"Well, Yui and the other will take at least 30 minutes to get here," Kei sighed. "I guess I can take a well-deserved break..."
"Me too," Eiko nodded, and they both sank down on Kei's bed, next to each other.
"Handling all that RPG Maker stuff is tiring, I'm telling ya..." Kei grumbled.
"Hey, you try and keep an eye on three hyperactive children at once," Eiko groaned. "I thought they were gonna kill me..."
"By the way, what are they doing, now that you're not watching them?"
"I let them play a nice game," Eiko shrugged. "They were so fascinated with it, I don't think they will stop playing it within the next few hours..."
"I trade your Pikachu for a Clefairy," Wormmon said.
"No way!" Mizuki protested. "I need that Pikachu to beat the second gym leader! You keep your Clefairy!"
"But... but it's girly!" Wormmon protested. "And pink! I can't fight with a pink Pokémon..."
"I'll take your Clefairy," Tanemon said.
"Really?" Wormmon asked hopefully. "What do you have in exchange?"
Tanemon giggled. "A Jigglypuff!"
"They will be fine, trust me," Eiko assured her friend. "But what about the game?"
"Holy can keep an eye on things for a short while," Kei said. "I just need to lie down for a moment..."
Suddenly, Eiko smelled something. She moved closer to her friend and sniffed. "Kei... you stink!" she said.
"Hey, that's not a very nice thing to say," the Lillymon said.
"But it's true," Eiko insisted. "You smell like you haven't taken a shower in five days."
"Umm... actually... it was six days..." Kei muttered.
"What the... KEI!!! Under the shower with you, right now! You think I want to lose consciousness just by being in the same room as you?"
"But... but I can't..." Kei protested. "Yui and the others are coming..."
"You said it yourself, they won't be here within the next 30 minutes," Eiko said. "You've got more than enough time."
Kei winced. There was one specific reason why she didn't want to take a shower, and that was her new body. Being a Palmon had been bad enough, but at least the difference wasn't that different from a human boy (if you ignore the plant parts). But a Lillymon... that was a whole different story altogether. Kei didn't want to even think about the... parts that were hidden underneath her flowery dress.
"Um, I just remembered that I need to fix something with the RPG Maker..." she stuttered, standing up and walking back to her PC.
Eiko held her back by her dress. "No excuses," she said. "You're going to take a shower, and that's final!"
"Hey, you're not my Digimommy!" Kei protested as her friend dragged her into the bathroom.
"No, but currently, I'm your roommate, and I have to endure the smell, so you're gonna have to do what I say." The vampire woman stuck out her tongue and closed the door. "I'm not gonna let you out there until you haven't taken a shower."
"Well, crud..." Kei groaned.
After a couple of minutes, Eiko was satisfied to hear the sound of running water. 'Well, about time,' she thought to herself. 'I might have been a little rascal as a ChibiBakemon, but at least I was a clean rascal.'
She then thought of something. 'Kei's dress is going to be dirty as well... maybe I should put it into the laundry.'
Quietly, she reopened the bathroom door and looked inside. Underneath the shower, she could see the silhouette of her friend, who was unaware of the other woman's presence. Eiko quickly took the Lillymon's dress and closed the door.
When Kei was finished, she tried to ignore the sensations when she toweled herself off. When she was dry, she looked for her clothes... and blinked in confusion when she couldn't find them.
"Eiko!" she shouted. "Have you seen my... my dress?"
"Sure," Eiko replied. "It was so icky, I had to put it into the laundry."
"WHAT? Why did you do that? Now I don't have anything to wear at all!"
"Don't be silly, don't you have any other clothes?"
Kei was taken aback. Now that she thought about it, her mother's former wardrobe was now HER wardrobe, together with all the clothes inside.
She shuddered when she remembered that her mother didn't have any masculine clothes at all. The flowery Lillymon dress was bad enough...
"I can't wear those!" she protested. "Those are GIRL clothes!"
"So? You're a girl now, buddy, you better live with it!"
"But I... well, okay..." Kei sighed. She wrapped herself in a towel and meekly opened the bathroom door. She saw her friend looking at her with a smirk. "Um, can't you look the other way?"
"Hey, we're all girls here," Eiko chuckled. "There's nothing to be ashamed of."
"For your information, I'm still a boy mentally," Kei grumbled.
"Oh, sure you are... is that why you have a 'Digi-Boys Today' magazine lying underneath your bed?"
Kei blushed. "Th-that belongs to my Mom," she insisted. "I mean, before everything changed, that is..."
"Suuure it does," Eiko giggled. "But I think you should get dressed before our guests arrive..."
Kei wisely decided to shut up for now and quickly went into her mother's former bedroom (now her own) and quickly put on a couple of clothes.
Eiko raised an eyebrow when Kei came back out of the bedroom and she saw the pink shirt and the white skirt she was wearing.
"Um... nice combo, girlfriend!" she chuckled.
"Hey, it was the best I could find," Kei defended herself. "All the other stuff looks even more girly..."
"But... a PINK shirt?" Eiko grinned. "Isn't that a 'girly' color?"
"Well, maybe, but at least this shirt doesn't have any frills or pictures of kittens and flowers on it," Kei grumbled.
"Well, yeah, whatever you say..." Eiko smirked.
