My Meeting Place pt. 1 stage5
::..:://Seattle\\::..::
When they got to the hotel, Himeko flopped down on one of the beds. She smiled and whispered to Merr,
"I think we're going to have a blast here! Maybe even meet my friends!"
"Seriously? That would be so awesome!" Merr squealed.
"If I can get a hold of them. you know," Himeko stood up and stretched her arms.
"I'm going to use the phone." Merr picked up the hotel phone and dialed the number. Nothing happened. She hung up and tried again. Again, nothing happened. She was getting frustrated.
"Why the hell won't the phone dial out!?" Himeko giggled and Junamon popped out of her bag.
"You can't dial out of a hotel room phone! You have to go downstairs and use the lobby phone!"
"Wow. you didn't know THAT?" ridiculed Junamon. "How are you supposed to save the digital world if you didn't know that you couldn't dial out of a hotel phone!"
"Well, I would think you wouldn't know either!" Merr shot back.
"I live in the human world! You wouldn't understand! I am a special digimon," Junamon said with a preppy voice. "Brooke teaches me stuff, you know," Himeko sighed and answered,
"I bet she does." Merr got up and grabbed a room key.
"I'll be back. just going to use the phone in the lobby," and with that we left the room. Himeko opened the door. She knew Kouichi and Kouji would be coming up with the luggage soon, not that she had any herself. She had her bag and that was it. She looked out of the doorway to see a boy, about a year older than her. He was looking at her. He had natural black hair with yellow streaks. His pants were ripped at the knees and he wore wristbands.
"Hey, are you Himeko Mizuno?" Himeko was surprised when she heard her name.
"Um, I am her. What do you need?" the boy began to walk closer. She came out of the room and closed the door behind her.
"I am a big fan of yours! You have lots of fans here in America," Himeko smiled at the boy.
"What's your name then?"
"My name's Eric." He held out his hand. He smiled at her.
"Well, Eric, nice to meet you!" she shook his hand and looked down. She could feel an aura from him. He was different! Maybe he was an enemy! Himeko tried to open the door to the room, but she had closed it! She didn't have a room key, so she began to go down to the lobby. Eric followed her closely. Himeko began to walk faster and faster until she was almost at a jog. She knew it wasn't good to run in the halls of a hotel. People almost always got angry. She squished into a full elevator. Then, there was a beeping sound. They had reached their limit of 2,500 pounds. ((That's the limit in Seattle, Washington. I don't know about everywhere else)) Himeko knew it was she who made the elevator heavy, so she stepped off. Eric walked up to her. Again she could feel an aura, even stronger this time. He came very close, his lips on her neck. He whispered,
"It's the aura, huh? Well, I am different, like you. I sensed an aura from you, too, so it doesn't matter," Himeko began to get panicky, so she pushed him away and ran into the next elevator, which held Kouichi and Kouji. Himeko clung to Kouichi and began to sob.
"He. he's out there and. I don't know what he wants, but he's got. scary. aura!" she cried as they walked out of the elevator. She buried her face in Kouichi's shirt. Kouichi put a protective arm around her as they passed the boy she described. The boy watched them with a glaring eye. As they made it back to the room, Kouji pulled out his room key and opened the door, Merr already inside. By then, Himeko had lifted her head and began to cling onto Kouichi's arm. Kouji asked,
"So, what happened exactly? Why was this so scary?" Himeko sat on the bed farthest from the door. She began to tell how she opened the door and saw him there. He had said he was a fan of hers and how he began to follow her to the elevators, because she didn't have a card key, because it was inside the room, that she had closed. The elevator she squished into had too many people so she had to get out and he was there. waiting for her. She told about the would-have-been kiss if an elevator hadn't opened. Luckily, Kouichi and Kouji were in it.
"So, he tried to kiss you?!" Kouichi asked, one brow was up.
"Well, my neck. His lips were on my neck. That's when I pushed him away." Himeko said. Kouichi made a face.
"I think we should be more careful. I don't think that's the child we're looking for." Merr nodded.
"I agree! I think we have to get a move on about now. We have to search the whole West Coast, you know. Junamon popped out of Himeko's bag. She had a sly smile.
"I think you should start in the cities, then go down, where ever the clues lead."
"Alright, we'll try," Kouji sighed. "Himeko, go with Kouichi. I'll go with Merr." Merr looked up at Kouji and made a half smile, but her eyes were cloudy. Himeko stood up and held Junamon.
