Author's note: I'm sooo sorry for the delay!!! Thanks for the reviews you guys are sending me=) They really help!! Well, enjoy this chapter!!! Here's chapter five~

THE REAL YOU- To Be In Love With You

Kouji stayed awake throughout the whole night without any of the others noticing. He rolled on his side and sighed, "Come on, Kouji. Go to sleep and stop thinking about Izumi." It was no help to make himself to fall asleep.

The next morning came swiftly and all of them woke up. Kouji turned to Kouichi and asked, "Brother, are you well enough?" Kouichi nodded, "Yeah, I feel much better. I guess, we have to keep going." He stood up and eyed Takuya. The leader said, "Well, guys. Let's go on with our journey."

As they said, they were slowly proceeding through the woods. None of them spoke for a while. Junpei broke the silence by turning to Izumi, "Hey, Izumi, would you please be my girlfriend? Please, please, please, please, please??? I beg you with all me heart." The fat boy stared at Izumi with a hopeful gaze. Izumi put her hands on her hips and replied, "Look, Junpei. I'm sorry, I can't! Now just stop acting like an idiot and leave me alone!" Junpei knew Izumi was annoyed at him. He stared at the ground, speechless. Izumi walked faster away until she caught up with Tomoki.

Meanwhile, the brothers were walking side by side at the back of the group. Kouji spoke up, "Kouichi, I…I…. was just wondering have you liked a girl before? I mean, what is it to be …..in…love?" Kouichi was surprised. He replied, "I never thought that these sort of questions would ever pop out of your mouth, Kouji. Well, to answer your first question, no. To be in love? I guess you'll never know until you experienced it yourself. I guess it would be a feeling that you can't express in words." He laughed a bit and continued, "Why don't you go and ask Junpei? I bet he'll know." Kouji smirked back, "I don't want to know his definition of love. He'll blab on and on forever."

They gradually settled under a tree and rested for a while. Junpei groaned, "I'm hungry. Can somebody go and pick some fruits for lunch?" Kouji stood up and said, "I'll go then." Takuya followed the bandana boy and strolled around, looking for some edible fruits. Takuya elbowed Kouji and asked, "Hey, buddy. Do you like Izumi?" Kouji pretended not to hear his question and continued to walk ahead. Takuya repeated again louder, "Hey, deaf head! Do you like Izumi?" Kouji sighed, "I don't know, Takuya. I'm kind of confused about it." Takuya said, "Well, that means that you do have feelings for her. If you don't, you won't have any confusions at all." Kouji didn't say anything.

He pointed, "Takuya, look. There's an apple tree and the apples look good enough for us to eat." He hurried over, but immediately stopped dead. He looked around cautiously. Takuya frowned, "Kouji, what is it?" Kouji lowered his voice and whispered, "I can feel someone is watching us." They both stood rooted to the ground. Silence filled the whole area. They could hear their own shallow but rapid breathing.

Suddenly out of somewhere, an attack shot at their direction. Kouji pushed Takuya out of the way. They both rolled onto the ground with Kouji on top of Takuya. "Are you OK, Takuya?" Kouji whispered. Takuya nodded, "Very fine, thanks, buddy." Kouji slowly lifted himself off Takuya and moved his gaze around. He stared hard and yelled angrily, "Who are you? Stop hiding from us and come out!" His shout echoed in the silence. Kouji stayed immobile and waited for the reply. Then, they could both hear evil laughs. "L-Lucemon?" Takuya heard Kouji whispered. The leader stood up and grabbed his D-Tector. He turned to his partner and said, "Let's evolve, Kouji!" Kouji nodded. The fire and light faded, KaiserGreymon and MagnaGarurumon were revealed.

"Ooooo, I'm afraid, " the voice said sarcastically. Then a series of attacks blew towards the two Digimon's direction. They dodged the attacks. MagnaGarurumon fired missiles at the source of the attacks. A loud explosion could be heard by the others a distance away. Kouichi jumped up quickly and said, "Something's wrong! Kouji and Takuya are probably in trouble now!!" He ran as fast as he could towards the direction Takuya and his brother headed to. The others followed suit.

