Disclaimer: Yo, you know I don't own digimon or any of their characters, but that wouldn't stop me from massing with them.
Me: Yo, the Master here to tell y'all that I'm bringing you another one of my fixes in what I have named the minor holiday series.
Me (Doing a quick scan of the room): Now to most who had read the other two in this series, this one's going to be a little different. But don't worry it starts everyone's favorite Ice Queen literally turn Wildcat.
Rika (Stomping into the room): DID I JUST HEAR THAT RIGHT?
Me (Eyebrow raised in surprise): You must have sensitive hearing or something like that.
Rika (Angrily grabbing me by my shirt): Don't beat around the bush! I know what you're planning!
Me: Really? So tell me, what am I planning?
Rika: You're planning one of those holiday stories that involve that Gogglehead and myself being turned into cute hairballs.
Me (Grinning): Well, that's partly true, but Rutako is just a side thing in this story.
Rika (Eyeing me suspiciously): Are you kidding?
Me (Shaking my head): No, I'm being totally honest. It actually stars you and your mother.
Rika (In shake): WHAT?
Me (Nodding): Oh yes, it suites the holiday perfectly.
Rika: ANYONE BUT HER! I'll rather be paired up with Gogglehead! Heck, I'll even put up with that long ear poor excise of a comedy act. But her, I don't think so!
Me (Bored): You done with your whole drama queen act?
Rika (Panting): Yes and I'm going. But I'll be watching.
Me (Watching Rika leave): I have got to remember that one. Okay, now that you know one of the things that are different in this story, I'll let you in on the other one. I created two different versions of this story and couldn't decide which one to post. So, I'm putting both of them up. You can decided which one you like the best. Oh and before we get this thing started, look at the summaries at the beginning of each story.
SUMMARY: Rika is dreading this coming weekend because of a certain holiday. But before her nightmare is to begin, a secret is revealed that might just change everything.
A Time of Mother and Daughter:
Version one
The musty night of May quickly came over the city of Shinjuku, Japan. Most decent fork was getting ready for a nice and peaceful night of well-earned rest. Familiars were settling down and reliving their day with their loved one. Independently own shops were closing their doors and getting ready for the next day.
This was also the time when the creature that's aren't normally seen in the light of day also emerged. These creatures of the night roam the streets as if their own it. They wonder around, doing what most creatures do.
One of these creatures wasn't roaming the street or looking for food like the other. This creature was staring at a certain family owned business. It stared at the building lonely, waiting for the prefect moment to strike and have some fun.
(Inside of said building)
Takato Matsuki, the unofficial leader of the digimon tamers, lay uncomfortable on his bed, trying not to move his injured arm. In the pass few mouths, a long has happened to this young boy that had greatly changed his life, even more then when he became a digimon tamer.
To start things off, around Halloween, Takato had learned about a family curse that has been in the family see his great, great, great grandfather. This curse could be call unique in the least. It doesn't react like any other curse out there.
When a member of the Matsuki family turns 14, the curse activates and causes the body to emit a strange odor that can't be detracted by a human. But a member of the feline family can small it for a mile away and that's when the troubles starts. When a cat scratches a Matsuki, they will transform into a prefect copy of the cat that scratch them. After a week of being stuck in that form, the Matsuki would have the ability to change into that form at will, but like everything in this world, it comes with a price.
During the week, the Matsuki is trip; they can pass on the curse on to anyone they scratch. That's how Takato's parent actually meant and fell in love. Takato had a similar event in the week of his curse, but his was different. After his long time crush and love of his life, Rika Nonaka heard his story, she did a very out of character move and willingly had herself marked and changed into a Gatomon, a cat-like digimon. It was on that night, that a gogglehead and an ice queen began seeing each other.
Now most would think that would be the end of it, but when you're a digimon tamer that just a happens to be able to change into a digimon, things gets worse before they get better. On the day of hearts, Takato wanted to seal the deal and became boyfriend and girlfriend, but fate seem to have a twisted sense of humor. A powerhouse digimon named BlackWarGreymon emerged from the digital world and challenged Takato and his partner, Guilmon, to a mortal dual. The pair didn't have a choice in the matter and quickly merged to the legendry knight to fight.
