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*A.S.D.A(All Standard Disclaimers Apply).

Perfect Flaws

by Nefertanya Dragongurl Ahhotep

Part 7

Chapter 25- Revalations

The cool breeze played along merrily, blissfully tugging loose petals from the flowers past a grand gazebo. Inside, someone was blithely watching the carefree moon begin to rise on her nightly sojourn through the sky.

This someone was a woman. She sat properly, back straight and rigid, hands placed delicately in her lap. The wind gently teased her hair, which was a golden blonde at her roots before turning into a shade of magenta pink that reached her jawline. Past that, it turned leaf green all the way to the swell of her backside. A particularly playful gust thrust a strand in front of her blank, emerald green eyes. Automatically she pulled it away, a perfect smile never leaving her full, russet red lips.

She was elegant. She was refined.

She had no clue as to the commotion behind her.

But her greatest flaw-in fact, her only visible flaw- was the fact that she was never meant to be a mere mortal woman.

"Palmon!" Mimi used Herculean strength to free herself from the celestial digimon's firm grip. Tears streaming down her beautiful face, she ran up to her beloved friend and grabbed the perfectly manicured hands in her own grungy ones. 'What have they done to you?!"

But the girl only smiled on, interested in nothing else but the rising moon through the trees.

"She cannae hear ye, Mimi." Serenamon pointed out.

"Why not?" the brunette demanded.

It's the result of MarquisDemon's Love Phantom attack. It puts a digimon into a trance state. She's only receptive to him this way. It works on any digimon, but females are far more susceptible to it. That's...how I was captured..." She blushed slightly and cast her eyes downward in shame.

"I'm sure it wasn't your fault, Serenamon." Sora comforted the digi-girl with a pat on the shoulder while quickly elbowing Tai, who'd been questioning the validity of Serenamon's revelation to Matt. But how can we snap her out of it?"

"I was released from the spell when he obtained part o' me soul." She snarled, glaring at Tai to prove her hearing was still working perfectly. Tai wheezed and smiled apologetically.

I dinnae think he's done that to her-yet. I did manage to get some of this, though." she held up a vial of a purple, viscous, bubbly substance. It looked not unlike a container full of champagne Jell-O. "It's an antidote to the attack, but...well, I'm not totally sure I have enough. I grabbed as much as I could, but Wasabimon discovered me before I could decipher the instructions."

"Only one way to find out." Mimi barked, hands balled into fists on her hips. "Give it to her!"

"D' ye really want to do that?"

"Why wouldn't I? She's my best friend, I want her back now!"

Izzy bravely stepped in between the two escalating females. "Let her speak, Mimi. She's only trying to help, and she has gotten us this far. Just hear what she has to say."

"Thank ye, Koushiro." the digimon replied gratefully, eliciting a few snickers from Joe and Tentomon. "Now, Mimi, what I meant was that while yes, she is still your friend, is it right to just alert her to her present condition? The shock alone may be destructive enough. Add to that the brutal fact I've no idea how much of this stuff to give her, and ye've got a real problem on your hands!"

"So why even bother." Gabumon snarled bitterly.

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Chapter 26- Losing The One You Love
this is in Gabu-san's pov-it's what he's thinking while the girl's argue.

She's beautiful. She's hideous.

She's Palmon. She's not Palmon.

My heart pulls between the two extremes, unable to settle on either, nor anywhere in between. Carefully I edge around the others so I can get a clearer view of her face. Every feature in it is perfectly sculpted. Every feature in it is hideously deformed.

How can this creature be the one who stole away my heart? Where are the emerald jewels that radiated emotion? Yours are simply cheap glass imitations. Your just-so smile is mute-I've seen duplicated a thousands times. I want the slightly crooked grin that spoke volumes even when it never moved. I want skin that relishes the sun, hands that can pull down giant trees and heal deep wounds.

I hate you. Your creation is flawed, you have nothing to smile about.

You're just a cheap copy.

"So why even bother."

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Chapter 27-Stealing Back What's Yours Is Never Easy
still in Gabuvision!

"WHAAAAA????" Pink wails at me incredulously. " What's that supposed to mean??"

I blink, then realize I'd spoken those last words aloud. *Oh crap.* "I mean, uh, well...." I stammer, the cordial part of me still trying to maintain peace. *The hell with it! You've lost your crush to an oversized pincushion and now are being told she's been returned in the wrong 'packaging'! Screw the nobility!*

I turn abruptly to the new arrival and the princess and vent. "What I meant was why should we even believe this is really Palmon?! It looks nothing like her!"

