Dark Secrets

Chapter 2 Nice to Meet You Part 2

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon or any of its characters.

Sorry if there is any OOC. I'm trying my best.

"OH! MY! GOD!"

Kari spun around to Rika, where the shout had come from. Rika was standing there with her eyes as wide as they could go and her mouth was also wide open. She was staring at something over Kari's shoulder. When Kari tried to follow Rika's line of sight she discovered that Rika was staring at Matt.

"You're Matt Ishida. You're the vocalist and bass player of my favorite band, Teenage Wolves. You're also the son of Hiroaki Ishida, the creator of the cartoon Digimon." Much to everyone's surprise, Rika had turned into a fan girl. No one knew what to say, not even Ryo who would usually take this time to tease her. "You founded the band back in your first year of high school. You signed your first album deal by your third year. You were going strong for a couple of years after high school until you disappeared over a year ago. Rumor has it that you were seriously ill, in rehab, or eloped with your high school sweetheart, Sora Takenouchi. Rumor also has it that your dad based the Digimon character Yamato off of you and the character Takeru after your brother T.K. Both of your parents are divorced and have been since you were young. Neither has remarried. You also live in Odaiba. And the reason you are here in Shinjuku is because tomorrow your band is having a get-back-together concert."

"Wow…you sure know a lot." Matt stared at Rika then turned towards to side as if trying to find a hiding place. He was hoping this young teenager wasn't going to turn out to be like Davis's sister, Jun.

"Rika…you're a fangirl." Takato said.

Rika's head snapped towards Takato and gave him one of her best glares. "I am not a fangirl. And if you dare to say that again, I will make you hurt so bad even your best Digimon will feel it." This was a silent threat towards Guilmon while making the others think she was talking about the card game. Ryo hoped Takato got the message too; he did not want to listen to how Rika had a crush on a much older guy.

"Well thank you for being enough of a fan to know all of that." Matt said awkwardly. "Are you going to the concert tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I got my ticket months ago. I just have to convince my mom to let me go alone. Both she and my grandma are convince that I'm too young to go to a concert by myself."

"I don't blame them. It isn't safe to go by yourself your age." Sora said. Sora was definitely the mother figure of the group.

Matt took a stepped back to take a closer look at them. "How many of you are there?"

"There's six now. There were two other boys but they had to leave earlier. Why?" Kari asked. She was afraid of where this was going.

"So seven in total. Well I just happen to have 8 leftover tickets. I told the managers I had a large group of friends that I wanted to bring to the concert and they actually gave me more than what I needed. So if you want to take them you can. That way you can calm down you parents if they knew you were going in a big group. You can also bring a parent or two." Matt then turned his attention directly towards Suzie. "I'm sorry but you can't go. I'm afraid you are too young." Suzie looked ready to cry and throw a temper tantrum. "How about I make sure one of these guys brings back a souvenir for you though?" Matt looked like he was about to have a panic attack when tears started coming out of Suzie's eyes. Kari, Mimi, Sora, and Yolie all started giggling while the guys all laughed at Matt.

Suzie's mood did a complete 180 and she beamed up at Matt. "Ok." The crisis was stopped before it could begin.

Matt turned back towards the younger teenagers. "No VIPs though, sorry. Just get your parents' permission, no sneaking out, and give me a name to put the tickets under. When you get there, go to main gate and give them the name and they'll give you your tickets."

"And we don't have to pay?" Jeri asked.

"Nope."

The young teens all gave various eliminations of excitement; Ryo's was more subdue though. As his friends talked excitedly around him, Ryo's attention was on something, or rather someone else. Ryo spotted in the back of the older teen's group a guy the same age as him. He had medium length black hair and he was pale. There was something familiar about him. Ryo couldn't say where it was that he had seen this guy, but he had seen him before.

Ryo was shaken from his thoughts when Henry addressed Matt. "Rika said your dad created the Digimon cartoons?"

"That's right." T.K. said. Henry could see the similarities between the two.

Henry took time to think over this information. He had always wondered how a project that was shut down turned into a cartoon that progressed from there. He had a feeling Shibumi had had a hand in that but he never asked. His dad might have been friends with him for a long time, but Henry felt there was something wrong with Shibumi. "Do you know a guy named Gorou Mizuno?" They both shook their heads. "He sometimes goes by Shibumi. He has long blond hair and a receding hair line." There was another shake of their heads. They had no idea who he was talking about.