It soon became all too obvious that BlackWarGreymon had the edge in the fight as he slowly back Gallantmon into a corner. Rika, who has been hiding and watching the fight, was praying with all of her heart that Gallantmon would emerge the winner. Somehow Rika was caught in the line of a black tornado and would have gotten badly hurt if Gallantmon hadn't used his body as shield. He was sucked into the black vortex and probably would have meant his end, but fate twisted sense of humor kicked in and both tamer and digimon survived. That's when Rika got mad and merged with her partner, Renamon, and finished off the virus with a mighty swing.
Things continue to go down hill after that. Takato had shield Guilmon with his own body, but was severally hurt in the process. He was rushed to a hospital. Rika had never lift his side until they reached the hospital and were forced apart. She spent the most of the time hiding how worried she truly was. When she was told that her special Gogglehead had fallen into coma, her world shattered into pieces.
Rika felt like she would never recover from the shock, but one simple card with meaningless words changed that. That card renewed her will and she was determined to wake her sleeping beauty up. And thanks to a strange thing that was called a soul merge, she woke Takato up. She had also lift her mark on her Gogglehead.
"I sure do wish I was out with Rika, instead of cooped up in here," Takato said lonely and let out a light sigh.
In these pass few mouths since being "curse", Takato had gotten into a little hobbit with the so-called Ice Queen. He would hang out with his friends a little after school, go home for dinner and then the real fun begins. He would change into his Gatomon form and hurry over to the park. Once there, he would eagerly wait for his wildcat. He even got used to all of her little scares she like doing when she makes her scene. The two "cursed" tamers were then spend half of the night just horsing around, acting like the children they should be. Then there's the fact that Takato would sleep the night away in his cursed form, giving him more then enough room for a peaceful night's rest. That was partly reason why Takato was having trouble sleeping.
Takato let out another light sigh before closing his eyes and trying his hardest to get some sleep. He tried thinking soothing thoughts to ease his mind and an image of Rika popped into his head. More images began flashing through his mind of his girlfriend and it wasn't long before the young man was put into a lit slumber.
Unknown to the brown haired tamer, a certain "creature" has been watching him this entire time. It was waiting for the prefect time to make its move and that time just happens to be now.
The "creature" sled opened the unlocked window and stealthy jumped into the desk. It tiptoed on all four to the edge of the desk, which just happens to overlook the bed that Takato sleeps in. It stared intently at the person on the bed, a loneliness hidden deep within its eyes.
This "creature" would only admit this to a small bunch of close knitted friend, but it really, really missed Takato. It misses all of the little play "dates" they had together and it misses all of the along time with this certain person. The "creature" truly and honestly missed the injured person it was looking at.
All of those thoughts were quickly pushed aside as a trick quickly began taking shape. It grinned a playful smile when the plan was fully ready. The "creature" grabbed its tail, which had a fuzzy crown at the end, and held it above Takato's nose. It bush it's crown against Takato's nose very lightly and then pulled it away. In response, Takato twitched his nose, which cause the "creature" to grin more. It repeated the process, but this time, it lowed its crown down a little. It pulled its tail away just as Takato bushed his hand against his nose. The "creature's" grin blossom across its face as it once again began blushing its tail against Takato's nose. Takato's face bunched up as he tried to sub-consciously hold back a sneeze. It didn't work.
With a light sneeze, Takato woke up half way. Dizzily looking around, he wondered what woke him up when he just gotten to sleep?
"Well, it's about time," a familiar voice said in mock anger. "I was getting bored waiting for you to wake up, Gogglehead."
Hearing that voice calling him that name, snapped Takato into full consciousness and the young man blush madly. He slowly turned his head to the source of the voice and blush deeper when he saw whom the voice belong too.
Rika, in her Gatomon form, stood on the edge of Takato's desk with her paw against her "hip" and tipping her one of back paw impatiently. She was hiding her playful grin under her strain face. Takato were instantly overcome with joy and all reason left his brain. He said the first thing that came to mind.
