Cruising the Caribbean
By Fiery-chan and Angel 13

A/N: Yo, yo, yo! Fiery here comin atcha right hea from my room! What's pinchin mah homies?
Fire: *Sweatdrops.* Um yeah in case you're confused, that was an inside joke from Fiery's 8th grade honors English class. Long story. Very long. That's a revised version. The true one is "Yo yo yo! This is Pinch Diddy comin atcha from inside da box. What's pinchin mah homies?" But it's an inside joke and I don't know why she even said it and I would be happy if she just started the fic.
Fiery: I said it in case any of my friends are reading this (which is a most likely no) because no one back at school knew that I was the infamous Fiery-chan and if they read that they would know about me. But anyway that was just a waste of your time so I'm going to jump right into the fic before Rika comes out and starts attacking me.
Fire: I thought you said you could whoop her in ten seconds flat.
Fiery: Yeah well I didn't have my Wheaties this morning.
Fire: ......... No comment
Disclaimer: I have returned to my old ways! I own Digimon and I'm holding the Japanese digimon team along with Terri Lei O'Malley, Akira Toriyama from DragonballZ and Craig McKracken from the Powerpuff girls hostage in my closet. They happen to be playing poker and let's just say that they all suck really badly. If you believed that then I have an ocean in Kansas to sell you, bidding starts at $1,000. (Confused? Go read the a/n in some of my other fics.)

Chapter 7: Card Games and Parties.

Henry came into the cabin where all of the tamers had gathered. He was holding a sheet that gave all the information on the card battle for tomorrow.
"It says that over 100 people entered the card battle. So tomorrow at 8:00 in the morning, there will be a preliminary, which consists of a blind battle. The people in charge will throw any cards at you with any attack and you have to come up with a strategy to either defeat the card or at least get an advantage over it. It's also timed. You'll have one minute to do so.
"From there, 16 players will advance, they will then be split up into the eastern division and the Western division. Each division will have four starting battles. The winner from each will go onto the semi-finals and battle another player from their division, then that winner will face off from the semi-finalist of the other division in the finals, then the winner will be the champion." Henry explained to them.
"Ok, so there won't be that many people once we get to the main battle, things should go quickly." Rika said. The tamers then separated to work with their decks.
*****
"Good luck tomorrow Rika." Jeri said to her friend once they were back in their room.
"Thanks, you too." Rika replied smiling.
"You know that you and Ryo will be facing off in the finals right?"
"Maybe, it depends."
"Rika I am warning you. Do not and I repeat, do NOT fake a fall tomorrow so you don't have to face off with him in the finals. Remember who beat you in the league championships. Use this as payback." Jeri said.
Rika pondered Jeri's words then grinned. "You're right. He won't beat me twice."
*****
"Hey Ryo." Henry said.
"Yeah?"
"Don't purposely mess up tomorrow so that Rika wins. She'll be pissed off if you do. Play your hardest. And besides, you beat her once, what's going to stop you from beating her again?"
"Exactly, good point. I am taking her down tomorrow!" Ryo said with a laugh.
"Good, very good." Henry said as he crawled under the covers, drifting off to sleep.
'But I hope beating you is the right thing to do.' Ryo thought as he too drifted off to sleep.
*****
Well it looks like our tamers have the same idea. It seems Henry and Jeri may have a trick or two up their sleeves.
*****
Rika awoke early the next morning and took her shower. She then dug threw her bag for her clothes. She pulled out a black tanktop with a picture of Sakuyamon on the front. She matched it with a pair of blue capris and a pair of sneakers. She pulled her hair back into its usual ponytail and put her tamer's glasses on top of her head. As she ate breakfast, the other tamers woke up. Once everyone was ready, they grabbed their cards and headed down to the ballroom where the preliminaries, and then the tournament, would take place.
The tamers all checked off their names on the sign in sheet and were directed to preliminary stations.
"Nonaka, Rika you will be at station 16." The person said as he pointed in the direction of the station. Rika arrived at station 16 and saw a bunch of other kids there as well. Some of them were comparing their cards.
"This will be too easy." Rika said to herself as she looked at everyone's cards.
"I know exactly what you mean." Someone replied. Rika turned around and found a boy with chocolate brown hair and matching eyes standing behind her. He wore a red baseball cap backwards with a red t-shirt and khaki shorts. "My name is Evan. My cousin Emily and I are competing. What's your name?"
"Rika." She replied. A girl with blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail and blue eyes walked up. She wore dark blue shorts and a yellow tanktop.
"Duh Evan, that's Rika Nonaka, the digimon queen. I didn't even know she was on the ship. My name's Emily. I'm Evan's cousin." The girl said.
