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Izumi's POV

I sat in the cave staring past the fire I had made at the wall while Kouji slept peacefully next to it.

'He hasn't woken up at all. Not since we fell into the river.' She hugged her knees tight. 'This is my entire fault. If only I wasn't a coward about the bridge, we wouldn't be in this predicament.' A tear fell down her cheek as she hid her face in her knees.

Flashback

As the bridge fell from under them, Kouji held on to Izumi tight as not to lose her in the fall. Izumi's screams echoed off the wall before they stopped indicating that she had passed out. They hit the river at full impact and Kouji tried his best to keep both him and Izumi above water with the hard current.

When they finally reached an area with a slow current, Kouji managed to get them both on to the river bank. He had just enough energy to check Izumi over before he collapsed next to her on the river bed.

Izumi woke a while later as the sun was about to set. She sat up slowly and looked around before she spotted Kouji collapsed on the ground next to her. She knelt next to him in panic and rolled him onto his back before making sure he was okay. She sighed in relief as she concluded that he had just passed out.

Shortly after checking him over, Izumi heard a high pitched screeching nearby. She didn't know what it was nor did she want to find out. She noticed a cave a short distance away and decided to try to drag Kouji to it.

She managed to get him in it and went out to find some fire wood. She found some dry branches that had fallen from the forest above and took them into the cave. She opened her bag and found all of her belongings soaked. She sighed and spread them out on rocks to dry as she made a fire.

End Flashback

Izumi lifted her head when she heard a rustling. She looked to Kouji and saw him stirring. She got up and quickly knelt next to him. She felt his head and pulled her hand back in shock. He was burning up. Izumi took her bandana off and grabbed a makeshift bowl from her scattered stuff and ran out to the river and got some water. She came back in and put the bandana on his forehead in hopes of getting his temperature to go down.

Kouji's hands gripped at the ground as he turned his head restlessly. Izumi then began to panic. She didn't know much about this stuff, but she knew she had to keep trying. She thought back to school to see if she remembered her health class.

Nothing.

Izumi beat her head. Why? Why couldn't she remember anything? She dug the heels of her hands into her eyes as she tried to think.

"I…Izumi………" Kouji muttered.

"Kouji? Kouji please wake up!" Izumi took her hands from her eyes and looked at Kouji with tears brimming at her eyes.

"I…Izumi…." He muttered again as his eyes began to open slowly.

"Kouji. Thank god you are awake." The tears now spilled from her eyes as she saw the dark blue of his eyes.

Kouji looked up and saw Izumi leaning over him with tears falling from her eyes. He blinked slowly and reached up slowly and wiped away some of her tears with his fingers before resting his hand on her cheek.

"Why…..are you crying Izumi?"

"Because…..because I was scared. You hadn't woken up for hours and then you started running a fever and I don't know what to do." She cried as she laid her head on his chest.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine." He reassured her as he stroked her hair.

Izumi cried a little longer, and Kouji let her. She needed to get it out. Even after she had stopped crying, she kept her head there. Kouji laid there thinking the entire time. When he realized that she had stopped crying he looked at her and saw that she was sleeping. He laughed lightly before closing his eyes as well and falling asleep.

"Master Lucimon."

"What is it Devilucimon?" Lucimon sighed and glared at the smaller digimon.

"We have successfully separated the Light holder from his group a long with the Wind holder, but there was a minor set back….."

"And what is this set back?" Lucimon growled.

"We weren't able to capture them…..they fell into a river in a gorge and there has been no sign of them since."

"WHAT!" Lucimon stood up angrily. "How could you let them get away? Don't bother coming back here till you have captured them both!"

"Y-yes master!" Devilucimon cried out as he ran from the room.

"Never send a simpleton to do a job." Lucimon sneered in the direction of the fleeing digimon.

"Allow me to pursue them Master." Feminine voice came from the shadows.

"Not yet. If he fails this time, then it will be your turn."

"Very well master."

Kouji was abruptly woken from his sleep as he felt something sharp digging into his stomach. He opened his eyes and looked down to see Izumi griping his shirt tightly to the point where she was grabbing his flesh as she battled a nightmare.

"Izumi. Izumi wake up." Kouji sat up a bit and shook her gently.

Izumi was covered in a cold sweat and breathing heavily as her dream continued. Kouji shook her shoulder and little harder and said her name louder. Izumi finally woke with a gasp and stared at Kouji's stomach half-consciously.

"Izumi, are you alright?" Kouji asked gently.

"Danger is coming. It draws near every second." She whispered as she continued to stare at his stomach.

"Danger? What danger?"

"An evil……." She let go of his stomach and sat up abruptly. "We have to get out of here. He knows where we are at."

Izumi stood up quickly and packed her back as fast as she could. Kouji had gotten up and watched Izumi run around like a chicken with its head cut off. Once all her stuff was packed, she grabbed Kouji's hand and started to run.

He had no idea where they were going. She had just started following the cave. Kouji tried his best to keep his footing over all the rocks there was.

'How can she run through this?' He asked mentally as he glanced at her face. It held a look of fear and determination.

Kouji then began to see a light at the end of the cave and the amount of rocks decreased as they ran. Once they had reached the exit, Izumi stopped so that they could catch their breath. As Kouji caught his breath, he looked around at the landscape. It was covered in trees and forestry.

"Takuya and the others have to be around here." He stated as he looked around.

"I hope so." Izumi looked around hesitantly.

"Welcome children." Seraphimon greeted as Kouichi, Takuya, Junpei, and Tomoki arrived at his fortress. Taking a closer look at them, he noticed that their faces were full of sorrow and loss. "What happened? Where is Kouji and Izumi?"

They all stiffened at the mention of their comrades names as fresh tears began to flow from their eyes.

"They………..they are gone." Takuya managed to tell him.

"Gone, what do you mean gone?" Seraphimon questioned.

"They….they were attacked while crossing the bridge…" Kouichi started before being cut off by Tomiki.

"And then a Ninjamon appeared out of nowhere and cut the ropes while they were still on it. They fell into the gorge and we never saw them in the river." Tomiki cried as he wiped the tears from his eyes.

"This isn't good….." Seraphimon whispered to himself. "Come children, we must get indoors. You never know what spies are around." He turned and started to walk to his fortress.

I felt this was a good part to leave off at. I might not be updating as quickly now due to I start college here in a few weeks and on top of that I have work. I will try my hardest to get the next chapter out soon though.