Chris was just plain confused now. Who were all these people? And that boy- What was his name? Hanathian?- was just plain weird and impossible to understand. What had he said Chris's name was? Podima? What kind of first name was that? He shook his head and looked around at the new arrivals, taking in the other two girls that had showed up. "Could someone OTHER than this weird kid explain things to me? He makes no sense!" Just then, a weird lizardlike creature crawled onto his chest. "AAGH! What the heck is THAT? And what do you mean it's mine, Hanathian?"

Isthian didn't respond to what Chris had said for a moment, but his face turned redder by the second. Finally, he exploded. "MY NAME IS HANASAKI! HANASAKI ISTHIAN!! IT'S NOT THAT HARD! H-A-N-aaaa... errr... SOMETHING ELSE I DON'T NEED TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU IT ISN'T THAT HARD!" He stopped and panted. "AND I AM NOT WEIRD!!" His face returned to its normal shade with that outburst.

"And what part of "it's yours" do you not understand, Podima? It. Is. Yours. It belongs to you. It's yours. You have the lizard-thingy. Sheesh! People these days."

"Okay, Hanasaki!" Chris responded cheerfully. "And this lizard thing belongs to me...?" He picked Tsafmon up and looked at it. "Tell me again, just why do I own this lizard? How did I get him? And what the HECK is he?" He blinked, shook his head, and put Tsafmon down, looking around. "Hanasaki, you still don't make sense to me. Let me ask someone else to explain it."

Tekumon had, all this time, been lying on the ground in a daze from the extreme usage of energy while digivolved. He....continued to lie in a daze.

Kamika turned to Chris, "Um. . . It's hard to explain but. . . All I can say is that we're in a place called the Digital World. . . and that's a digimon. . . They're meant to protect us. . ." She said. "By the way. . . I'm Kamika Farinas. . ." She said holding out her hand, not mentioning an important detail about the two of them.

Chris's gaze finally rested on a red-haired girl. "Excuse me, but who are you?"

Smiled. "I'm Futeki Taira, and his name" points to Thian " Is Thian not the other one you called him....It's proper to say the first name last" She giggled" So call me Taira...or TG as you used to call me"

Chris blinked. "I used to call you TG? Why?"

"Because we were friends....You don't remember?" She blinked.

Chris shook his head. "I don't remember ANYTHING at all... Who I am.... Who all of you are.... Where I am... What this weird lizard thingy is...." He shrugged. "I don't know why."

"You are Chris Podima" she said touching his swollen eye..."I did that...We are just a group lost in a place called the digital world. That lizard thingy is not yours!" With that she picked up the digimon and gave it to Thian "That's Thian's, Yours is over there getting a congratulations from Foxmon.

"...My name is Chris Podima? I thought it was the other way around, or so Hanasaki Isthian over there said." He touched his eye, wincing. "And just what did I do to deserve this from you?" Then he looked over where Taira had pointed, and saw Tekumon and Foxmon making out. "Huh? Is mine the one with metal all over his body? I can't really tell them apart at this point..."

"Oh, that. See...some of us have Japanese blood...and know the language. Thian was speaking Japanese to you...And in that language, which is sorta part of mine to. The last name comes first. Like I would introduce myself as Futeki Taira. Taira being American and Futeki is Japanese." She smirked "You dangled Thian over electrified lake water because he called you gay. And I felt it was wrong to threaten him back by making him cry and near death incase you dropped him" Taira looked over to her digimon and sweatdropped... "The one with the metal is Tekumon, your digimon...I didn't know animals could do that..."Taira blinked, almost gagging, and looked back to Chris.

Chris nodded. "Okay, I think I'm starting to get it... My name is Chris, last name Podima, and that's my digimon over there doing that.... erm.... weird thing... with... the other one.... that's Foxmon, your digimon, right?"

"Yup!" She gave him a smile "Your 14 years old and you refuse to go with out your bandana..." she remembers he doesn't have it on "Usually" she added.

"Bandana?" Chris was puzzled. "Hold on a second. I think I need to go off for a second and think. This is all a bit new and confusing. So if you'll excuse me for a moment... I won't be long."

