"Lets stop for lunch." Brian suggested. "Its been awhile since Augmon and I ate. And he probably burnt up the last of his energy rescueing you."
"I'll stay here and set up a fire, while you two go look for food." Agumon told them, already gathering firewood.
Brian and hope both sighed heavely. "Well, I guess you oughtta stick with me rather than wandering out by yourself." he said. "I'll show you whats edible. C'mon."
The two of them walked into the forest and it wasnt long before they came into a clearing. And in the clearing was a pile of edible food. Fruit and vegetables and even a whole vending maching, just sitting there in the middle. "Wow, can we really eat all of this?" Hope asked him. "I mean, its all safe to eat?"
"Yeah, it is!" Brian said amazed. But then a group of small digimon walked out of the bushes. Two in-training level Dorimon and one rookie level Dorumon.
"Aww, they are so cute!" Hope exclaimed. Then the Dorimon nearest her began to cry. And then a horrible sound drifted to their ears. The mother's roar.
"They're cute untill they become champion. Grab some food and run!" Brian yelled. They grabbed as much as they could hold and then ran as fast as they could back towards Agumon.
"Whats going on guys?" Agumon asked as they came into view.
"Just eat this and digivolve!" Brian said as he threw some food into his partner's mouth and whipped out his digivice from his belt.
"Agumon, digivolve to- Greymon!" he yelled just as the large, champion level Dorugamon bashed throught the thick net of trees, knocking several over in its wake.
Dorugamon, realizing who the real opponent was, charged full speed at Greymon and leapt into the air for an airial assault. However, Greymon was quicker and balled his clawed hand into a fist and struck the attacker in the face.
"Greymon!" Brian called. "I don't want you to hurt it too bad. It isn't evil, it's just protecting its younglings!" Then he turned to Hope and said, "Hope, get behind Greymon!"
"Don't tell me what to do! I can handle myself!"
"Oh alright then." Brian said sarcastically. "I'll just call off Greymon and you can fight the Dorugamon!"
"Shut up!" she yelled, following him to safety.
Greymon roared as he ran towards the dazed opponent. Dorugamon recovered and stood back up, launching a Power Metal attack from its mouth. Greymon dodged it and clawed back at the creature. Dorugamon managed to get out of the way and behind Greymon. He then jumped on the dinosaur's back and began biting at his neck. Greymon tried to pull him off, but Dorugamon wouldn't budge. That's when Greymon slammed his back into a tree. Now free from Dorugamon's grasp, he grabbed the tail and spun him around before pummeling Dorugamon into the ground.
Dorugamon stumbled back to its feet and looked around at everybody. It then screeched at Greymon and ran off into the forest, defeated. Greymon de-digivolved back to Agumon and sat down. Digivolving takes a lot of energy and he wasn't running on a full tank to begin with.
Brian sat down by him and gave him a noogie. The two laughed and began to eat. Hope walked over to them and sat on the other side of Agumon. "How did you two become partners?" she asked, more to Agumon than to Brian.
Agumon started, "Well, I remember one day I was outside foraging for food when I saw something crash into the ground several yards ahead of me. When I ran over to take a look, there he was in the crater unconscious. When he woke up, and I heard his voice for the first time, it felt like I'd known that voice my entire life."
"Yeah," Brian jumped in. "It was the same for me. After we got past the traditional 'ahh monster!' stuff, we got along really well. And then there was a warmth in my pocket and the digivice was there. I don't know why I have it, but it allows Agumon to digivolve. He first did it protecting me from another human running around the digital world. He also has a partner digimon, although neither of them are very nice. He too has a digivice, and when he saw I had one he challenged me and Agumon to a fight."
"We didn't have a lot of choice though," Agumon continued, "because his partner, DemiDevimon, digivolved to Devimon and began destroying everything he saw. Including the village I lived in. I lost a lot of friends that day. I think the only one I have left is Brian now. Since then we keep running into him and fighting. He wants a worthy rival and I want revenge."
"I vowed to help Agumon with that. Who else can? Besides, I don't have anything else to do here in the Digital Wastes, do I? So I won't go home until that happens. If there is a way home, that is."
"Wow," Hope said. "That sounds tough. I wish I could help..."
"Well unless you have a digimon and digivice, you can't." Brian interupted.
