Chapter 2: From Russia With Love
Rika: GrademonX doesn't own Digimon. As much as he wants to...
GrademonX: Hey! I didn't do my intro yet!
Terriermon: "Cough"
GrademonX: "Sigh" Our intro.
Rika: And do I care? Roll the fic!
GrademonX: Wait a minute! This is my fic!
Terriermon: Yes, but we could beat the crap out of you.
GrademonX: Touché... Roll the fic!
The tamer of the golden knight stepped forward and reached out a hand to Takato, whose body had been crouched over a recently revived Guilmon.
The chocolate-eyed tamer assessed the stranger's face. He was foreign, and seemed to be hardened by experience. His eyes were a harsh violet, not warm like Rika's but deep and calculating. He wore a smile that was completely sincere, and the look in his dark eyes told Takato he had no ulterior motive.
The hazard tamer took the boy's hand and allowed the unknown tamer to help him to his feet, "Well… Thanks. If you hadn't come I don't know what would've happened."
The boy spoke, he had a thick Russian accent and obviously had recently migrated from the Eurasian country due to the dialect of his voice, "There is no need to thank me, I was simply taking a stroll through the park when I saw a group of strangers being attacked by a three-headed dog."
The two young men stared at each other for a minute before breaking into a fit of laughter. Takato wiped a tear from his eye and shunted his accomplice over to the other member of the group. Rika raised an eyebrow when she saw him, "Thanks for saving our lives and all, but if you don't mind me asking, who the hell are you?"
Takato sweatdropped and the Russian tamer chuckled, "My name is Nikita Alpovich. You may call me what you please. And who is this lovely couple I have the pleasure of meeting?"
Rika's cheeks grew a deadly shade of red and she screamed, "WE ARE NOT A COUPLE!" Nikita smirked and ran a hand through his hair, "Whatever you say miss…" "Rika." (Takato was surprised that she didn't explode when she opened her mouth.) "Well Miss Rika, if I may say so, you and my friend here look quite good together."
Rika erupted in rage and threw a punch at Nikita. The boy stepped to the side and grabbed Rika's wrist, holding it in place. He turned to Takato, "Your friend has quite a temper." The tamer shrugged, "You get used to it. I'm Takato by the way, nice to meet you."
The boy released Rika's hand, "Nice to meet you Takato. Maybe we see each other again soon?" The hazard tamer replied cheerfully, "Well I'll be at the university if you're looking for somewhere to hang out."
Nikita smiled, "Shinjuku University? I just transferred there. Maybe we see each other in class then hmm? I will stop by you're room if I find it. Oh, by the way…" He lowered his voice to a whisper so Rika's ears were shunned from the conversation, "That Rika girl? She wants to be your ''lyubovnik'"
The hazard tamer blinked, "My what?" Nikita just smiled his secretive smile, "As you Americans say, 'Google it.'" And with that the tamer called to his digimon, who had struck up a conversation with Guilmon and disappeared into the darkness.
Takato turned to see Rika, her face glowing red, but with the anger dissipated, the tamer was in no real danger. The girl rubbed her wrist and muttered, "That guy's got a strong grip." Takato smirked, "You sound impressed." Rika smiled back, "First time for everything."
The two walked home, their digimon occasionally trying to start up a conversation, which would always immediately be shot down by Rika. The two tamers kept stealing glances at each other, but would instinctively look away if they noticed the other was watching.
The walk was silent, but as they reached the crossroads that led to the separate gender dorms, the girl glanced at Takato, "Hey… Ummm… Gogglehead? Takato turned to the sound of his pet name, "Yeah?"
"About what Nikita said… Never mind. Night Goggles."
A look of sorrow crossed Takato's face, but he managed to hide it, "Ok, you too Rika." The hazard tamer made his way to his room, number 75 and looked down the hallway just in time to see a familiar leather jacket disappear into room 82. The hazard tamer yawned, "In the morning Takato, in the morning."
The boy stripped off his hoodie and slumped into his bed. He rolled over and stuffed his head into his pillow. "Guilmon?" he said in a muffled voice. "Yes Takatomon?" "You met his digimon right?" "Yes?" "Well what was he like?"
