Rika: Okay you; you got two second to tell me about my father in this story
before I mass up that face of yours.
Me: Where's the fun if I just tell you all my character's secrets now, besides it makes things...
Rika: DON'T SAY INTERESTING!!! I'm getting really sick of that word.
Me (Grinning): That why I did it, to tick you off.
Rika (Angrily lunging at me): That's it, your meat buddy!
Me (Sighing): What's with this anime characters? Why do they hate me so much?
Shadows of the past: Chapter four:
Secrets of The Shadow
The shoved man advanced on Matt, but stopped when the redhead asked," Yo boss mind if I take this one?"
"Sure," Shove grinned cocky at his friend. "Just be sure to mass up that pretty face of his really good."
Red returned the grin and said smugly," Don't worry I'm planning on too." He stepped forward and spun his chain around. He creaked it hard against the ground and the fighting pair jumped a foot away from it.
Matt got into his normal fighting stance and a victory grin appeared on his face. "What makes you think you can do any better then the last few times?"
Rena looked at the shadow fighter feeling startled by what he just said. He did fight these guys before! But why would he fight a bunch of people like them?
Red whipped his chain on the ground again and threw himself at Matt. The shadow fighter stared down the charging man down with stern determination and an unflinching hand. When Red was about an inch away, Matt jumped into the air and delivered a sharp kick into the guy's chin. Red went flying back into the alley he emerged from with his friends and they caught him. Red look at young boy before him with a great fury burning deeply in his ruby colored eyes as he tare himself free from his friend's grip. He lunged at the shadow fighter, swimming his chain widely. Matt side stepped just as the chain came down from his right side. He grabbed Red's wrist and threw a punch with his free head. Red brought up his arm guard and used it as a shield to block Matt's fist.
"HA! Whatcha you got now punk?" Red screamed, spitting in Matt's face.
"This!" Matt threw his head into the other's guy skull, hard. Red fill backwards with his eyes rolled to the back of his head and his mouth gapping. The others thunder spat members watch in shock as their unconscious friend hit the payment like a tone of bunks.
The one with the club seemed the most out of it just standing like a gapping fish, looking at the fallen gang member. He then clutched his jar angrily and looked at the shadow fighter with vengeance burning in his stormy eyes. He gripped his club so tight that his knuckles started turning white.
"That's it punk!!! You're going down!!" the man charged at Matt with his club raise high above his head. He swings, aiming from Matt's head, but the shadow fighter easily batted the club out of it owner's hand and gave him a punch to the gut. The guy stood in place with a gapping mouth before he collapsed to his knees. Matt took a step back as the guy fill onto his stomach, out like a light.
Matt looked at the last gang member and was a little confused to see him smirking instead of cowering in terror like he normally would. "Did I finally scare you brainless or something?" Matt asked lazily.
"No I just decided to ask some chums of my to drop by," the guy replied smugly.
That's was about the time, the fox turned human notice that she and the shadow fighter were surrounded on all sides. Most were adults, but Rena thought she saw some teenagers too. Every gang member was wearing the same leather jacket and was carrying weapons of some sort. Rena even thought she saw a gun or two.
Rena joined Matt and the two got back to back as they took up their fighting stances. "So is this a usual turn out?" she asked lightly as she looked over the group that surrounded her and Matt.
"I usually never draw this much of a crowd, but it something like that," Matt replied causally.
The group in front of Matt parted and a man with well-kept black hair came into view. By the way the others were reacting around him, someone could tell he was important. That and plus his well-kept brown leather jacket just screamed guy in charge.
"You the punk who been messing with these losers?" the guy asked simply and jerked his head in the direction of the shoved man and his two unconscious friends outside of the circle.
Matt looked at them quickly before looking at the man before him and asking with half of his interest," You're the leader of this gang?"
"I wish," the guy said disappointedly. "But I'm only a second and my boss doesn't like how you keep messing with his boys."
""Why afraid I'll ruin you image?" Matt asked in that dry humor of his.
"Actually yes. Now get them!!" the guy yelled and pointed his finger at the fighting pair.
He stepped back as the large group lunged at the two teens. Matt and Rena watched as the gangsters charged at them with unflinching nerves. They jumped at the last moment, causing the gangster to pile on top of each other. Matt landed on the right side of the pile and looked at Rena who was on the opposite side with a victory grin. The former digital monster in turn gave Matt an icy stare that whipped his grin off his face in a hurry.
The thunder splats manage to pull themselves apart and took the two teens with anger in their eyes. Since the gang was about 30 even, 15-gang member took a teen each.
"You know I don't fight with girly girls," a slightly over weight man with mass red hair said.
"Good then you'll don't mind if I do this!" Rena drove her fist into the guy's stomach, knocking the wind right out of him. He leaned forward as he wrapped his arms around his sore area. Rena then uppercut the guy, sending him back into two of his friends.
Two guys tried to sneak up from behind the former digimon, but Rena had heard their hash breathing and jumped behind them just as their went for her. She then did something she saw Rika do once with a certain digimon king. She pulled their jeans down. Embarrassed the two tried to flee, only to have tripped over their pants and fall flat on their faces.
Three guys tried for the time traveling digimon by throwing chains at her. Rena calmly and gracefully stepped to the left and caught the first chain. She spun around and caught the other one with her free hand. She ducked and caught the last one between her occupied hands as it soared over her. She jumped, taking the chains with her and dragging the gangster into a headlong collusion, knocking them out.
That's six down about nine left, Rena thought as she landed. She looked around and saw that the other nine had already surrounded her. She looked around at the gangster and took in their weapons. There was just meanly clubs and chains, nothing the fox turned human couldn't handle. But that's when she saw that one of the gang member had a gun aimed right at her head and startles Rena when she notice that the guy holding the gun was about a year older then her human form and Matt. It terrible when kids that age are forced to joins gangs.
Rena couldn't help but think that Rika might have ended up in something like this if it wasn't for herself and the help of one certain goggle wearing boy.
Rena was brought out of her thoughts as her senses warned her that the people around her were starting to advance on her. So she jumped into the air and went straight for the kid with the handgun. With one swift kick, the gun went flying into the air. The kid watched as his precious gun fly into the air and wasn't aware that Rena had landed right beside him. She then applied a pressure point she had learned from Henry a while ago. The boy dropped into her arms and she set him down carefully. She straightened up just as the gun descended right in her right hand. Seeing that they lost they only edge, the gangsters made hasty retreat. Rena watched as the figure quickly vanished into the horizon, snorting slightly before emptying the gun and throwing it away.
