A/N: I finally have some ideas, thanks to school and my teacher showing us
a movie. To clarify some speculation, this story take place, let's say,
before Lopmon became Lee's sister's partner, but I don't really have a
specific time period. Also, last chapter I made up the attack names for
Blackrapidmon. I never saw the card before, so I don't know what they
really are. I don't have anything else to say, so ON TO CHAPTER 6!!!
Chapter 6: Breaking Through the Barrier of Darkness PART II: Final Confrontation with Darkness
Lee couldn't, or wouldn't, believe what he was hearing. He did not believe anything Ruki was saying to him, he tried to ignore it as much as he could.
"You're lying," Lee started, "you never loved me. I will never love me, you never did!"
"Lee…" Ruki looked at Lee, thinking what to say.
"I knew it!" Lee said, "You never loved me! You loved Takato, you even told me!"
"I always loved you, Lee." Ruki said, "I only LIKED Takato. It was puppy love, I fell in love with you when I first met you."
"No," Lee said, "you're lying again! There is no such thing as true love. Love is only an illusion, a lie."
"How could you say that?" Ruki asked Lee, "Love is not a lie, it's real, legit."
"More lies." Lee replied and put his head down.
Ruki looked at Lee and sighed. She asked Lee something no one would hear her say. She asked a bold and daring question, "If you had a choice, and I truly loved you as I do now, would you love me back?"
"If love was a choice, who would choose such an exquisite pain…" Lee clinched his fists and looked up again, "Ruki, this is my mission." Lee then started to rush at Ruki in an attacking matter.
Ruki quickly dodged the attack and moved to the side. She became frustrated with the evilness in Lee. "Lee! I know that is not you! Looks like I have to beat the evil out of you!" She countered another rush from Lee and punched him in the stomach. "I'm sorry Lee."
"Don't give me your sympathy!" Lee yelled in frustration, as he stood straight up again, "I didn't expect you to fight back, but since you are, looks like I have to fight with full force."
"Lee, I don't want to hurt you." Ruki said, "Lee, please, I don't want to fight you!"
"Shut up!" Lee yelled back, "I was assigned to kill you, and I will fulfill my objectives given to me by the Sovereign."
"The Sovereign does not care if you get hurt or not!" Ruki tried to yell sense into Lee, "He just wants us Tamers out of the picture so he can take over both worlds!"
"I am willing to take that sacrifice for the almighty Sovereign!" Lee said.
'He's brainwashed…' Ruki thought. "Please Lee, stop this madness."
"No," Lee simply replied and attacked Ruki again. But this time, he was successful laying a kick to Ruki's mid-section. Ruki dropped to his knees holding her mid-section. "Time to finish the job." He clenched his right fist and raised it, ready to conduct the final blow.
"Lee, I love you…" Ruki said a final time and closed her eyes, thinking it was her end. Lee was ready to bring down his fist, but suddenly had a flashback…
++++++++++Flashback++++++++++
Lee walked down the street with Terriermon on his head…
"I'm worried about Ruki," Lee said to his digimon, "she's really been depressed lately."
"Momentai!" Terriermon said to his tamer, "she's a tough girl. She'll be fine."
"Yeah, she's tough alright," Lee said, "hopefully she'll get through this depression. But still it worries me."
"Just Momentai, Jen," Terriermon said, "but if you really want to help her, help her."
"Maybe…" Lee said.
(Lee's P.O.V)
She is so depressed right now. But how can I help her? She shuts out everybody and she refuses help, even from Takato. Maybe I can help her, but what if she finds out my true feelings for her? She'll probably kill me, but it's a chance I'm willing to take to help her…
"I have to help her Terriermon, can you…?" Lee said.
"Go home? Yeah sure, good luck Jen!" Terriermon said.
