Author's Note: Here's another update. Unfortunately, I have lost the spot where I was going to reveal Kimiko as being Yamaki's daughter, so I'm just gonna have to wing it from here and hope that it comes back to me.
Dedications: Thank you to the following: ZionJonah, Goldenemu and MusicLover1997.
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 Seventeen: Quest for Answers
"Has anyone spoken to Rika?" Kimiko asked.
"No," Takato replied, shaking his head. "Have you?"
Kimiko shook her head in response and sighed. She was sitting on Henry's bed, just behind Takato, with Terriermon on her head and Calumon on her lap, meanwhile Labramon was sitting at Henry's feet watching him on the computer.
"Any ideas on why Renamon would disappear with Vajramon?" Takato asked, looking between his two friends.
"I'm still trying to figure out how he survived," Kimiko replied. "According to the D-Power, nothing can survive a tri-beam attack, yet he was able to, how?"
"They're all good questions," Henry said, his eyes never leaving his computer screen. "Unfortunately, neither one of us has any answers right now."
"Do you think Rika has heard from Renamon?" Takato asked.
"I think she'd have called to let us know if she had," Kimiko said.
"I don't know," Takato said, awkwardly. "She still pretty secretive."
"Aren't we all," Kimiko muttered.
"What was that?" Takato asked, glancing around at the blonde.
Kimiko shook her head. "Nothing," she replied.
Takato stared at Kimiko curiously for a few seconds, before turning his attention back to the room at large. "You, guys, we should be out there looking for Renamon," he said. "You know, launch a search-and-rescue-mission."
"We'd need Rika's D-Power," Henry said. "But even then our chances are slim. Besides, if Vajramon is anything like the other devas we've encountered, then he'll show up soon enough."
"Remember, Takato, the bad guys always come back for me," Kimiko said, carefully lifting Terriermon down from her head.
"Yeah, and hopefully Renamon will be there too," Terriermon said.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
Whilst her friends tried to think of reasons why Vajramon would want Renamon, Rika was making her way across the city and back towards her home. She'd had a rather eventful day with her mother, who had taken her down to the fashion industry and organized a camera test for her, needless to say things turned south pretty quickly.
In all fairness, Rika hadn't wanted the camera test in the first place, fashion was the last thing on her mind at the moment, and she hated anything to do with modelling anyway. Her mother was trying to force her own lifestyle onto her daughters, but Rika, being the stubborn girl that she was, was fighting her the whole ten yards.
"Oh, Renamon, please be OK," Rika thought as she stared at her D-Power. It had been nearly twelve hours since the fox had left with the Deva, and Rika was getting more worried by the hour. Sometimes she wished that she hadn't let Renamon go with the Deva, but she also knew that she had to trust that her partner knew what she was doing.
Meanwhile, back at the Nonaka residence, Rumiko, Rika's mother, was folding the designer dress that her daughter had been wearing earlier that day, and fretting about where her daughter was. "It's dinner time," she said to her mother. "Where on earth can she be?"
"Careful, dear, excess worrying leads to premature wrinkles," Seiko, Rika's grandmother, said.
"First the camera test and now this," Rumiko said. "I was mortified. You should have seen her. This is the one chance for her to be famous and successful life me, and she just stood there like a donkey. Then she practically attacked poor Coco the photographer. I just don't understand why she acts like that."
"To be honest, I'm not surprised," Seiko said, setting a plate of food down onto the dinner table. "She didn't want that camera test, you did. Let her have some time alone, she'll be fine."
Finally making it home, Rika slid open the front door and called out to alert her grandmother and mother to her presence. "I'm home," was all she said. As she was closing the door behind her, Rika could hear the soft padding of footsteps making their way down the hall. For a second she thought it might have been Renamon, but her hopes were dashed when her mother came around the corner.
"Young lady, where have you been?" Rumiko asked the moment she saw her daughter. "I've been worried sick about you."
"Nowhere, just walking," Rika replied.
"Never mind," Rumiko sighed. "I hope you're pleased with the way you acted today. I want to talk to you about that camera test."
"I don't," Rika said, kicking off her shoes and making her way into the house. "All those flashing lights must have given me a headache."
