Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or any of the other character except the one(s) I have created. If I did then . . . well, that would be cool or prodigious or heck, if I feel like it, perfecto.
Author's Note: Ok, even though this fic is based off the concept of the movie "Pleasantville", it will not conclude or have any other connections to the movie at all. I'm just borrowing the beginning idea. When the Chosen are viewing or talking about Kyle and Stephanie, they will not call them by their real names, but by the characters they replaced.
*****
They stood shaking, hands gripped onto each other. Their eyes shut tight. The pair wasn't quite sure what had happened. They had felt the shakes and saw flashes of light, but they were hoping that whatever happened wasn't too high on the Rector scale.
Kyle dared to open an eye. He was alive, that was a good enough sign for him. He dared to open the other eye. Now he had a clear perspective of the person standing in front of him, but . . . he had to be hallucinating.
"M-Mimi?"
"Who the hell did you just call me?" Ok, so it was definitely not Mimi.
The two teenagers just stared at each other in dead silence. Steadily their breathing increased as they looked where they were, then at each other, and finally looking at themselves. It instantly occurred to them what they should do.
They screamed.
"Oh my god!!" shrieked Stephanie. "What happened? Where are we?" She said a few more things that Kyle was pretty sure her parents wouldn't tolerate. Stephanie shot him a quizzical look. "What's wrong with you?! Say something?!" It appeared that Kyle went into some kind of numb shock.
Finally he spoke. "What are we wearing?" He looked down at himself – now clothed in sweater vest, khaki shorts, and bright red high tops. His vision seemed to be better until he brought his hands to his face to remove the coke bottle glasses. He glanced over the panicked Stephanie dressed in a pink western dress and matching hat. She hadn't realized the change in her hair either – instead of down, it was pulled back with two strands hanging in front of her face. Kyle put it together.
"Steph . . . we've gone through the TV . . . " he murmured.
"W-What?" she wasn't quite sure if she heard him right.
"I think we're in Digimon . . . " He got the reaction he predicted.
Stephanie screamed her head off. Kyle lunged to quiet her.
"Shhhh!" he clamped a hand over her mouth. "We need to figure this out."
"There's nothing to figure out!" she snapped brushing his hand away. "We're going home!"
"It's not going to be that easy," he began.
"How did this happen?" she asked breathlessly. He pondered for a moment.
"The electrician . . . that funky remote, it had to be him!" He grabbed her now gloved hands. "Don't you see? He wanted it to happen. I don't know why, but I know he's behind it." Stephanie started to say something.
"But how . . ."
"I have no idea."
Stephanie released another cry of outrage. "This sucks! This just plain sucks! I want to go home! Why do we need to be here? What's the goddamn point? That sick freak!"
"Easy Steph," soothed Kyle. She growled and reached to pull her hair when she finally noticed the large cowboy hat perched on her head.
"What the heck am I wearing?" Kyle laughed.
"What are you wearing? Take a look at me!" Stephanie finally gave a hint of a smile.
"You look like a nerd," she sniffled. "What a pair of characters we make?" Kyle took the thought in.
"Yeah, characters," he said slowly as it dawned on him once again. "Steph, I think we've become part of the show. We've taken on the roles of Mimi and Joe." Stephanie gave him a blank look.
"The spoiled brat and the geek?" Kyle waved an impatient hand.
"Never mind, but it looks like when we were transferred into the show we've become part of it. We're one of them!" he exclaimed pointing out into the clearing.
"There's no way," ranted Stephanie, "that I'm going to go out there – dressed as some ditzy pink eleven year old to go wander around and do who knows what else!"
"Actually," answered Kyle calmly. "You're ten."
"Ten?!" spat out Stephanie. "Ten?! Well, wonderful!" She growled again.
"What the heck can we possibly do? We can't go out there? Like this?! We'll have to sit tight and wait for a solution!"
"Nope," said Kyle flatly shaking his head. "The only way we're going to find a way home is to go out there." He pointed back to the foliage. Stephanie's eyes widened.
