Elements::: Chapter 2::: "We are the Elements!"
"So you are the Element digidestined," The giant tiger spoke as his wings settled.
"The Whada whada?" Andy mumbled loudly.
"The element digidestined, also known as the Elements," it repeated, "Welcome to Game..."
"Andy, it's ok," said Keokimon, "His name's Tigiromon. He's not a meanie like Drilldramon, though he has a brother who is totally opposite from him, though he isn't suppose to be mean either even though he is the dark side. He and his brother are supposed to symbolize the yin and yang, and hold the balance of Game."
"Really?" Andy sounded amazed, "oh."
Getting back to the subject, Naomi said, "So who-slash-what are the element digidestined?"
Tigiromon replied with a simple, "You."
"WHAT?!" the children stared at Tigiromon with a blank expression.
They exchanged looks.
"I guess we do have a purpose here then…" murmured Greg thoughtfully.
"Yes…like I said before, this lost continent Game, it is known to be the most mysterious continent of the digital world. If the Digital World was destroyed, Game will still be living. It's strange alright, but it's true, Game is like another world to believe it or not," said Tigiromon in one breath.
The kids said nothing as they stared in disbelief.
Tigiromon then added, "Also, if any other Digimon from a different land attempted to find it, they would disappear forever and never be seen again. The monsters you see here are from this continent; although, if they were to cross over to a different continent or island, they too would disappear." He nodded in self agreement.
"Hey! Keokimon!" shouted Andy, "You said that Drilldramon drilled through this entire world and got to another continent!"
"Oh yeah, huh…?"
"Yeah…!"
"Well I did say it was a rumor…" Keokimon glanced around, humming to himself.
"Urg…never mind."
"Wait!" Ryan was confused, "So how did we get here?"
"Well…" Tigiromon has a mysterious look upon his face, "Just call it destiny."
Ryan snorted, "Well that really helped."
"Huh? What do you mean 'just call it destiny?'" asked Kris.
"Yeah…And what are we suppose to do?" asked Andy he was starting to get pumped up.
"Those are some things you must figure out yourself."
"What?" Lily was irritated and wanted to know more, "So you're just going to leave us hanging on a thin branch!?"
"Yep."
Lily did a paralyzed anime fall of loss and confusion.
The rest of the children watched blankly as she quickly jumped back to her feet.
"Although…" mentioned Tigiromon, "There is one thing I must tell you to find on your journey before anything else…"
The children listened in intently.
"You must first find the Temple of Life," Tigiromon continued, "As soon as you have discovered it, six other monsters will be unleashed and appear before you as new friends and personal guides throughout this continent."
"Oh! You mean like Keokimon?" asked Andy brightly.
Tigiromon nodded.
"Yay!" shouted Ryan, "Cool!! I want a bouncing baby monster!" he clapped his hands together once in excitement.
"Wait a minute, but where is it?" asked Naomi.
"The Temple of Life…" Tigiromon murmured, "It's an ancient temple, many have attempted to search for it, though they always come back empty handed. And some have never returned."
"Never…?!" gasped Lily, who was intimidated by the thought.
"What's so great about this temple anyways?" asked Andy casually as he stuffed his hands into his pockets.
"The temple contains a magical force, so powerful it can destroy or rebuild the entire continent; it is only the Elements though, who can unravel its power."
"Us?" asked Andy, "The Elements?"
"Yes."
Silence drifted over the children, like a blanket, covering their bodies with thoughts, running in their minds.
Finally the quiet moment broke as Greg stepped up, "Well…Thank you for telling us this information," he said peacefully; he then bowed for some reason like he normally did at the start and end his kung fu lessons with his Chinese uncle, "We really appreciate it."
Tigiromon looked at him for a minute with a confused look upon his face; suddenly his expression became understanding, and he smiled.
Andy cleared his throat silently as he said simply, "Well, let's go."
Lily nodded as they exchanged looks.
"When you find it; I must warn you of something…" Tigiromon spoke up, "There is much evil floating in this world at this time. Akuryoumon, an evil monster, is after your souls, and my brother, Malgiromon, has been taken over by a dark spirit, and has become one with the darkness. With only one Digimon for protection will be hard to come out alive."
"AARRG!!!!! Stop intimidating us!!!!!" shouted Lily desperately.
Andy sighed, "This is like suicide."
"No! We can do it!" shouted Keokimon as they started to walk deeper into the forest.
Andy looked at the Digimon. Keokimon's eyes were burning bright with confidence, and Andy grew hope.
"Find the Temple of Life soon…"
"We will…" Said Andy, "yes, we will…" And with that, they continued on with their journey.
