Did you see Ruki and Renamon biomerge? At least there was a little bit more decency (er... bad spelling) when they showed her, um, naked. But why was Ryo the one goign after her? ~giggles~ I f you had saw me at that moment I was yelling something like "Henry get your lazy butt down there and save Rika before Ryo does!" at the TV. ~sheepish grin~ And without further delay, I give you chapter 4!

Disclaimer: this is the last time I'm saying this in my fic. I do NOT own the tamers, just this plot line and some of the characters, like Kaze.



Ruki's POV:



When I opened my eyes again the sun was shining brightly. I sat up, realizing I had another blanket on me. I looked over at Lee, but he was no where to be seen. A wave of panic shot through me. Had something happened? No, that was silly. I stood and glanced around. Over to one side was Lee, practising his Taichi. He was deep in concentration and I didn't want to distract him so I began to look through my pack. Kaze must have gave us some kind of food. I lifted up a jar and wrinkled my nose. It was full of beige mush. Pulling out another jar I saw its contents weren't much better. Someone laughed.

"I told you to be nicer to Kaze."

Lee sat down and reached into his own bag. He had a jar of rice with chopsticks as well as some spices. I groaned.

"That's so not fair. Why'd he pick on me?"

He shrugged. "We don't have much between the two of us. We should eat small portions and try to find friut of something."

I let my eyes scan the area. "Fruit in this weather? It must be early winter!"

Lee shook his head. "No, I think it's early spring actually. That's good for us" he said at my disgusted look. "That means it will warm up soon."

I looked away. I didn't understand why he had given me his blanket. Slowly some words formed in my mouth.

"Thanks, Lee."

He looked up, and nodded. "Don't worry about it Makino. Now, I think I can last without breakfast. We need to keep moving. Kaze warned that someone is after us, although I don't know who. That's the best thing for now, moving."

"Then lets get going. I don't need to eat either."

We re-packed our bags in silence. The cool air was blowing like a gentle breeze. It was cold enough, considering we weren't even that far up the mountain. I glanced up at the snowy peaks. I really hoped Lee wouldn't want to go up there.

'Wait, who cares where he wants to go? I can go where ever I want!'

We had started on the trail once more. I watched Lee, thinking about my dream. What did it mean? Ever since I had gotten here, people seemed to be pairing us up. Like that stupid Kaze, and now my dreams. I scowled. I wasn't interested in Lee at all. We weren't even friends. Right now we just needed to tolerate each other so we could get home. Yah, that's it.

"Makino, listen."

Lee had stopped. His eyes were focused off yonder and I heard the sound of rushing water.

"A river?" I asked.

We followed the sound only to find a tiny water fall. Lee dipped his hands in and shivered.

"It's freezing, but it's water."

I sat down on one of the large rocks nearby and looked up. Soon Lee came and sat next to me.

"Think we can make it up there?" I questioned.

"Dunno. Let's find out."

A groan escaped me. More walking. It was hard to do, wearing a skirt. Lee looked at me in concern. I really wished he wouldn't. I didn't need his pity.

"What's wrong?"

I could lie, but he would know. That's what I hated about him. He always knew if I was being truthful or not.

"Nothing, it's just hard walking in this." I motioned to the skirt.

A grin played at his lips. I really didn't see what he found so amusing.

"Makino telling the truth. And a complaint to boot! Never thought I 'd see the day." He shook his head sadly.

"Oh shut up. You try walking in a skirt." I gave him a shove.

He fell off the rock with a thud. I felt a noise escape me that closely resembled a giggle. Lee winced.

"That hurt."

The noise kept coming out of me. I couldn't stop it. Lee rolled his eyes.

"It wasn't THAT funny."

I couldn't shut up. Now it really sounded like I was giggling. Lee just frowned at me.

"If I pushed you in that water you'd stop laughing at me."

"But you won't."

"Wanna bet?"

There was a glint in his eyes. The next thing I knew I was on the ground, Lee over me. I looked up to see he had me pinned down. My breathing was shallow. Lee ran a finger down my cheek, tipping up my chin. Neither of us moved away from the other, but we didn't seem to know what to do either. We stayed that way for what seemed liked hours. Finally though, Lee got up, focusing on the ground.

"We'd better get moving." he mumbled.

I nodded and stood up. He seemed embarrassed, and I couldn't blame him because I was too. The worst part though was that I hadn't minded having him so close. I almost wished he hadn't moved away and that he was still hovering over me.

I shook my head to clear it. I was thinking crazy thoughts again. Lee was my enemy and that's how things would stay. Well, I needed his help to get home. Then we could be enemies again.

A/N: And there you have it! Please R/R!