"Umm, Rika, why are you here so late?" he asked nervously.
"I was just bore lately and decided to make fun of you, Gogglehead," the so-called ice queen said in her usually manner.
For anyone who understood Rika talk would be able to translate that sentence in a heartbeat. Basically she was saying that she missed Takato and wanted to see him. Takato would have gotten the jiff of that if he weren't so fluffy in the head at the moment.
"So, Gogglehead, tell me. What's life like in the big house?" Rika asked in a semi playful voice, her grin returning somewhat.
"W-W-What b-b-big house?" Takato asked nervously.
"This place of course," Rika said, jumping from the desk onto Takato's stomach.
The ashy colored Gatomon got herself comfortable on her boyfriend's stomach and pretend to fall asleep. She made sure to keep her face hidden, so Takato wouldn't see her playful smile. Takato, by now, had a face redder then any tomato. He stared down at the beauty on his stomach and gulped. He gathered all of his courage and slowly raised his good hand over Rika. He kept it there as he took a quick breath to calm his nerves. He knew what he was about to try would probably make him a scratching post, but it would be worth it.
With a heavy sigh, Takato slowly began lowing his hand down to rest it on Rika's back. Ever so slowly the hand want, like it was a ticking time just waiting to go off. Closer and closer the hand came. He was a few inches from putting his arm on his dream girl when suddenly Rika's head snapped up and their eyes meant.
For the longest time, both tamers stayed like that. Neither moved a muscle. Both keep their eyes on the other. They quickly fill into a comfortable silence, from which neither wanted to break.
Takato suddenly lost all of his courage and look away first. Rika frown angrily when Takato looked away. She was enjoying the comfortable atmosphere they always seem to have when they're together and had miss it with Takato being lay up all this time. She was almost tempted to use Takato's face to sharpen her claws, but stop when she saw the fading marks she lift behind last time.
"Oh, look, mother's day is coming up," Takato, blurted out nervously.
Rika looked at the calendar on Takato's desk and her frown deepened. It was true. Mother day was in the next two days and that meant only one thing. And Rika wasn't looking forward to it either.
"Umm, Rika, are you all right?" Takato asked nervously.
When the young tamer saw the look in his girlfriend's eyes, he thought he might have said something wrong. Now, Takato mat not be the sharpest tool out there, but he had a good sense of one feelings, especially when it's someone he care every deeply for. Plus, he knows a little bit about how well Rika and her mother get along.
Rika continue to stare at the date on the tare away calendar in a mix of anger and loneness. In the deepest, most close off section of her mind, Rika wanted to spent time with her mother on mother's day, but the more tougher, tomboy side of her wasn't looking forward to the day at all. Mainly because like most holidays, Rumiko Nonaka make such a big deal out of it, that it usually makes Rika's stomach turn.
"It's nothing, Gogglehead," Rika finally relied, looking at her boyfriend with that cold mark she wears. "And I think I'm blowing."
Rika stood up on all fours and turned towards the opened window. She jumped from the bed to the dusk and would have lift if Takato didn't pull one gussy move. Without even thinking, the goggle wearing boy snapped out his good hand and lightly grabbed Rika by her tail. Rika stood up on her back legs, her face nothing more then an emotionless mask.
"If you know what's good for you, Takato, you better let go of my tail," Rika spoke in such a cold tone of voice that it sounded like it was ice covered.
"Not until you tell me what's wrong," Takato replied bolder then he was feeling.
Rika snapped her head around and gave Takato her fiercest glare. Takato flinched slightly when he saw the glare, but he was determined to find out what gotten his girlfriend so upset. Rika continue to burn a hole through Takato, hoping he would get the message and let her leave.
"Please, Rika, all I want to do is help," Takato pleaded in his sincerest voice.
Rika glare at Takato for another minute, sigh and then drop her glare. She nodded her head and Takato smiled his trademark goofy smile. He let Rika's tail and the ashy feline jump back onto the bed. She got comfortable again, looking at Takato. Without even thinking, Takato put his good arm around Rika in a loving embrace.
"It's just that every mother's day, my mom likes to spend the entire day with me," Rika said coldly.
