Author's Note: To anyone else who is curious this is a rewrite of the Digimon Tamer's storyline with my own character and a few added twists throughout. I hope you enjoy it. :)
Dedications: Chapter dedicated to the following: DarkAgumonRants, KnightAngelSupreme, Miss Punk Star and XxXLullabyXxXBluesXxX for adding this story and/or me to their alerts. Appreciate it.
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.
Chapter Six: To Be or Not To Be
Kimiko played with the hem of her shirt as she sat opposite Seasarmon at the park. They were hidden from view behind Guilmon's hideout; Kimiko sat with her back against the shelter while Seasarmon basked in the morning sunrise.
"Why'd you do it?" Kimiko asked, looking up.
"Do what?" Seasarmon asked.
"Digivolve."
"Isn't that what you wanted?"
Kimiko shrugged. "Part of me is happy that you did," she said. "It shows that I'm not an incompetent tamer, but part of me is worried that now you have we won't be the same as we were before."
"Kimiko," Seasarmon said, raising her head. "You need not worry about such trifle things. Whether I am Seasarmon or Labramon, you are still my partner. My best friend. No Digivolution will change that."
"Promise?"
"When have I ever lied to you?"
Kimiko smiled and rested her head back against the stone surface. She could feel the sun's rays on her face as it bended down through the trees, and sighed as she felt herself drift off to sleep. It had been a long night.
After the fight with Dokugumon, Kimiko knew that she couldn't take Seasarmon home, her father had complained about Labramon, if he had seen Seasarmon he'd have had a heart attack. Kimiko had suggested a night in the park and brought her newly formed Champion level Digimon here in hopes that she would de-Digivolve by morning.
Kimiko wasn't sure how long she had been asleep, only that she awoke to someone shaking her. "Huh, what - what's going on?" she asked, looking up into the face of Takato and Henry.
"Why are you sleeping in the park?" Takato asked, "and who's that?" he added, looking at the lion cross dog Digimon.
"Seasarmon," Kimiko answered. "He's Labramon's Champion form."
"That's Labramon?" Takato asked, his eyes wide.
"When did this happen?" Henry asked.
"Last night. A digital field appeared not that far from home," Takato explained. "Rika was there too."
"Who?" Takato and Henry asked.
"That other girl," Kimiko answered. "She has Renamon as a partner. Her name's Rika. Anyway, Labramon saved her's and my life from Dokugumon's venom blast," she broke off and stared, without really seeing, at the basking Digimon in front of her. "It was kinda like you with Terriermon, Henry," she continued. "I thought she was going die and leave me... and then it happened."
"Wow, another Digivolution," Takato said, staring at Seasarmon in fascination and amazement.
Kimiko nodded tiredly. "I'm just waiting for her to de-Digivolve so I can go home to bed," she said. "Hey, wait a minute, why aren't you guys in school?"
"I came to check on Guilmon and found you," Takato said. "I got a little scared so I called Henry."
"What did you think I was going to do, Takato?" Kimiko asked. "Bite your head off for waking me up?"
"Well, no," said Takato. "But, well..."
"What?" Kimiko and Henry asked at the same time.
Takato blushed and rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "Well, she responds more to you than she does me," he said to Henry.
"What am I, a dog?" Kimiko asked. "I don't respond to anyone."
"No, I-I didn't mean it like that," Takato said, nervously. "I merely meant that you're closer to Henry than you are me, and, well, I thought that... umm..."
"Just shut up, Takato," Kimiko said. "It's too early in the morning, and I'm too tired to even care."
"OK, shutting up now," Takato said, hanging his head.
Henry frowned and glanced between Kimiko and Takato, he could feel his face warming at the idea of what he and Kimiko may have looked like together to outsiders, and obviously they must've looked closer than friends for Takato to think something was going on.
"She's right about one thing," Henry said, trying to diffuse the tension. "If we don't hurry up, we're going to be late for school."
"Are you coming, Kimiko?" Takato asked, grabbing his backpack.
Kimiko shook her head. "I'm gonna skip it this morning," she said. "See you later."
