Takato's Destiny

Chapter 9: No Other Choice!

Rika stood there in her fighting stance, ready to strike at MetalControliamon at anytime. Then she looked at Takato; he had a very hard time balancing. "Hey, Gogglehead," she said, "Are you OK?" "I don't think so," Takato said, "I don't think I can stand up anymore." He wasn't kidding around; Takato was holding his ribs. It was bad enough that he didn't fully recover from the first battle, but now he feels like he's broken in half. Rika stood from her fighting stance & walked over to him. She put her arms around Takato's back, then put her hands on top of his. "Rika, what are you doing?" Takato asked. "Shhh.....I'm going to give you some of my own energy," Rika informed, "Just pretend your powering up." Takato did as Rika told what she told him to do. While his gold aura flowed around him, Rika's white aura flowed through his body.

A few minutes later, Takato was back on his feet. "Thanks, Rika," he whispered. Rika smiled & blushed at him. "If you're done flirting, I suggest that we might get this little battle started!" said MetalControliamon. "Arrgh......I've had enough with this guy!" shouted Takato as he stood in his fighting stance, "Rika! What do ya say we take our 'friend' to the scrap heap?" "Now you're talking, Gogglehead!" said Rika in her fighting stance.

After the wind blew, sand flowing, & energy levels engages a few minutes later, Takato & Rika ran at superspeed at MetalControliamon. As soon as they got three feet in front of him, they let there fists fly at the metallic beast. Not only did they act as one, as a team, their speed increased like never before. But as soon as MetalControliamon started his focus on Rika, she & Takato didn't have the advantage no more. Rika blocked his first attack, but he used his Critical Cable & thrashed her to the ground. "Rika!" shouted Takato as he looked behind him. Once he looked foward he saw MetalControliamon stood right in front of him & pounded him with his right fist. Rika, who bounced back up after that attack, saw her ex-boyfriend get pummled & bounce back up. "Takato! Watch out!" she shouted. "You stay out of this!" yelled MetalControliamon, "Power Surge!" Rika was ready for his attack this time. She blocked it as the impact struck her, but Takato, even though he wasn't attacked still felt the impact. "Uhhh.." grumbled Takato as he was knocked back, "Man! That wasn't good!" "Eh?" wondered MetalControliamon as he looked at the Digimon King, "Ahh, I see now. Your both connected with each other. If either of you got hurt, the other will suffer as well." Then MetalControliamon had an evil & sadistic smile on his face. "But what would of happened if one of you got killed?" he asked as he pointed his hand at Rika, "Well we'll just find out, don't we? Power--" "Oh no you don't!" yelled Takato as he gave the metal digimon a taste of an energy blast. The blast knocked him back some, but it wasn't enough. "And here's a gift from me!" yelled Rika, "Diamond Storm!" Rika's own version of Renamon's attack blasted the metal beast into a rock formation, which made it crumble.

Takato, well he sweatdropped as his eyes bugged out. "Ri....Ri....Rika?" he weirdly said, "How did....you..do....that?" Rika smiled at him & said, "Remember when I was still busted up, I sort of learned that from Renamon." Takato still had that dumbfounded look on his face. "How can I forget? I never knew," he said as he returned to his serious look, "But what I do know, is that MetalControliamon won't stay down for long!" "I know," Rika replied, "So you got anything you can use on this guy?" "I only have my best attack, the Almekia Blast," informed Takato, "But I think I can use that to our advantage." "What's your plan, Gogglehead?" Rika asked. "How long do you think you can hold off MetalControliamon?" the digimon king asked. "Well I'm not experienced as you are, but I think I can hold him for a while," the digimon queen informed. "Alright, just give me 5 minutes," said Takato, "I'm gonna gather all of my energy into one blast. It may not be enough, but at least it'll give us some time for Henry, Jeri, & Kazu to go through the gateway." "O...K.." whispered Rika, "If 5 minutes is what you want, then 5 minutes is what you'll get!"

After that was done, MetalControliamon escaped from his rock prison, just as Rika ran toward him at top speed. As she got there, all fists were flying. While that was going on, the gold aura, with lighting, gave Takato more energy for his attack. (Come on Takato!) he thought, (That's it! Bring your energy up to full power!) Then he stuck his hands out in a fighting pose, then brought them back to gather more energy. "Max...imum...Power...."

----The Real World----

Renamon found that Rika's D-power was going off. "Huh?" she said, "Rika's D-power's going off!" "She must be fighting with Controliamon!" informed Terriermon. "That ain't all, guys!" warned Guilmon. "What's the matter, Guilmon?" asked Kazu. "Takato's energy is going off the deep end! Going off like never before!" Jeri was shocked to hear Guilmon just said. (If Takato's doing what Guilmon thinks he's doing...) she thought, (Then that means....) Then Jeri gasped.

----Controliamon's World----

Rika held off MetalControliamon as hard as she could, but the more she tries to, the punishment she receives; she was getting pounded just like Takato was. Then MetalControliamon kicked her straight in the jaw, which knocked up into the air, but then she recovered. "That's it! I've had it with guy!" said Rika, "I'm ending this!" Then she too gathered energy for her own attack. "OK, Metal Brain! Here's something that Renamon taught me!" Then the energy from her hands spread into a crimson red energy ball. "What?!" said the shocked MetalControliamon, "How can she gather energy that way?" Then he sensed something from behind him. "What?! It can't be! Takato's energy is going far beyond hers! If both blasts hit at the same time, there's a slim chance I'll survive!"

"Here goes nothing..." said Rika. (A/N: Forgive me DBZ fans!) "Shin..ku......Kamehameha!!!!!" The crimson red energy was turned into a huge hyper blast. MetalControliamon tried to cancel it out but it was no use, the beam exploded turning the ground into a canyon-size crater. Rika landed to see if the metallic beast had survive. "There's no way he could survive that," she whispered. But Rika's face turned into a shocking expression when MetalControliamon appeared from the ground. "Peek-a-boo!" he said as he put his right hand in front of her face, "Power Surge!" Rika yelled as the pulse blast felt like acid on her body. "Critical Cable!" The wires were wrapped around Rika's neck choking her. "Now I finally get to destroy you!" said MetalControliamon laughing.

Takato finally finished powering up for his attack. But when he saw Rika being choked to death, that made him extremely angry. "Ta..kato!" yelled Rika struggling to speak, "Don't worry about me! Just do what you have to do!" Then Takato was ready to fire until..... 'Which do you prefer: Rika or your Destiny?!' Rikaya, the White Warrior's words echoed through Takato's mind, which made tears fall down his eyes. "RIKA! I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!" Then Takato stuck his fighting-posed hands out. "ALMEKIA BLAST!" And the blast was released. All Takato could do was stare & watch in horror as the blast headed for both MetalControliamon........ and Rika.......

(Narrator: So, there it is. Rikaya's question clouded Takato's mind & finally made his decision. As he stares in horror, Takato often wondered himself: Why did it have to be Rika? And now Takato, sadly, can realized that his dream, his destiny, & his life will change forever....)