John continued backing up until his back hit a tree. "Rachel?" He was still shocked, seeing her there. "H..h..how?"
The girl didn't answer. All she could do was stare at him. Slowly, he picked himself up. The girl grabbed hold of a nearby tree and pulled herself to her feet. Neither of them took their eyes off each other.
As John rose to his feet, Agumon walked up to him. "John, do you know her?"
John turned towards his friend. "Ya. Sh…she's my …… my….. girlfriend," he answered, looking down at the ground.
"Girlfriend? What's that?" asked Agumon, scratching his head.
"I don't know," said Gabumon. "Do you know, Tentomon?"
"Nope," answered the insect Digimon, as he hovered over to John.
"Don't you guys know anything?" came a voice behind the girl.
"Ya, didn't he teach you anything?" came another.
John couldn't recognize either of the voices. All he could get from them was that they sounded feminine. John and the others looked in the direction of the voices. From behind Rachel came a figure. John couldn't recognize. It looked like a bird with pink feathers. Another figure came out after it. It looked like some sort of plant-creature, with a flower on its head.
"And who are you?" asked Agumon.
The bird looked at him, then turned away. "None of your business." The plant laughed.
Rachel turned towards them. "Stop that! That wasn't very nice." She didn't look very pleased.
The plant was going to reply, but when she saw the look Rachel had on her face, she stopped short.
The bird put her wings on her hips. "What do you expect us to act? They jump us as we walk through the forest, and we're supposed to be polite about it?!?!?"
Rachel turned towards the plant. "That's still no reason to be so rude."
"If that's not a good reason, then I don't know what is!!"
As the two bickered, John looked towards his friends. Agumon saw the look on his face. He looked lost. Gabumon also saw the look on John's face. His only reply was, "I feel the same way."

As the two girls continued to fight, Agumon and the others could see that John was reaching his limit. Tentomon walked over to the bickering girls. "Um, ah… Ladies? I think you should…."
The two girls turned towards him. "STAY OUT OF THIS!!!!" they yelled.
"Ok," said Tentomon as he flew behind John.
John shook his head. "I can't take much more of this," he sighed. He made his way over to Rachel and the bird. They both turned towards him. "I said stay out of this!!" said the bird, angrily. John stepped back, surprised.
"Uh oh…" said Agumon. "Now she's done it."
John began to grind his teeth, and clench his fists. First he's almost killed by a psycho kid and his Digimon, then, out of no where, his girlfriend appears out of the blue. And know this? That was the last straw. "THAT'S IT!!!" cried John. " Will you two just SHUT UP?!?!?!?!"
Rachel and the bird both stopped and looked at John. They were speech-less; mouths left hanging open.

"Now that I got your attention," said John, "maybe you can answer a question: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!?!?!?"
It took a moment for John's words to sink into Rachel. "Huh?"
"I said, 'what are you doing here?'" replied John, taking a step forward. He had an angry look on his face.
"Well…" said Rachel. She had a worried look on here face. Then, suddenly, she smiled. "What are you doing here?"
"I asked you first," said John.
"Well I asked second," said Rachel, a even bigger smile coming to her face.
John's blood began to boil. "DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME!!" he cried. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!?!?"
Rachel jumped back in surprise. She had never seen John act like this before. He was usually so calm and playful. Now, he was angry, stressed, and …… afraid? She looked at him with a pained look in her eyes.
When John saw the hurt look on Rachel's face, a feeling of regret swept over him. With a shake of his head, he said, "I'm sorry. We haven't had what you would call a 'good day'."
Rachel sighed in relief, smiled, and walked over to John. "It's ok. I know you wouldn't yell like that unless something was wrong."
John turned towards her, and smiled.

"Hu hum!!!" Agumon cleared his throat. John turned towards his friend.
"Aren't you going to introduce us?"
"Oh," said John, giving Agumon a weak smile "Sorry."
John turned back to Rachel. "Let me introduce you to my friends," he said with a smile. "Agumon,"
"Hello!" said the dino digimon as he waved hello.
"Gabumon,"
"How do you do?" said Gabumon, as he bowed to Rachel.
"And Tentomon."
"How ya' doin'?" said Tentomon as he hovered next to John.
Rachel let out a giggle as she shook hands (or is it claws) with the digimon.
"Hey! What about us?" cried the bird. She and the plant ran up to Rachel, with a hurt expression on their faces.
"Oh, I almost forgot," said Rachel, turning towards the two digimon. "John, this is Biyomon and Palmon."
The bird waved her wing at John. The plant curtsied. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Hello, Biyomon. Hello, Palmon," said John, a smile on his face.

