The Fairy of the forest (observer, open)

[Mirei]

"Sister Renee, wheeere are you <3?"

The fairy digimon simply couldn't hide her excitement, she was all grown up and wanted to show to Renee how much she improved, she was sure she was going to be proud of her, after all she evolved and defeated an ultimate level iceleomon on her own with some help from that dorumon of before.

She gracefully flew on the forest spreading fairy powder, revitalizing the flowers with her newfound powers and joyfully enjoying the new freedom those wings provided to her, it simply felt wonderful to be able to fly and she was very fast doing that.

"Renee, I'm at home!"

And so, she finally arrived to the place they called home. She sprinkled some of her fairy magic on the flower garden she took care since she arrived to the forest and they beautifully blossomed, spreading their pollen around the area and even a few bee witnessed the miracle and dived into the flowers to nurture from them.

[Observer]

It was one of those days again... Days when one just wants to do nothing and lie somewhere resting in peace. Nobody was certain why, maybe it was the weather, or a storm on the Sun, or some other vaunted reason. Maybe the horoscope said so. Renee was feeling a bit dumb today... And lazy. She never felt so lazy in her life - had absolutely no desire to think or to do anything, so she allowed herself a little day off to sleep on a branch. Which she did, and enjoyed it.

- Nnnmm... all those cookies... nnnmm... all mine... - she muttered to herself in her sleep, probably seeing something nice, until, suddenly, a loud squeal woke her up, and almost made her fall off the branch, though she balanced at the last moment. Then she looked down on who was the source of that noise... It proved to be ... some unknown digimon. A plant-like one, which she had never seen before. The renamon failed to hear it was calling her name, and assumed it to be another newly-found one. How didn't I sense a spawn anywhere? - she thought, unwitting this was no spawn at all, and forgetting she was a lazy-ass sleepyhead today all day. But now she had to act somehow - the intruder was at their home.

- Halt! What do you seek in our home? Who are you? - her scowling creepy echoing voice was heard from above - this was the way she greeted all strangers. Maybe she would have understood that this was no intruder at all, but like it was said, Renee felt a bit dumb today, so she didn't gve it much of a thought.

[Mirei]

"Sister, don't be silly, it's me, Mirei!"

She was so used to Renee's "creepy voice" that it was not scary at all, and it was in fact quite reassuring to know that Renee was near, so she didn't have to look for her somewhere else. And talking about voices, maybe her own changed a little after evolving? Maybe that was why the renamon didn't recognize the voice of the floral digimon and certainly it was a bit more mature compared with the childish tone of the former palmon's voice.

"I finally evolved and even defeated a bad digimon by myself"

She landed on a small patch of grass where the palmon used to rest and waited until her sister stopped playing "RAWR I'm a ninja" and finally appeared to see how awesome the palmon got, she was quite proud of the victory achieved against the ultimate level digimon and was quite eager to tell tales about her exploits to the Renamon

[Observer]

- Mirei? - Renee muttered in disbelief as she heard the flower ultimate digimon finally speak. This ... was an answer she did not expect. No way! No way it could have been her! Renee's little Mirei was a small palmon that barely reached her waist in height, not this ... all grown up and very powerful digimon. For a little brief moment the renamon felt herself a bit inferior, something just didn't add up. How, how on Earth could she have evolved so fast? And without her noticing the growth in power? This ... had to be dealt with. Renee leaped down from her branch and landed softly on the ground.

RAWR I'm a ninja - My Mirei is is palmon who was not able to harm a fly... - the fox walked around the flower digimon, slowly, her voice sounding her suspicions. A part of her was sure this was the same digimon, but another part, the paranoid one, was not so sure about it. - And you are an ultimate who states she defeated a digimon... Can you explain, why things changed? So many, so quickly? - the fox was doubting, and her stance was showing she was still ready to flee any second now...

[Mirei]

"Sis, I think I already told you that I could always evolve, I was scared of evolution before but now I'm glad for evolving, it feels great and now I can protect you and bro golemon"

She looked at her sister and giggled a little after realizing how she was larger than the fox digimon, now Renee was the little one in comparison and that was very hilarious. She then looked at her former bed and found that she had to find more leaves and grass to be a lillymon-sized bed. Nevermind, she had more things to tell to the renamon.

"You should've been there, a mean ice ogre appeared and started freezing the forest, but then I tried to stop him and that mean dorumon of before appeared to help, maybe he now cares about the forest. At first we were doing nicely and he even evolved but the ice ogre evolved too and become an even stronger ice lion. I almost ran away but then decided to evolve because I was tired of being always the protected one and evolved into Lillymon, and then I defeated him with a flower cannon blast!"

The renamon should know already that the palmon was since she arrived to the human world capable of evolving into champion level, and all those experiences in the human world only made her accumulate enough data to outright warp evolve to ultimate level, and maybe someday she could even reach mega level and become strong enough to deal on her own with those hypnos baddies

[Observer]

- Protect me? - Renee raised an eyebrow in amazement when she heard the plant digimon's words. It was ... a very strange feeling indeed, one she did not experience often. Most of the times it was her needed to protect something, or something needed to be protected from her. Come to think of it, the fox failed to remember anybody saying something as sincere in its effort as this... Except that one time...

- Why why why didn't you tell me? Why did you not listen? I warned you... And yet you still did not...

- I'm sorry commander... I had no choice. I had a debt to repay them...[/u]

The quarrel was being quite loud in Larry's office, as he berated his underling through and through, was muttering something incomprehensible and tore hairs from his head. Renee remembered that day in detail - it was burned into her memory with feeling of guilt and abandonment... The day she had to leave the place which became her home... But there was simply no other way.

- Now this place is not safe... You must ... leave here... There's no telling what Hypnos will do when they find out. And they WILL find out... They always do...

