Episode 5: Gears Ahoy!!

[Calumon]

"Ohhh... They survived!"

Calumon came out from behind the crate he had been watching from. Kazu and his friend seemed to have won their little skirmish. That was good, and to maake things better, no one got hurt. Truth be told, Calumon didn't want anyone to get hurt, not even LadyDevimon. But at the same time, he didn't want evil to prevail either.

"You won! You won!" Calumon said as he ran toward Kazu. His ears suddenly extended as he began to float up into the air until he had perched himself on Kazu's shoulder.

"Yay! Yay!"

[Stick]

Kazu merely nodded at Lopmon's first question aobut how he knew about all this. There was no time "What do we do now? The easiest thing in the world, which is go home and sleep. Especially you two. You both look like you need at least ten hours of sleep to recover from this battle, and there is no sense in being here when someone shows up to investigate the noise." Kazu also needed to call a few people to report to them what had happened as it was probably going to come back and bite him in the but. He really wished that he could have been able to stop her from escaping.

Calumon's exclamation about them winning made Kazu smile a little bit. The little guy had landed on his shoulder and looked completely ecstatic about the fact that LadyDevimon was gone for the time being. "I don't think we can count this as win, Calumon. More like a draw of sorts. We're going to have to deal with her later on though. Its only a matter of time."

He started walking out of the building with Hagurumon trailing behind him, when he stopped for a second. "I am going home unless you two would like to learn more about what is going on. Its up to you." Kazu continued walking without being sure of whether or not the new pair was following him or not.

[Yayoi Shikohojo]

“Hmm…just…go home?” while that did sound nice, Yori couldn’t help but still feel rather nervous about all that happened. Plus, she still didn’t know where she was or how to get home…that was how she would up following kazu in here in the first place. But before that, Yori had a lot of questions, and she hoped Kazu would oblige her with some answers. But before she had a chance to start her questions, she heard a noise.

Yori and lopmon both watched as Calumon cheered and floated over to Kazu. Was that what this ‘calumon’ was? Even lopmon was interested, she had heard about him but had never met him before. “That’s true, Calumon. But I wouldn’t call it a loss either.” she said as Lopmon climed a little farther up her shoulders, so that she was standing on her shoulder rather then just hanging off.

As Kazu began to leave, Yori moved to stop him. “Oh! Wait please! I um…was wondering if I could ask you some questions…and…if you might know how to get out of here? You see I sort of got lost down here, which is why I followed you in here in the first place..and though I am very happy to have lopmon now, I would like to get home.” she said politely to Kazu.

[Stick]

Kazu really should get home so that he could report in with the others, but he had offered to let the girl ask him some questions. It also wouldn't kill him to lead her back to civilization, and to make sure that she didn't run into any more unexpected arrivals. Her Lopmon had passed out from the first fight, so a second might be too much for it. The fact that Kazu couldn't leave a damsel in distress also made him decide that he need to be a proper gentleman for once and escort the young miss to her place of residence.

"Yeah, I can get you as far back as the main street without too much trouble. Just try to keep up, or else you might end up getting lost again. These warehouses are not easy to navigate at night." Kazu began to walk out of the building again with the assumption that Yayoi was following behind him along with Lopmon and Hagurumon. His pace seemed a little bit faster than the other three, but that was only because he wanted to be the first one to encounter danger.

Hagurumon was not sure where they were going, but he followed along anyway because he knew that Kazu would make sure that they avoided any danger. "Well this is an enjoyable stroll in the night. We should do this more often." The mechanical Digimon was trying to keep the conversation going as it would help them all to keep tract of one another, but the fact that Calumon was very light colored might make it easier on them already. "Oh miss, didn't you say you had some questions for Kazu?"

[Yayoi Shikohojo]

“Oh thank you! I am very greatful Kazu-san.” said Yori as she smiled. Yori was raised to be polite and to have the best of manners. And even after a situation like the one they were just in, she still felt it necessary to be polite. It was simply second nature to her. “If I can get back to the main street I can find my way home again. I just don’t typically wind up in this part of town is all. My friend Yura-chan wanted me to see a new shop she was certain was here, and we got separated in a crowd.” said Yori as she scratched her head for a moment, before she felt a large and furry hand over hers as Lopmon smiled, scratching her head for her.

“Oh! Lopmon! Thank you.” She said as she turned her head back to Lopmon who smiled back at her. “No problem Yori! I am glad to help!” she said. “You know, just calling you ‘lopmon’ doesn’t seem very original. I mean, that’s your digimon breed. And as you digivolve you become something else right? So instead of always calling you what you ‘are’ why not just give you a name? What do you say to that?” she asked Lopmon who thought for a moment, then nodded. “Yah! Okay I like that! It will make me more unique! That sounds like a fun idea!” she said as Yori smiled and began to think of something to call her. Something with an ‘l’ seemed to fit…

“Hmm…how about…Lola?” she asked as Lopmon shook her head. “Okay then how about….Lily?” “Naaah there is a digimon called Lilymon, that would get confusing!” “Yah I guess you’re right. Hm…Oh I know! How about Loli? It’s sort of like ‘lolipop’ and lollipops are sweet and people like them!” said Yori. Lopmon thought for a moment, pondering the name before she smiled and nodded her head. “Yah! That sounds neat! I like that! Loli! Loli, Loli, Loli, Loli! Okay! Got it memorized!” Oh she was so cute! Yori couldn’t imagine when she last felt this happy! She had been following Kazu while the pair had their conversation, but was paying attention so she didn’t get lost again. That wouldn’t be very fun..

