CHAPTER 6: The Reunion
"T.K., would you hurry up? Quit lagging behind!" Matt yelled. These kids are so tired. I can't carry them all! What am I gonna do? We'll never make it back to the others at this rate! he thought to himself. "I'm trying, Matt! But I'm just so tired! I wish we didn't have to walk so far."
"Hey, Gabumon. Can you carry T.K.? I think I can handle the girls." The group stopped for a minute. "Sure, Matt. Anything for you! C'mon T.K. Hop on!" He motioned toward his back. "Yea, a piggy-back ride!" T.K. jumped on Gabumon, nearly knocking him over. "Oops. Sorry Gabumon." Gabumon winced. Patomon jumped on T.K.'s head and curled into a ball. "It's... ok, T.K. He's heavier than I thought!" Matt just giggled. He picked up Kari, who was holding Gatomon, and Yuuki, each in one arm, and they all set off again. Yuuki looked up at him. "Thanks Matt. This is much better than walking!" Kari and Yuuki leaned against him and fell asleep. Gabumon decided to take advantage of the moment. "Aw, isn't that sweet? They must really like you, Matt!"
"Ha ha, very funny." But still, he had to smile at the two sleeping girls in his arms. You know, they're kind of cute that way, he thought. Not as noisy, either! He smiled at his own joke. We've still got a long way to go, though. I don't think I can keep this up much longer. Matt turned to Gabumon. "Hey, you think we can take a rest? I'm getting tired." Gabumon thought for a moment. "What about the others? Tai and Akira are probably worried sick." Matt sighed. "I guess you're right. Let's keep moving." It's almost dark out. Hope we get there soon. I wonder what Tai and Akira are up to. Gosh, how could I have been so stupid? I was really a jerk to her. I wonder if she's forgiven me. He stared off into the distance. "Matt, is there something wrong?" Matt looked at him, then sighed. "Yeah. It's about Akira. I was so mean, and all she wanted was an answer. Man, was I a jerk or what?" Gabumon didn't know what to say. "She's really cool, ya know? Not that I like her or anything, but she's a pretty good fighter. I can't believe I was so mean to her." They walked on in silence. After a while, Matt and Gabumon began to hear voices. "Hey, do you hear what I hear?" Matt looked really eager. "Yeah! Let's hurry!" They began to walk faster. Soon they burst into the clearing. "Yuuki!"
"Kari!" Tai and Akira ran towards them. "Thank you, Matt! I was so worried!" Akira grabbed her sister, who by now was awake, and held her close. "Don't do that again, ok?" Yuuki, tired from their journey, just nodded. Tai took Kari from Matt and began rocking her back and forth. "Thank you, Matt. Thank you, thank you ,thank you!" Tai turned to Kari. "What were you three doing out there?" But Kari and Yuuki had already fallen asleep again. Poor T.K. was too tired to wake up the FIRST time, and the three younger Digidestined were soon put to bed. The rest of the group surrounded the campfire. Akira sat there for a moment, then looked at the tent where her sister was sleeping. "Thanks again for finding them, Matt. I can't thank you enough." Matt turned to her and said "It was nothing." That's the usual reply, isn't it? Matt, can't you be more original? he thought to himself. "No really. Thanks. I mean it. And... And I'm sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have been such a hardhead. Sorry." Matt blushed slightly. "Yeah, uh... I'm sorry too. Friends?" He held out his hand. "Friends." She shook it. "Now isn't that nice?" Tai teased. "Oh shut up!" Akira threw a pillow at him playfully. "Hey! I just combed my hair!" Shouri laughed, and Rick stepped up. "It doesn't look like it to me!" The whole group laughed around the campfire.
"T.K., would you hurry up? Quit lagging behind!" Matt yelled. These kids are so tired. I can't carry them all! What am I gonna do? We'll never make it back to the others at this rate! he thought to himself. "I'm trying, Matt! But I'm just so tired! I wish we didn't have to walk so far."
"Hey, Gabumon. Can you carry T.K.? I think I can handle the girls." The group stopped for a minute. "Sure, Matt. Anything for you! C'mon T.K. Hop on!" He motioned toward his back. "Yea, a piggy-back ride!" T.K. jumped on Gabumon, nearly knocking him over. "Oops. Sorry Gabumon." Gabumon winced. Patomon jumped on T.K.'s head and curled into a ball. "It's... ok, T.K. He's heavier than I thought!" Matt just giggled. He picked up Kari, who was holding Gatomon, and Yuuki, each in one arm, and they all set off again. Yuuki looked up at him. "Thanks Matt. This is much better than walking!" Kari and Yuuki leaned against him and fell asleep. Gabumon decided to take advantage of the moment. "Aw, isn't that sweet? They must really like you, Matt!"
"Ha ha, very funny." But still, he had to smile at the two sleeping girls in his arms. You know, they're kind of cute that way, he thought. Not as noisy, either! He smiled at his own joke. We've still got a long way to go, though. I don't think I can keep this up much longer. Matt turned to Gabumon. "Hey, you think we can take a rest? I'm getting tired." Gabumon thought for a moment. "What about the others? Tai and Akira are probably worried sick." Matt sighed. "I guess you're right. Let's keep moving." It's almost dark out. Hope we get there soon. I wonder what Tai and Akira are up to. Gosh, how could I have been so stupid? I was really a jerk to her. I wonder if she's forgiven me. He stared off into the distance. "Matt, is there something wrong?" Matt looked at him, then sighed. "Yeah. It's about Akira. I was so mean, and all she wanted was an answer. Man, was I a jerk or what?" Gabumon didn't know what to say. "She's really cool, ya know? Not that I like her or anything, but she's a pretty good fighter. I can't believe I was so mean to her." They walked on in silence. After a while, Matt and Gabumon began to hear voices. "Hey, do you hear what I hear?" Matt looked really eager. "Yeah! Let's hurry!" They began to walk faster. Soon they burst into the clearing. "Yuuki!"
"Kari!" Tai and Akira ran towards them. "Thank you, Matt! I was so worried!" Akira grabbed her sister, who by now was awake, and held her close. "Don't do that again, ok?" Yuuki, tired from their journey, just nodded. Tai took Kari from Matt and began rocking her back and forth. "Thank you, Matt. Thank you, thank you ,thank you!" Tai turned to Kari. "What were you three doing out there?" But Kari and Yuuki had already fallen asleep again. Poor T.K. was too tired to wake up the FIRST time, and the three younger Digidestined were soon put to bed. The rest of the group surrounded the campfire. Akira sat there for a moment, then looked at the tent where her sister was sleeping. "Thanks again for finding them, Matt. I can't thank you enough." Matt turned to her and said "It was nothing." That's the usual reply, isn't it? Matt, can't you be more original? he thought to himself. "No really. Thanks. I mean it. And... And I'm sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have been such a hardhead. Sorry." Matt blushed slightly. "Yeah, uh... I'm sorry too. Friends?" He held out his hand. "Friends." She shook it. "Now isn't that nice?" Tai teased. "Oh shut up!" Akira threw a pillow at him playfully. "Hey! I just combed my hair!" Shouri laughed, and Rick stepped up. "It doesn't look like it to me!" The whole group laughed around the campfire.
