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Unbroken Hearts: Chapter 11

The angelic digimon with the bow had watched the battle between the Tamer's digimon and Erimon in awe. From a safe distance of course. He knew how powerful Erimon could be, and he didn't want to be there when she reformatted her adversaries. He was quite surprised when Erimon was sent running from the most unlikely digimon imaginable, a little MarineAngemon.

But how? Wondered the angelic digimon. I know that MarineAngemon's abilities are similar to mine, but my attacks don't work on Erimon. So why was his able to?

Not finding an answer he decided to hang back for a bit and watch the activities of the Tamers, to see if he could trust them before he made himself known to them. If they were powerful enough to drive away Erimon he didn't want to think of what could happen if they decided to turn on him next. At present they were heading towards the streets where a boy was standing. Trembling lightly, the angel digimon took flight and followed them. Making sure to stay out of sight until he felt ready to reveal himself to them.


Yamaki pulled up to the side of Hypnos and both he and Riley got out of the car. Heading for the entrance they found three of the Tamers were already there with their digimon. There was Renamon, Terriermon, and…

Why is Matsuki's digimon a different color? Wondered the head of Hypnos as he looked over at Riley and indicated Guilmon with a nod of his head. The red haired chief operator looked at the dino and shrugged.

"I don't have a clue Yamaki," she said. "We'll have to get those answers from the Tamers. If we can."

Yamaki nodded and brought out his lighter. Whatever it was that was going on, he had an idea that he wasn't going to like it.


"Ooog…" began Terriermon as he opened his eyes groggily and looked over at his Tamer, Henry Wong. "Henry? I had the most bizarre dream. Almost a nightmare in fact. In it, we fought a dark version of Gallantmon and a strange digimon. Then we had to take Guilmon and Takato to Hypnos to see if they could get help, and then… I saw Rika kiss Takato when he woke up. Weird huh?"

"Um… Terriermon?"

The dog-bunny looked at his Tamer curiously. Why's he look so nervous?

"… It wasn't a dream."

Terriermon turned his head towards Rika and Takato's direction. Sure enough, Rika was still kissing Takato, and not in the way that could be called 'just friends' (although, Takato's reaction looked as though he was just as surprised as Henry and Terriermon). Takato was getting it full on the lips, and by the looks of things she had been at it for longer than five seconds and showed no desire to be stopping anytime soon either. Terriermon looked over at Renamon to see how she was taking it. Oddly enough, she didn't look at all surprised and… was that the faintest hint of a smile on her face?

It was all too much for the poor rookie, and he fainted dead away once more.

"Oooh…"

Henry sighed, feeling really tempted to throw in a momentai for his friends sake.

Henry really couldn't blame Terriermon for passing out again. To be honest, he felt a little off kilter enough himself to join him. Fortunately his martial arts training combined with his pride as a Tamer wouldn't let him so he was basically left with staring incredulously at his friends, and wondering how long he could go on like that before he snapped back to reality.

And that was when a hand landed on his shoulder and did just that for him. Turning, Henry found himself face to face with the renowned Head of Hypnos known to the Tamers and coworkers as Yamaki.

"All right," said Yamaki, getting down to business in that gruff manner of his that was his trademark. "What's the situation?"

Henry blinked as his mind began to settle back down.

"Takato and Rika encountered a Wild One a little while ago. I didn't get the stats for it but I'm sure that they did." Henry indicated his two friends who were still locked in a passionate kiss. Henry absently wondered just how long it would be before Rika let the kid up for air. That is, if Takato even remembered how to breathe. He still showed no signs of coming out of his shock. Yamaki looked at the pair and raised an eyebrow but decided not to comment on them. Wasn't his business anyway. Riley walked up to stand next to her fiancé and saw the two and soon she too arched an eyebrow.

These kids today are growing up so fast, thought Riley but said nothing as she brought her full focus on Henry as he picked Terriermon up from off the ground.

"What about Takato's digimon?" Asked Yamaki.

Henry scratched the back of his head worriedly. "I have no idea about how that happened. I didn't get there to see that part. Terriermon and I showed up just in time to see a dark colored version of Gallantmon about to attack Sakuyamon so we… uh… had to take him down. The digimon that they had been fighting got away but I think that it had been intercepted by the others and was destroyed."

