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Chapter Seven: Getting to Know You Better

How long they'd been walking neither Jun nor Orgemon could tell, all they knew was that their feet were beginning to hurt like hell. At some point Orgemon had managed to pick up a faint smell he knew was not natural. It was the scent of those black fish men. Using that as their guide they continued walking with the scent growing stronger every few kilometers they walked. Sadly just when the Orgemon had caught on strongly to it a rainstorm passed through forcing the duo to stop in their tracks to seek shelter.

This time finding cover from the rain was harder as trees bigger than thirty feet were hard to find. Most had been broken or blasted to pieces. While searching Jun spotted a few shards of some black metal lying on the grass. When she touched one she felt a cold shiver run up her spine then back up.

"This is a piece of a Control Spire isn't it?" She asked Orgemon examining the many shards around them.

Orgemon eyed the shards with careful eyes. His senses told him a battle had just taken place and while he hoped all the combatants had left he couldn't take that chance with Jun around. "Yeah which means there was a battle and there could be more Digimon around." He gripped his club tighter once his ears picked up a feint growling sound from about twenty yards out. "Get up into the trees, don't make a sound."

Dropping the shard the red-head scrambled up the nearest tree while Orgemon did the same. Truthfully she welcomed departure from the wet ground though the tree branches were exactly much better. The branches were thick enough to support her weight and since she barely moved they hopefully didn't make enough noise to alert whatever Orgemon had sensed. Not surprisingly it was another DeviDramon. Peering through the leaves Jun could see the dark dragon was breathing harder than usual. Putting the pieces together she realized it must have been one of the guards of the recently destroyed Control Spire.

Dropping to all fours the DeviDramon began sniffing the ground having picked up some scent. The rain that had hindered Orgemon was now helping to conceal their presence. Raising its head to howl Jun was surprised when instead of jumping she simply gripped the branch only a little tighter. Her heart didn't immediately spike up like it did countlessly times before. Was it courage or was it simply Jun had started getting to used to the constant threats that seemed to pop up with warning? At the moment it didn't really matter as Orgemon eliminated said threat in a brutal but quick way.

Springing from his hiding place Orgemon brought his club down on top of the DeviDramon while wrapping his other arm around its neck. The dragon barely had time to let out a howl of pain before Orgemon had both arms around its neck.

SNAP!

That one sound was more terrifying than anything else Jun had heard up until that point. That made her heart jump inside her chest and her eyes snap shut. There was nothing else around it, no sound of crashing waves, thunder booming in the sky, ferocious roars, and frantic yelling. No, just the sound of a digital bone being snapped like a twig. It was haunting.

Orgemon paused when he absorbed the fallen Digimon's data noting Jun hadn't come down yet. He didn't blame her for being scared now. Snapping a creature's neck was one of the most brutal ways of ending its existence, even for Digimon. He'd done it dozens of times but that was because it was a part of his character, for Jun it was probably one of the most barbaric things she'd ever seen.

Surprisingly when Jun came down she wasn't trembling as much as Orgemon thought she was. A familiar steely determination was burning in her eyes. While it did put Orgemon's nerves at ease he still couldn't shake the concern he felt for his partner. "I'm sorry you had to see that."

Jun shook her head not breaking her gaze with her partner. "Thank you, if you hadn't though he probably would have spotted me or called down something else."

The two barely got five steps away from where they were when Orgemon's ears perked up once more. This time Jun could hear it too as it was too loud for anyone to miss. It was the sound of rushing water.

Jumping onto Orgemon's back Jun took a moment to look back into the darkness of the forest to see a literal tidal wave rushing towards them. It either crushed or uprooted all the trees within its path leaving nothing but only the tallest ones left. Jumping high above the tree lines Jun and Orgemon could see the small waterfall that had been north of them had suddenly grown in size and was now flooding the entire area. They could see shadows moving through the water, knocking down trees like bulldozers.

The feeling of the air rushing past Jun as Orgemon leaped up and down into the air was unlike anything she'd ever felt before. It felt way better than when Boogeymon had dragged her by her ankle into the skies. Watching the forest disappear beneath the water was almost just as amazing. Even from at least twenty feet in the air Jun could faintly see dark shadows moving through the water. If she could barely make them out then she knew Orgemon could see them perfectly.

"Well we got stirred off course again but at least we're a little closer right?" Orgemon said turning Jun's direction to the coastal town.

