Author Note: Because I forgot to say it in the first chatper, here is the disclaimer for THE ENTIRE STORY. I do not own the digimon franchise, any names or places that were created for that franchise. What I do own is what I have personally created, and if you can't tell what you need to watch third season again.

Chapter 4

Evolution and Revelation

Jason was sitting in his wheel chair a few hours later. He was supposed to wait in the room till Rika's mother came back. The reason, Seiko had a plan. She had called Yamachi, and gotten a full understanding of why he had to push Jason out onto the streets. She then purposed something, and with Yamachi's help was able to get the okay from the government officials that Yamachi reported to. Yamachi's superiors knew how helpful Jason could be if something were to happen to the Juggernaut core or they needed help with programming something. So, they agreed on a deal with Seiko. They would keep Jason on as an emergency tech. The part Jason had to agree to was he would have to take up residence with someone, and that all his salary would go to them for supporting him.

In the end, Jason thought it was a good deal. Still, Seiko was insisting that Jason stay with her, Rika, Renamon, and Mukino. Rika wasn't against it, and Renamon didn't mind. The only one left to ask was Mukino, and Jason had a bad feeling she wasn't going to be as agreeable. Jason then heard the sound of footsteps on the patio. He peaked out the guestroom door, and saw Mukino walking up the patio towards the kitchen. Tijgmon was hiding in the kitchen, Jason's ear on the inside. He found the digivice program aloud him to hear and see what Tijgmon did, so he could listen in without making his presence known.

Mukino walked into the dinning room where Rika, Renamon, and Seiko were all gathered round for dinner. Mukino set her purse down, on top of Tijgmon, before sitting down at the table. She smiled at everyone one said, "Oh, what a busy day. Still, we got the photos selected and got them sent out to the magazine. Now, what's this one the able. Oh, mother you made my favorite."

Seiko smiled, taking a bite of her own dinner, "Well, it has just been so long since we had it." Mukino then spent the entire dinner talking about work, her photographer, and other things Rika, Renamon, and Seiko didn't want to listen to. Still, they just nodded their heads and acted interested. If Mukino was in a good mood, she would be more willing to say yes to the question they needed to ask her.

When Mukino finally finished the last bit of her meal, she sat back and said, "Well, if you three don't mind I think I'll head to bed a little early tonight. Today was murder, and I have to be up early tomorrow morning."

Seiko smiled a bit, "If you could wait a second dear, we needed to ask you something."

Mukino looked up a bit, and listened as Seiko said, "We are wondering if you would be interested in having another person around the house. You see, this young man helped Yamachi bring Renamon and the other digimon back. Then, after he had done what they needed of him, they kicked him onto the street. He might have been able to go back home, but he has been in the hospital for a long time and his parents won't have him back. Now, the only home he has is the street."

Mukino shook her head, "That is terrible."

"That's true dear, but I'm not done. It seems Hypnos would be willing to take him back, but only as an emergency tech. He gets a small salary, but he can't live in the Hypnos building like he did before. For this deal to work, he would need to stay with someone that Hypnos is somehow related to."

Mukino quickly put two and two together, "Mother, you want to bring him into our home, don't you?

Seiko smiled, "Yes dear, if you don't mind. It would be very easy for us since we have that guest bedroom we never use. Also, his salary would easily pay for any food, water, or other things we would need to buy more of."

Mukino shook her head, "I don't know. I don't like the idea of letting some hobo of the street into our house. He probably smells like garbage and hasn't bathed in a month."

"He does not." Everyone turned their heads to see Tijgmon, who was now covering his mouth for speaking up. In the guest bedroom Jason slapped his head, covering his eyes as Mukino stood up and moved over to Tijgmon. She knelt down, looking at the tiger cub digimon as she asked, "Now who is this?"

Rika stood up, walking over beside her mother, "That is Tijgmon. He is Jason's digimon partner. He was a test subject before Jason would bring back Renamon and the others. Jason saved his life form an ultimate digimon that was about to destroy him."

Mukino gently picked Tijgmon up, "So, where is Jason?" Rika pointed out to the guest bedroom. Mukino set Tijgmon down, and began to walk towards the guest bedroom. Rika, Renamon, and Tijgmon followed, each a little on edge about what Mukino would do when she saw Jason.

