Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
Note Again all I own is my origional characters and the crazy, messed up, totally insane plotline. SO PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK SO I'LL KNOW WHETHER OR NOT TO KEEP POSTING!! Thanks.
Later that night
Jade woke up with a start. Pushing her covers aside she slid out of bed and headed for her door. Opening it she quietly let herself out and headed down the stairs and out the front door. Not stopping she continued on her way to an unknown destination. Despite her mother and god father's didgmon following her and trying to stop her she simply kept moving. She had to do as she was told, she must go to the place that was calling to her. A Siren's Call.
Next Morning
Rika Nonaka Akiyama slowly opened her eyes and sat up. Fondly she listened to the breathing of her husband beside her as she sat there, content to linger. However never having been a slug a bug she sighed and leaning over to place a kiss on his cheek and tucked the cover more firmly around him, then slide out from her covers. Not making a sound she walked over to her closet and pulled out a robe. Sliding her arms through she pulled her hair out of her collar then headed for the door. Closing it carefully behind her Rika headed for her son's room to see if he was getting ready for work.
"He's probably still fast asleep." Rika thought as she inched open the door. Gazing around Rika couldn't help but wish he'd decided to take after his sister in his cleaning habits as she narrowly missed stepping on one of his model aeroplanes. Shaking her head she headed for the huge lump in the middle of where his bed should be. Twisting and turning to avoid debris Rika walked up to the lump until she could finally make out her son's hair sticking out of the wrong side of the bed.
"Takato." Rika said reaching out to shake where she estimated his shoulder to be. After repeated callings the lump finally began to move and her son's head popped out to stare owlishly out at her.
"I slept through my alarm again didn't I?" He said groggily.
"Yup now get ready and I'll make you some breakfast."
"Thanks mom." Takato said sliding his legs out to sit up on his bed.
"Okay but don't fall back to sleep or I'll send your sister in to wake you up." Rika teased as she waded through the mess to the door.
"Gotcha mom. I'll be right down." Takato said instantly coming awake at the thoughts of how his sister could wake him up.
Knowing her son would be getting ready now Rika headed for her daughter's room to see if she was up yet. Coming to her door Rika knocked lightly on it. "Jade, are you up yet?" Hearing no response Rika frowned. Her daughter was usually a very light sleeper, she should have heard her. Knocking harder she repeated her question in a louder voice. Feeling her heart begin to beat faster Rika stared at her daughter's closed door. She knew she was just being silly but something was telling her that something was wrong, very wrong. Once more she knocked and called her daughter's name in near desperation and like before there was no answer. Feeling the cold and persistent prickles of fear run down her spine Rika reached out, clasped the handle and threw the door open. She knew before she saw it that her daughter wasn't there. Her eyes automatically went to the bed any way. She wasn't there. She gazed at the rumpled sheets and told herself she'd already gotten up, she was just being paranoid. But no, her mother's instincts told her that her baby was gone and not by choice. Without realizing what she was doing she ran out of the room and began hysterically running from room to room, searching for her daughter. This can't be happening, it can't be. It was just a stupid magic trick, it wasn't real. She's fine, Jade's just fine. But no matter how many times she said it none of the rooms contained her daughter or a note. The it hit her, the thing that would reveal the truth. Running back up the stairs she went running into Jade's room and once again threw open the door. Without stopping Rika ran to the dresser table beside her daughter's bed and there it was. Rika could feel all the blood drain from her face and without even realizing it dropped to her knees in front of the dresser , eye level with the jack knife. The jack knife that Jade took with her everywhere and the only time it wasn't on her person was when she slept. Jade wouldn't have left the house without it. She never did. The prophecy had come true. Without even realizing it Rika clutched the knife in her hand and not even feeling it dig into her skin cried out as only a mother who's lost a child can.
"JADE!"
Jade slowly drifted into consciousness. That had to be the weirdest dream she'd ever had. Shaking her head slightly she settle back onto her nice warm bed. That was weird, this didn't feel like any bed she'd ever slept on before. Curious, it was almost as if her mattress was giving off heat and it was shaped really weird too, like it had been made to fit her body. She knew that she should probably open her eyes and get out this strange bed. But she was feeling far to comfortable and sleepy at the moment and Takato would wake her up for breakfast anyway. Or at least she was sleepy until she felt the mattress move from under her. Annoyed and still not quite awake Jade forced her eyes to open and moving her head from her nice, comfy pillow turning to stare down at her bed.