Jun saw Orgemon was right, she could now see the town better. It was medium sized with a light tower on by the beach that of course gave off nothing but dark light. "I guess you're right. And look it looks like it's clear of Control Spires too."

Orgemon didn't want to say anything but that worried him. With Control Spires he had an idea what to expect. The closer they got to the beach the worse he felt. Still they had to keep going because there wasn't a better choice. Finally spotting a tree tall enough to hold them he nudged Jun to let her know they were planning on stopping.

"Nice choice." Jun said stretching her arms out while leaning back against the tree trunk.

"When you've been in the wilderness like I have you tend to learn how to spot resting places." Orgemon said taking a seat next to her on the larger branch beside her.

"Yeah Orgemon about that," Jun started rubbing her hands to together. "There's something I've been wanting to ask you."

"Fire away."

Taking a deep breath Jun placed both hands on her crossed legs. "Why are you called the Digimon Hunter?"

Proud began creeping back into Orgemon's eyes at the question. "Well if you really want to know it's because I hunt Digimon."

"For their data?"

"That and for strong opponents. I don't really care who they are or where they're from…as long as they're strong that's all the reason I need to hunt them."

Jun was quiet as she considered Orgemon's reasoning. He sounded like some kind of battle-hungry martial artists from one of those old Kung-Fu movies. It wasn't like Jun thought that was wrong it was just to her the concept was so alien. She didn't believe in fighting unless you had to and she tried to avoid jumping into random battles. Orgemon apparently was the exact opposite. "I don't…hate you or think you're a monster or anything." Jun began quietly. From one look at Orgemon she knew he had to have had some kind of warrior mindset.

Orgemon's surprise was plainly evident causing Jun to chuckle a little. "It's part of my nature. I'm a Virus type Nightmare Soldier. If I don't fight and get stronger then I don't survive."

Jun bit her lip at those words recalling a similar doctrine called survival of the fittest. "That's awful."

Orgemon shrugged his shoulders as if he hadn't heard her. "Maybe for some people but it suits me just fine. It's how the Digital World's worked for a while well until the DigiDestined showed up."

"You don't have to answer this if you don't want to but uh what do you mean when you say you're a Virus type and a Nightmare Soldier. What does that mean?"

Jun noticed a change in Orgemon's posture this time. He looked out into the rain then back at his club and lastly at Jun. "Well Jun Digimon can be broken into five attributes; Data, Virus, Vaccine, Free, and Variable. The first three are the most common and go like rock, paper, scissors. Data beats Vaccine, Virus beats Data, and Vaccine beats Virus. Data and Vaccine Digimon are more cutesy looking and docile while we Virus Digimon are aggressive by nature."

"So all those Digimon we've been fighting are Virus attributes?" Jun said surprised by Orgemon's lecture like voice.

"Sort of, some of the Digimon like the Ebidramon aren't Virus attributes but generally yeah. Depending on the Attribute a digimon will be either be a softie or aggressive like me." His fist tightened then loosened on a tree branch he started gripping. "Virus attributes tend not to get along well with other digimon, even other Viruses."

"If they're all like those freaky vampires and dragons then I can see that." Jun said not realizing Orgemon was a Virus too until after she'd said it. "Ah! I'm sorry Orgemon! I spoke without thinking again! I didn't mean you! I'm sorry!" She bowed her head reprimanding herself for slipping back into her old habits.

"Hey, hey! Relax!" Orgemon said holding up his hands. "Like I said we Viruses are tough so words so words don't bother us."

"And the Nightmare Soldier part?"

"That's my type. There's dozens of different types of Digimon but Nightmare Soldiers are kind of hard to miss. We look exactly like what our type is; monsters and demons. LadyDevimon isn't a Nightmare Soldier, she's a Fallen Angel type Digimon."

Jun didn't ask any more questions instead choosing to lie back against the tree trunk. "I think we should stay here until some of the water recedes."

Orgemon nodded his head looking out to the flooded forest. "That's a good idea. My nose is picking up the scent of a whole lot of hungry Digimon lurking down there."

What scared Jun was she could feel the slight vibrations travel up the tree every time something bumped against the tree. That and the few times she looked at her Digivice to see at least three red dots traveling up stream…towards the coast line.