"Hi, are you two good players?" Rika asked.
"Worse than you better than most of the people here." Emily replied with a laugh. "You're up next, you better get ready."
"Oh, right thanks."
Rika walked up to the table and the judge threw down some cards. Rika looked at the cards and smirked.
"Too easy." She placed down some battle cards and paired them with the modify cards that Takato had used during their battle with Icedevimon, considering that Icedevimon was the opponent card. The judge was extremely impressed and directed Rika as to where to go until the preliminaries were done.
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"Akiyama, Ryo. You will be at station 25." The person at the front desk said. Ryo nodded and headed to his station. Ryo stood and watched as the kids around him discussed strategies. Ryo was going to throw in some pointers but decided it would be more fun just to watch.
"Hi there!" Ryo heard a voice say. Ryo turned around to find a girl with dirty blonde hair and brown eyes standing behind him. She wore a pink tank top and blue shorts. "My name is Rebecca Alden. You're Ryo Akiyama right?"
"Yeah, that's me." Ryo said, praying the girl wouldn't have to ask for an autograph.
"So that means to be champion, I have to beat you. I have such bad luck." Rebecca said with a laugh.
"Maybe you will beat me Rebecca."
"Please, call me Becky. And this is my friend Fiona Merriman but you can call her Fio." Becky said, gesturing to the girl standing beside her. She had honey blonde hair and blue eyes and wore a blue denim mini skirt and a white halter-top. Her blonde hair flowed down to her shoulderblades where it formed a halo around her neck.
"Hi, to make things worse I heard Rika Nonaka entered too." Fiona said, directing the last comment to her friend.
"Well there goes my chances of winning." Rebecca said with a sigh. "There's always next year."
Ryo walked to the table when he was called and performed one of his signature moves, when the opponent cards were laid out. He was then directed to where he was to wait for the preliminaries were over. He stood around and waited for Rebecca and Fiona, then the three walked into the lounge where the other competitors were located.
*****
Around 11:00, the doors to the ballroom were closed and at 11:30, the judges came into the lounge through the doors with the results.
"This was very hard to do. There were some great competitors out there. Fortunately, no one had the same name, so we won't have to pronounce all these difficult names! So, we will say the first name of the 16 players who are to advance. When your name is called please walk up here and stand by us." The female judge said. She then took out a sheet of paper and started reading off names. "Evan, Emily, Fiona, Melissa, Melanie, Jeri, Henry, and Rika will make up the western division. Mariah, Joshua, Rebecca, Karu, Kenta, Kazu, Takato, and Ryo will make up the eastern division." When the sixteen competitors walked up, the tamers were surprised to find out that the Melanie that had been called was the Melanie who was after Ryo. "Now I will take you to the players lounge. The competition will start at 12:00. You will go in there and will draw a number to see who you will be playing against." They all followed the judge through a set of doors into what was called the players' lounge. A man stood next to two boxes and they all stood around him.
"Welcome competitors. If you are from the western division form a line in front of the box on the left, eastern by the box on the right." He instructed.
Henry went first. He put his hand into the box and pulled out a three. The man spoke some data into a telephone where it was transferred to the chart out in the ballroom and the chart in the players' lounge. By the way, everyone that did not make it was allowed to come to the competition. Next Kenta went. He pulled out a five. Rika got a one, and so did Ryo. Fiona got a two and so did Kazu.
"Oh man, I gotta face off with Ryo in the first round! That's so not fair!" Kazu whined.
"Stop whining and take your punishment like a man Kazu." Rika said.
A girl named Missy with long black hair and emerald green eyes that sparkled pulled out a four.
"Looks like I'll be going up against you." She said to Henry with a smile.
Takato got a three and Karu got a four for the eastern division. Jeri got a five and would be facing off against Melanie.
"I guess you thought I didn't play cards did you? I'll see you in the finals Ryo." Melanie said batting her eyelashes at him. Both Rika and Ryo sighed.
For the western division, Emily got a seven and Evan got an eight. Emily smiled.
"Just like old times cuz." She said to Evan.
For the eastern division, Kenta got a five and would be facing a girl with brown hair and blue eyes named Mariah. She was wearing a light blue tube top with dark blue shorts and winked at Kenta.
"Stand your ground.' Kazu whispered.
Lastly, Rebecca would be facing off against a boy named Joshua. He had blonde hair with blue eyes and wore a blue t-shirt with khaki shorts.