When Mukino opened the door her eyes widened, "You didn't say he was handicapped."

Jason smiled weakly, "Well, I am not handicapped per say. I could stand up from this chair if I wanted. The problem is I have a rare, previously unknown, genetic disease. The only way I stay alive is if my brain is connected to a computer. I grew my hair out to hide the cords, but you can easily see the computer in the base of this wheelchair."

Mukino smiled, looking back at Renamon, Tijgmon, and Rika, "Well, what kind of person would I be if I made this kid and his digimon sleep out in the streets. As long as he behaves himself and promises to do his part, it wouldn't hurt to have a few boys running around the house."

Jason smiled, bowing his head as he thanked Mukino. She just smiled, walking away as she let Tijgmon, Renamon, and Rika into the room. Tijgmon leapt up at Jason, smiling as Rika said, "Well, you two better get some rest. I have to go call a few people." With that, Rika turned and left the room. Jason looked up at Renamon, who just bowed her head a bit before she turned, and left the room.

An hour later, Tijgmon had fallen asleep on the bed in the guest room. Jason was out on the deck, looking at the yard of the classic Japanese style house. The water on the pond was still, and smooth as glass with a few crickets singing in the distance. Jason heard footsteps, and turned his head to see Renamon walking up.

Jason smiled and said, "Now, where did we leave off last night." Renamon returned Jason's smile, and the pair began to talk as they looked out over the grassy yard that adjoined the house. Unknown to the two, a third was listening in on the conversation. Tijgmon had heard the footsteps, and had then realized Jason was not in the room. He had put his ear to the door, and began to listen to the conversation between Renamon and Jason.

A few hours later, Tijgmon sprinted back to his bed and faked sleep as Jason came back into the room. He rolled over, smiling as he saw what he thought was a sleeping Tijgmon. He gently patted the tiger cub digimon's head before he rolled his chair over to the wall, plugged it in, and then went to sleep.

The next day, while Rika was at school and Mukino was at work, Jason helped Seiko do some cleaning around the house. He also helped her with a computer problem, one that she had created by accidentally clicking something she shouldn't have. The day went by quickly enough, and with dinner over everyone went to do their own things. Rika had gone to her room to add a new pack of cards to her collection.

While Rika was lying on her futon, looking over her cards she heard a knock at the door. She looked up a second, and saw Tijgmon push the door open. He walked across the room and said, "Rika, what time do you usually go to bed?"

Rika raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

Tijgmon glanced over his shoulder, "There is something I think you should see." Rika was confused, but agreed to let Tijgmon wait in her room until it was time. Then, when it was a little past 10:30 they heard footsteps on the patio. Tijgmon motioned toward the door, creeping silently over as he opened the door just a crack. Rika stood up, walking silently over as she peered through the open in the door.

She saw Renamon sitting on the edge of the deck, Jason sitting a few feet away in his wheelchair. Rika and Tijgmon listened as the two just talked. After a few minutes Rika slid the door shut, and looked down at Tijgmon as she asked, "They are just sitting there, talking. I don't see what is so interesting about that.

Tijgmon moved away from the door, "One night is not that big of deal. The thing is I think they have been out on the roof of Hypnos every night for the past couple of weeks talking like that. The first time they were off the roof was the night it was raining. That was the day Jason and I got kicked out of Hypnos, and Renamon came looking for us. She found us, and then they had their talk as Jason walked Renamon back here. Then, tonight and last night, they just had their talk right outside the door to the guest bedroom."

Rika looked back at the door, a bit of curiosity in her eyes. Renamon always seemed like the silent type, but when she was all alone with Jason she opened up. She was talking about something Rika didn't even know about her digimon partner. Rika began to wonder, but decided to ask what Takato and Henry thought about it. She might also ask Jeri, and get another girls opinion. One thing was for sure though. She would not as Kazu, Kenta, the real life dumb and dumber, or Ryo.

The next morning was Saturday, and Mukino wanted Jason to go to the modeling agency and figure out was wrong with the computers there. Apparently, the whole network had gone down and now her agent couldn't get to any of his files. Seiko had to go pick up a few things in town, most of them Mukino's dry cleaning, and Renamon went along to help.

