Am I the only one creeped out by a 15 year old boy making out with a 10 year old girl? O.o;;

Kenichi Tanaka
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As we re-entered the crowds of digimon, Rigiamon settled in walking by my side. Between us there was a silence, despite the sounds of the city. The creatures around us seemed to be dulled somewhat as thoughts were turned over in our minds. It was far from an uncomfortable silence, actually a very comfortable one. Rigiamon's personality seemed to almost mirror my own, and I felt closer to him than I had during my years of being handed from foster family to foster family. I wondered how the Celestials had known which digimon to give me...

"Kenichi," Rigiamon said to me in a side whisper, his eyes still going ahead of us. We were making a leisurely pace down the street.

"Yeah?" I said, keeping my eyes forward as well, hands in my pockets with one gripped around the Black Rapidmon card, the other on my D-Sense.

"I don't trust that girl, she stinks of the Lunar involvment," Rigiamon said. "And I know about how they operate..."

"How could they have gotten humans to side with them?" I asked, my interest peeked at this.

Rigiamon shrugged. "They were talking about getting humans involved before the... incident... They hadn't gotten the technical details down when I was still with them. Back then, they were only aiming on converting other digimon to their cause. And having me create new ones."

I nodded slowly. "Yes... I doubt that incident will be the last trouble she causes. But we will be as bad as these Lunars if we act prematurely against her... Like it or not, it seems we've been scripted as the good guys in this. We have to be the ones to react. At least in this case."

Rigiamon nodded. "Yes, that is the right course... Though I doubt it will make it easier on any of us..." He paused for a moment, and sniffed the air.

"Three humans coming in this direction," he said.

I looked ahead, and as the crowd parted infront of us I could see Morrigan, Laura, and Jun heading towards us. I gave a wave towards them, and Morrigan gave me a shocked look. She ran up to me, and looked me over.

"What happened back at the hotel, where did you go?" She asked me.

"I got a free ride to the Earth Temple I suppose... Though it was unwanted at the time. Aunayailia somehow managed to follow me there. That's where I met my partner Rigiamon."

I pointed a thumb at Rigiamon, and Morrigan looked up at Rigiamon for the first time. Laura and Jun caught up, and saw in time Morrigan involuntarily moving away from my new digimon. The two others gave my partner a look of surprise, and perhaps a little fear? This was more the reaction I had been expecting from people at Rigiamon, unlike the odd one Aunie had displayed. Rigiamon took it in stride, however, and gave the assembled group a big bow.

"Morrigan McCloud, Laura Rider, and Jun Wakami. A pleasure to meet you all. I am Rigiamon, Kenichi's partner. There is no need to fear me, for I am a friend."

Morrigan seemed to recover first. "I'm not afraid of you, just got surprised a bit that's all." All of them had to look up to Rigiamon, his height something that nobody could ignore.

"Nice to meet you as well," she said, taking one of Rigiamon's hands. Jun and Laura followed suit, as Rigiamon simultaneously shook all of their hands.

"I'm sorry, but I must go for a little while... I can sense Hawkmon nearby, and I must speak with him. I will be back soon."

With that, Rigiamon leapt into the air, bounded off the side of a building, and turned into a blur in the bright lights of the city. He dissapeared moments after, leaving the group with a dazed look. I simply looked at the rest of the group assembled.

"So, have I missed anything?"

Rigiamon [A chat with an old friend...]
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I fell to the ground once more, infront of a beauty parlor. Many female digimon were milling around the front of the buisness which was garishly decorated with pink colored feathers. Just the place Hawkmon would go to "pick up chicks". I just shook my head at this thought. It was too much to hope that my fellow chosen digimon would be serious... I knew that Hawkmon had connections within the Digital world, but his attitude was that of a flirt. Besides, he had been the biggest critic of my becoming a chosen digimon for Kenichi.

Going inside, I spotted him immiediatly talking to a Hawkmon painted in pink, the owner of the beauty parlor. I walked up silently behind him.

"We need to talk Hawkmon," I looked down at him, then at the female one. "Take a hike for awhile."

The pink hawkmon paled visibly, as Hawkmon jumped several feet in the air. He turned around, then his eyes grew wide. It was only for a moment though, as they narrowed quickly.

"So, I see you're here now... I guess the Celestials didn't go by my suggestion of leaving you to your misbegotten fate, huh?"

I shook my head briefly. "It is in everybody's best interest now if you drop that as quickly as possible. My past means little now, though it does mean I know more about our enemy than you do."

"Are you sure they are your enemy?"

"As long as they are Kenichi's enemy, they will be my enemy." I gave him a sharp look, daring him to say I was lying.

He was quiet for a moment. "I see... So, what do you want?"

"Information about what's happening. You were out first, as Kenichi had told me, and I want another perspective on what's been going on so far. There was only so much I was able to hear inside that egg," I said. "And, I also want to know if Satoshi or Kenichi knows yet."

"To answer your second question, neither of them know their relationship to each other yet. There hasn't been an opportunity to tell them-"

"And there won't be," I ended for him. Hawkmon gave me an odd look.

"Don't you think they have the right to know? Kenichi does at the very least..." Hawkmon said.

"No, it could hurt the group, and what it sounds like, the group isn't very tight at the moment, save little relationships cropping up. The knowledge could make Kenichi... Resentful towards Satoshi. Before I'm with him longer, I can't be sure of his reaction.

"I see..." Hawkmon said.

"Now, start talking about what's been going on, so we can get back to the group."

Hawkmon nodded slowly, and began to recall the recent events that had occurred...