From Solo to Duet

"Perhaps miss improper greeting, you to should have your eyes checked. I loathe the lab coats. I wear black." Ztyka raised a brow. So what he didn't like being called a scientist? At least that is how she meant it....he took her way too literal. She watched him pick up Tifa and carry her. Tifa seemed content in his arms her tail swaying lightly over one arm. "These Digimon are far to important to me. I would never intentionally seek their demise." His words held their usual tone...but something about them made Ztyka look at him differently. "Computer, voice command prompt, seal the room and prepare operating table." She waited in anticipation as the computer responded. "ADMIN VOICE PROMPT CONFIRMED. EXECUTING RESPONSE" The gas was like white smoke and while it didn't burn or act toxic Ztyka couldn't help covering her mouth in response. Tifa hmm'd as this happened. She wondered if this was what being in a cloud was like. Clouds were white right? Just as quickly as it had come fans sucked it from the room. "ROOM AND PERSONEL STERILIZATION COMPLETE. FOREIGN BACTERIA COUNT 0.001%. ADMIN COMMAND PROMPT COMPLETE. OPERATION READY." Tifa snuggled herself down and looked at Ichi with big eyes. She was getting kind of nervous.


"Tifa, I'm going to inject you with a paralyzing agent. You'll be conscious the whole time but you won't feel or be able to move temporarily. I laid you down on the side where your blind eye was, it cannot be exposed to light during the operation. We will begin momentarily." Ztyka looked at him strangely wondering where his tools were. "Parasimon." His shirt moved creeping Ztyka out a little. She watched it appear out his pant leg. She was reminded of a classic movie called Alien. She had been wanting to get closer but now she wasn't too sure. "I'm here Ichi. Don't worry, fixing her will be a cinch. It's almost a break from what I'm usually doing so I'll take it." She also got the feeling of Dr. Frankenstein's assistant Igor. "Are you ready?" Tifa nodded sheepishly. "I recommend looking away if you have a weak constitution." She'd already beat him too it. She had her back turned to them. The needle had been the icing on the cake. She hated them and she already felt queezy at the thought of whatever that thing was going to do.

Ztyka began counting backwards in her head trying to remain calm. Tifa closed her eyes in hope she would feel better if she didn't see it. Both were nervous but Tifa was the only one putting up a brave front. She would cringe and her tail would squirm at the needle thumping the table. Afterwards though she would simply relax.

Ichi injected Tifa, she would feel a slight pinch in her neck before a complete feeling of numbness overtook her. Ichi opened Tifa's mouth and left it that way as well as spreading her ligaments across the table to give Parasimon room to work. "I normally do repairs from the inside, it's less weird but I cannot go into your body completely so I have to do things a little more, ehhh.....invasive. So, miss Tifa, although you will feel nothing, as a gentlemen I do apologize for what I'm about to do. I do hope you'll forgive me." Parasimon let out his tendrils and they hovered over Tifa. Ichi pulled up a very detailed hologram of Tifa's body, external and internal. "I will be tracking Parasimon's progress this way he can see where it is he is going and doing." Ichi replied. "Let us begin." Ichi said and on cue, Parasimon's tendrils moved towards Tifa. "Tifa, breathe through your mouth as your nasal cavity will be completely blocked, okay?" Parasimon said, immediately inserting his tendrils into her snout. "I'll need to repair the nerves both outside and inside the kidney, so again forgive me." Parasimon said then ran his tendrils through Tifa's lower orifices. Thankfully, she wouldn't feel a thing despite some uncomfortability. Ichi monitored his partner through the hologram.

"Parasimon, stay centered. Avoid the urethra wall. Also, your moving through to colon and small intestine smoothly, take care not to interfere with the blood flow." Ichi instructed. Parasimon became annoyed with Ichi, "I know what I'm doing. I can read the hologram just as well as you." He said. Ichi hmph in response. "Seems there are no complications with your urethra or bladder, once repairs are complete you should be fine using the rest room. Your uterus developed with no complications as well." Ichi thought a bit of good news would help ease tensions.

"Now approaching kidneys from both sides, beginning repairs now." Parasimon said. The sound of his tendrils on the outside moving about sounded slimy and disgusting but Ichi did not mind it. "I've also reached the hypothalamus and starting rapid cell regeneration, I will work on the eye when both the kidney and brain are functioning properly." Parasimon said. "I haven't had to split my tendrils to microscopic size in a long while, it almost is a strange feeling." He said. Ichi turned to look to see if Zytka was watching or turned away. If she was watching he would speak, "If you would like a closer look, you're welcome to watch us work." If she was turned away, he'd just turn his head back. "Seems there are a lot of clusters here that are not working. Ichi zoom in." Ichi selected Tifa's kidneys and the hologram zoomed in to view them at microscopic size. Parasimon had split his tendril to form a few thousand microscopic tendrils and were visible on the hologram working.

