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Watch you smile, watch you cry

Chapter Eleven- Last Star

He knew he could only pray for one thing.

Hope.

Only Hope.

Hope was like the last star,

In the sky,

And you ponder, and pray,

Will your wish come true?

Henry rushed to Rika's side, frantically crying out. It took them so hard to find each other's arms again, and all of it may be prayed on the last star. Tears poured steadily out of Henry's eyes, and Ryuin and Ryo both rushed to Rika's side, each looking at the angel with broken wings and cannot fly. Henry stood up, fire in his eyes, and glared at his insane ex-girlfriend. His fists were clutched so tightly that his nails dug into his palm. Trina didn't seem to show any remorse at all, but simply blankness in her eyes.

"Why do you do this?" Henry dragged every word of his speech; he too blinded by anger.

"Don't blame me," Trina said in a small voice, looking at him pleadingly. Trina gripped onto herself. Don't feel sorry for that girl. She deserved it. She stole your boyfriend. She stole her confidence. Rika took every you had, a voice in her mind spoke to her. She only left you with hate…and nothing else. She shot back straight at Henry, snarling, "She deserved it," she hissed, angrily. "She stole you. I loved you for so many years, and now you just run off with her like that. You should blame yourself that this happened. You were playing around with my feelings, thinking I could be this…this STUPID? I can't believe that all these years, you just drop it like that. She walked forward, eyes focusing onto Henry's fiery gray ones. "Why?" Trina hissed. "Why?"

"Because you treated me like an item. You thought you could depend on me for the rest of the relationship. You were so possessive that your love was more like hate," Henry retorted, "You were like a dog trainer putting a leash on his little Dalmatian. You never loved me. You were over-possessed with animosity that love couldn't get into you anymore. You…you can never say you loved me!!! Being in hell was even better than being with you!!" Henry clinched his fists, and clutched his eyelids down, amazed at his own anger. Fire was burning in his eyes, and he didn't want anything else but to kill his ex- and save his tenshi.

Trina tried to swallow this in. Anger burned deeply into her heart, like daggers of ice shards. She gulped, and swallowed her breath…her almond eyes were glittering practically dangerously…sorrowfully…and confusedly. She had loved this guy…Henry Wong…first he throws her away like trash…and now he wants to not know anything about her at all. Like a deleted email message? This was too much, she thought bitterly, the message got her like acid. Cinders sparked up in her eyes as tears slowly squeezed out of them. She threw her arm forward and aimed her gun at Henry. Part of her whispered, Don't. You love him. You love him. But she shook the thought away, I HATE HIM!! He's trash. Just trash.

"Go on," Henry turned pale, his lips nearly white, "Kill me. Just don't kill Rika." Ryuin looked over from his beloved childhood friend and love, and stared appalled at what was happening between the Trina and Henry.

Trina practically sneered, What? What? No matter how you suffer Wong, Rika will always pay!!!" But she didn't. One side of her heart felt sympathy while the other felt complete hatred.

"Don't," Rika whispered, loud enough for Ryuin to hear, "I love you, Henr….y….y…." Ryuin turned white. She loves Henry, he thought. Why doesn't my life ever turn right? Is my life really sentenced to the world of silence? He leaned close to her and whispered, "Don't die, Rika. Hori's here. I was found and trained as an assassin as Trina. I never knew she was there to kill you. I never knew Trina and I were really sent on a mission to kill you until few days ago…when you sprung up and refreshed my memory of who I truly am. By then, I didn't care about the mission. I've tried to drop it."

Rika's eyes turned wide as she edged her pale fingers against his head, "Hori, I don't care if you were nearly sent to kill me. I missed you. I'm so glad…t…to….s…ee….y..ou." Her eyes slowly shut down, and a blue light exploded from her purse. Ryuin [I'm not going to use the name Hori] nearly burst into tears, was wide with shock, but he instructed Ryo quickly, who owned the cell phone. "Hurry up…CALL THE POLICE!! THE HOSPITAL!!!" Ryo grinned. He was completely confused about the blue light, Ryo's grin, but he was sure it wasn't something good or was it? Why was Ryo grinning? Ryuin quickly turned his eyes back to the raging ex-couples who were oblivious of the blue light from each other, the blue light, and decided on one thing. I will help Rika, no matter whether she loves me or not…and save her from being devoured by the blue light…or alien thing or whatever it is?

Trina was about to shoot.

But no bullet came out.

Another bullet was stuck into Trina's gun. It was not Ryuin's going-to-aim gun…but…Renamon.

"Diamond Storm!!" She cried as Trina jumped to dodge. Ryuin's eyes widened. Rika was a Digimon Tamer?

And the police came in.

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"Rika Nonaka has been taken to the hospital with major injuries due to a bullet wound. The assassin who was sent to kill her and also caused this tragedy, 19 year old Trina Yikono, is sentenced to jail for four years. Her boss is convicted charges for black-marketing, black mailing, various killings, and illegal importations. His name is Ken Nonaka. He is sentenced for death penalty. Rika Nonaka remains in a rather unstable condition. This is Yuu Na, reporting live from Japanese News Network, in Tokyo, saying goodnight."

