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Rukato in this chapter as the last..but next chapter there will be a
lot...I know you don't want me to ramble so I'll just get right to the
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chapter eight: everything's perfect
Rika hadn't really spoken to Takato sinse Devil's Night. And that was a week ago. She didn't understand..or maybe she did. It was awkward.
She just shrugged it off. Soon, Faye would be able to go back to school. It had been almost four weeks sinse that day. Last time Rika had gone to her best friend's house, Faye was sitting on the living room sofa, laughing at the tv show she was watching. A sure sign she was getting better.
Rika walked into first period and sat in her usual chair. Jeri turned around.
"Hi Rika!" said Jeri. "Its nice out for fall, isn't it?" she asked.
"Yeah." replied Rika. "Didn't wear a coat today." she said. It was true, today was abnormally warm. Rika wasn't even wearing layers. She wore jeans and a long sleeve shirt, and of course, her trusty tie.
"So, when is your birthday again?" asked Jeri.
"November twenty-fouth." grinned Rika. "I'm counting!"
"Are you celebrating?" asked Jeri.
Rika thought about this for a second. She never really celebrated, unless you counted spending the entire day with Faye, goofing off, seeing a movie than a cake when you returned home. "Dunno." she said.
"I'd like too." said Jeri. "But my birthday is over the summer." she said.
"Happy belated birthday." grinned Rika.
The bell rang and a few last minute stragglers came in and sat down.
"Class." said Mz Asaji.
No reply.
"Nice to see how enthusiastic you all are." said Mz Asaji, shuffling some papers. "I have your tests here." she said. "I'll pass them out then we'll go over them."
While the teacher passed out the test, the chatter started.
"Rika..Can I talk to you for a minute?" asked Takato, coming over.
"Sure." said Rika.
"Uh-alone?" he said.
You could tell by Jeri's face she was struggling to keep it straight. Rika kicked her and then Jeri had no problem keeping it straight.
"Sure." said Rika and she got up and walked to the back of the class with Takato. They sat in two empty chairs.
"About Devil's Night..." started Takato.
Rika could feel a slight warmth on her cool face. "Yeah?" she said. "You ran out of toliet paper from it all and need some more?" she grinned.
Takato laughed. "Nope I'm all right." he said. "When we were running from the police..in the bush.."
"Blame it on hormones." said Rika. "It was dark, in a bush, think about it." she said, amazed at what she was saying. "In woulda happened to anyone." she said.
"Yeah thats what I was thinking." said Takato.
"Matsuki. Nonaka-Makino. Please take your seats." said Mz. Asaji.
"See ya." said Takato and he sat down.
"Yeah..see ya." replied Rika. When she sat down, she had a kind of dazed look on her face which caused Jeri to get another kick in the shins.
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Rika went into lunch two days later and went to sit at her normal table, with Jeri, who wasn't there yet.
"Hey Nonaka-Makino!"
She turned and saw a skater waving at her. She walked over. "Yeah?" she said.
"Wanna sit with us?" he asked.
"I dunno." said Rika. "My friend Jeri.."
"She can sit here too." he said. "By the way, my name is Toshi."
"Hey." she said. "I'm Rika."
"These are the rest of us." said Toshi. "Makou, Taguya, Phil, Kenny and Stevo."
"Hi." said Rika. "Where do you guys skate?"
"Here. There. Anywhere." said Phil.
Rika glanced around and saw Jeri come into the cafeteria. "Jeri!" she called. Jeri came over, looking a little nervous. "Lets sit here for today." she said.
"Ok.." said Jeri and she sat down in the empty seat next to Rika. She took out her sandwich, looked at it and pushed it away.
"Whats the matter?" asked Makou.
"Its ham and cheese. I hate ham." replied Jeri.
"Dude can I have it?" asked Stevo.
"Umm sure.." said Jeri.
Stevo lunged for the sandwich and ate it faster than Jeri had taken it out. She blinked. "Mmm.. I love ham." he said.
"And I love spam!" shouted Taguya. They all laughed.
"So..I like watcha did to Danielle." said Toshi. "None of us can stand her either."
"God I hate her fricken guts!" said Kenny. "She may kinda good-lookin but she is the biggest bi-yatch I've ever known!" he said, slamming his hand on the table.
"You're not the only one." said Rika.
"First you stand up to her, than you nearly beat the crap outta her..man I wish I coulda done that." said Toshi.
"She drives me nuts!" said Rika. "She reminds me of this girl in my old school, Kaylee Stanton, she was just like Danielle. Stuck up, prissy bi- yatch." she said.
"No lie." said Makou.
Rika grinned. She was now where she belonged.
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"Look at me!" said Stevo, walking all weird and sticking his nose in the air. "My name is Danielle Spencer and I love ME!" he said, hugging himself.
"I'm Felicia and I'm like, so damn brainless!" said Phil, walking similar to Stevo.
"The only guys that are ok from that crowd are Takato, Henry and Kazu." said Toshi. "It beats me why they hang out with them." he said.
"Yeah." said Makou.
"Didya go out on Devil's Night Rika?" asked Kenny. "I thought I saw ya."
"Yeah I did." said Rika. "I totalled Danielle's house."
"Sweet!" said Taguya. "We egged this old fart's house who keeps yellin at us not to skate past his house." he said. "Problem was, when we got there it was already done."
