Welcome to Chapter 4. There will finally be some action in this chapter, so it should be an interesting turn of events. There will be some more Rukato, although it is put on the back-burner towards the end of the chapter. For Rukato fans, the next chapter will be far better, but there will be an even better one coming up later.
DISCLAIMER: Blazing Chaos does not own Digimon, but does own the OCs introduced in this story and later stories.
DIMENSIONS
BOOK ONE
Links
By Blazing Chaos
CHAPTER 4
Rabbit Reunion
DIGITAL WORLD
Lowest Level
06:59 UTC
Rika and Takato continued to sleep on the balcony as the Locomon roared through the desert. Suddenly, the darkness turned to light and as the light shone on their eyelids.
"What the hell?" they chorused, their voices still full of tiredness. They soon realised where they were. Rika stood up groggily and tried to walk around.
"Right, I'm getting off of this balcony." Rika said, as she fully woke up, and made a decision that would solve their problem once and for all.
She began to kick the door. After several successively stronger kicks, each of which answered by a resounding crack but none of which had any effect, she grabbed the handle and tried to open it.
"Erm…Rika…" Takato said, trying to get her attention. Rika gave up with the handle and simply began trying to knock the door in by whatever means necessary. Unfortunately, the door, now looking worse for wear, continued to withstand the attacks.
"Shut up Gogglehead, I'm going to kick this door down."
"But Rika…!"
"I said shut it. Geez, this door must be designed to withstand mega-level Digimon attacks or something…"
"RIKA, GRAB MY HAND!!"
"What?!"
Takato said no more. He simply grabbed Rika's hand with one arm, which she resisted to at first, the railing with the other and held on tight to both. A huge wall of what looked like a blurry greenish liquid expanding across the level hit the train and Takato felt a force pull on both arms as it tried to drag him and Rika out of the balcony.
Forest Level
07:01 UTC
Takato continued to hold on tight as the world around them turned into a greenish liquid, wavering all over the place. Takato shut his eyes to avoid any more fear of their current situation.
"Don't let go!" he yelled to Rika, as he felt her grip loosen. He presumed that she had grabbed the railing with her free hand.
"But Takato!"
"No buts!"
"But..."
"Just hold on!"
"TAKATO, WE'RE OUT OF THE LIQUID THING, LET GO OF MY HAND AND OPEN YOUR GODDAMM EYES!!" Rika yelled, the sound echoing. Takato let go simply in fear and opened his eyes. They had entered a thick forest. The lines ran through a clearing in the trees and he could see various clearings around them. He saw a few Digimon in the skies, a Devidramon, an Aerodramon, and on the ground he saw Digimon such as Bakamon, Ogremon, and Neemon.
"Hey…what is this place?" Takato questioned.
"How should I know?" Rika replied annoyed, both at his question and at his idiocy a few seconds ago. "Probably some forest-thing, you'll have to ask Mr Perfect for his expert opinion." Rika said sarcastically.
Suddenly, the brakes screeched on and Rika and Takato went flying into the air. They crashed through the door and skidded along the floor of the carriage, coming to a stop in a familiar, yet highly dangerous position.
"Takato…get off me or die." Rika menacingly said. She cupped her hands into fists. However, despite all this, she couldn't stop blushing.
Takato rolled to the side and off of Rika.
'I hate my luck just as much as she is going to hate me now.' he thought to himself.
'Yeah, I definitely am destiny's play toy.' Rika thought simultaneously.(A/N: Christ, there is a helluva lot of irony in that, but you'd need to be reading…well, the last book to get it, since it's a big secret that relies on other similarly big secrets and I'm not spoiling it for anyone.)
"FOREST LEVEL, END OF THE LINE" Locomon shouted, as the noise boomed down the carriage. "ALL DISEMBARK, ALL DISEMBARK"
A silent Rika and Takato, both blushing, exited the train by the nearest door and jumped down to the floor. There was a thick forest here with a cutting that served as a path. Various Digimon could be seen crossing the cutting, but none of them were big enough to pose a threat. They saw Henry and Ryo standing around waiting for them.
"Did you two have a good night?" Ryo teased, noticing their blushing. Takato blushed more and scratched the back of his head.
"Go to hell Ryo" was Rika's response.
'I can only imagine what Terriermon would say. He'd never let them live it down.' "So…where are we? Any ideas Ryo?" Henry asked.
"Nope...the digital world seems to have completely changed since we were last here…like…it's been reformatted or something." replied the Legendary Tamer.
