Ag: I just finished typing this. Someone kept on nagging me to get this done. looks at Jen Now I'm too tired to say the disclaimer. Addy, you do it.
Addy: Ag does not own Digimon or the other tamers that appear in this fic. All she owns is this story, Kitleymon, and Adhara Herrera, me.
Ag: Very good Addy. And for reasons revealed in this chapter. Impmon wont appear. Don't look at me. Blame Ly!
Ly: Make me look like the bad guy, will ya?
Ag: You wanted an Impmon! And he has the same personality as the one in the show!
Kitleymon: Let's start the story before they get into a fight (again)
The Crossing The Rift Saga
Chapter 2- Attack! Zak to the Rescue!
The tamers stood by a large tree behind the school building. Renamon, Culumon, Terriermon, Marineangemon, and Kitleymon sat above them in the branches. Guilmon and Guardromon stood near some bushes.
"Okay, Addy, tell us your story," said Henry.
"I already told you I created Kitleymon, so there isn't much to tell. I found her in a digital field not far from my school back home," said Addy.
"But what about your D-Gauntlet?" asked Takato. "Why didn't you get a D-arc?"
Addy shrugged. "Beats me."
"Maybe it's like the TV show!" suggested Kazu. "You know, when the new kids got better digivices than the old kids."
"That could be true, but.then that would mean danger is coming. One we can't face alone," said Jeri.
Henry asked, "Addy, is there anything else your D-Gauntlet can do?"
"Sure. Besides being able to scan cards and digimon, my D-Gauntlet can--"
"Hey, guys!" shouted Zak.
Guardromon and Guilmon quickly hid.
"Hi," the group greeted, attempting to seem like everything was normal.
"What's up?"
"Oh, nothing," said Kenta.
Zak eyed them suspiciously. Something was up and he wanted to know what. "O.k. What's going on?"
"What are you talking about?" questioned Takato, nervously.
"I can tell that something fishy is going on. I want to know what." Everyone tried to think of an excuse. "Well?"
RING!!
"Oh, we better got to class," said Addy. She grabbed Zak's wrist and pulled him away. The tamers sighed in relief.
"Saved by the bell," said Henry.
"I've never been happier for school to start," said Takato. They all headed to class.
Zak sat in class as the history teacher talked about ancient Japan. Addy was soaking up the information. It was much more exciting then the wars and stuff she had to learn back home. Zak wasn't paying attention at all. He knew his friends were hiding something. It might seem odd that he could tell weather or not his friends were lying after knowing them for only a day, but for Zak it wasn't. It almost felt as of he had some type of connection with them. But that strange connection felt stronger with Addy, and not just because of his a crush on her.
Hum.I wonder why I trust them so much, he thought. Images flashed in his mind. Panic. A massive pink blob flooding the city. Something on the news about digimon. Three familiar people. The thoughts left, leaving Zak more puzzled than before.
A small imp-like creature jumped from building to building. It was purple everywhere except it's face, which was white. On it's stomach was a yellow smiley face with a mischievous grin. There was a red bandana tied around the creature's neck and red gloves on his hands. It was a digimon known as Impmon. He had entered the real world though a digital field. It took a while to get out of it but he made it. Now he was wondering around with nothing really to do.
He sat on the edge of a large building swinging his tail. Young humans sat here and there, talking and eating. He didn't care much for humans but he had nothing else to do. He watched them with his ice blue eyes.
The group sat under the tree they had the day before. Right now, Kazu and Zak were battling with their digimon cards. The others watched.
"I play Gryphonmon," said Zak.
Kazu paled. He knew what was coming.
"I attack. That makes me the winner."
"That was a great move, Zak," said Jeri.
"No, it wasn't! I lost!" Kazu complained.
"You didn't even stand a chance. Zak is the 'Digimon Prince'," stated Kenta.
"Don't start. All we need is for his ego to get bigger," said Addy.
"Hey! I'll show you." With that, Zak jumped on Addy's back. "Let's see what you brought for lunch." He searched though her lunch bag and pulled out a Snickers bar. He opened it and held it in front of Addy's face.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"I'm going to eat this."
"What! I love Snickers!"
"Thanks for the tip. Yum." He took a bite out of the candy bar.
"No! That's mine!"
"Not anymore."
The others laughed at the display.
