Me: Yo I don't own Digimon
Rika: You know if you had brain on in that place you call a head you might actually have something here.
Me (Sarcastic): Jeez thanks Ice Queen.
Rika: Well it's true.
Me: Well I don't need someone nagging me all the time you know.
Rika (Sarcastic): Hey I'm only trying to help.
Me: Helping yourself by annoying me.
Shadows of The Past:
Chapter two: Meeting the face in the shadow.
Renamon stared at the bolt lightening bolt tattoo in utter disbelief. She knew of only one person with that make and if she was right that person should long since been dead. Slowly she looked at the young man holding her cursed tamer and began carefully studding him.
He was about fourteen years old with a face similar to Rika's, only in a more boyish way. He had the same eyes as Rika and had the small yellow highlights as the cursed tamer, but his hair was black and was on a small ball ponytail. He wears light blue jeans and blue high tops with black running across them. He also wore a black nylon jacket similar to the one Rumiko wears only with white t-shirt.
The young man caught the staring and got a little annoyed, but kept it out of his voice as he said," Umm ma'am is something wrong?"
Renamon continued to stare at the boy in a puzzling way. Can it really be him and if it is then that's could only mean I'm must be in the past, but how did Rika and myself get here? And why isn't he worried about me? I mean it not everyday you see a giant yellow fox, Renamon then remember that her hand wasn't exactly like a paw anymore.
Curious Renamon left both of her hands and look at them. Surely enough both were human hands attached to human arms with purple wristbands, similar to the one some of the tamers wear. She turned her wrists over and saw the yang-ying symbols on each band. Renamon looked at her arm more thoroughly and notice that there were small muscles on her arm. Her eyes continued to travel up her arm and she saw a white t-shirt sleeve. Looking down Renamon saw a white t-shirt under a yellow dyed jean vest. On the shirt was the Japan title for time. Renamon looked down at her lower half and notice she was wearing Jeans dyed in the same color as her vest. With a hesitate hand Renamon felt her face and was surprised to feel a human face, but she did feel a scare under each of her eyes. Finally Renamon reached behind her and felt soft silky hair.
"Probably blonde," Renamon said to herself.
"Umm are you okay?" the young man asked.
"Umm yes, just took a nasty fall," Renamon said hesitantly, noticing that she was as the base of a hall.
"Well that's good to hear and is this cute little fox yours?" the boy asked, lightly bouncing Rika in his left hand once.
"Umm yes she is," Renamon answered slowly.
"Then can I ask you your name because all I can read on this name tap is Rika," the guy said casually.
Renamon looked at Rika, remembering that the collar had a spell on it that would erase the last name and address of it wearer and it would seem whatever spell was used on Renamon had also activate the collar's spell too.
"You in there?" the boy asked, waving his free hand on front of Renamon.
The fox turned human blinked once and said," Oh sorry, I just zoned out there. What did you did you say?"
"I was just wondering who you are and I know you couldn't have it such a nasty spill that you would forget your own name," the boy added light humor to the end of his sentence.
Renamon smiled a little nervously as she tried to come up with a name. Then a name just suddenly popped into her head. "I'm Rena Kamiya."
"It nice to meet you Rena," the boy said and offered his hand once again. "And I'm Matthew Smith, but I liked to be called Matt."
(Arthur word: Okay I know this sounds a little corny, but I'm going be calling the human Renamon, Rena for the rest of the FF, even when she talking to Rika, she would be known as Rena)
Rena looked at Matt surprisingly as her eyes drafted down to the lightening bolt tattoo.
"Hmm?" Matt notice Rena staring at his tattoo and looked at it himself. "Oh this," Matt held out his hand so Rena could see it," This is just a goofy family heirloom and are you going to sit there all day? It get pretty cold at night this time of year."
Rena for some strange reason felt a deep blush appearing on her cheeks as she tried to stand up, only to begin wobbling about. With a gracefully hand, Matt grabbed Rena's shoulder and gripped it lightly to give the unbalanced human something to lean on.
"Wow that fall must have been a nasty one if you can't walk straight or maybe you have one two many drinks," Matt added light humor to the last part.
Rena smiled tiredly as she felt another scourge of alien emotions shoot through her. The two began walking as Matt stirred up a light conversation.
"So where are you from because I never seen such a pretty face around town before," Matt said, casually.
Rena blushed as she said quietly," Well actually I'm kind of a drafter."
"A drafter?" Matt sounded somewhat surprised by this. "I never meat a drafter at your age, don't you missed your family?" Matt's voice took on a note of serenity as he said the last part.
"Well to tell the truth, I really don't have any family," Rena said slowly and somewhat solemnly.
"Well that to bad," Matt said quietly.
The two fell into an awkward silence as Matt slowly guided them to where he was taking his new guess. During the walk Rena slowly got use to walking without the use of her tail for balance and by they reached their distention, Rena was walking in good stern steps.
The place Matt took Rena to was a two-story house painted a milky white. It had a few roof tiles chipping on the roof covering the wide porch and there is a big old tree with a swing hanging from one of its branches. The house was one of few in this residential area
Rena take in the house for a bit before facing her new friend," Is this your home?"
Matt nodded and looked away as he muttered solemnly," Yeah been my house since I was five."
"Do your parents live here?" Rena asked.
Matt looked at the blonde a little surprise by the question and Rena realized a few things right then and there. The fox turned human realized that she still have some of her heightened senses and that Matt just said was meant for only him.
"Umm I'm good at reading lips," Rena said, giving the boy by her side a sheepishly smile.
Matt looked at Rena in a suspicious way that remained Rena of Rika's stares and the eyes were helping matter either. Matt seemed to be thinking about Rena defense plea and soon just gave up and sighs.
"To tell you the truth Rena, this is my grandmother's house," Matt said solemnly. "I'm like you, I have no parents."
Rena notice a hidden sadness in the young boys eyes that almost resembles her tamer's own sad eyes. She looked down at Rika, sleeping peacefully in her arms and then at the man that would be her father in years to come. Rena took in several similarities that the father and daughter to be shared.
