Author's Note: We are getting close to the others finding out about Kimiko and Yamaki. How will the react? Will it be good or bad?
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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 Sixteen: Chase the Blue Card
"You say that Jeremy just gave you the card?" Kimiko asked, as she lay stomach down on Henry's bed, and holding a blue card.
"Well, he gave it to Kenta and Kenta gave it to me," Henry replied. He was sitting on backwards on his computer chair, and facing the blonde. "Do you think could be a fake?"
Kimiko shrugged. "I don't know," she said. "It can't be fake if it started as a modify card, can it? I mean, isn't that how we get blue cards in the first place?"
"Something just feels different about this one," Henry said, taking the card back and examining it himself. There was nothing virtually wrong with the card, only that after he had tried to swipe it through his D-Power it had changed in colour, but otherwise he couldn't see anything flawed about it.
"It's really bugging you, isn't it?" Kimiko asked, watching him closely.
Henry sighed and put the card on his desk near the computer. "Is it that obvious?" he asked.
"You're easy to read, Henry," Kimiko said, smiling. "It's not necessarily a bad thing."
The sound of a door opening and closing, followed by Mr. Wong's voice calling 'I'm home' broke the pair from their innocent staring contest, and suddenly Henry gasped.
"What?" Kimiko asked, frowning.
"My dad," Henry said, standing up. "Maybe he will know."
Kimiko furrowed her brow, jumped off of the bed and followed Henry out into the living room. How was his father going to know about the blue card, did he know about Digimon in general? If so, how come Henry had never mentioned it before now?
"Daddy!" Suzie, Henry's little sister, squealed as she rushed towards her father, a straw hat perched on her head. "Am I pretty?"
"Pretty as a princess," Mr. Wong chuckled, undoing is tie.
Suzie blushed and run back to her mother. "Mommy, Daddy said I'm pretty as a princess," she gushed.
"Let me fix your crown, your majesty," Mrs. Wong said, laughingly. She reached up and adjusted her daughter's hat as Henry and Kimiko entered the room.
"Honey?" Mr. Wong asked. "By any chance did anyone from work call here today?"
"No, why?"
"No reason."
"Hey, Dad, could you help me with something?" Henry asked.
Mr. Wong looked around at his son, surprised to see Kimiko appear behind him. He had seen Henry and Kimiko together around town more than once, but this was the first time his son had actually brought her home, "Sure," he said, following Kimiko back into Henry's bedroom.
Once in the room, Kimiko sat on the edge of Henry's bed whilst the boy in question sat on his chair. Mr. Wong took up residence on the floor in front of Henry's computer and set to work.
"Just let me set up my reader here," Mr. Wong said, plugging in a device that would allow him to read the data encrypted on the blue card. "Well, let's solve your mystery. The equipment is all fired up and ready to go, let's see what you got."
"Here it is," Henry said, handing the card over.
"OK," Mr. Wong murmured, sliding the card into the drawer. "Speak to me, O mysterious one," he chuckled.
"What do those numbers mean?" Henry asked, leaning closer. Kimiko stood up from the bed and walked over so that she could get a better look.
"Not sure yet," Mr. Wong replied. He stared at the numbers for a little longer before gasping, his eyes widening in surprise.
"What? What's the matter?" Kimiko asked.
"I thought... I saw something," Mr. Wong replied, shaking his head. "But it's just a bunch of meaningless data, that's all."
"Are you sure?" Henry asked, unsure.
"Positive," Mr. Wong assured his son. "So tell me, where did you get this card?"
"One of my friends gave it to me," Henry explained.
"Why?" Kimiko asked, curiously. Why did Mr. Wong care where they got the card, especially if there was nothing but 'meaningless data' encrypted on it.
Mr. Wong shook his head again. "No reason," he said.
There was a beep and the reader returned the blue card to them. Mr. Wong took it in hand and then handed it back to his son.
"Sorry I can't be of more help." Mr. Wong said.
"If we were able to find out where the card came from," Kimiko said. "Would you be able to tell us more?"
"That depends," Mr. Wong said. "There may not actually be anything wrong. It's just another Digimon card."
Henry frowned at Kimiko and then smiled as at his father as he left the room. Once the door had closed behind the older man, Henry turned back to his friend. "What's up?" he asked.
