Hello again. Time for another chapter.
Saber-Lighting - Yeah, I get what you're saying. That's one of the things I was disappointed in last chapter. The chapter was rushed, so I wasn't thinking. Anyway, I'll try not to explain things like that again.
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Haburi crawled from under a bit of rubble that had fallen on him. He winced in pain. "Not good… The building won't be able to hold for very long…"
"Need a little help?" Yamaki asked, walking into what was left of the office. He sighed. "I knew it was a bad idea to let those two go off alone…" He helped Haburi to his feet, and the two of them went on a search for Henry and Rika.
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Henry began to shake in horror as he stared at his blood stained hand, then to Rika's bleeding head. "Rika… Damn it, please be okay! Snap out of it, Rika!"
"Hey, Henry!" Yamaki yelled, Haburi standing behind him. "Are you two okay!"
Henry smiled. Finally, some help. "Well I'm fine, but Rika is hurt pretty badly!"
Yamaki and Haburi walked towards them, but the roof then caved in at that moment. The group screamed as the ceiling fell on top of them. Henry blacked out as chunks of building fell on top of him. Looks like the explosion damaged more of the building than they thought…
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Henry woke up to find himself in a hospital. He groaned in pain and realized that his left arm was in a sling. "I'm alive…"
"Yeah, but you almost bit it…" a voice said. Henry looked toward the ground to see Impmon. "Whaaat? What are you doing here! I thought-"
"Yeah, but Hypnos brought me back…" Impmon began.
Henry raised an eyebrow. "Wait, then that would mean-"
Mako, who had just walked in, nodded. "My sister and I are part of Hypnos… You are currently in a Hypnos controlled hospital…"
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Digimon Tamers: Outbreak
Episode 2: The Dogs of Hypnos…
"Big brother, you did it again…" Suzie muttered. She had grown up quite a bit in the past three years. She still had pigtails but had grown her hair all the way down to her back. She was wearing a pink t-shirt, purple jeans, pink and white sneakers and a purple jean jacket. "You always have a knack for trouble, don't you?" She giggled. "But I'm glad that you are all right!"
Henry gasped as he sat up quickly. "Where is Rika! Is she all right!"
Suzie smirked. "Is Henry worried about his girlfriend?"
Henry blushed. "It's nothing like that! She was seriously injured when I last saw her and I was worried about her… We're friends, that's all…"
Suzie smiled slyly, enjoying watching her older brother squirm. "Is that so? Then how come she has been coming over more often lately?"
Henry sighed, rubbing his temples in annoyance. "She is simply over so we can discuss what to do about the D-Virus… Besides, why would I want to date Rika!"
"…Am I really that unattractive to you, Henry?" Rika asked, peeking into the doorway. Her head was bandaged up. She looked at him angrily and turned away, running off.
"Rika!" Henry screamed, jumping out of bed and falling over. "I didn't mean it that way!" He quickly ran out of the room and chased her. "Rika, wait!"
Rika ran faster down the hallway. "Why should I, you pig! Just go away!" She gasped as Henry caught up to her, grabbed her by the shoulder, and turned her around to face him.
"Just hear me out, okay!" Henry yelled. He took a deep breath, calming down. "Look… It's not that you're unattractive…" He smiled. "You're very cute, actually… It's just that… well, I only like you as a friend…"
Rika jerked herself away from his grasped, still a bit peeved. "Same here… Now if you'll excuse me, I have to call my mother… It's getting late…" She turned around to leave.
"One more thing…" Henry began. "I never… said thank you…"
Rika turned back to Henry with a perplexed look on her face. "Huh? What are you talking about?"