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Two blood red eyes watched the children stroll away.
Tigiromon swerved around as he heard the silent breaths hiding in the forest.
"Malgiromon…"
A tiger that look similar except white stripes and a black body, jumped out of the darkness, he smirked and said slyly, "So you found me."
"Malgiromon! You know this is wrong! Overcome the spirit!" shouted Tigiromon desperately as his brother circled him.
Malgiromon smirked again, "There is no dark spirit within me. Stop babbling nonsense. I was always like this. Wasn't I?" his eyes narrowed, "Brother?" he stopped circling Tigiromon.
"No…"
"My whole life…I wanted you dead. You were always so much better than me."
"Ha!" shouted Tigiromon, "If I die, so shall you. Besides, we are to be immortal."
"I don't care. Even If I have to sacrifice my life…And everyone has to die sometime is that correct?"
Tigiromon's eyes widened with shock.
Suddenly Malgiromon leaped up, "DARK TIGER!"
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"Yo, hey, you guys, I think it's going to be dark soon," said Andy casually, "We better have a place to sleep you know."
"I saw a cavern awhile back," said Naomi.
Lily heaved a sigh of exasperation, "Too late now."
They stopped in their tracks and exchanged looks.
"Caverns aren't suppose to be in the woods, are they?" murmured Kris thoughtfully.
"No…" Mumbled Greg wearing a doubtful look on his face, "That's just weird."
"Well, what are we going to do?" said Naomi, "And Sean, you've rarely said anything ever since this journey started."
Sean's hands were cupped around the back of his neck casually as he spat on the ground without saying a word.
Naomi heaved sighed.
"Um…"mumbled Andy as he glanced around, suddenly he noticed a small waterfall and lake, "Hey how about over there!?" he pointed to that certain spot.
"Hey was that there before?" asked Greg blankly.
"I don't know, but it looks pretty much like a decent place to stay, ne?"
"I guess. But I still have a strange feeling about it."
"Yeah man," Ryan said, as he nudged Greg with his elbow, causing Greg to slightly trip, "Cheer up!"
Greg sighed doubtfully, he had given up.
"Hey, what are we waiting for?" I mean we're just standing here doing nothing. Let's setup our campsite," said Naomi brightly, her thumb was pointing to the waterfall behind her.
Lily and Ryan were the first to the small lake. "hmmm…wow…"mumbled Lily, her camera was sitting next to her so it wouldn't get wet, "It's so refreshing!" She splashed her face.
"Whahoo!" Ryan dunked his head into the water and made bubbles under the water. He lifted his head out, "Yeah!" he wiped his face with his shirt, and slipped his glasses back on neatly.
"Oh come on Greg, stop staring at the water," said Lily, "It's not like I'm turning purple!"
"ACCCKK!!!" Andy had purposely pushed Ryan into the pool.
"I am turning purple!!!???" shouted Lily franticly, she had not seen the incident.
"No, it's not that…Uh oh," mumbled Naomi.
"This isn't good," Kris said as she stared at the two boys doubtfully.
Ryan then rose up to the water, his face was no frown but a smile. His glasses which had for some reason stayed on his head, gleamed once again in a creepy way. He started laughing uncontrollably. Everyone stared at him like he was a lunatic.
Suddenly Ryan jumped out of the water and shouted,"HIIEEYYAA!" He then clasped both hands with Andy as they both tried to push each other into the water with all their might.
Back and forth.
Back and forth.
Greg watched them, as they past him by, they accidentally tripped him and he nearly fell into the lake. The second time they really, "WAAHG!!!" Tripped him and his whole body fell in.
Ryan and Andy completely ignored the incident and kept on pushing each other back and forth, making driving noises, and other childish sounds.
Greg arose slowly from the water, and pulled himself out, he walked over to Andy and Ryan, who had stopped going back and forth, and just kept on trying to push each other into the water.
Greg walked behind them, "AAck!", "What? Hey!" And pushed them both, into the lake.
The two boys who had been pushed into the lake exchanged looks. They both nodded at the same time. An evil smirk spread across their faces.
Greg suddenly grew blue with fear as Andy and Ryan splashed out of the water. He stepped back as they stepped forward in a synchronized notion. Suddenly they both leaped and chained their one of their arms with Greg's, holding him up as he struggled to get out of the mess.
"Wai!!! Hey, let go of me!!!!" Greg shouted; they ignored him as they dragged him over to the lake. The other children stared at the happening.
"Aieya…" mumbled Kris, she knew that it wouldn't be smart if she interfered, "Poor Greg."
"…yeah…literally," murmured Lily.
Naomi raised an eyebrow, and said nothing.