The red dinosaur's eyes lit up, "Dorumon? He was awesome! He says he's from this place called Rusha. Do you know where that is Takatomon?" "I'll tell you later boy." "Well guess what his favorite food is Takatomon?" The tamer rolled his eyes, every time his partner opened his mouth, the conversation ended up involving food.
"Ham and eggs?" The digimon rolled his eyes, "Takatomon? What's a ham and eggs?" "Later boy." Guilmon's eyes lit up again, "Well, Dorumon and Nikita went to your parents bakery and had some Guilmon bread!"
Takato could feel himself nodding off. He stared at the clock, and a 6:00 AM stared back at him. "That's great boy. I'm going to sleep for the next half hour if that's okay with you." Guilmon looked solemn faced at the ground, but nodded and curled up into a ball. Takato's eyes shut and he instantly fell into blackness.
"I want to sing." Six razor-sharp tentacles erupted from Rika's back. One of them stroked Takato's cheek, making him shiver. It slowly moved up his face and brushed a strand of hair away from his eye.
"I WANT TO SING!" The tentacle plunged itself into the boy's eye, causing him to grope at his face wildly with his hands, the tentacle struck again, submerging itself in his other eye. Takato screamed in agony as he felt the warm liquid dripping down his face.
"Takato, get up!" Takato opened his eyes slowly to meet the beady eyes of Terriermon, who was perched on his chest, his floppy ears coating the boy's body. "Get off asshole." The tamer sat up and the bunny lost his balance, falling to the floor with a thud.
Takato's roommate stuffed his foot in a sock and chuckled, "Don't be mean Takato, he's just trying to be helpful." His expression changed when he saw the look on the hazard tamer's face. "Hey Takato, are you okay?"
The boy was clutching his head with one hand and the side of his bed with the other. The world was spinning around him and he slumped to his knees. He heard Henry's voice screaming and felt a hand on his shoulder. He tried to get up but just fell forward, the world swam around him and he lost consciousness.
"Takatomon!" The dinosaur ran to the motionless body of his tamer and nudged his body repeatedly with his nose in an attempt to arouse him. Henry slung Takato over his shoulder and called to his digimon, "Help me with the door!"
Terriermon shoved the door open (with some effort) and ran down the hall with Henry and Guilmon close behind. The bunny was going so fast he didn't look where he was going and crashed into a half-open door about half way down the hall.
A boy, clothed in a leather jacket and black jeans, and about Henry's age emerged from the door, followed by a purple-coated digimon with an amber on its forehead. He raised an eyebrow at the body over Henry's shoulder. "Takato?"
Henry snapped impatiently, "Are you ever going to move?" The other tamer replied with a thick accent, "Put him down." Henry frowned, "I'm sorry what?" Terriermon jumped up and down anxiously, "Just do it Henry!" The tamer frowned again, but he trusted his digimon companion, and laid his friend gingerly on the ground.
The Russian boy stripped Takato's shirt off and placed two hands over his chest. He pumped repeatedly, occasionally checking for a pulse. His eyes widened the third time he checked and sweat dripped down Henry's face, "What is it?"
The boy turned Takato over, "He has two pulses." He took off Takato's undershirt and Henry leapt back a few feet. Attached to Takato's back, was the all-too-familiar form of a Parasimon's controller.
"Hello? Anyone there?" Takato's voice echoed in the darkness. "Henry? Guilmon? Anyone?" Takato pressed forward, unable to see anything. The darkness was broken by a shining light, which the hazard tamer ran towards without hesitation.
The sight the boy witnessed was almost too much for him to bear. Rika was sprawled on the ground, one arm twisted in an awkward position, and blood covering her entire body. Her clothes were ripped and blood was leaking from her mouth and one eye.
The female tamer saw Takato and spoke, her voice was soft, like speaking was an unimaginable pain. "No… Stay back… Don't come near me." Takato stopped and a tear leaked from his eye. What had he done?
The Parasimon's tongue whizzed past Nikita's head and imbedded itself in the wall behind him. The grey-eyed tamer across the hall from him screamed, "Lure it outside! We can't fight it in here!" The Russian nodded and raced for the door.
