A lone figure was walking along the path in the park. Whenever someone was coming past her, they looked at her angelic beauty and cuteness with awe... even though she was still a child, she was radiating an aura of purity, innocence and warmth. Even more curious was the fact that she was an Angel Digimon, one of the rarest types of Digimon, even within the Digital World itself. Still nobody would have imagined that within this little girl, one of the most infamous Angels of all times was hidden - Lucemon.
Ai sat down on a bench and sighed. She had missed going out like this. Being trapped in that small room Barbamon had given her was boring and made her depressed over the time. Sure, she had a TV and dolls and all sorts of toys - but she still liked to play in the park, every now and then.
She still wished she had somebody she could play with...
She looked up when she heard crying. She walked over to a little girl that looked like she was her age... although, now that she was a Rookie, she was taller than the girl.
She tilted her head. "What's wrong?"
The girl sniffled and pointed up into the tree. "M-my kitty..."
Ai looked up and saw a tiny tabby cat that was sitting on a branch and meowed pitifully.
She smiled. "No problem!" She spread her wings, flew up to the scared cat, scooped it up with her arms and gently carried it down to its young owner.
"There you go," Ai said as she gave the kitten to the girl.
"Oh thank you, thank you!" the girl cried again and again. She hugged the kitten to herself. "Silly Miko, don't startle me like this..."
She then smiled at Ai. "You are an angel, right?"
Ai snickered and looked at her wings. "I guess so..."
"My Mommy always says that angels are always protecting us. So will you protect us when the bad Digimon come back?"
Ai blinked. "The... bad Digimon?"
"Uh-huh..." the girl nodded. "I was so afraid when they came to town... my Daddy works close to where they fought... and I was really, really afraid something could have happened to him."
Ai smiled and gave the surprised girl a hug. "Don't worry, I will protect you from all the bad guys!"
The girl looked up at her and beamed. "Yay! Thanks!"
The girl then ran off, but she turned around one last time and waved to Ai. "Bye!"
Ai waved back. "Bye!" And then the girl and her kitten left.
But now Ai was pondering. Helping that girl had felt so... so good. If she now was a real angel, shouldn't she help people with her abilities? If even her Mommy couldn't answer back to her...
When she walked back to the apartment, she came past a small department store on the other side of the street. She was very surprised when suddenly, a man with a mask and a gun came running out of the shop, carrying a bag with him. A Pumpkinmon came running after him.
"Quick! Into the car!" the man shouted.
Pumpkinmon nodded. "Got it, boss!"
"Help!" A middle-aged man came out of the shop. "Somebody help me! They took my money!"
Ai frowned as she watched the scene. "That's not very nice," she decided, spread her wings and flew across the street.
Just when the robber and his Digimon accomplice wanted to get into their car, Ai gently landed in front of them.
"Wh-what the heck?" the man shouted. "Get out of the way, you winged freak!"
"You are not very nice," Ai said. "Give that man his money back!"
The robber laughed. "Are you kidding me? I don't need to listen to a child, especially not to a winged freak like you... Pumpkinmon, get rid of her!"
The pumpkin Digimon grinned. "With pleasure, boss... Trick or Treat!"
Ai blinked when out of nowhere, a huge pumpkin appeared above her. She made no attempt of dodging or even shielding herself... but she held up her index finger when the pumpkin fell down.
A short spark of light, and the pumpkin exploded into thousands of tiny pieces that splatter all over the pavement.
Ai giggled. "That was funny. But now, give him his money back!"
"You little bitch..." the man snarled and pointed his gun at her. "I'm gonna kill you!"
She shop owner, who had watched the scene, gasped. "Somebody help! He wants to shoot a little child!"
Ai frowned. "You are a bad man," she said.
"Yeah, I know!" the robber grinned. "What's your point?"
Ai's eyes flared up with a holy light. "I don't like bad men. Put down that weapon!"
The man laughed and wanted to shoot. But he realized that he couldn't. His whole finger was frozen. "Wh-wh-what?" he stuttered.
"What's the matter, boss?" Pumpkinmon asked.
The robber sweated. "I... I can't move! Dangit, do something!"
"Uh... okay, boss!"
"Stop!" Ai shouted, and Pumpkinmon found that he couldn't move either. "Put down the weapon!" she said. The hand of the robber trembled, but she slowly lowered itself down to the ground, where he let go of his gun.
"B-boss..." Pumpkinmon stuttered. "I think we should run away..."
"We CAN'T you moron!" his boss shouted. "What did you do to us, you... you..."
"Be quiet!" Ai commanded, and the two thugs couldn't say a word.
Ai raised her right hand in a commanding gesture. "To your knees!"
The man and the Pumpkinmon slowly went down to their knees and bowed down to the lustrous figure in front of them.
Ai spread her wings and hovered above the ground. "You will repent! You will give back the money you stole! You will apologize to the man! You will never again do anything wrong! You will be a good man!"
"I... I... I promise..." the man stuttered, not able to say anything else.
