Eros boiled water with the leaves in it then poured it into a cup for Kae to drink. "Sorry, I don't have any milk or sugar on me, enjoy!"
Seto looked off in the distance, "Wish we didn't have to go anywhere."
"It's just as dangerous to everyone here," said Auroramon, "you saw that Togemon."
Seto smacked his digivice again, "It brought me here...I guess it's a one-way trip..."
"So, Kae, when you feel better, do we still go to Infinity Mtn.?"
Then Juuso remembered Wormmon and ran to the hut where Wormmon was, he was still asleep.
"He go'ed to sleep before me and he still sleeps!?, Wormmon wake up!" shouted Juuso. Wormmon woke up, yawning.
"Kae is sick, and now raise and come with me" said Juuso and ran back to Kae
"Ok ok.. *Yawn" yawned Wormmon and came with Juuso.
Kae drank the tea gratefully. After a few sips, she turned to Eros. "Yeah. We can go in a few hours..." She refused to let her illness get in the way of their journey. Isamon glanced at her worriedly, but saw the determined set of her flushed face, and sighed, knowing there was now way to convince her otherwise. "Okay," Tova said. "But only if you're all right." Psychemon was next to her. "Tova, she will be all right. It's not like she's going to die or something." "Not necessarily." "What d'you mean, 'not necessarily'? She's okay!" "How would you know? You've been sleeping this entire time." "No, I haven't." "Yes, you have." "No." "Yes, but I guess it isn't important." Tova stuck her tongue out at Psychemon, who flicked his out in return. "Here," said Fukimon, peering at a plant, "This is the plant we're looking for." Hannah looked at it, "I've never seen it before. Are you sure it's not poisonous?" "Don't worry, it's been used a lot and no-one has ever been poisoned. It only grows here in the digiworld." Fukimon picked some of the leaves, "We should pick a lot." So Hannah followed Fukimon's lead and picked a lot of leaves, then they went back to camp. They stopped by the same lake Juuso had. There was a bowl on the ground next to them. "That's strange," Hannah commented, "That bowl wasn't there before." "Strange things often happen in the digiworld." Fukimon shrugged, filling the bowl with water and dropping in some leaves. "Save the rest for later," she told Hannah, "We may need them. As for the leaves in the water, they should soak for five minutes." ::five minutes later:: Fukimon took the leaves out of the bowl, then took the water into the hut, Hannah following. "Here, drink this," Fukimon said gently, offering the bowl of water to Kae, "It'll help you get better." Eros made more of the tea and then Lucemon helped. "Let me sprinkle some of my holy dust on it heals!!" Aya went into the tent, with her new set of make-upon, "Hello everyone! I'm fresh and ready to go! Is Kae okay?" Seto sat outside the tent watching people go in and out. Auroramon was scratching away at a tree. "What's your attack, Auroramon?" asked Seto. Auroramon paused...then started scratching again. "You have an attack, right?" "...kind of. It's a healing spell and it does damage to dark digimon." "Neat!" said Seto. "But the digimon with gears in them aren't dark. It will only heal them." "That's ok." Auroramon continued scratching. Takashi frowned at Kae. He still couldn't get it. The girl was ALSO being stubborn. "You know, we really shouldn't move you if you're sick. It'll cause your heart to beat faster and probably create your illness to travel even . . . faster. . ." He sighed. "I really do suggest that we stay here until you're well." Ishimon blinked. He didn't understand a word that was coming out of Takashi's mouth. Shrugging, he stayed quiet. Aya glared at Takashi. How could he NOT care?! At all?! "I agree with Takashi. We should wait a little. It's not very safe." Eros dipped the cloth in cold water again and wrapped it inside a dry cloth. "Wrap this around your head and take two of these" Eros said, handing her the cold wrap and 2 tylenol. Seto finally went back into the tent. "Tea, eh? Can I have some of that? It's all I drink pretty much back in Sri Lanka." "Sure, have some tea, but I have no milk or sugar...In Italy I had cherry flavoured soda at the cafes" "Haha! I've had worse. I once accidentally used what my step-mom called 'coo-coo leaves.' Besides, we don't even add flavor to our tea." said Seto. "I would never drink tea like that. I settle for a nice cappuccino" Eros said. "Tea?" Tova asked. "I've never had tea before. Is it good?" "I love tea!, gimme some!" shouted Juuso happily. "Maybe I'll take some too" said Wormmon that walked in the hut. After drinking the herbal water offered her by Hannah and the tea offered her by Eros, and she had wrapped the damp cloth around her head, she glared at Takashi and Aya. "We will not be held back because of me." She said stubbornly, having to clear her throat a few times. Isamon glanced at his Digidestined, inclining to agree with Takashi and Aya but not wanting to upset his Partner. Kae pulled herself to her feet, swaying a little with nausea before her knees buckled and she leaned on Isamon. Then, she