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I KNOW it has been a VERY long time since I wrote this story. In fact it's been since. February. eep. I HAVEN'T forgotten about this story, just too wrapped up in Digimon Frontier and Kouji ~_^ He is one KAWAII guy!!! ANYWAYS. hopefully I haven't lost any readers, though I doubt I actually have left ^_^' Here's Part 14. I wonder if my writing style's changed. Only one way to find out! PS: I'm still considering a sequel, depending on my reviews. The sequel will include more of Ryo, and perhaps Jeri, Kazu and Kenta. Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon so please don't sue me.
The power of three Part 14: Fight against the darkness
Guilmon Bio-merged to. Terriermon Bio-merged to. Renamon Bio-merged to.
GALLANTMON! MEGAGARGOMON! SAKUYAMON!
Takato wasn't sure what happened next. It was such a faint memory. One minute, he was on the group with his friends, when the brilliance of the light engulfed the three and their Digimon. Now, he was staring right at Daemon, at least 6 or 7 feet off the ground.
"Where am I?" Takato thought. He glanced at his hands and found not only the white of the palms and fingers but also a large joust in his right hand. In his left hand was an extremely huge shield.
"Takato?" A familiar, goofy voice called to him. "Takato, are you there?"
"G-Guilmon?" Takato managed to stutter. "What happened?"
"I don't know." Came the voice of his Digimon again. "I think you've become me!"
"I've WHAT?" Takato shouted in surprise. Pausing, he felt a presence in his mind. It wasn't quite the presence of another, but another being that fused into his mind, his thoughts, and his actions. It was a simple and single soul that has become a part of him, and him a part of it.
"It" was Guilmon.
Glancing to his right, he found himself staring at something large and green. He slowly moved his head up. and up.
And up. and up.
. And found himself glancing at a two-story tall Digimon.
It was machine-like, and covered in missiles and explosives of all sorts. It was obviously male, so he must have been.
"Henry!" Takato yelled up, hoping the difference between their heights doesn't make the big green giant short of his hearing.
The Digimon glanced downward. "Takato?" said Henry. "Is that you?"
"Oh good. I didn't know if the full mile between the two of us was going to make me look for a microphone."
"Ha-ha, fun-ny." Henry said, his voice filled with sarcasm. Looking back on to the battlefield, his voice dropped back to its usual seriousness. "I don't believe it! Somehow we were able to become a part of our partners! But how.?"
"Who cares, goggle head? As long as now, WE get to be part of the action!" The two turned to face Rika, only now, she was a Digimon, like the rest. For a moment, Takato became mesmerized by her beauty, her elegance and grace. (Not to mention a body figure to DIE for, he added mentally) but he quickly snapped out of that when their temporarily forgotten enemy roared with complete and utter rage.
"This is impossible!!!" Daemon yelled. "HOW??? How can mere humans be merged with the power of Digimon???"
"I think I have an answer for that." Henry said sternly. "You yourself have told me that one of equal power was required to merge with another, thus creating the ability to DNA digivolve. Once we were able to recognize the fact that we are equal to not only each other, but also equal to our partners, we were able to merge our powers." He quickly gave Gallantmon and Sakuyamon a smile before glancing back. "But enough science for now. ("!" Thought Gallantmon) it's time for me, and for everyone else, to pay you back for all the hard times you gave to us and all the innocent beings you destroyed. I swear that with the bond the three of us share, we WILL destroy you!!!"
"And HOW do you think you'll accomplish that?" Daemon said coolly.
"Like THIS." Megagargomon charged up to the ignorant demon Digimon and swiftly punched him across the face. Daemon paused for a moment, dumbfounded, giving a chance for Sakuyamon and Gallantmon to rush up and continue the attack.
"Lightning Joust!" Gallantmon cried and forced Daemon back with a piercing blow from his joust. Sakuyamon followed closely. "Spirit strike!" She yelled. And with that, three images of foxes threw themselves at wrapped themselves around Daemon. Megagargomon seized this opportunity to fire off his attack.
"Mega barrage!" A spray of missiles flooded where Daemon stood, and exploded with a terrifying force. Gallantmon and Sakuyamon threw their hands up to shield themselves from the rocks and rubble that flew in all directions.
For a moment, the smoke distorted the vision of the three tamers. Squinting into the mist, Rika's voice quietly broke through. "Did we get him?" She asked.