"Oh my God." Jade whispered as she stared into the half closed eyes of Quinn Chang, aka her comfy bed. Jade watched in shock as his eyes began to focus and saw the surprise and horror take over as he realized where he was and what his warm blanket really was.
"You."
"You."
Instantaneously Jade jumped off of him while he yanked his body as far away from her as possible. Breathing hard the two stared at each other, too shocked to yell.
Quinn quickly took in there appearances and breathed a sigh of relief. They were both fully dressed. "What the hell happened?"
Quinn said looking around them, anywhere but at her. He'd had a lot of strange dreams involving Jade but this topped them all, especially since it was quickly sinking in that this wasn't a dream gone horribly wrong. They were in some kind of field and something told him he wouldn't like the answer.
"I don't know, I mean I thought it was just a dream but were awake and......how on earth did we get here?" Jade replied looking at him for answers and at that moment he'd have given anything to be able to answer them. Quinn turned towards her again and heaved a sigh.
"I have no idea." Quinn watched as the news set in. He had to give her credit, she wasn't crying about it. In fact she looked like a warrior preparing for battle. She was already going through her pyjama pockets looking for anything that they could use. Wait a minute. PYJAMAS! Quinn stared at Jade and feeling his gaze Jade looked down too. Quinn watched as a slight blush came to her cheeks and she glared at him for taking notice. Quinn quickly adverted his eyes. He had enough to deal with right now without seeing Jade parade around in her Pjs. Shaking his head Quinn sighed. Boy he must be really out of it. That was the third time in little over twenty four hours that he'd admired her form. He really needed to date more. Jade was looking really good right now and if that wasn't a sure sign that he'd gone without a girl for too long then he didn't know what else was.
Jade mentally yelled at herself for blushing. The last thing she needed was for Quinn to get it into his head that she cared what he thought of her or what she was wearing. She wished that he was in pyjamas too, then maybe she wouldn't be so embarrassed. Then again the thought of Quinn running around in his Pjs was not a mental image she needed right now. For all she knew he might not even wear Pjs to bed. Akiyama you are losing your mind as she felt her face turn bright red at that mental image. Maybe she should take Rich's suggestion to let him set her up with some of his friends cause she must really be boy deprived when she started thinking of Quinn Chang as a well formed and goodlooking man instead of a royal pain in the asse. Blushing even more now Jade quickly turned her back to Quinn and began scanning the field for any familiar sight. For some reason she had a feeling she'd been here before but for the life of her she couldn't remember it. "Did you hear that?" Quinn said breaking the silence. Turning around Jade shook her head. Walking over to stand beside Quinn Jade stood absolutely quiet as well. Seconds later they heard the sound of someone yelling and Jade smiled as she recognized the yeller's voice.
"Terriermon!" Jade yelled as she took off in the voice's direct with Quinn close on her heels. Jade gave a whoop of joy when she saw Terriermon a few meters away, running towards her with his white and green ears flying like banners behind him. Jade caught him and hugged him tight as she caught her godfather's digimon in her arms.
"Are you guys okay?" Terriermon said, keeping a firm grip on Jade's arm.
"Were okay, are you?" Jade said holding the small digimon up to her face for inspection.
"Yea and I think the other two are okay." Terriermon said, happy to have found her and even better the center of attention.
"What two people?" Quinn said. Whatever the thing was it obviously knew Jade and she him. He'd never seen her that happy to see someone, ever.
"Jenn and another guy. I woke up and they were laying a couple feet from me. I tried to wake them up but they wouldn't." Terriermon said looking at him closely. Quinn had seen a lot of weird things in his life but he'd never seen anything quite like Jade's pet before. It was about the size of a medium size dog and had ears like a rabbit. When he'd first seen it running towards them he'd thought that it looked just like that old stuffed animal Jade had always dragged around with her. Come to think of it, it looked exactly like the stuffed animal.
"Isn't that that stupid stuffed animal you were always dragging around when we were kids? The one I used to throw up in the oak tree by the slide?" Quinn said poking it in the arm curiously.
