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The Tamer v2.0: In His Name

Chapter 4: Calumon

Henry returned home to his family's apartment and was immediately greeted by his little sister Xiaochun, "Henry! Henry! I can't find Miss Princess Prissy Pants! Do you know where she is?"

He could already feel Terriermon tossing and turning in his bag uneasily and couldn't blame the poor digimon. But he needed to pacify his little sister before she started throwing a fuss. As much as he hated it, he had to take Terriermon out of his bag, "I took Princess Prissy Pants to school with me so she could see the school."

The look of betrayal on Terriermon's eyes were apparent and he mouthed his best apology before handing him over to his little sister. He didn't want to, but what was he supposed to do when his little sister was practically begging to throw a fit in front of his family. He was just glad no one was there to see it.

"Aren't you a little old to be playing with dolls, Jianliang?"

He thought too soon. He looked over to see his older brother Rinchei just leaving the kitchen with a bag of chips. He sat himself down on the couch, where little Xiaochun joined him, "Rinchei! Rinchei! Look! Princess Prissy Pants needs a diaper!"

"Yeah he does," Rinchei observed. Henry felt worse for his partner now but was still powerless to do anything besides watch as he was dressed in a diaper and a bow. He thought it couldn't get more awkward until Rinchei asked, "Where'd you even get that doll anyway? I don't remember mom or dad ever getting it for you."

"Dad got it for me," he lied.

"I think I'd remember buying that for you son," their father answered as he entered the room, also from the kitchen with a bag of chips. Today was the day that kept on giving for Henry - he had no idea how he was going to convince his dad that he got Terriermon for him. He racked his brain and came up with nothing - what was he supposed to say? He couldn't think of anything. His long pause actually made things worse for him as his father raised an eyebrow, "Who'd you steal it from?"

"DAD!" Henry protested immediately, only to see Xiaochun fitting Terriermon into a dress while singing to herself, "Princess Prissypants! Princess Prissypants! She loves her prissy pants! She loves her dress dance!"

His dad crossed his arms disapprovingly, "Henry, I'm not an idiot! You give that doll back to whichever girl you took that from tomorrow."

"Dad, I didn't steal...wait, why do you think it's a girl?" Henry caught that last comment and thought it was odd. And the congo line of misfortune continued for him as his dad answered, "Henry, I was your age once. Stealing a girl's things isn't the way to get her attention."

"WHAT!?"

His brother teased, "Jianliang's got a girlfriend. Jianliang's got a girlfriend! Woo!"

"Shut up Rinchei!" he snapped back. Unfortunately, this didn't stop his dad from going on, "You need to take a more delicate approach. And more than that - you need to talk to them. I know the other boys your age will make fun of you but they'll stop when they realize you were ahead of the curve. Besides, girls like boys with self confidence."

Henry's head spun as he tried to process everything his dad was telling him, "Dad! No! Stop! I don't want to have this conversation any more."

"If you don't return that doll, she'll never talk to you again," his dad warned. That was it. Henry got up and went to his room, "I'll be on my computer! Don't bother me!"

He put extra emphasis into slamming the door to make sure that his dad got the message. In hindsight, it probably also made him look extra childish. He ran a hand through his hair as he tried to think of a way to explain this to his parents but couldn't come up with anything. It was at that moment he realized he'd left Terriermon outside with his little sister. He hated to admit it but there was no way he'd be able to save the little digimon now without having to talk to his father again. And there was no way he was going to walk into a 'birds and bees' conversation with his dad. Or worse, his mom.

He sighed and set his bag down before flopping onto his bed. Computer games could wait for now. Besides, his mind still raced to that Takato kid from earlier. He had a digimon too. And he'd let it loose in the school. Either that or it followed him without his knowledge. Whatever the case, that could only mean more digimon were appearing in the Real World. The question was why? What was so special about the Real World? What was so special about him, Jianliang Lee? What was so special about Takato?

