Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon.
Author's Note(s):
I want to thank everyone who has reviewed my fic; I enjoy reading your reviews. For everyone else who reads my fic but doesn't review, thank you for reading my fic. I'm going to try something new in this chapter. I liked Suzie's pink outfit in the show. I want to see how well I can tell a story without using names.
Giving it a Chance
Chapter 4: The Digimon Princess
It was a sunny day in the city. Nothing out of the ordinary was happening. Two people with digimon were standing on a sidewalk. The girl in pink felt something wrong was going on, and then all of a sudden a huge digimon appeared in a nearby vacant lot. The two ran to the vacant lot. Before Terriermon started to fight, his human partner tried to reason with the huge digimon. The huge digimon didn't listen, so Terriermon attacked it. Terriermon did his best to stop the huge digimon from causing distraction. Then all of a sudden, Suzie found a way to win.
"Digi-modify, Alias activate!" screamed Suzie as she slapped her card onto the table.
Lopmon fell backwards in defeat.
"I win!" screamed Suzie as she jumped up from her sitting position.
"Shh! I'm trying to watch a movie here," said Terriermon, who was sitting on the blue couch that faced the television.
Suzie looked at the television and saw that Terriermon was watching the third Digimon movie. It was on the scene where T.K. and Kari find Willis and Terriermon in New York City.
It was Sunday mourning. Suzie and Lopmon were playing a round of the digimon card game on the rectangular coffee table that sat between the television and blue couch that Terriermon was on.
"Ready to go?" asked Henry as he entered the living room. Henry noticed Lopmon lying on the floor. "Lose again Lopmon?"
"Yeah," replied Lopmon as the digimon got up from the floor.
"Can I finish this movie first?" asked Terriermon.
"No, I want to get there early to get a good spot," whined Suzie.
"Momantai Suzie! It doesn't start for another two hours. You can practice some more with Lopmon in the meantime," said Terriermon, who was still focus on the movie.
"I can give you the Miss Pretty pants treatment for two hours," said Suzie. Suzie didn't do the Miss Pretty pants treatment anymore, but she does use it against Terriermon and Lopmon to get her way with them.
"On second thought, I think we should go now to beat the crowd," said Terriermon, a little frighten at the idea of getting the Miss Pretty pants treatment.
Suzie got her D-ark, card reader, and cards off of the coffee table. Henry and Suzie walked over to the kitchen where Mayumi, their mom, was cleaning up, and Janyuu, their dad, was sitting down at the dinning table reading the newspaper.
"Mom, dad, we're going to go now," said Henry.
"Is Rinchei and Jaarin going too?" asked Mayumi.
"Rinchei can't go because he has some work to do, and Jaarin is going to go out with her friends later," explained Henry.
"Suzie, are you sure you don't want your mom and me to come?" asked Janyuu as he put down the newspaper he was reading.
"I'm sure. We'll see you later, love you!" said Suzie, who was impatient to leave.
"Love you both, take care you two!" said Janyuu.
Suzie and Henry gave their parents a hug goodbye. They left the kitchen and meet Terriermon and Lopmon at the door. Suzie and Henry put their shoes on, and then Suzie put Lopmon on her back, disguising Lopmon as a backpack, where as Henry just let Terriermon sit on his head.
"It seems like only yesterday, Suzie was blackmailing me to get me to go everywhere with her. Now she doesn't want to be seen in public with me. They grow up so fast," said Janyuu as he heard the entrance door close, signaling that Henry, Suzie, Terriermon, and Lopmon have left the apartment.
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Henry, now carrying Terriermon like a stuff animal, and Suzie, still wearing Lopmon as a backpack, got to the park. They headed to the open grassy field part of the park. When they got to that part of the park, they saw a big stage set up with a bunch of tables set up on the ground in front of it with two chairs set on opposite ends of each table. The annual digimon card tournament was being held today, and this year it was being held in the park. Even though the tournament wasn't schedule to start for another hour and a half, fifty or so digimon fans were already there. Henry and Suzie, still carrying their digimon, walked over to the sign in booth.
"Hi, my name is-"
"No need to tell us your name. We know who you are," said the lady in the booth cutting off Suzy, "You're Suzie Wong, right?"
"Yes that's me," said Suzie, surprised the women knew her, "How did you know my-"
"Any digimon fan who plays the card game knows who you are. You're known as the Digimon Princess. You won the last three tournaments. Ready to win this years?" asked the lady cutting off Suzie again.
"I'm not sure about winning, but I am ready for some competition," answered Suzie modestly.
"All I need you to do is pick a table, then you're all set."
Suzie looked at all the unoccupied tables that were set up and saw one next to a tree.
Suzie pointed to the table next to the tree, "Can I have that table next to that tree?"
"Yes you can. Take this and put it on the table. Good luck!" said the lady as she handed a piece of paper to Suzie.
