I'm sorry that it's been awhile since I updated. I just barely watched Princess Mononoke segmented into 5 minute parts on the Cartoon Network, and am hooked. I'll continue the story, so don't worry.

I've merged my previous chapters 13 and 14, so if you reviewed either chapter, PM me or review this chapter with another one. Don't forget to tell me any errors that I have made.

Devilish Roommate

When Rika caught up with Takato, Alisha wasn't happy. She knew that she had come to see her brother, but she herself didn't want her to see him. But she really couldn't do anything to stop her, so she let it go.

Little did they know that they were being followed by a digital creature who was following them from the rooftops.

When Takato, Rika, and Alisha had got to the Matsuki Bakery, they were surprised to see Mrs. Matsuki pacing to and fro in front of the store. When she saw her son, she ran up and started to berate him.

"Why did you have to bring in a drug addict into your room?"

"Drug addict?" Takato asked confusedly. "I didn't leave any drug addict in my room."

Smack!

Everyone turned to look at Alisha, who had her head being held up by her hand. She was shaking her head and muttering something that the rest of the group didn't pick up. However, everyone did hear "Lazy Mikey!" as she put her hands behind her and looked at Mrs. Matsuki. "I am sorry you had to see my younger brother like that. You see," Alisha plowed ahead when Mrs. Matsuki opened her mouth. "my brother tends to sleep with his eyes open."

"His eyes weren't open when I looked at him," Takato said.

"It only happens when he enters REM sleep."

"And he just stares at the ceiling?" Mrs Matsuki asked angrily, clearly not believing her. Alisha just nodded.

Mai just sighed.

The digital creature just chuckled at the absurdity of the situation. But then again, Digi-gnomes are known for their laughter. Ever since he had emerged from Guilmon's Hideout, it knew it had something to do. It had a destiny, and the time to fulfill it was close. It took one last glance at the silly humans in the process of driving a van, then started flying in the general direction of Shibuya.
"So that's why he sleeps with those eye-cover thingies." commented Rika, for some odd reason feeling anxious to see Michael. Alisha just nodded her head, not in the mood to talk to Rika at that moment.

Seeing that Rika was tensed up, he tried to comfort her by putting his hand on her shoulder and say some encouraging words; "Don't worry Rika, I'm sure…"

But Rika tensed up more and gritted out "Hands… off!" To which Takato quickly returned his hand to the steering wheel. But Takato was too busy watching the road to notice Rika's faint blush, but Alisha wasn't. She grinned, getting ready to bait Rika when Pixiemon jabbed her lightly in the stomach with his staff.

Takato looked at his gas gauge and cursed. "I'm low on gas." Rika then noticed that he just drove past a gas station.

"Uh Gogglehead…" Rika started, waiting for Takato to realize what he did.

"We're going to the hospital first," Takato stated. Apparently the girls' nervousness had gotten to him, because he wasn't stopping for anything.

Well, maybe for a red light. Luckily for everyone in the car, it was a short light. They were in the hospital a few seconds after that. However, the van ran out of gas, but he really didn't care.

Michael moaned, starting to come around. When he opened his eyes, he was greeted by someone whom he thought he wasn't going to see for a while standing by his bed.

"Lindsey?"

She did her ditzy giggle, and said "Yes, it's me, silly! who'd you think it was? Rika?" She then laughed as if it was utterly impossible. Then, to Mike's amazement, Lindsey's clothes morphed into a cartoon-ish Nurse's outfit, complete with hat and dress. He had to blink a half dozen times to make sure that he saw it. She then held up a syringe that made him very uneasy.

"Wh-what's in that?" he asked, scared out of his wits.

"Oh, just a bit of over-concentrated morphine," she said nonchalantly. She then began to place it closer and closer to his arm. (A/N: I hate needles! Or anything else having to deal with physical pain.) He tried to struggle, but he found out that he was restrained to his bead. With nothing else to do, Michael did the first thing that came to his mind.