"Thanks Terriermon. She's a friend in need right now, even if she doesn't want to admit it." Lee said. Terriermon made his way home as Lee made his way to Ruki's home in another part of town. He nervously inched closer and closer to the Makino household. He came upon the door and gathered enough courage to knock on it. He waited a couple of minutes and then Ruki opened the door.
"What do you want?" Ruki said coldly to Lee.
"Well, I'm here to check if you're okay…" Lee said to the redheaded girl.
"I'm fine, go away." Ruki said quickly.
"Wait, you look like you've been crying." Lee said to Ruki, "Are you sure you're okay? If you need someone to talk to, I'm here."
"I don't need anyone's help!" Ruki yelled at Lee.
"Okay, okay. But if you ever need help or someone to talk to, I'm always here…" Lee said and looked at Ruki with is trusting, considerate eyes. Lee started to walk away as Ruki started to close the door.
'Maybe he does care for me…' Ruki thought as she slowly walked away from the door. She thought and ran back to the door to try to get to Lee. "Lee! Wait!"
"Yeah?" Lee turned around a little surprised to find out Ruki really did want his help.
"Can we…" Ruki started, "talk? I really need to talk to someone."
"Sure Ruki." Lee said with a warm smile. The two walked to the park and sat down on a bench. Ruki started to talk to Lee about what has been bothering her. They talked for hours about Ruki's family and her feelings and Lee was never bored for a minute. It has been hours until they realized it was getting late. Ruki felt like a huge weight has been lifted from her heart and shoulders. She has finally found someone to talk to and was comfortable to talk with, especially about things she just talked about with Lee. They both realized they had to go home.
"Thank you Lee," Ruki said, "I feel a lot better knowing I can talk to a true friend about things I would never talk about with Gogglehead."
"No problem Ruki," Lee said with another warm smile, "I was just helping out a friend in need."
"I always knew you were a true friend," Ruki said, "Thank you again." Ruki then hugged Lee, which surprised him a little, then smiled.
"No problem Ruki…" Lee said.
++++++++++End of Flashback++++++++++
Lee had his caring eyes for a split moment while seeing that flashback. Ruki looked up, thinking she was gone, but saw Lee and his caring eyes. But the eyes disappeared, and his dark eyes returned. He was shaken though, and he lost his strength.
"I…I need to go." Lee said, "I will finish the job another time. You got off easy this time."
"Lee…" Ruki said as Lee disappeared into the realm of darkness again. Ruki snapped back to reality and helped Takato, who was slowly stirring, up.
"Ugh, what happened? And where's Lee?" Takato slowly said, trying to re- gain his senses.
"Lee is still evil… Come on Gogglehead, we need to get you home." Ruki said. 'Was that the old Lee I saw? I saw his compassionate, kind Lee eyes for a moment there. Hmmm…I wonder what happened to him.' Ruki thought.
~*~
Back in the Castle of Darkness…
"Lee Jenrya!" The Sovereign yelled, "Why didn't you complete the mission?"
"I…couldn't," Lee said, "I'm sorry, sir."
"Why? Were you thinking of love? I told you do not think of useless trash like that! Concentrate on your mission!" the Sovereign said.
"Understood." Lee said.
"Good," the Sovereign smiled, "now go back and finish the job."
"Yes sir…" Lee said. He was turning to leave to come back to the real world to kill Ruki, but suddenly started to have second thoughts.
(Lee's P.O.V)
I must complete my mission for the Sovereign. I am assigned to kill the tamers, and Ruki. Why did I think of Ruki differently than the rest of them? She's part of them…she's not different, or special, especially to me. Dammit why do I constantly think of that girl? Maybe if I eliminate her first I will stop thinking of her…
~*~
Lee made his way to Ruki's house where Ruki was helping Takato and his wounds since he lived too far away from his home and he really needed medical attention.
"Damn," Ruki said, "Lee must have hit you pretty hard, Gogglehead."
"He sure can hit hard, that's for sure." Takato said holding his throbbing head.
"It's because he's evil," Ruki said and put her head down, "we need to get him back."
