Disclaimer: I don't own digimon and this story is written with Drager
Kari opens her eyes a little to see a woman trying to wake a blond teen. She hears something about school and then she is flung off the bed into a bag.
With the warning about being late, Gatomon jumps out of her bed. She rushes around trying to gather her books. She stuffs her items into her bag. She runs from the room to school. She stops to see a teen male with brown hair walking calmly, some how she knows that he is Patamon.
"In a rush again," Patamon said. Patamon is wearing a blue t-shirt while wearing a pair of sunglasses, around his neck are a few gold chains and on one of the gold chains is a medallion with the crest of hope imprinted on it, while he's wearing a pair of blue jeans shorts that goes a little past his knees with a picture of Fat Albert on one of the legs and the name right underneath it, while his shoes are a pair of Nike gym shoes.
"I try," Gatomon said. Gatomon is wearing a pink shirt, around her neck is a strap with a digital camera attached to it like the one Kari carries, while wearing a pair of yellow shorts and a pair of plain whit gym shoes.
"You're worse than Lady Veemon," Patamon said opening his bag.
"And I just want to be here," a pink veemon said as she sticks her head out of Patamon's bag, "Is your partner with you?"
"Here," Kari said forcing her gatomon head out of the bad, "I got flung off the bed head first into the bag and then the books were piled on me."
"Later," Gatomon said, "We need to get to class."
Hidden in the bag, Kari could see the teacher writing on the board. She tries to understand why they add letters when doing math. 'They did a good job at blocking my knowledge,' she thinks, 'Let's see if I can get comfortable in this small bag.'
Meanwhile TK looks at herself while in Patamon's bag, 'Great looks like I'm still female,' she thinks, 'Though it could have been worse and Patamon does kind of look cute as a human, ugh what am I thinking!'
"Jason are you even paying attention," the teacher asked turning to Patamon.
"Oh sorry I got a little distracted," Patamon said with out thinking about it, 'Hmm that must be my name while I'm in this world,' he thinks.
"Well don't let it happen again," the teacher sighed, "You're a good student and I don't want to see you falling behind so at least try to pay attention."
"Yes sir," Patamon said.
Gatomon starts giggling. "Amy," the teacher said causing Gatomon to stop.
Kari gave up on getting comfortable. 'Stupid long tail,' she thinks with her back legs tangled in her tail, she soon fell asleep.
"Amy is that gum?" the teacher asked. Quickly, Gatomon pulls the gum from her mouth and slips it into her bag forgetting that Kari is in it.
Meanwhile with the agumon that runs the ride. "They won't be done before the park closes," the agumon said.
"Then you're going to be here until the park opens once more," an ogremon said.
"Looks like I don't have a choice then," the agumon sighed, 'Maybe I can take a nap while they are still on the ride,' he thinks.
"Don't even think about trying to go to sleep," Ogremon said, "Someone will be checking in on you sometime during the night and you know what will happen if they find you sleeping."
The agumon sighed, "Yeah I know what will happen," he said, "I'll probably get woken up by someone kicking me or worse."
"Good you understand," the Ogremon said, 'No one is even going to be coming here after this place closes,' he thinks, "Now get back to work."
"Yes sir," the agumon said and grins mentally seeing the look in ogremon's eyes, 'He's lying about someone coming to check in on me,' he thinks, 'There is no way he can prove tomorrow if I go to sleep or not tonight.'
'Good he's too scared to go to sleep now,' the ogremon thinks, 'At least I can go back to my room and get some rest.'
Meanwhile Gatomon and Patamon meet up after their first class is over, "Hey how's your day going so far," Patamon asked walking up to Gatomon.
"It's going ok," Gatomon said, "Though the teacher did yell at me about chewing gum, how is your day going?"
"It's going perfectly fine," Patamon said, "Though a few times Lady Veemon tried to stick her head out of my bag and how is Gatomon," Patamon whispered.
"Oh Gatomon's fine," Gatomon said and then remembers what she did with her gum, "I need to uh go do something really quick before my next class starts, we'll meet at the same place we do for lunch right Jason?"
"Sure thing Amy," Patamon said responding to Gatomon as she runs off to the locker room.
'Damn it I can't believe I forgot Kari is in my bag,' Gatomon thinks, 'She's going to be upset if gum got stuck in her fur again.'
Patamon then decides to follow Gatomon, 'I wonder why she's so worried,' he thinks.
Gatomon opens her bag. There she saw Kari with gum in her fur. "We need to get the fur clean before she wakes up," Gatomon said.
"We need ice," Patamon said.
Gatomon is about to yell at Patamon for being in there but doesn't because she realizes the locker room she ran into is for both boys and girls, "Where are we going to get ice," Gatomon asked instead, "I don't think we have access to any."
"We need to find something that we can use to get that gum out of her fur," Patamon said.
"I know," Gatomon said, "But what is there we can use other then ice?"
"Hey Amy, Jason what's going on," a guy asked walking up to them.
"Uh nothing really," Gatomon said closing her bag, "We were just talking about some stuff about school."
"Just be glad there is no gym class right now," the student said before walking away.
"We should drop them off with Elecmon and Gazimon," Patamon said.
"Right," Gatomon said, "I'll clean the gum out of her fur later. We need to get to class."
TK felt herself dropped into a room. "Lady Veemon it's so nice to see you once more," A grey rabbit digimon said walking up to her.
"Get away from my girl," Elecmon yelled.
"She's mine," Gazimon responded.
"Just leave me alone," TK stated.
"Oh come on I know you like me," Elecmon said.
"I told you she is mine," Gazimon said.
"Will you two just leave Lady Veemon alone," a Veemon said walking up to the rest of them, "She has already told you two plenty of times she's not interested in either of you."
"Uh thanks Veemon," TK said, 'Great now what's going to happen,' she thinks.
"Hey not a problem sis," Veemon said to TK surprising her, "I wouldn't be a good brother if I didn't look out for you."
"What's with all the yelling," Kari asked waking up from her nap, "I was having a good dream."
The other digimon turns toward Kari, "Looks like Amy must have forgotten about you being in her bag again," Gazimon said.
"What do you mean," Kari asked and then notices the gum stuck in her fur, "This is the third time this week this has happened," she yelled, "That's it Amy's going to get."
"Whoa calm down Kari," Elecmon said, "You know Amy didn't mean to do that."
"Why the hell should I calm down Cody," Kari yelled at Elecmon.
'How did he know Kari's actual name,' TK thinks confused, 'Oh wait that's right this isn't really real, it's a world created by that machine that operates the ride we are on.'
"Kari you need to get clean," Cody said. The Elecmon and Gazimon carry Kari away. They drop her in a small area with a water facet.
"Why do I get the forgetful partner?" Kari asked, "Her parents are the only ones that don't know about partner digimon. Even her big brother won't tell." While she complains, the gazimon and elecmon start bothering TK again.
"Stop the fighting," a teen said. He was one year older than Gatomon. "I came to drop my partner off and you are screaming. What if someone walks by." He turns to Kari. "It seems my little sister did it again." He opens his bag to free his partner.
"About time you let me out of their," an Agumon said climbing out of the bag, "You know Louis you should really do something about the smell in that bag."
"Hey there is nothing wrong with my bag," Louis said.
"Tell me that after having to spend a few hours in your own gym bag," Agumon said, "Next time you could at least pull your smelly gym clothes out of there."
"Oh hey Agumon," Kari said.
Agumon turns towards Kari, "Looks like Amy did it again," he said, "At least it isn't as bad as last time."
"Yeah but still," Kari said, "I keep telling Amy that she shouldn't shove her chewing gum into her bag when I'm in there or at all."
"We should take all of Amy's gum," Agumon said.
"We should," Kari said.
"I'll help clean you," Agumon said.
Meanwhile TK hid behind Veemon who was blocking the way of the other two digimon. "Just leave her alone," Veemon said.
"You can't be her boyfriend," Elecmon said.
"I'm her brother and she doesn't like this," Veemon said.
Gatomon sat in her next class. The teacher starts to talk about using English.
About fifteen minutes into the class the teacher turns towards Gatomon, "Am I boring you Amy," the teacher asked as Amy's on the verge of falling asleep.
"Oh sorry," Gatomon said and yawned, "I just didn't get very much sleep last night," she said.
"Well you should get to bed earlier then," the teacher said.
"Yes mam," Gatomon said, 'I hope this class is over soon, it's so boring,' she thinks.
"Now let's get back to the lesson," the teacher said.