Miya Nonaka gasped from her home in Osaka. "No, not Rika. Why, Ken?"

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+Six Days Later…+

Ryuin thought to himself …remembering the flashback from 4 days ago. His eyes were still red from crying, and he didn't know why. It shocked him that from being away from Rika for this long, things turned the other way. Rika had opened his life before and now, but is snatched away by her true love, he thought, depressingly. I wish she were mine, but I still want to make her happy, he said to himself as he dug his hands into his pockets.

[Flashback] [Not Ryuin's view, although he saw the whole thing]

"Rika. Please wake up. I love you. I need you." Henry cried, squeezing her hand tightly, tears pouring like a river in his eyes. This was probably the millionth time he said it, but she still remained motionless. Rika didn't wake up for four days, and Henry was getting desperate to have her back in his arms. He felt sorry that Trina was sentenced into jail for so long, but he wouldn't allow anyone else to hurt Ri. Rika would be the love of his life…and the only…no matter what anyone else does to him. He frowned quite a bit, from what he heard from Trina when she went to jail.

"The person who sent me through all this, wasn't just my heart, my jealous…IT WAS RIKA's FLESH AND BLOOD FATHER!!!"

Why? He paused to think. How can such a father be so cruel? He didn't succeed at least, he thought lightly, then turned his glance back towards the violet-eyed sleeping figure. No one can manipulate my heart away from Rika, not even a highly trained assassin. He squeezed his hand around Rika even tighter. A quick smile lighted his face as he realized that Rika was breathing quite blatantly for the first time ever since she got shot by his ex-.

"He…enry…" Rika whispered, nearly inaudibly, her eyelids fluttering. "I'm….s…s…so….gl…glad…y…your…

"I know, Ri, I'm here. I'll always be there for you. So is Renamon." Henry hushed her, smiled a heart-warming smile, and leaned forward to give Rika a long, passionate kiss. The two entwined hands until the pale sunshine that shone through the large hospital window.

"Renamon?" Rika's eyes widened to their full extent.

"She saved you from Trina."

"Where…where is sh…she?" Rika asked worridly.

"She lost connection since the passage between Earth and the Digital World isn't so clear anymore." Henry smiled, as he brushed a lock of her hair out of her eyes. He trailed a finger across her smooth, soft cheek.

"I love you," Rika murmured, "Arigato. I've been through so much…and you're still there. I'm so happy. I have you…and Hori." Rika thought from her faded memory. Hori, her friend…the friend she had missed for so long. She reminisced the times she and Hori spun around the twirly thing in the park…the dreadful day during the Sakura Festival. All these memories blurred in her mind.

"Who's Hori?" Henry said, surprised.

"My childhood friend who was thought to have died years ago. But he didn't. He's Ryuin. He was an assassin as Trina, but he dropped it because of me. I'm so glad," Rika whispered, raising her fingers weakly to touch his cheek, leaving an invisible along his jawbone.

"I know, my love." Henry said, snatching her hand into his, entwining their fingers. They smiled with warmth, success, and love, not knowing that jealousy and sadness of another person was lurking right around the corner.

[End Flashback]

Ryuin was walking through the halls to the hospital, looking for Rika's room. He paused by Room 324. He wanted Rika so badly after so long, but she was Henry's. He really wanted to kiss Rika, but she was Henry's. At first he really wanted her to be happy and be with Henry, but now he was confused. He opened the door. No one was there, and Rika was asleep. He crept into the hospital room. There was Rika, as fair as a moonlight maiden…eyebrows arched like the goddess of the sea. Peace had crept to her expression; her chest gently rising as she breathed. She was in a peaceful stage; she was smiling at her dream…Of Henry. Ryuin frowned at the thought; it makes her happy, Ryuin clutched his fist tighter to resist crying. I want to be the one to make her happy, he thought, biting his lip.

"Rika. I know you are going to hate me for this. But I love you," Ryuin said, leaning gently over her, the light smell of lavender tempted him.

He kissed her.

Rika, who thought it was Henry kissing her, from her blurry vision, kissed back. She doubted that this kiss was actually from Henry [Henry and Ryuin both have gray eyes…and besides she just woke up from her deep sleep!]

Henry saw the whole thing from outside the door. He felt his touch in the world slip far, far behind him, way out of his reach. He felt that the world was like glass spinning around him, making him dizzy. He wanted to cry out, Rika come back, I need you, I love you. But he didn't. He was to confused of the happenings.

I'm falling.

Catch me.

Catch me if you can.

Henry slid all the way against the wall; his head was buried in his hands. Tears dropped into his two open palms, soon shaping into a mini-puddle. He was lost. Forever. That last star he prayed days before couldn't be depended on now. It was gone. Like Rika. He felt hopeless.

The last star did not glitter tonight.

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