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Chapter #6 - Turbulence

Houndmon walked quietly beside Taki as he looked, listened and smelt for danger. Unlike the digidestined, Taki was created to be the perfect guardian with all the necessary skills. He was as cunning as a fox, as fast as a cheetah, had the stamina and smelling abilities of a wolf, the hearing of a rabbit, the eyes of an eagle, as well as a very keen sixth sense as if he could see into the future.

"Taki… Why are you doing this to yourself… Who cares what might happen when this is all over. Don't throw away your friendships… not till it's time," Houndmon said nuzzling Taki's leg.

"Just leave it alone Houndmon…" Taki said not caring to look at his four footed friend.

"I won't leave it alone until you stop acting like this," Houndmon said, "You're suppose to protect them and guide them… if they don't trust you then you can't protect them to the fullest extent. If this keeps up they're just going to leave you behind."

"I wish I could make you understand old friend," Taki said calmly.

Meanwhile, in the bushes nearby, Ken and Wormon listened in, "Cody was right."

Taki smirked slightly, "We should be getting back to camp. The others should be there by now."

Houndmon blinked a bit confused but followed as Taki headed towards camp.

"Oh… by the way… When you decide to spy on someone you should make sure you're downwind," he said.

Houndmon looked confused until Ken and Wormon walked out of the bushes.

"We didn't mean to… we just sort of… well…" Ken stuttered.

"Forget about it. Lets get to camp," Taki said.

As the two walked Taki calmly asked, "How much did you hear?"

Ken bit his lip, "We heard from when you told Houndmon to leave it alone… whatever that means."

"Good," is all he said as he quickened his pace.

"What do you mean by that?" Wormon asked as the two of them followed.

"Don't worry about it," Taki said.

The four of them headed towards camp where the others where already waiting. They'd started cooking the fish and it smelt wonderful.

Ken glanced over at Taki before walking over and sitting next to Davis. Davis looked over at him and Ken shook his head indicating he'd explain later.

When the fish was done Matt walked over to Taki, "Here… try this."

"I don't require nourishment," Taki said.

"You got to eat some time. I haven't seen you eat yet," Matt said putting his free hand on his hip.

"I'm not like you humans. I don't need to eat," Taki said as he stood up, "I'm going to continue scouting."

"Wait for me," Houndmon said as he followed behind. Caninemon grumbled slightly but ran after her two companions.

"Don't need to eat… Now that sounds interesting," Gabumon said, "I don't think I'd like that."

"You digimon just love to stuff your mouths, don't you?" Matt chuckled.

"Yup," the digimon replied with smiles on their faces.

Matt sighed as he took a bite of the fish and sat down next to Sora. Sora looked back and watched as Taki walked away into the trees.

"That guy is so aggravating," Davis said as he too watched him leave.

"He's not as bad as you seem to think Davis," Ken said as he looked into the fire as if seeing through it.

"Huh?" Agumon said looking over at Ken.

The others looked over interested at what Ken had to say.

"What do you mean?" Tai asked.

"Me and Wormon heard those two talking. Seems Cody was right," he said.

"About what?" Davis asked confused.

"About Taki only pretending to be mean," Ken said with a sigh as he sweatdropped.

"Oh… right," Davis said.

"Are you sure Ken?" Sora asked. Though Taki seemed rude and mean on the outside she could tell that there was something more to him. She could tell that he cared. Perhaps not about them but definitely about the digital world… and definitely about his queen.

"He's definitely not acting the way he usually would, that I know," Ken assured her.

"This guy's way too confusing for my tastes," Davis said.

"Everything's too confusing to you Davis," Yolie said with a sigh.

"Take that back!" Davis growled.

"Calm down Davis… She was only joking," Veemon pleaded.

"I don't care… that was rude," Davis said turning the other way.

"You humans are so funny," Biyomon said tilting her head as she watched Davis.

"Biyo," Sora whispered to her digimon.

"Sorry," Biyomon shrugged.

"Well… I think we're done eating… We should get out of here now," Cody suggested once everyone had cooled down.

"We need to find Taki first," Mimi said.

"Wouldn't want to leave him behind now would we," Gomamon teased.

"No need," Taki said as he walked out of the bushes, "I'm right here."

"Uhhhh… ok then… lets go," Tai said nervously hoping Taki hadn't heard what they'd said about him.

Taki nodded and lead the way through the forest once more. They walked for several hours and they were all getting tired, save for Taki of course.

"How about we take a rest and have some supper?" Cody suggested as they neared a clearing.

The others nodded to him and looked over to Taki hoping he'd agree.

"Very well… I'll scout out the area," Taki said as he walked off.

"There he goes again," Hawkmon said as he watched the blond guardian walk off.

"I'm really starting to think that he doesn't like us," Armadilomon said with a sigh.

"I'm sure he's got a good reason for acting the way he does," Cody said picking up his digimon partner.

Matt narrowed his eyes slightly as he followed behind. Houndmon went to follow as well but Caninemon shook her head. He sighed and walked over to a tree and sat down under it. Gabumon stayed behind as well but watched as his partner walked out of sight.

Matt followed Taki into the woods where he watched the digital Guardian leap into a tree, landing on his feet, as if it was no big deal.

Taki sat down calmly on the tree and without looking said, "What do you want?"

"To talk," Matt said calmly as he walked over to the tree and began to climb it. He eventually made it to a safe branch and sat down on it. He was just across from Taki who seemed lost in his own thoughts.

"About?" he asked calmly.

"About your attitude," Matt said bluntly, "Truthfully… We don't like it."

"I've got three words for you human… Deal with it," Taki said narrowing his eyes before he jumped off the branch landing on his feet and walked away.

"Hey! I'm not done!" Matt growled as he too jumped off his branch landing on one knee. He narrowed his eyes as he ran after the guardian.

Taki sweatdropped as he stopped and turned towards Matt, "Look… I… Ahh!" he screamed as something hit him from behind with what seemed like a bolt of electricity. Taki fell to his knees wincing.

"Taki?!" Matt shouted.

"RUN!" Taki shouted as he jumped up and turned in the air to look towards his attacker.

What he saw was a large red dragon like creature with purple stripes. It glared at him as it powered up for another attack.

"Elecdramon…" Taki whispered as he prepared to jump again.

"Thunder Dragon ATTACK!" the digimon shouted creating an image of a dragon out of lightning and sending it at Taki.

Taki narrowed his eyes and jumped out of the way like it was no big deal. He landed on a nearby tree branch and looked down at the creature as it looked up at him.