Disclaimer: I do not own any of the official Digimon characters.
Last time, the Tamers decided to go skiing in the mountains. Ruki, Lee, and Ryo decided to try snowboarding. Takato took quite a spill on the bunny hill and Kazu made fun of him. Juri tried to comfort Takato and Kazu apologized. They also ran into Yamaki and Riley. Back in Nagano, the kids and their Digimon ran into Beelzemon. What's going to happen next?
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1 Chapter 4: SKATING WITH DIGIMON
Takato awoke to the sound of voices, music, and sound effects. He looked over his shoulder to see Ryo sitting on the edge of his bed watching TV wearing nothing more than a towel. "He must've just come out of the shower," thought Takato. He slowly got out of bed and headed towards the bathroom.
At breakfast, the Tamers decided on the day's activities. "Today's Christmas Eve," said Lee, "Which means that tomorrow's Christmas Day."
"Are we gonna stay up until midnight?" asked Kazu, eagerly.
"Aren't you afraid that your Santa's not going to come if you're awake?" mocked Ruki.
"Don't diss Santa!" yelled Takato.
"Not so loud, Takato!" said Ryo, "Everyone will hear you!"
"Honestly, does he still believe in Santa Claus?" asked Ruki.
"Apparently, he does," whispered Lee, "and he's real sensitive about it. So try not to do that again."
"This is pathetic," said Ruki.
"Every time we go to the mall during the Christmas holidays, Takato always insists on stopping by 'Santa's Castle"," said Kazu.
"We're only ten, Kazu," said Lee, "Takato still believes in Santa Claus and I don't blame him."
"Everyone believes in something," said Ryo.
"I believe in the Tooth Fairy," said Kenta.
"The Easter bunny," said Juri.
"This is ridiculous," said Ruki.
"This is so lame!" said Kazu, "What if I told you that the sky was falling? Would you believe me then?"
"No," answered all the kids.
"Point proven," said Kazu.
"You didn't prove anything," said Lee, "All you did was restate that there are some things people do believe in and some things that people don't."
Kazu remained speechless. The Tamers sat around silent for a few minutes. Some chewed noiselessly on their food.
"Let's go skating," said Ryo, "We have nothing better to do. I hear there's a lovely skating rink at the mall here."
"That's not such a bad idea," said Lee, "Anyone who want to go skating, please raise your hand." Six hands went up; six "ayes" were heard. "The ayes have it," said Lee, "Let's go."
"Takato, you didn't vote," said Juri, "Is something wrong?"
"It's nothing," said Takato, turning away.
The Tamers, along with Guilmon, Renamon, and Terriermon, walked through the underground pathway towards the mall. They stopped by a directory upon entering the building. Everyone could tell that they were going to be lost simply by looking at Lee and the expression on his face.
"Now let's see," said Lee, "We are here." He pointed to a red dot somewhere on the map. "The skating rink is over there. We're on Floor B2. The rink is on Floor 1. The closest escalator out of order. The closest elevator should be somewhere around here."
"Just take a map," said Ruki. Lee looked to his left and found a small plastic box containing several maps of the mall.
"Oops. Heh heh heh. Sorry. My bad," said Lee. He picked up a map and opened it. "Elevator's this way." They walked around the mall following Lee, searching for the elevator. After about a hour or so, they finally found it.
"Well that didn't take too long, did it?" said Lee. He looked at his watch and groaned.
"Hey, wait a minute," said Takato, "Something's not quite right here." He walked over to a wall directory and looked at it. The red dot was in the exact same spot as the last directory map.
"We've gone in one big circle!" said Ruki.
"How could you have not known that the elevator was across from us?" asked Ryo.
"It was too crowded to see anything," said Lee.
"Let's just get to the rink," said Kazu, "I hear the rink is so big, that they have one side for normal skaters and the other side for hockey. Oh man, I could just see myself now." Kazu stood there imagining himself as a pro hockey star in the NHL. His thoughts were interrupted by Lee.
"Let's just go," said Lee.
"What's wrong, Takato?" asked Juri. Takato had stayed silent for quite some time now.
"Nothing," said Takato. He looked down as his shoes as they walked, trying to avoid looking at anyone. True to Kazu's word, when the Tamers reached the skating rink, they saw that it WAS gigantic and that it WAS divided into two sections, one for skating and one for hockey.