"I don't think we can celebrate." Renamon replied. "He's bound to be stronger than that."
"How right you are." The dark silhouette of their nemesis slowly emerged from the foggy areas of the wreck. Though he does appear to be slightly beaten and scratched, he looked no less intimidating as when this fight first began. Daemon narrowed his eyes. "So you have increased your power. Good, I was hoping this fight would get better." Daemon smirked. "Now it's my turn." Placing his hands together, he focused his energy into a massive ball within his palms. With one mighty throw, Daemon blasted the attack towards the tamers.
Gallantmon and Sakuyamon quickly jumped out of the path of the attack. However, Megagargomon stayed for a brief moment before he realized what was wrong.
"HENRY!" Cried Susie, coughing uncontrollably amongst the smoke.
"SUSIE!" Henry screamed. In one forceful leap, Megagargomon found his way to Susie and covered up Susie within his palms as the attack hurled itself right at them.
"MEGAGARGOMON!" Gallantmon and Sakuyamon screamed together. The blast had covered the area in a gigantic dome of energy. The devastating explosion shook the entire area and cleared all buildings in its path. Sakuyamon tried to force her way into the explosion, but Gallantmon held her back.
"Let me go!!!" She yelled, tears flooding down her face. She struggled against Gallantmon's grasp. "He could have been killed! We need to help him!!! LET ME GO!!!"
"There is NO way I'm letting you in there!" Gallantmon yelled back. "You think getting ourselves killed right now is going to be any better???"
"How could you!?" She screamed. "When one of our own friends are in danger you just think about your own stupid life!?"
"You think this easy for ME to take???" He screamed back, forcing his tears away. "You think I want to watch my friend die???? NO! But the fate of the world is with us! And we can't afford to die now! As bad as it is, it's better to lose one than three."
Sakuyamon knew Gallantmon was right. Helplessly, Rika cried out for her fallen comrade.
"He is not gone." Renamon's voice stated.
Rika paused. "What?"
"He is not gone." Renamon repeated. "I can still feel his presence."
This time, Gallantmon, along with Sakuyamon, tore through the now empty area to find a figure in the middle. It slowly put its head up and opened its palms. Inside, was little Susie. Other than a few scrapes, Susie looked to be in good condition.
Megagargomon smiled. "Good." He said softly. "You're all right."
"Henry!!!" Rika yelled. Gently, Sakuyamon nudged at the machine Digimon.
"Ya, worry about him and not me." Terriermon's voice popped up. "What am I? Chopped liver?"
Sakuyamon smiled. "Sorry Terriermon. At least now I know you're not gone."
"We'll live." Henry said, hoping to reassure his friend. It probably worked, since Sakuyamon relaxed.
"You'll have to take it easy for now." Gallantmon said. "We'll hold off Daemon for now until you recover your strength." The comment was returned by a strange cackle by Daemon.
"You believe that you can hold me off when you couldn't with even three of you together?" Daemon asked. "I'll just finish this whole city off with one blast!" Placing his hands together again, he focused his energy, now forming an orb even bigger than the last.
"If he gets that orb big enough, this whole city will be doomed!" Renamon exclaimed.
"He's going to level the whole city!" Rika yelled.
"And then some, by the looks of it." Terriermon added.
"We can't let him!" Takato cried. "There are innocent people in this city! We can't let them get killed! We have to stop him!"
"But how?" Henry said. "We're not strong enough!"
"Don't say that!" Takato yelled back. "We are strong enough, and we're going to prove it! Everyone scatter and surround him!"
With that order, everyone separated and formed a triangle formation around Daemon.
"Shield of the Just!"
"Spirit Strike!"
"Mega Barrage!"
The three blasts managed to find their way to Daemon, but disappeared into the vortex of the orb with Daemon created, making it larger.
"He's absorbing our attacks!" Sakuyamon yelled. "This is completely hopeless!"
"There has to be a way!" Gallantmon yelled. "And we'll do it even if it kills us! WE ARE NOT GIVING UP!"
And with that, each of the three Digimon lit up, not only in their own colors of light, but the combined colors of the others. Within the brilliance, each was connected by a stream of light with one another, forming a triangle around Daemon.
"What. what is happening???" Daemon yelled in confusion. "That light."
Gallantmon took a step forward. Sakuyamon and Megagargomon followed, enclosing the triangle.