"Parasimon is a very special digimon, it has the ability to intercept electrical signals from the brain and rewire it. Using his powers, he's able to rapidly speed up cell regeneration as a form of electric therapy. This is what he is doing now." Thirty minutes went by, and Parasimon had finally finished repairing the brain and nerves. "Now the eye." Ichi brought it up on the hologram. "This is an easy repair, seems the lens is fine, just an extra cluster of dead cells. Two second fix, aaaaaaaand done." Ichi had been stroking Tifa's head to keep her from getting nervous. He had started petting her head 15 minutes ago when the numbness was slowly fading away. "Okay Parasimon, exit carefully." Parasimon nodded and began to extract his tendrils from within Tifa. First her nasal cavity was free then her lower orifices were free. "My tendrils feel goopy." He said as they were indeed dripping different liquids. Parasimon jumped off the table and crawled towards one of the restrooms behind the tubes. "Time to clean up." Parasimon said disappearing behind the open tube. "Tifa, slowly close your mouth so you don't damage your jaw from being open so long. Once the paralysis is fully faded, you may feel pain in your body. That is normal and will fade in time. Once you're comfortable again, can you tell me how you feel?" Ichi asked, he would move from petting her head to helping her sit up once she was ready. Unfortunately, due to the paralysis and successful repair of the kidneys, she did not have control of her bladder, so when Parasimon pulled out, her kidneys drained. Ichi knew it would happen but paid it no mind.

"As the paralysis wears off, can you slowly wiggle your apendiges? It will bring back feelings much faster." He said. Ichi had completely forgot about Zytka in the room and was focused soley on Tifa.

Tifa listened to him talk. She was uncomfortable without a doubt. She was almost positive it would have hurt if it hadn't been for that fluid. She was grateful for it. She tried to wag her tail but couldn't. So she nervously remained still. The soothing of his petting keeping her from completely wanting to bite the tentacle off.

Ztyka remained looking away. She listened intently but felt like she couldn't look with out becoming faint. She'd always found such things bizarre and felt like it was unnatural. It couldn't be helped...the only thing that would ever feel natural to her was music. She wished she had brought her guitar now. 


"Parasimon is a very special digimon, it has the ability to intercept electrical signals from the brain and rewire it. Using his powers, he's able to rapidly speed up cell regeneration as a form of electric therapy. This is what he is doing now." That was an interesting tidbit. A parasite that could heal its host. "Now the eye." So the worst was over. Ztyka turned around. "This is an easy repair, seems the lens is fine, just an extra cluster of dead cells. Two second fix, aaaaaaaand done." Ztyka looked slightly horrified at the tendrils she saw. It was a gruesome sight. Her haert beat got faster. "Okay Parasimon, exit carefully." She watched cringing. "My tendrils feel goopy." She could only imagine. "Time to clean up." She watched the strange digimon disappear then quickly turned her gaze back. "Tifa, slowly close your mouth so you don't damage your jaw from being open so long. Once the paralysis is fully faded, you may feel pain in your body. That is normal and will fade in time. Once you're comfortable again, can you tell me how you feel?" Ztyka approached but didn't touch her. Tifa did as instructed her mouth slowly drifting closed. When she sat out gravity did it's work as she relived herself.

"Sorry." she mutters wobbling.


"As the paralysis wears off, can you slowly wiggle your apendiges? It will bring back feelings much faster." Tifa did as instructed and began wagging her tail as well as curling her toes and fingers. It all felt really weird. He bully let out a grumble making her laugh. 

"I think I'm all good." Tifa says her tail slapping the wet table. She was feeling hungry. She began looking around as well. Her sight was not so narrow now. She was perfectly fine. "See i told you it would be okay." she smiled at Ztyka.

"Yes you did." she said with a sigh of relief. She shook slightly. What a greeting into W.A.D.A. She returned the smile. "Thanks....Doctor..." She says. She was admittedly wrong to a degree about him.

"YEP! Big thanks," Tifa says looking up at him and licking his chin with a smile.

