Get On With It

The sound of a guitar playing from outside slowly brought Justice back from the dead of sleep. He started to slowly wiggle and stretch within his cosy, warm, haven that is his bed. As parts of his body were gradually turning on, he realized that he was being snuggled by two of his Digimon--Veemon and Gumdramon-- who were still softly asleep. It had been a few days since he was partnered with the two of them and they have been quite a handful. He glanced at the alarm clock, which said 1:13 pm. He didn't have class for the next three days as his professor came down with the flu and was bed-ridden, so Justice saw this as a much needed break from assignments.

Getting out of bed, making sure to not disturb the two, and rubbing his eyes, Justice open the screen to the balcony. He could feel the morning breeze lightly dancing on his face and the bright sun stinging his eyes. The guitar that was being played became much louder as he step outside. He spotted a young man playing the guitar a few houses from hear. Thinking that the song he was playing was relaxing, Justice kept the balcony screen half-way open as prepared to get his day started, and by that he means waking the two lazy birds up.

Justice slowly walk to the two sibling Digimon that were still deep asleep on his bed. Veemon, the small blue dragon Digimon, was sprawled out like the textbooks on his desk, while Gumdramon, the small purple dragon Digimon, was tucked inside the blanket, with only the top of his head visible. Veemon  was usually the ones to wake up before him and his younger brother, so it was kind of odd for him especially to be asleep for so long. He started to softly shake the two up, only greeted with no response. He then turned on the alarm on his phone, still no response.

"Dang these two are knocked out cold," he said. He eventually gave up and went into the bathroom and took a shower. They'll wake up eventually when I start to cook some late breakfast, he thought to himself as he closed the bathroom door.


As he closed the bathroom door, Gumdramon's eyes quickly fluttered open and flung the covers over his head. He glanced at the other side of the hallway to make sure that his new human partner was in the shower. "Heh, I can't believe he feel for it," he said. He went over to his brother and shook him awake, who started to respond slowly . "Mmm five more minutes", Veemon sleeply said. Gumdramon sigh and used his tail to hit his brother upside the head. Veemon let out a quick yelp, but was silence when the purple dragon put his hand on his mouth, trying to make sure that their human partner didn't hear them in the other room. "Shhh, you want him to hear us?" He then pointed to the balcony that was still opened. "I think it's time we do a little bit of exploring don't ya think?" "Yeah, but don't ya think Justice will find out when he gets out," he said. Gumdramon scoffed at the comment, he wasn't gonna let some human, especially his partner boss him around.

He jumped out of the bed and walked up to the balcony railing. "Hmph, stay here if you want. I wanna see what the human world is like." Gumdramon jumped on the rooftop and was off. Veemon didn't had time to think whether or not he should leave and followed his younger brother. "Hey wait up!" 

The two Digimon were jumping from rooftop to rooftop, exploring the Residential District. While Gumdramon was enjoying himself, Veemon was still unsure if leaving Justice without telling them where they were going was the right thing. "Um, bro I think we should start heading back now, Justice could be done in the shower any minute." The younger brother turned towards him with distain on his face. "Tch, he'll be fine without us for a little while," he said. "Besides, he'll probably just go right back to that...schoolwork that humans do." He crossed his arms "I think he cares more about something as mundane than us anyway. 

Veemon responded by stomping his foot down, which caused a few shingles from the roof of the house they were on to fall on ground. He gave his younger brother an angry glare that pierce through him like dagger. "We're going back, now." He grabbed his arm, only for Gumdramon to quickly release his grip.


"What's your problem," Gumdramon asked.  He was partly amused and partly irritated. After all, doesn't think he's doing anything wrong; Veemon was the one acting like a buzz kill, in his opinion.


Veemon gave his brother a sidelong glance as he curled his fingers into a fist. "I don't like your irresponsible attitude, you've been acting like that since we first came to the Human World. Is it Justice?"

Gumdramon tilted an eyebrow. "So what if it is?"

"Don't be so stupid," Veemon snapped. "He hasn't done anything to you. You have no reason to think like that towards him.

Gumdramon stalked up to his older brother, putting his face in his. "I do, because you're so fine with this whole thing aren't you? You just like kissing the ass of a human that we've only known for a few days."

"The hell you just say?" Veemon yelled, butting his head to Gumdramon, who also returned the heat butt right back. The two brothers were seconds away from punching each other in the face. Before one of them could make the first move, the sound of upbeat music playing a few houses down from Justice's filled the silent neighborhood. Curious on where the sound was coming from, the two brothers gave an angry glance at one another being silently deciding to investigate it.

Veemon pondered as to why his brother was in such a foul mood as they followed to source of the music, but separately. Gumdramon was jumping between house on the adjacent block while he was at the other. He didn't know why his brother thought ill towards Justice. The human has done nothing bad to them since they've first met. In fact, he's been a very great person, despite all three's first meeting being sour.