Davis could still feel the hole in his heart when he woke up the next morning. His sister wasn't hogging the bathroom all to herself or nagging him at breakfast. Strange how he suddenly missed his sister's egging and even more so during the walk to school. The rain hadn't passed, the sky remained the same concrete color with only one or two breaks in the gray sheets. One minute it was rainy the next nothing but a light pass over.

Davis hoped the rain passed before they found Jun, hell he'd hoped it would pass within the next few hours. Thanks to it soccer had been all but canceled until the weather cleared. "My sister's been kidnapped and I can't play soccer, is there anything else that could go wrong?"

Not a moment later Davis felt someone yank on his arm pulling him away from the street just as a car drove over a puddle splashing water everywhere. "Well that answers that question. Hey who are…" Davis's words died almost instantly in his mouth.

He couldn't quit see her face because it was hidden by the red hoodie but he could see her striking blue eyes. They caught onto his before snapping to the side away from him. "You weren't really paying attention so you didn't see the puddle or car."

"Yeah I guess I've just been off my game. Thanks Chiyo." Davis gave her a small smile.

Chiyo's cheeks burned red and suddenly the rain didn't seem to exist. Two thoughts conflicted inside of her; run and stay. The logical option was to run but her desire to talk to Davis, to get him to talk to her, override the logic.

"Y-You're welcome Davis…and thanks for re-remembering my name." she said quietly.

Davis's face became a mask of confusion at her statement. "What do you mean thanks for remembering your name? Why would I forget it?"

"N-Never mind." Chiyo saw the light turn red meaning she could walk. She got about four feet before Davis stopped her.

"H-Hey wait a minute. We're both going to the same school so how about we walk together?" He asked with a kind smile.

After a moment of consideration she nodded her head. On any other day her heart may have leapt for joy at the chance of getting to walk with her crush however on this day all it did was make her even sadder. Chiyo knew Jun and Davis always walked together to school. With her gone Davis had no one to walk with. That left her, the nobody.

"It's better than him walking with me out of pity." She thought. "It's the exact opposite of how I always pictured things going."

Chiyo thought that's how the walk would be, surprisingly Davis started chatting with her. Whether it was to keep his mind off his sister or an honest attempt at getting to know her Chiyo didn't really care. What mattered was that the boy she'd been stalking for about two years had finally talked to her. Once or twice she thought she laughed or smiled at one of his jokes or stories. She managed to sneak a glance at his bag knowing DemiVeemon was hiding inside. She wished she could talk to him to, more so, cuddle him.

"How come I never see you around class?" Davis asked as they came up to the school.

"I-I don't like speaking or talking much. I prefer to keep to myself." She lied.

Davis felt something in his gut tell him that wasn't all there was but Chiyo didn't seem like the kind of person who'd suddenly talk about her entire life with him. That was fine with him. Just talking to her had made him feel much better than he'd woken up to in the morning. Once they were inside Davis shook himself off while Chiyo kept her hood on.

"Hey Chiyo do you do anything after school or do you have anything planned for today?" he asked suddenly.

Chiyo's body and mind froze. "…No, why?"

Davis rubbed the back of his head nervously, "I was wondering if I could, I don't know hang out with you this afternoon."

It all clicked inside of Chiyo's head. The rain had canceled all forms of outdoor activities and her virus would keep the Digiport closed for another day at the most leaving the second leader of the DigiDestined with nothing to do. It almost seemed cruel how such unfortunate events had given her a chance to spend time with her crush. Of course that didn't mean she wasn't going to enjoy her time with the goggle head. "S-Sure, I've got some free time."

For once Chiyo's thoughts weren't filled with jealously memories, instead she know looked forward to seeing Davis again. As long as Daemon didn't call her or Davis didn't discover her secret everything should go smoothly. Oh and if Davis didn't find her odd or too weird to be seen with. Out of all the things that could possibly go wrong that one seemed the most likely.

Oddly thinking of his outing with Chiyo kept Davis's spirits up. Everyone noticed it and quickly cornered him over it. When he told them he planned on spending the afternoon with Chiyo he got skeptical looks from Cody and T.K.

"What?" Davis asked suddenly feeling defensive. "What's the problem?"

Cody opened his mouth to speak but Yolei beat him to the question. She didn't want to ask the question but for Chiyo's sake she was going to ask it. "Davis you've never noticed Chiyo before, why are you spending time with her now?"

