Me: Well everyone this story is coming to a close. Just this chapter and the one following it and then I can move on.
Rika (Throwing her fist into the air): Yessssss! With this stupid story out of the way, spaces for brains can get his butt working on his other story and I can finally get out of that crump body he shoved him in.
Me: Hey, when you're in my corner, you're the same annoying self.
Rika: Yeah, well I'm sick and tired of being shoved into that little body when you start your story.
Me (Ginning slyly): oh, would you just come off of your high horse, already.
Rika (Glaring): And just what does that mean, space for brains?
Me: Everyone knows you just want this story over, so you can be with your precious, brown skin gogglehead.
Rika (Blushing fiercely): NO! I just getting sick of tire of looking at that sorry excise you call a face.
Me (Grinning more): Really? Then it must be the heat in here that making your face redder then Guilmon.
Rika (Face getting more redder): Well you just can it and start typing.
Me (Sly grin turning into a victory smile): Anything for you, you royal pain in the backside.
Shadows of the Past:
Chapter 11: Many Surprises in the Shadows.
(Matt's P.O.V.)
In life there's a chain that's bonds everything together. But there's one place were this chain is most visible and that place is called many things, but it maiden name is school.
(Normal P.O.V.)
In the halls of Shikon collage, a shakedown was already in progress. A jock threw a skinny boy against a wall and demanded his money. The boy was naturally afraid of his captor because of his larger size and was too scared to even think of doing what he was told.
(Matt's P.OV.)
When you first start school that chain is so visible that no one really cares about it. They're just children with the sense of adventure and are excited to meet new friends. But like anything, the passing of time causes to things to change and that chain, that was once so clear and bright, starts to blur and disappears from sight.
(Normal P.O.V.)
Others students on the campus saw what were going down, but most didn't act because they were afraid of being the bully's next victim. The bully was starting to get annoyed with his prey slowness and as insurance, threatened him. That snapped the boy into action and reached for his wallet.
(Matt's P.O.V.)
The chain starts to blur when the children moved out of their first year of school and continuing to blur all the way up to Junior High. Its when people enter Junior high that chain had blurred so much that it almost impossible to see. So to make up for not being able to see that chain, students began making their own chains and thus this is where the social leader that would stay with someone all the way through high school and possibly beyond is created.
(Normal P.O.V.)
A group of gasps echoed through the hallway and students began making room from three very unique people. The center man has a casual walk and kept his hand shoved in his pockets, and yet his eyes were always looking forward like he was expecting something to happen at any moment. The blonde hair girl to his right walked with the pose and grace of a fox and yet her blue eyes were like a storm just waiting to erupt at any second. The final member of this little trio didn't have anything to noticeable, but there still was something there, that made him seem more then normal.
The trio walked up the bully and the lid man tipped him on the shoulder. The bully turned his head fiercely, ready to rip a new one to whoever get in the way of his business. But when he saw the trio, his eyes lost all viciousness and he dropped the boy.
(Matt's P.O.V.)
These new chains, that the student body creates are very different then the chain of a small child and it all strains from the very top chain. This chain, which creates the others, is known as popularity. From this one alone, other chain are spawned, lower then below this chain known as popularity.
The chain next to popularity is the jock chain. This chain is composed of all the kids who play spots and are the only one the popular kids even consider hanging out with.
Below that chain is the bully chain. Bullies are those big kids, who don't like to play spots, but used their mass as a form of fear and used it to control the other smaller kids in the school.
The next chain is the normal chain. In this chain is where all the normal people are. It's those kids that long to be in the spot light and would do anything and I mean anything to be among the popular kids. They would even change who they are just so the could hang out with the in coward.
The next chain is a mix chain. It's the chain of freaks, geeks and dorks. These are the people who the popular like to make fun of the most, mainly because these people don't like most of the things that the popular people do and the popular don't think that's very cool.
The final chain is probably the one the best suited me for most of my high school life. This chain is other wise know as the outsider chain. The outsiders are people who don't fit in anywhere; you know the ones that don't even get notices by the other people, even the teachers don't notice an outsider. But an outsider may in the near future be someone important or powerful.
For the longest time, I was at a boarder between the bully chain and the outsider chain. Because of my hard life, I just wanted to be left alone to think, but they didn't even do that. So when I had enough, I began misusing my family fighting style and I had to admit, it felt good. Then my grandmother had her heart attack and I nearly lost her. So from that day on, I kept from fighting in school, which gave the other touch guys a reason to pick on me. I blocked it out to the best of my power, but when I finally had enough, luck was with me and I meant a gang called Thunder Splats and decided to take my anger out on them. From that day forward, I resumed by bullying, but this time it was on a much larger scale and in the end it nearly cost me dearly. But then again if I haven't fight the Thunder Splats, I probably would have never meant the one person who taught me so much.
It was that person with her flowing blonde hair and soft blue eyes that got me thinking about others then myself. When she was scared, I held her tight to my being. When she was sad, I would talk to her about nothing and she would lighten up. And when I nearly lost her four years ago, I cried for the first time in ages and that when I realized that I loved her with all of my might and I never wanted to gave her up ever again.
If it wasn't for that person, Rumiko Makino, I probably weren't even be in collage at this very moment, with my two very best friends, thinking of my wildcat or would I be standing up for someone I didn't even know.
(Normal P.O.V.)
"I hope, you weren't doing anything to that boy, there?" Matt asked in a casual voice and pointed at a blonde kid with sliver eyes.
"No, of course not, Smith. This poor boy tripped and I help him up, but I guess I don't know my own strength," the bully lied very calmly, but the fear was clear in his eyes.
Matt looked towards the kid for a quick second and then back at the bully, giving him a stare that clearly said, 'I don't believe you'. The bully broke into a cold sweat from that stare and bolted before anything could happen to him.
Matt watched as the bully ran scared down the hallway and sighed as he looked towards the blonde haired boy. Rena was helping the boy to his feet, but he shacking a bit, a clear sigh that this boy had his first encountered with a bully.
"You going to be alright man?" the shadow fighter asked kindly.
"Y-Yes! I just can't believe I would finally meet you," the boy answered in a cracking voice.
"Huh, I don't think we have meant," Matt said, titling his head in confusion.
"Well we have never really meant before, but you save me and my grandfather, four years ago," the boy said.
"Hmm," Matt thought about it for a second and a light bulb lit up over his head. "Ohhh! I remember now! You were the kid with the puppy!"
"Yeah, yeah, that's was me," the boy said, getting existed a little and held out his hand. "I'm Mitsuo Yamaki."
"Mathew Smith, nice to meet you," Matt grabbed Yamaki's hand and the two shared a greeting shack.
As the two-shacked hands, Rena looked at the Yamaki in complete shock.
So I was right. This is the boy who would grow up and became the head of Hypnos. Hard to believe that this meek boy would grow up to became the hater of all digimon, Rena thought as she watched Matt and Yamaki stopped their shake.
Sho tipped Rena lightly on the shoulder and whispered in the former digimon's ear. "Hey, Rena, what's going on?"
"I'll tell you later," Rena whispered back.
Sho nodded his agreement and turned his attention back to his friend and the bully victim.
"So, Monuson, mind telling me what you do around here?" Matt asked casually.
"Well, I worked in the tech program on the campus, and I always keep myself busy with project after project," Mitsuo answered happily.
