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Chapter 1: Outta This World!
It was a bright afternoon in Shinjuku Park. The sun was shining, and a slight breeze blew through the trees. All around, people kept to their various activities. Children played. Couples walked the trails hand in hand and several elderly couples sat on benches to watch the younger groups.
Reclining against the trunk of one tree was a young woman. She had spikey red hair and purple eyes. She wore a tight tee-shirt with a blue heart on it, a pair of faded blue jeans and red sneakers. Despite her "tom-boy" appearance, many considered her very attractive. Her boyfriend, sitting a few feet away with a pencil and sketch pad would be the first to tell you so.
"You know I hate this, goggle-head!" the young woman shot out.
"C'mon, Rika! You said yourself I suck at drawing people," said Takato. "If I want to get better, I need practice. At least I'm not asking you to wear a dress or anything weird."
Rika playfully made a face at the brunette. "Fine. But I get to wear the goggles tonight." Takato turned beet red and scribbled on the pad faster.
Nearby, a golden furred, anthropomorphic fox woman watched and chuckled to herself. "Rika, you don't know how lucky you are," she said under her breath. Renamon was leaning against another tree, her purple sleeved arms crossed over her flat, fluffy chest. Her tail nonchalantly waved back and forth.
"Hi Renamon! You look pretty today!" said a voice. Renamon turned to see a red scaled, white bellied dino-dragon approach her. He had a plump stomach and his hunched posture made him a few inches shorter than her. He had a big grin on his wide muzzle and was carrying a white box tied closed with string. The vixen's expression instantly turned sour, playing up her persona as a cold loner.
"I'm pretty every day, Guilmon. What's your point?'
The dinosaur's bat-wing shaped ears drooped and his golden eyes, once as bright as the morning, dimmed. "Sorry Renamon. I just thought you might like to try something from Takato's bakery. I made some goodies for us!"
"I appreciate it Guilmon," she said. "But I'm not in the mood for Guilmon Bread at the moment." It wasn't technically a lie. Secretly, Renamon found the oddly shaped, peanut butter filled pastries quite enjoyable. But it was passed breakfast.
"This isn't Guilmon Bread! It's something brand new! Wanna see?" Guilmon was hopping in place like a child on Christmas. Renamon rolled her eyes and decided to play along.
"Okay, Guilmon. What's so great about….?" The question died in the vixen's mouth as he opened the box. Inside, along with the Guilmon Bread was an array of new shapes. Some had the appearance of rabbit-dogs colored green here and pink elsewhere. Other pieces resembled brown robots or purple devils. But what caught Renamon's attention was one pastry that sat on top. It was a piece of bread crudely shaped to resemble her own pointed face. Two blue sprinkles were used for the eyes and the cheeks had purple frosting zigzags on them. The tips of the ears were dusted with powdered sugar.
Renamon blushed when she saw it. "Oh, Guilmon! I-I don't know what to say!"
"Wow those are really good, boy!" said Takato, coming over to see.
"Gotta admit, you did a great job dino-boy!" chimed in Rika. The human woman followed up by scratching him behind the ears in the way he never got tired of. Guilmon wagged his tail and chirred. With her other hand, Rika reached into the box of treats.
"You going to fill us in on the fillings, Guilmon?" she asked.
Guilmon composed himself. "Sure, Rika. The Terriermons have apple filling, the Lopmons are strawberry, Impmons are grape, and Guardromons are chocolate!"
"What are the Renamons, boy?" asked the goggle-wearing Tamer. Guilmon only blushed.
"I want Renamon to try them first. It's a surprise!" said the blushing reptile.
Rika and Takato couldn't help themselves and they started laughing softly. Renamon was now looking at her feet, her face almost as red as the male Digimon standing in front of her.
Rika decide to egg her on. She reached into the box to pick up the Renamon Bread. "Go ahead, Renamon. Taste yourself. Maybe Guilmon stuffed you with lemon custard. Big sour puss!" she teased.
Renamon's eyes shot open. "Does he really see me like that? The big, mean fox?" she thought. Almost shyly, the vixen took the offered treat and brought it to her lips. She paused until she saw Guilmon's big golden puppy-like eyes staring back. He was holding his breath, waiting for her judgment. She closed her eyes and took a bite.
Instead of the taste of sour filling in her mouth, Renamon only felt the overwhelming sweetness of vanilla custard. "Guilmon! These are delicious!" she said as she continued to gobble up the pastry.
Guilmon beamed. "Glad you like it. Does that mean it's okay to make more? We don't have to sell them." His tail was wagging faster now.
Renamon looked to her Tamer. "Rika?"
