Whats done in the dark
comes to the light.
Another day of school. It was coming close to the end of the world of knowledge, mostly because it was getting close to christmas. Alot of the kids were grateful for the lie...I'm mean, story that is totally real and not a lie about a big fat man who brought them present on the night before christmas that was told to them by their so honest parent's who would never lie to them. And that because lying is wrong, and their parents are raising them not to lie so why would they do it themselves. I'm grateful that my mom told me the story that was so real and not a lie, aren't you guys grateful. Right well lets get back on track.
It was the last period of school. And for our young tamer Takato, it was gym...a place where only the strong survived.
"AHH, hey Kazu watch where your throwing the ball" said Takato as he just dodge one of the red rubber balls he and some other classmates of his were using in the game of dodge ball. So far his team of five had been knocked down to two, while Kazu's and Kenta's was at four. One of the kids had to leave because Kazu had made his deadly hit in his...um, how should I say this without making any boys out there reading this feel uncomfortable...lets just say that where the sun doesent shine, has been forcast with six more weeks of winter. The other boys were also leaving for the benches, this game was pointless against Kazu and Kenta.
The two were a team, Kazo threw the ball on offense while Kenta catched the ball on defense. Takato wasn't bad at playing dodge ball himself. He could dodge a ball thrown by almost anyone in the school, not to mention he could return it with power and accuracy. Kazu and Kenta though were his match in the game. Kazu was the cannon and Kenta was the wall he was fireing from. Kazu launched the ball from the back, and Kenta caught it from the front. Takato had to be careful with the trick the two made, they always baiting everyone this way. People who saw Kazu as an easy target were dissapointed by Kenta's hands. And thoughs who tried their fire power on Kenta were caught off gaurd by Kazu.
"Darn it they're just to strong" said Takato's last team mate who was still in the game.
"Whoa man, calm down man" said the Tamer as tried to think of his next move "they're hard to beat but not impossible, just keep your eye on Kazu". And with that Takato looked back at the opposing team. Just as Kazu and Kenta made their plan, Takato made a few steps for taking them down. First they were always last on the menu because of their double trouble attack, Takato needed complete focus on them. Everyone else was a distraction. Second when it came down to them Takato needed them to empty their hands first, Kenta was the target in step two so he couldn't give Kazu the opening they needed to win. Three after Kenta was out Kazu was a sitting duck.
"Hey Takato stop telling that guy lies, me and Kenta are undefeatable" said Kazu. Ignoring the words, Takato saw one of the other boys inching away from behind Kenta's protective range. He was doing it slowly but surely, a few more steps and he would be out. However Kazu grabbed hold of another ball that was on their side. Though the last, it was deadly in his hands
"Oh man, what do I do. I need to beat everone else on their team before them, but that kid is moving to slow. By the time he's away from Kenta, Kazu will be ready to nock me out of the building" thought the tamer to himself "I have to dodge Kazu right after I throw the ball, but that could really mess up my aim". Taking some time to think to himself, Takato finally made up his mind. He waited for the boy to move just a little bit more, then he would put a curve into the ball while he dodged the ball Kazu was getting ready to throw. A risky plan, but possible. Someone else must have noticed the situation he was in and the way he figured to get out.
"Use the force gogglehead" said a familiar voiced. Turning his attention to the doors of the gym, he saw Rika standing there in some school cloths with her earphones on. They stared at each other for awhile, and for awhile Takato blushed. But alas, such a moment did not last...Kazu made certain of that.
"OW" cried the Takato as a rubber ball made its mark on his face.
"On second thought gogglehead, don't use the force..." said the red head as she walked over.
"Hey Rika, whats up".
"Well school's out for me, we're starting christmas vacation tomorrow. So today I pulled the fire alarm".
"Oh well thats nice to he...wait, you pulled the fire alarm!".
"And ran as if ryo was coming to ask me out on a date". Dispite what he just heard, Takato laughed at the girls sense of humor when things seem to get out of hand.
"So whats up with you".
"Last period of the day, forcast of gym with chance of dodgeball".
"Ah, and right now I'm guessing by the projectory of the sun and the moon that your out" said Rika pointing her fingurs outside the window at the setting sun and a picture of the full moon that someone stuck on the wall of the gym.
"You guessed right, how did you figure it out in the blink of an eye".
"Elementry my dear gogglehead, you got a round red spot on you cheek that may be big enough for you to be blushing. But if I don't see Jeri around here, nope just plain ole me".
"Hey Rika, if you and Takato are done flirting we'd like to take out the other kid by you" called Kazu from the other side of the gym. Some of the other kids who heard laugh from the from what game or activity they were doing. Takato blushed and he looked back at Rika. The girl turned her attention to the last player from the Takato's team.
