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Chapter 10: Pally's Sacrifice. The Nightmare Perpetuates

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By the graces of her feet, Renamon cuts through the air, carrying her Tamer to the destination seemlessly. It didn't even feel like she was landing on buildings anymore. My trust in her deepened even more from this. With one last leap, we land behind a certain building. She then puts me down, speeds and comes back in three seconds. The hell is she...What the- "D-did you just steal these?" I asked, pointing to the exotic claws, "If we are to rule the Digiworld together, getting what we desire should come with such a goal" she told me..Maybe...I just didnt think we'd resort to this. "*takes me up to the roof of a nearby building* Try 'em on. It's so you can practice with that Iron Claw equip. They're Siberian" she says. I've never seen these before. Well, that kinda figures if they're from Siberia. They were held together by some strange netting and the tips of them were claw tips. Putting them on took a minute, and I fitted them, it got me thinking..."Renamon..Take me back to Strabimon" I ordered, "What for?" she asked, "To fight him" I answer, "Huh? I may be too strong for-" she said, "No, for me to fight him. If he can beat me, I'll let him come with us" I interrupt and correct, "OxO! (Oh. Uh I-I suppose..) Human. This is rather unexpected of you" she comments to me, "And whatever happens, Don't help. This is a step for me, as a future ruler" I told her, giving her surprise. The moment she took to the skies with me again, she was blushing, unbeknownst to me, with a slight quiver of the lips.

In no time, as if she took a shortcut, Renamon and me landed atop the building that we left Strabimon on. "*turns to us* You're back? I wanted to be left alone.." he said, "Look here, kid. If you want to be alone so badly, it won't be as easy as you think. Now you have to earn that privilege" I prefaced, "*eyes widen* (Father, why's he doing this to me?...I have to earn it, eh?..) *stands up, turns around, sees the claws I had on* Alright dad. *looks at Renamon* She isnt helping? *sees me nod a 'no'* If I win?" he then asks, "That doesn't matter now. Just show me how strong you got" I told him, our claws opened at one another. "(He should be able to fight against a Rookie level Digimon. Whether he can beat him or not, minimizing any damage is key)" Renamon thought, stepping backwards.

Strabimon runs in at me, winding up for a claw strike as I close my eyes, surprising him. I then got on all fours, and jumped 10 feet into the air right before he commits to slash, then struck a claw down into his back, bits of blood spurt on my face and neck. Shaking off the pain and my instinctive prowess, he swings his body around, swiping his claw at me, making me block with my arms as I lean backwards and even the attack from him pushes me back. I land on my feet, and see that blood runs down my arms from the scar he gives. "*pants* (Father..He's been through many fights and had a lot of training, way more than me) *sees my eyes become pretty alert, flinches* (H-hope he's not trying to kill me, or anything o_o)" Strabimon thinks. He hears the clings and chinks across the ground as I run in at him on all fours, as if he was hearing a real Digimon, and he somewhat puts a claw out before slashing, which he does in time for three to scratch along my face before I spun my body around. Then for a split-second, he sees my big crazed smile appear on me, showing my teeth mashing together, putting him off fast enough for me to spin the other way, and kick his ribs in with my shin, flying and rolling him 24 feet away from me as my leg swinging around as if I punted a soccer ball. "(! How surprising. His instincts must've flared up for a kick like that. The boy may be in trouble at this rate)" Renamon thinks. Strabimon's claw scratch across the ground as he stops himself from sliding, "(He really wants to go at it..Let's make things even...!)" thought the offspring, jumping into the air, and spinning downwards at me as I watch him. "Light Nail. *makes both claws shine while diving in, and lands with a claw strike at where I am, but finds that the scratch only made a big claw mark into the ground. Bats head behind, seeing me* There! *gets a hard kick from me again, a big rupture roars through body, hunches over* ...Oh yeah?" he says, landing a quick cut down my chest, "*sees some blood rain on my head, smiles* That's more like it! *grabs his arm and stabs all five fingers into his body as if it were an uppercut, making him drop to his knees* Cmon now, that can't be all you got" I said to him. Strabimon looks over to Renamon, who just watches with her arms crossed. "*starts clawing down into at his back with rapid strikes* Get up already! *more and more blood starts to spray into my face* Do something for me! Get angry! Get Wild! Dont you dare give up on me now!" I told him with a big grin, "Stop...Stop...I said..*raises head, spin kicks me away* STOOOP!" he yells, surprising everyone, even himself for a moment. "*backflips, lands and sees that one of my arms is as limp as a noodle*...Hehehehe! There's what I was looking for! *clinches my only working fist* Now come at me like you mean it, boy!" I shouted, "*crouches, legs shine* Light Leg" Strabimon says, seemingly disappearing, leaving a kicked spot of dust where he stood, surprising me. Of course, Renamon could keep up with how fast he was going, unlike me. Next thing I knew, I received a big impact, knocking to the left and a large scratch carves itself on my back from the right. "AGHN! (So he got faster, huh? Finally, he's steppin' up)" I then thought, still smiling despite some blood dripping from my head and mouth, "Human! Are you certain I shouldn't interfere?" Renamon asked, "Stay there! I know what Im doing" I ordered, taking several blows that pushed me around in seconds, with a final impact that slammed down behind my neck, weighing on me heavily. Looking up, that was his foot he dropped on me, and some of his claws dug into me. Before he could dig them in even further, I grabbed his leg and threw him to the ground, following with downward lunge of my arched claws. "*dug claws into his chest* Heheeheheh, and that was fucking me up pretty good too, but..you got tired on me TuT" I said with a sly smile, "(H-he knew?!) *grabs my arm, quickly cycling legs* Then have this!" he shouts, pushing himself off the ground, into the air with me as he was landing many upward kicks on my body that was I was trying my best to block with my arms, but ended up taking alot of sharp kicks to the stomach. "(Not bad at all, kid..However..) Thanks kid...*regains feeling in my other arm, breaks through his barrage of kicks with a strong hook to his face with that arm* For bringing back my right arm!" I shouted in slight excitement, making us fall to the ground and I land on my feet, while he falls on his back (it was a 25ft drop). Upon landing though, my legs gave out and I fall on my shoulder.