"You can't be serious," she stammered. "It's like a whole other world out there." Kyle nodded.
"Exactly. It's like a game Steph," he said grimly
"I'm not playing," she stated firmly.
"What aren't you playing, Mimi?" asked a cheery voice from the bushes. Stephanie froze.
"W-W-Wh-Who said that?" The bushes rustled and out appeared a green plant-like creature with a pink and yellow tropical flower blooming out of its head with a lizard like tail growing down its back.
"Mimi," the plant said brightly, "What game were you playing?"
"Oooh, I love games!" cheered another voice and out tumbled this time a white seal-like creature with long ears and a bright red moehawk with purple markings on its face.
Stephanie was officially freaked out now. The color drained out of her face. She started to tremble and she felt her throat go dry.
"Mimi," began the plant creature again, "What's going on?"
"Uh . . . she's loosing," Kyle spoke up. "She's loosing the game we're playing." He grabbed onto Stephanie's arm to keep her from falling apart even further.
"Joe," scoffed the playful seal. "You were doing something fun? Why didn't you tell me?" He brought his fin to his heart to feign heartbreak. "I'm always the last to know!"
"Joe! Mimi!" shouted another voice from the clearing. "What's taking you guys?" Kyle thought fast.
"Um . . . Gomamon, Palmon," he said. "Tell the others we'll be there in a sec. Mimi dropped something while we were playing the game."
"Ok," confirmed Palmon, the plant like creature. "Hope you find whatever you dropped Mimi." Stephanie nodded weakly.
After the two creatures departed, Stephanie instantly collapsed to her knees bringing Kyle down as well.
"Hey Steph," asked Kyle showing concern. He grabbed her shoulders gently. "You ok?"
"W-wh-what," stated Stephanie, finding her voice again. "Wh-what were those . . . those . . . things?" Kyle sighed and a light smile appeared on his face.
"Digimon," he replied. "Digital Monsters." Stephanie's eyes went wide.
"Monsters?!"
"They're not going to hurt you," he paused. "Well some will . . ." Stephanie rolled her eyes.
"Wonderful," she muttered rubbing the bridge of her nose.
"It's not that bad," said Kyle nicely. He squeezed Stephanie's hand slightly. "These digimon are the good guys. They're partnered with the characters on the show. See the seal one – Gomamon – is Joe's digimon." He stopped. "He's my digimon . . . my digimon! I have a partner!" Stephanie shot him a look. "And Palmon's your digimon."
"The plant?"
"Yes, the plant," said Kyle as if she missed the point completely. "Don't you see? These digimon have a bond with us now. They'll do anything in their power to protect you. Which reminds me . . ." he sat up right on the ground.
"Don't do anything stupid," began Kyle again. "These digimon do have a distinct bond with their original partners. Palmon and Gomamon would be the first to realize that we're not Mimi and Joe. We can't risk messing up their world – this is still a television show, there's an order."
"An order?" questioned Stephanie skeptically, folding her arms.
"This is a form of destiny," he insisted. "Certain things must occur." Stephanie sighed.
"You're nuts," she muttered. "But I follow what you're saying." She sighed again. "What are we going to do?"
"We'll go out there and I'll guide you through the episodes or anything that comes along. From there we'll make our next move."
"Sounds like a plan," she said reluctantly. "I don't know the show nearly as well as you, but there's Tai – the goggled kid, Sora – the chick with the helmet, and um . . . everyone else?" Kyle groaned.
"I'll give you a crash course through Digimon 101 later," he pulled her towards the clearing. "Right now we need to get out there!"
Kyle and Stephanie pushed through the bushes nervously. While Stephanie was really on edge, Kyle was ecstatic. This was a world he longed to be apart of. A world that seemed to be always full of adventure. He wanted to put himself to a test where everything he did would count. To a save another world yes, to belong – to be important towards a cause.