"Then I'll find one. Whatever it takes, I'll get what i need to survive in this world." Hope told him hotly.
"Whatever you say, cupkake." Brian said.
The trio then fell silent and finished eating their lunch. What was left they put away in their packs. Then they began walking back into the forest, making sure to stay clear of Dorugamon and its nest. When it began to get dark, they set up camp. Brian put up a tent and threw his pack in before walking over to Agumon to help stack the wood. "Pepper Breath!" Agumon cried as a small fire ball escaped his mouth and hit the teepee of wood. Hope went into the tent while they were doing that.
"Lets sharpen some sticks for roasting those fruit," Agumon Suggested. "Whaddaya say?"
"Sounds great!" Brian exclaimed. Some of the fruit that they found does actually taste better when cooked over a fire. And those were the pair'ss favorites to eat. "I'll go get my knife from my pack." Agumon stayed at the fire to get warm and Brian oepned the door to the tent.
"GET OUT!" Hope yelled at him while turning away from him. Brian quickly turned around too, realizing that she was changing her clothes, but he didn't leave.
"Can I have my bag... please?" he asked nervously.
"Here." she said holding it out behind her. Brian blindly reached behind him and his hand found the bag and grabbed it. He then quickly left before she found something else to yell at him for, and he knew she would.
"Sorry..." He said as he left.
He heard her mumble something that sounded like "As if you didn't know..." but didn't push it. When he sat back down with Agumon at the fire he grabbed three sticks from the pile of wood and began to sharpen them with his knife.
"What was the yelling about?" Agumon asked him.
"Nothing." Brian replied. "She just thinks I'm a pervert now, is all."
"Are you?" Agumon teased.
Brian smiled and poked him with a stick. "No I'm not!" he said laughing. Agumon picked up another sitck and poked him back. "Oh, is it war you want?"
"Maybe I do!" Agumon laughed and stood up. "En guarde!" he cried, holding his stick out like a sword.
"En guare yourself!" Brian cried, while slashing at him with his own sword-stick.
"I must defend the fair lady and uphold the honor of all gentlmen!" Agumon cried back while doing a dodge-roll to escape. Then he slashed back and hit Brian in the leg.
"Ow, that hurt!" Brian laughed again. "How about you uphold this!" He yelled back, doing an overhead slash. Agumon put up his stick in defense the they stood there trying to get the better of each other. Brian pushing down with his stick, and Agumon pushing back against him. Brian jumped back realizing that that wasn't working and the two just began to hit and block each each other. Then they discarded their weapons and began wrestling. They started rolling aroung in the dirt, getting different holds on each other and escaping others. Then they rolled closer to the fire and stopped at a pair of feet. Hope was standing there with her hands on her hips.
"You two are children." She said. then laughed and kicked Brian lightly in the chest. It didnt hurt but it got him off Agumon. The digimon, realizing what she was doing, quickly took the oportunity to pin Brian down on the ground.
"Alright, monster breath," Brian exclaimed. "you win. I give! Uncle!" Agumon got off of him and the two began laughing again.
"I am Agumon, and I am digimon! Nobody can best me!" He then put his hands to his mouth and breathed heavely to simulate a crowd roar.
"Now you're gloating," Brian teased. The party put fruit on their freshly carved sticks and began to roast them. Hope didn't like it too much and gave it to Agumon instead. He ate it as if he'd never seen food before. He then rolled over onto his side and fell asleep.
"Poor thing," Hope said. "That fight must've exhausted him."
"Nah, hes fine." Brian replied. "He just likes sleeping with a full stomach." He then stood up and began to walk to the tent.
"You aren't sleeping in there with me." Hope told him.
"Then don't sleep in here."
"Wrong. You are staying out here with Agumon and I'm going in there."
"You don't like me much do you?" He asked her.
"Yesterday you two saved my life, gave me the last of your water and took care of me until I recovered. However, you also went searching through my pack, pictured me naked, have been bossing me around and now you are also a peeping tom. I havent decided what I think of you yet."
"Ouch, thats not a good track record..."
"Until I have decided, I will be in the tent. Alone." she smirked and walked past him into the tent. She threw him his sleeping mat and then zipped up the door.
"Wow. Im sure I could think of a few choice words to describe her..." he grumbled.
"I heard that, Brian!" she yelled. He then unrolled his mat and fell asleep next to Agumon.