"You were right, Kazu," said Kenta.
"Aren't I always?" boasted Kazu.
"No," said the others minus Takato. The Tamers walked over to the rink and paid for their admission. Then they walked over to the rental counter. Takato sort of lagged behind.
"I'll just stay back here and watch you guys," said Takato.
"You're coming too, Takato," said Kazu and grabbed Takato's wrist and dragged him over to the rental counter, "Size 1 for adults."
"I'll take a Size 2 for adults," said Lee.
"I'll take the same as him," said Ruki, gesturing towards Lee.
"Size 5 kids," said Kenta.
"I'll take a size 2 for adults," said Ryo.
"Takato, what size do you wear?" asked Juri.
"Whatever," replied Takato.
"We'll each take a size 6 for kids," said Juri.
The Tamers got their skates and then sat down on the benches to put them on. Rows of small lockers for shoes lined the walls, as well as ran between each row of benches. Everyone was in a hurry to put on his or her skates, but Takato didn't seem all that enthusiastic about it.
In a few minutes, the Tamers were out on the ice. Guilmon, Renamon, and Terriermon watched them from the shadows while Cyberdramon hovered over the skylight. Lee and Ruki skated hand in hand. Kazu was in a hurry to warm up before joining the hockey game that was going on on the other side of the rink. Kenta had a shaky start, but in about five minutes, he was skating back and forth along the ice. Juri looked over at Takato and noticed that he was hanging onto the side. She skated over to him.
"What's wrong, Takato?" she asked him.
"It's nothing," said Takato. He looked really nervous and his legs were shaking.
"I know something's wrong, Takato," said Juri, "What is it?"
"It's nothing," repeated Takato.
"Takato!" said Juri.
"Alright!" screamed Takato, "I can't skate! I don't know how to skate and I never learned how to!"
"Why didn't you just say so, Takato?" asked Juri.
"I though you'd all make fun of me," said Takato, "That's why I didn't say anything."
"Takato, if you're so afraid, couldn't you have talked to me at least?" asked Juri, "Come on. I'll teach you how to skate." She took Takato's hand and moved towards the center of the rink. Takato didn't budge. His arm was wrapped around the side in a death grip. "Takato, let go," said Juri.
"No," said Takato. Lee & Ruki sated over to them.
"What's going on here?" asked Lee.
"Takato can't skate and I'm trying to teach him how to. But he won't let go of the side," said Juri.
"Allow me," said Ruki. She grabbed Takato's wrist and squeezed until he cried out in pain and let go of the side.
"Now follow me, Takato," said Juri as she dragged Takato out onto the ice.
"NO!" screamed Takato, " NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!"
"Try not to worry, Takato!" shouted Lee as he tried to over power Takato's screaming, "Think about happy things! Try not to think about falling! TRY BREATHING!" Takato took in a deep breath and continued screaming. Lee signed and shook his head.
"Are you scared, Takato?" asked Juri.
"YES!" screamed Takato.
"I'll be right back," said Lee. He skated off and returned with a chair. "Here, Takato. Hold on to this." Takato let go of Juri and sat down on the chair.
"He said hold on. Not sit down," said Ruki. Reluctantly, Takato slowly got up and turned around so that he faced the chair. Lee turned it around and Takato grasped onto the back of the chair.
"Now try to push yourself forward," said Lee. Takato slid one skate against the ice and pushed himself forward. "Good. Now try again," said Lee. Takato pushed off with his other foot.
"How did I do?" asked Takato.
"Try opening your eyes," said Lee. Takato did so. His eyes went wide when he saw that he was standing in the middle of the ice holding onto the back of a chair.
"Help!" he squeaked. Kazu skated up to them.
"Just do how I did it," he said. And with that, he kicked away the chair, leaving Takato unsupported in the middle of the ice.
"HELP ME!" screamed Takato.
"Open your eyes, Takato!" said Ryo, "Look! You're skating." Takato opened his eyes. True to Ryo's word, he was gliding smoothly across the ice.
"You're doing it Takato!" called Lee.
"You're skating!" shouted Kenta.
"Yeah! I'm skating!" cheered Takato.
"Takato!" shouted Juri, "Watch out for that..." Too late. Takato got knocked over by a couple of teenagers.
"Watch where you're going, kid!" said one of the teens.
