Notes in the end of the chapter, as usual.

PART 4: SNOW WHITE KISS THEORY

Next day, Taichi received a message from Agumon, who had noticed something strange in the Digital World. Again, they were the only ones that can to go to the Digital World were him, Daisuke and Yamato.
The rest of the group were too busy! They didn't find an excuse to accompany them.

After reaching the little village, Agumon pointed at the trees and to some Labramons lying there. They had passed out, Taichi's group had to carry them to the biggest house in the place. When one of the Labramons woke up, she told them what happened:

"A-ah… We just got exhausted, that's all! Haha! I'm sorry, Agumon!"

The others glanced at Agumon, but they weren't angry. Taichi patted the digimon's head.

"If you hadn't see them passing out, no one would help them. Good job, Agumon" - he said.

"We were gathering apples to make an Apple pie for the spring festival," - explained Labramon - "but everyone got exhausted! Can you please help us, Chosen Children?"

Taichi, Yamato and Daisuke nodded, it wouldn't be a hard task.

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"You know? I'd like to eat an apple pie too!" - Commented Daisuke - "maybe if we help they will share one with us!"

"Are you always hungry?" - V-mon frowned.

"You ate more than my family, Vee. Yosh, the apple trees are there…"

"After that creepy lake" - added Taichi - "How does they cross that thing?!"

The lake probably had a whirlpool in the middle, because the water there was rough. Yamato looked again and saw some piranha-like digimon jumping happily from the lake.

"How those digimon cross this lake?!" - growled Yamato.

"Maybe there's a boat or a bridge" - mused Daisuke - "And flying it's possible, look at those thorns in those vines!" - the goggle boy pointed at the big trees around the lake and how there were a maze of vines and thorns in the sky. It reminded him a video game.

"Garurumon can't cross it" - Yamato told them - "We must go around the lake. Maybe that's the only way to reach the apple trees."

"It reminded me Rayman 2 game," - Daisuke thought aloud - "especially the piranhas…"

"That's Metal Piranimon" - said V-mon - "They're dangerous. We can't cross the lake, they will eat us!"

"We know" - said the boys together; Taichi rested his chin on his hand, Yamato crossed his arms and Daisuke looked around, trying to find another way to reach the other side. With the three deciding it was too risky to try to cross the lake, the Chosen and their partner digimons walked until the corner.

Surprisingly, there was a big tree trunk, the other corner has another. Those big trees made a giant wall, separating the Apple trees from the Village of Labramon. The mystery is HOW the digimon crossed the lake to take the apples. That was nonsense.

They returned to the trees where they found the collapsed Labramon sat and checked it. Those weren't Apple trees, sadly. Daisuke pulled his hair, he was mad about that! They couldn't cross the lake, there's no other option but to cross the evil lake. So they decided to check the corners again; Daisuke found a little crack that had created a tunnel to the other side. The only problem was that it was too small and wouldn't let more than one human pass through.

"Who should go?" - asked Taichi, looking at Yamato and Daisuke.

"Daisuke" - said Yamato - "Because he's the shortest and smallest here."

"H-hey, I'm not short! I have your height when you were 11!" - Daisuke pouted.

"That's it… Daisuke, you go and check if everything is okay. We will reach you in a few minutes. No worries, I think there's no evil digimon waiting for us in the other side."

Daisuke gave a nervous laugh, but if Taichi told him to do that, then he could do anything. It's the leader's choice. He entered the tunnel and walked until the exit, expecting a monster to appear and scare him; V-mon was behind him pushing the boy, because Daisuke was stopping in the middle of the tunnel. When they reached the other side, both got impressed with the amount of Apple trees there. It was like an Apple paradise!

The goggle boy took the D-terminal from his pocket, opened it and wrote a message to Taichi. After sending it, the young Chosen started to check the scenario, walking towards the trees. So many apples, so many delicious apples. Ah, he found another delicious fruits there too. And a Vending machine!

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"Say, why are we waiting for that idiot?" - asked Yamato - "I think we shouldn't let him go there alone, because he's still a new kid in this place. And we're the older and former ones, it's our responsibility take care of that idiot."

"Daisuke is 11 man, he can take care of himself!" - Taichi disagreed - "Or do you want to be his babysitter, huh?"

"I just don't think we should let him go there alone, he might end up killed" - Yamato blushed a bit; the idea of babysitting Daisuke also made him remember about his relationship with Takeru.

"I don't" - Taichi replied him - "Because Daisuke can do it. He's like a mini-me! And I believe he can do something as easy as that— Ah, here it comes" - the Chosen of Courage took the D-terminal from his pocket after hearing a 'beep' - "See? He's fine—"

"AAAH!"

"Or he's about to be killed" - Yamato sighed; Taichi just blinked his eyes with that scream. It was Daisuke's, and he immediately entered the tunnel, with Yamato right after him. When they reached the other side, they found Daisuke in the horizon, laying on the ground.

V-mon had disappeared, making the two boys and their partners worried.

