(A/N: Wai! Third (and maybe final, I still don't know) installment of
Contemplations! First off, thank-ees and answers to some questions for last
chapter:
LB: Thank you for the compliments on the angst-y parts! Those are my favs, because they touch on some personal issues...*cough* No, Ruki didn't know what Jen was up to. Just my impeccable timing, that's all(.
Archforge: Asking a person if they were going to commit suicide or mass murder when they're grumpy about you calling them at all hours of the night isa big joke at my school, actually. I have no idea why, but it is. I guess we're just nuts.
Furor: Yeah, I thought that Ruki should be the one who acts rather reasonably in this fic. You never see much of that here. It's a nice change, instead of Ruki being the weak one, Jen is. Who woulda thought…(.
GameGirl: The Tamers are all 14, Suichon is around 9 (I'm guessing she was around 5 in the show) and Ryo is 15 (not like it matters…he's not in this fic anyways!) This is after the Tamers Movie, and the Digimon can go to either the Real World or the Digital World, respectfully. Thank you for asking, I had a hard time figuring it out myself, and I'm the writer!
Kitty-girl: Thank you! I like Lee acting differently from the show, kinda like in this fic—it gives his character more depth, in my opinion.
Jenruki-gal4ever: Nope, I didn't stop writing! I've just had a bad case of writer's block! I don't really see Jen as a suicidal type myself, but I thought it would be interesting to write it that way(.
And now, on to the ficcy!!)
*~*~*~*~*Disclaimer: I do not own it, Sam-I-Am, I do not own Digimon or Jenrya-san!(And yet I wish I did…!)*~*~*~*~*
..::..::Contemplations::..::..
Part Three: Tying Into the Future…
::Grandmother Makino's Car::
"Please, Grandma, hurry up! Can't this thing go any faster?" Ruki cried.
"I am right here, you know, you don't have to yell." Grandmother Makino replied. "And if I were to go any faster, I'd be over the speed limit."
"To heck with the speed limit! One of my friends might just die tonight if I don't get there to stop them!"
"What?" Grandmother Makino stopped abruptly at a red light and faced her granddaughter.
Ruki sighed. "When I asked you for the phone, I was going to call one of my friends to tell them something very important to me. They got kinda mad that I was calling so late at night, and I tried to make a joke and asked them if they were gonna commit suicide or something and that I had interrupted them, and they didn't answer, and instead they said 'bye' and hung up on me, and now I'm afraid that that's what they were actually planning to do before I called."
Grandmother Makino looked at Ruki, her face full of concern and worry. She then looked back at the road and continued her driving. "And are you quite close with this person?" she asked quietly.
Ruki hesitated. "…I guess so…"
Grandmother Makino sped up. "I thought so. I never thought of him to be that kind of person. I always thought of him as the strong mature one. You tell him that for me Ruki, okay?"
Ruki looked at her grandmother. She had figured out that Jen was the one who was considering suicide, and that he was the one she was closest to, without even asking Ruki, and she was over the speed limit by a great deal.
'Grandmotherly intuition, I suppose.' Ruki notioned. "Grandma, I thought you didn't want to go over the speed limit."
"That was before I knew whom you were talking about," her grandmother replied. "I thought at first that it might have been Juri or Kenta or someone. Not that it would have made a difference, they're your friends too, I would have done the same thing I'm doing now, but I know that you care about Lee more than you do Takato or Kenta or Hirokazu or Ryo."
Ruki looked down at her hands in her lap and tried to keep from turning red. She knew her grandmother was right, that she might just care for Lee more than a friend, but she was too proud to out and admit it. She looked up and out into the street. They had reached Shinjuku Park.
Ruki quickly undid her seatbelt and jumped out of the car almost before the car stopped. "ByeGrandmathankyoufortherideI'lltellLeewhatyoutoldmetobye!" She quickly said before slamming the door shut and dashing into the park in the direction of Jenrya's apartment building.
