Class Exhibition Match - Doubles [Carlos] [Job RV-B]

While it was admitedly somewhat odd for Carlos to receive a message coming from someone he was barely even acquainted with, (one asking him and his partners to help out with a combat class no less) his familiarity with the names mentioned in said message were enough to catch his attention. That and while he didn't know Owen personally he was aware of him thanks in no small part to Colin and the twins, so neither he nor his partners saw any reason to distrust the invitation.

Besides, any excuse to meet up with friends was a good one, so after Carlos replied to the Gaomon's message letting him know they were going, the trio were quick to make their way to the designated spot without a second of hesitation.

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A quick and uneventful travel through a digital portal later and the silver haired man accompanied by his partners had arrived to the outskirts of the forest town of Rosewood. Despite having known about the town for a good while now they had never actually seen it with their own eyes before.

The sight of the small but bustling town was certainly nothing to scoff at, clearly still in the process of growing and improving with every passing day, conversely making the forest that surrounded and protected it seem livelier as well. But that was not what the trio's eyes were drawn to, but rather other three familiar figures not too far from them.

"Oi!" Dio exclaimed out loud while waving to get the attention of the other three, as he got away from his own group and began quickly approaching them, Gio following closely behind. The ever so dignified (yet fairly casual in Bellamy's presence) "Dark Lord" extended his hand out for a handshake with the other imp. "Hmph, I hoped you guys would have learned by know that I expect a rolled up red carpet to receive every single one of my visits." He huffed with a smug smirk, before chuckling and adding with a significantly less smug, more friendly smile, "In all seriousness, it's been too long, Bells."

Meanwhile Gio, perhaps somewhat inspired by the fairly cordial tone his brother had with these strangers felt confident enough to approach even more and introduce himself. All the while showing everyone else that unlike his "older" brother he knew very little about restraint. The blackguilmon would then also extend his own clawed hand much like Dio had, but instead of hoping for a handshake, he'd instead give both the impmon and elecmon a couple of gentle pats over the head, smiling obliviously all the while.

"Hi! You guys must be his friends because Dio is never this nice! Not even with Carlos!" He said with a nod as if agreeing with his own statement. Dio however had to do his damnest not to facepalm there and then, insteady letting out a long sigh before speaking again.

"So yeah...t-this is Gio, I think you've heard of him already."

"I'm his twin!" The lizard added with a toothy grin, his tail wagging from side to side like that of an excited dog as he scooped up his brother, holding him close in a hug reminiscent of a kid carrying around a pet large teddy bear, much to Dio's continuous and very visible cagrin.

"You can tell that by their uncanny resemblance, I'm sure." Carlos said with a smile once he had caught up to them, giving both brothers a gentle pat, before looking back to the other three. "So how you guys been?"

"Yep! He was looking for me for the longest time too, right bro?" Gio said with a not, playfully placing his head on top of his brother's own head. It was clear he too was nothing short of ecstatic for having found a brother, even if just some months ago he didn't even know he had one! And as much as Dio wanted to keep it hidden from the other three (as if he still thought his Dark Lord charade was believable), it was clear he thought so too. With a tiny smile he'd pat the head of the goofy looking lizard, letting out a content sigh.

"That I did dummy. And we're not letting you go again."

As for Colin's reply of what they've been up to? Carlos shook his head before responding, "Can't say I blame your sister, that whole thing was a shit show honestly, I just got lucky and happened to be with the most pacifistic group of digimon ever, else things could have gone south fast."

Indeed it didn't seem to be the best time to be a tamer outside the digital world. "For what is worth, you guys seem like good fits to take care of AEGIS." He added with a reassuring smile and tone. Well, at least that's what he believed from what he had seen of Colin so far.

Soon enough someone else would join their conversation, none other than the Gaomon named Owen that had invited them here in the first place. It honestly came as a bit of a surprise for the Guilmon to meet another rookie around his same size, he was all too used to being taller than most. Though his friendly smile certainly didn't show any of that.

"Hi!" Gio greeted back at Owen, and was already extending his claw to give the newcomer a pet as well before he was stopped by his brother giving him a slap in the wrist and a glare.

"This isn't a petting zoo." He said under his breath, to which the black guilmon gave a pout, but otherwise didn't push his luck further. "Pleased to make your acquaintance, Owen."

The blue canine was quick to lay out what he expected from the four of them. A team oriented spar so the village kids could learn a thing or two. Seemed simple enough.

"We don't have a problem with it either." Dio agreed with Bellamy's words, giving a nod. Truth be told, there was a part of him that was rather looking forward to test his strenght against the other impmon, even if it was on a friendly spar, and for once it wasn't just to feed his ego, but rather out of some kind of respect he had for him. After all, he was the first digimon that had actually tried to befriend him despite his...less than friendly begginings, he had even risked his life for him before. What better way to prove to himself and the rest how much he had grown since that day than by fighting? It only made sense, at least in his head.

As for Gio? Well, it was no secret to even a casual onlooker just how full of energy the Black Guilmon was at all times, so it was only logical he was looking forward to spend it with a good brawl, regardless of who he had to take on, so he simply gave a thumbs up to the rest as a response. "Anything in particular we should focus on or should we just, as some say, "wing it"?" The imp then asked the gaomon, scratching his chin ponderously.

That would have to wait for a moment however, but on the plus side they would get to share a meal once again.

"Yay, lunch!" The lizard cheered happily at the mention of food, before suddenly stopping as his expression turned from delight to slight concern. "But uh...we didn't bring any food though..."

"...thanks Bells." Dio replied with a sincerity that was rather uncharacteristic of him. It was honestly refreshingly nice to have someone else that understood what he was going through, and who better than another twin digimon?

"Aww, you have such nice friends Dio." The guilmon said, nodding his head with a content smile as he gave his brother a vigorous head pat, his voice sounding almost proud of that fact, if not just a bit surprised. Perhaps even he was aware of how..."picky" his brother could be when it came to relationships, so it was nice to see even the so called Dark Lord could find friends at all.

"O-of course! The Dark Lord doesn't just befriend anyone, after all." Well, at least on the plus side Dio was technically complimenting Bellamy in his own odd way, since he clearly held that "honor" in very high esteem, and they all knew he wasn't one to go around befriending everyone either.

It was true that AEGIS and KIZNA had dealt with much of what went down during the Golden Week, and it was also true that Carlos had been there at that moment. That said he couldn't help but to shake his head a bit before giving teen a self deprecating smile and continuing again.

"I mean I didn't do that much, it was mostly these two and the other tamers and digimons that did tbe majority of the heavy lifting. If anything I was there for moral support in a way."
He wasn't being humble either, his biggest contrivution to that situation had been...bringing the twins along to help and giving his "niece" some needed encouragement.

"I can do that." Dio simply retorted to the Gaomon with a nod. Looking after his brother was something he already had to do on a daily basis, doing the same during a fight would logically prove to be just as easy, right?

"Sounds good to us! Lead the way." The silver haired man nodded at Colin, as eager to get something to eat as he was to simply spend some quality time between the six of them.