Calumon was, perhaps unsurprisingly, sitting just on this side of tirelessness when it came to playing games. He also had a rather extensive knowledge of games, for a Digimon that had never been in the Human World before.
But as excitable and cute as he was, literally tireless he wasn't.
Come morning, he fell asleep right in the middle of a game of hide and seek.
Which, somehow, just made the little ball of fluff even cuter. Like a tired, sleeping kitten, save for the fact that Calumon wasn't, in any way, shape or form, a cat.
Carefully, I picked up the little ball of puff, gently tucking him into a pocket in my cloak.
It didn't surprise me, at all, to see how much trouble Guilmon could get into.
Still, I was kind of impressed that he managed to make his way across Shinjuku to Takato's school, effortlessly tracking Takato down, despite the fact that he shouldn't have known where Takato's school was. It was kind of funny, actually, that nobody cared to stop the dinosaur hiding in the box, despite the fact that his tail was sticking out of the box.
Was he just that good, or was there more to it than that?
Guilmon did have good senses, but Takato was also his partner and Tamer.
Hmm.
I suppose that it didn't matter either way.
Terriermon, I realised, was remarkably lacking in tact.
Still, it lead Takato to Guilmon, and the two had a reunion on the roof of the school, a very adorable scene.
Rika, I realised, was not a very sensible girl.
It was rather easy to tell this, as she had decided to have Renamon attack Guilmon.
Who, I couldn't help but note, she didn't have any information on.
There is confidence in your abilities, and then there's plain silliness.
And this is very much a case of the latter.
Something that was quickly proven when Renamon was unable to hurt Guilmon, his tough skin strong enough to utterly ignore Renamon's Diamond Storm.
It was fairly impressively, actually. She'd totalled a Champion with that ability, but here Guilmon was, not giving a fuck.
Renamon jumped up into a tree, which caused Guilmon to launch a fireball at it, more or less completely disintegrating a small part of it.
The fight quickly degenerated from there, as Renamon leapt at Guilmon, and thus allowed Guilmon to get into melee with Renamon.
Which was a terrible idea, as Guilmon promptly chomped down on Renamon's arm and didn't let go.
Don't get into fist fights with dinosaurs kids, it's a terrible idea.
Rika then proceeded to intervene -finally- by swiping a card on her digivice -in what was quite possibly the most extravagant way to swipe a card I'd ever a ten year old do-, and thus giving Renamon a piece of armor on her hand.
Well, she called it armor. It looked nothing like armor to me, more like a roughly shaped block of metal with a piston built in.
Takato managed to get his Digimon's attention, causing Guilmon to start moving towards him, completely ignoring Renamon's 'armor' piece, and the piston.
A piston that completely failed to harm Guilmon.
A piston that so completely failed to harm Guilmon, it actually launched Renamon across the park.
And Guilmon didn't even notice.
I found that more than a little amusing. It quickly became far less amusing when Rika wanted Renamon to continue attacking, despite the fact that Takato was now in the line of fire.
She started to attack, which was thankfully stopped when Henry showed up, Terriermon in tow.
I would have hated to have intervene to save a life.
That would have just made things unfortunate.
While Rika left to do her own things, Takato and Henry headed off into the park, seeking out a place for Guilmon to stay.
I watched over them, just long enough to watch Terriermon play with Guilmon, and to find the small shed which would eventually become Guilmon's home.
I didn't stay for that much longer, though. Mostly because Guilmon had a good nose, and while I was more or less scentless, Calumon was not. Which wasn't a problem while Calumon was in my pocket, but I couldn't exactly keep him in there after he woke up, could I?
And Calumon was undoubtedly going to awaken at some point.
Very soon, probably. He'd been asleep a little over 11 hours, now.
As if on cue, I felt him begin to stir.
Carefully, I reached in, fishing out the cute little creature.
He looked up at me, his eyes half-closed, addled with sleep, ears short and unextended.
Adorable.
"Welcome back to the world of waking, Calumon."
He blinked.
Very adorable.
The next day passed much like the previous.
Calumon and I played games through the night, before morning came. Unlike last night, Calumon didn't fall asleep, and instead wanted to continue playing. Seeing as I didn't have anything better to do, we did so, though I nudged him into playing games that would take us out of sight of most people.
He was, of course, all too willing.
But, eventually, Takato came around, searching for Guilmon who'd decided to hide in the bushes. It was around about that time that I, somewhat sadly, put a temporary end to our games.
"Are you sure we can't play anymore?"
"We can play later Calumon. Just not now, as there are some important things that I have to do."
"Okay!" He cheered.
He wandered away, and I kept an eye on his Heart as he went. Wouldn't be too good for somebody to hurt him. That would just be unfortunate.
I crept away, invisible, trailing after Takato and Guilmon, the latter of whom walked through the streets of Shinjuku with absolutely no disguise whatsoever, the former telling the one child who asked that he was just a person in a suit.
I was honestly beginning to think that Guilmon just had an inbuilt somebody-else's-problem field.
Whatever the case, Guilmon promptly detected Renamon, running down into a parking lot, Takato following shortly behind.
Takato didn't want to fight -of course-, but Rika did, and the only thing Guilmon heard from him was the word 'attack', so he did, letting out another burst of flame that proceeded to utterly wreck a car, burning through metal and plastic without so much as a by your leave.
Then Henry came in, Terriermon in tow, again, trying to defuse the fight, again. I idly noticed Calumon wander in, the Digimon probably having been in the area, and probably having been drawn by the sounds of battle.
I will really have to have a talk about that with him later.
Terriermon, displaying a total lack of situational awareness, promptly walked directly into the path of Renamon's Diamond Storm, which probably would have ended in his swift deletion were it not for the fact that he digivolved.
Which may still end with his swift deletion, as he promptly lost control over himself, the guns on his arms promptly going crazy, spewing bullets in every which direction. Several cars saw his rampage, all of them going up in flames, before Renamon intervened, jumping on his back.
Of course, Gargomon wasn't a champion level Digimon for nothing, as he managed to get Renamon off very quickly, shooting at her when she jumped to the ceiling, before turning around and shooting even more.
Takato and Henry had the sense to duck behind cover, by Rika was still standing out in the open by the time Gargomon noticed her, turning around to face her. I saw Rika's growing terror as his guns began raising in her direct-
My eyes widened.
Shit!
I moved in an instant, condensing Darkness in my cloak, hardening and solidifying it, changing the shape into a wedge, pointed towards Gargomon.
I appeared in front of Rika, wrapping my arms around her. An instant later, and I felt the bullets hitting my cloak, ricocheting off, the angles combined with the sheer toughness managing to harmlessly deflect the bullets, undoubtedly saving Rika's life.
"Guilmon!" Takato called.
My head turned to the side, the gesture not entirely necessary for me to see what was happening behind me, but accomplishing such anyway.
Guilmon rushed towards Gargomon, who noticed him and slowly turned his direction, reacting alarmingly quickly when Guilmon leapt at him, one arm quickly bashing into the side of Guilmon's face. I saw the surprise in Guilmon's Heart, but I easily noted the completely lack of pain.
I let go of Rika, allowing my cloak to return to normal, turning to face Gargomon.
Okay, you want to play that way, gunbunny?
Very well.
Let's kick it up a notch.