Promise to Repeat, "I Love You"
DigiFreak103 & Scanerryo
DF103: Yo! I'm sure a lot of people are wondering what I'm doing posting a new fic…but you know… :mumbles: Anyway! I've found a partner in crime who I've decided to write this fic with. This is THE SEQUEL to Never Take A Dare Because Life's Too Short.
S: You better believe it. We've been roleplaying this fic for three days and it's already at 10,000 words! We've split them up into chapters. We don't own Digimon, so don't sue us!
A month. A month was all it took for the tamers to recover from a madness no one could explain. Was it destiny or pure coincidence that Envymon had wreaked havoc upon the tamers? It's been a month since the manic digimon claimed to attack again, and it's been a month of peace. The tamers lived normal lives again, and no longer lived in an upside-down world. However, things were to take a different turn for these young teenagers.
- - -
A tamer sat in English, a bored expression donning her face. The loud intercom boomed with the words, "Rika Nonaka please report to the principals office."
Henry leaned over to Rika, "Are you in some sort of trouble?" he whispered to her, before she got up.
She shrugged her shoulders. "I don't think so. I'll let you know when I get back," she whispered back. She received a nod from the teacher, as she proceeded to the door.
The principal waited in his office, shuffling threw papers. "Damn students and their stupid obsession with digimon…" he ranted, looking down at a box full of digimon objects, including cards and action figures that he had to take away during class.
While walking to the principal's office, Rika saw a person at the end of the hall. Probably some person trying to get out of school again, she thought, before walking past the person.
The principal looked at his computer screen again, "How did these two get into the exchange program…" He continued talking to himself, "They're not nearly qualified…" He stood up from his desk, brushing the crumbs off his suit; he walked into the hallway, "Ms. Nonaka, just the person I wanted to see."
"Oh. Yeah. Why did you need to see me?" She avoided eye contact.
"Please sit down," he calmly exclaimed, closing the door behind her, and then retreating to his own chair, "I would like to talk to you about your submission into the transfer student program." He stared her down, almost trying to see through her.
For a moment, Rika thought about what the principal had said. She blinked a couple of times. "What are you talking about?" she retorted. Then, a sudden thought struck her. Oh, no she didn't.
"You were submitted into the program, and accepted. You leave in five days." He handed her a form, "Your mother needs to sign that and you need to bring that back to me tomorrow morning. Also, a fellow senior student will accompany you on this trip." He looked at Rika's face "Is something wrong, Ms. Nonaka?"
That mother of mine. Why is she doing this? Rika thought. She looked down at the paper that was handed to her. She stared at the signature line. She slammed her hand down on the desk. "What if I told you that I never agreed to this! Can I...not go?"
He looked at her with surprise. "Ms. Nonaka, please calm down," his view once again turning to the computer, "Well you can "not go," but I wouldn't recommend it." He cleared his throat. "It's a really big honor to be chosen."
Rika sighed. "Where am I going? And, who's this person that is going to accompany me?"
"You will be going to New York, but you're allowed to travel all over the United States."
The principal handed her more sheets. "The person that's going to be accompanying you won't be released until the day you leave for legal purposes."
New York? She asked herself. That's not so bad, I guess. She took the papers. Humph. "I guess, I'll bring the form back to you tomorrow then. Are you sure you can't tell me who it is?"
He nodded. "They haven't brought back the form…" He turned the computer monitor off, "I may be able to tell you tomorrow." He opened the door. "Now hurry to your 7th period class."
Rika hastily bowed to her principal before leaving. She walked back into her English class. Jeri looked up and inconspicuously waved to Rika from the front of the room. However, Rika just trudged back to her desk and sat down, stuffing the papers in her bag.
"You get in much trouble?" Henry asked leaning over beside her until he saw her shocked face. "You okay?"
She slowly turned to Henry and whispered. "I'm leaving for New York in 5 days."
He looked at her, a little shocked. "You're moving?" He asked, confused.
"I'm going to go as a transfer student."
"Wow Rika, that's great" He thought for a second. "I thought you said you weren't going to apply…?"
Rika looked down at her desk again and glared into the blank space. "I didn't."
He laughed, "That's right Ryo put you in." He snickered.
Rika's eyes widened. She suddenly jumped up from her seat and lunged at Henry. "Ryo applied for me!"
Jeri looked up in confusion and surprise.
The teacher looked to the back. "Rika! Return to your seat this instant."
Henry started to sweat. "Uh… yeah…" He was wearing a goofy smile.
Takato leaned over to Jeri. "We're all dead."
Rika calmly returned to her seat with a poker face.
