Long overdue, I'm so, so sorry . :/

Ryo and Ruki got back to the tamers' camp hand in hand. Everybody was sleeping, except Cyberdramon and Renamon - they were guarding and waiting for their tamers.

"Cyberdramon, do you want company on guarding?" Ryo asked as soon as he saw his partner.

"No, I'm fine." The dragon groaned.

"And you Renamon?" Ruki asked smiling to her partner. The vixen felt the happiness of her tamer and she smirked internally.

"No, thank you Ruki. Later we'll switch turns with Impmon, so you can go rest a little."

"Ok then. Wanna sleep already?" Ruki looked over to Ryo and he couldn't help but smile looking at her. He truly loved her beyond words.

"Yeah, I could use a little sleep." He pulled her into a hug, which made her smile. "But only if you sleep with me."

"In your dreams, pretty boy." She laughed.

Ryo just dragged her to his spot on the floor, spooning her while she protested silently. Ruki tried to playfully hit him, but was failing completely.

"Ryo, they'll see us."

"Do I look like I care?" He smiled impishly and turned her over so he could place a loving kiss on her lips.

Next morning the group involuntary woke up really early –Kazu rolled over in his sleep right into the extinguishing fire and woke everybody with his screams. He only burned part of his jacket, but didn't stop him of making a scene. Once everyone was fully awake, they had to decide what to do next.

"Where are we going now Takato?" Jeri asked her boyfriend.

"I don't know exactly…" Takato looked at his friends with an unsure expression. He was at lost.

"Yamaki has contacted you, Alice?" Jenrya asked.

"Not yet." The blond woman said while checking her laptop once more.

"So what do we do now?" Ruki asked and put a hand on her hip.

"I guess we can look for the other digimon or something…" Ryo ran his hand through his hair. "And I don't know about you, but I feel that problem will find us no matter where we go."

"True enough." Takato said and grabbed his girlfriend hand. She smiled and placed a kiss on his cheek.

"There's too much love in here..." Kazu muttered. Kenta nodded in agreement.

No one said anything for a couple of minutes, until Ryo broke the silence:

"Okay guys, I think we all agree that this area is somewhat inhospitable, especially now that we have more humans to take care of. So in my opinion we should just get going and use Renamon and Cyberdramon's sense to look for the other digimon."

"I agree. In the meantime Yamaki might even contact us". Kenta said shyly while adjusted his glasses.

"Aright, we all agree?" Takato asked and everyone gave unenthusiastic nods.

"Okay then, let's just go." Ryo started to walk and everyone followed suit.

The tamers and digimon had an uneventful day and by the end of the evening they reached the entrance of a somber-looking forest. They agreed to camp outside the forest as the shade of gigantic trees did not give them any advantage, for night was falling.

During the day there was no sign of the other digimon or Yamaki, so their spirits were low.

"It's so strange that Yamaki didn't contact us…" Jenrya said almost to himself while sat beside Alice. He sighed internally and tried to not worry about Terriermon and his family in the real world. Lee feared that the new disturbances in the digital world could bring a new threat to the real world . That was the last thing they needed.

"I know, right!" Jeri said almost too loudly, taking Jen out of his reverie. "He was all supportive when sent us here, now he just leaves us clueless!" She pouted a little.

"I don't give a fuck about Yamaki, I just wanna see Guardromon." Kazu said while kicked a small stone.

"Well Kazu, you should be giving a big fuck to Yamaki because without him, we're stuck here." Ruki said while approaching Jenrya and Alice, whom were checking the notebook for the thousandth time.

"Nothing yet?" The redhead asked her friends.

"Nada. Niente. Nothing." Alice said and sighed. "When we get home, I'm capable of throwing this notebook into his face."

"Let's calm down… at least we're not being attacked or anything" Takato said as scratched the back of his neck.

"I sense something." Renamon said narrowing her eyes while Cyberdramon growled.

A strange noise could be heard by the group and it was growing more and more audible.

"Way to go Takato, you jinxed us!" Kazu half screamed while standing up awkwardly.

"Be quiet, Kazu!" Jenrya said harshly.

The group waited apprehensively until the noise started to fade.

"They're still near us, but I can't pinpoint their location." Renamon said while trying to see something in the darkness.

The tamers and digimon inspected the area ahead of them, giving their backs to the somber forest, unaware of three shadows that moved between the trees.

It was all very quick. A sound of rustling leaves was quickly followed by a sharp piercing scream, which caught everyone off guard. The group turned around to face a horrifying scene: Jeri was being held tightly by a scary demon-like digimon.

"Jeri!" – Takato screamed while Cyberdramon got ready to attack.

"Hold on there, big buy." – A voice of a female warned – We don't want to hurt your friend.

Out of the shadows a Lady Devimon appeared beside the other demon digimon. A third demon-like digimon emerged from the shadows alongside with her.

"What the hell…?!" – Kenta said.

Jenrya took out his D-Arc and began to read out loud the information it presented:

"Lady Devimon: Fallen Angel, Perfect. Especial attack: Darkness Wave." He pointed the device to the digimon holding Jeri. "MarinDevimon, Aquatic Beast Man, Perfect. Especial attack: Guilty Black." - Then he proceeded to the last one - "Neodevimon : Fallen Angel, Perfect. Especial attack: Guilty Claw."

"Let her go!" – Takato screamed, balling up his fists.

Ruki looked over to Ryo and in a silent agreement, they prepared to biomerge.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you – Lady Devimon addressed them both – My friend here would hate to hurt this cute little girl.- Saying that, the demon lady grabbed Jeri's chin forcefully.

"What do you want?" – Ruki asked, hatred pouring out of her voice.

"First off, put your D-Arcs into the ground and step back." She instructed.

Hesitantly, the tamers did as told. The demon lady gave an evil grin and proceeded with her demands:

"Now, we're going to make an exchange…"

"What kind of exchange?" – Ryo asked, fearing for the worst.

Lady Devimon smiled wickedly and answered:

"We are going to let the brunette go…" – she savored her words, as she looked to every tamer's face, stopping her gaze at Ruki's – and we're going to take the redhead."

Okay then, thank you to SakuraScarlett, Vangomes, Cannelle-Douce , Nia Baskerville and Lusankya that in a way or another gave me motivation to update this story. :)

Be sure to check SakuraScarlett and Lusakya's stories and if you speak Spanish, check out the stories from Vangomes, Cannelle-Douce and Nia Baskerville! Only topnotch Ryukis. :}

And to user 4487797 a.k.a You-Must-Know-Who a big FUCK YOU for stealing my story and turning it into a fucking Rukato. I hope someone insert a cactus up your ass, you jerk.

Hope there aren't too many mistakes, I've been rushing to finish this chapter and its almost 2 a.m so… I'll try to write to next chapter ASAP, but I won't make any promises.

Have a great week! (Except if you're You-Must-Know-Who, then you can happily roll into a cliff and die).