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Chapter 13
In your face R.A.F. Club!!
The next morning, Rika woke up and found herself on her bed and in her room. Her wounds were bandaged and there was food and water on the table beside the bed. "How did I get here…?" Rika asked herself as he tried to remember what happened yesterday.
She was beaten up by the R.A.F. club, and Ami found her. She told her to tell the other tamers where she was as she received countless beatings from 35 people. When the R.A.F. club left, she struggled to get to Sakura Point, the look out point that only she and Ryo knows about. She remembered falling asleep, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Ryo. They stayed in Sakura point till the stars appeared, and Ryo carried her home.
"Ryo? Where is he?" Rika asked herself while she tried to stand up. Some of her body parts were aching, so she stopped trying to stand up and remained lying on her bed. She was looking around her room, and then the door opened, it was Ami and Jeri.
"Oh good, you're awake!" said Jeri who was glad that Rika woke up.
"Why am I here? What time is it?" Rika asked them both.
"It's already 11:00 am, and Ryo ad the others are at school" answered Jeri.
"In the meantime, we're taking care of you since your mom and grandma is not here" continued Ami.
"I don't need you take care of me, I can take care of myself you know!" Rika said as she sat up.
"In your condition, I don't think you can even get out of bed by yourself" countered Ami.
"Why don't you just bring me to the hospital?" Rika asked the two.
"We can't make our parents pay the hospital bill, unless you're willing to do it..." Jeri said.
"Oh ok fine, but don't you dare treat me like I'm a helpless five year old" said Rika as she reached out to get her water.
"At least Rika is back to her old cranky normal self" Ami whispered to Jeri.
"Yeah you're right, she's back to being Ryo's wild cat'" Jeri whispered to Ami while giggling.
"What did you say?!" Rika said while she stared at both of them.
"Oh nothing, we were…just…talking about our…new…cat named...Leo" Ami said to cover up what she and Jeri said about Rika.
"Yeah right, I heard what you guys said awhile ago about me..." sighed Rika.
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Meanwhile at school, the tamers were still trying to answer the quiz that their math teacher gave them. "Stupid math, stupid arithmetic sequences…" Takato whispered to himself as he tried to answer question number 5 on his test, and there were still 15 more questions to answer.
"Those girls are unfair! They're taking it easy while were answering a super hard quiz!" Kazu whispered loudly which made everyone say "Shhh!"
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After spending an hour trying to battle the evil math quiz, the tamers raced to the cafeteria excluding Henry and Ryo.
"I can't believe that they would do that to her…" Ryo said looking down on the floor while walking forward.
"They're probably just jealous, maybe that's why they stooped so low just to do that" Henry said walking beside Ryo to the cafeteria.
"Don't worry, Rika's safe now, and…" before Henry could continue, a voice of a girl interrupted them.
"Ryo darling! Wait up!" Jessica ran up to Ryo and held his arm while Joanna, Julie, and the other R.A.F. club members tagged along from behind.
'They have some nerve showing up in front of Ryo after what they did' thought Henry as he gave them a 'go away' look; even if it was not like him to do that to others, he thinks that they deserve it for all the things they have done to hurt Rika.
"Ryo! Let's have lunch together!" said Jessica, but Ryo looked down and didn't reply. 'Jessica Baden, don't you dare test Ryo's temper' Henry thought to himself as he looked at Ryo.
"And after lunch, the girls and I want to…" before Jessica could continue, Ryo pulled his arm away from Jessica's arm and continued looking down.
"Ryo darling, is there something wrong?" Jessica asked as she gave him puppy dog eyes.
Ryo looked up and gave a Jessica a glare which was similar to one of Rika's death glares. The whole R.A.F. club gasped while the student in the area formed a crowd around them. It was unusual for Ryo to do that, he never glared at anyone so coldly before.
"How dare you…" Ryo said as he clenched his fist.
"How dare you do that do Rika???!!!!" yelled Ryo loudly that everyone kept silent.
"What are you talking about Ryo?" Jessica asked as she shivered in fear; she never saw Ryo this mad before in her life.
"You know perfectly well what I'm talking about Baden!" Ryo shouted.
"Rika was at the park, and so were your stupid members! You attacked her and almost killed her!!" The whole crowd gasped after hearing this. Jessica Baden, the most popular girl in school, maimed the Digimon Queen, one of the tamers who got rid of the D-reaper and saved Japan.
"Why would we do such a thing to Rika?" said Julie, trying to counter what they said about them.