"I see you don't like fighting kids," a soft voice said. Rena looked to her right to see Matt sitting on a trashcan with his right leg up on another one and his arm resting on his knee. Even though he seemed calm and at ease, his eyes carried a sense of victory deep down.
Rena shrugged as she walked over to him. "I know someone who nearly made a bad call," she spoke the truth.
The causally expression on Matt's face suddenly turned into a slightly sad one and he looked at the kid, Rena knocked out. He look deepen a bit more and he said in a quiet, almost whisper like voice," It's hard when you hardly have any family."
Rena looked down at her friend's and saw the sorrow in his eyes. She knew that kind of look from watching Rika when they were first partnered and she couldn't help but wonder what kind of tragedy the shadow fighter went through during his life?
Matt continued to stare at the kid in silence for a few seconds before looking at the blonde in front of him, his casually mask back on. "Well we better bee going." He jumped from his set and began walking away.
Rena looked at the kid once last time, relieved that, that wasn't Rika lying there. She hurried to catch up with her self appointed cousin before he got to far ahead.
(Later at Matt's grandmother's house)
Rena set on the couch in the living room, channel surfing while waiting for dinner. Since Rena wasn't much of a TV watcher, she didn't find anything appealing and just shut the thing off.
Sango was busy in the kitchen, making dinner despite her all of grandson's pleas to go back to bed. The shadow fighter himself was in his room, minding his own business much like his daughter does in the future. And Rika herself was still in Rena's room sleeping.
The former fox leaned her head back against the head of the couch and closed her eyes. She began thinking about everything she had learned about the soon to be father of her cursed tamer and it still confused her.
The way Rumiko talked about him, I always thought that Matthew Smith was a man who wasn't held down by these negative emotions, but I saw these very emotions this day and it frighten me, Rena opened her eyes and a hint of dismay were in them. She looked over at the picture of the Smith family and couldn't help but wonder what was the goal of the shadow fighter.
"That was my daughter, Rika," Startled Rena snapped her head around and saw Sango entering the living room, looking exhausted. The elder walked slowly to the setting area and took the chair on the left of the couch. She sat there for a minute, catching her breath and relaxing. She looked at Rena with a gentle smile only an elder could have and took the picture frame from it stand. "Yes my beautiful daughter and the man she loved."
"Um Miss Ur-
"Sango will do just fine dear," the elder interrupted gently.
"Alright Sango, but I was wondering what is the proposes of the shadow fighter?" Rena asked uneasily.
The elder chuckled softly to herself and looked at Rena with soft eye," The propose of the shadow fighter was forgotten centuries ago, all we know is that the shadow fighter legacy is meant to be pass through to future generations."
If Rena still have her fox ears there would be twitching like mad as she asked," But I don't still see what so important about this legacy?"
Sango chuckle again, only this time it was more opened. "Like I said the propose of the shadow fighters was lost way before any of us were born."
"Yes I know, but I just find it odd that one family will carry this powers without anything to focus to it on," Rena said.
These kinds of questions and many more have been burning deep within Rena's mind since Rumiko first told Rika and herself about the cursed tamer's heritage and now that she was with the shadow fighter himself, she was hoping to get the answers she longed for.
Rena notice it had grown quiet suddenly and looked at Sango only to find she was looking at the picture of her daughter, lost in some old memory.
"You know," the elder said suddenly. "My daughter was the first female shadow fighter to emerge in over five hundred years or that's what my husband said to her when her brother died."
"I still don't get a few things, like how is the next shadow fighter determined?" Rena asked curiously.
Sango looked at the time traveling fox with her gentle smile and said," Well according to my husband, the next shadow fighter will always be the first born and if there's a second like my daughter, they will became the next shadow fighter if first born is killed," a hint of sadness enter Sango's voice when mention her son.
"Umm Sango is there a reason you came out here?" Rena decided to change the subject before she brought up anymore-bad memories for the elder.
"Oh yes, I completely forget," Sango said calmly. "Dinner's ready and I was wondering if you could go and get my grandson?"
Rena nodded and said with one of her small smile," Of course."
She got up from her set and proceeded to make her way upstairs.
"Oh and don't forget about your friend, I made a special treat for her!"
"I wouldn't!" Rena replied quickly as she disappeared up the stair.
She made her way slowly to the shadow fighter's room so she could have time to think about all she learned. She was still in the dark about a lot of the shadow fighter's secrets, but she had learned a few things, but not enough to put her curiosity to rest.
She stepped in front of the door leading to Matt's room and knock on it twice," Matt, your grandmother sent me to fetch you for dinner."
No reply came from within the room and Rena waited for a few seconds before knocking on the door again. Still nothing, so Rena opened the door and poked her head in. The room was completely empty and Rena decided to wait for Matt inside his room.
Rena didn't look around the last time she was in Matt's room, but now as she waited she took in the room of her tamer's father to be. Surprisingly Rena found the room to be very plain, just like Rika's own room.
The room itself was painted in the same color as Rena's room, but the walls itself were bare. The dresser, deck and bed were all in the same location as Rena's room. The sheets on the bed were a plain black.
Rena looked around the room once and mutter sarcastically under her breath," Why do want to say like father, like daughter anytime I see even the smallest family resemblance in Matt?"
To take her mind off and to satisfy a curious strike she had since first lying eyes on Matt, Rena took a walked over to the desk. On it was a really old piece of paper with a notebook next to it. Curious, Rena lifted the yellow, beat up piece of paper and looked at it. Written on the sheet were a bunch of black words in different format. Some were in Japanese other was English and the rest were in languages Rena didn't even know. As she was trying to make heads or tails out of this weird form of writing, a shadow silently crept up behind her.
"What is this?" Rena asked herself.
"You know you may live here now, but it doesn't mean you can just come into my room whenever you please," Matt's causally voice said from behind Rena.
Startled Rena jumped an inch off the ground and whirled around to see Matt, smiling in amusement.
"Well you do know it's rude just to come into a person room when they're doing their private time," Matt said in his dry humor.
"Well your grandmother sent me to fetch you because dinner is ready," Rena replied calmly and then held up the sheet. "And what is this?"
Matt took one look at the sheet and shrugged casually," It's just something my grandpa left me, I translate it for fun when I got the time."
"How much have you gotten done?" Rena asked out of curiosity.
Matt shrugged and he put his hands on his pants pockets as he said," Just look behind you."
Rena raised an eyebrow when Matt flashed a Rika smirk. Sighing she turned around and look at book on the desk. On top of the paper were the words, the shadow's last stand.
The fox turned human look at the shadow fighter with a clueless expression and in return Matt shrugged as he said," That's as far as I got."
