"No, no, no!" BioCalumon muttered as he was floating over the city's rooftops. "This is not how it was supposed to be. How did that brat digivolve in the first place? Had she been a tiny Tanemon, I would have easily been able to get past her. Dammit... next time someone decides to mess around with her identity, I'm gonna make her an orphan... that'll teach her..."
He was so busy ranting that he didn't even notice where he was going.
Until he heard a couple of voices that sounded familiar...
"I'm not gonna stay here! You can't make me!"
"Mom told us to stay home until she comes back from work, so you better listen to me, you brat, or else..."
"You want me to tell her about your secret 'Renamon collection' under your bed?"
"If you do that, I can always tell her how you took off with Mako!"
BioCalumon grinned. Perfect! That was the brat Eiko and her older sister... His new 'body' might have never met them before, but as the embodiment of the RPG Maker itself, he knew everything about the characters in the game.
"Eiko is the second remaining Game Master..." Bio murmured to himself. "Let's see if I can use that to my advantage."
He floated closer to the window from which the upset voices had come from and peered inside. Yui had already left and closed the door to Eiko's room behind her, while Eiko was sitting on her bed and sulked.
"This sucks..." she murmured. "I only wanted to visit Kei... Man, I hate it to be the only Digimon in a human family. Just why... why did Mom have to marry that fat, lazy HUMAN after Dad got deleted? Yui is happy about this, all right... after all, he is the principal of her school. But now..." She sniffed. "Ever since Daddy is gone, I have no one who could teach me to play pranks..."
BioCalumon smiled. Well, who'd have thought? He didn't even create a backstory for this little girl, which meant that her father must have died even back when he was a human. Still, after reality changed, both Eiko and her Dad were remembered by everyone as Digimon.
He grinned. "This looks promising... maybe she'll be interested in a little bit of digivolution herself..."
Ai sobbed as she was cradled in her mother's arms, while Impmon got scolded by her father. Mako and Belphemon both stood sheepishly in a corner and didn't know what to do.
"How could you let this happen to our sweet little daughter?" Mr. Kanbara shouted. "Impmon, we took you in after nobody else would. We believed in you that you would be able to keep our children away from danger! And now look what happened: Not only did our Ai turn into LUCEMON of all Digimon, but you also brought this... this... ABOMINATION into our house!"
Belphemon winced. "That was unnecessarily harsh..." he commented.
Mrs. Kanbara threw him a hateful glare. "Don't you play any games with me, Demon Lord! I know everything about you and your kind! Leave my sweet little Ai alone and get out of here, before I reduce you to pieces of data!"
"NO!" Ai screamed and clung even closer to her Digimon mother. "Don't you dare and hurt Belphemon! I won't let you!"
d'Arcmon looked down at her little daughter in confusion. "But, honey... he is an evil Demon Lord! As Angel Digimon, we have to stop evil at all costs..."
"But he... he's my only real friend, except for Impmon..." Ai sobbed. "Please, Mommy... don't hurt him!"
Now both parents were confused. "What's that supposed to mean?" Mr. Kanbara asked in confusion. "Honey, you told me that Belphemon is an evil demon..."
"I might be born with the powers of a Demon Lord..." Belphemon muttered. "But that doesn't necessarily make me evil..."
"That's right!" Impmon said. "Just take a look at me! I became evil after the Deva tempted me. Yes, the Deva, your so-called 'Messengers of the Gods'. And now what became of me... I am the protector of your children!"
"And a great job you did," Mr. Kanbara grumbled. "If you really were Ai's protector, why didn't you stop her when she wanted to go to those Demon Lords?"
Impmon could have told Ai's father how he had tried to stop her, but that it wasn't exactly an easy feat to make the incarnation of Lucemon listen to him...
"Besides," d'Arcmon intervened. "That's a completely different story altogether! You had the choice! He's a DEMON LORD!" She spat the word.
Impmon snarled. That talk was getting on his nerves. "BUT SO AM I!" he yelled.
Both parents looked down at him in shock.
Impmon suddenly wished he had kept his mouth shut. "Listen, I... I never told you, because... because I knew how you'd react."
