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"Leon?" Lina smiled as she approached Wormon and Leon.

"What?" He managed to slip out as he held back his tears a bit longer.

"You're our leader, and we need you." Lina smiled, planting a kiss on his lips. "We're all in this together."

"But..." Leon sighed.

"But nothing! C'mon, we gotta get to Boston!" Jason smirked as Leon wiped his tears.

"Right. Let's head out, we'll get there faster by DigiBeetle." Leon said, smiling as he grabbed his D-Ark. "CARD SLASH! DigiBeetle activate!"

Digimon Tamers: Infection

DISC 02: Attack on The Chosen Saga

Chapter 17: Side Tracked

"Noelle?" Palmon questioned as Noelle still sat on the curb of the road, the wind blowing in her hair.

"Huh?" Noelle replied, wiping tears from her eyes.

"Oh," Palmon paused, "I'll go if you want..."

"What are you talking about?" Noelle replied as Palmon turned towards her.

"Well, I am the reason your father and The Chosen are after you. If I left, then you won't be my tamer anymore and you won't have to live in fear anymore."

"What!" Noelle screamed. "How can you even think something like that?"

"I'd rather leave you then cause you to die..." Palmon replied.

"You aren't the reason they're after me, Palmon!" Noelle retorted, "They're just a bunch of sick bastards!"

"But if I never came to you, you wouldn't have had to run and you could've still be a family with your dad!"

"My family died when my mother was killed," Noelle paused, "after she died, daddy was cruel all the time. He treated me like dirt and didn't care how I felt or what I said. Then you came along and made my life worth while again, Palmon. I remember that very day...I was and my mother's grave site when my tears hit that flower, which bloomed and gave me my D-Ark, and then you. After you came, you always protected me and you were always there for me. You're my family, Palmon. If I was to die right now, I'd rather die with you as my partner."

"Noelle," Palmon said with watery eyes, "Don't worry, they'd have to delete me before they'll ever lay a hand on you!"

"Yep!" Noelle said, hugging Palmon. "Together until the end."

"But you know, Noelle, if you think about it, all our friends over there are our family too..." Palmon said as Noelle looked at her partner, "They're fighting for their lives too because they're tamers."

"You're right." Noelle replied as she noticed Tyler standing over her, reaching his hand towards her.

"C'mon, babe. Time to hit the road to Boston." Tyler said smiling.

"Why do you care so much about me? Why do you help me all the time?" Noelle asked as Tyler closed his eyes, smiling.

"Because I care about you, Noelle." Tyler smiled as Noelle grabbed his hand, allowing him to pull her up, then hugging him and leaning her head against his chest.

"You're just like Palmon...I don't deserve you."

"Noelle," Tyler said holding out his hand, "You want to go now?"

"Not yet." She replied "Did the others leave?"

"Nope." Tyler replied, putting his hand at his side, then setting down next to Noelle and Palmon "Nobody is going to be left behind, we are a group now and everyone has a part in it. Including you, you are not only wanted but needed. They weren't leaving, just getting the DigiBeetle ready to head to Boston."

"Patamon, lets go play with the rest of them over there." Palmon interrupted as Patamon rose from Tyler's head.

"Tyler," Noelle smiled, giving the teen a kiss on the cheek, "Thanks."

"Thanks for what?" Tyler asked as Noelle, looking down to the ground. "Nevermind, but it seems like your the only giving any kisses in this relationship." Tyler smiled, hugging Noelle tightly, then tickling her, Noelle laughing happily before he finally stopped. "Shall we go?"

"Yeah, let's go for it." Noelle nodded, but not before Tyler pulled her closely and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Everything'll be fine, babe."

"All aboard the DigiBeetle express!" Wormon jokingly laughed as Tyler, Noelle, Palmon, and Patamon walked towards them.

"All aboard? Wasn't that the name of the first dub episode of Digimon Frontier?" Jason asked as he walked over.

"I dunno...I never saw the anime...I'm really into Dragonball. I only got Digimon cards because I stole them from the remains of convineance stores." Leon replied, smiling.

"Lina, hurry up, you don't want to be left behind, do you?" Wizarmon yelled, looking back at Lina, who appeared deep in thought once again.

"Ah, sorry," Lina replied, running over to join the others.

Jason looked towards Kaili, who'd just been setting around while the others talked. "So, Kaili where'd you grow up? I'm from Georgia."

"I grew up all over the place. My dad kept getting transferred all over the US. Only when we moved here was when they quit transferring him. Probably 'cause they got tired of hearing him yelling through the phone about 'I have 3 kids, one oh 'em wants to run away from home because she has to move yet again, We just got settled, my wife's gonna kill me if we move again!' and all that crap. My older sister did run away, then got sent home 'cause she stole a pack of Digimon Cards from a member of The Chosen who had just stolen them from a little kid. I helped her beat the livin' crap out of that moron. Then we got put on trial." Kaili said without taking a breath.

"When did that happen, Kaili?" Tailmon asked as Kaili laughed.

"Before I moved here. You hadn't shown up yet though."

"Aww, I would've wanted to help beat that freak up." Tailmon sneered.

"Trust me, we'll probably get to beat up more than that one."

"Awesome! Is it fun to beat the crap out of a chosen?"

"Better than anything Tailmon, Better than anything."

"Great!"

"Yeah."

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Across New York, Miko and Hawkmon walked down a desolate sidewalk. "You know, I could fly you there it you...-" Hawkmon began, only to have Miko cut him off.

"No, I won't hear of it. You just got out of a battle, and if something did happen to you, I don't know what I'd do." Miko finished as he bent down to Hawkmon's level, hugging him.

"Why do we have to fight? They seemed like they were doing the right thing." Hawkmon looked up at Miko with his large, blue eyes.

"You know as well as I do, anyone who is not with us is against us. I don't want to fight, but you know what Bastion told us." Miko replied, holding Hawkmon closely as a tear rolled down his cheek.

"Well, what if they could help us?" Hawkmon asked as Miko let go of him, standing up, wiping his tears.

"No, they've chosen their side..."

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"Alright! C'mon! Lina, you and I'll take this DigiBeetle. Jason and Kaili will be in one, and finally Tyler and Noelle got their own too, is that alright with everyone?" Leon said, as putting Wormon into a DigiBeetle.

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Next Time: Miko returns! And with him, we get a nice little mini-battle! Yay! Also, Miko spills himself a secret about the leader of our group of tamers...

Digimon Tamers: Infection

Chapter 18: Leon's Secret Revealed!