Sean glanced up and made a "tsk," sound.
"One…." Ryan started a countdown as he and Andy swung Greg back and forth at the tip of the lake.
Andy continued, "Two…"
"Three!"
"ACK!! Hey!!!"
Splash! Andy and Ryan laughed with amusement as Greg once again arose from the water with a bit ticked off expression on his face. Suddenly Ryan slapped Andy back into the water with a large smile on his face.
"AAAHHGG!" Andy had stopped laughing the minute he was pushed in.
Greg jumped out of the water and started to tackle Ryan with full force, "Haaaaiiiii…!!"
Ryan ducked as Greg missed and almost falling back into the water, though not quite, to his luck and balance, he stood at the very tip of the lake.
"Ha Ha!" shouted Ryan pointing at Greg.
As soon as Andy jumped back onto the ground, the three boys started attack each other.
"I'm going to get you for that!!!"
"You…you idiot!"
"Man! Stop talk'n about yourself! Geez! Ha Ha!"
"Very funny Ryan, but I'm not laughing!"
"Ack!"
"Watch it!"
"You watch it!"
"Shut up already!"
"You shouldn't be talking!"
"Hey you guys!" shouted Naomi.
They all turned to her and stopped what they were doing. Ryan then pushed Greg into the lake once again, "Hey!!!"
Greg jumped back out of the water and the ruff housing started once again.
Another splash was heard after awhile. This time it was Ryan, Greg and Andy had obviously ganged up on him, since he did most of the havoc. Unfortunately, Sean who was sitting beside the lake was splashed entirely during the occurrence. His eyes narrowed as he stood up.
Just as Ryan placed himself back onto the ground, he had fallen in again, "WAI!!" "Ack!" "What the—!" But this time, along with Greg and Andy. Sean had pushed all three of them into the lake with only one arm.
Lily whispered into Kris' ear, "Girls are sane, boys are insane," she slightly emphasized the 'in' in the 'insane.'
Kris replied, "…hmmm…nah I don't think so. Only sometimes."
Another splash was heard, this time it was Sean who was thrown in.
Lily sighed as the boys' ruff-housing continued.
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"So, they are the Elements," A dark shadow murmured in a raspy tone; the voice seem to be a computer's, though the shadow was shaped as if it were some kind of small floating animal.
"Yes indeed…" Another dark shadow replied, it seemed to be a girl's voice, "But they're just children! Darkumon, are you sure this is them?"
"You cannot judge someone by their appearance, you know how it goes."
"Yeah you are right. I suppose." She put her hand on her hip, "So what are we suppose to do, follow them like spies?"
"That's what Akuryoumon said at least. Huh? Kuroi? Is there something wrong?"
"Huh?" suddenly she snapped, "Why would there be!!!??? We came here by order, not to dawdle!"
"Eh…ok." He backed off.
They continued to spy on the group.
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"Urg…uncomfortable," murmured Greg, his clothes, shoes, and every part of his body were drenched and was attached to his body. He looked as if he had a lot of stress and boredom mixed together. He sat casually on the ground as he covered his forehead with his hand, his badly cut bangs slightly hovered over it, considering, the hand had taken its usual area, the forehead. He then let his hand go as he plucked out an irritating twig which rested in his hair, he glanced at it in boredom, before throwing it over his shoulder.
Meanwhile Ryan pulled out a fish that was squirming around in his left pocket with a blank expression on his face, "A fish…?" he studied it for a while and then through it back into the water, "Too bad for it." He then pulled his black sweatshirt over his head. Luckily he had it sitting at the side of the lake peacefully, not wet.
"Tsk! You should've thought of this kind of thing sooner, or else you guys wouldn't feel so uncomfortable," advised Naomi, though it was a bit late.
Andy pulled some stones out of his cargo pockets, and threw it into the water like everything else.
Sean just sat there staring. He felt as if he was being watched, he squinted quickly, sighing.
"I'm just worried that y'all going to get a cold," noted Kris, "Cause, I mean, well, we don't really have any resources to cure. You know?"
"Yeah…I know…" Greg gulped nervously.
"Huh? Ah..!" Kris blinked, "Sorry…"
"It's ok…"
"Awwh, you guys," said Lily, "You'll be fine, geez…! I mean really, if my camera lived through all this action, you will get through without a cold, kay?"
"Well, then…"Ryan mumbled suddenly he shouted, "how about now?!" He grabbed her video camera and ran over to the lake with a large smile on his face of amusement with Lily yelling behind him to stop, "HEY!!!! COME BACK HERE!!!!" she jumped up and ran after him.
"hmmm…well, let's just get some sleep ok?" said Naomi.