"So that's why I never seen you around the lobbies," Matt said.
Yamaki just nodded and bent down and began collecting his things that he lost when the bully grabbed him. Matt also bent down to help Yamaki gathered his things. Once all of Yamaki's things were collected, the group set out for their next class, which just happen to be in the same direction.
"So, Mitsuo, mind telling me, why you picked this collage?" Rena asked, trying to sound causal.
"Well actually I heard this was the collage that those master programmers were enrolled in and I wanted to get some advise from them," Yamaki said and then sighed disappointingly. "But sadly when I got here, I learn that they all had moved on for some reason."
Hmm, I wonder could he be talking about the future monster markers? Rena wondered to herself.
"So, Mitsuo, its sounds like you want to be a computer programmer," Sho asked out of slight curiosity
Yamaki nodded his had eagerly and said," Oh, yes, it has been a dream of my for years."
If that's true, then why are you the head of grovement folded organizion in the future? Rena wanted to ask him, but she reframed from it, knowing it was a bad call doing it.
"Oh, look we're at my class," Yamaki said suddenly, snapping Rena out of her thoughts.
The trio looked up at the room marked, A3, but let it slid from their minds.
"So, I guess we'll let you be on your way, we need to get to our classes anywhere," Matt said casually.
"Okay, but before I go, I'll like to say something to you Matthew Smith," the sliver eyed boy said seriously.
"Shoot, man, I'm right here," Matt answered and gave a light shrug of the shoulders.
"I feel like I owe you my life and I want to repay it," Yamaki said in a low serious tone.
"Hmm," Matt turned his head to the right and began thinking about it. A shadow of a grin formed on his face as he looked at Yamaki. "Keep that in that back of your mind, I may call that favor in one day."
With that out of the way, the trio headed on to their own classes, leaving a slightly confused Yamaki behind. As Rena walked to her class, thoughts were racing in her head.
I can use the favor Yamaki owes to Matt, to get him to help us. Finally this trip to the past has helped out in same ways, Rena thought as she inched the back of her neck. What the disguised fox didn't know was that three of the numbers on that backwards clock tattoo had lit up and were now giving off a small tangling sensation.
(Later...At Sho and Matt's dorm)
"So let me get this straight, you never been to a night club before?" Sho asked as he slipped on a shirt.
"Well, I never really thought much about those type of places and beside, it's not a night club, it one of those teens hangs outs. You know, were teens such as ourselves get together and have a good time," Matt answered without taking his attention away from the tact at hand.
"Yeah, but I'll bet there would be some drinking going on in there, you know there always is," Sho said with a hint of mischievousness working its way into his voice.
"If there is, I sure going to stay away from it. I'm just going there to have a good time with Rumiko," Matt said, looking at his buddy and roommate with a piercing glare.
"I know that man," Sho said easily. "But I'm also saying everyone try a beer at least once before they turn 21. I'll bet Rumiko or Rena-"
"Stop right there!" Matt exclaimed in a calm voice, startling his roommate and pointing at him. "You have only known Rumiko and Rena for two mouths, while I have known them for more then four years, so don't think you know them more then I do."
"Okay, okay, man. No need to get up tight with me, all I was going to say is ever though two might try some drinking tonight that all," Sho said calmly, waving off Matt's outburst like it was nothing.
In the past two mouths, since starting to hang out with Matt and his female friends, Sho was starting to emerge from his shell. He now can talk to the others a whole lot easier then before and his fighting has improved to the point that he could take on Rena, if she goes easy on him.
After a minute of staring at his roommate, Matt relaxed and sighed. "Listen buddy, I hear what you're saying, but I just don't feel like making any more mistakes in my life. I made enough of them as there is." He muttered that last part, so Sho wouldn't hear him.
"Hey I know what you're saying to, guess I'm just existed that's all," Sho admitted with a light shrug of his shoulders.
"That's okay man," Matt said and then wanted back to prepare for the night out.
He was about to put his black and blonde hair into it usual ponytail when he thought about something. He titled his head to his side in wonder and then began rummaging through his drawer. He pulled out an old baseball cap and put it on backwards.
"So, tell me what you think, bud?" Matt asked, turning to Sho for his word.
The sandy blonde looked up from his own preparation and began looking over his friend. The shadow fighter had ditched his normal attire for a completely new look. Instead of his navy blue jeans, he was wearing his black jeans and had chain in his right pocket. His normal white t-shirt was replaced with one of his muscle shirts and a cargo style vest was in place of his trademark black jacket. He wore fingerless gloves and the right glove had a section of it cut away, showing his family's crest. He still wore his normal sneakers. And to top everything off, his hair was down and a red baseball cap was over it.
Sho could over whistled at his friend's appearance," Wow, man. If I didn't know any better, I'll swear you were a gangster."
"Do I really look like that?" Matt asked in slight doubt, casting his eyes towards the full body mirror located in the closet.
"Yeah, but it's a good way. Now what about me?" Sho got off of his bed and presented himself.
Matt made a nervous expression at his friend's choose of clothing. He wore a pair of navy blue jeans with a red stripe down each side of his legs, which hanged on his hips. His sneakers were black with a blue stripes across them. He has borrowed one of Matt's muscle shirts and he had tucked it in poorly. He wore a sliver bracelet, but it was a little big on him and hanged off of his wrist. The final touch was a due rug that Sho had rolled up and tied around his head. He had lift some of it unrolled just enough so a shadow was cast over his left eye. It wasn't really a bad look, but for some reason, it didn't seem to work for Sho.
"Is it really that bad?" Sho asked, noticing the look on Matt's face.
Matt sighed and said," I'm not going to lie to you, buddy. The clothes look okay, but they just don't seemed to look good on you."
"Oh I see," Sho said quietly and hanged his head.
Matt smiled at his friend and walked up to him. He patted Sho on the shoulder as he said," Hey, don't worry about it, bud, I just might some something that would go great with your look."
He then walked over to the closet and grabbed something from it. "Catch, bud!" And threw his leather jacket.
Sho got the jacket and stared at in shock. He looked at Matt, like he wanted to say something, but he couldn't make any words come out. Lucky Matt sensed his roommate's shock and acted on it.
"Hey man, its always been okay if you wanted to borrow my jacket," He said and then reached out and grabbed his trademark black jacket.
Still unable to form words, Sho just nodded his head slowly and slipped on the leather jacket. Since Matt was about two inches taller then Sho, the jacket sleeves were up to the center of Sho's hands, but he corrected this by rolling them up. He walked over to the mirror and Matt got out of the way as he finished tying his jacket around his waist.
"Man! Now I look like a gangster!" Sho exclaimed and posed like a ripper.
"To bad nobody would take you seriously," Matt said in lighthearted humor and massed with his friend's hair. "Now c'mon, I don't want to keep the girls waiting and it's a long drive to Rumiko's place." He then turned towards the door.
"Don't you mean you didn't want to keep your wildcat waiting?" Sho asked with a mischievous smile forming on his lips.
Matt looked at his friend with a sharp glare, but Sho didn't mass the light blush spreading cheek to cheek. Matt pointed at his friend/roommate and said in a sickly calm voice," Don't you go there bud. Just don't go there."