First Rena notice that Matt and Rika had pain that they hide very well. They were strong in their own ways, but Matt seemed to be calm and casually while his daughter could be cold and emotionless at time. But what the digimon turned human would soon realize most about the future father and daughter were how fast they where able to cover up their emotions.
"Where come up let me gave you the grand tour," Matt said, putting on his casually attitude again.
"Right," Rena said slowly turning in all she learned and storing it in the back of her mind.
With Matt taking the lead, they entered into the house and were immediately meant by an elderly voice.
"Matthew is that you?"
"Yes grandma, it's me. Where are you?" Matt called into house.
"In the kitchen making a snack for you and your new friend!" Matt grandmother replied.
"What????" Matt screamed and then became nothing more but a blur as he ran in the direction of the kitchen.
Rena was a little startled by the speed the human had just display. She had never seen any human, not even Rika's mother moved with that kind of speed before. She looked down at the spot where Matt stood a moment ago and saw that the spot was a little pushed in and were shaped a little like a pair of footprints.
Is he really that strong, Rena wondered as she studied the prints for a moment before going to find her hosts.
Rena stepped into the middle sized living room and notice it was a little plain. It had a couch in the center of the room with a chair at each end and a small stand on the right end of the couch. At the front of the sitting area was a middle size TV. There was different picture of children of all kinds of ages hanging from the wall.
Rena walked behind the couch, brushing the gray silk fabric with the tip of her finger of her free hand. She was about to leave when a picture frame on the stand caught her eye. She picked it up and nearly dropped it when she saw the picture.
"What is this?" Rena asked, unable to hide the surprised as Renamon was able to.
On the picture was a married couple with the father hoisting his three- year-old son on his shoulders and his left arm around his wife. The wife in turn held her right hand on her husband's wrist. But it was the wife that startled Rena so much. The wife looked exactly like an adult Rika, only this girl was a pure ashy red and didn't have the yellow that gave it the flame-likeness. And this girl had eyes as bright as sapphires.
"Could this woman by Rika's grandmother on her father's side?" Rena wondered to herself. She looked down at the bungled of fur she was holding and then back up at the picture, taking in the similar figures to the cursed tamer and the woman in the picture. But when Rena saw the black lightening bolt, all of her thoughts were put to rest. "Yup that's Matt's mother all right."
Rena put the frame back the way she found it and went to find her new friend and his grandmother. She walked into the kitchen to find Matt helping an elderly woman into one of the table's sits.
The woman looked about early 60s, but still looked pretty young. Her graying ashy red hair was cut down to the base of her skull and was kept in a small ponytail. She has the most beautiful red eyes that shine with great wisdom. She also seemed in great shape with the way her plain sky blue jeans fit her hips perfectly and the white sweater fit perfectly.
"Matthew mind telling me about your new friend here," the elder asked in a tire gentle voice and Rena notice for the first time there was some sweat running down her face.
"Umm Gram this is a drafter and her name is Rena Kamiya. Rena this is my grandmother, Sango Urameshi," Matt made the interdictions without even taking his eyes off of his grandmother.
The two bowed to each other and Sango looked at Rena with a trouble glare. "A drafter at your age? Does that get lonely dear?"
Rena just shrugged a little and said," It was until I meant Rika here." And bounced Rika lightly so not to wake her.
Sango looked at the human turned fox with a look of wonderment and said," I have never seen a fox with just puffy fur or in that lovely shape of red, remains me a lot of my daughter's hair."
"Thanks," Rena said, feeling somewhat proud at the moment. "She's a good partner, I like being with her."
"She most be," Sango said softly and then looked at Rena with concern. "It must get lonely drafting by yourself, don't you miss your family?"
Rena sigh and said," I'm not going to lie to you, Rika is the only real family I have."
"I see," Sango looked in her grandson direction and then back at her guest. "What are you planning on doing now?"
The question caught the fox turned human off guard, but Rena quickly recovered and said casually," Well actually I was planning on sticking around for a bit. By the way, where are we?"
"In the east part of Shinjuku city or East Shinjuku," Matt answered lightly.
"Oh, okay," Rena said, but then think, I never been to this part of the city, such prove interesting.
"Well free feel to stay here as long as you want," Sango suddenly offered with a gentle voice.
The offer got Rena off guard and she was at last for words," I, I, I..."
"Well I will leave so you can make you decision," Sango began getting out of her chair, but Matt was by her side in flash, helping her up.
"Please gram, your need to take things slower, you're still recovering from the flu," Matt said in a slight plea as she helped his grandmother to stand.
The elder chuckled softly and said gently," Matthew I maybe old, but I'm not helpless." She then gently pulled herself free and walked slowly to the door. "Oh I made some of your favorite Tea Matthew, feel free to share it with Rena." With that said she left, leaving the two teens along.
For the longest time, the two just stood there, each doing their own things. Matt was just staring at the window over the sink, lost in his own thoughts, while Rena was taking in the small family sized kitchen. Finally Matt moved from his spot to the strove and took off the pot with the tea in it.
"Mind grabbing some cup, there in the cabinet to your left," matt said as he turned off the strove.
Rena simply nodded and set Rika on the table. She then got two teacups from cabinet and joined Matt at table. The young man pooled the green tea and the two began drinking it in silence.
"So Rena mind telling me while we're a drafter?" Matt asked in a slight wonder.
"Well when my family died, I was moved from relative to relative," Rena said with monk sorrow.
"And let me guess, no one wanted you?" Matt asked and took a sip of his tea.
Rena nodded and with great acting skull put up a fake mask of sorrow and sadness. "And what about you?"
Matt shrugged slightly and Rena notice that look of sadness appearing in his eyes. "Well my grandparents were the only real family I had."
"But what happened to your parents?" Rena asked. But when she saw the sadness in Matt's eye expended, she regretted asking him that.
"They died, so please just leave it as that," Matt said solemnly.
Rena nodded and the two went back to drinking their tea in silence. Once they were done, Matt cleaned the cups and put them away.
"Now if you're follow me I'll show you to the guest room, formally known as my uncle's room," Matt said with that light and dry humor of his.
Rena simply nodded and picked up Rika. She got up and followed Matt to the second floor of the house.
