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Marco was happy to hear that the villagers knew how to leave this jungle. He didn't expect the area to be so big, but according to FlaWizarmon leaving this area was nearly impossible without a proper guide. By saving the villagers they would be able to leave the jungle meaning their mission was even more important than before. Marco asked Veemon and Wormmon to start collecting any pieces of wood so they could make a fire. They nodded grabbing sticks from the many trees around them. He expected the nights to be cold and he was sure that Iris and Renamon would appreciate some fire to light her cave.

Eventually they reached a tree which seemed to have a passage underneath. He was sticking close to Iris as they entered the hole which lead them into a cave. The area was spacious enough for all six of them to fit and the cave seemed to go down even further. Veemon and Wormmon placed the firewood on the ground. FlaWizarmon used his small blue flames to light the firewood and thus lighting the cave. Marco took a sit next to Iris, "well yes there's a gate in Network City, but I'm not sure where Network City from this location. We'll have to look for it once we leave this place." He wasn't sure if he should mention the incident that occurred in the city. A tamer with his rampaging digimon had caused a huge uproar in the city which caused many buildings in the city to crash. He wasn't sure if the Digital Gates were operational or if they even fixed the problem yet.

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Digimon:

Marco's body stiffen for a moment not expecting Iris to rest her head on his shoulders. She was probably tired so he didn't try to look too much into her actions, but that didn't stop him from blushing. She started talking about returning home with them, but he wasn't sure if he could go back home at the moment. He was still cursed with Leviamon's sin of Envy and he couldn't just go back home until he was rid of that mark. She asked him about home and again he felt like he was drawing blanks about how to respond. "I don't know..." he looked down at her staring into her hazel eyes, "I'm still trying to find it." He wasn't about to reveal his life story to someone he just met. Long story short, ever since he decided to move out of his home to live alone, he never found a place he could call home. For the moment he was living in a rented apartment and then he would be living on campus in his university and after that he wasn't sure where he would live next. "What about you? I heard you speaking some weird English, is it an accent where you come from?" He had an accent of his own since he was Hispanic which made his voice deeper and his pronunciations a little stronger.

Veemon scooted over towards Renamon to be closer to her. She was taller, but he was fine with that...he liked them tall. Also when he digivolved he became pretty tall himself. Wormmon joined his blue friend by the fire as well, but he made sure to stay behind his scaly pal; he didn't like the fire all that much. Veemon smiled up at Renamon and then whistled trying to look relax and aloof, "sooo, this is your house? It's pretty roomy, I like what you've done with the place." He smiled at her again.

FlaWizarmon was leaning against the wall opposite from the two humans. He was actually pretty tired so he closed his eyes and got ready to rest. He would need his energy to fight the DemiDevimon tomorrow. He needed to his on his best shape to save his friends.

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Digimon:

Marco nodded as he heard Iris's story, so she came from the states that was a consequences. She was born in Japan which he thought was pretty cool since he was also born in a different country then where he is living now. "I was born in South America, but I live in the states as well..." he smiled as he remembered some fond memories, "I want to go back there soon..." Before he could go anywhere, he would need to find a way to get rid of Leviamon's sin. Once he dropped Iris off at Network City, he would try and find that Marcus guy. His group seemed to know about this dark power and he could be the only person that could help or at least give him an idea about what his next set of actions should be.

Meanwhile Veemon continued to converse with Renamon taking a sit with her against the wall. Wormmon was already fast asleep keeping a safe distance from the fire. Far away so that he wasn't get burn and close enough so that he wasn't cold either. FlaWizarmon was already sleeping with his body against the wall and his arms crossed. The only ones still awake were Veemon, Renamon, Iris, and Marco. Veemon was too excited to go to sleep which was mostly due to Renamon just being there. Marco glanced at his digimon, "Veemon we should sleep soon. FlaWizarmon wanted us to wake up when the sun rose." The blue dragon stopped his conversation with his foxy friend to give Marco his attention. "But its still early..." he didn't want to sleep yet.

Marco frowned, the truth was that it really was early. The sun usually set around 6pm or 7pm in the afternoon. He had a wristwatch, but ever since he left Network City the watch stopped working. He afraid that it might have been broken, but once he got to Network City he would see if it could be fixed (if the city was still there). "Just try and go to sleep," Marco answered hoping Veemon would understand. The blue dragon frowned, but then looked up at Renamon and his smile returned, "want to sleep together? I-I mean sleep next to each other!" Veemon turned red which was weird since his whole body was blue. He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

Marco smiled at his partner then looked down at Iris, "I think my friend has a crush on your friend." He whispered to her softly so that the digimon would not hear them.

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Digimon:

Marco chuckled softly hearing Iris's reply, so her digimon was a tough cookie? That was fine, he knew that Veemon would try his best. He sighed leaning his head against the wall. "We should probably get some rest as well, tomorrow we have a big day." He looked over at Iris, she was really close to him, but he felt his body leaning towards her as well. They were both supporting each other at the moment, neither overwhelming the other. He looked back at Veemon and Renamon. The blue dragon had gently grabbed the yellow fox's hand and led her towards the other digimon present. He laid down still holding her hand as he got ready to sleep.

Marco smiled at his partner and then watched the fire as it burned. This was their main source of heat and light for the cave, but there was something else keeping him warm as well. Iris resting against him was both nerve-wrecking at first, but now it was pleasant. He felt his eyes lids becoming heavier, "you're warm..." He whispered closing his eyes as he leaned his head against hers.

