Chapter 1: An Uncivil meeting

Takato sat on the park bench near Guilmon`s hideout, watching the red dinosaur play with Calamon. He sat there thinking to himself, Wonder what the Rika is up to? Did she say she wanted to hang or didn`t? Why is she so complicated? Takato shook the thought of the red haired tamer to the back of his head.

"Got something on your mind?" said a male voice from behind him that was all too familiar. He didn't bother to turn around and face him. "Hey Goggle head, I`m tal-"

"Only Rika is allowed to call me that and if I were to let anybody else call me that it certainly wouldn't be you Ryo!" Takato said interrupting Ryo. Ryo looked at him with a strange look like he wasn't even talking to the same Takato he knew. Takato sighed. "I'm sorry Ryo, I have a lot on my mind right now and it's had me on edge." He said looking down in shame.

"So that answers my question," Ryo said jumping over the back of the bench landing next to Takato. "You wanna talk about it?"

"I guess, well to be honest…" Takato soon remembered who he was talking to the idiot boy who flirts with his crush nonstop. Damn it, I have to come up with a lie. Takato looked at Guilmon. "Guilmon has a crush on Renamon. I feel like I shouldn't allow him to tell Renamon about it because it would ruin-"

"Your chances with Rika." Said Ryo calmly. Takato blushed a crimson red and nodded his head sideways to indicate a No.

"I was going to say ruin my friendship with Rika." He was now glaring angrily at the Digimon King.

"Dude, you don't have to lie to me. Everybody but Rika knows you have feelings for her. I`ll back off if you don't want me flirting with that bitch and," BAM! Ryo fell over holding his face and yelling in pain.

"DON`T YOU EVER CALL RIKA A BITCH OR SO HELP ME I`LL…"Takato stopped and looked over and saw Calamon on the verge of crying. Takato looked down at the scared bruised cover tamer that he had put into agony. Takato looked with surprise at what he had done. Takato looked over at Calamon who now had tears in her eyes. What have I done? Takato got off and ran home, tears starting to fill his eyes. He didn't dear look back to see Calamon crying or even worse, Ryo dying. He just kept running and running. Takato ran through the boor of his parent's bakery.

"Hi Takato did you have fun…what's wrong?" asked his mother. She tried to stop him from going up stairs and he just shoved her off to the side.

"IF I WERE GOING TO TELL ANYBODY WHAT IS WRONG IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE YOU!" Takato yelled while slamming the door shut to his room.

While Takato was deep in thought, Rumiko (Rika`s mother) entered the bakery, she took note of how her friend was crying on the steps to the upstairs.

"What`s wrong darling, what happened?" Rumiko said with concern in her voice.

"It's Takato Rumiko, he just yelled at me for the first time in his life and I don't know how to handle it. He has been acting strange since last week and I don't know why. I`m scared Rumiko." She said eyes filled with tears.

"Ohh well I usual punish Rika for yelling at me but she has done it for as long as I can remember. I`m not sure what to tell you." With that she left the bakery and turned the WE ARE OPEN sign around to the other side and let them cry in tears.

The phone rang shortly after Rumiko left, Takato picked it up.

"WHAT!" Takato yelled into the phone.

"Wow Goggle Dork, did somebody die?" Rika said chuckling to herself. "Anyway do you wanna hang out with Renamon, Jerri, and I?" asked Rika in her normal tone.

"No." replied Takato in a weak tone.

"I will see you there…wait did you just say no, are you busy or something?"

"No, today is my day off from the bakery"

"Then why did you say no?"

"Because I don't like hanging out with you." At this the phone went silent and then the buzz of her hanging up reached his ears. He put the phone down and laid in bed. Why did I say that? She probably hates me now. DAMN IT WHY CANT I DO ANYTHING RIGHT.

-The next day-

Everybody stared at Takato like the odd ball that was Kazu, he didn't understand what was wrong, and then he saw his friends.

"Hey guys!" Jerri walked up to him. SLAP! "Ouch what was that for? „Asked Takato.

"I don't know maybe you should ask Rika, because Jerri told us about your little cell phone call. And Ryo cowards away anytime somebody mentions your name. Care to explain yourself?" asked henry grabbing his collar of Takato's shirt. Takato felt his eyes get wet. Yes cry, show them how weak you really are. Takato thought to himself, but they weren't his own thoughts somebody had literally got into his head.

"Get off of him he is crying Henry!"Yelled Jerri. Henry lifted him up and threw him to the ground. Everyone but Jerri walked away. She just stared at him with disbelieve, this wasn't Takato, something is different about him. I cannot tell what though. She walked away with tears in her eyes leaving Takato to be started at by all the kid in school.