Disclaimer: I've been forgetting to do this; so no I don't own
digimon. If I did, I wouldn't be sitting here writing this story, I'd be
making it into an episode, or two, or three. And now onto the Thank yous!
~Rhiannon Nokimo: You don't have to worry about me stopping this story cuz of flames! Writing is a passion of mine, and I'm not stopping because a few people don't like it! Hmm. I want to know the end of the story, too. Lol~
~SWP: NOOOOO! I can't sound like a soap opera! They're evil! (Sorry soap fans, that's just my opinion! Pleez don't hurt me!) More comin right up!~
~Bluebird161221: Don't worry 'bout it! Everyone at The DigiPort think I'm crazy cuz I have an invisible friend. It's not like he's real, though. (Hey! I am too real! Arg! You're always saying mean things about me!) Can it, Simon! Well, anyway.~
~Sai tu: Thanx! Glad you like it!~
~Fiery-chan: My mom says stuff like that too. I'm in the gifted program but stupidity is definitely stronger than my intelligence! Lol. Your story, Wildcat, is great too!~
~Insomniac Cat: Thanx! As for Takato, I only write the truth.~
~Mystery12pm: Thanx! I'll try to keep it up!~
~Toxic Shade: More detail coming up! Well, I'll try anyway!~
~Silex: Thanx!~
Well, now that that's over with, on with the show! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The police Henry had called for failed miserably to find Ryo or any leads. The breadcrumbs Rika had found were assumed to be for the pigeons outside or the hospital. Little did they know that could have been a major lead, and they just passed it up. Rika had forgot about them altogether now.
The hours turned into days, but no Ryo. The days turned into weeks, yet no Ryo. The weeks turned into months, but still no Ryo. The months turned into one year, and you guessed it, no Ryo.
After the year had passed, the police gave up. They pronounced him dead. They had found nothing in the real world, and the tamers found nothing in the digital world. Ryo was dead. Case closed. Game over. The end.
Everyone had lost hope in finding Ryo. Everyone except Rika. Everyone had finally realized that Ryo was gone, and probably wasn't coming back. Everyone except Rika. And now, Everyone had stated to except the fact that Ryo was dead. Everyone except Rika. She wasn't planning on accepting anything anytime soon. They had no proof that he was dead. It was just an assumption. He was alive, she knew it. or was he? ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"I don't see why they're having this stupid thing." Rika stated. She, her mother, and her grandmother were in the car driving to Ryo's "funeral", if you want to call it that. "They don't know he's dead. He's alive, I can feel it!"
Rika's mother and grandmother sighed. There was an awkward silence.
Rika reached into her pocket and took out something. She stared at it. *Don't worry, Ryo. I know you're alive. I just have to convince the others that you are.* Rika thought. She took the object and tied it around her neck.
"We're here." Mrs. Nonaka pulled the car to a stop. Rika opened the car door and stepped out. All of her friends were crowded around a coffin. It had no body inside; instead, there were many pictures of Ryo with his friends and family. Henry turned around and saw Rika. He nudged Kazu. Kazu gave him a dirty look and was about to tell him off, until Henry Pointed to his left. Kazu looked and saw Rika, He immediately understood. He and Henry separated, making room for her.
Kazu looked intently around Rika's neck, figuring out was around it. It clicked. He realized what it was.
Around Rika's was a red scarf. Ryo's red scarf to be exact. It was the one he always wore in the digital world. She had taken it from his bedside table at the hospital after he was kidnapped.
Rika looked at the pictures. Her eyes fell on one. Takato had taken it. She and Ryo were slow dancing. Rika was glaring at the camera with a look that said 'Take a picture of this and I'll have to bash your face in.' It obviously hadn't phased the camera holder. The picture was taken at Jeri's house. She had had somewhat of a 'Welcome Home' party for the digimon. All the tamers, plus some of their friends and Alice, were invited. Rika sighed. She remembered that night so well.
~*Start Flashback*~ "Come on, Ryo! You have to ask her!" Kazu said to Ryo.
"I don't know. I mean, what if she says 'no'?" Ryo asked.
"Oh, come on! Her you are, one of the best looking guys here, ya know, besides me, without someone to dance with!" Kazu continued. "Even Kenta has someone to dance with! I know, I know, it's Nikki, but at least he has someone! You supposed to be the fearless 'Legendary Tamer', but now you're afraid that a girl is going to turn you down! All you have to lose is one dance!"
