A Seraphic Tale Chapter 17

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 Kudzu: Hi again, last time on Seraphic Tale, we met Hokuto the ex-cancer patient. This chapter, we meet Isao and his partner, Bearmon. Joining Ayaka and I is Magni, the biohybrid son of Thor and Lilithmon.

Magni: H-Hello everyone.

Ayaka: Why do I feel like I'm having deja-vu right now?

Kudzu: Because while writing the entry, my laptop BSOD'd and erased what I had already written.

Ayaka: Ah, ok.

Kudzu: Anyway, cutting author's notes due to personal life reveals and mentioning 9/11 for the US, so... Roll Episode.

EPISODE 17: A Little Grizzly Bear

Although Hisako was very shocked by Yun's reckless and unexpected announcement,

Ayaka: It was more of a request than an announcement.

Kudzu: Yeah, I might be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure than an announcement is telling people about an upcoming event for a group or at a location, not asking someone to hang out with you. I mean, you CAN turn it into an announcement, but it'd make you look like a complete asshole though.

along with everyone else, Hisako decided to let Yun invite Hokuto to their house and let him hang out anyway. As she heard from Aki, Hokuto never really had any friends and was possibly never given any opportunities to go to other people's houses and hang out before. This was part of why she approved. The main reason Hisako approved of this split-second decision was because of Yun herself. In all the years Hisako raised Yun, there wasn't ONE moment in which Yun made friends with someone within two hours and proudly invited him or her to her house without a moment's hesitation. Hisako was certainly surprised! But at the same time, Hisako was proud of Yun. She couldn't help but smile at the way Hokuto silently approached Yun after she made her little announcement. 'Perhaps this will be a good opportunity for the both of them. No, I believe it'll help them a lot. I'm sure of it!' Hisako thought.

Ayaka: *sighs* Of course my mom is okay with Yun getting friends over. Also, she'd never seen her befriend someone quickly? I guess she didn't witness Yun befriending her other friends until now.

Kudzu: Either that, or she didn't really care and just wants the Sue to be happy.

About half an hour later, at around 1:30 PM, Hisako decided to take Yun, Lucero, and Hokuto home. During that time, she talked with Aki and learned some things about Hokuto beforehand. Firstly, he absolutely hates the following foods: beets, bell peppers, shellfish, crackers, pizza ('how can a child NOT like pizza?' Hisako thought), cookies (all cookies), and basically any kind of junk food. Hisako was a bit flabbergasted by the fact that Hokuto doesn't eat ANY junk food AT ALL. Most children would binge on junk food if they had the chance, but a child who was disgusted by all junk food and walked away from the sight of it? This was hard to process, for both her and Yun.

Magni: Um... perhaps Hokuto has special dietary needs Yun and Ayaka do not?

Kudzu: *Simply points to the next line*

Secondly, Hokuto is allergic to wheat, peanuts, and soybeans (Yun wished she was allergic to soybeans. They're NOT her favorite food).

Magni: Oh. Also, I like eating edamame... so I don't see why anyone would hate soybeans.

Kudzu: I like edamame too, but everyone is allowed to eat what they like. Then again, this could be due to hating on Natto, which is fermented soybeans.

Thirdly, Hokuto cannot lift heavy objects like weights and furniture (like the big couch).

Ayaka: Why would anyone have an eleven year old, especially one that looks like a cancer patient do heavy lifting in the first place!?

Finally, Hokuto cannot hold anything made of glass. For some reason his hands shake and anything made of glass drops out of his hand and breaks, so he's prohibited from holding all things made of glass.

Ayaka: Why wouldn't he be able to hold glass?

Kudzu: Probably a nervous system disorder for dramatic purposes. I dunno.

And that was it. After that, Hisako drove the three kids (and Digimon) home. Yun let Hokuto go inside the house first, since he's a guest.

Hokuto was rather surprised by how Western and modern Yun's house is. It's nothing like his traditionally Japanese house. Though he knew about Westernized houses beforehand, he never saw them in real life until now. He mostly stood in the middle of the living room for quite a long while, processing and absorbing everything around him. Seeing this, Yun left him alone for a bit until he decided to move, which didn't take long. Yun gently put her things down, took Kokomon and Gummymon out of the bag, took Hokuto by the hand, and showed him the rest of the house. Her room, her parents' room, Ayaka's room,

Ayaka: Why the hell can't my room be left out of the tour!?

Kudzu: Yeah, Yun showing a stranger her sister's room seems... skeevy to me.

the bathroom, the kitchen, the dining room, and the basement. Hokuto didn't say much. He just looked at all the rooms without one word. Once the three kids (and Digimon) gathered in the dining room, Hisako began looking through the refrigerator in the kitchen.

"Hokuto-kun? Is there anything you'd like to drink? We have milk and orange juice," Hisako said.

Kudzu: I'd rather have some purple stuff mentioned in the old Sunny Delight commercials from the 90s.

Ayaka and Magni: *Stare in confusion*

"Milk please," Hokuto muttered loud enough for Hisako to hear. Hisako poured some milk into a small plastic cup and gave it to Hokuto.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Do you want anything to eat?" Yun asked.

"No. I'm fine. Thank you," Hokuto replied softly. Soon, Hokuto finished his drink.

"Wanna come to my room?"

"Sure."

Magni: *Sighs* Can we get to meeting the other new character please?

Kudzu: I didn't read ahead this time, but I'm hoping we can get through this padding soon enough.

Gently, Yun took Hokuto by the hand and kindly escorted him into her room. Lucero, Kokomon, and Gummymon sat on the bed while Yun and Hokuto sat on the floor at the foot of it. Hokuto decided to start the conversation.

"I didn't know...you had Digimon too," Hokuto muttered.

Kudzu: You liar! Last chapter, Kudamon actually told you Yun had digimon, and Yun overheard it! Don't pretend you didn't know, Hokuto!

"I was going to tell you that, but I didn't know of a good way to tell you without freaking you out," Yun said.

That's when Gummymon hopped onto Yun's lap jauntily.

"Kokomon planned it!" Gummymon piped in.

Ayaka: Of course she did. Kokomon is basically Yun as a Digimon, I guess.

"Huh? Planned what?"

"You and Lucero were talkin', and Kokomon thought we could show ourselves off by hopping out of the bush when you appeared and pretendin' we were arguing!"

"What? You did that?" Yun turned to Kokomon, who sat on Lucero's lap.

"Yes. I thought it'd be the best way," Kokomon muttered. After a second, Yun smiled and rubbed Kokomon's ear.

Kudzu: Alternatively, Yun could have simply tried talking to Hokuto about Digimon before leading into the fact she had them herself.

"You sneaky little things! But thanks anyway," Yun said. Kokomon nodded and hopped into Yun's lap.

"Oh! I should introduce you! These are my Digimon! The pink one is Kokomon and the green one is Gummymon," Yun explained.

"I'm Gummymon!"

"I'm Kokomon. It's nice to meet you."

Hokuto cracked the faintest of smiles.

"They're cute," Hokuto muttered.

Magni: *Checks previous chapters* It... seems the author really likes pointing out how cute things are.

Kudzu: Yeah, that's probably because in this story- cute/beauty= Goodness.

Magni: That's a horrible moral.

Kudzu: Eyup.

"Aren't they?" Yun said.

"Quite!" Lucero piped in.

That's when an unlikely voice decided to reveal itself, though Yun expected it.

"I suppose it's time for me to appear on the stage."

It came from the white weasel wrapped around Hokuto's neck, Kudamon.

Magni: It seem Hokuto's Kudamon is... more theatrical than Cousin Percy's.

Ayaka: Cousin Percy?

Magni: Oh, right, my father is Thor Odinson... while Percy's grandfather is Loki Laufeyson. In the world I hail from, Loki is Thor's adopted brother.

Ayaka: Oh. Wow, that's... kind of weird, but kind of cool, I think?

He leaped off of Hokuto's shoulder and stood on his hind legs right in front of Yun's crossed legs. Quite a small and skinny little thing he is, with striking gold eyes, a little pink button nose, pointed white ears with black tips, intricate yellow markings on his back, a gold ring around his neck, a violet purple earring, and a little yellow thing at the tip of his tail. Kudamon bowed before Yun and the two blobs like an obedient and dignified butler greeting his master after a long journey.

Magni: *Checks something* But... Kudamon's earring is more red than violet? Also, aren't violet and purple interchangeable?

Kudzu: Doing a quick bit of research, while the terms are interchangeable, due to science, Violet and Purple aren't the same thing. I'd explain it, but I honestly can't without going on a tangent, and this chapter is long enough as it is. Also, the reason for Hokuto's Kudamon having a violet earring is due to the author wanting to make the digimon partners "special" by recoloring some of them, I guess.

"Good afternoon. My name is Kudamon. I am a vaccine attribute holy beast Digimon, though I suppose you know about me already. I'm honored to make your acquaintance," Kudamon introduced himself in a mature, low, and dignified voice, kindly presenting himself before Yun and the two little blobs. Yun was taken aback by the little white weasel's introduction...in a good way.

"Sorry if this sounds impolite, but...you're so cute!" Yun exclaimed happily as she got a good look at Kudamon.

Ayaka: Didn't stop you from calling things cute before, impoliteness or not. What makes Kudamon different?

Kudzu: Probably because of how "Dignified" Hokuto's partner is acting. Though, I think Percy's Kudamon handles the dignified knight thing better- most of the time.

Ayaka: Most of the time?

Magni: My cousin's partner tends to swear whenever Zeromaru or Leopardmon annoy him too much.

Ayaka: Oh.

"Hm. Perhaps I am," Kudamon said, not really minding Yun's well-intentioned comment. Yun scratched the back of her head with her hand in honest modesty.

"Also...yeah, I did kinda know about you," Yun said.

"How so?" Lucero asked.

"I saw the TV show, Digimon Savers(1), and Kudamon was in it! That's how I knew, even though it was long ago," Yun explained.

Magni: What's with the number?

Kudzu: Footnote indicator- best to ignore it.

Magni: Oh, alright.

"Oh. I didn't know that," Hokuto muttered.

"How very interesting. We Digimon are fictional creatures in a cartoon in this world. Perhaps the human world is more interesting and wondrous than I thought," Kudamon said. Kokomon and Gummymon leaped in front of him.

Ayaka: You're taking being potentially fictional a bit too well, Kudamon.

Magni: Also, as a Digital Being myself, I feel insulted that the digimon are treating the Human World as being some mystical or highly advanced place.

Kudzu: I guess the author is of the belief that Humans are better, even though Digimon itself has some planet busters, androids, cyborgs, and other things that look pretty damn awesome. Oh, Woodwoodymon.

Ayaka and Magni: Who?

Kudzu: A gag digimon based on an artist, I think.

Ayaka and Magni: Oh.

"We thought so too!" Kokomon piped in.

"Wanna play?" Gummymon asked, which seemed to irk Kokomon.

"Gummymon! Don't say that. He's probably not the type!"

Magni: But... Gummymon asked if he wanted to play, that's polite to do, isn't it?

Kudzu: Yeah, it is. Then again, a lot of characters in this fic are the type to judge on appearances alone.

"Boo!"

Oddly enough, Kudamon smiled.

"Alright. I will play with you," Kudamon said.

"Really? You don't look the type," Kokomon said, looking a little worried.

Ayaka: I guess the author has never heard the phrase "Don't judge a book by its cover."

"I'm not exactly the ever-serious and uptight Digimon the humans think I am. Even I like a trifle social activity once in a while, just so long as it's not rough or violent," Kudamon said.

Magni: You're a digimon, you'll have to fight other digimon sooner or later, especially since you're partnered with a human.

"Okay! Come on! Let's play!" Gummymon happily invited Kudamon under the bed, and all three little Digimon ran under it.

Magni: Um.... what games can they play under the bed?

Kudzu: I dunno. Guess they're just going under there to let the humans talk?

"Be sure not to hurt thyselves!" Lucero told them.

Ayaka: I don't see why they'd hurt themselves, they're under Yun's bed. It's not like she keeps anything under there that we know of, right?

"We won't!" Gummymon replied back.

Yun decided to talk to Hokuto again.

"So! Hokuto-kun! Exactly how did you meet Kudamon?" Yun asked.

"Wouldst thou like to share thy story with us?" Lucero asked, backing Yun up.

Hokuto looked up at the ceiling and ruminated for a bit, then looked back at Hokuto.

"Yes. I do. It was about a week and a half ago..." Hokuto began.

Kudzu: Flashback! Flashback!

(flashback)

Hokuto sat in a hospital bed, comfortably wrapped in the blanket and in his pajamas, quietly reading a book about insects and their biology while a young nurse adjusted his IV bag. Hokuto wore his dark yellow pajamas and a blue and purple bandana on his bald head. Yes, he is bald. He doesn't have hair. Not one strand of hair was on his head. His head is totally clean and shiny.

Ayaka: We know what being bald means, author!

That's because he has been on chemotherapy for the past few months, and his last session is in two days. Even the nurse knew this. Once she finished adjusting Hokuto's IV bag, she turned to Hokuto and smiled.

"Isn't this great, Kamitsure-kun? Your cancer's practically gone, and after the next session you won't have to go through chemo ever again! Are you excited about going home later?" The nurse said with a smile. Hokuto never lifted his face from the book, but he did hear the nurse talking to him and knows that she's there.

"Yes. I am," Hokuto muttered back.

"I'm glad. Nobody likes being stuck on chemo for a long time. My grandmother survived cancer once!" The nurse was about to go into a story about her grandmother and how she survived cancer, but looked at her pager and became alarmed.

