Takato and Rika have a lot of explaining to do.
DISCLAIMER: Blazing Chaos does not own Digimon, but does own the OCs introduced in this story and later stories.
CHAPTER 4
Explanation
Palette Town Ferris Wheel, Odaiba
10:10 JST
Takato, after getting over the surprise of the question, decided to play dumb for now.
"Explaining about what?" Takato asked.
"How you deceived your friends for the last 13 months!" Jeri replied.
"About what?" Rika asked.
"About you being in love, of course. You kept it secret from all of us other Tamers for over a year, let us be fooled and deceived by your tricks, and to add insult to injury you told Henry about it!" Jeri ranted.
'Ah, the irony of being a mega-level priestess yet unable to face up to a little girl…'Rika heard from a voice in her head.
'Who on earth are you?' Rika thought.
'None of your business…'
Rika dismissed the voice as her going insane and replied to Jeri.
"Look, we didn't want you guys wrecking our relationship."
"Huh?" Jeri replied, now dumbfounded.
"Oh come on, are you for real? If we had told anyone, we would have day in day out teasing from the moron twins, Terriermon would've been free to annoy us however he wanted, and I know that Ryo would use the chance to get back at me." Rika replied. Ken, watching, twitched at the name Ryo, as did several of the Digidestined, whose thoughts went along the same lines as his.
'No…way…It can't be…can it?'
"All we wanted was a bit of peace and quiet, which we wouldn't get otherwise. So I am not apologising!" Sakuyamon finished.
"…ok…" Jeri replied, partly understanding Rika's argument but still annoyed.
"Erm…it's nice that you're getting stuff off your backs and all but…what on earth are you guys talking about?" asked DemiVeemon.
"None of your business" replied Rika harshly.
"Takato, what is 'biomerging' and how does it work?" Izzy asked Gallantmon.
"I think this is probably better explained in somewhere less public…besides, we're holding up traffic here, the police can't reopen the road until we move." Takato replied. Izzy nodded.
"But Takatomon, that room was really packed…" came Gallantmon's other voice.
"Fair point, but where else can we go?" asked Izzy.
Shinjuku Park, Utility Storage Cupboard 14
11:01 JST
Takato sighed, looking around at the oh-so familiar face of Shinjuku Park. Many days had he spent here in his world, and yet in this world, it was different. He walked up to what in his world would be Guilmon's hideout. It was bolted closed, and there was no hole in the floor.
'Sentimental, aren't we?'
Takato didn't bother replying. He walked back down the steps a bit to a point where it would be easy to speak to all the Digidestined. Speaking of the Digidestined, some had yet to arrive yet. With Sakuyamon's help, he and Guilmon had been able to fly here, as would many of the others on their own Digimon. Izzy had been surprised at his suggestion, but had played along with it when told that it would make their explanation a lot simpler. Rika and Renamon had de-biomerged when they arrived at the park, and they were now sat on the grass near Takato. Guilmon was moaning that he was hungry. Tai, Sora, Izzy, Davis, Yolei, Ken, Kari and TK had managed to fly across the city on their partner or their friend's partners. As far as Takato understood, Matt, Henry, Jeri, Cody and Joe were currently making their way across the city by some means. He considered that they could be riding on Garurumon, but he realised that they were more likely to be riding the subway. He walked over to Rika.
"So how much are we going to tell them?" he asked quietly. Rika thought about it.
"Well, I think we should tell them about most things, but I think we should leave out the part about them being a TV show in our world." Rika replied.
"What, why?"
"Oh come on Takato, imagine how much it would wreck your life and how you see the world to learn it is only a television show?"
"But is it just a television show? I mean, it makes no sense. Events have happened here that aren't on the TV show. I think something odd is going on here."
Rika pondered the idea. "Well, let's just avoid the TV show thing for now, okay?"
Takato nodded. He noticed that the others had arrived. As he expected, they had presumably rode the subway to reach Shinjuku, since he didn't see any sign of Garurumon.
