Author's Note: Hey! I'm back with a new story… obviously. But anyways, I'm hopin this'll fare a bit better than TTWLG did. Please Review!!!

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'Dance,' she thought with distaste. 14 year old Ruki Makino thought this idea was crazy, who in the world would actually want to waste a good class like gym learning how to dance? In Ruki's mind 'dancing' was just another excuse for a girl to rub her ass against the sexiest guy she could find.

"Hey Ruki, what do you think of this?"

Ruki looked to her left. She was met with Takato's lips inches from her face.

"ARG! Stand down!" she whispered.

He backed up considerably before restating his question. This time she responded with a look of absolute disgust. To any person, it was obvious she detested the idea.

"Ok class, you will be getting into pairs of two-"

Ruki started looking for her usual partner, Juri.

"-these pairs will all be male-female. I took a head count and, coincidently, there are the same amount of guys as there are girls. So… buddy up!"

The only way to describe what heppened next would all be summed up in one word, chaos. Girls and guys were running everywhere trying to find a partner they liked. Unfortunately, like most high schools, there were people who were more 'important' than others (example: preps compared to geeks, cliché I know.) and many people had the intent of using this to his/her advantage.

"Hey, Takato's pretty hot." One girl said

"Duh! He plays soccer, of course he's hot!" her superficial friend said

To Takato this was just another day, he was used to the attention of being the star of the soccer team, in freshman year no less. Though it was very flattering, Takato never let any of it get to his head (In my mind Takato was the only intelligent goggle boy), besides, there was only two girls he'd ever consider dancing with.

"Hey Takato. So, you wanna be partners?" he looked up.

"Sure, Juri."

Takato was happy that Juri asked him. The only other girl he'd ever dance with was obviously Ruki, but he didn't feel the same way with her as he did with Juri. Stupid Takato. If he'd look closer he'd notice that Juri was blushing as she asked him to dance with her.

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On the other side of the gym the guys were trying to dance with the most popular girl, Ruki. She didn't ask for it, it's just that popularity comes with being the Digimon Queen. To Ruki, popularity was definitely NOT a virtue.

"Get the fuck away! I don't want to dance with you!"

"Please Ruki! PLEEEEEAAAASE!" she was getting a headache.

"Didn't I tell you to fuck off?"

"Erm, yes."

Ugh! Why the hell were people so stupid? Thankfully this was the last period of the day, and the only period the digidestined all had together. Therefore, it was supposed to be sacred, not stupid.

"Mind if I cut in gentlemen?" she looked up.

Sure enough, there was Jenrya, here to save the day. But then again, looks could be deceiving.

"Hey Jenrya, PLEASE tell me you don't have a partner."

"Nope, I take it you need one?"

"Come on, think about it." She gave him a pointed look.

"I get your point."

They walked off, Jenrya slipping his arm over Ruki's shoulders on the way.

"Dude! They SOOOO have a 'thing' going on!"

Jenrya and Ruki ignored them. Some idiot started a rumor that they were more than friends and it apparantly hasn't died down yet. True, it's common for Jenrya to sling an arm over Ruki, but they both knew that it was simply platonic. They were simply best friends, and Jenrya was the sole person who knew of Ruki's regrets concerning a certain tamer.

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It has been 4 years since the tamers defeated the D-Reaper. It has been 3½ years since Ryo Akiyama disapeared. Nobody ever figured out the mystery behind it, but 3½ years ago Ryo and Cyberdramon ceased to exist, or in simpler terms, vanished. All that was left was a letter, oddly enough; it was for Ruki solely.

Ruki,

I don't know why, but something tells me that you'll probably be the first person to check my house. I'm sorry I couldn't stay but I just can't do it. After living in the digi-world for as many years as I have you get to considering it as home. I tried, I really did, but I can't stay. I know you'll probably want to kill me after you read this, but I know that one day you'll understand.

Here's the part that really scares me, before I leave there's something I want to tell you. Ruki… I, fuck I can't even write it down! Guess that won't be mentioned today, oh well. But anyways, you're probably going to blow this off, but don't bother looking for me in the digital world. You won't find me anywhere in it. I guess that's about it for now.

See ya around Pumpkin!

Ryo

p.s. I'll bet I'm getting tons of media coverage, much to your annoyance right?

Sure enough the tamers searched the digital world high and low, but no sign of Ryo or Cyberdramon were ever found. Even after coming out empty handed, Jenrya was the only person that Ruki ever told about the letter, he was the only person who knew that Ruki truly missed his obnoxious remarks and witty comebacks. Even if she denies it.

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"Oh Ruki! Are we forgetting something?"

"How much?" he smirked.

"Oh, for a crowd about that big, the rescue is worth… $5."

She forked over the cash grumbling all the way.