AN: Okay, I hope you all liked that last chapter. Here's the next one hope you enjoy!
Digimon Legacy: The Crystal Guardians
Chapter 3: The Second Portal
"Mom!" shouted a very annoyed and very bored Rika Nonaka. "Why do we have to go on this damn trip to Odaiba!?"
"Watch your language young lady! And I told you already, I have a photo shoot there." replied her supermodel mother, Rumiko.
"Well then why did we have to go with him!?" she shouted angrily and pointed at the boy sitting next to her in the small sports car.
"Didn't I tell you this as well? Ryo's mother has a couple of friends she wanted to visit there and with today's gas prices, we decided to car pool." she replied.
"But it's three hours away! And its HIM!"
"I know honey, but you'll just have to get used to the fact that we are not turning around. Besides, how can you be bored when you have someone as darling as Ryo with you?"
"Thank you Mrs. Nonaka. See Pumpkin? Even your mother thinks I'm a nice guy." Ryo teased her.
She blushed a bright red at his nickname for her, but turned away before he could see. "Can it Akiyama!"
"Aw, what's wrong wildcat? Am I getting annoying?" he teased again.
"I said shut it!" she sighed. God, this is torture!
Before he could respond, she put her headphones in and blasted the music. Ryo just shrugged it off and fell asleep. Rika noticed this and, taking her headphones back out, went to dreamland as well…
"Davis wake up! Our guests are almost here!" Mrs. Motomiya shouted to her son.
He groaned loudly and rolled over, accidentally rolling himself off the bed and onto the floor with a loud "thud."
"Okay mom, I'll be down in a second!" he shouted back down. He quickly got dressed and went down to find…
"Kari?"
"Oh hi Davis!" his friend and crush since he met her replied.
"W-what are you doing here?" he asked.
"Oh, my mother is also a friend of Mrs. Akiyama." she replied. "So we just came over to greet her."
"Ooh fun!" he said sarcastically.
"I know, its going to be a blast!" she replied the same way.
"But I heard they're bringing a couple kids our age with them." Davis tried to lighten up the mood a little bit with some good news.
"Yeah, so did I, but I still don't want to spend my whole weekend with someone I don't even know…"
"Ding-dong" the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Davis shouted.
He opened the door to find an extremely pissed off girl giving a death glare to her male companion. Apparently no one noticed him at the door because the girl shouted, "I thought I told you not to call me that!"
The boy replied, "I know, but its fun… pumpkin!" He started cracking up.
"Urrgghh!" The girl shouted and tried to lunge at the boy, but a taller woman, presumably her mother by her looks, grabbed her wrist and restrained her.
"Ahem." Davis cleared his throat to get the battling group's attention.
"Oh hello Daisuke!" Ryo's mother greeted him. "You probably don't remember me, the last time I saw you was when you were barely walking. I'm Mrs. Akiyama."
"Hi Mrs. Akiyama. Actually I go by Davis now." he replied.
"Well it's nice to see you again Davis." she said.
"Right back at you! Please, come in." he motioned for them to come inside.
When she saw Kari, Mrs. Akiyama's eyes grew wide. "Oh goodness, Hikari! My, look how much you've grown!"
Kari giggled at the compliment. "Thanks, and its nice to see you too Mrs. Akiyama. It's Kari now."
"Oh hello Mizuki!" Davis' mother called from the kitchen.
"Hi, it is great to see you again Kinoma, Mishu. (Kinoma is Davis' mom, Mishu is Kari's. I know these are not their real names, I just don't know what they are)
"You too Mizuki." Kari's mom replied.
They exchanged greetings, including those of Ryo and Rika, and started to eat dinner.
"Mmm, this is great spaghetti Mrs. Motomiya!" Ryo complimented.
"Well thank you Ryo." she replied, "It is nice to hear a thank you for my hard work around here." she said, looking at Davis in a matter-of-fact way.