Kyle's gaze instantly fell upon the boy standing before him. He could recognize the Bearer of Courage in a heartbeat. It was Tai Kamiya or Taichi Yagami, Kyle corrected himself.
Kyle suddenly became very aware that he had been holding onto Stephanie for quite some time now and Tai was certainly giving them an odd look. They were not themselves anymore. Kyle and Stephanie could no longer exist. They were Joe and Mimi now – whose personalities were very well known to the Chosen. And despite any personal opinions of the characters, Kyle realized he would have to submit himself to the show.
He dropped hands with Stephanie and looked Tai straight in the eye. "Sorry Tai, but Mimi lost something and I think whatever she lost I'm allergic to." Stephanie gave Kyle an odd look, but Tai just nodded.
"Figures," said Tai simply before changing the subject. "But we need your help fishing with Gomamon. You know how Matt can't catch a thing."
"I hear that!" snapped an annoyed voice from the water. Tai snickered.
"I-I'll go help," mumbled Kyle made his way to the water with Gomamon crawling beside him.
"Kyle!" hissed Stephanie, but he ignored her. He had to find out what exactly was going on. Tai peered over at Stephanie.
"You're awfully quiet Mimi." Stephanie gulped.
"Ah . . . I'm just a little tired you know." She gave a fake yawn. "Um – I'll get some firewood." Without waiting for a reply, Stephanie quickly walked back into the forest. She wiped her forehead and exhaled a sigh of relief. This was going to take some getting used to.
"Mimi?" called out Palmon. "Mimi?"
Stephanie groaned. She was not ready to have some . . . plant follow her around. Quickly, before Palmon could spot her, Stephanie took off deeper into the forest. After going a bit of a distance, she sat down again and laid against a tree.
Exhausted from the ordeal, Stephanie slowly drifted off to sleep.
*****
Kyle stumbled along down the hillside towards the riverbank.
"Hey Joe!" called out Gomamon. Kyle jerked in surprise. He nearly forgot about the digimon. He peered over at the creature.
"What?" Gomamon cocked his head sideways.
"Nothing, just wanted you to wait."
"Oh . . ." This arrangement would have to take some getting used to.
When he reached the lake before him lay a tranquil scene that he would never thought he could respect it as he did now. The water seemed so serene and glimmered faintly in the setting sun. The trees majestically cast a silhouette onto the peaceful water.
"Joe, what are you looking at?" Kyle snapped his attention back to the digimon.
"Just the digiworld," he said in a sigh.
"You've seen it before though." Kyle sighed again.
"But never like this, never as some work of art . . ." he trailed. A thought occurred to him. Kyle looked down at his hands. They were the same color and his clothes felt real. He ran to the water's edge and gazed intently into it searching for his reflection. Was he still himself? Or was he trapped in Joe's body?
"Hey Joe," called a voice from beside him. "Ready to fish?" Kyle looked up to find himself staring at a short redhead with deep black eyes. He held a fishing pole in his bright yellow glove. "Matt and I have had the unfortunate experience of not catching any thing."
"Anything edible that is," groaned an oval shaped pink blob with little hands known as Motimon.
"Says you," snapped a lean blonde with intense blue eyes. "Why didn't that big haired-klink come down here and put his bait where his mouth is?" He crossed his arms in frustration. Kyle showed no signs of surprise at the blonde's hostility towards Tai; they recently just had a fight . . . before he and Stephanie were sucked in. Kyle suppressed another urge to sigh.
"Well . . uh," was all he could muster.
"He's looking for Sora," said a young, quiet voice and out stepped a little boy with blonde hair similar to the other boy, but his blue eyes were filled more with innocence. This was the young Bearer of Hope named TK. The two other boys sighed in agitation.
"Sora?" asked Kyle. The red-head Bearer of Knowledge, Izzy, gave him a questionable look.
"Joe, are you in a functioning state of mind?"
"Hello?!" exclaimed the older blonde, Matt, Bearer of Friendship. "We still can't find her." He shook his head. Kyle waved his hand as if what he said was a mistake.
