Future Dreams
Disclaimer: Do I look like I own Digimon? Of course not.
A/N) *sigh* I think I went a bit overboard on this chapter. I was
planning on posting this last Friday, but then Fanfiction.net
decided to go and die on us. Instead of starting on a new chapter so
I could post two today, I decided to make this one over in greater
detail. And here's what you get: A full detailed chapter, with more
than 6,000 words… What do you think?
What you've all been waiting for: RUKATO!!! Yup I finally got
some romance in here, not a lot of course, but at least there's some!
Anyways have fun reading!
Chapter Six
******
Takato awoke to the soft pitter-patter of rain against his window,
and tiredly got up, to look outside. He was not very surprised to
see a violent downpour of rain.
He sighed. Outside looked exactly like he felt. Angry, but with a
strong feeling of despair.
Heaving another heavy sigh, he force himself to turn away from the
window, so he could get ready for a long day of school, and his talk
with Jeri.
******
"Did you tell your son?" Yamaki calmly asked the man beside him.
"I only told him that you had something important to talk to them,
that concerned both him, and the other Tamers." Replied Janyuu.
"They should be meeting after school again today, so he'll get a
chance to tell them then."
"Good."
"I still don't understand why we're involving them in this." Eurara
voiced her disapproval. "Their just children, how do you expect them
to help?"
"They may just me children." Janyuu spoke with confidents. "But they
have the most important things we could need right now, and that
puts them in a important position. We need a fighting force to stop
Reapmon, and their digimon are perfect for the job. Besides we
already know from experience that any natural protection in the real
world, won't be enough."
Eurara was shocked, no one had informed her of this important piece
of information. "They have digimon?"
"Yes." Replied Janyuu. "And powerful ones at that. If anyone has a
chance of finding Reapmon, it's them."
"Plus," Tally added. "Their bonds with their Tamers are strong,
making them stronger them normal digimon.
Eurara was stunned. Even with digimon they planned to send kids
out to fight their battles whenever they were unable? They expected
them to save the city? Maybe even the world's fate was rested on
their shoulders! She had to ask:
"Why are you so certain that they will succeed?"
Tally looked up from her computer screen, and gave her a small
smile. "Because we have faith in them, besides they've done it once
before."
******
Jeri stood in front of her bathroom mirror, carefully snapping her
hair clips into place.
She frowned. She didn't know why, but she had a feeling that today,
wasn't going to be a good day. Something just told her that today
something was going to go wrong.
Her thoughts immediately centered on Takato. She was worried about
him, more than he'd ever know.
She sighed sadly. She didn't want to think about losing him like she
had lost Leomon. The pain was just too much to bare.
Grabbing her raincoat, and her small backpack, she ran off and out
the door towards Tatako's house, intent on getting there earlier
than usually.
She did, reaching the bakery in a record time of only five minutes.
Rushing into the safe haven, where the heavy sheets of rain, could
not reach.
******
Takato had been waiting at the door, for almost 10 minutes before Jeri
showed up, and other than being a little wet from the rain she was
fine. *Just like Rika was fine, and Guilmon was fine* He told
himself, frustrated.
In truth Takato wanted to tell Jeri about his dreams, it would
relieve him of some of his pain, to know he wasn't alone in this.
The other part of him told him his was being stupid.
But no. He thought of his hands, which were still covered in cuts
and scratches from the night before. Dreams didn't hurt people, no
matter how harsh they were. This was something more, and if it could
hurt him, he was sure it would eventually find a way to hurt his
friends in their dreams too. That's why he had to tell Jeri.
But it had hurt watching it the first time. Would it hurt as much as
he explained it to his best friend? How he had watched her and his
other friends, die in front of him, with no more reason or purpose
other than to see him surfer…
"Hey earth to Takato?" Jeri called. Her voice told him that she was
teasing him, but her face showed the volumes of her worry.
"Oh, hi Jeri." He gave her a forced smile, as he followed her out
the door. He vagley wondered: Would she help him through his pain,
or would she yell at him for not telling her sooner?
Jeri watched him, as he looked completely lost in his thoughts.
Would he tell her?
Takato sighed, his decision made:
"Jeri." His voice almost pleaded, barely over a whisper. "I need to
talk to you about something."
