This story is a sequel to the episode "The Icemon Cometh", which is my favorite episode so far. In my opinion, IceDevimon should've lasted more than one episode, so I came up with this. Chronologically, this takes place between episodes 12 and 13. I hope you enjoy it!

DISCLAIMER: I swore I wouldn't do this, but I'll do it anyway. I don't own Digimon nor do I own the words to the song "Meguriai".

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West Shinjuku Park, Tokyo

"Guilmon!" yells Takato, running up the steps to his partner's 'house'. Walking into the somewhat dark room, Takato is surprised that Guilmon isn't already waiting for him.

"Hi, Takato," grumbles Guilmon, as the red dinosaur groggily crawls up from the hole he'd dug up in the back of the room. Takato frowns, usually Guilmon is happy to see him.

"Guilmon, are you Ok?" asks Takato, noticing how tired the digimon looks. Guilmon slowly shakes his head.

"I don't feel so good…my head hurts," answers Guilmon, rubbing the back of his head.

"Huh? I didn't know digimon got sick," says Takato, putting down the bag he'd been carrying, "Well, maybe you'll feel better if you eat some food."

"Ok," replies Guilmon as the two sit down and reach into the bag.

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"Heh, that Matsuda kid is pretty clever hiding that digimon here in the park," whispers Yamaki, watching Takato and Guilmon eat through his binoculars. The day had been full of spying for the Director of Hypnos, spying on the actions of the young boy named Takato Matsuda. The other kid, Henry Wong, had proved to be much more cautious than him, making Takato easier to observe. Of course, he would soon have to silence them both or jeopardize his entire operation. Suddenly, his cell phone goes off.

"What is it?" says Yamaki in an annoyed tone, answering the phone.

"Sir, we have a wild one about to bio-emerge in your area," replies Reily, one of his assistants.

"I'm on it," says Yamaki, hanging up on her. With one last look at Takato, he rushes off.

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Shinji quietly walked through the park, slowly stalking his target. She'd beaten him once, and now that he's back in Tokyo he won't let her beat him again. When the girl finally stops at a bench, Shinji makes his move.

"You're Rika, the Digimon Queen, right?" asks Shinji, already knowing the answer.

"What do you want?" replies Rika aggressively.

"So you don't remember me? I was your last opponent at the National Digimon Tournament," says Shinji, extending his hand, "My name is Shinji Ubihara."

The name was immediately recognizable to Rika, remembering her match with the boy. Out of the whole tournament, Shinji was the only one who Rika actually considered a threat and wanted to battle.

"I know you didn't come back here from Osaka to reminisce, Ubihara. What do you want?" asks Rika, shaking his hand. A smirk creeps across his face as he runs his hand through his black hair.

"I've come back here, your majesty, to challenge you to a rematch. No one has ever beaten me in a match, only you," answers Shinji.

"You want to clear your record; well I'm afraid you won't be able to. I know you can't beat me. In fact, I bet the only one who could beat me is Ryo Akiyama himself," says Rika, turning her back on him and beginning to walk away.

"Hey, where are you…" says Shinji, just seconds before a bright column of light blasts down from the sky into the ground a short distance away. Shinji can only stare in shock and surprise at the light, while Rika just continues to walk towards it. He watches as she puts on a pair of sunglasses and takes a strange device off of her belt.

"Renamon," says Rika. Seemingly from thin air, and to Shinji's amazement, a beautiful fox-like monster appears next to her.

"Is that…a Digimon? A real Digimon? It can't be…" says Shinji as the light fades, replaced by a wall of fog. Without a word, Rika and Renamon run towards the fog. Shinji snaps out of his shock and follows. He doesn't know what's going on, but he's ready for a fight.

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He's here.

"Where is it?" says Rika, walking cautiously through the fog. Renamon follows her closely, silently scanning the area for her next opponent.

I can sense it, but I can't see it. Where are you? thinks Renamon, looking over at Rika. As she looks ahead again, she is startled to see the Digimon is standing right in front of her, less than a foot away! She throws a punch at the dragon digimon, a reflex of being surprised, but he easily catches her hand.

"I do not want to fight you. I am looking for a human," he says, his brown eyes looking into her own.

Rika! thinks Renamon, jumping a few steps back, blurring the digimon in the white fog.

