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Chapter 2: Rika's confestion

"What do you mean! I will be right over!" Rika called into the phone. She grabbed her jacket and digivice.

"Where are you going?" Renamon asked.

"Come on Renamon! Takato's in the hospital! He got hit by a car!" Rika called running out the door.

Renamon fallowed afraid for Takato. 'I hope he is alright!' Rika ran as fast as she could!

"What happened, tell me the whole story, from what you

know!" Rika said as she was sitting in the hospital waiting room.

"Well all I know is Takato was riding his bike and he must have been thinking of something and didn't see the car and then he got hit. I hope he is ok," Henry Wong answered.

Rika just sat in the chair, a horrifid look on her face. 'What! Gogglehead isn't that stupid. He must have been thinking of something of a great importantce,' Rika thought.

"I'm going to wait outside with Renamon and Guilmon," Rika said, sounding stuned.

Jeri raised an eyebrow. She was thinking.

"What are you thinking about, Jeri?" Henry asked. He had known Jeri long enough to tell what face ment what. He could do that with everyone, except Rika. She never showed emotion, so when the rare moment came that she did, Henry was ether never around or the exprestion wasn't on her face long enough for him to read. This was one of Henry's talents. Finding out how people felt.

"Nothing really. I just want to talk to Rika," Jeri said as she stood up and walked out the door, fallowing Rika.

"I'll never understand what goes on in a girl's mind," Henry sighed.

Outside Jeri was walking trying to catch up with Rika. 'Wow! Rika walks fast when she is worried. Well faster then normal.' Jeri thought.

"Rika wait up!" Jeri called, desiding that making Rika sat and wait for her would be easyer then trying to catch up to her.

"Jeri! When did you start fallowing me!" Rika called stopping at the side of the hospital.

"Right after you left. Where exactly did you have Renamon hide Guilmon?"Jeri asked smiling.

"On the side of the hospital between the two oak trees. The shade from the trees willl keep them hidden," RIka replied as Jeri came up next to her.

"You mean right over their," Jeri said pointing to the giant trees. "But I don't see anything."

"Exactly! Renamon!" Rika called. Her digmon phased to her.

"Yes?" Renamon asked.

"Where did you put the big, red, goofball?" Rika asked looking around.

"It wasn't easy but I got him in the tree," Renamon said and pointed upward, and sure enough their was a small red T-Rex in the tree.

"Rikamon! Jerimon! Is Takatomon ok?" Guilmon called from the tree.

"Renamon go get him. He has to be on the ground when we tell him the news becasue if he wasn't he would fall out," Rika told her digimon.

"That bad?" Renamon asked then phased away. She phased back with guildmon.

"You're heave," Renamon complained dumping Guilmon on the ground.

"Not all of us or skinny, and graceful, and beautiful! Right Jerimon?" Guilmon asked, feeling insolted.

"Umm, yeah." Jeri answered smiling at the digimon. Renamon cocked her head.

"Are you saying I'm beautiful?"Renamon asked.

"Umm, So what is with Takatomon?" Guilmon asked changing the subject.

"Well we don't know. They won't let us in to see him. Only his mom and dad. Then we can go see him." Rika answered.

Guilmon hung his head. Rika walked up to him. She bent down and hugged him. Jeri and Renamon both stood staring in disbelief that Rika was being nice to Guilmon!

"He will be ok, Guilmon. He has to," Rika whispered in the digimon's ear. Guilmon looked at her and stared.

"Rike you like him don't you? You like Takato," Jeri said bending down beside Rika.

"What would make you say something like that!" Rika practicle yelled. She knew Jeri was right but every time she got close to someone or someone got close to her the end up moving or leaving in someway and never coming back.

"It is like that some from Herucles. that love song. I Won't Say I'm In Love," Jeri said.

"Jeri, I don't believe in love," Rika told Jeri.

"Why? Why don't you believe? Love is a great bond that can save lives when the time is right," Jeri asked.

"My mom is never home, my dad left when I was little, and every friend i have everyhad had left. They ether go to summer camp and come backing with new friends that are popular and don't need me or they move. Ether way none of my friends or family stay long. Everyone I get close to gets hurt. It is like a curse," Rika said a tear rolling down her cheek.

"Rika, that is not true. you have friends and we are still here. Through the D-Reaper even. We are not going anywhere. And right now we need to work together, even though Henry is questioning you. And this curse you say if some like you or you like them they get hurt? So you like Takato, and now you are blaming yourself becasue he is in the hospital, right?" Jeri asked.

"Yes! If I didn't like him then he wouldn't get hurt. But no one every ended up in the hospital from this curse!" Rika cryed, tears now streaming down her cheeks like a river.

"How do you know it is a curse?" Jeri asked.

" I c-can't t-tell you. If I d-do you w-will be c-c-ursed also!" Rika choked out between tear drops.

"Rika! I am you friend! I will not just sit here and let you be miserable! Now tell me," Jeri said.

Rika stopped crying. The words I am you friend circled in her brain. Thoughs words seem to woke her up from a great sleep she had been in for over 4 years. A sleep of evil and hatred.

"Jeri! You are my friend?" Rika asked. Jeri nodded.

"Me, Takato, Henry, Ryo, and even Kazu and Kenta! Henry may not be the best friend right know, questioning your friendship, but he is. And I think he will know you are a good friend, when you are this worried about Takato. Now tell me about your curse," Jeir said. Rika nodded.

" When I was 5 this creature came up to me and told me my destiny. They said that I would be a great digimon tamer and would win a turniment. It turned out true. But it would come with a cost. I would not be aloud to love. When someone loved me they would end up leaving or forget me. If i loved someone they would go away forever. And if I loved someone and they loved me in return they would have the ultimite punisment. Death. The creature told me this and in doing so cursed me. I now know that the creature was a digimon," Rika finished and Jeri stared.

Jeri seemed to be think really hard.

"So you love Takato?" Jerii finaly asked in a whisper.

"Yes. I do! And I am proud to admit it now Jeri. Thank you!" Rika smiled but stopped when she relized that Jeri wasn't smiling.

"Jeri? Are you ok?" Rika asked/

"Takato! Rika, Takato loves you to! He told me he liked you but I didn't think anything of it untill now. I though he ment like a friend but no he loves you! That is why he is in the hospital! Your curse! Rika if you don't find a way to break the curse you may never get a chance to tell Takato that you love him!" Jeri said. Guilmon and Renamon stood speechless. They heard the whole conversation.

"Rikamon loves Takatomon? Rikamon you have to save Takatomon!" Guilmon cryed.

"I know! i have to do it for you and for me!"

"Guys! Guys!" The voice of Henry called. "It is worse then I thought! Takato might not make it!"

To Be continued...