"I see," said Yamaki. "I'd better get you some assistance in getting Takato's partner into Hypnos and have him checked out." Pulling out his cell phone, Yamaki began to dial some numbers. Henry looked back and forth between Yamaki and Riley. Looking at them you'd think that they weren't planning to get married.

Well, maybe they just want to keep this on a professional level, Henry thought. Turning to Riley, Henry offered her a small smile.

"By the way, may I congratulate you two on your engagement?"

Riley's eyes snapped up at Henry, and the telltale signs of a blush covered her face. Yamaki looked in Henry's direction, his shades hiding the fact that he too was looking at the dark haired boy, but the uncharacteristic smile that curved on his face said otherwise.

Janyu, thought Yamaki. I should have known that you say something.

"Thank you," said Riley. "Though I'm sorry that it had to be on a day like this, but Mr. Bossman here had to choose this morning to propose." Riley grinned and elbowed Yamaki, shedding a layer of professionalism as she took a moment to poke fun at her husband-to-be. Yamaki said nothing, but his smile grew. Slightly.

Henry nodded. "That's okay. Today just seems to be that kind of day for it." Looking over at Rika and Takato he once again smiled. Yes, it certainly seemed to be that kind of day for it. He certainly hadn't been expecting this, though he had to admit that he thought that it would be kind of funny if this did happen ever since that moment down in the tunnels when they were going off to fight the D-Reaper and Takato had made some comment about Rika's shirt. That was a very weird moment and he had put it out of his mind so that he could focus on the task at hand at the time, but every now and then he had to wonder…

Henry frowned as something clicked in his mind.

"Today just seems to be that kind of day for it."

"You'd almost think that there was a contagious rash going around, Henry. I gotta say, this gives love sickness a whole new meaning."

Briefly he recalled a news report that he and Terriermon had overheard from a television store. Looking over at Renamon, he met the kitsune's gaze and a suspicion began to form.

Didn't Takato say something about how he thought that he saw Rika get hurt last night when a digimon bio-emerged? The same digimon that we spent all day looking for right before we ran into that other one? I wonder… could it be possible that…?

Henry ran a hand through his hair and groaned in exasperation. It was a strange thought, one that he couldn't believe that he had thought of, but then that was why Rika called him Braniac. He tended to think outside of the box, which is why he had come up with the idea about the Devas being representations from the Chinese zodiac. Which was why now he was wondering if that digimon that Rika had encountered last night had done something to make her fall in love with Takato.

He couldn't help but wonder if the same was with Yamaki and Riley.

But… didn't Renamon say that Rika didn't get hurt? Wait a second… now that I think of it, she didn't say that Rika wasn't hurt. She just said that she 'couldn't say'.

Henry took another look at Renamon, and decided that now was as good a time as any to have a talk with the vulpine digimon.


Rika's lips met Takato's tenderly at first, as though she were afraid that this was just part of the dream that she had had earlier in the morning, but as she held the kiss and felt her body flush and come alive with a feeling that was like an electrical current she knew that it was real and as a result she deepened the kiss. She did note his lack of response to the attention that he was getting and chuckled inwardly.

I'll bet that he never expected to live to see this coming, she thought. It was strange. She had been worried about the Gogglehead after what had happened to him and after seeing what had happened to him when Erimon had attacked him and Guilmon Rika had actually been afraid that she would lose her Gogglehead. That was something new. Well… perhaps not. She remembered a similar moment when in the digital world he had gone over to his fallen partner after he had digivolved to Megidramon and Beelzemon was preparing to gun them down. And then there was that time when he, as Gallantmon, had been pulled down into the red blob that had been D-Reaper, and even after that when the army of Parasimon had been overwhelming him, right before his mode change…

Enough with the memories, thought Rika. I'd miss him if he were gone. Stupid Gogglehead…

In her mind though, she knew that the feelings that this kiss was generating were a product of a deranged digimon with a Cupid mentality, and she felt strangely saddened by this knowledge.


