Lake of Deceptions! [Katsuo and Loki]

Well, it seemed like the common interest for someone owing them a favor had brought this pair to work together. No, not the drill-digimons! They were quite busy fighting each other.

In fact, they were so busy arguing they didn’t even notice Katsuo and Loki approaching them. It wasn’t until the human cleared his throat that the one with the blue fur stopped clashing that drill against the other one to turn its head.

“O-Oh.” It exclaimed as it noticed the pair’s presence. Luckily, this thing was big enough to avoid hitting Katsuo with its drill while turning to face the human and his partner. The mole studied the creature in front of it before realizing… “… I-It’s one of them.”

Seeing his interlocutor was heavily distracted by something else, Poku turned to look at whatever the Drigimogemon was facing. “What is that thing?”

His counterpart, the one facing the tamer and his partner, scoffed. “It’s not a thing! It’s a human! I’ve seen some of these around.”

“And what does he want?”

Ignoring his peer, the digimon kept talking. “Thanks for asking. I am sorry we’re in your way.” The creature, who had a feminine, more delicate voice than its counterpart, pointed her drill-finger towards the lake that lied some steps away from them. “My name is Oca. My brother Poku and I are just having a little argument over some item that lies in that lake.” Her tone of voice was certainly less aggressive than her sibling’s. Oca definitely sounded like the most diplomatic of the pair.

“An argument we shouldn’t be having, since that Digimental is obviously mine! I saw it first and I’m going to look for it!” The other mole exclaimed. Immediately, he started digging up a hole right where he was standing, making the ground below Katsuo and Loki shake. In less than a minute, Poku had disappeared beneath the ground. It would be then when the pair would notice there were several ditches like the one Poku had left all across the layout of this area.

“Ugh. He’s so dumb. He has tried that at least five times already.” Oca noted.

Not long after? Poku came back to the surface through another hole, not far from the one he had dug just now. “Damn it!”

“The whole lake is full of water, you dimwit!” The female Drimogemon reminded her brother before turning at Katsuo again. “Poku and I love shiny things. We collect them as treasures. We heard some folks in a village downhill say that there is a powerful Digimental in this lake. Apparently, some old legend claims that the Digimental can grant any wish to whoever finds it. I don't know the tale all that well though." A pause. "Anyways! The problem is… we can’t swim.” Oca admitted. Making a gesture with her head so Katsuo and Loki followed her, she started walking towards the lake. “So… even if we could decide on who gets to keep this treasure, we can’t reach it.” While she finished this sentence, she stopped right at the shore, looking into the clear water.

If Katsuo took a good look at the body of water, he would spot a certain shadow moving in the distance. There seemed to be something quite sizeable in this lake. Its shape was long and… it was moving. Could it be these moles hadn’t realized this thing was there? Could that, whatever it was, be a detriment in their quest to get this legendary Digimental?

“Are you trying to get them to help you!?” Poku’s voice would reach the pair as he angrily walked towards Oca. “I told you. You won’t be leaving with that thing while I’m here! I don’t care if I have to fight you for it.” The NiseDrimogemon, who seemed quite angry, started yelling at his sister again, from up close.

“Well I wouldn’t mind fighting you for it either, you know!? I’m not scared of you!” Oca seemed to have engaged in an argument once again. She was not paying much attention to the human and baby digimon pair anymore.

Ugh. These two were so busy arguing that they couldn’t even begin to think about how were they going to get their precious treasure out of there!

If Katsuo or Loki decided to focus on something else, it wouldn’t be too hard for them to notice a small dirt path, not too different from the one they had just walked through, going from the lake to that small hut they had spotted before. Could it be whoever lived there visited the lake a lot?

Was there a figure sitting at the roof of this cabin? It was hard to tell by the shadow the trees cast on it but… wasn’t it almost… humanistic?

With the two giant moles paying little attention to them anymore, maybe it couldn’t hurt Katsuo and Loki went and explored over there.