"Thank you," Suzie replied back.
Suzie and Henry left the sign in booth and started to head towards Suzie's assigned table.
"Did you see that?! She knows who I am and she said any digimon fan who plays the card game knows me! She said I'm known as the Digimon Princess! Wow!" said Suzie with excitement, surprised that she had a reputation.
"Don't let it get to your head," said Henry.
"Henry, Suzie!"
Henry and Suzie turned around and looked in the direction where the voice came from and saw Kenta and Kazu.
"Hey, what brings you two here?" asked Henry.
"We're here to stop the Digimon Princess's winning streak. Isn't that right Kenta?" said Kazu nudging Kenta with his elbow.
"That's right! We practiced all day and all night for the past week," said Kenta.
"So prepare to lose Suzie!" Kazu finished off.
Suzie offered her hand out in sportsmanship, "May the best tamer win."
Kazu shook her hand and then Kenta.
"Where's your table? Are you two competing with each other in the first heat?" asked Henry.
"No, but our tables are over there right next to each other. Suzie, why don't you move your table to the table next to ours?" asked Kenta.
Suzie looked over to where Kazu and Kenta's table were. "There's no tree."
Kazu looked at Suzie puzzled, "So?"
"I picked that table over there so Terriermon and Lopmon can watch me play from the branches of the tree."
The mention of digimon made Henry realize that Guardromon and Marineangemon weren't around, "Where's Guardromon and Marineangemon?"
Marineangemon, hearing his name being called, popped out of Kenta's pant pocket. "Hello, Hello!"
"I still don't understand how he can stand staying in your pocket," said Henry amazed.
"Guardromon is at Guilmon's hideout. If I brought him here, he would be mobbed by digimon fans wanting to take a picture with him or something," said Kazu.
"I better get to my table and get ready. Hopefully we'll be able to compete with each later," said Suzie.
They greeted each other goodbye. Kazu and Kenta headed to their table and Henry and Suzie headed to her assigned table. When Henry and Suzie got to the table, they both put down their digimon. Terriermon and Lopmon climbed the tree and sat on a steady branched that was a few feet above the table. Suzie and Henry looked up at them.
"You two will be ok up there?" asked Henry.
Terriermon looked down at Henry and Suzie, "We're fine. We have a great view from up here."
Suzie looked at them and noticed how visible they were. "I'm afraid that if someone looks up, they'll notice them."
"If they do, just tell them its part of the decoration for the tournament," replied Henry.
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The tournament started and Suzie was playing up to her reputation. She just finished her fourth heat in record-breaking time, and her opponent just left her table. Suzie noticed Henry was getting bored watching her.
Suzie stretched out her arms and looked up at her brother who was standing next to her seat, "You don't have to watch me play all my heats. Why don't you walk around?"
"I want to cheer you on," said Henry with a soft smile
"Why don't you take a break? Don't worry about me. Terriermon and Lopmon are watching me from above, and I'll send one of them to get you when I make it to the final heat."
Henry was bored watching his sister play and did want to walk around for a bit, but he didn't want to leave his sister's side, "Are you sure?"
"Yes," said Suzie with a smile.
"Do you want me to get you anything while I'm walking around?" asked Henry.
"No, I'm fine," said Suzie.
Henry looked up into the tree, "How about you two?"
"We're fine," Terriermon and Lopmon said in unison.
"Do you want to come with me Terriermon?" asked Henry.
"I'm too comfortable up here to move," responded Terriermon.
"Ok," said Henry, surprise that Terriermon didn't want to go with him.
Henry left. It was very crowded in the park today due to the tournament. Henry looked around to find something to do. He saw a small hill with a large tree on it off in the distance, and no one was around it. Henry was kind of tired, so he decided to head over there to take a nap. Henry walked over to the tree and sat down, resting his back against the trunk of the tree. From where he was sitting, he had a great view of whole digimon card tournament event. Henry just sat there admiring the view. Henry noticed some leafs fell onto his lap, so he just brushed it off. Just as he brushed off those leafs, some more fell, and he just brushed those leafs off too. Leafs continued to fall every time he brushed them off of his lap.
"What's wrong with this stupid tree?" Henry said out load.
"Did you just call the tree stupid?" a voice from above asked.
Henry looked up and saw Rika with a leaf in her hand sitting down on a branch with Renamon standing next to her.
"You know what they say. People tend to pick up habits from their friends," said Henry with a smile.
Rika noticed Henry was alone, "Where's Terriermon?"
"Terriermon is sitting in the tree next to Suzie's table at the tournament," replied Henry.
"Rika?" asked Renamon.
Rika nodded at Renamon knowing what she was asking, and Renamon disappeared.
Henry climbed up the tree and sat down on the spot where Renamon was previously standing. He sat shoulder to shoulder with Rika, with the trunk of the tree on his other side.