(Later)
Night had long since settle in and most was getting ready for a good long nights sleep. Rena stared at himself in the bathroom mirror, studying her human form. She was wearing a pair of night gray pants with a matching muscle shirt Matt gave to her for the night.
Rena had a very plain looking face; bust still had a small look that resembles her old digimon face. She had normal girly cheeks with a normal nose. There is a scar under her crystal blue eyes in place of her purple Renamon makings. She has long blonde hair that reached down to her lower back and some spots were spiked. Rena has two thin bangs that went down to meat her eyes. All and all, Rena Kemiya had features that was similar to the fox digimon and at the same time was completely different.
"Why would someone use a spell that would send me back in time and change me into human at the same time?" Rena asked herself as she left the bathroom and walked down the narrow hallway to the room she was staying. "But why do all of this in the first place?"
Rena opened the door and stepped into the quest room. The room was what one would exert from a middle size house with white color walls with movie posters on them. Matt had said that the room once belonged to his uncle and it seems Sango haven't change it since then. There was a bed in the room's center covered in nary blue sheets and a lamp stand was on its right. A window was to the left of the bed and to it's right was a dresser. Finally there was a desk to the right of the bed. Rika was on the edge of the bed, still sleeping.
Rena walked up to the bed and took a set on it. She began thinking about this whole thing. Her first thought it was Kai doing, but when she gave it some real thought, she realize Kai would never do anything like this, so that ruled him out. But then there was only one other spell caster Rena knew and she knew Seiko would never do something like that, would she?
Rena put her thoughts on hold when she heard Rika stirring. The little fox rolled onto her right as she opened her eyes half way. She looked around and took in her unfamiliar surroundings.
"That spell must have taken a lot out of you if slept this long," Rika became fully awoke when this strangely familiar and alien voice reach to her ears.
The cursed tamer shot to her little feet and turn in the direction of the voice and saw a young blonde girl with deep, piercing blue eyes looking down at her in a concern motherly way. It was these eyes mixed with that stare that seemed to cause something to click in Rika's memory.
"Renamon?" Rika asked doubtfully.
The blonde nodded and goes to pick Rika up. Rika was a little doubtful about the person and was about to run when the stranger scoop Rika into her arms faster then the little red fox could blink. The stranger cuddled Rika in one arm and began stroking her fur. Once Rika realized that only her mother and Renamon stroke her like that, she calm down.
"Renamon it is you, but why are you human and where are we?" Rika asked, looking up at her now human partner.
Rena thought about it for a minute then looked at her door as she heard something in the hallway. She looked down at Rika with one of her small smiles and said," I think I have a way of showing you were we are."
Rika looked confusingly at her partner, as Rena stealthily got out of bed and walked up to the door. She edged it opened just wide enough so Rika and herself could see out.
"Now just look," Rena whispered into Rika's ear.
Rika twitched her ears in curiosity and peeked out the door. She saw a young boy around the age Renamon was now, wearing gray sleeping pants and a white muscle shirt. Rika looked at Rena and notice she was wearing the same clothes only the shirt different colors. Deciding on asking about the clothes later, she turned her eyes back to the boy in the hall. The black and yellow hair boy was currently scratching himself under his shirt with one hand and the other hand was scratching the back of his head. The boy turned to head to his room, still scratching his head and Rika got a good look at the black lightening bolt tattooed on his arm.
Rena watched as Rika's eyes went wide as dash plates and she began shivering slightly and she decided that was enough. She closed the door and headed back to her bed. She set down and began stoking Rika's fur to calm her down. Finally after a few minutes of silence Rika spoke.
"Was, was that, my, my, my..."
"Yes Rika, that's Matthew Smith, the man who would eternally become you father," Rena said softly.
"But h-how?" Rika asked breathless.
"I really don't know," Rena answered with uncertainty. "That portal that we were stuck into transported us to the past and gave me this human body. Matt was there when I came too."
Rika stared up at her partner turned human for a quick sec before jumping onto the bed and getting into a laying position. She thought about all of this for a short period and then looked at Rena.
"Do you think Kai's behind this?" She asked seriously.
"I thought that at first, but this..." Rena waved at her body"...don't seem like Kai."
"Hmm," Rika look forward at the walls and for a few seconds were quiet as she took all of this. "I guess you're right, but then who?"
"I would say another spell caster but that made less sense then Kai," Rena said calmly.
"Then we're stuck," Rika muttered, more to herself then anyone else.
"Yeah, it seems that way," Rena said and turned her head away.
Rika looked at her partner and notice something in the mists of her partner's hair. Curious, she jumped onto Rena's back and began clawing her way through her partner's hair.
"Rika? What are you doing?" Rena asked in a slight surprise.
"I thought I saw something, so hold my dad's pants well you," Rika answered with dry sarcasm.
Rena rolled her eyes at the commit and let Rika continued what she was doing. At first it didn't bother the fox turned human, but after a minute she was starting to get a headache as Rika worked her way down and it was starting to annoy Rena. When Rena thought she couldn't bear it any longer, Rika called out to her.
"Hey Renamon did you know you got a weird tattoo shaped like a backwards blue clock on your neck?"
"What?" Rena asked, sounding doubtful. "Are you sure?"
It took some time, but Rika was able to pull herself form Rena's hair and look up at her with her determined face. "Well if you don't believe me, check for yourself." Rika used her challenging voice that Rena couldn't turn down, weather she was human or something else.
So Rena got up and walked to over to the window. Arcing her neck, she pulled back her hair to get a clear view of her neck and was a little surprised when she saw the tattoo just as Rika said. She let go of her hair and returned to her sit on the bed. Rika jumped into her lap, wearing her biggest victory grin, yet.
"Told you so," The red fox said, a lightly braggingly and sounding like a young kid.
"Yes you did, you little fox," Rena replied, using the nickname she calls her sometimes.
Rika arced her head to look up at her partner wearing one of her small smile and was about to protest about that nickname when a big yawn escaped her. Rena watched as Rika fought the sleep that was threatening her and losing big time. Finally Rika just gave up and curled into a ball, falling instantly to sleep. Rena allowed her smile to grow a bit as she set Rika on the edge of her bed.
