T4L: Well I've finally got a bit of time to do this chapter, but before we start I need to say a few things. First is this chapter is going to be short since there is no real plot to it. Like I said in the last chapter this will focus around Takato and Rika's relationship, so this chapter is a Rukato. The second thing I need to tell you is that this chapter will not be the end of the chosen tamer series. If you can remember all the way back to the first story we left Takato and the digimon in the digital world, so that is going to be a story in itself once we get back to the present. The next story which is going to be a big one, and I'm probably going to die half way though it because of how long it's going to be, will be called The chosen Tamer: 158 hazardous days and nights. Why do I say it's going to be long you may ask. Because the tittle gives it away. I'm going to right a total of… Terriermon quick what 158 multiplied by 2?
Terriermon: 316… Why?
T4L: The story will have 316 chapters give or take five. In 158 hazardous days and nights we'll really get into some action, drama, suspense, and a bit of internal conflict. But before I give everything away let's get to the next thing on my list. Thirdly this chapter will start a month before the events of Runaway Locomon and then finally end a little ways after when the movie had ended.
Terriermon: Can you get on with the story already.
Rika: Yeah. Hurry it up.
Takato: START THE STORY ALREADY!
T4L: Okay okay… Gosh…, ya don't have to bite my ear off.
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon I am simply a big fan of it, I do however own the poem that is in this chapter, so if you use it I sue you. Got it... Good.
Digimon Tamers 2
The chosen Tamer: Digital frontier
Chapter 8: To confess or not to confess
It has now been one month sense Takato arrived back home, and today Takato was finally done with being grounded. Yep that's right, three days after Takato returned to the real world his parents finally got over the happiness and joy they had felt upon his return. Takato hadn't really minded in the slightest about being grounded though. It had given him time to recover from most of his injuries besides the permanent scar on his chest that he had gotten when Chaos had forced himself into Takato's body. Every now and again unimaginable pain would burst into exicstance in his chest and Takato would find that the scare had reopened, but a day later it would heal to be a scar again. It was bazar to say the least but as Takato had figured out after the fifth time, he would just have to get used to it… for his life would now and always be bazar.
It is late afternoon as we join Takato, Henry, Jeri, Kazu, Kenta, and Rika at their school.
'Come on come on…!' Takato thought as he watched the clock impatiently, his leg shaking up and down showing how ready he was to make a full out sprint to the door. 2:29 with30 seconds… 2:29 with 15 seconds… 2:29 with 5 seconds… "YES!" Takato shouted as he got up and ran towards the door as the bell rung.
"Takato!" Ms. Asugie shouted as Takato ran out of the classroom.
Why was Takato in such a hurry to get out of there you ask. Because he had been avoiding the tamers as best as he could ever sense he got back. For some reason everything that he had gone through changed him. While Kazu and Kenta fling snot balls across the room Takato finds himself rolling his eyes at their antics when before he would have been doing it with them. When the teacher would ask a question he found he knew it even though he had been looking out the window the whole class. So what I'm trying to get at is, he matured a lot while on his adventure. And although Takato thinks he's the only one who sees that, at least three people have noticed it as well.
Jeri being a very caring and observant person noticed it right when Takato had come out of the portal. Henry being smart had figured it out shortly after. And Rika, who is as you would know if you've been reading my other story, in love with Takato, noticed it when she had gone over to Takato's house while he was grounded and hung out with him for a few hours.
Flashback to a week after Takato's return
'Welp… day four of being grounded… I wonder what I can do today… Draw?... Yeah right… I don't have anything creative going through my head right now…' Takato thought as he walked up the stairs to his room. It was 1:35 P.M. on a Saturday, and for once Takato didn't mind in the slightest that he was stuck inside due to the fact there was a thunder storm going on outside.
Takato had just gotten to his room when there was a knock at the front door. Takato stopped and listened to see who it was.
"Oh hello Rika, what are you doing here?" Came Mie's voice.
"Is it alright if I hang out with Takato today?" Takato heard Rika ask.
"Well…" Mie said thinking it over. "I don't see why not. He's upstairs in his room."
