"Awww! It is so cute!" Sarah said as the three walked in with Kotori.

"Don't scream and it won't fly away," Katie said.
"Oh…right, sorry."

After Katie took the rope off of Fang, she and Wizardmon walked into the kitchen to feed the bird.

"What do you think it likes?" Katie asked pulling out a bag of chips.

"I don't know…bird seed maybe."

"We don't have that," Katie said opening the bag.

Wizardmon blinked, "I know it doesn't eat chips."

"Oh, this is for me."

Wizardmon sighed, then turned over to Kotori on the table. 'It seems so tamed, it doesn't fly away or anything,' Wizardmon thought to himself.

"Hey…what about a bug?" Katie said after squishing a fly.

"That…will work I guess, for now," Wizardmon laughed.

Eventually, Kotori was another one of the family. They soon figured Kotori was a girl.

"Do you think she'll have chicks?" Sarah asked.

"Well, I don't know. She wouldn't mate with another species of a bird, at least not a wild one. And Kotori seems to have been out in the wild for a while now," Wizardmon said.

"So that's …a no?" Sarah whined.

"Well, she has been acting a bit odd," Katie said.

Everyone looked at her with a questioned look.

"Well she's been distant a lot, and she's been stealing things like twigs and fluffy stuff. She ripped up my pillow just to get some fluff. Also she seems to be eating a lot more than normal."

Paul smiled, "She's going to have chicks alright. It's the exact behavior. She's making a nest for them, we should take her to the vet."

"We'll take her to Fang's veterinarian," John said.

"Ok then, let's go now," Wizardmon said.

"She's pregnant alright," said the vet.
Everyone sighed.

"Oh, and how is Fang, John?"

"Oh! He's fine, he's been a bit too hyper lately. I think it's because of having Wizardmon around, he's just been happy. Also with Kotori there, he seems to get along with her. He likes to have friends."

"Yes, about that. I know Fang won't hurt her, but you need to make sure he doesn't get near her eggs or near here at the moment."

"When should she be laying her eggs?" Wizardmon asked.

"In about 3 more weeks."

Everyone looked at each other and smiled.

On the way back home, Katie discussed getting a cage, "We really should. Kotori is tamed, but her chicks will probably want to fly around a lot."

"We can do that till they learn to fly first."

Wizardmon didn't say anything, he just stared at Kotori asleep in the small box they placed her in. 'Soon, you'll be a mother,' he thought to himself.

3 weeks of having a great time and preparing for the eggs passed. And then one Friday night, Kotori laid 4 eggs.

"She's finally laid them!" Katie yelled running into the living room where everyone waited. Katie was the one to watch her till she laid the eggs, knowing Sarah would make a lot of noise and stress Kotori. And the guys couldn't really stand watching a "birth".

"Yay! So…how long will it take for them to hatch?" Sarah asked.

"Not sure, a while is all I can say," Paul answered.

The next day Katie and Sarah were working on the garden while Wizardmon was inside with Kotori.

"It's great to see you're yourself again. And now you're a mother."

Kotori chirped.

Wizardmon smiled, "I love it when you sing."

Kotori chirped again, tilting her head to the side. Than began to sing the beautiful song she always sang.

Later that day Katie complained of dizziness and a headache.

"Is she dehydrated?" Wizardmon asked.

"No, she's drunk plenty of water today," John answered.

Katie went to lie down for a while, later John came and checked on her. She was running a slight fever.

"Ok, what's going on?" Wizardmon asked, and was rather concerned.

"I'm not sure."

David asked John to come over, John walked over to him.

"What is it?"

"Do you think…she might have that virus again?" David said.

"Virus?"

"Remember, Sarah said she was born with an illness. She was always absent when we were in Elementary school."

"Oh yeah, now I remember," John said, turning to the side to see Katie asleep and Wizardmon sitting on a chair next to her.

"He's worried, isn't he," David said.