"Bye," both boys said as they walked away. Kimiko waved until they were out of sight then settled back in the shade, and closed her eyes again.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
As the day wore on, Kimiko awoke to the sound bushes ruffling around her. She snapped awake and looked to find Seasarmon and Guilmon were still beside her; the red Digimon was curled up like a cat and sleeping soundly. Kimiko smiled fondly and looked up as the bushes ruffled again. "Who's there?" she asked.
"Wanna play?"
Kimiko jumped as Calumon bounced into her lap. "Oh, Calumon, you're frightened the life out of me," she said. The little Digimon cocked his head to the side and stared at her. Kimiko sighed "I'm too tired to play," she said.
"Please, please, please!"
Kimiko sighed and shook her head. "Don't you ever get bored?" she asked.
"I'm bored now."
Kimiko chuckled. "Do you ever get tired?" she asked.
Calumon shrugged. "Sometimes," he said. "But when I'm bored. Come on, let's play!"
"I can't," Kimiko said. "I have to stay here and watch these two," she pointed at the two sleeping Digimon. "How about we play here, OK?"
"How can we play here?" Calumon asked. "What can we play?"
"How about hide and seek?" Kimiko asked. "You hide, while I seek, OK?"
Calumon laughed and darted off into the bushes. Kimiko smiled and shook her head, covered her eyes and then started to count to 100. While she was counting, Takato returned from school.
"97...98...99...100 - Ready or not, here I come," Kimiko said opening her eyes. "Oh hey Takato, school over already?"
"Yeah," Takato said. "What are you doing?"
"Playing hide and seek with Calumon."
"Calumon's here?"
Kimiko nodded. "Mhm," she said. "He arrived a few minutes ago wanting to play. Hide and Seek is the only game that I can think of that allows me to keep an eye on both Guilmon and Seasarmon, and entertain him."
"Yeah," Takato agreed. "Well, I can take over if you like? Why don't you go home and get some sleep?"
"Nah, I'm OK now," Kimiko said with a smile. "I slept while you were in school."
"Kimiko, are you coming to find me?" Calumon called from the bushes.
Kimiko laughed and pushed herself to her feet. "Here I come," she called, running off to find the hyperactive Digimon. She knew that Takato would look after Guilmon and Seasarmon until she came back.
Takato watched the blonde disappear, and couldn't help but smile. A few days ago Kimiko had been a loner, and kept mostly herself. He had seen her around school, and heard quite a bit about her from other students; but if anyone had told him that one day soon he would be hanging out with her and calling her a friend, he wouldn't have believed them, and now look at him.
"Takatomon?" Guilmon said groggily.
"Yeah, boy," Takato said, chuckling at the red dinosaur. "Enjoy your nap?"
"Uh-huh," Guilmon said, sitting up on his hind legs. He sniffed Takato causing the boy to shake his head. "No bread?"
"Not right now, buddy," Takato said. "Definitely later. OK?"
"OK," Guilmon said. He stretched and then looked to Seasarmon. A golden light shimmered to life around the cross Digimon and encased him. Takato stood, transfixed as the golden light grew brighter, and covered Seasarmon completely.
When it disappeared, Labramon lay on the grass.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
Kimiko was more than happy to have Labramon back, not only because her best friend had returned to normal but also because she got to go home. "Digimon should come with a manual or something," she said to Takato as the two of them, plus their Digimon walked along the sidewalk. "I mean, how are we supposed to know how to remove excess amounts of data?"
"At least you know what the problem is," Takato said. "I would never have thought of that."
"Yeah, you would have," Kimiko said. "You're not that stupid."
"Than - HEY!"
Kimiko laughed and looked ahead. "So," she said, lost for words. "Um... how was school?"
"Not bad," Takato said.
"Are you just saying that or was it really not that bad?"
"It's the same as every day," Takato said. "Homeroom, lessons, break, more lessons, lunch, more lessons, break, more lessons home - boring!"
"So did you learn anything new?"
Takato shook his head. "They did talk about the old tunnel," he said.
"Old tunnel?"
"Yeah. You know, the one coming up," Takato said, nodding ahead.
"Oh, you mean the old storm tunnel?"
"That's the one."
"Why would they talk about that?" Kimiko asked. "It's been closed for years."
"Is this tunnel public knowledge or something?" Takato asked, "Because I didn't know about it until today. I mean, I knew where it was and everything, but I didn't think it was dangerous. I thought they just shut it down because it was never used."