"Okay, Takato, first question, why on earth did we come all the way to Shinjuku to hear your explanation?" a noticeably annoyed Matt asked.
"The reason is because it is integral to our explanation." Takato began. "You see…this is where we live."
"What?! You told us you live in Kyushu!" Kari said annoyed.
"We had to lie to you to cover up the truth." Rika answered. "You see, we live here, but not in this world…or at least that's my understanding…"
"Um…what are you talking about?" Tai asked.
"Well, we think that we somehow travelled from a similar world to this one. We know this isn't our world because in our world, there aren't Digimon freely roaming the streets, and there is a hole in this utility building here in our world." Henry answered.
"This is incredible! If true, then there could be hundreds of worlds!" Izzy said, tendering the idea. The group considered it for a while.
"So what is this biomerging thing?" Yolei asked.
"Well, it's what it looks like, the human and the Digimon merge to create a mega form" answered Henry. "We're not entirely sure how it works beyond that…"
Izzy nodded. "And what about the card swiping?"
"It provides the Digimon with extra abilities beyond their natural abilities…" replied Rika. "For example…DIGI-MODIFY…Power Activate…" she said, swiping a card through her D-Arc. She gestured to the locked gate to the utility closet. "Renamon, if you please…"
"As you wish…" Renamon said. She leapt forward and kicked the door off its hinges. It was thrown to the back of the utility closet, mangled and destroyed. The Digidestined watched in shock.
"That was…so cool!" DemiVeemon said, enthusiastic and grinning. "Davis, I want to do that!"
"Yeah, I think it'd be cool too! Where'd you get the digivices from?" Davis added, as enthusiastic as his partner.
"They just appeared, we didn't buy them or anything…" Jeri replied. "Sorry, but I don't think you'll be getting your hands on any." This dampened the Gogglehead and his blue partner's enthusiasm.
"Can I analyse one of your…?" Izzy began to say.
"D-Arcs," Henry explained.
"Yeah, sure…you can use mine" Jeri said, passing over her yellow and white D-Arc.
"Thanks…" Izzy thanked humbly.
"There are still some things that I don't understand" Cody began. "For example, how can you destroy a Digimon without even flinching like that?" Cody asked.
"Where we come from, it's a fact of life." Leomon replied.
"Kill or be killed" Renamon added.
"That's horrible…" noted Kari. Takato nodded and looked at the floor. Rika replied in his stead.
"But it's necessary…If I recall, you said the same to Davis when Raidramon first appeared…"
"Yeah, I see your point. But wait...how could you possibly know that?" Kari asked, now confused again. Rika realised her mistake.
"There are some things we just can't tell you…" answered Takato. "For your sake…"
Izzy considered asking what they were, regardless of the consequences. He decided against it for now. If it was important, they would find it out later.
"Right, everyone, it's our new mission to get these guys home!" Tai said, rallying up the group.
"But how?" asked Kari.
"We could ask the Sovereigns?" suggested Gatomon.
"Perhaps…any idea of how to contact them?" Tai asked.
"I'll work on it…" Izzy suggested, putting himself up for the role.
Yolei was deep in thought.
"Pray tell, Yolei, what are you thinking about?" asked Hawkmon.
"Well, the legend that we found out about said that there were four sovereigns, Azulongmon, Zhuqiaomon, Baihumon, and Ebonwumon, one for each quadrant of the Digital World, North, South, East and West. We've always seen Azulongmon, and we've always assumed that he is the designated Sovereign for our quadrant. We've also assumed that the four quadrants all revolve around one world…"
"I see your point" Izzy said, continuing on from Yolei. "Perhaps each quadrant is an entirely separate world, with its own real world, digital world and sovereign?"
"If that's true, maybe Azulongmon can help get them back to their world?" Cody suggested.
"It's worth a shot…Hey…erm…are you guys Digidestined?" Tai said, trying to talk to Rika, Takato, Henry and Jeri.