"W-what happened here?!" - gasped Taichi, grabbing Daisuke's shoulders and shaking Daisuke carefully - "Oi, Daisuke. Daisuke! Wake up!"

"Is he okay?" - asked the Chosen of Friendship, checking the place and looking for the blue digimon - "Is he breathing?!"

Taichi put his ear on Daisuke's chest. Yes, he is alive… He is breathing. But what had happened to him?! Why didn't he wake up? Suddenly, Agumon brought something to his partner and then Yagami couldn't believe it — It was an apple.

"Don't tell me he choked with an apple, Agumon!"

"No, it was close to his hand!" - he said - "Could it mean… He was poisoned?"

The strange idea of Daisuke being ambushed by a digimon and casting a spell on the boy came in Taichi's mind. Yamato returned and shook his head:

"I didn't find V-mon," - he glanced at Daisuke again.

"He's alive. Maybe he hit his head or something" - Taichi stated - "He is just passed out."

"But what happened to V-mon?" - a worried Gabumon looked behind an apple tree - "He wouldn't let Daisuke alone, it's his responsibility take care of his partner!"

"Who knows!" - Taichi snorted - "We must wake Daisuke up right now! We can worry about V-mon later, after this idiot open his eyes!"

"But what do you want us to do? Pour water on his face?!" - Yamato looked at the lake - "But it's dangerous, how about those piranhas?!"

The only way to wake Daisuke up would be pouring water on his face (seriously, it works with Yamato). But how would they do that without facing the dangerous piranha-like digimons? Suddenly, Agumon, Gabumon, Taichi and Yamato heard a voice.

A muffled voice coming from the sky.

"Only a kiss could save this young human kid."

Taichi and Yamato looked at each other in awe. This voice was telling them to kiss Daisuke?! They couldn't call someone else to kiss Daisuke— Wait, who would be Daisuke's true love?

"That's ridiculous!" - shouted Yamato, his cheeks in pink.

"A-and I don't think Hikari is his true love" - Taichi commented - "There must be another way to wake him up! I wouldn't let Hikari kiss him tho!"

"Y-you guys don't want to save Daisuke?!" - gasped Agumon - "What if he dies?!"

"I will go take water from the lake" - said Gabumon - "Just wait here, we can help him with water!"

"G-Gabumon it's too dangerous!" - but when Yamato said that, Gabumon and Agumon had left, running to the lake. Yamato glanced at Taichi, who was still shaking Daisuke by the shoulders.

"Come on Daisuke, you can't die here!" - Taichi was very desperate - "W-wake up, please!"

"It's useless" - Yamato knelt and looked at Yagami - "stop shaking him!"

"But I can't let him—"

"There's no one looking" - Yamato blushed - "M-maybe we could…"

"WHAT THE HECK?!" - Taichi shouted - "Yamato, what are you talking about?! Kiss Daisuke?! This is so… so strange! N-not like I wouldn't kiss someone to save them, but… We have no idea what happened, maybe he just fainted!"

"Then you kiss him and that's all" - Ishida looked away, blushing - "It doesn't need to be the Kiss of Love, maybe it will work with the kiss of Friendship. Just like this idiot said that time."

"D-don't tell me you're talking about that stupid theory!" - Taichi hissed, pointing at Yamato - "He's not poisoned or under a spell!"

"Yes, he is."

"And what's that mysterious voice?!" - Yamato looked around - "Who's there?!" - he yelled.

"What if I kissed him and it didn't work?" - Taichi babbled - "Hey, who got the Crest of Friendship here?"

"D-don't tell me you want me to kiss that idiot?!" - Yamato glanced at the other with narrowed eyes - "You're his 'beloved' senpai, do it!"

"No, do it!"

"Are you scared, Yamato?"

"Why don't you want to kiss him?!"

"Why don't you want to kiss Daisuke?!"

"Why not you two kiss him in the cheek?" - the mysterious voiced interrupted them.

Yamato and Taichi looked at each other, blushing. So kissing… Kissing Daisuke would save him from the death?!

"S-sure…" - Taichi muttered - "It can't be helped. We should kiss him together."

"It's the only way, right…?" - Yamato shrugged.

They approached Daisuke's face, giving him a little peck in their cheeks. They put the boy on the ground and waited… Until Daisuke opened his eyes and saw Taichi and Yamato. The boy blushed and got up from the grass quickly.

"D-did you guys…?!"

"What happened, Daisuke?!" - Taichi grabbed him by the shoulders, shaking the poor boy - "Are you okay, did you get hurt?!"

"Taichi-senpai… S-Stop!" - asked Motomiya - "I'm f-fine I'm fine!"

"What happened?" - asked Yamato.

"I dunno, something hit me and BANG! I fell asleep!"

The older boys glanced at him, was it all? 'Something' had hit Daisuke and then he had fallen asleep? So why was that apple close to his hand?! Suddenly, V-mon fell from the tree, over Yamato. Agumon and Gabumon arrived with a bucket and poured water on Daisuke and Taichi.

"A-ah! I'm sorry Taichi!" - said the two digimon.

