Somebody Who Cares
This is my first Rika/Ryo fic. Please, flame if you must, but be gentle!
Note: I have no clue how the different schooling levels (i.e. middle/high schools) work in Japan. So I'm just going to decribe it as it is here in America. Also note this fic takes place as if the last 20 seconds of season 3 didn't occur (where Takato goes into the cave and sees a link to the digital world). Also also note that Rika and Ryo are the same age in this fic (as opposed to 1 year apart). Enjoy!
It was the last day of 8th grade for all the
tamers and their friends. They all missed they digimon partners very much. It
had been over a year since their goodbyes, but hey never gave up hope that one day they
would all be reunited once again with their best friends.
But despite the saddness, there was also happiness in the air.
The tamers we glad to finally be going to high school. They would finally have the
chance to feel truly grown up and show all those upperclassmen how good they were at the
Digimon Card Game. After all, they have lived throught it.
But one soul was not happy. Rika. She was glad to finally
get out of that forsaken school with big-shot Mr.Perfect, also known as Ryo.
However, her mom had gotten a moldeling job offer in America, and the offer was too good
to pass up. So Rika, he mother and gradmother were moving the next day. She
would miss all of her new friends. She knew she could make new friends in America,
but no new friend can ever replace one you've lost. But most of all, she would miss
Ryo. However annoying he was, he was a part of Rika. Not a day passed since
she met up with him in the Digital World where she haddn't seen or thought about him in
some way.
Soon, the day was done, ending their lives in middle school. The
tamers were all upset by Rika's leaving, and decided to all go to Takato's house after
school for a party and give their farewells and good wishes. They walked to her
house in silence. No words were deemed fit to fill that void of sadness in despair
at the leaving of a true friend. Even Kazu couldn't think of a single joke to help
ease the mood. And they all knew that when Kazu runs out of jokes, the situation is
really depressing. Even though the moment was upsetting, and it would be the last
time Takato, Henry, Rika, Ryo, Jeri, Kazu, and Kenta would be together for a long time,
they represented a cute Kodak Moment.
Those momets of silence lasted for what seemed and eternity, but in
reality was only a few minutes. The mood did lighten up quite a bit at the party,
curtesy of a few cans of Jolt in the house. They talked of old times, the sad, the
wonderful, and the embarrasing. They wanted this party to be an always remembered
memory of Rika, and the entire gang. The party lasted for hours, until every memory
of their adventures was again retold. One by one, everyone left. The last to
leave were Ryo and Rika.
It was getting late, and Ryo offererd to walk Rika home.
Reluctlantly, she agreed. She knew how she felt about him, though nobody else, not
even Renamon, did. She knew this would be her last chance to tell him. She
just couldn't get the courage to tell him, no matter how brave she knew she was.
They were in sight of Rika's house when she decided to tell him. It was now or
never. She opened her mouth to speak.
But what came from her mouth was not her confesstion.
It was a scream. An ear piercing shriek.