Regless: Week the last chap was fun... if not extremely tedious. I came up
for the dance idea AFTER I was done the chapter so I had to take out a
perfectly good fight with ChaosGallantmon and redo the ending half.
Black: He also mashed his finger at work so his normal 40-80 words a minute is now about 5-10. Makes me wonder why he's working on this anyway.
Regless (Stupid ****ing arrow keys) It beats homework! (I am sooo gonna fail.)
Yami Hamtaro: Hey slave! Get me some more popcorn.
Regless: Stupid nut-bag hamster {Goes to get more popcorn and is tackled by Rika with a pepper spray in one hand and a stun gun in the other.} I've got to find out how she keep getting these before me-Zzzt!
{Black sits looking at Regless} Highlight of my day, right there.
Yami Hamtaro: Okay but what are we going to do about the fic if Rika kills him?
Black: Meh, you write it.
Yami Hamtaro: Woohoo! It's time to let my creative juices flow.
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Perfect Hazard - Chapter 16 (Part one) - Midnight Sonata
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Jeri, Henry, and Terriermon followed Kenta through the park. It was two days since they had heard the news of the dance and the two were now enjoying a relaxing get together in the park, though not everyone had shown up yet. The smaller boy had run up to Henry, his partner, and Jeri only a few moments ago excitedly. He was now leading them with Marine Angemon to a secluded part of the park near to Guilmon's hut. The other Tamers had agreed to meet each-other at the park but she hadn't arrived. Kenta finally stopped in front of a small brush and crouched down. Then he turned and motioned for everyone else to do the same.
Terriermon "Woah, that's something you don't see every day."
Henry "Shhh."
In front of the group in the bushes the was a small clearing with Renamon and Takato in the middle, and Guilmon off to the side watching. The weirdest part was what they were doing. Takato was swaying back and forth with his hands on Renamon's hips. The vulpine digimon had her hands on the boy's shoulders.
Renamon shuffled her feet "Alright now move your feet like this."
Takato "Like this?"
Renamon "No, now your standing on my foot."
Takato "Sorry... Like this?"
Renamon "No now your standing on my other foot."
Takato "Sorry, how about now?"
Renamon looked down and saw Takato was now standing on both her feet. "......Take five."
Takato "O-okay. Sorry I'm really not very good at this."
Guilmon "Don't worry Takatomon. You'll get better."
Takato faced his partner and nodded. "The question is, will I get better in time? The dance is in two days."
Renamon hopped into a nearby tree and rested on the branch "Have you even asked Rika yet?"
Takato looked down to his feet nervously and was about to reply when another high-pitched voice interrupted him "Hey! You and foxy-mon make a great couple."
Takato turned to see Jeri, Kenta, Marine Angemon, and Henry with his fist shoved in Terriermon's mouth. He blushed while Renamon shrugged off the comment and Guilmon went over to greet everyone.
Guilmon "Did you bring any bread?"
Terriermon spat out Henry's fist "Bread? No dummy, is that all you think about?"
Guilmon tilted his head thought for a second "No... I think about Renamon too."
Terriermon sweatdropped "Go figure."
Henry "So what's going on here."
Takato was looking down at his feet sheepishly "Uhh practice."
Jeri "You mean you took me advice...?
Renamon "Is there a problem with that?"
Jeri shook her head energetically "No Well I'm surprised that... Renamon... Well... you never seemed much of a dancer."
Renamon "...Funny, I thought the same thing till two days ago."
Jeri "So have you asked her yet?"
Terriermon "Asked who for what? Sheesh Henry why do you always leave me out of things like this?"
Henry rested his head on his hand as though he had a headache "Rika for the dance. And I always leave you out of things like this because-"
Terriermon "Rika? Dance? You gotta be kidding me. The guy with two left feet and Digimon Ice Queen. Just tell me where to send the flowers for your funeral."
Henry "-you talk to much."
Takato shifted uncomfortably "Mmm no. I'm just waiting for the right time."
Terriermon snickered "If your waiting for the right time try waiting 50 years to when she becomes senile."
Henry "Terriermon!"
Terriermon "What? It's true!"
Takato "But, umm what are you all doing here?"
Jeri's Sock-Puppet "Ruff-Did you forget we were meeting here today? Even if we weren't we usually come here just to relax after school.-Ruff"
Takato nodded **Guess some things never change.**
Guilmon "Let's go back I wanna say 'Hi' to everyone."
Kenta fiddled for something in his pocket "Sure, but could and Renamon go back into that pose first so I can get a picture."
***Meanwhile: Rika***
Another group of figures were also in the park. Most of them chatting to or doing someone. One was off to the side, ignoring her surroundings.
Rika **Just great. Jeri calls me up here to hang out and then stands with...**
The girl turned her head to everyone else. Kazu was have a digimon battle with Alice. It was the 6th one and so far, Alice was undefeated. Ryo was right next to her giving any kind of advice that he could. Gardromon was doing his best to help too but it was no match compared to Ryo's skill and experience. Behind them, Dobermon and Strikemon were have a wrestling match since their Tamers seemed to be to involved in the game to notice anything else. Calumon was spinning around for no apparent reason and Ruki was next to Rika, talking as much as humanly possible. Rumiko and her mother had excepted Ruki as merely another foreign exchange student with an uncanny likeness to her daughter she now slept under the same roof. The fights between the two were endless.
Rika **...Them. To bad Gogglehead isn't here. He always finds a way to screw up and make things interesting.**
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Kazu "Hey Ryo. I'm thinking of asking Ruki to the dance. Got any tips?"
Ryo "Hmm. I can't think of anything. How about you Alice?"
Alice "Don't use some cheesy come on line. That'll just embarrass you."
Kazu "Alright, wish me luck."
Kazu got up and walked over to Ruki. Rika sense the presence of another annoying individual and moved away. "Hey Ruki. Do you wanna come to the dance with me."
Ruki stared blankly back then started to giggle... then laugh... then before anyone knew it looked like she was having a seizer. A few minutes later she had finally calmed down. "That was a good one. Wait, you were serious?"
Kazu sweatdropped slightly "Uh, no. It was just a joke. That's all." **...Ouch**
Ryo "I feel kinda sorry for him."
Alice "I wouldn't worry about it. I've never seen Kazu have the same emotion for more then two minutes." (A/N: Sorry for the Kazu bashing, I'll make up for it later. Trust me.)
Takato "Hey everybody!"
The group turned to see Takato and the rest of the group racing towards them. A couple seconds they were all lumped together in one small section of the park.
Takato "Sorry that we're late."
Ruki dove at Takato and knocked him into the ground causing him to land on his sword "Glad you could make it, Takato!"
Ruki gave her cutest smile and wink while Rika glared at her counterpart from the shade. Takato blushed for a moment but that soon passed as everyone began chatting happily.
***At Hypnos Headquarters***
Riley sat in her usual chair, yawning. She was happy about the recent lack of wild digimon but it left her a little... bored. She turned to her partner who seemed to be feeling the same way judging by the fact that she was sitting limply with her head bobbing on one side of her. Yamaki entered the room a moment later and quickly noticed Riley's sleeping aid.
Yamaki began snapping his lighter open and shut "Assistant! Wake up!"
Daisy "Huh? Oh sorry."
Riley chuckled "That's not going to look good on your evaluation."
Daisy "Oh cram it. It's been too dull here lately. Sure the thing a few days ago was intense but this is getting to be to much nothing for me handle."
Yamaki narrowed his eyes behind his thick shades "So then your upset about doing your job?"
Daisy "It not that it's just... We don't do anything anymore. There no wild ones to stop anywhere. It's almost like...like..."
Shibumi entered the room with the rest of the 'Monster Makers' behind him excluding Henry's dad "Like the digital world no longer exists."
