Part 8

Kailee Nakamura and Hiwatori Yoshimoto



"DIGI-MODIFY! --- POWER ACTIVATE!"

"Pyro Blast!" laughed as Guilmon's attack hit Santiramon full force. He fell to the ground and started to disappear.

"Bulls eye baby!" Takato pumped his fist in the air. Then, a creepy laugh filled the subway. Everyone turned to Santiramon, who was laughing as his data disintegrated.

"He's laughing!" Rika said in surprise.

"Hahaha.. You pathetic humans. My fate is unimportant. My brothers will avenge me. The devas will rule all humans!" And with that, he disappeared into nothingness.

**A few minutes later..

"Hi. I'm Hiwatori Yoshimoto. I'm a friend of Kailee's." He extended his hand to Takato.

Takato accepted it eagerly and said, "Hi there. I'm Takato. This is Henry and Rika. I take it that you know Kailee?"

Kailee grinned. "Of course. We've been friends for a pretty long time."

Henry was still feeling a little confused at the fact that there were two more tamers in the world. But why didn't they join in on the fight? It was obvious we could have used a little help.. he thought.

Kailee turned her striking lavender eyes on him. "Henry, shouldn't we be getting back soon? We told your mom we'd be back by 3:00 remember?"

Henry glanced at his digivice. "4:30!" He started to run out of the subway, yelling, "Sorry guys, we'll see you later!"

Kailee gave them all a wave and a 'see you later' and ran after him.

Rika gave Takato a questioning look. Takato said, "Oh yeah, Kailee's Henry's cousin. I guess he forgot to tell you."

Hiwatori gave them a small smile. "Well, I better get going too. Hope to see you guys again." and he swiftly left them.

As Rika and Takato walked back to the park, Rika frowned and said, "I didn't know that there were more tamers besides us. That Kailee looks familiar though."

Takato grinned. "Aside from being Henry's cousin, she's also a national superstar, but you knew that right?

Rika bristled at his teasing and replied, "She's a singer?"

Takato nodded. "According to Henry, she's been a tamer longer than you and I have. She lives in America most of the time, but she occasionally comes to Japan, mostly to see Henry I guess. But I don't know anything about Hiwatori."

Rika thought hard. Then why hadn't Kailee and Hiwatori joined in on the fight? Kailee had Lopmon, but she had stopped him from fighting Santiramon. And how come Hiwatori didn't have a digimon? Maybe he didn't bring him? And what did Kailee mean when she said to Hiwatori, 'we might not even be needed this time' ??

"Takato! Rika!" Rika snapped out of her thoughts.

"Hey guys!" Takato waved as he saw Kazu, Kenta, and Jeri running