"Pay the piper...?" whispered Reiko. She glanced at me, and I looked away. I didn't really want to face anyone right now...
I slunked down deep into my seat, feeling full of self-pity. Not a good feeling. Suddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up at, to my great suprise, Ruki.
She smiled warmly at me. "You'll be alright, Kiiroishi." she told me. She glanced over at Takato.
"You get him and Reiko out of here." she told her husband.
Takato frowned. "So then...you and Renamon are going to fight?" he asked.
My mother faced Takato, Reiko, and I.
"If we have to." she told us.
My dad was still standing outside with the man, making small talk and pretending he didn't understand him. I was beginning to feel sick to my stomach. My mother and Ruki slowly slinked out of the house through the back door. Reiko sat in her seat, hugging herself. I glanced up at her, and gave her a reassuring smile. Takato put his hand on her shoulder. She slowly got up, and so did I. it seemed to take so long, even though in reality it was only a few seconds. At this moment, everything seemed to be in slow motion.
Takato lead Reiko and I (with Terriermon and Guilmon following) to my bedroom. He opened the window, and instructed us to climb out. I never had climbed out a window before. I fell out. Before getting to nurse my bruised butt, I tried to help Reiko out. She fell on top of me. Reiko yelped, Takato asked if we were okay, and I groaned in pain. Reiko finally got off me, and after a hard attempt, I managed to sit up.
Takato sighed resignedly, then ran out of the room with Guilmon and Terriermon following him to help Ruki and my parents.
The man in the business suit was getting annoyed. His boss had told him that this would be easy, all he had to do was persuade the Lee guy to give up the Hybrid, and that was it. But this Lee guy was stubborn. He kept telling him that he did not know what his was talking about. What was a Digimon anyway? He would say. It would all be so much easier if he could use physical force. But no, the boss had said. It might make the Hybrid angry, he said. He didn't really believe it would do that, but he had to do what the boss said. He didn't really have any employ--employamemb--no, that wasn't it! No em-ploy-able skills. He was not very em-ploy-able. He didn't have much of those book smarts, but he could beat a guy up and get stuff out of people. And the boss paid him real good, so he did what he said, even though he was creepy and was obsessed with these weirdo monster like thingys. And the not the cute kinds like on TV, either. But money was a good thing. So, he had to do what the boss said.
"Listen up guy, I ain't got all night. Ain't you gonna give me the hybrid or not?" he asked.
Lee shook his head. "Really, sir, I've no idea what you are talking about. Certainly you've got something better to do with your time then talk with me." he said genially.
"No I don't. I'm doin' what my boss said and that's it. So give it to me!" the man begged. He was gonna beat this guy up once he got that hybrid. He really was asking for it.
"I don't get what you mean by a hybrid, sir. I really don't think I have such a thing." Lee continued the tone of his voice suggesting that he was manipulating the man.
"Look..." the man persisted. Then he saw two figures coming from around the house. A really hot looking lady and a -- a monster! It looked like some sort of freaked out fox.
He began to run for it. Surely his boss would understand. Money may be good, but not that good.
Yamaki grinned. He'd have to take it out of the poor bozo's salary, but he had warned him of Ruki and her pet fox. So, they were here too. He'd have to be a little bit more careful. Renamon could digivolve at any time, and that stupid little boy -- well, little man now, and was probably here with his Guilmon. And that Terriermon was probably hiding out somewhere.
The question still remained -- where was Kiiroishi?
Ah, well...time to call in another player to scare the monster out of the bushes.
I slunked down deep into my seat, feeling full of self-pity. Not a good feeling. Suddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up at, to my great suprise, Ruki.
She smiled warmly at me. "You'll be alright, Kiiroishi." she told me. She glanced over at Takato.
"You get him and Reiko out of here." she told her husband.
Takato frowned. "So then...you and Renamon are going to fight?" he asked.
My mother faced Takato, Reiko, and I.
"If we have to." she told us.
My dad was still standing outside with the man, making small talk and pretending he didn't understand him. I was beginning to feel sick to my stomach. My mother and Ruki slowly slinked out of the house through the back door. Reiko sat in her seat, hugging herself. I glanced up at her, and gave her a reassuring smile. Takato put his hand on her shoulder. She slowly got up, and so did I. it seemed to take so long, even though in reality it was only a few seconds. At this moment, everything seemed to be in slow motion.
Takato lead Reiko and I (with Terriermon and Guilmon following) to my bedroom. He opened the window, and instructed us to climb out. I never had climbed out a window before. I fell out. Before getting to nurse my bruised butt, I tried to help Reiko out. She fell on top of me. Reiko yelped, Takato asked if we were okay, and I groaned in pain. Reiko finally got off me, and after a hard attempt, I managed to sit up.
Takato sighed resignedly, then ran out of the room with Guilmon and Terriermon following him to help Ruki and my parents.
The man in the business suit was getting annoyed. His boss had told him that this would be easy, all he had to do was persuade the Lee guy to give up the Hybrid, and that was it. But this Lee guy was stubborn. He kept telling him that he did not know what his was talking about. What was a Digimon anyway? He would say. It would all be so much easier if he could use physical force. But no, the boss had said. It might make the Hybrid angry, he said. He didn't really believe it would do that, but he had to do what the boss said. He didn't really have any employ--employamemb--no, that wasn't it! No em-ploy-able skills. He was not very em-ploy-able. He didn't have much of those book smarts, but he could beat a guy up and get stuff out of people. And the boss paid him real good, so he did what he said, even though he was creepy and was obsessed with these weirdo monster like thingys. And the not the cute kinds like on TV, either. But money was a good thing. So, he had to do what the boss said.
"Listen up guy, I ain't got all night. Ain't you gonna give me the hybrid or not?" he asked.
Lee shook his head. "Really, sir, I've no idea what you are talking about. Certainly you've got something better to do with your time then talk with me." he said genially.
"No I don't. I'm doin' what my boss said and that's it. So give it to me!" the man begged. He was gonna beat this guy up once he got that hybrid. He really was asking for it.
"I don't get what you mean by a hybrid, sir. I really don't think I have such a thing." Lee continued the tone of his voice suggesting that he was manipulating the man.
"Look..." the man persisted. Then he saw two figures coming from around the house. A really hot looking lady and a -- a monster! It looked like some sort of freaked out fox.
He began to run for it. Surely his boss would understand. Money may be good, but not that good.
Yamaki grinned. He'd have to take it out of the poor bozo's salary, but he had warned him of Ruki and her pet fox. So, they were here too. He'd have to be a little bit more careful. Renamon could digivolve at any time, and that stupid little boy -- well, little man now, and was probably here with his Guilmon. And that Terriermon was probably hiding out somewhere.
The question still remained -- where was Kiiroishi?
Ah, well...time to call in another player to scare the monster out of the bushes.