You Were In My Once Upon A Time
Chapter 3: Return of the Dark.
As Rika, Takato, Henry, Kazu and Jeri ran to Shinjuku Park, there was another thing in mind that disturbed Takato's thoughts. He paused as he felt the wind brush past his hair. If this digimon is really as tough as Kazu and Jeri says he is, we'll need the rest of the group to help us out. "Rika, Henry!" Takato shouted at Henry and Rika, who stopped instantly as soon as they heard their friend's cry.
"What is it, Takato?" Rika asked urgently.
"Yeah, what is it?" Henry asked.
"If this digimon is really as touch as Kazu and Jeri say it is, then we'll need back up, we'll need the rest of the group." Rika nodded in agreement.
"Takato's right, alright, what's the plan here? We have to get to Shinjuku Park obviously, but we'll need to get the rest of the group." Henry said, mixing his words around in the logical way he does. Rika nodded in agreement and brought up her fist again to chest height.
"We can do this," Rika said quickly, "Takato, you and Guilmon go ahead and contact everyone, Henry, go home and get Suzi, she may come in handy when we need her, me, Kazu and Jeri will meet you at Shinjuku Park if I'm not already fighting the digimon." Henry seemed hesitant but Takato quickly threw a word in, showing support for what Rika had to say.
"Alright, we'll go now, you take care of yourself until we get there, we can't afford to loose a team member now." He said firmly and took off without Guilmon. Once he realized his mistake, he turned around quickly to see Guilmon staring off into space right behind Rika and Henry, into the midst of trees, grass and buildings of stone. "Come on, Guilmon, let's go!" Guilmon didn't move from his ground, but cranked his head to the side and growled slightly. Rika and Henry looked at each other nervously.
"Takato, what is that behind Rika and Henry?" Rika and Henry instantly whirled around and Takato and Guilmon dove for their friend's backs. Renamon, who had hidden herself in the shadows of the trees, jumped in front of Rika as something jumped from the bush behind Rika. Terriermon dove in front of Henry but Takato instantly became confused in Guilmon's proposition, because the bush ruffled only once, but no one came out, even though it sounded so.
"What's going on here, boy?" Takato asked slowly as he saw Guilmon continue to growl. Terriermon laughed nervously to break the silence.
"Momentai?" He offered nervously.
"It's not working this time, Terriermon." Henry replied sadly and glanced at Takato.
"He's getting us worried for nothing, we should just continue on what we were supposed to do." Henry said and walked off, followed closely by Terriermon. Guilmon's growl died and he looked up sadly at Takato.
"I wasn't joking, Takato, there as something there and it was bigger than a squirrel." Rika offered a sympathetic look for Guilmon, but he never accepted. Takato patted Guilmon's back.
"I know, Guilmon. Henry's just jumpy, I guess, with this new digimon walking around." It was for once that Rika and Takato noticed that Jeri and Kazu were no longer with them. Rika looked around nervously and shot a look back at Takato.
"Where's Jeri?" Rika asked quickly. Takato jumped out of his calm state and looked around eagerly.
"Jeri? Kazu, where's Kazu?" Takato asked. Guilmon cranked his head to the side.
"Didn't you see it?" Guilmon said so quietly, but it the words still hung in the air around Rika. The words stung her like nothing else could have.
"What do you mean, did you see it?" Takato and Rika asked in unison, it scared them that they hadn't noticed two of the most obvious people not in their group had vanished without any of them knowing, except a digimon who can't get his words straight, or his growl.
"I didn't see it, but I felt it." Came Renamon's serene voice from beside Rika. Rika jumped slightly, she was so quiet, she forgot that her partner was still beside her but fortunately, no one noticed.
"What did you feel, Renamon?" Rika asked concerningly. "What did you sense?" Renamon turned to the bush where Guilmon was supposedly growling. She paused for a moment and bowed her head, closed her eyes and sighed. Takato didn't dare to break her concentration, so he looked at Rika and whispered the words: I'm-Going-To-Go-Get-Henry-And-The-Others-Meet-Us-At- Shinjuku and walked off. Rika nodded and gazed at Renamon in concentration. After a minute or two, Renamon returned Rika's gaze.
