The Tamers turned to look at who had asked them the question. Takato looked at Kari and he said, "My name is Takato Matsuki. It is nice to meet you."
Henry went next. "My name is Henry Wong. I am glad to finally have someone who can help me with my D-Arc."
"My name is Rika Nonaka, and these other two girls are Jeri Katou and Alice McCoy," Rika said as both girls waved.
"Our partners are Guilmon, Terriermon, Renamon, Leomon and Dobermon," Jeri added. Each Digimon waved or bowed when mentioned.
"During the D-Reaper incident, my girlfriend and Alice both had their partners deleted. It was only a couple of months ago that we were able to bring them back. We used a program to help find the data and turn it back into a DigiEgg," Henry told them. "The way things work where we are from is different. Digimon usually fight to survive and become stronger. In our world, a Digimon is lucky if they are able to make it to champion or higher."
The DigDestined were a little shocked. They thought that the Digimon would just be reborn in Primary Village. They didn't think that a Digimon could just get deleted like that. They also were concerned about Digimon fighting to get stronger. They had never heard of such a thing before in their adventures.
Henry nodded his head towards Alice, beckoning her to continue.
"We were investigating a Digimon signal when we found ourselves here. Now, I don't know if we can get home," Alice exclaimed worriedly.
The DigiDestined then looked at each other and they nodded at Tai to say something.
"Don't worry. We can help you. Maybe if we talk to Gennai, he might be able to come up with something to get you back home. My name is Tai Kamiya. I am Kari's brother," Tai explained. He indicated for the rest of his group to go in turn.
Sora nodded her head. "It's nice to meet you. My name is Sora Takenouchi. I am glad to be a DigiDestined."
Mimi went next. "Hi. My name is Mimi Tachikawa. I hope to get to know you new people better."
Joe waved. "Hi. My name is Joe Kido. I hope we won't need my services too much while you're here."
Matt bowed. "I am Matt Ishida. I am T.K.'s brother. I am also in a band."
Izzy was using his laptop and Mimi slapped him across the forehead to get him out of his computer geek mode.
"Oh. Hi. My name is Izzy Izumi. I am the computer genius of our group," Izzy said.
The Tamers noticed the interaction between Mimi and Izzy and they all laughed.
Tai looked at Davis and he nodded at him, encouraging him to introduce himself.
Davis looked at the Tamers and said, "My name is Davis Motomiya. I helped to defeat MaloMyotismon." He nodded towards the others in his group.
Kari went next. "My name is Kari Kamiya. I am glad to meet you all." She waved at the Tamers' group.
Yolei went after Kari. "Hi my name is Yolei Inoue. I have many brothers and sisters, so we should be able to get along fine."
Ken went after her. "My name is Ken Ichijouji. I hope to make friends with you and many more people soon."
Cody was next. "Hello. My name is Cody Hida. I think we will get along fine."
T.K. went last. "Hi. My name is T.K. Takaishi. I am very glad to meet you all."
After everyone introduced themselves, Tai and Davis decided to introduce everyone's Digimon partners to the Tamers.
"Our partners are Agumon, Biyomon, Tentomon, Gomamon, Palmon, Gabumon, Veemon, Wormon, Gatomon, Patamon, Armadillomon, Hawkmon," Davis mentioned happily.
Izzy, after seeing what had happened when the Tamers fought DarkReapermon, asked, "How are you able to Biomerge?"
"It is the Tamer and the Digimon merging together. They become fused into one being," Henry explained.
"My father and I studied the D-Arc's programming very carefully to understand how it worked. My theory concerning Biomerge Digivolution is that the electrical charges between Digimon data and human cells allow them to combine. This allows for more control over the Digimon, and also gives both partners better fighting abilities," Henry mentioned with a smile on his face.
The DigiDestined asked questions about the Tamers Digimon. They asked questions such as, "How did you meet your Digimon partners? What was it like when you met them? Were you surprised about having a partner?"
Henry started off explaining with some concern in his voice, "I was surprised when Terriermon came out of the computer. I was playing the Digimon computer game. I was scared for Terriermon when Apemon hurt him. I screamed his name and out he came, and my card reader for the computer turned into a Digivice."
