Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Rikamon ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

Rikamon

Chapter 3

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It was in the middle of the night. A silhouette of a tall figure could be seen hopping from building top to building top. The figure stopped at one point near a billboard and sat down.

That figure belonged to Renamon. Tear rolled down from her eyes. She looked up toward the clear night sky, her gaze fixed on a nearly full moon. "Oh, Rika..."

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Somewhere else in the West Shinjuku district, a phone rang. Sleepily, a man turned over and picked up the phone. "Yes?"

In a very cute sounding voice, the speaker shouted "WAAASSSSSUUUUUP?"

The man calmly hung the phone.

"What was that?" the woman asked.

"Some prank call from America, I think."

"Again? Dear, we should really seriously consider getting that caller ID service."

"Mm-mm" the man was fast asleep.

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Back in Takato's room, both Tamers were sleeping peacefully. Just outside the window was a large red dinosaur trying to get the attention of Takato. He started tapping on the glass. But this had triggered an unfortunate series of event. There was a loud screaming, a flash of light and then glass shattering.

All that startled Takato as he fell out of his bed and landed face first on the floor. He crawled across the room to the light switch so he could see what was going on. When the light came on, he saw the window to his balcony was smashed. Rika was standing up with one of her hand stretched out. And just outside was Guilmon rubbing his slightly blackened snout and a small white ball shivering very hard in between Guilmon's leg. Renamon also appeared in his room.

"Guilmon! Calumon! What happened?" Takato demanded. He went to pick up Calumon, who seemed to be OK. Renamon moved to Rika.

Rika spoke "I… I'm sorry. They scared me and I don't know what happened but something lashed out from my hand and did all this."

"What is going on?" a voice came from the hallway. Takato had to run out and keep his parent from coming in the room but his Dad had seen the mess.

"It's OK. You're just dreaming of Red Godzilla terrorizing my room. Just go back to sleep." It didn't take mush of Takato's convincing to get his Dad to go back. After all it's not often you see a red monster raiding your bedroom, and Mr. Matsuda was still half asleep.

Then Takato closed the bedroom door and locked it, just to be on the safe side. Calumon was still quite shaken and silent but Guilmon asked "Calumon wants to know if Impmon can come out and play."

Rika got down to her knee. "No." she said. "I've had a lousy day earlier and I'm not in the mood for anything."

Takato handed Calumon to Guilmon. "Just go back to the tunnel and stay there. Or there will be no bread for you in the morning."

"Awww…" he whined only to be answered by the curtains being shut on him. Takato turned and leaned against the wall. "Mom is defiantly not going to like this. With luck she won't let me have anymore sleepover until I'm old enough to collect retirement." He looked down to Rika. "Are you OK?"

Rika was shaking a little bit. "Yes, I'll be OK in a minute." She was looking at her hand. "How did I do that?"

"I'd guess Impmon's power transferred to you in the merging." He hopped onto his bed and laid down. "When you feel ready to go back to sleep, go ahead and turn out the light."

Renamon moved in closer to Rika. "Rikamon, since you are part human I do not expect you to understand the power. Until you learn to control the power or Impmon is removed from you, I would suggest you try to keep your emotion in check for your safety's sake, and for other's as well."

Rika only nodded. "Shut the light out please." She asked her Digimon as she laid back on her bed. But she wouldn't be able to get to sleep for the rest of the night.

After the light went out, Renamon went back to Rika. "Rikamon..."

"Yes, Renamon?"

There was a long pause before Renamon spoke again "Never mind." The Digimon disappeared into the shadow, leaving Rika slightly confused.

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At about 5:30 in the morning, Takato was dreaming peacefully of being a real Digimon hero, and being with a very beautiful looking Kari. But that dream was popped when someone pinched his nose. Takato flailed around before finally waking up. "Rika?" he asked her. "What are you doing?"

"It's time to wake up and get ready for school" she answered.

"At five-thirty in the morning? I don't know what you do at your home but here, morning doesn't start until after lunch is served."

"No wonder you're always late for class. Do you want to end up like that pathetic noodle cart pushing Davis at the end of the show?" She folded her arms "You might even end up worse off if you don't start taking school more seriously."

Takato got off his bed, there was no point in going back to bed. "I'm going to the bathroom to get ready." He then noticed Rika was dressed up in the same clothes she had before. "What's wrong with the other clothes you got?"

"Stupid pants won't fit on me." She snapped toward her clothes, as if she was threatening the clothes. Takato just left the room. She picked up her pant and looked at it closely. "Must have shrunk quite a lot overnight."

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Elsewhere, at Henry's apartment...

Henry had just left for his school. His little sister came into his room and found Terriormon. "Ready for dress up?" she asked Terriormon. Giggling, she turned around to get her doll clothes and when she returned, Terriormon was nowhere to be seen. The curtains flapping in the breeze was the only clue...

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Rika needed to go to the bathroom. As she was not used to having any boys around, she opened the door and saw Takato brushing his teeth. He was wearing nothing but a boxer short. Both had screamed at the same time. In doing so, she accidentally lit a fireball above her hand, which she shook it off toward Takato. She then quickly slammed the door shut just as Mrs. Matsuda came in to investigate the noise.

