A Friend in Me [Spire] (Before/During Dark Intent)

Two others were present in Terminus City that day, although present in a way that they weren't normally. One was a strange kind of Impmon, who was covered in cat-like purple and white fur, who was wearing a blue polo shirt in addition to his red scarf and gloves. And the other was a Gazimon, two inches taller, wearing a light red tank top. Also unique about the Gazimon was that she had the same emerald-green eyes as the Impmon, which was different from the usual ruby-red that Gazimon tended to have.

"Hey, dad..." the Gazimon spoke as they waited in line for some seafood for lunch. "I just wanna say, well, thanks for spendin' time with me. I really appreciate it"

"Eh, no problem, Gaz" the Impmon replied. Even though spending time away from his twin brother and his partner Colin made him a little weak and vulnerable, still, he wanted to be a good parent to his daughter. He'd do the same with Finn, just his other child wasn't around at this moment in time - on an adventure with Marshal and Coronamon. But still, he was glad to be here with family. He smiled as he looked at Gaz's face, her green eyes reminding her of his fiance, and the fact that she was made from them sharing their data was always a feeling of delight for him.

"Hey, I was wonderin'..." Gaz continued. "Do you think you could buy me a holosuit maybe?"

"...why do you wanna get a holosuit?" Bellamy asked curiously.

"Because I wanna pretend to be a human so much" Gaz said, rolling her eyes. "Well, because I wanna go to Earth sometime too, y'know?"

"Oh, Gaz..." Bellamy sighed, shaking his head. "Y'know it'd be nice if you said nice things without askin' for somethin' immediately after"

"Oh, dad, please, Tokyo sounds like an awesome place!" Gaz continued. "All those flashy lights and that human food and gettin' to see all those sights" she accidentally brushed her paw against a Renamon standing in front of her as she waved them around to emphasize her feelings. She realized this and turned around "Ah, sorry about that, pal" she apologized, then turned back to her father. "And that it's all on another world too... just a train trip away, it sounds awesome! All I'd need is some crummy holosuit"

"But Gaz, you don't know how to act around humans yet" Bellamy pointed out. The Gazimon nodded with a sigh, but immediately had an idea.

"Could you teach me?" she asked eagerly. Bellamy gave a sigh, supposing it wasn't unreasonable.

"Okay, we will. Me, Colin and Luke will try and give you the basics on Daedalus tonight" Bellamy answered. He then frowned at the line ahead. "Is this line movin' at all? Yeesh, it's goin' pretty slow" he commented.

Bellamy noted that the Renamon seemed curious about him. And, honestly, he was used to this. Since his data got mixed with his brother's, it was hard not to stand out as a furry Impmon with a white underbelly. But he never really got angry about it, it was the good thing to not judge natural curiosity as rudeness.

Still, he didn't respond until the Renamon addressed them directly. While he was a little taken aback by the random conversation, he saw that the Renamon was being nice and was going through the effort to make this a nice talk. Because of that, Bellamy and Gaz paid attention to him patiently.

"Oh wow, you have a family too?" Gaz asked, interested. "I... honestly haven't met another digimon with parents like I do. Although you mentioned a dad and a mom, so, that's kinda interesting. I have two dads myself, and a brother".

Bellamy heard a library being mentioned so he was curious about that. "Ah, you're with the Digital Field Club?" he asked, having heard about them from Dio and Carlos. So, if confirmed, that would make the Impmon relaxed about this guy.

The Renamon, named Siris, seemed to be concerned that he wasn't appropriately dressed for this setting. "Ah, not at all, just we like havin' clothes to distinguish ourselves, y'know?"

"Yeah... we just kinda like how the humans wear clothes, so we kinda do the same" Gaz admitted. Being able to dress in whatever color she wanted, having pockets if she chose, it was nice. Unfortunately, having a tail and long claws on their feet meant that they couldn't comfortably wear trousers, so they settled for halfway.

Siris seemed nervous about speaking to them and seemed to back off. But so far he had been nothing but kind to them and neither Bellamy or Gaz wanted to make him feel like he had been annoying them. "Oh nah, that's fine, pal, as long as we're in this line we're happy to talk" Gaz said, smiling. "You mentioned Syre, she's your sister, right? What's she like?". Gaz was kinda eager to have a sister of her own too. Finn was cool and all as her brother, but, she felt sometimes that their interests didn't align, so it was hard to find ways to bond with him. But, she also liked how nice Siris seemed to be.

Bellamy remained silent for a bit. He supposed that since Gaz was young and Siris also seemed to be young he might let them have the chance to talk for a bit.

Both Bellamy and Gaz couldn't quite say if they had ever met a Mikemon before. But, Bellamy had indeed met K before. "Oh yeah, K, we met her in the Northern Caverns" he said. "And at the control spire in the Jungle... yeah, your mom's a really tough digimon, Siris, I gotta say".

"The Jungle, yeah..." Gaz added, a little downhearted that she had been too weak to be of any assistance to her father there. But, at least she was glad that their parents might somehow know each other.

Gaz then giggled a little at how delighted Siris seemed to be about having a sister. Wagging his tail like that, it was so cute! Of course she didn't say that out loud.

