Dark-Angel: Well, here I am again to bring you the next entry of my fic,
Devil's Advocates. This chapter is basically a filler because I wanted to
concentrate more on Rika's thoughts and feelings about what happened
between her and Ryo. Just a warning, this may be a little short, so don't
expect too much out of it.
Floramon: Dat's right. What she said. Now, on to the disclaimer, if I may, D-Angel?
A/N: Fine, go ahead. Just don't expect to get much out of it. You're still first on my hit list. -_-
Floramon: Cool! Here we go! Dark-Angel does not own Digimon. How did I do?
A/N: *sweatdrops* Heh, um, great! Very original and creative. I also don't own the song Turn Back Time by Aqua. And in the last chapter if you remember, a "dark figure" had captured a blonde haired, blue-eyed girl. No, that is not Alice, ok. Just to clear that up before continuing.
Devil's Advocates
Chapter 7: Don't Say A Word
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Rika woke slowly to the muffling sound of items being moved. As her eyes became adjusted to the sunlight streaming into the room through the paper door, she saw Alicia moving quickly from one end of the room to the other. Rika squinted and made a small sound. "What are you doing?"
Alicia glanced at her sister before going back to whatever she was doing. "I'm moving all my stuff to one end and your stuff to the other. Hope you don't mind."
Rika stared at her sister through glaring eyes. This was going to take some time to get used to. "Ugh, not at all." With pure sarcasm in her tone, Rika glared one last time at Alicia before grabbing her clothes angrily out of her wardrobe and storming out of the room.
Alicia watched with a satisfied smirk and returned to moving her stuff when she heard the unmistakable sound of the water running in the bathroom.
Rika stepped into the steaming hot water. She felt the hot pellets splash against her face and she closed her eyes. She thought about what had happened yesterday. Her sister had come practically from the sky to live with them, she found out Alicia was in a rock band that she had never heard of, Ryo had told her he really liked her and wanted for them to be something more than friends, and Alicia began martial arts lessons with Henry, who Rika knew her sister had a little more than a crush on.
Her mind then went over the conversation she had with Ryo at the park yesterday. As much as Rika wanted to be more than friends with Ryo, her mind simply refused it. Her father would not leave her alone.
~*Give me time to reason
Give me time to think it through
Passing through a season
Where I cheated you*~
Rika remembered the disappointed and worried look Ryo had given her when she had ran away from him. That look had said everything. He really did love her and he really wanted her to love him, which she did. But he didn't know that, and now, she didn't know that she could ever tell him.
~*I will always have a cross to wear
But the bolt reminds me I was there
So give me strength
To face this test of time*~
Rika had even said to herself that Ryo was one who she could always count on and trust. One that she could fully open herself up to and tell everything to, so why was this cutting into her so much? If she wanted to give herself to him, then why didn't she just do so? Was it something more than just her father and her pride? Was this something inside of her that could never be healed?
~*If only I could turn back time
If only I had said what I still hide
If only I could turn back time
I would stay for the night*~
Rika couldn't help but think of what things would be like if she hadn't rejected his love. The things she could say to him to let him know how much she truly meant to him.
Rika heard her mother's famous voice and she turned off the taps. She quickly dressed into navy blue jeans and a sky blue top saying, "What's done is done... just leave it alone," and tied her hair up into a loose ponytail. She walked quickly out of the bathroom and into her room to pack her bag and get ready for school. She noticed that Alicia had done a very good job of rearranging her room.
Rika suddenly remembered something that had captured her eye the day before. It was Alicia's diary. Rika stored into her mind that she would question her sister about it later. Right now though, she had to put on her emotionless mask. The reason why, you might ask? Because she wanted to act like nothing had happened between her and Ryo the day before. She told herself that she'd just try and ignore Ryo the entire day and figure out what to do about it later.
With that done, Rika grabbed her bag and made her way to the kitchen, where she saw her mother and grandmother talking. Alicia was nowhere in sight.
When Rumiko saw Rika enter, she stopped talking to her mother. "Morning, Rika. How did you sleep?"
Rika could tell her mother and grandmother had been talking about something they didn't want Rika to know about, so she thought she shouldn't pry. She just gave them a slight questioning glance and answered her mother's question. "Fine, apart from the fact that I was woken up by the sound of an elephant trudging around my room and completely rearranging the whole thing. She's screwing up everything and you expect me to actually LIVE with her!? What ever happened to the old days when it was just me and my perfectly well-organised room? And another thing, what ever happened to the guest room? It can't take that long to sort out, can it? By the way, where is she?"