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
After saying goodnight to Takato, Henry and Kimiko retreated back to his bedroom to discuss Renamon's disappearance further. The conversation was a short one, as neither had any idea what was happening or what the fox could possibly have been doing with the Deva in the first place. Soon Henry went back to his computer and Kimiko lay down on his bed.
"You know, I can't imagine what Rika is going through right now," Kimiko said, breaking the silence. "I hope she's OK."
"I'm sure she's fine," Terriermon said, jumping up onto Kimiko's stomach.
"I don't know, Terriermon, she seemed genuinely concerned last night," Kimiko said. She had spoken to Rika the previous evening, maybe an hour or two after Renamon had disappeared with Vajramon, and had been the one to tell Henry and Takato about the whole situation after. "Besides, if Labramon and Calumon, and even you, disappeared, I think I'd go out of my mind with worry."
"Aw, I didn't know you cared so much, Kimiko," Terriermon said.
The blonde smiled in response and lifted the small rabbit into the air as she sat up. "Of course I care, Terriermon," she said, setting him back in her lap. "Plus, if you disappeared, I'd have to put up with a mopey Henry, and a mopey Henry isn't fun at all."
"Hey," Henry whined.
Kimiko giggled. "Sorry, Henry, but it's true," she said.
"It's a good thing we're not going anywhere then, isn't it?" Labramon asked.
"Yeah, a very good thing indeed," Calumon said.
Kimiko smiled and looked up, she caught Henry's eye and blushed lightly at the fact that he seemed to have been watching her. "What exactly are you doing over there?" she asked, setting Terriermon down on the bed and standing up. She walked over to the computer and leaned in closer to the screen. "You're not going to be able to find Renamon on Google Maps, you know."
"If only it were that easy," Henry said. "But no, I'm actually trying to see if there is anything on Vajramon in the digital archives."
"There's a digital archive?"
Henry nodded and maximized the screen so Kimiko could see what he was doing. "I found it on a spare disk in the Digimon game my father got me a few years ago," he said. "So far I haven't been able to find anything on any of the Devas. It's almost like they don't exist in the digital world."
"Well, we know that they do," Kimiko said, straightening up.
"Yeah, which makes me wonder if the creators of the Digimon game created the Devas, or if the Devas somehow created themselves."
"You mean digivolved?"
Henry shrugged. "I don't know," he said.
Kimiko bit her lower lip and looked around at the bedroom window. She felt her feet gravitate towards it and then paused, turning back to Henry. "When we first met the tiger Deva, Mihiramon, he said that he was the servant to another, Sandiramon said it too."
"Yeah, so, what's your point?" Henry asked, confused.
"Do you think their 'master', for the lack of a better word, is a Digimon?" Kimiko asked.
"What else could it be?"
Kimiko shrugged. "If their master is a Digimon," she said, "then that means there is a whole other level of power out there. The Devas are ultimate level, yeah?"
Henry nodded.
"Then anything stronger than them has got to be mega," Kimiko said. "We barely have enough power to battle an ultimate. What if next time there is a bio-emerge and a Mega comes through? We're toast."
"We can't afford to think like that," Henry said. "We just need to focus on the here and now, and try and figure out why Renamon went with Vajramon, and where exactly they have disappeared too."
Kimiko sighed. "That's what I am trying to do," she said. "I mean, if Vajramon is working for a mega level Digimon and he's got Renamon, even if we do find her, we won't be able to help save her without a blue card, and if the mega master comes through to help his servant during the battle, we're as good as screwed."
Henry sighed and looked back at his computer screen, whilst Kimiko sat back down on his bed. He half-glanced over his shoulder at her to see her lying on her stomach, and playing with Calumon as Terriermon sat on her back. Pushing away from the computer, Henry stood and walked over to her, he sat on the edge of the bed and then lay back, staring at the ceiling.
"What's the matter, Henry, tired of searching the web?" Kimiko teased.
"Something like that," Henry replied.
Kimiko smiled and rolled onto her side, propping her head up on her hand and staring at Henry. He had his eyes closed, but he opened them when he felt her stare.
