"Hello!" Fiona said as she swam up to the Otamamon. "I have a little question to ask you..."

"Uhhuh. Just a little one? You sure it's not big?" Otamamon splashed her with water.

Fiona shot a quick death glare at the Otamamon, and continued. "Well, I was just hoping that'd you'd give that crazy boy over there his underwear back..." she said. "You see, it's really disturbing, him not having any and all, and we'd really appreciate it if you gave it back."

The Otamamon swam back and forth, almost like it was pacing. "And what would be in it for ME, huh? You ARE swimming in MY lake!"

"Uh... well... we can... uh... stop... swim...ing?"

"Yes, yes, that's great, but what about payment for all the swimming you've ALREADY done?"

"Oh, come on!!!" Fiona half-shouted. "We didn't know it was your lake when we started swimming, or else we wouldn't even be in here and Isthian would be fully clothed."

"Ignorance is no excuse! Come on, give me something! Give me something and I'll let you have your boyfriend's thingies back, but not until then!" The Otamamon adopted a stern expression.

"BOYFRIEND?" Now Fiona was screaming. "ISTHIAN IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND I HATE ISTHIAN I WISH ISTHIAN WOULD DIE OR BETTER YET BE FULLY CLOTHED ISTHIAN IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" she took a big breath.

The Otamamon smirked. "Ha! That proves it then, doesn't it?"

"Proves WHAT?

"Oh, why, that you looooooooove him, is all! Nothing big."

"I DO NOT LOVE ISTHIAN"

"Uhhuh. You just keep telling yourself that, girly."

Fiona narrowed her eyes and shot another death glare at the Otamamon. "I'm going to overlook that and NOT hurt you. But in the meantime, can you PLEASE give Isthian his underwear back?"

"What do I get in return for these, hmm?"

"Well..."

"Really, you think I'd just GIVE it back to you? What would I do that for?"

"Mercy."

"Merrrrrr.... ccccccyyy?"

"Yeah." said Fiona matter-of-factly. "You don't think it's some kind of torture for us looking at a naked Isthian?"

"Ooh, IS it torture? How fun! I didn't know it was as good as that!"

Fiona slapped herself on the head. "Just please give us his underwear back... and... we... uh... promise to... give you... uh... Isthian! I mean... food."

"Ooh, Isthian! You get the underwear, I get the boy? That IS a thought..."

"NO!" said Fiona. "But we'll find you food. Lots of it! WON'T WE ISTHIAN?" Fiona shouted back toward the boy.

Isthian, who'd been considering how best to hit on Taira, gave a startled jump. "Er, yes, of course! Definitely! Uh... what was the question, anyway?"

"I said, Isthian, that YOU are going to help this cute little Otamamon here FIND FOOD"

Isthian whined. "Awww!! Why ME?"

"Hehehe... he is NOT so smart, is he?" Otamamon snickered.

"Tell me about it. So... is it a deal?"

Otamamon gave the impression it would've shrugged if it could. "Yeah, sure! Works for me. BUT, food first, THEN I give back your bit of cloth."

"The underwear has to come first," said Fiona. "Or else we have to see Isthian naked OUTSIDE of the water."

"But why should I trust you to bring it, huh? You already trespassed once!"

"BUT!" she continued. "If you don't get enough food, you're free to take... whatever you want, as long as it doesn't come from me."

"Oh! Well, hey, cool. I could deal with that."

"Okay!" Fiona smiled, and offered her hand out to the Otamamon.

The Otamamon turned around and slapped her hand with its tail. "I'll be back in a jiffy!"

Fiona turned over to Isthian. "See? THAT'S what you have to do. Bargain."

Otama dove under the water... it swished around Fiona, dove down to the bottom of the lake, and returned with Isthian's briefs... and one of Fiona's shoes. "Here you go!" It tossed the briefs on her face, then darted away.

Needless to say, Fiona screeched loudly and threw the underwear back down into the water. "YUCK! I CAN'T BELIEVE I TOUCHED THAT!"

And down it sank... down, down... "Well, hey, I gave it to you! What you do with it is your issue! Now where's my food, huh?"

Fiona turned back to Isthian and screamed. "ISTHIAN HANASAKI YOU DIVE DOWN AND GET YOUR UNDERWEAR AND THEN YOU GET THE OTAMAMON SOME FOOD!"

