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The Tamer v2.0: In His Name

Chapter 7: Gargomon - The Champion

"Sir, we have more wild ones," Riley announced as the alarms started blaring. She looked at the screens and watched three symbols moving freely, already processing the steps she'd need to take to launch the tracking programs.

Yamaki followed all three targets moving fast across the large screen, wondering where they would attempt to make their entrance into the world. But there was a problem: there were three of them. They only had one QRF. They'd need to split up the team. But the team's effectiveness would go down dramatically. They'd need to pick one. But which one? Which target should he choose? He asked, "Can we get a scan on them?"

"Deploying scanning program now," Riley answered, "Locking onto targets. Identifying."

"Sir, they're bioemerging!" Tally announced aloud, "We don't have time to complete the scans. Which one do we go after?"

Yamaki panicked, looking at where the three targets were moving. Shinjuku, Odaiba, and Oifutu - all public areas with a lot of foot traffic. Why here? Why did they all concentrate over Tokyo? He closed his eyes and pointing at one. He just wished it was the right one, "That one! Deploy there!"

"Understood. Deploying the QRF!" Riley announced as she slammed the alarm to mobilize the QRF team. Yamaki watched all three targets disappear. There was nothing more he could do now. He made his way to laboratory to hurry the scientists along. They needed the Juggernaut Program now more than ever.

Rika had been waiting for this fight all day. She couldn't wait to finally beat that rookie Guilmon and wipe that smile off of the goggle head's face. Ever since he led her out here, he wore a confident smile on his face like he had a plan. But it didn't matter what plan he had up his sleeve. It wouldn't change the fact she was the better tamer. And she was going to prove it. And it looked like all those dopey kids were coming along to watch - as annoying it as was.

Goggle head led the way to a nearby soccer field, making his way out to the center with her just a few steps behind him. They took opposite sides of the center position, squaring off like they were about to start a soccer match. Then Takato made another desperate plea at peace, "We don't have to fight each other, Rika. We can talk this out. We're on the same side."

"Just laying down, huh? Your digimon is as good as mine," Rika folded her arms, looking over her shoulder to see Renamon at the ready. The goggle head's digimon was also beside him, but he was busy munching on a piece of cake that he'd brought from the shed. Rika rolled her eyes at the digimon's own indifference to its impending doom. That sat well with her though, that just meant it would be easier to beat him. Then Rika snapped her fingers, "Take him out Renamon!"

Renamon leapt onto Guilmon, tackling the unaware digimon to the ground where they started rolling to pin the other down. Whenever they reached the end of the roll, Renamon had Guilmon pinned beneath her and the dinosaur was digging his teeth into her arms. It only lasted a second until Guilmon started another roll to drag Renamon around, while she desperately tried to get her arm free. Without missing a beat, Rika knew what Renamon wanted to do and produced a card from her deck, "Digimodify! Strength Boost Activate!"

With a swift kick to the gut, Renamon was able to finally force open the dinosaur's jaw. She followed it up with another kick that sent the dinosaur flying through the goalie's net and into the trees. Renamon used this advantage to leap into the air and fired a round of her attack, "Diamond Storm!"

The crystals tore into the red dinosaur, finally able to pierce through the digimon's skin and hurt it. Panic appeared on the goggle head's face as the gravity of his situation finally sank in - he was in over his head with no way out for himself or his partner. Then Takato turned to her to make another plea to peace, "What is the point of all this? What do you get by beating me?"

"I get to prove I"m the best digimon tamer," Rika said, "I'm going to make Renamon the strongest digimon there is. That's all there is to it."

Takato's eyes seemed to widen, "To what? What for? What does she get by becoming the strongest digimon? What sort of fulfillment do you get from making her like that? Because all I see right now are two bullies."

She could see what he was trying to do and it wasn't going to work, "Nice try goggle head, but words aren't going to save you this time."

From the sidelines, Juri watched in horror as the two digimon fight on while Takato and Rika continued to argue. She just couldn't understand it. Why was Rika so angry? And why was she taking it out on Takato? It didn't help that Kazu and Kenta were cheering the fight on, "Come on, Takato! You can't let a girl beat you!"

"Yeah! Do something already! Use a card! Tell Guilmon to attack! Something!"

