Blast: Well, umm, oh. This is my first Ryuki, so please be so kind as to
put your flames into a minimum. I really want to do things like this, ne?
Been watching Digimon Tamers, and do it rocks!
Nina: (From Breath of Fire IV, ninnies!) how did I get here?
Blast: I am the author, Princess. Will you be kind as to say the disclaimer and do tell Cray to shut the hell up. (Pointing behind, with a series of guards trying to keep Cray out of the stage)
Nina: (sweat dropping) Okay. Blast_Hornet doesn't own Digimon Tamers, or its characters, they are owned by whoever owns them, Toei, I think. And Cray and I are not her property of hers either. Capcom owns us. (Looks at the chief of the Worent Tribe) Please, Cray, this will only take a minute. Calm down.
Blast: Thanks a bunch, Princess Nina. And now, for the story.
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CHAPTER I: THOUGHTS
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~~ ELEVEN IN THE MORNING: RIKA'S SCHOOL ~~
In an all girls' school, the children were having lunch. Some of them would stay inside the cafeteria, and sat down in their chairs. Others would rather eat at their classrooms with their friends. But some others prefer to eat outside, with the trees and the warm sun covered by the clouds.
And Rika Nonaka was one of those girls.
She leaned her back against one of the trees, looking up at the clouds that formed various kinds of shapes. The lunch she had bought from the school cafeteria was lying forgotten on her lap. But that didn't go on for long. She took the apple from the group and began munching on it.
After eating the whole thing, she took on her headphones in her bag and placed them on her ears. She wasn't about to let the teachers see this, but this was tolerable when they are outside the class. She took another food in the bunch.
Hearing one of the songs in the radio made her remind her fellow Tamers, who had been with her and tried to be friends with her. 'My, my, Rika, why do you always have a cold heart?'
Takato, the gogglehead of the group, and also their leader, and his digimon partner, Guilmon, were quite a team. One cared for the other. She remembered him telling her that he saw her in his dream. Quite absurd. She could notice him getting a bit sweet over Jeri, one of the persons only to get close to the Ice Queen.
Jeri, in the meantime, was a sweet girl, if not for her past, and her digimon partner, Leomon. Takato and Henry had told her about that time Leomon fought Kumbhiramon, and the disappointment Jeri had when she thought she wasn't really the Tamer. But that changed a day or two before they went to the Digital World. Because of her past, the D-Reaper used her against all of them, after Leomon died.
Henry was one of the young boys she admit that she was good friends with. Quite peaceful, and also disciplined, he was first afraid of Terriermon, his digimon, to digivolve, because he feared that they wouldn't be friends any longer. The first time Terriermon digivolved into Gargumon was the first time she faced Death, if not for Guilmon to knock the berserk digimon down. After, he faced his enemies without fear.
Kazu and Kenta, Takato's friends, were once a pain in her. She remembers the time they were first swept off by a data stream and they had to take shelter with a Jijimon and a Babamon, who always fight when there is nothing else to do. Kazu was quite cheerful, she admits, but quite offensive in battle with his partner, Guardromon, who first appeared as Andromon. Kenta was almost like Kazu's shadow, in other words, he idolized him. He has a Marineangemon. Don't be fooled by its size, because it is in its Mega form.
Then there's Suzy, Henry's little sister. She is quite an innocent child and because of her sweetness, she even got the guardian of the South Gate, Antylamon, who is a Deva, to become her partner. As Rika could see it, Henry is really protective of his sister while they're in the Digital World.
And there's Ryo, the Legendary Tamer. The taste of the chicken sandwich in her mouth suddenly turned sour. To the others, he seems like such a good guy, but to her...Rika stopped eating and drank the packed juice. What was he to her? That's the ultimate question. She shook her head. Why would she even care about him?
Rika looked up and threw the other drink that lay on the tray up to the branch. A yellow fox deftly caught it. "You might want to drink something." She said.
"Thank you, Rika." Renamon said. Renamon had been her digimon for years now, but before she met and got along with Takato and the others, she only thinks of Renamon as a fighting tool, and thinks of Digivolution the same way the wild digimon in the Digital World thinks. But that has changed, Rika said. She stands up, took off her headset, placed it in her bag and walked back to the building as the bell rings declaring that lunch is over.