"YOU FOOLS!!!" Daemon exclaimed. "You may save the city from this blast, but kill all of us in the process!"
"Better to die with you than let you live!" Sakuyamon screamed.
"If this is what needs to be done to stop you," Megagargomon continued. "Then we'll do it!"
"I said that we'll do it even if it kills us!" Gallantmon yelled. "And if we die, so be it!"
Again, the three advanced, causing Daemon's orb to be too big to be held within it. Daemon screamed, the orb engulfing him within its energy. The blast erupted in front of the Tamers' faces, but held within the form of the triangle that the three had created. Soon, the triangle broke, and the tamers were blown back in different directions. Daemon's data drifted up slowly and disappeared back through the game.
"We. did it." Takato smiled, and promptly blacked out.
"Takato??? Wake up Takato!!!"
"Who. who is that?" Takato thought. A familiar voice was calling out to him.
"Please don't be gone. I'm begging you."
Takato slightly opened his eyes. The sudden light was a bit too much and caused him to shut his eyes again. "Am I dead?" He thought to himself. With all his might, he forced his eyes open. Rika stared back at him and broke out into a huge smile.
"Rika?" Takato stuttered.
"Takato!!!" She yelled. Tears flooded her eyes. It was obvious she had been crying before too. Without another word, Rika wrapped her arms around Takato, who had just gotten up. "I thought I lost you."
Takato smiled and returned her embrace. "I couldn't leave you. I never could."
Henry, from a slight distance away, was smiling for his friends. He gently held Susie in his arms while Terriermon sat on his head. Guilmon and Renamon went off to greet their tamers.
Yet, even within all the joy and happiness, a more serious problem was at hand. Henry stared back into the sky sighed. "I don't have a choice." He thought to himself. Takato noticed this and stared up as well, gasping at the sight that was above them.
The gate was still open.
"How is this possible???" Takato yelled, letting go of Rika. He squeezed Rika's hand tightly. "We defeated Daemon and did exactly what Impmon said! If we destroy Daemon, Digimon that followed him out that gate will follow him back in the gate." And with that, he froze.
".Once all the Digimon who went through that gate return to the digital world, the gate will close and repair itself on its own." Henry finished for him. And with that, a pair of black wings sprouted from Henry's back. "It must be done. Venomhydramon is still a part of me, and he is still one of the Digimon who went through that gate."
"You can't!" Rika screamed. "We already lost you so many times!"
"If it needs to be done, then I'll do it." Henry said, turning his back to them. He stared at the ground and let the tears drip onto the rubble left from the fight. "I don't want to leave you all, but this is for the good of the world." He wiped his tears away and turned back, smiling. "But that isn't going to keep me away forever. I promise you, I'll be back." Setting Susie back down on her feet, he placed Terriermon in her arms. "Take good care of her for me, Terriermon."
"Henry." Terriermon began, but Henry held up his hand to stop him.
"I won't be there for her for a little while." He said. "And I know I can trust you."
Getting down on one knee, he gave Susie his digivice. "And as for you, I need you to be a big girl when I'm gone." Henry gave her a little poke on the nose, making her giggle. "Be nice to Terriermon and try not to dress him up, will you? Oh ya, and keep him out of trouble for me" Henry said, winking.
"Hey!" Terriermon shouted. "Who's taking care of whom?" Henry smiled and got up. Turning to Takato and Rika, he quietly spoke. "Thank you for everyone you've gone through with me. Keep each other safe."
Takato and Rika held hands. "Of course we will." Rika said.
Spreading his wings, Henry lifted himself into the air. "Don't think of me as being gone," He called out to them as he flew up. "Think of it as just a temporary road split. Like I promised, I'll be back, no matter how long it may take." Giving one last smile to his friends, he shot forth into the gate with great speed. Once he was out of sight, the gate faded to a close.
"We won't forget you, Henry." Takato said. "We'll be right here waiting." And with that, he turned to Rika and smiled. "I love you, Rika."
"I love you too, Takato." Takato felt his lips press onto Rika's. All his thoughts drifted away as he feel the surroundings disappear within the sheer bliss, like a dream that will never end. the dream of true love's first kiss.
To be continued in the upcoming Epilogue
OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ALMOST DONE!!! Please R/R!!! I think it sounded kinda sappy at the end, but after all, I am a Rukato fan ^_^ Hope you enjoyed that and I'll try and write the Epilogue as fast as possible. Bye for now!