"Yeah, like why would we hurt her? Like, what's our motive?" continued Joanna, and then Henry stepped forward.
"Jealousy!" Henry answered, making everyone gasp. "You were jealous of Rika because Ryo was always hanging out with her and neither with you nor you members."
"So you decided to get even with her by injuring her close to death in the west side of Shinjuku Park!" Takato said as he emerged from the crowd.
"And you did this so that you can stop Rika from going to school for the next six days so that you'll be able to flirt with Ryo all you want!"
"And at the end, you think you'll be able to make Ryo forget about Rika and make him all yours!" continued Henry.
"But you're wrong! If you think I'll forget all about Rika, the wake up from your dream Baden! That will never ever happen!!" yelled Ryo. The whole crowd gasped when they heard the whole story while the R.A.F. club and B.A.D gasped.
"How did…you find out?!" Joanna said in a shaking voice.
"Ami was able to escape from your so-called henchmen, and she reported to us everything she saw!!" said Henry.
"Ami!? That no good brat! When I get my hands on…" before Jessica could complete her statement, Henry cut her off. "You're not laying a finger on her because we'll be there! And you'll never be able to outrun or outnumber her!"
"Idiots…why do you care so much about Rika anyway?" Julie said nervously, afraid that she would anger Ryo even more.
"Besides, Rika doesn't care about you anyway; so why bother?!" Jessica said.
"You don't know Rika like we do!" Ryo said angrily. "Rika may look cold and heartless, but she's a tough person; she never gives up on anything, and she's always there when you'll need her! Unlike you Jessica, she's not a person who wears a mask in public and removes it when no one's looking! She is unique, strong, and nice once you get to know her! And that's what I like about her! And no one, I mean no one gets away with injuring her close to death!" Ryo spoke whatever was on his mind.
"But Ryo…" Jessica felt dizzy when Ryo tried to defend Rika.
"And what's more, I hate your stupid R.A.F. club! All you do is nothing but trying hard to flirt and ask me out on a date! I don't go out with people who hurt my friends, especially Rika! Do you know why…? Because I love Rika!!!" Ryo said as the whole crowd gasped.
"And nothing is going to change that…" Ryo ended.
Takato and Henry smiled at each other, they were glad that Ryo finally admitted his love for Rika. Now all they had to do was wait for the stubborn Rika to confess her feelings to Ryo, before he leaves for Australia.
"All right fine, I admit it!" Jessica said as she confessed to the whole crowd without a care in the world.
"I ordered Julie, Joanna, and all the R.A.F. members to meet us in the west side of Shinjuku Park so that we can injure Rika. And we were able to do that part! She would've been injured and absent from school in six days, giving me time to have Ryo all for myself. And if Ami didn't see us, we would've gotten away with it and Ryo! HAHAHA!" Jessica laughed crazily that everyone including Julie, Joanna, and the R.A.F. members stepped away from her.
"I'll take that as a confession and a valid reason why you should be expelled from this school Ms. Jessica Baden" a voice from the crowd spoke up. And 4 people emerged from the crowd; it was the principal and president of their school with Kazu and Kenta behind.
"The cavalry has arrived!" Kazu exclaimed. He and Kenta didn't go to the cafeteria for food; instead they went to the principal's office to report what they did to Rika.
"Ms. Baden and the rest of her club please follow me to the principal's office!" said the Principal as all the members of the R.A.F. club followed him.
"I'll get you someday Rika Nonaka! I don't know when and I don't know where, but I promise, I'll get you someday!!!" Jessica whispered loudly.
"Score one for the Digimon Tamers!" Kazu said as he jumped up and down. Soon after, the crowd surrounding the boys dispersed.
"Way to go Ryo! If Rika were here, she'd be so happy!" said Kenta. Ryo suddenly looked down and leaned back on the wall.
"I don't know if she feels the same way about me. If I tell her how I feel, she might reject me" Ryo said in disappointment.
"Don't worry Ryo, I'm sure Rika feels the same way towards you" said Henry putting his hand on Ryo's shoulder to comfort him.
Back in Rika's house…
It was already 4:00 pm and Rika was getting really impatient. "Why do I have to stay in bed all day??!!" Rika yelled as she tried to stand up, but failed to do so as she was still too weak.
"Does that answer your question?" Ami asked as she grabbed the remote and switched the channels.
"Why do you guys have to look after me? I don't need a baby sitter!" exclaimed Rika as she grabbed the remote from Ami.
