Anything For A Friend
By: The Smashfriends
Freak: Hello!
MMX2: Hello!
Logan: Hello!
Freak, MMX2 & Logan: Hello!!!
Aerisakura: *rolls eyes* We're here with the next chapter. Thanks to all of you who reviewed, at the end of the fic we'll give you the personal thanks to you.
Freak: Hey!! You say all those lines that were supposed to be ours!!
Aerisakura: -_-U You were very distracted sooo….
Logan: No prob couz!
Freak & MMX2: Hey!!
Logan: Look…
Takuya: Ummm…Hi.
Aerisakura: Hello and now let's continue with the fic.
Freak: Wha…? You're not going to say something like "who had the 'bright' idea of bringing this guy here?'?
Aerisakura: …….No, why? Should I say that?
MMX2: Because you usually do
Logan: That's what I was going to say. My cousin had been feeling better.
Freak: Really?
Aerisakura: Actually…no…but I didn't got worse so that's reason enough to be in good mood.
Terriermon: Sorry to change the subject but if A. is not going to ask then I will….what's doing this goggle-head in here?
Takuya: That's what I would like to know.
Freak: Oh that, we finally saw some episodes of Digimon Frontier and we decided to invite one of the characters.
Terriermon: This goggle-head is not going to replace me, right?
Aerisakura: Don't think so.
Takuya: Are you the only girl of the group?
Aerisakura: Ummm…yes but we used to be two of us but…
MMX2: MN left us to be with her boyfriend. Hmph! A. didn't leave us for hers….though it was a long distance…
Aerisakura: Okay, that was enough information, can we continue now.
Freak: Just one last question, under different circumstances, would you have done the same that MN?
Aerisakura: For more annoying that you get to be, my answer is no, for me friendship goes first, can we continue now….Though knowing about what is this chapter or better said, the whole fic, I understand the motive of this question so I will not hurt you this time.
Terriermon: *continues eying Takuya* For me is okay, now….
Takuya: The Smashfriends don't own Digimon.
Terriermon: Hey!!! That was my line!!!
Takuya: I didn't got to finish what I wanted to say before…
Terriermon: Later!! You lines stealer!!
Chapter 4: To Be Or Not To Be….A Matchmaker?
It was still spring break (SF/N: That's something that we wanted to make clear, and Rika has to do some homework, not that that be important but we did mentioned it in that last chapter), it was almost midday and Rika was at her house remembering the last day events. She was annoyed with the thought that occasioned those events, not just the ones with Takato but some other events that happened after Takato left. She sighed in annoyance as the imaged of the last day played in her head yet again….
Flashback to an annoying day…..
"Whatever goggles. Now let's think of another plan for you to try" Rika said as if she was really going to try to help him.
"Yeah thanks Rika" Takato said smiling.
Rika did not return the smile, another thought bothered her now and she wanted to get ride of the annoyance by questioning the goggle-head so she said "Takato, can I ask you something?"
'This must be serious, she called me by my first name' Takato thought and nodded.
"Why you insist in saying that I like Ryo? Is just to annoy me or you really think that?" Rika said crossing her arms over her chest and narrowed her eyes at the goggle-head to show him she didn't want him to joke about it.
Takato gulped and picked his words carefully to not make the D.I.Q. angered "Well…..I do think you really like him"
"And why is that?" Rika asked trying to control her boiling anger.
"Well….ummm…..is because you almost don't insult or threat Ryo as much as me or Henry…..or anyone else" Takato answered as best as he could, being as nervous or scared if you prefer as he was.
"That's why you think I like Ryo? And I thought Ryo was the one I treated worst" Rika said not believing what she heard.
"Well….no…you don't insult him as much as you insult…me" Takato said now more afraid that Rika decides to beat him up because of what he said.
Rika was speechless; she never thought Takato could felt that way or think that way.
"Hey Rika, I gotta go for now, I have to help my parents at the bakery" Takato said as he waved his hand to Rika and then ran towards his house.
End of the Flashback of an annoying day……
Rika had been thinking of what Takato said and she realized that she did insulted Ryo the less and her insults towards him weren't as bad as they were for Takato…but she didn't care for Ryo, in fact, she didn't put any effort on insulting Ryo because she simply didn't cared for him….but that wasn't bothering her now, what was really bothering her was that if Takato was the one she insulted the most and worst then anyone else….that would mean that she cares for him in some sort of way….and for some stupid reason, the fact that Takato thought that she liked Ryo was another reason to add at her annoyance and the last reason of her annoyance was that she didn't know what was the reason that this things were bothering her….but what happened later gave her a small idea of the why….but that annoyed her even more.
Another flashback of an annoying day…..
Rika watched as Takato left, she was still speechless, she was about to go and take a walk to clear her mind but today wasn't the day for her to have that time, as soon as she was about to walk, someone behind her spoke to her.