"I dunno," Kimiko said. "I don't mean any disrespect, Henry, but I think your father is hiding something."
"What do you mean?"
"You know when he was looking at the data of the card? When you asked what the numbers meant?"
"Yeah, so?"
"His attitude changed," Kimiko said, looking back at her friend. "That gasp was one of surprise, you don't do that unless you see something that you haven't seen in a while or you're not meant to have seen. He knows something; I think that's why he wanted to know where you got the card."
"You're saying my father lied to us?" Henry asked. "To me?"
Kimiko shrugged. "I dunno," she said. "Maybe."
Henry sighed and looked back at the closed door. He didn't want to believe his father was lying to him, but he also didn't want to call Kimiko a liar either.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
The next day, after locating Kenta and getting to him to reveal all that he knew about the kid that had given Henry the blue card, the four tamers followed the trail to the other side of town in search of someone named Jeremy. The quest was rather boring, to say the least, but answers were needed to understand where exactly the Blue Card came from.
For Rika and Kimiko the journey was tedious, for Henry it was important and for Takato it was plain fun. Every time they boarded a new train, he'd make a comment about the task at hand, playing it out as if they were junior detectives working a mysterious case.
"Where exactly are we going?" Terriermon asked as the team of four stepped off the train on the other side of town.
"Yeah, how do we know what we're looking for?" Labramon asked. "I mean, a kid named Jeremy isn't exactly a lot to go on. There's got to be a thousand kids named Jeremy."
Rika sighed and crossed her arms in frustration. She didn't want to be out here anymore than the others did, but Henry's need and desire to find Jeremy was an almost borderline obsession.
"Hey, we may not have a lot to go on, but you can't deny that it is kinda fun," Takato said. "Besides, there are tons of detectives out there, and they always seem to solve their cases when clues are scares."
"This isn't a game," Henry said, leading his friends away from the station.
Kimiko sighed and glanced at the others. She understood Henry's determination to find the answers to his new mysterious blue card, but even she had to admit that they seemed to be chasing their own tails. "What did Kenta say?" she asked. "Where do we start looking?"
"Kenta said something about big steps," Takato said, unable to remember the complete conversation with his friend.
"Great going, Takato," Rika groaned.
"What?" Takato asked, shrugging lightly.
Kimiko shook her head and turned back to Henry. "Do you have any idea where these 'big steps' would be?" she asked.
"I have an idea," Henry said. "Come on. Follow me." He walked away, leaving the others to follow at brisk pace behind him.
With his friends hot on his tail, Henry led them across from the train station to a monument in the middle of the downtown area. There were a set of steep stone steps leading up from the walkway, and at the top there was a small ledge where a group of kids were playing with their modify cards. Henry recognised one of them as Jeremy.
"Hey, Jeremy, you got a sec?" Henry asked, reaching the top of the steps in record time. "I need to ask you about that card you gave me. Where did you get it?"
"Actually, I found that card in Akihabara," Jeremy replied.
"Huh? Where in Akihabara?" Henry asked, urgently.
"By the electronics," Jeremy said. "Um, why?"
"Thanks a lot," Henry said, turning to his friends.
"Wait. What's so important about that card?" Jeremy called after them. "I wasn't even sure if it was a real one."
"I was thinking the same thing until I had it checked out," Henry replied. "It's actually very rare."
"Man, I knew it," Jeremy groaned.
Climbing the steps, Rika glared at Jeremy. "You're hiding something," she said, accusingly. "Spill it."
"Uh, well, I didn't think it was important, but the way I found the card was kind of weird," Jeremy said, nervously. "This man bumped into me, and then all of a sudden it was there."
"What did he look like?" Takato asked. "Was he skinny, fat, short, tall, or something in between?"
"I remember one thing about him," Jeremy said, thinking back. "He was wearing a yellow jacket."
"Well that narrows down the suspect pool," Kimiko sighed.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
The next morning, after a much needed and deserved sleep, Kimiko and Labramon headed over to Rika's before leaving for the park to meet the guys. Already they knew that today was going to be the same as yesterday, only this time they had a little more information on where to start their investigation.