Rena looked at the shadow fighter suspiciously for a quick second before turning back to the notebook on the desk. She couldn't help but feel that the page the single sentence was written up was familiar to her in a strange sense.
"C'mon I don't want dinner to get cold," Matt said and turned towards the door.
Rena watched Matt left the room with half of her interested. She looked at piece of paper suspiciously one last time before leaving the room and making her way to her room to get Rika.
(Next day, early morning)
Rena stepped into the fogged covered back yard, slipping on the jacket of her freshly clear workout uniform. She was expecting to see her workout buddy doing his usual morning routines, but was surprised to find the back yard empty. She began scanned the horizon, expecting Matt to jump at her anytime now. Still everything was quiet. After searching without success, Rena closed her eyes and opened her senses to the world around her. She began searching for Matt again and found him on the roof. Rena opened her eyes and in one swift motion, Jumped onto the roof, next to the shadow fighter.
Matt didn't even seem to notice the company he just gain. He just stared up at the full moon with unfocused eyes. Rena wondered about her "cousin" and slowly reached out to touch his shoulder.
"You know I can always tell when there's a full moon even when night hasn't came yet," the shadow fighter said solemnly.
Rena stopped her hand and stared at the boy in front of her confused. "Why do you know that?" she asked out curiosity and took a set next to Matt.
The shadow fighter sigh depressingly and looked down at the fog cover ground," The full moon tires in with my painful past. A past I really don't want to talk about."
For probably the first time since Rena meat the boy, she saw the real Matthew Smith. She saw the hurt and scared boy who hides behind a causal mark. Again she was reminded of a certain fire colored hair human that was currently was stuck as a small digital fox.
For the longest time, the fighting pair just set there, doing their own thing. Matt was looking at the moon again, lost in a painful memory and Rena was staring at the boy, trying to figure out a few things about the boy in front of her.
"You want to ask me anything?" Matt said without looking at the digimon turned human.
"Huh?" Rena blinked twice, really not getting understanding what was just ask of her. "What?"
Matt looked at the blonde with a serious face and said," My grandfather said when a person stares at someone, they usually want to ask that some buddy something, so do you?"
"Um," a thousands questions ran through the fox's mind at once, but she picked one that probably would get her hurt," Well it was obvious that you were using those gang member as a way of working off your frustration and I was just wondering why?"
Sadness replaced the seriousness in Matt's eyes and he looked back at the moon. For the longest time, Matt was silent and kept letting out deeps sighs ever now and then. Rena was starting to wonder if she made a big mistake asking him that?
She reached out a hand to try and comfort the boy when he spoke, stopping her once again," About six mouths ago, my grandmother had a heart attack. It was nothing live threatening though, but it left her with a weaken heart."
Matt sighed deeply and let Rena take in his words. She looked at the boy before her and saw that he was struggling to keep himself from crying.
"The doctor said to much stress and her heart could go again, only much worse this time," sadness had entered the boy's voice and he began shaking slightly.
Rena not knowing what to do in this kind of solution did the first thing that popped into her head, which was to put her arms around Matt in a comforting way. "Hey it's okay everyone have someone there don't want to lose." As Rena spoke these words a picture of a certain red dinosaur being staging by a icy white devil and for a moment she was threaten with tears of her own as memories about the one closest to her flowed into her mind. She passed these disturbing thoughts aside for the time being, she now needed focus on the boy in her arms.
"She's, she's the only family I got," Matt was now sobbing freely, and tears were hitting the roof. "I don't want to loose her, so I...so I..." Matt couldn't finish his sentence because he was starting hiccupping from all of his crying.
Rena didn't need any more words; she had already pieced it together. "So you fight out of school to keep yourself out of trouble so not to worry your grandmother, Rena finished Matt's sentence in her mind.
Rena let Matt get out all of those negative emotions he had been holding back for years by crying on her shoulder. He cried for a good time minutes, socking Rena's jacket, but the fox turned human didn't care. Finally after another minute, Matt started to calm down and his sobbing slowed. He pulled away and looked at Rena with a relieved smile.
"Better?" the fox turned human asked.
The shadow fighter replied by nodding his head and saying causally," Yeah, but if you ever tell anyone about this especially my grandmother, you'll wish you'll never born."
Rena sweat dropped as an image of a certain redhead telling another certain goggle wearing boy the same threat and said uneasily," Sure no problem."
Matt flashed his causal smile and said in his usually way," well if you don't mind holding our rematch until tomorrow, I think I'll go for a jog?"
"No, I don't mind," Rena, replied shacking her head. "I know you need to calm down more."
"Thanks Rena...for everything," Matt had said the last part to himself, but with her sanative hearing, Rena had picked it up, but said nothing.
The shadow fighter got up and zipped up his jacket. He patted Rena on the shoulder once and then jumped into the night. Rena closed her eyes and opened her senses, watching as Matt disappeared into the shadows. She opened her eyes again when she lost track of her tamer's father and jumped from the roof. She entered the house and went up to the second floor, planning on doing some of the homework she had put off, when she heard what sounded like wincing coming from the bathroom. Curious Rena slowly walked up to the room's closed door and saw the light were on through the creak on the bottom. She heard the wincing again and immediately opened the door.
There leaning against the suit was Sango, gripping her chest with her right hand. Sweat was pooling down the old woman's face and she looked to be in great pain.
"Sango what's the matter?" Rena rushed to the elder's side and helped her to the toilet set.
"Can you get a bottle in the cabinet?" Sango asked weakly.
"Um okay," Rena turned around and looked for any type of bottle.
"I hide it behind my jar of vapor cream," Sango told Rena weakly.
Rena nodded and moved the jar aside and saw a small orange bottle like the one people keep medicine in. She grabbed it and showed it to the elder.
Sango nodded and said weakly," Yes that's the one, now hand me two of the pills with a glass of water."
Rena nodded and did as she was told. She handed the water and two small cercal pills to Rika's great grandmother. Sango downed the pills and water in one gulp. Rena took the empty glass and put it on the counter. She looked at the elder and studied her.
Sango sat there for a moment, like she had fallen asleep, waiting for her medicine kicked in. Her breathing slowly returned to normal and she stopped sweating. After a minute the elder opened her eyes and looked at the fox turned human with heavy eyes.
"Please Rena don't Matt about this?" the elder asked sympathetically.
"Umm okay," Rena replied, feeling uneasy for the second time in the past few minutes. "But can I ask what was just wrong with you?"
Sango chuckled half-heartedly and replied in a soft tone," I had a heart attack about six mouth ago."
"Yes, your grandson told me about it," Rena replied calmly.
