Chapter Ten: Avarice
RUKATO, HO!
"Barbamon..." Beelzemon snarled, cocking his shotguns. "Lucemon must be getting pretty desperate if he sent you to fight us!" Out of the corner of his eye, Tai spotted the Tamers, slipping away. He wanted to see what they were doing, but it really wasn't a good idea to turn your back on a Demon Lord.
Barbamon cackled with glee. "Here to fight? That's a gas! Battle you? I think I'll pass." Barbamon flew into the air again. "Your little friend is all alone. So I thought I'd make her more at home!" Before Tai could react, a blast of light knocked him over. By the time his head stopped ringing, he saw that Barbamon had grabbed Mimi and Kari in some kind of net.
"MIMI!"
"KARI!" TK and Izzy cried at the same time, rushing at Barbamon, only to be knocked away by his staff.
"Thank you for your little friends but alas our time together is at an end. So goodbye for now, DigiFools! With these two in my grasp, I make the rules!"
"KARI!!" TK bellowed, running after Barbamon, followed closely by Izzy. They were running as fast as they could but Barbamon's wings carried him faster. He was almost over a building, TK realized that they were going to lose them, Barbamon cleared the top and...
"AIIIIIEEEE!!' Barbamon cried as something struck him and forced him to drop his captives.
"TK!!" Kari cried as she plummeted earthwards.
"IZZY!!" Mimi cried, falling through space.
TK and Izzy tore through the chaos Belphamon had left but they knew they weren't going to make it. They were almost ten stories down...nine...eight...Kari's broken body filled TK's mind...seven...six...Izzy imagined a rainy day, a lonely casket in the earth...five...never making fun of their brothers again...four...never baking another batch of brownies...three...no more Sunday night walks in the park...two...never hearing those three words that caused the two of them more happiness than they ever thought possible...one..."
WOOSH!
A silver and red streak appeared out of nowhere, catching the falling girls and appearing on the other side of TK and Izzy. They turned around to see Kari and Mimi in the arms of a tall, humanoid Digimon. Silver armor covered most of his body, leaving only enough room for him to be able to move and a red sash was tied around his neck. His head was capped by a silver helmet, with two wings jutting out from either side. The arm that held Kari was a normal arm, adorned like the rest of his body but the arm that supported a shaking Mimi was huge, silver and mechanical.
"Izzy..." Mimi sobbed as she threw her arms around his neck.
"TK..." Kari sobbed into his shirt. Both boys just held their girls tightly, as if letting go would mean never seeing them again. Finally Izzy looked up at the Digimon who floated in midair, fists on his hips in an over exaggerated superhero pose.
"Um...thanks." Izzy said.
"Don't mention it." The Digimon replied.
TK and Izzy both let out a gasp. "Cyberdramon?" Izzy asked as TK said "Ryo?"
The Digimon laughed. "Both right and both wrong. I'm Justimon, the product of the Biomerging of Ryo and Cyberdramon."
"Biomerging?" Izzy gasped. "So...You melded with your Digimon partner? Like DNA digivolving but with a human?" Justimon nodded as words failed the genius.
"Where did Barbamon go?" Kari asked. As if in answer to her question, the fallen angel came flying through a building, slamming into a lightpole and sliding to the ground. Behind him, a warrior with yellow armor leapt after him. As the sun hit her (undoubtedly female) Kari could see that in addition to the yellow chest armor, she wore purple gloves and boots, capped with the same gold as her armor. A black bodysuit covered the rest of her frame and two, billowing fox tails streamed from the back of her head and down her back like hair. In her hands, a golden staff glistened in the sudden light as she brought it over her head and down on Barbamon's staff.
"Sakuyamon. Rika and Renamon combined..." Justimon muttered, before turning back to them. "You four stay put." Justimon said. "We'll take it from here." With that, he launched himself after Barbamon and Sakuyamon, metal arm charging up.
"Justice Blaster!" a stream of blue energy spewed forth from his arm and smashed into Barbamon's head.
The Sorcerer raised his staff high in the air. "I'm one Digimon you'll wish you hadn't crossed! Here it comes! PANDEMONIUM LOST!!" A dark shockwave erupted out, knocking Sakuyamon and Justimon back into a pair of massive green legs.
