RIKA: YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHAT TO HIM?! *Grabs a knife*

Me: Uh...Please don't hurt me ;_____; *Turns to audience* Welcome to the little slice of psychosis called my first attempt at a Tamer fanfic. NO FLAMIN' PLEASE! Just read and review kupos ^__^!

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"Black Claw!" Shouted the gigantic mutant-type digimon as he gathered a ball of black energy in his hands. The orb began growing quickly; the Tamer knew he was running out of time and would soon be out of options as well. He had to act fast.

"I will not let you hurt my friends, Devitamamon! I'll kill you even if it means I die with you!" Cried the voices of Takato Matsuda and Guilmon in unison as their biomerged form, Gallantmon, flew towards the evil digimon. Gallantmon was aimed directly for the sphere of darkness in his opponent's open palms.

"Gallantmon, wait! He's too strong for us!" Shouted Takato's best friend, Henry Wong, as his biomerged companion continued at a breakneck speed towards the vile being that threatened the safety of his friends and family. Despite Henry's cries of warning, however; Takato as Gallantmon just flew onward, desperate to put an end to Devitamamon's evil.

"Lightning Joust!" Cried Gallantmon as he flew directly into the now massive sphere of dark energy.

It was said later that the explosion created from the combination of these two behemoth forces could be heard a mile away from the battle. However, there was one sound alone that was heard by everyone even over the roar of the flames ignited by the two megas' attacks, Takato's screams.

Henry and Rika watched in horror as the goggleheaded Tamer was expelled from the flames at an incredible speed; followed by his partner digimon a split second later.

"TAKATO!" Rika screamed as he fell from the core of the explosion and plummeted towards the ground. A moment later, both Takato and Guilmon slammed into the grassy field they had been fighting on with a sickening thud. Takato's blood began to flow slowly out from underneath him. Rika ran to him with Henry following closely, tears flowing uninhibited down her rosy cheeks as she reached her fallen lover.

"Is...he...g...gone?" Takato asked, his voice weaker than a whisper and his life fading fast. Henry nodded sadly, confirming that Takato's death would not be in vain and that Devitamamon had been reduced to data. Takato smiled weakly. "Bri...Guil...to...me..." Henry complied with the request quickly and brought the battered red dinosaur to his Tamer.

"Tha...nk...you..." Takato said with an intense amount of effort as blood flowed down from his messy brown hair, staining it a deep shade of crimson.

They say that before you die, your entire life flashes in front of your eyes in one massive memory recall. For the dying Gogglehead, this moment was triggered when he looked into the sobbing eyes of the red-haired twenty- year-old woman that was leaning over him. He saw it all again, every memory he had since the night before Guilmon was created. It all began with that dream that they were fighting, a dream that became reality soon after Guilmon became real.

Despite the rocky start, Rika and Takato's relationship changed from enemies to companions, then to friends, and eventually they became something more, something far deeper and meaningful that just the friendship of two allies. They became lovers.

Around the time he entered the seventh grade seven years ago, the world needed help from the digital world again, which was what allowed Guilmon, Renamon, and Terriermon access back into the real world. The day of the grand reunion between the Tamers and their partners, something changed between Rika and Takato.

It was a small change at first but by the time that Rika transferred to Takato's high school two years later, it blossomed into a love neither one could have ever imagined. Some could say that it was destiny that had brought the two fifteen-year-old then, twenty-year-old now adults together. Those same people could also say that it was Takato's Matsuki's destiny to die in this battle.

"Ri...ka..." He said softly, his words soft as a whisper now because of the ever-decreasing amount of strength he had. "I...lo...ve...you..." With his last breath escaping his bloodstained lips, his body went limp and he died, his partner disintegrating into data at the same moment.

Takato's last words slowly seeped into her mind, burning themselves onto her memory, making absolutely sure that she would never forget him.

"Ta...TAKATO!" Cried Rika as the realization that he was truly dead slowly sank in. She just knelt there over top of his chest, tears flowing freely for what seemed like an eternity.