"Hey, who you calling a stuffed animal Quinn Chang. And seeing as the guy with Jenn is that guy you were always hanging around with you'd think you'd go make sure he's all right.
"Trowa?" Quinn said. Shrugging his shoulders the former stuffed animal jumped out of Jade's arms and took off running the way he'd come. Both Quinn and Jade ran after him, the animal yapping the whole time about someone called Renamon and a strange light.
Jade smiled at Terriermon's chatter. It was good to have one thing that hadn't changed drastically in the last twenty-four hours. "Do you know how we got here?" Jade said watching Terriermon jump from one row to the next.
"Don't you remember?" Terriermon said cocking his head towards her. "Course you were pretty out of it. No matter what we did we couldn't seem to snap you out of it. Whatever it was."
"No, what did happened." Jade said. "The last thing I remember was going to bed last night, or I think it was last night. I hope it was last night anyway."
"Well you young lady left the house at midnight in your Pjs and no matter what me and Renamon did we couldn't stop you. It was like there was some force field or something around you so we couldn't stop you physically and could only get within a few inches. Then you almost got hit by a transport truck when you walked into traffic but Quinn here saved you which is probably the only good thing he's ever done. Then we ended up in the park with Quinn, Jenn and his friend cause they followed you into it with Ren and me. Thats when a bright light appeared and we all got sucked into it and were probably transported here. That's all I remember anyway." Terriermon said brightly as though nothing was wrong.
"Dang. I'd hope that that was just a dream. And it's Renamon and I, Terriermon." Jade said shaking her head. "What on earht is going on, and what the Hell made me walk to the park in my friggin pajamas
"Whatever it was we both have a score to settle with it now. My parents are going to go balitic when I don't come home."
"There they are." Terriermon chirped and Quinn and Jade turned to see Jenn and Trowa lying on the ground. They were wrapped in an embrace as well, just like the two of them had been.
"Just like us." Quinn said, echoing her thoughts. Jade and the other two hurried over to the two. Getting on bended knee Jade put her fingers to first Jenn's neck, then Trowa's.
"Their pulses are both strong." Jade said looking up at Quinn. Together they separated Jenn and Trowa and shook them awake.
"What's going on? Jade?" Jenn said opening her eyes.
"Yea, it's me." Jade said helping Jenn up.
"Where are we? don't remember going on a camping trip." Jenn said taking in her surroundings.
"We have no idea." Jade said supporting her friend up.
"Are you two okay?" Trowa said stretching her arms.
"I've been better." Jenn said taking in their foreign surroundings. Turning towards Jade Jenn shook her head.
"You wouldn't believe the kind of dream I had." Jenn said shaking her head.
"I probably would." Jade said looking at her friend.
"Wanna bet?" Jenn said lifting an eyebrow.
"Yep." Jenn said.
"You lose."
"You mean to tell me you found me wrapped in his arms! It wasn't a dream?" Jenn said, thoroughly shocked. She, Jenn Winner, had been found locked in an embrace with one of her best male friends. And not just any male friend. Oh no of course not. It had to be Trowa Barton Jr. of all the guys in the galaxy she had to end up with him. Hell she'd rather end up with Quinn. At least she would feel comfortable asking him what the hell had happened. But she couldn't yell at Trowa. There was really no point. There was no way on God's green earth that she was going to ask Trowa how she'd ended up in his arms.
"Hey you two, quit yapping and start walking." Quinn yelled
"It's almost dark and we need to find shelter." Trowa added. He hadn't quite figured out how he'd ended up with Jenn in his arms. He didn't remember anything before he'd woken up to see Quinn grinning down at him. Added to Jade's smirk and Jenn's blushes he knew that he'd missed something right away but what a thing to miss. The last thing he remembered was falling down a dark hole and grabbing on to Jenn's hand. Turning his head slightly he stared at Jenn. Judging from her face Jade had informed her of how they'd been found. Jenn's emotions were always written across her face, it was one of the things he'd always liked about her. And she was obviously very embarrassed over it. But how had they ended up like that. Quinn had said that he and Jade had been in the same position, so what did it all mean. Like Quinn he'd thought it was all a dream and both men were startled and confused about it. To Quinn Jade was the enemy and he and Jenn were only friends. Speaking for himself he'd never thought of Jenn that way before, it was rather upsetting to do so now. Apparently Jenn felt the same because she was practically plastered to Jade's side and was looking everywhere but at him.