Ayaka: You know this nurse is doing a pretty good job being nice to Hokuto, despite who his father is.

Kudzu: Yeah, and she's acting friendly with him. Also, Chemo isn't a cure for cancer, so there's a chance that Hokuto, a cancer patient in remission, could be get it back in the future.

"Whoops! Mogami-sensei needs me! I have to go now, Kamitsure-kun! If anything goes wrong, press the button on your pager and someone will come running. Bye!" The nurse said and left the room.

All of a sudden, Hokuto's room became ominously quiet. Hokuto suddenly got tired of his book of insects and decided to close it and take a break from it for a while. But he didn't quite know what else to do...except take a nap. That's what Hokuto decided to do. He decided to lay back on the bed, close his cobalt blue eyes, and drift off into dreamland for a while. He had only been asleep for 20 minutes. He would've slept for much longer...if he didn't suddenly feel something hard rubbing against his foot.

Hokuto immediately woke up because of it. He was quite alarmed. He didn't use the pager to call for someone. He saw that the IV needle had been removed so he was free to move around in his bed.





Kudzu: As the daughter of a former nurse, then Hokuto's IV shouldn't be removed unless it's necessary. If it fell out on its own, it needs to be put back into his body so that he can get needed nutrients and medicine that is delivered intravenously. Basically, if it's been out for 20 minutes, and no one has been around to check on the cancer patient here, then Hokuto could be on his death bed! So basically, Author, this is most likely a medical fail!

Silently and cautiously, Hokuto very slowly pushed the blanket off of him and further toward the foot of the bed. He got closer to his legs. Closer...and closer...and finally, the blanket was off! And what Hokuto saw beside his feet surprised him, but not enough to make him scream.

It was an egg! A white and yellow egg the size of Hokuto's IV bag. Hard and white, with many intricate yellow patterns on it. Hokuto had never seen the egg or the patterns before, so he didn't know what to make of either of them. A myriad of thoughts were running through his little mind. What is this egg? What's inside it? Where did it come from? How did it get under his blankets? How did he not know about this? Did someone slip it under his blanket as he slept? Is it a get well gift from someone? Or is it something more sinister and malicious? He simply couldn't figure out how, when, and why this egg had appeared before him. He wanted to leave it alone, but at the same time, he was curious and didn't want to just simply leave it be, so he decided to take the egg into his arms and hold it. Much to his surprise, it was warm. Warm like fresh baked bread that just came out from the oven.

Kudzu: so... extremely hot and needing to cool?

Hoktuo smiled at it. He liked the feeling of it. Well, he crossed the sinister and malicious thought off of his list.

Suddenly, it wiggled!

"Huh? What?"

After that, it glowed and was enveloped in a bright white light! It was so bright Hokuto had to cover his eyes and look away. Thankfully, the light didn't last long. Only about a minute or so. Fortunately, nobody else really took notice of it since nobody was in his room nor did anyone suddenly pass by and see it, which was a relief for Hokuto. Finally having the mettle to open his eyes, he did. And what he saw surprised him even more.

Kudzu: It was a giant M&M!

Magni: Pardon?

Kudzu: Trying to make a joke.

Magni: Oh.

On his knees is a very tiny, very soft, and very light little creature. It was no bigger than Hokuto's four fingers (excluding his thumb). It is very small and fluffy, with cloud blue down fur with a big curl at the end of it's tail, two ears with chocolate brown tips, and big, black, beady eyes.

Kudzu: Fun fact! Pafumon has a translucent body, which means that this digimon is actually kind of see through, instead of solid due to it being a spirit digimon!

Hokuto was surprised with it's very presence. But something about it seemed to shake Hokuto a bit. Suddenly, the small creature looked up at Hokuto with it's big beady eyes and smiled brightly. It's smile was as pure and full of life as the flowers that his mom gave him which are sitting at the window sill right now.

Magni: What sort of flowers?

Kudzu: I dunno, but if they're bird's foot trefoils, then that means that Aki wants revenge, from what I recall reading up on the language of flowers.

The little creature's smile made Hokuto smile a bit too. Well, whatever this creature was, it didn't look like he'd do any harm. Hokuto held the little one close and smiled at it.

"Hello," Hokuto muttered. The little fluffy animal looked up at him curiously, his round, black eyes big with wonder.

"I'm Hokuto. Do you have a name?" Hokuto asked. The little fluffy animal opened it's mouth a few times, but it didn't look like it could talk just yet.

"It's alright. You can tell me when you're ready," Hokuto told him, which made the little creature smile.

The little fluffy animal stayed by Hokuto's side, no matter what, even as Hokuto underwent his final chemotherapy session.

Magni: Um... how would radiation affect a digimon? Also, I don't think doctors might allow patients to hold things while undergoing chemotherapy?

Kudzu: Lemme check, my dad teaches Cardiovascular Tech, not Radiology. *Googles* Well, found a couple of things relating to Chemotherapy Safety, but nothing about not having any objects nearby to avoid it getting irradiated. Hell, nurses and doctors wear special gear when it comes to Chemo Treatment in the first place, just so they don't get irradiated. All I can say is that radiation could have messed with baby Pafumon without anyone realizing it, which is a terrifying thought to be honest. Also, there are various ways to do Chemotherapy, orally, through an IV, and yet the author doesn't describe how Hokuto went through his chemo, or what session number he was on. So... I can say that this wasn't that well researched.

The little white animal didn't exactly know what was going on, but he grew attached to Hokuto already so he didn't mind at all. About two days later, the doctors and nurses deemed Hokuto healthy enough to go home, so Aki took him home.

Kudzu: Honestly? I think Hokuto should have stayed a little longer for observation, instead of being allowed to go home after two days. Just in case there isn't a sudden relapse.

But Hokuto still seemed rather tired, so he went into his new room. Despite this, Hokuto and the little white animal stayed together for the entire day, and they did everything together. Hokuto fed him, played with him, groomed him, read books to him, slept with him, everything.

Magni: *Notices that Ayaka and Kudzu are blushing furiously* Um... something wrong?

Ayaka: The author did not just write that Hokuto slept with a baby digimon.

Kudzu: She did, and while the author hopefully meant it in an innocent way, phrasing is important in this day and age.

Magni: *Confused* Why?

Kudzu: Oh right, you're still kind of new to living. Well... I'll have to explain Sex Ed to you between chapters.

Magni: *Blushing now* Oh. Now I get it.

Hokuto had never felt so ardent about something like this before. Part of it was because Hokuto was never really given an opportunity like this considering his deprived lifestyle before Aki got custody of him, and another part was because Hokuto had been confined to the hospital a lot.

Magni: Didn't he have friends among other patients?

Kudzu: That's a good point, but apparently not. Not to mention his father abused him and practically isolated the kid from everyone but the dad.

One thing he knew for sure was that he loved this little white creature. The way he hopped around, the way his big black eyes absorbed everything around him, the way he smiled, his somewhat voracious appetite, the mild and gentle way he approached Hokuto, everything made Hokuto's heart skip a beat or two. The little white fluffy animal loved Hokuto, and Hokuto loved the little fluffy white animal. This little white creature was his and his alone. Nobody could tell him how to raise it or how to perceive it or what to call it or anything. Hokuto was determined to raise this little creature all by himself, without anyone's opinion or help. Hokuto loved this little animal, and he continued to do so, even after he suddenly changed appearance one day.

Magni: That... reminded me a bit of my late mother and her feelings towards Uncle Beelzemon.

Ayaka: Oh right... this is kind of creepy, it's as if Hokuto is having romantic feelings for a digimon.

Kudzu: Yeah... the narration really is implying that a bit, isn't it?

The day after Hokuto arrived home from the hospital, Hokuto sat with his family and had breakfast. All he ate were bananas and omelet rice. 

Kudzu: Ya know, bananas seem to come up a lot when it comes to breakfast, but I'm not sure if that's normal for Japan? Let me check real quick. *Googles* Huh, all I can find is a fad diet that was popular in 2008 involving bananas, but not much else. This might be the author using the banana due to it being their favorite fruit.

But he hated being at that table, partly because Kimi and Nene were fighting and screaming and behaving inappropriately as usual, and partly because practically everyone expected Hokuto to say something.

Ayaka: So... Hokuto hates his potential half-siblings, for being little kids?

Kudzu: Seems that way. Then again, Yun hates little kids that are loud and annoying, even though not all kids are like that because not everyone are cardboard cutouts.

Hokuto hates talking to people, especially those who expect him to speak to anyone and everyone as if it were a big and important school project that, if he failed, would hurt his entire grade.

Magni: That's... an analogy. I think. Is the author projecting a bit here?

Kudzu: Maybe? I dunno.

Once he finished breakfast, Hokuto returned to his room to play with the white creature...only to find that the little white creature wasn't himself anymore!

The little white animal turned from a fluffy white creature to a baby raccoon-esque creature with fluffy beige fur, fluffy white tipped ears, a fluffy pale blue and violet raccoon's tail, blue eyes, orange triangles above it's eyes, and little stubby and clawed feet.

Kudzu: Outside the beige fur and blue eyes, that is nothing about what Kyaromon looks like. Allow me to get a picture.






Kudzu: See? This the triangles are red, the body is translucent, and there's not a lick of blue anywhere outside of the eyes. So... this is the author trying to be "Special" again with the partner digimon. Also, I don't think it's raccoon like at all? To be honest, Caprimon/Kapurimon looks more like a raccoon than Kyaromon here.

Hokuto was taken aback somewhat. 'Is this the same fluffy animal that hatched from the egg?' Hokuto thought as he looked at the little baby raccoon. But suddenly, the little baby raccoon saw him and practically leaped onto him like a grasshopper who had too much sugar. Hokuto caught the little thing and made sure it didn't fall, though his claws dug into Hokuto's shirt. Then, out of nowhere, the little baby raccoon looked right up at Hokuto, straight into his eyes, and cried out, "Hokuto!" as loud and clear as it could be.

Ayaka: And in a sane world, immediately caught the attention of his family.

Kudzu: Sadly, this world is not sane.

Hokuto was flabbergasted even further. Not only did the strange little animal change his appearance, but he learned to talk too. Then, an idea hit Hokuto like a strong blast of lightning.

"You...can talk?" Hokuto asked.

Magni: Yes... I believe we just confirmed that detail.

"Yep!" The little baby raccoon replied in a high voice like that of a four year old boy. Hokuto didn't like high pitched voices. Especially those that were screeching and obnoxious, like those of Kimi and Nene. However, this little baby raccoon's voice was more innocent and mild than loud and bombastic. Hokuto smiled and cradled the little baby raccoon in his arms.

Ayaka: And just like Yun, he hates the sound of voices that aren't nice sounding, except his partner's high pitched and possibly obnoxious voice just to be a hypocrite.

"What's your name?" Hokuto asked. The little baby raccoon's tail and ears perked up.

"Kyaromon!" The little baby raccoon, Kyaromon, replied cutely.

"What are you?"

"A Digimon!"

"Where are you from?"

"The Digital World!"

"Do you eat?"

"Yep!"

"Do you have powers?"

"Yep!"

"Why did you change appearance?"

"I digivolved! And I can do more of it too!"

Ayaka: You know, I'm surprised that Hokuto didn't even watch digimon at some point.

Kudzu: Yeah, let me check something... *Checks the Wikimon* Huh, since this fic takes place in 2011, then Digimon Xros Wars would be still going on since that series lasted until 2012 in Japan. Maybe as part of his isolation, his dad didn't let him watch cartoons?

Their conversations consisted solely of these kinds of rhetoric. Questions and answers and nothing else. But both Hokuto and Kyaromon didn't mind. Soon, when the day ended, Kyaromon and Hokuto slept together in the futon peacefully and without a care in the world.

Kudzu: *To herself* It's not what you think when the phrase sleeping together is used, it's being used in an innocent context. Gods I'm hoping it's in an innocent context.

Then, a few days before Hokuto met Yun, Kyaromon changed! Or, as Kyaromon himself put it, digivolved! Hokuto and Kyaromon were having breakfast by themselves when suddenly Kyaromon became enveloped by a white light. He grew thinner and bigger, but he reached the size of Hokuto's forearm. Now Kyaromon turned into the white weasel with gold eyes, white fur, intricate yellow markings on it's back, arms and legs, a tail with a yellow thing at the end of it, a pink button nose, white ears with black tips, and a purple earring. Hokuto was surprised, but he decided to make conversation with him anyway.

Ayaka: I mean, I don't see why he wouldn't talk to his partner after they changed again?

"Hello," Hokuto muttered.

"Salutations," The white weasel replied.

"Did you digivolve just now?"

"Yes, and I have become stronger."

"What are you now? You're not Kyaromon, are you?"

"Kyaromon's my in-training form. Now, I'm Kudamon."

"Kudamon?"

"Yes. Do you not like my metamorphosis?"

"I don't mind. You're quite cute."

"Thank you."

Kudzu: Yes. Such Chemistry these two partners have. It sizzles like day-old oatmeal.

Unlike with Kyaromon, Hokuto and Kudamon's conversations turned from simple to detailed and vast. Instead of talking about food and games, they talked about everything from science to Digimon and insects and biology and cancer and pretty much Earth itself. And the two of them had a great time of it. Not only that, Hokuto got his digivice. It was silver. Hokuto didn't know what the digivice was for, but he kept it and Kudamon anyway. A new friendship blossomed between these two.

