Raven, as usual, was up before everyone else. The sun hadn't
even risen yet. She sat on the ledge staring out over the valley
below her, thinking.
'Everything is changing so fast, why do Ryo and I have to be so different. Our life is slowly going to hell. Once the others find out, I don't even want to think about it.'
"Raven, they trust us. Nothing, not even our father, is going to change that."
"Ryo, for you yes, they know and trust you. Me, the only one who really trusts me now is Henry, and that's because he's my best friend."
Ryo sat down next to his twin, "Are you crazy, they trust you."
"They trust you, Ryo. I'm not even sure I trust myself."
"Raven, you're talking crazy. You and I both know you can be trusted, and the others will learn to trust us, even if we are the children of Apoclaymon."
'Easy for you to say.'
"I can hear your thoughts."
"Don't remind me. I just don't know, it feels weird knowing we're something else, and we don't even know how to reach it."
"We'll learn, don't worry so much, we're the children of one of the strongest digimon in the universe."
Raven shook her head sadly, "I just wish we were normal, like any other kid, the only strange thing I like about us is the digimon."
"Ray, just for once in your life, try to ignore the fact that you're a digimon. You're always going to be the same girl the others are slowly learning to trust. It may just take awhile for them to see that."
"I give up. There's no talking to you sometimes Ryo. You always manage to find the good side to things, me, I'm a shadow girl, I'm better off in the dark."
"There are times I wonder if you really are my sister, then you pull that dagger. Well, the sun's rising, I think I can get in a few more hours of sleep." He got up and headed for the tent.
"Good morning to you too Ryo." She got up and took one last look at the rising sun, 'Maybe they will be able to trust us, some day."
Raven spent the next hour catching more fish for breakfast, trying to take her mind off the fact that sooner or later the others will find out about her and Ryo. She also managed to get most of the fish cooked before anyone, with the exception of Rika, who had helped her cook, got up. Of course the smell of fish soon got most of the camp up, around noon that is.
(Rika:Remind me again how they can sleep so long? Authoress:*shrugs*)
They then made their way down to the archery field for a little target practice, Kazu and Kenta being the targets for Raven and Rika, and the occasional Henry.
"QUIT USING US FOR TARGETS!!!" Kazu yelled trying to dodge an arrow with a blue painted sponge on it.
"Make us!" Raven laughed pegging Kenta with a black sponge arrow, "That's another five points for me."
"Why me." Luna moaned from her perch on a rock, only to get knocked off by one of Rika's blue arrows.
"I think that one was ten points." Ryo sighed, shooting at a regular target.
"Yeah, give Rika ten Cyber." Raven said hitting Kazu, "And me five."
"You two enjoy tormenting them, don't you?" Lynx said watching the now black and blue Kazu and Kenta racing around.
"Yeah, they do." Henry sighed pegging Kazu with a green sponge arrow.
"At least they could be nice enough to use the digimon." Luna whined, only to get hit with an arrow of each color.
"We're too slow." Cyber laughed, jotting down more points with her ink-dipped tail, "Besides, what's the fun in hurting us, we don't complain."
"GRRR!!" Kazu tripped over a rock and landed on Luna, "Oops."
"Good thing that's quick dry paint." Raven whispered to Rika, who was trying not to shoot Ryo for his perfect aim, hasn't missed the center of the target yet.
"I'll have to agree with that." Rika said shooting Ryo in the back of the head, "*sweet innocent voice* Oops."
Takato just laughed and shot at a haystack. Of course, it missed and flew into the forest. Jeri giggled, Rika And Raven shot him a few times, Kazu and Kenta just kept running around, and everyone else just sighed as Takato stormed into the trees to find his twentieth renegade arrow. The girls went back to their target practice, now using the whole team as their targets, including the some of the faster digimon *coughcybercoughcough*. Ryo, while dodging the barrage of arrows just laughed as Takato returned only to get hit between the eyes by Raven. Henry, who couldn't help but laugh at the mayhem that had ensued from the girls' antics, decided to join in the fun, making sure to get in a few good shots at Raven and Rika.
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Raven sat in the rafters of their cabin, still trying to get some of the green and blue out of her hair from a few days earlier. Below her people were getting ready to go out to the campfire. She already had on a pair of sweat pants and a long sleeve shirt she had "borrowed* from Ryo. She leaned against one of the beams and looked out the window, it was going to be cold again, at least she was getting used to it. A rubber band hitting her in the back of the head warned her Luna and Lynx had gotten in another catfight, and were probably dragging Kazu and Kenta into it. Something suddenly yanked her down by the leg, making her fall on the captor.
"grr, Takato." She hissed getting up, "What was that for?"