"Not a lot of information," Rika said. "Searching Akihabara for a man in a yellow jacket isn't going to be easy."
"Nothing ever is for us," Kimiko said. "When was the last time you remember having an 'easy' day, or a day off, for that matter?"
"Back when I thought this Digimon thing was just a game," Rika said. "But, even then, things seemed busy, like I was always on the move and stuff. Different tournaments and games. Being digitally famous isn't easy."
"Tell me about it," Kimiko said. "I mean, I've never been digitally famous, but my cousin was. I knew what it was like though him."
"Who's your cousin?" Rika asked, curiously. There was only one other person, other than her, that had ever been digitally famous, and that was Ryo Akiyama, or the 'Digimon King' as he was known by his fans.
But before Kimiko could reply, they had reached Guilmon's hideout and were interrupted by Henry and Takato.
"How'd Guilmon take the news?" Kimiko asked as the boys joined them.
"Not good," Takato said. "He hates being left behind. I'm actually surprised that you get to take Labramon on the train."
"Hey, as long as you pay for them, pets are allowed on public transport," Kimiko said.
"Speaking of trains, shouldn't we get going?" Rika asked. She wanted this quest to be over with as soon as possible.
The others nodded and started to walk down the path, leading to the exit. They hadn't made it more than a few feet from Guilmon's hideout before Impmon landed on the walkway in front of them.
"So, where's the loser patrol headed today?" he chuckled.
Takato groaned. This was all they needed.
"What do you want this time?" Terriermon asked, jumping down from Henry's shoulders to face off against Impmon.
"Jeez, take it easy there, helicopter head," Impmon said, snidely. "I thought you might be interested in a little rematch."
"Why not? I could use a little exercise," Terriermon said, stepping closer to Impmon.
Labramon crept closer, baring her teeth just as the sound of footsteps reached her ears. She turned her head to the side and gasped, glancing back at the group of humans behind her. "Kimiko," she said, looking back at the disturbance.
Kimiko followed her partner's attention and felt her eyes widen. "Huh, Henry, we may have a problem," she said, pointing ahead of her.
"What do you -?" Henry cut off as he saw his father standing to the right of him and his friends. He was staring at Impmon, Terriermon and Labramon with a look of disbelief.
"What do you say, Henry? Can I fight him?" Terriermon asked, turning to face his partner. What he saw surprised him. Henry wasn't even paying attention to him anymore. "Hello, earth to Henry."
Turning to see what had caught his partner's attention, Terriermon stepped back in alarm. All this time Henry's father had believed him to be a stuffed animal, but now that secret was well and truly out of the bag.
"What's the matter, you little wing-eared wienie?" Impmon asked, oblivious to the whole situation. "I'm talking to you here. Or do you have to ask to do that, too? What a disgrace to Digimon."
"Did he say Digimon?" Mr. Wong asked, creeping closer.
Impmon, who was just about to pummel Terriermon, stopped short and turned to the adult? "Wha?" he said.
"You are a Digimon, aren't you?" Mr. Wong asked, reaching out to touch the little weasel.
Jumping back, Impmon snapped his finger and a small fireball flickered to life. "Better get back, Jack!" he snarled. He fired the fireball and yelled "Bada-boom!" as it hit Mr. Wong's briefcase.
"Dad!" Henry gasped.
"It's impossible," Mr. Wong said, lowering his brief case and staring in disbelief. "You're only a game."
"I got your game right here," Impmon said, lighting another fireball. "Let's play. ha ha!" he fired the second fireball and hit Mr. Wong in the shoulder.
"Dad, are you alright?" Henry asked.
Clutching his shoulder, Mr. Wong fell to one knee, just as Terriermon and Labramon jumped in front of him.
"You wanna play, play with me," Terriermon growled.
"Wha - you're protecting him?" Impmon asked, confused at the sudden turn of events. "What's the matter, one master not enough? You have to have two?"
Labramon snarled and took a step closer.
Impmon backed away, shaking his head. "Yeech. All you humans are making my skin crawl," he said, running into the trees. "I'll deal with you later, peewee," he added over his shoulder as he disappeared.
"Mr. Wong, you OK?" Takato asked, taking a step closer to Henry's father.