"No, no," he stumbled. "What I meant was . . . " But the two other boys had gone back to their fishing, either they didn't here him or they didn't care. Kyle sighed again. It seemed he was doing that a lot lately.
"So do you want me to fish?" he ventured. No answer. Kyle collapsed on the shore and pulled his knees into his chest.
So this is what it's like to be Joe, he thought glumly. Five minutes in their world and already he was a screw up. But . . . something lingered in his mind. Where was Sora indeed? How close were they to a battle? And what began to frighten Kyle was if could Palmon and Gomamon still digivolve?
Kyle pushed the disturbing thought out of his head. That couldn't happen. There had to be a reason he got sent to this world. Not some sick fluke! Still . . .
The guys became lost in their thoughts. Clearing out problems unknown to each of them. Thus, the missed the shadow that passed over head and went into the forest.
*****
Stephanie woke up slowly to the feeling of something in her lap. For a moment she thought she was back home with her cat asleep between her legs. But that was only a dream now as Stephanie realized that the cat currently sleeping in her lap was green with a flower growing out of its head.
She had to fight the urge to scream at that sight of this plant thing in her lap. Petrified, Stephanie didn't dare move in fear she would wake the creature up. She looked at the - digimon was it? This was Palmon, as Kyle had told her.
Your digimon. Your protector. You have a bond with it, Steph.
The girl vaguely remembered the digimon from some rare episode she watched with her brother. The plant seemed nice enough, willing to help that Mimi chick. Stephanie groaned inwardly. How could that Mimi go around dressed as some ten-year-old buckaroo star?
Stephanie slapped her forehead. Now she was that ten-year-old!
She looked down at her lap staring at the creature that now slumbered there. A curious feeling came over her as she stared at Palmon. The digimon had a dreamy gaze on her face and seemed to be quite at peace in Stephanie's lap. Slowly, Stephanie reached her hand and dared to touch the sleeping plant. Palmon did not sit whatsoever.
Mustering up some courage, Stephanie reached towards the bright flower blooming from the digimon's head. Gently she stroked its petals. The flower quivered ever so slightly.
Stephanie leaned back on her tree, starting to think over the recent events. About an hour ago she was complaining about where her pizza was, but now pizza seemed to be out of the question. In fact any freedom of hers had been stripped away.
The thought struck her hard. When did she get to make the choice to be apart of this – this cartoon?
Angrily, Stephanie sharply stood up. Surprisingly Palmon did not wake. The girl took of, storming off further into the forest. She became determined not to be sucked into this set-up.
Her walk became a jog and then turned into sprint. Her eyes squeezing tight to hold back the tears.
"I want to go home!" she wailed rushing through the underbrush. This was a cartoon! Not a real world. What was Kyle thinking? And because now that it was real, does that mean she wasn't? Her head ached with the hundreds of questions plaguing her.
She stopped and sank to her knees. Her breathing was hard and rash. "Pull yourself together," Stephanie ordered herself. "Don't be a wimp . . . this is a challenge. You can take a challenge." She wrapped her arms around her body in order to calm herself down.
At this time the same large shadow swooped once again overhead. It swooped several times, in fact, stirring the foliage around the trembling girl. A loud roar shook Stephanie back to reality.
"What now?" she exclaimed looking around anxiously.
Another roar answered her.
"Oh god," she moaned as what could be described as a gigantic red beetle crashed through the trees. The monster, called Kuwagamon, snapped its huge menacing pinchers several times and in the process of it, sent several tree branches plummeting to the floor. Stephanie somehow managed to find the ability to mover her legs and dove out of the way of the flying bark.
She began to run as more trees flew at her. She heard another roar from the monster causing her to drop to the ground, shielding her head, as Kuwagamon flew by once again.
Stephanie climbed back to her feet with out even daring to look behind. However, the monster had landed in front of her and with its huge red pinchers, there was no was she could get by.
Kuwagamon took once giant step towards Stephanie and snapped angrily at her.
