(A/N: Still taking ages to update... I just never find time to write..

By the way, you might have noticed I changed my account name from January and Etheron to January Frost. I just got bored of the other one... :D

Here's chapter 11!

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Ryo awoke with a start to find himself lying on something soft. Opening his eyes, he saw the sky above him. 'Good,' he thought. 'Sky is good. At least there's an 'up' to this place.' He slowly started to close his eyes again. Then something registered in his brain. Pink sky. Pink sky is NOT normal. Ryo sat up and looked around. His eyes widened as he took in his surroundings, which consisted of endless puffy hills in pastel colours. As soon as he had sat up, he began sinking back down into the ground. It was like he was sitting on marshmallows.

"Ryo? Are you here too?" It was Jeri's small voice, and hearing it Ryo turned around to see the girl perched on a heap of pale green 'marshmallows', Leomon sitting beside her. "I can't see anyone else!"

Ryo tried to pull himself out of the squishy seat, but had no luck. "Jeri, I can't get out of here!" he called to her, squirming. "How did you get up there?"

"I climbed..?" Jeri said, slightly unsure of why Ryo was having so much trouble. "Maybe it's just 'cause I'm lighter than you!" she said cheerfully. "We should try to find everyone else," Jeri stood up on the small hill, and happily slid down. Bouncing slightly, she made her way over to Ryo, offered him a hand and pulled him out of his prison. Jeri burst into giggles as Ryo sank down again. "There must be something different about the way girls and guys stand," she said between giggles.

Ryo pulled himself out, and the two looked around them. Ryo noticed a flash of black behind a cluster of baby blue clumps. Then a head popped up, and Kazu called to them, "A little help over here? Guardromon's stuck!"

When Ryo and Jeri had made it over, they found Kazu attempting to dig out the robot, whose head was the only part of him visible. Leomon easily reached down and yanked him up, scattering the marshmallows everywhere, and leaving a pit in his wake.

"I can finally breathe again!" Kat, who had been pinned behind Guardromon, gasped. Monamon fluttered up out of the pit, helping Kat out. "Where's Kenta?"

"Nobody else is here," Alice spoke, walking up behind them. "This is everyone."

Ryo looked at the faces of the four others around them. So the only people there were him, Kazu, Kat, Alice and Jeri.. that meant... "Where's Rika?" he demanded.

Alice shook her head solemnly. "Not here. She was pulled away along with Takato, Kenta, Nami and Henry by another data stream. I don't know where they are."

"Then... then Takato might be hurt somewhere out in the digital world?" Jeri said, panic straining her voice.

Kat put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "He has the others there with him, and Guilmon's there to protect them. Don't worry, we'll find them."

"If we can find out where WE are first.." Kazu muttered grumpily.

Shortly after Kazu had spoken, Calumon came tumbling over a puffy pink hill. "Jeri!" he cried happily, bouncing up and down at the girl's feet. "It's like a whole world of creampuffs here! I wonder if I can eat--" the little digimon stopped short at the dismal looks on the five surrounding tamers' faces. "Why does everyone look so angry?"

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Things where Rika was weren't going much better. After everyone had come to, realized they weren't anywhere near where they were before and then realized that they were only half the amount they had been before they'd magically changed places.

"So where exactly are we?" Henry addressed the group. He had taken Takato's place as temporary leader, as Takato was rather mopey, Jeri not being there. "Clearly we aren't anywhere near the place where we were attacked by the Mortitiamon. It's obvious that we were transported by a data stream to this place, but I guess the question is, where are the others?" He couldn't concentrate on his words while his mind was so focused on the abscence of Alice. 'Let's face it,' he thought. 'Some strange force has separated each of us from the on we care for the most, and we're hopeless without them. I guess it could be coincidental, but it seems too precise.'

"Maybe they're in this cave, just in a different area," Kenta suggested optimistically. "After all, we were all seperated when we woke up.. maybe they're just through that tunnel!" he pointed at a random opening out of many in the wall.

Rika raised her eyebrows. "Uh-huh, and the exit to this cave is just a hop, skip and a jump behind that. Give me a break."