"You are spending a lot of time with Takato lately, haven't you Rika?" Henry said, today he was alone, he wanted to be alone and talk with the girl in front of him and bringing the Digi-bunny with him wouldn't have let him ask what he wanted so he stayed with Guilmon (Terriermon: At least I was left with dino-boy and not at home where I would receive the Pwincess Pwetty Pant Treatment.).
"So, what if I have?" Rika said annoyed, she wasn't in the mood to deal with this right now.
"So you must now he that likes Jeri" Henry said stuffing his hand on his pant's pockets.
"What do you want?" Rika said crossing her arms over her chest again and tried to not lose her patience.
"I want to know….if you are helping Takato to gain Jeri's heart?" Henry said calmly.
"……Why should I tell you?" Rika was losing her patience more and more as time passed.
"Because I'm in love with Jeri and I want to tell her but…what I want to know is…is you are spending so much time with Takato to help her gain Jeri's heart or….because you are in love with him" Henry said hiding her nervousness since if he said something that get Rika really annoyed, she would surely beat him up.
'Again with a stupidity like that, now this brainiac thinks I not only like but love Takato while the goggle-head thinks I like Ryo' Rika narrowed her eyes at Henry, her patience almost on the limit, not bothering to hide her anger from her voice she said "What is it for you?"
"Well…..if you….love Takato, then...." "Then what!?" "I could confess my feelings to Jeri" Henry finished blushing.
"……..And what if I'm only helping Takato?" Rika said for some reason she was worried of what would this news do to the goggle-head.
"Really, you are only helping him or you just don't want to admit that you love him?" Henry asked, his face returning to normal but his heart continued racing.
"……I'm only helping him" Rika said, her anger now gone.
Henry say nothing after that, he started to walk away but before being out of hearing range, he looked over his shoulder at Rika and said "I think you do love him"
End of another flashback of an annoying day…..
Those damn words annoyed her to no end and if something annoyed her this much then it couldn't be truth…but then again it could be annoying to her because it was truth. Yet again she sighed in annoyance as another thought of why this annoyed her this much came to her mind. Even if she indeed was, as Henry put it, in love with the goggle-head, what difference would it make if he loves Jeri…not that she is, she does not care….but again, what that, as she has been calling him since yesterday, what that stupid goggle-head had said came to her mind again, and she continued to ask her self why she put more "effort" on insulting the goggle-head and why bothered her that he think that she like Ryo.
All this thoughts troubled her and annoyed her so she sighed for what could be the hundred time and the only thing that made her less stressed was that at least she would have time to think since she had asked Renamon to leave her alone and her mother and grandmother had gone to do some shopping leaving her all alone at her house, and yet again another thought come to her, that troubled her for several motives, one was that she was worried for what would those news do to the goggle-head, the second was that how would those news affect her "relationship" with the goggle-head, the fact that he might not want to continue spending ti…wanting her help was another reason and the last but not less important was that the fact that she have all those reason bothering her, the fact that those reason actually bothered her make her worried that…maybe…just maybe, and she is still not admitting anything, but Henry might be right on what she said.
And now, all she wanted to know was why Henry thought that, she would have to go to talk to him and her thoughts and worries would have to wait. She stood up and walked to the door of her house, she had to know why Henry believed that, she thought that, maybe, if she knew why he believed that, she would get some answers to the many questions she had.
So without losing more time, she got out of her house and slowly walked towards Henry's place hoping to find him there, she would have to look for him at the park and it was very likely to be with the goggle-head and the rest of the tamers and she didn't want to see Takato yet nor ask this in front of the rest of the tamers.
Soon she found herself outside Henry's apartment building, she looked up and sighed before walking to get inside the building, wanting a little more of time to think of what was she going to say, she climbed the stair instead of taking the elevator, sighing again as she got to Henry's floor, she took a deep breath as if trying to calm her nerves or to gain courage, being on front of his apartment door, she did the same before knocking at the door. In a few second Henry opened the door to Rika's relief.
Henry wasn't so surprised to see her there and without saying anything he walked out of his apartment knowing that Terriermon was in his room and he wouldn't let them talk, Rika understood this and followed Henry to wherever he was leading her. Henry led Rika towards the roof of the building, once there he turned to her and waited for her to speak.
It took Rika a while to ask what she wanted to know and she finally said "….What…makes you think that I…love Takato?" she regretted saying that as soon as she had said it.
Henry smiled at her and replied and simply pointed at her shirt and said "Remember when you started wearing that shirt?"
Flashback to that day on the tunnel…. (SF/N: We'll put the flashback translating it from how we saw it)
Takato, Henry, Rika and their Digimon were walking through the tunnels of Shinjuku, there was silence for a moment and while no one noticed, Takato was staring at Rika wearing her new shirt, the usual shirt whit a broken heart was replaced with a shirt with a full heart and from time to time Takato turned to look at Rika until Renamon saw him and couldn't help but chuckle a little, hearing this, Rika was about to turn to look what was wrong with Renamon when she noticed the goggle-head looking at her and when their eyes meet, Takato's cheeks turned red and quickly turned away, Henry also noticing this couldn't help but wonder why Takato had done that.
