The Child of the Hazard Crest

Takato looked down at his school work then up at a clock on the wall. Takato sighed, "I bet some evil twisted man put that clock on that wall just to torture me." (Coughforeshadowingcough)

He really wanted to get over to Rika's. Now why would Takato want to do that well...

Flash back three days ago

Takato was busy doing homework (yes I know you all think it's impossible but hey lets give him the benefit of the doubt here) Takato's mom enters his room.

"Takato we need to talk."

"What about mom?"

"You see your father and me have decided that we need a vacation. I hope that you can understand but we kind of need a break from the baking."

Takato nodded, "I agree, you two really need the rest. I can see lines under your eyes."

Mie Matsuda frowned at her son's joke, "Not funny. Listen you are going to have to stay-"

Takato cut her off, "So when am I headed over to Henry's?"

Mie Matsuda shook her head, "You are staying at Rika's Takato and I am sure you will be at your best behavior... right."

Takato thought about this, 'this might not such a bad idea I mean we have been hanging out a lot so maybe she won't kill me.'

"So how long will you be gone?"

"Well, all through your spring break and half of the next week."

End flash back

Takato looked back at his work and after making sure that no one was looking moved his work off of his sketch book. Turning a few pages he stopped at a picture of Rika he was working on. By it was a list titled The Good that Could Come of Telling Her and the Bad.

'Let's see a good thing is that she feels the same way and a bad is she beats the living crap out of me.'

"TAKATO!"

Takato taken totally by surprise fell right out of his chair and landed with a loud thud on the floor. He looked up to see Ms.Asagi looking less than happy.

"Takato what have I told you about drawing instead of doing your work."

Now normally Takato would be in very big trouble but he had devised a great way to avoid any real punishment. Putting on his best puppy dog face he looked up at Ms.Asagi.

"I'm sorry but I can help but think of Guilmon all alone in the digital world. Drawing him just makes me feel a little better."

(Author note, I want a show of hands right now, who has tried this kind of tactic to get out of trouble. Also Ms.Asagi did not see what Takato was drawing)

Ms.Asagi looked at Takato and before she could stop herself she made eye contact with him and she knew she was hooked, "Ug fine just take your seat Takato."

School was finally over and Takato was headed over to Rika's.

'Should I tell her or should I not. Where's a flower when you need one?!'

Takato was so caught up in his thoughts that he was unaware of some thing. He was headed on a collision course with a certain red headed tom boy.

(Two minuets earlier)

Rika was in an inner battle with her brain and her heart,

Brain, "Why are we going to Takato's school? I mean he knows the way."

Heart, "I want to talk to him."

Brain, "Oh please don't give me that!! You're falling for HIM!!"

Heart, "So maybe I am, so what! He's a very nice person."

Brain, "So was Dad but he still left."

Heart, "..."

Brain, "Look I will admit he's a good friend but if you let him get to close he will hurt you!"

Heart, "But Takato would never hurt us intentionally."

Brain, "That may be but he will still hurt us none the less."

Heart, "But..."

Brain, "You don't even know if he feels the same. Why risk it.

Heart, "Because I-!"

The inner battle was cut short because Takato walk right into Rika sending them both into the ground.

Rika's brain got one last word in, "Told you he'd hurt you."

Rika shook her head and looked for the cause of her pain. Unfortunately it was out poor goggle head.

"GOGGLE HEAD are you blind or just STUPID!?"

Takato winced at these words, "Um sorry Rika..."

"Sorry... SORRY DOESN'T CUT IT!!" Rika raised a fist to deck him and Takato held up his arms to defend himself. After a few seconds of not being hit he realized the Rika was holding his right arm and was looking at it with a slight worried expression on her face.

Takato looking down saw that she was looking at a nice long cut on his arm. At one end of the cut was a large piece of glass. After seeing the large cut Takato had to try and not cry because he also just noticed the pain.

"Come on my house is close by and my grand mother is good with this sort of thing, do you want me to try and pull the glass out?"

Takato looked up at her and was about to answer when she yanked it right out. Takato bit his lip to stop from screaming but couldn't help but sniffle and cry a little.

