Frontier 02: Rebirthing – Chapter 15: Changes
madjack89: Hello, hello, hello…I am your beloved Madjack89.
Kouji: That's an appropriate reference, considering that this story is just like a series of unfortunate events.
Takuya: All we need is a baby that speaks gibberish, yet everyone seems to know what she's saying.
JP: God no, that's way too close to Pokémon.
Takuya: That's true.
Kira: When do I get to kick ass with my Beast Spirit, Madjack?
madjack89: Soon Kira, don't worry.
Zoe: Hey, it's my ass you're kicking!
Kira: Well, maybe Kouichi will step in and I'll end up kicking his ass.
Kouichi: …
madjack89: Hey Dai!
Dai: Yeah?
madjack89: What time is it?
Dai: Summer time!
madjack89 and Dai: It's our vacation!
Kouji: For the love of god, just answer reviews!
madjack89: Fine.
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Aldamonburst: Don't worry, Calmaramon's coming. And I did not know the spirit's opposites. (The light and dark one's kind of obvious, though.) Thanks for sharing!
apapa155: Aw, poor Eva! Just hang in there, baby! (lol) Thanks for reviewing and thanks for the brownies!
hazeleyedharmony: Who are you? (lol) Just kidding! I figured you must be busy, what with graduation and all that. (Oh god, I graduate this year!) Yay for drama! You just gotta love it! Thank you for reviewing! (Even if it's short! I don't mind!)
GoldenDragon326: Ah, Kira and Taki, those lovable scamps! I love writing about them! Thank you for the review! (And I'm glad you liked the end commentary!)
DigiBleach: Ha ha, suspense! It might make a funny event, though Taki's a bit incapacitated at the moment. Plus he's a little reluctant to admit what happened. Thanks for reviewing, and don't be sorry for the paragraph, I like paragraphs!
garnettfox: Yay, you're back! Hope Germany was fun! Sorry about the sunburn, but have fun at camp! And that's a bit harsh to grab popcorn and watch Zoe die, but that's your decision! Thanks for reviewing!
fg1fg: Don't worry, Calmaramon's coming, you'll see. In the meantime, hooray squirrels! And how ironic, my dad's favorite animals are rhinos! We always have to go find the rhinos when visiting zoos! Oh my god, space pandas! (lol) Let's see, my favorite animals are probably…bats! Wolves come in close second! Especially werewolves (they're my favorite supernatural creatures)! Alright, I've rambled enough! Thanks for reviewing!
Dawn of Glory: Yeah, poor them. And yes, Kira is quite a violent girl. Poor Zoe. Hey, it's not nice to tell people they suck, Sakura! And you're my favorite OC! Oh well, Kouji insults me all the time, so I can handle it! Thanks for reviewing!
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madjack89: Alright Dai, now what time is it?
Dai: Party time!
madjack89, Dai, and Witchmon: That's right, say it loud!
Kouji: That's it, I'm starting the chapter.
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"Kira," Zoe managed to gasp through her struggle to breathe. Ranamon just glared at her and continued to hold her in the air by the front of her shirt.
Zoe closed her eyes, beginning to get dizzy from all the dots she was seeing. This is it, Zoe thought, finally realizing the predicament she was in. And of all people, Kira is going to kill me, because she thinks I kissed…
Suddenly, Ranamon released her grip on Zoe's shirt, causing Zoe to fall with a thump to the ground. Zoe opened her eyes and waited until everything got less blurry to sit up and see what had caused Kira to change her mind.
What she saw was Kouichi standing with his arms out in front of him, with Ranamon lying on the ground near him. Zoe realized that he must have shoved Ranamon to the ground in order to save her.
But Kouichi didn't look like he was in good shape. A few seconds after Zoe recognized him, his arms fell to his sides and he started breathing hard. Zoe noticed he looked fatigued and realized that Ranamon's attack had taken its toll.
Ranamon noticed this too, and quickly hopped to her feet. She then grabbed Kouichi's shoulders, hard because it caused Kouichi to clench his teeth, and pulled him until she was right in his face.
She wasn't angry, though, for her expression had softened. "Chief, out of everyone, I thought you'd be the most understanding," she said so softly that Zoe couldn't hear. "She betrayed you along with me. If anything, you should be helping me."
"Is it true?" Kouichi asked immediately following Ranamon, eyes downcast. Zoe did hear this, and was both shocked and hurt. Did Kouichi not trust her?
"Why else would I do this?" Ranamon said in answer.