"I wonder what happened to Rika in the principal's office." Jeri turned to Henry to see how he held up from Rika's random burst of anger; she giggled under her breath.
Henry nervously smiled. "Don't tell him I told you…"
"He's got a lot of things coming at him." She muttered under her breath, just loud enough for Henry to hear.
He shot another nervous smile. "I guess… poor Ryo," he muttered.
- - -
After school, Ryo stuffed his books into his bag, the kind that hung down from the back to the waist. Sliding it over his shoulder, he grabbed his skateboard and walked out the school doors.
From around the corner, Kazu wrapped his arms around Ryo's neck. "Hey, Ryo-man! How was school!"
Kenta looked, laughing haltingly. "Don't choke him to death."
"And you wonder why people think you are gay. You're so touchy," he said, pushing him away. "School is school, which is boring." He reached in his pocket for his cell phone, switching it on.
"I'm not gay. Just because I like to hang out with my friends and stand in the mirror working on my hair--Your words hurt, man."
Jeri walked out of the school with Takato. "Hey, you guys know anything about Rika? She was pretty steamed today after visiting the principal." Her face showed worry.
Ryo's eyes shot open, "I'm dead... No way, uh I've got to run, guys," he said placing his skate board on the ground and heading out.
Takato looked at Jeri, "Ryo did something wrong… Rika's gonna kill him."
"She always seems to be in the mood to kill him. What's so different about today?" Kazu asked.
"What did he do that was so wrong? Henry told me Rika blew up in his face about it," Kenta asked.
"Yeah, that was a little uncalled for," Jeri added.
The school doors swung open and Henry jumped down the stairs, falling onto Takato. "Sorry… Where's Ryo? I have to get to him before Rika does." His face looked worried as he stood up and helped Takato up
"He ran that way..." Jeri said, pointing in the direction Ryo left. "What was Rika so upset about in class? I haven't seen her since the bell--"
The doors opened again, revealing Rika. She looked at the other tamers before she narrowed her eyes and walked away.
"Rika..." Jeri wanted to know so badly what was wrong, but at the same time she didn't want to irritate her.
Henry saw Rika and smiled, "Uh... Hi." He was nervous looking at her.
"Rika. Wait." Takato ran after her. "You look pissed."
"Hell yeah, I'm pissed!" Rika didn't turn around, though she stopped. "First, I find out I'm going to New York and I don't know who's accompanying me. Then... URGH!" Her arms flailed around.
"New York? That's awesome…" He tried cheering her up. "Wait…then why is Ryo scared?"
"Yeah, why is he a part of this? Unless..." Jeri asked.
"He's the one that applied for me!" Rika huffed.
"Well, it's not like he's going with you anyway, so why are you so hissy pissy about it?" Kazu blabbered. Kenta gawked at him.
"Kazu…" Takato scolded, looking back at Rika, "going to Ryo's?" He asked, naturally curious.
"Yeah? I'll come if you are," Henry replied, walking up to them.
"Yeah, I'm going over there, but I don't need a crowd." Rika turned around. "Unless you guys are hiding something."
"We're not hiding anything." Jeri replied, smiling.
"Nope, were not…" Henry said, a little happier. "Promise"
"Uh-huh..." Rika replied. "Well, I must go thank Ryo for this opportunity." She turned back around and continued out the school gates.
"Drama queen..." Kazu muttered under her breath.
Jeri slapped Kazu's back for his comment. "What are we going to do?"
"We're going to stay out of it…" Henry said, knowing he caused too much trouble already.
"Or…" Takato started thinking. "We could find out who's going with Rika… It would make her happier."
"No! We're going to save Ryo from Rika's wrath! I'm coming Ryo!" Kazu ran after Rika.
Henry grabbed Kazu by the back of the shirt, "I don't think that's what Takato had in mind…"
"I'm for making Rika happy at the moment... Who knows what she'll do to us later?"
"We're going to sneak in and…uhm and look at who's going with Rika, you know," he tried to make the plan sound less illegal. "So, we can tell her and maybe save Ryo a little."
"What if we get caught? We could just ask around...?" Jeri looked at her feet.
"Kazu can be the decoy. He's been in a lot of trouble before; it wouldn't hurt his record," Kenta laughed.
"What!" Kazu yelled out, grabbing Kenta's t-shirt.
"Smart Kenta… You guys could start a fight…" Takato was making a plan. "Henry and I can sneak in and Jeri can be the lookout…" Takato looked at his watch, "Anyone object? Protest now."
"I'm in… I owe it to Ryo." Henry said, feeling a little bad. Sure, normally, Henry would object, but not this time. He owed it to them this time.