He screamed like a little girl.

Alisha was having trouble trying to convince the doctor that she should see her brother. During the argument, Takato heard Guilmon whine. Takato, in all his years of being with Guilmon, has never heard him whine before. Curious, he looked at him and noticed that he was crouched low to the ground. He asked "What's the matter, boy?"

Guilmon, who was looking at the floor, looked at his Tamer and said "I don't know, I just feel scared."

Takato smiled, not really knowing the cause of his fear, but thinking that it had to do with his first time really being in a hospital. He patted his head, not really paying attention when his friend winced, and said "It's Okay, boy. It's Okay."

Immediately after consoling his friend, there was a bone-chilling scream from, what he thought was, a girl.

When Alisha heard the scream, she instantly knew it was her brother. She also knew he was in big trouble. She started running to his room, not bothering about the blood tox report being delivered by the doctor.

"Ohh… kay?" Takato was a tad confused when he saw Alisha run to the sound of a girl screaming. He was even more confused when Rika followed her. It took only a second for him to make his decision, and he decided to follow the two crazy girls.

Renamon! Rika called out silently.

Renamon, hearing her Tamer's secret request, opened her eyes and and started to disengage herself from Impmon's "hug." She froze when she heard him mumbling something in his sleep. She even blushed when she heard what he was saying, but she quickly shrugged it off and ran towards her Tamer.

"Super Thunder Strike!" Called a voice from a furry Digimon, who launched lightning from his tails; It was aimed directly at the syringe. The effect was spectacular: Lindsey glowed for a full second, dropping the melted syringe and backing away from Michael. However, it didn't kill her, which Elecmon realized he would have done with the amount of energy he put into his attack.

Lindsey then began to laugh ditzily. "Did you think that could hurt me?"

Before Elecmon or Michael could respond, the door burst open revealing Alisha flanked by Takato and Rika. When Rika caught sight of her, she asked "What are you doing here?" clearly annoyed. Lindsey's only response was to giggle and close her eyes. When she opened them again, they were glowing a demonic red color.

"Getting rid of you!" was her response as she waved her hand in front of her as if swatting something. "Darkness Wave!" She then continued to giggle her very annoying giggle. A flurry of dark energy flew in Rika's direction. Alisha, directly in front of Rika and the Wave, dodged to the left. Takato, seeing his friend in danger, got in front of Rika, but was tackled to the ground by Guilmon. Rika could feel Renamon getting closer, but she knew she wouldn't make it. She steeled herself for impending doom, waiting for the deadly wave to kill her.

It never reached her. She was saved by a very unlikely source. When it was an inch away, it turned into blue sparks that coalesced into an oval that was facing Lindsey.

"Come here to ruin my fun?" she pouted when she saw who it was. Rika was in too much shock to walk around and see who it was, but she knew that Lindsey rarely pouted so openly.

"Rika Nonaka is being singled out for a different reason now. Our Master wishes for her to join us. You are not to harm her," commanded a voice that sounded vaguely familiar to Rika.

Lindsey's face seemed to become more sad than before, but at last she spat out "Oh, fine!" A black oval appeared behind Lindsey. She turned towards it, but before entering she said her passing shot to Rika: "Oh and Rika, don't mind going back: I've already blown up your stuff. Oh, and here's a little gift." she unhooked the necklace that had the huge pendant and threw it at her. Renamon, finally arriving and reacting to instinct, hit it into the wall with a Power Paw, causing it to become, surprisingly, data. Lindsey then walked into the black oval and disappeared. After both ovals, or portals, had disappeared, there hung a very awkward silence over the group. Which was broken by Rika cursing her past roommate for various reasons.

In fact, Rika was interrupted by Michael. "Uh, could somebody help me here? I'm down and I can't get up!"

"Oh, Mikey." Alisha quietly bemoaned.

"But I'm telling you I don't have any drugs in my system!" Michael stated to the doctor.