(end flashback)

Magni: Well, that seemed... rather pointless at the end. It was just a summary.

Kudzu: Author probably realized the chapter was dragging and wanted to move on from Hokuto's life, and wanted to summarize events. And so far? It seems that Hokuto is the most clueless member of the Digimon Brigade- and yes, he's joining.

"Awww! How sweet!" Yun exclaimed.

"Thou and thy Digimon really became close, didn't thou?" Lucero asked.

Ayaka: From what we've seen... um... it's hard to say really.

Kudzu: Yeah... it really is hard to say how close they are at the moment.

"Yes. We did," Hokuto said. Right then, Kokomon, Gummymon, and Kudamon peeked their little heads out from under the bed.

"So you already knew you were a Digimon beforehand?" Kokomon asked.

"Yes, I did. If one were to not have any memory of where they came from or how they got to this world, it doesn't mean the knowledge of being a Digimon leaves your mind," Kudamon replied matter-of-factly.

"You got that right!" Gummymon piped in.

"Do you remember how you ended up in the human world, Kudamon?" Kokomon asked. Kudamon drooped his head a little bit.

"No. It would seem not," Kudamon replied.

Kudzu: We don't start getting answers about what's going on until after Hokuto's reveal in... chapter 24-25 I think? And those answers lie with Link.

Magni: What does a Hylian from another franchise have to do with this story?

Kudzu: Different Link.

Magni: Oh.

"Oh! You're just like us then! We don't remember why or how we got to the human world either!" Gummymon exclaimed.

"That's quite a coincidence!" Kudamon said.

All: We know!

Kudzu: Sweet Grimm, it's like the author is trying and failing to be cheeky with the mystery they're teasing here...

"It is, indeed!" Yun backed him up.

"Hath thou encountered other Digimon before? Besides Kudamon, I mean," Lucero asked. Hokuto looked up at the ceiling and ruminated again, then looked back at Yun.

"Nope. I've never seen any other Digimon except for Kudamon before. Yours are the only other ones I've met," Hokuto replied, which left Yun with her jaw hanging to the floor.

Magni: That's a disturbing image.

Ayaka: Eyup.

"Are you serious?" She yelped.

Hokuto nodded.

Yun felt quite surprised. When she received Kokomon and Gummymon for the first time, she encountered lots of Digimon. But Hokuto only knew of Kudamon's existence and no other Digimon? From the looks of it, he probably hasn't fought any other Digimon either. Yun couldn't quite understand why Hokuto would keep Kudamon if he had no idea what he was in for. But then a bright idea flashed into her head like a strong bolt of lightning setting a tree on fire and knocking it down.

Magni: Again with the... interesting analogies.

Kudzu: Yeah, by the way Magni, how are things between you and Thor right now?

Magni: *Sighs* It's... It's awkward between us, since well, when we first met I was evil and loyal to Mother, but after my rebirth, I'm no longer her servant.

Ayaka: Wait, you died!?

Magni: Yes, I got better though thanks to Valkyrimon sneezing though- she's glitched in the sense her Aurora of rebirth not only fully resurrects digimon, but... only activates when her allergies act up.

Ayaka: I see. I wonder if Yun and her friends' partners are glitched in any way?

Kudzu: Not likely, a digimon that's glitched is probably not a common concept to think about. I mean, Chaosmon is a glitch in the sense it's not supposed to exist, but I'm thinking of glitches meaning that there's hiccups in a digimon's coding that causes things to happen that shouldn't, like an Angemon having fire breath for an example.

Ayaka: I see.

"Since you say you've never met other Digimon before, I think it's time you met some!" Yun exclaimed as she stood up. She grabbed her digivice, opened it, adjusted the settings, punched in some letters, pressed the send button, and closed it. Hokuto, Kudamon, and Lucero were surprised.

"What did you just do?" Hokuto asked.

All: Show off.

"I used my digivice to send a text message to my friend Minako-chan. Oh! I forgot to mention! This is a digivice, and you can do lots of things on it like talk to people like on a phone, text someone and send messages to them, look up Digimon's info on it, and, best of all, you can even go to the Digital World!" Yun explained.

"The digivice can do that? I never knew!" Kudamon exclaimed.

"I didn't know either until just last night. It's so cool!" Yun told him.

Kudzu: Yeah, wish we could have seen some of the other kids mess around with their digivice, instead of having Yun discover it. Kind of like what happened with Riku and the Digisword reveal- no I will not let that moment go, cause something like that should have been shown on page to look less like an asspull, dammit!

"It is cool, though going to the Digital World is gonna take some getting used to," Gummymon said.

"Yeah. That's why we're in our in-training forms. I think the Digital World traveling kind of drained the energy out of us," Kokomon said.

"What does she mean?" Hokuto asked Kudamon.

"Most of the time, if Digimon lose certain amounts of strength and energy, mostly from fighting, they de-digivolve into their in-training or baby forms. It's so they can save up on energy and digivolve again," Kudamon explained in a prosaic manner like he was some college professor.

"Can you do that?"

Kudamon nodded.

Yun checked her digivice again and smiled. Then she put it in her pocket.

"Alrighty! Hokuto-kun! You're coming with us!" Yun edicted.

"Where?"

"To the park!"

Ayaka and Kudzu: *Groan*

Magni: Um... why are you two unhappy?

Kudzu: Because the author is sometimes uncreative when it comes to the battlefield. This is like what, the fourth or fifth time the park was the site of a battle?

Magni: Are you sure there's going to be a battle this chapter?

Kudzu: I mean, while last chapter didn't have a fight, thankfully, there's a pretty good chance this one will. I didn't read ahead this time so this chapter is a blind viewing.

Yun and Lucero took Hokuto out of the house and walked toward the park. Kokomon, Gummymon, and Kudamon stayed on their partners' backs so they wouldn't get lost. Hokuto was quite confused as to why Yun is dragging him out of the house like that.

"Umm...why are we going to the park?" Hokuto asked, sounding confused.

"I'm gonna have you meet my friend Minako-chan. She has a Digimon too, and she's very smart. She knows everything!

Kudzu: Not everything. She may be smart, but she doesn't know everything, no one can.

Magni: Um... aren't you sounding a bit petty right now?

Kudzu: Maybe a little bit.

She knows all about Digimon too! I think she might be able to help you understand them better. Plus she said she's been researching the digivice a bit and has some stuff she'd like to tell us, so I thought we'd go and see her before the day ended! How's that?" Yun explained.

Hokuto, while a little overwhelmed by this turn of events, decided to go with it anyway. Hokuto doesn't exactly know much about Digimon in general, like Yun figured out. Perhaps this little meeting might help him learn more about Digimon and how they work.

Magni: That last line there makes me... uneasy.

Kudzu and Ayaka: Us too.

Kudzu: Yeah, to be honest, this came off as Hokuto might want to experiment on Digimon. And considering his past, that's extra creepy.

After about a few minutes, Hokuto saw a girl sitting on a bench in the park. She has blonde hair tied in a ponytail with a purple ribbon and is wearing a short sleeved red shirt with a white letter 5 on it, along with black jean shorts, purple socks, white and brown shoes, and a purple choker with a pretty violet amethyst jewel on it that was streaked by the afternoon sunbeams.

Kudzu: Amethysts are usually purple, so... yeah. This is just another bit of purple prose right there.

By her side is a very tiny and very cute cream colored puppy with big violet eyes, pink and rosy cheeks, and a gold collar around it's neck. Yun waved to her right on sight.

"Mina-chan!" Yun called out. Minako stood up and waved back.

"Yun!" She yelled back. Salamon hopped up right upon hearing Yun's voice.

"Yun-chan! Good afternoon! Wan!" Salamon piped in as Yun, Lucero, and Hokuto approached them. Minako and Salamon cocked their heads to one side in confusion once they saw Hokuto.

"Yun? Who's this?" Minako asked. Yun grabbed Hokuto's arm.

Ayaka: Yun... didn't text Mina about Hokuto? Seriously?

Kudzu: Yeah, that's pretty rude to just pull a surprise on someone like that without checking with them first.

"I'm glad you asked! This is Kamitsure Hokuto-kun! He's my mom's friend's son who just moved into the area a few days ago. Get this! He has a Digimon but doesn't really know what Digimon are!" Yun explained rather excitedly and jauntily, frightening Hokuto just a bit, but he did know that she doesn't mean any harm by her excitement. Yun then turned to Hokuto. "Hokuto-kun, this is one of my best friends, Omori Minako, and the cute little puppy with the big eyes and rosy cheeks here is Salamon, her Digimon!"

Magni: And... Yun couldn't let her friend and her partner introduce themselves, why?

Ayaka: Because my sister is the star of the story, so she has to do everything to keep the spotlight on her.

Minako approached Hokuto with a smile. "Hello."

Hokuto timidly shook her hand. "Hello."

Minako then noticed Kudamon, who stood upright on Hokuto's shoulder. "I suppose you're his Digimon?"

"Yes, I am. I am Kudamon. A pleasure to meet you, Omori-san," Kudamon replied in a dignified and sophisticated manner. Salamon happily and jauntily hopped around Hokuto like a very excited child wanting a cookie.

Magni: The author keeps using the word Jauntily... does she know what it means?

Kudzu: Let me look it up. Huh, it means in "in an easy and lively manner" so I guess the author is using it correctly? Though, overuse of a word kind of kills the effect. Then again, this could just be thesaurus abuse again.

"Hello, Hokuto-kun! I'm Salamon! Nice to meet you! Wan!" Salamon piped in sweetly. Hokuto couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat once he saw this lively and curious little puppy Digimon. He smiled.

Kudzu: Um... Author? A heart skipping a beat kind of means that someone is smitten or crushing on someone, from what I gathered. So... the author here is kind of implying that Hokuto likes Digimon in a romantic sense.

Ayaka and Magni: *Look very uncomfortable now*

"Nice to meet you too," Hokuto muttered.

It's here that Kudamon hopped in front of Salamon and bowed before her.

"Hello, fellow Digimon. I'm Kudamon. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance," Kudamon said as he introduced himself. Salamon smiled sweetly.

Ayaka: Yun just introduced Salamon to you and Hokuto, don't pretend you don't know their name.

Kudzu: It's like the author plotted things, did something different and tried to get back on the rails when they realized the mistake.

"Hi! I'm Salamon! Nice to meet you too! Wan! I hope we can be friends!" Salamon chimed.

"Perhaps we shall," Kudamon replied softly.

Kudzu: Now need to seem like a polite dick, Kudamon.

Kokomon and Gummymon hopped in front of Kudamon and Salamon. The four of them played together while the three kids decided to sit on the grass. Yun told Minako everything.

"Oh! I see. So that's how it went down. I'm surprised you were gutsy enough to do that," Minako said.

Ayaka: I am too. Then again, Yun's actions so far hadn't really matched the narrative much of her being shy and stuff.

"Yun is quite the brave little meister, I can tell thee that with utmost certainty!" Lucero edicted with a smile, making Yun blush a bit.

Magni: … Meister?

Kudzu: "denoting a person regarded as skilled or prominent in a specified area of activity." according to google.

Magni: So... the word was probably misused here?

Kudzu: I think so? Maybe? We might be wrong here though. Also, Lucemon is probably trying to maintain his spot as Yun's love interest now that Hokuto has entered the picture and both imprinted on her.

"No, it wasn't gutsy at all!" Yun exclaimed.

"Yes it was!" Gummymon piped in as he played with the three Digimon.

"Regardless, I'm glad you two became friends!" Minako said with a smile. But then she remembered something. "Oh! That reminds me! Yun, earlier I told everyone about postponing the meeting for tomorrow. Everyone's cool with it. Wanna guess how I did it?"

Yun pointed a finger at her like she was Phoenix Wright. "You texted them with the digivice, didn't you?"

Minako snapped her fingers. "You got it! I wanted to surprise them so I kinda jumped the shark a bit."

Kudzu: Jumping the shark means you're story or series has gone over the top to realms of incredible ridiculousness. Originating in an episode of Happy Days whre the Fonz jumped over a literal shark on water skis. I think the phrase Minako is looking for is "Jumping the gun."

"It's alright! I think it was awesome. In fact, I kinda texted Melody earlier today. No wonder she wasn't all surprised when I texted her. I guess maybe you told everyone around then?" Yun said.

"Good guess!" Minako said.

"Thou art very prudent and sneaky!" Lucero said.

Yun wanted to talk to Hokuto, but when she looked at him, she saw that he's doing nothing but stare at the town. He didn't even look to see the four little Digimon happily playing together like little children. His eyes looked very listless and impassive, just like he was when Yun first caught sight of him in the front garden, holding his favorite white star flowers. All of a sudden, Yun got another idea. She smiled at Hokuto and tapped his shoulder.

"Hokuto-kun? Wanna go for a stroll around town?" Yun asked.

"Huh? Why?" Hokuto asked.

Ayaka: What the hell!? Yun, your sense of direction is supposedly crap, why the hell would you want to stroll around town!?

Magni: Perhaps the plot dictated this, and so in order to meet our next character, finally, she has to go on a stroll with Hokuto?

Kudzu: Pretty much, yeah.

"Well, you just moved in, didn't you? I thought maybe if we walked around a bit, you'd know where everything is and get a better feel of it. Is that okay?" Yun asked politely. Here, Kokomon, Gummymon, Salamon, and Kudamon stopped playing and listened.

"Oh! Oh! I wanna walk around town and see everything! Wan! It sounds fun!" Salamon exclaimed cutely.

