Dark Shadow: I am back!!!!!
Chapter 7 = Prunes And Telling The Others
Jeri was having the time of her life at this party. It was over at Chris's best friend's house whose name is Jared. Anyways, Jeri was dancing in the middle of the living room with Chris. Poor Jeri. She's drunk! Jeri knew that drinking was a bad idea, and plus, she was too young! That's why she didn't drink beer or any alcohol, or so she thought. Someone had put something in her Coke! So she became as drunk as… well, she became drunk.
~~~Next Day… Ryo's House~~~
' Stupid sun…' Rika thought as she opened her eyes. It was another morning, another day. ' Hmm, guess I'll get up and see if Mr. Perfect is awake…' Rika got up and went out of the bedroom. She walked down the hall into a larger room known as the living room/family room. There was Ryo. Ryo was there, but asleep. He had slept on the couch. Who knows why? The television was left on last night. ' He must have fell asleep watching TV.' Rika thought.
Rika walked to the kitchen and decided not to wait for Ryo to eat. She was hungry and didn't want to wait. ' Hmm, what should I have this morning?' Rika asked herself looking through a whole bunch of cupboards. ' Why doesn't Akiyama have anything to eat?! There's nothing but prunes in the house!'
" Watcha doin?"
" Crap! Don't scare me like that Akiyama!" Rika yelled.
" Sorry. Well, there's nothing in this house to eat, you know. I usually go out for something to eat…" Ryo explained,"… unless… you want to eat prunes…" Ryo then made a face…
" No, I do not want to eat prunes! Why the hell do you have prunes anyways?" Rika asked.
" My grandmother comes by every one in a while and she gives me prunes… she says its good for my health." Ryo said.
" O-kay…well, lets go somewhere to eat." Rika demanded.
" Where do you want to go Wildcat?" He asked bowing down before her.
" Stop messing around Ryo. You get too annoying sometimes." Rika said walking towards the door." Lets go to Takato's bakery and get some bread. When we have our bread we can go to the park, and sit on a bench to eat."
" Sounds kind of romantic." Ryo said with a smile on.
" Not if we invite Takato along with us." Rika said watching Ryo's expression. " I was just kidding."
" No, no. It's okay. Invite Takato," Ryo played around," Yes. You love Takato. We all know, Rika. Maybe Takato will fall for you when we go to his bakery. Yes. Now I see. You're using me to come with you because you want to get him jealous." Ryo was ready to run out the door.
" Why you little creep!" Rika shouted. Rika knew he was just playing around, so she decided to pretend to try and catch Ryo and strangle him.
Ryo ran out the door headed towards Takato's house/bakery. Along the way Ryo waved to people who said hi to him. As Ryo ran, he saw Rika was catching up to him. ' Dang. She's faster than ever.' Ryo thought.
Soon they both were at the bakery out of breath. " Uh… hi?" Takato greeted at the front counter. Rika hit Ryo on the head.
" Ouch…" Ryo plainly said.
" What are you guys doing here?" Takato asked.
" We're here to buy some bread stupid. What else?" Rika said in a rude tone.
" We're also here because she loves you." Ryo said. When he had finished saying that he started laughing. Then Rika hit Ryo on the head again, but harder.
" Erika? You like me?" Takato asked.
" No. This little kid was just messing around. I don't like you! I like R-…" Rika had cut off her sentence.
" Oh, by the way, Takato. This isn't Erika. This is Rika." Ryo said smirking. ' I wonder who Rika likes? She must like someone. She was just about to say their name…'
" Rika? Is it really you?" Takato asked.
" It sure is goggle head. The one and only Rika Nonaka. Yup, that's me." Rika said. ' Where in the world did that sentence come from?! I don't like you… I like Ryo? Do I like him? Or was it just a sentence I messed up saying?' Rika thought.
" Well, hi Rika! Who else knows about you being alive and not dead?" Takato asked.
" Nobody." Ryo answered.
" Takato. We came here for one reason, and one reason only." Rika said.
" To tell me you're alive?" Takato answered.
" No! Let me give you a hint… BAKERY! FOOD! HUNGRY!" Rika yelled.
" Oh!. What do you want?" Takato asked.
" We just want a few cream puffs." Ryo answered.]
" Why are you always answering my questions? What if I don't want cream puffs?!" Rika said getting angry.
" Well, sorry. Do you want cream puffs, Wildcat?" Ryo asked.
" Yes, but stop answering my questions!" Rika was now in anger mode.
Takato could only watch this arguing conversation with a sweat drop. ' Hmm, they sure argue a lot…' He thought.
" Are you getting our cream puffs or not goggle head?!" Rika yelled.
" Oh, yeah. Sorry. I forgot." Takato said as he got four cream puffs. Ryo and Rika paid Takato and left the bakery.
" Well, I don't want to go to the park anymore." Rika said.
" What do you want to do?" Ryo asked as he pulled out a cream puff from the bag, and handing Rika one.
" How about we go tell Henry?" Rika said.
" Okay, fine with me, Pumpkin." Ryo said as he gave Rika a wink.