"Henry, we need to talk," Mr. Wong said, straightening up and clutching his shoulder.
"No, I can't!" Henry said, rubbing forward. He grabbed Terriermon, hoisted him up onto his shoulders and took off back up the path, away from his father.
"Nice to see you again, Mr. Wong," Takato shouted over his shoulder as he followed Henry.
"Labramon!" Kimiko called, as she and Rika chased after the boys. Labramon barked and followed, leaving Mr. Wong to call after his son, but the group of four didn't slow down until they were far away from the park as possible.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
With his father still fresh in his mind, Henry walked away of his friends, leading them once again out of the train station. Terriermon was trying riding on his shoulders, and doing everything he knew possible to calm his trainer down, but nothing seemed to be working.
"What are we supposed to say at a time like this to help him?" Takato asked the girls.
"Maybe you should try something different, Takato," Rika said. "Like keeping your nose out of where it doesn't belong."
"I'm with Rika on this one," Kimiko agreed. "There's nothing we can say that'll change the fact that Mr. Wong now knows Digimon exist."
"But we have to do something," Takato sighed.
"There's nothing to do," Kimiko said, shaking her head. "This is something Henry has to work out alone. As cruel as that sounds, it's the truth."
Labramon raised her ear as she detected the faint, yet memorable voice of Calumon. She lowered her ear and barked in the direction the voice had come from, startling her friends in the process.
"Ow, Labramon, what's the big idea?" Kimiko asked, rubbing her ear.
"Calumon," Labramon said, as the little white Digimon flew into view. He headed directly for the group of kids, and landed on Labramon's back.
"Hey! What are you guys doing here?" Calumon asked, looking up at the team excitedly.
"We could ask you the same thing," Labramon said.
"I'm looking to play," Calumon said, laughing.
"Obviously." Rika said.
Kimiko smiled and picked up the small white Digimon. "Calumon, where've you been? I've been worried about you," she said.
"I got bored when you were sleeping," Calumon said, "went to find someone to play with. Forgot to come home."
"As long as you're OK, I should be thankful," Kimiko said, setting the small Digimon back down on Labramon's back.
From ahead, Terriermon laughed and pointed at a store near the electronics. "Look, Ice cream!" he said, happily.
Instantly Calumon's ears enlarged and his eyes grew wide at the creamy goodness ahead of him. He rose up off of Labramon's back and was about to fly into the store when Kimiko grabbed him.
"Hold up, short stuff, you can't just fly inside, you'll freak everyone out," Kimiko said.
"But I want ice cream," Calumon said.
"OK. I'll get you an ice cream," Kimiko said, laughing. "But you gotta pretend you're not real for a little bit, can you do that?"
"Huh-ah," Calumon said, falling silent in Kimiko's arms. She smiled and carried him into the shop, and purchased a single cone of vanilla ice cream. Once paid she headed outside, leaving the others to be served behind her.
"Here you go," Kimiko said, handing the small cone to Calumon. He accepted it excitedly and bit into the cream. His eyes watered and he let out a surprises scream.
"It's so cold! It makes my head all scrambly," he cried.
"You got to eat it carefully," Kimiko said. "You'll get brain freeze." She took the cone from Calumon and rubbed his head until his ice cream headache went away, she then held the cone as he slurped up the frozen goodness, taking his time as not to hurt himself again.
With the others now eating their own ice cream, Kimiko leaned against the railing outside the electronics store. Takato climbed up to sit on the top railing whilst Henry and Rika leaned either side of him.
"I wonder if our man's going to show up." Takato asked.
"Maybe he'll introduce himself," Rika said, snidely. "Keep dreaming, Sherlock."
"It could happen," Takato defended.
Suddenly, all the electrical goods inside and outside the electronic stores switched off, their images disappeared and were replaced with a static charge instead.
"That can't be good for business," Kimiko said, pointing at the shops window.
Looking up, Terriermon pointed to the sky where a ripple had appeared above the buildings. "Uh-oh," he said. The ripple expanded and a digital field filtered into the clear air, bringing with it two Digimon beasts.
"Who ordered the steak?" Takato asked, looking up at the bull Digimon.
"Lamb chops," Henry said, pointing at the sheep.
