Takara Oozora

"Umm, I'm not mad about that." Amaya sighed and close her laptop. She needed a break from it anyway.

“I told you not to let Takara bake anything in your parents’ kitchen!” Onmon whined. 

“And I need to hide from my little brother or else mother will force me to take him to trick or treat.” Because Amaya wasn’t in the mood for Halloween as she’s hacking into someone’s twitter. 

“Hmm?”

Tsubasa turned to face the other girl, curiosity on her expression. Did this stranger need help? If so, the blonde was more than happy to provide it!

“Do you need anything?” she asked, glancing at the stuffed animal in the other girl’s arms. Almost right away, she had the gut feeling that the other girl’s toy wasn’t normal, on appearance alone. Was it a living creature like Bonnet, who was currently in the blonde’s arms? But it wasn’t cutesy enough to be a fairy…

So what was it?

“Um, I was wondering if you’ve seen something I lost!” Takara answered as she ran over to the other girl. “It’s...kind of a lucky charm! I left it on that bench over there for a minute and when I came back it was gone.”

Onmon stayed as still as he could in his Buddy’s arms, though the creature in the other girl’s arms had his attention. It didn’t look like an Appmon he recognized, but...

No, it was probably just a toy.

“Knowing my own father, he probably has something to do with that box but, American snacks would be nice to eat,” Amaya mentioned in a casual matter. Hackmon glanced back at Onmon. “Tch.”  He responded, also casually. “Now, you started to sound like my father, Hackmon.” Amaya sighed. “You too, Amaya. I’m not surprised at one bit. You’re Rei Katsura’s daughter. ” Hackmon responded back. “Hey! I also got some of my mother’s traits like her kindness!” Amaya looked back at Hackmon as her eyes went widened in surprise. 

Takara giggled lightly listening to Amaya and Hackmon’s conversation. “I don’t know, Hackmon. Amaya-san’s father is pretty intimidating, but I’m not intimidated by Amaya-san at all!” She cut in with a grin. Whether that was meant to be a compliment or not was unknown. “She definitely has her mother’s kindness though, and her father’s hacking skills!”

“Takara’s just as optimistic as Haru.” Onmon commented, crossing his claws over his chest and smiling. “And she shares Yuujin’s outgoing personality!”

A young man stared over at the two as he walked out of the building, being a student at the school after all. “Hm? What’s that? Looks kinda like a…well then, seems i’m not the only tamer around…”

Onmon froze when he realized someone was watching him. Crap, if they had already seen him running then acting like a toy wouldn’t work...

“Onmon, please- what’s wrong?” Takara finally caught up to the Appmon, scooping him into her arms and curiously following his gaze. Her eyes widened when she saw the person staring at them and let out a surprised squeak, already internally trying not to panic.

“What do you mean it’s gone!?”

“I mean I left it on the bench for a minute and now it’s not here!” 

“How could you be so careless!? Haru and Yuujin are gonna kill us!”

“It- it’ll be fine, Onmon! We’ll find it before they even know we lost it! Just...pretend to be a plushie for now, okay?” Takara was panicking, but she had to at least try to sound like she knew what she was doing for Onmon’s sake.

Think. What would Haru do if he lost his AppliDrive?

She pulled Onmon into her arms and looked around, pausing when she spotted a girl nearby. 

“Thanks for inviting me….” Amaya said, politely. Her mother did teach her matters after all. “Tch.” Hackmon muttered. “Hackmon, please.” Amaya frowned at him. Amaya just lets her friend do what she wanted and went along with it. “She wanted me to check if a box has arrival from America.” She answered, dully. She could care less about what’s inside of the box. 

“Of course! That’s what friends are for, right?” She never did understand why Amaya always insisted on acting so polite around her, but Takara didn’t necessarily mind it. Onmon glanced at Hackmon, snickering quietly. Takara didn’t notice, her interest piqued at the mention of a box coming from America.

“I guess,” Amaya responded, quietly. Hackmon, being non-materialized, just give her a bored look. Sometimes, he wondered if it was a mistake for his former Applidriver bubby and the girl to make a baby together and now he was stuck with someone who was less interested than Rei. Well, he did tell Rei that he’d protect his daughter. “Ah, I was on my way to a store. My mother wanted me to check something.”  

“Perfect! It’ll be even more fun if we go together!” She didn’t seem at all fazed by how uninterested Amaya sounded. Onmon floated beside her on his chip, smiling as Takara grabbed Amaya’s hand and started walking towards the store, swinging their arms up and down.

“Hey, hey! Amaya-san!” Takara ran to catch up with the other girl, waving an arm in the air to get her attention. “Dad asked me to pick  some things up for him at the store on my way home, do you wanna come with me?”

“Onmon, you’re supposed to go into your chip when we’re in public so people won’t see you!”

“It’s fine, school’s over so nobody’s around, right? I wanna explore!”