(A/N as you know, I've been following the actual plot and script of the actual show as best as I could, but I decided to write this extra little chapter for y'all. It might not be as long as the other chapters, but please enjoy!)

The older kid's decided to discuss their future plans while Tommy and Dahlia sat off to the side by themselves. Of course, Dahlia could be in the conversation, but it was unanimously agreed that she would stay and keep Tommy company. Well, sort of.

*10 minutes ago*

"You guys, I think we have some things to discuss." Kouji started. The other kids walked over to him.

"Umm Tommy? Could you wait over there for a minute buddy?" Takuya asked, knowing this was serious. Tommy tried to argue with him but to no avail, so Tommy walked away and was by himself kicking the dirt with his shoe and grumbling about how unfair it was.

"Maybe one of us should go hang out with the little guy." Zoey suggested worried. They all looked at each other and agreed that it was the best thing to do.

"So who's gonna go?" Kouji asked.

"I think Dahlia should. It's not like she can really contribute to the conversation by talking anyway." JP shrugged. Zoey slapped his shoulder, very hard, and Kouji bawled up his fists. He was probably going to punch JP had Dahlia not stopped him. She looked to JP and nodded.

He's right, I'll go.

Takuya, who was also mad that JP was being so inconsiderate, felt bad. "You sure?"

Dahlia gave him a thumbs up and her usual smile.

Positive.

With that said, she walked over to Tommy and tapped on his shoulder. He smiled up at her and whispered something in her ear. She nodded with a laugh and they walked over towards a tree, disappearing behind it.

"JP, that was so rude!" Zoey scolded.

"Hey, I just stated the truth." He defended, but even he felt a little bit guilty. Kouji was still glaring daggers at him.

"Whatever, it's in the past. Let's just focus on the present and discuss what we were planning to." Takuya said, breaking the ice.

"Yeah whatever." Kouji growled. Zoey couldn't help but notice how much Kouji's was affected when it came to Dahlia and inwardly smirked. Her suspicious were proving to be true.

Dahlia sat behind the tree with her legs sprawled out, Tommy sitting on her lap. Earlier, he had asked if he could get to know her better and if she would actually whisper to him, to which she agreed to do with a smile on her face.

"Hmm. . . What should I ask?" Tommy asked. Dahlia giggled but shrugged.

How should I know?

"Alright, here's an easy one. What's your favorite color?"

Dahlia tapped her chin thoughtfully.

"Mint green." She whispered. Tommy grinned hearing her voice. It really did sound like his mothers. Dahlia could already feel the pain in her throat, but she decided to ignored it for Tommy. Actually, she would probably to just about anything for Tommy.

"Do you have any siblings or pets?" He asked next.

"No."

"Do you wish you did?"

"Yeah, I do."

Tommy asked her a few more questions before Dahlia stopped him for the night, promising she would talk again soon. Her throat was really starting to hurt now and had that familiar burning/stabbing feeling. She had pushed herself to her limit of talking and it was time for her to stop.

Of course she felt guilty because she couldn't talk to Tommy anymore. If only she could. . .

Tommy listened to her voice every time she spoke with his eyes closed. The sweet sound relaxed him a lot and her embrace along with the way she spoke made him think of his mother, but in a good way. At this point, he already thought of Dahlia as his favorite older sister.

He leaped off of her lap with an idea in mind.

"I know! Let's play a game!" He practically shouted. Dahlia looked at him confused and amused.

What game do you wanna play?

"Let's go on a scavenger hunt! Who ever finds the most interesting object wins and the winner will be decided by the others when they're done talking! Come on, what do you say? Please?"

Dahlia nodded with a smile.

Alright.

She quickly rote a note in the dirt.

Tommy and I decided to play a game while you guys were being all serious :p

We should be back soon!

-Dahlia and Tommy.

Once she was done, Tommy grabbed her hand and they started walking.

"Okay, if you see something in range then let go of the other persons hand and retrieve it. If we both see an object at the same time, then the first one to get it wins. You can only have one object, so if you see something you think is better then what you have, you should let it go and replace it with the new object." Tommy explained. Dahlia put her thumb up.

Okay!

They walked in silence, each intensely focused on finding something. Tommy was the first one to spot an object he deemed worthy and let go of Dahlia's hand, running over to get it. She sighed, waiting.

Tommy came back holding a weird fruit that looked kind of old. Dahlia hadn't ever seen anything like it.

"Weird huh! Come on, let's keep going."

A few minutes later, Dahlia thought she spotted something. She let go of Tommy's hand and climbed up a tree to grab it. When she came down, she was holding a shinny object that a bird had probably picked up. It looked sort of like a marble."

"It's so shinny!" Tommy exclaimed. "I hope the bird doesn't miss it."

The pinkette laughed. She was sure that it wouldn't.

They walked a little farther until they came to a river. At about the same time, Dahlia and Tommy spotted a shell in the water. The two looked at each other with determination in their eyes. Tommy was the first to let go, racing after the object.

