"Tag? Hide and Seek?"
Takato nodded. "Yeah, I figured those could be used as mini-games somehow, 'organized' by Impmon, Calumon and the two Hybrid twins. And when the heroes decide to participate, they can win all kinds of useful stuff."
"Sounds good," Kai nodded. "But, I have to ask: 'TinyDevimon'? I never heard of that Digimon before. Well, not that I know as much about Digimon as you, but..."
He looked at the picture of the little Digimon that looked similar to Ai's humanoid version of Cupimon, but had black skin, two horns instead of just one, bat-wings instead of the feathered ones and a thin tail with a forked tip.
Takato shrugged. "Well, I wanted to make him a nice counterpart to Ai's cuteness... And while I know some devilish Digimon on the In-Training or Rookie level, they all just look too evil for my tastes. So I figured I should design this new one for Mako."
"Makes sense," his cousin had to admit. "You know... this duality of Light and Darkness gives me an idea: Why not use this for some of the game's villains as well?"
"I dunno..." Takato scratched his head. "A villain of light...?"
"Takato!" his mother's voice suddenly came from downstairs. "Can you come down for a second? The garbage can is full and your father and I can't leave the bakery just now."
"All right, Mom!" Takato shouted back. With a sigh, he stood up. "Sorry, be back in a minute. Wait for me before you continue, okay?"
Kai nodded. "Gotcha!"
As Takato was running downstairs, Guilmon looked up from his pile of bread. "Say, Kai... did you ever imagine what it would be like to have a Digimon partner on your own?"
Kai smiled. "For a little while, yeah... But, I have to admit: I don't know too much about you and while I think you Digimon are cool fellas, I believe I should leave being a Tamer to experienced people like Takato and his friends."
"Ah, okay!"
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Carrying the plastic bag with the garbage outside, Takato approached the metal trashcan in front of the bakery.
Just as he was dropping the garbage into the can, he heard a familiar clicking sound.
He turned around. "Yamaki?"
The blonde man with the sunglasses and the business suit stepped out of the shadows. "Hello, Takato! Long time no see."
"Yeah, I'd say... Say, what brings you here? Or did you just come by to buy some bread?"
Yamaki chuckled. "As much as I'd love to say the second, it's more because of some 'business' matters..."
"Ah... is it top secret?"
"No, actually, I'm here to see you."
"Oh, really?"
Yamaki nodded. "Takato... I must tell you that recently, my Hypnos team made several strange observations while being on the lookout for wild Digimon... We discovered a peculiar energy field that made the impression as if it would be composed of data."
"Similar to a Digimon's data?" Takato asked.
"Yes. Or more like the data of the energy field that appears whenever a Digimon digivolves. We know there has been a battle last night. We couldn't quite record any pictures, but... At least one of the opponents was a Digimon."
"Ah. And the other one? Or were there more than two?"
"Actually, we could trace the data of at least three opponents. And two of those data fields... they are very strange. Half of them seem to be composed of Digimon data, but the other half... I can't say I've ever seen anything like that before."
Takato blinked. "Sounds very strange. Any clues on what it could be?"
"Not yet... but we're on it. I was hoping for the team of Mr. Wong to help me with that problem... no one knows Digimon better than them. I just came to tell you: Whenever you run into whoever had caused those data fields, watch yourself. We don't know who or what that was and what they want."
"All right, gotcha!"
Yamaki smiled. "Good. I know you kids can take care of yourselves... But watch your backs, okay?" He turned around to leave.
"Okay, thanks for the info. Bye!"
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"Yamaki?" Kai asked after Takato had come back upstairs. "Ah, the guy from that Hypnos team you told me about? Black shades, always carries a lighter?"
Takato nodded. "Yep, that's him! He just told me about some strange Digimon that appeared last night... Maybe I'll tell Rika and Henry, and we'll investigate."
Kai chuckled. "You Tamers and your little detective games..."
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?"
Both cousins had to grin.
"But really, this Yamaki guy... the way you're describing him somehow makes him sound as if he was some criminal mastermind or something like that."
Takato chuckled. "Yeah, when I saw him for the first time, I wasn't too sure what to think of him, but he's actually a decent guy. Hey, you know what? I think I just got a very nice idea for our game's villain..."
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Yamaki arrived back at the Hypnos building. He parked his car in the usual spot and went inside.
"This weird half-digital energy field..." he murmured. "What could it mean?"
He pocketed his lighter. "I have to track down those strange battlers from last night." With a determined look on his face, he opened the door leading to the Hypnos mainframe.
Shadows were dancing on the ceiling, created by the light of dozens of torches that were aligned at the walls of the enormous hall.
Yamaki strode through two of the marmoreal pillars that were circling the inner part of the room. For a moment, he seemed to be confused... but then, his expression changed into a sly grin.
Raising his head in regality, he approached the massive throne in the middle of the chamber.
"Hail Yamacus, Master of Hypnos, the digital fortress, and soon-to-be-ruler of the world.
The female voices came down from two floating marble platforms that were flanking the throne. On each platform, a winged, female figure was standing.
But while the right girl was surrounded by an aura of light and tranquility, the girl on the left side was shrouded in a cloud of darkness.
Lord Yamacus sat down on the throne, and with a wave of his hands, exchanged his business clothes for an elegant toga looking exactly like that of a Roman emperor.
The beautiful women came floating down to both of his sides.
Yamacus petted the cheeks of the beautiful Angewomon to his right, before embracing the seductive form of the LadyDevimon to his left.
"I missed you, my darlings..." he murmured after leaning back in his seat. The two Digimon instantly crouched down next to him and started to pet him affectionally. "So, what did you do all day long?"
Tally, whose blonde hair had grown longer than normally, looked just like someone would imagine an Angewomon, but with her usual looks, and without a helmet. "We were longing for your return, Yamacus..." she cooed.
Riley petted her lord's cheek adoringly. She was as beautiful as ever, the slightly demonic mouth of the normal LadyDevimon design replaced by her cute smile. Also, the cowl of her body suit wasn't covering her eyes. Her hair was the usual color, but her skin was just as pale as that of every member of her new species.
"Yes, but we also managed to track down one of those pesky little half-breed warriors from last night..." she smiled.
"Excellent..." the master of the secret underground fortress Hypnos chuckled, all of his previous memories about the original Hypnos hidden away within a corner deep within his mind. "Then soon, our plan will commence... and I will be the ruler of my own empire!"
And then he laughed evilly. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAH..."
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