Taira nodded "Take your time"

Chris nodded, and stood up, staggering a bit. His ribs, eye, and head still hurt from a beating he didn't even remember anymore. He walked over to the side of the lake and looked down at the water. He saw a strange boy with messy blond hair, a large black eye, and a "doesn't have a clue" expression on his face. He sighed and sat down, still looking at his reflection. "I hate this... I don't know anything about who I am besides what others have been telling me. What if I never get my memory back? What will I do?" He sighed again and looked at his reflection again. But something about it seemed odd to him. Something was missing....

He absentmindedly put his hand in his pocket, and blinked as it came in contact with something. He pulled out from his pocket a red piece of cloth. "Is this my bandana that Taira was talking about?" He looked at his reflection. His hands seemed to take on a life of their own, automatically folding the bandana into a triangle and tying it onto his head. When they were done, he looked at them in astonishment. How had he known how to do that? Maybe his memories were starting to slip back to him.... He tried his hardest but still could not remember anything else. He shrugged and stood up, walking back to where the others had gathered. He walked back up to Taira, and sat down, saying "Hi" shyly.

Taira waited patiently with a worried look on her face. She had been digging into the dirt with her shoe making a weird shape. She heard footstep and decided to ignore them. "I hope he doesn't feel confused for a long time...poor guy.." she thought. To her surprise she heard a soft "Hi" to her side and turned to face it. It was Chris, with his bandana on, and he sat down next to her. She shifted her body to face him "You feeling better..." She instinctively put her hand on his. "I see you found the bandana.."

Chris nodded hesitantly. "Yeah.... I'm a bit nervous, though. What if I stay like this forever- not knowing anything about myself?"

"I'm sure it will come back.....Kamika didn't hit you that hard...I don't think.... Usually something familiar can bring it back in an instance. Maybe not right away...A hug...a kiss...a familiar moment or area can bring it back...and if you're really worried Kamika can hit you with the mallet again and maybe that could work?" she giggled softly.

Chris blinked. "Thanks.... but who's Kamika?"

Taira froze for a second slightly removing her hand. Her face was deep in thought, wondering if she should tell him everything. "Kamika is that girl with the brown hair. She is a close friend of yours and mine. She is really sweet, but watch that temper."

Chris blinked as he absorbed this new information. "So she's one of the ones who beat me around?"

"Yes, I punched you and she gave you the concussion...and memory lossage...I just gave you the eye....but she had the mallet..."Taira coughed. " I'm sorry if I had a hand in your amnesia...Oh and You got kicked once by Thian. Does your eye hurt a lot. It looks bad...." She said softly touching his face, around the bruising but not on it.

Chris turned slightly red at her closeness. "Yeah... it does hurt a bit..."

"I'm really sorry" Her face was close, but her attention was on his blackened eye. "I didn't think I hit that hard...I didn't really noticed till my knuckles began to bruise, too" She was still looking at his bruise and bump "You got a nasty bump on your head too."

Chris nodded miserably, still a bit red. But then, something Taira had said finally registered in his addled head ("Usually something familiar can bring it back in a instance. Maybe not right away...A hug...a kiss...") Of course, his scrambled brains immediately made a move. He leaned forward and softly kissed Taira on the lips.

Taira was to busy worrying about his wounds, she didn't notice him get closer. Suddenly there he was, kissing her on her lips! Her mind was shocked. She kissed back some before remembering an important fact. He was Kamika's boyfriend and she forgot to tell him. She pushed back some and looked wide eyed at Chris. "What was that for?!" She was blushing like crazy and her face was a nice crimson hue. She had wanted this, but this was WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. He didn't know better and Kamika was ganna mallet whack her.

Chris shook his head slightly, disappointed at the end of the kiss. "Well, from what you said, I figured we were sorta a couple or something...and then you said something about kisses bringing back memories....and so I decided to try it... and.... I DON'T KNOOWWW!!!" he wailed, curling into a fetal position. "I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!!!"

