MK25: Piece of crap computer! Grady: Your going on a spree, aren't you?
MK25: Randomness or fanfics? 'Cause I'm going for both.
Grady: You got me there.
MK25: I just want to make an announcement. I know there are people out there that are thinking "Dude, what are you doing making this when you don't own the brands?" Listen, If you're so stupid to not realize that I don't own crap, and that your on a FANfiction website, then YOU CAN'T BE HELPED, and go look up fanficiton, while you're at it. And for those who think my grammar is horrible, English is the hardest language to learn in the world. You know why? WE take it in school! Thank you, and enjoy the fic.
Grady: You think-
MK25: SHUT UP!

Chapter 13: The Weird Wood

Gavin and everybody were staring in awe at what was in front of them. In front of them was the person they were looking for: Grady. "Hi-ya, Guys." He said, fear dripping in his voice. He didn't know what was in there minds, so he was being a bit careful. Elecmon surprised Grady by jumping on his head
"Grady!" He shouted as he leaped on him. Grady pulled him off his scalp and gave him a hug in joy.
"It's good to see you again!" Grady chuckled.
Gavin began to approach Grady. Grady noticed this and his emotion quickly change. He set Elecmon down, and stared into Gavin's eyes. When Gavin stopped, they stood face to face for a few moments. Then, Gavin landed a clean punch on Grady's face. His head simply turned with the blow, and then came back, an obvious red mark on his cheek. Before, everyone stood in amazement, now they stood in shock.
"I deserved that." He simply said. "I could have at least told someone, what I was going to do. But, I couldn't bring myself to do it. I just needed to leave ASAP. I am sorry, if I had you worried."
"That was for leaving us without a simple notice to one of us." Gavin stated coldly. Grady knew he was talking about the punch. Gavin then reached for the goggles had kept in his pocket the entire time Grady had gone. He handed put them in Grady's hand. "I believe these belong to you."
Grady gripped them cautiously for a few moments, then he gripped hard as two lone tears rolled off his face and on to the lenses. He handed them back to Gavin. "Please, you keep them. You probably did better than me."
"No, please-!"
"Just take them." Grady showed his face to Gavin and Gavin realized why he was forcing them back. He had a visible line of tears coming down his face. "How do you think I'd make a good leader when I couldn't protect you from myself?"
Gavin took them away from his hands cautiously. "Okay, I'll take them."
Grady regained control of his emotions by then. "I'm sorry, I still am having trouble getting over it."
"I understand."
"Hey," Luna butted in. "Where did you get that thing on your waist."
Everyone turned his or her attention to what Luna was talking about. Grady also remember something he should told them about. "Oh yeah," Grady muttered as he unsheathed his sword. "I found it in those woods behind us."
"Ha, I knew he was in there!" Elecmon blurted.
Grady could only make a face that basically said it for him, but he went ahead and said it. "Okay, I'm not gonna ask."
"Whatever," Cerberumon said. "If memory serves, there should a city or village at the end of this forest. I can't seem to remember what it was though…"
"Awesome!" Will cried out. "Civilization." Luci could only chuckle at his excitement.
"Well, then." Chris stated. "We should head out, if everyone's ready."
Everyone nodded and set off to into the forest.

The team was traveling through the forest, struggling through the dim light and root filled ground. Luna then stopped suddenly. Grady noticed this. "Everything alright?"
Luna looked him straight in the eyes and said, "I'm hungry." The others stopped at this statement.
"Wow, I just realized we haven't eaten a thing since we got here." Karina stated. Grady nodded and looked up to the trees. He noticed a low-hanging branch and jumped to grab it. He then pulled himself on the branch, and shook the one above him. As he shook it, light green apples dropped to the ground. Grady kept shaking the branch until it broke, which didn't waver his balance on his branch. He jumped back down, branch in hand, and broke up the branch into several pieces.
"It'll be nightfall soon, we should probably have a fire to keep us warm."
Cerberumon started to dig a small, circular hole in the ground. Grady knew what Cerberumon was doing.
"Good thinking. We wouldn't want to burn down the forest with us in it."
Cerberumon finished the hole and Grady dropped the new firewood they had in it. He then turned to the apples and grabbed one. "Catch." He said as he tossed one to her.
"Thanks." Luna said happily as she dug in to her new food item. "I kinda missed the taste of apples."
Everyone else grabbed one and stared to chow down as night set in.

Grady was watching the fire burn. Night had set in and he agreed to watch first. He let the fire's crackling sooth him as he sunk into deep thought. But before he could sink that deep, he heard something. He stepped carefully over to where Chris was.
"Chris," He whispered as he shook his body. Chris moaned as he was awoken.
"It's my turn already?"
Grady shushed him. Chris then heard another fire crackling off in the distance, and it was getting louder.
"Let's get the others up!" Grady whispered.
"We won't have time, he's too close."
That was when a blur of red lunged at Grady. He had barely enough time to defend himself. The creature that attacked was blocked by another sword. It jumped back and allowed Grady to get a good look at it. He was in shock as he realized who it was. The fire behind Grady blazed up. He and Chris looked back as the flame calmed and when they turned back, the creature was gone. The up roaring blaze woke up Gavin in a fright.
"What just happened?" He asked the two.
They looked at each other, then back at Gavin, saying in unison, "You don't wanna know."

MK25: Ah, that felt good.
Grady: Good for you.
MK25: Oh, shut up! (as if my family wasn't bad enough.)