Rena suddenly yawned herself, startling the digimon turn human a bit. "Oh guess I'm tired too," She said, feeling a little embarrass, causing a light useable blush to appear.
She undid the covers to her bed and struggled into it gently so not to wake her sleeping friend. Her last thought before falling into a slight sleep was, yes this adventure should prove quit interesting.
(Early morning)
Bad habits from her digimon days had caused Rena to awaken around four in the morning and no matter how she tried, just couldn't get back to sleep. She turn, twitch and even tried humming herself back to sleep. So finally after five minutes of doing nothing but staring into the darkness of her room, Rena got out of bed quietly, so not to wake Rika and tipped toed out of the room. She felt like doing some experiences but she knew she couldn't work out in the clothes she was in. So she went into Matt room and was going to borrow some of his clothes without waking him up. But much to Rena surprise, Matt wasn't sleeping, infect he wasn't in his bed.
Guess he's an even more of a early bird then me, Rena thought as she began forging through Matt's dresser and closest for something to wear.
Minutes later, Rena was heading for the back yard, wearing a yellow running suit. She thought it was useless to change her shirt, so she just changed out of her sleeping pants and into an extra pair of shoes Matt had.
Rena walked out to the back porch and was little surprised when she saw a figure standing in the center of the lawn. Without her heightened digmon senses to help her see, Rena thought it was just a bugler, sizing the place of a burglary and got ready to defend her hosts house. But the figure didn't move any closer; it just stood in the center of the lawn.
Rena lowered her guard a bit as she stared at the figure a little confusingly. It took a minute for her to realize who was probably out there and she left like she wanted to kick herself in the rear for that little mistake.
I have been jumpy ever since Kai had shown his face and now I'm jumping at shadow, Rena felt embarrass and a little hysterically from that little thought and fought off these unwanted emotions the best she could.
Being human had caused the former fox to feel a mixture of emotion she wasn't prepared for and it sometimes made her feel uneasy about this whole time traveling, changing to human thing. And she still wasn't sure who sent her to the past in the first place and that cause more unwanted emotions to source up in her.
Taking her thought away from all of this useless stuff, Rena focus her attention back onto he figure in the law, which she figured out had to be Matt.
Matt stood in the center of his lawn with his back to the porch and his hands elevated just above his stomach. His fingers were curled slightly and in the dim light the half moon gave off, you could see the faintly glowing white light of Matt's lightening bolt tattoo. He was in a mediated state with his eyes closed. His eyes suddenly snapped opened and an emotion resembling violence was deep in his eyes.
Matt took up a fighting stance that was all to familiar for the digimon turned human and began punching the air. Rena began intrigued and decided to watch her tamer's future father at work.
Matt continued to punch at nothing for the next five minutes and then he just stopped. He stared into the black abyss of night, like he was waiting for someone to come out of the shadows and attack him. He narrowed his eyes slightly and then took off running. He got a good two feet from his original spot and then went into a high reach back flap. He landed in the exact spot he started out in and took up his fighting stance again.
Rena watched with a growing sense of awe. Ever move Matt did, he executed with completely frailness and it seemed like he was dancing instead of fighting. But what the former digimon didn't know was that with each move Matt did, the glow of his tattoo was slowing fading from white back to black.
Matt stared into the darkness again as the look in his eyes got more violent. He was remembering all of the people who made fun of he over the years, but what he was mostly remembering was the terrible event that shaped him into the people he is today.
Without warning, Matt darted to his right and jabbed his elbow out, which in turn he turned into a backhand move. That was a move Rena was all too familiar with. Matt ducked low and did a sweeping leg kick and then jumped high into the air. He began throwing kicks and punches as he descended to the ground. He landed right back in the spot Rena first found him in when she came out.
Matt stood there completely in a relax state as his eyes continued to pierced out into the darkness. He found what he wanted and held his tattoo hand in front of his face. The tattoo itself was now glowing as black as the night itself. He moved his hand behind him and bent his knees slightly as sparks began flying from the tattoo.
"Black lightening strike!!" Matt throw his hand forward, palm opened and with a faint flash of black light, a lightening bolt was sent into the night. The bolt hits a few cans that Matt had hidden in the darkness. Rena heard the cans hitting the ground, but she didn't care at the moment. She was in too much shock from witnessing that attack.
Rumiko never told me he could do that, Rena practically screamed in her mind. Can this be the different Matthew Smith? No! He has to Rika's father. I mean how many human in Japan are without a Japan name?
"Hey Rena how long have you been watching me?" Rena snapped out of her trance to find Matt looking at her in a suspicious way that resemble Rika greatly. It was the stare that put Rena own suspicions to rest.
Yup that's Rika's father without a doubt, Rena thought quickly before saying," Umm I like to get up at this hour and do a bit of exercising, hope you don't mind if I borrow this?"
"Eh, keep it if you like," Matt said with a causal shrugged and then waved to his black running suit. "I really like this one better."
Rena nodded quickly and then looked at Matt curiously," Say what was that thing you shoot out of you hand."
"Oh that was just my family most powerful move, the black lightening strike," Matt said as he held up his tattooed hand in pride. Then a confused look on his face and then smiled casually," Oh that right I forget that my family style is kind of a secret."
"Don't worry I wouldn't tell a soul," Rena said truthfully. That's because I really don't know much about it.
Matt nodded once and then a mischievous look appeared on his face. "Say Rena do you fight?"
"Um, yeah I fight," Rena said a little uneasily because that look reminded her of Rika when she was about to go into battle. "I needed to fight to survive, why?"
"Why don't we have a little sparring match before I need to go to school?" Matt asked as he mischievous grin grew.
(...)
Me: Well I'm ending it for now.
Rika: You know you have no races imagine don't you?
Me (Confused and slightly annoyed): So what did I do now?
Rika: Rena Kemiya, Sagno Uramshi, can't you come up with anything more original?
Me (Angry): Well excuse me for being a Red, White and Blue and hardly knowing anything about Japan names!
Rika (Getting angry): Well I bet there's hundred of other of these Authors who can came up with some better names then you can!
Me (Screaming): LIKE I SAID I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT JAPAN NAMES! SO JUST DEAL WITH IT!!!
