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Chapter 10

Rika's Rivals

Just after lunch, Kazu was able to undo the hand-trap disaster that he caused by accidentally spilling boiling chicken soup on the hand-trap. It turns out that the hand-trap was unbreakable but dissolvable using hot-water. Everything went back to normal for Ryo and Rika; but little did they know, that their troubles have just begun.

"Finally! I'm free from that stupid hand-trap" Rika said as she leaned on her chair.

"Yeah, I'm happy for you…but" said Jeri.

"But what?" Rika asked.

"Won't you miss the times that you had together with Ryo?" asked Jeri. "

What are you talking about Jeri?" Rika said as she leaned on her desk. "It was only two days; besides, I don't want to spend another minute stuck together with him."

"But it was fun, wasn't it?" asked Jeri. Rika paused for a moment and recalled what happened yesterday and today; and she admitted to Jeri

"Yeah…it was fun…" Rika was wondering what is happening to her. She started having feelings for Ryo, although she didn't want to admit it to herself or anyone else. She kept on asking herself, 'Do I see Ryo as a rival? Or do I see him as more than a friend?' Although she didn't know, the answer was already in her heart. 'Ryo is already leaving in six days, will I ever see him again after he leaves?' Rika said to herself as she looked at Ryo.

On the other side of the classroom, a group of girls were whispering to each other, making sure that no one would discover their plan. "This better work, I can't take it anymore!" whispered a girl.

"Don't worry, now that he's separated from her, there's no way he can find out about our plan" another girl whispered as they talked about the plan later on.

"Huh?" Rika said as she felt a chill.

"What's wrong Rika?" asked Jeri as Rika put a 'something's wrong' face.

"Oh nothing, I just have a bad feeling" Rika answered.

"About what…?" Jeri asked.

"I don't know… I just have a bad feeling…that something might happen later on" Rika answered.

"Well, then…you had better be careful; your hunches are always correct" warned Jeri as she recalled the times Rika's intuitions came true.

Flashback

Last year, Takato and Henry were playing soccer with Kazu, Kenta and the other boys in their class. Takato kicked the ball upward really hard, and it landed on the other side of the school wall. "Come on guys, let's go over the fence and get the ball!" Kazu said as he started going towards the wall to climb.

"Wait up; I have a bad feeling about this…its better that you don't go" said Rika as she leaned backwards on a tree.

"You're just saying that so that we'll forfeit the match! Well I'm not forfeiting the match! Our team's winning!" said Kazu as he ignored Rika's warning and started climbing the tree that was tall enough to jump from, in order to go to the other side of the wall. When Kazu reached one of the branches on top of the tree, Ryo came in.

"Hey Rika! What's Kazu up to?" asked Ryo as Kazu climbed across the branches.

"He's going to get the ball from the other side of the wall" answered Henry.

"I have a feeling that something bad will happen, but that idiot won't listen to me!!" continued Rika as Kazu reached the top of the wall.

"Don't you know that the owner of the property behind that wall is Mr. Kaizaki" said Ryo as Kazu jumped off the top of the wall into Mr. Kaizaki's backyard.

"Who's Mr. Kaizaki?" asked Takato.

"Mr. Kaizaki is a whacko!" answered Ryo; just then, they heard Kazu say "I've got the ball!"

"Mr. Kaizaki lives in a mansion, and he hates trespassers. There are mouse traps and pits all over the yard; and he even has a Doberman named Princess Glitter fairy" said Ryo.

"HELP!!!" Kazu yelled from the other side of the wall.

"I don't know how to get back out of here! There are mouse traps, nets, and pits all over the place! And a really huge rabid dog is chasing me!! HELP!!" Kazu ran around the yard, and he accidentally stepped on a net and was caught. An alarm sounded and the Doberman kept on jumping up and down, trying to bite Kazu.

"What's going on here???!!" said Mr. Kaizaki as he opened the door.

"We better get out of here guys!" said Kenta as they scrammed, leaving Kazu behind to deal with the town lunatic.

"I told you I had a bad feeling, but that idiot wouldn't listen!" said Rika as they ran away from the wall. They haven't heard from Kazu for two days. When Kazu finally came back, the tamers asked him what happened. Kazu didn't want to talk about it; and the only thing he told them was that he was Mr. Yamaki's third cousin.

End of Flashback

'No one ever doubted Rika's intuition after a few more accidents' Jeri thought as the bell rang, signaling the end of classes for the day.

