Takehiro Matsuki looked up from his bread. With Mie in the Digital World, they had to close the bakery for a few days, as he couldn't take care of both the oven AND the customers.
So he was kinda surprised when he saw a young Palmon child enter nonetheless.
"Um, excuse me? Didn't you read the sign? We're closed!"
The Palmon smirked at him. "So you don't recognize me? I can't really blame you..."
Takehiro scratched his head. "Did we met before?"
"Uncle... I mean, Mr. Matsuki, it's me! K... Kei!"
"Kei?" Suddenly realization dawned. "Kei! The little girl that Takato always babysits?"
She nodded. "Yeah, that's... that's me..."
"Well I'll be," he grinned. "When I saw you yesterday, you were still a little Tanemon. Don't tell me you digivolved over night."
"Actually, I digivolved this morning," she admitted.
The baker grinned. "Well, congratulations! Your mother must be really proud! Say, isn't she with you?" He was kinda concerned. Even if Kei had digivolved this morning, it was still a bit irresponsible to let a young girl like her walk through the city by herself.
"I came here by myself," Kei explained. "I can take care of myself, Mr. Matsuki. Say... I have a favor to ask. Takato... he told you about this computer game he has, right? I mean this certain game which..." She took a breath. "Which may be responsible for many of the current events."
Takehiro frowned. Kei could only mean one program. "You mean this 'RPG Maker', do you? Yes, Takato told me that you and your friend Eiko were the so-called 'game masters' now..."
"See, and this is the reason why I am here. Something terrible happened and I have to make sure that it doesn't get worse."
"I don't know, Kei..." Takato's father frowned. "I can't just let a young girl like you go at Takato's computer like that, you know? Even if what he tells me about the RPG Maker is true..."
"Mr. Matsuki... you do believe what Takato told you about this game, do you?"
Takehiro sighed. "It is very hard to believe... but yes, I think I do believe him by now. Too many strange things have happened, and my son practically never lies to me. Well, at least not if he hasn't a good reason, a very good reason..."
"Then you might also consider that I might tell you the truth when I tell you that I haven't always been the same person I am right now, correct?"
Takehiro pondered that. "You mean, as if you were a human once who has been turned into a Digimon?"
Kei nodded. "Somewhat like that, yeah!"
"Well... I had a hard time accepting that Guilmon was once supposed to be someone else, but not my son. And my wife... well, let's just say I stopped thinking about it, so I wouldn't get a headache. But what do you want to tell me with this?"
"Mr. Matsuki... you might already guess it, but I am not as immature and inexperienced as normal girls my age like me. Now, when I tell you that there is a very important reason why I must use that program... and when I tell you that I won't break anything... could you please let me use it for the rest of the day?"
Takehiro sighed. Kei sounded much different from what he was used to hear from her. And she spoke to him with respect, but also with a certain tone of... familiarity, as if they knew each other in another way than just as a young girl and her babysitter's father...
"Okay, fine," he finally said. "But promise me not to do anything too rash, you hear me? If that program really is able to do what Takato told me, then it can be a very dangerous tool. And it is most certainly not a toy! Do I make myself clear?"
"Crystal clear!" Kei said with a wide smile. She almost hugged the adult man. "Thanks, Uncle Takehiro!"
And in excitement, she ran upstairs to Takato's room.
"What did she just call me?" Takehiro wondered.
Kei sat down in Takato's chair, booting up the computer and starting the RPG Maker, once again. Routinely, she clicked her way through the various menus until she found the spot she wanted to use today: The Character Maker!
"The Demon Lords are all Mega Digimon," Kei grumbled. "And while I know that Takato and the others can go Mega as well, I don't want to take any risks. They need more power, meaning I have to design new Ultimate forms for them. The RPG Maker might just give them some by itself, but as long as I don't know for sure..."
"Takato, Bariomon! Guilmon, Megalomon! Rika, Kitsunemon! Harmony, Canismon! Jeri, Nalamon! Well, okay... those are pretty neat Champion forms, but they wouldn't stand a chance against the Seven Demon Lords."
So Kei got to work. She carefully designed five Ultimate forms for all five of the Hybrid Tamers. Guilmon COULD digivolve to WarGrowlmon, true, but if he was already at it...