Daisy "Huh? Uh, yeah."
Shibumi "That's hardly surprising. I've been analyzing the digital world and recently I've been finding that there is less and less to analyze."
Yamaki "What do you mean."
Shibumi "I've been finding newer, more primitive data in place of the old data that the Digital World consists of. At first I thought I was going nuts but the code seemed familiar so I checked some of my older programs. I eventually came across the D-Reaper program."
Yamaki "What's this D-Reaper?"
Shibumi "It's basically an old clean-up program that deletes data that's expanded beyond it's parameters. However the reason as to why it just dominated the digital world so suddenly is beyond me."
Yamaki "...Do we have to worry about it in this world?"
Shibumi "No. It's doesn't have the complex programming needed to Biomerge or anything even close to that for that matter."
Yamaki made a sigh of relief. While Daisy smirked as she pondered other career choices. A small blip on the screen caught her attention. She pressed a few keys on the electronic board in front of her, frowned, then began pressing more keys. Riley began doing the same thing shortly after Daisy started.
Daisy was muttering to herself "What the? No this can't be right. Stupid thing must be broken."
Yamaki "Problem."
Riley "Well it's just... according to the monitors there's a digimon very close. It just appeared out of thin air."
Yamaki "How close?"
Riley "Inside this room!"
??? "That would be me. You may call me ChaosGallantmon"
A creature crept out of the darkness and exposed itself as a dark knight. Shibumi and everyone else in the room shrunk back at the Mega's appearance except Yamaki. He gritted his teeth and leapt at the digimon since he had no idea what level it was. He was, of course, swatted away like a fly.
ChaosGallantmon **Alright Daemon. I am here. What is the next step?**
Daemon **Activate the Juggernaut, we will use it to draw the Chaos through to this world. I'll tell you which buttons to push.**
ChaosGallantmon smirked beneath his armor as he followed his instructions to a T. **It is called the Chaos and I am ChaosGallantmon... I find the appropriateness of this situation amusing.**
All across the world it could be seen... A hole in the sky formed like a Dark Omen for the rest of Japan to see. The Tamers saw it two and recognized it instantly. Yamaki had tried to use it at full power in both time-lines. Immediately the Tamers turned to their partners who sat quietly except for Terriermon. None of the were being drawn into the gaping void..
ChaosGallantmon muttered to himself "What's wrong? nothing's happening!"
Riley, Daisy, and ,Shibumi looked at the Mega curiously.
Daemon **All in good time. Now destroy the terminal and sink the building so the Juggernaut will stay around. The reason it can't get here yet is because it's not sophisticated enough. We'll need one more thing and I know just how to get it.**
ChaosGallantmon spoke aloud again receiving more odd glances. "Two days? Yes it will be done. The Sock-Puppet girl. Yes, yes I understand."
With that the dark knight spread his arms and fired his attacks in both directions, turned slightly then repeated the process. A few seconds later the building was in ruins and ChaosGallantmon had disappeared into the shadows.
***Meanwhile: The Tamers***
Terriermon eyed the Juggernaut curiously. Last time he saw the hole in the sky it was sucking him into it but today, nothing. Terriermon turned and saw a massive red mechanical dragon emerge from another secluded part of the park and land near the rest of the Tamers. Takato, Rika, Ruki, and Guilmon were already climbing on.
Terriermon "Wow what's that?"
Takato "A friend of mine."
Terriermon "Do you have any normal friends, except for me?"
Takato smiled "What makes you so sure your normal?"
Terriermon "My natural charm and charisma."
Rika "Yeah right, whatever."
Henry "Hey Takato, do you need anyone else to come along?"
Takato "I should be alright with Rika and Ruki. Besides, were just going to check it out. We don't know for sure that something's wrong yet."
Terriermon pointed back to the building "How 'bout now?"
Takato turned to see the building was now burning to the ground **Grani, let's go.**
At that thought Grani launched forward towards the building. He was there in a couple minutes but he was having trouble finding an entrance through all the debris.
Takato "Looks like we'll have to jump off Grani to get inside."
Ruki nodded "Yeah it doesn't look like there's any other way in."
Grani had heard the Tamers/Digimon's conversations and was more than happy to assist them. It opened it's mouth and a ball of thermal energy appeared. It was small at first but it drew in power quickly. A second later Grani launched the ball forwards and blew a massive hole in the side of the building.
Guilmon "Ooo~ooo."
Rika looked calmly at Takato ".........You never said it could breath fire."
Ruki "Yeah, what gives?"
Takato seemed more surprised than the other two. "I didn't know he could... Anyway lets go. Everyone split up and search for survivors. Grani will stay here and wait for us to finish."
Rika stepped forward "Renamon."
Renamon appeared next to her Tamer "Yes, Rika?"
Rika "Let's go. BIOMERGE!"
Takato "Were going to Guilmon. BIOMERGE!"
Ruki's form shifted to that of Kuzuhamon and she flew through the opening. As did Sakuyamon and Gallantmon. At once they were bombarded with falling debris. Gallantmon used his shield as a hard hat while the other two used there barriers. Most of the rescue mission went as would be expected. Until Gallantmon was on his last search and went into the main computer room. There were more people in this room than any of the others and if he made another round trip to Grani and back, he wasn't sure he'd have enough time to excavate them all.
Gallantmon "Hmmm... To many for me to carry like this... I got an idea!"
Gallantmon was smothered in light and a moment later two smaller figures stood in it's place. Takato took out two cards from his pocket while Guilmon gathered the fallen scientists.
Takato closed his eyes and one of the cards changed it's appearance to a blue card "Alright. Matrix Digivolution."
Guilmon Digivolve too... WARGROWLMON.
Takato "And next up we have... Marine Angemon!"
WarGrowlmon was encased in a pink barrier. He followed Takato's next instruction to pick up the scientists and carry them out. Takato was about to climb on WarGrowlmon afterward when one of the scientists, Riley, regained consciousness and manage to mutter something.
Riley "Yamaki... Further back."
Takato unsheathed his sword "Awww nuts. WarGrowlmon, you go on ahead of me. I'll be with you in a couple minutes."
WarGrowlmon "Okay Takatomon."
Takato "I'm not a... I'll argue with ya later."
Takato and WarGrowlmon both went in their own directions. Takato was having difficulty defending himself from the large chunks of exploding building and having to cut through the doors that were still locked only seemed to make that all the more tedious.
Takato muttered bitterly to himself "Suddenly Ms. Asagi doesn't seem so bad. Huh? There he is! Am I really gonna have to carry him?"
Yamaki "No..."
The well dressed man climbed to his feet, holding his head. Then he turned to the young boy wielding a Broad Sword.
Yamaki "Hmm. Looks like I've been out for longer than I thought. Let's go.
Takato nodded and began running back towards the entrance "Yes sir. What happened here?"
Yamaki "Some kind of black night digimon attacked this place. I didn't get his level so I figured it was possible he was only a champion."
Takato **Black Knight? No it can't be. I thought we destroyed him.**
Yamaki "Something wrong. You look like you have something on your mind."
Takato "Umm... It's nothing. Don't worry about." **This guy must be built like a rock to fight a Mega like that and live.**
Yamaki "Is it just me or do you feel lighter."
As Takato and Yamaki went down another flight of stairs they were confused... then horrified at what they saw. Apparently the section of the building they were had just broken off from the main part and was now sailing towards the ground.
Yamaki stopped and stared ahead for a moment "... This is a predicament."
Takato edged close to the end of the stairs "No it's not! Lets jump."
Yamaki turned to boy and looked at him blankly "......I must have misheard you......"
Takato "You heard just fine."
