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Chapter 4

The Chase, The Argument, and Ryo's Surprise Party

It finally stopped raining; it was cloudy, but the sky was not grey, and the sun was up, although the ground was still wet from yesterday's rain. Rika finally woke up from her sleep and started making breakfast for herself. She turned on the T.V. to hear the news while eating.

"Good Morning everyone! This is reporter Kira Williams of Action News, reporting to you live in West Shinjuku" announced the reporter. "Here in West Shinjuku, there was a very heavy storm yesterday. But good news! Even with the clouds in the sky, there won't be any rain today! Classes from Pre School up to grade 7 won't be having classes today because of the slight flood. High school students will be having classes today only until 12:00 nn! So have fun everyone! And we'll be back later for more news updates!"

"And is that supposed to make me feel better?" groaned Rika. "I hate that stupid weather reporter! Every time I want to go to school, she reports to everyone that classes are cancelled. And every time I'm not in the mood to go to school, she doesn't report to everyone that classes are cancelled!" As Rika complains about the reporter, she dresses up and gets ready for school.

She goes out of the house and makes her way to school. Then suddenly, she heard someone call her. "Hey Wildcat! Wait up!" called out Ryo.

"Shoot! Not again! What do you want now Akiyama!" said Rika as Ryo approached her.

"Hey! Looks like somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed! Ha ha ha!" said Ryo laughing as he ran away, knowing that Rika would pound him if she's in a bad mood.

"You are so dead Akiyama! Get back here!!" shouted Rika angrily as she ran her fastest to chase Ryo. She totally forgot the fact that Ryo was leaving for Australia because she was busy trying to catch him, and afterwards pound him into pieces.

"Are you still asleep wildcat?! Because you're running like a sloth! Even Kenta would be able to out run you!!! I bet you can't even catch me!" said Ryo who was running for his life.

"WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU AKIYAMA! YOU WON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HIT YOU!" shouted Rika as she ran after Ryo like an angry pack of wildcats.

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Finally, both of them reached school, Ryo came in first, then after three minutes, Rika came running to school almost tripping down. "Akiyama…you are…gonna pay…if I'll fall asleep…in class today…" said Rika panting after her exhausting hunt.

"Hey, it's not my fault if you don't get enough exercise. I mean, what happened to the old Rika when we were in the Digimon world? You were always running around there, right Wildcat? Come to think of it…you're now half as aggressive as you were before!" said Ryo with a smirk.

"Cut it out Ryo, now let's get back to the classroom or we'll be late" said Rika who gained back her energy.

When both of them reached their classroom, Ryo took his seat to rest from running around. "I've gotta admit, even if she's not as fast as me, she sure has a lot of energy" thought Ryo

"Hey Rika" whispered Jeri.

"Yeah, what is it?" answered Rika.

"We're planning a surprise party for Ryo two days from now before he goes to Australia, would you like to come? It's going to be held in Takato's house" whispered Jeri, trying to make sure that Ryo didn't hear it.

"Well I don't know…" answered Rika.

"Oh please go Rika, it would mean a lot to us and Ryo. Please, this is the last party we'll have with Ryo" whispered Jeri while giving her puppy dog eyes.

"Okay okay I'll go" said Rika. "And we're also going to the amusement park the day after the surprise party, can you please go Rika?" whispered Jeri who gave her another puppy dog eyes look.

"Okay okay I'll go, just stop with those annoying puppy dog eyes Ok!" said Rika who almost gave away the surprise party to Ryo.

"Hey girls what's up?" asked Ryo. Jeri was caught by surprised that she forgot what to say in order to distract Ryo from finding out about the party.

"We're having a private conversation Ryo, so go away!" said Rika.

"Fine, you really did wake up on the wrong side of the bed monster!" said Ryo.

"Twerp" countered Rika.

"Slowpoke" countered Ryo with a smirk.

"Hey guys stop arguing! We only have a week left before you leave Ryo. Let's make good of the time we have left with you" said Takato trying hard to make them stop fighting.