Renamon rushes over to me, and puts her hands on me, slowly healing the wounds. I look over to Strabimon, who was very much winded from all his attempts of beating me and taking my abuse, "*stands up, a hand still on me* If you didnt get tired so often, maybe you would've beaten me. Thanks Renamon, do the same for him too. I would have fun beating you some more, but we gotta return" I said to him, with her going to him. After a moment of healing him, we decided to leave him there, and returned to the Base, PX came running to me, which made me rather worrisome from seeing her distressed expression. "What is it now, PX?" I asked of her, "The DarkMatadormon...Im sorry, but he got absorbed!" she informed me, "! (And we were really planning on getting his X-antibodies!) Do you know who did it?!" I then asked, "That's not even the worst part, but take a wil' guess. *brings me over to the monitor screen, points to a sizable unit going to an even bigger one* That's definitely NaitoRenamon, and he's heading for her" she unveils to me, seeing me shake my fists, "*slams a fist at the keyboard* DAMMIT! We leave for one second and this happens already!" I shouted, "*puts over the other* W-what're we gonna do now?" asked an also worried Bastemon, "...We do Plan B" said Palmon-X, "*turns to PX* W-what do you mean...?" I ask, "...Listen..I cant separate it from my body so...I'll give myself to Renamon..And give her my X-antibodies" she suggests. This widens most of everyone's eyes.. I...I never thought I'd have to use PX, of all people, like this..We have other Digimon here at the Base too, but still...It just isnt the same.. "Human, you and me know that I need all the strength I can muster for any battle. A ruler must also know when to crack a few eggs. *looks at everyone else* Same goes for the lot of you. Count your blessings" Renamon told me and everyone as they lament at the fact, "...*walks over to Palmon-X, putting a hand on her rainbow-petaled head* PX..Since you're the one that stepped up..Go ahead. Everyone's gonna miss you though.." I lowly said, "Well...*turns to Renamon* You heard the man, Renny. Time's up for me..*raises arms and has her paw on one of the petals* Go on now. *sees her brows and mouth quiver for a moment, then sees me try not to cry* Hey you two, dont be sad. I was ready when I suggested. On the bright side, maybe Renny here will actually lighten up and crack a few jokes with me within her ^^" Palmon-X lastly says, fading, and light particles envelope Renamon, making her float for moment. Realizing PX's sacrifice felt like a distant memory after seeing Renamon absorb an apparent abundance of data, which was beautiful and mystifying to watch. It's almost as if she was being reincarnated. Once the absorption was done, Renamon gains red markings on her body, another tail, two red earrings, bigger claws, extended fur-wings, and a yin-yang circle on her forehead while blue-purple aura emanates from her (similar to Palmon-X's petal colors). Bastemon's crying was shorten after seeing Renamon's new X form, which she powers down from. "*takes a deep breath* Human, we're going that DarkLucemon" Renamon declares with a serious look.