~~ FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON: DOWNTOWN ~~
The street in the main was quite crowded. Well, that was Ryo Akiyama's opinion. He looked around, somehow missing the sights. He had been in the Digital World with his digimon partner, Cyberdramon, who unfortunately can't control his own power and he had to be confined in the Digital World. A grin played on his lips as he saw the banner that announces the next Digimon Card Tournament. He wasn't around the last time. Some of the kids looking at the same banner were talking, and he couldn't help but hear the infamous Ice Queen getting involved in the conversation.
"Wow! Another Digimon Card Tournament!"
"You already know you're not going to win! The Digimon Queen Rika already beat you last time!"
"Yeah, but I heard that the former champion, Ryo Akiyama, came back. I wonder if he's playing. I'd love to see them battle it out!"
Ryo chuckled inwardly, and without thinking, replied, "What I wouldn't do for the Digimon Queen to be there."
The two boys turned around, and saw their idol, in all his glory, grinning at them. 'Dead meat.'
"See you at the tournament." He said, and then walked as casually as he came. The two boys' eyes went as huge as dinner plates.
"Did you see that? That was Ryo Akiyama!"
"Yeah, I know! And he's going to participate!" they both looked back at the banner. "If the Digimon King will participate, the question is, will the Digimon Queen be there?"
"She'll be there." Another voice shook them off their thoughts. They turned around again to see the Ice Queen, looking at the banner. Rika frowned, quickly learning from the two dingbats that Ryo will be battling in the tournament. "This will be a very interesting tournament indeed." She walked to the same direction Ryo left.
The two had their jaws dropped on the floor. One was able to back to the world of the living.
"I have died and gone to Heaven." He said. He shakes his friend. "Hey, is it me, or did the two champions of the digimon card battles talked to us?"
~~ FOUR THIRTY IN THE AFTERNOON: DOWNTOWN ~~
Rika shook her head. She was thinking about what happened twenty minutes ago. 'Why did I ever bought up that topic?'
~~ FLASHBACK: FOUR TEN IN THE AFTERNOON: DOWNTOWN ~~
Rika stand up to the booth. A young man, preferably twenty years of age was on the other side.
"Yes, can I help you?"
"Uh, yes, I want to sign up for the digimon card battle tournament."
"Ah, oh, wait a second." He went to his paper. "Your name is..."
"Rika. Rika Nonaka." She answered, hoping that the reaction won't be so sudden.
But her hopes went down. The man looked at her, shock written on his face. "Rika? As in the Digimon Queen?"
"That would be me." She replied, without any known air of emotion surrounding her.
The man smiled and wrote down the details. After giving a small piece of paper, he grinned. "Here. And good luck."
Without knowing she had said it, she asked, "Did Ryo Akiyama listed himself already?"
A very wild grin appeared on the man's face. "He did, a good five minutes ago." He looked at Rika, and beyond that. "Why? Is he your boyfriend or something?"
"N-no! Of course not!" Rika stammered, suddenly turning red. "I just want check if he would join." Pasting back her original stoic face, she shrugged. "People here aren't much of a challenge."
"Ah, okay. But you know, you two would make a great couple, as some people said." The man said, winking. "You know, the King and Queen..."
"You are insane." Rika declared, shaking her head, and walked away from the demented booth caretaker.
~~ END FLASHBACK ~~
'Just why the hell did I ask?' Rika said. 'Damn that guy. I just hope he won't show up in the tournament.'
Putting his headset on, she shakes her head, clearing her thoughts. 'Why would I wonder about that? I asked because I want to know if there's a good opponent in the card battles.' She continued walking straight.
'You know pretty well yourself that that wasn't the only reason, Rika. Stubborn girl.' Her mind droned.
~~ FOUR FORTY IN THE AFTERNOON: DOWNTOWN ~~
Ryo Akiyama knows that he is going to be entering the mouth of Hell when he enters this quite famous malt shop.
And oh, was he so right.
The moment he stepped inside, every girl looked at him, well, almost all. The next thing he knew, pandemonium broke loose as more or less than twenty girls ran to him, screaming his name. He sprinted out, and as fast as he can, ran through the sidewalks, avoiding the people. 'Oh, God, I wish I hadn't left Cyberdramon in the house!' The thought of Cyberdramon passed him as he can vision his digimon partner doing disastrous things at their residence. His father would kill him! With all the strength he could muster, began running faster to his house.
Maybe it was because of coincidence, or Ryo wasn't thinking clearly, or Rika was busy hearing out the songs in her headset, or maybe it was a bit of everything. Ryo fully bumped onto Rika, and as a result, both of them fell down, Ryo on top of her. When their minds registered who is the other person, they blushed furiously.
