Back with another chapter. Soeey it took so long, I was doubling up another story that I had temporarily abandoned. Anyway, we have the return of several characters with this chapter, both human and Digimon. I'm also going to try focusing on other characters other than just Henry/Rika/Takeshi.

A small red car drove up to an apartment building, followed by a moving truck. As workers quickly got out of the truck and got ready to put the furniture and other items away, a man and a woman got out. The man walked to the apartment on the first floor, opening the door. They called to their daughter, who woke up from her nap. It had been a long trip from the airport to their new home. She yawned, taking a look at her surroundings. It had been two years since she moved to America. She finally got out of the car, getting out her strange sock puppet out before closing the door. Her hair was short, reaching the bottom of her ears, and rust brown colored. She rubbed her chocolate brown eyes to clear the junk out of them. The girl wore a small red tube top that exposed her abdomen and tiny jean shorts, the current trend in the States. She wore black sandals on her feet and a matching choker around her neck. On her right ear she had 3 earrings. The other ear was bare. Sighing in relief as the wind brushed lightly against her exposed tummy, Jeri Katou smiled. "It's great to be home again… But I wonder if my friends are okay…" She stared at the scarlet sky with worry. "Takato… Please come back soon…"

Digimon Tamers: Outbreak

Episode 5: The Digital Gate (Part 2)

After getting dressed, Rika followed Henry to the roof, where they spotted an Ogremon. The green beast with a long white mane of hair, huge mouth and teeth, and bone club paced back and The boy almost gasped in shock, but his female friend clamped her hand over his mouth and dragged him over to a hiding spot. "Quiet, you idiot!" she whispered loudly. "You want us to get killed!"

He pointed behind her, wide eyed. "Um, Rika…"

She growled at him before turning around. "What is it!… Oh…"

The digital monster growled angrily at them, swinging his bone towards the two. "Grah! Pummel Whack!"

The kids quickly dodged in opposite directions. The Ogremon walked over to Henry, laughing. "You look tasty! Maybe I should eat you, I'm starving!" He yelped in pain as he was whacked in the back of the head with a metal pole. "Ow! What the hell!"

"Stay away from him or this thing is going up your ass!" Rika screamed, waving the pole around wildly.

"Rika, stay back!" Henry screamed, struggling to stand. He grabbed his arm and winced in pain. "My arm is killing me! It must be still healing…"

"Henry!" the girl yelled, looking over to Ogremon to see that he was quickly coming back to his senses after that whacking. "Get out of here! I'll hold him off while you go get help!"

He frowned. "But"

"Go!" she screamed, looking at him pleadingly.

Henry scrambled to his feet and ran back downstairs. He managed to bump into Ai and Mako, and they all fell down. "Ow… Oh hey, what are you doing here? Were you alerted about the Digimon sightings?"

Ai nodded. "Yes… Our Digimon partner should be arriving soon…"

Henry raised an eyebrow in confusion, then scratched his head. "Um, I hope you don't mind me asking, but how are they going to get here quick enough?"

Mako looked to his sister and they both smirked, then he looked back to Henry. "D-Jet…"

"D-Jets 1 and 2 are ready, sir…" Chiba replied, looking to her boss. Chiba was the newest member of Hypnos. She worked alongside Riley and Tally and was a very friendly and outgoing person outside of work. While working, however, she was deadly serious. Never laughed or smiled, and always managed to keep the same expression. She had very short black hair that was slightly wild and her eyes were ice blue. She wore a very dark shade of lipstick, almost black in shade.

Haburi smiled, nodding. "Excellent… Have Kasaimon and Impmon boarded yet?"

Riley nodded. "Yes, sir… Both of them are ready to launch… All civilian and military planes have been alerted at well!"

The head of Hypnos laughed. "Good, good! Now! Launch the D-Jets!"

"Launching D-Jets, now!" Tally shouted, typing in five sets of passwords, putting her index finger on a slot, and pressing two buttons.

Impmon and Kasaimon both gave a thumbs up in their D-Jets before launching. Actually, Kasaimon gave more of a 'claws-up', but you know what I mean. The D-Jets, which were color-coordinated with their respective Tamer D-Power, were small jets that could carry a Digimon anywhere at high speeds. They were programmed with the coordinates to their target location before every launch, and were protected by the previously mentioned 5 passwords and fingerprint verification. Security had been bumped up 10 times after the D-Power Jacking and destruction of the top floor of the building, which was till under reconstruction. Also, the D-Jets had recently been created to help the Digimon get around better. They were kept in small underground hangers.

