The Story of Us
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by summer dragonfly
Chapter VII
"A Disturbance in the Digital World"
A/N: Hello! I got emails from quite a few of you asking "When does Ryo get amnesia?" My answer:
Not for a while. The main story line doesn't start until at least chapter ten. Since this IS a story
of Ryo and Rika's love, I do have to include the earlier moments, you know. I've already sketched it
out and have come up with the events of it, but haven't written it all down yet. Patience, my good
friends...;P. Well anyway, I've been trying to do a songfic, I really have, I just haven't found
one suitable for the story line and chapters. I try to make the song fit in with the chapter, not
the other way around. Well, enjoy!
P.S. Huge thanks to taidigimon, who gave me some very helpful feedback on the previous chapters.
He/she(it's impossible to tell over the net) told me that Rika didn't sound like herself. Reading
back on that, I think taidigimon's right. I'm doing my very best to keep them as in character as
possible, but that's kinda hard since both Ryo and Rika aren't the type of people just to come
out and confess their love. Thanks again, taidigimon.
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Rika was sitting on the uncomfortable airport chair, one leg jiggling impatiently as she drained
the last of her ice-cold soda.
She looked at her watch and groaned. "What could be keeping him?"
"Maybe he wanted to surprise you." said someone behind her.
Rika turned around. "Ryo!"
Ryo gave her a hug. "I missed you, too, Rika."
Rika smiled at him. "Who ever said I missed you?"
"Oh ok, maybe I should just go over there to that group of girls. They'd miss me if I were gone."
Rika eyed him. "I'm just kidding, you know that."
"So you did miss me?"
"A little." Rika said innocently.
"I knew that," Ryo said, starting to get egotistical again. "I'm totally missable."
She laughed, knowing the type of person Ryo was. *I'm sure that he'll never leave me for good...
I hope.*
* * *
Six years later. Everyone is 20 years old, except Ryo, who is 21. The gang has drifted apart over
the years as they started college. Only Kazu and Kenta still remained in touch.
It had been a while since Ryo and Rika last saw each other. It was spring break, and Rika took
a trip to see Ryo at HIS college in Sapporo. They had broken up, because they had gotten in a
tremendous fight. A long distance relationship was hard work, as Rika had soon found out. And she
couldn't handle it.
"Calculus II is a nightmare," Rika groaned. "So hard and boring."
*But if I ever want to run my own computer business,* Rika thought guiltily, *I have to study this
stuff. Thank God that my minor is business. At least that's a little better.*
She twirled a yellow #2 pencil between her fingers while drinking a big cup of cappucino. Her
eyes lingered over to a nearby photo of her and Ryo at spring break last year.
She sighed. "I can't believe I still have this." She took the photo and faced it down.
Rika jumped as the phone rang. Ignoring her roommate's loud snores, she picked it up. "Hello?"
"Is this the room of Rika Nonaka?" said a deep voice.
"Yes, and this is she." Rika wondered what was up. "How may I help you?"
"This is agent Y from the former Hypnos program."
Rika gasped. "Hyp---Hypnos? As in the---"
"---former secret government project to eliminate any traces of artificial life, yes."
"But I thought---that was gone--over with---"
"Yes it was, Ms. Nonaka. As you may already know, the Hypnos base was destroyed by a malfunction
in the---"
"...Juggernaut execution." Rika finished. "What--what is this all about?"
"That's what I'm telling you." the man, Agent Y, said. "We have made some shocking develoments."
"About DIGIMON?" Rika exclaimed. "How---"
"We're not exactly sure, but our research team has indeed found some new Digimon trying to
bioemerge into the real world again."
Rika was now very confused. "I don't get it---what does this have to do with me?"
"We have contacted your other friends---" Agent Y paused. "Um, Takato Matsuki, Henry Wong---"
"---we can't help you, Agent Y. We haven't got our Digimon anymore."
"I'm well aware of that."
"Then how---"
"Your knowledge of Digimon still may provide some use to us."
"What---" Rika sputtered.
"As I understand it, you are within 20 minutes car travel time to West Shinjuku park, are you not?"
"Yes, but my friends---"
"We have already contacted them. You are the last to be told."
*Why does everyone know what's going on before me?* Rika thought angrily. "Do you want me to meet
you there?"
