Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon. I love Rukato, and will never write
Jenruki, or Ryuki, unless it eventually leads up to Rukato.
On my other Tamer fic, "All the Difference," I've been hit by writer's block, so it is moving a bit slower than I'd liked, but it is still coming along, but anyway, I was watching a video clip of the first Tamer ending, "My Tomorrow," so I got a good idea for a short Rukato.
I think this'll be a two-chapter thing, so I'll get the next chapter either out tomorrow, or sometime this week. Alas, summer is almost over, so it is time to. PANIC!!
Eh, I'll panic in a few weeks. Now, onto the fic!
Rainy Day By the Traveler
It was raining, but Takato didn't care.
He was crying, but his tears just mixed with the rest of the raindrops, so it wasn't very noticeable.
He grabbed at his side, and held up his D-Arc, his former card reader. A bright red. Just like blood. Just like Growlmon's eyes after the battle.
The rain had resumed after a quick reprieve, after a rainbow helped revert Growlmon back to his Rookie form, Guilmon. Now it was pouring once again, and Takato barely noticed.
Jenrya had left, and Takato hadn't blamed him, since Jenrya had already gone out on a limb running out to help Takato in the middle of the night, so he didn't blame Jenrya for leaving.
Ruki, well, he had no idea what she thought. Frankly, Takato was surprised she hadn't tried attacking Growlmon, but had said that she didn't want to bother fighting such a pathetic Tamer. The fact that Growlmon's 'camouflage' paint was running off in the rain didn't impress her too much.
Then again, why was he concerned with what she thought anyway, aside from the fact that those brilliant violet eyes haunted him, since he had first glimpsed them in a foggy dream. She had forbidden him from ever mentioning it again, or else he would suffer terribly, and since there was an invisible fox wandering around, he knew that she could enforce that threat at any time.
"Why me?" he asked the dark sky, knowing he wouldn't get an answer. He had wanted to be a Digimon Tamer, but not like this! He thought his Digimon would be completely normal, and would listen to him, but Takato had a hard enough time just keeping Guilmon from running off.
Also, the strange circumstances of Guilmon's birth bothered him. Terriermons and Renamons were both common Digimon, but he had created Guilmon, by just shoving a few drawings through his D-arc, and it had worked!
But Guilmon, while mostly calm, was nothing compared to Growlmon, who had frightened Takato quite badly.
"Have I created a monster?" he asked himself silently. He didn't want Guilmon to be a monster.
Guilmon hovered nearby worriedly, holding up a single leaf over his head as an informal umbrella.
***
Ruki ducked under another roof as she took a moment to shake off her umbrella.
"Good thing I brought this," she muttered to herself. "Renamon, are you okay?"
"Of course," Renamon said, appearing besides her. Ruki had long ago gotten used to Renamon's strange way of moving.
"You sure the rain doesn't bother you?" Ruki asked. "Wouldn't want my partner to get sick, and then we would lag behind those other two goggleheads," she said with a slight smile at Renamon to show she was joking.
"I am quite fine, my fur doesn't absorb much water," she explained, glad that Ruki was finally treating her as more than data.
"Well, I guess its time to go home," Ruki said. "Wouldn't want Grandma to worry too much, right?"
Renamon gave a nod and silently phased out again.
Ruki looked out at the rain, and figured that if she waited for a break in the rain, it would take forever, so she would just risk it.
***
Ruki had decided to walk through the park, because she hoped the trees would offer some cover from the rain. She cursed herself for forgetting to bring enough money for the subway, but figured that a little water never hurt anyone.
As she ran through the puddles on the sidewalk, she noticed that there was one figure who didn't seem to notice the rain, as he was just sitting there on the steps, getting soaked.
"Idiot," she snorted. "Not my problem."
But as she ran past, she noticed that the little boy looks sort of familiar. Blue shirt, gray pants, and a pair of yellow goggles.
She stopped, surprised. "Gogglehead?"
The words snapped Takato out of his trance. He looked up, and noticed the relatively dry Digimon Queen standing under a blue umbrella, the same shade as her own Digivice.
She saw Guilmon standing nearby, holding a large leaf by the stem as an umbrella. She almost laughed at the sight, glad that the ridiculous camouflage paint had already been washed away.
What stopped her from laughing was the hopeless expression she saw on Takato's face.
Though she knew she would regret it in the morning, she asked "And what is so wrong with you that you'd want to catch a cold like this, gogglehead?"
