Inspiration made a preemptive strike before I could even take a few days off for relaxation. So I hope you all enjoy this chapter and please leave a review!

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"You want to join the photography club?" Hikari blinked.

"Actually, we were going to take a look around," Juri clarified while holding tightly onto Ruki's wrist. "You see, Ruki doesn't have any extracurricular activities and I always see her roam the halls when she's waiting for me to finish up at the gymnastics club so I thought I could find her a hobby."

Ruki tried to protest but her friend just dragged her into the clubroom. "I don't need to join the photography club," grumbled Ruki.

"It's really dark in here," Juri noted once they were inside.

Hikari nodded. "Yeah, today we're using old film cameras rather than digital ones so we need the room to be dark so that the film can develop. You've seen them before right? Like in old movies and TV shows? Though they show up in modern ones too nowadays."

"Oh yeah," Juri smiled before noticing that her hand wasn't holding anyone anymore. "Ruki?"

"It's so dark in here…," Ruki mumbled as she turned on the lights, causing everyone in the room to gasp in horror as their photos turned negative.

"Ruki!" Hikari and Juri both exclaimed.

"What?"

Juri quickly grabbed her friend and ran out of the room before the angry photographers could try and get them. "Bye Hikari! We're really sorry about ruining the pictures and we'll see you in class tomorrow!"

"Um… Okay!" Hikari called back as she watched them race through the halls. The brunette then remembered something and pulled out her phone, sending a text to the girls who just left. "She really should've asked Ruki what her interests are in the first place," she giggled.

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"And that's what happened," Juri huffed when she finally finished explaining to Takato and Jian who were at the vending machine in the courtyard.

"I can't really picture Ruki in the photography club anyway," Takato shrugged before chuckling at his unintentional pun.

"Takato has a point," Jian nodded. "Maybe you should check on Ruki to see what she would like to do."

Juri looked up from her phone although she was paying attention to them. "Yeah, I just got a text from Hikari saying the same thing." The three Tamers turned to the redhead who was buying green tea from the vending machine. "What do you like to do Ruki?"

Ruki stared back at them with a completely straight face as she said this. "I like being violent with people."

They blankly stared back at her.

"Martial arts clubs," said Jian. "We can start at the tai-chi club since I'm in it too."

"That won't work," Ruki dismissed. "When school started back up again, I was recruited by Junpei to join the boxing club. As it would turn out, most of the moves I performed are illegal in every martial arts and I'm banned from most of them. All supervisors of a martial arts club have a sign that forbids me from entering."

"Somehow I'm not surprised," Juri sighed. She then kept her eyes on the can of green tea in Ruki's hands.

"You guys don't have to do this, you know–." Ruki tried to say before Juri grinned.

"What about the tea club?" suggested Juri. "Ruki, whenever you visit any of our houses, you always ask if we have tea in the house. Not to mention the fact that you know the tea ceremony by heart so that should be a perfect place for you."

Ruki shook her head. "Akari tried to recruit me there too on the second week of school when she noticed that I always bought tea instead of the carbonated drinks from the machines. I may know the ceremony by heart but I get bored easily. Not to mention, I'm more of a sweet tea kind of person and the tea they serve in the club is always bitter. And worst of all, no matter what, my legs always fall asleep whenever I sit in that accursed position for too long."

"That doesn't surprise me either," Jian huffed. "What about a sports club then?"

"Too lazy," Ruki shook her head.

"She shot that one down quickly," Takato remarked.

"I know that she hates all of the technology clubs," Jian sighed. "She was waiting for me while I was with the computer club and when Koushirou invited her in, she just stared blankly, with her right eye twitching as everyone was sitting at their computers. As we were going home, she said…" He then looks over to the redhead who took a sip from her can.

"I hate modern technology," Ruki snickered.

"Maybe she just needs another way of expressing herself," Juri thought aloud.

Ruki stood up and was about to walk away from them when the brunette suddenly grabbed her arm and started dragging her away, the two boys following right behind them. The four of them just kept walking through the halls, three of them thinking that they were just doing it aimlessly until Juri made a pit stop in front of the drama club.

"It took me a long time, but I figured it out," Juri smiled triumphantly. "The way she needs to express herself is through acting! It's not too physically draining, modern tech isn't involved for the performers, and all of the fighting isn't real!

"That sounds boring," Ruki commented. "And Juri, I really should tell you–."

Juri cut her off again. "Ruki, you need a hobby. I'm really worried about you because you never really do anything other than whatever we plan on doing. So, just go inside and see if anything interests you. If you like what you see and hear, then give this form to the supervisor."

Ruki nodded numbly and entered the room. Upon entering, she cringed at the noticeably horrible actors putting on a show in the middle of the room, with the rest of the club members watching. She was more than tempted to say something rude to them but held back, knowing that Juri would be very upset if she did something as stupid as get herself kicked out. So her only choice was to look for someone she knew which didn't take long.

"Hey Ruki, what are you doing here?" Nene asked.

"Juri has me running around the whole school looking for a club for me to join," Ruki explained. "She says that I need a hobby."

"Well the drama club is great and usually a lot of fun," Nene smiled before lowering her voice. "I mean, as long as you can endure some of the terrible acting. But don't worry, not everyone here is that bad."

"Thank God I'm not the only one who thinks so," Ruki grinned. "So who are the good actors around here?"

"Oh, well, there's…"

Juri, Jian, and Takato all jumped a little when Ruki suddenly rushed out of the room, saying a hurried goodbye to Nene. They were surprised that she got out of there so quickly considering only a minute or so had passed.

