Jackalmon narrowed her eyes. "Barbamon, because you are Rika's and Renamon's grandfather, we'll give you one last chance to surrender."
Barbamon looked at the sleek canine with glinting eyes. "Do you really think I would consider giving up, now that I've come so far? By the way, how are your parents, dear? I've heard Sheperdmon gave birth to a fourth child by now... Tell me, mustn't she be rather envious, now that her big sister can digivolve?"
"Leave Suzie out of this!" Jackalmon snapped, suddenly furious. "SHADOW PACK!"
Out of nowhere, five dark figures that looked like shadows of Jackalmon pounced upon Barbamon. The Demon Lord twirled around, hitting every single one of them with his cane.
"Please, don't make me yawn," he muttered. "My own son was stronger than that when he was your age..."
"Stop talking about our families and surrender already!" Sakuyamon demanded as she raised her staff. "Don't you see? All of your allies have been defeated by now. Would you want to take us all on at once?"
Barbamon realized with a snarl that she was right. Betamon lay twitching in a smoldering crater while DemiDevimon was entangled in the branches of a tall tree. Riley he could see no trace of.
Still, he dissembled his worries and smiled at his granddaughter. "Say, my dear... why do you insist on fighting me? I already told Rika: I don't want to turn this into a family affair."
"This already is a family affair, you old fool!" Sakuyamon shouted. "Don't you see how many families are suffering from this battle? Not just our family... Harmony's father is worried about his wife and daughter. Takato's father about his wife and two sons. Not to mention how you made Riley and Tally fight each other... I must say that I was shocked when I found out that you are our grandfather, but it doesn't change anything: You are still an evil Digimon who's trying to make the world his own personal plaything, and we won't let that happen!"
Barbamon grumbled something unintelligible and then added: "Insolent girl... don't tell me I didn't warn you!" And he raised his staff.
"Amethyst Wind!" Sakuyamon shouted. A sudden wind carried hundreds of crystalline shards towards the old Digimon.
But Barbamon just smirked... as he disappeared in a sudden plume of flames.
Sakuyamon and Jackalmon looked at the place where stood just seconds ago with surprise.
"Dangit!" Jackalmon snarled and bared her teeth. Sakuyamon shuddered when she took a look at her friend... never before had she believed to see Henry OR Harmony in such a feral state.
Just then, Gallantmon and Sphinxmon landed next to them. "We took care of Daemon," Gallantmon said. "Where's Barbamon?"
"He got away," Sakuyamon sighed. "But he's all alone now... as long as Belphemon really has changed sides.
Sphinxmon saw how angry Jackalmon was and whispered. "What's wrong with Harmony?"
"My grandfather spoke of her family, that's all..." Sakuyamon muttered. "Seems like he's really slick when talking to people... Say, where did that flying dragon guy go?"
"Alice decided to take along her sidekicks and leave the party," MegaGargomon said as he and Giganotomon came stomping towards the mountain on which their friends were standing. "She said they had some unfinished business to take care of."
"Well, as long as they aren't our enemies..." Gallantmon murmured. "Still, I have the feeling as if I heard BioDarkdramon's voice somewhere before..."
Suddenly, Jackalmon's gaze fell on Giganotomon... and she let out a gasp. "Takato!" she shouted. "Whatever happened to your tail?"
Giganotomon winced when he looked back at his slightly charred tail with the missing tip. "Oh, nothing much..." he sighed. "It just got cooked, burnt and served as dinner for Leaviamon..."
"Ah, I almost forgot!" Gallantmon snapped his fingers. "We still have to make sure those two little brats don't sneak off... and I really hope that they can't digivolve back just like that."
"You do that!" Sakuyamon nodded and took off.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Sphinxmon shouted after her.
"I've got to make sure Rika is all right!" she shouted back as she flew down the mountain and into the woods.
"Let's see..." she murmured to herself as she peered through the trees. "She and Yamaki must be around here somewhere..."
"Hey! Who's there!" a sharp voice suddenly shouted from within the thicket.
Sakuyamon twirled around and grabbed her staff tightly, but she relaxed when she realized who had called for her. "Reppamon! What... what are you doing here?"
The male fox Digimon frowned. "Excuse me, ma'am, but do I know you?"
She smirked. "Of course we have, silly! Wait a minute..." She floated down to the ground. With a bright flash, she turned back into Renamon.
"Recognize me now?" she winked.
Reppamon was taken aback. "Renamon... y-you? B-but how...?" He sighed. "Never mind that now... but what in the world are you doing here? I came here because we heard that some brave Mega Digimon were taking on the Demon Lords... and now I realize that you were one of them? What were you thinking? Your father clearly told you to stay home, didn't he?"
"You must have realized by now that I can take care of myself, and that nothing my father ever tells me will stop me from protecting those I love," she replied coolly.
"Sorry about that..." Reppamon gulped. "But, what I mean is... you could have been hurt!"
"That's a risk I'm willing to take. And talking about risks... why did you come here if you know that you can't do anything about the Demon Lords? You are a Champion, and not a Mega, you know?"
Reppamon winced. That was harsh... to be reprimanded by the daughter of his partner. "I'm here because I'm the undercover and stealth specialist of our force," he explained. "I was ordered to scout ahead to see if there was some way our strongest fighters could have entered the battle without turning the tides of battle to the Demon Lord's advantage, you know?"
