Never Too Far From Home
Rude Awakening Back To Reality
DF103 – "I'm Sak and I am back…a real name is something I lack…all I know is that I've gone wack!" gets stares …uhh…laughs nervously…wrong place…anywayz…I have my fic all planned out in my head…I just need to get it together so dun hurt me if I dun update for a while…a lot of questions were brought up from the last chapter so I'll try to answer those in this chapter or the future chapters…umm…scratches head…what else…oh…duh…I dun own digimon…and uhh…I hope you read and review…
Rika woke up on the couch. She felt like she woke up from a long peaceful dream.
'Gosh, it really does feel great to be back,' Rika thought, getting up.
Upon doing this, she saw Ryo in the kitchen cooking breakfast.
"Hey, pumpkin…sorry, couldn't help myself, to call you that. You know, for old time sake," Ryo said, flipping the pancake.
"Sure, Mr. Legendary Tamer, keep telling yourself that," Rika said, walking towards the balcony door, which was open to let the cool, fresh, autumn breeze through.
Rika's hair flowed with the gentle wind. She let out a soft sigh as she stepped out to see the view of the city.
'Wow, she looks so angelic like that. I'm really glad she has come back here, and to know that she's safe,' Ryo said, gazing at Rika, burning the pancake. Turning around to see what was burning, Rika caught Ryo staring at her. Realizing this, Ryo turned back to the pan and took the remains of the pancake and threw it out.
While pouring another scoop of batter, Ryo glanced at Rika to see if she was still staring at him. Rika looked at him with a raised eyebrow, and with her arms crossed. Then, the door to Ryo's room creaked open. Out came a purple dinosaur-like creature.
"Is that Monodramon?" Rika said, forgetting about Ryo's stare.
"Umm…yeah, all the digimon came back after Henry and Alice started to work at Hypnos,"
'So I did see Impmon that one time at the train station,' Rika thought.
"Well, do you know if Renamon came back?" Rika asked.
"We told her that you were dead, since that's what they said because you were nearly gone for a year, without a trace. She left and we never saw her again," Ryo explained, sadly.
"Oh…well I guess that's my fault for leaving, isn't it?" Rika said, sighing.
"Come on, cheer up. You want breakfast?" Ryo said, placing another pancake onto the stack.
"Sure, I guess, as long as you didn't poison them," Rika said, smirking at him.
"Don't worry, I didn't," Ryo answered back, setting the large plate of pancakes on the table.
"I'm going to go see if I can find my door so I can change," Rika said, walking towards the door, clutching her keys.
Rika went out and saw that all the numbers were back at their rightful places. "Hmm…weird," Rika thought, as she walked over to her room door.
Rika took a very quick shower and went back to Ryo's place. "Welcome back, Rika," Ryo said, inviting her in.
"Umm…thanks," Rika said, hearing the distant sound of the TV. When Rika got to the table, which is where the TV is, she heard something devastating.
"Today is definitely a sad day. Rumiko Nonaka and her mother is pronounced dead after a few gun shots were heard at the local Shinjuku hospital. Nonaka was visiting her mother after she had a heart attack yesterday. They both died minutes ago from bullet wounds through their chest. Their attorneys have asked close family friends to gather at the will reading. One of their attorneys said, "This family has gone through a lot with Rumiko's divorce, the loss of her daughter, Rika a few years back, and especially the press that has constantly followed her. We just hope that they are now a happy family again, and they will be missed." The people that shot these two have been captured and is being sent to the city jail. They may face a death sentence. The will reading, that was talked about earlier, will be held at the Nonaka house at 1pm, this afternoon…"
Rika was paralyzed. The news hit her like a speeding truck. Ryo approached her cautiously, hoping she wouldn't snap at him.
"Rika, are you okay?" Ryo asked.
"…" Rika turned around and faced Ryo.
"I'm here for you, Rika," Ryo said.
"Everyone that I once loved is gone. Everyone but…" Rika's voice trailed off.
"Everyone, but who?" Ryo asked.
Rika didn't answer and ran out the door. Ryo stood there wondering what he did wrong. He then, went to run after her. First he ran to the Matsuki Bakery.
"Hey, Takato, Jeri, did you see Rika around here?" Ryo asked.
"Ryo, Rika's dead, remember?" Takato said, looking a little confused.
"No, she's not. She's been in the US for the past 7 years she's been gone," Ryo said.
"So that nice lady that came in was Rika. I knew she looked familiar," Jeri said.
"So, did you see her?" Ryo asked.
"Nope, we haven't seen her since, I think yesterday morning. Why?" Takato asked.
"Didn't you hear on the news? Her mom and grandma were killed this morning," Ryo said.
"Oh my gosh. Poor Rika. She must be so sad," Jeri said.
"Exactly, why I'm looking for her. If she comes by, call me on my cell," Ryo said running out of the bakery.
At the park…where Guilmon's hideout is…
Rika went inside the old hideout and sat down. She looked up at the walls and found a lot of newspaper articles, magazine cut-outs, and pictures of the tamers, especially the time when they defeated D-Reaper, hung up.
'Whoever said memories are good, can go jump off a bridge,' Rika thought, as she looked at the articles.
Just then, Rika heard distant footsteps coming towards the hideout. A little boy, then walked in, carrying some more pictures and articles.
"Hey, who are you?" the little boy asked.
"What is it to you, kid?" Rika asked, staring at the little boy.
'This kid reminds me of someone,' Rika thought.
"Hey, you look like Rika Nonaka, the girl that died a long time ago," the boy said, holding up a picture.
Rika let out slight chuckle, looking at the old picture that Kenta took when they first got to the Digital World.
"Well, I guess you know all of these people then," Rika said, pointing at all the tamer pictures.
"Yup, my mommy and my daddy told me that these people saved the world from destruction," then little boy said, hanging up the papers he brought in.
"You want to know a secret about one of these people, kid?" Rika asked, with a smirk on her face.
"Yeah, tell me, please," the little boy said.
"I am Rika Nonaka," Rika whispered, in the kid's ear.
The little boy gasped. "Holy cow, are you a ghost?" the little boy asked.
"No, I was in another country," Rika said, as her voice started to sound depressed again.
"Oh, wow, now I've met all the tamers," the little boy said, then noticed that Rika didn't look happy.
"Oh my gosh, I forgot about what happened to your mom and grandma. I heard it on TV. I'm so sorry," the little boy said, walking up to her and hugging her.
"I'm fine, its okay. By the way, what is your name, and how do your parents know me?" Rika said, looking down at the kid.
DF103 – I'm stopping here…he he he…I think I made this chapter long enough…anywayz…I'll back in a day or to with another chappie…so…till then…L8ter…