"Oh really? Why do I doubt that?" Henry asked, not really believing his
friend. Rika likes Takato? Naaah. Not possible.
"I wouldn't think so either, but, well," Takato said, "she kind of, uhh, blushed at me."
"Rika blushed? Now I know you're kidding me," Henry laughed. Although, she had been acting very weird lately… "Rika doesn't exactly strike me as the blushing type, you know?"
"Do you think you could talk to her?" Takato asked Henry. If I talked to her about it and it turned out I'm wrong, Takato thought, I'd never hear the end of it. "Just don't say I asked you to?"
Henry sighed. "All right, but you owe me a big one."
With that, he turned and walked off, muttering something under his breath. It wasn't quiet enough, because Takato heard that Henry had said something.
"What was that, Henry?" he called after his friend.
"Nothing," Henry insisted, but Terriermon obliged Takato.
"He said, 'What would Jeri think?'"
"Terriermon!" Henry scolded. Noisy little…
"This is just not my day," Takato said to himself as Henry and Terriermon walked away, arguing.
'You think you got it bad?' Renamon thought to herself with a laugh as she watched from a nearby tree. 'Try being her partner.' Walking along some power lines, she decided to follow Henry. Should be a very interesting conversation.
******
Rika and Jeri were sitting on the ground in the park, digimon cards spread between them as disguise. What they were actually doing was trying to figure out exactly what had happened and what to do about it.
"Do you suppose that run in with Raidramon had something to do with it?" Jeri suggested. "I think that was the last thing that happened before we switched."
"All I can remember," Rika said, "is seeing the blast coming out of the corner of my eye, and you yelling and crashing into me."
"After that," Jeri continued, "all I can remember is waking up in your house and in your body. Renamon was quite worried."
"So was Leomon, though he wouldn't admit it," Rika told her. "And people say I'm stubborn," she muttered.
"You trying to tell me you're not?" Jeri giggled. Rika shot her a dirty look, but her smirk lessened the blow. "I do remember that right after I woke up, my left arm was feeling worse than the rest of me."
"Same thing with my right arm," Rika said. "That was the hand I was using to hold my…"
"Digivice," Jeri finished. "That's got to be the key."
"Don't look now," Rika said, "but here comes Henry."
As Henry neared the two, Jeri started talking louder. "So you see, that's how that is done." Rika nodded, going along with the ruse.
Looks normal enough, Henry thought. "Rika? Could I talk to you real quick? In private?"
"Okay," Jeri said, gathering up her cards. "I guess that's it for today's lesson."
Rika nodded, breathing a mock sigh of relief. She gathered her cards up too as Henry and Jeri talked. "Oh, Terriermon?"
"Yes, Jeri?" Terriermon asked.
"What are they talking about?" Rika asked sweetly. Terriermon was always a good source of information if you knew how to ask him.
"Don't tell anybody, but…"
"What?"
"Rika likes Takato," Terriermon whispered in Jeri's ear.
The heck I do! Rika thought. What had Jeri done now?
******
"What did you want to talk about?" Jeri asked, putting on a scowl.
"I wanted to talk to you about Takato," Henry said, watching carefully for Jeri's reaction. To her credit, she was able to maintain her poker face.
"What about that goggle head?" Jeri said, imitating Rika's imperious attitude.
"Well," Henry said nervously, "he seems to think you kind of, well, like him."
Mentally, Jeri winced, remembering back when she had talked to Takato in the park. When in doubt, deny, deny, and deny.
"I don't know what could have given him that impression," Jeri sniffed. Keep calm, she told herself. Just do what Rika would do.
"Well, he said something about a blush?"
"His eyes must have been playing tricks on him. I like Takato? Not a chance," Jeri told Henry. Hopefully, that would convince him once and for all.
Up in a tree, Renamon's shoulders shook in silent laughter. Now that was the Rika that she knew. Well, she thought, it's a start. She was still laughing when she disappeared from the tree.