"What happened, T.K.?"

Rika managed to catch her breath. "It's my fault, really. I forgot to knock on the door and Takato was still using it."

"Oh" she said. "No harm done then." She went back down the stairs.

Rika turned her attention back as she opened the bathroom door slowly. In there she saw Takato with blackened face and singed hair. "Sorry, Takato"

Takato's eye twitched repeatedly. "Nice shorts, by the way." She was eying his short, which was all light blue with several Veemon and Demiveemon prints and a large Digimon logo on the rear.

Some minutes passed by before Takato finally got himself cleaned up and was all ready to go to school. As he and Rika climbed down the stairs, Mr. Matsuda walked to Takato and asked "Do you remember any strange noise last night?"

The back of Takato's neck grew hot as he tried to come up with creative story "The only noise I heard was the crowd cheering on me after winning a Digimon card battle tournament." His face was beaming as if he really did win the tournament. "But it was all in my dream."

"You didn't dream anything about a Red Godzilla?"

Rika snickered as Takato continued spinning lies "Um, no. You should stop watching those late night movies." He had a sheepish grin on his face as he tried to walk away from his father.

The TV was on and it was tuned to the news. "...expected to be sunny and in the mid 70's. And now we return for a continued coverage of the missing daughter of a famous..." The TV was showing Rika's mother.

"I'm taking these day old bread and..." he started grabbing several loaves of bread and stuffed them into his back pack. It's all going to be fore Guilmon which he planned to visit on his way to school.

"Bye T.K., bye Takato!" Mrs. Matsuda shouted as the pair slipped out through the side door. Then she turned to her husband "I wonder where he's packing all those bread. He eats enough to feed an army."

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Terriormon was doing his balancing act on a chain link fence. "Thank you for saving me from that awful girl. But that's not why, isn't it?"

Renamon was sitting on the ground and resting against the post of the chain link fence. "No."

"You know I can't fight you" Terriormon hopped down from the chains and walked in front of Renamon. "And I don't think you wanted to fight me either."

"I need to talk about something but I didn't know who else to talk to." Her eyes came in direct contact with Terriormon's eyes. "Ever since Rika's incident the night before, I've always felt bad. Guilty of leaving her alone and not being there when she needed me the most. I felt like I have failed as her partner."

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At the school yard, just minutes before the school were to start for the day. Takato was recounting the night he spent with Rika, her personality swing and lack of self control. "And I hope to get that window fixed real soon before my parent finds out" he added. Henry kept his eye on Rika. Henry was especially glad he couldn't let Rika stay over not only because he'd have to deal with his parent but with his sisters as well.

Kazu had finally found Takato and Henry. "Where have you been all day yesterday. I almost had a heart attack!"

Takato chuckled nervously. "You wouldn't believe me even if I told nothing but truths."

"Try me" Kazu dared. Kenta had just joined the group.

"Well, it all started with a half Digimon, half human that I had to help rescue. Those weird men from Hypnos came in and chased us across the city. And then..."

By then Kazu was laughing very hard. "Nice try, Takato. Even I could come up with a better story"

Kenta elbowed Takato "Who's that weird purple haired boy?"

Rika's face turned a light shade of red. "Oh, he's Takeru... T.K. for short. He's... ummm... my cousin from Korea staying with me for a while. Yes, that it."

"Weird guy, isn't he? I've never seen anyone with ugly purple hair or those green eyes." Kenta said. "And Takeru defiantly doesn't sound Korean. Isn't T.K. a show character?"

Rika's face went up a shade redder and her fist clenched tightly.

Kazu interrupted "Yeah right. I know you don't have any relatives from Korea. Come on, fess up! Who is that Barney wannabe really?"

Rika's blood went past boiling point. She had finally erupted in anger and grabbed Kazu's shirt. "You would do well if you learned your manners!"

Kazu and Kenta both became really scared. Not because they feared "T.K.'s" wrath or because the fact Kazu was being held a few feet above the ground but because "T.K." also has sharp fangs, and Kazu was only inches away from those fangs.

"YAAAAAAHHHHH! He's a vampire!" he cried out as Rika threw him down the ground and then stormed off.

"Great going, Kazu" Takato snapped at him and then ran off to follow Rika. In her unpredictable condition, she could do a lot of damages and he didn't want her to get hurt or worse.

"Wait!" Kenta shouted "You have 16 hours of detention to work off! If you miss any more classes, you'd be locked in school until summer!" But for Takato, he didn't hear that. He was more worried about Rika.

Henry wanted to go after them but after a long talk with his Dad, he felt it'd be better to let Takato deal with himself. And Renamon, he hoped was still with Rika. "Good luck, Takato" he said softly.

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The phone rang. No one answered. It rang again.

*click* *beep* Takashi residence. I'm sorry there's no one here to answer the phone. Please leave your message at the tone *BEEEEEP*

"WAAASSSSSUUUUUP? Tee hee hee!"

*click*

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What's up with Renamon? Can Takato get Rika calmed down or would she end up attracting Hypnos' attention?? Would Kazu ever learn manners??? Who's making those prank calls????? Would I stop ending chapters with little cliffhangers????

To be continued...