Omg, I was rereading this story and there are so much grammatical errors I just wanted to shoot myself. Lol Plus, some parts of the story made me hide my face in embarrassment. If I wasn't so lazy, I would certainly rewrite all of this, but I won't. 'Cause – again - I'm too lazy. ;p

A big part of this chapter was basically written 10 months ago, but I was too lazy to finish it until today. So it probably sucks.

Especial thanks to Fangs211 for giving me inspiration to write again! Hope you get well soon!

"I'm telling you man they almost attacked me in the elevator! At the same time!" Kazu said to an indifferent Takato. Night had fallen and after founding a clearing on the forest they found - after leaving the desert - all the tamers were sitting on the grass around the camp fire.

"Really, your twin neighbors hit on you in the elevator?" Takato adjusted himself on the sleeping bag the others brought to him.

"They must have a real bad taste." Alice said from her spot under a tree. Jeri nodded.

"Or they were just THAT desperate." Ruki said and the three girls laughed. Since Alice managed to create Ruki new clothes, she was now wearing a pair of black jeans, a strapless blue shirt and a grey leather cropped jacket over it.

"You all are just jealous..." Kazu put his hands behind his head.

"Yeah, you just forgot to tell them on thing, Kazu." Kenta said snickering.

"Shut up Kenta!" Kazu yelled.

"The twins were like 60 years old!" Kenta said and laughed out loud "And they live with 20 cats" All the tamers laughed. Kazu pouted.

"Seriously Kazu, you were bragging about THIS? That's just sad." Ruki said and they all laughed a little more. Kazu's face went red with embarrassment.

"Kazu don't be sad, you're really charming." Jeri mocked trying to keep a serious face and failing miserably.

"Screw you guys." Kazu muttered.

"Okay guys, on with the serious business."Jenrya stood up and looked over to everybody. "We need to find the other digimon. We don't know who brought us here, all we know it's that they're after Ruki specifically." Lee glanced over to his best friend and nodded reassuringly. "We have to protect each other at all costs."

"Jenrya is right. Although we have three megas right now we have to use all the strength we have to guarantee that anything that attack us don't come back for a round two." Ryo said.

"Yes. But we need to find the other digimon too." Takato said "I really miss Guilmon."

"Yeah, everybody is missing the digimon." Jenrya said.

Ruki looked over to Renamon and as if on cue, the digimon said:

"I don't feel any other digimon"

"Oh, that's too bad… But I'm sure we'll find them in time." Jeri smiled and placed her head on Takato's shoulder.

"Well… I feel like ten again." Kazu said.

"Mentally you're still ten." Ruki laughed.

"Ruki I really didn't missed you." He said glaring.

"Same here Kazu, same here." She grinned. In fact she had missed her friends dearly. She fumbled through the little black bag her family had sent to her through Jenrya. Her mom and grandma sent her a pack of cards and some things that she could use. They didn't send any clothes though, but she was glad Alice made what she was wearing. She looked to her left and saw Ryo looking at her. She couldn't quite read the emotion displayed on his handsome features.

They kept staring at each other until Kenta caught his attention.

"So Ryo, what you where up to all those years?"

"Hm? Oh, nothing much." He said looking over to everybody. They were all looking at him.

"Just college, joined the military..."

"Really? Cool." Kazu said with a pathetic expression of admiration on his face.

"Yeah. The training is pretty hard. It was like being back to the digital world again."

"Haha, but at least it was less lonely, right?" Kenta laughed a little and Ryo gave a 'sad grin' again.

"It's always lonely when you're away from those you love." Ryo said and looked at Ruki. All the tamers went silent [Kazu made a mental "AWKWARD" in his mind] until Jenrya broke the silence:

"Well, I believe that we should get some sleep… Tomorrow we can catch up properly." He said and prepared himself to sleep and the others did the same. Ryo took some glances at Ruki, but her face didn't tell him anything.