"It that a bad thing for you?" Takato asked curious.
Rika sigh as she rested her head on her front paws and looked towards Takato's wall. Our injured tamer waited with much patience for his girlfriend to talk. Rika stared at the wall for a few more seconds before sighing again and looked at Takato. The chestnut hair boy could see the mix of anger and solemn hidden behind her cold stare.
"It wouldn't be if she didn't want to go all of those fancy cloth shops or to get matching hair dos. Or get our nails down or stuff like that. It's just makes me mad when she does things I don't like to do," With each word that came from Rika's mouth, she was growing more anger.
Takato saw this and decided to calm her down before she gets to anger and causes another scene. He slowly moved his hand from his girlfriend's back up to her lift ear. He began rubbing it in the same way Rika did when she first find him in his cursed form. Rika felt her ear being rubbed just the right way and tried to her hardest not to give into the feeling building in her throat. She soon gave into the sensation and a soft, soothing purr came deep within her throat. The second Takato heard his girlfriend's purring it started to make him sleepy.
"Maybe this mother's day would be different," Takato muttered sleepily, his eyelids slowly dropping.
Rika was also being effect my Takato's gentle hands and she was also going to sleep. Takato had since stopped his rubbing and wrapped his arm around Rika once more, making it impossible for the were-digimon to escape. Like it really matter at this moment. Rika was to far gone to leave if she wanted.
I hope you're right, Gogglehead, Rika thought dizzily and then fell asleep.
(Next day)
The early morning sun slowly rose to greet the new day with its golden rays. The rays of the sun slowly made their way into the still opened window of Takato's bedroom. They slowly crept along the floor, making connected with the snoring Guilmon near Takato's bed. The large digimon didn't even flinch a nose hair as the sunrays worked it way pass him and up to the bed. As the ray creep up the bedside, a figure suddenly appeared in the glow of the sun.
"I have a feeling I would find you here," A soft famine voice said.
Renamon stared at the sleeping couple, a small smile on her lips. When she first woken up and find Rika's bed empty, she had a strong feeling as to where she would find the wildcat.
"For all your talk, you can sure be a softie when you want to be," Renamon mused softly to herself.
The vaccine digimon looked at the clock located on Takato's desk. It was 8:35 in the morning. Renamon looked back at the ashy Gatomon and decided she better get her home before Rika's mother and grandmother gets up. She reaches for Rika, but stop suddenly. A devise prank suddenly popped into Renamon's head. She debited if she would play it or simply take Rika home. She decided to have a little fun and play her prank. She moved Takato's clock just enough so Rika would get a clear view of it. She then get Rika a firm, quick shake. The ashy feline moaned lightly as she started to stir from her slumber. Renamon then put on an out of character grin and faded into thin air.
Rika slowly opened her eyes and dizzily look around for whatever woke her from nice rest. When she saw no one, she was about to go back to bed, when she noticed the clock on the desk. She snapped fully awake when she notice what time it was.
"WHAT!" Rika exclaimed in surprise.
She jumped up, throwing off Takato's arm and waking him up in the process.
"What wrong, Rika?" he asked dizzily when he notice Rika scurrying to the window.
"I have to get home," Rika replied in near panic.
"Why, it's Saturday," Takato said sleepily.
"Yeah and it's the day my mother doesn't have to go to work until noon, so she wants to spend time with me," Rika said quickly. "So, see you later, Gogglehead."
The ashy Gatomon then leapt out the window before Takato could ask another question. Takato stared at the place where his girlfriend was for about a minute before mutter an okay and dropped his head back onto his pillow.
Rika scaled the Matsuki family bakery and hurried across the rooftops. From not to far away, a certain yellow digimon watched all of this with a small grin on her lips.
"This would teach her not to sneak out in the middle of the night," Renamon said in a motherly voice and then vanished into thin air.
Rika ran with all of her might across the rooftops. She didn't want to call Renamon because she didn't want to get found out about leaving without telling her. She just wanted to get home before she was found out.