She hated to admit it, but Rika was really worried about Ryo. Also, she... well, she kinda missed him. But just a bit. It's not as if she was desperate for his ever-happy presence beside her, for his comforting body heat at her side, for his triumphant grin and sparkling blue eyes when he had called her his Wildcat, and she had given him a glare... No, she didn't miss him! She would NOT be the type of girl to sit in a corner and sob when their possible boyfriend was gone..

Then she noticed Nami, sitting nearby with her legs pulled up against her chest, her face buried in her knees. Rika made her was over to the girl, and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay?" she asked the black-haired girl.

Nami looked up at her with her pale-green eyes. "I-I just miss K-Kazu.." she sniffed, her eyes welled up with tears. "I guess I've never really met a guy who liked me for who I am, not what I am."

"It's hard being famous, isn't it?" Rika offered, feeling she could relate to Nami as she remembered all the guys who had approached her to ask her out just because she had been on the cover of a few magazines.

Nami nodded. "I've never been able to trust anyone as I can trust you, and Jeri, and Kat, and Alice.. I guess I've never had real friends before."

Rika smiled. "I didn't really either, until I met the others. I used to be so cold and mean to everyone, even Renamon."

"I wish I had had Lunamon in the real world.." Nami sighed. "Things would've been so much easier. I just always felt so alone, since I'd been told time and time again by my publicist not to get too close to anyone, since they'd probably sell information on me to the tabloids. Of course, I was just a kid so I took her advice. I was always going from place to place on a concert tour, so I never had time to settle down with the few 'friends' I had anyways."

"It must have been hard on you," Rika sympathized. Nami was very different from the girl she had imagined the famous Namiko Orikasawa to be. She wasn't anywhere near to being a spoiled brat, constantly cheery and she hadn't heard her utter a word about 'being yourself', 'keeping a smile on your face' or the fact that 'nobody's perfect', as most of her songs liked to revolve around.

"So how did your eyes become such a light green if you're japanese?" Rika asked, changing the subject.

"Oh, my mom's french. I got the eyes from her, and the rest of me from my dad." Nami answered, her tears disappearing. The two girls chatted about their families and school, and anything else they could come up with until Henry called them over.

"We've come up with a plan," he stated. "We obviously aren't getting anywhere just sitting around in this cave, so obviously we have to try and find a way out. Takato came up with the idea of leaving a trail, in case we get lost or reach a dead end."

"A trail of what? Breadcrumbs?" Rika asked skeptically. "I don't think we have any bread on us."

"No, we don't." Takato answered, pulled slightly out of his skulking. "But Guilmon can leave scorch marks on the walls every so often, and we can follow them back."

Kenta nodded. "It's a good idea."

After the five tamers decided on a tunnel to start with, they began walking. Just in case they did happen to find a way out, they strapped their supplies to Gargomon.

"It's really dark.." Nami whispered. "I can't see a thing."

"Pyro sphere!" Guilmon's attack briefly lit up the cave, leaving a mark against the wall.

"Wait a second.." Kenta said, and his footsteps stopped. Then his face was illuminated by a pale orange light. "I brought candles!"

"You think of everything, don't you.." Rika said, not entirely impressed but grateful for the light. Kenta passed each of the tamers a candle, illuminating the tunnel. It wasn't much different from the cave they had been in, just small and thin, the walls a gray-blue stone.

The group walked for what seemed like hours (but was really only about 20 minutes) until they reached a dead end.

"Well, I guess we turn back.." Henry said. The tamers made the long trek back to the cave, and went to choose another tunnel.

After exploring three or four more of the surrounding tunnels, they were having no luck. They all either went straight up, ended completely or dropped away to nothing (Kenta had had to be rescued from falling to his death more than once).

"You know, this would be alot easier if we split up," Rika said, looking at the group. "We only have six or seven more of these tunnels left, and it would go alot faster if we each went alone."

"You have a point," Henry said. "But if anyone finds anything other than a dead end, they come back immediately, even if it's just a fork in the path."