I KNOW it has been a VERY long time since I wrote this story. In fact it's been since. February. eep. I HAVEN'T forgotten about this story, just too wrapped up in Digimon Frontier and Kouji ~_^ He is one KAWAII guy!!! ANYWAYS. hopefully I haven't lost any readers, though I doubt I actually have left ^_^' Here's Part 14. I wonder if my writing style's changed. Only one way to find out! PS: I'm still considering a sequel, depending on my reviews. The sequel will include more of Ryo, and perhaps Jeri, Kazu and Kenta. Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon so please don't sue me.
The power of three Part 14: Fight against the darkness
Guilmon Bio-merged to. Terriermon Bio-merged to. Renamon Bio-merged to.
GALLANTMON! MEGAGARGOMON! SAKUYAMON!
Takato wasn't sure what happened next. It was such a faint memory. One minute, he was on the group with his friends, when the brilliance of the light engulfed the three and their Digimon. Now, he was staring right at Daemon, at least 6 or 7 feet off the ground.
"Where am I?" Takato thought. He glanced at his hands and found not only the white of the palms and fingers but also a large joust in his right hand. In his left hand was an extremely huge shield.
"Takato?" A familiar, goofy voice called to him. "Takato, are you there?"
"G-Guilmon?" Takato managed to stutter. "What happened?"
"I don't know." Came the voice of his Digimon again. "I think you've become me!"
"I've WHAT?" Takato shouted in surprise. Pausing, he felt a presence in his mind. It wasn't quite the presence of another, but another being that fused into his mind, his thoughts, and his actions. It was a simple and single soul that has become a part of him, and him a part of it.
"It" was Guilmon.
Glancing to his right, he found himself staring at something large and green. He slowly moved his head up. and up.
And up. and up.
. And found himself glancing at a two-story tall Digimon.
It was machine-like, and covered in missiles and explosives of all sorts. It was obviously male, so he must have been.
"Henry!" Takato yelled up, hoping the difference between their heights doesn't make the big green giant short of his hearing.
The Digimon glanced downward. "Takato?" said Henry. "Is that you?"
"Oh good. I didn't know if the full mile between the two of us was going to make me look for a microphone."
"Ha-ha, fun-ny." Henry said, his voice filled with sarcasm. Looking back on to the battlefield, his voice dropped back to its usual seriousness. "I don't believe it! Somehow we were able to become a part of our partners! But how.?"
"Who cares, goggle head? As long as now, WE get to be part of the action!" The two turned to face Rika, only now, she was a Digimon, like the rest. For a moment, Takato became mesmerized by her beauty, her elegance and grace. (Not to mention a body figure to DIE for, he added mentally) but he quickly snapped out of that when their temporarily forgotten enemy roared with complete and utter rage.
"This is impossible!!!" Daemon yelled. "HOW??? How can mere humans be merged with the power of Digimon???"
"I think I have an answer for that." Henry said sternly. "You yourself have told me that one of equal power was required to merge with another, thus creating the ability to DNA digivolve. Once we were able to recognize the fact that we are equal to not only each other, but also equal to our partners, we were able to merge our powers." He quickly gave Gallantmon and Sakuyamon a smile before glancing back. "But enough science for now. ("!" Thought Gallantmon) it's time for me, and for everyone else, to pay you back for all the hard times you gave to us and all the innocent beings you destroyed. I swear that with the bond the three of us share, we WILL destroy you!!!"
"And HOW do you think you'll accomplish that?" Daemon said coolly.
"Like THIS." Megagargomon charged up to the ignorant demon Digimon and swiftly punched him across the face. Daemon paused for a moment, dumbfounded, giving a chance for Sakuyamon and Gallantmon to rush up and continue the attack.
"Lightning Joust!" Gallantmon cried and forced Daemon back with a piercing blow from his joust. Sakuyamon followed closely. "Spirit strike!" She yelled. And with that, three images of foxes threw themselves at wrapped themselves around Daemon. Megagargomon seized this opportunity to fire off his attack.
"Mega barrage!" A spray of missiles flooded where Daemon stood, and exploded with a terrifying force. Gallantmon and Sakuyamon threw their hands up to shield themselves from the rocks and rubble that flew in all directions.
For a moment, the smoke distorted the vision of the three tamers. Squinting into the mist, Rika's voice quietly broke through. "Did we get him?" She asked.