Kouichi paused, closing his eyes. Zoe held her breath, hoping that Kouichi would know better than to think that of her. Finally he said, "When?"
"What?" Ranamon asked, looking as surprised as Zoe felt.
"When?" Kouichi repeated. "When did Zoe and Takuya kiss? You must have witnessed it, right?"
Ranamon frowned and said, "I don't see how this would have any significance, but it was tonight. A little while ago, actually."
Kouichi smiled, seemingly happy with this answer. "In that case," he began, lifting his head to stare at Ranamon, "it couldn't have been Zoe."
"What are you talking about? I know what I saw!" Ranamon said, beginning to get angry again.
"Then you were tricked," Kouichi said calmly. "Zoe hasn't left my sight all night. But I will admit that she kissed someone tonight." Here Kouichi paused and glanced at Zoe. "She kissed me."
Zoe stared at Kouichi, eyes shining. He did trust her! He was trying to get Kira to realize that nothing had happened between her and Takuya.
Ranamon didn't seem convinced, though. "Liar!" she exclaimed, releasing Kouichi, clenching her fist, and punching Kouichi square in the mouth.
"Kouichi!" Zoe cried fearfully as Kouichi fell to the ground.
"I'm fine," he said reassuringly, getting slowly to a sitting position. He wiped the blood off his lip and said to Ranamon, "I'm not lying."
"Yeah you are!" Ranamon cried, seething with anger now. "Zoe said you're too bashful to kiss her!"
Kouichi turned to Zoe and said flatly, "You said I was too bashful?"
"Kinda," Zoe muttered sheepishly.
"Then again," Ranamon continued, ignoring Kouichi and Zoe's conversation, "Zoe could have just lied to me then, too. As far as I know, I've been lied to from the beginning!"
"Kira, that's ridiculous!" Zoe said, finally speaking up. "And Kouichi's telling the truth. I kissed him, not Takuya."
"Shut up!" Ranamon yelled, clenching her fists. "Stop lying and show yourself for who you really are!"
Before Ranamon could make a move toward Zoe, Kouichi grabbed Ranamon from behind, holding her arms back.
"Let go!" Ranamon said, squirming around to try and break free. "Damn, you're stronger than you let on!"
"I'll take that as a compliment," Kouichi said sarcastically. He then turned to Zoe and said, "Get out of here now."
Before Zoe could protest, Kouichi added, "She's just getting angrier with you here. She needs to calm down so she can think clearly."
"And you don't want me getting hurt," Zoe muttered.
"That too," Kouichi said softly, looking away.
Suddenly, Ranamon broke free from Kouichi's grip. She smirked as he stumbled back, looking surprised. "You got distracted," she said simply, shoving him against the nearest tree.
Ranamon held Kouichi with one hand and curled her other hand into a fist, ready to finish what she'd started. But before she could pummel him, Zoe yelled, "Wait!"
Ranamon paused, turning to look at Zoe. "What?" she asked coldly.
"Don't take your vendetta against me out on Kouichi," Zoe said, taking her D-Tector out of her pocket. "Fight me."
"Zoe, don't!" Kouichi exclaimed.
"Quiet!" Ranamon growled, slamming him hard against the tree and not once taking her eyes off Zoe. "Alright," she said as Kouichi sank to the ground behind her. "Let's fight."
"If I win you'll admit that you're wrong," Zoe said, expressing the terms while trying not to glance too anxiously at Kouichi.
"And if I win you'll admit I'm right," Ranamon retorted cockily.
"Deal," Zoe agreed, preparing to Spirit Evolve. "Let's fight."
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Meanwhile, Kouji was struggling back into consciousness. It had taken him a moment to figure out what had happened, but he was able to clear his hazy thoughts and realize that Kira had attacked everyone.
She had said it was because Zoe and Takuya had kissed.
Kouji forced his eyes open, though it took him a minute to comprehend his surroundings. When he did, he realized that he was lying on his side at camp, soaked to the bone from Ranamon's attack. Around him lay his either unconscious or very dazed friends.
He sat up as quickly as he could make himself, observing his surroundings more closely. He realized then that both Kouichi and Zoe were missing.
He was about to jump up and search for his brother and Zoe when he noticed something else in the clearing.
Tommy was on his knees and looked to be the most alert of everyone. But it was the person lying in front of Tommy that captured Kouji's attention.
Takuya lay before Tommy, looking still and peaceful. Too still and peaceful.
