Too Close To Be Apart

Con2020tran: Here is Chapter 2 of my new story. I can't believe that it took so long for me to actually go and type it, since I do have most of the story written out. Too much work and stress. Well anyways as I said before, whoever reviewed the first chapter; the story was deleted since it said that the story was not found. Maybe it's because of the fact that I tried to delete it after posting it...hehe...so review again, please:). I'm right now listening to 'Yuuhi No Yakusoku': the song from The Digimon Railway Express. Isn't it a great song? If only I knew what the lyrics were...

I wonder why people always say that my stories remind them of books that they have read, books that I haven't even heard of. Hmmm....

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, but I do own this story and the plot.

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Chapter 2: Two People Missing

Yama kept her eyes to the ground while she walked through the village. Her mind was still on the boy from her dream for some reason. She tried not to bump into anyone so they wouldn't notice that she was the princess. 'At least they (the King and Queen) haven't noticed that I'm gone yet...hopefully...not until an hour at least' Then, as she passed by a small shop, she heard voices. Curious by the fact that she heard her name, she tried hard to hear the conversation.

"You hear the news?" said one of the men. "Princess Yama is missing!"

"Again! This is the 2nd time that she has gone missing," said another.

"I hear that that is a reward of 2 shillings/16 cents in order to find her, 1 shilling more than last time!*" exclaimed the third man.

Yama quickly pulled away and began to walk in another direction. 'There's a price for me now? Damn. Now everyone's going to be looking for me, and I was just beginning to enjoy my walk too.' Off to the distance, she heard the sound of horses' hooves and voices of knights. She quickly walked away to another direction, making turns whenever she met a corner. She couldn't be caught; she had to get back to the castle first! Suddenly, as she turned to another corner of the road, she came into contact with another person, almost making her fall.

"Watch it!" she snapped at the boy who she had run into. The boy was wearing a maroon t-shirt and green jeans, and had brown hair. Yama glared right at the boy, but froze when she saw those familiar blue eyes look at her. This was the same boy from her dream, what did this all mean?

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Ryo looked at the girl that had ran into him, feeling sort of angry that she had told him to watch it when she had ran into him. His feeling of anger disappeared and turned into a feeling of confusion and happiness, when he saw those familiar violet eyes lock onto his blue ones. The same violet eyes that had crowded his dreams for the past three days. But he didn't understand something. Why was she in another dimension? Happiness quickly took over confusion.

"Rika! I've found you!" he exclaimed. "Now we can try to find a way to get back home. In case you haven't noticed, this isn't our dimension," he added, having travelled through dimensions before, so this dimension switch didn't really seem strange to him at all.

But Rika didn't seem to understand; she just continued to look at him in a confused sort of way. Finally she said, "Rika?"

Ryo felt a bit confused himself. "Umm...yeah, that's your name Rika."

Rika shook her head. "No, my name is..." but instead of continuing, she glared at Ryo. "My name is none of your business! And I don't even know you. I've believe that you've got the wrong person," she said and started walking around him but Ryo held her back.

"No, don't leave. First of all, I know that I've got the right person because I could NEVER mistake Rika for another person. Second, how could you not remember me? Ryo?" he quickly asked her.

"Number 1: How could you not mistake that person for another? You're doing it right now! Number 2: Because I don't. Number 3: Let Go!" Rika said, nearly shouting, trying to get his grip on her arm to loosen up. But Ryo held it firmly.

"No Rika, I won't let you go. What's wrong? Can't you recognize me?"

"Let go!" demanded Rika, being rougher in her attempt to escape.

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Yama quickly grew angry with this boy. She tried to get out of his grip, but he was too strong.

Suddenly, a person of even greater strength pushed the two quarrelling teenagers to the ground. Yama glared at the person who just pushed them, but she quickly turned away when she saw the shining visor of a knight looking back. The towering knight sat proudly on his brown stallion and questioned the two.

"Why are you two children fighting in public?" asked the knight in a gentle yet firm, strong way. "You don't want to be disturbing the rest of the people, or do you two need to be thrown into the dungeons for a day or two to know what it is like there?"

"What are your names and where are your parents?" questioned the knight.

Ryo stood up, brushing the dust off of his pants. "Ryo Akiyama, and my parents are in another dimension," he replied, grinning.

"Okay...and you?"

Yama just looked towards the ground; if she answered she would be brought back to the castle, if she didn't she would still be brought to the castle. Decisions, decisions.

The knight looked at Yama closely, waiting for an answer and almost fell over. "Princess Yama! I didn't know that it was you!"

'Darn,' thought Yama.

'What does he mean,' wondered Ryo.

"But still, why were you fighting with this peasant boy?" asked the knight. "I'm sure that King Peter and Queen May would like to hear about this. Fighting is already disallowed, but you, the princess fighting and with a peasant too. Yep, the king and queen would definitely wish to hear this."

"Could you possibly not tell them about this?" questioned Yama.

