Chapter 6: Sometimes Reunions Bring Both Joy and Bad News

Author's Note: Yay! Another new chapter! It looks like Fridays will be my update day (hopefully) although I may be posting another one this week cuz I have to do a research paper. URGH! Not fun! So yeah. I'll be on the computer writing it up so I may decide to procrastinate and write something I ENJOY writing about.

So here is the sixth chapter. It's from Jeri's POV and if you can guess right now what's going to happen then kuddos to you. Hope you enjoy it!

"Are we there yet?" Jeri heard Mako ask for what seemed to be the hundredth time. He and Ai had started asking the question five minutes into their walk.

They stopped right outside the train station. And Jeri reached down to ruffle Mako's hair. "Yeah we are."

"Good," Ai proclaimed. "'Cause I'm tired."

Jeri stood with the two younger children as Rika paid for their tickets. I wonder if we are ever going to go back to the digital world. Jeri sighed heavily at that thought.

"Are you ok Jeri?" she heard Ryo ask from right behind her.

"Yeah," she responded softly. "Just thinking."

Before Ryo could say anything else Rika came back waving tickets. They all boarded the train and Jeri found herself being drawn back to her earlier thoughts. Leomon. Jeri sighed again.

"Are you alright?" she heard Takato ask from beside her. "You've sighed heavily a couple of times."

"I'm fine," Jeri said, forcing herself to put a smile on her face. Takato nodded and turned to Henry.

Who am I kidding? Jeri thought sadly, the smile slid off her face as she turned to look out the window. If we DID go back I bet everyone would look forward to it but I won't. Is it because Leomon won't be waiting for me like all the other digimon will be for their tamers? The train stopped as Jeri continued her sad thoughts. She saw Takato and Henry looking at her concerned. Jeri didn't say anything but just followed the group to the elevator. They got in and the doors closed; time seemed to just mush together as she stood with her friends. Her sad thoughts were pierced by Ai and Mako's squealing.

"Look! Look!" Mako cried.

"I see!" His sister answered. "The light is dancing on the elevator."

"What light?" Kazu asked confused.

"That light!" Mako exclaimed, pointing at the light that showed what floor the elevator was on. Jeri looked up and saw the light was off the shown floors and was continually moving left. It stopped and the doors opened. Jeri looked out and saw a train station. It was different than usual though with a blue-green floor and only one lone train with one car sitting at the end of the platform.

"What is this place?" Kenta asked.

"Don't know," Ryo said looking around.

"It's pretty!" Mako said as he and his sister ran off to investigate an empty platform.

"Come back you two!" Henry called.

Ai and Mako didn't seem to hear. Jeri watched as they leaned over the edge of the platform to see what was below. She opened her mouth to tell them to get away from the edge but before she could Mako lost his balance and fell over, screaming and grabbing his sister along the way. Jeri raced over to the platform followed by the rest of the group. She stopped suddenly when she heard a familiar voice.

"Geeze! I leave you two to grow up a little and the first thing you do when I see you again if fall off a platform. I'm not gonna be saving you both every time, ya hear?" the familiar voice said.

"And I'm not going to be saving you every time either," a cool familiar voice responded, slightly irritated.

The small group stood in stunned silence as a tall yellow fox pulled itself up and onto solid ground. In its arms were Ai and Mako, who were hugging a small purple creature wearing a red bandana.

"R-Renamon?" Rika asked amazed.

Her partner digimon inclined her head slightly as she put her passengers on the ground. Ai and Mako continued to hug the creature, or rather Impmon Jeri realized.

"Don't forget about us!" a cheery voice sang as a group of digimon walked towards them, led by Terriermon who immediately jumped into Henry's arms.

Jeri watched as everyone reunited with their partners and best friends. Leomon I miss you! Jeri began to cry. A heavy weight dropped on her shoulder and she paused slightly.

"Why are you crying Jeri?" a deep voice asked.

Jeri froze. She hadn't heard this voice in over two years. It couldn't possibly be "Leomon?" she finished out loud, turning around. In front of her was Leomon. "Leomon!" she cried launching herself at the lion digimon and started to cry.

"You shouldn't be crying," Leomon told her, wrapping his arms around her sobbing form. "You should be happy."

"I am happy!" she protested. "I'm just so glad to see you!"

After her tears dried up she pulled slightly away and smiled up at him. He smiled back and Jeri now felt that this adventure wasn't going to be that bad.

"So how come you guys are hear?" Kazu asked.

"Well," Guardromon said, "after we had left you guys we were able to spend a little time in the Digital World before this went wrong."