Kouji approached the two slowly, afraid of what he might see. Please Kira, please tell me you didn't…
He stopped abruptly when he saw that Tommy was crying softly while staring at Takuya.
"No." Kouji's knees buckled, and he let himself fall with a thump to the ground. He stared at his hands as they began to tremble. "I'm too late."
"Wattur you guys so worked up about?" Both Kouji and Tommy's heads shot up, surprised by JP's slightly slurred question.
JP was sitting on the other side of Takuya, looking curiously at him. "He just got knocked out," he continued, regaining his senses. "You guys are acting like he died or something."
Kouji took a closer look at Takuya and realized JP was right. Takuya's chest was moving up and down as he breathed. He'd even started to twitch slightly as if he were having a nightmare.
Kouji sighed with relief, earning a curious stare from JP. "And I repeat my question," JP said. "What are you guys so worked up about?"
Tommy answered before Kouji could. "I'm scared," he said quietly, taking a shaky breath. "Takuya's scaring me even more than when he Beast Spirit Evolved for the first time. At least I knew how to handle that. Now I don't know what to do."
He paused to take another big breath. "And now I'm crying like a stupid kid because I don't understand any of this."
"It's called love," JP said suddenly, stopping Tommy. "You don't understand because you've never been in love. Right, Kouji?"
Kouji shrugged, not really getting what JP meant.
"Okay," JP began, ready to explain himself. "I've got a theory…that it's a demon."
"JP," Kouji growled, stopping his reference.
"Alright, alright," JP mumbled, getting back to business. "I do have a theory, though, and here it is.
"From what we've witnessed tonight, we can deduce that something has occurred between three people: Takuya, Zoe, and Kira. What actually occurred is between those three, but Kira has revealed that Zoe and Takuya supposedly kissed. Here's the problem: where's Kouichi? He and Zoe were together out in the woods, so where does he factor into the equation?"
Kouji realized that JP made a valid point. "He would have to have been there, but…"
"But then why didn't he seem to know anything about it?" JP finished, growing excited.
"He could have kept it to himself," Hotaru said, suddenly popping up next to Kouji along with Dai.
"He wouldn't keep something like that from us," Dai said firmly, taking an impromptu snapshot of Kouji. "Ha, you look funny when you're glaring sideways, Kouji!"
"Well, was he keeping something from us or not, Koj?" Witchmon asked, joining the conversation. "Did you sense anything with your freaky telekinetic twin powers?"
"I thought you were all out of it," Kouji said through clenched teeth.
"I thought we were, too," Neemon said.
"Your conversation seems to have snapped us out of it," Bokomon replied, ignoring Neemon.
"Well, first of all, I do not have freaky telekinetic twin powers!" Kouji said angrily. "But no, nothing seemed wrong with Kouichi before, in a hiding the truth sense or otherwise. He actually seemed really happy."
"Exactly!" JP exclaimed. "So here's what I think: Takuya didn't actually kiss Zoe."
"I did, alright!" Takuya suddenly yelled, sitting up and glaring at JP. "She kissed me, and I kissed her back! Happy?!"
Kouji flinched involuntarily. He wasn't used to Takuya acting like this. It was a bit frightening. But still…
"Takuya, what the hell happened?" Kouji asked, staring at Takuya coldly. "There's no point in hiding it anymore, so just spit it out."
Takuya glared angrily at Kouji for a second, then sighed. "Alright, here's what happened. Zoe contacted me on her D-Tector and asked how to get back here to camp. Then later, I was looking for Kira, cause she ran away, and Zoe showed up to help me out. Then we kissed. Satisfied now?"
"Would there be a reason for said smooching?" Witchmon asked.
"She came on to me," Takuya mumbled, looking down. "I guess…I just…god, I'm an idiot!" Takuya put his head in his hands, making it clear he wasn't explaining any more.
"Zoe came on to Takuya?" Shino said, suddenly speaking up. "That doesn't really sound like her, you know? Maybe JP has a point."
"Indeed I do, Shino," JP said, excited once more after being interrupted by Takuya. "And you're quite right. We all know Zoe. She wouldn't suddenly just 'come on' to Taki. She's just not like that.
"So here's my theory," JP continued, finally leading up to his conclusion. "Zoe has…an evil twin!"
For a moment, all the others, including Takuya, did was stare at JP as if he were crazy. Then Kouji said, "JP, you've reached a new level of idiocy today. Congratulations."
