Well, it's chapter 2…as we continue Rika's first day of school!



Rika walked into one of the portable buildings the school had to offer. "Hmm… this must be M3," she said to herself. As she opened the door she saw kids talking loudly and many computers on desks, a dream come true to her, since she had a knack for computers.



"Hey Rika! Over here!" an annoying yet familiar voice called out from the other side of the room. Rika looked over. Why, it was none other than the good-spirited Kenta.



"Hey, Kenta," she said hesitantly.



"Come sit over here."



Rika shrugged and grabbed the nearby seat next to Kenta. Her eye spotted a book sitting on the desk, and she decided to look at it. She saw redundant sentences made to improve one's typing, but she sneered. I don't need practice. I already type faster than all of these lug heads in the entire room.



"Alright, quiet down class," a thirty-some-odd woman voiced. Everyone immediately shut up. "My name is Ms. Kelly, and I am going to teach you how to become good friends with your computer. Let's take a time writing to see how well you type.



Rika looked at the clock. 'God, only 10:15, the day is going by so slowly,' she notioned. 'Oh well, I'll blow these losers in these writings.



"Ready, and begin," Ms. K said, and suddenly everyone started typing. Rika grinned, as she knew she typed the fastest in the class.



Three minutes later, the timer went off. Rika looked at her screen and compared it to her book to find her speed. 'Hmm…54 words per minute. Let's see any one of you pathetic kids can match that.



"Wow! I typed 56 words per minute!"



"Huh?"



"Oh yeah? Beat my 63!"



"Dammit!" she said out loud. Several people beat her!



"Ok," Kenta started, "What about my…"



Rika immediately gave Kenta one of those "shut the hell up before I kick your ass" looks, therefore prompting him to shut up.



Rika was in shock. The one subject that she expected to blow past everyone in, is the one that she is having trouble with! She took a deep breath and managed to live past third period.

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The strawberry-haired girl ran out of M3 as soon as the bell rung and dashed across campus to room S. 'Honors English with Ms. Caselli' she said to herself. She had more confidence in this class because she knew she was such a great writer. Her mother, her grandmother, and everyone else who read her work knew she was great.



Rika grabbed a seat next to Henry, who also happened to be in the class.



"I'm not late this time," Henry said, proud of himself. Rika couldn't help but chuckle, but her smile quickly faded when the next person walked in the door.



"Ryo Akiyama, what the hell are you doing in Honors English?" Henry said smiling. He ran up and gave Ryo a friendly handshake, which Ryo accepted.



"Oh, did I hear that you were late for a class?" Ryo joked.



Rika did not look at Ryo at all. Ever since the events inside the D- reaper, Rika had refused to talk to Ryo at all. Even though she seemed to be in love with him, it was actually quite the opposite.



Ryo walked next to Rika. "And would you mind if I sat next to you, beautiful young lady?"

Rika frowned. "Yes, I do mind, actually."



He chuckled. "Still haven't changed, eh, Nonaka?"



"Neither have you."



Ryo shrugged and proceeded to initiate a conversation with Henry when a young woman stepped into the classroom. She had curly dark red hair, not as beautiful as Rika's, but still nice. She was kind of short, in fact about as short as Rika, and she talked with a high yet welcoming voice:



"Hello class and welcome to Honors English. My name is Ms. Caselli. You are the class that every teacher wants. At least I hope. In this class you will learn about grammar, you will read stories, poems, and plays, oh yes, and you will write."



Rika grinned, as she knew this class was her bread and butter. Not only did she write very well, but her reading comprehension skills were very good. She shook it off immediately, however, recalling what happened last period.



"Every Monday, we do grammar," Ms. Caselli continued, "Tuesday and Wednesday you read the book I give to you, Thursday I give a quiz based on Monday through Wednesday's content, and on Friday I give you a composition. Compositions are creative writings that you write with a given prompt."



Ryo leaned his head on his desk, already bored. He then looked at the beautiful strawberry-haired girl and admired her beauty.



Rika noticed something and looked and Ryo. He turned his head, pretending to not look at her. Rika shrugged and looked back at the teacher.



"Speaking of compositions, everyone bring out a piece of paper, as you will have your first compositions, despite the fact that it's Monday."



Everyone groaned, except for Rika, who knew that it was her time to shine.



"Ok, write this down. If you could have one person back whom has left you, living or dead, who would it be? I want a page written and then put on my desk before class ends."



Rika thought for a moment and then knew exactly whom to write about: Renamon. When Renamon left her, Rika has felt nothing but loneliness. She knew what to write, and she would do a damn good job of writing.

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Finally, Rika groaned. Lunchtime. She met up with good friends Jeri, Kenta, and Kazu as they went to the cafeteria to look for food.



"Boy, I could eat an elephant," Kenta said.



"Boy, you could eat about as much as an elephant," Kazu added.



"You're about as ugly as an elephant."



Rika and Jeri laughed as they went to get a salad, while the two continued to fight.



"Hmm…where'd they go?" Kazu said, with his hand still on Kenta's shirt.

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Rika and Jeri found a nearby bench and sat down with their salads. Rika looked over and saw Ryo and nearly choked on her lettuce.



"Rika, are you alright?" Jeri asked, concerned. Rika took a sip of soda and gasped.



"I saw Ryo."



Jeri squealed. "He is sooooo cute isn't he?"



Rika frowned. "Hell no! He is so annoying and stupid and retarded. I don't like him."



"Uh-huh. That could explain why Takato told me you got all teary eyed when he tried to impress you in the D-reaper.



"Um…" Rika didn't know what to say. It was true; she had done that. She looked away from Jeri and pondered her thoughts.



*Flashback*



"Sakuyamon, listen to me. I want you to send all your power to my blade. Quickly!" Justimon said, out of desperation.



Rika didn't know what on earth he was trying to do. "What? You can't be serious. Has the fighting gone to your head or something? The force of it could kill the both of you!"



Ryo, however, was confident. "It's a chance I'm willing to take, Rika. We've tried everything else and we haven't even been able to land a scratch! But with the combined forces of your strength and my blade, we can give the D-reaper something to really howl about!"



Rika couldn't take it anymore. He hated to see one of his friends go down like that. "Or you could die. Did you ever think about that hotshot?"



"Well then there'll be one less person to poke fun at you, right pumpkin?"



Rika managed a smile despite the situation and cried, "You big twerp. You're just doing this to impress me, aren't you?"



*End Flashback*



"Arf!" Rika looked back and Jeri and saw her puppet, the same puppet, around her hand.



"The truth is, Ryo does care about you, and you shouldn't get annoyed at him," the puppet spoke.



Rika smiled for a bit, and then snarled. "I don't believe all of this bullshit." She got up and left Jeri and her puppet all alone. Jeri stood there for a moment.



"Guess we didn't get to her, huh?"



"Arf!"



A/N: Well I guess I didn't complete Rika's day. It's becoming longer than I thought. Anyway, keep reviewing and I'll update!