Rika: You know if you had brain on in that place you call a head you might actually have something here.
Me (Sarcastic): Jeez thanks Ice Queen.
Rika: Well it's true.
Me: Well I don't need someone nagging me all the time you know.
Rika (Sarcastic): Hey I'm only trying to help.
Me: Helping yourself by annoying me.
Shadows of The Past:
Chapter two: Meeting the face in the shadow.
Renamon stared at the bolt lightening bolt tattoo in utter disbelief. She knew of only one person with that make and if she was right that person should long since been dead. Slowly she looked at the young man holding her cursed tamer and began carefully studding him.
He was about fourteen years old with a face similar to Rika's, only in a more boyish way. He had the same eyes as Rika and had the small yellow highlights as the cursed tamer, but his hair was black and was on a small ball ponytail. He wears light blue jeans and blue high tops with black running across them. He also wore a black nylon jacket similar to the one Rumiko wears only with white t-shirt.
The young man caught the staring and got a little annoyed, but kept it out of his voice as he said," Umm ma'am is something wrong?"
Renamon continued to stare at the boy in a puzzling way. Can it really be him and if it is then that's could only mean I'm must be in the past, but how did Rika and myself get here? And why isn't he worried about me? I mean it not everyday you see a giant yellow fox, Renamon then remember that her hand wasn't exactly like a paw anymore.
Curious Renamon left both of her hands and look at them. Surely enough both were human hands attached to human arms with purple wristbands, similar to the one some of the tamers wear. She turned her wrists over and saw the yang-ying symbols on each band. Renamon looked at her arm more thoroughly and notice that there were small muscles on her arm. Her eyes continued to travel up her arm and she saw a white t-shirt sleeve. Looking down Renamon saw a white t-shirt under a yellow dyed jean vest. On the shirt was the Japan title for time. Renamon looked down at her lower half and notice she was wearing Jeans dyed in the same color as her vest. With a hesitate hand Renamon felt her face and was surprised to feel a human face, but she did feel a scare under each of her eyes. Finally Renamon reached behind her and felt soft silky hair.
"Probably blonde," Renamon said to herself.
"Umm are you okay?" the young man asked.
"Umm yes, just took a nasty fall," Renamon said hesitantly, noticing that she was as the base of a hall.
"Well that's good to hear and is this cute little fox yours?" the boy asked, lightly bouncing Rika in his left hand once.
"Umm yes she is," Renamon answered slowly.
"Then can I ask you your name because all I can read on this name tap is Rika," the guy said casually.
Renamon looked at Rika, remembering that the collar had a spell on it that would erase the last name and address of it wearer and it would seem whatever spell was used on Renamon had also activate the collar's spell too.
"You in there?" the boy asked, waving his free hand on front of Renamon.
The fox turned human blinked once and said," Oh sorry, I just zoned out there. What did you did you say?"
"I was just wondering who you are and I know you couldn't have it such a nasty spill that you would forget your own name," the boy added light humor to the end of his sentence.
Renamon smiled a little nervously as she tried to come up with a name. Then a name just suddenly popped into her head. "I'm Rena Kamiya."
"It nice to meet you Rena," the boy said and offered his hand once again. "And I'm Matthew Smith, but I liked to be called Matt."
(Arthur word: Okay I know this sounds a little corny, but I'm going be calling the human Renamon, Rena for the rest of the FF, even when she talking to Rika, she would be known as Rena)
Rena looked at Matt surprisingly as her eyes drafted down to the lightening bolt tattoo.
"Hmm?" Matt notice Rena staring at his tattoo and looked at it himself. "Oh this," Matt held out his hand so Rena could see it," This is just a goofy family heirloom and are you going to sit there all day? It get pretty cold at night this time of year."
Rena for some strange reason felt a deep blush appearing on her cheeks as she tried to stand up, only to begin wobbling about. With a gracefully hand, Matt grabbed Rena's shoulder and gripped it lightly to give the unbalanced human something to lean on.
"Wow that fall must have been a nasty one if you can't walk straight or maybe you have one two many drinks," Matt added light humor to the last part.
Rena smiled tiredly as she felt another scourge of alien emotions shoot through her. The two began walking as Matt stirred up a light conversation.
"So where are you from because I never seen such a pretty face around town before," Matt said, casually.
Rena blushed as she said quietly," Well actually I'm kind of a drafter."
"A drafter?" Matt sounded somewhat surprised by this. "I never meat a drafter at your age, don't you missed your family?" Matt's voice took on a note of serenity as he said the last part.
"Well to tell the truth, I really don't have any family," Rena said slowly and somewhat solemnly.
"Well that to bad," Matt said quietly.
The two fell into an awkward silence as Matt slowly guided them to where he was taking his new guess. During the walk Rena slowly got use to walking without the use of her tail for balance and by they reached their distention, Rena was walking in good stern steps.
The place Matt took Rena to was a two-story house painted a milky white. It had a few roof tiles chipping on the roof covering the wide porch and there is a big old tree with a swing hanging from one of its branches. The house was one of few in this residential area
Rena take in the house for a bit before facing her new friend," Is this your home?"
Matt nodded and looked away as he muttered solemnly," Yeah been my house since I was five."
"Do your parents live here?" Rena asked.
Matt looked at the blonde a little surprise by the question and Rena realized a few things right then and there. The fox turned human realized that she still have some of her heightened senses and that Matt just said was meant for only him.
"Umm I'm good at reading lips," Rena said, giving the boy by her side a sheepishly smile.
Matt looked at Rena in a suspicious way that remained Rena of Rika's stares and the eyes were helping matter either. Matt seemed to be thinking about Rena defense plea and soon just gave up and sighs.
"To tell you the truth Rena, this is my grandmother's house," Matt said solemnly. "I'm like you, I have no parents."
Rena notice a hidden sadness in the young boys eyes that almost resembles her tamer's own sad eyes. She looked down at Rika, sleeping peacefully in her arms and then at the man that would be her father in years to come. Rena took in several similarities that the father and daughter to be shared.
