If Only It Was Real
Con: "Perfect by nature, icons of self indulgence. Just what we all need, more lies about a world that: never was and neve-" Oh...uh...welcome! I'm really polite, haven't update for so long and Evanescence is in my head...
I'm really sorry for not updating for like a month now, but I had a serious case of Writer's Block and I have a Science project that I should be working on right now...heh heh...That plus the fact that I've been watching too many old Chinese shows...See what happens when you don't have a rough copy written out? Anywayz, thanks for a total of 10/11 reviews for that last chapter! I've set a new record for myself!
Too make up for my lateness, whoever reviews this time will get...looks through piles of junk uh...a toothpick? Um...a cookie? I know! You can have my bothersome little brother! Either of those three will be given to you if you review.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, but I do own this story and the plot. I also own the various Digimon merchandise in my room, and you can't take that away from me! Also, the song "Wind's Nocturne" belongs to the people who created the game Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, yet I own a copy of the game. -
To Alex Warlon: First Comment: Yeah, well let's just see that Digimon Tamers aired at a bad time: I was on the verge of beginning my adolescence, so that's not exactly good because I kinda paired up everyone from every television show.
Second Comment: To be truthful, I'd really forgotten. But as a cover-up I'll say that since Rumiko was pushed out, she couldn't exactly do anything.
Third Comment: Yeah, I've read the summary of the movie. I've also watched the subbed version of it. raises eyebrow Why the question?
Chapter 3: Mere Coincidence?
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The bell rang clearly through the empty school hallways and into the ears of students in their classes, but it didn't stop. It was only a few minutes before lunch, but you'd have to be a real idiot to mistake this continuous noise for the lunch bell. Now it was February, meaning that it was really cold and that some unfortunate students weren't close enough to their lockers to get out their jackets. The unluckiest ones were the ones who were in their Physical Education class and who had to go out in their t- shirts and shorts. Meaning that three particular Tamers were all unlucky.
"D-damn! Damn! Damn!" Rika raged, jogging on the spot with her arms crossed over her chest. "Why m-me? Of all the p-people-"
"Oh c'mon! I'm o-out here free-freezing too!" Alice shot back as she paced back and forth to keep warm. "Like y-you're the only one?" she muttered before a set of arms encircled her and drew her closer in, providing her with warmth, even if it was just a little. Alice let out a little cry of surprise at this unexpected action and spun around to see whom the culprit was, only to come face to face with Henry Wong.
Jeri laughed as well as she could between chattering teeth, small puffs of smoke appearing between breaths. "And y-yesterday, you acted to be clu- clueless."
Henry tried to hide his smile but pulled Alice towards him again, causing her to blush. "I just heard she was freezing and decided to help thaw her out. Is that such a crime?"
"It is when we're with the ot-others," Alice countered although she kept the smile on her face, causing an "awww" kind of smile from Jeri and an eye- roll from Rika.
"You do kn-know that people don't want to see you two flirting right?" she asked them with a voice colder than she'd intended it to be, causing the two to reluctantly pull away from each other.
"C'mon Rika, you've got to lighten up a little," said a familiar voice behind the small group. Takato Matsuki emerged from the crowd of students and found a place beside Jeri. "Tomorrow is Valentine's Day."
"Wow, I'm practically leaping for joy," Rika responded sarcastically as Takato look off his jacket and draped it over Jeri who in return gave a grateful thanks.
Rika bit her lip, her eyes emitting nothing but a mix of anger and envy at her friends. She turned to look at the road where cars sped by to hide her expression. They were the lucky ones, having no experience of the hurt that accompanied love. She was hesitant while they just leapt through the wall of flame, not giving it a single thought. But look at what the result was, those two were happy – not to mention warm – while she just stood off to the side, feeling lonelier than ever. She took a step backwards, not wanting anything to do with the two couples and turned to walk away, bumping into someone and stumbling back instead. As soon as she had caught her balance, she glared at the person and unintentionally locked eyes with Akiyama's clear sapphire ones.