Despite their cheers and advice, all she could see Takato doing was talk. It was like he didn't even want to fight - he didn't want to do this. So why'd he do it? Did he think he could talk Rika out of it? She seemed to have her heart set on it. Then Calumon commented from beside her, "Huh, those two are playing way too rough with each other. If they're not careful, they're going to get hurt."

"Calumon, they're fighting!" Henry pointed out in disbelief, "They're not having fun, they're fighting!"

"But why would they fight? Aren't they friends?" Calumon asked innocently enough, somehow oblivious to the possibility that people could be mean spirited to each other. Terriermon answered, "Friends is kind of a stretch. Henry, shouldn't we help them?"

"NO!" Henry snapped immediately, trying to keep his partner as far from that vicious fight as he could. Terriermon's ears dropped, "Why not, Henry? If we don't go in there - Guilmon's going to be Deadmon."

"I..." Henry paused, unable to even finish the sentence he started. Then Terriermon sighed, "Okay, forget this, I'm going to help him!"

"TERRIERMON!" Henry tried to scold his partner but that didn't stop the bunny eared digimon from running out into the fight. Renamon was on the defensive now, running circles around Guilmon while red fire spat out of its mouth, "Pyrosphere!"

If Renamon's diamond storm was able to shred steel, then Guilmon's pyrosphere could melt it and set it aflame. And that was the danger Terriermon was running into. Henry gave chase and Juri gasped as the two just narrowly avoided getting set aflame. During one of Renamon's dodges, she rolled between Terriermon and Henry. At the same time, Guilmon shot a blast of fire out of his mouth and it set the grass between them on fire.

Henry leapt back, watching helplessly as Terriermon continued on, "Guys! Stop fighting!"

Juri tried to work up the courage to call out to them only to be blinded by a sudden flash of white light - a bright light coming from little Calumon beside her. The little digimon seemed to be in pain too as the light came forward. She raised up her arms to cover her eyes but she could hear Terriermon cry out, "Terriermon! Digivolve to! Gargomon!"

When the bright flash of light faded, there was a new digimon standing in the middle of the soccer field - about the size of a full grown adult. It looked like someone had blown up Terriermon like a balloon, stuck him in a pair of pants and forced him to wield a pair of guns over his arms. Without a word, the digimon trained those guns on Renamon and started firing. The guns sang like a chain saw, firing an endless stream of bullets that followed the fox digimon as she moved to retreat. At some point, her path put both Rika and Takato in the line of fire. Juri gasped, closing her eyes and trying to convince herself that they would be alright.

"You don't have to do this Rika," Takato reasoned, "You can be strong without having to take your anger out on others! We can work together, all three of us!"

"Not interested in that goggle head," Rika answered bitterly, "You owe me. Now give up and we can make this easy!"

"Terriermon! Digivolve to! Gargomon!"

Rika looked off to the side where Gargomon now stood, aiming his guns at Renamon and firing. Rika readied her digivice, planning on helping her partner before things went south but the digimon bee lined for the forest. And Renamon's path put her in Gargomon's line of fire. As the line of bullets drew closer, Takato leapt onto her and pushed her down, "LOOK OUT!"

Rika panicked as bullets zipped past over her head, with only Takato on top of her. On top of her. That thought alone turned the panic into rage. What was with this kid and pushing himself in harm's way to help her? What, did he think he was some knight in shining armor? As if! Once the gun fire died down, she pushed him off with all her might, "Get off me, goggle head!"

He rolled onto his back beside her on to the grass and massaged the spot where she shoved him, "Good to see you're okay. I'm fine too."

"Stop trying to help me and fight me!" Rika demanded, pushing herself off the ground and turning to face the boy angrily. The boy smiled up at her goofily, "Most people say thank you. Anyway, we should probably do something about that."

He pointed at the champion digimon firing his guns like crazy into the surrounding forest. Rika hated to agree with the idiot but they had to do something about that digimon right now. It didn't seem like he could control his own weapons and he was going to tear the park apart if he wasn't stopped now. But how? Dokugumon was a champion, sure, but the spider didn't have rapid fire gatling guns on each arm. Renamon's speed could keep her just one step ahead of Gargomon. So she'd need speed. But speed wouldn't do much if she couldn't take the hits. She nodded and produced two cards from her deck, passing one to Takato, "You know how to use these cards, right?"

"This isn't exactly the time for a card game," Takato complained, "Gargomon's out of control and we're in the line of fire."