First Rena notice that Matt and Rika had pain that they hide very well. They were strong in their own ways, but Matt seemed to be calm and casually while his daughter could be cold and emotionless at time. But what the digimon turned human would soon realize most about the future father and daughter were how fast they where able to cover up their emotions.
"Where come up let me gave you the grand tour," Matt said, putting on his casually attitude again.
"Right," Rena said slowly turning in all she learned and storing it in the back of her mind.
With Matt taking the lead, they entered into the house and were immediately meant by an elderly voice.
"Matthew is that you?"
"Yes grandma, it's me. Where are you?" Matt called into house.
"In the kitchen making a snack for you and your new friend!" Matt grandmother replied.
"What????" Matt screamed and then became nothing more but a blur as he ran in the direction of the kitchen.
Rena was a little startled by the speed the human had just display. She had never seen any human, not even Rika's mother moved with that kind of speed before. She looked down at the spot where Matt stood a moment ago and saw that the spot was a little pushed in and were shaped a little like a pair of footprints.
Is he really that strong, Rena wondered as she studied the prints for a moment before going to find her hosts.
Rena stepped into the middle sized living room and notice it was a little plain. It had a couch in the center of the room with a chair at each end and a small stand on the right end of the couch. At the front of the sitting area was a middle size TV. There was different picture of children of all kinds of ages hanging from the wall.
Rena walked behind the couch, brushing the gray silk fabric with the tip of her finger of her free hand. She was about to leave when a picture frame on the stand caught her eye. She picked it up and nearly dropped it when she saw the picture.
"What is this?" Rena asked, unable to hide the surprised as Renamon was able to.
On the picture was a married couple with the father hoisting his three- year-old son on his shoulders and his left arm around his wife. The wife in turn held her right hand on her husband's wrist. But it was the wife that startled Rena so much. The wife looked exactly like an adult Rika, only this girl was a pure ashy red and didn't have the yellow that gave it the flame-likeness. And this girl had eyes as bright as sapphires.
"Could this woman by Rika's grandmother on her father's side?" Rena wondered to herself. She looked down at the bungled of fur she was holding and then back up at the picture, taking in the similar figures to the cursed tamer and the woman in the picture. But when Rena saw the black lightening bolt, all of her thoughts were put to rest. "Yup that's Matt's mother all right."
Rena put the frame back the way she found it and went to find her new friend and his grandmother. She walked into the kitchen to find Matt helping an elderly woman into one of the table's sits.
The woman looked about early 60s, but still looked pretty young. Her graying ashy red hair was cut down to the base of her skull and was kept in a small ponytail. She has the most beautiful red eyes that shine with great wisdom. She also seemed in great shape with the way her plain sky blue jeans fit her hips perfectly and the white sweater fit perfectly.
"Matthew mind telling me about your new friend here," the elder asked in a tire gentle voice and Rena notice for the first time there was some sweat running down her face.
"Umm Gram this is a drafter and her name is Rena Kamiya. Rena this is my grandmother, Sango Urameshi," Matt made the interdictions without even taking his eyes off of his grandmother.
The two bowed to each other and Sango looked at Rena with a trouble glare. "A drafter at your age? Does that get lonely dear?"
Rena just shrugged a little and said," It was until I meant Rika here." And bounced Rika lightly so not to wake her.
Sango looked at the human turned fox with a look of wonderment and said," I have never seen a fox with just puffy fur or in that lovely shape of red, remains me a lot of my daughter's hair."
"Thanks," Rena said, feeling somewhat proud at the moment. "She's a good partner, I like being with her."
"She most be," Sango said softly and then looked at Rena with concern. "It must get lonely drafting by yourself, don't you miss your family?"
Rena sigh and said," I'm not going to lie to you, Rika is the only real family I have."
"I see," Sango looked in her grandson direction and then back at her guest. "What are you planning on doing now?"
The question caught the fox turned human off guard, but Rena quickly recovered and said casually," Well actually I was planning on sticking around for a bit. By the way, where are we?"
"In the east part of Shinjuku city or East Shinjuku," Matt answered lightly.
"Oh, okay," Rena said, but then think, I never been to this part of the city, such prove interesting.
"Well free feel to stay here as long as you want," Sango suddenly offered with a gentle voice.
The offer got Rena off guard and she was at last for words," I, I, I..."
"Well I will leave so you can make you decision," Sango began getting out of her chair, but Matt was by her side in flash, helping her up.
"Please gram, your need to take things slower, you're still recovering from the flu," Matt said in a slight plea as she helped his grandmother to stand.
The elder chuckled softly and said gently," Matthew I maybe old, but I'm not helpless." She then gently pulled herself free and walked slowly to the door. "Oh I made some of your favorite Tea Matthew, feel free to share it with Rena." With that said she left, leaving the two teens along.
For the longest time, the two just stood there, each doing their own things. Matt was just staring at the window over the sink, lost in his own thoughts, while Rena was taking in the small family sized kitchen. Finally Matt moved from his spot to the strove and took off the pot with the tea in it.
"Mind grabbing some cup, there in the cabinet to your left," matt said as he turned off the strove.
Rena simply nodded and set Rika on the table. She then got two teacups from cabinet and joined Matt at table. The young man pooled the green tea and the two began drinking it in silence.
"So Rena mind telling me while we're a drafter?" Matt asked in a slight wonder.
"Well when my family died, I was moved from relative to relative," Rena said with monk sorrow.
"And let me guess, no one wanted you?" Matt asked and took a sip of his tea.
Rena nodded and with great acting skull put up a fake mask of sorrow and sadness. "And what about you?"
Matt shrugged slightly and Rena notice that look of sadness appearing in his eyes. "Well my grandparents were the only real family I had."
"But what happened to your parents?" Rena asked. But when she saw the sadness in Matt's eye expended, she regretted asking him that.
"They died, so please just leave it as that," Matt said solemnly.
Rena nodded and the two went back to drinking their tea in silence. Once they were done, Matt cleaned the cups and put them away.
"Now if you're follow me I'll show you to the guest room, formally known as my uncle's room," Matt said with that light and dry humor of his.
Rena simply nodded and picked up Rika. She got up and followed Matt to the second floor of the house.
