AUTHOR'S NOTE: Shuchion is engaged to Hirokazu, for anyone who didn't get it. Actually, I realized that I spelled his nickname wrong last chapter -- it should be Hiro-kun. I've gotten so used to double "i" in Kiiroishi's name...**shakes her head**
Anyway, enjoy!
"Hey, Growlmon!" yelled Terriermon in his sleeping friends' ear.
The large dinosaur digimon yelped in surprise, having been effectively woken up.
The rabbit-like digimon laughed.
"Moumontai!" he chided.
The large dinosaur pouted. "But I was having a nice dream about chocolate cake."
Terriermon frowned as his stomach growled. Maybe they should eat....
"There's food in the fridge!" exclaimed Terriermon as he began to do a mental inventory of all the food in the house.
Before you could say Digivolve, both digimon bolted to the kitchen.
"Come on, Reiko. You have to go to school."
Takato was feeling very frustrated. Reiko had refused to go anywhere until Terriermon had called them back or they had any idea of Lee and Kiiroishi's whereabouts.
Reiko shook her head and folded her arms over her chest.
"I'm not going." she said assuredly.
Takato sighed. Why, oh why, did she have to be so stubborn? He loved his daughter, but sometimes she was rather infuriating. Exactly like her mother, Takato thought ironically.
"You're going if I have to push you out the door." said Takato with a fair amount of irritation in his voice. "Now, come on, we've been arguing about this for hours. Just go and get ready, okay?" he then asked in a pleading voice.
"No." said Reiko flatly. Takato was about to say something when he was interrupted by a telephone ringing. Before he could say a word, Reiko bolted off in the phone's direction.
Takato shook his head. He had to admit it was sweet the way she worried about her friend. Still, she didn't have to be unreasonable, did she? Then again, he and Ruki were skipping work today -- maybe Reiko shouldn't have to go to school?
The sight of a big yellow school bus passing his house interrupted Takato's thoughts.
"Great..." he muttered.
Reiko came running back into the room.
"Great news, dad!" she exclaimed happily.
"The bus is going to come back and pick you up?" asked Takato.
Reiko blinked. "No..." she said slowly. "This news is better."
"Kiiroishi and his dad are doing fine! His aunt just called and asked me to tell you that." she said happily.
Takato let out a sigh of relief, then sat in his chair pondering something.
"Look, I'm going to go upstairs and go tell your mom. Then, what do you say we go pick up Terriermon and Guilmon then go see them?" he asked his daughter.
Reiko's faced lightened up even more, if such a thing was possible. Then she rushed over and hugged Takato.
"You're the best dad ever!" she proclaimed.
Takato smiled at his daughter. "Yeah, well I'm sure your school won't agree." he teased.
Reiko shook her head. "So what?"
Takato laughed.
The first thing Jenrya felt when he came to was incredible pain. The second thing was a stunned realization that he wasn't plummeting to his death.
He rubbed his throbbing head and millions of questions flooded his mind. Where was he? Who had saved him? But most importantly -- where were Kiiroishi and Kyuubimon?
He groaned as he forced himself into a sitting position. His eyes surveyed the many bandages covering his arms. They felt incredibly sore, like the rest of his body. He gently ran a finger along his right arm. Then he yelped in pain.
Exactly what had happened? He remembered trying to reason with Kiiroishi, then colliding with the window as his son had attacked him, then a sense of falling, falling, and falling as his life flashed before his eyes.
Then he felt a new sort of pain not at all related to his physical condition. He was so stupid sometimes. If he didn't find them, then he would lose them both. His family. The people he loved.
"Kiiroishi..." he whispered softly.
"GAH!" yelped Takato as he was met with the sight of...well...the sight of what at first seemed like some sort of horrible food explosion.
In short, Jenrya's kitchen was a mess. There was food everywhere, particularly ramen noodles strung all over the walls, counters, and floors. The noodles also seemed to be covered in soda. But among other things in the mess were a pictures of Terriermon and Guilmon drawn on the soda covered noodle-strewn walls in chocolate frosting and cool whip, something apparently blown-up in the microwave -- Takato didn't want to know what it was, along with vegetables dumped in the trash can which had obviously been knocked over.
