Traitors and Truffles

Yaten came through right after Leo closing the portal behind him, "It's always a weird feeling doing that." Yaten said looking around the marsh, "So this is a swamp? The air kind of feels gross here, sticky almost." He turned his head and looked at Leo petting the tree and caused Yaten to laugh, "Did you teach it to roll over yet?" He asked pulling up a map using his D.I.G., "So...where do we even begin to look for a traitor here?" Yaten questioned eying the map closely. "First we should determine where we even showed up in the marsh." Yaten began to fiddle with his map but wasn't making heads or tails. "The geography is so strange here, I can't make out what is what on this thing." Yaten sighed and put the map away. "Do you remember what our target is Leo?" Yaten asked.

"A funny fish with legs and a mohawk," Leo responded. "And trees don't roll over logs do," Like it really mattered. Leo chuckled and ran over to glomp him and look at the map. The overhead view didn't help much.

"Moss points north right? Or is it west.....maybe east....or south.....north-east," Leo said going through the directions. "Just ask the trees. Some talk," Leo said shrugging and walking off in a random direction. He would continue to do so unless called in a different direction.

Yaten listened to Leo talk about moss and directions. He smiled, "I'm pretty certain that is a myth my friend." Yaten said catching up to Leo. "If trees do talk, then I don't know where to find one. You were always better at those things then me." Yaten said looking around. "As my senior, albeit by just a few hours, shouldn't you be leading this quest?" Yaten teased. "Or should I assume I'll be getting us out of this mess this time?" Yaten said. Growing up, Leo took the blame for everything protecting Yaten. He could finally pay Leo back for all of it by being useful to him in the field. He didn't want to admit it, but he was trying to prove he wasn't a burden to Leo. Yaten was the only one who knew how capable Leo could be, and if things got serious he needed to make sure he could get Leo's back. "So what's it going to be my fur wearing friend?"

"I say just go with the flow," Leo said and began walking backwards so he can look at Yaten. "I trust ya you trust me we're a trusting family," Leo sang then tripped into the water. He landed with a thud and got up rubbing his bum. It was all wet now.

"I'm going to smell like wet gabumon now," Leo said sniffing himself.

"I say just go with the flow," Leo said walking backwards, "I trust ya you trust me we're a trusting family," Yaten was about to warn Leo about an approaching puddle but was to late which earned Leo a smile and chuckle from his friend. "I'm going to smell like wet gabumon now," Yaten walked past Leo patting his shoulder in a show of consideration, He looked back at Leo and gave a happy nod, "That's fine, I like the smell of wet Gabumon. Besides, at the current moment...you kinda are a wet Gabumon." Yaten said grinning trying to make Leo feel a bit better. "Just as long as we keep wandering I'm sure we'll find someone to help us or we find our quarry. As you say, go with the flow...it's never failed us before growing up." Yaten said continuing his slow walk through the marsh. "I'm not worried at all."

Leo got up chuckling. Yaten had a point and he loved him for it. "Rightyo," he responded and ran after him practically hopping on his back. "I should back it up," Leo said and turned around to try and rub his wet bum on Yaten. "You like it well you gotta wear it," Leo started backing up towards him with his butt out. His tail wagging back and forth lightly and playfully.

Yaten almost fell face first at Leo's sudden jump, he was larger then Yaten so it wouldn't take much. "H-Hey be careful or I'll get wet to!" He said turning to see Leo's wet bum backing towards him, his yellow tail wagging back and forth. "Don't!" Yaten said jumping away. "I don't want that wet thing anywhere near me! I'd rather not do laundry later thanks!" Yaten said laughing at Leo's foolishness. He had wondered how much trouble they'd be in right now if Imperium's officials or Ladon were to see them now. He didn't want to say they were slacking off, just taking it very slowly. It was a taste of a little freedom, Yaten liked it a little. No one could tell them what to do, he wondered if such a free life could exist? "Leo, come on...stop shaking that thing in front of me! It's weird!" Yaten called from a safe distance.

With how much noise the two anima were making, it was unlikely they would be able to track down the traitor. The small rookie Digimon would be careful to be as quiet as it could be, using the foliage and water as a hiding spot, especially when it heard voices nearby. If the two anima were paying close attention to their surroundings, they would hear the rustling of grass as Leo fell into the small puddle of water. A streak of pink would rush behind Yaten as he looked at Leo in the puddle, disappearing into a nearby pond of mucky water.

Leo chuckled and stopped wagging his bum at him. They were looking for a fish in water literally. So there was a lot of water to scour. He really should ask the trees then.

"I'm going up, up and away," Leo said pointing to one of the tall lanky trees. "The trees will know." He said and jumped at it slowly climbing to the topmost burrows. He whistled a bit as he looked around. Mohawk fish, mohawk fish where are thou' Up high or down low. He sung in his mind watching the waters below for shadows they could possibly ask.

Yaten watched Leo climb into the trees and waited patiently on the ground, his tail wagging slowly from side to side. "Was he always this good at climbing trees?" Yaten asked himself, then noticing the stain on Leo's butt made him chuckle. "It totally looks like he peed himself. Ha ha ha." Yaten said to himself. Once he was satisfied Leo was all the way up, he called out to him, "Heeeeeeeeeeey, butt staaaaaaain, see anythiiiiiiing?" He yelled, the dense of the swamp carrying his voice for quite some distance. Yaten put his hands to his side as he waited for a response from his dirty friend.

As Leo sat high on his perch in the tree, he would have a clear view of a decent radius around him. From his vantage point, the Gabumon anima would most likely notice a sliver of pink sticking out of a close pond near Yaten's feet. The small Digimon was burrowing into the mud at the bottom of the pond, making the water shift around it as it attempted to cover itself to hide. Yet, the large pink fin on its body was far to large to be concealed completely under the water, the tip poking out of the water and with every motion it made, would upset the water around it.

"I spy with my little eye. A bluebie....and something pink," Leo said pointing at the fin. He then jumped from the tree landing in a roll. Which just left him all the muddier. It was time for some mud wrestling. Hed circle around to the opposing side of Yaten so their foe was between them.

Yaten shielded himself when Leo rolled, splashing Yaten with mud. "Ugh...so much for not doing laundry..." Yaten said. "I'm assuming by your reaction you spotted something?" Yaten said trying to peak around Leo at whatever it was he was looking at. "Well, what did you find?" Yaten asked curiously. "It better be something worthwhile! I'm all dirty now because of your little acrobatic performance." Yaten said.