"No, Tamers" Rika replied matter-of-factly.
"A bit of an archaic name isn't that?" TK asked.
"Meh, works for me…" replied Terriermon.
"Anyway, as I was saying," continued Tai, "Who is the Sovereign where you come from?"
"Zhuqiaomon…" Henry replied.
"Good ol' Zhuqs, the human-hating fire breathing beast!" joked Terriermon. "It'll be nice to see the angry loser again…"
"Terriermon!" Henry scolded.
"Momentai Henry, he isn't here!" Terriermon replied, bouncing around happily.
"I like this guy!" Gomamon joked. Joe groaned.
"Well, if you want, we can put you up again tonight?" Tai asked to Takato and Rika. They nodded.
"Cheers" replied Takato.
"My Dad and I have got a spare room, so long as you don't mind eating leftover food and TV dinners, then you're welcome to stay…" Matt suggested. Henry and Jeri nodded.
"Well, I think we have got to all go now?" Tai said.
"Yeah, I've got Kendo practice to attend to…" Cody added. The various Digidestined said their goodbyes, except for Ken, Tai, Kari and Matt. An idea occurred to Rika. She walked up to Takato.
"Takato, I'll be back later, I've got to do something…" Rika said, before running along one of the paths heading east from the park, followed by Renamon.
"Hey Takato, can I ask you something?" Ken said, walking up to the Gogglehead.
"Yeah, sure…" Takato replied.
"Well, you mentioned Ryo…"
"Yeah, he's another Tamer in our world. Why do you ask?"
"Well, I've met him."
"What?"
"Most of us Digidestined have."
"But…that's impossible…"
"I think today you've proved that anything is possible…"
Takato nodded.
"So how did you meet him?"
"Well, it was before I met any of the others. Ryo and I fought Milleniummon in the Digital World. That's when I ended up with this thing called a Dark Spore in my neck that later made me become the Digimon Emperor and be evil until the others saved me." Ken replied. "And I think the others saw him as well. But…he hates us…"
"Why?"
"Too many bad memories to explain I'm afraid Takato."
"Don't worry, I have my fair share."
"Oh come on, they can't be as bad as mine."
"Well, you see Guilmon over there?" Takato said, pointing to Guilmon who was currently digging a hole in this world's hideout happily.
"Yeah?"
"Well he seems playful, but one time when we were in the Digital World…I let my anger control me, and he turned into an evil over-powered monster called Megidramon." Takato said, looking solemn at what he had to say. "Anyway, the point is, we all have our bad memories, and it's better to share them than to keep them locked up."
Ken nodded. "Well, what happened is, to beat Milleniummon, Azulongmon set up a fake tournament for each of us to fight him in order to train him up. The thing is, we didn't tell him about the Milleniummon thing. He thinks we betrayed him, and we don't blame him. There was a big explosion and we couldn't find him, we basically thought he'd died. But this changes everything."
"But will he want to see you guys again?"
"I'm not sure, and he'll hopefully have the chance to decide. And I would understand if he didn't want to. We did betray him, we panicked because no-one else could beat Milleniummon, and we tricked him. I would want to make amends if I could, but if he didn't want to see us, I wouldn't mind." Takato looked sorrowful upon hearing this. "Anyway, hopefully I'll see you guys later…come on Wormmon" he finished, Wormmon jumping onto his shoulder. Takato watched him leave.
'Wow, you are stupid.'
'What? I only went to ask about Ryo…'
'Not that…'
'Then what?'
Chaos sighed. 'Okay, let's rewind a bit. A few minutes ago, Rika ran off. Pray tell, which way did she head?'
'East…EAST! But she lives…she couldn't possibly be going to…'
'Time to run Tak-boy!'
"Hey Tai, Kari, Matt, Henry, Jeri, I'll see you guys later, I've got to catch up to Rika for now."