"Jenn, can I talk to you." Trowa said looking over at Jenn. He could see she didn't want to but she nodded anyway and left Jade's side.
"Quinn and I will go scout up ahead." Jade said kindly and Trowa nodded his head in thanks. The last thing they needed right now was an audience. Trowa grinned slightly for the first time as he watched Jade practically drag Quinn away.
"Hey. Let go of my arm will ya." Quinn said as he dug in his heels.
"Will you come with me if I let you go?" Jade said looking him in the eye. Gosh she was beautiful when she was angry Quinn thought before he could suppress it. Geez he must of hit his head harder then he thought.
"Why do we have to go any way. It would be a lot safer if we stayed in one group woman." Quinn said. He watched with relief as she rose for the barb.
"How many times have I told you not to call me woman you good for nothing sexist pig. If it weren't for the fact that I don't want to carry you I'd show you who's the weak one here. And were walking ahead so that Trowa and Jenn can talk about what happened alone." Quinn looked at Jade and almost smiles. This was the pig headed feminist he knew. She'd had him worried there for a seconds yesterday with the politeness and dress. But she was back to normal. And why the hell am I glad Quinn thought to himself.
"Why do they need to talk alone?" Quinn finally said slightly confused. It made more sense to him to all talk about this together. As if reading his thoughts Jade shook her head.
"Not about how we got here you idiot. I meant that they need to talk about the fact that they woke up in each other's arms." Quinn was obviously even more confused now.
"Why do they need to talk about it. We woke up in the same position and we didn't need to talk about it." Quinn said studying her.
"That's because there's a big difference between us waking up in each others arms and them Quinn." Jade said drily. Quinn still couldn't get it.
"What big difference?" Quinn watched Jade roll her eyes then pick a twig off her shoulder.
"Because Quinn, were enemies, always have and will likely always be. Jenn and Trowa are good friends who ended up sleeping together in each others arms in a romantic embrace which could seriously complicate their friendship. Therefore it's probably a good idea to talk things out between the two." Quinn looked at Jade as he absorbed her words. Did he think of her as his enemy? Sure they'd never gotten along really well but enemy seemed like such a hard word. He didn't hate her. Sure he disagreed with half the things that came out of her mouth but did that make them enemies?
"You think of me as your enemy?" Quinn said before he thought better of it.
Jade looked over at him in surprise. He almost looked as though he was hurt by the idea that she considered him her enemy. She'd always thought that that was how he wanted it. He'd never made any attempt to be anything but a pain in her neck so why was he concerned about how she thought of him.
"Maybe enemy is too strong of a word." Jade said finally. She watched Quinn closely and was glad for some reason that he seemed to accept what she'd said. Yet the look on his face when she'd called him her enemy kept bouncing around in her head.
"Hey you two, wait up." Jade and Quinn looked to see Jenn and Trowa speed walking towards them with Terriermon at their heels. He'd insisted on looking for Renamon while they scouted the area. Obviously he hadn't found her. Well at least Jenn's looking at Trowa now Jade thought as she stopped to wait for them. Just then something caught her attention out of the corner of her eye. Bending down Jade reached into a nearby pile of leaves and withdrew a long white tooth.
"What is that?" Trowa said kneeling down beside her while Quinn and Jenn looked over their shoulders.
"It's a tooth." Jade said. "A dragon's tooth."
"What!" Trowa said taking the tooth from her.
"She said it was a dragon's tooth." Everyone turned to see a huge fox standing upright behind them.
"Renamon." Jade yelled as she rushed to her feet and threw herself at her friend.
Allowing Jade and Terriermon to hug her Renamon patiently waited for them to finish before she continued. "I believe we are in Gaea."
Jade turned and stared at Renamon then nodded. "Any idea how we go here?" Jade said quietly.
"No however I've just come from a place which might provide the answer to that question." Renamon said.
"Another friend of yours Jade?" Quinn said stepping forward.
"Ya. Everyone, this is Renamon. She might know how we can find out what's going on" Jade said feeling slightly more optimistic.