"Let's go, then!"
::..:://New York||::..::
It was early the next morning when the phone rang. He groped for it in the darkness and picked it up.
"Hello?" the voice on the other side was mechanical.
"Hello. You have received a call. Please go down to the lobby if you want to accept this call. Go to one of our courtesy phones and press the star button to retrieve your call, thank you," the message stopped and Takuya rubbed his eyes. I better go down and get the phone. It could be important. Maybe they found one of the kids!. Takuya put on pants and his hat and goggled and rushed down tot he lobby. He went to one of the phones and pressed the star button. It was quiet on the other line for a while, but soon, he could hear a female voice.
"Hello?" she squeaked.
"Who is this? How do I know you?" Takuya yelled into the phone. The voice began to yell back,
"CALM DOWN IT'S ME, MERRYL! You don't need to shout in the phone, for goodness sakes," Takuya smacked his forehead with his free hand.
"Okay. I'm sorry. I didn't recognize your voice over the phone. I've barely heard you talk. So what do you need, Merr?" Merr was silent for a while, but answered,
"I need one plane ticket from here to New York."
"Are you coming here?" Takuya asked alarmed. He didn't want another girl over here.
"Nuh uh. This is for Kouji. I know he doesn't belong here with me. He belongs with Izumi." Takuya smacked his forehead again.
So that's the girl he was talking about on the plane. Why am I so dense! "I knew that. well, I'll see what I can do. Didn't you guys just get to your hotel, though?"
"Yup. We need to get our stuff up to our room," Merr said with a sigh.
"Okay, well, I hope you find that kid, okay? We're not doing so well here, but I think we're on the right track," He heard Merr laugh for the first time. It was a pretty little sound, but Takuya thought it was a cute laugh.
"We're going to go see Himeko's friends, too! They live I this area she says. Oh, I'm sorry if I woke you up! Gomen gomen! I'd better go. I think Himeko's getting worried." she laughed again. It made Takuya's heart beat faster.
"O-okay. Bye, Merr,"
"Thank you again for all your help! I really want what's best for everyone. Call back when you get something! Huggles and Kisses! Bye Takuya boy!" and she hung up. He put the phone down slowly. He was in a daze. As he slowly trudged back to the room, he thought about Merr.
Merr seems so innocent. She can be shy, but she's cute. in a girly sort of way. I like her laugh. It's so pretty. and clear. She's caring and she wants what's best. for everyone. He didn't feel like going back into the room just yet, so he sat down and leaned against the door. Why do I feel this way all of a sudden? I haven't felt like this. for anyone. in my whole life. I think she's special. that special someone. just for me. Suddenly, the door opened and Takuya fell inside. His head landed on Angie's feet. Angie looked down on him for a moment and noticed that he was a bit dazed. She bent down and asked,
"What happened to you? Did you loose your room key thing?" He shook his head and raised his hand, which had the card in it. "Why were you outside, then?"
"I was thinking. that's all." He got up slowly and headed to his bed, where he flopped down and fell asleep again. Angie looked at him and sighed. She closed the door and thought to herself.
He's so strange. I don't know how he became a leader. he's just a silly boy to me.
Izumi began to stir in her bed. She rubbed her eyes and looked around. She sighed and went back to sleep, but she tossed and turned.
Something is going on. and I'm going to find out what it is. Takuya is all happy all of a sudden and he's in a weird daze. Izumi isn't happy anymore, like she misses something. or someone. Wait. why was Takuya out in the lobby in the first place? I didn't know Izumi woke up in the middle of the night..?! Everyone is so whack! What went wrong. or right, in Takuya's case?
Takuya began to mutter in his sleep.
"I'm happy. we're together forever!" Angie went over to Takuya and whispered in his ear,
"Why are you so happy?"
"Because it's my wedding day!" Angie tried to hold in her giggling. She dug farther.
"Really? That's great! Who're you getting married to?"
"I got married to Merryl!!" Angie gasped and smacked her hands over her mouth to keep from laughing. She backed away from Takuya and grabbed her cell phone and turned it on. She had a text message from Merr. It said,
Hi! U in NYC! Thas kewl. I hope u hav a gr8 time! Call n stuff! Hugglz n kissez, Merr.
Angie pressed the reply button and began to put in a new message.
HAI!((hai= yes)) I am havin a good time. I think sum1 here has a lil thing for a gurl named Merryl! Takuya n Merryl, sittin ina tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! He wuz talkin in his sleep n he sez hes getting married 2 u! LoL! I hope ur doin otay ovr there! Luv, Angie and she pressed the send button.
