I'm back people! Sorry for taking a while to update. History III has been such a drag… Who cares when Beethoven was born? If I'm learning piano, all I need to know is his musical style right? Who cares about his alcoholic father? And how the heck am I supposed to remember their names anyways? 13 composers and 5 of them are named Frederic! What kind of a name is Wolfgang anyways? …Okay… I'm getting off topic… back to the world of fanfiction!
No dramatic entrance this time, just say the disclaimer Izumi.
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Chapter 8
Kouichi's POV
I walked back to the clearing where the others rested, happy with my new discovery. I smiled at the sight. Takuya, Junpei, Tomoki, Bokomon, Neemon and Patamon were already hungry and had started up a fire with a few meat apples that they had found somewhere. Not far off to their left, Kouji and Izumi sat by a tree, Izumi's head on my brother's shoulder and their hands intertwined. They were talking about something and both of them had a faint blush on their faces. How convenient. Now to get the gang to stay here for the night…
"Hey Takuya!" I called, motioning for Takuya to walk over. Instead, he just looked up, gave an annoyed look and asked rudely, "What?" I frowned. I didn't know the berries would ruin friendship while trying to make a relationship. "I found a tree with some delicious looking fruits a ways back. Kouji, Izumi and I are going to go gather some okay?" I lied, trying to separate us from the rest of the group. Takuya's eyes brightened. "Sure thing buddy! Just make sure you bring some back for me! I'm starving!" he replied. I sighed. Talk about a mood swing…
Walking over to Kouji and Izumi, I cleared my throat to get their attention. They immediately snapped out of their trance, jumped apart, blushing madly and glared at me. "What is it?" asked Kouji, sounding a little upset. "I just found a tree with delicious looking fruit in it. Would you and Izumi like to come help me gather some?" I asked, giving them my best puppy eye face. "Sure thing Kouichi! We'd love to! Right Kouji?" she asked, smiling brightly. Kouji raised a brow. "Sure thing…" he finished, still slightly upset about the interruption. I smirked. My puppy eye face ALWAYS works on girls.
Izumi's POV
I grabbed Kouji's hand, turning away to hide my blush. Walking after Kouichi, we followed him into the forest. The sun had begun setting and it was starting to get dark. "Hey Kouichi, are you sure you know which way your going? You know the way back to camp right?" I asked worriedly. "Of course. Just follow me." He smiled reassuringly.
We walked for about 10 minutes before Kouji spoke up. "Hey Kouichi. Where is this tree? We've been walking for a while now and it's starting to get dark." He stated matter-of-factly. Kouichi gave us a grin. "We're almost there. Just follow along. You won't regret it." I thought I caught a mischievous glint in his eyes, but I wasn't sure. Looking over to Kouji, I would guess he had the same suspicion as I since he raised a brow at his twin brother.
We continued walking along for a few more minutes we came upon the entrance of a cave. "I saw that tree on the other side of this cave. Come on, let's not waste anymore time." Kouichi stated, walking into the cave. Both Kouji and I looked at each other, suspecting something weird in the warrior of darkness. Shrugging it off, we decided to follow him anyways until we came upon a larger area that split into two paths. "Oops…" I heard Kouichi whisper. "What is it Kouichi?" I asked, wondering what was wrong. "I forgot which way." He said, scratching his head in embarrassment. "You mean we walked all this way for nothing?" glared Kouji. "How about you and Izumi stay here while I go in and check? I'll be back as soon as possible. Don't leave without me!" he waved, walking into one of the tunnels. "How can we leave without you? We don't know our way back..." muttered Kouji.
We sat next to each other hands still intertwined, for the next 20 minutes, chattering quietly until Kouji finally asked, "Where on earth is Kouichi? Maybe we should go look for him." He decided, standing up. "I guess…" I answered unsurely. What if we got lost in the cave? "Don't worry, we won't get lost. We'll stick to one path. And if the path splits up, we'll walk back." Kouji told me reassuringly, as if reading my thoughts. Smiling, we walked into the deep depth that was the tunnel that Kouichi had taken. It darkened. My hand tightened around Kouji's and almost instinctively, I inched closer to him…
Once again, it's a short chapter. Coming to a writer's block without my sugar produced 'hyper-ness'. So… until the next chapter, please read and review!
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