Ryo flashed a grin. "Leaving so soon? But I just got here. Aren't I even worthy enough for a simple 'hello'?"
Rika glanced down from his spellbinding eyes and muttered his request. 'Great, just what I needed.' "Okay, now will you let me pass?" she asked, anxious to get away but unsure of why she wanted his permission first.
The older boy pivoted one foot backwards to allow her through but just then the hideous head of a Cyclops appeared out of nowhere, clearly surprising the two.
Rika scowled when she realized who it was. "What the hell, Kazu? It's almost Valentine's, not Halloween."
He laughed as he took off the mask of the mythical one-eyed creature. Kenta staggered up to his partner-in-crime, doubled over in laughter. "You should have seen the look on your faces!" Kazu Shioda managed to gasp out. "That was absolutely priceless!"
Rika was just about to jump him when Ryo did it himself, causing quite a lot of commotion and allowing others to come running over to the scene, including Takato, Jeri, Henry, and Alice.
"Wanna do that again?" Ryo demanded, having captured the prankster in a headlock.
Kazu shook his head and was released from the headlock, staggering back into someone in the crowd. "Just wanted to have a little fun."
"I wouldn't exactly call scaring people, fun," he countered, and then he turned to face Rika again. "Guess you can go wherever you want now."
Jeri raised an eyebrow. "You're going somewhere Rika?"
Rika glared at Ryo, who just smiled and shrugged innocently. "Forget it."
The hazel-eyed girl smiled in a kind of smug way, eyeing Ryo and Rika. "Good then."
Rika caught her look and was about to defend herself when Takato decided to but in. "Any of you coming to the Valentine's Day Dance tomorrow? I know Jeri and me are going, mostly because Jeri likes to force me to do things like this."
Jeri giggled lightly at his comment and pinched his arm. "Takato!"
"Well it's true!" the goggle-head said, laughing.
"And you're so difficult to persuade!" Jeri shot back, joining him.
Alice shook her head in friendly disapproval. "I can't believe you two."
"Well since Alice and me are part of the Student Council and helped plan the dance, we have to be there to make sure everything runs smoothly," said Henry.
"Nice way to cover up," commented Kazu.
"So what about you, Kazu?"
Kazu's face fell. "I don't have anyone to go with so what am I supposed to do? Go with Kenta?" They both looked at each other before cracking up again.
"I hope we won't have to go that far," said Kenta when they had regained their composure.
"Let us all hope that you won't," Alice put in curtly. "Ryo? Rika? What about you two?"
"My mom's leaving for Europe tomorrow and I guess I'd have to be there," replied Rika for once in her life, glad that Rumiko was leaving.
"I'm afraid I can't be there either, I have plans for tomorrow," was all Ryo would say.
Alice eyed them suspiciously and Rika just wanted to scream out loud. Why whenever they had something in common, did her friends believe that it meant something more? Couldn't they just accept the fact that it was mere coincidence? Rika closed her eyes, why was she even telling herself this? She believed this if the others didn't, well there weren't anything she could do about it. But still, the fact that she had been reminding herself of this over and over again wasn't a good sign.
The granddaughter of Rob McCoy looked as if she was about to throw in her own little comment when the bell rang, signalling the end of the period, the beginning of lunch, and to come in. As they were making small chat, Takato and Henry were suddenly pulled away from their girlfriends by Kazu and Kenta respectively.
"Hey!" they cried out in union, pulling away and righting themselves.
"Come on!" exclaimed Kenta. "We've got to hurry back to class!"
Takato raised an eyebrow. "Kazu and Kenta are actually anxious to go back to class? Okay, who are you and what have you done with them?"
Kazu faked a laugh. "Very funny...not. Anyways, we have to get our tests back and remember last week? We made a bet that whoever had the lowest mark would buy the others lunch, and I've got no money! Not to mention the fact that I'm hungry!"
The others laughed. "Well I guess we have no choice but to follow. Bye Alice," said Henry, following Kazu and Kenta who had run off.
