The village was full of relief as the heroes returned home. Fugamon had gone with them to settle things with the mayor and establish he and his gang's new roles of protectors. The Five Lights were treated as heroes of course. The village had nothing so grand as money or a feast. The former DemiDevimon was disappointed about.
"Hey I think we deserve to at least be paid." the bat quipped.
And as for the latter, Labramon was most disappointed.
"Labramon's hungry." she pouted.
Then again, Labramon was always hungry, so it wasn't anything too new.
The party was done with their task, and were directed towards their next destination. Least their next part past this area. They still didn't have a good goal in mind. Just journey around and hope for the best. So long as it put some distance between them and SkullMeramon. Yet, even with their new goal in mind, there were still some lingering questions. Questions of things said.
"So? Who exactly are the Fallen Angels?" Kazuya suddenly asked Fairydramon.
"What? Excuse me?" Fairydramon responded.
"Fugamon mentioned them back there before. I thought you might know."
"Yeah Fugamon made it sound like they were really important." Sakura added.
Fairydramon's face grew stern. "I don't know much about them personally, but I do know that they are very evil digimon." Her eyes rose above, and found themselves lost in thought. "There are five of them, each making up a portion of the pentagram."
"And that's all?" Kazuya asked.
"That's all I know. I know nothing of the members, but I do know that they are very powerful." Fairydramon continued.
That was all that needed to be said. Though it didn't leave much for interpretation. All they really knew is that they were the ones in charge, and that made them SkullMeramon's bosses. And generally the boss was always stronger than the minion. And it should be noted that they had done poorly against SkullMeramon in their initial fight, so that left them with an overwhelming feeling of dread.
"So what? We'll just have to get stronger." Kazuya reasoned.
"Yeah! I'll smash em all!" Gazimon piped. "Just leave it to me!" The rabbit hopped up upon a tree root. "I'll give em one of this!" He said lifting up a leg. "And a little of this!" he said swiping a claw. "And some of this!" He struck a pose, but his feet began to falter and soon he fell backwards with a splash.
"Gazimon!" Kazuya cried. He ran over and noticed his digimon had fallen into a pool of water. Not just any water though, but swamp water.
They had long left the comforts of the village, and found themselves in a swamp. The Viral Swamp to be precise. Not the most welcoming of names, but a name nonetheless.
"I meant to do that." Gazimon said sheepishly. He rose to his feet and shook himself off.
"Sure you did." Said Kazuya.
The group took a glance at their surroundings. All around them were an assortment of trees laced with plants of dark looking water. Vine roots and leaves gripped them, interlocking into the water and wood.
"Man this place sure looks dank." said Jun as she reached for a cigarette.
Penguinmon waddled at her side, looking ahead and flinching as he heard a sound. "Yeah, and we don't know what kind of digimon are here."
"Let me guess? You're scared?" Jun said with a hint of annoyance.
Penguinmon looked a little embarrassed at that bit, but he couldn't deny he was nervous. Then again, he was always nervous. Just one of his faults.
"Eh I like this place. It offers a lot of variety." DemiDevimon said flapping into view.
Chiisi joined his partner, letting him perch upon his shoulder. "This place is rather quant."
"Quant? Man you have a weird taste in locations kid." Jun said as she exhaled a puff of cigarette smoke.
Chiisi merely shrugged at that response. "I guess so. But it's just how I am."
"This place just gives me the creeps." shuddered Sho.
"Don't worry Sho-chan! Labramon will protect you!" Labramon yipped.
Fairydramon shuddered at the sound of Labramon's voice, or rather what she was saying. But she was stricken with an idea. "I suggest we take a small break to get our bearings and to decide on what we are going to do."
"That sounds like a wonderful idea Fairydramon." Sakura concurred.
Everyone agreed and took this moment to rest. They had walked some distance, so it was needed.
"Excuse me? Labramon?" Fairydramon beckoned.