Davis could feel were this conversation was going and it made him slightly angry at his friends. "You think I'm doing this because of pity don't you?"

Yolei breathed in before looking Davis is the eye. Ken looked like he wanted to intervene however one look from the others told him not to. "Davis, if you are then stop right now. It's not fair to do that Chiyo, especially after she's spent two years waiting for you to notice her."

Suddenly Davis felt his temper boil at Yolei's accusation. From the looks on the others' faces he knew they were thinking the exact same things she was. "You really think I'd do that? Play with her feelings like that?" In the back of his head Davis knew he was probably causing a scene in the middle of the hallway. Regardless he didn't care about that. "The night before Jun…was kidnapped she ran into Chiyo, she helped her with that stupid guitar. They talked and Jun said she was a nice person, after she helped me out I realized I wanted to get to know her a little more alright."

Everyone's skeptical looks softened considerably at his words. Even Davis was surprised at the words coming out of his mouth.

"Besides I can't explain it but I just get the feeling she could use a friend right now, it never hurts to have friends right?"

"Davis…I never thought you could be this…thoughtful or…" Kari didn't exactly what to finish for fear it would damage his ego.

"Kari, I know I've been off since Jun's been kidnapped but I can't keep beating myself over that. Izzy can't open the Digiport, we can't get to the Digital World so there's nothing I can do. But I'm not going to sit around and do nothing." Davis said firmly moving towards his next class. "Besides guys when I talked to Chiyo this morning I just got this feeling like she can understand what I'm going through. I don't know how but I just do."

Watching Davis leave the group all took turns glancing around at each other. Ken spoke up first, "I honestly can't believe that's the same Davis that's my best friend."

Cody and Yolei nodded in agreement. T.K. and Kari watched him leave with something akin to admiration in their eyes. "At least he's not letting himself get so down like we usually do." T.K. smiled. "By the way guys, does what Davis just described sound kind of like a date?"

"Pretty much." Patamon whispered from inside of T.K.'s bag earning a small collective laugh from the group.


When Davis met up with Chiyo at the school gate he was surprised to find she still had her hoodie on. "You know Chiyo I'm pretty sure the rain has stopped."

Keeping her gaze on the ground she gently shook her head. "I-I prefer to keep it, you never know when it might start back up again." Seeing Davis nod his head Chiyo decided to jump to her next subject. "I-I was kind of thinking of going to the arcade, I like going there."

"Sure thing." Davis said leading her outside into the watery landscape.

On the way Davis and Chiyo chatted quietly with Davis asking most of the questions and Chiyo giving only feint replies. Every time they made eye contact Chiyo would look away to a puddle or window however as time went on she began doing it less and less. When they made it to the arcade Davis noticed a smile spread across her face. Going inside and playing the different games Davis saw her smile grow making him feel happier.

She seemed like a different person while playing the various games. Clearly she'd played them countless times before as evident by her holding high scores in several shooters and dance games. The only thing she couldn't quit beat him at was any game involving soccer.

"Well I guess your skills go off the field too huh?" Chiyo joked.

"There's a reason why I'm the school soccer star ya' know." Davis said pushing up his chest proudly.

Chiyo gave soft giggle that for some reason sent butterflies through Davis's stomach. "I don't think I can argue with that. When we faced Fujiyama Middle, Tanzaku Middle, Osaka Junior High, and Morimoto Academy you pretty much kicked everyone's asses."

Hearing Chiyo's words practically put Davis on cloud-nine and DemiVeemon (who was still hiding in his bag) gazed at his partner with a mixture of awe and a little skepticism. After coming back down to earth Davis smiled at Chiyo.

"You remember all those games huh?"

Her face was beginning to develop a red tint to it. "I was at them."

Davis wasn't quite sure how to react to hearing that statement. "Cody was right." While Davis was somewhat disturbed by the fact the brunette had been at all his games another part of him wondered why he hadn't noticed her before. Again, his sister's words came bouncing into his head, how sometimes he seemed so dead-set on Kari. Remembering his sister almost brought a frown to Davis's face but he forced it back. He couldn't do that or else Chiyo might think he was more freaked out then he was.

"He's thinking about Jun." Chiyo thought when she saw the slight change in Davis's face, the movement of his lips, the downcast of his eyes, and the furrowing of his brows. The happiness she'd been feeling just a moment ago was replaced with the fear and worry she felt for the older Motomiya. "Do you feel like getting something to eat?"

