Not A Simple Kind Of Life
By: The Smashfriends
Freak: A new fic from us.
Aerisakura: We don't know how long it will be but we do know that it won't have many chapters.
Logan: Hope you like it and you read it til the end.
MMX2: This fic takes place a few months after the D-Reaper.
Freak: Anything else will be explained as the fic advances so….
Logan: Wait to know.
Terriermon: You know it! They don't own Digimon.
Chapter 1: Stuck With The Last Person I Wanted To Be.
'I mustn't run away! I mustn't run away! I mustn't run away!'-Shinji Ikari, NGE.
'I won't give up even if I'm scared'-Tifa Lockhart, Final Fantasy VII.
'I don't wanna be alone anymore…..'-Eriol Carol, Final Fantasy IX.
'Go on…Blame my incompetence! Tell me it is my fault!'-Adelbert Steiner, Final Fantasy IX.
Takato was lost in thought, he was remembering how was he stuck in this situation and avoided at all cost eye contact with the person in front of him, they had had an argument and he had said some things he would rather keep them buried in his mind and heart and never ever let them out. They had been in silence for several minutes if not hours, doing the same, avoiding eye contact and not speaking to each other, he was angered with himself and with the person in front of him-Rika.
They were in the Digimon World and they had been stuck together when….well, it will better start from the very beginning of this mess, less than a week after the D-Reaper……
It was a bright sunny morning of a Saturday and Takato had finally reunited the courage enough to tell Jeri he liked her, as it was usual, all the tamers including Jeri, though she doesn't have a Digimon anymore, not that anyone else had a Digimon right there, but hers, as you must remember, was….deleted, and the rest of the Digimon were back at their world but even with that little detail between them, they still called themselves Tamers and they reunited every Saturday to talk of the "old days" and to dream about going back to the Digi-World for their partners, and it was always Takato who start it, some would follow it and other preferred to ignore him.
That day Takato arrived late, not that he ever arrived early, this day seemed to be no different from the others, but Takato wanted to think otherwise, if everything went as he hoped, today could be one of the best days of his life…..or the worse day of his life if things went as he feared.
As soon as he arrived, he sweat dropped at the sight of Kazu and Kenta being in their "hyper-fan" mode with Ryo, who was trying his best to take them off him, and at that Takato couldn't help but smile a little, he didn't liked Ryo that much and see him like that was quite entertaining, He then turned around to see what were doing everyone else.
To his right, he saw Rika resting against a tree, her eyes closed, she was probably bored, Takato smiled a little at her, remembering how she used to be, though she still tried to keep her cold attitude, after all, she had a reputation to keep. She only showed her full D.I.Q. attitude towards Kazu, Kenta, Ryo and, in some occasions, towards him, Henry was, probably, the smartest and kept himself away from her while Jeri was the one that almost didn't or didn't at all received the D.I.Q. treatment and at that his smiled widened and it was just at that moment that Rika chose to open her eyes and turned to look….or better said glare at him, she probably sensed his stare, her eyes narrowed disappearing the smile of his face, making him turn red at the same time that a cold sweat covered his face, he gulped and she turned her glare somewhere else, he then hung his head and sighed in relief.
He continued to look around for the rest of his friends, specially looking for Jeri, but he didn't had to look far, she was seated next to Rika, and was laughing at the scene that Kazu, Kenta and Ryo displayed, Takato gulped and before walking towards her he tried to look for Henry who wasn't around and he wondered what could have happened but before he could get worried he saw Jeri waving at him, blinking and turning red again he walked towards her, gulping not just because he was nervous of speaking with Jeri but also because he was slightly scared of Rika, but taking his chances he walked towards the two girls.
As he got there he greeted the two girls receiving only an answer from Jeri, unless you cont frowning and glaring as an answer to a greeting, trying to ignore the glaring he was receiving and as soon as he was comfortable he said "You know where's Henry?"
"Suzie came with him and then asked for something to eat and before she started to cry, he took he to find something to eat" Jeri answered smiling.
"And what are you guys…uh…girls going?" Takato asked trying his best to control his incredibly fast beating heart.
"What else? Looking at the three stooges fight" Rika answered with a bored and annoyed tone, Takato laughed at that and Jeri shook her head.
"Hey guys, why don't you play cards yourselves?" Jeri said excitedly.