He then walked out of the dorm without another word, leaving behind a slightly startled Sho. Once the shock settled in, he couldn't help but grin a little.
"Right, buddy, I bet, you're just dieing to see what she's wearing," Sho said to himself as he walked out the door and closed up behind him.
(Rumiko's house)
"So, you're telling me, you have never worn a dress before?" Rumiko asked calmly as she stroke Rika's fur.
"Well when you're traveling, dresses are the least thing on your mind!" Rena answered as she rummaged through Rumiko's closet.
"Oh I see," Rumiko said and looked down at Rika.
The two pure blondes were also preparing for the night on the town and Rena was busy looking through Rumiko's vast closet for something that suited where they were going and also wasn't to reveling for her tastes. Rumiko was already dress in a causal one-piece violet colored dress with tree panels on it. She also had a vest at her side and there were rose shaped earrings in her ears. She just a touch of markup, giving her face an extra shine to it and her long blonde hair was tied in a ponytail that rested against her chest.
The model began scratching under Rika's bully, causing the cursed tamer from the future to roll over onto her back, so her mother to be didn't have a hard time reaching that area, plus the fact that it felt good was a little added bonus. While Rumiko was rubbing Rika's bully, she was pondering a few things to herself. After a short period, she decided on something and looked up at Rena's back.
"Rena, I don't mean to be nosy, but why did you became a drifter in the first place?" the model asked in her best sincerest voice.
Rena stopped her rummaging and looked over her right shoulder. She looked at Rumiko and sighed, she knew this question would come up one of these days and were prepared for it.
"Well my father was a man who was very tight when it came to certain things," Rena said, resuming her rummaging. "He's was always trying to groom me into his view of the prefect little lady and it drove me up a wall."
From her spot on her future mother's lap, Rika side every vibrating as she kept her laughter from exploding out of her. The curse tamer knew her humanoid partner was basically taking a page from her own life, but she was just changing a few things around, so it didn't sound like she was just copying Rika herself.
"So, you basically didn't like how your father was treating you?" Rumiko asked in slight curiosity.
"Well I put up with it for a while, but when he told me about an arrange marriage, I snapped and hit the road," Rena said, without turning away from her rummaging.
"If I had a child I would never do something like that to her," Rumiko said softly, looking at the fox-like creature in her lap.
Rika frown and looked at her mother a little sadly. She was almost tempted to come out and say something, thinking it may just change a few things in the future. But she knew that if she blew her cover, it could be ever more dangerous then the D-reaper attacks.
Rumiko notice the look on the flame colored fox face and said," What's the matter Rika? Am I doing something wrong?"
Rika realized what she was doing looked a little suspicious and forced herself to relax into her future mother's lap. Rumiko smiled at the little fox and then back at Rena, her smile disappearing in an instant.
"Rena, I don't mean to sound nosy...again, but Matt's always keep saying you have someone special...is it true?"
Rena stopped her tact and looked at Rumiko, slightly startled by the question. But after a moment, she relaxed and sighed.
"Yeah, there's someone very special waiting for me." Rena was rushed with memories of her special crimson lizard/dinosaur and it was a little depressing, so to take her mind off of it, she went back to looking for attire for the night.
"Don't you ever miss him?" Rumiko asked in a soft sad voice. "Because I know when I was always from Matt, every day felt like a hundred years and every step felt like I was walking a thousands miles."
Rena stopped her rummaging for the second time that evening and hanged her head as her grip tightened on one of Rumiko's shirt. If was to put what she was feeling in words, she would say this. She felt like every minute she's away from Guilmon, the lonelier she becomes. As every day passes, a hole grows in her heart and every time she thinks about him, that hole makes her heart ache. That's what the disguised fox was feeling at this very moment, but she wouldn't allow herself to say it out loud.
"To tell you that truth, I miss Guil greatly, but if I contact him in anyways, I run the risk of letting my father knew where I am and I'm not ready to face him yet," Rena felt dirty and I mean dirty. She just told the biggest lie to a close friend of her and what made it worse was she accepted it. "Listen if we kept this going, I'll never going to get ready."
Though she couldn't see her friend, she knew Rumiko nodded her head solemnly. Letting out a solemn sigh, the former digimon once again resumed her rummaging.
Finally Rena was able to find suitable clothes to wear and were now waiting in the kitchen for the boys. The clothes Rena had picked out for herself seemed to suit her really well. She was wearing a yellow Damien shirk and her trademark vest. Her blue shirt was sleeveless and it showed her bully bottom. She wore her normal shoes, but this time, she wore black socks. A sliver bracelet hanged off of her left hand and a matching necklace hanged around her neck. Finally to touch things off, Rena wore a pair of Rumiko's old snapped up earrings that were shaped like diamonds.
"Thank you again for watching Rika," Rena said to Rumiko's mother and bowed slightly.
"It's not a problem, dear," Seiko said, smiling up at Rena and then looked down at the sleeping fox on her lap. "I actually miss having a little companion around the house. But I do have to say, her fur is so smooth and sulky, kinda remains of Rumiko's fur. I always tried to keep it nice and clear just in case she meets that certain someone."
"Mother, please," Rumiko muttered and blushing in embarrassment.
Luckily, the doorbell rang, saving the model from any further embarrassing stories. Like lightening, Rumiko was out of the kitchen and at the door. Rena stayed behind to bow one last time at Rumiko's mother and then slowly walked to the door. When she got there, she saw the future parents of her tamer, staring at each other in shock. She also noticed a small lure of drool running down the right corner of Matt's mouth.
Rena shacked her head as she walked up to her friend's side and looked towards Sho. Sho returned the looked and mouthed," they're hopeless." Rena nodded her agreement and then lightly slapped Rumiko on the back of the head. Sho repeated the same thing with Matt, snapping both of them out of their dazed.
"C'mon! The night is still young and we have no classes tomorrow, so I'm feel in the mood for some dancing!" Sho exclaimed cheerfully.
"Right, dancing," Matt, muttered slowly as the group made their way to Matt's car.
(...)
At the local teen nightclub name the Digital Cloak, many teens were dancing to the latest music, or just hanging around with their friends. Among the many teens on the dance floor, one stood out among the rest. Rumiko danced with the grace of a jungle cat. Her hips swing with the beat of the magic and she kept up with all the latest dance steps, making any woman envy of her and every man want to be with her.
At a table close to the dance floor, Matt watched Rumiko dancing, feeling lift out. It was probably one of the most embarrassing secrets in the shadow fighter's life. Matt didn't know how to dance and couldn't do it even if his life depended on it. It sometimes drove Matt crazy, knowing that he was probably one of the best martial artists in all of Japan and yet he always found himself tripping over his own feet when it came to dancing.
How I wish I could be out there with you, wildcat, but I don't want to make a fool out of myself or to embarrass you, Matt thought solemnly with a heavy sigh.
Far out of the hearing ranch of the shadow fighter, two certain blonde haired people were deep into scheming something. Rena and Sho hid themselves among the cowards, so they would be out of Matt's sights, but still close enough to see him.
"So, Rena mind telling why we needed to come to this place to get our little payback?" Sho asked and then taking a sip from his soda.
"Well, he thinks I don't know, but I know that Matt can't dance, even a little," Rena whispered, a small grin forming on her lips.
When he heard that, Sho nearly chocked on his soda. He couched a few time from having his soda go down rough.