"But what he doesn't know is that my heart had weaken to the point when it could gave out at anytime," Sango said calmly.
Rena gasped and asked confusingly," Then why don't you tell Matt about this?"
Sadness crossed the elder aged face and said to herself," He's has enough problems as it, he's doesn't need to have a old person like myself getting in the way." But with her hearing, Rena heard everything and it made her confused and angry at the same time.
"Hey your grandson loves you deeply and what does you mean by problems?" Rena asked in a slight angered voice and put her hands on her hips on a demanding way.
Sango looked up at the blonde beauty and Rena again realized she had heard what wasn't support to be heard. The two stared at each other for a moment before Rena relaxed and sigh.
"Look I know Matt loves you very much, so why don't you just tell him?" Rena asked in a tired voice.
Sango stared at the girl for a minute, slightly stunned before titling her head down and sighing. She got off the toilet without even saying a word. She walked towards the door, but stopped when she's in the frame. She sighs again and looks at Rena with serious, sad and tired eyes," Rena I know you'll want to help this family, but something are just better left to the family themselves." And with that said, the elder lift for her room.
Rena stared at the spot where the elder just was, puzzled by this new development before sighing and muttering," Sometimes I wonder about this family I'm in." She then went to her own room to try and sort this out.
(Later at School)
A blue skirt that went down to the knees with a matching blue sailor shirt with an orange scarf and brown loafers with knee high soaks. That was the uniform that all the girls have to wear at Matt's school and Rena didn't like it one bit.
She was looking herself in the bathroom mirror, feeling embarrassed beyond belief. She didn't like how her legs were exposed to the air, making her shiver slightly. She now understood why Rika hated skirts so much and it took everything Rena had to keep herself from ripping this cursed uniform off and putting on the clothes she was most comfortable in.
Sighing, Rena picked up her school bag and the bag that had her usual clothes in it and looked at herself one last time, feeling awkward about the way she looked. With another sigh, she gathered up all her courage and stepped out of the girl's bathroom and into the school.
Matt was waiting for our favorite time traveling, species changing fox by the door. He was leaning against the wall to the right of the door with his eyes closed and his bag under his right arm.
"Hey what's up?" Rena moved towards Matt and something brushed against her right foot. Looking down she saw tones of paper balls scattered along the floor, some were even soaking wet. Looking back at her friends, she hoped to find some type of answers to the mass near his feet.
She didn't need to wait for long because a paper ball, soaking wet was heading straight towards the shadow's fighter's head. But with a swift hand, Matt knocked the ball out of aid-air. Rena watched as the ball hit the floor and bounced once before looked at Matt with a raised eyebrow.
The shadow fighter shrugged and said causally," Nothing but the usual for me."
The two began walking to their homeroom with the other students giving both of them icy glares. It would seem that hanging with Matt had earn the fox turned human the same type of treatment as the shadow fighter and the suited Rena just fine.
As they walked Rena picked up on conservation with her hearing.
"So is your bro in on it man?" voice 1 asked curiously.
"Yeah, he's want to get back at the Smith kid for what he and that blonde chick did to him last night," the second voice replied cockily.
Curious, Rena looked to the right, where the sources of the voice were coming from. She saw two boys, following Matt and herself from distance. There wasn't really anything special about the two, expect the boy on the right was wearing a black bandana, which want against the school dress code. The other boy was just your typical Japanese boy with black hair in a similar style to that of Ryo.
Rena was about to forget about the boys trailing her, when she spotted the necklaces both boys were wearing. It was a gray colored thunder splat symbol. Rena's eyes widen slightly as everything was starting to make sense.
The boys following Matt and Rena were obviously members of the Thunder Splats and there were watching the two fighters. And it was clear that these boys had something against Matt, but then again even single person in this school probably had something against the shadow fighter.
Rena turned to toward Matt with the attention to warn him, only to find that he was also staring at the boys.
"Friends of your?" the fox asked in dry sarcasm.
"The boy wearing the bandana is the brother of one of these guys I beat up daily," Matt said, jolting his thumb over his right shoulder. "It would seem he finally is getting sick and tired of me beating on him."
Rena didn't missed the pride that had arisen when he mentioned the guys he beats up and Rena rolled her eyes, once again thinking about his daughter from the future. He looked back the Thunder Splat member to see them turning a corner.
I'll have to keep my eyes on those boys in the near future, Rena thought.
(After school)
After convincing Matt or more like bribing him into taking the easy way and avoid fighting the Thunder Splats member, Matt and Rena were walking home the same routine they take to school. But the fox turned human couldn't shack the feeling that something was off, like a digimon was about to emerge from the digital world. But she knew that the digital world wasn't even created yet, so what was bothering her so much?
Matt on the other hand was disappointed and let it know by sighing slightly. "You know after that meatball fest, I was all geared up from a little gang bashing," he muttered to himself, but with her hearing, Rena heard him.
The fox turned human rolled her eyes and said in a up beat tone," Hey I said I would fight you when we got home didn't I?"
Matt sighed again and opened his mouth to say something when the sound of shrieking tires shut it again. The fighters looked behind them just in time to see a beat up navy Ford truck, madly swirling around a corner. In the driver seat was the boy with the arm guard from the other day and on the back were the kids, Rena saw during school. The kids were wielding the trademark weapons of the Thunder splats, a chain and a club.
"You know these three remind me of certain people I meant during my travels," Rena said, her voice float.
"Who cares, just jump! Matt bent at the knees and jumped up onto the fence. He looked back to see Rena eyeing the truck nervously. "What's the problem, just jump already before you're a blonde street pizza!"
Rena continued to stare at the truck as it speeds towards her. Her human fear had for some reason kicked in when she saw the truck and now she was frozen in fear.
"You idiot, moved already!!!" That voice snapped Rena out of it and she jumped just as the truck was about to run her over. She landed in front of Matt and the two looked at each other. They nodded quickly and took off, running across the fence gracefully with the truck following them below and the kids screaming insults to them.
(...)
Me: Yup another chapter done and sealed.
Rika (Looking sly): You know you probably just should call it quiets with this one.
Me (Annoyed): Why?
Rika: Because no one is reviewing, which means this story, like your others are stickers.
Me (Angry): Listen I don't start other story until I complete the one I'm working on and if got something against me let settle it here and now.
Rika (Getting to fighting stance): Bring it on.
Rika and myself (Circling each other for a short period of time before throwing punches at each other): AAAAHHH!!
BlackRenamon (Getting in between us): Hey guys thought you might what's some of my-oof! (Getting hit on both sides)
Me (Watching my partner fall to the ground like a tone of bunks): oops.