" Will you stop doing that?! And stop calling me Wildcat and Pumpkin!" Rika yelled. They started to walk towards Henry's house.
" Okay my queen." Ryo answered. Rika pushed Ryo playfully. The two walked in silence to Henry's house.
A few minutes later, Ryo broke the silence," Uh, Rika?"
" What, Akiyama?" Rika asked.
" Who do you like? I mean. You didn't even finish the guy's name." Ryo said.
" I like nobody. I uh, accidentally said that." Rika answered.
" Oh." Was all Ryo could say. They soon arrived at the navy blue haired boy's house.
*knock…Knock*
" Coming!" A voice said from behind the door. Ryo and Rika waited. Soon Henry answered the door with a smile. " Hello Ryo. Hello Erika."
" Hi Henry." Ryo said.
" Hey Henry. How ya doin?" Rika asked.
" I'm fine Erika." Henry said.
" Oh, yeah. By the way. My name's Rika." Rika said.
" Come on. Stop joking. We all know you're Erika." Henry said.
" No Henry. This is Rika. It really is her." Ryo told Henry.
" Rika is dead. This can't be Rika." Henry said.
" Well, it's me, Henry. Believe it or not." Rika said.
It took some time to get Henry to believe this really was Rika. It only took two hours to finally convince him. Rika just told Henry the long story about all the Digimon and the D-Reaper. About how she would biomerge with her partner Renamon. Stuff like that, only Rika would know.
" So, do you believe us now?" Ryo asked.
"…" Henry was speechless.
" Come on Henry. You know it's me." Rika said smiling. Henry gave Rika a hug.
" Rika… It's really you isn't it." Henry said.
" Yup. It's me. Uh, now can you let go?" Rika asked. Henry let go of the hug.
" Well, we gotta go and tell the others about this too." Ryo said.
" Okay. See ya two later." Henry said as he hut the door.
Rika and Ryo started walking. " Where to know?" Ryo asked.
"Let's go to Kazu's house." Rika said.
" Fine with me." Ryo said.
They walked and walked. Henry and Kazu lived about a mile from Henry's house. The two walked in silence. Soon, Ryo had thought of something. He wanted to ask Rika.
" Uh, Rika?" Ryo asked.
" What do you need, Akiyama?" Rika asked.
" …"
" Come on. Spit it out." Rika said.
" Never mind." Ryo said.
" Ugh, whatever." The tow kept walking.
Soon they got to their destination. *knock…knock*
Kazu answered the door. " Hey Ryo!"
" Hey Kazu." Ryo said.
" What's up dude?" Kazu asked.
" This will be easy." Ryo whispered to Rika. " Nothing really." Ryo said.
" Okay. Oh, hi Erika." Kazu said.
" Kazu, this is Rika. Not Erika." Ryo said.
"… How can that be Rika when Rika is dead?" Kazu asked.
" Long story." Rika said.
" Just believe me Kazu. This is Rika." Ryo told Kazu.
" Okay." Was Kazu's plain and simple answer.
" And will you tell Kenta too?" Ryo asked.
" Sure. Kenta will be here soon to read comics with me. I'll tell him." Kazu answered.
The three said their good byes, and the two were off again… to tell the last person.
" Smart move." Rika said. She is talking about the, Tell Kenta Too thing.
" Thanks." Ryo said smirking.
" You just saved us an extra trip. Now off to Jeri's house." Rika said.
Ryo and Rika headed towards Jeri's mansion. It wasn't very far away.
" Ryo." Ria said.
" What?" Ryo asked.
" I, uh, I er… I think you should, um, throw away your prunes." Rika said. She was going to say something else, but it didn't feel like the right time yet.
" I agree." Ryo said. He knew Rika was going to say something else, but he didn't want to pry it outta her or else she'd get mad.
" They stink up your kitchen… it smells like prunes!" Rika argued.
" Okay, okay. I'll throw them away." Ryo said.
" You better. And actually go to this one place. It's something normal people go to. Its called the grocery store." Rika said.
" Yes, I know. I'm not that stupid." Ryo said.
" Yes you are." Rika teased.
Soon Ryo and Rika started messing around with each other about how stupid they were, and about the prunes.
" Did your grandmother actually give you those prunes?" Rika asked laughing.
" Of course! Why would I need prunes?" Ryo said. ' It's nice to see I am actually making Rika laugh. I thought I'd never be able to make her laugh.'
The two teens were soon at Jeri's mansion.
* Knock…Knock…Knock…*
Rika and Ryo waited for someone to answer the door… Nobody was answering. So they knocked again.
" Maybe she's not home." Rika said.
" Hmm, maybe we should go inside." Ryo told Rika.
" Maybe you're right for once, Akiyama. I have a bad feeling we're going to find something bad in there." Rika said.
The two opened the door…………
Dark Shadow: That's all I have for you
Dark Angel: I still disagree with you. Jeri and Takato should be together!
Dark Heart: ZzZzZzZzZ……… *snore*
Devie: Get her off of me! She's sleeping on my shoulder!!!!!!
Dark Shadow: C ya l8erz' *wink*