Davis's smile perked right back up. "Yeah sure! I know this great noodle place only a little ways off from here."

Chiyo was a little surprised at the enthusiasm Davis showed in guiding her to the noodle shop where he ordered them their food while starting up a chat with one of the chefs. From what Chiyo observed the two seemed to know each other with their friendly grins and laughter exchanged. Davis seemed to hold a particular interest in the noodles, the chef pointing to certain parts like he was giving instructions. Thinking back to how happy Davis was upon entering the restaurant and how he seemed to observe the chefs cooking in the back she cursed herself for not realizing it sooner.

"You like cooking noodles don't you?" She questioned when Davis came back with their food. The smile on his face confirmed her theory.

"Yeah, I've never really told anyone but one day I want to open up a noodle cart. One day I want people to say my noodles are the best in the world!"

Chiyo ate her noodles in somewhat of a stunned silence. Truthfully she'd always thought Davis would pursue an interest in soccer. Cooking wasn't a bad option either. "Do you know how to cook any of kinds of noodles?"

Davis's face became slightly crest fallen. "Well I've never cooked for anyone before."

"Not even for Kari or Ken?" Immediately Chiyo wished she'd kept her mouth shut.

Davis didn't seem off set by her statement. "No, I was always a little afraid of people spitting the food out." That was the honest truth. Having his friends try his noodles and finding them horrible would be a blow to his pride. Having Veemon or any of the other Digimon try them out always seemed to crop up but he went for it. "Ya' know you're the first person I've ever talked to this about."

"I-I don't see why. You've got a lot of friends around you so you must have talked to someone about it." Chiyo said focusing on her noodles.

"Nope." Davis said shaking his head. "Well there was this one time but I didn't tell them as much as I'm telling you know."

Just like earlier with Davis Chiyo felt butterflies perform an aerial show in her stomach. She'd gotten further along with Davis is just two and a half hours then she thought she would in years. More so hearing him confine in her some of his deepest thoughts made her feel special. More special than Kari. "Maybe one day you could let me taste them."

Davis nearly choked on his noodles at Chiyo's proposal however he quickly caught himself. "Y-You? Try my cooking? I've never cooked for anyone before?"

"Then I could be your first." The blue eyed girl answered with a blush encompassing her cheeks.

Davis would have smiled if he hadn't heard the faintest sounds of snickering and giggling coming from his bag. Using his eating as a cover he caste a glare at DemiVeemon who only smiled in return. Looking back to observe Chiyo eating her realized she was very pretty in his opinion. Her eyes were a kind of oceanic blue that complimented the deep brown color her hair was, about a shade darker than Kari's or Tai's but still quite impressive and reaching down to her shoulders. When he realized he'd been staring at her rather than eating her dove back into his noodles hoping Chiyo hadn't noticed him.

When they left the restaurant the rain had picked up again forcing the two to dawn their respective coverings. They stopped at the mall to look around, stopping in various department stories. Once again Davis was surprised when rather instead of clothing Chiyo showed more of an interest in books and technology. She reminded him of an odd mix of Izzy and Cody with the way she threw her mind into more academic pursuits. They had stopped by the fountain when Davis realized they'd been out for nearly four eyes.

"It's about time to start heading home huh?" Chiyo stated looking at one of the wall cloaks that hung nearby.

"Yeah, I can walk you home if you want." Davis offered.

At the thought of her home Chiyo nearly shot to her feet. "No! I-I mea-mean no Davis. You don't have to. Besides I live a little further away, by the time you dropped me off it'd be pitch black and cold outside." She'd reined in her nerves now all she had to do was keep a hold on them. "There's a bus that takes me close to my home, I can take that and from there it's easy."

Her earlier outburst worried Davis for some reason. Still, she had a safe way home and clearly she wanted to make sure he got back home safely. Though he continued looking at her he couldn't help but think she didn't want him to see something. "What bus are you planning on taking?"

"The Five-B bus." It wasn't a total lie, maybe a slight exaggeration of the truth he hopeful wouldn't see past.

Contrary to Chiyo's hopes Davis's brow forward in a thinking position. He'd never much attention to the buses but now he was trying to remember all the lectures about them he'd gotten.

Sweat was beginning to collect on Chiyo's forehead. She had to distract him fast. "It'll be fine Davis. It runs right through the Oshiro Apartment complex, that's where I live. I'll be back home in about half an hour and I'll see at school tomorrow."