Meanwhile with Patamon, 'Why do I have a cooking class at this time of the day,' he thinks, 'Couldn't hurt to learn though.'
"Jason pay attention to what you are doing," the teacher said, "And follow the directions for what you are preparing to make."
"Yes sir," Patamon said nervously, 'I wonder if Gatomon is having any fun right now,' he thinks.
Gatomon sat in class listening to her teacher. 'It's more fun to be a digimon. I was bored but no one cared about what I did,' she thinks.
Kari rests her head on Agumon's lap. A habit that she got into with Tai. "There's nothing we can do while being quiet," she said.
"Let's rest until they come back," Agumon said.
TK steps past Veemon. "I'll take care of this," she said.
"Just go easy on them," Veemon said.
"Don't worry I'll go easy on them," TK said.
"This might not be a pretty sight," Agumon whispered to Kari.
"Why is that," Kari asked.
"When Lady Veemon gets annoyed or angry it's not a good thing," Agumon said.
"Oh yeah," Kari said as memories of what happened to those two last time pop into her mind.
"Come here you two," TK said to Elecmon and Gazimon.
"Finally decided to change you mind," Elecmon said.
"Oh I changed my mind about something alright," TK said and then starts using her fists on them.
About ten minutes later Veemon looks at the two of them unconscious with bruises and cuts all over them, "I thought you said you were going to go easy on them," he said.
"Hey I did go easy on them," TK said flexing her sore hand, "I didn't delete them like I did last time they wouldn't stop bothering me Matt, damn Gazimon sure has a thick skull."
"I guess you have a good point there TK," Veemon said, "We have no clue what might happen to them if they got deleted in the real world, they could end up like Wizardmon did."
Kari becomes really depressed as she remembers Wizardmon and all the time they spent together while she was Myotismon's lackey.
Agumon gets up, walks over to Veemon and smacks him upside the head as Kari goes to another part of the room to be alone, "I told you not to mention anything about what happened to Wizardmon when Kari is around," he yelled in Veemon's face.
"What the hell was that for Tai," Veemon yelled at Agumon and punches him in the face.
"Oh so that's how you want it," Agumon said as the two of them start fighting.
TK sighs and walks over to Kari, "Hey are you feeling ok," TK asked.
"I think so," Kari said in a depressed tone, "I don't know why but when I heard Wizardmon's name all these memories of him started flowing into my mind," she whispered so no one else in the room could hear her except TK.
"That is strange," TK whispered, "What's even stranger is that the way those two are acting reminds me of how Tai and Matt used to act."
"Yeah that is a bit weird," Kari whispered, "I guess that agumon wanted to make it seem as real as possible for us."
"I guess so," TK whispered.
"Let's let the girls talk," Matt the veemon said as the two of them stop fighting.
"You see the soccer game last night?" Tai the agumon asked.
"They had a concert on a different channel," Matt said.
"Enough," TK said, "School will be over soon and we should nap until then."
"The partners of those two are going to wonder what happened to them," Tai said, "What should we tell them?"
"Well duh the truth," Matt said, "They wouldn't leave TK alone again and she got mad and taught them a lesson, though like every other time it won't do any good."
"What do you expect from those two," TK said, "Especially when their heads are as thick as stone."
Meanwhile with Patamon and Gatomon, 'Looks like we have the last class together like the first one,' Patamon thinks, 'I've always wonder what TK's gym class was like and now I get to see in a way I guess.'
"Hey Jason are you even listening to me," Louis asked.
"Oh sorry Louis I was just thinking about other things," Patamon said, 'Why am I getting distracted so easily all of a sudden,' he thinks.
"Well I was saying you better not be mistreating my sister Amy," Louis said, "Or I'll have to have a talk with you."
"Oh come on Louis," Gatomon said, "You know Jason would never do anything to hurt me."
"Hey I'm just looking out for my younger sister is all," Louis said.
"I can take care of myself and you know that," Gatomon stated annoyed.
"I know," Louis said, "But you're my sister and I just want to make sure you are safe."
"Amy's right I would never do anything to hurt her," Patamon said, "And you should know that Louis."
"Come on we need to get out there," Gatomon said, "Class is going to start soon and we don't want to be late with how harsh the gym teacher is with those who are late."
'Is Amy feeling ok,' Louis thinks, 'This is the first time I've heard her being worried about being late for gym, usually me or Jason has to mention that and it's me most of the time with how Jason has his head in the clouds half the time. Maybe she just wanted to get away from me doing that.'
"Hey Louis is something wrong," a girl named Karen asked walking up to him.
"I'm not sure," Louis said, "My sister Amy was acting a little strange just now."
"What do you mean by strange," Karen asked.
"She just went to gym class with out me having to say anything to her," Louis said.
"Well with the way you were just treating her boyfriend Jason," Karen said, "I'm not the least bit surprised, you need to give her some space and stop treating her like she's only a little girl still."
"I guess you're right," Louis said, "Though I'm a little disappointed that she forgot her partner was in her bag again."
"That's not a good thing," Karen said, "I hope Gatomon isn't too mad about Amy doing that again and when are you going to tell your parents about the digimon."
"I'll tell them," Louis said.
"When though," Karen asked, "Everyone elses parents have known about them for years now, some of them a lot longer then the others."
"Let's just get to gym class," Louis said, "If we're late we are going to end up being here an hour after school."
'I never thought that gym was more than playing games,' Patamon thinks, 'So many people that you spend so much time in lines.' He watches Gatomon playing basketball. He could only watch as Gatomon trips over her own feet and skids across the ground.
Patamon runs over to Gatomon, "Some one take miss klutz to the nurse," the couch said..
Patamon nods and lifts Gatomon up. "I just sprained my ankle but I'll be fine," Gatomon said.
"It would still be better to take you to the nurse," Patamon said.
"I never fall down when I'm a digimon," Gatomon whispered.
'I hope Amy's ok,' Louis thinks.
"Ouch that had to hurt," Karen said, 'What does Amy mean by she doesn't fall down when she's a digimon, maybe Louis is right about her acting strange,' she thinks.
Patamon helps Gatomon to the nurses office, "How is your foot feeling," Patamon asked on the way there.
"It hurts like hell at the moment," Gatomon said, "I'm not sure but I think Karen might have been looking at us in a strange way as we were leaving gym class."
Patamon glances around to see if there is anyone else, "Something doesn't seem right for this just being a ride," he said, "I think Louis suspects something as well."
"I wonder how Kari and TK are doing at the moment," Gatomon said, "I also wonder why we can mention their names and not just the name of the types of digimon they are?"
"I don't really know," Patamon said, "Maybe Matt and Tai knows why."
"Huh why did you say Matt and Tai," Gatomon asked, "How would they know anything about this ride?"
"Sorry I meant Agumon and Veemon that are a part of this," Patamon said, "For some reason when I thought of them those names came to mind."
"How would they know anything about this," Gatomon asked.
"They wouldn't know," Patamon said, "I'm not sure why I even thought about asking them."
Meanwhile with Kari and TK, "I just can't seem to fall asleep," TK complained, "Even though I'm bored out of my mind and there is no one to talk to because Veemon, Gatomon and Agumon fell asleep."
"Can't sleep," Veemon said as TK walks up to him, "Don't worry. Our humans will pick us up and place us in their bags. You should rest in there after all our day is going to start soon."
"Sorry to keep you waiting," Patamon said, "Amy fell but the nurse says she's fine. She asked me to get her partner." He slips the two bags to the ground.
"You put your gym socks in here," TK cries as she is put in there.
Patamon slips Kari into Gatomon bag. "My brother will pick you and Agumon up alright," Veemon nods.
"How long is he going to be," Agumon asked.
"He said he would be here about ten to twenty minutes when I talked to him," Patamon said.
TK sticks her head out of Patamon's bag, "Why did you have to stick your gym socks in here," TK complained, "Couldn't you have put them somewhere else."
"Sorry I don't have anywhere else to put them," Patamon said, "You're just going to have to deal with the smell for awhile."
'At least there isn't any more gum in here,' Kari thinks, 'Though it's still a little cramped in here with all the books.'
'I hate to have to put TK in my bag with dirty socks,' Patamon thinks, 'But I have no other choice and TK's had to do it to me plenty of times as well.'
Patamon then leaves the room with his and Gatomon's bag over his shoulders as he heads to the nurses office, "Hey you got both of them right," Gatomon asked as he walks into the room.