"Okay thanks." Rika said gratefully as she started to walk up the steps. As Rika made it to the top of the steps and saw Takato standing near his bedroom door the smile she had on her face faded into the look of disappointment.
"What…?" Takato asked her concerned. "Did I do something wrong?"
At these words and the concern Takato had in his voice Rika's smile returned. "No… I just was looking forward to surprising you." Rika said as she walked up to Takato.
As Rika grew closer to him Takato could feel himself getting hotter and hotter and he began to become nervous. This was the closest he had been to her in four months, and that was before he had developed these new feelings for her.
Takato trying to shake it off opened his bedroom door and gestured to Rika to go first, trying to be polite. Takato followed Rika in and closed the door half way.
Rika immediately went over and sat on a computer chair near Takato's T.V.
"Are you allowed to play any video games?" Rika asked him as she picked up one of Takato's PlayStation 1 controllers.
"Yeah. But I didn't think you were into stuff like that." Takato responded.
"So maybe you should teach me how to play, so I could kick your butt at some games." Rika said in a bit of a playful voice that she now only reserved for Takato.
"Sound like a good idea, except for you beating me at the games." Takato said as he sucked up his courage and walked up to Rika, and proceeded to put his hands over hers and proceeded to name the buttons as he pressed his finger down on top of hers so that she could memorize the controls faster.
All the while Rika was in her own little world as she felt Takato's hands on top of her own.
'You need to snap out of it. You're supposed to be tough and not into all this mushy lovey dovey stuff.' Rika thought to herself.
'Don't deny that you like this.' Rika heard herself thinking as a reply to her last thought.
'So even if I do like this, there is no way Takato feels the same.' Rika thought.
But how she was wrong. Takato may have seemed fine and cool on the outside but on the inside he was ready to explode from the effort to hide his blush.
'You are holding her hand! WHY ARE YOU HOLDING HER HAND!' Takato thought in a panicked voice.
'Because you're trying to teach her how to use the controller.' Takato heard his voice say in response.
'BUT I COULD HAVE SHOWED HER A DIFFERENT WAY!' Takato thought back.
'But you chose to do it this way.' Takato heard himself respond. 'And be honest, you like this way more than the other way.'
'Alright so maybe I do, but there is no way Rika feels the same!'
End flashback
Well that went off topic, but I'm keeping it.
Takato ran out of the school in a rush and as usual the tamers were right behind him, trying to catch him before he could manage to disappear.
As the tamers came out of the schools double doors they found themselves looking at a familiar sight. An empty street with no one around. Takato had manage to slip into hiding once again.
"Oh man…" Kazu said as he tried to catch his breath. "Chumly's getting good at this…" He said as he looked from side to side for any clue as to where Takato had goon.
"Well it's hopeless trying to find him now." Kenta said as he and Kazu walked off.
"Yeah, and I've got to go watch Suzy for a bit." Henry said as he started walking in the direction of his house.
"I've gotta go say bye to my mom before she leaves to America for a fashion shot." Rika said as she walked off.
That left only two tamers.
"You can come out now Takato." Jeri said as she turned to a tree.
"WWhhhhaaa!" Takato shouted in surprise as he fell out of the tree. Takato got up right away and looked at Jeri astonished. "How did you know?"
"Call it intuition." Jeri said with a smile.
"Well I gotta go…" Takato said as he indicated to his house.
"Can't we talk for a bit? I'd like to talk to you about something." Jeri said with a slight blush on her face.
Takato's eyes widened in surprise at her blush. "Ahh…, okay." Takato said as he walked up to her and the two began walking.
After a few minutes of silence Jeri spoke.
"Takato I don't know how to say what I'm about to say, so I'll just say it and get it over with." Jeri said nervously. "I like you."
Takato stopped where he stood. Takato simply gaped at her in response, it was all he could do at the moment. He had forgotten his crush he had had for her, when he started to realize that he liked Rika.
"Takato…, do you?" Jeri asked in a nervous and embarrassed voice.