"Yeah, your right."
To their luck there was a cave hidden behind the waterfall of the lake.
"Hey, yo! Ryan! Lily! Hurry up!" shouted Andy.
Ryan was pretending that he was about to throw the camera into the water, while Lily was yelling at him and trying to reach over his shoulder. They suddenly stopped what they were doing, "Ok!" shouted Ryan, "Here!" he gave the camera back to Lily, as they both ran over and into the cave.
As they got comfortable in their own little spot inside the cave, soon enough, all seven of them fell asleep.
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"Hello! Wake up! Hello?" Andy's eyes fluttered as he opened them to a commanding friendly voice.
Naomi smiled down on him as he started to blush deep red, "Finally! You're awake!" She lifted her head back up, though it wasn't very close.
"Eh…uh…um…" he slowly crept out of his small space. He then scratched his neck nervously, with his red face was still glowing.
Naomi blinked, perplexed, she continued to talk as if she forgot her bewilderment, "Well, anyways, everyone is up but you, you know. I was just sent here to wake you up."
"Oh ok…" he hopped to his feet quickly and strolled out of the cave next to Naomi.
"hmmmm….where's Keokimon?" he asked.
Naomi replied quickly, "he's been bouncing, up and down for the past hour, he's over there next to Lily.
"Huh? Your watch works?"
"Nah, I just feel it's past an hour or so. Oh yeah, for some reason to our luck you guy's clothes magically dried over night. Cool, ne?"
"Huh?" he then patted himself around to check if he felt any wetness, "Hey you're right. That's weird," he then continued, "So…what's everyone doing?"
"mmm…well we're attempting to make breakfast."
"Hey Andy!!!" Ryan was in the lake trying to catch fish with his bare hands. He stopped and started waving at Andy, "'Morning!" Suddenly a fish jumped out of the water and hit him in the forehead, "Wai!"
"Hey, good morning!" Andy laughed along with Kris and Greg, who were also catching fish.
"Well…see you later!" Shouted Naomi she started to run off into the forest.
"Hey, where are you going?!"
"I'm going to find some fruits that look edible!"
"Oh. Ok. Uh….hey can I come?" he started to follow her.
"Yeah, sure!" And they walked into the dark forest.
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"Hey, yo, I got one!" shouted Greg, he raised it up.
"So how many have we caught now?" asked Ryan.
"mm..five. I think. I don't know, I don't have the stack."
"Hey Kris!" Ryan shouted, "How many do we have?!"
"….mmmm…"she looked over at the pile next to her, "Yeah it's five."
"Ok, well here's another, "said Greg, he threw it over to Kris, "Ah!"
"Thanks! Just two more kay?"
"Alright!"
Suddenly the three of them felt a tug on their ankle, "Ah! What the…?" murmured Ryan. There was a silence.
"Hey did you feel that?" whispered Greg.
"Yeah what was it?" asked Ryan, "How about you Kris?"
"Uh huh, me too, I felt it."
"It's still on my ankle but it's not pulling me or anything," said Greg.
The vine then started to wrap around their ankles tighter.
"Huh?" Lily turned to them, "What happened?"
Suddenly in a synchronized form the three children were suck down under the ground helplessly.
"What!!!!???? Aie!" she started to shout, "You guys?! Kris? Anyone? Are you there?" she started to get frantic, "Keokimon! What just happened!?"
Keokimon replied, "I don't know…"
"Well aren't you going to do something about it?"
"I can't unless Andy is here!"
"UURRG…! Sean! Help me out!"
Sean was staring at the scene in disbelief, "What…the hell?"
"Sean!!!!!!!!!!"
"What?"
"Hey you guys!" shouted Andy, he had just came back from his hunt for edible fruits, "Huh? Hey what happened?"
"What do you think what happened???!!!" shouted Lily, "Ryan, Kris, and Greg were just sucked into the water just like that?!"
"What! No way!" said Naomi.
"Keokimon, come on! There's got to be a way to get down there!" said Andy, he had dropped his strange fruits, and was all ready and pumped up for a new adventure.
"Well since the holes automatically closed up after they had been pulled in we could also wait in the water till we are pulled in too."
"Sounds stupid, but let's do it!"
"I was kidding. The forces of nature aren't that dumb, you know."
"Oh."
"We will just have to wait."
"Hold on!" shouted Naomi
"What?"
"Don't you feel kind of fuzzy in that digital kind of way?" she asked.
"Yeah, sort of like when we were sucked into the whirlpool, you bet," said Andy.
"Hold still…"
"Huh…?"
There was a silence. They felt, and heard wind silently pass by. And they gradually disappeared; just like that.