"WHOO! School's done for the day!" Kazu said while packing his bag and stuffing all his books in the locker.

"Hey, be careful, you might get hit by the door" Rika warned Kazu, but he was too far away to hear her. While running down the hall, the door from the other classroom opened, and Kazu slammed onto the door which made him get knocked out.

"Idiot…" Rika said while she put all her books in her locker.

"The only reason why Kazu is accident prone is because he doesn't listen to Rika, and her intuitions always come true" said Takato as Henry and Kenta helped Takato bring Kazu to the nurse's clinic.

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"Hey Wildcat!" Ryo called out to Rika as she closed the door of her locker.

"What is it Akiyama?!" said Rika.

"Do you want to walk home together?" asked Ryo.

"Why not, you always do that anyway since your house is in the same direction as my house…" Rika said; then out of nowhere, three girls jumped in between them.

"Ryo! We need you to help us!" said Ruby and Judy, the red haired twins.

"We need help with our H.W. in chemistry!" said Mandy, a red headed girl with black streaks. "But you three are the smartest students when it comes to chemistry, why do you need my help?" asked Ryo.

"But you're so much smarter than us, and we really need your help…please!!" the three red headed girls said together.

'Oh please…they always score higher than Ryo when it comes to academic grades' Rika said to herself as she saw Ryo being pulled away by the three girls.

"Sorry Wildcat, looks like we'll have to do this some other time…" said Ryo while being dragged away to the library.

"That Akiyama…he just can't say 'no' to a girl's distress call" Rika said as she walked out of the hallway and out the school gates. From behind the bushes, there were girls who were watching every move Rika and Ryo made.

"Step 2 was a success" said a blue headed girl talking to the leader of the R.A.F. club using her cell phone.

"Excellent, proceed to step 3…" the leader replied.

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"I feel like someone's watching me…" Rika said as she walked home.

"Hey there Rika! Wait for me!" called out a girl with long black haired tied into a ponytail.

"Hi there Ami!" Rika said as Ami caught up with her. Ami used to be Rika's seatmate last year, and she was Rika's very close friend who was not a tamer.

"Where's Ryo?" asked Ami.

"He's with that stupid Ryo Akiyama Fan club twins" Rika said.

"Too bad…anyway, is there…" before she continued, she accidentally tripped on a crack in the sidewalk, good thing Rika was able to grab her arm before she fell head first.

"You're still clumsy, aren't you?" Rika said as she helped Ami up.

"Yeah, but I'm working on it" Ami said as she brushed the dirt off her uniform."So what's wrong Rika?"

"Well, I just have a feeling something bad will happen" Rika answered.

"Oh, then you'd better be careful, your hunches are never ever wrong" Ami said.

"Gee, thanks for making me feel better…" Rika said sarcastically.

"Don't worry Rika, just be careful on you way home, I know you can handle the situation, whatever it is" Ami said as she waved bye to Rika.

"Bye Ami, see you tomorrow" said Rika.

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As Rika was walking home, she spotted Jessica, Joanna, and Julie ahead. If there's anything she hated more than her ability to correctly sense what is going to happen, it's the top two members and the leader of the R.A.F. club; so Rika decided to take another path. She walked to the west of Shinjuku Park, the only place in the park where it's not crowded; and at the exit of the west side of the park, she'll just have to walk one more block to get to her house. While walking to the exit of the west side of the park, she started feeling a chill again. She was able to avoid the B.A.D. girls, but the feeling of something bad will happen started to get even worse. A part of her wanted to go back, but that was the only way home, and she didn't want to bump into B.A.D.

When Rika neared the gate, she suddenly stopped; she felt that someone was watching her. She wanted to run away, but she couldn't. Her stubborn side made her stay to face the enemy. "I know someone's watching me! Come out and show yourself!" Rika demanded as the shadows emerged from the trees, bushes, and lampposts.

"Shoot, why did I say that?!" Rika asked herself while the owners of the shadows emerged. It was the 40 R.A.F. club members…carrying bamboo sticks and whips?

"What's going on?!" Rika said; then three girls stepped forward, it was Jessica, Joanna, and Julie.

"But how? I saw the three of you on the path that leads to my house! Why are you three here?!" Rika said.

"Rika, Rika, Rika, that was all part of our plan…" said Julie.

"To make sure you don't see Ryo ever again!" continued Joanna.

"Huh?! But why?!" Rika said.

