Fred18: "Right, disclaimer time! If you are under the age of 13, then this isn't for you...then agian tons of others this age read this and are under that age. There are tons of rules we are breaking by writing these stories, but then again, what do you care? Just that you, me, and a few others can be sent to prison and sued by these companies that use the characters. Of course, they don’t use them anymore, which is not the point. If you are offended by these stories and/or series then don’t sue me, sue yourself, you decided to read this so you have to deal with it. Right, Takato take over" walks out of the room

Takato in leg, arm, and neck casts due to the previous ending "right," last time I try to get Rika to do something for me, "last story may have been a short scene, but it held some important information in it. Jeri is still trying to get over what the D-Reaper had done to her. In addition, that a new character has entered the plot. Everything is explained to Yamaki and the others. Other than that, nothing new. Right on to the story!" raises his arm, then quickly brings it back down fast "OUCH!! Going to have to watch that." clicks the play button before rubbing his arm

AN: younger tamers are as the following- Tamer2

The Truth That Surrounds Us All (part 2)

Takato woke up when he felt Jeri wasn’t in his arms, he was alarmed to see that. He jumped up almost immediately, when he did however he seen that she was just looking out the window that overlooked the city. He was relieved to see that she wasn’t far. He was however concerned when he seen tear streaks on her face, he knew that she had yet to recover after the D-Reaper. By the looks of it, he had caught her off guard, because when he tapped her shoulder she jumped and turned around trying to fake being surprised in a happy way

“Jeri? What’s the matter?” Takato asked as she tried to keep her composure, “Jeri, I know your trying to hide something…it’s ok to let it out, you can tell me.” he said as he said that she broke down and cried on his shoulder, hugging him again. I know she has something that is eating her from the inside out, she just won’t let anyone know she isn’t ok Takato thought as he listened intently to what she had to say.

At first she didn’t respond, but kept on crying into his shoulder. So he carried her to a nearby couch and laid her down next to him. However she just wrapped an arm around his neck and continued sobbing, he decided to at least try to calm her down some before she began. Takato began to try talking to her, then after a good few minutes of consoling her she was ready to talk.

“Well, it all started about the time before…you know, Leomon….” Jeri said, as Takato nodded fully remembering what had happened to her partner. “Well, right before the D-Reaper took me it was like reliving my life when my real mother had died…nothing but grief, pain, and sorrow. I didn’t think that I could go through with it all over again, so I tried to forget them. The only good it had done was to increase the pain.” she sighed as if though letting go of a heavy weight that has been thrust upon her.

“Then shortly after we had delayed the D-Reaper’s progress, it had taken me. The only thing I remember is that it had started to take the shape of me and started to mold from red blobs of chaos to an exact copy of me.” she shivered as she recalled this event. “Before I could do anything I had blacked out…later, after I had woken up, I was inside what looked like a red bubble.

Takato was more than worried for her emotions and her well-being at the current time than he ever did in the past. He just held her in a hug that was filled with his compassion for her. Oh Jeri, I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you, I know we could’ve…no, should’ve done something to get you out of there sooner he too started to tear up a bit. He just held her in that hug for a long time. By then she had cried herself back to sleep, he just cradled her and had all of those bad memories come back to him.

He just shook those out of his head, before he closed his eyes again. He tried again to remember all the times that they shared together when they were happy, however the thoughts went right back to thinking that she was faking those emotions. He tried again to get those thoughts out of his head, finally remembering the day he had saved her from the D-Reaper, and his eyes widened as he thought about it. That time she had actually given him a genuine smile, the smile he never seen before, a smile so full of warmth, but more importantly filled with love.

He wiped his eyes as they started to tear, he looked over at the clock and seen that it had only been a minute. Takato looked down at Jeri, who was still asleep, peaceful as always. For that he was thankful, he wasn’t used to seeing her like the way she was half an hour ago. When she was like this he too felt the way she did, he even felt rage for those that had done this to her, although he knows that it would be impossible to hurt his own friends.

Takato couldn’t help but feel that it was his fault in the first place for making her go through that stuff that she had been through, even though he knew it wasn’t. After about three minutes he decided to take drastic action about helping her. He knew that if this didn’t work then he didn’t know what would, he had decided to try to cheer her up by taking her on a date. However to do that he had to wake her up, which was one of the many things he didn’t want to do.

He tried shaking her awake, to no avail she still slept, so he shook her and called her name. After a few seconds of doing so she finally woke up. “Hey Jeri, I know you’ve been meaning to tell me something…maybe we can go out into the city and talk about it elsewhere?” hoping this would work on cheering her up he looked her in the eyes while saying this.

Jeri thought about this for a few seconds before smiling, “Takato…are you asking me on a date?” she asked with that genuine smile he remembered from a few weeks back.

“Well if you want to call it that then I guess a date it is then.” He said with a small grin on his face. Maybe it is, that’s how I feel about this outing. I should try my best to cheer her up and make the best of it. “Besides, it’s been a while since we’ve been out in the city with just the two of us.”

“Umm…Takato? I don’t have any money though…” Jeri said, “ I don’t even have my bag with me…” she noticed that he held up his hand to stop her from explaining herself. “Huh?”

Takato put his hand into his pocket and pulled out enough money to last about a week of dates, maybe more.

At the sight of all the money Jeri’s eyes went wide, “Takato….where did you get all of that money?” Takato just grinned at this question. She was still confused, so she asked again, but with more of a voice.