NaitoKyubimon sees Lilithmon's stronghold in her sights, but stops for a moment. "*tilts head left, letting a black energy spear pass by. it nicks a cheek, touches it and licks blood off of fingers. turns around with a grimace look* Look who's come crawling back to mama. That warning didnt scare you one bit? 0ue" she asked of him, "Why would I be scared of something I know that's beneath me?" he told her, "Tsk tsk, that's no way to talk to mommy. LOOKS LIKE YOU NEED TO BE TAUGHT A LESSON U " she says with an even more creepy smile and a deeper, menacing echoed voice. She receives a kick to her head, but neck barely budges, then she quickly grabs his leg and throws him to the ground. "Divine Feat" he shouts and she dodges it with ease, still smiling in excitement, "I wouldnt be happy if I were you, mother. I have X-antibodies" he tells her, "Do it. *runs nail down his body* (reeeeal soft) Show me that X form, sweetie OuO" she pled, "You asked for it...!" he said, transforming into DarkLucemon-X, having a darker themed outfit and 12 more black wings. He easily flies out of her grip, and has several spheres of darkness already out, "Die, mother! Grand Cross!" he shouts with a wide-eyed look, shooting the blackened spheres down at her, and they make massive explosions at where she is, with the total destruction of the area being as far as the eye can see. "*waits a moment* (Did that kill her?) *dives into the explosions and looks for her as the aftermath turns into mostly kicked up dirt, then feels a claw being ran through chest* Hmm?!" he reacts in surprise, "YOU DIDNT THINK THAT'D KILL ME? DID YOU? U " she said in the disturbing voice, "Divine Feat" he said to her surprise and stabs the spear to hit himself in the shoulder, making her explode off of him. "Fox Tail Inferno" she calls out, caging him into a series of blazing bars, which he breaks free out of. "You're starting to show quite of bit of resistance...I dont like that n " he heard began, staring up with her flying from above, "Let's see you take me on in this..I use a Naitomea form...!" she said, reverting to her NaitoRenamon form, then a huge sphere of darkness surrounds her and alot of dirt from the ground swirls into said sphere. "What is this...? A new form or- *sees an arm is missing* ! (BUT HOW?!)" he questioned himself in his head, then feels a big burst of power blast him into the air, and upon reflex he punches down, and felt something shoot into the ground, creating a crater below. Immediately a myriad of black shards shoot from the crater, sticking to all over his body in a matter of seconds, punching a few holes into him, then catches a claw strike and he feels a great pull down, and he's face-to-face with his mother, who puts on a terrifying look with a huge smile and a shadowed face.

Feeling him jump back from his reaction, he's quickly shot down into the ground, deepening the crater, "Power Paw Ф∀Ф" she said, shooting a big, black energy strike at her mon, making an earth-shattering crater that made several dozens of huge rocks scatter about from it's impact. A moment later he crawls out of the hole, exhausted and heavily bruised with his face practically covered in blood. He looks back at the crater and sees more and more blood plastering the curved walls of it, his blood. What frightened him even more was when he looked back up at NaitomeaRenamon's purple and black eyes as her blackened energies were swirling, darkening the skies above her. "There there, lil boy..YOU'RE JUST GOING DIE IS ALL ^w^ *looks to the side and sees me and the team running into the scene* AND WE HAVE MORE VICTIMS, I SEE W " she says in that haunting voice of her's. Just seeing her, everyone had their hearts sink upon laying eyes on her and the environment she was affecting.

"(Look like we have to give all we got if we're gonna stop her here and now, and prevent her from possibly absorbing DarkLucemon, or even Lilithmon, or either way around.)"

"*powers down for a moment, flies down closer to us* I hope you know that since you two are in front of me like this, that it means you're ready to throw your lives away."

"*seriously looks at her* We're well-aware of that..Im more than ready to kill you here and now, and same goes for everyone else here."

"I love you too, cutie-pie. I knew you'd come crawling back to me. Even better that you tried to find me. And you brought friends for our honeymoon? Ooooo so romantic of you. ^w^"

"You trying to joke with me is really pissing me OFF...! And after all that shit you did to me!"

"*giggles* You're so adorable when you're throwing a tantrum ^uo..Before I end you and your team here...Did you really think any amount of that training came from just you? u "

"...W-what do you mean?"

"Same for even your lil Renny's power?"

"H-human..Dont listen to her."

"You need power, right? Just lemme take over, cuz all that power was from me in the first place. Do you know what redundant means, silly? ^u^"

"The hell're you...On about?"