"Then lets go." Trowa said grabbing a stick off the ground to use as a walking stick.
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Later that night
Jade woke up with a start. Pushing her covers aside she slid out of bed and headed for her door. Opening it she quietly let herself out and headed down the stairs and out the front door. Not stopping she continued on her way to an unknown destination. Despite her mother and god father's didgmon following her and trying to stop her she simply kept moving. She had to do as she was told, she must go to the place that was calling to her. A Siren's Call.
Next Morning
Rika Nonaka Akiyama slowly opened her eyes and sat up. Fondly she listened to the breathing of her husband beside her as she sat there, content to linger. However never having been a slug a bug she sighed and leaning over to place a kiss on his cheek and tucked the cover more firmly around him, then slide out from her covers. Not making a sound she walked over to her closet and pulled out a robe. Sliding her arms through she pulled her hair out of her collar then headed for the door. Closing it carefully behind her Rika headed for her son's room to see if he was getting ready for work.
"He's probably still fast asleep." Rika thought as she inched open the door. Gazing around Rika couldn't help but wish he'd decided to take after his sister in his cleaning habits as she narrowly missed stepping on one of his model aeroplanes. Shaking her head she headed for the huge lump in the middle of where his bed should be. Twisting and turning to avoid debris Rika walked up to the lump until she could finally make out her son's hair sticking out of the wrong side of the bed.
"Takato." Rika said reaching out to shake where she estimated his shoulder to be. After repeated callings the lump finally began to move and her son's head popped out to stare owlishly out at her.
"I slept through my alarm again didn't I?" He said groggily.
"Yup now get ready and I'll make you some breakfast."
"Thanks mom." Takato said sliding his legs out to sit up on his bed.
"Okay but don't fall back to sleep or I'll send your sister in to wake you up." Rika teased as she waded through the mess to the door.
"Gotcha mom. I'll be right down." Takato said instantly coming awake at the thoughts of how his sister could wake him up.
Knowing her son would be getting ready now Rika headed for her daughter's room to see if she was up yet. Coming to her door Rika knocked lightly on it. "Jade, are you up yet?" Hearing no response Rika frowned. Her daughter was usually a very light sleeper, she should have heard her. Knocking harder she repeated her question in a louder voice. Feeling her heart begin to beat faster Rika stared at her daughter's closed door. She knew she was just being silly but something was telling her that something was wrong, very wrong. Once more she knocked and called her daughter's name in near desperation and like before there was no answer. Feeling the cold and persistent prickles of fear run down her spine Rika reached out, clasped the handle and threw the door open. She knew before she saw it that her daughter wasn't there. Her eyes automatically went to the bed any way. She wasn't there. She gazed at the rumpled sheets and told herself she'd already gotten up, she was just being paranoid. But no, her mother's instincts told her that her baby was gone and not by choice. Without realizing what she was doing she ran out of the room and began hysterically running from room to room, searching for her daughter. This can't be happening, it can't be. It was just a stupid magic trick, it wasn't real. She's fine, Jade's just fine. But no matter how many times she said it none of the rooms contained her daughter or a note. The it hit her, the thing that would reveal the truth. Running back up the stairs she went running into Jade's room and once again threw open the door. Without stopping Rika ran to the dresser table beside her daughter's bed and there it was. Rika could feel all the blood drain from her face and without even realizing it dropped to her knees in front of the dresser , eye level with the jack knife. The jack knife that Jade took with her everywhere and the only time it wasn't on her person was when she slept. Jade wouldn't have left the house without it. She never did. The prophecy had come true. Without even realizing it Rika clutched the knife in her hand and not even feeling it dig into her skin cried out as only a mother who's lost a child can.
"JADE!"
Jade slowly drifted into consciousness. That had to be the weirdest dream she'd ever had. Shaking her head slightly she settle back onto her nice warm bed. That was weird, this didn't feel like any bed she'd ever slept on before. Curious, it was almost as if her mattress was giving off heat and it was shaped really weird too, like it had been made to fit her body. She knew that she should probably open her eyes and get out this strange bed. But she was feeling far to comfortable and sleepy at the moment and Takato would wake her up for breakfast anyway. Or at least she was sleepy until she felt the mattress move from under her. Annoyed and still not quite awake Jade forced her eyes to open and moving her head from her nice, comfy pillow turning to stare down at her bed.