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Digimon:

Wáng Zhuangzhuang
I'll become a merry butterfly, and ride on the earnest wind
I'll come to see you where ever you are
Ambiguous words are surprisingly handy
I'll shout it out, while listening to a hit song

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Sleeping on the dirt was easy, but sleeping with a snoring Veemon was not, and it was about time that he could shove off the dragon Digimon in order to breath. "Veemon wake up," he said with infirmity in his voice, which he began to clear his voice for. The area had grown ultimately quite, and usually jungles were annoyingly loud. In this book he read named, "Lord of the Flies" the author made his point clear that if the jungle grows silent, then prepare for an all-out fight. He also drew the same conclusion from World War II while the American Soldiers had been on several missions during the "Island Hopping" campaign. Japanese soldiers would hide in Spiders Nests, or dug in holes to spring up, and attack. Most American soldiers insinuate that they heard literally nothing from the forest before an attack occurred. This eerie thought of a Digimon about to attack him began to put him a state of fear, but then after a few minutes of even Veemon sitting still Christian decided to quickly stroll forward.

"You felt that too right Chris?" Veemon asked with a low tone, as though he was attempting to whisper, but he wasn't being to quite. Christian put his finger to his lips, and began to stroll along the cleared out path, and had a slight heart-attack. He dropped down to the floor, and rolled over to some bushes that could conceal his entire body. Veemon followed, and got up right next to Christian. "What is it," the dragon Digimon asked with a sense of fear as he readied himself for a fight. This would be his third fight in total, and the fear of dying young was not apparent. Of course if it was an ultimate, then he'd be screwed, but if it happened to be a Champion he would have a significant chance. For most, most, feral Digimon weren't that tough, but what if he was wrong and it was Devimon. "That Devimon was an extreme pain to begin with..." He thought to himself as he noticed a pair of humans with Digi-Companions, and just as he noticed them Christian clenched his hands into fists.

"Veemon Digivolve to ExVeemon... We may need to fight, but first we'll ask what their doing around here... Remember what happened with Drogan and Drexel... Those rats decided to attacks and leave us here," He spoke with a harsh pitch, and stood. Veemon followed, and they both stood in the center of the path. Veemon changing to ExVeemon began to speak with a deeper tone, "What are you six doing here?" Crossing his arms ExVeemon towered his Tamer in height, and attempted to look menacing.

Marco grinned at her comment about punching him only when he deserved it. He would have to hold her to that; if he ever did anything bad then he hoped there would be someone like Iris who could snapped him out of it. Everyone seemed to lean towards the stealth idea which was probably the most reasonable. None of them seek a battle, but even Marco knew that a battle was inevitable if they wanted the abductions to stop. They would have to drive the DemiDevimon away and the only way to do that was through battle otherwise this would only happen again. For the moment rescuing all the captured digimon was their priority and battle would have to come after. Hopefully they would not be meeting any more trouble while getting towards the camp. However, trouble seemed to have found them immediately.

Before them stood a boy and a tall blue dragon man; they seemed to be trying to pick a fight with them because the dragon had his arms crossed ready to attack. Marco immediately pulled out his digivice to make Veemon digivolve to his champion form. He wasn't sure if he could gauge the power of this foe, but he guess that he couldn't be any stronger than a champion level digimon. There were four digimon among them, this new comer would not stand a chance if he tried to face them. Just as he got ready to active the digivolution, Iris decided to just continue her walking...was this girl insane?

Marco rushed after her which cause the other digimon to run after him except for FlaWizarmon who kept his eyes on the blue dragon man. When Marco reached her, he grabbed her arm to stop her. "What are you doing? That guy could have killed you!" He asked her, he was obviously worried. He looked passed her towards the boy with the dragon and gave them a menacing glare, "if you want to have any business with us then you better call your digimon back right now! I will not answer any of your questions as long as you have him," he motioned towards the tall dragon man, "read to attack us." Marco kept his glare on the boy and the dragon as he pulled Iris against him so that she wouldn't go any further. "I'd rather avoid conflict, but if you threaten us anymore then I won't hold back," having a digimon in attack-ready position was threatening enough in this world and Marco would protect his friends at all costs. Veemon and Wormmon stood by his side watching the champion level digimon; if he tried anything then they would fight.

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Christian's eyes bugged out as he saw the green haired girl walk by him as if this was a city crowd, which sort of made him smile with humor. "You guys are tamers I take it, then." He said as he took heed to the boy's request at De-Digivolving, which sort of made him glad that he was with seemingly decent tamers. "Question though! Do you guys know a way out," he questioned with some curiosity as he followed this group of Tamers and Digimon. Looking at the two tamers, and four Digimon he took note of the FlaWizarmon, who accompanied them. "A champion level Digimon, three rookies... Wormmon and a Veemon, which means they can most likely DNA into Paildramon by now, which also means he has an ultimate level. Now for the Renamon... Well it doesn't look to tough, and at the most its a champion," he thought to himself as played each possible scenario through his head, which ended in the conclusion to just follow them till he can get out. He could take a Champion, but two, or an Ultimate was practically suicide if attempted.

"Hey! Your a Veemon," Veemon hollered as he caught up to the boy's own Veemon, which confused him a bit. "So that's what I look like from this point-of-view! We're gorgeous!" He began to turn his attention back to Christian with the "Can I" look, which he nodded too. Veemon, then began to ask a series of questions revolving around his back story, like where are you from, and why are you following this guy.

"So, besides getting out of here... My name is Christian Martinez, and this is obviously Veemon my partner." He began to walk with these two tamers, and finally felt somewhat confident he was safe.