"I don't think we can celebrate." Renamon replied. "He's bound to be stronger than that."
"How right you are." The dark silhouette of their nemesis slowly emerged from the foggy areas of the wreck. Though he does appear to be slightly beaten and scratched, he looked no less intimidating as when this fight first began. Daemon narrowed his eyes. "So you have increased your power. Good, I was hoping this fight would get better." Daemon smirked. "Now it's my turn." Placing his hands together, he focused his energy into a massive ball within his palms. With one mighty throw, Daemon blasted the attack towards the tamers.
Gallantmon and Sakuyamon quickly jumped out of the path of the attack. However, Megagargomon stayed for a brief moment before he realized what was wrong.
"HENRY!" Cried Susie, coughing uncontrollably amongst the smoke.
"SUSIE!" Henry screamed. In one forceful leap, Megagargomon found his way to Susie and covered up Susie within his palms as the attack hurled itself right at them.
"MEGAGARGOMON!" Gallantmon and Sakuyamon screamed together. The blast had covered the area in a gigantic dome of energy. The devastating explosion shook the entire area and cleared all buildings in its path. Sakuyamon tried to force her way into the explosion, but Gallantmon held her back.
"Let me go!!!" She yelled, tears flooding down her face. She struggled against Gallantmon's grasp. "He could have been killed! We need to help him!!! LET ME GO!!!"
"There is NO way I'm letting you in there!" Gallantmon yelled back. "You think getting ourselves killed right now is going to be any better???"
"How could you!?" She screamed. "When one of our own friends are in danger you just think about your own stupid life!?"
"You think this easy for ME to take???" He screamed back, forcing his tears away. "You think I want to watch my friend die???? NO! But the fate of the world is with us! And we can't afford to die now! As bad as it is, it's better to lose one than three."
Sakuyamon knew Gallantmon was right. Helplessly, Rika cried out for her fallen comrade.
"He is not gone." Renamon's voice stated.
Rika paused. "What?"
"He is not gone." Renamon repeated. "I can still feel his presence."
This time, Gallantmon, along with Sakuyamon, tore through the now empty area to find a figure in the middle. It slowly put its head up and opened its palms. Inside, was little Susie. Other than a few scrapes, Susie looked to be in good condition.
Megagargomon smiled. "Good." He said softly. "You're all right."
"Henry!!!" Rika yelled. Gently, Sakuyamon nudged at the machine Digimon.
"Ya, worry about him and not me." Terriermon's voice popped up. "What am I? Chopped liver?"
Sakuyamon smiled. "Sorry Terriermon. At least now I know you're not gone."
"We'll live." Henry said, hoping to reassure his friend. It probably worked, since Sakuyamon relaxed.
"You'll have to take it easy for now." Gallantmon said. "We'll hold off Daemon for now until you recover your strength." The comment was returned by a strange cackle by Daemon.
"You believe that you can hold me off when you couldn't with even three of you together?" Daemon asked. "I'll just finish this whole city off with one blast!" Placing his hands together again, he focused his energy, now forming an orb even bigger than the last.
"If he gets that orb big enough, this whole city will be doomed!" Renamon exclaimed.
"He's going to level the whole city!" Rika yelled.
"And then some, by the looks of it." Terriermon added.
"We can't let him!" Takato cried. "There are innocent people in this city! We can't let them get killed! We have to stop him!"
"But how?" Henry said. "We're not strong enough!"
"Don't say that!" Takato yelled back. "We are strong enough, and we're going to prove it! Everyone scatter and surround him!"
With that order, everyone separated and formed a triangle formation around Daemon.
"Shield of the Just!"
"Spirit Strike!"
"Mega Barrage!"
The three blasts managed to find their way to Daemon, but disappeared into the vortex of the orb with Daemon created, making it larger.
"He's absorbing our attacks!" Sakuyamon yelled. "This is completely hopeless!"
"There has to be a way!" Gallantmon yelled. "And we'll do it even if it kills us! WE ARE NOT GIVING UP!"
And with that, each of the three Digimon lit up, not only in their own colors of light, but the combined colors of the others. Within the brilliance, each was connected by a stream of light with one another, forming a triangle around Daemon.
"What. what is happening???" Daemon yelled in confusion. "That light."
Gallantmon took a step forward. Sakuyamon and Megagargomon followed, enclosing the triangle.