"Yes, please. You'd best get going right now."
"All right." Rika was still pretty shocked. "I'll be right there."
* * *
The wheels of Rika's car came to a screeching halt as she got out and ran to the entrance of the
park. She stopped dead in her tracks, looking at the group of people that stood there.
*It's them.* She said, gazing at her old friends. "Wha---"
"Hi Rika!" Jeri squealed, running to Rika and hugging her. "Hello, hello, hello!"
"Jer---Jeri?" Rika said in disbelief. *So, Jeri is still her happy-go-lucky peachy self.*
Jeri nodded vigorously. "I haven't seen you in so long!"
And the reunion was made. It turned out that Jeri was studying to be a pediatrician.
"I've always loved kids," she said enthusiastically.
Rika smiled. "What are you doing, Henry?"
"I'm going to be an engineer."
"That's great! I'm doing that, plus I'm minoring in business, so you might be working for me one
day!"
"I can't wait," Henry said, and everyone laughed.
"What about you, Takato?" Jeri said shyly.
"My dad wants me to become a lawyer," Takato said sadly. "But my major right now is undecided."
"For two years, now?" Henry said. "I thought you were going to be a curator or something."
Takato laughed. "Me too."
Kazu finally spoke up. "I'm a standup comedian."
"You don't say," Rika said, turning to him. "Really?"
"Yep." Kazu said proudly. "Been doing comedy clubs every night."
"Well, I'm going to be a bank manager." said Kenta.
"I'm sure you will." Takato smiled.
"Hey, you guys..." Rika said, looking around. "Where's---where's Ryo?"
Everyone looked down. Jeri approached Rika. "He's--not coming."
"He's not?" Rika's heart sank like an anchor. "How come?"
"Too much work, I guess." Jeri said quietly.
"I know Sapporo is far from here and everything, but---"
"What is it, Rika?"
Rika shook her head. "Nothing. I was just hoping to see him, that's all."
"I hear you two broke up!" Kazu said, and Henry and Takato dived in to shut him up.
"I'm sorry, Rika." Jeri said.
"That's OK. I guess it wasn't meant to be after all."
Everyone looked away, not sure of how to act.
"Thank you for coming." said the same deep voice, emerging from the shadows.
"Let me guess," said Kenta. "Agent Y?"
The man took his hat and sunglasses off. "Yes."
"YAMAKI?!" everyone shouted at once.
Yamaki smiled. "Please. Come with me."
* * *
Everybody was in Yamaki's small, cramped office, looking around. It had been quite a while since
they were there, and Yamaki still hadn't said a thing. He was just writing something on a piece
of paper.
Rika had had enough. "You care to tell us what this is about, Mr. Yamaki?"
"Hmm?" Yamaki looked up. "Yes, all right. Here goes."
He took a deep breath. "Everyone remember D-Reaper?"
"Too well." Kazu shuddered as if he remembered a very foul and ugly memory, which was true.
"Well, new developments have shown that..." Yamaki paused. "When Juggernaut was executed inside the
Digimon MegaGargomon..."
"Yes??" Henry asked anxiously.
"...the D-Reaper was sent back to the Digital World in its original, harmless size, right? We thought
it could do no more damage, but..."
"But what?" Takato had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.
"Before the D-Reaper had all of its destruction capabilities sucked out of itself, it used whatever
evil energy it had left to---to---"
"To what?" Jeri whimpered.
"...to create a back-up army."
All that were in the room except Yamaki gasped.
"The army seems to be in the form that D-Reaper's agents were. After all these years...it seems
that some Digimon have awaken them by accident."
"A-A-A-Awakened?" Rika stammmered.
"Yes." Even Yamaki was trembling. "But the good news is that..."
"Good news? There's good news?" Kenta asked.
"We have discovered their motive: to take another human being into study."
"No!" Jeri screamed. "Not again!"
"Jeri, calm down," Takato said nervously, putting his arm around her. "Calm down!"
"That's not good news!" Kazu shouted.
"We've looked at their schematics, for they're just artificial bits of data, right? And it says that
since the D-Reaper had very little power left when they were created, after they've taken a human
hostage and studied them, therefore completing their goal, they will automatically be destroyed."