Takato shut his mouth and looked at Jeri for a bit then turned his head to the side, because he couldn't bare to look at her when he replied. "I used to Jeri…" Takato said as he turned his head to look at her again. Tears were starting to develop in her eyes. And as Takato looked at her he realized that the love he had had for her wasn't gone. It was simply another kind of love he couldn't recognize when he first became aware of it. "Jeri I don't love you in the way you love me…" Takato corrected himself. "I love you as the sister I never had." Takato explained.
Jeri continued to cry for about thirty minutes or so but then she stopped suddenly as though she had just realized something.
"You know… Takato. I think it's the same for me.." Jeri said with a sad smile.
Takato returned it in kind. "Cheer up Jeri. I know someone who does like you, and you know him too." Takato said as he gave her a hug.
"Who?" Jeri asked seeming curious.
"Well I can't just tell you." Takato said with a slight laugh.
"Right… Well I'll see you then…" Jeri said as she walked away.
"See ya." Takato said as he watched her walk away.
"Hey Takato." Impmon said as he jumped out of a tree.
Takato shocked turned around. "Impmon. Were you listening in on mine and Jeri's conversation?" Takato asked as his face turned slightly red from embarrassment.
"Maybe." Impmon said as he made his way towards Takato.
"Don't tell anybody what you just heard…" Takato said as he walked off.
"HEY COME BACK HERE, I'M NOT DONE TALKIN YET!" Impmon shouted as Takato walked off. "Oh forget it…" Impmon said as he jumped into another tree and disappeared.
*****The next day*****
'I can't believe this is happening…' Takato thought as he endured taunts and jeers from the other students of the school. Either Jeri or Impmon had told somebody about what had happened yesterday, or somebody had overheard it. But either way it was now the top news that Takato the leader of the tamers and the one who had obviously liked Jeri for a very long time, had turned down Jeri about going out with her.
"%$#*&" One of the many students in the hall shouted to Takato.
'Yeah well the same to you buddy…' Takato thought as he walked into his classroom.
When he got there he found that everybody was looking at him. Some looked to be ready to call out a few insults, others seemed to just turn their heads after a while and not look at him. But for some reason Rika looked a little excited and happy.
"Hey Gogglehead, come over here." Rika said as Takato walked past her to sit down at his seat, which was all the way in the back. Upon hearing Rika Takato turned and walked back over to her.
"Yeah, what's up?" Takato asked her.
"I heard you told Jeri you didn't like her anymore. Is that true?" Rika asked as she got a bit nervous.
"Yeah it's true." Takato replied. Rika upon hearing Takato's answer grew a slight smile on her face.
'Maybe I might have a chance with him now.' Rika thought excitedly. "You wanna hang out after school?" Rika asked. "It's been a while sense we hung out last."
Takato thought for a bit then nodded. "Yeah sure. I've got a few hours after school, but I'll have to be home by 7:30." Takato responded.
"Why so early?" Rika asked him.
"It's my new curfew." Takato said as he turned and walked to his seat.
"Well maybe this curfew will keep you out of trouble." Rika called to him.
*****A few hours later*****
"Man school is so boring…" Takato said as he and Rika headed for her house.
"Yeah, but we've gotta go for another few years Takato." Rika said as they walked.
"Yeah, I know." Takato responded as they reached Rika's front gate.
"So what do you wanna do?" Rika asked as they walked into the house.
"Whatever you want to do is okay. I'm not really in a thinking mood." Takato replied.
"Okay then. How about a game of Digimon." Rika said as she pulled out her deck.
"NO." Takato said seeming argent. And he was, Takato had come to realize just how good he had gotten while in the digital world, after hanging out with Ryo the first day he was officially ungrounded.
Flashback
"So." Ryo said as he and Takato walked to the park to play a round of Digimon cards. "By the look on your face, I take it you've been there…" Ryo said.
Takato let his head look to the ground as he replied. "Why didn't you tell me…?"
"That question has already been answered by someone else." Ryo said as they reached the park.
"So you've never told anyone?" Takato asked him.
"Only you." Ryo stated. "We can't let anybody else know about the existence of other earths until they are ready."