"Geez, Kazu. Fine, I'll ask her." Ryo smirked. "But what about you?"
"I'll be fine. I don't have anyone here I like. You do." Kazu said.
"What about Alice?" Ryo asked, grinning.
"Well, hey! How did you know!?" Kazu asked.
"It's kinda obvious, the way you look and act around her. Love sick, or something." Ryo explained. Kazu blushed, something no one had ever seen him do before. "Come one, Kazu, all you have to lose is one dance."
"Fine. I'll ask, too." Kazu finally said.
Ryo and Kazu both got up and headed towards the table Alice and Rika were sitting at.
"Come on, Rika. All you have to lose is one d-" Alice stopped. She saw Ryo and Kazu coming towards them. "Speaking of him." Rika turned to see what Alice was looking at.
*Oh, great. Now Alice definitely won't let me back out.* Rika thought. A slow song came on.
*Perfect timing.* Ryo, Kazu, and Alice thought with a smile.
*Bad timing.* Rika thought, sighing.
"Uh, Alice, would you like to dance?" Kazu asked, holding out his hand.
"Sure!" Alice giggled. They walked out to the 'dance floor', which was a large bare spot in the middle of the room. Takato and Jeri, Kenta and Nikki, and now Kazu and Alice were dancing.
Rika, Ryo, Henry, Ai, Mako, and Suzie were the only ones not dancing. Well, really it was just Henry, Rika, and Ryo. Ai and Mako weren't really the dancing type and Suzie was in her 'boys are yucky' stage. Besides, why dance when you could play with, ahem, torture Lopmon, Impmon, and Terriermon with 'Pwincess Pwetty Pants', in Suzie's words.
Ryo fidgeted around in his seat. He wasn't used to not dancing during a slow song. He wasn't trying to be full of himself or anything, he was just used to at least twenty girls asking him to dance. He looked over to Rika. She looked uncomfortable also. He knew it wasn't for the same reason as him, though.
Rika was wearing a denim halter dress that was dark blue denim at the top and faded to become baby blue denim at the bottom. He assumed her mother had made her wear this. He looked down to her shoes. They were some kind of cork/rubber combination that made them look cork, with denim straps that went around her ankle and foot. They were at least three inches tall in the back. He assumed her mother also made her wear those. He looked back to her face. In his opinion, the best part. Her hair was curled ever so slightly that it made her hair fall in waves at her shoulders. Her lips were shiny with just a bit of gloss. She wasn't too dressy, not too casual. He looked down at himself.
He was wearing black denim pants with a navy blue turtleneck. His hair was the usual, messy, but adorable. Also not too dressy, not to casual.
He thought she looked beautiful. She thought she looked stupid. Ryo thought he looked stupid. She thought he looked handsome. He thought he looked stupid. Go figure.
*I can't let Kazu think I'm a coward.* Ryo thought to himself. "Uh, Rika?"
Rika snapped her head up, breaking her daze of staring at the floor. "Yeah?"
"Would, you.uh, will you." He stuttered.
"Spit it out, hot shot." Rika mocked.
"Willyoudancewithme? Ifyoudontwanttoitsokay." Ryo blushed madly. He could defeat any digimon, solve any problem, win any tournament, but he couldn't ask a girl to dance.
"Well, I think that was supposed to be request to dance with you." Rika said.
"Yeah." Ryo was still blushing. He put his head down *She's gonna say no.*
*YES! YES! YES!* Her heart cried. "Then, I guess the answer's yes."
Ryo looked at her in shock. "Really?"
"Yeah, and you better stop drooling before I change my mind." Rika said as she stood up. Ryo followed.
Rika cautiously put her hands around Ryo's neck as he put his hands on her waist. It had been at least two or three years since she had last slow danced. She looked over at Alice, who gave her a thumbs-up behind Kazu's back. Rika grinned at her.
*Well, at least I didn't have to ask him.* Rika thought.
*Well, Kazu was right, for once.* Ryo thought. He looked back to Rika. *Thanks, Kazu.*
Rika noticed that Ryo was staring at her. It wouldn't have bothered her much if he was staring at her, he does it all the time. Now it was like he was looking inside her. It was starting to freak her out. "Ryo?" she whispered. No reply. "Ryo?" she said a little bit louder. Still no reply. "Ryo!" she said a little above the normal tone.
