Angel's Second Chance
Chapter 6 – Promise of the Setting Sun
Rick: Hey everybody! It's Rick, taking DF103's place for a while because her sister broke her arm, so I'm typing everything she wrote down. Anywayz, this chapter is a songfic. Although, I can't understand Japanese like DF103 can, looking at the lyric translations, I think she chose a good song. The song is called 'Yuuhi no Yakusoku' a.k.a. 'Promise of the Setting Sun.' The song is originally sung by AiM, but the version DF103 is using is sung by the person who plays Ruki/Rika in the Japanese Digimon 03. YAY! Rika is so cool. BTW, DF103 does not own Digimon. Now, on with Chapter 6 – Promise of the Setting Sun.
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"Oh no, not this thought again," Ryo said, clutching his head.
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5 year-old Ryo sat on the couch, while his dad paced across the floor in front of him. "Ryo, did you take the neighbors' turtle?" Ryo's dad asked calmly.
"Do you mean that big, hard thing? Yeah, daddy. I took it because I thought they didn't want the rock in their house," little Ryo said, innocently.
Ryo's dad chuckled and asked, "Well where is it now?"
"I put it in the ground, so no one will step on it and fall," Ryo said.
Ryo's dad's eyes widened and ran outside to the backyard. There, he looked for the place where Ryo buried the turtle. Ryo soon came out and watched his dad run around. He started to giggle and said, "It's right here," pointing to the mound of dirt. Ryo's dad ran over there and dug it up.
"AHH, it has a head! The rock has a head!" Ryo cried out.
"Ryo, it's not a rock. It's a turtle. It was a living thing. It's dead now."
"Dead?"
"Yes, gone forever," Ryo's dad said, sternly. How am I going to explain this to the next-door neighbor, he thought.
"We'll talk about this when your mother comes home, okay?" Ryo's dad said, walking into the house.
Few hours later, the phone rang. Ryo's dad got up from reading the paper, to get it. "Hello?" he answered.
"Is this the Mr. Akiyama?" asked the voice.
"Yes?"
"I am sorry to inform you that your wife has been in a car accident," said the voice.
"What?" Ryo's dad shouted, as he slammed the phone down.
He went to get Ryo and they jumped in the car. They rushed to the only hospital in West Shinjuku. When they got there and asked for Mrs. Akiyama, one of the nurses said that she was dispatched at impact. Ryo's dad stood there in awe, still trying to process what was being said. The two of them walked out. They got in the car and made their way home.
"Daddy? Why did we go to the doctors' place?" asked Ryo.
"Your…your mother was in an accident." Ryo's dad started, trying to hold back the tears.
"Accident?" Ryo asked, enunciating the words.
"Yes, and the doctors said she didn't make it," he said, tears rolling down is cheeks. He tried very hard not to let Ryo seem them.
"Didn't make it?" Ryo asked.
"Yeah, she's dead." Ryo's dad said.
"Dead? Gone forever?" Ryo said, starting to cry.
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By the time Ryo finished, the area around him and Rikken turned a blinding white. "Hmm, one or two more good deeds should get you up and living again," Rikken said, looking around, still grasping his brown clipboard.
"Well, I don't know if I have anymore," Ryo answered, wiping his tears.
Think Ryo, think, for the sake of dad, my friends. For Rika, said a voice from Ryo's head.
"I suggest you hurry. You don't have much time," Rikken said.
"What? You said I had plenty of time before we started!" Ryo yelled.
"Well, you see, time in this place and time in your world is different. Every minute that passes here, another hour passes in your world," Rikken explained, "life's funny, ain't it? So, you have plenty of time here, but it's up to the doctor's whether they take you off life support or not."
"WHAT!" Ryo shouted, his voice echoing in the endless space. He was speechless. C'mon, you have to get out of here. Wait…that's it! Ryo thought. "Ahh. I just remembered. I have one more. The most important one I'll tell," Ryo said.
Rikken nods as he takes another glance at his clipboard, and says, "Go ahead."
"A few weeks after the D-Reaper incident, our parents planned a reward trip for all of us, to the beach, near Takato's cousin's house. Since Kai, Takato's cousin, and his parents were out of town, we stayed there, with their permission of course," Ryo started.
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"Wow, the beach is so beautiful," Jeri said, looking at the horizon.
"Yeah, and talk about the sunset. It's incredible," Ryo added.
Everyone sat on the shore as they watched the sun slowly fall into the horizon.
After a few minutes, everybody, but Ryo and Rika got up to go back inside the house. They sat there next to each other, still watching the sunset.
Wow, I've never seen Rika so relaxed, Ryo thought, staring at her.
"What are you looking at?" Rika asked.
"Oh nothing," Ryo said, turning around.
Why do I feel so weird? I feel so comfortable next to him, Rika thought, staring at him.
"Hah, I caught you staring." Ryo said, grinning.
"So…" Rika asked, turning the slightest pink.
Should I tell her? Ryo thought.
Should I tell him? Rika thought.
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"Why are they just sitting there, staring at each other?" Kazu asked.
"Isn't it obvious? They like each other," Jeri said.
"You think they'll admit it?" Henry asked.
"Never know," Takato said.
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"Why do you hate me?" Ryo asked.
"I don't hate you. I just…" Rika started.
"You just what?" Ryo asked.
"I'm just in denial," Rika finally said.
"Denial?" Ryo said, a little confused.
"Denial…in liking you. I've always had these feelings for you, and I thought it'll all go away in a few days, but it never did," Rika explained to Ryo, looking down at the sand.
"While we're talking about this. I've always liked you Rika. You have been in my heart since the first time I met you. I tried showing you how I feel, but you always seemed to push me away," Ryo said.
Rika sighed and said, "That's good to know," then rested her head on Ryo's shoulder, watching the orange sunset.
What a day to remember, Ryo thought.
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After he finished, Ryo could see a table and a window. Then everything went black. "You've made it. Well, nice meeting you in person. I'll be watching you and have nice trip," Rikken said, grinning, as the clipboard disappeared and waves good-bye.
"What do you mean, have a nice…" Ryo started, before he fell into the never-ending space. Ryo kept on falling, with all the images of his past rushing through his mind. He started to hear voices, and then everything around him stopped, including him.
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Rick – This is where she stopped, so don't complain to me. Complain to DF103. She said to please review. She also said that she wants to thank all the reviewers and would like to thank Angel13 for the first flashback in this chapter, with Ryo's mom.
DF103 – Wait…breathes heavily…I just wanted to let you know that no turtles were harmed in the making of this chapter and that some little kids do think turtles are rocks…so yeah…L8ter…say bye Rick.
Rick – Cya.