"What happened? Did you give the form to the sensei in charge?" Juri asked.

"No, there is no way I'm joining that club!" Ruki huffed.

"Is the acting that bad?" Jian asked. "You always complain about some of the terrible plays you've been dragged to."

"Yes, the acting for some of them is horrid," Ruki admitted. "But it's one of the good actors I'm more concerned about."

"What do you mean?" asked Takato.

"Ryo is in there," she muttered in a dazed expression as she speed-walked through the halls to get as far away as possible from the room, with the other three Tamers chasing after her. "You guys can't drag me back there! I will despise all of you if you do!"

They finally caught her and got her to calm down. Once again, they were sitting outside at the vending machine, getting new drinks to quench their thirst after that pointless chase through the halls while sitting down on the stone bench.

"How about the art club?" Juri asked.

"She tried," Takato said, being part of the club himself. "She drew a lot of these disturbing and bone-chilling scenes that it frightened many of the other members and even the supervisor. Two of our members still haven't returned to school."

"What about the chess club?" inquired Jian.

"Too boring and the rules are stupid," Ruki scoffed.

"What about the manga society?" suggested Takato.

Juri shook her head with a heavy sigh. "Both Hirokazu and Kenta are in that club. Do you really think she'd be willing to join it when she reacted the way she did after seeing Ryo in the drama club? I think she might spontaneously combust."

"What about the trading card game club?" Jian questioned.

Ruki shuddered. "That's like throwing me into a sea of fan boys."

"You like foreign countries," Takato mused. "What about the model UN?"

"She wouldn't know how to represent any country other than Japan," Jian told him, ignoring the insulted look Ruki gave him although she knew he was right.

"Listen," Ruki sighed as she stood up. "You guys should really know that–."

Juri suddenly shot up and grabbed Ruki's wrist again, pulling her away and once again, the boys followed right behind them. They started going up floor after floor until they reached the top floor of Yagami High where they stopped in front of the culinary clubroom.

"This is it!" Juri huffed as she tried to catch her breath. "This will be the perfect club for you!" Before Ruki could protest, the redhead was shoved inside.

"Are you judging this by the fact that she's a good cook?" Jian asked.

"Yup!" Juri cheered.

Takato seemed rather unsure. "It's true that she's a good cook but I've only ever seen her make Japanese delicacies such as katsu don and yakisoba. But isn't Mimi the president of this club and doesn't she make a lot of stuff like American dishes or fancy plates like escargot?"

The smile dropped from Juri's face at the same time the fire alarms started ringing.

"A fire! Put it out! Put it out!" they heard Mimi scream from inside.

"Sorry!" Ruki called back as she escaped the room with the other three Tamers chasing after her.

Once again, the four of them were sitting outside by the vending machine.

"I'm running out of coins," Takato muttered.

"You should work out a little more," Jian suggested. "You get winded really easily."

The girls weren't really listening to them; Juri was just sitting on the bench, trying to think of another club while Ruki leaned against the wall.

"What about the dance club?" Juri asked emotionlessly.

"Ruki hates dancing," Jian reminded her.

"What about the fashion club?"

"Do we even need to reply to that one?" Takato asked.

"I give up!" Juri slumped. She and the two boys looked over to Ruki who was just staring off into space, humming a song by a famous artist. "I would've suggested one of the music clubs if she didn't hate singing so much."

Takato suddenly flushed when he remembered something. "Actually, Ruki has nothing against music now. As a matter of fact, it doesn't even have to be singing, she knows how to play piano, guitar, and violin."

There was a long pause.

"Why didn't you say so earlier?!" Juri practically shrieked as she grabbed Ruki and pulled her away.

After some running, they finally made it to the orchestra room. The club wasn't meeting that day but a supervisor was in there to take any forms since it was still fairly early in the new semester. Juri gave Ruki the form she had given her earlier.

Ruki didn't enter the room immediately, she just turned to Juri. "Juri, listen–."

"Ruki, please!" Juri huffed. "We're not going to be together forever. We only have three years of high school and you're missing out on so much. I know you don't like social interaction all too much but you have to do something or you're going to end up lost in the future. I'm just really worried about you."

Ruki was silent as she stared at her friend. "Pf-!"

"Pf?" Juri blinked.

Ruki suddenly cracked up, surprising Takato and Juri before they turned over to Jian who was in deep contemplation. Jian was blushing when it finally dawned on him.

"You're already in this club, aren't you," Jian concluded. "That's what you've been trying to tell us the entire time."

"Eh?!" Takato and Juri blinked as they turned back to the redhead who was nodding through her fits of laughter.

"Yeah," Ruki sniffed. "Juri, you kept cutting me off every time I tried to tell you."

Juri felt like hitting her head against a brick wall. She bowed apologetically to her friend. "I am so sorry for dragging you throughout the entire school! I should've just stopped and listened to you! I've been a terrible friend!"

Ruki shook her head as she took Juri's hands in her own. "No, you've been a great friend. You were so worried about me not having a hobby. It was kind of fun looking around at all the clubs and best of all, it made me feel so happy knowing you were this concerned for my future. Thank you."

Juri was surprised. Usually, Ruki would let her temper get the best of her, but Juri supposed that Ruki had really changed since when they had first met her.

"Of course I was worried, Ruki," Juri smiled. "Besides Leomon, you're my best friend."

"You're my best friend too," Ruki laughed cheerfully. "Well, besides Renamon, of course!"