The dog was currently nibbling at her rear, trying to get at a stray itch. "Yes Fairydramon?"
The dragoness smiled. "Now that we are taking this reprieve, I think it is time we take a moment to start on your speech lessons."
Labramon lowered her head. "Does Labramon have to?"
Fairydramon narrowed her eyes. "Trust me my dear. This is something that must be done." The dragon struck a precise position. If she was in a college class, she would have a podium. "Now my dear, repeat after me. "My name is Labramon.""
Labramon sat back on her haunches, head erect and eyes focusing on the dragon before her. "Mye, name...is...Labramon."
Fairydramon blinked, for she had caught a fragment of that odd pronunciation. "Well...not quite exact, but please repeat."
"Mye name is Labramon." The dog repeated.
"No no, not quite." Fairydramon corrected. "My...My...try it back with me."
Labramon's mouth twitched as she tried her hardest to pronounce her words. "M...M...MMMMM...Myyyyyy..."
"Almost, now try it again." Fairydramon urged.
"M...M...My!" Labramon pronounced at last.
"Good!" Fairydramon cheered. "Now let's try once more." Fairydramon cleared her throat before she continued. "I am very happy to meet you." The dragon recited. "Now try repeating the letter "I"."
Labramon got ready, tail firm, and head straight. "Eye." Looking at Fairydramon's expression, Labramon knew that she didn't get it right. "Eye...eye...eeyai...aieyie..."
"Come on. You can do it my girl." Fairydramon reassured.
"Eye...I...am very happy to meet you!" Labramon's tail wagged as she got the statement right.
"Excellent work my girl! Top form!" Fairydramon cheered.
"Yay! Labramon did it!" Labramon cheered, then remembered her mistake. "I mean. I did it."
"Well we can still iron things out, but I think you are on the right track. Now to move onto further alterations."
Labramon's head hung low as she knew this meant more work. But, she wanted to better herself, and she knew this was the right path to do so. But still, part of her wanted to play and frolic, but those feelings were put on hold for now.
While this was going on, other members of the party were going about their own business. The next pair up were Penguinmon and DemiDevimon.
The two of them had parted a bit from their partners. Penguinmon had brought DemiDevimon aside saying he needed to talk to him.
"Um DemiDevimon? Can I talk to you?" Penguinmon asked.
The bat descended to the ground, wings kept in as he addressed the bird. "What about?"
Penguinmon fidgeted on the ground, hesitant in asking what he wanted. But he knew it had to be said. "Can you? Can you teach me how to be tough?"
That question took DemiDevimon by surprise. "Huh? You want to be tough?"
"Uh huh." Penguinmon responded.
"Okay. Why? Frankly you don't strike me as the aggressive type." DemiDevimon noted.
The bird looked down, his face growing in shame. "It's Jun."
"Jun?"
"Yeah. I just want to be the digimon she wants."
DemiDevimon looked over to Jun, watching as the girl smoked her cigarette. "Well if you want to change your image we can stick a cigarette in your mouth and get you some sunglasses. That would make you look tougher at least."
"I don't want to look tough. I want to be tough." Penguinmon reiterated. "I'm tired of being a scared little wimp. So can you please help me?"
DemiDevimon was uncertain. Frankly he found it wrong to go against someone's nature, he didn't want to change himself for anything, so what right did he have for changing Penguinmon?"
"Well I dunno. I mean your type isn't really built for battle or anything, but if you want to improve your standing with Jun, then I probably can help."
Penguinmon's face lit up. "Oh thank you! So what should I do? How should I start?"
"Whoa whoa calm down. First off, still your emotions." DemiDevimon instructed.
Penguinmon did just that. He firmed his body and calmed down his emotions.
"Good. Now listen, the first rule of being tough is to remain strong, even in the worst of circumstances."
"Right right. So what else?" Penguinmon asked.
DemiDevimon calmly stared him in the face. The bat did nothing to deter his look.