"I knew they wouldn't actually want to go back to class. I'll see you Jeri," was Takato's farewell before joining his fellow classmates.
Ryo glanced behind him and started to walk away to join his class as they headed inside the building.
"Guess I've gotta go as well," said the fifteen-year-old. "See you later."
Rika watched as Ryo backed away and when his bright sapphire eyes met her light violet ones, he flashed another grin, this time an appreciative one and turned around to jog over to his class. She held her gaze until the Legendary Tamer disappeared into the crowd, unable to comprehend her own emotions, or Ryo's intentions.
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The dimly lit room was close to looking like a war zone with all the objects scattered around. Rika sighed as she got up from her knelling position to move on to another part of the room, 'Where could it be?' She suddenly remembered a place that she hadn't bothered to search yet, but she quickly became frustrated when she had.
'Why am I even wasting my time like this?' she thought in rage, getting on her feet. 'I have better things to do like a certain thing called homework.' Just when the adolescent was about to give up, the door unexpectedly slid open to reveal her mother, illuminated by the sunset.
Rumiko Nonaka looked surprised at the state the room was in. "And I thought my room wasn't appropriate for guests," referring to the fact that she was packing just moments before.
"Mom," Rika acknowledged, ignoring the comment and continuing her fruitless search.
Rumiko sighed, knowing that her daughter was not in a good mood. "Well, I'm going to be leaving tomorrow evening."
Rika nodded. "Yeah, I know. And I'll be there."
"So, what are you looking for? Perhaps I could help."
"Yeah, perhaps," was Rika's response, throwing some of her old Digi-Modify Cards to the side. She sighed and pushed herself against a wall. "I don't think you'll know what I'm looking for 'cause you weren't there when I first got it..."
"Oh," said Rumiko, joining her daughter on the floor. "Well can you at least tell me why you're looking for it?"
Rika shook her head slowly. "I'm not sure myself. I guess it's just because it's traditional to give something to your friends on Valentine's Day or something." The present frown grew even deeper. "Oh I don't know! I don't want to do this, it feels I'm required to, but I don't want to! Yet I feel like I actually want to but then I-" She stopped abruptly, all this ranting was getting her nowhere, besides it was confusing.
Rumiko nodded in acknowledgement and stood up, heading through the doorway. "This is one thing that adolescence is a big part of, so it's up to you whether or not you want it to be." She paused and laughed. "Now back to the reason I came here, dinner's in ten minutes."
Rika laughed under her breath as well. "I'll be out as soon as I find what I'm looking for. And oh yeah, I'm sorry for what happened yesterday. I was in a bad mood."
"I could tell," said Rumiko before exiting the room and heading over to the living room.
The fourteen-year-old girl let out yet another sigh before moving on to the next corner. 'Stupid adolescent hormones. I really wish I could figure this out, but until then I'll have to make do with what I have now. If only I knew if these feelings were real...'
As traveling across the sea
From the unknown country,
The wind passes gently behind my ears,
Will you tell me if people live with
The same bewildering feeling inside?
To love someone,
Or to be loved by someone
I wonder what those feelings are like?
I can only feel vaguely from afar.
I want to cherish the feeling
That has started inside me,
The fate trembles my heart like the wind.
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Con: If you have reached this point, it means that you have finished reading Chapter Three of If Only It Was Real. By the way, that "Wind's Nocturne" song is not the one you would find in the English version of Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, you have to get the Japanese version, I just used the translated lyrics; I have no clue what the original ones are.
For those of you wondering how I was so creative (not!) in coming up with the fire alarm situation, my classmates could tell you but none of them understand the meaning of a fanfic. BORING ALERT Stupid fire alarm was pulled in the middle of February and we had to freeze ourselves to death out there with no jackets or anything...School is so cruel. END BORING ALERT
I've got like one or two more chapters to go. Hopefully Chapter Four will be out shortly, but after I finish my Science project (due on Friday! And I haven't even started!). Well until then, c'ya!