He tried to recall anything he could from the books and the show. Maybe that would shed some light on things. The story went that the kids had been chosen by destiny...the 'chosen children' or the 'digidestined'. They were the saviors chosen by some dead race to finish something they'd started. But he wasn't a digidestined. At least, he didn't think he was. He was just some kid whose digimon came crawling out of his computer. Which raised another question in his head: if the digimon in the stories were real, were the digidestined real? And if so, where were they?

He tried to contemplate ever possibility in his head but each idea was crazier than the last. The story ended with four of them becoming like celebrities - the one who went to space and was a rockstar, the fashion designer married him, the actress and model, and one who wrote their story. Did that mean the author of the story actually lived through everything he wrote about? As he recalled, the author simply disappeared after his second novel so there was no one to ask. According to the novel, the rest of them went back to their normal lives. A lawyer, a detective, a scientist, a programmer, a doctor, a school teacher, and a ramen maker. Maybe one of the teachers at his school was the teacher in the books? Yeah right. It wasn't like an answer was going to fall onto his lap.

CRASH!

Henry looked over to see a little white digimon with large pointy ears come crashing through his window and onto his lap. The little digimon flailed and yelped, "Ah! Get off me! Dumb birds! What did I ever do to you? I mean, yeah, I ate those nuts. But they looked so good and I was so hungry! Anyway, I'm sorry. I promise I'll get more! Just stop eating me!"

"Whoa! Calm down," Henry said, as he went to close his bedroom window, "It's raining digimon all of sudden. Who are you?"

"Huh?" The little digimon looked up long enough to realize where he was and seemed to calm down. With big wide eyes, he asked, "Who are you? What is this place?"

Henry pointed out, "It's my bedroom. What're you doing here? What do birds have to do with anything?"

The little digimon hopped onto his small legs and bounced happily, "Yay! I got away from those mean birds! Hooray! And you helped me!"

"Who even are you?" Henry asked again, beginning to lose patience with this little digimon who was just slightly more annoying than the other kid from earlier today. The digimon stopped bouncing and said, "I'm Calumon, mister. What's your name?"

"I'm Henry. What are you doing here, Calumon?" Henry asked, still trying to pry more answers from the small digimon. The digimon turned his head and Henry only now noticed the big eyes that the digimon had. With eyes that big and a personality that cheerful, he was convinced that Calumon must've been an In-Training at best. But all of that was nothing compared to the odd symbol on the digimon's head - an upside down red triangle flanked on all sides by three upright black triangles.

He tried to recall where he's seen the symbol before but couldn't think of any book, game, show or card that had that symbol. The digimon answered, "I don't know. I was just trying to run from this really mean guy until he ran into another mean guy. Then there was this big flash and I ended up here. Then I met these two who were trying to eat each other with their mouths at the same time, and a funny looking one with black glasses. Then these dumb birds showed up. And then I ended up here. But now I'm safe! Thanks mister!"

"I meant, why are all you digimon showing up in our world? How are you getting here out of the Digital World?"

"You mean we're not in the Digital World?" Calumon asked innocently enough. Henry nodded and the digimon shrugged, "Oh well. I think those birds are gone now. Hey! Let's play a game! It's called tag! You're it!"

Calumon tapped Henry's nose with his little hand and then ran for the window. Despite his small size, the little digimon was strong enough to pry the window open before leaping outside, "Catch me if you can!"

"Hey, wait!" Henry tried to protest but it was already too late. The little digimon was gone, and there was nothing he could do to get the digimon back. Henry sighed, cursing his luck. Then the door knocked, "Henry, what's all that noise?"

His dad. Thankfully, this would be easier to explain than Terriermon had been a small moment ago, "It's nothing dad. It's just my game."

He ran to his computer just in time to pretend to be turning it off in a fit of anger when his dad came into the room. His father eyed him suspiciously, as if looking for any kind of discrepancy before noting the window, "Why'd you open the window?"