Takato grabbed Yamaki by the hand and leapt forward. The two fell for a bit until a harsh impact nailed them from the side. Yamaki was relieved to see he wasn't dead yet. He was less than pleased to find out he was on the back of a massive dragon with another dragon digimon at the helm. He was accompanied by a female digimon that looked something like a Dark Priestess with blue armor. Takato was partly grinning and partly gasping for air. He hadn't shown it but he was just as scared as Yamaki was.
Takato sheathed his sword "Well that was fun, right Guilmon?"
Guilmon "Lets do it again."
Kuzuhamon sweatdropped "Let's not."
Guilmon pouted "Awww."
Renamon appeared behind the miniature dragon "Now Guilmon. Let's just relax."
Guilmon brightened immediately seeing Renamon "Okee Dokee."
Takato turned curiously to Renamon not have bothered to get up off his but "Hey Renamon, where's Rika?"
Rika's voice came from below Takato "And here I thought you had forgotten me."
Takato turned looked down and saw the legs of Rika sticking out from under him. Turning the other way, he saw Rika's broken heart T-Shirt, and her face, and his fist... several times. Rika practically KO's Takato and Kuzuhamon rushed to his side and helped him to his feet as soon as she good.
Ruki **Yes! Maybe I won't have to scare away Rika after all if she scares Takato herself.**
Renamon was distracted by another sound coming from her Tamer "Rika, are you... growling?"
Rika "Of course not. Why would I be?"
Guilmon "Umm... Hole in sky not going away."
Yamaki finally averted his gaze from the amusing antics of the Tamers and friend. "Yes. The digimon that attacked us made sure we couldn't deactivate the Juggernaut."
Takato "Umm. Not that I'm complaining but why isn't it sucking our digimon in?"
Yamaki "To put it in terms even a child could understand... It's on reverse."
Rika "Alright then why is nothing coming out?"
Kuzuhamon "There's nothing left... Hazard Caturamon and the Megidramon copy destroyed all the digimon. The Chaos should have finished off the world by now."
Takato stared at Kuzuhamon in disbelief. "Th-there's nothing left?"
Kuzuhamon "About a giant red blob...The Chaos... and that's it little guy."
Yamaki **Chaos? D-Reaper? Giant red blob? I'll have to talk to Shibumi about this.**
Renamon "Then what's going to happen?"
Yamaki kept his usual tone "Nothing if the 'Chaos' can't get here. There's no reason to risk ourselves for an already dead world."
Takato shifted nervously at Yamaki and motioned back to the Hypnos Complex... Or what was left of it. "Umm really? I could say the same for an 'already' burning building."
Yamaki "This is entirely different."
Takato and Guilmon both gave Yamaki the exact same look with their eyes slightly narrowed; Takato & Guilmon "Coward."
Yamaki hesitated for a bit before replying **Getting insulted by a kid and his pet digimon? You have to be joking.** "Listen you little snot-nosed-"
Takato's Hazard flashed green **Rika, Ruki, Renamon, Guilmon, you better hang on. Grani.**
Grani responded with a barrel roll the caused Yamaki to fall off before he could finish his sentence. They were only a few feet off the ground at that point but Yamaki managed to hit the dirt next to a hospital with decent velocity, next to his other comrades who had been put down earlier... gentler.
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Yamaki **Great. And now I'll have to deal with the administrative board. It's going to be one of those days.**
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Takato looked down at his feet before he headed home. "Sorry about that everyone. It's just, people like him really bug me."
Rika was smiling "No sweat. I'm surprised you had it in you, Gogglehead."
Kuzuhamon was smiling at the brown-haired Tamer as well "Yeah, I didn't like him either."
Renamon closed her eyes "I thought I was going to wretch just being in his presence."
Guilmon tilted his head in his usual childlike innocence "But he was nice before. How come he's went back?"
Takato shook his head **He still doesn't get the way timelines work fully.** "Hey Guilmon, remember how Rika was acting like her old self when you woke up in the Digital World after the fight with Beelzemon the first time? Well it the same with Yamaki."
Guilmon "Does that mean Yamaki will be nice now that your back."
Takato shrugged and hopped off as he finally landed in the backyard of the Nonaka residence. "I hope so... Hey, I think I'm just going to go to sleep today since I'm kinda tired from all the falling and running and explosions and stuff."
Ruki went back to her human form, ran up to the boy and grabbed his arm "Sure Takato. Mind if I come with?"
Takato went bright red and stumbled back a bit "Uhh, well, uhh." He suddenly felt a similar sensation on his other arm. He turned to see Rika.
Rika pulled hard "Oh no you don't! Let go!."
Ruki mimicked her twins movements, pulling the other direction "You first!"
Takato "Uhh...Guilmon, help!"
Guilmon looked at both Rika and Ruki before asking "Who should I help win?"
Takato "Just help me!"
Guilmon "Okay."
Guilmon charged Takato and rammed into him hard, freeing him from the grip of the girls. Takato landed with his partner on top of him. Guilmon had started to get up when Rika dove on top and Ruki did the same right after creating a dog pile on Takato.
Takato "Need........to........bre...athe"
Renamon ran up from behind worriedly "Get off Guilmon!"
Renamon jumped on top of the mess of people and squeezed the last of the air Takato had out of him. It would be several hours before he woke up in the middle of night. He could feel the cool air in the house. It was much more relaxing than being in a stuffy cramped building. He was lying on his back and could feel a gentle breath around his neck. Turning to the side he saw Ruki again, sleeping quietly and holding onto one side of his shirt.
Takato's voice was almost a whisper "Huh? I thought Rika didn't want Ruki hanging around me."
Turning to the other side to get a better view of his scenery, he saw Rika, doing much the same thing Ruki was. The two had him sandwiched with next to no room to squirm about. He eagerly began weighing the pros and cons of this situation and came to a perplexing conclusion. He may have been surrounded by beautiful girls but he had no room to get comfortable and go to sleep. Plus, if he accidentally woke Rika he could be in serious danger.
Takato "Am I having a good day or a bad day? ....Well it doesn't really matter. I can't get to sleep like this. Maybe a glass of warm milk would fix that."
Takato gently pried the smaller hands off of him and got up. He felt more like he was trying to escape from prison than simple going to the kitchen. He open the door which made a small creaking sound he hadn't noticed before. He silently cursed himself and went ahead into the kitchen. The milk was refreshing and he was already starting to feel sleepy from it again. Looking, around he could see the moonlight pouring into the household.
Takato "Hmm... Everyone's asleep. I guess now is as good a time as any to practice what Renamon's been teaching me."
Takato began to sway back and forth in the dimly lit kitchen, steadily picking his pace. After a few moment he was totally enthralled, dancing with his invisible partner. He was so enthralled with it he didn't even notice Rika approach from behind.
Rika had put her shades back on "Stupid Gogglehead. You woke me up with your... dancing?"
Takato stopped dead in his tracks and opened his eyes "Uhh, yeah sorry. It was supposed to be the Sonata."
Rika "Well it was a pretty poor dance whatever it was. Are you practicing or what?"
Takato "Well..."
Rika could feel a twinge of jealousy at Takato's mystery dance partner. **I... feel weird again, why now?** "You are, aren't you. Well if that's how you dance then you should just avoid that event all together." **Especially if you Ruki's partner.**
Takato blushed furiously. "Not... enough room in here to do it right."
Rika "Hmm, you'd do better if you had more room?"
Takato "Uhh."
Rika "Alright, let's go outside, you can show me there."
Takato "Show you?"
Rika grabbed Takato's hand and pulled him outside. "Yeah Gogglehead."