Rika knew she had a long ways to go, so she pushed herself beyond her natural limits. The rooftops she was running on, where nothing more then blurs to her eye. The people on the streets were just ants, scurrying about. But she didn't notice any of this. She was to busy trying to get home.
It's a good thing that since Rika became "cursed", she had created an internal map of the entire city and knew all the best routes to take. She actually made it more in less then 15 minutes. She would have patted herself on the back for making such great time, but she was in too much of a hurry for anything like that. She jumped through her opened window and landed right on her bedroll. Looking quickly at Renmaon's own bedroll confirmed that the humanoid fox was still sleeping peaceful or so she thought.
Well that's a good sign, Rika thought in relief. To bad I don't have time to work out of these stupid knots out of this stupid fur of my.
During her ran back here, Rika had worked up a fine sweat. All the sweat had dripped onto her fur and with the brisk morning air had caused the sweat to dry quickly and it made a few knots in the fur.
"Oh well, it only pinches," Rika muttered to herself and closed her eyes.
She concentrated on her human form and a mental picture formed in her head quickly. She could see her ashy hair, her slightly fine skin and her developing figure. Three green glowing claw marks became visible and she felt the all to familiar tingling sensation sourcing through her.
Suddenly the door to Rika's room opened and Rika's mother stepped into the room. "Now, Rika dear, I know you'll like to sleep in on Saturdays, but I want to spend some times with…you." Rumiko trailed off as she watched a very unusually sight.
She watched as a strange digimon was growing in her daughter's room. Its legs extended and grew thicker as a torso grew out to support them. Paws became feet and toes. Arms grew longer as shoulders became stronger to support them. Claws shrunk and divided into fingers. Whiskers retracted into her face as her face pushed in, making it appear more human. The long ears quickly shrunk into the head and soon disappeared.
The digimon almost looked human, expect for the ashy fur, strange glows and the long tail sticking out from behind it. The digimon also had figure of a developing woman. Suddenly the fur began shrinking quickly into flesh and soon all that was left was the tail on this humanoid creature. Soon the tail quickly retracted into the spinal cord, leaving only the floating, blue glowing tail ring. The ring quickly shape shaft into the classic shape of Rika's D-Ark and the glow faded.
Rika opened her eyes and spun around quickly. She snatched her digivice out of mid air before it had a choice to fall. That's about the time she became aware that she wasn't along in the room. She looked up into the stun and shaken face of her mother.
"Mom?" Rika asked in surprised.
"Ri-ka," Rumiko gasped before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and fell float onto her back.
Rika watched as her mother faint onto her back with a mix of fear and pity. She was always afraid that her family would one day find out about her secret and she would have to face the music. She was actually a little surprise that she least this long. She also pity her mother because she has first hand experience when it came to her transformation.
With Takato being laid up all this time, she also became restless and would do anything to pass the time. Not to long ago, she became curious about how her transformation went and decided to watch it first hand. She used her mother full-length mirror to do it and she had to admit, it was an intense sight to be held. It took everything Rika had just to keep herself awoke after she watched herself change into her Gatomon form.
As the gravity of the satiation began to sink in, Rika began worrying. She knew how much her mother over reacts and that was one of the main reasons why she kept this a secret for so long. That and this "cruse" was something very special to her.
"I hate to quote something for my goggleheaded friend and his dinoboy partner, but aww nuts!" Rika exclaimed.
(Some time later)
After Rumiko had woken up from her fainting spell and Rika had explained to her that what she witness wasn't a dream, things started to go down hill. She had explained everything to her entire family after that, her grandmother included. Everyone set at the dinning room table, taking in all of this. Seiko was quietly sipping at some tea, thinking her thoughts over carefully. Rumiko on the other hand was a completely different story. She was sobbing loudly and muttering things like her poor baby and stuff like that.
Seiko moved her cup of tea from her mouth and put it onto the table. She then looked at granddaughter with a gently gaze. "So, you're telling me that when members of Takato's family turn 14, they go through this strange curse that will turn them into a cat for one week if scratch by one?"
Rika in a very uncharacterized move, nodded meekly. She was afraid for once in a very long time. She was afraid by her family's reaction from her little secret.
