Me: I have returned to bring you my Tamers Christmas fanfic! The flashback and such is based on the Digimon Tamers song, "Santamon wo Sagase!!" If you haven't heard it, you should. I really like it. Anyways, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own "Digimon" of course! Nor do I own the song "Santamon wo Sagase!!" The translation of the song is courtesy of Megchan.
Search for Santamon!!
Chapter 1: Last Christmas
It was a chilly day, but she still insisted on going for a walk. She needed to stretch anyways, after sitting still for so long wrapping gifts. That was an enjoyable moment. Her mother was playing her favourite Christmas music, as she sipped at the apple cider her grandmother brought in. Renamon was busy fiddling with the tape, as she tried to hold the wrapping paper in place. It was one of those more memorable Christmas memories for Ruki Makino. She felt good about Christmas this year; her joyous feelings were true. After her father had left, the holidays just didn't feel the same anymore. She felt lonelier, even though she still had her mother and grandmother. Now though, she didn't have those feelings anymore. She knew better not to feel that way; to appreciate all she had.
Yet, as she listened to the crunching of the snow under her boots, she recalled that this Christmas wasn't the first time she felt this way since then. The first time… was last Christmas. She had spent some time with two of her fellow Tamers and their Digimon that year. They were walking around Shinjuku like she was now, but they were also talking…
~Flashback~
"What are we doing out here, Takato?" Guilmon asked his brown-haired partner.
"Huh? What do you mean, Guilmon?" he laughed.
"It's just so cold," the red dino shivered.
"Hmmm… I guess I should have bundled you up more," Takato thought out loud. "Tell you what; I'll bake a cake when we get home! My parents own a bakery after all." Ruki turned to face Takato.
"Can you even make one?" she asked doubtfully.
"Of course!" he beamed. "I'll make a Guilmon cake!" Jen laughed at the thought of Guilmon being immortalized in cake. "Just kidding." Ruki sighed.
"Saying such carefree things… what a pain, huh Renamon?" she asked her partner. "By the way, have you ever celebrated Christmas?" She didn't think she would have, being a Digimon and all, but decided to ask anyways.
"What?" Jen became curious when Ruki asked that question. Did Digimon have holidays? Did they celebrate that sort of thing?
"Well, actually…" she started, " yes," the vulpine answered her.
"You have?" Ruki exclaimed in surprise.
"It wasn't like how people usually celebrate it though," she began to explain. "It was on Christmas night in the Digital World, when I thought about how good I would feel if I ever had any other Digimon friends, or even a Tamer. Being with those you care about is a part of Christmas, is it not?"
"Yeah, I guess that's true…" Ruki mused.
"It still doesn't quite sound like Christmas though," Jen said.
"Well, that's because she didn't tell you about Santamon!" Terriermon piped up, as he leaned over Jen's shoulder.
"Santamon!?" the three Tamers said with confusion.
"Yeah! He's like the Digimon version of the Real World's Santa!" he smiled brightly.
"Terriermon…" Renamon reminded him.
"Oh…uh… well, of course he's just a legend like your Santa though. No one's ever actually seen him or anything like that, so we can't be sure if he actually exists."
"Hmmm…" Takato thought. "Still, it sounds like fun!" Takato smiled. Jen laughed at Takato's enthusiasm, as did Takato himself. Terriermon and Guilmon joined in, while Renamon simply smiled. Ruki smiled as well, but more at the way Takato looked at the positive side of things; even the idea of a Santamon being real.
Jen looked up at the Hypnos building as they continued to stroll along their snowy path. "It's all right just for today, right?"
"What is?" Ruki asked him. He hadn't really specified what he was talking about.
"Oh-," but Jen just laughed it off. Takato looked at him, a bit puzzled. Jen thought it was obvious, but oh well. Besides, it was Christmas after all; he was having a great time with his friends. He decided to change the subject. "Hey, if we ever did meet Santamon, think how fun that would be." Takato brightened at that statement.
"Yeah! Let's go and search for him in the snow!" he shouted joyfully.