As soon as Takato was outside, Rika had her hands on his shoulders faster than he could react. They were dancing a second after that. Takato felt different dancing with Rika than with Renamon, it felt more natural to him. It could've been the fact that Renamon was a digimon, or it could've been that Rika was leading instead of Takato. Whatever the reason, the brown haired Tamer knew that this was quite possibly the most enjoyable moment he had in his life. It was as good as finding out he had a digimon partner, if not better. Rika however, seemed more rigid and intent on not making any mistakes. She kept her eyes on the boy in front of her as if judging him, a thought that made Takato a bit uncomfortable. The dance stopped as quickly as it had begun.
There was a long awkward silence before Rika spoke again "...So who are you taking to the dance? Is it Ruki? If it is then you can just tell me."
Takato **She doesn't know I wanna ask her?** "Well no one yet."
Rika "Why not? It's not like your Kazu or Kenta."
Takato began to turn red and looked at his feet "Well, there's someone I want to ask but I'm afraid of what she'll say."
Rika "So you can fight Ultimate Level digimon without even Biomerging but you can't ask someone out? Your one weird kid. You should just ask anyway instead of putting it off... Who is this person anyway. If it's Ruki I'll- "
Takato went into a deeper red "Uh no it's not her. It's umm..."
Rika began to grow impatient "Speak up."
Takato lifted his head enough to look Rika in the eye "Rika... Would you like to go to the dance with me?"
Rika's whole body tensed with the sudden realization. It seemed so obvious now that she wondered why she didn't figure it out earlier. "..................I don't believe it... Sorry Goggle...uh, Takato. Those formal dances and stuff really aren't my thing. It's nothing against you though."
Takato nodded "I know. That's why I was afraid to ask. But I guess I had to know for sure anyway."
At that moment Ruki came out of the room and walked towards the two other voices rubbing her eyes. As soon as she saw Rika and Takato she dashed between them, almost knocking Rika over in the process.
Ruki took one look at Takato and one at Rika "Hey, what's going on here and why wasn't I invited."
Rika replied calmly "Nothing's going here and you weren't invited because it doesn't concern you."
Ruki looked back at Takato "Oh really...? Well alright. Hey Takato, have you asked any one to the dance yet?"
Takato lost his balance and backed up a bit at the surprise question "Uh well..."
Rika panicked and spoke over Takato on reflex. "Uh, Yeah! he's going with me..." **...I can't... believe... I said that.**
Both Ruki and Takato both turned to Rika with surprised looks on their faces. Ruki growled for a moment before stomping back off to the bedroom. Takato was still staring at Rika unable to believe what had just happened.
Takato ".........Umm."
Rika was seemingly unfazed "Finally. I thought she'd never leave."
Takato "Did you mean what you said?"
Now it was Rika's turn to blush "...uh, I guess... I'll be seeing you at the dance."
Takato "...Okay. I guess I'll go back to bed then."
Rika "Okay. You can sleep on the couch if you want. It's kinda cramped but it's softer."
Takato nodded in agreement "Goodnight Rika."
Rika "Goodnight... Gogglehead."
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Regless: That one took longer than I wanted. Oh well Hope you enjoy it. Now to the reviews.
To Anime Fan -
Regless: Well Grani does beat Air Canada... But anyway thanks for the review and it would've be any fun if Ruki/Rika killed each other. They can play minds games on Takato though ^_^
To SerpentTreize (I'm doing both reviews in this one.) -
Regless: I wasn't intending to put Kazu with anyone anyway. Not his lack of trying though. I figured I could squeeze in a few easy laughs is all. And yes ChaosGallantmon can become a good guy... But he makes such a nice bad guy though. Anyway I'm not quite sure what to do about that but I'll figure it out. And the best part of both your reviews is LUCEMON caved and I didn't have to say I'm sorry.
{Yami Hamtaro walks in with Black's old shotgun and points it Regless} Wanna bet?
Black: Excellent my pupil. Soon you will be Regless's master.
{Regless sweatdrops} Uhh, heh heh... Sorry Lucemon.
Black: Louder and with MORE FEELING!
Regless: SORRY LUCEMON!
Yami Hamtaro: Good now write that out one hundred times and your done.
Black: Nice touch Yami.
To D3FAN -
Regless: perfect {Gets popcorn} I was intending to do that "He's mine! No he's mine" thing anyway. But all the same, thanks for the idea and the review.
Black: Can't help ya sorry. There a Jap. to English (And vise versa) site that we could normally use but it's down for some reason or another.
To R6 -
Regless: How does Rika get those weapons before I do?
Black: ...That would be my doing. Hey, it was funny... to me and my buddy Yami Hamtaro at least.
Regless: That's more disturbing than cruel... But anyway. Yeah I love putting Marine Angemon in weird places. I still got more for the Henry/Jeri romance and a couple more surprises too.
{Rika walks in and starts strangling Regless} This idiot here will be you if you don't give me Takato's shorts.
Black & Yami Hamtaro: Heh heh heh.
To Digimon Kid -
Regless: I wish I saw the Ryoko thing but I've only seen about the first three fic of Tenchi Muyo... Stupid Kazaa. I got the idea from XXX movies and the fic; Swiftly Burning Ice. (J/K). And in response to the rest of your review:
- What Rika doesn't know won't hurt her
-Oh yeah! There's gonna be a BIG cat-fight coming up.
To DC -
{Regless catches 90% of the cookies and eats them} You read my mind, as you can plainly read. Don't count Ruki out yet though. ^_^
{Yami Hamtaro catches one cookie and it crushed him} Help! Help!
{Black ignores the cookies and glares at Regless} Did he just call me an aid?
To Dark Child -
Regless: Confusing? Maybe I should have chosen a different name but. I liked the Japanese one. It's so appropriate. Well Ruki asked Takato to the dance and were all still alive so that good... HEY WAIT! You gave Rika the stun gun!
{Rika chokes Regless some more} Thanks I used up all the batteries!
Black: Technically he gave me the stun gun and I gave it to Rika.
Regless: Stupid aid.
{Black cracks his knuckles} Pardon? No Ice Cream for you.
To Energy -
Regless: Sorry this chap isn't as interesting as some of the others. The next one will be. I hope. Oh and it was Black's threatening that changed my mind.
Black: You may be stronger... But I know where he lives!
To Yume Takato -
Regless: LOL! I didn't even notice the name change till the second post. Marine Angemon was messing with the Circuit Breaker in the last chapter. Oh there's a list of Hazards on Chapter 13 I think... around there. You can use that if they get confusing. Also, Renamon/Guilmon is a background romance like Ryo/Alice but I'll see what I can do for the next chapter. ^_^'
To Firehedgehog -
Regless: Thanks for the reviews and 'Likes Me' my ass. That Hamster is a nightmare with fur. You gotta take him back.
{Black tackles Regless} I like him. I was teaching him to hate all the same things I do.
Regless: You were teaching him to hate ME!
Black: ...Your point?
Regless: ~Sigh~ Alright he can stay. I'll update the spin-off next cause that thing needs an update pretty badly.
To LoneWalker -
Regless: Glad you like it. You know, they say laughter is the best medicine. Just ask all the people tripping out of morphine or whatever it's called. I got more combat between Rika and Ruki coming up.
To Max Acorn -
Regless: Hell yeah. Max fighting D-Reaper and Beelzemon, sweat. Not a big fan of grownup DD/Tamers/Scanner/ fics though. I like it better when they're kids.
To Sora Potter -
{Regless drinks a gallon of Coke} RIKA AND TAKATO!!!!!!!!! OKAY!!! OKAY!!! OKAY GOOD LUCK WITH THE TREE!!! OKAY!!! maybe?
To ? -
Regless: LOL. That's a good point. RIKATO FOREVER BABY!
To -
Regless: Thanks for the review. I will! Even if I somehow get killed in the process.
To -
{Regless looks around and sees no one} Hmm. I seem to be talking to myself a lot recently. Anyway I've got my heart set on making this one a Rikato but in Viral State it might lean more the other way. Thanks for the review.