That left Rika and Tijgmon to go and talk to Takato, Henry, and Jeri. Rika had already called the three other tamers, and they were all going to meet in the park. When Rika and Tijgmon arrived Takato, Guilmon, Henry, Terriermon, Jeri, and Calumon were already waiting outside of Guilmon's hideout. Henry was the first to notice Rika, and he turned to face her as he asked, "Hello Rika. Want to tell us why you called us out here this fine morning?"

Rika nodded her head, and began to tell the others about Renamon and Jason's nightly conversation. When she finished Henry had a look of intense thought, Takato looked absolutely confused, and Jeri had a smile on her face that was surrounded by a light blush. The digimon also had different expression. Guilmon and Calumon were just as confused as Takato, and Terriermon was fighting to not start chanting, "Jason and Renamon sitting in a tree."

After a few minutes Henry said, "I don't know what to make of it Rika. I am amazed that Renamon will actually hold a conversation with someone for that long."

Jeri looked over at Henry, "Well isn't it obvious. Jason brings something out in Renamon. I think it's such a romantic scene. Sitting on the roof of one of the tallest buildings in Shinjuku, looking out over the sea of lights that is the city, having deep conversations about life, emotion, fear, and so many other things."

Calumon looked stared blankly, "Jeri can be weird sometimes."

Guilmon nodded his head, the same blank stare on his face, "Yeah."

Takato shook his head, "I still can't believe that Jason is now a tamer, all because he copied the code in your digivice."

Rika glared at Takato, "Thank you goggle-head for reminding us of that little fact, but that is not what I wanted to ask you three about."

Takato smiled weakly, rubbing the back of his head, "Sorry Rika."

Henry looked up at Rika, "Still, it is very strange to hear that Renamon is acting that way. I would like to ask her about it."

Terriermon jumped up onto Henry's head, "Sure, go as miss death glare a question like that. I am sure she will give you a logical answer. By the way, I wonder what kind of flowers you would like sent to the hospital when she beats the snot out of you."

Takato nodded his head, "Yeah Henry, I think we would have better luck if we asked Jason about it."

Tijgmon shook his head, "Jason might answer you, but I would rather not have you ask him. He would feel bad because I came to you three first instead of him."

The tamers bowed there heads, all in deep through when Jeri snapped her fingers, "I know how to solve this problem." The tamers then listened as Jeri told them all her plan. That night, before Renamon and Jason met for their usual talk, Rika snuck out into the yard. Jeri had given a small camera she had gotten for her birthday and a fake rock to hide it in. She then set it for record, and went to bed.

The next morning, back in the park Rika came running up to Guilmon's hideout when she saw Takato yelling at Kazu and Kenta, "I told you, Rika doesn't want you two to know about why we are here."

Kazu pleaded, "Oh, come on chummily. Why would she want you to keep us out of the loop?"

Henry groaned, "Because you two are her definition of morons."

Kenta whined, "Hey…" Soon, however, both Kazu and Kenta had to duck as Rika tossed the hollowed out plastic rock the camera had been hidden in the night before. Jeri picked up the rock, and walked over to Rika as she asked, "So, did it work?"

Rika shook her head, "I don't know. I didn't look at the tape." Jeri nodded her head, pressing the rewind button as she walked back into Guilmon's hideout. Everybody followed her in, include Kazu and Kenta who were ignoring the death glare Rika was sending them.

When the tape was rewound Jeri pressed the play button, and everybody crowded in together as the tape began to play. At first there was nothing, but they then saw the guestroom door open, and Jason roll out onto the deck. A minute later, Renamon came walking up. Jason bowed his head a bit, saying a very polite hello as Renamon took a seat on the deck. Then, the two began to talk about something that happened to Renamon in the digital world.

Still, before they had gotten ten minutes into the tape Kazu leaned back and began to complain, "Man, this is boring. Is that all they ever do?

The other just ignored Kazu, and continued to watch the tape. They never got to see the end of the conversation because the tape in the camera only lasted thirty minutes. Still, Henry had seen enough. As they all moved out of the hideout he said, "I think I am starting to agree with Jeri. Renamon seems to open up to Jason. Also, I noticed that most of the time one or both of them were smiling. Maybe they are more then just friends."

Rika shook her head, "I doubt it, and even if it was true I don't think either of them have noticed it."