"I-I-I'm sorry," said Takato as he backed away.
"Sorry isn't going to cut it," said the other teen. He picked up Takato by his collar and drew back his fist.
"Hey! Lay off him!" shouted Lee as he skated up to them.
"You friends with this punk?" asked the first teen.
"As a matter of fact, yes," said Lee.
"Same here," said Ryo, Kazu, and Kenta as they skidded to a stop next to Lee.
"Guess we'll have to teach these little punks a lesson," said the second teen.
"The only ones who're going to be taught a lesson is you two blockheads," said Ruki as she skated up between the other Tamers. Takato took this opportunity to escape. He wriggled out of his blue hooded T-sweatshirt & skated away. He could feel the cold air of the ice through his white T- shirt.
"Hey! He's getting away!" shouted the first teen. But before he could do anything, Ruki swept her foot under his and knocked him down. Then she punched the other teen hard in the stomach, causing him to drop down on the first teen.
"That's no ordinary girl," said the second teen, "That's Xena!"
"You don't want to mess with the Digimon Queen," said Lee, "She is one tough woman."
"Takato, are you okay?" asked Juri as soon as she caught up with him.
"Yeah," replied Takato, "I'm feeling a little cold, but I'm okay. AH-CHOO!"
"Takato, you skated!" said Juri. Takato looked up and faces Juri.
"I did?" he asked, flatly. He looked back to where the teens and his hooded T-sweatshirt lay on the ice. "I guess I did!" he laughed at his own accidental success.
Takato must have laughed a little too hard, because he leaned too far back and accidentally slipped and fell onto the ice.
"Are you okay, Takato?" asked Juri. Instead of crying out loud in pain with tears streaming down his eyes, Takato merely laughed.
Suddenly, a thick cloud of fog appears in the middle of the rink. "It's a Digital Field," said Lee, "Everyone! Get off the ice!" He dug into his vest and pulled out his sunglasses.
"Juri, get off the ice," said Takato, "It's for your safety. Leomon's not here to help ,so you better get away."
"Okay. Be careful, Takato," said Juri. She grabbed Kazu and Kenta by the arms and dragged them off the ice.
"Here, Gogglehead," said Ruki and put Takato's hooded T-sweatshirt in his hands. Takato thanked Ruki and pulled it back over his head. By the time he finished getting his arms through the sleeves, Ruki had already put on her sunglasses and gone into the Digital Field.
"Hey! Wait for me!" called Takato as he pulled his goggles over his eyes and entered the Digital Field with Guilmon right behind him. Upon entering, he found Lee and Ruki with Terriermon and Renamon. Ryo was there with them along with Cyberdramon.
"Come out and show yourself," said Ruki.
"Over there!" called Takato, pointing with his right finger. Every turned looked in the direction that Takato was pointing in. Amidst the thickest part of the fog, a Digimon in white and blue armor with a small white cape stood up from a kneeling position. Sharp blades were attached to the soles of his blue boots.
"Let's get the info on this guys," said Ruki as the Digimon's profile came up, "Rinkmon. An Armored Digimon. Data type. His attacks are Spinning Cutter and Quadruple Storm."
"Be careful out there, Terriermon," said Lee after checking Rinkmon's profile on his D-Arc, "The data says that he's the fastest Digimon ever."
"Momentai," said Terriermon.
Ruki and Lee removed their sunglasses while Takato lifted his goggles off his face. Ruki pulled out a card from her cardholder. "Walk all over him, Renamon," said Ruki. Renamon jumped up into the air and hovered for a moment above Rinkmon's head.
"DIAMOND STORM!" she shouted. The razor-sharp crystals rained down on Rinkmon. When the dust cleared, Rinkmon was nowhere in sight.
"Did you get him?" asked Terriermon. Rinkmon suddenly appeared behind Renamon and struck her in the back with his fist. "Guess not," said Terriermon. He leapt off Lee's head and entered the battle.
"He's going to need some help," said Lee as he took out a card, "He's going to need extra speed. DIGIMODIFY! SPEED ACTIVATE!" Terriermon suddenly found himself running faster than before.
"Time to teach this bad boy a lesson in skating!" said Terriermon, "BUNNY BLAST!" Unfortunately for Terriermon, Rinkmon used the razor-sharp blades on his arms to deflect all the shots.
