Dark-Angel: Ah, I'm back. Feels so good to have teeth pulled out by someone
who has no compassion for you whatsoever (NOT!!!) Anyway, hope you liked
Floramon's chapter, cause you ain't never gonna see another one.
In this chapter, we will visit Alicia and her band during their rehearsal and Henry will be undergoing a cat scan (I'm j/k Henry fans, but he will be in a sorta mind-war over his problems). Also we will find out what's eating Ryo and why he seems to be distracted. And last but not least, Rika will discover something that's gonna change her life and many others forever...(not really but I like to be dramatic).
Disclaimer: I will be very sarcastic today cause I feel like it and when I feel like doing something, I'll do it (if you want more information about that, please consult my parents). I own Digimon and I enjoy writing the scripts for each and every episode because I know that my father will be very disturbed by the very fact that his daughter can be a very violent girl if pushed (please note the "if pushed" bit in there) And I created Rika because she is very similar to me and I needed someone to kick ass for me.
Ok, now that that's over, chapter 4, take it away!
Devil's Advocates Chapter 4
The Secret Lies In Self Discovery...
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Alice sighed as she walked down a familiar street of West Shinjuku. She was walking home from the Hypnos building and she was lost in her own thoughts. As she was playing the Devil's Advocates first album, Wake Me up Inside, she could tell that Henry was mesmerized by Alicia's amazing vocal talent. That would've been ok if she didn't have a slight crush on him and she couldn't even put in words how much she had wanted to tell him then and there. But his face held her back. It was like he wasn't blinking and he was staring at the computer listening to that girl sing. It was like he was expecting her to jump out of the computer or something. It made Alice fell sick, sick and blinded with jealousy.
Alice sighed once more and glanced at he watch. It was already four thirty and most of the day had already been spent. Tomorrow would be school and she knew that with Alicia there, it was going to be hell. Not only had she stolen her name, she had stolen her boyfriend. Ok, so Henry wasn't exactly her boyfriend as much as she wanted him to be, and he was rightfully vacant and free to make his own decisions. And if that meant choosing who he wanted to be with, then that was perfectly fine.
But it wasn't fine. Alice wanted him to be with her, not Alicia, whom none of them knew anything about. 'For all we know, she could be a mass murderer or something. We know nothing about her. Not even Rika does.'
"Alice! Wait up!"
Alice turned around when she heard the voice call out from behind her. She recognised the person and smiled at them. It was Ryo. "Hey, Ryo. What's up?"
Ryo jogged up to the girl and stopped when he reached her. "I need your help."
~*~*~*~
'That's right. Just run away from Rika. I don't care. Just leave me here alone.' Rika was sitting on her couch with the television remote in her hand. Her mother and grandmother went out shopping so she was left alone. Again. She switched the channel when the program she was watching finished. The television suddenly caught her eye when an old Digimon episode came on. It was season two's classic, "Genesis of Evil". Rika especially remembered this episode because Ken was trying to find his heart because he thought he had lost it. Rika found herself to be very similar to Ken in so many ways.
Although she was watching the screen, Rika's mind seemed to be just taking in the words and their values...
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(Ken): I know I should wake up. But I can't, it's not time yet. Not until I find my heart. It feels like I've lost it. I keep looking for it but I just can't seem to find it. I know once I do, everything will be back to the way it was. Back when I was a little kid.
~
Rika's mind seemed to absorb what was said and her mind suddenly registered an image of Alicia. But why? What linked Ken's words to Alicia? Why would she have lost her heart, and if so, why would she be trying to find it?
As Rika watched more of the episode, more and more similarities between Ken and Alicia came into her mind.
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(Ken): I can't wake up yet. I still haven't found my heart. I'm still trying to get back to that little kid who used to blow bubbles on his terrace. I'd stand there for hours, blowing them bigger and bigger each time. Each one was completely empty inside. But none of them was as empty inside as I was. Maybe I was trying to show Sam that I could blow bubbles bigger than he could, and that I was better at something than he was. But then again, who was it who taught me to blow the bubbles? Who made the soapy water for me, and cut the straws? It wasn't my parents - it was Sam.
