d/c I don't own digimon. (Not yet...MWAHAHAHAHA! okay...)
Izzy's p.o.v
"That's me." She leaned over and hugged me. "It's been so long! I missed ya, buddy."
"I missed you too." I couldn't believe it. Here I was with my best friend, one I hadn't seen in a long time, and we liked each other!
"We don't have a whole lot of time left before we get up and go through the swamp. Both of us need to get to sleep now. Whose turn is it to keep watch?"
"Mimi's, I believe."
"Let's wake her up..." she said with a mischievous grin. "...Ryan!" She reached over and ruffled my hair.
"Hey! I'm going to get you for that!" Izzy dropped Arrow's cloak on the ground and chased after her.
*************
Garudamon now stood in a dark room. The walls were made of gray stone, with a cement floor. On the opposite side of the room, the purple and orange digimon stood.
"You're back, KaneNashimon."
"Yes, I am. I tried to keep them from coming here, but they still persist. A few days ago I dropped a rock on the blond boy's foot to slow them down."
"I believe it didn't work."
"No, sir."
"Here. Take this bag of sand." Garudamon pulled a small leathery pouch from the thick black belt around his waist. "Wait in the swamp for them. When you see them, throw the sand onto all of the flying digimon. This will prevent them from being able to fly. Be sure not to get too much on them. If that happens..." He stopped to think a moment. "If that happens, use this to put all of them to sleep." He took what appeared to be a green Windex bottle from his belt. "While they sleep, bring them here."
"How will I get ALL of them here? I'm too small!"
"Ah, you forgot. I have a digivice. Here. Just use it to digivolve. Then you'll be large enough to carry all of them. Remember, don't hurt them."
"Yes, sir."
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Mimi's p.o.v.
I'm still mad at Arrow and Izzy. I was having this really great dream about me and Joe in Hawaii, then they picked me up and dropped me in the berry bushes! How rude! Half an hour later, I'm still picking the leaves off of my dress! It's my turn to keep watch now, and I can't even find the path back to camp. Oh, here it is! It's gotten lighter outside since I first woke up. Oh my, look at that sunrise! That has got to be the most beautiful one I ever saw! "HEY GUYS, WAKE UP! YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS SUNRISE!"
"Mimi, do you think you could be a little quieter? I'm TRYING to sleep here!"
"Sorry, Tai. You've GOT to see this sunrise! Look at all the pretty colors!
Tai's p.o.v.
I sat up. I noticed everyone else waking up too. It wasn't very long before everyone was standing. WOW, that IS a pretty sunrise! Clouds were scattered in front of the sun, reflecting golden rays from them. The whole sky was pink and purple and red. Whoa, what was that? I think I saw a green cloud. "Did anyone see that green cloud? It was right over my head up in the sky but it flew too quick!"
"A green cloud?" Izzy gave me a skeptical look before looking back at the sky. "Hey, there IS a green cloud!"
"Told you!"
Matt's p.o.v.
I woke up to a bunch of yelling. I opened my eyes and saw the most colorful sky I had ever seen. "Hey Sora! Check this out!" I gently shook her awake with my free arm. She opened her eyes suddenly.
"Matt, look at the sky!"
"I know. Beautiful, isn't it?"
"Yeah."
"Sora?"
"What?"
"Could you sit up for a minute? My arm's asleep."
She giggled. "Okay." She sat up and hugged her knees to keep from falling backwards.
"Thanks."
Joe's p.o.v.
Everyone was standing, staring at the sky. Almost everyone. Arrow and Izzy were playing Tag with all the digimon. "OW! Tentomon! Don't fly so close to my head anymore, okay?"
"Sorry Joe!"
"Are you all right Joe?" Mimi looked at me with concern. She touched the back of my head where Tentomon whacked me. It was still a little tender.
"I'm OK." I took her hand and pulled her in front of me so that we faced each other. I smiled down at her, and she smiled at me.
"That's good."
I cupped her face in my hands, stroking her cheek with my thumb. I leaned over and kissed her. Suddenly I got a weird feeling. I looked around at the others. They weren't watching the sunrise anymore. "Uhh...heh heh heh..."
"Go Joe! Go Joe! You're groovin'! Go Joe!" Tai started dancing around. Oh boy.
"Tai, stop it right now! I can't believe you're being so immature!" Mimi was screaming at the top of her lungs. It stunned everyone. She looked ready to kill Tai. He noticed that.
"Okay, Mimi. Sorry." He looked dazed and confused.
Arrow's p.o.v.
Wow, I didn't know she had it in her. In the short time I've been with everyone, I have NEVER seen anyone shut Tai up that fast. I'll probably be seeing more of it. Oh no! We should be packing! We've got to find Matt and Sora! "Where's Matt and Sora?"
