Away From home [Alexa]

Data closed his eyes and let the Aura do it's work. His petty wounds healed, and he felt much less exhausted than before. This would make getting to Alexa's home much easier.

"Well, if you could teach me, that'd be swell, actually," Data said, opening his eyes. He flapped his wings to see how things were. "Wow, that really helped me out. Thanks a bunch. Uh, sorry for thinking you were going to stab my tamer earlier. Well, I mean, you did, but... never mind," Data said, getting flustered. Apologies were hard.

Alexa giggled at Data's fluster, then again at K's stomach growling. Once more they heard the sirens. Okay, enough dilly-dalying. "This way," Alexa said, picking up her bags and then ushering K and Data to a side road. They moved away just in time - the police were starting to swarm the area. A few had already gotten out of their cars and were searching the jewelry store with their flashlights.

The walk was only about 5 minutes, as Alexa had said. She brought K and Data to another quite square with old, ornate buildings. Alexa pointed out a more-modern looking building that was still no less grand than the surrounding buildings.

"I'm in the dorms here. We'll go in in just a second. So... what kind of food are you in the mood for?" Alexa asked as she looked through her bag for her dorm keys. Data took a quick flight around the building.

"Nice place," Data said. Alexa nodded and blushed. She didn't exactly like showing anyone the fancy dorm rooms, but Data would be living with her so he had to know, and she couldn't just leave K alone in the streets. "Oh, by the way, K, you got hit a few times too. Are you okay?" Asked Data.

"However long it takes - I should learn. I bet it'll be an important thing to learn in the future. But, uh, we can work on that a different time. Food calls. Anyway, glad you'll be okay. I know we've said it 100 times, but you saved out butts."

Data did wonder why his tamer was so fast to trust K. If things had gone wrong - well, it wouldn't have been good. Maybe she was a bit too naive. Some time in the real world, whether digital or human, would fix that up quick.

"That's fair. Well there's a wonderful Sushi place nearby. Let me take you to my room and I'll go order it online. Oh, let me see if the lobby's empty."

Alexa darted ahead to look into the windows to the building. No one was there. Sometimes there was a guard, but it seemed that they didn't work this time of night. Alright, this was perfect.

"Come on in."

She opened the door. Inside was a fairly average lounge area. There were some magazines and some vending machines. There was some nice art on the wall. Alexa opened the stairwell and motioned for K and Data to follow. Alexa's room was ne floor up. She opened the door to a very large room, probably larger than a student really needed. It was a studio, with a kitchen attached. Everything looked modern. There was a large bed on one side, and a desk with a very expensive looking computer. There was also a nice sized couch facing a large TV.

Alexa put the bags down near the closet. Now she had some digital world things to help decorate the room. That came later.

As Alexa turned on the computer, Data dived-bombed into the bed.

"Holy cow this is so comfortable. Now this is living."

"I'm guessing you didn't have a place like this, Data?" Alexa asked.

Data shook his head.

"The digital world isn't that advanced. Well, not that advanced besides Terminus. Right, K?"

"Pefect. What kind of rolls do you want? Or do you want ramen? Udon? This place has a lot," Alexa explained. One of the first things she did when she arrived was to find good delivery places in the area. It was essential.

"You run an inn in the digital world?" Okay, the sushi could be put on hold for a moment. "What's the like? Well, besides this. Are digimon good customers? Er, sorry if that's offensive, I just... there's a lot I don't know," Alexa admitted.

"Of course we have inns. Where else would we stay?" Data said. "Come on kid, we aren't a different species... well, we are. But except for all the battles, we have a pretty similar culture to humans. We were created from their data, after all."

"I know that. It's just... no fire? But on the other hand Terminus city had advanced beyond the human world, it seems. Disarming is a very good way to put it, K," Alexa said.

"Oh, also, I want a Kappa Maki and Tonkatsu ramen," Data said.

"Alright. Oh K, please get whatever you want. It's my treat," Alexa explained while typing in Data's order.

Alexa's eyes widened. Was K about to say hundred? No, it was only a decade. Okay, still impressive though. Alexa could barely commit to things for a few days. If she ran an inn, it'd be on fire by the second day certainly.

"I can only imagine the stories you have. Oh, what's a canton?" Alexa asked, while putting in K's order. "Finished. It'll be about 20 minutes." Alexa turned her chair towards the couch. "Hope you don't mind green tea. Anyway, caves do not sound very comfortable. But if we need to stay awhile in the digital world, we've love to spend some time in your inn."

"Maybe we can get the friend discount," Data added, cheekily. Then he got a more serious look. "Will the Inn be okay with you gone?"

Alexa god up from the computer chair and rushed over the K's side. The digimon wasn't looking as well as she had before. "Headache?" Alexa asked. She'd put her head on her hands like that before. Alexa thankfully didn't have migraines or anything, but she'd experienced a wicked stress headache in her time. "I have some medicine for headaches. I mean, I don't know how it will effect a digimon, but it's there if you need it."

"Some peppermint tea could also help," Data suggested. Alexa looked over to Data. Since when did he know about tea and home remedies? HE was right though - peppermint did tend to relax the muscles and have a calming effect that sometimes helped headaches.

"I'll put a pot on," Alexa said, rising up again to get her tea and electric kettle.

"I guess he lost his arm as a merc? Interesting," Data said. It said something about Canton's character, too. Data had head that a digimon could possibly regrow parts of themselves lost if they absorbed data. If the rumors were true, it meant Canton wasn't one to kill innocents, even as a merc.

Data did droop a little, being denied a discount. Still, K's reasoning was sound.

"Well, if you're not needed at the Inn right away, that means you can stay here for a bit, at least for dinner. And heck, if you don't feel like going home right away, you can stay over night on the couch," Alexa offered.

Data did feel a bit weird about it. It was his first day with his tamer, shouldn't she spend her time with him instead? Still, it was the polite thing to do.

"Hey, do you know how to get home, anyway?" Data asked.

Alexa gave a quick nod and ut the teapot down to get some medicine. She got some extra strength stuff and handed it to K along with a glass of water. She then went over to put the tea together. She handed a cup to K and she put one down for Data. Data blew on his to cool it down some. Alexa was starting to feel worried - K was frowning now. She hoped none of this was due to the battle before.

Alexa listened to K talk about Canton. She could only imagine what it must be like to lose an arm.

"There are artificial arms you can buy in terminus city, I think." Data said, taking a slow sip of tea. He chuckled at K's remark. "Sorry about that. I can be a bit serious sometimes."

"You're no bother, don't worry," Alexa said. " Well, at least you know how you got here. To get back to the digital world, you either have to take a trailmon from the main station back, or jump in a certain spot in the river. I'd recommend the trailmon instead. We can help get you back."