"Hey kid trade places with me" she blurted out. All the other kids stared at the new comer.
"What, you can't just do that Rika" called Kenta.
"Yeah, besides we don't feel like beating a girl at dodgeball" added Kazu. Takato could only imagen what the girl would do next to the boys. But Rika ignored their insults.
"Think about it kid, trade places with me now and you don't have to get socked by them later. Besides I have a reputation to keep, I need to do some fresh pownding on them". After a few moments of looking at Rika and the other team, the boy finally got off the court as he walked over to the bench. Rika turned to the other team. Looking at the boy who had inched away from behind Kenta. Taking the ball that Takato had dropped she stared at the boy who froze in place. He didn't know what this new comer might do, but whatever it was he was to scared to move. After a minute of just giving him what could have been a new form of frostbites, the red head rolled the ball she was holding over to him. Stunned the boy picked it up slowly and stared back at her.
"Hey, I think we'll get started with you first" she put her hands on her hips "so come on already, to much of a sissy just to hit a girl". The other kids in the gym who were now paying attention giggled at the remark. With his cheeks turning to red from embarrasment, the boy gave Rika a look of hate and with all his might threw the ball at her face. Without flenching, Rika raised her right hand from her hips and caught the ball. Everyone stopped their giggleling as Rika turned her attention to Takato who was still lying on the floor.
"Hey gogglehead, your back in the game so hold this for me" said the girl as pulled him up and handed him the ball. She made him hold the ball away from him on his left. Then after looking at the other team of three, she pulled her hand back and balled it into a fist. Then she let it loose as she punched the ball out of his hand, it happened so fast that the other boy from the opposing team didn't have time to react. And with a nose he felt for sure that was broken, he joined his other two comrades on the bench. Kazu and Kenta stared at the female tamer like she was from another planet.
"Hey geeks, hurry up with this. God, your slower than those guys doing the matrix".
"Oh yeah, well we'll show you Rika" cried Kazu as he launched another cannon ball at the red head. It came at her so fast that she didn't have time to dodge. So instead, Rika squated while stretching her arms and putting both of her hands together. Takato and everyone else stared at the girl who just stayed in that position. When the ball finally connected, Rika let it hit against her arms and allowed herself to fall on her back. The ball bounced off her and looked like it would touched the ceiling but instead it back to the gym floor. Everyone expected for the girl to the court, but instead she got up and stayed.
"Hey can someone pass me the ball" she said as everyone continued to stare.
"Um Rika, aren't you suppose to get off the court" said Takato as he stared at her.
"Thats only if your out gogglehead".
"Yeah, but Rika you got hit by the ball" said the boy as he kept staring.
"I know that Takato, but I'm not out of the game yet" said the red head as someone tossed the ball to her.
"Hey Rika, I hit you so get off the court" shouted Kazu.
"You hit me but it doesen't mean I'm out" replied Rika.
"Man Rika, you always act like you know everything about everything" said Kenta "but this time your...".
"But this time I'm right like so many other times, you boys think you know so much more than me because I'm a girl" said Rika as she glared at them "for one you guys just know a few basics about dodgeball, and these are just a few things your coached said. I on the other hand know the rules". Than she turned to a random student.
"You there, tell us a few ways on how to make a person out or how to keep from being out in dodgeball".
"Well, to make a person out you have to hit them with a ball or catch the ball they threw at you and thats it" said the girl. Still looking at the girl, Rika continued.
"One way you can make a person out is by hitting them with the ball, but they're not out till the ball hits the floor. Actually, the ball can hit the ceiling and wall to. But its got to touch one of these things before they're considered out. Team mates can save each other if they catch the ball before it touches one of the three" said Rika as she gathered everyone's complete attention "another way to make people and to keep from being out is the boundry the teams play in, if a person steps out of the boundry than he or she is out. But in my case if the ball falls on the floor out of the boundry, than its not really considered an out". Rika pointed at where the ball landed.
"Thats not fair Rika, your making this up" shouted Kazu nervously.
"Yeah, you just can't accept the fact that your out" said Kenta.
"Yeah right, you think I would squat in this stupid skirt for nothing" said Rika as she spinned the ball on her finger "what I did right there was to cancel out any momentom that ball would have made from its impact with me, if I had just been some guy who was like you two than it would have hit the ceiling". The two boys gritted their as they fumed.
"Yeah she's right, the girl ain't done yet" said the boy who had tossed her the ball "sure you guys got skill, but I was waiting for someone who knew the rules to the actual game of dodgeball". The other kids began to mutter to each after hearing the conversation. Kazu and Kenta looked around them and they knew they had lost.