Izzy followed the legs up to meet the largest Digimon he had ever seen. Towering over the five story apartment blocks on either side of him, his green armor gave off a green glow. Various kinds of guns and missiles decorated his body, ready to fire as soon as the Digimon gave the order. He was a wrecking machine; pure and simple.
"Are you alright?" Henry and Terriermon asked the two Megas, shaking off the blast.
"Just peachy." Sakuyamon said flatly. "Thanks, MegaGargomon."
"I just wish he'd stop trying to rhyme." Justimon remarked. "It's really annoying; I wish someone would just put a cork in his mouth or something..."
"One cork," MegaGargomon said, priming his shoulder launchers. "Coming up. GARGO MISSLE!!"
Two car sized rockets flew from his shoulders, crashing into the street beneath Barbamon's feet, sending him flying into the air.
"DAMN YOU!!" he cried. "ONE AND ALL!! JUST...JUST...JUST..."
"Aww, what's the matter?" Sakuyamon crooned. "Can't think of something witty to say that rhymes with "All?"
"SHUT UP, FOXY WARRIOR GIRL! OR I'LL...Um..." Barbamon struggled. "Do...Something...that will...MAKE YOU HURL!! HAHA! Still got it!"
"That didn't rhyme..." Kari said.
"DAMNIT!"
"Okay, well this has been fun and everything but...that's enough." Sakuyamon said, leaping high into the air. "Amethyst Wind!!" she cried, diving out of the sky followed by a storm of crystal shards that surged ahead of Sakuyamon as she spun her staff high over her head.
"NOOOO!!" Barbamon cried as the thousands of crystal shards nearly tore him apart. Sakuyamon landed with a click of her heels and sauntered over to where Barbamon was dissolving. She gave him a poke with a stick before declaring. "You're finished."
"Funny..." Barbamon said as Sakuyamon walked away. "I'm not the only one finished today..."
Sakuyamon stopped, turning to face Barbamon. "And what does that mean?"
"Your friends...weren't in such good shape when I left the recording building..." Barbamon cackled, weakly.
Sakuyamon was on him in three strides, grabbing him by the beard and hauling him up to her level. "What did you do to him?" she breathed, dangerously. Behind her, Tai was coming up, worry knotted on his brow.
"I asked you a question, greaseball." Sakuyamon growled, shaking the weak and weary Barbamon. "What have you done to our friends?"
Barbamon found strength enough to laugh again. "Your boy is getting dismembered by a succubus any minute now..." he laughed at her angry tears. "And our master...is going...to enjoy the girl...very much..."
Tai grabbed Barbamon by his collar. "What are they doing to her?" he whispered, voice trembling. "What are they doing to Sora?"
"Ah, ah, ahhh" Barbamon wagged a finger at them. "Spoilers..."
He let out a scream as Sakuyamon took hold of one of his long, crooked fingers and snapped it with a sickening snap.
"My...my hand..." Barbamon moaned weakly and another snap signaled that another finger had been broken.
"You'd better do as he says." Sakuyamon hissed. "Or I'll start breaking things you need..."
"Go to hell you ugly biAAAGH!" Barbamon cried as a crystal shard jammed itself inside his stomach. His face went pale as he clutched on to Sakuyamon's hair. "You...you're just as bad...as we are...just as mean...just as cruel...just as...sinful."
"No...You're wrong" Sakuyamon whispered, tears dripping from her helmet, drawing a large crystal off the ground. "Right now..." She jammed it straight into his chest. "I'm a whole lot worse than you could ever be." She dropped him as he dissipated into a cloud of mist and data.
"S-Sakuyamon?" Tai asked, gingerly reaching a hand out and touching the warrior's shoulder. "Are you-" Sakuyamon shrugged him off and started walking off, aimlessly dragging her staff before dropping it in the gutter. She took a few more listless steps and then dropped to her knees.
Most people thought that the only time Rika cried was when she was a baby because no one, not even her mother, could remember a time when her daughter had actually shed a tear. As Sakuyamon split into Renamon and Rika again, Rika fell forward, hands and knees supporting her. Angrily, she hit the ground with her fist again and again and again until the pain registered in her hand.
