Chapter 3
The Streets
For the next week Renamon went back each night, and each night Jason was up on the roof waiting for her. Each night they would just sit and talk for a couple of hours. A few nights, Jason just sat and listened as Renamon told him about things in the digital world, battles she had fought, and other things. Renamon would leave each night feeling a lot better about herself. In the past she would just concentrate on her weaknesses, and focus on making them better. Jason was helping her to see some of her strengths, most of them she had just taken for granted.
Rika was also noticing a change in Renamon. One morning, while she, her mother, grandmother, were eating breakfast Renamon walked by the door to the dinning room, and she was humming to herself. Rika began to wonder what could put Renamon in such a good mood, but decided just let it go. It was nice seeing Renamon with a natural good mood instead of her usual serious tone.
A week and a half after their first meeting, Jason was working in the research lab with Tijgmon. He was interfacing with the Juggernaut core, running some basic utilities when Yamachi walked into the room. He had a serious look on his face, and Jason didn't like it. Yamachi walked up as Jason unhooked himself from the core. He turned, rolling up to meet Yamachi as he asked, "What can I do for you Yamachi?"
Yamachi paused a second, then motioned towards the lab's door as he said, "I have some bad news."
That night, Renamon was leaping across rooftops as she made her way to the Hypnos building. She looked up, and noticed the storm that threatened from the skies above. The clouds had rolled in around 3:00, and had been threatening to rain all day. Still, for some reason they had held back. Renamon hoped the clouds would hold of for a little longer so she could get to Hypnos without getting wet.
Just as a cool wind began to pick up Renamon made her final leap, and landed on the top of the Hypnos building. She looked up, but was surprised when Jason was not sitting there, waiting for her. She waited a few minutes, looking around the entire roof to see if Jason had gone somewhere else.
After finding she was the only one on the roof Renamon made her way to the elevator. She guessed that, because Jason couldn't get wet, he had stayed inside. The elevator doors opened, and Renamon stepped in before pushing one of the buttons. The elevator descended quickly, and Renamon made her way to the laboratory. She stepped in, but was surprised to find the lights off.
Renamon's eyes adjusted to the darkness, and she began to search the room for Jason or Tijgmon. They were no where to be seen. Renamon began to walk around the room when she stepped on a piece of paper. She bent down, and picked it up. She moved over to one of the glowing monitors in the room, and held the paper up to the light. It was a note.
Renamon
Something has come up, and I will have trouble making it to our nightly rendezvous. To make a long story short, I am no longer welcome at Hypnos. Tijgmon and I had to be out of the building by five in the afternoon. I don't know exactly where we will go, but I am sure everything will be all right.
Jason
Renamon's eyes narrowed as she reread the note. Jason and Tijmon were no longer welcome at Hypnos. Did that mean they were outside, in the storm? Renamon dropped the paper, and before it could even hit the floor she was gone. She reappeared outside of Hypnos, and began looking around. She imagined the Tijgmon and Jason would stick together, and she could find almost any digimon if she put her mind to it. Renamon began to focus her eyes, and opening a sixth sense of hers.
Soon, she began to see a trail on the ground. It was a line of small paw prints, and they were glowing with data. Renamon smiled, those were Tijgmon's paw prints. With a quick grace Renamon began to run along the street, following the trail as it went into Shinjuku Park. Renamon had gotten to the center of the park when she heard a rumble from overhead. She stopped, looking up at the sky as she felt a raindrop hit her face. Soon, a heavy rain began to drench the area. Renamon looked back down at the ground, and her eyes narrowed as she saw Tijgmon's trail starting to fade away. Even digital paw prints could be washed away with water.
Renamon began to sprint, hoping to reach Jason and Tijgmon before she lost their trail. Her mind began to race. If Jason was caught in the storm the wiring from his brain could get wet, or the computer under his chair could get wet. If that happened they could short out, and kill Jason.
Renamon ran for ten minutes without pause, but by that time the trail had vanished. Still, she kept running. Her eyes shifted all around, trying to find any sign of Jason or Tijgmon. She was running as fast as she could, hoping to find them somewhere or at least some sign they were all right.