"Thats ok though." said Toshi. "We just did it worse."
"Does this dude live in a small blue house with a brown roof and one tree?" asked Rika.
"Yeah." said Kenny.
"I did it already." said Rika. "He bugs she so much."
"You did all that by yourself?" asked Toshi, wide-eyed.
"No." said Rika. "You kidding? I woulda been there all night." she said.
Rika and her new skater friends were hanging out after school near the parking lot of the school where some other skaters were skating. Jeri had left already, she said she needed to get home to help her father with something.
"Then who'd you go with?" asked Kenny.
"Takato." replied Rika. "We're...kinda friends." she said.
"Dude! I didn't think Takato had enough guts to do something like that." said Phil, skating by.
Rika shrugged. "He doesn't really like Danielle." she said. "Or the rest of his friends." she explained.
"Then why is is hangin with them?" asked Stevo, also skating by.
"Got me. I know he's good friends with Henry, Kazu and maybe Kenta." she said.
"They're ok." said Phil, jumping up on his board.
Rika shrugged. "Danielle is the worst though." she said. "I hate her so much. She's such a little-argh! I just can't stand her!"
"Yeah we know." said Stevo, skating by again. Rika shook her head.
"Hey-you know what?" said Taguya. "I think I've seen ya before."
Rika raised an eyebrow. "What?" she asked.
Taguya shook his head. "I mean at a park. You were with a friend and some dude was trying to kidnap ya or something." he said. "Phil and his cousin ran over and helped ya."
"Oh yeah." said Rika, remembering the moment vividly. "Remind me to thank Phil and his cousin." she said.
"Who was your friend?" asked Taguya. "She was pretty cute."
Rika laughed. "Her name's Faye Kamiyo. We've been best friends forever." she said. She made a mental note to tell her that a skater thought she was cute.
"Cool." said Taguya. "Where does she live?"
Toshi whacked him on the back of the head. "Dude! Don't even think about trying to hit on Rika's friends. If they are anything like Rika, they will kick your sorry ass." he grinned.
"Oh yeah." said Rika. "Faye is one tough girl." she grinned. "She goes to the old private school I went to and lives kinda near me. She..had an injury and has been out of school for a couple of weeks."
"Is she that girl who was shot at some stuffy school?" asked Stevo, jumping on Toshi's back and causing him to lose balance and they both fell.
"Yeah..you heard about that?" asked Rika.
"All over the papers." said Kenny.
"Yeah well..we prefer not to think about it." said Rika.
"Gotcha. We drop the subject." said Stevo, standing up.
Rika's watch beeped. She looked at it. "Well I should get home." she said. "My mom wants me to stop by before I go to Faye's house."
"Sure thing!" said Phil.
Rika dropped her board on the ground and started to skate away. "See ya." she called and waved.
"Hasta la vista, baby!" she heard Stevo scream. Then she heard a wail/screech which meant Stevo had done something stupid and was now just whacked on the head by Toshi.
Rika smiled. Finally, friends who were like her and she could be herself and not be much different from them.
She skated off towards her house.
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Rika skated as fast as she could to school. The bell would ring any minute and she did not want to get detention so near her birthday. She wore her baggy blue jeans and at least five layers, with a dark green sweatshirt on top of it all. No tie, no visor, an empty neck, but she did have her spike bracelets on.
She jumped over a box on the sidewalk and turned sharply as she reached the school entrance. She went up the ramp to save time and didn't get off her board in the halls. There was still a few scragglers here and there but the hall was mostly deserted. She nearly missed her locker, but stopped and shoved her board inside, grabbed a notebook and ran to class.
She skidded to a halt outside the door and opened it, as the bell rang. She hopped inside the classroom and grinned. "I'm not gonna get marked late, am I?" she asked.
Mz Asaji shook her head. "No just go sit down." she said.
Rika gave a thumbs up and went to her seat. 'Lucky Miss A is so nice.' she thought and sat down compfortably in her chair. Then it hit her. She prodded Jeri with her notebook. "Gotta pen or pencil?" she asked.
Jeri's hand reached over and in it was a pen.
"Thanks." replied Rika, taking the pen. She sat down compfy again.
The announcements started and this was the time for everyone to get a few extra zzz's in before the day started. Rika went off into her own little world.
'Ten days till my birthday.' she thought. She had everything figured out. She and Faye would go to a mall on the other side of town and crash it. Then see a movie and top it off by Faye spending the night. Rika smiled. 'Perfect.' she thought.
'Not to mention, Faye starts school again in a week. She said she had to tell me something today. Wonder what it is?' she asked herself.
"Rika? Are you alive?" asked Mz. Asaji.
Rika snapped out of her daydream. "I'm alive." she said. She drew in her breath. "I'm breathing, so I'm assuming I'm alive." there was some laughter from the class.
Mz Asaji sighed. "Lets just get to the lesson, shall we?" she asked.
Rika nodded. Mz Asaji turned off the lights and turned on the overhead. (MD: overhead, in case ya dont kno, they're these things that are clear and you can write on clear paper and it projects them onto the blackboard or something...i duno! :P)
Rika copied the notes but didn't really READ them, she just wrote them down. When she was finished, she went back into a daydream, only to be woken up by the bell, fourty something minutes later. She closed her book and gave the pen back to Jeri and they walked out of class.