"I felt negative energy surpassing the positives in this area, it felt dark, it felt secluded and cold. It felt like the time when we were fighting IceDevimon." Renamon answered slowly, knowing that this once was a touchy subject and hoped it shouldn't be. Rika nodded in acknowledgement and stared off into that space in thought.
"Would that mean that IceDevimon is back?"
"I would doubt that Rika, just because I sensed something that feels that way, doesn't mean it isn't him or it is, I was just saying what I felt." Rika nodded again in admiration for Renamon, she always knew what to say at the right time. It all came flushing back to Rika when Renamon said few words, bringing Rika to reality. "It was odd because it seemed like Jeri and Kazu made no struggle, or that's what it felt like, like they willingly went along with this."
Rika felt her determination and devastation run back. Time wasn't exactly being wasted, just being used up and no one has encountered the digimon yet, and the problem of two missing tamers hasn't been solved, or the way Renamon or Guilmon reacted today. She swallowed every bit of fear she had inside of her and replaced it with courage, faith, hope and determination that whatever had to be done, will be done without harming anyone except the digimon in the process. "Standing around here won't help us get Kazu or Jeri back, and it certainly won't help the others know what the new digimon is like, we'd better get to Shinjuku Park without any more interruptions." Rika said quickly and took off running again, trying to forget her delays and focusing on what was ahead of her.
It was shadows, all shadows, that's all Shinjuku Park was in Rika's eyes, it was all shadows. Looming ahead was a great sphere of darkness, swirling and changing the park into some kind of dark chamber of demonic darkness. Rika breathed in all that was happening in one gulp of air and almost choked on how much she took in. The trees, they became crooked and leafless in the shadows enveloping them. The bark took on a deformed look and gave off very forbidding looks. The grass, it grew long and shriveled into blades of dead crisp arms, it was like an army as it fell across the lands of Shinjuku Park.
The usually blue sky turned into a sickening slate gray, mixing in with the blacks and purples of reflections coming of the overly large egg in the middle of the park. Renamon stuck stiffly by Rika's side, watching over Rika. Rika looked ahead into the park and she realized she had made no motion to move. All she did was try to hold in the emotions flowing inside of her. "This is crazy, look at this place, it looks dead."
"I know, it's deprived of light."
"What?"
"There's a digimon inside that egg, growing ever so strong until it can block out all of the sun's rays and turn the world into a cold, lonesome, dead atmosphere of dead organisms and cold winds, ice, darkness all in all." Renamon said slowly.
Rika felt fascinated yet sickened at the same time, what digimon would deprive the world of things so beautiful? She needed a closer look into this world, she needed information on this digimon, if she just had a closer look.
"Can we go in there? I mean, there's plainly a barrier keeping this shadow dimension all in Shinjuku Park, but can we enter?" Rika asked, eager to solve this mystery of the ever dividing chamber between the light and dark, good and possibly evil. Renamon shook her head.
"It seems, I've sensed that it might be harder for digimon to enter than humans, for if this is where Kazu and Jeri are, then who would bring them to a place if it meant giving them a hard time to enter?" Renamon asked slowly, Rika seemed to understand, but there was this powerful will inside of her, curiosity, determination, faith and mystery that seemed to pull her towards the barrier.
"Renamon, I'm going in." She turned to Renamon, who seemed displeased to say the least.
"It can bring you great harm, Rika. I would desire if you would stay on this side until the other tamers get here." Renamon requested, which made Rika feel upset but decided not to go against Renamon's wishes. But the power to go and immerge herself into this shadow stereotype was too powerful, as if against her will and Rika walked slowly and slowly into the barrier of shadows, failing to acknowledge Renamon's cries of warning and despair.