As they were nearing the source of the mysterious sound, Veemon made a detour back to the house to see if Justice has noticed they were gone. He landed on the rooftop and lean to peak at the bathroom window. He scrunched his eyes up tight, and rubbed the window. The window was fogged up so he barely see anything, so he assumed that Justice was still in the shower. "Thank goodness that humans take a while to wash themselves," he says as he leaves the rooftop. 

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Gumdramon sighed and kicked a T.V. dish off the roof of a nearby house he was jumping on, he didn't think he said anything bad. He always spoke what was on his mind, so why should his feelings towards the human be any different. Before he could think any further, his nose picked up something. He stopped traversing to try and make it up. It was a familiar smell, not like the aromas here in the Human world. "I smell a Digimon nearby!" He exclaims, continuing to smell where it was coming from. 

Veemon caught up to Gumdramon and landed right next to him, picking up the familiar scent as well. "You smell it too?" he asks. "Yeah, it's nearby, I'm sure of it" The two didn't look at each other since they were still upset with one another. 

Suddenly, a bright light appeared in their peripheral vision. They saw a human being flung over by it, probably the one that was making that strange noise they were hearing when they came back here.

"I think the Digimon is there." Gumdramon said as he pointed to it. They both jumped to the house next to where the human was at, staking out and making sure they were hidden from view.
 

"Upamon?" Gumdramon whispered, trying to keep a low profile so that the human and the mysterious In-Training Digimon wouldn't detect them. He turned his eyes at the human to inspect him. "He must be a Digidestined like Justice," said Veemon 


Gumdramon turned his head in question. "Hmph, well unlike Specs, he dude looks more like a thug with that bandana on his face if you ask me."

Veemon shoved his arm at him in response, nudging him back a bit. "What did I say about that big mouth of yours?" "And what did I say about you minding your own business about what I think?" Gumdramon said as he returned the shove back.

The two then started to shove each other, back and forth on the rooftop. The shoving, as quick as it started, turned into  wrestling. The noise of their skirmish now being easily heard from the ground below. The brothers didn't notice that their fight was driving them closer to the edge of the roof. But just as they realized it, they went sent falling below the bushes.  

The two brothers slowly recovered from being discombobulated from that height. It wasn't nothing that they can't handle, but the fall for them was surprisingly nonetheless. But as soon as they got up to try and make a quick get-away, Upamon was calling for them in their direction. So much for stealth.

"Uhh, nobody's here," said Veemon "I'm just a friendly neighborhood bush, you know. Aww man I love water, soil, and  sunlight and stuff." Gumdramon rolled eyes as he was still laying upside down. As much as he wanted to say something, now was not the time. Even though Upamon is a baby, there's no way he would fall for that, he thought to himself.

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Meanwhile, the shower head turned off and Justice stepped out and dry himself off. He was in the shower for roughly twenty minutes, way longer than how people are suppose to shower, but who showers for only three minutes anyway. After a while of getting ready, he stepped out of the bathroom, ready to start the day. Well, late anyway. 

"I think I'll  take those two and we'll all go out to the park," he said to himself. "If we go out far enough, I'm sure nobody will see us."

He walked up to his room and slowly opened the door. "Hey you two, wake your lazy butts up. We're gonna have some fun to-" He only stood in shock as it was revealed that the two were nowhere in sight; they just vanished. The only way they could have gotten out was the balcony, which was still open. "Those little-" He quickly rushed downstairs, with each steps, but then quickly rushed back up as he forgot his Digivice and phone. He put on his shoes and ran out the door.  

For a second, Gumdramon was at a lost. His mouth was agape as he turned to his older brother, who winked in response  There was no way he fell for it he thought to himself. But of course, Upamon was just a In-Training Digimon, so any Digimon in that state would be more gullible. The feeling of relief then turned into danger as the human named Connor was very aware of their presence. They watched as the human dig his hand in the bush to try and reveal themselves by force. 


"Ah screw this noise." Gumdramon boldly declared. He extends his tail and lashes it out in all directions while trying not to harm the human. Veemon only sighed as this outcome was inevitable anyway. The swipes from the purple Digimon's tail picked the leaves off the bushes with ease, making them swirl in around Connor and Upamon, masking their vision temporarily for a dramatic reveal. The two jumped in front of the two and revealed themselves. 
 
"You two are in for a surprise now! It's the Digital World's number one wild child! Gumdramon is here! Be amazed by my presence, human! "

Veemon crossed his arms huffed; he was a bit annoyed that he was the one that got the two of them into this mess. "You are so dead if we make it out of this."

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Justice shuffled a key into his pocket as he had just locked the door. He quickly walked nervous into the middle street, scanning the neighborhood for any signs of the two. "Now if I was a Digimon, where would I go?" As he jogged quickly from house to house, he had noticed an object littered on the front lawn of someone's house: a T.V. antenna dish along with a few roof shingles. It appeared to be kicked off or something, but it was hard to make out due to the force of the damage. He looked up to the house that the dish was on. "Judging by the trajectory of the object and the position of the house, it looked like whatever kicked it was sent from to the left." he predicted. He got up and started sprinting into that direction. He chewed on his lip anxiously. "Guys, where are you?" he muttered to himself.