her!" he instantly barks, making Ruki jump.
Kari only cocks her head, unsure how to react. She opens her mouth to answer, but Davis is faster.
"Just tell me who is behind all this! You or Renamon?" he hisses.
Ruki raises an eyebrow and gives Kari a questioning look.
The DigiDestined of Light scratches her head, trying to figure out what Davis is talking about.
"You can stop acting so innocent! Veemon has told me about your relationship!"
Renamon's Tamer gasps when she hears this. She whirls around, looking at Kari with wide eyes.
"Me? Renamon? RELATIONSHIP???" Kari asks, raising her voice slightly.
Seeing her love and her host getting ready to kill each other, Ruki does the only thing she can think of.
"Renamon! NOW!" she barks.
Aquaveemon runs. She has no clue where she is or where she is heading.
She only wants to get as far away as possible after this... incident.
Oh God! I'm... I'm... WHITE! she thinks, looking at her arm again.
All Veemons have blue skin. There is no exception to this rule.
At least there hadn't been an exception five minutes ago.
I've become a freak! A freak of nature! she thinks and sobs.
Finally she can't push herself any more. She leans against a wall, trying to think of a solution.
Okay okay. Calm down. It was just paint. Nothing more. she tells herself.
"Just need some water... Yeah... A quick bath and I'm ready to go!" she whispers.
Since she doesn't want the others to see her like this, she decides to go to Veemon.
"He's the only one who might understand my trouble here..." she mutters and starts to run again.
"Gatomon listen, we have a big big problem here!" Renamon whispers.
And it's too late! It's already too late! she silently adds.
"What is it? You look as if the Earth might explode any second!" Gatomon snaps.
Renamon nods and catches her breath.
"Okay. Here's the prob-"
"Renamon! NOW!"
"-lem... Ruki?" she finishes her question, startled to hear Ruki's voice at this time.
"Ruki is our problem?" Gatomon asks and raises an eyebrow.
"N-No... Sorry, I'll be right back." Renamon whispers and vanishes.
"Yolei?" Hawkmon asks from his position on the bedpost.
The DigiDestined of Love turns away from the computer and faces him.
"How can I help you, Hawkmon?" she asks and smiles.
"I want to know how to commit the perfect crime." Hawkmon whispers.
When he hears Yolei gasp, he quickly laughs, trying to hide his real intentions.
"Just a hypothetical thought!" Hawkmon assures her.
Yolei raises an eyebrow, but doesn't ask any questions. After some seconds of thinking, she shrugs.
"I'd say there is no such thing as the perfect crime." the girl tells him.
"I see... Thanks, Yolei."
"What is it, Ruki?" Renamon asks, fading into the material world next to her Tamer.
It takes her a moment to realize where she is and who is with her.
Davis and Kari look... angry... she notices and frowns.
Just then Davis turns around to face Renamon. The boy gives her an annoyed look.
"Ah, the second traitor." he mutters.
TRAITOR? Wait... SECOND traitor? Renamon thinks, clenching her fists involuntarily.
"Davis, what're you talking about?" Ruki hisses.
"Don't worry, my love. They won't get you." Davis whispers.
Renamon blinks, but she has the feeling that she is not the only one who has missed the briefing.
"Okay, you have A LOT to explain, Davis!" Kari suddenly snaps.
Davis gives her a look and smirks. Renamon knows this look all too well.
He looks just like the one time I asked him if I could in...
She frowns. Davis had been mean back then. Maybe even hostile. And now he's just as hostile.
"Veemon told me about you being seduced by Renamon." he tells the Kari.
There is a long pause. Then it happens. Kari... laughs.
"It looks all right from here. What did she mean?" Gatomon asks herself.
The cat follows the white Aquaveemon without being noticed.
But she can't fight the feeling that something is wrong.
Renamon looked worried. But what did she notice? she thinks and frowns.
So far, everything has worked according to her plan. Still, the fox's comment has hit a nerve.
What if I messed up again somehow? she muses.
Finally she shrugs and decides to worry about it later. Right now, Aquaveemon enters Veemon's home.
With a smirk Gatomon sees her entering the apartment. Veemon's voice sounds worried, but soothing.
Perfect. Now I only have to wait for them to fall in love!
Hawkmon smiles while he is reading the text on Yolei's computer screen.
"Helloooo Internet..." he whispers, trying to use the mouse with his wing.
He has used the past day to re-evaluate his current situation.
Okay. Veemon may be a moron, but Gatomon could be successful by accident.
Reading the various texts has found on the Internet, he becomes confident again.
So I just have to make sure that Gatomon stops her work. he concludes once again.
He smiles as he browses pages dealing with poisons and other clean killing methods.
Good thing I don't have to deal with a corpse. It would- he thinks, then freezes.
Slowly he turns his head and sees the tiny angelic Hawkmon next to him.
"Do I even have to say anything?" the tiny Hawkmon asks and cocks his head.
My God... I really considered killing Gatomon... Hawkmon realizes.
His wing trembles and Hawkmon quickly closes the browser windows.
"Yes. You wanted to kill your friend, your DNA Digivolution partner."
Hawkmon jumps off Yolei's chair and starts pacing nervously. Then he sees the evil Hawkmon on the bed.