~
Maybe Alicia left their father because she wanted something different. A change in her life. One that could be so full and yet so empty...Living life without her father and she would end up like Rika was, alone, cold and completely empty without any emotions. But life without her mother, and Alicia would've ended up differently and maybe happier or sadder. There was no real way of telling until it happened...
Rika suddenly remembered back to when she and her father were spending time with each other during one of his rare visits.
~*Flashback~*
Four-year-old Rika swang happily on a public swing in the local park. Her father was sitting on a bench watching her. His body twitched now and then and it soon became rhythmic. Young Rika slowly slipped off the swing and walked carefully up to her father. She noticed him staring into space and twitching ever so slightly. She wanted to ask him what was wrong and if she could help but then she remembered what her father could be like if he was disturbed while doing something important. Angry. That was something her mother had told her.
~*End of Flashback~*
Rika closed her eyes. She knew what was coming next, in her mind and on the TV. Her father could be so gentle and yet so rough at the same time. She knew he didn't mean to, but when his mind snapped back to reality, he hit her. All she was trying to do was to help him and he had snapped, maybe the same way Sam popped the bubble by blowing too hard on the television. And then he never came back to Ken...
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Sam: I can do it ok, but my technique isn't as good as yours is. Your bubbles come out perfect because you're gentle. I blow too hard and mine pop right away.
(He blows a bubble to demonstrate, and it pops. Suddenly Ken is all alone on the balcony.)
Young Ken: Where'd you go? Sam, come back, please!
(Ken): But Sam won't come back, he's gone forever. Maybe I am too.
~
...Just like the way her father never visited anymore after that.
Come to think of it, Alicia had never known her father or her mother. She had always shut herself off, just like Rika had when she thought she was the Ice Queen with no emotions. Maybe the only way she was going to know and understand them was if she found herself.
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Ken: Who are you?
Ken's Mom + Ken's Dad: Ehh?
Ken: Well?
Ken's Mom: Ken, don't you recognize who we are?
Ken's Dad: It's amnesia!
Ken: No, I didn't lose my memory - I lost my heart. And until I find it, I don't know who I am, or who anyone else is either.
Ken's Mom: How could he not know who his own parents are?
Ken: You don't know me, either. How could you, if I don't know myself? Who am I?
~
Rika shut off the television and walked to her room, not being able to take the metaphors anymore.
~*~*~*
"Ok, here it goes. Say there was this guy who liked this girl and he thought that she maybe had a little something for him but he didn't want to hurt this girl. So, what should this guy do?" Ryo sat crossed-legged on the cement floor of the hideout while Alice leaned against the far wall.
Alice thought for a bit and sighed. "Ok, Ryo, forget the guy thing. I know it's you and you have a thing for Rika. But, spend some time with her and find out if she likes you somehow and then tell her how you feel about her. If she rejects you, which I highly doubt she will, then bad luck."
Ryo stared dumbly at Alice while he tried to decipher what she had just said. "Um, ok. So, spend time with her? Thanks." He stood up and turned to leave.
"Wait." Alice took a step forward and smiled at Ryo. "Don't pressure her if she's not ready."
Ryo smiled back. "Thanks, Alice. I knew I could count on you." He winked at her then ran off.
Alice smiled at the back of the receding figure. "Good luck, Ryo. Hope you get what you both want." Her smile faded as she leaned back into the wall. She sighed and closed her eyes, suddenly feeling very drained and tired.
~*~*~*
Henry hummed the tune to one of the songs on the CD he had been listening to as he finished off some extra work for Hypnos. The CD of course was "Wake Me Up Inside". He couldn't stop thinking about how amazing Alicia's voice was. It was almost hypnotizing, the way it just flowed so flawlessly...And her eyes, those ice-violet eyes that had stared back into his when they first met.