Ryo snapped his head up and blinked. "Huh? What? Did you say something?" he asked, a little red from humiliation.
"Uh, yeah, I did." Rika said mockingly.
"Well, what did you want?
"You were staring at me, and it was freaking me out. That's all." She replied.
"Oh, sorry." He was really red now. *It's now or never.* he thought. "Hey, Rika, I have something to tell ya." He started.
"Yeah?" she said looking at him, straight in the eyes. She was not making it any easier.
"Rika, I. uh, well, I." Ryo stammered.
"You stuttering again. What's wrong?" Rika looked a bit concerned.
*This is getting nowhere.* he thought. "Never mind."
"Oh, um, okay." Rika looked at him oddly. He would have gotten redder from that, but it wasn't possible.
On the other side of the room.
"Hey, Jeri?" Takato whispered in her ear.
"Yeah?" she answered. Takato pointed over towards Ryo and Rika. A big smile spread across Jeri's face. She always thought they made a cute couple. "Now that's a Kodak moment."
"Yeah." Takato pulled out a camera. "Let's make it a real one." He smiled wickedly.
"I don't know, Rika will get really mad." Jeri sounded a little worried. "Don't worry. Besides, when do you think that's going to happen again?" Takato said, referring to Rika and Ryo not fighting for 10 minutes.
"I guess you're right."
Back to the other side again.
"Hey, Ryo?" Rika said.
"Hm?" Ryo answered.
"I was just wondering, why do you care so much? Is it because I'm a girl, or is it so-" she was cut off.
"Say cheese!"
"What the?" Rika looked to her left. "Oh great, Goggle-head has a camera."
Ryo looked hesitantly at Rika. He didn't know how she was going to react to this.
"Take a picture of this and I'll have to kill you." Rika warned. Takato put his finger on the button, taunting Rika. "You wouldn't." Rika glared. "Take a picture of this and I'll have to kill you." Rika warned. Takato put his finger on the button, taunting Rika. "You wouldn't." Rika glared.
"Or would I?"
There was a flash. Takato grinned at Rika. She glared at him. "Oops, my finger slipped." He said with a smirk. Rika was on him in a second.
Ryo and Jeri looked at each other and sweat dropped.
"Wow, even in those shoes she can fight pretty well." Ryo commented as Rika chased Takato around the room. She cornered him
"Yeah." Jeri agreed.
SMACK!
Jeri, Ryo, and Henry, who had just joined them, winced. Takato was clutching his cheek in pain.
"How's that for fingers slipping!?" Rika raged. She walked off in a huff. She totally forgot Takato still had the camera.
"Can't say I didn't warn ya." Jeri said as she brought some ice over for Takato's cheek. Takato gave her a look and muttered something along the lines of 'You don't have to rub it in.'
~*End Of Flashback*~
Rika slowly put the picture down. She had vowed never to dance again, especially with Ryo. Put girls have the right to change their mind. She felt a warm and gentle hand on her shoulder. She whirled around.
Henry smiled warmly at her. "You okay?" he asked.
"Yeah. Perfectly. Why wouldn't I be?" Rika asked confused.
Henry knew she still hadn't come to believe that Ryo was dead. He didn't want to believe it either. "It's just, you know, with the funeral and stuff."
Rika looked at him in shock. "What do you mean? Ryo is not dead. He's out there, somewhere. There's no proof he's not!"
"But there's no proof he is." Henry said calmly. Rika turned back around to the coffin. She couldn't believe the nerve of him. Well, maybe she could. Henry was always the reasonable one of the group. Always going with the logical explanation. Never finding a different, more hopeful one.
She looked over at Takato and Jeri. Jeri was crying. Even Takato had a tear running down his cheek. She was closer to Ryo than everyone here, besides his parents, and she wasn't sad at all.
Henry put his head down. He tried. *What is it that Ryo has that I don't? Okay, a lot. He's strong, inside and out, like Rika.* Henry looked down at and frowned. *I'm not at all. He delights in battle, as does Rika. I'm a pacifist. He's good-looking, like Rika, but in a different way, of course. I wouldn't be one to judge myself there."
~Oh, great, now there are two guys after Rika. Well, one, Ryo already has her. This poor girl! What have I done to her? First making her love Ryo, then taking him away, and now Henry! All I can say is, this is only just the beginning for her! MWAHAHAHAHA! *Smiles evilly* No, I'm not going to kill her, she'll stay alive through the whole story. Ryo on the other hand, well, I guess you'll just have to read and find out!
