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Chapter 11

Where are you?

Ami was running towards Ryo's house with the five girls on her tail. Ami ran as fast as she could, but she couldn't out run them. "I can't give up now…" Ami said running to Ryo's house.

"I'm Rika's last resort; I have to do it for her!" Ami stopped running ad stood her ground; she faced the five girls.

"No matter how hard things get, I'll always fight back for those who I want to protect!" Ami clenched her fist and formed her fighting stance while the other 5 girls took out their whips and bamboo canes.

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Back in the park Rika was beaten up badly. She had bruises all over her body because of the canes; and wounds because of the whips. Everything she saw was blurry, she could barely move, and she could hardly breathe. But she still stayed strong; she had hope that help was on the way. There were only 20 members who were beating her up; the rest had been knocked out.

"This'll be enough for you to be out of school for at least a week!" said Julie as she ordered the other members to stop beating her up.

"We'll leave you here Rika, we already have a lot of members to carry back home…" said Joanna.

"But remember this Rika, no matter how much you struggle, Ryo will be all mine by the end of the week!" Jessica said as she laughed an evil laugh as she kicked Rika one last time. Half of the R.A.F. fan club members helped wake up and carry the unconscious members back to their homes, leaving Rika on the ground, weak and helpless.

When all the people left, Rika opened her eyes. "No…it's…not…true" Rika said as she tried her best to keep on breathing. "Ryo…would…never…leave my…side" Rika took out the blue pendant that Ryo won for her when they were at the amusement park. She held that pendant tightly, and it gave her the confidence and strength to keep on fighting.

"I can't…stay…here. I can't…let anyone…see me…like this." Even if Rika was badly beaten up, she still couldn't show anyone her weak side. "I…can't…go home…because I…won't be able…to make it…" Rika tried to think, where she can stay till she gains enough strength to go home, but it was getting hard because she had a painful head ache. Then a place popped into her mind.

'Of course, the place that Ryo showed me, I can stay there till I'm better' she thought to herself as she stood up on her own two feet and walked to the place where she can rest knowing that no one can see her there. After countless struggles to get to that place, she arrived there at last. Rika sat down and leaned back on the tree and fell asleep, knowing that nobody would see her.

Meanwhile…

"That was easy, I didn't think I would be using these fighting moves so soon" said Ami as she ran towards Ryo's house, leaving behind the unconscious girls whom she tied in a lamp post. As soon as Ami reached the house, she rang the door bell and out came Ryo.

"Hey there Ami? What's up?" Ryo asked. "Ryo, Rika's in danger!" Ami panted out.

"WHAT?! Where is she now??!!" Ryo said.

"Somewhere in the west of Shinjuku Park" Ami answered. After hearing this, Ryo ran inside the house and grabbed his cell phone and went out side to meet Ami.

"Do you know the numbers of the Tamers?" asked Ryo as she pulled Ami near the phone.

"Yes…" Ami answered as she started getting an idea of what to do.

"Leave it to me! Go find Rika!" said Ami as she immediately dialed the numbers of the tamers.

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Ryo ran to the west side of Shinjuku Park calling out Rika's name over ad over, but there was no response. Soon after, all the tamers and Ami arrived in the west of Shinjuku Park.

"Have you found her yet?" asked Henry.

"No, not yet…" Ryo replied as he panted due to his running around.

"Don't worry Ryo, we'll find her" said Jeri trying to comfort Ryo.

"If I can just get my hands on that R.A.F. club, they'll pay for what they did to her!" Takato said as he clenched his fist.

"Let's start looking for her! She couldn't have gone that far" said Kazu as they all split up to look for Rika. Even if Kazu was beaten up by Rika because of his mistakes, she always stood by him as a friend, and now he wants to do the same, despite of what has happened this week.

They searched everywhere, but couldn't find Rika. They climbed all the trees to search for her, but never found her.

"Rika, I'm sorry, I should have been there with you! I'm such an idiot!" Ryo shouted out as he banged his fist continually on a nearby tree.