Henry didn't know what, but something drew him to her. Some irresistible force that was too strong for him to fight. He simply just let his opposing side go and enjoyed the ride. But then again, he was stuck trying to overcome his feelings for Alice. Or more like trying to deny his feelings for her. After all, they were friends and they worked together. And something just didn't seem right with them being together.
'Just let your feelings for Alice go, Henry. Don't listen to what your opposing thoughts say to you, just forget them, and her. You know who you want to be with, so just accept that and don't worry about what Alice's reaction to that will be. So what if you break her heart? There are other guys out there who will eventually give her a chance.' Henry told himself firmly as if turned off his laptop and closed it. 'But then again, you don't want anyone else to have her. You want to be the one to eventually give her a chance and tell her how much you really care about her. You, Henry Wong, want to be the to make Alice happy and to make her overcome the losses in her life such as losing Dobermon. You want to be the one to please her. You want to be the one. You. Not anyone else.'
Henry felt a severe headache coming on and instinctively rubbed his temple with his hand. Even so, it did not go away and Henry was left with a terrible throbbing headache. Images from the past day began to invade his head as he tried his best not to struggle to suppress the pain as much as he could. Still pictures of Alicia flew by in his mind. Her smile, her voice, and even her glare seemed to vaguely flow by smoothly. Then, as Alice came into the picture, things started to become rough. There was no laughter, no emotions on Alicia's face; only Alice's welcoming face and Alicia's cold glare staring back at her. The tension seemed to flow into Henry's mind as he relived the day in his head.
Henry grabbed his hair and felt like tearing it out until suddenly everything went away. His headache, the tension he felt between Alice and Alicia, and the thoughts of the past day.
~*~*~*
Alicia glanced at her watch when the song her band was just rehearsing finished. 'Five thirty. Half an hour left'. "Ok, guys, lets do Whenever I'm With You."
Rob Gordon, who was the band's drum leader, set himself up to play the song requested by the lead vocalist of the group.
Brad Lewis, who was the group's guitarist and backing vocal, busied himself readying his guitar and microphone.
Aaron Davis and Kevin Jarvis, who were the mixers and bass for the group, set up their equipment and Aaron gave a nod to Alicia when they were ready.
Alicia heard the intro music playing through her headphones and awaited her que to being.
~* All this pride is holding me back
But I want to tell you what a lack
My heart, baby, you know it's black
But your love's gonna shine thru, it's a fact
If I told you know, you'd never understand
What have I done to make this hate stand?
This tension between us, it's out of hand
Can you see the waves crashing thru the sand?
Cause whenever I'm with you, I'm not afraid
To be me and so I hold back the crusade
Cause whenever I'm with you, I'm not afraid
To just be me and be free
We even took it further a few times
But this pride of mine is not kind
I turned you down, I was blind
What was going thru my mind?
Maybe it was that love has hurt me before
Yeah, that's right, it's against my law
But I just wanna be with you forever more
And let my heart and soul soar
Cause whenever I'm with you, I'm not afraid
To be me and so I hold back the crusade
Cause whenever I'm with you, I'm not afraid
To just be me and be free
So maybe we can fight this
Pride can be killed by a kiss
I'll give my heart and I won't miss
What I scratched off the list
What I scratched off the list~*
The outro music faded out and Brad clapped loudly. "Yeah, that was awesome! No sweat, guys."
"You wanna rephrase that? Look at me, I'm a swimming pool!" Rob laughed as he felt sweat dripping down from his forehead.
Alicia smiled at her friend. "You're a guy. Get over it." She looked around the room and took in the sights around her. Even thought it was an old abandoned shed, it was still an experience that Alicia loved. The walls were completely painted in graffiti and the ground was hard cement.
Aaron interrupted Alicia's thoughts. "You know, I could get used to this. This place is great for rehearsing."