"You can't even stand up Rika; what more try to prepare your own food or answer the telephone or door" Jeri said as she took a bite of her apple.
'This day is so boring' the three girls thought as Rika punched the remote buttons, trying to look for a channel that was not on commercial mode.
After awhile, the doorbell rang and Jeri answered it. The tamers went in Rika's room to see how she was doing, and at the same time, asking her what she needed.
"Great, now I have 6 babysitters and 1 brainless baboon wearing a visor…" Rika said sarcastically.
"Who are you calling a baboon?!" Kazu said as he scratched his head.
"So what happened in school" Jeri asked.
The boys told the girls the whole story, from the part of the math quiz till the part where Jessica got expelled, and all the R.A.F. members had suspension and detention for a month. The only part they left out was the time when Ryo told them that he loved Rika; they decided that Ryo was the one who must tell her.
"I can't believe that idiot Jessica got expelled! This day might not be so bad after all…" said Rika.
"Sounded like school was interesting today" Ami said while she leaned back on the couch.
"Yeah, all except for the math quiz! Man was it hard!" Kazu exclaimed as he moaned and remembered the quiz.
"It wasn't that hard, in fact, it was easy once you get the hang of it" agreed Ryo, Takato, Henry, and Kenta.
"Kazu probably had a 'battle of the brainless' with the math quiz" Rika said sarcastically.
"Rika! We'll get food from the fridge!" Ami said as she and Jeri walked out from the room.
"Count me in!" said Kazu grabbing Kenta by the arm and dragging him out of the room.
"I think we better leave now Takato…" whispered Henry.
"Good idea…" Takato agreed. "Um Rika, we'll just help the others prepare dinner" said Henry as he went out of the room along with Takato, leaving Ryo and Rika behind.
"Aren't you going to leave me alone too Akiyama?" said Rika.
"Nah, I'd figured that I better stay here…" Ryo said. There was a long silence between them, and Ryo was the first to break it.
"So, are you feeling better?" Ryo asked as he sat down on the chair beside her bed.
"Do you think I look any better?" Rika answered sarcastically.
"Better than yesterday I guess" said Ryo. Rika suddenly remembered what happened yesterday again; she was found by Ryo all beaten up and weak; and what's worse, she was crying in front of him.
'Shoot! Of all the people to see me cry, Ryo' Rika thought to herself. But another part of her was saying that Ryo wouldn't mind if she cried, because he would be there to comfort her whenever she needed it. The fact that Ryo totally dumped all the R.A.F. girls in front of the whole school made her feel better.
Again, there was silence between them; but both of them were having the same thoughts. Their consciences were telling them to confess their feelings for each other; and it was driving them both nuts.
"So…um…what did you do when you dumped all the girls in R.A.F. fan club?" asked Rika while she blushed. Ryo didn't want to keep any secrets from Rika, and he didn't want to lie to her either; so he took a deep breath and told her everything.
"Well…um…I told them that I hated their fan club and that I would never be boyfriends with any of them, because I'm in love with someone else" explained Ryo.
"Who is the person who you love?" Rika asked nervously; her heart was pounding as she stared into Ryo's dark blue eyes; while Ryo stared into her violet colored eyes. Ryo held Rika's hand tightly and said, "The only person that I love and will ever love...is you"
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Rika's heart skipped a beat, and she felt dizzy. 'Ryo…loves me? Am I dreaming?' she kept on saying these words in her thoughts as she fell forward into Ryo's arms. When she opened her eyes, Rika saw herself in wrapped around Ryo's arms; it felt so warm and caring that she didn't want to move from that position for the rest of her life.
"Ryo…I…I" Rika tried to speak, she couldn't. "I'm so sorry I never told you…earlier that I loved you…and I'm sorry, for always trying to argue with you…" Rika's tears fell down simultaneously on Ryo's shirt; Ryo held her even closer and tighter.
"Don't cry Rika, it makes me feel bad when you cry" said Ryo as Rika wiped away her tears.
Ryo lifted one of his hands to hold Rika's chin; he bought Rika's head up to face him. Soon after, both their eyes met and their faces got closer to each other each second. By the time their face were close enough, Ryo leaned forward and kissed Rika. Rika's eyes widened; she had never been kissed before by a boy, but she was glad that it was with Ryo. They felt a jolt of electricity run through their bodies as Rika closed her eyes, not having a care in the world whoever saw them. They both wanted to stay like that forever, to always have each other in their arms.
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Hey there! Were almost at the end!
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