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just bear with me, alright? I'll get the plot moving in Chapter 2, since
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Side Note: This story will be quite long, but it shouldn't take me all that long to finish it. I think. I hope. Anyways, I hope it's not too horrid. Since a few of you out there liked it, I'll be happy for that. I always am. Bye for now!
English-Japanese
Jeri-Juri
Takato-Takato
Henry-Jenrya (Last name is Lee)
Suzy-Shuicon (Last name is Lee)
Rika-Ruki (Last name is Makino)
Kenta-Kenta
Kazu-Hirakazu
Ryo-Ryo
Various Words and phrases (Japanese and Chinese to English.):
1)Ohayou - hello 2) onii - brother 3) Yo - yo 4) chotto matte - wait a minute, hold on 5) hai - yes 6) Tadaima - I'm home 7) Gomen nasai - I'm sorry 8) Daijoubu - okay 9) Arigatou - Thanks 10) Hontou - Really? 11) Ne - like asking for agreement.like putting 'okay?' at the end of a sentence 12) Ano. - ummm. 13) Baka - silly, stupid...a million things really...all depends on the context 14) O-yasumi - goodnight 15) Onegai - please 16) furin: a wind bell with a small piece of paper hanging from it; seen in a lot of animé 17) zettai daijoubu desu yo - everything will always be alright! 18) Sono mama de iinda - stay the way you are 18) hanasa nai de - please don't leave me/ don't let go Ikimasu! - let's go 19) Wo ai ni - I love you 20) Aishiteru - I love you 21) Konbanwa - Good evening 22) Konnichiwa - Good morning 23) Kawaii - cute 24) Ogenki desuka - How are you? 25) Daijoubu desuka - Are you alright?
Hues of Violet, Shades of Gray~~A Digimon Tamers Fanfiction
By Forever3330
Chapter One: Behind This Face
Sometimes when it rains, you can walk outside and tilt your head up to the heavens, letting rain fall around and on you. It runs over your skin, soaking in, leaking into every part of you, until you are the cold fresh wetness that dances down to the ground, hurrying to seep into whatever opens up to you. You become the rain.
And that is when you leave every worry and fear behind, simply BEING, not any particular creature, just the world itself, and the rare pure beauty that can be found within it.
Then it ends.
Jerked out of his thoughts, feeling a tug on his sleeve, the blue- haired boy looked down. His younger sister was looking at him with concern, her brow furrowed. "Nii-san, what's wrong? You've been zoning out for a while now." Shuicon, more often referred to as Suzie, tilted her head, long chestnut hair tumbling over her shoulder. "Are you feeling sick?" Twelve years old, she came up to his shoulder, seeming to have gotten the growth spurt she had been wishing for.
Jenrya blinked, then smiled. "No. Just thinking about a school project, is all." He turned back to what he had been observing. Sakura trees with raindrops bouncing off of them. The blossoms weren't quite in bloom yet, though he knew that when they did there would be festivals and summer would have come.
"What's it about?"
Damn. Hadn't anticipated that question. He really must be getting slow, even though he was only sixteen. "Um.We're supposed to read about foreign cultures, and then write a report with some visuals to help out."
"We? It's a group project?" The younger girl smiled. "Who's your partner?"
"You wouldn't know him."
"I might." She looked determined.
"My partner's.Harumada Hiito. He's the type most don't notice." Probably because he doesn't exist.
"Oh. You're right; I've never heard of him." Shuicon glanced back at the Sakura trees, then sighed. "Come on. We have to get to the Tamers meeting. It's a good thing Ruki-san's Mother and Grandmother are out. We can't all fit in the old meeting place, and the rain is dreadful."
"You go ahead. I want to look around the park for a few more moments." The blue-haired teen smiled, slipping his hands inside of his light jacket.
Shuicon rolled her eyes. "Niiiiiiii-chan! Fine. I'll tell Takato-kun and the others that you'll be a little late."