"Oh my God." Jade whispered as she stared into the half closed eyes of Quinn Chang, aka her comfy bed. Jade watched in shock as his eyes began to focus and saw the surprise and horror take over as he realized where he was and what his warm blanket really was.
"You."
"You."
Instantaneously Jade jumped off of him while he yanked his body as far away from her as possible. Breathing hard the two stared at each other, too shocked to yell.
Quinn quickly took in there appearances and breathed a sigh of relief. They were both fully dressed. "What the hell happened?"
Quinn said looking around them, anywhere but at her. He'd had a lot of strange dreams involving Jade but this topped them all, especially since it was quickly sinking in that this wasn't a dream gone horribly wrong. They were in some kind of field and something told him he wouldn't like the answer.
"I don't know, I mean I thought it was just a dream but were awake and......how on earth did we get here?" Jade replied looking at him for answers and at that moment he'd have given anything to be able to answer them. Quinn turned towards her again and heaved a sigh.
"I have no idea." Quinn watched as the news set in. He had to give her credit, she wasn't crying about it. In fact she looked like a warrior preparing for battle. She was already going through her pyjama pockets looking for anything that they could use. Wait a minute. PYJAMAS! Quinn stared at Jade and feeling his gaze Jade looked down too. Quinn watched as a slight blush came to her cheeks and she glared at him for taking notice. Quinn quickly adverted his eyes. He had enough to deal with right now without seeing Jade parade around in her Pjs. Shaking his head Quinn sighed. Boy he must be really out of it. That was the third time in little over twenty four hours that he'd admired her form. He really needed to date more. Jade was looking really good right now and if that wasn't a sure sign that he'd gone without a girl for too long then he didn't know what else was.
Jade mentally yelled at herself for blushing. The last thing she needed was for Quinn to get it into his head that she cared what he thought of her or what she was wearing. She wished that he was in pyjamas too, then maybe she wouldn't be so embarrassed. Then again the thought of Quinn running around in his Pjs was not a mental image she needed right now. For all she knew he might not even wear Pjs to bed. Akiyama you are losing your mind as she felt her face turn bright red at that mental image. Maybe she should take Rich's suggestion to let him set her up with some of his friends cause she must really be boy deprived when she started thinking of Quinn Chang as a well formed and goodlooking man instead of a royal pain in the asse. Blushing even more now Jade quickly turned her back to Quinn and began scanning the field for any familiar sight. For some reason she had a feeling she'd been here before but for the life of her she couldn't remember it. "Did you hear that?" Quinn said breaking the silence. Turning around Jade shook her head. Walking over to stand beside Quinn Jade stood absolutely quiet as well. Seconds later they heard the sound of someone yelling and Jade smiled as she recognized the yeller's voice.
"Terriermon!" Jade yelled as she took off in the voice's direct with Quinn close on her heels. Jade gave a whoop of joy when she saw Terriermon a few meters away, running towards her with his white and green ears flying like banners behind him. Jade caught him and hugged him tight as she caught her godfather's digimon in her arms.
"Are you guys okay?" Terriermon said, keeping a firm grip on Jade's arm.
"Were okay, are you?" Jade said holding the small digimon up to her face for inspection.
"Yea and I think the other two are okay." Terriermon said, happy to have found her and even better the center of attention.
"What two people?" Quinn said. Whatever the thing was it obviously knew Jade and she him. He'd never seen her that happy to see someone, ever.
"Jenn and another guy. I woke up and they were laying a couple feet from me. I tried to wake them up but they wouldn't." Terriermon said looking at him closely. Quinn had seen a lot of weird things in his life but he'd never seen anything quite like Jade's pet before. It was about the size of a medium size dog and had ears like a rabbit. When he'd first seen it running towards them he'd thought that it looked just like that old stuffed animal Jade had always dragged around with her. Come to think of it, it looked exactly like the stuffed animal.
"Isn't that that stupid stuffed animal you were always dragging around when we were kids? The one I used to throw up in the oak tree by the slide?" Quinn said poking it in the arm curiously.