"Well, we should be going. I'm pretty certain I've heard some growling stomachs. And one of them is definitely Davis's." Joe said.

"Hey! So what if I'm hungry!" Davis shouted.

"We'll see you tomorrow. Enjoy the pictures." Kari and the others said goodbye and started down the street.

"That was sweet of you Matt." Mimi said.

"Yeah. I was surprised. When I asked you for some tickets to your very first gig, you told me to buy them myself." Tai said.

"My managers told me that if I didn't find people for those tickets I would have to pay for them out of my own pocket." Everyone laughed along with Matt.

Henry didn't get home until late that afternoon. His father was already home as it was and so was his older siblings from their jobs and summer classes. Suzie ran off to her room to play with Terriermon and Lopmon while Henry went to take a shower. The Digimon weren't with the kids at the park because everyone agreed to leave the Digimon near Guilmon's hideout so that they can spend some just Digimon time and the Tamers could spend some just kid's time without worrying about witnesses. Renamon and Cyberdramon were more than enough to keep the other Digimon in order. And Impmon was bound to show up and he would watch over them as well. Ever since the Digimon had returned from the Digital World, Impmon had been trying as best as he could to behave and make it up to the Tamers, especially Jeri. There were times when Ai and Mako would get jealous for the amount of attention Impmon would give her. So Impmon made Calumon spend as much time with Jeri as possible so that she didn't feel left out of not having a Digimon partner. It didn't matter to Calumon; the little guy loved spending time with Jeri. He thought it was funny how she played with a puppet. When Henry and Suzie went to go pick up Lopmon and Terriermon, they were playing an odd game of tag and Simon Says. Henry's not sure how they managed to combine the two, but they did. They were home now, so Henry hoped they would calm down from being tired out.

Once Henry left his room after taking his shower, he grabbed his bag with his copy of the pictures of the soccer game. He went into the kitchen where his mom was making dinner. "Here mom, these were taken today while my friends and I were at the park."

Henry's mom took the pictures from him and started going through them. "Oh these are wonderful. I'll definitely have to frame this one." The picture was a shot of Henry and Suzie together. "Who took these?"

"This girl we met at the park today. She was taking pictures of the park until she saw us and started taking pictures of us. I had them developed at dad's work. He wasn't very happy that I brought her up to that floor. He was pretty angry."

Henry's mom put down the pictures to look at her son. "Oh honey, don't worry about it. Your father has been feeling really stressed lately. The government has been breathing down their necks a lot lately. They are tired of the cover ups and want to put an end to them. Of course your father and his friends are against any ideas that include getting rid of the Digimon. So they've been trying to gather data saying not all Digimon are bad. All of that on top with the stress with the Changs; of course your dad is feeling a little short fuse."

Henry looked up at his mom in confusion. "Who are the Changs?"

Henry's mom quickly turned back towards the stove where dinner was being prepared. "Oh, um, no one really. Just an old family friend of your father's." She looked nervous for some reason.

"Why are they causing so much stress for dad?"

"Their daughter is coming to visit soon. That's all."

"Why would that cause dad stress? Do they not trust dad or something?"

"I think this is a conversation for another time Henry. Why don't you go set the table for dinner? It's almost done." Henry just shrugged and started gathering plates to put on the table.

Once dinner was done, everyone gathered around the table and started eating. Everything was going normally, even with two Digimon at the table, everyone having mundane conservations until Suzie spoke up. "Henry, you better get me a souvenir tomorrow from the concert. I want a doll if they have any."

"What concert?" Mr. Wong asked.

"Oh, I almost forgot. You know that girl from today, Kari?" Mr. Wong nodded. "It turns out she's friends with some famous band member. He's having a concert tomorrow and he gave us tickets. It turns out Rika is a big fan of his, too. He even gave us two extra tickets for any chaperones."

"That sure was nice of him." Mrs. Wong said.

"I'm pretty sure while he was walking away, that he said that if he didn't give them away to someone, his managers were going to make him pay for them."

"That makes more sense." Mrs. Wong nodded.

"Who was this guy and what band?" Henry's older brother Rinchei asked.

"Um, I think his name was Matt something. I think the band's name was Teenage Wolves." Henry could not remember his name. He was more distracted by how Rika was acting to learn his name.

