Oh my god I'm sorry guys for the long wait for the next chapter! It's just that school is taking all the extra time I have and therefore makes it hard to be able to write this story. But I will continue with it, it'll just be a little bit longer wait between every chapter. So sorry for that!

Anyways, hopefully this chapter sort of lives up to some expectations.. Please review and share!

I don't own Digimon or it's characters! Only the OC Tomoemon!


Lobomon Is Back

"How far do we have to walk? I'm tired already…"

"We have only walked for twenty minutes JP, stop complaining," Bokomon answered back to the boy at the back of the line.

"I'm feeling kind of tired myself, maybe we could just take a little break?" Zoe said a few seconds later.

"When you mention it you do look kind of pale young girl. Okay everyone, let's take a break!"

JP's eyes widened;

"So as soon as a girl wants to stop its okay, but when I want to take a break it's a no right away! Unfair…" he thought to himself, but decided not to complain since he got to sit down for a minute after all. The group found a little place where they could rest privately. The boys went out to look for some food, while Zoe wanted to stay back at their temporarily campsite. Takuya however couldn't shake off the feeling that Zoe was ill, so he decided to stay beside her just in case.

"Bokomon was right, you look pale. Are you okay?" He asked and sat down next to Zoe.

"I'm not sure actually. Mentally speaking I'm fine, but physically; I feel exhausted. Maybe I've come down with the flu or something."

"Let's hope not!" Takuya said loudly with a laugh hid behind his words.

"Why not? Afraid you'll get infected?" She said and stared at him with a nasty look in her eyes, like she was about to cough at him for the fun of it.

Takuya started to laugh nervously and pretended that he was about to step back and run for it. Zoe on the other hand took it more serious than expected and really thought he was going to run.

"Jerk…" she said and turned her head the other way. Takuya noticed she became upset and felt stupid for speaking before thinking.

"Oh come on Zoe, I was just kidding," Takuya said and smiled to her.

"Prove it," she said and looked at him again. Takuya then stared at her eyes for some seconds and smiled at her. He eventually reached out his arms and gave her a tight hug and put her in his arms.

"See? I'm not afraid."

Zoe just smiled and closed her eyes. Whenever Takuya held her she always felt better, and this time was no exception.

In the distance Koji, Tommy and JP looked at the two figurines of their friends.

"What the heck do they think they're doing?" Koji asked and stared weirdly at them.

"They're hugging Koji. Never seen it before?" JP said sarcastically and smirked.

"I know they're hugging JP… what I meant was that they're not doing anything. They just sit there and get comfy while the rest of us have to walk around collecting food."

"You never seem to be a 100 % pleased Koji, you're strange dude," JP said and laughed. Koji repaid his friends laugh and smacked his back, letting JP know that he shouldn't push it too far before he'd get annoyed at him.

"Common, just let the two lovebirds be," Tommy said and shook his head, trying to balance the branches he held so they wouldn't fall down. Koji and JP looked surprised at each other, wondering how he knew that Takuya and Zoe had a thing going on.

"What? I figured it out too you know. Everyone knows it, except those two who think we don't know."

Takuya randomly glanced to his right and caught the sight of Koji, Tommy and JP. He immediately let go of Zoe and placed himself a bit further away from her.

"What's wrong?" Zoe asked, and soon followed Takuya's discretely pointing finger that were aimed at the others who were coming their way. She quickly pulled it together and acted like normal. By the time the three boys had come down to them, they had decided not to mention it and act like they hadn't seen anything. But Koji just couldn't help himself, it was too tempting to tease them.

"So… what have you two been up too?" He asked them with a smirk wanting to burst out and reveal them.

Both Takuya and Zoe looked at each other and slightly blushed.

"Ehm, not much. Nothing serious to put it like that," Takuya slightly embarrassed forced out of his mouth, but earned an elbow in the side from Zoe who disagreed in his choice of words.

He then put on a fake laugh and rubbed the back of his head.

Luckily he was broken off by Neemon who were nagging about dying of hunger if he didn't eat something soon.
"You guys find any food?" he complained.

"Yeah, we just have to make a fire first to cook it and then it'll be ready!" Tommy said enthusiastically and showed them the meat-flavoured apples they were carrying. Everyone remembered these apples from the first time they had eaten them in the Digital World.

With food in their stomachs everyone was now tired. No one had to suggest that they'd go to sleep, because some of them had already dozed off. Takuya snored loudly while Koji kept poking him with a stick, trying to get him to stop making so much noise. After Koji's poking had helped he was also able to fall asleep. Now Zoe was the only one who was awake, and since she couldn't sleep she decided to stand guard for a little while. As the hours passed by she eventually got sleepy as well and fell asleep like the others.

When the sun shone at their faces they all woke up from a good night's sleep, except for Zoe, who had only gotten worse by the hours.

"She's even paler than she was yesterday. Is she sick Bokomon?"

"I don't know Takuya, I'm not a doctor," The little white Digimon said.

Takuya didn't accept that for an answer.

"Then we have to find someone who can treat whatever it is that's causing this!"

"I'm okay Takuya, you don't have to worry so much," Zoe said while trying to get up, but the stabbing pain in her stomach was too painful so she fell on her but again, while holding around her waist.

"Just hold still Zoe, that's probably what's best for you at the moment," Koji said and helped her lay down again. She just nodded and tried to relax and not show how much it hurt at the same time.

Takuya on the other hand knew she was in serious pain and wanted to do something about it. But for now he would just make sure she was comfortable and help the best he could in any possible way.

Koji had gotten eager to get his Spirits back the last couple of hours and had now dragged Takuya and JP over to where he sat to set up a plan of attack against Lobomon. Tommy had gone with Bokomon and Neemon to try to find something they could give Zoe to ease of the pain, while Zoe laid underneath a tree and tried to rest. Which was pretty hopeless taken her pains in consideration.