"Arigatou." Jenrya waved as his sister ran out of sight, holding tightly to her umbrella. To his knowledge, he didn't own an umbrella. He never used one, and his parents had given up on trying to convince him to wear even a hooded jacket. Jenrya insisted on a windbreaker only, no hood.
Because he liked the feelings rain upon your skin brought. Liked the way all fears and worries and dreams and hopes drifted away, leaving him empty, letting him simply EXIST.
There were no thoughts of the Tamers' problems, of school, of his family, of anything. No thoughts of death or life or anything in-between. No Tamer's asking him for advice on problems. No nothing.
It was simple enough to fool them, now that he had the hang of it. In a way, he had always been wearing his face as a mask of sorts. But it was becoming tiring to have to do such a thing, to keep himself together and calm. Like he had to.
For everyone.
Everyone.oh. The meeting. Right. Shaking his head, Jenrya started to walk in the direction Shuicon had set off running.
~
Sitting down upon her best friend's bed, Juri wondered what was happening to the team. Battles amongst the Tamers were ripping them apart, tearing the seams between them slowly. There was no way they could handle problems in the digital world if this kept up. Takato slowed to a walk as he ran up to the door of Ruki's room, and sat carefully across the room from Juri. As far away as he could get. The brunette sniffed and turned her head. She was NOT going to talk to him. She knew the fight was stupid, in a way, childish, but it really couldn't be helped. She would not, could not, forgive him.
Kenta and Hirakazu already had seats by Ruki's low table, and were occupying themselves with a friendly game of Digimon cards. Well, semi- friendly. Things had become tense between them for a while, and though Juri knew the reason behind these tensions, it wasn't really her place to say anything.
Shuicon plopped down beside her, breathing hard, cheeks flushed. "Nii- san will be a little late. He wanted to walk in the park a bit more."
"Daijoubu." Juri said, her voice soft. Words between most of the Tamers now seemed fragile, as if they could break by just being said. "I don't think Jenrya-san will let that slow him down all that much."
"Yeah. You admire him for being slow, I bet. Thoughtful." Takato's words were harsher then hers, being aimed at her, and meant to sting.
"Gomen ne. I didn't mean to be late. Last period ran a little late." Or it would have, if she had been there. Ruki entered, slippers padding softly on the floor. Her hair was still up, and she was wearing an oversized maroon sweater. Ruki had started wearing sweaters a few years back, around the time when she had become more quiet-for Ruki, anyways. And less sarcastic. She usually ignored the others, for the most part, but wasn't engaged in any of the fights. That left her in a worse position. She was often pushed to take sides, and trying to stay neutral took lots of energy.
"Renamon let me in. Nothing to worry about." Juri smiled slightly, though hurt was still in her eyes. "She said something about going out for a while. I think she went to round up those of us who didn't get the info about the meeting."
"Daijoubu." The auburn-haired girl pulled over a stool from her desk, which was by the window, and sat down. She tugged one sleeve down more, although they already covered a good portion of her hands. No one really knew what she did to herself, and she wasn't in any hurry to let them find out. Tracing an imaginary line on her khakis, she kept her head down. Looking up would mean meeting someone's eyes. Meeting someone's eyes would mean possibly displaying herself. Her true self. Her self they couldn't see.
Shuicon cleared her throat, uncomfortable in the silence. "Um, how's the game going, you guys?" Kenta and Hirakazu didn't reply, too absorbed in the game to notice. Takato shifted, then stood and walked over to watch them. The brown-eyed girl sighed. The quiet was way too much. Turning to Juri and Ruki, she tried again. "How have you two been lately?"
"Well enough." Juri said, sounding anything but 'well enough'.
Ruki was silent. She pulled out her hair tie and demolished the braid, letting her now longer-then-shoulder-length hair tumble down. She didn't seem to be in the talking mood. Not like she ever WAS.
