Clever Title [Kiyoshi/Sundorklands]

"Bro, come on, get down from there."

Sometimes, Elliot felt like the mature one of the two brothers. He also felt like Isaac was starting to like being Gargoylemon a little bit too much. As he leaned back a little and craned his neck towards the sky, watching Isaac circle above the city like a buzzard, he realized that this was just one of those days. "By the time you stop flying around all the ice cream stores are gonna close, anyway."

Isaac was too high in the air to really listen, but he got the sense that that tiny speck of person staring holes through him right now was a somewhat irritated brother. After doing a few more circles he descended down to Elliot's side, sticking the landing perfectly. "What? I had to peep down on the lines from above. Remember how we scored the last spot at that crowded-as-heck steak place? This is gonna be no different, I'm sure of it."

"Okay, yeah, that was pretty convenient," Elliot admitted. "But I swear, you've been changing forms way too much lately. I'm worried you're gonna slip up and start flying to school someday."

"What's not to love? I'm quick. I'm tough. I look like a total badass. And I can fly! Hell, you should use yours more often, too."

"Don't you ever worry you'll lose control? Beast spirits have one heck of a kick to them."

"I dunno. Maybe you'd have better control over Gargoylemon if you gave it more of a workout, too."

"I guess. But can you at least turn back now? I'd at least like to get ice cream with my bro, not with this big old dragon."

"Aw, you're no fun." Devidramon reduced back down to Isaac, and soon the two brothers started making their way to get some ice cream.

Isaac and Elliot blinked as DemiAngewomon pointed at them, saying that she knew them. They shot each other matching looks, as if asking each other 'she does?' However, with all of the certainty she had in her statement, it seemed weird to doubt her. And then when her brother came down as well, acknowledging them with a simple "Oh, hello again," all of the evidence was stacking up in favor of them knowing the angels before. But how the heck did that even work? They weren't that forgetful, right?

Wait. This was Digimon. Obviously they evolved! But who did they know that had angel Digimon?

The answer came running up to them, worried about his partners abandoning him and holding an ice cream as well. It was Kiyoshi! The brothers smiled in recognition, realizing that these must have been his previously-monotone partners. Wow, it had really been a while, hadn't it? The last they'd seen him, he was just kind of wandering around on his own in the Dark Area. This was a way safer circumstance to see him in!

"Hey there, Kiyoshi. Its been a while! How's it going?"

"And hey, you're his partners, right? Almost didn't recognize you there! Wow, look at how tall you guys got!" If they kept growing like that, soon they'd be taller than Isaac!

Too mean? Okay.

Those two blips were flashing awfully far away from Terminus. Isaac didn't even know how far they were going, but he had a bad feeling it wouldn't be anyplace safe. "Uh-huh," he said, looking curiously at the Digivice. It couldn't possibly be pointing in the direction he thought it was, could it? " Where's it pointing? If you'd like a hand hunting for 'em, my bro and I are always up for an adventure." That's true. After all, the last time they found this kid, they were already on an adventure! They were walking through the . . .

If this was going where Isaac thought he was, there would be a lot of screaming. Internal screaming, at least.

Elliot, meanwhile, looked curiously as DemiAngewomon gave him the evil eye. He waved somewhat shyly, as if wondering if she got the memo that they were all friends here. Thankfully, DemiAngemon stepped in to set to set things right a bit. "No worries," Elliot said, smiling warmly. "You wouldn't believe it, but so's my big bro. When he gets mad its like, wow, look out!" He laughed at his attempt at trying to put Isaac's anger into words. Words that didn't include 'Vegeta,' at least, because he was fairly certain a bunch of up-until-recently newborn Digimon hadn't seen humanity's magnum opus Dragon Ball Z before. "So, what've you guys been up to lately?"

Isaac freaking knew it. Of course it was the Dark Area. Why would he ever assume otherwise? That'd make things too easy. He heavily considered just telling Kiyoshi it wouldn't be worth it. There was no way whatever minor power up they could pull out of an egg would be worth all of the danger and risk it involved. There was far too much danger, far too many threats, far too many harmful elements. They were lucky nothing bad happened the last time, but going back a second time was basically asking for trouble. He was all prepared to refuse.

Then he realized it was Kiyoshi he was talking to. He sighed, muttering a "Darnit" under his breath. "Had a bad feeling you were gonna say that. Well, that's all the more reason for us to come with you. It was dangerous enough leaving the Dark Area, but entering it's basically asking for trouble. So be careful and stick by us at all times, okay? One wrong step could go really bad over there, so all of us need to be keeping a sharp eye out.

Anything else you'd want to wrap up before we head over there?"

While Isaac worked on guiding their mission, Elliot smiled happily at DemiAngemon. "Oh, that's really cool! Glad Kiyoshi's starting with the most important stuff first," Elliot said. It's true! Video games were absolutely essential. Elliot had practically been brought up on the things. And candy? Oh, a childhood without candy was the worst! Seemed Kiyoshi knew a thing or two about suddenly being drafted into big brotherhood. "Things're going good with us. Just the usual. Exploring, schoolwork, getting used to living in Japan. Oh, except Isaac's been having way too much fun with the dragon spirit we found a few days ago. I swear, one of these days he's just gonna use the darn thing in the human world and blow our cover.

Oh! How've you guys been liking the human world, speaking of?"

Isaac couldn't help but grin a little at that much praising. He wasn't the vain sort, but nobody would've been able to ignore that much appreciation. "Aw, thanks, Yoshi," Isaac said. "You're pretty cool yourself, y'know. Anyway, we're happy to give you a hand. We might not know the Dark Area as much as most of the Digital World, but we've still been around there a few times. Hopefully, this isn't gonna be too big of as problem." Unfortunately, that was a sentence that seemed to practically invite trouble. Lets hope Isaac's unconscious jinxing wouldn't come back to bite him in the butt.

Elliot grinned bashfully at DemiAngemon's complement. "Heh. We try our best," he said, blushing a little. "It hasn't been the easiest, but the more we've practiced it the better it gets. Did you know Isaac's trying to pick up three of them? He keeps trying to get ASL under his belt too. Wish he'd focus on Japanese for class, but hey, at least he's learning!"

At the mention of them being special, Elliot paused a little. "You think? I mean, as far as I know, we just kinda . . . found them. But I guess you're right, in the we would've been rejected big-time if we weren't the right fit for the spirits. Well, if we're special, then we're just gonna keep doing what we can to live up to that specialness, he concluded.

The mention of the human world saddened him slightly, if only because it must've really sucked always having to be out of sight. "Right. I forgot about that . . . " he said, a bit worried that bringing it up to DemiAngemon might've saddened him a bit. "Maybe you could borrow some clothes from him and pretend to be humans? I mean, you guys look the part way better than a lot of other Digimon, right?"