"I say you and JP try to lure him so that I can jump out of nowhere and fire my strongest attack at him. Then we might be able to beat him enough for Koji to…"

"Shh." Koji broke Takuya off and hushed at him.

"What's the matter?" JP whispered and looked concerned.

"He's close. Quick we need to hide!" Koji exclaimed silently and started to run towards the camp again.

"How do you know?" JP asked with a raised voice as Koji got to his feet.

"Just an intuition, but I was his spirits keeper you know," Koji replied shortly after.

While Koji and JP small talked about the plan while running, Takuya instantly thought of Zoe who was left alone at the camp. He rushed away in front of them and you could almost just see the dust from his feet.

They tried to be as quiet as possible while making their escape, but Lobomon had been keeping an eye on them for a while now and knew where they were going.

"Zoe, get up! We have to leave right away, Lobomon is near," Takuya tried to whisper to the half-asleep girl, but was too tensed in his body to sound anything but calm. Zoe knew she had to suck in the pain now and get a move on, but it wasn't that easy when you could barely stand. Takuya saw that she was struggling and took matter into action.

"I'll carry you, okay? Just grab on to me."

Zoe nodded and was lifted into Takuya's arms and then he took off again. Koji and JP weren't far behind them, but Lobomon had no intention to let them get too far away.

"That's long enough kids!" he yelled when he caught up with them and both Koji and JP stopped and turned around to face him.

"Leave this to me Koji," JP said and walked in front of his friend.

"Execute! Spirit Evolution!" JP shouted and managed to gain Takuya and Zoe's attention.

Takuya turned around and looked worriedly back towards his friends who were now initiating a battle with the threatening Digimon. He knew he had to join the fight, but at the same time he knew that that meant he would have to leave Zoe alone.

"Just go Takuya, I'll be fine." Zoe looked up at him and gave him a reassuring smile. Takuya smiled gratefully back at her. Gently he put her down and ran off to help his friends.

"Execute! Spirit Evolution!" He yelled and pulled out his red and black D-Tector, scanning his hand.

"Pyro Tornado!" Agunimon launched at Lobomon right away and wanted to get this over and done with.

"Lightning Blitz!" Beetlemon was also eager today. Koji just hoped they wouldn't spend all their energy up at once, he knew that Lobomon probably had a trick up his sleeve.

"Fools!" Lobomon cried and evolved into BeoWolfmon.

"Oh yeah? I can do that too!" Agunimon bragged.

Before he managed to turn into Aldamon BeoWolfmon hit him with his Cleansing Light attack. Agunimon was sent to the ground, struggling to get up. When Beetlemon jumped in in Agunimon's place he was also struck by the same attack. This pained Zoe to watch, she really wanted to get out there and help them.

"Execute! Beast Spirit Evolution!" Her transformation was successful, but when she had properly turned into Zephyrmon her pain caught up to her.

"Another one willing to play?" BeoWolfmon said teasing and started to walk slowly towards the warrior in pain.

"Zephyrmon get away!" Beetlemon yelled while he was still hurt from BeoWolfmon's attack.

"Plasma Paws!"

Her attack was sent flying towards the other warrior, but it didn't stop him from coming towards her. She fired the attack one more time, but this also went by without any serious damage.

"Tired yet?" BeoWolfmon asked and grinned. Zephyrmon couldn't take the pain anymore and fell to the ground and was unable to defend herself from this point on.

"Zoe!" Agunimon cried and tried to stand up at his own two feet.

"I'm fine," Zephyrmon forced to say through the pain, but remained on the ground. BeoWolfmon was now standing right next to her and grabbed her by her throat.

"Do you give up?"

"No, I will never give up! Not when I can still breathe," Zephyrmon said and struggled getting any air through his grasp. Agunimon finally got to his feet and rushed towards the two warriors.

"Let her go!" he yelled and prepared his Pyro Tornado attack.

"As you wish," the Warrior of Light grinned and threw Zoe several meters away.

"No!" Beetlemon cried as he was also on his feet now and had rushed to back up Agunimon, but saw his friend being tossed further away.

"Cleansing Light!" BeoWolfmon shouted yet another time and hit both Beetlemon and Agunimon and sent them flying in a different direction than Zephyrmon.

"Ow!" they cried in unison as they hit a tree and then the ground.

"And you…" BeoWolfmon walked towards Zephyrmon again who lay on the ground, almost not moving.

Koji had never felt this helpless since the last time they were in the Digital World. He had to do something.

"Beo Saber!" BeoWolfmon used his sword to bash Zephyrmon up into the air, and when she could barely breathe she certainly couldn't use her wings.

"Let's end this right here, right now."

He paused;

"Frozen Hunter!" he then exclaimed and sent his attack storming towards Zephyrmon.

"Hang in there Zoe!" Koji called to his friend, but knew she might now survive that attack, at least not in her present state.

The attack hit Zephyrmon and reverted her back into Zoe. Her screams were unbearable to listen too.

She didn't move or make any sound as she had crash-landed on the ground.

"Zoe!" Agunimon saw her falling towards the ground. He wanted to reach out and grab her, but was too far away. The noise of bones braking was heard as she hit the ground.

"Avalanche Axes!" Korikakumon hit the evil warrior with a surprise attack and made BeoWolfmon fall.

"You are going to pay for what you did!" Agunimon shrieked and evolved into Aldamon with wild flames covering his entire body. He was ready to fight BeoWolfmon when thunder appeared on the sky and turned dark.

"Warrior of Light, retreat!" the weak voice of a man cried out and BeoWolfmon disappeared into the darkness a micro second later.


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