"Nothing seems to be working," said Ruki.
"Help him, Cyberdramon!" said Ryo. Cyberdramon leapt into the heart of the battle and rammed into Rinkmon.
Or at least, he attempted to. Rinkmon moved away faster than anyone could follow (much in the way the people in DBZ disappear & reappear). He reappeared behind both Terriermon and Cyberdramon.
"ERASE CLAW!" shouted Cyberdramon.
"BUNNY BLAST!" shouted Terriermon. Rinkmon dodged the attacks with ease. He suddenly skated straight for the two Digimon. Without warning, he leapt onto one skate and started spinning rapidly. The blades on his arms gleamed in the light.
"Get out of there!" shouted Ryo.
"SPINNING CUTTER!" shouted Rinkmon. He blazed past Terriermon and Cyberdramon, slashing them both as he passed. The two Digimon fell to the ice.
"I guess it's up to us now," said Takato, "Go get him, Guilmon!"
"Ready, set, and go!" said Guilmon. And with that, he ran towards Rinkmon, only to find that he wasn't going anywhere.
"Oh no. His feet are sliding on the ice," said Takato, "What am I going to do?"
"Takato!" called Kazu from outside the Digital Field, "Take this card I made! I should help!" he threw the card into the Digital Field and Takato caught it. It showed a picture of a pair of hockey skates on the front.
"Kazu! This card isn't real! It won't work!" shouted Takato.
"His fake Blue Card did that one time," reminded Lee.
"Good point," said Takato, "Okay, here goes nothing! DIGIMODIFY! ICE HOCKEY SKATES ACTIVATE!" Surprisingly, the card actually worked. Hockey skates appeared on Guilmon's feet. "Thanks Kazu! I owe you!" called Takato.
"You owe me six!" called back Kazu.
"Get him, Guilmon!" said Takato. Guilmon went into battle mode and growled. He skated straight at Rinkmon, who eagerly waited for him.
"PYRO SPHERE!" shouted Guilmon. Rinkmon dodged the fireball with great ease.
"DIGIMODIFY! HYPERSPEED ACTIVATE!" shouted Takato. Guilmon suddenly picked up great speed and charged at Rinkmon with full force.
"PYRO SPHERE!" he shouted. His blasts moved much more quickly than before. Rinkmon had some more trouble dodging these blasts than that last time. He was able to evade most of them, but got struck by one of them.
"Not bad," said Rinkmon, "But playtime's over. SPINNING CUTTER!" he slashed Guilmon badly.
"This looks bad," said Culumon.
"Culumon! You're here!" said Lee, "Takato! We've got a chance! At least the ceiling above the rink is high enough!"
"Right!" said Takato and pulled out a card, "DIGIMODIFY! DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE!" The triangular diagram on Culumon's forehead began to glow.
1.1 DIGIVOLUTION
1.2 Guilmon Digivolve to...GROWMON!
Growmon towered above Rinkmon, but the speedy Digimon was not so easily intimidated. "You think he can stop me?" asked Rinkmon, "You must be dreaming! SPINNING CUTTER!"
"DRAGON SLASH!" countered Growmon. He blocked all of Rinkmon's blows.
"Take this!" shouted Rinkmon and slashed with his right blade. Growmon blocked with his left. Rinkmon then slashed with his left and Growmon blocked with his right. Before they knew it, the two Digimon found themselves locked in each other's grasp.
"Now Growmon!" cried Takato.
"PYRO BLASTER!" shouted Growmon. His attack engulfed Rinkmon whole.
"NO! This can't be!" shouted Rinkmon in disbelief, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" his body was deleted and Growmon absorbed his data.
"He did it!" said Ryo as the Digital Field dissipated. They looked around and noticed how many people were staring at them. it didn't take them long to realize that they were really staring at Growmon.
"Just go back to your daily lives, citizens!" said Takato, trying to act as if the battle with Rinkmon hadn't actually happened, "Just ignore the giant robot dinosaur!"
"It doesn't look like a robot," said one person. The Tamers quickly returned their skates and ran out of the mall with their Digimon.
"How are we going to hide Growmon until he De-Digivolves?" asked Takato.
"I'll work on that!" said Lee as they continued running. They never saw Beelzemon watching them as they ran off.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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I know it's now past Christmas, but still.