"You're spacing out again, it's time to go." Takato said dryly.
She slid down the ladder and followed the others out the door. Everyone took their normal seats; the digimon already had a good fire burning. Hotdogs were slowly roasting over the fire, and occasionally getting stolen by Kazu and Kenta. It seemed colder than usual to Raven, even for their camp. The fire seemed to be having no affect on her. Everyone sat in silence for a while, till it was broken by very, very loud snoring. Kazu had fallen asleep on Luna's shoulder.
"KAZU!!!" everyone, with the exception of Luna, Lynx, and Jeri, who thought it was cute, yelled in annoyance.
"Well, at least he isn't trying to battle anyone." Raven said dryly grabbing a hotdog from the fire, which, strangely didn't hot at all.
She put her hands closer to the fire, it felt cold. She didn't even realize how pale she was, but Henry and Ryo did, but decided to keep their mouths shut for now. Kazu grabbed a hotdog and ended up burning his hand it was so hot. That's when Henry began to worry. The dinner passed quickly and they headed back to the cabin. Raven, who was usually in the lead thanks to the cold, was hanging in the back. This got Henry's attention.
"What's wrong?" he asked walking next to her.
"Nothing, I'm fine." She lied, she was just the opposite of fine, she was freezing, pale, dizzy, tired, and felt like someone had just pegged her with a million frozen paint balls.
"Yeah, right. You're as white as a ghost." Henry whispered taking her hand, which was freezing cold, "And you feel like an ice cube."
"I'm freezing, I could have stuck my hand in the fire and I wouldn't have felt it. I'm tired, and I feel like I got used for target practice with frozen paintballs." She whispered, "I probably look the part too."
"Yeah. maybe in the morning you should go see the nurse."
"NO, I hate doctors and you know it, I'll be fine." 'I hope'
She suddenly lost her balance and collapsed on Henry's shoulder.
"You'll be fine huh? First thing tomorrow I'm taking you to see the nurse, no arguing."
"Fine."
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Henry awoke to the sun shining in his face. He looked around and noticed the clock on next to Ryo's bed, 10:15!!!! He jumped to his feet trying to find Raven. He found her all right. She was still asleep, and looked worse than dead. She was paler than before, with a blueish tint to her face. Her walked over and tried to wake her up, nothing. She was even colder than the night before, and he could barely feel her pulse.
"Shit." Was all he could choke out.
'Everything is changing so fast, why do Ryo and I have to be so different. Our life is slowly going to hell. Once the others find out, I don't even want to think about it.'
"Raven, they trust us. Nothing, not even our father, is going to change that."
"Ryo, for you yes, they know and trust you. Me, the only one who really trusts me now is Henry, and that's because he's my best friend."
Ryo sat down next to his twin, "Are you crazy, they trust you."
"They trust you, Ryo. I'm not even sure I trust myself."
"Raven, you're talking crazy. You and I both know you can be trusted, and the others will learn to trust us, even if we are the children of Apoclaymon."
'Easy for you to say.'
"I can hear your thoughts."
"Don't remind me. I just don't know, it feels weird knowing we're something else, and we don't even know how to reach it."
"We'll learn, don't worry so much, we're the children of one of the strongest digimon in the universe."
Raven shook her head sadly, "I just wish we were normal, like any other kid, the only strange thing I like about us is the digimon."
"Ray, just for once in your life, try to ignore the fact that you're a digimon. You're always going to be the same girl the others are slowly learning to trust. It may just take awhile for them to see that."
"I give up. There's no talking to you sometimes Ryo. You always manage to find the good side to things, me, I'm a shadow girl, I'm better off in the dark."
"There are times I wonder if you really are my sister, then you pull that dagger. Well, the sun's rising, I think I can get in a few more hours of sleep." He got up and headed for the tent.
"Good morning to you too Ryo." She got up and took one last look at the rising sun, 'Maybe they will be able to trust us, some day."
Raven spent the next hour catching more fish for breakfast, trying to take her mind off the fact that sooner or later the others will find out about her and Ryo. She also managed to get most of the fish cooked before anyone, with the exception of Rika, who had helped her cook, got up. Of course the smell of fish soon got most of the camp up, around noon that is.
(Rika:Remind me again how they can sleep so long? Authoress:*shrugs*)
They then made their way down to the archery field for a little target practice, Kazu and Kenta being the targets for Raven and Rika, and the occasional Henry.
"QUIT USING US FOR TARGETS!!!" Kazu yelled trying to dodge an arrow with a blue painted sponge on it.
"Make us!" Raven laughed pegging Kenta with a black sponge arrow, "That's another five points for me."