Jaarin, Henry's older sister, jumped from her seat in excitement. "Matt Isida?! Matt Ishida?! You met Matt Ishida today?!" She was flapping her arms around like she was trying to take off. She almost succeeded in breaking a few dishes in her excitement. Henry could only stare at her in amazement.

"Calm down Jaarin. Who is this Matt Ishida?" Mr. Wong asked while cleaning up some spilt water that Jaarin managed to spill.

"Only one of the hottest musicians of all time. I was heartbroken when they hadn't come out with new music or concerts for almost over a year. I wanted to get tickets to concert but I didn't have enough money saved up from my part time job." Jaarin turned towards her parents with a desperate look on her face. "Please, let me be the chaperone. I promise to keep an eye on them. I'll make sure they all get home safely and don't do anything they shouldn't do. I'll even put them on leashes if I have to."

"You are not putting a leash on me." Henry sent a glare towards his sister, she just waved him off.

"All right, all right. You can both go, as long as you're both back by ten. No later." Mr. Wong granted them permission.

"Yes! I need to go pick out an outfit for tomorrow!" Jaarin ran out of the room.

"Thank you, dad."

"Hey! What about me though? You aren't just going to leave me here with Suzie are you?" Terriermon complained.

"Actually, we were talking about that earlier. If Kenta can go, we're going to use MarineAngemon's powers to sneak you into the concert. It's supposed to be in some dome that will be open before the concert starts and then closes. If we used the right combination of cards we should have no problem sneaking you in."

"Henry!" Mrs. Wong shouted at him.

"What? What are we supposed to do? We only have so many tickets and we don't want to leave them out of the fun. And even if we did have enough tickets, how are we supposed to get them past security? I don't think they allow anyone wearing costumes in and bringing stuffed animals to a concert is just weird."

"Oh, fine. But I don't want to hear about them or you getting into any trouble young man. All of you better be on your best behaviors." Mrs. Wong wagged her finger at him.

"No problem, mom. I promise."

"Moumantai, Mrs. W. I promise I'll keep Henry out of trouble. Now, Kenta, Kazu and Rika I can't promise. Those three cause more trouble than Calumon and Guilmon on a sugar high."

"Terriermon!" Henry's hand met his own face in a smack to the forehead.

"Well, if I have to stay here tomorrow, than Lopmon has to stay here with me." Suzie shouted across the table.

"Suzie." Lopmon's head dropped to her head. It was sometimes hard having a Tamer who was so young.

Later that night as Henry was lying in bed reading a book, his computer started beeping. Looking up he saw an instant message popping up on his computer. Takato was opening up a chat room with all of the Tamers.

Takato: So, who's going?

Henry: I am.

Jeri: I am.

Rika: Nothing can stop from going.

Kazu: I am so going; I want to see this guy that Rika's all goo-goo eyes over.

Rika: I am not goo-goo eye over him. If you ever say that again I will knock your teeth out.

Takato: Rika, calm down.

Kenta: I'm going as well. I have to go if your Digimon are going to sneak into the concert.

Kazu: Yeah, yeah we know. For once you and your Digimon get to shine.

Kenta: Hey!

Henry: My older sister is also coming with us. She loves the band Teenage Wolves. She's promised my parents she'll be our chaperone.

Jeri: Well that shouldn't be too bad.

Rika: I bet she abandons us the first fifteen minutes.

Henry: Five tops.

Ryo: Don't worry, Pumpkin. I'll be there to protect you.

Rika: Please, I'll have Renamon there to protect me from you, Dunderhead.

Ryo: Ouch, Hellcat. That is an offense to my male pride.

Henry: What male pride? I've seen you play with Suzie and her dolls.

Kenta: What?!

Kazu: Dude! Please tell me Henry is joking!

Ryo: It was her Digimon dolls and I was only explaining the Digimon's strengths, attitudes, defenses, etc. I was not playing with her dolls.

Rika: Sure tough guy, whatever you say. I think I have some old Barbie dolls whose heads haven't been blown off that you can play with.

Takato: Lol.

Jeri: Lol. I used to cut off my Barbie's hair followed by the head then various body parts.

No one answered for quite some time. Henry wasn't sure what to say to that. Jeri was always the sweet girl that was only slightly weird. Now it turns out she was actually crazy.