The doors of the jets closed and small doors in the ground opened up. They launched out of the hangars and zoomed towards the small, flying at incredible speeds. Both of the Digimon stared wide eyed at the amount of Digimon flying through a small hole in the sky that was slowly growing. "Hoo boy…" Impmon muttered. "We're gonna need a whole lotta help wit dis…"

Rika, after managing to beat back the Ogremon for a few minutes, began to get exhausted. She was breathing heavily, switching from the offense to the defense. 'Damn it! I can't hold him off anymore!' The girl grunted as she was knocked to the ground, the pole sliding out of her grasp. She winced as the monster's bone club came down upon her. 'This is it, I'm finished!'

"Diamond Storm!" shouted a feminine voice, as a shower of shards buffeted Ogremon. The ogre screamed out in pain, dropping his club as he was kicked by a small, yellow fox with a white belly and purple gloves, who had fallen from the sky. "Rika, are you all right!" Renamon asked in a concerned voice.

"R-Renamon…" Rika cried, tears of joy running down her face. She grabbed the yellow fox-like creature in a hug. "I missed you so much!"

The fox's eyes widened, not used to her tamer showing so much affection. "I… missed you too…"

The red head glared, still holding Renamon, moving them both out of the way as Ogremon recovered and attacked them both. "Ready, Renamon!" She shouted, grasping her D-Power.

Renamon smirked. "Ready whenever you are!" Rika's D-Power glowed and Renamon transformed. "Renamon, digivolve to… Kyuubimon!" Renamon had become Kyuubimon, a larger, nine tailed fox with Ying-Yang symbols on her legs and forehead. She had a red and white striped ribbon of sorts around her neck with pointed metal objects at each end. "Fox Tail Inferno!" She shouted, sending white fireballs at the green creature. He fell off of the building and seemingly to his doom…

Jeri walked down the street, looking around in confusion. "Now let's see… Where does everyone live again?" She sighed, then squealed as she tripped over something… Or rather, someone…

"Calumon!" she screamed, picking up the small white and purple Digimon. He was currently unconscious and beat up quite a bit. "Oh my, are you all right! Poor little guy…" She hugged his little form close to her like a mother would a baby. "Who could have done something like this?" She looked towards the sky and screamed, catching sight of the gate. "What is that thing!" She gasped in realization. "It's right above the mall! What if the others are down there!" She began her sprint towards the mall, where the others were unfortunately out numbered.

"Damn it!" Takeshi screamed, as Kasaimon was sent sprawling through the air fot the 5th time. "Mr. Haburi said that we would be getting reinforcements soon!" He flinched as debris flew everywhere. "Gyah… Suzie, are you all right!"

The girl, who was hiding behind him, nodded. "Yes, I'm fine! But what about you!"

He smirked. "I've got Kasaimon to protect me!" Holding up his D-Power, he grinned cockily. "Ready to Digi-volve, Kasaimon?"

"Ready when you are, Takeshi!" Kasaimon began to glow as he transformed. "Kasaimon, digivolve to… OokiKasaimon!" OokiKasaimon growled, charging the huge crowd of Digimon… And getting tossed back. "Waaah… There's still too many of them, Takeshiii…"

"Damn!" Takeshi gritted his teeth. "And there are people inside that will get hurt if we let these Digimon get past!"

"Hey!" Ai shouted, running over to the group from the side. Impmon, Mako, and Henry quickly followed. "Sorry, we're late!" She screamed as she saw how many Digimon there were. "All though I don't think we'll be of much help…"

"Yeah, rub it in, why don'tcha?" Impmon whined, crossing his arms. He glared, putting his hand back at his sides. "But seriously… we'll need more help… Or we're screwed, plain and simple…"

Henry's eyes widened. "Rika! She's still on the roof, fighting an Ogremon! We have to help her!"

"Actually!" Rika shouted, swooping down on Kyuubimon's back. "I'm just fine!"

