Author's Note: I will do everything I can to update daily. But I can't make any promises as I have outdated stories that need attention.
I don't own Digimon. But I do own any original characters that are of my own design.
Title: Expect the Unexpected
Summary: Kimiko is the estranged daughter of Mitsuo Yamaki. For her fifteenth birthday she acquires the Digimon: Labramon and becomes the fourth Digimon Tamer.
"Who knew Terriermon had it in him," Takato laughed as he, Henry, Kimiko and their Digimon arrived in the park. It was after hours, which meant most people had gone home for the night.
"Not helping," Kimiko said pushing through the foliage and stopping in an empty field away from the main path.
"What? Oh, yeah, sorry," Takato apologized sheepishly. "Besides, Gargomon didn't really hurt anyone. That girl's fine."
Kimiko nodded and watched as Guilmon and Gargomon flipped over onto their hands. While Guilmon tried to be clever, and walk on his hands, Gargomon rested against an oak tree.
"Hey, look at me," Guilmon said, happily. "I can walk on my hands."
"Ooh," Labramon winced as the red dinosaur toppled over onto his stomach. "Close. Very close."
Guilmon whined.
"Come on, Guilmon," Kimiko encouraged. "Don't give up. Try again."
"OK," Guilmon said, trying to walk on his hands again. Only to end up, once more, on his stomach.
Gargomon laughed from the oak tree. "It's easier when you cheat," he said, staring at everyone from his upside down position. "Can I stop now? This is a real pain in the neck."
"Not yet," Henry said.
"Aww," Gargomon grumbled, kicking his legs helplessly.
"You really think this will turn him back into Terriermon?" Takato asked.
"It has too," Henry said. "I sure can't take him home as Gargomon now, can I? He's too big."
"You got a point," Takato agreed.
"Can you imagine what my parents would say?" Henry asked.
"You could always move him in with Guilmon," Kimiko suggested. "I'm pretty sure there's room in that place, and if there's not, they'll make more room."
Takato nodded. "She makes a good point," he said. "Guilmon dug out half of the shelter in one night, apparently it was too small."
"I am not moving in with Guilmon!" Gargomon protested.
"Unless you can figure out a way to de-Digivolve, Gargomon, I don't think you'll have much of a choice," Kimiko said, settling down at the base of another tree with Labramon at her side.
"Hey, maybe that girl will know," Takato said. "Should we ask her?"
"I'm not gonna ask her, you ask her," Henry said.
"Kimiko?" Takato asked.
"Don't look at me," the blonde said, shaking her head. "I'm just getting to know you two, let alone her."
Takato sighed and looked back at Henry. The dark haired boy shrugged and glanced at Gargomon, whilst Guilmon slipped and landed on his stomach for the third time.
"Guilmon fall down go boom," Gargomon laughed.
"Hopefully his mouth will de-Digivolve first," Takato said, looking grim.
"I doubt it," Henry sighed.
"Now I got it," Guilmon said, taking two steps forward. He stumbled slightly and then toppled over again. "Aw, nuts!"
"Nice try," Takato chuckled. "Come on. It's time to go home. See ya, guys."
Kimiko raised her hand in farewell, and looked down at Labramon who was snoozing in her lap. She smiled and petted her behind the ears. "Why are you staring at me?" she asked.
"Huh, I wasn't..." Henry said, startled. He looked away, a dull blush rising in his faces.
Kimiko giggled and looked up. "What's the matter, Henry?" she asked.
"I'm just wondering," Henry said, kneeling down in front of her. "Why are you still here?"
"Do you want me to go?" Kimiko asked. She felt her heart starting to sink, for a while she had let herself to believe that Henry was different. He had made her feel like there were people out there that wanted her around. "I just thought that maybe you'd want some company, you know, while you wait for Gargomon to de-Digivolve, but if you want I can easily go home."
Henry quickly shook his head. "Uh, no," he said. "I didn't mean... uh, I didn't mean that I wanted you to leave... I was just, uh, I was just curious... I mean, won't your parents freak out if you're not home?"
"My mum's out of town," Kimiko explained, "and my dad's at work. They're separated, so it doesn't really matter what time I get home."
"Oh, I'm sorry," Henry said.
"It's OK," Kimiko replied, smiling. "You're actually the first person that's worried about me in the last 24 hours."
"I find that hard to believe."
Kimiko shook her head. "Nope. It's the truth," she admitted. "I haven't heard from my Mum," she fished a cellphone from her pocket, "and my dad is too caught up in his work to worry about my safety. But it's OK. I'm pretty self-efficient. I'm used to being left alone."
"Must get lonely."
"Sometimes," Kimiko nodded. "But now I have Labramon. Kinda of hard to be lonely when you have a friend, even if it is only one."
"Two," Henry corrected.
"Huh?" Kimiko asked, confused.