::..:://Austin\\::..::
Junpei and Tomoki we pigging out at the fast food restaurant for dinner, when Max and a few other kids strode in. Tomoki waved to Max.
"Hi Max!" Max spotted them and waved back. The other kids looked at Tomoki and Junpei with curiosity. After ordering their food, they pulled out another table and sat by them. There were three other boys and a girl with him. Junpei whispered to Tomoki,
"Do you think one of them is the kid we're looking for?"
"Well, we have to get to know all of them before we can tell, remember?" Junpei made a face and sighed.
"Yup. We best get to know them. all of them." Max introduced his friends to them.
"This is Gerald," he said as he pointed to the boy closest to the girl. He was wearing a big tee shirt and baggy pants. His shoes were too big, also. He was older than 10, though. "Gerald is my older brother. He's 14. The other guy is John. John is my best friend." He pointed to a boy with long colored black hair that was a bit blonde at the tips. It was about chin level. His bangs were in his face and he looked a bit out of it, but he also looked older than 10. So did the girl.
"That's Holly. She's my friend and my brother's girl friend. She's not my age," She had brown hair with natural highlights and she had a high ponytail. She wore a pink shirt and tight, denim mini skirt with knee high blacks boots.
"Hey, I am Tomoki and this is Junpei." Suddenly, Gerald's cell phone rang. His ring tone was a song, but they didn't recognize it. He looked at the name and got up, without answering the phone.
"Hey, sorry I can't stay, I gotta get home. Mom probably needs me, later," He was talking to Holly.
"Bye!" said Holly as she gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Ahhhh! P.D.F. ALERT!" John yelled. Holly rolled her eyes and smacked the back of John's head with a tray.
"Will you shut up, for like, two seconds!? Stop doing that PDF thing. It's so annoying. Will you just leave me alone?" She did have an accent like the rest of them, but it had a valley girl twist to it. John and Holly began to argue and Max scooted in and whispered,
"John like Holly, but she my brother's girlfriend, so he does the PDF alert when ever they do somethin' like that,"
"What's PDF?" asked Tomoki, who was totally clueless about what he was talking about.
"Public Displays of Affection," said Junpei. Tomoki shrugged,
"Oh, okay then." Max continued,
"They always fight like that when my brother isn't around. She doesn't know that John likes her, but she's startin' to figure it out,"
"Why do your friends look older than you?" asked Junpei.
"Well, because they are. John is 13 and so is Holly."
"Why are all of your friends older than you?"
"Well, I'm in the 6th grade. I make friends with the seventh graders," he answered
"6th grade?! WOW you must be smart then! You're only 10, right?"
"I went to school early, and skipped a grade. I get straight A's. It comes naturally," he said as he turned to John and Holly. "Alright you two. Lets quit fightin' and get to eatin' because we gotta leave soon," Junpei leaned over to Tomoki.
"We got to know them, sort of." he took a big bite of his burger.
"Yes, but we don't have much information. We need to get to know them more, but Max does seem like a good person to be the 'One', you know. We'll just have to get to know them more tomorrow. We can't just asume he'll be right. We need to make sure he's right or the digital world might." Tomoki trailed off.
"He's smart, but short. he seems good to me!"
"I think he has good leader qualities!" said a voice behind them. It was a girl. She had natural black hair with orange streaks. She was about Tomoki's age. She wore a halter-top and a skirt that was down to her knees. She had sandals, but she wasn't wearing them. They were in her hands. There was a red ribbon loosely tied in her hair. It was long and it dragged on the floor.
"Hey there, I'm Tomoki! Who are you?"
"I'm Ryoko. Nice to meet you Tomoki!" She took the ribbon out of her hair and tied it to her wrist.
"Do you have your family here?" Ryoko sadly shook her head.
"Nope. My big brother is in Seattle and so is my. little sister," Tomoki cocked his head to one side. "I'm here by myself,"
"But why? Where are your parents?" Ryoko smiled.
"They don't matter right now. All you guys need to focus on is getting the child,"
"You know about that?" Her eyes twinkled. Junpei recognized the same twinkle.
"GALAXIAMON! You're a human?" he said, alarmed. "Who did that to you?!"
"It's me, silly! I am in my human form! You think Sulamon was the only one with a human form?" she giggled.
"I never knew." Tomoki frowned.