"WHAT!!!" Sho looked at Rena like she was crazy.
"Shh!" Rena quickly covered her friend's mouth and did a quick scan to see if anyone noticed Sho's little outburst. Satisfied that no one seemed to noticed Sho little moment, she removed her hand from Sho's mouth and said," Yes, he can't dance. I spied on him once when he was trying to learn how to dance and he kept tripping over his own feet."
A little giggle escaped Rena as she told Sho this little tale. The sandy blonde could only look at the pure blonde in complete shock. After the shock started to settled in, Sho found his voice.
"Wow. I mean wow. Here I used to think Matt could do anything," Sho said, more to himself then Rena.
"When it comes to fighting, he's the best, but dancing is another matter," Rena replied, a hint of mischievousness working it way into her voice.
Sho put his hand to his chin and began thinking. He wanted to get back at Matt for that little joke he played on him two weeks ago and what better way to do it then in a place full of people, but Rumiko was another matter.
"Are you sure about this?" the sandy blonde asked doubtfully.
"Oh trust me, he can handle a little embarrassment and beside, I choose this place because I know no one from school hangs out here," Rena said, sounding sure of herself.
Sho thought about it some more and decided that his pure blonde friend would do it weather he helps or not. Some another a minute of debiting, he made his decision.
"Okay, okay, Rena. I'm in, but if Matt catches us, I wasn't part of any of this," Sho said and sighed a bit.
"Oh, don't worry, Sho, I'm sure he would be thanking us when is over," Rena said, a big grin on her face.
Sho made a face at Rena's grin, but soon sighed and said," Okay, lay your plan on me."
Rena grinned more as she leaned forward and whispered her plan.
(With Matt)
"Hmm, haven't seen Sho or Rena since we got here," Matt said to himself, looking around the place. "I just hope Sho gotten over that little joke I played on him."
About two weeks ago, Sho was doing some late night cramping for a test he had the next day and he had asked Matt to wake him up early. Well that proven to be a chore, because Sho refused to get up. Well after trying for about five minutes, the shadow fighter got slight bit anger and decided to play a joke to get his roommate up. So he went to the lunchroom and got a big bunch of ice.
First he put a cub on Sho's head and turned up the heat in the room to it max. When the cube began melting, Sho just wiped the water off of his face and knocked the cube from his forehead. But when that happened, Matt would just put another two on his roommate's forehead. But when that proved useless, Matt just threw the bucket of watery ice onto Sho, walking the boy in an instant. Matt just smiled when Sho gave him any annoyed look and said," Hey you ask me to wake you up and I always keep my promises."
Matt chuckled at the memory and mutter," Well he asked for it."
Suddenly the magic cutout and was replaced by the voice of the DJ," Listen up, y'all! We have a special request for a slow sing! So if anyone of you hip teens are with someone special, hook up with them nowwwwww!"
The slow sing began playing and couples began pairing up and dancing. Matt watched from his table as couples danced, feeling both envious and annoyed at the same time.
Well that's answer my question, the shadow fighter thought. But how did he know I couldn't dance?
"MATT!!" a bubbly voice pierced through the loud music filling the place.
Looking towards the dancing floor, Matt saw his wildcat running towards him. Even now, she moved like an angel with the way her hips move and how her ponytail flow behind her or that's how Matt saw it and he never wanted it to change.
Rumiko ran up to Matt, grabbed his arm and said excitedly," C'mon, Matt! Let hit the floor!"
Matt refused to look Rumiko in the eye as he muttered," I really don't want too."
"Huh? Why not?" Rumiko asked, taking her boyfriend's chin on her hand and forcing him to look at her.
"Well, I'm umm, what I mean is umm," Matt looked away for a quick second and when he looked back at his girlfriend, noticed that she was giving him the puppy eyes.
The shadow fighter wanted to run right at the moment. He could feel his cheeks heating up and just wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible. Rumiko knows Matt couldn't hold back the puppy eyes for long and were using them to get him to dance with her.
After looking around for any type of escape and finding none, Matt sigh in defeat and looked Rumiko direct in the eye and said," I'm not going to lie to you, Wildcat, but I have a confession to make." He looked down at his table to hide his reddening cheeks.
"Yeah, Matt what is it?" Rumiko asked softly.
Sighing again, Matt looked up at her girlfriend and said in a almost frightened tone," Well...I...can't...dance."
With that out of the way, the shadow fighter hanged his head and covered it with his arms. He could feel his entire face blushing a nice apple red.
Rumiko looked at her embarrassed boyfriend as the gears in her head worked overtime. A small smile began blossoming as an idea began taking shape in the model's head.
"Hey is that all, well that nothing," Rumiko said sincerely, putting her boyfriend on the back.
Matt looked up form his arm and asked in a semi doubtful voice," It is?"
"Hmm hum," Rumiko said, nodding lightly. "Yeah, I took lessons before I was cursed, so I can teach you some. So lets go!"
She then yanked Matt out of his seat and onto the dance floor before he could even says a word. Rumiko lid them to the center of the floor, where everyone could see and began telling Matt what needed to be done.
"Okay, first put your right hand on my hip," Rumiko said softly.
Matt gulped slightly as he did what he was told. He could fee the softness of Rumiko's skin through her dress and it made the shadow fighter blush worse then before.
"Now take me other hand in your." Rumiko held up her hand and Matt hesitantly took it.
"O-O-Okay, now what?" Matt asked nervously as he blush got worse.
"Now comes a thing you taught me," Rumiko said with a kind smile. When she saw her boyfriend's confused look, she decided it would be best just to tell him what need to be done. "Okay, just follow the rhythm of the music. Just think about it as a kind of training."
Matt just nodded his head meekly and began dancing with Rumiko. Well lets just say when it comes to fighting, the shadow fighter is the king, but dancing, he's the fool. He stepped on his girlfriend's feet at least three times. But after a short period, he was in rhythm of the music and Rumiko and he was gliding across the dance floor. When the slow sing was done, the pair began dashing out flesh moves by turning some of there fighting moves into dance steps.
From the table area, Rena and Sho watched as their friends showed up the others dancers. The sandy blonde was wearing a disappointment expression, while Rena was happy, but wasn't showing it.
"While that didn't work," Sho said.
"Oh, I don't know, Sho. If you ask me, it worked like a charm," Rena allowed a small smile to blossom as she watched her friends out on the floor.
"Huh?" Sho made a confused face at Rena's words, but it want unnoticed by Rena.
The disguised fox full attention was on the dancing couple. She was pride that she had helped in getting her tamer's parents together and she didn't even had any linger doubt that she might had actually alter the course of history.
Rena felt that itch on the back of her neck from early flare up again and she itched it without even thinking. When she removed her hand, her tattoo clock came into view. More of the numbers had lit up; making half of the clock glowed blue now.
(Later)
After Rumiko and Matt were done dancing, Sho began bugging his friends about trying some boobs and after much headache, they gave in, but in one condition. They would pick a person to be the designated driver and to decide who it would be, they came up with a game, and Matt called slip hand.
The game want like this; the gang would place a hand in the center of their circle and the first one to have his or her hand covered by their friends, would be the loser. If Sho knew what was in store for him, he probably would have suggested a different game.
The friends all put their hands in the center and cast their eyes around. If Sho didn't know better, he would have swore everyone was giving him the evil eye.