"I wouldn't mind a little stroll. Perhaps this will be good for us," Kudamon muttered softly.

"This'll be fun!" Kokomon said.

"Yeah! I wanna go! I wanna see the whole entire town!" Gummymon said.

Although he was quite reluctant to do so, upon seeing the happy faces of his newfound human and Digimon friends, including Kudamon, Hokuto smiled sweetly, albeit timidly.

Magni: Was he just pressured into this by the others?

Kudzu: Looks like it, Magni.

"Okay. I'll walk all over town with you," Hokuto said.

"Come on! Let's go!" Yun prodded as she took Hokuto's hand.

So, the four kids and Digimon walked all over town. Yun and Minako showed Hokuto and Lucero everything. They saw the local food store, the 49 cent store, the video rental place, the little pizza place, the train station, the library, the elementary school where Aria goes, Fushimi Middle School (where Yun, Minako, and Lucero attend, though Hokuto is said to start his first day later on), the old Catholic school which had closed down three years ago (whose black top is mostly used by kids playing basketball), the tattoo parlor, every house and building under the sun.

Kudzu: This... honestly feels more like an American Town than a Japanese one? But that's probably just me. Also, Japan uses yen not cents. Not to mention it's 2011 in this fic, does anyone even use video rentals anymore? Can someone reading this spork that knows more about Japan than I do try and see what else is wrong, cause I'm probably missing things here.

Hokuto found himself surprised by the fact that Yun, Minako, Lucero, and the Digimon were kind enough to take him all over town and show him everything despite only knowing him for a couple of hours. Nobody had ever done this for Hokuto before. But then again, Hokuto never did know what it was like to live in a town and know everything in it. All Hokuto knew was his father, his sickness, and Kudamon, along with the things he learned from his books. That was it.

Ayaka: I'm sorry, but what about your mom, sisters and step-dad?

Kudzu: They apparently don't count in Hokuto's eyes.

It made him feel very detached from humanity. All of a sudden, as the kids in front of him talked amongst each other, he smiled and finally began feeling a connection. Not just with them, but with possibly all of humanity in general.

Magni: He feels a connection when no one is talking to him directly? That's... unnerving.

Kudzu: Most likely the imprint.

As they reached a bench around a street corner, they sat on it and Minako told him everything he needed to know about Digimon and the Digital World.

Magni: *Checks previous chapters* But... Minako hasn't gone to the Digital World yet, shouldn't Yun be telling him about the Digital World? All Minako has is the information she got from Yun, so... she may not have everything?

Hokuto listened and was attentive throughout the entire explanation. When Minako needed to, she could go on and on forever and belabor about anything she could think of, whether it was to teach someone about something or to just annoy someone.

Ayaka and Magni: *Stare in annoyance*

Kudzu: The narration... just confirmed that Minako can be willingly obnoxious with her knowledge. That... that isn't a good thing.

But Hokuto didn't mind. He hearkened and absorbed all the knowledge that was pouring out from her mouth like a vaccuum cleaner, and all of it went into the vaccuum cleaner bag that is his head.

Magni: Yet another weird analogy.... I think.

Once Minako finally finished, they went to the ice cream place to grab some ice cream. Minako had money on her so she paid for everyone. Oddly enough, Hokuto ordered vanilla ice cream and enjoyed it immensely. Yun was told Hokuto didn't like anything with sugar in it. She was confused. Maybe ice cream doesn't have sugar?

Kudzu: It does, I just googled it and Vanilla ice cream has at least 14 grams of sugar in it for one serving. So, things were just contradicted in the case of Hokuto's likes and dislikes.

She wanted to ask Minako, but she and Salamon were too busy enjoying their ice cream. She couldn't help but wonder. But out of respect for Hokuto, she decided not to bring it up with him. All the kids shared the ice cream with the Digimon, and they all enjoyed it too, including Kudamon, even though this is his first time eating such cold yet soft and sweet food. Quite a pleasure it was to everyone.

Ayaka: Gee, think they all enjoyed their ice cream?

Kudzu: *Dryly* Obviously.

Finally, the kids decided to walk back to the park.

"Man! I really can't wait for tomorrow's Digimon Brigade meeting. There's so much I want to tell everyone!" Yun exclaimed.

"Don't worry. Tomorrow's on it's way and you'll be able to palaver all you want!" Minako said.

"What does palaver mean?" Gummymon asked.

"It means to talk incessantly about something," Kudamon said.

Kudzu: Actually, Palaver is another term for Parley, a conference, idle chatter, or misleading/beguiling speech. Then again, Kudamon might be right, but I didn't see anything resembling that definition.

"Yeah! Mina-chan can be pretty garrulous and verbose when she wants to be! Wan!" Salamon exclaimed.

"How'd you know those big words?" Yun asked.

"Mina-chan taught me!" Salamon replied.

"Oh! I see. She's taught me some big words too," Yun said.

When they finally got to the park, something caught Lucero's eyes.

Kudzu: *Watches the Fourth Wall Reader very carefully*

"Hm?"

Hokuto was the first to notice.

"What's wrong?" Hokuto asked.

"Something's in that tree," Lucero replied, pointing to one of the big trees in the park. Kudamon's ears perked up.

"Yes! He's right. Something's in the tree, but it's not a Digimon. Strange, I can feel another Digimon's presence," Kudamon said.

"What? You can?" Yun asked.

"Let's go check it out!" Gummymon edicted.

The four kids and Digimon came back to the park and decided to see what was in the tree. Much to their surprise, the something in the tree is actually a someone! A human! More precisely, a young boy of about seven or eight years old, with a big, thick, fluffy head of spiky dark crimson red hair, deep and red as maple trees in autumn, and dark navy blue eyes, blue as the night sky. They really looked as though they had stars in them. The little boy's skin is a fresh apricot color, not white like Yun or Lucero, but darker, like the pinkness of a fresh new peach that fell from a tree. The little boy wore a short-sleeved white shirt with beige, yellow, and bright red pastel lines all over it with a turtle on the left breast pocket, dark blue jean shorts, big orange and white sneakers, and sagging white socks. The boy looked as though he were reaching for something. Lucero looked and saw it was a soccer ball, perfectly white with the black spots on it and a couple spots of dirt on it. It looked like it had been well used. But the soccer ball is stuck in a tree branch, and the boy is slowly and cautiously crawling on the branch, trying to get it. Yun gasped.

Kudzu: Purple prose aside..... how the hell did that soccer ball get stuck in a tree? How high up is he anyway?

"Oh no! He might fall!" Yun exclaimed. Not wanting to see the boy potentially fall and get hurt, she ran toward the tree.

"Yun! Wait!" Lucero called out, but she didn't answer. Yun stopped in front of the tree, looked up, and called out to the boy.

"Excuse me! Please get down from there! You could get hurt!" Yun cried out with her hands around her mouth so the boy would hear her, but he totally ignored her. After a few seconds, he finally got the soccer ball out of the tree branch and into his hands.

"Got it!" The boy exclaimed.

That's when it happened. The entire tree branch snapped under the boy's weight. The boy and the tree branch came crashing down.

"Waaah!" The boy wailed as he closed his eyes and clung to the soccer ball with all his might.

"Look out!" Yun cried out as she extended her hands out and upward so the boy could fall onto her and not get hurt. Thankfully enough, the branch totally evaded Yun and the boy safely fell into Yun's arms, even though the boy was so heavy Yun herself fell onto the ground. The other kids and Digimon ran toward them.

Kudzu: As lucky as it was that Yun didn't get hit with the branch- which might have killed her, the fact that the boy, Isao- and yes that is his name as we'll soon see is a seven year old child, and they are probably not light weight to an eleven year old. So... while Yun may have broken his fall, she still could have gotten hurt as a result, like... broken bones and a hospital visit levels of hurt. Especially since we don't know how high up Isao was in the tree.

"Yun! Art thou alright?" Lucero exclaimed.

"How is he? Is he okay?" Minako asked.

Both Yun and the boy opened their eyes and saw the kids looking down at them with expressions overcome with worry. Yun smiled and rubbed the back of her head with her hand.

"I'm fine, though my back kinda hurts," Yun replied.

Magni: Yun should probably get the backpain checked out.

Ayaka: Yeah, she's not a superhero, and since as Kudzu said before, we don't know how high up in the tree Isao was to get his soccer ball, Yun may need see a doctor soon to get any injuries taken care of, especially if the pain keeps up, right?

Kudzu: That's right! When it comes to getting hurt, always use First Aid, and whenever first aid isn't enough, then go see a doctor.

Without her knowing, the boy fixed his gaze on Yun and Yun didn't realize it until she suddenly saw the boy looking at her. She immediately tensed up upon seeing the little boy's innocent Bambi eyes lock onto her own. Yun wanted to run away, but she couldn't. He was sitting on her and looking right at her. Suddenly, the boy spoke first.

"Hi!" The boy said in a sweet, nice voice. Yun was suddenly pulled out of her reverie.

Kudzu: Okay, I think Isao is the only other "Good little kid" that Yun likes, because he's not loud and wild or something.

"Ummm...hi!" Yun replied back. The boy smiled.

"Thanks for saving me!" The boy exclaimed as he stood up and got off of Yun with his soccer ball in hand. Yun got up and brushed herself off.

"You're welcome," Yun said, but then she put her hands on her hips and a stern and strict look was painted on her face. "But should you really be climbing trees? With the way that tree branch fell, you could've gotten hurt!"

Ayaka: You could have gotten killed, Yun. But you didn't think about that when you rushed in to play hero again, did you?

"Sorry. I wanted to get my soccer ball out. I kicked it too hard, that's all. I didn't mean to scare ya or anything," The boy explained innocently.

"Well, at least Yun saved you," Minako said.

Magni: Even though Yun would have been killed if we knew how high up Isao was.

The boy was about to talk to Minako, but then he noticed Kokomon, Gummymon, Salamon, and Kudamon. In a split second, the boy's midnight blue eyes lit up like a super nova, and he smiled bigger and brighter than the explosion that came with that super nova.

Magni: What is with these strange analogies?

Kudzu: I have no idea.

"Wow! Are those Digimon?" The boy suddenly cried out happily.

Every single person in the group tensed up, the Digimon included. The boy dropped his soccer ball and hoisted Gummymon into the air.

Kudzu: Because of course the hyperactive boy characters lift digimon up without thinking or asking permission. *glares in annoyance*

"So cool! You've got them too? Awesome!" The little boy beamed as he took a good look at a very surprised yet happy Gummymon. Gummymon, feeling as though he couldn't stay silent anymore, decided to spill the beans.

"Yep! We're Digimon!" Gummymon exclaimed, which made the little boy laugh and jump around like a very excited little child getting a reward after getting a very good grade on a spelling test. The kids looked at each other, at first with confusion, but upon seeing the happy boy's face and his knowledge of Digimon, they smiled. Minako decided to talk to him first.

Magni: It seems that Minako is certainly getting more lines than Hokuto, who had been the focus character in Isao's debut chapter.

Kudzu: Yeah, considering what's been implied by Minako... I'm just relieved she gets screen time.

Ayaka: Yeah... it really is nice she's getting screen time at all, but I do worry about what happens when she's not on screen, so to speak.

Kudzu: Let's try not to think too much about it.

"So you know about Digimon?" Minako asked.

"Yep! I have one too!" The boy exclaimed.

"You do?"

"Yep! Wanna see?"

"Sure!"

The little boy turned to the bushes near the tree that he climbed.

"Hey Bearmon! Come out here! You gotta see this!" Isao yelled.

Kudzu: Man, this feels kind of like when Yun and Mina met Aria, but with extra characters...

"Coming, Isao-kun!" A strange but just as boyish and childish voice replied back.

The bush rustled a bit, and out came a Digimon! A little bear cub with black fur, a white snout, a furry white belly, a purple hat with the word BEARS written in red (which the bear cub is wearing backwards), purple straps on it's paws, a little bushy black tail that looked like one of those old black chimney sweepers used in the late 1800's, sharp teeth, and two red Indian war paint stripes under it's big indigo eyes. The happy bear approached the boy, Isao, jauntily. Hokuto decided to look it's information up on his digivice, and it's his first time doing it too.

Kudzu: Official art has Bearmon's hat and belts as blue, not purple. Also, the markings look more pink than red. As for the eyes... they're bright blue. So, this is another example of recoloring things for specialness.

Ayaka: And the black fur?

Kudzu: That's legit. Though, Bearmon was also gray in Digimon Frontier's movie.

"Bearmon, a rookie level, vaccine attribute, beast Digimon. His attacks are Karate Fist and Bear Roll," Hokuto muttered.

"Hey Isao-kun! What's up?" The Digimon, Bearmon, exclaimed happily.

"Look! We have new friends! And they've got Digimon too!" Isao proudly showed Bearmon the four kids with a smile on his face. At first, the bear Digimon looked shocked, but upon seeing they have Digimon, all of which are smaller than him, he smiled innocently.

"Awesome!"

"I know, right?"

Yun decided to speak.

"So...he's your Digimon?" Yun asked shyly.

Ayaka: Oh, so now you're being Shy? You were soooo fine with being the hero a few minutes ago, and were fine with being the brave one by asking Hokuto to come over to our house!

"Yep! Oh! I forgot! The name's Taketatsu Isao, and this is my best buddy Bearmon!" The little boy, Isao, introduced himself and Bearmon with a smile on his face the whole way through, apparently happy to meet some new friends, even though they're all big kids.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Omori Minako."

"Wakamiya...Yun."

"Kamitsure Hokuto."