"Crap," was all she said before letting loose a piercing scream.
"I'm coming Mimi!" shouted a voice from behind the monster.
"Poison Ivy!" Several long green vines with purple tips wrapped around the neck of the angry beast. Amazingly Stephanie remembered the digimon's name.
"P-Palmon?" She backed up to witness the fight between the two creatures. She became slightly in awe of the fact that Palmon dove in there, no questions asked, and attacked the thing on her behalf. Stephanie had to admit she felt a little proud.
Kuwagamon then took one of its appendages and swiped it backward knocking Palmon to the ground.
"Palmon! No!" shouted Stephanie. She noticed the monster advancing on her again. "Oh shit . . ."
*****
The sound of crashing trees and loud agitated roars was enough to snap anyone out of deep thoughts.
"What was that?" questioned Matt dropping his fishing pole.
A scream followed.
"I know what that was," said Kyle quickly.
They ran off towards the forest.
*****
"Hey Mimi!" shouted a voice. Stephanie snapped her head in the direction of the call. A big brown hair boy was running towards her followed by a pink blob with ears.
"T-Tai?" shouted Stephanie. "Get this thing away from me!"
"Go Koromon!" cried Tai. The digimon obliged.
"Bubbled Blast!" A ball of flame shot towards Kuwagamon and pelted it on its back. This only seemed to anger the monster as it released another roar that vibrated across the forest. Kuwagamon slammed its claw against Koromon sending him colliding into a tree.
"Koromon!" Tai ran over to his digimon.
Stephanie was pressed against a tree now. Two digimon were now down from fighting this creature. She really didn't expect to die in another world.
"Mimi! Mimi!" shouted more voices. Stephanie's stomach clenched in anticipation. Was she even going to live through this?
By now the Kuwagamon had enough interruptions between him and his meal. He shot forward, pinchers wide open, for the kill.
Stephanie screamed. Her digivice went off.
"Palmon digivolve to Togemon!" A pillar of light engulfed the plant-like creature transforming her into a giant prickly cactus with boxing gloves.
Togemon reached forward with her giant gloves and snagged the Kuwagamon whose pinchers were mere inches away from Stephanie. The cactus monster swung the monster beetle into the near by trees. Stephanie opened her eyes. She was still whole.
Kyle blinked in surprise and utter relief.
"Palmon digivolved?" he mumbled in bewilderment. He exhaled a breath he didn't realized he held in. Kyle looked at the others. They seemed to be going through the same thing.
"Mimi, are you all right?" called Tai. Stephanie clutched her chest.
"Y-yes!" she managed to return. "I'm . . . LOOK OUT!" Kuwagamon shot through the rows of trees releasing all its power. Everyone fell to the ground in an instant. Kyle got to his knees again. He trembled at the sight of the monster. In fact he didn't even realize that he had been shaking ever since he fell.
"Joe?" asked Gomamon with concern, but gasped at the looming figure in front of them. Kyle nearly released his bodily waste and fell back again from the beast. Kuwagamon lowered its head towards its new meal.
"Joe!" screamed Gomamon as his partner's digivice went off.
"Gomamon digivolve to Ikkakumon!" A pillar of light also overcame the digimon transforming him into a giant woolly walrus type creature with long tusks and a horn on top of its head.
"Ikkakumon?" gaped Kyle his surprised look quickly turning into a huge grin. "Get him!" The champion digimon let out a hearty chuckle and pointed his horn threateningly towards Kuwagamon.
"Going somewhere?" he growled.
"I've had enough of him!" agreed Togemon snatching the insectoid by one of its appendages and started to spin full circle. She let go and shot the monster out into the sky while crying out her attack.
"Needle Spray!" Thousands of pointy shards zoomed towards the thrown beast.
"Harpoon Torpedo!" Ikkakumon's horn went out like one missile, but then opened up to release several of them. The attack hit its target dead on. Kuwagamon burst into data and dissolved.