Alicia smiled at the tall brunette and nodded. "Exactly what I was thinking." She took another long look around the large room. It was such a calming place. Who would have ever thought that an old, rusty shed could be so relaxing? "Anyway, I'll see you guys later. I have to get home."
After saying their goodbyes, Devil's Advocates went their separate ways.
'Home. It's strange referring to a place as foreign as that home. I guess it's going to be a long, bumpy ride.' Alicia sighed as she thought to herself. She was walking almost blindly back to the house where she would be living for however long it would be.
~*~*~*
Rika stared blankly at the plain purple diary in her hand. She was completely dumbfounded by what she had read in Alicia's diary. Was it true or had Alicia just made it up?
~Date: 29/5/03
Well, I guess telling Dad about my "ability" wasn't the brightest idea I've ever had. He freaked when he heard about what I was capable of doing. Now I have to go live with my mother and Rika until he calms down a bit. Can you believe I have to move all the way to Shinjuku from Kyushu? And I have to live with practically strangers. Life sucks. I hate it. The only good thing in my life right now is probably Devil's Advocates. And now we're going to have to rehearse in Shinjuku. That's just great.
Well, screw my father and his precious life. I don't care anymore. Like I ever cared at all. I mean, my whole life I practically avoided him. Well, ever since he told me about Rika, that is.
Anyway, I should go tell Rob and the others about my move.
~Alicia Nonaka~
'What's Alicia talking about? Ability? Capable of?' Rika quickly snapped out of her trance when she heard the doorbell ring. She quickly put the diary back where she found it and got up off the floor of her room to answer the door.
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A/N: There ya go. Hope you enjoyed. I know this is supposed to be a Ryuki and there's not much romance between the two, but trust me, there will be later, maybe next chapter. I dunno yet.
Thank you to all my reviewers! ^^
Anyway, I won't be updating as regularly because my internet time has been limited by my parents. -_- They think I need to study more. So I'll be updating mostly on weekends and maybe if I can some time during the week. I know, it's sad.
Floramon: The plot thickens. Alicia has an "ability". Hmm, wonder what. Please review! We'd love it!
A/N: I'd love it. You're not even real -_-
Floramon: Whatever.
In this chapter, we will visit Alicia and her band during their rehearsal and Henry will be undergoing a cat scan (I'm j/k Henry fans, but he will be in a sorta mind-war over his problems). Also we will find out what's eating Ryo and why he seems to be distracted. And last but not least, Rika will discover something that's gonna change her life and many others forever...(not really but I like to be dramatic).
Disclaimer: I will be very sarcastic today cause I feel like it and when I feel like doing something, I'll do it (if you want more information about that, please consult my parents). I own Digimon and I enjoy writing the scripts for each and every episode because I know that my father will be very disturbed by the very fact that his daughter can be a very violent girl if pushed (please note the "if pushed" bit in there) And I created Rika because she is very similar to me and I needed someone to kick ass for me.
Ok, now that that's over, chapter 4, take it away!
Devil's Advocates Chapter 4
The Secret Lies In Self Discovery...
~*~*~
Alice sighed as she walked down a familiar street of West Shinjuku. She was walking home from the Hypnos building and she was lost in her own thoughts. As she was playing the Devil's Advocates first album, Wake Me up Inside, she could tell that Henry was mesmerized by Alicia's amazing vocal talent. That would've been ok if she didn't have a slight crush on him and she couldn't even put in words how much she had wanted to tell him then and there. But his face held her back. It was like he wasn't blinking and he was staring at the computer listening to that girl sing. It was like he was expecting her to jump out of the computer or something. It made Alice fell sick, sick and blinded with jealousy.
Alice sighed once more and glanced at he watch. It was already four thirty and most of the day had already been spent. Tomorrow would be school and she knew that with Alicia there, it was going to be hell. Not only had she stolen her name, she had stolen her boyfriend. Ok, so Henry wasn't exactly her boyfriend as much as she wanted him to be, and he was rightfully vacant and free to make his own decisions. And if that meant choosing who he wanted to be with, then that was perfectly fine.