Rika rolled her eyes. This was why she didn't care for newbies. She took the card in her hand and answered, "Just follow my lead, goggle head. Digimodify! Speed boost activate!"

She swiped her card through the digivice and waited for Renamon's speed to kick in. Then she looked at Takato expectantly, knowing it was his turn to do the same. He turned the card in his hard anxiously, like something clicked in his head, before he finally swiped the card, "I get what you're thinking about. Okay. Digimodify!"

He swiped the card through the digivice, "WarGreymon's Brave Shield Activate!"

A golden shield with a sun crest appeared in Guilmon's arms and Takato called out, "Guilmon! Use the shield to draw Gargomon's fire."

Guilmon sniffed the shield and then held it up towards Gargomon, calling the champion's name to get his attention, "Okay. GARGOMON!"

Gargomon turned to face Guilmon, still firing his guns. He pleaded while vibrating furiously with each shot, "Gu-gu-ilm-ilmon! H-Henry! He-elp-lp! I c-can't st-stop-p fir-firin-ing!"

Then Guilmon ran at Gargomon from the front, using the shield to absorb every shot. Rika tightened her fist in anticipation. Her plan was working. With any luck, Renamon would know what do next without her having to say a word. Then she saw a flicker in the forest. Renamon was on the move now, circling around Gargomon and running into him so hard from behind that she was able to pin him to the ground. His guns were still firing though, and each kick back had him vibrate violently. Then Guilmon rushed in and used his shield to help hold the digimon down.

"Gargomon!" Henry called out over the roar of the bullets, running to his partner's side, "Gargomon! Stop shooting!"

"I-I do-don't kno-now h-how!" Gargomon answered. Takato rushed in too, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Gargomon! Relax your hands!"

"What-at han-hands?" Gargomon answered, "I h-ha-ave gu-uns n-ow-ow!"

"Just try it! Relax them! Like...relaxing a fist," Takato shouted out. Once he said that, the guns stopped firing and Gargomon stopped shaking. Both Guilmon and Renamon fell off, Renamon complaining, "That was like riding a Minotarumon. We are never doing that again."

"Takatomon, I'm dizzy and the ground is shaking," Guilmon whimpered. Takato went to his partner's side, patting the little digimon's head and adding, "It's alright buddy. Take a minute and relax."

Rika didn't care so much for her partner relaxing though. She was upset. She'd been trying to get the fox to digivolve since day one. And she had some explaining to do, "What gives, Renamon? How could you let that weak little Terriermon digivolve before you? He hasn't even fought before!"

"I'm sorry, Rika. I'll try harder," Renamon answered meekly as she tried to keep herself upright. That answer was hardly satisfying to Rika, who felt only disappointment at her partner's continued failure. She clicked her tongue and looked over at Takato. She wanted to beat him. But he'd saved her twice now. She'd have to let this go for now. But that digimon digivolve before Renamon. What was she doing wrong? What was wrong with her?

She marched over to the boy and held out her hand. He gave her a confused look at first, and offered his. He seemed to think she wanted a hand shake. She slapped his hand away, "The card you idiot."

"Oh," he fumbled the card in his hand and offered it back, "Um, thanks."

"Whatever. Let's call it even for now," she frowned, swiping the card and turning to leave. Then he grabbed her by the shoulder and spun her around, "Wait! Look, you don't like me. I get it. Well, not really. I have no idea what I did or what your deal is. But something is going on and we need to work together to figure out what that is!"

She looked at everyone there - the weird guy whose digimon was now a champion, the even weirder guy with the digimon he treated like a pet, the girl with the sock puppet, and the two other boys who were jumping with excitement at what they were calling the coolest thing they'd ever seen. She clicked her tongue. There was no way she'd ever want anything to do with these losers and turned to leave, "Forget that noise. I'm going home."

"She always does just leave, huh?" Gargomon remarked as he finally pushed himself back up off the ground, "I'm hungry. Can we have some more cake?"

"Me too," Gargomon added.

Henry chuckled at his partner's bottomless stomach and pointed out the little detail that he'd missed, "How are you going to eat with guns on your hands?"

Gargomon examined the little arm cannons he had on the ends of his arms now and tried shaking them off to no avail. Then he tried to get a leg on it and tried to kick it off, only for him to go red in the face from the effort, "How do I get them off? How am I supposed to eat?"

