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Nyako beeped again and a hologram of a detailed 3-D map of Shinjuku can up. It showed Takato's location as a dark red dot with his name over it, and BlackGuilmon's as a black one with his name over it. But what drew there attention was the multiple, colored dots coming towards them from two different directions.

"Um, Nyako?"

"The blue one is the Tamer, Rika Nonaka, the yellow one is her partner, Renamon. The green one is the Tamer, Henry Wong, and Terriermon must be riding on his head, because there's no dot for him. The white one is Tamer, Ryo Akiyama, and the gray one is Cyberdramon, hence the larger size of his dot. The orange one is Tamer, Hirokazu Shiota, and the rust colored one is Guardromon. The aquamarine one is Kenta Kitagawa, and the pink one is MarineAngemon." Nyako explained.

Takato noticed that the fog had long ago lifted and no longer concealed them. "Oh fuck, I do NOT feel like dealing with them." he hissed.

"There is an alleyway behind you that will take you to the street next to your home, there aren't any readings coming from that direction."

"Thank you!" Takato's mood instantly brightened as he and BlackGuilmon bolted into the alley that Nyako had told them about.

Just as he disappeared down the alleyway, Cyberdramon touched down and Ryo hopped off of his shoulders.

Ryo looked around, confused. "There was a strong reading coming from here, I'm sure of it." Cyberdramon just growled, angered at his missed opportunity to fight a strong opponent.

The other Tamers showed up soon enough, two of them out of breath from the run.

"So," Kazu panted, "I guess...we missed it."

"Yep." Ryo said, then all of the D-Arcs beeped.

"What the hell?" Rika muttered as she took hers out and stared at it.

There were readings of a strong digimon within the vicinity, but it was headed away from them along with another dot, but it was weaker than the first. Both dots stopped and then disappeared.

"Do we follow it?" Kenta asked. He usually didn't fight Wild Ones, and MarineAngemon provided support for the others whenever he did participate in battle. Despite the fact that she was a Mega, MarineAngemon didn't like to fight unless a particularly malicious digimon bioemerged, then it was impossible to hold her back. Because of these facts, he wasn't very familiar with the whole team dynamic, if you could call it that.

"Of course." Terriermon said from his perch on his Tamer's shoulder. "We always rush headfirst into situations without any idea what's going on!" everyone sweatdropped.

"Terriermon!" Henry yelled.

"You did that when Takato was your leader, but now you're with me, and I say we investigate." Ryo proclaimed. He always saw himself as the leader after the Megidramon incident, but Henry and Rika never really payed him any mind.

In truth, Takato was a much better leader than Ryo, mainly because of the fact that Ryo had no real grasp of teamwork since he had been on his own most of the time. This was also the reasond Rika never took the position. But few were willing to admit that the former gogglehead was better, mainly because most of them didn't like him anymore, and Jeri damn near hated the boy.

"Let's go." Ryo began walking, his "faithful servants" following him.

Rika grumbled something, but still followed, her curiousity getting the better of her. Henry just sighed and hoped that whatever they were following was friendly.

'Yeah right.' Henry thought. 'There haven't been any friendly digimon ever since that Lillymon came through.'(A/N: This is the Lillymon referred to in the second chapter.)

"Hey Henry, I have a bad feeling about this." Terriermon said. Henry nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, like a weird sense of foreboding, or something. It just doesn't feel right."

"You think we should tell the others?"

"No, if we noticed it, then they most likely have, too. They'd be on guard anyway, especially Rika and Renamon. I don't think they ever let their guard down."

"Yeah, I bet they both could sleepfight!" Terriermon joked with a snicker.

"Terriermon." Henry chuckled.

The Tamers were following their "leader", almost blindly, at least some of them, and didn't bother to check out their location. Only Henry and Rika noticed that the area was familiar.

"Hey, Brainiac," Rika got Henry's attention.

"Yeah?"

"Isn't this the area Gogglehead lives in?"

Henry looked around for a moment before answering. "Yes, it is." the feeling of foreboding came back full force, sending an odd chill up his spine.

'Something's definitely not right about this.' Henry thought.

The Tamers kept walking until they reached their destination.

"Well, here we are." Ryo said as he stopped in front of a strangely familiar building.

Rika, Renamon, Henry, and Terriermon were the only ones to look up at the sign atop the entrance.

'Matsuki Bakery.' they all mentally groaned. It was late and Takato was sure to be sleeping, which Ryo and his "followers" didn't care about. They might even go so far as to blow the door down to get at the digimon apparently hiding inside, or just to piss him off.

Rika and Henry really didn't want to deal with Takato right now. He was sure to be irritable at this time, not that he wasn't always irritable. But, quite frankly, Takato scared them now. He was well known as a master martial artist, winning several tournaments. He was also known for carrying multiple knives with him where ever he went, and, according to one kid who got into a fight with him, he was borderline psychopathic and prone to acts of excessive brutality.

Apparently, Ryo had decided not to look up and knocked on the door. "Hello?! Is anyone home?!" he yelled, surely waking whoever lived there.

(Inside)

Takato had nearly leapt out of his skin when he heard someone knocking at his door.

"Who the hell...?" he asked himself.

'It's the Tamers and their digimon. They must have followed you and BlackGuilmon's digital signals.'

'Great, just great. Should I just wait here and pretend I'm not home?'

'I'll mask your signals now...done. Now they shouldn't be able to get a reading off of you or BlackGuilmon.'

'Thank you!'

