Tamers: Stuck in Paradise - Season 3
Part 16
by Christian "Sid" Lang
"Hawkmon! Wait! You're in no condition to-" Yolei shouts, but Hawkmon shakes his head.
"I've got to go! This is a matter of life and death!" he squawks angrily.
God, I've been so blind! Veemon has never been my enemy!
Hawkmon jumps out through a window, ignoring Yolei's cries.
I've been so busy sabotaging Gatomon's plans that I forgot the main goal...
He sighs when he feels the cool morning air. His one big chance, and he messed up.
The hawk knows that he is most likely too late to win Aquaveemon's love.
But I can still save Veemon! I won't let them kill my one true friend!
I love him. I love him. Oh boy...
Aquaveemon gulps. Until now, she has avoided confrontations. Just like Isis.
And now I'll actually tell the greatest hero of the both worlds that I love him.
She shakes her head and sighs. But something tells her that she is doing the right thing.
"Maybe he loves me, too!" she whispers, as if trying to convince herself.
"Oh boy... How pathetic..." somebody mutters and chuckles.
"Huh?" Veemon manages to say as he quickly wipes away his tears.
How could anybody sneak into the room? he asks himself and looks up.
When he sees the Digimon leaning against a wall, he gasps.
"YOU?"
"Please let me-"
"No."
"But I just-"
"No."
"Oh come on! I just-"
"RENAMON!" Gatomon hisses, finally making the vulpine Digimon stop.
"Listen, Renamon. We're not even 100% sure that Veemon is guilty." she continues.
"The shaver, the blowgun darts..." Renamon mutters, leaning against the Motomiya door.
"Just objects. I'll handle it. Trust me."
Renamon frowns, but nods and vanishes. Gatomon only sighs and shakes her head.
Okay, stay calm. No hastened revenge actions for the shaving stunt until I know it for sure.
"What are you... HOW can you..." Veemon stammers, standing up on the bed.
"Kinda obvious, isn't it?"
Veemon looks at the smirking Digimon. He still can't believe his eyes. But there he is.
Flamedramon... Minus the entire armor. he thinks, looking at his own Armor form.
He admits that an unarmored Flamedramon looks like a young adult version of a Veemon.
A cute and handsome adult-looking Veemon. he adds and chuckles silently.
He guesses that a human looking like this would be around twenty to twenty-five.
"Okay, you figured out by now that I'm cute. Congratulations..." the Flamedramon mutters.
Veemon blinks in surprise. Then he realizes that this is just another one of his inner voices.
"What do you want?" he finally asks.
"You know it, but your consciousness doesn't realize it yet." Flamedramon whispers.
"Terrific." Veemon mutters.
"Finally!" Aquaveemon groans when she sees the house Veemon lives in.
Why can't there be a nice river leading from my place to his place?
She shakes her head and chuckles. The thought alone is pretty ridiculous.
As ridiculous as the thought of him loving me? she suddenly thinks and frowns.
Her pace slows down considerably as she questions her idea once again.
"No. I will do it!" she whispers and clenches her fist.
"No more guessing and doubting!" she hisses and marches towards the house.
"Okay kid, I've got two important things to tell you." Flamedramon announces.
Veemon looks up at his digivolved self and nods, eager to hear his inner voice's advice.
"First of all, tell Aquaveemon about your feelings!"
Veemon blinks nervously, making Flamedramon groan. His inner voice gives him a serious look.
"I mean it! The boys and I are pretty annoyed at how you try to fool yourself!"
Veemon opens his mouth to answer before realizing that he'd be arguing with himself.
Slowly he closes his mouth again, and Flamedramon smiles.
"Good boy! Next on my list is Gatomon's Holy Ring." the Armor Digimon mutters.
"Pardon me? I don't see the connection between the Ring and my life!"
Flamedramon shrugs and points at Davis' desk. Veemon's heart skips some beats when he sees it.
G-Gatomon's Holy Ring! On Davis' desk! he thinks and gulps.
"It's been there when you woke up. We saw it, but you had been busy crying..."