"Sorry to tell you this, but you are too late! We already beat them!"
"B-b-b-beat them?" Reppamon stuttered. "You wanna tell me you kids defeated the DEMON LORDS all by yourselves?"
"Not all of them! Just Daemon and Leviamon! Barbamon escaped, and Lilithmon..." She hesitated. "Well, we don't know what happened to her..."
"But what about Belphemon?" Reppamon asked. "And I thought there were SEVEN Demon Lords... where are the other two?"
Before Renamon could answer, the bushes next to them rustled... and Taomon was standing in front of them. He was followed by the rest of the Souvereign's Champions: Compsomon, Sheperdmon and Leomon.
Taomon's gaze was as cold as steel. "Renamon..." he grumbled.
Renamon looked back at him. "Why, hello there, father!"
"Who are you?" Eiko asked in surprise when she saw the grey, little Digimon with the huge ears that was floating into her room.
"I'm a friend of Mako," BioCalumon grinned as he landed next to her, on her bed. "He told me you'd probably all bored, so he asked me if I could come over here to keep you company."
"But... why didn't he come himself?" she wondered.
"Same reason why you aren't allowed to leave the house, I'm afraid..." Bio sighed. "His parents are afraid that the big, bad Demon Lords could get him."
"And you are not afraid?" Eiko asked with surprise.
"No way!" Bio grinned. "Just let them come, I'll take them all on!" And he made a few clumsy karate moves.
Eiko giggled. "You are funny!"
"Thank you!" Bio smiled. "Oh, by the way: My name is BioCalumon!"
"And I'm Eiko... well, Mako must have already told you my name... but I'm glad you came, I was really bored! So... what do you wanna do?"
"Let's go to the park and play!" Bio suggested as he bounced up and down on Eiko's bed.
"All right!" Eiko said cheerfully, but then she looked sad. "No, I can't... Mommy said I should stay at home, where it's safe..."
"Aw, do you see your Mommy around here?" Bio asked.
Eiko shook her head. "No, but... you really aren't scared?"
"Ah, I don't think the Demon Lords will come into the park. Didn't you hear? They say that they have a huge battle outside of town, in the mountains. They will probably be busy for a while, and I don't even know if they will come back to town."
"But... but Mom will get mad if I don't stay here," Eiko protested.
"Eiko... since when do little kids like us listen to our parents? We just have to make sure she doesn't find out. And she isn't here right now, is she?"
"No, but... my big sister is, and I know she will tell Mom if I go away now..."
Bio grinned. "Your big sis, eh? Well then, we just have to make sure that she won't tell..."
"What are you planning?" Eiko asked curiously. "You sound as if you already have a plan..."
"Eiko, what's going on in there?" her sister suddenly asked as she entered the room. "Hey, who's the twerp?"
"That's my new friend, Yui!" Eiko explained a bit sheepishly. "And he asked me if I wanted to... uh..."
"We're going to the park and there's nothing you can do about it!" BioCalumon sneered and stuck out his tongue.
Yui frowned. "No way, Eiko! Mom told me to make sure that you stay here until she comes back home, and I'm not gonna let you go with some little runt I've never seen before."
"I'd like to see how you wanna make us stay," Bio giggled.
"As long as I'm the bigger and stronger one, I can tell you what you can do and what you can't do!" Yui shouted.
"Well, then we just have to fix that, right?" Bio grinned wickedly. He floated up into the air, and his inverted triangle started glowing.
Yui gasped and stepped back. "Wh-what... what are you doing?"
"As the child of a human and a Digimon, you are a Hybrid yourself, Yui, even if you are born a human... and I can control the digivolution of every Digimon Hybrid on Earth! And now let's see if you are still as cocky when you are downsized..."
And a very weird feeling was spreading through Yui's body when suddenly, everything around her was getting much bigger.
Then it was over and BioCalumon sunk back down to the bed.
Eiko came floating over and looked at her sister with an expression of awe. "Y... yui?"
Yui looked up... and gasped when she saw how big her little sister was. 'What happened?' she wanted to say.
But what came out was: "Goo goo gaa gaa!"
Eiko grinned. "How cute!"
Yui now was a Hybrid in Digimon form, and a Baby Digimon at that. She had a very tiny body that was surrounded by a cloud of grey smoke. A pair of glowing little eyes was visible in the middle of the smoke.
"Do you have anything we can use as a crib for your little baby sister?" BioCalumon asked, proud of himself.
Eiko chuckled. She liked the idea that her snobby sister was now smaller and younger than herself. "Yeah, use that box over there... you have to take out the toys first, though."
Bio spilled the contents of the toy box onto the floor and brought it over ti Eiko and Yui. Eiko put a soft blanket into the box, then she put her little baby sister down on it.
"There, I'm sure she won't be able to get out of there!" she grinned.
"Perfect!" Bio said. "Now you stay here, little Mokumon, while your sister and I go to have fun in the park."
He produced a pacifier out of nowhere and ut it into the confused Yui's mouth. He and Eiko then floated out of the window, giggling madly.
Yui was very upset. She nearly broke out in tears, but the soft pacifier in her mouth calmed her down, and so she settled for crouching down in one corner of the box, sucking on her pacifier.
She just hoped her Mommy would come home soon...
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