Takato scowled at her, and for some reason, the expression just looked so wrong on Takato's face. She had seen him happy, sad, scared stiff (usually of her), and determined, but never depressed.
He gave a short mirthless laugh. "What is wrong is that I don't think I deserve to be a Tamer."
Ruki blinked. "That's it?"
Ruki's short answer actually put Takato off balance. "What do you mean 'that's it'?! Guilmon just digivolved to Champion, and he nearly blew up a couple of buildings!"
"Well, you shouldn't have made him so big then," she responded, smirking at him.
She didn't expect him to say "I wanted him to be bigger than Greymon, but I guess I didn't expect him to be so. berserk."
"What is wrong with you, gogglehead?" she asked, cutting back on the sarcasm a little this time. "Where did you get Guilmon, anyway? Did you draw him up?"
"As a matter of fact, yes!" Takato snapped back at her. He stood up, and dug in his pocket, taking out a wet piece of paper. "I got a digivice, and I slid my picture of Guilmon through, and boom, there he was!"
Takato threw the sheet at her, and though it was a bit wet from being in Takato's pocket, she could still see a red dinosaur on the paper, complete with red wings on the head, and a hazard marking on the body.
Guilmon walked over, interested. "Wow, that's a good picture of me," he said in his child-like voice.
"You really did create Guilmon, didn't you?" she asked, stunned.
"Yep," Takato said. "Its not like I had Digimon swarming up to me to ask me to be their Tamer. Though I bet a famous card player like you probably did."
Ruki shuddered at how close to the mark Takato hit. "Well, stop moping gogglehead. If you get sick, then you won't be able to help Guilmon when me and Renamon decide to load his data."
Rika had already given up on the idea of loading Guilmon's or Terriermon's data, but she figured it might wake Takato up.
Boy, did it work. "NO!" Takato shouted, racing up to her and shaking her. "You can't take Guilmon away, he's my friend!!"
Ruki was being shaken so badly by the goggle-boy that she dropped her umbrella in her surprise. She certainly hadn't expected such a violent reaction from Takato.
"Get a grip, gogglehead!" she shouted, pushing his hands off her. "I was just joking!"
Takato blinked in the rain. "Joking?"
Ruki rolled her eyes at Takato's slow answer. "Look gogglehead, Guilmon is right here! So what if you drew him up, then he's original! And does this face look like the type to go on a rampage like Godzilla or something?"
She pointed at Guilmon's innocent face. "Who's Godzilla?"
"Your older big brother," Ruki said sarcastically, at which Guilmon's face lit up. "I have a brother? Wow! Is he red like me Takato?"
Ruki slapped her head. Figures, gogglehead and dino-boy would be this stupid. She picked up her umbrella, and stepped slightly closer to Takato, so that it covered the both of them.
"Listen gogglehead, no matter what Guilmon looks like, he is still dino-boy inside! He may turn into a giant dinosaur again, but that was the first time. You'll become better at this, eventually. Maybe then you can provide a good fight for Renamon."
"Really?" Takato looked up at that, and blushed slightly when he saw how close the girl was to him under the umbrella. Luckily, in the darkness, Ruki couldn't seem him blush.
"I'm sure Guilmon won't go crazy again," Ruki repeated. "Anything that would let you paint them in that kind of paint must be really nice! So stop worrying."
Takato shook his head, and then took a deep breath. Ruki was right. He knew Guilmon. Guilmon would never be like that. At least, not with Takato watching over him.
Takato smiled. "Thanks Ruki. I guess I needed a pep talk like that."
Ruki just glared at him. "Well, that's fine then. Don't expect another. I've got more important things to do than try to cheer you up." She stepped away, and Takato was once again standing in the rain.
"See ya later, gogglehead," she called back as she walked away.
Takato stared after her, and he was sure he was blushing intensely. No girl had ever gotten that close to him, aside from Juri.
"Umbrella, Takatomon?" Guilmon said, offering his leaf.
Takato looked at him for a moment, and then burst out laughing.
"You really are nice, aren't you, boy?" he asked Guilmon.
"Yep!" Guilmon agreed, nodding enthusiastically.
Takato looked into Guilmon's eyes, and he saw another child, a partner, not Godzilla. At least he hoped not.
"You better get back to your house, boy," he said, patting Guilmon on the head. "I'd better get home. I just hope I can get into the house before mom sees how wet I am."
"Okay Takatomon," Guilmon said, happy that his friend was once again happy.