"Well, now you know!"
::..:://Seattle\\::..::
When they got to the hotel, Himeko flopped down on one of the beds. She smiled and whispered to Merr,
"I think we're going to have a blast here! Maybe even meet my friends!"
"Seriously? That would be so awesome!" Merr squealed.
"If I can get a hold of them. you know," Himeko stood up and stretched her arms.
"I'm going to use the phone." Merr picked up the hotel phone and dialed the number. Nothing happened. She hung up and tried again. Again, nothing happened. She was getting frustrated.
"Why the hell won't the phone dial out!?" Himeko giggled and Junamon popped out of her bag.
"You can't dial out of a hotel room phone! You have to go downstairs and use the lobby phone!"
"Wow. you didn't know THAT?" ridiculed Junamon. "How are you supposed to save the digital world if you didn't know that you couldn't dial out of a hotel phone!"
"Well, I would think you wouldn't know either!" Merr shot back.
"I live in the human world! You wouldn't understand! I am a special digimon," Junamon said with a preppy voice. "Brooke teaches me stuff, you know," Himeko sighed and answered,
"I bet she does." Merr got up and grabbed a room key.
"I'll be back. just going to use the phone in the lobby," and with that we left the room. Himeko opened the door. She knew Kouichi and Kouji would be coming up with the luggage soon, not that she had any herself. She had her bag and that was it. She looked out of the doorway to see a boy, about a year older than her. He was looking at her. He had natural black hair with yellow streaks. His pants were ripped at the knees and he wore wristbands.
"Hey, are you Himeko Mizuno?" Himeko was surprised when she heard her name.
"Um, I am her. What do you need?" the boy began to walk closer. She came out of the room and closed the door behind her.
"I am a big fan of yours! You have lots of fans here in America," Himeko smiled at the boy.
"What's your name then?"
"My name's Eric." He held out his hand. He smiled at her.
"Well, Eric, nice to meet you!" she shook his hand and looked down. She could feel an aura from him. He was different! Maybe he was an enemy! Himeko tried to open the door to the room, but she had closed it! She didn't have a room key, so she began to go down to the lobby. Eric followed her closely. Himeko began to walk faster and faster until she was almost at a jog. She knew it wasn't good to run in the halls of a hotel. People almost always got angry. She squished into a full elevator. Then, there was a beeping sound. They had reached their limit of 2,500 pounds. ((That's the limit in Seattle, Washington. I don't know about everywhere else)) Himeko knew it was she who made the elevator heavy, so she stepped off. Eric walked up to her. Again she could feel an aura, even stronger this time. He came very close, his lips on her neck. He whispered,
"It's the aura, huh? Well, I am different, like you. I sensed an aura from you, too, so it doesn't matter," Himeko began to get panicky, so she pushed him away and ran into the next elevator, which held Kouichi and Kouji. Himeko clung to Kouichi and began to sob.
"He. he's out there and. I don't know what he wants, but he's got. scary. aura!" she cried as they walked out of the elevator. She buried her face in Kouichi's shirt. Kouichi put a protective arm around her as they passed the boy she described. The boy watched them with a glaring eye. As they made it back to the room, Kouji pulled out his room key and opened the door, Merr already inside. By then, Himeko had lifted her head and began to cling onto Kouichi's arm. Kouji asked,
"So, what happened exactly? Why was this so scary?" Himeko sat on the bed farthest from the door. She began to tell how she opened the door and saw him there. He had said he was a fan of hers and how he began to follow her to the elevators, because she didn't have a card key, because it was inside the room, that she had closed. The elevator she squished into had too many people so she had to get out and he was there. waiting for her. She told about the would-have-been kiss if an elevator hadn't opened. Luckily, Kouichi and Kouji were in it.
"So, he tried to kiss you?!" Kouichi asked, one brow was up.
"Well, my neck. His lips were on my neck. That's when I pushed him away." Himeko said. Kouichi made a face.
"I think we should be more careful. I don't think that's the child we're looking for." Merr nodded.
"I agree! I think we have to get a move on about now. We have to search the whole West Coast, you know. Junamon popped out of Himeko's bag. She had a sly smile.
"I think you should start in the cities, then go down, where ever the clues lead."
"Alright, we'll try," Kouji sighed. "Himeko, go with Kouichi. I'll go with Merr." Merr looked up at Kouji and made a half smile, but her eyes were cloudy. Himeko stood up and held Junamon.
"Let's go, then!"