"Is it really that hard to imagine?" JP retorted smugly, smirking at Kouji.
"Okay, come on! That happened one time!" Kouji yelled angrily.
"Besides, Zoe has both her parents," Hotaru said.
"Kouji only had his dad and Kouichi only had his mom," Dai added.
"Aw, c'mon! I have a good theory!" JP said defensively. "At least Shino agrees with me, right?"
"Uh, I was actually thinking that maybe there was a shape-shifting Digimon causing trouble," Shino muttered, feeling a little embarrassed at being put on the spot.
"Well, for your information, there is no such thing as a shape-shifting Digimon," JP replied, crossing his arms defiantly. "Right, Bokomon?"
"Actually, I believe that Shino makes a good point," Bokomon said, taking out his great big book of everything (with everything inside!). "I have heard of a certain type of Digimon that is able to change its shape."
"What?" JP asked flatly, his earlier confidence draining out of him. "Why did we never hear about it?"
"I thought they were extinct," Bokomon replied, searching for a certain page in his book.
"Digimon can go extinct?" Tommy asked, confused. "But they can just come back as a Digi-Egg every time they're killed, right?"
"Well, yes, that is true," Bokomon said, still searching. "But if you destroy a Digi-Egg, you destroy the Digimon in the Digi-Egg and, in essence, kill the Digimon. But it is a serious crime for a Digimon to destroy a Digi-Egg. Only a truly demonic Digimon would commit that crime."
"A Digimon like the ones we're fighting against?" Kouji asked slightly sarcastically.
"Yes, I suppose so," Bokomon said, finally stopping on the page he wanted. "Here it is. It's called Hallucimon, and it is able to change its shape to be any being it has seen before."
"Okay, so it might be this Hallucimon," JP said, still feeling optimistic about his initial thought. "But you said they were extinct."
"Well, we may have found a survivor," Bokomon snapped, glaring at JP. "They were wiped out long ago, after they realized that their power was nearly unmatched thanks to their abilities and tried to take over the Digital World."
"Does everyone try to take over the Digital World?" JP muttered, rolling his eyes.
"According to the book," Bokomon continued, "Hallucimon rarely ever take their real shapes, instead choosing to live in the guise of other creatures. Most, though, usually choose their favorite shape and live as that all their lives."
"Alright, so we may have a rough Hallucimon on the loose," Witchmon said. "How do we find the stupid thing?"
"We could ask it nicely to tell us if it's Hallucimon," Neemon suggested.
"And what would make you think that would work?!" Bokomon cried, exasperated. "They were wiped out years ago! It's probably been in hiding for thousands of years!"
"Until now," Kouji said. "What would make it do all this? Why would it go to all this trouble?"
"Ha!" JP cried triumphantly. "There's no way it would blow its cover like this!"
"I was tricked?" Everyone turned at the sudden sound of Takuya's voice. Takuya was staring at his hands, eyes wide and confused-looking.
"Look out!" Kouji turned abruptly, as did the others.
"Kouichi?" Kouji said, recognizing his brother running toward them. "What are you—?"
"I said look out!" Kouichi repeated, just as Kazemon and Ranamon burst through the trees, Ranamon aiming a column of water at Kazemon. Kazemon quickly dodged the blast and it ended up soaking the others. They then disappeared into the trees again, leaving everyone drenched in the clearing.
"You know," JP muttered, coughing out some water he'd swallowed, "I'm beginning to see a pattern with this."
"Kouichi, I kind of hate to ask, but what the hell is going on?" Kouji asked, glancing at his brother.
"Kira and Zoe are fighting," Kouichi explained, sighing. "I tried to get Kira to calm down, but we all know how that always turns out. Then Zoe challenged her to a fight and…there you have it."
"Well then, we have some good news!" Witchmon exclaimed, gesturing to Bokomon. "We've found a certain type of Digimon that can shape-shift in the book, and we think that's what kissed Taki, not Zoe! Yay!"
"I knew it couldn't have been Zoe," Kouichi said firmly. "She was with me all night. But was it really a Digimon? I mean, do we have any proof?"
"Well, not quite," Witchmon muttered, her excitement diming.
"But who else could it have been?" Shino pointed out. "What else but a shape-shifter would be able to make itself look completely like Zoe?"
"Maybe it was a mirage or illusion, like on Naruto," JP said. "Genjutsu or something."
The others stared at JP incredulously. "Genjutsu?" Kouji asked flatly.