"Yeah I got them," Patamon said, "Though TK is complaining some what."
"Let's go to your house," Gatomon said.
"Alright," Patamon said.
About half an hour later,"Fresh air," TK gasped as she takes in the air.
"Would you stop putting TK in your bag with the dirty gym socks," a lady said as she closes the door behind them.
"I'm glad I don't need to act like a normal cat," Kari said.
"There's my little Kari," Nancy said, "I got you a new toy." She rolls a small ball. Kari quickly ran after the ball. "You two should study before going to the Digi-World."
"Alright mom," Patamon said.
"Come here TK," Patamon's mom said, "Let's talk about some things."
"Uh ok," TK said, "Where is Kari at the moment?"
"She's over there playing with the new toy I got her," Nancy said pointing at Kari who's batting a ball around with her paws as she's chasing it, "In about half an hour or so she might fall asleep though."
"Why do you say that," TK asked, 'This is too weird, she looks just like my mom,' she thinks.
"The toy I got for her has catnip inside of it," Nancy said, "Most of the time it makes her fall asleep after a little while, but every now and then it makes her act really wild."
"Oh I guess she won't be talking with us this time," TK asked.
Meanwhile in Patamon's room, "This is some nice stuff in here," Patamon said, "I wonder if this family is split up like TK's is?"
"You could probably find out if you think about it for a few minutes," Gatomon said, "We might as well do the homework we got though."
"Yeah I guess," Patamon said and starts staring off into space.
"Are you feeling ok," Gatomon asked, "You seem to be getting distracted easily."
"I noticed that myself," Patamon said, "Ever since we got here I keep thinking about other things when I should be thinking about what's going on."
Patamon sits down at his computer desk and pulls out his homework and pulls open one of the draws causing his face to go slightly pale, "Is something wrong Jason," Gatomon asked.
"No I was just a little surprised by what I just saw Amy," Patamon said, "There's a few drawings in this drawer with all of us in it."
"What is wrong with that," Gatomon asked, "So you draw pictures of us."
"No that's not what I mean," Patamon said, "There are drawings of us that looks like battles we have had in the digital world and I mean with Kari, Tai, TK, Agumon, you and me as we truly are outside of this ride."
"Oh that's what you meant," Gatomon said, "It was just created from our memories more then likely."
"Maybe you're right," Patamon said, "But this almost seems too real to be a dream or ride of any kind."
"Amy," Kari yelled. She runs into the room and runs over their papers sending them all over the place. Kari then hops onto Gatomon's lap and curls up.
"What was in the toy," Gatomon asked as she did her best to clean the mess with Kari in her lap.
"I'm guessing catnip," Patamon said.
"Kari bite," TK said.
"What was that Lady Veemon," Patamon asked turning to TK and getting glared at, "Err I mean TK, you said Kari bit something?"
"Kari bit my tail," TK whined, "I wanted to see the ball she was playing with because she was acting strange and when I tried to grab it she took a bite out of me."
"Well we will have a talk with her when she wakes up," Gatomon said, "Kari seems to have fallen asleep almost right after she jumped on my lap."
"Great just great," Patamon muttered.
"Is something wrong," Gatomon asked, "It's nothing serious right?"
"No not really," Patamon said, "Just our homework is completely mixed up and I can't tell what papers are for certain classes."
"We can figure it out later," Gatomon said, "Let's just finish so we can meet up with the others in the digital world."
"Yeah they are going to need our help," Patamon said and looks at the paper he just started using a few minutes ago only to realize he started to draw a picture, "What is wrong with me, ever since this ride or dream started I really haven't been able to focus very well."
"And that's different from how you usually are," Gatomon said smirking.
"Yeah I guess you're right," Patamon said not realizing what Gatomon said until it was to late, "Hey what is that supposed to mean."
"I'm only messing with you," Gatomon giggled, "You really do seem to be having some trouble paying attention at the moment."
"Where are you going?" Nancy asked.
"Kari made a mess," Gatomon said, "We'll clean after we meet the others."
They land in a pile in the Digi-World except for Kari who lands on some leaves. "Hey Kari get off the pile we made for TK," Elecmon yelled as him and Gazimon start to push Kari as Gatomon walks up.
"Are you trying to wake my partner?" Gatomon asked with red eyes as one of the veins on her forehead is popping out.
"This isn't going to be a pretty site," Agumon and Veemon said.
"Uh no we aren't Amy," Gazimon said nervously as sweat drops appear by both his and Elecmon's heads.
"Why do you say that," TK asked Veemon.
"Well last time they woke Kari up Amy went ballistic on them," Veemon said, "And that's not a good thing especially since she has a black belt in Karate."
"You were here when it happened so why are you asking," Agumon said.
"When that had happened last time TK had been brought here by Jason while she was still asleep herself," Veemon stated, "So of course she wouldn't know what exactly happened Tai."
"Oh yeah I forgot," Agumon said, "But you didn't have to say it in such a nasty tone Matt."
"So what's the plan for today?" Gatomon asked over the moans of pain.
"A few digimon are bullying some small towns," a teenage girl said walking up to them. "Sorry about how Gazimon and Elecmon are acting. Amy, Jason don't forget you have a paper due in my class." Patamon thought back remembering that their English teacher gets younger when she enters the Digi-World and sometimes in the real world too.
"Let's go deal with them," Gatomon said starting to run off with Kari in her arms.
"Hey Amy where are you going," Patamon asked.
Gatomon turns around, "To stop those digimon Jessica mentioned," she said.
"Do you even know where they are," Patamon asked.
"Oh yeah," Gatomon said rubbing the back of her head, "Which area are they in Mrs. Akima?"
Jessica sighed, "How many times have I told you Amy," she said, "When we are in the digital world just call me by my first name and when I'm this young in the real world as well."
"Oh sorry I keep forgetting," Gatomon said, 'Why the hell am I acting this way all of a sudden,' she thinks, 'I'm acting like Davis and Veemon does most of the time all of the sudden.'
"What I don't get is why when in the digital world you have a completely different attitude," Jessica said, "But then I become younger when I'm here."
"We do need to get going," Patamon said.
They come to peek over the hill to see small rookies running from a band of six digimon. A leomon laughs as he kicks a few digimon around. A flamemon starts to burn a building.
"Great why did it have to be those digimon again," Jessica sighed, "This is going to be the third time we have faced them."
"Actually this is the fifth time," Gatomon said, "Let's knock them back to their baby forms."
"Hold it Amy," Louis said, "We need to assess the situation before we go running in there, any one have any ideas of what to do?"
"I have an idea," Patamon said.
"Let's just hope it doesn't back fire like last time," Louis muttered.
"You know that wasn't Jason's fault," Gatomon said defending Patamon, "How were we supposed to know that digimon was an Ultimate when every other digimon of that kind we have encountered has been at the champion level."
"Amy does have a good point Louis," Karen said walking up to them.
"What's your plan Jason," Jessica asked.
"There are six of them and six of us," Patamon said, "And as usual they have split themselves into three groups of two, so what we should do is split into three groups of our own and take them down for good, I don't want to destroy them but we have already given them too many chances."
"We can at least spare the Leomon right," Elecmon asked.
"I don't know if we should," Louis said.
"Actually I think we should try to reason with that Leomon," Jessica said, "Take a look at his back, do you see anything familiar about him?"
"Is that a piece of a black gear?" Patamon asked.
"Look at the scare it's into," Gatomon said, "Mariann."
"What about Mariann," Kari asked rubbing her eyes.
"Shh not so loud Kari," Gatomon said, "Take a look at that Leomon down there."
"What's so important about him," Kari yawned as she walks over to look, "I don't see anything special, no wait it couldn't be the same Leomon, we saw that one digimon completely destroy him I thought even his data particles."
"I thought we got rid of all the black gears," TK asked.
"We all thought we did," Jessica said, "But every now and then one or more keeps popping up some where or another."
"We have to get that black gear out of him," Elecmon said, "Then we should be able to talk to him with out him trying to attack us."
"When we attack the others make sure they don't have any black gears as well," Patamon said, "We don't want to have to kill them if they aren't in control of their own actions."
"So how are we going to split up," Karen asked.
"Like we did last time we faced them," Patamon said, "We take on the ones that are weakest against our partners, so that means it's Amy and me against Flamemon and Leomon."
"I'll take Leomon," Kari said, "I'll save Leon. You'll hide until I break that thing."
"Be careful," Agumon said as he hugs Kari.
"Don't worry I will be," Kari said.
