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Digimon Continuity

Quest for the Digimon

Chapter 6

Flaw in the Plan

:. Real World - Japan, Tokyo, Shinjuku Central Park
Guilmon's Hideout

01:30 PM JST

Henry leaned against the wall of the hideout. He just called Kazu and Kenta. Their reaction was quite similar to Ryo's. He had also called Suzie and Ai and Mako as well. As much as he didn't like for them to come, they deserved to know. His mind soon drifted to reuniting with the green dog-bunny.

He heard the static of the portal. A bead of sweat fell from his forehead. No... I must wait for the others first... But the static was too enticing. He spared a glance at the portal. Just a while more...

:. Real World - Japan, Tokyo, Shinjuku
Nonaka Residence

01:32 PM JST

Ryo's phone rang the second time that day. Rika frowned. His phone always seemed to ring at the most important moments. Ryo answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"Ryo. It's Takato."

"TAKATO!" Both girls looked at him again. Jeri looking more interested.

"...Ow. You don't have to yell Ryo, I have something to tell you."

"That can wait. Do you know that Henry has been trying to contact you for ages?! Where are you anyway?"

"What?! One second." Ryo heard the phone being pulled away from the ear, and several buttons being pressed. "Oh. I never noticed. Why would Henry want to call me?" Takato sounded suspicious.

"Never mind. It's just..." He heard the tone of another person calling him again. "Hold on Takato. I got another in coming call."

He pressed the call button again and the call swapped. "Hello."

"Ryo!" came Kazu's voice. "Did you hear? Henry found a portal to the Digital World!"

Wow. I never realized Kazu could be so direct. Lucky Henry was the one that found it.

"Yes Kazu I know. I'll meet you and the others at the hideout." he said in an exasperated tone.

"Alright Ryo! I can't wait to see Guardromon again. This is going to be great!"

"Umm Kazu, I'll talk to you later. I'm kinda..." he never managed to finish... because an impatient Rika pulled the phone from him, and stepped back from arm's length. Ryo found this strange: Rika never backed away from anything... ever.

"Kazu, tell me where the portal is or you will suffer the worst torture ever created in Man and Digital kind!"

"Waaa... ... Hello Rika..." his voice had gone from all excited, to shocked and frightened.

"Don't you 'hello' me Dummy." Ryo shook his head. Rika was a hopeless case with her nicknames.

"Umm... what are you doing with Ryo?"

Rika's face went red. But it came and went so fast Ryo thought it was a trick of the light of the setting sun. "WHAT! How dare you imply something as ridiculous as that!"

She could hear him smirking on the other end. "I didn't imply anything Rika. It's you yourself." Any mercy she had at that time would have been vaporized by her anger.

"KAZU." she stated each word with a dangerous calm. "YOU TELL ME WHERE THE PORTAL IS, OR I WILL PERSONALLY RIP YOU APART PIECE BY PIECE."

"Errrrr. Why don't you ask Ryo, bye!" And Rika was left with hearing tones until...

"Hey Ryo. What's taking you so long? I tried to reach Henry, but he isn't answering. I keep getting the message box. What's going on Ryo?"

Rika smirked again. Ryo narrowed his eyes. Kazu's in the deep now.

"Oh hello." Ryo was now confused. Since when did she ever acknowledge Kazu?

"Rika? Er. This is Ryo's phone, right?"

"Oh. Don't worry about it. Just tell me where the portal is Gogglehead!" Damn. I forgot Takato... Poor him. He doesn't know about the portal.

:. Real World - Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Towers
Main Control Room

01:32 PM JST

That completely froze Takato. Rika...knows? That's... impossible. Everyone heard as well because his phone was connected to the recorder and small speaker.

"Hey Gogglehead! You still there?" Then he heard Ryo's voice.

"Rika! Takato doesn't know about the portal, yet!" Ryo too?!

"You're lying, Akiyama."

"Why would I lie, Rika? I was just about to tell you where it was."

"Yeah right. So, where is it?"

"It's where everyone's gonna be Rika..."

"Akiyama, get to the point!"

"It's at Guilmon's old hideout."

But by this time, he heard some shuffling; the phone was exchanging hands. "Hello, Takato, are you still there?" came Jeri's concerned voice.

Takato could have died from a heart attack there and then. Even Jeri knows! Am I the only one who doesn't?

"Erm. Ye-ah. I-I'm still here." he said frailly.

"Sorry Takato." she truly sounded sorry, and he heard some relieve as well. "Henry was supposed to be the one to tell you this. We will meet you at the hideout, okay?"

"Yeah...sure...meet you there."

"Bye." she said softly.

Takato stayed in the same position, at a loss for what to do. The tones signaling the end of the call echoed through his mind. As did Jeri's last words... 'We will meet you at the hideout'... Wait... we? That means... 'Henry was supposed to tell you this'... Henry knows as well... everyone knows.

He felt a hand on his shoulder. Takato looked up as Yamaki smiled, hoping to reassure him.

"We have to go Mr Wong. The kids know. We have to make sure that they don't do anything rash."

Janyu snapped out of his trance-like state. "Oh. Alright. We can take my car."

Takato glanced toward the other Monster Makers. They seemed to have been distracted by the conversation as well, because now they were turning back towards their screens.

"Good, but we better hurry. The kids have always been faster at reaching places, having the strange ability to reach places of high importance, like a bioemergence, before the adults usually did. Let's pray this time we would reach there first."

Hmm. Unexpected huh? So now it's a mad rush to get there first. For those who are waiting for the Digimon battles, it is only a few chapters away. I can guarantee at Chapter 10 there will already be a battle.

Just be a little more patient. Meanwhile, I think this chapter has already reveal the main couplings. I won't be telling you this next time. You'll just have to watch out for them yourself. I'll try not to make it too obvious. I want this to go slowly, not rush into a romance immediately.

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Until next time!