Cat: Aw sweet revenge.

Emu: Oh here we go.

Cat: Glares Anyway, as I mentioned before, there is going to be a major twist by the end of this.

Puppetmon: Anyone who guesses what it is gets to make a short, emphasis on short, guest appearance. WHOO HOO! Aren't you excited? I am! YAY!

Cat: ENOUGH! On with the fic.

Emu: AAAAANNNNNDDDD ACTION!

Who's got the Prozac?

"Are we there yet?" Davis whined pathetically.

"No," Crest replied shortly. She now was burdened with carrying Cody piggy-back style, AND she had to support a near dead Ken.

"Are we there YET?"

"No."

"How about now?"

"No," Crest was getting irritated.

"Now?"

"NO!"

"Yeesh, you don't have to shout ya know, " Davis huffed indignantly. Crest's eye began to twitch.

"Hey! I just thought of something!" Izzy suddenly declared.

"What?" Kari asked hopefully.

"WE SHOULD SING A SONG! Here, I'll start. This is the song that never ends. Yes it goes on and on my friends," Izzy continued to sing horribly off key. Much to Crest's horror, the rest of the Digidestined joined in. Her eye was becoming dangerously close to flying out of her head. (Emu: How come Crest doesn't just join in? Cat: She's supposed to suffer! And besides, any NORMAL person would be driven insane by such idiocy. Emu: Oh…THIS IS THE SONG THAT NEVER ENDS! LALALA! YES IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRRRIIIEEEENNNDSSS! Cat: I hate you.)

"Where are we supposed to go first again?" Crest shouted in a desperate attempt to deter anymore singing.

"Let me see," Izzy paused in his song to look over their poorly drawn map. "Unless I'm mistaken we're supposed to go to the weeping forest."

"Where's that?" Joe questioned as he pushed his glasses higher up on his nose.

"Looks like it's by a...fireball."

"What? That can't be right. Here, let me see," Matt snatched the map from Izzy. "Hmm, I'd say that it's next to a burning bush."

"Ohhhh like with Moses?" Kari smiled giddily. "Do we get to talk with God? Does he always use a burning bush? And why's the bush burning in the first place? GASP! Is God a pyromaniac!"

"No Kari, we are not talking with God because that is clearly not a burning bush but a pizza stain. Oh, and I always saw him as more of a thunder type of guy," Tai nodded as he gazed at the map from over Matt's shoulder.

"Tai, that's Zeus you're referring to," T.K. pointed out.

"Zeus? Is that a type of food?"

"Everything's a type of food with you isn't it?"

"Yep," Tai smiled proudly.

"Oy! Look people," Crest growled irritably, "does it really matter what that thing is? I mean, we're supposed to be in a forest right? Well has anyone bothered to notice, besides me, that we've been walking in one for the past HALF HOUR?" At this the digidestined stopped abruptly. Glancing at their surroundings, they discovered that they were, in fact, deep within a forest. Twisted willows curved up towards hidden sunlight on either side of them. The atmosphere radiated an oppressive sense of insular sadness. (Emu: YAY! My English teacher would be so proud. I used a vocab. word. Cat: Very good, you deserve a donut. Emu: Really? Cat: Yea, too bad I ate them all. Emu: . WHAT! Cat: I mean, Puppetmon ate them all. Puppetmon: Hey! Cat: Shut up, you're a minion. You're expandable. Puppetmon: grumbles No respect. None at all. Emu: Sniffle my donuts… Cat: Aw get over it you sissies! ANYWAY, carrying on…)

"Wow, how'd this get here?" Davis blinked in confusion.

"Well you see it all starts out with a seed that…" Izzy began what was sure to be another one of his long-winded explanations. However, by a twist of fate, or good fortune, he was cut off by a low shuddering noise.

"What's that do you suppose?" T.K. scratched the back of his head in thought.

"Sounds as though someone's weeping," Mimi replied.

"THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK!" Joe screeched. "It's REALLY just a bunch of man eating goats waiting to eat us all!"

"You watched that cheesy horror movie marathon again didn't you?" Izzy rolled his eyes.

"Maybe."

"Why do you keep watching such mind rotting programs?"

"At least I don't watch shows like "Lab Mouse: Love, Mutation, and Too Much Iodine"!"

"HEY! That's a GREAT show! It was so depressing when Martha relinquished her love for Mark, because another leg had sprouted from her head due to experimental antibiotics. She was such a magnanimous little mouse, thinking of how deformed her children would be instead of what she really wanted," as Izzy burst into tears about the injustices performed against lab mice, Davis drooled stupidly over the word 'magnanimous'.

Crest, no longer being able to feel her legs due to Cody's weight, choose that moment to address a more pressing matter. "Shouldn't we be following that crying sound and finding a way out of here?"

"Yea, I was going to suggest that," Tai piped up.

"Whatever," Crest grumbled. Thus, the band of digidestined ventured further into the belly of the forest. It was not long before they found themselves in the center of a small clearing. Here, the whimpering sobs were almost deafening. The digidestined plugged their ears as best they could and looked for the source of the ruckus. There, twisting above them, was a large willow. Giant drops of water splashed onto the ground, resonating wails accompanying them from a hole in the trunk.

"Is it just me, or is that tree crying?" Sora yelled over the uproar.

"Maybe it's some sort of digimon," Izzy shrieked back.

"Whatever it is, it's giving me a headache!" Crest, after dropping the limp Cody, screeched with her fists in her ears. Abruptly, the tree ceased it's sobbing. It's leaves rattled, and the trunk swayed back and forth. Almost appearing to shrink, the tree lowered itself towards the digidestined.

"What are such cheerful children doing here? Come to hear an old tree's sad tale?" the tree asked in a low voice, as though it were speaking to them through a thick pane of glass.

"Erm, not exactly, we kinda of need to get through this forest," Crest answered for the group.

"How nice, I wish I could leave. It's so lonesome here. No one ever visits, my roots are dry, and my little squirrel friend was eaten by an insane frigimon. The sun no longer shines here. If I could but walk away from this agony! Alas, I am but a tree," the tree sighed in inner turmoil.

"I'm sorry, but could you just point the way out. We really need to be going."

"You're leaving me? After all we've been through together?" the tree's trunk grew moist with tears.

"We've only known you for three minutes."

"BUT THAT WAS THE BEST THREE MINUTES WE EVER HAD TOGETHER! No, you shall not leave! I will keep you with me!" the tree bellowed. It's long gnarled branches shot out and curled around the digidestined's legs like rope.

"Man this thing needs some serious Prozac," Davis mumbled as he was immobilized.

"Hang on! How about we make a deal," Crest quickly offered. "See that limp kid over there? His name is Cody and when he wakes up I'm sure he'd love to be your new friend."

"Really?" The tree's branches slackened their hold.

"Sure. We'll give him to ya for free if you just help get us out of here," Crest nervously replied.

"Deal." And with that the tree released the other digidestined and grabbed its new friend. "You just keep going straight, take a left at the huge rock, and then you're out."

"Thanks," Tai waved to the tree as the rest of the digidestined, minus one unconscious Cody, trekked onward.

"Was it really wise to leave Cody there?" Kari wondered aloud.

"If you'd like to go back and get him, be my guest. Besides, now we get to split up all his cool junk!" And so, Cody was left with the mentally unstable tree as the other's journeyed on.

Meanwhile, ShadowClaw was lapping up a glass of milk, while she grinned evilly with rows of pointed teeth. The trap was almost set. "Puuuuuurrrrrfect!"

Emu: Hmmm, not one of my best chapters.

Cat: No kidding.

Emu: I'm not talking to you!

Puppetmon: Neither am I!

Cat: Oh would you two get over it?

Emu: Maybe we should leave YOU with the tree.

Cat: You're all so TOUCHY! Storms off