The group split up. Patamon, TK, and Gatomon hid. Gatomon could only watch as Kari walks on the roof top. Then Kari jumps from the roof onto the Leomon's back.
Leomon feeling someone landing on his back tries to grab Kari, "Who ever you are," the Leomon said, "You are going to die when I get my hands on you."
"I don't think so," Kari yelled, "Lightning paw."
Leomon growls in pain as Kari's attack hits the black gear in his back and damaging it but not breaking it, "You are going to pay for that," the Leomon said in an emotionless tone, "Flamemon help me get rid of this pest on my back."
'That gives me an idea,' Kari thinks as she grabs onto the black gear trying to pull it out causing the Leomon to growl in pain again, "You won't stop me."
Back with Gatomon, Patamon and TK as they watch, "What's Kari doing," TK asked, "She needs to get out of there before the Flamemon attacks her."
"Calm down TK," Gatomon said, "Kari has a plan, at least I hope she does."
"We have to just wait and see," Patamon said, "Kari knows the danger she's in so I don't think she would stay there if she doesn't have one."
"Got it," Flamemon said as he gets ready to attack Kari.
'I have to time this just right or I'm going to get myself hurt badly,' Kari thinks.
Flamemon charges up his attack and launches at Kari and the black gear Kari's holding onto, "Prepare to be fried kitty," Flamemon yelled.
'I just have to wait a moment longer,' Kari thinks as she waits for the Flamemon to get closer to her and the Leomon, 'I think now is the time I should jump.' She then jumps out of the way and cries out in pain as her tail and the black gear in the Leomon's back is hit by the Flamemon.
Gatomon, Patamon, and TK watch as the black gear shatters into data particles, "Kari did it," Patamon cheered.
"I hope she's fine," Gatomon said, "I think you should have TK attack the Flamemon now, I don't see any black gears on it."
"Ok I guess you're right," Patamon said, "Let's do this Lady Veemon, digi-armor energize!"
"Lady Veemon armor digivolve to...Sagittarimon the Galloping Hope," TK yelled as she digivolves to Sagittarimon, 'So this is what it feels like to digivolve,' TK thinks, 'I have wondered what it would feel like.'
Leomon collapses to his hands and knees, "What happened," he asked, "And where am I?"
Meanwhile with Louis and Jessica, "Looks like Jason's going a little overboard again," Louis said.
"Yeah he has the habit of doing that at times," Jessica said, "At least he doesn't jump the gun like some of the others do and it's better to go a little overboard at times."
"Lady Veemon's champion form would have been good enough," Louis said, "It seems kind of pointless for Jason to have his partner waste that much energy on the digimon attacking this town, in that form Jason's partner is almost as strong as Metalgreymon."
"We're in battle," Jessica said.
Meanwhile Kari walks up to Leomon. "You alright?" she asked.
"Is that you Kari?" the leomon asked.
"Yeah," Kari said, "We thought you were lost."
"Where's Mariann?" the leomon asked.
"She's not feeling well but Amy won't tell me where she is," Kari said.
"I need to go to her," Leomon said. He grabs Kari and starts to run away.
"We need to help the others still Leon," Kari said, "And we have no clue as to where Mariann is at the moment."
"I have to see her though," Leomon said.
"We need to help the others first," Kari said, "Then Amy can probably take you to see Mariann."
"But I need to let her know I'm back," Leomon said.
"You can do that later," Kari said, "If the others get hurt, especially Amy I won't be able to forgive you for it."
"You can't stay angry at anyone for more then a few hours at most," Leomon said as he turns around, "But let's go back and help the others."
Meanwhile with Gatomon and Patamon, "Why did they run off like that," Gatomon asked, "I hope Kari's ok."
"From what I saw Kari looked perfectly fine," TK said, "I can't say the same about this Flamemon when I'm through with it though."
"Don't worry Amy," Patamon said, "They are fine, with the way that Leomon ran off like that I'm pretty sure it's Leon and he's just worried about Mariann."
"I'm going after them," Gatomon said.
"I need to get back to Amy," Kari said, "She knows where Mariann is."
"Then I'm going to her," Leomon said.
"Finally you listen to me," Kari said.
"Where you saying something?" Leomon asked, "I was just talking to myself."
'Same old Leomon,' Kari thinks as she shakes head, 'I could tell him his tail is on fire and he probably still wouldn't listen to me.' She turns her head to examine her own tail from when it got hit by the Flamemon and her eyes go wide when she sees that Leomon's tail actually is on fire, "Uh Leomon your tail is on fire," Kari yelled.
"Now where is Amy," Leomon muttered ignoring Kari as usual, "I need to talk to her so I can go see Mariann."
"Leon will you just listen to me," Kari yelled, "Your tail is on fire."
"There's Amy," Leomon said as he spots Kari's partner, "Now I can find out where Mariann is."
"Damn it Leon listen to me," Kari yelled.
Leomon's eyes then widen as he yowls in pain from his tail being on fire and then he spots a fountain of water and jumps in soaking both himself and Kari, "Why the hell didn't you tell me my tail was on fire," he yelled at Kari.
Sweat drops form on the side of Gatomon, Patamon, and TK's heads seeing this, "I'm pretty sure that is the same Leomon that we thought we lost," Gatomon said.
"I was trying to tell you," Kari snapped, "But like always you almost never listen to me and because of it now we are both soaked."
"I do listen to you," Leomon said.
"If that were true," Kari said, "Then you wouldn't have been hit by that attack that made us think we lost you forever and you would have been perfectly fine."
Kari patiently waits for a responce, "Oh did you say something Kari," Leomon asked seeing the annoyed look on her face as she grows impatient.
"Ugh why do I even bother with you," Kari yelled in frustration, "No matter what I do most of the time you don't even pay attention to me, hell with how you do that I'm surprised you even know my name."
"Yeah that's the same old Leomon," TK muttered to himself.
"Kari," Gatomon yelled as she grabs Kari.
"I'm here to learn where Mariann is," Leomon said.
"We have a fight," Gatomon said
"Its over," Jessica said, "When they notice Leomon on our side they chose to run away. I'm guessing they understood they couldn't win."
Gatomon's brother in this world walks up to her and said, "You think we should tell mom and dad about the digimon?"
"Of course you should tell them," Kari snapped before Gatomon even has a chance to respond, "I don't like having to act like a normal cat most of the time when I'm in the real world."
"Maybe we should," Gatomon said, "It's going to be kind of hard to hide Leomon from them."
"Well if you don't I will," Kari said, "It will come as more of a shock if I did it though."
"Well looks like we have no other choice then," Louis said, "We don't want them freaking out when Kari walks up to them and starts talking with out any warning."
"Well it's good to have you back Leomon," Gatomon said, "Mariann will be happy to see you, when we take you to her."
A little bit later Gatomon takes a deep breath and walks into the living room. "Hey Amy," Her father in this world said.
"Dad there's something we need to tell you," Gatomon said, "I'm a part of a group that travels to another world to fight evil. To fight them we have partners. Kari is mine."
"Hi," Kari said as she waves her hand a little.
For a few minutes all Gatomon's parents could do is stare, "I knew there was something different about Kari," her mom said breaking the silence, "Especially since I have never seen any other cat like her before and I guess I wasn't dreaming those nights I saw her walking into the kitchen on her back paws."
Gatomon turns to Kari, "How was I supposed to know anyone else was up," Kari said as Gatomon glared at her.
"I told you not to walk on your back legs when here," Gatomon said.
"Though Kari did have green gloves on her front paws at the time," Gatomon's mom said.
"This is very interesting indeed," Gatomon's dad said, "Why didn't you tell us before and shouldn't your brother be here to hear this as well."
"I'm right here," Louis said entering the room, "Mom why did you think you were just dreaming about that?"
"The reason why I thought I was dreaming is because most of the times I saw Kari walking on her back legs only I saw what looked like a baby Tyrannosaurus-rex," their mom said, "And you know that dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago."
"Hey Agumon mind explaining why you and Gatomon have been sneaking around at night," Louis asked.
"Who's Agumon," their father asked.
"I'm Agumon and Jason's partner," a small T-rex said as he entered the room and turns to Louis, "I go into the kitchen at night sometimes because when I'm here in the real world you give me hardly anything to eat, most of the time I'm eating your left overs."
"That explains why you been taking what's left of your food into your room most of the time," their father said.
"So does your partner have a name as well," their mom asked, "Or do you just call him Agumon or something like that?"