The others agreed, and split up. Kenta and MarineAngemon went with Takato, since they would have to walk the whole time otherwise.

Rika was perched on Kyuubimon's back as her digimon barreled down a tunnel. The path just seemed to go on and on, always the same straight stone. Finally, they came to the wall at then end. No luck. Kyuubimon turned around and sprinted back.

Nobody else had had any luck either. There were only two tunnels left to try. They decided to try them as a group, so there wouldn't be any time wasted if one was the exit.

As the group of five made their way down the tunnel, Henry noticed something. "Is it just me, or does it sound like someone's singing?"

The tamers stopped to listen. Indeed, it did sound like there was a women nearby. They could barely make out the words of her song, but there was still the soft whisper of the melody. As the tamers approached, they noticed a soft purple light coming from the end of the tunnel. As they got closer, the sound of singing intensified, and the tunnel revealed a large, round chamber lit with violet lanterns. In the center was a small pond, and what appeared to be a woman pace around it. Her lips sang a bittersweet wordless tune. Her back was currently towards them, so she didn't see the watching tamers.

"Is that a human?" Nami whispered. The woman did indeed look human, her skin pale and her hair dark. A strange crown adorned her head and she was clad in a black dress that was partially covered by a purple robe. Upon closer inspection, though, two pairs of wings protruded from her back and her neck, and eight spear-ended tentacles moved with her body.

"No, that has to be a digimon," Henry replied. He pulled out his digivice and read the data. "Her name is Lilithmon, and she's a Mega level. Her attacks are Phantom Pain, Nazar Nail and Darkness Love."

(A/N: If you want to see a picture of Lilithmon, she's on Wikipedia. Look her up :D)

Almost as if one of the tamers had called her name, Lilithmon slowly turned to face them. A lazy smile spread across her purple lips as she regarded the group from under her thick lashes. "What's this we have here? Visitors, it seems. Do come in,"

Kenta, Nami and Takato slowly stepped forwards, only to be pulled back by Rika and Henry.

"Wait!" Rika hissed. "What if she's dangerous? Or if this is a trap?"

"We should consider this first," Henry whispered. "We do have our digimon with us, so we can't be entirely taken by surprise."

"I think she's relatively safe." Takato stated. "She hasn't attacked us yet, and if she really did want to destroy us, wouldn't she be chasing us by now?"

The others did have to agree with him on that point.

"Then it's settled." Takato continued. "We'll see what she can tell us about where we are, and how we get out, and if she attacks us, we run."

The tamers slowly stepped towards Lilithmon, who was still waiting patiently by the stone basin. "Now now, no need to look so frightened, darlings. I don't bite."

Gathering all his courage, Takato spoke. "Can you tell us where we are?" he asked.

"Where you are? Certainly you know that by now. You got here, didn't you?" Lilithmon asked sweetly.

"Well, actually, we were transported here by a data stream. We got seperated from our friends and were trying to find our way back to them.." Kenta said shyly.

"Oh really?" the black robed digimon replied serenely. "Well, in that case you are in the Luminscent Labrynth, my domicile."

"I can see why they call it a labrynth.." Rika muttered. She clearly didn't like being stuck underground, away from... certain people.

"Yes, well, I was shut away in this dark, gloomy place." Lilithmon said, almost sadly. "Oh, don't worry. I'm not dangerous." she added after seeing a wary look on the tamers' faces. "At least.. not anymore."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Nami asked quietly.

Lilithmon sighed. "I guess I'm going to have to tell you the whole story... might as well sit down."

Just as the five tamers were settling down on stray rocks around the cave, a crash was heard from outside the tunnel.

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Ryo's legs felt as if they were about to fall off. Not only had they been walking for what seemed like hours, but they had been walking through the strange marshmallow things, and every so often Kat or Kazu would trip and fall, and then the whole group would have to stop and help either of the two out.

After the umpteenth time pulling Kat out of the ground, Ryo finally cracked.

"This is getting us nowhere!" he moaned. "We're never gonna find Rika and the others if we continue like this! Dammit!" he cried, kicking a particularly large marshmallow. It bounced across the rest of the terrain and vanished into the horizon. Suddenly, the five tamers felt a rumble.