That did the trick. "Alright. My bus is coming in a few minutes so I'd better get going."

"I'll come with you."

Just before Davis got on the bus he turned towards Chiyo with the same smile she'd always admired. "Thanks for today, I've been feeling a little down lately and spending today with you, it's been a lot of fun."

Hiding her head underneath her hoodie Chiyo gave her reply, "You're welcome and thank you for today. Have a good night Davis."

Watching the bus leave Chiyo collapsed back into a bench. If she didn't know any better she'd sworn she was close to fainting. She'd just spent one whole afternoon with her crush and he'd had a good time with her. It was like a dream come true. The rain falling against her skin reminded her that it wasn't, it had really happened. He hadn't called her a freak or weird like all the others. He really was as nice and kind as she'd always thought. Her joy then turned into dread when she heard a familiar ringing coming from her phone. The time for laughter had come and gone, now it was back to her job.

Instead of a phone call a message had been sent to her phone, a supply list followed by an order of instructions. Chiyo looked back out at where the bus was not even a few minutes ago. She'd wished a bus would come and take her away from her life. Sadly if one such bus did exist Chiyo imagined she'd be thrown off it before the doors even closed behind her. While inside the mall she saw several items she knew at some point she'd be needing. Tools she'd be using to torture Ken even more and likely drive Davis and the others through the wall with rage.

She could almost hear Daemon's mocking voice; "Waist until they find out about you. About what a pathetic little wretch you are.

That was partly why Chiyo didn't want Davis knowing anything about her family life or seeing where she lived. Correction, where she rested at nowadays. Grimacing she made her way back into the mall stories to gather the supplies. She'd have to stop back at her apartment to put everything together. If all went well then Chiyo would be able to get her work done in peace and quiet. If not…she didn't want to dwell on the other thought. Speaking of which hers drifted once more to Jun. Both the Motomiyas were kind to her, not out of pity but genuine kindness.

"I gotta find Jun." Chiyo whispered grabbing her bag full of food coloring. A small shock ran up her spine nearly making her drop her bag. It came from her back pocket. "It's not like it's going to slow the plan down." This time it was a wave of coldness that caked her body despite the heat being on in the mall.


The water had finally begun receding thought still not enough for Jun and Orgemon to walk on the ground. Instead they had to jump from branch to branch or shimmy from branch to another. For Orgemon this wasn't an issue, for Jun it was becoming increasingly taxing and nerve wrecking. Every time she looked at the water she was sure she saw a shadowy figure moving through it, waiting for her to slip and fall in. Hearing Orgemon call out to her always seemed to chase those thoughts away though. The Virus Digimon stayed close enough to her so that if she slipped he could catch her.

"I know it's going to seem stupid but what are those things?" Jun asked watching two shadows engage each other briefly underneath the waves.

"A whole lot of nasty Digimon who'd love to have you for dinner." Orgemon answered. "I can smell them, Virus-infected Digimon."

"What do you mean Virus-infected?"

"Certain Digimon can infect others with a virus, it gives them a major boost in power but it also makes them go totally bat-shit."

"Well that must be painful." Jun started looking back at the shadows. Breaking the surface she saw two shrimp-like Digimon wrestling with each other. When one overpowered the other it crushed its neck with its pincers, turning its opponent into data then absorbing it. "It's like watching a predator kill its prey." When no reply came she noticed Orgemon was staring intently at the scene. "Orgemon…is something wrong?"

"No use in hiding it. She's going to have to know eventually." He thought motioning them to move forward. "A while back there was this evil Digimon, Devimon, who tried to destroy the DigiDestined on a place called File Island. He had this things with him called Black Gears. Once they got inside of a Digimon they got a boost in power in exchange for going psycho."

The maroon haired girl stopped climbing to glance at Orgemon who refused to meet her gaze. Already her mind was coming to a conclusion she admitted she wasn't exactly comfortable with. "You…"

"I…I accepted it willingly." Orgemon said with shame evident. "Devimon promised me power, the power the beat my rival Leomon. I took it." His face twisted into a snarl so deep it could leave an imprint on the trees. "I got my power but it was all a set-up. Devimon used me like his puppet and when the final battle happened he absorbed me."

Vile began to form inside of Jun at Orgemon's words put a picture in her head. She'd seen Digimon absorb data but what Orgemon described sounded much worse.

