Forever Yours
Intro: The sequel to "One Choice"! Sorry about the title, I know it isn't the best, but it does describe what's going on. This will have fewer chapters than the original story, and basically all this story is about is how Takato finds Rika. I'm not giving away the whole plot so read on! Sorry this took a tad long to get out but I had vacation and of course ff.net had a major upgrade and it's kinda hard to upload a story during an upgrade...Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or it's characters!
Chapter 1
Henry lay in bed, hands behind his head, thinking. He watched his ceiling fan turn round and round and he could feel the presence of the icy snow outside falling. It was daylight, but it was a cloudy day, three years after Rika Nonaka had died in Takato's arms.
Henry turned over on his side, facing his window. He sighed. 'Poor Takato...' He remembered Takato's face on that day. It was full of confusion, love, and despair. He had never seen his goggle friend look like that in all his life. He remembered Rika's body disappearing into tiny flecks of golden dust and fly away, along with Renamon's disintegrating figure. 'It's been three years since then,' he thought. 'But I know he still thinks about her. He's been so different, and his heart broke even more when he found out...' He had a flashback about what happened the day after she died...
(Flashback)
Takato ran toward Rika's house the next day, not believing that she had died. 'It just can't be,' he thought. 'It just can't be...She promised...' He still held the cracked blue D-arc in his hand as he ran. Guilmon was behind him, sensing his Tamer's confusion. He had a sad look on his face, because he knew that Rika's death had cracked Takato's heart in two. Henry ran beside Takato, watching him. Both he and Guilmon, although wishing they could, did not say a word. The frustration in Takato's eyes told them they should just keep their mouths shut for the time being. They rounded the corner and got to Rika's house.
Takato stopped. Rumiko Nonaka stood outside, sweeping the doorstep. He took a deep breath. 'She has to know...' he thought sadly. He walked over to her and smiled weakly. "Hello Mrs. Nonaka."
Mrs. Nonaka blinked and looked up. "Hello," she said. "How are you?"
"Good," said Takato. His eyes clouded suddenly because of the news. "You know Rika? Well she..."
Mrs. Nonaka stared at them. "Rika? Is this a girl I should know?"
Takato's mouth dropped. 'How could she not know her own daughter?! That can't be...' he thought, shocked. 'Then that means, she's been erased, and that means...'
He shook himself quickly, choking down his tears. "Never mind..."
Mrs. Nonaka smiled. "It's alright, now run along now kid." She paused. "Hold on, I found this in the spare room..." Mrs. Nonaka pulled out the rose, the same rose Takato had given Rika long ago. "It's been here a while, I remember a kid just like you coming here and giving it to... someone." She handed it to the surprised Takato. "You can have it, I think it's very special and will bring you good luck."
Takato took it gently, amazed. Tears clouded his vision. 'This...was hers...I remember I gave it to her...' he thought. 'Rika...you're really gone...'
"Good day," said Mrs. Nonaka, turning and heading into the house. Takato stared at the rose, then at her. 'She...promised she'd be alright...and now...' he thought sadly.
Takato turned and ran away, Henry following. "Takato..." began Henry.
Takato stopped, tears streaked down his cheeks. Henry put a hand on his shoulder. "Face it...she's gone Takato..."
"No!" cried Takato, whirling around, anger flashing in his eyes. "I won't face it! She's alive!! I know she is!!" He turned away and shut his eyes tight, trembling.
"But Takato," said Henry again.
"Leave me alone," said Takato, walking slowly away. "Come on Guilmon."
"But Takatomon," said Guilmon.
"We're going HOME now Guilmon," said Takato in a warning tone, still not turning around. Guilmon's ears dropped and looked pleadingly at Henry, then sulked away behind Takato. Henry sighed as he watched him go.
'Why did I say that?" Henry's head screamed. 'That was the last thing he wanted to hear...some friend I am...' He sat up and reached for the picture all the Tamers had in their house. 'I feel guilty sometimes, she made him choose Jeri for me...if she hadn't, none of this would ever have happened...then again...I'd be the one who would be depressed...' He took it in both hands and looked at Rika's stern look. He looked up. "Oh Rika," he said. "If only you knew how much Takato misses you..."