"I guess I'll go tell him he was wrong," Henry said. "Thanks anyway, Rika."
"Hmmph."
"C'mon Terriermon, let's go," Henry called to his partner. Terriermon came running up and they walked off together. Rika was still hanging around to talk to Jeri.
"So," she said, "Do I like Takato?"
Jeri blushed and shook her head. "Umm, no. I managed to straighten everything out."
"Good," Rika nodded. "He's, uhh, not exactly my type."
"Oh? And what is your type?" Jeri asked slyly.
"Never mind that," Rika huffed.
Jeri snickered, and Rika shook her head.
"That's enough of that. Now, our digivices…"
******
"So," Terriermon asked from on top of Henry's head. "Should I start the chant?"
"Rika denied everything, and I think I believe her," Henry said, deep in thought. "Still, some very strange things have been going on with Rika and Jeri both."
"I see. Rika likes Jeri, Rika likes Jeri…" Terriermon said in a singsong voice.
"Oh, gee, thanks Terriermon," Henry sighed. "Now I've got that image in my head."
"Glad to help," Terriermon said, noticing the sarcasm but ignoring it. "Any time. Umm, where are we going?"
"To spy on them," Henry said. "I need to know what's going on."
"Not like that!" he added quickly, silencing Terriermon's comment before the digimon got it out. "Something's strange, and I don't think it has anything to do with them liking each other. If they even do."
"Sounds like fun," Terriermon laughed. "I'll even keep quiet."
"That'll be a nice change of pace," Henry grumbled. Finding a nice tree, Henry positioned himself with it between him and Rika. He caught their conversation.
"So, Rika," Rika was saying. "You got any ideas?"
"I don't know," Jeri said. "We both need to undo what we accidentally did as each other."
Henry's eyebrows rose. What were they talking about?
"I guess the question is," Rika said, "What are we going to do now?"
"Well," Henry said, stepping out from behind the tree, "You could start by telling me exactly what's going on."
Henry watched as Jeri and Rika looked at each other, and he heard Jeri curse under her breath.
"I wouldn't think so either, but, well," Takato said, "she kind of, uhh, blushed at me."
"Rika blushed? Now I know you're kidding me," Henry laughed. Although, she had been acting very weird lately… "Rika doesn't exactly strike me as the blushing type, you know?"
"Do you think you could talk to her?" Takato asked Henry. If I talked to her about it and it turned out I'm wrong, Takato thought, I'd never hear the end of it. "Just don't say I asked you to?"
Henry sighed. "All right, but you owe me a big one."
With that, he turned and walked off, muttering something under his breath. It wasn't quiet enough, because Takato heard that Henry had said something.
"What was that, Henry?" he called after his friend.
"Nothing," Henry insisted, but Terriermon obliged Takato.
"He said, 'What would Jeri think?'"
"Terriermon!" Henry scolded. Noisy little…
"This is just not my day," Takato said to himself as Henry and Terriermon walked away, arguing.
'You think you got it bad?' Renamon thought to herself with a laugh as she watched from a nearby tree. 'Try being her partner.' Walking along some power lines, she decided to follow Henry. Should be a very interesting conversation.
******
Rika and Jeri were sitting on the ground in the park, digimon cards spread between them as disguise. What they were actually doing was trying to figure out exactly what had happened and what to do about it.
"Do you suppose that run in with Raidramon had something to do with it?" Jeri suggested. "I think that was the last thing that happened before we switched."
"All I can remember," Rika said, "is seeing the blast coming out of the corner of my eye, and you yelling and crashing into me."
"After that," Jeri continued, "all I can remember is waking up in your house and in your body. Renamon was quite worried."
"So was Leomon, though he wouldn't admit it," Rika told her. "And people say I'm stubborn," she muttered.
"You trying to tell me you're not?" Jeri giggled. Rika shot her a dirty look, but her smirk lessened the blow. "I do remember that right after I woke up, my left arm was feeling worse than the rest of me."