Having been just about to go and enact his plans to hit on TG, Isthian was doubly startled this time. "ACK! Hey! If I could've done that, I would've, but I can't, so leave me alone, you dæmon woman!"

"Could you do me a favor, Otamamon?" Fiona asked politely. "KILL. ISTHIAN."

Otamamon grinned, "ooh! And what do I get paid for that, hmm?" He chewed speculatively on her shoe.

She snatched it back. "Anything but my shoe."

"HEY!! I STOLE THAT MYSELF!!!" He was absolutely shocked.

Fiona sighed. "This is really not working. Isthian's not cooperating."

At that cue, Isthian swam over. "Not cooperating? I thought you'd been bargaining! What happened to that, huh?"

"I already FINISHED bargaining Isthian. You get your underwear back now, (I'm certainty not touching it) and get some food for this Otamamon!"

Isthian frowned and showed some rare intelligence... kind of. "So basically, instead of having to swim down to the bottom of the lake to get them, I have to swim down to the bottom of the lake AND get food for this... this... BLOB?!"

"Yeah, that's pretty much it. How much do you want your underwear back?"

"I'd rather make this thing give 'em back, is what I'd like!" Isthian lunged at the Otamamon, failing, of course, to catch or hurt it.

"Isthian! Don't be stupid!" Fiona snapped.

Isthian did a somersault in the water, and came up spluttering. "I'm NOT being stupid! YOU go down and get it! This was YOUR job!"

"I'm NOT touching your underwear."

"Well, I'm not wearing any right now, so..." he swam a stroke closer to her.

Fiona swam a stroke away. "I'm not touching you until you have your underwear again. It's your decision."

"Fine, fine!" He took a deeeeeeep breath -- showing off his puny little chest proudly as he did so -- and dove down.... He came up half a minute later, gasping for air, but with his briefs clutched tightly. "There! Look! I... got... them...." He resumed panting.

"Good for you!" Fiona said cheerfully. "Now that you got them back, I'll help you look for some food..." she immediately regretted her last sentence.

The Otamamon looked very impatient. "Well come on! Get going, people!"

"Fine, fine..." Isthian struggled to pull his underwear on without drowning, finally succeeding (after splashing everyone around him quite a bit).

Christo watched as Fiona attempted to reason with the Otamamon. Suddenly a splash of water landed on her skin. "Hey, watch it!" she yelled at Isthian, who had created the splash by pulling his underpants on without getting out of the lake.

"Oh well, at least he got them back," she thought outloud. Then she turned to Labramon. "Any idea how Fi managed to get the underpants back WITHOUT resorting to the use of her mallet?"

"I think she said something about food." replied Labramon.

Christo sweatdropped.

Taira looked out at all the fun. Fi was arguing with the Otamamon and Thian of course trying to fight it. TG sweatdropped and figured she might as well help. She was already soaking wet as it is. She dropped her stuff again and swam out to fi and the 'leader'. Once she got there(Hair still down ^_~ and all) she looked to fi and the boy "Need any help?"

Christo looked in her backpack, throwing out various things; pens, pencils, diary etc. until she managed to pull out a notepad, picked up a black pen and began to draw. Eventually she managed to satisfy herself with a pic. of the Otamamon. She decided to draw every digimon they met from now on, for future reference. She then called to Fiona. "What's going on over there?"

Chris breathed a sigh of relief that they had not had to fight the Otamamon after all... He looked around, and saw Taira swimming out to Isthian, who had his briefs on, thank goodness, and Fiona. With some effort, he tore his gaze away from her to look for Kamika. She had been strangely quiet throughout this whole encounter.

Labramon looked at Taira and thought, "I wonder why she's swimming out?" With a shrug, she followed.

Christo yelled, "Labramon, wait!" and jumped onto her Digi-pal's back, slipped off, fell in the water, and started swimming.

Kamika looked around and sweatdropped. Instead of paying attention, she just dazed off into space.

Chris saw Kamika blink and turn away, and he walked over to her. "Hey, Kami-chan, what's up?"