"So Jeri, whatcha doin' after school today?" asked Rika.
"Well, my dad wants me to work at his shop after school twice a week." said Jeri. "Mondays and Thursdays. And today is a thursday so I gotta work." she said.
"Bummer." said Rika. "I guess I could get a job if I wanted too but I'm too lazy." she smiled. "But it would be nice to have some extra cash laying around."
"You're telling me!" said Jeri. "I wouldn't even be working there if they weren't paying me!" she grinned. The two laughed and walked along to their next class.
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"Rika!" shouted Faye. She half jogged/half walked over to her.
"Wow!' said Rika, dropping her board on the floor. "Amazing! Faye can walk!" she laughed, as her friend reached her.
"I'm am sooo happy!" said Faye. "I can walk now!!" she punched the air. "I still have a slight scarish thingy on my shoulder and if I move suddenly it hurts, but I am up and ALIVE!!" she shouted. Rika laughed.
"Sorry I couldn't come over yesterday." she said. "My mom was all 'ahh! stay home!' Stupid." laughed Rika.
"No problem!" said Faye, giving the victory/peace sign. "I have something to tell you. I hope it twill make you happy." she said, walking back over to the couch.
Rika followed and layed on the couch, putting her feet on Faye's legs. "So, whats the news?" she asked. "Oh wait before I forget, I was hanging with some skaters the other day and one of them thought you were cute. Just to let you know." she grinned.
Faye blushed a bit. "Yeah, well you can tell them my heart belongs to Henry!" she laughed. She pushed Rika's feet off her lap.
"Do you really want me too?" asked Rika, a sly grin apearing on her face.
"NO!" shouted Faye. "Of course not."
"Thats what I thought." said Rika, still smiling. "So, what was your big news?"
Faye's face lit up. "Its great!" she said. "My mom did some of this and some of that, a lot of calling and I sit hear wondering what the hell is going on." she said.
"Is your mom home?" asked Rika.
"Why?"
"You never swear when she's home." grinned Rika.
Faye smiled. "ANYway. One day I asked her and she said that next week, Thursday or Wendsday, depending, I can go back to school!" she said.
"Ok. If you want to consider that good news, be my guest." said Rika.
Faye shook her head. "Oh no." she said. "Its bad to be going back but I know its means I'll be up and about and able to start doing the stuff I miss!" she said.
"Yeah..let me know how the classes are without me." laughed Rika.
Faye grinned with a grin that meant she knew something that Rika did not.
"What?" asked Rika suspicously.
"I can't answer that." said Faye. "About the classes."
"Why?" asked Rika. Then she thought..."Wait a minute..."
"My mom also did some calling and I am no longer in Marylin Mathison Acadamy." said Faye. "I have been taken out of private school, and I am now in a public school." she smiled. Rika's eyes lit up. "And not just any public school, my friend. West Shinjuku High!" she shouted. Rika jumped off the couch, so did Faye, and they hugged each other.
"Thats so sweet!" said Rika, breaking the hug.
"I know!" said Faye. "More of ...Henry.." she grinned.
Rika shooked her head and sighed.
"Oh thats not all Rika." said Faye. "Due to my conditions, I need someone to help me out getting from class to class. And it just wouldn't be fit for a complete stranger to help with my books now would it." she said.
"Whats that mean, in English?" asked Rika
Faye grinned. "It means my mom pulled some strings and we have EVERY SINGLE CLASS together!" she said.
"Yes!" shouted Rika. "I must warn you though, Faye." she said in serious/funny voice. "I am a bad girl in the school. If you are to be my friends, you shall have the same reputation." she said, laughing.
"That is ok, Rika." said Faye, in a similar voice. "I am willing to accept that fate if it is bestowed on me." she grinned.
"Bestowed? What kinda word is that?" asked Rika.
"Not a clue." grinned Faye. "Heard it on some show my mom was watchin." she said.
Rika smiled. For the first time in a long while, she was trully happy.
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Rika skated to school on Monday, with a wide grin on her face. This coming Wensday, Faye would be coming to her school. She ignored all comments passed her way. Nothing could brake her happy mood.
She skated up the ramp and jumped off her board and walked inside. She was in a daze, thinking about Wensday when she crashed into someone.
"Sorry." she said, turning to see who she hit. And who else would it be but-
"Hi Rika!"
"Hi Takato." replied Rika, picking up the pencil she dropped.
"You seem cheerful." said Takato, walking next to her as they walked towards their lockers. "Whats new?" he asked.
"Oh its just I can't wait for Wensday." said Rika.
"And why is that?" asked Takato.
"You know Faye?" asked Rika, reaching her locker.
"Duh." said Takato, leaning against a nearby locker.
"Well she's going back to school Wensday." said Rika, slamming her locker shut.
"Cool!" said Takato. They started towards class. "But won't that mean you see each other less often? I mean you go to different schools."
Rika grinned. "Not anymore." she said. "She's coming here."
Takato's eyes lit up. "Really?" he asked. "Thats cool!"
Rika nodded. "Not only that, but she is going to have every class with me. Due to her conditions." she said.
"Wow." said Takato. They turned into their class. "Lucky you." he said.
Then they departed and Takato went to talk to Henry. Rika went to her seat in the back and poked Jeri. She turned.
"Hi there Rika!" she said cheerfully.
