Hey everybody thanks for the reviews! They really help a person continue writing! Well, this chapter is Enter the Kaizer and pits the Digi-Destined in their first battle against the Digimon Kaizer. I found out that in the second series there are new Digi-Destined because the Kaizer put a lock on Digivoloving. I didn't know that when I started writing this, so we're just going have to pretend that Izzy and Joe created a program that allows their Digimon to digivolve and they loaded it into their Digivices. Rei and Leta will also get this when they get their Digimon. Sorry if there is any confusion. It was either tweak the story a little or take it off completely. Thankies.
Sarah
As the fog around them lifted Rei and Leta once again found themselves in the Digi-World. This time they took the time to look around. They were standing in an open clearing in the middle of a lush jungle. There were all sorts of tropical plants and flowers surrounding them and the air smelt like spice. Rei threw her arms out and spun around. "This place is beautiful!" she laughed.
Tai smiled at her. "Yes it is." he said, "That's why we have to protect it."
Rei stopped spinning and walked over to Tai, placing her hand on his shoulder. "We will protect it." She told him reassuringly.
Leta, unlike the others, was standing completely still, eyes closed. "Rei," she called, "Come over here for a second."
Rei trotted over to her friend. "What's up?" She asked.
"Do you feel it?"
Rei looked at her friend curiously. "What do you mean, 'do I feel it'?" she asked. "Feel what?"
"Our powers." She answered, lowering her voice so only Rei could here. "I think my powers have returned."
Rei closed her eyes and concentrated. After a few moments she opened them back up and said. "I think so to, I can feel the fire again." She smiled. "This is great."
Leta frowned. "Not really." She said. "This means we can only fight the Kaizer in the Digi-World." She waved a hand towards the Digi-Destined. "We're not going to be any help unless we fight him in here."
"I guess it's a good thing that they can bring their Digimon into the real world," Rei said seriously, "If they couldn't and we found out who he was in the real world it would be bad." Leta nodded. "Well," Rei began, "I guess we're going back to finding that Kaizer's hideout then."
"Hey," Tai called to them, "We need to get moving. If we stay in one place to long the Kaizer will definitely find us." Rei and Leta both nodded and walked towards the group.
They found a path through the jungle and began to walk. It was then that Izzy filled the girls in about the Digiworld. "It's a lot like ours," he told them. "With the exception of the Digimon of course. One difference would be that the plant life can go from one extreme to the next in a matter of minutes. The flora here is very sub-tropical, but it could change around the next turn and we could be walking through a desert the size of the Sahara." Rei and Leta both raised their eyebrows and urged him to continue. "Another unique attribute would be that if you really need something the Digiworld will try and provide it for you. Take our first time here for example. Joe said he wished that he had a phone to call his mother, and there were seven phone booths lined up on the beach."
"The beach?" Leta repeated.
"Yup. The beach." Matt laughed. "Of course none of them worked. You couldn't dial out without getting an operator that would tell you that the exact time was 42 miles per hour and 53 seconds." Rei and Leta both began to laugh. "It really did." He defended himself.
"There was also the time when we needed a place to sleep and there was an old train car sitting in the middle of nowhere." Tai put in.
"So if you want something bad enough it gives it to you?" Rei asked.
"Basically." Izzy said, "although it might not give you exactly what you asked for, it will try to help."
"Well," Rei laughed, "that's awfully nice of it."
"Must you make a joke out of everything?" Sora asked.
"Is she a bitch to everyone," Rei asked, "Or is it just me?"
"She's a bitch to me too!" Leta exclaimed.
Sora looked at Rei and Said, "I wouldn't have to be a bitch all the time if you weren't so stupid!"
Rei walked towards Sora, anger on her face and her fists raised. Before anything could happen Tai jumped in between them and said "Come on girls, now is not the time for this." Rei dropped her hands and glared at Sora. "Sora," Tai started, "apologize." Sora's eyes widened in shock and she looked at Matt for help. He nodded at her and looked away.
Sora dropped her eyes to the ground and muttered "I'm sorry."
"Good." Tai smiled, then turned to Rei. "Now it's your turn."
"What?" Rei asked. "I'm not apologizing to her. I didn't do anything wrong." Tai just looked at her. Rei raised her eyebrows, smiled and turned and walked down the path. Sora began yelling after her and everyone followed until only Matt and Tai were left standing there.
Matt turned to Tai and laughed. "And what is it you see in her?" he asked.
Tai ran a hand through his messy brown hair and smiled. "Everything." he said. "Besides, have you ever seen anyone stand up to Sora the way she does?"
Matt shook his head and began walking. "T.K. and the Digimon should be just up here." He said, pointing to a clearing in the forest. "When we get there we can separate into two groups and keep Rei and Sore away from each other for a while."