"Lucero. We're...honored to make thy acquaintance."

Minako's greeting was the only cheerful one. The other three felt too shy to introduce themselves, but they did it anyway. But it seemed Isao and Bearmon didn't mind one bit.

Ayaka: Why are you two being shy all of a sudden? It's not like he'll bite your head off.

Kudzu: Yeah, the sudden shyness is kind of weird... Except for Hokuto, but for Yun and Lucemon? That's another story. They don't even have a reason to be wary of someone like them, either. At least, not until Nayuki and her partner Tsukaimon show up later on.

Ayaka: Nayuki?

Kudzu: You'll see when we get to her- she's basically the "Evil" Digidestined of the fic.

Ayaka: Oh.

Magni: Weren't you planning on having evil digidestined in Digivengers at some point?

Kudzu: Yeah, but then I started thinking about more Biohybrids like you, Magni, and things went from there. Not sure if I'll stick with the Dark Digital Knights or not though. But, eh, time will tell.

Magni: I see... speaking of the other hybrids- would Corvidae, B.B., and Leonidissia make an appearance along with Korey?

Kudzu: Uh... still working on their designs in my head so... probably not anytime soon... and maybe change Leonidissia's name.

"Lemme guess! That's Kokomon, Gummymon, Salamon, and Kudamon! Right?" Isao recited the names of all four Digimon perfectly, which left the four kids flabbergasted.

"Whoa! You know their names?" Yun exclaimed.

"Yep! I saw all the Digimon shows, so I know them all!" Isao replied.

Ayaka: How? Aren't some of the shows from before Isao and my sister were born?

Kudzu: I'm guessing they were posted online somewhere. Also, the shows don't have ALL the digimon... I mean, there's also the card games and video games and even the Virtual Pets as well. I mean, there's like over 1000 digimon created for the franchise so... yeah. Isao is basically making a pretty big claim here.

"You're smart!" Gummymon said.

Timidly, Bearmon approached the four smaller Digimon.

"Umm...wanna play with me?" Bearmon asked shyly and softly. Salamon was the first to respond. She leaped in front of Bearmon and not once was she scared of his size.

"Sure! We'd love to! Wan!" Salamon exclaimed.

"I'll play too!" Kokomon piped in.

So, all five Digimon began playing. The kids played with them for a while too, then they went back to one of the benches. Yun was the first to strike up a conversation with Isao.

"So, Isao-kun...exactly how and when did you meet Bearmon?" Yun asked.

Isao decided to tell his story.

Magni: Is this another flashback?

Kudzu: Nope, Isao and Shunji weren't important enough for flashbacks, and I think Riku and Rena weren't either.

Ayaka: Speaking of Shunji- when does he show back up?

Kudzu: Next chapter, it starts out with a date between him and... you... shit.

Ayaka: Huh? What's up?

Kudzu: Uh... you'll see next chapter. Let's just say that the Ayaka Puppet is going to be having a hell of a day.

Ayaka: Uh oh.

"Well, it was about a week and a half ago. This Tuesday it'll be two weeks. Anyway, I was coming home from school all hyped because my friends and I beat some other boys at a soccer game and all of a sudden, I found a DigiEgg in my room. I knew it was a DigiEgg because I've seen them lots of times before. After I found it, it hatched into Punimon. Y'know, the little red baby Digimon with the three thingies on it's head. I was super duper happy! We played for a while and then he digivolved into Tsunomon! My favorite Digimon! I made sure Mom didn't see him because I knew she'd freak out. Then we saw some weird Digimon named Chuumon causing trouble and wrecking everything. That's when Tsunomon digivolved to Bearmon! He totally nuked him hard! I was a little sad that he didn't digivolve into Gabumon since Gabumon's my favorite Digimon, but Bearmon's just as cool so I love him anyway! The end!" Isao explained brightly.

Kudzu: Fun fact about Chuumon- It originally began life as an extra detail on the Sukamon's Virtual Pet bio, before becoming it's own digimon. Also, Chuumon is rarely if ever seen without a Sukamon so... the idea that a Chuumon being without his best bro is kind of scary to think about in all honesty. Also, apparently Isao is a fan of the Gabumon line since he just said that Tsunomon and Gabumon were his favorites.

But Yun was further taken aback by Isao's story, particularly by one part of it. Yun noticed one thing that she and the rest of the Digimon Brigade members, Hokuto and Isao included, had in common: they all received their Digimon a week and a half ago, soon to be two weeks, on a Tuesday. To Yun, this was quite a scary coincidence indeed. She couldn't just classify it as one big coincidence. Coincidence was simply an understatement. Something didn't feel right.

Kudzu: *Eyes the Fourth Wall Reader as it spikes slightly* Careful...

But she put those thoughts in the back of her mind. She was happy she made a new friend who has a Digimon.

Ayaka: *watches as the Fourth Wall Reader returns to normal* That was scary, and kind of close as well.

"I'll bet you were really happy," Yun said.

"Sure I was! How could I not be happy with a super cool Digimon?" Isao exclaimed with his usual bright smile, then his expression changed all of a sudden. "But something's weird."

"What's weird?"

"Kokomon are normally brown, right? Yours is pink. Why is that?" Isao asked innocently.

Kudzu: Because Willis in Hurricane Touchdown had a pink Kokomon. Also because the author thinks recolors will make her digimon characters more unique.

He was right. Even Yun knew it. Normal Kokomon are brown, not pink. The only time a Kokomon was pink was in the 3rd Digimon movie (which is Yun's all time favorite). Kokomon are normally brown, partly because their Japanese name, Chocomon, comes from the word chocolate. Yun never really did question why her Kokomon was pink while others are brown. Part of it was because she was just so happy with having Kokomon and Gummymon at all to really notice, let alone care, and another part was because pink is her favorite color, so she didn't mind.

All: *Stare*

Kudzu: Did... This feels soooo much like damage control here.

Later on, she did notice. That...and something else. But she decided not to bring it up. She smiled at Isao.

Ayaka: You bitch! If you noticed something else, you should bring it up at your meeting! Tell me she brings it up at the meeting.

Kudzu: She doesn't.

Ayaka: *Screams in a pillow*

Magni: That... that is manipulative, isn't it?

Kudzu: It really is.

"I...I don't really know," Yun replied. She was afraid that Isao might not like this answer and find it to be very unsatisfying. But Isao smiled as if he didn't mind at all.

"Okay then! I was just wonderin'! I think Kokomon's fine the way she is anyway!" Isao edicted.

Kokomon hopped right next to Isao as she was playing with Kudamon and just so happened to hear Isao's kind-hearted statement.

"Really? You mean that?" Kokomon asked.

"Yep!" Isao replied.

Magni: *Growls as a dark aura starts appearing around him* Isao... is already kissing Yun's ass, huh?

Ayaka: Uh... Magni? Are you alright?

Magni: *Blinks as the aura disappears* Sorry, I... sometimes change when my anger goes up. *Takes a few deep breaths to calm down*

"I don't sense any deceit, so it's safe to say he means it," Kudamon said. That's when Bearmon approached them slowly.

"Isao-kun never tells lies! It's bad to lie," Bearmon said.

"I agree," Kokomon said.

"I second that notion," Kudamon said. Then the three Digimon re-joined Gummymon and Salamon in their little game. Isao looked up at Yun.

"Hey! Did you guys fight any bad Digimon lately?" Isao asked.

"Yep! In fact, that's why we created the Digimon Brigade! It's so we can find evil Digimon and stop them from destroying everything!" Yun edicted like she was some superhero. Isao was mesmerized.

"Wow! So cool! I wanna fight evil bad guys with you too!" Isao cried out happily, then got confused. "What's a Digimon Brigade?"

Kudzu: I'm not sure if the author is being cheeky by having Isao be a bit of an idiot, or doing this because "Lol, little kids are stupid."

"It's the group me and my friends made so we can defeat evil Digimon! Would you like to join us, Isao-kun?" Yun explained. Isao's midnight blue eyes lit up like the milky way appeared.

"I'd love to! Please? Can I?" Isao importuned with a smile on his face.

"Okay! Taketatsu Isao-kun, since you have a Digimon and are willing to fight on the side of justice, from this day on, you will be crowned as an official member of the Digimon Brigade!" Yun struck a few dramatic poses as she made her noble speech. Isao was entranced by Yun's sense of authority. After her little speech ended, he rejoiced happily.

"Yay! Yay! I'm part of the Digimon Brigade now! Thanks! Hooray!" Isao jumped around and pumped his tiny fists into the air joyously, happy to have made new friends.

"Hey Isao-kun! Look!" Bearmon called out to everyone and saw that Salamon's on top of Bearmon's head, Gummymon and Kokomon are both on top of Salamon's head (though Kokomon is looking quite scared and frightened), and Kudamon is sitting contentedly on both of their heads while being scrupulous to not accidentally scratch his little paws on their horns.

"We're a tower of Digimon! Wan!" Salamon said.

Ayaka: Uh...

Magni: What is going on with this scene?

Kudzu: Comedy and something ripped out of Digimon Tamers, I believe.

Ayaka and Magni: Oh.

"Thou shouldst be careful not to harm thyselves!" Lucero called out.

"We won't!" Gummymon replied back.

Suddenly, Bearmon started to sway back and forth, which made all the Digimon on top of him wobble a bit too. Seeing what might happen, all the kids ran to them and grabbed their respective Digimon in order so they wouldn't fall. Hokuto grabbed Kudamon, Yun snatched Kokomon and Gummymon (Kokomon exhaled a huge sigh of relief), Minako scooped a happy little Salamon in her arms, and Isao hugged Bearmon, who didn't look one bit scared.

"That was fun!" Bearmon said.

"Sure looked like it! Oh! Bearmon! Guess what? We're part of the Digimon Brigade now!" Isao told him. Bearmon cocked his head to one side in confusion.

"Digimon Brigade?" Bearmon asked.

"Yep! We're gonna fight evil bad guys and save the day!" Isao told him with his fist clenched.

"Isao. Doth thou have a digivice?" Lucero asked.

"Do I have a digivice? Yep! Wanna see?" Isao replied.

Lucero nodded. Isao put his hand in his left pocket and pulled out an egg-shaped digivice with pale bronze buttons and a pale bronze strap. Exactly the same type of digivice as the other Digimon Brigade members have, but Isao's is a shiny brown color.

"I'm happy it's brown because brown's my favorite color! Brown's the color of chocolate and bears!" Isao said.

Magni: *Gritting teeth* Yes. We know what Brown is.

Ayaka: The author is treating the readers like they're stupid again.

Kudzu: And that's terrible.

"Not all bears are brown. Have you heard of black bears? Bearmon's black too," Yun explained.

That's when Hokuto finally spoke for the first time in a long while. But it's something nobody expected to hear from his mouth.

"The American black bear is North America's smallest and most common species of bear. It's species name is Ursus americanus. Black bears are omnivores, with their diets varying greatly depending on season and location. Black bears typically live in largely forested areas, but do not leave their forests in search of food. Sometimes they become attracted to human communities because of the immediate availability of food. Adult male black bears can weigh as much as between 57,250 kg, 130,550 lb, while females weigh 33% less at 41,109 kg, 90,240 lb,. They enter their dens in October or November to begin hibernation, and 85% of their diet comes from vegitation."

Hokuto basically delved into an insanely long, verbose, articulate, and almost endless explanation about black bears and everything about them from size and figure due to gender and their period of hibernation. Everyone was rendered silent. He even out palavered (if such a word exists) Minako by a looooooong shot. But Hokuto was unfortunately not given the opportunity to finish his long, rhetorical, and oratorical explanation about black bears.

Magni: *Growls* NAZAR NAIL! *Uses his golden claw to corrode the parentheses to nothing.* I'm starting to see why the in-chapter notes are annoying.

Ayaka: Ho...holy shit, I forgot you were part digimon for a moment!

A loud and vociferous BOOM! stopped him from doing so.

Kudzu: SHIT! I really hope Magni didn't corrode the fourth wall too!

Magni: Um... I don't think I can cause explosions though?

Ayaka: Actually, I think it's time for a battle.

Kudzu and Magni: *Breathe a sigh of relief*

"Ummm...speaking of bad Digimon...doth thou think-?" Lucero was about to say that that boom might be caused by a Digimon, and Minako could tell right off the bat.

"Could be! It sounds like it came from the construction site!" Minako said.

Kudzu and Ayaka: *Groan*

Magni: I'm surprised no one else noticed the explosion and went to investigate or call the proper authorities.

Kudzu: Magni? If they aren't a major character, then the plot will find a way to keep the NPCs from interfering, even if it's due to some stupid reason.

Magni: Is this why you have our story set mainly in the Digital World?

Kudzu: Yup, no need ot worry about a Masquerade if your cast are in another world.

"Wanna go take a look?" Yun asked.

"Sure! Come on, everyone! Isao-kun and Hokuto-kun! You two follow us!"

The five children and five Digimon ran from the park and toward the construction site. Isao and Bearmon looked at each other with excited faces.

"We're gonna fight a Digimon! You psyched?" Isao asked.

"Yep! I sure am, and whatever happens I'll do my best to protect you!" Bearmon replied.

Hokuto didn't look too keen on fighting a Digimon, but he followed the kids anyway.

Magni: Um... why isn't Hokuto keen on fighting a digimon?

Kudzu: Because if Kudamon is in danger, he'll go into monster mode.

Magni: Oh. I see.