"She started it you know..." said Ryo.

"But you're butting in on our private conversation!" said Rika angrily.

"I didn't know that it was a private conversation you know" said Ryo.

"You've known me for a long time! And you know how I hate it when someone butts in on my conversation with someone else!" said Rika angrily. Both of them were so loud that the whole class started to gather around them.

"At least Rika is back to her snobby old self, better than her zombie-like self three days ago. And Ryo is back to his old self too" said Kazu.

"Shut up Kazu!!" said Ryo and Rika together.

"S…Sure" said Kazu; then afterwards, Ryo and Rika continued their argument while Jeri, Takato, and Kenta were trying their best to break them up.

"Break it up guys!!" yelled Henry. "It doesn't matter who started the fight, just stop it!"

"But…" said Rika and Ryo; Henry then suddenly had an idea.

"Hey guys! I wonder whom among you two can go the longest with out arguing with each other?" said Henry.

"I can! Hey! I can go longer than you! Says who?! I do!" said Rika ad Ryo together.

"Let's see who can go longest then!" said Ryo with a smirk.

"You're on!" said Rika. Then afterwards, Mr. Tsujiwaki entered the classroom.

"What are you guys doing there? Go back to your seats so that I can check attendance" ordered Mr. Tsujiwaki.

"Yes sir" said all the students as they went back to their seats.

"Hey Henry, how did you do that?" said Takato.

"Well, as you know, both Rika and Ryo like competing with each other, and they hate losing too!" answered Henry.

"Oh yeah, I forgot" said Takato.

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The day was already over before they knew it; luckily, their classes were only half day today because of the hard rain yesterday. Rika walked to Takato's house along with the Tamers excluding Ryo to plan for the party.

"You know Rika, you should try to avoid fighting with Ryo from now on, because we might not see him for a long time a week from now" said Jeri.

"Yeah, I guess you're right" said Rika. She remembered that Ryo was moving to Australia, and he probably might not come back.

For the rest of the day, the tamers prepared for Ryo's surprise party; and they could stay late since it was Friday.

Ryo had no idea where the tamers were. "Why do I feel like they don't want me to find out about something?" asked Ryo as he went home. "I guess Rika's still mad at me…" he sighed

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On the next day…

Rika went to Ryo's house in the afternoon to lead him to the surprise party. Ryo was still home, he was about to take a walk in the park, then suddenly, he heard someone knock on his door.

"Rika? Is that you?" said Ryo as he opened the door.

"Hey, are you busy today? If not, do you want to hang out? I have nothing to do today" said Rika.

"Um, sure, why not" answered Ryo.

Both of them didn't talk much on the way to Takato's house.

"Hey Rika…sorry about yesterday" said Ryo.

"Yeah, it's fine…" said Rika. After a few minutes of barely talking to each other, they finally reached Takato's house.

"What are we doing at Takato's house?" asked Ryo.

"I have to get something from goggle head" answered Rika.

When they entered the house, the tamers jumped out of nowhere and yelled "SURPRISE!!" Ryo was so surprised that he took a step back and bumped into Rika, who almost fell over.

"Watch it Akiyama!" said Rika.

"Hey guys, is this all for me?" asked Ryo.

"Yup, we all made it especially for you before you go to Australia" said Henry.

"Thanks guys! You're the best!" said Ryo.

Everyone had a great time. All the Tamers were there; they ate, watched movies, played games, and talked about the times they spent in the Digimon World. The party ended at 9:00 in the evening; and everyone went home, while the Kazu and Kenta slept over to talk about their new tag team Digimon battle card tactics.

"Remember guys! We're going to meet at the entrance of the amusement park tomorrow!" said Jeri as she waved goodbye to the others.

"You know Jeri, you don't have to stay to help clean up. Kazu, Kenta, and I will just clean up the mess" said Takato.

"It's alright, I want to help" said Jeri. "Anyway, it looks like our plan is working. They don't suspect a thing!"

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What's going to happen while they're in the amusement park? Find out in the next chapter, and don't forget to review!