"Don't worry Ruki," Takato assured, "we'll get him back. He can't be evil for long, he has a pure soul."
"Yeah, but he's brainwashed and I must tell him something." Ruki said.
"It must be important…" Takato said.
"Yeah…" Ruki said. Suddenly, Lee appeared on the roof of the Makino household. The two heard him instantly and rushed to the courtyard of the home. They saw Lee standing ominously on the roof. He jumped down, right in front of the two Tamers.
"I'm here to finish the job." Lee said.
"Lee, you won't kill us," Takato said, "you can't! You are part of us, you aren't evil!"
"Yeah, Lee," Ruki said, "Please, I love you!" Lee felt a twitch and sharp pain once he heard the word "love" and he started thinking about Ruki. He battled against evil once again.
"N…no, not the pain again!" Lee grabbed his head and fell to his knees. "The pain!"
"Lee, fight the darkness!" Takato yelled.
"Lee, come on," Ruki encouraged Lee, "fight it, there is love in this world for you!"
"Errrrrrhhhhhhhh!!!" Lee yelled in agony as his mind was in a tug of war against darkness and light.
"Lee, denying love is like denying air to your lungs! Please Lee fight it, fight the darkness!" Ruki yelled.
"I…I'm losing…trying to fight…" Lee said as the Sovereign started communicating to Lee telepathically.
'Lee Jenrya, love is useless! Love has only brought pain, heartache, and horrible agony! Remember? Remember that pain that that girl gave you? Picking the boy over you? Remember…remember…'
"Pain…" Lee murmured.
'I must do something quickly before we lose him…' Ruki thought. 'I was saving this until he was good again…' Ruki then rushed up to Lee. "Lee, I love you with all my heart." Ruki then lifted Lee's head and stared into his eyes, then kissed him straight on the lips. Lee felt another pain, but then it cleared him of darkness. He accepted the kiss and started kissing her back.
"Lee Jenrya! You are no use to me anymore!" the Sovereign yelled in anger and threw a giant flaming ball at the three Tamers.
RAPID FIRE!
A shot came out of nowhere and hit the flaming ball, destroying it before it hit the tamers.
"Dammit!" the Sovereign yelled in anger, "this isn't over Tamers, we will win this war!" Then the Sovereign disappeared into the darkness.
Lee looked up and saw Rapidmon and the others.
"Jen!" Rapidmon yelled and he de-digivolved into Terriermon, "You're not evil!"
"A little too late for that Terriermon." Lee said.
"Oh, you're normal again. Momentai!" Terriermon said, "you know about Lopmon right?"
"Looks like you're journey is finally done. And you came back fine. You actually kept your promises." Lee grinned.
"Geez, Jen you didn't trust me?" Terriermon joked.
"Of course I trust you, but you dragged me into your love thing…" Lee said, "at least I found out who my true love is." Lee looked at Ruki, "I love you Ruki."
"I love you too Lee." Ruki smiled and kissed Lee again.
~*~
"Lopmon? Have I told you I loved you?" Terriermon asked Lopmon.
"Well, no, but you told me now…" Lopmon said.
"Oh, okay." Terriermon said and kissed her. "I love you."
"I love you too, my little Terriermon." Lopmon said and Terriermon blushed.
~*~
"At least Terriermon is not depressed anymore." Renamon said.
"Yeah," Guilmon said, "it's good to see Terriermon back to normal."
"Have I told you I love you lately Guilmon?" Renamon asked Guilmon.
Guilmon thought, "no, I guess not…"
"Well, I love you Guilmon." Renamon said and kissed Guilmon. Guilmon fainted and Renamon smiled "and I know you love me too."
~*~
"Geez, everyone loves everyone else. And where does this leave me? Tired, I need some sleep…" Takato said as he started to walk away from Ruki's home, the place where one lost romantics journey came to an end, and everyone realized true love.