When Zak finished the Snickers he searched though Addy's backpack. "What's this?" He pulled out Addy's D-Gauntlet. Addy pushed herself up, causing the boy to fall on his back. She spun around and grabbed her D-Gauntlet, stuffing it back in her backpack.
"You are going to get it." Addy pounced on Zak. She took out a red gel pen and brought it down towards her victim. Zak pushed her off, his reward a mark of red ink on his right arm.
"You forget, I'm stronger then you." Zak flexed his arms. Everyone laughed. Addy stuck her tongue at him as she moved to put her pen away. She only pretended to write on him to distract him from the D-Gauntlet. It was the only thing that came to her mind. She just accidentally scraped the pen on him when he pushed her off.
Addy looked up when she saw movement in a nearby tree. A girl was sitting up in the tree swinging her leg.
"Hey, who's that?" she asked as she pointed to the girl. Everyone looked to where she pointed.
"Oh, that's Relaina Mitchet. She's in our class," answered Henry.
"Yeah. She's even scarier then Rika used to be," said Kenta.
"What do you mean?" asked Addy.
"Rika used to be cold and didn't care much for us," stated Takato.
"Back up," said Zak. "Who's Rika?"
"She's our friend. She goes to a different school. Addy met her last night when we ran into her," answered Jeri.
"Oh." Zak still felt a little lost but brushed it off. He looked at his friends as they began to talk again. He realized one was missing. Takato, Henry, Jeri, Kazu, Kenta. "Where's Addy?"
"Uh oh. Looks like she's going to talk to the Ice Queen," stated Kazu. They watched as their friend walked over to the girl in the tree.
Relaina sat on a tree branch reading a magazine.
"Konichiwa!" came a voice below. She looked down and saw the girl she had seen with those annoying kids in her class. "My name is Adhara Herrera."
Relania looked away. All was quiet for a while. She figured the girl had left.
"Hi." She turned to find Adhara on a branch next to her. "You're Relaina, right?" Relania glared at the intruder, her eyes as cold as ever. "Would you like to come and sit with me and my friends?"
Relaina was shocked that her "get lost" glare didn't work, but she kept her face expressionless. "Beat it," she told Addy.
Addy ignored that order. "Why don't you join us? We'll be happy to be your friends."
That word! Why do people put so much meaning on it! It was just a stupid word...a word that tore Relania Mitchet inside.
"I don't need friends!" Relania pushed Addy, making her lose her balance. Addy fell head first towards the ground. She extended her arms and pushed herself off the ground into a tumble. The others came running when they saw her fall.
"Are you alright?" asked Zak as he helped her to stand.
"No broken bones. Then again, I've never been good with a human skeleton," joked Addy.
"What a brat! She pushed you!" yelled Kazu, balling his hands into fists.
"Maybe we should take you to the nurse," suggested Jeri.
"No. I'm fine." The bell rang. Relania jumped out of the tree. "Sayonara, Relania!" Addy waved at the girl.
Relania just glanced over her shoulder and walked away. The others were surprised to hear her sound so friendly to someone that could have hurt her very badly. Addy left Zak's hold to get her stuff. After saying good-bye to the tamers, she left with Zak to their class.
As Relaina was walking back to the classroom, she thought, Friendship. It's just a stupid word. Friends. Who needs them? They'll just end up leaving you, not matter how many promises they make. Friends will eventually leave you all alone.
Zak was walking home, his mind in some far off place. Before departing the building, the seven friends were talking about weekend plans. After a lot of suggestions from six of them, they decided to give Addy a tour around the city since she never had the chance since her arrival.
Impmon walked along a small stonewall, his eyes closed and his hands behind his head. He was content after scaring some humans to get an ice cream. After that he had taken a swim in the park fountain. Well, he fell in but, hey, he does have his pride to keep.
Zak's thoughts drifted off to that strange glove Addy had. Why did she take it back so suddenly? Was it some type of secret? Was it personal? He knew it was not right to pry into other's lives but that glove just seemed to mean something important. Zak felt its importance. And it was something big. Impmon passed Zak, causing him to leave his thoughts. Was that an. He turned to see the digimon still walking along the wall.
"Impmon?"
Said digimon stopped and turned to the boy. "You want something, Red?"
"You're...real."
Addy walked along an empty road to the Mizuno residents, where she was staying. Kitleymon sat in her arms.
"At last. You are alone." The voice seemed to surround the two.
"Who's there?" Addy searched around her.