figured that, since Isamon was the same height as her and actually a little taller, she laboriously climbed onto Isamon's back. Isamon could easily support her weight, but he did turn his head to look at her in surprise. "There." She said rasped, smirking. "Now we can travel." She leaned forward, so she was more lying on Isamon's sleek back than sitting on it, and wrapped her arms around his neck. In case she fell asleep or fell off, Isamon wrapped his tail around her waist. Takashi glared back at Kae. "Listen. Even IF we are held behind for just a DAY it wouldn't matter! If one of us is sick, we should STAY where we are and take care of them! Otherwise, we wouldn't be sure if they'd get even SICKER on the journey. This is a way of making sure that none of us will DIE out there. If you REMEMBER quite well, there are monsters out there and they would probably love to attack us, especially you in your weakened state. So stop being stubborn and just LIE down here!" He took in a deep breath, slightly huffing. "Takashi's right," Hannah pointed out, "although that probably wasn't the best way of putting it. You need to rest. If we travel, you might get even worse, and if anything knows that you're sick, it will DEFINITELY smell a weakness. Come on, just rest here for a while. Besides, as soon as we know you're better we can travel again. We'll just have to play it by ear and see what happens." "She's right, you know," chimed in Fukimon, "Besides, I reckon you'll be able to travel again in about two or three days, maximum. But there is no chance of you being able to hike around file island in that state. Best wait 'til you're a little better." Aya smirked slightly, "You want to go out there and DIE? Well, then, I wouldn't care less. Let's go then." She slightly leaned against the nearby wall, "The leader has spoken." '...No... I don't want anyone to die... not even those Digimon out there... even less this little brat. If we want to survive, we have to stay together...' She sighed, and turned towards her, this time speaking seriously, "...Okay, Kae, we can't let anyone on our team die, and in this world, getting even slightly sick, might be who-knows-what. These Digi-thingies said they need us to save their world. We have a purpose to be here... And also, we wouldn't be very good babysitters if we left you here to die, would we? There's no rush anyways, is there?" Kae was getting increasingly more agitated. Scowling at them all from Isamon's back, she coughed to clear her throat again before she spoke. "No, no no no no NO! I don't care what any of you say! We keep travelling, no matter what! How do we know that there isn't a rush? Maybe there is! I don't want us held back because of me! And if you want to stay here, fine, but I'm going. Go on, Isamon." She panted after she finished speaking, exhausted with just the effort it took to argue. Clutching tighter to Isamon's neck as he reluctantly moved forward and out of the tent, she lay her face on his neck. That did it. Takashi snapped. He rushed outside, following Kae and her digimon. "You are NOT going anywhere." He scowled, plucking her off her digimon, despite whatever objections she had. He held onto to her, mostly just holding her in his arms to make sure she wouldn't slip away in any way. "Let's go." He muttered, laying her back in the spot she had been in before. "You have to calm down. Like I said before, you'll get even worse. Besides. . ." He said, his voice getting increasingly soft. "If there IS a rush, we'll be able to handle it. We are the digidestined. . . Aren't we?" he asked her. "I agree!" shouted Seto, "We don't want to lose anyone here, especially if it can be avoided." He smacked his digivice again. "Come on Kae... You should stop being so stubborn! Can't you see EVERYONE is against what you're saying?! It's not a competition!" She turned towards Isamon, "You! As her Digimon, and her protector, you should say something! You don't want your partner to get killed, DO YOU?!" "They're all right, Kae," Hannah said, "We don't wanna hold anyone back either, but we aren't about to let a team member get hurt." "Yeah," Fukimon said, grinning, "Get some rest, and I betcha that by tomorrow you'll be much better, and we'll be able to head off again." "Please Kae, this is for your own good! If you want to heal fast, drink lots of tea with magic dust in it. That will speed up the process. But please, wait another day!" Eros said. Kae thrashed in Takashi's arms. "No," she moaned. "NO! PUT ME DOWN!" She refused to listen to what they had to say. It wasn't their choice; it was hers. She had to stop trying to get down, though; she was exhausted, her chest felt tight and sent spasms of pain throughout her body when she moved, her throat was extremely sore and it hurt to talk, and she felt like she was being baked in an oven. "No..." she whispered, giving on last try to getting out of Takashi's arms, but failing. She wasn't giving up, though; she gave Takashi a look that clearly said: Put me down or die. Isamon paced worriedly. He wanted to make his