If Only It Was Real
Con: Hurray! I've gotten four reviews so far! And best of all, one of them is from one of my favourite authors! Just one more and my life will be complete!...kinda... Okay, well this is kind of a late update considering that it's a Valentine's fic, but what can you do? I'm a slow writer!
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, but I do own this story and the plot.
To Amethyst Blizzard: Cute?! This story is cute? Ugh, cute is such an ugly word...lol, cute being ugly.
To Evil Queen: Um...that's not exactly what I was thinking about...but good idea!
A/N: Interesting, nobody commented on the fact that that chapter didn't explain what had happened before...you know, background info...interesting...
Chapter 2: Decisions Can Be Regretful
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The Nonaka residence's peaceful silence was shattered with the slamming of the front door. Knowing that something was up with her daughter, Rumiko Nonaka looked to her own mother for assistance and with a nod, she walked out of the room just in time to see Rika take shelter in her room. The young parent crossed over to her daughter's room and knocked softly on the wooden frame.
"I'm busy!" came the reply. A ruffling of objects could be heard as if a number of things have been dumped on the floor.
"Rika? Let me come in please," Rumiko paused but her response was negative. Sighing, she slid open the door anyways and saw Rika sitting at the low brown table with her back facing her. The sun provided little light to brighten up the fairly dark room so she took up the task of switching on the single light bulb that hung on the ceiling.
"I thought that you asked for permission and I thought I said no," said Rika, not even turning.
Rumiko ignored her words and instead sat down beside her offspring at the table. She noted that a few small boxes of chocolates lay on the smooth brown top and briefly smiled. Usually Rika would just pay no attention to the entire holiday but it didn't look that way this year. "I see that you came home earlier than you intended to."
Rika gave a little shrug. "I guess I decided to change my mind."
"So, who are these for?" Rumiko asked, referring to the boxes.
"Well who do you think they're for?" Rika shot back.
Frowning, the parent tried another question to get the information she wished to acquire. "Well they're obviously for your friends, but is there a special someone who you're giving it to?"
The fourteen-year-old finally decided to face her mother upon receiving this question. "Can you quit it? First Jeri and Alice, and now my own mother! Can you all just get off my back about this?" With each word, her voice had risen in volume until the ending where Rika unexpectedly shot up onto her feet. "I don't need this from everybody you know! Can't I just get some rest from all this Valentine crap?" In one swift movement, she had pulled her mother up off the floor and pushed her out of her room, closing the door quickly.
Rumiko sighed and walked back over to the room where Seiko was seated at her computer. The elder turned around when she heard her soft footsteps and received a small smile from her.
There was no hiding from this at all. Rika sat back down on the wooden floorboards and stared at the boxes of chocolates. Four boxes were set on one side while one sat by itself on the other side. The four represented Takato, Henry, Kazu and Kenta (although the last two didn't deserve it) who were going to get them as a sign of friendship while the loner represented Ryo Akiyama who was...undecided.
The truth was that Rika Nonaka had no intention of getting hurt by love again, like what had happened when her father left his family for who knows what. It had already been nine years since that event, but it didn't mean that the wounds had healed. Still, many things had happened to help them recover, all of them revolving around their Digital adventure.
Digital adventure. Digital Monsters. Digimon. Renamon. Rika's expression softened when she remembered her partner and how she had helped her to look inside herself and bring out the trust that had long since disappeared, and use that to believe in her fellow Tamers. Now it wasn't trust that had to be found, but it was the kitsune-type Digimon. A year ago Renamon and the rest of the Tamers' Digimon had to return to the Digital World or risk deletion, the Hypnos team haven't found a way back to the Digital World since.
After that, many things had changed. A few months after the D-Reaper, Takato finally found the courage to ask Jeri out and began dating ever since. Takato was not the same Gogglehead as before, he was now a more mature individual yet his childhood qualities remained underneath. Jeri was still the same old Jeri; always wearing a smile on her bright features and hardly ever brought down by anything.
Alice began working at Hypnos to help out with the never-ending search for the Digital World, which had seemed to "relocate" itself; either that or there was some kind of firewall blocking access to it. Henry joined in as well and it was obvious that after so many hours of co-operation, they have grown an attraction towards each other.
Suzie, Ai, and Mako had become great friends, as they are almost similar in age. Suzie was no longer obsessed with "Princess Pretty Pants", switching gears to computers and everything else digital in hopes of finding Lopmon. Whenever Ai and Mako got into a disagreement, they would actually solve it by talking the problem out with their mother instead of breaking stuff; this new approach would usually work.
Kazu and Kenta were the same pinheads they always were; they haven't seemed to grow at all this past year.
Ryo moved from his home island of Kyushu to West Shinjuku because he wanted to be closer to his friends, or so he claimed. Rika had noticed that he had grown a lot as well; he was no longer the same "jerk" who had defeated her in the Digimon tournament two years ago, he was a more matured guy, even though he joked now and then. She knew that he treated her more than a friend, but she couldn't make that same sacrifice. But his sapphire eyes were so deep and caring...His features, so perfect and cute...
Rika shook her head. What was up with her? Why was she thinking this? She couldn't risk falling in love again or she could get hurt and regret whatever had happened...and not able to even become friends with him again.
'But he is so safe and perfect, there is no need for caution...' a voice whispered in her head; a voice that always seemed to come from her heart.
Her light violet eyes drew back to that lone box, drew back to Ryo in confusion. Sighing, she got up and put them all away. She would decide what to do for Ryo tomorrow.
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Con: Finished Chapter 2 a lot quicker than I had originally thought it would take. I could have put it up on February 17th 2004, but my stupid Internet connection wasn't working...stupid piece of junk...I'm through with my motto so I'll just say review please! I'd really appreciate it! C'ya all l8r!