"That's- ah, forget it, bye Guilmon," Takato said as he walked away.
"Bye-bye Takato!" Guilmon said as he ran back towards his shed and his stockpile of bread.
Takato turned around for a moment, startled, but then shrugged it off. "Sometime I never get that boy.
***
Ruki huddled under another bus stop that was near her house, as she took a moment to try to dry her clothes a bit, so that her mom wouldn't fuss too much on her.
"Stupid goggle-head, now I'm soaked too," she grumbled. "But at least I managed to get him to start moving again."
"That was sweet, Ruki," said a voice at her side, and Renamon appeared again. "A friend should help a friend in need."
Ruki snorted. "Friend? He is merely a fellow Tamer, nothing more, nothing less. Besides, it would be cruel just to leave a person alone in the rain like that."
"Nice gesture with the umbrella, though," Renamon argued. "I don't think Guilmon's leaf would have really sufficed."
"That's for sure," Ruki said as she fished in her pockets for some napkins. She instead found something else.
"Oh, the stupid goggle-boy forgot to take his drawing back from me," Ruki grumbled as she realized she still had the Guilmon drawing.
"He doesn't need it anymore, since he has the real thing now," Renamon pointed out.
"Good point," Ruki said. She sighed. "Might as well keep it for now. I am definitely not going all the way to his house to give it back to him." She frowned as a new thought struck her. "Just where is his house anyway?"
Renamon shrugged. "Would you like me to give it to him?"
"Nah," Ruki disagreed. "I'll just give it back to him when I see him next."
"You two did look cute standing in the rain like that," Renamon commented.
Ruki glared. "Mention that to anyone, and."
"Don't worry, I won't," Renamon said, and then disappeared again.
Ruki shook her head. "Who does she think she is? A matchmaker? Takato does look cute but-"
She hit herself on the head. "Great, now she's got me thinking like that. Besides, the whole idea is ludicrous. Me and Takato, a couple? Heh heh, like that would ever happen."
She held up her umbrella again, and walked towards her home.
The End.
Okay, I hope that was acceptable. Also, for those people who have seen "My Tomorrrow," well, its based heavily on that, but of course it has Rukato too.
I'm working on a second chapter that occurs after Tamers, so be on the lookout for that too!
On my other Tamer fic, "All the Difference," I've been hit by writer's block, so it is moving a bit slower than I'd liked, but it is still coming along, but anyway, I was watching a video clip of the first Tamer ending, "My Tomorrow," so I got a good idea for a short Rukato.
I think this'll be a two-chapter thing, so I'll get the next chapter either out tomorrow, or sometime this week. Alas, summer is almost over, so it is time to. PANIC!!
Eh, I'll panic in a few weeks. Now, onto the fic!
Rainy Day By the Traveler
It was raining, but Takato didn't care.
He was crying, but his tears just mixed with the rest of the raindrops, so it wasn't very noticeable.
He grabbed at his side, and held up his D-Arc, his former card reader. A bright red. Just like blood. Just like Growlmon's eyes after the battle.
The rain had resumed after a quick reprieve, after a rainbow helped revert Growlmon back to his Rookie form, Guilmon. Now it was pouring once again, and Takato barely noticed.
Jenrya had left, and Takato hadn't blamed him, since Jenrya had already gone out on a limb running out to help Takato in the middle of the night, so he didn't blame Jenrya for leaving.
Ruki, well, he had no idea what she thought. Frankly, Takato was surprised she hadn't tried attacking Growlmon, but had said that she didn't want to bother fighting such a pathetic Tamer. The fact that Growlmon's 'camouflage' paint was running off in the rain didn't impress her too much.
Then again, why was he concerned with what she thought anyway, aside from the fact that those brilliant violet eyes haunted him, since he had first glimpsed them in a foggy dream. She had forbidden him from ever mentioning it again, or else he would suffer terribly, and since there was an invisible fox wandering around, he knew that she could enforce that threat at any time.
"Why me?" he asked the dark sky, knowing he wouldn't get an answer. He had wanted to be a Digimon Tamer, but not like this! He thought his Digimon would be completely normal, and would listen to him, but Takato had a hard enough time just keeping Guilmon from running off.
Also, the strange circumstances of Guilmon's birth bothered him. Terriermons and Renamons were both common Digimon, but he had created Guilmon, by just shoving a few drawings through his D-arc, and it had worked!