Henry tilted his head slightly. "Remember when our Digimon had to leave? Takato disappeared about a few months later… I had lost two of my best friends within a year and it was driving me crazy… And then Jeri went to America 2 years ago, and then Kazu and Kenta moved away… I was thinking 'Why? Why are so many of my friends leaving? Was I meant to be alone?' One day, I just fell into a depression… It lasted for a few days, and then you came over and asked me if I wanted to play Shogi… So we played a few games, and it made me realize… I was still not alone… I still had a friend… So thank you, for always being there for me…"
Rika's eyes widened. She slowly smiled. "You're… welcome…"
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Rika walked up to the front desk and asked the receptionist who was seated if she could use the phone. After being given permission, she picked up the phone and dialed her mother's cell. She was most likely still working late this week. After her mother had answered the phone, she replied. "Yes, it's me mother…" Her eyes widened in shock. "N-no, I'm not sleeping with any boys! No, not any girls, either! Yes, I know how late it is, mother… I'm at the hospital. No, I'm fine… Mostly… got a pretty bad cut on my head but nothing serious… Yes, I'll be home as soon as I can mother… No, you don't have to come pick me up! Okay… I love you too, mom… Bye…" She put the phone back on the receiver and sighed. She looked to the receptionist. "Um, my mother has been a bit… overprotective lately…"
The receptionist nodded slowly. "I see…"
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Henry looked at his watch. "Wow, it's really 10:45 P.M.!" He looked to his sister. "What the heck are you doing here, then!"
Suzie bit her lip. "Well, mom and dad don't really know I'm here… They think I'm sleeping over at a friends…" She held up her backpack. "Besides, I have all of my stuff here!" She sighed. "You see, I saw the explosion, and those kids with Digimon… And then Ai, Mako, and Beelzemon saved you…"
Henry looked to the siblings. "Then in that case, I owe you two my life… Thank you…"
The brother/sister duo smiled, scratching the back of their heads nervously. "Aw, it was nothing…" They said simultaneously. They looked to each other and pointed. "Jinx!" They frowned as they realized that they had jinxed each other at the same time.
Impmon sweat dropped. "They're not really my Tamers, they're um… Just on loan…" He groaned. "A really long loan…"
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Haburi looked up from his laptop, an eye patch over his eye and his right arm in a cast. "So, they got away?" He chuckled. "Amazing… A bunch of children got past security, stole our last three D-Powers, and blew up the Hypnos building…"
Takeshi gulped nervously, saluting him. "I'm sorry, sir… Kasaimon and I gave chase, but we somehow lost track of them…" He bowed. "My apologies… We will accept any punishment that-"
Haburi chuckled again. "Now now, there's no need for all of that. Besides, you three are still children…" His chuckle became a full-on laugh. "You try to act so grown up, Takeshi… Lighten up a bit! Now go on home, I'm sure your parents are getting worried… Tell them it was my fault that you're so late… Tell the others as well…"
Takeshi sighed in relief. "Thank you, sir… Goodnight, sir."
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"So you can't digi-volve?" Henry asked Impmon.
The purple Digimon nodded. "I don't know what that Digimon hit me with earlier today, but ever since then, I haven't been able to become Beelzemon…"
Henry frowned. "Strange… Well, hopefully it's just temporary…"
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"Jeez, Wong…" A fellow classmate of Henry began, leaning over in his seat. "What the hell happened to you?"
Henry chuckled nervously. "I um… fell down the stairs…"
"Is there something interesting that the two of you are talking about, Mr. Ishizu and Mr. Wong?" the teacher asked.
Henry shook his head frantically. "N-no! Nothing interesting here, Mr. Akusa!"
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In P.E. class, Rika and the rest of the students were playing volleyball. Some girls standing near each other and in earshot of Rika began whispering. "Hey, guess what I heard?" a girl whispered. "You see those bandages on Rika's head? I heard that she went on a date last night and tried to kiss the guy, but he got scared and pushed her into a ditch!" The other girls began to giggle.
Rika's left eyebrow twitched in anger as she glared at them. "What was that!" She was then hit in the head with the volley ball. "…Ow."
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Later, at lunch, Rika and Henry ate awkwardly as rumors spread about the school. Rika rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Can you believe them? They had the nerve to say that a guy got frightened by me when I tried to kiss him and pushed me into a ditch!" She bit her lip. "I mean, I'm not that scary, am I?"
