Fuzz of the Desert(Xros Contract Hunt)(COMPLETE)

The group made their way across the sands with Takoda standing next to Kima with Shillan and Blaster just behind with Chaytan bringing up the rear ready to fly to get a lay of the land if the group needed him. Otherwise the Hawkmon was pretty quiet still. No one said anything about that because that was just how he was.

Kima was looking around staring at the dunes of various sizes as the group came up to a particularly large dune. No one thought much of it as deserts were filled with them and it was also good some of them were fairly large so they could be used for cover if necessary.

The silence of the group was interrupted by both Takoda and Shillan froze their ears twitching before they cleared the large dune which caused the rest of the group to freeze. "Takoda? Shillan?" Kima asked nervously.

Before either of them could answer her in any way something grabbed ahold of Kima's legs and pulling causing the teen to let out a startled squeak. The whole group watched as she vanished from sight as she was pulled underground seconds later.

"What the?" Shillan asked as he sniffed around the area trying to find some trace of Kima only sensing the general and what smelled like another digimon.

Takoda leaned down and sniffed the spot as well before lifting his head and looking around. The whole Kima vanished into had collapsed so they couldn't follow her but before all hell could potentially break loose, Takoda said "We need to find Kima but we also need to remain calm. While there is some dangerous digimon out in this desert, there are various tribes of digimon known as Prairiemon that live out in these parts. Despite their warrior heritage, they are not likely to harm Kima if they find her as they tend to be pretty kind and gentle."

"What if it wasn't a Prairiemon though? We can't just stand around and hope for the best. We need to get moving." Shillan said sounding understandably antsy which caused Takoda to sigh. Hopefully Shillan's impatience wouldn't cause more problems then they already had.

"Maybe we can pinpoint where Kima mighta gone with Shillan's Ears of tha Wolf. If she is underground surely we can hear somethin if she isn't too deep underground." Blaster suggested making Shillan want to smack himself for not thinking of such a thing right away.

"It's worth a shot. Hear goes nothin." Shillan said taking a deep breath to focus before he said "Ears of the Wolf!" Shillan's ears twitched as he wasn't able to hear anything underground near the dune much to his annoyance but before he could say anything something much bigger than the average Prairiemon was heard heading their way. "Unfortunately I can't hear Kima but I hear somethin else and it is much bigger than the typical Prairiemon. As much as I like to fight I'm not sure if getting in one is a good idea."

"I agree. Especially since Kima is not here ta allow us ta use a Digi Xros. If this threat is big enough a group of rookies like tha four of us wouldn't stand a chance." Blaster said in agreement with Shillan.

Takoda took in the facts before he said "Everyone else, behind the dune. Chaytan, could you get a better look?"

Chaytan nodded before opening his wings and flying up into the air while the others ducked behind the dune. "Eyes of the Hawk!" Chaytan said tapping into his power. His enhanced vision swept across the sand before spotting a segmented exoskeleton sticking out of the sand making the Hawkmon nervous though it didn't show on his face. Heading for the others he landed behind the dune before he said "We have a big potential threat coming indeed. Unless I am wrong it appears to be a partly submerged Scorpiomon."

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Kima looked at the art on the walls for a moment and, as she had stopped walking, it caused Fuzz to stop looking at her in confusion before Kima asked "Hey Fuzz, what is with this cave art?"

Fuzz looked at the art mentioned before looking up at Kima with a smile before he said "This is the story of hows a great beast of the rookie level lead me's ancestors into fighting of a fierce digimon called Orochimon. We Prairiemon are of warrior heritage but Orochimon had our people scared with its power. Yet when a Wendigomon appeared before ours people her words inspired us to fight again. Thanks to her we were able to defeat Orochimon but the Wendigomon then mysteriously disappeared."

As Kima took in the tale Fuzz gently tugged on her hand and the pair continued walking. A rookie inspired warriors to fight. This rookie must of been quite the inspirational figure to do such a thing especially since Orochimon looked so intimidating. Kima was wishing she was like that Wendigomon. 

Soon the feeling of sunlight caught Kima's attention as she looked up seeing a small tunnel that she still could fit through if she ducked. It was guarded by a pair of larger Prairiemon. Fuzz handled it nicely by communicating with the pair with the chitters that was this tribes native language. The guards stepped aside and Fuzz went back to Kima taking her head and guiding her to the surface.

Meanwhile behind the dune....

Shillan was growling in frustration as it had been twenty minutes and Scorpiomon still had not moved on so the group was still stuck and the Sangloupmon's frustration was matched by the rest of the group even though with Chaytan it wasn't blatantly obvious as somehow the bird looked visibly neutral.

Then the sight of movement not far from where the group was hiding caught their attention causing Blaster to put away the equipment he was still working on before standing up. The whole group watched as Kima came into sight from behind another nearby dune with a smaller than average Prairiemon leading her by the hand soon spotting the group. Kima was thrilled but Fuzz was cautiously looking around his ears perked. Though he couldn't sense danger yet he was smart enough to be ready for anything.

Coast clear he began to move towards Kima's group and as they got to them the teen and Prairiemon were unaware they had been spotted by Scorpiomon and the arthropod gunned it after seeing potential prey. As Kima got back with the group Blaster approached pulling the girl into a hug as Takoda asked "Kima, are you okay?"

After Blaster released her she nodded and said "Yeah I'm alright despite the misunderstanding from one of the Prairiemon." She then pointed to Fuzz who was chittering before she said "Fuzz thought you guys meant me harm so he took it upon himself to come to my rescue. When I let him no I am a Xros General he led me back here to you guys."

Fuzz was looking at the ground before looking at the group before he said "Me's sorry for grabbing Kima like that. Me didn't know better."

Takoda smiled before he said "It's okay. Fuzz was it?" When Fuzz nodded Takoda continued "No one was hurt so there is no problem from me. I'm Takoda." Takoda then looked back at the group and introduced everyone else as he said "And the others are Shillan, Blaster, and Chaytan."

Fuzz seemed curious of Shillan as he looked at the Sangloupmon before he asked "Why don't you have the bigs teeth other Sangloupmon have, Shillan?"

Shillan, not taking it personally, answered "I don't have the big fangs because I'm not a vampire like other Sangloupmon."

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