"I can help silly!" Juri volunteered excitedly. Henry rested his arms behind his head at her thoughtfulness but realized that there was another problem that they weren't seeing. Spoon feeding him was a short term solution, they needed to de-digivolve him so that he could feed himself. With his appetite, they couldn't afford to have someone around all the time just to feed him. Worse yet, it would be impossible to hide him now.

Takato motioned for everyone's attention and gestured back to the shed, "Let's go back inside and talk. Oh, and nobody eat the cake. I don't know when these guys have ever washed their hands."

He led the way back into the shed, with Guilmon happily coming along still dragging WarGreymon's shield behind him. The rest of the group followed a short distance behind him - mostly because Kazu and Kenta were busy climbing all over Gargomon to see his guns for themselves. Gargomon complained the whole time, "Oh man, can you guys please stop climbing all over me? These guns are heavy enough!"

"But they're so cool!" Kenta cheered excitedly, "Look at them! You practically cut down half the forest doing this! That's awesome!"

"Awesome's not the word I'd use," Takato remarked, pocketing his hands sheepishly. Once they were back in the shed, Guilmon started munching on some of the leftover cake. Without any plates, Juri just scooped up a handful of it with a napkin and dropped it into Gargomon's mouth. Any joy the digimon could have derived was lost because Kazu and Kenta refused to leave him alone.

"So notes! What's your story with Terriermon?" Takato asked Henry curiously, "How did he get here?"

Henry answered, "That new computer game that came out. I was playing as Terriermon when suddenly all the other digimon started attacking him. I tried to stop them but Terriermon got overpowered. The next thing I know, there's this light and Terriermon's in my lap. What about you?"

"I...drew a picture of Guilmon," Takato thumbed at his partner, "I made up a bunch of stats and everything. Then my card reader started eating my drawings - before I could stop it, it became a digivice and it was pointing me to Guilmon."

The digimon was done with the cake now and had retreated into digging his hole again, making it bigger and deeper. Henry eyed the digimon nervously. It was obvious that Takato cared for his partner, but he was treating him like a pet. Then again, he was hardly any better. The only reason Terriermon was here was because his dad would kill him if he brought him home again."

And it occurred to him something was wrong with what Takato said, "Did you say you made up?"

He noted Takato beaming with pride, "That's right. Came up with him on the spot one day in class. Well, in the hallway. I was late. That was when all this weirdness started. I've been trying to figure out what's been going on ever since. Oh! By the way! Did Terriermon ever start becoming...ghostlike?"

"Ghostlike?"

"You know...like he was half there and half not. Kinda see through but only for half of him?" Takato asked. Henry has no idea how to make heads or tails of such a weird question. Then Takato added, "I guess not. That's too bad. It started happening to Guilmon yesterday. Then Calumon showed up and...where's Calumon?"

The question sparked everyone's attention now and they all looked around. Kazu complained, "Oh man. That little guy probably ran off when all the fighting started!"

"But he was right next to me a second ago," Juri pointed out, "I hope he's okay."

"He probably ran off to go break into the school and scare the nurse again," Takato commented. Henry couldn't believe it had been little Calumon and asked, "Really? That was him?"

Kazu added, "That little guy was the one who broke into the nurse's office and caused all that trouble? How did something that small cause such a mess?"

Kenta took that moment to put his foot in his mouth, "It's cause Juri's a girl and girls are afraid of small things like mice and bugs. That's probably why the nurse started screaming, too."

Unfortunately for Kenta, he was too busy talking to notice Juri had snuck up behind him with a fist full of cake. Before he knew what was happening, she smothered his hair with it. The boy yelped in surprise and toppled over, "Hey, what gives?"

"Boys are dumb," was the only answer she gave before hurrying back to get more cake for Gargomon. Gargomon sighed, "Thanks for feeding me Juri but I like eating with my own hands. How do I get them back?"

"What we have to do is digivolve you back, which usually means tiring you out or you getting beaten up by a stronger opponent," Henry explained to his partner's dismay. Gargomon countered, "I don't like the idea where you guys beat me up."

"Well how about the idea where you tire yourself out?" Takato suggested, miming each action as he listed them off, "Run laps around the park, lifting weights, jumping jacks, do that running leap thing, or whatever. I don't know. Do you want to stand upside down on your head?"

"That'll just give me a headache!" Gargomon hissed, until Takato added, "And it'll wear you out faster! It's worth a shot."

