"C'mon, play with us!" a little Muchomon smiled as she looked up at the floating form of Henry.
"Um, sorry, I have no time," he replied as he tried to follow his sister and their two Digimon partners.
"Awww, c'mooonnn..." a human boy pleaded. "It'll be fuunnnn..."
"No, honestly, I really have to go with my sister now..." Henry said as they waded through the masses of children in the park.
When they finally found some peace and quiet at a refreshing fountain, Henry groaned. "Man... little kids sure can be stubborn."
"Oh, I know that," Suzie smirked. "I used to be one."
"Oh, uh... sorry, Suzie, I didn't mean it like that..."
His adult sister smiled. "I know, I'm just teasing ya. I think it's funny that for once, our roles are reversed. That is, uh... if you were Harmony, that is..."
Henry sighed. "Look, Suzie, I know all your memories tell you that Harmony is your sibling and not me, but... now that I have my own body, I can be your brother just as Harmony is your sister. How does that sound?"
"Well, I do know that you are like Harmony," Suzie admitted. "Every time I listen to your words, it's as if I was listening to my sister... you may be male and in a wrong body, but you really are just like her twin."
"It... really is... interesting to see you act like a grownup, Suzie," Turuiemon spoke up. "I mean... it's almost as if you are a completely different person."
Suzie gave her a sad smile. "Well, I guess that happens when people grow up... I may not really be as old as a true grownup would be, but I somehow know what to say and how to act. I mean, I could act like I did back when I was the little sister... but that would be childish, wouldn't it?" She grinned. "And admit it, you are glad that I haven't tried to dress you or Gargomon up in baby clothes, aren't you?"
"Well, that's ONE good thing this change entailed..." Gargomon muttered. "But I can't think of any others..."
Turuiemon smiled and then leaned against his tall, muscular frame. "Aw, and what about our marriage, 'Dear'?"
Gargomon blushed. "C-c-can we talk about something else, please?"
"Yes," Henry nodded. "Like, what are we looking for?"
"Duh, Rika, Takato and the others, obviously," Gargomon said.
Henry rolled his eyes. "Sure, but I mean, where should we start looking?"
"You know, I have no idea..." Turuiemon sighed.
"Me neither," Suzie said. "But believe me, I am willing to search all of Tokyo until I have found them. As the last two remaining, active Tamers, it is our duty to save our friends, isn't it?"
Henry didn't point out the possibility of their friends being somewhere else on Japan. Furthermore, he really had no other plan either.
"If we only had some sort of clue where to start..." he murmured.
"Aaaah, mou-man-tai," Gargomon grinned. "I'm pretty sure we will come across some sort of clue soon enough."
"And how?" Henry asked. "Do you think it will just come running past us?"
At that moment, a speeding blur came running at them. They only had time enough to see three figures, and to hear a voice that shouted: "Sis! Slow down, or I'm gonna puuuuuuke!"
The blur zoomed past them and left a trail of dust behind. The human woman and the three Digimon looked past it in confusion.
"Um..." Gargomon spoke up. "Wasn't that just Rika's dad?"
"And Bimon..." Henry added. "I wonder what they are doing..."
They all winced when they heard a loud crash.
"Running against a tree, it seems..." Suzie muttered.
In front of said tree, Fuchsmon was sitting and held her head. "Oooowwww, that's gonna leave a nasty bump..."
"Wh-wh-why didn't you stop, sis?" Bimon muttered from above her. The impact had thrown him up into a tree. He then spat out some leaves. "Phew!"
"C-can someone get the number of that truck?" Yui murmured while chirping Biyomon were circling her head.
Suzie and her team then came running. "M-Mr. Nonaka?" Turuiemon asked hesitantly.
Romi looked up at them. "Um, do I know you? Wait a minute... Gargomon? You are the Digimon partner of my daughter's friend, aren't you?"
"Well, yeah," Gargomon nodded. "That's me, and this is my other partner Henry, Harmony's, um, twin... and those are his sister Suzie and her partner Turuiemon... former Lopmon."
Turuiemon smiled. "I'm his WIFE!"
"I... see," Romi said as she stood up. "So you could keep your minds like me, I take it?"
"Not quite..." Suzie sighed. "I was just a little girl with little girl's thoughts in my head before all of this happened..."
"But, Mr. Nonaka, why are you...?" Henry began to ask.
"Please, call me Romi," Fuchsmon sighed. "Makes this much less confusing..."
"All right... Romi... why are you here with Bimon? Shouldn't you both be back with Rika's mom?"
Romi frowned. "Rumiko has become victim to the devils' powers... as for Bimon, he's not a threat anymore. Actually, he doesn't really remember that he was Barbamon," she whispered.
"Um, excuse me?" the female Meramon then said as she stood up on wobbly legs. "But we're kind of on the run... those Azraelmon and Succubimon were after us."
"And... who are you?" Suzie wondered.
"Oh, sorry, I'm Yui Sasaki. Say, if your name is Suzie, is your second name, per any chance, Wong?"