******
Jeri gave him a small smile that spoke many words. She was was happy
that Takato was finally going to tell her, what was plaguing him.
But she was upset that whatever was wrong had effected him so much.
Takato was deathly pale, even paler than he had been just yesterday,
if that was even possible. The circles under his eyes were darker than
ever, it looked as if he hadn't slept in weeks! Yet it had only been
three days ago that this problem had occurred. Before he had just
been the happy-go-lucky boy she saw everyday. But whatever it was
that caused him so much pain had changed him. Yes, the sweet and
caring boy was still there, but it was like he was hurting, more
than she'd ever know. Until now.
"You know you can tell me anything Takato." She stated calmly.
"Not here." He shook his head. "Do you think we could go to the park
and talk?"
"Sure, of course." She didn't care as long as she found out what was
bothering him; she wouldn't have care if they had to travel all the way
to Mexico for him to tell her.
"Great." He gave a weak smile, but it was a real smile this time,
not something forced. "Then let's go."
******
He felt parishally relieved. Jeri would understand, he was sure of it now.
Takato needed time to sort out his thoughts, and Jeri obviously
understood that, because she didn't say a word. Or maybe she needed
to sort out her thoughts just as much as Takato did, he didn't know.
But either way, they reached the park in silence.
Takato had insisted they sit on one of the parks benches instead of
at Guilmon's place. He didn't want to tell Guilmon about this yet,
and he was sure that if he showed up there, epissally during school
hours, he was sure to ask questions. Takato knew he was smart, he'd
figure it out eventually.
"Well," He said, nervously. "We're here." The rain was still coming
down hard, soaking both of them to the bone. But neither of them
seemed to notice, both of them sitting down on the cold, wet, bench.
Jeri looked at him hopefully. "What did you need to tell me Takato?"
He sighed sadly, not really sure how to explain what was happening,
and how much it scared him.
He started off quietly, his voice barely above a whisper. "I've been
dreaming the past few days…"
She looked at him confused, everyone dreamed. "What do you mean?"
He sighed, praying she would understand once he explained it better.
"Well about three days ago, I started having these really weird
dreams…" His eyes took on a look that Jeri had never seen him wear
before, as he though about his Digimon partner, he remembered how
Guilmon had tried to protect him at whatever the cost. He thought of
how the creature had picked him up, and crushed him easily in with
one of his mangled h-
"Takato?" Jeri asked worriedly as she watched him, look like he had
gone to another world all together. "Takato, come on! Snap out of
it!" She shook him hard, getting his attention again.
He continued on, as if he hadn't even noticed what he had done. "The
first one… I just thought it was just a normal dream… I've have lots
of dreams, all of them fighting with digimon, but Guilmon and me
always win in the end. But this time Guilmon died… The creature
killed him." He said angrily.
"The creature?" Jeri asked uncertain.
He looked up at her. "I don't know what it is, but I don't think
it's a digimon. I've never seen a digimon look anything like that."
He said, shuddering at the thought of it. "It was horrible. It
killed Guilmon, crushed him, and I had to watch." He finished with
venom.
Jeri watched him sadly, these, she began to realize, were not just
dreams.
"In the next dream, Rika died. I don't know how she died, but the
creature was holding her around the neck. I think he broke her neck,
maybe strangled her. I'm not sure…" He said shakily, almost to
the point of tears.
"Then I dreamed about you. You died like the others." He looked
away, not ready or willing to see the look on his face.
Jeri's mouth went dry. She had died too. "How did the creature kill
me?" She asked quietly, trying to keep her voice steady.
"He didn't." Takato said, sounding heartbroken. "You killed
yourself."
Jeri didn't mean to, but she gasped, and Takato felt a single tear
slip down his cheek, he didn't bother to wipe it away though.
"Takato, look at me." He ignored her, not exactly feeling talkative.
"Takato… Please…"
Takato sighed defeated, as she pleaded with him. He turned to look
at her.
"Do you really think I'd do that Takato? Do you think that I'd
purposely hurt you, and my friends like that?"
"I don't know… Jeri I-"
She cut him off. "I sorry to admit…" She looked scared about what
she was going to say next. "I did think about it, after Leomon died.
