The fake Ai struggled against her bonds. The ropes were binding her tightly against the tree standing in the twins' parents' garden.
"Lemme go!" she shouted. "I'm gonna tell Mommy!"
"No, you don't!" Impmon said in a menacing tone of voice. "Because you're going to tell us what you did with the real Ai."
"You can't make me," the impostor said and pouted cutely.
Mako grinned. "This is cool, I was never allowed to tie up my sister, but this is almost as neat. Hey, can we torture her now?"
"Maybe later," Ryo said. He turned around to face the fake. "Listen, we know you aren't the real Ai, so why don't you drop the act and show us how you really look like?"
The fake shook her head. "Nu-uh!"
"And why is that?"
"Um, cause... I don't wanna."
Impmon sighed. "This is taking us nowhere..." he grumbled. "Listen up, either you show us your true face, or I'll Badda-Boom your sorry hide until you're burnt to a crisp."
"Cool!" Mako shouted in awe. "Can I watch?"
The impostor looked uncomfortable now. "Um, I bet you can't do that because, um, I look just like your Ai and stuff..."
Impmon grinned and made a flame appear on his fingertip. "Wanna try it out?"
"Um, no, I don't think so. Fine, you win." And the fake Ai dropped her disguise to reveal... a Bakemon.
A very small, cute, female Bakemon.
Monodramon shook his head. "I never knew Bakemon could look that cute. He doesn't even have those nasty teeth that are so scary on the usual Bakemons."
"I'm a she, you dolt," the Bakemon pouted. You think I would impersonate a girl if I were a boy? Cause I would never impersonate a boy. Yuck!" She stuck out her tongue.
"Well, Bakemon..."
"Eiko."
Ryo blinked. "What?"
"That's my name: Eiko. Got a problem with that?"
"Um, no! So, I take it you're not a resident of the Digital World, are you?"
Eiko shook her head. "Nope. I'm living near here with my Mommy and Daddy."
"Hey, I think I know her," Mako suddenly spoke up. "I think she's a girl from kindergarten. Aren't you the one who always played those pranks on me?"
"Yeah, I am," Eiko said. "Why, you wanna have your revenge now, that I'm tied up, helpless?"
"Um, no, I just wanna say that..." The TinyDevimon blushed. "I thought your pranks were kinda cool."
She grinned. "You really think so?"
"It is kinda unusual for children your age to already be at the Champion Level," Ryo frowned.
"I'm not," Eiko explained. "I'm at the Rookie Level, because I'm not a Bakemon. I'm a ChibiBakemon."
"ChibiBakemon?" Monodramon asked in a puzzled voice. "I never heard of those before."
"Well, they must be pretty rare, just like the TinyDevimon." Ryo gestured at Mako.
"Can we get back to business now?" Impmon asked in irritation. "Why did you do that, girl? Why did you made yourself look like our Ai? Are you working with that creep Betamon?"
"Well, he said he'd give me some candy if I would help him play a prank on you guys, so..."
"I get it." Ryo groaned. "She thought this was all a childish game of pranks."
"Hey, my pranks aren't childish," the ChibiBakemon complained.
"What do we do now?" Monodramon asked. "We can't really take a little girl as a hostage, a girl who thought this all would just be a big, silly joke."
Impmon sighed. "Hey, you!"
"Eiko."
"Whatever! Did Betamon tell you where he was gonna take Ai?"
She shook her head. "No, he said we would let her go as soon as you would find out that I was... well, I."
"And you believed him..." the imp Digimon groaned. "Great. Oh heck, just get out of here." And he burnt the ropes away with his finger flames.
Eiko smirked. "Thanks, mister! I guess I'll be going home now. Mom and Dad aren't home just yet, but my big sis Yui is gonna be worried where I am." She turned around to wink at Mako. "See ya later!"
"Um, yeah," Mako said. "B-bye!"
And the ChibiBakemon was floating away.
Monodramon chuckled and nudged the embarrassed TinyDevimon's side. "I bet you like her, eh? I mean, she's about your age, likes to play pranks and is of a Digimon type that's not too common, just like you."
"Sh-shut up," Mako mumbled.
"Stop that," Impmon grumbled. He was in a bad mood. "I really wonder hoe we're going to find Ai now. Dangit, that amphibious creep... where could he have taken her?"
Just then, Ryo saw two boys running past the garden's fence he knew pretty well.
"Hey, Kazu! Kenta! What's the hurry?"
"Oh, hi Ryo!" Kenta said, catching his breath. "Um, it's a long story, but..." He raised a small package of a certain computer game. "It has to do with this game."
"Yeah, you wouldn't believe the things that happened," Kazu nodded. "Especially to me." He still couldn't shake the memory of that giant syringe.
"We have no time for your stupid games," Impmon growled. "Ai has been kidnapped."
"What?" Kenta gasped. "Who would ever do that to sweet, little Ai?"
"I dunno, but I'm gonna make them pay!" That wasn't Impmon. It was Mako. "The only one who's allowed to treat my sister like that is me!"
"Hey, maybe we can ask Kai if he could find anything out," Kazu suddenly said. "He's the current Game Master, is he not?"
Impmon and Ryo looked at each other with puzzled glances.
"Game Master?"
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