"I take out Lilithmon and boom, I'll make you ruler as easy as that! ^o^"

"*heart sinks* (Will...Will it really be as easy as that? )"

"And besides...*stands there with a cute pose, holds hands together behind and wags tail* Aren't I just like Renny over there? We have the same measurements too ^W^"

"...I..."

"Y-you really shouldn't listen to her! You were with Renamon longer and-"

"Quiet, you disgrace. This is between me and my property n "

"shut up..."

"What's that sweetie? ^W^"

"SHUT UP! IM TIRED OF LOOKING AT THAT SHIT-EATING SMILE OF YOUR'S! YOU'RE NOTHING LIKE RENNY! YOU'RE A DAMN, FILTHY MUTT!"

"A...A mutt...? _ "

"Filthy mutt...*holds up Digivice* One that I gotta put down, AND SKIN ALIVE."

"You...Ungrateful..Mindless..HUMAN! I gave you kids and offered you great power, AND YOU REPAY ME LIKE THIS! I'LL-...I'LL SHOW YOU...! * *" NaitomeaRenamon howls in anger, shooting into the sky, emitting another black sphere, but only this time, it cracked open with black light and crumbled like an egg's shell. "*sees a blast of power come forward, powers into X form* Rotation!" Renamon X calls out, waving a hand, swatting NaitomeaKyubimon away with a strong rotating force, "! (How did...?!) *sees no one else around but me and Renamon X* (They went into her body..Clever)" she realizes, scratching the ground while being blown backwards. "(Good!) Renamon, digivolve! *see her digivolve into Kyubimon* Digimodify! Winning Percentage:40%! Digimetal of Darkness! Activate!" I quickly said, making the two cards go into the Digivice, and Kyubimon goes into Taomon form, already rushing to me. "(I dont know what they're doing, but I dont like it!)" NaitomeaKyubimon thinks, rushing to stop me and her, then is tackled down by DarkLucemon X, who held her head close to his chest while rolling around with her. "Human, get ready to Bio-Merge!" Taomon shouts, "Right!" I comply, jumping to her and I meld into her body seamlessly. "Get..The...Hell...OFF ME! m " exclaimed NaitomeaKyubimon, "I came here to kill you, mother..If that takes dear ol' dad to do so, then so be it!" he replied before receiving dozens of explosions from her body and was finally blown off. By the time this happened, she saw a great light illuminating the area, catching even the eyes of Lilithmon and she gleefully watches the fight from afar.

The light dampens and reveals the great and beautiful Sakuyamon. "DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT'LL SAVE ME FROM KILLING YOU?! o " she yells, charging at Sakuyamon with a massive red and black sphere of flames around her body, "(Here she comes, Renny. Keep calm)" I advise her, "(I know, Human)" Renny said from inside, "*makes a huge, golden round barrier with Sakura petals upon appearing* Diamond Realm Mandala" Sakuyamon calls out, shielding herself from her formidable opposition's powerful attack, only to have the barrier being cracked to her surprise. "*looks to the side of the shield, seeing her shake off the headache* Care to keep up? *sees her move forward* Sliding Flash Attack" she says, exchanging many blows with her all over the battlefield, matching very frequently before kicking the Kyubimon away. "I wont let you even us out. Tactical Retreat!" she says, sliding down the card down the Digivice for a split second, "! (They can still use a card? Ggggghhgyuuaaghh..) Heheh..You now have less time to try and kill me" she said, "Good enough, because there's this too. Fox Card!" she also calls out, tagging her with a yellow-blue card, "(M-my strength! I dont feel too well...!)" she thought, "It lessens your power so now I can finish you with this! Amethyst Wind!" she then shouts out, casting a hand out, blasting the dark mon with huge swirling storms of wind and pink petals, causing significant damage. Once the attack was done, Sakuyamon appears in front of her, putting the golden rod in front of her casted hand, "Purifying Fox Drive!" she shouts, shooting tons of strong, blue flame waves at NaitomeaKyubi, engulfing her body, "AAAAUUUGGGGGHHHHH!" she howls in agony, also exploding in the process. Once the attack was finished, Sakuyamon gets punched away and shot down to the ground with another move, hitting the ground like a rock. She looks up and sees a now evolved Kyubimon with many tatters and charred flesh on most of her body. "(That was alot of energy I put into that attack too..) *sees her thunderously land in front in a split second* (We'll have to fight physically now)" she mentally prepped herself, exchanging fists and elbows with her at sonic speeds until the Kyubimon grabs and slams her into the ground, then pounces into her stomach, digging her claws through the armor. Sakuyamon gives a flame kick in her stomach, launching her into the sky, then makes her legs generate lightning and goes for a downward kick, though her opponent catches the kick with her claw, she countered with a fast jab into her chest, which punches a bloody hole through her and her armor. "Thunder Kiiick!" Sakuyamon calls out anyway, shooting her back to ground and jets downward with a hand out, "Amethyst Wind!" she shouts, blasting at her again with tornado-like gusts of winds that were roaring down, "Fox Tail Inferno!" the dark Kyubimon yells, shooting the many embers upwards, powerfully colliding with the attack above as Sakuyamon was closing in, ending up in a big explosion between the two, blowing away DarkLucemon X.