Gargomon gave Henry a confused look, as if he were expecting some kind of approval from him. Henry could only shrug in confusion, unsure of the plan himself and unable to think of any other ideas. Gargomon shrugged back and marched over to a wall, "Can you guys help me up? This is kinda hard to do when I'm this big!"

"I'll do it!" Kazu and Kenta volunteered in unison with raised hands, making their way to the large digimon to help flip him over. It took next to no effort to get the digimon balanced on his arm cannons, using their leveled surface to keep himself balance. Guilmon, amused by Gargomon's balancing act and curious enough to give it a try, attempted the same. On the first attempt, the digimon fell over onto what remained of the cake. After a sickening display where he licked it all off himself, he tried again while using his tail to support himself. This time, he fell face forwards. That didn't stop Kazu and Kenta from cheering him on. Juri even got in on it, attempting to hold Guilmon's legs steady so that he could balance himself before letting go.

All the while, Henry kept his eyes on Takato. There was definitely something off about him. There was no denying that. But there was something else. Something that was hard to place. He was supposed to be as new at this as the others, so how did he happen to know how to get Terriermon back to normal? And how did he know how to stop Gargomon's guns? And Devidramon disappeared last night. How?

"You've thought a lot about all of this, haven't you?" Henry asked. Takato nodded ecstatically, "Well, digimon are awesome, y'know? I...just thought it'd be cool to...finally have one. And now I do. But if digimon are real, it makes ya wonder how much else of it is real too? Like the digidestined in the books, or the crests, the sovereign digimon; not to mention the evil digimon like the Dark Masters. As cool as it is, I can't help but worry."

"Uh huh," Henry folded his arms and leaned back against the wall, intent on questioning Takato just a little longer, "So what? You think we're digidestined or something?"

"I wouldn't call myself that," Takato scratched the back of his head, "I wasn't chosen by destiny or anything."

"So what would you call yourself?" Henry asked, now curious to see what Takato thought on the whole thing. He answered with a big smile, "Digimon Tamer."

Tamer? Why a tamer? That name sounded too mean. Like he was forcing his digimon to learn tricks and do things he didn't want to do. Which made sense when he considered that Rika called herself that a minute ago, "So like how Rika said she was going to be the best tamer? Doesn't that sound a little...I don't know, mean?"

Takato's smile grew wider, "But then it'd be just like the books!"

Henry chuckled. He'd read the books too and knew exactly what Takato was talking about, "Well you do have the goggles and the hoodie. But they were called digidestined. And I don't think you're a thousand year old life form from another world."

"And if I was?" Takato raised an eyebrow, a playful smile drawing itself on his lips. Henry balked at the idea. Sure the kid was weird, but odds were that he was trying to emulate a character in a book. There was no way he was a thousand years old. Then he looked over at Gargomon, disappointed to see that his partner still hadn't changed back, "So how long does that take?"

He didn't have time to be here all day. He had homework to do. Then again, maybe he should rethink his priorities with wild digimon running around. And who knew when the next digimon would appear.

IceDevimon gasped for breath as he appeared in the strangest part of the human world. It seemed like he'd landed on the roof of a building of some sort. A rather large building. The devil digimon examined himself carefully to make sure that he'd made it through all right. His white leather attire seemed to be okay, along with his chains, boots. Then he looked over his shoulder - both wings were still there. He grabbed at his head to find two long horns where they should be. He seemed to be okay.

Then he took a moment to take in his surroundings. This was the human world - there wasn't a doubt of his mind about that. He could tell from the many squishy pink humans going about their lives on the streets below. But the sight also gave him something else to behold - countless tall buildings stretching as far as the eye could see illuminated in the dark by lights as countless as the stars. There was nothing like this in the Digital World.

Or rather, there was no longer anything like this in the Digital World. But those were memories for another time. He reminded himself of what he was here for - to find the human who could make him stronger. The girl who'd turned him down because someone else came. He wanted his revenge - to prove that he was stronger and was more deserving. He would just have to find them. And it wouldn't be hard either. He could smell the fox digimon who took his place. Which meant the girl couldn't be far behind. Now was the time to make his move.

