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Chapter Eleven: Part Two: Rika and Ryo

"Rika, wake up," Renamon said quietly, shaking her sleeping tamer.

"Renamon?" Rika responded automatically, sitting up and rubbing at her eyes.

"I am sorry for disturbing you at such a late hour, but a wild Digimon is on the loose. Patamon and Gatomon contacted me," the vixen Digimon explained.

"What? But how? Were they just here?" the redhead inquired.

"No. They contacted me through telepathy. I'm not quite sure how, but we'll worry about that later. Come on, we need to go take care of the Digimon," her partner replied.

Rika quickly got out of bed and changed, slipping on her deck of cards and her Digivice onto her belt. "Come on, let's go," she announced, and both tamer and Digimon left.

When they arrived at the scene, which was in the park, they saw a floating Digimon that looked kinda like Angewomon, except that she had a completely black outfit. Rika suddenly noticed Ryo and Cyberdramon already staring off against the mysterious Digimon.

"Ryo!" Rika exclaimed.

"Rika!" the older tamer responded in surprise, "I assume Renamon got the message from Patamon and Gatomon?"

The redhead nodded, then looked at her Digivice for information while Renamon and Cyberdramon attacked. "LadyDevimon, Ultimate Virus fallen angel. The polar opposite of Angewomon. Special attacks; Evil Wing, Black Wing and Poison. This could be trouble."

Ryo tackled her to the ground as a dark claw grasped the empty space in which she just stood. "Speak for yourself. Are you okay?'

She blushed. "I-I, yes, thanks," she replied, completely forgetting her rivalry against him.

Suddenly, Renamon appeared at their side as Ryo helped Rika up. "Are you both okay?" she inquired.

"We're fine," her tamer replied.

"So you're the tamers of this world," LadyDevimon observed.

Ryo scoffed. "No kidding, who did you think we were?" he retorted sternly.

"No one," the fallen angel Digimon answered with a smirk, "because you would already by dead." Her left arm began to morph into a long spike. "Black Wing!" She shot it towards Ryo and Rika.

"Cyberdramon!" Renamon shouted, and the large cyber Digimon grabbed hold of the spike before it did any harm to the two tamers.

"Right! Renamon!" Cyberdramon cued, and the vixen Digimon leaped up high into the air.

"Diamond Storm!" Shards of diamond light flew straight and true, but missed LadyDevimon completely as she disappeared out of Cyberdramon's grasp.

"I-Impossible," Renamon breathed, watching the devil Digimon materalize in a different place, "You must be working with Serena."

She grinned. "Good guess. My power, like the others, has been amplified so we had the strength to defeat all of you pathetic little tamers," she explained, "My duty was to come and take care of you before heading over to the hospital."

Ryo's eyes narrowed. "You're here for Kori, aren't you?" he accused.

"Of course, but getting rid of the tamers is a wonderful and pleasurable duty as well. It would finally be nice to get rid of the cause of our possible demise," she retorted, shooting out her left hand and gripping Renamon tightly around her neck.

"Renamon!" Rika exclaimed, about to run over to her friend.

Ryo grabbed her arm before she could get any further. "No! Rika! It's a trap!" he shouted, pulling her tightly against him.

LadyDevimon smirked. "Smart boy," she commented before shooting out her chain whip around Renamon and pulling it tightly, making her groan loudly in pain.

"Cyberdramon!" Ryo called, "Go help her!"

"Desolation Claw!" Cyberdramon sent waves of fire, waves of data-destroying energy towards LadyDevimon, but the enemy did little more than flinch. She only smirked and her hand easily flicked away the attack.

"What?! Impossible!" Ryo exclaimed.

Rika dug through her cards and pulled one out. "Ryo, we have to get them to Digivolve."

He shook his head. "Cyberdramon can't Digivolve anymore, only biomerge. But if we have to, we will," he retorted, "Biomerge-"

"NO!!!" Rika cried, pushing herself closer to him, surprising him, "You can't let yourself get hurt. Stop trying to impress me you big dummy!"

Ryo gave her a small smile. "Well… is it working?" he inquired.

Rika ignored the last comment and swiped the card through her D-Arc. "Digimodify! Digivolution activate!"

Renamon began to glow, even in LadyDevimon's cruel grip.

"Argh! No! W-What's happening?!" the enemy Digimon screamed, shielding her red eyes from the light.

"Renamon digivolve to… Kyuubimon!" A nine-tailed fox Digimon emerged from the light and hurried over to LadyDevimon. "Dragon Wheel!" A raging blue dragon made of fire sped towards LadyDevimon, who dodged the blast easily.

"What a pitiful little attack," she commented, "You missed."

"Well… I didn't," Cyberdramon informed, lashing out at her. "Cyber Nail!" He got a direct impact on her shoulder.

LadyDevimon screeched in pain and scratched her claws out to strike him, but he dodged it with ease.

"Great job!" Ryo exclaimed confidently, "Keep on going! You can do it! But be careful!!"