Takato stirred as he finally began to get a grip on himself. The first thought that came to mind was 'this is it. Rika's finally lost it' followed shortly afterwards by another thought that wasn't that far from the truth. Either that or a digimon's taken control of her again. His entire body felt very, very warm and he could tell just by the amount of heat coming from the face of the girl kissing him that she too was suffering a similar fate. How it was she was able to keep this up without pulling away and/or hitting Takato seemed to be beyond Takato at this moment. This wasn't something that he would have expected from Rika. Well, maybe towards someone else like maybe Ryo (the way that those two bickered like an old married couple it honestly wouldn't have surprised him that much), but him?

Oookay… what's wrong with this picture?

Good question. Takato thought some more.

And… why do I feel so… strange?

Granted, he knew that it had to be because there was a girl, a very pretty girl, kissing him, and as such it was awakening feelings in him that he normally felt towards another girl.

Takato couldn't help but take irony in the fact that at this very moment, he was literally kissing his dream girl.

A sound caught his attention, and grateful for anything to break up what was fast becoming an awkward moment for Takato he looked in its direction and saw…

"Gmlmn!" Takato began to squirm a little now, thinking that Rika would let him go. He should have known better. Instead the Digimon Queen tightened her grip on him some more and broke the kiss briefly.

"Shut up, Gogglehead," growled Rika right before she crushed her lips to his again.

"But, Guil… mmmph!"

"Rika…" began Henry from behind the couple. Something in his voice brought Rika back and she once again broke the kiss and looked at Henry. Realizing that there were more people around them now, some of whom were now helping a dark colored Guilmon onto a stretcher and getting ready to wheel him into Hypnos she helped Takato to his feet. Both of their faces flaming intensely. Takato glanced briefly at Rika before walking over to Yamaki and asking him what was going on and if his partner was okay.

"We don't know yet," said Yamaki. "We're going to have him under observation for the night, and have some of our people take a look at him. We'll know more in the morning but for now I think that you should go home and get some rest. We'll let you know if something more comes up."

"But, Yamaki," began Takato. "Can't I at least stay with him? He's my best friend."

"I'm sorry Mr. Matsuki," said Yamaki, shaking his head. "But there's nothing you can do right now except wait. You've done your job now let us do ours. We'll have an answer for your friend and maybe a solution as well. Trust us." Yamaki laid a comforting hand on Takato's shoulder as though it were a pledge, and Takato, after a few minutes of deliberation, finally nodded reluctantly. Yamaki returned the nod and turned and followed the Hypnos technicians and Guilmon inside the building, with Riley pausing long enough to give the boy a sympathetic glance. Takato watched them go sorrowfully, wondering just what it was that had happened to Guilmon. Takato tensed as he felt a hand clasp itself around his and he turned to see that it belonged to Rika. She was looking at him with an expression on her face that matched his own.

"Don't worry, Takato," said Rika softly as she gave his hand a soft squeeze. Takato swallowed before nodding, trying to ignore the feeling of butterfly's that was growing in his stomach.


The other Tamers showed up at Hypnos shortly afterwards, having already been at the sight of the first battle but after having found no one there Ryo deduced that Hypnos would be the next most logical place to check next. There they got a brief explanation of what had happened (with Henry, Takato, and Rika not saying a thing about the moment between the last two. Not even Terriermon who had woken up by this time, surprisingly), and in return Ryo, Kazu, and Kenta told them that there was a strong possibility that the digimon that they had fought would be back for another round. Ryo volunteered to be the bearer of bad news to Yamaki on that front (with Kenta and Kazu stepping up to the plate to join him, but Ryo somehow managed to convince them otherwise). That was what was on Takato's mind while he walked home. Guilmon, the Erimon, and of course… Rika.

Takato stopped as the door of his home and looked up at the sky with tears in his eyes, his mind awhirl with confusion at the day's events. Uncomprehending as to how so much could happen all at once. He should be used to this sort of thing. He dealt with digimon on a regular basis but this… this was completely different. This wasn't something that he could fight, couldn't go at directly.

Rika… Guilmon…

Takato bit down the pain that he felt from it all. The confusion over Rika, the worry over Guilmon and of Erimon. Takato held onto the hope that it would all be okay in the end.

The stars in the night sky twinkled, as though in response to the boy's silent plea.


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