What divides us from good from evil is a very thin line..~
Chapter 3: Return of the Dark.
As Rika, Takato, Henry, Kazu and Jeri ran to Shinjuku Park, there was another thing in mind that disturbed Takato's thoughts. He paused as he felt the wind brush past his hair. If this digimon is really as tough as Kazu and Jeri says he is, we'll need the rest of the group to help us out. "Rika, Henry!" Takato shouted at Henry and Rika, who stopped instantly as soon as they heard their friend's cry.
"What is it, Takato?" Rika asked urgently.
"Yeah, what is it?" Henry asked.
"If this digimon is really as touch as Kazu and Jeri say it is, then we'll need back up, we'll need the rest of the group." Rika nodded in agreement.
"Takato's right, alright, what's the plan here? We have to get to Shinjuku Park obviously, but we'll need to get the rest of the group." Henry said, mixing his words around in the logical way he does. Rika nodded in agreement and brought up her fist again to chest height.
"We can do this," Rika said quickly, "Takato, you and Guilmon go ahead and contact everyone, Henry, go home and get Suzi, she may come in handy when we need her, me, Kazu and Jeri will meet you at Shinjuku Park if I'm not already fighting the digimon." Henry seemed hesitant but Takato quickly threw a word in, showing support for what Rika had to say.
"Alright, we'll go now, you take care of yourself until we get there, we can't afford to loose a team member now." He said firmly and took off without Guilmon. Once he realized his mistake, he turned around quickly to see Guilmon staring off into space right behind Rika and Henry, into the midst of trees, grass and buildings of stone. "Come on, Guilmon, let's go!" Guilmon didn't move from his ground, but cranked his head to the side and growled slightly. Rika and Henry looked at each other nervously.
"Takato, what is that behind Rika and Henry?" Rika and Henry instantly whirled around and Takato and Guilmon dove for their friend's backs. Renamon, who had hidden herself in the shadows of the trees, jumped in front of Rika as something jumped from the bush behind Rika. Terriermon dove in front of Henry but Takato instantly became confused in Guilmon's proposition, because the bush ruffled only once, but no one came out, even though it sounded so.
"What's going on here, boy?" Takato asked slowly as he saw Guilmon continue to growl. Terriermon laughed nervously to break the silence.
"Momentai?" He offered nervously.
"It's not working this time, Terriermon." Henry replied sadly and glanced at Takato.
"He's getting us worried for nothing, we should just continue on what we were supposed to do." Henry said and walked off, followed closely by Terriermon. Guilmon's growl died and he looked up sadly at Takato.
"I wasn't joking, Takato, there as something there and it was bigger than a squirrel." Rika offered a sympathetic look for Guilmon, but he never accepted. Takato patted Guilmon's back.
"I know, Guilmon. Henry's just jumpy, I guess, with this new digimon walking around." It was for once that Rika and Takato noticed that Jeri and Kazu were no longer with them. Rika looked around nervously and shot a look back at Takato.
"Where's Jeri?" Rika asked quickly. Takato jumped out of his calm state and looked around eagerly.
"Jeri? Kazu, where's Kazu?" Takato asked. Guilmon cranked his head to the side.
"Didn't you see it?" Guilmon said so quietly, but it the words still hung in the air around Rika. The words stung her like nothing else could have.
"What do you mean, did you see it?" Takato and Rika asked in unison, it scared them that they hadn't noticed two of the most obvious people not in their group had vanished without any of them knowing, except a digimon who can't get his words straight, or his growl.
"I didn't see it, but I felt it." Came Renamon's serene voice from beside Rika. Rika jumped slightly, she was so quiet, she forgot that her partner was still beside her but fortunately, no one noticed.
"What did you feel, Renamon?" Rika asked concerningly. "What did you sense?" Renamon turned to the bush where Guilmon was supposedly growling. She paused for a moment and bowed her head, closed her eyes and sighed. Takato didn't dare to break her concentration, so he looked at Rika and whispered the words: I'm-Going-To-Go-Get-Henry-And-The-Others-Meet-Us-At- Shinjuku and walked off. Rika nodded and gazed at Renamon in concentration. After a minute or two, Renamon returned Rika's gaze.