Rumiko and Seiko both stared at the teenager and nodded slightly. Finally, Rumiko answered. "Alicia's waiting for you outside with Henry, Alice, Takato and Jeri. They arrived a couple of minutes ago and were waiting for you, so I don't think you should hold them up any longer." She smiled as her daughter slowly looked outside the half open door where she could she the sleeve of one of Takato's shirts.
Rika grabbed a piece of toast from a plate in front of her and consumed it within a record time of 2.8 seconds and waved a goodbye to Rumiko and Seiko. She fully opened the front door and her friends immediately greeted her. "Hey, guys. Sorry I'm late. I got a little held up." She shot a glare at Alicia, who smirked in return.
Jeri smiled at her best friend. "That's ok. We understand. So, ready for another exciting day of school?"
Rika raised an eyebrow at Jeri's unusual sarcastic comment. "Yeah, I guess." They started walking and Rika looked around the group who were trailing behind her and Jeri. 'The usual crowd except for.' "Where's Ryo?"
Everyone looked at Rika before Takato explained. "He wasn't outside the bakery waiting for me this morning, so I called his house and his father answered, saying that Ryo wasn't coming to school today. He didn't explain why, he just hung up the phone after that."
Rika looked down and made a small "oh" sound. She found herself thinking about what happened the day before between them, and wondered if the reason why Ryo wasn't coming to school today was in fact what had happened. She hoped that it wasn't because of that, because she sincerely didn't want things to be like that between them.
Jeri noticed her friend's sudden drain of energy and looked at Rika worriedly. "Rika, are you ok? You kind of just spaced out then. Like it was a disappointment that Ryo wasn't coming to school today."
Rika, however, took Jeri's tone of concern the wrong way and glared at Jeri. "Why would I be disappointed, Jeri. I don't like him, he doesn't like me. Are we clear? Good." 'Don't say a word, Rika. Remember, ignorance.'
Jeri immediately dropped the discussion, however, behind the two, Alice frowned and dropped her shoulders. 'So, she still hasn't made up with him? That's probably why Ryo's away, because he can't face her. Poor Ryo. He must be hurting so much if he can't even face the day. I would've thought he'd take this a whole lot better than he has. Then again, he really did like Rika.' Alice again looked up and glanced at Rika. 'And from the way it looks, Rika really likes him, too. So what's the missing link?'
"Hey, Alice, you're quiet today. Then again, you're practically always quiet. So, what's up?" Alice glanced up to see Henry's worried face looking in her direction. She wondered quickly whether he really was talking to her or whether it was a little voice inside her head imitating Henry's voice. After all they've been through, this would hardly be called abnormal.
When she didn't answer him, Henry called her name again. This time she jerked out of her trance and forced a small smile. "I'm fine Henry. Just thinking, that's all." She smiled again and allowed her head to fall back down to the way it was before. She quickly entered her thinking mode again and blocked out all the sounds around her.
Up the front, Rika shook her head and turned around to look at Alicia, who was staring straight back at her. This puzzled Rika, but she didn't say anything and turned back around. 'It's strange. Everyone seems to be in their own little world today. Even Takato, who has been really quiet. I wonder what's going on.'
When the friends finally reached their school, everyone was staring at them, or more like staring at Alicia. They began to whisper to each other and point in Alicia's direction. Rika looked strangely at her peers and then began to realize that they were all staring at Alicia and comparing her with herself. She gave them all cold glares before she lead the others to their homeroom.
While at their lockers, Jeri and Takato began asking Alicia, who was standing next to the wall near the rows of lockers, if that was normal. Alicia just nodded and explained that wherever she went, people always pointed at her and asked for autographs.
After hearing this, Rika just wanted so badly to throttle her sister. Just because she was in a rock band doesn't mean that she can steal whatever moment she wanted and get away with it. It certainly didn't change that fact that Rika saved the world and all Alicia could do was sing.
"Hey, Alicia!" Everyone turned their heads towards the sound of the masculine voice that had called out to Alicia.
Alicia smiled when she recognized the voice. "Hey, Brad. So, you're here, too?" She walked up to her band mate and leaned on her left foot.
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A/N: Ok, very short chapter here. As I said before, it was just what I call a filler chapter, so expect much, much more next chappie.
