The Wonders of Vacations
Description: Random romance, ain't it fun? Ryo/Rika, Jeri/Takato, Henry/OC. The tamers go on a vacation to that beach house that Takato was at, and fun and romance ensues. It's my first tamers attempt, so beware if I don't always stick completely to character, I'm trying. Plus I'm completely making this up as I go. PG-13 for the use of minor curse words.
Disclaimer: I own two, ONLY two, of the characters in the story. Krista, and Alex Yoshika. The rest isn't mine.
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Kari-123:
Thanks for being the only one to review chapter 2! Also, I apologize for the long time in updating, and I'll try to be quicker! I'm glad you're liking it so far too.
Howdy ya'll! Sorry it took so darned long. But I am not without reason. I was at my mom's so I didn't get too much computer time, therefore I wrote in my notebook and it takes me ages to copy type from paper.
Quick note. I mention a store named 'High Tide' but I made it up. However, if it exists I down own it.
Chapter 3
It was 10.28 when Rika and Ryo arrived at their predestined meeting place, already waiting was Henry.
"Hey Henry."
He looked up and it occurred to the two that he'd been deep in thought. "Oh, hi guys."
"Where's Krista?"
"Not here yet. She called just before I left, said, and I quote, 'The demon's stolen my keys, so I may be a little bit late.'" They laughed knowing that whenever Krista referred to a demon it was Alex.
"Alright. She'll be here soon then, never takes Kris too long to blackmail her keys out of him."
So began the process of waiting, but within five minutes Henry noticed his companions were having trouble staying here and fighting complete boredom. "You two can go if you want. How bout we just meet you at 11 at the Game Shop."
"You sure Henry?"
"Yeah, I'm sure Rika. She shouldn't be too much longer, and I don't mind waiting for her."
"If you're sure." The two walked into the mall and headed toward a local c.d. and video shop.
Henry, meanwhile, went back to his thoughts as he sat in wait. "Wonder what's taking so long."
He was surprised when a voice answered him. "He forgot where he hid them. Sorry Henry."
"It's okay Krista, I understand." He assured once he'd recovered from his surprise.
"So where are Rika and Ryo?"
"I told them we'd meet them at the Game Shop at 11."
"Well that gives us about twenty minutes. Where dyou want to go?"
"Bookstore?" He queried with a grin. She returned it and offered him a hand up. "So what did Alex want that he stole your keys?"
Her step faltered. "Oh, the usual." She said quickly. "Just wanted to make sure I brought him a souvenir from our trip. Seashells or something from the ocean." It was half true, at least that's what he'd gotten out of it. The boy had received a passionate love for anything ocean related after having Sealmon for a partner.
"I see."
"So Henry, you figured out what you wanna say to your dad?" Krista gave him a sidelong glance as they continued to walk.
"Actually yeah. After talking with you I went home and figured it all out. I'm going to talk to him when I get home."
She nodded in response, but said no more. They'd reached the bookstore and were heading inside.
"To call it a bookstore was somewhat of an insult. The things it sold ranged from books, to stationary, to small bookmark charms, and small kits.
They began to look around, and Henry headed up to the counter to speak with one of the store clerks, most of whom knew the pair quite well. "Excuse me, Jasmine?" He said to the young lady who wasn't attending to anyone at the time.
"Oh, hello Henry, Krista. How can I help you today?" Her voice was pleasant, not at all surprised, they were long overdue for a visit.
"Can you tell me where I might find your copies of Ella Enchanted?" He asked with a smile, choosing to ignore the shocked look on her face. Seeing he would not respond she turned to Krista, who had been looking at some kits a few feet away, not listening to their conversation.
"Ella Enchanted? Krista, what have you done to him?"
Hearing Jasmine's remark she also gave Henry a skeptical look. "Ella Enchanted? You were serious? I thought you were just joking around."
"I told you I was going to. I wasn't joking Kris. I'm going to read it, then we're going to see it, and after words we'll rant about how bad it was compared to the book."