"What?" he asked.
"Nothing," Kimiko replied, rolling back onto her stomach and staring ahead. Labramon, who had been lying under the window, was now standing on her hind legs, her front paws resting on the window ledge, and she was staring out into the inky black sky. Kimiko frowned at her partner. "What is it, Labramon?" she asked.
"He's back," Labramon replied, lifting her ear. "I can sense him."
"Sense who?" Kimiko asked.
"Vajramon," Labramon said.
Lifting his head, Henry met Kimiko's gaze and the two jumped up. Terriermon jumped up onto Henry's shoulders while Calumon floated into Kimiko's arms and Labramon raced to the door.
"We should call Rika," Kimiko said. "If Vajramon is back, then there is a good chance that Renamon is there as well."
Henry nodded and Kimiko pulled her cellphone from her pocket as she followed him out of the room, and towards the front door. He called an excuse to his parents, who were in the other room, and then hurried out into the hall after Kimiko.
"Hello?"
"Hi, is Rika there?" Kimiko asked, as Henry closed the door behind him.
"Oh, yes, one minute - Rika, honey, it's for you."
There was a split second pause before Rika's voice came across the line.
"Princess?"
Kimiko rolled her eyes at the nickname, but shook it off. There was more important news to deal with. "Rika, I think we found Vajramon," she said, "and there's a good chance that Renamon will be there, too."
"Do you know where they are?"
"The National Sports Arena," Kimiko replied. "At least, that's where the signal is coming from."
"OK. I'll meet you there."
Kimiko nodded and hung up. "Do you think we should call Takato?" she asked, walking alongside Henry towards the elevator.
"He probably already knows," Henry said.
"Maybe so," Kimiko said, dialing Takato's house number. "But it is better to be safe than sorry."
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
With their bikes in storage, Henry and Kimiko were able to get them out after pleading with the man at the front desk for the keys. Unfortunately, unlike Terriermon who could ride on Henry's shoulders, Labramon was the size of a medium dog and had to ride in the basket that was attached to the front of Kimiko's bike, whilst Calumon rode on her head.
"Quit pulling on my ears," Henry told Terriermon.
"Well, move it," Terriermon said. "Can't this thing go any faster? We have a bullfight to pick."
"Momentie, would you?" Henry asked.
"Princess,"
Kimiko glanced to her left as Rika called out to her. The red head was peddling as hard and fast as she could to catch up with Kimiko and Henry, both of whom were heading straight for the main street ahead.
"Rika!"
"Where's Takato?" Rika asked.
"He said he'd meet us there," Kimiko said, relaying part of her conversation with Takato.
"Do you really think Renamon is going to be there?"
Kimiko nodded. "Yeah, I do," she said. "Come on, it's not that far from here."
"OK," Rika said. She trusted Kimiko's judgement, it hadn't failed before now.
Reaching the intersection, the three Tamers peddled harder and faster, whizzing down side streets and taking as many shortcuts as they could and possibly knew to get to the Sports Arena.
Out front, waiting for them, was Takato and Guilmon.
"Hey, guys!" Takato waved as the others reached him. The three quickly dismounted their bikes and joined him at the entrance the arena. The Digital field had already seeped out of the arena and was surrounding the whole area.
Digging into her jacket, Kimiko pulled out her glasses and put them on, making it easier for her to see where she was going through the fog.
"If we're going in there, we're going to need a plan to defeat Vajramon," Takato said. "Everyone notice his weak spots?"
"Weak spots? He's a tank with horns," Terriermon replied as they started to run towards the inside arena.
Reaching the wall, dividing the stands from the track, first, Henry looked out and spotted the two Digimon they had been searching for. "Bingo," he said.
"Um, he's a lot bigger than I remember," Takato said, staring out at the giant Ox deva.
"You going chicken on us, Gogglehead?" Rika asked.
"No," Takato defended.
Terriermon clucked, causing Henry to scold him.
"Just kidding," the little rabbit huffed. "Sheesh."
"Renamon," Rika murmured, spotting her partner behind Vajramon.
"It looks like they're talking," Labramon said, jumping over the divider into the arena. Guilmon and Terriermon followed her.