"Self-destruct?" Henry's expression was now very grave.
"Might be. Or another form of killing themselves off." Yamaki sighed. "To make a long story short,
all they need is a human's life to be destroyed."
"What will they do with a human once they get one?" Rika gulped.
"We're not exactly sure, but they will study this human being and possibly destroy that person or
send them elsewhere."
"What good is it to gather human data if you're just going to be destroyed afterward?" Takato said.
"They'll go to the place where all dead Digimon go, and there they'll try to recreate themselves
again using human knowledge. Because after all, we humans were the ones that created Digimon. Once
they're recreated again, there's no stopping them."
Now, the atmosphere of the room had become scared and afraid. All the people were now panicky and
fearful.
"I'm sure that if we look into it, we can create a program that will abolish them for good before
they get the chance to recreate themselves." Yamaki said with confidence. "We can do it."
"Well, you better get started." Rika stood up. "We'll do the best we can to help you."
"Yeah!" Kazu said. "It'll be like old times, fighting against evil!"
"I want you to understand that this is a very serious matter," Yamaki told them all. "You are all
adults now."
"We understand." Henry got up, too.
"We'll destroy all of the D-Reaper's backup agents!" Takato said, helping Jeri to her feet. "What
do you say, Jeri?"
"O--Ok." Jeri said with difficulty.
"There's also one more thing." Yamaki said.
"What now?" Kenta was already nervous.
"The back up army will only try to capture a human being with substantial Digimon knowledge."
Rika gasped. "That means---"
"There's a very high possibility that one of you will be captured."
Jeri panicked again. "Oh no!"
"We can't have any of you abducted, so for the time being you should all stay in this building for
your safety, understand?"
There came a chorus of 'sures' and 'OKs' from the group.
"What about Ryo?" said Rika, and everybody looked at her. "Does he know? What about HIS safety?"
Yamaki was silent.
"WELL?" Rika said.
Yamaki refused to answer.
...end of chapter VII!
A/N: Please don't kill me because I broke Ryo and Rika up!! I guess you'll just have to keep reading
to see what happens huh? I'm a bad girl, I know. ;D
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
by summer dragonfly
Chapter VII
"A Disturbance in the Digital World"
A/N: Hello! I got emails from quite a few of you asking "When does Ryo get amnesia?" My answer:
Not for a while. The main story line doesn't start until at least chapter ten. Since this IS a story
of Ryo and Rika's love, I do have to include the earlier moments, you know. I've already sketched it
out and have come up with the events of it, but haven't written it all down yet. Patience, my good
friends...;P. Well anyway, I've been trying to do a songfic, I really have, I just haven't found
one suitable for the story line and chapters. I try to make the song fit in with the chapter, not
the other way around. Well, enjoy!
P.S. Huge thanks to taidigimon, who gave me some very helpful feedback on the previous chapters.
He/she(it's impossible to tell over the net) told me that Rika didn't sound like herself. Reading
back on that, I think taidigimon's right. I'm doing my very best to keep them as in character as
possible, but that's kinda hard since both Ryo and Rika aren't the type of people just to come
out and confess their love. Thanks again, taidigimon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rika was sitting on the uncomfortable airport chair, one leg jiggling impatiently as she drained
the last of her ice-cold soda.
She looked at her watch and groaned. "What could be keeping him?"
"Maybe he wanted to surprise you." said someone behind her.
Rika turned around. "Ryo!"
Ryo gave her a hug. "I missed you, too, Rika."
Rika smiled at him. "Who ever said I missed you?"
"Oh ok, maybe I should just go over there to that group of girls. They'd miss me if I were gone."
Rika eyed him. "I'm just kidding, you know that."
"So you did miss me?"
"A little." Rika said innocently.
"I knew that," Ryo said, starting to get egotistical again. "I'm totally missable."
She laughed, knowing the type of person Ryo was. *I'm sure that he'll never leave me for good...
I hope.*
* * *
Six years later. Everyone is 20 years old, except Ryo, who is 21. The gang has drifted apart over
the years as they started college. Only Kazu and Kenta still remained in touch.