"Are you sure? Because everyone here knows that you arrived in a drugged state," the doctor stated, clearly not believing him. Michael sighed in frustration and began to explain his very unique sleeping disorder: Sleeping with his eyes open when he reaches REM sleep.

Rika, however, wasn't listening. She was too busy thinking about her roommate. She was working some stuff out, mainly how she attacked her. It seemed to be a Digimon attack, but who's? While in her brooding, she felt a hand on her shoulder, but didn't really think much about it until the owner spoke. "Are you Okay?" Takato asked.

"I'm fine," was her distracted response. Takato knew that since she didn't twist his arm or snap at his question that something was bugging her bad.

Renamon also noticed this and came up to her, asking "Rika, something is bothering you. What is it?"

"My roommate," was all Rika would say. She needed to speak to Henry and Takato alone, mainly because she didn't want anyone else to hear about what she had to say. Finally realizing that it was ten o' clock, she decided to go home.

"Where are you going?" Takato asked when he saw Rika walking out.

Rika stopped long enough to order "Home. Call Henry and tell him to meet us there. I've got some things to say to the two of you alone."

Takato was confused by her request, but he followed it nonetheless.

It took awhile before the doctors were convinced that Michael hadn't taken any illicit drugs. After they got that straightened out, Takato dropped Michael and, on Rika's insistence, Guilmon off at his house and came with Rika to her house, with Alisha in tow. As much as Alisha wanted to be in the discussion, Rika's adamance won out over her curiosity. Henry didn't take long to get there.

"What did you want to talk about?" was the first thing Henry asked when he saw Rika. He was standing by the door near Takato, with Rika's back to the two of them.

At first Henry wasn't sure she heard him, but finally she responded: "My roommate who I can't stand." She then paused, collecting her thoughts, and finally called out "Renamon." She came. "When searching for me in the U.S., did you ever search in apartment 3-G?"

Renamon hung her head in shame. "No, I did not."

"Why not?" she asked, her tone making it hard to tell if she was displeased or not.

Renamon was still looking at the ground. "There was a strange, dark, fearful presence there," was all that she would say.

"Did you ever see my roommate before today?"

Takato confused as to the reason of his presence, asked "Rika, why are we here?"

After silently asking her Tamer's consent, Renamon replied "She wants witnesses."

"Well, why not Michael or…" Takato started, but was cut off.

"Because I don't!" Rika yelled, finally turning around and facing, and glowering at, Takato and Henry. Takato shrank from her gaze. He was so relieved when she stopped staring at him that he didn't even hear Henry speaking into his ear until the time had passed where they could do it secretly. Rika turned her gaze to Renamon, causing her to fidget slightly.

"Well? Did you?" Rika repeated.

It took a slight moment for Renamon to think about what she was asking. "No." Rika was momentarily crestfallen, but she put it aside quickly. "Wait," Renamon said thoughtfully. "Yes, I have seen your roommate once." Renamon looked straight into Rika's eyes. "She seemed to be radiating… fear." Renamon said in realization.

"And she always wore that stupid necklace," Rika added. "and seemed to be following me no matter where I went. Even the Bathroom!" Rika said angrily.

"Not too surprising, considering that 'Lindsey' was a LadyDevimon." Renamon stated.

Rika looked surprised for a moment, then the light dawned on her. "I knew it!" She gritted out in a manner that said "Duh!" Why didn't I recognize it sooner? The Darkness Wave should have given her away! She thought silently to herself. Her tone, however, quickly changed. "Speaking of which, what did you do with the necklace, Renamon?"

"It broke apart," she responded.

"So it's broken?" Takato asked, confused.

"It's destroyed," Renamon stated. "Data," she added when he still looked at her confused.

"Did you feel any different when the thing was destroyed?" Asked Rika.

Renamon paused, then nodded. "Yes, I didn't feel as afraid."

Something clicked in Takato's brain. "I wonder if the necklace was the reason why Guilmon was whining."

"It's possible," Henry responded.