Takato went next excited to be telling his tale. "One day, I was playing the Digimon Card Game with my friend Kazu, who is also a Tamer. After winning, I went to put my cards inside the metal dinosaur slide and store them when the shoebox containing my collection fell down on the ground. As it fell, I noticed that one card looked different to the others. I picked it up and turned it over in my hand. I was curious about it, so I decided to scan it with my card reader to see what it was.
"After scanning it with my card reader, my reader went berserk with a slight power surge. I wasn't sure what had happened, and I was late for school, so I put everything in the shoebox and went to school. During school, I started to work on Guilmon's drawing, but my teacher caught me since I was late. Unfortunately, I back mouthed her without even realizing she was there, so I got detention and had to write an apology. When I went back to check on my card reader, there was a storm brewing.
"When I got to the dinosaur, I found my shoebox and opened it up, and inside I found my card reader glowing. I dumped it out, and it somehow changed before my very eyes. I was shocked. I couldn't believe I was looking at a Digivice. I started to look at it and I found it was empty. No DigiEgg was inside. I went home and took out the Digivice. I took out my drawing of Guilmon and tried to swipe it through the Digivice. The drawing somehow got stuck, though.
"When I went to go downstairs to eat, the drawing was pulled through the Digivice and Guilmon was born. After school the next day, I found a direction signal on my Digivice and followed it to a construction site. There, I found Guilmon who was sitting there, waiting. I got scared after Guilmon attacked a rat. I wasn't sure what would happen to me after he turned to look at me. I thought he might attack me.
"After having Guilmon terrorize the school trying to find me, we went to the park to find a home for him, and from there, we met Rika and Renamon. Once Henry stopped the fight between Rika and myself, we went and found the shed that Guilmon started to use as a home. After a few adventures, we started to fight the Digimon, and we were eventually able to come together with Henry and Rika and fight as a team.
"Guilmon and myself started out very shakily as partners. We had some trust issues, but eventually, we were able to form a strong bond. It has helped us in our many battles over the years."
Rika went next and told everyone how she met Renamon. "I was playing the card game when a portal opened up in my room and some TV screens appeared. I wasn't sure what was happening, and I was a little scared at the time. All of a sudden, I heard a voice asking me what I wished for. I said I wished to be the best. Suddenly, a shadow appeared in the middle screen, and out of it, Renamon appeared. When Renamon appeared, a glow also appeared, and I found a Digivice with her. I was glad to find someone who shared my passion to be the best. I was a little nervous until the TV screens disappeared."
Jeri was last, and she described how she became Leomon's Tamer. "Leomon was trying to defeat one of the Devas, which were Ultimate Level Digimon based on the Chinese zodiac, and each one was very powerful. An attack hit him while he was trying to protect me. I was scared for him. All of a sudden, this bright light appeared near me, and I reached for it. It was a Digivice. I used the Digivice to heal Leomon. I was a little bit surprised when I got my wish to become a Tamer, especially Leomon's Tamer."
The DigiDestined were very surprised by the different ways that the Tamers had met their Digimon partners.
"Well, did you know that we each met our partners differently, as well?" Tai asked, sounding surprised. "Our group was taken into the Digital World at summer camp. From there, we realized that we weren't in the real world anymore."
The Tamers looked at each other before nodding to Henry to explain. "We actually know how each of you met your partners at one time or another. You see, in our universe, your world and the adventures your group have had are a TV show called Digimon."
The DigiDestined were stunned. they couldn't believe that they were a tv show. "Did they show everything about us?" Izzy asked.
"No, they only showed the series and a couple of movies about your group. There never were any personal things shown off screen." Henry explained
"Wow. I can't imagine creating my own Digimon though through a drawing, That must have been something." Tai exclaimed, surprised.
"It must have been a shock meeting your partner, Henry, though we have known it to happen from time to time," Izzy said, intrigued.
Kari looked at Rika, concern written on her face. "I can't Imagine having those screens appear in front of you and your partner somehow appearing from them in your own home. That must have been very scary at the time."
Takato, Henry and Rika told them about their time as Tamers, during which they traveled to the Digital World.