"You're not the only one who's cheerful today!" said Rika. "Faye? Remember her, right?" she asked. Jeri nodded. "Well she's going back to school this Wensday and she's coming to this school." she grinned.
"Neat!" said Jeri. "Thats really awsome."
"Yup. She's also gonna have every class with me." said Rika. "Cuz of her conditions and stuff." she said. Then she smiled evilly. "I can't wait for her to meet Danielle." she said.
Jeri grinned too. "Ooo I would by a ticket to see that!" she said. They laughed and the bell rang, starting another day of school.
"Class!" said Mz Asaji. "I have an announcement."
The class lazily looked over at their teacher.
"We're getting a new student in our class this week." said the teacher. Now everyone looked interested. "She's ..been out for a while and needs help catching up so-"
"She?" asked Kazu. "And SHE needs help? I can help her out." he grinned.
"Sorry Kazu." said Mz Asaji. "I'm trying to say that she's been out for a while and is being transfered here. She'll be following Rika around due to conditions that are of no concern to you." she said.
Everyone turned to stare at Rika who merely grinned. Takato gave the thumbs up and Henry nodded. Jeri high-fived her under the desk.
"Now..on with our lesson plan..."
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Rika knocked on Faye's door on Wensday morning and it opened not too long after. "Hey Mrs. Kamiyo!" she said cheerfully. "Faye called and said she would be walking to school?" she asked.
"Yes. She demanded that she could walk to school with you or she would just walk out on her own!" smiled Mrs. Kamiyo. "She's in the bathroom brushing her teeth. She'll be out in a second." she said and went into the kitchen.
Rika grinned and sat on the couch.
"Thanks Rika, anyway for coming here to bring Faye to school." called Mrs. Kamiyo from the kitchen.
"No problem." said Rika. "I was looking forward to it." she said.
"I'm here!" said Faye, coming out of the bathroom and throwing her hands in the air. "So mom...can I skateboard? Please please please??" begged Faye.
Mrs. Kamiyo gave her a look. "Faye. I told you should walk first, then start with your other mode of transportation." she said.
"Mom!!" whined Faye. "I'll go really really slow. I just have to stand on it! Please! I haven't gone on it in almost a month or two!!" she said. She dropped to her knees and folded her hands and walked/kneeled/crawled over to her mother. "Look mom, I can walk on my knees without a problem! I could have gone back to school at least a week or two or three ago! Mom..please?!?!"
Mrs. Kamiyo stared at her daughter's longing face and sighed. "Go ahead." she said. "But no tricks, you are just to skate and that is all." she declared.
"Thank you sensai!" she said and jumped up.
Mrs. Kamiyo shook her head. Faye dashed into her room and came out with her board. She was hugging it.
"I love you I love you I love you I love you." she said over and over. She grabbed her backpack and headed for the door.
"See ya later Mrs. Kamiyo. I'll bring her straight home after school. Promise." said Rika and dashed after her friend.
She ran into Faye who was standing on the sidewalk, with her board on the ground, and she was staring at it.
"Get on..Faye-Faye.." grinned Rika, throwing her's on the ground and skating away.
Faye glared and stepped on. She raced after Rika. "Stop with the Fricken Faye-Faye!" she shouted. They skated away down the street.
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"Here it is Faye." said Rika, stopping at the entrance to the school and picking up her board. Faye copied.
"Cool." she said. "Lets go inside instead of just staring at it!" she said. She walked foward, then threw her board down and skated, Rika not to far behind.
"So we have Social Studies first?" asked Faye.
"Global but yeah." said Rika, going inside and flipping her board up. "You're locker is next to mine cuz their was an empty one there. If not, I woulda moved." she said and walked down the hall. The people their gave weird looks at the girl walking next to Rika. She stopped at her locker. "Thats your's." said Rika.
"Obviously." grinned Faye. "Whats my combination again?" she said, digging in her pocket. She pulled out a piece of paper. "Twenty, fifteen, thirty-five." she said, spinning it. "That was easy." she said as it popped out. She threw her board and stuff inside and took her only notebook and a pencil. "I'm set." said Faye.
"Me too." said Rika.
"Rika!"
They both turned to see Jeri jogging over to them. "Hi Faye! Remember me? Jeri?" she asked.
"Of course!" grinned Faye. "You have first period with Rika too, right?"
Jeri nodded. "A few others too." she said.
"Who else is in your class?" asked Faye, with an evil grin on her face.
Rika smacked her across the head. "Stupid." she said. She closed her locker and started towards her classroom.
"Rika!" shouted Faye. "You're supposed to guide me around!" she said and dashed after her. Jeri grinned and followed too.
Rika reached her class and went in, Faye close behind. A few people were already in the class and stared at the strange girl who had just walked in with Rika.
"Hey!" shouted Kazu. "You're the new girl!"
Faye nodded. "That I am." she said. Jeri went to sit down and Rika and Faye went to the teacher.
"You must be Faye Kamiyo?" asked Mz Asaji.
"Yup." said Faye. "Is there anything I should know before class starts?" she asked.
"No." replied the teacher. "Rika can help you out and you may sit right next to her for now." she said.
"Gotcha." replied Faye. Rika shook her head and went to sit behind Jeri. Faye followed, ignoring all the eyes that were on her.
They sat down and the bell rang.