"V-MON GET OFF!" - growled Yamato.

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After making a bonfire to warm up, Taichi and Yamato stared at Daisuke and V-mon, who were too suspicious about that strange incident.

Daisuke didn't talk, he just ate from the apples they gathered earlier. V-mon was sitting there, looking at the digimons and humans in silence. Taichi sighed, then pointed at the blue digimon:

"Oi, V-mon! What happened when you two were alone here? Daisuke was under a spell, wasn't he?"

"Spell?" - Daisuke discreetly punched the digimon's head - "O-ouch! I mean… Yeah, he was! It was a magical digimon called Magicamon! It was a blond magician digimon who did this to Daisuke!"

"So… And the apple?" - Yamato frowned - "Did he bite it?"

"He was picking apples when it happened" - explained the digimon.

"Suspicious" - said both Taichi and Yamato. Daisuke and V-mon gasped.

"So this digimon, Magicamon put Daisuke on a spell" - mused Taichi - "And where did you go when it happened, V-mon? Shouldn't you protect Daisuke from the bad guys?"- V-mon looked at Daisuke, asking him for help… But the boy ignored him.

"I was with him, but she knocked me out!" - continued the blue digimon, waving his hands - "I couldn't save Daisuke, so I… tried to find her!"

"And the weird voice we heard?" - Agumon crossed his arms - "I thought it was yours!" - V-mon looked at Daisuke in awe.

"Okay… V-mon and I found Magicamon" - Daisuke started - "and it happened. I got poisoned by her spell. I dunno what happened later, I only remember when I woke up. That's all" - he continued to eat.

"Now you've mentioned it…" - Taichi raised his eyebrows - "The mysterious voice sounded like V-mon's…"

"The voice who told us to kiss Daisuke?!" - said a surprised Yamato.

"Yeah…" - Taichi nodded - "If it weren't Agumon to bring this point out, I wouldn't recognize it. But now… The voice came from the sky, and he fell from the tree. Do you understand Yamato?"

"You're right, Taichi…"

They stared at Daisuke. Yes, angry faces to the little pupil.

"W-what?!" - Daisuke said, widen eyes watching the other two guys. Taichi and Yamato got up from the ground, clenching their fists - "W-what h-happened, Taichi-senpai?! Y-Yamato-san?!"

"YOU TRICKED US!" - they screamed and jumped against Daisuke, who crawled in the grass, escaping from their hands. The boy got up and ran away.

"Goddammit Daisuke!" - screamed Yamato angrily.

"I can't believe we thought he was poisoned!" - shouted Taichi, kicking the dirt - "Why would he want us to kiss him?!"

"Because he wanted to test the theory" - confessed V-mon - "I have no idea what the heck made Daisuke pretend he was poisoned, but you guys kissed him" - he shrugged. Taichi and Yamato gave him a deadly gaze - "And who would want to know about boys kissing another boy?"

"If you tell someone…!" - the boys growled together, clenching their fists.

"I promise I will not tell them, but it was just a kiss, geez! And a kiss of Friendship" - the digimon got up from the grass - "He left, maybe I should go look for him. You guys can take care of the apples, right?"

"Tell him if he try that again, we will punch him in the face!" - Yamato snorted.

"Okay, I will warn him about that" - V-mon left.

They were alone again, with their partners. While Taichi was trying to lift the basket, he accidentally stumbled on a rock and fell over Yamato.

Chu~

Gabumon's & Agumon's jaws dropped.

"WHAT THE HECK?!" - Yamato shoved Taichi to the side, blushing more than he blushed in his life - "DID YOU JUST… Thanks god Daisuke weren't here to see this!" - he coughed.

"T-that was an accident!" - Taichi coughed violently - "AN ACCIDENT!"

"Did they just kiss each other?" - muttered Agumon to Gabumon.
"I think so…"

"I… " - Taichi got up from the grass, moving towards the basket - "Let's say it was a Kiss of Friendship and that's all. But it was an accident!"

"Why are YOU calling it as Kiss of Friendship?!" - hissed Yamato - "Have you planned to kiss me too?!"

"Who came up with the idea of kissing? It was you, idiot!" - Taichi snorted - "Also, it was my kiss, so it's the Kiss of Courage?"

"Are you making fun of it, Taichi?!"

"Blame Daisuke for those weird theories, not me!" - he lifted the basket and left, going to the tunnel. Agumon followed him, letting Yamato and Gabumon alone.

Yamato didn't understand that. Taichi kissed him. It was an accidental kiss, but he weren't very angry about that…?!

Kiss of Courage. That's what he called it.

That was… weird.

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Writer's thoughts:

So this chapter it's what I meant with nonsense. I don't like cliché, but I used one that fit the whole "kissing theory". It's all Daisuke's fault, and that's the only two kisses in this whole story. I'm not good with romance and this fiction is about friendship & comedy.

Also bravo, Tai & Yama for biting the bait.
Daisuke wanted to laugh but he couldn't. Being a (dramatic) Motomiya means you have A+ at acting. This kid could've been an actor, believe me!