Sniff
Sniff
Sniff
A small droplet of water fell from her face, followed by another and another until Rika could no longer stop herself. She wrapped her arms around her shoulders, shoulders shaking, chest heaving and tears flowing down her face in two, perfect streams of water.
She felt a warm, fuzzy pair of arms wrap around her shoulders and in that gesture of kindness, that taste of contentment, Rika cried even harder.
"Takato..." she choked out between sobs. "Takato, please hold on...I'm on...I'm on my way...I'm coming to get you...just p-p-please stay alive...just a little longer, I promise...just..." Rika had to stop as a fresh wave of tears threatened to overwhelm her. Renamon held her partner helplessly as she wept into her fur. "I...I never got a chance to t-t-tell you...don't you di...di...die on me now!" She sobbed. "Don't you dare leave me...you promised you wouldn't..."
Flashback-
Two weeks ago. 1st quadrant, Human World, Japan, Tokyo, the Shinjuku District
"Whatever...fine, I don't care!" Rika slammed the phone down angrily, cracking the cradle. She stood there, shoulders shaking in anger. She grabbed her keys and jacket off the counter, storming out the door.
"Renamon! I'm going out!" Rika called over her shoulder to the fox Digimon who was enjoying a cup of tea on the back deck.
"Rika, is there something-" Renamon's words were cut off with a sharp SLAM of the front door. Renamon sighed, turning back to the book she was leafing through. She had known Rika long enough to know that she'd talk when she felt like it and prying at her wouldn't do anything for her.
X
"Stupid mom...stupid France...stupid modeling job...stupid birthday...stupid ice cream truck...stupid air" Rika mumbled darkly to herself, assigning blame to anything that crossed her path as she stalked the streets of Shinjuku, headphones blaring and glaring at anyone who felt brave enough to meet her eye. Through the throbbing bass and pounding backbeat coursing through her ears, she was vaguely aware of someone calling her name
Suddenly a hand gently grabbed her shoulder but in her state of pissed off, heavy metal induced adrenaline, she thought someone was trying to mug her and took the necessary steps to prevent it.
"HYAH!" She cried, grabbing her assailant's wrist and heaving him over her shoulder onto the grass in front of her. As the thug fell to the ground, she found herself staring into a pair of amber eyes, widened with shock.
"Takato?" she said as the Gogglehead sat up, rotating his shoulder, checking for breaks.
"Hey, Rika..." he said in the sheepish little way that made her stomach knot. He brushed his red and white jacked off, standing up and smoothing his now wrinkled kakis.
"Wh-What did you sneak up on me like that for?!" she demanded. "I could have snapped you in half!"
Takato laughed, raising his eyebrows. "Maybe if you weren't blaring the Bloodthirsty Butchers at full volume you wouldn't have been so surprised." Rika turned red and looked down. Three years ago Takato would have wilted under an attack like that, babbling, stammering and stuttering out a half baked apology. Maybe he had just grown up or maybe she was rubbing off on him but now...he could take anything she threw and dish it back in equal doses; he had developed a special way of diffusing her temper.
"Hey..." Takato's voice brought her back to reality. "What's wrong?"
"What?! Nothing! Nothing's wrong! Everything's peachy! Just fine! What makes you think anything's wrong!?"
"Well..." Takato said, leaning back against the tree and beginning to tick off on his fingers. "For starters, you're wearing two different colored socks which meant you didn't have time to get dressed before you stormed out of the house in disgust..." Rika blushed, looking at the white and blue socks on her feet. "Secondly, Renamon isn't anywhere nearby-"
"How do you know?" Rika flared. "She could be right next to you, for all you know you goofy Gogglehead!"
"But she isn't. The way you reacted tells me that you weren't counting on her to pounce on anyone if they attacked you. So you left her at home." Rika frowned and said nothing. "Third of all, and most damning, you're stalking around Tokyo like a pissed off record DJ with her headphones up all the way, glaring at anything that crosses your path. Now," Takato said looking at her, head cocked to the side. "You're angry, but not at me, Renamon or any of the other Tamers because then you'd be all over us like white on rice. You left home because...you're angry at your mother. But," he indicated her cell phone. "Your phone isn't ringing off the hook so that means Rumiko isn't at home, worried about you BECAUSE she isn't at home and didn't know you left. So," Takato said, summarizing. "You and your mother had a fight, over the phone about...let's see, today's the sixth...your birthday." Takato finished. "You and your mother had an argument about your birthday."
