Things seemed normal as the bustling sun shined down upon the simplistic home of the boy of a baker's family. Fresh scents of crispy golden brown bread loafs could be smelled everywhere, clumps of spilt white powder leaked everywhere. Guilmon was snoring pleasantly in his cage like park home, his red reptile scales tired and aching from a night of playtime the other day. Takato's room laid a scattered mess of clothes, schoolbooks, and other junk the boy probably had left there for quite some time. Amongst the teal colored shoes and scattered white, red trimmed socks, something of great importance would soon discovered to be missing. A small, square like metallic device with a red strap and a flashing screen, vanished amongst the pile of clothes seemingly off to never, never land. Or perhaps,

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 3:51:09 PM): Considering the fact that the entire structure seemed to be constantly scented with the lingering smell of freshly baked bread of all sorts, Takato was never usually in need of an alarm clock in the morning. By the time it had come to morning rise, while the young, goggle-wearing tamer lay as a disorganized jumble in bed, that heavenly, yet familiar smell had already filled into his nostrils. That potent scent along, be all he needed to launch him from bed in the morning. He flexed his slender, boyish arms, still wrapped in the nightwear of his lemon yellow pajamas before plucking himself from his sheets and landing on the floor of his bedroom. No matter how light though the landing, it made a slight dust sprinkle from the ceiling below in the storeroom. "Aahh... Well, I wonder if Guilmon

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 3:51:49 PM): slept as well as I did. When he's not running around or eating, he sleeps like a concrete slab!" He chuckled to himself, just starting to scour the state of his bedroom for his digi-vice.

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 3:55:47 PM): But the more Takato looked and the more junk he cleared out, the sooner the young boy would realize it was not there at all. Globs of filthy clothing, crumpled homework papers and mega-sized books were lifted and still no sign of that strange, watch like mechanical device could be found. It wouldn't be long until Takato realized even if he cleaned his room from top to bottom, the warm glowing rays of golden sunshine would never shower down upon that object because it had been taken. Posted on his bedroom door, was a small piece of paper, written in black letters and attached to it was a cut off strand of the red cloth strap Takato tied the Digivice to him with. The note read, "Come to this address if you want your toy back, but be warned DANGER awaits you".

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Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 4:58:10 PM): It wasn't long at all before Takato was rubbing through his brown, bed-headed hair in frustration upon finding that... well, he couldn't find his digi-vice no matter where he looked. He was positive he had scoured every inch of the room, yet zilch. "Oh, c'mon already!... What kind of tamer can't keep track of his digi-vice, never mind his digimon!" He said to himself as if he were telling himself off. If it weren't for the fact he spotted a rather unusual note pinned to his door with a familiar digi-vice strap, he would have had to give himself a good lecture. Bizarre eh? "... Come to this address?" He scrunched the paper up in his hand and stared rather eagerly. "Huh... sounds like this is gonna' be a little bit of a problem." Without thinking on it, he began to slither his way from his

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 4:58:18 PM): pj's and get dressed in a... rather hasteful way.

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 5:04:06 PM): The trail eventually lead him far outside of town, far out of the usual reach of houses, certain neighbors and family friends, perfect isolation for a situation such as this. The note left for Takato lead him to a rather amazing looking building, like a fortress from the old times yet perfectly fixed, updated, and cleaned up to be devoid of any kind of decay amongst the grime and filth. The boy noticed a strange moat circling the building, a beat down drawbridge and dozens of barless open window slots on the sides of the castle like tombstone colored building. It matched the address, and Takato was in fact where he needed to be. Too be he had no any idea how many inhuman eyes and mouths were watering for his very presence lying deep in the shadows of secrecy.

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 5:12:25 PM): In such a situation, Takato felt a rather odd feeling of solitude on this important mission of his. It were so personal, he didn't even head to the park to give Guilmon a morning greeting either. He merely treaded through various market paths, even heading from the outskirts of the city, while the whole time, all he had to keep him company was reading that address over and over and the rhythmic sound of his comfortable, teal sneakers, clapping their white, rubbery soles along the pavement and pathway as he finally came to stand before such a rather intimidating structure. Of all the places, he had seen in the past, this came him the most bizarre vibes. "Yeah... they couldn't just have it in a lost and found. It had to be stashed in a humongous castle!" The very fact he blurted it out and it

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 5:13:36 PM): echoed round the walls made it seem even larger to him. Everything seemed strictly castle-like, from a moat, swimming with nobody knows-what and with an eerie feeling that would even give ice chills.