Well, they both stayed there for three seconds full, looking at each other, until all the people around them noticed them. That's when Rika snapped out of it.
"Ryo Akiyama! Get off of me!" she shouted, wriggling out of the older boy's body, still blushing mad.
Ryo blinked, and then grinned, as he stands up. "Hey, wildcat, how's your day?" Seconds ago, he felt like he was floating. If only it happened around somewhere private, and they were quite older than recent...he mentally shakes his head, and gave a hand to the redhead who was still sitting down, and turning off her walkman.
Rika swatted his hand. "I can stand on my own, thank you." And now, on her full height, she turned to him, face-to-face. "My day had been better if only you didn't appear and ruin it!"
"Oh, come on, wildcat, it couldn't be worse." Ryo said, smiling sweetly. That was the perfect time for the crazy fangirls to catch up with the running boy. Both of them looked at horror as they saw visible smoke mountain created by the girls.
With an impulse, Ryo grabbed Rika's hand and sprinted away, practically dragging the redhead behind him, who was shouting protests that she wasn't going to be involved in this. But Ryo's a lot stronger than he looks, and managed to hold her hand tightly, leaving Rika no other choice but run with him.
~~
Blast: Well, that was the first chapter! It was quite hard to make a Ryuki in my part because I haven't saw a Ryuki yet on the Tamers scheduled here in our country. So, expect huge hints of Takato+Jeri pairings because next chapter will hold some of it! Drats! SkY, you wouldn't mind to get another game character, please?
SkY: Jill Valentine is present.
Blast: Oh, she'll do. Tell her to come later. I was also planning to invite Nemesis too, so that our readers won't get bored of my fics. If any of them here are interested in Resident Evil 3. If not, maybe get Aline Cedrac from Alone in the Dark 4 too.
SkY: And get sued by Darkworks and Capcom?
Blast: Uhh, no. If you plan on paying, we'll it'd be nice.
SkY: Wouldn't dream of it, sis.
Blast: Okay, that'll be enough. Please review! I was even wondering if I could finish this without serious brain damage. Anyway, flames to a minimum, and I don't like Jenruki!!!! Oh, and I just watched this episode now while I was writing, the 'Blame it on Ryo' ep, which is dubbed here, and probably somewhere else as 'The Legendary Tamer'. Ryo is so kawaiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But his voice dub here really sucks. It is...like a girl!!!!!!! But no matter. He is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!
Nina: (From Breath of Fire IV, ninnies!) how did I get here?
Blast: I am the author, Princess. Will you be kind as to say the disclaimer and do tell Cray to shut the hell up. (Pointing behind, with a series of guards trying to keep Cray out of the stage)
Nina: (sweat dropping) Okay. Blast_Hornet doesn't own Digimon Tamers, or its characters, they are owned by whoever owns them, Toei, I think. And Cray and I are not her property of hers either. Capcom owns us. (Looks at the chief of the Worent Tribe) Please, Cray, this will only take a minute. Calm down.
Blast: Thanks a bunch, Princess Nina. And now, for the story.
~~
CHAPTER I: THOUGHTS
~~
~~ ELEVEN IN THE MORNING: RIKA'S SCHOOL ~~
In an all girls' school, the children were having lunch. Some of them would stay inside the cafeteria, and sat down in their chairs. Others would rather eat at their classrooms with their friends. But some others prefer to eat outside, with the trees and the warm sun covered by the clouds.
And Rika Nonaka was one of those girls.
She leaned her back against one of the trees, looking up at the clouds that formed various kinds of shapes. The lunch she had bought from the school cafeteria was lying forgotten on her lap. But that didn't go on for long. She took the apple from the group and began munching on it.
After eating the whole thing, she took on her headphones in her bag and placed them on her ears. She wasn't about to let the teachers see this, but this was tolerable when they are outside the class. She took another food in the bunch.
Hearing one of the songs in the radio made her remind her fellow Tamers, who had been with her and tried to be friends with her. 'My, my, Rika, why do you always have a cold heart?'
Takato, the gogglehead of the group, and also their leader, and his digimon partner, Guilmon, were quite a team. One cared for the other. She remembered him telling her that he saw her in his dream. Quite absurd. She could notice him getting a bit sweet over Jeri, one of the persons only to get close to the Ice Queen.
Jeri, in the meantime, was a sweet girl, if not for her past, and her digimon partner, Leomon. Takato and Henry had told her about that time Leomon fought Kumbhiramon, and the disappointment Jeri had when she thought she wasn't really the Tamer. But that changed a day or two before they went to the Digital World. Because of her past, the D-Reaper used her against all of them, after Leomon died.