Rika clapped dramatically. "Bravo, Sherlock." She turned away. "Now buzz off, Gogglmon."
His hand stopped her again, lightly grabbing her wrist and turning her around. "What-" she had time to say as he took her by the shoulders, staring into her eyes intently. Whatever was left of Rika's statement died before it reached her lips as he seemed to look through her rather than at her. However it happened, Takato had come to know her better than the other Tamers, even the insightful Henry and Ryo, who could plot out every card move she made. She felt...unusually venerable around Takato, like she was totally exposed and naked under his gaze (Rika blushed at that thought, thankful Takato didn't know EVERYTHING she was thinking.) But at the same time, she wasn't terribly bothered by that fact; she trusted him more than the others for some reason and she knew he wouldn't betray that trust to the other Tamers who, let's face it, wouldn't understand.
Rika sighed. "It's my mom. She's got a modeling job out in Paris for the next few months and..." Rika trailed off, eyes darkening. "And she's not going to be home for my birthday...just like last year except Grandma's not here to baby-sit me..."
Takato sighed, pulling Rika into a hug, which she hesitantly returned. Ever since Rika's grandmother had died, Rumiko had been away more and more, taking opportunities in other countries, staying away from home for months at a time, leaving Rika alone with Renamon, sending checks back for Rika to pay the bills. It was during this time when she first reached out to Takato. She had really come through for him when Jeri broke his heart and he was more than happy to provide support during the times Rumiko was away.
So he brought her to his family's bakery to help out after school (Rika had insisted she go to the same high school the other Tamers went to). She would stay well past closing time and many nights, the Matsuki's would have her over for dinner and afterwards, Takato would walk her home. If the emptiness of the house began to get to her, Takato would be at her place in five minutes with a sleeping bag and a Digimon DVD. They would stay up until all hours of the morning as Takato explained to her (in great detail) why Biyomon had trouble digivolving to Ultimate and how there was no real reason for Matt and Sora to get together and how that the writers "Must've had a flipping stroke before writing the finale" It was in that time that her icy, sarcastic exterior began to flake and melt. He learned that she had a nervous habit of biting her bottom lip whenever she was frustrated. She tended to get angry at inanimate objects quicker than she did with people. But what surprised Takato most of all is that all Rika Nonaka wanted was the love and support of her mother.
"C'Mon." Takato said, tugging her along. "I know just what you need."
X
"So did you hear about Henry and Jeri?" Rika asked, slurping down her milkshake as the two made their way back towards the Nonaka estate, eating their ice cream.
"About how they're "secretly" dating?" Takato laughed, taking a lick out of his cone. "I don't think there's anyone who dosen't; they're not very subtle about it."
"You don't think that's a little wierd?" Rika asked.
"No wierder than Ryo and Alice." He mentioned, offhandedly
Rika glanced back at him. "Are you...okay with this?"
Takato was quiet for a while, nibbling on his cone as he prepared his answer. "If they're happy together, then I'm happy." Takato said, sincerly. "She deserves happiness...so do I for that matter."
"Are you saying it's finally time to forget Puppetgirl?" Rika asked
Takato looked back, smiling. "Yeah...It's time to move on." They stopped as they arrived at her house. "Are you going to be alright tonight? If you want, I can run home and get my sleeping bag and disc 5 of Adventure Zero Two."
Rika groaned in mock despair. "I don't think I can handle anymore DigiDestined and DigiEggs and Crests and...stuff." She finished with a sigh
"Hey, you never know when this info may come in handy!" Takato said, popping the last of his cone into his mouth. "You could be on a game show and the billion Yen question could be "What was the name of Arukienimon and Mummymon's creator?" and you would smugly reply..." Takato waited for her to fill in the blank.
"Umm...don't know."
Takato slapped his forehead. "Have I taught you nothing?!" he cried in mock despair before sobering up a bit. "Are you going to be alright tonight?"
"Yeah...I'll be fine." Then without warning, Takato pulled her into another hug, gently encircling her waist with his arms. She leaned into it, resting a head on his shoulder in a posistion no one but him would ever see her in.