"It's nothing of importance, if that's what you mean," Kimiko said. "It's just an old storm drain. It used to flood all the time, but only when it used to rain heavily, you know? Why, what did they say in school about it?"
"Nothing important," Takato said. "Only that the city wanted us to be warned about it or something."
Kimiko frowned at her friend. "Remind me to never trust you with anything important, OK?" she asked.
"What, why?" Takato asked.
"Because you're a complete egg head," Kimiko said. "They could've told you that it was snowing bananas today in school, and you wouldn't have taken any knowledge away from it."
"Snowing bananas?" Takato asked. "That would be awesome."
Kimiko sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. "And you wonder why I'm closer to Henry," she said. "At least with him I can have an intellectual conversation."
"Now you're just being mean," Takato said.
Kimiko smiled, rolled her eyes and shook her head. Only Takato would see the cruel side to sarcasm.
"Ah!" Guilmon suddenly gasped, causing both Kimiko and Takato to stop walking and spin round. Takato's eyes widened in fear, causing him to grab onto Guilmon's arm and drag him down the street.
Kimiko, Labramon and Calumon chased after him, the latter Digimon riding on Labramon's back like a jockey would a horse.
"What's the matter?" Guilmon asked. "Did I do something wrong?"
"Takato," Kimiko panted. "What happened back there?"
"Tell me you saw that?" Takato said.
"I saw it," Kimiko said, nodding. "But I don't understand what it was. It looked like he was disappearing."
Takato nodded and looked back towards the fence, it blocking off entry to the tunnel that he and Kimiko had only just been talking about. "Something really weird is going on here," he said. "Should we get Henry?"
"Get him for what?" Kimiko asked. "Nothing happened.
"True," Takato said. "But I still think we should tell him."
Kimiko shrugged. "OK. We can call up after I've changed," she said. "Or you can call him down and tell him while I change. Come on, the longer I stay in these clothes the dirtier I feel."
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
Henry stared at Takato in complete confusion. They were both stood in the living room of Kimiko's father's apartment waiting for the blonde to finish changing her clothes. While Kimiko did that, Takato told Henry about what had happened with Guilmon outside the tunnel.
"Wait, start at the beginning," Henry said, unable to fathom what he had heard.
"OK. Kimiko and I were walking and talking about school and the old tunnel," Takato said, "and then, I dunno, it's like half of him was there, and half of him was starting to be rubbed out by an eraser."
"Well, Digimon aren't off this world," Henry said, thinking hard. "Maybe some of them can't last long here and they get pulled back into their own world, or maybe our world eliminates them like the body gets rid of a virus."
"But Guilmon just got here," Takato said. "I don't want him to disappear. He just can't go back to the otherside."
"Moumantai," Terriermon said. "The world I'm from and the world you're from, they're both really just the same if you think about it."
"Yeah, well, thanks, Professor, but I want him here," Takato said.
"That may not be possible, Takato," Henry said.
"What? What are you trying to say, Henry?" Takato asked. "Do you know something? Tell me."
"I just know that nothing can last forever, Takato," Henry replied. "I'm sorry."
"Well, this can and it will!" Takato said. He stormed over to the front door, and slammed it behind him as he left.
There was a crash, followed by a scream from Kimiko's room. Henry looked up, suddenly alert as the bedroom door opened and an annoyed looking blonde stepped out into the hall. "Why are you slamming doors?" she asked, shrugging on a jacket.
"I didn't," Henry said. "Takato did."
"OK, why is he slamming doors?" Kimiko asked.
"He's upset because he might lose Guilmon."
"Who said anything about losing Guilmon?" Kimiko asked. "We won't lose him if we stay away from that tunnel. We can always take the long way around to get him back to the park, and that tunnel only seemed to affect him, I felt fine and Takato didn't show any signs of being deleted. How about you, Labramon? I didn't think to ask you."
"Well, I felt a little light-headed," Labramon answered. "But I had just de-digivolved."
"Fair point," Kimiko said. "I'm not even going to ask about Calumon; he's always light-headed or dizzy."