Veemon ignores the sarcastic remark and picks up Gatomon's tailring.
"What does it do here?" he whispers, giving the Ring a closer look.
"Beats me, but I doubt that she just lost it here..." Flamedramon mutters.
Just when Veemon wants to answer, he hears the ring of the doorbell.
"I'll be right back..." he mumbles, ignoring his inner voice's groans.
"Not with the Ring, you moron!" Flamedramon shouts, but Veemon is already walking to the door.
"Hey Veemon! Guess what? I love you!"
Aquaveemon shakes her head and sighs. That sounded way too direct and hastened.
She doesn't want to give him the impression that this is just a silly joke.
"Veemon. I love you more than anybody else in the world!"
No. Too cliché. she decides, ignoring the looks she receives from the people around her.
Sighing deeply, she enters the apartment building.
"Jeez... what am I gonna say?" she whispers and calls the lift.
Gatomon looks down at the shaver while she waits for somebody to open the door.
Her precious fur is still stuck in it, reminding her of her current look.
If there is just one clue that it has been Veemon, I'll break his bones!
"Coming!" she hears Veemon shout and looks up.
Okay, stay cool. Maybe he's innocent after all!
Finally Veemon opens the door. Gatomon looks at him-
-and notices her Holy Ring in his hand.
What the- Veemon thinks when he sees Gatomon.
The cat has been shaven... more or less. Strips of fur are missing all over her body.
Even before he can realize how hilarious she looks, he notices... it.
That's Davis' shaver! he realizes and blinks.
Davis' shaver. Gatomon has been shaved. I have her Holy Ring. Gatomon looks furious.
"Errr, Gatomo-"
"LIGHTNING PAW!" Gatomon barks, her paw hitting Veemon's jaw.
Gatomon watches Veemon stumble back and growls. Then she walks into the apartment.
My Ring! My Holy Ring! she thinks and clenches her fist.
"Gatomon! Wait!" Veemon shouts, raising his arms.
Then he gulps and hides the hand holding the Ring behind his back.
"Veemon... you've gone too far this time!" Gatomon hisses angrily.
"What? You actually think that I-" Veemon gasps.
The question is interrupted by his surprised yelp as he dodges the flying shaver.
"Davis' shaver! The blowgun darts! AND YOU HAVE MY RING!" Gatomon screams.
Why? Why me? Why does everything have to go wrong in my life?
"I told you not to take the Ring with you..." Flamedramon hisses.
Veemon gives his digivolved self a stare of death.
"SHUT UP!" he yells, throwing Gatomon's tailring at the Flamedramon.
Of course it only hits the wall, but at least his counterpart vanishes.
Everybody else is happy! Why does everything I do end like this?
"WHY?" he screams, making Gatomon blink.
"DON'T I DESERVE ONE HAPPY MOMENT IN MY LIFE?" he yells and marches over to the cat.
Everybody just uses me! I'm sick of it! This time, I won't be their punching bag!
"NO MORE!"
"Veemon, when I first saw you, I fell in love with you... NAH."
Aquaveemon sighs in frustration. The elevator has almost reached Veemon's floor.
And I still have no clue what to say!
"I'll mess up! I'll mess up!" she whispers and shakes her head.
She briefly considers stopping the lift, but that would be the way of a coward.
I've come all this way, so I will finish it! she thinks and waits.
No matter how much I'll mess up, I'll tell Veemon I love him!
"ALL OF YOU-"
Gatomon gulps and slowly circles Veemon, who seems to be having a nervous breakdown.
The dragon Digimon pauses to catch his breath. His raised fist is trembling.
"ALL OF YOU JUST USE ME!" he cries, making a step forward.
Gatomon makes a careful step backward to avoid the angry Rookie.
Jeez, what happened to him? I'm supposed to do the shouting!
"Listen, Veemon! This is all your fault! If you hadn't-" she starts to snap.
"MY FAULT? IS IT MY FAULT THAT I'M ALIVE? MY LIFE IS ONLY HELL AND MISERY!"
Gatomon is about to reply, but she stops when she feels... it.