The dust settles and the rocks fall above the two. Sakuyamon stabbing down at where NaitomeaKyubimon's arm was with Juga-Maru...One-handed, that is, since she too lost an arm in the exchange. The moment was very still, and they were both very exhausted. "Hehehehehe. You used two cards already? In that form? *sees her try to go into X form* You're really pushing it now.. If you play with fire too much, you'll get burned yknow ewo" she said, "(Hate to admit it, but she has a point..*sees Bastemon and the others float around dormently* Everyone's spent, Renny...I dont know how we're gonna finish her..She has enough energy to joke around even now..)" I told her, "(She's only trying to save face..She knows she's running on fumes herself. DarkLucemon was also blown out of his X form, so he cant help either..)" Renny lowly says to me, "(We're going to revert and separate at any second...I only have one last idea. If this doesnt work, we're dying here, Renamon)" I seriously told to her. The dark Kyubimon laughed and chuckled, excited yet patient for us to lose our form so she can finish us. "*sees Sakuyamon fall over and the Juga-Maru disappears* (Yesss, fall over and submit. You've lost this little scuffle of our's u )" thought the Naito mon, seeing the group shoot out of Sakuyamon's body and scatter across the huge crater, with me laying to where Bastemon is and Renny is now in her Renamon form. Before she could even celebrate, "Fox Switch Deception!" Renamon says, "*sees puffs of smoke appear and five other NaitomeaKyubimon are standing above* Uh oh oxo" she reacts, the five clones rapidly thrust down at her with their claws and blood was really fast to fly everywhere. However though, before she inches away from being cut into ribbons, she grabs two separate clones' arms, then kicks both of them in their faces, making them fly out of the crater. Suffering several slashes from the three remaining clones, the original bites one of their shoulders and slams her down, getting rid of that one. Before another could strike her, she grabs the first clone and she was going for the original's head but instead thrusts with her claw through that one, though it also shoots through the original to her surprise, then she quickly gives the last clone a roundhouse kick, getting rid of her too, but she ends up falling over afterwards. As she was trying to catch her breath, I drop down and knee on her back, as well as dig my claws into her too, making both of our body parts crack at the same time (since her body is still that hard for me). The Naito mon scratches her claw up, giving me a nasty wound on my rib as her retaliation, "GGYYYYUUGGHHRRR!" I loudly grunt from the injury, tightly gripping my bleeding side. Renamon herself can be seen laid behind Ranamon.

Great...That last plan didnt exactly work either...Now I really dont know what to do..Everyone here is now completely spent. We threw everything at her and she's only without one arm.. "*walks over and stands above me, struggling to lift a paw as it shakes, heavily panting* Heh..Heh..Heh..You...You tried all you can..Human shit..Im gonna..K-kill you...And everyone here..And Im g-gonna..Enjoy all of it" she said tiresomely, "(What happened a second ago though?) W-what was that..? You..Controlled one of them for a second?" I asked, "Just a small perk for this form..Now then" she confirmed, stepping closer, I...I dont think so! *hold ups Digivice, but it does nothing* H-huh" I reacted "S-stop dicking around..Playtime's over...EAT SHIT! " she hollers, and thrusts her claw through my chest, making blood spew from there and my mouth. I helplessly still had the Digivice up, shaking in my hand as she lowers my hand with her paw. Unbeknownst to me consciously, NaitomeaKyubimon was finding herself fading, "*sees hands shimming* ! But-but how!? How could I- *sees the Digivice starting to absorb essence from body* No...No you dont! *swipes at the device then at my arm, both phasing through, looks at limbs and body fading away more and more* ! No, nonononoo! Die dammit, die! Die! Die! Stop it! *desperately swiped away but kept losing more of existence, falling down, beating on my chest but fists still phase through me* Dammit, dammit dammit! I was so fuckin' close! I cant go like this! Please let me kill you all, PLEASE! 0 *sees most of body being gone from the chest down*...If I cant do it this way...There's always Plan B. Yeeeah, I like that to- w " she tried to finish but was completely gone. As everyone was out cold, DarkLucemon looked over the exhausted party...Well he was tired and banged up himself, so he ran away as far as he could. "(it was barely..But...Im glad it worked out.../u\)" Bastemon thought after witnessing the dark mon getting absorbed completely and rests her eyes and head.