"I like that plan." Jeri walked up to her station near the school doors.
Kazu had already pushed Kenta into a wall, lifting him up off the ground and yelling, "What do you mean this won't hurt my record..." He clenched his teeth together. Kenta shut his eyes, squirming to escape from Kazu's grasp.
The principal came running out. "Mr. Shidoa put Mr. Kitagawa down! This instant!" the principal ordered.
While the principal looked away Henry and Takato got into position. "Now…" Takato said, running inside the school. Henry followed right behind him, running down the hall.
Jeri watched the fight continue as Kazu refused to put Kenta down. Kazu slammed Kenta into the wall again. "I'm not a bad person. I just do a lot of things wrong," the angry brunette muttered.
"Can't breathe…" Kenta said, kicking around before Kazu let go of his grasp in pain.
The principal grabbed Kazu by the arm and pulled him away. "You have a lot of explaining to do Mr. Shidoa…" He scolded, "What is this about?"
- - -
Takato slid in front of the door running in, "I'll take files. You take the computer, Henry." He dropped down onto his knees, opening a cabinet.
Henry sat down and pressed the power button on the monitor, rattling on some keys. After a few minutes of reckless typing, he uttered, "Oh… god… Rika's going to kill us…"
- - -
"He was talking about my record!" Kazu looked at the ground. "It's not that bad!"
Kenta gasped for air, looking at Jeri in haste. Was the principal going to take Kazu into his office? Should he signal Jeri, that they're coming? Jeri exchanged glimpses between the principal and inside of the school.
"To my office young man…" the principal said grabbing Kazu's arm. "Hurry home, Mr. Kitagawa." He started heading for the school. "Hello Ms. Katou. Shouldn't you be home by now?"
"She was waiting for us," Takato said, walking out of the school. "I had to get my homework." Takato held up some papers. The principal nodded and walked inside with Kazu. "Thanks Kazu," he whispered.
Henry smiled putting his sunglasses on and walking after Takato, "Bad news Jeri…"
Jeri sighed of relief. "Gosh, that was close," she whispered. "So what's the bad news?" She led the two of them away from the school building.
Henry looked over at Takato. "The person going with Rika is…" He looked at them slightly biting his bottom lip, "Ryo…"
Jeri fell to her knees. "That's not going to help her at all."
Kenta got up. "That's just great. Now when we're not around, the two of them are going to fight for the whole trip. We shouldn't tell Rika about this at all or we're all done for."
Henry nodded, "Avoid Rika and Ryo for the next few days," he said with a slight smirk, "Unless you have a death wish…"
- - -
With slow steps carrying his skateboard, Ryo walked up to a large house with the word 'Akiyama' resting on a mail box. He opened the mail box and sorted through the mail. Footsteps approached the Akiyama residence and stopped; Rika saw him standing there.
Ryo turned around his face in shock, "Uh… Uh… Hey Rika…"
Rika stared at him with narrowed eyes and then remembered what Henry said. She continued to walk and just passed Ryo.
"Hey… You look bothered." He ran up beside her. "Is it something I did?" he asked her, smiling. "Come on pumpkin… You can tell me."
Rika continued to walk, avoiding any contact.
"Pumpkin…" He grabbed her arm stopping, "What's wrong? Did someone hurt you?" he asked again getting worried.
Rika looked down for a moment staring down at the two shadows. Ryo's gentle, yet firm grip held her from going any further. Why didn't she pull away? An awkward silence struck between them.
Ryo looked into her eyes, "Rika… are you… Okay?" he asked, his words not seeming to be in one sentence.
Rika's cold eyes gazed back at Ryo. "You."
"What did I do?" He snapped out of his daze. "You got in!" he yelled, hugging her, lifting her feet off the ground, and twirling around. "We're going to New York together!"
"You're what!" Rika was petrified in Ryo's arms.
"I'm going to New York… in 5 days." His eyebrow now raised. "Aren't you?"
"Why are you going to New York? You applied for me to go!" Rika huffed, letting herself loose from Ryo's arms.
"Because I got accepted… I applied you as a joke… We were going to tell you." He pushed his hand threw his hair. "Are you going?"
"Well, now that you're going..." Rika turned away from him. "You do know I won't forgive you for this."
"Truth or dare?" he asked her a mocking smile on his face.
S: Well, there's the end of chapter one. Rushing and stuff are somehow intended and yes, it will get somewhat creepier too! Hope you liked our first chapter. Don't forget to drop a note if you can!
DF103: Till next chapter, PEACE!