Dahlia chased after him, He had started wading into the water a little when she wrapped her hands around his waist, picking Tommy up and placing him behind her.

"Hey no fair!"

The girl stuck her tongue out at him and continued towards the shell. She was almost there. . .

Tommy jumped on her back, causing her to fall forward. She landed in the water with a splash. Tommy laughed at her, then grabbed the shell.

"I got it!"

They both got out of the water, laughing. Dahlia was glad that she wasn't stuck in the 'older kid meeting' because she was having plenty of fun with the little boy by her side right now.

After 20 more minutes of searching, they decided to start heading back. Tommy was bringing with him an impressive sized claw from some type of animal while Dahlia had a shinny pendant in the shape of a bone.

"You think the others are done by now?" Tommy asked. Dahlia nodded. They had given them almost an hour, they should be finished and the sun was starting to set behind them.

They were walking calmly when Tommy heard something to his left. He turned on his heels, looking around.

"Did you just hear something?"

Dahlia gulped, but nodded. She shrugged it off though and assured Tommy that it was probably nothing.

They heard it again. Dahlia grabbed Tommy's hand, holding onto it tighter. She started walking a bit faster, dragging the little boy with her.

Suddenly, a digimon landed down a few feet in front of the digidestined. He looked at them with a curious look on his face.

Dahlia stepped in front of Tommy, inspecting the digimon closely. It was kind of like a little green monkey dressed up in cave man cloths.

The Digimon's eyes flew everywhere as inspected the kid's seemingly searching for something. Its eyes stopped right on Dahlia's neck.

More specifically, the rose pendent of her neckless.

With incredible speed, it dashed forward, unclasped the object off her neck, and then took of through the tree's.

"My neckless!" Dahlia whispered shock. It was the neckless that her mom had given her, the thing she treasured most.

"Don't worry Dahlia, we can go and get it back right now. Come on!" Tommy pulled out his D-tector. The girl smile at him and pulled out hers as well.

Data surrounded their hands.

"Execute."

They scanned the data.

"Spirit evolution!"

"Kumamon!"

"Lillymon!"

Had the older kid's not been huddled up talking like they were, the would have seen the green and blue lights of Dahlia and Tommy digivolving.

"Come on Lillymon! Let's go get it back." Lillymon picked up Kumamon, locking wrists with him. She then took off into the air towards the direction that the monkey had taken off in.

"Do you here anything?" Lillymon asked. They couldn't find a trace of the digimon.

Kumamon tilted his head, listening closely. To his right, he heard the rustle of some bushes.

"Go over there!" He shouted.

Lillymon turned, flying towards her right.

Soon, they caught sight of a digimon dashing from branch to branch. He was holding something shinny in his hands.

"That's him!" Lillymon exclaimed. Her speed suddenly became twice what it once was.

"Hey you! Stop!" Kumamon yelled. The digimon turned to face them, but then started leaping through the tree's faster. Lillymon gritted her teeth. She really didn't want to hurt this digimon, but when it came to her mothers neckless, she would.

"Please, just give me my necklace back!" She shouted.

The digimon called back to her. "Can't do that! Monmon needs this!"

"You don't understand! That's really important to me, just please give it back!" She begged.

This time it ignored her and kept on jumping.

"Why do you need it?" Kumamon shouted.

"I lost gift for Monmon so now I give this one!"

Rage filled Lillymon's body. A gift? He was going to take her necklace that her mother gave her and just give it to someone else? Fat chance.

Kumamon held on to Lillymon with one hand and grabbed his ice gun with the other. They weaved through tree's and branches, keeping up with the digimon they were pursuing.

He fired ice at the monkey but each and every one of his attacks missed. Tommy just couldn't get good aim when they were moving so fast.

Finally, they came to a clearing. The digimon was forced to the ground, and Lillymon and Kumamon quickly surrounded him.

"You said you we're trying to give the necklace as a gift right?" Lillymon started cautiously. The digimon nodded.

"What if we trade you something for it. Then will you give it back?"

The digimon nodded again. "You make good trade with Monmon and Monmon will give you this." He agreed, dangling the necklace. Tommy and Dahlia returned to their normal forms, holding out the objects they had collected for the game.

"How about this claw?" Tommy offered, holding out the claw he had collected. The digimon plucked it away from him and inspected it closely. It turned it around checking every inch, then held it up to his nose and sniffed it.

"No good." He answered, tossing it back. Monmon was about to leave again when Dahlia held out her object to him.

He looked at the bone like pendant full of interest. It was exactly what he was looking for! Monmon would love it!

He tossed back the rose necklace to Dahlia taking the pendent instead.

"This fair trade. Me accept. Monmon will love it!" He decided. Without another moments hesitation, took off into the tree's again.

"Good luck!" Tommy yelled waving.

And thank you to Monmon. Dahlia added silently.