"Right…" Takato said as he sat down near Guilmon's old home.
"Alright so are you going to go first or am I?" Ryo asked as he too sat down and got out his cards.
"You do." Takato said almost immediately.
Only two turns into the game and it was over. Takato had managed to warp digivolve his Agumon to WarGreymon and had defeated Ryo's main digimon Monodramon.
"HOW!?" Ryo said in utter shock as the game ended.
Takato looked dumbfounded as he tried to understand what had just happened.
"You got really good while you were in the digital world." Ryo stated as he recovered from his shock.
"I guess so…"
End flashback
"Why? You never had a problem with playing before." Rika asked.
"Rika… I don't want to insult your skill but…" Takato said. "But when I was in the digital world I became a lot better than what I was when I left here… I beat Ryo in just two turns, which means It'll only take me four turns to win." Takato explained.
Rika smiled at him and responded. "Then give me four turns to try and beat you."
"Alright, if you really want to play." Takato said as he pulled out his decks of cards and looked through them in about five seconds flat. He then put the one deck back in his pocket and placed the other on the table. "This is my weak deck." Takato explained.
"Okay then, are you ready?" Rika asked.
"Yeah…" Takato said as he shuffled his cards so quickly Rika had to blink from astonishment.
As Takato had predicted after his fourth turn it was over.
"H-how…?" Rika asked in utter disbelief.
"I tried to warn you…" Takato said seeming a bit depressed. He hadn't even tried to win, in fact he had been trying his hardest to mess up and lose.
"Takato… just how many battles were you in while in the digital world?" Rika asked. And for the first time sense Takato had returned he spoke about something in his adventure.
"I fought about twelve battles…, and in all of them I almost didn't come back out of…" Takato said with a dead and bleak expression on his face.
"WHAT!?" Rika shouted in shock. "Wha-"
"Don't ask me any more questions. I've already said too much…" Takato said to her. He had just realized what he had done and how that could cause the tamers to become interested in finding out about his journey again.
"But…"
"Rika promise me you won't tell anybody what I just told you." Takato said to her.
"…I-…I won't tell anyone Takato." Rika responded as she realized just how much trust he had just put in to her. "Can you tell me more about your journey?" Rika asked a bit uneasily.
Takato bowed his head in shame as he shock it. " I'm sorry Rika, the things I really want to share with you and the others is the thing that I've been made to promise not to tell you. And the things I am allowed to tell you, I'm not ready to tell you yet."
"Okay." Rika said thoughtfully. "But when you are."
"You'll be the first person I come to too tell." Takato assured her causing her to smile a bit.
The rest of Takato's time at Rika's went by very well. Rika stopped asking about what had happened during Takato's journey. And this caused Takato to be more at ease, allowing the two sometime to actually have some fun. And by the time Takato had left Rika's house, he was finally sure of the feeling he now felt for her.
*****The next day after school*****
Takato had just gotten out of school and was walking with Rika down the block when a voice shouted his name.
"Takato!" The voice shouted again. It was Jeri's voice.
"Oh hey Jeri." Takato said as Jeri caught up with them.
"Takato…, I was wondering if I could have a word with you?" Jeri asked.
Rika seemed to tense but a sudden brush of Takato's hand against hers, caused her to look down to their hands then to his face. Takato's eyes suddenly averted her gazes, and his face became a light shade of pink. It seemed to Rika, Takato had purposely brushed his hand against hers to get her to stop being tense. Takato's eyes then met hers with a questioning look. Rika returned his unasked question with a nod and said. "I'll wait for you across the street." And with that she left the two alone.
"So what's up Jeri?" Takato asked as he watched Rika cross the street.
Jeri giggled as she watched Takato watch Rika. "You like her don't you?" She asked sounding as though she already knew the answer.
Takato turned around so quickly he made Jeri dizzy and looked at her in shock. "Nnnoooo." Takato said trying to deny it.
"Oh come on Takato. The way you look at her, the way you seem happier when you're with her. Don't think I can't tell when somebody likes somebody." Jeri responded.
