Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon. Yet. I'm working on that.
"Now let's start getting into some of the more advanced techniques," Rika said, picking up her deck of cards. Jeri, who was sitting across from her, picked her own deck up.
"You think I'll be as good at this as you are someday?" Jeri asked her teacher with a smile. Everybody but Jeri would have been caught totally off guard when Rika returned the smile. Most people called Rika the Ice Queen because that was how she seemed, cold and distant. Few beings really knew the true Rika, and Jeri was the only human who did.
"I don't doubt it, provided you find someone else to teach you after I'm finished," Rika said. "If you think I'm going to give away all of my secrets, you're mistaken."
Jeri started to snicker, and soon both she and Rika were laughing. For all of Rika's outward hardness, Jeri knew that inside she was really a kind person. Jeri envied her unshakable confidence, a quality she lacked. Not that she would let anyone know, but Rika envied Jeri's sensitivity and caring.
The moment was disturbed by a double sound, Jeri and Rika's digivices going off. That could mean only one thing, that another Digimon was bioemerging.
"Looks like this lesson is going to have to be postponed," Jeri sighed.
"Renamon," Rika said, calling for her partner. As always, the vixen digimon appeared in an instant. As thrilling as battle was, sometimes Rika wished that she didn't have to plan her life around digital fields.
"Ready as always," Renamon said. She had just been checking out the scene of battle. "Leomon's already there."
"Why didn't he tell me?" Jeri asked, frowning even though she knew the answer.
"Doing his lone warrior act again no doubt," Rika said, standing up. Despite the fact that Leomon was Jeri's partner, he still preferred to work alone. "Well then, we should join him."
Jeri placed her deck of cards in the box in her pocket. Rika picked up hers and replaced it in the holder behind her hip, except for one card. Whipping out her digivice, she slashed the card through the slot.
"Digimodify! Digivolution Activate!"
With a burst of light, the digivolution process began.
"Renamon digivolve to…" Renamon cried, her body beginning to be surrounded by a shell of energy. Inside, her external layer of data peeled away and began to reformat. As the energy around Renamon hardened, her core reshaped itself, and the reformatted data settled about her new body. The shell burst apart in a flash of flame.
"Kyubimon! Let's go Rika," Kyubimon said as Rika vaulted onto her back.
Rika reached a hand out towards Jeri, saying, "Come on, we'll get there a lot faster this way."
Jeri swallowed hard and took Rika's outstretched hand, using it to climb onto Kyubimon. The fox digimon's powerful legs carried her forward, Rika and Jeri securely on her back.
"Whoo-hoo!" Rika whooped, enjoying the ride as she always did. Jeri, however, clung to Rika's waist, holding on for dear life. It worked somewhat; Rika's strong presence gave Jeri a feeling of comfort. They soon came to the digital field, and Kyubimon skidded to a halt.
Rika jumped down from Kyubimon, a glint in her eye. Jeri climbed down carefully, her knuckles pale white from holding on so hard. Her face was flushed. Pulling out her sunglasses and placing them on her head, Rika stepped into the digital field beside Kyubimon. Jeri pulled out her own glasses, similar to Rika's, and joined them.
Inside, a blue and black digimon was clashing with Leomon, its horn against Leomon's blade. All of a sudden, lightning crackled around the thing's head and went through the sword and Leomon into the ground. Leomon was flung backwards and landed, nursing his electricity burned hands.
"Leomon!" Jeri cried, her digivice analyzing the enemy digimon. "Raidramon, Armored digimon. His special attacks are Blue Thunder and Electric Bite."
"Jeri," Leomon said softly. "You shouldn't be here, it's dangerous."
"Get him, Kyubimon," Rika ordered, sending her partner after Raidramon. Kyubimon ran forward in a bounding charge.
Lightning crackled on Raidramon's horn, and, with a cry of "Blue Thunder!" it arced forward. Kyubimon changed directions in an instant, and the energy whistled harmlessly past her. The blast was harmless, save for the fact that it was headed straight for Rika and Jeri.