What's that? Sounded like it's in the bushes. I looked in the direction of the noise, and saw Matt holding back a branch so Sora could walk through.
"Nevermind."
Izzy walked up to me. "Should we get ready to cross the swamp?"
"Yes. After that, let's get breakfast. Why don't you be in charge of packing?"
"Okay." As he left, I reached out and smacked his butt. He stopped suddenly, and turned around looking really surprised. "ARROW!" he whispered, wide-eyed and blushing. I winked at him. A really goofy grin spread across his face, and he laughed a little.
"Go do what you were gonna do, Izzy. We've gotta cross that swamp soon as possible." He nodded, then headed over towards the others.
***********
Normal
Half an hour later, everyone had packed up and was ready to go. The kids and digimon stood in a circle around Arrow, listening to her plans for crossing the swamp.
"We'll build a small raft so we have something to sleep on out there. When we're walking, we'll carry it over us like you would a canoe. Like this." The auburn-haired girl then demonstrated, using an imaginary canoe.
"Won't that get tiring after a while?" asked Mimi.
"We can always take a break. We need to avoid taking too many, though. We have to cross the swamp as fast as we can, because it's a really bad place to get caught if bad digimon are after us. Matt, how's your foot doing?"
"Still a little sore, but the swelling's completely gone."
"Your feet heal fast, don't they?"
"I guess they do this time!"
"Okay, let's get started on that raft."
***********
Kari's p.o.v.
Wow, time sure flies when your'e working. It's almost noon! Well, the raft's done. Joe, Sora, Mimi, Matt, and Tai are carrying it into the swamp, testing it to see if it's ready. Izzy's out there too, making calculations in his head. I have no idea why. Arrow is out in the woods looking for food to take with us. She said that there won't be much in the swamp. Izzy let me play with his laptop so I won't be bored. ::Yaaawwn:: I'm tired. I think I'll take a nap....
"Kari! Wake up, Kari!" (Tai)
"Whaaa..." How long was I asleep? Why's everyone standing in the middle of the swamp?
"Get up!" He walked over and helped me up. "It's time to cross the swamp."
Sora's p.o.v.
We really better not put off leaving any longer. We've already been delayed long enough, Ahhhh... that's better. Kari's with us now, so we can all get going.
"Follow the white mountain the way you would the North Star, okay guys?" Nobody said anything. We just nodded to show we heard her. "Come on, we've got a long journey ahead of us. Cheer up. We don't have a choice." I guess she's right. If we don't have a positive attitude towards this, we'll do a lot better. I hope.
I looked at Matt, who stood by my side holding my hand. He looked into my eyes and smiled so warmly, so reassuringly... so trusting. I couldn't help but smile back. I took my hand from his and wrapped my arms around him, embracing him. We stood a moment, just hugging, just listening to each other's heartbeats. When we pulled apart I glanced out the corner of my eye. I saw the rest of the group watching us, waiting patiently for us to finish. What cauht my attention most was the look on Tai's face -- the unreadable one. His eyes were filled with all kinds of emotions. Happiness, love, hope, and...sadness? Confusion? Despair? I can't tell. I looked away as quickly as I could. Trying to brighten things a little, I said "Well, quit watching us! Let's go!"
"We've BEEN trying, but stuff keeps coming up!" Tai shouted hotly. He turned and stomped into the swamp. The rest of us followed, with our packs on our backs (for those of us who had them) and a raft over our heads.
Pretty soon, we were deep into it. We couldn't see the woods anymore. Arrow and Izzy were at the 'front' of the raft sharing some unknown private joke, Matt and I marched directly behind them, and Joe and Mimi behind us. Kari was with her brother at the head of the group, walking ankle-deep in quicksand-like stuff. She chatted with him most of the time, but the most he ever said at one time was 'Yeah' or 'okay'. He seemed really distracted. Everyone's noticed it.
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Tai's p.o.v.
Wow, dark already? It seemed like only minutes ago we left the woods. "Hey Arrow, how far did we walk today?"
"FAR ENOUGH!!" Mimi shouted. "This place is icky, and I'm tired of walking in all this mud!"
"Me too." You could barely hear Izzy, he was so worn out. He gave Arrow a funny look, and she looked back at him. Wonder what that was all about.
After a little bit of thought Arrow said, "Set down the raft, let's call it a night."
I realize i haven't been writing fast enough, but i have a lot of stuff going on right now. That'll be fixed. When I finish this series, I'll try to do stories a lot faster than i have been, work on making them better, etc. And for those of you who keep asking...No, I will NOT turn THIS fic into a TAIORA. (not a full-blast one, where they both love each other anyway. There will be some moments where Tai... nevermind. don't wanna spoil the story) However, that'll be one of the next ones i write, okay? Something for everyone. Just can't do it now.
please review! Tell me what i can do to make my future stories better, what you liked about what i did, and stuff like that. I NEED YOUR FEEDBACK!!
