Disclaimer: I do not own any of the official Digimon characters.

NOTE: this chapter includes some locker room scenes (nothing major, though). If you feel uncomfortable about this, leave now. Otherwise, read on.

Last time, the Tamers were on their way to Nagano to spend one week of Christmas vacation. Along the way, Takato encountered a little (okay, so it's not so little) accident. Now they're finally in Nagano, ready for excitement and relaxation.

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Chapter 2: FIRST NIGHT IN NAGANO

The Tamers all stepped out of the airport. They were all surprised by how cold it was. Fortunately, every had their jackets in their backpacks. "Ooh! It sure is cold," said Takato.

"HEY! Over here!" shouted someone. The Tamers turned their heads and saw a familiar person waving at them from the other side of the road.

"Look! It's Ryo!" said Takato, "Hey, Ryo! Good to see ya!" He ran up to the Legendary Tamer. "I didn't know you were coming. Say, how's Cyberdramon doing?"

"Why don't you ask him yourself?" replied Ryo. Cyberdramon landed behind, Ryo, causing Takato to fall backwards.

"Don't scare me like that!" said Takato. He got up off the ground and brushed himself off. Just then, the other Tamers came running up to them.

"Hey, Ryo! Long time, no see," said Lee.

"So, even the Legendary Tamer takes holidays, too," said Ruki.

"So, even the Digimon Queen goes on ski vacations, too," said Ryo, rephrasing Ruki's sentence. The Tamers laughed, including Terriermon and Guilmon. Finally, after about a minute or so, they stopped.

"Come on, everyone," said Ryo, "I'll take you to the hotel. After that, we can all grab a bite to eat."

"Yay! Food!" cheered Guilmon, "Let's go!" he ducked as Takato closed his box. Then they all headed out to the bus station.

"Bus number 28 should take us to the hotel," said Ryo.

"Can't we just take a cab?" asked Kazu.

"Are you kidding? Do you even realize just how much those things charge?" asked Lee, "Way more than you could afford. Besides, we can't take a cab. Guilmon's box won't even fit in the trunk."

"So where do we take Bus 28?" asked Juri.

"Well, according to this map, the stop for Bus 28 should be...right here," said Ryo. Everyone looked to their left. They saw a fair-sized airport shuttle bus with the number 28 on it in big bold digits. The Tamers all helped Takato get Guilmon's box into the bus.

"That's quite a load you've got there," said the bus driver. The seven Tamers got everything on the bus, paid the fee, and sat down together near the front of the bus along with their luggage.

"What's our hotel called?" asked Kenta.

"I got rooms booked for us at the Nirvana Hotel," said Lee, checking his forms. After a thirty-minute bus ride, the Tamers reached their hotel. The grabbed their bags and Guilmon and stepped off the bus. "This is it," said Lee.

"It's big," said Juri.

"Let's hurry up and get our rooms," said Ruki. The Tamers went inside. Takato, Ruki, Juri, Kenta, Kazu, Guilmon, Renamon, Terriermon, and Cyberdramon waited in the lobby while Lee and Ryo checked in. A porter came by and asked them if they wanted their luggage to be taken up to their room.

"That would be good. Thank you," said Takato. Everyone placed their bags and suitcases on the cart, including Guilmon's box. Takato wasn't too worried. He had told Guilmon to stay quiet all the way. Finally, Ryo and Lee returned from the front desk.

"We're in rooms 2118 to 2120," said Lee, "Twenty-first floor."

"Then what are we waiting for?" asked Ruki. The porter followed the Tamers to the elevators. Lee, Terriermon, Kazu, and Kenta took the first elevator up. Takato, Ryo, and the porter took the second elevator. Ruki, Juri, and Renamon took the last elevator. They rode up to the twenty-first floor and stepped out of the elevators upon reaching it. Lee led the way to their rooms with the porter right behind him.

"Room 2115. Room 2116. Room 2117. Ah, here we go! Rooms 2118 to 2120!" said Lee, "Thank you. We'll take over from here."

"As you wish, sir," said the porter and unloaded the luggage off the cart. Lee took out some money and tried to figure out how much to tip the porter. He sighed and dumped two bills in his hand before the porter left. Then he took out the keys and began assigning rooms. He, Takato, and Ryo, Guilmon, Terriermon, and Cyberdramon had Room 2118. Ruki, Juri, and Renamon were assigned Room 2119. Kazu and Kenta were stuck with Room 2120.