"Huh? What are you doing?" Penguinmon asked again, growing a little fearful as the bat continued to stare at him. "Stop staring at me, you're creeping me out!" Penguinmon fearfully put his flippers in front of him.
DemiDevimon continued to stare, not moving an inch, save for one critical moment. In a flash, he darted forward, and Penguinmon fell backwards. The bat shook his head. "Got to be braver than that. I was trying to psyche you out and I hoped you would stand your ground."
"Stand my ground?" Penguinmon repeated.
"Yeah. I mean part of being brave is not getting pushed around when things are tough. So how about we try it again?" DemiDevimon offered.
Penguinmon stood up and affirmatively nodded his head. "Right!"
Meanwhile, Gazimon was going through his own issues. "Hey Kazuya?" he asked.
The goggle headed boy looked down to address the rabbit. "Yes? What is it?"
"I kind of need your advice on something." Gazimon admitted.
"My advice? On what?"
"Romance."
"Romance?"
Gazimon felt some hesitance towards this request. After all, he had thought he was the expert on such matters. He had dealt with many female digimon in the past, though admittedly, those little excursions didn't end well. Then again, it was debatable if those were feelings of true love, or simply just lust. This time, he was certain it was love.
"Yeah, about Fairydramon." Gazimon confessed.
"Fairydramon? What about her?" Kazuya asked.
Gazimon let out a dreamy sigh. "She's so perfect. In every way."
"Wait? You're in love with-now I see it." Kazuya realized. Honestly, Kazuya wasn't sure why he didnt' see it before?
"I've done everything I've can to get her to like me, but she doesn't want anything to do with me." Gazimon bemoaned.
Kazuya looked down at his digimon with a hand on his hip. "Well maybe if you didn't act like such a creeper, she wouldn't be repulsed by you."
Gazimon's ears and tail shot straight up in fury. "Creeper? Creeper! How am I a creeper!?"
Kazuya raised an eyebrow. "Well first off learning about personal space would help. I mean you lean up on Fairydramon like she's some kind of pole."
Gazimon cancelled anything he was about to say, realizing that was true.
"And those pick up lines aren't going to work either." Kazuya continued.
"Well alright smarty pants, how would you charm her?" Gazimon had to ask.
"First off, don't do the thing we talked about, and second, get to know her, try to make her feel special. Compliment her or...I dunno. I'm not good at this romance stuff. But I do know you shouldn't treat her like an object."
"How do I treat her like an object?" Gazimon asked, his offense growing.
Kazuya let out a sigh and crossed his arms. "Do we really have to go over it again?"
While all of these conversations were going on, the party was left unaware of what was transpiring. They failed to notice something was sneaking up on them. Slowly it crept, out of sight, bit keeping the heroes in sight. It ignored the humans, but eyed the unconcerned Gazimon. The moment was perfect, and it took it. Darting forward, the Gazimon and the goggle wearing human only noticed it at that point. And noticed it was coming towards the Gazimon.
"Look out!"
Suddenly, a loud voice broke through, landing atop what had just launched. Everyone present stopped what they were doing and looked over at the new sight. The first thing they noticed as what the new arrival was sitting on. It was a dark digimental. The corrupted object situated until it was broken free and headed towards the Gazimon again. That turned out to be a fatal mistake, for now it was noticed.
"Electric Stun Blast!" Gazimon cried, sending forth the attack and shattering the digimental into nothing.
The data fragments dissipated into the air, vanishing into nothing.
"Man that was close." Kazuya muttered.
"I'll say. One second more and I'd be a mindless slave." Gazimon concurred.
With the digimental gone, they were able to get a good look at their new guest. From first glance, Kazuya was able to see a familiarity with another digimon he had encountered.
"Pagumon?" He wondered aloud. But he got a closer look and realized he wasn't Pagumon.
Though they had the same round shape, but there was a distinct difference in color and ears. The digimon was a lighter shade of pink in comparison to Pagumon's gray. And the ears were more rabbit like and wispy. Then there were the eyes. White sclera with red irises. The digimon opened it's large mouth, taking a huge breath.