"That would be equally or even more boring" Rika said closing her eyes again.
And before Takato could say anything to defend himself, Jeri said "Hey Rika, why don't you teach Takato to play cards?"
"Hmph! As if he could learn anything" "I don't need her to teach me! I been practicing…" "As if that is going to help a goggle-brain like you" "Why don't you just…." "Finish that sentence goggles and you will never live to see another day!" again before Takato could say anything else Jeri interrupt them and said "Takato why don't we go to look for Henry?"
She stood up and dusted her dress and walked away slowly and waiting for him, Takato and Rika blinked at the same time and looked at Jeri for a second, then Takato stood up and went after her while Rika glared at Takato to then turn to look at the "three stooges".
"What got her in a bad mood?" Takato said as soon as he reached her, and Jeri was silent for a moment as if thinking.
"Maybe she was just bored and thought it would be fun to pick on you" Jeri said after a few second of giving it some thought. Takato remained silent thinking about he was just told but before being lost in thought as he used to do, he remembered what he wanted to tell Jeri and then he reunited all his courage to say what he thought his heart wanted to say.
"Jeri, could I….tell you something?" Takato said and stopped walking, hoping not to be to scared and not saying what he intended to say.
"You can tell me anything you want Takato" Jeri said stopping as well and turned to look at him.
Now Takato felt even more nervous and again prayed for having enough courage, he took a deep breath and finally said "Jeri I…I..l-li..like yo-u"
Jeri blinked, she sure wasn't expecting that, she gave some thought at what to say, how to answer to that and after s few seconds that seemed like years to Takato, she finally said "I…I'm…I use to have a crush on you Takato, but….after what happened with Beelzemon…I could never look at you in the same way than before and my feelings have changed and….I'm sorry Takato but I like someone else….and I think you try to figure out your feelings because I think you like someone else" with that said, Jeri turned to look ahead and saw Henry and Suzie walking slowly, she smiled and waved at them and then ran to them leaving a thoughtful Takato behind.
'Who?' was all Takato could think about, he wondered who Jeri liked and who could he like besides Jeri, looking at Jeri one of his questions found an answer and he sadly looked at the ground, at the same time that he figured out who Jeri liked he knew of who was Jeri talking about but right now….all that was in his head, in his heart, was that Jeri had rejected him, she liked Henry and he didn't felt like staying around them anymore so he slowly turned away and walked but then he started to run as fast as he could.
He liked Jeri, he did knew that, and it did hurt to hear what she had said and even more seeing her with her best human friend and he had to leave….it still hurt, his heart ached and he felt it sinking, emptiness overcoming him. Minutes later, after had been running for a while, he finally slowed down, tears now running down his face, a pressure in his chest making him have problems to breath, sobbing softly he place his arm over his eyes, his shoulders shaking with each sob and he stayed there, standing like that, just letting himself cry his sorrows not caring if anyone saw him.
It was now more than ever that he missed Guilmon, though Guilmon may not understand why he cried, he would be there trying to cheer him up, and it was then that Takato promised himself to look for a way to bring back his best friend.
Sniffing, he took his arm off his eyes and continued to walk, tears still streaked down his face, but now they were less than before, he looked at the ground not caring that he bumped into some people, he was so immersed in his thoughts to even notice or to even care to the rude remarks that people made of him….that was until he bumped with someone who pushed him back rudely, looking up he saw Rika glaring at him.
"Crying? I hope you be crying for a very good reason and not just because a bee threatened with sting you" Rika said smirking, waiting for the usual "explosive" angry reply from the goggle-headed tamer, but none came, Takato just continued to stare blankly at her as tears continued to fall. Rika just raised an eyebrow at his and as she was about to make a nasty remark at him, Takato surprised her by throwing his arms around her and sobbing on her shoulder.
Blinking several times not quite understanding what happened, Rika tried to keep her balance, seconds later, her brain finally came to realize that the goggle-head was hugging her, and not just hugging her but crying on her too and in front of a crowd, looking round them, she saw the passing people giving them odd looks, a pinkish hue covered her cheeks and she tried to push the goggle-head of her to no avail, Takato had a strong grip on her and she finally decided to use a threat followed maybe by violence.