"It's hard to be lonely when you have two friends," Henry said.
"But I don't -"
"I mean me, Kimiko," Henry said. "I'll be your friend. If you'll have me."
"You'll get bored of me," Kimiko warned.
"We'll see," Henry shrugged.
Kimiko smiled and lowered her gaze. She felt her face grow warm, and saw a small smirk grace Labramon's lips as she snoozed.
"Henry, where are you?"
Kimiko and Henry looked up as Terriermon rushed towards them from the bushes. The little rabbit jumped up and landed on Henry's shoulders, wrapping his ears around his tamer in an embrace.
"Can we go home now?" he asked.
"Glad to see you're back to your old self," Henry said, straightening up. He held his hand out to Kimiko and pulled her back to her feet. Labramon whined as she was disturbed, but shook her head and padded alongside her partner as they headed home.
"Sorry about today," Terriermon said as they walked. "I just couldn't help it."
"I told you not to Digivolve," Henry replied. "I was just about to take Kimiko up on her suggestion and move you in with Guilmon."
"I didn't mean to do it," Terriermon said sadly. Henry ignored him, but the look on his face told Kimiko that he was thinking hard. "Aw, come on, Henry, Moumantai."
Kimiko smiled faintly and nudged Henry. "You must have a heart of stone to not forgive that," she teased. "If it's any consolation, Terriermon, I'd forgive you."
Terriermon giggled and Henry groaned.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
After school the next day, Kimiko met up with Henry and Labramon at the gates. She'd decided to let Henry in on the secret place where she kept her Digimon during school hours; it wasn't much but simply a method of building trust between them. Her mother had always told her that a friendship built on trust made the relationship stronger. It was also a place that Henry could hide Terriermon, if he needed too.
"How many books exactly do you have in there, Kimiko?" Henry asked, spying the insides of her bag as they walked away from the school. It was so packed that she had been unable to close it all the way.
"Just enough to finish this week's homework," Kimiko said.
"This weeks?" Henry repeated. "Normally you're only supposed to get through todays."
Kimiko shrugged. "Some kids are academically challenged," she explained, "and then there is me... I excel at school. I think it's the trades of being a loner. I don't have any friends to hang out with, so I do work instead."
"Doesn't that get boring?" Terriermon asked.
"Terriermon!" Henry scolded.
Kimiko giggled. "It's OK," she told Henry, "and no, Terriermon, it's not boring, at least not for me anyway."
"Well, maybe now that you have friends, you won't feel the need to work so much."
Henry groaned and Kimiko laughed again.
"I hope not," she said. "I have a huge test coming up."
"Test?" Henry asked, genuinely interested.
"Yeah. It's the exam that decides whether or not I can graduate early."
"Wow, you must be smart to graduate early."
Kimiko shrugged, and looked away.
"So, if you graduate earlier," said Henry, "does that mean this is your final year?"
"Yeah," Kimiko nodded. "My mum's already looking into colleges for me."
"You don't sound so thrilled."
Kimiko shrugged. "No, it's cool and everything," she said, "but..."
"But what?"
"I dunno," Kimiko said. "Something about going to college at fifteen doesn't feel right."
"College at fifteen?" Takato asked popping up on Kimiko's other side. "Who's going to college at fifteen?"
"Technically I'll be sixteen," Kimiko answered.
"You?" Takato asked. "But then again, why am I not surprised? Miss Asaji always complains about why she couldn't have been stuck teaching the brightest kid in school."
"Thanks... I think," Kimiko said. She shook her head and then spied the green card in Takato's hand. "Is that a modify card?" she asked.
"You know what a modify card is?" Takato asked, sounding surprised.
Kimiko giggled into her hand. "Of course I know what a modify card is," she said. "Before he left my cousin tried to teach me the game."
"Really? Do you wanna play?" Takato asked, excitedly.
"No," Kimiko said, shaking her head. "I'm not that good, and I have no desire to humiliate myself. Besides, isn't that just a training card?" she asked, inspecting the picture on the front.
Takato nodded. "Yeah, sometimes I think Kazu just gives me them so he can use them against me later," he said.
"You give him way too much credit," Henry said.
"Yeah, I gotta work on that," Takato said, pocketing the card.
Thunder crashed overhead, and Labramon started to bark.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Kimiko asked stopping and looking down at her partner.
"Something's coming," Labramon said, bearing her teeth and growling. Her fur stood on end, and she lowered herself to the floor, ready to pounce.
"What's that?" Takato asked, pointing at what appeared to be a mis-shaped cloud in the skies above the Hypnos building.
"I hope it's not what I think it is," Henry said, fearfully.
"Why, what do you think it is?" Kimiko asked. She grabbed onto Labramon's collar and tried to pull her back. "Labramon, stop pulling."
"Let me go, Kimiko," Labramon said, straining for release.
