Tamer Girls, Nice and Small
Adjusting: Phase 3
Joy Riding
"Rika, aren't we're a little young for this kind of thing?" Takato-Chan asked nervously.
"We're also a little small for a lot of things, Giggle-girl!" Rika replied excitedly. "So, just relax and enjoy!"
"But, Rika, do you think it's safe?" Jeri asked in concern.
"Ha! At this size nothing really safe!" Rika replied.
Currently, the two shrunken girls, and one boy-turned-shrunken-girl, were having a joyride in a car that Rika had found not long ago. There was even a replica pair of Rika's trademark sunglasses in the glove box, one she was currently wearing, for no real reason. They were currently cursing around Rika's house, again for no real reason aside that it was fun.
The car was a white convertible model with a square body, but no one could tell what kind of model it was. At first glaze it seemed nothing more then a child's toy, but from the way Rika was handling the thing, it was anything but a toy.
"Rika, where did you found this again?" Jeri asked curiously.
The shrunken queen just shoot her slightly smaller friend a grin as she said "…Let just say I found it lying around."
(Flashback)
Rika, still mad from that stunt that her digimon pulled on her, had noticed something out of the corner of her eyes, and went to check it out. Imagine her surprise to found some kind of convertible car, just sitting there, looking fresh from the factory.
Now, Rika wasn't much into cars and stuff like that, so she didn't know what company made it. Still, having a car, made for someone of a shrunken state, was enough to peak anyone's curiosity.
The six-inch tall tamer put her hand lightly on the hood of the car. She immediately noticed that it felt like cold metal, instead of plastic like she thought it was going to be. She tipped the surface, listening as a semi-deep echo was emitted from the spot she just touched.
An almost evil smile blossomed on Rika's face as she thought about using this to get some much needed payback on Renamon. That smile quickly disappeared as a thought crossed her mind.
This just probably another one of Renamon's trick, Rika thought disappointedly, as she walked around the car.
Interesting, this car had a control scheme like a western design, with the controls on the left side instead of the right. Rika walked up to the driver's door and notice that there was a handle. Slightly curious, Rika grabbed the handle and pulled up, causing the door opened. She then got in, and notice that the sit felt comfortable, not awkward like when she sits in her mother's car.
It was almost like the seat itself was design for a six-inch tall pre-teen instead shrunken adult.
Rika closed the door and looked around the inside a little. She found the seat adjuster and made the seat so she could reach the steeling wheel more easily. She then looked around the inside some more. She found all of the basic control there, but no ignition, and no key. Though, she did see a button on the dashboard.
The shrunken queen asked herself if she should risk it. If this was just another trick of Renamon, she could be walking right into it.
Since when did I become a goggle head? Rika asked herself mentally.
Then in a fit of bravery, Rika pressed the button. The car came to life with a noise that sounded like a toy car coming to life. Rika raise an eyebrow at this strange sound, but just shrugged it off. She then buckled up, and put it into drive.
Suddenly the car took off like a wild boar, taking a screaming Rika with it. She tried to regain control but in her state, couldn't think straight. She grabbed the wheel and begin turning it wildly, causing the car to go in all directions. Rika gasped when she saw herself heading straight for a wall.
When she saw that wall, coming up fast, she finally regained enough of her senses to slam her foot down on the break. The car came to s screeching halt mere inches from said wall. Shaken but otherwise unharmed, Rika put the car in park, and just sat there, catching her breath.
Suddenly a giant smile appeared on Rika's face, and an excited look quickly grew in her eyes.
"OH YEAH…that's just what I needed!" the shrunken queen exclaimed in excitement.
She then took a moment to calm down a bit and get more familiar with the car. She spent the next 2 and half minutes getting to know the car better. She found out, to her annoyance, if the car is left idling for more then a minute it shuts off. With a lit sigh, she turned on the car again, and then put it into reverse. She then slowly back away from the wall, and once she was sure she was safe enough from the wall, put it into drive.
Rika slowly moved her foot off of the break and watched as the car began moving, turning the car away from the wall. Still cautious, she slowly pressed down on the gas paddle, and watch as the dial on the speed meter slowly climbs.
"Okay, lets see what this thing can do," Rika said to herself confidently.
She then pushed down on the paddle, and the car quickly built speed. Rika felt a sudden rush, and she really put the paddle to the metal. The car suddenly become very fast, but Rika wasn't worried this time.
Rika saw that she was nearby a lamp post, and she grinned. When she was close enough to post's leg, she showed a frightening amount of driving skills by making a sharp right turn, mere inches from the legs, and then doing a full 360 spin, stopping on a dame mere inches from inside of the post's leg.