"Well, let's go in," said Lee. Everyone unlocked their doors and walked inside, dragging their luggage behind them. Takato, Lee, Ryo, and Terriermon were surprised by their room. There were two king-sized beds against the far-left wall. To the right was a dresser, a desk, a mirror, and a TV. There were some chairs and a table and a couple of floor lamps. There was a large window on the opposite wall from the door. Ryo checked the bathroom. Aside from four sets of towels, the bathtub, the small bars of soap, and the small bottles of shampoo and conditioner, there was also a hairdryer, a clothesline, some hair gel, nail clippers, shower caps, and even a waterproof radio.

"This is nice," said Ryo. Lee opened the closet and took out the suitcase rack. He unfolded it and opened his suitcase. Takato put his duffel bag on the floor near one of the beds and let Guilmon out of his box.

"Yay! We're here!" cheered Guilmon. Takato walked over to the desk and opened the leather folder that was on it. He took out the room service menu and looked through it.

"This food looks good," said Takato, "Wow! Look at that!"

Lee walked up to Takato and looked over his shoulder. "Look at the footnote," he said, "It says that water used to cook the food is taken from the hot springs."

"Yeah, but I'm not a picky eater like you," said Ryo as he kicked off his shoes. It was true. Ryo had lived in the Digital World for about two years, so he had to live off the land, which wasn't easy, considering that there were wild Digimon everywhere and all the food was really made up of data.

"Neither is Guilmon," said Takato. Everyone laughed. The all calmed down after twenty seconds. "It's...not that funny," said Takato as he stopped, "So what do you wanna do?"

"Anybody hungry yet?" asked Ryo.

"Not yet," said Lee.

"Nope," said Takato.

"I lost my appetite," said Guilmon.

"I'm not hungry," said Terriermon.

"Neither am I," said Cyberdramon.

"So what are we gonna do?" asked Takato as he laid back on one of the beds.

"There's a fitness center downstairs on the second floor," said Lee, "Anyone wanna go?"

"They got a pool?" asked Ryo.

"Yeah, they've got a pool," said Lee.

"I'm game," said Ryo.

"Me too," said Takato, "I'll get the other guys and ask them." he pulled on his shoes and ran out to Kenta and Kazu's room. Kazu answered the door.

"What is it, Takato?" he asked.

"There's a pool downstairs. Wanna come?" asked Takato.

"Sure," said Kazu.

"Count me in, too." said Kenta.

"Alright!" said Takato, "Get your things. There are change rooms down there, too." He quickly ran off to ask Juri and Ruki.

"Nah," said Ruki, "I'll probably work out at the fitness center."

"Oh, okay," said Takato, "What about you, Juri?"

"Okay," said Juri.

"Great! See you down there," said Takato. He quickly returned to his room to grab his things. Rummaging through his duffel bag, he pulled out his swimming trunks. Takato looked around and saw that Lee and Ryo had also gathered their swimming gear.

"Everyone, ready?" asked Ryo.

"We're ready!" said Takato and Lee. They went to pick up the others and in no time at all, they were on their way. They said a brief good-bye to Ruki, who was going in the opposite direction of the pool to the workout room. The only thing that was on her mind was the punching bag. The boys and Juri walked to the pool area. It was quite large with a large swimming pool, a hot tub, and two diving boards (one high, one low). The walked over to the desk where an attendant was working.

"You kids here to swim?" asked the attendant. The Tamers nodded. The attendant took out a clipboard and a pen. "Sign your names and the time you came in," he said. After signing in, the attendant gestured for them to enter the locker rooms.

"See you in a bit, Juri," said Takato.

"Okay, Takato," said Juri just before she disappeared into the women's locker room. Takato and the other boys quickly entered the men's locker room. Even that was impressive. There was a steam room, a sauna, a bathroom, and shower stalls. They opened their lockers and found a towel in each of them.

"This is convenient," said Kazu as he removed his visor and T-shirt.

"Could you guys not look while I change?" asked Kenta.

"Come on, Kenta. Lighten up!" said Ryo and patted Kenta on the back, "You're one of the guys. What have you got to be ashamed of?"

"Yeah," said Kazu, who had his pants already unzipped, "Afraid that we might 'see' you?"

"Leave me alone!" said Kenta.

"Come on, guys. Lay off him," said Takato as he pulled on his swimming trunks, "Say, Lee. Did that sign by the door say that we have to shower with soap and water before we can hop into the water?"

"Apparently, yes," said Lee as he tied on his shorts. The rest of the boys quickly put on their trunks and showered. They walked out of the locker room onto the deck just as Juri came out of the women's locker room.

"Hi Takato," she said.

"Hi Juri," replied Takato. They quickly found some chairs to put their towels on and then it was time to have fun.

"Geronimo!" shouted Kazu as he cannonballed into the water, splashing everyone.

"Hey! Stop that!" said Takato.

"Make me," said Kazu.

