Digimon: They're Not Even Native...

It was supposed to be another normal, dull, trip to their grandmother's home in Shimane. The Digimon had came along too, just in case. 

Matt found himself regretting this very soon...

"But it's not like Tokyo, Matt. I could go out to the park or something if it was dark, or we could say I was someone in a costume!"

Matt stared at Gabumon.

"The costume idea is..."

"Genius?"

"...Stupid. How would that work? I don't see anyone thinking a Digimon could ever be a person in a costume, they'd realise you were too real. It wouldn't work. I doubt it'd work in some parallel dimension!"

"Uh, Matt, remember that thing where we found that hole to another Digital World that one time? There was a guy there, his Digimon got away with that exact same thing once or twice," TK helpfully cut in.

The elder blond sighed.

"...Fine, but we try to avoid people. Why are you so set about going for a walk anyway?"

"I spend most of my time in the apartment or in the Digital World, I just want to look around." Gabumon said.

---

And so, as dusk fell, Matt went for a walk, followed by his Digimon.

"You're kind of quiet, Matt, even for you," Gabumon noted five minutes later.

"I'm trying to think of why exactly I'd be walking with someone in a costume of a reptile wearing a fur pelt at this time of night."

"Uh... Prank?"

Matt did not reply, as they kept walking.

"Huh... That's a weird cat," Gabumon said a few moments later.

Matt turned, to see Gabumon staring at a very startled black and white shape.

"...That can't be..."

"Hey, don't be scared, kitty..." Gabumon began to reach out.

The skunk immediately turned around and sprayed.

---

In the back yard soon after, Gabumon shivered in the cold night air. 

"I still don't get why a cat would do that," He whimpered.

"It wasn't a cat, it was a skunk! Someone's pet skunk, that escaped. They're little animals that make a bad smell..." Matt said from behind a facemask, in a vain attempt to block out most of the stench.

"Like your cooking?"

"Yea-hey!"

There was silence, and a bad smell, until eventually TK returned.

"Okay, I got all the stuff Izzy said we'd need, I'll call him so we know what to do," The younger of the two humans said.

"Hurry up, it's cold, and I don't want my pelt to smell forever," Gabumon whined.

"I still say you could Digivolve to get rid of it," Matt sighed.

"That might not work!" The Digimon protested.

"Yeah, I got it all, hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, liquid soap, bananas...We don't need those at all?! Why'd you tell me to get them?!"

"From the fact Izzy seems to have pranked TK, maybe this won't work either. Why'd you try to pet it anyway?"

And so, Matt soon set to work trying to de-skunk his Digimon, as TK ate a banana.

"...Why are you eating those?"

"I paid for them."