"Whatever it is," said Takato, "it's heading straight for us."
"Come on!" Henry said turning toe and running back down the road.
Takato turned and followed him.
Kimiko shrieked as buried her face into Labramon's fur; but the cloud passed over them and followed Henry, Terriermon and Takato. "Hey, it's not after us," she said.
"No, it's after them," Labramon said. "Come on. Whatever's in that thing is huge."
"How do you know?"
"I can sense it," Labramon said, tugging Kimiko down the street. The blonde let go of her partner's collar, and followed at a quick pace behind her.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
Having had a head start on Kimiko, Henry and Takato split up at the bridge. Takato taking the stairs, while Henry run straight past; unfortunately the cloud seemed to want him and Terriermon more than the other three. Hearing Takato call out to him Henry kept running, taking a detour into the construction site. He cried out as the cloud, which was in fact a data field, expanded and a bright purple light exploded into the sky.
"Terriermon!" growled a deep menacing voice.
"Henry!" Kimiko called arriving with Labramon, Takato and Guilmon. She and Takato run over to their fallen friend while the Digimon squared off against the new threat.
"Whoa, he's a big one," Takato said. "Who invited him to the party?"
"Gorillamon," said Kimiko, using her Digivice to download the data on the new guy. "He's a beast Digimon. Champion level."
"Hi, Gorillamon, it's been a long time," Terriermon chirped.
Gorillamon roared and threw a steel barrier at Terriermon.
"Hey!" Terriermon yelped, jumping aside.
"Gorillamon, stop it!" Henry shouted, running forward. "Don't you remember me?"
"Henry, what are you doing?" Takato asked.
"We played the game together," Henry explained.
Gorillamon roared and pounded his chest.
"I think he remembers," Kimiko said.
"Listen to me," Henry tried again. "I won't let Terriermon fight you so just leave him alone! This isn't the game."
"I take it you guys have met before," Takato said, cocking his head to the side.
"Go back to the other side," Henry said, trying to reason.
"I don't think he's listening," Terriermon practically sang.
Still beating his chest, Gorillamon looked down at the three humans and their digital partners. "Fight!" he growled.
"You got it!" Labramon said, generating a hyper-oscillation powerful bark. The clear spirals hit Gorillamon, but had no effect on him.
"My turn," Guilmon said, charging forward. He jumped up at the champion ape, and whined as he was smashed in the head and sent flying back down into the quarry.
"Do not interfere," Gorillamon warned the two of them.
"You wanted to fight," Labramon said, charging at the overgrown ape.
"Not you," Gorillamon replied, punching the dog aside. "Him," he lifted his gaze to Terriermon who was fleeing to higher ground with the petty humans.
"Hey, look, I did it," Guilmon said, happily as he was thrown aside. He had landed on his hands, but then toppled over onto his stomach.
"Hey, no fair!" Terriermon said as he watched Guilmon and Labramon fight.
"Terriermon, don't," Henry warned.
"Oh, come on!" Terriermon whined. "Why does Guilmon and Labramon get to have all the fun?"
"I told you before; I don't want you to fight!" Henry argued.
"Tell that to Gorillamon!"
"Um, he does have a point, you know," Takato said.
Labramon growled and blasted Gorillamon with another hyper-oscillation powerful bark. The giant ape let go of Guilmon and rounded on her once more.
"Oh no!" Kimiko panicked. "Labramon."
"Maybe now would be a good enough time to show us your modify-skills, Kimiko," Takato said.
"I told you," Kimiko sighed. "I have the cards but I never use them. I don't know how!"
"Hey, monkey boy!" Terriermon shouted. He jumped down from the metal staircase where he had been arguing with Henry, and collided with Gorillamon, knocking him away from Labramon. The giant ape fired his energy blast at him, but missed and nearly hit Takato, Henry and Kimiko, all of whom ducked before impact.
"That was close," Henry said.
"A little too close," Kimiko added, looking down at the battle. Terriermon had just unleashed several tiny green pellets at Gorillamon, hitting him in the face.
"Terriermon, stop it!" Henry yelled.
"Well what do expect me to do?" Terriermon asked. "Sit back and let him peel squash Labramon like a banana?"
"Uh-oh, now he's mad," Guilmon said. He dove aside with the other two as Gorillamon aimed a punch at them. He missed and took a chunk out of one of the support beams instead.
"They need our help," Takato yelled. "We gotta do something."
"I can't," Henry murmured, staring fearfully at his partner.
Kimiko and Takato exchanged looks as Henry sank further into a memory, his eyes glazed over and became distant.
"What do we do?" Kimiko asked.
"I dunno," Takato said. "Gorillamon is hell bent on fighting Terriermon, but if Henry says no..."