"Hoo wee, I reckon that was a doozy." The little pink ball spoke up. "You folks okay?" The digimon asked, his voice a southern accented drawl.
"Uh yeah. Thanks." Kazuya said expressing his gratitude.
"Yeah, if you hadn't warned us, I'd be a goner by now." Gazimon concurred.
The little digimon grinned. "Aw shucks, just doin my part is all. Happy to help."
"Son? Are you there?" Another voice called from behind.
Waddling into view came another digimon. It appeared to be a green body with four stumps for legs coming into view. Atop it's head was some kind of red mohawk, but it didn't look like fur or hair.
"Pa?" The little digimon asked as it noticed the other digimon coming into view.
As soon as the other digimon came fully into view, it gave a soft glare at it's apparent child. "Now son, you know better than to wander off, specially in these times."
"Aww I'm sorry Pa, but they were in trouble and I was trying to help." the little digimon said.
The bigger digimon grinned and smiled. "Well no harm no foul." Looking to the group, the big digimon addressed the party. "Well howdy folks. My name's Betamon, and this here is mah son Koromon."
As soon as Fairydramon heard the word "son", she tensed up. "So, they're those kind of digimon." She said in realization.
"It's good to meet you." Kazuya greeted. "I'm Kazuya, and this is Gazimon. That's Sho and Labramon, Jun and Penguinmon, Chiisi and DemiDevimon, and Sakura and Fairydramon." Kazuya let out a breath as he finished with the long list.
"Say? You folks hungry? My wife cooks up some mean swamp stew." Betamon offered.
Though the idea of swamp stew didn't sound appetizing, it wasn't as if they had anywhere else to go.
"Sure. Lead the way." Kazuya accepted.
Everyone else held the same sentiments as Kazuya, so they followed along. As they walked though, Sakura couldn't help but notice something wrong with Fairydramon.
"Fairydramon? What's wrong?" she asked.
The dragoness looked lost in thought, but she listened to Sakura's words well. "It's nothing." She stated.
Although Sakura didn't quite believe her, she didn't press the matter further for now.
The party followed the two digimon, through the swamp path, and kept walking until they reached a large tree. Least that's what it looked like at first glance, a very fat and broad tree to be precise. What was noticeable were the two windows situated in the front, as well as the door, plus the small iron chimney poking out from the side, a wisp of smoke coming from it.
"Well here we are." Betamon announced.
The frog like digimon waddled up opening the door and offering the others to come inside, Koromon being the first to hop in. Everyone piled in and were greeted by a round room, a table front and center along with several pieces of furniture. A hallway lay in the back, connecting to other rooms. Along the wall was a stove, and by it sat another froglike digimon. This one having the shape of one, with webbed toes. It was covered in orange and yellow fur, a series of spikes running down it's back. The digimon was stirring a pot with a wooden spoon, steam rising from it.
"Honey. We're home." Betamon announced again.
The digimon halted her stirring and looked to the amphibian virus type.
"Well howdy there snookums, how's my two favorite men?" the digimon asked in an accent similar to Betamon and Koromon.
"Just peachy Ma!" Koromon said hopping up and down.
The little In-Training bounced against his mother, nuzzling her, which the digimon returned. Betamon waddled over and the two adults kissed each other passionately.
"Everyone. This here is my wife Gizamon. Honey, these are some guests I found in the swamp. They're going to be joining us."
Gizamon smiled up at the group. "Well the more the merrier. Why don't you rest a spell and I'll get you all some grub. Soup's almost done."
Sakura smiled, holding her hands together. "Thank you maam. It's a pleasure."
Jun sniffed the air, finding the scent peculiar. "So I take it that's swamp stew right?" She asked.
"Yep! Perfect mixture of meat, mushrooms, and swamp grass!" Gizamon smiled proudly.