It had been a while since Ryo and Rika last saw each other. It was spring break, and Rika took
a trip to see Ryo at HIS college in Sapporo. They had broken up, because they had gotten in a
tremendous fight. A long distance relationship was hard work, as Rika had soon found out. And she
couldn't handle it.
"Calculus II is a nightmare," Rika groaned. "So hard and boring."
*But if I ever want to run my own computer business,* Rika thought guiltily, *I have to study this
stuff. Thank God that my minor is business. At least that's a little better.*
She twirled a yellow #2 pencil between her fingers while drinking a big cup of cappucino. Her
eyes lingered over to a nearby photo of her and Ryo at spring break last year.
She sighed. "I can't believe I still have this." She took the photo and faced it down.
Rika jumped as the phone rang. Ignoring her roommate's loud snores, she picked it up. "Hello?"
"Is this the room of Rika Nonaka?" said a deep voice.
"Yes, and this is she." Rika wondered what was up. "How may I help you?"
"This is agent Y from the former Hypnos program."
Rika gasped. "Hyp---Hypnos? As in the---"
"---former secret government project to eliminate any traces of artificial life, yes."
"But I thought---that was gone--over with---"
"Yes it was, Ms. Nonaka. As you may already know, the Hypnos base was destroyed by a malfunction
in the---"
"...Juggernaut execution." Rika finished. "What--what is this all about?"
"That's what I'm telling you." the man, Agent Y, said. "We have made some shocking develoments."
"About DIGIMON?" Rika exclaimed. "How---"
"We're not exactly sure, but our research team has indeed found some new Digimon trying to
bioemerge into the real world again."
Rika was now very confused. "I don't get it---what does this have to do with me?"
"We have contacted your other friends---" Agent Y paused. "Um, Takato Matsuki, Henry Wong---"
"---we can't help you, Agent Y. We haven't got our Digimon anymore."
"I'm well aware of that."
"Then how---"
"Your knowledge of Digimon still may provide some use to us."
"What---" Rika sputtered.
"As I understand it, you are within 20 minutes car travel time to West Shinjuku park, are you not?"
"Yes, but my friends---"
"We have already contacted them. You are the last to be told."
*Why does everyone know what's going on before me?* Rika thought angrily. "Do you want me to meet
you there?"
"Yes, please. You'd best get going right now."
"All right." Rika was still pretty shocked. "I'll be right there."
* * *
The wheels of Rika's car came to a screeching halt as she got out and ran to the entrance of the
park. She stopped dead in her tracks, looking at the group of people that stood there.
*It's them.* She said, gazing at her old friends. "Wha---"
"Hi Rika!" Jeri squealed, running to Rika and hugging her. "Hello, hello, hello!"
"Jer---Jeri?" Rika said in disbelief. *So, Jeri is still her happy-go-lucky peachy self.*
Jeri nodded vigorously. "I haven't seen you in so long!"
And the reunion was made. It turned out that Jeri was studying to be a pediatrician.
"I've always loved kids," she said enthusiastically.
Rika smiled. "What are you doing, Henry?"
"I'm going to be an engineer."
"That's great! I'm doing that, plus I'm minoring in business, so you might be working for me one
day!"
"I can't wait," Henry said, and everyone laughed.
"What about you, Takato?" Jeri said shyly.
"My dad wants me to become a lawyer," Takato said sadly. "But my major right now is undecided."
"For two years, now?" Henry said. "I thought you were going to be a curator or something."
Takato laughed. "Me too."
Kazu finally spoke up. "I'm a standup comedian."
"You don't say," Rika said, turning to him. "Really?"
"Yep." Kazu said proudly. "Been doing comedy clubs every night."
"Well, I'm going to be a bank manager." said Kenta.
"I'm sure you will." Takato smiled.
"Hey, you guys..." Rika said, looking around. "Where's---where's Ryo?"
Everyone looked down. Jeri approached Rika. "He's--not coming."
"He's not?" Rika's heart sank like an anchor. "How come?"
"Too much work, I guess." Jeri said quietly.
"I know Sapporo is far from here and everything, but---"
"What is it, Rika?"
Rika shook her head. "Nothing. I was just hoping to see him, that's all."
"I hear you two broke up!" Kazu said, and Henry and Takato dived in to shut him up.
"I'm sorry, Rika." Jeri said.