"What are they saying, Labramon?" Kimiko asked. Being a dog meant that Labramon's senses were a lot more heightened than the others, including the tamers.
Labramon lifted her ear and listened to closely to the conversation. "Something about a Digimon Sovereign," the hound replied.
"A Digimon Sovereign?" Takato repeated. "What's that?"
"That's gotta be the mega level Digimon you were thinking of, Kimiko," Henry said, turning to the blonde.
Kimiko nodded. "Yeah," she agreed.
"Mega level Digimon?" Rika questioned.
Even Takato looked confused.
Kimiko shook her head. "I was just theorizing the different levels of Digimon," she said. "The Devas are ultimate level, and if they are working beneath something, then that something has to be a Mega level Digimon."
"Oh great, just what we need," Rika groaned.
Labramon stiffened as she continued to listen to the conversation. "Oh no," she murmured, as Vajramon continued on his triad.
"What is it, Labramon?" Kimiko asked.
"The master plan of the Devas," Labramon said. "It's to overthrow the humans and reign supreme of both worlds."
"But Digimon were created by Humans, why would they want to harm us?" Takato asked.
"The Devas and their master believe that humans will, and have, abandoned us Digimon, and therefore must pay for their abandonment," Labramon replied.
"I knew it," Takato said. "It's a conspiracy plot to take over the world."
Rika rolled her eyes, but kept her comments to herself. Trust Takato to think of a conspiracy theory at a time like this.
"Hey! Maybe he just wants to be friends," Calumon said, jumping out of Kimiko's arms and floating over towards Vajramon. He landed on the ground between the Deva and Renamon, and looked innocently up at the Ox.
"Calumon, no!" Kimiko yelled, jumping over the barrier. "Come back!"
Vajramon glowered down at the tiny white Digimon. He could smell the human stench radiating off of him, and instantly raised his hoof to try and smash the little guy.
"Kimiko, help me!" Calumon called, as Vajramon tried to kick him again.
Kimiko gasped and took a step towards the Deva, but Henry jumped the barrier and pulled her back.
Charging forward, Labramon shot towards the Deva and Calumon. "Ready when you are, Kimiko," she called over her shoulder.
"Mhm-mm," Kimiko said, pulling away from Henry. She reached for her D-Power and cards, and swiped one through the digivice. "Digi-modify!" she shouted. "Digivolution, activate!"
Digivolution.
"Labramon, digivolve to... Seasramon!"
Jumping into the air, Seasramon hovered over the deva and yelled, "Tee Dia!" shooting a hundred brightly golden arrows at the Ox.
Unsheathing his sword, Vajramon merely twirled it around and blocked the arrows, and then slashed at the floating hound in the sky.
"Seasramon!" Kimiko yelled, watching as her partner was thrown into a stone pillar and slumped to the floor.
Still scared from his experience with the deva, Calumon floated back to the tamers and landed in Kimiko's arms. He felt safer already.
"That's enough," Takato said, as Henry held Kimiko back again. The blonde wanted more than anything to run to her partner's side, but the others knew that if she went out there now, then there was a chance that she'd get caught in the crossfire. "Guilmon! Digi-modify! Digivolution, activate!"
Digivolution.
"Guilmon, digivolve to... Growlmon!"
Stomping across the arena towards the Ox deva, Growlmon powered up his primary attack and slashed at the deva with it. Vajramon raised his arm and blocked the attack with the bands on his wrists. He laughed and grabbed the dinosaur in his hands, and threw him, with ease, over his shoulder.
"No!" Takato gasped.
"Terriermon!" Henry said, looking back at his partner.
"Well, it's about time," Terriermon said, running forward.
Henry let go of Kimiko for a second, reached into his pocket and pulled out a card along with his D-Power. "Digi-modify! Digivolution, active!" he called, swiping the card.
Digivolution.
"Terriermon, digivolve to... Gargomon!"
"Be careful!" Renamon called from her perch in the stands. She was more worried now about her friends than she was about getting the answers she needed out of Vajramon.