They finally got to the construction site and were surprised to see that most of the construction beams, piles of wood, and bricks have all been knocked to the ground! Even the metal chains and beams looked as though they were squished by something stronger than metal or even steel! And they sure saw what did do all the destroying. A huge rock-like beast who looks like he's entirely made of yellowish rock, with a greyish black face with a brown belt around his head, horns sticking up from his back, a lot of silver strings wrapped around various parts of his body (possibly made to keep his body parts from falling all over the place or something), and glowing bloody red eyes. Hokuto got his digivice out and looked up the Digimon's information.

"Golemon, a champion level, virus attribute, rock Digimon. His attacks are Golem Punch and Sulfur Plume," Hokuto said as he read the big ugly Digimon's information and put his digivice away.

Ayaka: So, Kudzu, Any fun facts about Golemon?

Kudzu: Other than the fact that it's based on the Golem of Jewish Mythology? Well, according to the bio, carved into his back are incantations spelling out "Plague," "Misfortune," and "Curse" which protects it from the gas it emits- no word in the bio on whether or not the gas is poisonous or just smoke though. Oh! And in the Playstation Games, Golemon was portrayed as a wire-frame robot, which the Wikimon site treats as a separate digimon!

Magni: I see, that's rather interesting!

"RAAAAWWWWR!" Golemon roared and howled like a rabid coyote as he threw a construction beam at a tree. BOOM! it went and it fell into the forest. Kokomon and Gummymon hopped off of Yun's shoulder.

Magni: Um... how close is this construction site to a forest? Also, just where in Japan is this town?

Kudzu: The author just stated Japan, no mention of what island, city, or prefecture of Japan though. Also, this is really going to set back Construction with all the battles that occur here.

"Looks like it's time to break it into a bazillion pieces!" Gummymon exclaimed as he readied himself for battle.

"We can't let it reach town! Yun! Let's fight him!" Kokomon backed Gummymon up, though in a much more prioritized fashion.

Magni: So... the Construction Site is in the middle of the woods?

Kudzu: No, it's in town, I guess they just don't want the rampaging digimon to escape the battlefield.

"Now you're speaking my language! Everyone, get ready!" Yun got her digivice out.

Kokomon digivolved to Lopmon, Gummymon to Terriermon, and Salamon to Gatomon. Unfortunately, it seemed Lopmon and Terriermon don't have enough energy to digivolve to champion level so they had to make do with fighting in their rookie forms, even though Golemon looks to be a very strong champion level Digimon. Bearmon and Kudamon decided to fight too.

Ayaka: Wow, the author is showing a bit of restraint by having Yun's digimon not evole immediately to Champion.

Kudzu: We'll see how long this grace period lasts.

Lopmon made the first move.

"Freezing Snow!"

A little blizzard shot out from Lopmon's mouth and froze part of Golemon's foot, making it roar in pain in reaction to the cold. Sadly, it wasn't enough, as Golemon's sturdy body allowed it to literally walk out of the ice and shake it off. Kudamon and Bearmon decided to help out.

Magni: Of course Yun's favorite Digimon makes the first move.

"Karate Fist!"

"Holy Ray!"

Bearmon punched Golemon's arm with one of his rolled up fists, and Kudamon's purple earring glowed in a blinding white light, making Golemon incapable of seeing for a bit. Unfortunately, even those attacks weren't enough.

"Lightning Paw!"

"Blazing Fire!"

Gatomon punched Golemon with her paw and Terriermon attempted to leave a 3rd degree burn on the giant rocky monster. Gatomon's paw hurt upon punching the beast, and Terriermon's fiery attack didn't even leave one mark. Not even a scratch or one little third degree burn. It was like it was impervious to everything.

Kudzu: Author, you're being cheeky again. That's killing the tension.

"Urgh! If only Lopmon and Terriermon could digivolve now!" Yun exclaimed.

That's when Yun heard a voice that made her shiver.

"Awww! You brats again? Can't you ever leave us alone?"

Yun looked up to a tree that was behind her. On the top were Witchmon and a very ugly looking roach Digimon.

"Witchmon!" Yun yelled.

"Witchmon? Who's Witchmon?" Isao asked.

"She's an evil Digimon who puts these things called Dark Emblems on others!" Yun explained.

"Do you have to be so rude? We've been ordered to put Dark Emblems on Digimon! Really, you humans are so nosy and persistent! Don't you know that we have a mission to fulfill? Quit getting in our way!" Witchmon exclaimed in a not-so-pleased voice.

"Yeah! Mind yer own beeswax, ya rotten human!" The evil roach Digimon sneered.

Yun was just absolutely disgusted by this noisome Digimon, and she felt she just HAD to point it out. "Okay. You're the ugliest and most appallingly disgusting Digimon I've ever seen!"

The roach Digimon became choleric. "WHAT? I ain't ugly! Yous da ugly one, yo!"

Kudzu: AUTHOR! PICK A GODSDAMN ACCENT AND STICK WITH IT! Also, stop being so damn judgmental on appearances alone! Yes, we get it, you think beauty is equal to goodness and ugly things are always bad. Shut the hell up about it! Beauty standards are different for everyone, so what you might consider ugly others might consider attractive! Hell, maybe even among other Roachmon, the one you're fighting is considered fucking Adonis!

Ayaka: *Notes Kudzu is panting heavily after that rant* Uh... feeling better?

Kudzu: Just surprised I didn't explode like other sporkers do.

Magni: I-I see... um... lets continue, I think we're almost done?

"Nope. You're way uglier, Roachmon!" Witchmon said in a sassy voice.

"Witchmon! Whose side are ya on anyway?" The ugly roach Digimon, Roachmon, yelled back.

Isao looked the Digimon's information up on his bronze digivice.

"Roachmon. He's a champion level and a virus type Digimon! His attacks are Garbage Dump and Yard Sale Bomb. Ugh! Sounds yucky!" Isao said, feeling disgusted by Roachmon's attack and not having a nice time imagining what they're like. Golemon stopped going on a rampage upon catching sight of Roachmon and Witchmon, but someone decided to land a nice verbal beating.

Kudzu: I'd pull up fun facts about Roachmon, but honestly? I'm not in the mood right now.

"THOU ART UGLY!" Lucero screamed from afar, hiding behind a tree with Hokuto.

"Hey! Who said that? Come out here so I can pound yer brains out, yo!" Roachmon yelled. Suddenly, Witchmon got on her broom.

"Hmph! I have more important things to do than watch you brats mess up my plans! I'll have to do more! Roachmon, I'll leave you and Mr. Rock Face here to deal with them," Witchmon told them sassily, which angered Roachmon. Then she flew away in a millisecond.

"HEY! Witchmon! Come back here! I ain't done wit' you yet!" Roachmon yelled as he tried to fly after Witchmon, but she had already disappeared into a Digital Portal that she herself formed.

"Okay. That giant bug needs a grammar lesson," Hokuto muttered.

Kudzu: *Grumbles about phonetic accents*

Ayaka: Don't you do that with Astamon?

Kudzu: Maybe so, but at least I try not to be offensive about it when he talks like a mobster.

"I absolutely and uncategorically second thy notion," Lucero said.

Suddenly, Roachmon felt something hard hit him on the back. It was Gatomon.

"Lightning Paw!"

Gatomon successfully landed a hit on Roachmon, making him fall off the tree for a bit. But he got his ugly brown wings out and flew above Golemon. This angered Gatomon.

"Nyan! He's fast!...and he even smells disgusting!" Gatomon exclaimed as she leaped onto Golemon's arm.

Magni: The author does like pointing out how awful the enemy digimon are, do they not?

Kudzu: Eyup, and it wasn't funny the first few times.

"I sure agree with you on that, Gatomon!" Minako exclaimed.

All the Digimon attacked and pummeled Golemon and Roachmon with all their might, but they were just too strong for him.

Kudzu: This reads like the digimon were too strong for Golemon or Roachmon. 

At one point, Yun told Kudamon and Bearmon to find the Dark Emblem. As the Digimon, Yun, and Minako fought (with their digiswords since the digilasso was too weak for Golemon's sturdiness)

Magni: Even though they don't have super powers, my cousin Percy killed my mother Lilithmon by freezing her after she battled one on one with Venusmon, and then slicing her to data bits with his sword Laevateinn. It was cheap, yes, but sometimes in battle you can't fight fairly, that is a lesson I learned the hard way when I faced off against Piedmon in a duel very shortly after Mother's demise.

Ayaka: Your point being?

Magni: I'm just trying to avoid going back to the monster I was when I was born due to frustration with the Parantheses.

Ayaka: Ah. Yeah, they are getting very annoying now.

Golemon, Kudamon managed to find the Dark Emblem on Golemon's right foot, easily flying away once Golemon attempted to squash him like a bug (or, like Roachmon).

Kudzu: That ain't funny, Author.

Lopmon and Terriermon both managed to get a hold on Roachmon at one point and attempted to attack him. Unfortunately, they were thrown off by Roachmon and he attacked with his Garbage Dump attack, which sure didn't look, feel, or smell pretty. Yun made sure they didn't get hurt, so she took the attack herself. She wasn't hurt, but she hated the feeling of garbage falling on her clothes and emitted a noisome odor as a result, which she hated even more. But she reminded herself that this was NOT the time to be complaining about smelly clothes.

Ayaka: As much as I want to feel bad for my sister... I just can't bring myself to. 

Kudzu: Huh, guess we're dealing with early signs of Audience Apathy, caused by either the poor comedy, the poor tension, or the poorly attempted Mature Moments the author has thrown in. Maybe all of the above. *Sighs* This isn't a good sign since we have a total of 95 more chapters to go through...

The battle seemed to go on for hours on end. Lopmon and Kudamon took turns trying to attack Roachmon (who was also successfully evading their attacks like it was nothing) and Terriermon, Bearmon, and Gatomon tried their absolute hardest to fight Golemon and destroy the Dark Emblem on his right foot.

Magni: You know, perhaps Vukumon- Rhinemon's Rookie form could take down Roachmon if she was there. Her Pinball Laser makes it hard to dodge from what I've seen, since it bounces around at random before striking the opponent. which makes it's final trajectory hard to predict.

Ayaka: Really? That sounds pretty fun to watch, really!

Magni: It really is!

But nothing worked, no matter what they tried.

Kudzu: *Holds up a gem* All thanks to Author Bypass!~

Lopmon and Terriermon still weren't able to digivolve due to their low energy level, Kudamon and Bearmon haven't reached the digivolution stage yet, and Gatomon wasn't even close to being as powerful as Golemon is, even though she herself is a champion level. Minako and Yun tried hard to attack Golemon, but his rock hard body made their digiswords literally bounce off of him. Isao watched the girls fight and decided to try and use his digivice as a weapon himself. Thankfully his digivice did as asked and turned into a lit up sword. Isao hit Golemon's foot lots of times, but it didn't work. Gatomon was starting to get irritated.

"Nyan! Is there no end to these ugly Digimon?" Gatomon yelled.

Kudzu: STOP BEING A LOOKSIST LITTLE BRAT AUTHOR!

"I HEARD 'DAT! And no, there ain't! I'm 'a make sure you never interfere with our plans ever again! Golemon, take 'em down!" Roachmon yelled vehemently.

"What exactly ARE your plans! Do tell, because we'd LOVE to thwart them!" Minako yelled sarcastically.

Kudzu: I don't think you're doing sarcasm well.

"As if I'd tell a rotten thing like you!"

"You're even MORE rotten than us!"

"Yeah! And you're ugly too! You smell like dog poop!" Isao yelled, backing Minako up, which made Roachmon even madder. He finally decided to attack.

"I had just about enough of 'dis, yo! Garbage Dump!" Roachmon threw piles of garbage at the kids. Yun held her digivice up on a complete whim, hoping that something would happen.

And happen it did.

Kudzu: New powers as the plot demands! Don't you just love that bullshit!?

Her digivice glew, and a rainbow like dome appeared over the children and weakened Digimon, turning into a shield that made Roachmon's disgusting attack dissipate into this air! Yun opened her eyes and saw the wondrous rainbowy shield and silently rejoiced. The digivice didn't just work as a lasso or a sword, but a shield as well!

"WHAT? Now 'DAT can't be good!" Roachmon yelled.

But someone else had other ideas.

"Eat this, you baddie!" Isao yelled as he tried to dredge his sword into Golemon's foot. But Isao didn't notice Golemon looking down at him angrily.

"Isao! Look out!" Bearmon yelled, but Golemon very quickly grabbed Isao with his big, stony hand and lifted him into the air. Isao could feel himself suffocating. He felt his bones were about to crack in two. He struggled to get himself out, but it didn't work.

Dorumon: *Pokes his head in* Yeah, something like this happened with Megan when that malwarehead Fangmon decided to use her as a bargaining chip to get me to surrender. And I would have, if it werent for Roland Foster and Captain America coming in to help save the day when I evolved into Grademon. Then again, since the two moments are similar.... I take it that Isao's partner is about to digivolve?

Kudzu: Eyup.

Dorumon: Fun. I pulled the moment off better though, and I digivolved before Fangmon tried to cheat. *leaves*

"Isao!" Everyone yelled. Kudamon, with blinding speed, climbed Golemon's body and hopped in front of Golemon's face.

"Release the boy, now! Holy Ray!" Kudamon attempted to blind Golemon with his light, which unfortunately did not work as Golemon managed to knock Kudamon out with his arm, the one that's holding Isao.

Kudzu: If Percy's Kudamon was watching this, he'd feel very insulted right now.

"Kudamon!" Hokuto caught Kudamon in the nick of time. Then, Bearmon and Terriermon decided to take things into their own hands.