Henry smiled, and nodded. "But maybe avoiding the tunnel's not the case, Kimiko," he said. "Maybe Guilmon's just not meant to stay in this world for very long."
"Henry, you don't mean that, do you?" Kimiko asked.
"I don't know," Henry said. "It's the only reasonable explanation I can think of."
Kimiko shook her head. "I don't believe it," she said. "There's got to be another reason for why he started to disappear. Maybe we should check out the tunnel," she suggested.
"Maybe we shouldn't," Henry said. "The city has reminded us that it is dangerous for a reason."
"If you're too scared to come with me, Henry, it's OK," Kimiko said. "I can go find Takato or someone to check it out instead."
"No, it's not that," Henry sighed.
"Then what?" Kimiko asked.
Henry shook his head. "Nothing," he said. "Never mind."
"No, it's obviously something," Kimiko said. "What is it? What's wrong?"
"I just don't think going into the tunnel is a good thing."
"But why not?" Kimiko asked. "You can't just not like something, can you? I mean, there has to be a reason for your hesitation. If figuring out what is in that tunnel helps save Guilmon, don't you think we owe it to our friend to find out? What if it was Terriermon?"
Henry groaned. He didn't know how to explain it, but he had a bad feeling that something was going on inside that tunnel, and he didn't want to get pulled into the middle of it all, but he also didn't want Kimiko to go investigating alone, even if she wouldn't truly be alone.
"Come on, Henry," Kimiko said, grabbing his hand. "For Takato and Guilmon. They'd do the same for us if the situation were reversed."
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
It was nearly dark by the time Henry and Kimiko reached the fence blocking off the tunnel to the public.
"Well that took longer than expected," Kimiko said, looking up at the shutters.
"Kimiko!" Labramon gasped.
"What?" Kimiko asked, looking around. "Oh! What's happening?" she asked, seeing her partner's hind legs starting to disappear. "This is what happened to Guilmon earlier."
"Terriermon?" Henry asked.
Terriermon jumped up onto the wall beside the fence and grinned at the two teenagers whilst the tips of his ear started to fade.
"He's disappearing too," Kimiko said. "So it's not just Guilmon who's affected."
"But you were right when you said whatever's happening is only affecting the Digimon," Henry said. "Labramon, you better leave before you disappear too."
Labramon glanced at Kimiko. She understood that Henry was just trying to keep her safe, but he wasn't her partner.
"It's OK," Kimiko said. "I'll come find you when I'm finished. Oh, and keep Calumon out of trouble."
"Be careful," Labramon said, running off down the street.
"We play now?" Calumon asked as the two of them disappeared around the corner at the far end of the street.
"I suppose you want me to go too, huh?" Terriermon asked. "Fine. Hey, Labramon, Calumon, wait up!" he called as he run off after them.
Kimiko watched as Terriermon disappeared from view, and then looked up at the tunnel. "Aren't you glad I forced you to come now?" she asked Henry.
"Not really," Henry replied.
"Don't tell me you're not the least bit curious as to why this is happening?" Kimiko asked. "I'm curious. I don't want to lose Labramon any less that Takato wants to lose Guilmon, and I know you feel the same about Terriermon."
"I thought you wanted to check out the tunnel?" Henry asked, climbing over the fence.
Kimiko grinned as she followed him.
"What?" Henry asked, unnerved by the look.
"Nothing," Kimiko said, laughing silently.
"What are you smiling about?" Henry asked, following her towards the side door.
Kimiko shook her head and jumped down the three small steps leading into the tunnel. "It's nothing," she said. "Honestly."
"It's something!"
"I'm laughing at your denial," Kimiko answered.
"What denial?"
"The denial to admit I am right."
"About what?"
"Don't play dumb, Henry, it's not very becoming of you," Kimiko teased.
Henry watched as Kimiko passed him, and couldn't stop the smile that came to his mouth. She had been right, he was curious about the tunnel, and he didn't want to lose Terriermon any less than she wanted to lose Labramon or Takato wanted to lose Guilmon. He also knew that if the situation were reversed Takato and Kimiko would be down here looking for a way to help him secure Terriermon to this world, so, as a friend, he did owe it to Takato to figure out what was going on.
"Yo, soccer tease," Kimiko called from mid-way down the tunnel. "You coming or are you going to stand there grinning all night?"