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Disclaimer: Digimon does not belong to me. Usually when there is a disclaimer, it means that its not owned by the person who's writing it. If you actually understood that, congrats because I didn't.
chapter eight: everything's perfect
Rika hadn't really spoken to Takato sinse Devil's Night. And that was a week ago. She didn't understand..or maybe she did. It was awkward.
She just shrugged it off. Soon, Faye would be able to go back to school. It had been almost four weeks sinse that day. Last time Rika had gone to her best friend's house, Faye was sitting on the living room sofa, laughing at the tv show she was watching. A sure sign she was getting better.
Rika walked into first period and sat in her usual chair. Jeri turned around.
"Hi Rika!" said Jeri. "Its nice out for fall, isn't it?" she asked.
"Yeah." replied Rika. "Didn't wear a coat today." she said. It was true, today was abnormally warm. Rika wasn't even wearing layers. She wore jeans and a long sleeve shirt, and of course, her trusty tie.
"So, when is your birthday again?" asked Jeri.
"November twenty-fouth." grinned Rika. "I'm counting!"
"Are you celebrating?" asked Jeri.
Rika thought about this for a second. She never really celebrated, unless you counted spending the entire day with Faye, goofing off, seeing a movie than a cake when you returned home. "Dunno." she said.
"I'd like too." said Jeri. "But my birthday is over the summer." she said.
"Happy belated birthday." grinned Rika.
The bell rang and a few last minute stragglers came in and sat down.
"Class." said Mz Asaji.
No reply.
"Nice to see how enthusiastic you all are." said Mz Asaji, shuffling some papers. "I have your tests here." she said. "I'll pass them out then we'll go over them."
While the teacher passed out the test, the chatter started.
"Rika..Can I talk to you for a minute?" asked Takato, coming over.
"Sure." said Rika.
"Uh-alone?" he said.
You could tell by Jeri's face she was struggling to keep it straight. Rika kicked her and then Jeri had no problem keeping it straight.
"Sure." said Rika and she got up and walked to the back of the class with Takato. They sat in two empty chairs.
"About Devil's Night..." started Takato.
Rika could feel a slight warmth on her cool face. "Yeah?" she said. "You ran out of toliet paper from it all and need some more?" she grinned.
Takato laughed. "Nope I'm all right." he said. "When we were running from the police..in the bush.."
"Blame it on hormones." said Rika. "It was dark, in a bush, think about it." she said, amazed at what she was saying. "In woulda happened to anyone." she said.
"Yeah thats what I was thinking." said Takato.
"Matsuki. Nonaka-Makino. Please take your seats." said Mz. Asaji.
"See ya." said Takato and he sat down.
"Yeah..see ya." replied Rika. When she sat down, she had a kind of dazed look on her face which caused Jeri to get another kick in the shins.
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Rika went into lunch two days later and went to sit at her normal table, with Jeri, who wasn't there yet.
"Hey Nonaka-Makino!"
She turned and saw a skater waving at her. She walked over. "Yeah?" she said.
"Wanna sit with us?" he asked.
"I dunno." said Rika. "My friend Jeri.."
"She can sit here too." he said. "By the way, my name is Toshi."
"Hey." she said. "I'm Rika."
"These are the rest of us." said Toshi. "Makou, Taguya, Phil, Kenny and Stevo."
"Hi." said Rika. "Where do you guys skate?"
"Here. There. Anywhere." said Phil.
Rika glanced around and saw Jeri come into the cafeteria. "Jeri!" she called. Jeri came over, looking a little nervous. "Lets sit here for today." she said.
"Ok.." said Jeri and she sat down in the empty seat next to Rika. She took out her sandwich, looked at it and pushed it away.
"Whats the matter?" asked Makou.
"Its ham and cheese. I hate ham." replied Jeri.
"Dude can I have it?" asked Stevo.
"Umm sure.." said Jeri.
Stevo lunged for the sandwich and ate it faster than Jeri had taken it out. She blinked. "Mmm.. I love ham." he said.
"And I love spam!" shouted Taguya. They all laughed.
"So..I like watcha did to Danielle." said Toshi. "None of us can stand her either."
"God I hate her fricken guts!" said Kenny. "She may kinda good-lookin but she is the biggest bi-yatch I've ever known!" he said, slamming his hand on the table.
"You're not the only one." said Rika.
"First you stand up to her, than you nearly beat the crap outta her..man I wish I coulda done that." said Toshi.
"She drives me nuts!" said Rika. "She reminds me of this girl in my old school, Kaylee Stanton, she was just like Danielle. Stuck up, prissy bi- yatch." she said.
"No lie." said Makou.
Rika grinned. She was now where she belonged.
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"Look at me!" said Stevo, walking all weird and sticking his nose in the air. "My name is Danielle Spencer and I love ME!" he said, hugging himself.
"I'm Felicia and I'm like, so damn brainless!" said Phil, walking similar to Stevo.
"The only guys that are ok from that crowd are Takato, Henry and Kazu." said Toshi. "It beats me why they hang out with them." he said.
"Yeah." said Makou.
"Didya go out on Devil's Night Rika?" asked Kenny. "I thought I saw ya."
"Yeah I did." said Rika. "I totalled Danielle's house."
"Sweet!" said Taguya. "We egged this old fart's house who keeps yellin at us not to skate past his house." he said. "Problem was, when we got there it was already done."