* * * * *
Takato stared at the ground as he walked to his school. Today was the anniversary of the day Rika died. 'Rika...' he thought sadly. He sulked as he usually did nowadays all the way to school. His heart had turned bitter and cold since she died. He didn't cry anymore, at least not on the outside. Henry came up. "Hey Takato..."
Takato looked at him and nodded. 'Poor guy,' thought Henry. 'Ever since she died he's been quiet as a mouse...'
"Takato," said Henry. "We'll be late."
Takato didn't say anything, but kept walking. He picked up his pace enough to satisfy Henry.
They walked in silence, like they had the past three years. Takato no longer was the happy, chipper boy he once was. He no longer drew and he had thrown his goggles in his closet, never to use them again. He tried to forget, but he knew in his heart he never could. He gazed at the picture of her every night in sadness, and he hated seeing Jeri and Henry together. For some weird reason it felt better to blame Henry and Jeri for his emptiness. He felt like a piece of his heart, his life...was gone.
He still had the D-arc. He couldn't help thinking that maybe she was out there, and alive. His heart told him she was, but his mind had given up long ago. He took the D-arc with him everywhere.
What troubled him was that no one remembered her existence but him, Jeri, Henry, Kenta, Kazu, Ryo, and Suzie. Calumon and the other digimon did too of course, and Calumon was just like Takato, he was always sad, he missed Rika so much that his ears were always pulled in, in sadness whenever she was mentioned.
Takato sighed and looked up. He and Henry were waiting for the street sign to turn green, and he looked around them, hoping maybe to see the slightest glimmer of her. But there was nothing, as usual. The light turned green and they continued to walk to school.
Takato dragged on through the school day in his usual gloom. Jeri and Henry knew they shouldn't speak to him, it made him feel worse. After school he trudged from his home to Guilmon with his usual bag of bread. He trudged heavily, the sack over his shoulder. Guilmon always seemed to give him hope, even when he was down. 'I'm always down now,' he thought. He approached Guilmon's shed and Guilmon came out to greet him. "Takatomon!!" cried Guilmon happily, hugging his Tamer. Takato returned his embrace, but nothing more. Guilmon recognized Takato's cold, un-human hands. His face fell. 'Takatomon,' he thought. 'How am I ever going to make you happy again?'
Takato broke away silently and gave Guilmon the bread, then waved and left. Guilmon waved to him in sadness. "Don't worry Takatomon we'll get Rika back..." Takato stopped and sighed. 'Takatomon...' he thought sadly, and turned to eat his bread. Takato turned and continued walking.
Takato walked through the streets, not really caring where he was going, if anywhere at all. He stared blankly ahead of him as he made his way through the cluttered streets. Then there was a flicker of something reddish...like a strand of her hair. Takato shook himself in surprise and it came again, on the other side of the street. 'It can't be....' He thought excitedly. Then he saw that same spiked ponytail, and the shoulders of the broken heart T-shirt. 'I'm hallucinating,' thought Takato, shaking his head. 'She's not here...she's been dead for three years...' Then he realized what he had just said to himself.
He made his way hurriedly through the streets, following the flash of reddish hair that seemed to call to him. She led him to the park and her footsteps got faster. Takato tried to keep up, but soon she disappeared into the twilight, just as suddenly and as gracefully as she had come. He stopped and stared in silence, his hope draining. 'That wasn't her...' he thought unhappily. But something kept nagging him that she was indeed alive, and that same something had been nagging him since she had died.
He turned and began to walk home, knowing his parents would be furious if he did not make it home soon. He took a step and something beeped. His eyes widened in surprise and he took another step. There was another beep coming from somewhere in his pockets. He dug into his pockets as the beeping got faster and found her D-arc. It still had a deep crack in its screen, but it was...working.
Tears streamed down his face. 'She's alive,' he told himself happily. "She's alive!" he cried to the wind. He held the D-arc and he smiled, for the first time in 3 years...
End of Chapter 1
The next chapter has an unexpected visitor from the first and second seasons of digimon! It's kind of easy to figure out who though. Renamon plays a part in this too. Yep, everyone's coming back! Rukato forever!!! R+R! Lol.