But it wasn't fine. Alice wanted him to be with her, not Alicia, whom none of them knew anything about. 'For all we know, she could be a mass murderer or something. We know nothing about her. Not even Rika does.'
"Alice! Wait up!"
Alice turned around when she heard the voice call out from behind her. She recognised the person and smiled at them. It was Ryo. "Hey, Ryo. What's up?"
Ryo jogged up to the girl and stopped when he reached her. "I need your help."
~*~*~*~
'That's right. Just run away from Rika. I don't care. Just leave me here alone.' Rika was sitting on her couch with the television remote in her hand. Her mother and grandmother went out shopping so she was left alone. Again. She switched the channel when the program she was watching finished. The television suddenly caught her eye when an old Digimon episode came on. It was season two's classic, "Genesis of Evil". Rika especially remembered this episode because Ken was trying to find his heart because he thought he had lost it. Rika found herself to be very similar to Ken in so many ways.
Although she was watching the screen, Rika's mind seemed to be just taking in the words and their values...
~
(Ken): I know I should wake up. But I can't, it's not time yet. Not until I find my heart. It feels like I've lost it. I keep looking for it but I just can't seem to find it. I know once I do, everything will be back to the way it was. Back when I was a little kid.
~
Rika's mind seemed to absorb what was said and her mind suddenly registered an image of Alicia. But why? What linked Ken's words to Alicia? Why would she have lost her heart, and if so, why would she be trying to find it?
As Rika watched more of the episode, more and more similarities between Ken and Alicia came into her mind.
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(Ken): I can't wake up yet. I still haven't found my heart. I'm still trying to get back to that little kid who used to blow bubbles on his terrace. I'd stand there for hours, blowing them bigger and bigger each time. Each one was completely empty inside. But none of them was as empty inside as I was. Maybe I was trying to show Sam that I could blow bubbles bigger than he could, and that I was better at something than he was. But then again, who was it who taught me to blow the bubbles? Who made the soapy water for me, and cut the straws? It wasn't my parents - it was Sam.
~
Maybe Alicia left their father because she wanted something different. A change in her life. One that could be so full and yet so empty...Living life without her father and she would end up like Rika was, alone, cold and completely empty without any emotions. But life without her mother, and Alicia would've ended up differently and maybe happier or sadder. There was no real way of telling until it happened...
Rika suddenly remembered back to when she and her father were spending time with each other during one of his rare visits.
~*Flashback~*
Four-year-old Rika swang happily on a public swing in the local park. Her father was sitting on a bench watching her. His body twitched now and then and it soon became rhythmic. Young Rika slowly slipped off the swing and walked carefully up to her father. She noticed him staring into space and twitching ever so slightly. She wanted to ask him what was wrong and if she could help but then she remembered what her father could be like if he was disturbed while doing something important. Angry. That was something her mother had told her.
~*End of Flashback~*
Rika closed her eyes. She knew what was coming next, in her mind and on the TV. Her father could be so gentle and yet so rough at the same time. She knew he didn't mean to, but when his mind snapped back to reality, he hit her. All she was trying to do was to help him and he had snapped, maybe the same way Sam popped the bubble by blowing too hard on the television. And then he never came back to Ken...
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Sam: I can do it ok, but my technique isn't as good as yours is. Your bubbles come out perfect because you're gentle. I blow too hard and mine pop right away.
(He blows a bubble to demonstrate, and it pops. Suddenly Ken is all alone on the balcony.)
Young Ken: Where'd you go? Sam, come back, please!
(Ken): But Sam won't come back, he's gone forever. Maybe I am too.
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...Just like the way her father never visited anymore after that.
Come to think of it, Alicia had never known her father or her mother. She had always shut herself off, just like Rika had when she thought she was the Ice Queen with no emotions. Maybe the only way she was going to know and understand them was if she found herself.
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Ken: Who are you?
Ken's Mom + Ken's Dad: Ehh?