Renamon was running by the fountain where Jeri had first met Leomon when she slipped on a slippery piece of the plaza. She fell down, splashing down in the small lake that was forming in the plaza. She struggled to her feet, but was surprised when the rain suddenly stopped. She looked up, and saw she was under the protection of an umbrella. She looked to see who was holding the umbrella, and it was Jason. He smiled, offering her his hand. Renamon gently reached up, setting her hand in Jason's as breathed a sigh of relief. He was all right.
Jason helped Renamon off the ground. He had to pulled the umbrella back over his own head, but the umbrella was large enough to protect both him and Renamon from the rain. Jason sounded a little surprised as he said, "Renamon, what are you doing out in the rain?"
Renamon shivered a bit, the cold rain starting to get through her fur, "I was looking for you. I went to the Hypnos building and found your note."
Jason frowned a bit, "That was meant to keep you from worrying, not get you running out in the middle of a downpour. Come on now. Let's get out of the rain." Renamon nodded her head, walking beside Jason as they made there way through the park. After a few minutes of walking a picnic shelter, with tables hidden under a large metal roof, came into view. Tijgmon was lying on one of the tables, fast asleep, while on another table was a pair of backpacks.
Once they were in the picnic shelter Jason closed the umbrella up, and began to move over to one of the bags. Renamon took a seat at one of the tables, shivering a bit as she rubbed her arms. She hated the rain. She didn't mind getting wet, but if it was on her terms.
Jason came back over, offering Renamon a towel he had pulled out of one of the backpacks. Renamon took it, thanking him as she began drying her fur as best she could. As Renamon was rubbing her head dry Jason asked, "So, why exactly did I see you running at a full sprint? I was out in the storm because I heard some one run by, and the next thing I saw you falling down in the plaza."
Renamon pulled the towel off her head, and began to dry her left arm, "I was worried about you. I remember how badly you got shocked because a few drops of water got into your wiring. I hated to imagine what would happen to you in this rain."
Jason smiled a bit, "Well, I appreciate the concern, but I would feel terrible you had gotten yourself hurt looking for me. Running at a full sprint on slick cement paths in the middle of a rainstorm. That is a recipe for disaster."
"But why are you out here, Jason?"
Jason sighed, "Well, it happened right around noon. Yamachi took me to his office, and he told me some rather disturbing news. Yamachi's superiors in the government said that I had served my purpose, and wanted me of the Hypnos budget by that afternoon. They were not happy how much time and energy the agency had put into me, and wanted it to end. Yamachi, however, had tried to get me back to the hospital. Unfortunately, we found even more disturbing news there."
Jason wheeled himself to the edge of the shelter, looking out into the rain, "According to the hospital, my parents had stopped paying my medical bills five years ago. I had stayed at the hospital out of sheer luck because the cost of keeping me alive had fallen into the hospitals "Extra Expenses" category in their accounting software. When Yamachi took me from the hospital, they messed with the account and realized the error. The hospital owners agreed to forget about the past expenses because it was their fault they had gone unnoticed. However, they wouldn't take me back unless someone was willing to pay for my care. They tried calling my parents, but they had just forgotten I existed. My mother has had two other kids, and those two have become the apples in their eyes. I was just a mistake, and one they rather forget then attend to."
Renamon finished drying her fur, standing up as she walked over beside Jason. She set a hand on his shoulder, holding the towel out to him as she said, "I'm sorry."
Jason shook his head, taking the towel back, "It's all right. Now, what to do about you, a most unexpected guest at this humble little home of mine."
Renamon raised an eyebrow as Jason rolled over to Tijgmon, waking up the little rookie as he whispered something in his ear. Tijgmon nodded his head, yawning as be began to stretch. Jason then moved over to the pair of backpacks that were sitting on one of the picnic tables. He opened one, digging inside until he pulled out a light jacket. He then opened the other, pulling out a long, brown trench coat.
