Henrika: A Tale of Two Tamers

Chapter 3



It was a little past noon. Henry and Terriermon were walking through the park. They finally came up to their destination: a structure that could probably be best described as a concrete shed. Whatever this shed thing had been made for, it had long since been abandoned by the people who made it. These days, it served as the secret hiding place of Guilmon, a reptile Digimon. Henry and Terriermon stepped inside. Sure enough, there was Guilmon, along with his tamer, Takato Matsuki. Takato always came by around this time of day to give Guilmon his food. It was usually just bread from his bakery, but Guilmon didn't seem to care.

"Mmm, yum yum! Good food Takatomon!"

"I thought I told you, it's Takato! Not Takatomon!"

"Oops! I forgot. Sorry Takatomon."

"I give up!"

Guilmon was a Digimon Takato had created. Therefore, he was still learning things, like the difference between Digimon and tamer. It was pretty funny the way Guilmon kept making that mistake and Henry tried his best not to laugh out of respect. Terriermon, on the other hand, had a little more trouble being tactful with his feelings.

"Heh, heh, heh!"

"Terriermon!" scolded Henry.

"What?"

Takato and Guilmon turned around to notice their two guests.

"Hey, how long have you two been there?" asked Takato.

"Not too long. We just got here," replied Henry.

Terriermon hopped on down from Henry's head to join Guilmon for a little bread. The poor lizard seemed a little embarrassed over his recurring mispronunciations.

"Ah, don't be so hard on yourself," said Terriermon, trying to sound supportive for a change. "After all, on that TV show, Davis couldn't even remember two simple letters!"

"What TV show?"

"The Digimon cartoon, of course!"

"Digimon have a TV show?"

"Well yeah, I thought you knew."

Guilmon shook his head. "I don't get cable in here. By the way… what is cable?"

While Terriermon did his best to describe cable television to a confused Guilmon, Henry was filling Takato in on what had happened the previous night.

"You're kidding! You mean she actually said 'thank you'?"

"That's right."

"Whoa, whoa, slow down for a minute! Are we talking about the same Rika here? Rika Nonaka? Red hair, purple eyes, bad attitude?"

"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't been there. I know I'm going to sound crazy for saying this, but maybe Rika's not such a bad person after all."

"Don't count on it boys! Make no mistake, I'm bad to the bone!"

The sound of Rika's voice caught everyone by surprise. There was Rika, standing just outside the doorway.

"Well speak of the Devimon!" Terriermon joked. "Ha! I've got a million of them!"

"Rika? How did you know we were here?" inquired Henry.

"Wasn't that hard," said Rika, holding up her digivice. "Obviously you've forgotten that this thing has a compass. I've just never bothered to track you guys down until now."

"If you're here to fight, you can forget it!"

"As much as I'd enjoy pummelling your Digimon, that's not why I'm here. I came to talk."

"Alright then, talk."

"Not here. I'd rather discuss this somewhere more private. What I have to say is between you and me Henry, and not the rest of your misfit posse!"

Henry thought for a moment, shrugged his shoulders, and went off with Rika. The others were all in total surprise.

"What was that all about?" asked Takato.

"I don't know," said Terriermon. "Maybe she prefers the Wong, silent type. Ha! I've got 999, 999 of them!"

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Meanwhile, in the Hypnos building, Riley and Tally were continuing to monitor the Internet.

"Sir, I'm picking up a reading. It looks like that Wild One we've been tracking is about to bio-emerge!"

"You know what to do," answered Yamaki. "Activate Yuggoth program."

"Yuggoth activated. …No affect sir. Wild One will bio-emerge in less than ten minutes!"

TO BE CONTINUED