Togemon winced and turn towards her partner. "I'm sorry Mimi. I didn't mean to kill him." Ikkakumon nodded sadly as well. Stephanie walked slowly towards her partner. Her eyes fixed onto her frame.
"Togemon," she began with a gape mouth. It turned into a grateful smile. "You were awesome!" Stephanie shot a fist into the air to emphasize her point. She ran towards the digimon and hugged her glove. "Thank you! Thank you!"
Togemon was still in shock. "You're not upset?"
Stephanie shook her head. "Why should I be? That monster deserved what her got. I am nobody's meal!" Togemon smiled and glowed as she de-digivolved.
"Oh Mimi," cried Palmon happily wrapping her arms around her partner's waste. Stephanie didn't care and returned the motion of affection. She was alive thanks to Palmon.
Kyle smile seemed to only get bigger as he pulled Gomamon into a brief hug and then patted him on the head stroking his moehawk.
"Thanks buddy." Gomamon beamed.
"It was nothing," he said sheepishly, but clearly pleased with the praise.
"Can we eat now?" asked Gomamon. Kyle laughed. He felt like he hadn't in years.
"Anything you want."
*****
Not normally a seafood fan, Kyle had to admit he had never tasted anything so good as barbecued fish. Ok, so not all of it was cooked fully, but did that really matter? Stephanie seemed to eat her fish in one bite. He never knew her to have such an appetite. Maybe this world had also affected their eating habits . . .
Tai blinked in surprise at Mimi. She was eating more than he was. And Joe too. They were certainly acting weird, well weirder for them. Mimi hardly complained and Joe was being absolutely silent about his allergies. Maybe the Digiworld was having some positive effects on them after all.
Tai sighed. Not for everyone. He lowered the fish he was eating and his gaze dropped to the floor. Now Tai became drawn into his own thoughts. He was hardly touching his food – quite upsetting to be seen by one who usually inhales their food. Matt and Izzy appeared to pick up on their friend's behavior. Matt glanced at him frequently, while Izzy blatantly studied his actions.
Stephanie gave a happy sigh. She broke the silence.
"I love fish!" she exclaimed. "That was one hell of a good meal." She stretched and rolled back her shoulders. "Yow, my shoulders are killing me. Any of you boys up for a massage cause I as sure need a damn good one."
Four guys stared at the girl with wide eyes and jaws slowly dropping.
Kyle smacked himself in the forehead. He could imagine five giant sweat-drops forming on their heads. Stephanie blinked cluelessly at their reactions.
"What?"
"Well . . . uh," fumbled Izzy. "That was an interesting . . . request."
"You sound like a sailor Mimi," finished Matt giving a dry laugh.
"Matt," asked TK innocently. "What's a massage and how is it a 'damn good one'?" Matt groaned slightly. Kyle felt like he was going to choke on his fish.
"Mimi!" he coughed rather loudly. "Didn't you say you wanted to go to wash your clothes?" Stephanie shrugged.
"No, don't think so." She reached for another fish. Kyle slapped her hand. "What?!" She glared at him.
"You have a huge stain on your dress," he said through gritted teeth. He suddenly flung the fruit that Gomamon was eating onto Stephanie and proceeded to "accidentally" fall on it.
"Jerk!" screamed Stephanie. She rose, kicked him in the back, and stormed off with Palmon. Kyle winced in pain, but he knew he had to do it. Their clothes were made of data now, weren't they? She'll get over it.
"So Tai," Kyle began. "What's the plan?" The two other boys nodded. Tai gave a sigh.
"We'll just keep look I guess," he replied sort of glumly.
"Is that all we can do?" asked Matt, with a sort of worried edge to his voice.
"Matt," interrupted Izzy. "It's highly unlikely for us to miss Sora when we have our digivices." He held it up. Kyle looked at the characters again. He had to be missing something . . . what was the episode?
"Ok," he muttered out loud. "If Sora is missing . . . " He looked at the other's digimon: Motimon, Tsunomon, and Koromon. He snapped his fingers. "Of course!" he exclaimed. "Why didn't I see it earlier?"