Partner happy, and he felt her desperation, anxiety, anger, and pain like blows to the head. But everyone else had a point. Still, Kae ought to have some support. "I... I could carry her on my back, and if she gets any worse, we can stop..." Isamon tried, feeling gratitude radiating from Kae, though the young girl was too exhausted to speak. Aya smiled, kind of happy that no one was supporting the "leader's" decision. She went beside her, and in a softer tone said, "Come on, Kae! We're not REBELLING or anything. We're...worried. You're our... leader. We can't see you get hurt!" Tova sat watching the scene quietly. I haven't got anything to contribute, she had decided. They can figure it out themselves. After a while, this grew very boring. Couldn't they stop yelling at each other for a couple seconds? The problem would be solved then. Tova began to draw stick figures in the dust while humming something and half-listening. Seto walked away from the group. "I don't think we should move forward. The digimon will just be bigger and more destructive and the whole group will get hurt, maybe killed either by attack or disease." "We digimon will get stronger too, Seto." said Auroramon. "Hey wait a second! Didn't you say u had a healing spell?" Seto suddenly realized. Kae could do little more than glower dangerously at Takashi, promising herself to strangle him as soon as she was better. Isamon paced around Takashi, sending anxious looks to his Partner. Both he and Kae looked at Seto, however, when they heard that. "You have a healing attack? Can you heal Kae?" Isamon asked, hopeful. Takashi frowned. He liked the idea of a healing attack but wasn't sure if it'd be the best choice. "Will it work on humans?" He asked. "Or might something go completely wrong?" "That would solve our problems..." Hannah said. Aya grinned. This would make things WAY easier. Tamagomon just stood quiet, but then slowly piped up, "...When you're done healing Kae, will you PLEASE heal this STOMACH-ACHE?!?" "I've never done it before but I'll try." Said Auroramon, hoping he wasn't the group's only hope. Auroramon began to emit a stream of rainbow light heading toward Kae. Seto crossed his fingers. Tova watched with interest. I hope she's all right. Aloud, she asked Psychemon, "Can you heal things, too?" "No," he replied irritably. "Shush." "All right." Aya paid close attention. Hopefully, this would stop all that whining. "You know, it is already noon, please hurry!" As the healing attack settled on her, Kae blinked, feeling most of the pain and discomfort vanish. Sighing with relief, she kicked Takashi to get him to drop her. As soon as she was on the ground, she wobbled a little, then stood straight, beaming at Auroramon. "I'm better!" She announced, smirking. "Now, let's moooooooooooooove out!" With that, she beckoned Isamon to her side, waved good-bye to the In-Trainings, and started to march out of the village. "Well now...she's fine and dandy!" Eros said. Of course he had to be POSITIVELY positive. "You sure?" He asked Kae. 'Although I'm pretty sure she's okay since she's back to being 'high and mighty.'' He thought to himself. "Well at least now, we have a way to cure illnesses or any injuries." Ishimon pointed out. GLOWER. "YES, I'm SURE." GLOWER. Isamon, though the glower was not directed at him, backed away slowly as Kae continued to march - now huffing indignantly - out of the village. Takashi smirked. Definitely back and good. Her glowers really hadn't scared him; he'd seen worse before. "Okay." He said, slightly cheerful. Ishimon blinked. Takashi? Cheerful? That just scared him. Seto was proud of Auroramon but still banging on his digivice. He wanted out of here and still hadn't given up hope. "Seto look! A power plant! Maybe you can get your digivice to work there." said Auroramon. "Hmmm...maybe. What do you say, fearless leader?" he asked Kae. "What is a power plant doing in the middle of a field with some trees? We can find help there!" Eros said hyperly. "Well, let's GO!!!" yelled Hannah. "No, it doesn't seem right..." Fukimon murmured. Hannah spun around, "What do you mean?" "Think about it, Hanny. A power plant in the middle of a forest, with nothing TO power," she sighed, "I'm probably just being paranoid, but I get the feeling that this is there for some evil purpose." "You ARE being paranoid," Hannah said indignantly, "but anyway, even if it IS evil, well, if our mission here is to defeat evil shouldn't we at least check it out?" "I see your point." Kae, instead of answering, ran towards the power plant, Isamon at her side. Finding she'd have a hard time keeping up with the others if they ran with her - her legs were shorter than theirs - she grabbed Isamon around the neck, and hoisted herself onto his back again. After a brief stumble of surprise, Isamon adjusted and continued to head towards the power plant. Juuso walked slowly towards the power plant, Wormmon was resting on his shoulder. He started walking faster and faster, after a while he was running towards the power plant. Eros and Lucemon ran along