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FlaWizarmon grabbed Iris Haruno's hand once he finished shaking Marco's. Her hand was much smaller and gentler compared to the boy's big hands. The wizard digimon was happy about his decision to speak the truth to these humans. "We should hurry, your friends might have been taken, but maybe they haven't reached the camp yet," He warned them and then turned around ready to take them towards the direction of the camp. "Wait," Marco's voice stop the wizard digimon from moving any further, "what do you mean 'camp'?" FlaWizarmon motioned for them to follow, he would explain as they traveled. Marco nodded and then looked back at Iris making sure she was walking right beside him. He still had his digivice with him and it seemed that they were walking towards Veemon and Wormmon's direction (they appeared as a blue and green dot on the hologram).

"The camp is the name I gave to that place because it resembles a camp," FlaWizarmon began to explain as they walked into the woods, he made sure he wasn't too ahead of the two humans. "There are several small camps which seem to be guarded by several virus type digimon some included DemiDevimon and the more powerful Devimon. They have strength in numbers." Marco nodded, so this camp was basically like a kidnapping camp where they stored the digimon they captured, but why were those virus type gathering the forest digimon? He glanced at Iris, "you said you've been here for three weeks, did you notice anything strange while being in this forest?"

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Digimon:

Marco was a bit startled when he felt Iris hold onto his hand. He though about pulling his hand back, but stopped once he realized that she probably just wanted to make sure she wouldn't be separated. She did just mention that she was a lone for a very long time so it was understandable if she became a bit clingy. Besides, he didn't mind, he just hoped that his hands were not sweaty. He tried to concentrate on Iris's words rather than the feeling of her hands. So she had seen the DemiDevimon and even caught a glimpse of the Devimon. Her reasoning for traveling during the day made sense and she was pretty smart to have avoided those digimon. She seemed to be embarrassed about admitting she was running away, but he couldn't blame her. He'd seen his share of scary moments and he sometimes felt like running too.

She mentioned something about her culture which involved 'girls like her'. He wasn't sure what she meant so he decided to ask her. "Do you mean cute girls?" he really did just blurted that out without properly thinking. His face turned red once he realized what he said and knowing that he couldn't take it back. She was certainly cute, but that was suppose to stay on his mind! Really, he was probably feeling like this because she was holding onto his hand like that. For he past few weeks he's hardly had any interaction with girls and having one so close to him at the moment was making him act weird. "I-I mean that's quite the story..." he cleared his throat and looked at FlaWizarmon, "s-so, is this camp big?" He hoped to change the subject.

The fiery wizard did not notice the humans conversation, he was too concentrated on leading them. He looked over his shoulder to acknowledge them, "when I first saw it, there was only one camp present, but they seemed to be building more camps so perhaps it is bigger now." Marco nodded, it made sense that as they captured more digimon then they would need more room to store them. He looked down at his digivice, they were approaching Veemon and Minomon's location fast. "I think my friends are near, maybe they haven't been taken to the camp yet."

FlaWizarmon looked ahead, "then let's hurry, we might be able to save them before they are taken."

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Digimon:

Marco continued to stare at his digivice, they were getting closer and closer to the two dots. "We need to hurry we're almost there," FlaWizarmon nodded and started jogging. Marco grabbed Iris's hand to make sure she wouldn't be left behind and quickly followed after the wizard digimon. Eventually, he was in the lead since he was the one with the digivice that could lead them to his friends. Marco took quick glances at his digivice trying to be careful to not trip over anything. Eventually, they left the heavy forest area and reached an open field. Marco looked down at his digivice, according to the dots they were in the same are as Veemon and Minomon. He looked around, but didn't see them. Where could they be? What this digivice not working right?

"Look up there!" FlaWizarmon shouted and he pointed at the sky. Marco looked up and indeed there were some figures in the sky. A group of DemiDevimon were carrying two unconscious digimon; one of the digimon was a blue dragon and the other was a cocoon-like insect. Marco's eyes widen, "there they are! And they're being taken away by those digimon!" He turned back to Iris and FlaWizarmon with concern in his eyes, "how do we reach them?"