"So, ……" said John, looking at Rachel as she leaned against a tree. John had brought Rachel and the others back to the clearing. The Digimon where scattered around the area. Palmon and Biyomon were sitting under a tree, talking, with Tentomon listening intently. Agumon and Gabumon were close by, lying by a tree. It seemed like they may have been listening, or sleeping (you can never tell with them). John had taken Rachel to the opposite side of the clearing. He wanted to talk to her privately. "Yes, John," said Rachel, turning towards him.
"Um…….," said John, as he began to fidget. He was very nervous. "Oh man, is this weird. I haven't spoken to her for weeks now," said John to himself, "and now she shows up here. I haven't seen her, not since we had that argument……. I got the Shadow hunting me down, and now this." John shook his head.
"John, what is it?" said Rachel, pulling John back to reality. When he looked up, he saw that Rachel was sitting beside him. He jumped back, surprised. "Oh nothing," he said, faking a smile.
"Oh, ok," said Rachel. She knew something was bothering John, but she knew better then to force him to talk about it. That would just make him feel worse. They both sat there, silent.

"So…," said John, breaking the silence, "what are you doing here?"
Rachel, who was staring off into the distance, turned back to John. "Huh?"
"I said, 'What are you doing here?'"
"Oh, " said Rachel. She began to blush out of embarrassment. John chuckled to himself. "Well, it all started a couple of weeks ago," she said, thinking back, "just after …." She trailed off, looking away from John with a sad look in her eyes.
John looked down at the ground. He knew what she meant. "Ya, and?"
Rachel turned back to John. "Well, like I said, a couple of days after…… it, I got a little worried. I hadn't heard from you for awhile."
John looked up at her, a little surprised. He thought to himself, "She was worried about me? Even after ….?"
"Well, " continued Rachel, "when I didn't see you around school, I decided to go by your apartment, … and check on you." She turned away from, John, embarrassed. "I went by after school. I knocked on the door, but no one answered. I guessed no one was home, so I started to leave. But then, I heard a strange noise. It sounded like … like…. nothing I've ever heard before."
"She must have heard me leaving for the Digital World," John though to himself.
"When the noise died down, I went back to the door. I knocked on the door again. When no one answered,…." She looked away from John.
"Rachel what is it?" asked John.
"Well, when no one answered the door, I did something that I shouldn't have," said Rachel, looking ashamed. "I tried opening the door. It wasn't locked, so it just swung open. And I… I… I walked in." She turned towards John, looking him in the eye. "I'm sorry, John. I didn't want to go in, but I was worried. I though someone might have broken in. I… I… I" She had a look of regret on her face. "I wanted to make sure you were ok….." She turned away again.
"Oh man, I thought I locked the door," John thought to himself, thinking back to that day. "No wonder Mom was so mad at me." He turned towards Rachel. "Rachel, its ok. With the door open like that, anyone would have done the same thing."
Rachel looked at John's face. "But…but I still shouldn't have…."
"Don't worry about it. I know that you meant well.", said John, trying to comfort Rachel. "Anyway, I was the baka who left the door open." John stuck out his tongue and hit his head with a closed fist, in an attempt to make Rachel feel better. Suddenly, he jumped up. "OWW!!! MY TOUNGE!!!". He began to wave his hands over his injured tongue.
Rachel tried to hold back her laughter with her hands, but to no avail. She couldn't help but laugh at John's antics.
"Well, at least that got a laugh out of you," said John, as he sat back down, still nursing his tongue. Rachel's laughter began to subside. "It feel any better?" she said, still giggling.
"As best as its going to get," replied John. "So...finish your story."
"Well," said Rachel. "After I made my way into the apartment, I looked around to make sure everything was ok. Everything looked fine, except for a light coming from one of the rooms."
"My room."
Rachel nodded. "I made my way to the door, and looked inside. The room looked like it usually does: an unmade bed, school books scattered across the floor, and…," Rachel smirked and turned towards John," a pile of clothes left on the floor."
"Hey! In my defense, I was going to get to that….. later."
Rachel laughed. "Anyway, the light seemed to be coming from your computer screen, so I walked over to it. The light seemed to die down the closer I got. When I got to the desk, I moved my hand towards the monitor. Right before I touched it, the light exploded, filling the entire room. It seemed to be pulling me in. I closed my eyes, and when I opened them,"
John finished her sentence, "you found yourself here."
Rachel nodded. "Right, but I didn't know it at the time. I was in a tunnel. It was really dark. I stumbled along, trying to find my way out. Suddenly, I saw a bright light come from the far end of the tunnel. For some reason, I was drawn towards it. As I followed the light, I entered a small cavern. There was some witting on the walls, in a language that I couldn't understand. At the fair end of the room, there were a few words I could make out. 'One will come from another world…….', and something about a .. a digivice."
"A digivice?" John began to watch Rachel carefully, taking in every word she said. "She couldn't have found ……."
"Yes a 'digivice'. Below it stood a pedestal," Rachel continued. "And on it, was the source of the light. As I walked towards it, the light began to fade. Something was giving of the light, and I was drawn towards it.. I walked closer and saw…"
John pulled out his digivice and showed it to Rachel. "This?"
"Yes! That is what I saw." She put her hand into her pocket, and pulled out a digivice. She showed it to John. "It was just sitting there. I picked it up. I don't know why, but I felt that it was mine. Suddenly, the bright light returned and filled the cavern."
"And you found yourself outside?" asked John.
"Yes!! I found myself in a field. I still don't know how I got out there." She began to think about it, then stopped. "But how did you know about the words on the wall, and about the light. And how did you find one of these?" Rachel motioned towards the digivice in John's hand.