Kazu: Changing the topic from that awkward comment: where should we meet tomorrow?

Takato: I say the café that is around the block from where the concert is being held. We should also get there at least a couple of hours early; it's going to be packed.

Kenta: I agree.

Rika: Right, then see you tomorrow.

Rika got off from the chat room and the others soon followed. As Henry settled back into bed he could feel some excitement. He wondered what it was going to be like at his first concert. He laid there as different thoughts running through his head. His last thought before he fell asleep was that he forgot to ask his dad about Shibumi's connection to the Digimon cartoons.

The following day at the café, Henry got there early so he had to wait for the others. Of course Kenta and Kazu were late. They all expected this though, that's why they told the two a time that was much earlier than when the actual concert began. Both were mad about being tricked into showing up earlier than what was needed.

They gathered all of the Digimon into the ally next to the café to get them ready. Jeri had gotten some black cloaks in order to make them blend with dark surroundings inside the stadium. Ryo managed to print out a map of the stadium and gave directions to Renamon on where to go. He only trusted her to keep track of the directions. MarineAngemon surrounded the Digimon in a pink heart bubble and floated them far above the stadium heading towards their landing destination.

"Great. You're Digimon are set. Can we please go now? I want to get there as soon as possible. I want to be the first ones there." Jaarin was getting antsy. She kept switching foot to foot ready to start running down the street.

"Yep, we can go now." Takato nodded. He led the group towards the stadium with Jaarin bouncing along side of him. Jeri kept trying to talk to Takato but Jaarin kept interrupting her by talking none stop about the band members and the songs.

In no time they had their tickets and in their seats ready for the show. Henry looked up high into beams in the back of the stadium to see their Digimon already waiting for the concert to begin. It was a bit hard to see them since they were so close to the front. After making sure that all of the Digimon were okay, Henry looked around the stadium. (A/N: so this next part is completely based off of my imagination. I've never been to an indoor concert and the usual places where concerts are held. I've only ever been to one concert and it was an outside concert.) It was quite large; it could easily hold something close to 1500 people. It was the shape of dome with a ceiling being able to open and close. Right now it was open but Henry was certain that once the concert began it would close. People were up on stage finishing the final touches to the instruments and equipment. On either sides of the stage were giant speakers and Henry could see other speakers around the stadium. Up above to the side of the dome, Henry could see a dark window. When he got a better look he could Kari and some of the other people he met yesterday. He figured that must be where the VIP people sat to watch the show. They would get a perfect view of the stage and they were away from the large audience. Kari saw him looking and she waved towards him as he waved back. He hoped he would get the chance to talk to them again after the concert.

Since they had all gotten there an hour and a half before the actual concert began, they sat there talking to one another. As predicted, as soon as they were in their seats Jaarin had taken off claiming she had seen some friends of hers. Henry was convinced that the truth was was that she didn't want to be seen sitting next to a bunch of kids. Several of the kids kept checking back to see if the Digimon were still in the area they were supposed to be hiding in. They didn't want there to be any trouble before the concert even began. But from what they could tell, all of the Digimon were behaving.

As more people were filling in, the tension in the audience grew. It was getting packed with eager people anticipating for the concert to begin. Security was tight to make sure no fights broke out before the concert began. Henry had the sneaking suspicion that some of the audience didn't come completely sober, despite the early hour of when the concert began. He didn't know how to feel about that. With that much alcohol and high energies people were known to do stupid things when under the influence and Henry had never been in that type of situation before. His parents were careful about who he was around. Henry was more afraid though that if a fight did start out and he and his friends became involved, so would their Digimon. And that was the last thing they wanted in such a tight closure with so many people.

Sooner than Henry expected, the roof to the stadium began to close as the lights on the stage turned on. People were standing from their seats, shouting at the top of their voices. When the band came out, the shouting got even louder. Henry discovered that the one down side of front row seats was that everyone behind squished up to the stage to get as close as the band members as possible. Another problem with being in front was that all of the noise traveled to the front where they were. So Henry was squished among people with his ears being blown out. He would have thought that after all the loud noises from the Digimon fights, he would be used to this but he wasn't.

In no time the band began and everyone was having a blast. As one song after another played, Henry soon began to loosen up and have more fun with the crowd. Him and his friends were jumping around and screaming like a bunch of idiots more the fun of it than for the music. Rika kept mouthing the words to the songs that she knew. It wasn't before long they started playing some new songs that nobody knew. When the audience realized that this meant a new CD was coming out they got ecstatic. There hadn't been a new Teen Wolves in over a year. It was certain so far that this CD was going to sell a lot.

