(This will be a solo Mike post since both Derek and Lauren are now preparing for bed)<br/><br/>Mike nodded as she said no, it was a shame bit he accepted it. Once he was out of Town, Kyubimon appeared next to him as Strip immediately jump onto her back, Gaubumon would also join them. The foursome would walk in silence for a few hours as Mike recorded and documented the pokemon that appeared at night, talking to Kyubimon and Gaubumon when they asked him about the different pokemon and how the time of day affects what appears.<br/><br/>After he had gathered enough data, and after checking his supplies, Mike and Strips would then start battling while the digimon watched. Mike and Strips would do about 10 battles each, with their final eleventh being a battle between each other. Mike won the battle but praised Strips for a good battle giving her a pokeblock as a treat.<br/><br/>Strips was now quite tired, and she would sleep on Kyubimon back for as long as the digimon could travel with Mike. When they reached the safest they could, Mike returned Strips to her pokeball and Kyubimon and Gaubumon vanished into the night as Mike got back to town and collapsed into his bed, exhausted himself.