Jason zipped the two backpacks back up, placing both a special rack on the back of his wheelchair. He then rolled over to Renamon, both the jacket and trench coat in his lap while Tijgmon came walking up, carrying the umbrella with his tail. Jason took the umbrella from Tijgmon, and then handed the trench coat to Renamon as he said, "Now, I do believe we have yet to have our nightly conversation. How about we enjoy it while you allow me the pleasure of walking you home? I imagine it is about a two hour walk to Rika's house from here."
Renamon blinked a few times before she said, "I don't need you to walk me home. I could actually get there faster by myself."
Jason shrugged his shoulders, "It's your call. I don't mind either way."
Renamon paused for a few seconds, mulling over the choices in her mind before she put the trench coat over her still slightly damp fur. She then grabbed the umbrella out of Jason's hands and opened it up, "We better get walking. This storm seems to be getting worse, and I don't know what we would do if a wind kicked up."
Jason nodded his, smiling as he slipped the jacked on. Tijgmon then leapt up onto his lap, and the three stepped out of the from under the picnic shelter and back into the storm. Renamon held the umbrella over her and Jason's heads, and as they walked they had there usual conversation. This time, however, Jason did the majority of the talking. Renamon smiled, he deserved it that night. After all, he had just been thrown out onto the street. He also had to deal with the fact that his parents had just decided to stop caring about him, and they had done it over five years ago.
An hour and a half later Jason, Renamon, and Tijgmon reached the front gate of Rika's house. Renamon smiled over at Jason as she said, "Thank you."
Jason bowed his head a bit, "It was my pleasure?"
Renamon handed the umbrella back to Jason, and was about to take the trench coat off when Jason said, "You can go ahead and keep that. Consider it a thank you for running out into a rainstorm to find me and Tijgmon."
Renamon paused, but nodded her head as she wrapped the coat around her frame, and disappeared into thin air. Jason looked out from underneath the cover of the umbrella to see Renamon appear on the roof of Rika's house, and then quickly jump down into the yard, and out of sight. Jason smiled, and began to roll down the street as he looked for someplace to get out of the rain.
Renamon woke the next morning to the sounds of chirping birds. She had slipped into the guest bedroom of the house the night before, and fallen asleep in her usual place on the floor. She hadn't even bothered to take off the coat Jason had given her. Now, as she got up she slowly slipped it off. She knew if Rika, her Seiko, or Rika's mother saw the coat they would wonder where it came from. Renamon hid it in the guest closet, and then stepped out of the room.
When Renamon walked into the kitchen for breakfast when she saw Rika's mother had come home. Mukino looked up at Renamon, smiling as she said, "Good morning Renamon. I hope you weren't caught outside in that rain last night."
Renamon shook her head, "No, I stayed out of the rain last night."
Rika stretched a bit, "Well, I have to get to school." After some quick good-byes Rika was heading down the street. Mukino was the next to leave, having to speak with her photographer about which photos they were going to use from the Paris shoot. That left Seiko and Renamon sitting at the table, finishing off the last of the morning tea. Seiko, Rika's grandmother, stood up from the table, pushing her chair in as she said, "Well, I need to go shopping. We need some groceries and a few other things."
Renamon looked up from her tea, "Would you like me to come with you?"
Seiko shook her head, "No Renamon, I think I'll be all right. I'll be back in a couple hours." Renamon nodded her head, and continued to enjoy her morning tea while Seiko grabbed her purse and began to walk down the street to the bus stop. It was a beautiful day without a cloud in the sky. As Seiko neared the bus stop she saw all the students had already gone, meaning the bus would be pretty much empty.
Mukino stepped inside the small glass waiting area for the bus, and took a seat on the bench. There was only one other person in the bus stop. He was sitting off in the corner one what looked like a wheelchair. He had a blanked wrapped around him and an umbrella covering his face and chest. Seiko thought she saw the wisp of a tail flick out from underneath the umbrella, but she couldn't be sure.
The bus came soon enough, and Seiko stepped on. An hour and a half later another bus rolled up, and Seiko stepped of with an armful of bags. She was struggling, and a few other people on the bus had to help her get the last few bags off before the bus rolled away. Seiko set the bags down on the bench before plopping down on the wooden surface herself. She took a few deep breaths, rubbing her now sore shoulder. She wished Mukino didn't take the car everyday. She could take the bus, and leave the convince of a car for her elderly mother.
