Fuchsmon stared at her ex-wife in bewilderment. In the place of the beautiful model, she saw a cute little girl with her hair in pigtails wearing a pink dress.
Rumiko smiled at her. "Romi, come and play with me!" She held up a little doll. "See, I made a cute little dress for my dolly. You wanna dress up my other dolly?"
Fuchsmon rubbed her eyes. The view stayed the same. She knew it was Rumiko, she recognized her from old childhood photos she had shown him back when they were living in the same house.
And what did she call her? Rumi?
"R-rumiko..." she muttered. "What are you saying... you know my name is Roshi, isn't it?"
Little Rumiko giggled. "No, silly! Roshi is an icky boy's name... your name's Romi, short for Hiromi!"
Fuchsmon gaped. "What in the world is happening here?" she muttered. "SEIKO!" As loud as she could, she yelled for Rumiko's mother. "Seiko, come here, quick!"
"Geeze, no need to yell," a high voice spoke up behind her. "Don't get your fur ruffled, sis..."
Fuchsmon had a really horrible suspicion. "S-seiko...?" she muttered and turned around.
"Yeah, what's this all about?" the brown-haired girl behind her asked. "Ya got trouble with Rumi-chan?"
Seiko had turned into a child as well... about one or two years older than Rika, Fuchsmon assumed. But she looked like she tried very hard to look like a teenager... she was wearing a very short top with no sleeves, her bellybutton was showing, and her jeans shorts were torn at several places.
"D-did you say 'sister'?" Roshi, or rather Romi, gasped.
Seiko gave her a confused look. "Yeah, sure I did! As in: Older sister, y'know? What are you so flustered about? Ya got problems with your diaper again?"
In her shock, Fuchsmon had almost forgotten about the horrible contraption she was wearing. But she had far more serious problems to deal with right now.
Okay, Seiko and Rumiko believed her to be their sister, great... so did that mean that they believed each other to be sisters as well? And what about Rika and Renamon?
Romi had a bad feeling about this. If they were all children, did that mean there were no adults? Had reality changed again? Was that computer game to blame?
Fuchsmon decided to try something. "Seiko... where are Mom and Dad?"
Seiko and Rumiko giggled. "You're really out of it today, aren't you?" Seiko asked and slightly knocked against her 'sister's' forehead. "Wake up, dummy! Mom and Dad are on vacation, remember? And they paid a baby-sitter to watch us while they're away."
"Oh... sure, silly me..." Romi giggled. But she didn't feel like laughing at all.
Then she thought of something. "Father!" she gasped and ran out of the room, leaving behind two befuddled girls.
She caught Bimon just when he was trying to climb out of the window of Rika's bedroom. "Oh no, you stay!" she shouted and pulled his tail.
"OW! Hey, let go, you stupid bitch!"
"No way! You're responsible for this somehow, aren't you?"
"The heck I am! I was surprised as heck when I saw how Rumiko's mother of hell turned into a pre-teen... now let me go! I don't have to stay in this toddler home!"
"Come back here!" Fuchsmon pulled the fox boy back, and together, they fell to the ground. Right away, they jumped at each other's necks again and rolled around on the floor.
"Diaper-wearing bitch!"
"Egoistic brat!"
"Digi-baby!"
"Jerk!"
"Oh no, oneechan and oniichan are fighting again..." whined Rumiko, who appeared in the door.
Seiko grinned. "All right! Show him who's boss, Romi! The wrist! Bite his wrist!"
"NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" a resolute voice yelled. A pair of strong hands pulled the two fighting Rookies away from each other.
A casually dressed, young woman with black hair glared at the two brawlers. "All right, who started it this time? Spit it out!"
"He wanted to run away!" Romi said accusingly and pointed at Bimon.
"No way!" Bimon protested. "That crazy bitch attacked me! Here, take a look! She bit my wrist!"
The woman sighed. "I've been paid by your parents to make sure you behave. Really, is that any way for siblings to behave?"
Bimon and Fuchsmon stared at each other. "SIBLINGS?" they gasped.
The strange woman turned to Seiko and Rumiko. "Now, can you tell me who started this?"
Little Rumi-chan nodded. "Bimon wanted to climb out of the window, Miss Manami. Romi wanted to pull him back."
"Aha, thanks, that's what I wanted to hear." Miss Manami let go of Romi and shook Bimon around. "I thought your father clearly told you not to pull any stunts like that! You don't like any baby-sitters, well, too bad! Deal with it! I don't want to catch you doing any dangerous stuff like that again, do you hear me? Or do you want me to call Lady Ai's Disciplinary Squad?"
Of course, Bimon didn't know what the weird woman was talking about. But he still knew when he was in a position where disagreeing wasn't the best thing to do.
"No..." he grumbled. "I'll behave..."
Satisfied, Miss Manami let go of him and nodded. "Good. Now, I want you kids to behave, you hear me?" She smiled. "You know, I have a nice cartoon for you guys on DVD. You wanna watch it?"
"Yaaaayyy!" Rumiko cheered and clapped her hands.
"I dunno..." Seiko scratched her head. "I'd rather meet up with a few friends of mine..."