"It could happen," JP replied, crossing his arms. "Maybe…"
While the others continued the debate, Dai was concentrating hard on a shape he thought he'd seen move in the trees. After a long moment of no movement, Dai thought he might have imagined it. Then he saw it again. A sleek black shape. A black cat, eyes trained on his friends in the clearing, as if it were watching them. Stalking them. Like prey.
"Hotaru," Dai whispered, not taking his eyes off the cat.
Hotaru turned to Dai, glancing at him questioningly. Dai put his finger to his mouth, then pointed at the cat. Hotaru stared intently at the spot before he too saw the cat. He turned to Dai, and they nodded at each other, making an unspoken plan.
Hotaru slowly got up and walked quietly into the woods, going unnoticed by everyone else since they weren't paying the slightest bit of attention to Dai or Hotaru. Luckily, neither was the cat.
Hotaru crept through the trees, trying to get behind the cat by making a wide route. He stopped a few feet behind the cat, hoping it didn't glance over at him as it continued to stalk.
Then he leaped forward, arms outstretched. The cat turned when it heard rustling, but it was too late to run, because a second later Hotaru was on top of it, grabbing it tightly in his arms.
"Mrrrow!" the cat exclaimed, hissing and clawing at Hotaru's arms. Hotaru winced, but didn't let go as he got back to his feet.
Everyone else stared curiously at Hotaru as he brought the clearly angry cat into the clearing. "Way to go, Hotaru!" Dai exclaimed, feeling victorious. "Now try to hold him still for a second so I can get a good picture."
"That might be a little hard, Dai," Hotaru said through his teeth as the cat embedded its claw into his forearm. "Son of a bitch!" (Hey, that might be Hotaru's first cuss. Yay!) "I'm in pain!" (Oh…sorry!)
"Uh…what is that thing?" Witchmon asked, staring curiously at the hissing creature instead of trying to help Hotaru control it.
"That would be a very pissed off cat," Kouji explained, jumping up along with Kouichi, Shino, and JP to help Hotaru.
"Ha ha, rope!" JP exclaimed, taking out his handkerchief rope with a flourish. The twins (for some reason it feels awkward to call them that) each grabbed one of the cat's two front paws, Kouji unsticking the cat's left paw from Hotaru's arm. JP then used his rope to tie the cat's paws together tightly. But this cat was quite intelligent, and stuck its left hind paw into Hotaru's other arm.
"For the love of god, someone take the freaking cat already!" Hotaru cried, shoving the cat into Shino's arms. Hotaru let his arms go limp while Shino held the cat out at a distance.
"Guys, why did you tie up the cat instead of just letting it go?" Tommy asked quizzically.
"Because Hotaru caught it, so it must have some special meaning," JP replied, shrugging. "Hey Chief, take the cat from Doctor Shino so he can tend to Hotaru's bleeding cat wounds."
"My mother being a doctor does not automatically make me one too, JP," Shino muttered, handing the cat gingerly over to Kouichi.
"Well, you did bring the medical supplies," JP said with a smirk.
Shino rolled his eyes and sighed, grabbing the first aid bag and searching for some Bacitracin…and maybe a band aid. (Wow, I'm going crazy with references, aren't I?)
"Alright, so why did you go after the devil cat?" Kouji asked Hotaru while Bokomon examined it from a safe distance.
"Dai noticed it in the trees," Hotaru said, holding out his arm for Doctor Shino. (Ha ha!)
Shino glared at me as Dai explained, "I saw something move in the forest and realized it was a cat. That made me wonder why a regular old cat would be in the Digital World. Then I remembered that we were looking for a shape-shifting Digimon, and thought the cat might actually be a Digimon!"
"Dai may be correct," Bokomon mused, studying the cat. "I've never seen a creature quite like this before."
"They're pretty common in the human world," Kouji said. "But doesn't a Hallucimon need to see a shape before it can assume that shape?"
"It would have to have gone to the human world," Shino said slowly, realizing something. "What if a Hallucimon is working for Ilsemon?"
During this conversation, Takuya had begun to stare at the tethered cat, who had relaxed so as not to waste its energy. The cat noticed Takuya's gaze and gazed back, eyes gleaming. Takuya was transfixed with horror when he saw the cat smirk distinctly. Then it said loud enough for everyone to hear, "Hello Takuya. Nice night for a little revenge killing, isn't it?"