Seiko stood up a few minutes later and began to look over all the bags of groceries and other household supplies. She couldn't carry them all to the house, and if she left them there they could be stolen. Seiko groaned, and began to pick up all the bags at once. Unfortunately, when she went to pick up the last bag several others began to slip out of her hand and soon two of the bags had spilled all over the bus stop.
Seiko frowned, and began to quickly pick up the many cans and other foods that had spilled. She about to pick up the last can when another hand reached down, and picked it up. Seiko looked up to see a teenage boy in a wheelchair smiling as he said, "Would you like some help?"
Seiko blinked a few times, recognizing the boy as the person who had been sitting in the bus stop when she left for the grocery store. She smiled at him, nodded her head, "I would appreciate that, thank you."
The boy nodded, and began to pick up a few of the bags, setting them in his lap. As Seiko picked up the last of the food she noticed one can had rolled out into the street. The boy also noticed it, and turned around to look at something behind the wheelchair, "Tijgmon, can you get that last can."
Seiko was surprised when a little, white furred, tiger cub came out from behind the boys chair and ran out into the street. He grabbed the can in his mouth, and quickly ran back before a few cars could zipped by. The boy took the can from the tiger cub he had called Tijgmon and put in one of the bags on his lap before he said, "Well, if you would be so kind as to lead the way to your house."
Seiko nodded her head, picking up the last few bags before she began to walk down the street. The boy followed behind in his wheelchair, Tijgmon walking beside them. As they walked Seiko looked back at Tijgmon and asked, "Excuse me, but is that little guy a digimon?"
The boy nodded his head, "Yes, he is."
Seiko smiled a bit, "Then are you his tamer?"
"What?"
Seiko blinked a few times, "Oh, I guess that makes it a no."
The boy looked over at Seiko, "What is a tamer anyway. I have heard the term, but don't know what it entails."
Seiko looked forward, her eyes floating up to the sky as she began to think. Finally, she said, "Well, I know my granddaughter is a tamer, and I think it's because she has a digimon partner and one of those digivices. It has a card reader built in, and she can swipe cards from the Digimon Card Game to give her partner different strengths and abilities."
The boy nodded his head, few thoughts clicking through his head as the trio rounded a corner. Soon, they reached Seiko's house. The boy blinked a few times, but shook his head. It couldn't be the same house. When Seiko walked in she began to look around and saw no body else was in the house. She then looked back at the boy, who was putting the bags on the counter, and asked, "By the way, I am afraid I don't know your name."
The boy looked up, bowing his head a bit, "My name is Jason."
Seiko smiled, "Well, Jason, can I interest you in some tea."
Jason shook his head, "No, but I would be interested in hearing more about this digivice your granddaughter has."
Seiko paused a second, snapping her fingers, "I bet it's in her room. She rarely takes to school with her." Seiko disappeared for a few minutes and reappeared with a small, plastic device with a small screen, three buttons and a card reader on one side. She handed it to Jason who began turning it over in his hands. Seiko smiled, bowing a bit, "If you'll excuse me." Seiko disappeared for a second, heading to the bathroom while Jason continued to examine the digivice.
After a little fiddling with the device Jason found a USB port on the bottom. He blinked a few times, looking around to see if Seiko was coming back before he reached underneath his chair. He pulled out a USB cable that was connected to his computer and hooked it to the digivice. He then made a quick copy of its programming, storing it in a secure file on the computer in his chair before he unhooked the USB, and set the digivice on the table. Tijgmon frowned a bit as he said, "Jason, are you should you should be hooking up to that thing."
Jason smiled a bit, "Don't worry. I made a quick copy of its programming and locked it in a secure file. That little device holds a lot of power, and I all take the up most care when examining the code."
Tijgmon nodded his head, and then turned to see Seiko walk back into the room. She smiled and asked, "So, is there anything I can do to thank you for your help?"
Jason nodded his head, "If you don't mind letting me plug my chair in for a while. I need to recharge the battery."