In the middle of the mess were Terriermon and Guilmon eating ice-cream floats topped with chocolate frosting and cool whip.
"Hi, Takatomon!" said Guilmon brightly.
"Oh dear god..." said Takato faintly.
The only reason I woke up was because someone was tapping insistently on my window. Which was actually a very weird thing, considering the window wasn't far from the top of the building.
But did I notice that at the time? No...
When I actually walked over to the window, I screamed. Watching me were two people with pale skin just like mine. The girl smiled at me.
"Duck." she mouthed. I was too shocked to not do so.
I was very glad I did, because in the next moment the boy emitted a large fireball from his mouth, completely shattering the window.
They boy climbed in first, jumping over the glass. He then held out his hand, which the girl took, and he pulled her in.
"You don't have to be a gentleman." she snapped. He gave a flirtatious smirk.
"Oh, I know." he replied airily. I just gaped at them, still sitting on the floor.
The girl put a hand on her hip and sighed in exasperation. She then spotted me sitting on the floor.
"You can get up now, you know." she teased. For some odd reason her behavior was reminding me of Ruki.
I got to my feet. The girl nodded, apparently satisfied.
"I'm Devi." she said genially to me. "A Devimon hybrid." she finished smugly. She then motioned to the boy.
"This dork is Grey." Grey's frowned at Devi's way of addressing him, but she continued; seemingly not noticing. "He's a Greymon hybrid. Aren't you, Grey?" Devi asked.
Grey suddenly sprouted brown horns and an orange-and-blue striped tail.
"Of course I am." he muttered. He gave a relived sigh. "Oh, I hate just having to keep those tucked away. It's annoying." he muttered irritably.
Devi nodded in agreement, and she herself sprouted a pair of tattered black wings. Then her right arm seemed to change into an oddly long black one, complete with long claws.
"Well!" said Grey brightly, looking at me. "We've come to bring you with us. After all, we know you're a hybrid too. So, whadda ya say, Brother?" he asked me, holding his hand outstretched.
Then Grey fell. Devi screamed. And outside what used to be the window, I could see Yamaki sitting on the rail and holding a gun.
Anyway, enjoy!
"Hey, Growlmon!" yelled Terriermon in his sleeping friends' ear.
The large dinosaur digimon yelped in surprise, having been effectively woken up.
The rabbit-like digimon laughed.
"Moumontai!" he chided.
The large dinosaur pouted. "But I was having a nice dream about chocolate cake."
Terriermon frowned as his stomach growled. Maybe they should eat....
"There's food in the fridge!" exclaimed Terriermon as he began to do a mental inventory of all the food in the house.
Before you could say Digivolve, both digimon bolted to the kitchen.
"Come on, Reiko. You have to go to school."
Takato was feeling very frustrated. Reiko had refused to go anywhere until Terriermon had called them back or they had any idea of Lee and Kiiroishi's whereabouts.
Reiko shook her head and folded her arms over her chest.
"I'm not going." she said assuredly.
Takato sighed. Why, oh why, did she have to be so stubborn? He loved his daughter, but sometimes she was rather infuriating. Exactly like her mother, Takato thought ironically.
"You're going if I have to push you out the door." said Takato with a fair amount of irritation in his voice. "Now, come on, we've been arguing about this for hours. Just go and get ready, okay?" he then asked in a pleading voice.
"No." said Reiko flatly. Takato was about to say something when he was interrupted by a telephone ringing. Before he could say a word, Reiko bolted off in the phone's direction.
Takato shook his head. He had to admit it was sweet the way she worried about her friend. Still, she didn't have to be unreasonable, did she? Then again, he and Ruki were skipping work today -- maybe Reiko shouldn't have to go to school?
The sight of a big yellow school bus passing his house interrupted Takato's thoughts.
"Great..." he muttered.
Reiko came running back into the room.
"Great news, dad!" she exclaimed happily.
"The bus is going to come back and pick you up?" asked Takato.
Reiko blinked. "No..." she said slowly. "This news is better."