Siris then asked if they lived in Terminus. Gaz shook her head. "Nope, we mostly live on an island off Whitewater" she answered. "At least I do. Dad lives with his human partner on the human world".

"Yeah, that's pretty much right" Bellamy said, shrugging. "We visit the digital world a lot though so we can keep up with things".

By now the line had moved so that they were next at the fish market. Bellamy and Gaz gave signals to Siris that he was free to make his order first. Maybe they could talk a little more after their purchases?

The more they talked, the more Bellamy and Gaz were starting to like this Renamon. He seemed very sweet, which seemed like something of a rarity in the digital world, and deep down, Gaz was starting to find him kinda cute, not that she'd say that out loud.

Siris then asked what the human world was like. Bellamy wondered how he would describe it in simple terms. "Honestly? Kinda cluttered, but full of loads of stuff to see and do" he said. "Also the rules are a lot tighter there, but, as long as ya have a holosuit and know how humans normally behave you'll usually be left alone".

Gaz turned her giggle into a cough very quickly as Siris almost stumbled when he realized it was his turn. Bellamy caught on to it though, so the Impmon would likely let her chat to him a bit more if she wanted. Then after he made his order, Bellamy and Gaz made theirs.

"Let's have... two salmon fillets, one smoked and one fresh, half a dozen oysters, and... ah to heck with it, two lobster tails, thanks! Ah, and we'll pay extra for a cooler bag"

A little extravagant, but both father and daughter loved their seafood, and they looked forward to the meal tonight. With the cooler bag, they would stay fresh as they walked around the city too.

Bellamy took the bag while Gaz returned to talk to Siris some more. "Nah, dad lives in a place called "Shibooya", and he comes and goes with his partner and brother by Trailmon" the Gazimon explained, her long tufted tail swaying a little.

"Well, uh, the country's called Japan, Shibuya's a part of the main city of it" Bellamy said. "At least I think?" the Impmon didn't know enough facts to point out that it wasn't the human world capital. But as far as he was concerned, it was big enough to be.

"So then, we headin' in the same direction?" Gaz asked curiously, wondering where Siris intended to go from here. If they were moving in a similar direction she didn't mind talking a bit more.

Gaz and Bellamy were somewhat surprised to hear that Siris was in fact lost. "Seriously? Oh man..." the Gazimon sighed, putting a paw to her forehead as she wondered how to solve this conundrum. Well, she supposed she'd best make the offer sooner than later. "So, fish turns rotten really quickly if it ain't frozen, so, if ya want, you can put your stuff in our cooler bag" she said, offering its usage to him. That way, even if it took a while for them to find where Siris was staying, at least the food for him and his sister would remain fresh.

Given that they had no idea where to go from here, Gaz and Bellamy made their way to the center of Terminus City, hoping that from here, Siris might be able to get his bearings. However, there was something in the distance that caught Gaz's attention. Was that a... gaming arcade? Oh man, she had always wanted to play in one of those, but, she had never really found someone she'd like to play with. But, today, here she was with a recently met acquaintance. While Siris did mention he was out here to get food for his sister, Gaz wondered if they could spare a little while to just... forget about their current responsibilities and just play a little together?

Their food was safe in the cooler bag, and she felt confident her dad was looking out for them. So, supposing she might as well ask, Gaz turned to the Renamon and posed the question.

"So, hey, uh, even though you might be lost for the moment, do you... maybe... wanna play some games for a bit in the arcade?" she asked. She immediately felt a little bad for possibly exploiting a vulnerable situation, but, at the same time, she hadn't had the opportunity to ask anyone else this before, so, if he accepted, she would be pretty happy about that.

Gaz smiled back at Siris when it turned out her offer to share their cooler bag solved a problem. "Okay then! Let's just make sure they're properly packed..." it would suck to have their ingredients and flavors mix without them knowing after all.

Following that, they moved to the middle of the city. But, sadly, Siris still couldn't remember what direction to go in. Then when Gaz asked whether he wanted to go to the arcade, even Bellamy thought that was initially a little selfish, especially when it was kind of a serious problem, well, he could see where his daughter was coming from, they could either run around the city with futility for a while, or they could stop, relax a little, then regain their bearings. So in the end he said nothing after Gaz's offer.

"An arcade is a place where ya can go and play games, kinda distract yourself from problems around the world in the meantime" she explained. After he figured out what she was talking about, seemed that he asked for Bellamy's opinion on all this.

"Well, to be honest, I reckon it might help" Bellamy admitted. "We can either run around in circles panicking or relax a bit, regain our bearings, then hopefully remember where to go after we're finished, maybe?"

Gaz squealed with delight internally at her dad for saying that. This meant that she could finally have a bit of fun with a digimon just like her - young and with parents.

"Okay, Siris, what kinda game do you wanna play?" she asked, eagerly. "There's Puzzles, Fighters, Adventures, Etcetera!"

"Just make sure ya don't pick somethin' that goes on too long" Bellamy advised. But he'd take a seat in view of wherever they would choose to go, making sure that the cooler bag remained cool.