"That should be no problem. There is an outlet just right there, on the wall. You can use it." Jason thanked Seiko before he rolled over, and plugged into the outlet. As he waited for the battery on his wheelchair to recharge he talked with Seiko about the weather, the rain the night before, and just several other trivial things.
Seiko was looking out the door to the patio when she smiled a bit, "Oh, I was wondering where you went."
Jason raised an eyebrow, wondering who Seiko was talking to when Renamon came walking in the door. Jason eyes bulged, "Renamon?"
Renamon turned her head, a bit of surprise in her eyes, "Jason, what are you doing here?"
Jason smiled weakly, "Well, I decided to help this nice lady with her groceries. Now I realize why this house looked so familiar when we were on the street."
Seiko was the most confused and surprised in the room, looking back and forth between Renamon and Jason as she asked, "You two know each other?"
Renamon nodded her head, "Yes. Jason here helped Yamachi bring me and the other digimon partners back to the real world. Then, yesterday, Yamachi's superiors ordered that he get rid of Jason since he had served his purpose."
Seiko frowned, "That is horrible. So, they just threw you onto the streets."
Jason shrugged a bit, smiling weakly, "I wouldn't say thrown, but something to that effect."
Seiko shook her head, "That is terrible. I am going to have a word with Yamachi. Still, why didn't you just go home? I am sure your parents are worried about you."
The weak smile disappeared from Jason's face, and he bowed his head a bit. Seiko realized she had crossed a line she shouldn't have and quickly said, "Oh…I am sorry."
Jason shook his head, waving it off as he said, "You have no reason to feel sorry. Now, my battery is charged and I must be taking my leave." Jason unplugged his chair from the wall. In truth it was only half charged, but he felt it was time for him to leave.
Seiko quickly moved forward, grabbing the plug from Jason's hand and putting it back in the wall, "You aren't leaving just yet. You did a tremendous thing by helping Yamachi and the Monster Makers bring Renamon back to my granddaughter. Now, it is time to return the favor. I insist that you spend the night here, off the street.
Jason was about to complain when both his and Tijgmon's stomachs began to growl. Tijgmon looked up at Jason, who sighed and said, "I guess it makes no sense to refuse such a generous, and forceful kindness."
Seiko smiled, moving over to the bags of groceries, "Good. Now, Renamon, can you help me move this food into the kitchen so I can start making all of us lunch." Renamon nodded her head, glancing over at Jason before she grabbed some fruit out of a grocery bag and began to carry it into the kitchen. Jason sat back in his chair, letting out a slow, stressful, breath. Tijgmon disappeared around the corner in the kitchen, wanting to help Seiko and Renamon as much as he could. That left Jason alone in the small dinning room.
With sometime to himself, Jason opened the copy of Rika's digivice and began to examine the code. It was amazingly complex with so many functions and procedures for tracking digimon, identifying them, modifying them, and launching a digivolution sequence. After about thirty minutes of looking through all that data Jason came across a strange file in the system. It wasn't more digimon data, or operation codes. It was the information that was unique to Rika's digivice. It was the user file
The file had information pertaining to a specific user. It had a picture of Rika and several other pieces of information. The next part of the file described Renamon, her data signature, and everything about her champion, ultimate, and mega levels. Then, Jason found the last file.
It was an executable file. With a bit of an anxious look on his face Jason started the program. It took a few seconds to load on his system before a single window popped up on the monitor in his head. It was a simple dialog box, and it had to places to insert information. One of them was for a new user while the second was for a digimon partner.
Jason blinked a few times, and then decided to enter his name as the user and Tijgmon as the partner. He then hit the okay button. In an instant, something began to happen in the computer under Jason's chair. Files were being rearranged, programs installed and settings changed. Jason was worried that the computer would crash or blow up, but soon the chaos ended.
Jason waited a second, and then began to communicate with the computer again. It hadn't change very much in the OS, but now there were four new programs on the hard drive. One was titled "Modify", the second was named "Standard-D", the third was named "Matrix-D", and the last was named "Bio-M."
Jason quickly tried to run the programs, but found the only one that would start up was the Modify program. It came up with a screen with a huge list of digimon cards. Before Jason could explore very far Seiko came back into the room and said, "Jason, lunch is ready."