"We started out by defending our city from Digimon that wanted to destroy it. Many wanted partners as a step towards power," Takato explained seriously.
"We had some trouble with a government agency called Hypnos, at first. Their leader wanted to destroy Digimon. Eventually, we were able to convince him and others that we could handle the situation," Henry commented frowning.
"We met this Digimon named Calumon who, at the time, we didn't realize was the source of Digivolution, and we became friends with him. He was kidnapped by an enemy of ours, so we went to the Digital world to rescue him," Rika added amicably.
The DigiDestined were very impressed by the differences in how things worked in the Tamers' world.
"Wow. I can't imagine the danger you guys have experienced when dealing with Digimon," Kari exclaimed.
Cody looked at the Tamers and shook his head in dismay. "It must be hard to know you have to delete everything that comes through from the Digital World."
"Yeah it wasn't exactly what we thought was a good idea. But it was necessary to keep people out of harm's way." Takato said solemnly
"Well, hopefully, we can help you guys get back to your world soon," Izzy said, looking concerned.
Takato turned to Henry worriedly and asked, "Henry, how are we going to get back home?"
"I don't know, Takato. We may need some time to figure out a way back home. Even if we do find a way, it might still be a week before we can get back to Shinjuku," Henry shook his head frowning at the problem.
"What are we going to do about food and shelter?" Rika asked annoyed to not know what the answer was to their problem.
"Hey, maybe we could use Guilmon's shed for the time being. We could also visit the bakery," Takato suggested excited for the first time since coming there.
Henry was worried. "There is just one problem. We're not even sure if there is a Shinjuku in this dimension. There may not even be a shed or bakery for us to visit. We have to be really careful about this right now, Takato. We need to figure this situation out."
"Kari and I can only offer two of you a place to stay and food to eat for the time being. We don't have enough space for everyone, so our friends can help if need be," Tai exclaimed with a smile on his face. "We DigiDestined need to stick together. There is no telling what might happen if we are separated," Tai mentioned to alleviate their worries.
"How about if Henry and Jerry come home with us. This way, they have somewhere to rest," Yolei suggested exuberantly.
"Thanks for the hospitality. It means a lot to us," Jeri replied gratefully bowing her head. "Being here without much help is a problem for us. Thank you for your kindness."
Human World, Southern Quadrant, Shinjuku
Meanwhile, in the Tamers' world, the other Tamers, Ryo, Kazu, and Kenta, and their partners MarineAngemon, Monodramon, and Guardromon, were going over the area.
Hypnos was getting ready to scan the Digital World with a Digimon scanning program. They started to scan for any anomalies that might have caused the others to disappear. After scanning the Digital World, Hypnos found nothing and contacted Henry's father.
Janyu Wong decided to take some equipment to the park to scan where the Tamers might have vanished.
Yamaki and several employees went along to go over the area with different equipment to see if there were any digital traces or any other signals that would indicate where the missing Tamers went.
After going over the area with a fine-tooth comb, the members of Hypnos and Henry's father found some interesting data and went back to Hypnos to run some tests. The group only stayed around for fifteen minutes since there were only faint traces left.
Janyu went to Hypnos; he wanted to consult Yamaki.
"I found some traces of a Bio-Emergence. I don't know what caused it, but it certainly leads somewhere. It wasn't a Digimon that came through, but a portal that opened up, instead," Janyu said.
"Janyu, do you think this has something to do with the signal we got just a little while ago? Could your son and his friends have stumbled into it and went somewhere else?" Yamaki asked.
Janyu pondered what Yamaki was suggesting. He frowned at that. "Maybe they did somehow get transported somewhere. I just don't know where."
"Is it possible that we could figure out where they went? Do we have enough data to find out what happened?" Yamaki asked.
"Maybe we might be able to find them. I will try to get the Monster Makers on this at once," Janyu said. He was concerned. Henry, please take care of yourself and your friends, he thought.
Somewhere in the Digital World…
Meanwhile, somewhere in the Digital World, a couple of Digimon were scurrying away from a dark area to get away from a Mega Level dark Digimon. One of the Digimon was a BlackVeemon. The other was a DarkArmadillomon. After the D-Reaper had been defeated, the Digital World had been in a state of emergency, and a lot of Digimon had to be fixed up with data tumbleweeds.