The red head only shrugged in response but was smiling. "'It's your face he's baking, Renamon."
Renamon folded her now empty paws in front of her chest and bowed. "You have permission to make more Renamon Bread, Guilmon."
The four stood together smiling, Takato and Rika had their arms around each other's waist. Rika had her head on her goggle-head's shoulder.
Unfortunately, the mood was suddenly ruined by a loud explosion.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" screamed Rika, fighting to maintain her balance as the ground shook.
"I DON'T KNOW!" yelled Takato in response. "A NEW EVIL DIGIMON?"
The two present Digimon raised their heads, using their enhanced senses to maybe provide an answer. The crowd's reaction wasn't helping. Mobs of people ran past them, screaming, crying, prayers; it was too much for Renamon's ears. Guilmon's powerful nose was also rendered useless by the on-rush of people tearing away from where the explosion had come.
A loud buzzing erupted from Takato and Rika's pockets. Only it wasn't their digivices that were going crazy. It was their cell phones.
Takato was the first to answer. "TAKATO!" came the voice on the other end. It was his friend and fellow Tamer, Henry Wong. His voice was full of panic.
"Henry! What's going on?!" the brunette shouted back.
"I'm at HYPNOS! It's really bad here! Grab Rika and get over NOW!"
"What is it? The D-Reaper?" he asked.
A new voice shouted back. "Forget that red goop! It's a bunch of you dumb pinkies!"
"Terriermon, stop! Help those people!" came Henry's voice in the background. The Chinese man spoke louder. "I'll explain when you get here! Hurry!"
"Get Guilmon out of the fridge and Renamon off her fluff butt and move NOW!" followed Terriermon. The line went dead.
Takato pressed the hang-up button on his phone and looked at his girlfriend and the two Digimon, his eyes full of worry. "It's Henry. He says HYPNOS is being attacked! He needs our help!" The three looked to him, nodded, and together they ran to the ominous building.
"That place is still nothing but trouble after all these years," growled Rika.
Guilmon was sharing the sentiment but with a melancholier feeling. He had dropped his box of baked goods in the initial explosion and left it on the ground as he ran to stop the bad people. "I can always make more. I can make more," he repeated over and over to himself. "At least Renamon got to enjoy her treat."
When they reached HYPNOS, the four were shocked. Several pillars of smoke were pouring from the building. The glass doors were shattered. Standing around were police officers, soldiers, and various injured technicians.
"No civilians!" yelled one officer. He looked at Renamon and Guilmon. "Hey, buddy this isn't some Furry Con. People could be dead! Get out of here, you freak!"
"Let them through!" said a tall graying blond man working a cigarette lighter lid.
"Are YOU going to explain what you did this time?" snarled Rika. "If you tried to send our friends back…" the red head made a fist.
"I didn't do a damn thing!" Yamaki shot back.
"Easy, Rika. I believe him," said Takato. "Yamaki, what happened? Is Riley okay?"
"A bunch of anti-Digimon terrorists got in and started bombing the place! I-I don't know about Riley. Last I saw, she and Henry were in the core…."
Rika instantly softened her stance. Finding out Yamaki hadn't done something stupid and was clearly worried about his wife and their friends put a lump in her stomach.
"You ready to rumble, Renamon?" she asked the vixen beside her.
Renamon's eyes gleamed and she flexed her claws. "Never fought a human before. This could be interesting," she said, still stinging from the "freak" remark.
"Let's go, Guilmon! People need saving!" said Takato. Guilmon nodded, wanting to help Terriermon.
They made their way through the chaos inside. Here and there, Guilmon and Renamon worked together to move rubble and help trapped workers. The majority thanked them as they passed. There were a lot of injuries, cuts, bruises, broken limbs. So far, there didn't seem to be any fatalities.
"Yamaki said Henry and Riley were in the core. That must be where most of the goons are!" said Rika.
"Hang on, Henry!" said Takato. "Backup's on its way!"
Renamon had phased away to scout ahead, keeping contact with Rika through their mental bond.
In the core, Renamon watched from the rafters. Around her were blue concave walls made into a grid by crisscrossing yellow lines. Various yellow circles flashed on and off around the vixen. Luckily, there were enough shadows for her to sneak around to avoid detection.
Below, several armed men faced Henry, Riley and a few other HYPNOS personnel in lab coats and jump suits. Several of the terrorists lay on the ground, knocked cold. Most of the HYPNOS employees were nursing minor injuries. Terriermon sat on Henry's shoulder, frowning and his tiny paws in the air. One of the terrorists had a gun pointed right in Henry's face. The young man glared back.