"Ok. goggle-head, if you don't let go of me I will have to hurt you badly as to break every bone in your body!" Rika threatened but again to no avail, she sighed, she had warned him what would happen and she surely would beat him now.
Rika prepared her self to punch Takato on the ribs but as inches before her fist made contact with his ribs he finally spoke and what he said made her stop in her tracks "It's Jeri"
It was well know by everyone that Takato liked Jeri and she didn't need to be a rocket scientist to know that if he was crying it was because he had been rejected by the puppet girl, and for some odd reason this knowledge stopped her from beating the goggle-head, sighing in annoyance and tiredness, Rika, with a lot of effort, raised her hand and patted Takato on the back with one hand while the other was balled in a fist.
A few minutes passed and Takato's sods were less frequent but Rika could still feel he was crying for she could feel his tears since his cheeks were to close to hers for her annoyance, her free hand was resting on one of his shoulders hoping that in that way he would stop crying and, more importantly, stop hugging her, of course she could just knee him and that would be it, she would be free but she just couldn't do that and already being desperate or maybe because she just wanted to make him feel better, you decide, she stopped the patting and just hugged the goggle-head back and just said "Don't worry Takato, you are not alone. I'm here for you"
Rika didn't really know why she said that but she was thankful she did since seconds later Takato had stopped crying but still held on her, she sighed in relief and now she just had to make him let go of her, but she didn't had to do anything else, Takato sniffed one more time and let go of her sniffing again. His eyes were puffy red, they were almost dull and for some odd reason that bothered Rika.
Takato looked at the ground, knowing or believing that if he looked at her eyes he would find that she is looking at him with anger and probably hate and right now that was the last thing he needed, he wasn't sure if Jeri was right but he did knew that he cared in some way for Rika and seeing that she hated him in this moment would only make him feel worse since if he did cared for her in that way it would mean that the both girls he had feelings for didn't cared for him and to find that in the same day wouldn't be so good, for now he had a little of hope that Rika could care for him after what she just said.
"Thanks…and….sorry" Takato finally said noticing that he had soaked her shirt's shoulder; he still avoided any eye contact.
"Forget about it" Rika said and after that there was a silent, she was to avoiding eye contact with him not wanting to see him like that and actually feel worried for him, she wanted to go home but she had to say something or rather know something before leaving but of course her pride wouldn't let her ask fully what she wanted to know and she only said "Better?"
Takato smiled sadly at her and nodded not trusting his voice; he was still looking at the ground.
"Are you going to be ok?" she asked crossing her arms over her chest. Again Takato nodded not looking up.
"I have to go" Rika said and started to walk away but sensing his eyes on her, she mentally cursed herself for what she was about to say and stopped, not looking back at him she said "If you need to talk….you can talk with me"
"Th-thanks" Takato said, the sadness still evident in his voice making Rika almost wince, she only nodded and left.
Takato continued to stare at anything but Rika, anger and the wish to be as far away from Rika only increasing after the memories, he turned to glare at the bonfire in the middle of them, they were in the open since they didn't found a better place to rest though he wasn't tired as to sleep he was tired of walking and of all this not to mention he felt sick.
He didn't mind being in the Digi-World but he was bothered by being with Rika. How could everything end like this after that day, when it seemed that something could have bloom between them?
Takato frowned; things between them weren't this bad before planning in going to the Digi-World, they were giving the "silent treatment" to each other but being alone in the Digital World made them start talking….or better said arguing…..again, Takato was not only angered by Rika's words but he was also hurt, so very hurt but he won't give her the joy of see him crying as he had decided and promised himself, it didn't matter how much it hurt, he could even say that it hurt even more than when Jeri "rejected" him but he was not going to cry. He turned his head away clenching his fist and closing his eyes and remembered the events after that day.
Takato woke up late that day, it has been two days after he confessed his feelings to Jeri and was rejected and was remembering what she said about him liking someone else, he was still confused by it but he was starting to believe it, he hadn't gone out of his house unless his parents asked him to go to buy something they needed at the market and in one of those errands he saw Rika.
He was happy to see her, after all, somehow Kazu and Kenta had found out what happened and they had been making fun of him and he didn't even want to think about Jeri or Henry, the problem was that Rika seemed angered, nothing new but this time she was almost fuming.
"Hi Rika" Takato greeted as cheerful as he could.