Me: Where's the fun if I just tell you all my character's secrets now, besides it makes things...
Rika: DON'T SAY INTERESTING!!! I'm getting really sick of that word.
Me (Grinning): That why I did it, to tick you off.
Rika (Angrily lunging at me): That's it, your meat buddy!
Me (Sighing): What's with this anime characters? Why do they hate me so much?
Shadows of the past: Chapter four:
Secrets of The Shadow
The shoved man advanced on Matt, but stopped when the redhead asked," Yo boss mind if I take this one?"
"Sure," Shove grinned cocky at his friend. "Just be sure to mass up that pretty face of his really good."
Red returned the grin and said smugly," Don't worry I'm planning on too." He stepped forward and spun his chain around. He creaked it hard against the ground and the fighting pair jumped a foot away from it.
Matt got into his normal fighting stance and a victory grin appeared on his face. "What makes you think you can do any better then the last few times?"
Rena looked at the shadow fighter feeling startled by what he just said. He did fight these guys before! But why would he fight a bunch of people like them?
Red whipped his chain on the ground again and threw himself at Matt. The shadow fighter stared down the charging man down with stern determination and an unflinching hand. When Red was about an inch away, Matt jumped into the air and delivered a sharp kick into the guy's chin. Red went flying back into the alley he emerged from with his friends and they caught him. Red look at young boy before him with a great fury burning deeply in his ruby colored eyes as he tare himself free from his friend's grip. He lunged at the shadow fighter, swimming his chain widely. Matt side stepped just as the chain came down from his right side. He grabbed Red's wrist and threw a punch with his free head. Red brought up his arm guard and used it as a shield to block Matt's fist.
"HA! Whatcha you got now punk?" Red screamed, spitting in Matt's face.
"This!" Matt threw his head into the other's guy skull, hard. Red fill backwards with his eyes rolled to the back of his head and his mouth gapping. The others thunder spat members watch in shock as their unconscious friend hit the payment like a tone of bunks.
The one with the club seemed the most out of it just standing like a gapping fish, looking at the fallen gang member. He then clutched his jar angrily and looked at the shadow fighter with vengeance burning in his stormy eyes. He gripped his club so tight that his knuckles started turning white.
"That's it punk!!! You're going down!!" the man charged at Matt with his club raise high above his head. He swings, aiming from Matt's head, but the shadow fighter easily batted the club out of it owner's hand and gave him a punch to the gut. The guy stood in place with a gapping mouth before he collapsed to his knees. Matt took a step back as the guy fill onto his stomach, out like a light.
Matt looked at the last gang member and was a little confused to see him smirking instead of cowering in terror like he normally would. "Did I finally scare you brainless or something?" Matt asked lazily.
"No I just decided to ask some chums of my to drop by," the guy replied smugly.
That's was about the time, the fox turned human notice that she and the shadow fighter were surrounded on all sides. Most were adults, but Rena thought she saw some teenagers too. Every gang member was wearing the same leather jacket and was carrying weapons of some sort. Rena even thought she saw a gun or two.
Rena joined Matt and the two got back to back as they took up their fighting stances. "So is this a usual turn out?" she asked lightly as she looked over the group that surrounded her and Matt.
"I usually never draw this much of a crowd, but it something like that," Matt replied causally.
The group in front of Matt parted and a man with well-kept black hair came into view. By the way the others were reacting around him, someone could tell he was important. That and plus his well-kept brown leather jacket just screamed guy in charge.
"You the punk who been messing with these losers?" the guy asked simply and jerked his head in the direction of the shoved man and his two unconscious friends outside of the circle.
Matt looked at them quickly before looking at the man before him and asking with half of his interest," You're the leader of this gang?"
"I wish," the guy said disappointedly. "But I'm only a second and my boss doesn't like how you keep messing with his boys."
""Why afraid I'll ruin you image?" Matt asked in that dry humor of his.
"Actually yes. Now get them!!" the guy yelled and pointed his finger at the fighting pair.
He stepped back as the large group lunged at the two teens. Matt and Rena watched as the gangsters charged at them with unflinching nerves. They jumped at the last moment, causing the gangster to pile on top of each other. Matt landed on the right side of the pile and looked at Rena who was on the opposite side with a victory grin. The former digital monster in turn gave Matt an icy stare that whipped his grin off his face in a hurry.
The thunder splats manage to pull themselves apart and took the two teens with anger in their eyes. Since the gang was about 30 even, 15-gang member took a teen each.
"You know I don't fight with girly girls," a slightly over weight man with mass red hair said.
"Good then you'll don't mind if I do this!" Rena drove her fist into the guy's stomach, knocking the wind right out of him. He leaned forward as he wrapped his arms around his sore area. Rena then uppercut the guy, sending him back into two of his friends.
Two guys tried to sneak up from behind the former digimon, but Rena had heard their hash breathing and jumped behind them just as their went for her. She then did something she saw Rika do once with a certain digimon king. She pulled their jeans down. Embarrassed the two tried to flee, only to have tripped over their pants and fall flat on their faces.
Three guys tried for the time traveling digimon by throwing chains at her. Rena calmly and gracefully stepped to the left and caught the first chain. She spun around and caught the other one with her free hand. She ducked and caught the last one between her occupied hands as it soared over her. She jumped, taking the chains with her and dragging the gangster into a headlong collusion, knocking them out.
That's six down about nine left, Rena thought as she landed. She looked around and saw that the other nine had already surrounded her. She looked around at the gangster and took in their weapons. There was just meanly clubs and chains, nothing the fox turned human couldn't handle. But that's when she saw that one of the gang member had a gun aimed right at her head and startles Rena when she notice that the guy holding the gun was about a year older then her human form and Matt. It terrible when kids that age are forced to joins gangs.
Rena couldn't help but think that Rika might have ended up in something like this if it wasn't for herself and the help of one certain goggle wearing boy.
Rena was brought out of her thoughts as her senses warned her that the people around her were starting to advance on her. So she jumped into the air and went straight for the kid with the handgun. With one swift kick, the gun went flying into the air. The kid watched as his precious gun fly into the air and wasn't aware that Rena had landed right beside him. She then applied a pressure point she had learned from Henry a while ago. The boy dropped into her arms and she set him down carefully. She straightened up just as the gun descended right in her right hand. Seeing that they lost they only edge, the gangsters made hasty retreat. Rena watched as the figure quickly vanished into the horizon, snorting slightly before emptying the gun and throwing it away.