"Okay, see you later. Take my D-Terminal; it'll help you communicate with us." Tai replied. Takato nodded and accepted the device, which he placed in his pocket.
"Come on Guilmon, let's go!" he said to his partner, who followed him as he ran east.
Nonaka Residence
11:35 JST
Rika had arrived at the house that, in her dimension, was her home. She noted the surrealism of the place, and considered how she could achieve what she had planned. "Renamon, can you shadow-shift me in there?"
Renamon nodded. "Are you sure you want to see this?" Rika nodded. "As you wish…" Renamon replied, looping her arms around her partner, and vanishing into thin air. She leapt over the wall, and they landed in the back garden. Rika, holding her partner's hand, so still invisible, walked over to peer through the window at the living room. What she saw next would shock her for the rest of her days.
'Dad!' Rika thought in shock. She fainted.
11:39 JST
Takato arrived at the house. He noted the absence of Rika outside the house, and presumed that she had entered the premises. He considered ways to get over the wall.
'You know, those wings would be useful now.'
'…'
'Fine, don't help…'
Renamon leapt over the wall. "Takato, I'm so glad you're here!" she questioned, in a desperate voice.
"What happened?" Takato asked. Renamon grabbed him quickly and leapt over the wall. Takato stared on to see the commotion. He saw Rumiko Nonaka and an unknown man surrounding an unconscious Rika on the floor. The man saw Takato.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Is she okay?" Takato asked.
"Yeah, she's breathing. Who is she, what's she doing in our garden?" Rumiko asked.
Takato considered ways to bluff. "I'm not sure myself…"
"Well, I think I'll have to call the ambulance."
"Don't worry, her partner Digimon will get her there a lot faster if she needs to."
"And who are you?"
"Takato Matsuki…"
"Oh, I'm Kiyoyuki Nonaka."
Takato blanked out, as the realisation hit him.
Kamiya Residence, Odaiba
12:31 JST
Takato slowly awoke from his unconsciousness. He looked around the room to see that it was unfamiliar yet familiar. He suddenly saw Tai peering over him.
"Takato, you're awake. What a relief." Tai said, relieved.
"Um…yeah…care on filling me in on how I got here?" Takato asked.
"Well, I realised that my D-Terminal didn't actually have any charge in it, so we headed after you. We noticed some commotion outside one of the houses, and we went to see what was going on. We found you and Rika unconscious, and a man and a woman tending to you two. Why did you faint?"
"Really personal reasons, which I really can't tell you about…" Takato replied. "Can I see Rika?" he asked. Tai nodded, and Takato followed him into the spare room, where Rika lay on the bed, still unconscious. Kari sat watching her. She whispered to Tai and Takato.
"She's waking up…I think she's having an uncomfortable sleep…."
Takato nodded. It was understandable. Rika woke from her unconsciousness.
"Where am I?" she asked. Takato gestured for the others to leave the room. He sat next to Rika on the bed.
"You fainted, I did too…" he then said. Rika nodded.
"It was…shocking…"
"I know…I mean, that was your Dad…I mean, it wasn't actually your Dad…" A tear ran down Rika's face. "Rika, please don't cry…" Takato asked, noticing Rika's emotional state. "I know it was surprising, it was for me too…"
"Takato…that's not it…" Rika replied.
"So what is it?"
"They were happy." Rika replied, bursting into tears.
"What?"
"I don't exist in this world, and they're together still. And happy…I wrecked that…" Rika said, between crying. Takato realised what Rika meant, and pulled her into a tight embrace. "The world is so much better without me…"
"No it isn't!" Takato replied. "They may look happy, but they haven't had kids. They may be living a lie. You only saw one small portion of their lives. And I'm sure that your father still loves you, and that one day you'll have the chance to see him again…" Rika nodded, but still cried. Takato and Rika simply sat there, in a tight embrace, for a while.
Outside the room, Tai and Kari sat on the sofas. It was quiet, and only small amounts of talk were made. They were surprised at what had happened over the last few hours.