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 5:18:09 PM): There were several areas Takato could try to enter, one would be the obvious across the creaky, battered down drawbridge door, unaware something lurking was swimming down beneath the crystal blue water that bubble so disturbingly under his teal sneakered feet. Another would be to enter through a tiny, silver pipe that probably lead to the basement or the under level of the ancient prehistoric castle like building. Or another would be through the twisted vines and constricting branches of the withered down, twisted garden like fixture of plants and vines that surrounded the side of the building. Either way, Takato could try to sneak into the building and obtain his device, and either way, the sweet young boy had no idea something mysterious and flesh hungry awaited down each path, licking

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 5:18:21 PM): their monstrous chops for their young snack to walk their way, question is, which way will it be?

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 5:23:54 PM): Upon getting a nice, long look at the possible pathways that Takato could take into the castle, all of them seemed to have their perks and let-downs to him. As risky as it may have seemed though, the plucky goggle-headed lad ended up taking the most likely safest of his choices. He gulped hard, hoping perhaps this wouldn't be some kind of evil troll bridge that would spring forth with the terrible beasts and tear him limb from stringy limb, before he then began to tread along its creaky wooden surface. Sure, the castle may have seemed a tad too clean for his own preferences on what would be classed as 'unusual', however a drawbridge, no matter how decrepit and old it looked, seemed most welcoming for his feet and he trekked his way carefully along its surface, hopes building as he ne

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 5:23:59 PM): neared halfway.

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 5:28:38 PM): The bridge cracked half way and the splintered wood shattered into countless dark brown pieces, dropping the boy into the moat with a deafening splash. A churning pair of bubbles seemed to gurgle and burst as a lingering pair of reptilian eyes with rotten egg yellow colored pupils slowly slithered towards the fallen boy. The water appeared to be shallow and he could stand in it. A pair of lily pad green eyes appeared before Takato, appearing meek and innocent like a baby frog hopping towards its scaly parent or perhaps just a newfound friend. As the aquatic creature played on Takato's naive innocence, the creature slowly stepped above the crystal blue water and revealed a rather large and HUNGRY jungle green crocodile, who licked a blood red salivating tongue across its scaly chops at

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 5:28:42 PM): Takato's tasty little body.

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 5:42:26 PM): It was with a rather blunt and obvious cry that Takato disappeared from view before tumbling on his butt into the shallow moat waters below. Luckily, he hadn't got any splinters stuck in anyway... important, other than his posterior. Even now, he gently sucked through his teeth while he attempted to pluck them out, while diverting what was left of his aware attention to the rather cuteish-looking pair of greeny eyes staring right back at him. He smiled what he could, finding them a kind of' upside to things, that is until it all was smashed right in front of him when he became face to face with something he never wanted to. Even though Guilmon was lizardly, a crocodile is something he really never wanted to get close to like this. "N-n... n-Nice lizard?..." He stuttered, trying to slowly

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 5:42:43 PM): climb himself to his wet-through feet without sudden movement, trying to back away without breaking eye contact.

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 5:45:36 PM): Takato could have possibly started to realize this was a trap, and that everywhere he would go he'd be faced by a monstrous creature or critter that longed to gobble his ripe young body up like a flesh covered Twinkie with goggles and hair. Though he was probably more concerned at the watermelon colored reptile that was eyeing him so hungrily, flashing pearly white choppers and a tunnel like gullet that desired filling. The gator smashed its colossal scaled tail into the water and roared as it chased after Takato, snapping his dragon trap like jaws on the boy, aiming to fill his belly with a tasty tamer snack as he slobbered furiously at Takato.

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 6:04:48 PM): "Oh, no, no N-!" A rather futile attempt to turn-tail and run away from his hungry reptilian ended with Takato having the majority of his upper being snapped cleanly into the hungry jaws of a multi-toothed croc, lusting to fill it's leathery belly with the young boy's body. Everything was a darkened red inside of those drooling iron-board shaped jaws while Takato was left trying to worm himself free. His legs kicking back and worth, splashing occasionally through the moat water's while he had become entirely waterlogged, some water, some saliva, through his clothes and over his delicious, fine skin. Despite the direness of his situation, he remained determined to find his digivice. His fingers were plucked around the snout of the croc, trying to keep himself anchored in place and perhaps

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 6:05:15 PM): get even the strength he needed to pry them open. If there was even the slightest chance he could get himself out of this mess, he was more than likely to take it.

