Wow, 16 reviews already! Soon, I'm going to have to update my stories once every week cause school's starting next week, and I still have yet to start Taiora and the SEQUEL. Oh yeah, I just realized that this story was suppose to take place in America… So this is BEFORE they go to America.

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN DIGIMON!!!!!

Okay here's the story!

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Dealing with Love

Chapter 4

Feelings Revealed

Rika had decided to take her extra time after school to go to some of the local card stores and look around. She was walking alone as usual and Renamon was watching from the shadows.

After a few weeks, Rika had successfully tamed her feelings for Takato. As she had just walked in, she bumped into someone. She was about to snap at the person but saw that it was none other than Gogglehead.

"Hi Rika!" Takato smiled.

Rika replied. "So what are you doing here, Goggles?"

"Getting some more cards." Takato happily replied as he looked at his Digimon cards. (A/N: After MaloMyotismon's defeat, people started making game cards of Digimon! The Digidestined do not know anything about this!)

Rika simply nodded and continued searching for some good cards.

'Well it's now or never!' Takato thought.

Takato: (nervously) "Umm… Rika?"

Rika: (Shuffling through Digimon Card boosters) "Yeah, Gogglehead?"

"Umm… do you want to go hangout today at the park?" Takato stuttered.

Rika blushed lightly, but since her back was turned, Takato didn't see. "Fine, Goggle boy!"

"Thanks, Rika! See you later at three o' clock!" Takato said before running out of the store.

Before he ran out, Takato tripped over something, which led to the collapse of a stand of booster packs.

'Stupid Gogglehead…' Rika giggled.

The clerk shouted in frustration. "Aw man! Now I have to put these back up again!!

*******

Rika was walking to the park again; in her normal attire except this time she had a full heart. Rika was looking at the cards, she had gotten.

Rika was especially deep in thought, when she came across a specific card.

It was a Special Edition Gallantmon card and there was only two of it in the world. Luckily, Rika had acquired it, but she couldn't figure out why she had gotten it. She figured it was just because it was a rare card. But Rika also knew there was another reason why.

Because Takato's bio-merged form with Guilmon was Gallantmon, the holy knight Digimon.

Rika sighed. ' Well, I guess this is another waste of my mom's precious money…'

"Oh, Rika!" A too cheerful voice said.

Aww crap!

"What do YOU want?" Rika snapped.

Ryo smiled. "Aww no kiss for the Digimon King?"

With that last sentence, Rika punched him in the stomach and gave him a black eye.

"OUCH, RIKA!! But at least, you're still MY wildcat!" Ryo grinned.

That earned him another punch and a couple hundred bruises.

Rika walked away and said one thing as she looked over her shoulder. "FIRST, I would never KISS YOU! SECOND, I would NEVER hang out with YOU! AND THIRD, I DO NOT BELONG TO YOU!"

Ryo smirked. "So it's okay for you to hang around Takato but not moi?"

Rika turned around and walked to the currently injured King and pointed her index finger at him. Then she pushed him with it.

"YOU are MORE worse than Dumb and Dumber combined, Mr. PERFECT!"

Rika walked away to the famous park.

"WHAT???" Rika smirked when she heard Ryo yell miles away.

***

At the same time, Takato was walking to the park and away from Henry's house. He was holding a bag of day old bread. He had just replaced the bread Guilmon had eaten the day before. And he had some extras, so he decided to give it to the bread hungry digimon.

Takato smiled. He had just spent all his money buying a special Sakuyamon card. He knew that Rika would like or maybe even love it. He had also taken the time to specially wrap it for her and had drawn a picture of her and Renamon with it. Takato wrote a letter for Rika, telling her about his mystery girl and he hoped that she knew that the "girl" was her.

Although, he was bankrupt, he smiled because he knew that Rika was worth it all.

He went to greet Guilmon in his own hut.

"Guilmon?" Takato called.

Guilmon's head popped out. "Yes, Takatomon?"

"Here's –" Takato started.

"BREAD!" Guilmon rushed out and tackled his Tamer.

"Well I guess I don't have to tell you anymore, huh boy?" Takato grinned and scratched his head.

"HEY GOGGLEHEAD!!" A voice yelled.

Takato walked outside and was greeted by Rika who had been standing there waiting for him.

"Hi Rika!" Takato smiled.

Rika nodded.

"So, where's Renamon?"

"Right here." Renamon jumped down from the tree she was in and scared the poor Goggled tamer half to death.

"Wahh!!" Takato shouted before he fell.

He whined before he rubbed his head. "Did you have to do that?"

Renamon shrugged and jumped into the trees again.

"So, what do you want, Goggles?" Rika asked before she was attacked.

"Rika!" Takato shouted. But then he smiled.

It was the cute, little cream puff digimon, Calumon!