"Have you flipped your lid Joe?" asked Matt giving the boy an odd glance.
"What are you talking about?" asked TK. Kyle gave a sheepish grin.
"Ah – er . . . why didn't I see . . . those plants earlier? They were the ones causing my allergies!" He sneezed a few times. "I feel like I'll . . die! Yeah die! Gotta go!" He sprinted off towards Stephanie.
"Hey Joe!" called Gomamon crawling after.
Tai, Matt, and Izzy blinked repeatedly where Joe and Mimi had been sitting. They pushed any of the fish they had been eating away.
"Well," said Tai matter of factly. "That's the last time we eat fish."
*****
"Mimi!" shouted Kyle. "Mimi!"
"Don't call me that!" snapped Stephanie emerging from some bushes. "Don't call me that again!" She growled at him and folded her arms across her chest.
"Well what if they hear me?" retorted Kyle angrily. "Who the hell will they think is Stephanie? They're already getting suspicious enough as it is!"
"Then let them!" she shrieked. "I don't give a damn right now." She clenched her fists. "I have gotten attacked twice today by some giant ass bug and came close to discovering the anatomy of my body. By some miracle I survived!"
"Steph!" Kyle began excitedly. "Don't you see, we're becoming apart of this place! It's an adventure. You made Palmon digivolve!" Stephanie's eyes widened slightly.
"I did?" He nodded.
"Yes, it was all you. You're connected to her now and . . ."
She finished his sentence. "And you to Gomamon." A grin appeared. "Wow. That was amazing."
"Wasn't it?" his emotions grew. Her breathless gaze turned to the sky.
"I mean that was me . . in battle . . . I felt something . . . " She faced him again. "This is so cool!"
"I told you! I told you!" The grabbed each other's hands and hollered for joy. "This will be a cinch, it's an adventure. I already know where we are in the series."
"Excellent, we'll be out of here in no time." She pulled her hat down. "I hate to admit, but this is kind of interesting." Kyle jabbed her in the arm.
She raised her hand to stop him. "Please don't say 'I told you' again."
"Look the episode we're heading towards I guess is 'Sora's Crest of Love.' We find our team mate and we get into a fight. She solves it, etc."
"Do you know the villain?" Kyle tapped his chin in thought.
"Eh . . . it's been a while, band practice you know, don't worry it'll come to me." He led her towards camp. "Come on let's go."
They walked in better spirits towards the others who for some reason lost their appetite. Kyle finally decided to get in character.
"Don't worry Tai," he said to the leader. "We'll find Sora tomorrow." He rubbed his nose. "My allergies are killing me."
"Ewww Joe!" squealed Stephanie, holding in her laughter. "Do you even wash your hands anymore?"
"Oh Mimi," sighed Palmon with a smile. The girl smiled down at her partner and took the digimon in her arms as she laid against a tree. Kyle scooted closer to her with Gomamon.
"You know," he said quietly not to disturb their sleeping comrades. "That's how Mimi holds Palmon." Stephanie made a "tsk" sort of noise in the dark.
"Whatever. This is just comfortable that's all." Kyle rolled his eyes as he took off his glasses. Unknown to himself, his hand was sub-consciously slowly resting on Gomamon curled up beside the boy he vowed to protect.
And night fell upon the Chosen whose innocence was just beginning to be taken.
*****
Author's Note: Wow, second chapter under three months . . . that's a first. Well, everything is spiffy on this side. Next chapter in any of my stories, unfortunately, won't be up for ages. I have – count em' – three AP classes (US history, English, Biology). There's no way I can do everything at once, and I really need to devote time to school.
Sorry, but on a happier note – who saw season 3? waves hand ecstatic I love Takato and Guilmon! Ruki (Reeka?) is like a female version of Matt. My favorite parts: Takatomon and "I think I need a new box!" Squee!!!
Thanks and please review!