"Actually for some reason he likes to call himself Tai," Louis said, "So most of the time we call him by that name."
"We have had Kari for years now so why haven't you told us sooner," their mom asked.
"Amy's quite forgetful about things," Kari said, "And Louis I think was afraid of how you would react if you found out I guess."
"Our daughter isn't forgetful Kari," Gatomon's mom said.
"If that's so," Kari said, "Then how come half the time when she puts me in her bag I end up with gum in my fur."
"Amy I told you to stop bringing gum to school," their mother said, "What about Mariann, does she have a partner?"
"I'm her partner," Leon said walking into the room. "I would like to see her."
"We'll talk about it over dinner," Gatomon's mom said.
Gatomon's mom looks at the table and found Kari missing. She felt someone pull her pants leg. She looks down to see Kari with her cat dish in her mouth. "You still want to eat in your spot," Gatomon's mom said as she puts some of the food into Kari's cat dish. Kari carries the dish over to the a open window. She eats the food and drops onto the sun warmed pillow.
"Any way," Gatomon's dad said, "You two will miss school tomorrow. Mariann is coming out of the hostpital."
"What is wrong with Mariann," Leomon asked, "Did someone hurt her, I'll rip them to shreds if they did."
"Whoa calm down Leon," Louis said, "No one hurt Mariann, it's just she's been really sick for the last few weeks."
"Yes you should try to calm down Leon," Gatomon's mom said, "What happened to Mariann was no ones fault, she seemed fine and then about three weeks ago she suddenly became deathly ill, when the doctors looked at her they said she had to stay there because they thought she was highly contagious and didn't want to take the chance of the rest of us getting it as well."
"Also for almost a year now Mariann has been in a kind of depression funk," Gatomon's dad said, "I have no clue as to why though."
"That doesn't make any sense," Leomon said, "Why would she be depressed when I haven't been gone for too long."
"Actually Leomon," Agumon said, "That fight that we thought we lost you in forever happened nine and a half months ago."
"You can't be serious," Leomon said, "Why didn't you come to primary village to find me if that happened then?"
"We did go there," Gatomon said, "And we looked through all of the digi-eggs then, the thing is we couldn't find yours anywhere and that's why we thought we lost you forever."
"That's impossible," Leomon said, "I couldn't have been gone for that long."
"The Doctor said that she is ready to come home," Gatomon's dad said. "You mother and I will get her while you clean the house up. I'm sure these...Gigimon can help."
"That's digimon," Tai said as he pauses his eating.
"Do all gatomons act like normal cats?" Gatomon's mom asked.
"To some degree," Gatomon said, "Kari acts more like a normal cat than most even though she will tell you she doesn't."
"What else do we need to know?" Gatomon's dad asked.
"Well," Gatomon starts to say only for someone to knock at the door.
"I'll go see who it is," Gatomon's mom said, "I'll let you know if your friends need to get out of sight before I open the door."
"Alright mom," Gatomon said, "Kari can stay out here since she's only a little bit bigger then a normal house cat."
"Yes she can," her mom said, "But Agumon and Leomon will have to hide though."
"Well we are finished eating so let's clean up," Gatomon's dad said causing her and Louis to groan.
"Uh can I get seconds after the guest leaves," Tai asked.
Gatomon's mom looks through the peephole on the door, "I'm sorry but Agumon and Leomon you're going to have to hide for the time being," she said, "It's one of Amy's teachers at the door, please tell me you haven't gotten yourself into more trouble at school."
"I haven't," Gatomon said, "I don't have a clue why one of my teachers would come here tonight."
Agumon and Leomon went into another room to stay out of sight, "Well I guess I'll just have to ask her myself," Gatomon's mom said as she opened the door.
"Hello," Mrs. Akima said as the door opens, "I just came to see how Amy's doing because I heard she tripped in gym class today."
"Oh I'm fine Mrs. Akima," Gatomon said, "The nurse said that there is nothing wrong with my ankle."
Jessica looked around the room seeing Kari laying down by the window, "I guess you haven't told them yet it looks like," she asked Gatomon.
"Told us what," Gatomon's dad asked confused.
"Actually she did tell them," Kari said.
"I thought we told you not to say anything," Gatomon's mom said and turns to Mrs. Akima, "Great now we have to explain it to you."
"Actually mom Mrs. Akima already knows about the digimon," Gatomon said, "She's known about them for as long as me and Louis have and I was about to tell you when she knocked on the door."
"At least you two finally told them," Jessica said.
"Do you have children that have some of these gigimon," Gatomon's dad asked.
"I don't have any children at the moment," Jessica said, "And it's digimon, Amy and Louis were probably about to tell you but I also have a digimon partner."
"But how is that," Gatomon's mom asked, "You look like your already in your late twenties and with what Amy and Louis told me they made it sound like only children could be partnered with digimon."
"Well mom when Mrs. Akima enters the digital world she becomes around the same age as me, Louis and the others," Gatomon said, "Sometimes in the real world as well, you know our friend Jessica well this is her."
"You're Jessica," Gatomon's mom said, "You stayed here for a week."
"I was stuck young and couldn't go home," Mrs. Akima said.
"This must be against Student teacher relationship," Gatomon's dad said.
"I don't think there is a rule about getting younger," Mrs. Akima said, "At least they have an adult with them."
"This is a little too much," Gatomon's mom said leaning on the wall, "I never thought of an adult becoming a child."
"Wait I thought Jessica had a different last name," Gatomon's dad said.
"When I was staying here I used my middle name at the time," Mrs. Akima said, "I didn't use my real last name because I didn't want you calling my house."
As Kari's watching and listening to the conversation she notices a weird aura starting to slowly form around Jessica, 'What is that,' she thinks and then jumps at Jessica as she starts feeling evil emanating from the aura and knocks her a few feet away from where she was standing.
"Kari what has gotten into," Gatomon's mom asked and every ones eyes go wide in horror as a pillar of fire appears where Mrs. Akima had been standing a moment before.
"Sorry about that," Kari said, "But I saw a weird aura starting to surround you and got a very bad feeling from it, are you ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine," Mrs. Akima said her voice full of terror of what almost happened, "If it weren't for you I would have been killed by that pillar of fire there."
"What do you mean," Kari asked and turns around to see the pillar of fire that everyone else is staring at, 'Something isn't right about that, it has to be a digimon's attack because otherwise we would be feeling the heat it should be producing and it wouldn't be six inches above the floor and below the ceiling,' she thinks.
"We should try to get out of here," Gatomon's mom said in a panicky tone, "Before that sets fire to the apartment and we all get trapped."
Kari stands up and does a quick scan of the room and notices a similar but very faint aura coming from by the couch, "No one make any sudden movements," she said and readies herself to attack, "Rapid punch," she yelled as she runs up to the aura by the couch and starts punching at it and a few moments later a crashing sound is heard as cracks appear on the wall closest to the couch as the fire vanishes.
"It's gone," Gatomon said in relief, "But what caused that to happen?"
As to answer Gatomon's question Flamemon suddenly appears on the floor in front of the cracked wall unconscious and bleeding, "How did that digimon get here," Louis asked looking at it, "The only way digimon should be able to get to our world is by being partnered with a human and coming to the real world with them."
"I realized that the fire had to be another digimon's attack when I noticed it wasn't touching the floor or ceiling," Kari said, "And plus I at least didn't feel any heat coming from it, I don't know about the rest of you though."
"Now that Kari mentions that," Gatomon's mom said, "I really didn't notice any change in the temperature and I was right by it as well, what are you going to do with that digimon?"
"Drop him off in the Digi-World," Louis said.
"We have another problem," Mrs. Akima said. They turn to her to see Jessica young again with her clothes hanging on her. "It's not that bad," she said as she pulls her keys from her purse, "I'll get my partner and change my clothes and walk home."
"It's too late for a girl to walk the streets," Gatomon's Dad said as he takes the keys. "We'll get what you need from your car and you'll stay here."
"Why do all you that know I'm really an adult still treat me like a child?" Jessica asked, "And I'm going with you since you have no clue which car is mine.
"Because you're a child," Gatomon's mother said, "Have the others gotten younger?"
"There are places in the Digi-World that make us all about nine years old," Jessica said before she left the apartment with Gatomon's dad.
"The digital world sounds like a weird place if it can do that," Gatomon's dad said before closing the door behind him.
"What kind of creatures are there in that place," Gatomon's mom asked.
"There are all kinds of digimon in the digital world," Louis said, "A lot of them resemble animals and some even resemble humans as well."