"Thats ok though." said Toshi. "We just did it worse."
"Does this dude live in a small blue house with a brown roof and one tree?" asked Rika.
"Yeah." said Kenny.
"I did it already." said Rika. "He bugs she so much."
"You did all that by yourself?" asked Toshi, wide-eyed.
"No." said Rika. "You kidding? I woulda been there all night." she said.
Rika and her new skater friends were hanging out after school near the parking lot of the school where some other skaters were skating. Jeri had left already, she said she needed to get home to help her father with something.
"Then who'd you go with?" asked Kenny.
"Takato." replied Rika. "We're...kinda friends." she said.
"Dude! I didn't think Takato had enough guts to do something like that." said Phil, skating by.
Rika shrugged. "He doesn't really like Danielle." she said. "Or the rest of his friends." she explained.
"Then why is is hangin with them?" asked Stevo, also skating by.
"Got me. I know he's good friends with Henry, Kazu and maybe Kenta." she said.
"They're ok." said Phil, jumping up on his board.
Rika shrugged. "Danielle is the worst though." she said. "I hate her so much. She's such a little-argh! I just can't stand her!"
"Yeah we know." said Stevo, skating by again. Rika shook her head.
"Hey-you know what?" said Taguya. "I think I've seen ya before."
Rika raised an eyebrow. "What?" she asked.
Taguya shook his head. "I mean at a park. You were with a friend and some dude was trying to kidnap ya or something." he said. "Phil and his cousin ran over and helped ya."
"Oh yeah." said Rika, remembering the moment vividly. "Remind me to thank Phil and his cousin." she said.
"Who was your friend?" asked Taguya. "She was pretty cute."
Rika laughed. "Her name's Faye Kamiyo. We've been best friends forever." she said. She made a mental note to tell her that a skater thought she was cute.
"Cool." said Taguya. "Where does she live?"
Toshi whacked him on the back of the head. "Dude! Don't even think about trying to hit on Rika's friends. If they are anything like Rika, they will kick your sorry ass." he grinned.
"Oh yeah." said Rika. "Faye is one tough girl." she grinned. "She goes to the old private school I went to and lives kinda near me. She..had an injury and has been out of school for a couple of weeks."
"Is she that girl who was shot at some stuffy school?" asked Stevo, jumping on Toshi's back and causing him to lose balance and they both fell.
"Yeah..you heard about that?" asked Rika.
"All over the papers." said Kenny.
"Yeah well..we prefer not to think about it." said Rika.
"Gotcha. We drop the subject." said Stevo, standing up.
Rika's watch beeped. She looked at it. "Well I should get home." she said. "My mom wants me to stop by before I go to Faye's house."
"Sure thing!" said Phil.
Rika dropped her board on the ground and started to skate away. "See ya." she called and waved.
"Hasta la vista, baby!" she heard Stevo scream. Then she heard a wail/screech which meant Stevo had done something stupid and was now just whacked on the head by Toshi.
Rika smiled. Finally, friends who were like her and she could be herself and not be much different from them.
She skated off towards her house.
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Rika skated as fast as she could to school. The bell would ring any minute and she did not want to get detention so near her birthday. She wore her baggy blue jeans and at least five layers, with a dark green sweatshirt on top of it all. No tie, no visor, an empty neck, but she did have her spike bracelets on.
She jumped over a box on the sidewalk and turned sharply as she reached the school entrance. She went up the ramp to save time and didn't get off her board in the halls. There was still a few scragglers here and there but the hall was mostly deserted. She nearly missed her locker, but stopped and shoved her board inside, grabbed a notebook and ran to class.
She skidded to a halt outside the door and opened it, as the bell rang. She hopped inside the classroom and grinned. "I'm not gonna get marked late, am I?" she asked.
Mz Asaji shook her head. "No just go sit down." she said.
Rika gave a thumbs up and went to her seat. 'Lucky Miss A is so nice.' she thought and sat down compfortably in her chair. Then it hit her. She prodded Jeri with her notebook. "Gotta pen or pencil?" she asked.
Jeri's hand reached over and in it was a pen.
"Thanks." replied Rika, taking the pen. She sat down compfy again.
The announcements started and this was the time for everyone to get a few extra zzz's in before the day started. Rika went off into her own little world.
'Ten days till my birthday.' she thought. She had everything figured out. She and Faye would go to a mall on the other side of town and crash it. Then see a movie and top it off by Faye spending the night. Rika smiled. 'Perfect.' she thought.
'Not to mention, Faye starts school again in a week. She said she had to tell me something today. Wonder what it is?' she asked herself.
"Rika? Are you alive?" asked Mz. Asaji.
Rika snapped out of her daydream. "I'm alive." she said. She drew in her breath. "I'm breathing, so I'm assuming I'm alive." there was some laughter from the class.
Mz Asaji sighed. "Lets just get to the lesson, shall we?" she asked.
Rika nodded. Mz Asaji turned off the lights and turned on the overhead. (MD: overhead, in case ya dont kno, they're these things that are clear and you can write on clear paper and it projects them onto the blackboard or something...i duno! :P)
Rika copied the notes but didn't really READ them, she just wrote them down. When she was finished, she went back into a daydream, only to be woken up by the bell, fourty something minutes later. She closed her book and gave the pen back to Jeri and they walked out of class.