behind. They finally reached two large metal doors. "Hey, how do we get in?" Eros asked. He took a step forward and suddenly his foot sunk. He was over a hidden button. The doors opened. "Wow... That was quick." Hannah caught up to them and saw the door open. Takashi shrugged. "Might as well. . ." He thought out loud as he saw the power plant. Not wanting to be left behind, he too started to run, slightly chuckling on the way. Turning around he saw Ishimon. "Let's go!" He called out to the dog digimon who seemed to be rather slow at running but was going through on his own quite well. Seto patted Auroramon as they walked into the plant. Suddenly they heard a loud crash but saw nothing. "Maybe it came from another room." said Seto. Aya picked Tamagomon up, and just simply followed the others. Tamagomon grumbled the whole time. "...Will you please SHUT UP?!" she said as they walked into the plant. The groan had echoed all through the room. "My STOMACH HURTS!" "I. DON'T.... CARE!!!!" "Well... YOU. SHOULD!!!" "BUT. I. DON'T!!!!" They both sighed and then proceeded to glare at eachother. "Hey, Eros! Look at this!" Lucemon called from flying above. He pointed out a small window above the nearest door. "I can't see it from here, tell me what you see!" Eros shouted. "Well, it looks like a long table. There is something lying on it too, I think it is alive! And...hey! A black circly thing just flew into its leg!" "Doo-be-doo. *Lock*" Seto locked the door to the other room. He noticed a shelf of parallel somethings and took one off. "It's one of those laptop computers. Mr. Manelo had some of these but they didn't look this fancy..." He tucked it under his arm. "Ummm, Seto you can't just steal it. It probably belongs to somebody." said Auroramon. "Yeah, like an evil digimon. Who's gonna take better care of it, eh?" Seto smirked, "besides we're the only ones here. Everyone grab a computer!" Auroramon stared in shock.
Juuso grabbed a computer, he saw that this was a pretty old model compared to Juuso's mini pc. "Hmm... This will do" said Juuso and turned the computer on. "Oh Madonna! You can't just take them!" Eros said. "No matter who it belongs to it is wrong to steal" "Hey Eros! Look at this one! It is red, white, and green. Each color is a stripe." Lucemon said. "Hmm...let me see....It's ITALIA! This one is MINE!" Eros said hyperly. "Seto I can't believe you're stealing that laptop!" exclaimed Auroramon. "Auroramon, it's like Rojer always says. These are tough times and everyone has to watch their own back." said Seto. "But that's what I'm here for!" "Don't worry. You can clean up after me with that healing spell. Heh heh." "Seto...." "Hm...if these labtops belong to someone here, that means we can get help!" Aya looked around, "Ppfff... computers. Who needs themanyways? I'm alright as long as I have my make-up andmy romance novels!" 'Also my medications... but I can't appear to be TOOwimpy...!' She paused, "AHHH! I NEED TO SEE WHAT UPDATES I'VEMISSED!!" She jumped on one of the computers, "I'm notstealing. I'll just use it for THIS ONCE! Okay... w...w... w... dot... romance... novels...dot...com...There! Click!" She waited. And waited. "AHHHH!!! IT'S TOO SLOW!!!!" "You know, these can come in handy if we get lost, hey, why doesn't one of us email home?" Eros asked. He flipped open his Italian flag computer and began emailing his parents. "Hey, it isn't working!" "WHAT?!?!?!" Aya began banging the computer, "GRR!!! THE ONE THINGTHAT COULD GET US OUT OF THIS HELLHOLE *DOESN'T*WORK!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!" She got up, "Come on AOL! For *once* I want to hearthat 'You Got Mail'!" She waited, "Come on... you... got..." She waited,"...Slow...Connection... Killing... My... Brain..." "Well, we could look around to see if anyone is here. This looks like the kind of thing found in our world." Kae was more interested in the thing on the table that Lucemon had seen at first then the computers. So, she peeked into that room, Isamon by her side. The thing gave a moan. "That's a Garurumon." Isamon whispered worriedly. He'd seen the gear going into its leg, too. "It looks kinda like Kiganomon." Kae mused, walking up to it. "Kae! Don't!" Isamon hissed, but too late. Kae had prodded it in the leg. Its eyes snapped open, and all at one move it had pounced on and pinned Kae. Kae yelped. Loudly. "You dare to trespass in my factory?!" Garurumon growled. "You shall pay!" Takashi entered the room along with the others. Shaking his head, he noticed they were all just obsessed with the computers. Not really wanting to bother, he followed behind Kae and shrugged as he saw her move towards the creature on the table. He turned around when he heard Aya's humongous yells fill the air and shook his head. When he turned back to Kae, his eyes widened as the digimon attacked her. "Kae!" He shouted, rushing towards her, throwing the digimon off her. Glaring at the digimon with angry eyes, he burst out angrily. "Don't touch ANYBODY on this team." Ishimon stood in front of him, glaring at the digimon along with him.