A big thank you to my reviewers. Couldn't do it without y'all! Thanx for all ya support!
Please, please review and tell me what you thought.
Till then, peace and keep smilin'!
Floramon: Dat's right. What she said. Now, on to the disclaimer, if I may, D-Angel?
A/N: Fine, go ahead. Just don't expect to get much out of it. You're still first on my hit list. -_-
Floramon: Cool! Here we go! Dark-Angel does not own Digimon. How did I do?
A/N: *sweatdrops* Heh, um, great! Very original and creative. I also don't own the song Turn Back Time by Aqua. And in the last chapter if you remember, a "dark figure" had captured a blonde haired, blue-eyed girl. No, that is not Alice, ok. Just to clear that up before continuing.
Devil's Advocates
Chapter 7: Don't Say A Word
~*~*~
Rika woke slowly to the muffling sound of items being moved. As her eyes became adjusted to the sunlight streaming into the room through the paper door, she saw Alicia moving quickly from one end of the room to the other. Rika squinted and made a small sound. "What are you doing?"
Alicia glanced at her sister before going back to whatever she was doing. "I'm moving all my stuff to one end and your stuff to the other. Hope you don't mind."
Rika stared at her sister through glaring eyes. This was going to take some time to get used to. "Ugh, not at all." With pure sarcasm in her tone, Rika glared one last time at Alicia before grabbing her clothes angrily out of her wardrobe and storming out of the room.
Alicia watched with a satisfied smirk and returned to moving her stuff when she heard the unmistakable sound of the water running in the bathroom.
Rika stepped into the steaming hot water. She felt the hot pellets splash against her face and she closed her eyes. She thought about what had happened yesterday. Her sister had come practically from the sky to live with them, she found out Alicia was in a rock band that she had never heard of, Ryo had told her he really liked her and wanted for them to be something more than friends, and Alicia began martial arts lessons with Henry, who Rika knew her sister had a little more than a crush on.
Her mind then went over the conversation she had with Ryo at the park yesterday. As much as Rika wanted to be more than friends with Ryo, her mind simply refused it. Her father would not leave her alone.
~*Give me time to reason
Give me time to think it through
Passing through a season
Where I cheated you*~
Rika remembered the disappointed and worried look Ryo had given her when she had ran away from him. That look had said everything. He really did love her and he really wanted her to love him, which she did. But he didn't know that, and now, she didn't know that she could ever tell him.
~*I will always have a cross to wear
But the bolt reminds me I was there
So give me strength
To face this test of time*~
Rika had even said to herself that Ryo was one who she could always count on and trust. One that she could fully open herself up to and tell everything to, so why was this cutting into her so much? If she wanted to give herself to him, then why didn't she just do so? Was it something more than just her father and her pride? Was this something inside of her that could never be healed?
~*If only I could turn back time
If only I had said what I still hide
If only I could turn back time
I would stay for the night*~
Rika couldn't help but think of what things would be like if she hadn't rejected his love. The things she could say to him to let him know how much she truly meant to him.
Rika heard her mother's famous voice and she turned off the taps. She quickly dressed into navy blue jeans and a sky blue top saying, "What's done is done... just leave it alone," and tied her hair up into a loose ponytail. She walked quickly out of the bathroom and into her room to pack her bag and get ready for school. She noticed that Alicia had done a very good job of rearranging her room.
Rika suddenly remembered something that had captured her eye the day before. It was Alicia's diary. Rika stored into her mind that she would question her sister about it later. Right now though, she had to put on her emotionless mask. The reason why, you might ask? Because she wanted to act like nothing had happened between her and Ryo the day before. She told herself that she'd just try and ignore Ryo the entire day and figure out what to do about it later.
With that done, Rika grabbed her bag and made her way to the kitchen, where she saw her mother and grandmother talking. Alicia was nowhere in sight.
When Rumiko saw Rika enter, she stopped talking to her mother. "Morning, Rika. How did you sleep?"
Rika could tell her mother and grandmother had been talking about something they didn't want Rika to know about, so she thought she shouldn't pry. She just gave them a slight questioning glance and answered her mother's question. "Fine, apart from the fact that I was woken up by the sound of an elephant trudging around my room and completely rearranging the whole thing. She's screwing up everything and you expect me to actually LIVE with her!? What ever happened to the old days when it was just me and my perfectly well-organised room? And another thing, what ever happened to the guest room? It can't take that long to sort out, can it? By the way, where is she?"