Taira was still shocked. "Ack! I'm sorry, please don't cry....!" Taira didn't know what to do. She put her hand on his shoulder. "Actually...Er...technically...your Kamika's Boyfriend...I'm always in the middle....I'm sorry If I confused you. I like you A lot and maybe you like me some so you thought we were. It's all my fault, I'm sorry." Taira shut her mouth after her confusing apology... "Kamika is ganna kill me..."she sighed.

Chris's slightly tear-stained face emerged. "It's all right... I guess it's not your fault. It was my mistake...." He smiled slightly. "And, hey, you're a pretty good kisser!"

Taira blushed and had a small sweatdrop on the back of her head. "Thanks...I think..." Her heart was pounding, she leaned over and gave him a kiss on the lip, very lightly "You too....I think I like you this way. Thank God, Kamika isn't around or I'd be knocked out of my reality too!" She blushed and started to walk off

Chris called out. "Wait a sec, don't go! I like having you around... Plus, you're obviously familiar to me, and if I have familiar things around me, I'm more likely to gain my memories back...right?"

Taira smiled. "Yeah...Call me TG like you used too...and you have a deal" She said sitting back down.

Chris smiled and nodded. "Okay... TG." For some reason, that felt oddly familiar to say. He sighed and leaned back against a tree. Things seemed to be looking up somewhat.... He wasn't so depressed anymore. ^_^

Isthian grunted as Tsafmon got thrown against his chest. "Hey, watch it, would ya?!" He sighed and dropped Tsafmon. "Let's go, lizard-thingy." And he walked off, scuffing at the ground.

Kamika sat around. Chris had disappeared and so had Taira. She looked around and sighed. Her head jumbled with thoughts. 'Maybe. . . She wouldn't. . . Taira wouldn't do that to me. . .' She shook her head and tried not to remember a painful memory. 'Not him. . . Don't remember him!' She shouted to herself in her thoughts. She groaned and closed her eyes. 'Yeah. . Well, that's what you thought about. . .her. . . She claimed to be your friend. . . ' Kamika's eyes started to well up with tears. She shook them away as she heard a voice call out.

"Kamika!" Kamika turned to see Puttimon running towards her.

"Hi, Puttimon. . " She said softly brushing away her tears hoping Puttimon didn't see it.

Puttimon cocked her head to the side but shook her head. "Um. . .I don't know but I was pretty sure I saw Taira and Chris kinda close. . . Actually. . . I was thinking they were about to eat each other. . ."

Kamika's eyes went wide. "What?" She said as she stood up abruptly. Puttimon blinked.

"Um. . . I think they were. ." Kamika hadn't even heard her last words. She had raced out of there quickly. She ran into Taira.

"I want an explanation. . ." She said coldly.

Christo and Labramon walked up just as Kamika demanded an explanation.

"What's going on?" asked Christo.

Taira was sitting chatting with Chris. He seemed a lot less nervous and depressed. Out of the blue here comes Kamika yelling "I want an explanation!" in a cold tone. Taira was surprised and fell off of the rock she was so comfortably sitting on "Ack!" she said landing with a thud. "For what? What are you talking about Kamika!?"

Kamika stood her ground, "From what I've heard from Puttimon. . . What has been going on with you and Chris?" She asked. Her eyes flashed a little of red in them.

Taira blushed furiously. She had to be kidding right. "What about me and Chris nothing is going on, we are talking, he is upset?!" Her tone shaky. 'Oh god' she thought.

Kamika shook her head and sat down beside her. She looked at her with sad eyes, "Don't lie. . . I can. .. I hope I can. . Handle the truth. . " She said softly hoping she wouldn't break.

Taira looked back at her and stood up, not saying anything. She dusted off her jeans and looked down at Kamika, guilt threatening to pour out of her eyes in the form of tears. "I'm sorry Kamika, it was a accident..."She didn't wanna explain the truth was way too much, a half truth would be better. How could she tell Kamika what was going on in her head "He got under the impression that I was his girlfriend, with his amnesia it was a honest mistake. He knows you're his girlfriend, I told him after I backed away. I'm sorry" She was ready to turn and run but her legs held her in place.

Kamika nodded and stood up too. Without saying a word, she turned around. Just by saying those words, she knew that Taira was telling the truth and what Puttimon said was true. Her tears tried to spill out but she forced them not to. Without looking at her, she said hoarsely, "Thank. . . . You. . ."

