Kitsumon took down her cellphone. Her eyes were staring blankly.
"R-rika?" Kei asked uncertainly. "What's wrong? Who was that?"
"That was my... my sister..." she murmured. "My... human sister..."
It took Kei a while to realize what this meant. Then she groaned. "Oh no, the RPG Maker strikes again... Oh well, it could have been worse, you know? At least Renamon and your minds aren't affected by the changes made to the world..."
"Wrong..." Rika said in a quiet voice. "The way she talked to me... she acted is if she had always been a human... and I a Digimon!"
Then the young vixen dropped down to her knees and started sobbing. "Why? Why does this happen to me? With Renamon gone... I have no one left!"
Kei was shocked. "But... but how?" she muttered. "I always believed there was nothing that could ever happen to you and Renamon yourselves... and now... no... no, this is all my fault!"
"Now, now, you two!" MarineAngemon said in a calm voice. "Get a hold of yourselves!"
Eiko was very confused by the whole situation. "Kei, why... why are you crying? Did I... did I do anything wrong? Please, tell me... it isn't about BioCalumon, is it?"
"Eiko..." Kei murmured. "BioCalumon is one of the most dangerous creatures I know. You should stay away from him. It's his fault that I... that Rika and I are stuck in this situation." She stared down at her branch-like fingers.
"But why?" Eiko asked, more confused than ever. She never wanted to see her friend so sad. It made her wanna cry as well, and sure enough, tears appeared in the corners of her eyes. "Kei, I... I'm sorry... I didn't know... I just wanted to have a friend... and then..."
Her mind opened up like a floodgate, and everything that had happened to Kai invaded her head at once. She realized what she had done, and she dropped to the floor as well. "K-k-kei... I... I'm sorry... I never wanted to... I just wanted to have a friend..." She sniffled and now really started to cry. "I never wanted to change you like this!"
"Oh, dear!" MarineAngemon sighed as he saw the third girl that was sitting on the floor with teary eyes.
But Kei was staring at the ChibiBakemon in surprise. "You... you remember? You really remember everything?" Even Rika got yanked out of her misery.
Eiko nodded while the tears continued to stream down her face. "I f-f-felt so alone... n-nobody wanted to be my f-f-friend... (sniffle) And when Daddy died... I had nobody... and I was s-s-so happy when I met you... and then you had to l-leave already... I wanted so much to keep you from going! (sob) But I never knew... I never wanted t-to f-f-force you into anything... (sniffle) BWAAAAAAAAHH!"
Kei put her arms around the distraught Rookie. "There, there, it's okay... you couldn't know, and we will find a way to fix everything."
Mako just stood next to them and looked at Eiko, who was bawling her eyes out. Seeing her like this made his own little heart hurt. He knew her as a spunky, cheerful girl, and he always liked her like that. But now he wanted to do anything to make her feel better.
Even if that meant giving up his chocolate chip cookies.
Eiko stopped crying when suddenly, a plate of cookies was put down in front of her.
"You can have them all, I'm not hungry anymore," Mako said. He took one and offered it to the Digimon girl. "Here, it's chocolate chip... the best cookie in the world! Please, stop crying, okay?"
Eiko sniffed once again, then she took the cookie, looked at it uncertainly and then put it in her mouth. She chewed, swallowed and then looked at the TinyDevimon standing next to her.
Mako smiled. "There, all better now, right?"
Eiko couldn't help it. She just had to give Mako a massive hug. The Hybrid boy gasped in surprise when all of a sudden, the pink little ghost was clinging to his body. His first impulse was to shout 'Ewww! Cooties!' and run away, but somewhere within him, he felt a pleasurable warmth spreading through his heart.
Kei smiled at the scene, then she looked at Rika, more sternly. "Rika... I'm going to find a way to get Renamon remember you as well, just like Eiko remembered what happened. And if it's the last thing I'll do!"
Kitsumon looked at her in surprise, then she wiped away her own tears and nodded. "Thank you..." she said and accepted the plant-girl's hand as she helped her up from the ground.
Kei smiled. "Let's not keep your sister waiting, huh?"
"Renamon..."
The blonde teenager winced. "Please, can't you call me Rena?"
Mie sighed. "Alright... Rena! Do you remember what happened before you came in here? Were you fighting that Digimon?"
Rena shook her head, so that her blonde ponytail whipped around. "Of course not! It would be pretty careless of a human to just attack a Digimon like that. I only wanted to follow him, because I thought he acted strangely. Know I wish I was the one who had gone to talk to Kei in my sister's place..." She shook her head. "But anyways, I followed him through the window and stopped him in time from touching that computer."
Compsomon looked at the smouldering remains of Takato's PC and raised an eyebrow.