"Kiiroishi and his dad are doing fine! His aunt just called and asked me to tell you that." she said happily.
Takato let out a sigh of relief, then sat in his chair pondering something.
"Look, I'm going to go upstairs and go tell your mom. Then, what do you say we go pick up Terriermon and Guilmon then go see them?" he asked his daughter.
Reiko's faced lightened up even more, if such a thing was possible. Then she rushed over and hugged Takato.
"You're the best dad ever!" she proclaimed.
Takato smiled at his daughter. "Yeah, well I'm sure your school won't agree." he teased.
Reiko shook her head. "So what?"
Takato laughed.
The first thing Jenrya felt when he came to was incredible pain. The second thing was a stunned realization that he wasn't plummeting to his death.
He rubbed his throbbing head and millions of questions flooded his mind. Where was he? Who had saved him? But most importantly -- where were Kiiroishi and Kyuubimon?
He groaned as he forced himself into a sitting position. His eyes surveyed the many bandages covering his arms. They felt incredibly sore, like the rest of his body. He gently ran a finger along his right arm. Then he yelped in pain.
Exactly what had happened? He remembered trying to reason with Kiiroishi, then colliding with the window as his son had attacked him, then a sense of falling, falling, and falling as his life flashed before his eyes.
Then he felt a new sort of pain not at all related to his physical condition. He was so stupid sometimes. If he didn't find them, then he would lose them both. His family. The people he loved.
"Kiiroishi..." he whispered softly.
"GAH!" yelped Takato as he was met with the sight of...well...the sight of what at first seemed like some sort of horrible food explosion.
In short, Jenrya's kitchen was a mess. There was food everywhere, particularly ramen noodles strung all over the walls, counters, and floors. The noodles also seemed to be covered in soda. But among other things in the mess were a pictures of Terriermon and Guilmon drawn on the soda covered noodle-strewn walls in chocolate frosting and cool whip, something apparently blown-up in the microwave -- Takato didn't want to know what it was, along with vegetables dumped in the trash can which had obviously been knocked over.
In the middle of the mess were Terriermon and Guilmon eating ice-cream floats topped with chocolate frosting and cool whip.
"Hi, Takatomon!" said Guilmon brightly.
"Oh dear god..." said Takato faintly.
The only reason I woke up was because someone was tapping insistently on my window. Which was actually a very weird thing, considering the window wasn't far from the top of the building.
But did I notice that at the time? No...
When I actually walked over to the window, I screamed. Watching me were two people with pale skin just like mine. The girl smiled at me.
"Duck." she mouthed. I was too shocked to not do so.
I was very glad I did, because in the next moment the boy emitted a large fireball from his mouth, completely shattering the window.
They boy climbed in first, jumping over the glass. He then held out his hand, which the girl took, and he pulled her in.
"You don't have to be a gentleman." she snapped. He gave a flirtatious smirk.
"Oh, I know." he replied airily. I just gaped at them, still sitting on the floor.
The girl put a hand on her hip and sighed in exasperation. She then spotted me sitting on the floor.
"You can get up now, you know." she teased. For some odd reason her behavior was reminding me of Ruki.
I got to my feet. The girl nodded, apparently satisfied.
"I'm Devi." she said genially to me. "A Devimon hybrid." she finished smugly. She then motioned to the boy.
"This dork is Grey." Grey's frowned at Devi's way of addressing him, but she continued; seemingly not noticing. "He's a Greymon hybrid. Aren't you, Grey?" Devi asked.
Grey suddenly sprouted brown horns and an orange-and-blue striped tail.
"Of course I am." he muttered. He gave a relived sigh. "Oh, I hate just having to keep those tucked away. It's annoying." he muttered irritably.
Devi nodded in agreement, and she herself sprouted a pair of tattered black wings. Then her right arm seemed to change into an oddly long black one, complete with long claws.
"Well!" said Grey brightly, looking at me. "We've come to bring you with us. After all, we know you're a hybrid too. So, whadda ya say, Brother?" he asked me, holding his hand outstretched.
Then Grey fell. Devi screamed. And outside what used to be the window, I could see Yamaki sitting on the rail and holding a gun.