"Kei?" Takatio's father shouted from downstairs. "Your mother called. She wanted me to tell you that if you still need some time, you can stay for a while. She just expects you to be home for dinner."
"Okay, thanks!" Kei shouted before concentrating back on the RPG Maker.
"All right, 'BioCalumon'..." she grumbled. "Let's see if I can find out more about you..."
She tried creating a scene involving BioCalumon, but somehow it didn't work. It almost was as if the little Digimon wasn't affected by the RPG Maker as anyone else.
"If I only could take a look at other character's profiles, like I can do with Rika and the other 'player characters'..." she sighed and put her chin down on the table in exasperation.
She then decided that concentrating on the more crucial matters was more important and started to design a new Ultimate form for Rika.
"She might not be able to reach that state without BioCalumon's help, but I want it to be finished, just in case..."
And after she was done with designing the looks, adding attacks and giving the new form a proper name, she nodded in satisfaction and saved the changes.
Suddenly, a new window opened up in front of the character menu.
Kei frowned. That had never happened before.
"What's this?" she murmured and read. "Congratulations, by creating characters, enemies, maps and scenarios, you have successfully gathered 200 Maker Points. NPC Gallery is now unlocked!"
The young Palmon blinked. She then quickly searched through the program until she found the new option.
"I don't believe it!" she gasped. "Just minutes ago, I was angry because I couldn't take a look at NPC's profiles, and now look at that..."
In front of her, there was a long list of characters that had already appeared in the 'game' she and Takato (and Eiko, to an extent) had been creating. There were many more free spaces that were marked with just '???', indicating that all additional characters she would come up with (or which would appear as part of the story based on the heroes' own decisions) would appear in this list.
Kei looked at several entries. "Rika's Mom... Yamaki... some guy called Shin..."
She stopped when she saw the image of her new 'mother', Miss Asaji.
"What shall I do?" she sighed. "When all of this is over, I'll just have to stay with her, do I? Up to now, we haven't be able to take back any changes we made with this thing... meaning I can't go back to my old family..."
She wanted to cry out loud at that moment. But she was decided that would be too girly.
"If I'm stuck as a girl, I might as well be a tomboy," she grumbled and shuffled around on her chair. "Dangit, where is BioCalumon's profile?"
After she did some searching, she found it, directly beneath the profile of Alice's grandfather, called 'Dolphin'. Which was strange, because he never appeared once in any of the scenarios. But that might be because of his importance to the story.
Kei read how the good doctor rebelled against his former colleagues and created the 'artificial source of digivolution energy', but later on got captured and sentenced by Zhuqiaomon and the Devas. She also read how Zhuqiaomon decided to turn the energy source into a Digimon.
"So even the Sovereigns appear in here, even though they know about the RPG Maker..." Kei muttered. "But... that's strange! Nothing here says anything about why Zhuqiaomon created BioCalumon in the first place. And... I also can't find anything about another being possessing Bio's body."
She scratched her petals. "It's almost... as if that being isn't really part of the game itself... but BioCalumon is. Weird..."
She sighed. "Maybe I should take a look at the data stored on the CD itself," she pondered. "It's worth a try..."
She then had to wince. "But first... I gotta pee!"
"I'll burn you alive!" Daemon shouted as he let his flaming aura blaze up all around his body, shooting plumes of flame to the left and right. Gallantmon was able to protect himself using his shield, and both BioDarkdramon and Sphinxmon were nimble enough to evade the attacks... but they also couldn't get close to him without getting burned.
"Double Crescent Mirage!"
The sickle-like blades of energy cut through the air, as well as through the shield of fire that surrounded the Lord of Wrath's body.
"YAAAAARRRRGGHHH!" Daemon screeched as the attack hit his body. "WHo dares attacking a Demon Lord from behind?"
"Stuff it!" Mirage Gaogamon grumbled as she appeared behind him. "I'm just sick of guys like you! Throwing a tantrum like a little kid? How embarrassing!"
"DON'T CALL ME A KID!!!" Daemon screamed and concentrated his fire on the armored she-wolf, leaving his backside unguarded.
"NOW!" Gallantmon shouted. "LIGHTNING JOUST!"
"1000 Feathers!" Sphinxmon added and flapped her wings, sending an uncountable amount of shining feather projectiles at the Demon Lord.
"Giga-Stick Lance!" Kouki roared and skewered Daemon's chest with his long weapon.
Daemon let out an inhuman wail of pain, while the evil energies that surrounded him were going crazy.
"NO! NO! I'm not gonna... I AM NOT GOING TO SUBMIT! I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU WITH ME!"
Sphinxmon sweatdropped. "How cliche..." she murmured.
"Aw, shaddup..." Alice grumbled "FULL MOON BLASTER!" And she shot a massive burst of energy right from the middle of her chest.
Daemon was engulfed in a massive explosion of light and darkness, which caused his four opponents to be pushed back by the backlash.
When it was over, they could see a tiny, dark body slowly soaring down to the ground.
"No..." DemiDevimon sniffled. "No... that's not fair... I was so strong... I was able to do anything... (sniff) Why couldn't they... why couldn't they just leave me in peace?" He sniffled again, followed by a few sobs. And then he opened his mouth wide and cried: "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"
Kouki exchanged a look of irritation with Alice. "What a crybaby..." he muttered.
"The battle's not over yet!" Gallantmon proclaimed and raised his lance.
"Right," Sphinxmon nodded. "Let's see if the others need our help..."
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