"That…. thing tries anything else, you're dead. Got it, traitor?" said the one holding the gun.
"Perfectly," Henry shot back. His eyes didn't waver.
"People like you make me sick!" the terrorist continued. "You let these monsters roam around doing whatever they want, steal, destroy, even KILL! And you let it happen because you think it's cute and talks back! Well, we'll make sure it stops! This place was where they first started coming in and we're closing it down! Then they'll know Earth is for people only! Not a bunch of freaks from the internet!"
Terriermon whispered in Henry's ear "Great speech. He knows we all didn't drop out of the sky and land here, specifically right?"
"Not now, Terriermon," Henry hissed back. Bad enough he was staring down the barrel of a gun, but the snarky dog-rabbit was doing even more to his nerves.
"What was that?!" the man asked. He pulled the hammer of the pistol back dramatically.
Angry, Terriermon shouted back, "I said you know we saved your butt, right? Me and my friends are the reason your whole species isn't dead 50 times over! Momentai!"
Another of the terrorists spoke up. "We gotta go! Let's just blow them up and get the fuck out of here!" He held out a device with a red button on it.
"Right." The leader said. "The traitor goes first. His pet can watch!" He started to squeeze the trigger only to be thrown away by a streak of gold.
"It's not polite to point," said a cold, feminine voice
"'About time you showed up!" yelled a happy Terriermon.
The steel doors suddenly blasted into the room. The remaining goons turned to face the intruder.
"Pyro Sphere!" yelled Guilmon before shooting out a red fire ball. Through the smoke appeared Guilmon, Takato, and Rika.
"Great idea, dino-boy!" said Rika, sarcastically. "Whose gonna mind another explosion in here?"
Guilmon ignored her and roared. The focus was now on him, meaning that Henry and Riley could now shuffle their co-workers to safety.
"Rock Breaker!" shouted the red saurian as he brought his clawed hand down on one man's rifle, shattering it. Guilmon spun and swatted the man away with his tail. Takato had taught him he needed to be careful around humans, but these were bad men who were hurting his friends. Something burned inside him. A feeling long pushed deep down in the back of his mind.
"Pay back time!" shouted Terriermon. "I just needed a second wind!"
"Never mind that!" scolded Henry. "Help me get these people to safety!"
"Awwwww, you're no fun!" the dog-rabbit said. But he covered Henry as he helped a woman limp to the exit made by Guilmon.
Rika and Takato waved them through. "We've made a path! It's all clear!" they screamed to the scared and injured.
Henry placed his hands on their respective shoulders. "Thanks guys!" The three smiled and nodded before easing him through as well.
A few more swift kicks and Power Paws later and the leader was the only one left. He faced the vixen. Both stared each other down with death in their eyes. From the side stood a growling Guilmon, eager for the command from Renamon to finish this.
"I'm in a giving mood today. Surrender and I WON'T break every bone in your body!" threatened the vixen.
"I'll die before surrendering to some MISTAKE like you, you furry whore!" he fired back. Before either of the Digimon could react to the brutal insult, he held up the detonator. Time froze as he pressed the red button.
The core erupted into fire! The whole of the building shook! Pieces of the wall collapsed inward. The grid flashed erratically. It went from blue, to red, purple, orange, and green. Arcs of electricity danced around the room, striking the floor and leaving scorch marks.
From the exit Takato and Rika shouted, "Let's go guys! It's coming down! Please!"
The enemy forgotten, the two ran towards their Tamers. Renamon teleported around to escape the flashes. Just as she was about to reach Rika, Guilmon screamed, "Renamon! Look out!" He put himself between Renamon and an erratic blast of energy. The red dino bellowed in pain!
"Guilmon! NO!" shrieked the vixen. She grabbed him; the energy now surrounded her. They held each other. The room turned white for a moment. Rika and Takato covered their eyes.
The light died away. The two tamers looked around the room. The grid was black. All that was in the room was burning rubble. Renamon and Guilmon were gone. Takato put his hand on his chest. Tears were forming in his eyes. Rika was slumped to her knees in a daze. Their best friends had vanished.
Guilmon was in agony as he shifted through time and space. It wasn't like traveling to the Digital World. He felt like he was being pulled apart. Renamon had already passed out from the pain. He held her tight. Wherever they were going, he wasn't going to lose her too. They landed on a cold, hard, metallic floor. Guilmon took the brunt of the landing and instinctually rolled into a protective position over the unconscious vixen.
The last thing Guilmon heard was a voice call out, "Aww geez, Fox! Did you let another one of those dino-buggers follow you home?!"
To Be Continued….