"Not to mention that there are ones that practically are out of myth and legends here in the real world," Gatomon said.
"From seeing Agumon there are dinosaurs there as well right," Gatomon's mom asked.
"Yes there are dinosaur type digimon there," Gatomon said.
"And before you say anything a lot of the digimon in the digital world are kind and friendly," Louis said, "What we do is try to keep the ones that want to destroy or take over the world from doing so with our digimon partners."
"Lets get him out of here," Leon said as he grabs the Flamemon. Louis nods and the two walk away dragging the knocked out digimon.
"We're back," Gatomon's father said as he and Jessica enter the apartment.
"I need to change," Jessica said reaching into her bag and pulling out some clothes. "My partner is still asleep in the bag."
"We'll worry about your partner," Gatomon's dad said, "Just go get changed into some clothes that fit you at the moment."
"Well I'll be back in a few minutes," Jessica said as she heads to the restroom to change out of her really baggy clothes.
"Does this always happen when she enters the digital world," Gatomon's dad asked.
"Not really," Louis said walking back into the room, "The digital world alters the clothes we are wearing, that's part of the reason it's been kind of easy to keep the fact a secret from you, mom and dad."
"Now that I think about it where did Jessica go when she was here that week," Gatomon's mom asked, "Every day she said she was going to school with the rest of you?"
"Well we kind of told the school that Jessica was our cousin from out of town," Gatomon said nervously, "And that for the time being she would be staying with us that time."
"So you're telling us that you lied to the school," Gatomon's dad asked in a scolding tone.
"Yeah we did," Louis said, "But do you think they would have believed us if we told them that she is Mrs. Akima and ended up getting stuck as a teenager for the time being?"
"You have got to admit they have a point there," Gatomon's mom said, "We just saw it ourselves and I'm having trouble believing it still."
"It worst when you go back to school and being yelled at for not coming for a week," Jessica said, "You try driving and become too young to drive."
"Jessica remember our bet?" Louis asked.
"No," Jessica said.
"What are you talking about?" Gaotmon's mom asked.
"We made a bet about whether Jessica would win her first fight in the real world or not," Louis said, "I won and now she owes me a date."
"I'm a teacher and you're a student," Jessica said.
"No," Gatomon's mother said pushing her out of the apartment, "You're a teen and he's a teen so have a good time." She locks the door behind them. She walks past Gatomon showing Jessica's keys and purse.
"You know mom that is just mean," Gatomon said.
"Well Jessica did make that bet with Louis," Kari said, "If she didn't want that happening she shouldn't have made the bet."
"Kari does have a good point about that," Agumon said.
"So what are we going to do about this," Gatomon asked.
"Well Jessica can sleep in Mariann's bed tonight since she won't be coming home till tomorrow," Gatomon's dad said, "How many times has she become young in the real world with out any warning like this?"
"This is the first time," Gatomon said, "That week she spent here with us she came back from the digital world like that."
"If it never happened before, so why did it happen this time," Gatomon's mom asked.
"I don't know," Gatomon said, "Maybe it was caused by Flamemon being here in the real world, most of the other times Mrs. Akima has come back as a child she became an adult a few hours afterwards."
"We'll talk more about this later," Gatomon's dad said, "Right now we need to clean up the dishes on the table and the mess that digimon and Kari caused."
"Well I'm out of here," Kari said trying to get out of the room.
"And where do you think you are going," Gatomon asked as she grabs Kari, "This mess is partially your fault so you are going to help clean it up."
"Hey I'm the Hero in this," Kari said.
"Hero of what," Biyomon asked as she slips out of Jessica's bag. "Hey Kari," she said, "Jessica's young again?"
"That's right, Sora," Kari said.
"That's good," Biyomon said, "She's more fun younger." Sora turns to Gatomon's mom. "I know you know about us, why else would Amy talk to Kari while her mother was in the same place? Do you now what Jessica ate last?"
"No," Gatomon said, "Why?"
"I'm trying to figure out why Jessica changed," Sora said, "I have no clue what caused her to get stuck as a child for a week."
"We'll figure it out sooner or later," Gatomon said, "But this time another digimon tried to kill Jessica right before she became younger again."
"So this is Jessica's partner," Gatomon's mom asked, "What kind of digimon is she?"
"Well she's a Biyomon," Kari said, "Though she likes to call herself Sora."
"Is Jessica ok," Sora asked.
"Calm down Sora," Gatomon said, "Jessica is fine, if Kari hadn't pushed her out of the way she would have died from the attack."
"Kari thanks for saving Jessica," Sora said, "I want to know what digimon attacked her."
"I think it was the same Flamemon that we encountered earlier today," Kari said, "I was just laying over there when I noticed a strange aura starting to form around Jessica, I got a bad feeling from it so I jumped at her and knocked her out of the way a few moments before a pillar of fire appeared where she had been standing before."
"How was the Flamemon able to attack with out you noticing him before that," Sora asked, "It's not like he some how became invisible."
"Actually he was," Gatomon said, "But Kari was able to see the aura around his body and attacked him and knocked him into that wall over there."
"Well I guess I owe you one Kari," Sora said, 'Since when can Amy's partner see auras,' the biyomon thinks, 'Oh well it's probably nothing to worry about, she did save my partner after all.'
Meanwhile with Patamon and TK, "So you're saying that Louis and Amy are finally telling their parents about the digimon tonight Jason," his mom asked, "What I don't get is why they haven't already told them."
"Well Amy kept forgetting to tell them," Patamon said, "And Louis was afraid of how their parents would react to the fact."
"All that hardship because they were afraid," Patamon's mother said, "How did you learn of it so fast?"
"Louis' e-mail had it in there as he bragged about going on a date with Jessica," Patamon said, "That means we all know that the two are on a date and he won't help Jessica to get out of it."
"That's smart," Patamon's mom said, "TK do you mind getting the can of tomato soup. It's on the bottom shelf."
"Sure," TK said.
"I've been wondering why did you give them human names?" Patamon's mother asked as she pulls out a pot.
"Jessica thought of it," Patamon said, "It would be easier for us to talk about them with out people listening to wondering what we're talking about. Saying "Lady Veemon is hurt" is more noticeable than saying "TK is hurt."
"That makes a lot of sense," Patamon's mom said, "I can also see why Amy would give her Gatomon a name since she looks a lot like a house cat and could be considered a very rare breed."
"Here you go," TK said as she hands the can of soup to Patamon's mom.
"So did Amy and Louis tell their parents about Jessica," Patamon's mom asked.
"Tell them what about Jessica," Patamon said.
"Jason please don't try to act like you don't know what I'm talking about," Patamon's mom said, "I know that Jessica and your history teacher Mrs. Akima are the same person, if you wonder why it's because one they look almost exactly alike, two they have the same voice and three I have been very close friends with her for a very long time."
"Oh I didn't know that you already knew that mom," Patamon said, "I thought you were talking about something else."
"Before I forget to tell you Jason," Patamon's mom said, "Tomorrow I'm keeping you home from school."
"Why are you doing that," Patamon asked, "I have a paper due tomorrow."
"I thought you wanted to be there when your friend Mariann comes home from the hospital," Patamon's mom said, "But you can go to school if you want too."
"No, I would like to see Mariann," Patamon said.
"Yeah," TK cheered, "No Mr. stinky bag."
"Jason come with me," Patamon's mom said. Patamon follows to when he sees his mom carrying his school bag. "What are you going to do?"
"Let you smell the bag," Patamon's mom said.
"What is the point of doing that," Patamon asked.
"Just smell it Jason," Patamon's mom said, "At the moment there isn't anything in it."
Before Patamon could react his mom shoved the bag in face causing his eyes to water and nose to burn, "Oh damn that reeks," Patamon yelled shoving the bag away from himself.
"Now you see why TK is always complaining about being shoved in there," Patamon's mom said, "You need to either get another bag to keep her in or figure out a way to get rid of the smell in this one."
"Yes mom," Patamon said as tears are streaming down his face from the smell, "I'll figure out something to do."
"My hero," TK called out hugging Patamon's mom leg.
A moment later a knock came at the door and Nancy went to answer it, "Oh hello," she said after opening the door.
"Hey," Patamon's father said, "I'm going on a trip and I'm dropping our other son off."
"Hey dad it's been awhile," Patamon said as he hugs his father, "So how have you been?"
"Yeah it has been awhile hasn't it," Patamon's father said.