Taira realized she was acting weak. It wasn't like her to be like this. She raised a hand and wiped away the one tear that was forming in her eye. Heh, Guilt was new to her, she didn't like it, but her tough side told her to say something. "Nothing would have happened if you would have talked with him, show him what you were like. Not my fault I showed a little more compassion when he was with out memory, which as I recall you caused." Taira's heart even stung on that one, she didn't know why she said it. This was her friend. Taira wanted to hit herself right then and there.

Kamika turned around and glared. She tried not to show any emotion despite what she was feeling inside. She retorted back coldly. "I never knew you were THIS desperate to get Chris. . . . I guess in your mind, it's better to have Chris whether or not he has amnesia. . . ." She snorted, her tears trying to fall. Here she was yelling at a friend, a really good one. "It's too bad that you had to get him while he had amnesia. . ." She turned around, "You couldn't get him anyway. . ." She said quietly. She nearly wanted to hit herself for acting so meanly but she didn't know how to react. Her boyfriend thought that her friend was his girlfriend. Thoughts went through her head, 'Just like before. . .' She thought.

Taira didn't know what to say. Kamika had a new side she had never seen, and she liked it, although it was directed at her. She had to make this stop, it was ridiculous. TG knew Kamika must be thinking the same things. Those words hurt, but she said some bad things herself. "Wait Kamika!" That came out wrong, her tone was of anger. She walked forward and grabbed her arm, a little hard, but not intentionally to hurt her. "Now That was uncalled for! I couldn't help saying those things. I'm sorry, my tough side is still creeping out. I've been here for two days. I'm Sorry. It was an accident, it wasn't yours or mine. Chris got that impression, probably from how I was talking, but I NEVER SAID 'Chris, I'm your girlfriend by the way....' Give me a break!" Taira calmed down and let go of her arm and walked the other direction passed a probably bewildered Chris

Kamika sighed. She knew her words were wrong. She followed Taira while rubbing her arm which was stinging. "Taira wait!" She called out, passing Chris who was probably lost. "I'm sorry. . ." She said still following her.

Taira turned, giving a half smile. "I'm sorry to Kamika.....I would never hurt you. The kiss was short and I was caught of guard, Chris is now well informed about you two being together and all. I'll be fine" her voice was low and raspy. "Forgive me?"

Kamika nodded. She brushed away her tears. She stared at the ground. Kamika hesitated in talking. She turned around to see Chris and turned around again. "Maybe. . .. Maybe. . . You being around Chris will be. . . . be much better than I was there. . ." She said softly.

Taira did a classic anime fall. She looked up to Kamika and stood up quickly. Dusting off, once again, TG pulled Kamika close "Your not leaving him are you....I said I was sorry!" Taira whispered frantically.

Kamika looked up at her and smiled. Her eyes saying the exact opposite. "I'm not leaving him. . . It's just that. . . . You were right. . . I should have been there comforting him like you were but. . . I wasn't. .. . .Maybe. . . Maybe I should just let you help him. . . There's no way I can. . ." She said softly. She started to back away, tears were again falling freely down my face. She whispered, "I'm sorry. . . "

Taira didn't know what to do Kamika was crying. The red-head looked down at her and hugged her. "I promise I won't do anything to hurt you. If I do you can mallet whack me okay? Hell, another mallet whack to Chris could cure him if you get my drift" She ended the hug and punched her shoulder lightly as a joke.

Kamika smiled. "I guess so. . ." She said softly. She sighed and turned around. "I'm. . . . I'm going to go. . . Think. . ." She said.

"Okay... are you ganna be okay though Kamika?" Taira said looking concerned.

Kamika smiled with her back still turned. "Yeah. . .I'll. . .see you later. . ." She said. She started to walk off, knowing Taira was still looking at her. She closed her eyes to blank out the tears. She started to run, her tears falling uncontrollably now. Unknowingly, she banged into someone. "I'm sorry!" She exclaimed, brushing away the tears hoping the person wouldn't see them.