Raising his gauntlets, Gargomon smirked at Vajramon. "So," he said, "we meet again. Gargo lasers!" He opened fire, but the Ox merely walked through them, knocking Gargomon down onto the floor and raising his sword above his head.
"You pathetic pets!" Vajramon growled, preparing himself to destroy the three Digimon in front of him.
"Diamond Storm!"
Turning his sword to the side, Vajramon blocked the storm of diamonds hurtling his way. Once it was over he turned to Renamon and growled. "What is this?" he asked.
"Your Digimon Sovereign sounds dreamy," Renamon said. "But I won't be signing up anytime soon."
"Renamon!" Rika shouted.
"Now!" Renamon said, giving the go ahead for her Tamer to take it to the next level.
Rika nodded and swiped her card through her D-Power. "Digi-modify! Digivolution, activate!"
Digivolution.
"Renamon, digivolve to... Kyubimon!"
Vajramon stared, transfixed, at the newly formed fox in front of him. He liked what he saw, and he knew that his Digimon master would like it too. "So, you digivolved," he said. "You'll make an even worthier servant for our master. Join us, Kyubimon, be part of the new world order or face the wrath of the devas."
"Never - Fox tail inferno!" Kyubimon said, raising all nine of her tails. The tip of each one was burning brightly with a fireball, each of which shot off, one after the other, and hurtled towards Vajramon. They hit him, but the deva was able to fend them off with ease.
Annoyed, Kyubimon jumped at the deva, prepared to spin into a dragon-wheel attack, but Vajramon had other plans. Instead he caught her in his arms and held her tightly, despite how much she struggled; he refused to let her go.
"Oh, so beautiful, yet so lost," he said, throwing her away.
Kyubimon landed back on her feet, panting and glaring at the deva.
"Digi-modify! Power, activate!"
"Dragon wheel!" Kyubimon said, summoning every ounce of her strength. She jumped into the air and a blue dragon of fire rose out of it.
"Deva blades!" Vajramon said, swiping his swords across one another and blasting Kyubimon out of the sky. "Kyubimon, you could be so much stronger. Why do you depend on such a feeble human partner?"
"Aah!" Kyubimon growled.
"He sure is a big bully," Calumon said, nestled safely in Kimiko's arms.
"It's like we're fighting a wall," Henry said. "None of attacks even fazed him. What are we going to do?"
Takato shook his head and took a step forward. "Growlmon, you've got to get back in there now," he said, swiping another card. "Digi-modify! Hyper speed, activate."
"Pyroblaster!" Growlmon said, firing a fireball at the deva.
Vajramon swiped through the attack with his blades and charged at the giant dragon.
"Digi-modify! Energy, activate!" Henry called, swiping his own card.
"Bunny pummel!" Gargomon said, running at Vajramon. He jumped up and fired his gauntlets, before trying to punch the deva with his free hand. The Ox growled and swatted him away like a fly.
"Digi-modify! Power, activate!" Kimiko said, deciding to use the same card as Rika. She didn't know how much good it would've done, but she had to try something before her friends got seriously hurt.
"Tee Dia!"
"Deva blades!"
"Aw, nuts!" Calumon whined as another attack was deflected.
"He's too strong," Henry said. "Gargomon, you've got to get up."
"That's easy for you to say," Gargomon said, looking back at his partner. "You didn't get your butt whopped."
"Growlmon, come on, we've gotta keep trying," Takato said, agreeing with Henry.
"Okeydokey," Growlmon whined, sitting up.
"Digi-modify! Power, activate!"
Growlmon had managed to push himself into a sitting position, but found that he had very little energy to go any further.
"Growlmon, what are you waiting for?" Takato asked. "Get up. Up!"
"Growlmon, down. Down," Growlmon said, falling back onto his stomach.
"Seasramon, are you OK?" Kimiko asked.
Seasramon shook her shaggy great head. "After that last attack," she said. "I have very little energy to keep fighting."
Kimiko sighed and looked around at her friends. "Now what do we do?" she asked.
"It's up to Kyubimon now," Rika said.
"But she can't fight him alone," Henry said.
"She'll have too," Rika argued. "The others are out."
"Then she's got to Digivolve again," Takato said. "It's the only way."