~FIN
A/N: I'm finally finished with this story! I thought I wrapped it up somewhat well, but I need a public opinion. I'm sorry if it seemed a little rushed, I tried not to but I am currently being pressured to do something else. But still, PLEASE R&R AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!
Chapter 6: Breaking Through the Barrier of Darkness PART II: Final Confrontation with Darkness
Lee couldn't, or wouldn't, believe what he was hearing. He did not believe anything Ruki was saying to him, he tried to ignore it as much as he could.
"You're lying," Lee started, "you never loved me. I will never love me, you never did!"
"Lee…" Ruki looked at Lee, thinking what to say.
"I knew it!" Lee said, "You never loved me! You loved Takato, you even told me!"
"I always loved you, Lee." Ruki said, "I only LIKED Takato. It was puppy love, I fell in love with you when I first met you."
"No," Lee said, "you're lying again! There is no such thing as true love. Love is only an illusion, a lie."
"How could you say that?" Ruki asked Lee, "Love is not a lie, it's real, legit."
"More lies." Lee replied and put his head down.
Ruki looked at Lee and sighed. She asked Lee something no one would hear her say. She asked a bold and daring question, "If you had a choice, and I truly loved you as I do now, would you love me back?"
"If love was a choice, who would choose such an exquisite pain…" Lee clinched his fists and looked up again, "Ruki, this is my mission." Lee then started to rush at Ruki in an attacking matter.
Ruki quickly dodged the attack and moved to the side. She became frustrated with the evilness in Lee. "Lee! I know that is not you! Looks like I have to beat the evil out of you!" She countered another rush from Lee and punched him in the stomach. "I'm sorry Lee."
"Don't give me your sympathy!" Lee yelled in frustration, as he stood straight up again, "I didn't expect you to fight back, but since you are, looks like I have to fight with full force."
"Lee, I don't want to hurt you." Ruki said, "Lee, please, I don't want to fight you!"
"Shut up!" Lee yelled back, "I was assigned to kill you, and I will fulfill my objectives given to me by the Sovereign."
"The Sovereign does not care if you get hurt or not!" Ruki tried to yell sense into Lee, "He just wants us Tamers out of the picture so he can take over both worlds!"
"I am willing to take that sacrifice for the almighty Sovereign!" Lee said.
'He's brainwashed…' Ruki thought. "Please Lee, stop this madness."
"No," Lee simply replied and attacked Ruki again. But this time, he was successful laying a kick to Ruki's mid-section. Ruki dropped to his knees holding her mid-section. "Time to finish the job." He clenched his right fist and raised it, ready to conduct the final blow.
"Lee, I love you…" Ruki said a final time and closed her eyes, thinking it was her end. Lee was ready to bring down his fist, but suddenly had a flashback…
++++++++++Flashback++++++++++
Lee walked down the street with Terriermon on his head…
"I'm worried about Ruki," Lee said to his digimon, "she's really been depressed lately."
"Momentai!" Terriermon said to his tamer, "she's a tough girl. She'll be fine."
"Yeah, she's tough alright," Lee said, "hopefully she'll get through this depression. But still it worries me."
"Just Momentai, Jen," Terriermon said, "but if you really want to help her, help her."
"Maybe…" Lee said.
(Lee's P.O.V)
She is so depressed right now. But how can I help her? She shuts out everybody and she refuses help, even from Takato. Maybe I can help her, but what if she finds out my true feelings for her? She'll probably kill me, but it's a chance I'm willing to take to help her…
"I have to help her Terriermon, can you…?" Lee said.
"Go home? Yeah sure, good luck Jen!" Terriermon said.
"Thanks Terriermon. She's a friend in need right now, even if she doesn't want to admit it." Lee said. Terriermon made his way home as Lee made his way to Ruki's home in another part of town. He nervously inched closer and closer to the Makino household. He came upon the door and gathered enough courage to knock on it. He waited a couple of minutes and then Ruki opened the door.