"Hello?! Is anyone home?!" Takato heard whoever it was outside yell as the knocking got more persistant.

'Who in God's name is...wait, I know that voice...Akiyama.' Takato began to growl like an animal, his eyes began to glow red and became slitted, almost like Guilmon in his viral state. He clenched his fist hard, making his fingernails dig into his palms.

'Calm down, Takato. If you get mad your power increases and your digital signature become harder to hide. I know you don't like them...at all, but they think they have a legitimate reason for being here. They know something is up, and I wouldn't put it past Ryo to have the digimon blow down the door.'

Takato calmed himself, his eyes stopped glowing and returned to their normal crimson shade. He put on the emotionless mask that he always wore when he talked to the Tamers. He noticed that is unnerved them when accompanied by a monotonous voice, which meant it got him out of conversations faster. He also liked to see them squirm under his cold, calculating gaze.

Takato turned to the kitchen and BlackGuilmon poked his head out, growling slightly. "Stay there and don't make a sound. Do not come out unless I say so." BlackGuilmon nodded and went back around the corner.

Takato walked up to the door and grabbed the knob. 'Showtime!' he thought with a small grin. There was a bright red flash and the Omegavice reformed into a black and red digital wristwatch.

(Back outside)

"I don't think anyone's home." Kenta said.

"No shit, Sherlock." Rika growled, angry because she was basically dragged here for no reason, even though she willingly followed along.

Ryo was about to shout again when he heard the the doorknob click and move. The door slowly swung inward and the owner of the house stepped into view.

"What the hell do you want, Akiyama?" Takato asked monotonously, putting an almost unnoticable hiss on "you" and "Akiyama".

Ryo scowled at his former friend. "This is your place?" he asked.

Takato had to resist the urge to smack the scarf-wearing bastard with a dictionary and pointed up. Ryo followed the finger to the rather large sign on top of the doorway.

"Dumbass." Takato said, quickly putting up another finger before putting his hand down. The motion was so fast that only Renamon and Rika caught it, and almost snickered, but remembered that the gesture was most likely directed at all of them.

Ryo snapped his head back down and glared at Takato. "What was that?!" he grabbed the larger boy by his shirt and tried to pull him towards himself, but only succeeded in pulling himself towards Takato, the latter not moving at all.

Suddenly there was a soft patting sound and Ryo felt something up against his crotch. He looked down and panicked went he saw a large, and quite shiney combat knife being lightly tapped against his jeans by Takato.

"I could kill you in twenty-seven ways before you even knew I moved, so try something like that again. I dare you." Ryo let go and Takato shoved him back, sheathing his knife. He looked at the others. "I'll only ask you once more, what the fuck do you want at..." Takato looked at the strange red and black watch on his right wrist, "10:34PM?"

'Wow, is it really that late?" Henry thought. 'My mom's gonns kill me.'

"Your mom's gonna kill you, Henroid." Terriermon voiced Henry's thoughts...in his own way.

"Terriermon." Henry growled.

Takato was a patient person, but the Tamers showing up a ruining his day was seriously vexing him. The veins in his forehead and neck were starting to bulge out and he was beginning to shake with barely restrained rage.

Renamon noticed this and whispered to her Tamer. "I think it might be a good idea to leave."

Rika was also watching Takato and nodded her agreement.

"Yes, I think you should leave also. I've got a headache and I'm in a really bad mood." Takato's right eye began to twitch.

Kazu seemed to be the only one dumb enough to speak up. "We really don't care about your moods, creepshow, we followed a digimon signal here and we have to search this place. We'll do it with, or without, your permission."

Takato just arched an eyebrow when Kazu stepped forward, then punched him in the face. Takato had apparently forgotten about his enhanced strength and Kazu was sent flying ten feet away into the street, landing unconcious.

'...Oops.'

'Oops? Oops?! You could've killed him!' Nyako screamed into Takato's mind.

'You make that sound like a bad thing.'

'...You have some things you need to work out. Preferably with a therapist.'

'...Well it all started when I was-'

'Not me!'

Takato turned and began walking away from the door, leaving the Tamers to tend to Kazu.

"Takato, what the hell?!" Henry shouted.

"Where are you going?" asked Terriermon, trying not to laugh.

"...To get my shotgun." Takato replied flatly.

The Tamer's eyes widened in fear. "Um, sorry to bother you, Takato, we'll be on our way now, right guys?" Terriermon said nervously.

Henry didn't wait for then to reply. "I don't know about you, but I'd like to keep my brain inside my skull! Guardromon, get Kazu and go home, everyone else...SCATTER!!" Henry suddently shouted when he saw Takato standing in the doorway with a machete and a shotgun and wearing a hockey mask.

Everyone instantly ran for their lives, leaving Takato nearly in tears from held-in laughter.

"Aww, I don't get you use my Boomstick." Takato pouted.

"...Serious issues."

Takato smirked and turned back to his house, only to see someone had turned off the lights.

"Hm?" Takato sat down his shotgun and machete.

Takato heard a girlish giggle and took off his mask, which was one of the worst things he could have done. Because as soon as he did he was assaulted with one of the most devious inventions ever created by mankind...

"ESKIMO KISSES!!"

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Revised on July 20, 2008

No big changes in this chapter, just getting rid of errors. One thing I can't believe no one mentioned was the spelling of Lillymon's name. I mean seriously, did everyone miss the fact that I didn't put in the second "L" of her name before the "Y"? Meh, I don't really give a damn now, it's fixed, so let's move on.

Jason Out!