A girl jumped in front of her. She had shoulder length blue hair with silver streaks and purple eyes. Her top was a little to revealing to Addy's tastes and she wore skater pants. A black fingerless glove covered her right hand. Addy also noticed her fox kanji necklace. Her digimon looked like a Renamon except he was silver and wore red gloves with a light red and silver Yin-Yang symbol on each of them. On his thighs he had a symbol of two tadpoles swimming in a circle from head to tail. He had a pair of wings on his back. His eyes were golden slits, each with a scar under them.
"Who are you? What do you want?" asked Addy as Kitleymon pulled out her D- Gauntlet just in case.
"I am Reelyn Ichiro. This is my partner, Cashmon. We are here for justice."
"Justice? What are you talking about?"
"You killed a Vegiemon. Since he was in this world he can't get reborn in Primary Village."
"Primary Village? That sounds familiar."
"He attacked us," stated Kitleymon. "We have a right to defend ourselves."
"Yes, you do. But not to the point of killing another digimon. For that, the girl must be punished."
"What?!" shouted Addy.
"You, digimon, I can forgive. You are only a slave to this monster."
"Monster!?" Addy was taken back at that remark.
"Addy is not a monster! She is my friend!" countered Kitleymon.
"Be that way. I will have to punish you as well."
Addy slipped on her D-Gauntlet as Reelyn pulled out a whip from behind her back. The whip cracked as it fell towards Addy and Kitleymon. They jumped out of the way.
"Let's go!" said Addy. She and her partner got up to run but were stopped by Cashmon.
"You're not going anywhere," he said.
"Well, Kitleymon, looks like we have to fight our way out," said Addy. "Let's do it!"
"Right!" Kitleymon jumped into the air. "Blade Claw!" She descended towards Cashmon, claws glowing with energy. She missed.
"Cashmon, take care of that pathetic excuse for a digimon. I'll deal with her." Reelyn cracked the whip at Addy, giving her a cut on her arm.
"Addy!" shouted Kitleymon. Cashmon punched her, sending her flying back.
"I'm okay, Kit. Just watch out for yourself," said Addy, holding her arm to stop the bleeding. She pulled out a card from her pocket.
"This'll work." She held up the card next to her injured, gloved hand. "Digi Modify! Power Acti-ugg!" She didn't get to finish for Reelyn whipped at her hand. The card fell from Addy's grip. She clutched her injured hand.
"I saw you do that trick on Vegiemon. It won't work now," stated Reelyn.
Cashmon and Kitleymon were battling in the air, their wings keeping them airborne. Each had a few scratches but it was Cashmon who had the upper hand. Kitleymon tried to swipe at her opponent again. Cashmon dodged and kicked the feline digimon down to the ground.
"Kitleymon!" screamed Addy. She started to run towards her fallen partner but was stopped when the whip wrapped around her, pining her arms to her sides.
"I think not," Reelyn said calmly. She watched for a moment as her victim struggled. "It's time for you to be punished. You'll know what it feels like to be attacked when you are defenseless. Cashmon!"
Cashmon jumped into he air, his arms crossed. "Coin." He took aim. ".Hail!" Yellow crystals rained down when Cashmon pulled his arms apart. The light crystals weren't merciful as they cut Addy's skin and tore her clothes.
"AHHHH!!!!!"
"Course I'm real," said Impmon. "What'd you expect?"
"Well, uh.it's just.I've never seen a real digimon before," admitted Zak.
"It that so. Well, see ya, Red." Impmon began to walk away.
"Wait! I think you're the coolest digimon ever. Would you like to come over to my house? I can give you food."
"Hmmm. Okay, Red, you talked me into it."
"Great! Just follow-"
"AHHHH!!!!!"
The two stood in silence as they listened to the scream.
"That sounded like Addy!"
"Who?"
"My friend. Come on!" Zak ran off in the direction of the scream.
"Hey! Don't think you can get out of giving me a free meal!" shouted Impmon as he followed after Zak.
When Zak ran up to the scene we was surprised. There was a blue haired girl standing next to a Renamon look alike. She held a whip in her hand. Addy was pushing herself up on her hands and knees. She began crawling towards some cat-like creature. Another digimon Zak guessed. As Zak got closer, he noticed that Addy had many cuts. She picked up the cat creature and hugged it to her chest.
"It ends now," he heard the girl say.
