Digimon Cager's Notes: Alright, I would just like to tell you, I'm not sure it Rika's mother is a Ms, Mrs, or Miss because, if they told in an episode already, I probley missed it. -_-;;; Sorry, I missed a lot of eps that revolved mostly around Rika.

Hear no Evil, See no Evil, Speak no Evil

Chapter 4

'There's got to be something tied to all this.' thought Henry as he typed franticly on his computer, 'What or who would want to hurt us? And why didn't they just kill us instead of just taking a sense away? How did they do it?'
"Poor Henry... I wish there was something I could do to help." said Terriermon looking at his partner then out the window. He sighed.
'There has to be a reason for these bats to come back and take away us Digidestined and hurt us... but what is the reason!?' Henry sighed and turned off the computer, 'The Internet sure isn't helping. But if I could find out who controls the bats, maybe we can confront him and ask him why he did this.... But it isn't very likely he'd tell us why.'

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"Rika, what about this dress?" suggested Ms. Nonaka pulling a pink dress from the rack.
"Come on, Mother! I don't look good in pink!" groaned Rika.
"Lay off the girl, dear. Anyway, I would like Rika to accompany me at the play this afternoon." said Rika's Grandmother begining to pull Rika away.
"But we haven't even picked out matching shoes yet!" called out her mother but they had already turned the corner.
"Thanks for getting me out of there, Grandma." said Rika.
"You're welcome, Rika." said her Grandmother, "It would also be nice if you did come with me to the play."
"Anything is fine unless it's shopping." sighed Rika.
'Rika?' whispered a voice in her head.
'What is it Renamon?' asked Rika.
'Should I come with you?' asked Renamon.
'No, I'll be fine. My Grandmother is just taking me to some kind of play. Go on home.'
'But...' started Renamon but she thought for a moment then disappeared saying, 'As you wish, Rika.'

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"So, they came after you too, Jeri?" asked Takato sitting down on a bench in the park.
"Yes, but Leomon was able to keep them away." answered Jeri sitting down next to him.
"I'm not surprised. Leomon is a Champion level Digimon, after all."
"Hey, Takato!" shouted Guilmon running up to him, "I'm so happy you came to see me again."
"Hey, Guilmon. I brought you some bread." chuckled Takato reaching into the plastic sack he had brought with him and pulling out a few bread rolls.
"Oh, goody! Bread for me!" cheered Guilmon throwing his hands up in the air. Takato handed him the bread which Guilmon devouered almost instantly.
"Gee, Guilmon you sure can eat." whispered Jeri watching in amazment.
"This is nothing. You should see him when I bring peanut butter with me." chuckled Takato.
"Hey, Chumly!" yelled Kazu as he and Kenta appeared from behind some of the trees.
"I see you two are having some kind of date." teased Kenta.
"No, I'm just supposed to take Takato out to get his exercise and make sure he doesn't get hurt." replied Jeri with a rosy blush appearing on her cheeks.
"Whatever...." sighed Kazu, "Um, Takato, how exactly are you going to fight Digimon in your condition?" This question startled Takato.
"I uh, I..." Takato thought for a moment, "... I actually don't know if I can fight this way...."
"But if we don't help Henry and Rika and Terriermon and Renamon fight against the other bad Digimon, how will we keep the town safe?" asked Guilmon.
"I... I just don't know." whispered Takato.
"Maybe I should take you home now." suggested Jeri standing up.
"Yeah, bye guys." said Takato and they walked away without another word, hand in hand and Leomon not far behind.

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An hour later....

'This is so stupid!' thought Rika walking out of the theater and around the corner to the back alley, 'Whoever came up with the idea of putting the bathroom around the back of the theater was really stupid!' As she put her hand on the door knob, she heard a sound behind her and she, as quick as Renamon, twisted around but all it was only a small black cat. The cat bounded away through the alley and as Rika watched it she cursed herself for being so stupid.
'It was just a stray cat. I shouldn't scare myself like that. I'm not supposed to act like those goggle boys and worry about their stupid bats.' Rika turned back but just as she did, she saw in the corner of her eye a trashcan rattle slightly.
'I bet it's that stupid cat again.' growled Rika, 'I'll teach it to mess around with my mind!' She stomped up to the trash can and threw open the lid, "I'll teach you to-what?!" Rika screamed and jumped back when hundreds of black, screeching bats poured out of the trash can and began to cover her.
"RIKA!" yelled Renamon running towards the sound of her Tamer's scream but when she got to the alley, the bats were already high in they sky. Renamon quickly jumped up ontop of the theater and used her Diamond Storm attack but the diamond shards fell short.
"No... RIKA!" Renamon howled in a mournful tone but her cry just died out in the dark night sky.

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"This is so stupid! Show yourself... or are you afraid?" taunted Rika but the only answer she got was the hideous cackle. All she could see was blackness but she could feel the presence of someone there with her.
"Sorry but I can't show myself yet but don't worry. That time draws near but now, you'll get what you deserve!" laughed the voice.
"You have such an annoying laugh." growled Rika but the comment just made him cackle louder. That was when the screeching started again, the horrible screeching of the bats....
To be continued....