Kimiko sighed and looked back down at the battle. "Terriermon, don't say that!" she scolded as the rabbit mouthed off to Gorillamon. "Henry's right, he needs a muzzle."
Takato chuckled, before smiling proudly as Guilmon attempted to take on Gorillamon. "Way to go, boy," he praised.
"Run away!" Guilmon said, running in the opposite direction.
"RetrieverG!" Labramon barked. Clear spirals hit Gorillamon again, but as usual they didn't even faze him.
"LABRAMON!" Kimiko yelled as she watched her friend and partner get thrown around like a rag doll. "Hey, wai - Hey! Takato, get back here!" she shouted as her new friend rushed past him. His intentions where good, but the point remained that they were insignificant insects compared to Gorillamon.
Takato retraced his steps and took out his Digivice and a modify-card. "OK, that's it, this has gone too far," he said. "Kimiko, watch and learn. Power activate. Digi-modify."
The screen on Takato's Digivice blazed a bright white, and Guilmon forced himself to his feet. He opened his jaws, intent on firing a fireball at Gorillamon but was blindsided by a bag of fine powdered cement.
"It didn't work!" Takato grumbled. "And Terriermon's just too small to do any real damage."
"Henry, snap out of it!" Kimiko said, shaking her new friend. "Terriermon may be small but he packs a punch. You're just going to have to trust him."
"But what if I lose him?" Henry asked.
Kimiko sighed. She didn't know how to answer that one, simply because she knew how Henry felt. She couldn't stomach the idea of losing Labramon any more than Henry could Terriermon.
"But if he Digivolve," Takato said.
"I won't let him!" Henry said as his whole body tensed.
"Henry, why not?" Kimiko asked.
"We can't waste any more time," Takato said. "Terriermon has got to Digivolve to Gargomon!"
"There's gotta be another way!" Henry replied.
"But what?" Takato asked. "These are the only modify cards I've got left, and they're totally useless - wait, Kimiko, what about yours?"
"Labramon and I don't usually get caught up in these sorts of fights," Kimiko said. "Therefore I don't carry my cards with me."
"You've gotta start making some serious changes to your lifestyle," Takato said.
"I can't believe we're all out of cards!" said Henry. "Unless," he spied the training card that Kazu had given Takato, "of course!"
"What this thing?" Takato asked. "But it's just a training card. What will that do?"
"Just watch and learn," Henry said, holding up the card. "Terriermon, time for a little resistance. Digi-modify, training grips activate!" he swiped the card through his Digivice and a pair of steel grips appeared on Terriermon's ears.
Kimiko frowned and glanced sideways at the two boys. They knew more about this game than she did, and was in need of some help understanding what was going on. "That's interesting," she said, "but now what?"
"Look," Henry said, pointing at Terriermon. The long-eared rabbit swung the grips at Gorillamon, strapping it around his chests and arms, making it impossible for him to move.
"I still don't get it," Kimiko admitted.
"With the training grips on he's too tangled up to fight," Takato explained.
"Oh," Kimiko said, finally understanding.
"Ha!" Guilmon shouted, slashing down with his claws. He hit Gorillamon on top of the head, and knocked him to the floor.
"RetrieverG!" Labramon barked, firing a double attack of clear swirls of energy at the giant ape. "Take it from here, Terriermon," she added to the littlest of the three Digimon.
Terriermon nodded and ambled forward. "Terrier tornado," he said, generating a tiny tornado by spinning his ears around like a propeller. Gorillamon roared as he flew into the air, and then slammed into the construction site floor. "Well, what goes up must come down," he added.
"Uh?" Guilmon said, unable to fathom the idea that Gorillamon was already getting back to his feet. The great ape was shaking in anger, and used his brute strength to snap the training grips from around his arms and chest.
"That is one tough monkey," Kimiko said as Gorillamon pointed his energy canon at the Digimon and their tamers.
"Bunny blast!" Terriermon said, spouting pellets of hot air from his mouth. They entered the energy canon and it exploded. Gorillamon barely had enough time to register what had happened before he too burst into tiny red particles of data.
"Wait!" Henry called. "Terriermon, I don't want you to absorb his data!"
"Oh. Can I at least do a little victory dance?" Terriermon asked. "Can I?"
Takato grinned in amusement and Kimiko giggled into her hand.
"So, tell me something," Kimiko said, looking up at Henry and Takato as she knelt beside an exhausted Labramon. "What happened to Gorillamon's data? Did it just disappear?"
"I dunno," Takato shrugged.
"Me either," Henry said. "Hopefully it just went back to the other side."
Kimiko looked up at the skies as the data field started to clear, and then returned her attention to Labramon. "Come on, girl," she said, "let's get you home."
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A/N: There was a reference in here to a future character. Can you see it, and do you know who it's referring too? Leave your answers in the review section.
Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Chapter updated Tuesday, 06 May 2014 at 8:29pm