"Maybe you're just useless. Now, let's head into this forest, there seems to be a path this way and all this talk is boring me." Rika said, before walking along the path through the forest. The rest of the group soon followed, and Locomon continued on his journey (despite the fact he had said that it was the end of the line). After a few minutes of uncomfortable walking, the group heard a loud roar. After looking around for the source, they saw nothing, and continued on, only more cautiously this time.
"We still don't have any way of protecting ourselves. I'm surprised we haven't been attacked yet." Henry commented.
"Yeah, it's strange." Ryo added.
"Well, I don't know, but I get the feeling someone is following us." Takato said suspiciously. A branch creaked nearby and he stopped in his tracks, as did the others. "What was that?"
A Hawkmon flew out of the tree nearby and into the sky. Takato leapt in surprise.
"See, you're just crazy Tak…Gogglehead. Now, let's get going." Rika replied annoyingly, apparently completely unfazed, before continuing on along with the rest of them.
"Hmm…" Henry wondered, thinking about both what could be following them and also that Rika planned to say Takato's real name as opposed to her nickname for him. 'Come to think of it, she hasn't called him Gogglehead much at all while we've been here…something strange is going on here.' A curious thought crept onto his subconscious, but he shook it off and continued walking.
"I wasn't imagining things!" Takato said angrily, seeing Henry's shaking of his head.
"Sure you weren't." said Ryo sarcastically.
"I really wasn't. I heard something like a footstep…a big one at that. And what about that roar?"
Suddenly, the ground shook and Takato fell to the ground…on top of our favourite redhead, who pushed him off her.
"For godsake Takato what the hell is with you today?" Rika said whilst blushing. Takato was completely ignoring her, instead turning back and quivering in fear. Ryo was the first to shout.
"RUN!!"
Henry and Ryo began to run at full pace. Rika got up and started to follow, but noticed Takato still hadn't moved. The Tyrannomon that glared at him winced slightly, and stepped back. Unbeknownst to Rika, Takato's eyes glowed a menacing red. She grabbed his arm but felt an electric-like shock. Takato winced in pain at the same time as Rika and she pulled him to his feet. They both began to run.
"What the hell happened there? You must really have a deathwish." Rika yelled at Takato angrily. "Both in shocking me and in just sitting there. How'd you do the first one anyway?"
"I'm…not sure…I…think…I…just…phased out…" Takato replied while panting for breath.
"And the shocking?"
"No…idea"
"God…you…are…crazy." Rika replied, as she began to pant for breath herself.
The Tyrannomon had yet to follow. Suddenly, cracks appeared in it and it splintered into data. The data began to float away, but suddenly each individual piece was eliminated by an odd red force. Silence fell on the forest again.
07:12
"I think we lost him." Henry said as Takato and Rika caught up. Rika nodded and turned to Takato, while still facing Henry. "Bloody close though, all thanks to Blank-out McGoggles here…" Rika said, gesturing to Takato.
"Hey, I didn't blank out." Takato replied annoyed.
"Well then what happened, huh? Too busy planning when you can fall on top of me again Loverboy?"
"No, I wasn't…"
"So what was it then?"
"Um…" Takato said, staring at Rika whilst deep in thought and biting his lip. A few seconds later, he replied. "Can I get back to you on that?"
"Can you two just stop bickering!" Henry interrupted, as Rika was about to speak.
Rika replaced her reply with a simple "Humph".
"Which way now?" Henry asked.
"Hmm…well, I'd say any way but that way" replied Takato, pointing down a clearing in the forest. A red and green mass of individual dinosaur-like beings headed towards them at a fast pace. They continued to watch.
"There must be at least a dozen Tyrannomon." Henry added in shock as he recognised the shapes.
"Hey, what's that?" Takato added, pointing towards a blue and yellow dragon, a white and green bunny-dog and a pink floating thing heading towards them.
"Terriermon!" Henry shouted. Terriermon leapt into his arms, and then leapt onto his head from there.
"Yay, I don't have to run any more, I have my own personal slave to do so. Now yeesh horsey!" Terriermon joked, pulling tight on Henry's hair.
"Terriermon!"
"I missed this." Terriermon replied grinning happily.
"Good to see ya Monodramon" said Ryo to his aforementioned partner, who nodded.
"Pi Pi" MarineAngemon said in a sad tone.
"Don't worry, when we get back home you'll get to see Kenta again." Takato said to reassure the pink…erm…floating thing.
"Pi Pi" MarineAngemon replied, more happily this time.
"Let's drop the reunion and run, okay?" Rika panicked.
"Okay, I agree with that," Takato said, and they started to run in the opposite direction, Terriermon on Henry's shoulder. A fireball burst over their heads and they ducked.
