Disclaimer: As always I own nothing but the original characters and the messed up plots in this fic that for some reason have attracted so many readers lol. Thank you so much to everyone who has been reading and even more to those who have reviewed. Special thanks to Kami and Shadowpanther for their encouragement hehehe. Thanks you two.

Taking the Bad Guys Down

Meanwhile

In their designated area Rika and Ryo were getting ready to head in. They hadn't really found anything of any use or that struck them as being out of place. They'd taken turns looking with Calumon and both were of the opinion that they should have tried to unload him on someone else since he thought everything was a clue. Starting to walk back with the digimon they were stopped once again with Calumon's delighted yelling that he had found something, the little guy jumping up and down like a jack in a bow as he pointed to a spot half a foot away from him. Sharing an exasperated look Rika and Ryo headed over, Ryo slipping his hand into hers as they walked.

Blinking Rika looked over to see him grinning back with an attempt at an innocent look that of course was completely ruined by the stupid grin. Rolling her eyes for form Rika let him keep her hand as they walked over then bent down so that they were at Calumon's level to see what the little guy had found. "What did you find this time?" Rika said not even bothering to look this time since she didn't want to hurt the little guy's feelings by staring at it in exasperation. It was likely an oddly shaped rock or a broken twig.

"I don't know but I've seen you guys with it, I think Henry said it was something called sonny..no wait money, Money! That's what he called it." Calumon announced excitedly as he pointed at the spot again, his big eyes sparkling with his excitement as he practically quivered with glee. "Maybe it's a clue. You think it might be?"

Curious enough now Ryo moved over slightly and spotting the coin was about to pick it up and put it in his pocket, figuring that it had likely fallen out of one of the guys' pockets when his eyes narrowed as he realized what was off about the coin. "Rika..this might actually be a clue." Ryo said with a considering look as he drew a zip lock bag from his pocket and sliding it along the grass scooped the coin into the bag then getting up held it up to his face for a better look. "Way to go Calumon, I think you did it."

"What do you mean, if it's just a coin it could be anyones and it's not like you could ever get prints off it considering how many hands it's likely passed through in a week much less longer then that." Rika said as she shifted slightly before getting up to stand in front of him to see what was so special about the thing. Both teens studying it Rika soon caught on to the significance of this particular coin and felt a small smile cross her mouth as she considered the chances and odds of it belonging to one of the guys. "This doesn't likely belong to us or them, it's American and none of us have taken a trip there recently right? It would be really rare for those idiots not to show it off if it was theirs and it's too different from our coinage for someone not to notice the difference and give it to them by accident. Looks like we had visitors from the United States of America."

At the hill

Laying on her back without moving, her eyes closed Antylamon forced her eyes open and to get to a sitting position, lifting her hand up to her face before opening it. Laying limp in her hand was Henry and Antylamon felt a chill run down her side till she felt him shift under her hand then roll over onto his side to look at her. "I'm okay..you?" Henry called out to her and he got to his feet when she nodded then turned to face the hill where the men were no longer visible. "Damn we lost them."

"Henry! Antylamon! Suzi went after them!" Came from where the others had been sending fear racing through Henry and Suzi's digimon as they moved over to look at Dobermon who had called out of them. "One of them fell down the hill when the ground was shaking and took off running when he realized the rest were leaving without him. Suzi went after them."

"Damn it, Antylamon!" Henry said and not needing to be told twice the rabbit type digimon lifted Henry onto her head where he sat down and used her left ear as an anchor. Calling out to Terriermon to radio for help and to protect Alice Henry and Antylamon took off running as fast as her legs could take them to find Suzi.

Meanwhile

Running through the woods Suzi's eyes were flames as she jumped over everything in her way. She'd left the man to run down the path through the woods while she'd taken a little short cut. It was a risk, if he deviated from the path she could lose him but if he didn't the short cut would make up the distance and she'd have him. Breathing hard Suzi none the less continued at break necking speed, the trees thinning out as she raced by them in a blur. Hearing noise she looked over and down to see that the man in question was racing below her having deviated from the path but in a good way. Seeing her chance Suzi jumped off the slight hill that had given her the upper hand, no pun intended and landed in front of him, lashing out with a scissors kick that sent him flying into a nearby tree with a shrill yell. Moving forward Suzi dropped into a defensive pose after picking up a fair sized branch from the ground, prepared to kick some ass. Apparently the guy only saw a cute kid with pigtails who'd gotten lucky because he picked up a bigger branch and charged at her, swinging it towards her head like it was a baseball bat. Moving out of the way Suzi brought her own stick down hard against the spot where his neck connected to his shoulder causing him to snarl in pain and start cursing her out.