"Hey, who you calling a stuffed animal Quinn Chang. And seeing as the guy with Jenn is that guy you were always hanging around with you'd think you'd go make sure he's all right.
"Trowa?" Quinn said. Shrugging his shoulders the former stuffed animal jumped out of Jade's arms and took off running the way he'd come. Both Quinn and Jade ran after him, the animal yapping the whole time about someone called Renamon and a strange light.
Jade smiled at Terriermon's chatter. It was good to have one thing that hadn't changed drastically in the last twenty-four hours. "Do you know how we got here?" Jade said watching Terriermon jump from one row to the next.
"Don't you remember?" Terriermon said cocking his head towards her. "Course you were pretty out of it. No matter what we did we couldn't seem to snap you out of it. Whatever it was."
"No, what did happened." Jade said. "The last thing I remember was going to bed last night, or I think it was last night. I hope it was last night anyway."
"Well you young lady left the house at midnight in your Pjs and no matter what me and Renamon did we couldn't stop you. It was like there was some force field or something around you so we couldn't stop you physically and could only get within a few inches. Then you almost got hit by a transport truck when you walked into traffic but Quinn here saved you which is probably the only good thing he's ever done. Then we ended up in the park with Quinn, Jenn and his friend cause they followed you into it with Ren and me. Thats when a bright light appeared and we all got sucked into it and were probably transported here. That's all I remember anyway." Terriermon said brightly as though nothing was wrong.
"Dang. I'd hope that that was just a dream. And it's Renamon and I, Terriermon." Jade said shaking her head. "What on earht is going on, and what the Hell made me walk to the park in my friggin pajamas
"Whatever it was we both have a score to settle with it now. My parents are going to go balitic when I don't come home."
"There they are." Terriermon chirped and Quinn and Jade turned to see Jenn and Trowa lying on the ground. They were wrapped in an embrace as well, just like the two of them had been.
"Just like us." Quinn said, echoing her thoughts. Jade and the other two hurried over to the two. Getting on bended knee Jade put her fingers to first Jenn's neck, then Trowa's.
"Their pulses are both strong." Jade said looking up at Quinn. Together they separated Jenn and Trowa and shook them awake.
"What's going on? Jade?" Jenn said opening her eyes.
"Yea, it's me." Jade said helping Jenn up.
"Where are we? don't remember going on a camping trip." Jenn said taking in her surroundings.
"We have no idea." Jade said supporting her friend up.
"Are you two okay?" Trowa said stretching her arms.
"I've been better." Jenn said taking in their foreign surroundings. Turning towards Jade Jenn shook her head.
"You wouldn't believe the kind of dream I had." Jenn said shaking her head.
"I probably would." Jade said looking at her friend.
"Wanna bet?" Jenn said lifting an eyebrow.
"Yep." Jenn said.
"You lose."
"You mean to tell me you found me wrapped in his arms! It wasn't a dream?" Jenn said, thoroughly shocked. She, Jenn Winner, had been found locked in an embrace with one of her best male friends. And not just any male friend. Oh no of course not. It had to be Trowa Barton Jr. of all the guys in the galaxy she had to end up with him. Hell she'd rather end up with Quinn. At least she would feel comfortable asking him what the hell had happened. But she couldn't yell at Trowa. There was really no point. There was no way on God's green earth that she was going to ask Trowa how she'd ended up in his arms.
"Hey you two, quit yapping and start walking." Quinn yelled
"It's almost dark and we need to find shelter." Trowa added. He hadn't quite figured out how he'd ended up with Jenn in his arms. He didn't remember anything before he'd woken up to see Quinn grinning down at him. Added to Jade's smirk and Jenn's blushes he knew that he'd missed something right away but what a thing to miss. The last thing he remembered was falling down a dark hole and grabbing on to Jenn's hand. Turning his head slightly he stared at Jenn. Judging from her face Jade had informed her of how they'd been found. Jenn's emotions were always written across her face, it was one of the things he'd always liked about her. And she was obviously very embarrassed over it. But how had they ended up like that. Quinn had said that he and Jade had been in the same position, so what did it all mean. Like Quinn he'd thought it was all a dream and both men were startled and confused about it. To Quinn Jade was the enemy and he and Jenn were only friends. Speaking for himself he'd never thought of Jenn that way before, it was rather upsetting to do so now. Apparently Jenn felt the same because she was practically plastered to Jade's side and was looking everywhere but at him.