"Wait!" Renamon said, remembering something else. Everyone turned to look at her. "Did you say apartment 3-G?"

"Yes, Renamon, I did," Rika responded, secretly wondering why she asked.

"I think Michael tried to get me to meet your roommate before. It didn't go over so well."

"Why not? What happened?" asked Takato.

Renamon didn't respond. The night that Michael had her come with him to apartment 3-G wasn't one she wanted to remember.

"Are you ready to meet someone new?" Michael asked Renamon. He was going to show her to someone who, in his opinion, needed someone like Renamon in her life. It was a year since Renamon had came to the U.S., and Mr. Robinson was getting tired of having to pay for her food.

Renamon nodded. One year, and I have not found my Tamer. Somehow, I doubt I ever will.

"Shall we?" Michael asked, motioning to his car. Renamon's response was to jump on top of the car. Michael just shook his head in amusement and got in the driver's seat.

After driving for a while, Renamon noticed that they were heading in the general direction of the frightening spot, a place where she hadn't been at all. Hoping that they weren't going there, she waited for what felt like an hour. When the path didn't change, she started to get very nervous and scared. She entered the car in a quick manner and asked Michael "Where are we going?" Michael glanced at Renamon, who had ended up sitting in the passenger's seat.

"We're going to the G apartments," he responded. She could feel herself falling into a deep abyss. Of all the places for his friend to be…

Michael, noticing Renamon had withdrawn into herself, asked, "Are you OK?"

She got out of her daze and answered, "I'm fine." Michael glanced at her with an unbelieving look, but didn't comment on it. Somehow, he started to dislike the idea of bringing her to see Lindsey, but he wasn't going to stop because of Renamon's fear of meeting someone new.

When they reached the apartments, Michael could tell that Renamon was very uncomfortable. When he asked about her welfare, he got the same answer as before. However, Renamon's unease made Michael uneasy as well. Now he felt that showing Renamon to Lindsey was very unwise. Nevertheless, he still went through with it. When he came to the third apartment in the building, he knocked. Renamon could feel malice behind the door, waiting to claim her. When the door opened, the malice increased so much that she was feeling the most basest, instinctive fear to enter into the breast of any Digimon.

She fled for her life.

It was only later that she realized that she might have been able to catch a glimpse of Rika, but she was in no way, shape, or form going to the G apartments any time soon. In fact, she never got to see the inside of any G apartment while she was at UCLA.

"Renamon?"

She didn't respond to Rika's question, but just closed her eyes, more or less saying she wasn't going to be answering any questions any time soon.

Rika turned to Takato and said sweetly, "Thanks for coming here."

"Uh, your welcome," he replied, more than a little surprised that Rika would thank him, considering she more or less threatened him to come. But he wasn't about to forget his manners so soon.

"Bye, you guys," Henry said, exiting the room purposely and leaving the two of them practically alone. Did I actually see Rika flirting He asked himself. One of the things that the Tamers haven't seen at all was Rika flirting. Ryo constantly joked that she did it with him, but she would always flat out deny flirting with anybody. Kazu always joked that seeing Rika flirt would be akin to seeing one of the seven wonders, and Henry, at that moment, was in the mood of agreeing with him.

They weren't alone long. Takato left rather quickly, leaving Rika alone to think about things. In an attempt to get more comfortable, she ended lying on her bed, thinking about Michael's strange visit where evil Lindsey answered the door.

"Rika," Renamon opened her eyes, and told her to go to bed.

"I'm not a ten-year-old, Renamon," she said, rather peeved at being ordered around.

Renamon thought it her words were more for guidance, so she placated "The fact that fighting the Devas seem to leave us drained, we will need all of our energy. Please Rest."

But Rika wanted to watch her favorite show that she hadn't been able to watch in almost two years. However, it seemed that Renamon could be just as adamant as her Tamer. Rika, sighing in defeat, lay back down and waited for sleep to come. Before she knew it, she was asleep, dreaming about something that she completely forgot about.