"That's OK. I guess it wasn't meant to be after all."
Everyone looked away, not sure of how to act.
"Thank you for coming." said the same deep voice, emerging from the shadows.
"Let me guess," said Kenta. "Agent Y?"
The man took his hat and sunglasses off. "Yes."
"YAMAKI?!" everyone shouted at once.
Yamaki smiled. "Please. Come with me."
* * *
Everybody was in Yamaki's small, cramped office, looking around. It had been quite a while since
they were there, and Yamaki still hadn't said a thing. He was just writing something on a piece
of paper.
Rika had had enough. "You care to tell us what this is about, Mr. Yamaki?"
"Hmm?" Yamaki looked up. "Yes, all right. Here goes."
He took a deep breath. "Everyone remember D-Reaper?"
"Too well." Kazu shuddered as if he remembered a very foul and ugly memory, which was true.
"Well, new developments have shown that..." Yamaki paused. "When Juggernaut was executed inside the
Digimon MegaGargomon..."
"Yes??" Henry asked anxiously.
"...the D-Reaper was sent back to the Digital World in its original, harmless size, right? We thought
it could do no more damage, but..."
"But what?" Takato had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.
"Before the D-Reaper had all of its destruction capabilities sucked out of itself, it used whatever
evil energy it had left to---to---"
"To what?" Jeri whimpered.
"...to create a back-up army."
All that were in the room except Yamaki gasped.
"The army seems to be in the form that D-Reaper's agents were. After all these years...it seems
that some Digimon have awaken them by accident."
"A-A-A-Awakened?" Rika stammmered.
"Yes." Even Yamaki was trembling. "But the good news is that..."
"Good news? There's good news?" Kenta asked.
"We have discovered their motive: to take another human being into study."
"No!" Jeri screamed. "Not again!"
"Jeri, calm down," Takato said nervously, putting his arm around her. "Calm down!"
"That's not good news!" Kazu shouted.
"We've looked at their schematics, for they're just artificial bits of data, right? And it says that
since the D-Reaper had very little power left when they were created, after they've taken a human
hostage and studied them, therefore completing their goal, they will automatically be destroyed."
"Self-destruct?" Henry's expression was now very grave.
"Might be. Or another form of killing themselves off." Yamaki sighed. "To make a long story short,
all they need is a human's life to be destroyed."
"What will they do with a human once they get one?" Rika gulped.
"We're not exactly sure, but they will study this human being and possibly destroy that person or
send them elsewhere."
"What good is it to gather human data if you're just going to be destroyed afterward?" Takato said.
"They'll go to the place where all dead Digimon go, and there they'll try to recreate themselves
again using human knowledge. Because after all, we humans were the ones that created Digimon. Once
they're recreated again, there's no stopping them."
Now, the atmosphere of the room had become scared and afraid. All the people were now panicky and
fearful.
"I'm sure that if we look into it, we can create a program that will abolish them for good before
they get the chance to recreate themselves." Yamaki said with confidence. "We can do it."
"Well, you better get started." Rika stood up. "We'll do the best we can to help you."
"Yeah!" Kazu said. "It'll be like old times, fighting against evil!"
"I want you to understand that this is a very serious matter," Yamaki told them all. "You are all
adults now."
"We understand." Henry got up, too.
"We'll destroy all of the D-Reaper's backup agents!" Takato said, helping Jeri to her feet. "What
do you say, Jeri?"
"O--Ok." Jeri said with difficulty.
"There's also one more thing." Yamaki said.
"What now?" Kenta was already nervous.
"The back up army will only try to capture a human being with substantial Digimon knowledge."
Rika gasped. "That means---"
"There's a very high possibility that one of you will be captured."
Jeri panicked again. "Oh no!"
"We can't have any of you abducted, so for the time being you should all stay in this building for
your safety, understand?"
There came a chorus of 'sures' and 'OKs' from the group.
"What about Ryo?" said Rika, and everybody looked at her. "Does he know? What about HIS safety?"
Yamaki was silent.
"WELL?" Rika said.
Yamaki refused to answer.
...end of chapter VII!
A/N: Please don't kill me because I broke Ryo and Rika up!! I guess you'll just have to keep reading
to see what happens huh? I'm a bad girl, I know. ;D