"Why me." Luna moaned from her perch on a rock, only to get knocked off by one of Rika's blue arrows.
"I think that one was ten points." Ryo sighed, shooting at a regular target.
"Yeah, give Rika ten Cyber." Raven said hitting Kazu, "And me five."
"You two enjoy tormenting them, don't you?" Lynx said watching the now black and blue Kazu and Kenta racing around.
"Yeah, they do." Henry sighed pegging Kazu with a green sponge arrow.
"At least they could be nice enough to use the digimon." Luna whined, only to get hit with an arrow of each color.
"We're too slow." Cyber laughed, jotting down more points with her ink-dipped tail, "Besides, what's the fun in hurting us, we don't complain."
"GRRR!!" Kazu tripped over a rock and landed on Luna, "Oops."
"Good thing that's quick dry paint." Raven whispered to Rika, who was trying not to shoot Ryo for his perfect aim, hasn't missed the center of the target yet.
"I'll have to agree with that." Rika said shooting Ryo in the back of the head, "*sweet innocent voice* Oops."
Takato just laughed and shot at a haystack. Of course, it missed and flew into the forest. Jeri giggled, Rika And Raven shot him a few times, Kazu and Kenta just kept running around, and everyone else just sighed as Takato stormed into the trees to find his twentieth renegade arrow. The girls went back to their target practice, now using the whole team as their targets, including the some of the faster digimon *coughcybercoughcough*. Ryo, while dodging the barrage of arrows just laughed as Takato returned only to get hit between the eyes by Raven. Henry, who couldn't help but laugh at the mayhem that had ensued from the girls' antics, decided to join in the fun, making sure to get in a few good shots at Raven and Rika.
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Raven sat in the rafters of their cabin, still trying to get some of the green and blue out of her hair from a few days earlier. Below her people were getting ready to go out to the campfire. She already had on a pair of sweat pants and a long sleeve shirt she had "borrowed* from Ryo. She leaned against one of the beams and looked out the window, it was going to be cold again, at least she was getting used to it. A rubber band hitting her in the back of the head warned her Luna and Lynx had gotten in another catfight, and were probably dragging Kazu and Kenta into it. Something suddenly yanked her down by the leg, making her fall on the captor.
"grr, Takato." She hissed getting up, "What was that for?"
"You're spacing out again, it's time to go." Takato said dryly.
She slid down the ladder and followed the others out the door. Everyone took their normal seats; the digimon already had a good fire burning. Hotdogs were slowly roasting over the fire, and occasionally getting stolen by Kazu and Kenta. It seemed colder than usual to Raven, even for their camp. The fire seemed to be having no affect on her. Everyone sat in silence for a while, till it was broken by very, very loud snoring. Kazu had fallen asleep on Luna's shoulder.
"KAZU!!!" everyone, with the exception of Luna, Lynx, and Jeri, who thought it was cute, yelled in annoyance.
"Well, at least he isn't trying to battle anyone." Raven said dryly grabbing a hotdog from the fire, which, strangely didn't hot at all.
She put her hands closer to the fire, it felt cold. She didn't even realize how pale she was, but Henry and Ryo did, but decided to keep their mouths shut for now. Kazu grabbed a hotdog and ended up burning his hand it was so hot. That's when Henry began to worry. The dinner passed quickly and they headed back to the cabin. Raven, who was usually in the lead thanks to the cold, was hanging in the back. This got Henry's attention.
"What's wrong?" he asked walking next to her.
"Nothing, I'm fine." She lied, she was just the opposite of fine, she was freezing, pale, dizzy, tired, and felt like someone had just pegged her with a million frozen paint balls.
"Yeah, right. You're as white as a ghost." Henry whispered taking her hand, which was freezing cold, "And you feel like an ice cube."
"I'm freezing, I could have stuck my hand in the fire and I wouldn't have felt it. I'm tired, and I feel like I got used for target practice with frozen paintballs." She whispered, "I probably look the part too."
"Yeah. maybe in the morning you should go see the nurse."
"NO, I hate doctors and you know it, I'll be fine." 'I hope'
She suddenly lost her balance and collapsed on Henry's shoulder.
"You'll be fine huh? First thing tomorrow I'm taking you to see the nurse, no arguing."
"Fine."
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Henry awoke to the sun shining in his face. He looked around and noticed the clock on next to Ryo's bed, 10:15!!!! He jumped to his feet trying to find Raven. He found her all right. She was still asleep, and looked worse than dead. She was paler than before, with a blueish tint to her face. Her walked over and tried to wake her up, nothing. She was even colder than the night before, and he could barely feel her pulse.
"Shit." Was all he could choke out.