"So where are you heading to this time," Patamon's mom asked, "Most of the time we talk any more is when you drop off our other son, Malcolm."
"You know that my work keeps me busy a lot of the time," Malcolm said, "But we should talk more often Nancy."
"Nice to see you again," TK said.
"Nice to see you too little lady," Patamon's father said, "Well I have to get going."
A moment later TK could only stand there and stare as she sees a teen enter the room that looks just like she did before Lord Holy Angemon changed her to a girl except this teen is a few years older, 'Now this is just too weird,' she thinks.
"Hey Rick," Patamon said.
"Hey," Rick said as he pulls Veemon from his bag.
"Veemon," TK called out as she ran to the blue digimon, "Its good to see you brother."
"You seem happy sis," Matt the veemon said.
"Jason needs to clean out his bag," TK said.
"Why are you so happy about that TK," Matt asked, "Don't you have to ride in it half the time?"
"What I mean is Jason is being forced to clean it," TK said in a happy tone, "I finally don't have to smell that nasty odor any more."
"Oh," Veemon said, "It can't be all that bad though."
"You should have seen and heard Jason's reaction when Nancy practically shoved it in his face," TK said, "His eyes were literally tearing up from it."
"If it did that to him I hate to have to smell it myself," Veemon said, "At least you won't have to deal with it any more."
"So Jason how was your trip to the digi-world today," Rick asked his younger brother, "Anything interesting happen while you were there?"
"Oh not really," Patamon said, "Unless you consider running into an old friend interesting."
"Who did you run into," Rick asked, "Did you and the others run into Gennai?"
"Haven't seen him in a long time," Patamon said shaking his head no, "Remember Mariann's partner Leomon?"
"Yeah I remember him but why are you bringing that up," Rick asked, "Mariann would become really sad if she heard you talking about Gabumon in his champion form."
"The thing is we went to stop a group of six digimon," Patamon said, "There was a Leomon with them and to our surprise he had a black gear in his back."
"What are you getting at," Rick asked, "You can't think it was her partner, he was killed nine months ago and Gennai told the rest of you that there wasn't enough of his data left for him to be reformatted into a digi-egg as far as he knew."
"I don't think it was the same Leomon," Patamon said, "I know for a fact he's the same Leomon, because after the black gear was destroyed he recognized Kari and ran off with her and came back a few minutes later and after jumping into the fountain in the center of that town he started asking Amy about Mariann."
"That's right," TK said, "But that doesn't prove it."
"What does?" Patamon asked.
"He didn't listen to Kari even when his tail was on fire," TK said.
"He's Leon," Matt said.
"And just before Mariann comes home," Patamon said.
"She is," Rick asked.
"Yeah Mariann is coming home tomorrow morning," Patamon said, "And it turns out for some reason Jessica recently became a child again here in the real world."
"Why are you blurting that out in front of mom," Rick asked, "We promised not to tell any of our parents about it."
"Jason didn't have to tell me," Patamon's mom said, "I already knew about it since Jessica and I have been really close friends since we were both children."
"But how did you know still mom," Rick asked.
"I confronted her when she was stuck as a child that week," Patamon's mom said, "I know she doesn't have any children as of yet and there is about a one in a million chance for a child to look like someone she isn't even related to."
"It's hard to hide anything from her," TK said. She turns to Patamon's mom lifting some mats up. "What are you doing to my bed?"
"I can't have you sleeping in a room full of men," Nancy said, "You'll be sleeping in my room for the time being."
Louis and Jessica walk into line. "I'm picking the movie," Jason said.
"Who made that rule?" Jessica asked.
"You did," Louis said, "Remember that time you paid for all of us and since I'm the only one with money and need to pay and so I get to pick the movie."
"Why did I have to make that stupid rule," Jessica mumbled to herself.
"What did you say something," Louis asked.
"I said just don't pick anything stupid you fool," Jessica said smirking.
"Why are you being like that," Louis asked, "I didn't do anything to deserve that from you."
"Hey I was only joking around," Jessica said, "So you don't have to whine about it."
"I should have realized that," Louis said with a sweat drop by his head, "You always do that to me and only me, kind of makes it seem like you actually like me in that kind of way."
"Louis get your head out of the gutter and pick the movie," Jessica said and then she starts whispering, "You know that I'm actually twice your age and that I'm already married so cut that out."
"Well at the moment you're my age," Louis whispered, "So it doesn't matter too much right now."
"I thought you were already dating Karen," Jessica whispered, "So why did you make that bet with me?"
"Yeah I'm dating Karen at the moment," Louis whispered, "Doesn't mean I can't also like you as well though."
"What would she say if she sees you right now?" Jessica asked.
"What would your husband say?" Louis asked.
"He would probably use this as an excuse to divorce me," Jessica said.
"I'm sorry if it was caused from the digi-world," Louis said.
"There were problems before and now he doesn't even notice me," Jessica said, "He wanted to run for mayor and he needed a wife so my parents chose to marry us. My family company gets a family member in the mayor office and he gets a teacher for a wife. When he became the mayor, he spends all his time working for the city."
"That must really suck," Louis said, "How often do you get to see him?"
"Since he became mayor I almost never see him," Jessica said, "At times I wonder if it would be better if I got stuck as a young teen with how my life is going at the moment."
"Hey don't say something like that Jessica," Louis said, "Everyone's lives don't go the way they want all the time."
"Yeah I know," Jessica sighed, "But when I do get to see my husband all we do is fight most of the time, I'm not sure if I can take it much longer."
"I'm sure you can work things out," Louis said, "I mean you can handle going to the digital world and having to help the rest of us fight digimon as a child."
"Well that's because you and the others have become really good friends of mine," Jessica said, "At times I think that is the only good thing going for me, well that and teaching that is."
"If you work at it I'm sure things would get better for you," Louis said, "And if you got stuck as a child again you would have to go back to school probably."
"At least if that happened I wouldn't have to deal with any of the shit I get from my husband anymore," Jessica said, "And who says I wouldn't enjoy going back to school as a student again."
Meanwhile TK smiles as she shows her cards to the others around the table. "I win," TK said, "That's five in a roll so it's time." The guys look at the lady veemon costumes in their laps. "Put them on," TK said, "You're going to pretend to be lady veemon for the night. I can't wait to tell Jason's mother."
"Do I have to put the costume on," Veemon asked.
"Put it on or I'll shove you into Jason's bag for a few hours," TK stated, "I'll make sure you won't be able to get out of it and the others can't get you out of it either."
"You wouldn't," Veemon said.
"I wouldn't push her Matt," Rick said, "You know how TK can be at times."
"Yeah I know," Veemon sighed, 'How did I get caught up in this,' he thinks.
"So why aren't you putting on the costumes yet," TK asked grinning, "The sooner you put them on the sooner the fun can begin."
"Why don't I like the way that sounds," Patamon said, "This is going to be a long night."
"You said it little bro," Rick said as he punches Patamon on the shoulder, "We might as well get this over with."
"I guess we should," Patamon said rubbing his shoulder, "And why did you have to punch me so hard?"
"Put the costumes on already," TK said.
"I'm done," Matt said.
"Stand still," TK said as she takes a picture.
"Why did you do that?" Matt asked.
"To remember this," TK said.
"We're all dressed up so now what?" Patamon asked.
"Hmm let me think for a moment," TK said as she grins evilly, "I did promise a few male friends of mine in the digital world that I would get them dates."
"You didn't do what I think you did," Matt said and sees the look in TK's eyes, "I can't believe you actually did that."
"After that we are going to show up at Amy's and Louis' house with you still wearing those," TK said, 'They are going to hate what happens to them when we enter the digital world while they are wearing those, but they did lose to me in the card game.'
"I'm not going through with this any more," Rick said as he gets ready to take off the costume, "I don't care if our friends see us like this but no way am I going on any dates with any kind of digimon."
"I may not be able to do anything to you at the moment," TK said, "But if you take that costume off I'll shove Matt into Jason's bag and make it so you can't get into the room the bag is in and I'll show your girlfriend these pictures of you dressed in the costume."
"Oh fine," Rick said, "Jason why does your partner TK act like this half the time?"
"That's just how a lot of Lady Veemons happen to be," Matt said in a defeated tone, "At times they can seem nice and sweet but if you aren't careful you can find yourself in this kind of situation when around them."
"You three brought this upon yourselves," TK said and starts laughing, "We should get going, wouldn't want to keep your dates waiting."