"Don't worry." Takato said. "We'll throw you a party instead. You may not think it, but we all care about you, Rika. Not just me; everybody. Besides, we haven't thrown a party for you in quite some time!"
"You don't have to..." Rika said softly.
"But we will. You'll see." Takato pulled back from their hug to look at her again. "Rika, I promise that from this day on, you will never spend a birthday alone ever again." Rika smiled at him, pulling back slightly. "I'll always be here for you...no matter what."
"Always?" Rika asked.
Takato nodded. "I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going to leave you...except for now. I have to go home and clean out the ovens but...you know, metaphysically, I'm always here..."
"Thanks, Goggles." she said smiling. He returned her smile as she turned inside.
"Oh, and Rika..." Takato said, stepping back closer. Rika turned to see him leaning in, lips slightly open. Her breath caught in her throat and for one half of one second, she thought he was going to kiss her...
SLURP!
"TAKATO!" Rika cried as Takato slurped up the last of her milkshake
End
"You promised..." Rika sniffled. "You promised I would never be alone again. But...if you leave now... I will be, I just know it!" Rika cried. "I'll go back to the way I was before I met you...all cold and mean and..." Rika's voice came out as barely a whisper. "I don't want to. I don't. Like it or not, you changed me, Takato." Rika's tears stopped, replaced by a grim set of determined eyes.
"I won't. Because I'm getting you out of there, Takato..." she knew only Renamon could hear her but spoke as if Takato was standing right there with her. "I'm going to rescue you...I'm going to rescue you and Sora from the heart of the Demon Lord fortress and then the two of us are going to save this city and then..." her voice grew louder with every syllable as newfound strength filled her. "Then, just for kicks and giggles, I'm going to wipe every last FILTHY DEMON DIGIMON OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND SEND THEM SCREAMING, RIGHT BACK TO HELL WHERE THEY BELONG!!" The force of her speech echoed across the steel and glass canyon, down the long road to the Fuji Station.
Rika felt another hand take her shoulder. She looked up into Tai's glistening amber eyes as he squeezed her shoulder reassuringly. Tai offered a hand and pulled Rika to her feet. The shared a glance for a moment before grimly nodding to each other.
"Well..." Rika said, shakily wiping her eyes. "Four down; two to go."
"Two to go." Tai said, looking at the TV station at the bottom of the hill. "Hold on Sora. We're coming for you."
"Lilithmon? Lilithmon?"
Lucemon found Lilithmon in Sora's room again, filing her nails nonchalantly as Sora vacantly stared with dim eyes at the floor. A thick cloud of dark mist surrounded the girl's prostrate form; Sora looked sickly and pale, eyes red from crying.
"Yes?" Lilithmon asked. "This better be good; my favorite show is on."
"It seems...that we are the only two left." Lucemon said gravely. Lilithmon swiveled around in her seat to look at him.
"Only two?" Lilithmon said, eyes wiggling in an upward direction.
"Well...the only two who can fight. Although," Lucemon said, waving a hand through the mist. "This amount of despair could bring our friend up to full strength." He took a deep breath, reveling in the scent as Sora shivered. "Check on the boy, we'll be ready for battle soon enough." Lilithmon raised a claw in mock salute as she gathered her skirts and left the room. Lucemon turned to a monitor showing a group of children and their Digimon walking up the road. "If it is a fight you desire..." Lucemon said, touching a ring on his finger which started to glow. "It is a fight we shall have."
"Ooh, Takato..."
"Mmm..."
"Hee hee! That tickles"
Guilmon groaned in frustration, struggling with his chains as he watched his Tamer get torn apart by a vicious, heartless succubus…while enjoying it. Rika's lips caressed Takato's as they rolled around on the bed. Takato had long been rid of everything but his boxers and Rika wasn't exactly making things easy for the Gogglehead. She trailed kisses from his neck, all the way down his chest, abs before stopping and sitting up.
"Ready to kick it up a notch, pookie bear?" Rika asked, reaching her hands behind her back, playing with her bra clip.
"Yeah...I-" Takato stopped, eyes open. "Pookie Bear?"
"Yeah..." Rika said
"Pookie?"
"You know...pookie. Like a pet name." Rika said, eyes shifting back and forth, nervously.
Takato sat up. "In the four years that I've known Rika, she has never, never used the work Pookie in any way that wasn't snide and mocking."