Black: He also mashed his finger at work so his normal 40-80 words a minute is now about 5-10. Makes me wonder why he's working on this anyway.
Regless (Stupid ****ing arrow keys) It beats homework! (I am sooo gonna fail.)
Yami Hamtaro: Hey slave! Get me some more popcorn.
Regless: Stupid nut-bag hamster {Goes to get more popcorn and is tackled by Rika with a pepper spray in one hand and a stun gun in the other.} I've got to find out how she keep getting these before me-Zzzt!
{Black sits looking at Regless} Highlight of my day, right there.
Yami Hamtaro: Okay but what are we going to do about the fic if Rika kills him?
Black: Meh, you write it.
Yami Hamtaro: Woohoo! It's time to let my creative juices flow.
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Perfect Hazard - Chapter 16 (Part one) - Midnight Sonata
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Jeri, Henry, and Terriermon followed Kenta through the park. It was two days since they had heard the news of the dance and the two were now enjoying a relaxing get together in the park, though not everyone had shown up yet. The smaller boy had run up to Henry, his partner, and Jeri only a few moments ago excitedly. He was now leading them with Marine Angemon to a secluded part of the park near to Guilmon's hut. The other Tamers had agreed to meet each-other at the park but she hadn't arrived. Kenta finally stopped in front of a small brush and crouched down. Then he turned and motioned for everyone else to do the same.
Terriermon "Woah, that's something you don't see every day."
Henry "Shhh."
In front of the group in the bushes the was a small clearing with Renamon and Takato in the middle, and Guilmon off to the side watching. The weirdest part was what they were doing. Takato was swaying back and forth with his hands on Renamon's hips. The vulpine digimon had her hands on the boy's shoulders.
Renamon shuffled her feet "Alright now move your feet like this."
Takato "Like this?"
Renamon "No, now your standing on my foot."
Takato "Sorry... Like this?"
Renamon "No now your standing on my other foot."
Takato "Sorry, how about now?"
Renamon looked down and saw Takato was now standing on both her feet. "......Take five."
Takato "O-okay. Sorry I'm really not very good at this."
Guilmon "Don't worry Takatomon. You'll get better."
Takato faced his partner and nodded. "The question is, will I get better in time? The dance is in two days."
Renamon hopped into a nearby tree and rested on the branch "Have you even asked Rika yet?"
Takato looked down to his feet nervously and was about to reply when another high-pitched voice interrupted him "Hey! You and foxy-mon make a great couple."
Takato turned to see Jeri, Kenta, Marine Angemon, and Henry with his fist shoved in Terriermon's mouth. He blushed while Renamon shrugged off the comment and Guilmon went over to greet everyone.
Guilmon "Did you bring any bread?"
Terriermon spat out Henry's fist "Bread? No dummy, is that all you think about?"
Guilmon tilted his head thought for a second "No... I think about Renamon too."
Terriermon sweatdropped "Go figure."
Henry "So what's going on here."
Takato was looking down at his feet sheepishly "Uhh practice."
Jeri "You mean you took me advice...?
Renamon "Is there a problem with that?"
Jeri shook her head energetically "No Well I'm surprised that... Renamon... Well... you never seemed much of a dancer."
Renamon "...Funny, I thought the same thing till two days ago."
Jeri "So have you asked her yet?"
Terriermon "Asked who for what? Sheesh Henry why do you always leave me out of things like this?"
Henry rested his head on his hand as though he had a headache "Rika for the dance. And I always leave you out of things like this because-"
Terriermon "Rika? Dance? You gotta be kidding me. The guy with two left feet and Digimon Ice Queen. Just tell me where to send the flowers for your funeral."
Henry "-you talk to much."
Takato shifted uncomfortably "Mmm no. I'm just waiting for the right time."
Terriermon snickered "If your waiting for the right time try waiting 50 years to when she becomes senile."
Henry "Terriermon!"
Terriermon "What? It's true!"
Takato "But, umm what are you all doing here?"
Jeri's Sock-Puppet "Ruff-Did you forget we were meeting here today? Even if we weren't we usually come here just to relax after school.-Ruff"
Takato nodded **Guess some things never change.**
Guilmon "Let's go back I wanna say 'Hi' to everyone."
Kenta fiddled for something in his pocket "Sure, but could and Renamon go back into that pose first so I can get a picture."
***Meanwhile: Rika***
Another group of figures were also in the park. Most of them chatting to or doing someone. One was off to the side, ignoring her surroundings.
Rika **Just great. Jeri calls me up here to hang out and then stands with...**
The girl turned her head to everyone else. Kazu was have a digimon battle with Alice. It was the 6th one and so far, Alice was undefeated. Ryo was right next to her giving any kind of advice that he could. Gardromon was doing his best to help too but it was no match compared to Ryo's skill and experience. Behind them, Dobermon and Strikemon were have a wrestling match since their Tamers seemed to be to involved in the game to notice anything else. Calumon was spinning around for no apparent reason and Ruki was next to Rika, talking as much as humanly possible. Rumiko and her mother had excepted Ruki as merely another foreign exchange student with an uncanny likeness to her daughter she now slept under the same roof. The fights between the two were endless.
Rika **...Them. To bad Gogglehead isn't here. He always finds a way to screw up and make things interesting.**
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Kazu "Hey Ryo. I'm thinking of asking Ruki to the dance. Got any tips?"
Ryo "Hmm. I can't think of anything. How about you Alice?"
Alice "Don't use some cheesy come on line. That'll just embarrass you."
Kazu "Alright, wish me luck."
Kazu got up and walked over to Ruki. Rika sense the presence of another annoying individual and moved away. "Hey Ruki. Do you wanna come to the dance with me."
Ruki stared blankly back then started to giggle... then laugh... then before anyone knew it looked like she was having a seizer. A few minutes later she had finally calmed down. "That was a good one. Wait, you were serious?"
Kazu sweatdropped slightly "Uh, no. It was just a joke. That's all." **...Ouch**
Ryo "I feel kinda sorry for him."
Alice "I wouldn't worry about it. I've never seen Kazu have the same emotion for more then two minutes." (A/N: Sorry for the Kazu bashing, I'll make up for it later. Trust me.)
Takato "Hey everybody!"
The group turned to see Takato and the rest of the group racing towards them. A couple seconds they were all lumped together in one small section of the park.
Takato "Sorry that we're late."
Ruki dove at Takato and knocked him into the ground causing him to land on his sword "Glad you could make it, Takato!"
Ruki gave her cutest smile and wink while Rika glared at her counterpart from the shade. Takato blushed for a moment but that soon passed as everyone began chatting happily.
***At Hypnos Headquarters***
Riley sat in her usual chair, yawning. She was happy about the recent lack of wild digimon but it left her a little... bored. She turned to her partner who seemed to be feeling the same way judging by the fact that she was sitting limply with her head bobbing on one side of her. Yamaki entered the room a moment later and quickly noticed Riley's sleeping aid.
Yamaki began snapping his lighter open and shut "Assistant! Wake up!"
Daisy "Huh? Oh sorry."
Riley chuckled "That's not going to look good on your evaluation."
Daisy "Oh cram it. It's been too dull here lately. Sure the thing a few days ago was intense but this is getting to be to much nothing for me handle."
Yamaki narrowed his eyes behind his thick shades "So then your upset about doing your job?"
Daisy "It not that it's just... We don't do anything anymore. There no wild ones to stop anywhere. It's almost like...like..."
Shibumi entered the room with the rest of the 'Monster Makers' behind him excluding Henry's dad "Like the digital world no longer exists."
Daisy "Huh? Uh, yeah."