~Rhiannon Nokimo: You don't have to worry about me stopping this story cuz of flames! Writing is a passion of mine, and I'm not stopping because a few people don't like it! Hmm. I want to know the end of the story, too. Lol~
~SWP: NOOOOO! I can't sound like a soap opera! They're evil! (Sorry soap fans, that's just my opinion! Pleez don't hurt me!) More comin right up!~
~Bluebird161221: Don't worry 'bout it! Everyone at The DigiPort think I'm crazy cuz I have an invisible friend. It's not like he's real, though. (Hey! I am too real! Arg! You're always saying mean things about me!) Can it, Simon! Well, anyway.~
~Sai tu: Thanx! Glad you like it!~
~Fiery-chan: My mom says stuff like that too. I'm in the gifted program but stupidity is definitely stronger than my intelligence! Lol. Your story, Wildcat, is great too!~
~Insomniac Cat: Thanx! As for Takato, I only write the truth.~
~Mystery12pm: Thanx! I'll try to keep it up!~
~Toxic Shade: More detail coming up! Well, I'll try anyway!~
~Silex: Thanx!~
Well, now that that's over with, on with the show! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The police Henry had called for failed miserably to find Ryo or any leads. The breadcrumbs Rika had found were assumed to be for the pigeons outside or the hospital. Little did they know that could have been a major lead, and they just passed it up. Rika had forgot about them altogether now.
The hours turned into days, but no Ryo. The days turned into weeks, yet no Ryo. The weeks turned into months, but still no Ryo. The months turned into one year, and you guessed it, no Ryo.
After the year had passed, the police gave up. They pronounced him dead. They had found nothing in the real world, and the tamers found nothing in the digital world. Ryo was dead. Case closed. Game over. The end.
Everyone had lost hope in finding Ryo. Everyone except Rika. Everyone had finally realized that Ryo was gone, and probably wasn't coming back. Everyone except Rika. And now, Everyone had stated to except the fact that Ryo was dead. Everyone except Rika. She wasn't planning on accepting anything anytime soon. They had no proof that he was dead. It was just an assumption. He was alive, she knew it. or was he? ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"I don't see why they're having this stupid thing." Rika stated. She, her mother, and her grandmother were in the car driving to Ryo's "funeral", if you want to call it that. "They don't know he's dead. He's alive, I can feel it!"
Rika's mother and grandmother sighed. There was an awkward silence.
Rika reached into her pocket and took out something. She stared at it. *Don't worry, Ryo. I know you're alive. I just have to convince the others that you are.* Rika thought. She took the object and tied it around her neck.
"We're here." Mrs. Nonaka pulled the car to a stop. Rika opened the car door and stepped out. All of her friends were crowded around a coffin. It had no body inside; instead, there were many pictures of Ryo with his friends and family. Henry turned around and saw Rika. He nudged Kazu. Kazu gave him a dirty look and was about to tell him off, until Henry Pointed to his left. Kazu looked and saw Rika, He immediately understood. He and Henry separated, making room for her.
Kazu looked intently around Rika's neck, figuring out was around it. It clicked. He realized what it was.
Around Rika's was a red scarf. Ryo's red scarf to be exact. It was the one he always wore in the digital world. She had taken it from his bedside table at the hospital after he was kidnapped.
Rika looked at the pictures. Her eyes fell on one. Takato had taken it. She and Ryo were slow dancing. Rika was glaring at the camera with a look that said 'Take a picture of this and I'll have to bash your face in.' It obviously hadn't phased the camera holder. The picture was taken at Jeri's house. She had had somewhat of a 'Welcome Home' party for the digimon. All the tamers, plus some of their friends and Alice, were invited. Rika sighed. She remembered that night so well.
~*Start Flashback*~ "Come on, Ryo! You have to ask her!" Kazu said to Ryo.
"I don't know. I mean, what if she says 'no'?" Ryo asked.
"Oh, come on! Her you are, one of the best looking guys here, ya know, besides me, without someone to dance with!" Kazu continued. "Even Kenta has someone to dance with! I know, I know, it's Nikki, but at least he has someone! You supposed to be the fearless 'Legendary Tamer', but now you're afraid that a girl is going to turn you down! All you have to lose is one dance!"
"Geez, Kazu. Fine, I'll ask her." Ryo smirked. "But what about you?"
