The group set off the next morning, with as much supplies as they could carry. Hayato led the way with Pagumon, Gaomon and Dracomon. Hanako walked close behind them but would often stop to wait for Hotaru, Akio, and their digimon, Missimon rested on her shoulder. Yasu and Yuuki, took up the rearguard and walked together, telling each other what had happened during their separate adventures. Yuuki went first telling Yasu about Monochromon and Firamon and then herding the Botamon through the dark cave, at which point he paused for a long moment, and a look of sorrow momentarily flitted across his face, and he murmured, "I should have stayed . . ."

"What?" said Yasu.

"My parents wouldn't have been worried if I hadn't come back, I run away all the time . . .I should have stayed maybe if one of us had been there maybe we could have done something . . ."

Yasu shook his head, ". . . I think if any of us had stayed we would have just added to the casualties."

"Maybe . . . I still feel bad, . . . Firamon entrusted me with the Botamons' lives, and I . . . I let him down . . ."

". . . Maybe some of them got away, Dhampirmon was there he wouldn't have let them get hurt, maybe he was able to get them away . . ."

"Then why didn't he come back to get us?" said Yuuki, sending a strangely knowing look towards his companion.

". . . I-I don't know, . . ."

". . . Whatever . . ." Yuuki sighed, "Come on the others are leaving us behind."

Yuuki continued the account of his and Akio's adventures, finishing with how they had escaped from Flarizamon.

Yasu then told of his, Hayato's and the girls' own adventures with Dracomon and the other digimon finishing with the attack of Allomon shortly before they had met up with Yuuki. When they had finished the sun was sinking towards the horizon and everyone was ready to stop for the night, they made camp and settled in.


Author's Notes

Short chapter, I know, I've been pretty distracted though, sorry. Not much happened in this Chapter, but I have a lot of things to decide on, if you have the time, please drop by my profile and take the poll to decide which digimon should digivolve next, thank you for your time.