"You know the computer gets hot in here when I'm playing my games dad," Henry answered quickly, hoping that he was at least buying the answers. After a few moments, his dad noted, "I think I'm going to stop buying you games with so much violence in them. They're making you too angry and I don't like that. I'm not raising a delinquent for a son."

Juri came to class later than she usually did, but still in time to avoid the bell. But that wasn't the weirdest thing she saw that day. It was Takato on time for once, talking to his friends Kazu and Kenta. Kazu chided, "Hey Takato! I meant to ask: what's with the goggles? What, you think you're a digidestined all of a sudden?"

"Digi-what? Oh, right. That," Takato replied sheepishly; further encouraging Kazu's admonishments, "Come on man. Don't give me that. You're going to start wearing goggles and pretend you don't know what a digidestined is? It's not like you have a digimon!"

"I do too!" Takato blurted out, his face turning bright red. Kazu laughed, "Yeah right, dork."

"No, you're right. I don't have one," Takato admitted quietly, turning his head away from them. Juri went straight for her desk and set her things down, but couldn't help but listen in on the boys as they continued arguing, "Wait, why'd you change your story all of a sudden?"

"No reason. I lied. You caught me."

"Takato, you don't actually have a digimon," Kenta said although it sounded like he was trying to ask a question. Takato nodded, "That's what I said."

Both Kenta and Kazu groaned, "No, it's the way you said it. You said it weird."

"No I didn't."

"Dude, you suck at lying. Do you have a digimon or don't you?"

"I have digimon cards."

Both boys were frazzled now and they surrounded Takato at his desk. Kazu crossed his arms and leaned in so close that Takato had to lean back, "Look me in the eye and say you don't have a digimon."

Takato's silence and the fact that he didn't look either of them in the eye was all the answer either of them needed. Kenta loudly concluded, "You have a digimon!"

Takato groaned and went to bury his face in his desk while he was swarmed by both Kazu and Kenta furiously prodding him with questions. That confirmation was all Juri needed though. Takato had a digimon. Or something like a digimon. And she wondered if it had anything to do with the monster she saw yesterday. After all, Takato was the one who asked about the box once they were out of the way.

"Where did it come from?"

"How did you get a digimon?"

"Who is it? Agumon?"

"Nah, he's too dory to get Agumon. He's definitely got a Veemon!"

"Can we not talk about this?" Takato bemoaned, propping his head up from his desk for the briefest moment to shut them up before returning to rest his head. This didn't stop either boy from trying to get more information out of Takato about who his digimon was. Naturally, Juri wanted to know as well but her attention was pulled away when Nanami came up to her desk, "Juri! How are you doing?"

"Huh, oh, fine. How are you?" Juri answered quickly, trying to look like she hadn't been eavesdropping. Nanami placed a hand on her head, "Are you sure? You look spooked. You've looked spooked ever since that monster in the nurse's office. Even the nurse was spooked, remember? Oh, I heard she's going to get the can by the way. The school's going to make her retire so that they don't have to deal with a nurse who sees monsters."

"I know what I saw," Juri frowned, and Nanami agreed, "I believe you Juri. But the school didn't believe the nurse. They're not going to believe you or anything you say. I'm just looking out for you, Juri. I wouldn't bring up whatever you saw with the teachers ever again."

"I guess," Juri frowned. At that exact moment, Miss Asaji came in and class began. However, Juri spent the whole lesson thinking about whatever the boys had been talking about. And it took until they had their lunch break for Juri to finally approach the boys and ask just what exactly they'd been talking about.

The boys had pushed their desks together in the far corner of the room to avoid any one else listening in, but that didn't stop them from talking in excited voices. What they didn't count on was Juri coming over to ask them, "Hey...Takato. Um, that thing you guys were talking about...is that what you were talking about yesterday?"

"Huh?"