"Why the hell are they after you three anyway?" Ryo asked his partner.
"Yeah, what the hell did you do to piss them off?" Rika added.
"Well, the cream and green foodball here decided to steal their chocolate milkshakes." Monodramon replied.
"Hey, we told them that there were plenty more in that Chocolate Milkshake fountain."
Takato looked at Rika with wide eyes, and she returned the look.
"Yep, the Digital World is insane." Takato joked
06:15
"Erm, Henry…stop a second will ya…" Terriermon told his partner.
"No, we can't, we have to keep running or they'll catch up with us" replied Henry.
"But why don't we just fight them?"
"Why on earth didn't we think of that beforehand?" Takato asked Rika.
"Because there are more than a dozen of them?" Henry replied to Terriermon's question.
"Yeah, it's suicide." Rika noted back.
"So? We can go Ultimate, Mega if we have to."
"Good point. Okay!" Henry said turning round, as the rest stopped and did the same. Henry summoned a blue card.
"Now that's more like it!" Terriermon shouted. As he leapt off of Henry's head and into the air.
"DIGI-MODIFY…
Matrix Digivolution Activate"
MATRIX DIGIVOLUTION
"TERRIERMON DIGIVOLVE TO…
RAPIDMON"
"Take this you red T-Rex wannabees!!" the large twin-winged green metallic ultimate known as Rapidmon shouted as he flew into the air. "RAPID FIRE!!"
A series of missiles hit one of the Tyrannomon. It vaporised into data, which was absorbed by the rest of the Tyrannomon.
"One down…13 to go."
"Our turn Ryo" said Ryo's partner Monodramon. Ryo nodded and drew a blue card out of his deck.
"DIGI-MODIFY…
Matrix Digivolution Activate"
MATRIX DIGIVOLUTION
"MONODRAMON DIGIVOLVE TO…
CYBERDRAMON"
"DESOLATION CLAW" shouted the newly formed gray and red bipedal beast. Beams of energy destroyed two more Tyrannomon, but the group of dinosaurs' mouths glowed.
"BLAZE BLAST" chorused the remaining Tyrannomon. 33 blasts of flame ripped through the air towards the group of humans and Digimon.
"Going up!" Rapidmon said, grabbing his Tamer and flying into the air. Cyberdramon grunted and grabbed Ryo, before doing the same action as Rapidmon. MarineAngemon protected Rika and Takato with heart-shaped bubbles, but they still shielded their eyes. After the attacks passed, much of the forest around and behind them had been scorched away. Cyberdramon and Rapidmon landed and set down their respective partners. MarineAngemon's bubbles faded away.
"Look at the destruction!" Henry said, staring at the scared earth and burning woods.
Takato turned to Rika. "We're just sitting ducks here. We need to find our partners." Rika nodded. Takato turned to the green robot floating above him. "Hey Rapidmon, any idea where the rest of our Digimon are?"
"Nope, we all got separated by data streams" he replied, in response to which Rika looked glum. Takato pulled out his D-Arc and brought up the compass.
"Well, there's some hope, this thing says that Guilmon is this way. Hey Henry, once you're finished battling, head this way to meet up with us, okay?"
"Ok" replied the blue-haired Tamer, before turning back to the battle.
"Right, MarineAngemon, come with us" said Takato to the pink blob, who replied with his normal extensive vocabulary.
"Pi Pi"
"We'll take that as a yes" Rika added. They then headed in the direction of Takato's compass. Rika, while running, pulled out her D-Arc and switched to the compass. It showed nothing.
'Oh Renamon, where are you?'
Meanwhile, a short distance behind them.
"Right, Henry, I need a power upgrade." Rapidmon ordered.
"Hey, I thought I was the Tamer."
"Momentai" Rapidmon replied, and Henry smiled.
"I missed that."
"DIGI-MODIFY…
Power Activate"
"THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!! TRI BEAM" Rapidmon shouted, as he took out three of the Tyrannomon with a blast of green light. One of the Tyrannomon fell back. Cyberdramon dived forward and sunk his claws into the Tyranomon, breaking it into data.
"Okay, that leaves just seven."
"Easy!" yelled Rapidmon, as he took aim. "RAPID…"
"CYBER NAIL" interrupted Cyberdramon, as he crashed his nail through four of them. They burst into data.
"Ryo, I think Cyberdramon is out of control. This just feels like killing in cold blood." Henry commented.
