Blast: WAAAAHHH! Darn. FF.net erased one my stories! Well, it was not allowed though, so I guess I'm banned. But anyway, I continued this. Hehe, notes galore!

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Blast: Well, that's done. Ryuki readers are so going to kill me for making this chapter. No wait, that's the last thing, I hope. So, DAMN CLASSES ARE BACK!!! I'm going to face my classmates again! And ONE OF THEM IS SO DAMN KIND TO NOT PAY MY TWENTY PESOS! I'M GOING TO SQUEEZE IT OUT OF YOU, DREX, I SWEAR!!!!!! Okay, I'm clam. No, calm. Clam, my a**. Anyway, with the story.

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CHAPTER III: EMOTIONS

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(AN: I'll erase the time thing for this chapter. I'm not in a qualifying good mood right now. School starts and I'm with my (best not mentioned) classmates. Hope this suits you, Akino Matoumiken! =) )

Leaving Ryo with his dad, Rika decided to call up her grandmother first. Going to the pay phone residing on a place in the hallway, she dropped a cent (An: Don't comment on this. I am not used to seeing the damn currency because I'm from a third world country that doesn't look like one.) in the slot and began dialing the numbers of her house that she knew by heart.

(AN: An indicator for the other side of the phone.)

^Hello?^

"Grandmother, it's me." Rika started.

^Oh, Rika! It's dark! Where are you?^

"I'm in the hospital right now. Ryo's dad had an accident." Rika answered, scanning the hallways for someone she might knew. "I'm dropping someone there because Ryo couldn't take care of him for now."

^Okay. Am I going to make dinner for you and your friend?^

"That would be nice." Rika replied. "I'm going to get Cyberdramon now." The machine started beeping. "See you."

She hangs the phone, and walked steadily out of the hospital towards Ryo's house.

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Renamon and Cyberdramon were quiet by the time Rika went over. At first, Rika thought it was nothing, until Renamon disappeared in the shadows, refusing to come with her.

"Call me if you need help." The fox digimon said, before vanishing.

Rika turned towards the larger digimon and walked to the direction of her house. "Cyberdramon, what happened while I was gone?"

Cyberdramon didn't want to answer the question, but he had to. Ryo would kill him if he finds out. He sighed. (AN: What? AHHH, heh. Don't bother with me. Continue the story.) "I beat Renamon in a card battle."

Rika stared at him, and then burst out laughing. "No wonder she is acting like that." She controlled her laughter. "Where did you get the deck?"

"Ryo's." Cyberdramon answered. "Don't tell him."

"Don't worry, I won't." Rika answered, smiling a bit. The two must've been bored while they were in the hospital. And Renamon sure acts like her Tamer. Ryo wouldn't mind once she explains it. "I just don't hope a card is missing."

"All's intact." Cyberdramon answered.

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(AN: I am not going to write those things in Rika's house because I'm tired. And this IS a Ryuki. And please don't kill me for this. This just went inside my head, and I have to get rid of it, somehow.)

After getting the dinner her grandmother made and leaving Cyberdramon, she went back to the hospital, carrying the pack of food on one hand.

Rika felt a little miserable. Well, for one, she wouldn't want that to happen to her own dad. But the pains were returning, and it doesn't look like it's going to go away soon. Secondly, even if it were her own dad, her mom won't even care. She wouldn't even dare to ask why they separated in the first place. Sighing, she set those things away, probably in the farthest place in her mind.

"Rika?" a familiar voice stirred up from her thoughts. She looked up at the front, seeing a boy on a bicycle, with blue hair that was quite known by the streetlights.

"Henry? What're you doing here?" she asked. The only times she saw the boy at night was when there is a Digimorph field, (AN: That's what the dub is calling it, so that's that.) and Terriermon wasn't even with him.

"Oh, nothing important." Henry answered. "Just strolling around. What are you doing around here?"

"Taking food to the hospital." Rika replied, as if it answered everything.

"Why? Who's in the hospital?" He asked, blinking in confusion. He had heard that Rika's mother is out of town, and she possibly cook the food that was still warm without help from her grandmother. So who could be in the hospital she is seeing in such a late hour?

"Oh, I forgot." Rika exclaimed. "Mr. Akiyama had an accident this afternoon, and so happened I was with Ryo. Guy just rushed there, left Cyberdramon, and hadn't eaten yet."

"Ah." Henry knew better than to think of that. The two are so obvious, so there's nothing to wonder about that she is doing these things. And besides, he had a hunch that the redhead really saw a true father in Ryo's dad. "You mind if I tag along?"

Rika shakes her head.

As they approached the hospital, Henry towing his bike to match the speed of the redhead, he got the urge to ask her a very personal question. It was bothering him for a while now, and since she already has a soft spot for the Tamers, save for Kazu and Kenta, he'll only expect her to give him a verbal bashing. "Hey, Rika?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you like Ryo?" (An: Yeah, this is one question that goes with most Ryuki stories, along with the questions, 'Do you love Ryo?'. Don't give a damn anyway.)

