Leo looked out at the ocean, shivering and huddling against Agumon for warmth.
'I hope they're all okay…'
"I hope we reach land soon…"
Leo looked up, his eyes widening.
"Be careful what you wish for, buddy…"
Agumon looked up…and TOTALLY agreed with him…
Their small chunk of frozen land collided with the large snow-covered island.
Leo was flung into the snow, but he was quick to pull himself out. He stood up, looking around, and saw a row of mailboxes a few yards ahead of him.
'Mailboxes?'
He moved closer, Agumon following him, when a strange snowman-like Digimon burst through the snow.
"Oh, it's Frigimon. He's usually a non-violent Digimon."
"USUALLY!?!"
"Sub-Zero Ice Punch!"
Leo jumped away from the large fist, and his eyes widened when he saw where'd he'd been standing freeze solid.
He dodged the fist again, and a mailbox froze.
"Look! A Black Gear!"
Leo got behind the large snow Digimon, and saw the Black Gear sticking out of his back.
"Agumon, I've got a plan!"
Leo started running, Agumon soon at his side, and Frigimon behind. Leo stopped once they reached a dead-end, and turned to Agumon.
"Roll up into a ball!"
"What?"
"Just do it!!!"
Agumon obeyed, and Leo readied himself as Frigimon got within range.
'NOW!'
He kicked Agumon over Frigimon's head, and the smaller Digimon grabbed hold of the Black Gear.
"Pepper Breath!"
The Black Gear was destroyed, and Frigimon was his old self again.
"I was wondering…have you seen any other turtles like me anywhere?"
"Actually, I saw a turtle with a Gabumon land on that island over there."
Frigimon pointed out another snow-covered island a few miles off, still moving.
"That's just like Raph to land so far away!" Leo muttered.
"You know, I could get you across."
"Really, Frigimon?" Leo asked hopefully.
"Sure! Watch."
Frigimon went to the edge of the island.
"Sub-Zero Ice Punch!"
He started making a bridge across, and ended up carrying Leo and Agumon on his shoulders when they became too tired to walk.
'Wait for me, Raph…don't kill yourself…'
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"MIKEY!!!!"
Silence…
"DONNIE!!!!"
Silence seemed to muffle his own hoarse voice…
"LEO!!!!"
Nothing…
"Raph, you're getting sick…" Gabumon stated worriedly.
"But…my family…"
"You won't be able to find them if you're sick." Gabumon reasoned, leading the shivering red-banded turtle to a cave.
"B-But…"
Raph could no longer keep his voice steady as his body shook almost violently.
"You're going to rest. I'll go look for them." Gabumon assured, arranging sticks.
"Blue Blaster!"
He started a fire, moving Raph to sit next to it.
"You just stay here and get warm. I'll be back soon."
Raph nodded slightly, and Gabumon left into the snowstorm that was outside.
A few minutes passed as his body stopped shaking so hard.
'But…it's MY family…I should be out there…looking for them…'
He stood up, leaving the safe warmth of the cave and entering the dangerous cold of the storm…
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Gabumon was heading back to the cave, a bit sad that he hadn't found anyone.
'Raph will be disappointed…'
That's when he saw said turtle on the ground, covered in snow.
"RAPH!!!"
Gabumon immediately brought him back to the cave, building the fire back up.
'I need to keep him warm…'
A thought occurred to the Digimon, and he took off his own fur, covering him with it like a blanket.
So the night passed, and Raph woke up, cold gone.
Gabumon took back his fur, putting it on, as Raph sat up.
"Ya gave me yer fur…"
"It was no problem-."
Gabumon sneezed.
"Great. Now you've got MY cold."
Raph shook his head slightly, and heard a familiar voice in the distance…
"Raph…!"
"Raph!"
"Raph!!!"
"RAPH!!!!"
The red-banded turtle jumped up in realization.
"LEO!!!!!!!!!!"
Raph ran out of the cave with Gabumon, and soon caught sight of his blue-banded brother.
"LEO!!!!!!!!! AGUMON!!!!!!!!!"
Their heads snapped up, and the two raced to greet them. Raph was surprised by the hug he received, but returned it.
Leo pulled back when Gabumon sneezed.
"Gabumon? YOU'RE sick?"
"It's just a cold-."
Gabumon sneezed again.
Frigimon, standing behind Leo and Agumon, got an idea, walking off.
"How'd you get sick? I mean, you're the one with the fur coat-."
"Leave him alone, Leo."
Blue looked up at red in confusion.
"It's just a question, Raph-."
"Leave-Him-Alone."
Agumon and Gabumon tensed, feeling a fight coming.
"You're getting hostile over nothing." Leo reasoned, dark brown eyes hard.
"Maybe to ya, it's nothin'. But it's somethin' ta me."
That's when Raph struck, his fist nearly meeting Leo's face as he dodged. Raph, using his new momentum, tackled his older brother.
As they rolled through the snow, fighting, their Digimon tried to stop.
"Stop fighting! We didn't come here for this!"
"Raph, stop! They only want to help!"
Raph and Leo's fight soon brought them to a cliff, where Leo held down his hot-headed brother.
"What's up with you?!"
"…I…I-I was scared…"
Leo blinked, seeing the unshed tears in the crimson brown eyes below him.
"I kept looking…but no one was there…I…I'm just so relieved…"
Leo softened, relaxing his grip.
"Guys, get away from there!!!"
Leo's head snapped up at the sound of Agumon's voice, when the part of the cliff the two turtles were on crumbled.
"AHHHHHH!!!!!!"
Leo grabbed onto his brother's hand and a root sticking out of the dirt wall parallel to them.
They stopped with a jerk, and had to try and calm their racing hearts before speaking.
"Are you okay?"
Raph nodded up mutely.
"Are you guys alright?" Agumon called down worriedly, Gabumon beside him.
"Yeah! Just help us up!" Leo called back.
Both Digimon started climbing down when a strange cry reached the brother's ears.
"Mojyamon!"
They heard a thunk, and the cliff shook, wrenching loose Leo's hold.
"AHHHHHHH-!!!!!!!!!!!"
All four bounced off Frigimon's head. After thanking him, Frigimon showed the food he'd gone to get.
Agumon seemed hungry…
Frigimon gave Gabumon a vile-tasting herb for his cold, and they both ate when Mojyamon jumped down.
Frigimon went to fight him, when the other Digimon dodged his Sub-Zero Ice Punch and hit him back.
"Let's beat this guy!"
"I'm with ya on that one!"
"Agumon, Digivolve to…GREYMON!!"
"Gabumon, Digivolve to…GARURUMON!!"
They jumped at Mojyamon, Garurumon sinking his fangs into an arm.
Greymon was knocked back, as was Garurumon, and Frigimon came up behind Mojyamon, restraining him.
"Get him now, Greymon!"
"Nova Blast!"
It struck the Black Gear in Mojyamon's chest, destroying it, and the Digimon seemed to shrink.
The force of the blow had pushed both Digimon into the Cliffside, shattering it to reveal rotating Black Gears.
"…Whoa…"
"Howling Blaster!"
The Black Gears broke, stopping, but started up again, going in the other direction.
"We're heading back to Infinity Mountain."
Raph turned to Leo.
"And the others will be there, too…"
Leo nodded, and both stared at the large mountain in the distance.
'We're coming, guys…'