"Okay, we go on my mark," Matt said calmly, looking at each of his friends. Each nodded their readiness and Matt returned the nods. "Ready. Set. GO!"
In one quick motion, three hands moved on another. Rena's hand clapped over Sho's first, then Matt followed and Rumiko was the final one place her hand in the pile.
Sho blinked twice. It happened so fast; he didn't know it had happened until it was over. He looked down at the hands and blinked again.
"What just happened?" he asked, looking at his friends in confusion.
"Well buddy, Rena pinned your hand first, then I pinned her hand and finally, Rumiko pinned all of our hands," Matt said in a light humorous tone as he and the other removed their hands from Sho.
The sandy blonde hair sighed in defeated and lowed his head. "So I guess, we're not drinking."
"Oh, no, you got us all rived up for this, so we're doing it, you just not doing it with us," Matt said, allowing a teasing grin to spread across his face.
"Great, just great," Sho muttered then sighed.
The group walked up to bar and Matt asked the guy there, where under age kids such as themselves could get a drink? The bartender just looked at the group and with a light shrugged, pulled out four bottles of boobs. Matt then said that Sho wasn't having any and the bartender just shrugged again as he put the other bottle back into it hiding spot. Sho watched disappointingly as he friends took their first drink of boobs, all making a face at the awful taste.
(Later)
After they got used to the taste, they want wild and got drunk. Sho had to listen to their drunken babble during the drive back. He was tempted to go to Rumiko's house, but decided against it when he remembered that the model's mother wasn't in the best shape and didn't want to wake up the woman, so he decided just to head back to the dorm.
"Well I have been fighting for all of my life, so I had a touching life then you did," Matt said in a drunken voice and hiccupped.
"If you forgotten, I was a cat for a year. Try not being able to do anything on your own and then talk to me about touch lives," Rumiko said.
"Hey, I'm a digital fox from the future, so I had the hardest, trying to adjust to living a human life," Rena babbled.
Man, when these three tire out? Sho wondered, shaking his head.
The sandy blonde had to listen to their drunken babble from the club all the way back to the dorm and it was getting tiring. At first it was amusing, but after a while, the three fighters were just fighting over nothing and now there were trying to beat the other by saying they had a tougher life then the other.
The three drunken warriors were all bunched together and were wobbling back and forth. Sho was in front of them, keeping an eye out incase they fall. Rumiko was in the center, while Matt was to the right and Rena on her left.
And what's with Rena, saying she's a digital fox from the future. Now that's just weird, but it would probably make a good story, Sho thought as he watched his friends wobble to the dorm.
"Well I watched my parents die when I was five, so take that!" Matt exclaimed, jerking his occupied left hand at his friends.
"Well I have a magical impaired mother, so take that!" Rumiko exclaimed, splitting slightly in Matt's face.
"Well I'm a digital fox from the future, so take that!!" Rena screamed at the top of her lungs.
It seems even in a drunken state, Rena still retained enough of her common sense to mask some of her secrets and besides who would believe a drunk?
Sho sighed in relief when he saw the door to the dorm coming up. He opened the door and said in almost too happy voice," Okay now here you guys go. Go to bed and get plenty of rest."
"You're not sleeping with us, Sho?" Rumiko asked in a drunken happy voice.
"Are you kidding me?" Sho exclaimed in near hysteria and then said in a much calmer voice. "I really don't want to sleep in the same room as some drunks, so Rena you can have my bed."
"You sure, buddy, I might even let you have a drink of my last boob," Matt said happily, waving the bottle in front of Sho's face.
Sho sighed and snatched the bottle out of Matt's hand before he could act.
"I'm sure and I think you had enough for one night," the sandy blonde said in a tired voice. "But I would say this, I want all of you drunks on your best behavior, got it?"
Though he addressed it to all of his friends, his eyes never lifted the couple. The three drunks nodded their heads and Sho sigh again; feeling like something bad was going happen. He turned around and began walked away, that feeling never leaving him.
The three drunks just shrugged off their friend's warning and entered the dorm. Rena went for Sho's bed and instantly nodded off to sleep once her head touched the pillow. Matt and Rumiko on the other hand, were a little different. The shadow fighter threw his girlfriend onto his bed and got on top on her.
"Now that we're along, let have some fun," Matt said with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.
Rumiko let out a drunken giggle and said," Oh Matt, I never know you could be such an animal."
Matt just grinned and then the two began making out. If a certain disguised fox wasn't so fast asleep, she would have noticed that itching returning to the back of her neck nor did anyone notice the glow emanating from behind the fox's back.
(Author's note: Okay, if anyone reading this, would know, this is a low ranted fiction, so I'm not going to deep with this above love scene, but anyone would know where I'm going with this.)
(Two weeks later)
The early morning sun cost it glow through window on the Matt's side of the room. The light shined onto Sho's thinking face. The sandy blonde was currently doing a last minute check on a paper he needed to hand in for one of his afternoon classes. He was making sure to see that it didn't have any flaws lift in it.
Matt just entered dorm, drying his dump black and yellow hair. He just returned from his morning shower and was wearing nothing by his black boxers, and black under shirt. Sho did a quick small glaze at his friend as slipped on his usual tee shirt. The sandy blonde still wonder from time to time, why all of his clothes, except his tee shirt was bark.
Matt slipped on his pants and shoes and grabbed his trademark jacket. He walked over to the desk his friend was sitting at.
"Whatcha doing bud?" Matt asked in a friendly voice.
"Just proof reading my paper for my history class," Sho answered lazily.
"Again? Buddy, you need to lighten up on the whole perfection thing," Matt said in lighthearted humor.
"And you need to take your work a little more serious," Sho replied, throwing a teasing grin at his friend.
Matt just shrugged and said easily," Well we're both different people."
"Sure," Sho said, not really hearing what his roommate said.
Matt just shrugged his shoulder again and threw his jacket over his head. As he was slipping on the black clothing, a small black box fell from one of the jacket's pocket. The box landed with a thud, drawing Sho's attention from his paper and to where the box was. Curious, the sandy blonde bent down and picked it up.
"Umm, Sho, that's nothing so why don't you just give it to me," Matt said, getting nervous for some reason.
Hearing his friend's nervous voice just egged Sho on more. He reached out and grabbed the lid.
"Hey man, I'm being serious here!" Matt screamed, anger mixing with his nervousness.
"Why Matt, got something you don't want to show the class?" Sho asked slyly with a grin.
"Uhhhh," Matt anger was lost and he blushed a deep red color.
Sho took advantage of his friend's distraction and opened the box. The sandy blonde was surprised to see the most beautiful engagement ring he had ever laid his eyes on. The band of the ring was solid gold, not that painted gold coloring. The jewel on the ring was this rare violet color and with the sun's rays on it, it glowed in almost magical way.
Sho slowly looked up at his friend, his eyes wide in shock as he realized what this all meant. "Matt, you aren't planning-"
The shadow fighter snatched the box out Sho's hand in the blink of an eye and closed it as he placed it back into his pocket.
"Yeah, I'm planning on asking for Rumiko's hand," Matt mumbled, his blush deepening. "I have been thinking about it for a while."
"But Matt didn't you think, you're rushing into things?" Sho asked doubtfully. "I mean you two have only been dating for two mouths."