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 6:37:08 PM): The crusty croc's half way tilted jaws tried hard to slide him down but left him little ability to do because of his squirming. The jaws opened up and clamped down, nearly swallowing Takato down completely, his youthful body tasting so ripe and delicious, a lump swelled in the girth of his green scaly neck while a single leg of Takato''s body remained wiggling free, protruding from his slimy lips and sweltering gums and gullet. The brown hair of the boy was most troublesome at this angle, because it was directly by the croc's uvula. The reptilian beast gagged and spat takato out in a globe of spit, right near that small pipe around the side of the house. Appearing a bit small but fittable...minus a piece of clothing perhaps.

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 6:43:32 PM): It was with a tight suction of the jaws around him that Takato felt himself sliding a little deeper, tugged from his anchored grip on the snout of the croc while he ended up heading deeper towards that gullet, soon to be his new and temporary home until the reptilian was finished with him. He closed his eyes, feeling the gentle grip between teeth and jaw around the lastly visible dangling, lifeless leg. He thought it might be all over for him in his brave attempt to receive his stolen digivice, but as his hope seemed to fade, the sudden blast of light hit him in the face before being hurtled like an over-sized beanbag from that slimy gut and back into the shallow moat-y waters. "Pa-tooey!... Eugh!... Croc' breath!" He cringed, shuddering and trying to 'rub' that 'inside a mouth'

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 6:44:14 PM): feeling from his soaked body while he remained slumped on his soggy butt in the water, still but a short distance and snapping-range of the crocodile, but it seemed to have... had a loss of interest for him.

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 6:49:52 PM): The crocodile did in fact leave, but that was until another submerged, appearing with another flashing pair of reptilian pupils and slobbering jaws. The creature roared and raced after the catch his scaly brother seemed to rub off, leaving with Takato the only other option: the pipe. As the scaly monster snapped open those jaws to take in the boy into a slime soaked world of digestion and wet flesh, Takato was forced to dive into the pipe, leaving his lower waist squirming on the outside as his wet pants made it impossible to slid through. CHOMP! a snagging bite from the crocs jaws grappled his pants and quickly tor them off, sliding takato the castle and leaving the bitter gator snarling with no snack to show except for a pair of soaked gray jeans.

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 7:01:28 PM): "Oh, jeez! Not another one!" Takato whined, scrambling and sloshing through the water, making himself even more wet than he was somehow before he ended up trying to force himself into the rather obvious escape route, the nearby, narrow metallic pipe that ran up the wall of the stonework castle. Of course, as what happened most of the time when someone tried to escape through a tight pipe... he ended up being stuck! Stuck up to his hips in darkened steel, he ended up having the pants ripped right off his legs from the mean, rather bully-like croc considering Takato had ended up having his pants stolen by a bully once before. Such unfortunate times... Now, he tried desperately to squirm and kick his bare, pantless legs through the water, his sneakers barely beating against the bed of the

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 7:02:08 PM): moat while he was bared in his adorable white boxers. "Oh... greeeat! What else can go wrong today!?..." He whined, his voice muffled from outside, but echoing up the pipe as he tried with all his might to push himself free.

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 7:07:14 PM): The croc tried to grab him with his lips and tongue but found little traction thanks to the scales and water all around them. But the crocs jaws continued to try, takato could feel the huge, pulsating muscle of the monster lizard's tongue scraping up against his bare legs, licking his thighs and calves, wetting around his ankles and even chortling an inhuman laugh at the humiliating sight of his white boxers. The slime eventually slicked up his skin enough and Takato sank down the pipe and landed inside the castle. It's marvelous beauty and royal decor would no doubt overwhelm the young boy, it looked like a castle fit for a thousand kings with a gold ransom for each one. His bare skin no doubt cold and slick from all the water and licking. "Tee hee" a young, black haired little girl stood

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 7:07:38 PM): near takato, draped in a colorful dark robe, appearing to be a very young, sweet, and innocent little girl who found Takato to be quite amusing...and interesting.

