H.I.Q.: Hey! I'm back! Didja miss me? *crickets chirp in the background* ookay. ^ ^; Well.um. here it is! The fourth chap of my fic! Enjoy! Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN DIGIMON! If I did, the season wouldn't have ended so early!

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Character Key

"Dialogue"

'Thoughts' *Actions*

The Meeting

By: Harsh Ice Queen

As Rika was running away deep into the park, she thought, "What's happening to me? I haven't been that cruel to anyone since before that d-reaper incident. Something took over me or something." ((Okay, I know that last sentence was a little confusing, but the thing is I wasn't thinking much when I wrote this))

~~~~Back to Ryo~~~~ "Wow, I've never seen her lose her cool like that. You must've really said something to make her blow up," a voice beside Ryo said, "Need a hand?"



Ryo looked up to see who the person was.

Henry had stretched out his hand toward the dazed Ryo.

"Huh? Oh, thanks," said Ryo as Henry helped him up.

"Are you alright?" said Henry.

"Yeah, of course," Ryo said as he stared through the path Rika ran away on.

"That's good. It's a good thing she didn't blow up completely. She would've given you a one-way ticket to the moon," said Henry half-seriously.

"Yeah, no kidding. I was lucky, I guess," said Ryo with a weak chuckle.

"Well, I just came to tell you that Kazu and Kenta are looking for you. They said something about you helping them train for tomorrow's tournament?" said Henry with a quizzical look.

"Oh, yeah. I have to teach them some card strategies. I promised them the last time we met," Ryo said.

*Flashback begins*

"Hey, what's up?" Ryo had just arrived at the pizza place.

"Ryo!" both Kazu and Kenta jumped up to greet their favorite tamer.

"Hi, guys," Ryo said.

"Hi, Ryo," said Jeri and Takato.

'Oh, good. It looks like Takato finally asked Jeri out' thought Ryo.

"Where are the others?" asked Ryo.

"Well, Alice couldn't come cuz she had a dentist appointment, and Henry and Rika just left a couple of minutes ago," said Jeri.

'Darn! I just missed her! Hey! Maybe I can catch up to her!' thought Ryo. "Oh, yeah! I just remembered I have a doctor's appointment! I gotta go! Nice seeing you all again!" said Ryo. As he was about to run out of the restaurant, he heard a loud yell.

"Ryo!"

Kazu and Kenta came running up to him.

"Dude, don't go yet! We wanted you to teach us some strategies before the next tournament," said Kazu.

"Yeah, we want to finally get past the first round of the tournament," said Kenta.

"Okay, how about this, next time we have a meeting I'll teach you anything you guys wanna know. Okay?" Ryo said patiently but in a hurry.

"Yeah!" yelled Kazu and Kenta.

"See you next time! Bye!" said Ryo as he rushed out the door.

*Flashback ends*

"Well, good luck, cuz here they come," Henry said pointing behind Ryo.

"Ryo! Dude, we've been looking for you!" said Kazu excitedly.

"Yeah! Remember you were supposed to help us for tomorrow," said Kenta.

"Yeah, of course. I'd never forget. Well, see ya, Henry," said Ryo as Kazu and Kenta dragged him off.

"Bye," said Henry. 'Let me go help Rika calm down' he thought as he walked down the path Rika had taken.

~~~a couple of minutes later~~~

Rika was sitting on a park bench near a big, brown fountain.

'Stupid Ryo!' she thought angrily. She stomped her feet on the ground. (Just like the episode: Blame it On Ryo. You know, the part where Rika complains about 'baby-sitting' Kazu and Kenta after they land on the 'clock' land. Okay I'll be quiet now. Sorry. Keep on reading.) Finally after making a hole in the ground with her feet, she laid down on the bench and put her hands behind her head. She closed her eyes and counted to 10. She let out a big sigh.

"Hey, mind if I sit here?"

'Huh?' she thought. She opened her eyes and saw Henry smiling down at her.

She sat up and said, "Hi, sure, you can sit here if you want."

"Do you mind me asking what happened back there?" asked Henry carefully.

"Nothing happened. I just lost it for a while," said Rika. 'I hope he doesn't make me talk about it,' she thought.

As if reading Rika's mind, Henry changed the subject and started talking about Terriermon's 'encounter' with Suzie and Ai.

Rika laughed a great deal when she heard what had happened when Henry got to Terriermon. It turned out that...



A/N: sorry for the sudden ending. My twin sister helped me through a huge writer's block(Thanx!) Id like to thank all the ppl who reviewed. If you have any ideas of what Ai and Suzie did to Terriermon (and god knows who else) just email your ideas to harsh_ice_queen@yahoo.com . Plz r&r! I might go muse shopping later on, so maybe in the next chapter you'll meet my new co_writer. Cyaz!