"Rika!" Henry shouted happily. "And Renamon! It's good to see you! You came through this gate that opened in the sky, didn't you?"

The kitsune nodded. "Yes… I came through to make sure Rika was all right…"

"Wait, how are all of these Digimon digivolving! I thought the key to Digivolution was"

"Hey, guys!" Jeri shouted, running over. A random Digimon tried to attack her, but OokiKasaimon whacked it away with his tail. "Thank you!" she said cheerfully, giving a bright, cute smile.

The big blue cyber-dragon blushed. "Y-you're welcome…"

Henry's jaw dropped. "Jeri! When did you get back!" He looked at the small thing in her arms. "And Calumon! So that's how"

The girl hopped off of the yellow fox's back and walked over to the new arrival. "Jeri… It's good to see you again, but it's not safe here… You and Calumon should get to safety…" She looked to Suzie. "And take Henry's sister with you as well, if you can…"

Jeri nodded, grabbing the younger girl's hand. She continued to hold Calumon with one arm. "Right… Ready to go, Suzie?"

The purple haired Japanese-Chinese nodded. "Yes… I'm… getting scared…"

Takeshi smiled. "We'll clear a path for you…" He pointed towards the crowd of Digimon. "OokiKasaimon, attack!"

"Biiig Flaaame!" he shouted, shooting a giant fireball from his mouth and setting the enemies on fire, sending them flailing every which way.

During this confusion, Jeri and Suzie ran past the digital monsters. Suzie turned to smile at Takeshi and Ookimon. "Thank you!" She giggled and blew a kiss at them both.

Takeshi blushed, as he waved bye. "Welcome…"

As the two girls were leaving, Impmon saw something in the corner of his eye. He gasped, running towards the girls. "Look out!" he shouted, shoving them both to the ground. He screamed in agonizing pain as a beam of darkness pierced him, causing him to revert back to Yaamon. The small, purple and brown head-like creature then fell unconscious.

"Aah!" Jeru screamed. "Impmon… You… saved me again…"

Mako ran over and picked the In-Training level Digimon up gently, yelling to the two shocked girls. "Get out of here, he'll be fine!" He looked to his and his sister's shared partner. "I hope…"

The girls ran off, and seemingly from out of the flames, the 'corrupt' tamers emerged, followed by their new Champion form Digimon. "Well, well…" Kenji said mockingly, OootokoKuraimon walking behind him. OootokoKuraimon was a black weasel with brown pants, yellow eyes, and huge jagged claws on it's hands and feet. "It's been a while… The whole gang is here!"

Kazuya smirked as he saw Henry and Rika. "My… I thought we had killed you two…" Sporemon, champion form of Vinemon, was a odd creature that was shaped like a yellowish green bulb. He had vines with darker green, poisonous thorns for arms and legs, and glowing lime green colored eyes.

"It'll take more than that to kill us…" Rika taunted, smirking. "We're just stubborn like that…"

"I see you have regained your partner… No matter, we'll still kick your ass…" Kenji growled, looking back. "Kiriko! Damn it, get over here!"

The girl sighed. "Fine, fine… Hold your horses! The fire has become too wild! Namimon, take care of it!"

A huge wave of water, poured over the area, drenching everyone. When the water subsided, Kiriko and what seemed to be a small girl with light blue skin, white hair, blue eyes, a darker blue fish fin instead of legs, and a small plain white dress were standing far off. "…Oops!" Namimon giggled nervously, putting a hand behind her head. "Sorry!"

Kenji sighed, shaking his head. "Idiot… Anyway!" he shouted, changing the subject. "How's about our Digimon vs. yours!"

"Don't you think these numbers are a little unfair?" a cocky sounding voice asked. Everyone turned to see two boys around Henry and Rika's age, dressed in Hypnos tamer uniforms. One of the boys was taller than the other, and had a sun visor upon his spiky, brown haired head. His Digimon was Guardromon, a rust colored with odd limbs. The other had a green mop top, big round glasses, and his partner was MarineAngemon, a small pink angelic looking seal-like creature that despite it's small and cute looks, was of the Mega-level. "Sorry we're late! Can we still join this little party?"

The heroes jaws dropped. "Y-you two are" Henry began.

Rika groaned in annoyance, smacking her forehead. "Oh god, not you two again…"

To Be Continued…