"HI RIKA!!!!!!!!!! You look mad, I think you need to cheer up! ESKIMO KISSES!!!" Calumon cried happily. The little white cream puff nuzzled Rika's face.

"Argh! Calumon get OFF!" Rika shouted as she tried to get the little in-training off her head.

Takato stifled his need to laugh because he didn't need any more bruises. He decided it was time to help the frustrated girl.

"Hey, Calumon!" The digimon turned its cute little head.

"Yeah, Takato?"

"Guilmon has some bread! Want some?" The digimon nodded and went into the hut.

"Here." Takato offered his hand.

"Arigato, Goggle Boy." Rika politely accepted.

"Here you go, Rika!" Takato gave her a red bag with some blue tissue paper in it.

Meanwhile in the tree, Renamon looked at Rika and the bag curious to know what was in it.

"What is this, Gogglehead? It'd better not be a trick or ELSE!" Rika threatened.

Takato smiled and shook his head. "Open it and then tell what you think tomorrow, Rika. See you later, Rika!"

Takato walked away smiling that he had finally given Rika his gift and hoped she felt the same way.

Rika found a bench to sit on and slowly sat down.

Renamon sat in a tree branch nearby and Calumon stood on the bench next to Rika, curious to know what Takato gave her.

Rika took out the tissue paper and took out a picture with a frame and a little envelope.

She looked at the picture in the frame.

It was a drawing of Rika and Renamon and all her evolutions. Rika gasped in surprise. It was a beautiful picture and it was clear Takato had tried very hard to capture

Rika's true beauty yet her tough girl image on paper. On the bottom right corner, Takato made his trademark. A pair of goggles was next to his name.

Rika smiled. Then she took out the envelope and slowly opened it.

She read the letter, not noticing the gold card inside.

Dear Rika,

Before you read this letter, I hope you have seen the picture I drew for you and of you. I wanted to show your beauty and your tough girl attitude on paper. Remember that mystery girl we were talking about? I hope you know who she is. 'Puppet girl…' And if you're guessing it's Jeri, it's not. She likes Henry and she told me she doesn't like me more than a friend. I hope you can figure out which girl owns my heart now… I hope you like your gifts and see you tomorrow morning at ten!

Love,
Takato "Gogglehead" Matsuki

Rika was shocked but she didn't understand what Takato meant by "gifts." She looked in the bag but it wasn't there so she set the letter on the bench and looked everywhere.

Calumon had finished reading the letter and smiled in his too cute smiled and searched.

He searched in the envelope and found the second gift.

"Rika?" Calumon spoke in his too cute voice.

Rika turned around and saw Calumon holding up a card.

She took the card and smiled. It was a very rare Sakuyamon card that there was only one in the world. It was in a mini card protecter sheet thingy. On the back of the thingy was a pair of goggles and a broken heart.

Rika started to cry lightly. Renamon who had been watching the whole thing, wasn't a bit surprised, okay maybe just a bit! She didn't expect Rika to be crying but it was true Rika had finally found love.

Calumon asked. "Rika, do you know who Takato likes/loves?"

Rika shook her head still clueless.

Calumon giggled. "It's you, Rika!"

Rika gasped loudly again shock.

This time, Renamon chose to appear.

"It's true, Rika. The tamer has been persisting to be your friend even when others had given up. He showed the truth about Digimon, that they are not just fighting tools, but real friends with real feelings. Everyone knew about his true feelings for you, except you." The yellow-tailed fox said.

Rika continued to cry a little bit more. (A/N: I know that this is a little too much OOC, but oh well!)

Calumon smiled. "Don't cry, Rika! Just tell him how you feel!"

Rika nodded.

Rika sat up and placed the picture, the card & letter in the envelope into the red bag and began to walk home.

*** Takato climbed into his bed, exhausted after his parents made him work in the bakery. Takato was now nervous about what Rika would say, but he remembered what Henry had said and calmed down. Takato went to sleep peacefully dreaming of a certain redhead, he loved.

***

Rika walked into her house and was greeted by her grandmother, who was on her way out to take her daily walk.

Rika said good-bye and closed the door.

Rumiko Nonaka came from the kitchen and greeted her daughter.

"Hello, Rika!"

Rumiko received no response. Immediately, she knew something was wrong because usually her daughter would reply with a mean remark.

She came to the sofa and sat down across from Rika.

"Rika, what's wrong?"

Rika who had been looking down at the envelope, harshly said. "Nothing, mother."

"Rika! What IS WRONG? You don't yell at me like you usually do and you are so quiet! What is the matter?" Rumiko snapped.

Rika just handed her the envelope without the card inside.

After five minutes, Rika's mother read the letter.

"Rika… it's time I gave you some motherly advice." Rumiko suggested.

Seeing as how there was no way out of this, Rika agreed. "Fine."

Rumiko continued. "First, I want to ask. How do you feel for him?"