"YEAH," Rika exclaimed in excitement as she threw her hands into the air. "This is great! And the best part is that I can do this freely!!"
For the first time since being shrunk, Rika felt a rush of an excitement. The only things she had to do, besides teasing the poor boy-turned-girl, were watching TV. And with Renamon, the way she has bee, has set the thing to nothing but drama shows, Rika's least favorite shows.
"…But now, I can get some sweet, sweet revenge on that digimon, and have a little fun too," Rika said devilishly.
The shrunken queen readied herself for another joyride when she spied the glove compartment. Normally, she wouldn't even think about that small space, but the tingling in the back of her head was going full speed. So, she reached over and clicked the button on the compartment door. The door fell open, revealing a prefect replica of Rika's trademark sunglasses.
She took them from the compartment and studied them. There weren't just cheap replicas, no there were like shrunken models of her own sunglasses. Rika just shrugged it off, and slipped them on. She then took off, planning on having some fun.
I wonder what Jeri and Goggle-girl are doing? Rika asked herself as she drove to their last known location.
(Meanwhile with said shrunken tamers)
"You don' think Rika's mad, do you?" Takato-Chan asked her follow shrunken tamer nervously.
"Hmm…" Jeri put her finger to her chin in a thinking gesture, "…I really don't know. But I don't think we need to worry much about it."
The former boy looked at her friend confusingly. Jeri just gave her former crush a comforting smile that said "don't worry about it."
"Just trust me on this one, okay?" Jeri asked reassuringly.
Takato-Chan was still confused but decided it was best to leave sleeping dogs along. She shivered when she remember the last time someone got on Rika's nerves, and didn't end pretty.
Suddenly, an image appeared in the boy-turned-shrunken-girl's head. The image was of a shrunken Rika, trying to beat up her giant digimon partner. The only problem was that with Rika's small size, all she could beat up was on one Renamon's toes. This caused a soft chuckle to escape the girl's lip.
Jeri looked at her friend, wondering what was so funny. She decided to let it go, learning long ago not push certain things even with Takato. So, she just continued onward, walking beside the giggling former boy.
The two were currently wondering around aimless in Rika's backyard, just taking in the wonder of their surrounding while waiting for lunch. Unfortunately, the two kept finding their thoughts returning to their other member of their shrunken trio. They both knew Rika well enough that when she's angry, there's no telling what she would do. And while Jeri was trying to reassure her friend, she was also trying to tell herself that Rika wouldn't be reckless enough to try something stupid.
Suddenly, both heard a noise that sounded a lot like a toy car. They both just ignore it, thinking that it might be something close to the wall. They continue walking, but stopped every now and then when they heard the toy car gain, only to have it suddenly stopped. Strange thing is, that the toy sounded close, real close.
Suddenly a car horn honked right behind the two shrunken tamers, screaming them witless. This also had the unfortunate side-effect of causing Takato-Chan to fall flat on her face, with her rear end up in the air, exposing her own pink panties with purple arrow-through-the-hearts design.
"You know, Giggle-Girl, those look better on you then me any day of the week," a familiar voice called teasingly.
Takato-Chan blushed fiercely from hearing that voice, and scrambled to get to her feet. She started by getting onto her hands, only to have her feet slipped out from under her, and she face platted again, with her underwear still showing. Next she tried to get to her knees, follow by getting onto her hands.
The former boy was in the process of setting up, when suddenly the horn sounded again, causing the poor boy turned shrunken girl to land on her rear with a soft groan.
"Well, at least your skirt down," Rika called teasingly.
Takato-Chan felt her face redden some more as she finally got to her feet, and faced her teaser. Her jaw nearly hit the ground when she saw Rika, riding in a white convertible, wearing a replica pair of her sunglasses.
"Rika, where did you found this?" Jeri asked curiously, running a hand over the surface of the apparent toy car.
"Who cares," Rika replied. "All I know is that I'm having the time of life! Want to join?"
Jeri and Takato-chan looked at each other with worry. They weren't so confident about getting into a toy car with someone as reckless as Rika behind the wheel. They looked at the so-called toy, wondering just had truly safe that thing was.
Rika must have sensed her friend discomfort, as she threw them her cocky smile that she uses when she wants to challenge someone.
"What's the matter? Scared?" Rika asked, almost mockingly. "What else do you have to do, huh? Walk around and watch TV? C'mon, live a little!"
The two looked at each other, worry still clean on their faces, and then cast their eyes to the still smiling Rika. One thing ever tamer knows about Rika, is that no one can resist that smile of hers. It's just something that pulls, and pulls instill you find yourself right next to that the person giving you the smile.
So, with a light sigh, Takato-Chan walked over, and opened the passenger side door. She then looked at Jeri.