"How's Suzie doing?" asked Rika, who was looking over at the event.
"You mean the Digimon Princess. She's doing great. Two more rounds and she'll be in the final heat."
Rika notice that Henry called his sister the Digimon Princess, "She only got that reputation because people found out Ryo trained her. If she wanted to be the best, she should have came to me for training."
"Well, Ryo offered to teach her. How did the dance go last night?" asked Henry who was afraid, but at the same time anxious to hear her answer.
"I don't want to talk about it," Rika said bluntly.
"Was it that bad?" questioned Henry.
"No, it was fun," Rika stubbornly admitted.
Henry wanted to ask one more question, but he knew if Rika wanted him to know, she would tell him. A few seconds of silence fell upon the two.
"Thank you," Rika whispered out while she fumbled with the leaf in her hands.
Henry was baffled, "For what?"
"For telling me to give it a chance. Because now I can shove an I told you so in Kazu's face!" Rika said the last sentence sarcastically.
Henry was happy to hear that there was nothing between Rika and Ryo, but he needed to make sure.
"How do you know there's nothing there?" asked Henry.
Rika gave out a loud sigh of frustration, "He's just not my type!" stated Rika.
"Sorry I asked," said Henry in a low voice. He felt bad that he went over the line with his question.
Rika felt bad for snapping at Henry like that. "I'm just tired of answering that question," Rika explained in a calm voice.
"What type of guy are you interested in then?" Henry asked shyly as he looked over at Rika who was staring at the leaf in her hand.
Rika knew the answer to that question, but she couldn't tell Henry. She couldn't find the courage to tell him that he was her type. Rika turned to look at Henry, and found herself looking straight into his deep gray eyes because they were sitting so close to each other, their faces just inches away from each other.
Rika thought about how she would answer that question.
Renamon suddenly appear on the other side of Rika.
"Suzie made it to the final round," said Renamon.
"Already? Thank you Renamon. We'll be right there," said Henry. Then Renamon suddenly disappeared.
Rika took advantage of Renamon's interruption to change the subject.
"She finished two heats already? I didn't know she was that good," said Rika.
"They don't call her the Digimon Princess for nothing," said Henry.
"We better go now, or we might miss the battle," said Rika.
Henry and Rika climbed down the tree and headed to the tournament.
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"They're coming," Renamon said from the branch above Suzie's table.
Suzie looked up at Renamon, "Ok, thanks Renamon."
"The Digimon Princess makes it to the final round again!" yelled Kazu as he and Kenta walked over to Suzie's table.
Suzie watched Kazu and Kenta walk over to her, "Which one of you is my final opponent?"
"We didn't make it. The playoff for the last sit to the final heat is still happening over there," said Kenta pointing to a crowd a few yards away.
"Dude, why aren't you over there watching to see who'll be your next opponent?" asked Kazu.
"I want to be surprised," responded Suzie, "How far did you two make it?"
"I lost in the first heat," said Kenta in embarrassment.
"I only made it to the third heat," said Kazu.
"There's always next year," said Suzie, trying to cheer up Kazu and Kenta.
"You two have been entering tournaments for the last four years and you two still can't make it anywhere near the final round?" said Rika as she and Henry got to Suzie's table.
Kazu stood next to Rika and nudge her with his shoulder, "Maybe some pretty girl can give me some one on one lessons."
"Oh please! It'll be easier to teach a dog than to teach you," remarked Rika.
"I can teach you," said Ryo, who was holding a bouquet of white tulips, as he walked up to the group.
Kazu was shocked that the Legendary Tamer just offered to help him with his card playing skills. "You will? Thanks man!"
"How about me?" asked Kenta, feeling left out.
"You two Kenta," said Ryo. Ryo turned his attention to Suzie, "Here Suzie, these are for you. Congratulations on making it to the final round again. I would have made it earlier but some people stop me to ask for an autograph," Ryo said as he gave Suzie the bouquet of tulips.
At first Suzie was speechless from shock that Ryo gave her flowers. "Thank you!" Suzie was finally able to say after a few seconds.
"Maybe Suzie should give a relationship with Ryo a chance," Rika whispered to Henry.
Henry tense up at the thought of it, and Rika notice Henry stiffen up next to her.
"Momantai Henry, I was just kidding."
"Did you just say momantai?" asked Henry.
"I wonder who I got that from?" Rika sarcastically responded.
"Hey you guys!" Takato greeted, as he and Jeri, who was carrying Calumon in her arms, walked up to the group.
Everyone greeted the couple.
"How was your anniversary?" asked Rika.
"Everything was peachy! Blowfish was great. They have really good food, and the place was really pretty. Thank you Takato," said Jeri as she kissed Takato on the cheek.
Takato blushed, "Your welcome."
