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Episode 2: Heroes' Welcome
"Takatomon!"
"Guilmon!"
The goggle-wearing human and red dinosaur ran into each other's arms as the rest of the tamers were reunited with their respective digimon.
"Renamon! How you've been?" greeted Rika, tears welling slightly in her eyes.
"Better than ever now that you're here," replied the fox digimon.
"Cyberdramon!" exclaimed Ryo. "You're still tough as ever."
The cybernetic dragon growls in response.
"Guardromon, you digevolved!" Kazu shrieks with glee.
"Of course; I couldn't stay Champion forever," replies Andromon.
"Terriermon," Henry chokes through tears of joy as he hugged the little green bunny.
"Momentai, Henry," Terriermon said as he hugs back. "That's what I've always said."
"Lopmon!" Suzie squeals as she hugs the life out of the chocolate-colored bunny.
"It's great to see you again, Suzie," chokes Lopmon.
"Uh, who are you?" wondered Kenta as he looks down at a seal-like creature with claws, a red Mohawk, and long ears.
"Don't you remember me, Kenta?" said the digimon.
"No, I'd remember if I do know you," replied Kenta.
"Look closer tamer," said the digimon.
Kenta adjusts his glasses and takes a nice, long, good look at the digimon.
"MarineAngemon?" he utters in curiosity.
"Formerly," replied the digimon. "This is my rookie form, Gomamon."
"Wait a sec here…" exclaimed Kenta "Gomamon's mega form is MarineAngemon?"
"Yep, right on target Kenta," answered Gomamon with a smile.
"You're kidding me," chuckled Kenta. "You mean this whole time, I've been taming Joe Kido's digimon?"
"Huh?" wondered Gomamon, cocking his head at his tamer. "Who's Joe Kido?"
"Oh, he's a character on this show called Digimon and he has a digimon just like you and…" explained Kenta until he sees Gomamon is more confused than ever. The boy sighs. "You know what? Just forget about it."
"Now that's easy to understand," said Gomamon with a grin.
While everyone was reuniting with their digimon, Takato notices Jeri feeling a little left out.
"Aww is Jeri still sad?" asked Guilmon.
"C'mon Guilmon," said Takato. "Let's go play with Jeri."
Jeri was sitting on the ground and toying around with her D-Arc when Takato and Guilmon came over.
"You okay Jeri?" asked Takato taking a seat beside her.
"Sort of," she replies. She looks down at her D-Arc and holds it tightly with her hands. "I just… I don't know why I still have this if I don't have a digimon to tame. What's the point?"
"Aww, Jeri," cooed Guilmon, nuzzling her with his snout.
"Thanks you guys," she said to them. She holds her D-Arc to her chest and hugs it tightly. "I… I just wish Leomon could be here with me."
Suddenly, Jeri's D-Arc began to glow furiously. Takato and Guilmon both gasp at the strange occurrence, as well as Jeri herself. She holds out the D-Arc, facing its screen upwards so the light could be dispelled away from them. Something began forming within the D-Arc's light. In minutes, the light disappears and in its place lays a colorful digi-egg.
"Is that… a digi-egg?" wondered Takato in awe.
The three of them couldn't help but stare at the object in front of them, unaware of a digi-gnome flying away silently.
"Ooh," cooed Guilmon. "Takato, what's a digi-egg?"
"That's where digimon come from," explained Takato. "Digimon hatch from digi-eggs just like this one."
"Oh," ejaculated Guilmon in awe. "Takato, did I come from a digi-egg?"
"Yeah, you did," replied Takato nervously. In fact, he never really saw Guilmon being born from an authentic digi-egg. He only remembered imagining Guilmon up and then poof, he was a tamer.
"Oh," echoed Guilmon. Then he turns to the girl. "Jeri, is Leomon in there?"
"I don't know," replied Jeri. "I… hope so."
She stood up and then Takato and Guilmon. Holding the egg close to her chest, she gave a big smile.
"Whatever hatches from this egg, I'll take care of it no matter what," she declares firmly.
"Well, at least you're a tamer again," commented Takato.
"Yes, but now I'm not just a tamer; I'm a mother," said Jeri. Then she turned to Takato. "And that means you're the father."
"Uh, what?" exclaimed Takato in surprise.
"Mm-hmm," nodded Jeri. "Since you are my boyfriend, it's only logical that you'd be the father."
"Uh, but I didn't want to be a dad just yet," said Takato nervously.
"What are you saying?" asked Jeri. "You don't want to be my boyfriend anymore?"
"No; of course I want to be your boyfriend," uttered Takato. "I just don't want to be a father."
"So you're saying you're going to abandon our baby?" exclaimed Jeri.
"No! I… uh… You're blowing this all out of proportion!" blurted Takato, clutching his head in frustration.
"What's going on over here?" asked Rika, who was accompanied by Ryo, Renamon, and Cyberdramon.
"I just got a digi-egg and Takato doesn't want to be the father," explained Jeri.
"What!" popped Takato with eyes wide open. "I didn't mean… I didn't say… argh!"
"What?" exclaimed Ryo with an arched eye.
"What's going on here?" wondered Henry.
By now, everyone's crowding around Jeri and Takato.
"Hey, Jeri's got a digi-egg," uttered Kenta with Gomamon flopped upon his head.
"Where'd you get it Jeri?" asked Kazu.
"I just wished Leomon was here and then this egg appeared," answered Jeri.
"So, where did this Takato being the dad come from?" asked Henry.
"Well, I thought since this egg's mine and Takato's my boyfriend, I figured that I must be the mom and with Takato being my boyfriend, he must be the dad," explained Jeri.
"Now it makes sense," said Rika. Then she whispers to Ryo. "She's kookier than ever."
"Is that normal?" Ryo whispers back.
"For Jeri, yes," Rika whispers back.
"I feel sorry for Takato," uttered Ryo.
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Lying on her back with her hands behind her head, Meihu sighs at the serenity of the digital forest around her. She shifts her body a bit to make herself more comfortable on the thick tree branch she was resting on.
Below her, Tigramon leans serenely on the trunk of the tree Meihu is residing in with arms crossed and tail swinging from side to side.
"Meihu," she spoke.
Meihu opens her eyes and gazes up at the leaves above her.
"Yes?" she exclaims.
"Why do you prefer residing in the digital world rather than the real world?" asked the tigress digimon.
"… Because…" replied the girl. "I feel more at peace here than I ever could in the real world. It's more… free here."
"I see," responded Tigramon. "Meihu… Do you miss your parents?"
"It's hard to miss something you've never had," replied Meihu.
"Hmm," sighed Tigramon as she closes her eyes.
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Narrator: Wow, a father at the age of 13? I feel sorry for Takato. And what's the story behind Meihu and Tigramon? Keep reading Digimon Fusion!