"I'll sit in the back, if you want?" the former boy offered kindly.
"That's fine, I think I would ride in the back," Jeri replied a little nervously.
She then lowered the seat and climb into the back, quickly buckling herself up. The former boy swallowed a small lamb that had formed as she put the seat up, and took it. Takato-Chan quickly buckled herself in, and looked worryingly at Rika.
Once Rika was sure that her friends safely buckled up, she started the car again, and put it into drive. Then without a warning, Rika took off at full speed. She drove straight to the edge of the walkway and then turned sharply away from the edge at the last second, scaring her passengers.
"RIKA…ARE YOU CRAZY?" Jeri asked fearfully.
Rika just ignored her friend in the back, as she took a sharp right, heading straight for a wall. Takato-Chan screamed, and closed her eyes. The shrunken queen slammed on the brakes, stopping mere inches from the wall.
"Say, Goggle-Girl, you wet down there, yet?" Rika teased.
"N-No," Takato-Chan replied timidly, eyes still closed.
Rika grinned and looked down at the former boy's lap. She reached over, and lightly passed her hand against her friend's lap. She was a little surprise to find it still dry.
Well, there's still time to change that, Rika thought confidently.
The shrunken queen then looked over to her other friend, and was slightly surprise to see Jeri glaring at her, like she had something she wanted to say. Luckily, Rika had a good idea of what her friend was going to say.
"Relax, Jeri. I know what I was doing," Rika said, sounding cocky.
Still Jeri dept her glare on her friend, looking like she still wanted to say something. Rika just gave her friend a confident smile.
"Where did you learn to drive so well?" Jeri asked after a minute pause, her voice slightly high with both anger and suspicion.
Rika just shrugged, and looked forward again. "I don't know. Must be a natural, I guess."
Somehow, Jeri doubted that. Normally, she wasn't the suspicious type, but something about this didn't sit right with her. Still, she knew it was almost impossible to get through to Rika when she was in a good mood.
…Still, why I feel like this is going to be a lot worse without getting better, Jeri thought dreadfully.
Rika started up the car again and pulled away from the wall, driving much more carefully this time. After a few minutes of driving, everyone had settled down…somewhat.
"Rika, don't you think we're a little young for this kind of thing…"
(End flashback)
Meanwhile, Renamon was in the kitchen, letting the rice cool a bit in the cooker, was starting to get a little worried.
"Strange, I haven't heard anything out of the girls in while," Renamon mused softly to herself. "And I'm making shitake with Rice."
Renamon quickly realized the error in her thinking. At their current size, it would be nearly impossible to hear them, even with her sensitive hearing. Still, she has been able to hear a whisper, to her anyways, if she concentrated hard enough.
…still, I don't like it when things are quiet, Renamon thought uneasily.
The fox-like digimon shook her head quickly and then focus on chopping up some veggies to put into the rice. She just finished chopping up the veggies when her ears twitched as she heard a faint noise. It almost sounded like a toy car, when she thought it about. Renamon just ignored it, knowing that sometimes kids like playing around the wall of the house, until either Rika or someone else catches them that is, and then they turned tail and ran for the halls.
"I thought you were going to take it easy, Rika?"
"I am! You're just being a granny, Jeri."
Renamon turned her head in the direction of the voices, and to her surprise saw the shrunken tamers, riding around in a toy-like car. She watched as the car zoomed into the center of the room, did a sharp turn, and disappeared into the hallway.
"Okay, I didn't just see that," Renamon said in disbelief.
Renamon quickly convince herself that all of this motherly worrying was just causing her to see things, and went back to fixing lunch. It was less then a minute before she heard that sound again, and turned her head in the direction of the hall. Sure enough a toy car came zooming by, being driven by Rika, who looked like she was enjoying herself, and the other shrunken tamers, looking like they could faint at any second.
The fox watched as Rika went into a drifting slide, and disappeared into the opposite end of the hall. Renamon raise an eyebrow at this as she walked over to where the car disappeared. She could just barely make out the retreating object as it disappeared into the shadow.
"I think I need to have a talk with him," Renamon said to herself, making a mental note.
(…)
"Rika, don't you think you're being a little reckless?" Takato-Chan asked nervously.
The shrunken queen just threw her followed shrunken tamer a grin and said," Relax, Giggle-Girl. I have everything under control."
She then looked forward, and happened to see it in the back mirror. Renamon was slowly coming up behind them. Rika's grin turned almost devilish as she saw her gigantic partner slowly closing in.
Just as I planned, Rika thought smugly.
Truthfully, Rika has been doing the wild moves just to lure out her partner. Now that she has taken the bait, it was time to have some real fun.