"Ha! I win!" Hirakazu stood and assumed his 'victory' pose, which wasn't really all that surprising. He could beat anyone but Ryo, Ruki, and Jenrya, when the blue-haired boy actually played the game. No one was sure if he could beat Juri, since she had never played against him.
"You don't have to brag." Kenta glared.
"Aw, c'mon. It's fun to play, anyways. I just think it's even more fun to win!" Hirakazu punched Kenta in the shoulder lightly, and to Shuicon's surprise, the other boy didn't look too mad. "And I won!"
"You're a sore winner."
"Is that even a term? And you're a sore loser." The brown-haired boy shrugged. "Anyways, I won, I won, I won!"
Ruki rolled her eyes. "Great, Visor-head. We're all so happy for you. So shut up already." She pushed some of her hair over her shoulder. Shuicon started to smile. The tension was lightening a bit, for a while, she hoped.
"Hey! Don't tell me what to do!"
"Why shouldn't I? You obviously can't be left to your own devices, as shown through many, many disasters in the digital world." The auburn haired girl arched an eyebrow. "You mean to tell me you're suddenly capable of doing things without my instruction?"
"You mean criticism! And as if I ever needed you! I can do things just fine on my own!"
"Would you like me to name all of the times that prove otherwise, Visor-head?"
Hirakazu fumed. "When will you stop calling me that?!"
"Never. You'll never reach the level where I can call you by an actual name." Ruki looked on in slight amusement as Hirakazu began to rant. "Anyways, why should I do what you want me to?"
"Stop it, you two. No useless fighting." Takato glared at them, and Juri felt herself sigh along with Shuicon. The two had been playing, in a way, loosening up the atmosphere. But Takato was still angry, to say the least, and he probably hadn't noticed that fact. "Don't provoke everyone, Ruki. It does no one any good. You're just being annoying."
The auburn-haired girl shrunk back a bit, anger filling her. She pushed the thoughts away and muttered something that sounded like an 'okay', though she herself wasn't quite sure exactly what was muttered.
"How'd I lose, anyways?" Kenta examined the board. "It doesn't make sense."
"If you hadn't made this move, you might have won." Ryo, whose presence had gone undetected until that moment, pointed to something, then launched into a complicated explanation of exactly what had happened.
Ruki imagined strangling the boy, until he straightened.
"Anyways, what's up, everyone?"
"Nothing much." Takato smiled, probably for the first time during the meeting. "Where'd you learn all that?"
"He's the Digimon King. Duh." Hirakazu looked thoughtful. "I'll have to make sure I don't give Kenta-kun an opening like that ever again."
"I wish I had thought of that move before." Kenta added wistfully. "It would be nice to win for once."
"Nothing." Juri said, still not sounding well.
"Me neither. It sure is a horrid day, though." Shuicon said, shivering.
Ruki frowned. She didn't think it was a horrid day. Rain was wonderful. It was wet cold fresh and smelled pretty like a perfume she couldn't name. You could stand in the grass as the rain fell, bare-footed, and wriggle your toes, and laugh at the sensation.
"I could tutor you if you like." Ryo said to Kenta, smiling. "Then maybe you could win sometimes."
"Really?! That's great!"
"Can I come to the lessons too?" Takato asked. "I still haven't quite managed to beat Kazu-kun every time we play. He needs to know what it feels like."
"Sure." Ryo smiled again.
"I'm coming too! No way are you guys gonna learn anything I can't!" Takato and Kenta groaned.
"Kazu-kun, that would ruin the entire purpose of the lessons." Takato said.
"So? I'm not gonna let you two get better then me. I'll be a sore winner to the end!"
"Sorry I'm late." Jenrya hurried in, and smiled. "I got lost in the crowds near the shops. Valentine's is coming up, I guess."
"Yeah." Takato said, nodding. "We'll start now, then."
"Yeah." Ryo sat down beside Takato, and Jenrya found a chair to sit on.
END CHAPTER
Note: o.O; That was short. Not as short as the prologue, but short all the same. I hope that I can write a longer chapter next time. Bye for now! Please review!