Henry shook his head and run off after her. "You're starting to sound like Rika," he said, catching up.
"Hey, I could've called you goggle head," Kimiko said, starting off again. "It's your choice."
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
After leaving Kimiko's, Takato had found Rika - more like she had found him - and gone back to her place. He wanted to know more about Digimon, and had questioned her on if Digimon could remain in the real world or if they ever just disappeared randomly and went back to the otherside.
Rika being Rika confirmed that they could. But Takato was unsure of whether or not he could believer her, given how bias and uncaring she was. Having left Rika's with more questions than answers, and feeling like he had no one else to turn to Takato and Guilmon had walked back to the park.
"That Rika is a barrel of laughs, huh?" Takato asked as they approached the tunnel. Mind consumed with unsureness of every situation, Takato had forgotten what had happened there earlier that morning.
"What about Renamon?" Guilmon asked. "Her idea of a joke is to punch me in the funny bone."
Takato laughed, despite himself.
"Man, I was hoping Rika would have some answers for me," said Takato. "Something that would make this problem go away. I've always loved Digimon, and I've always thought it would be really good if I could have one of my very own and then like magic you appeared, and... and everything was great, but now I'm not even sure if you going to be able to stay with me or not, Guilmon. I guess I thought if I was able to learn more about Digimon, I'd be able to stop whatever is trying to erase you. I'm scared, Guilmon."
"You know, Calumon once told me that being scared is pointless," Guilmon replied. "It's kinda like trying to ice skate on sausages."
Takato paused and smiled. "I guess you're right, Guilmon, but I just want to spend as much time with you as possible, you know?"
"Yeah. Hey, let's do something really fun tomorrow," Guilmon said, charging towards the fence. "We could play tag until we drop, or eat until we can't move."
The smile on Takato's face disappeared as soon as Guilmon crossed the boundary line. His legs started to disappear, followed closely by his tail. "Guilmon!" he called.
"I feel weird," Guilmon said, turning to his friend. "I must be dreaming again, right? Everything's fading. I think I'm... going away."
"No, Guilmon, please hold on," Takato said, rushing forward and wrapping his arm around his Digimon. "I just got used to having you around. I can't imagine life without you, you can't go!"
"I'll do my best to stay here," Guilmon said as he disappeared, leaving Takato on his hands and knees in front of the old tunnel.
"Wait, don't leave me," Takato said, tears streaming down his face. "GUILMON!"
"What happened?"
"What are you doing here?"
Takato turned to see Labramon bounding towards him with Terriermon and Calumon riding on her back. "No," he said, throwing up his hand and stopping them. "You have to get out of here. Don't come any closer, if what happened to Guilmon..." tears started to ripple again.
"What happened to Guilmon?" Calumon asked.
"He's... gone."
Silence fell between all of them, and Takato cried over the loss of his friend. He then tensed, and wiped away his tears. "Wait, what are you guy's doing here?" he asked Labramon and Terriermon. "Where are Henry and Kimiko?"
"In there," Labramon said, looking to the tunnel.
"What? Why?"
"Kimiko wanted to see if there was a way to save Guilmon," Labramon said. "Henry wouldn't let he go alone."
"So they're in there, right now?"
"Yup," Terriermon said.
"I'm going after them," Takato said, climbing the fence. "You guy's better..." he trailed off as he saw that the three Digimon had already disappeared, and figured that Henry and Kimiko had already warned them about not being anywhere around the tunnel until they figured out what was going on.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
Kimiko frowned and drew her Digivice from the pocket of her jacket. "Hey, check it out," she said as a blue screen filled the small window and a red pointer spun around wildly. "What's that about?"
"Well, are Digivices connect us to our Digimon," Henry said. "It could be showing you where Labramon is right now."
"But this is telling me that she's up there," Kimiko said, pointing ahead. "Why would she come down here?"
Henry shrugged and took out his own Digivice. "Hey, mine's telling me that Terriermon's down here too," he said.
"This can't be right," Kimiko said. "They wouldn't come down here. Not if they're going to get deleted."
"Let's find out," Henry said, continuing on.
"You're awful eager for someone who didn't want to come down here in the first place," Kimiko said, catching up.