"It is the way of the southern quadrant. But, I suppose Cyberdramon is out of control." Ryo replied, before using his D-Arc as a restraining device. "CYBERDRAMON, BACK OFF." His partner roared and reluctantly stepped back. Suddenly, the three remaining Tyranomon absorbed the data of their counterparts.
"They're digivolving!" Henry said in alarm.
"TYRANNOMON DIGIVOLVE TO MASTERTYRANNOMON"
Three larger black and green dinosaurs, covered in scars, replaced the Tyrannomon.
"Let's see…MasterTyrannomon, Vaccine Type, Ultimate Level, attacks are Master Fire and Master Claw" Ryo said, staring at the holographic screen of his D-Arc.
"It just got interesting!" Rapidmon yelled, preparing his guns to fire.
"Rapidmon, back down" said Henry coolly, eliciting a cry of annoyance from his partner.
"Oh come on…"
"No, I can't stand killing in cold blood like this."
Cyberdramon leapt forward to attack.
"It's them or us Henry…" Rapidmon told his Tamer.
"MASTER CLAW!!" shouted the three MasterTyrannomon.
"Why should it be? Why are we right to kill like this?" Henry replied, questioning his partner's morals.
Cyberdramon slid across the battlefield to a stop, before breaking down into Monodramon. The three MasterTyrannomon turned to face Henry, while Ryo ran across to his partner.
"Monodramon, are you okay?"
"I think so…god, this hurts, I won't be able to fight in this battle any longer" the Blue Dinosaur replied.
"You did your best" his partner complimented. "But try to control your anger next time."
"MASTER FLAME" chorused the MasterTyrannomon aiming for Henry. Time slowed for Henry as he stared at the intense blast of flame heading straight for him, and he was powerless to move.
"HENRY!!" yelled Rapidmon as he threw himself in the way of the blast. He was thrown to the ground, where he rolled to a stop. His armour was cracked, and his data was unstable. He was burnt all over. Henry ran over to his partner.
"RAPIDMON!!"
He bent down to pick up Terriermon, who had dedigivolved and was now covered in scratches, and held him in his arms.
"I'm sorry Terriermon…I'm so sorry. I just…didn't want to see anyone get hurt." Henry said emotionally, holding back the tears.
"Momentai Henry. I understand. Don't cry." Terriermon said, trying to comfort his tamer.
"But…I nearly lost you…and we've lost now Terriermon." Henry said, hugging his partner tighter.
"Christ, we didn't hurt you did we?" came an odd voice. Henry and Terriermon looked up to see one of the MasterTyrannomon.
"Well duh, what did it look like" replied Terriermon sarcastically.
"We are so sorry. We only wanted our milkshakes back" apologised the MasterTyrannomon.
"But Terriermon said there was a fountain…Terriermon…" Henry said curiously.
"Heh…you can't blame a mon for trying" replied the aforementioned Digimon. "Okay, I hid it in the woods over there, by that big tree. The one right at the back" he added, gesturing with his short paw.
"Cheers…we appreciate it" replied the MasterTyrannomon as they walked away as a group. Ryo and Monodramon joined the other pair of Tamer and Partner.
"O…kay…" said Monodramon, confused as to what had just happened.
"You said it buddy" added Ryo, who was just as confused.
"Right, now Henry, run!" said the green dog-bunny, jumping out of Henry's arms, acting as if healed (although not looking like he was) and pointing in the opposite direction to the way the MasterTyrannomon went.
"What…why?"
"Because I lied about where I hid the milkshakes…" Terriermon said grinning as he pulled a milkshake in a fast food style cup with a straw out of 'hammer space'. (A/N: In other words, out of nowhere.)
"Terriermon!" Henry said annoyed as the group began to run, Henry grabbing Terriermon by the ear.
"Momentai!" Terriermon said, using his all-to familiar catchphrase as he flipped his way onto Henry's shoulder.
"Where did the Tyrannomon even get their hands on those things here in the Digital World?" quizzed Ryo.
"They grow on trees" replied his partner.
"Funny…now, where do they actually come from?"
"I wasn't joking" replied the blue dinosaur.
"This place sure is strange" commented Henry.
"You said it!" replied his partner.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Well, one battle later and they are already separated. Read and review (constructively) please, it really helps me know where I'm going well and where I need to improve my writing, and I appreciate every (useful) one.
Next time…
Will Rika find Renamon, and Takato Guilmon, along with the rest of the Digimon? Will Ryo and Henry catch up with them? Will the other Tamers back home realise that four of their members have gone to the Digital World and left them behind? And most importantly, what are these strange powers that Takato seems to have?
Find out next time in 'The Mon Who Didn't Cry Help', Chapter 5 of Dimensions Book One: Links.