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"So you are the Element digidestined," The giant tiger spoke as his wings settled.
"The Whada whada?" Andy mumbled loudly.
"The element digidestined, also known as the Elements," it repeated, "Welcome to Game..."
"Andy, it's ok," said Keokimon, "His name's Tigiromon. He's not a meanie like Drilldramon, though he has a brother who is totally opposite from him, though he isn't suppose to be mean either even though he is the dark side. He and his brother are supposed to symbolize the yin and yang, and hold the balance of Game."
"Really?" Andy sounded amazed, "oh."
Getting back to the subject, Naomi said, "So who-slash-what are the element digidestined?"
Tigiromon replied with a simple, "You."
"WHAT?!" the children stared at Tigiromon with a blank expression.
They exchanged looks.
"I guess we do have a purpose here then…" murmured Greg thoughtfully.
"Yes…like I said before, this lost continent Game, it is known to be the most mysterious continent of the digital world. If the Digital World was destroyed, Game will still be living. It's strange alright, but it's true, Game is like another world to believe it or not," said Tigiromon in one breath.
The kids said nothing as they stared in disbelief.
Tigiromon then added, "Also, if any other Digimon from a different land attempted to find it, they would disappear forever and never be seen again. The monsters you see here are from this continent; although, if they were to cross over to a different continent or island, they too would disappear." He nodded in self agreement.
"Hey! Keokimon!" shouted Andy, "You said that Drilldramon drilled through this entire world and got to another continent!"
"Oh yeah, huh…?"
"Yeah…!"
"Well I did say it was a rumor…" Keokimon glanced around, humming to himself.
"Urg…never mind."
"Wait!" Ryan was confused, "So how did we get here?"
"Well…" Tigiromon has a mysterious look upon his face, "Just call it destiny."
Ryan snorted, "Well that really helped."
"Huh? What do you mean 'just call it destiny?'" asked Kris.
"Yeah…And what are we suppose to do?" asked Andy he was starting to get pumped up.
"Those are some things you must figure out yourself."
"What?" Lily was irritated and wanted to know more, "So you're just going to leave us hanging on a thin branch!?"
"Yep."
Lily did a paralyzed anime fall of loss and confusion.
The rest of the children watched blankly as she quickly jumped back to her feet.
"Although…" mentioned Tigiromon, "There is one thing I must tell you to find on your journey before anything else…"
The children listened in intently.
"You must first find the Temple of Life," Tigiromon continued, "As soon as you have discovered it, six other monsters will be unleashed and appear before you as new friends and personal guides throughout this continent."
"Oh! You mean like Keokimon?" asked Andy brightly.
Tigiromon nodded.
"Yay!" shouted Ryan, "Cool!! I want a bouncing baby monster!" he clapped his hands together once in excitement.
"Wait a minute, but where is it?" asked Naomi.
"The Temple of Life…" Tigiromon murmured, "It's an ancient temple, many have attempted to search for it, though they always come back empty handed. And some have never returned."
"Never…?!" gasped Lily, who was intimidated by the thought.
"What's so great about this temple anyways?" asked Andy casually as he stuffed his hands into his pockets.
"The temple contains a magical force, so powerful it can destroy or rebuild the entire continent; it is only the Elements though, who can unravel its power."
"Us?" asked Andy, "The Elements?"
"Yes."
Silence drifted over the children, like a blanket, covering their bodies with thoughts, running in their minds.
Finally the quiet moment broke as Greg stepped up, "Well…Thank you for telling us this information," he said peacefully; he then bowed for some reason like he normally did at the start and end his kung fu lessons with his Chinese uncle, "We really appreciate it."
Tigiromon looked at him for a minute with a confused look upon his face; suddenly his expression became understanding, and he smiled.
Andy cleared his throat silently as he said simply, "Well, let's go."
Lily nodded as they exchanged looks.
"When you find it; I must warn you of something…" Tigiromon spoke up, "There is much evil floating in this world at this time. Akuryoumon, an evil monster, is after your souls, and my brother, Malgiromon, has been taken over by a dark spirit, and has become one with the darkness. With only one Digimon for protection will be hard to come out alive."
"AARRG!!!!! Stop intimidating us!!!!!" shouted Lily desperately.
Andy sighed, "This is like suicide."
"No! We can do it!" shouted Keokimon as they started to walk deeper into the forest.
Andy looked at the Digimon. Keokimon's eyes were burning bright with confidence, and Andy grew hope.
"Find the Temple of Life soon…"
"We will…" Said Andy, "yes, we will…" And with that, they continued on with their journey.
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Two blood red eyes watched the children stroll away.