"I know, I know," Matt said, taking his seat at the deck. "But when I with her, I feel like nothing is wrong. Like all the pain I have felt over the years isn't even there and when we're apart, there's this pain in my heart that feel worse then when I witness my own family burned to death."
"Huh," Sho looked at his roommate and for the first time, saw he deep Matt's feeling was for his girlfriend.
"But I'm starting to have my doubts and my wildcat haven't come around here for nearly two weeks," Matt said, almost whispering. "I'm starting to get scared."
Sho noticed the look of pain on his friend's face and decided to try and comfort him. So he got out of his seat and walked around the desk. Placing a hand on his friend's shoulder, Sho said," Hey buddy, if you're that worried about all of this, I'll go with you to help take some of the edge off."
"You'll really would do that?" Matt asked, looking at his friend with a hopeful stare in his eyes.
"Sure, what are friends for?" Sho asked lightly.
Suddenly Matt didn't a very uncharacteristic move and leapt from his seat, grabbing Sho in a bone-crushing hug.
"Oh thank you, thank, thank you, buddy!" Matt screamed hysterically.
"Matt, I can't breath," Sho gasped.
"Huh?" Matt looked up at his friend and realized he was crushing the life of out him. He released his friend so he could get some air and began rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. "Sorry about that buddy. Guess I just caught up in the moment."
"That's okay Matt," Sho said, still panting a little. "Just warn me if you're going to do that."
"Okay," Matt said, his composure regained. "Now let get going or we're going to late."
"Got it man," Sho said, the event of early completely forgotten.
The two roommates then gathered their things and lifted their dorms without another word.
(Around lunchtime)
Rena walked down the busy street of the city, deep in thoughts. It was Wednesday and the disguised fox always meant her model friend at a small diner near her working place. Rena had noticed Rumiko's absents too and was planning on getting to the bottom of it today.
"Hey Rika?" Rena whispered to her cursed tamer concealed in her flowing blonde hair.
"Yeah, Renamon, what's up?" the flame colored fox asked.
"I was just wondering if your mother ever told you when you're were born," Rena answered.
"No, she only said she was young when she had me," Rika said. "Why?"
"Just wondering," Rena said casually.
"Don't pull that stick with me Renamon," Rika said in her commanding voice. "I know when something wrong with you, so split it before I bubble boom you."
"All right, all right, no need to get violent," Rena said easily. "I just have been worried about your mother to be."
"Why is something wrong with her?" Rika asked, showing concern for her mother to be.
"Well, Rumiko haven't been around for nearly two weeks and I have this feeling something's wrong with her," Rena replied seriously.
"Oh," it took a minute for Rika to get at what Rena was impaling. "OHHHHH! You're thinking that this is the time when I was going be born, didn't you?"
Rena simply nodded as the diner where Rumiko was going to be at, came into view. Rena could easily make out her blonde hair friend, sitting at their usual table near a window. She walked into the diner and quickly made her way over to Rumiko.
"Oh hey, Rena," Rumiko said in a less then happy tone.
"Hey Rumiko nice to see you again," Rena said in light humorous tone as she took her seat opposite of Rumiko.
"Yeah, I have been busy later," Rumiko, mumbled, looking at her glass of water instead of her friend.
"Hmm," now Rena was patient by nature, but she was eager to know what was wrong with her mother of her tamer and close friend. "Okay, Rumiko, what's wrong with you?"
"Huh?" Rumiko looked up at her friend, slightly startle by Rena's forwardness. She then forced a smile on her face as she said," Why, Rena why do you think something wrong?"
"Because you haven't visited Matt in nearly two weeks and that gave me reason to think something wrong," Rena said a little more forcefully then she intended too.
Rumiko dropped her fake smile and returned her eyes to her water. "Something wrong all right, very wrong," she whispered solemnly.
"You know if something wrong you could always came to me or the others for help," Rena said reassuringly and patted Rumiko hand in comfort.
"Well this problem has to deal with Matt," Rumiko said solemnly, looking out the window.
"Well, I'm always here to talk, you should know that," Rena said reassuringly.
Rumiko continued to look out the window, showing no sighs that she had heard her friend. After a minute the model sighed and looked at her friend with solemn eyes.
"Remember two weeks ago when we got drunk?" she asked and Rena nodded. "Well when we got back to the dorm, Matt and I did something that could result in something that would probably change both of our lives."
So does this mean what I think it mean? Rena thought to herself and then said," So what is bad that you feel like you need to avoid your boyfriend."
"Well I'm pregnant," Rumiko whispered in a mix of solemn of embarrassment.
Though Rena was prepared for this, she still had this unsettling feeling growing in the pit of her stomach. She pushed off that feeling aside as she put on a sincere smile and said," Is that all that bothering you?"
Rumiko shook her solemnly and said," What if he's doesn't want the child or worse what if he's leaves me about of it?"
Rumiko looked at her friend and Rena saw the tears the model was fighting back. The disguised fox knew that Rumiko wanted to express all those negative emotions that have been building up for the past two weeks, but were just afraid too.
"Hey you should him know him better then that," Rena said reassuringly and gripped her friend's hand. "He world probably is going be happy about the child. But if you want, I could be with you when you break the big news."
"You'll do that?" Rumiko asked hopefully.
"Sure, what are friend for?" Rena asked in a light humor.
Suddenly Rumiko became all teary eyed and gripped Rena's hand really tightened. "Oh, thank you, thank, thank you!"
"Umm, Rumiko mind letting go of my hand before you crush it?" Rena asked calmly.
"Oh, sorry," Rumiko said weakly and let go of her friend's hand as a light blush spread across her face.
Rena rubbed her hand as she said friendly," hey, it's nothing. So how about we get our lunch before I late for my next classes."
Rumiko simply nodded and the two then proceed to order their lunch like nothing was different.
(Later...Rumiko's house)
Matt looked up at the large wooden gates with sweat covering his brow and a nervous expression on his face. His lip was quiver in nervousness and his legs were rattling so much that it sounded like they were made out of metal. It was easy to tell that the all mighty shadow fighter was so nervous that he was about to jump out of his skin. Seeing his seemingly unshakeable friend, getting afraid like a little kid, was annoying Sho, big time.
"Do you want me to ask?" the sandy blonde asked in annoyance.
"Hey this isn't like going into a bar and starting brawl, this take guts," Matt said a little more harshly then meant to, while glaring at his roommate.
Sho sigh in slight frustration and gave his friend a light punch to the face. Though the punch wasn't hard enough to do anything to the shadow fighter, it still startled him.
"Can I ask what was the for?" Matt asked, his voice rising in anger slightly.
"You needed some sense knocked into you that's why," Sho replied, matching his friend's tone.
At a lost for words, Matt just glared at his roommate for a minute before turning his eyes back to the large wooden gate. But seeing that door caused all of his anger to vanished into thin air, leaving only his nervousness and his legs began rattling again.
Sho now was starting to get ticked, seeing his friend getting nervous again and with another sigh of frustration, he pushed opened the door and shoved Matt into the grounds.
"Now get going before I starting slipping the back of your head," Sho said threateningly and to add to the affect, showed his hand.
"All right, all right, I'm going," Matt said in defeat and then sighed.