Side Note: This story will be quite long, but it shouldn't take me all that long to finish it. I think. I hope. Anyways, I hope it's not too horrid. Since a few of you out there liked it, I'll be happy for that. I always am. Bye for now!
English-Japanese
Jeri-Juri
Takato-Takato
Henry-Jenrya (Last name is Lee)
Suzy-Shuicon (Last name is Lee)
Rika-Ruki (Last name is Makino)
Kenta-Kenta
Kazu-Hirakazu
Ryo-Ryo
Various Words and phrases (Japanese and Chinese to English.):
1)Ohayou - hello 2) onii - brother 3) Yo - yo 4) chotto matte - wait a minute, hold on 5) hai - yes 6) Tadaima - I'm home 7) Gomen nasai - I'm sorry 8) Daijoubu - okay 9) Arigatou - Thanks 10) Hontou - Really? 11) Ne - like asking for agreement.like putting 'okay?' at the end of a sentence 12) Ano. - ummm. 13) Baka - silly, stupid...a million things really...all depends on the context 14) O-yasumi - goodnight 15) Onegai - please 16) furin: a wind bell with a small piece of paper hanging from it; seen in a lot of animé 17) zettai daijoubu desu yo - everything will always be alright! 18) Sono mama de iinda - stay the way you are 18) hanasa nai de - please don't leave me/ don't let go Ikimasu! - let's go 19) Wo ai ni - I love you 20) Aishiteru - I love you 21) Konbanwa - Good evening 22) Konnichiwa - Good morning 23) Kawaii - cute 24) Ogenki desuka - How are you? 25) Daijoubu desuka - Are you alright?
Hues of Violet, Shades of Gray~~A Digimon Tamers Fanfiction
By Forever3330
Chapter One: Behind This Face
Sometimes when it rains, you can walk outside and tilt your head up to the heavens, letting rain fall around and on you. It runs over your skin, soaking in, leaking into every part of you, until you are the cold fresh wetness that dances down to the ground, hurrying to seep into whatever opens up to you. You become the rain.
And that is when you leave every worry and fear behind, simply BEING, not any particular creature, just the world itself, and the rare pure beauty that can be found within it.
Then it ends.
Jerked out of his thoughts, feeling a tug on his sleeve, the blue- haired boy looked down. His younger sister was looking at him with concern, her brow furrowed. "Nii-san, what's wrong? You've been zoning out for a while now." Shuicon, more often referred to as Suzie, tilted her head, long chestnut hair tumbling over her shoulder. "Are you feeling sick?" Twelve years old, she came up to his shoulder, seeming to have gotten the growth spurt she had been wishing for.
Jenrya blinked, then smiled. "No. Just thinking about a school project, is all." He turned back to what he had been observing. Sakura trees with raindrops bouncing off of them. The blossoms weren't quite in bloom yet, though he knew that when they did there would be festivals and summer would have come.
"What's it about?"
Damn. Hadn't anticipated that question. He really must be getting slow, even though he was only sixteen. "Um.We're supposed to read about foreign cultures, and then write a report with some visuals to help out."
"We? It's a group project?" The younger girl smiled. "Who's your partner?"
"You wouldn't know him."
"I might." She looked determined.
"My partner's.Harumada Hiito. He's the type most don't notice." Probably because he doesn't exist.
"Oh. You're right; I've never heard of him." Shuicon glanced back at the Sakura trees, then sighed. "Come on. We have to get to the Tamers meeting. It's a good thing Ruki-san's Mother and Grandmother are out. We can't all fit in the old meeting place, and the rain is dreadful."
"You go ahead. I want to look around the park for a few more moments." The blue-haired teen smiled, slipping his hands inside of his light jacket.
Shuicon rolled her eyes. "Niiiiiiii-chan! Fine. I'll tell Takato-kun and the others that you'll be a little late."