I felt lost… I knew Leomon was gone forever, and I guess I felt as
if my whole world was crumbling…"
She visually brightened thinking about what she was going to say
next. "But then I finally began to remember… My family… My
friends… You. I never really realized how much people cared for
me until then.
When I finally began to realized that my friends hadn't given up on
me, I knew I couldn't give up on myself."
Her eyes turned downcast. "I've managed to get over Leomon's death,
but things won't ever be the same. He was my partner, and I'll never
forget him."
"I'm sorry Jeri… I'm so sorry…" Takato murmured, sadly.
She put a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry about it now. I'm done
feeling sorry for myself. Now we need to worry about you. Can you
think of anything else important from your dreams."
"Only one thing…" He showed her his hands, and she stared open
mouthed at them, in shock.
"Takato, how did you get these?!" She asked in alarm.
"The dream… Jeri I cut myself in the dream, and it hurt me here too.
How is that possible?"
"I'm not sure…" She murmured before looking away from his hands, and
up at him. "But one sure of is the fact that we have to tell the
other Tamers about this."
Takato's voice was solemn. "Can't it wait a little while?"
"Takato we have to tell them, and soon. I'm guessing that the
creature in your dreams is causing this, and if it is, what's to
stop it from going into other people's dreams, and hurting them?"
"Jeri…" Takato pleaded. "Please just wait… If I have another dream I
promise I'll tell them. But not until then, okay?"
She nodded sadly. But she didn't understand! Why wouldn't Takato
want some of him best friends to help him in his time of need! But
then the answer came to her:
"You want to protect them right?"
He smiled. "Yes, I have to, there my friends, and if this is
something I can solve on my own I want to, I don't want anyone to
get hurt because of me. That's friends do right for each other
right?"
She returned his smile, though it was a sad one. "Yes I guess you
right."
They got up off the bench, both uninterested in getting a phone call
home, and slowly headed for school.
******
Takato felt better. No not better, maybe just at peace with himself,
at least for the time being. Of course the hurt was still there. It
felt as if he would never stop hurting after he had watched his
three best friends meet their demise…
But Jeri had helped, a lot. It felt as if she had taken some of the
weight off his shoulders, and was now carrying it on her own.
He still didn't want to tell the other Tamers though. Sure he
wanted to protect them, but what would they think? Would they
believe him like Jeri had, or would they think he was sick minded
for dreaming these horrid things? He knew Jeri would be angry
with him for thinking stuff like this about his friends, but he
couldn't help it!
He sighed inwardly. He wasn't thinking clearly, and still wished he
were in bed, but at least Jeri was here to help him.
She truly was a good friend.
******
Takato and Jeri ended up arriving at school, over a half an hour
late. Ms. Finsa gave them one of her usual looks as they stood in
the doorway.
"Well welcome to class. Though a little bit late I might add." She
looked at the clock, and then frowned down on both of them.
They both gave her embarrassed looks, and she sighed.
"Forget it. We're correcting yesterday's math homework. I'm hoping you two
finished it last night?"
*Uh-oh* He looked over a Jeri. He was sure she had finished her
homework, she always did. But he hadn't and he wasn't interested
in another detention, three in one week would not go down well
with his parents.
"No. Sorry Ms. Finsa…"
She sighed. "Sit down, both of you."
*What?* Takato thought, thoroughly confused. *No detentions?*
Never the less, he sat down quickly, deciding it best not to try his
teacher's patiences so early in the morning. Still he didn't see the
sympathetic look his teacher shot him.
******
Rika frowned, as she copied down random notes, from the board, and
in to her notebook.
She was in a bad mood, and she blamed it on a certain goggle-head.
She didn't know why, but she liked him, maybe in more ways then just
a friend. But she hated to admit it. But one thing she would admit was
that she was jealous… Of Jeri. She couldn't help but be. She was best
friends with the first boy she had had ever had real feelings for, and she
wished she could be like that with Takato.
But it frustrated her, there was no way he could like her.
*Figures* She thought angrily. *I finally find someone I actually
LIKE, and the only way I can show my feelings is by teasing him!*
Still… Maybe he did have feelings for her… He was different. Any
other boys she had known would has run away in a pure panic after
just getting a glare from her, but Takato stayed.