My mind was overtaken by darkness, for what it feels like forever. Forever lost in an abysmal vacuum of it's own vast space. "What's wrong, Human?" I heard from a familiar voice, initially happy to hear it, I turned and it was a giant head of NaitoRenamon staring at me in deceitful glee. Looking down she was standing cutely in actuality. "Now cmere and gimme a kiss pleeeease ^∀^" she was saying to me, seeing me stand in obvious fear of her as she closed her puckered lips in and suddenly gapped her mouth wide open, showing her many sharped teeth. "Ghhnnggghhhh..!" I started grunting, "*retracts mouth* Huh?" she reacts, "What's..Happening to me? *a big black X appears on body* GYAAAA!" I yell, letting the mark shine and grow, "Wha-what the hell is that? oO" she reacts and I awaken soon after this occurrence.

"[Renamon] *sees me open my eyes and I have blood-shot irises* H-hey there, my love..We were waiting for a while in here. A few aggressive dark Digimon stumbled upon our lil camp we made but we took care of 'em."

"Im..Im fine..Just...Had a bit of a fever dream, and the bitchmon was in it..I'll be fine."

"[Bastemon] You woke up and seem to be fine. That's all that matters, right? ^^"

"[Renamon] Exactly, Basty ^^. We should return to the Base about now."

"R-renny..? Did you just call her Basty? I thought that was me and Ranny's thing."

"[Renamon] Oh that? Hmm, I guess I did kinda make a bit of a change, eh? You managed to absorb her into the Digivice."

"I kinda miss how you played hard-to-get.."

"[Renamon] Yknow, we can always role-play that next time we have our alone time? ewe"

"-/- I-I didnt think you'd be open to that..W-we'll see.."

"[Crescemon] I feel like Im missing something here too, Human. We may need to rest a bit and think this situation over."

"[Renamon] *puts a finger to lip* Hmm I guess it could be a bit detrimental if something suddenly happened in the next fight. exe"

"[Ranamon] *giggles* I like this new Renny. She's all cute and expressive now x3"

"That's pretty concerning. Enough for us to need to return now. Maybe Palmon-X will...Let's go.." I said, raising my hand up with the Digivice, beaming us up to the Base. The group went off in their own places, resting after such a gruesome battle...And the loss of a very close friend..Of course, Renamon was following me around, looking a bit more confused than usual. "*tilts head to the side* What's wrong, sourpuss?" she asked me, "...Can you leave me alone for a bit?" I told her, "Why? Im your's for the taking. Isnt that what you want?" she asked some more, "*hangs my head* You sound just like her..I miss the old Renamon..Too much changed after I absorbed her..*grabs the Digivice for a second, feels a pinch* Ow! *drops it, sees it have four more slots, which had sharpened extensions* Hmm? *carefully picks it up with two hands* It...It actually changed. Now I can use six cards at once!" I said in surprise, "See? It really was a good thing you absorbed NaitoRenamon! ^^" commented Renamon, "...Not everything is good..You take some time for yourself too.." I said to her, with her hanging her head and going to Basty who was sitting next to Crescy. They sat there for a moment with me, patting my back for a minute.

"(Wow...He's really down about this change..)"

"...It feels like I lost another teammate.."

"H-hey, you dont need to say it like it."

"*covers face* I miss my Renny..I was doing really good with her.."

"Well you were doing the best you could, so.."

"I hate it...This new Renny..That's not the Renny I fell in love with!...I..I dont know if I can go on like this.."

"D-dont say that! C-crescemon, can you help? /o o\"

"The only one that help him is himself."

"There has to be something we can do, like umm..umm..How about we talk to the other Digimon that're here at the Base? Would that help?"

"I...I don't think I want that.."

"You need to another Palmon-X, right? Weren't you down about that earlier?"

"...Yeah.."

"You're the leader of our group. We're not gonna do everything for you, yknow, and sulking here all day isnt gonna get anything done..*looks at Bastemon with slight anger* I had to learn that the hard way."

"*looks at both of them*...You're right..Maybe I do need to do that next.."

"And m-maybe it'll help take your mind off things. /.u.\"

"...I guess.." I complied, getting up with them and Renamon sees us off with a frown. "Hey..Where..Where're you guys going? *runs over to me, and I had a hand out* What're you...? *sees me take a few steps back, closes the distance and holds my hands* What're you avoid me for? Im your Renny, remember? /o o\" she said in confusion, "...(Dont cry...Dont cry.._\/_) Just..Think things over..Im gonna talk with the other mons in the meantime.." I told her then walked away with her hands still loosely up, not believing what she heard. "Am I...Really that different now?" she asks herself, holding her hands to her chest, feeling nerved and retreats into the barn.