"But how do we do that?" Kimiko asked. "We don't have a blue card."
Sheathing his swords again, Vajramon growled at Kyubimon for her disobedience. "Too bad," he chided. "I thought you'd be a worthier opponent, but you're all pretty and no punch."
Kyubimon jumped forward, and narrowly missed Vajramon. She flicked her tail and hit him the face, before landing behind him. Without missing a beat she turned and head-butted him in the side, knocking him back a step or two.
"I will convince you to join us," Vajramon swore. "Even if I have to destroy you to do it." He swiped at her with his swords, but Kyubimon was one step ahead of him every time, and kept avoiding him. "I don't understand. You could have unlimited power in this world, yet you continue to be a lap dog to that worthless little girl. Deva blade!"
Kyubimon jumped out of the way of the attack, as Rika reached into her card holder and selected another card. Fortunately enough, the card she pulled out, much to her surprise and the others, was a blue card.
"Now it's on," Rika grinned.
"Mm-hmm," Calumon agreed, as the triangle on top of his head glowed red.
"Digi-modify! Matrix Digivolution, activate!"
Matrix Digivolution.
"Kyubimon digivolve to... Taomon!"
Vajramon growled at the newest Digivolution. He, just like the other Digimon, and the Tamers were transfixed at the sheer amazement of Kyubimon's ultimate form.
"How interesting," Vajramon growled.
Holding up his D-Power, Henry used it to get as much information on the newest ultimate as he could. "Cool," he breathed, as the data filled onto his screen. "Taomon - ultimate data-type Digimon," he read out loud. "Her graceful appearance masks her thousand spells and talisman of light attacks."
"Whoa," Kimiko breathed.
"Oh," Calumon sighed, collapsing once again into Kimiko's arms. The blonde hugged him closer. She had already figured out that somehow, some way, Calumon was the key to their Digimon's Digivolution, and a Matrix Digivolution usually took a lot out of the little guy.
Vajramon growled and pointed his sword at Taomon. "Our master would not be pleased," he said. "You look so human. Why would you digivolve to resemble such weak, insignificant creatures?"
"Ouch," Kimiko murmured. "He reminds me of my dad. Except he thinks the humans are the more superior race."
"I don't really care what your master thinks," Taomon said. "And, besides, looks can be deceiving." She leapt into the air, waved her arms and threw a thousand spells attack at the deva. The red papers hurtled towards the Deva combusting against his chest.
"Ohh! You stubborn creature, if you defy my master, then I have no choice but to destroy you," Vajramon yelled, running forward. He swung his sword at Taomon, but missed her as she elegantly swooped out of his reach. "You must want more than this. Why are you here?"
"I only wanted information from you," Taomon explained. "And now that I've gotten my answers, you can go."
"You deceptive wretch, once I finish with you, I'll take care of your pathetic human," Vajramon threatened. "Terror blade!" he struck the ground with his swords and a blaze of energy raced towards Taomon.
She jumped into the air, avoiding the blast and growled at Vajramon. "No one threatens Rika!" she warned him.
Annoyed, Vajramon threw his swords at Taomon, but missed, striking the score board behind her instead. Now, with her opponent defenseless, Taomon floated above him and produced a giant paint brush from her sleeve.
"Talisman of light!" she called, drawing a kanji in the air. The symbol burned a bright blue and shone down on Vajramon.
"What's happening?" the Ox deva yelled as the spell hit him. "This cannot be!" He growled as his particles broke apart and scattered, before disappearing.
As the deva disappeared so did the Digital field. Calumon opened his eyes and looked out at Taomon. "Yay!" he chanted, jumping out of Kimiko's arms and floating over to Seasramon as she glowed and de-digivolved back to Labramon - Growlmon and Gargomon followed in her wake, returning to their rookie forms.
"That's one less Deva to deal with," Takato said.
"Yeah, but how many more are there left to fight?" Henry asked.
Kimiko nodded in agreement. "And don't forget about their master - the Digimon Sovereign," she said. "We may have won this battle, but something tells me that the war between our world and the Digital world hasn't even begun yet."
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Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Chapter updated Wednesday, 20 May 2015 at 6:35pm