"Me too," Pumpkinmon gasped.
The people on the street watched the scene with awe. Ai's display of power was unlike anything they had seen before in their lives, even if they were Digimon.
When the sound of police sirens started to come closer, Ai floated back down to the ground. Two police cars stopped next to the department store and a few policemen came jumping out. "What happened here?" one of them asked.
The shop owner's finger trembled as he pointed at Ai and the two thugs. "They... they stole my money. And that girl... she somehow stopped them."
The policeman blinked and looked over to Ai. The brilliant aura of light that had surrounded her was gone. "That girl? But she's just a child."
Ai smiled as she picked up the bag the robber had dropped. She walked past the surprised police officers and gave the money back to its owner. "Here, this belongs to you," she said.
"Th-thank you..." the shop owner murmured.
Ai then spread her wings and flew away, high above the heads of the baffled police officers.
The one who had spoken to the shop owner then shook his head and pointed his gun at the two criminals, who were still crouching on the ground. "Okay, you two! Get up from the ground, slowly!"
"We c-can't!" the masked man stuttered, fear in his voice. "I c-can't move at all... help me..."
"I can't move..." Pumpkinmon mumbled. "I can't move at all..."
The shop owner shuddered. He knew the girl had been very nice, and she did help him get his money back, but... something about her made him feel uneasy.
On the other side of the street, an elderly Mamemon with a cane pointed at where the angel girl had vanished and ranted: "I'm telling you, it was Lucemon! He is reborn as a girl and has come back to put down judgement on all of us!"
"Now, now, calm down there, Pops!" her younger MetalMamemon daughter said. "And come back inside, you're gonna catch a cold."
"I'm telling ya, she's gonna be our doom..." the Mamemon muttered while his daughter led him back inside. "She's our doom..."
Barbamon opened the door and saw Ai standing in front of her.
She waved. "Hi."
"Where in the world have you been?" Barbamon growled. "I thought I told you not to leave your room!"
Ai shook her head while she came in. "No, you just told me not to run away, and I agreed. And I came back, didn't I? So there was no reason for you to worry!" And she calmly walked back into her room.
Barbamon gritted his teeth. "That girl... if she thinks she can make a fool of me, she's gonna realize just how cruel I can be..."
Reppamon nervously stood in front of Digitamamon's, one of the most renowned - and expensive - Digimon Restaurants in the real world. He had received no message from Renamon or her mother... does that mean she would come?
His fur was carefully groomed, and he even was wearing a clean collar around his neck. He had reserved a table, and hoped that he didn't have to have dinner all by himself...
But as things turned out, he didn't have to be worried. "Just five minutes before the time, a taxi stopped in front of the restaurant... and the most beautiful Digimon he had ever seen in his life stepped out of the car.
Reppamon's jaw was ready to drop. Renamon was wearing a gorgeous, blue dress that was slitted at the legs and showed enough of her figure to make her look incredibly sexy, but without being scandalous. She also wore a simple, but cute-looking bracelet on her left wrist.
Renamon blushed underneath her fur as she meekly walked up to her date. "R-reppamon?" she muttered uncertainly. "I... I have received your letter."
Reppamon gaped at her. "Renamon... you are so beautiful..."
She blushed even further. "Th-thank you... um... you are looking good, too..."
They both looked at each other, not really knowing what else to say. Then Renamon cleared her throat. "Well, um... should we go inside?"
"Huh? Oh! Oh yes, of course! Please, allow me!" And he walked up to the door and held it open for the nervous girl.
She chuckled. "You are such a sweet guy..." she sighed. "But I must apologize in advance if I'm gonna do something awkward... I've never really been on a date before, you know?"
"Leave that to me," Reppamon smiled. "Just sit back and relax, and I'm gonna make sure that this will be the best evening you ever had."
They went inside, and a waiter approached them. "Good evening, sir, madam! You reserved a table, yes?"
Reppamon nodded. "Yes, I..."
Renamon stared when she recognized the waiter. "Guardromon?"
The bulky robot in the waiter's uniform was taken aback. "R-renamon? What are you doing here?"
She raised an eyebrow. "To eat, obviously."
"Of course, of course..." He lowered his voice. "Um, please don't tell Kazu or MarineAngemon about this... I don't want them to know that I... I mean, my old job..."
"Let me guess..." Renamon sighed. "You got fired?"
Guardromon nodded in embarrassment. "The fourth time this year... I have the feeling that I'm just not good with machines..."
"But... but you're a robot!" Renamon wondered.
Suddenly, an elderly Digitamamon appeared behind them. "Guardromon, would you please show our guests their table?"
"Oh, Mr. Digitamamon, sir!" Guardromon stuttered nervously. "Yes, of course, sir, right away! Please, come this way!" And he bowed nervously.
The restaurant's owner watched how his new waiter lead the young couple to their table. He had been skeptical when a Guardromon showed up for the job as a waiter, but since it was his motivation to give everyone a chance, he hired him. Still, he wondered if a robot was a good choice...
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