The air seems to be charging with electricity. Gatomon gulps.
Months ago, she would have called this feeling 'tension' or 'battle spirit'.
But today, the cat knows that there is a more mundane force causing this feeling.
No... Renamon... don't!
Veemon looks at Gatomon and growls. He knows that somehow it's all her fault.
"God... How could I ever love you?" he whispers and walks over to her.
The cat is now standing in front of the door to Davis' room.
"This will end here and now... You won't haunt me anymore..." he hisses.
Gatomon frowns. She looks surprised, maybe even scared by his behaviour.
Good. Then maybe she knows what it is like being the victim for once!
He hears somebody cough politely right next to him. But he doesn't even turn around.
"Hey, kid! I know what you're up to, and lemme tell you one thing: DON'T!"
Oh yes I WILL! Gatomon has dictated my behaviour long enough!
And with this thought, Veemon charges and rams his fist into Gatomon's stomach.
"Veemon, this may sound silly, but I love you."
No, no and NO! This just won't do! Aquaveemon scolds herself.
She walks down the corridor and sighs. She is sure by now that this is a bad idea.
I'll mess up. And then all the taunting will start again...
That thought makes her freeze. Would they taunt her because of her feelings?
No, they wouldn't. At least... I hope they won't...
"They're friendly, after all. They wouldn't hurt their friends."
When he sees Gatomon stumble into Davis' room, he knows that he is finally free.
The cat finally trips over her own feet, giving him a shocked and humiliated look.
He allows himself a brief smile. Finally he has his revenge!
"Three..." he suddenly hears his inner voice count.
What are-
"...two..." the voice calmly continues.
-you talking-
"...one..."
-abou-
Even before he can fish that thought, the world around him explodes.
"I can still make it in time!" Hawkmon gasps.
He has broken his own speed record on the way, but he doesn't care about it right now.
If I can't prevent a catastrophe, I risk losing my only bud-
He freezes in mid-air when he hears something that sounds like an explosion.
Or like one of those freaking jets breaking the sound barrier... he muses.
Then he realizes that the sound came from Veemon's house.
"Oh God NO!" he gasps, guessing what has caused the sound.
Veemon groans. At least he thinks he is groaning. It's hard to tell in his condition.
The world is spinning, and it seems as if he is lying on the ground. Somewhere.
Judging from the flying and falling sensations, he guesses that he has hit a wall.
That would also explain the headache and the ringing sound in his ears.
When the world spins a bit slower he can see who is responsible for his trip to Pain Country.
R...Renamon... should've guessed... But somehow this punch hurt more than last time...
The golden-furred fox slowly approaches him, her fist still glowing from the Wisteria Punch.
Have.. to get... up... must... fight... he thinks, but his body doesn't quite agree with him.
His efforts only cause his vision to blur, so he sighs, waiting for the inevitable to happen.
When he can see better again, he notices that Renamon...
...is gone?
Renamon hisses loudly and frantically scratches her hurting side.
The fact that she has just been thrown against a wall doesn't matter much right now.
All she knows is that her right side feels as if somebody has just bathed her in Napalm.
After a few moments she finally realizes that her scratching only hurts herself even more.
OH GOD! WHAT? WHAT HIT ME THERE? she thinks.
She remembers walking to the dirty lizard to finally finish him off.
Then... SOMETHING hit her, making her kiss the next wall. At the same time, everything became hot.
Renamon looks up to see her attacker. She doesn't know any Digimon capable of doing all this.
"What the-" she mutters when she sees the Digimon who attacked her.
"Renamon?" Gatomon asks timidly and stands up again.
Somehow everything had gone wrong. First Renamon attacked Veemon, then... this.
All she saw was a spherical projectile fly past the door. Then she heard Renamon hiss.
She staggers to the door, rubbing her hurting stomach. Carefully she takes a look around.
Veemon is lying at one wall; Renamon is lying at another wall of the living room.
And Renamon's fur is... steaming? Gatomon gasps and turns her head to face the attacker.
"Aquaveemon?" she gasps, staring at the Rookie standing next to the front door.