Shibumi "That's hardly surprising. I've been analyzing the digital world and recently I've been finding that there is less and less to analyze."
Yamaki "What do you mean."
Shibumi "I've been finding newer, more primitive data in place of the old data that the Digital World consists of. At first I thought I was going nuts but the code seemed familiar so I checked some of my older programs. I eventually came across the D-Reaper program."
Yamaki "What's this D-Reaper?"
Shibumi "It's basically an old clean-up program that deletes data that's expanded beyond it's parameters. However the reason as to why it just dominated the digital world so suddenly is beyond me."
Yamaki "...Do we have to worry about it in this world?"
Shibumi "No. It's doesn't have the complex programming needed to Biomerge or anything even close to that for that matter."
Yamaki made a sigh of relief. While Daisy smirked as she pondered other career choices. A small blip on the screen caught her attention. She pressed a few keys on the electronic board in front of her, frowned, then began pressing more keys. Riley began doing the same thing shortly after Daisy started.
Daisy was muttering to herself "What the? No this can't be right. Stupid thing must be broken."
Yamaki "Problem."
Riley "Well it's just... according to the monitors there's a digimon very close. It just appeared out of thin air."
Yamaki "How close?"
Riley "Inside this room!"
??? "That would be me. You may call me ChaosGallantmon"
A creature crept out of the darkness and exposed itself as a dark knight. Shibumi and everyone else in the room shrunk back at the Mega's appearance except Yamaki. He gritted his teeth and leapt at the digimon since he had no idea what level it was. He was, of course, swatted away like a fly.
ChaosGallantmon **Alright Daemon. I am here. What is the next step?**
Daemon **Activate the Juggernaut, we will use it to draw the Chaos through to this world. I'll tell you which buttons to push.**
ChaosGallantmon smirked beneath his armor as he followed his instructions to a T. **It is called the Chaos and I am ChaosGallantmon... I find the appropriateness of this situation amusing.**
All across the world it could be seen... A hole in the sky formed like a Dark Omen for the rest of Japan to see. The Tamers saw it two and recognized it instantly. Yamaki had tried to use it at full power in both time-lines. Immediately the Tamers turned to their partners who sat quietly except for Terriermon. None of the were being drawn into the gaping void..
ChaosGallantmon muttered to himself "What's wrong? nothing's happening!"
Riley, Daisy, and ,Shibumi looked at the Mega curiously.
Daemon **All in good time. Now destroy the terminal and sink the building so the Juggernaut will stay around. The reason it can't get here yet is because it's not sophisticated enough. We'll need one more thing and I know just how to get it.**
ChaosGallantmon spoke aloud again receiving more odd glances. "Two days? Yes it will be done. The Sock-Puppet girl. Yes, yes I understand."
With that the dark knight spread his arms and fired his attacks in both directions, turned slightly then repeated the process. A few seconds later the building was in ruins and ChaosGallantmon had disappeared into the shadows.
***Meanwhile: The Tamers***
Terriermon eyed the Juggernaut curiously. Last time he saw the hole in the sky it was sucking him into it but today, nothing. Terriermon turned and saw a massive red mechanical dragon emerge from another secluded part of the park and land near the rest of the Tamers. Takato, Rika, Ruki, and Guilmon were already climbing on.
Terriermon "Wow what's that?"
Takato "A friend of mine."
Terriermon "Do you have any normal friends, except for me?"
Takato smiled "What makes you so sure your normal?"
Terriermon "My natural charm and charisma."
Rika "Yeah right, whatever."
Henry "Hey Takato, do you need anyone else to come along?"
Takato "I should be alright with Rika and Ruki. Besides, were just going to check it out. We don't know for sure that something's wrong yet."
Terriermon pointed back to the building "How 'bout now?"
Takato turned to see the building was now burning to the ground **Grani, let's go.**
At that thought Grani launched forward towards the building. He was there in a couple minutes but he was having trouble finding an entrance through all the debris.
Takato "Looks like we'll have to jump off Grani to get inside."
Ruki nodded "Yeah it doesn't look like there's any other way in."
Grani had heard the Tamers/Digimon's conversations and was more than happy to assist them. It opened it's mouth and a ball of thermal energy appeared. It was small at first but it drew in power quickly. A second later Grani launched the ball forwards and blew a massive hole in the side of the building.
Guilmon "Ooo~ooo."
Rika looked calmly at Takato ".........You never said it could breath fire."
Ruki "Yeah, what gives?"
Takato seemed more surprised than the other two. "I didn't know he could... Anyway lets go. Everyone split up and search for survivors. Grani will stay here and wait for us to finish."
Rika stepped forward "Renamon."
Renamon appeared next to her Tamer "Yes, Rika?"
Rika "Let's go. BIOMERGE!"
Takato "Were going to Guilmon. BIOMERGE!"
Ruki's form shifted to that of Kuzuhamon and she flew through the opening. As did Sakuyamon and Gallantmon. At once they were bombarded with falling debris. Gallantmon used his shield as a hard hat while the other two used there barriers. Most of the rescue mission went as would be expected. Until Gallantmon was on his last search and went into the main computer room. There were more people in this room than any of the others and if he made another round trip to Grani and back, he wasn't sure he'd have enough time to excavate them all.
Gallantmon "Hmmm... To many for me to carry like this... I got an idea!"
Gallantmon was smothered in light and a moment later two smaller figures stood in it's place. Takato took out two cards from his pocket while Guilmon gathered the fallen scientists.
Takato closed his eyes and one of the cards changed it's appearance to a blue card "Alright. Matrix Digivolution."
Guilmon Digivolve too... WARGROWLMON.
Takato "And next up we have... Marine Angemon!"
WarGrowlmon was encased in a pink barrier. He followed Takato's next instruction to pick up the scientists and carry them out. Takato was about to climb on WarGrowlmon afterward when one of the scientists, Riley, regained consciousness and manage to mutter something.
Riley "Yamaki... Further back."
Takato unsheathed his sword "Awww nuts. WarGrowlmon, you go on ahead of me. I'll be with you in a couple minutes."
WarGrowlmon "Okay Takatomon."
Takato "I'm not a... I'll argue with ya later."
Takato and WarGrowlmon both went in their own directions. Takato was having difficulty defending himself from the large chunks of exploding building and having to cut through the doors that were still locked only seemed to make that all the more tedious.
Takato muttered bitterly to himself "Suddenly Ms. Asagi doesn't seem so bad. Huh? There he is! Am I really gonna have to carry him?"
Yamaki "No..."
The well dressed man climbed to his feet, holding his head. Then he turned to the young boy wielding a Broad Sword.
Yamaki "Hmm. Looks like I've been out for longer than I thought. Let's go.
Takato nodded and began running back towards the entrance "Yes sir. What happened here?"
Yamaki "Some kind of black night digimon attacked this place. I didn't get his level so I figured it was possible he was only a champion."
Takato **Black Knight? No it can't be. I thought we destroyed him.**
Yamaki "Something wrong. You look like you have something on your mind."
Takato "Umm... It's nothing. Don't worry about." **This guy must be built like a rock to fight a Mega like that and live.**
Yamaki "Is it just me or do you feel lighter."
As Takato and Yamaki went down another flight of stairs they were confused... then horrified at what they saw. Apparently the section of the building they were had just broken off from the main part and was now sailing towards the ground.
Yamaki stopped and stared ahead for a moment "... This is a predicament."
Takato edged close to the end of the stairs "No it's not! Lets jump."
Yamaki turned to boy and looked at him blankly "......I must have misheard you......"
Takato "You heard just fine."