When she was finished, the Palmon looked at her new creations with satisfaction. "Well this should take care of that. Now, about this Yamaki problem..."
She knew the program wouldn't just let her write any event in which the Digimon Overlord suddenly realized the error of his way and turned back into a good boy. She would have to SHOW him somehow...
Then she had an idea. Wasn't this an RPG Maker? And wouldn't she have to create a scene that was typical for a normal RPG? So, who was normally the person who told the misguided pseudo-villain of his errors? Who brought him back to the right path? Who was going to pound sense into his head?
"The main character," Kei muttered. "The hero. And that would be..."
Of course! Rika! Why didn't she think of that earlier? Rika would have been the one who would show Yamaki that what he was doing was wrong.
Still, it couldn't be that easy. Some sort of... shocking revelation was necessary to bring Yamaki back to his senses.
"Damn..." Kei murmured. "This won't be easy... Pity I can't take a look at his profile or something. Maybe if there was anyone who was important to him... someone who could force him to make a decision... either his ambitions, or his feeling for that person."
She groaned. "If only Takato were here... he knows Yamaki much better than I do. Who could possibly love a madman like that?"
In the dark dungeon of a certain, floating tower, Riley suddenly sneezed.
Magnadramon smiled. "Bless you, child!"
"No thanks!" Riley snapped. "And I'm not a child anymore, remember that well!"
Tally sniffed while Yamacus pulled out a tissue. "Here you are, my dear!"
Tally smiled gratefully before wiping her nose. "Thanks, Yamacus!"
Yamacus turned back to his troops, deep below them. The whole valley between the mountains and the forest was filled with them. Rookies, Champions and Ultimates, all of them devoted to his cause. And those three bastards wanted to challenge the power of this army? Inconceivable! Not to mention the dozing form of Belphemon, who was floating over the ruins of the destroyed mountains...
"We can't lose!" he claimed. "We are absolute! We are everything! We represent the new order of the world... and no one can deny us! Not even a bunch of clowns that call themselves 'Demon Lords'."
Tally sighed. It seemed her lord still refused to accept the fact that the Demon Lords were just as real as Belphemon was. And even if the sleeping form of Belphemon was visually more impressive than the other three they have seen... she knew that outer appearances could be deceiving.
The floating platform landed, and Yamacus stepped off it. "Are the troops ready?"
Roachmon turned around and saluted. "Yes, sir! Everyone I asked told me that they are willing to fight for you... even if most of them are so scared that they would rather face an erupting volcano than the enemies we are about to face..."
Yamacus shrugged. "Well, as long as they obey me... where are the Hybrids?"
"Do you mean the Hybrid Tamers or Gaomon's group of mercenaries, sir?"
"The mercenaries, of course!"
Roachmon shrugged. "I have no idea. I saw them this morning, but not afterwards."
"What?" Yamacus snapped. "How could they abandon me in my time of triumph?"
Roachmon sweatdropped. "I already heard that sentence..." he murmured.
"I think they will be back shortly," Tally said. "I heard that they had to take care of something... something important..."
"Could you elaborate on that, Tally?" Yamacus sighed.
"I'm not too sure... but Alice said something about accepting a present..."
Alice frowned when she looked at Leomon, Sheperdmon and Taomon. "Did you all have to come here? You know what happens if Yamacus spots any of you!"
Compsomon shrugged. "Well, we have another mission to take care of afterwards, so..."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever..." Alice sighed. "Let's just get this over with! What is so important that Zhuqiaomon sent all of you here?"
Kouki didn't say a word. He just leaned against a tree and sneered at Leomon. The lion Digimon looked straight back at him.
Ivan stared at Sheperdmon. "That woman is very pretty... but not as pretty as Alice is."
Sheperdmon winced. "She's right, Mie, let's get this over with... this guy here is too creepy!"
"Okay... Alice, I know you and your..." she hesitated. "Friends here have been searching for the artificial power of digivolution, right?"
"Yes, but why...?"
"BioCalumon, you can come out now!"
Between the trees, a tiny grey figure with huge ears suddenly came flying. "Have no fear, BioCalumon is here!"
Alice stared. "What the HECK?"
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