"WHAT?" Rika snapped at him.
"…..How are you?" Takato tried again.
Rika sighed exasperatedly and said nothing, at what Takato gulped and again trying to talk with her, he said "Want to walk with me? I have to run an errand for my parent"
Rika again said nothing but nodded following him, and it wasn't long after that when Takato tried again to have a conversation with her "So….what's wrong?"
"What? Aren't you the one who want to complain about the puppet-girl being with your best friend?" Rika said, the anger very noticeable in her voice, Takato was slightly hurt by her words, not just because it was a sore subject but because she used to hurt him.
"I…no. I wanted to know if YOU are alright, you seem upset" Takato said, trying to ignore the comment about Jeri and the hurt feeling this caused. Rika remained silent after that.
"………………I'm fine!" Rika replied still angered.
"But…" Takato couldn't finish his sentence as she turned to glare at him making him bite his lower lip to not talk anymore and looked at the ground sadly, he was happy that the other day she was nice to him and he hoped that she could continue being nice to him, she had comforted him and he wanted to comfort her.
"……………………Akiyama asked me to be his girlfriend" Rika said after a moment of silence.
Takato eyes widened and he couldn't help asking "And what did you say?" 'Please, tell me you said no' he finished in his head.
"……….I say nothing" was all Rika answered, but that wasn't enough to make Takato be at ease, knowing Ryo he would keep trying, but then again, Rika is supposed to hate him, so there wasn't anything to be afraid of, right?
Takato then though that to tell Rika now that he thought or better said, that he had developed feeling for her might not be a so bright idea now, she is already angered by Ryo and she might take it all on him and that wouldn't be good, but at least he would ask her to hang out with him but even before he finished that thought, Rika had left without saying anything else to him. He sighed sadly and continued with his errands.
It had been almost a week and Takato continued to avoid everyone else and he had wanted to see Rika but luck wasn't on his side, it was either that she was avoiding him or she just didn't get out of her house at all…and she didn't want to respond to his phone calls. But today, was going back to his usual life and he will face Jeri and Henry and tell them he was happy for them and at last but not lest important he will take his risk and tell Rika how he feels about her.
So, Takato went running all the way to the park, wishing this would be a good day (SF/N: Kind of Déjà vu, don't you think?), soon he arrived and saw his friends, all of them were there, even Rika and everyone seemed to be doing as usual except of course that now Jeri and Henry sat together, and to his relief, Rika was there, she was sitting under the three watching the "three stooges" playing cards. Just by seeing her, Takato could already feel himself blushing but before going with her, he will talk with Jeri and Henry.
Slowly, he walked towards them, as soon as Jeri saw him, she smiled at him and was relieved when he smiled back.
"Hey Takato" Henry said with nervousness, hoping that his best friend wasn't mad at him.
"Hi Henry….I wanted to…tell you guys…that, I'm happy for you, and I'm sorry for the way I reacted" Takato said and smiled at them.
"You don't need to be sorry Takato" Jeri said and Henry smiled giving him a hand shake.
"Well now, I don't want to be the third wheel so….I'm going over there" Takato said pointing to Rika.
"Yeah right, Takato" Jeri said giggling, Henry raised an eyebrow not really understanding and Takato quickly turned away so they couldn't see his cheeks turning red and he just waved his hand and walked towards Rika.
"He-hey" Takato said as he slowly sat next to Rika fearing that she would tell him to go.
"Hey goggles" Rika replied making Takato smile since she didn't said it with anger or annoyance.
"It's been a while since the last time I saw you…or talk to you" Takato said, facing the "show" that Kazu, Kenta and Ryo provided but he was looking at Rika with the corner of his eyes, he got no answer and he sighed tiredly, he was having second thoughts about saying anything he had wanted to say.
"He asked again" Rika said catching Takato out of guard.
Takato blinked several times until that statement got through his head, then his eyes widened and he turned to look at her, to say that he was worried by the fact that her tone of voice held no anger would be an understatement, so looking down and hoping his fears and worries were just that he said "And….what…was….yo-your answer?"