"I've got to do something. But what?" Zak turned to Impmon. "I need your help. " Impmon looked at him surprised. "I can't do this alone. If you help me I'll do whatever you want. Just please help me."
Impmon was quiet for a moment. A grin crawled on his face. "Alright, Red. I'll help."
"Thanks." A ball of light appeared before the two. It began to grow into the shape of a glove. Zak grabbed it, the light fading to reveal a red glove with a screen on the hand part. He slipped it on, knowing the meaning of this device. "Let's go, Impmon."
Addy clutched Kitleymon to her chest, ignoring her own pain. "Kitleymon. Kitleymon, are you okay?"
"Just a little scratched up. You?" Kitleymon said weakly.
"Same."
"It ends now," said Reelyn.
"You think you are gaining justice but you're not. You are the one who is a monster. You are not a protector for digimon. You aren't the judge that decides other's fates. I don't even know what you are," Addy said angrily.
Reelyn's face was a mask of anger. "Silence!" She cracked the whip at Addy. She braced herself for the impact.
"Bada Boom!" The whip was turned to ashes when the flame hit it.
"Huh?" Both Addy and Kitleymon looked in the direction the flame came. Needless to say, they were shocked to see Zak standing next to an Impmon.
"You wont hurt them anymore!" shouted Zak.
"Who are you? This is a private matter," said Reelyn.
"I'm Azaki Hatsumoto," he said as he held up his gloved hand, "Tamer to Impmon."
"He's a tamer?!" shouted Addy.
"Beat it. I don't want to harm and innocent person," stated Reelyn.
"I won't allow you to hurt my friend anymore. There is no reason good enough for that."
"Summon!" Impmon yelled. Fire circled around Reelyn and Cashmon.
"Impmon! Why'd you do that?"
"All that talking was annoying. Plus the fact that I'm hungry!"
Zak shook his head at his partner and headed over to Addy. The girl was pushing herself up weakly, Kitleymon still in her embrace. Her legs collapsed under her weight. She would have fallen if Zak hadn't caught her.
"Arigatou," she said.
"Daijoubu ka?" Zak asked.
"If you minus the fact that I was just attacked by a digimon and his partner then yeah, I'm fine."
"Look!" said Kitleymon. Everyone turned to see Cashmon fly out of the ring of fire, Reelyn in his arms.
"I'll be back," she said as they flew away.
"And I'll come after all four of you!"
When she disappeared from sight, Zak turned to Addy and asked, "Who was she? What happened? And who's that?" He pointed to the digimon in her arms.
"I'm Kitleymon."
"She's my partner. About what happened earlier, I'll tell you tomorrow when I tell Takato and the others. That way I can explain it once. Plus, I'm beat, not pun intended."
Zak blinked. "Takato and the others know? Then they have-"
"Digimon, yes. Now let me go home!"
"You think you can make it without falling?"
"Yes. I was just a little disoriented. Now, good bye." Addy turned and walked away.
Zak made a move to follow her but was stopped by Impmon. "Hold it, Red. She said she was okay with going home. Now let us go home to get some grub! One would think you have a crush on her or something." Zak blushed. "Oh, so you do like her, Red."
"First off, I don't like her! Second, my name is Zak, not Red."
"Whatever you say, Red. Come on, you owe me some food!"
"It's Zak!"
Next time: The lines are being drawn as a dark force lures people to its side. More tamers arrive as the rifts keep opening. What's this? Why his he fighting them?! Oh no! Stop it Josh! That's next time in The Crossing-The Rift Saga, chapter 3: The Lines Are Drawn.
Ag: Okay, the scene with the Snickers was written when I was insane. Let's see. What else. Oh yeah. I figured out when everyone will appear. It won't be until chapter 6 that the last person will be in. After that I will gladly take ideas on misadventures your characters should do. I also need some worlds we will travel too. Make them up (and try to stay away from going into other anime worlds. Some people may not know and anime.) . And I was thinking that the D-Gauntlets should evolve but when I don't know. Give me suggestions. Then I'll put them to a vote. And as I was going through your profiles deciding when everyone will appear, I realized I have 4 lone wolfs. Could the four of you add something else? For example: Matt was the loner and the cool guy. Ken was the loner and genius. Get it? But don't do genius. I already have one. Thanks. P.S. If anyone's wondering where I got Addy's name Adhara is the name of a star.