Intro: The sequel to "One Choice"! Sorry about the title, I know it isn't the best, but it does describe what's going on. This will have fewer chapters than the original story, and basically all this story is about is how Takato finds Rika. I'm not giving away the whole plot so read on! Sorry this took a tad long to get out but I had vacation and of course ff.net had a major upgrade and it's kinda hard to upload a story during an upgrade...Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or it's characters!
Chapter 1
Henry lay in bed, hands behind his head, thinking. He watched his ceiling fan turn round and round and he could feel the presence of the icy snow outside falling. It was daylight, but it was a cloudy day, three years after Rika Nonaka had died in Takato's arms.
Henry turned over on his side, facing his window. He sighed. 'Poor Takato...' He remembered Takato's face on that day. It was full of confusion, love, and despair. He had never seen his goggle friend look like that in all his life. He remembered Rika's body disappearing into tiny flecks of golden dust and fly away, along with Renamon's disintegrating figure. 'It's been three years since then,' he thought. 'But I know he still thinks about her. He's been so different, and his heart broke even more when he found out...' He had a flashback about what happened the day after she died...
(Flashback)
Takato ran toward Rika's house the next day, not believing that she had died. 'It just can't be,' he thought. 'It just can't be...She promised...' He still held the cracked blue D-arc in his hand as he ran. Guilmon was behind him, sensing his Tamer's confusion. He had a sad look on his face, because he knew that Rika's death had cracked Takato's heart in two. Henry ran beside Takato, watching him. Both he and Guilmon, although wishing they could, did not say a word. The frustration in Takato's eyes told them they should just keep their mouths shut for the time being. They rounded the corner and got to Rika's house.
Takato stopped. Rumiko Nonaka stood outside, sweeping the doorstep. He took a deep breath. 'She has to know...' he thought sadly. He walked over to her and smiled weakly. "Hello Mrs. Nonaka."
Mrs. Nonaka blinked and looked up. "Hello," she said. "How are you?"
"Good," said Takato. His eyes clouded suddenly because of the news. "You know Rika? Well she..."
Mrs. Nonaka stared at them. "Rika? Is this a girl I should know?"
Takato's mouth dropped. 'How could she not know her own daughter?! That can't be...' he thought, shocked. 'Then that means, she's been erased, and that means...'
He shook himself quickly, choking down his tears. "Never mind..."
Mrs. Nonaka smiled. "It's alright, now run along now kid." She paused. "Hold on, I found this in the spare room..." Mrs. Nonaka pulled out the rose, the same rose Takato had given Rika long ago. "It's been here a while, I remember a kid just like you coming here and giving it to... someone." She handed it to the surprised Takato. "You can have it, I think it's very special and will bring you good luck."
Takato took it gently, amazed. Tears clouded his vision. 'This...was hers...I remember I gave it to her...' he thought. 'Rika...you're really gone...'
"Good day," said Mrs. Nonaka, turning and heading into the house. Takato stared at the rose, then at her. 'She...promised she'd be alright...and now...' he thought sadly.
Takato turned and ran away, Henry following. "Takato..." began Henry.
Takato stopped, tears streaked down his cheeks. Henry put a hand on his shoulder. "Face it...she's gone Takato..."
"No!" cried Takato, whirling around, anger flashing in his eyes. "I won't face it! She's alive!! I know she is!!" He turned away and shut his eyes tight, trembling.
"But Takato," said Henry again.
"Leave me alone," said Takato, walking slowly away. "Come on Guilmon."
"But Takatomon," said Guilmon.
"We're going HOME now Guilmon," said Takato in a warning tone, still not turning around. Guilmon's ears dropped and looked pleadingly at Henry, then sulked away behind Takato. Henry sighed as he watched him go.
'Why did I say that?" Henry's head screamed. 'That was the last thing he wanted to hear...some friend I am...' He sat up and reached for the picture all the Tamers had in their house. 'I feel guilty sometimes, she made him choose Jeri for me...if she hadn't, none of this would ever have happened...then again...I'd be the one who would be depressed...' He took it in both hands and looked at Rika's stern look. He looked up. "Oh Rika," he said. "If only you knew how much Takato misses you..."
