Still In Our Hearts

Chapter Seven – Farewell, Rika, from…Dad!

A/N – This chapter is mostly about the tamers and their thoughts synchronized to one major event. Rika's funeral. This is probably the last chapter cause I am clear out of ideas of what to write/type after this. Also, I changed chapters 5 &6 due to some problems so…yeah. If you have any suggestions or comments, please put in a review or email as Oh. BTW, I don't own any of these characters of Digimon…just the story…yeah…now on with the show.

The tamers walked out of Rika's house and bowed to her mom and grandma. They walked together thinking about the note they had heard, only moments ago.

"So I guess you did save Rika from killing herself, Ryo." Takato noted.

Ryo looked at Takato. "Yeah, I guess you're right."

Henry said, "I guess it was better for her to die the way she did because if she killed herself, we wouldn't have gotten the chance to say good bye to her, not that I wanted her to die in the first place."

"And plus, if she died in the Digital World, we would have had to carry the body all the way back to the Real World to Rika's house." Kazu added.

Everyone shivered at the thought. They all went their own ways home thinking about Rika again. It was a about 9 pm when they got home. They sat in their rooms thinking about the last time they saw Rika in person…her funeral.

-Flash Back-

All the tamers walked up to church doors where Rika's funeral was being held. Jeri was already crying her eyes out. Takato stood there comforting her. They all walked in as they saw many people sitting, crying.

"Man, I never knew Rika knew so many people." Henry said looking around the room.

They all walked up to the front set of seats, where it was reserved for them. They looked around some more when a man walked through the doors.

Kazu nudged the others. "Who's he?"

Ryo shrugged. " Beats me."

Rumiko walked up to the man and asked, "What are you doing here?"

The Mansaid,"Well, don't you think it's right to have the father of the deceased here at the funeral, too."

All the tamersyelledout quizzically,"Father!"

"Yes, that's me,"the manstarted and then turned to Rumiko, "I came to give an eulogy." Rumiko just walked away.

The man walked up to the podium and spoke into the microphone.

Rika'sdad cleared his throat. "Umm…Good morning. I am Rika's father. I never really knew my daughter because I left her and my wife when she was 3. I just wish I could go back in time and change all that because Rika was so sweet, so innocent. If I could go back in time, I would make up with my wife and be father again. Now I regret leaving because my only daughter is gone. Rika, if you can hear me, I still love you. Thank you."

Rika's dad stepped off the podium and sat down in an empty seat. Next, Henry went up.

Henry leaned into the mic. "Hi, I'm Henry Wong and I just wanted to say that Rika was a great person, even if she did lose her temper a lot. She was a good friend of mine and I hope that she is happy where she is now. Thank you."

As Henry stepped off, Ryo went up.

Ryolooked around."Hello, I'm Ryo Akiyama. Roses are red, violets are blue, Rika I just wanted to say, that I love you."

Ryo stepped off crying as Kazu and Kenta went up.

"Hey, I'm Kazu and this is Kenta and I wanted to say that Rika was okay, I guess. I kinda liked being chased by her." He let out a pitiful cry."I miss you Rika."

Kentacried also,"Thanks for being a friend, Rika."

They both stepped down and Takato and Jeri went up.

"I'm Takato. I just wanted to say that Rika helped us become better people. She helped Jeri and I become more than friends. Rika helped us even if she didn't know it and I admire that."

"I'm Jeri and I am Rika's best friend. Ever since Leomon was gone, she helped me get through pain and suffering. Now I learned to control my depression from her help. Mr. and Ms. Nonoka, you had a nice daughter. Thank you."

Soon afterwards, they all took one last look at Rika as they put roses in her casket.

-Flash Back-

All the tamers though for the moment separated and lost in their own thoughts, their minds united in one though. "You maybe gone physically, Rika, but you are still in our hearts."

-OWARI, FIN, DONE, THE END-

DigiFreak103 – Well, I hope you liked it and hope I didn't disappoint any of you, and if I did, I am very, very, very sorry….uhhh…please review…you know…comments, questions, suggestions, and all the other good stuff…Sayonara!