"Same thing with my right arm," Rika said. "That was the hand I was using to hold my…"
"Digivice," Jeri finished. "That's got to be the key."
"Don't look now," Rika said, "but here comes Henry."
As Henry neared the two, Jeri started talking louder. "So you see, that's how that is done." Rika nodded, going along with the ruse.
Looks normal enough, Henry thought. "Rika? Could I talk to you real quick? In private?"
"Okay," Jeri said, gathering up her cards. "I guess that's it for today's lesson."
Rika nodded, breathing a mock sigh of relief. She gathered her cards up too as Henry and Jeri talked. "Oh, Terriermon?"
"Yes, Jeri?" Terriermon asked.
"What are they talking about?" Rika asked sweetly. Terriermon was always a good source of information if you knew how to ask him.
"Don't tell anybody, but…"
"What?"
"Rika likes Takato," Terriermon whispered in Jeri's ear.
The heck I do! Rika thought. What had Jeri done now?
******
"What did you want to talk about?" Jeri asked, putting on a scowl.
"I wanted to talk to you about Takato," Henry said, watching carefully for Jeri's reaction. To her credit, she was able to maintain her poker face.
"What about that goggle head?" Jeri said, imitating Rika's imperious attitude.
"Well," Henry said nervously, "he seems to think you kind of, well, like him."
Mentally, Jeri winced, remembering back when she had talked to Takato in the park. When in doubt, deny, deny, and deny.
"I don't know what could have given him that impression," Jeri sniffed. Keep calm, she told herself. Just do what Rika would do.
"Well, he said something about a blush?"
"His eyes must have been playing tricks on him. I like Takato? Not a chance," Jeri told Henry. Hopefully, that would convince him once and for all.
Up in a tree, Renamon's shoulders shook in silent laughter. Now that was the Rika that she knew. Well, she thought, it's a start. She was still laughing when she disappeared from the tree.
"I guess I'll go tell him he was wrong," Henry said. "Thanks anyway, Rika."
"Hmmph."
"C'mon Terriermon, let's go," Henry called to his partner. Terriermon came running up and they walked off together. Rika was still hanging around to talk to Jeri.
"So," she said, "Do I like Takato?"
Jeri blushed and shook her head. "Umm, no. I managed to straighten everything out."
"Good," Rika nodded. "He's, uhh, not exactly my type."
"Oh? And what is your type?" Jeri asked slyly.
"Never mind that," Rika huffed.
Jeri snickered, and Rika shook her head.
"That's enough of that. Now, our digivices…"
******
"So," Terriermon asked from on top of Henry's head. "Should I start the chant?"
"Rika denied everything, and I think I believe her," Henry said, deep in thought. "Still, some very strange things have been going on with Rika and Jeri both."
"I see. Rika likes Jeri, Rika likes Jeri…" Terriermon said in a singsong voice.
"Oh, gee, thanks Terriermon," Henry sighed. "Now I've got that image in my head."
"Glad to help," Terriermon said, noticing the sarcasm but ignoring it. "Any time. Umm, where are we going?"
"To spy on them," Henry said. "I need to know what's going on."
"Not like that!" he added quickly, silencing Terriermon's comment before the digimon got it out. "Something's strange, and I don't think it has anything to do with them liking each other. If they even do."
"Sounds like fun," Terriermon laughed. "I'll even keep quiet."
"That'll be a nice change of pace," Henry grumbled. Finding a nice tree, Henry positioned himself with it between him and Rika. He caught their conversation.
"So, Rika," Rika was saying. "You got any ideas?"
"I don't know," Jeri said. "We both need to undo what we accidentally did as each other."
Henry's eyebrows rose. What were they talking about?
"I guess the question is," Rika said, "What are we going to do now?"
"Well," Henry said, stepping out from behind the tree, "You could start by telling me exactly what's going on."
Henry watched as Jeri and Rika looked at each other, and he heard Jeri curse under her breath.