Rika tossed the glass away and led Takato to her house.

Later

Rika walked into the kitchen where her grandma was just finishing up wrapping Takato's arm.

"There we go. How does it feel?"

Takato smiled, "Much better, thank you."

"Listen um Goggle head I'm sorry for yelling at you earlier."

Takato looked at Rika and smiled, "no problem I'm use to it by now."

Rika knew Takato was trying to make her feel better but the fact the he was used to being yelled at by her was a little upsetting. Rika's grand mother smiled at the two, "Why don't you two go off and play dinner will be ready in a few hours."

Takato smiled and followed Rika into her room. Rika sat down on her bed. (Ok hold on a second here! I've seen what Rika sleeps on and I have no idea what you call that so till I am either told or I find out, she sleeps in a BED!)

"So Goggle head what do you want to do?"

Takato took out a deck of Digimon cards from his pocket causing Rika to raise an eye brow, "Your kidding right?"

Takato smiled, "I've been practicing, come on are you scared"

There are things that you never say to Rika and that was one of them. After about twenty matches the last five won in only five turns Takato finally gave up.

"So Goggle head anything else you want me to beat you in?"

Rika had a small smirk on her face that was just begging Takato to say anything. Takato frowning knew this was a trap but if it let him spend more time with Rika well...

"Ok how about a board game you have any?"

Rika left to go find one on the way her mind decided to have another confrontation with her heart.

Brain, "Um hello have we forgotten about our talk earlier?"

Heart, "Oh shut UP!"

Rika returned with Digimon Monopoly, "Lets see how good you are at this game."

Takato did not like the look Rika gave him when she said that.

"One two crud three,"

"Sorry Goggle head but you are now staying at the Digimon Queen Hotel. Fork over two grand."

Takato grumbled something and handed Rika his last two grand, "and I win. That's five times in a row."

"You charge way too much."

"Goggle head that's how you play the game. I think out of respect of what little pride you might have left that we should just watch TV"

"Thanks."

Rika noticed that Takato suddenly found the ceiling rather interesting.

Takato's thoughts

'Ok since when does Rika care about my pride? Do I even have pride? Man she is so pretty.'

Heart, "Then tell her how you feel!!

Brain, "Oh yeah that will work out real well, Hey Rika I love you. Do you know what happens next?"

Heart, "She kisses us."

Brain, "No she KILLS US!! Listen, play it safe and avoid topics of romance!"

End thoughts

Rika frowned when Takato ignored her again. She realized that drastic measures needed to be taken so...

WAM BOW BOOM

"Hear me now Goggle head."

Takato nodded while rubbing the three large bumps on his head.

"Good. Now come on my favorite TV show is on."

Takato follow hoping not to enrage the red haired beauty.

Takato didn't know if he should hold the very pissed off Rika back as she yelled and screamed at the TV screen. They were watching C.S.I Miami and the bad guy just got away. (I also really REALLY HATE THAT!!!!)

"How can they DO THAT!? I don't care if he has diplomatic immunity! All you do is SHOOT THE $$!!!!"

Takato saw Rika going for her knife (they ate while watching the show) to throw at the TV.

"Rika wait maybe they will do a follow up like they did with that guy who killed people and left suicide tapes. It took three shows to get him."

Rika thought about that and put the knife down. Takato sighed in relief.

"You know it's just a show right Rika?"

That's thing number two of things you never say to Rika. It's like telling a star wars fan that the movie sucks or something like that.

"Hey I happen to really like this show Goggle head so SHUT UP!" Wam!! (Lump number four.)

Takato fell over and unfortunately his head landed on the table knocking him out.

Dream world

Takato looked around his strange surroundings and found he was in a glass room with glass furniture and sitting at a table was a boy who looked like Takato's exact double except he had all black clothes, black hair, black goggle's very pale skin and red eyes.

"Um where am I?"

The boy looked at Takato and smiled, showing off some very white teeth. Takato also saw that two of them were very sharp looking.

"Um are you a vampire?"

The boy stopped smiling which caused Takato to get a little nervous. Takato also noticed that the room was blurring.