"The hair kinda looks-"

"Aw shut up Agumon! Didn't anyone ever tell you about hair dye? We've all been taken for fools!"

"Gabumon, calm down!" Matt looks really freaked out. I guess he's never seen me really snap before. I'm way outta line and way out of character. I take a deep breath and release slowly. I can't let Matt lose faith in me.

"And if we say it is her, how do we know she still has her soul? You *did* say your Master was a soul-stealer, didn't you?" I ask sharply to Serenamon.

"Aye, I said something along those lines." she replies stiffly. "But let's get one thing straight, ye mismatched breed. MarquisDemon is *not*, nor will ever *be* my Master." Her hands are glowing, her fury barely contained.

"So what if we try to wake her up, and she attacks us? Or, what if we wake her up, and we destroy whatever link she had to her soul? What then?"

"We still have to try, Gabumon." Mimi replies softly, sadly. Her eyes meet mine and lock them in. They are full of so much sadness, so much pain. That's when I realize she's probably gone through all these scenarios a thousand times. Perhaps hers are even worse. But she's willing to face them all to rectify her sins. Amazing how deep sincerity can run.

"I-I'm sorry, Mimi." I let the tears of shame sting my eyes. "I apologize. To everyone." I add, glancing at Agumon. "You're right. I guess I was just too stressed out about everything."

I smile weakly, and she smiles back. All is forgiven.

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Chapter 28-Waking Up Is Hard To Do

"But what are we going to do?" Biyomon piped up. "If we don't know how to fix her, then what?"

"Hmmm" Izzy pondered for several looong minutes as the others watched him expectantly. Finally, he glance at the precious vial still clutched in Serenamon's hand. "Well, we know that this substance has the ability to awaken her from the trance state. So it's probably in our best interest to do so."

"But I dinnae know-"

"If we give it to her slowly, a little at a time, perhaps we can come to the correct dosage. *Provided* we have enough." He quickly added before Serenamon could interject.

The digidestined looked at each other and nodded. After all, it *was* the only viable option they had right now. And so, Serenamon and Izzy carefully tilted back the human Palmon's head and poured a few drops into her soft mouth.

Everyone held their breath as Izzy massaged her throat till she swallowed...

...And groaned in disappointment when nothing happened. The process continued several times more, each with the same undesirable results. Finally, the celestial digimon poured the last drop in, passing the red-haired genius a worried look. If this didn't work...

"Hyuhh..."

All heads swiveled as the young girl gurgled and convulsed slightly. She moaned softly, grimaced at the bad taste in her mouth, and opened her eyes. Blurred at first, Izzy and Serenamon's hopeful images appeared before her, a few inches from her face.

"Palmon?"

The girl blinked again. Then her eyes grew wide with fear as she leapt back, falling over the bench she had been so gracefully sitting on.

"Thieves! Marauders! My lord, please help save your humble servant!" she screamed, shaking in pure terror.

"Thieves? No, Palmon, no it's us! We're your friends, remember us?" Izzy pleaded, carefully edging closer

"STAY AWAY!!" the digi-human shrieked, hefting a large peice of marble at Izzy. "I'M WARNING YOU!!"

Disbelief rooted him to the spot. All his body seemed capable of doing was staring dumbstruck as the sweetest creature he knew used every last ounce of strength to hurl the object at his face.

"Luna Beam Crash!"

The teen genius processed the sensation of a powerful wave of electricity wash over him, disintegrate the marble missile, and finally make contact with his assailant. She screamed in agony as the blast knocked her off her feet, through the gazebo wall, and ten feet into the middle of a rose garden, where she finally stopped and lay still.

"PALMON!! What have you done to her, you, you, you witch?!" Tears of fury stained her flushed cheeks as she rounded on the now much paler digi-girl. "She didn't know what she was doing! She thought she was being attacked! I swear, if she's hurt I will rip every bleach-bottle blonde hair from that skanky head of yours, Serenamon! PUT ME DOWN THIS INSTANT, YAMATO ISHIDA!!"

Poor Matt really had his hands full, holding on to the pink-clad fury as tightly as possible while avoiding getting hit in any...vulnerable spots. Finally, TK and Tai managed to immobilize her flailing limbs, and she just seethed from the confines of the boys' grip.

"Mimi, chill! You'll just make it worse if you go running in there and get stuck too!"

"Koushiro." Serenamon choked, snapping Izzy back to reality, "I'm so sorry. I-just saw the brick flying, it must have been an instinct, I just reacted..."

"That's okay, Serena. I'm sure she's going to be fine." He began to walk over to the ruined rosebed, paused, and shyly glanced back. "Uh, by the way....Thanks. For saving my life."

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