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Chapter 8
There's no "I" in teamwork
Ding Dong…The bell rang and the tamers got in their classrooms for their first period, chemistry.
"Good Morning class" said Ms. Fujisaka the Chemistry teacher.
The class answered in a bored way "Good Morning Ms. Fujisaka."
"Now class, let's brighten up!" said Ms. Fujisaka "Because today, we are going to learn how to write the electron configuration of the elements in the periodic table! Now isn't that exiting??!" she said as the class gave her a low pitched moan.
'What's so interesting about Chemistry anyway?' thought Rika as she took down notes.
"Now, can anyone tell me the electron configuration of chlorine 7/ 17Cl?" asked Ms. Fujisaka as she scanned around the class when Ryo raised his hand.
"Yes Mr. Akiyama" called Ms. Fujisaka.
"The electron configuration of chlorine 7 is: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p5" Ryo answered correctly as the teacher praised him and said "Very good Mr. Akiyama."
"Akiyama, you're such a teacher's pet…" Rika whispered to Ryo as the teacher called her.
"Now Ms. Nonaka, you seem to be interested, so why don't you tell us the electron configuration of 38Sr?" said the teacher as Rika whispered to herself 'How the hell do I write an electron configuration?'
"Ms. Nonaka, we're waiting" said the teacher as she was given a 'you'd better answer now, or else you're in trouble' looks. Ryo called Rika's attention and whispered to her the answer.
"1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d16 4p6 5s2" Rika answered correctly.
"Very good Ms. Nonaka, keep it up!" said the teacher as she praised her.
When she sat down, she whispered to Ryo "Thanks, I owe you one."
"No need, you saved me from B.A.D just a little while ago" whispered Ryo as the teacher called both their attention.
"Ms. Nonaka and Mr. Akiyama, even if you two are tied up together, that does not give you both the right to talk while I'm teaching" Ms. Fujisaka said as she scolded them both.
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After 45 minutes of discussing electron configuration, the bell rang.
"Thank God that's all over" said Kazu.
"If I hear the word electron configuration again, I'm going to stuff that periodic table of elements in the teacher's freakin' mouth!!" said Rika as she slammed her chemistry book close.
"The next period's gym" said Jeri.
"Where and how are you guys going to change?" asked Kenta as they went towards the locker rooms.
"Rika can't go in the boys' room because the boys will totally freak out, and so would the girls if they see Ryo in the girls' room" said Henry as he began to think of a place where they could change.
"Let's ask the teachers if they can both change in the faculty bathroom, there's no other choice" suggested Henry as everyone else went to the faculty. They explained to the teachers why Rika and Ryo are tied together and that they can't remove it.
"Good news guys, both of you can change in the faculty, and Kazu gets two weeks of detention" said Takato as he giggled a bit at Kazu.
"That's not fair!" Kazu yelled as he and the boys went back to the boys' room.
"Well, you guys better get changed; it took you two 20 minutes just to change" said Jeri as she went to the girls' room.
"Well, let's get this over with" said Rika as she began taking out her gym clothes.
"Hurry it up Wildcat" said Ryo as he pulled out his bandana from his pocket and used it as a blind fold; and Rika did the same thing afterwards.
"Wow, that was fast; last time, it took you guys 25 minutes just to change, and now, just 10 minutes" said Takato as he prepared to warm up.
"We just got used to it" said Ryo as he and Rika followed Takato and the other tamers to the jogging lane.
After warming up, their gym teacher Mr. Ryuzaka blew the whistle and called their attention
"All right people, today is your physical fitness test, all you have to do is go through the obstacle course over there" said Mr. Ryuzaka as he pointed to the obstacle course. The students gasped as they saw the scariest obstacle course of the month.
"Sir, you don't expect us to go through that obstacle! We're tied together for god's sake!" said Rika.
"Ms. Nonaka, I expect you to treat me with respect, and I also expect both Mr. Akiyama and you to go through the obstacle course, even if you're both tied together!" Mr. Ryuzaka said to Rika.
"Rika, I think it'll be a good idea to just do what he says" said Ryo.
"Last year, Kazu didn't want to take the swimming test because he didn't know how to swim back then. He even debated with him ad actually won! Because of this, he gave Kazu a grade of zero, and he even forced Kazu to swim 3 laps! Thanks to that, Kazu actually learned how to swim, but he still got a grade of zero. Mr. Ryuzaka might do the same thing to us!"
"Here is how you will go through the obstacle course" explained Mr. Ryuzaka. "You will first go up the rope and grab the red pole. And using the red pole, you insert it in the horizontal metal pole located beside the rope and slide down. When you reach the end, jump off and land on the mat located at the bottom. Afterwards, you will go through the 5 meter monkey bars; please note that some of the bars are slippery, so if you fall off, you have to start the monkey bars test all over again. When you reach the end, you will see a red flag, and your job is to carry it all the way till the end of the obstacle race; no flag, no grade. After grabbing the flag, you will go through the small tires. As you can see, the tires have colors; the tires with the primary colors are the ones that you have to step on. You are not allowed to step on the tires that have secondary colors, or else something will happen; you might get stuck, you might step on a mouse trap; and if you're unlucky enough, you might step on the 'go back to the start' tire. After going through the tire course, you have to crawl under the net, without popping the water balloons on the way, or else you'll have to start crawling again from the beginning. When you reach the end, you will spot two metal poles that are 5 meters long. You have to walk on one of the metal poles with out falling, or else you have to start over. In Nonaka and Akiyama's case, they have to walk on both poles with out falling. When you reach the end of the poles you'll see a rope and a big puddle of water. You have to use the rope to swing across; but if you fall, you'll have to swing from the start again, and you get wet. And lastly, you'll have to crawl through the pipe maze. You have to find the blue flag in the maze, and when you get out, run across the finish line; note that if you don't have both flags, you get no grade. The ones who got the flags must put them back in the place where they were first located. The faster you go, the higher the grade, you must finish the course within six minutes, or else you get a grade of zero"
"That course is totally impossible!" said Kazu.
