-1I don't own digimon! These characters don't belong to me and I'm not claiming them as mine! The story line however, IS mine. Hope you enjoy it. Sorry about spelling and grammar errors. If you find them, let me know and I'll fix them. Read and review!

Quarantine

Chapter III

Kari and Yolei went down to the waterfall to take a shower while the guys started to make the camp a little more permanent because it looked like they were going to be there for a while.

"Can you get my back Yolei?" Kari asks. They had found that the river right under the waterfall was wider and seemed more like a pond or a small lake. The thick foliage had grown right up near the bank so it was secluded and private. They were using rough leaves as washcloths and they found fragrant flower necter that would work for a type of soap. As Yolei scrubbed Kari's back, Kari glanced almost nervously at the bushes on the far side of the river.

"Kari?" Yolei asks and Kari looks over at her as though just noticing her.

"huh?"

"I asked you three times to help me brush out my hair. What's wrong?

"Oh, sorry. Its nothing," Kari answers though Yolei could still tell something was bothering her but she decided not to press the issue. The two of them slowly made their way back to the bank where they started to dry off. After they had both gotten their clothes back on, they sat down on the rock ledge hanging over the water slightly. Kari ran a comb through Yolei's long hair, undoing any tangles and snarls that had formed during the night and when they were washing. Her purple hair was so shiny and soft. Kari was so jealous. Her hair never did that, even when she let it grow long one time. She smiled slightly, 'It's all Tai's fault,' she thinks. They walked back to camp, clean and laughing.

Tk looked up from where he was working by the fire and Cody stops layering the leaf roof of their shelter as they approached. Yolei had a red flower tucked in her silky hair. It looked like a cross between a rose and a morning glory. The flower didn't look natural in her hair but it looked beautiful anyways. After giving in to Yolei's insisting, Kari wore a crown of white lily-like flowers. Tk noted how perfect they looked on her. 'Why is it that girls always look great even in the most uncivilized of places?' Tk thinks silently. The two girls didn't seem to notice the stares of the other two Digidestined. They were too busy discussing average things. Like what happened in Kari's math class the other day. And how Yolei mixed the music effects for Matt's band, The Teenage Wolves. It was amazing that they could have gotten their minds off what was happening right now. It was like they only had the worries and problems of normal teenage girls. With a twinge of guilt, Tk suddenly felt like he'd give anything to just be like any other teenager, not having to worry about the problems in other worlds or deadly digital viruses. He looked over at Patamon who was laying by the fire, just as sick as yesterday. He was asleep, curled up with Gatomon. Tk smiled lightly, they were so cute. And innocent. 'I cant imagine my life without them. Without the Digital World,' he thinks. He was brought back to the present when he hears a loud crunching snap and then a thump. Looking over, Tk saw Cody laying on the ground, part of the shelters roof on top of him.

"What-"

"Gennai!" Turning, Tk saw that Gennai had appeared and obviously shocked Cody.

"Hello Digidestined." The smiles Kari and Yolei had been wearing quickly faded.

"How are they Gennai?" Kari asks. Tk could almost hear the shaking in her voice.

"Ken wanted me to tell you that they are fine. And he misses Wormmon," Gennai says, lowering his voice slightly so if wouldn't drift to the sleeping digimon by the fire.

"I have some new information for you, anyways. The virus is warping the digital gates, sending people to places they never intended to go. Like Davis with the Tundra Region. It's trying to break through to the Real World. I need your help….." he hesitates for a minute. Kari and Yolei exchange glances.

"Help you with what?" Tk asks suspiciously. He had a bad feeling about this. And he was right.

"I need your help destroying all the digital gates."