A/N: Hey, look guys! It exists! I didn't forget about this fic! It was just this chapter got stuck, so I decided to just write Night until it came to life again. And it did. Finally. Anyway, like always, thank you for your patience and please read and review!
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Between them, the air is horrifying quiet and still. Nothing moves in the trees, no matter where they look or how loud their steps go. Even the leaves are quiet and still and it doesn't feel like a forest but a cut out.
"Are we going in circles or something?" Taichi asks, rubbing his head. 'Everything looks the same."
"We're in a forest," Yamato points out under his breath and Sora shushes him, suddenly having the urge to giggle. Taichi huffs but doesn't comment, trailing after them. Koromon sits on his head, watching the sky and looking uncomfortable.
"Okay, am I the only one disturbed by the fact that we weren't gone dat long and this place looks like hell already? Seems a bit fast, don't it?"
Yamato turned this over, expression full of discomfort. He had to get to Takeru, had to protect him. Tunomon squirmed in his arms. "You think this was planned, or something?"
"Probably," Koromon says, shrugging his ears. "Or predicted, or something. I mean, we're all here, the world's a mess. We've got power. We can save it… probably."
Sora thinks about this, loosening her grip on Pyocomon as she glows a soft blue. "So… people saw this coming."
"Someone had to," Koromon replies. "Cause I don't think any o' us made a thing like that." He points at the Crest at his partner's neck.
Taichi doesn't seem to take any notice.. He's stopped walking and looks around, eyes confused.
"What's going on?" Yamato bites his tongue to keep from snapping, but Taichi doesn't hear it.
"Voice," he mumbles. "I heard something."
Sora flinches. She doesn't know why, but she casts her gaze around as if she will see the source of laughter from before.
But before she can ask about it, the trees ahead of them light up a brilliant gold and burst into flames.
Seeing Takeru's hat soar into the air, Yamato runs and doesn't care that the others are behind him.