Seiko returned the nod and grabbed her tea. She took one quick sip from it and put it back on the table. "And when a member of Takato's family is cursed, they can pass on this curse to another?"
"Yes," Rika answered timidly. At this moment she felt more like a five old year being scolded for coloring on the wall, instead of the strong willed, independent person she is now.
"Well, as far as curses goes, this one is strange curse," Seiko said simply and finished her tea.
The elder then got up from the table to get another cup of tea, leaving mother and daughter along. Rika meekly looked at her sobbing mother, waiting for her to say something, anything that might take the tension away. But Rumiko just sat there, sobbing. In some sense, Rika felt bad from keeping her "curse" a secret for so long, but the other half just wish her mother would stop her balling.
"Umm, mom, listen, I sorry about keeping this from you for so long," Rika said slowly.
"Why did you tell me that you have became a freak?" Rumiko asked through her sobbing.
Freak? Rika thought with a mix of anger and pain.
Now if anyone else would call Rika a freak, she would just beat the crap out of them. But hearing that from her own mother hurt a lot. And when Rika felt hurt, she gets anger.
"Did you just call me a freak, mom?" Rika asked coldly.
"You know I didn't mean it like that, Rika," Rumiko replied, her sobbing subsiding slightly. "It just that you're…"
"WHAT?" Rika yelled angrily, jumping to her feet. "DIFFERENT? WELL IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICE MOTHER! I HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT FOR A LONG TIME NOW!"
"Rika, peace I didn't mean it like that either," Rumiko said, trying to reason with her daughter.
"THEN WHAT IS IT, MOM?" Rika asked, her anger now mixing with sorrow. "IS IT BECAUSE I'M NOT THE DAUGHTER YOU WANT? IS THAT IT, WELL?"
"I don't know, Rika," Rumiko replied hesitantly.
"Well that's not good enough, mother," Rika stated more calmly. "That's why I didn't want to tell you, because I knew you wouldn't understand."
Rika then stormed out before anything else could said. Rumiko stay glued into place, feeling confuse, lost and hurt. Rika had never talked to her like that before. But thinking back on it, she did realized she blurted something out that probably hurt Rika just as much as all that yelling Rika did.
"What have I done?" Rumiko asked herself solemnly, tilting her head down.
"Well you have called her own daughter a freak right to her face, that's what," Seiko replied calmly as she took a seat with a fresh cup of tea.
"But I didn't mean it like that," Rumiko whispered solemnly.
"Rumiko, what if I called you a failure after all you're successes at being a model?" Seiko asked gently.
Rumiko look at her mother with hurtful eyes and replied quietly," I'll been hurt badly."
"Yes, and that's how Rika felt when you can her a freak," Seiko said softly and took a sip from her tea.
Rumiko stared at her mother, feeling overwhelmed by all of this. She looked at the table and gripped her head tightly. Memories of all the times she forced Rika to go shopping with her or when she forced her to go to a photo shoot when she clearly didn't want to go. Other times, like when she didn't come for Parents day at her school and many, many other times come rushing back to her like a raging bull. She realized just how bad of a mother she has been.
"I know what I did was wrong, but I didn't know what else to say," Rumiko said solemnly. "I just wish that sometimes I didn't feel like such a stranger to my own child."
"Rumiko, every mother feel like that once in their lifetimes," Seiko said gently. "I did and so did mother."
"I know," Rumiko replied solemnly. "But I have felt like that since Rika was a child?"
The famous model let out a heavy sigh and look toward the ceiling. She recalled the day Rika was born. It was the most happiest day of her life. She remembered that she made a promise to love her new daughter with all of her heart and soul. And looks like she didn't keep that promise one bit.
"I just wish I can hold my daughter like when she was a baby," Rumiko muttered solemnly.
"We all wish that, dear," Seiko said sincerely. "But I'm sure everything will work out in the end."
"I hope you're right, mother," Rumiko muttered sadly and got up.
She then walked out to the front lawn to clear her head, while Seiko stayed behind to finish off her second cup of tea.