Please read and send me your reviews. I'll try to get the next chapter up ASAP.
Last time, the Tamers decided to go skiing in the mountains. Ruki, Lee, and Ryo decided to try snowboarding. Takato took quite a spill on the bunny hill and Kazu made fun of him. Juri tried to comfort Takato and Kazu apologized. They also ran into Yamaki and Riley. Back in Nagano, the kids and their Digimon ran into Beelzemon. What's going to happen next?
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1 Chapter 4: SKATING WITH DIGIMON
Takato awoke to the sound of voices, music, and sound effects. He looked over his shoulder to see Ryo sitting on the edge of his bed watching TV wearing nothing more than a towel. "He must've just come out of the shower," thought Takato. He slowly got out of bed and headed towards the bathroom.
At breakfast, the Tamers decided on the day's activities. "Today's Christmas Eve," said Lee, "Which means that tomorrow's Christmas Day."
"Are we gonna stay up until midnight?" asked Kazu, eagerly.
"Aren't you afraid that your Santa's not going to come if you're awake?" mocked Ruki.
"Don't diss Santa!" yelled Takato.
"Not so loud, Takato!" said Ryo, "Everyone will hear you!"
"Honestly, does he still believe in Santa Claus?" asked Ruki.
"Apparently, he does," whispered Lee, "and he's real sensitive about it. So try not to do that again."
"This is pathetic," said Ruki.
"Every time we go to the mall during the Christmas holidays, Takato always insists on stopping by 'Santa's Castle"," said Kazu.
"We're only ten, Kazu," said Lee, "Takato still believes in Santa Claus and I don't blame him."
"Everyone believes in something," said Ryo.
"I believe in the Tooth Fairy," said Kenta.
"The Easter bunny," said Juri.
"This is ridiculous," said Ruki.
"This is so lame!" said Kazu, "What if I told you that the sky was falling? Would you believe me then?"
"No," answered all the kids.
"Point proven," said Kazu.
"You didn't prove anything," said Lee, "All you did was restate that there are some things people do believe in and some things that people don't."
Kazu remained speechless. The Tamers sat around silent for a few minutes. Some chewed noiselessly on their food.
"Let's go skating," said Ryo, "We have nothing better to do. I hear there's a lovely skating rink at the mall here."
"That's not such a bad idea," said Lee, "Anyone who want to go skating, please raise your hand." Six hands went up; six "ayes" were heard. "The ayes have it," said Lee, "Let's go."
"Takato, you didn't vote," said Juri, "Is something wrong?"
"It's nothing," said Takato, turning away.
The Tamers, along with Guilmon, Renamon, and Terriermon, walked through the underground pathway towards the mall. They stopped by a directory upon entering the building. Everyone could tell that they were going to be lost simply by looking at Lee and the expression on his face.
"Now let's see," said Lee, "We are here." He pointed to a red dot somewhere on the map. "The skating rink is over there. We're on Floor B2. The rink is on Floor 1. The closest escalator out of order. The closest elevator should be somewhere around here."
"Just take a map," said Ruki. Lee looked to his left and found a small plastic box containing several maps of the mall.
"Oops. Heh heh heh. Sorry. My bad," said Lee. He picked up a map and opened it. "Elevator's this way." They walked around the mall following Lee, searching for the elevator. After about a hour or so, they finally found it.
"Well that didn't take too long, did it?" said Lee. He looked at his watch and groaned.
"Hey, wait a minute," said Takato, "Something's not quite right here." He walked over to a wall directory and looked at it. The red dot was in the exact same spot as the last directory map.
"We've gone in one big circle!" said Ruki.
"How could you have not known that the elevator was across from us?" asked Ryo.
"It was too crowded to see anything," said Lee.
"Let's just get to the rink," said Kazu, "I hear the rink is so big, that they have one side for normal skaters and the other side for hockey. Oh man, I could just see myself now." Kazu stood there imagining himself as a pro hockey star in the NHL. His thoughts were interrupted by Lee.
"Let's just go," said Lee.
"What's wrong, Takato?" asked Juri. Takato had stayed silent for quite some time now.
"Nothing," said Takato. He looked down as his shoes as they walked, trying to avoid looking at anyone. True to Kazu's word, when the Tamers reached the skating rink, they saw that it WAS gigantic and that it WAS divided into two sections, one for skating and one for hockey.