"What do you want?" Ruki said coldly to Lee.
"Well, I'm here to check if you're okay…" Lee said to the redheaded girl.
"I'm fine, go away." Ruki said quickly.
"Wait, you look like you've been crying." Lee said to Ruki, "Are you sure you're okay? If you need someone to talk to, I'm here."
"I don't need anyone's help!" Ruki yelled at Lee.
"Okay, okay. But if you ever need help or someone to talk to, I'm always here…" Lee said and looked at Ruki with is trusting, considerate eyes. Lee started to walk away as Ruki started to close the door.
'Maybe he does care for me…' Ruki thought as she slowly walked away from the door. She thought and ran back to the door to try to get to Lee. "Lee! Wait!"
"Yeah?" Lee turned around a little surprised to find out Ruki really did want his help.
"Can we…" Ruki started, "talk? I really need to talk to someone."
"Sure Ruki." Lee said with a warm smile. The two walked to the park and sat down on a bench. Ruki started to talk to Lee about what has been bothering her. They talked for hours about Ruki's family and her feelings and Lee was never bored for a minute. It has been hours until they realized it was getting late. Ruki felt like a huge weight has been lifted from her heart and shoulders. She has finally found someone to talk to and was comfortable to talk with, especially about things she just talked about with Lee. They both realized they had to go home.
"Thank you Lee," Ruki said, "I feel a lot better knowing I can talk to a true friend about things I would never talk about with Gogglehead."
"No problem Ruki," Lee said with another warm smile, "I was just helping out a friend in need."
"I always knew you were a true friend," Ruki said, "Thank you again." Ruki then hugged Lee, which surprised him a little, then smiled.
"No problem Ruki…" Lee said.
++++++++++End of Flashback++++++++++
Lee had his caring eyes for a split moment while seeing that flashback. Ruki looked up, thinking she was gone, but saw Lee and his caring eyes. But the eyes disappeared, and his dark eyes returned. He was shaken though, and he lost his strength.
"I…I need to go." Lee said, "I will finish the job another time. You got off easy this time."
"Lee…" Ruki said as Lee disappeared into the realm of darkness again. Ruki snapped back to reality and helped Takato, who was slowly stirring, up.
"Ugh, what happened? And where's Lee?" Takato slowly said, trying to re- gain his senses.
"Lee is still evil… Come on Gogglehead, we need to get you home." Ruki said. 'Was that the old Lee I saw? I saw his compassionate, kind Lee eyes for a moment there. Hmmm…I wonder what happened to him.' Ruki thought.
~*~
Back in the Castle of Darkness…
"Lee Jenrya!" The Sovereign yelled, "Why didn't you complete the mission?"
"I…couldn't," Lee said, "I'm sorry, sir."
"Why? Were you thinking of love? I told you do not think of useless trash like that! Concentrate on your mission!" the Sovereign said.
"Understood." Lee said.
"Good," the Sovereign smiled, "now go back and finish the job."
"Yes sir…" Lee said. He was turning to leave to come back to the real world to kill Ruki, but suddenly started to have second thoughts.
(Lee's P.O.V)
I must complete my mission for the Sovereign. I am assigned to kill the tamers, and Ruki. Why did I think of Ruki differently than the rest of them? She's part of them…she's not different, or special, especially to me. Dammit why do I constantly think of that girl? Maybe if I eliminate her first I will stop thinking of her…
~*~
Lee made his way to Ruki's house where Ruki was helping Takato and his wounds since he lived too far away from his home and he really needed medical attention.
"Damn," Ruki said, "Lee must have hit you pretty hard, Gogglehead."
"He sure can hit hard, that's for sure." Takato said holding his throbbing head.
"It's because he's evil," Ruki said and put her head down, "we need to get him back."
"Don't worry Ruki," Takato assured, "we'll get him back. He can't be evil for long, he has a pure soul."
"Yeah, but he's brainwashed and I must tell him something." Ruki said.