Now, Renamon, you would wished you didn't make fun of me, Rika thought darkly.
The shrunken queen waited until Renamon was on top of her. Rika then did a 180 turned, and push the paddle to the metal, heading straight towards Renamon's left paw.
"RIKA!!" Jeri screamed in fright. "ARE YOU CRAZY?"
Luckily, Renamon was able to lift her paw in time. Unfortunately, Renamon, even with all of her developed reflects, couldn't stop her paw from catching the end of the toy car as it sped by, causing her to loose her balance. Rika came to a stop and looked behind her, a devilish grin plaster on her face as she watched her digimon fall dangerously close to a wall.
That grin quickly disappeared as Rika watched her partner do something unbelievable. Renamon was able to quickly bring her tail up, and around the area of impact, and use it to cushion her fall. She then pushed off of the wall, and regained her footing. She looked at the trio of shrunken tamer with a slight cross looked in her eyes that only Rika could see.
Not good, not good, Rika thought in a near panic.
She snapped her head forward and took off racing, not even bothering to look back. She quickly raced into the main area of the house, not even noticing that Renamon wasn't following her, or did she know that her two passengers had fainted.
Okay, okay, calm down, Rika told herself mentally. I should have known that wouldn't work on someone like Renamon. But what can I do now?
She didn't have time to figure that out, unfortunately, as Renamon appeared in front of her and reached for the car. Rika, acting on instincts, did a hard turn left, causing it to nearly spin out of control. She somehow managed to regain control of her car, and go into a drift, getting behind Renamon.
Rika, feeling the rush of the moment, hocked her horn at her partner before racing off. She quickly raced farther into the main hall, and hid in a dark place, to try and collect her thoughts.
"So, what do I do now?" Rika asked herself. "I can't get Renamon with the same trick twice. So what can I do?"
Rika suddenly tensed up as a shadow covered the only pieces of light that the shrunken tamer had. Even without looking, she knew who shadow that belonged too.
"Rika, where are you?" Renamon said, speaking in an almost motherly tone. "Come out this instant, little lady."
Rika could feel several veins on her forehead point out, and begin to pulse. She was really, really getting tired of how Renamon was treating just because she was shrunken to a few inches tall. Well, she wasn't going to stand for it anymore.
Without even thinking, she started up her car, and raced off from her hiding spot. She was planning on running right into Renamon's foot. She didn't even care that she ruined the only fun thing she had. As long, as she showed the over grown fox who she was massing with.
Suddenly, Rika found herself being lifted from the ground. She looked around, and realized that Renamon had grabbed the car without her noticing. The fox raised the so-called toy car up to her face. The shrunken queen could see a hairline trace of a smile on her partner's face.
"I knew that would get you out," Renamon said, her smile growing a little.
Rika could feel more veins popping out as she realized that Renamon played on her ego. And the worst part is that she fell for it hook line and sucker.
"Now, what to do about this little toy you found?" Renamon asked in an almost motherly way.
(A few seconds later)
"This is just unfair," Rika grumbled angrily. "Now, what am I going to do for fun?"
"You should have thought about this before you did all the reckless stuff," Renamon said motherly.
Currently the fox-like digimon was putting the toy-like car on a top shelves, one that even a normal person would have trouble reaching without aid, let alone a girl only a couple inches tall.
Next to the shrunken queen were the others, conscious, but still shaken shrunken tamers. Poor Takato-Chan looked like she was still out of it. The boy-turned-shrunken-girl's eyes were half closed, and she was wobbling, like she could fall at any time. Jeri was doing something ever uncharacteristic; she was throwing a glare at Rika, looking really, really mad too. For her part, Rika was also acting a little out of character. She was sitting on the floor, with her legs and arm crossed, and was glaring up at her partner. She also had her cheeks poof out, giving one the idea that she was a little kid, throwing a fit.
Once she was done, Renamon returned the stool she was using to where it normally rests, and then looked at her shrunken charges. Once again, the fox had on a motherly look, and like before, only Rika saw that looked.
"Now, if play time's over, lunch should be ready," the fox digimon said calmly as she extended her hand.
Jeri glared at Rika for another 10 seconds before she helped poor Takato-Chan onto the digimon's paw. Rika stood up, and walked over to her partner's paw. Before getting on, however, she threw her a partner a look that said "this isn't over yet" and then climbed up.
Renamon then closed her paw ever so slightly as she straightened up, and made her way to the kitchen. And while no one saw it, Renamon had a mischievous glee to her eyes; one that say that she was looking forward to whatever Rika was going to cook up next.
(Author's corner)
M: Well another chapter done, and wait to see what Renamon will do next. I can tell you this, you wouldn't see it coming.