The shadow fighter then hesitation walked up to the door and press the doorbell. He waited nervously for the door to be answered and dipped his hand into the pocket were he kept the ring. He began fingering that ring in nervousness as the waiting began working into him, making him more nervous. Finally when his nerves were about to break, the door opened. But who was in it wasn't whom Matt was hoping for.
"Oh, hello, Matt," Seiko said kindly. "Rumiko isn't home right now, but if you want, you and your friend can came in."
"Thanks," Matt was disappointed that his wildcat wasn't here at the moment, but hid it well.
Seiko smiled softly at the shadow fighter. She had a feeling she knew what Matt was here for, but like all good mothers, she knew when to keep her mouth closed. Besides, this was something only her daughter and the shadow fighter could work out.
Seiko turned to Sho and bowed in greeting as she said kindly," Hello there young man. I'm Seiko Makino and by I ask what your name is?"
"I'm Sho Nonaka. I'm your daughter's boyfriend's roommate," Sho introduced himself as he returned the bow.
"Nice to meet you Sho," Seiko said, smiling friendly at the boy and then address both boys. "Well come in you two. I have a fresh pot of tea boiling and I like to share it with you."
"That sounds great," Sho said happily.
Matt just nodded his agreement, refusing to look Rumiko's mother in the eyes. He was still feeling down about not seeing Rumiko and he knew if he looked at Seiko, she would be able to see it in his eyes.
Seiko then turned into the house with the boys following her. A minute later the three were seated at the table, quietly sipping their tea. Well Matt and Seiko were sipping, but Sho was downing his tea like it was the only thing he had to drink in three days.
"This is the most amazing tea I had ever had!" Sho exclaimed. "What's your secret, Miss Makino?"
Seiko giggled lightly as she said," There's no secret, Sho. This is just an old recipe that has been in my family for centuries. Would you like more?"
"Please!" Sho exclaimed and held out his cup.
Seiko giggled again as she took the cup and began pooling some more tea. Matt, who had remain quiet for most of the time, placed his half drunken cup on the table and looked at his girlfriend's mother.
"Seiko, can I asked what's wrong with Rumiko?" Matt asked seriously.
The middle aged woman looked at her daughter's boyfriend slightly startled before resuming pooling Sho's tea. Matt waited patiently for Seiko to finish her task. She handed the cup of tea back to the sandy blonde, but kept her silence. Finally after a short period, she spoke.
"Yes, Matthew, something is very wrong with my daughter," Seiko spoke in a whisper-like voice, refusing to look Matt in the eye.
"But what's wrong with her?" Matt asked, his voice becoming a slightly more forcefully.
"She's want to tell you something, but she's very scared about your reaction to it," Seiko answered kindly, looking Matt squarely in the eye.
"Oh I see," Matt said disappointingly and standing up. He had read the massage his girlfriend's mother was sending him wrong and took it as bad news.
He turned the leave, but was stopped when Seiko said," Matt, before you walk out that door, just know this. My daughter loves you with all of her heart and more, but what's happening to her is really scaring her."
"But what's so frightening that she need to avoid me?" Matt asked solemnly.
"That's something only she can tell you," Seiko said lightly and then began drinking her own tea.
The black hair and yellow-stripped teen looked toward the ceiling in deep thought. After a period of thinking, he sighed and looked towards his girlfriend's mother.
"When Rumiko gets home, tell her, I like to see her at my dorm."
Seiko lowed her tea and looked at Matt," I well."
The shadow fighter nodded his thanks and then grabbed his roommate by the back of his shirt. He yanked Sho out of there while he was still drinking his tea, causing him to spill most of it.
"Wait! My teaaaaaaaaa!" Sho whined as he reached for it.
(...)
The roommates walked down the streets that would take them back to the collage. Sho was complaining about wasting all of that delicious tea, but Matt was to deep into thought to hear him.
What's Rumiko keeping from me that she think I would be unset about? The shadow fighter thought.
"Why did you have to pull me from heaven, man?" Sho asked in a whiny voice.
"Hey man, you mind, I'm trying..." Matt trailed off as he felt his heart being pitched.
"You're trying to do what?" Sho asked a little angrily, glaring at his roommate. But when Matt didn't answer, Sho's anger was replace with concern. "Hey, Matt, are you okay?"
Rumiko's in danger, I just know it, Matt thought in concern.
Then without warning, he sprinted off, leaving behind one confused and worried roommate. Guided by his sixth sense, Matt raced across the streets with speeds not even him thought was possible. He came to an alleyway that was just three blocks from Rumiko's house. That pitching feeling in his heart now felt like someone was squeezing his heart.
"She's here, I can feel it," Matt muttered to himself.
Then without a moment hesitation, he stepped into the alley. The instant he stepped into the alley, he was meant with the sound of flesh on flesh. Matt's eyes quickly adjusted to the dimness of the alley and what he saw shocked him beyond belief. Three punks were beating on his wildcat. Lucky, Rumiko was using some common sense and blocking certain parts of her body with trashcan's lids, but the punk were targeting her unprotected areas. Rena was off the sides, looking drugged up, but okay.
Just watching as Rumiko took a punch in the face and seeing her in so much pain caused Matt's anger to exploded and causing his family heirloom to light up in deep red.
"AHHHHHHHHH!!" Screaming, Matt threw himself at the punks.
He grabbed two by the back of their shirts and threw them behind him. Sho ran up to the alley just as the two punks landed right at his feet. He looked at the two for quick sec and then backs up at Matt. The shadow fighter was now guarding the two defenseless women, glaring at the final punk.
"Do I know you?" Matt asked coldly, looking at the boy in front of him.
"You should, I was once the second in command of the Thunder Splats," the brown haired boy said angrily. "The name Jou Lightening and it's not nice to see you again, Smith?"
"Oh yeah, I remember you now," Matt said in a monotone voice. "And I see you taken a page from your bosses book."
"Take what you can get, that's was another one of my boss's saying," Jou said coldly and glared daggers at the shadow fighter. "And I intent to do just that."
Jou threw himself at Matt and swing his fist. Matt just took a step back, avoiding the punch entirely and causing Jou to loose his balance and stumble forward. Matt gripped him by the shoulder and lifted the boy up, so their eyes were a lined.
"Now listening here, Lightening," Matt said the name with no meaning behind his voice. "I don't like bullies, but I really hate bullies when they pick on someone I know."
"You think you can threatening me so easily?" Jou screamed angrily in Matt's face sending droplets of spit onto the shadow fighter's face. "Well think again! I'm not going down like Thunder did."
Matt calmly wiped the spit from his face and look Jou directly in the eye. "You're not a fighter, Jou. But if you really want it, I would gave you the same thing I gave Thunder four years ago."
He then let Jou go and jumped back. As he soared backwards, the shadow fighter found his center and let his vein fill with the power of the shadows. He landed besides his roommate and got into his usual black lightening strike stance.
"Now Jou, let see if you can take my thunder!! Black lightening strike!!!!!!" Matt thrust his tattoo fist forward; palm opened and released the black lightening.
Jou could only stand in watch in shock as the black lightening strike, struck him in the chest, hauling him off of his feet and into the wall at the end of the alley.
"Why can't I move?" he shouted into the air.
I just wish the strike stops their mouths from working too, so I didn't have to listen to that anytime I use it, Matt thought as he walked up to Rumiko.