~End of flashback~

I heard mom cry the name out in her sleep again, the nightmare of that night still haunting her even now. She had had the nightmare off and on for as long as I could remember and I would often hear her cry out that name in the middle of the night, still grieving his death. I suppose that things would have been different if he was still here but I really can't say for sure because I never knew him. One thing was for sure though, if he were still here, she would be happy now. Not sad like she always was.

I looked at the picture on my nightstand, wondering what he was like. I had heard a myriad of things about him from everyone who knew him but that still didn't tell me who he really was because I had never met him for myself. Something inside, however, told me that he was a good person. After all why would mom have loved him if he weren't a good person?

'Who were you really, Takato? I wish I could have met you at least once because then I might have been able to see why you did what you did, dad.' I thought before I rolled back over to sleep, desperately needing it because of a test in Math tomorrow.

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"Are you up yet, Takeid?! You're going to be late for school again!" Shouted my mom from downstairs, immediately snapping me out of the oh-so- pleasant dream I had been having.

'SHIT! I overslept again!' I thought as I hurried out of bed so fast that I stumbled and fell headfirst onto the floor. I ran into the bathroom, showering and dressing as fast as I could so I would have enough time to run to school.

"Blackguilmon, it's time to go!" I said as I grabbed my backpack, D-Arc and the pair of yellow-rimmed goggles that my mother had given to me five years ago when I was ten. She said it was the only thing that dad had with him at all times besides his D-Arc.

Everyone said that I was the spitting image of my dad, the same brown hair, same goofy smile, and the same stupid clumsiness. It had always made me nervous when people would talk about me and how I was so much like him. It just felt weird to be compared to someone I didn't even know.

My partner climbed off the bed where he had been sleeping and stretched his black arms, yawning loudly. He looked like my dad's partner, Guilmon, except that instead of being red and white, he was black and blue. The hazard sign on his chest was white however.

After I made sure that I had everything that I would need for the day and that Blackguilmon would not be hungry for a while, I set off in a run for my school, my partner following closely behind.

"Takeidmon? Do you think that we could get some bread from grandma and grandpa after school?" My partner asked as we rounded a corner and continued, desperately trying to reach West Shinjuku Junior High before I would become late.

"Sure thing. I'm sure they'll be willing to give you some bread." I said as we ran up the final hill before we reached the school. "I'll be out during lunch so just play around with the others until I come back, okay?"

"Okay, Takeidmon. But can we fight a little?" He asked before he ran over to the rest of the digimon who would be waiting for their partners to get out of school.

"I guess. But make sure you play nicely." I finished before I walked inside.

"Takeid! You missed it! I beat Garret down like a small dog in cards! I BEAT HIM FOR ONCE!" Called my good friend, Matt Akiyama, from down the hall as he saw me enter the building.

"You just got lucky. I've still beaten you nine times out of the last ten." Said the ever-cocky Barrett Lee as he scratched his head, continually claiming that Matt had just gotten lucky instead of that he was actually learning to play. However, the fact still remained that Matt was getting good, good enough to start being somewhat of a challenge to me.

"Are you guys still playing? You're going to be sorry when Ms. Aria gives you detention for being late to class." Said the girl who I had had a secret crush on since I was in elementary school, Jeni Lee. She was Barrett's twin sister but was the complete opposite of her twin brother. Instead of being a cocky jerk to most people like her brother, she was kind, considerate, and beautiful.

Just seeing her was enough to make me wave and smile like an idiot. She flashed a smile that made my fourteen-year-old heart melt instantly but I prayed that I was not blushing. Matt and Barrett would never let me hear the end of it if they saw me with a stupid blush on my face.

The bell for first period rang so we rushed into the classroom and sat down, the three of us joking around while we nervously awaited Ms. Aria and the Math test that would be coming with her. It was just another usual day for me and the rest of Shinjuku. At least it was right now anyways.

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Me: So what'd ya'll think about it? Please review and I'll try to update soon kupos.

Rika: *Shouting from the distance* YOU KILLED HIM! I'LL FIND YOU IF IT TAKES ALL WEEK!!!!! YOUR BLOOD WILL STAIN THIS CARPET!!!!!

Me: SAAAAAAAAAAAAAVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEE MMMEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

Peace ya'll.