"Heh, nice choice of enemies!"
"I know. We let the small one fight too?"
"Nah... he's a wimp anyway. We leave him out of that."
"Okay, so the heroes just fight those three... Oh, and how about she starts the battle by herself, but the others join her after several rounds?"
"Sounds good to me. And that's the first time the player can use the other two heroes, right?"
"Right. And that's when their adventure starts. They know something's up, and they start looking for the person who's behind this."
"You know, you're getting pretty good at this, Takato!"
"Heh heh... thanks, Kai!"
"Awwwww..." Guilmon groaned from his place on the floor. "Takato... I'm bored!"
"Oh, okay... Um, why don't you... go outside and play or something? I'll bet Calumon is out there somewhere."
To be honest, Guilmon had seen enough of that game... Takato was always staring at the screen, never paying attention to him. Why can't they all go outside and play?
Without saying anything else, the red dinosaur shuffled outside. The two boys didn't even seem to notice it.
"Did you remember to give them a reward for winning the fight?"
"Sure, I'm not stupid, you know?"
With a sad face, Guilmon left.
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"Rika! Rika, wait for me!"
Upon hearing the voice of the only person that was in the same situation as her, Rika stopped running and turned around. "Renamon..."
Renamon approached her. "Look, I know it's hard, but... You have to pull yourself together. I'm sure we'll find the reason why everything's so different from what we knew, somehow. We have to endure this together. And... as long as no one of us is alone with this, we'll have someone to lean on."
Rika nodded and wiped her tears away. "How embarrassing..." she muttered. "That's not like me... losing my head like this."
Renamon smiled. "That's the spirit. We can do this, together."
"But, Renamon..." Rika shivered. "How can all of this be possible? My father... a Digimon? And Henry a girl? How?"
"You don't know the half of it..." her partner murmured. "Rika... this will probably a shock for you as well, but I figured it's better you hear it from me than from the others..."
"It can't truly be more shocking than that part about my father..." Rika sighed. "Realizing that your family's not as you always believed it to be... now that's really something."
"That's exactly what I mean," Renamon tried to explain. "You see... in this new world, it's not unheard of for Digimon and humans to marry... or to have children."
"We already got to that point," Rika grumbled impatiently. "That's how my father is suddenly a Taomon, right?"
"Right... but that's not everything, Rika. You know, in this new reality, the children of humans and Digimon can be both human... or Digimon."
"So...?"
"Now... and this is the point I've been wanting to tell you... You also seem to be no single child anymore."
"A... sibling?" Rika asked in astonishment. "Well, that's certainly a surprise... wait..." She groaned. "Don't tell me this new brother or sister of mine is a Digimon."
"Actually, yes." Renamon said. "It's me."
Silence.
"WHAT??"
"It has been a shock for myself. But it seems to be true. Actually, that somewhat makes sense, you know? I mean, if your father is a Taomon now..."
"My... Digimon partner... is my... SISTER? You... Renamon... my sister? Wow... Wow, that's..." Rika shook her head. "I think I have to sit down for a moment."
"Yes, do that." Renamon thought about it for a second. "I believe I may just sit down as well..."
And then, the two friends, Tamer and Digimon partner, and seemingly sisters, were sitting next to each other on the pavement.
"This is truly a peculiar situation we're in."
"You can say that again..."
"Thinking about it, it's pretty strange, having to think of you as my... younger sister."
"Hey, what do you mean by that?"
Renamon chuckled. "Sorry, didn't mean it like that. I mean... I've never had anything like a family before. We Digimon are just born from Digi-eggs... and while we're still in our baby form, some caretaker Digimon watches over us as if he or she would be our only parent. Some of us are born as the result of two Digimon that have mated... and others are reborn Digimon that have been defeated in battle. But as no one of the reborn Digimon remembers his previous life during this phase, it is just as if we were all a big family... One single parent and many brothers and sisters."
"You... never told me about your past, Renamon."
"Well, there had never been a reason for it, right? But now... this weird new reality has provided me to all appearances with a family... your family, Rika!"
She looked down at her Tamer. "You know, when we first met, our relation wasn't quite developed, right?"
Rika giggled. "Yeah, I know... The only thing I cared about was winning battles with you, and you just wanted to become stronger. But after some time, it all turned into something else... A very close friendship."
"That's right. And over all that time, I started to think of you as someone much more than just a friend. Someone I could count on and rely on. A friend, a Tamer... but also someone like a... younger sister."
Rika looked up into her partner's face. "Do... do you mean that?"
"Why should I lie about something like that?"
Rika smiled. "Well, I guess it's pretty similar with me. Okay then... if anyone wants us to be sisters, then I'll say: Why the heck not? I mean, there are really worse things that could have been happening to us."
"You're right, it's actually a nice idea, if you think about it..."
Rika stood up. "Okay! Still, we have to find out what's going on here. And because we don't know more, I'd say we tell the others about that Ceratomon and my weird transformation. Afterwards, we'll see what comes."
Renamon chuckled. "You know, it's kinda ironic... You find out that you got the ability to turn into a fox-like Digimon, and now we find out that we somehow have become sisters."
"I'll accept anything that comes, if it just means that I can find out what the heck is going on here."
"Same here."
Suddenly, a mad giggling echoed through the seemingly empty street. "Well, well, well... Isn't that heart-breaking? A girl and her Digimon find out that they're sisters... Just like the plot out of some cliche novel, don'tcha think?"
"Oh, now what?" Rika angrily mumbled as she jumped to her feet and looked around.
"Be careful, Rika..." Renamon whispered. "I can feel enemies nearby..."
"Darn right, sister... And we're not here to play!"
Rika looked upwards and gasped. "Renamon, up there!"
"I see him," Renamon replied. "A DemiDevimon..."
"Well," the winged villain snickered. "As far as I'm concerned, we have two possibilities here... Either you agree to accompany us, foxy, or else we're gonna smash you and your weak little human sister up."
"You and which army?" Renamon snarled.
DemiDevimon grinned. "Well... this army, of course!"
As he spread his wings, various things happened at once.
The ground underneath their feet began crumbling, as a massive arm made of stone erupted from the earth, and the Digimon that was attached to it followed shortly.
"Golemon."
A shrill screech came down from the sky, as a metallic shimmering Digimon descended from above like some sort of kamikaze diver.
"Pteramon."
A deep rumbling came from behind the surprised duo of Tamer and Digimon, as a Digimon that looked like a humanoid monster, fused with a green tank, came around the corner.
"Hahahahahah!" it chuckled as it brandished the cannons attached to its arms. "And Tankmon."
"Listen to me!" DemiDevimon told his men. "Attack them... but spare the life of the Renamon. We want to bring her to our lord alive."
"Whoever your lord is... you will have to disappoint him," Rika growled and grabbed her D-Power.
"Renamon, ready?"
"Yes."
Rika raised her D-Power over her head. It shone in a bright light.
"RIKA HYBRID DIGIVOLVE TO... KITSUMON!"
"RENAMON DIGIVOLVE TO... KYUBIMON!"
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