'I hope you get there in time, Ruki.' Her grandmother silently prayed.
::Jenrya's Apartment::
'Should I go or shouldn't I… I know exactly what she'll tell me if I do go, but I have a feeling I know what she'll do if I *don't* go…' Jenrya paced the kitchen of the apartment, wringing his wrists, which were not used to not having the usual white bands around them.
'Maybe I should go…it's late, and who knows who's lurking in the Park right now…but then again, Ruki's a tough girl, she can take care of herself…she'd have to, if I…' "Oh, hell, I'm going!" Jenrya finished his thought out loud. Grabbing his jacket and keys, he set off to the park.
* * *
"I can't believe I'm doing this…I can't believe I'm doing this… I can't *believe* I'm doing this!!" He muttered as he left the building. "I'm probably going to get a stupid lecture like I'm some juvenile delinquent!"
He cried out and kicked a stone on the sidewalk. "It's not like she knows what the hell this is like…It's my own personal hell, that's what it is…dammit, why am I saying hell so damn much!?"
:: Shinjuku Park::
Ruki stopped to rest by Guilmon's old home. She had run through most of the park already, and she could see Jenrya's building over the trees in the distance.
"Dammit, Lee, wait a little, please…" she gasped as she leaned on the side of the shed-like structure.
"Please…"
::Shinjuku Park::
Jenrya dawdled as he made his way deeper into the park. He wasn't even completely sure where he was going, or where he was supposed to meet Ruki, but that didn't bother him.
'She's probably bypassed the park and gone straight to the apartment building.' He thought bitterly. 'It wouldn't be the first time someone forgot to meet me where they said they'd meet me…'
Walking a little further, he could recognize the surroundings as being fairly close to Guilmon's old home. 'I'll go there. It's not like anyone's there anymore, anyways, since Takato finally got his parents to let Guilmon stay at their place.'
As he got closer to the old cement shed, he noticed a faint silhouette on one side. 'Probably some hippie or something…'
::Guilmon's Home::
Ruki kept to the one wall, not wanting to leave. "He'll come, I know he will…I *know*…Nothing…"she bit her lip. 'What he's going through right now…what's going through his mind…I don't know anything…' she looked out into the dark night, spotting a figure walking in the woods several meters away. 'I hope that's him…at least then I can ask him to his face what's wrong…and maybe help him…'
She stood upright and began walking towards the figure. 'Please oh please oh please oh *please* be Lee…' she begged silently.
* * *
'That person's coming this way now…I better be careful…he may have a knife, for all I know…of course, that may be a good thing, you never know…' Jenrya thought bitterly as he watched the shadow creep closer to him. He soon could make out a girl's figure, but that was it.
'Great, probably some prostitute looking for a job right now…'
The figure walked closer to him; he could now make out a ponytail high on her head.
'…And she wears her hair like Ruki, too…I kinda wish she wore it down, it looks a lot prettier—wait, why the hell do I care how Ruki wears her hair? Great, now I'm rhyming...'
* * *
Ruki made her way slowly towards the figure in shadows. 'He's just standing there…he's probably trying to figure out who I am…' she commented to herself. As she got closer, she made out an item hanging from the person's waist, significantly lighter than the rest of his clothing. A D-Arc.
"Lee?"
The figure hesitated.
"Ruki?"
"Lee, we need to talk."
(A/N: Wai! Done this time! I don't really like this chapter-not much happens. Not to worry, I promise to have the next chapter up sooner than this one!
A little taste of things to come:
"W-what? Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can." Ruki looked at Jen, a pleading expression on her face. "Lee, you have to come with me to Shinjuku Hospital. My Grandmother-"
Hehehehe, I'm evil! I know it! I've been told that I own Hell! Lol.
By the way, if anyone knows how to get italics and bold-type writing to show up in FF.net, PLEASE tell me! I need to know for future stories! (One Jenruki and one Sorato)
Ciao for now!