"Yesterday?" Kenta turned to Takato, peering over the top of his glasses in disbelief, "What happened yesterday, Takato?"

Before Takato could answer, Juri said, "He was asking if I'd seen a box after that thing in the nurse's office. I thought it was weird at the time but you were the one who brought it up."

"Dude, you told a girl before you told us?" Kazu grunted disapprovingly. Takato rubbed the back of his neck nervously, "I don't-"

He was cut off by Kenta pushing a finger up to his face, "Okay, now we have to see it. If Juri already saw it, then it's only fair that we see it too."

"Guys, please don't," Takato mumbled, but it was too late by that point. Juri put on her bravest face, "Is it alright if I see it too?"

"You already got to see it!" Kazu complained. Eventually Takato piped up, "Guys! Keep it down!"

It was at that exact moment when Miss Asaji came back in to signal the end of their lunch break and the return of class. As the students returned their desks to their assigned locations, Takato whispered to them, "Fine, I'll show you guys after school. But…it's a secret so you have to promise not to tell anyone. Okay?"

"Okay."

"Deal!"

"My lips are sealed!" Juri agreed. Her anticipation rose astronomically after that. Part of her wanted to see this monster she'd seen before - to face the thing that terrified her so much. But another part of her wanted to just run away in fear. She couldn't do that though. She had to be brave - she couldn't live her life in fear. She had to see it.

As soon as classes were done for the day, Minami tried to meet up with her but Juri had to turn her down. She didn't say why, but then ran off to join Takato, Kazu, and Kenta. Kazu and Kenta both looked ready to leap into the air with excitement but that only Takato more nervous and uneasy. Kazu asked at just above a whisper, "Where have you been keeping a digimon anyway? Your parents have to notice that something's up with all the extra food you have to be eating!"

"I've mostly been giving him the stuff they throw out. And he's hiding in the park," Takato explained to them sheepishly, "Well, park…a tool shed in the park that no one goes to any more. Same thing, right?"

"Not really," Kenta pointed out, but Takato shrugged. Takato finished putting things in his backpack and reminded them, "Remember! This is a secret, okay? No one knows! Now let's go."

He guided them out of the school and down the block, uncharacteristically quiet for once in the entire time Juri had known him. That didn't stop either Kenta or Kazu from prodding him with questions in the hopes of finding out more about his digimon.

"So what's this digimon like?" Kenta asked first.

"Have you gotten to go to the Digital World?" Kazu added.

"Is that why you ran out of school yesterday?"

"What? No, of course not dingus. He got loose! Why else would it have been in the nurse's office."

"If it was loose, it was probably a Gatomon."

"Nah, there's no way it would've been Gatomon. Juri would've said if it was a cat, right?"

"I don't remember it being a cat," Juri recalled just as they turned into the park, "But I didn't really get a good look. It was small enough to run under a bed. Had legs. Oh! And big ears!"

"Sounds like a Koromon," Kazu smiled, until Kenta argued, "Now who's the dingus? Koromon don't have legs!"

"Oh what do you know? It's definitely a Koromon or a Patamon! Who else has big ears?" Kazu folded his arms behind his head with a big old confident smile. Then Kenta started listing digimon, "Terriermon, Lopmon, Gummymon, Kokomon, Tokomon, Salamon-"

"Okay, we get it," Kazu snapped angrily at Kenta, "Hey Takato, how much further?"

"We're already here," Takato answered as they stopped at the foot of a long set of steps. At the top was an old shed that looked like it hadn't been used in a long time. Takato jogged up the steps and invited the rest of them to come along, just as Kenta complained, "Really? We have to climb stairs?"

"It's only a hundred steps," Takato answered, "Think of it as a work out. Now come on. He's probably hungry. Oh! And he's very friendly but don't get him too excited. He really gets into his games and I haven't been able to teach him about boundaries yet."