Con: "Perfect by nature, icons of self indulgence. Just what we all need, more lies about a world that: never was and neve-" Oh...uh...welcome! I'm really polite, haven't update for so long and Evanescence is in my head...
I'm really sorry for not updating for like a month now, but I had a serious case of Writer's Block and I have a Science project that I should be working on right now...heh heh...That plus the fact that I've been watching too many old Chinese shows...See what happens when you don't have a rough copy written out? Anywayz, thanks for a total of 10/11 reviews for that last chapter! I've set a new record for myself!
Too make up for my lateness, whoever reviews this time will get...looks through piles of junk uh...a toothpick? Um...a cookie? I know! You can have my bothersome little brother! Either of those three will be given to you if you review.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, but I do own this story and the plot. I also own the various Digimon merchandise in my room, and you can't take that away from me! Also, the song "Wind's Nocturne" belongs to the people who created the game Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, yet I own a copy of the game. -
To Alex Warlon: First Comment: Yeah, well let's just see that Digimon Tamers aired at a bad time: I was on the verge of beginning my adolescence, so that's not exactly good because I kinda paired up everyone from every television show.
Second Comment: To be truthful, I'd really forgotten. But as a cover-up I'll say that since Rumiko was pushed out, she couldn't exactly do anything.
Third Comment: Yeah, I've read the summary of the movie. I've also watched the subbed version of it. raises eyebrow Why the question?
Chapter 3: Mere Coincidence?
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The bell rang clearly through the empty school hallways and into the ears of students in their classes, but it didn't stop. It was only a few minutes before lunch, but you'd have to be a real idiot to mistake this continuous noise for the lunch bell. Now it was February, meaning that it was really cold and that some unfortunate students weren't close enough to their lockers to get out their jackets. The unluckiest ones were the ones who were in their Physical Education class and who had to go out in their t- shirts and shorts. Meaning that three particular Tamers were all unlucky.
"D-damn! Damn! Damn!" Rika raged, jogging on the spot with her arms crossed over her chest. "Why m-me? Of all the p-people-"
"Oh c'mon! I'm o-out here free-freezing too!" Alice shot back as she paced back and forth to keep warm. "Like y-you're the only one?" she muttered before a set of arms encircled her and drew her closer in, providing her with warmth, even if it was just a little. Alice let out a little cry of surprise at this unexpected action and spun around to see whom the culprit was, only to come face to face with Henry Wong.
Jeri laughed as well as she could between chattering teeth, small puffs of smoke appearing between breaths. "And y-yesterday, you acted to be clu- clueless."
Henry tried to hide his smile but pulled Alice towards him again, causing her to blush. "I just heard she was freezing and decided to help thaw her out. Is that such a crime?"
"It is when we're with the ot-others," Alice countered although she kept the smile on her face, causing an "awww" kind of smile from Jeri and an eye- roll from Rika.
"You do kn-know that people don't want to see you two flirting right?" she asked them with a voice colder than she'd intended it to be, causing the two to reluctantly pull away from each other.
"C'mon Rika, you've got to lighten up a little," said a familiar voice behind the small group. Takato Matsuki emerged from the crowd of students and found a place beside Jeri. "Tomorrow is Valentine's Day."
"Wow, I'm practically leaping for joy," Rika responded sarcastically as Takato look off his jacket and draped it over Jeri who in return gave a grateful thanks.
Rika bit her lip, her eyes emitting nothing but a mix of anger and envy at her friends. She turned to look at the road where cars sped by to hide her expression. They were the lucky ones, having no experience of the hurt that accompanied love. She was hesitant while they just leapt through the wall of flame, not giving it a single thought. But look at what the result was, those two were happy – not to mention warm – while she just stood off to the side, feeling lonelier than ever. She took a step backwards, not wanting anything to do with the two couples and turned to walk away, bumping into someone and stumbling back instead. As soon as she had caught her balance, she glared at the person and unintentionally locked eyes with Akiyama's clear sapphire ones.
