The Higher Entity

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I don't own Digimon, Digimon Tamers or any other anime. I only own the main plot of this story.

Chapter 4 - The Matchmaking

---Henry's POV---

The nerve of that guy! Asking me who I like! What? Has he come to gloat? Or maybe, he has come to suggest that I pair up with Rika instead!

---Normal POV---

In his anger, Henry did not stop to think how unlikely that would be, given his best friend's usual attitude, but instead thought of Takato as nothing more than a despicable loathsome individual. Anger had clouded his usual impartial judgement, and that did not help his attitude, which remained cold and bitter.

Keeping that in mind, it should be no surprise that what came out of Henry's mouth was a string of colourful curses, and following that he threw Takato out of his house. [A/N: Ouch, that sounded painful, especially since Henry is trained in karate.]

---Takato's POV---

Ouch… now what's bitten him? Just think, I was thrown out of Henry's house like I was his enemy or something… I'm just lucky that he didn't actually engage in a fight with me… it'll be more than just bruises, perhaps even broken bones…

The question I asked him was a little personal, but it shouldn't have triggered off such a violent reaction. I wonder why Henry actually did that… Come to think of it, where did he learn all those curses from?

---Normal POV---

And so sat our beloved gogglehead, who remained where Henry threw him, and just sat there pondering his thoughts. And that was where a certain green dog-bunny found him, sitting there and mumbling like an idiot. [A/N: Sorry for not mentioning this earlier, this happened after Movie 6. So, the tamers all have their digimon back. Of course, I didn't mention them at all in the previous few chapters, so… let's just pretend that at that time, they were playing amongst themselves or something.]

"Hey Takato? Hello? Anyone home?" Terriermon tried to reach Takato for a few more minutes, without much success. He gave up, and wondered whether he could wake Takato from his trance if he pretended that he was Jeri. He gave it a shot.

Half an hour later, Terriermon was about to give up completely. His idea didn't work at all (Takato just mumbled "Just a minute, Jeri"), and he was running out of ideas, since he had tried pretending to be everyone he knew, from Suzie all the way to Impmon. (He conveniently left out Rika.) Terriermon decided to give it one last shot.

"Wake up, Gogglehead!"

A feminine voice pierced Takato's jumble of thoughts, and upon hearing it, he went into a mess, and tripped over himself while trying to get up. Usually, Terriermon would be there snickering, but not when someone like Takato is using you for a cushion. A muffled "Get off me!" could be heard from below Takato, and he hastily got up, only to realise that there was nobody in the corridor but the digimon and him.

"Terriermon?" One could see the surprise present on Takato's face.

"Who were you expecting? Santamon?" The little green dog-bunny was not in a very good mood after being squashed by Takato's mass of 45 kilograms. [A/N: I don't know his weight, so I put a random number here. Anyone know his real weight?] "What caused you to be in such deep thoughts that I had to resort of mimicking the ice queen to snap you out of it?"

"Erm… nothing much."

In usual circumstances, Terriermon would have pressed the matter further and teased Takato about his 'deep dark secrets', but at that time he was impatient to talk to Takato about something.

"Anyway, Takato, I've come to apologise on Henry's behalf. I don't know what has gotten into him, but I do know that had he been in his normal self, he would not have done such an astonishing action. I came to talk to you, and to try to help you, and myself, to figure out what is wrong with my Tamer."

Takato knew that Terriermon is not usually this serious on any issues, so he could tell that there must be something gravely wrong with Henry. "So where do we begin?"

After an hour or so, the two had figured out Henry's problem between them. Terriermon had told Takato that Henry had started acting strange only recently, after he had come back from a stroll, about a few hours ago. And Takato had quickly revealed to Terriermon that it was during this period of time when he gained a new sister. Although it was not that obvious, it did not take a genius to note that these two events are too close to be coincidental. And Terriermon guessed from there that Henry had actually misinterpreted Takato and Jeri's meeting, and probably was fuming over it.

"So now we know what's bothering Henry. Now what? Any ideas?" With a thoughtful look on his face, Takato started discussing possible actions with Terriermon. "Maybe I could just go back and try to explain the whole thing to him."

"Do that, and you're likely to have your ass handed to you on a plate, again. I've got an idea, let's…" With that, Terriermon started whispering frantically into Takato's ears, telling him his marvellous fool-proof plan. [A/N: Aha! But is it Henry-proof? Or Jeri-proof? And since Takato probably has a part to play in it, is it gogglehead-proof?]

---Henry's POV---

I have since calmed down after kicking Takato out of my home, and now I am wondering if I have actually acted too rashly. After all, Takato was, is, my best friend. And he isn't one to gloat… Perhaps I have been too harsh on him.

However, I had to hold that thought, as I saw Terriermon running towards me with a sense of urgency in his tone. "Henry, it's a digital field, and it's at the park!"

"Right Terriermon, let's go check it out." With that, I grabbed my cards and my D-arc, and followed my partner out.

---Jeri's POV---

It was a peaceful and quiet afternoon. At least, until Takato burst into my home, and told me that he wanted me to see something, and pulled me after him before I can make a response. Then, he dragged me all the way to the park.

---Henry's POV---

For some reason, upon reaching the park, Terriermon sped up immensely. I ran at my top speed, and yet I could barely keep him in sight. Then, he turned a corner…

---Jeri's POV---

Takato had started running extremely fast, and it took all of my strength to keep up with him. He turned a corner in front of me. As I huffed past the same turning, I collided with someone, or something, and was knocked back. As I was still trying to gather my bearings, I heard a familiar voice saying my name. "Jeri…"

End of Chapter

Next time:

Now seems the perfect opportunity for Henry (and Jeri too). Let's see how they make use of this…

Author's Notes:

Sorry about the slow updates… I rarely have any motivation left to write anymore… for those who do read my fic, thanks! OMG! My story has an average of 7 reviews per chapter! Thanks everyone! :D

Now on to the reviews…

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