Blinking at him Suzi realized she was being cursed out in English and filed that away for future reference. Hearing the sound of twigs snapping Suzi moved just in time though something went shooting past her neck, skimming the right side of it. Her left hand coming up to protect the stinging wound automatically Suzi had just enough time to process that she was being shot at before she dove for cover and crouched ran to the nearest tree to hide behind as the bullets continued to fly. When they stopped Suzi looked over the edge of the tree and saw that there was no one there. Hesitantly, both her hands on the branch she held, her left stained slightly with her blood Suzi moved away from the tree. Looking around she couldn't see anything out of place and still holding tight to the branch went looking for some of the shells since she knew for a fact that plenty had been fired. Hearing a sound Suzi spun around to get a good look at two men standing in front of what looked like some sort of purple mirror/portal type thing. Looking them over Suzi watched them look over in her direction then disappear into the portal and out of her reach.

Meanwhile

Responding to the frantic call from Terriermon Rika and Ryo, along with the digimon with them raced to the scene of the attack, Rika and Ryo riding on Kyubimon's back with Marineangemon and Calumon in Ryo's arms. The other two digimon following it was Cyberdramon who arrived at the scene first and promptly flew down to land between the group huddled around Alice and the hill. Arriving soon behind Rika set Marineangemon to work repairing the damage while Ryo borrowed Kyubimon to race up the hill to look around the area for the other two tamers and any sign of the attackers.

"Well they got you good didn't they?" Rika joked as she set Alice's head in her lap as Marineangemon sent his kisses forward to heal the wounds which was proving a slow process since the wound didn't seem to want to heal faster then it had to. "Get a good look at who we're dealing with?"

"No..they were men in suits..looked like normal humans..soon to be buried in those suits if I ever get a hold of them." Alice said weakly, smiling at Calumon who was holding her hand and who's eyes were huge with worry and brimming with tears. "Don't worry about me, I'm okay little buddy."

"Well I think we'll all be happy to help them meet their makers." Rika said with a hard look in her purple eyes. This was a declaration of war as far as she was concerned and she always played to win.

After

Standing there when the children materialized in front of them Henry and Suzi were both enveloped in a tight hug as their father crushed them into his arms though neither of them complained. Alice's father doing the same Alice rubbed her father's back soothingly, telling him over and over again that she was fine, that Marineangemon had fixed her right up and that she'd never felt better though that wasn't exactly true. She felt weak and sore all over but considering what could have happened she was very lucky to have gotten out of it with such minimal damage.

"Alice, how badly are you hurt?" Yamachi demanded to know once her father had let her go. Looking her over himself he breathed a sigh of relief that she looked fine other then scorch marks. "I should have never-."

"Yes you should have and because you did we know more then we did before." Rika argued before he could start into a this was all his fault and they would never go back there again ever so long as he lived speeches. "We know that we're dealing with several men, that they likely have a lot of money behind them since Suzi recognized the suits as being really expensive. We know that they might possibly be American and that they can go back and forth between the Real World and the Digital World. If we hadn't gone we wouldn't know any of that."

"In other words we got a lot of info at the price of a few scrapes and bruises." Alice chimed in thinking that coming from her it would have more meaning though she was kinda lying through her teeth since she had no doubt they'd been lucky to get out of it with their data intact. "And with Marineangemon we really have nothing to worry about in that department since he's a floating First Aid kit."

"And I got a good look at two of them, if I see them again I'll recognize them." Suzi said from her dad's arms, her father apparently unable to let her go just yet. "And they'll be back, I don't doubt it."

Two days later

Knocking on the door Takato and Rika waited for someone to answer. When the door opened the two were slightly surprised to see Ice there though they shouldn't have, it was just that they weren't use to seeing the girl since she was so often stuck in her grandmother's company. "Hey." Ice said as she moved back to let them in. "Henry said you'd be coming."

"Hey, Ice. Ah..on a break from your grandmother?" Takato said with a warm smile, always willing to make a new friend and she was Henry's cousin after all. He was sure she was a great person once you got to know her despite what Henry and Suzi said. "Suzi said she's been keeping you busy."

