Chapter 2

" Well, that was fun. " Serena says, " At least the riding on a raft of fish. The rest, well, guess it depends on a person's definition of fun. "

" Indeed. " Renamon says.

Tai rolls his eyes, by now he knew that Serena actually did find that fun, they may have only known each other for two weeks at camp, but that had been more than long enough for Tai to observe some things about the female blonde with sapphire eyes. One was that injuries didn't stop her, he could swear she had broken her ankle the one day, running from her cabin mates and yet she was still able to walk and by the next day she didn't even have a limp. He had also noticed that any bruise she got healed up extremely fast, yet he said nothing, trusting that she would tell him when she was ready.

She was currently digging in her backpack and comes up with a box of chocolate chip granola bars, a family sized one and gives one to everyone, digimon included, though she teaches them how to open them first, but she gives Gomamon's to him already open, " How much food do you have on you anyhow, Tsukino? " Matt asks her.

Serena smirks, " My paternal grandma is a demon hunter so she gave me a very special backpack and filled it up with as much non-perishable food items as she could buy in three days, same with pain meds and topical creams, and other medical and survival supplies. Where do you think Tai got the orange hoody from anyhow, Ishida? "

" Then if we can't find food we're covered, right? " Sora asks her.

Serena nods and chows down on hers, she also pulls out several water bottles that had been spelled to automatically refill, Palmon was the first to get one and Mimi explains the bottle to her and how to use it. Once everyone has their own water bottle and have sated their thirst they can hear phones ringing. Serena just rolls her eyes and follows everyone. Only her grandma and Molly would care what happened to her. They both weren't expecting to hear from her until camp was over. They were obviously in a different world, although not everyone was a reincarnated Moon Princess and an in training demon hunter.

She was better equipped to survive here and she had started teaching Tai some of the basics, if only because he needed to learn how to jump and fall right. Plus, if he remained a good friend of hers then he would need to know how to defend himself. She'd actually like it if when the time came he would be by her side fighting Beryl and her forces. She knew damn well that she could not follow the game plan that had been laid out at the fall of the moon. Tai joins her after trying to call home and maybe for a pizza delivery, " Why didn't you call anyone or at least try to? "

" My best friend since pre-k and my paternal grandma are the only ones whom would care and neither one of them is expecting to hear anything from me for the duration of camp. My parents and little brother could care less, they only let me come because grandma owns the house we live in and she showed up. Papa isn't too happy that she chose to train me instead of Sammy. I'm grandma's heir, at least the paternal one. " Serena answers with a shrug.

" Wow, so you actually don't want to leave camp, do you? " Tai asks.

" No, I don't. You're my second ever friend, well, there is Melvin but he's more of an acquaintance. "

" Why don't you have friends? You seem like the type of girl to have a lot of them. " Tai queries her, the others were still trying to get a call to go through at the moment.

Serena sighs, " Because of how little I can tell them, and how little time I can spend with them. My parents don't dare keep me from spending time with Molly because grandma threatened to kick them out or worse live with us if they did that. If you can get grandma's approval then they can't keep me from spending time with you either. "

Tai looks at her, to think that her parents were that demanding of her time. His were basically never around, " Why do your parents do that? "

" They hate me, they didn't want a daughter, especially one that just can't seem to test well. Grandma keeps telling them to test me for learning disorders but they refuse. Mama locks me out at night if my grades are lower than B's. The only time I do well for tests is if I have someone quiz me while I'm practicing discus or jogging. Hell, even going through the katas grandma taught me. "

" Sounds like ADHD, Attention Deficit Hypertension Disorder. I was diagnosed with that and I do better studying while in motion. Thankfully my school has someone that can help kids like us easily enough. She also taught us some tricks to help us study better and to get through our homework. I'd be happy to help out when we get back and school starts up again. " Tai says just as the others except Joe come wandering over, having finally given up.

Serena hands out some more granola bars for the humans and digimon, they needed to keep their strength up after all. " Man, I am so glad your grandma packed so much food for you, Tsukino. " Matt says.

Serena rolls her eyes, " We should still try and find food that way we can load up my backpack and save the food that I have at the same time. The water bottles automatically refill, a spell grandma had placed on them. "

" That certainly saves us some time, we won't have to look for water. " Sora admits.

" Very true, at least our food and water needs are taken care of for the moment. I guess with your grandma being a demon hunter she decided over prepared is better than underprepared, huh. " Joe says.

" Exactly that, finally give up, Joe? " Serena asks him just as Renamon and Biyomon both look off to the side.

" What's wrong, Biyomon? " Sora asks.

" Trouble. "

Serena was already up and moving, taking Tai with her. Joe tries to make for the cliff only to get blasted by a stream of water. Tentomon gives them information on their current opponent while Serena and Tai keep moving. Tai was able to dodge easily from years of soccer play while Serena had years of demon hunting training under her belt. Serena had brought out a pack of trail mix while she and Tai had been talking letting the yellow bipedal vixen and the small orange dinosaur eat. The other digimon were just too hungry to fight, leaving it up to Renamon and Agumon.

" Aim for the eyes. " Serena calls out.

Both digimon nod and set to work, " Pepper Breath! "

" Diamond Storm! "

Serena and Tai both curse when Shellmon's seaweed hair wraps tightly around them. The female blonde snarls incomprehensibly and lashes out with her spirit energy just as she can feel her breathing stop. She drops to the ground at the same time as Tai, neither of them quite comprehending that their partners had digivolved. Renamon into Youkomon and Agumon into Greymon. Serena shakes her head as her awareness returns before going over to Tai and summoning her demon hunting weapon, a glowing silver discus, made of pure energy. Hopefully her partner and Tai's could handle Shellmon. In the end Youkomon stayed back to protect them while Greymon sends Shellmon sailing.

Serena was quick to down seven chocolate bars while the others couldn't see and Tai was too busy watching the fight. She knew damn well that the more sugar she got in her the quicker she would heal up. She did not want anyone asking any uncomfortable questions once they relocated and settled down for the night. She was just grateful her backpack was also water proof. She drags Tai off before the others can get wise and just looks at him. Tai grimaces and removes his shirt. Serena blinks, " Damn, Tai, you stop breathing for a second as well? "

" Yeah, I did, why are you in such good shape? "

" If I sugar load then I can heal up even faster then I generally do. I downed seven chocolate bars while no one was looking. Now, let's get those ribs wrapped up. " Serena replies and pulls out one of the larger Ace bandages, quickly setting to work before any of the others could come looking.

Tai sighs when the pain subsides and Serena tosses him two Advil to take as well. Tai throws his shirt back on and they rejoin the others before suspicions can be aroused too far.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Digimon.