Even through out all the dirty looks she had given him, and all the
rude comments she had made about him and his goggles, he still
stayed by her, stood up for her, and treated her like she was a good
friend to him. But all the Tamers treated her like that! They all
accepted her, and it was no different with Takato!
She sighed. Why did life have to be so frustrating?
******
Much to Takato's surprise, the day went my relatively quick. He
smiled to himself. Not one detention. Not one. Jeri and himself were
just about to head out the door, when a voice suddenly called him
back.
"Takato? May I please have a word with you?" It was Ms. Finsa. He
groaned inwardly. He such has known something like this would
happen. Happiness didn't seem to last very long around him lately.
Jeri gave him a small smile, and motioned that she would be waiting
for him outside the door. He nodded before turning to his teacher.
"Yes Ms. Finsa?" He asked.
"Takato I wanted to talk to you about something." She let out a deep
sigh. "I'm worried about you. The last few days you have been late
for class, you haven't been doing your homework, and you've spacing
out during lessons. Is something wrong? Maybe at home?" She
suggested.
"Huh?" Takato asked in both shock and confusion. *Why would she
think something like that?* He asked himself, almost angrily.
He sighed. *I guessed he could tell her the truth… Well the narrated
version of the truth, that is…*
"I guess to could say it's something like that…" He said softly.
"You see… One of my friends died a few days ago…" *So good, so far…*
She gasped. "I'm sorry Takato," She said, thoroughly shocked. "I
never knew…"
"No it's okay…" He replied sadly. "It's just that he and I were
really good friends…" He thought of Guilmon. "I guess it's just
going to talk so time for me to get over it…"
She looked at him, her expression full of sympathy. "How did he
die?"
*Uh-oh* He though franticly. *What do I tell her now?*
"Er… It was a car accident." He said finally.
His teacher sat there at her desk, looking solemn.
"I'm very sorry for your loss Takato." She stated, wiping a stray
tear from her eye. "I shouldn't have asked, it was none of my
business. You may leave now."
"Thank you." He gave a quick bow before leaving.
******
He was angry with himself. He wished he could have told her the real
truth, but it wasn't likely she'd believe him anyways. So it had
been either lie, or well… lie.
Jeri was still waiting for him in the hallway when he came outside.
He was happy that she decided not to ask any questions. Besides she
probably already knew what they had been talking about anyways.
"Hey Jeri?" Takato asked causally. "I'm going to go see Guilmon, you
wanna come? I know it's still raining and everything, but he does
need some company."
"Sure. Do you think he'd be interested in a peanut butter sandwich?" She
asked, holding up a leftover sandwich from lunchtime.
"Of course." Takato smiled. "I'm sure he'll be hungry enough to eat
anything!"
As the headed for the park, hands in his pockets, Takato realized
that for the first time in a while he actually felt happy, and if he
hadn't felt so drained, he might have almost said it felt like old
times, he almost laughed at the though, being that 'old times' was
basically three days ago.
He was with his best friend Jeri, and was about to visit Guilmon,
and his other friends. Maybe they'd play a muddy game of soccer,
or just hang out. Either way he was happy.
Of course he should have know this sort of thing was too good to
last…
******
It was still pouring when Takato and Jeri reached the park.
"Hey guys." Takato and Jeri walked up to the group, and for once
were unsurprised that the whole group was together again, it seemed
to be becoming a tradition.
"Oh look, Goggle-Boy actually decided to show up on time today."
Rika taunted, but it wasn't one of her usual ones, because she
smiled when she said it.
A small blush formed in Takato's checks, but only Jeri seemed to
notice.
"Yup, he got lucky." She teased. "No detentions!"
Calumon flew over to Jeri, sitting himself on top of Jeri's head.
"Hi Jeri!" He cried happily, resting his head in her slightly wet
hair. Unlike the rest of them, he didn't seem to mind the rain
crashing down on them; he actually seemed to love it!
She giggled, before carefully taking him out of her hair, and in to
her arms. "Well hello, miss me?"
"Of course!" Calumon giggled, squirming out of Jeri arms, and taking
to the air. "I missed you sooooooo much! Culu!"
Guilmon walked over to Takato. "Takatomon? Did you bring peanut
butter?" He asked curiously.