"Arigatou." Jenrya waved as his sister ran out of sight, holding tightly to her umbrella. To his knowledge, he didn't own an umbrella. He never used one, and his parents had given up on trying to convince him to wear even a hooded jacket. Jenrya insisted on a windbreaker only, no hood.
Because he liked the feelings rain upon your skin brought. Liked the way all fears and worries and dreams and hopes drifted away, leaving him empty, letting him simply EXIST.
There were no thoughts of the Tamers' problems, of school, of his family, of anything. No thoughts of death or life or anything in-between. No Tamer's asking him for advice on problems. No nothing.
It was simple enough to fool them, now that he had the hang of it. In a way, he had always been wearing his face as a mask of sorts. But it was becoming tiring to have to do such a thing, to keep himself together and calm. Like he had to.
For everyone.
Everyone.oh. The meeting. Right. Shaking his head, Jenrya started to walk in the direction Shuicon had set off running.
~
Sitting down upon her best friend's bed, Juri wondered what was happening to the team. Battles amongst the Tamers were ripping them apart, tearing the seams between them slowly. There was no way they could handle problems in the digital world if this kept up. Takato slowed to a walk as he ran up to the door of Ruki's room, and sat carefully across the room from Juri. As far away as he could get. The brunette sniffed and turned her head. She was NOT going to talk to him. She knew the fight was stupid, in a way, childish, but it really couldn't be helped. She would not, could not, forgive him.
Kenta and Hirakazu already had seats by Ruki's low table, and were occupying themselves with a friendly game of Digimon cards. Well, semi- friendly. Things had become tense between them for a while, and though Juri knew the reason behind these tensions, it wasn't really her place to say anything.
Shuicon plopped down beside her, breathing hard, cheeks flushed. "Nii- san will be a little late. He wanted to walk in the park a bit more."
"Daijoubu." Juri said, her voice soft. Words between most of the Tamers now seemed fragile, as if they could break by just being said. "I don't think Jenrya-san will let that slow him down all that much."
"Yeah. You admire him for being slow, I bet. Thoughtful." Takato's words were harsher then hers, being aimed at her, and meant to sting.
"Gomen ne. I didn't mean to be late. Last period ran a little late." Or it would have, if she had been there. Ruki entered, slippers padding softly on the floor. Her hair was still up, and she was wearing an oversized maroon sweater. Ruki had started wearing sweaters a few years back, around the time when she had become more quiet-for Ruki, anyways. And less sarcastic. She usually ignored the others, for the most part, but wasn't engaged in any of the fights. That left her in a worse position. She was often pushed to take sides, and trying to stay neutral took lots of energy.
"Renamon let me in. Nothing to worry about." Juri smiled slightly, though hurt was still in her eyes. "She said something about going out for a while. I think she went to round up those of us who didn't get the info about the meeting."
"Daijoubu." The auburn-haired girl pulled over a stool from her desk, which was by the window, and sat down. She tugged one sleeve down more, although they already covered a good portion of her hands. No one really knew what she did to herself, and she wasn't in any hurry to let them find out. Tracing an imaginary line on her khakis, she kept her head down. Looking up would mean meeting someone's eyes. Meeting someone's eyes would mean possibly displaying herself. Her true self. Her self they couldn't see.
Shuicon cleared her throat, uncomfortable in the silence. "Um, how's the game going, you guys?" Kenta and Hirakazu didn't reply, too absorbed in the game to notice. Takato shifted, then stood and walked over to watch them. The brown-eyed girl sighed. The quiet was way too much. Turning to Juri and Ruki, she tried again. "How have you two been lately?"
"Well enough." Juri said, sounding anything but 'well enough'.
Ruki was silent. She pulled out her hair tie and demolished the braid, letting her now longer-then-shoulder-length hair tumble down. She didn't seem to be in the talking mood. Not like she ever WAS.
"Ha! I win!" Hirakazu stood and assumed his 'victory' pose, which wasn't really all that surprising. He could beat anyone but Ryo, Ruki, and Jenrya, when the blue-haired boy actually played the game. No one was sure if he could beat Juri, since she had never played against him.