Izzy's p.o.v
"That's me." She leaned over and hugged me. "It's been so long! I missed ya, buddy."
"I missed you too." I couldn't believe it. Here I was with my best friend, one I hadn't seen in a long time, and we liked each other!
"We don't have a whole lot of time left before we get up and go through the swamp. Both of us need to get to sleep now. Whose turn is it to keep watch?"
"Mimi's, I believe."
"Let's wake her up..." she said with a mischievous grin. "...Ryan!" She reached over and ruffled my hair.
"Hey! I'm going to get you for that!" Izzy dropped Arrow's cloak on the ground and chased after her.
*************
Garudamon now stood in a dark room. The walls were made of gray stone, with a cement floor. On the opposite side of the room, the purple and orange digimon stood.
"You're back, KaneNashimon."
"Yes, I am. I tried to keep them from coming here, but they still persist. A few days ago I dropped a rock on the blond boy's foot to slow them down."
"I believe it didn't work."
"No, sir."
"Here. Take this bag of sand." Garudamon pulled a small leathery pouch from the thick black belt around his waist. "Wait in the swamp for them. When you see them, throw the sand onto all of the flying digimon. This will prevent them from being able to fly. Be sure not to get too much on them. If that happens..." He stopped to think a moment. "If that happens, use this to put all of them to sleep." He took what appeared to be a green Windex bottle from his belt. "While they sleep, bring them here."
"How will I get ALL of them here? I'm too small!"
"Ah, you forgot. I have a digivice. Here. Just use it to digivolve. Then you'll be large enough to carry all of them. Remember, don't hurt them."
"Yes, sir."
**************
Mimi's p.o.v.
I'm still mad at Arrow and Izzy. I was having this really great dream about me and Joe in Hawaii, then they picked me up and dropped me in the berry bushes! How rude! Half an hour later, I'm still picking the leaves off of my dress! It's my turn to keep watch now, and I can't even find the path back to camp. Oh, here it is! It's gotten lighter outside since I first woke up. Oh my, look at that sunrise! That has got to be the most beautiful one I ever saw! "HEY GUYS, WAKE UP! YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS SUNRISE!"
"Mimi, do you think you could be a little quieter? I'm TRYING to sleep here!"
"Sorry, Tai. You've GOT to see this sunrise! Look at all the pretty colors!
Tai's p.o.v.
I sat up. I noticed everyone else waking up too. It wasn't very long before everyone was standing. WOW, that IS a pretty sunrise! Clouds were scattered in front of the sun, reflecting golden rays from them. The whole sky was pink and purple and red. Whoa, what was that? I think I saw a green cloud. "Did anyone see that green cloud? It was right over my head up in the sky but it flew too quick!"
"A green cloud?" Izzy gave me a skeptical look before looking back at the sky. "Hey, there IS a green cloud!"
"Told you!"
Matt's p.o.v.
I woke up to a bunch of yelling. I opened my eyes and saw the most colorful sky I had ever seen. "Hey Sora! Check this out!" I gently shook her awake with my free arm. She opened her eyes suddenly.
"Matt, look at the sky!"
"I know. Beautiful, isn't it?"
"Yeah."
"Sora?"
"What?"
"Could you sit up for a minute? My arm's asleep."
She giggled. "Okay." She sat up and hugged her knees to keep from falling backwards.
"Thanks."
Joe's p.o.v.
Everyone was standing, staring at the sky. Almost everyone. Arrow and Izzy were playing Tag with all the digimon. "OW! Tentomon! Don't fly so close to my head anymore, okay?"
"Sorry Joe!"
"Are you all right Joe?" Mimi looked at me with concern. She touched the back of my head where Tentomon whacked me. It was still a little tender.
"I'm OK." I took her hand and pulled her in front of me so that we faced each other. I smiled down at her, and she smiled at me.
"That's good."
I cupped her face in my hands, stroking her cheek with my thumb. I leaned over and kissed her. Suddenly I got a weird feeling. I looked around at the others. They weren't watching the sunrise anymore. "Uhh...heh heh heh..."
"Go Joe! Go Joe! You're groovin'! Go Joe!" Tai started dancing around. Oh boy.
"Tai, stop it right now! I can't believe you're being so immature!" Mimi was screaming at the top of her lungs. It stunned everyone. She looked ready to kill Tai. He noticed that.
"Okay, Mimi. Sorry." He looked dazed and confused.
Arrow's p.o.v.
Wow, I didn't know she had it in her. In the short time I've been with everyone, I have NEVER seen anyone shut Tai up that fast. I'll probably be seeing more of it. Oh no! We should be packing! We've got to find Matt and Sora! "Where's Matt and Sora?"
What's that? Sounded like it's in the bushes. I looked in the direction of the noise, and saw Matt holding back a branch so Sora could walk through.