Rika was too busy watching Kyubimon sink her teeth into Raidramon's side to fully notice the incoming attack. "That's the way to do it!"
Jeri, however, saw the blast. "Look out!" she screamed, crashing into Rika's side. It wasn't enough to move them out of the way, and the blast struck the two. Their digivices touched for a second, and electricity arced between the two devices. In a brilliant flash of light, Rika and Jeri were thrown apart to land in two separate heaps on the ground.
"Jeri!" Leomon shouted, planting his sword in Raidramon's skull. Leaving it stuck in, he ran over to kneel next to Jeri. Kyubimon finished the beast off with a Dragon Wheel, allowing its data to fade.
Reverting to Renamon, she knelt to check on her partner's limp form. "She's been knocked out, but she should be fine. We should take them home."
"Right," Leomon growled, picking up Jeri in one arm. "I hope she'll be all right."
With a knowing smile, Renamon picked Rika up off the ground. She knew that, just like her, Leomon cared deeply for his partner. She bowed deeply and sprang off towards Rika's house, hoping that both her partner and Jeri were all right.
******
A couple of hours later, Rika's eyes fluttered open, and she looked around. She found herself looking into Leomon's concerned face.
"Leomon?" she said weakly. "What are you doing here?"
"Making sure you're all right," Leomon said. "That was a rather nasty looking accident."
All Rika could remember was Jeri crashing into her and a gigantic flash of light.
"Where am I?" she asked, "And where's Renamon?"
Leomon wasn't quite sure where she was going with all this, but then, she had always been a little odd.
"Umm, you're at your house, and I'm assuming Renamon is with Rika at hers."
"Huh? That doesn't make any sense," Rika said, sitting up in bed. Leomon supported her with a hand on her back and helped her sit on the edge.
"Did you hit your head?" Leomon asked, worried about his Tamer's behavior. She had always been a bit strange, but never this bad.
On a hunch, Rika reached over to the bedside table and found what she was looking for. Picking up a mirror, Rika looked into it and was shocked at what she saw. Staring back at her was Jeri's face.
"AAA….!!!!"
"Now let's start getting into some of the more advanced techniques," Rika said, picking up her deck of cards. Jeri, who was sitting across from her, picked her own deck up.
"You think I'll be as good at this as you are someday?" Jeri asked her teacher with a smile. Everybody but Jeri would have been caught totally off guard when Rika returned the smile. Most people called Rika the Ice Queen because that was how she seemed, cold and distant. Few beings really knew the true Rika, and Jeri was the only human who did.
"I don't doubt it, provided you find someone else to teach you after I'm finished," Rika said. "If you think I'm going to give away all of my secrets, you're mistaken."
Jeri started to snicker, and soon both she and Rika were laughing. For all of Rika's outward hardness, Jeri knew that inside she was really a kind person. Jeri envied her unshakable confidence, a quality she lacked. Not that she would let anyone know, but Rika envied Jeri's sensitivity and caring.
The moment was disturbed by a double sound, Jeri and Rika's digivices going off. That could mean only one thing, that another Digimon was bioemerging.
"Looks like this lesson is going to have to be postponed," Jeri sighed.
"Renamon," Rika said, calling for her partner. As always, the vixen digimon appeared in an instant. As thrilling as battle was, sometimes Rika wished that she didn't have to plan her life around digital fields.
"Ready as always," Renamon said. She had just been checking out the scene of battle. "Leomon's already there."
"Why didn't he tell me?" Jeri asked, frowning even though she knew the answer.
"Doing his lone warrior act again no doubt," Rika said, standing up. Despite the fact that Leomon was Jeri's partner, he still preferred to work alone. "Well then, we should join him."
Jeri placed her deck of cards in the box in her pocket. Rika picked up hers and replaced it in the holder behind her hip, except for one card. Whipping out her digivice, she slashed the card through the slot.
"Digimodify! Digivolution Activate!"
With a burst of light, the digivolution process began.
"Renamon digivolve to…" Renamon cried, her body beginning to be surrounded by a shell of energy. Inside, her external layer of data peeled away and began to reformat. As the energy around Renamon hardened, her core reshaped itself, and the reformatted data settled about her new body. The shell burst apart in a flash of flame.