After an hour and a half of none stop rocking, the band stopped to take a breather. They all got a drink of water before Matt took up the microphone once more. "How is everybody doing?" There was a bunch of screaming that answered Matt's question. It sounded mostly like girls though. "That's good to know. Unfortuneatly, is now time for the finale." There were a bunch of awwing and booing. "I hope you enjoy our last new song." At this point, Matt looked back at his band member. They all had smiles on their faces as if they were trying not to burst out laughing. "This last song, well, the other guys have a bet going on with it. They are betting on whether I'll getten beaten up or killed by either my little brother or my best friend." Matt's fellow band members all bursted out laughing at this point. Henry looked up at the glass of the VIP room and saw T.K. and who he assumed to be Tai give confused looks. "Time to face the music: introducing for the first time ever, Kari Kamiya." On walked none other than the Kari that Henry had met only yesterday but she looked different. She was wearing dark skinny jeans, a black tank top that had bold pink letters spelling 'Believe' in front, and high heeled boots on. She also had hot pink fingerless fist net gloves on that stopped at the wrist. Her hair was given a wild messy looked that still looked hot and her make-up was done to give her eyes a darker look. She did not look the innocent, kind hearted seventeen year old girl he had met yesterday. When Henry looked back at Tai and T.K. their eyes were huge and their mouths were hanging open. He could some of the others showing different expressions of shock on their faces. Some were also looking at Tai and T.K. waiting for their responses.

The crowd all cheer and shouted when she came on stage. There were even some cat calls. A second microphone was set up next Matt's and Kari took her place behind it. "I hope you enjoy this last song, 'Awake and Alive.'" Matt said.

(A/N: I do not own the song Awake and Alive, it belongs to the band Skillet.)

Matt:

I'm at war with the world and they

Try to pull me into the dark

I struggle to find my faith

As I'm slippin' from your arms

Kari:

It's getting harder to stay awake

And my strength is fading fast

You breathe into me at last

[Chorus]

I'm awake I'm alive

Now I know what I believe inside

Now it's my time

I'll do what I want 'cause this is my life

here (right here), right now (right now)

I'll stand my ground and never back down

I know what I believe inside

I'm awake and I'm alive

I'm at war with the world cause I

Ain't never gonna sell my soul

I've already made up my mind

No matter what I can't be bought or sold

Kari:

When my faith is getting weak

And I feel like giving in

You breathe into me again

[Chorus]

I'm awake I'm alive

Now I know what I believe inside

Now it's my time

I'll do what I want 'cause this is my life

here (right here), right now (right now)

I'll stand my ground and never back down

I know what I believe inside

I'm awake and I'm alive

Waking up waking up

Waking up waking up

Waking up waking up

Waking up waking up

In the dark

I can feel you in my sleep

In your arms I feel you breathe into me

Forever hold this heart that I will give to you

Forever I will live for you

Guitar solo

[Chorus]

I'm awake I'm alive

Now I know what I believe inside

Now it's my time

I'll do what I want 'cause this is my life

here (right here), right now (right now)

I'll stand my ground and never back down

I know what I believe inside

I'm awake and I'm alive

Waking up waking up

Waking up waking up

Waking up waking up

Waking up waking up

When the song ended the audience went insane. They were screaming at the top of voices and demanding an encore. Henry took another look at the VIP room to see Tai's and T.K.'s reactions and that's when things got weird. He could now see everyone in the room; they had all gotten closer to the glass to get a better look and not one of them had a smile on their faces. There was this look in their eyes that frightened Henry. Some of them had a haunted look in their eyes, others had sadness and a few had a determined look in their eyes. The meant something completely different to them than what it meant to the audience.

A red haired girl's eyes turned towards him. The look in her eyes scared Henry. It was beyond sad, it was grief. She was grieving over something and that song just reminded her of it.

Before Henry could wonder what the source of grieving was, there was a giant explosion off to the side and wall of the stadium came tumbling down on top of the unsuspecting audience.

To Be Continued…

Well I hope you enjoyed that. It will be awhile before I post the next chapter seeing as I have finals coming up. Be patient.

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