Takato smiled at the Rookie digimon. "Of course Guilmon." He placed
both his and Jeri sandwich in front of him. "Here."
Guilmon attacked the sandwich hungrily.
Kenta seemed to be ignoring to cheerful mood around him, looking
Takato up and down. "Hey Takato? Are you okay? You look a bit pale."
"Yeah." Ryo seemed to agree with Kenta. "You look sorta sick, maybe
you should lay down for a little while…"
Takato shrugged them off. "I feel fine."
Rika looked over to Jeri, seeing the frown of her face. He was
obviously not fine, and she had to admit, she was a bit worried
about him… He didn't look well. But all the same, she trusted
Takato. He would tell her if anything serious was wrong, right?
Kazu seemed to accept Takato's answer. "Whatever guys, as
you should all remember, were here for a reason." He smirked at
Henry. "Our Knowledge Boy, Henry, wants to tell us something."
"When did you become Mr. Know-It-All?" Rika asked sharply.
"Since today." Kazu gave her one of his usually smirks.
She glared at him before rolling her eyes. "Boys." They all heard
her muttered slightly under her breath.
Henry, ignoring Kazu's remark, finally decided to speak.
"My dad says Yamaki wants to talk to us about something."
"Huh?" Takato asked, confused. "What does he want to talk to us
for?"
Henry frowned. "I'm not sure, but he said it was urgent, so I'm
guessing that we should probably be heading over to Hypnos."
Rika sighed. "This isn't going to be one of those
time-to-saving-the-world, type of meetings, is it?"
Henry sighed with her. "Let's hope not."
Suzi obviously had a different idea in mind. "Here that
Lopmon!?" She asked her small digimon, with glee. "We get
to save the world!" She seemed to be lost in thought for a few
moments, before continuing on. "Again!"
******
Eurara sat at her desk in Hypnos, thoroughly frustrated. No not
frustrated, more like annoyed. She couldn't concentrate on what she
was working on!
She had to admit, she was a little excited at meeting these
children, they had to be something special, but of course she was
even more interested in meeting their digimon. Truthfully she had
never seen a digimon up close before, only heard stories about them,
and seem kids talking about the card game.
She sighed, before mentally lecturing herself. She was acting like a
4 year old, just because she was going to see a digimon for the
first time. It really wasn't a big deal!
She hated people thinking she was a little kid, and that's
mostly why she had chosen this job. Sure it was a lot about the fact
that she enjoyed working with computers, an easy task for her, but
this was a job that would give her a challenge something she thought
she deserved. She thought of most of her friends, just starting
college next year, and she knew she was truly lucky to be getting
this chance. A chance to prove herself.
Even after those thoughts, she sighed. She still couldn't help being
excited.
******
Over 15 minutes later, the Tamers finally appeared. She quickly
counted them. eight Tamers, and seven digimon. Hmm… She thought for
a moment, before recounting. Yup, only seven digimon. The question
was: Was there an extra person? Or a missing digimon? She mentally
made a note to ask about it when she got the chance.
The first four were two Tamers, and their partners.
A young boy with both blue hair, and grey eyes stood near the front
of the group, looking down at the little girl that stood beside him.
"Now Suzi. I want you to go over there, and play in the corner
with Lopmon." He pointed towards the small digimon in his arms. "And
remember, don't touch anything, got it?"
"But Henry." She pouted. "I wanna save the world too!"
He sighed loudly. "Maybe tomorrow okay? And if we can't I'll buy you
an ice cream." He added to compromise.
"Promise?" She asked hopefully.
"Promise." He pointed towards a corner. "Now go."
"Okay!" She cried happily, heading towards her destination.
Eurara observed both of their digimon that looked more like stuffed
animals than anything. The only difference she could see between the
two was their different colors, one being green and the other being
brown. Plus the fact that the brown one seemed to have two more
horns than the other. She had a few moments to wonder: Were all
digimon this cute?
Apparently not, by the looks of the next five that came in the door.
Three Tamers and two digimon. The first was a rather pale boy with
short, messy brown hair, wearing what looked to be a pair of old
goggles. The latest fashion? She wondered. What was really
disturbing was the thing that seemed to be following him: A rather
large red dinosaur. She immediately decided, she wouldn't want to
get on that things bad side.