::..:://New York||::..::
It was early the next morning when the phone rang. He groped for it in the darkness and picked it up.
"Hello?" the voice on the other side was mechanical.
"Hello. You have received a call. Please go down to the lobby if you want to accept this call. Go to one of our courtesy phones and press the star button to retrieve your call, thank you," the message stopped and Takuya rubbed his eyes. I better go down and get the phone. It could be important. Maybe they found one of the kids!. Takuya put on pants and his hat and goggled and rushed down tot he lobby. He went to one of the phones and pressed the star button. It was quiet on the other line for a while, but soon, he could hear a female voice.
"Hello?" she squeaked.
"Who is this? How do I know you?" Takuya yelled into the phone. The voice began to yell back,
"CALM DOWN IT'S ME, MERRYL! You don't need to shout in the phone, for goodness sakes," Takuya smacked his forehead with his free hand.
"Okay. I'm sorry. I didn't recognize your voice over the phone. I've barely heard you talk. So what do you need, Merr?" Merr was silent for a while, but answered,
"I need one plane ticket from here to New York."
"Are you coming here?" Takuya asked alarmed. He didn't want another girl over here.
"Nuh uh. This is for Kouji. I know he doesn't belong here with me. He belongs with Izumi." Takuya smacked his forehead again.
So that's the girl he was talking about on the plane. Why am I so dense! "I knew that. well, I'll see what I can do. Didn't you guys just get to your hotel, though?"
"Yup. We need to get our stuff up to our room," Merr said with a sigh.
"Okay, well, I hope you find that kid, okay? We're not doing so well here, but I think we're on the right track," He heard Merr laugh for the first time. It was a pretty little sound, but Takuya thought it was a cute laugh.
"We're going to go see Himeko's friends, too! They live I this area she says. Oh, I'm sorry if I woke you up! Gomen gomen! I'd better go. I think Himeko's getting worried." she laughed again. It made Takuya's heart beat faster.
"O-okay. Bye, Merr,"
"Thank you again for all your help! I really want what's best for everyone. Call back when you get something! Huggles and Kisses! Bye Takuya boy!" and she hung up. He put the phone down slowly. He was in a daze. As he slowly trudged back to the room, he thought about Merr.
Merr seems so innocent. She can be shy, but she's cute. in a girly sort of way. I like her laugh. It's so pretty. and clear. She's caring and she wants what's best. for everyone. He didn't feel like going back into the room just yet, so he sat down and leaned against the door. Why do I feel this way all of a sudden? I haven't felt like this. for anyone. in my whole life. I think she's special. that special someone. just for me. Suddenly, the door opened and Takuya fell inside. His head landed on Angie's feet. Angie looked down on him for a moment and noticed that he was a bit dazed. She bent down and asked,
"What happened to you? Did you loose your room key thing?" He shook his head and raised his hand, which had the card in it. "Why were you outside, then?"
"I was thinking. that's all." He got up slowly and headed to his bed, where he flopped down and fell asleep again. Angie looked at him and sighed. She closed the door and thought to herself.
He's so strange. I don't know how he became a leader. he's just a silly boy to me.
Izumi began to stir in her bed. She rubbed her eyes and looked around. She sighed and went back to sleep, but she tossed and turned.
Something is going on. and I'm going to find out what it is. Takuya is all happy all of a sudden and he's in a weird daze. Izumi isn't happy anymore, like she misses something. or someone. Wait. why was Takuya out in the lobby in the first place? I didn't know Izumi woke up in the middle of the night..?! Everyone is so whack! What went wrong. or right, in Takuya's case?
Takuya began to mutter in his sleep.
"I'm happy. we're together forever!" Angie went over to Takuya and whispered in his ear,
"Why are you so happy?"
"Because it's my wedding day!" Angie tried to hold in her giggling. She dug farther.
"Really? That's great! Who're you getting married to?"
"I got married to Merryl!!" Angie gasped and smacked her hands over her mouth to keep from laughing. She backed away from Takuya and grabbed her cell phone and turned it on. She had a text message from Merr. It said,
Hi! U in NYC! Thas kewl. I hope u hav a gr8 time! Call n stuff! Hugglz n kissez, Merr.
Angie pressed the reply button and began to put in a new message.
HAI!((hai= yes)) I am havin a good time. I think sum1 here has a lil thing for a gurl named Merryl! Takuya n Merryl, sittin ina tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! He wuz talkin in his sleep n he sez hes getting married 2 u! LoL! I hope ur doin otay ovr there! Luv, Angie and she pressed the send button.