He hurried upstairs, with Kazu and Kenta reluctantly following along just behind him. Juri stayed behind a second longer - realizing the thing that had startled her might be up these very steps. Her desire to run away in fear was stronger than ever. But she had to be brave. She had to face this. Everything was going to be fine. Yes. It was all going to be fine.

She took a long deep breath and started walking, one foot in front of the other up the stairs after them. She'd only gotten half way up the stairs when both Kazu and Kenta came running back down the stairs screaming at the top of their lungs. The sight had her freeze and she fought every instinct to turn and run with them.

"GUYS! COME BACK! YOU WANTED TO SEE HIM, RIGHT?" Takato called back from the top of the stairs. but it was too late now, those boys were already gone from sight. Juri looked back up at Takato standing there with a frown, "They wanted to see it and they turn tail and run as soon as they do. What was the point of even asking to see him?"

"What happened?" Juri asked nervously. Takato answered through a frown, "I said hi to Guilmon. He was snoring so loud they thought he was growling and they ran off. Come on. Still want to meet him?"

He offered out his hand to her even though she didn't really need his help. But she understood why he'd offered it. The look of terror on her face must've been clear as day and he was trying to reassure her that everything would be okay. But then another issue came to mind. She didn't want to hold a boy's hand. That would've been weird and boys were gross.

That didn't stop her from taking it though. Her fear of whatever was up there was just a little stronger than her disgust of boys. And when they got to the top, she quickly let go of his hand - but still lingered close just in case. They found the shed's door had been replaced by an iron barred gate whose lock had been broken off. Takato or his digimon must've done it to get the door open. Inside was dark but she could make out the the vague outline of a large reptile and its glowing eyes in the dark.

She stepped behind Takato and let him go first as he made his way up to it, "Hey buddy. How was your nap?"

It answered with what sounded like a great big roar that turned into a yawn before a nasily voice answered, "I dreamed I got to eat a whole bread. Are we going to play now Takatomon?"

"Not quite. I brought you a snack by the way! Left over peanut butter and jelly filled bread rolls," Takato answered as he opened up his bag, "After you ate all of the food yesterday, I thought I should take some with me to school so that you didn't eat it all in one go."

"Oh boy! It smells so good. Hmm? Whose that?" Guilmon asked, finally noticing Juri. Takato answered, "A friend from school. Her name's Juri. Say hi!"

"Hi!" Guilmon said back. Takato turned to Juri and smiled, motioning for her to go on in, "Don't be afraid. He's friendly. But he may tackle you while he tries to hug you."

She took one step inside and saw a wide eyed red dinosaur staring back with something resembling a smile. It waved its large claw at her and smiled, "Hello Juri. It's nice to meet you."

This was not whatever she saw when she was in the nurse's office. In fact, this didn't creep her out at all. Guilmon was adorable, with his tail wagging back and forth like an excited dog. As Takato emptied his bag of sandwiches, he'd toss one in the air and Guilmon would happily catch it in the air with his mouth. There was something dopey about how he looked too - he didn't seem capable of being dangerous even slightly.

It took Juri a moment to finally work up the nerve to greet it, "Hello Guilmon. It's nice to meet you too!"

Guilmon looked up at the sound of his name while still eating food. Meanwhile, Takato stifled a chuckle, "Oh wow, she talks."

"Would you like to see my hole?" Guilmon asked innocently enough. Juri jumped back at the question, "What?"

"Guilmon!" Takato snapped but it was too late to stop the creature from retreating into the back of the shed to reveal a large hole he'd dug in the ground. Juri peered down the hole and watched it disappear into the darkness. Takato sighed, "Guilmon! I told you to stop digging these holes already!"

"But there's something down there!" Guilmon pleaded, before leaping down and disappearing. Takato groaned, "Guilmon! Stop! Come back! I hate it when he does that."

"He's adorable! Like a little puppy!" Juri squealed excitedly, "Are all digimon like this?"