"Yes, it is," Suzie replied in surprise. "But why...?"
Yui grinned. "Well, Kei, the Game Mistress, has sent me to find you, as well as Romi here."
"But... what for?"
Yui giggled. "Congratulations, you have now joined the new party of heroes in the game made by the RPG Maker."
"WH-WHAT?" Henry gasped. "That game again? Damn, in all the confusion, I completely forgot about it..."
"Yeah, you see, since Kei couldn't stop Lucemon from taking Rika and the other Tamers who-knows-where, she has decided to choose a couple of Hybrids to form the new party that can find and save the original party together."
Henry and Gargomon looked at each other, then Gargomon whistled. "Man," he said. "That Kei sure has gotten the hang of this Game Master shtick, hasn't she?"
"Well, maybe... but that still doesn't help us any further," Henry pointed out. "We still don't know where Rika and the others are being held."
"Say... don't you look kind of familiar?" Yui wondered as she closely looked at Henry.
"Sis!" Bimon suddenly shouted. Romi had nearly forgotten that he was still up in the tree.
"Sis?" Henry whispered in Romi's ear.
"He's my twin brother in this new reality, but I'll explain later," she whispered back. She looked up and asked: "What's the matter, bro? Why don't you come down?"
Bimon grinned. "I found a chest that was hidden up here. It was stuck between two branches."
Now Romi sweatdropped. "A... chest?" she murmured. "In a TREE??"
Henry sighed. "I guess you still have to learn many things about RPGs if we really want to work together... no matter how weird a place is, as long as one of the hero characters can reach that place, there can be an item hidden there."
"Yes, maybe, but... a whole CHEST? Why not something that is not quite as heavy like, say, a sack?"
"Hey, maybe the RPG Maker didn't have a sack sprite," Gargomon suggested. "Let's just be glad we found something that can help us on our quest."
"Okay, then let's take it and get out of here already before they find us," Yui said. "Umm... Bimon, right? Can you please throw the chest down to us? Or, maybe its contents?"
Bimon smirked. "Do you accept me into your team?"
Yui was not the only one to be taken aback. "Wh-what? B-but you aren't even a Hybrid..."
"Neither was I before Lucemon took control," Romi pointed out. "But since my former wife and her mother are our sisters in this twisted reality, it's obvious that Bimon and I must have had both a Digimon and a human parent."
"What are you talking about, sis?" Bimon wondered. "You know Mom's a Sakuyamon... or are you playing pretend?"
'A... Sakuyamon,' Romi thought. 'Just like my mother was... and also Renamon's Mega form? Just a coincidence?'
"So, am I on the team?" Bimon smirked.
"Can we trust him?" Henry whispered.
"I see no reason why not," Romi whispered back. "He showed no sign of remembering his past, and he acted as worried towards me as every twin brother would be... he even helped me in the fight against the devil Digimon."
"Well, since it looks like he's going to come along either way, we can as well formally accept him on the team."
"Great!" Bimon shouted. "Now, catch!" And he threw down several items that had been stored in the hidden chest.
Turuiemon picked up a pair of curved armblades. "Weapons?" she wondered.
"So we can better kick butt," Yui grinned as she took a whip that was burning with digital fire. "I had some gymnastic and cheerleading training back at school, so I think I know how to use this thing."
"Awesome, new guns!" Gargomon grinned as he took off his old armguns ad replaced them with the slightly bigger, blue-colored ones.
"I got a pair of gloves," Bimon said excitedly. "Look, sis, they look just like those the cool kickboxers on TV are using. What do you have?"
Romi was surprised that in this world, such things of kickboxers actually still existed, but then she remembered that only Japan got changed. She then looked down at the small weapon that was lying to her feet.
She sweatdropped. "It's... a short, pink wand that's tipped with a sparkling star..." she murmured.
"Aw, a real girl's weapon," Bimon smirked at his sister.
"Wait, that's all?" Henry wondered. He was surprised that there was no weapon for him. He sighed. "Oh well, maybe I'm like Calumon and not strong enough to actually fight..."
"Henry..." Suzie muttered. "I... I have a weapon as well..." And she showed him the small shield that had been lying on the floor. "I... I think this is mine..."
"Obviously..." Henry murmured. "The others already have weapons that fit their fighting styles, and I'm much too small to lift that thing."
Suzie looked closer at the shield. It looked like it could be mounted on the arm and was made of bronze. She could also see various animals on its surface, aligned in a circular pattern.
"The... the Chinese Zodiac..." she murmured and looked at the rabbit. She then looked up at Turuiemon.
'Could it be?' she wondered. 'The Deva? Is it... because of my connection to Lopmon?'
"Why do I have a weapon?" she asked. "I don't even know how to fight..."
"Remember, you're a Hybrid as well, Suzie," Turuiemon told her partner. "You have Digimon genes in your blood... and every Digimon is a natural fighter."
Suzie looked down at the shield. "I said I wanted to help..." she murmured. "But... I don't know if I could fight other Digimon myself..."
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