Blah blah blah… same story same excuse…
Disclaimer: I don't own digimon or the characters, like all the other authors on this site… what a pity…
Oh and sorry for the spelling mistake last chapter, and I changed yamato's name to matt since that was what Izumi Rules wanted (she was the only one who said anything about it)
Three cheers for all the great reviewers! I wasn't even going to update now if it weren't for u great people!
Chapter Nine: Welcome Back Friends
You may not know,
I'm there with you,
Protecting you,
…Watching over you…
They continued to walk in silence. Even though Matt didn't want to show it, they all knew that he was thinking about his now dead mother, so they respected his feelings and kept quiet until he gathered himself again. Well all of them except Auron, that is, who continuously reminded then to stay focused and not let the forest get the best of them.
Suddenly Matt turned around at directed straight to Rika, "This is your entire father's fault! If it weren't for him, we would all be living in peace right now: not living without our parents and on some stupid journey to set what he ruined back to right!"
He was furious, and looked like he wanted to start a fight, but Rika just stood there looking completely uninterested with what he was saying. She was just looking at their surroundings in a bored kind of way.
This seemed to get Matt angrier. "Don't ignore me! You just don't want to admit that your dad was a criminal", he yelled at her.
This got her attention, for she turned directly to him and gave him a blazing glare. You could almost see flames burning in between them from the heat of their angriness.
"he wasn't always like that", she hissed at him.
"Oh yeah right… A criminal is, was, and always will be a criminal!"
"That's it Matt! Her father did what he did and u can't change it. And it's not her fault so give yourself a break", Ryo yelled at him looking seriously mad, like Izumi had never seen him before.
Matt turned and glared at him and then said darkly, "he killed your mom too, and she's supporting him so she's no better."
Izumi had about enough. They were all supposed to be on the same side, so why were they fighting like this?
"Stop it!", she shouted at them all and gained their attention, "Rika said he wasn't always like that so why don't u just listen to what she has to say!"
"Who cares what she has to say. Nothing can change what he did, just like Ryo said", he said still glaring at him.
"You promised her to always be kind and honest no matter what", Mimi said dryly starring straight into his eyes.
He met her cold stare and then looked away and said, "Leave my mom out of this".
"You promised her", Mimi repeated.
"Fine", he finally said.
Auron who was leaning against a tree next to Kouji finally put his voice into the conversation.
"We've walked long enough, so we'll take a break here and listen to what Rika has to say and move on."
They all sat down and waited for Rika to start.
Rika crossed her arms and started to talk without looking at anyone in particular.
"I saw him poison the drinks."
"Ha! You see? I told you he did, didn't I?" said Matt, looking as if he had just won the greatest battle ever.
"But he wasn't always like that," continued Rika completely ignoring him.
"Who cares if he wasn't always like that? He is the reason that Ryo and I have got no mom!" Matt said.
Rika looked at him and stared at him really hard, and then her eyes started to water up as she said, "You're lucky you even have any parent at all."
This surprised nearly all of them. It was rare for Rika to show any face expression, but to cry? She never cried. Well only Izumi had seen her cry. Even Auron and Kouji looked a little shocked, and Matt looked like he had just been hit in the face.
"Her father messed up, okay?" Izumi said, feeling that Rika didn't want to talk anymore, "he might have messed up your lives, but he messed up his own and Rika's even more, so let's just put this all in the past and move on."
Auron stood up right after Izumi's words and said, "Come on, I think we've had enough rest for now."
Everyone slowly got their things together, and began to walk yet once again.
While walking, Matt seemed to make his way towards Rika many times, but each time he would only open his mouth to say something and just close it again and lag behind.
After a few hours of walking, he finally was able to say something.
"I'm really sorry for all those things I said before. I guess I was just too blinded by my anger and too selfish to realize that you and the rest had any problems at all, and maybe worse than my own. I, well, I hope that we're still friends?"
Rika looked at him cautiously looking for the truth in his words, and then to everyone's surprise, she smiled.
"Yeah", she said simply.
Mimi ran up to Matt and gave him a hug, "Welcome back Matt! And I hope you've learned something."
Matt looked a bit surprised at first, but then he smiled at her and said, "Yeah, there are important things that you should never leave behind, because if you do they'll just make your life a living hell!"
Mimi raised a brow in confusion, but Matt just laughed and walked on.
Ryo walked up to Rika and put an arm around her, "So I guess you're going to be your old crazy self again?"
Rika threw his arm off her and laughed, "The only one who is crazy here is you!"
"I don't think so, you see I wasn't the one used to walk up to sleeping digimon and throw a bucket of water on their heads and then run away like a maniac to save myself', he said laughing at her.
"Well if I can remember well, you use to believe that you had super powers and you were going to jump off a cliff to prove that you could fly if it wasn't for the fact that your dad found out a grounded you for a month for your crazy thoughts!"
"I hate to tell you this Rika, but I think something has gotten to your head, you should see a doctor because that never happened", Ryo said mockingly.
Rika whacked him on the head, "I think you're the one who should see a doctor!"
They both laughed and continued walking.
Izumi smiled at the four of them. 'I'm glad all of their personal problems are over. I'm not sure about Kouji and Auron, but I think I'm the only one with problems now.'
Laughing their problems away,
I laugh in happiness along with them,
But I feel the absence of something,
And searching inside is not easy,
…Watching Over You…
Im really sorry for this short chapter and the long wait, but I will make it up to you in the next chapter. I have exams all this week , so I wont be updating for now. I know there wasn't suspense in this chap so please forgive me. I was the worst chapter I ever wrote. sighs. Well anyway please review, but don't be too hard on me.