"Well, I know you're more responsible than your siblings, so go right ahead," Manami nodded. "The rest of you, come and sit down in front of the TV."
"But I don't wanna watch any stupid cartoons!" Bimon whined.
Manami looked at him sternly. "You will watch this cartoon, and you will have fun doing it, understood?" She put down a few soft pillows in front of the TV. She smiled at Fuchsmon. "Here, Romi, sit down!"
Reluctantly, Romi obeyed. While she still couldn't figure out what happened to her family, for now she had no choice but to play along. She didn't know what this 'Disciplinary Squad' was, but she didn't want to find out.
Manami switched on the TV. On the screen, they could see a male TV announcer, but one who was dressed surprisingly casually. Unlike normal announcers, he didn't wear a formal suit, but a white t-shirt and a pair of sports pants.
"Yo, and now the latest news," he smirked at the screen.
"Oh, wait a moment, kids, I'd like to hear the news first," Manami said and sat down on a chair.
"Okeedokee," Rumiko smiled.
Bimon just shrugged. "Whatever..."
The TV announcer gestured at the image of a small team of boys who looked like they were still in grade school. They were all dressed in soccer outfits.
"The Juuban Tots probably are still celebrating their outstanding victory over the Okinawa Shrimps. And this victory brought the children's soccer team one step closer to the Japan Championship. Let's see what their captain has to say..."
One of the soccer kids, a young boy with short hair and a big grin on his face appeared on screen. "It was fun! We sure showed those stupid Shrimps who's boss! Hey, in case any of you losers is watching this..." He pulled down his eyelid and stuck out his tongue.
When the announcer appeared back on screen, he laughed. "Well, can be expected from a group of children, right? Okay, this just came in... apparently, the famous percussion soloist Megumi Soto just finished her newest album, aimed at all the many children of Japan."
An image of a CD appeared next to the announcer, showing a little girl, almost a toddler, with a meek look on her face. The screen then changed to a scene were little Megumi was holding a pair of drumsticks and eagerly hit the little toy drum that was standing in the middle of her playroom.
Romi stared at the screen with a baffled look on her face. Regarding from what that announcer just said... children were taking part in many things that previously had only been done by adults. Why was a toddler's CD being sold to the public? Why was the victory of a team of grade school soccer players so important?
"Miss Manami... why don't they report anything about adults?" she asked her baby-sitter.
Manami giggled. "Well, there aren't that many adults that can take care of such things as sports or music, right? You might be too young to know this, but there are actually very few adult artists, because they have to take care of the many, many children of Japan..." She ruffled the Rookie's head fur. "There are so much more of you kids around, someone has to watch over you, you know? Besides, you all love music and sports, right? So who else but you could possibly do things like that?"
Romi shivered. She recalled what her daughter had told her about how she was the only one who remembered the old reality and began to realize how she must have felt.
When the news were over, Manami put the DVD in and let the children watch the cartoon. "Now you kids be good," she said, looking sternly at Bimon. "I have to make an important call, but I'll be right back..."
She got up and left the room. When she was in the kitchen, she closed the door and pulled out a cell phone.
With a sigh of relief, she shifted back to her true form. "Finally..." the Succubimon grumbled. "I hate to pose as a human..." She dialed a number and waited.
After some time, a familiar voice replied. "Yes?"
"Mistress Ai? It's me, Manami! I'm at the Nonaka home, as you told me. Fuchsmon and Bimon still fight with each other, but they all seem to be affected by your spell... they don't seem to remember their previous lives."
"Excellent work, Manami," Lucemon replied. "Stay with them and keep an eye on them. We have to make sure that they won't interfere... if they should remember anything, both Rika's father and the former Lord of Greed could become a big problem. And only take on your true form when you're by yourself."
"Understood," Manami nodded. "Are the other Tamers still with you?"
"I assure you, they are being taken care of," Lucemon said with a chuckle. "They will have so much fun in my little home for homeless Hybrid children... as for my dear brother, I have planned something... special for him."
"Just don't hurt him, okay?" Manami said, a hint of worry in her voice.
"Of course not! He's still my brother. I just have to prove to him that my vision is sooo much better than our old life... now, go back to your charges!"
"Will do!" the Succubimon nodded. "Manami, out!" She switched off her phone and turned back into her human form with a sigh of regret. She then walked back to the Nonaka siblings, to watch the very entertaining cartoon with them...
High above the rooftops of Tokyo, a little Mokumon was hovering. She wondered when her master would come back to play with her...
But when Ai's wave of power passed over her, and the sky turned as white as a sheet of paper, she felt how something within her changed.
From across half of the city, the consciousness of Yui Sasaki came flying into the little Baby Digimon's body... and her whole body began to stretch into adult proportions.
"MOKUMON DIGIVOLVE TO... MERAMON!"
The flame-covered, human-like Digimon shook her head as she tried to get her bearings. "What... where... where am I?" she mumbled. She looked around. "Mom? Eiko?"
Yui realized that she wasn't in the apartment of Miss Asaji anymore. She was floating in the air high up above the city... and she had changed. She wasn't the little Baby Digimon Mokumon anymore, but also not the school girl Yui... she was an adult, shapely Digimon with a thin waist, pert breasts and a cute face... she also was covered with flames.