Takato grabbed Yamaki by the hand and leapt forward. The two fell for a bit until a harsh impact nailed them from the side. Yamaki was relieved to see he wasn't dead yet. He was less than pleased to find out he was on the back of a massive dragon with another dragon digimon at the helm. He was accompanied by a female digimon that looked something like a Dark Priestess with blue armor. Takato was partly grinning and partly gasping for air. He hadn't shown it but he was just as scared as Yamaki was.
Takato sheathed his sword "Well that was fun, right Guilmon?"
Guilmon "Lets do it again."
Kuzuhamon sweatdropped "Let's not."
Guilmon pouted "Awww."
Renamon appeared behind the miniature dragon "Now Guilmon. Let's just relax."
Guilmon brightened immediately seeing Renamon "Okee Dokee."
Takato turned curiously to Renamon not have bothered to get up off his but "Hey Renamon, where's Rika?"
Rika's voice came from below Takato "And here I thought you had forgotten me."
Takato turned looked down and saw the legs of Rika sticking out from under him. Turning the other way, he saw Rika's broken heart T-Shirt, and her face, and his fist... several times. Rika practically KO's Takato and Kuzuhamon rushed to his side and helped him to his feet as soon as she good.
Ruki **Yes! Maybe I won't have to scare away Rika after all if she scares Takato herself.**
Renamon was distracted by another sound coming from her Tamer "Rika, are you... growling?"
Rika "Of course not. Why would I be?"
Guilmon "Umm... Hole in sky not going away."
Yamaki finally averted his gaze from the amusing antics of the Tamers and friend. "Yes. The digimon that attacked us made sure we couldn't deactivate the Juggernaut."
Takato "Umm. Not that I'm complaining but why isn't it sucking our digimon in?"
Yamaki "To put it in terms even a child could understand... It's on reverse."
Rika "Alright then why is nothing coming out?"
Kuzuhamon "There's nothing left... Hazard Caturamon and the Megidramon copy destroyed all the digimon. The Chaos should have finished off the world by now."
Takato stared at Kuzuhamon in disbelief. "Th-there's nothing left?"
Kuzuhamon "About a giant red blob...The Chaos... and that's it little guy."
Yamaki **Chaos? D-Reaper? Giant red blob? I'll have to talk to Shibumi about this.**
Renamon "Then what's going to happen?"
Yamaki kept his usual tone "Nothing if the 'Chaos' can't get here. There's no reason to risk ourselves for an already dead world."
Takato shifted nervously at Yamaki and motioned back to the Hypnos Complex... Or what was left of it. "Umm really? I could say the same for an 'already' burning building."
Yamaki "This is entirely different."
Takato and Guilmon both gave Yamaki the exact same look with their eyes slightly narrowed; Takato & Guilmon "Coward."
Yamaki hesitated for a bit before replying **Getting insulted by a kid and his pet digimon? You have to be joking.** "Listen you little snot-nosed-"
Takato's Hazard flashed green **Rika, Ruki, Renamon, Guilmon, you better hang on. Grani.**
Grani responded with a barrel roll the caused Yamaki to fall off before he could finish his sentence. They were only a few feet off the ground at that point but Yamaki managed to hit the dirt next to a hospital with decent velocity, next to his other comrades who had been put down earlier... gentler.
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Yamaki **Great. And now I'll have to deal with the administrative board. It's going to be one of those days.**
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Takato looked down at his feet before he headed home. "Sorry about that everyone. It's just, people like him really bug me."
Rika was smiling "No sweat. I'm surprised you had it in you, Gogglehead."
Kuzuhamon was smiling at the brown-haired Tamer as well "Yeah, I didn't like him either."
Renamon closed her eyes "I thought I was going to wretch just being in his presence."
Guilmon tilted his head in his usual childlike innocence "But he was nice before. How come he's went back?"
Takato shook his head **He still doesn't get the way timelines work fully.** "Hey Guilmon, remember how Rika was acting like her old self when you woke up in the Digital World after the fight with Beelzemon the first time? Well it the same with Yamaki."
Guilmon "Does that mean Yamaki will be nice now that your back."
Takato shrugged and hopped off as he finally landed in the backyard of the Nonaka residence. "I hope so... Hey, I think I'm just going to go to sleep today since I'm kinda tired from all the falling and running and explosions and stuff."
Ruki went back to her human form, ran up to the boy and grabbed his arm "Sure Takato. Mind if I come with?"
Takato went bright red and stumbled back a bit "Uhh, well, uhh." He suddenly felt a similar sensation on his other arm. He turned to see Rika.
Rika pulled hard "Oh no you don't! Let go!."
Ruki mimicked her twins movements, pulling the other direction "You first!"
Takato "Uhh...Guilmon, help!"
Guilmon looked at both Rika and Ruki before asking "Who should I help win?"
Takato "Just help me!"
Guilmon "Okay."
Guilmon charged Takato and rammed into him hard, freeing him from the grip of the girls. Takato landed with his partner on top of him. Guilmon had started to get up when Rika dove on top and Ruki did the same right after creating a dog pile on Takato.
Takato "Need........to........bre...athe"
Renamon ran up from behind worriedly "Get off Guilmon!"
Renamon jumped on top of the mess of people and squeezed the last of the air Takato had out of him. It would be several hours before he woke up in the middle of night. He could feel the cool air in the house. It was much more relaxing than being in a stuffy cramped building. He was lying on his back and could feel a gentle breath around his neck. Turning to the side he saw Ruki again, sleeping quietly and holding onto one side of his shirt.
Takato's voice was almost a whisper "Huh? I thought Rika didn't want Ruki hanging around me."
Turning to the other side to get a better view of his scenery, he saw Rika, doing much the same thing Ruki was. The two had him sandwiched with next to no room to squirm about. He eagerly began weighing the pros and cons of this situation and came to a perplexing conclusion. He may have been surrounded by beautiful girls but he had no room to get comfortable and go to sleep. Plus, if he accidentally woke Rika he could be in serious danger.
Takato "Am I having a good day or a bad day? ....Well it doesn't really matter. I can't get to sleep like this. Maybe a glass of warm milk would fix that."
Takato gently pried the smaller hands off of him and got up. He felt more like he was trying to escape from prison than simple going to the kitchen. He open the door which made a small creaking sound he hadn't noticed before. He silently cursed himself and went ahead into the kitchen. The milk was refreshing and he was already starting to feel sleepy from it again. Looking, around he could see the moonlight pouring into the household.
Takato "Hmm... Everyone's asleep. I guess now is as good a time as any to practice what Renamon's been teaching me."
Takato began to sway back and forth in the dimly lit kitchen, steadily picking his pace. After a few moment he was totally enthralled, dancing with his invisible partner. He was so enthralled with it he didn't even notice Rika approach from behind.
Rika had put her shades back on "Stupid Gogglehead. You woke me up with your... dancing?"
Takato stopped dead in his tracks and opened his eyes "Uhh, yeah sorry. It was supposed to be the Sonata."
Rika "Well it was a pretty poor dance whatever it was. Are you practicing or what?"
Takato "Well..."
Rika could feel a twinge of jealousy at Takato's mystery dance partner. **I... feel weird again, why now?** "You are, aren't you. Well if that's how you dance then you should just avoid that event all together." **Especially if you Ruki's partner.**
Takato blushed furiously. "Not... enough room in here to do it right."
Rika "Hmm, you'd do better if you had more room?"
Takato "Uhh."
Rika "Alright, let's go outside, you can show me there."
Takato "Show you?"
Rika grabbed Takato's hand and pulled him outside. "Yeah Gogglehead."
As soon as Takato was outside, Rika had her hands on his shoulders faster than he could react. They were dancing a second after that. Takato felt different dancing with Rika than with Renamon, it felt more natural to him. It could've been the fact that Renamon was a digimon, or it could've been that Rika was leading instead of Takato. Whatever the reason, the brown haired Tamer knew that this was quite possibly the most enjoyable moment he had in his life. It was as good as finding out he had a digimon partner, if not better. Rika however, seemed more rigid and intent on not making any mistakes. She kept her eyes on the boy in front of her as if judging him, a thought that made Takato a bit uncomfortable. The dance stopped as quickly as it had begun.