"So Jeri, whatcha doin' after school today?" asked Rika.
"Well, my dad wants me to work at his shop after school twice a week." said Jeri. "Mondays and Thursdays. And today is a thursday so I gotta work." she said.
"Bummer." said Rika. "I guess I could get a job if I wanted too but I'm too lazy." she smiled. "But it would be nice to have some extra cash laying around."
"You're telling me!" said Jeri. "I wouldn't even be working there if they weren't paying me!" she grinned. The two laughed and walked along to their next class.
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"Rika!" shouted Faye. She half jogged/half walked over to her.
"Wow!' said Rika, dropping her board on the floor. "Amazing! Faye can walk!" she laughed, as her friend reached her.
"I'm am sooo happy!" said Faye. "I can walk now!!" she punched the air. "I still have a slight scarish thingy on my shoulder and if I move suddenly it hurts, but I am up and ALIVE!!" she shouted. Rika laughed.
"Sorry I couldn't come over yesterday." she said. "My mom was all 'ahh! stay home!' Stupid." laughed Rika.
"No problem!" said Faye, giving the victory/peace sign. "I have something to tell you. I hope it twill make you happy." she said, walking back over to the couch.
Rika followed and layed on the couch, putting her feet on Faye's legs. "So, whats the news?" she asked. "Oh wait before I forget, I was hanging with some skaters the other day and one of them thought you were cute. Just to let you know." she grinned.
Faye blushed a bit. "Yeah, well you can tell them my heart belongs to Henry!" she laughed. She pushed Rika's feet off her lap.
"Do you really want me too?" asked Rika, a sly grin apearing on her face.
"NO!" shouted Faye. "Of course not."
"Thats what I thought." said Rika, still smiling. "So, what was your big news?"
Faye's face lit up. "Its great!" she said. "My mom did some of this and some of that, a lot of calling and I sit hear wondering what the hell is going on." she said.
"Is your mom home?" asked Rika.
"Why?"
"You never swear when she's home." grinned Rika.
Faye smiled. "ANYway. One day I asked her and she said that next week, Thursday or Wendsday, depending, I can go back to school!" she said.
"Ok. If you want to consider that good news, be my guest." said Rika.
Faye shook her head. "Oh no." she said. "Its bad to be going back but I know its means I'll be up and about and able to start doing the stuff I miss!" she said.
"Yeah..let me know how the classes are without me." laughed Rika.
Faye grinned with a grin that meant she knew something that Rika did not.
"What?" asked Rika suspicously.
"I can't answer that." said Faye. "About the classes."
"Why?" asked Rika. Then she thought..."Wait a minute..."
"My mom also did some calling and I am no longer in Marylin Mathison Acadamy." said Faye. "I have been taken out of private school, and I am now in a public school." she smiled. Rika's eyes lit up. "And not just any public school, my friend. West Shinjuku High!" she shouted. Rika jumped off the couch, so did Faye, and they hugged each other.
"Thats so sweet!" said Rika, breaking the hug.
"I know!" said Faye. "More of ...Henry.." she grinned.
Rika shooked her head and sighed.
"Oh thats not all Rika." said Faye. "Due to my conditions, I need someone to help me out getting from class to class. And it just wouldn't be fit for a complete stranger to help with my books now would it." she said.
"Whats that mean, in English?" asked Rika
Faye grinned. "It means my mom pulled some strings and we have EVERY SINGLE CLASS together!" she said.
"Yes!" shouted Rika. "I must warn you though, Faye." she said in serious/funny voice. "I am a bad girl in the school. If you are to be my friends, you shall have the same reputation." she said, laughing.
"That is ok, Rika." said Faye, in a similar voice. "I am willing to accept that fate if it is bestowed on me." she grinned.
"Bestowed? What kinda word is that?" asked Rika.
"Not a clue." grinned Faye. "Heard it on some show my mom was watchin." she said.
Rika smiled. For the first time in a long while, she was trully happy.
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Rika skated to school on Monday, with a wide grin on her face. This coming Wensday, Faye would be coming to her school. She ignored all comments passed her way. Nothing could brake her happy mood.
She skated up the ramp and jumped off her board and walked inside. She was in a daze, thinking about Wensday when she crashed into someone.
"Sorry." she said, turning to see who she hit. And who else would it be but-
"Hi Rika!"
"Hi Takato." replied Rika, picking up the pencil she dropped.
"You seem cheerful." said Takato, walking next to her as they walked towards their lockers. "Whats new?" he asked.
"Oh its just I can't wait for Wensday." said Rika.
"And why is that?" asked Takato.
"You know Faye?" asked Rika, reaching her locker.
"Duh." said Takato, leaning against a nearby locker.
"Well she's going back to school Wensday." said Rika, slamming her locker shut.
"Cool!" said Takato. They started towards class. "But won't that mean you see each other less often? I mean you go to different schools."
Rika grinned. "Not anymore." she said. "She's coming here."
Takato's eyes lit up. "Really?" he asked. "Thats cool!"
Rika nodded. "Not only that, but she is going to have every class with me. Due to her conditions." she said.
"Wow." said Takato. They turned into their class. "Lucky you." he said.
Then they departed and Takato went to talk to Henry. Rika went to her seat in the back and poked Jeri. She turned.
"Hi there Rika!" she said cheerfully.
