Chapter 3: A new Digimon and Tamer Arise
A week later, Rick arrives to class a few minutes early. He had time so he decided to look at some of the cards he got. "This could help us in future battles." Rick wasn't paying attention until he say puppet in his face. "Whoa." This was a girl in Rick's class. "You're lucky class is not session yet. You're technically not suppose to have Digimon cards in class." The girl smiled. Rick acknowledged and puts his cards away. "You're right Jeri, I'll be more careful. Where's Takato by the way?" "He's probably playing the card game in the park again with Kazu and Kenta. If I had to guess, he's probably gonna be late again." Jeri answered. Rick had to agree on that. "Seems like a recurring cycle of his. Makes me wonder what Lissa's thoughts on her brother being late all the time." Class was about to start soon. Kazu and Kenta made it in the nick of time, but unfortunately Takato was late and had to stand outside the classroom. As class was going on, Takato was mumbling out loud about a Digimon he drew on his notepad. It didn't take him long to get in trouble by Ms. Asaji again. Rick could only feel bad for him. "Poor Takato. Hopefully his bad karma will end soon."
After class, Takato had to stay after school and write an apology paper. Rick left classroom, as he was walking down the hall he spots Lissa by herself. "Oh, hey Lissa." Rick waves hello to her. "Hey Rick. Good afternoon. What's up?" Rick replies, "Not much. Bad news is that your brother came late to class again and has to stay afterschool to write an apology paper again." Lissa just sighs in disappointment. "How am I gonna explain this mom and dad again? Gonna have to be stern with him again. Anyway, about to head home for the day?" Rick nods. "Pretty much. Can't leave Dracomon alone too long. What about you? Aside from giving Takato a stern talking to." Lissa respond, "Well, I got something to do with my friends first. After that, me and little brother are gonna have a little chat." Rick acknowledges. "Alrighty then. Well, I'll see you later." Rick walks out of the school building. He grabs his scooter and rides on home, but he makes a stop at the Matsuki bakery. "Lets see what we can try today. Oh those creampuff look good. I'll take a half a dozen of them." Mrs. Matsuki places six creampuffs in a bag for Rick. "A good choice. These are our finest creampuffs." Rick pays Mrs. Matsuki, "Thank you so much Mrs. Matsuki. See you again soon. Also, tell Mr. Matsuki I said Hi." Mrs. Matsuki smiles. "I'll tell him you stopped by." Rick heads out of the bakery and hops back on his scooter. He rides it all the way back home. Rick enters his house. "Hey, I'm home!" Rick is greeted by his mother. "Hey sweetie, did you have a good day at school?" Rick replies, "It went well. Talked with my friends for a bit. Also stopped by the Matsuki's Bakery."
As Rick was talking to his mother, his father comes into the living room. "Hey son, you may want to talk to your little sister. She snuck into your room and took something of yours." Rick was a bit worried. "What did Emily take from my room?" Mr. Atlas described the "item", "Well it looked like some kind of Dragon plush.." This shocked Rick. "Oh no.. Well, I better talk to her. and fast." Rick goes toward Emily's room and knock on her door. "Emily, are you in there? You have something of mine without my permission." Emily goes to open the door. "Hey big brother.." Rick crosses his arms. "Emily, why did you take my toy without asking?" Emily looked down at the floor. "Well, you never let me hold it and its looks cool and cute." Rick just sighs, "Look maybe I was a bit harsh, but you know its not nice to take things without asking. If you give me my toy back. I might let you hold him tomorrow. Deal?" Emily's eye sparkled with happiness. "Really?! Okay!" Emily gives back Dracomon to Rick. "Thank you, Emily."
Once Rick got back to his room, Dracomon just flops on the floor exhausted. "Thank you… for saving me.. That little rugrat hugs super tight. I almost couldn't breath.." Rick chuckles nervously. "Sorry about that. If I can convince her not to play rough, she wont strangle you by accident." Dracomon responds, "I hope so, since you set the playdate up without my consent." Rick apologizes, "Sorry, but it was the only for her to let you go." Dracomon just sighs, "I guess now I was being harsh on her. I guess I can tolerate her games. Also I cant stand to see a little girl cry." Rick agrees with his statement. "You're not wrong Dracomon, I feel bad when I make her cry. Still she needs to learn the good things to do and not do the bad things." As the duo was talking, a beam of light shot out into the sky. "That's.. interesting. You think it's a Digimon?" Rick asks. "Its strange actually, I don't sense anything even though that's not a normal light show. Shall we investigate?" Dracomon responded. Rick was contemplating but decided yes to investigate. "Yea, lets go check it out." Dracomon and Rick head over to where the beam of light.
As they got close, Rick saw someone familiar, it was Takato and with him was a Digimon unknown to him and Dracomon. The red dino Digimon looked curious about everything around him. "This Digimon doesn't seem violent at all so far." Dracomon says. Rick stood back for sec. "Lets see how this plays out first." Takato was introducing himself to the red dino Digimon until the Digimon launched his special toward a wall scaring Takato. "Maybe we intervene now?" Dracomon asks. "Just be patient. I still don't see hostility in this unknown Digimon's eyes." Rick responded. Takato was nervous, thinking that his own creation was gonna eat him, but instead the red Dino Digimon nuzzles him. Takato was glad and excited to have his own live Digimon partner. Rick smiles. "Called it. If he was hostile, he would've attacked on the spot." Dracomon responds, "Looks you were right. Should we introduce ourselves or wait?" "Let them have their moment. No need to rush things yet." Rick replied.