Henry shrugged. "If the Digivice is telling us that Labramon and Terriermon are down here," he said. "We can't very well go back and leave them, can we?"
"But you were willing to leave Guilmon?" Kimiko asked
"OK. I admit," Henry sighed. "I was wrong, we didn't know what was happening and I was scared."
"You, scared?" Kimiko gasped in mock surprise. "Never."
"Haha," Henry said, nudging her. "Maybe not scared, but nervous."
"OK," Kimiko laughed. "But would you have turned your back on him?"
"Of course not," Henry said. "You were right when you said if the situation was reversed Takato would've done the same thing for us."
Kimiko inclined her head to the side and nodded. "Yeah, he would," she said.
"Henry! Kimiko!"
Henry and Kimiko stopped at the sound of their names, and turned to see Takato running towards them. His pace was slow, a clear indication that he had run all the way.
"Hey," Kimiko called. "What are you doing down here?"
"Labramon told me you were here," Takato answered.
"You've seen Labramon?" Kimiko asked. "When and where?"
"About five minutes ago, and back there," Takato said. "She, Terriermon and Calumon told me that you two were down here. What are you doing down here?"
"Looking for a way to help Guilmon, why, what are you doing down here?" Kimiko asked.
"Guilmon's gone."
Henry and Kimiko hesitated and exchanged looks.
"What do you mean 'gone'?" Henry asked.
"Gone. Disappeared. Deleted," Takato said. "We were passing the tunnel and he just disappeared."
Kimiko looked down at her Digivice. "That must be what the signal is," she said. "I know our Digivices connect us to our own Digimon, but is it possible that they connect us to others, too?"
"I don't know," Henry said. "Maybe. Why, you think this signal is Guilmon's?"
Kimiko shrugged. "Only one way to find out," she said, running off.
"Hey, wait!" Henry called, chasing after her.
"Slow down!" Takato yelled, giving chase.
The three Tamers raced along the tunnel, Kimiko in the lead, until stopping short outside of a fuzzy shaped dome.
"What is that?" Takato asked.
"That is a good question," Kimiko said, walking forward.
"Wait," Henry said, catching her hand and pulling her back. "We don't know what it is. It could be dangerous."
Kimiko frowned and stepped back. "Well, how do we figure out what it is?" she asked. "It can't be a Digimon, or these things," she held up her Digivice, "would be going crazy!"
"Hey, Guilmon's signal is coming from inside that thing," Takato said, holding up his own Digivice with the blue screen and pointer. "Guilmon, can you hear me?"
"Takato," Kimiko whined rubbing her ear in irritation.
"I have to find him," Takato said, pulling his goggles down over his eyes, and running straight into the dome.
Henry groaned and turned to Kimiko. "You're going in too, aren't you?" he asked.
"Well, it is Guilmon we're down here for," Kimiko said, pulling out her glasses, "and we can't leave Takato go in alone. What if he needs help?"
Henry sighed and reached for his own glasses, as Kimiko ran off after Takato.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
Kimiko looked around herself as she floated in mid-air.
"OK, this is weird," she said, spotting Takato and Henry floating near-by. "Anyone got any ideas what the hell this this thing is?"
"Maybe it's a Digital Field," Takato suggested.
"It could be a gateway," Henry said.
"A gateway?" Takato and Kimiko repeated at the same time. "To where?"
"The Digital World."
"That's just a TV show," Takato said.
"What if it's not?" Henry asked. "What if it is real? I mean, our Digimon are real, aren't they?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Well, they had to have come from somewhere," Henry said. "What if the Digital World is real and we're in it?"
Kimiko looked around herself again. "It's a bit small to be a whole new world, don't you think?" she asked. "Besides, I don't remember the Digimon on TV floating around in a void."
"I agree," said Takato. "I don't see any Digimon but I do see Guilmon."
"Where?" Henry and Kimiko asked.
"There!" Takato pointed at the red dinosaur. He was floating in the middle of the dome, tangled up in some sort of tubing.
"Hey, wait, look," Kimiko said, pointing at the tubing. It was starting to disappear.
"I'll never reach him in time," Takato said, looking around at his friends. "Help me."
Henry nodded and looked up at Kimiko. "Ready?" he asked.