"I felt negative energy surpassing the positives in this area, it felt dark, it felt secluded and cold. It felt like the time when we were fighting IceDevimon." Renamon answered slowly, knowing that this once was a touchy subject and hoped it shouldn't be. Rika nodded in acknowledgement and stared off into that space in thought.
"Would that mean that IceDevimon is back?"
"I would doubt that Rika, just because I sensed something that feels that way, doesn't mean it isn't him or it is, I was just saying what I felt." Rika nodded again in admiration for Renamon, she always knew what to say at the right time. It all came flushing back to Rika when Renamon said few words, bringing Rika to reality. "It was odd because it seemed like Jeri and Kazu made no struggle, or that's what it felt like, like they willingly went along with this."
Rika felt her determination and devastation run back. Time wasn't exactly being wasted, just being used up and no one has encountered the digimon yet, and the problem of two missing tamers hasn't been solved, or the way Renamon or Guilmon reacted today. She swallowed every bit of fear she had inside of her and replaced it with courage, faith, hope and determination that whatever had to be done, will be done without harming anyone except the digimon in the process. "Standing around here won't help us get Kazu or Jeri back, and it certainly won't help the others know what the new digimon is like, we'd better get to Shinjuku Park without any more interruptions." Rika said quickly and took off running again, trying to forget her delays and focusing on what was ahead of her.
It was shadows, all shadows, that's all Shinjuku Park was in Rika's eyes, it was all shadows. Looming ahead was a great sphere of darkness, swirling and changing the park into some kind of dark chamber of demonic darkness. Rika breathed in all that was happening in one gulp of air and almost choked on how much she took in. The trees, they became crooked and leafless in the shadows enveloping them. The bark took on a deformed look and gave off very forbidding looks. The grass, it grew long and shriveled into blades of dead crisp arms, it was like an army as it fell across the lands of Shinjuku Park.
The usually blue sky turned into a sickening slate gray, mixing in with the blacks and purples of reflections coming of the overly large egg in the middle of the park. Renamon stuck stiffly by Rika's side, watching over Rika. Rika looked ahead into the park and she realized she had made no motion to move. All she did was try to hold in the emotions flowing inside of her. "This is crazy, look at this place, it looks dead."
"I know, it's deprived of light."
"What?"
"There's a digimon inside that egg, growing ever so strong until it can block out all of the sun's rays and turn the world into a cold, lonesome, dead atmosphere of dead organisms and cold winds, ice, darkness all in all." Renamon said slowly.
Rika felt fascinated yet sickened at the same time, what digimon would deprive the world of things so beautiful? She needed a closer look into this world, she needed information on this digimon, if she just had a closer look.
"Can we go in there? I mean, there's plainly a barrier keeping this shadow dimension all in Shinjuku Park, but can we enter?" Rika asked, eager to solve this mystery of the ever dividing chamber between the light and dark, good and possibly evil. Renamon shook her head.
"It seems, I've sensed that it might be harder for digimon to enter than humans, for if this is where Kazu and Jeri are, then who would bring them to a place if it meant giving them a hard time to enter?" Renamon asked slowly, Rika seemed to understand, but there was this powerful will inside of her, curiosity, determination, faith and mystery that seemed to pull her towards the barrier.
"Renamon, I'm going in." She turned to Renamon, who seemed displeased to say the least.
"It can bring you great harm, Rika. I would desire if you would stay on this side until the other tamers get here." Renamon requested, which made Rika feel upset but decided not to go against Renamon's wishes. But the power to go and immerge herself into this shadow stereotype was too powerful, as if against her will and Rika walked slowly and slowly into the barrier of shadows, failing to acknowledge Renamon's cries of warning and despair.
What divides us from good from evil is a very thin line..~