"Will he give us presents?" Guilmon looked up at his Tamer wonderingly.
"Probably! He is the Digital World's version of Santa after all," he responded with glee. "We should call the others and search the whole town!"
"Have you officially gone psycho, Takato?" Ruki stared at him in disbelief. Jen and Terriermon laughed at what just happened before them. That's when Terriermon let out a sneeze.
"Hey, don't sneeze on me Terriermon!" Jen yelped.
"Heh, sorry about that. I just couldn't help it," he sniffed.
"You keep sneezing; are you cold, Terriermon? Your nose is all red just like Rudolf," Jen pointed out.
"You're right," Takato agreed, as he took a closer look at Terriermon.
"Are you okay?" Ruki asked him. Jen started to chuckle at Terriermon's predicament.
"My nose is red!? No way!" Terriermon shouted. "Ruki, do you have a mirror?"
"No, why would I?"
"To check that your face is intact, of course!"
"What did you say!?"
"Ahhh!" Terriermon hid behind Jen in his coat's hood.
"Umm, say…" Takato interrupted, "do you think Santamon evolves too?"
"Why not?" Renamon said. "He would be a Digimon after all."
"So, does he get so big he can't fit down the chimney?"
"Of course not," Ruki replied defiantly.
"But…" Takato began to protest. Jen was laughing again. It was odd how those two were able to make him laugh so much. He wondered why… "Christmas is such a great time of the year," Jen said absentmindedly. "There must be a wonderful secret that only children know."
"You mean where Santamon is, or if he exists?" Terriermon popped back out.
"Maybe," Jen responded with a smile.
"Then how come you don't know?" the rabbit-like Digimon asked him.
"Maybe it's only knowledge for certain children."
"Does Santamon have a Tamer?" Guilmon asked the group.
"A Tamer?" Renamon repeated.
"He's so special, even Santamon must have a Tamer," said Takato, quite sure of himself. "I'm so jealous; everyday would be Christmas!"
"You're so silly, Takato," Ruki retorted.
"Hey," Jen said abruptly.
"Eh?" Ruki turned her attention to him.
"I wonder what kind of Digimon Santamon is…" he mused.
"I've never seen one, so…" Ruki began.
"I'll draw him!" Takato exclaimed. He took out his pen and notepad from his coat pocket, flipping open the notepad to a new page. The others looked over Takato's shoulders to see what he was doing. Takato started to draw… "He's red, and about this big..."
"Oh, I see." Jen started to examine Takato's artist's impression of Santamon. Takato continued while Jen observed his work.
"…and his mouth's here, and he's got a shining tail…"
"Ehhhh?" Ruki watched as he drew a sleek tail, coming from behind the Santamon.
"…and then sort of like, like, like this…"
"Um, Takato, I don't think that's quite it," Jen interrupted his friend's creativity.
"That looks weird," Ruki replied bluntly.
"Ehh?" Takato let out, slightly confused at his friends' reactions.
"If he does have a Tamer, he/she/they should let us see Santamon," Ruki said, beginning to walk off. The others followed her, except for Takato, who was still working on his artwork.
"Eh?" Takato looked around him. "Jen! Ruki! Geez, don't leave me here!" Takato pocketed his pen and notepad. "Wait, I'm coming too!" With that, he ran off after two of his best friends.
~End Flashback~
Ruki sighed. That was a great time she spent with them. She remembered that before Takato was able to catch up, they had spun around and pelted him with snowballs. Just recalling his reaction brought a smile to her face. In the end, they had a snowball fight with each other, leaving themselves powdered with snow. She hoped something similar would happen this year. Well, her mother was having a Christmas party at her house. Everyone was invited, so something entertaining was bound to happen. Then her D-Arc went off. She sighed again, this time in annoyance. She didn't really want to face a Digimon near the Christmas season. Renamon appeared next to her Tamer.
"Ruki, the Digimon is at the park," Renamon informed her.
"Of course; it chooses the spot we spend time at," Ruki groaned. "Alright, let's go!"
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Me: How was it? I know most of it was the flashback, but still… review onegai! ^_^