Hey, sorry for the delay, but I hope you enjoy this chapter too.

Wash Out

Taichi sighed miserably as he stared out of the car window at the pouring sky outside. It was a good thing that Yamato's father had a large van. Their tents were waterproof, but they weren't sure if they could handle this much rain.

"Has there been a weather update yet Yama?" Taichi asked his friend from his place in the back.

"Yeah." Yamato turned around and grinned. "The rain's only supposed to last for tonight then it'll be over."

"Great!" Daisuke grinned. "No offense Matt, but your van's kinda cramped." Even with all the seats put down to make room for everything, there was barely enough room for the four boys.

Yamato shrugged. "I know, and I'm really sorry. I should have checked out the weather more thoroughly."

"Hey, it's not your fault," Taichi crawled over and smiled at his best friend. "Besides, it only rained today. It's not like this a huge thing."

"Tai's right. We still have a week of fun left," Daisuke called out enthusiastically.

Yamato grinned. "You're both right. I'm so glad you two came on this trip, things might have gotten a bit stale otherwise." Yamato smiled at the two of them then frowned. "What happened to Teeks?"

Daisuke looked at the slumbering figure beside him. "The snores didn't alert you to his presence?" Yamato grinned at the younger boy and looked at his sleeping brother. Daisuke grinned. "I think we wore him out a bit with that last game we played." He yawned, cutting off what he was going to say next.

"Looks like we wore you out too." Taichi grinned. "So, next time we know that you two aren't really the best ones to ask to play poker with for six hours straight."

"It's weird though, how much games like that can tired you out easier than some of the more energetic ones." Yamato shrugged, looking over at Taichi. "Have you found that?"

"Yeah, it's weird, but soccer only makes me more awake. What do you think Davis?" They two older boys turned to the younger boy and smiled at the sight that greeted them.

"That is so adorable," Yamato whispered quietly as he saw Daisuke sleeping curled up into Takeru. The blond boy in turn had draped an arm over him as soon as he felt a warm presence huddled near him. "We so need to get a picture of this for blackmail." Yamato and Taichi grinned evilly and quickly reached over into their bags to grab their cameras.

"It's too bad we missed the photo opportunity in the car the other day," Taichi mused quietly as he snapped off a picture.

"I know." Yamato grinned as he snapped his own copy. "Still, these should be good enough for blackmail material. Takeru's got enough on me, now I've finally got something on him."

"You're brother has more material on you?" Taichi chuckled and Yamato scowled. "Dude, that's pathetic."

"Like I'm sure that you have more dirt on your sister than she has on you." Yamato grinned as Taichi glared darkly at him. "Now who's pathetic."

"She's a girl, they're meant to be devious."

"Sure Tai, just make excuses, you always do."

"Keep saying that and I'll shove you out into the rain," Taichi threatened.

Yamato was about to retort when he suddenly grinned and grabbed Taichi by the back of his neck and whispered something in his ear. At first Taichi looked curious then he too began to grin and snicker. They glanced over at the younger boy snuggled up comfortably together and their grins grew even more evil.

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Takeru yawned slightly in a state of half-wakefulness then turned slightly, cuddling up instinctively to the solid warmth he felt beside him, barely even noticing when it shifted slightly and snuggled back. In fact, he didn't even notice when the car door slid open, to reveal two very evil looking figures.

"Is it time?"

"Definitely." Yamato grinned and pounced on his brother, dragging him out of the car and out into the cold, though not raining, morning. Takeru snapped awake and would have yelled in surprise, but he was shocked by a sudden freezing sensation.

"Fuck! Yamato!"

Yamato grinned as he heard his brother's indignant yell. He couldn't blame him, he would have yelled too if he'd been rudely awakened by his brother dropping him in a rather large and very cold puddle of muddy water. Yamato looked around as he heard Daisuke's twin yell to Taichi and smiled at his friend.

"Didn't want you guys to waste any more time sleeping." Takeru glared so darkly at his brother that Yamato grinned nervously and backed away. "Come on Teeks, this is the only time it's rained. We couldn't just let the opportunity slide right past us. You understand don't you?" Yamato continued to take slow steps back as his extremely annoyed younger sibling got up and stalked towards him.

Taichi was having the same problem with his younger counterpart. "I think we should run Yama."

"I agree." So saying, the two quickly dashed off before their companions could pounce on them and dunk them in a puddle. Takeru and Daisuke followed them angrily, murderous looks on their faces.

"Uh oh." Taichi stopped as he came face to face with a sheer rock wall. Yama stopped as well and paled. They'd forgotten about the cliffs in their haste to get away.

"Uh oh doesn't cover it," he muttered and turned around to face the younger digidestined. They were grinning at them.