"You are so going to pay for this TK," Patamon said, "I can't believe my own digimon partner is doing this to us."
In the Digi-World, Patamon pulls on the costume to see the costume react like skin. Patamon looks into the water to see his face has changed into that of a lady veemon's. To his side two more lady veemon are looking into the water as well. "Matt, Rick," Patamon said. Both nodded. "How did this happen?"
TK is laughing as she walks up to them, "Remember the time you left the costume party?" TK asked, "Amy was wearing the cat costume that looks like Kari and how she changed into a gatomon. I'll contact the others to pick us up."
"You knew this would happen," Patamon said, "I'm heading back to the real world now."
"Hmm I wonder how Amy would react if I told her some of your secrets Jason," TK said, "I'm sure she would love to know them."
"This is going to be a weird night," Matt said.
"Hey at least you didn't get changed too much," Rick said, "All that really happened to you is your skin is a different color now and you're female if I'm right, while Jason and I are usually human."
"You wouldn't dare," Patamon said, 'I wonder if anything is wrong with TK,' he thinks, 'Since the fight earlier she hasn't been acting like the TK I know.'
"I will do it," TK said grinning evilly as she pulls out Jason's D-terminal from a belt pouch strapped around her waist, "All I have to do is hit send and Amy will recieve an email with a picture of you dressed up in the lady veemon costume and some of your darkest secrets as well, so don't even try to go back to the real world yet."
"I hate it when TK acts like this," Rick said.
'I wonder if I should tone it down a little,' TK thinks, 'With the way I'm acting at the moment Patamon might be thinking something is wrong with me, nah I'm having to much fun doing all of this.'
"So how long are we going to be here for," Matt asked frowning, "You may enjoy this but I doubt the rest of us will."
"What are you doing TK," Patamon asked.
"Oh I just sent an email is all," TK said.
"What you said you wouldn't send the email to Amy as long as I didn't go back to the real world," Patamon said.
"I sent a different email to let my friends know that we are here waiting for them," TK said, "Oh before I forget to tell you, I told them that your name is Michele, Matt, while Jason I told them your name is Kim and Rick I told them your name is Lucy."
Meanwhile in the real world, "Uh Amy can I talk to you for a moment," Agumon asked.
"Yeah what is it Tai," Gatomon asked.
"Well TK said that she was going to get me a date with another Lady Veemon named Michele," Agumon said, "I was told that around this time tonight her and the other Lady Veemon would be waiting at a certain place for me, so do you think you can open a digi-port near there but not the exact digi-port that she used though?"
"Sure I can do that," Gatomon said, "You were originally going to ask Louis to do it for you right?"
"Actually Louis already knew about this and was supposed to open the digi-port," Agumon said, "But you know that he ran off with Jessica because of that bet they made."
"Yeah I know," Gatomon said, "But why does that Lady Veemon also have a name?"
"Well you know that after the other digimon hearing about us having human names started choosing human names of their own," Agumon said, "So that's why I guess."
"Well let's get that digi-port open for you," Gatomon said, "Oh and I hope you have some fun."
"Don't worry I'll have fun," Agumon said.
They both enter the computer room and Gatomon opens up the program and finds the digi-port destination already programmed in, "It looks like Louis might have already set the digi-port for you to come out of," Gatomon said.
"Let me look at it really quick," Agumon said, "Yeah that's right."
"Ok well have fun," Gatomon said, "Digi-port open," she said and watches as Agumon is sucked in.
"Where is Tai going," Kari asked walking into the room.
"He told me that TK had set up a date for him with some other Lady Veemon named Michele," Gatomon said.
"Oh ok," Kari said, 'Tai's going to be in for a surprise when he finds out that Michele is really Matt and got changed to a Lady Veemon because of a costume TK tricked him to wear and Patamon and Rick also,' she thought as she giggles.
"Is something funny," Gatomon asked Kari.
"Oh I'm just giggling because Tai is finally going on a date with another digimon besides Sora," Kari said lying to Gatomon.
"That's good," Gatomon said. she reaches over and scratches Kari. Kari starts purring as Gatomon rubs her chin, then she drops and curl up. Gatomon lifts up the relaxed feline and walks to the living room.
Meanwhile Matt stops to see an Agumon that she knows well. 'I need to tell him,' Matt thinks. She turns to TK glaring at her. TK just smiles. "Hi, I'm Michele," Matt the Veemon said.
"I'm Tai," Agumon said.
'TK better keep this quiet,' Matt thinks.
'I can't believe TK is blackmailing us like this,' Patamon thinks, 'At the moment all we can do is go along with this.'
Rick then pulls Jason out of hearing range of the others, "You know you shouldn't let TK do this," Rick said, "If she keeps doing stuff like this I'm going to have Veemon deal with it."
"At the moment we have no choice," Patamon whispered, "But I already have an idea of how to get her back for this, if we try anything right now TK will reveal that Michele is actually Matt and send those emails she saved on my d-terminal to our girlfriends."
"TK doing that to Matt is going to happen anyways," Rick whispered, "Remember she said after we are finished here in the digi-world she's going to take us to Louis' and Amy's house anyways."
"Oh I need to talk to Michele with the other two for a few minutes," TK said as she grabs Matt's arm and starts dragging her away, "We'll be right back."
"Uh ok I'll be waiting right here," Tai said.
TK pulls Matt along till she finds Jason and Rick, "I need to tell you three something that I almost forgot too," TK said grinning evilly, "The dates you have I think are expecting a kiss at the end of your dates with them."
"WHAT?" Rick exclaimed, "You have got to be joking, there is no way I'm kissing another guy."
"Hey not so loud," TK said, "Unless you want Tai to find out and I'm just letting you know in case they actually try to kiss you."
"With the way you are behaving at the moment TK, you must enjoy doing this to us," Patamon said.
"The others should be arriving in a few minutes," TK said, "So let's go back to where we left Tai by himself girls."
Meanwhile back in the amusement park, "Dang it's almost time for the park to open again and the ride still isn't finished," the agumon running it said, "Oh well guess they'll probably be here for a few more hours if not for the rest of the day."
"We better get to work," another agumon said as a group walks in from the other room, "That was a smart idea forcing you to stay the night."
The Agumon nods and turns to the screen. "How much longer will they be in there? I have others who want to ride this."
"It doesn't matter," Datamon said, "I'm going to use it to fix them."
Meanwhile Tai paces the room. "Where are they?"
"They say that they are still on a ride," Mary said, "I'm sure Aunty's safe."
A little bit later Henry walks into Jeri's place. "Sorry," Julie said, "Jeri doesn't want to see anyone." She picks up a card and smiles at Gabumon and Leomon.
"I'm sure she's fine," Henry said as he walks into Jeri's room.
"Julie's probably right about that," Leomon said not realizing that Henry has already walked into Jeri's room, "Jeri has refused to even see us."
"Hey Jeri how are you feeling today," Henry asked and sees Jeri causing his eyes to go wide from shock.
"What are you doing in here," Jeri yelled seeing Henry in her room, "I told Leomon and the others out there I didn't want to see anyone."
"W...what happened to you," Henry stuttered as he's looking at Jeri.
"I don't know," Jeri cried as she put her face in her hands, "I was like this when I woke up earlier this morning."
"Jeri calm down," Henry said as he walks over and sits down next to her, "We'll figure out how this happened and reverse it."
"I think we should see if Jeri's ok," Leomon said setting down the cards in his hand as he gets up, "I just heard her yelling."
"I'm sure Jeri's fine," Julie said, "Besides if anything is wrong Henry is in there with her already and can probably handle whatever it is."
"Yeah I agree with Julie," Gabumon said, "Jeri's fine and probably just needs to talk to someone is all."
"I guess you two are right," Leomon sighed as he sits back down and picks up his cards and grabs three more from the pile, "Looks like I won this hand," he said as he puts his cards down face up.
"Dang that's the third time in a row you have won," Julie said looking at his cards, "Unless this happens to beat that," she said showing a better hand then Leomon has.
"You have much luck," Leomon said.
"That's right," Julie said, "Henry what is it?"
Author's note:
When Kari first noticed Leomon's tail was on fire it was mainly just smoking with a small flame appearing every so often on the very end of his tail where the fur is longer and thicker then rest of his tail so what I'm saying is he didn't feel it because it was only the fur on fire and none of it had really gotten to his skin until right before he jump in the fountain in that small town in the digi-world. Sorry for such a long explanation and hope it clears up any confusion anyone might of had from that part of the chapter.