His voice was trembling with one part anger and another part actually fear. "Being inside of him…I had no control over myself! I could only watch as he used me, used my attacks for himself!" Banging his hand against a branch so hard it broke off made Jun flinch. "I wanted power but not like that! What's worse I had no to blame but myself! I hated it so much! After Devimon was defeated I just felt…violated. I spent months wondering around in a daze asking how I'd let that happen to me! How I'd become someone else's prey!" His voice calmed down in level once he stopped to pause. "I…I didn't know what to do with myself. I felt weak and angry at everything. I attacked everyone who got close to me. I thought I'd spend the rest of my life like that until Joe and Mimi found me." A soft light shone the club's wielder's eyes. "I realized I wanted to be a better…I wanted to have friends after they healed me."

Orgemon looked up not sure what to see in Jun's eyes but what he saw surprised me. She seemed to be on the verge of tears yet she looked like she didn't want to cry in front of him. She sat against the trunk with both her knees tucked in. Orgemon sat beside her placing a attentive arm around her shoulders.

"I'm sorry Orgemon." She choked out. "I didn't mean to bring all that out of you."

"Hey," Orgemon said rubbing her shoulders. "It's fine. You were going to have to know eventually so better we got it out of the way now."

Jun sniffled looking at her reflection in the water. Hearing Orgemon tell him about her past made her remember her own less-then likable history. Reaching into her pocket her thoughts went to how Davis told her DigiDestined and their partner Digimon trust each other. Orgemon had come clean with her, she owed it to him. "Orgemon, I won't or ever hold your past against you, mostly because I can understand the whole want to be a better person thing."

When Orgemon raised an eyebrow Jun decided she would have to elaborate. "You don't have to tell me this ya' know."

She shook her head plucking a leaf from a branch then blowing it into the water. "Before I wasn't a very likable person. One of the previous DigiDestined, Matt, I had a crush on him. A big crush." Jun smiled a little sheepishly at herself. "I- I was head over heels so I sat out to be as close to him as possible. Basically I became a fan-girl."

Orgemon shuddered at the thought. Even in the Digital World fan-girls were widely feared and reviled.

"I liked him without even wanting to get to know him. I wasn't as close with my brother as I am now." Jun sighed. "I was inconsiderate of other people. It wasn't until after my brother put his life on the line to save the world did I realize I'd been underestimating him. I thought he was always off wasting time on stupid stuff. Instead he was off with Matt and the others trying to save two worlds. I found out Matt was a lot more than just a rock-star. He was a hero, so was my brother. Both of them were the real deals." Jun shuddered thinking back to when she was with everyone else watching the final battle. "This whole time they'd been risking everything to protect the world. Compared to that I was just…an annoyance. More than that I realized I didn't just like Matt because he could play music, I started liking him because he really was a nice guy."

Orgemon playfully snorted. "I guess nice guys finish first sometimes."

"Yeah seems like something out of the movies right? Anyway when I looked back and saw all those girls falling after him I realized I was just like them." Jun paused to look at Orgemon. A silent understanding passing between them. "I decided I wanted to get closer to Matt and my brother. Know who they really were. I wanted to be better than all those other screaming fan-girls." She glanced back at the waves watching tree leaves float helplessly down the current.

"So I guess we're both trying to be better people huh?" Orgemon joked following her gaze.

"I guess so." Jun said feeling like large weight had been lifted from their shoulders.

The two sat cross legged in silence yet the Nightmare Soldier and older Motomiya felt much closer to each other after their exchange.

"Well since we're both trying to be better people saving the Digital World seems to be a good start right?" Orgemon boastfully declared.

"I guess so." Jun laughed along.

BEEP!

The laughter ceased once the Digivice went off. Bolting back to their feet Orgemon readied his club while Jun grabbed a branch floating along by. About twenty feet from them a shadow appeared in the water with two red eyes glaring at them. Slowly the eyes rose above water, revealing themselves to be a part of an aquatic serpentine Digimon. Its red eyes locked onto the two before letting out a fierce roar that sent ripples through the water. The black Seadramon opened his jaw firing a series of black icicles directly at them. Orgemon met it with a Pummel Whack causing the two attacks to explode once they collided.

Just as Orgemon was preparing to jump forward he saw three more icicles spending towards them. "Don't go into the water!"


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