"Alright, now lets see...KENTA" shouted the as she tossed the ball into the air. The boy looked up at the ball ready to catch it, but when it finally came back down to eye level he saw that Rika had run up close to the line. When she got close enough, she gave the ball a Kung Fu kick that sent it into Kenta's face nocking the boy onto his back. The ball had bounced off and onto the floor.
"Now thats how you make an out with style" said Rika as she walked back over to Takato. The boy was smiling at her, at first Rika gave him a little of her tough act. But seeing that he would stop smilling as she got closer, the red head smirked. But all of a sudden Takato stopped smiling.
"Rika, look out!" he shouted as he pointed behind her. Looking behind her, the only thing she saw was red. What she felt though was the pain of rubber. Now ya'll think rubber shouldn't hurt because it expands, but thats the reason it does hurt. It expands over you skin at first, but then when it retracts it kind of pulls the skin with it. And thats was a hard rubber ball. Anyway, Rika was caught by surprise. She couldn't do nothing as the the bounced off except fall on the floor. Takato and few other students walked over to where the girl laid on the ground.
"Rika, are you alright" said the boy as he looked down at her.
"My wrist hurts a little bit" she said as failed to get up. The other kids tried helping her up
"Hey, is she alright Takato" said a voice from behind him. Takato look to see Kazu from where he was standing when he launched the ball at Rika. For moment Takato just stared at him, then all of a sudden he picked up the ball that hit Rika in the face. It had hurt Rika.
"Um Takato, are you alright" said Kazu. Takato looked back up at the boy as a new thought pushed out the old one. He had hurt Rika! Takato threw the ball at him with a burning anger. It hit the kid in the gut with such force that it nocked the air out of him and put him on his back.
"Kazu, you loose by out of boundry" said Takato to himself. Then he turn his attention back to Rika. The other students had help her up off the floor and dusted her down. She had really became the center of attention. Everyone was impressed by how she knew so much about dodgeball. They couldn't stop chatting about her skills etheir. Everyone wanted to get to know her. But they would have to do so another time for the bell had told them it was time to go to home. Takato decided to walk with Rika on the way home. The two weren't very chatty...at first.
"So let me get this straight, you pulled the fire alarm".
"Yep".
"Are you sure your not making this up".
"Hold up let me check my phone...oh wait, thats my ears ringing" said the red hed earning a few laughs.
"Ha-ha, man Rika your one of a kind".
"Oh so what your saying is that I'm a new speacies of human being and your personal clown". Takato laughed as hard as he did the other day. Rika tried giving him a playful punch, but stopped after realizing her wrist still hurted.
"Hey Rika, you feeling any better".
"Abit, say Takato".
"Yeah".
"I saw what you did back there, but why did you hurt him like that". Takato thought about his for awhile before he replied.
"Well, I guess I didn't like how he just took advantage of you like that".
"Well he can't take all the blame, I was being careless getting that close" said Rika staring back at the snowing sky "before I made my entrance, I watched you played for the whole thing. It seems that those two lug heads actually made a briallent plan. I saw how you was trying to get that other kid while trying to dodge Kazu, than I remembered that guy from star wars". Takato's mind went back to where he first saw the girl.
"Hey wait a second, you got me out in the first place".
"Yeah so". Takato walk a head of her and stopped directly infront of Rika.
"Rika you owe me, big time". The girl stared at him as if he were crazy.
"Uh Takato, for one I called you back into the game so thats your big time. Made three of the guys out, by myself" she said crossing her arms "leaving one just for you, sounds like you owe me big time".
"Ok so now what, your saying that I owe you".
"Well you payed part of me back when you got Kazu like you did, but you still owe me three for those three boys".
"Ok, well I've decided that your first big time is a huge" said Takato trying to keep a straight face while opening his arms. Rika raised an eyebrow.
"Um Takato I still have another hand" she said raising her left fist. Takato let go of his face as his body echo with laughter.
"Well ok, thats still your first big time for whenever you want it" he said as his laughter started to die down. Rika stared at the boy for awhile with a cherry red face before she turned around to her back pack to get something out. But than she gave a face as if she had just remembered something else. Takato on the other hand pretty muched guessed what it was. It was time to play his cards, god help him win this bet.
"Hey what are you looking for Rika".
"Huh, oh its nothing gogglehead".
"Here goes nothing" thought Takato before he spoke "hey Rika is this the same nothing your looking for". The redhead turned to the boy to see him holding a small book in his hands. Looking closer, Rika gasped.
"Hey thats...".
"This is the same nothing from yesterday, at my house and at the park" said Takato still joking.