"So the first round matches are as follows." The man said. "In the Western division, we have Rika versus Fiona, Henry versus Missy, Jeri versus Melanie, and Emily versus Evan. In the Eastern division, we have Ryo versus Kazu, Takato versus Karu, Kenta versus Mariah, and Joshua versus Rebecca. I would like Rika and Fiona to head out to the ballroom and take your places so the first battle can commence.
Rika and Fiona walked across the room and opened the doors.
"Good luck Wildcat!" Ryo called to Rika. Fiona smiled.
"It seems you have a fan club."
"Tell me about it." Fiona laughed.
"Well, good luck to you."
"Thanks you too." Rika said with a smile.
The two girls walked out to the ball room floor and walked up to a temporary stage where they took their seats.
"Hello everybody!" A man said as he spoke into a microphone. "My name is Chuck Jones and I'll be your commentator for the Seaqueen Digibattle card game tournament! Our first battle is for the western division. We have Rika Nonaka, the famous model and digimon queen from Japan versus Fiona Merriman from England. Without further adu, let the battle begin!" He said.
*****
A/N: Even though I have digimon cards, I have yet to master the game so I'm going to skip over the tournament and get straight to the last battle. If anyone knows how to play, feel free to tell me!
*****
"Well folks it all comes down to this. The Seaqueen finals. Let's give you a recap in case you've forgotten. In the western division, Rika won the first round, along with Missy, Jeri, and Evan. In the second round, Rika faced off with Missy Angelou from America. In the end, Rika won making her a semifinalist. Also we had Jeri versus Evan Cole in the first round, Evan beat her with ease, making him a semifinalist as well. Then in the semifinals, Rika and Evan went all out, but after a long and hard battle, Rika was the winner! So Rika Nonaka is the finalist for the western division!" Everyone cheered as Rika walked up to the stage again and took her seat. "In the eastern division, things were also on fire. The first round went by in blazes leaving Ryo, Takato, Mariah, and Rebecca the winners. In the second round, Ryo faced off with Takato, beating him, although Takato put up quite a fight. Then Rebecca Alden and Mariah Brookes faced off with some girl power moves! But after that battle, Rebecca was the winner. Both Rebecca and Ryo advanced to the semifinals where another intensely heated battle took place. But in the end, Rebecca was no match for Ryo's fury, and was defeated. Thus Ryo Akiyama is the finalist for the eastern division!" The crowd cheered again as Ryo walked up to the stage and sat across from Rika. "Now it all comes down to this. Rika Nonaka, the digimon queen versus Ryo Akiyama, the legendary tamer. This battle actually took place years ago in the league championships with Ryo as the winner. Let's see if it'll happen again."
Rika and Ryo prepared their decks for the battle.
"You beat me once Akiyama, it won't happen again" Rika said.
"Oh yes it will pumpkin."
"Let the battle, begin!" The commentator cried.
Both Rika and Ryo tossed out their starter cards. Ryo played a Monodramon and Rika played a Renamon. Ryo digivolved Monodramon to Cyberdramon but Rika smiled and pulled out a red card. Ryo gasped.
"A blue card! Oh man, are you going do it?"
"Of course. Biomerge activate! Renamon biomerge to Sakuyamon!"
"It seems Rika has just pulled out the extremely rare red card, allowing her to biomerge with Renamon. This is last year all over again! For those of you who are confused, the tamers biomerged with their digimon last year to defeat the chaos. Or at least try to. And for those of you who live under a rock, both Rika and Ryo are tamers!
*****
A/N: I know the red card allowed them to fight inside the d-reaper but she couldn't just biomerge in a card game without a card so I changed the red card's purpose.
*****
Rika and Ryo battled it out, learning techniques that they had learned from battling real digimon. The battle was so intense; no one's eyes left the monitors, which gave close-ups of the cards. The battle seemed to go on forever until Rika pulled out a counter attack card with a defense card during Ryo's Goliath attack. This saved Sakuyamon from the attack and finished off Cyberdramon. Rika smiled and Ryo was very shocked.
"The battle is over! The Seaqueen Digibattle card game champion is Rika Nonaka!" Chuck cried. Everyone cheered and the other tamers ran towards the stage.
"Way to go Rika!" Jeri cried.
"So you finally beat him." Kazu said. "I've been waiting for another battle like this for years. And this one, I got on tape."
"And we all took pictures of all the battles for the scrapbook." Kenta said.
"Let's give it up for our champion! She always has been, and always will be the digimon queen! Let's hear it for Rika!" Chuck cried. "What an amazing battle. I'll never forget this one. Not in a million years."
*****
The players all returned to the lounge where Rika was congratulated by the judges.
"There will be a party for the 16 players. It will take place down in the smaller dance room. You can all proceed there when you're ready." The female judge from before said.