"He's right. Don't kill Gatomon!" the evil Hawk tells him.
Hawkmon cocks his head. It always confuses him when his inner voices agree on something.
"Gatomon's not your problem. Kill Veemon instead!" the evil Hawk continues.
"This is hilarious!" Kari snickers.
Ruki is worried by now; Kari has been laughing and snickering for five minutes now.
"You actually thought I really seduced Kari?" Renamon finally asks Davis.
"Errr... Yeah... You told Veemon so..." Davis replies, looking confused.
"Oh... Right." Renamon admits, making Ruki frown.
"And then you said you and Ruki had kissed each other!" Davis adds.
"I said that she kissed me!" Renamon quickly corrects him.
"Seducing... me..." Kari snickers, but nobody pays her any attention.
"I actually did, Davis. It was right after you left..." Ruki admits and blushes.
Davis finally seems to understand that he has jumped to wrong conclusions.
"So... Kari doesn't want to make us unhappy and Renamon doesn't want T.K. all for herself?"
Kari stops snickering.
"You really thought that I want T.K. for myself? How sick!" Renamon comments.
"Weird thought, I know. Who'd actually want T.K.-" Davis begins.
When he hears Kari gasp, he snickers and hugs her.
"Just kidding!" he laughs, making Ruki and Renamon sigh in relief.
"Oh no! Gatomon!" Renamon suddenly whispers and disappears.
It has taken Gatomon some patience to pick the Motomiya's front door lock.
But now she is sneaking through the apartment, listening to the sound of running water.
Just a quick peak to make sure my plan works, then I can take care of my poor claw.
She idly rubs over the claw she has used to pick the lock. But she decides that it has been worth it.
With a wide grin, she approaches the bathroom door.
Oh boy... This'll be so great! My plans final-
Her thoughts are interrupted by a paw holding her mouth shut.
"It's me!" she hears Renamon hiss as she is being pulled away from the bathroom.
Now what? Gatomon thinks while Renamon is dragging her out of the house.
When the fox is sure that they are out of hearing range, she releases the cat.
"What're you doing? I just wanted to-" Gatomon starts, but Renamon's angry stare stops her.
"The paint is WATERPROOF!" the vulpine Digimon finally yells.
"Weird..." Veemon mutters, giving Aquaveemon a confused look.
"Why doesn't it come off?" the poor female wails.
Must be paint for outdoor use... Veemon muses, then frowns.
"Okay, there is a way to get rid of the paint. But it won't be that great..." he tells her.
"Just DO IT! PLEASE!" Aquaveemon cries.
"Wait here..." he whispers as he leaves the room to get Davis' paint remover.
"Hawkmon? Everything all right?" Yolei shouts from the couch in the living-room.
"Yeah... I'm... fine..." Hawkmon shouts back, looking at the bed.
Slowly he pulls the feather out of the mattress. The hole is small; Yolei should not notice it.
He couldn't stand the evil Hawkmon's voice any longer. A second later, he might have agreed.
The Feather Strike of course hasn't killed him. But it has made him vanish.
My God... I really wanted to kill them...
He paces again, trying to think of a way to win Aquaveemon without killing anybody.
"Gatomon has to stop helping Veemon... But how?" he whispers.
She's just too helpful. Darn... things would be different if Veemon made one of his-
Hawkmon stops pacing. He has just found the solution to all of his problems.
It's so simple... he realizes and grins.
"It'll be the perfect crime... indeed..." he sneers and starts planning.
"This can't be true!" Gatomon wails.
Renamon only shrugs. The couple is wandering through the streets, unsure what to do.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier that the paint is waterproof?" Gatomon suddenly asks.
"You didn't tell me about your plan until it was too late!"
The cat frowns and sighs. She knows she can't undo her actions.
The plan would have worked perfectly! It's just not fair!
Hawkmon is whistling happily as he looks at his list of items he has to... acquire.
"Shouldn't be too hard." he concludes and nods.
"You're aware that Veemon might still die?"
Hawkmon gives the angelic Hawkmon a look. The tiny hawk is sitting on the bed, shaking his head.
So what? It's not my fault. He'll get what he really deserves.
"But you know that your actions will cause much harm!"
Hawkmon laughs when he hears this.
Oh no... VEEMON's actions have caused much harm! he corrects the blue hawk.
The angelic Hawkmon only sighs and disappears.
And the real Hawkmon begins to work out the details of his master plan.
"Ohhhh God..." Aquaveemon weakly groans.
"Don't worry, Aqua... You'll be okay..." Veemon whispers.
He is showering the female Digimon, who is lying in the bathtub like a corpse.
"I feel... weak..." the young Rookie mumbles, and Veemon sighs.
"I know. Paint remover hasn't been designed for full body usage."
Aquaveemon groans, but she already sounds stronger, as if her body draws strength from the water.
"Veemon..." she whispers, and Veemon leans over the tub to be closer to her.
"...thank you." Aquaveemon finishes her sentence with a hinted smile.
Veemon smiles back and gently strokes her chin.
"Just rest, Aqua. You'll recover soon enough." he tells her.
Just a friend. Just a friend. he quickly tells himself, but somehow... it sounds faked this time.
