Hello and let me start by saying I'm sorry it's been so long since I updated. between my RL work and trying to get a beta reader its just taking time.
On the subject of Beta readers, while i'm trying to get things worked out with someone that may be able to, I'm also looking for a second one, so if anyone want to Beta read for me just send me a PM. If your good with grammar it would be even better, because I'm not.
Also I've started a Gundam 00 fanfic as well now. But don't worry this one is still my main focus. I just felt I wanted to reach a different audience to get more advice so that I can improve, plus it's something i've wanted to write for a while.
So something sort of important. If anyone knows details on how the Japanese school system work could you PM me please? I have no idea and while i plan to research it myself it can't hurt to ask. Since soon I will be getting out of winter break and they will be going to school.
So this site apparently hates what chapter i'm on, because most of the time it un-bolds and un-centers the chapter number. But enough of my endless blabbering.
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon, but I do own my OCs
After much waiting, I give you chapter seven of TAMERS LEGACY!
TAMERS LEGACY
BOOK TWO
CHAPTER SEVEN
Old and New
January 1st, 2010, Real World, Shinjuku Park
7:42 PM
Takato stood in one of the squares in Shinjuku Park. Multiple paths led out of the square and benches were set around the outside, as well as a statue in the center. He held an egg the size of his head in his hands. It was warm to the touch, which Takato found rather odd since all it actually contained was data and not an organic organism. He was waiting for Jeri to arrive since he had called her earlier. She had been working at her family's restaurant and didn't get off until seven, plus with cleaning up and travel time it took a while. Impmon had left to return home right after they had returned from the digital world. Despite his efforts Takato could tell he was still a little shaken up from having Leomon's data extracted. Takato was looking down at Guilmon, who was sleeping on the ground, when he heard his name called.
"Takato!" A clearly female voice yelled. He looked up to see Jeri running towards him. The brunette came to a halt right in front of him looking a little out of breath. "Sorry I took so long, the dinner rush was just dying down so I was late getting off."
"It's fine." Takato assured her. "There was no need to rush." He laughed a little at her relieved expression.
"So what did you call me out here for? And what is that?" She asked as she noticed the egg in his arms. She leaned in a little closer to get a good look at it. "Is that and egg? It's really big." Guilmon had by this point woken up and lifted his head to look at them. "Hi Guilmon." Jeri greeted with a smile.
"Hi Jeri, you smell like yummy food." Guilmon stated with his head to the side.
"Do I? I'll try to remember to bring you some next time."
"Yay! Yummy food!" Guilmon cheered as he stood up.
Takato grinned at Guilmon's unchanging love of food. He finally turned back to Jeri. Your right, it is an egg. A digimon egg to be exact." He told her and watched her eyes widen in surprise. "It's YOUR digimon egg." He continued as he held it out to her.
"What do you mean mine?" She wore a confused look as she stared at the egg.
"It's Leomon." He stated causing her to gasp.
"H-how is that possible!?" she stuttered.
"With Impmon's help and… a guy I know, since the full explanation would take to long." He explained.
"But is it really Leomon? Will he remember everything?" She continued to be skeptical.
Takato smiled to reassure her. "I was told he will have all his memories when he hatches." He then held the egg out to her again. This time she slowly reached out and took it from him.
"I can't believe it, it's like a dream." She marveled at the egg. The egg started to wiggle in response. A crack then formed in its pristine surface. "What's going on?" She gasped.
"I think it's hatching!" Takato exclaimed. The egg then cracked fully and glowed bright white. It was so bright that they had to look away. When they looked back the egg was gone and in its place was a red ball with eyes and three protrusions on top. Guilmon walked up and sniffed the red digimon while Takato pulled out his D-power. As he held it up the holographic screen showed the little red digimon. "Punimon, Fresh level, attacks are bubble blow and… wait just that, guess him having one attack is impressive enough."
Punimon looked a Guilmon before jumping up on Jeri's shoulder and rubbing against her. "He's so cute!" Jeri said as she rubbed Punimon with tears forming in her eyes. Punimon suddenly began to shiver in the cold weather as he jumped down into Jeri's arms.
"He seems cold." Takato pointed out.
"Yeah, I should get him home, it's late, I had a hard enough time convincing my parents to let me come at all." Jeri replied as she wiped the tears away and turned before quickly turning around again. "And thank you Takato, not that that even begins to express how happy I am right now." She said with a big smile.