Tigiromon swerved around as he heard the silent breaths hiding in the forest.
"Malgiromon…"
A tiger that look similar except white stripes and a black body, jumped out of the darkness, he smirked and said slyly, "So you found me."
"Malgiromon! You know this is wrong! Overcome the spirit!" shouted Tigiromon desperately as his brother circled him.
Malgiromon smirked again, "There is no dark spirit within me. Stop babbling nonsense. I was always like this. Wasn't I?" his eyes narrowed, "Brother?" he stopped circling Tigiromon.
"No…"
"My whole life…I wanted you dead. You were always so much better than me."
"Ha!" shouted Tigiromon, "If I die, so shall you. Besides, we are to be immortal."
"I don't care. Even If I have to sacrifice my life…And everyone has to die sometime is that correct?"
Tigiromon's eyes widened with shock.
Suddenly Malgiromon leaped up, "DARK TIGER!"
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"Yo, hey, you guys, I think it's going to be dark soon," said Andy casually, "We better have a place to sleep you know."
"I saw a cavern awhile back," said Naomi.
Lily heaved a sigh of exasperation, "Too late now."
They stopped in their tracks and exchanged looks.
"Caverns aren't suppose to be in the woods, are they?" murmured Kris thoughtfully.
"No…" Mumbled Greg wearing a doubtful look on his face, "That's just weird."
"Well, what are we going to do?" said Naomi, "And Sean, you've rarely said anything ever since this journey started."
Sean's hands were cupped around the back of his neck casually as he spat on the ground without saying a word.
Naomi heaved sighed.
"Um…"mumbled Andy as he glanced around, suddenly he noticed a small waterfall and lake, "Hey how about over there!?" he pointed to that certain spot.
"Hey was that there before?" asked Greg blankly.
"I don't know, but it looks pretty much like a decent place to stay, ne?"
"I guess. But I still have a strange feeling about it."
"Yeah man," Ryan said, as he nudged Greg with his elbow, causing Greg to slightly trip, "Cheer up!"
Greg sighed doubtfully, he had given up.
"Hey, what are we waiting for?" I mean we're just standing here doing nothing. Let's setup our campsite," said Naomi brightly, her thumb was pointing to the waterfall behind her.
Lily and Ryan were the first to the small lake. "hmmm…wow…"mumbled Lily, her camera was sitting next to her so it wouldn't get wet, "It's so refreshing!" She splashed her face.
"Whahoo!" Ryan dunked his head into the water and made bubbles under the water. He lifted his head out, "Yeah!" he wiped his face with his shirt, and slipped his glasses back on neatly.
"Oh come on Greg, stop staring at the water," said Lily, "It's not like I'm turning purple!"
"ACCCKK!!!" Andy had purposely pushed Ryan into the pool.
"I am turning purple!!!???" shouted Lily franticly, she had not seen the incident.
"No, it's not that…Uh oh," mumbled Naomi.
"This isn't good," Kris said as she stared at the two boys doubtfully.
Ryan then rose up to the water, his face was no frown but a smile. His glasses which had for some reason stayed on his head, gleamed once again in a creepy way. He started laughing uncontrollably. Everyone stared at him like he was a lunatic.
Suddenly Ryan jumped out of the water and shouted,"HIIEEYYAA!" He then clasped both hands with Andy as they both tried to push each other into the water with all their might.
Back and forth.
Back and forth.
Greg watched them, as they past him by, they accidentally tripped him and he nearly fell into the lake. The second time they really, "WAAHG!!!" Tripped him and his whole body fell in.
Ryan and Andy completely ignored the incident and kept on pushing each other back and forth, making driving noises, and other childish sounds.
Greg arose slowly from the water, and pulled himself out, he walked over to Andy and Ryan, who had stopped going back and forth, and just kept on trying to push each other into the water.
Greg walked behind them, "AAck!", "What? Hey!" And pushed them both, into the lake.
The two boys who had been pushed into the lake exchanged looks. They both nodded at the same time. An evil smirk spread across their faces.
Greg suddenly grew blue with fear as Andy and Ryan splashed out of the water. He stepped back as they stepped forward in a synchronized notion. Suddenly they both leaped and chained their one of their arms with Greg's, holding him up as he struggled to get out of the mess.
"Wai!!! Hey, let go of me!!!!" Greg shouted; they ignored him as they dragged him over to the lake. The other children stared at the happening.
"Aieya…" mumbled Kris, she knew that it wouldn't be smart if she interfered, "Poor Greg."
"…yeah…literally," murmured Lily.
Naomi raised an eyebrow, and said nothing.