"Huh-uh," Kimiko nodded, grabbing onto Takato's left arm as Henry grabbed his right. Together, using as much strength as they could muster, the pulled him back and then threw him towards Guilmon just as the red dinosaur broke free of his binds.
Takato laughed and hugged his friend. "I thought I was going to lose you for sure," he said.
Guilmon smiled and then glowed a bright red.
"What's happening?" Kimiko asked as a red road appeared beneath her and Henry.
"He's created a road for us," Henry said, floating down until his feet touched the solid ground.
"Nice," Kimiko said. "Hey, you two, you can have your reunion outside! We gotta get out of here before we're deleted too."
Takato looked at Guilmon and nodded. "Yeah, right," he said, chasing after his two friends as the space around them fluxed rapidly. Multiple colours spasamed to life around them, and then, within a blink of an eye, it was all gone.
"Can we get out of the tunnel now?" Henry asked.
Kimiko smiled and grabbed his hand. "Come on, soccer tease, home is this way," she said, pulling him in the direction of the exit.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
Labramon sighed and watched as Terriermon and Calumon chased one another around her. She was tired of playing 'Mummy' and wanted Kimiko to come rescue her now.
"Oof!" Calumon laughed as Terriermon charged into him, knocking him to the ground.
"When's Henry coming back?" Terriermon asked, raising his head to look at Labramon.
"I dunno," Labramon answered. "I hope it's soon. I'm bored."
"You could always play tag with us," Calumon said. "Or we could play hide and seek."
"I don't feel like playing." Labramon said. "Besides, I'm a dog, I have a good sense of smell and would find you instantly."
"Are you saying we smell?" Terriermon asked. "Because that would count as rude."
"No, you don't smell," Labramon said. "But you do have a scent that is easy to track."
"What are you? A blood hound?"
"No."
"Hey, guys, quit fighting or you'll wake up the whole park," Kimiko said, breaking through the underbrush and stopping in front of the three Digimon. Henry and Takato followed her, while Guilmon arrived last.
"So you got Guilmon, then?" Labramon asked.
"Yeah," Takato said.
"Good. Can we go home now?" Labramon asked Kimiko.
"Why, are you bored already?" Kimiko teased, petting her best friend. "You can't be tired. You slept nearly all morning."
"You try watching Calumon for a few hours and not get tired," Labramon said as the tiny white Digimon bounced around Kimiko chanting and wanting to continuing playing.
Kimiko chuckled and picked up the long-eared Digimon and cradled him. "How about you come home with us," she suggested, "and we play in the morning?"
"No, no, no!" Calumon said shaking his head, his ears flapping from side-to-side.
"Why do we always get the difficult Digimon?" Takato asked.
"Speak for yourself," said Kimiko. "Whether Calumon comes with me or not, Labramon's right, it's time to go home. I'm getting kinda cold."
"I'll walk back with you," Henry said. "I mean, if that's alright with you?"
"Sure," Kimiko said with a smile. "Why wouldn't it be?"
Henry shrugged and returned the smile. "Takato, are you OK now?" he asked his friend.
"Yeah, thanks' you guys," Takato said. "I would never have been able to get Guilmon back without you."
"Hey, what are friends for?" Kimiko asked. "Besides, we know you would have done the same for us if the situation were reversed."
"Definitely," Takato said.
"Takato," a deep voice shouted from a distance, followed by a female voice declaring they had bought more ice cream.
"That can only be my parents," Takato groaned as Kimiko giggled into her hand.
"You were really brave, you know that?" Henry said, causing Takato to beam.
"Yeah? First time for everything," Takato said.
"Expect the Unexpected," Kimiko said, before shrugging as the two boys' looked her way. "Its' what my Mum always says. Anyway," she pressed a light kiss to Takato's cheek. "See you tomorrow, Takato. Bye Guilmon!"
"Bye-bye," Guilmon said, raising his claw in farewell.
"Hey, Henry, I'll race you back!"
"You're on," Henry said, chasing after her. "Bye, Takato!"
"Goodnight, guy's!" Takato called, waving after his two friends as they raced one another back to the edge of town.
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Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Chapter updated Thursday, 15 May 2014 at 11:57pm