"Tell her before its too late."

Takato looked at the boy in shock before the room and he vanished.

Takato awoke to find he was now on a bed in Rika's room with Rika looking over him.

"You need to learn how to take a hit Goggle head."

Takato frowned, "Well you need to learn how to control that temper of yours. Sooner or later you will get in big trouble."

Rika's concern vanished in a flash. Now she was pissed off again. 'How DARE HE SAY THAT!!?'

"Who do you think you are TELLING me what to DO!?"

Takato new the smart thing to do here was back down but he could handle the yelling and names but the hitting was another story.

"Listen Rika if you keep hitting people when they make you mad you are gong to get in really big trouble!"

Takato was now sitting up now and was in a face off with Rika. The idea the Takato could even think of standing up to her like this pushed Rika over the edge.

"Listen I can do what EVER I WANT! If I want to hit someone or thing nothing is going to stop me!"

Takato couldn't believe how stubborn she was being. He would have thought it was cute if it had been over a different subject but... "Your acting like a little girl. Do you think your mom grandma or even Renamon would like to see you thrown in JAIL!?"

That stopped Rika. A couple of thoughts entered her mind then. 'So that's what he meant by getting in real trouble. I guess they wouldn't be very happy.'

"Ok Goggle head what if someone tries to hurt me what then?"

Takato saw that Rika was well not angry anymore some he smiled, "I think then it would be a good time to beat them up but only in self defense."

"So I can't start fights but I can finish them hmm... I can live with that."

A thought suddenly entered Rika's mind and it really started to bug her, "Um Ta... Goggle head why are you so concerned about my well being so much?"

Takato's mind and heart did a 180 at this question, "What well...I that is to say I... the thought of a beautiful girl like you in jail just isn't something I want to think about or happen...!!"

'Did I just say... OH SHOOT!!'

'Did Takato just say I was... beautiful?'

Takato and Rika just stared at each other for a few moments. Both not very sure what to do. Finally after what seemed like forever Rika spoke up. Her voice was just above a whisper, "Do you really think I'm beautiful?"

Takato saw two options on how to answer Rika's question. One he tries to cover up what he said with some lie or something or he says yes. Takato realized that chose two could have a better outcome so...

"Yeah I do Rika."

Rika's heart was going a million miles a second and her brain was trying to catch up with it.

Brain, "WILL YOU SLOW DOWN!!!"

Heart, "HE SAID I WAS BEAUTIFUL!!!

Brain, (out of breath) Don't get carried away here. You have no idea what he means by that.

Heart, "Are you mad!? You don't say that unless you care about someone!!"

Brain, "You can't just-"

Heart, "Listen I have to know right NOW if he feels the same way. If he doesn't well I think I can handle another breaking ok."

Brain, "Fine just remember I warned you."

"Um Takato can I ask you something?" Rika's voice was so hushed it was hard for Takato to hear her but he was able to make it out.

'Did she just came me by my name?'

"Yeah?"

'Well Rika it's now or never. Oh lord help me.'

"How do you feel about me?"

Takato's felt the world around him vanish. He couldn't feel the air or bed. All he could feel was his love for Rika and it was trying to jump out of him. It wanted to be know. "Oh well now or never'

"I um... I love you."

Takato closed his eyes not wanting to see what his words would do to the girl in front of him. When no punches, kicks or screams came his way he decided to take a peek to see what was going on. When he did he saw Rika zoned out.

'He loves me... HE LOVES ME!!'

Rika snapped out of her daze and tackled the now terrified Goggle head off his bed. Rika landed on top of him and found some of the sheets had fallen on her.

"Rika wait please don't-!"

Takato was cut off by Rika kissing him square on the lips. Takato didn't know what was going on but he didn't care. Finally after several minuets Rika and Takato separated.

"Does this mean you feel the same way?"

"Maybe I need to show you again."

Rika and Takato stayed like that all through the night. Sleeping in each other's arms on the floor maybe but all that mattered is that they had each other. Both of course were unaware of two ladies watching the whole seen. Both with smiles on there lips. One of them also had an idea. She would have to call her agent.