"Went wrong?" Takato asked.

"Yeah," Guilmon answered. "There was this pink digimon - I forgot what she called herself - that started attacking the Digiworld itself! She used her hand - or was it more like a shield? – and an attack that had "fist" and "Athena" I think to blow holes it the ground!"

"What!" Henry cried.

"Momentai Henry," Terriermon said sitting in his favorite spot, atop Henry's head. "We're all ok."

"We tried to stop her," Lopmon said from Suzie's arms, before Henry could start an argument with Terriermon. "But we were blasted away. When we woke up we were here. Leomon was already here but that train just arrived."

The small group looked at Leomon questioningly. "I don't know how I got here," Leomon said, answering their unasked question. "I remember drifting for a while after Beelzemon defeated me but then I woke up here a little before everyone else arrived."

"Train!" MarineAngemon said flying in circles around Kenta's head.

"Yeah," Kenta said. "Are we supposed to board it or something?"

"Probably," Renamon answered.

"If you want Renamon and I will go in first in case there are any unexpected surprises on it," Rika offered.

Jeri nodded, as did the rest of the group. They followed Rika and Renamon to the train. The door opened as they neared it. They all got on, the doors closed and the train began to move. Jeri had just started to relax when Renamon suddenly sprung and pinned a small white seal-like creature to the ground. She looked up and saw another group of digimon and kids, who were about her age, looking back at her in shock.

A little while earlier

Kari had been sitting next to Sora when the train stopped. They had been talking to both Gatomon and Biyomon, catching up on all the things they missed. She was about to ask Sora how soccer was going when Joe's voice sounded.

"Gomamon," he said to his small partner. "What are you doing?"

"I smell something," Gomamon said moving towards the far door.

"Get back here!" Joe hissed, just before the door opened.

A group of kids and digimon entered the train; the doors shut behind them and the train started to move. Gomamon froze and before he could say or do anything he was pounced upon by a fox-like creature, a digimon Kari guessed. The two groups looked at each other silently for a little while before Gomamon broke the tense silence.

"Joe!" he said from under the other digimon's grip. "Don't just stand there! Help me!"

Kari watched as both Tai and Matt stood up, their partners tensed ready for battle at the drop of a hat.

"Let him go," Tai commanded at the same time a brown haired boy standing by a purple dinosaur digimon asked "Who are you?"

"Not until you tell us who you are and what you are doing here," a reddish-brown haired girl stated coolly.

"We could ask you the same thing," Matt replied, his hand going down to his Digivice.

Kari noticed the movement as well as the others. She ran to Matt and grabbed his arm. "Matt, Tai, don't fight them!"

"Kari," Tai said in what Kari recognized as his there-had-better-be-a-good-reason-for-what-you-are-doing voice. "They attacked us – well really Gomamon – first."

"But if you had been in their shoes would you have hesitated to send Agumon after them?" Kari asked releasing her hold from Matt to go argue with her older brother.

"She's got a point Tai," Matt said, relaxing slightly.

Before Tai could continue arguing with Kari, the doors opened for a second time. They had been so focused on their almost-fight that they had failed to notice that the train had stopped. Kari turned to the doors and was shocked again by what she saw. Could this day get any worse?

And that's a wrap!

OMG! I want appologize for the thoughts that were all run together last chapter! I just noticed (on this chapter that is) that it did that! Again I am so very sorry!

OK so how many of you guys guessed that Leomon was going to be back in action? I hope a few of you did! Anyways so about Leomon. I won't be having him digivolve. Sorry. It's just that he didn't digivolve in the anime and if I did have him digivolve it would probably be following his set forms and there ae already characters with those forms! So I won't be. But he's back and that's all that matters! And don't you love how Rika always jumps the gun assumes that other unknown digimon are enemies? So sorry Gomamon but this had to happen! So yeah and if anyone can guess who enters next...A++++ for you!

Also, I'm thinking of starting another fanfic. This one will take priority since my rule is the one people read is going to be the one that's updated the most, even if I like the ones that no one reads (it makes me kinda sad). So as to NOT feel sad cuz it seems no one likes my fanfic I will let you all choose. I have ideas for:

Naruto
Bleach
Fairy Tail
Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

To reqest a fanfic you must review! The review must contain something about this chapter or the whole story in general! You cannot just send me what you want! (this is because I enjoy people's thoughts about my work, good or bad) This "poll" will last until I upload the next chapter. So you have a while to think about it. Sorry this is kinda a long note.

over and out