"Bear Roll!"

"Terrier Tornado!"

Both of them spun around (in different directions) and went up in the air so they could land a hit on Golemon. Sadly enough, their attacks bounced off of the rocky beast and they ended up getting hurt.

"Man! That thing's harder than my horn! Jeez!" Terriermon complained. But Bearmon ran back toward Golemon, who was looking at Isao with great but hostile curiosity.

"Bearmon! Wait! Where are you going?" Terriermon yelled.

"I'm gonna save Isao-kun! That's what!" Bearmon replied as he climbed onto Golemon's foot.

Ayaka: Shouldn't they be focusing on the Dark Emblem?

Kudzu: Honestly, those things have plot armor and won't be destroyed until digivolution happens, I think.

Magni: Now that's a frightening thought- the villains using Plot Armor...

Kudzu: Actually, that was used as a premise for a Bleach Fanfic I read once by a writer named Mozco. It was a fun ride as I recall.

Magni: I see. Will you spork it?

Kudzu: No idea yet. 

"But he's too strong for you! Come back this instant!" Lopmon warned worriedly.

"So what? I can't just leave Isao with that giant monster! He'll die if I don't save him! Isao, I'm coming!" Bearmon yelled as he slowly began to climb Golemon's foot. Golemon didn't notice as he was too busy looking at Isao like a big, hungry monster. Isao could feel himself shivering with fear and about to explode into a paroxysm of tears.

'I can't! I can't cry now! I have to be strong! For Bearmon and my new friends! Strong people don't cry! I...I have to-Ugh!' Isao thought as he struggled to hold back his tears and break free. Unfortunately, Golemon's rock hard grip was slowly crushing him.

Magni: Father and I are both strong, but... it's ok to cry once in a while, Isao. You don't have to hide your emotions for some sort of false strength.

Then, out of nowhere, his bronze digivice glew. And so did Bearmon! The glow was so bright and blinding that even Golemon had to cover his eyes. Sure, he used the arm holding Isao as his cover, but Isao didn't care. Even though he couldn't see, he knew what this light meant.

"Bearmon! You're digivolving!"

"Bearmon, digivolve to..."

The bronze light enveloping Bearmon grew bigger and bigger until he was the exact same size as Golemon, albeit only shorter than him by about two feet. Once the majestic bronze light faded, out came a giant grizzly bear standing on all fours. Now he has a royal blueish purple coat with red armor on his large front paws with sickeningly sharp silver claws, and a pure white crescent moon shape on his head. He sure looked pretty ferocious, as Hokuto was scared spitless by the giant bear and ran back behind the tree with Kudamon safely snuggled in his arms. But to Isao, he was the awesomest thing in the whole wide world.

"Grizzlymon!"

Right after he digivolved, Grizzlymon rammed into Golemon like he was a ferocious, wild bull in a rodeo. He came with such force that Golemon finally let go of Isao. In a split second after that, Grizzlymon let Isao fall on his big fluffy coat of fur. Even Roachmon was surprised.

"Hah? A Digimon digivolvin' with a human's help? Pathetic!" Roachmon sneered angrily.

Magni: I mean, not really. While digimon can digivolve on their own, the digimon partnered with humans may need their help to digivolve, but they are still as strong as those not partnered with a human. Possibly even stronger.

"You're even more pathetic! Cat's Eye Hypnosis!" Gatomon piped in, but not before paralyzing Roachmon with the eerie glow in her violet eyes.

Isao and Grizzlymon readied themselves to take down Golemon.

"You ready to break this thing into a million pieces, Isao?" Grizzlymon asked in his deep and...well, grizzly voice. But Isao didn't mind one bit.

"Yeah! Let's do it!" Isao roared happily.

"Alrighty! Maul Attack!" With an excited Isao on his back, Grizzlymon charged toward Golemon yet again, knocking him to the ground. Yun and the Digimon saw the Dark Emblem on Golemon's foot. Isao saw their faces as he looked, and knew what he had to do.

"Grizzlymon! Hop on top of him so he won't get up!" Isao commanded.

"You got it!" Grizzlymon walked on top of Golemon and prevented him from getting up. This gave all the Digimon an opportunity to attack.

"Freezing Snow!"

"Blazing Fire!"

"Lightning Paw!"

"Crystal Air!"

Magni: Crystal... Air? I don't recall that being a move... is that one for Kudamon?

Kudzu: I'm guessing it was made up for the story.

Magni: Oh.

All four small Digimon attacked the Dark Emblem with all the power they had. Unfortunately, it didn't destroy it. Thankfully, Grizzlymon and Golemon fought enough that Golemon was finally rendered unconscious by Grizzlymon's weight. He decided to land the final blow.

"Crescent Dawn!"

A white light shot out from Bearmon's crescent and finally destroyed the Dark Emblem.

Kudzu: Actually, the wiki describes the move as Grizzlymon as sweeping his Bear Claws, nothing to do with the Crescent mark on his head.

After that, a digital hole was opened and Golemon fell into it. Gatomon and Grizzlymon both de-digivolved back to Salamon and Bearmon. Everyone rejoiced...all except for Roachmon.

"WHAT? This ain't right! Grrr! It's no wonder you humans keep ruinin' our plans! I'm definitely gonna report ya to my master and have him do somethin' about it!" Roachmon yelled like a drunkard as he broke out of Gatomon's Cat's Eye Hypnosis.

"Or what? You're gonna throw us in the dumpster or something?" Yun mocked Roachmon similar to how Melody does with Seiko often.

However...Lucero made the mistake of getting out from behind the tree and approaching Yun.

"Yun! Let us go home!" Lucero said.

That's when Roachmon's big, ugly, googly eyes locked onto the blonde boy, and right when he did...he screamed like a lunatic.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

Magni: Why is he screaming!?

Kudzu: Because Roachmon has a brain and recognizes Lucemon.

Magni: Ah, that's fair. I mean, Uncle Lucemon is a dangerous digimon.

Ayaka: Uh... Uncle Lucemon?

Magni: Oh right, in Digivengers, The Seven Great Demonlords were described as basically being an abused family ruled by Barbamon. I refer Beelzemon, Astamon and Lucemon as my uncles.

Ayaka: But... Astamon isn't one of the Seven Great Demon Lords?

Magni: Astamon can digivolve into Belphemon, the Demon Lord of Sloth.

Ayaka: Oh... I.. I see.

Roachmon's screaming was so loud, Yun had to cover her ears. Lopmon and Terriermon hopped on her head and covered Yun's ears with their big floppy ones so the noise would be muffled. But it sure didn't stop Yun from shaking like a leaf, though she did look up at Roachmon, who looked at Lucero and thought that the sight of Lucero was the biggest calamity that had ever hit him in the face of the earth.

Kudzu: I mean, Lucemon IS the strongest of the Seven Great Demon Lords, so that description is pretty apt.

"You-You-You-You-You're...STILL ALIVE?" Roachmon yelled. Then he suddenly flew toward Lucero and grabbed him.

"No way! You can't be alive! You should be dead! My master destroyed you! This can't beeeee!" Roachmon screamed like a maniac, and Yun sure wasn't having it.

"Let go of him, insectoid!" Yun managed to pry Roachmon off of Lucero, though Roachmon's skin didn't feel very nice to Yun. Roachmon, knowing that these kids won't let him near Lucero, especially if they have Digimon who can digivolve and easily defeat him, decided to let him go and fly away, but not before leaving behind a caustic and ribald statement.

"I'm 'a lettin' my master know about 'dis, yo! Just because you survived don't mean we can't destroy you again! Just you wait!" Roachmon yelled before he opened a digital hole and flew into it. Everyone was silent.

Magni: What digimon could put up a fight with Lucemon?

Kudzu: I'd say that, but sadly, spoilers.

Magni: Oh.

"Uh...what just happened?" Hokuto asked.

"I think Roachmon knows Lucero somehow," Minako said.

"He knows me? But I don't know him!" Lucero exclaimed, feeling rather uncomfortable with this new twist. Yun crossed her arms.

"Well, regardless, I don't think we should ignore this. That ugly bug thinks he knows Lucero. Devimon too. Remember? They both said 'You should be dead!' and tried to attack him. I don't think this is some case of mistaken identity," Yun explained.

"Me neither. We're definitely going to bring this up at tomorrow's Digimon Brigade meeting," Minako said. Terriermon hopped onto Yun's shoulder.

"Maybe Lucero's secretly a super cool Digimon who can save the world! Heehee!" Terriermon exclaimed happily, which irked Lopmon.

Kudzu: Don't be cheeky author. This is just putting Lucemon in Leather Pants.

Magni: Leather... pants?

Kudzu: I'll explain the trope of Draco in Leather Pants between chapters, Magni.

Magni: Oh, that's fair.

"Terriermon! Don't make jokes like that! This is serious!" Lopmon exclaimed.

"Well, if there's one thing that's serious...it's the fact that when I get home, I'm taking an epic bath!" Yun exclaimed as she took her two floppy eared friends and zipped back home. But not before registering Isao's digivice with hers and getting his home address and phone number. Now that the battle was over, Yun was determined to get herself clean...and clean herself she did!

Ayaka: Because we soooo needed to know that final detail.

Kudzu: At least the chapter is almost over...

In the Digital World...

Roachmon and Witchmon are flying through a very dark, very damp, and very ominous looking cave with determined looks on their faces. Both of them held lit up torches so they could see.

"I'm tellin' ya, Witchmon! I saw him with my own two eyes! I still have a hard time believin' it! To think he's been alive all this time!" Roachmon exclaimed.

"Are you sure it's really him?" Witchmon asked.

"Sure I'm sure! Where else can you find a human boy with purple tattoos and holy rings?"

"Well, I've never really seen him before so I don't know what he looks like."

Kudzu: In your debut chapter, Lucemon jumped on your broom and tried to rip you off it. Don't lie, Witchmon.

"By him you mean what he was like before Master destroyed him, right?"

"Yep! But man! All I managed to do was lay a curse on a tiny little pink fairy! I wanted to do so much more back then! Boo! And besides, our master doesn't believe in humans! He's not gonna take you seriously!"

Ayaka: So... Witchmon was the one who cursed a Mega Level Digimon? I dunno, that seems pretty badass...

Kudzu: The author apparently doesn't like certain types of girls to be honest.

Ayaka: *Recalls her situation* Oh. Right.

"Quit yer belly-achin', Witchmon! We gotta tell Master right away! He'll explode!"

In a hurry, Roachmon flew ahead of Witchmon.

"Hey! Roachmon! Wait for me! Don't leave me behind in this dark and dirty place!" Witchmon wailed like a spoiled child, but Roachmon was just too excited and pumped up. Soon, the tunnel got bigger and bigger the further he went.

"Master! Master!"

Kudzu: And here we go, about to see the Big Bad of this fic.

He got to the end and found himself in a very big, very dark, very damp, very cold, and very ominous looking room with nothing in it...except for a few other tunnel holes and a 30 foot tall crystal trapped in some rock formations right in the middle of the room. Inside the big blue crystal...is a shadowy, eerie, and ferocious looking apparition shaped like a small purple dragon with two heads, orange and yellow eyes glowing very evilly and eerily, two arms, and a lighter purple light in it's abdomen. He sure did NOT look like a very nice Digimon.

Kudzu: So. Let me introduce you to Moon Milleniumon. He is basically the villain of one of the games, and the SOUL of Milleniumon. Basically, this digimon? Is WAAAAAY too overpowered due to his moves, and the author probably selected him as a threat that was hard to beat.

Basically? This Wicked God Digimon is a pain in the ass, and even shows up in the Digimon Adventure Reboot anime as the Big Bad. Also, the only one to defeat it in the pre-reboot timeline is a kid named Ryo, who showed up in Tamers... and even then, that defeat happened in backstory that wasn't shown in the anime to my knowledge. So yeah, good luck Yun and co. You kids are screwed without a Deus Ex Machina.

Some little white ghost Digimon and grey animal Digimon ran out of Roachmon's way once he stood in front of the giant crystal. Roachmon bowed before the giant crystal.

"Why do you come?" The ghostly dragon in the crystal asked in a sickeningly deep, rich, and booming voice that seemed to make the cavern shake a little, like a small earthquake hit. But Roachmon didn't feel a thing.

"Greetings, Master MoonMilleniummon! I don't mean to intrude on your coveted slumber, but I've discovered something that I feel obliged to share with you!" Roachmon explained in a polite and suave voice. Suddenly, Witchmon fell on his head.

"Ow!" Both of them yelled in unison. Roachmon vehemently threw Witchmon off of him.

"Git offa me, Witchmon!"

"It's your fault for running ahead of me, you roach!"

"Yeah, well, you're a spoiled brat anyway!"

"What'd you call me?"

Ayaka: Way to ruin the moment with some poorly timed comedy...

"SILENCE!" The dragon inside the giant crystal, MoonMillenniummon, screamed angrily, causing the entire cavern to shake violently and most of the small Digimon to scurry out of the cave. Roachmon and Witchmon really felt as if an earthquake was about to it. Thankfully, the shaking stopped.

"Jeez! Can't you two low-life incompetents stop squabbling even for a second? It's no wonder I don't get any sleep! I can't believe I even paired you two up in the first place! I need to set some standards!" MoonMillenniummon yelled.

"W-We're terribly sorry, Master!" Roachmon bowed before his master, but Witchmon didn't look too happy.

"Shouldn't he be getting all the blame instead of making us share it?" Witchmon muttered to herself.