"I'll be fine. I don't have anyone here I like. You do." Kazu said.
"What about Alice?" Ryo asked, grinning.
"Well, hey! How did you know!?" Kazu asked.
"It's kinda obvious, the way you look and act around her. Love sick, or something." Ryo explained. Kazu blushed, something no one had ever seen him do before. "Come one, Kazu, all you have to lose is one dance."
"Fine. I'll ask, too." Kazu finally said.
Ryo and Kazu both got up and headed towards the table Alice and Rika were sitting at.
"Come on, Rika. All you have to lose is one d-" Alice stopped. She saw Ryo and Kazu coming towards them. "Speaking of him." Rika turned to see what Alice was looking at.
*Oh, great. Now Alice definitely won't let me back out.* Rika thought. A slow song came on.
*Perfect timing.* Ryo, Kazu, and Alice thought with a smile.
*Bad timing.* Rika thought, sighing.
"Uh, Alice, would you like to dance?" Kazu asked, holding out his hand.
"Sure!" Alice giggled. They walked out to the 'dance floor', which was a large bare spot in the middle of the room. Takato and Jeri, Kenta and Nikki, and now Kazu and Alice were dancing.
Rika, Ryo, Henry, Ai, Mako, and Suzie were the only ones not dancing. Well, really it was just Henry, Rika, and Ryo. Ai and Mako weren't really the dancing type and Suzie was in her 'boys are yucky' stage. Besides, why dance when you could play with, ahem, torture Lopmon, Impmon, and Terriermon with 'Pwincess Pwetty Pants', in Suzie's words.
Ryo fidgeted around in his seat. He wasn't used to not dancing during a slow song. He wasn't trying to be full of himself or anything, he was just used to at least twenty girls asking him to dance. He looked over to Rika. She looked uncomfortable also. He knew it wasn't for the same reason as him, though.
Rika was wearing a denim halter dress that was dark blue denim at the top and faded to become baby blue denim at the bottom. He assumed her mother had made her wear this. He looked down to her shoes. They were some kind of cork/rubber combination that made them look cork, with denim straps that went around her ankle and foot. They were at least three inches tall in the back. He assumed her mother also made her wear those. He looked back to her face. In his opinion, the best part. Her hair was curled ever so slightly that it made her hair fall in waves at her shoulders. Her lips were shiny with just a bit of gloss. She wasn't too dressy, not too casual. He looked down at himself.
He was wearing black denim pants with a navy blue turtleneck. His hair was the usual, messy, but adorable. Also not too dressy, not to casual.
He thought she looked beautiful. She thought she looked stupid. Ryo thought he looked stupid. She thought he looked handsome. He thought he looked stupid. Go figure.
*I can't let Kazu think I'm a coward.* Ryo thought to himself. "Uh, Rika?"
Rika snapped her head up, breaking her daze of staring at the floor. "Yeah?"
"Would, you.uh, will you." He stuttered.
"Spit it out, hot shot." Rika mocked.
"Willyoudancewithme? Ifyoudontwanttoitsokay." Ryo blushed madly. He could defeat any digimon, solve any problem, win any tournament, but he couldn't ask a girl to dance.
"Well, I think that was supposed to be request to dance with you." Rika said.
"Yeah." Ryo was still blushing. He put his head down *She's gonna say no.*
*YES! YES! YES!* Her heart cried. "Then, I guess the answer's yes."
Ryo looked at her in shock. "Really?"
"Yeah, and you better stop drooling before I change my mind." Rika said as she stood up. Ryo followed.
Rika cautiously put her hands around Ryo's neck as he put his hands on her waist. It had been at least two or three years since she had last slow danced. She looked over at Alice, who gave her a thumbs-up behind Kazu's back. Rika grinned at her.
*Well, at least I didn't have to ask him.* Rika thought.
*Well, Kazu was right, for once.* Ryo thought. He looked back to Rika. *Thanks, Kazu.*
Rika noticed that Ryo was staring at her. It wouldn't have bothered her much if he was staring at her, he does it all the time. Now it was like he was looking inside her. It was starting to freak her out. "Ryo?" she whispered. No reply. "Ryo?" she said a little bit louder. Still no reply. "Ryo!" she said a little above the normal tone.
Ryo snapped his head up and blinked. "Huh? What? Did you say something?" he asked, a little red from humiliation.
