This chapter of my fic might get a little confusing… There will be some points when both characters are a little out of character, but if you read on you'll see why. Thanks to all of my reviewers!

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Understanding, forgiviness, and a Dream

Ruki sat beside a calm, serene brook, just staring at a small leaf floating the gleaming surface of water. The birds were singing and the bees buzzed around the flowers. 'God, she's beautiful' He thought as he looked on. I'm so drawn to her. The way she kept up her guard, her stubborn demeanour and her laugh (when she does laugh)… it's in explainable.

Ryo finally brought himself to say one word to her, "Ruki…"

"Ryo? What's wrong?" she asked voice filled with concern. Her lavender eyes piercing through his cerulean ones, searching for an answer.

"My heart, when I'm with you. It's like the world stops and the only person I can think of is you. How to cherish, care about, just wishing you felt the same way too." He said.

"I do care, Ryo. It's just that I've been hurt, everyone I care about leaves me. I don't want you to either." She was interrupted by Ryo who put a finger over her lips.

"Shhh…" He hushed Ruki, as he pulled her into a warm embrace into his arms.

Suddenly he felt the same presence as before, attempting to take over. Ryo fought with all his might to stop it, but couldn't. The sky turned blood red and crumbled to the floor…

"Ryo-kun!" Ruki shouted, rushing to his side.

"Good bye Ruki-chan." Ryo sneered his eyes flashing red and black as he thrust a sword through her heart.

After the shock of stabbing Ruki, he looked at his hands… covered in her blood.

Ryo awoke, praying it was just a dream. Cold sweat soaked through his clothes, his face, red and covered with tears. How could I have, killed her… the one I would do anything for. I killed her with my very own actions. He saw two blurry figures looking at him…

"You're finally awake, sleepy head." Ruki greeted in the morning

"Ruki-Chan! You're alive!" He shouted with joy giving her a quick hug.

"No duh, you baka! Don't touch me!" She exclaimed pushing him away.

Thank god, that was only a dream--- but was it really? Could it be a vision or a premonition?

"Sorry pumpkin!" he teased

"Don't call me that!" she fought back!

"Hey! Breakfast is ready. After you're done you can go change back into the clothes you had before." Piximon called from the kitchen.

"We're coming!" Ruki shouted back.

"Ruki, could I talk to you after breakfast?" Ryo asked.

At first she was going to automatically say no, but she remembered her thoughts last night. "*sigh*, fine, I guess. Don't waste my time though." She warned.

Wow, I wonder what happened in his dream yesterday. Ryo looked so flustered this morning when he got up. He seems like a total different person, yet the same old idiot at the same time.

"Ruki, aren't you hungry?" Ryo asked.

"You haven't even toughed your food. I'm not that bad of a cook am I?" Piximon pointed out.

"Yeah, I'm sorry. I was just thinking…" she mumbled while eating breakfast.

About ten minutes later, Ryo and Ruki sat in their washed kimonos on the porch in an awkward silence.

"Ruki…" he started. "I'm so sorry about yesterday. I said something I shouldn't have..."

"That's for sure." She cut him off.

He ignored it and continued, "But all of a sudden this force tried to control, my mind, body and emotions. I tried to fight it, but it was way too powerful and I lost. Just like in my dre---" he cut himself off trying to forget about it.

"What happened in your dream, Ryo?" Ruki asked in a suprisingly polite tone.

"I can't say it… I killed…" Ryo tried to go on, but couldn't.

"It's alright Ryo, I understand and I for—give you." She said solemnly giving him a quick hug and pulled away.

Oh my god! Did I just hug him? The legendary tamer?!? I know I wanted to let my guard down or even show people my emotions, but what was I thinking?

'Wow! That just happened?! Ruki Makino hugged me!'

Ryo just sat there, inside he was jumping for joy, but on the outside all he did was smile.

"Would you stop smiling at me for one second?" Ruki asked abruptly.

"Sorry to interrupt you two once again, but you must go to Verdianna (A/N: Yes, I know it's a stupid name for a town, but then again I suck at making up names. It reminds me of the font face Verdana) to meet my friend Cami. She's a master of weapons and fighting techniques, you can learn a lot from her. Cami can probably fill you in on more details on the prophecy as well." Piximon said, handing them their bags.

"Hey Piximon, what are these?" Ruki asked holding up an antique scroll and an envelope.

"That's a map of the whole digital world and the envelope is full of digi-dollars." He answered.

"Hey cool! My bread and pastries are still here!" he said, but was barely audible since most of his head was rummaging through he bag.

"Ryo, if you stick your head any further into the bag, it'll get stuck and I don't want to be the one to pull you out of it."

"Hey cool! A card!" Ryo exclaimed, with his head out of his bag.

Ruki snatched it, "Lemme see, DNA Digivolution card. It would come in hand if we could use our digimon, but we can't."

"Hey that's my card!" Ryo shouted…

"Thank you Piximon for everything." Ruki said, ignoring Ryo.

"Thank you Piximon." Ryo added.

"There are supplies in your bags if you need them. You can thank me after you save the world. Good luck you two."

He said watching the two head off on their journey.

Yay! Their adventure's finally getting started :D. Yes, there was a dream sequence in there… if you were wondering why I didn't label it, I thought I would be more 'impactful' in a way if you didn't know what was going on :P! Well Thanks for reading… sorry this chapter is kinda short:P