"Hehe, yeah I know she's talking about me." he admitted. Everyone shared a laugh. Except Rika that is.
"Ugh. I'm stuffed!" Davis groaned.
"Yeah, that was great food!" Ryo replied.
Rika just grunted. "Suck up."
"Oh come on princess, it's not nice to call people names." he countered.
"Whatever, I'm going to take a walk." With that said, Rika stood up and walked out the door.
"Oh, come on wildcat! Don't leave!" Ryo shouted after her. He sighed, "I guess I better go get her."
"We'll come too. Won't we Davis?" Kari gave him a look that said, 'please, for me?'
Kari and Ryo waited for his response, both giving him the puppy dog eyes.
"Ok let's go!" he said cheerfully. "Mom, we're going out for a little while!"
"Okay, just don't be too long!" she shouted back. "It is so good to see that after one day, our children already get along."
Davis, Ryo and Kari walked out into the cold, autumn night. With a shiver, Kari said, "Oh no! I left my jacket at my house, but it's all they way across Odaiba! To top that off it's freezing!"
"Here, you can have mine Kari." Davis offered his red jacket to her.
"No, that's okay, I've dealt with much worse than this before." she replied.
"Seriously take it." He held it out again.
"Davis really"- "Kari, your mom would get upset if you got sick, and I don't want to let that happen."
"…Ok. Thanks Davis." she put on the jacket and zipped it up. She was instantly warmer than she had been, and Davis' scent filled her nostrils. He smelled so nice. She really liked him, and she knew he really liked her, but she just couldn't worry about relationships right now. She had to get into a good high school, then college to become a teacher and she had to focus on her studies.
The three of them kept walking until they found Rika in a nearby park. She was sitting on a bench, listening to her music when a tall man, who looked to be about forty years old, grabbed her wrist and tried to drag her away. She screamed for help, and Ryo instantly flew after the man, with Davis and Kari right behind him.
Ryo caught up to them and punched the man in the gut, forcing him to let go of Rika's wrist. Davis and Kari arrived, Kari helping Rika, who had fallen to the ground, and Davis assisting Ryo in the fight. Ryo landed another punch on the man's face, but he struck back and knocked Ryo to the ground. He pulled out a knife, but Davis knocked it away. Before the man could pick it up, Davis had helped Ryo off the ground and all four of the children were running as fast as they could away from the man.
The distance between the kids and the man was soon closed as the man used his long legs to take faster strides than those of the gang. Ryo noticed this and said, "Quick over here!".
They ducked into an alleyway, but realized too late that it was a dead end. The man barred the only way out, trapping the children. They backed up further and further, until they hit the cold, brick wall behind them. The man advanced, knife at the ready, when the kids felt a cold aura grip at them from behind. They turned around and were sucked into a portal, and it closed just before the man could stab at one of the children. They fell swirling in midair, until darkness took them…
Kari was the first to awaken. She looked around the blinding white terrain and saw the forms of her friends. They too began to stir, and only when they were sitting up and looking around did they notice that it was freezing outside and that the mass of white around them was snow. Ryo stood up, followed by Davis, Kari, and finally Rika.
"Where are we?" Kari asked.
"I don't know, but we need to find shelter fast or we'll freeze to death." Davis replied.
Ryo looked out into the distance, scanning the horizon. He saw a small a small mountain ahead, with a cave that was lit by a flickering firelight. Shadows of humanoid figures danced along the cave walls. "Hey look over there!" he exclaimed to the others.
They looked over, saw the scene ahead of them and shared excited glances.
"Maybe they can help us!" Rika said enthusiastically.
The group trekked over to the cave entrance, and when they were about to shout out to the figures, they heard the sound of crunching snow behind them. They turned and were met by a sword and two bows being pointed at them. The boy with the sword then said, "Who are you and what are you doing here?
Okay, another chapter is up. Once again, I'm sorry it took so long but I have been EXTREMELY busy. Please review!!!!