The three behind them were two girls, and yet another digimon. Both
of the girls seemed to be watching the boy ahead of them with worry.
Eurara thought they had a reason to be; he definitely did not look
well.
One of the girls wore her hair in a tight ponytail, and the fox-like
digimon seemed to follow her every move. It had to be her partner.
But the other girl confused her. She didn't seem to have a digimon.
So she again wondered if this was just a child tagging along for the
ride, or had something happened to her digimon? At least the girl
didn't seem to notice she was being stared at. That had to be an
upside.
Finally the last six waked in, all boys, with digimon. The first
seemed to be the most confident, his brown hair, mostly covered by
a blue visor he wore. Following behind him was a huge digimon,
which seemed to be made completely out of metal. She would soon
find out his name was: 'Guardromon'.
The second boy to follow appeared to be quite different. He didn't
walk with the same confident stride, but for a moment Eurara could
have sworn she saw a small pink head, peak out of his pocket.
The last was another boy with short brown hair, he appeared just as
confident as the boy with the visar, but soon realized that he
didn't seem to make a big deal out of it. Yes, he was confident in
his abilities, but no he wasn't going to be a show off about it. A
large purple dinosaur seemed to follow him as well.
She sighed. She had watched this all from a distance. Hopefully
she'd actually learn what they we're discussing later, but Yamaki's
orders were to keep working on improving her new program. She sighed
again before looking at the computer again. This was going to take a
looooog time…
******
Yamaki stood in front of the eight Tamers, still worried about how
he was going break the news to them. It was going to come as a
shock, that even after all their hard work put in to destroying the
D-Reaper, it was back again, and this time stronger than ever.
"So are you going to tell us why we're hear, or are we going have to
have to start looking for answers on our own?" Rika snapped,
obviously short on patiences.
He glared at the girl, not liking her attitude. Finally he decided
he'd have to be blunt, there really was no point in dragging out the
inevitable. He'd just tell them.
"The D-Reaper's back."
******
Takato at this point was vaguely wondering: *Why do these things
always happen to me.*
The rest of the group seemed approach the situation differently.
Takato saw Henry's mouth was open in shock, and heard a small: "Oh
dear…" Come from Terriermon.
Both Rika's and Renamon's looks were of anger, they had destroyed
the D-Reaper! Hadn't they? "Damn it…" Rika muttered.
Ryo's reaction was almost the same as Rika's, he was definitely
angry that was for sure. Really there was only a small frown on his
face, but his clenched fists basically gave it away to his partner, who
watched him worriedly.
And Both Kazu, Kenta, and Jeri looked deathly afraid, Jeri being
worse than the other two, the things that had happened to her, were
far more traumatic. She rapped her arms around herself tightly,
again Takato felt bad that she, unlike the others, did not have a
digimon to comfort her.
"But," She asked softly. "How is that even possible? I thought the
D-Reaper was gone for good…"
"Well." With the help of Tally, Yamaki started to explain
everything from how Reapmon had appeared, to what it's purpose was.
All of the Tamers listened attentively, except for two. Jeri dragged
Takato over to a corner, so no one would hear them.
******
"Takato." Jeri pleaded barely over a whisper. "You need to tell
them."
"No I don't." Takato turned his head away from her. "I told you I'd
tell them if I had another dream, and you know that hasn't happened
yet."
"Takato." Jeri's voice was stern this time. "Reapmon and your dreams
have to be related in some way. It can't just be a coincidence."
"No Jeri, I not involving them in something that might get them
hurt."
Jeri was done whispering. "Takato, their your friends! You know can
trust them with this, so why don't you!" She calmed down a bit. "I
know their going to be hurt that you didn't tell them sooner, but
it's just going to make it worst if wait any longer. Please, just
tell them."
"Tell us what?" Rika had obviously heard Jeri, and had come over to
find out was the fuss was about. "Tell us what?" She repeated after
not being answered the first time.
Jeri looked at Takato with pleading eyes. "Tell them Takato. Or I
will." She turned to face Rika, about to tell her everything,
when-
"Wait!"
Jeri gave him a hard look, and he flinched under her gaze. "I'll
tell them." He whispered defeated.