"I laced her tea with belladonna..she'll be out for quite a while given the dosage." Ice said with a cold smile before turning her back to lead them to Henry's room even though Rika and Takato knew the way. Walking past the living room Takato and Rika's eyes went a bit wide to see Henry's grandmother fast asleep in a chair with her chest barely rising and falling. "I have plans for this afternoon."

"She was just kidding right?" Takato hissed at Rika looking from the old woman to Ice with worry in his voice as they walked down the hallway. He couldn't decide whether he should go check the woman's pulse or not just in case Ice was serious. "She was so still..and pale."

"Her chest was moving and she didn't strike me as the outdoors type of person. I'm sure Ice didn't decide to commit a homicide then let us know she'd done it." Rika said calmly though a part of her wondered if Ice really had topped off the old lady's tea. Not sure whether the idea was funny or not Rika turned it over in her head as they waited for Henry to give them the okay to come in after Ice had informed him that he had guests. There was sounds of shuffling and thumps before Henry came to the door and opened it with a sheepish look on his face. "Hey, sorry to make you wait." Henry said as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Grandmother finally go to sleep?" Henry asked as he turned back to look at his younger cousin who was watching them quietly with a thoughtful look on her face. She'd been arguing with his grandmother earlier which was why he'd been removed to his room since his grandmother had ordered him out of the living room so that they could talk privately. He'd been glad to go but he'd felt kind of bad about leaving Ice there to take it. "Wore herself out, huh?"

"She'll be quiet for a while." Ice said simply then headed past Rika and Takato to get a snack from the kitchen. "I'm getting a snack then going out, tell your mom for me when she gets back." Ice called out to her cousin as she rounded the corner and headed to the cupboards to make herself some rasin brand cereal.

"So what's up with you guys?" Henry asked as they entered his room, Rika and Takato sitting down on his bed while Henry took a seat at his desk chair. "Something up with Kazu and Kenta? I called into the hospital this afternoon but they said there wasn't any change with Kazu and Kenta was awake but still under close watch."

"No, it's about a digimon tournament that's going to be held at Ryo's school." Rika said with a shake of her head. "Ryo and I were talking on the phone about it last night and it made me think that there's a chance that we might be able to draw out the bad guys with it. If we could pump up the advertising and publicity then it would draw a lot of media attention and since these bastards know that their are Japanese kids in the Real World too they might come to scout us out."

"After all only a fool passes up a chance to learn more about their opponent." Henry said as he caught on to her line of thought. "Plus if they're are digimon fanatics, people really into the game and the world they'd go to the tournament. So how are we going to get them there?"

"Well that's where Ryo and I come in." Rika said as she winced slightly at what she was going to have to do to possibly make the plan work. "Ryo and I have never faced each other since he beat me and he's never had a chance to break my title and since I quit after I got the title no one has been able to beat Ryo or I competitively. If it was advertised that they could play against the King and Queen of the Digimon Game then there would be a hell of a lot more people willing to play."

"Plus I figure we could convince Yamachi to help sponsor the event and get other sponsors, turn this into one hell of an event." Takato added in. "And that would be another draw since if they know enough about the Digital World to get in then odds are they've done their research and Hypnos will send up some flags for them."

"That's a great idea." Henry said thoughtfully as he thought the idea over. "I mean it wouldn't be that hard to find more sponsors with you and Ryo headlining, they'd more then get their money back if we promise to advertise them enough. And even if this doesn't work there will be guys talking Digimon shop there, could be that someone's heard something or knows something that we can pick up on and investigate. And even if we get nothing out of it this would definitely encourage Kazu and Kenta to get better faster so that they can compete." Henry added with a small smile at the thought of how the two would have been doing handsprings over the idea in the past. "Have you guys run this by anyone else?"

"Well I asked my mom if she could think of some sponsors to tag and to ask her if she think we could get sponsors and she thought she could charm some for me and Ryo was going to enter anyway since friends of his are organizing it." Rika said with a wince as she pictured Spikes reaction when he found out she was appearing in the tournament, much less competing. "And that's it so far, we wanted to see what you thought first since you're usually good at finding the holes."

"Well a lot is riding on sponsors and chance but I think its a great idea." Henry said with a thumbs up. "I say lets do it."