I.C.
LB: Thank you for the compliments on the angst-y parts! Those are my favs, because they touch on some personal issues...*cough* No, Ruki didn't know what Jen was up to. Just my impeccable timing, that's all(.
Archforge: Asking a person if they were going to commit suicide or mass murder when they're grumpy about you calling them at all hours of the night isa big joke at my school, actually. I have no idea why, but it is. I guess we're just nuts.
Furor: Yeah, I thought that Ruki should be the one who acts rather reasonably in this fic. You never see much of that here. It's a nice change, instead of Ruki being the weak one, Jen is. Who woulda thought…(.
GameGirl: The Tamers are all 14, Suichon is around 9 (I'm guessing she was around 5 in the show) and Ryo is 15 (not like it matters…he's not in this fic anyways!) This is after the Tamers Movie, and the Digimon can go to either the Real World or the Digital World, respectfully. Thank you for asking, I had a hard time figuring it out myself, and I'm the writer!
Kitty-girl: Thank you! I like Lee acting differently from the show, kinda like in this fic—it gives his character more depth, in my opinion.
Jenruki-gal4ever: Nope, I didn't stop writing! I've just had a bad case of writer's block! I don't really see Jen as a suicidal type myself, but I thought it would be interesting to write it that way(.
And now, on to the ficcy!!)
*~*~*~*~*Disclaimer: I do not own it, Sam-I-Am, I do not own Digimon or Jenrya-san!(And yet I wish I did…!)*~*~*~*~*
..::..::Contemplations::..::..
Part Three: Tying Into the Future…
::Grandmother Makino's Car::
"Please, Grandma, hurry up! Can't this thing go any faster?" Ruki cried.
"I am right here, you know, you don't have to yell." Grandmother Makino replied. "And if I were to go any faster, I'd be over the speed limit."
"To heck with the speed limit! One of my friends might just die tonight if I don't get there to stop them!"
"What?" Grandmother Makino stopped abruptly at a red light and faced her granddaughter.
Ruki sighed. "When I asked you for the phone, I was going to call one of my friends to tell them something very important to me. They got kinda mad that I was calling so late at night, and I tried to make a joke and asked them if they were gonna commit suicide or something and that I had interrupted them, and they didn't answer, and instead they said 'bye' and hung up on me, and now I'm afraid that that's what they were actually planning to do before I called."
Grandmother Makino looked at Ruki, her face full of concern and worry. She then looked back at the road and continued her driving. "And are you quite close with this person?" she asked quietly.
Ruki hesitated. "…I guess so…"
Grandmother Makino sped up. "I thought so. I never thought of him to be that kind of person. I always thought of him as the strong mature one. You tell him that for me Ruki, okay?"
Ruki looked at her grandmother. She had figured out that Jen was the one who was considering suicide, and that he was the one she was closest to, without even asking Ruki, and she was over the speed limit by a great deal.
'Grandmotherly intuition, I suppose.' Ruki notioned. "Grandma, I thought you didn't want to go over the speed limit."
"That was before I knew whom you were talking about," her grandmother replied. "I thought at first that it might have been Juri or Kenta or someone. Not that it would have made a difference, they're your friends too, I would have done the same thing I'm doing now, but I know that you care about Lee more than you do Takato or Kenta or Hirokazu or Ryo."
Ruki looked down at her hands in her lap and tried to keep from turning red. She knew her grandmother was right, that she might just care for Lee more than a friend, but she was too proud to out and admit it. She looked up and out into the street. They had reached Shinjuku Park.
Ruki quickly undid her seatbelt and jumped out of the car almost before the car stopped. "ByeGrandmathankyoufortherideI'lltellLeewhatyoutoldmetobye!" She quickly said before slamming the door shut and dashing into the park in the direction of Jenrya's apartment building.
'I hope you get there in time, Ruki.' Her grandmother silently prayed.
