"Fear and Loathing in Los Arboles"
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The group had all left the destroyed land and the burnt forest to rest up after the fiasco that had happened and Takuya was staring at his reflection in a lake, a frown on his face as he had a mental battle inside of himself for nearly destroying his friends and the pain he caused his sister when he lost control.
"Um, Takuya, are you OK?" Tommy asked hesitantly.
"I should be asking you that. I almost destroyed you all. I probably wouldn't have stopped if I hadn't heard Davis scream and saw her in the state she was in." Takuya said.
Davis got up from her spot under a tree next to Bokomon and Neemon and walked over to her brother with a smile on her caramel face.
"It wasn't your fault. Beast Spirits are wild, powerful beings that are hard to tame. I'm sure everyone else will have just as hard a time as you and Koji." Davis said.
"That's not a good thing, Daisuke!" Takuya yelled.
Davis sighed.
He always called her 'Daisuke' when he was either really angry or really worried about her and right now he was both.
"He's right. What if JP, Zoe and Tommy don't have control of their Beast Spirits too? It's all gonna hurt you just like it did with us." Koji said.
"Guys, I still have a Beast Spirit out there too, you know. I have just as much chance of going out of control and hurting myself like you guys, but that doesn't mean I'm going to run home scared. Heck, I'm terrified about what could happen to me and all of you guys, but I'm more scared of what will happen to this world if I just left. I'm the warrior of Harmony for Pete's sake. I have to stay here no matter what." Davis said with a determined look in her chocolate colored eyes.
Everyone stayed quiet as they thought that over and knew that they couldn't argue with the girl on this any further, so they decided to drop it.
They all decided to just keep moving until they came across Grumblemon again, Davis getting carried there on Takuya's back since he still didn't want his sister to be away from him after he almost lost her.
As they walked on, they saw that the roots in the path all formed these different patterns that were dangerous so they had to be careful.
Bokomon scoffed at the fact and wound up tripping over a root that was right in front of him.
"Hey, check it out. What's up with these roots?" JP asked when they all saw some roots that looked like a game of tic tac toe with the squares that had Xs and the one that had O.
"Do those symbols stand for hugs and kisses?" JP asked teasingly.
"Yeah, like you'd know." Zoe and Davis said, smirking at each other.
"Hey!" the heavy set boy said as the girls giggled.
"It looks like a maze." Neemon said.
"Not really. All the roots connect."
"We'll make it a maze. Everyone get your own vine and let's go! Hoo hoo!" Neemon cheered.
"Cool, I'll take this one!" Zoe said choosing one.
Everyone chose their own vine and started running after Davis got down off of her brother's back to join in on the fun.
The girl wound up getting an X with Neemon, Bokomon and Koji on the same X, Zoe was on an X and JP on the last X, while Tommy and Takuya both got the only O that was there.
"We win!" the two boys said.
"Yeah, so what's the big deal?" JP asked.
Just then, the ground under then collapsed and turned into quick sand, Tommy and Takuya being the only ones safe from harm.
"You just had to ask! Don't you know by now that asking stupid questions will only lead to bad things?" Davis scolded as Neemon clung to the girl.
"Well sorry, Mom!" JP said waving his arms, flinging the muck around.
Grumblemon came in and said that they all fell for their trap and that the winners were going to get their Spirits taken away as the prize.
Takuya fought him while Tommy helped get the others out by throwing a vine for the group to catch and then they were all pulled out safely as Takuya and Gigasmon went at it.
Takuya decided that he had to use his Beast Spirit to take him out, so he gathered up his courage and managed to make the change without his sister screaming in pain because he had full control.
The others joined him, but Gigasmon got away with Zoe's Spirit and they all vowed to get the blonde her Spirit back no matter what happens.
TBC
I got sloppy at the end, sorry!