Unbeknown to either adult was that Rika had listened to their entire conversation. Now it was her turn to feel like dirt. She had to admit, some of those things she said was a little harsh to her mother, but she needed to hear that. But now, listening to all of that, she realize just how much her mother was suffering from all of this as well. And now she felt bad for the way she acted toward her mother. She then realized she could care less what her mother thinks of her.
"Not like I care though," Rika said coldly and turned toward her room. But deep within her heart, she knew she would come to regret this decision later on.
(That night)
Rika, in her Gatomon form, roam the night streets of the city, trying not think about all that has gone on this day. Through out the rest of the day, she found herself coming back to the event of morning and try as she might, she couldn't let them go. She had tried everything and anything to get her mind off of that morning. She tried sharpening her card playing skills and playing some of her old video games, but that didn't work for long. So when night came, she quickly changed into her Gatomon form and left.
She had roamed the streets for the past three hours and it did little to help. She eventually came to the Matsuki bakery and consider bugging Gogglehead. He was always good when Rika needed to blow off some stream. But decided this was something she needed to handle along. So with a heavy heart, she lift. She roamed the streets once more with no real place to go. She eventually came to the park and decided to go to her favorite thinking spot to try and clear her head. Her favorite thinking spot just happens to be one of the largest trees in the park and she was currently in it, looking down at the park with unfocused eyes.
Why am I acting like this? Rika mental asked herself.
Usually, she was only comfortable with her emotions when she was with her special Gogglehead, but this time it was different and it scared her. It was something about the tone of her mother's voice that seem to strike a cord in Rika. It was like Rika was truly looking at her mother for the first time in the longest time. It was truly confusing her and she didn't like it much.
"Something on your mind, Rika?" A soft voice asked.
Rika looked to her right to see Renamon, sitting on the branch that Rika was on. The fox was staring up at the clear, night sky, looking completely at ease. Rika only wish she could feel like that.
"It nothing, Renamon," Rika said, trying to sound like her usually self.
"If it's nothing, then I'll go," Renamon shrugged lightly and got to her feet without even tilting. She turned to leave when…
"…Renamon do you know anything about family?" Rika suddenly asked.
"Hmm," Renamon looked over her shoulder and stared intently at her tamer. "I have said this before, but digimon don't have parents. We're either born into a village or into a fighting tribe. But some are unlucky and are all alone since they're born."
"And what about you?" Rika said softly.
Renamon let out a light sigh suddenly and retook her seat beside Rika. She looked up at the stars once more and didn't say a thing. Curious, Rika looked at her partner and saw something she knew all to well reflected in Renamon's eyes. It was loneness. An emotion Rika knew all to well.
"Listen, Renamon if you don't want to talk, I wouldn't mind," Rika said in a very out of character way.
"When I was born, I was along," Renamon said. "But luck was with me because I was soon found by a tribe of Renamon. When you're part of a tribe you usually look out for yourself, only getting help when needed. But this tribe was different, they treated each other like brothers and sisters."
Rika listen eagerly to Renamon tell. She could see the loneness in her partner's eyes grew and another emotion was starting to emerge and began to mix with it.
"When I first join them, they treated me nicely, giving me shares of their spoils," Renamon said softly. "I soon find myself as I am now. When I fought, I fought for my brothers and sister. It gave me a warm feeling when they were proud of my skills and progress. Then came that night I will forever regret."
Renamon closed her eyes and placed her paw on the place where her heart is. She was now having a battle within herself. She was fighting all of those long buried memories and the bad feelings that came with them. And she was loosing too. After a moment she opened her eyes and stared at Rika. The "cursed" tamer could see the regret and loneness so clear in her partner's eyes that it scared her.
"I was out looking for food when I happen upon an ultimate level digimon," Renamon voice was just barely above a whisper. "We got into it and I won firmly easily. I didn't know at that time, but he was injured and close to death anyways. After that I became cocky and often became reckless when I fought. Then came the time when I thought I was strong enough and challenged the leader of the tribe for control."
Renamon suddenly flashback to that fateful night. It was raining hard on that night, but Renamon didn't care, she wanted to fight her leader so bad. She could remember seeing her brothers and sisters looking at her in shame and pity. They actually thought she didn't stand a choice, but she will prove them wrong.