What the heck was that? Sho screamed in his mind as he looked at the down gangster in shock. He had no idea that Matt could do something like the black lightening bolt he just used. If he could do that, I wonder what else he has hidden in his sleeve?
"Sho, mind stopping your daydreaming and giving me a hand here?" Matt asked forcefully, knocking Sho out of his thoughts. "I have two girls here and I only can carry one of them."
"Right, bud," Sho said and hurried over to Rena.
He hoisted the pure blonde up and put her arm around his neck. He looked towards Matt and saw he had Rumiko in both of his arms and was looking at his wildcat with remorse in his eyes. Sho wanted to ask so much, but he knew this wasn't the right place or the right time.
"Come on bud, let get out of here," Matt said lowly.
Sho simply nodded and then the two hurried out of the alley and to the nearest hospital where their friends could get some help.
(Some time later)
"So let me get this straight, those punks ambush you and Rumiko when we'll going to Rumiko's house and they somehow drugged you with something," Sho said obviously.
Rena nodded slightly; careful not to jar her head too much in fear of irritated her splitting headache. Whatever drugs, Lightning and his henchman used on her were starting to lose it effects, but it lifted her with one splitting headache.
"I still find it hard to believe that you were ambush so easily," Sho said obviously.
"Tell me about it," Rena mumbled darkly.
"Who cares about Rena at the moment!" Matt shouted. "For all we know, Rumiko could be hurt or worse."
The two blondes looked at their enraged friend, one slightly surprised by the outburst, the other just annoyed because he sounds so loud.
Matt brushed off the looks like they were nothing and resumed his pacing. It has been nearly an hour since Matt and Sho had brought their friends to the hospital and though Rena was release almost after she was emitted, Rumiko was still being checked up on and it was driving Matt all a wall. Every minute he waited, it felt like another year of his life was taken away.
I should have been there. I should have protected her, Matt thought angrily and shamefully.
"Matt, please stop that pacing, it making my headache worse," Rena moaned, holding her aching head.
"I COULD CARE LESS FOR YOUR PROBLEMS AT THE TIME, RENA!!!" Matt screamed in Rena's face and held up his glowing red tattooed fist.
Sho grabbed his friend's fist and forcefully lowed it. "Listen, Matt, we all are worried about Rumiko at the moment, but getting so worked up isn't going to help us and taking all of you anger out on Rena isn't helping either."
Matt snapped his head to his right and glared at Sho and Sho just meant it with a calm stare. After a minute, Matt dropped his glare and sighed.
"I know, I know," he said in a moaning voice. "But I'm just worried for her at the moment that I feel like I'm about to exploded."
Sho removed his hand from his friend's hand and patted him on the shoulder reassuring. "We're all are worried about her, but like I said before getting anger isn't going to help."
Matt just nodded his head a little solemnly and took a seat next to Rena. He then offered the disguised fox his shoulder to lean on and she gladly took it. Not all after that, a doctor in his mid 40th came up to the trio.
"You were the ones who brought in a Miss Rumiko Makino, right?" the doctor asked and the group nodded warily. "Well, you'll be happy to know, she and her baby are going to be fine."
"Baby?" Matt and Sho asked in unison.
The doctor nodded as he said," Well, it's too early to tell, but she has all the classic sighs, stomach cramps, vomiting and lose of hunger."
Matt's eyes widen as the conversation with his girlfriend's mother came rushing back to her.
"She's want to tell you something but she's very scared of your reaction to it."
He leaned forward and grabbed his head, his face wide in fear. The night of two weeks came flashing back to him and he realized all to well what was going on.
"I'm...I'm the father," Matt said hesitantly, looking up at the doctor in fear.
"Are you sure, young man?" the doctor asked seriously.
"Oh yeah, I sure," Matt said lowly, nodding his head slowly. "Can we see her?"
"Certainly, follow me," the doctor said and turned on his heels.
Matt, Rena and Sho all got up and followed the doctor down the halls. They came to a room marked B2 and they could easily see Rumiko in the bed, looking out her window.
Matt stared at Rumiko lovingly before sighing and turning to his friends. "If you two don't mind, I'll like to handle this alone."
Sho and Rena nodded as Sho said," We understand, bud."
Matt sigh once more and then stepped into the room, closing the door behind him. Rumiko looked at him when she heard the door close and smiled sadly at him. Matt tried to put his best smile on, but it turned out ever sadder then his girlfriends. He walked up the bed, where Rumiko was; unaware that the door behind him opened a creak and a pair of eyes peeked into the room.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Matt asked a little solemnly.
The sadness in Rumiko's eyes doubted as she looked towards her sheets. "I didn't know how you would react if I told you," she said in a quiet voice.
"Hmm," Matt took Rumiko's chin in his hand and gently lifted her head up, so they were staring into each other's eyes. "Do you actually think I would reject you because of a child?"
Rumiko freed her chin and nodded her head sadly. Matt smiled softly as he took his girlfriend's chin in both of his hand and turned her eyes to his once again.
"Well think again. I always am your side, remember that. In fact, I want to ask you something very important that might just ease you mind," Rumiko watched in confusion as Matt got down onto one knee and took out a small black box. "Rumiko Makino, I would be honored if you take this ring and my hand in marriage."
He opened the box and showed the violet colored jewel to his girlfriend. Rumiko looked at the beautiful gem with happy tears in her eyes and then threw herself onto Matt.
"Oh, yes! Yes! I would like nothing more!!" she cried happily into Matt's ears.
Matt wrapped his finance in a loving embrace and they stay like that for about 2 minutes. He then pulled himself free and took Rumiko left hand. Taking the ring from it box, he slipped it onto Rumiko ring finger. Rumiko admired the ring with happy tears streaming down her face.
"I'll think of you anything I see this ring," Rumiko said softly.
"And I'll think of you anytime I look into the golden sun," Matt said romantically.
The two looked lovingly into each other's eyes for a short period and slowly began moving their lips closer together. They meant in a passionate kiss, full of life. Matt's tattoo began glowing in light pinkish red color, meaning he was totally in love with his new finance.
From the spot by the door, Rena and Sho watched all of this with knowing smiles. They had eased dropped on the entire thing and couldn't be happier with their friends then they were at the moment.
"Well it's looks like Matt is finally getting what he deserves," Sho said as he leaned up against the wall, while continuing to look at the lovebirds.
"Yes, they both had to suffer a lot in they're life, but now they could have a moment of happiness," Rena said softly, while scratching the back of her neck.
"What does that mean? And what wrong with you neck?" Sho asked.
"Well I believe life is short and you need to hold onto it like a fading light in the night and I don't really know what's wrong with my neck," Rena answered.
"Renamon, you weird clock tattoo is glowing blue and all the number have been flipped around," Rika whispered into her humanoid partner's ear. "What do you think that means?"
Rena looked back at the kissing couple and it began all to clear to her. "We're leaving the past," she spoke with more sadness then she intended.
(...)
Rika (Mad): THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME BORN??
Me: Hey this is just a FF, no need to get so worked up.
Rika: I DON'T CARE!! I DON'T WANT TO BE BORN BECAUSE MY MOTHER AND YOUR STUPID CHACARTER WAS DRUNK!!!
Me: Well it's in there now, so you'll just have to deal with it.