There was a long awkward silence before Rika spoke again "...So who are you taking to the dance? Is it Ruki? If it is then you can just tell me."
Takato **She doesn't know I wanna ask her?** "Well no one yet."
Rika "Why not? It's not like your Kazu or Kenta."
Takato began to turn red and looked at his feet "Well, there's someone I want to ask but I'm afraid of what she'll say."
Rika "So you can fight Ultimate Level digimon without even Biomerging but you can't ask someone out? Your one weird kid. You should just ask anyway instead of putting it off... Who is this person anyway. If it's Ruki I'll- "
Takato went into a deeper red "Uh no it's not her. It's umm..."
Rika began to grow impatient "Speak up."
Takato lifted his head enough to look Rika in the eye "Rika... Would you like to go to the dance with me?"
Rika's whole body tensed with the sudden realization. It seemed so obvious now that she wondered why she didn't figure it out earlier. "..................I don't believe it... Sorry Goggle...uh, Takato. Those formal dances and stuff really aren't my thing. It's nothing against you though."
Takato nodded "I know. That's why I was afraid to ask. But I guess I had to know for sure anyway."
At that moment Ruki came out of the room and walked towards the two other voices rubbing her eyes. As soon as she saw Rika and Takato she dashed between them, almost knocking Rika over in the process.
Ruki took one look at Takato and one at Rika "Hey, what's going on here and why wasn't I invited."
Rika replied calmly "Nothing's going here and you weren't invited because it doesn't concern you."
Ruki looked back at Takato "Oh really...? Well alright. Hey Takato, have you asked any one to the dance yet?"
Takato lost his balance and backed up a bit at the surprise question "Uh well..."
Rika panicked and spoke over Takato on reflex. "Uh, Yeah! he's going with me..." **...I can't... believe... I said that.**
Both Ruki and Takato both turned to Rika with surprised looks on their faces. Ruki growled for a moment before stomping back off to the bedroom. Takato was still staring at Rika unable to believe what had just happened.
Takato ".........Umm."
Rika was seemingly unfazed "Finally. I thought she'd never leave."
Takato "Did you mean what you said?"
Now it was Rika's turn to blush "...uh, I guess... I'll be seeing you at the dance."
Takato "...Okay. I guess I'll go back to bed then."
Rika "Okay. You can sleep on the couch if you want. It's kinda cramped but it's softer."
Takato nodded in agreement "Goodnight Rika."
Rika "Goodnight... Gogglehead."
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Regless: That one took longer than I wanted. Oh well Hope you enjoy it. Now to the reviews.
To Anime Fan -
Regless: Well Grani does beat Air Canada... But anyway thanks for the review and it would've be any fun if Ruki/Rika killed each other. They can play minds games on Takato though ^_^
To SerpentTreize (I'm doing both reviews in this one.) -
Regless: I wasn't intending to put Kazu with anyone anyway. Not his lack of trying though. I figured I could squeeze in a few easy laughs is all. And yes ChaosGallantmon can become a good guy... But he makes such a nice bad guy though. Anyway I'm not quite sure what to do about that but I'll figure it out. And the best part of both your reviews is LUCEMON caved and I didn't have to say I'm sorry.
{Yami Hamtaro walks in with Black's old shotgun and points it Regless} Wanna bet?
Black: Excellent my pupil. Soon you will be Regless's master.
{Regless sweatdrops} Uhh, heh heh... Sorry Lucemon.
Black: Louder and with MORE FEELING!
Regless: SORRY LUCEMON!
Yami Hamtaro: Good now write that out one hundred times and your done.
Black: Nice touch Yami.
To D3FAN -
Regless: perfect {Gets popcorn} I was intending to do that "He's mine! No he's mine" thing anyway. But all the same, thanks for the idea and the review.
Black: Can't help ya sorry. There a Jap. to English (And vise versa) site that we could normally use but it's down for some reason or another.
To R6 -
Regless: How does Rika get those weapons before I do?
Black: ...That would be my doing. Hey, it was funny... to me and my buddy Yami Hamtaro at least.
Regless: That's more disturbing than cruel... But anyway. Yeah I love putting Marine Angemon in weird places. I still got more for the Henry/Jeri romance and a couple more surprises too.
{Rika walks in and starts strangling Regless} This idiot here will be you if you don't give me Takato's shorts.
Black & Yami Hamtaro: Heh heh heh.
To Digimon Kid -
Regless: I wish I saw the Ryoko thing but I've only seen about the first three fic of Tenchi Muyo... Stupid Kazaa. I got the idea from XXX movies and the fic; Swiftly Burning Ice. (J/K). And in response to the rest of your review:
- What Rika doesn't know won't hurt her
-Oh yeah! There's gonna be a BIG cat-fight coming up.
To DC -
{Regless catches 90% of the cookies and eats them} You read my mind, as you can plainly read. Don't count Ruki out yet though. ^_^
{Yami Hamtaro catches one cookie and it crushed him} Help! Help!
{Black ignores the cookies and glares at Regless} Did he just call me an aid?
To Dark Child -
Regless: Confusing? Maybe I should have chosen a different name but. I liked the Japanese one. It's so appropriate. Well Ruki asked Takato to the dance and were all still alive so that good... HEY WAIT! You gave Rika the stun gun!
{Rika chokes Regless some more} Thanks I used up all the batteries!
Black: Technically he gave me the stun gun and I gave it to Rika.
Regless: Stupid aid.
{Black cracks his knuckles} Pardon? No Ice Cream for you.
To Energy -
Regless: Sorry this chap isn't as interesting as some of the others. The next one will be. I hope. Oh and it was Black's threatening that changed my mind.
Black: You may be stronger... But I know where he lives!
To Yume Takato -
Regless: LOL! I didn't even notice the name change till the second post. Marine Angemon was messing with the Circuit Breaker in the last chapter. Oh there's a list of Hazards on Chapter 13 I think... around there. You can use that if they get confusing. Also, Renamon/Guilmon is a background romance like Ryo/Alice but I'll see what I can do for the next chapter. ^_^'
To Firehedgehog -
Regless: Thanks for the reviews and 'Likes Me' my ass. That Hamster is a nightmare with fur. You gotta take him back.
{Black tackles Regless} I like him. I was teaching him to hate all the same things I do.
Regless: You were teaching him to hate ME!
Black: ...Your point?
Regless: ~Sigh~ Alright he can stay. I'll update the spin-off next cause that thing needs an update pretty badly.
To LoneWalker -
Regless: Glad you like it. You know, they say laughter is the best medicine. Just ask all the people tripping out of morphine or whatever it's called. I got more combat between Rika and Ruki coming up.
To Max Acorn -
Regless: Hell yeah. Max fighting D-Reaper and Beelzemon, sweat. Not a big fan of grownup DD/Tamers/Scanner/ fics though. I like it better when they're kids.
To Sora Potter -
{Regless drinks a gallon of Coke} RIKA AND TAKATO!!!!!!!!! OKAY!!! OKAY!!! OKAY GOOD LUCK WITH THE TREE!!! OKAY!!! maybe?
To ? -
Regless: LOL. That's a good point. RIKATO FOREVER BABY!
To -
Regless: Thanks for the review. I will! Even if I somehow get killed in the process.
To -
{Regless looks around and sees no one} Hmm. I seem to be talking to myself a lot recently. Anyway I've got my heart set on making this one a Rikato but in Viral State it might lean more the other way. Thanks for the review.