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Kazemon dodged another blast of water, nearly running into a tree in the process. She knew it was stupid of her to fly this fast in a forest filled with trees, but she had to keep Kira on her tail, away from the others. She wouldn't let them get hurt for something Kira thought she'd done.
"Get back here and fight!" Ranamon yelled angrily, sprinting after Kazemon.
Kazemon glanced back and realized that her plan was backfiring. Instead of cooling down, Kira's anger was intensifying as she pursued the chase. Kazemon swerved between the trees, hoping to slow Kira down for at least a second. She was getting tired of running.
Ranamon wasn't, though. "I don't think so, Zee! Draining Rain!"
A giant storm cloud appeared over the trees Kazemon flew under, and Kazemon realized that she couldn't dodge it. She had to take the hit and hope the trees would block part of the attack.
The water came fast and swift, so swift that it crashed right through the leaves of the trees without loosing much speed. Kazemon felt as if a tanker had landed on her as she crashed to the ground, the water still coming down in torrents. She remembered how this attack had felt two years ago, when Ranamon had been an enemy. It looked as if Ranamon had become the enemy again.
Then the water stopped as swiftly as it had come, leaving Kazemon lying in a heap on the ground, Fractal Code glowing. Ranamon approached Kazemon, showing no emotion. She glared at Kazemon for a few minutes, saying nothing.
Finally Kazemon managed to push herself up with her hands and get to her feet, grasping a tree for support. Then she said, "Kira, I didn't do anything. Please believe me."
"Why should I?" Ranamon asked, still glaring at Kazemon with malice. "I saw it happen. You know I did. You probably wanted me to see."
"You're wrong," Kazemon said, a tear of frustration rolling down her cheek. "Why can't you just trust me? I've done nothing! Why can't you see that?"
"Because I can't trust you, Zee!" Ranamon cried angrily, shaking with rage. "I've changed in the last few hours. I see the truth now. You just wanted me to be in your stupid group because I had Ranamon's Spirit. You were nice to me and knew just the right words to say, just the right phrases to sugar-coat. You did it with Kouji, you did it with Kouichi, and you tried to do it with me. You pretended to be my friend, then stole the one happiness I had. You lied to me!"
"I didn't kiss Takuya!" Kazemon cried in desperation. "I would never do that to you, don't you see that? You're the best friend I've had in a long time."
Ranamon smirked at Kazemon's statement. "You had the guys."
"They're different," Kazemon said, smiling to herself. "They're all such great guys, and they're so nice to me, but there will always be a part of them that I can't connect to, and they can't connect to a part of me. The fact is that I'm a girl and they're boys, and girls and boys just aren't the same.
"But Kira," Kazemon continued, smiling now at Ranamon, "you're different than that. You gave me something I wished I had for years; a friend who I could relate to and confide in. With boy things, with girl things, I could just tell you anything. I don't want that to end. So please…believe me."
Ranamon gave Kazemon a long look before saying, "We can't go back to that, Zoe. Like I said, I've seen the truth. I will make you go back to the others and confess what you did and beg me for forgiveness. Then maybe, just maybe, I'll forgive you."
"Kira—" Kazemon began. Ranamon held up her hand to cut Kazemon off. In her hand she held her D-Tector, which was glowing. Kazemon looked closer at the D-Tector, then gasped when she saw what was on the screen. "Kira, don't! Please!"
"Let's see what other changes I can go through tonight," Ranamon said, smiling darkly. "Ranamon Slide Evolution: Calmaramon!"
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madjack89: And so all the Beast Spirits I care about have made their appearances! And I got to torture Hotaru a little!
Hotaru: glares
madjack89: So…anybody less mad at me now?
Everyone: No!
Kira: Well actually, scratch that. I'm pretty happy that I finally got my Beast Spirit!
JP: Please don't let her see herself in a pond reflection or something.
Shino: Why not?
Kouichi: Trust me, it's not a pretty sight.
Dai: I'm gonna take Calmaramon's picture when I see her!
Kouji: Please don't.
Dai: Why not?
Kira: Yeah, why not immortalize my Beast Spirit in picture form?
Takuya: Kira, just…stay away from reflective surfaces. That includes Mercurymon.
Hotaru: glares
Kira: You guys sure do seem nervous about my Beast Spirit…that must mean it rocks!
Kouji: …Yeah, sure.
madjack89: Alright, let's end the chapter before Kira gets on the internet and finds a picture of her Beast Spirit.
Kira: You're letting me do that?
madjack89: No.
Kira: Aw…
madjack89: See ya later, amigos and chums!