"M-mommy?" Kitmon looked up at the image of her mother with teary eyes. "Mommy... wh-what are you doing?"
The transparent image of Kyubimon flickered once, then the computer voice stated in a buzzing voice: "Zzzzz... energy overload... emergency protocol initiated."
Kitmon pressed her cuddly body close to her big sister. "V-viximon... what's mommy doing? Why is she so... scary?"
Viximon was as shaken as her little sister. "I... I dunno, sis... maybe she had a bad day..."
The holographic image flickered one more time. "Starting safety procedures... zzzz... Deactivating holographic emitter! Seeing cooldown countdown to 30 minutes. Reactivating emitters in 30 minutes. Zzzzz..."
Viximon carefully walked up to what she believed to be her mother. "M-mom? Are you sick?" And she carefully reached out with her stubby forepaw to touch Kyubimon.
The image flickered one last time... then the holographic projector was deactivated, and the illusionary Champion Digimon disappeared in front of the two In-Training Digimon.
The little kits yelped with fright. "Oh no!" Viximon shouted. "I killed Mom!"
At once, her little sister began to cry. Viximon quickly said: "Ah, I mean... she's probably gone outside."
"Really?" Kitmon sniffled. She didn't even realize how absurd her sister's claim sounded.
"Yeah, m-maybe she's just gone hunting again..." Viximon said. Actually, she felt as scared as her sister. But she didn't want to show it.
'I'm her big sister,' she thought. 'As long as Mom is gone, I need to make sure that Kitmon is all right. I need to make sure she doesn't worry too much.'
"But why did Mommy say these strange things before she left?" Kitmon asked in a whiny voice.
"Well, uh... I don't know..." Viximon admitted.
Kitmon hopped in front of her sister and looked at her with big, cute eyes, which promptly started to tear up again. "Maybe she doesn't like us anymore," she said with a whimper. "Maybe she wants to leave us... sniff, sniff... WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Viximon winced when Niagara Falls came pouring out of Kitmon's eyes. "MOMMY'S GONE!"
"N-now, don't cry, sis!" Viximon pleaded. She was frantic. What was a good sister to do in such a situation. "I know!" she then said. "Let's go find her!"
Kitmon stopped crying. "L-look for her?"
"Yep! She just left, so she can't be far. So let's go and see if we can find her."
"B-but mommy told us... she told us to always stay in the cave."
"But what if mommy is lost?" Viximon asked. "What if she can't find her way back to the cave? "We need to find her... and help her find the way back."
Kitmon's face immediately lit up. "Yay!" she cheered. "We're going to find Mommy! Oh, and if we get lost ourselves..." She grinned and took a small twig from the cavern floor. "We just mark the path we took with sticks and stones."
"Good idea!" Viximon nodded. "Just like in that story mommy told us, with the two Salamons in the forest. You know, the one where they met the Witchmon, living in a gingerbread house?"
Kitmon was scared again. "D-do you think we'll run into a Witchmon, too?"
"Hey, I'll protect you!" Viximon smiled and patted her sister's fuzzy head affectionally. "That's what big sisters are for."
Kitmon smiled and hugged her. "I love you, Viximon! You're so cool and strong..."
Viximon smiled to herself as they left the cave. Even though she was still a bit shaken when they walked through the dark forest, she always told herself: 'I can do this! I need to be brave for both of us!'
For a while, the little vixens strolled through the forest without meeting anyone. Every now and then, Kitmon stopped to put a small stick or rock on the ground.
"How do you tell those rocks apart from the normal rocks on the ground?" Viximon asked her.
Kitmon giggled. "Silly! I turned the rocks I put there around, so we can easily recognize them."
"Aaaaah..." Viximon was impressed at how smart her little sister was.
They continued their search for some time, with no success.
"Still no mommy..." Kitmon whimpered. "Where is she?"
Viximon couldn't let her sister cry again. "I'm sure we'll find her pretty soon. Maybe she's... hey, what's that?"
They stood in front of a burrow inside a small mound of earth. There was no other Digimon living in there, but Viximon could still see a strange light.
"What's this?" Kitmon asked. She knocked against the mound. "Hello? Anybody home?"
"I don't think there's anybody there, sis," Viximon murmured. She stared directly into the light. It was a swirling, blue light that was shining brightly against her fur. "Pretty..." she whispered and slowly approached it.
"No, sis!" Kitmon squeaked. "Maybe that shiny thing eats little Digimon!"
"It's just a light," Viximon giggled. "What could it do? C'mon, sis, where's your sense of adventure? Or are you a little chicken?"
Kitmon pouted angrily. "I'm not a chicken, I'm a fox!" she proclaimed and followed her sister.
Together, the kits approached the light... until they ran into it. They were touching a blue, glowing barrier that was slightly transparent. Behind the barrier, they saw a world that was entirely different from the one they knew. It was a wide, wild savanna, with barely any trees.
"What a strange place..." Viximon muttered.
Kitmon tried pushing against the barrier with her paws. "You think mommy is in there?"
They both yelped, when all of a sudden, a ball of fluff appeared directly in front of them. The kit sisters yelped in surprise and stumbled backwards, Kitmon falling on top of her older sister.
"Sowwy 'bout that..." came the lisping voice of the Digimon that had appeared on the other side of the barrier. "But I'm lookin' for my Daddy... Hello? What are you doing?" She giggled when she saw how Viximon struggled to get out from underneath her sister. "That looks funny! Can I play, too?"
"Who are you?" Kitmon looked at the other In-Training Digimon with wide eyes as she stepped forth... directly on her sister's nose.
"Oh, I'm Fluffmon!" the little lion cub smiled. "What's your name?"
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