Kazu and Kenta departed after the novelty of a real life digimon wore off so that they could go watch the new episode of a show they enjoyed. Then Henry left after Gargomon changed back to Terriermon, relieved to see his partner but knowing he had to start his homework and didn't want to disappoint his parents by not completing it on time. This just left Juri and Takato who were the last to leave. But this was by no accident. Although Juri pretended to be busy cheering on Guilmon as he tried to stand on his head, she'd heard Takato talking to Henry. And she couldn't help but notice that he'd left a part out.

A part that he explicitly asked her not to talk about. She didn't mind keeping secrets, she had a few of her own. But something like that...well, there had to be something wrong and his refusal to acknowledge it was a problem. Despite that, she wasn't able to bring herself to face Takato over it. And she sheepishly through her sock puppet in his face once they were at the bottom of the steps to the shed, "Why didn't you tell Henry about your hands becoming like ghosts? Or Rika?"

Takato seemed flustered by the question, "I...have reasons Juri."

"I'm not Juri, I'm the superintendent!" she insisted with her sock puppet voice, trying to avoid eye contact. Takato threw up his hands defensively, "Look, Juri...I...um..."

He seemed unable to answer. Either he was too embarrassed, or was too ashamed of the answer. He grumbled under his breath before explaining, "Look, the truth is I haven't been completely honest about a lot of things, not just that. And...I could explain it...but it's better for you if I don't."

"How is it better? Woof! Lying is bad!" Juri countered, finally forcing herself to look up at Takato. Takato was rubbing his arm nervously now, "Don't get me wrong Juri. Or superintendent. Am I really talking to a sock puppet right now? What's wrong with me? Never mind, I'm not keeping secrets because I'm up to no good. It's...there are a lot of bad people, people who might want to hurt me or anyone close to me."

Juri blinked at that statement. Was he saying he was concerned for her safety? He looked away quietly, "These people showed up before - started shooting at another digimon who'd appeared before that one. And...I don't know what they did to it. But if they knew what I was, they'd go after me too. And they'd probably do to me what they did to that Dokugumon. Which is why it's just better for you if...you don't know anything. If you don't know anything, they won't come after you."

"Woof, so you're trying to protect Juri?" Juri blushed as she said that out loud, looking away now to hide the fact that her cheeks were flush. A boy was trying to protect her? A boy who wasn't her little brother or her dad? Did Takato like her? As in like like her? No, that had to be a mistake. She wasn't worth liking. She wasn't worth being around. Bad things only ever happened to her. Then Takato's answer made her flush more, "Yes."

She spun around now so that he couldn't see her face. Takato added, "But whatever is doing it to the digimon can't be good. It only affected Guilmon which makes me wonder if where we are in this park is closer to the origin signal than we realize. But if that's the case, which direction is it? Because it didn't happen at Henry's or at Rika's. So what was it? Humans shouldn't have that kind of technology yet."

That last part caught her attention. What did he mean humans? He was a person too, right? A human. But he said it like he wasn't one. And whatever happened to Guilmon, happened to him too. And he said those people in the weird suits would come after him if they knew who he was. So...who was he?

"Anyway, it's getting late Juri," Takato added, "We should probably head home. I'll walk you there."

Juri nodded quietly, still trying to process everything that had just been told to her. Takato liked her. And wasn't a person. Maybe he was a digimon? A digimon cared about her. That was more terrifying that she wanted to admit. Because now she could only think about what the actual Takato looked like.

Author's Notes: New digimon are loose in the Real World! What do they want? Can the new team of Tamers come together to defeat them, or will they keep infighting? Find out all this and more in the next chapter of The Tamer v2.0 - In His Name due out next week on Friday March 8th at 8 PM CST. If you loved it, let me know in the reviews section and I'll try to respond as soon as I'm able. And hey, why not follow or favorite the story to keep up with all the latest updates? That's all I have for now! I'll see you guys in the next installment! Now let's take a look at previews for the next chapter!

"You embarrassed me twice already. You said you were the strongest digimon, right? So how did you lose to a Dokugumon and how did you that idiot who's partner never fought before manage to digivolve before you!?"

Her partner was eerily silent, and that just made her angrier, "ANSWER ME!"

"I didn't lie to you Rika," she answered, "I'm doing my best. Perhaps the problem isn't me."

"Oh so it's my fault, is that it?" Rika felt her blood boil and her face go red, "Because I keep giving you every advantage, every power up, any thing you could want or need. Even my strategies work. How do I know? Because the goggle head followed my strategy to beat Gargomon and it worked. So why aren't you getting the results?"