Jun sniffed again and grimaced. "Yay."
"So you two are married?" Sho asked. Still trying to process the concept of digimon marrying.
"Yep. Been so for years." Betamon remarked with pride.
"So digimon can get married?" Sho asked again.
"Why wouldn't we Sho-chan?" Labramon asked.
Sho started to speak, but kept what he wanted to say private, for fear of sounding offensive. "Well you know uh..." Sho stammered. Still, he couldn't really spit it out.
"So that digimon is your kid?" Kazuya asked, pointing to Koromon.
"Yep that here is our son." Betamon answered.
"Our pride and joy!" Gizamon chimed in.
Koromon flashed a proud grin at his parent's words. He knew he was the result of a labor of love, and he wasn't too modest on showing it.
"So you guys actually made him?" Both digimon nodded. "With you know...sex?"
Both digimon blinked. "What's sex?" They asked.
"What do you mean what is sex? I mean sex is how you make babies." Kazuya explained.
A look of realization hit both Gizamon and Betamon's faces. "Oh ya mean sex! Well we just call it data swappin." Clarified Betamon.
"Data swapping?" Repeated Kazuya.
"Yeah that's when two digimon exchange their data and sometimes that makes a digitama." explained Gazimon.
"You mean Digimon hatch from eggs?" Sho said in surprise.
Fairydramon crossed her arms, sighing as she spoke. "Yes." The dragoness walked out of the door.
"Fairydramon?" Sakura followed after her digimon, stepping into the outside air.
Sho looked down at Labramon, ignoring his companion, and noting. "So you hatched from an egg?"
Labramon looked up at him, cocking her head in confusion. "Yeah? Didn't you?"
Sho wisely didn't answer. He didn't want to destroy his digimon's innocence.
XXX
"Fairydramon? What's the matter?" asked Sakura, shutting the door behind her.
Fairydramon had her back faced to her partner. "Nothing. Everything's bloody fine."
Sakura put her hands to her hips, her expression unconvinced. "Fairydramon, I can tell when something's wrong. Now talk to me."
The dragoness knew it wouldn't do her well to hide it. So she figured she might as well as come out and say it. "Well if you must know, it's about them."
"Them?"
"Them. That little family."
Sakura looked behind her and realized her digimon was talking about Betamon's family. "That family? What's wrong with them? They seem perfectly fine to me."
"I know. They seem happy and nice, but really I just couldn't stand being around them." Fairydramon declared.
"And why's that?" Asked Sakura.
"Because. Their child is impure." stated Fairydramon.
"That's an unkind thing to say!" snapped Sakura. "Just what do you mean by that?"
Fairydramon sighed again and turned to face her partner. "All digimon are born from digitamas. The digitamas hatch into baby digimon, and they grow and mature. Most digimon are born in a place called The Village of Beginnings, and when they are killed, their data is reconfigured and sent back there to be reincarnated."
Sakura adjusted her glasses she she expressed her surprise. "So wait? Digimon live forever?"
"No, we have lifespans, and if we expire naturally, we are not reborn. Our data is simply absorbed into Digital Heaven so to speak. Yet, there are some digimon who are not born in the village. Some are created by other digimon." Sakura listened well, for she knew her digimon was going to explain an important part. "When two digimon love each other, or simply are looking for a cheap thrill, they come together and exchange their data. I hear the sensation is very pleasurable, but sometimes in that data transfer, bits of the other digimon's data is transferred into the other one. That lingering data mixes in with the host's and a digitama is created."
"Oh so like making babies!" Realized Sakura.
Fairydramon was a bit taken back by her partner's sudden declaration. "More or less." And this is where Fairydramon's expression grew somber. "Though these types of digimon grow as the ones born in the village, some digimon view them as unnatural to the order of the Digital World. Hence they are called impure."
Sakura at last understood, but that still didn't excuse some of her digimon's words, "Well that's no reason to hate them."
"I don't hate them!" Fairydramon declared.