"Ryo stop that!" said Ami who grabbed Ryo's fist. "

Don't beat yourself up. You can't blame yourself for what has happened, the only thing we can do to help her is to find her and bring her home."

"Yes, you're right" answered Ryo as he calmed down a bit.

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Ryo and Ami joined the others, but they were able to search the whole area, and no sign of Rika. The only place where they didn't check was the house of Guilmon, the place where the portal to the Digimon world was located. When the tamers checked inside, she was not there. The only thing they saw was the portal to the Digimon world.

"I wish that our Digimon were here" said Kenta.

"If Renamon and the other Digimons were here, they could help us search for Rika, but they're not here" Takato said.

"Mr. Yamaki said that we can't go back to the Digimon world yet because there would be no way for us to return home."

"So this is the portal that connects the digimon world and the human world" said the Ami as she had never seen anything so amazing in her life.

"I wish I had a digimon partner, so that I have a friend who will keep me company when I'm home."

"Don't worry Ami, I'm sure someday you will" said Jeri as she made her friend cheer up. "We'll think of a way to find her."

"That's it!" exclaimed Ryo. "We've been busy running around the area, that we didn't even think where are the possible places could she be in."

"You have a point there Ryo" said Henry .

"And the only way to do that, is to think like Rika" said Takato.

"I can barely understand her, what more think like her?" said Kenta.

"I know that she like places where she can be alone with no one to disturb her" said Ryo.

"Okay, let's check these places one more time" said Henry as the tamers split up once more.

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After 15 minutes, Ryo leaned back on a tree, trying to think harder.

"Something wrong Ryo?" Ami asked as she searched the tree branches.

"There's something missing" said Ryo.

"What?" asked Ami as she looked up in the sky.

"The places, where would be an ideal location where a person like her stay in?" Ryo kept asking herself what was missing, and then Ami had an idea.

"From what I know, Rika likes to see the sunset, so where would be an ideal place for her to look at the sunset?" Ami asked. Ryo thought for a moment, and something suddenly popped in his head.

"Of course! Why didn't I think of it before?!" Ryo said as he thanked Ami. "Ami, can you do me a favor? Can you tell the others that I've found Rika?"

"Really!? Do you know where she is?" Ami asked excitedly.

"Yes, but can you do me another favor? Please don't follow me and please don't tell them where we are" Ryo said.

"But why?" asked the puzzled Ami.

"Because it's a secret place where only Rika and I know the location, nobody else can find out where we are" answered Ryo.

"I understand, but what should I tell them?" asked Ami. "

Tell them I'll bring Rika home safe and sound, so they can go home if they want to, and tell them that I said Thank you for all their help" Ryo said.

"I understand, I'll tell them" said Ami as she ran away to inform the tamers of the news.

When Ami was out of sight, he ran to the secret place that he mentioned to Ami, and at the same time, recalling when he showed it to Rika.

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After a while, Ryo finally reached the secret place, and there he saw Rika, leaning back on the tree asleep. She was bruised and wounded and her uniform was wrecked. He ran to Rika ad tried to wake her up.

"Rika, Rika, wake up…it's me, Ryo" after hearing Ryo's name, she opened her lavender eyes.

"Ryo…is that…you…?" Rika said weakly as she focused the image of Ryo's face. Rika tried to stand up, but Ryo stopped her.

"Its okay" he said

"I'll take you home…" Before Ryo could carry her, she said

"Please no, I want…to stay here…a bit longer…" Rika said. Ryo didn't want to deny her request, even though she needed to go home badly, she told Ryo that he wanted to stay longer. Ryo wanted to make up for not being able to protect her, so he granted her simple request of letting her stay with him in this place a bit longer.

Ryo sat beside Rika in the tree, her head rested on Ryo's lap as she looked at the sunset while lying down. While looking at it, Ryo's cell phone rang, and it was Takato.

"Hello?" Ryo answered his cell phone.

"

Have you found Rika? Is she alright?" asked Takato

"Yeah, she's here with me" Ryo answered

"Where are you?"

"I'm sorry; I can't tell you the location"

"Okay I understand. Ami told us everything. So, what's the name of the place you're in right now?"

"Sakura point"

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