"Okay, okay so maybe I do." Takato responded. "But don't tell her."
"I won't, but you should tell her." Jeri advised.
"ARE YOU NUTS? SHE'LL KILL ME." Takato said indignantly.
"I don't think so…" Jeri said in a tone that showed she knew something more than Takato.
"What do you mean?"
"You should just tell her, and then you'll find out." Jeri responded.
"I can't."
"Alright, just think about it okay." Jeri said as she walked away.
Takato still shocked that Jeri had figured it out walked across the street and met up with Rika who was sitting on a bench.
"So what did Jeri want to talk to you about?" Rika asked curiously.
"Well… It's kinda embarrassing…" Takato said as he scratched the back of his head.
"Oh come on. It couldn't have been that embarrassing." Rika responded.
"Alright, Jeri wanted to talk to me about this girl I like." Takato replied.
All the color seemed to drain from Rika's face at hearing Takato's response. 'Takato likes a girl…! Just when I thought I had a chance with him…' Rika thought furiously. "Is she nice?" Rika asked.
"I guess you can say she is." Takato responded.
*****Two weeks later*****
Takato once again was walking with Rika down the block after school when suddenly Henry came up to them.
"Hey Takato hey Rika." Henry greeted.
"Hey Henry."
"Hey Brainiack."
"Takato could I talk to you for a second?" Henry asked.
"Sure." Takato responded. "I'll be back in a minute Rika." Takato said as he and Henry walked a little bit off to the side.
"So what's up?" Takato asked.
"Well I was talking to Jeri yesterday and she mentioned that you like Rika. Is that true?" Henry responded.
Takato taken aback stared at Henry for a moment and then finally he replied. "Ohh… Yeah it's true."
"Well then I think you should tell her." Henry advised.
"Dude she'll kill me." Takato responded.
"No she won't. Now Jeri wants to talk to you tomorrow after school because she's got a plan to help you tell Rika how you feel about her.
"Uhmm… Okay." Takato said unsurly as he walked back to Rika.
"What did Henry want?" Rika asked as Takato returned.
"Well Jeri told him about the girl I like…" Takato replied.
"Ohh…" Was all Rika said. "Do you wanna hang out tonight?" Rika asked. Ever sense she heard about Takato liking some girl she had been trying to hang out with him as much as possible, trying to get him to like her instead of 'the other girl'.
"Sure." Takato said simply as the two started walking again.
*****The next day*****
Takato met Jeri after school just like he had told Henry he would. And Jeri was now telling Takato about her plan.
"You see Rika's birthday is in a few weeks. We can set up a surprise party for her and then you can stay there and clean up with me after the party. Then while we're cleaning you can go and tell her how you feel about her." Jeri explained.
"I don't know Jeri… I mean how are we going to get Rika out of the house long enough for us to set up a party?"
"That's up to you Takato." Jeri said as she walked away.
"But I never said I agreed to this plan!" Takato shouted out to her.
*****The night before Rika's birthday*****
It is now the night before Rika's birthday and Takato is still up working on a present for Rika. Yes that's right, working on a present. He had tried to buy her one but nothing he saw in the stores weren't really good presents. So instead Takato resorted to a very embarrassing but very sweet thing to do. He was drawing a picture of her and Renamon, with a poem on the back.
'This is going to get me killed…' Takato thought to himself as he finally finished the last line of the poem.
"Takato get to bed!" Mie shouted from outside the door.
"Yes mom!" Takato shouted hastily as he scramble to his bed and shut off his lamp.
*****Morning*****
Takato already well feed, washed, feed again, and washed again now stood in his room with his phone in his hands. 'Alright Takato… Just call her and invite her to go see a movie with you, as a treat for her birthday…' Takato thought as he finally sucked up his courage and dialed her number.
"Hello." Came Rika's bored voice.
"Hi Rika it's me Takato." Takato said.
"Oh hi Takato." Rika responded with more enthusiasm in her voice.
"I'm just calling to say happy birthday, and I was wondering… If you'd… like to… go and watch the cherry blossoms?" 'WHAT DID I JUST ASK!?' Takato thought to himself in panic.