We went around and I was seeing mons that I never talked to. Notably, Argomon (rookie vers), Armadillomon, Calumon, Gaomon, Chapmon Coronamon, etc. Seeing about over a various dozen of 'em was improving my mood. When I told them about Palmon-X willingly getting absorbed, they were eager not only cause they wanna see all the activity that happens in the Digiworld but due to them sincerely wanting to fill in for her, since she was real friendly to everyone. At the same time they did feel like it was some pretty big shoes to fill. So we were sifting through who was pretty smart and friendly, and were boiling it down to Cutemon, Calumon and Gatomon.

"Hmm...What iiiiiis 4x20?"

"[Cutemon, Calumon, Gatomon] 80!"

"...160/2?"

"[Cutemon, Calumon, Gatomon] 80!"

"5x16?"

"[Cutemon, Calumon, Gatomon] 8- WHY'RE YOU MAKING THE ANSWERS 80?! 0o0"

"(Dammit, these guys're too smart! _)"

"[Gatomon] Cmooon, I hate doing all this math! Give us something else!"

"[Bastemon] C-can I suggest something?"

"Like what?"

"[Bastemon] How about just letting them take daily turns?"

"[Calumon] Hey that's good thinkin', Bastemon! ^^"

"[Cutemon] Yeah these math tests were going nowhere. =="

"Ugh fine. We'll see how each of you do..(Ooo I know) As far as who goes first though, best of three from Janken."

"[Gatomon] I'll take you on, Cutemon!"

"[Cutemon] ! Alright then!"

"[Cutemon, Gatomon] *winds up* Jaaaaan..! *throws out a hand sign* Ken!"

"*sees Gatomon's rock, and Cutemon's paper* 1-0 against Gatomon."

"[Cutemon] What's wrong, Gato? Scared to lose? -uo"

"[Gatomon] This isnt over yet!"

"[Cutemon, Gatomon] *throws out another hand sign* Ken!"

"*sees them throw out the same hand*...2-0 against Gatomon.."

"[Cutemon] Well lookie there, over already. ^w^"

"[Gatomon] O-one more time!"

"[Cutemon] Uh uh uuuh, he said best of three, and you cant comeback if you already lost twice. So there, loser! ФVФ"

"Alright alright, Cutemon. No need to rub it in her face. You're up next, Calumon. You play nice against her too, Cutemon."

"[Calumon] Her? But im a guy."

"...(I cant tell with some of these mons) R-right, sorry. Go on now."

"[Calumon, Cutemon] *throws out a hand sign* Ken."

"*sees their hands, Cutemon using Paper again, and Calumon holding out Rock* 1-0 against Calumon."

"[Cutemon] Feeling behind, Caly? -uo"

"[Calumon] Nah, I was just using a random hand there. I'll read your hand this time."

"[Cutemon] o.o...(H-he's joking, yeah, it's totally a bluff ಡ﹏ಡ)"

"[Calumon, Cutemon] *throws out a hand sign again* Ken."

"*looks at both of their hands, seeing her have out Paper again, and Calumon using Scissor this time* It's 1 to 1 now."

"[Cutemon] H-huh? What on earth happened there?"

"[Calumon] *tilts head* Im as confused as you are. (What is she actually doing?)"

"[Cutemon] W-whatever! Go again!"

"[Calumon, Cutemon] *throws out a hand sign yet again* Ken!"

"*looks at their hands, and they have the same hands*...Calumon wins."

"[Cutemon] ...No no no! Do-over! Do-over! ヾ(*д*)ﾉ"

"[Calumon] Well why'd you do Paper all the time?"

"[Cutemon] o o!...R-reverse physiology ,"

"[Calumon] Hey I did too! But you fell for my bluff about reading your hand. Did you maybe second guess yourself?"

"[Gatomon] What's wrong, Cutie? Did he really trip you up that bad? ewe"

"[Cutemon] S-shut up, loser!"

"[Gatomon] Well guess what, we're in the same boat lil girl ^w^"

"[Cutemon] *stomps the ground* Shut up, shut up, shut up!"

"What's your take, Basty?"

"[Bastemon] *giggles* I think we should keep 'em as the trio navis. They's real cute together ^^. If only Cutemon wasnt a sore loser."