"Sorry, but those are my orders princess," and with that, the knight swiftly got off of his horse and lifted Yama up onto the saddle, despite the fact that she could get up on it perfectly well. With his right hand, he gestured for Ryo to follow.

Although Ryo could have ran away, he didn't want to for he wanted to find out what that knight meant. But more importantly, he wanted to stay by Rika's (or is it?) side. He had missed her when she was gone, now that he had found her, he could not be apart from her. He had to stay near her, no matter where she was going.

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(Meanwhile...)

A loud knock was heard at the door of the Nonaka residence, followed by a whole lot of loud knocks.

"I'm coming, I'm coming," said Rumiko and opened the door. In front of her stood an angry looking Mr. Akiyama.

"Where's Ryo?!" he shouted.

"No need to shout, I'm right here."

"Where is Ryo?" Mr. Akiyama asked through gritted teeth.

"Ryo? He's not here," answered Rumiko.

"What do you mean not here?! He said that him and his friends were going to go to YOUR house and then come straight HOME!" exclaimed Mr. Akiyama.

"Why don't you just BE QUIET!" shouted Rumiko. "It's the middle of the night. PEOPLE have to sleep you know! Now go before I call the police on you!"

"Go ahead and call, that way I can find out where Ryo is!" Ryo's father shouted, crossing his arms.

"Fine."

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(20 minutes later)

Takato, Henry, Jeri and all of their parents were at the police station with Rumiko and Mr. Akiyama. Most of them were pretty grumpy, having to been woken up in the middle of the night. Others were worried, what had they/their child done?

"What has happened? Did Jeri do something wrong?" asked Mrs. Katou, worried.

"I hope that Takato hasn't done anything wrong, it's the middle of the night!" exclaimed Mrs. Matsuki, grumpy.

"I'm not even sure if I can leave Jaarin at home, watching over the others," mumbled Janyu Wong, grumpy.

"Don't worry folks, your children haven't done anything wrong...yet," assured the police officer, whose nametag read Mike. "It's just that someone is missing and your children just happened to be there at the time he was last seen. Now I just have to ask them some questions..."

The parents all groaned.

This could take HOURS.

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(To the castle)

"What's that? Yama, you were involved in an argument with this boy?" asked King Peter.

"Yes, she was your majesty. I saw them arguing in the streets, disrupting the peace," replied the knight, now known as Sir Phillip.

The king shook his head. "I'll have to think of some form of punishment for this boy," then he looked at Ryo. "Do you not know the rules? No violence or argument is to be 'broadcasted' in public, unless it is a form of entertainment."

"Why did you run off anyways Yama?" questioned the Queen.

"That's none of your business," Yama snapped.

"Well, I have other decisions that are much urgent than this one. I believe that a night in the dungeons is a good punishment, for breaking a rule that has RARELY been broken before. After that, I will have to decide.

"As for you Yama, don't think that you will not be punished for leaving castle grounds without our permission and for not informing us that you were leaving the castle," Peter said to his 'daughter'. "You are to stay in your room until asked to come out, and someone will be sent to guard the door, so don't even think about leaving your room. Sir Phillip, take the boy to the dungeons for the night, then go and stand guard outside Princess Yama's door. Do not open the door without Queen May's or my permission," and with that, Peter and May left the Great Hall.

Yama watched as Ryo followed Sir Phillip, strangely without resistance, towards the door that led to the spiral staircase that led to the dungeons. When Ryo took one last look at her, their eyes locked yet again and time seemed to stand still. When time unfroze, Yama ran off to her room as Ryo walked through the door.

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~You don't remember me but I remember you

I lie awake and try so hard not to think of you

But who can decide what they dream?

And dream I do...

I believe in you

I'll give up everything just to find you

I have to be with you to live to breathe

You're taking over me

Have you forgotten all I know

And all we had?

You saw me mourning my love for you

And touched my hand

I knew you loved me then

I believe in you

I'll give up everything just to find you

I have to be with you to live to breathe

You're taking over me

I look in the mirror and see your face

If I look deep enough

So many things inside that are just like you are taking over

I believe in you

I'll give up everything just to find you

I have to be with you to live to breathe

You're taking over me

I believe in you

I'll give up everything just to find you

I have to be with you to live to breathe

You're taking over me~

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Con2020tran: Well, that's it: Chapter 2. I pretty much suck at writing stories like these, but hey, a girl can try right? The song was by Evanescence and called "Taking Over Me", thanks to Keyblade Oblivion. I had to rewrite this chapter of course, but Keyblade Oblivion took the time to review and give such a good song that I immediately wanted to put it in.

If anyone can give me any songs (I don't care what type, just give me a song), that would be really helpful because I'm not into any songs right now and I don't know what's what. Besides, most of the songs that I know either do not relate to this fic or I can't remember them. Please review! Please Review my story, give me suggestions, give me comments, just give me something! Like I said, I'm pretty much done this story (working on the last chapter!), all I have to do is edit and type it. Believe me, I have edited this chapter a whole lot. Too lazy to type though...