Ichi gave half a grin at Tifa's thank you kiss, it filled him with joy when he could help his beloved digimon. "No need to thank me. I do this for them." Ichi said, he patted her head and reached under the table on the opposite side of the needle and pulled out a shower head. "I'm just going to wash you down okay?" He said pulling out a bar of soap and a folded towel. He washed and scrubbed Tifa very thoroughly until her scales sparkled all over, the urine and dirty water draining into the floor below the table. Parasimon had also finished cleaning himself and made his way back towards Ichi, climbing onto his shoulder. "There you are. Your freshly clean and ready for a meal I take it. How is your eye?" Ichi asked cradling Tifa once more and placing her down to the floor. He then reached into his pocket pulling out a computer chip. While Tifa would speak he'd prepare his D.I.G. once the speaking was subsided, he would speak "Computer, operation complete. Release room." Ichi said allowed, the automated womans voice spoke once more, "ADMIN VOICE PROMPT CONFIRMED, EXECUTING RELEASE PROTOCOL." The latch on the door could be heard unlocking and the table slowly went down into the floor. "Well, now that meal I promised you. Activate, Feast for Kings!" Ichi placed the chip into his D.I.G. and opened his palm. A table materialized with food of every kind of delicacy, spread out across the table from end to end. "The first step of bonding is sharing a meal together. I made this chip especially for moments like these." Ichi said stepping aside so the girls could view the food.

"Eat your fill and don't worry about cleaning it up. My employees will clean up anything you leave behind." Ichi said. Parasimon was drooling at the table, he wanted to dig in himself but wouldn't. "You get enough food as it is. Let them have this one." Ichi scolded. "I know, I know." He replied.

"No need to thank me. I do this for them." Ztyka looked at him strangely. He didn't sound happy but his words yet again carried something in them. Maybe the guy didn't like humans. Not that she could blame him. She didn't exactly like most of them herself. "I'm just going to wash you down okay?" Tifa was putty in his hands. The water felt good against her scales and she shared that water while wagging her wet tail getting droplets all over the place. "There you are. Your freshly clean and ready for a meal I take it. How is your eye?" 

"It's good. I can see a lot more now." She said sitting where he had placed her. Ztyka approached and bent down petting her head. It made her tail start thumping again. Ztyka had to wonder if that thing ever stopped.

"Computer, operation complete. Release room." For whatever reason. Probably because the tension was gone Ztyka felt like it was natural to be here. Fate maybe? Not something she actually believed in but she couldn't explain why being beside Tifa felt natural. "ADMIN VOICE PROMPT CONFIRMED, EXECUTING RELEASE PROTOCOL." Ztyka looked up at sounds of the door unlocking. Her gaze going from that to the table that was disappearing into the floor. "Well, now that meal I promised you. Activate, Feast for Kings!" Ztyka stood up at this her curiosity peaked. She was surprised so much could appear out of thin air. It seemed she had a lot to learn about the digital world. "The first step of bonding is sharing a meal together. I made this chip especially for moments like these." Well bonding over a meal she could agree on. She gave Ichi a polite smile.


Tifa ran right up to the food however. Her tail going a mile a minute as she grabbed a hunk of meat. She grabbed it off the table and held it in her paws as she tore into it. Like a kid with candy. She didn't wouldn't seem to notice them when they sat down.


"Eat your fill and don't worry about cleaning it up. My employees will clean up anything you leave behind." Ztyka crossed to the table at this. She cast Ichi a question glance as to wither or not he would sit with them. "You get enough food as it is. Let them have this one." Ichi scolded. "I know, I know." He replied.
She was pretty sure that had answered her question.

Ztyka smiled at Tifa grabbing a napkin and wiping off the side of her face. Earning a scrunched up face as it interfered with her eating. Tifa chuckled and fixed herself a small plate. Carved turkey, baked potatos, and steamed carrots made their way onto her plate. She ate a lot slower than Tifa.

"You should slow down. You don't want to get sick." Ztyka said as she finished her third....plate she guessed.

"But it's good." Tifa responded through a half full mouth.

"Swallow before you talk." Good god she was sounding like her mother. She was slightly disturbed by this. Tifa just stuck her tongue out playfully in response.

By the time she was done Tifa had a hard belly. She hummed in satisfaction. Her tail was still running its marathon as it thumped against the ground. Ztyka watched her with a smile before turning to Ichi.

"I'll take good care of her." She said that like she was speaking to a parent. 

Ichi watched them for a moment before beginning to head for the door, "I trust you will. Just remember what I said about her, and another thing, her DNA may come from one of the Royal Knights, but her destiny is hers alone. If she seeks to pick up that mantle that is her choice, but you both are free to pave your own path. Just as I told the other who was inside this tube, I will look forward to whatever path it is you take. The only thing I want is for you to live a full life. That is all I can do for you, should Tifa need anymore medical assistance, bring her to me and I will help in any way I can. Unfortunately, I don't treat humans. Don't take it to personally, I just don't find them interesting enough." Ichi opened the door and stood in it's entryway, he turned back to look at them one last time. "One other thing you should know, despite the procedure to be invasive, Tifa will be able to still enjoy the comfort of a mate for the first time. Parasimon was careful not to interfere with that, provided you seek a mate. In any case, if you wish to start questing right away, you can head over to the quest counter, if you want to head back to the guild hall, you can do that as well. Until we meet again." Ichi gave a slight wave before leaving the two alone in the room to contemplate their next move.