"I see you don't like fighting kids," a soft voice said. Rena looked to her right to see Matt sitting on a trashcan with his right leg up on another one and his arm resting on his knee. Even though he seemed calm and at ease, his eyes carried a sense of victory deep down.
Rena shrugged as she walked over to him. "I know someone who nearly made a bad call," she spoke the truth.
The causally expression on Matt's face suddenly turned into a slightly sad one and he looked at the kid, Rena knocked out. He look deepen a bit more and he said in a quiet, almost whisper like voice," It's hard when you hardly have any family."
Rena looked down at her friend's and saw the sorrow in his eyes. She knew that kind of look from watching Rika when they were first partnered and she couldn't help but wonder what kind of tragedy the shadow fighter went through during his life?
Matt continued to stare at the kid in silence for a few seconds before looking at the blonde in front of him, his casually mask back on. "Well we better bee going." He jumped from his set and began walking away.
Rena looked at the kid once last time, relieved that, that wasn't Rika lying there. She hurried to catch up with her self appointed cousin before he got to far ahead.
(Later at Matt's grandmother's house)
Rena set on the couch in the living room, channel surfing while waiting for dinner. Since Rena wasn't much of a TV watcher, she didn't find anything appealing and just shut the thing off.
Sango was busy in the kitchen, making dinner despite her all of grandson's pleas to go back to bed. The shadow fighter himself was in his room, minding his own business much like his daughter does in the future. And Rika herself was still in Rena's room sleeping.
The former fox leaned her head back against the head of the couch and closed her eyes. She began thinking about everything she had learned about the soon to be father of her cursed tamer and it still confused her.
The way Rumiko talked about him, I always thought that Matthew Smith was a man who wasn't held down by these negative emotions, but I saw these very emotions this day and it frighten me, Rena opened her eyes and a hint of dismay were in them. She looked over at the picture of the Smith family and couldn't help but wonder what was the goal of the shadow fighter.
"That was my daughter, Rika," Startled Rena snapped her head around and saw Sango entering the living room, looking exhausted. The elder walked slowly to the setting area and took the chair on the left of the couch. She sat there for a minute, catching her breath and relaxing. She looked at Rena with a gentle smile only an elder could have and took the picture frame from it stand. "Yes my beautiful daughter and the man she loved."
"Um Miss Ur-
"Sango will do just fine dear," the elder interrupted gently.
"Alright Sango, but I was wondering what is the proposes of the shadow fighter?" Rena asked uneasily.
The elder chuckled softly to herself and looked at Rena with soft eye," The propose of the shadow fighter was forgotten centuries ago, all we know is that the shadow fighter legacy is meant to be pass through to future generations."
If Rena still have her fox ears there would be twitching like mad as she asked," But I don't still see what so important about this legacy?"
Sango chuckle again, only this time it was more opened. "Like I said the propose of the shadow fighters was lost way before any of us were born."
"Yes I know, but I just find it odd that one family will carry this powers without anything to focus to it on," Rena said.
These kinds of questions and many more have been burning deep within Rena's mind since Rumiko first told Rika and herself about the cursed tamer's heritage and now that she was with the shadow fighter himself, she was hoping to get the answers she longed for.
Rena notice it had grown quiet suddenly and looked at Sango only to find she was looking at the picture of her daughter, lost in some old memory.
"You know," the elder said suddenly. "My daughter was the first female shadow fighter to emerge in over five hundred years or that's what my husband said to her when her brother died."
"I still don't get a few things, like how is the next shadow fighter determined?" Rena asked curiously.
Sango looked at the time traveling fox with her gentle smile and said," Well according to my husband, the next shadow fighter will always be the first born and if there's a second like my daughter, they will became the next shadow fighter if first born is killed," a hint of sadness enter Sango's voice when mention her son.
"Umm Sango is there a reason you came out here?" Rena decided to change the subject before she brought up anymore-bad memories for the elder.
"Oh yes, I completely forget," Sango said calmly. "Dinner's ready and I was wondering if you could go and get my grandson?"
Rena nodded and said with one of her small smile," Of course."
She got up from her set and proceeded to make her way upstairs.
"Oh and don't forget about your friend, I made a special treat for her!"
"I wouldn't!" Rena replied quickly as she disappeared up the stair.
She made her way slowly to the shadow fighter's room so she could have time to think about all she learned. She was still in the dark about a lot of the shadow fighter's secrets, but she had learned a few things, but not enough to put her curiosity to rest.
She stepped in front of the door leading to Matt's room and knock on it twice," Matt, your grandmother sent me to fetch you for dinner."
No reply came from within the room and Rena waited for a few seconds before knocking on the door again. Still nothing, so Rena opened the door and poked her head in. The room was completely empty and Rena decided to wait for Matt inside his room.
Rena didn't look around the last time she was in Matt's room, but now as she waited she took in the room of her tamer's father to be. Surprisingly Rena found the room to be very plain, just like Rika's own room.
The room itself was painted in the same color as Rena's room, but the walls itself were bare. The dresser, deck and bed were all in the same location as Rena's room. The sheets on the bed were a plain black.
Rena looked around the room once and mutter sarcastically under her breath," Why do want to say like father, like daughter anytime I see even the smallest family resemblance in Matt?"
To take her mind off and to satisfy a curious strike she had since first lying eyes on Matt, Rena took a walked over to the desk. On it was a really old piece of paper with a notebook next to it. Curious, Rena lifted the yellow, beat up piece of paper and looked at it. Written on the sheet were a bunch of black words in different format. Some were in Japanese other was English and the rest were in languages Rena didn't even know. As she was trying to make heads or tails out of this weird form of writing, a shadow silently crept up behind her.
"What is this?" Rena asked herself.
"You know you may live here now, but it doesn't mean you can just come into my room whenever you please," Matt's causally voice said from behind Rena.
Startled Rena jumped an inch off the ground and whirled around to see Matt, smiling in amusement.
"Well you do know it's rude just to come into a person room when they're doing their private time," Matt said in his dry humor.
"Well your grandmother sent me to fetch you because dinner is ready," Rena replied calmly and then held up the sheet. "And what is this?"
Matt took one look at the sheet and shrugged casually," It's just something my grandpa left me, I translate it for fun when I got the time."
"How much have you gotten done?" Rena asked out of curiosity.
Matt shrugged and he put his hands on his pants pockets as he said," Just look behind you."
Rena raised an eyebrow when Matt flashed a Rika smirk. Sighing she turned around and look at book on the desk. On top of the paper were the words, the shadow's last stand.
The fox turned human look at the shadow fighter with a clueless expression and in return Matt shrugged as he said," That's as far as I got."
