Chapter 62: That Hurts

"Oh, Matt!♫" June chanted.

Matt gulped. He had been in the middle of a pool game with Ken a moment before…and June's question had messed up his shot and sent the 8-ball spinning into the middle pocket. "Um…Hi, June."

"So…how're you today?"

Boy, she's confident, now! Matt thought to himself. "I'm okay…um…how have you been?"

"Wonderful…just wonderful!" June answered. "So…how're you today?"

She's not confident, after all, Matt thought. "Miserable," he answered.

"Wonderful…just wonderful…"

"Um…is there something you wanted to talk about?"

"Not really, no…no pressing topic…"

"Shall I just…leave you two alone…?" Ken asked.

Matt mouthed, "Do not desert me at a time like this!!!" He turned back to June. "So…um, do you play pool?"

"Pool?!" June asked. The word "pool" was the only word that had filtered into June's mind, and, since they were staying in a college, there was a pool around. She thought about Matt seeing her in a bathing suit, and her seeing Matt in a bathing suit. She shot off to her room to change and then get down to the pool.

"What was that about?" Matt and Ken asked each other simultaneously.

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"This isn't good," T.K. muttered. "It must take so much energy to stay as Eldil that he can't keep up that form for more than a few minutes!"

"An observation made too late!" The Unnamed Figure sneered. "Now, which one of you do I kill first…?" He armed the weapon on his D-Gauntlet…

"Pika…pi-ka-CHUUUUU!!!" Pikachu put all he had into an electric attack directed at Putty Cat…and it worked! Putty Cat's grips began to loosen…

"Hawkmon, digivolve to…Altairmon!"

"Altairmon!"

"Gatomon!"

"DNA digivolve to…Swampangemon!" Swampangemon let fly a blast of her own electricity at Putty Cat, and Putty Cat felt it.

The Unnamed Figure shot Swampangemon with his weapon. Swampangemon seemed to stand in a daze…

"Swampangemon!" Kari shouted.

"Mega-digivolve!" Yolei yelled.

"Swampangemon, mega-digivolve to…Abyssangemon! Justice Portal!" The open vortex began to suck Putty Cat in. Just as it went into the fiery portal, Putty Cat threw a blob of itself outside the lip of the vortex so that it would still live on…albeit less of it…

"You're forgetting me!" Kamnadramon shouted. "Mega Destroyer!"

"Flaming Sword!" Abyssangemon reflected the attack back at Kamnadramon, and he took heavy damage.

"This isn't going well," The Unnamed Figure snarled. Kamnadramon, we're getting out of here!"

As the enemy retreated, Abyssangemon asked, "What do you suppose he's planning with that Putty Cat?"

"Something bad; we can be sure of that," Kari answered.

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"Tibemon, would you please get out of the pool? That fin isn't looking very promising!"

"…What?!"

"Tibemon, you look like a shark, swimming around in there!"

"And that's a bad thing?" she asked.

"It won't make a good impression on Matt!"

"He's seen me a million times before: if he sees my fin, he'll know it's me."

"Well…but…"

"June, you keep trying to make every meeting between you and him perfect. Now, when you hear stories about how parents met, did their dates always go well?"

"…No…I heard that Ken forgot his wallet on his second date with Yolei---"

"So you don't have to nitpick to have a relationship with him!"

June sighed. "I guess not…" A few hours later, she added, "Call me picky, but there's one detail about meeting Matt that I think is a must."

"What's that?"

"It's that Matt actually shows up!" June muttered. "Look at my fingers! They look like prunes! I've been in the water for hours!"

"Did Matt say he was going to meet you here?"

Then, it dawned on her…