Rumiko and Seiko both stared at the teenager and nodded slightly. Finally, Rumiko answered. "Alicia's waiting for you outside with Henry, Alice, Takato and Jeri. They arrived a couple of minutes ago and were waiting for you, so I don't think you should hold them up any longer." She smiled as her daughter slowly looked outside the half open door where she could she the sleeve of one of Takato's shirts.
Rika grabbed a piece of toast from a plate in front of her and consumed it within a record time of 2.8 seconds and waved a goodbye to Rumiko and Seiko. She fully opened the front door and her friends immediately greeted her. "Hey, guys. Sorry I'm late. I got a little held up." She shot a glare at Alicia, who smirked in return.
Jeri smiled at her best friend. "That's ok. We understand. So, ready for another exciting day of school?"
Rika raised an eyebrow at Jeri's unusual sarcastic comment. "Yeah, I guess." They started walking and Rika looked around the group who were trailing behind her and Jeri. 'The usual crowd except for.' "Where's Ryo?"
Everyone looked at Rika before Takato explained. "He wasn't outside the bakery waiting for me this morning, so I called his house and his father answered, saying that Ryo wasn't coming to school today. He didn't explain why, he just hung up the phone after that."
Rika looked down and made a small "oh" sound. She found herself thinking about what happened the day before between them, and wondered if the reason why Ryo wasn't coming to school today was in fact what had happened. She hoped that it wasn't because of that, because she sincerely didn't want things to be like that between them.
Jeri noticed her friend's sudden drain of energy and looked at Rika worriedly. "Rika, are you ok? You kind of just spaced out then. Like it was a disappointment that Ryo wasn't coming to school today."
Rika, however, took Jeri's tone of concern the wrong way and glared at Jeri. "Why would I be disappointed, Jeri. I don't like him, he doesn't like me. Are we clear? Good." 'Don't say a word, Rika. Remember, ignorance.'
Jeri immediately dropped the discussion, however, behind the two, Alice frowned and dropped her shoulders. 'So, she still hasn't made up with him? That's probably why Ryo's away, because he can't face her. Poor Ryo. He must be hurting so much if he can't even face the day. I would've thought he'd take this a whole lot better than he has. Then again, he really did like Rika.' Alice again looked up and glanced at Rika. 'And from the way it looks, Rika really likes him, too. So what's the missing link?'
"Hey, Alice, you're quiet today. Then again, you're practically always quiet. So, what's up?" Alice glanced up to see Henry's worried face looking in her direction. She wondered quickly whether he really was talking to her or whether it was a little voice inside her head imitating Henry's voice. After all they've been through, this would hardly be called abnormal.
When she didn't answer him, Henry called her name again. This time she jerked out of her trance and forced a small smile. "I'm fine Henry. Just thinking, that's all." She smiled again and allowed her head to fall back down to the way it was before. She quickly entered her thinking mode again and blocked out all the sounds around her.
Up the front, Rika shook her head and turned around to look at Alicia, who was staring straight back at her. This puzzled Rika, but she didn't say anything and turned back around. 'It's strange. Everyone seems to be in their own little world today. Even Takato, who has been really quiet. I wonder what's going on.'
When the friends finally reached their school, everyone was staring at them, or more like staring at Alicia. They began to whisper to each other and point in Alicia's direction. Rika looked strangely at her peers and then began to realize that they were all staring at Alicia and comparing her with herself. She gave them all cold glares before she lead the others to their homeroom.
While at their lockers, Jeri and Takato began asking Alicia, who was standing next to the wall near the rows of lockers, if that was normal. Alicia just nodded and explained that wherever she went, people always pointed at her and asked for autographs.
After hearing this, Rika just wanted so badly to throttle her sister. Just because she was in a rock band doesn't mean that she can steal whatever moment she wanted and get away with it. It certainly didn't change that fact that Rika saved the world and all Alicia could do was sing.
"Hey, Alicia!" Everyone turned their heads towards the sound of the masculine voice that had called out to Alicia.
Alicia smiled when she recognized the voice. "Hey, Brad. So, you're here, too?" She walked up to her band mate and leaned on her left foot.
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A/N: Ok, very short chapter here. As I said before, it was just what I call a filler chapter, so expect much, much more next chappie.
A big thank you to my reviewers. Couldn't do it without y'all! Thanx for all ya support!
Please, please review and tell me what you thought.
Till then, peace and keep smilin'!