[Stick]

Kazu was sort of paying attention to what the girl was saying, but his mind was preoccupied with what the whole situation meant in the terms of normality. Normality was about to make a complete 180 on the road that people called life, which was worth spending a few minutes thinking about how great this was going to be. His ears heard her saying 'thank you' or something along the lines, which he thought he should respond too. "No need to thank me. It is what we heroes do in our spare time." As if, he really counted as a hero in the greater scheme of things. Kazu may have helped out with the D-Reaper, but he knew that it was mainly Takato, Henry, Rika, and Ryo who had done the hard part.

Hagurumon was listening in on the conversation, while not actually saying anything but that was about to change as he did one of the things that slightly annoyed Kazu. "What we heroes do." Kazu's ears perked at the input that his partner had just given. He had thought that they had gone over the whole 'make up your own lines' topic back in the Digital World, but maybe a refresher course was in order. Of course this would not occur until after Yayoi was safetly home. After that point, Kazu would begin teaching Hagurumon how to be creative and what not. It would probably help him improve his witty banter in battle as well, so it would be considered a win-win scenario.

Kazu had missed something that Yayoi had said to Lopmon, but the following statements had clued him in as she began to say a lot of random names. He wasn't sure why she was giving her partner a name, but it was not his concern as it didn't really effect him in any way. Kazu decided to bring up the subject that he had previously been pondering. "Well I guess this means that the city is about to get whole lot more interesting and dangerous. I wonder if I'll get to skip school again. That would be awesome." He wasn't sure if Yayoi was catching everything he was saying, but he was mainly talking to Hagurumon. If she had something to add, Kazu figured she would chime in whenever she was ready.

[Yayoi Shikohojo]

Yori didn’t really know what all this meant, but there was an evil digimon running loose, and one way or another they had to stop her. Somehow. “Oh a hero?” said Yori as she smiled. “Well you were very brave back there.” said Yori with a wink. Though she was sure if he was considered a ‘hero’ he was brave. They both fought hard, even if in the end they didn’t completely stop her. And as far as the D-Reaper, Yori still knew very little about what had happened, but at this point it didn’t seem to matter. That stage was done, and even if a new one was popping up, it still wouldn’t make a big difference. Plus, it would probably take too long to explain it all anyways.

Yori felt it was important for everyone to have a name, it’s a part of what gave everyone their own identities. And Loli seemed to like the idea as well. And seemed to be very happy with her new name. “Yah, I guess it does..” Muttered Yori as they walked. Loli hummed softly as she swayed a bit on Yori’s shoulder, she felt so…giddy as a lopmon! It had been a while since she had been in this form! And though she didn’t really mind it, she was curious as to how she went back to being a lopmon. She had digivolved to Lekismon again earlier, but now she was lopmon again…interesting..

[Stick]

Kazu turned around the corner with a smile on his face from the fact that she had called him brave. It was just like that moment when Ryo had told him good job when they were fighting one of the D-Reaper's monsters together. He couldn't feel any happier right now even if he had gotten a super rare card for free. Now if he only could lead them back to the main road, then Kazu's job for the night would be complete. "So Yori, what was this shop that your friend was sending you too anyway?" He didn't like the dead silence that had occurred because it made him think that something bad was going to happen to them, so Kazu decided to kick start the conversation again.

Hagurumon was not really paying attention to the fact that the conversation was sort of dying down or that Kazu was trying to revive it. He was more concerned with the fact that there was nothing for him to do at the moment. The fight had been the most interesting thing that he had done in a while as the whole de-digivolution process had left him a little more weak than he was used too. He really missed be Guardromon as he had hands and legs in that form. The flying part about that form was also a plus in his mind.

[Yayoi Shikohojo]

Yori smiled a bit as she walked, he was a bit quiet but Kazu seemed nice enough. He was helping her find her way back home after all. She turned towards him when he asked about the shop, before turning her attention forward again. “It was a sweet shop, thinks like cakes and cookies. That sort of thing. I think Yura said they have tea to.” said Yori as she continued to walk.

“So…how come you were in the area? I mean…here so that you ran into Lady Devimon?’ asked Yori curiously. Why was he around here? Loli yawned as she slouched on Yori, closing her eyes a bit. She was tired, and couldn’t wait to get to Yori’s place and pass out. Biomerging mixing with the fight, left the lopmon rather sleepy..

[Stick]

So a sweet shop was what brought her out into this part of town. She must have gotten really lost then to end up near the warehouses. Kazu had not heard of this sweet shop, but then again he was trying to cut back on that area of the nutrition table as it was unhealthy for him, and neither of his parents were really into the whole sweet eating as his mom thought it made her look fat and his dad got too many complaints from the dentists. His family was rather weird, which was probably why he didn't invite new friends over.

Yayoi's question brought up the very subject that he had something to do with the topic that was brought up earlier in the fight about Kazu being one of the kid's from before. "My D-Arc reacted to the emergence of Devidramon in our world and led me straight to the warehouse. I was hoping that it was my partner coming back to me, which did happen of course, but the fact that evil Digimon are popping up again has got me really worried." He wasn't sure how much farther it was to the main road, but he had a feeling that it would be around the next corner. Kazu could smell the aroma of car exhaust from where he was standing.