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I know my last episode was focused too much on Henry, but this one is focused more on Takato. Rika also makes an appearance! Please r/r!
The Power of Three
Chapter 2: Silent Fear and Confusion
The next morning, Henry's apartment, Shinjuku
"Henwy!" Cried Susie, the tamer's little sister. "Good Morning!"
"Good Morning..." Henry grumbled. He hadn't slept since his dream last night. Whether he just couldn't, or he was afraid, or both, he didn't know. But right now, he was tired and still a bit dizzy.
"Henwy, you don't look so good. Are you all wight?" Susie asked, jumping unto the edge of his bed.
"I'm fine, Susie." He replied, trying to sound a little more cheerful. That was a down right lie, Henry, and you know it. His brain said.
"Oh. Ok!" Susie happily hopped off his bed and picked up Terriermon. "Hey Tewwiermon! It's time for bwekfast!" She ran out of the room, Terriermon cradled in her arms. "You better hurrwy too, Henwy! You're going to be late!" Henry saw Terriermon's sad little eyes glimmer, which clearly said, "Don't do this to me!" as Susie disappeared down the hall. He just sighed. Staring at the clock, it now read 8:30am.
"Oh shoot! I'm going to be late!" Henry quickly changed and dashed out.
At the same time, at Takato's family bakery
Takato dashed down the steps and went into his family bakery where his mom and dad had already begun to bake for the day.
"Good morning, mom! Good morning dad!" Takato said as he went to the back of the store with his backpack. In the back laid many bun rolls, fresh from the oven, just cooling off.
"Takato, you better not be taking bread rolls to school again! You know they're for the customers!" His mom cried. But, without hearing a response, she knew that he had already run off with several of them. Takato's father sighed.
"Crazy kid." He grinned. "He's taking so many pieces every morning it's a wonder why he isn't fat."
Takato had stuffed several bun rolls into a plastic bag. He ran off to the usual little empty tool shed where his friend and partner, Guilmon, was.
"Phew! Guilmon's getting me into a lot of trouble taking bun rolls for him everyday." Takato quietly said to himself. "If he wasn't a digimon, I'd probably make him pay extra for them."
When he arrived, he found his three friends, Jeri, Kenta, and Kasu already waiting there.
"Hey, Chumly!" Kasu said, waving a digimon card in his face. "Guess who got the rare- limited edition power up card?"
"Aw, man! You gotta stop buying cards, you make the rest of us feel bad every time you get a rare." Kenta said.
"How's it going, guys?" Takato said, smiling.
"Oh, you don't have to worry about feeding Guilmon anymore, we all brought him some breakfast." Jeri said, smiling. They stepped back, and Takato saw that Guilmon already had a large pile of bread with him.
"Takato, I think I'm in heaven!" Said Guilmon, in his usual cheerful voice.
"Oh great! What am I going to do with the food I brought now?" Takato moaned.
"Just dump it with the rest of the pile, we've got only 5 minutes to get to school! Miss Asage will probably give us detention if we're late." Kasu said, already getting ready to run off.
Sighing, Takato dumped the rest of the bread onto the giant pile. "I'll see ya later, buddy! Don't eat everything at once." He said, turning to Kasu, Kenta, and Jeri, ready to leave. Suddenly, a wave flashed through the small area. Takato suddenly looked up and he nervously looked around. It was an icy feeling that just slithered around.
"Is something wrong, Takato?" Jeri asked, looking around like Takato. Takato snapped out of a dazed trance and answered, "Oh, no, nothing's wrong!" Jeri smiled and ran after Kenta and Kasu.
"I lied." He muttered to himself. "Something is going to happen soon. I can feel it."
In the shadows, Daemon was watching Takato through the circular pool of water as he ran off to join his friends.
Very perceptive. Daemon thought. But it's going to take more than that to beat me.
At school, Takato was still wondering about the icy chill that he felt earlier. Staring out the window, he could feel something wasn't right about today. He wasn't sure what it was, but it wasn't good. Even if everyone seems cheerful. Looking out onto the field, he saw that Henry's class had gone outside for gym.
"I wish I was out there, and not in here, listening to Miss Asage..." He muttered.
"Is that right, Mr. Matsuki?" Uh oh. Takato thought. Did I say that out loud?
Miss Asage was standing next to his desk, arms folded. Some girls in the class giggled. Kenta and Kasu just smirked. "Well, if you were listening, what did I say was the way to find out the square root of x if 3x-5 = 11+2x?"
"Um..." Takato remembered when his dad tried to teach him algebra ahead of the class. Quickly, he explained it as well as he could.