"Nevermind."
Izzy walked up to me. "Should we get ready to cross the swamp?"
"Yes. After that, let's get breakfast. Why don't you be in charge of packing?"
"Okay." As he left, I reached out and smacked his butt. He stopped suddenly, and turned around looking really surprised. "ARROW!" he whispered, wide-eyed and blushing. I winked at him. A really goofy grin spread across his face, and he laughed a little.
"Go do what you were gonna do, Izzy. We've gotta cross that swamp soon as possible." He nodded, then headed over towards the others.
***********
Normal
Half an hour later, everyone had packed up and was ready to go. The kids and digimon stood in a circle around Arrow, listening to her plans for crossing the swamp.
"We'll build a small raft so we have something to sleep on out there. When we're walking, we'll carry it over us like you would a canoe. Like this." The auburn-haired girl then demonstrated, using an imaginary canoe.
"Won't that get tiring after a while?" asked Mimi.
"We can always take a break. We need to avoid taking too many, though. We have to cross the swamp as fast as we can, because it's a really bad place to get caught if bad digimon are after us. Matt, how's your foot doing?"
"Still a little sore, but the swelling's completely gone."
"Your feet heal fast, don't they?"
"I guess they do this time!"
"Okay, let's get started on that raft."
***********
Kari's p.o.v.
Wow, time sure flies when your'e working. It's almost noon! Well, the raft's done. Joe, Sora, Mimi, Matt, and Tai are carrying it into the swamp, testing it to see if it's ready. Izzy's out there too, making calculations in his head. I have no idea why. Arrow is out in the woods looking for food to take with us. She said that there won't be much in the swamp. Izzy let me play with his laptop so I won't be bored. ::Yaaawwn:: I'm tired. I think I'll take a nap....
"Kari! Wake up, Kari!" (Tai)
"Whaaa..." How long was I asleep? Why's everyone standing in the middle of the swamp?
"Get up!" He walked over and helped me up. "It's time to cross the swamp."
Sora's p.o.v.
We really better not put off leaving any longer. We've already been delayed long enough, Ahhhh... that's better. Kari's with us now, so we can all get going.
"Follow the white mountain the way you would the North Star, okay guys?" Nobody said anything. We just nodded to show we heard her. "Come on, we've got a long journey ahead of us. Cheer up. We don't have a choice." I guess she's right. If we don't have a positive attitude towards this, we'll do a lot better. I hope.
I looked at Matt, who stood by my side holding my hand. He looked into my eyes and smiled so warmly, so reassuringly... so trusting. I couldn't help but smile back. I took my hand from his and wrapped my arms around him, embracing him. We stood a moment, just hugging, just listening to each other's heartbeats. When we pulled apart I glanced out the corner of my eye. I saw the rest of the group watching us, waiting patiently for us to finish. What cauht my attention most was the look on Tai's face -- the unreadable one. His eyes were filled with all kinds of emotions. Happiness, love, hope, and...sadness? Confusion? Despair? I can't tell. I looked away as quickly as I could. Trying to brighten things a little, I said "Well, quit watching us! Let's go!"
"We've BEEN trying, but stuff keeps coming up!" Tai shouted hotly. He turned and stomped into the swamp. The rest of us followed, with our packs on our backs (for those of us who had them) and a raft over our heads.
Pretty soon, we were deep into it. We couldn't see the woods anymore. Arrow and Izzy were at the 'front' of the raft sharing some unknown private joke, Matt and I marched directly behind them, and Joe and Mimi behind us. Kari was with her brother at the head of the group, walking ankle-deep in quicksand-like stuff. She chatted with him most of the time, but the most he ever said at one time was 'Yeah' or 'okay'. He seemed really distracted. Everyone's noticed it.
*************
Tai's p.o.v.
Wow, dark already? It seemed like only minutes ago we left the woods. "Hey Arrow, how far did we walk today?"
"FAR ENOUGH!!" Mimi shouted. "This place is icky, and I'm tired of walking in all this mud!"
"Me too." You could barely hear Izzy, he was so worn out. He gave Arrow a funny look, and she looked back at him. Wonder what that was all about.
After a little bit of thought Arrow said, "Set down the raft, let's call it a night."
I realize i haven't been writing fast enough, but i have a lot of stuff going on right now. That'll be fixed. When I finish this series, I'll try to do stories a lot faster than i have been, work on making them better, etc. And for those of you who keep asking...No, I will NOT turn THIS fic into a TAIORA. (not a full-blast one, where they both love each other anyway. There will be some moments where Tai... nevermind. don't wanna spoil the story) However, that'll be one of the next ones i write, okay? Something for everyone. Just can't do it now.
please review! Tell me what i can do to make my future stories better, what you liked about what i did, and stuff like that. I NEED YOUR FEEDBACK!!