"You were right, Kazu," said Kenta.
"Aren't I always?" boasted Kazu.
"No," said the others minus Takato. The Tamers walked over to the rink and paid for their admission. Then they walked over to the rental counter. Takato sort of lagged behind.
"I'll just stay back here and watch you guys," said Takato.
"You're coming too, Takato," said Kazu and grabbed Takato's wrist and dragged him over to the rental counter, "Size 1 for adults."
"I'll take a Size 2 for adults," said Lee.
"I'll take the same as him," said Ruki, gesturing towards Lee.
"Size 5 kids," said Kenta.
"I'll take a size 2 for adults," said Ryo.
"Takato, what size do you wear?" asked Juri.
"Whatever," replied Takato.
"We'll each take a size 6 for kids," said Juri.
The Tamers got their skates and then sat down on the benches to put them on. Rows of small lockers for shoes lined the walls, as well as ran between each row of benches. Everyone was in a hurry to put on his or her skates, but Takato didn't seem all that enthusiastic about it.
In a few minutes, the Tamers were out on the ice. Guilmon, Renamon, and Terriermon watched them from the shadows while Cyberdramon hovered over the skylight. Lee and Ruki skated hand in hand. Kazu was in a hurry to warm up before joining the hockey game that was going on on the other side of the rink. Kenta had a shaky start, but in about five minutes, he was skating back and forth along the ice. Juri looked over at Takato and noticed that he was hanging onto the side. She skated over to him.
"What's wrong, Takato?" she asked him.
"It's nothing," said Takato. He looked really nervous and his legs were shaking.
"I know something's wrong, Takato," said Juri, "What is it?"
"It's nothing," repeated Takato.
"Takato!" said Juri.
"Alright!" screamed Takato, "I can't skate! I don't know how to skate and I never learned how to!"
"Why didn't you just say so, Takato?" asked Juri.
"I though you'd all make fun of me," said Takato, "That's why I didn't say anything."
"Takato, if you're so afraid, couldn't you have talked to me at least?" asked Juri, "Come on. I'll teach you how to skate." She took Takato's hand and moved towards the center of the rink. Takato didn't budge. His arm was wrapped around the side in a death grip. "Takato, let go," said Juri.
"No," said Takato. Lee & Ruki sated over to them.
"What's going on here?" asked Lee.
"Takato can't skate and I'm trying to teach him how to. But he won't let go of the side," said Juri.
"Allow me," said Ruki. She grabbed Takato's wrist and squeezed until he cried out in pain and let go of the side.
"Now follow me, Takato," said Juri as she dragged Takato out onto the ice.
"NO!" screamed Takato, " NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!"
"Try not to worry, Takato!" shouted Lee as he tried to over power Takato's screaming, "Think about happy things! Try not to think about falling! TRY BREATHING!" Takato took in a deep breath and continued screaming. Lee signed and shook his head.
"Are you scared, Takato?" asked Juri.
"YES!" screamed Takato.
"I'll be right back," said Lee. He skated off and returned with a chair. "Here, Takato. Hold on to this." Takato let go of Juri and sat down on the chair.
"He said hold on. Not sit down," said Ruki. Reluctantly, Takato slowly got up and turned around so that he faced the chair. Lee turned it around and Takato grasped onto the back of the chair.
"Now try to push yourself forward," said Lee. Takato slid one skate against the ice and pushed himself forward. "Good. Now try again," said Lee. Takato pushed off with his other foot.
"How did I do?" asked Takato.
"Try opening your eyes," said Lee. Takato did so. His eyes went wide when he saw that he was standing in the middle of the ice holding onto the back of a chair.
"Help!" he squeaked. Kazu skated up to them.
"Just do how I did it," he said. And with that, he kicked away the chair, leaving Takato unsupported in the middle of the ice.
"HELP ME!" screamed Takato.
"Open your eyes, Takato!" said Ryo, "Look! You're skating." Takato opened his eyes. True to Ryo's word, he was gliding smoothly across the ice.
"You're doing it Takato!" called Lee.
"You're skating!" shouted Kenta.
"Yeah! I'm skating!" cheered Takato.
"Takato!" shouted Juri, "Watch out for that..." Too late. Takato got knocked over by a couple of teenagers.
"Watch where you're going, kid!" said one of the teens.