After – what it felt like – a couple of hours, Ryo woke up. He sat up and looked around. Only to find that Ruki wasn't there.

He immediately panicked, thinking that she might have been kidnapped again, until he saw a slim silhouette a few meters away. He got up and walked to her.

"Can't sleep?" Ryo walked closer to Ruki. She turned her head to see him and gave a small smile.

"Yeah… and you?".

" Just taking a walk… to think.". He said as he sat on a big rock.

"Wow, a miracle." She smiled and he chuckled.

"So, what are you thinking?" She said sitting beside him. He looked over the sky.

"You." He said and looked over her again. "As always" He added mentally.

"What about me?" Ruki was blushing a little, but he couldn't tell since was dark.

"There is someone after you, so I'm worried that something might happen to you."

"Oh… you don't need to worry about me Akiyama." Her tone was a little harsh than she expected. She sighed then continued "But thanks, anyway." She placed her hand over his.

"Did you think about what I said to you?" He smiled and interlaced his fingers with hers.

"Yes… but I can't say that I'm totally sure of what to do." She looked straight in to his azure eyes. "It's really hard for me to be saying this to you but, I really want to be with you again…*{Ryo contains his smile here}*it's just that is almost unreal for me that after all these years of effort on loathing and despising you, I found out that I was just being unfair to you. I mean, to us..."

"I understand that Princess. I'll wait the time you need. I just want to be with you." He pulled her closer into a hug.

"I talked to Jenrya today. He told me what you said to him." She looked away "He said he searched about what you told him on the records of police on Alice's laptop." She laughed a little.

"He did?" Ryo said amused. God bless the nerds!

"Yes… You never said that they were arrested." She tilted her head a little.

"Yeah they were. Why?"

"Well, nothing in particular. It's just weird for me that someone could throw away years of their lives over something so stupid. It's kind of sad."

"Let's not think about it too much, ok? I would prefer that this never had happened to us, but I can't change that. And they must pay for what they did. So, I'm not thinking about it anymore, I'm just glad that I can see you again and that you are even considering getting back together with me."

"Who said I am considering?" She looked up at him and smiled teasingly. He smiled and looked in her eyes.

"I just missed you so much." He said, lowering his head, their noses brushing. "I know it may sound repetitive for you and I shouldn't even be saying this, but I fell apart when you left me." He closed his eyes for a brief moment before speaking again. "And I missed everything about you. Your touch, your kisses, the smell of your hair, your laugh, I missed the times when we were in bed and you used to warm your little feet using mine, or when you walked around my house using my clothes and continuing looking incredibly hot with them." She was smiling and her eyes softened as she was close to cry. Seeing this, he kissed her nose lightly. "I missed when you scared me with your driving, *{she laughs here}* and the halo your hair has when you're in the sun and I missed the bruises you left on me when we had sex. *{here she blushes and smacks his ribs lightly / Ryo laughs.}*" He kisses her forehead and continues to talk "I just don't know how I manage to continue my life without you. The past years were just a blur, really. You're everything to me Ruki." Ruki looks down on the ground but Ryo lifts her head gently. "Look, I'm not trying to put pressure on you. I just wanted you to know that."

Ruki's eyes were brimming with tears but she tiptoed to give him a light kiss on the lips.

"I know. I felt the same way." She said while Ryo wiped away her tears. "I may be confusing you, but our lives changed. We can't get back together thinking that it's going to be the same." Ruki looks at Ryo and his expression is serious - almost blank- but she can see the sadness in his eyes. And just the thought of making him suffer makes her heart sunk.

She hugs him tighter and presses her face against his chest.

"I still love you Ryo. Just give me time."

He hugs her closer and they stay like this for a good time until Ryo speaks;

"I feel like if I let you go, you'll run away."

Ruki smiles and looks up to him.

"Then don't let go."

End Chapter 5!

If you ever wondered, YES, Kazu will always be my comic relief.

Plus, Ebony-Rosez, if you ever get to read this I miss you very, very much!