"Are you kidding me. Why'd I want to do that?" Rika responded.
"Right stupid idea. Well bye." Takato said as he hung up the phone and slammed his head into the wall.
"WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE!" Mie shouted from the steps.
"Nothing mom!" Takato called down to her. "Just making an idiot out of myself…" Takato mumbled as he dialed Jeri's number.
"Hello." Came Jeri's voice.
"Jeri it's me. Listen I messed up big time." Takato explained.
"Why what did you do?" Jeri asked.
"I asked Rika to watch cherry blossoms with me, because I got nervous and it just popped into my head.
"Alright I'll get Rika's mom to get her out of the house for a bit but you're going to have to try again." Jeri said as she hung up the phone.
"Great…" Takato said to himself as he walked down the stairs. "Come on Guilmon." Takato said as he opened up the front door.
"Okay." Guilmon said as he got up from where he was lying on the floor and ran out the door.
*****About two hours later*****
"Well I hope I don't mess up this time…" Takato said as he picked up a pay phone at the train station. "And you stay in that box!" Takato shouted out in panic as he shoved Guilmon's head into a box and closed the lid.
Takato then dialed Rika's cell phone number.
"Hello." Came Rika's voice.
"Hi Rika it's me again." Takato said nervously.
"Takato, I thought I told you that watching cherry blossoms is stupid. They're not even blooming yet."
"E…Erm… no… that's not what I meant… uh…" Takato responded.
"Then what?" Rika asked.
"We'll we're uhh… kinda going to throw you a party…" Takato responded.
"Nobody asked you to do this sort of thing." Rika said in an irritated voice. "Besides, why did my family know before me? Explain."
"…"
"Hey! ANSWER ME!" Rika shouted. Takato almost dropped the phone as he heard Rika yelling but managed to catch it before it hit the ground.
"Well… you see… You're always busy and… The truth is, today is your…-"
"Takatomon!" Guilmon interrupted Takato. Takato turned to where Guilmon is and panicked. Guilmon had come out of the box and was now in plain sight.
"AHH!" Takato said in panic as he jumped on top of Guilmon and pushed him back into the box while still holding the pay phone. "I told you to hide! Guilmon…!"
"Hold it, Takato!" Rika said as Takato finally managed to get Guilmon back into the box. "It's so obvious… stop it alright?" Rika said as she hung up.
'Guess I should call Jeri…' Takato thought to himself.
"This just in. An out of control train is now speeding along the railway in Shinjuku. If you are near or on a train…, please evacuate the area of the railway calmly." An announcer said on a T.V. in the station.
"A speeding train. Sounds like trouble." Takato said as he looked towards Guilmon who had once again emerged from the box. "Come on Guilmon." Takato said as he took off for the next station.
"Coming Takatomon!" Guilmon called from behind.
(A/N: I'm skipping forward a bit to a part that was not in the movie.)
*****Hypnos II*****
Yamaki had just walked into the newly rebuilt Hypnos building as a panicking Riley ran up to him.
"Yamaki a digimon has bio-emerged into the real world."
"What? But that's impossible." Yamaki responded.
"What's more sir, is that the digimon is now causing problems on the railway system."
"Alright keep me updated. I'm going to go to the station management to try and help."
"Understood." Riley said as Yamaki left the building.
(A/N: Alright that was a very short segment but I had to explain the whole Hypnos thing since I blew it up in Tamers side story. Anyways the next part takes place after the party for Rika is over.)
*****Later that night*****
Just as Jeri had planned a few weeks ago, Takato and herself were now the only ones left of the tamers at Rika's house.
"Alright Takato go and talk to her." Jeri said to Takato as she took a few dishes from him.
"Alright. Wish me luck." Takato said as he left the kitchen.
Takato entered the hall where he had last seen Rika and found that she was still sitting there. The sun had gone down an hour ago, but yet she was still looking out as though watching it go down.
