Here we are again! I need more reviews! Overly dramatic cliffy in the last chappy, so I'll make this AN short.

Disclaimer: I'm not saying it. You know it already anyways.

Last chapter

Izumi's POV

I screamed Kouji's name again as his back smacked across the trunk of a tree next to me. He didn't move. DarkTyrannomon's mouth glowed orange, gathering energy for his final blow. I yelled to Kouji again, trying to snap him out of his little trance. He didn't budge. My mind raced, absolute panic and horror struck hard as I tried to think of a way to save Kouji. I can't let him turn into a digi-egg again! What will I do?

'Kouji… please…snap out of it…'

Chapter 9

Kouji's POV

I paid no attention to the world around me. The only thing in my mind right now was why on earth wasn't Izumi hatching? This is all my fault. I should have been more careful. Then she wouldn't have needed to block that attack for me. It's all my fault…

'KOUJI!' I heard Izumi's voice scream in desperation. Turning to face her egg, I saw it glow bright violet. My eyes widened.

"Izumi!" I shouted, tears running down my face as I ran towards her. Tears of sadness or joy, I could not tell. I wrapped my arms around her digi-egg and was temporarily blinded as the egg glowed a brilliant light. I felt the form of the egg change in my arms. When I opened my eyes again, I was hugging Izumi.

Now I knew for sure, they were tears of happiness. I pulled her close to me, whispering her name. She blushed a bright red, but replied by wrapping her arms around me. Completely forgetting the fact that DarkTyrannomon was preparing to launch his attack at us, we continued to stand there. I lowered my head, my mind fixed on meeting her lips with my own.

We were only centimeters apart when suddenly "What the heck is going on? What's with all the noise?" yelled Takuya, charging into the clearing. Seeing DarkTyrannomon, he immediately digivolved into Agunimon. He jumped at us, pushing Izumi and I out of the way just as DarkTyrannomon launched his attack at us.

"Are you two INSANE! Get a room! Making out isn't the best way to save you from an attacking digimon!" he shouted at us. We both flushed. Looking at Izumi, I reached into her pocket and pulled out her violet hat and d-tector and handed it back to her. She smiled.

Pulling her hat over her blonde hair, she said, "Thanks Kou-kun." But her tone then changed from a sweet one, to a mischievous one. "Now let's go kick some butt!" she half yelled. Smirking, we both stood up and pulled out our d-tectors.

"Spirit Evolution!" "Kazemon/Lobomon!" we both shouted.

"Tempest twist!" shouted Kazemon as she unleashed a fury of rapid kicks to the large dinosaur's face. "That's for trying to hurt my Kou-kun!" she yelled. I'm glad I was wearing a mask, I thought. I just know my face is burning bright red right about now.

'I can still hear your thoughts Kou.' I heard Izumi's voice say. My eyes widened. Looking over at Kazemon, she smiled at me and turned back to the oversized dinosaur.

"Love tap!" yelled Kazemon as she bumped her rear against the digimon. I raised an eyebrow on her. What a choice for an attack… DarkTyrannomon's eyes glazed over with hearts for a second and I took this chance to launch my attack.

"Lobo Kendo!" I yelled, running as fast as I could towards the digimon with my light saber. Jumping as high as I could manage, I landed on the Digimon's head. Turning the sword downwards, I jabbed it straight into its head as it let out a scream of agony.

Takuya's POV

More than stunned, I could only stand and watch as the two lovebirds switched from making out, to beating the living daylights out of the DarkTyrannomon. Kouji had scanned the digicode soon after and the two de-digivolved. I saw Kouji walk over to Izumi. Kouji's mouth never opened to say something, yet Izumi's face blushed bright pink. Without saying a word, Izumi linked arms with Kouji and walked towards me.

Are the two still telepathic? Or did I just go deaf?

Izumi's POV

'So I'm your Kou-kun now?' Kouji teased telepathically.

'Yup!' I answered confidently, blushing a light shade of pink. He smiled.

'So you're my Izu-chan now right?' he asked, amusement hinting in his telepathic voice.

'Only if you want me to be!' I replied, smiling happily.

Kouji stuck his left hand into his pocket again and I took this chance to wrap my arm around his. He looked at me, smirked and started walking towards Takuya.

"…" Takuya was at a loss for words. Kouji raised a brow at him, and there was a moment of silence before Takuya finally found his voice.

"So… you two are together now?" he asked, smiling from ear to ear.

"Of course." Said Kouji, smiling at me.

