AN: I still don't own Digimon. And this really wasn't supposed to be this long. So bear with me. This story seems to be getting longer and longer. However, I'm happy with the way this is turning out. And now it's proofread. I knew something was wrong…

Yamato found his friends Taichi and Sora sitting underneath the tree where he was the other day. "What are you doing today?"

"You aren't studying?" asked Sora.

"Not today. And not for a while," answered Yamato.

Taichi looked surprised. "I thought that's all you did lately."

"It was. But I'm not going to today. What were you planning to do?"

"We weren't sure yet. Are you sure that you want to spend today with us?"

Yamato looked down. "You don't want me around," he sighed. "That's ok. I can always do something else for awhile."

"Yamato, no. That's not what he meant at all." Sora glared at Taichi. "We were just surprised. You haven't wanted to play at all lately."

"Yama, what is going on?" Taichi asked.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"Then you don't trust us as much as I thought you did. We will always be your friends. I know that it's been hard not having a soul mate, but we don't know how to help you. I wish you would trust us enough to let us try."

"I don't think that there is anyway for you to help me. But I do need to tell you what is going on."

"So?" prompted Sora.

"Apparently I do have a soul mate."

"That's great!" said Taichi and Sora.

"So when do we get to meet them?" asked Taichi.

"Maybe never," replied Yamato.

"Never?" Sora looked confused.

"They don't live in the valley. I will have to leave to find them."

"Leave? You can't leave. It's against the laws of the Council."

"Not if the Council wants you to leave."

"The Council has banished you? They've never done that before," said Taichi.

"They just can't do that. They can't banish you, not just because you have a soul mate outside of the valley," finished Sora.

"They're not banishing me. They want me to do something for them. Something that I'm not sure that I can do."

"What do they want you to do?" asked Taichi.

"They want me to find a way to connect the valley with Vallen forever. And I really don't have any idea how to do that."

"But you do have plenty of knowledge," responded Sora. "You and Takeru have studied forever with the Mages. I don't think any other Fay outside of the council knows as much as you two do. You have been prepared. You just have to have the faith and courage to do it."

"I just don't want to think about that right now. We aren't going to leave until tomorrow morning. I just want to spend time with you two. I don't know when or if I'll be back."

"I'm going with when," said Taichi. "Trust me. You'll be back."

" I just have to meet this mate of yours. You just aren't allowed to keep them a secret," finished Sora.

Taichi jumped up. "So ready to go play? Something tells me they don't play as much in Vallen. And even though you're prepared for that lately, I think that you need to remember how to play before they make you forget."

"Silly Taichi. How can anyone forget how to play?" asked Sora.

"One never knows what humans are up to lately. Besides, Yamato is out of practice."

Takeru, Iori, and Hikari flew in and landed in front of the older Fay.

"Good morning!" said Hikari. "What are we going to do today? Takeru said that he's leaving soon."

"Takeru too?" said Sora.

"Yes," said Yamato.

"You told them?" asked Takeru.

"I told them as much as I knew," responded Yamato. "Didn't you tell them?"

"Yes. I don't think that they want everyone to know ."

"I don't think telling our friends is everyone."

"And we aren't going to tell," said Iori. "If the Council wants everyone to know, they will tell. Until then the secret is safe with us."

"What are you going to do when we're not around?" asked Takeru.

"Would you mind us studying with Kia and Luana?" asked Hikari.

"No. Why would I?" asked Takeru. "They do like giving out advice to people."

"That is definitely one thing that I will not miss," said Yamato.

"Well, we have always wondered what it would like to be mages," said Hikari, "but with you and Yamato studying all the time, we didn't know if they would take us."

Takeru hugged Hikari. "I know that they would be very happy to help you two. All you need to do is ask."

"Now that all of that is over, what are we going to play?" Taichi started hopping up and down. "Too much talking and being serious…..Tag, Yamato. You're it." At that Taichi flew off as fast as he could. Sora started laughing and also flew away.

Takeru looked at Yamato. "It looks like we're playing Tag. Try to catch us!" He flew away following Iori and Hikari who were already in the air.

Yamto shook his head and went after Taichi. I really wasn't fair that he had been tagged when he didn't know that they were about to play. Taichi was going to get it.

At the end of the day, Yamato and Takeru returned home. They had eaten lunch with Taichi and Hikari's parents after they had played Tag all morning. That afternoon, Takeru had talked them into playing Hide and Seek. Iori was very good at that game. He was never found without Hikari tricking him into revealing himself.

After dinner with Kia and Luana, the boys went to bed, tired, but wondering what would happen tomorrow. When they woke up in the morning, they found that Kia and Luana had packed two small bags for them.

"We know that you two know enough magic to make or find anything that you need in Vallen, but we thought that we would give you some things that you might need," said Luana. "Your amulets are in here as well as two cloaks that make finding you difficult."

"You should only be able to be seen by people trying to find you," explained Kia. "That way friends you make will be able to see you, but others can't. We don't know if you will have any enemies, but we wanted you to be prepared. Also I have given you some books on archaic magic and the history of the bridges. I hope that they will be of help to you on your quest."

"We will both miss you very much," said Luana and she gave both of the boys a hug. "Now let's go eat breakfast and head to the nearest bridge."

After breakfast, the four traveled a short distance to the bridge to Vallen. "I hope that you two are safe and will return soon," said Kia. "Remember that we are all with you. Try your best and I know that you can do it."

Yamato looked at Kia. "I just hope that we are able to get there, if the bridges are in as bad as you say."

"This bridge has been the last one to show the affects of the collapse," answered Kia. "It should get you to Vallen safely. We just aren't sure that it will last much longer than a month."

"Then we have a month to find a solution."

"That's our best guess. In a month, all of the bridges will collapse. And I don't know of any way to build new ones. It's up to you two to either repair the old ones or find a way to build new ones. But all the information we have says the answer is in Vallen and that only you two can do it."

"So now we go to Vallen," said Takeru. "We will try our best."

"I know that you will," said Luana. Both she and Kia gave the boys a final hug. "Now it's time for you two to go." Kia released the seal from the bridge and the two boys went across to Vallen.

AN: Yea!! I finally am going to have my main characters in the same place.