"Very funny gogglehead" said the female tamer as she snatched the book from him. After checking it for awhile, she turned her attention back to the boy.
"Hey gogglehead, you didn't read my diary" said Rika as she glared at him. Gaining what ever confidence he had earlier, Takato procceed with his plan.
"I did nothing of it, besides it would probably say something weird like me being cute" he said trying to chuckle. It worked, Rika was starting to blush.
"What! you can't be serious, I was just joking" said Takato trying to sound as real as possible.
Ofcoarse it's not" said Rika returning to reality and her aditude "what, you think that I would have a crush on you gogglehead".
"Well no" he said. For awhile he didn't speak trying to cool down the tension between them.
"Hey a Rika, I still owe you one last big time favor" said Takato pointing at a fast food restaurant "let me buy you dinner, and for a bonus I won't even consider this a date".
"Well, I guess if you insist I'll let you do it" she said as she eased up "but only because you owe, and because this is not a date". And with that done they walked up to the store, Takato being polite opened the door for her.
"Hey I'm going to go take a seat" she said still with a freaked out look. Takato just gave her a worried face, something didn't feel right. The boy waited in line for awhile before placing the orders. He looked back at Rika who was still giving a wierd face. When the order finally came, Takato took it and walked over to where Rika was siting. The girl just stared at him.
"Hey took them awhile but finally got the order out" said the boy as he sat down. Rika looked down at her order, and for awhile she just stared at it.
"Um Rika is something wrong with your food" said Takato as he noticed she didn't touch it.
"Theres nothing wrong with my order...its just how I like" she said as she still stared at it.
"Oh, well I guess thats good because...". The boy didn't have time to finish, it had happened so fast that he didn't notice it until he was on the ground. His left cheek was smarting with pain.
"But there's something wrong with you...and I don't like you like this" said Rika as she walked out the door. Before he realized it, Takato was off the floor and out the door.
"Hey Rika wait up" cried the boy as he followed her. The girl acted like he wasn't there and kept on walking. Catching up to her Takato grabbed hold of her arm.
"What do you want freak" said the angered red head as she pulled herself out of his grip.
"Rika whats the matter with you" said Takato not understanding. The girl gave him a death glare while pointing at him.
"You are freak".
"I don't understand Ri...".
"You lied to me, you...you read my diary".
"But Rika, I told you that I didn't read it".
"Listen you freak, the reason I let you buy me dinner was to test you...I didn't place my order, you did!". Takato was quiet, indeed in her diary Rika did say what she like to eat and how it was made.
"But Rika...".
"I don't want to hear it". And with that the female tamer walked away. However Takato was still determined.
"Rika wait plea..." he didn't finish. The girl had spun around and let loose a powerful jab into his stomach. Even though it was her bad wrist, Takato felt all the air leave him. For awhile Rika kept it there, but for what seemed like forever ended when she pulled her fist back. Takato fell down to his knees, than his whole body met the snow. While down there he felt something land on his face, it was wet and when some of it went into his mouth it tasted salty. Looking up, he saw the other tamer shedding tears as she looked at him.
"You know what Takato" she used his actual name "I thought that you would be different from most people, I thought that you could show me a better side to life. But Kazu and Kenta are right about me thinking of how I know everything...and now I know that everything that glitters isn't gold". And with those last words she walked away, leaving the boy on the cold ground.
Later that night, while Rika was trying to go to sleep. She couldn't help but listening to the song the radio was playing.
"Oh, baby this love ain't gonna be perfect
Perfect, perfect, oh oh
And just how good it's gonna be
We can fuss and we can fight
Long as everything?s all right between us
Before we go to sleep
Baby, we're gonna be happy, oh
Baby, I know sometimes it's gonna rain
But baby, can we make up now?
'Cause I can't sleep through the pain
Can't sleep through the pain
Girl, I don't wanna go to bed mad at you
And I don't want you to go to bed mad at me
No, I don't wanna go to bed mad at you
And I don't want you to go to bed mad at me
Oh no no no"
"I really did think you were different gogglehead" and with that. The girl closed her eyes and fell asleep. Somewhere else in the city, Takato was struggling to get some sleep of his own.
"Man, I really scwred up this time" was all he said for the night. He knew that he was past the point of no return, now he was in a land of no salvation. Question is, can he find away out. And possible, to a world peace.
"Hey Hey Hey... Its DRAGONGHOST live and bringing you the third chapter of the romance fanfic "Forgive, Love, Live". We are Currently moving towards the forgiving part. I made the title in a order. We're are not at forgive yet, but we will be. so keep reading my fanfic. And I'll keep typing. This is DRAGONGHOST, and your reading a rukato.