Road Trip: The Final Frontier!
By ShinobiWolf
Chapter Ni: High Noon At Monkey Mountain: Run, Boys, Run!
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If I never get any reviews, I don't know how long I'm going to be able to continue this. If I get more reviews, the chances are I'll be more inclined to update more often.
This isn't going to be one of those "insane humor" fics. Yes, it will have humor in it, but it will also have serious parts: romance, friendship, and a bit of angst, as in this chapter.
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"Well you guys, here's our first stop!" Takuya stopped the RV outside of a large zoo. Everyone was overjoyed to finally get outside and stretch his legs. The visit to the school started off somewhat normal. Kouji, Yuki, and Kouichi went one way while the rest went another.
Yuki looked as Kouji stopped at one enclosure in particular. She smiled.
Wolves.
Maybe it was the wolf Digimon he turned into, or maybe it was just his personality. For as long as Yuki had known him, Kouji always had a love for wolves.
He seemed… drawn to them. Yuki joined him at the railing. Kouichi joined them too, until something more appealing caught his eye.
"Hey! Lions!"
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"Takuya, I don't think you should stick your hand in the cage…"
"Aw, come on Izumi. It's not like anything's going to- aahhg!"
"Eeeek!"
"Ha ha ha! Fooled ya!" Takuya held up his unmarred hand. Izumi huffed and resumed watching some fish in a pond. Junpei and Tomoki were watching a troop of baboons. Or rather, were trying to. One very chubby baboon had parked itself right in front of them.
"Hey, Kid, make it move…" Junpei nudged Tomoki.
"No way. You do it."
"Hey! Monkeyface! Your big blue butt is in the way!"
The baboon immediately came to life and charged the two friends, but his face collided against the glass barrier.
"Aahhh!!!" Junpei and Tomoki screamed, the latter jumping into the former's arms. Once they realized what they were doing, Junpei dropped his friend unceremoniously on the ground.
"Oomf!"
"Heh heh heh… Sorry kid…"
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By the time the two groups rejoined, it was noon, and they met at one of the many food stands to have lunch. Takuya guzzled down his fifth soda for the day.
"He's gonna regret that later…" Junpei took a bite out of his sloppy joe.
"And, um, Junpei? Speaking of regrets…" Tomoki pointed to a very PO'd baboon racing their way.
"Aahhhh!!!" Junpei, Tomoki, and Takuya abandoned their table Izumi and the others sat by as their group was again separated. Five zoo employees followed soon after.
Kouichi took a sip of his soda as he watched.
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"Dang, what'd you do?!" Takuya would collapse if he had to run for much longer.
"Hey, don't look at me." Tomoki panted. "Junpei was the one who said its butt was big…"
They stopped under an overhanging walkway. Takuya tried to stretch out his aching legs.
"That thing was so fat… There's no way it could have kept up with us."
A few pebbles dropped from the walkway above. The three looked up to discover their greatest fear. Well, second greatest, next to that karaoke thing they all did in ninth grade…
"Aieee yii yiiii!!!" The baboon leaped from the walkway and the chase resumed.
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Yuki fingered a dead leaf, tossing it aside when Kouichi sat next to her.
"Are you alright? You're not sick, are you?"
"No, that's not it…"
"Then what is?" Kouichi knew he didn't have to ask. It wasn't as common as before her accident, but she had that empty look to her eyes again.
It melted quickly, though, as Kouji came back from the bathroom. Kouichi smiled.
"The Three Stooges aren't back yet?"
Kouichi and Yuki shook their heads. Kouichi leaned forward as something struck his mind. "Hey, if they don't some back…We would get the RV to ourselves…"
"Scratch that. Here they come." Izumi straightened her headband.
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