"Just Guilmon," Takato answered with a half smile, "So was Guilmon what you saw?"

Juri shook her head, "No, it was smaller. Why is that?"

"I've just noticed that there have been more and more digimon showing up lately," Takato stated quietly, "There was Guilmon the other day, then a Renamon and Dokugumon yesterday, and whatever it is you saw."

"More digimon? Shouldn't we tell someone?" Juri asked worriedly. Takato turned on her with the look of a parent scolding a child and snapped, "No! If we tell someone, they could take...Guilmon away."

Juri understood the secrecy now. He was like a boy who had just gotten a pet and didn't want to lose it so quickly. Then Takato apologized when he realized what he'd done, "I'm sorry. I just...please keep this a secret."

"There has to be someone we can tell, right? Someone we can trust? What about those digidestiny people that Kazu was talking about?" Juri asked quickly, hoping there was someone they could turn to. Takato shook his head and added, "Nobody's seen them in a long time. Either the world was so safe that they didn't need to be seen, or they've gotten so busy with their own lives that they don't think they need to get involved. In either case, it's our problem and not theirs. We'll figure it out."

"That...sounds like the most serious thing you've ever said," Juri thought aloud, making Takato turn his head, "What do you mean?"

Juri realized she might've offended him and embarrassedly tried to play it off, "Oh well. You know you're usually so happy to lucky. And you usually don't care if you get into trouble so it's weird to see you being so...serious for once. I mean..."

When she realized she couldn't salvage the situation, she held up her sock puppet and looked away while mouthing, "Woof! You're usually so silly! Woof! Look at you being all cool and serious. Woof! Also, what do you mean we?"

When she could finally bare to look at Takato again, he wore the most confused expression on his face. He was judging her for using the puppet. He had to be. She didn't want to think about what must've been going through his mind. After a moment, Takato pocketed his hands and looked away, "You have to promise not to tell anyone. I need to know I can trust you before I say any more Juri."

Juri was stunned by that. What did he know that made him want to keep secrets? I mean, they didn't really hang out and they weren't friends. But he was acting like he had a lot of secrets. She nodded and he began, "One of the boy's in our school has a digimon too, I think. To be honest, I'm still not sure if he's playing pretend with a doll or if his partner was so knocked out that he was lying still. And then there's this other girl named Rika and her partner Renamon who-"

"Hey Takatomon! Jurimon! Look!" Guilmon called down from the bottom of the hole. They looked down at the same time to see Guilmon staring back up with a great big smile on his face. It would've been adorable if the lower half of his body wasn't ghost like - transparent and fuzzy like the distorted image on a television."

"GUILMON!" Takato jumped down into the hole to check on his partner, "Are you okay? What is this? I've never seen any...thing...like..."

He began to sway back and forth like he'd been hit in the head. He held up his hands and saw they'd become transparent - just like Guilmon. A panicked look came across his face, "What...what...is this?"

"Takato! Are you okay?" she called down at him. He looked to be in pain but Guilmon appeared to be enjoying it and he giggled, "It kinda tickles and makes me feel dizzy."

"We should...climb out," Takato suggested, stepping out of the hole and trying to pull Guilmon out. She reached down to help pull the digimon out but it didn't seem to help that much at all. It actually seemed to make things worse because now Guilmon was completely transparent from the neck down and it had spread up Takato's arms, disappearing into his hoodie shirt.

"Oh, that's not good. Maybe we should get back in the hole," Takato said quickly, leaping back down and re-examining his arms for any change, "Nope, that didn't help at all. Okay...now what? Um...oh...huh."

As quickly and mysteriously as it started, whatever was happening to them stopped. Takato reexamined himself before checking on Guilmon. It was the strangest thing - both of them were perfectly fine now. It was like nothing happened. But it was hard to miss the confused and worried look on Takato's face. she was about to suggest they go see a doctor but Takato shot down any ideas she had before she could say anything, "Don't tell anyone about this, Juri. This has to be a secret. Please...promise me."