Kamika blinked and sighed. "Hi Chris-kun. Just. . ." She sighed before continuing. "Nothing really. . "

Chris raised his eyebrow. "Are you sure? You seem a little distant... Is something wrong?"

Kamika smiled slightly. "I'm okay. . . Just haven't been feeling well. . " She sighed again.

"Hmm... Anything I can do, Kami-chan?"

Kamika smiled. "It's okay." She sat down on the ground.

Chris smiled. "Great." He looked over to where the rest of the kids were in the water. "Hey, I think I'm gonna go join the rest of the kids, okay?"

Kamika turned to see everyone, including Taira.

Chris turned to the lake again and saw Taira. He blinked and mumbled under his breath, "Damn, she's hot with her hair down..."

Kamika rolled her eyes. She muttered to herself. "Not again. . " She groaned before turning to him. "Well. . Could. .. Actually. ." She sighed. "Forget it. . It's nothing."

Chris blinked and shook himself out of his trance. Had Kamika heard him? He cursed to himself as he turned back to her, resolving to keep his eyes off TG. "What, Kami-chan?"

Kamika smiled slightly. "I. . should trust you . ." She closed her eyes. "And I know that Taira wouldn't do anything but. . " She rambled on. "I'm scared, Chris-kun." She said.

Chris blinked, not quite getting it. "Scared of what?"

Kamika smiled and opened her eyes. She looked at him. "Scared of losing you. . . I know you like her in some way. . ." She sighed and closed her eyes once again. "Am I right?"

Chris sighed. So she had heard him, most likely. He sat down next to her and put his arm around her. "I'll be honest with you. Yes, I do find her somewhat attractive. But no, I do not find her more attractive than you! You know that I will always be faithful to you. Hey, I'll never forget when we first met- I fell off that cliff right in front of you! Remember?"

Kamika giggled slightly at his last words. "Thanks. . . But that just happened. . . Yesterday. . ." She giggled again but sighed and became serious again. "I know. . . ." She looked at him and smiled. "I wonder how I deserved you for a boyfriend." She said softly.

Chris shook his head, smiling. "Don't put yourself down. There's nothing about you that could make you not deserve me. If anything, I don't deserve you, you being so understanding about Taira flirting with me."

Kamika smiled and replied softly. "Taira's my friend and I trust her when she said she wouldn't do anything." She smiled.

"That's good. Taira's my friend also, but you, of course, are more than a friend!"

Kamika giggled and pushed him away from her. "Go have some fun. I'm going to stay here." In her mind she thought. 'Please stay! I need someone to talk to.'

Chris smiled, but then he looked back at her and saw something in her eyes. Even though he had only known her for a day (had it really been that short of a time?), he felt like he was really able to understand her feelings. And right now what he saw in her eyes was that while she was trying to put on a brave face, she really wanted him to stay and talk with her. She needed someone to talk to. He shook his head and sat back down next to her. "I'm staying right here."

Kamika smiled at him. "Thank you." She said softly and leaned on his shoulder. She closed her eyes. 'Thank you. . . I appreciate this. . . ' She thought.

Chris smiled. "Sure, Kami-chan. Anything for you."

Kamika smiled and gave him a short peck on the cheek. She muttered to herself softly, "I don't deserve you. . ."

Chris smiled at the kiss, but blinked at what Kamika whispered. "This again?" he said to himself. He turned his head slightly to Kamika, being careful not to knock her head off his shoulder. "Kamika, you've gotta stop going down this road! I know you have some self-esteem! You're not acting like the girl I know and love! Come on, perk up! Of course you deserve me! We both deserve each other!"

Kamika giggled and sighed. "I know. . . I just had a momentary lapse of mentality." She giggled again. 'But. . .you don't know me too much. . ' She thought mournfully. 'I hope to change that. . '

Chris smiled and looked back over the water to where the others were, wondering what would happen next.

Kyrainia continued to sit by the lake, staring out onto it. Thi finally had his briefs back which was a good thing, however she wasn't really paying attention to her surroundings. Her thoughts wandered to how dead she was going to be once she got back. The principal, or some other school official was bound to find the unlocked door, and it would be only a matter of time before they found the stolen computer. They'd link her to it, and she'd be dead. Most likely expelled and put in jail. " I probably have the worst judgement in the world..." she muttered.

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