"[Crescemon] And a sore winner. e e"

"[Bastemon] Yeah, so she's the least friendly out of the three."

"My thoughts exactly, so we'll make her the last one to check the monitor."

"[Cutemon] Hey but I won against Gato!"

"It's only fair, Cutemon. Besides, PX wouldnt like your attitude. You didnt win in that department here. *sees her float away, pouting* Well congrats, Caly. You're the first to stare at a monitor all day."

"[Calumon] Eh that's fine, most I do is sleep all day so I dont do much anyway."

"...Gatomon, make sure he doesnt fall asleep."

"[Gatomon] I remember PX cooked too, so I'll do that too. owo" Gatomon said, scurrying off as Calumon does his duty. The funny mishap that was deciding who was gonna be the next navi went better than expected (even though just slightly), and was really nice to see. I think I can face Renny again and talk with the others about our next course of action. Once we go to the field room, we went to the barn to find Renamon, and to our surprise, she was sitting on some hay, meditating. "Renn-" I try to say, "Shhh. I will attack you, Human. Later" she warned, "Alright then.." I lowly comply, stepping out of the barn. I guess she's trying to figure herself out or something. Nothing wrong with that though.

"*shuts door* Ok girls. Feel like we gotta straighten anything out?"

"[Ranamon] *hops out of the water* Anything that I missed?"

"[Bastemon] Well we just split the navi job between three Digimon."

"[Crescemon] Now we're trying to think things over for a bit. We still have those hostile Offsprings."

"[Bastemon] Oh right, and one of them escaped..Our...Nyanromon is in the Human world, right?"

"Yeah, but he's a Strabimon and trying to get his bearings. So there's the two he said that disintegrated, and there's 8 in total."

"[Bastemon] And we met the Mamemon one, then there's the DarkLucemon that got away.."

"So there's still 3 out there that we haven't seen/met. Dammit, and there's still the rulers and Lilithmon!"

"[Crescemon] We able to barely take down NaitoRenamon, who had transformations making her on par with them, so we may need more training."

"I guess...It'd be so much easier if we could just have that 60% card to keep the Sakuyamon form."

"[Crescemon] If we cant train in time, then we need another method."

"If we can take out the Offsprings, that should be a good time to try one of the rulers..I just we weren't so behind on our goal..."

"[Bastemon] No need to worry too much, we'll get there. It'll just take time is all, k? ^^"

"...We could make you two stronger, Basty. Crescy."

"[Crescemon] *looks at Ranamon* I know where to start eVe"

"[Ranamon] ! H-huh?!"

"Crescy! Not after we lost Pally today!"

"[Crescemon] ...I..Keep forgetting.."

"[Bastemon] I know...It's still hard for me to realize too.."

"[Crescemon] Anyway I know that, Dark Digimon too, but those kids especially have very fast growth-spurts. So we need to kill them off asap."

"Alot happened today so...Tomorrow?"

"[Bastemon, Crescemon] Tomorrow."

"It's a plan. I'll meet up with Wes before we head back out" I declared, and they agreed, then we went our separate ways, with me going inside the barn, seeing Renamon still meditating. I was being as silent as possible before I rested on the hay-infested floor. Then I rested right there, with Renamon sitting above on her ferny stack. "Human.." I heard, "! *looks up at her* Renny?" I reply, "Would it...Be appropriate if we were to try sex again, but in your world?" she asked, "S-sure thing...Night, Renny" I said a bit tiresomely and returned to unconsciousness. Unknown to me, Renamon was sweating quite heavily. "(HEEEEEY BUBBY? ENJOYING MY STAY IN YOUR BRAIN? u )" NaitoRenamon said in her head, "(I care not how much will is required..I will suppress you)" she ensured to her, "(SUPPRESS WHAT? WHO YOU REALLY ARE? DONT YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE ONE IN THE SAME? ESPECIALLY NOW? OUo)" she tells her, "(Even so...I will master you)" she also ensured to her, "(...MASTER? PFFFFT HAHAHAHAHA! THAT'S A JOKE!)" NaitoRenamon says to her, "(Laugh it up while you can..But has this ever came across to you?..If you really were to take me over..Wouldnt it happen by now? That means Im still winning, but here's the thing..It's not just due to my own will..Now I now..-u-)" she hinted, "(WELL..WELL!...JUST YOU WAIT! x ;;;)" she last said, "(*hears her say nothing*...Ahhh silence, music to my ears)" Renamon replied before finally going into a comfortable slumber, her aura blackens and a creepy wide smile appears on her.

Aaaaand that's a wrap! Thanx for reading this all the way! More in the next chapter! Dont miss out!