"I won't let you get anywhere near Rika!" she says, getting into an attack stance. Calmly, the digimon slowly walks to Renamon.

"The human I am looking for is not Rika Nonaka," he replies, walking past her. Renamon can only watch as he walks away, not sure what to make of it.

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Shinji can barely see in the thick fog, he'd lost Rika and her digimon right after entering. That is he thought it was a Digimon.

It can't be a Digimon…it's only a TV show. But there's nothing else that can explain what I saw. It had to be a Digimon! thinks Shinji. Just at that moment, he can see someone, or something, approaching him in the fog. At first the figure is blurry and barely visible, but as it gets closer he can easily tell what it is.

"It's…a Flamedramon! Or some variation…" says Shinji, as the creature continues its approach, slowly walking towards him. It definitely is some sort of Flamedramon, but it is shorter, about the size of an adult human and it doesn't have the armor where the hands are supposed to be. In fact, the armor that the Digimon is wearing is totally black, while the rest of it looks just like Flamedramon, just with normal hands.

"Are you Shinji Ubihara?" asks the Digimon, stopping in front of him. Shinji is speechless, not only can it talk, but it knows his name!

"Uh…yes," he replies, not quite sure what else to say. The digimon smiles and kneels so that he must look up to the slightly shorter human.

"Shinji Ubihara, I am Kouji the Dark Flamedramon, and I have come to ask to be your partner," he says calmly. Shinji is in complete shock, why would a Digimon come to him? And how is this even possible?!

"Wha…What?" replies Shinji, still in shock, "Why me? I'm just some kid, why me?" Kouji frowns a little, not quite sure how to answer him.

"Because you are one of the best Tamers there are, the other two I would've picked are taken," replies Kouji, hoping this answer would be sufficient.

"You mean Ryo and Rika?" asks Shinji. Now that he thought about it, it did make sense. He'd faced both Ryo and Rika in the past, Rika at the National Digimon Tournament a few months ago and Ryo at a regional tournament about 10 months ago. Actually, he didn't battle him, they talked for a few minutes then went there own ways. It was the next day that he'd disappeared…

"Yes, Ryo Akiyama and Rika Nonaka were my first two choices, but both of them already have partners. You are the third best Tamer alive; I want to be your partner. That is, unless you don't believe I am worthy…" replies Kouji, sounding a bit disappointed.

"I…yes, I accept you as my partner," quickly answers Shinji, feeling like he's in a dream that's about to end, but he doesn't want it to. This has always been his dream as a fan, to have his own Digimon, and now its happened. Suddenly, he can hear someone clapping. Shinji looks up and sees Rika, who stops and takes off her sunglasses.

"What a wonderful little dialogue, Ubihara. Next time we meet, we fight," says Rika, turning and walking away into the quickly dissipating fog.

"I can't wait," replies Shinji with a smirk. Kouji stands up with a similar smirk.

"Neither can I," says a voice from behind him. Kouji turns his head to see Renamon floating just behind him, and smiles.

Heh, just my type. he thinks as Renamon fades away. As the last of the fog disappears, Shinji turns to him.

"We should get out of here, its still light out and someone might see you," says Shinji. As the two turn to leave, Shinji hears a faint sound. He stops for a moment, decides it's his imagination, and continues on. But he swears he heard something, like someone laughing lightly behind his back.

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"I don't know what's wrong with him," says Takato, as Henry gently examines the sleeping Guilmon. Terriermon quietly sits in the corner watching as his friend twitches again, tightening his closed eyes.

"So, he just said he didn't feel good, then collapsed?" asks Henry, standing up and looking behind him at Takato. Takato silently nods his head.

"Henry, is he going to be Ok?" asks Terriermon.

"I don't know, he doesn't have a fever or anything, but I don't know if that's a good thing for a dinosaur…" replies Henry, just as Guilmon suddenly grabs his head and starts screaming.

"Guilmon!" yells Takato, grabbing his partner just as the digimon starts convulsing.

"MAKE IT STOP!" screams Guilmon, digging his claws into his head, "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!" Just as quickly as it had started, Guilmon relaxed into Takato's arms and passed out.

Guilmon…what's wrong with you? thinks Takato, easing his friend to the floor.

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All right, that's it for chapter one, I'll have chapter two up as soon as possible. Until then, R&R!