"It was my pleasure." He smiled back as he watched her walk away. After she had disappeared from sight he turned to walk home. Guilmon followed close behind him. As he came to an intersection near the edge of the park he became aware of another presence in the area. He looked down the other path to see a red headed girl. Takato opened his mouth to greet his fellow Tamer but the words died in his mouth when he noticed that after a quick glance she pretended no to see him. He let out a sigh and was about to continue walking when two more people walked towards them from the way Takato was about to go. Both were also redheads, one dull red haired boy and the other vibrant crimson haired girl.
"Great, just the two people I wanted to see." The dull red haired boy greeted as he stepped in front of the first red head, which was a rather dangerous thing to do. "Hi Rika." He continued, undaunted by Rika's glare.
Takato decided that it would help to move things along. "Hey Rin." He greeted the boy. "Who's this?" He asked looking at the girl with Rin.
"This is Claire, she is a very good friend of mine that I grew up with, and this is her partner Dorumon." Rin introduced, also indicating the purple digimon behind them that Takato had failed to notice before.
Takato took a closer look at the two as Guilmon walked up and sniffed Dorumon. The girl's hair fell to below her waist and had a messy look because of slight curling. She wore a red long sleeve shirt and dark gray cargo pants. She wore boots and a brown winter coat that fell to her knees. Takato found it to be a very tomboyish look. One of her more striking features was her bright emerald green eyes that were noticeable even in the faint light. The digimon behind her was built similar to Guilmon but had purple fur with white on the chest and all four paws, as well as the tip of the tail. It also had a red gem bordered by black metal on its forehead, and tiny bat like wings on its back. From the corner of his eye he could tell Rika was also looking them over.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Takato Matsuki." Takato greeted as he reached out to shake hands.
"I'm Claire Gillan, and this is Dorumon." She introduced herself and her partner as she shook his hand.
"Rika Nonaka." Rika said as Claire turned to her. "That's quite the hair you've got there."
"Thank you." Claire said, taking it as a compliment. "My…" Claire hesitated for a second. "My mother encouraged me to grow it out." She finished as she ran a few strands of hair through her fingers.
Takato noticed that Rin was looking at Claire with a look that gave the impression of being both happy and sad at the same time. But before he could pursue the subject Rin moved the conversation along.
"So Claire needs a place to stay, but I don't want to impose on the Nonaka's hospitality by asking if she can stay there, so I wanted to ask you Takato if you knew of anywhere she could stay?" Rin explained to the two of them.
Takato thought about it for a minute and Rika stood there looking annoyed and impatient. "Well my house does have an extra room with a bed, and I'm sure my parents will be fine with it." He finally answered.
"Perfect!" Rin exclaimed. "That makes things much more convenient."
"Awkward setup." Rika muttered, probably meant for herself but they all heard.
Rin looked from Rika to Claire and then grinned. "You have a point there." Rin agreed causing Rika to look a little surprised that he understood. "So lets switch it, if your ok with Claire staying with you I'll stay with Takato."
"Do whatever you want." Was her reply. "It's late and looks like it's going to snow so can I leave now?" Rika asked, sounding more annoyed by the minute.
"For the sake of my well being, yes you can, this works for you to right Takato?" Rin clarified.
Takato gave a sheepish laugh. "Yeah, it's actually probably better this way, my parents would probably wonder if I asked if a girl could stay." He grinned.
Rika stared at Takato for a moment with a blank look, although Rin could have sworn he saw her lip twitch upwards slightly. Before she turned around and started walking.
"Go with her Claire." Rin instructed. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Ok bye then." Claire quickly replied as she hurried to follow Rika down the stone path.
The two boys stood there for a minute before Takato turned to Guilmon. Guilmon had been quietly standing to the side looking into the trees with his head tilted to the side. He then turned and looked in another direction again towards trees.
"What's the matter boy?" Takato asked with a curious look.
"I guess Renamon didn't feel like saying hi." Guilmon stated as he looked back towards the first direction. His comment caused the two boys to chuckle. "But I smell another digimon in that direction." Guilmon continued looking towards the second direction again. This time only Rin chuckled, causing Takato to give him a confused look.
"Looks like you've been found out Granmon." He called towards the trees. Suddenly a red furred bipedal digimon appeared next to Rin. "Meet Granmon, my partner." Rin introduced.