"Great job Rika." Evan said. "I'm surprised I got as far as I did."
"So am I." Emily said laughing. "You were great Rika."
"Thanks guys." Rika said smiling.
"You fought so well Ryo." Fiona said.
"Yeah we were rooting for you the whole time." Rebecca added.
"Thanks girls." Ryo said with a smile.
"Congragts Ryo." Melanie said smiling. "But you deserved to win, not that model."
"Leave Rika alone. She deserved the victory one-hundred and ten percent." Ryo said.
"How about we have our own party?"
"No thanks, I have a queen to bow to." Ryo said walking away. Melanie's face glowed with rage.
"When am I going to get him?"
"Never." Rebecca said.
"Yeah, he's totally in love with Rika. And they're meant for each other. After all they are the king and queen." Fiona added. Rebecca laughed.
"Right. All hail the digimon king and queen!" She shouted bowing to Rika and Ryo. Fiona laughed and bowed too.
"That was a great battle pumpkin." Ryo said. "I didn't expect a biomerge. Good move."
"Thanks, you did good too."
"And that counter and defense move. I wasn't expecting something simple like that." Ryo said with a laugh.
"Thanks you did good too."
"Yeah, you already said that. But you did better." Ryo said with a wink. "Now we have a party to attend your majesty." Ryo said, bowing to Rika.
"Yeah, let's go." The players all headed down to the party where a bunch of other people were already there. The tamers grabbed drinks, then sat at a table.
*****
The party consisted of food, music, and dancing. Melanie walked up to the tamers' table and dragged Ryo to the dancefloor, and dancing with him. Takato and Jeri were out dancing together, Mariah was dancing with Kenta, Henry was dancing with Missy, Fiona was dancing with Josh, Emily was dancing with Kazu, and Rebecca was dancing with Karu. Evan walked over to where Rika was sitting and sat down.
"You really whooped me today." He said.
"But you put up a great fight. You're a good player." Rika said.
"Thanks." Evan replied. "So can I have the honor of dancing with the queen?" Rika laughed.
"Sure, why not." Evan led Rika off to the dance floor and they danced to the music.
When they song ended, Rika and Evan went back to the table and sat down.
"I'll be right back." Evan said and ran to talk to the dj. When he came back he was smiling. "You're going to love this." Rika looked confused. The dj cam on the mike.
"Yo, I just wanna congratulate Rika for her spectacular win and bow to her because she is the digimon queen. I would also like to bow to the king, Ryo. So to lead us in the last dance of the evening, I want Rika and Ryo up on the dance floor to lead all of the couples in the royal slow song."
Evan laughed and Rika glared at him.
"I am so taking you down Evan." She said.
"Yeah whatever, just go dance with your king." Evan replied, pulling out a camera.
Rika walked over to the middle of the dance floor where Ryo was standing.
"It's Evan's fault." Rika said. Emily laughed.
"Evan did this?"
"Yes, it's your stupid cousin's fault. You better knock some sense into him!" Rika yelled.
"Oh just come on Rika." Ryo said, taking her hand as the song started. "You know you want to." Rika glared at him and reluctantly put her arms around his neck as he placed his arms around her waist. "Do you even know how to?" Ryo asked.
"Of course I do baka!"
"Just checking." Ryo said with a smile. He then led Rika as the two danced in the middle of the dance floor.
Rika slowly eased into the song and relaxed. Ryo noticed the tension drop so he pulled her in closer. Rika rested her head on his shoulder as the couple seemed to float across the floor. When the song ended, Ryo smiled.
"Thanks pumpkin."
"Yeah, well don't get used to it." Rika said.
The party ended and the players all said good bye to each other, many exchanging email addresses and screen names so they could keep in touch.
"This was so magical." Jeri said as she rested her head on Takato's shoulder.
"Especially when the king and queen danced." Henry said with a laugh.
"Henry, don't tempt me or I might throw you over board." Rika said.
"Yeah right your majesty." Henry said.
"Don't push it Wong." Rika said. But she soon laughed and looked around at her friends with a smile.
'That was actually kind of fun.' Rika thought to herself as they all walked back to the cabin. 'Maybe we can do it again.'

A/N: See, she wasn't as sappy here. I fixed Rika so don't complain anymore.
Fire: Yeah, I guess she was better.
Rika: Except for that ending.
Fiery: Oh shut up would you.
Fire: Yeah I liked it so you can go stick your head in the sand.
Angel: That would be uncomfortable.
Fire: That's the point.
Angel: Ahh.
Fiery: Well that's all for now. Angel 13 is writing the next chapter. Until next time,
Luv'n'stuff!
Fiery-chan and Angel 13