Thanks to DigiFreak103 for the Japanese names.
"So let me get this straight: when the two of you fainted, you had the same exact dream?" Yamaki asked
"For the tenth time, yes!" Rika gritted.
"And this Digimon said that he had cloned the Devas?"
"He mentioned 'Number Eleven,' which I took to mean Antylamon, and something about her clone being ready," She closed her eyes in concentration. "I also seem to remember something about some Number Five, and him being sent early or something."
"Tell me the details of your dream," he said.
Rika sighed as she repeated her dream to all those in the room, with Renamon helping out every now and then. The younger tamers, including Susie, had left to go home. In the process of describing the stranger's shadow, the automatic door in the front of the store opened. Rika felt Renamon tense a split second before she got into a fighting stance.
"Someone's here." she growled, no longer in her calm and composed voice that everyone is used to hearing from her.
"Renamon, what is it?" she asked, more than a little worried at her partner's actions. Renamon didn't answer. This worried her Tamer to no end. The only time that Renamon would be this angry, or show her anger outwards in such a manner, would be if she utterly despised something.
Sniff sniff. "I smell Renamon," Guilmon said. Sniff sniff. "I smell two Renamon."
"Does Renamon have a sister?" Kenta asked tauntingly, inwardly thinking that he could get away with it.
Rika only felt her fellow partner tense up a little bit more. Trying herself not to snap, she just said "Kazu. Shut up!" At that moment, a red-eyed Renamon walked into the back room, surprising everyone there.
Except Renamon.
"Vixen Surprise," Rika muttered under her breath, realizing what the "surprise" was.
"I should have known!" Rika's Renamon spat out. The newcomer just gave a big smirk, not even looking tense.
"Hello, Renamon." The newcomer's voice was very similar to Rika's Renamon, but was too smooth.
Rika, wondering if the new Renamon was, in fact, a Renamon, got out her Digivice and got the info on the intruder: "Renamon: Animal-type Digimon, Rookie, Virus?" I thought Renamons were Vaccine. she put her Digivice down and looked at her Renamon. "Rena…" she started worriedly.
Rika's Renamon charged. The new one just chuckled as she blocked the arm that the paw was on that would have sent her trough the doorway and out the window. The others just gasped. They've never seen Rika's Renamon go that fast, and another Digimon, a Rookie no less, that blocked it as if it was nothing. Grinning, the Intruder just threw Renamon into the wall. Walking up to her fallen enemy, Intruder just looked at Renamon then at her partner and taunted, "It will be a pleasure to pulverize your pathetic Tamer." Renamon tried to get up, but was pushed back down. Leaning down, she whispered in her ear "And I'll make sure you hear every scream she makes." Getting up, Intruder turned to face Rika and charged, pulling her fist back to get ready to send her into a wall. Rika didn't have time to react. Before she knew it, Intruder was in front of her. The split second before the fist connected, Rika saw a shadow jump in front of her and get hit instead. The person went flying into the wall.
CRASH!
The mysterious figure dropped to the floor. He groaned and rubbed his back, getting up from the floor, revealing the shadow to be Takato. Rika was surprised that Takato got the hit and not her, but one look at Intruder's angry face was enough to know that Takato got into the line of fire, so to speak. Takato tried to "save" my life again? What is it with this guy? Hearing growls, Rika looked over at Guilmon and was surprised to see a feral look in his eyes. A look that she hadn't seen in a long time.
"No one hurts Takatomon! Pyro Sphere!" Guilmon shouted, spitting a ball of fire at Intruder. She barely dodged it, but that wasn't it for Guilmon. He charged and head-butted her, sending her to the ground. Intruder barely managed to roll away from his Rock Breaker. Getting back on her feet, she was getting ready to slice him to pieces with her Diamond Storm, but was stopped by a very unlikely Digimon.
"Kahuna Waves!"
Turning around, Intruder saw that she was being assaulted by bubbles in the shape of hearts. That was the last thing she saw. She was data shortly thereafter.
Takato groaned again, and Renamon wasn't moving. Rika, fearing the worst, demanded a rejuvenation card from Henry. However, when Renamon heard her voice, she got up gingerly and looked at her tamer, visibly relieved. "Rika! Are you alright?" she asked, feeling that she had been neglecting her duties as a partner.
Renamon wasn't the only one visibly relieved. "What were you doing, just sitting there? Do you have any idea how worried I was about you! Don't EVER do that again!" Rika fumed. She then turned her attention to Takato. "And you, Mr. Gogglehead, just had to get in front of me and throw out your back." She yelled at him, noting that he was still bent double. He tried to get a word in sideways, but didn't succeed. "Get to the hospital and get your back looked at." When he didn't make a move and nobody helped him, she yelled "Go to the hospital or I'll choke you to death!" Even though a bystander might question her determination, her friends merely acknowledge this as her way of showing worry: Yelling at everyone and everything that was hurt.