'Especially you!' he mentally added while frowning at d'Arcmon.
"I don't believe this!" d'Arcmon finally blurted out. "A Demon Lord has been living underneath my roof for all that time and I didn't even notice? Why, you..."
"Just wait a sec, dear!" her husband suddenly said. "If what he says is true and... and he's really a Demon Lord... why did he save that Katou girl from that huge monster, what was it called again, D-Reaper? You told me that Demon Lords could never have feelings like remorse, pity or friendship."
d'Arcmon was taken aback. "But... but Zhuqiaomon taught us..."
Impmon sighed. Of course! THAT guy again...
"Listen, I don't really want to intrude," the child-sized form of Belphemon carefully spoke up. "You know... I really didn't know what was going on. After I woke up, I just felt this immense pain in my head... and next thing I know is, I'm floating above that valley filled with an army of Digimon. But even though there were so many of them, I instantly knew who put that enslaving device on me."
He gritted his teeth and looked down to the ground. "I am ashamed to admit that an incredible fit of rage hit me after I realized who did it. I always suffered from difficult mood swings in the past, especially after I woke up..."
He then looked up at Ai and smiled. "But your daughter - may her heart be blessed - thankfully stopped me in time from making a huge mistake. She also prevented a massacre as she sent all of those Digimon soldiers back home... the other Demon Lords would surely have destroyed every single one of them."
"So... you admit that you Demon Lords are nothing but remorseless killers?" d'Arcmon snapped.
Mr. Kanbara sighed. "Honey..."
"I can't talk for the others, and I won't deny that what Barbamon and the others did was horrible. But I never took part in it. After her protector..." He glanced over to Impmon. "Showed up, I decided to come along, to protect her as well. She might have been infused with the powers of Lucemon, but she is still a child... and on her Rookie level, I doubt that she would be safe in the middle of the battle that is now raging in that valley."
Mr. Kanbara looked down at Impmon. "So, I guess you did your job after all, huh?"
Impmon sighed. "Yeah, I guess..."
Ai's father smiled. "Well, then I suppose we owe both you and Belphemon an apology."
"Hiro!" his wife shouted in surprise. "You can't possibly think that those two..."
Hiro Kanbara sternly looked at his wife. "Honey, those two deserve a chance! They protected our daughter, after all. I'm still not happy that Ai got in danger in the first place... but you can't blame everything on Belphemon just because of what he is."
"But... but he's one of THEM!" she argued. "Our teachings say..."
"Mommy..." Ai said softly.
d'Arcmon looked at her daughter with worry. "What's wrong, dear?"
The young Lucemon sighed. "Mommy, I love you! I love both you and Daddy very, very much! But... please don't be angry at me, but could you please..."
"What is it, dear?"
"Could you please... SHUT UP?"
d'Arcmon blinked in surprise as she tried to stop her head from shaking. "S-s-sure, honey..." she murmured dizzily.
Hiro sighed. "Well, I guess that's settled for now... Belphemon, I hope you accept our apologies, also on behalf of my wife."
Belphemon nodded and gave the father of his protege a bow. "Of course, sir! I perfectly understand!"
"So, can he sleep in my room?" Mako asked hopefully.
His father looked at him sternly. "Mako..."
The TinyDevimon cowered sheepishly. "Sorry, Dad..."
Hiro took Ai and put her down on the ground. "Ai, why don't you go and show your new friend your room?"
Ai smiled up at her father. "Okay, Daddy!"
"And I'm pretty sure Mako and Impmon would like to join you as well..."
"But Dad," Mako protested. "I'm gonna miss 'Masters of the Universe' on TV..."
"NOW, Mako!" his father said firmly.
Mako gulped. "O-okay, Dad..."
Impmon and Belphemon followed the two children into their room.
Hiro sighed as he turned around to face his wife. "Honey, I don't like to say this, but it seems that in the end, you have been pretty biased towards certain Digimon..."
"WHAT?" d'Arcmon shouted. "Could you please speak up, dear? I'm afraid I might have gone deaf just now..."
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