Tai nodded. "good idea," he said. "There's just one thing I don't get." Matt looked at him. "why does Sora have such a big problem with Rei? You'd figure that she'd hate Leta." Matt blushed and Tai laughed. "Look, there's T.K., and it looks like Rei and Sora are at it again."
Matt smiled and sprinted towards the group. "Hey little bro." he said to T.K. before walking over to Sora and asking. "what are you two arguing about now?"
"I want an apology from her." she said, motioning to Rei who had her back turned.
"Look," Matt told her. "We both know that you're not gonna get one, so why don't we let this drop?"
Sora looked as if she wanted to say something else, but decided against it. Instead she reached out her hand and grabbed Matt, pulling him into a kiss. Rei raised an eyebrow and looked to Leta, only to find her friend frowning and looking at the ground. Rei felt her anger rising. 'If you want to fight with me, then fight with me' she thought to herself. 'leave Leta outa this. But,' she smiled 'if you wanna play dirty, I'm in' Rei sighed, causing Sora to stop kissing Matt. Rei looked Sora straight in the eyes. "Insecurity." She said, turning to Leta, grabbing onto Leta and walking towards Tai and T.K.. " Tootles." she called over her shoulder.
Sora glared at her retreating form before turning to Matt, who was blushing. She frowned at him and ran towards to group.
when everyone had gathered together again talk turned to finding the Kaizer. Rei and Leta tried to focus but no matter how hard they tried they couldn't keep from staring at the Digimon. Finally, one of them asked "what are you staring at?"
Leta was taken by surprise. "You're...Bukamon...right?" she asked the little creature.
"And don't you forget it." Bukamon answered back.
Joe bent down and picked up his Digimon before it could talk anymore. "I'm sorry." Joe said, "but this little guy has a bit of an attitude."
"Obviously." Leta answered.
"Hahahaha! That tickles!"
Everyone turned to see Rei playing with Patomon. Rei was tickling it's side and he was trying to fly away. T.K. was smiling. "Patomon likes you." he said to Rei.
Rei laughed. "well I like him too!" Suddenly the ground began to shake and Patomon flew behind T.K. Rei looked around and everyone was still. She turned to Mimi, who was incredibly pale. "What's wrong? she asked.
"The Kaizer." Mimi whispered.
Rei looked around, but before another world could be spoken Matt and Tai pushed Leta and Rei behind the group and told them to stay there. A huge Digimon came running through the clearing, stopping in front of them. It was big and blue and looked remarkably like an oversized wolf. Leta and Rei both tried to look, but could see nothing over the boys. Tai walked forward as the animal dropped it's head and a man walked off.
He was about the same height as Tai, with wild hair that was two different shades of blue. He was wearing a blue and white outfit and had a blue and yellow cape. On his shoulders were two yellow guards and his eyes were covered by large yellow goggles. He was carrying a whip and walked towards the Digi-Destined like they were nothing to him. "I don't recall saying you could be here." He said smoothly.
"I don't recall asking." Tai said, taking a step back.
A step that the Kaizer noticed. "Afraid already?" he asked. "I haven't done anything yet." He laughed. "If you can't even talk to me with out cowering in fear, what makes you think you'll be able to defeat me?"
Rei had been standing in the back, but upon hearing someone insulting her friend she walked forward until she was standing just behind Tai. Pushing him out of the way she came face to face with the Kaizer. 'He's so...captivating.' Rei thought to herself, not being able to pull her eyes away from him. She took in his appearance in silence, noting how he froze when he saw her.
The Kaizer stared at Rei. 'Magnificent.' he thought to himself. Behind his goggles he allowed his eyes to travel over her body, taking all of her in. From her long raven hair and the look of boldness in her entrancing violet eyes to the way she stood before him in defiance. He smiled and reached out a hand and ran it through a lock of her hair, causing her to shiver and step back. "So beautiful." he said out loud. "And your name is?" he asked.
"None of your business." Tai said threateningly.
The Kaizer turned to face him. "I don't remember asking you." he said. The Kaizer began walking towards him when a voice called out-
"Rei."
The Kaizer smiled and turned his attention back to her. "Rei." He repeated. "You really are with the wrong people." He told her, "If you were to join me I would see that you were well cared for."
Rei smiled back and took a step towards him. "That's a great offer." She said, turning and walking back behind Tai and draping her arm over his shoulder and across his chest. "But I already have someone to see that I'm well cared for." A light pink graced Tai's cheeks as he reached a hand up to hold hers.
The Kaizer's eyes narrowed and his voice became threatening. "You made the wrong choice." Rei raised an eyebrow. "But don't worry," he said forcefully, "I always get what I want."
"Not this time big boy." she said.
The Kaizer said nothing for a moment, but then he began laughing. "I don't have time for you today, so I'll leave my Garurumon her to play." He started to walk away, but before he did he turned and smiled at Rei. "Don't think this is over yet."