"That is correct, Takato." Miss Asage said in a surprised tone. "Except one thing is wrong. I didn't say the way to find out the answer. In fact, this is not math class." The entire class laughed. Oh great. Takato thought. I hate Miss Asage's trick questions...
"That's detention you'll have today after school." Miss Asage said. As she strode off. "Now onto our next chapter of history..."
Takato, still furious about detention, resumed staring out the window. He looked around the gym class for Henry.
There he is! He thought. He doesn't look too good. In fact, he looks awful today...
Next thing he knew, Takato saw Henry fall onto the ground. Several classmates rushed to help him. Clumsy Henry. Takato thought. Wait a minute...
He realized Henry hadn't fallen by accident. He had fainted. In shock, Takato edged a bit off his seat, concerned for his friend. Again, Takato felt the same chill in the classroom that washed over him. Staring outside, he saw a figure. A shadow, appear outside. Takato gasped as the figure just seemed to glide around.
"HENRY!" Takato screamed at the window and jumped up, knocking over his chair. The class stared at him, stunned. Even Miss Asage was surprised by him, when normally she was use to something abnormal always happening with Takato.
"Takato, I know your friend is out there in that class, but it doesn't mean calling to him will help you get out of my boring classroom." Miss Asage said.
"But something is out there!" Takato said. Miss Asage sighed and looked out the window.
"There's nothing there, Takato. Maybe you're hallucinating." Miss Asage said, getting impatient. "Your friend Henry seemed to have tripped and his classmates just helped him up. He's fine."
Takato looked out the window. Henry had gotten back up on his feet and the shadow had disappeared. "But I did see something, Miss Asage! I'm not making this up! I saw something!" He said.
"Takato, don't make me give you a week's worth of detention..."
"But...!"
"Not another word, Takato, pick up your chair and sit down."
Takato did as he was told, but he wouldn't just disregard what he saw. I saw something. He thought. I know I did.
After school, Miss Asage ate some more aspirin and just told Takato to go away, and that he was excused from detention. She must be scared that I might do something weird again... Takato thought, rushing out the door. But, he was still thankful that he didn't get detention. He needed to talk to Henry and Rika. After Kasu, Kenta, and Jeri left to go home, he went straight to Guilmon's bunker, where he knew Henry and Rika would be.
The third tamer, Rika, was already there with Renamon, but there was no sign of Henry.
"Hey, goggle head." She said. It was just another way she liked to say hi to him. "Where's Henry?"
"No idea." Takato said. "But..." Takato explained the entire situation to Rika.
"You're just seeing things." Rika replied. With no concern, she muttered. "So he fainted? How pathetic."
"Rika..." Renamon said. Rika looked at Renamon, who was looking in the direction where Henry stood.
"Hm." Henry said. "You're not the only one who said that."
"H... Henry!" Takato stammered. "We were just... um..."
Henry sighed and spoke in a hoarse whisper. "No need to explain... I know you saw me at gym today."
"I can't believe you fainted!" Rika said. "How much weaker can you get? You're suppose to be a tamer." Henry said nothing, but only hung his head. Renamon just looked at Rika and wondered about her harshness. Takato wasn't sure what to do. He knew Rika liked to say what's on her mind a lot.
"Um, Henry, when you fainted at gym today..." Takato wished he didn't have to mention it again, but he was trying to get to another point. "I saw shadow near your class outside. Any idea what that was?"
Henry looked up. "Did you say shadow?"
"Ya, I did."
Henry opened his mouth to speak, but another chilling wave blew across the area. It seemed to whisper a message.
I'm watching you...
Henry jerked his head up and wildly looked around.
"Did you guys feel that as well!?" Takato half-shouted. Rika nodded, Henry just faintly looked at the two tamers and said yes.
"I have to go home now!" Henry suddenly said, trying to sound cheerful again. "I'll see you two tomorrow!" And with that, he ran off. Fast.
Guilmon popped his head out of the little hole in the wall. "Takato, I felt something too." The red dinosaur said. "But my tummy hurts!"
"Oh great, Guilmon! Did you eat all the bread at once?" Takato moaned. Guilmon nodded sadly. "I ate the first one and couldn't stop!"
"Pathetic." Rika muttered. "I'm leaving." Rika turned to leave and Renamon disappeared. Without turning her head, she said "We need to talk without Henry. I'll meet you tomorrow at the park. Something's wrong." Rika walked off without another word.
Takato was stunned that Rika sounded like she cared. He was glad that someone had the same feeling as him, but he didn't expect it to be Rika. Henry's hiding something. Takato thought. And someone, not Henry, is hiding the truth.
To be continued in Part 3...
