Lee jumped back in surprise. "Who are you?????"
The Digimon smiled. "I'm Terriermon. I'm your partner Digimon."
"Look, if you think you're following me to school, not today, ok? I've got some business to take care of. I'm sorry. Besides, Mr. Wantanabe will surely put me I detention if he catches me with you."
Terriermon was dissapointed. "Alright. I'll just stay in your closet. .::yawn::." Terriermon went into the closet, and slept.
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In Ruki's Room,
Ruki woke up in her bedroom, and saw something yellow next to her. She stood up as the yellow thing woke up. "Who are you?" Ruki asked.
"I'm Renamon, your partner Digimon."
"My partner Digimon?"
"You heard me. I'm your partner Digimon."
"At least I'll have company after school today......"
A voice yelled into her bedroom door. "Ruki!!!! I bought something for you after my date last night!!!!"
Ruki had a bad feeling about this. "Great. another so-called "cute" outfit for me to try on." She locked the door just as her mom opened it.
Her mom tried to open the door. "Ruki, what's going on in there??"
"Nothing!!!!" she turned to Renamon and whispered in her ear, "Hide in the closet. Now, Renamon." Renamon went in the closet, and closed it. Ruki rushed over to the door and unlocked it.
"There you are! I got this really cute outfit for you. Try it
on!" her mom said.
She showed her the outfit. Ruki was annoyed when she told her to try it on. She would've looked ridiculous in that when she went to school in THAT. "Mom, I have to go to school. Let me brush my teeth and eat so I can go now, OKAY?!?!?!??!?!?!" Her voice started to get louder.
"Fine. Are you sure you don't want to wear this?????"
"And wear that piece of crap??? Yeah right!!! What are the chances of that happening?!?!?!??!?!"
"OK." she walked out of the room.
"Renamon, It's safe for you to come out now."
Renamon was relieved. "PHEW! Boy, your mom sure is retarded. I don't think you deserve a mom like her."
"Well, Renamon, that's the way of life. Let's go. My sister is still asleep, and my mom left and won't be coming back for quite a while."
"Oh, wait! Any digidestined has a D-Terminal. I had yours since I hatched. I accidentally popped your D-arc into the sky, and so did the other digidestineds' Digimon, but I guess they ended up with you."
Renamon handed the D-Terminal to Ruki. "Thanks, Renamon. Cool. Now I can send emails to Tai and the others, considering they have one, too."
"No problem."
Ruki changed, then left without making a noise.
They walked over to the school. When they reached it, Ruki led her to another place near the school.
"Ruki, where are you taking me? School's the other way."
"I have to ask Tai something: Privately by email, and I wanna make sure that no one sees me."
"Why?"
"I have a reason, but I can't explain it." She took out her D-Terminal, and emailed Tai.
Meanwhile, Tai, Sora, and Matt were on their way to school, when Tai got the email. "Wait, guys. I have email." He read it. "Hmmmmmmm. Ruki wants to know how to open the Digiport in the computer lab in Kari's school."
"Then tell her. You must know," said Sora.
"I already emailed her on how to open it."
Ruki read Tai's email, then waited for the school bell to ring. Great! Now I'll get to the lab easier with all the roll call the teachers are doing. she thought.
She and Renamon sneaked to the computer lab. "Now, Tai told me to put my digivice in front of the port, then say, 'digiport open?' OK!" She held out her digivice in front of the port. "DIGIPORT OPEN!!!!" They were sucked into the Digital World.
She went to the Digital World, and since she didn't really know the place, and Renamon didn't explore this part of the Digital World, she and Renamon just walked around, until they reached a temple. "Hey, a temple! Let's go see what's inside, Renamon!"
Renamon had a strange feeling something would happen to Ruki, but she didn't know what was going to happen to her. "Are you sure it's safe, Ruki?" asked Renamon. "Maybe we should just turn back, and go to class."
"And face Mr. Wantanabe? Yeah Right!!!" They walked up the steps, and went into the temple.