Henry decided to help Takato to his car, where both got in and Henry drove to the nearest hospital.
Henry pretty much drove in silence, thinking of the best way to ask his girlfriend to marry him. They had been secretly dating for three years, but he still couldn't get the courage to tell his friends about her. They'd probably think she's weird. Heck, they would probably think I'm weird. Or at least crazy. Takato, who was sitting in the passenger's seat doubled-over, noticed that Henry had a thoughtful look on his face. He sure isn't saying much. I wonder what's on his mind.
"Henry?" Henry grunted. "Uh… Rika said you have a girlfriend…"
"Henry? Girlfriend?" Responded Terriermon, completely ignoring his Tamer's reddening cheeks. "The only girlfriends he has are the ones he kisses on the cheeks, which include Jeri, Kiren… you know, all the ones he took on dates, basically."
"Terriermon," said Henry in an even tone. "unless you want to walk home, shut up!" His reaction surprised everyone in the car, but Henry was already thinking of ways to tell his friends about her.
Takato was pretty sure that if he continued where Terriermon left off, he would be walking to the hospital. But he was still curious about his friend's mysterious girlfriend. "So you do have a girlfriend," Takato stated. "Do you want to talk about her?" he asked, hoping to get more info from his friend.
Henry just glanced at him and said "No. Not yet, anyways." There followed a few minutes of silence, broken when Takato remembered something to talk to Henry about.
"Why did you tell Kazu that I like Rika?" He almost whined. He was still pretty embarrassed about the phone call. And the fact that she played it back in my face didn't help any, either.
That got a grin from Henry. "Because I think that you and Rika would make a cute couple." Terriermon's eyes got a little bigger. If Rika heard him say that!
"What about you and Rika?" asked Takato, blushing.
Henry's grin faded. "I can't! For… reasons" he said.
I wonder what 'reasons'? Girlfriend, or even a fiancée? Terriermon asked himself, smirking.
After a few more minutes of silence, they got to the hospital.
"So Renamon, who was that?" asked Kazu. Renamon gave Kazu a very Rika-like glare that caused him to lose control of his bladder. Renamon was very rarely the one to show any emotion, and to her to show unbridled hatred towards anyone was sure to be nothing short of a death certificate.
"My sister" she spat out, clearly not in a good mood.
Do you want to talk about it? Rika asked Renamon, hoping the bond they had was still intact.
Renamon glanced at her and projected the thought No. She was not in the mood to talk to anyone, not even her Tamer. Rika just looked at her partner and started to walk out.
"Just where do you think you're going, young lady?" asked Guardramon. Rika just glared at the robot and continued to the door.
Yamaki appeared out of nowhere and stepped in her way. "Ms. Nonaka, I think I should take you home," he said. "Someone seems to be after you and it would not be safe being seen alone."
Rika thought about it for a minute, then agreed. "Sure, whatever it takes to get out of these Bozos' sights."
"Hey!" shouted Kenta, Kazu, and Guardramon.
"How rude," commented MarineAngemon.
Looking over Rika's shoulder, he looked at the remaining Tamers and their Digimon. "And I also think it's time you left. I don't know if Mr. and Mrs. Matsuki are happy about closing their store for the day. I suggest that you all go home." He then led Rika to his car. Renamon followed and got in with Rika, in no mood to follow a fast-moving car.
"Well chumly, what are we going to do?" Kazu asked, bored out of his wits. He was walking in the park, not really noticing where he was going.
"Go home, I guess." answered Kenta, not in the mood to do anything with Kazu at that moment. He had a sick feeling that it would involve Rika one way or another.
"Aw, come on!" Kazu said, throwing his arm across Kenta's shoulders. "Let's just chill. Maybe we could think of a way to get the two lovebirds together."
Kenta got really nervous. If there was one thing that he didn't want right now, it would be the wrath of Rika and Ryo. True that Rika may not have any feelings towards Ryo, but it didn't mean that it was vice versa. Ryo wasn't the type of person who beat up people when he was angry, but he would slowly get to you if you got on his bad side. "A-are you sure that is wise?" he asked.
Hearing the nervousness in his fellow Tamer's voice, he looked over and said something that was encouraging in his own opinion. "Don't worry: I'm in the same boat as you."
However, this wasn't very reassuring to Kenta. "Yeah, but both of us will be beaten to an inch of our lives."
Looking at his surroundings, Kazu noticed where he was: Guilmon Hideout. Since it was discovered, a few vandals have written their own views of Digimon on the old hut: It had to be painted every other week. The paint still glistened a little in wetness, signifying that it was just barely painted. An idea got lodged in Kazu's brain making him grin.
Kenta, completely silent to Kazu's thoughts, asked "Dude, you OK?"
"Yep chumley, I just got a good way to get Rika and Takato together." Kenta gulped. We're dead!