"Well why did that family make you uncomfortable?" asked Sakura.
Fairydramon looked away, her expression growing into a fretful firmness, "It's complicated." she stated.
"Well talk to me about it." Sakura beckoned.
Fairydramon couldn't face her partner. "I'm sorry, I just can't."
Sakura let out a sigh, "Fine, you can talk when you're ready, but please try to tolerate the family, for me at least."
Fairydramon nodded, "Very well, for you Sakura."
The pair of them were about to head inside when suddenly, Fairydramon stopped.
"What is it?" asked Sakura with concern.
Fairydramon held out a claw, ears fanning about as she attempted to ascertain where the danger was coming from.
"Something's here." she said.
Sakura looked about for anything as well, but she found nothing of note. Then out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a glint of black. A closer look and she finally got a good eye of it.
"A dark digimental!" she called.
The digimental flew towards them, legs outstretched as they prepared to clasp.
"Fairy Flame!" Fairydramon shouted, the attack struck destroying the object. For that moment, Fairydramon thought it was over, but to her surprise, she noticed several digimentals approaching. "Oh no." she muttered.
One of them flew in accordance, positioning it itself to latch onto her.
"Look out!" someone cried.
Fairydramon was suddenly pushed out of the way as the digimental clasped onto a new target. Fairydramon looked up and noticed to her shock, a familiar scruffy gray. "Gazimon!?" she exclaimed.
The rabbit was struggling as the digimental clasped onto his chest. "F...Fairy...dra...mon," he managed to spit out, "get out of here."
The digimental shrank, carefully positioning itself as it shrank to Gazimon's body size. Before long, the body fit perfectly upon his chest. A bright red glow ignited in his eyes, and his stance grew fierce.
"Fairydramon couldn't believe what the perverted rabbit had done, "Gazimon." The rabbit grew more fierce in his stance, claws and teeth bared. "Gazimon don't!" she pleaded, but it was no use, the rabbit pounced, only to be hit by something else.
"Labramon!" Fairydramon cried.
The canine digimon tumbled with Gazimon, wrestling with him before breaking away, firmly planted on all fours and teeth bared.
"Stay back Gazimon! Labramon-I mean I don't want to hurt you!" said Labramon, trying her best to keep up her improved speech.
Fairydramon caught wind of that and couldn't help but inwardly smile that her lessons had bore fruit. But that wasn't the issue right now, the issue was Gazimon.
"Icicle Prism!" A trail of icicles jutted up from the ground in a trail as Gazimon quickly dodged. Penguinmon strutted out, thrusting his beak forward. "Yeah I did that! I'm bad! I'm cool! I'm tough!"
Inside the house, Jun sweat dropped at her digimon's presentation. "Ugh, tone it down." she muttered.
DemiDevimon was the next to flap up towards the fight, and in his talon he held a syringe." "Demi Dart!" He shot the dart forward, another shot that Gazimon dodged.
"Careful not to hit him!" Kazuya cried worried. He rushed outside, worry on his face as he noticed the device on his digimon's body. "Aim for that! Hurry!"
Fairydramon was the first to come up. "I'll handle this!" Gazimon had saved her, so she owed it to him. The dragon stared the rabbit down, but she was currently at a loss as what to do. Gazimon stared her down, the programed commands of the digimental working it's way into his data. He lunged towards Fairydramon, a move which she swiftly dodged. "Gazimon you have to break through!" Gazimon lunged again, his stance going feral. Fairydramon was completely at a loss as what to do. But one idea came to mind. It was an idea she hated, but she had no other choice. Cocking her hips, Fairydramon sauntered over to Gazimon. The possessed Digimon cocked his own head in confusion. Even though he was brainwashed at the moment, he still held some sort of sentience. At least to recognize something was amiss.
"What is she doing?" Sakura asked. No one had the answer to that.