"Wouldn't dream of it." Rei said sweetly.
The Kaizer smiled at her and disappeared but the Digimon he was riding on stayed behind.
"So," Leta asked nervously, "That's a Garurumon?"
"Yeah," Matt said hurriedly, "That's what my Digimon Digivolves into."
The evil Garurumon snarled but didn't attack. "What were you thinking!" Sora yelled at Rei. "He could have hurt you."
"I didn't think you cared." Rei said.
Before the argument could go any further the Kaizer's Garurumon attacked. He ran towards Tai at full speed. Before any damage could be done Palmon ran forward and called out "Poison Ivy!" and sent six vines out. They grabbed onto the Garurumon and held him just long enough for Tai to get out of the way.
"No one tries to hurt my friends!" Rei screamed, throwing her right hand into the air. "MARS CRYSTAL PO-"
Leta had grabbed her hand and pulled it down. "Don't transform Rei." She said.
"Why not," She yelled "They need our help."
'No, they don't." Leta told her. "For this battle we should see how they Digi-Destined work, it will be easier for us to help if we know how they fight."
"But-"
"No." Leta told Rei. "Stay here." Rei did as she was told and watched the battle around her. Leta was right about the Digi-Destined being able to handle this themselves. After a few minutes Tai's Digimon Agumon had Digivolved into a huge dinosaur called Greymon and Matt's had Digivolved into another Garurumon.
The Kaizer's Digimon called out Howling blaster and sent a spiral of blue energy towards Greymon, but he countered with a Digi Nova Blast. When the two attacks collided they both disappeared. But the evil Digimon had been paying attention only to Greymon and had completely forgotten about the rest. All of the Digimon had Digivolved. Sora's Birdramon flew towards the dark Garurumon and Sent s beam of fire down. The Garurumon managed to block most of it but didn't see Kabuterimon's Electro-Shocker.
This knocked the Garurumon down and sent him flying towards the tree's. In an act of desperation the Garurumon turned it'd head towards the Digi-Destined and sent one final howling blaster their way. Agumon saw this and realized that there was no way he they would be able to get out of the way in time so he ran to shield them from the attack. "Agumon!" Tai called out, running towards the Digimon.
"Don't worry." Agumon called back, "I'm okay, you stay back." With that Agumon pulled himself back up and stalked towards the fallen Garurumon. With one final Digi Nova Blast the Garurumon stopped moving and the battle was over. All of the Digimon returned to heir original forms and joined their friends.
"Well," Matt said, "That went well."
Tai nodded and then turned to Rei. "Sora's right," he told her. "What you did was stupid. The Kaizer could have seriously hurt you."
Rei looked at him half in surprise and half in anger. "Don't you ever talk to me like that." She said angrily. "I'm more than capable of taking care of myself."
"I don't think that the Kaizer would have hurt her." Mimi interjected.
"Mimi's right." T.K. put in. "He seems...interested in her."
Tai widened his eyes. "What do you mean 'interested'?" he asked.
"Well," T.K. said, " The Kaizer said that if she would join him he would make sure she was well taken care of, and he did stare at her for a few minutes in the beginning."
"He did call her beautiful." Matt remembered. "We're gonna have to watch you really close when your in the Digiworld." He said to her.
"Fine. What-ever." Rei said walking away, still angry over what Tai said to her.
Tai crossed his arms and watched her walk away. He looked over at Leta who said "Follow her."
Tai nodded and ran in the direction that Rei headed. "Hey, wait up." He called to her. When she didn't stop he ran faster and grabbed her hand.
She pulled from his grasp and asked "What do you want?"
"To apologize." he said. Rei looked at him. "I shouldn't have said you were stupid, I just didn't want to see you get hurt."
Rei smiled. "I'm sorry too." She said.
"For what?" Tai asked.
"For acting stupid." she replied softly. "It's just that next to Leta, you're the closest friend I have, and when the Kaizer started insulting you I got a little hostile and acted before I thought." Rei laughed. "I do that a lot." She looked at the ground and blushed. "Oh yeah," she stammered. "About the whole 'I already have someone to take care of me' speech. I was just trying to piss him off, I didn't mean anything by it."
The smile on Tai's face vanished. "Don't worry about it." He said quietly. "I understand."
Rei smiled and reached her hand out. "Friends?" She asked smiling.
"Friends." he said, taking her invitation. Hand in hand they walked back to the others.
Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out. I hate writing battles and this one was
especially hard. A whole week to write it and it still sucks! Oh well.
Things are getting a lot more interesting now. The Kaizer has a thing for Rei, and she seems drawn to him. Wonder how this will play out? And I wonder what Tai would have to say if he heard the things that were running through Rei's head when she first saw him. In the next chapter Ken Ichijouji arrives and makes life a living hell for Rei.
Stay tuned for chapter 7: Soccer Balls and First Meetings.