Sean glanced up and made a "tsk," sound.
"One…." Ryan started a countdown as he and Andy swung Greg back and forth at the tip of the lake.
Andy continued, "Two…"
"Three!"
"ACK!! Hey!!!"
Splash! Andy and Ryan laughed with amusement as Greg once again arose from the water with a bit ticked off expression on his face. Suddenly Ryan slapped Andy back into the water with a large smile on his face.
"AAAHHGG!" Andy had stopped laughing the minute he was pushed in.
Greg jumped out of the water and started to tackle Ryan with full force, "Haaaaiiiii…!!"
Ryan ducked as Greg missed and almost falling back into the water, though not quite, to his luck and balance, he stood at the very tip of the lake.
"Ha Ha!" shouted Ryan pointing at Greg.
As soon as Andy jumped back onto the ground, the three boys started attack each other.
"I'm going to get you for that!!!"
"You…you idiot!"
"Man! Stop talk'n about yourself! Geez! Ha Ha!"
"Very funny Ryan, but I'm not laughing!"
"Ack!"
"Watch it!"
"You watch it!"
"Shut up already!"
"You shouldn't be talking!"
"Hey you guys!" shouted Naomi.
They all turned to her and stopped what they were doing. Ryan then pushed Greg into the lake once again, "Hey!!!"
Greg jumped back out of the water and the ruff housing started once again.
Another splash was heard after awhile. This time it was Ryan, Greg and Andy had obviously ganged up on him, since he did most of the havoc. Unfortunately, Sean who was sitting beside the lake was splashed entirely during the occurrence. His eyes narrowed as he stood up.
Just as Ryan placed himself back onto the ground, he had fallen in again, "WAI!!" "Ack!" "What the—!" But this time, along with Greg and Andy. Sean had pushed all three of them into the lake with only one arm.
Lily whispered into Kris' ear, "Girls are sane, boys are insane," she slightly emphasized the 'in' in the 'insane.'
Kris replied, "…hmmm…nah I don't think so. Only sometimes."
Another splash was heard, this time it was Sean who was thrown in.
Lily sighed as the boys' ruff-housing continued.
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"So, they are the Elements," A dark shadow murmured in a raspy tone; the voice seem to be a computer's, though the shadow was shaped as if it were some kind of small floating animal.
"Yes indeed…" Another dark shadow replied, it seemed to be a girl's voice, "But they're just children! Darkumon, are you sure this is them?"
"You cannot judge someone by their appearance, you know how it goes."
"Yeah you are right. I suppose." She put her hand on her hip, "So what are we suppose to do, follow them like spies?"
"That's what Akuryoumon said at least. Huh? Kuroi? Is there something wrong?"
"Huh?" suddenly she snapped, "Why would there be!!!??? We came here by order, not to dawdle!"
"Eh…ok." He backed off.
They continued to spy on the group.
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"Urg…uncomfortable," murmured Greg, his clothes, shoes, and every part of his body were drenched and was attached to his body. He looked as if he had a lot of stress and boredom mixed together. He sat casually on the ground as he covered his forehead with his hand, his badly cut bangs slightly hovered over it, considering, the hand had taken its usual area, the forehead. He then let his hand go as he plucked out an irritating twig which rested in his hair, he glanced at it in boredom, before throwing it over his shoulder.
Meanwhile Ryan pulled out a fish that was squirming around in his left pocket with a blank expression on his face, "A fish…?" he studied it for a while and then through it back into the water, "Too bad for it." He then pulled his black sweatshirt over his head. Luckily he had it sitting at the side of the lake peacefully, not wet.
"Tsk! You should've thought of this kind of thing sooner, or else you guys wouldn't feel so uncomfortable," advised Naomi, though it was a bit late.
Andy pulled some stones out of his cargo pockets, and threw it into the water like everything else.
Sean just sat there staring. He felt as if he was being watched, he squinted quickly, sighing.
"I'm just worried that y'all going to get a cold," noted Kris, "Cause, I mean, well, we don't really have any resources to cure. You know?"
"Yeah…I know…" Greg gulped nervously.
"Huh? Ah..!" Kris blinked, "Sorry…"
"It's ok…"
"Awwh, you guys," said Lily, "You'll be fine, geez…! I mean really, if my camera lived through all this action, you will get through without a cold, kay?"
"Well, then…"Ryan mumbled suddenly he shouted, "how about now?!" He grabbed her video camera and ran over to the lake with a large smile on his face of amusement with Lily yelling behind him to stop, "HEY!!!! COME BACK HERE!!!!" she jumped up and ran after him.
"hmmm…well, let's just get some sleep ok?" said Naomi.