"I'm ready, Kimiko," Labramon said, sliding under the railing and baring her teeth at the ram,
"Me too, Henry," Terriermon said, jumping down onto Labramon's back.
"They look like ultimates," Kimiko said. "I don't think we're gonna have enough fire power."
Digging into his pocket, Henry pulled out his digivice and held it front of him. "You're right, Kimiko," he said. "The ram is Pajiramon - a deva beast Digimon, and the bull is Vajramon - same nasty type."
"It begins here," Vajramon said, holding his arms wide and looking around at Pajiramon.
"And ends here," she replied, breaking open the window of the electronics store with her hooves. She sucked in a breath and all CDS flew through the air into her mouth.
Along the way, Vajramon had smashed through another store and was eating his way through the wires of a TV and computer.
Turning on the spot, Pajiramon opened her mouth and belted out a hypersonic sound wave; knocking everyone, save for the Digimon tamers and their partners, unconscious.
"I bet that they're unstable since they just bio-emerged," Henry said, unplugging his ears.
"That must be why they're eating all the digital equipment," Kimiko said. "They need it to stablise themselves before mounting an attack."
"Then we better clear the table before they finish their meal," Rika said.
"I'll send them home," Terriermon said.
"Not alone you won't," Labramon said.
"We'll do it together," Renamon said, appearing behind Rika, prepared for battle.
"Which one do you want?" Henry asked, turning to the girls.
"How about the glutton with the horns, princess?" Rika asked.
"Deal," Kimiko said, reaching for her digivice and card deck.
"Let's go," Henry said, following her example.
Rika nodded and did the same.
Digimodify!
"Digimodify!" the three tamers called out, each one swiping a different card at the same time.
"Thor's hammer, activate!" Henry said, and a giant hammer appeared in Terriermon's hands.
"Crystal fire, activate!" Rika said, and Renamon's four paws ignited with blue flames.
"Blast Rings!" Kimiko said, and burning rings of fire erupted from Labramon's mouth.
The three attacks hit their respective targets. Even though they did attract their targets attention, they did very little damage. Turning around, Pajiramon head-butted Terriermon, knocking him out of the air. "So you are the pathetic little Digimon that answers to humans," she said, holding the little rabbit down under her hoof. "What is your name, traitor?"
"None of your business," Terriermon shouted, struggling to stand up.
"Hmm, and you?" Vajramon boomed, facing Labramon and Renamon.
"What's the point? You won't remember it anyway," Labramon said.
"Not after we load your data," Renamon agreed.
"Ooh!" Vajramon taunted.
"Let him go right now!" Henry yelled at Pajiramon.
"I'm afraid I can't do that," Pajiramon said, picking Terriermon up in her hand and squeezing him tightly.
"We're wasting time here," Vajramon said. "Our orders were to vanquish them and load their data or have you forgotten our duties?"
"I have forgotten nothing," Pajiramon said, throwing Terriermon aside. The rabbit spun in the air as the ram took aim with her crossbow. "You should be honored to be absorbed by me, little slave," she said, firing an arrow.
"No! Look out!" Henry yelled.
Calumon whined and grabbed his head as the diamond on his forehead blazed with red light, just as Henry's digivice shot out a white light that consumed Terriermon.
"Terriermon, digivolve to... Gargomon!"
Bursting out the clouds, Gargomon fired a barrage of laser pellets at Pajiramon, taking her by surprise. "Still hungry?" he asked. "I brought dessert."
Impressed, Vajramon returned his attention to the fox and hound in front of him. He unsheathed his sword and held it at the two of them. "Aren't you going to digivolve?" he asked. "I'd hate to just take your data without seeing that."
"Pig," Renamon said.
"What did you say?" Vajramon bellowed, angrily. He swung his sword at the fox, but she jumped out of his way and hovered over him.
"Diamond storm!" Renamon said, hitting him with her main attack. The bull twisted his sword around, blocking the diamonds and laughing at the pitiful attempt to take him out.
"Surely you can do better than that," Vajramon taunted.
"RetrieverG!" Labramon barked, shooting off a hypersonic blast from her mouth. It hit the bull, but only managed to knock him back a few hoof or two.