Henry was one of the young boys she admit that she was good friends with. Quite peaceful, and also disciplined, he was first afraid of Terriermon, his digimon, to digivolve, because he feared that they wouldn't be friends any longer. The first time Terriermon digivolved into Gargumon was the first time she faced Death, if not for Guilmon to knock the berserk digimon down. After, he faced his enemies without fear.
Kazu and Kenta, Takato's friends, were once a pain in her. She remembers the time they were first swept off by a data stream and they had to take shelter with a Jijimon and a Babamon, who always fight when there is nothing else to do. Kazu was quite cheerful, she admits, but quite offensive in battle with his partner, Guardromon, who first appeared as Andromon. Kenta was almost like Kazu's shadow, in other words, he idolized him. He has a Marineangemon. Don't be fooled by its size, because it is in its Mega form.
Then there's Suzy, Henry's little sister. She is quite an innocent child and because of her sweetness, she even got the guardian of the South Gate, Antylamon, who is a Deva, to become her partner. As Rika could see it, Henry is really protective of his sister while they're in the Digital World.
And there's Ryo, the Legendary Tamer. The taste of the chicken sandwich in her mouth suddenly turned sour. To the others, he seems like such a good guy, but to her...Rika stopped eating and drank the packed juice. What was he to her? That's the ultimate question. She shook her head. Why would she even care about him?
Rika looked up and threw the other drink that lay on the tray up to the branch. A yellow fox deftly caught it. "You might want to drink something." She said.
"Thank you, Rika." Renamon said. Renamon had been her digimon for years now, but before she met and got along with Takato and the others, she only thinks of Renamon as a fighting tool, and thinks of Digivolution the same way the wild digimon in the Digital World thinks. But that has changed, Rika said. She stands up, took off her headset, placed it in her bag and walked back to the building as the bell rings declaring that lunch is over.
~~ FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON: DOWNTOWN ~~
The street in the main was quite crowded. Well, that was Ryo Akiyama's opinion. He looked around, somehow missing the sights. He had been in the Digital World with his digimon partner, Cyberdramon, who unfortunately can't control his own power and he had to be confined in the Digital World. A grin played on his lips as he saw the banner that announces the next Digimon Card Tournament. He wasn't around the last time. Some of the kids looking at the same banner were talking, and he couldn't help but hear the infamous Ice Queen getting involved in the conversation.
"Wow! Another Digimon Card Tournament!"
"You already know you're not going to win! The Digimon Queen Rika already beat you last time!"
"Yeah, but I heard that the former champion, Ryo Akiyama, came back. I wonder if he's playing. I'd love to see them battle it out!"
Ryo chuckled inwardly, and without thinking, replied, "What I wouldn't do for the Digimon Queen to be there."
The two boys turned around, and saw their idol, in all his glory, grinning at them. 'Dead meat.'
"See you at the tournament." He said, and then walked as casually as he came. The two boys' eyes went as huge as dinner plates.
"Did you see that? That was Ryo Akiyama!"
"Yeah, I know! And he's going to participate!" they both looked back at the banner. "If the Digimon King will participate, the question is, will the Digimon Queen be there?"
"She'll be there." Another voice shook them off their thoughts. They turned around again to see the Ice Queen, looking at the banner. Rika frowned, quickly learning from the two dingbats that Ryo will be battling in the tournament. "This will be a very interesting tournament indeed." She walked to the same direction Ryo left.
The two had their jaws dropped on the floor. One was able to back to the world of the living.
"I have died and gone to Heaven." He said. He shakes his friend. "Hey, is it me, or did the two champions of the digimon card battles talked to us?"
~~ FOUR THIRTY IN THE AFTERNOON: DOWNTOWN ~~
Rika shook her head. She was thinking about what happened twenty minutes ago. 'Why did I ever bought up that topic?'
~~ FLASHBACK: FOUR TEN IN THE AFTERNOON: DOWNTOWN ~~
Rika stand up to the booth. A young man, preferably twenty years of age was on the other side.
"Yes, can I help you?"
"Uh, yes, I want to sign up for the digimon card battle tournament."
"Ah, oh, wait a second." He went to his paper. "Your name is..."
"Rika. Rika Nonaka." She answered, hoping that the reaction won't be so sudden.
But her hopes went down. The man looked at her, shock written on his face. "Rika? As in the Digimon Queen?"
"That would be me." She replied, without any known air of emotion surrounding her.
