Day after day, Takato went to the ice rink.
He tried and tried, but still couldn't get the hang of it.
One day, at the ice rink...
Rika's looking at Takato, and she suddenly got a thought.

**Rika's point of view**
Why IS he trying so hard???
I wonder...
Could it be for a girl???
Let's see...
Hmmmmm...
Oh yes...
I know now...
It's Jeri!!!
It must be!!!
Why am I thinking of this anyway...
**Back to Story**

Rika's swarming around, thinking.
"Maybe I should help him..." She murmmured.
"Yeah...but how..." She thought.
Takato, on the other hand, is trying his best.
"Why can't I do this???" He asked.
No one answered.
Rika is looking.
She's looking carefully.
Suddenly, Takato fell.
She went behind Takato.
"Get up, jerk." She held out her hand.
"Stop that!!! I don't need your help!!!" Takato said.
Then he stopped.
Or maybe he does...
"Stop that!!! Can't you get up???" Rika asked.
"Alright, just because you asked." Takato said.
"You take that back. Plus, I know why you're here." Rika said.
Takato blushed.
"One thing, she doesn't know how to skate. Second, I'll help you learn." She told him.
He glared at her, not believing what she said.
"Just because I can't stand looking at someone as stupid as you are." She added.
Takato rolled his eyes.
Maybe Rika really isn't that bad, after all.
"Stop dreaming, dream boy, and get up before you turn into ice." Rika said.
He held Rika's hand and got up.
"OK, now first thing about skating is attitude. You have to feel the ice." Rika said.
Takato tried.
"Look carefully as I skate, understand, stupid???" Rika asked.
"Yeah, sure." Takato answered.
At least she's helping, he thought.
And he looked at her.
She's doing slow motion.
Attitude...Takato didn't know what that means.
He looked at her again.
And there he saw something.
Her hair, it seems to fly.
Fly in the ice...
Takato seems to get something.
Fly...
In...
The...
Ice!!!!!!
So that's whay!!!
He stood up.
And he tried that.
He imagined flying in ice, swarming around like Rika.
"Skating do not that hard after all!!!" Takato thought.
And he's right, of course.
Finally, he could skate.

After that day, Rika carefully told Takato how to skate fast or slow.
He even learned how to skate backwards!!!
Of course, that's not quite important.
What's important is, he could finally bring Jeri to the ice rink.
Finally...
Little did he know, that he might never get the chance...



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OK, there's no adventures OR action right now.
I promise there'll be some, later on.
Perhaps in the fifth chapter...
I am going to slay that Simplt Digital.
I wrote this story, to say. I mean it. Don't believe in her. That Simply Digital can be a devil as well as a cat. This time, it's my turn to sigh...