"Uh, yeah, I did." Rika said mockingly.
"Well, what did you want?
"You were staring at me, and it was freaking me out. That's all." She replied.
"Oh, sorry." He was really red now. *It's now or never.* he thought. "Hey, Rika, I have something to tell ya." He started.
"Yeah?" she said looking at him, straight in the eyes. She was not making it any easier.
"Rika, I. uh, well, I." Ryo stammered.
"You stuttering again. What's wrong?" Rika looked a bit concerned.
*This is getting nowhere.* he thought. "Never mind."
"Oh, um, okay." Rika looked at him oddly. He would have gotten redder from that, but it wasn't possible.
On the other side of the room.
"Hey, Jeri?" Takato whispered in her ear.
"Yeah?" she answered. Takato pointed over towards Ryo and Rika. A big smile spread across Jeri's face. She always thought they made a cute couple. "Now that's a Kodak moment."
"Yeah." Takato pulled out a camera. "Let's make it a real one." He smiled wickedly.
"I don't know, Rika will get really mad." Jeri sounded a little worried. "Don't worry. Besides, when do you think that's going to happen again?" Takato said, referring to Rika and Ryo not fighting for 10 minutes.
"I guess you're right."
Back to the other side again.
"Hey, Ryo?" Rika said.
"Hm?" Ryo answered.
"I was just wondering, why do you care so much? Is it because I'm a girl, or is it so-" she was cut off.
"Say cheese!"
"What the?" Rika looked to her left. "Oh great, Goggle-head has a camera."
Ryo looked hesitantly at Rika. He didn't know how she was going to react to this.
"Take a picture of this and I'll have to kill you." Rika warned. Takato put his finger on the button, taunting Rika. "You wouldn't." Rika glared. "Take a picture of this and I'll have to kill you." Rika warned. Takato put his finger on the button, taunting Rika. "You wouldn't." Rika glared.
"Or would I?"
There was a flash. Takato grinned at Rika. She glared at him. "Oops, my finger slipped." He said with a smirk. Rika was on him in a second.
Ryo and Jeri looked at each other and sweat dropped.
"Wow, even in those shoes she can fight pretty well." Ryo commented as Rika chased Takato around the room. She cornered him
"Yeah." Jeri agreed.
SMACK!
Jeri, Ryo, and Henry, who had just joined them, winced. Takato was clutching his cheek in pain.
"How's that for fingers slipping!?" Rika raged. She walked off in a huff. She totally forgot Takato still had the camera.
"Can't say I didn't warn ya." Jeri said as she brought some ice over for Takato's cheek. Takato gave her a look and muttered something along the lines of 'You don't have to rub it in.'
~*End Of Flashback*~
Rika slowly put the picture down. She had vowed never to dance again, especially with Ryo. Put girls have the right to change their mind. She felt a warm and gentle hand on her shoulder. She whirled around.
Henry smiled warmly at her. "You okay?" he asked.
"Yeah. Perfectly. Why wouldn't I be?" Rika asked confused.
Henry knew she still hadn't come to believe that Ryo was dead. He didn't want to believe it either. "It's just, you know, with the funeral and stuff."
Rika looked at him in shock. "What do you mean? Ryo is not dead. He's out there, somewhere. There's no proof he's not!"
"But there's no proof he is." Henry said calmly. Rika turned back around to the coffin. She couldn't believe the nerve of him. Well, maybe she could. Henry was always the reasonable one of the group. Always going with the logical explanation. Never finding a different, more hopeful one.
She looked over at Takato and Jeri. Jeri was crying. Even Takato had a tear running down his cheek. She was closer to Ryo than everyone here, besides his parents, and she wasn't sad at all.
Henry put his head down. He tried. *What is it that Ryo has that I don't? Okay, a lot. He's strong, inside and out, like Rika.* Henry looked down at and frowned. *I'm not at all. He delights in battle, as does Rika. I'm a pacifist. He's good-looking, like Rika, but in a different way, of course. I wouldn't be one to judge myself there."
~Oh, great, now there are two guys after Rika. Well, one, Ryo already has her. This poor girl! What have I done to her? First making her love Ryo, then taking him away, and now Henry! All I can say is, this is only just the beginning for her! MWAHAHAHAHA! *Smiles evilly* No, I'm not going to kill her, she'll stay alive through the whole story. Ryo on the other hand, well, I guess you'll just have to read and find out!