(A/N: Well, part three was really... craptacular. But it had to be posted, otherwise, this part would be **way** to long! Anywho, this chapter, Ruki gets to lecture Lee, and something dreadful happens…hope you guessed it from the spoiler I posted in Part 3…)

To those who reviewed Part 3…

Archforge: Suzie (dammit, I'm sick of typing Suichon!) acts like a five year old, so I decided to cast her as one. Besides, she acts like that in the dub. I heard somewhere that Ryo is 4 years older than everyone in the Jap. Version, but I could be wrong. Or it could be you. Who knows, maybe we're both wrong…:)

GameGirl & LB: Nope, that wasn't the last chapter. I'm not quite sure when I'll end it, but when I do, I'm not doing a sequel. I hate sequels.

Furor: Ah, but the fun thing is, I didn't say that Rika's grandma would be in a car accident, nor did I say that it'd happen in **this** chapter. Hehehe, ain't I evil…:)

*~*~*~*~*Disclaimer: I do not own it, Sam-I-Am; I do not own Digimon or Jenrya-san! (And yet I wish I did…!)*~*~*~*~*

And now, on to the ficcy!!!

..::..::Contemplations::..::..

Part Four- Reprimanding of the Disheartened



::Ruki::

"Lee, we really need to talk." Ruki said quietly.

"Well, I'm here, you're here- you wanted to talk, so talk." Jenrya bitterly replied.

"Lee, I'm serious."

"So am I."

"Lee!" Ruki cried, exasperated. "On the phone I joked about you committing suicide. You didn't respond. You've been acting strangely for the past two months now! What the hell is wrong?"

"The reason you called me was to lecture me on my behavior? That was it?"

"No…" Ruki replied weakly. "But that's not important right now! I want to know what's wrong, and I want to know *now*." She took a few steps forward.

"It's not like you'd understand, anyways…" Jenrya mumbled.

"I would probably understand better if you told me what the hell was wrong with you!" Ruki yelled at him. She walked up to him and grabbed his wrists. "Now tell me! Please!"

Jenrya just stared blankly at her. Or, at least, tried to. Eyes deceiving him, Ruki saw fear, anger, and sadness like waves in his gray-silver eyes. Ruki looked down at his wrists and saw that the white wrist bands that were usually there were gone.

"Lee…tell me this isn't what I think it is, Lee," Ruki sighed dropping his wrists.

Jenrya stayed silent.

Ruki chuckled bitterly. "You know what? You're an idiot. A complete idiot, Lee."

Jenrya scowled. "Why? Because I'm not acting like my *usual self*? Because I'm not being the pacifist loser everyone thinks I am?!" Jenrya raised his voice. "Well, surprise, surprise, 'princess', but you don't know a thing about who the hell I really am!"

"You know what? I don't know tons and tons about you. But who could? Hell, none of us even know your older brother or sister's' last names! You never tell anyone anything about yourself!" Ruki yelled at him.

"Look who's talking, Ms.-"

"You know what?! Fine! I'll tell you about my goddamned life! I don't know who the hell my father is, I hardly saw my mother when I was little, if that's what you could even call her. I was treated like goddamned shit when I was younger, that's why I had to transfer to the stupid private school I'm at now, because I couldn't get through a fricking class without being tormented and called the little 'bastard girl' who gave Matsushita Junko a bleeding nose (not like she didn't deserve it). And you know what I tried to make it all stop?!"

"..."

"I tried the same thing you were going to try, before I phoned you." Ruki hollered. "The famous Digimon Queen tried to take the coward's way out. Yup, that's right. I've been there, done that, and almost bought the t- shirt." She looked at Jenrya, hoping she was somehow getting through to him. "But you know what? It's not going to help you, or Suichon, or me, or anyone else if you decide to kill yourself! If you really don't like being called a pacifist or whatever else, then you have to do something about it! Not just saying 'shut up' when they call you that, but do something else that'll get rid of the pacifist remarks! Join your school's soccer or football or basketball team or something! Anything! Just…not what you were planning." Ruki finished her speech, feeling deflated and defeated, tears threatening to fall.

Jenrya just stared at her, unsure of what to say. "I…Ruki, I didn't…"

"No, you didn't know. You're not the only one in the group who keeps things from the others." Ruki sighed, wiping her eyes.

* RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING! *

* RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING! *

"Damn cell phone…Ruki muttered under her breath.

"Hello?" She answered in a sugary voice.

~Hello, Ms. Makino?~ A voice on the other end asked.

"Yes?" She replied.

"Do you always talk with such fake sweetness when you're on the phone?" Jenrya asked loud enough for the person on the other line to hear.

"Quiet Jenrya!" Ruki hissed. Jenrya gawked at her for a moment. '…Did she just call me by my first name? Did I hear that correctly?'

~Ms. Makino, my name's Dr. Osamu Matuso, and I'm from Shinjuku Hospital. We have a patient here by the name of Shirubia Makino [A/N: Sorry, I haven't the slightest idea what Ruki's grandmother's name is, so I found this one instead. It's Sylvia.], and-~

"W-what?! What happened? Is she okay?" Ruki's eyes widened.

~You're grandmother is resting at the moment. She was in her car, and she had a minor heart attack. She says she was worried that she'd miss her daughter, and that her granddaughter would be too late, and became extremely stressed. Luckily, there was no automobile accident, and she got here in time.~

"Well, I'm on my way, then," Ruki told the doctor, her voice shaky.

~Oh, wait a minute…*pause*…is there a boy with you by the name of Lee Jenrya?~

"Yes, he's right here,"

~You're grandmother says she wants you to bring him with you when you come. She says something about life or death..?~

Ruki nodded to herself. "Yes, sir. We'll be there as soon as we can." With that, she hung up her cell phone.

"We? Go where? I'm not going anywhere, Ruki Makino, until you tell me what the-"

Ruki looked at Jenrya with shining eyes. "Lee, we have to go to Shinjuku Hospital. My Grandmother is there."

"What? Is she okay, what happened?" Jenrya asked, shocked.

"She had a heart attack or somethin'. She wants both of us to come."

"But I-"

"Jen-ry-a!!" Ruki nearly screamed. "My grandmother, the only person who ever cared for me, is in the hospital right now, probably dying, asking for *us* to come, not just me, *us*, and you're trying to make an excuse to go back to your apartment and kill yourself?! How pathetic are you?!" She grabbed his one arm and started running in the direction of the hospital.

"Ruki, what the hell are you doing?!" Jenrya asked, as he tried not to trip when Ruki started to drag him out of the park.



"Didn't you just hear a word I said?" Ruki turned around and looked at him, tears now streaming down her face. "We are going to Shinjuku Hospital *now*, whether you like it or not, to see my grandmother! And that's final!" She started running again, dragging Jenrya with her.





(A/N: Yay! Fourth chapter done! I really like this chapter! I even put some of the old bitter Ruki in for good measure! Next chapter will have *some* Jenruki fluffiness, but not a whole heck of a lot. Too much fluffy stuff gets sickening, especially in Ruki x Whoever fics, in my opinion.

Again, if anyone who reviews knows how to put italics and bold-type on FF.net, PLEASE TELL ME in your review! The sake of my future fanfics depends on it!

Ciao out!

I.C.