Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Jeri's Very Interesting Week ❯ Great Power, Small Package ( Chapter 2 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Note: I'm attempting to turn this into a series. Yes, be afraid. It
doesn't follow the 03 timeline exactly, since I'm writing this and
watching the episodes at the same time.

Summary: Jeri gets her own Digimon!...sorta.

Great Power, Small Package

Normally, she would've just walked home. But Jeri was in a very good
mood, so she bounced, skipped, and even cartwheeled a few times, until
she got dizzy. So dizzy, in fact, that she was bound to bump into
someone.

Naturally, she did.

"Hey!" a familiar voice cried out.

Jeri shook her head to clear it, then looked up to see a slightly
older girl glaring at her. "Hey, I know you! You're Takato's friend!"

The girl narrowed her eyes. "I don't think so."

"But I saw you with him and Henry!"

"You also talk to a sock puppet. I wouldn't trust myself if I were
you, kid." She rolled her eyes and sighed. "Anyway, you should watch
where you're cartwheeling."

"Sorry!" Jeri apologized, smiling at her. "But I just came back from
seeing Takato & Guilmon, and they-"

"I didn't ask for your daily diary," Rika snapped. "Just stay out of
my way." She quickly walked past.

"Hey, wait!" Jeri called, running after her. "Don't be mad!"

Rika paused and glanced over her shoulder. "Oh, great. Now I've got a
crazy Digimon AND a crazy kid stalking me."

"Did...you say Digimon?" Jeri asked, her eyes widening. "You've got
one, too?"

"Trust me, this one isn't mine. In fact, you can have it." Rika pulled
something small and shiny out of her pocket and threw it at Jeri.
"Catch!"

Jeri just barely caught the strange device in time. "But what is this
thing?" She looked up to see Rika already half a block away, and she
was only going faster by the second. "And what does it do?"

"Ooooh! Shiny!" a playful voice behind her shouted.

Jeri looked down to see a white and purple blur running around her
feet in a circle. Suddenly, whatever it was jumped up and made a grab
for the device in her hands.

"Oh, no you don't!" Jeri closed her left hand around the device and
entrapped the struggling creature with her right arm. "Gotcha!"

"Hey! Gimme it back!" the creature demanded. "And let me go!"

"I will if you answer my questions. Are you a Digimon, too?" Jeri
asked.

"Well, yeah! Everybody knows that, silly!"

"Then you must have a name, right?"

"I'm Calumon! What's your name, and are you fun?"

Jeri giggled. "Well, I guess you'll have to find out. What's this
thing?" she asked, opening her left hand to reveal the device.

"Mine!" Calumon replied, pouncing on it.

"What's it do?"

"Do? Um..." Calumon scratched his head. "Uh...it makes noises and
lights sometimes, and it has all my friends inside!"

"Friends?" Jeri asked.

"Yeah! See?" Calumon shook the device until it beeped, startling him.
"Whoa!"

Jeri caught it and stared at the image being projected. "That's
Guilmon!"

"I TOLD you they were in there!"

"Well, Takato is Guilmon's Tamer. Where's yours?"

"Tamer? What's that?" Calumon asked.

"Um...someone that takes care of a Digimon, I guess."

"I dunno. I can take care of myself just fine..."

"Well, how would you like a human friend?" Jeri asked.

"Um...okay! What's a human?"

Jeri giggled. "I think I'm going to like you, Calumon."

"Sure! Everyone does!" Calumon picked up the device and expanded his
ears.

"What are you doing?"

"I gotta go find some more fun!" He leaped out of her arms and flew
into the air. "Bye!"

"Be careful!" Jeri shouted. "And look both ways before crossing the
street!"

* * * * *

"So...you think Jeri's supposed to be a Tamer?" Henry asked.

"Well, she gets along great with Guilmon." Takato scratched his head.
"And just because she doesn't have a Digimon doesn't mean she isn't a
Tamer. I mean, I MADE Guilmon."

"But you already tried to get Calumon to be her Digimon, didn't you?"

"I think that Calumon was meant to be free. Besides, he's the only one
that can help us digivolve without cards, and he never actually fights
himself."

"I don't know, Takato. Just because someone likes a Digimon doesn't
meant they're meant to be a Tamer. My little sister adores Terriermon,
but I'd be very afraid the day she got her own Digimon."

"So would I," Terriermon muttered from his shoulder, shuddering
slightly.

"It was just an idea," Takato said with a shrug. "Anyway, how are we
supposed to know if there are any other Tamers?"

"I guess we'd just run into each other when a renegade Digimon popped
up," Henry replied.

"Yeah! And then I'd flatten `em with my Bunny Pummel!" Terriermon
added.

"No, you wouldn't," Henry said firmly.

"Aw, man...you're no fun, Henry! Momentie!"

"You're not going to `Momentie' your way out of this one. No
fighting."

"But Guilmon gets to fight!"

"Guilmon is a dinosaur. Of course he gets to fight!"

Takato was just thinking of excusing himself when his D-Power began to
beep. "Um...guys, look!"

Henry & Terriermon were STILL arguing.

Takato sighed and took a closer look. "Hmm...oh, it's just Impmon
again. False alarm."