The young Digimon ignores her. Instead she is only staring at Renamon.
"NOBODY BEATS UP THE DIGIMON I LOVE!" Aquaveemon yells, pointing at Veemon.
...love? Gatomon thinks and cocks her head.
She gasps again when she sees Aquaveemon raising her arms. Then the Rookie closes her eyes.
The dragon Digimon seems to be levitating a few inches above the ground, preparing...
...her attack? HER ATTACK? Gatomon thinks and instantly sees the answer.
A blue, football-sized sphere appears above Aquaveemon's head, and it's steaming.
This... this isn't... oh don't let this be...
"AQUATIC BLAST!" Aquaveemon yells, and the blue orb slams into Renamon's lying form.
Is that... BOILING WATER? Veemon thinks and gasps.
It took him some moments to catch up with the most recent events.
Aquaveemon's presence surprised him a bit, but her attack really stunned him.
One hit and the oh-so-great Renamon is at the wall, and now...
"Holy..." Veemon mutters when he sees the result of Aquaveemon's second attack.
Renamon has stopped all her actions. She doesn't hiss or struggle anymore.
"I'll make sure you'll never hurt my Veemon again!" Aquaveemon shouts angrily.
Veemon gulps when he sees tears running down Aquaveemon's cheeks.
She... cares for. No. Wait. She LOVES me! he finally realizes.
"And she's about to finish Renamon off." Flamedramon adds.
"NO!" Gatomon yells, finally dashing to the unconscious Renamon.
Aquaveemon blinks, obviously being surprised by her presence.
"Don't even think about it!" Gatomon hisses, standing between Renamon and Aquaveemon.
She uses the brief phase of confusion to pick up Renamon.
At least I have my Ring back! she thinks after realizing that she can carry Renamon.
"This isn't over yet, lizard!" she hisses at Veemon, who is just staring at her.
He will pay! And Aquaveemon will pay, too! She really wanted to kill my Renamon!
Before anybody can answer, Gatomon jumps out of the apartment.
She is so busy planning her revenge that she doesn't even notice Hawkmon approaching the house.
Part 16
by Christian "Sid" Lang
"Hawkmon! Wait! You're in no condition to-" Yolei shouts, but Hawkmon shakes his head.
"I've got to go! This is a matter of life and death!" he squawks angrily.
God, I've been so blind! Veemon has never been my enemy!
Hawkmon jumps out through a window, ignoring Yolei's cries.
I've been so busy sabotaging Gatomon's plans that I forgot the main goal...
He sighs when he feels the cool morning air. His one big chance, and he messed up.
The hawk knows that he is most likely too late to win Aquaveemon's love.
But I can still save Veemon! I won't let them kill my one true friend!
I love him. I love him. Oh boy...
Aquaveemon gulps. Until now, she has avoided confrontations. Just like Isis.
And now I'll actually tell the greatest hero of the both worlds that I love him.
She shakes her head and sighs. But something tells her that she is doing the right thing.
"Maybe he loves me, too!" she whispers, as if trying to convince herself.
"Oh boy... How pathetic..." somebody mutters and chuckles.
"Huh?" Veemon manages to say as he quickly wipes away his tears.
How could anybody sneak into the room? he asks himself and looks up.
When he sees the Digimon leaning against a wall, he gasps.
"YOU?"
"Please let me-"
"No."
"But I just-"
"No."
"Oh come on! I just-"
"RENAMON!" Gatomon hisses, finally making the vulpine Digimon stop.
"Listen, Renamon. We're not even 100% sure that Veemon is guilty." she continues.
"The shaver, the blowgun darts..." Renamon mutters, leaning against the Motomiya door.
"Just objects. I'll handle it. Trust me."
Renamon frowns, but nods and vanishes. Gatomon only sighs and shakes her head.
Okay, stay calm. No hastened revenge actions for the shaving stunt until I know it for sure.
"What are you... HOW can you..." Veemon stammers, standing up on the bed.
"Kinda obvious, isn't it?"
Veemon looks at the smirking Digimon. He still can't believe his eyes. But there he is.