"Kyubimon! Let's go Rika," Kyubimon said as Rika vaulted onto her back.
Rika reached a hand out towards Jeri, saying, "Come on, we'll get there a lot faster this way."
Jeri swallowed hard and took Rika's outstretched hand, using it to climb onto Kyubimon. The fox digimon's powerful legs carried her forward, Rika and Jeri securely on her back.
"Whoo-hoo!" Rika whooped, enjoying the ride as she always did. Jeri, however, clung to Rika's waist, holding on for dear life. It worked somewhat; Rika's strong presence gave Jeri a feeling of comfort. They soon came to the digital field, and Kyubimon skidded to a halt.
Rika jumped down from Kyubimon, a glint in her eye. Jeri climbed down carefully, her knuckles pale white from holding on so hard. Her face was flushed. Pulling out her sunglasses and placing them on her head, Rika stepped into the digital field beside Kyubimon. Jeri pulled out her own glasses, similar to Rika's, and joined them.
Inside, a blue and black digimon was clashing with Leomon, its horn against Leomon's blade. All of a sudden, lightning crackled around the thing's head and went through the sword and Leomon into the ground. Leomon was flung backwards and landed, nursing his electricity burned hands.
"Leomon!" Jeri cried, her digivice analyzing the enemy digimon. "Raidramon, Armored digimon. His special attacks are Blue Thunder and Electric Bite."
"Jeri," Leomon said softly. "You shouldn't be here, it's dangerous."
"Get him, Kyubimon," Rika ordered, sending her partner after Raidramon. Kyubimon ran forward in a bounding charge.
Lightning crackled on Raidramon's horn, and, with a cry of "Blue Thunder!" it arced forward. Kyubimon changed directions in an instant, and the energy whistled harmlessly past her. The blast was harmless, save for the fact that it was headed straight for Rika and Jeri.
Rika was too busy watching Kyubimon sink her teeth into Raidramon's side to fully notice the incoming attack. "That's the way to do it!"
Jeri, however, saw the blast. "Look out!" she screamed, crashing into Rika's side. It wasn't enough to move them out of the way, and the blast struck the two. Their digivices touched for a second, and electricity arced between the two devices. In a brilliant flash of light, Rika and Jeri were thrown apart to land in two separate heaps on the ground.
"Jeri!" Leomon shouted, planting his sword in Raidramon's skull. Leaving it stuck in, he ran over to kneel next to Jeri. Kyubimon finished the beast off with a Dragon Wheel, allowing its data to fade.
Reverting to Renamon, she knelt to check on her partner's limp form. "She's been knocked out, but she should be fine. We should take them home."
"Right," Leomon growled, picking up Jeri in one arm. "I hope she'll be all right."
With a knowing smile, Renamon picked Rika up off the ground. She knew that, just like her, Leomon cared deeply for his partner. She bowed deeply and sprang off towards Rika's house, hoping that both her partner and Jeri were all right.
******
A couple of hours later, Rika's eyes fluttered open, and she looked around. She found herself looking into Leomon's concerned face.
"Leomon?" she said weakly. "What are you doing here?"
"Making sure you're all right," Leomon said. "That was a rather nasty looking accident."
All Rika could remember was Jeri crashing into her and a gigantic flash of light.
"Where am I?" she asked, "And where's Renamon?"
Leomon wasn't quite sure where she was going with all this, but then, she had always been a little odd.
"Umm, you're at your house, and I'm assuming Renamon is with Rika at hers."
"Huh? That doesn't make any sense," Rika said, sitting up in bed. Leomon supported her with a hand on her back and helped her sit on the edge.
"Did you hit your head?" Leomon asked, worried about his Tamer's behavior. She had always been a bit strange, but never this bad.
On a hunch, Rika reached over to the bedside table and found what she was looking for. Picking up a mirror, Rika looked into it and was shocked at what she saw. Staring back at her was Jeri's face.
"AAA….!!!!"