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 7:20:35 PM): If given the choice between sliding down through a slender, metal pipe and heading down to somewhere he had no idea how safe it would, or staying stuck inside the opening with his bare delicious young and slender, boyish legs, gripped in the drooling jaws of a moat crocodile, he would have definitely chosen to be stuck considering all things, but that wasn't his choice to make. Pantless, he ends up slumped in a wet pile like a topped stack of jenga blocks mixed with laundry inside of a rather spacious and royal-looking room. It was so glamorous, he wouldn't of ever thought such a place would exist... this close to where he lived anyway. As he took a moment to regain himself in his pantless state, he turned on hearing the cute voice of a rather interesting looking, dark-haired girl in an

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 7:22:42 PM): elegant ebony-black robe. She seemed rather innocent and cheerful, which tempted him to approach with a blinking expression, the height difference clear, as well as the years of age. "Erm... Sorry for the intrusion, I... had a bit of an ordeal with your crocs." He chuckled, blushing and aware he was pantless.

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 8:03:39 PM): The little girl smiled and approached Takato, she seemed to command a lot of presence for a little girl, or maybe it was just the wardrobe. She grinned as she looked Takato over, swirling her dark royal robe like a flowing cape as her raven locks framed her seemingly innocent and baby like cheeks with a sparkling pair of baby blue eyes. "Who are you and why are you dressed so funny?" the mysterious girl said, occasionally playing with her pink small tongue, making weird smiles and wet licks around her cute rosy cheeks and perky chops. After hearing his answer she giggled as she replied "You smell sweet"

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 8:14:03 PM): Instinctively, all Takato could do at first was blush perky pink in his boyish cheeks at such a cute little girl, approaching in such a malevolent way towards him. He glanced over his own self, lifting each sneakered foot at once and chuckling softly at his own trouserless state. "Well... I did just have my pants stolen... by your croc!" He couldn't help but laugh at the idea, until that final comment stuck inside his mind. "Hmm?... I smell sweet?... Well, I guess I do live in a bakery and my mom makes her special cinnamon buns quite a lot..." He tries to shake off his blush and bashfulness, curling one toe into the carpeted floor while he scratched his head with the other.

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 8:16:33 PM): She leaned in and poked at his nose, her giggling grin and cutesy eyes may seem childish but she actually meant what she was about to say. "You smell yummy, I'm gonna gobble you up, gobble you all up" smiles and hops back, the black dress flowing around her child like body, shimmering like coal dust in her dim but sharp little outfit. She curled her hands around her belly and continued to giggle "I'm gonna eat you all up and digest you in my tummy".

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 8:22:40 PM): That little poke to Takato's nose almost made him sneeze and lose his balance on his soaked-sneakered feet as he stood before her, listening the rather cute, though bizarre way she 'told' him she was going to eat him up. All it did was made him chuckle cutely and lean a little in to her, hands on his bare knees. "You're gonna' gobble me all up, huh?" He grinned, poking at her belly beneath her robes. "I think you'll need a bigger tummy than -that- to fit me inside." He mocked, unable to help but find her way of putting it adorable. "Are you alone here before you 'gobbled up' your mommy and daddy too?"

Alec Poulakis (8/1/2007 8:25:34 PM): Crosses arms and turns around, as if turning her nose up in a snooty way as her dark curls flowed around her cute face. "You're talking mean to me, and food doesn't talk mean, food doesn't talk at all, food gets eaten" the girl said. She turned around and leaned down, grabbing his arm with one hand and his leg with the other, rubbing it smoothly. "Mommy and daddy always said, Scarlet, you only eat the best and you are the tastiest looking snack I've ever seen". She smirked and licked her lips before dancing around Takato in like a poesy little ballet. "I'll swallow you, put you in my tummy, and no one will ever know you ended up as my dinner. Now do you believe me?" she said firmly, as if getting mad by the fact he humored her like a child...which she was obviously.

Ashley Urikoshima (8/1/2007 8:32:06 PM): The sudden forceful grabbing at his bare arm and leg, just below his yellow sweatband, made him flinch a little, wide-eyed and astounded to see her eagerness, but still, he grinned in a way that might have seemed like he wanted to get her to prove her little accusation. "Oh, is that so?... Well -THIS- food can talk better than you for starters... plus, frankly, I'd like to see a little girl like you try!" His even ended up bringing himself to laughter, a hand over his forehead and chuckling at her as she danced and pranced her joyous self around him. While adorable, she did seem a little boastful. Then again, she was seeming to be the snooty, royal type.