Ryo flashed a grin. "Leaving so soon? But I just got here. Aren't I even worthy enough for a simple 'hello'?"
Rika glanced down from his spellbinding eyes and muttered his request. 'Great, just what I needed.' "Okay, now will you let me pass?" she asked, anxious to get away but unsure of why she wanted his permission first.
The older boy pivoted one foot backwards to allow her through but just then the hideous head of a Cyclops appeared out of nowhere, clearly surprising the two.
Rika scowled when she realized who it was. "What the hell, Kazu? It's almost Valentine's, not Halloween."
He laughed as he took off the mask of the mythical one-eyed creature. Kenta staggered up to his partner-in-crime, doubled over in laughter. "You should have seen the look on your faces!" Kazu Shioda managed to gasp out. "That was absolutely priceless!"
Rika was just about to jump him when Ryo did it himself, causing quite a lot of commotion and allowing others to come running over to the scene, including Takato, Jeri, Henry, and Alice.
"Wanna do that again?" Ryo demanded, having captured the prankster in a headlock.
Kazu shook his head and was released from the headlock, staggering back into someone in the crowd. "Just wanted to have a little fun."
"I wouldn't exactly call scaring people, fun," he countered, and then he turned to face Rika again. "Guess you can go wherever you want now."
Jeri raised an eyebrow. "You're going somewhere Rika?"
Rika glared at Ryo, who just smiled and shrugged innocently. "Forget it."
The hazel-eyed girl smiled in a kind of smug way, eyeing Ryo and Rika. "Good then."
Rika caught her look and was about to defend herself when Takato decided to but in. "Any of you coming to the Valentine's Day Dance tomorrow? I know Jeri and me are going, mostly because Jeri likes to force me to do things like this."
Jeri giggled lightly at his comment and pinched his arm. "Takato!"
"Well it's true!" the goggle-head said, laughing.
"And you're so difficult to persuade!" Jeri shot back, joining him.
Alice shook her head in friendly disapproval. "I can't believe you two."
"Well since Alice and me are part of the Student Council and helped plan the dance, we have to be there to make sure everything runs smoothly," said Henry.
"Nice way to cover up," commented Kazu.
"So what about you, Kazu?"
Kazu's face fell. "I don't have anyone to go with so what am I supposed to do? Go with Kenta?" They both looked at each other before cracking up again.
"I hope we won't have to go that far," said Kenta when they had regained their composure.
"Let us all hope that you won't," Alice put in curtly. "Ryo? Rika? What about you two?"
"My mom's leaving for Europe tomorrow and I guess I'd have to be there," replied Rika for once in her life, glad that Rumiko was leaving.
"I'm afraid I can't be there either, I have plans for tomorrow," was all Ryo would say.
Alice eyed them suspiciously and Rika just wanted to scream out loud. Why whenever they had something in common, did her friends believe that it meant something more? Couldn't they just accept the fact that it was mere coincidence? Rika closed her eyes, why was she even telling herself this? She believed this if the others didn't, well there weren't anything she could do about it. But still, the fact that she had been reminding herself of this over and over again wasn't a good sign.
The granddaughter of Rob McCoy looked as if she was about to throw in her own little comment when the bell rang, signalling the end of the period, the beginning of lunch, and to come in. As they were making small chat, Takato and Henry were suddenly pulled away from their girlfriends by Kazu and Kenta respectively.
"Hey!" they cried out in union, pulling away and righting themselves.
"Come on!" exclaimed Kenta. "We've got to hurry back to class!"
Takato raised an eyebrow. "Kazu and Kenta are actually anxious to go back to class? Okay, who are you and what have you done with them?"
Kazu faked a laugh. "Very funny...not. Anyways, we have to get our tests back and remember last week? We made a bet that whoever had the lowest mark would buy the others lunch, and I've got no money! Not to mention the fact that I'm hungry!"
The others laughed. "Well I guess we have no choice but to follow. Bye Alice," said Henry, following Kazu and Kenta who had run off.