"....................I said yes"
After that answer, Takato he turned his head away from her and then he looked down, he said nothing and just stared at his feet, again he felt his heart sinking, he hung his shoulders and felt a knot on his stomach and throat. Again emptiness filled his heart, a piercing pain going through him, he did his best in holding back his tears, there wasn't anything he could say or he wanted to say and even if there was something he could say, Rika wouldn't listen, she had stood up and walked towards Ryo who had just called her and she went to him without even looking back at Takato nor saying anything else.
Takato took a deep breath and stood up, he decided to go back home, he had started to feel sick and wanted to go home and rest, he felt as if life had been drawn out of him, his eyes had lost the shine that they held a few minutes ago. Sighing sadly, he stood up and started a slow walk back home.
He hadn't walked that far when he felt someone taping on his shoulder, he turned to see at Jeri and Henry standing there with worried faces. Jeri hugged him again and could only said "I'm sorry Takato"
Henry now understood what Jeri had meant moments ago and he felt bad for his friend and patted him on the shoulder, Takato looked at him and smiled briefly, it was a sad smile that disappeared as soon as Henry saw it.
Jeri let go of Takato and she was trying to find words that could give some comfort to Takato but before she could even think of one, Takato spoke first.
"Could you guys help me to find a portal to the Digital World and look for our friends?" Takato said, the sadness in his voice almost made Jeri and Henry wince distracting them of the petition Takato made but soon his words sink in both of his friends' heads and they looked at him shocked.
"I know it will be difficult….and I'm so sorry Jeri, I know it will be hard on you but I miss Guilmon terrible…..and I need him" Takato said, the sorrow still present in his voice but this time his words were heard as soon as they came out of his mouth.
Jeri did felt sad for not having Leomon anymore, but she would help her friend, she told herself to be strong and nodded at him smiling though her eyes were watery. Henry smiled too and said "You can count on me, we will find our Digimon"
"Should…should we tell the others?" Jeri asked afraid that she could upset Takato again.
"…..Let's tell them after we find a way to go back" Takato said, his gaze lowering at his feet again, Henry and Jeri just nodded.
A few days passed without success, they even asked Henry's father if he knew of a way but the result was the same. One afternoon Takato went to Guilmon's hut or what used to be his hut and sat there, he had almost lost all hope, he remembered that he had seen a portal here a month or so ago but now it was gone. He then thought of the Digi-gnomes, they were supposed to make any wish come true and he remembered or at least he thought he had seen one the other day so why wouldn't it make his wish to go back to the Digital World true.
He tightened his grip on his D-Ark, and wished again to go to the Digi-World but nothing happened, he tried again and waited for several minutes but nothing happened, he looked at his D-Ark, he remembered when Guilmon's Digi-egg was inside his previous D-Ark.
Takato closed his eyes and took his D-Ark close to him placing him near his heart, as if he was hugging it, he may thought it was Guilmon who he was hugging and he whispered softly "Guilmon you don't know how much I miss you….I wish….I wish you could be here with me…Guilmon" (Logan: This is the part where a tear falls from his eye to the D-Ark and the portal to the Digi-World magically appears XDD, no, sorry but have you noticed that something like that always happens in the anime, a tear falls and then everything is solved, so…..let's just continue with the fic).
Takato walked out of the hut and placed his D-Ark around his neck as he used, he sighed and was about to leave to his house when he heard something like a giggle, he quickly turned around.
"I knew there was one around here!!" Takato said happily as he saw a Digi-gnome flying around the hut to then land on the roof of the hut. Takato smiled, probably the first happy smile he gave after the event with Rika.
The little Digi-gnome laughed again and tilted his head to the side and stared at Takato as he walked back to the hut's entrance.
"Hey, could you….help me?" Takato said unsure of what to say and the Digi-gnome just laughed/giggled again nodding.
"Could…could you, please open a portal to the Digi-World?" Takato pleaded, and the Digi-gnome laughed/giggled again and went flying inside the hut, Takato went quickly after it to see the portal where it used to be, he smiled and chuckled a little, he would be seeing Guilmon again.
Takato didn't lose more time and ran to see Henry, when he got there he wasn't surprised to see that Jeri was there, so he told them about the portal and now they started to plan where to leave and what to take with them.
The next day, Henry, Jeri and Takato went to the park to see the others and tell them the news, Henry and Jeri let Takato be the one in telling them, and of course Takato decided to tell Rika first.