Ken: Well?
Ken's Mom: Ken, don't you recognize who we are?
Ken's Dad: It's amnesia!
Ken: No, I didn't lose my memory - I lost my heart. And until I find it, I don't know who I am, or who anyone else is either.
Ken's Mom: How could he not know who his own parents are?
Ken: You don't know me, either. How could you, if I don't know myself? Who am I?
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Rika shut off the television and walked to her room, not being able to take the metaphors anymore.
~*~*~*
"Ok, here it goes. Say there was this guy who liked this girl and he thought that she maybe had a little something for him but he didn't want to hurt this girl. So, what should this guy do?" Ryo sat crossed-legged on the cement floor of the hideout while Alice leaned against the far wall.
Alice thought for a bit and sighed. "Ok, Ryo, forget the guy thing. I know it's you and you have a thing for Rika. But, spend some time with her and find out if she likes you somehow and then tell her how you feel about her. If she rejects you, which I highly doubt she will, then bad luck."
Ryo stared dumbly at Alice while he tried to decipher what she had just said. "Um, ok. So, spend time with her? Thanks." He stood up and turned to leave.
"Wait." Alice took a step forward and smiled at Ryo. "Don't pressure her if she's not ready."
Ryo smiled back. "Thanks, Alice. I knew I could count on you." He winked at her then ran off.
Alice smiled at the back of the receding figure. "Good luck, Ryo. Hope you get what you both want." Her smile faded as she leaned back into the wall. She sighed and closed her eyes, suddenly feeling very drained and tired.
~*~*~*
Henry hummed the tune to one of the songs on the CD he had been listening to as he finished off some extra work for Hypnos. The CD of course was "Wake Me Up Inside". He couldn't stop thinking about how amazing Alicia's voice was. It was almost hypnotizing, the way it just flowed so flawlessly...And her eyes, those ice-violet eyes that had stared back into his when they first met.
Henry didn't know what, but something drew him to her. Some irresistible force that was too strong for him to fight. He simply just let his opposing side go and enjoyed the ride. But then again, he was stuck trying to overcome his feelings for Alice. Or more like trying to deny his feelings for her. After all, they were friends and they worked together. And something just didn't seem right with them being together.
'Just let your feelings for Alice go, Henry. Don't listen to what your opposing thoughts say to you, just forget them, and her. You know who you want to be with, so just accept that and don't worry about what Alice's reaction to that will be. So what if you break her heart? There are other guys out there who will eventually give her a chance.' Henry told himself firmly as if turned off his laptop and closed it. 'But then again, you don't want anyone else to have her. You want to be the one to eventually give her a chance and tell her how much you really care about her. You, Henry Wong, want to be the to make Alice happy and to make her overcome the losses in her life such as losing Dobermon. You want to be the one to please her. You want to be the one. You. Not anyone else.'
Henry felt a severe headache coming on and instinctively rubbed his temple with his hand. Even so, it did not go away and Henry was left with a terrible throbbing headache. Images from the past day began to invade his head as he tried his best not to struggle to suppress the pain as much as he could. Still pictures of Alicia flew by in his mind. Her smile, her voice, and even her glare seemed to vaguely flow by smoothly. Then, as Alice came into the picture, things started to become rough. There was no laughter, no emotions on Alicia's face; only Alice's welcoming face and Alicia's cold glare staring back at her. The tension seemed to flow into Henry's mind as he relived the day in his head.
Henry grabbed his hair and felt like tearing it out until suddenly everything went away. His headache, the tension he felt between Alice and Alicia, and the thoughts of the past day.
~*~*~*
Alicia glanced at her watch when the song her band was just rehearsing finished. 'Five thirty. Half an hour left'. "Ok, guys, lets do Whenever I'm With You."
Rob Gordon, who was the band's drum leader, set himself up to play the song requested by the lead vocalist of the group.
Brad Lewis, who was the group's guitarist and backing vocal, busied himself readying his guitar and microphone.