"Jenn, can I talk to you." Trowa said looking over at Jenn. He could see she didn't want to but she nodded anyway and left Jade's side.
"Quinn and I will go scout up ahead." Jade said kindly and Trowa nodded his head in thanks. The last thing they needed right now was an audience. Trowa grinned slightly for the first time as he watched Jade practically drag Quinn away.
"Hey. Let go of my arm will ya." Quinn said as he dug in his heels.
"Will you come with me if I let you go?" Jade said looking him in the eye. Gosh she was beautiful when she was angry Quinn thought before he could suppress it. Geez he must of hit his head harder then he thought.
"Why do we have to go any way. It would be a lot safer if we stayed in one group woman." Quinn said. He watched with relief as she rose for the barb.
"How many times have I told you not to call me woman you good for nothing sexist pig. If it weren't for the fact that I don't want to carry you I'd show you who's the weak one here. And were walking ahead so that Trowa and Jenn can talk about what happened alone." Quinn looked at Jade and almost smiles. This was the pig headed feminist he knew. She'd had him worried there for a seconds yesterday with the politeness and dress. But she was back to normal. And why the hell am I glad Quinn thought to himself.
"Why do they need to talk alone?" Quinn finally said slightly confused. It made more sense to him to all talk about this together. As if reading his thoughts Jade shook her head.
"Not about how we got here you idiot. I meant that they need to talk about the fact that they woke up in each other's arms." Quinn was obviously even more confused now.
"Why do they need to talk about it. We woke up in the same position and we didn't need to talk about it." Quinn said studying her.
"That's because there's a big difference between us waking up in each others arms and them Quinn." Jade said drily. Quinn still couldn't get it.
"What big difference?" Quinn watched Jade roll her eyes then pick a twig off her shoulder.
"Because Quinn, were enemies, always have and will likely always be. Jenn and Trowa are good friends who ended up sleeping together in each others arms in a romantic embrace which could seriously complicate their friendship. Therefore it's probably a good idea to talk things out between the two." Quinn looked at Jade as he absorbed her words. Did he think of her as his enemy? Sure they'd never gotten along really well but enemy seemed like such a hard word. He didn't hate her. Sure he disagreed with half the things that came out of her mouth but did that make them enemies?
"You think of me as your enemy?" Quinn said before he thought better of it.
Jade looked over at him in surprise. He almost looked as though he was hurt by the idea that she considered him her enemy. She'd always thought that that was how he wanted it. He'd never made any attempt to be anything but a pain in her neck so why was he concerned about how she thought of him.
"Maybe enemy is too strong of a word." Jade said finally. She watched Quinn closely and was glad for some reason that he seemed to accept what she'd said. Yet the look on his face when she'd called him her enemy kept bouncing around in her head.
"Hey you two, wait up." Jade and Quinn looked to see Jenn and Trowa speed walking towards them with Terriermon at their heels. He'd insisted on looking for Renamon while they scouted the area. Obviously he hadn't found her. Well at least Jenn's looking at Trowa now Jade thought as she stopped to wait for them. Just then something caught her attention out of the corner of her eye. Bending down Jade reached into a nearby pile of leaves and withdrew a long white tooth.
"What is that?" Trowa said kneeling down beside her while Quinn and Jenn looked over their shoulders.
"It's a tooth." Jade said. "A dragon's tooth."
"What!" Trowa said taking the tooth from her.
"She said it was a dragon's tooth." Everyone turned to see a huge fox standing upright behind them.
"Renamon." Jade yelled as she rushed to her feet and threw herself at her friend.
Allowing Jade and Terriermon to hug her Renamon patiently waited for them to finish before she continued. "I believe we are in Gaea."
Jade turned and stared at Renamon then nodded. "Any idea how we go here?" Jade said quietly.
"No however I've just come from a place which might provide the answer to that question." Renamon said.
"Another friend of yours Jade?" Quinn said stepping forward.
"Ya. Everyone, this is Renamon. She might know how we can find out what's going on" Jade said feeling slightly more optimistic.
"Then lets go." Trowa said grabbing a stick off the ground to use as a walking stick.
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