"I knew they wouldn't actually want to go back to class. I'll see you Jeri," was Takato's farewell before joining his fellow classmates.
Ryo glanced behind him and started to walk away to join his class as they headed inside the building.
"Guess I've gotta go as well," said the fifteen-year-old. "See you later."
Rika watched as Ryo backed away and when his bright sapphire eyes met her light violet ones, he flashed another grin, this time an appreciative one and turned around to jog over to his class. She held her gaze until the Legendary Tamer disappeared into the crowd, unable to comprehend her own emotions, or Ryo's intentions.
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The dimly lit room was close to looking like a war zone with all the objects scattered around. Rika sighed as she got up from her knelling position to move on to another part of the room, 'Where could it be?' She suddenly remembered a place that she hadn't bothered to search yet, but she quickly became frustrated when she had.
'Why am I even wasting my time like this?' she thought in rage, getting on her feet. 'I have better things to do like a certain thing called homework.' Just when the adolescent was about to give up, the door unexpectedly slid open to reveal her mother, illuminated by the sunset.
Rumiko Nonaka looked surprised at the state the room was in. "And I thought my room wasn't appropriate for guests," referring to the fact that she was packing just moments before.
"Mom," Rika acknowledged, ignoring the comment and continuing her fruitless search.
Rumiko sighed, knowing that her daughter was not in a good mood. "Well, I'm going to be leaving tomorrow evening."
Rika nodded. "Yeah, I know. And I'll be there."
"So, what are you looking for? Perhaps I could help."
"Yeah, perhaps," was Rika's response, throwing some of her old Digi-Modify Cards to the side. She sighed and pushed herself against a wall. "I don't think you'll know what I'm looking for 'cause you weren't there when I first got it..."
"Oh," said Rumiko, joining her daughter on the floor. "Well can you at least tell me why you're looking for it?"
Rika shook her head slowly. "I'm not sure myself. I guess it's just because it's traditional to give something to your friends on Valentine's Day or something." The present frown grew even deeper. "Oh I don't know! I don't want to do this, it feels I'm required to, but I don't want to! Yet I feel like I actually want to but then I-" She stopped abruptly, all this ranting was getting her nowhere, besides it was confusing.
Rumiko nodded in acknowledgement and stood up, heading through the doorway. "This is one thing that adolescence is a big part of, so it's up to you whether or not you want it to be." She paused and laughed. "Now back to the reason I came here, dinner's in ten minutes."
Rika laughed under her breath as well. "I'll be out as soon as I find what I'm looking for. And oh yeah, I'm sorry for what happened yesterday. I was in a bad mood."
"I could tell," said Rumiko before exiting the room and heading over to the living room.
The fourteen-year-old girl let out yet another sigh before moving on to the next corner. 'Stupid adolescent hormones. I really wish I could figure this out, but until then I'll have to make do with what I have now. If only I knew if these feelings were real...'
As traveling across the sea
From the unknown country,
The wind passes gently behind my ears,
Will you tell me if people live with
The same bewildering feeling inside?
To love someone,
Or to be loved by someone
I wonder what those feelings are like?
I can only feel vaguely from afar.
I want to cherish the feeling
That has started inside me,
The fate trembles my heart like the wind.
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Con: If you have reached this point, it means that you have finished reading Chapter Three of If Only It Was Real. By the way, that "Wind's Nocturne" song is not the one you would find in the English version of Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, you have to get the Japanese version, I just used the translated lyrics; I have no clue what the original ones are.
For those of you wondering how I was so creative (not!) in coming up with the fire alarm situation, my classmates could tell you but none of them understand the meaning of a fanfic. BORING ALERT Stupid fire alarm was pulled in the middle of February and we had to freeze ourselves to death out there with no jackets or anything...School is so cruel. END BORING ALERT
I've got like one or two more chapters to go. Hopefully Chapter Four will be out shortly, but after I finish my Science project (due on Friday! And I haven't even started!). Well until then, c'ya!