* * * * *

Impmon was in a particularly nasty mood. Not that he had any reason to
be, mind you. Maybe it had something to do with Calumon not being
around to torture.

Maybe it was because he was just plain bad.

At any rate, he decided to do something REALLY bad.

First, he would venture out and burn a couple of humans. Then, he
would set Guilmon up to take the fall. Fortunately, since they both
had flame attacks, Guilmon's Tamer wouldn't know the difference. It
was the first time Impmon was actually glad he had something in common
with a tamed Digimon.

It wasn't long before Impmon decided on his first victim. She had the
whole "I'm-SO-cute" thing going for her, and was the perfect target.
With an evil smile, he sprang from the shadows and attacked.

* * * * *

Renamon was not following Calumon. That would've been crazy and
ultimately pointless.

She was spying on him. That was much more clever, and plus, it was
downright sneaky.

Rika would be proud. That is, if she had any interest in what Calumon
did with his free time (but then, all time was free time to Calumon).

But she didn't.

Renamon had only been spying for a few minutes when she
sensed...something. And it wasn't from Rika. Still, she got the
distinct feeling that someone needed help, and that a wild Digimon was
involved.

Amazingly enough, Calumon seemed to sense it, too, because he suddenly
took to the air, heading in the same direction she'd been planning on
going.

Renamon instantly gave up spying and opted for following. If Calumon
was going, there was a good chance that someone was going to
digivolve.

* * * * *

Jeri did not consider herself to be a very strong girl, or even a very
brave one. If she ever got in a situation where she had to fight, she
would most likely scream her head off until someone (she would hope
for Takato, but anyone would do, really) took pity on her and stepped
in for a last-minute rescue.

Fortunately for her, Impmon's ears were quite sensitive.

Unfortunately for her, Impmon didn't like the fact that she was
exploiting the fact that his ears were quite sensitive. It seemed she
would have to pay for that.

"Do you know," he said quietly, "how much I HATE hearing kids do
that?!"

Jeri instantly stopped screaming.

"Too late." He held up a finger, chuckling as a tiny, pink fireball
materialized over it.

From her position on the ground, Jeri tried to back away. "Please,"
she whispered. "What...do you want?"

"I want you to die in silence," he growled, just before pointing his
finger at her. "Bada-BOOM!"

The fireball suddenly tripled in size and flew at her.

Jeri closed her eyes and, despite Impmon's wishes, screamed as loudly
as was humanly possible for her.

There was a sound not entirely like *oof!*, and something soft and
warm landed in her lap.

Jeri slowly opened her eyes and gasped. "Calumon!"

Calumon groaned and opened his eyes. "That hurt," he reported sadly,
rubbing the singed half of his face.

Jeri carefully wrapped her arms around the little Digimon.
"You...saved me, Calumon."

Calumon suddenly remembered that the rescue wasn't quite complete yet.
"Uh oh..."

Jeri looked up to see Impmon ready to fire again. Only this time he
had TWO fireballs.

"Two for one!" Impmon shouted, laughing as the fireballs flew from his
fingertips.

Jeri hugged Calumon tighter and made a silent wish that it would end
quickly.

And she got it...but not the way she'd expected.

The purple device around Calumon's neck began to beep loudly.
"Digivolution."

There was a bright light, and for a few endless moments, Jeri couldn't
see anything.

Then the light faded, and Calumon hopped out of her lap. "Calumon
digivolve to...!"

He paused, and the red upside-down triangle design on his forehead
doubled in size.

"Diosmon!"

Jeri blinked a few times. She was under the impression that Digimon
changed when they digivolved, and got stronger. But Calumon...well,
Diosmon, apparently...didn't look any different than he normally did.
She became much more afraid then.

But Diosmon looked very confident as he planted himself in the path of
the two fireballs. His ears expanded, and he shouted at the top of his
tiny lungs, "RECALL!"

The device around his neck beeped again. "Recall activated. Accessing
files..."

Around this time, the fireballs slammed into Diosmon, but he looked
for all the world as if they'd had no effect at all.

Clearly frustrated by now, Impmon fired again and again. Not that it
did any good.

"Desired file found."

Diosmon's body began to glow and contort as he grew taller and wider.
"Diosmon digivolve to...!"

Impmon stopped attacking and watched in awe.

The glow faded, and the Digmon once known as Diosmon stretched its
wings. "Angemon!"

Impmon blinked a few times, then took off running.

Angemon smirked and thrust his right hand forward. "Hand of Fate!"

The attack caught Impmon square in the back and carried him at least
twenty miles away before dropping him in a river.

Angemon shrank until he was Calumon again, then collapsed to the
ground.

Jeri ran over and scooped him up. "Calumon?! Speak to me, please!"

Calumon opened one eye. "I'm sleepy," he announced before letting out
a tiny yawn.

Jeri smiled and kissed his forehead. "Thank you, Calumon."

Calumon smiled dreamily. "Maybe you ARE fun..."

Jeri giggled and carefully stood up. "I'd better get you home. Is that
okay?"

"Only if we have...more...fun..." Calumon's ears contracted and he
fell asleep.

Renamon watched in silence as Jeri slowly walked away. Then she faded
back into the shadows. She had a feeling Rika would want to hear all
about this...