(Later)
Night had long since settle in and most was getting ready for a good long nights sleep. Rena stared at himself in the bathroom mirror, studying her human form. She was wearing a pair of night gray pants with a matching muscle shirt Matt gave to her for the night.
Rena had a very plain looking face; bust still had a small look that resembles her old digimon face. She had normal girly cheeks with a normal nose. There is a scar under her crystal blue eyes in place of her purple Renamon makings. She has long blonde hair that reached down to her lower back and some spots were spiked. Rena has two thin bangs that went down to meat her eyes. All and all, Rena Kemiya had features that was similar to the fox digimon and at the same time was completely different.
"Why would someone use a spell that would send me back in time and change me into human at the same time?" Rena asked herself as she left the bathroom and walked down the narrow hallway to the room she was staying. "But why do all of this in the first place?"
Rena opened the door and stepped into the quest room. The room was what one would exert from a middle size house with white color walls with movie posters on them. Matt had said that the room once belonged to his uncle and it seems Sango haven't change it since then. There was a bed in the room's center covered in nary blue sheets and a lamp stand was on its right. A window was to the left of the bed and to it's right was a dresser. Finally there was a desk to the right of the bed. Rika was on the edge of the bed, still sleeping.
Rena walked up to the bed and took a set on it. She began thinking about this whole thing. Her first thought it was Kai doing, but when she gave it some real thought, she realize Kai would never do anything like this, so that ruled him out. But then there was only one other spell caster Rena knew and she knew Seiko would never do something like that, would she?
Rena put her thoughts on hold when she heard Rika stirring. The little fox rolled onto her right as she opened her eyes half way. She looked around and took in her unfamiliar surroundings.
"That spell must have taken a lot out of you if slept this long," Rika became fully awoke when this strangely familiar and alien voice reach to her ears.
The cursed tamer shot to her little feet and turn in the direction of the voice and saw a young blonde girl with deep, piercing blue eyes looking down at her in a concern motherly way. It was these eyes mixed with that stare that seemed to cause something to click in Rika's memory.
"Renamon?" Rika asked doubtfully.
The blonde nodded and goes to pick Rika up. Rika was a little doubtful about the person and was about to run when the stranger scoop Rika into her arms faster then the little red fox could blink. The stranger cuddled Rika in one arm and began stroking her fur. Once Rika realized that only her mother and Renamon stroke her like that, she calm down.
"Renamon it is you, but why are you human and where are we?" Rika asked, looking up at her now human partner.
Rena thought about it for a minute then looked at her door as she heard something in the hallway. She looked down at Rika with one of her small smiles and said," I think I have a way of showing you were we are."
Rika looked confusingly at her partner, as Rena stealthily got out of bed and walked up to the door. She edged it opened just wide enough so Rika and herself could see out.
"Now just look," Rena whispered into Rika's ear.
Rika twitched her ears in curiosity and peeked out the door. She saw a young boy around the age Renamon was now, wearing gray sleeping pants and a white muscle shirt. Rika looked at Rena and notice she was wearing the same clothes only the shirt different colors. Deciding on asking about the clothes later, she turned her eyes back to the boy in the hall. The black and yellow hair boy was currently scratching himself under his shirt with one hand and the other hand was scratching the back of his head. The boy turned to head to his room, still scratching his head and Rika got a good look at the black lightening bolt tattooed on his arm.
Rena watched as Rika's eyes went wide as dash plates and she began shivering slightly and she decided that was enough. She closed the door and headed back to her bed. She set down and began stoking Rika's fur to calm her down. Finally after a few minutes of silence Rika spoke.
"Was, was that, my, my, my..."
"Yes Rika, that's Matthew Smith, the man who would eternally become you father," Rena said softly.
"But h-how?" Rika asked breathless.
"I really don't know," Rena answered with uncertainty. "That portal that we were stuck into transported us to the past and gave me this human body. Matt was there when I came too."
Rika stared up at her partner turned human for a quick sec before jumping onto the bed and getting into a laying position. She thought about all of this for a short period and then looked at Rena.
"Do you think Kai's behind this?" She asked seriously.
"I thought that at first, but this..." Rena waved at her body"...don't seem like Kai."
"Hmm," Rika look forward at the walls and for a few seconds were quiet as she took all of this. "I guess you're right, but then who?"
"I would say another spell caster but that made less sense then Kai," Rena said calmly.
"Then we're stuck," Rika muttered, more to herself then anyone else.
"Yeah, it seems that way," Rena said and turned her head away.
Rika looked at her partner and notice something in the mists of her partner's hair. Curious, she jumped onto Rena's back and began clawing her way through her partner's hair.
"Rika? What are you doing?" Rena asked in a slight surprise.
"I thought I saw something, so hold my dad's pants well you," Rika answered with dry sarcasm.
Rena rolled her eyes at the commit and let Rika continued what she was doing. At first it didn't bother the fox turned human, but after a minute she was starting to get a headache as Rika worked her way down and it was starting to annoy Rena. When Rena thought she couldn't bear it any longer, Rika called out to her.
"Hey Renamon did you know you got a weird tattoo shaped like a backwards blue clock on your neck?"
"What?" Rena asked, sounding doubtful. "Are you sure?"
It took some time, but Rika was able to pull herself form Rena's hair and look up at her with her determined face. "Well if you don't believe me, check for yourself." Rika used her challenging voice that Rena couldn't turn down, weather she was human or something else.
So Rena got up and walked to over to the window. Arcing her neck, she pulled back her hair to get a clear view of her neck and was a little surprised when she saw the tattoo just as Rika said. She let go of her hair and returned to her sit on the bed. Rika jumped into her lap, wearing her biggest victory grin, yet.
"Told you so," The red fox said, a lightly braggingly and sounding like a young kid.
"Yes you did, you little fox," Rena replied, using the nickname she calls her sometimes.
Rika arced her head to look up at her partner wearing one of her small smile and was about to protest about that nickname when a big yawn escaped her. Rena watched as Rika fought the sleep that was threatening her and losing big time. Finally Rika just gave up and curled into a ball, falling instantly to sleep. Rena allowed her smile to grow a bit as she set Rika on the edge of her bed.