"I...uh..." Rika mumbled feebly. Lilithmon hadn't told her not to say that!
"She's called me Goggles, Gogglehead, Gogglebrain, Gogglehair, Gogglemon, WarGogglemon, MetalGogglemon, RedGogglemon when I get sunburned, Gogglor, Terror of Tokyo when I'm angry and Goglita when she's angry."
"Takato..." Rika said, reaching to cup his cheek but Takato grabbed it firmly and threw her off him. Rika looked up to see Takato pulling his pants on and tugging his shirt over his head.
"And where do you think you're going?" Rika asked, lazily trailing a hand up her leg.
Takato looked back at her in disgust. "I'm going to find Sora. Then the two of us are getting out of here."
"Sora? I thought you liked me!" Rika pouted.
Takato rolled his eyes. "Let's go Guilm-"
"HYAH!!"
Takato gasped in shock as "Rika" launched herself off the bed and tackled him to the floor. Her hands were at his neck, only this time they weren't caressing him so much as they were squeezing the life out of him.
"Shame..." the beast was saying as Guilmon struggled to free himself. "You were one of the cuter ones. Lilithmon usually sends me after the old, fat or ugly ones but you..." she said with a smile. "Were a treat. I'd like to have found out just how good you are but c'est la vie." She shrugged. "I guess I'll-"
"PYRO SPHERE!!"
Rika looked up in time to see a ball of fire hurtle towards her. She flung up her arms in defense but it was no good. The blast consumed her and she vanished in a puff of data.
"Guilmon!" Takato cried, throwing his arms around his partner's neck. "How'd you get out?"
"When she knocked you to the floor, the key on the rack fell loose and then I unlocked it and then I blasted her!" Guilmon said proudly.
"Alright, boy! Now, let's-" but Takato was cut off by Guilmon's low growl. Lilithmon stood in the doorway, staring at the data cloud in horror.
"You killed her!!" she cried, indignantly. "Well if you were into that kind of thing, you should have just said! Now's she's gone for good!"
"Boo hoo." Takato mumbled darkly. "Where's Sora at?"
"Right here, sweetie..." a voice crooned in his ear as a hand gently touched his shoulder. Takato rolled his eyes, not even bothering to turn around as Guilmon incinerated the fake Sora
"Got any more succubae for me to destroy?" Takato asked. "Besides you, I mean."
"Me?" she giggled. "Aren't you biting off more than you can chew, rookie? To beat me you would need your Digivice, which I have right..." She fumbled around in her skirts, looking for the device. "Right...where is it? I know I had it here somewhere..."
"Looking for this?" Two voices said in unison. Lilithmon snapped her head up to come face to face with a knight, donned in red and white armor, sporting a shield and lance as a cape billowed behind him.
"No FAIR!! Wh-when did you get that?" Lilithmon whined, childishly
'Back when you were playing grabass with us, earlier" Gallantmon said, dual voices echoing in his metal helmet. "You should really keep your eye on those kinds of things. Now," he said, slamming the lance into Lilithmon's dress, pinning her to the wall. "Are you going to tell me where Sora is or am I going to have to beat it out of-"
"NAZAR NAIL!" Gallantmon raised a shield as the corpse arm lashed out, dragging noisily across the shield. Gallantmon grabbed his lance and took a step back as Lilithmon glared at him.
"So...I offer you pleasure beyond your wildest dreams and you spurn it! So be it...I'll peel the flesh from your bones and feed it to your girlfriend before I gut her like a fish!"
Gallantmon laughed darkly, raising his shield and setting his lance in an upright position. "Please, honey. I think you'll find that we're all that you can handle."
Lilithmon smiled, cocking her head to the side, raising her claw. "We shall see...En GAURDE!"
AN: Hoo dawgy! We're cookin now! Next time on that there Digimons Gallantmon has gotten hisself into one doozy of a pickle with that there Lilithmon! And Tai and Rika r going up against them there forces of darkness in the form of Lucemon. Sparks a'flying and everything! And Sora's gonna find out somethin real special about her n Biyomon while Tai's sacrifice is gonna blow the lid off the place! What's gonna happen next? Shucks, I don't know; and I'm the one a writin it! YEEE HAAAAWWW (Banjo music plays)
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