As they were in the park, Takato scanned the place in search of Rika, and again she was near the three, she was, for the moment, alone and he smiled at his good luck and ran to her.
"Rika!!" Takato said and when he was in front of her he stopped to catch his breath between pants. Rika looked at him oddly but waited for him to tell her whatever he had to say but it wouldn't be so easy.
"Hey Rika, I need to talk with you in private" came Ryo's voice as soon as he noticed Takato was there, it seemed as if he was running to, Takato didn't give much thought about it.
"Talk with you later goggles" Rika said as she walked away.
Takato, finally recovered, tried to stop Rika but Ryo place his hand on Takato's shoulder and held him there and said "Go goggles, she is with me now"
Takato was dumfounded at that, he really didn't understand what he mean by that but after hearing what Ryo said next, he understood perfectly what it meant.
"You really thought Rika was going to chose you over me? Ha! Think again goggle-boy. And I don't think she will be talking to you later so….get lost" Ryo said smirking (Freak: That was kind of OOC don't you think? But think about this, Rika started to change from a very coldhearted person to someone not so coldhearted after she meet Takato, that would be reason enough to make the Digimon King nervous or afraidof losing Rika to the goggle-head, for that, his extremely cocky attitude).
Takato narrowed his eyes at him and pushed his arm off him and said out loud, for everyone around to hear "Fine! Then only Jeri, Henry and I will go back to the Digi-World to look for our Digimon"
With that said, everyone turned to look at him with stunned faces, Ryo was the first to recover from the shock and said "Right, I think those goggles are cutting the blood from running to your brain"
"It's true, for the last few days we have been looking for a portal and now Takato found it. We can go back to the Digital World whenever we want" Henry said saying Takato's name louder than the rest of the words.
"Hey Takato. Why didn't you tell us anything?" Kazu asked almost hurt.
"Well….ummm…" "Does it matter, the point is that we can go to look for the Digimon" Jeri helped Takato when he couldn't answer the question.
"Fine, we forgive you. So when are we going?" Kazu said and Kenta nodded besides him for support.
"Tomorrow" Henry said seeing that Takato continue to glare and narrow his eyes at Ryo.
"So soon!" Kenta said beating Kazu to do say it.
"Well, we found out yesterday and we decided to go as soon as possible" Takato said turning away from Ryo and walking towards Henry and Jeri.
"Who make you the leader?" Ryo said annoyed but everyone including Rika ignored him and agreed in leaving tomorrow, since their parents already knew of them and the Digi-World it would be easy to explain or they could just deceive them.
Tomorrow they will be leaving to the Digital World in search of their Digimon, a new adventure would start and Takato hoped that Ryo didn't continued to bother him and that Rika realized what kind of jerk Ryo was.
That night, Takato didn't dare to tell his parents that he was leaving back to the Digi-World, but he wrote them a letter and then picked some bread and went out of his house, he will wait for the other at Guilmon's shed.
Takato reached Guilmon's shed and waited for morning to come, not too much after he arrived he fell sleep waiting for his friends.
The next morning, when he woke, he saw Rika seated in front of him, her arms crossed over her chest and she was looking at him. He couldn't help but blush at that, good thing that he hadn't had any dream or his blush would have covered his whole body.
"I wanted to talk to you goggles" Rika said, Takato couldn't identify the emotions that her voice held.
"What about?" was all he could think as a reply.
"Why didn't you tell me that you were looking for a way to go back to the Digimon World? You know better than anybody how much I want Renamon back, I would have liked to help" Rika said narrowing his eyes at him.
"Well….the last time I saw you, you didn't seem to have much time to talk to me so…how was I suppose to tell you? Besides, what if I tell you I wanted to look for a way to go there and look for our Digimon and then I failed, what would you have said to that?" Takato said daring to look at her eyes, it was a goof thing that no one was around or he wouldn't even dare to talk to her.
"What? You really think I would make fun of you if that were to happen Takato? And I would have helped you if you asked me to or what? Was it because you don't like Ryo?" Rika said not braking eye contact with Takato.
"……..I thought I wasn't the only one to dislike him" Takato said and when he said that he did looked away fearing that she could read his feelings for her in his eyes.
"That's none of your business goggle-head" Rika said turning to look away as well.
"Yeah whatever" Takato said now crossing his arms over his chest.