"Well, Roachmon? You said you had something to tell me? Speak! And after that, get back to recruiting Digimon so I can complete my army!" MoonMillenniummon roared.

"Yes! But before I get to that, I'd like to explain something, if you will! See, you know about humans, right? The creatures who supposedly created us? See, I've found that they really exist!" Roachmon explained, rubbing his hands together.

"Huh? That's all? You know very well that there's no such thing as humans! Roachmon, you should know better than to believe such poppycock!" MoonMillenniummon scolded like a strict parent.

"Oh, but Master! There are! Witchmon and I saw 'dem with our own two eyes! And you ain't gonna believe who we found in there!"

"Aren't, not ain't. Aren't. I ought to start giving you grammar lessons," MoonMillenniummon said.

"That ain't important! Listen!"

Roachmon krept closer to MoonMillenniummon and whispered something in front of him. It wasn't entirely low because MoonMillenniummon has a hard time hearing really low voices. Right when MoonMillenniummon heard what Roachmon said, he roared.

"BLASPHEMY!"

Magni: Why don't we get to know what Roachmon said to the Big Bad here?

Kudzu: Because the author wants to keep up the stupid mystery about Lucemon, who is pretty damn obvious to anyone who knows Digimon or has access to the wikimon.

A small blue lightning bolt shot out from his crystal and electrocuted Roachmon. Witchmon caught him before he fell onto the ground.

"Hey! What's with the electricity?" Witchmon yelled as she helped Roachmon stand up and regain his balance.

"How dare you waste my time with such calumny! Roachmon! I'm disappointed in you! I always knew you were incompetent, but I never dreamed of such audacity! I KILLED him! I killed him with all the powers I had! You were there! You saw everything! Yet you expect me to believe that he is actually ALIVE and walking amongst humans as we speak? Lawful heart! Don't ever mention his name to me ever again! And don't ever tell me those lies either!" MoonMillenniummon screamed angrily.

Ayaka: Lawful heart?

Magni: *Shrugs*

Kudzu: Hell if I know.

"B-But Master! What he says is true! I saw him too! And those brats who keep ruining our plans!" Witchmon pleaded as Roachmon helped himself up.

"Not another word! Go and put Dark Emblems on any Digimon who's not willing to assimilate into my army! Coerce them or do it by force, I don't care!"

"We're trying, but those humans keep getting in the way!"

"Oh, is that your excuse? I'd like to go out and recruit myself, but I don't have enough power nor can I break out of this rock formation that's trapped me in this rathole! Anyway, leave this place immediately before you're next, Witchmon!"

"Master! Listen!"

"I said leave and do your duty! Obey me at once!"

Knowing that trying to persuade a crystalized dragon with a bad temper was futile, Witchmon abdicated, took Roachmon away, and left the cave, leaving MoonMillenniummon all alone.

'Hmph! He can't be alive! Absolutely not! And there are NO such things as humans! They're nothing but a foolish fabrication made up by a bunch of hacks. Those two idiots should know better than to be so gullible! But come to think of it...it is strange that the Digimon who get branded with my specially created Dark Emblems have been disappearing lately. No! That's not true! No human world ever exists! Tch! I'd go and see for myself, but this form and this rock formation are holding me back. Oh well. I might as well wait and see. Now I'm hungry.' MoonMilleniummon thought as he watched Witchmon and Roachmon leave the cave. "Ghoulmon! Get me some gruel, will you?"

Kudzu: … Wow... this... this imposing villain is... not very threatening in attitude. Like, at all.

Witchmon and Roachmon left the cave panting.

"Told you he wouldn't believe you," Witchmon told him.

"Shut up, witch!" Roachmon snapped.

Ayaka: Yes, Witch with a Capital B.

Kudzu: Got to keep the kiddies from learning swears, I guess.

"You know how he is. Once he's set on a certain belief he won't budge no matter how much you try to persuade him."

"Looks like we're really gonna hafta hit it home."

"How? Those pesky brats keep getting in the way and he won't send the other servants with us either. It also doesn't help that LadyDevimon's taken over Mt. Trinity and is living like a spoiled princess."

"YOU actually HATE LadyDevimon?"

"Yes! She's always ordering me around like I'm her servant! But that's irrelevant right now. What are we gonna do?"

Magni: As long as my mother isn't around, I think we'll be ok.

Kudzu: Uh... about that...

Magni: *Groans* She isn't...

Kudzu: *Sighs* She shows up much later, I'm afraid.

"Well, if there's one good thing I know about Master, it's that he'll start believin' something's true if there's solid evidence. We might as well grab somethin' in the human world that'll make him believe!"

"We tried that once, but you dropped the recorder!"

"That was your fault!"

"Was not!"

"Alright alright! It was both our faults! This ain't the time to argue! Anyway, if my feelin' in my gut is correct, he don't look like he has his wings or his powers. He could be easy to defeat. Alrighty! I got a plan! Witchmon, you keep on puttin' Dark Emblems on Digimon and deal with the pests while I do some info gatherin'!"

Kudzu: This.... actually sounds like a really solid plan- Witchmon runs the distraction while Roachmon does the work. Too bad it's most likely going to fail.

"What? Come on! I'm tired of recruiting!"

"Quit yer complainin' and do it! And what do you think we should do? Drag Master to the human world with us?"

"That'd be a great idea! But we can't. One: he doesn't believe what we're telling him is true. Two: the biggest a digital hole we make can be is 5 meters long. He won't be able to fit! And three: if those brats figure out what we're doing, they might want to ruin our plans!"

"That's where you come in! You can stall 'em for however long ya want while I get the stuff I need to execute my new plan! Well, let's get to it, yo!"

Witchmon scoffed at him silently once he flew away. "Pfft! Stupid Mr. Know-It-All."

Kudzu: And that ends the chapter. Magni, you can go.

Magni: Thank you for having me here. *Leaves the room*

Ayaka: That... took forever.

Kudzu: Yeah, didn't help that I had to restart this three times and also deal with a power outage while working on this spork entry. I think I'll take a longer break this time- so... yeah. Anyway, next time, is Shunji's turn to get a Champion Level Digimon, and also the big date between him and the Ayaka Puppet... and trust me when I say that once again, that the Puppet is in for a bad time.

Ayaka: Oh crap... I'm going to need time to prep myself for this one.

Kudzu: See y'all next time.

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EPISODE 17: A Little Grizzly Bear

Although Hisako was very shocked by Yun's reckless and unexpected announcement,

Ayaka: It was more of a request than an announcement.

Kudzu: Yeah, I might be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure than an announcement is telling people about an upcoming event for a group or at a location, not asking someone to hang out with you. I mean, you CAN turn it into an announcement, but it'd make you look like a complete asshole though.


"I am not asking, I am telling" is a quote of rapists.

Hokuto was rather surprised by how Western and modern Yun's house is. It's nothing like his traditionally Japanese house. Though he knew about Westernized houses beforehand, he never saw them in real life until now. He mostly stood in the middle of the living room for quite a long while, processing and absorbing everything around him. Seeing this, Yun left him alone for a bit until he decided to move, which didn't take long. Yun gently put her things down, took Kokomon and Gummymon out of the bag, took Hokuto by the hand, and showed him the rest of the house. Her room, her parents' room, Ayaka's room,

I am not surprised at all. At least this Suethor admits the rampant Westernization.

Kudzu: Yeah, that's probably because in this story- cute/beauty= Goodness.

Magni: That's a horrible moral.

Kudzu: Eyup.

Kyubey, Dahlia Hawthorne, Mannish Boy, Killer Rabbit from Monty Python. All cute and very very punchable.

Kudzu: As the daughter of a former nurse, then Hokuto's IV shouldn't be removed unless it's necessary. If it fell out on its own, it needs to be put back into his body so that he can get needed nutrients and medicine that is delivered intravenously. Basically, if it's been out for 20 minutes, and no one has been around to check on the cancer patient here, then Hokuto could be on his death bed! So basically, Author, this is most likely a medical fail!

Apart from loving the reference, I will make one of my own. Manfred Von Karma, please add your own comment.

Manfred: The prosecution is right. Even things which have to be removed as soon as possible like bullets MUST NOT be removed carelessly. I know because that was the reason of my downfall!

But Hokuto still seemed rather tired, so he went into his new room. Despite this, Hokuto and the little white animal stayed together for the entire day, and they did everything together. Hokuto fed him, played with him, groomed him, read books to him, slept with him, everything.

Magni: *Notices that Ayaka and Kudzu are blushing furiously* Um... something wrong?

Ayaka: The author did not just write that Hokuto slept with a baby digimon.

Kudzu: She did, and while the author hopefully meant it in an innocent way, phrasing is important in this day and age.

Pan: Found a second red flag: "groomed him". Does not help what you noticed.

Magni: Well, that seemed... rather pointless at the end. It was just a summary.

Kudzu: Author probably realized the chapter was dragging and wanted to move on from Hokuto's life, and wanted to summarize events. And so far? It seems that Hokuto is the most clueless member of the Digimon Brigade- and yes, he's joining.

Pan: Even Ayaka knows more.

Kudzu: Um... Author? A heart skipping a beat kind of means that someone is smitten or crushing on someone, from what I gathered. So... the author here is kind of implying that Hokuto likes Digimon in a romantic sense.

Ayaka and Magni: *Look very uncomfortable now*

Manfred: But you, Kudzu, did have Lilithmon...

Pan: You are still here? Her example was supposed to be creepy! Don't try to make her guilty! Now go or your record will have a little black sp...

*Manfred runs away*

Pan: Remember, blackmail is only good for fictional villains.

"THOU ART UGLY!" Lucero screamed from afar, hiding behind a tree with Hokuto.

"Hey! Who said that? Come out here so I can pound yer brains out, yo!" Roachmon yelled. Suddenly, Witchmon got on her broom.

"Hmph! I have more important things to do than watch you brats mess up my plans! I'll have to do more! Roachmon, I'll leave you and Mr. Rock Face here to deal with them," Witchmon told them sassily, which angered Roachmon. Then she flew away in a millisecond.

"HEY! Witchmon! Come back here! I ain't done wit' you yet!" Roachmon yelled as he tried to fly after Witchmon, but she had already disappeared into a Digital Portal that she herself formed.

"Okay. That giant bug needs a grammar lesson," Hokuto muttered.

Pan: Ah, beautiful Mykan flashbacks and Beauty Equals Goodness.

He got to the end and found himself in a very big, very dark, very damp, very cold, and very ominous looking room with nothing in it...except for a few other tunnel holes and a 30 foot tall crystal trapped in some rock formations right in the middle of the room. Inside the big blue crystal...is a shadowy, eerie, and ferocious looking apparition shaped like a small purple dragon with two heads, orange and yellow eyes glowing very evilly and eerily, two arms, and a lighter purple light in it's abdomen. He sure did NOT look like a very nice Digimon.

Kudzu: So. Let me introduce you to Moon Milleniumon. He is basically the villain of one of the games, and the SOUL of Milleniumon. Basically, this digimon? Is WAAAAAY too overpowered due to his moves, and the author probably selected him as a threat that was hard to beat.

Basically? This Wicked God Digimon is a pain in the ass, and even shows up in the Digimon Adventure Reboot anime as the Big Bad. Also, the only one to defeat it in the pre-reboot timeline is a kid named Ryo, who showed up in Tamers... and even then, that defeat happened in backstory that wasn't shown in the anime to my knowledge. So yeah, good luck Yun and co. You kids are screwed without a Deus Ex Machina.

Pan: I am glad the Suethor chose a strong canon villain. Hope he is not ruined.

"Maybe Lucero's secretly a super cool Digimon who can save the world! Heehee!" Terriermon exclaimed happily, which irked Lopmon.

Kudzu: Don't be cheeky author. This is just putting Lucemon in Leather Pants.

Magni: Leather... pants?

Kudzu: I'll explain the trope of Draco in Leather Pants between chapters, Magni.

Well, that's a common Suethor trope...

"How dare you waste my time with such calumny! Roachmon! I'm disappointed in you! I always knew you were incompetent, but I never dreamed of such audacity! I KILLED him! I killed him with all the powers I had! You were there! You saw everything! Yet you expect me to believe that he is actually ALIVE and walking amongst humans as we speak? Lawful heart! Don't ever mention his name to me ever again! And don't ever tell me those lies either!" MoonMillenniummon screamed angrily.

Ganondorf: (teleports in) This is our imposing Big Bad? To be honest, physically, he sounds decent, and a hero killer. But I am not impressed with this attitude.

My entrance in Hell Hath No Fury had me do the opposite: comment that as long as one of the Resistance scum lives, they can rise from their ashes, even though I had won a war with them. Learn from me, MoonMilleniummon.


Kudzu: This.... actually sounds like a really solid plan- Witchmon runs the distraction while Roachmon does the work. Too bad it's most likely going to fail.

"What? Come on! I'm tired of recruiting!"

"Quit yer complainin' and do it! And what do you think we should do? Drag Master to the human world with us?"

"That'd be a great idea! But we can't. One: he doesn't believe what we're telling him is true. Two: the biggest a digital hole we make can be is 5 meters long. He won't be able to fit! And three: if those brats figure out what we're doing, they might want to ruin our plans!"

"That's where you come in! You can stall 'em for however long ya want while I get the stuff I need to execute my new plan! Well, let's get to it, yo!"

Witchmon scoffed at him silently once he flew away. "Pfft! Stupid Mr. Know-It-All."

Pan: To be honest, these guys would fare well against Starfleet.