"So Kouichi's suspicion about you two was right all along! But seriously, making out in front an attacking enemy is a BAD idea." He teased, his idiotic smile still plastered across his silly face. I blushed.

"Well, it wouldn't exactly count as 'making out' since somebody just pushed us over before we actually kissed!" I debated, blushing madly. Kouji grinned.

"So you want to finish off where we left off?" he suggested teasingly, wrapping an arm around my waist.

"You guys are mean! Two boys ganging up to tease a girl!" I whined childishly.

"But I'm not teasing, I'm serious!" Kouji spoke, Takuya's idiotic smile now plastered on his face.

"That would have been a lot more profound without Takuya's smile." I told him, sweat dropping. "But fine, let's continue where we left off then!" I challenged, leaning up and giving him a peck on the cheek. He flushed and looked at his shoes.

"Gee, next time you guys want to do something mushy, at least give me a warning to leave you alone!" whined Takuya, turning around and stalking back to the campsite.

I turned back to Kouji. His face was still red and he was still staring at his shoes.

"I thought you said you were serious Kou-kun." I teased, purposely emphasizing 'Kou-kun' to catch his attention. He didn't say anything, but continued to stare at his shoes, blushing madly. I giggled and he looked back up at me, curiosity evident in his navy blue eyes.

Our gazes met and he slowly dipped his head down once again to meet my lips in a chaste kiss. He pulled away a few seconds later, staring off to the side. We both flushed, refusing to meet each other's eyes for a few minutes until Kouji finally spoke up.

Kouji's POV

There were many things I wanted to think about, but if I thought about it, Izumi would hear me. I fought to keep my mind clear of all thoughts until an idea finally popped in my head. I didn't dare go through the entire thought, afraid that Izumi might figure what I was thinking. I stared at the ground for a while until I finally gathered up some courage before speaking up. It was now or never.

"Um… Izu-chan?" I started, shifting nervously.

'What is it?' she asked.

"I… l-love you. And I was wondering…" I drifted off, stuttering and flushing dark red. She blushed a beautiful shade of pink.

"Kou-kun…I love you too." She finished, finally bringing her eyes up to meet mine in an intense gaze.

"I was so worried Izumi. I would never forgive myself if you stayed as a digi-egg forever. It would be all my fault…" I stared again, pulling her into a hug. I ran my fingers through her beautiful golden locks just as I felt her hands run through my ponytail.

"It wasn't and would never be your fault Kou. I chose to block that attack, I knew what I was bringing upon myself. You didn't force me into anything. It was my choice." She whispered into my ear, resting her chin on my shoulder.

I grinned as a pathetic question popped into my head. I'm guessing Izumi heard it telepathically already, but I decided to say it out loud anyways.

"So you'll be my girlfriend?" I asked, staring at her playfully. She pouted.

"I thought I already was your girlfriend!" she whined. I chuckled.

"Of course you were. My mistake."

There was a moment of silence before Izumi spoke up again. "When we get back to the real world, you better give me your phone number! Because I'm going to start calling you every time I get a chance to!" she said, smiling brightly.

"Ooh… I better keep my number a secret then, or little Izu here is going to annoy the crap out of me." I teased. Takuya was definitely rubbing off on me.

"Hey!" shouted Izumi, punching my arm playfully.

"Of course we'd swap phone numbers. How else would I call you out on a date?" I teased again, confidence suddenly piling into my system. On any normal day, I would never dare say such sentences. But today's different. Today, I'm with Izumi. She blushed madly, calling me a 'meanie' like a 6 year old.

I must say, at first I had thought this whole Digitama adventure had done nothing but cause trouble, but now, I find this adventure has been one of the most important steps in my life. Without it, I may never have gotten this close to Izumi. And now we're telepathic too.

Talk about being close physically, emotionally and even psychologically…

'Aishiteru Izu-chan.'

'Aishiteru Kou-kun.'

I pulled her towards me to bring her into one last kiss before walking back to the campsite hand in hand… I'm glad everything worked out all right. Now hopefully, the teasing won't last half as long as it needs to… I sighed, sweat dropping at the thought Takuya and Kouichi's immaturity and inability to control themselves. How should I break the news to everybody? Walk in hand in hand with Izumi and say, 'hey I'm dating Izumi?' That'll only result Takuya and Kouichi's non-stop teasing and Junpei may just about eat everyone alive when he hears this. But knowing Takuya and his big mouth… by the time we get back, everyone on this living planet will know about our relationship...this is going to be a long day…

Finally the near-end of my demented fic! One more epilogue coming up! But maybe I'll write a sequel to this later… Who knows? Give me some ideas people!