"I don't even remember all the instructions and rules that well anymore" continued Kenta.
"Quit your whining!" Rika yelled at Kazu and Kenta.
"It's hard enough to go through the obstacle course alone! Just think how harder it will be if your tied with someone! All thanks to Kazu, the biggest idiot in the world!"
"Now guys, stop fighting, let's just finish the course and get this over with" said Ryo.
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Mr. Ryuzaki blew his whistle and everyone lined up for the course. Takato completed the course, but he was wet and had mouse traps all over him. Kenta was not able to complete the course because he got stuck in the tire course. Kazu got through, but forgot to grab the blue flag; at least he got a 1 point for effort. Henry completed the course, but he was wet all over since he fell on the big puddle of water. Jeri completed the course with out ay mistakes. Next up was Rika and Ryo.
"Ready Wildcat?" said Ryo as he prepared himself for the obstacle course of the century.
"Readier than you I bet" answered Rika as she paced herself. When Mr. Ryuzaka blew the whistle, they both dashed to the rope.
"I'll carry you wildcat" said Ryo as he ran to the rope.
"Why should you carry me Akiyama?! I can go up the rope without a problem" said Rika as they both started approaching the rope.
"There's not enough space if we both climb up the rope, we're likely to fall!" said Ryo as he grabbed the rope.
"Ok fine…but Kazu is gonna pay for all of this!" said Rika as she climbed o to Ryo's back, while Ryo started climbing up.
"This is so embarrassing…" Rika said to her self. Some of the girls on Ryo's fan club were jealous of her, and they all glared at Kazu, the one who started it all. They both went to the obstacle relay smoothly and there were some parts where Rika had to be carried by Ryo.
On the metal pole course, Rika climbed on the pole first, the Ryo climbed on the other pole, which was one foot away from Rika's pole.
"Okay, we just have to balance across and we'll make it" said Rika as both of them supported each others' weight. Ryo slipped and fell, but Rika caught him.
"Thanks a lot pumpkin! I owe you one" said Ryo as they both crawled through the maze.
"Just shut up and let's finish the course, it's getting really cramped up in here" Rika said as she spotted the flag. 'Finally, it's all over' Rika thought. But then both of them got stuck.
"I can't move!" Rika said as they both struggled to get free.
"Don't worry, I have an idea!" said Ryo. "Just go behind me and hold on to me, then I'll try to crawl outta here."
"Just how do you suppose I can do that Einstein? I can't even move!" complained Rika. Ryo sighed and pulled Rika close to him and tried to crawl out of the tunnel. Rika blushed as red as Guilmon as she held on to Ryo. She could hear Ryo's heartbeat, it was beating really fast. Ryo at the same time was also blushing and thinking to himself 'why do I feel this way?'
"I see the light" said Rika as they both stopped blushing.
"Yeah, let's get out of this damn place" said Ryo as they emerged out of the pipes.
When they both emerged out of the pipes everyone saw them holding on to each other. Some giggles ad whispers could be heard and the Ryo Akiyama fan club girls were green of envy. Rika and Ryo heard the whispers, they immediately let go of each other and looked the opposite way because they were both blushing as bright as a tomato. They ran across the finish line in record breaking time, 4 minutes.
"Way to go guys!" said Henry as he cheered for Rika and Ryo.
"Um thanks…" Rika and Ryo said in unison.
"You guys were awesome!" said Takato.
"Both of you are the only ones who finished the race in 4 minutes" said Jeri.
"Good work Akiyama and Nonaka, for being the only ones to finish the race within four minutes while your hands were tied, I'm giving both of you a perfect score!" said Mr. Ryuzaka as he praised both of them.
"Amazing! That's so cool!" said the other students as they complimented Rika and Ryo. The only ones who didn't praise them were the Ryo Akiyama fan club (R.A.F) girls; they were so green with envy that they just whispered to each other.
"I hate Rika so much" said the girl with black hair.
"Yeah, I just can't wait for Jessica's brilliant plan to take Rika away from Ryo" said one of the R.A.F. girls as they smiled evilly.
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Everyone changed back into their uniforms and continued their classes. The hours went by smoothly, and it was already lunch time.
"How did you guys do it?" asked Takato.
"It's hard enough to go through the obstacle course alone. Just think how harder it will be if your tied with someone" said Henry as they all proceeded to the cafeteria.
"So how'd you guys do it?" asked Kenta.
"It's called teamwork" Rika and Ryo said in unison as the tamers all went to the cafeteria to have lunch.
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Hey guys! I hope you like it! The part where Mr. Ryuzaka explains the obstacle course might be kind of confusing, sorry about that!
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