Renamon quickly shook her head to clear these lurking thoughts away and looked at her eager tamer. "The fight was very one sided in the end. The tribe leader was much stronger then I first thought and she put me in my place faster then I knew. I was beaten within an inch of my life, but she didn't finished me off. Instead she just expel me from the tribe and lift me for died. It still a wonder that I survived after that at long. But I did and I made a vow to grew strong and never let my pride control me again."
With her story over, Renamon once again closed off that part of her past, never to reopen these wounds again. She once again stood to leave Rika to her thought.
"That's a fine story Renamon, but I don't see how it's help my problems," Rika said harshly.
"I let my pride rule me and in the end I lost the best things in my old life," Renamon replied calmly. "Think about that for a while, Rika?'
And with that, Renamon jumped from the tree branch without even making it vibrate. Rika watched as her partner disappeared into the shadows of the night and then looked back at the park. She began thinking about all she just learned from Renamon's past and realize just how alike they truly were. But unlike Renamon, Rika wasn't good with dealing with emotions, so how can she solve this problem.
Suddenly Rika remembered something she heard from her mother and an idea quickly formed around it. This would take more courage then when she confessed her feelings for Takato, but she made up her mind and there was nothing that could stop her.
The ashy Gatomon jumped from her tree and hurried off. She needed to talk to someone before she could executed her plans.
(Mother's day…inside of Rumiko's bedroom)
As the first rays of the morning sun peeked into the bedroom of the world famous model, said model was sound asleep. She was having a nice dream and didn't want to wake from it. She was dreaming that she was spending the day with her daughter and both were having a grand old time.
The door to Rumiko's room opened quietly and someone stepped through it. That someone closed the door just as quietly as it has opened it and stare intently at the sleeping person. It notice the pleased smile on the model's face and was a little hesitant. It only lasted for about a second and then got down on all fours and stealthy mode it's way over to her. It got onto Rumiko chest and whispered into her ear.
"Happy mother's day, mom."
Rumiko started to stir when she heard the voice, whispering in her ear. She slowly opened her eyes to allow them to adjust to the light and what she saw was a little surprising.
It was Rika, in her very so cute Gatomon form. She was wearing a hot pink bow around her neck and a tag with something written on it. At first Rumiko thought she was still dreaming, but one quick pinch to her side confirmed that she was awoke.
"Rika, what are you doing?" Rumiko asked in confusion.
"I just thought I could greet you on mother's day, that's all," Rika said in a slight higher tone of voice.
Rumiko couldn't help but smile at hearing her daughter's voice sounding so different and yet so similar. She then notice what was written on Rika's tag. In simply black letters was the words…hug me.
Rumiko didn't know what to do, so she just decided to get with the flow. She slowly took her hands out from under her sheets and wrapped them around her daughter. Rika didn't do what Rumiko was expecting her to do. She leaned into the hug instead of fighting against it. Rumiko was surprised by this, but quickly got over it and pulled her daughter closer to her.
"I'm sorry for yesterday," Rumiko whispered softly into her daughter's ear.
"I know, mom, I know," Rika whispered back.
"And thank you for giving me the greatest gift a mother could ever ask for," Rumiko said lovingly to her daughter.
"You're welcome, mom," Rika said with just as much love as her mother.
From behind the bedroom's door, Seiko and Renamon listened in on the entire thing. Both were pleased that those two had finally patched things up.
"You know, Renamon, I was surprised when Rika came to me, asking for help," Seiko whispered to her follower ease dropper.
"Deep down, Rika has good heart," Renamon said with a small smile. "She just needed a kick in the rear to get started."
"Yes and I really must thank the boy who help start all of this with a simply curse," Seiko said happily.
(…)
Me: Okay everyone, I have finished this one, but I don't know if I'm going be able to get the second one up tonight, but I'll see what I can do.
Rika (Anger): THAT'S WAS THE MOST LAMEST STORY YOU HAVE EVER CREATED!
Me (Shrugging): Well we'll just let the reader decided on that one.