"Wha-what's going on?" Jeri said nervously.

Alice stood up after helping Kat out of her trap. "I don't know, but it doesn't seem good.."

The ground shook more vigorously, until suddenly it stopped.

"Well, I'm glad that's over.. we should get out of here as soon as we can." Kazu sighed with relief.

But as soon as the group took a step, the marshmallows around them were flung into the air, hovering there with the tamers clinging to them for dear life.

"What's this all about?" Kazu exclaimed as he managed to pull himself up onto a pastel-green marshmallow. "Since when does the ground in the digital world just rip itself up and jump into the air?"

"That's strange..." murmured Alice, who was calmly sitting on top of a light purple glob.

"That's what I just said!" Kazu practically yelled, frustrated at having slipped off the round blob again.

"No, that's not what I meant." Alice continued, still managing to keep her balance. "What's strange is that these things don't even roll, not when Kazu grabs onto them, putting all his weight onto it. Wouldn't a normal floating object turn over?"

"Umm... I think we have bigger problems right now, Alice.." Jeri said, clinging to a pale yellow marshmallow.

"Such as?"

"Well, the fact that we're floating right above a bottomless pit, for starters.." said Kat, straddling her own marshmallow. "And maybe the fact that the blob-things over there are also starting to disappear. That might just have something to do with it!"

Looking past their group, Ryo's eyes widened in shock. Not too far away, the blobs were begginning to explode into little clouds of pastel colours, and the exploding trend was making its way towards them.

"Cyberdramon!" he called his digimon. "Get over here! Everyone else, find a digimon who can fly!"

"That doesn't exactly seem to work here!" Monamon responded from near to Kat. "The gravity's all weird, and we can get up off these marshmallow things!"

The marshmallows a few rows away from them were turning into puffs of colour, then the ones two rows away... one row away..

"We're doomed..." Kazu said, as their own globs vanished from underneath them, leaving them to tumble downwards.

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Rika lead the group on Kyuubimon as the five other tamers and their partners raced after her down the tunnel. They emerged into the cavern to find ten beings sprawled in the middle of the floor, some slowly sitting up. Rika's eyes widened.

"Ryo!" she cried, running towards the brown-haired boy on the ground. Before he had even fully sat up, she threw herself into his arms, knocking him back down again.

"Well, Wildcat," Ryo said, the wind slightly knocked out of him. "Who would've thought you could be so affectionate?"

"Shut up, Pretty Boy.." she muttered into his chest.

The others were having similar happy reunions. Takato was worriedly checking Jeri for any injuries, as she giggled, simply happy to see him. Henry and Alice were, well, to put it plainly, making out. Nami was squeezing the life out of an out-of-breath Kazu, and Kat was happily cuddling with Kenta. Their moments were broken, thought, as Lilithmon approached.

"Ah, I was wondering when the rest of you would get here." she said softly.

Ryo, Kazu and Alice immediately stood up, on their guard.

"Don't worry, she's a friend.. I think." Henry said, placing a hand on Alice's shoulder. "She told us she could help us get out of here."

"You mean there's no way out?" Kat asked, her eyes wide.

"So far, no." Kenta answered.

"Would you please follow me?" Lilithmon asked pleasantly, turning down the hall half the tamers had come from. The reunited group had no choice but to follow her back into her chamber, and through a small passage at the back. They were lead into a larger room, lit by blue flames. In the middle stood a large circular table with ten d-arc shaped indents in it, each a different colour.

Suddenly, the ten tamers knew what to do. Each walked up to the table and inserted their d-arc into the colour-coded hole, the table instantly alight with colour and patterns.

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(A/N: oooh, what's happened now?

soooooryyy it too soooooo long to update! I didn't want it to be more than a month, though, so I finally put myself to work :D

Just out of curiosity (not stalker-osity or anything) do I have any male readers? Just cause I've noticed that most of the Ryuki authors are female.. in fact, most authors on are female... So any guys reading this?

Thanks for all your reviews! one more and I'm at 50!!

-January