Vajramon laughed and swung his sword at the hound. Labramon ducked to avoid being hit, as Pajiramon shouted her annoyance, all the while dancing to avoid Gargomon bullets.
"This is getting tiresome," the Ram said. "Vajramon, stop fooling around. We have to destroy them."
"Speak for yourself," Vajramon replied. "This is fun."
"He's toying with them," Rika said.
Reaching into his deck, Takato pulled out a single card and offered it to Henry. "Take this," he said. "It just might give Gargomon an edge."
"Digimodify!" Henry called, swiping the card through his D-Power. "Hyper speed activate!"
"I know how to get you, you big wooly bully," Gargomon shouted, running at top speed towards the ram.
"Enough! Thunder stomp!" Pajiramon said, slamming her front hooves down onto the ground. It shook and Gargomon found himself on his back, staring at the sky. "Relax. Stay a while." She fired four arrows at Gargomon, pinning him to the ground by his pants.
"I can't move anything!" Gargomon cried out, as Pajiramon took aim with another four arrows.
"Don't do it!" Henry pleaded.
"It's my job," Pajiramon said, preparing to fire.
"It's never too late to change your career," Gargomon said, still struggling to get up. "Henry, do something!"
Henry watched, helplessly, as he tried to figure out a counter attack.
"How about this?" Takato asked, offering Henry another card.
"That last one nearly killed him!" Henry said.
"Hey, I'm just trying to help."
Rolling her eyes, Kimiko reached for her deck of cards and pulled out a card that she had received many years ago. "Digimodify," she said, swiping it through her D-power. "Thunder Blast, activate!"
Jumping over Vajramon, Labramon fired a blast of bolt of lightning from its mouth at Pajiramon. It hit the ram in the side and knocked her away from Gargomon.
Takato and Henry both turned to Kimiko, but the blonde ignored them as Pajiramon opened fire on Labramon instead.
"Digimodify, speed activate!" Kimiko said, swiping the basic card and boosting Labramon's speed up, giving her enough energy and power to avoid being hit and destroyed.
With Kimiko busy trying to keep her own Digimon alive, Takato turned back to Henry. "How about the blue card?" he asked. "We haven't tried that yet."
"The blue card?" Henry repeated.
"We've got to try!" Takato argued.
"But I can't do that. We have no idea what will happen."
"Well, we're about to lose him," Takato said, pointing out the fact that Pajiramon had abandoned Labramon had was back to kicking Gargomon with her hooves.
Henry sighed and stared at the blue card. "Here goes nothing," he said, swiping it through his D-Power. "Digimodify! Matrix Digivolution!" The screen on his d-power glowed a bright white, and a beam of light shot into the clouds, but nothing happened following the disappearance of crystals in the air.
"Well, it seemed like a great idea at the time," Takato said, as Henry watched helplessly as Pajiramon leveled her crossbow at his partner.
"Pathetic humans," Pajiramon said, shaking her head. "It's been fun, but now it is time to say goodbye."
Calumon groaned and grabbed his head again, just as the diamond on his forehead glowed a bright red. Looking down, Kimiko drew him in close, thinking he had another ice cream headache and started to rub his head to ease the pain, as she did so a beam of red light shot into the air, startling her and causing her to almost drop the little Digimon.
"What the -?" Kimiko murmured, catching Takato's attention. The two friends exchanged looks as the beam of red light disappeared and Calumon collapsed into Kimiko's arms.
In the sky above them, the red light had merged with the crystals from Henry's digivice and opened a portal of light which shone down and cocooned Gargomon.
"What's happening?" Pajiramon yelled, stepping back and covering her eyes with her hands.
Matrix Digivolution...
"Gargomon, digivolve too... Rapidmon!"
When the light died down, Pajiramon along with the tamers were surprised to find Gargomon gone from the ground beneath the Ram.
"Where'd he go?" Pajiramon growled, looking around.
"He shoots..." Rapidmon said, appearing behind the Ram and kicking her in the face. "He scores. Hahaha."
"Whoa," Takato breathed, amazed at what he was seeing.
Holding up her D-power, Rika waited for the information on the newest Digivolution to appear. "That's Rapidmon," she said. "Warrior Digimon. Ultimate level. His special attacks are rapid fire, miracle missile and tri beam."
