A/N: Hi gang. I've had this idea for the past while but wanted to wait until 'Free As A Bird' was done to do it.

Now that it is over, I can now put this up. Basically each chapter will focus on each of the Digidestined and their thoughts as they go camping together. This takes place two weeks after the end of Reunion but before Determination, the dub for which comes out in less than a month (yay!)

Disclaimer: Don't own anything, yada yada yada. Hope you guys all enjoy.


Tai stared at the flames of the campfire, watching them jump up and crackle in the air. It had been two weeks since the Alphamon battle at the bay front mall in Odaiba and even though Alphamon got away, he couldn't escape the damage they had done to the area: the mall suffered blast damage, Daikanransha was damaged when Birdramon crashed into it, among other things. They were lucky nothing was beyond repair. It was not long before the news people started slandering the Digimon again.

Despite his rediscovered confidence in himself Tai still had not fully gotten over the implications of their actions every time they fought. They were lucky that no one was seriously injured or killed during the battle, but who was to say that it wouldn't happen some other time? He could not imagine being in a situation where someone was injured or killed because of something he did. He could never live with himself if it happened.

Hearing Matt play his harmonica, Tai continued to look at the flames.

"Tai, are you ok?" The familiar voice of Agumon came from his right. "What's wrong?"

"Huh?" Tai snapped out of his thoughts. "Oh, nothing Agumon. Just thinking. That's all I ever seem to do nowadays."

The small digital dinosaur looked at him with a look of concern, wondering what was going through his head.

"What are you thinking about, Tai?" He asked.

Tai took a deep breath before giving his answer. "Just…I can't believe what's happening." He said as the memories of the damage went through his head like a movie. "All the damage we've caused, all the destruction that's happened. Why is this happening?"

"I don't know, Tai, but we managed to stop Alphamon from doing even more damage." Agumon tried to assure his partner. "Are you saying we shouldn't have acted?"

Tai immediately shook his head. "No. It's just that no matter what we do, you guys all get blamed for it even though we were trying to stop Alphamon. It just isn't fair."

"I know it's not fair, Tai, but without us, the city would be in worse shape."

"I know but I just can't seem to shake it."

Agumon noticed the beginnings of tears starting to take shape around Tai's eyes. The orange dinosaur felt helpless to do anything to provide comfort to Tai but he knew he had to try. He had to.

"You know, you really have grown up, Tai." He smiled, hopping into Tai's arms.

Tai looked up a little to meet Agumon's gaze. "Really? I don't feel it at most times."

"You have." Agumon nodded. "I understand you feel guilty about all this but no one has died yet thankfully."

It took a second for him to realize that he may have said the wrong thing for Tai lost the small spark in his eyes.

"Yeah, yet." He replied glumly. "But what if someone does? I don't know if I could go on at that point."

"Remember your crest, Tai. Have a little courage. Sometimes the right thing to do isn't always the easiest."

That seemed to do the trick as Tai already started to look better than before. He even had the makings of a small smile on his face.

"You know, you're smarter than you think, Agumon." He said. "You're right. I do need to accept responsibility for my actions and learn to live with them."

Agumon smiled too. "That's right." He lays a claw on Tai's shoulder. "And I will be with you the whole time. You can count on it."

"You and everyone else I'm sure." Tai held Agumon close in an embrace while still looking at the fire.

"You bet."


A/N: Well that is chapter one. Hope you guys liked it. Even though it looked like Tai had finally accepted the consequences of their actions, I wanted to show that it's still taking some time for him to accept it. See ya.