They were both following Jasmine, who looked ready to laugh out loud. Krista was grinning now however.
"Some traditions just too hard to break?" She referred to their long standing tradition of reading a book, then seeing the move and discussing how much better the book was in comparison and how much they left out.
"Well, yeah. Plus you wanna go, and face it. That's not Rika's type of movie, Jeri would bring Takato with and you'd feel like a third wheel. And I know you hate going to movies alone."
"You know me too well." She responded gratefully.
Henry smiled his thanks as Jasmine handed him the book. "Thanks Jasmine."
"Not a problem, see you guys next week, eh?"
They turned. "Actually you won't Jasmine. We're going on a two week vacation, that's sort of why we came today."
"Well, business is gonna be down." They laughed. "Alright guys, well have fun. When you get back you'll have to tell me all about it." They promised they would and continued to look around the store.
"I'm heading over to the book mark charms section."
"Alright. I think I'll keep browsing."
Splitting up Henry first grabbed Fahrenheit 451, then he hit the photography section. He smiled and looked over the scrapbook kits. Finding the perfect one he headed for the checkout.
Krista meanwhile was looking at some of the charm bookmarks. "Let's see." After a minute she saw what she wanted. A likely looking rabbit charm. It wasn't a regular bookmark, but a special kind the store sold. A thin chain with a charm that could be used as a necklace or a bookmark. They were one of the key items the store sold besides books. The style was made for guys and girls, and they were much harder to lose then a regular bookmark, and longer lasting. It wasn't Terriermon, but she thought it was pretty nice.
So grabbing the bookmark she made a quick stop by the fantasy/mythology section. Krista stopped to get a set of tarot cards she'd long been eyeing and then paid for her things.
As she neared the exit she found Henry.
"Got ya something." She told him with a smile.
"Ditto."
Pulling out the bookmark/necklace she tossed it to him. "Spose to symbolize tenacity, reserve, courage, and perseverance. Thought it was rather suiting."
He smiled and handed her the scrapbook kit. "Figured you'd want to take a ton of pictures during this vacation."
"Once again, you know me too well." She laughed and glanced at her watch. "Come on, it's five to eleven, we'd better go meet Rika and Ryo."
They found the two at the back of the store checking out some of the Digimon cards. Joining them she noticed Rika gazing at a Renamon card. Nudging Henry in the ribs she motioned toward it. His gaze softened.
"Hey Kris, an Elecmon." She looked to where Ryo pointed and grinned.
"Awesome! New design too." The manager came back.
"Fans?" He asked, apparent clueless as to who they were.
"You watch the news?" Rika replied sarcastically.
Chuckling deeply Henry and Krista spoke up.
"You stand in the presence of royalty sir."
"Indeed. All bow before the Digimon Queen and the Legendary Tamer."
Ryo, deciding to add to the joke, went on. "Ah, as well as the Queen's best Lady and her favored Lord."
They blushed and glared at him.
"What?" The elder man asked, still completely bewildered.
"This is Rika Nonaka, the Digimon Queen, and Ryo Akiyama, the Legendary Tamer." Henry explained.
"Ah, but don't forget you're Henry Wong, one of the tamers and a great friend of the Legendary Tamer. And she's Krista Yoshika, also a tamer and a lady of battles, her skills second the Queen."
The teen at the checkout came over to bail his boss out. "Geez dad. I've told you about them! Honor to meet you all." He shook each of their hands. "Don't mind him, he's not as into Digimon card battles as I am. So you're really them? I thought there were more of you."
"There are. They just aren't here right now. We've gotta go."
"Well it was nice to meet you." Although the tone of his voice would not support that fact. "Son get back to the register."
When they'd exited the game shop they looked down that end of the mall.
"Where to?"
"Depends on what we need. What do you guys need to get?"
"Clothes. I've got to get a swimsuit too." Rika was first to answer.
The boys nodded. "Yeah, me too."
"So off to High Tide then?"
"Looks like."