There were certain areas that the inhabitants were avoiding. They weren't sure if the whole mess was over or not.
Human World, Eastern Quadrant, Odaiba
Meanwhile, in the DigiDestined's world, Takato suggested that everyone go and see what Shinjuku Park looked like. Everyone agreed, and they went to Shinjuku Park. They also went to the bakery where Takato grew up, even though it was different in the DigiDestined's world.
Everyone agreed that Takato should go in to see what the bakery was like.
Takato went inside, and he found people that looked like his parents. He also found out that his parents' lookalikes had a child. The child wasn't someone he expected to see. A girl Takato's age had come down to see if her parents needed any help at the register.
Suddenly, Takato got a shock when he got a good look at the girl and saw what looked like Rika, but with his hair and eye colors. She also was wearing a similar outfit to Takato's. Takato couldn't believe that someone who looked like Rika, yet wasn't her, was in this bakery.
The people who could have been his parents asked Takato, "Is there anything you're interested in buying, young man? Are you looking for a certain item?"
"Would you mind helping to fill this young man's order, Rika?" the woman who looked like his mom asked her daughter.
Takato got a major shock when he heard what the name of the girl was. The woman who could have been his mom had called her Rika. Takato promptly fainted.
The rest of the group got tired of waiting and came in, seeing Takato out cold on the floor.
Henry was concerned, as well as Rika, and both of them shouted, "Takato!"
The adults in the bakery were concerned and asked, "Is he all right?"
"I hope he will be ok." Mrs. Matsuki said concern written on her face.
Mr. Matsuki looked at him curiously, "I think he should be OK. He must have fainted for some reason."
They both helped him to a couch. Rika Matsuki went with the others in the group to the living room to watch over Takato.
Rika and Henry stayed with Takato while he was unconscious. "Could we have something to eat while we wait for Takato to wake up?" Davis asked, his stomach rumbling a little, making him embarrassed.
"Yeah. Could we stay here to make sure that Takato will be OK?" asked Jeri with a hopeful smile.
"Is it OK if we stay here for a while to rest? We need our friend to help us," Henry asked hopefully.
"Yes. It's OK if you stay. We just hope your friend will be OK soon," responded Mr. Matsuki kindly in the bakery.
"Thank you for allowing us to stay with our friend while he is unconscious," Rika smiled gratefully whilst watching her friend sleep.
Rika was looking at Takato with an expression of concern. She was worried that this might be an aftereffect of an incident he had over three months ago during a Bio-Emergence.
(Flashback)
After the incident with the Parasimon, Takato was concerned about Rika, even though Renamon stopped him from going to her during her party. A few days after the party, Takato came back to Rika's house to see if she was okay.
Over the next few days and weeks, Takato checked up on Rika, and eventually, Rika came to like the attention. In fact, Rika had liked Takato since the D-Reaper incident, but she didn't have the courage to tell him that she liked him. Takato had the same feelings, but had never told Rika about them.
A month after the Parasimon incident, Takato had been hospitalized.
(Shinjuku Park)
Takato and Rika were playing the card game when their D-Arcs went off, indicating a Digimon nearby. The others were out doing different things, so they weren't able to get there in time to help.
Jeri and Henry were on a date in another part of the city. They did get the signal on their D-Arcs, but their Digimon were either too big or too small to help them to get to the site quickly.
The rest of the Tamers were in different parts of the city. The younger Tamers weren't allowed to go out to fight after the Parasimon incident. Their parents felt better keeping them away from that kind of danger.
Ryo, Kazu and Kenta were all on a camping trip for a while after the Parasimon incident. They needed the rest from fighting so many Digimon at once.
Takato and Rika went to the location to see what kind of Digimon might be attacking. There, they both found a DarkMetalTyranomon.
Takato and Rika had both their partners Digivolve.
"Digi-Modify. Digivolution, activate."
Once Growlmon and Kyubimon were ready, they started to attack DarkMetalTyranomon.
