Finding Our Way Home (Kohaku)

"Well, we did severely injure him last time we saw him," Kaya said when Haru explained what the Buraimon had been doing up to that point. "And I don't just mean the eye thing, he was hurt pretty bad afterwards too. Maybe he's still healing from after all that... still, it was a three on one fight it seemed like, so maybe us showing up like that wasn't even needed after all."

Hawkeye staggered a bit when his compliment towards Gabumon wasn't met with the reaction he was expecting. He even went as far as to say he'd work harder to be a trickster like Haru and Natsu. "I don't think that's necessary, Gabumon," Hawkeye said, waving his wings at the wolf lizard. What was he gonna say to him now...? "Because, er... they like you because you're not a trickster like them." The poor Hawkmon looked over at the twins for assistance on this.

As for Kohaku's apology, that was met with Natsu lecturing him on how that entire situation was not under his control, how the twins knew the dangers when they invited him and his sister in. Kohaku could feel his eyes start to tear up when Haru walked up to him and patted him on the head. This was... new for him, from anyone outside of his own grandfather. "My sister and I will never forget the kindness you showed us today," Kohaku said with a smile, "and we're going to pay it back somehow."

After Kohaku had gone and excused himself to go get his sister, Haru went over to Kaya to tell her to not take no as an answer from those kids. "I wasn't planning on it... I asked them before, and they said no. And look where that's lead them. We'll bring them to Vander Tower by force if we have to." Kaya was impressed by how Haru admitted her own faults like that though. "...and did you just call my partner 'Hawkie'?"

While Kaya and Hawkeye watched and laughed at the twins' back-and-forth involving cars and speeding tickets, Kohaku came back... but he came back alone? He didn't seem sad or anything though... in fact he looked super giddy. "Everybody, I want to re-introduce my sister... Ruri, come on out now. Don't be shy."

From behind the cabin came not a Yokomon like they had been familiar with, but a pretty looking Biyomon, holding one wing with the other as she walked up beside her brother. She looked over at the probably stunned group and smiled. "I Digivolved while I was in the outhouse," Ruri admitted. "...well, it was more of a luxury bathhouse, now that I think about it! You should've seen my brother's face when he opened the door."

The fact that Kohaku had a light tint of pink on his cheeks made it clear that he was definitely pretty surprised like Ruri said.

"Hm, hopefully he won't come back then," Kaya said, crossing her arms. The twins might've had an easy time with him, but the time she spent with this Buraimon was one of the scariest and most traumatic moments of her life. When Haru mentioned the door, her eyes widened in disbelief. "Gaomon did that?! Wow..."

Things weren't going as smoothly with Garurumon as Hawkeye was hoping. He said he wanted to be more like Haru and Natsu, and even believed that they wouldn't like him if he changed like that. Hawkeye sighed when it was clear that the twin girls weren't going to help him out with this one. "That wasn't what I meant at all, Garurumon... words aren't quite my strong suit, as you can plainly see."

"Hawkie" rolls off the tongue easier? "I dunno, I'm used to just calling him by his full name. Hawkeye doesn't really like cutesy nicknames like that anyways, so it's just easier for me to call him by his name." Haru did have a point though... "Hawkeye" could be a bit of a mouthful sometimes.

And now Kohaku and Ruri were back, with Ruri having evolved into her Rookie form. Garurumon was the first to share his congratulations to her. "Thanks, Garurumon," she said to the big doggie with a smile. A smile that vanished as soon as Haru said her piece. "What do you mean? Do I seriously look fat, brother?" she asked, not understanding that it was merely a joke.

"Of course, you don't, honest!" Kohaku said, giving a quick glare to Haru before continuing, "trust me, you're nowhere close to being as big as I am!" The Falcomon patted his belly for emphasis. That somewhat calmed Ruri down, so no further problems would come from that... hopefully.

After Gaomon froze once again from the gash in his chest, Ruri decided to try something. She walked up to the Gaomon and held her wing above his chest, the wing glowing with a light green magic energy. Before Gaomon knew it, the wound would be fully healed like magic. "...aaaaand there we go! How does that feel, Mr. Gaomon?"

"Extraordinary... a Biyomon with an affinity for healing..." Hawkeye gasped.

"Aha, I will keep that in mind..." Hawkeye said to Garurumon and just left it at that. He felt it a bit of a blow to his pride to learn how to talk from Haru and Natsu of all people, especially Haru. Though Garurumon did have a point, Haru WAS good at talking...

Nicknames were about the people giving the nickname? Kaya never thought of it that way before. Haru compared it to her and Natsu not needing to use their full names as, in her words, their beauty was clearly visible. Kaya laughed a bit in response. "Well, actually, someone really special to him gave him that name. Someone who's... you know... so out of respect, I think I'll just stick to calling him Hawkeye. You understand, right?"

Ruri was glad to hear that her healing magic had worked, as Gaomon was able to touch his chest without feeling any pain, so she smiled at the blue doggo in response. A smile that faded when Gaomon expressed that he couldn't train his pain tolerance anymore. Thankfully Natsu was able to remind him to be grateful to Ruri, apologizing and thanking the Biyomon for her help. "It's no biggie! Tell me that it wasn't my dad that did that to you... because I'm sorry if it was." The others appeared to be impressed by Ruri's healing abilities at least, with Haru asking if it could possibly work on doors. "Um, I think it only works on living things, I'm sorry..."

After Garurumon and Gaomon had a back and forth over whether or not the latter gets hurt a lot, Kohaku's stomach growled. With all the craziness that had been happening, he had completely forgotten that he was starving. "Ah...!" Kohaku gasped, his cheeks turning a bright pink as he held his belly. "Sorry about that..." Kaya, Hawkeye and Ruri all couldn't help but laugh at the poor Falcomon's misfortune.

"Don't worry, Kohaku. It happens to Hawkeye all the time!"

"It does not," Hawkeye retorted, his own cheeks turning pink from being called out like that.

"It's probably time for us to get going anyways," Kaya said, before she looked over at Kohaku and Ruri. "We're gonna come back later to pick you guys up and bring you back to Vander Tower. And no, refusing isn't an option this time."

"Wait, don't you two wanna stay for dinner? They said it was gonna be a big one with a friend who cancelled on them at the last minute!"

"Oh, really now?" Kaya said with a smirk as she crossed her arms, looking at the twins as she awaited their answer.