"YOU FOOLS!!!" Daemon exclaimed. "You may save the city from this blast, but kill all of us in the process!"
"Better to die with you than let you live!" Sakuyamon screamed.
"If this is what needs to be done to stop you," Megagargomon continued. "Then we'll do it!"
"I said that we'll do it even if it kills us!" Gallantmon yelled. "And if we die, so be it!"
Again, the three advanced, causing Daemon's orb to be too big to be held within it. Daemon screamed, the orb engulfing him within its energy. The blast erupted in front of the Tamers' faces, but held within the form of the triangle that the three had created. Soon, the triangle broke, and the tamers were blown back in different directions. Daemon's data drifted up slowly and disappeared back through the game.
"We. did it." Takato smiled, and promptly blacked out.
"Takato??? Wake up Takato!!!"
"Who. who is that?" Takato thought. A familiar voice was calling out to him.
"Please don't be gone. I'm begging you."
Takato slightly opened his eyes. The sudden light was a bit too much and caused him to shut his eyes again. "Am I dead?" He thought to himself. With all his might, he forced his eyes open. Rika stared back at him and broke out into a huge smile.
"Rika?" Takato stuttered.
"Takato!!!" She yelled. Tears flooded her eyes. It was obvious she had been crying before too. Without another word, Rika wrapped her arms around Takato, who had just gotten up. "I thought I lost you."
Takato smiled and returned her embrace. "I couldn't leave you. I never could."
Henry, from a slight distance away, was smiling for his friends. He gently held Susie in his arms while Terriermon sat on his head. Guilmon and Renamon went off to greet their tamers.
Yet, even within all the joy and happiness, a more serious problem was at hand. Henry stared back into the sky sighed. "I don't have a choice." He thought to himself. Takato noticed this and stared up as well, gasping at the sight that was above them.
The gate was still open.
"How is this possible???" Takato yelled, letting go of Rika. He squeezed Rika's hand tightly. "We defeated Daemon and did exactly what Impmon said! If we destroy Daemon, Digimon that followed him out that gate will follow him back in the gate." And with that, he froze.
".Once all the Digimon who went through that gate return to the digital world, the gate will close and repair itself on its own." Henry finished for him. And with that, a pair of black wings sprouted from Henry's back. "It must be done. Venomhydramon is still a part of me, and he is still one of the Digimon who went through that gate."
"You can't!" Rika screamed. "We already lost you so many times!"
"If it needs to be done, then I'll do it." Henry said, turning his back to them. He stared at the ground and let the tears drip onto the rubble left from the fight. "I don't want to leave you all, but this is for the good of the world." He wiped his tears away and turned back, smiling. "But that isn't going to keep me away forever. I promise you, I'll be back." Setting Susie back down on her feet, he placed Terriermon in her arms. "Take good care of her for me, Terriermon."
"Henry." Terriermon began, but Henry held up his hand to stop him.
"I won't be there for her for a little while." He said. "And I know I can trust you."
Getting down on one knee, he gave Susie his digivice. "And as for you, I need you to be a big girl when I'm gone." Henry gave her a little poke on the nose, making her giggle. "Be nice to Terriermon and try not to dress him up, will you? Oh ya, and keep him out of trouble for me" Henry said, winking.
"Hey!" Terriermon shouted. "Who's taking care of whom?" Henry smiled and got up. Turning to Takato and Rika, he quietly spoke. "Thank you for everyone you've gone through with me. Keep each other safe."
Takato and Rika held hands. "Of course we will." Rika said.
Spreading his wings, Henry lifted himself into the air. "Don't think of me as being gone," He called out to them as he flew up. "Think of it as just a temporary road split. Like I promised, I'll be back, no matter how long it may take." Giving one last smile to his friends, he shot forth into the gate with great speed. Once he was out of sight, the gate faded to a close.
"We won't forget you, Henry." Takato said. "We'll be right here waiting." And with that, he turned to Rika and smiled. "I love you, Rika."
"I love you too, Takato." Takato felt his lips press onto Rika's. All his thoughts drifted away as he feel the surroundings disappear within the sheer bliss, like a dream that will never end. the dream of true love's first kiss.
To be continued in the upcoming Epilogue
OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ALMOST DONE!!! Please R/R!!! I think it sounded kinda sappy at the end, but after all, I am a Rukato fan ^_^ Hope you enjoyed that and I'll try and write the Epilogue as fast as possible. Bye for now!