In the classroom, Kari, Lee, and TK were looking for Ruki. Yolei had science, Davis was too busy playing soccer, and Cody was helping out at the library. Class had already started 30 minutes ago. Just then, Juri went over to thier desks while the teacher was reading a newspaper. "So, Ruki isn't here..........I guess she met her match." Juri said in a bragging, yet annoying voice.
Kari didn't like that comment about Ruki. "She didn't give up. She's too smart and way too popular than you'll ever be!!"
Lee was looking out the window, when he saw the Digimon that he met in his dream!!!!! He asked the Teacher if he could go to the bathroom. The teacher excused him. He ran out to talk to the Digimon.
In the Temple in the Digital World, Ruki and Renamon found an altar with a crystal glowing on top of it. Ruki examined it carefully, then said, "This is a cool looking crystal........" She gently picked it up, then she felt a warm glow in her body. Before she knew it, she was transported to another place. Renamon was left behind.
When she was transported, she looked around. "This doesn't look like the Digital World," she said to herself. "This looks more like a fantasy land," she said as she looked at the dark place that had a castle and the field of flowers surrounding it. The land looked ruined. All the land had turned into crystal. "Correction," she said, "It looks more like a fantasy glass land."
She went to look inside the castle, but on her way, she tripped in the flowers. Ruki stood up and looked at what she was wearing. "This isn't my tennis gear. This is a dress. I'm starting to get the feeling that this might be the next sequel to Cinderella." She then stood up and checked her knee to see if it was bleeding. It wasn't. She tapped the glass. Harder than stone. She felt the glass. Smooth.
As she walked in, she took the time to look around the castle. She went upstairs and looked in the rooms. They were all crystal. "How's anybody supposed to sleep with a bed like that?" she asked herself. She went in another room, but this room wasn't crystal-like. It looked like a large, ordinary bedroom. Ruki sat down on the bed, and laid her head down on the bed, then saw a picture. She sat right back up, and picked up the picture. It had a teenage girl that looked like her, and a teenage boy that was being hugged by the girl from behind him. Strange, Ruki thought. This girl looks like me, and the boy looks like Takato.....
"So I see you finally found your room and your picture, Ruki" said a strange voice from behind her.
Ruki jumped up. She turned around to look at the person speaking to her. "Who are you??"
"I see you have forgotten about me." She caressed Ruki's cheek. "You still look as beautiful as before." She let go of her cheek. "I'm your mom."
Ruki had a skeptical look on her face. "My mom? You can't be my mom. My mom is practically a 50-timing slut who doesn't know a thing on how to take care of children."
"I'm your real mom. The mom you're talking about isn't actually your mom."
"Then if you're my mom, why did you abandon me and leave me with a slut???"
"Think you have forgotten about your past."
"My past?"
"It all started when........................."
Lee went to talk to the Digimon. "Hey! I saw you in my dream last night!"
The Digimon turned around. "You finally found me, Lee. I'm Kurumon." He was walking around in a circle, looking worried. "Do you know how to open the digiport??"
"No, I don't."
"Then who does???"
"Kari's brother-"
"Tai. I know his name."
"Yeah, Tai. He knows how to open the digiport. Why?????"
"Ruki and Renamon are gone. It seems they're in the digiworld."
"I have to tell Kari and the others." Lee ran off. He came
back. "Who's Renamon?"
"Ruki's Digimon."
"Oh."
When Lee was in the hallway, Takato saw him. "Lee!!!"
"Huh? Oh. Takato."
"Juri broke up with me. What should I do????"
Lee suddenly remembered the dream. "Who else in class do you like???" He had a sly grin on his face.
"Ruki. But I can't talk to her. For one thing, she's not home, and 2-"
"I know where Ruki is."
"Let me finish, Lee. Anyway, 2, I broke her heart. How can I speak to her when she's heart broken???......Wait. You know where Ruki is???"
"Yeah."
"Then where??" He saw Kurumon and Teriermon behind him. "Um, who are they??"
Lee turned around and saw Kurumon and Terriermon. "I thought I told you to stay home, Terriermon???"
"I know how to open the digiport."
"Then you and Kurumon come with me. You too, Takato. Ruki and her Digimon are missing."