"I wonder what it could be that had caused her to react like that." Kari pondered.
"Yeah…but, we can't ask, it must be something really personal for Rika to react like that. From what I've seen, she's not the kind to react in that way." Tai replied.
"We should try to cheer them up…" Agumon suggested.
"Maybe we could show them the town?" Tai suggested.
"Oh come on Tai, they live in Tokyo in their world!"
"I meant Odaiba. They may not have gone here before, and who better to guide them around than us?"
"I see your point…"
The door was opened, and Rika and Takato exited, Takato's arm round Rika. Rika's shirt was noticeably wet, and her eyes were still bloodshot.
"Hey…" Kari said quietly. "How are you feeling?" Rika nodded slightly in response.
"Time for lunch?" Takato asked. Tai nodded, but added…
"We planned to go out for lunch if you guys are okay with it?" Kari asked.
"May as well get your mind off things…" Takato whispered in Rika's ear. She again nodded slightly.
Odaiba
13:01 JST
The four were now walking on the streets of Odaiba.
"So, what do you want to do first?" Tai asked.
"Well, Odaiba has three huge malls; I think we should go there first."
"Nah, that sort of thing bores me silly…" replied a now slightly happier Rika.
"Same…"
"And by three to one, Kari loses…" Tai declared.
"Hey, that's not fair, you didn't include us!" Gatomon pointed out.
"Would it make any difference?" Agumon asked.
"Probably not…" Gatomon said, submitting to the fact.
"Look, we could have lunch in Palette Town, where we were earlier, and then go to the Tokyo Leisure Land that is there." Rika suggested. The others nodded.
MacDonalds, Palette Town
13:36 JST
Rika, Takato, Tai and Kari, along with their partners, sat around a table at MacDonalds. Each was eating their meal, which varied considerably depending on their tastes. They were still getting unusual looks on account of Guilmon, but they had learnt to ignore those by now.
"So, have you guys ever been to Odaiba before, I mean, in your home world?" Tai asked.
"I've been here a few times," Takato replied.
"I went here once, when I was a little girl…" replied Rika.
"Oh, do you remember liking it?" Kari asked. Rika glared at her. 'Oh, right, Takato told us that we shouldn't ask about things concerning her father or when she was a little girl…' Kari thought, remembering the quick summary that Takato had given them earlier. "Never mind…" she added quickly, dismissing the question.
"Well, I think that you guys will enjoy this place, it's really commercial and tacky, but fun…" Tai said, complimenting the amusement centre.
"Sounds like my idea of hell…" Rika commented.
"Well, there are a lot of Digimon machines now that most people have them. I think they have installed a card battle arena."
Rika's eyes lit up. "Ooh, sounds like fun…shame I don't have any of my cards."
"You can borrow my deck…" Tai suggested. He noticed the looks he got from the others. "What? Just because I'm 16 I can't play Digimon Cards?" he said, insulted. Kari laughed.
Card Battle Arena, Palette Town
13:51 JST
Rika stood opposite her opponent on the large arena. To her surprise, the arena was very advanced. Holograms were employed to make the Digimon seem real, and everything seemed high tech. As she placed her deck into the reader, it was scanned.
LEGAL DECK CONFIRMED
The words appeared on a small screen in front of her.
PLEASE DRAW
Rika pulled out 7 cards. She smiled as she noticed Tai had a Renamon card in his deck, and quietly congratulated him on his choice.
"Okay, I play a Renamon Card."
The machine read out the statistics across the battlefield.
CARD PLAYED. RENAMON, DATA TYPE, ROOKIE LEV…
Suddenly, the building shook, and the lights cut out and the room burst into an all pervading darkness. Several screams were heard, and people began to talk.
"What the hell?" Tai's voice echoed.
The security lighting flickered, on, but then half of it blanked out, so it was very dark.
"Hello? Tai, can you hear my voice?" Kari called out.