"Leave it to me, I'll try and get them back," with those parting words, FlaWizarmon took out his weapons from their holsters and started running after the DemiDevimon. Marco turned to Iris, "can your digimon digivolve?"

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Digimon:

FlaWizarmon looked up at DemiDevimon, they were flying high, but he would be able to reach them. He placed one of his weapons away keeping the other on his hand. He spread out his fingers on his free hand as tiny blue flames appeared on each tip. "Fire Cloud!" he threw the tiny fire balls towards the group of flying bats. They seemed too preoccupied to be pay any attention which was their big mistake. The moment the fire balls reached the DemiDevimon, they expanded into a large blast. The bat digimon flapped their wings desperately in confusion. They bumped against each other causing them to lose their grip on the two digimon they were carrying. Veemon and Minomon were falling down. FlaWizarmon took this chance to go and try to catch them.

The DemiDevimon seem to have recovered from their confusion and noticed their falling prisoners. They chased after them, their wings helping them to descend. FlaWizarmon started running and used his attack again, "Fire Cloud!" he threw more fire balls, but his enemies knew the consequences of that attack so they scattered in order to dodge. However, what they didn't know was that the flames could be used for something other than an attack. The fire balls encircled around Minomon entrapping him, but not hurting him. FlaWizarmon was unable to reach Veemon who was still falling! "Somebody catch him!"

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Digimon:

Veemon could feel his body falling, but he still couldn't wake up properly. The winds were too strong and he couldn't open his eyes not until he was caught by someone. He felt soft fur against his rough skin and the wind was no longer bother his eyes. He slowly blinked his eyes open, he was being pressed against a soft chest, a furry chest which kind of tickled him. He looked up and he was met with the most beautiful digimon he'd ever seen in his short life. She was yellow, had sharp sky-blue eyes, and a cute little nose. Veemon's cheeks blushed, were all angels this soft? He was snapped back to reality by the screams of the DemiDevimon. He looked up and noticed leaves were all over their bodies as if they were pierced by the leaves. With their shouts, they burst into data which then faded away.

FlaWizarmon sighed in relief, they managed to rescue the digimon; he didn't fail this time. He gently lowered down the green insect digimon using his flames. Marco joined the digimon on the fields and ran over to Veemon. When the blue dragon saw him, he ran after his partner and jumped into his arms, "Marco!" the black-haired teenager stumbled and fell on his butt, but he didn't care because his friend was save! "Veemon! Hey, where is Minomon?" Veemon grinned and pointed over towards FlaWizarmon. Marco stood up and placed Veemon down as he went over to see his friend. "Minomon, I'm glad you're okay..." his voice slowly lowered in volume when his eyes caught the green insect digimon. He was not Minomon, but he did really look like this, "Minomon?" The green worm digimon looked up at his friend and waved with a smile, "I'm not Minomon anymore, I'm Wormmon!" Marco was surprised, but he smiled and picked up his friend, "you digivolved?" Veemon joined them and decided to explain everything, "while we were falling, he digivolved and it was thanks to him that we were able to land safely well before we were attacked by the DemiDevimon,"

Marco was really happy to have his friends back with him. He turned to FlaWizarmon, he was the reason they were safe and Iris too. He placed his hand on FlaWizarmon's shoulder, "thank you, I really appreciate what you've done for me, for us." The wizard digimon smiled, "I finally managed to save someone, it is you who I should be thanking..." Marco frowned, he knew that he was upset because his friends were still captured, "don't worry we will liberate your friends and stop those DemiDevimon from capturing anymore digimon." He stood up and turned to Iris. Wormmon was on his shoulder while Veemon was at his side, "thank you Iris, you save my friends. This Veemon and Wormmon, they are my friends."