"I-I-I'm sorry," said Takato as he backed away.
"Sorry isn't going to cut it," said the other teen. He picked up Takato by his collar and drew back his fist.
"Hey! Lay off him!" shouted Lee as he skated up to them.
"You friends with this punk?" asked the first teen.
"As a matter of fact, yes," said Lee.
"Same here," said Ryo, Kazu, and Kenta as they skidded to a stop next to Lee.
"Guess we'll have to teach these little punks a lesson," said the second teen.
"The only ones who're going to be taught a lesson is you two blockheads," said Ruki as she skated up between the other Tamers. Takato took this opportunity to escape. He wriggled out of his blue hooded T-sweatshirt & skated away. He could feel the cold air of the ice through his white T- shirt.
"Hey! He's getting away!" shouted the first teen. But before he could do anything, Ruki swept her foot under his and knocked him down. Then she punched the other teen hard in the stomach, causing him to drop down on the first teen.
"That's no ordinary girl," said the second teen, "That's Xena!"
"You don't want to mess with the Digimon Queen," said Lee, "She is one tough woman."
"Takato, are you okay?" asked Juri as soon as she caught up with him.
"Yeah," replied Takato, "I'm feeling a little cold, but I'm okay. AH-CHOO!"
"Takato, you skated!" said Juri. Takato looked up and faces Juri.
"I did?" he asked, flatly. He looked back to where the teens and his hooded T-sweatshirt lay on the ice. "I guess I did!" he laughed at his own accidental success.
Takato must have laughed a little too hard, because he leaned too far back and accidentally slipped and fell onto the ice.
"Are you okay, Takato?" asked Juri. Instead of crying out loud in pain with tears streaming down his eyes, Takato merely laughed.
Suddenly, a thick cloud of fog appears in the middle of the rink. "It's a Digital Field," said Lee, "Everyone! Get off the ice!" He dug into his vest and pulled out his sunglasses.
"Juri, get off the ice," said Takato, "It's for your safety. Leomon's not here to help ,so you better get away."
"Okay. Be careful, Takato," said Juri. She grabbed Kazu and Kenta by the arms and dragged them off the ice.
"Here, Gogglehead," said Ruki and put Takato's hooded T-sweatshirt in his hands. Takato thanked Ruki and pulled it back over his head. By the time he finished getting his arms through the sleeves, Ruki had already put on her sunglasses and gone into the Digital Field.
"Hey! Wait for me!" called Takato as he pulled his goggles over his eyes and entered the Digital Field with Guilmon right behind him. Upon entering, he found Lee and Ruki with Terriermon and Renamon. Ryo was there with them along with Cyberdramon.
"Come out and show yourself," said Ruki.
"Over there!" called Takato, pointing with his right finger. Every turned looked in the direction that Takato was pointing in. Amidst the thickest part of the fog, a Digimon in white and blue armor with a small white cape stood up from a kneeling position. Sharp blades were attached to the soles of his blue boots.
"Let's get the info on this guys," said Ruki as the Digimon's profile came up, "Rinkmon. An Armored Digimon. Data type. His attacks are Spinning Cutter and Quadruple Storm."
"Be careful out there, Terriermon," said Lee after checking Rinkmon's profile on his D-Arc, "The data says that he's the fastest Digimon ever."
"Momentai," said Terriermon.
Ruki and Lee removed their sunglasses while Takato lifted his goggles off his face. Ruki pulled out a card from her cardholder. "Walk all over him, Renamon," said Ruki. Renamon jumped up into the air and hovered for a moment above Rinkmon's head.
"DIAMOND STORM!" she shouted. The razor-sharp crystals rained down on Rinkmon. When the dust cleared, Rinkmon was nowhere in sight.
"Did you get him?" asked Terriermon. Rinkmon suddenly appeared behind Renamon and struck her in the back with his fist. "Guess not," said Terriermon. He leapt off Lee's head and entered the battle.
"He's going to need some help," said Lee as he took out a card, "He's going to need extra speed. DIGIMODIFY! SPEED ACTIVATE!" Terriermon suddenly found himself running faster than before.
"Time to teach this bad boy a lesson in skating!" said Terriermon, "BUNNY BLAST!" Unfortunately for Terriermon, Rinkmon used the razor-sharp blades on his arms to deflect all the shots.