"Yeah…"
The rest of the lights cut out. There was a pair of intermittent beeps heard from near Rika and Takato. They drew out their D-Arcs, the holograms glowing in the dark.
"We have bioemergence!" Rika called out.
"Thank Goddramon I have Cat's Eyes!" joked Gatomon.
"How are we going to get out? I can't see anything!" said Takato.
'Need my help?'
'Yeah!'
'Fine…'
Takato suddenly saw a reddish light dominate his pupils. Despite the odd colouring, he could now see in the dark. He saw Rika nearby, staring at her D-Arc. He touched her on the shoulder. She shook in surprise, then turned to see Takato's hand, and eerie glowing red eyes in the darkness.
"Rika, grab my hand!" he instructed. She did so. "Renamon, Guilmon, you're right next to each other, grab each others hands and head this way."
The blushing was hidden by the darkness, and Takato's red eye. Rika felt Renamon grab her hand.
"Kari, Tai, do you need our help?" Takato called out.
"No, Gatomon is helping us," was the response.
"Okay…Gatomon, head to the emergency exit on this floor…"
"Okay!" the cat-like Digimon replied. With much difficulty, they made their way to an emergency exit. They headed, with difficulty, down a stairwell and out into the light, near the river. People had begun to gather here.
"Finally!" Tai said, glad to escape. Takato's eyes returned to normal.
"We've discovered the problem with artificial lighting…" Kari noted. "But what was that explosion?"
Takato was looking up at the low-rise building they had been in, as were many of the other people who had escaped. A large hole had been blown in it.
"What the hell happened?!" Tai said, seeing the hole.
"I'm guessing Digimon…" Agumon suggested.
"Any idea where?" Kari asked Takato. Takato looked at his D-Arc, and turned to face where it was pointing.
"Over…there!" Takato said, his surprise increasing when he saw where, and what, it was. The others followed his finger to see the Tokyo Tower. On the roof of the building section nearest the top, a large mechanical dinosaur stood. It's twin cannons smoked, and it had changed it's aim.
"No…way…we destroyed him…ages ago…" Tai said. Kari recognised the machine beast.
"That's impossible…"
"I've thought the same in the past, but the bad don't stay dead…" commented Renamon. "Rika, are we ready?"
Rika was holding out her D-Arc. "Machinedramon, Mega Level, Virus, Attacks Giga Cannon, Dragon Fire, Catastrophic Day, Infinity Hand". She put it back on her belt and turned to Renamon. "Let's go…"
The others stepped back as light enveloped the two.
BIOMERGE DIGIVOLUTION
Renamon Digivolve to…Sakuyamon
The tall priestess once again stood in front of the group.
"Our turn Guilmon…"
Guilmon growled.
BIOMERGE DIGIVOLUTION
Guilmon Digivolve to…Gallantmon
"Ready Agumon?" Tai asked his partner.
"Just like old times!" Agumon cheered.
Agumon Warp Digivolve to…WarGreymon
A tall, bipedal orange dragon with heavy armour and a shield behind him stood tall in front of Tai.
"Are you ready Gatomon?" asked Kari.
"Always have been…" the cat replied.
Gatomon Digivolve to…Angewomon
A tall helmeted feminine angel now stood in place of the short white cat.
"Let's go!" WarGreymon shouted, leaping forward and flying towards their foe. He was followed by Angewomon, Sakuyamon and, with Sakuyamon's assistance, Gallantmon.
"GUARDIAN BARRAGE" shouted several voices. WarGreymon was struck in the face by 12 flying missiles. He fell down towards the water below.
"WarGreymon!" Tai yelled. "You okay?" he said, to his now landed partner.
"Yeah" replied the armoured dragon in his gruff voice. "Just caught me off guard!" he added, leaping into the air to fight again.
"ICE WOLF BITE" yelled a voice. Missiles struck the Guardromon, and they dropped out of the way enough to let the others through.