"How was the dance?" asked Jeri.
"It was ok," responded Rika.
"Just ok? I know you had fun," said Ryo.
"Ok, it was a little bit fun," Rika stubbornly said.
"So are you two a couple now?" asked Kazu.
"No. So don't worry Kazu, Ryo is still all yours," Rika said with a grin.
"Hey Calumon, up here!" said Terriermon.
Calumon flew off of Jeri's arms and up to the branch where Lopmon, Terriermon, and Renamon were sitting.
"How long have they been up there?" asked Kazu.
"Since the tournament started," answered Suzie.
"I forgot about that," said Kazu.
"Marineangemon, do you want to join them too?" Kenta asked his digimon.
Marineangemon flew out of his pocket up to the branch where all the other digimon where.
"Where's Guilmon?" asked Henry.
"He's at his hideout keeping Guardromon and Monodramon company," Takato responded.
Suzie looked at everyone who surrounded her table, "Wow, almost everyone is here except Mako and-"
"Ai makes it to the finals!" the announcer said over the speakers.
"Ai?" everyone said surprised.
"I didn't know Ai played," said Kazu.
"Impmon taught her and Mako," answered Suzie.
Kazu thought about what Suzie said, "Who taught Impmon?"
"I did," said Renamon.
Kazu looked up at Renamon, "Who taught Renamon?"
"Who do you think?" stated Rika.
One of the supervisors of the event walked up to Suzie.
"We're going to have the final match up on the stage so that we can tape the battle and project it onto the screen. It'll make it easier for everyone around to watch the battle," explained the supervisor.
"Can my friends come up with me?" asked Suzie.
"I'm sorry, they can't," said the supervisor.
"That sucks," said Kazu.
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Suzie went to the stage and sat down at the table that was set up. The other tamers watched from the lawn, and the digimon remained hidden up in the tree. Mako and Impmon soon joined the group of tamers a few seconds after Suzie left.
Ai got to the stage and sat down at the table, "Hi Suzie!"
"Hi Ai! Why didn't you tell me you were going to join the tournament?" asked Suzie.
"I wanted to surprise you."
Suzie giggled, "You sure did. Who was your last opponent?"
"My brother."
The announcer walked onto the stage and over to the table.
"Suzie, the Digimon Princess, has won for the past three consecutive years. Will Ai win this year and take away Suzie's title?" said the announcer trying to make the battle sound dramatic.
"May the best player win and good luck," said Suzie as she smiled at Ai.
Ai smiled back at Suzie, "Good luck to you too!"
The battle went on. A few minutes past and Suzie and Ai were neck to neck. Suzie picked up a card and smiled.
Suzie swiped the card through her card reader, "Lady of force activate!"
The announcer watched Suzie's move, "The Digimon Princess has won again!"
Ai looked at the card Suzie just used. "That's not fair! That's a rare card. If Ryo didn't give you that card I would have a better chance to win."
"Collecting rare cards is part of the game," said Suzie.
"You're right. Good game!" said Ai as she got up from her sit, walked over to Suzie, and gave her a hug.
"Suzie, would you please come here to receive you award," said the announcer.
Suzie got up from her sit and walked over to the announcer who was standing at the front center of the stage.
"This year the Digimon Princess wins a free camping trip," announced the announcer as he gave the certificate to the free camping trip to Suzie.
After Suzie got a certificate to the camping trip from the announcer, she and Ai walked off of the stage and over to the rest of the tamers. Everyone congratulated her on her victory.
Suzie looked at her certificate. "Let's all go on a camping trip this summer."
"That's a good idea. School gets out in two weeks. Maybe instead of having our monthly meeting at Guilmon's hideout next month, we'll all just go on a camping trip," said Takato looking at everyone.
"That would nice," said Jeri.
"Yeah, that'll be cool," said Kazu.
"I'm game," Kenta joined in.
Rika shrugged, "It would be better than having another boring meeting at Guilmon's hideout."
Ai looked at Mako, "Mako and I would have to ask our parents first."
"It would be good to do something different," said Ryo.
"Suzie and I will find out how to use this certificate and we'll call all of you to confirm plans," said Henry.
"So it's official. We're going camping in two weeks instead of having our normal meeting," said Takato.
Everyone agree.
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A/N: If you're wondering, Ryo and Rika retired from playing the card game after the D-Reaper saga and that's why they didn't enter the tournament. I lied about trying to write a chapter without names, and I just mentioned Suzie's outfit to try to make you think that the girl in pink was Suzie. I didn't want to make it obvious that I was twisting the beginning. That's the last time I'll do that because I know if I do it one more time, I'll kill it.
P.S. I read on a web site that the card Suzie received from Ryo in episode 46 was Lady of force. I thought it was Queen something (I forgot the name). Was the card Lady of force?