Blushing was one things Henry got on his mind after blurting out the question. But that wasn't very evident on his companion's face. She just looked, well, blank. "I don't know." Rika answered. "I just don't know what to think of it."

"Why so, Rika?" he asked, surprised of the girl's reaction.

"I can't explain it." She replied. She then stopped at the hospital doors to wait for him while he locked up his bike somewhere. They walked towards the room where Rika last left Ryo with his dad. Opening a door enough to stuck her head inside to see him sitting in the same place where she last saw him. "Ryo?"

Ryo turned around. "Hey Rika." He greeted her with a small smile leaking on his face.

"I brought company." Rika said, opening the door, revealing Henry. "Saw him while going here with your food. Speaking of which, my grandmother cooked you food." She approached him and placed the packed food on his lap.

"Ryo." Henry acknowledged him with a nod and a smile. He approached the boy and looked at the man lying on the bed. "He's still unconscious?"

"He was awake some time ago." Ryo answered. "We talked for a bit before he fell asleep again." He looked at the food Rika placed on his lap and gazed at the redhead. "It's still warm. Please thank your grandmother for me, will you?"

"Sure." Rika answered. "Now eat before I force them in your mouth."

Ryo chuckled, and started eating. The food's very delicious, and Rika's grandmother sure is a good cook. "Mmm." He nodded with food still in his mouth, and then gave her thumbs up. "Could win for the food fest."

Rika nodded, and then looked at her watch, and sighed. "Damn time. Why wouldn't it stop is beyond me." She muttered, and then turned to the two boys. "I have to go. Mom said she was going home tonight because she left something, preferably nine or something, and I don't want her getting any ideas." She made a beeline towards the door. "See you guys tomorrow."

"Bye Rika." They chorused as Rika once again left the hospital room. Ryo finished his food and placed it on the sidetable.

"You know what I think, Ryo?" Henry asked, looking at Ryo, then his dad. "I think Rika cares for your dad as much as she does to hers."

"If she ever did." Ryo answered. "She doesn't talk about her father much."

"And she certainly cares for you." The azure haired boy divulged. Ryo turned to him, uncertain if he heard him right.

"Huh?"

"Well, I'm just basing on how Rika is reacting to the events today." Henry explained. "She seems to be worried about you as much as she did to your father. She said to me you just ran here after hearing the accident, without dinner, and also leaving Cyberdramon in the house."

"I don't know. I just want to confirm that." Ryo blinked, and then twirled to Henry's direction. "Henry, tell me something, will you? Do YOU like Rika?" Looking at the expression in Henry's face, he smiled. "Don't worry. I won't get mad. Now, why would I?"

Henry's lips tightened. "I do like her. But just as a friend. And besides," he gave the brown haired boy an all knowing grin, "I'm neither blind nor deaf to see her glancing at your direction every now and then and, no wait, she'd kill me if you'd know about this."

Ryo returned his eyes back on his dad. "She's not like other girls. You don't see someone like her everyday. There's a lot I want to say, but the author wanted to keep it PG-13, so I'll say it later when she decides that I can have it to a higher rating."

Henry shakes his head. "That just proves how much you like her." He smiled cheerfully, and stands up. "It's getting late. I'll see you at the tournament. I'll call up the others to come here tomorrow. Bye." He went out of the room, leaving Ryo again.

Ryo sighed and leaned backwards on his chair. Blinking, he cocked his head to the sidetable and saw the phone resting on it. Taking it, (AN: I know, I know. Stupid phone.) he dialed the numbers intended for a house of someone he knew pretty well.

(AN: Same rule here.)

^Hello?^

"It's Ryo." He said. "How're you."

^It was only a while before you last saw me, of course I'm fine!^ (An: Now look what I did!)

Ryo chuckled. "You up to the tournament tomorrow?"

^Of course. I'd hate to lose to you.^

"Of course you do..."

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Blast: Let's leave it there. I'm weird. I like Ryuki, but now I think Henry is cute, after recently watching the ep where Henry first bio-merged with Terriermon! Well, he's second to Ryo, after all, Ryo is one major hottie! ;) But still, I like the guy. I adore blueheads, like Henry, Mao =), Maya (Septerra Core), Hibiki (Vandread), Ryu (Breath of Fire). Tehee. So, R & R! Arigato gozaimasu, minna! Oh, yeah, I hope this chap doesn't look like a Henrika to you.

WAAAIIITTT!!

Blast: Huh?

Danielle: I believe you forgot to say something.

Blast: Whaz...Oh, yeah. And people, this here's my sister. Eldest, before SkY. And oh, yeah, I was planning on another Ryuki. I wanted so much to put another OC because I'm daydreaming too much. (Glares at Danielle) You happy?

Danielle: No.

Blast: Glad to hear it. Bye now!