How was that? Please r/r! More coming soon! :)
I know my last episode was focused too much on Henry, but this one is focused more on Takato. Rika also makes an appearance! Please r/r!
The Power of Three
Chapter 2: Silent Fear and Confusion
The next morning, Henry's apartment, Shinjuku
"Henwy!" Cried Susie, the tamer's little sister. "Good Morning!"
"Good Morning..." Henry grumbled. He hadn't slept since his dream last night. Whether he just couldn't, or he was afraid, or both, he didn't know. But right now, he was tired and still a bit dizzy.
"Henwy, you don't look so good. Are you all wight?" Susie asked, jumping unto the edge of his bed.
"I'm fine, Susie." He replied, trying to sound a little more cheerful. That was a down right lie, Henry, and you know it. His brain said.
"Oh. Ok!" Susie happily hopped off his bed and picked up Terriermon. "Hey Tewwiermon! It's time for bwekfast!" She ran out of the room, Terriermon cradled in her arms. "You better hurrwy too, Henwy! You're going to be late!" Henry saw Terriermon's sad little eyes glimmer, which clearly said, "Don't do this to me!" as Susie disappeared down the hall. He just sighed. Staring at the clock, it now read 8:30am.
"Oh shoot! I'm going to be late!" Henry quickly changed and dashed out.
At the same time, at Takato's family bakery
Takato dashed down the steps and went into his family bakery where his mom and dad had already begun to bake for the day.
"Good morning, mom! Good morning dad!" Takato said as he went to the back of the store with his backpack. In the back laid many bun rolls, fresh from the oven, just cooling off.
"Takato, you better not be taking bread rolls to school again! You know they're for the customers!" His mom cried. But, without hearing a response, she knew that he had already run off with several of them. Takato's father sighed.
"Crazy kid." He grinned. "He's taking so many pieces every morning it's a wonder why he isn't fat."
Takato had stuffed several bun rolls into a plastic bag. He ran off to the usual little empty tool shed where his friend and partner, Guilmon, was.
"Phew! Guilmon's getting me into a lot of trouble taking bun rolls for him everyday." Takato quietly said to himself. "If he wasn't a digimon, I'd probably make him pay extra for them."
When he arrived, he found his three friends, Jeri, Kenta, and Kasu already waiting there.
"Hey, Chumly!" Kasu said, waving a digimon card in his face. "Guess who got the rare- limited edition power up card?"
"Aw, man! You gotta stop buying cards, you make the rest of us feel bad every time you get a rare." Kenta said.
"How's it going, guys?" Takato said, smiling.
"Oh, you don't have to worry about feeding Guilmon anymore, we all brought him some breakfast." Jeri said, smiling. They stepped back, and Takato saw that Guilmon already had a large pile of bread with him.
"Takato, I think I'm in heaven!" Said Guilmon, in his usual cheerful voice.
"Oh great! What am I going to do with the food I brought now?" Takato moaned.
"Just dump it with the rest of the pile, we've got only 5 minutes to get to school! Miss Asage will probably give us detention if we're late." Kasu said, already getting ready to run off.
Sighing, Takato dumped the rest of the bread onto the giant pile. "I'll see ya later, buddy! Don't eat everything at once." He said, turning to Kasu, Kenta, and Jeri, ready to leave. Suddenly, a wave flashed through the small area. Takato suddenly looked up and he nervously looked around. It was an icy feeling that just slithered around.
"Is something wrong, Takato?" Jeri asked, looking around like Takato. Takato snapped out of a dazed trance and answered, "Oh, no, nothing's wrong!" Jeri smiled and ran after Kenta and Kasu.
"I lied." He muttered to himself. "Something is going to happen soon. I can feel it."
In the shadows, Daemon was watching Takato through the circular pool of water as he ran off to join his friends.
Very perceptive. Daemon thought. But it's going to take more than that to beat me.
At school, Takato was still wondering about the icy chill that he felt earlier. Staring out the window, he could feel something wasn't right about today. He wasn't sure what it was, but it wasn't good. Even if everyone seems cheerful. Looking out onto the field, he saw that Henry's class had gone outside for gym.
"I wish I was out there, and not in here, listening to Miss Asage..." He muttered.
"Is that right, Mr. Matsuki?" Uh oh. Takato thought. Did I say that out loud?
Miss Asage was standing next to his desk, arms folded. Some girls in the class giggled. Kenta and Kasu just smirked. "Well, if you were listening, what did I say was the way to find out the square root of x if 3x-5 = 11+2x?"
"Um..." Takato remembered when his dad tried to teach him algebra ahead of the class. Quickly, he explained it as well as he could.