Rika narrowed her eyes at him and waited for an excuse for his staring but when none came she said "What, aren't you going to tell me that I look good with it?"
Takato turned to see her and replied "And will you really let me tell you that?" as soon as he said that he turned away blushing but smiling at the same time that Rika looked away blushing. Henry who had seen all this didn't understand what had just happened.
End of the flashback…..
"I had forgotten all about it after all that happened with the D-Reaper" Rika said as her cheeks again turned red not being able to control it.
"Them, was I right?" Henry said still smiling at her.
"You have to tell Takato that you feel the same for Jeri" was all Rika said before leaving not answering Henry's question nor bothering to wait for him to reply at her comment.
Rika walked back to her house, her questions did found and answer and for more she wanted to, she couldn't deny it, Henry was right…thought it was difficult for her to admit it and she wouldn't admit it out loud since she already knew who is the one that holds Takato's heart and not that she would do anything even if Takato didn't had feelings for Jeri.
Arriving at her home, she opened the door and was about to close it when the person she last wanted to see arrived and stopped her from doing so.
"Hey Rika, I was helping my parents at the bakery this morning and they let me take some bread so I brought for you" Takato said showing Rika the bags he was carrying.
"Why didn't you take it to Guilmon?" Rika said helping him to carry some bags.
"Well….I did give him some but I save some for you" Takato said smiling.
"Come in goggle-head" Rika said allowing Takato to fully enter her house.
Both of them walked to the kitchen to leave the bags full with bread there taking some Guilmon bread for themselves, then they left to Rika's room, the two of them were silent for a moment but being annoyed by this, Rika broke it.
"Well goggles, why did you came here?" Rika said as she decided to fully ignore what she had discovered a few minutes ago.
"Well…you know…yesterday I had to leave early and…" Takato said nervously and looking at the ground.
"Ah...sorry goggles but I haven't thought of a plan to help you" Rika said trying herd to ignore what knowing what he wanted caused her.
"But you will still help me…right?" Takato said afraid that she would refuse to help him.
"…….Yes Takato, I will continue to help you" Rika said and thought to herself 'I will really help you this time….I will do anything for you…my friend'
End Chapter 4.
Freak: Okay that was all for now.
Aerisakura: Hope you liked it.
MMX2: Now Rika realized what she feels for the goggle-head but…
Logan: Takato still seems to like Juri, now you will have to wait to see what will happen next.
Takuya:….The goggles that Takato uses are cool!! You think you could lend me some goggles like that?
Terriermon: And you say I'm the insensitive.
Freak: Well…he is not insensitive…
Takuya: Hey, has anyone told you that you look like my friend J.P.?
Freak: Yes and I do not!! *glares at A. and then at Takuya*
Terriermon: Sure he does…but Freak has been under the sun more time.
Logan: Hey, now that you mention it…he does looks a lot like Junpei.
MMX2: Then we have to change Kazumi's name for Izumi XDDDD.
Takuya: Whaaa….? Izumi…
Aerisakura: Kazumi / Izumi is Freak's / J.P.'s not corresponded love.
Freak: Hey….that hurts.
MMX2: Sorry dude…but we needed something to make fun of.
Freak: And why me?
Logan: Our new friend gave us the idea.
Terriermon: And what am I, chop-liver or what?
SF: Or what.
Terriermon: Hahahaha!! That was very funny!
SF: Thanks!
Terriermon: -_- I was being sarcastic!!
SF: We know XDDDD
Terriermon: Whatever!! Now….
Takuya: Go on and REVIEW!!!
Terriermon: Not again!!!
SF: Now, the special thanks to those who reviewed:
Soni: Ok. we will try to put less Ryo bashing though it will be a little difficult for us since we don't like him but we will try. Thanks for your comments and keep reading.
SerpentTreize: Not really, now Rika is not going to be so mean…..on that aspect but it will still be fun XDDDD wait to see what we have prepared. Keep reading.
++++: That was just as a joke, sorry and in other occasions is because we, sometimes, write the chapter as if some of the tamers or Digimon were reading the chapter with their own words and lately we have been making it as if it was Rika and you know how Rika is, just that we didn't said that we did that we hoped someone to notice but none did, in the past we used like this at Terriermon and Guilmon but anyway, Takato is all that things you said and hope you have liked this chapter as well, keep reading.
Darkfire: XDD Here is!! Thanks for reading and is good that you like our fics, thanks and see ya!
Takuya: Again I didn't got the chance to finish what I wanted to say but anyway, if you guys are going to do something to me and Zoe like you did to that other guy with cool goggles, then I don't want you to do anything, thanks but no thanks.
SF: Don't worry….yet XDDDDDDD
Terriermon: YES!!! And there will be my vengeance WHAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha!!!
Takuya: And I though Neemon was a little crazy.
SF: Anyway, if someone want us to write you to tell you when we post a fic, tell us on your reviews or e-mail us, see ya all!!