But Guilmon, while mostly calm, was nothing compared to Growlmon, who had frightened Takato quite badly.
"Have I created a monster?" he asked himself silently. He didn't want Guilmon to be a monster.
Guilmon hovered nearby worriedly, holding up a single leaf over his head as an informal umbrella.
***
Ruki ducked under another roof as she took a moment to shake off her umbrella.
"Good thing I brought this," she muttered to herself. "Renamon, are you okay?"
"Of course," Renamon said, appearing besides her. Ruki had long ago gotten used to Renamon's strange way of moving.
"You sure the rain doesn't bother you?" Ruki asked. "Wouldn't want my partner to get sick, and then we would lag behind those other two goggleheads," she said with a slight smile at Renamon to show she was joking.
"I am quite fine, my fur doesn't absorb much water," she explained, glad that Ruki was finally treating her as more than data.
"Well, I guess its time to go home," Ruki said. "Wouldn't want Grandma to worry too much, right?"
Renamon gave a nod and silently phased out again.
Ruki looked out at the rain, and figured that if she waited for a break in the rain, it would take forever, so she would just risk it.
***
Ruki had decided to walk through the park, because she hoped the trees would offer some cover from the rain. She cursed herself for forgetting to bring enough money for the subway, but figured that a little water never hurt anyone.
As she ran through the puddles on the sidewalk, she noticed that there was one figure who didn't seem to notice the rain, as he was just sitting there on the steps, getting soaked.
"Idiot," she snorted. "Not my problem."
But as she ran past, she noticed that the little boy looks sort of familiar. Blue shirt, gray pants, and a pair of yellow goggles.
She stopped, surprised. "Gogglehead?"
The words snapped Takato out of his trance. He looked up, and noticed the relatively dry Digimon Queen standing under a blue umbrella, the same shade as her own Digivice.
She saw Guilmon standing nearby, holding a large leaf by the stem as an umbrella. She almost laughed at the sight, glad that the ridiculous camouflage paint had already been washed away.
What stopped her from laughing was the hopeless expression she saw on Takato's face.
Though she knew she would regret it in the morning, she asked "And what is so wrong with you that you'd want to catch a cold like this, gogglehead?"
Takato scowled at her, and for some reason, the expression just looked so wrong on Takato's face. She had seen him happy, sad, scared stiff (usually of her), and determined, but never depressed.
He gave a short mirthless laugh. "What is wrong is that I don't think I deserve to be a Tamer."
Ruki blinked. "That's it?"
Ruki's short answer actually put Takato off balance. "What do you mean 'that's it'?! Guilmon just digivolved to Champion, and he nearly blew up a couple of buildings!"
"Well, you shouldn't have made him so big then," she responded, smirking at him.
She didn't expect him to say "I wanted him to be bigger than Greymon, but I guess I didn't expect him to be so. berserk."
"What is wrong with you, gogglehead?" she asked, cutting back on the sarcasm a little this time. "Where did you get Guilmon, anyway? Did you draw him up?"
"As a matter of fact, yes!" Takato snapped back at her. He stood up, and dug in his pocket, taking out a wet piece of paper. "I got a digivice, and I slid my picture of Guilmon through, and boom, there he was!"
Takato threw the sheet at her, and though it was a bit wet from being in Takato's pocket, she could still see a red dinosaur on the paper, complete with red wings on the head, and a hazard marking on the body.
Guilmon walked over, interested. "Wow, that's a good picture of me," he said in his child-like voice.
"You really did create Guilmon, didn't you?" she asked, stunned.
"Yep," Takato said. "Its not like I had Digimon swarming up to me to ask me to be their Tamer. Though I bet a famous card player like you probably did."
Ruki shuddered at how close to the mark Takato hit. "Well, stop moping gogglehead. If you get sick, then you won't be able to help Guilmon when me and Renamon decide to load his data."
Rika had already given up on the idea of loading Guilmon's or Terriermon's data, but she figured it might wake Takato up.
Boy, did it work. "NO!" Takato shouted, racing up to her and shaking her. "You can't take Guilmon away, he's my friend!!"
Ruki was being shaken so badly by the goggle-boy that she dropped her umbrella in her surprise. She certainly hadn't expected such a violent reaction from Takato.
"Get a grip, gogglehead!" she shouted, pushing his hands off her. "I was just joking!"
Takato blinked in the rain. "Joking?"