Jeri smiled, "Still, Jason acts so polite to Renamon. I mean, he seems to know how to talk to her."

Takato raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean?"

Jeri glanced back, pointing at Kazu, "Well, she is usually dead silent around Kazu, and even when she is around me, Henry, or Rika she is a little uptight. The only digimon that gets her to talk so much is Impmon, and I think she just enjoys torturing him."

Before the conversation could get any farther, all of the tamers' digivices began to go off. They turned, and could see a cloud of smoke billowing up in the distance. A moment later Renamon appeared beside Rika and said, "Jason's coming, but he would rather arrive to a finished fight."

Rika nodded her head, and soon all the tamers were racing across the park. It took them a few minutes to reach the scene where the digimon had appeared, but once against there wasn't a digital field. The digimon was just tearing out some street lamps and lanterns, then throwing them into nearby cars.

The digimon itself was about twice the size of a normal man. It looked like a huge, suit of armor with no one inside. The metal was golden, and the statue had eight arms that each held a sword. It also had on what looked like a Greek toga that reached down to its knees.

Takato pulled out his D-power, reading the ID screen aloud, "His name is Colossusmon, an ultimate level digimon. Each sword can unleash a powerful burst of energy, each pair of arms representing a force of nature. He has three special attacks. The first is Element Strike, the second is Nature's Vengeance, and the other is Paralysis Spines."

Rika looked over at Takato and Henry as she said, "Let's make this quick." Takato and Henry nodded their heads as they pulled out their digivices and called out, "Bio-Merge Activate."

In the next moment the three of the four tamer-digimon fusions stood ready to battle. Kazu and Kenta had, foolishly, left their partners at home. Kazu's mother had Guardromon fixing a fence while Kazu's sister had been playing with MarineAngemon. This left them to run and hide with Jeri and Calumon while Gallantmon, MegaGargomon, and Sakuyamon did the fighting. Tijgmon had run off, hoping to find Jason and tell him what was going on.

Colossusmon turned to face his newest foes, a laugh echoing out from the empty helmet, "You think you can stand up against me.'

Gallantmon took a step forward, his shield and lance at the ready, "No, we think we can kick your butt all the way back to the digital world." Colossusmon laughed, raising up his top pair of arms and shouting, "Elemental strike." As he swung his arms down two red burst of fire shot forth, and towards the bio-merged tamers. They dodged the attack, but Colossusmon was unloading a barrage of attacks on the tamers. His top of pair of arms launched fire slashes from their sword, the second pair launch icy bursts of energy, the third from the top fired lightning bolts, and the forth from the top had yet to move.

After much dodging, bobbing, and moving Sakuyamon got close enough to launch her Spirit Strike attack. Colossusmon launched his own attack, and the two powerful forces clashed in midair. A great explosion rocked the air, blasting everybody back except MegaGargomon, who was to large for the explosion to move.

A thick smoke filled the air, and MegaGargomon tried to clear it away with his hands when Colossusmon leapt out of the smokes, all of his swords glowing as he called out, "Nature's Vengeance." He spread his eight arms out equally as thin lines of energy connected the tip of the blade in each of his hands. Then, like Rapidmon's Tri-beam, a huge blast of energy shot out and struck MegaGargomon right in the chest. He fell back, but dedigivolved just before he could hit the ground.

Gallantmon rushed forward, catching Henry while Terriermon floated back to the ground on his parachute like ears. Gallantmon set Henry down and said, "Get out of here, we'll finish this." Henry nodded his head, catching Terriermon before running towards where Kazu, Kenta, and Jeri watched the fight with baited breath.

Colossusmon turned on Sakuyamon and Gallantmon, a prideful tone to his voice, "Now, who wants to be next." Sakuyamon leapt forward, her Amnesty Wind charging up as her staff clashed with four of Colossusmon's swords. Gallantmon then came in, and launched his Lightning Joust from behind. Colossusmon used his other four arms and swords to block the lightning joust. Strangely, the energy from the attack seemed to flow up Colossusmon's arms and into his body before flowing into his head.

Before Sakuyamon could react Colossusmon opened his mouth, and the full force of the lightning joust struck Sakuyamon squarely in the stomach. She flew back, breaking into Rika and Renamon. Renamon flew of to the side of the street, crashing into a tree while Rika was headed for the pavement. Jeri, Kazu, Kenta, and Henry all watched in horror as Rika flew towards the ground.

