Chapter 7: Together
Takato and Guilmon were hanging out at Guilmon's old hideout, watching the sunset.
"Takatomon?" Guilmon asked.
"Yes Guilmon?" Takato said.
"Is Rika pretty?" Guilmon asked
"Eh? What?" Takato stammered, caught off guard by the question.
"Do you like Rika?" Guilmon asked.
"I…" Takato thought for a moment, looking at the sunset. "I do like Rika, Guilmon. A lot."
Takato turned to look at Guilmon, but he disappeared.
"Guilmon?" Takato called, worried. "Guilmon! GUILMON!"
"Takato…" a voice spoke out.
"Renamon?" Takato asked, looking everywhere to find the source.
Suddenly, Renamon appeared in front of him.
"Gah!" Takato yelled, backing away.
"Takato." Renamon said, seriously. "You better treat Rika well, or I will come for you."
Saying this, she held up one of her paws.
"Renamon!" Takato yelled, angrily. "Who do you think I am? I care for Rika more than you know! I would NEVER hurt her!"
"You better not." Renamon said, threateningly. "Or this will be your fate."
Renamon jumped out of the hideout, and high into the air, and
yelled.
"Diamond Storm!"
A barrage of energy spikes came hurling at him.
"NOOOO!" Takato yelled.
"Don't be afraid Takato." Another voice whispered in his ear.
"R-Rika!" Takato sputtered.
Suddenly, Rika appeared in front of him, a bright aura surrounding her.
"Sorry." Rika said. "Renamon sometimes forgets to control herself."
The energy and Renamon suddenly disappeared.
Rika placed her right hand on Takato's left cheek.
"You have done so much for me Takato…" Rika said dreamily. "You
are the bravest person I know. I know you will take care of me."
"Rika…" Takato said slowly. But he was silenced by Rika putting a finger on his lips.
"Shut up, Gogglehead." Rika said.
She crushed her lips with his, and wrapped her arms around him.
Takato closed his eyes, enjoying every moment.
Rika then broke the kiss and spoke.
"Now wake up, the party's in one day." Rika smiled.
"W-what?" Takato stammered.
BAM!
"OUCH!"
Takato's eyes snapped open, and found that he was on the ground. He looked, and saw the chair had fallen over. He rubbed his head gingerly.
"Augh." Takato moaned. "Just what I needed to wake up…"
"Takato?" a voice said.
"Huh?" Takato wondered. He looked up at his bed and saw that Rika was already awake.
"What are you doing on the ground?" Rika asked.
"Nothing!" Takato said quickly, standing up. "Just an accidental fall."
Rika raised an eyebrow, but then shrugged.
"Anyway." Rika said, pulling up to a sitting position on his bed. "What happened? Why am I in your bed?"
Suddenly, her eyes widened and she grabbed Takato's shirt.
"You…!" Rika raged. "You slept with me didn't you! You took advantage of me!"
"WHAT!" Takato yelled out. "I DID NOT! You fell asleep! And I carried you to my bed so you could sleep! Honest!"
Rika let go of his shirt, but was still glaring at him.
"Look, Rika." Takato started. "If we really did sleep together, wouldn't our clothes be spread out all over the room? And plus, wouldn't I have been in bed with you?"
Rika blushed darkly at the revelation.
"He's right…" Rika thought. "Why did I jump to conclusions to damn fast?"
She hung her head.
"I'm…sorry Takato…" She said. "I guess I just jumped to a conclusion, that's all."
"It's alright." Takato said. "No need to worry."
"He's so forgiving, so fast." Rika said. "Guess that's another thing I should admire him for."
"Anyway." Takato said. "Should we get to the next lesson then?"
"Depends." Rika replied. "What time is it?"
Takato looked at the clock, who gasped.
"4 o' clock!" he exclaimed. "We slept for 3 hours!"
Rika suddenly stood up.
"We don't have much time then!" Rika said quickly. "Let's get going!"
"Yeah!" Takato said.
After making it back to the basement, Takato turned to Rika.
"Alright Rika." Takato started. "This time, we will be going through the other playlists we've done, and dance together.
Rika reddened at the prospect of Takato and her being close together.
"You nervous?" he asked.
"N-No!" Rika yelled out. "Let's do it!"
Takato chuckled, then grew serious.
"Basically, you need to have a lead." Takato started. "Two people can't go off in their own directions; otherwise it's a big mess. One person has to dictate where the dancing goes, most of the time."
Rika nodded. "So basically, whoever is following has to have the same mindset as the lead?
Takato nodded back. "Yeah, you got it. It's easier than it sounds. Since we've done many songs that can use two people, we'll use that."
"I'm ready!" Rika said.
"Alright!" Takato said. "So it goes like this…"