"Yes…very."

"We should take her to the hospital and see if it is bad or not."

John nodded.

"Katie is fine, just a fever. Just make sure you always give her her medicine after every meal," the doctor said, "And eventually her fever will go away in a week."

"Ok, thanks doctor," John said as they left.

"So what's wrong with her?" Wizardmon asked as they drove home.

"It's an illness she always had when she was younger. She was always so sickly when we were in the Elementary school. She seemed fine in High School, aside from that one day she passed out during PE and nearly died."

"Wow, it seems pretty serious," Wizardmon said.

"Yes, sometimes. But the doctor said she's fine...so no need to worry much."

Wizardmon sighed and looked out the window.

"You love her don't you," John said.

Wizardmon glared at him.

"Well, you're always with her. You two are always happy together."

"Well it may seem so. But what about you?"

John looked over at Wizardmon, then quickly back at the road, "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Sure you do, I know you love her. You brought her into your home, you always do as she wishes, you always smile when she says something or even looks at you. And…you're blushing right now."
John went wide eyed, and swerved the car a bit.

"Careful! She's asleep!" Wizardmon said, grabbing a hold of a car door.

"I think I hit something!" John said and stopped the car.

They walked out and saw a cat lying in front of the car door.

"Crap!" John said and bent down to check its pulse.

"Is it alright?" Wizardmon asked.

"Nearly, do you think you could…"

"Sure," Wizardmon bent down and healed it. It got up and mewed. Then looked over at Wizardmon, purred, wagged its tail and sat its paw on his knee, then turned and ran off.

"You need to be more careful," Wizardmon said.

"Sorry…" John said looking at the floor," I guess you're right though. I do love Katie. She's changed me a lot, she's always making everyone smile. I'm just glad. And then she found you."

Wizardmon looked up at him.

"Ever since you joined us, I've never been so happy in my whole life."

Wizardmon smiled and placed his hand on John's shoulder, "Let's get back home."

John smiled then nodded as he got up and headed back to the car.

Two nights later, a storm began to brew. Katie's fever was a bit worse than the last two days, but she was fine.

"Where's Wizardmon?" Katie asked as John tucked her in to go to sleep.

"He's checking on Kotori, he'll be here in a moment," John answered.

Katie smiled, looked out the window and drifted off to sleep for a slight moment.

"Kotori seems a bit shooken by the storm, can you guys keep an eye on her," Wizardmon said to Paul and Sarah in the living room.

"Sure," they said and got up to go to Wizardmon's room, which is where Kotori's nest was.

Wizardmon smiled, and walked into Katie's room. John had just left the room but stayed at the door to watch.

"Katie," Wizardmon said, waking her up.

"You're here, can I ask you something?" She asked.

"Sure," Wizardmon smiled.

"I know this sounds childish, but my mom always gave me a good night kiss when I was sick. As you know, she never did when I was well. But I was hoping you could take her place in that, and do it ever night."

Wizardmon blushed, and looked to the side.

"Well she was my mother and did it on my lips, but you can do it on my forehead if you want," She giggled, noticing Wizardmon blushing.

"Uh…all right," Wizardmon said and removed the collar covering his mouth then placing a kiss on her forehead.

"Goodnight," Katie smiled and went to sleep.

"Sleep well," Wizardmon responded then turned and looked John, he was staring in disbelief and was blushing madly. Wizardmon closed his eyes then walked out, passed him, then stopped halfway toward the stairs.

"Well, are you going to stand there all day or what?" Wizardmon said, not turning around to face him.

John looked at the floor, then sighed and closed the door. He was fixing to turn back to him, when he heard Katie scream. The two quickly went back into the room. They saw a tentacle of some monster grab her and pull her out the window. Katie managed to grab her jacket and put it on before it took her away. Both Wizardmon and John stood at the door way looked into the room with disbelief, then quickly got into action and jumped out the window and followed the dark creature carrying Katie away.