Izumi could feel her heart thumping in her ribcage. She never felt this worried and desperate before in her life. She pleaded to herself, "Please be fine, Kouji. I can't stand you being hurt……" She grabbed her D-Tector and yelled, "Execute! Beast spirit evolution!!" Shutumon spread out her wings and sped towards the scene.

Lowemon arrived before the others did. "Kouji!" MagnaGarurumon heard the familiar voice of his brother. The lion Digimon looked around…….no attacks or any other Digimon could be seen. KaiserGreymon said, "It's so strange. Where did he go?" MagnaGarurumon lowered his weapon and whispered, "He's gone for now, but I know he's definitely Lucemon and he's giving us a warning. We're close, Takuya." Lowemon stood there silently. "Lucemon was here before?" He finally found his voice at last. MagnaGarurumon nodded determinedly. The three of them de-digivloved. Shutumon and the others arrived shortly and the bird-like Digimon turned back into Izumi.

To Kouji's surprise, actually to everyone's surprise, Izumi ran towards the boy and threw herself at him. "O, Kouji. I'm glad that you're OK. I was so afraid when I heard the explosion." Izumi hugged Kouji tightly. Junpei folded his arms and muttered jealously, "How come that jerk get Izumi's hug before me??!?" He turned away from them.

Kouji slowly and gently patted Izumi on the back. He was blushing like mad. Kouichi smiled at the sight of his brother and Izumi. The girl slowly let go of Kouji and the boy quickly looked away, but Izumi knew he was blushing. Tomoki spoke up, "It's getting dark now, let's have dinner since we all missed our lunch." Takuya nodded and said, "Junpei, you come with me this time." Junpei was about to protest but Takuya dragged him by the ear and pulled him away.

Kouichi knelt down and gathered some sticks to prepare a fire. Soon, they circled around and began eating the fruits Takuya and Junpei picked. Junpei was giving Kouji a deadly gaze, but Kouji pretended not to see him at all. Later on, Takuya yawned, "Guys, I think we better go to sleep. A big day ahead of us." As he said, he was the first one to fall asleep. Kouji sat there until everyone was sleeping. He was wide awake, even though he didn't get a good sleep at all last night.

He sighed as he stood up silently and walked to the tree a distance away. He placed his cold fingertips on the bark. "Lucemon………our final enemy. Will he be easy to defeat?" He asked himself and stared out into the dark forest. Then, he heard someone was approaching him. He turned around immediately and was relieved that it was only Izumi. She was startled by his sudden reaction, but calmed down soon. She whispered, "Kouji, you need some sleep." She walked closer to the boy. Before the boy could answer, she tripped on the tree roots. She screamed as she fell forward. Kouji grabbed her wrists tightly with his quick reaction. The two of them fell together. Izumi landed on top of Kouji. Their faces were only a few inches apart.

Izumi whispered, "I'm so sorry, Kouji…." When she was about to lift herself up, Kouji stopped her. She looked into the boy's deep blue eyes. "The most beautiful eyes I've ever seen………" She was so close to him that she could see every detail on the boy's face. "And so handsome……..," she thought to herself. Kouji slowly placed his arms around Izumi's waist. They both closed their eyes as they leaned closer and their noses touched each other's. They both could hear each other's breathing along with their own. Kouji gently kissed her lips and Izumi kissed back. It was extremely passionate and innocent. Their fingers curled together. Kouji did not question himself why he was doing it, for he knew this was what love is and what was it meant to be in love. They were now in their own world together, leaving all their sadness, loneliness and pain they had experienced behind. The moonlight shone on the wolf who finally found his angel to nurse his once lonely and painful heart.

TO BE CONTINUED…………………………….

Now, I made this chapter a bit longer since many of you advise me too=) Anyway, thanks again for the reviews~ I love you all!!! I know this chapter is quite weird………but please give me some feedbacks!