By this time, all of the Tamers stood by Rika, wondering what was
going on, and Rika was starting to get angry. "Tell us what Takato?
What are you two talking about!?"
Everything came out. He told them about his dreams, his friends
dying, the cuts he had received on both of his hands, and their
reaction was nothing more than he he'd expected: shock, and anger.
"How long have you been having them for?" Yamaki asked urgently.
"Three days." Takato replied meekly, head bowed.
"Why didn't you tell anyone?" Henry asked, trying to calm. But he
had to admit, he was hurt. Takato had kept this from them for over
three day, not telling any of them. *Except Jeri…* He remembered. He
then frowned. *So much for trust…* He wasn't that angry though, if
Takato had kept something from then, it had to have been for a good
reason. He couldn't get angry at him for that.
"I dunno…" He murmured. "I guess it didn't really seem that
important, beside-"
Apparently Rika wasn't as good as holding anger in, as Henry was.
"That's shit, and you know it Takato!" She yelled at him. "You start
having dreams about some creature killing off your best friends,
causing you harm in the process, and you think it's not important!
What kind of idiot-"
"STOP IT!"
Jeri tired of listening to Rika screaming at Takato, she had stepped
in. She took a moment to calm down before continuing. "Stop it both
of you. I know Takato choosing to tell you know isn't going to make
things any better, and I know he was wrong in not telling you in the
first place…" She looked at Takato guilty. "But it's over now,
there's nothing we can do about it. So could we please just stop
fighting?"
Both Takato and Rika looked to the ground, not really knowing what
else to do.
"I'm sorry Takato…" She murmured. "I just wish you could have told
us. No, I wish you could have told me."
She looked up. "I better go." With those finally words she walked
out the back door.
Jeri looked at Takato. "Do you want me to go after her?" She asked.
"No." He sighed. "I guess I really blew it this time… I'll go talk
to her."
Jeri watched as he went after Rika. *Good luck Takato*
******
Takato found Rika already half way down the street, by the time he
reached outside. Totally soaked from the rain, he ran to catch up to
her.
"Rika! Please wait…" He pleaded with her.
She stopped walking, deciding to lean on one of the buildings on the
street. But refused to turn around and look at him, she didn't want
him to know how much she was hurt, she didn't want to him to see
that her eyes were watering. "Why did you tell me?" She asked
coldly.
"What?" The question had caught him off guard.
"I want to understand why didn't you tell me." She stated, again
cold, but this time she actually turned around to look at him.
Takato sighed, leaning up against the wall beside her.
"I guess I didn't want to worry you… I was sorta hoping I would find
a way to handle it without having to tell you. Besides after I told
Jeri-" Rika turned her head, to avoid his eyes.
*Wait?* Takato thought confused. *Is she jealous or something?*
He started off again. "Rika, I told Jeri because she was my best
friend… But you… Rika you meant a lot more to me than even Jeri
does. When I didn't tell you, it wasn't because I didn't trust you…
I guess in a way I was trying to protect you… Did you understand
any of the things I just tried to tell you?
Rika turned to him, feeling a blush spread across her cheeks. Did he
really feel the same way about her, as she felt about him? She thought
for a moment, before doing the only thing that seemed natural.
She kissed him. Softly, but passionately she kissed him. Takato was
shocked, before dim realization hit, and he responded, kissing her
back.
As they finally broke apart, she gave him a weak smile.
"Yeah… I guess I did."
******
As Jeri watched the scene from a far, she couldn't help but smile.
*I knew you guys could do it*
******
Ugg… Sorry I sorta got sappy at the end ^_^" I couldn't help it! Oh
well… Now that Takato and Rika are officially together, things are
going to be less angsty, only for the next few chapters of course
^_^
*PLUS* Next chapter we get the appearance of a digimon we haven't
seen for while ^_^ Guesses anyone?
And! I am finally finished my exams! YAY! I But the better news is
that I am officially out of school until September!!!
As a last note (and yes, the very last one) you've probably noticed I've
changed my screen name to Night Sky… Yeah well it was bound to
happen, besides Angst Gurl was just plain stupid in my opinion.
Hopefully, I'll actually keep this name. ^_^"
Now people, Review!