Chris blinked as Kamika and Taira had their fight, not quite understanding the full impact of what was going on. But from what he overheard, he realized that the cute girl with the brown hair and crystal heart necklace must be Kamika, his...girlfriend. So when she started crying, he felt bad for her. He started to get up, but then she turned abruptly and ran toward him.

*BANG* "Ouch!"

They collided, Kamika running and crying, and Chris trying to get up. They fell to the ground in a pile, and Chris felt an incredible sense of déjà vu for a second. But it left quickly, and he struggled to get up. When he had finally gotten up, he helped Kamika up and asked her, "Are you all right? I'm sorry about that.... and I hope you can forgive me for what I did with Taira. I honestly didn't know what I was doing... and I doubt that I do, even now..." He sighed and hoped she would be all right.

Christo walked over to a log somewhat further from the group, and took out her diary.

'Dear Diary,
Yep, It's still day two. Thian lost his underpants in the lake, and we had to battle Yanmamon to get them back. I nearly fell in the lake, but Chris caught me. Talking of Chris, he has amnesia now. Life is nuts around here, and I still think water is cursed. Oh well. Buh-bye. Christo.'

Isthian continued wandering aimlessly around, until he happened upon Christobel. Noone should have any doubts as to what he did next. "Ooh, hey! What's that? Lemme see! Anything about me in there?" He leaned over Christo's shoulder and made a grab for her diary.

Tsafmon sweatdropped. "I don't know much about Humons, but knowing him, that can't be good."

"Hey, that's mine! Give it back NOW!" Christo yelled at 'Thian. "That's my diary you're grabbing--whoa!" Christo's tirade was interrupted when she fell backwards, letting go of the diary. She got back up again.

"Grrrr...." she growled, and preceded to chase Isthian around the lake.

Labramon walked over to Tsafmon. "Our have gone mad, methinks." she commented.

Taira blinked as Kamika. "I'm sorry..." she whispered then heard someone yell. "Now what?!" Taira said rushing to the noise. It was then she saw Christo....CHASING THIAN, who at the time was holding up what looked like a diary. Taira sweatdropped and fixed her goggles above her head before rushing and try and help poor Christo. "What's going on Christo!" Taira said running up besides her.

Tsafmon watched his partner with some interest. "I dunno, Labramon. Maybe they're just doing it for the exercise? I wonder what Isthian will look like when he digivolves.. Hey! What will WE look like when we digivolve, anyway?"

Isthian had greater worries on his mind than digivolving. That was, specifically, the issue of whether he should be shouting apologies to the dæmon woman, as was his instinct, or taunting her since he HAD been the one to steal her diary. What a dilemma! He tried to keep his mind fixed on the latter. "Hahaha!! You'll never catch me!! You see, you're a girl, AND I play soccer, so I'm super-fast!" But then he started thinking about how he always panicked during soccer... and so ended up doing the same here. "AAAHH!!!" He tripped over a rock and went sprawling, but still kept the diary pinned under him.

Christo noticed Taira. "He's stealing my diary!" she yelled, noticed, Thian trip, and dived on top of him.

"GIVE ME THAT!" she yelled as she dived on top of him. "NOBODY PUTS ME DOWN COZ I'M A GIRL AND STEALS MY DIARY EVEN IF THEY COME FROM JAPAN!" she yelled, attempting to claw the diary out from under him.

Isthian turned his head to the side and looked at Christo out of the corner of his eye. "I'll give you the diary back... IF you kiss me." He closed his eyes and made a kissy-face, making him look rather like a bloated pufferfish.

"You look like a bloated pufferfish." muttered Christo. She thought it over. On one hand, she had no other choice. On the other, Fiona would prolly kill her if she did kiss Thi-san. She sighed. Finally came up with a solution. She kissed Thian, but only on the cheek.

"Now GIVE IT BACK!" she yelled.

"Um. Thanks. That was nice..." Isthian wasn't sure if this was actually a victory or not. He decided to save honor and say that it was. "Alright, then. Er... mind getting off me so that I can get up?" He paused. "Or if you don't care about getting up right now, we can stay this way..." He raised his eyebrows suggestively.

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