Takato took a step and walked forward but felt an fury hand grasp his wrist. Takato looked to see who it was, and wasn't all to surprised to see that it was Renamon. She shook her head indicating that it was still a bad idea to try and talk with Rika but Takato pulled his arm free and continued walking towards Rika. When he finally got to her he took a seat right next to her and said. "Nice night huh." This seemed to startle Rika who's head jerked and looked towards Takato quickly.
"Takato. I didn't know you were still here." Rika said seeming flustered.
"Yeah me and Jeri stayed to clean up." Takato responded.
"Ohh…" Rika said as she looked at the moon outside.
"So how did you like everybody's presents?" Takato asked trying to start a conversation.
"They were nice…, but I wasn't able to find yours." She said seeming hurt.
"That's because I didn't put mine with the others." Takato said as he pulled out the present he had made her last night and gave it to her. "Don't open it until I leave okay." Takato said as he got up and walked away.
"Takato." Rika said.
Takato stopped and looked back at her. "Yeah?" Takato asked.
"Thanks. For everything you've done for me today." Rika said gratefully but yet embarrassed.
"No problem. We're friends after all." Takato said as he walked out of the hallway.
'I wish we could be more than that…' Rika thought to herself miserably as she heard the front door close indicating that Takato and Jeri had left to go home.
Rika being curious as to what it was Takato had gotten her opened the present and found inside a beautifully detailed drawing of herself and Renamon underneath a sakura tree. A tear formed in Rika's eyes as she looked at it. 'It must've taken Takato a very long time to draw this…' She thought to herself. She was very touched that Takato had spent so much time to draw this for her. Rika picked the drawing up and turned it over to see if he had written a note or something and found lines and lines of words.
Dear Rika
I know we haven't really had the greatest luck with our friendship, being due to the fact of me going to the digital world for all those months. And even though I had a tough time there, I would not ever wish to change it. Because when I had laid asleep for two whole months on my death bed surrounded by all the digimon, I realized something while I slept. A voice saved my from the endless darkness that was all around me. Your voice. I heard it echoing throughout the darkness calling my name. It gave me the will to keep fighting and to continue to try to get back to the real world. I hope that this poem will explain to you how I feel about you.
A voice so true
Yet slender and blue
Brings forth my courage
But yet extinguishes it
For the speaker is an angel
And I am only human
I wish to rise
and be like you
but when my chances arise
I fall and break
But the shattered
Pieces of myself
Manage to re-piece themselves
And through this come
Miracles
So now I see
That you and me
Even though completely
Different in all ways
Are meant to be
A tear fell from Rika's eye as she finished reading Takato's poem. It might have been written by an amateur writer but it had touched her even deeper than the drawing had. "Takato…" Rika said in a loving voice with a loving smile on her face as well as she looked at the picture again.
*****A week later*****
It has now been a week sense Rika's birthday and the day Takato had in some way shared to Rika his feelings for her. But now he was making sure to keep away from her, too nervous to be around her now that she knows he likes her. But on this day Rika wasn't at school, meaning she must've gotten sick.
Takato got up quickly as the bell rang and walked out of the class room and began to make his way out of the school. Completely unaware that this would be the last time he ever, would go to school again.
End of chapter 8
T4L: Alright we end on a note of for shadowing.
Terriermon: Doesn't that ruin the story?
T4L: No shut up…
Terriermon: …
T4L: Alright well I hope you liked this chapter. I know it wasn't my best but I have so much going through my mind about the next story, and just can't concentrate. Anyways keep in mind that now we're caught back up and are now where we left Takato in chapter 3 I think it was of Digimon Tamers 2: A new Beginning. So as I said in the beginning of this chapter this is the last chapter of this story, and I hope you enjoyed the story. And as I also said in the beginning of this chapter, the next story to come is The chosen Tamer: 158 hazardous days and nights. It will be one of my bigger stories with a lot more plot and stuff going on. There's going to be some run ins with the new tamers, including the ones that weren't in this story. And that's all I've got to say for now.
Terriermon: Don't forget to Review, it's very important to T4L.
Ultimon: Flames are also welcome.
T4L: See ya guys in the next story.