The man smiled and wrote down the details. After giving a small piece of paper, he grinned. "Here. And good luck."
Without knowing she had said it, she asked, "Did Ryo Akiyama listed himself already?"
A very wild grin appeared on the man's face. "He did, a good five minutes ago." He looked at Rika, and beyond that. "Why? Is he your boyfriend or something?"
"N-no! Of course not!" Rika stammered, suddenly turning red. "I just want check if he would join." Pasting back her original stoic face, she shrugged. "People here aren't much of a challenge."
"Ah, okay. But you know, you two would make a great couple, as some people said." The man said, winking. "You know, the King and Queen..."
"You are insane." Rika declared, shaking her head, and walked away from the demented booth caretaker.
~~ END FLASHBACK ~~
'Just why the hell did I ask?' Rika said. 'Damn that guy. I just hope he won't show up in the tournament.'
Putting his headset on, she shakes her head, clearing her thoughts. 'Why would I wonder about that? I asked because I want to know if there's a good opponent in the card battles.' She continued walking straight.
'You know pretty well yourself that that wasn't the only reason, Rika. Stubborn girl.' Her mind droned.
~~ FOUR FORTY IN THE AFTERNOON: DOWNTOWN ~~
Ryo Akiyama knows that he is going to be entering the mouth of Hell when he enters this quite famous malt shop.
And oh, was he so right.
The moment he stepped inside, every girl looked at him, well, almost all. The next thing he knew, pandemonium broke loose as more or less than twenty girls ran to him, screaming his name. He sprinted out, and as fast as he can, ran through the sidewalks, avoiding the people. 'Oh, God, I wish I hadn't left Cyberdramon in the house!' The thought of Cyberdramon passed him as he can vision his digimon partner doing disastrous things at their residence. His father would kill him! With all the strength he could muster, began running faster to his house.
Maybe it was because of coincidence, or Ryo wasn't thinking clearly, or Rika was busy hearing out the songs in her headset, or maybe it was a bit of everything. Ryo fully bumped onto Rika, and as a result, both of them fell down, Ryo on top of her. When their minds registered who is the other person, they blushed furiously.
Well, they both stayed there for three seconds full, looking at each other, until all the people around them noticed them. That's when Rika snapped out of it.
"Ryo Akiyama! Get off of me!" she shouted, wriggling out of the older boy's body, still blushing mad.
Ryo blinked, and then grinned, as he stands up. "Hey, wildcat, how's your day?" Seconds ago, he felt like he was floating. If only it happened around somewhere private, and they were quite older than recent...he mentally shakes his head, and gave a hand to the redhead who was still sitting down, and turning off her walkman.
Rika swatted his hand. "I can stand on my own, thank you." And now, on her full height, she turned to him, face-to-face. "My day had been better if only you didn't appear and ruin it!"
"Oh, come on, wildcat, it couldn't be worse." Ryo said, smiling sweetly. That was the perfect time for the crazy fangirls to catch up with the running boy. Both of them looked at horror as they saw visible smoke mountain created by the girls.
With an impulse, Ryo grabbed Rika's hand and sprinted away, practically dragging the redhead behind him, who was shouting protests that she wasn't going to be involved in this. But Ryo's a lot stronger than he looks, and managed to hold her hand tightly, leaving Rika no other choice but run with him.
~~
Blast: Well, that was the first chapter! It was quite hard to make a Ryuki in my part because I haven't saw a Ryuki yet on the Tamers scheduled here in our country. So, expect huge hints of Takato+Jeri pairings because next chapter will hold some of it! Drats! SkY, you wouldn't mind to get another game character, please?
SkY: Jill Valentine is present.
Blast: Oh, she'll do. Tell her to come later. I was also planning to invite Nemesis too, so that our readers won't get bored of my fics. If any of them here are interested in Resident Evil 3. If not, maybe get Aline Cedrac from Alone in the Dark 4 too.
SkY: And get sued by Darkworks and Capcom?
Blast: Uhh, no. If you plan on paying, we'll it'd be nice.
SkY: Wouldn't dream of it, sis.
Blast: Okay, that'll be enough. Please review! I was even wondering if I could finish this without serious brain damage. Anyway, flames to a minimum, and I don't like Jenruki!!!! Oh, and I just watched this episode now while I was writing, the 'Blame it on Ryo' ep, which is dubbed here, and probably somewhere else as 'The Legendary Tamer'. Ryo is so kawaiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But his voice dub here really sucks. It is...like a girl!!!!!!! But no matter. He is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!