The four walked to the store and began to shop. Within half an hour they had all the clothes they figured they'd need.
(Note, sorry for the lack of detail, but trust me. Fashion's not my thing.)
"Well, it's nearly time to meet the others." They all agreed, grabbed their things and headed for the food court.
Meanwhile with Takato & Jeri
"Hurry up Takato! We're going to be late."
"Coming Jeri!" He called back, sprinting to catch up to her. when he had he double over. "Man, Jeri, how do you run so fast?"
She laughed at him, and he smiled. "I don't run that fast Takato, you just run that slow." And she ran ahead again, causing Takato to gasp for a quick breath of air and hurry after.
By the time they had reached the mall he was ready to collapse, but Jeri wouldn't let him just yet.
"Come on Takato, it's two minutes to noon. They're probably already waiting for us."
She pulled him along into the mall door and toward the food court.
"There they are!" She shouted happily, hurrying off in their direction, Takato still in tow.
"Hey guys." Hey said wearily, sinking into an extra chair and laying his head on the table.
"You look wiped." Henry pointed out, giving his usually energetic friend a sympathetic look.
"Chasing Jeri too much for you?" Rika teased. The boy was too exhausted to make any remark, either in his defense or otherwise.
Suddenly Krista made an observation. "We're two tamers too short. Where are Kazu and Kenta?"
"Couldn't come." Jeri saved poor Takato from answering the question himself. "They both had chores to do."
"Alright then."
"Quieter without them anyhow."
"Aww Rika, be nice. They mean well."
Rika's eye roll was less then effective compared to Jeri's begging face.
"Fine, I'll be nice."
They sat and talked for a few minutes about how much they were looking forward to the trip until Krista brought up the subject of what they were bringing entertainment wise.
"So guys, what should we bring to do?"
"Cards!" Jeri replied immediately.
"How bout some board games?"
"Yeah, and maybe some old movies? You know, the kind you'd never watch otherwise, where you don't really pay attention the first time and end up watching them again?"
The girls were nodding with smiles, the guys were rolling their eyes.
"And of course we'll have to play truth or dare!"
Guys and girls may have been divided on the movie subject, but they were all united in their groans of disgust at Jeri's suggestion.
"Jeri! Must we?"
She was grinning. "Yup, it wouldn't be a vacation without it. Besides if you guys are so against it, just pick Kazu so you can make him do something stupid."
There were a few people who brightened at that idea.
"Oh, I know. We should play I've Never and The One True Thing!"
"What are those Kris?"
"Technically they're drinking games, but we'll just use soda. Kay so for I've Never you sit in a circle and one person says something like 'I've never gotten a library fine.' but it's gotta be true, and everyone who has gotten a library fine has to take a drink."
"Oh, I've heard of that. Sounds interesting."
"And for the other one you basically do the same thing. Sit in a circle, then one person names a subject, and the person to their right has to tell the truest thing about that subject."
They nodded their understanding and then turned the discussion back to what they should pack.
Half an hour later they were all ready to go, so they split up. Henry, Rika, Ryo, and Krista all left the mall to walk to Rika's, and Takato and Jeri went to shop around in the mall.
When they reached Rika's they made a list of what they wanted to bring for activities. Then they split it up and the other three went home.
Following Henry
With a collective breath he opened the door, and went to his father's office.
"Dad?"
"Son?" There was a curiousness unmasked in his voice. His son hadn't spoken more then a few words to him in a long time. He wondered what was up.
"Can we talk?"
"Of course Henry."
End Chapter 3
Alright, next chapter Henry's talk with his dad and they way up to the cabin. Sorry again for it taking so long, and for being a bit shorter then I was planning. I'd hoped to add Henry's talk but I wanted to make sure I got at least one more chapter out, and hopefully one more.
See I'm going on vacation soon, for a few weeks. I'll not have internet access so I'll be note booking it again, and transferring. Sorry about the inconvenience and wait everyone. However, when I get back I hope to have a couple chapters ready for quicker posting.
Until then,
AkaOkamiRyu