Rika was about to hit the ground when at the last minute a blur of grey and black rushed up, and got underneath her. With a thump Rika landed in something softer then the blacktop. She shook her head, looking up as she saw Jason cringing in pain. Rika had landed on him, driving her knee into his gut at the same time. Rika quickly got off of Jason as she asked, "Where have you been?"

Jason cringed a bit, catching his breath as bit as he said, "Sorry, got here as soon as I could. How is it going?"

Rika and Jason looked back at the fight now waging between Gallantmon and Colossusmon. Jason nodded his head, glancing around to find out where Tijgmon had gotten to. They had figured out a plan of attack earlier, and Tijgmon was now in position on top of a nearby roof. Jason smiled as he started the Modify program and called out, "Digimodify, Crystal Freeze activate."

Tijgmon began to take in a huge breath, blowing up a little like a balloon before he began to exhale, a long stream of subzero wind heading for Colossusmon. Gallantmon saw the attack coming, and jumped back just at the attack hit. The artic wind caused Colossusmon to become incased in ice. Tijgmon then followed up with his personal special attack, White Lightning. This caused only part of the Colossusmon-icicle to break into pieces.

The next moment Colossusmon broke free of the ice, but thanks to Tijgmon's special attack he was now short three of his eight arms. The top three arms on his right side had been blasted away, and that left one very angry Colossusmon. He turned to Tijgmon, and began to prepare his Nature's Vengeance attack. Before it could be launched Gallantmon had jumped up to the top of the roof, and gotten Tijgmon out of the way.

Colussusmon followed them, his bottom pair of arms starting to glow as he said, "You won't get away so easily. Paralysis Spines." From his bottom pair of swords thousands of tiny needles began to spray out at Gallantmon and Tijgmon. Gallantmon quickly landed, bringing his shield around to block the attack.

The spines began to ricochet everywhere, and finally Gallantmon ended the attack by using his Shield of the Just. Colussusmon was sent flying back, and landed with a resounding crash. He slowly stood up, grumbling as he called out his Nature's Vengeance attack. He then began to follow Gallantmon, who was darting around the street, waiting for him to pause.

Finally, after a few minutes Colossusmon gave up any attempt of trying to strike Gallantmon, and turned his attention to another digimon, Renamon. She had come out of the tree, and was now standing beside it. Rika and Jason both watched, but began to worry when Renamon didn't try to move out of the way. Jason's eyes widened as he noticed something in Renamon's foot. It was one of Colossusmon's Paralysis Spines.

In that moment Jason knew he couldn't get to Renamon while he was in his chair. Rika, Henry, Gallantmon, Kazu, Kenta, Jeri, and Calumon thought Renamon was just drawing the ultimate's attack, and Tijgmon was to far away to do anything about it.

That left Jason with one option. He quickly sent a command to the computer in his wheel chair, ordering it to release the uplink. The wires coming out of Jason's head could not be removed, but they could be unplugged from the computer he was attached to, and thank to Yamachi he could release them by using a simple computer command.

Jason heard the sound of the latches coming off, and he stood up from his chair. The second he pulled the wire out he would have roughly ten minutes before he would black out. He prayed he could get back to his chair by then. With that final thought, and a mental timer starting to tick off, Jason began to run towards Renamon. The wires pulled out of the chair, and Jason felt the effect almost instantly. His mind began to slow down, but luckily his feet kept going. Colossusmon released his attack, but at the last minutes Jason dove forward and was able to knock himself and Renamon out of the way.

Collossusmon growled, seeing his target had been saved as he prepared a second Nature's Vengeance. Jason had managed to pull the spine out of Renamon's foot, but his mind was slowing down more and more. He was having trouble thinking, and his movements were becoming sluggish. Tijgmon eyes narrowed as he saw Jason slowly fall onto the ground. He wouldn't be able to dodge the next attack.

In that moment, several things happened. Rika, who now saw Renamon had paralyzed, pulled out a recovery card and began to swipe it. Tijgmon had begun running toward Jason, his body beginning to glow. Gallantmon was preparing a Lightning Joust, hoping to blast Colossusmon before he could release his attack. Finally, Colossusmon's attack began to fire, and beam started to tear through the air, towards Renamon and Jason.