"It must be important…" Takato said.
"Yeah…" Ruki said. Suddenly, Lee appeared on the roof of the Makino household. The two heard him instantly and rushed to the courtyard of the home. They saw Lee standing ominously on the roof. He jumped down, right in front of the two Tamers.
"I'm here to finish the job." Lee said.
"Lee, you won't kill us," Takato said, "you can't! You are part of us, you aren't evil!"
"Yeah, Lee," Ruki said, "Please, I love you!" Lee felt a twitch and sharp pain once he heard the word "love" and he started thinking about Ruki. He battled against evil once again.
"N…no, not the pain again!" Lee grabbed his head and fell to his knees. "The pain!"
"Lee, fight the darkness!" Takato yelled.
"Lee, come on," Ruki encouraged Lee, "fight it, there is love in this world for you!"
"Errrrrrhhhhhhhh!!!" Lee yelled in agony as his mind was in a tug of war against darkness and light.
"Lee, denying love is like denying air to your lungs! Please Lee fight it, fight the darkness!" Ruki yelled.
"I…I'm losing…trying to fight…" Lee said as the Sovereign started communicating to Lee telepathically.
'Lee Jenrya, love is useless! Love has only brought pain, heartache, and horrible agony! Remember? Remember that pain that that girl gave you? Picking the boy over you? Remember…remember…'
"Pain…" Lee murmured.
'I must do something quickly before we lose him…' Ruki thought. 'I was saving this until he was good again…' Ruki then rushed up to Lee. "Lee, I love you with all my heart." Ruki then lifted Lee's head and stared into his eyes, then kissed him straight on the lips. Lee felt another pain, but then it cleared him of darkness. He accepted the kiss and started kissing her back.
"Lee Jenrya! You are no use to me anymore!" the Sovereign yelled in anger and threw a giant flaming ball at the three Tamers.
RAPID FIRE!
A shot came out of nowhere and hit the flaming ball, destroying it before it hit the tamers.
"Dammit!" the Sovereign yelled in anger, "this isn't over Tamers, we will win this war!" Then the Sovereign disappeared into the darkness.
Lee looked up and saw Rapidmon and the others.
"Jen!" Rapidmon yelled and he de-digivolved into Terriermon, "You're not evil!"
"A little too late for that Terriermon." Lee said.
"Oh, you're normal again. Momentai!" Terriermon said, "you know about Lopmon right?"
"Looks like you're journey is finally done. And you came back fine. You actually kept your promises." Lee grinned.
"Geez, Jen you didn't trust me?" Terriermon joked.
"Of course I trust you, but you dragged me into your love thing…" Lee said, "at least I found out who my true love is." Lee looked at Ruki, "I love you Ruki."
"I love you too Lee." Ruki smiled and kissed Lee again.
~*~
"Lopmon? Have I told you I loved you?" Terriermon asked Lopmon.
"Well, no, but you told me now…" Lopmon said.
"Oh, okay." Terriermon said and kissed her. "I love you."
"I love you too, my little Terriermon." Lopmon said and Terriermon blushed.
~*~
"At least Terriermon is not depressed anymore." Renamon said.
"Yeah," Guilmon said, "it's good to see Terriermon back to normal."
"Have I told you I love you lately Guilmon?" Renamon asked Guilmon.
Guilmon thought, "no, I guess not…"
"Well, I love you Guilmon." Renamon said and kissed Guilmon. Guilmon fainted and Renamon smiled "and I know you love me too."
~*~
"Geez, everyone loves everyone else. And where does this leave me? Tired, I need some sleep…" Takato said as he started to walk away from Ruki's home, the place where one lost romantics journey came to an end, and everyone realized true love.
~FIN
A/N: I'm finally finished with this story! I thought I wrapped it up somewhat well, but I need a public opinion. I'm sorry if it seemed a little rushed, I tried not to but I am currently being pressured to do something else. But still, PLEASE R&R AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!