Ryo reported their encounter with the others. Everyone's eyes were on Renamon. "I wonder where I'll even begin..." she said, closing her eyes briefly. She could feel her partner's unblinking eyes on her. "A few months or maybe even a year before I met Rika, I was just like any other digimon wandering the digital world. I was picked on by a lot of digimon and wished to be stronger. Once I'd taken on a pack of Pagumon. I was able to defeat a few but there were too many. Just when I thought it was all over that those two appeared."
"'Those two'", asked Rika. "I thought you only knew Wizardmon.
"I had indeed met Wizardmon and another friend of his...Tailmon," said Renamon. "They helped me out and patched me up. They were working for dark digimon at that time and asked me to join them since I seemed to be strong. So, I fought and fought till I evolved into my current rookie form. I shared many happy, hard and fun times with those two." As she said this, Renamon eyes seemed so far away. 'They must be have been really good friends," thought Rika.
"But that came to an end," continued Renamon. "We were on a mission when we came across a strange device. Curious, we tried tinkering around with it but nothing happened. But as we were about to leave, a grey portal of sorts appeared and out came two long tentacles. Before we could react, the tentacles wrapped themselves around me pulling me in. Wizardmon and Tailmon did their best to free me however none of their attacks worked. Before I knew it, I was dragged into the portal. I struggled against the tentacles and finally managed to wriggle free. I turned to face my opponent but there wasn't anything there. In fact I was in a strange world, that was neither the digital world nor the human world. As I wandered through this strange place, I came across a blinding light. "
"When I came too next, I found myself back in the digital world but it wasn't the original world I was from but another one. I wandered for days and days searching for my two friends but I couldn't find them. A lot of the digimon were vary of me and began picking fights me. So, I fought, loaded their data and fought some more. This was how I was until I met you...Rika," finished Renamon.
"Renamon...," said her partner. "I'm sorry, I couldn't be there for you sooner."
"Don't worry Rika. I'm glad I met you when I did." Rika smiled.
"When you said spoke about the original digital world and another one...Are you saying the place we are in now is not the same digital world that you had come from?" asked Henry, shocking the others. Renamon nodded silently.
"Then... could it be possible that...?"
"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT WONG!" yelled Rika, standing up to defend the kitsune. "RENAMON'S MY PARTNER! THERE'S NO WAY, just...no way that..." Her violet eyes flared while her arms trembled.
"We mustn't jump to any conclusions," said Ryo quietly but assertively. There was a stern edge to his voice. " We don't have any proof of it." He placed an arm on Rika's shoulder to calm her down. She looked at him then at Renamon.
"I wasn't accusing Renamon. I merely stated it as a possibility," said Henry.
"Momentai! Let's all calm down here," said Terriermon.
"He's right, let's not fight," said Ai. "We should probably explore this cave more while Henry and Kenta are decoding the glphys."
"But Ai, this cave just has this one big room with glyphs. There is no other passage or anything here," said Kenta. Marine Angemon cooed in agreement.
"We won't know that until we try, right?"said Ai, walking towards one of the glyph covered walls. She ran a finger over a few writings. "Maybe there is some kind of secret passage way hidden somewhere."
"There's just no way," said Kenta. "Henry and I have been breaking our head decoding these writings but so far we have nothing but gibberish."
"Wait! I think Ai has a point. What if the secret code to opening a hidden passage is hidden among the rest of the glyphs? If we can arrange and rearrange them, then we can possibly find something!" said Henry. Ai blushed with pride, glad to be of some help to the blue haired tamer.
Henry proceeded to tapping away at his laptop. Kenta sighed and joined him. Rika stood up and decided to walk around the cave while Renamon pondered over her late friend's message. Ryo and Cyberdramon set up a small campfire with things he had packed before coming. Ai ran her fingers over the glyphs as in hopes that she would find the 'secret door'. Though she had just assumed there would be a hidden passage, she wished one would appear. The thought of Henry praising her for discovering it before he or Kenta finished deciphering the code sent a bubble of happiness within her.
Rika, tired of wandering aimlessly through the cave, decided to help Ryo set up the campfire. But he had already finished lighting the fire and was currently trying to make dinner. Rika quietly helped him cut vegetables. Together, they prepared a very delicious stew.
"Thanks for the help, Rika," said Ryo.
"No problem."
"Hey, are you...alright? I'm sure Henry didn't mean anything bad..."
"I know. Henry's usually considerate of other people's feelings. But when he's trying to solve a code or puzzle or play detective, he doesn't hold back when stating his mind. It's rare but those are times that he's most harsh," said Rika.
"You've really observed Henry a lot, huh?"
"Well, duh. He knows me well and I him. We've been best friends since a long time," said Rika. "Still, I don't know what to think, especially after hearing Renamon's story."
"I think...I think the digimon in the propecy isn't Renamon," said Ryo, suddenly.
"What do you mean?" asked Rika.
"Ah, I'm not sure why but...I just think it isn't Renamon. It's another digimon." Rika blinked at him then smiled ever so slightly.
"Thanks, Ryo. Somehow hearing that from you makes me feel relieved..." Ryo scratched the back of his head. They stood there gazing into each other's eyes. Just when they were about to say something, Kenta's loud voice broke the mood. "Hey guys! We've found something! You've got to see this!"
A/N: What do you think? R&R please