"Thanks" said WarGreymon to MetalGarurumon, the blue armoured wolf.
"No problem" MetalGarurumon replied.
"I'll hold off his minions while you attack him directly!" Angewomon told the others. They nodded. Gallantmon had now landed on the tower itself on the same roof as Machinedramon, and was sneaking up on him.
"GUARDIAN BARRAGE"
"COMMAND INPUT"
"You're so annoying!" Angewomon complained, fending off both missiles and streams of data from Guardromon and Hagurumon. She dodged below, then swung up and sharply kicked one of the Guardromon into another. Both, now out of commission, fell to the streets below. Another three took their place. Angewomon decided to attack. "HEAVEN'S CHARGE" she yelled, firing a wave to paralyse her foes. More fell to the ground and vaporised, but again more replaced them. She groaned, realising the enormity of the task. She was already low on energy, thanks to using a move at such power. She doubted that she could last much longer without help.
"Wow, nice move!" Rapidmon said. She turned to face him.
"Veemon?" she asked, recognising the form but not the colour.
"Nope, Terriermon. Ultimate Level. Anyway, let's get started. MIRACLE MISSILE!" he yelled, as missiles were fired from his ports on his back and hit the Guardromon, taking more down, but again more appeared. "Just think of it as target practice!" he said to his angelic ally.
"Easy for you to say, you're designed for this. Can't you and your Tamer biomerge?" she asked curiously.
"Yeah, but there isn't the room here…" he replied. She nodded, and continued to attack.
Meanwhile, the others were attacking Machinedramon.
"SPIRIT STRIKE" Sakuyamon yelled, as the foxes of Air, Lightning, Fire and Water flew forward. They did nothing to the enemy, due to level, the armour, and the fact that he was a virus and it was a data attack. Rika was annoyed.
"DRAMON KILLER" WarGreymon yelled, jumping forward to slash.
"INFINITY HAND" Machinedramon replied, attempting to crush WarGreymon with his mechanical hands. The dragon-man tried to dodge, but hit the building and plummeted.
"Not my day…" he said as he hit the ground.
"METAL WOLF CLAW" MetalGarurumon yelled, firing at Machinedramon, who replied with an attack of his own.
"GIGA CANNON" The attack from the cannon cancelled out MetalGarurumon's attack. By now, Gallantmon was behind Machinedramon and charging his Shield of the Just attack. It was ready to fire.
"SHIELD OF THE…" Gallantmon began to say.
"CATASTROPHIC DAY" Machinedramon yelled, as a shockwave was released from him. Gallantmon split into Takato and Guilmon and slid across the roof. Guilmon stopped before the edge. Takato didn't.
"TAKATO!" Rika yelled, watching Takato plummet towards the ground. The ground met him hard, and Sakuyamon winced. Everyone looked on in shock.
"Holy crap!" Rapidmon said loudly, sounding the thoughts of all watching.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Well, a huge cliffhanger here, and this battle isn't over yet. It's very hard to write with such a big group as the Digidestined, particularly with their partners as well, so if any seem out of character I apologise. If you liked this chapter, please review. If you didn't like it, review as well, since it helps me either way, so long as it's constructive.
Right, now, regarding couples, I plan the following as definite ones, no moving:
-Rukato (of course)
-Leejuri (Jeri-Henry)
-RenaGuil
-Taiora
-YoleiKen
There is one love triangle I'm less sure on, which is the Davis-Kari-TK one. Personally, I prefer Daikari, but I'm easy either way. Tell me what you think in reviews.
Since I have such a big cast, I'm hoping to deal with some of them in a spin-off book consisting of a different story per chapter. Currently I only have one idea (that would ruin the plot unless written after this book is finished), but I would welcome suggestions for plots via PMs.
Anyway, now for the preview:
Next time…
Has Takato survived? Will Rika recover from her father sighting? Will they ever get home?
Find out in 'Explosion', Chapter Five of Dimensions Book Two: Powers.