Soon, the moment passed and everyone waited with held breaths. Suddenly, beside Rika, Renamon appeared with Jason held in her arms. Gallantmon had launched his lightning joust attack, but Colossusmon had dodged it and was now clashing his swords with Gallentmon's lance. Tijgmon was still running forward, his worry turning to anger at Colossusmon for attacking Jason.

With Rika's help, Renamon got Jason plugged back into his chair, and as the computer came back on line Jason could hear a word ringing in his head, "Digivolution."

In a flash of light, Tijgmon had disappeared. In his place was a digimon that was about the size of Kyuubimon. He looked like a full grown White Bengal Tiger, but with armor on his legs and chest. He also had teeth that resembled a saber toothed tiger's. The final feature at the end of his tail was a long, metal sword that was acting like an extension of his tail.

Henry pulled out his D-power, and read of the screen, "SaberTijgmon, a champion level tiger digimon. Watch out because he can do damage with either his claws, teeth, or the long sword at the end of his tail. His special attack is Saber Twister."

Colossusmon chuckled, "Three mega's couldn't stop me, what things adding a weak Champion to the mix will make any difference."

Jason smiled, his mind coming back on line, "Simple, he's a champion with a tamer." Jason began to sift through the collection of card in the Modify program, and quickly accessed on as he called out, "Digimodify, System Crash Activate."

SaberTijgmon brought his tail around, pointing the sword tip at Colossusmon as the blade glowed green. It then launched a blast of green energy, and Colossusmon suddenly froze in mid air. Both Gallantmon and SaberTijgmon took advantage of the opportunity. Gallantmon launched a lightning joust while SaberTijgmon whipped his tail around, the blade at the end flying through the air as it spun faster and faster until it made a miniature tornado. It was his Saber Twister attack.

When both attacks struck, Colossusmon was reduced to data in the wind. Gallantmon dedigivolved back into Guilmon and Takato as the other tamers came out of hiding. They were all rushing over to Jason as Kazu yelled, "Dude, you are either really brave or as crazy as catfish."

Jason cringed a bit, holding his head, "Please, keep it down. I have a splitting head ache."

Terriermon landed on his head, "You're lucky it's just a headache and not an anything worse." Terriermon then paused, seeing Jason had closed his eyes, "Hey, are you listening to me. Hey, computer for brains."

Terriermon began to jump on his head, "I said are you listening to me."

In an instant Jason reached his head up, caught Terriermon in his open palm, and threw the annoying rabbit over at Henry, "No, I am not listening to you. Now, can you stop yelling?"

Terriermon crossed his arms, looking away, "Well that's all you had to say."

Henry shook his head, "Terriermon, you don't know when to quit, do you."

Terriermon smiled, "Oh, come on Henry, Momentai." The rest of the group began to laugh as Henry covered his eyes and groaned. Even through his head ache, Jason managed to crack a smile. A few minutes later everyone was heading back home. Jason, Rika, Renamon, and SaberTijgmon were heading towards Rika's house. As they walked SaberTijgmon drew several stares, but no one ever seemed brave enough to confront to very large tiger digimon.

When they got back Jason rolled into the guest bedroom, and laid down on the futon in the room. He had to lay on one side so he was not resting on the cords that connected his brain to the wheelchair's computer. Outside, SaberTijgmon laid on the edge of the pond, his head resting on his paws as he waited to dedigivolve. Rika and Renamon were floating around the house, going about there normal routines.

After a few hours Tijgmon and Jason were back to normal, almost. Tijgmon was in an amazing mood, the fact he was able to digivolve putting a large smile on the rookie's face. Jason, however, seemed very solemn. He stayed pretty much silent unless he was asked a question. He spent the rest of the day out in the yard, looking at his reflection in the pond.

That night, Renamon came out for her and Jason's nightly conversation, but found he hadn't moved away from the pond. She walked up, staying silent for a few minutes. Finally, Jason let out a slow, relaxing breath yet regretful breath as he said, "Renamon."

Renamon stepped forward, looking down at her reflection in the water, "I wanted to thank you. You saved my life this afternoon, and risked your own in the process."