Fairydramon blew a puff of smoke to the air. The smoke formed into a ring which then formed into a heart. "Come here you big stud!" she said before grabbing Gazimon in a hug and a kiss. She held on long and passionately. Everyone present stood with their mouths hung down low. Fairydramon broke away from the kiss and the moment she did, she spat and swathed her tongue to clean out the taste. "Ugh I still think I can taste traces of Terriermon's cigar on his lips, from when he tried it"
Gazimon held a vacant look on his face. Possessed as he was, his inner desire was still present. Gazimon's face grew dreamy and he outstretched his arms and puckered his lips. Fairydramon held out her hands, pushing him away. "Could someone get lover boy off of me?"
"I got it." DemiDevimon said flapping above the pair. "Duck."
Fairydramon ducked out of the way allowing DemiDevimon's Demi Dart to strike against the digimental. The moment it struck, it caused the evil device to crack and soon splinter off into a digital particles. Gazimon's eyes instantly regained color and he soon found himself in a very peculiar position.
"Huh? What?" he said as he noticed what he was doing. He looked to Fairydramon, the first thing he saw, then to himself.
"Gazimon!" Gazimon's wonder was put on hold as Kazuya grabbed him in a hug.
"Kazuya? What happened?" asked Gazimon.
"It was one of those digimentals. It grabbed you and you went all evil." explained Kazuya.
Gazimon blinked, "I did?"
"You did, but DemiDevimon freed you." added Fairydramon.
"Really? Well thanks bat boy." thanked Gazimon.
"Hey no problem lover boy." DemiDevimon chuckled.
"Lover boy?" Gazimon said in confusion. "Wait? Did something else happen?"
Fairydramon's eyes grew wide. "No! Nothing else happened!"
Gazimon began to scratch his chin. "I dunno. It kind of feels like someone kissed me or something."
"Nobody kissed you!" Fairydramon hotly declared.
A silence fell over everyone, and they soon found themselves in an awkward moment. But that moment was broken when Gizamon poked her amphibian head out of the door. "Soup's ready!"
XXX
The meal went on without incident. They ate, they rested, and they were happy. But all good things came to an end, and so it was time to set off again.
"Thank y'all for stopping by!" Betamon waved.
"Yeah come on back!" Koromon said hopping up and down.
"Don't be strangers ya hear?" Gizamon called.
The party waved back and continued on their way into the swamp.
"I dunno. It really feels like you kissed me." Gazimon said in wonder.
"I told you nothing of the sort happened!" Fairydramon declared.
"Geeze why are you getting so defensive?" asked Gazimon.
"I am not!" Fairydramon exclaimed, smoke snorting from her nostrils.
As she watched this, Labramon let out a merry giggle. "They're silly! Aren't they Sho-chan?"
Sho looked to Labramon, noticing her change in speech. "Um yeah. Say are you talking differently?"
Labramon giggled again. "Yeppers!"
Penguinmon still strut himself out, waddling to and fro. "Yeah I'm tough! Don't you think so Jun?"
Jun looked away with a strange look of bewilderment upon her face. "Yeah I guess." She still couldn't feel as if her digimon was trying too hard.
It was a fine end to another adventure. But there were more in store.
XXX
"Sir! We got an alert on the radar!"
SkullMeramon got up from his chair and looked it over. The metal faced digimon grinned. "Perfect. Got them right where I want them." mused the Ultimate. "Set a course for their location! Summon all available forces there!"
"Right sir!"
And so the blimpmon changed direction, and set off to locate the heroes.
A/N: Took me long enough but I delivered. Though I think I am a little out of practice. We see a little bit of Fairydramon's inner thoughts. And we have given my insight to how digimon reproduce in my fic. The Village of Beginnings is still a part of my fic universe, but some digimon are born via data swapping. And the fact that digimon who expire naturally are not reborn is just my way of keeping the Digital World not overpopulated. One aspect of Frontier that intrigued me was that some Digimon had kids, but I wondered why the Digital World wasn't overpopulated in that universe. This is my compromise.