"But, Takato!" she started, only to be interrupted, "Juri...please, trust me."

She paused, staring at him in disbelief. There were so many secrets he'd been keeping from everyone and now he wanted to keep another one? How many more was he keeping? She panicked, "Takato, how can I trust you when you're keeping all these secrets?"

"If I told you all my secrets, I wouldn't need you to trust me, Juri," he said to her seriously. There was something about his answer that was both reassuring and not at the exact same time. She didn't know what to believe. Scared out of her mind, she changed the subject, "How...what could've done this?"

Takato shrugged but she was certain he was downplaying his own worries, "I have no idea. I'm just as lost as you. But I think now would be a good time to check on-"

"HI!"

Juri and Takato both jumped at the same time as a new guest joined them, while Guilmon shifted into an angry stance. They all found themselves looking at the same small white creature with big eyes and bigger ears looking at them with its tiny paw set to its head. Once she saw it, there was no mistaking it. This was what she saw hiding in the medicine cabinet at school. She pointed at it, "You're the monster from the school!"

"And you're the screaming girl! You're a lot quieter today! You shouldn't scream as much. It suits you better," it answered with a great big smile. Takato pointed at it in disbelief, "That's what you saw?"

She nodded, "Yeah, that's the one. No doubt about it! It ran at me in the school!"

"You hit me with a broom!" the little digimon replied.

"It doesn't look that aggressive," Takato observed, oblivious to the fact that it bounced up to Guilmon and patted his snout, "That was a neat trick you pulled, turning into a ghost like that! You must be a lot of fun at parties."

"What's a party?" Guilmon turned his head. Calumon bounced excitedly, "You don't know? Oh no! We have to throw you one right away! I'll go find balloons!"

"Wait! Stop!" Takato jumped in front of the creature, blocking his exit, "Who are you?"

"I'm Calumon!" the little digimon answered excitedly, bouncing past him without another word, "I don't have time to talk though! He needs a party!"

"Calumon? I've never heard of a Calumon before. What's a Calumon?" Takato asked, scratching his head and lost in thought while the little digimon scurried past him. Juri had to bring it to his attention, "It got away Takato."

"Huh?" he looked around the shed and finally noticed Calumon was gone. He groaned and took a quick scan out the door, "Calumon! Calumon? Why do these things keep popping in and out of my life? Guilmon, get your box!"

"Are we going out to play?" Guilmon asked. Juri asked, "Are we going to find Calumon?"

"No. There's even way too many weird things lately and I need answers," Takato frowned, continuing to scratch the back of his head, "But there's been way too many weird things going on lately and I'm a bit out...of my league here. I think we should go find our classmate and that Rika girl from yesterday."

"Rika?" Juri repeated, recalling that Takato said she had a partner too. Juri wondered if it was okay for her to have anything involved in something like this. Despite that, she followed along as the two left the shed and headed out.

Author's Notes: What happened to Guilmon and Takato? Do Rika and Henry have any more idea than Takato does? And what did that organization do with Dokugumon? Find out all this and more on the next chapter of The Tamer v2.0 - In His Name due out next Friday February 8th at 8 PM CDT. If you guys loved it, let me know in the reviews section. I love hearing your thoughts and answering them as soon as I'm able. And hey, don't forget to follow/favorite the story to keep up with all the latest updates. I'm glad you guys are enjoying the story so far and hope you all are looking forward to how it ends. That's all for now, let's look at previews for the next chapter:

"You didn't do anything," Yamaki assured him, "It was the machine."

"I fired it," he countered.

"You needed two people."

"I helped pull the trigger. I...this isn't what I had to do."

"You created a weapon, a deterrent that could help save countless lives and protect the world. Your country and the world thank you," Yamaki patted the man on the shoulder as he turned away, keeping his face buried in his hands.