She still wondered how her friend had managed to bring her wings through that shirt.
Several minutes later, the doorbell rang. It was Yui.
"Hi, sis!" she smiled. "Check out what I have!" And she showed off her brand-new flame whip.
"Um... that's cool, Yui... did you bring the others?"
"Yup, the whole gang!" Yui nodded and let the others in: Henry, Suzie, Gargomon, Turuiemon, Fuchsmon and Bimon.
"Um... why did you bring him?" Eiko wondered and gestured at Bimon.
Bimon hugged his sister. "We are only available as a double pack," he grinned. "Where she goes, I'm going too."
"Bro, please stop that, it's embarrassing..." Romi muttered.
Henry was looking at Kei. "Nice to see you again. Um, great clothes..."
"Um... thanks..." Kei said. "Well... since most of you don't know me yet, I'm gonna introduce myself. "I'm Kei, and I am... or rather, was, I'm not too sure of that anymore by now, Takato's cousin. I'm also the Game Master of the game I'm sure all of you have heard of by now, the RPG Maker that is responsible for this situation."
"Oh, you bet I do," Gargomon grumbled. Turuiemon and Suzie nodded.
"Well... the first time I've heard about it, I didn't want to believe it," Romi said. "But looking at myself now, I can't really say that anymore, can I?"
"Um, what's a 'RPG Maker'?" Bimon asked.
"That... that's a long story, bro," Romi said. "Say, why don't you go and ask the kids if they let you play as well..."
"Hey, I'm as old as you!" Bimon protested. "I'm not a little kid anymore! I'm a big boy!"
"Hey, look!" Wormmon just shouted. "My Magikarp just evolved into Gyarados!"
"Wow, awesome!" Bimon shouted. "Let me see!" And he sat down next to Wormmon, looking intently at the Gameboy screen.
Romi sweatdropped. "Well, so much for his 'big boy' speech..." she muttered.
"All right, Kei, why don't you tell us why exactly you chose us to be the new team of 'RPG Heroes'," Turuiemon said.
"Well, I thought it was obvious," Suzie said. "We all are related to the first team of Hybrid Tamers, most of us know how to fight or at least what it means to be a Tamer, and we already know of the RPG Maker."
"She's right," Kei nodded. "Would you want me to ask a couple of strangers to save your friends and siblings? And, um, daughters?" she added while looking at Romi.
"I get it why you chose us," Romi said. "But there's only one thing that's bothering me..."
"And that is?" Kei wondered.
Romi gestured at Yui. "Why did you make HER a part of this group? She is not related to the former Tamers, she does not know how to fight..."
"Hey, that's rude!" Yui shouted. "I'm a pretty sportive girl, you know? I'm on the school gymnastic team. And I do have a relationship with the former Tamers."
Romi raised an eyebrow. "And that would be?"
Yui grinned. "As soon as she's back to normal, Renamon is gonna be my girlfriend!"
Romi blinked. Several times. "Come... come again?"
"Sis, not that again..." Eiko sighed. "You know Renamon already has a boyfriend, don't you?"
"So what?" Yui proclaimed. "I doubt she'd want him the way he is now. And when we are both grownups, there is nothing that could stop us from being a a couple." She giggled.
"Excuse me, but my daughter isn't going to have a relationship with anyone," Romi protested.
Kei cleared her throat. "Um, guys... I want to remind you that we are trying to turn things back to normal here, you know? That is, as normal as things can be..."
"I don't think there's much we can do to undo the first big change," HolyCalumon said from the background, where the PC was standing. "Reversing Lucemon's changes won't be too difficult as soon as we manage to somehow beat her, however."
"Oh, and that's going to be soooo easy," Gargomon huffed. "In case you have forgotten, she's not the cute little girl she used to be anymore."
"That's why we need to save the original Tamers," Kei insisted. "And I need you to find them and save them. I would do it myself, but you see..."
"I know, I know, you have to stay at the PC," Henry sighed. "But our chances aren't exactly high, you know that? Most of us are stuck as Rookies or Champions... how could we stand up against Lucemon's squad of Succubimon and Azraelmon? They're all Ultimates."
"As in every RPG, you will need to gain experience by battling enemies," Kei said. "Also, Holy and I have been working on Champion and Ultimate forms for those of you who have never digivolved before, or who is now trapped in a body he didn't have before."
"And what about me?" Henry asked. "Can't I have my old body back?"
"I'm afraid that's not going to be that easy, Henry," Kei said. "Besides, I believe we are going to need your current body..."
"What? But why?" Henry wondered.
"The Digital Stabilizer, together with all the other gadgets and thingies Takato and the others have gathered, is now in the possession of Lucemon. And to allow your other teammates to digivolve, we need the powers of BioCalumon... after all, according to game history, he was created by Zhuqiaomon to allow Hybrids to digivolve as well."
"Oh... I see..." Henry muttered. "That's okay, I guess..."
"So, that's it?" Turuiemon wondered. "We have to fight small Champions and Rookies until we are strong enough to fight Lucemon's Disciplinary Squad?"
"Not just that," Kei said. "I still think you need some help... that's why you have to side with the rebels."
Everyone looked at her in confusion.
"The WHAT?" Gargomon asked.
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