"Payback," Takeru whispered and leaned down and reached his hand to the ground. Daisuke grinned and also crouched to pack together a small handful of mud.

Yamato's eyes widened. "No, don't you dare Takashi Takeru." Yamato's vengeful brother ignored him and sent the mud ball flying in his direction. Yamato ducked and it hit Taichi.

"You are so going to get it Takeru." Taichi leaned down to pack his own ball just as Daisuke threw his, hitting Yamato instead of his intended target.

"Motomiya Daisuke!" Daisuke paled slightly at Yamato's anger and started running as Yamato bent down with Taichi.

Thus began the great vacation mud war.

Needless to say after an hour, the four boys were completely covered in a thick dirty coat of squishy, squelching, slimy, slippery mud. It ended when Yamato finally reailised he was going to have to wash all of the dirt out of his hair soon. He held up his hands, grabbing the other three's attention.

"Sorry guys, but I concede. I have to go wash my hair."

Taichi groaned. "But Yama, don't be all girly and ruin our fun like that. Can't you do that later?"

Yamato shook his head, wincing violently as his mud encrusted hair flung around before his eyes. "Definitely not. But seriously, we all should stop now."

"Just because you're a part pooper doesn't mean we are Mato." Takeru grinned and threw the mud in his hand at Daisuke, hitting the unprepared boy in the chest. He grinned at Daisuke's dark look. "See?"

"Oh you are so dead TE." Takeru yelped as Daisuke ran for him and tackled him to the ground, making them even dirtier.

Yamato grinned and shook his head at their antics.

Taichi sighed. "Fine, I'll join you." Yamato smiled gratefully and turned towards the lake, not seeing the sly look upon Taichi's face. Takeru and Daisuke, who had stopped wrestling momentarily, saw it and grinned, not saying a word.

Taichi crept up to Yamato and slung and arm around his shoulder then put his other hand on Yamato's head and rubbed more mud into his dirty hair. Yamato tried to pull away, but Taichi kept him close until he was done.

"You are a dead man Yagami!" Taichi hooted with delight and ran off towards the lake with the laughter of the younger boys spurring him on. Yamato ran after him, not able to stop in time when he noticed that Taichi had stopped before the lakeshore.

Taichi grinned and picked Yamato up as he tried to slow down. Yamato yelped and held onto Taichi, unsettled by the sudden actions of his friend.

"Jeez Yama, you really need to put on some weight."

Yamato glared at his friend. "I'll have you know that I'm perfectly healthy the way I am. Besides, I eat a lot, it just doesn't show. Now put me down."

"If you say so." Yamato only saw the evil look cross Taichi's face at the last instant before he was thrown into the lake by his friend.

Yamato came up spluttering and glaring darkly. "Taichi, I'm so going to get you!"

"I'd love to see you try." Taichi grinned at him and didn't noticed the other two boys standing behind him until they pushed him into the lake, much to Yamato's amusement. Them Takeru and Daisuke both dived in and joined the elder boys for another war. This time a water war. Again, this lasted quite a while, until Taichi got hungry. Daisuke wasn't far behind him. The two of them got out and raced for the car and the food while Takeru and Yamato grinned at the sight.

"Those two are hopeless," Yamato commented, lazing in the water.

"I know, but Dai … Davis has always been like that." Yamato caught the slight slip of the tongue and hid a small smile.

"You two have become rather close."

Takeru shrugged nonchalantly, but he couldn't hide the slight brightening to his eyes, nor the small grin on his face. "I guess we have. I guess it was just a mutual dislike we had of each other before. I really have no idea what I didn't like about him. It's juste, every time I saw him, something niggled at me and I guess I got a bit frustrated."

Yamato nodded. "Well, you two are both rather strong dominating people, I guess you just recognised that in each other."

"I thought of that too, but I'm not too sure. But I guess it doesn't really matter any more. We got over everything. Everyone think Dai was jealous about Hikari, but even after he realised I wasn't interested in her something was still going on with him. But he got over it too I guess."

"You're not interested in Hikari?" Yamato looked surprised. "I never thought that."

"No, everyone only sees that Hikari's interested in me, not my opinion on the matter. I'm not sure what I want right now."

Yamato grinned. "You sound like you're picking out an ice cream or something."

Takeru grinned. "Well, I am kind of hungry. Should we join them perhaps?"

"Definitely, I don't want them to eat everything on us." The two brothers grinned, knowing that if left to their own devices, the two boys probably would do that. They got up and headed over to their friends and joined in on a rather late breakfast.

AN: Oh, hints of Daikeru. Yay! The next chapter is my fave. I've got it all ready, so you shouldn't have to wait too long for it. Until then. Laters.