Rena suddenly yawned herself, startling the digimon turn human a bit. "Oh guess I'm tired too," She said, feeling a little embarrass, causing a light useable blush to appear.
She undid the covers to her bed and struggled into it gently so not to wake her sleeping friend. Her last thought before falling into a slight sleep was, yes this adventure should prove quit interesting.
(Early morning)
Bad habits from her digimon days had caused Rena to awaken around four in the morning and no matter how she tried, just couldn't get back to sleep. She turn, twitch and even tried humming herself back to sleep. So finally after five minutes of doing nothing but staring into the darkness of her room, Rena got out of bed quietly, so not to wake Rika and tipped toed out of the room. She felt like doing some experiences but she knew she couldn't work out in the clothes she was in. So she went into Matt room and was going to borrow some of his clothes without waking him up. But much to Rena surprise, Matt wasn't sleeping, infect he wasn't in his bed.
Guess he's an even more of a early bird then me, Rena thought as she began forging through Matt's dresser and closest for something to wear.
Minutes later, Rena was heading for the back yard, wearing a yellow running suit. She thought it was useless to change her shirt, so she just changed out of her sleeping pants and into an extra pair of shoes Matt had.
Rena walked out to the back porch and was little surprised when she saw a figure standing in the center of the lawn. Without her heightened digmon senses to help her see, Rena thought it was just a bugler, sizing the place of a burglary and got ready to defend her hosts house. But the figure didn't move any closer; it just stood in the center of the lawn.
Rena lowered her guard a bit as she stared at the figure a little confusingly. It took a minute for her to realize who was probably out there and she left like she wanted to kick herself in the rear for that little mistake.
I have been jumpy ever since Kai had shown his face and now I'm jumping at shadow, Rena felt embarrass and a little hysterically from that little thought and fought off these unwanted emotions the best she could.
Being human had caused the former fox to feel a mixture of emotion she wasn't prepared for and it sometimes made her feel uneasy about this whole time traveling, changing to human thing. And she still wasn't sure who sent her to the past in the first place and that cause more unwanted emotions to source up in her.
Taking her thought away from all of this useless stuff, Rena focus her attention back onto he figure in the law, which she figured out had to be Matt.
Matt stood in the center of his lawn with his back to the porch and his hands elevated just above his stomach. His fingers were curled slightly and in the dim light the half moon gave off, you could see the faintly glowing white light of Matt's lightening bolt tattoo. He was in a mediated state with his eyes closed. His eyes suddenly snapped opened and an emotion resembling violence was deep in his eyes.
Matt took up a fighting stance that was all to familiar for the digimon turned human and began punching the air. Rena began intrigued and decided to watch her tamer's future father at work.
Matt continued to punch at nothing for the next five minutes and then he just stopped. He stared into the black abyss of night, like he was waiting for someone to come out of the shadows and attack him. He narrowed his eyes slightly and then took off running. He got a good two feet from his original spot and then went into a high reach back flap. He landed in the exact spot he started out in and took up his fighting stance again.
Rena watched with a growing sense of awe. Ever move Matt did, he executed with completely frailness and it seemed like he was dancing instead of fighting. But what the former digimon didn't know was that with each move Matt did, the glow of his tattoo was slowing fading from white back to black.
Matt stared into the darkness again as the look in his eyes got more violent. He was remembering all of the people who made fun of he over the years, but what he was mostly remembering was the terrible event that shaped him into the people he is today.
Without warning, Matt darted to his right and jabbed his elbow out, which in turn he turned into a backhand move. That was a move Rena was all too familiar with. Matt ducked low and did a sweeping leg kick and then jumped high into the air. He began throwing kicks and punches as he descended to the ground. He landed right back in the spot Rena first found him in when she came out.
Matt stood there completely in a relax state as his eyes continued to pierced out into the darkness. He found what he wanted and held his tattoo hand in front of his face. The tattoo itself was now glowing as black as the night itself. He moved his hand behind him and bent his knees slightly as sparks began flying from the tattoo.
"Black lightening strike!!" Matt throw his hand forward, palm opened and with a faint flash of black light, a lightening bolt was sent into the night. The bolt hits a few cans that Matt had hidden in the darkness. Rena heard the cans hitting the ground, but she didn't care at the moment. She was in too much shock from witnessing that attack.
Rumiko never told me he could do that, Rena practically screamed in her mind. Can this be the different Matthew Smith? No! He has to Rika's father. I mean how many human in Japan are without a Japan name?
"Hey Rena how long have you been watching me?" Rena snapped out of her trance to find Matt looking at her in a suspicious way that resemble Rika greatly. It was the stare that put Rena own suspicions to rest.
Yup that's Rika's father without a doubt, Rena thought quickly before saying," Umm I like to get up at this hour and do a bit of exercising, hope you don't mind if I borrow this?"
"Eh, keep it if you like," Matt said with a causal shrugged and then waved to his black running suit. "I really like this one better."
Rena nodded quickly and then looked at Matt curiously," Say what was that thing you shoot out of you hand."
"Oh that was just my family most powerful move, the black lightening strike," Matt said as he held up his tattooed hand in pride. Then a confused look on his face and then smiled casually," Oh that right I forget that my family style is kind of a secret."
"Don't worry I wouldn't tell a soul," Rena said truthfully. That's because I really don't know much about it.
Matt nodded once and then a mischievous look appeared on his face. "Say Rena do you fight?"
"Um, yeah I fight," Rena said a little uneasily because that look reminded her of Rika when she was about to go into battle. "I needed to fight to survive, why?"
"Why don't we have a little sparring match before I need to go to school?" Matt asked as he mischievous grin grew.
(...)
Me: Well I'm ending it for now.
Rika: You know you have no races imagine don't you?
Me (Confused and slightly annoyed): So what did I do now?
Rika: Rena Kemiya, Sagno Uramshi, can't you come up with anything more original?
Me (Angry): Well excuse me for being a Red, White and Blue and hardly knowing anything about Japan names!
Rika (Getting angry): Well I bet there's hundred of other of these Authors who can came up with some better names then you can!
Me (Screaming): LIKE I SAID I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT JAPAN NAMES! SO JUST DEAL WITH IT!!!