Takato looked at the digimon for a second before commenting. "He looks similar to Renamon." Takato finally said. Granmon did look like Renamon, except red instead of yellow, and he wore black metal gauntlets instead of gloves. The more Takato looked though the more he noticed that certain features were not the same.
Rin looked at his partner. "I guess he does." Rin confirmed. Guilmon walked up and sniffed Granmon just like he had with Dorumon.
"Your hard to smell." Guilmon told him. Walking in a circle around him while sniffing.
"Is that so? I wonder why?" Granmon responded, sniffing at himself.
Just then it started to snow, the large, fluffy flakes landing on their heads. "Uh oh we better get a move on." Takato told them as he started down the path home. They moved fast but the closer they got the fiercer the snow got, by the time they were three quarters of the way there it was a blizzard. "Well this is great!" Takato yelled over the wind that had become quite fierce. Takato had pulled his goggles down over his eyes so that he could see. He looked back at Rin who was laughing in reply to Takato's yell. He saw that Rin was also wearing a pair of goggles, they were black with ice blue lenses and shape differently then Takato's, they were more rectangular then round.
"I hope the girls got back before this started." The redhead yelled back. Despite the miserable conditions Rin looked to be enjoying himself, which caused Takato to grin.
"So do I." Takato admitted. "It's a good thing we have goggles!" He grinned a Rin. Who grinned back. Finally the bakery came into sight. They quickly made for the side door and Takato used his key to open it. Once inside they all gave a sigh of relief. When they finally looked at each other they burst into laughter. They were all covered in snow, especially their hair, which was particularly bad for Granmon. Rin looked around the room as he laughed and marveled at it. There were all kinds of machines for making bread and other things lining the walls.
At the sound of the door and laughter Takato's father Takehiro looked around the corner. "Ah Takato your finally back." He said when he saw them. "And who is this?" He asked looking at Rin.
"Hello I'm Rin Tsuka, I'm a Tamer like Takato and this is my partner Granmon." Rin introduced himself and Granmon, who bowed a little when he was indicated.
"He has nowhere to stay so I offered to let him use the spare room. I hope that's ok." Takato explained.
"That's fine." Takehiro replied. "Although he will have to stay in your room tonight since the extra room will have to be cleaned up first." He continued.
Just then Mie Matsuki, Takato's mother, walked into the room. "Takato it's about time you got home." She scolded. "And who is this?" She asked in a kinder voice looking at Rin. Rin introduced himself and Granmon again.
"Takato offered to let him use the spare room since he doesn't have a place to stay. I said it would be fine." Takehiro explained.
"Honey you agree to these things to fast, but it's fine so I guess that doesn't matter right now." She consented. "You two are going to need baths covered like that. I'll go get it ready while you two change out of those wet cloths. Rin you can use some of Takato's cloths if you need to." She ordered.
"Thank you very much." Rin bowed before taking off his boots and jacket and following Takato out of the room into the main body of the shop and then up a flight of stairs. They entered Takato's room and Takato pulled out two sets of dry cloths. He handed one set to Rin.
"You can bathe first." Takato told him. "I'll go once your done." He then showed Rin to the bathroom.
After Rin finished with his bath and Takato went to get in he sat at Takato's desk and looked over a Granmon. Granmon was siting on the floor and seemed to have fallen asleep. Guilmon had likewise fallen asleep under Takato's bed. When Takato finished with his bath they blew up an air mattress and used some sheets to make Rin's temporary bed. By the time they went to bed it was already 11:30 so they both decided to go to sleep.
As Rin lay there trying to get to sleep he looked over at Granmon again. "This feels just as surreal." He chuckled under his breath as he finally fell asleep.
CHAPTER SEVEN END
So what did you think? not particularly exciting but important nonetheless.
Also I don't know if anyone noticed it but I changed what Granmon wears from black gloved to black metal gauntlets. I know it's bad but it was simply choice and has no meaning behind it. It's probably because I've been watching the Tales of Xillia opening repeatedly and Jude looks awesome. (for those of you that are clueless as to what i'm talking about, Jude is a character that uses metal gauntlets as fist weapons to fight.)
So anyone interested in Beta reading PM me and anyone else, REVIEW. I really want people to give me more detailed reviews because i can only learn so much from going over it myself. It's up to you readers to help me because you see things i don't. so if you can please give me as detailed a review as possible. and if you can't give details, review anyway, because I love reviews, they motivate me, they make me want to write more. That means you people that don't have accounts as well, because you can still review.
Well enough ranting, until next time.
-Arenz