"Don't tell me that you dislike him because you are jealous of him?" Rika said now turning to look at him.
Takato's eyes widened, he feared that she had find out that he loved her and that he could be jealous of Ryo for that, and his fear only increased when he heard her chuckle.
"That's what it is, isn't? You are jealous of him because he is better at playing cards and as a tamer than you" Rika said smirking at Takato.
Takato's fear dissipated at those words, it dissipated to be replaced with anger, those words also hurt him but he wouldn't give her that, he would not let her see how much her words hurt him, he will not cry and then he only showed anger.
"That he is a better Tamer than me! Ha! That arrogant and pompous jerk is not better than me as a Tamer! He might be better than me at playing cards but not as a tamer" Takato now yelled, forgetting of the possibility of the others arriving and hearing their conversation.
"Yeah right goggles, keep telling yourself that and you might get to really a good tamer someday not like now. That if that pathetic excuse of a Digimon that you call your Digimon Partner survived in the Digi-World" Rika said with anger and mockery.
Takato hurt was starting to win over his anger, the simple thought of her thinking so low of him hurt him and he could feel the stinging in his eyes and he could let her see him like that but he couldn't let things like that, and he knew what he was about to said was something he will regret but right now he didn't cared as much.
"At least my Digimon knows that I care for him, not like a tamer that has a heart so cold that could match IceDevimon's" with that said, Takato got out of the shed to wait for his friends outside not even looking at her again.
Outside, Takato was already starting to regret what he said but before he went back to apologize, he sat on the stone steps and hugged his legs trying to think of anything else but Rika, so then he thought of Guilmon and what will he do when he found him.
An hour passed when Henry and Jeri finally arrived, both of them greeted Takato and asked if someone else had arrived.
"Only Rika, she is inside if you want to talk to her….thought I don't advise you to, she went back to the 'I will bite you head off' mode again" Takato said, sticking with his anger and continuing to ignore his pain.
Henry and Jeri looked at each other to then look with worry at their friend and decided to seat nest to him and wait for the rest of the gang. But they didn't have to wait much, a few minutes later Kazu and Kenta came following the Digimon King.
Takato greeted them only with a nod of his head and waited until everyone got inside the shed, he didn't want to be left alone with Rika ever again and for the cold glare he got form her, he could tell she was feeling the same.
Soon the tamers went to the portal, and the travel was like the last one, everyone fell painfully on the ground, standing up slowly they checked if they lost something on their fall. Takato was relieved to see that he didn't lose his bread.
"We have to be careful, we don't have our Digimon, if we see a Digimon that could cause us harm, it will be better to keep a safe distance from them" Henry said looking around them.
"Not to mention the pillars of light" Kenta said cleaning his glasses.
"Yeah that's something we don't need to forget" Henry commented, he noticed how quiet Takato and Rika were.
"Well, since I lived for a long time in here then I say that I be the leader" Ryo said smirking.
"Yes of course! Ryo has to be our leader; he will know to where lead us!" Kazu and Kenta said.
"Well…I think Takato should lead us after all, it was his idea to some here and he was the one to find the portal" Jeri said, Henry nodded his head in support.
"The goggle-head as our leader? I don't think so. I will be the leader" Ryo said not caring to hear anything else that Jeri or Henry had to say.
But before anyone could do anything, a pillar of light appeared not to fat from them, then started to advance towards them, but before they got far a Digimon appeared in front of them.
"It's a DarkTyrannomon. Is a champion his attack is 'Fire Blast'" Ryo said frowning, they weren't I any position to face a Digimon like this and much less with a light pillar chasing them.
"Run!" Kenta yelled and so everyone ran.
"Fire Blast!"
DarkTyrannomon threw his attack towards Takato. Takato fell to the floor as he hardly was able to avoid the attack, the ground trembled causing Rika to fall not to far from him, the rest of the Tamers tried to help them, a light pillar was heading their way but they couldn't get close to them, DarkTyrannomon was in the middle, he was about to attack them again when the light pillar fell upon Takato and Rika sending them away from their friends.
"Where did they go? I hope they be fine" "Worry about them later, we still have to deal with that Digimon" Kazu yelled trying to wake Jeri from her worried state. All of them ran away trying to save their own lives.
Meanwhile….To Wherever It Is That The Pillar Took Takato And Rika……….
