Digimon Story: Rainbow Traverse -- Chp 3

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Ike gasped as he went under, his outstretched hands scrambling to find Al's head as a torrent of bubbles rose to the surface. When that failed, he acquired a new tactic. Instead of fighting against Alemana, he dove with him. All a clever ruse as he grabbed Al by the legs and pulled them up! Tossing the taller tamer over his shoulders as he resurfaced!

This would trigger Alemana’s competitive nature , and the next few minutes would be filled with shouting, dunking , splashing , and laughing until eventually he was panting.. one arm slung over Ike’s shoulder as he supported himself in the water. And after a few minutes he then paused, rubbing his eyes as he got a good look at him without all the grime and the grease. His eyes were probably playing tricks on him.. but something seemed.. different.

Staring, Al saw Ike's hair wasn't merely blond. Without the kid's beanie, Alemana saw he had a darker shade of blond highlighting platinum. In this light, and at this angle, his mullet made him look almost like a girl.

"What?" said Ike, staring back at Al. "What? Got something on my face?"

It took him a moment to find what he wanted to say, and after realizing it would still probably sound really weird no matter what he said.. he would mentally shrug.

“Dude is it just me, or are you weirdly pretty? Like.. really pretty.”

The air was stuck in Ike's throat, his cheeks suddenly awash with scarlet-red as Gazimon burst out laughing.

"Sh-shut up!" he said, though whether it was at Al or Gazimon remained to be seen. Gazimon had no such compunction to obey, however, the chimera too busy hammering the ground to stop even if he wanted to.

Alemana’s face became just as red, As he held up a hand “I-I’m not saying that to make fun of you, it was a compliment-!”

[Roll Persuasion ]

Rolling: 5 3 6 + 1= 15]

Still blushing, the super blonde looked out of the corner of his eyes, away from Al. "Yeah, well... whatever, I guess," he said, shrugging. "Just came outta nowhere is all."

Al was still just as flustered, and he then gave a nervous chuckle

“Well it was kinda outta left field for me too. You definitely look much better when you’re not covered with gunk.”

Ike sank down to his shoulders. "Cool," he said, again he sank, this time down to his lips as he mumbled into the water. "(You too, I guess...)"

That made Al tilt his brow slightly, and he also sunk into the water to keep eye contact.

“Are you okay? Couldn’t make out what you’re saying.”

Ike sank down to his eyebrows, his muffled words coming out as bubbles.

And Alemana swam closer, trying to pull him up

“What are you trying to say, man? I can’t hear you!”

And so the trap was sprung, with Ike pushing off the bottom of the spring to capsize Alemana. Round two of their brawl had begun. All the while Renamon lay her head down over the side, letting a pack of Tanemon climb and scrub her with tiny brushes and paws. Gazimon cheered Ike from the shore, but was just as likely to laugh at his tamer when he made a mistake, but he would get his when Ike and Al ganged up and pulled him screaming into the water with them. Then it became a game of keep-away as the drenched chimera chased them back and forth across the spring. Through out it all, though, there was laughter, a chance to reflect, and above all, peace.

Little did they know about the chaos that was rising to consume them all. Defenses had been raised to cage the savage beast. Now, walls were being raised to corral and guide its path. Walls of invisible fire that neither wind, water, nor solid stone could force aside. But what protections are there that can hold against the chosen of a god?

CHAPTER COMPLETED

Dangers in the Mist! 2 EXP + 1 DP
Tamers Unite! 1 EXP + 1 DP
We have our Ways! 1 EXP
Hide and Smite! 1 EXP
Master Tactician! 1 EXP + 1 Inspiration
Defy the Odds! 1 Inspiration

Total: 6 EXP, +2 DP, + 2 Inspiration!