"Glad he's on our side," Kimiko said, mesmerized by the transformation.
"Stop! Hold still!" Pajiramon growled as she fired arrow after arrow at Rapidmon, but failed to hit him once.
"Yeah! We're back in the game, Rapidmon!" Henry called.
"Like the new look? Check this out," Rapidmon said, blasting the ram with missiles from his arms. "Rapid fire!"
Pajiramon cried out in alarm as she was knocked off her feet. As the tables turned against his ally, Vajramon abandoned his attack on Renamon and stampeded off to help his comrade.
"You lousy little insect," Pajiramon growled, getting unsteadily to her feet. "Let's see what you can do when I have a human shield." She turned and set her sights on the tamers. "Which one of you would like to go first?"
"Not an option, you big shredder!" Rapidmon shouted, hovering in the sky above the team. "Tri beam!" a green triangle formed between his hands and paws and dissolved both of the Deva's the second it touched them.
Excitedly, Takato turned to his friends and grinned. "We did it!" he said, almost like he'd just won his first Digimon battle.
"Yeah," Henry said, staring at Rapidmon in amazement.
"Mhm-mm!" Rapidmon agreed, landing just in front of the tamers.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
"Due to heavy fog in the Akihabara district today, train schedules all over the city were severely disrupted."
"I know, mum, I miss you too."
"I'm sorry, baby, I promised you I'd be home by now, but all this strange weather has made it almost impossible. The planes won't fly in this fog, and the train systems are malfunctioning, it's almost like this fog is digital or something."
Kimiko gave a nervous laugh. "Yeah, it's strange, I agree," she said. She hated lying to her mother, they had a strict policy that neither one of them would lie to the other, but she hadn't told her mother about Labramon yet, and she didn't want to freak her out by telling her what exactly was going on with the fog.
"I'm glad to hear that you and your father haven't killed each other yet," Sasha said.
"I hardly see him enough to rectify a reason to kill him," Kimiko said, heavily. She reached for the remote and switched off the TV. "He's always at work, and if he does come home, I'm usually out at school or at the park with my friends."
"You've made friends? Oh, baby, I'm so proud of you."
"Thanks, Mum, it was a little rocky at first," Kimiko admitted. "But we all have an interest in Digimon, so it got easier over time."
"Maybe Ryo teaching you that game wasn't such a bad idea after all."
"No, definitely not," Kimiko agreed.
"Baby, I have to go, hopefully, if the weather has cleared, I should be home by tomorrow."
"I look forward to it," Kimiko said. "Bye mum, love you."
"I love you too, cupcake, bye."
The line went dead and Kimiko sighed. She lowered the phone from her ear and stared at it for a few minutes. The idea of her mother being home soon excited her, she couldn't wait to go home, although she didn't mind it at her father's place, especially when she considered that Henry only lived upstairs, but then Rika only lived around the corner from the house she shared with her mother, so it wasn't like she was completely cut off from her friends, but sometimes living alone was lonely, and at home she'd have her mother's company... at least when she wasn't working late.
But at least her mother made it home to spend quality time with her daughter. Yamaki didn't seem to have time to spare for her, and it was his job that made Kimiko resent him the most. In the last two and a half weeks, a lot had happened to make the father/daughter relationship strained, but Kimiko was willing to overlook the bad that had happened in order to live a normal life with her dad, but the fact that he cared more about his job that of her, was something that she found hard to fight.
Kimiko was tired.
Tired of fighting a losing battle with her father.
She was tired of waiting for her father to realise his mistake, and tired of waiting for him to put aside sometime for her. She was his daughter, for crying out loud, she shouldn't have had to schedule time in his busy life to spend time for him, especially when he forgot about the arrangement anyway.
Heaving a sigh, and running her hand through her blonde hair, Kimiko curled up on the sofa and stared at the homework-covered-coffee-table. She didn't feel like doing homework tonight and instead just wanted to sleep. Her day had been eventful and long, making her crave sleep even more than usual, but most of all, she was tired of watching the clock, watching each hour tick by with no sign that her father would be home yet.
All in all, she was tired of waiting.
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Chapter updated Saturday, 16 May 2015 at 1:52am