Chapter 24: The Secret Box:
This chapter takes place during the Digimon Emperor Arc
Patamon was on his way to play with Armadillomon.
"Armadillomon," says Patamon, "wanna play?"
"Sure, little buddy, Ah just gotta put mah secret box away," says Armadillomon.
"Wait, you have a secret box? Can I see what's in it?"
"Hey, Peepinmon! This here is mah secret box! Besides, if Ah showed you what was inside, it wouldn't be a secret anymore. Duh!" Armadillomon then looks inside and starts laughing. "Patamon, if only ya could see what's inside mah secret box, it would change your life!"
"Well, I know all about secrets," says Patamon.
"Ya do?"
"I've got a gazillion secrets!"
"Like what?"
"Well, it's no secret that the best thing about a secret is secretly telling someone your secret, thereby secretly adding another secret to their secret collection of secrets. Secretly. You wanna hear one of my secrets?"
"Ya bet!"
"UUUUUUUUUhhhhhhhhh... let's see... Did you know that you're one of my best friends?"
"No... way. Let's hear another one!"
"Okay. UUUUUUUUUhhhhhhhhh... Secretly... I'm a little bit naïve."
"Wow, Ah'll never look at y'all the same way again. Tell me some more secrets!"
Patamon then tells Armadillomon alot of secrets.
"Ah never would've guessed."
"Now will you show me what's inside your secret box?"
"No, Patamon! It's for me to know and for y'all to never find out. Y'all may be an open book, Patamon, but Ah'm a bit more complicated than that. The inner machinations of mah mind are an enigma." Armadillomon imagines a carton of milk spilling itself.
"Oh, yeah?! Well, I got plenty of secret stuff, too! Uh… I've got my secret wings." Patamon leaves and comes back with TK's hat. "And my secret TK's hat!" Patamon then leaves and comes back with a TV. "And my secret TV!" Turns on the TV. "And my secret TV channel!" The TV shows an off-air color bars screen. "What do you think, Armadillomon? Armadillomon?"
Armadillomon giggles, then laughs loudly after a gander at the box and then stops to breathe. Then he looks again and laughs harder and wildly. Then he stops to breathe. "Maybe if y'all saw what's inside, you'd know why it has to be a secret. Inside this very box is the most secret-y secret of all of secret-dom and Ah am its sole witness! It's a heavy burden, Patamon, but nobody must know the mystery of the box. Nobody! Not even... Broly." They look and see Broly trying to take a peek. Broly then leaves. "It's a full-time job. Ah'm constantly on the alert. You never know when someone's gonna…" Armadillomon then notices the box is gone and sees Patamon try to run off with it. Armadillomon then tries to grab it from him. "That is mah secret box!"
"I must know the secret," says Patamon.
Armadillomon then grabs the box.
"Look here, if y'all keep trying to take mah secret box, then Ah will never trust you again!"
"What?" Patamon then starts to cry. "Alright, Armadillomon, I won't come anywhere near that box again."
...
"What could be in that box that Armadillomon doesn't want me to see? Maybe he's in league with the Digimon Emperor and it's a Dark Ring or maybe Armadillomon's a master jewel thief and it's full of diamonds or maybe Armadillomon's a deranged maniac who keeps his victims' severed heads in a box or even worse... Maybe it's an embarrassing snapshot of me at the Greenery Day party! I've gotta find out what's in that secret box! I'm not gonna rest until I do! That's it!"
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So Patamon sneaks into Cody's place and goes for Armadillomon's bed. At Patamon walks, he makes noise.
"Seeee-cret..."
"I've got to be more careful."
Patamon walks and makes more noise.
"Who's there?" Armadillomon goes back to sleep.
Patamon makes more noise.
"Who's that?" Armadillomon goes back to sleep.
"Gee, Armadillomon sure is a heavy sleeper."
"Huh? Who said that? Who's there?"
"UUUUUUUUUhhhhhhhhh..."
"It's the Cat Burglar! And he's stealin' mah secret box! Hand over the secret box or Ah'll roll over y'all!"
"Wait, wait, wait, Armadillomon, it's me, Patamon!"
"Nice try, but Patamon would never steal from me!"
"You're afraid of Lord Zedd!"
"Only three people know that," says Armadillomon, "Cody, Patamon, and mah psychiatrist. How could you do thi-i-i-i-is?!"
"If it makes you feel any better, I haven't looked inside."
"That's it, Patamon. Y'all crossed the line! "Ah will never trust ya again!"
"Really?"
"Nahh, y'all can look inside if ya really want to."
"Okay! Oh, this is one of the most exciting moments of my life! Well, here it goes!" Patamon looks in and sees a string. "A string."
"A secret string."
"Boy, when you're right, you're right! That's some secret box you've got there! Yeah! Thanks for showing me that! Well, good night Armadillomon, see you tomorrow."
"Good night," says Armadillomon.
Patamon then leaves. "I should've known! It was just a piece of string all along!"
Armadillomon laughs menacingly. "Good thing he didn't pull the secret string, opening the secret compartment of my secret box revealing one embarrassing snapshot of Patamon at the Greenery Day Party! Happy Greenery Day, Patamon!"
You're probably wondering why Armadillomon's in his rookie form when he should be in his in-training form. Well, goodbye.