Henry decided to not answer that question for concern of his own life. He quickly switched over to a slightly different, yet relevant subject. "Well, some guys said that I went on a date with you, and then you broke my arm with your bare hands after I tried to kiss you…"
Rika growled. "People are such idiots…" She looked out the window and gasped as something caught her eye.
Henry frowned. "What's wrong?"
She stood up. "I think I saw something…"
Henry sighed. "Rika… Even if you did see something, there's nothing we can do…"
Rika ran out of the room, Henry quickly following. "I don't care!" she screamed. "I can't just sit here and do nothing!"
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Meanwhile…
Takeshi sat in Ms. Asaji's class, yawning. The former teacher to the original Tamers smirked. "Is there something boring about my class, Mr. Yamato?"
Takeshi jumped up in surprise, hitting his knee on his desk. "No! It's not boring, Ms. Asaji! I'm just tired!" Just then, his watch started beeping over and over. It wasn't any normal alarm. It was the 'D-Virus' alert. He looked to Ms. Asaji pleadingly. "Um, can I please go to the bathroom?"
Ms. Asaji gave him a knowing smile, sighing. "All right all right, fine…"
Takeshi stood up and bowed. "Thank you, Ms. Asaji!" He quickly ran out of the classroom.
Ms. Asaji shook her head. "Just… be careful…" she said softly, to herself.
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Rika and Henry stared up at the Kabuterimon up in the sky. "Damn…" Rika muttered, spitting. "What are we going to do?" she gasped as it flew towards them. "Look out!" she pushed Henry out off the way, knocking them both to the ground. The Digimon narrowly missed them.
Henry stared at the Digimon as it flew back into the air. "It's infected…"
The Hypnos Tamers then arrived on the scene. "All right!" Takeshi screamed. "Ai, Mako! Implement plan 'Kamizake Suicide Bomber'!"
Henry and Rika stared at Takeshi like he had grown a third head. "Plan what!" Henry yelled.
Kasaimon whimpered. "Takeshi, you know how much I hate that plan…"
Ignoring him, Takeshi, Ai, and Mako pulled out a different card and slashed them through their D-Powers. "Digi-modify! MagnaAngemon's Blade/Steel Wings/Super Thrusters!" When all was said and done, Kasaimon was equipped with an arm blade while Impmon had metal wings and a thruster. Impmon grabbed Kasaimon and blasted off into the air.
Henry stared at the two Digimon. "Well that's pretty… original…"
Rika crossed her arms, annoyed that she was being left out. "Hmph… It's not so great…"
Impmon and Kasaimon just narrowly avoided a blast from Kabuterimon. Unfortunately, Impmon accidentally let go of Kasaimon. The dinosaur plummeted towards the ground, screaming his head off. "AAAHHH! IMPMON, I WILL KILL YOU IF I SURVIVE THIS!" He sighed in relief as Impmon caught him. "Impmon! You saved me!"
"Yeah, yeah…" Impmon muttered. "Now where is that bastard?…" He smirked as he spotted the infected Digimon. "There he is! You know what's next, right?"
Kasaimon whimpered. "Yes…"
"Quit being a baby!" Impmon tossed poor Kasaimon at Kabuterimon.
"GYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kasaimon screamed, waving his blade wildly. The blade happened to hit Kabuterimon several times, effectively deleting the Digimon.
Takeshi ran as Kasimon fell, leaping and catching the Digimon. "Ha ha, you did it! Good job, you guys!"
Rika smirked. "You know, that actually wasn't too bad… For rookies…"
Elsewhere, behind a bush, Kazuya and Vinemon were spying on them. "Well, well, well… They're better than we thought, those dogs of Hypnos… We'll have to stop underestimating them or we'll be in trouble…"
To Be Continued…
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And that's that. I probably won't write another chapter for a bit because I'm writing another series at the moment…