Leo looked around, trying to figure out where his family could've gone.
"Let's just start walking. I think there's something ahead." Agumon advised, and Leo nodded, following the Rookie-level Digimon.
As they were walking down a path lined with trees near an amusement park, Leo's Digivice started beeping, showing a red dot.
"Maybe it's the others…" Leo muttered, following the signal to…
"Tokomon!!!"
The small In-Training Digimon looked up, Mikey's Digivice and crest beside him.
"LEO!!!!!"
Tokomon put the crest around his neck before jumping into Leo's arms in joy.
"Tokomon? Where's Mikey?"
"Well…"
Tokomon looked up at Leo sadly.
Flashback:
Mikey was looking out at the lake, waiting for his older brother Raph to get back with Gabumon.
"…You think he'll come back soon, Tokomon?"
"Sure! He'll be here soon, I promise." Tokomon assured, smiling reassuringly.
The small Digimon went to get something to eat, and came back to a small Digimon landing beside Mikey.
'Demidevimon…'
"Hello. Who are you?" Mikey asked innocently.
"I'm Demidevimon. I was flying by when I noticed how sad you looked. Is there anything I can do for ya?"
Hope flashed in Mikey's eyes.
"Can you find my older brother Raph? He went with Gabumon to check out the lake, but they haven't gotten back yet."
"Sure! Be back soon!"
And Demidevimon took off.
Tokomon ran to his partner's side, and they waited for the Digimon to return. Tokomon was wary, ready to defend his partner.
Demidevimon came through the mist, landing before Mikey.
"I've got good news and bad news…"
"Good news?" Mikey asked hopefully.
"I found your brother…"
"And the bad news?" Tokomon asked defensively.
"He doesn't want anything to do with ya."
Tears filled Mikey's baby blue eyes.
"Wh-What?"
"He says he doesn't wanna have to take care of a little crybaby anymore."
"Y-You're lying!" Mikey sobbed out, tears starting to roll down.
"Stop lying to him!" Tokomon shouted, glaring at Demidevimon.
"I'm not! It's the truth!"
Mikey rubbed at his eyes, trying to stop the tears as he sobbed.
Tokomon tried to comfort him, baring his teeth at Demidevimon.
"Look, we don't need him anyway!"
"B-But he pr-promised he'd c-come back…" Mikey sobbed out, watery blue eyes sad and heartbroken.
"He lied! You don't need him, anyway! I'll be your friend."
Mikey looked up slightly, sniffling.
"R-Really?"
"Yeah!"
Tokomon glared.
'I don't trust him…'
Mikey went on the rides with Demidevimon, Tokomon staying to make sure Mikey didn't cry. As Demidevimon spouted lies and deceits, Tokomon glared, and followed when the Digimon flew off.
Once they were far enough away, Tokomon approached the Digimon.
"Demidevimon!! Stop lying to Mikey!!"
"Who says I'm lying?"
"I am!!"
"You're just jealous Mikey likes me better!!"
Tokomon glared, baring his teeth.
"Bubble Blow!"
Demidevimon was knocked to the ground when Mikey ran in.
"Tokomon, why'd you do that?!"
"Mikey, he's lying to you!! He's not your friend!! I am!!"
Mikey actually seemed slightly peeved.
"If you don't like my friends, then maybe we shouldn't be friends anymore!!"
He took off his crest and Digivice throwing them to the ground at Tokomon's feet.
"Mikey…"
Mikey ran off, Demidevimon following as tears built in Tokomon's eyes.
'Mikey…Mikey, don't go…'
End Flashback:
Leo looked down at Tokomon sympathetically.
"Let's go find Mikey and see if we can straighten this whole thing out."
Tokomon nodded, hope in his bright black eyes.
Leo went to the amusement park in search of his youngest brother.
"MIKEY!!" Leo called, looking around.
Agumon copied his partner…only louder…
"MIKEY!!!!!!"
…
"Agumon? Leo?"
Tokomon perked as Leo ran to the source of the voice.
When the orange-banded turtle came into view, Leo smiled.
"MIKEY!!"
A smile lit up the youngers face, and he ran to embrace his big brother.
"LEO!!"
Tokomon jumped to the ground, the crest jingling around his neck, as Leo brought his brother into a comforting hug.
"Hey, bro."
Mikey smiled up at him.
"I missed you…"
Leo looked untrustingly at Demidevimon before looking back at Mikey.
"Mikey, I think you and Tokomon had a little bit of misunderstanding. He was just looking out for you."
After a moment of thought, Mikey nodded.
"When you put it like that, bro…"
Mikey released his brother slowly, and turned to Tokomon.
"Sorry about what I did, Tokomon…want to be friends again?"
Tokomon smiled cutely.
"Of course!"
The small Digimon jumped into his partners arms, where said turtle proceeded to take his crest and put it around his own neck before taking the Digivice Leo held out.
Demidevimon had flown off, and came back with a basket of mushrooms.
Before Mikey could grab one, Leo stopped him.
"We shouldn't eat these raw, Mikey."
So Leo made a little fire and started cooking the mushrooms.
Agumon said he needed to go to the bathroom and hurried off.
Outside the bathroom door, he saw the same mushrooms.
'Eating one won't hurt…' He reasoned before plucking one, but a voice stopped him before he popped it into his mouth.
"Don't eat those! They're the Mushrooms of Forgetfulness. They'll make you forget everything."
That voice…it seemed so familiar…it brought back faint memories of warmth and love that he couldn't quite bring into focus…
That's when reality smacked him in the face.
'Oh no!'
He ran as fast as his small legs could carry him, and saw Mikey ready to take a bite of a steaming mushroom.
"NO!!!!!!"
Mikey hesitated, and Agumon swiped it from his hands.
"Agumon, what is it?"
Leo knew something was up.
He always did.
"These are the Mushrooms of Forgetfulness!"
Agumon glared at Demidevimon.
"He's trying to make us forget everything!"
Leo glared icily.
"You messed with my little brother…"
He gripped his Digivice tight.
"I should kill you for making him cry…"
Tokomon jumped forward.
"I'll take care of him!"
'If Leo can come back…maybe the others will get back together…and we can get…anything's possible…'
"Be careful, Tokomon…"
The Crest of Hope started glowing, and…
"Tokomon, Digivolve to…PATAMON!!"
Both Digimon faced Demidevimon.
"Pepper Breath!"
As Demidevimon was distracted, Patamon tackled him.
"Boom Bubble!"
The attack made Demidevimon fly into the air, and Patamon flew up after him.
"Boom Bubble!"
The rapidly fired attacks hit Demidevimon higher and higher before Patamon flew up beside him like an orange bullet.
"Boom Bubble!"
It smacked the evil Digimon out of the park, and Patamon flew back down, landing in Mikey's arms.
Leo smiled proudly.
"Now we just need to find the others."
Mikey nodded, smiling innocently up at his big brother.
"Yeah! Let's go!"
So, with Patamon snuggled in Mikey's arms, they set off to find their little make-shift family…