::Jenrya's Apartment::
'Should I go or shouldn't I… I know exactly what she'll tell me if I do go, but I have a feeling I know what she'll do if I *don't* go…' Jenrya paced the kitchen of the apartment, wringing his wrists, which were not used to not having the usual white bands around them.
'Maybe I should go…it's late, and who knows who's lurking in the Park right now…but then again, Ruki's a tough girl, she can take care of herself…she'd have to, if I…' "Oh, hell, I'm going!" Jenrya finished his thought out loud. Grabbing his jacket and keys, he set off to the park.
* * *
"I can't believe I'm doing this…I can't believe I'm doing this… I can't *believe* I'm doing this!!" He muttered as he left the building. "I'm probably going to get a stupid lecture like I'm some juvenile delinquent!"
He cried out and kicked a stone on the sidewalk. "It's not like she knows what the hell this is like…It's my own personal hell, that's what it is…dammit, why am I saying hell so damn much!?"
:: Shinjuku Park::
Ruki stopped to rest by Guilmon's old home. She had run through most of the park already, and she could see Jenrya's building over the trees in the distance.
"Dammit, Lee, wait a little, please…" she gasped as she leaned on the side of the shed-like structure.
"Please…"
::Shinjuku Park::
Jenrya dawdled as he made his way deeper into the park. He wasn't even completely sure where he was going, or where he was supposed to meet Ruki, but that didn't bother him.
'She's probably bypassed the park and gone straight to the apartment building.' He thought bitterly. 'It wouldn't be the first time someone forgot to meet me where they said they'd meet me…'
Walking a little further, he could recognize the surroundings as being fairly close to Guilmon's old home. 'I'll go there. It's not like anyone's there anymore, anyways, since Takato finally got his parents to let Guilmon stay at their place.'
As he got closer to the old cement shed, he noticed a faint silhouette on one side. 'Probably some hippie or something…'
::Guilmon's Home::
Ruki kept to the one wall, not wanting to leave. "He'll come, I know he will…I *know*…Nothing…"she bit her lip. 'What he's going through right now…what's going through his mind…I don't know anything…' she looked out into the dark night, spotting a figure walking in the woods several meters away. 'I hope that's him…at least then I can ask him to his face what's wrong…and maybe help him…'
She stood upright and began walking towards the figure. 'Please oh please oh please oh *please* be Lee…' she begged silently.
* * *
'That person's coming this way now…I better be careful…he may have a knife, for all I know…of course, that may be a good thing, you never know…' Jenrya thought bitterly as he watched the shadow creep closer to him. He soon could make out a girl's figure, but that was it.
'Great, probably some prostitute looking for a job right now…'
The figure walked closer to him; he could now make out a ponytail high on her head.
'…And she wears her hair like Ruki, too…I kinda wish she wore it down, it looks a lot prettier—wait, why the hell do I care how Ruki wears her hair? Great, now I'm rhyming...'
* * *
Ruki made her way slowly towards the figure in shadows. 'He's just standing there…he's probably trying to figure out who I am…' she commented to herself. As she got closer, she made out an item hanging from the person's waist, significantly lighter than the rest of his clothing. A D-Arc.
"Lee?"
The figure hesitated.
"Ruki?"
"Lee, we need to talk."
(A/N: Wai! Done this time! I don't really like this chapter-not much happens. Not to worry, I promise to have the next chapter up sooner than this one!
A little taste of things to come:
"W-what? Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can." Ruki looked at Jen, a pleading expression on her face. "Lee, you have to come with me to Shinjuku Hospital. My Grandmother-"
Hehehehe, I'm evil! I know it! I've been told that I own Hell! Lol.
By the way, if anyone knows how to get italics and bold-type writing to show up in FF.net, PLEASE tell me! I need to know for future stories! (One Jenruki and one Sorato)
Ciao for now!
I.C.