Flamedramon... Minus the entire armor. he thinks, looking at his own Armor form.
He admits that an unarmored Flamedramon looks like a young adult version of a Veemon.
A cute and handsome adult-looking Veemon. he adds and chuckles silently.
He guesses that a human looking like this would be around twenty to twenty-five.
"Okay, you figured out by now that I'm cute. Congratulations..." the Flamedramon mutters.
Veemon blinks in surprise. Then he realizes that this is just another one of his inner voices.
"What do you want?" he finally asks.
"You know it, but your consciousness doesn't realize it yet." Flamedramon whispers.
"Terrific." Veemon mutters.
"Finally!" Aquaveemon groans when she sees the house Veemon lives in.
Why can't there be a nice river leading from my place to his place?
She shakes her head and chuckles. The thought alone is pretty ridiculous.
As ridiculous as the thought of him loving me? she suddenly thinks and frowns.
Her pace slows down considerably as she questions her idea once again.
"No. I will do it!" she whispers and clenches her fist.
"No more guessing and doubting!" she hisses and marches towards the house.
"Okay kid, I've got two important things to tell you." Flamedramon announces.
Veemon looks up at his digivolved self and nods, eager to hear his inner voice's advice.
"First of all, tell Aquaveemon about your feelings!"
Veemon blinks nervously, making Flamedramon groan. His inner voice gives him a serious look.
"I mean it! The boys and I are pretty annoyed at how you try to fool yourself!"
Veemon opens his mouth to answer before realizing that he'd be arguing with himself.
Slowly he closes his mouth again, and Flamedramon smiles.
"Good boy! Next on my list is Gatomon's Holy Ring." the Armor Digimon mutters.
"Pardon me? I don't see the connection between the Ring and my life!"
Flamedramon shrugs and points at Davis' desk. Veemon's heart skips some beats when he sees it.
G-Gatomon's Holy Ring! On Davis' desk! he thinks and gulps.
"It's been there when you woke up. We saw it, but you had been busy crying..."
Veemon ignores the sarcastic remark and picks up Gatomon's tailring.
"What does it do here?" he whispers, giving the Ring a closer look.
"Beats me, but I doubt that she just lost it here..." Flamedramon mutters.
Just when Veemon wants to answer, he hears the ring of the doorbell.
"I'll be right back..." he mumbles, ignoring his inner voice's groans.
"Not with the Ring, you moron!" Flamedramon shouts, but Veemon is already walking to the door.
"Hey Veemon! Guess what? I love you!"
Aquaveemon shakes her head and sighs. That sounded way too direct and hastened.
She doesn't want to give him the impression that this is just a silly joke.
"Veemon. I love you more than anybody else in the world!"
No. Too cliché. she decides, ignoring the looks she receives from the people around her.
Sighing deeply, she enters the apartment building.
"Jeez... what am I gonna say?" she whispers and calls the lift.
Gatomon looks down at the shaver while she waits for somebody to open the door.
Her precious fur is still stuck in it, reminding her of her current look.
If there is just one clue that it has been Veemon, I'll break his bones!
"Coming!" she hears Veemon shout and looks up.
Okay, stay cool. Maybe he's innocent after all!
Finally Veemon opens the door. Gatomon looks at him-
-and notices her Holy Ring in his hand.
What the- Veemon thinks when he sees Gatomon.
The cat has been shaven... more or less. Strips of fur are missing all over her body.
Even before he can realize how hilarious she looks, he notices... it.
That's Davis' shaver! he realizes and blinks.
Davis' shaver. Gatomon has been shaved. I have her Holy Ring. Gatomon looks furious.
"Errr, Gatomo-"
"LIGHTNING PAW!" Gatomon barks, her paw hitting Veemon's jaw.
Gatomon watches Veemon stumble back and growls. Then she walks into the apartment.
My Ring! My Holy Ring! she thinks and clenches her fist.
"Gatomon! Wait!" Veemon shouts, raising his arms.
Then he gulps and hides the hand holding the Ring behind his back.
"Veemon... you've gone too far this time!" Gatomon hisses angrily.
