Out : Aw! Lizzy-chan! Don't feel sad! At least you review! -hugs- -blink- Um...If you're learning English...what are you?
Chapter 4
Recap : J.P and Zoe found a cave and decided to eat something. Kouichi and Tommy took refuge under some large trees and Kouichi became Tommy's fill in brother. Kouji found Takuya by the river, unconscious.
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Zoe woke up with a startling thought. For some reason, something felt...wrong...But what was it?
"Ah!" They fell, and he grabbed for something he couldn't see.
And there was water around them suddenly, and he reached for the other's hand. Opening his eyes, he saw the other one being pulled away, or maybe he was being pulled away...
And he scrambled to swim back, but the pressure of the water affected him too much. He couldn't feel himself hitting the rocks, or sense the oncoming darkness. All that mattered was saving the other one with him, keeping them alive.
His fingers touched those of the unconscious one and he felt happy, but a great tug caused him to be pulled further under the water, further away...The air left his lungs and he couldn't breathe...
Zoe shook her head. That didn't make any sense. Who was 'the other' and what was with the water?
"I'll never figure this out..." she mumbled softly. "It doesn't make any sense..."
She turned to J.P., still sleeping soundly, and sighed. Her eyes snapped open with sudden confusion.
"What happened to the others?" she asked aloud.
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"This is really ridiculous..." Kouji said once more.
He'd found a cave so small you couldn't even call it a cave. It was more like a dent in the hillside. But it was keeping them dry at the moment, and that's all that mattered.
"It's too much like the digital world..." he mused about the avalanche and cursed softly. "Why does this keep happening to us?"
He turned to look at Takuya as the rain outside seemed to pick up. The wind was blowing the rain in at them half the time, so there was no fire. He'd given Takuya the blanket he'd had in his pack, but he doubted how much comfort it gave him.
Takuya was laying next to the wall, as far in as you could go (not that far actually) and Kouji was sitting next to him against the wall. He wouldn't say it aloud, but he was tired.
"I can't go to sleep." he told himself. "What if something happened to Takuya?"
His eyelids drooped a bit more and he turned to look at Takuya again. Slowly, Kouji pulled Takuya over so that he was sitting sideways with his butt between Kouji's legs. He laid Takuya's head against him and held him up with his arms. After making sure that the blanket was still tight around the brunette, he drifted off to the world of sleep...against his own will.
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Daybreak came with the end of the storm and sunlight shone down, making the water droplets sparkle. It brushed his face and his eyes blinked open. The almost glowing scenery caused him to smile and momentarily forget the situation.
Soon though, he became aware of the fact that someone was holding him, and there was a lot of heat coming from that someone.
"Kouji!" he gasped, placing a hand on Kouji's forehead and withdrawing quickly. "He's burning up!"
Memories of what happened the day before rushed through his head and he lowered his head, moving off of Kouji's lap.
"I tried so hard to save him...but he ended up saving me instead..." he whispered.
Sudden pain shot through him as he went to stand up, causing him to fall in a heap on the ground.
"A-ah-ah..." he drew in a ragged breath, wondering why it hurt so bad.
Takuya looked to his arms, drawing back the sleeves of the undershirt he'd chosen to wear yesterday. It hurt to do so, but it let him see the cuts and bruises on his arms. The brunette then checked his chest.
"Ah...Ow..." he hissed out, seeing the cuts there too. "What happened to me?" he asked as softly as possible.
Takuya went to move further outside, but felt a searing pain and fell down, just outside the 'cave.'
'Oh my Go-...It hurts! It really hurts!'
He managed to open his eyes again and reached down to his right leg. His fingers brushed it and he winced.
'No...It can't be broken...It can't!'
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Kouichi woke up to someone or something poking him. Opening his eyes he spotted Tommy right in his face.
"Wah!" Kouichi jumped back from the light haired brunette. "Wh-what is it?"
"Breakfast is ready! Your stomach was growling, even in your sleep!" Tommy smiled, laughing as he walked over to the small fire he'd gotten going.
"Really?" Kouichi yawned. "What's cooking?"
"Fish. Mom taught me all about making fish. So you can trust me." he laughed a bit and Kouichi smiled, glad that the younger boy wasn't sad anymore.
"I trust you." he said softly.
Tommy paused after handing Kouichi his fish. His voice had been...like a whisper of wind in the trees...
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"Where are we going Zoe?" J.P. asked drearily at about 10 a.m. Zoe was leading him through the forest.
"I woke up this morning and suddenly, I remembered the others. I'm worried about them. And seeing as we are completely lost, we should at least try to find them." she said in a leader-ish way.
"I suppose." J.P. grumbled, staring at the river next to them. They were headed up-stream since Zoe had traveled down it. "Hey, what's that?" he pointed.
"Hm?" Zoe bent down and reached into the water. She moved a semi-large rock and pulled up the brown mess stuck by it. "A bag?"
"Ah! That's Takuya's!" he pointed to the logo of the company that all of Takuya's clothes had on it.
"But how?" Zoe asked, then blinked. "J.P...what happened after me and Tommy fell in?"
"Hm? Oh!" he flushed. "Well, Takuya came running back across the bridge and Kouji tackled him to the ground, trying to stop him from breaking the bridge. Kouichi started coming over too. The bridge sorta...broke...underneath Kouji and Taky and they...fell...in...?" he tried, looking nervously at the blond.
Zoe was holding the strap of Takuya's bag tightly. Her fist was shaking and she sounded like she was about to start growling.
"Dammit! How much more does the world want to torment us? We've been through so much already, yet fate just hasn't had it's fill yet!" she ranted. "Destino di Damn! Ponte di Damn! Fiume di Damn!" she yelled.
"What was that?" J.P. asked.
"I don't cuss in Italian." she shrugged. (Translations from FreeTranslation)
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Kouji woke up to the sound of a fire crackling. He opened his eyes and saw Takuya sitting next to a small fire, cooking something.
"What?" he breathed out, feeling sick.
"Ah, you're awake." Takuya smiled at him over the fire. "Think you can make it over here to eat something?"
"What did you make?" he asked softly, holding his head as he eased over to the inviting warmth.
"You had some hot dogs in your pack, and I caught you a fish." Takuya smiled at him.
Kouji noticed that bandage wrappers were scattered around near his bag. He gave Takuya a questioning look.
"Oh, that. I was pretty scrapped up after our swim in the river, so I bandaged myself up while you were sleeping. The fish is cause your sick." he added as an after thought. Kouji blinked.
"Thanks."
Out : -in corner, glooming-
O.C. #2 : Hmm...Oh, we messed up in the posting of the Waging Wars chapter, chapter 6. But we're also too lazy to go repost it. -explains-
Out : Why do I care? It's your story! -whine-
O.C. #2 : -shrug-