* * * * *
Takato stared at the ground as he walked to his school. Today was the anniversary of the day Rika died. 'Rika...' he thought sadly. He sulked as he usually did nowadays all the way to school. His heart had turned bitter and cold since she died. He didn't cry anymore, at least not on the outside. Henry came up. "Hey Takato..."
Takato looked at him and nodded. 'Poor guy,' thought Henry. 'Ever since she died he's been quiet as a mouse...'
"Takato," said Henry. "We'll be late."
Takato didn't say anything, but kept walking. He picked up his pace enough to satisfy Henry.
They walked in silence, like they had the past three years. Takato no longer was the happy, chipper boy he once was. He no longer drew and he had thrown his goggles in his closet, never to use them again. He tried to forget, but he knew in his heart he never could. He gazed at the picture of her every night in sadness, and he hated seeing Jeri and Henry together. For some weird reason it felt better to blame Henry and Jeri for his emptiness. He felt like a piece of his heart, his life...was gone.
He still had the D-arc. He couldn't help thinking that maybe she was out there, and alive. His heart told him she was, but his mind had given up long ago. He took the D-arc with him everywhere.
What troubled him was that no one remembered her existence but him, Jeri, Henry, Kenta, Kazu, Ryo, and Suzie. Calumon and the other digimon did too of course, and Calumon was just like Takato, he was always sad, he missed Rika so much that his ears were always pulled in, in sadness whenever she was mentioned.
Takato sighed and looked up. He and Henry were waiting for the street sign to turn green, and he looked around them, hoping maybe to see the slightest glimmer of her. But there was nothing, as usual. The light turned green and they continued to walk to school.
Takato dragged on through the school day in his usual gloom. Jeri and Henry knew they shouldn't speak to him, it made him feel worse. After school he trudged from his home to Guilmon with his usual bag of bread. He trudged heavily, the sack over his shoulder. Guilmon always seemed to give him hope, even when he was down. 'I'm always down now,' he thought. He approached Guilmon's shed and Guilmon came out to greet him. "Takatomon!!" cried Guilmon happily, hugging his Tamer. Takato returned his embrace, but nothing more. Guilmon recognized Takato's cold, un-human hands. His face fell. 'Takatomon,' he thought. 'How am I ever going to make you happy again?'
Takato broke away silently and gave Guilmon the bread, then waved and left. Guilmon waved to him in sadness. "Don't worry Takatomon we'll get Rika back..." Takato stopped and sighed. 'Takatomon...' he thought sadly, and turned to eat his bread. Takato turned and continued walking.
Takato walked through the streets, not really caring where he was going, if anywhere at all. He stared blankly ahead of him as he made his way through the cluttered streets. Then there was a flicker of something reddish...like a strand of her hair. Takato shook himself in surprise and it came again, on the other side of the street. 'It can't be....' He thought excitedly. Then he saw that same spiked ponytail, and the shoulders of the broken heart T-shirt. 'I'm hallucinating,' thought Takato, shaking his head. 'She's not here...she's been dead for three years...' Then he realized what he had just said to himself.
He made his way hurriedly through the streets, following the flash of reddish hair that seemed to call to him. She led him to the park and her footsteps got faster. Takato tried to keep up, but soon she disappeared into the twilight, just as suddenly and as gracefully as she had come. He stopped and stared in silence, his hope draining. 'That wasn't her...' he thought unhappily. But something kept nagging him that she was indeed alive, and that same something had been nagging him since she had died.
He turned and began to walk home, knowing his parents would be furious if he did not make it home soon. He took a step and something beeped. His eyes widened in surprise and he took another step. There was another beep coming from somewhere in his pockets. He dug into his pockets as the beeping got faster and found her D-arc. It still had a deep crack in its screen, but it was...working.
Tears streamed down his face. 'She's alive,' he told himself happily. "She's alive!" he cried to the wind. He held the D-arc and he smiled, for the first time in 3 years...
End of Chapter 1
The next chapter has an unexpected visitor from the first and second seasons of digimon! It's kind of easy to figure out who though. Renamon plays a part in this too. Yep, everyone's coming back! Rukato forever!!! R+R! Lol.