"That is correct, Takato." Miss Asage said in a surprised tone. "Except one thing is wrong. I didn't say the way to find out the answer. In fact, this is not math class." The entire class laughed. Oh great. Takato thought. I hate Miss Asage's trick questions...
"That's detention you'll have today after school." Miss Asage said. As she strode off. "Now onto our next chapter of history..."
Takato, still furious about detention, resumed staring out the window. He looked around the gym class for Henry.
There he is! He thought. He doesn't look too good. In fact, he looks awful today...
Next thing he knew, Takato saw Henry fall onto the ground. Several classmates rushed to help him. Clumsy Henry. Takato thought. Wait a minute...
He realized Henry hadn't fallen by accident. He had fainted. In shock, Takato edged a bit off his seat, concerned for his friend. Again, Takato felt the same chill in the classroom that washed over him. Staring outside, he saw a figure. A shadow, appear outside. Takato gasped as the figure just seemed to glide around.
"HENRY!" Takato screamed at the window and jumped up, knocking over his chair. The class stared at him, stunned. Even Miss Asage was surprised by him, when normally she was use to something abnormal always happening with Takato.
"Takato, I know your friend is out there in that class, but it doesn't mean calling to him will help you get out of my boring classroom." Miss Asage said.
"But something is out there!" Takato said. Miss Asage sighed and looked out the window.
"There's nothing there, Takato. Maybe you're hallucinating." Miss Asage said, getting impatient. "Your friend Henry seemed to have tripped and his classmates just helped him up. He's fine."
Takato looked out the window. Henry had gotten back up on his feet and the shadow had disappeared. "But I did see something, Miss Asage! I'm not making this up! I saw something!" He said.
"Takato, don't make me give you a week's worth of detention..."
"But...!"
"Not another word, Takato, pick up your chair and sit down."
Takato did as he was told, but he wouldn't just disregard what he saw. I saw something. He thought. I know I did.
After school, Miss Asage ate some more aspirin and just told Takato to go away, and that he was excused from detention. She must be scared that I might do something weird again... Takato thought, rushing out the door. But, he was still thankful that he didn't get detention. He needed to talk to Henry and Rika. After Kasu, Kenta, and Jeri left to go home, he went straight to Guilmon's bunker, where he knew Henry and Rika would be.
The third tamer, Rika, was already there with Renamon, but there was no sign of Henry.
"Hey, goggle head." She said. It was just another way she liked to say hi to him. "Where's Henry?"
"No idea." Takato said. "But..." Takato explained the entire situation to Rika.
"You're just seeing things." Rika replied. With no concern, she muttered. "So he fainted? How pathetic."
"Rika..." Renamon said. Rika looked at Renamon, who was looking in the direction where Henry stood.
"Hm." Henry said. "You're not the only one who said that."
"H... Henry!" Takato stammered. "We were just... um..."
Henry sighed and spoke in a hoarse whisper. "No need to explain... I know you saw me at gym today."
"I can't believe you fainted!" Rika said. "How much weaker can you get? You're suppose to be a tamer." Henry said nothing, but only hung his head. Renamon just looked at Rika and wondered about her harshness. Takato wasn't sure what to do. He knew Rika liked to say what's on her mind a lot.
"Um, Henry, when you fainted at gym today..." Takato wished he didn't have to mention it again, but he was trying to get to another point. "I saw shadow near your class outside. Any idea what that was?"
Henry looked up. "Did you say shadow?"
"Ya, I did."
Henry opened his mouth to speak, but another chilling wave blew across the area. It seemed to whisper a message.
I'm watching you...
Henry jerked his head up and wildly looked around.
"Did you guys feel that as well!?" Takato half-shouted. Rika nodded, Henry just faintly looked at the two tamers and said yes.
"I have to go home now!" Henry suddenly said, trying to sound cheerful again. "I'll see you two tomorrow!" And with that, he ran off. Fast.
Guilmon popped his head out of the little hole in the wall. "Takato, I felt something too." The red dinosaur said. "But my tummy hurts!"
"Oh great, Guilmon! Did you eat all the bread at once?" Takato moaned. Guilmon nodded sadly. "I ate the first one and couldn't stop!"
"Pathetic." Rika muttered. "I'm leaving." Rika turned to leave and Renamon disappeared. Without turning her head, she said "We need to talk without Henry. I'll meet you tomorrow at the park. Something's wrong." Rika walked off without another word.
Takato was stunned that Rika sounded like she cared. He was glad that someone had the same feeling as him, but he didn't expect it to be Rika. Henry's hiding something. Takato thought. And someone, not Henry, is hiding the truth.
To be continued in Part 3...
How was that? Please r/r! More coming soon! :)