Con: Hurray! I've gotten four reviews so far! And best of all, one of them is from one of my favourite authors! Just one more and my life will be complete!...kinda... Okay, well this is kind of a late update considering that it's a Valentine's fic, but what can you do? I'm a slow writer!
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, but I do own this story and the plot.
To Amethyst Blizzard: Cute?! This story is cute? Ugh, cute is such an ugly word...lol, cute being ugly.
To Evil Queen: Um...that's not exactly what I was thinking about...but good idea!
A/N: Interesting, nobody commented on the fact that that chapter didn't explain what had happened before...you know, background info...interesting...
Chapter 2: Decisions Can Be Regretful
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The Nonaka residence's peaceful silence was shattered with the slamming of the front door. Knowing that something was up with her daughter, Rumiko Nonaka looked to her own mother for assistance and with a nod, she walked out of the room just in time to see Rika take shelter in her room. The young parent crossed over to her daughter's room and knocked softly on the wooden frame.
"I'm busy!" came the reply. A ruffling of objects could be heard as if a number of things have been dumped on the floor.
"Rika? Let me come in please," Rumiko paused but her response was negative. Sighing, she slid open the door anyways and saw Rika sitting at the low brown table with her back facing her. The sun provided little light to brighten up the fairly dark room so she took up the task of switching on the single light bulb that hung on the ceiling.
"I thought that you asked for permission and I thought I said no," said Rika, not even turning.
Rumiko ignored her words and instead sat down beside her offspring at the table. She noted that a few small boxes of chocolates lay on the smooth brown top and briefly smiled. Usually Rika would just pay no attention to the entire holiday but it didn't look that way this year. "I see that you came home earlier than you intended to."
Rika gave a little shrug. "I guess I decided to change my mind."
"So, who are these for?" Rumiko asked, referring to the boxes.
"Well who do you think they're for?" Rika shot back.
Frowning, the parent tried another question to get the information she wished to acquire. "Well they're obviously for your friends, but is there a special someone who you're giving it to?"
The fourteen-year-old finally decided to face her mother upon receiving this question. "Can you quit it? First Jeri and Alice, and now my own mother! Can you all just get off my back about this?" With each word, her voice had risen in volume until the ending where Rika unexpectedly shot up onto her feet. "I don't need this from everybody you know! Can't I just get some rest from all this Valentine crap?" In one swift movement, she had pulled her mother up off the floor and pushed her out of her room, closing the door quickly.
Rumiko sighed and walked back over to the room where Seiko was seated at her computer. The elder turned around when she heard her soft footsteps and received a small smile from her.
There was no hiding from this at all. Rika sat back down on the wooden floorboards and stared at the boxes of chocolates. Four boxes were set on one side while one sat by itself on the other side. The four represented Takato, Henry, Kazu and Kenta (although the last two didn't deserve it) who were going to get them as a sign of friendship while the loner represented Ryo Akiyama who was...undecided.
The truth was that Rika Nonaka had no intention of getting hurt by love again, like what had happened when her father left his family for who knows what. It had already been nine years since that event, but it didn't mean that the wounds had healed. Still, many things had happened to help them recover, all of them revolving around their Digital adventure.
Digital adventure. Digital Monsters. Digimon. Renamon. Rika's expression softened when she remembered her partner and how she had helped her to look inside herself and bring out the trust that had long since disappeared, and use that to believe in her fellow Tamers. Now it wasn't trust that had to be found, but it was the kitsune-type Digimon. A year ago Renamon and the rest of the Tamers' Digimon had to return to the Digital World or risk deletion, the Hypnos team haven't found a way back to the Digital World since.
After that, many things had changed. A few months after the D-Reaper, Takato finally found the courage to ask Jeri out and began dating ever since. Takato was not the same Gogglehead as before, he was now a more mature individual yet his childhood qualities remained underneath. Jeri was still the same old Jeri; always wearing a smile on her bright features and hardly ever brought down by anything.
Alice began working at Hypnos to help out with the never-ending search for the Digital World, which had seemed to "relocate" itself; either that or there was some kind of firewall blocking access to it. Henry joined in as well and it was obvious that after so many hours of co-operation, they have grown an attraction towards each other.
Suzie, Ai, and Mako had become great friends, as they are almost similar in age. Suzie was no longer obsessed with "Princess Pretty Pants", switching gears to computers and everything else digital in hopes of finding Lopmon. Whenever Ai and Mako got into a disagreement, they would actually solve it by talking the problem out with their mother instead of breaking stuff; this new approach would usually work.
Kazu and Kenta were the same pinheads they always were; they haven't seemed to grow at all this past year.
Ryo moved from his home island of Kyushu to West Shinjuku because he wanted to be closer to his friends, or so he claimed. Rika had noticed that he had grown a lot as well; he was no longer the same "jerk" who had defeated her in the Digimon tournament two years ago, he was a more matured guy, even though he joked now and then. She knew that he treated her more than a friend, but she couldn't make that same sacrifice. But his sapphire eyes were so deep and caring...His features, so perfect and cute...
Rika shook her head. What was up with her? Why was she thinking this? She couldn't risk falling in love again or she could get hurt and regret whatever had happened...and not able to even become friends with him again.
'But he is so safe and perfect, there is no need for caution...' a voice whispered in her head; a voice that always seemed to come from her heart.
Her light violet eyes drew back to that lone box, drew back to Ryo in confusion. Sighing, she got up and put them all away. She would decide what to do for Ryo tomorrow.
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Con: Finished Chapter 2 a lot quicker than I had originally thought it would take. I could have put it up on February 17th 2004, but my stupid Internet connection wasn't working...stupid piece of junk...I'm through with my motto so I'll just say review please! I'd really appreciate it! C'ya all l8r!