"Aren't we always, Ryo?" Kyuubimon teased with a dark smirk.

"Walk all over her, Kyuubimon," Rika ordered tersely.

Suddenly, LadyDevimon shot her chain whip out at the two tamers, and they crashed into the ground.

"Ow... okay... where did that come from?" Ryo muttered briefly in pain as he got to his elbows, "You okay, Rika?"

"Y-Yeah," she replied.

Without warning, two lights flashed from nowhere, and two mysterious modify cards appeared in front of Ryo and Rika, hovering within a shiny white light.

"W-What's this?" he inquired.

Rika blinked. "I don't know, but I think we're supposed to take them. I think they're for us," she instructed, taking the card that was hovering in front of her, "A Heart of Friendship card?"

Ryo stared at the card he held in his hand. "A Heart of Knowledge card? What am I suppose to do with this?" he muttered to himself, "I know I'm smart and everything, but how is this card suppose to help Cyberdramon?"

"Rika! Ryo!" Kyuubimon shouted, landing by their sides.

Cyberdramon joined them. "Are you both okay? What was that light?" he asked.

"Not sure what that light was, but yeah, we're both okay. How about you two? How are you two holding up?" Rika inquired in return.

"We're hanging on. But she's strong. I think Serena must have backed her powers, like she had for Ogremon and Argomon," Kyuubimon replied, "Should I digivolve again? It's your call, Rika."

"Maybe we're supposed to use these new cards that we just got," Ryo suggested, "I know they don't look very useful, but maybe they'll help out Digimon out."

Cyberdramon looked over at Kyuubimon. "It's worth a try," he agreed, "What do you think, Kyuubimon?"

"I agree," she replied, "Maybe the cards will give us an advantage over LadyDevimon over there."

"Can we get on with this? I've got a life too you know!" LadyDevimon shouted, "I've given you a break enough. I'm bored over here!"

"The cards are worth a try," Rika said, "I'm not quite sure what else we can do right now other than try and defend ourselves."

Ryo nodded, pulling out his D-arc. "It's settled then. Ready Cyberdramon? Ready Kyuubimon? Let's do this!"

Both Digimon leaped towards LadyDevimon. "AHH!!!!!"

"Digimodify!" Rika shouted, "Heart of Friendship activate!"

"Digimodify!" Ryo yelled, swiping the card, "Heart of Knowledge activate!"

Almost instantaneously, their Digimon burst into an incandescent light, and LadyDevimon screamed and disappeared.

"W-What just happened?" Ryo breathed as the light faded away, "Where's LadyDevimon?"

"S-She's gone," Rika replied, "I think... we destroyed her."

"That felt weird," Renamon said, having de-digivolved.

"Yeah. Now I feel sleepy, Ryo," Monodramon agreed, plopping down next to his tamer.

Suddenly, Rika's cell phone rang and she picked up. "Hello?" she said.

"Rika," Takato breathed, "where are you? Have you taken care of the other Digimon? Jeri and I have taken care of Devimon here."

"Y-Yeah," Rika replied, "Ryo and I have taken care of LadyDevimon. I take it that hopefully Henry and Kori have taken care of the last one."

"Give them a call," Ryo suggested, "and hope that they pick up."

"Okay, we'll see you tomorrow," Takato said, "Tell Kori and Henry that we've taken care of the one at our end."

"Got it, see you," she said, hanging up the phone. Then she dialled Kori's cell phone and there was an answer on the second ring.

"Hey Kori, yeah, how did you know? Have you guys dealt with the one at your end? Yeah, Takato and Jeri have taken care of the Digimon at their end, as did Ryo and I. Okay, bye," Rika said, hanging up. Then she looked at Ryo. "I guess we're done for tonight."

"What should we do about those weird cards?" he asked her.

"Keep 'em. They might come in handy later on. We'll ask Kori about them later. I'm sure she might have an idea of what's going on. Our cards look somewhat similar to the one that she gave to Ai and Mako. She'll probably have a better idea of what's going on," Renamon explained, "For now, you two should be getting off to bed."

"R-Rika?" Ryo began hesitantly, "I-I think that I... like you. As in... Really like you."

She blushed in reply. "M-My feelings might be mutual on that one, hothead," she admitted.

His face turned red. Quickly, he kissed her gently on the lips before running off with Monodramon. "Good night!"

Her face turned even more beet red. "B-Bye..." she muttered, turning to Renamon, "Come on, Renamon. Let's go."

"Rika? Do you like Ryo?" Renamon inquired as they headed back home.

"I-I'm not sure," she answered honestly, "I think there's a strong chance that I do. But I think it's something I need to think over."

"Rika," the vixen Digimon said sternly, "Whatever your feelings on him, I will accept your decision. I only want what's best for you, and what makes you happy."

The redhead smiled at her partner. "Thanks, Renamon."

The fox dipped her head and disappeared, leaving Rika alone to her thoughts on Ryo and Ryo alone.

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