"Great, I'm stuck with the goggle-brain!" Rika said standing up and dusting herself.
Takato got up with great work, he rubbed his head noticing that he was bleeding, exasperated at what Rika said and their situation, he said "Well I not glad to be with you either! Now the worst kind of Digimon will come after us hoping to have a tamer like them to train them!!"
Rika couldn't stand it anymore and punched Takato on the face as hard as she could throwing him to the ground, then she walked away.
Seconds later Takato got up and rubbed his right cheek, his headache increasing and now his nose was bleeding too, he groaned and walked after Rika knowing it was best to remain together even if they both hated the idea.
After that, none of them say anything and just continued to walk, Takato was starting to feel a little dizzy but ignored that and continued to walk until he couldn't walk anymore and fell to the ground exhausted, but it was more that the dizziness got worse.
Turning to him, Rika saw him on the floor resting, though she hated to admit it, she had to stick with him, at least until she found Renamon, then she would leave him alone. So she walked towards him and stopped at a few steps away from him. Night fell and she started to lit a bonfire.
"And you say you are better than Ryo" Rika said now looking something to eat on her backpack.
Takato ignored her and slowly stood up, he took a handkerchief and cleaned the blood dripping from his nose and the wound in his head and then he took a piece of bread of his backpack and eat it slowly and ignoring Rika.
"I warn you, when I find Renamon you are on your own because I doubt your pathetic Digimon be still alive" Rika said with mockery.
"Well, if you think that of Guilmon then what could you wait from Renamon when Guilmon almost defeat her when he was just born" Takato replied not bothering it looking at her.
"What are you talking about? If that poor excuse of a bunny hadn't appeared to interrupt the fight, Renamon would have absorbed his data!" Rika yelled angrily.
"No, I don't think so, he was wining and he would have won on his own with out needing my help like your Digimon" Takato said still not looking at Rika.
"Shut up goggle-head!!" Rika continued to yell.
"Oh what a great comeback!" Takato said with sarcasm.
"Renamon wasn't fighting at her best because she felt pity for your pathetic excuse of a Digimon!" Rika said angrily.
"Yeah Rika, keep telling yourself that and one day you might believe that" Takato said remembering she said something similar to him.
"Is that why you are with Ryo now? So he can teach you how to be, as you called, the best tamer?" Takato said now glaring at her.
"What is it with you? What you keep bringing Ryo to this? Don't tell me you turned gay and now you like him and you are jealous of me for being with him?" Rika said with mockery.
"Even if I was that, I wouldn't take an interest in Ryo, only a complete idiot could get interest on him…oops I forgot YOU are with him, what makes you that?" Takato said letting all his anger out, not really meaning his words but he just couldn't let her win.
"How come you don't? If you say that only a complete idiot could like him, then why don't yo… This isn't about Ryo is it" Rika said now smirking, anger still evident in his eyes.
And again, Takato felt fear that she might discover his feelings, he just stared at her waiting for her to continue.
"The poor little stupid goggle-head fell for me" Rika said, the only thing Takato could hear in her voice was mockery, and at that he felt his heart freeze.
"I wonder what could make you think that I ever love someone like you!! You got to be really stupid to even consider that thought!! I would I want to be with a stupid little goggle-head as weak as you!" Rika said almost laughing.
And at that, Takato couldn't think anything to say back and he felt again his hurt wining over the anger, and so, he just looked away from her, trying his best to not give up to hurt and even let her know how her words hurt him, he tried to forget them though they repeated over and over in his head. But there was something he wanted to say before falling in total silence.
"You are right, I'm very stupid and weak for falling for someone like you" and with that Takato looked away from her not waiting to see her reaction nor bothering in trying to hear her response.
He didn't know if she said something back, he didn't know how she reacted to his words and he didn't really care right now.
And that's how they got in this situation, that's how they got to give the 'Silent treatment' to each other, none of them fell sleep, they just waited to recover their energy and to the night in the Digimon World to be finished. A few minutes later, the night was over and Takato stood up and started to walk away not knowing if wait for Rika or not, but soon Rika was not too far behind him.
He still felt sick, his head was now spinning faster than before and he didn't even heard Rika's yelling at him, he just felt a sharp pain in the head and saw red all around him and then just darkness.
End Chapter 1.
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