"Yeah, your right."
To their luck there was a cave hidden behind the waterfall of the lake.
"Hey, yo! Ryan! Lily! Hurry up!" shouted Andy.
Ryan was pretending that he was about to throw the camera into the water, while Lily was yelling at him and trying to reach over his shoulder. They suddenly stopped what they were doing, "Ok!" shouted Ryan, "Here!" he gave the camera back to Lily, as they both ran over and into the cave.
As they got comfortable in their own little spot inside the cave, soon enough, all seven of them fell asleep.
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"Hello! Wake up! Hello?" Andy's eyes fluttered as he opened them to a commanding friendly voice.
Naomi smiled down on him as he started to blush deep red, "Finally! You're awake!" She lifted her head back up, though it wasn't very close.
"Eh…uh…um…" he slowly crept out of his small space. He then scratched his neck nervously, with his red face was still glowing.
Naomi blinked, perplexed, she continued to talk as if she forgot her bewilderment, "Well, anyways, everyone is up but you, you know. I was just sent here to wake you up."
"Oh ok…" he hopped to his feet quickly and strolled out of the cave next to Naomi.
"hmmmm….where's Keokimon?" he asked.
Naomi replied quickly, "he's been bouncing, up and down for the past hour, he's over there next to Lily.
"Huh? Your watch works?"
"Nah, I just feel it's past an hour or so. Oh yeah, for some reason to our luck you guy's clothes magically dried over night. Cool, ne?"
"Huh?" he then patted himself around to check if he felt any wetness, "Hey you're right. That's weird," he then continued, "So…what's everyone doing?"
"mmm…well we're attempting to make breakfast."
"Hey Andy!!!" Ryan was in the lake trying to catch fish with his bare hands. He stopped and started waving at Andy, "'Morning!" Suddenly a fish jumped out of the water and hit him in the forehead, "Wai!"
"Hey, good morning!" Andy laughed along with Kris and Greg, who were also catching fish.
"Well…see you later!" Shouted Naomi she started to run off into the forest.
"Hey, where are you going?!"
"I'm going to find some fruits that look edible!"
"Oh. Ok. Uh….hey can I come?" he started to follow her.
"Yeah, sure!" And they walked into the dark forest.
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"Hey, yo, I got one!" shouted Greg, he raised it up.
"So how many have we caught now?" asked Ryan.
"mm..five. I think. I don't know, I don't have the stack."
"Hey Kris!" Ryan shouted, "How many do we have?!"
"….mmmm…"she looked over at the pile next to her, "Yeah it's five."
"Ok, well here's another, "said Greg, he threw it over to Kris, "Ah!"
"Thanks! Just two more kay?"
"Alright!"
Suddenly the three of them felt a tug on their ankle, "Ah! What the…?" murmured Ryan. There was a silence.
"Hey did you feel that?" whispered Greg.
"Yeah what was it?" asked Ryan, "How about you Kris?"
"Uh huh, me too, I felt it."
"It's still on my ankle but it's not pulling me or anything," said Greg.
The vine then started to wrap around their ankles tighter.
"Huh?" Lily turned to them, "What happened?"
Suddenly in a synchronized form the three children were suck down under the ground helplessly.
"What!!!!???? Aie!" she started to shout, "You guys?! Kris? Anyone? Are you there?" she started to get frantic, "Keokimon! What just happened!?"
Keokimon replied, "I don't know…"
"Well aren't you going to do something about it?"
"I can't unless Andy is here!"
"UURRG…! Sean! Help me out!"
Sean was staring at the scene in disbelief, "What…the hell?"
"Sean!!!!!!!!!!"
"What?"
"Hey you guys!" shouted Andy, he had just came back from his hunt for edible fruits, "Huh? Hey what happened?"
"What do you think what happened???!!!" shouted Lily, "Ryan, Kris, and Greg were just sucked into the water just like that?!"
"What! No way!" said Naomi.
"Keokimon, come on! There's got to be a way to get down there!" said Andy, he had dropped his strange fruits, and was all ready and pumped up for a new adventure.
"Well since the holes automatically closed up after they had been pulled in we could also wait in the water till we are pulled in too."
"Sounds stupid, but let's do it!"
"I was kidding. The forces of nature aren't that dumb, you know."
"Oh."
"We will just have to wait."
"Hold on!" shouted Naomi
"What?"
"Don't you feel kind of fuzzy in that digital kind of way?" she asked.
"Yeah, sort of like when we were sucked into the whirlpool, you bet," said Andy.
"Hold still…"
"Huh…?"
There was a silence. They felt, and heard wind silently pass by. And they gradually disappeared; just like that.
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