"What? You actually think that I-" Veemon gasps.
The question is interrupted by his surprised yelp as he dodges the flying shaver.
"Davis' shaver! The blowgun darts! AND YOU HAVE MY RING!" Gatomon screams.
Why? Why me? Why does everything have to go wrong in my life?
"I told you not to take the Ring with you..." Flamedramon hisses.
Veemon gives his digivolved self a stare of death.
"SHUT UP!" he yells, throwing Gatomon's tailring at the Flamedramon.
Of course it only hits the wall, but at least his counterpart vanishes.
Everybody else is happy! Why does everything I do end like this?
"WHY?" he screams, making Gatomon blink.
"DON'T I DESERVE ONE HAPPY MOMENT IN MY LIFE?" he yells and marches over to the cat.
Everybody just uses me! I'm sick of it! This time, I won't be their punching bag!
"NO MORE!"
"Veemon, when I first saw you, I fell in love with you... NAH."
Aquaveemon sighs in frustration. The elevator has almost reached Veemon's floor.
And I still have no clue what to say!
"I'll mess up! I'll mess up!" she whispers and shakes her head.
She briefly considers stopping the lift, but that would be the way of a coward.
I've come all this way, so I will finish it! she thinks and waits.
No matter how much I'll mess up, I'll tell Veemon I love him!
"ALL OF YOU-"
Gatomon gulps and slowly circles Veemon, who seems to be having a nervous breakdown.
The dragon Digimon pauses to catch his breath. His raised fist is trembling.
"ALL OF YOU JUST USE ME!" he cries, making a step forward.
Gatomon makes a careful step backward to avoid the angry Rookie.
Jeez, what happened to him? I'm supposed to do the shouting!
"Listen, Veemon! This is all your fault! If you hadn't-" she starts to snap.
"MY FAULT? IS IT MY FAULT THAT I'M ALIVE? MY LIFE IS ONLY HELL AND MISERY!"
Gatomon is about to reply, but she stops when she feels... it.
The air seems to be charging with electricity. Gatomon gulps.
Months ago, she would have called this feeling 'tension' or 'battle spirit'.
But today, the cat knows that there is a more mundane force causing this feeling.
No... Renamon... don't!
Veemon looks at Gatomon and growls. He knows that somehow it's all her fault.
"God... How could I ever love you?" he whispers and walks over to her.
The cat is now standing in front of the door to Davis' room.
"This will end here and now... You won't haunt me anymore..." he hisses.
Gatomon frowns. She looks surprised, maybe even scared by his behaviour.
Good. Then maybe she knows what it is like being the victim for once!
He hears somebody cough politely right next to him. But he doesn't even turn around.
"Hey, kid! I know what you're up to, and lemme tell you one thing: DON'T!"
Oh yes I WILL! Gatomon has dictated my behaviour long enough!
And with this thought, Veemon charges and rams his fist into Gatomon's stomach.
"Veemon, this may sound silly, but I love you."
No, no and NO! This just won't do! Aquaveemon scolds herself.
She walks down the corridor and sighs. She is sure by now that this is a bad idea.
I'll mess up. And then all the taunting will start again...
That thought makes her freeze. Would they taunt her because of her feelings?
No, they wouldn't. At least... I hope they won't...
"They're friendly, after all. They wouldn't hurt their friends."
When he sees Gatomon stumble into Davis' room, he knows that he is finally free.
The cat finally trips over her own feet, giving him a shocked and humiliated look.
He allows himself a brief smile. Finally he has his revenge!
"Three..." he suddenly hears his inner voice count.
What are-
"...two..." the voice calmly continues.
-you talking-
"...one..."
-abou-
Even before he can fish that thought, the world around him explodes.
"I can still make it in time!" Hawkmon gasps.
He has broken his own speed record on the way, but he doesn't care about it right now.
If I can't prevent a catastrophe, I risk losing my only bud-
He freezes in mid-air when he hears something that sounds like an explosion.
Or like one of those freaking jets breaking the sound barrier... he muses.
Then he realizes that the sound came from Veemon's house.