"Rika…it's all your fault!!" yelled out Jessica that all the birds flew away. Two of the strongest girls in their fan club grabbed both of Rika's arms to prevent her from escaping. "You took Ryo away from me!!"

"I never took Ryo away from you! He's the one who's always following me around! Besides, nobody owns Ryo except Ryo himself!" Rika said as she clenched her fist, getting ready to defend herself.

"That's what you think Nonaka!" said Jessica.

"Our plan is to make sure that you won't see Ryo during his last six days of classes! I'll try to get closer to him during his last six days, and when he leaves for Australia, he'll forget all about you, and he'll always think about me!" Jessica was daydreaming of her happy ending with Ryo, and then Rika woke her up.

"Dream on Jessica Baden! Ryo would never do that to me! Besides, Ryo hates you and your stupid fan club" Rika said while the members of the fan club gasped at what she said. Jessica filled with anger clenched her fist and punched Rika instead of slapping her.

"Rika, I don't care about the fact that you and the others saved Japan and the world from that red blob thing; but no one takes Ryo away from us! Not even you! So what will you do now Rika?! You don't have you fox Digimon with you!" Jessica said as she punched Rika one more time.

"I don't care if you beat me up; because I know that your plan will never work!" Rika said as she was able to struggle free from the grasp of the people holding her. "I may not have Renamon with me right now, but I know that she is watching over me from the digimon world! I may not have powers like Renamon, but I know how to defend myself, just like how she taught me!"

Rika was a strong person in and out. She was able to beat up five of the members, but the odds were against her. She was against 40 mad fan club members with whips and bamboo sticks, and all she had was her self and some of the simple fighting moves that Renamon had thought her in order to defend herself when Renamon was not around.

"The things that she thought me were useful, but I'm outnumbered!" Rika said as she looked around her. "This is worse than Mr. Kaizaki's backyard…"

In the other side of the park, Ami took a little walk; she didn't want to go home because it was so lonely. She wore her pants, a blue shirt and a red jacket as she was walking along, she heard noises. As she got closer, the noises became more specific, the sound of someone being beaten up by whips and canes. She went in for a closer look and she saw the most horrible sight that she has ever seen.

"RIKA!" Ami shouted out as she ran towards Rika who was being beaten up badly.

"Shoot! Someone saw us!" Joanna said as she stopped beating up Rika.

"Ami…no…don't come…closer…" Rika said weakly as she tried to stand up on her own two legs and fight back; but it was getting hard, since 30 people were beating her up simultaneously. She was able to beat 10 of them, but Rika couldn't hold out much longer.

"What are you doing to her!? Why are you doing this?!" Ami asked as she tried to aid Rika, but was blocked by five girls. "You'll know too much if we tell you" Julie said.

"AMI!" Rika said as she stood up and knocked out one of the girls.

"Ami…run away now…tell the others!!" said Rika who afterwards took another beating from the whip on her back.

"But I can't leave you like this!" Ami said as she was getting ready to fight.

"Don't worry…I'll be fine…If you really want to help me…tell the other tamers!" Rika said as she tried to fight the pain that she received each second.

"What are you waiting for?! GRAB HER!! SHE"LL RUIN OUR PLANS!" Jessica said. Before the five girls grabbed Ami, she dashed out of the way before she was caught. She ran out of the park to warn the others, and she shouted to Rika, "Rika, don't worry! Help's on the way!"

"What are you doing you idiots??!! Don't just stand there! Get her and bring her here! She must not reach the tamers!" Jessica said as five of the members chased Ami.

"See what happens to anyone who interferes with our plan Rika?" Jessica said with an evil grin.

"Leave…Ami alone! It's me you…want and not her!" Rika said as she tried her best to stand up, but she was so badly beaten up that she couldn't even move.

"She is a witness Rika, and she is now part of the obstacles, and obstacles like them will not interfere with our plan!" Jessica said as she kicked Rika to the side. "What will you do now Rika?! You can't fight back anymore!"

'She's right…what can I do?' Rika thought as she received countless beatings from 30 people. 'I'm outnumbered and there's no one left to help me except Ami and the tamers. But she's being chased by these mad fan club members. It's my entire fault. Ryo, help me…'

Jessica was confident that this plan was going to work, and Rika's last resort is Ami. But Rika knows Ami. If there's anyone who can get the job done properly, it's her. But will she make it?

"Game over Rika Nonaka! HAHAHAHAHA!"

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