Jason nodded his head, "I wouldn't be much of a friend, or person in general, if I stood by and let you get hurt. Though, I must admit, that was more of fun then I ever want to have again."

Renamon set her hand on Jason's shoulder, "Still, Thank you Jason."

Jason set his hand on Renamon's, and nodded his head, "Now, do you mind if we take a break for a night. I need time to just think. I promise, tomorrow we shall pick up where we left off."

Renamon nodded her head, "You take all the time you need Jason." With that Renamon turned and headed back to the house. Jason sat silently for a few seconds before he sighed, and looked back at his reflection in the water. That afternoon, a door had been opened. A door he didn't even know he had closed, a door in his mind.

Now, the door was open and many thoughts and feelings filled Jason's mind. When he had seen Renamon was about to be destroyed, the door had been opened. In that second, everything that had happened came under a new light. He was terrified she would have been killed, or even injured in the slightest bit. Anger grew quickly with hatred against Colossusmon, the one that was trying to eliminate her. Renamon had become something for Jason more then a person to talk to, more then a confident to converse over matters of the heart, mind, and soul. Still, it was more then friendship, but he could not bring himself to let the more appropriate word cross his mind. L…L…the word, it would just not come.

Jason looked up from his reflection, and up at the sky. He hadn't realized how much he had learned about Renamon. He knew her funniest moment, her greatest sorrow, and even a few of her fears. He had learned she was a digimon of great intellect that choose to keep a cool, almost emotionless exterior to keep her enemies confused, to keep them guessing. She was graceful, and would go to the heights point in the city at night just because she liked the view, and it was a place to get above the world and think. Finally, Jason began to see she had a beauty to her. She was not human, but Jason couldn't help but feel that if he saw Renamon in the right light, at the right moment, she could have taken his breath away.

Jason sighed, slowly reaching back as he felt the wires coming out of his head. Still, even if all those feelings did mean something, it was a fruitless effort. He was human, she was a digimon. She was free spirit, able to go anywhere she chose at anytime. He, however, was bound by technology. If he couldn't go a more then a few feet away from a computer before he reached the end of his rope. Then, if he wished to venture further, it was either risking his own life or in the confines of a wheelchair.

In that moment, Jason was overcome with a powerful desire to rip the wires out of the back of his head. Still, even as his grip tightened around the metal coils and tubes that contained the thousand of wires, he could not bring himself to pull them out. That was no answer, just the ultimate escape. The one, sure fire, way to runaway from your problems and never have to endure them again.

Jason lowered his hand from behind his head, looking at his open palm. He couldn't do that to himself, or anyone else that would miss him. Had he done it a few months ago, no one would have cared. Now, there were people who would miss him, those who would mourn his passing. Jason sighed on last time before he turned and began to head toward the guestroom. He needed more time to think.

At the same time, up on the roof, Renamon had watched Jason. She had also had something open in her mind due to the events of the afternoon. She couldn't believe Jason had been the one to save her. Rika, Henry, Takato, Terriermon, or Guilmon she could understand. They were all close friends, and they helped each other out in tough times. Jason, however, was something else. He wasn't a close friend like Takato, Henry, or even like Rika. Rika was her tamer, but there were still some parts of her past she kept secret from the fiery red head.

Jason, however, was different. She had told him things no one else knew. Why she had done it was a mystery, but something about Jason just made her release the restraints on her mind and heart.

Renamon rolled over on her back, resting her hand on her head as she looked up. Why was it different with Jason? What made him so easy to talk to? Why, in that moment where Colossusmon could have destroyed her, did he risk his own life? He had unhooked himself from his wheelchair, physically getting up and running to save her. Her body had been paralyzed, as if she was frozen in a block of ice. Still, she knew everything that was going on. She also would never forget the look on Jason's face at that time. She had only ever seen that look on Rika's face, and it was one of extreme worry. He feared for her life more then his own, willing to give himself up for her sake. Rika was willing to do that, but that was because she and Rika were a team. Rika was her tamer and she was Rika's digimon partner. Why, then, would Jason have the same look of worry and fear. Why would he care so much about her that he give his own life for hers?

That night, Jason and Renamon both fell asleep with all those thoughts on their minds. Still, even as they slept, there minds did not rest. There were questions that needed answering, but only in time would those answers reveal themselves.