Rika shrugged. "I don't know… I like him but my life is already a mess as it is"

"What do you mean, Rika?" Rumiko asked.

"You know those boyfriends you always bring home? Rika asked. Rumiko nodded.

"I think they are really stupid, because I think they only want you because of your money and your looks. Besides, the minute they see me, they break up with you. I'm really surprised you haven't notice and if you do, you still continue to bring them! Do you know HOW MANY boyfriends, you bring back and then break up with the next day" Rika asked harshly.

Rumiko replied. "You should have told me this! If you did, then I wouldn't bring them home anymore! I BRING them because if you liked them and mother approved then I would be happy because both of you are more important to me (Renamon included) than anything else in the world and I respect your opinions! I want you two to be able to like them and then see that I am happy with the man I might choose in the future!"

Rika said. "Oh…Then why didn't you tell us?"

"Because… Rumiko began. "I was afraid that you might try to scare every man off because you didn't want me to be happy."

Rika nodded in understanding.

Rumiko asked again. "Now any other problems you might have before we solve your LOVE one?"

Rika hesitated at first, but decided if she didn't tell her mother, she would never stop pestering her. "Yes. I know that you might be to be just like you- a model and attend photo shoots, but I don't want to! Why can't you just leave me alone about it? I DO NOT WANT TO GO TO THOSE STUPID PHOTO SHOOTS! I DON'T want to live my life being someone I'm NOT! I JUST want to BE ME!" Rika said in anger.

Rumiko froze. She never knew Rika was like that. She had always thought Rika was just shy of the camera. She began her apology. "I'm sorry, Rika for bothering you with all those photo shoots and stuff. I just want YOU to be happy. I never knew that you didn't want to be like me. I just want to ask this, why?"

Rika responded coldly. "BECAUSE, a model is not what I want to be! I don't know what I want to be but it's not a model! I may have gotten my looks and genes from you, but that doesn't mean I adopted the same mind as you! I don't want to be girly like all those girls at my school! I just want to be ME, not some Barbie doll that you can dress up to impress. I know you mean well, but just take a hint and stop it! Do you understand now, Mother?"

Rumiko nodded again surprised at her daughter's outburst. She smiled. "Thank you for telling me this, Rika. All you had to do was tell me and I would stop, but I want to be able to spend some motherly time with you! Even though, I'm very busy all the time, that doesn't mean I won't make time to spend with my family."

Rika smiled for the first time since Takato gave her her gift.

Rumiko asked. "Anything else?"

"The girls at my school, always say things behind my back. They expect me to be like them and act like a model's daughter should behave. I HATE THEM and I NEVER WANT TO SEE THEM AGAIN. The only girl I have as a friend from school is another Tamer, Jeri Katou." Rika explained.

Rumiko again nodded and asked. "What do you want me to do? I can't change how the girls act."

"I want to change schools!" Rika firmly stated.

Rumiko agreed. "Fine. If you want that, I'll do it for your sake. I'll see what schools I can change you to. Just tell your friend Jeri."

"Fine." Was Rika's response.

"Rika, how do you feel about Takato?" Rumiko asked.

Rika pondered about it for a while. "He's just a Gogglehead just like those guys on the show. But he always makes me smile, laugh, and other stuff that people haven't even seen from me before. When I first met him, he always tried to be my friend and kept trying. He even showed me that Digimon are our friends and not just things that are used to fight. "

Rumiko chuckled.

"Why are you smiling?" Rika demanded.

Rumiko grinned. "You just answered your own question, Rika. The fact that you he has been able to bring out your true self and that he has shown you things that you never knew and that he has constantly, tried to be your friend, are just all reasons to prove that you do like him. A lot. Maybe even love him."

Rika thought about it. Her mother was right and all the things she said were true.

Rika stood up and hugged her mom.

She smiled again. "Thanks mom."

"Your welcome, Rika. We should do this again, sometime." Rumiko suggested.

Rika snorted. "Sure, mom. Sure."

Rika walked upstairs to her room and hung the picture and placed the card and letter on the table next to her before going to sleep.

Away from the room, Mrs. Nonaka and Renamon had heard the whole conversation.

Mrs. Nonaka smiled. "Well done, my daughter. You finally understand your daughter."

Renamon nodded in agreement before disappearing again.

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Jeri's voice: Wow, what a chat! Finally, a mother-daughter understanding! What will happen when Rika goes to the park to talk with Takato? Find out next time on "Dealing with Love: The End… for now!

I know that Rika & Takato are suppose to be in high school but just include Rika's private school as part of high school too! And she's suppose to know the other Digidestined but oh well!

Anyways, how was it? It's the longest chapter of the story! I hope you guys like it and hopefully Rika was okay!

Note: All these coincidences between the Chosens and the Tamers will be explained in the SEQUEL: Dreams Come True!