Break line.

Dahlia held onto Tommy's hand again as they made their way to the campsite with Dahlia's neckless back where it belonged.

"So I guess this means I won!" Tommy grinned. Dahlia looked at him playfully and shook her head.

Not yet you haven't.

She looked around trying to spot something. Her eyes came to rest on an object in a bush. It was perfect. She let go of Tommy's hand, running to retrieve it.

From the bush, she plucked of a beautiful flower that she had never seen before. The petals felt delicate and smooth to the touch, the outermost parts white and then slowly fading into hot pink as it reached the middle. This occurred on all 5 petals.

Dahlia ran back over to Tommy, grabbed his hand again, and showed him the object that she had just found. He looked at it in awe and wonder.

"Wow, it's so pretty. . ." He mumbled. A second later, his body jolted.

"But I'm still gonna win!"

Dahlia laughed.

We'll see.

Break line.

It had been an hour and a half since Tommy and Dahlia had left and it was already dark out side. Kouji was pacing back in forth, out of his mind with worry.

"Maybe we should go look for them. . ." Takuya trailed off. They had read Dahlia's note, but she had never really given them a specific time as to when they would be back. Would they back soon? Were they supposed to be back a while ago?

"Let's just give them a few more minutes. If they don't turn up, we can go find them" Zoey decided.

Sure enough, five minutes later, Dahlia and Tommy came strolling back into the camp panting with grin's on their faces. 4 humans and 2 digimon ran over to them.

"What took you so long?" Kouji demanded, getting straight to the point. Tommy and Dahlia exchanged a look before they started laughing.

"Like we said, we went to play a game." Tommy smiled.

"What kind of game?" Takuya asked.

"That's right! We need you guys to judge. Okay, which of these objects do you think is better." Tommy asked. Both of them held out the object they had gathered.

Tommy's was a semi large white claw that had dent marks in it, obviously used in battle. It looked kind of old and also like it had belonged to a digimon from a long time ago.

Meanwhile Dahlia's flower looked even more enchanting in the moonlight, the colors dancing about it in away that gave it an almost unnatural glow.

"Definitely the flower! It's gorgeous!" Zoey exclaimed.

Dahlia: 1 Tommy: 0

"I agree with Zoey." JP added quickly.

Dahlia: 2 Tommy: 0

"Well I chose Tommy's. Do you see that thing! It's awesome!" Takuya yelled, now holding and inspecting it.

Dahlia: 2 Tommy: 1

"I'm gonna have to go with Tommy. Sorry Dahlia, but I don't see what's so great about a flower." Kouji said.

Dahlia: 2 Tommy: 2

"Ooo! Look at the pretty flower!" Neemon exclaimed, running over to Dahlia.

Dahlia: 3 Tommy: 2

"Hmm. . . This claw seems like it could be full of history. I chose Tommy's." Bokomon announced.

Dahlia: 3 Tommy: 3

"So then it's a tie?" Takuya questioned. Tommy shook his head.

"I haven't voted yet and I choose Dahlia's!"

Dahlia: 4 Tommy: 3

Dahlia was shocked. So she had won! She quickly grabbed Tommy into a hug.

"Thanks." She whispered.

"You're welcome. But next time I'm gonna win!" Tommy decided.

Everyone laughed, but Dahlia's soon turned into a cough. Her throat hurt extremely badly as she had just gone farther beyond her limits then should be possible. Not only had she been talking but she was breathing hard from their 'walk in the woods' as they had ended up racing back.

"Are you alright?" Zoey asked worried. Dahlia waved her hand to dismiss the topic.

Fine.

Yet she was still coughing a bit.

"Uh, I'm gonna go fill in Dahlia on what we decided. You guys talk to Tommy!" Without waiting for an answer, Kouji grabbed Dahlia's hand and dragged her away from the group.

He snatched up the flower in his hand.

"Are you allergic to this or something." He asked, inspecting it closely. She shook her head and crouched down to write something in the dirt.

I was talking to Tommy and I whispered too much plus we just raced back, that's all. P.s. I told Tommy I can talk.

"Dahlia, you know you shouldn't over exert yourself like that!" Kouji scolded.

She bowed her head in shame.

Sorry

There was silence for a minute. Then, Kouji reached out his hand, tucking Dahlia's hair behind her ear and placing the flower in to it as well. She blushed a delicate pink and hoped to God that Kouji didn't see it.

"There, that looks good on you. I can see now what's so great about that flower. Just promise you won't talk for a while okay?"

Dahlia's blush deepened a bit.

She held out her pinky signaling for Kouji to do the same. He chuckled but did anyway, and they wrapped their pinkies around each other.

Promise.

"Good. Now I also promised the others I would inform you on what we discussed so," Kouji took a deep breath, then updated her on everything they had talked about. She listened closely to what he was saying, absorbing in every word.

That whole time, the flower never left her hair.

And neither did the blush on her face.