"You asked for it," said Lee. The rest of them jumped into the water and swam after Kazu. Ryo did a surface dive, swam under Kazu, and popped up right in front of him. Unfortunately, instead of actually stopping him, Kazu slammed right into Ryo. The Tamers laughed and splashed each other with water. Ryo decided to take some initiative. He got out of the pool and walked over to the high dive. He climbed the twelve steps up to the top and then ran to the end of the board.

"BONSAI!" he shouted as he jumped. He gracefully landed in the water and resurfaced a short moment later. For the next hour or so, the Tamers enjoyed themselves. Takato, Kenta, Kazu, and Juri goofed off, Lee swam a few laps, and Ryo kept diving off the high dive.

Meanwhile, in the gym, Ruki and Renamon were enjoying their own workout. Punching bags swung violently as the two of them duked it out on them.

"I'm starting to like this vacation already," said Renamon.

"Better get used to it, Renamon, because we're going to spend a lot of time down here," said Ruki.

Back at the pool, the Tamers decided to call quits and go out for dinner. They all returned to the locker rooms to shower and change.

"Hey, Lee. Any ideas on where we can eat tonight?" asked Takato from his shower stall.

"We'll need to consider the fact that the Digimon will be eating," said Lee, "And considering how much Guilmon can eat, well, I don't know."

"The hotel's got a buffet," said Ryo.

"Guilmon would probably eat himself to death," said Takato. The boys laughed again. Takato sighed as he shut off the water. They quickly dried off, dressed, and signed out. They picked up Ruki and Renamon from the gym and headed back up to put their things away before heading down to the restaurant. The host wondered why a red dinosaur, a big yellow fox, and a brown dragon with red wings was with them. But after they paid, she led them to a very large table and sat them down before returning to the front podium.

"Well, everyone. This is it. Let's go out there and grab all the grub we can eat!" said Takato. The others nodded in agreement and ran towards the buffet. Each one of them grabbed a plate and started loading up on food.

"I'll take some of this. Some that. Ooh, this looks good," Kazu was going through all the hot foods.

"I'll have some of this. A little bit of this. Guilmon will definitely want this! Cool! Jell-O!" Takato filled up Guilmon's plate and his own with food.

"Terriermon should eat these. And I'll take some too," said Lee as he grabbed food for himself and Terriermon.

Ruki was walking through the salad bar looking for anything Renamon might want. "She'll probably want salad more than any of the meat," she said.

In a minutes, the Tamers sat back down at their table with their plates loaded with food. Guilmon's eyes sparkled at the sight of the plate Takato had placed before him.

"Okay, people! Dig in!" announced Takato and began scarfing down the food on his plate.

"Man! I haven't eaten food like this since before I went into the Digital World!" said Ryo.

"This is good! It tastes just like chicken!" said Kazu.

"That's because it IS chicken," said Ruki, "How do you like your meal, Renamon?"

"It's perfect," said Renamon, "Thank you, Ruki."

The Tamers quickly finished their dinner and moved onto the desserts. There was quite a rush among Takato, Kenta, Kazu, and Ryo over who would get to use the ice cream machine first. After a full hour, all the Tamers laid back in their chair and sighed.

"Wow! I haven't had a meal like that in years," said Ryo.

"I'll say," said Takato.

Lee glanced at his watch. "It's getting late," he said, "We better turn in. We've got to get an early start tomorrow." The Tamers got up and went back up to their rooms.

"How did you like dinner tonight, Guilmon?" asked Takato.

"It was good," replied Guilmon.

"Terriermon?" asked Lee.

"I'm stuffed," answered Terriermon.

"Let's all get some sleep tonight," said Renamon, "Just as Lee said, tomorrow's a big day."

Everyone retired to their rooms. Ruki and Juri changed into their pajamas before getting into separate beds. Renamon sat in one of the chairs and stared out at the slopes. She closed her eyes and fell asleep.

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"G'night, Kenta! See ya tomorrow morning!" said Kazu.

"Good night, Kazu," said Kenta. He took off his glasses and placed them on the table next to the bed before turning off the light.

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Takato was buttoning up his pajama top as he came out of the bathroom. Lee was already in his pajamas and Ryo was wearing nothing more than boxers and a tank top. Takato climbed into bed with Guilmon right next to him. Lee and Ryo got into bed after all three of them flipped a coin to decide who had to share a bed. Terriermon laid down between Lee an Ryo and Cyberdramon fell asleep in a chair.

"See you all in the morning," said Takato. He turned off the last lamp and instantly fell asleep.

END OF CHAPTER 2

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So now the Tamers are all in Nagano along with Ryo and Cyberdramon. What's gonna happen next? Read chapter 3 to find out.

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