Aaron Davis and Kevin Jarvis, who were the mixers and bass for the group, set up their equipment and Aaron gave a nod to Alicia when they were ready.
Alicia heard the intro music playing through her headphones and awaited her que to being.
~* All this pride is holding me back
But I want to tell you what a lack
My heart, baby, you know it's black
But your love's gonna shine thru, it's a fact
If I told you know, you'd never understand
What have I done to make this hate stand?
This tension between us, it's out of hand
Can you see the waves crashing thru the sand?
Cause whenever I'm with you, I'm not afraid
To be me and so I hold back the crusade
Cause whenever I'm with you, I'm not afraid
To just be me and be free
We even took it further a few times
But this pride of mine is not kind
I turned you down, I was blind
What was going thru my mind?
Maybe it was that love has hurt me before
Yeah, that's right, it's against my law
But I just wanna be with you forever more
And let my heart and soul soar
Cause whenever I'm with you, I'm not afraid
To be me and so I hold back the crusade
Cause whenever I'm with you, I'm not afraid
To just be me and be free
So maybe we can fight this
Pride can be killed by a kiss
I'll give my heart and I won't miss
What I scratched off the list
What I scratched off the list~*
The outro music faded out and Brad clapped loudly. "Yeah, that was awesome! No sweat, guys."
"You wanna rephrase that? Look at me, I'm a swimming pool!" Rob laughed as he felt sweat dripping down from his forehead.
Alicia smiled at her friend. "You're a guy. Get over it." She looked around the room and took in the sights around her. Even thought it was an old abandoned shed, it was still an experience that Alicia loved. The walls were completely painted in graffiti and the ground was hard cement.
Aaron interrupted Alicia's thoughts. "You know, I could get used to this. This place is great for rehearsing."
Alicia smiled at the tall brunette and nodded. "Exactly what I was thinking." She took another long look around the large room. It was such a calming place. Who would have ever thought that an old, rusty shed could be so relaxing? "Anyway, I'll see you guys later. I have to get home."
After saying their goodbyes, Devil's Advocates went their separate ways.
'Home. It's strange referring to a place as foreign as that home. I guess it's going to be a long, bumpy ride.' Alicia sighed as she thought to herself. She was walking almost blindly back to the house where she would be living for however long it would be.
~*~*~*
Rika stared blankly at the plain purple diary in her hand. She was completely dumbfounded by what she had read in Alicia's diary. Was it true or had Alicia just made it up?
~Date: 29/5/03
Well, I guess telling Dad about my "ability" wasn't the brightest idea I've ever had. He freaked when he heard about what I was capable of doing. Now I have to go live with my mother and Rika until he calms down a bit. Can you believe I have to move all the way to Shinjuku from Kyushu? And I have to live with practically strangers. Life sucks. I hate it. The only good thing in my life right now is probably Devil's Advocates. And now we're going to have to rehearse in Shinjuku. That's just great.
Well, screw my father and his precious life. I don't care anymore. Like I ever cared at all. I mean, my whole life I practically avoided him. Well, ever since he told me about Rika, that is.
Anyway, I should go tell Rob and the others about my move.
~Alicia Nonaka~
'What's Alicia talking about? Ability? Capable of?' Rika quickly snapped out of her trance when she heard the doorbell ring. She quickly put the diary back where she found it and got up off the floor of her room to answer the door.
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A/N: There ya go. Hope you enjoyed. I know this is supposed to be a Ryuki and there's not much romance between the two, but trust me, there will be later, maybe next chapter. I dunno yet.
Thank you to all my reviewers! ^^
Anyway, I won't be updating as regularly because my internet time has been limited by my parents. -_- They think I need to study more. So I'll be updating mostly on weekends and maybe if I can some time during the week. I know, it's sad.
Floramon: The plot thickens. Alicia has an "ability". Hmm, wonder what. Please review! We'd love it!
A/N: I'd love it. You're not even real -_-
Floramon: Whatever.