Rena looked at the shadow fighter suspiciously for a quick second before turning back to the notebook on the desk. She couldn't help but feel that the page the single sentence was written up was familiar to her in a strange sense.
"C'mon I don't want dinner to get cold," Matt said and turned towards the door.
Rena watched Matt left the room with half of her interested. She looked at piece of paper suspiciously one last time before leaving the room and making her way to her room to get Rika.
(Next day, early morning)
Rena stepped into the fogged covered back yard, slipping on the jacket of her freshly clear workout uniform. She was expecting to see her workout buddy doing his usual morning routines, but was surprised to find the back yard empty. She began scanned the horizon, expecting Matt to jump at her anytime now. Still everything was quiet. After searching without success, Rena closed her eyes and opened her senses to the world around her. She began searching for Matt again and found him on the roof. Rena opened her eyes and in one swift motion, Jumped onto the roof, next to the shadow fighter.
Matt didn't even seem to notice the company he just gain. He just stared up at the full moon with unfocused eyes. Rena wondered about her "cousin" and slowly reached out to touch his shoulder.
"You know I can always tell when there's a full moon even when night hasn't came yet," the shadow fighter said solemnly.
Rena stopped her hand and stared at the boy in front of her confused. "Why do you know that?" she asked out curiosity and took a set next to Matt.
The shadow fighter sigh depressingly and looked down at the fog cover ground," The full moon tires in with my painful past. A past I really don't want to talk about."
For probably the first time since Rena meat the boy, she saw the real Matthew Smith. She saw the hurt and scared boy who hides behind a causal mark. Again she was reminded of a certain fire colored hair human that was currently was stuck as a small digital fox.
For the longest time, the fighting pair just set there, doing their own thing. Matt was looking at the moon again, lost in a painful memory and Rena was staring at the boy, trying to figure out a few things about the boy in front of her.
"You want to ask me anything?" Matt said without looking at the digimon turned human.
"Huh?" Rena blinked twice, really not getting understanding what was just ask of her. "What?"
Matt looked at the blonde with a serious face and said," My grandfather said when a person stares at someone, they usually want to ask that some buddy something, so do you?"
"Um," a thousands questions ran through the fox's mind at once, but she picked one that probably would get her hurt," Well it was obvious that you were using those gang member as a way of working off your frustration and I was just wondering why?"
Sadness replaced the seriousness in Matt's eyes and he looked back at the moon. For the longest time, Matt was silent and kept letting out deeps sighs ever now and then. Rena was starting to wonder if she made a big mistake asking him that?
She reached out a hand to try and comfort the boy when he spoke, stopping her once again," About six mouths ago, my grandmother had a heart attack. It was nothing live threatening though, but it left her with a weaken heart."
Matt sighed deeply and let Rena take in his words. She looked at the boy before her and saw that he was struggling to keep himself from crying.
"The doctor said to much stress and her heart could go again, only much worse this time," sadness had entered the boy's voice and he began shaking slightly.
Rena not knowing what to do in this kind of solution did the first thing that popped into her head, which was to put her arms around Matt in a comforting way. "Hey it's okay everyone have someone there don't want to lose." As Rena spoke these words a picture of a certain red dinosaur being staging by a icy white devil and for a moment she was threaten with tears of her own as memories about the one closest to her flowed into her mind. She passed these disturbing thoughts aside for the time being, she now needed focus on the boy in her arms.
"She's, she's the only family I got," Matt was now sobbing freely, and tears were hitting the roof. "I don't want to loose her, so I...so I..." Matt couldn't finish his sentence because he was starting hiccupping from all of his crying.
Rena didn't need any more words; she had already pieced it together. "So you fight out of school to keep yourself out of trouble so not to worry your grandmother, Rena finished Matt's sentence in her mind.
Rena let Matt get out all of those negative emotions he had been holding back for years by crying on her shoulder. He cried for a good time minutes, socking Rena's jacket, but the fox turned human didn't care. Finally after another minute, Matt started to calm down and his sobbing slowed. He pulled away and looked at Rena with a relieved smile.
"Better?" the fox turned human asked.
The shadow fighter replied by nodding his head and saying causally," Yeah, but if you ever tell anyone about this especially my grandmother, you'll wish you'll never born."
Rena sweat dropped as an image of a certain redhead telling another certain goggle wearing boy the same threat and said uneasily," Sure no problem."
Matt flashed his causal smile and said in his usually way," well if you don't mind holding our rematch until tomorrow, I think I'll go for a jog?"
"No, I don't mind," Rena, replied shacking her head. "I know you need to calm down more."
"Thanks Rena...for everything," Matt had said the last part to himself, but with her sanative hearing, Rena had picked it up, but said nothing.
The shadow fighter got up and zipped up his jacket. He patted Rena on the shoulder once and then jumped into the night. Rena closed her eyes and opened her senses, watching as Matt disappeared into the shadows. She opened her eyes again when she lost track of her tamer's father and jumped from the roof. She entered the house and went up to the second floor, planning on doing some of the homework she had put off, when she heard what sounded like wincing coming from the bathroom. Curious Rena slowly walked up to the room's closed door and saw the light were on through the creak on the bottom. She heard the wincing again and immediately opened the door.
There leaning against the suit was Sango, gripping her chest with her right hand. Sweat was pooling down the old woman's face and she looked to be in great pain.
"Sango what's the matter?" Rena rushed to the elder's side and helped her to the toilet set.
"Can you get a bottle in the cabinet?" Sango asked weakly.
"Um okay," Rena turned around and looked for any type of bottle.
"I hide it behind my jar of vapor cream," Sango told Rena weakly.
Rena nodded and moved the jar aside and saw a small orange bottle like the one people keep medicine in. She grabbed it and showed it to the elder.
Sango nodded and said weakly," Yes that's the one, now hand me two of the pills with a glass of water."
Rena nodded and did as she was told. She handed the water and two small cercal pills to Rika's great grandmother. Sango downed the pills and water in one gulp. Rena took the empty glass and put it on the counter. She looked at the elder and studied her.
Sango sat there for a moment, like she had fallen asleep, waiting for her medicine kicked in. Her breathing slowly returned to normal and she stopped sweating. After a minute the elder opened her eyes and looked at the fox turned human with heavy eyes.
"Please Rena don't Matt about this?" the elder asked sympathetically.
"Umm okay," Rena replied, feeling uneasy for the second time in the past few minutes. "But can I ask what was just wrong with you?"
Sango chuckled half-heartedly and replied in a soft tone," I had a heart attack about six mouth ago."
"Yes, your grandson told me about it," Rena replied calmly.