::..:://Austin\\::..::
Junpei and Tomoki we pigging out at the fast food restaurant for dinner, when Max and a few other kids strode in. Tomoki waved to Max.
"Hi Max!" Max spotted them and waved back. The other kids looked at Tomoki and Junpei with curiosity. After ordering their food, they pulled out another table and sat by them. There were three other boys and a girl with him. Junpei whispered to Tomoki,
"Do you think one of them is the kid we're looking for?"
"Well, we have to get to know all of them before we can tell, remember?" Junpei made a face and sighed.
"Yup. We best get to know them. all of them." Max introduced his friends to them.
"This is Gerald," he said as he pointed to the boy closest to the girl. He was wearing a big tee shirt and baggy pants. His shoes were too big, also. He was older than 10, though. "Gerald is my older brother. He's 14. The other guy is John. John is my best friend." He pointed to a boy with long colored black hair that was a bit blonde at the tips. It was about chin level. His bangs were in his face and he looked a bit out of it, but he also looked older than 10. So did the girl.
"That's Holly. She's my friend and my brother's girl friend. She's not my age," She had brown hair with natural highlights and she had a high ponytail. She wore a pink shirt and tight, denim mini skirt with knee high blacks boots.
"Hey, I am Tomoki and this is Junpei." Suddenly, Gerald's cell phone rang. His ring tone was a song, but they didn't recognize it. He looked at the name and got up, without answering the phone.
"Hey, sorry I can't stay, I gotta get home. Mom probably needs me, later," He was talking to Holly.
"Bye!" said Holly as she gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Ahhhh! P.D.F. ALERT!" John yelled. Holly rolled her eyes and smacked the back of John's head with a tray.
"Will you shut up, for like, two seconds!? Stop doing that PDF thing. It's so annoying. Will you just leave me alone?" She did have an accent like the rest of them, but it had a valley girl twist to it. John and Holly began to argue and Max scooted in and whispered,
"John like Holly, but she my brother's girlfriend, so he does the PDF alert when ever they do somethin' like that,"
"What's PDF?" asked Tomoki, who was totally clueless about what he was talking about.
"Public Displays of Affection," said Junpei. Tomoki shrugged,
"Oh, okay then." Max continued,
"They always fight like that when my brother isn't around. She doesn't know that John likes her, but she's startin' to figure it out,"
"Why do your friends look older than you?" asked Junpei.
"Well, because they are. John is 13 and so is Holly."
"Why are all of your friends older than you?"
"Well, I'm in the 6th grade. I make friends with the seventh graders," he answered
"6th grade?! WOW you must be smart then! You're only 10, right?"
"I went to school early, and skipped a grade. I get straight A's. It comes naturally," he said as he turned to John and Holly. "Alright you two. Lets quit fightin' and get to eatin' because we gotta leave soon," Junpei leaned over to Tomoki.
"We got to know them, sort of." he took a big bite of his burger.
"Yes, but we don't have much information. We need to get to know them more, but Max does seem like a good person to be the 'One', you know. We'll just have to get to know them more tomorrow. We can't just asume he'll be right. We need to make sure he's right or the digital world might." Tomoki trailed off.
"He's smart, but short. he seems good to me!"
"I think he has good leader qualities!" said a voice behind them. It was a girl. She had natural black hair with orange streaks. She was about Tomoki's age. She wore a halter-top and a skirt that was down to her knees. She had sandals, but she wasn't wearing them. They were in her hands. There was a red ribbon loosely tied in her hair. It was long and it dragged on the floor.
"Hey there, I'm Tomoki! Who are you?"
"I'm Ryoko. Nice to meet you Tomoki!" She took the ribbon out of her hair and tied it to her wrist.
"Do you have your family here?" Ryoko sadly shook her head.
"Nope. My big brother is in Seattle and so is my. little sister," Tomoki cocked his head to one side. "I'm here by myself,"
"But why? Where are your parents?" Ryoko smiled.
"They don't matter right now. All you guys need to focus on is getting the child,"
"You know about that?" Her eyes twinkled. Junpei recognized the same twinkle.
"GALAXIAMON! You're a human?" he said, alarmed. "Who did that to you?!"
"It's me, silly! I am in my human form! You think Sulamon was the only one with a human form?" she giggled.
"I never knew." Tomoki frowned.
"Well, now you know!"