"Nothing seems to be working," said Ruki.
"Help him, Cyberdramon!" said Ryo. Cyberdramon leapt into the heart of the battle and rammed into Rinkmon.
Or at least, he attempted to. Rinkmon moved away faster than anyone could follow (much in the way the people in DBZ disappear & reappear). He reappeared behind both Terriermon and Cyberdramon.
"ERASE CLAW!" shouted Cyberdramon.
"BUNNY BLAST!" shouted Terriermon. Rinkmon dodged the attacks with ease. He suddenly skated straight for the two Digimon. Without warning, he leapt onto one skate and started spinning rapidly. The blades on his arms gleamed in the light.
"Get out of there!" shouted Ryo.
"SPINNING CUTTER!" shouted Rinkmon. He blazed past Terriermon and Cyberdramon, slashing them both as he passed. The two Digimon fell to the ice.
"I guess it's up to us now," said Takato, "Go get him, Guilmon!"
"Ready, set, and go!" said Guilmon. And with that, he ran towards Rinkmon, only to find that he wasn't going anywhere.
"Oh no. His feet are sliding on the ice," said Takato, "What am I going to do?"
"Takato!" called Kazu from outside the Digital Field, "Take this card I made! I should help!" he threw the card into the Digital Field and Takato caught it. It showed a picture of a pair of hockey skates on the front.
"Kazu! This card isn't real! It won't work!" shouted Takato.
"His fake Blue Card did that one time," reminded Lee.
"Good point," said Takato, "Okay, here goes nothing! DIGIMODIFY! ICE HOCKEY SKATES ACTIVATE!" Surprisingly, the card actually worked. Hockey skates appeared on Guilmon's feet. "Thanks Kazu! I owe you!" called Takato.
"You owe me six!" called back Kazu.
"Get him, Guilmon!" said Takato. Guilmon went into battle mode and growled. He skated straight at Rinkmon, who eagerly waited for him.
"PYRO SPHERE!" shouted Guilmon. Rinkmon dodged the fireball with great ease.
"DIGIMODIFY! HYPERSPEED ACTIVATE!" shouted Takato. Guilmon suddenly picked up great speed and charged at Rinkmon with full force.
"PYRO SPHERE!" he shouted. His blasts moved much more quickly than before. Rinkmon had some more trouble dodging these blasts than that last time. He was able to evade most of them, but got struck by one of them.
"Not bad," said Rinkmon, "But playtime's over. SPINNING CUTTER!" he slashed Guilmon badly.
"This looks bad," said Culumon.
"Culumon! You're here!" said Lee, "Takato! We've got a chance! At least the ceiling above the rink is high enough!"
"Right!" said Takato and pulled out a card, "DIGIMODIFY! DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE!" The triangular diagram on Culumon's forehead began to glow.
1.1 DIGIVOLUTION
1.2 Guilmon Digivolve to...GROWMON!
Growmon towered above Rinkmon, but the speedy Digimon was not so easily intimidated. "You think he can stop me?" asked Rinkmon, "You must be dreaming! SPINNING CUTTER!"
"DRAGON SLASH!" countered Growmon. He blocked all of Rinkmon's blows.
"Take this!" shouted Rinkmon and slashed with his right blade. Growmon blocked with his left. Rinkmon then slashed with his left and Growmon blocked with his right. Before they knew it, the two Digimon found themselves locked in each other's grasp.
"Now Growmon!" cried Takato.
"PYRO BLASTER!" shouted Growmon. His attack engulfed Rinkmon whole.
"NO! This can't be!" shouted Rinkmon in disbelief, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" his body was deleted and Growmon absorbed his data.
"He did it!" said Ryo as the Digital Field dissipated. They looked around and noticed how many people were staring at them. it didn't take them long to realize that they were really staring at Growmon.
"Just go back to your daily lives, citizens!" said Takato, trying to act as if the battle with Rinkmon hadn't actually happened, "Just ignore the giant robot dinosaur!"
"It doesn't look like a robot," said one person. The Tamers quickly returned their skates and ran out of the mall with their Digimon.
"How are we going to hide Growmon until he De-Digivolves?" asked Takato.
"I'll work on that!" said Lee as they continued running. They never saw Beelzemon watching them as they ran off.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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I know it's now past Christmas, but still.
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