- Commander ... you ... throw me away? You wish me to disappear?[/u]

- NO you stupid girl! I wish ... to protect you...[/i]

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The flashback lasted less than a second, and her blank expression returned to normal once more. It was both a nice and a frightening feeling she experienced, when hearing something like that... "Protect me" sounded more like "Taking a blow for me" to her, and she did not wish anybody to get hurt while defending her from something... No, no taking the bullet, she can do it herself, she had no need for a ... a meatshield.

Then the bubbly flying plantmon started her tale about facing the scary evil digimon who wished to bring harm upon everything in sight, about being endangered and then saved by her own evolution. Renee felt the sting of guilt, when she heard the phrase "You should have been there". Out of context, or from her point of view ... it sounded like an accusation. That was right, if she were there, none of this would have happened, the palmon would not have been endangered...

- You're right ... I should have been there... - she sounded sorry she wasn't. But there was still something she must have said now... The renamon was unsure in one thing - if the palmon evolved into something that strong ... would she need her afterwards? She did say she was tired of being protected... It was extremely unjust from the fox's part to think such from the devoted plant, but still... She always expected the worst...

- I do not want you to protect me Mirei... Because if you'd get hurt doing so I will feel horrible... And I can take care of myself... - Renee said, slowly turning away from the ultimate who still for some reason called her "sister". Renee still did not believe completely that the plant stayed with her not because of some vaunted need for protection or companionship, but because she cared...

- Now that you can protect yourself... What would you need me around for?

[Mirei]

"Yeah, you should've been there to see how I defeated that bad boy!"

More mature but still a bit too innocent to understand the true meaning behind Renee's words, Mirei insisted in how Renee's presence during the battle would've made things a lot better as she could've witnessed the amazing display of power the lillymon shown during the life or death battle against panjyamon.

"No, no, no, we have to protect each other all the time, and we are a family, we have to stay together until the end!"

The fairy digimon saw no reason to depart from the vixen only because she was a powerful digimon now, they were first a family and only at the end a protector and a protected one. She didn't want the renamon to depart and simply hugged her, expecting that display of sincere feelings to make her understand that the lillymon still wanted Renee to be her sister and continue living together with her and the golemon.

[Observer]

- Huh? - Renee, who was going to leave soon, only managed to gasp out before feeling two unusually strong hands wrapping around her neck from behind, ending in a lock somewhere at the level of her chest. It felt ... weird. Usually it was her who were wrapping her tails around the tiny frame of a digimon that was palmon, more for the latter's comfort than her own, but now she felt the tiny one as her head reached only the ultimate's chest. And ... it was actually a nice feeling, no wonder Palmon liked to be hugged so much. And then the fox felt something else ... it was ... lack of oxygen xD

- You're ... suffocating me... - she muffled, struggling to ease the grip on her neck, and, eventually, succeeding, her efforts rewarded with being allowed to get a breathe of air, but she did not continue to struggle out of it. It felt a bit ... comforting, and that word she used... Family? Yes, that was about right, that described into what the relationship had evolved. At the beginning maybe they sought each other's company, scared of being alone, but now...

- How have the tables turned it seems... Guess now it is your turn to be ... Big Sis. - she smirked a bit, still being embraced by the flowery digimon. - But don't let your power make you bold... It hurt me once, I do not wish you to repeat my mistake. You should learn to use it properly first...

[Mirei]

"Sorry <3"

The lillymon released a little the grip of her hug and giggled a little, she just evolved a few minutes ago and still wasn't used to her improved strength. It was a strange feeling, she was now both larger and stronger and somehow more mature mentally, but her feelings for Renee were still the same and saw on her the big sister she always wanted, so it was weird for her to be called the "big sis"

"Don't worry sis, I'm not going to do something like assaulting those hypnos baddies alone by myself or go out and punish bad digimon, I discovered how good evolution feels and I want to evolve more until I'm reaaaly strong enough to help anyone in troubles"

Being a lillymon was glorious, but there was one more evolution left before she could reach the pinnacle of her evolution, if she were to reach mega level she might stand a chance again those who are enemies of all that's good.

[Observer]

- Assaulting Hypnos baddies ... alone... - Renee repeated the words the cheerful flowery digimon said, slowly. She did not like how it sounded... At all. If she evolves further ... would she try it? No, she must not. Despite in a new form, the palmon was still a child, and a naive one too... The fox was ... well, mentally older, despite being probably much younger in physical age, and knew, that no matter size and power ... Hypnos was not an enemy that can be fought...

- Becoming even stronger won't help anyone... - the fox said as she escaped the flower digimon's embrace, and turning around to face her. There was such a big difference between them now, as if positions have reversed, but that was not entirely true - Renee was still more knowledgeable of the two, and she was able to see the bigger picture. And that ... was an unpleasant one... Sighing, the renamon sat on the log, staring to the ground, thoughts being heavy...

- This would is not your ... our place to stay... No matter how strong you or I will get. It is human world and they wish us to go away... - she sounded rather pessimistic, but it was the truth. They were aliens here, aliens that mostly brought chaos with them, the locals would never accept them, or her, even if she were one of their own creations. Renee came to that conclusion some time ago...

- That human... Larry, remember? You saw him once. He cares for me because we fought alongside each other for a long time... But he hates the rest of the digimon with a passion, and the rest of the people feel the same. I was made to protect this world from coming digimon ... but I know what my fate would be once this ... threat is dealt with... - she sighed out, thinking again. This whole deal ... with the refuge, the forest ... the hiding, it was all prolonging the inevitable. They could not hide forever.

- Sis... I think the only way to somehow help the situation ... is to find a way for you normal digimon to get back to your world... Else ... bad things will happen eventually...