Ruki rolled her eyes at Takato's slow answer. "Look gogglehead, Guilmon is right here! So what if you drew him up, then he's original! And does this face look like the type to go on a rampage like Godzilla or something?"
She pointed at Guilmon's innocent face. "Who's Godzilla?"
"Your older big brother," Ruki said sarcastically, at which Guilmon's face lit up. "I have a brother? Wow! Is he red like me Takato?"
Ruki slapped her head. Figures, gogglehead and dino-boy would be this stupid. She picked up her umbrella, and stepped slightly closer to Takato, so that it covered the both of them.
"Listen gogglehead, no matter what Guilmon looks like, he is still dino-boy inside! He may turn into a giant dinosaur again, but that was the first time. You'll become better at this, eventually. Maybe then you can provide a good fight for Renamon."
"Really?" Takato looked up at that, and blushed slightly when he saw how close the girl was to him under the umbrella. Luckily, in the darkness, Ruki couldn't seem him blush.
"I'm sure Guilmon won't go crazy again," Ruki repeated. "Anything that would let you paint them in that kind of paint must be really nice! So stop worrying."
Takato shook his head, and then took a deep breath. Ruki was right. He knew Guilmon. Guilmon would never be like that. At least, not with Takato watching over him.
Takato smiled. "Thanks Ruki. I guess I needed a pep talk like that."
Ruki just glared at him. "Well, that's fine then. Don't expect another. I've got more important things to do than try to cheer you up." She stepped away, and Takato was once again standing in the rain.
"See ya later, gogglehead," she called back as she walked away.
Takato stared after her, and he was sure he was blushing intensely. No girl had ever gotten that close to him, aside from Juri.
"Umbrella, Takatomon?" Guilmon said, offering his leaf.
Takato looked at him for a moment, and then burst out laughing.
"You really are nice, aren't you, boy?" he asked Guilmon.
"Yep!" Guilmon agreed, nodding enthusiastically.
Takato looked into Guilmon's eyes, and he saw another child, a partner, not Godzilla. At least he hoped not.
"You better get back to your house, boy," he said, patting Guilmon on the head. "I'd better get home. I just hope I can get into the house before mom sees how wet I am."
"Okay Takatomon," Guilmon said, happy that his friend was once again happy.
"That's- ah, forget it, bye Guilmon," Takato said as he walked away.
"Bye-bye Takato!" Guilmon said as he ran back towards his shed and his stockpile of bread.
Takato turned around for a moment, startled, but then shrugged it off. "Sometime I never get that boy.
***
Ruki huddled under another bus stop that was near her house, as she took a moment to try to dry her clothes a bit, so that her mom wouldn't fuss too much on her.
"Stupid goggle-head, now I'm soaked too," she grumbled. "But at least I managed to get him to start moving again."
"That was sweet, Ruki," said a voice at her side, and Renamon appeared again. "A friend should help a friend in need."
Ruki snorted. "Friend? He is merely a fellow Tamer, nothing more, nothing less. Besides, it would be cruel just to leave a person alone in the rain like that."
"Nice gesture with the umbrella, though," Renamon argued. "I don't think Guilmon's leaf would have really sufficed."
"That's for sure," Ruki said as she fished in her pockets for some napkins. She instead found something else.
"Oh, the stupid goggle-boy forgot to take his drawing back from me," Ruki grumbled as she realized she still had the Guilmon drawing.
"He doesn't need it anymore, since he has the real thing now," Renamon pointed out.
"Good point," Ruki said. She sighed. "Might as well keep it for now. I am definitely not going all the way to his house to give it back to him." She frowned as a new thought struck her. "Just where is his house anyway?"
Renamon shrugged. "Would you like me to give it to him?"
"Nah," Ruki disagreed. "I'll just give it back to him when I see him next."
"You two did look cute standing in the rain like that," Renamon commented.
Ruki glared. "Mention that to anyone, and."
"Don't worry, I won't," Renamon said, and then disappeared again.
Ruki shook her head. "Who does she think she is? A matchmaker? Takato does look cute but-"
She hit herself on the head. "Great, now she's got me thinking like that. Besides, the whole idea is ludicrous. Me and Takato, a couple? Heh heh, like that would ever happen."
She held up her umbrella again, and walked towards her home.
The End.
Okay, I hope that was acceptable. Also, for those people who have seen "My Tomorrrow," well, its based heavily on that, but of course it has Rukato too.
I'm working on a second chapter that occurs after Tamers, so be on the lookout for that too!