Rena sighed. "Okay, so he managed to touch it. But I don't really know what caused that explosion and what his connection to that game is. But let's just hope there is some way we can save the game..."
"But if you knew you had no chance against him, why did you still confront him?" Mie asked.
"I... I dunno... it was a stupid idea, I suppose..." Rena winced and grabbed her head as sharp pain was shooting through her mind. "Ouch... man, what happened to me back there? Whatever the little guy wanted, it really caused one hell of a headache..."
Mie sighed. She wondered if she should just tell Rena that she had been a Digimon just minutes ago, but as she really was no expert with those changes, she decided to let her son's friends take care of that, when they arrived.
At least now every doubt she had about the reality-changing game being real left her mind.
They waited for a while, until finally, Kitsumon and Kei entered the room.
"Auntie... I mean, Mrs. Matsuki!" Kei gasped and looked at the destroyed computer. "What happened here?"
"Some grey Digimon who looked strangely similar to Calumon came in here and tried using Takato's computer," Compsomon explained. "Although, when Renamon tried to stop him, it somehow exploded."
Rena winced. "I told you, my name is RENA!"
Kitsumon stared at the human girl in front of her. She looked so much like a younger, blonde version of her mother...
She then frowned and walked up to her sister. She grabbed Rena's shoulders firmly and turned her around, so that they were looking into each other's eyes.
"Kit!" Rena shouted in surprise. "What... what are you doing?"
"I'm not Kit!" Rika said sternly. "I am Rika, your human Tamer! You are Renamon, my Digimon partner! And recently... that game turned us into sisters!"
Rena tried to laugh, but found herself being unable to do so. She stumbled back and grabbed her head again. Somehow, what her sister just told her sounded right... but then why did her memories tell her otherwise?
She winced. "What's going on here? What's real and what isn't?" She shook her head. "I can't tell the difference anymore. Kit... I mean... R-r-rika... help me!"
Rika gasped. She quickly ran over to Rena and hugged her. Rena shivered when she felt the soft fur against her smooth skin.
"It's all right..." Rika whispered. "I'm here... and together, we will find a way to solve this mess. I swear it!"
"I'll help you," Kei promised.
"I'm sure Takato and Guilmon will do their best as well, as soon as they find out what happened. And with my two boys and my niece helping you, we just have to find a way to help you."
It took Kei some time to realize just what Takato's mother had said.
"What?" she murmured. "What did you call me?"
Ryo groaned when he entered his room. "Hi, Monodramon..." he murmured.
"Hi, Ryo!" his dragon partner said cheerfully. "Rough day at school?"
"I wish it was that easy..." Ryo sighed. "A couple of human and Digimon kids ganged up on me. They claimed I had 'beaten up' their old gang leader. I wonder why they believe I would do anything like that..."
Monodramon shrugged before returning his attention back to the computer screen he was sitting in front of. "Eh, you know, some kids just need to have a reason to cause trouble, you know?"
"I guess so," Ryo shrugged. He then looked over his partner's shoulder. "What are you playing?"
"The copy of that game Kenta and Kazu bought from the store," Monodramon explained. "You know, the same one that Takato has on his PC, only that it doesn't have it's strange reality changing properties."
"Oh... you mean 'RPG Reality'?"
Monodramon nodded. "It's a pretty cool game by itself, you know?" He opened a menu, then he frowned. "Now that's strange... where did all of these new characters come from? I certainly didn't create any new ones..."
He looked at the profile of a young, canine Digimon girl that looked somehow familiar. He blinked when he saw a tiny box next to the girl's image. Next to the box, he could read the words 'Aware of changes'.
He shrugged and moved the cursor over the box.
"Wait a minute..." Ryo murmured. "Something bugs me about this game... we should probably talk to Takato first before we..."
But it was too late. Monodramon's claw was pressing down on the mouse, and a tiny cross appeared in the box.
In her own home at the Wong residence, Harmony had just come back home from school. While part of her mind wondered why Rika and Renamon hadn't been at school today, she was more concerned about the MCT that was still lying hidden within her parents' bedroom. She wondered what her father would do with it...
Then she dropped her backpack, when suddenly, a flash of insight zapped through her mind, making her gasp.
She panted heavily and leaned back against her closet. "What... what happened?" She then reached up to touch her throat. "What? What's wrong with my voice?"
She then looked down at herself and gasped again. "What the... what is going on here? Why am I all furry?" She then put her paws down on her pre-teen breasts and yelped. "Why am I a GIRL??"
Suzie came running into her big sister's room. "Harmony? What's wrong? I heard you shout."
"Harmony?" the Hybrid girl muttered. "Why are you calling me Harmony? My name's Henry!"
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