"ELECTRIC BIND!"
Nikita turned just in time to see a green tongue inches from his face.
"BUNNY BLAST!"
Green pellets of energy rocketed through the hall and split the Parasimon's tongue in half. Terriermon landed in front of the Russian tamer and smiled. "Thanks," The boy breathed and pushed the door open. "Dorumon!" The dinosaur nodded and raced outside, followed by Henry and the green rabbit.
The two tamers both pulled out their D-Powers and held them up to the sky. The parted their mouths with the phrase that all wild digimon fear and hate.
"BIOMERGE ACTIVATE!"
"TERRIERMON BIOMERGE TO!"
The rabbit fused with Henry and power coursed through their body. Terriermon's ears were replaced with enormous mechanical arms while the same occurred in his stubby legs. The mechanical warrior reared his head, which had emerged out of the hole in his torso.
"MEGAGARGOMON!"
"DORUMON BIOMERGE TO!"
The Russian and his raptor fused and the human's energy radiated through the digimon. Their skin was coated with white radiant armor in a massive explosion and a giant sword appeared inside the sheathe on their back. The new warrior opened his eyes and his voice rang out in a declaration of his name,
"ALPHAMON!"
The spider leaped into the air, barely avoiding Alphamon's sword. The holy knight turned as his sword glowed a radiant blue.
"HOLY SWORD!"
A beam of energy shot out of the blade, nicking the parasimon and causing it to loose its focus.
"POWER PUMMEL!"
The hulking fist of Megagargomon slammed the parasimon to the ground. The spider struggled to get out of the enormous crater that was created by the impact, but before it could, Alphamon leaped into the air above it, pulled out its sword, and smiled as it grew a warm shade of green.
The knight slashed his sword a few times, and it seemed to leave scars in the air. The scars came together to form the Greek letter "Alpha." The Parasimon, realizing what was happening, scrambled faster, and almost made it too.
"ALPHA DESTROYER!"
A massive beam of energy fired from the "Alpha" floating in the sky and engulfed the parasimon. Megagargomon looked in amazement as the being disintegrated inside the shaft of energy. The behemoth smiled when the beam had dissipated and chuckled in Tarriermon's voice. "We could have done that."
"The girl's dorm"
Rika lay in her bed, her hair down from its usual spiky ponytail, throwing her digivice into the air and catching it as a way to focus her thoughts.
"I was so close today." She thought to herself. "He was right there, the moment was perfect, and I didn't take it."' She slammed her fist into the wall and cursed. What the hell was she thinking? He didn't like her. She turned over in her bed. Maybe it was for the best. At least she wouldn't have her heart broken.
Renamon's motionless body looked up. "You love him don't you?" Rika sat up. "Ye… What are you talking about Renamon?" The kitsune smiled. "Takato, I've seen the way you look at him. You can't resist him can you?"
Rika glared at her partner, "And what if I can't?" The fox sighed, "I know what you're thinking, and believe me, it's a lot more painful to keep it bottled up inside than to just tell him."
The girl scowled, "Why should I take advice from you? It's not like you've done this before." Renamon chuckled, "You don't know that." Rika smirked and lay down in bed, only to be aroused again by a scream,
"ALPHA DESTROYER!"
Takato awoke to the faces of Henry, Guilmon, and Terriermon. The boy sat up and was relieved to find no bloody, beaten Rika in sight.
The hazard tamer looked around at the faces of his friends, who were anxiously awaiting some words from him. To oblige, the boy said the first thing that came to his mind. "Henry, you speak a little Russian right?"
The grey-eyed tamer raised an eyebrow but replied, "A little, but Takato, are you okay?" The brown-haired tamer nodded impatiently, "Yeah I'm fine, now do you know what 'lyubovnik' means?"
His best friend blinked, "Lover, why?" Takato blushed.
Rika: Subtile...
GrademonX: I'd like to see you do this.
Rika: "Punches"
GrademonX: Ow...
Terriermon: "Turns into a pop-tart and fly's around the room pooping rainbows" NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN!
Rika/GrademonX: ...