Jason nodded his head, closing the program before he rolled over to the table. The four ate lunch quietly. It was just a simple lunch of sandwiches, fruit, and water. Still, Jason and Tijgmon enjoyed it like they were at a five-star restaurant. Then again, anything tastes good when you're hungry enough.
They were almost done with lunch when Renamon suddenly perked her ears up. Tijgmon froze, and turned his head as his eyes narrowed. Jason wondered what was happening until an alarm began to ring in his head. It was coming from the digivice files, and it was warning that a digimon had appeared.
Renamon was up in the second, grabbing Rika's digivice as she ran out the door. Jason turned to Seiko and asked, "Where is she going?"
Seiko shook her head, "A digimon must have appeared in this world. That is what the tamers did before the D-Reaper incident. They would battle any digimon that came into this world and stop them from hurting anyone." Seiko then looked over at Tijgmon, he was shaking like a leaf.
Jason noticed Tijgmon looked scared and asked, "What's the matter Tijgmon?"
Tijgmon looked at Jason, "The digimon that just appeared, it's SkullGreymon." Jason's eyes widened. SkullGreymon was the digimon that had attacked Tijgmon, almost destroying the tiger cub digimon. Before Tijgmon could protest, Jason quickly picked him up and began to wheel towards the door. Tijgmon looked up at Jason and asked, "Where are we going?"
"Renamon has gone to get Rika, and the digimon is really close. Were going to go and see if there is anything we can do to help?"
Tijgmon quivered a bit, "But Jason, the last time I fought SkullGreymon I was almost destroyed."
"Don't worry Tijgmon. I would never let that happen to you." Tijgmon nodded his head, but his eyes still shown with a sense of fear. Jason hit the street, and began to look around. The digivice program was pointing him to the right. He quickly turned and began to follow the compass.
In a few minutes Tijgmon and Jason arrived at a street where the digimon had appeared. People were screaming, running away from the towering dinosaur skeleton that was now tearing up some cars on the street. Jason hung back because he could feel Tijgmon shaking in his lap.
Jason then saw a blur of yellow dart past him, and turned to see Renamon putting Rika down on the ground. The pair got into a battle pose, Rika still dressed in her school uniform as she pulled out her deck and digivice. Jason then watched as Rika swiped a card through the digivice and call out, "Digimodify, hyper speed activate."
Jason was amazed as the digivice glowed, and then Renamon rushed toward SkullGreymon. She was moving like lightning, darting back and forth before she leapt up and launched an attack. It did little against SkullGreymon, but before he could counterattack she had already moved out of the way. Jason got a serious look on his face as he glanced down at Tijgmon. He then looked up at the battle, and while he watched began to access the Modify program. He opened the information and operation files, and began to read them over as quickly as he could.
Renamon moved back to Rika's side, her eyes locked on the skeletal mega in front of her, "Rika, this isn't working."
Rika nodded her head, "Well, let's up the ante. Digimodify, digivolution activate."
The digivice flashed, a voice coming from the tiny plastic device.
Digivloution
Renamon
digivolve to Kyuubimon
Jason and Tijgmon were in shock as they saw Renamon quickly change into the large, multi-tailed Kyuubimon. Tijgmon stood up in Jason's lap, leaping down onto the ground as he watched Kyuubimon rush forward. She leapt up into the air, spinning around as she became a wheel of fire as she called out, "Dragon Wheel".
The attack struck SkullGreymon right in the jaw, forcing back a bit. He quickly recovered, and swatted Kyuubimon out of the air like a fly. Kyuubimon hit the side of the building, falling down to the street. Rika quickly slashed a recovery card, and Kyuubimon was back in the fight. Still, as Rika watched the fight, something was wrong. The SkullGreymon was as strong as a mega. Kyuubimon's attacks should have done something to the walking museum skeleton, but most of the attacks were bouncing off harmlessly.
Jason rolled up beside Rika and asked, "I hope this isn't a usual battle for you two."
Rika turned quickly, surprised to see Jason sitting there, "What are you doing here?"
"I have my reasons. Now, what's the problem?"
