"Huh?" Calumon asked in confusion and looked up at Kenta and MarineAngemon. "Hybrid Digivolution?"
"That's right!" Kenta said. "Do you know anything about it?"
"It's really important, you know?" MarineAngemon added.
Calumon scratched his head. "Umm... I don't really know too much. I already told Jeri, I might be the corp... corpo... corporeal form of Digimon evolution, but... I don't know what that all means." He sighed. "I just know that sometimes, when I'm near Digimon, they suddenly digivolve. I don't know how I do it, it just happens."
"Just great," Kenta groaned and sunk down on the park bench, next to Calumon. "So we still don't know if your powers have to do something with it or not."
"How about we just put him down next to Rika and the others?" MarineAngemon suggested. "If they digivolve, we know for sure that his powers affect them just like any other Digimon."
"Great idea," his Tamer muttered sarcastically. "You do know that not every Digimon who gets close to him digivolves right away, do you? Otherwise we would have a big amount of Ultimates and Megas running around in Tokyo."
"Oh! Right!"
"You know..." Calumon spoke up.
"What? What?" the other two instantly asked.
Calumon frowned as if he was trying to remember something. "I think Azulongmon once told me something... something that might help us... but... I really can't remember."
"Please try!" Kenta begged. "It really would help the others!"
"Uh, I'm trying..." Calumon murmured. "Well..."
"Yes?" Kenta and his partner looked at him expectantly.
A low gurgling noise drew off their attention. Calumon put his little hands on his tummy and giggled. "Um, you know... I'm getting really hungry, and when I'm hungry, I can't think. So... could you please buy me some ice cream?"
"This isn't happening..." Kenta mumbled in despair.
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"You really think so?" Mako asked in awe, the small TinyDevimon hovering in front of his sister and Betamon.
"Of course," the amphibian Digimon with the captain's hat smirked. "It's like that in every good pirate story: Every mutineer has at least one companion. So, while Impmon is staying back aboard the ship, tied to the mast, you'll stay behind to guard him. And then the two of you decide that the treasure really isn't worth taking orders from the captain, and then Impmon wonders if there really is a treasure at all. And in the end, the captain and the rest of his royal crew..." He smiled at Ai. "May have found the treasure, but are stranded on the island, because the others have left with the ship. And so, the brave pirate hero Mako becomes the new captain of the ship."
That last remark made Mako grin widely. "COOL! Okay, I got it! I'll stay behind and guard him, captain... Um, I mean... I'm gonna free him once you leave..."
"I know what you mean," Betamon winked. "Now, follow me, first mate Ai! Gold and glory are awaiting us!"
"Yaaaaay!" Ai shouted, waving around her plastic sand shovel. "We're gonna be rich!"
"Hey! When do you plan on untying me?" Impmon shouted, as he struggled against the rope that bound him to the tree in the garden.
"Didn't you listen?" Betamon asked. "He'll free you, so the two of you can leave with the ship."
He gestured ahead with his toy sword. "Men, I believe the treasure is hidden behind that mountain. Just a few steps and we'll be rich! Now, come with me!"
"Aye aye, captain!" Ai shouted in excitement.
Impmon once again tried breaking free. "Mako, c'mon! Untie me already!"
"Not yet," Mako replied. "Didn't you listen? We have to wait until the captain is gone!"
"Oh man..." Impmon groaned.
Betamon lead Ai around the corner of the house. As soon as they were out of Impmon's field of vision, he smirked to himself.
"Captain, is this it?" Ai asked. "Can we start digging now?"
Betamon shook his head. "No, not yet! But look, do you see that cave over there?" And he gestured at the empty doghouse in which the dog that the twins had always wished for, but never got, was supposed to live in.
Ai nodded.
"I'll bet the treasure is in there. Go, take a look!"
The Cupimon smiled and saluted. "Aye, aye, captain!" And she fluttered over to the doghouse and peered inside.
"It's pitch black, captain!" she said. "I can't see a thing!"
"Oh, what a pity... maybe there really is no treasure after all?"
Ai turned around in confusion. "What?"
Betamon's expression had changed all of a sudden. He wasn't showing her the friendly smile she had always seen on his face, but instead a sinister grin. "And suddenly the first mate realizes that the captain has not only fooled her all the time, but the entire crew as well: There is no treasure at all."
He bared his fangs. "And she suddenly realizes... that her dear captain is not her friend!"
"B-betamon?" Ai stuttered and walked backwards. "I don't like this game any more... can we play something else now?"
"I'm sorry, my dear..." Betamon giggled. "Playtime's over!"
And after he pounced upon Ai, everything went dark for the little Cupimon.
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