"AHHHHHHH!!!!"
Neither turtle nor Digimon could help the scream as the bed hurtled over a waterfall.
Mikey's scream abruptly stopped only when Patamon had caught hold of the back of his belt, holding him up.
Patamon set him down on the shore, where he pulled on his knee and elbow pads before retying his mask.
"…I wonder what you'll be when you Digivolve…"
"Me, too."
"You mean you don't know?"
"Well, I won't know until I DO Digivolve." Patamon answered, flapping his wings to dry them.
Mikey looked around.
"Guess we should go look for the others…"
Patamon nodded, flying up to perch on his partner's shell.
They walked through forest, over prairie, when a village that looked like a giant baby had made it came into view.
"Whoa…what's this place?" Mikey asked in awe.
"Primary Village."
The two ran down, and started bouncing on the soft padded ground, laughing all the while. They rolled to a stop, catching their breath, when Patamon perked.
"What is it, Patamon?"
"I hear something?"
Mikey followed his partner, soon arriving to a field of cradles and large, colorfully patterned eggs.
Each cradle held a baby Digimon, and Mikey looked at most before heading to the eggs.
"What are these?"
"That's a Digiegg." Patamon answered, landing beside him.
"So Digimon come from eggs."
"Where'd you think we came from? The sky?"
"…Actually, I never thought about it…"
Patamon picked up a card.
"Oh. It's written in Digicode. It says 'Rub Gently'."
Mikey obeyed, and the egg popped open, showing a baby Digimon.
Mikey put it down, about to help Patamon in the search for an extra cradle, when one appeared for it.
"Oh, so that's how it works!"
"You mean you didn't know?" Mikey questioned his partner.
"Do YOU remember things from when YOU were a baby?"
Mikey really thought about it.
"…Well…"
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A three year old Mikey sat on the floor, bawling his eyes out.
He hardly remembered why, though he was vaguely certain it had something to do with Raph.
He couldn't stop the tears, and tried forcing down sobs when two arms wrapped around him.
"Its okay, Mikey…"
The childish-sounding female voice soothed.
"You don't have to cry anymore…"
Slowly, the tears stopped as she rocked him gently.
When he was only sniffling, he looked up at warm violet eyes.
"There, now…that's my little brother…"
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Patamon looked up at the turtle's thoughtful face.
"…What's Kitty like?"
Mikey smiled.
"She's the best! She's nice and sweet and brave! She chased the monsters out of my closet when I was little and we both still believed in them."
"Monsters?" Patamon asked, curious.
"Big ugly creatures with long claws and pointy teeth that like eating little kids."
"…Like Kuwagamon?"
"Something like that…"
"So…am I a monster?"
"No! Monsters are evil. You're nice."
Patamon seemed relieved, flying up to perch on Mikey's head, when the baby Digimon started crying.
They tried to help, but nothing worked.
That's when another Digimon ran in, tackling Patamon.
"Patamon!!!"
"Elecmon, what are you doing?!" Patamon almost growled, glaring.
"Protecting my babies."
"But we didn't hurt them…we were trying to help…" Mikey reasoned.
But neither Digimon could be deterred before they started fighting again.
Mikey looked at his device, seeing the column start to grow.
'He's going to Digivolve…'
"STOP!!!!"
Both Digimon froze, looking up at the orange-banded turtle.
"If you two are going to fight, you might as well do it right."
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By sunset, the tug-of-war match was ready to go.
When they started, they looked equally matched, and Mikey couldn't help the panic when it looked like Elecmon was going to win.
With a final burst of strength, Patamon pulled the rope so hard Elecmon went flying into a pillow-soft building.
"You alright, Elecmon?" Mikey called up, standing beside his Digimon partner.
"I'm alright! You win!"
They cheered, and Elecmon came back down.
Elecmon had to run off somewhere, Mikey thought he mentioned the Yokomon village, where Biyomon had first Digivolved.
'I wonder where the others are…'