"You're not the only one who's cheerful today!" said Rika. "Faye? Remember her, right?" she asked. Jeri nodded. "Well she's going back to school this Wensday and she's coming to this school." she grinned.
"Neat!" said Jeri. "Thats really awsome."
"Yup. She's also gonna have every class with me." said Rika. "Cuz of her conditions and stuff." she said. Then she smiled evilly. "I can't wait for her to meet Danielle." she said.
Jeri grinned too. "Ooo I would by a ticket to see that!" she said. They laughed and the bell rang, starting another day of school.
"Class!" said Mz Asaji. "I have an announcement."
The class lazily looked over at their teacher.
"We're getting a new student in our class this week." said the teacher. Now everyone looked interested. "She's ..been out for a while and needs help catching up so-"
"She?" asked Kazu. "And SHE needs help? I can help her out." he grinned.
"Sorry Kazu." said Mz Asaji. "I'm trying to say that she's been out for a while and is being transfered here. She'll be following Rika around due to conditions that are of no concern to you." she said.
Everyone turned to stare at Rika who merely grinned. Takato gave the thumbs up and Henry nodded. Jeri high-fived her under the desk.
"Now..on with our lesson plan..."
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Rika knocked on Faye's door on Wensday morning and it opened not too long after. "Hey Mrs. Kamiyo!" she said cheerfully. "Faye called and said she would be walking to school?" she asked.
"Yes. She demanded that she could walk to school with you or she would just walk out on her own!" smiled Mrs. Kamiyo. "She's in the bathroom brushing her teeth. She'll be out in a second." she said and went into the kitchen.
Rika grinned and sat on the couch.
"Thanks Rika, anyway for coming here to bring Faye to school." called Mrs. Kamiyo from the kitchen.
"No problem." said Rika. "I was looking forward to it." she said.
"I'm here!" said Faye, coming out of the bathroom and throwing her hands in the air. "So mom...can I skateboard? Please please please??" begged Faye.
Mrs. Kamiyo gave her a look. "Faye. I told you should walk first, then start with your other mode of transportation." she said.
"Mom!!" whined Faye. "I'll go really really slow. I just have to stand on it! Please! I haven't gone on it in almost a month or two!!" she said. She dropped to her knees and folded her hands and walked/kneeled/crawled over to her mother. "Look mom, I can walk on my knees without a problem! I could have gone back to school at least a week or two or three ago! Mom..please?!?!"
Mrs. Kamiyo stared at her daughter's longing face and sighed. "Go ahead." she said. "But no tricks, you are just to skate and that is all." she declared.
"Thank you sensai!" she said and jumped up.
Mrs. Kamiyo shook her head. Faye dashed into her room and came out with her board. She was hugging it.
"I love you I love you I love you I love you." she said over and over. She grabbed her backpack and headed for the door.
"See ya later Mrs. Kamiyo. I'll bring her straight home after school. Promise." said Rika and dashed after her friend.
She ran into Faye who was standing on the sidewalk, with her board on the ground, and she was staring at it.
"Get on..Faye-Faye.." grinned Rika, throwing her's on the ground and skating away.
Faye glared and stepped on. She raced after Rika. "Stop with the Fricken Faye-Faye!" she shouted. They skated away down the street.
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"Here it is Faye." said Rika, stopping at the entrance to the school and picking up her board. Faye copied.
"Cool." she said. "Lets go inside instead of just staring at it!" she said. She walked foward, then threw her board down and skated, Rika not to far behind.
"So we have Social Studies first?" asked Faye.
"Global but yeah." said Rika, going inside and flipping her board up. "You're locker is next to mine cuz their was an empty one there. If not, I woulda moved." she said and walked down the hall. The people their gave weird looks at the girl walking next to Rika. She stopped at her locker. "Thats your's." said Rika.
"Obviously." grinned Faye. "Whats my combination again?" she said, digging in her pocket. She pulled out a piece of paper. "Twenty, fifteen, thirty-five." she said, spinning it. "That was easy." she said as it popped out. She threw her board and stuff inside and took her only notebook and a pencil. "I'm set." said Faye.
"Me too." said Rika.
"Rika!"
They both turned to see Jeri jogging over to them. "Hi Faye! Remember me? Jeri?" she asked.
"Of course!" grinned Faye. "You have first period with Rika too, right?"
Jeri nodded. "A few others too." she said.
"Who else is in your class?" asked Faye, with an evil grin on her face.
Rika smacked her across the head. "Stupid." she said. She closed her locker and started towards her classroom.
"Rika!" shouted Faye. "You're supposed to guide me around!" she said and dashed after her. Jeri grinned and followed too.
Rika reached her class and went in, Faye close behind. A few people were already in the class and stared at the strange girl who had just walked in with Rika.
"Hey!" shouted Kazu. "You're the new girl!"
Faye nodded. "That I am." she said. Jeri went to sit down and Rika and Faye went to the teacher.
"You must be Faye Kamiyo?" asked Mz Asaji.
"Yup." said Faye. "Is there anything I should know before class starts?" she asked.
"No." replied the teacher. "Rika can help you out and you may sit right next to her for now." she said.
"Gotcha." replied Faye. Rika shook her head and went to sit behind Jeri. Faye followed, ignoring all the eyes that were on her.
They sat down and the bell rang.
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