"Oh God NO!" he gasps, guessing what has caused the sound.
Veemon groans. At least he thinks he is groaning. It's hard to tell in his condition.
The world is spinning, and it seems as if he is lying on the ground. Somewhere.
Judging from the flying and falling sensations, he guesses that he has hit a wall.
That would also explain the headache and the ringing sound in his ears.
When the world spins a bit slower he can see who is responsible for his trip to Pain Country.
R...Renamon... should've guessed... But somehow this punch hurt more than last time...
The golden-furred fox slowly approaches him, her fist still glowing from the Wisteria Punch.
Have.. to get... up... must... fight... he thinks, but his body doesn't quite agree with him.
His efforts only cause his vision to blur, so he sighs, waiting for the inevitable to happen.
When he can see better again, he notices that Renamon...
...is gone?
Renamon hisses loudly and frantically scratches her hurting side.
The fact that she has just been thrown against a wall doesn't matter much right now.
All she knows is that her right side feels as if somebody has just bathed her in Napalm.
After a few moments she finally realizes that her scratching only hurts herself even more.
OH GOD! WHAT? WHAT HIT ME THERE? she thinks.
She remembers walking to the dirty lizard to finally finish him off.
Then... SOMETHING hit her, making her kiss the next wall. At the same time, everything became hot.
Renamon looks up to see her attacker. She doesn't know any Digimon capable of doing all this.
"What the-" she mutters when she sees the Digimon who attacked her.
"Renamon?" Gatomon asks timidly and stands up again.
Somehow everything had gone wrong. First Renamon attacked Veemon, then... this.
All she saw was a spherical projectile fly past the door. Then she heard Renamon hiss.
She staggers to the door, rubbing her hurting stomach. Carefully she takes a look around.
Veemon is lying at one wall; Renamon is lying at another wall of the living room.
And Renamon's fur is... steaming? Gatomon gasps and turns her head to face the attacker.
"Aquaveemon?" she gasps, staring at the Rookie standing next to the front door.
The young Digimon ignores her. Instead she is only staring at Renamon.
"NOBODY BEATS UP THE DIGIMON I LOVE!" Aquaveemon yells, pointing at Veemon.
...love? Gatomon thinks and cocks her head.
She gasps again when she sees Aquaveemon raising her arms. Then the Rookie closes her eyes.
The dragon Digimon seems to be levitating a few inches above the ground, preparing...
...her attack? HER ATTACK? Gatomon thinks and instantly sees the answer.
A blue, football-sized sphere appears above Aquaveemon's head, and it's steaming.
This... this isn't... oh don't let this be...
"AQUATIC BLAST!" Aquaveemon yells, and the blue orb slams into Renamon's lying form.
Is that... BOILING WATER? Veemon thinks and gasps.
It took him some moments to catch up with the most recent events.
Aquaveemon's presence surprised him a bit, but her attack really stunned him.
One hit and the oh-so-great Renamon is at the wall, and now...
"Holy..." Veemon mutters when he sees the result of Aquaveemon's second attack.
Renamon has stopped all her actions. She doesn't hiss or struggle anymore.
"I'll make sure you'll never hurt my Veemon again!" Aquaveemon shouts angrily.
Veemon gulps when he sees tears running down Aquaveemon's cheeks.
She... cares for. No. Wait. She LOVES me! he finally realizes.
"And she's about to finish Renamon off." Flamedramon adds.
"NO!" Gatomon yells, finally dashing to the unconscious Renamon.
Aquaveemon blinks, obviously being surprised by her presence.
"Don't even think about it!" Gatomon hisses, standing between Renamon and Aquaveemon.
She uses the brief phase of confusion to pick up Renamon.
At least I have my Ring back! she thinks after realizing that she can carry Renamon.
"This isn't over yet, lizard!" she hisses at Veemon, who is just staring at her.
He will pay! And Aquaveemon will pay, too! She really wanted to kill my Renamon!
Before anybody can answer, Gatomon jumps out of the apartment.
She is so busy planning her revenge that she doesn't even notice Hawkmon approaching the house.