Not wanting to make her madder than she already was he answered “I’ve been saving it for the last few weeks, and I get paid a bit for helping out in the bakery. So what do you say we go on a date Jeri?”

Suddenly Jeri leaped at him, giving him a bone crunching hug. “Eh, I guess that would be a yes?” he asked, grinning."I guess Takato can watch Guilmon for a while"

"Wait Takato, don't you think we should go home and change our clothes?" Jeri asked looking down at her clothes.

After a few seconds of reasoning with himself, he said "I guess it couldn't hurt to meet at the train station..." Takato began, but was gut off when she spoke."Maybe we can go together, that way we don't have to wait on each other."

Takato blinked in surprise at the simplicity of her answer hmm, I could've thought of that...Wait, that means..."Um Jeri, is anyone home at your house?"

She took a few seconds of thinking before pulling out a notebook, a few pages later she was scanning through an entry. "Umm...no, they went to the mall today I think." she read a few more entries before closing her journal. She looked him straight in the eye, her eyes had a strange glint, next thing he knew she was almost in his face "Why do you ask?"

Takato was taken aback by this sudden change in her, he moved back a bit before answering, "eh, I-I was just wondering, y-yeah, just asking." Of all things I had to ask...

Meanwhile, Henry and Rika were already walking around, not really calling it a date. They seen it as catching up with each other. Both of them just talking about old times and how they were at this point of their lives. "You know, maybe we should talk to the other Henry and Rika, try to see if anything has changed."

Rika gave this a few seconds of thought, "You know, that sounds kinda stupid...I mean, what would be an actual difference between us and them?"

"Well, the only time I remembered yelling at someone was Susie when she entered the Digital world...yet...this Henry didn't have any problems fighting with you." Henry said.

A few seconds of silence, "Yeah, that's true...I'm surprised he didn't have a black eye...usually no one yells at me without leaving with a black eye." Rika said, hiding a smirk. Henry just grinned, knowing that at the time, she would give anyone a black eye just for staring at her too long.

Renamon and Terriermon were at a small distance from them, close enough if anything happened. Yet far enough that they couldn't hear what was being said. Terriermon, being the jumpy one was the only one complaining about it, "Why do I have to stay behind everytime Henry decides to talk to someone? I can listen and talk like him!"

Renamon was used to keeping her distance when Rika asked for it, however, she wasn't used to having to wait with others for a long period of time. Especially with Terriermon, who was talking more than a kid. After a few more seconds she couldn't take it anymore, "Would you rather be with Susie and playing Princess Pretty Pants Terriermon? I can take you there if you want."

"N-No, But-" He was cut off when she spoke again. "Then just be quiet, and sit down." Not wanting to go back to being Princess Pretty Pants he did so.

"Do you think we should go to check on Takato and Jeri? It's kinda getting late." Henry suggested, not wanting to keep this talk too long.

"Sure, Renamon..." Rika said, Renamon grabbed Terriermon before he even knew what was going on and was instantly standing nearby their partners. "Lets go."

Ryo was walking around the park as well, not alone however, seeing as he had Cyberdramon, Kazu, and Kenta with him along with their digimon. "Maybe I shouldn't have brought them along...It's kinda more quieter when its just me and Cyberdramon." Almost as if to prove his point, Kazu and Kenta started laughing loud at a joke that one of them made.

Ryo didn't really mind however, he was too much in his own mind to even hear what was going on anyway. This is weird...going back through time...yet...something doesn't feel right...

Almost as if on que, there was an explosion nearby, bringing Ryo back to reality.He looked around for the source of it, only to see something he knew he seen before. "D-reaper..." he whispered, obviously shocked. The Chaos was spouting out from a nearby fountain, knowing that they would be no match for it, they all ran out of there towards Hypnos.

The younger versions of them were all at Rika's place, talking about the appearance of their future selfs.

"What are they doing here?" Takato2 asked to no one in particular.

"I don't know, but it must be something important for them to this time in particular." Henry 2 said. "Besides, it's best if we don't bother them, they seem to know what they're doing so far."

"I don't really care what they're doing here, I don't want any one of them near me." Rika2 said, still fuming from her fight with Henry2.

Kazu2 and Kenta2 were both sitting there listening to them talk, both not really paying attention. "Hey, wanna battle?" Kazu asked Kenta, holding up his deck of Digimon cards.

However, before they could even begin, the tamers that had their digivices at the time went off.

"Another Biomerge, alright, Guilmon!" Takato2 said, already running out the door, with Rika2 right behind him.

"Oh no you don't Gogglehead, this one is all mine..." Rika2 said, with Renamon already far ahead of her. Kazu and Kenta trying to catch up with them "Hey! wait for us!"

Henry2 was about to leave when the phone rang, looking at it before looking at the door, he decided to pick it up. "Hello, Nanoka residence."

"Henry, you must not let the others go to this disturbance, it's dangerous!" Yamaki said in an urgent tone. "I'm sending Takato and the others from here there, they say they can handle it."

"What do you mean by Dangerous?" Henry2 asked.

"What I'm about to tell you is highly classified information..." Yamaki started.

Takato sitting there watching the new Television they had brought. "Well, looks like the D-Reaper has shown up earlier than anticipated. This will bring even more work for the tamers. Looks like Takato and Jeri's date will have to be put on hold for awhile. And what is up with Henry and Rika? Are they really going to start a long term relationship? Or will Ryo interfere with it? To find out, read on”