Wandering (open)

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Reid really wasn't in the woods for a reason. The best reason that one could make for his being here was probably him just wanting to get away from everything back in Yokohama. His father's condition had worsened over night, and the doctors said that they almost lost him. They were suppose to know what they were doing!! Yet they weren't doing nothing besides saying they weren't sure what was wrong and nearly allowing his father to die! Brandon was more understanding of the situation as well as calm. After all, his brother was older and in a sense, level headed Reid guessed.

Wulf followed behind Reid, trying to keep up with his tamer. Honestly, the gabumon hated how Reid constantly lost his temper and all. Though the digimon did understand why his tamer's emotions were so unstable and the rage his human friend had could show itself at any time. Wulf did think there was a easier and better way to release this rage though than getting in fights or going out in the woods to just punch some trees. But he wasn't going to suggest any, not while Reid was ready to snap.

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Melina sighed as she walked through the forest, the little dragon following behind her. She sighed and turned to him. "How long are you going to follow me?" she asked him.

"You are my partner," Dracomon said again. "We're going to fight Millennuimmon, right?"

"I'm not fighting anyone, not now not ever..." Mel said with a sigh. "If I'd wanted to fight, I would've stayed in Hokkaido when dad threw those bottles at us. I would've helped him... I just ran away instead..." She turned away from Dracomon and just kept walking. "I'm not a fighter..."

"But Melina, you've been chosen to be a Tamer!" Dracomon insisted. "Is this still about the light post?"

"That was a week ago. I'm not mad about the light post any more. I mean, I still wish you hadn't blown it up, but at least that other Tamer didn't rough you up too bad," Mel admitted.

"You felt the connection too, didn't you?" he asked.

"Fine, okay, I admit it. I felt a connection, even before the Digivice's screen began to glow. What did you call this thing again?"

"It's a D-3!" Dracomon said happily. "It can detect other Digivices, and cause me to digivolve!"

"This is going to take a while for me to remember... At least I can still get over here," Mel muttered. The digivice in her hand began to beep, and the screen changed into a radar-like device. She rolled her eyes and decided to follow it. So there was another Tamer nearby, huh?

"You're going to go look for it?" Dracomon asked.

"I'm following it, right?" Melina countered sarcastically. "We might as well meet other Tamers. I mean, since you claim to be my partner and all. Just don't go blowing up any more stuff, alright? Auntie can't carry the repair costs of anything more expensive than a light post."

"Hehe... Sorry about that..."

Mel was about to answer when she stepped between two bushes and saw a boy with a Digimon nearby. According to the D-3, the boy was a Tamer as well. She stepped out from the bushes, looking at him. Dracomon fought with the bushes, coming out with branches caught in his horns. Mel pulled them out quickly, then turned to the other Tamer.

"Hello," she said quietly. "Are you a Tamer too?" Her digivice was still in her hand, but she'd forgotten about it for the moment. Dracomon kept quiet, which Mel found weird. But maybe that was just what he was like. Well, it was nice to have him stop talking for a while. He was a bit of a chatterbox at home.

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Wulf had taken notice of something approaching them a little bit after the digivicei n Reid's pocket begain to beep. The gabumon turned his gaze about before running to catch up with Reid. Once beside his tamer, he grabbed hold of the bottom of Reid's shirt and tugged.

"Reid, someone else is here." Wulf said.

Reid paused as Wulf tugged on his shirt and he turned his gaze to his partner. Only to end up looking toward a couple of bushes to see a girl and another digimon emerge from it. He didn't bother taking out his digivice, it stayed put in his pocket.

"Hi." Reid greeted, trying not to let his anger show. "Yeah...I'm a tamer. This is my partner Wulf."

"Hello." Wulf greeted as he raised a paw and waved to Mel and Dracomon. "And you two?"

"You don't have to answer if you don't want to." Wulf cocked his head and looked to Reid once his tamer was done.

"Isn't it polite though to introduce yourself to others?" Reid sighed.

"It is but some people might just not want to do that right away Wulf."

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Melina realized what she'd done unintentionally, but it didn't show on her face. "I'm Melina," she said. "This is Dracomon." The little dragonet nodded in a way similar to the bowing he'd seen Mel do. None of her inner thoughts showed on her face, though she could see the tense lines in the other boy's. She didn't bother asking as she walked closer, Dracomon at her heels. He still hadn't said a word.

"How long have you two known each other?" she asked suddenly. She wanted to know if it was normal for a partner digimon to blow up a light post to draw out its tamer. Maybe Dracomon was just a bit different. Wouldn't be surprising, he'd already snatched one of her aunt's necklaces and stashed it under her bed a few days ago. Him and his bizarre attraction to shiny objects. He'd tried to take her special pendant a few times already, though he'd never succeeded. "Is it normal for them to have weird quirks?" she asked after a little while longer. She wanted to know if it was just Dracomon or if other Digimon did weird things too.

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"Nice to meet you." Reid replied, still trying to keep the anger out of his voice. "We've known each other for a few months now."

That was true, Wulf had just randomly appeared in Reid's room and took him by surprise. Wulf of course was rather calm about the whole thing. Still, Reid got used to Wulf and all. Reid raised a eyebrow at mel's question about the weird quirks. Why ask such a thing?

"If people have a weird quirks then so do digimon." Reid replied. "Depends on their personality and how they interact with those around them. Course weird can also be determined by the person who thinks something is weird. To one person something might not be weird but to another person, that thing is weird. It all depends really on your view of what's weird and what's not."

At least Reid was being honest with her.

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Well, that was a complicated way of looking at things...

"I was just wondering if it was normal for a Digimon to blow up a lamp post to draw out their Tamer," Mel admitted after a moment.

"I said I was sorry!" Dracomon insisted suddenly.

"And then I caught him sneaking one of my aunt's necklaces under my bed. He's snatched some of my jewelry before too. And it's only been a week..." She sighed. "I guess I'm just lucky then." The ground began to shake beneath their feet, and Melina found herself leaning against a tree for support. "Sense anything Dracomon?" she asked quickly.

"Nope," he replied, shaking his head. "This one's natural." Melina nodded and looked out into the distance. There didn't seem to be any real damage, and the few animals that poked their heads out seemed to be just a bit shaken. Mel sighed again and relaxed a bit. Only a Tamer for a week and already she felt like things were going crazy...

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"Every digimon is different, maybe it was the only way it thought would work?" Reid suggested as he stood there, shrugging his shoulder's lightly.

When Mel explained that the digimon was also stealing from her, he couldn't help but laugh lightly. Was she just worried about every little thing concerning digimon? After all, tamers were meant to protect the world from the digimon that seeked to take Earth over. Well at least...that's what tamers were meant to do.

"He might just like the way they look. Some animals are attracted to shiny objects and really, our world is different than the digital world." Reid explained. "There are many things we have here that aren't there."

The earth shaking caught him by surprise and Reid grabbed hold of a branch that was close to him. A normal earthquake? Or was it one caused by a digimon? Once the shaking stopped a sigh left him. So it was a normal one huh? Well taht was good.