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Digimon:

Veemon and Wormmon waved at the green-haired girl both with a smile on their faces. They turned to the Renamon who was giving them a thumbs up. Wormmon waved happily, but Veemon started blushing and barely managed to lift even a finger. Marco grinned looking down at his blue friend, he seemed to have developed a crush. He turned back his attention to the two ladies before him (he imagined Renamon was female). "In that case, I thank you both. Renamon was able to digivolve because of your power Iris, that's how digimon work." Marco tried to explain, but he was still trying to figure digivolution out himself. However, he did know that a digimon tamer was required and that both parties would need to share power with each other.

FlaWizarmon approached them, "those DemiDevimon were flying from that direction," he pointed up at the sky due north, "the camp must be in that direction. I would like to go now, but it will be dark soon and we should really find some shelter." Marco was hoping to go rescue FlaWizarmon's friends now, but he did have a point. The sky was already burning orange meaning that it wouldn't be long before night fell. "Are you sure, FlaWizarmon? Don't you want to go rescue your friends now?" The wizard digimon fell silent and turned his back to them as he stared up at the sky. "I want to save my friends more than anything, but those digimon become stronger during the night and due to their dark color, they will be harder to spot. It is for the best if we battle them during the day."

Seeing FlaWizarmon's hands clench into fist as he spoke made Marco realize how much he wanted to rescue his friends. However, he knew that if he ran into the camp recklessly then he would be captured too and then no one would be able to save his friends. Marco walked over to the wizard and placed his hand on his shoulder, "then we should go. We will all need the rest for tomorrow's battle." He squeezed his shoulder for support and then pulled away. "We'll need to find a place to spend the night, Iris do you know any good places like a cave? You've been hiding during the night, right?" He turned his attention to Iris maybe she would know of a good area where they can camp while avoiding the DemiDevimon.

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Digimon:

Finally able to control his rapid, and harsh breathing, Christian stopped abruptly to peer behind himself, and saw Veemon sprinting from behind as the gashes made on the blue Digimon's arms and legs bled. "Veemon come on we have to find a safe place," the young tamer spoke as he took notice of the falling sun barely showing its rear-end of flames. "How cruel Mr. Sun...," he thought with a frown as Veemon tugged on his jacket practically begging for a Piggy-Back-Ride. He lifted the little blue creature onto his back, and began to stroll tiredly down the path against a stream of water. It was the first moment he was given chance to notice the beauty of the Tropical Jungle. Though the area was teaming with wildlife, it deemed itself beautiful in a dangerous way. It remained unscathed by the countless wars, which was surprising because most of these wars ended in entire servers being demolish. This jungle couldn't even be considered dross! Flora grew considerably thick, fruits, and other edible plants also grew, and the feral Digimon that fed from the land also thrived with a strong presence. Snapping out of thought Christian feels the presence of eyes upon him, and his snoring passenger as he quickly peers over his shoulder. What surprised him next was that as soon as his gaze turned forward he automatically sprinted sideways in fear. Those crimson eyes had followed him without any second thought, and he'd decided to make it a game. Thus began the tiresome hour race down the jungle floor, and several meaningless attempts to climb to the canopy. By the third time Christian had already attained enough cuts, and scrapes to be legally considered maimed, which isn't a good thing if he couldn't find medicine. Eventually the sun had set, and he was forced to retreat into a clearing. By now the Devimon might have lost its need to attack him, which would be ideal for Veemon had nearly no energy to even breath without having difficulty. "Veemon, buddy I need to start a fire...," he said with a raspy, and exhausted tone.

"No... The Devimon will find us..." the poor exhausted Digimon spoke as he was set down in some soft soil to, which he sighed at the comfort.

"I have too, or we'll die anyways," Christian spoke sourly as he sluggishly gathered branches, and pieces of bark to burn. He picked up too sticks laid them vertically, and began to rub viciously for a few minutes until the wood began to burn brightly. "This we don't die..." He spoke softly as Veemon laid his head on his lap, and the two began to rest.

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ou’re probably dreaming a different dream
ɪ don’t need the sun
ɪ love your smile so much now