"But what he doesn't know is that my heart had weaken to the point when it could gave out at anytime," Sango said calmly.
Rena gasped and asked confusingly," Then why don't you tell Matt about this?"
Sadness crossed the elder aged face and said to herself," He's has enough problems as it, he's doesn't need to have a old person like myself getting in the way." But with her hearing, Rena heard everything and it made her confused and angry at the same time.
"Hey your grandson loves you deeply and what does you mean by problems?" Rena asked in a slight angered voice and put her hands on her hips on a demanding way.
Sango looked up at the blonde beauty and Rena again realized she had heard what wasn't support to be heard. The two stared at each other for a moment before Rena relaxed and sigh.
"Look I know Matt loves you very much, so why don't you just tell him?" Rena asked in a tired voice.
Sango stared at the girl for a minute, slightly stunned before titling her head down and sighing. She got off the toilet without even saying a word. She walked towards the door, but stopped when she's in the frame. She sighs again and looks at Rena with serious, sad and tired eyes," Rena I know you'll want to help this family, but something are just better left to the family themselves." And with that said, the elder lift for her room.
Rena stared at the spot where the elder just was, puzzled by this new development before sighing and muttering," Sometimes I wonder about this family I'm in." She then went to her own room to try and sort this out.
(Later at School)
A blue skirt that went down to the knees with a matching blue sailor shirt with an orange scarf and brown loafers with knee high soaks. That was the uniform that all the girls have to wear at Matt's school and Rena didn't like it one bit.
She was looking herself in the bathroom mirror, feeling embarrassed beyond belief. She didn't like how her legs were exposed to the air, making her shiver slightly. She now understood why Rika hated skirts so much and it took everything Rena had to keep herself from ripping this cursed uniform off and putting on the clothes she was most comfortable in.
Sighing, Rena picked up her school bag and the bag that had her usual clothes in it and looked at herself one last time, feeling awkward about the way she looked. With another sigh, she gathered up all her courage and stepped out of the girl's bathroom and into the school.
Matt was waiting for our favorite time traveling, species changing fox by the door. He was leaning against the wall to the right of the door with his eyes closed and his bag under his right arm.
"Hey what's up?" Rena moved towards Matt and something brushed against her right foot. Looking down she saw tones of paper balls scattered along the floor, some were even soaking wet. Looking back at her friends, she hoped to find some type of answers to the mass near his feet.
She didn't need to wait for long because a paper ball, soaking wet was heading straight towards the shadow's fighter's head. But with a swift hand, Matt knocked the ball out of aid-air. Rena watched as the ball hit the floor and bounced once before looked at Matt with a raised eyebrow.
The shadow fighter shrugged and said causally," Nothing but the usual for me."
The two began walking to their homeroom with the other students giving both of them icy glares. It would seem that hanging with Matt had earn the fox turned human the same type of treatment as the shadow fighter and the suited Rena just fine.
As they walked Rena picked up on conservation with her hearing.
"So is your bro in on it man?" voice 1 asked curiously.
"Yeah, he's want to get back at the Smith kid for what he and that blonde chick did to him last night," the second voice replied cockily.
Curious, Rena looked to the right, where the sources of the voice were coming from. She saw two boys, following Matt and herself from distance. There wasn't really anything special about the two, expect the boy on the right was wearing a black bandana, which want against the school dress code. The other boy was just your typical Japanese boy with black hair in a similar style to that of Ryo.
Rena was about to forget about the boys trailing her, when she spotted the necklaces both boys were wearing. It was a gray colored thunder splat symbol. Rena's eyes widen slightly as everything was starting to make sense.
The boys following Matt and Rena were obviously members of the Thunder Splats and there were watching the two fighters. And it was clear that these boys had something against Matt, but then again even single person in this school probably had something against the shadow fighter.
Rena turned to toward Matt with the attention to warn him, only to find that he was also staring at the boys.
"Friends of your?" the fox asked in dry sarcasm.
"The boy wearing the bandana is the brother of one of these guys I beat up daily," Matt said, jolting his thumb over his right shoulder. "It would seem he finally is getting sick and tired of me beating on him."
Rena didn't missed the pride that had arisen when he mentioned the guys he beats up and Rena rolled her eyes, once again thinking about his daughter from the future. He looked back the Thunder Splat member to see them turning a corner.
I'll have to keep my eyes on those boys in the near future, Rena thought.
(After school)
After convincing Matt or more like bribing him into taking the easy way and avoid fighting the Thunder Splats member, Matt and Rena were walking home the same routine they take to school. But the fox turned human couldn't shack the feeling that something was off, like a digimon was about to emerge from the digital world. But she knew that the digital world wasn't even created yet, so what was bothering her so much?
Matt on the other hand was disappointed and let it know by sighing slightly. "You know after that meatball fest, I was all geared up from a little gang bashing," he muttered to himself, but with her hearing, Rena heard him.
The fox turned human rolled her eyes and said in a up beat tone," Hey I said I would fight you when we got home didn't I?"
Matt sighed again and opened his mouth to say something when the sound of shrieking tires shut it again. The fighters looked behind them just in time to see a beat up navy Ford truck, madly swirling around a corner. In the driver seat was the boy with the arm guard from the other day and on the back were the kids, Rena saw during school. The kids were wielding the trademark weapons of the Thunder splats, a chain and a club.
"You know these three remind me of certain people I meant during my travels," Rena said, her voice float.
"Who cares, just jump! Matt bent at the knees and jumped up onto the fence. He looked back to see Rena eyeing the truck nervously. "What's the problem, just jump already before you're a blonde street pizza!"
Rena continued to stare at the truck as it speeds towards her. Her human fear had for some reason kicked in when she saw the truck and now she was frozen in fear.
"You idiot, moved already!!!" That voice snapped Rena out of it and she jumped just as the truck was about to run her over. She landed in front of Matt and the two looked at each other. They nodded quickly and took off, running across the fence gracefully with the truck following them below and the kids screaming insults to them.
(...)
Me: Yup another chapter done and sealed.
Rika (Looking sly): You know you probably just should call it quiets with this one.
Me (Annoyed): Why?
Rika: Because no one is reviewing, which means this story, like your others are stickers.
Me (Angry): Listen I don't start other story until I complete the one I'm working on and if got something against me let settle it here and now.
Rika (Getting to fighting stance): Bring it on.
Rika and myself (Circling each other for a short period of time before throwing punches at each other): AAAAHHH!!
BlackRenamon (Getting in between us): Hey guys thought you might what's some of my-oof! (Getting hit on both sides)
Me (Watching my partner fall to the ground like a tone of bunks): oops.