"A Meramon..." she murmured. "I've become a Meramon..." She then gasped. "I... I'm an adult! But how...?"
She looked at the weird sky and the city below her. To her surprise, many buildings have changed and looked like doll houses. Others were like before, but much more colorful. Other buildings had the shapes of animals. She heard the cheerful voices of children coming up from the streets. She also saw no cars on the streets... only a huge amount of plastic kiddy cars. Only very few adults were visible on the streets.
She gasped when a big Birdramon came flying past her, a squealing girl on his back.
"Careful there, lady!" he smirked. "This little lady paid for a sightseeing flight over town, and I don't want her to get burned on your HOT figure..." He winked at her.
Yui blushed. She wasn't used to being hit on by adult bird Digimon. But since when were such flights being handled by Digimon? Why not by airplanes?
'I've got to get back home,' she thought.
"Kei, now look what you've done!" Eiko frowned. The LadyVampimon gestured at the little Wormmon crouching to her feet. "Now you've ruined him! He's not handsome anymore..."
Wormmon (who was a former insect soldier from Okinawa) crawled up to Kei's legs and nudged her with his head. "Mommy, I'm hungry..."
"Me too, me too!" the Tanemon that was Miss Asaji shouted.
"Me three!" the small human girl sitting on the ground smiled. She looked up at Eiko. "Mommy, can we stay for dinner?"
Eiko was really confused when her mother addressed her in that way. "Um... I guess it all depends on Kei... Kei, now my Mom says I'm her Mom! And Yui's gone... what did you do?"
"I didn't do anything!" the Lillymon protested. She looked back at the computer screen in confusion. "That stupid BioCalumon... I never thought he'd make something like this happen."
"Well, he probably didn't plan on getting captured by Ai," Holy said. "We can count ourselves lucky... his plan really was a sneaky one. If he had succeeded with taking over Ai..." She shuddered. "I don't want to think about what would have happened..."
"Oh, am I supposed to feel happy about this?" Kei grumbled. She got up and looked out of the window. "Look at this! All of the adults are children! And Ai and her little brigade are controlling all of Japan... what are we supposed to do against this?"
"You'll come up with something, Mommy!" Wormmon smiled. "You can do anything!"
Kei groaned. "Thanks for the compliment, bro... I mean, kiddo. God, I'm so confused..."
Just then, the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Eiko shouted and ran to the door.
"She's doing it again..." Kei sighed. "Eiko, maybe you should remember that this is still MY house."
But Eiko had already opened the door. She boggled.
The female Meramon raised her hand. "H-hey, little sis... may I come in?"
"Yui? Is... is that you?" Eiko wondered. She then grinned. "Hey, you look HOT!"
"Thanks I already knew as much..." Yui grumbled while walking in.
"Make sure not to leave any scorch marks on the carpet, okay?" Kei told her.
"Don't worry, my flames only burn when I tell them to," Yui said. "But have you looked outside? The whole town has gone crazy! Little kids are everywhere... not to mention the cars and buildings that have changed... and a few minutes ago, I ran into Elecmon from school. Only that she's now a Champion Digimon..."
"And... does she remember that she's supposed to be a Rookie?" Kei asked.
"Yeah, but she doesn't care. You should have seen her, she's totally happy to be a grownup now. She's taking care of a few kids... and I think those kids are our teachers from school."
"So that means children are adults and adults are children," Kei said. "But why haven't Mom, Eiko and I changed?"
"Maybe that's because the wand of the TinyAngemon already changed you," Holy assumed. "And apparently, all of the changes made by them stay the same."
"But what about those winged beasts the angels from the Heavenly Fleet have turned into?" Kei asked. "Those have turned back, haven't they?"
Holy shrugged. "Maybe just those whose age has been changed aren't affected..."
"And what am I supposed to do now?" Yui asked. "Mom's a kid now, who's gonna earn the money we need?"
"But Auntie Yui," little Mizuki protested. "What about your job at the supermarket?"
"But... but that was YOUR job... I mean..." Yui groaned. "Great, now I'm supposed to work, just like an adult... I'm just a school girl, I can't do this!"
"Are you sure about that, sis?" Eiko asked. "Because I somehow have the feeling that I suddenly know everything an adult's supposed to know..."
Yui and Kei looked at each other.
"She's right!" Kei gasped. "I know everything my Mom did at school... oh boy, please don't tell me..." She searched for her ID card and read it.
"Name: Kei Asaji..." she murmured. "Gender: Female. Profession: Elementary School Teacher." She groaned. "Oh, great..."
"And what about me?" Eiko wondered.
Mizuki grinned. "Why, you're a Mommy! You stay at home and play with us and cook for us and..."
"That's what I figured..." Eiko sighed.
"If you are finished with comparing your new adult lives, can we get back on topic?" Holy asked. "The Tamers need our help."
"That's right!" Kei gasped. "Rika! Takato! What happened to them?"
"That's... just the problem, Kei," Holy winced. "I can't find them anymore... same with Bio or Lucemon."
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