DarkMetalTyranomon started to attack with Giga Destroyer which used missiles to hit the enemy. He kept attacking, trying to hit Growlmon and Kyubimon. Takato and Rika had to dodge some of his attacks, as well.
Kyubimon managed to get hit by a stray missile. She fell and was stunned momentarily. Rika went over to check on her to see if she was OK. Suddenly, Takato yelled, "Rika! Watch out!"
Takato pushed her out of the way as a missile came towards her. She hadn't even seen it. Takato got hit badly and went down. "Takato! No!" Rika screamed.
She had picked up Takato's D-Arc and she swiped a Power card through to help Growlmon finish DarkMetalTyranomon off quickly, and then she checked on Takato. Rika got her cell out and called for an ambulance. Meanwhile, Growlmon and Kyubimon dedigivolved and they went back to Guilmon's shed to wait.
An ambulance came and the paramedics checked Takato out before loading him into the ambulance. Rika went with Takato to make sure that he would be OK.
They got to the hospital and Rika waited in the waiting room for a while. After an hour, a nurse came out and she noticed that Rika was there. "Who are you here to see?" she asked.
"My friend Takato Matsuki got hurt. I want to see if he is OK. Please, can you tell me if he is all right?" Rika asked concerned.
The nurse went to her station and checked on the patient list. She noticed a room number for Takato. "You can go back to him. He is in a room now. I will take you back to see him," she said.
Rika went to the room and she noticed Takato's appearance. He had some bad scrapes and bruises. He also had some bandages on his arms and head. Rika sat down in a chair and waited for him to wake up.
He woke up after about an hour. "How are you doing, gogglehead?" Rika asked hopeful to see her friend.
Takato looked at Rika and, in a hoarse voice, he said, "I've been better." Rika laughed at that a little and she smiled. She had been really worried about Takato.
"I'll call your parents. They need to know you're here," Rika said. She called them and they came over to see how Takato was doing.
Over the next couple of weeks, Rika went to see Takato in the hospital, and she realized what Takato really meant to her. She started to cry when she saw him lying in bed with bandages all over him. He had saved her from being killed yet again.
Rika remembered how many times Takato had tried to save her in the past. She also remembered how Takato tried to be her friend and didn't try to order her around. Takato, at that time, was just concerned about Rika crying over what had happened to him.
Rika told Takato that she had a crush on him ever since the D-Reaper incident. Takato told Rika about how he felt about her from the beginning—that he had a crush on her, but never said anything since he was afraid it would destroy their fragile friendship. They talked like that for hours before she had to go due to visiting hours.
About 2 weeks later, Takato came home from the hospital. He and Rika decided to have some fun in the park and met up. Henry was walking in the park with Terriermon and he heard someone coming.
Henry and Terriermon hid in some bushes and saw Rika and Takato meet each other and kiss. Henry was surprised, but nothing more. Terriermon smart-mouthed about Rika and Takato after they had finished meeting.
Afterwards, Henry and Terriermon went to see Takato in Guilmon's shed. Jeri didn't know that anything was going on between Takato and Rika at the time, and she still didn't. Takato and Rika kept their relationship secret for as long as possible.
(End Flashback)
Rika Matsuki met Rika Nonaka.
Rika was shocked at the similarities between Rika Matsuki and Takato.
Eventually, Takato woke up. After he got up off the couch, a Bio-Emergence indicator went off on the Tamers' D-Arcs. The DigiDestined's Digivices also began to beep. Takato got ready to move. Everyone else was ready to go, too.
"Can I go with them?" Rika Matsuki asked.
"Okay. You can go with them as long as they make sure you're OK," Rika's mom said.
Rika went with everyone to the area of the Bio-Emergence. At the site of the Digital field, Henry was shocked to see the same fog that they were used to seeing on a regular basis. Everyone got ready to fight.
"Does anyone know what that fog is?" Rika Matsuki asked.
"It is something we call a Digital field," Henry said.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Rika Matsuki wondered.
"It means that there is a Digimon coming to the human world. It also means that we have to make sure that no one gets hurt," Takato said.
Rika Matsuki looked at everyone else there. She was still curious about what was going on.
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