"You don't have to brag." Kenta glared.
"Aw, c'mon. It's fun to play, anyways. I just think it's even more fun to win!" Hirakazu punched Kenta in the shoulder lightly, and to Shuicon's surprise, the other boy didn't look too mad. "And I won!"
"You're a sore winner."
"Is that even a term? And you're a sore loser." The brown-haired boy shrugged. "Anyways, I won, I won, I won!"
Ruki rolled her eyes. "Great, Visor-head. We're all so happy for you. So shut up already." She pushed some of her hair over her shoulder. Shuicon started to smile. The tension was lightening a bit, for a while, she hoped.
"Hey! Don't tell me what to do!"
"Why shouldn't I? You obviously can't be left to your own devices, as shown through many, many disasters in the digital world." The auburn haired girl arched an eyebrow. "You mean to tell me you're suddenly capable of doing things without my instruction?"
"You mean criticism! And as if I ever needed you! I can do things just fine on my own!"
"Would you like me to name all of the times that prove otherwise, Visor-head?"
Hirakazu fumed. "When will you stop calling me that?!"
"Never. You'll never reach the level where I can call you by an actual name." Ruki looked on in slight amusement as Hirakazu began to rant. "Anyways, why should I do what you want me to?"
"Stop it, you two. No useless fighting." Takato glared at them, and Juri felt herself sigh along with Shuicon. The two had been playing, in a way, loosening up the atmosphere. But Takato was still angry, to say the least, and he probably hadn't noticed that fact. "Don't provoke everyone, Ruki. It does no one any good. You're just being annoying."
The auburn-haired girl shrunk back a bit, anger filling her. She pushed the thoughts away and muttered something that sounded like an 'okay', though she herself wasn't quite sure exactly what was muttered.
"How'd I lose, anyways?" Kenta examined the board. "It doesn't make sense."
"If you hadn't made this move, you might have won." Ryo, whose presence had gone undetected until that moment, pointed to something, then launched into a complicated explanation of exactly what had happened.
Ruki imagined strangling the boy, until he straightened.
"Anyways, what's up, everyone?"
"Nothing much." Takato smiled, probably for the first time during the meeting. "Where'd you learn all that?"
"He's the Digimon King. Duh." Hirakazu looked thoughtful. "I'll have to make sure I don't give Kenta-kun an opening like that ever again."
"I wish I had thought of that move before." Kenta added wistfully. "It would be nice to win for once."
"Nothing." Juri said, still not sounding well.
"Me neither. It sure is a horrid day, though." Shuicon said, shivering.
Ruki frowned. She didn't think it was a horrid day. Rain was wonderful. It was wet cold fresh and smelled pretty like a perfume she couldn't name. You could stand in the grass as the rain fell, bare-footed, and wriggle your toes, and laugh at the sensation.
"I could tutor you if you like." Ryo said to Kenta, smiling. "Then maybe you could win sometimes."
"Really?! That's great!"
"Can I come to the lessons too?" Takato asked. "I still haven't quite managed to beat Kazu-kun every time we play. He needs to know what it feels like."
"Sure." Ryo smiled again.
"I'm coming too! No way are you guys gonna learn anything I can't!" Takato and Kenta groaned.
"Kazu-kun, that would ruin the entire purpose of the lessons." Takato said.
"So? I'm not gonna let you two get better then me. I'll be a sore winner to the end!"
"Sorry I'm late." Jenrya hurried in, and smiled. "I got lost in the crowds near the shops. Valentine's is coming up, I guess."
"Yeah." Takato said, nodding. "We'll start now, then."
"Yeah." Ryo sat down beside Takato, and Jenrya found a chair to sit on.
END CHAPTER
Note: o.O; That was short. Not as short as the prologue, but short all the same. I hope that I can write a longer chapter next time. Bye for now! Please review!