Rika growled a bit, looking back at the battle, "None of Renamon's attacks are doing any damage. SkullGreymon is just too powerful."
Jason shook his head, "No, if he had that kind of power this would already be over. Bones the hardest part of any body and without any flesh all you can attack is bone. We just need something to lower their natural resistance to damage."
Jason opened up the modify program, and began to search the long list of cards that were stored in the program. Finally, he found one that fit the bill. He looked over at Tijgmon, whose fear had dwindled away and said, "Want to give Kyuudimon a hand?"
Tijgmon nodded his head, and began to run towards the battle. Jason quickly said a mental prayer, and then ran the modifier program. Amazingly, the program began to activate, and Jason smiled as he called, "Digimodify, Armor Piercing Sword activate." In an instant Jason's felt the computer under his chair roar to life, its processor maxing out for a few seconds. Jason looked up at Tijgmon, and saw a sword had appeared in his mouth.
Tijgmon rushed forward, running behind SkullGreymon. He then leapt up onto the ultimate tails, and began to sprint up his backbone. SkullGreymon was so caught up in his battle with Kyuubimon he didn't notice the Tijgmon running up his spine. Then, just as Tijgmon reached the back of SkullGreymon's head he leapt up. He spun around, and threw the sword like a huge dagger. The sword dug into SkullGreymon's head, and opened up a crack.
Kyuubimon saw her opening, rushing up as she prepared her Dragon Wheel. With a quick spin, the dragon shape flame lunged forward, diving down through the crack formed by the sword. Kyuubimon landed, Tijgmon walking up beside her as they stared up at SkullGreymon. He had stopped moving, and was just staring at them when flames began to burst out of his mouth. Then, the flames ended, and trails of smoke seeped out of SkullGreymon's eyes sockets until he burst into data.
Kyuubimon smiled, looking over at Tijgmon, "Nice job for your first battle with a tamer."
Tijgmon looked up at Kyuubimon and smiled. Jason was smiling as well, impressed that Tijgmon had faced the digimon that had almost deleted him a few weeks prior. "Then again," Jason thought as his eyes moved over to Kyuubimon, "It helps when you have an ally to fight beside."
Before Jason could get any father along that train of thought Rika punched him in the shoulder. Jason rubbed his arm, looking over at Rika, "Hey, what was that for?"
Rika crossed her arms, glaring at Jason, "Spill it, how did you digimodify without a D-power."
Jason blinked a few times, and then smiled weakly, "Well, I copied the programming from your D-power, and then it kind of went on its own course."
Rika eyes flashed with anger, "You were messing with my digivice?"
Jason held up his hands, "Now, wait Rika. Let's not jump to conclusion." However, Rika was already trying to hit Jason for even picking up her digivice. Jason, since he was trapped in his wheelchair, could do nothing but take the thump on the head. After Rika was satisfied she had hit Jason enough, the four of them made their way back to Rika's house. Along the way, Jason gave Rika a full explanation of how he got her digivice, and what happened when he copied the data.
When they got back to the house Rika asked, "So, you can use any digimon card without actually swiping it."
Jason nodded his head, "I think so, but this is all new to me. I have to play around with it a bit more. Also, I wanted to ask you about something. Three other programs were installed by the digivice. One is called "Standard-D", the seconds is, "Matrix-D", and the third is, "Bio-M". Do you know what those names stand for?"
Rika thought about it a second, "Well, they could represent the three kinds of digivolution our digimon can do through. The first is regular digivolution which takes them to champion level. The next is Matrix Digivolution which takes them to ultimate. The third is Bio-Merge, and that is where a tamer merges their digimon so they can reach their mega level."
Jason scratched his head, "Still, the programs won't respond when I try to use them?"
Renamon spoke up, "That's understandable. Rika and I weren't able to Bio-merge right away. As time passed we gained the new levels of digivolution. You'll just have to be patient."
Jason nodded his head, looking down at Tijgmon who was resting on his lap. The modify card had taken a lot out of the rookie, and he need to rest. When the group walked back into the dinning room Seiko was standing there, a smile on her face, "I just got off the phone with Yamachi, and I have good news."