On the digital world, chaos is occuring. This chaos is not caused by an evil digimon or an emperor. They aren't being threatened by a dark ring or black gear. It is caused by darkness. The ruler of darkness itself. Darkness itself has taken the digiworld by a storm. Now instead of turning evil, the digimon are slowly disappearing. The data of the digital world is disappearing, and with it, it's inhabitants. Meanwhile, a figure watches from the darkness, plotting. Not a figure, but a direct component with the darkness, waits and watches as yet another digimon dissolves in her sight.
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Tai suddenly sat erect at the lunch table, his laughing falling short. It was strange. The feeling had been striking him on and off all afternoon. "Look Tai. If something's the matter, just say so. Because I'm getting a little sick of you laughing, then straightening, laughing, straightening. It makes me dizzy." Matt said with a laugh. Tai smiled. He hadn't changed much in four years, save for the fact that he was taller. And handsomer than ever. He thought with a smirk, smiling at a cute girl that walked by. Matt was another thing completely. His blonde haired friend had cut his shaggy locks into a cool form fitting do. His blue eyes remained the same crystal and sparkling color, but instead of focusing on simple things, he focused on three things: 1) music, 2) girls, 3) digimon. In that exact order. Tai sighed. His friend was getting alot of attention, especially from Davis' sister Jun, who refused to leave him alone. Come to think of it, it was rather funny to watch him run from Jun's clutches.
"What's so funny?" Tai looked up into the face of Sora, and for some odd reason, he blushed. Well it wasn't odd anymore. It was a known fact that he had a crush on Sora. And he thought, perhaps, that she knew too. "Nothing. We were just having a laugh." Tai said quickly, motioning to the seat next to them. Sora smiled and sat down beside him. Tai smiled happily, but was surprised to see Matt looking at Sora strangely. "What? Is Myotismon behind me?" She joked into Matt's intense blue eyes. Matt started and ran his fingers through his hair. "No. But I think you have something in your hair." He said with a smile. Sora quickly ran her fingers through her red hair, much to Tai's amusement. She turned on him indignantly. "It's not funny Tai." She said. Tai coughed down his laughter quickly, but gave Matt an amused smile. Matt winked, then showed Tai a piece of lint while Sora was still frantically combing her hair.
"Here, let me try." Matt said, leaning over the table and quickly dropping the lint in her hair. To Tai's surprise, Sora held perfectly still as Matt pretended to fumble through her hair gently, and pull out the piece of lint he had just put in. "Tada!" Matt said, holding the lint out with a flourish. Sora looked at Matt in pleased relief. "Thank you Matt! I have a big date this afternoon!" Tai stopped still and stared at Sora. "With who?" He gulped. Sora looked at him unconcerned as she placed her comb in her purse. "With a tennis racket. I have a big meet. You guys didn't forget did you?" She asked as her brown eyes narrowed. Tai put his arms around his head and grinned at his error. "Well of course not." He said. "We wouldn't miss it Sora." Matt concurred. Suddenly Matt's face froze. His hands trembled and his face paled. Then he stopped and his face returned to it's normal position. "What was all that about?" Tai asked. Matt shook his head. "I don't know. We'll meet you at the tennis court Sora." Matt said, nodding at Sora, who stood up. "Good. Don't be late. Bring the others too." She said with a smile as she walked away.
"Matt, what's up?" Tai asked. Matt shook his head and took a drink of his pop. "Like I said before. I don't really know. It was weird. Like a twinge of something like pain, but not really." He said uneasily. "That's what I was feeling." Tai said excitedly. Matt shook his head. "What was weird?" Izzy asked suddenly as he approached the table. Matt and Tai smiled at their friend. "Take a seat partner. Feel any pains lately?" Tai asked. Izzy sat down by Matt. "Yes actually. Something of an unknown origin that I cannot identify. You?" Matt smiled at Izzy's vocabulary, a great one for a boy of fourteen. "Same here. Any ideas?" Matt asked.
"Well, it could be something connected within our subconsious, or we could all be getting colds." Izzy said cheerily. "Could be. You coming to Sora's meet today?" Tai asked. Izzy nodded. "Yes actually. I was forced into it by allowing myself to be shoved up against a locker before I said I would go." Izzy said with a shake of his red head. Tai smiled. "Sora?" Izzy nodded. "She's a very persuasive girl." Matt smiled. "I bet. Well I'm gonna go. I don't want to be late for class. If I am, it's detention and then Sora will kill me." He said as he stood. Tai and Izzy did the same and walked off towards the school rooms. "You said that Mimi and Joe were coming into town for Sora's game too?" Tai asked Matt. Matt nodded. "They're coming home to visit their families, mostly Mimi. So we'll all be together again." Matt said happily. "Dear me, this WILL be interesting." Izzy remarked, much to the amusement of his friends.
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"GO SORA!!!" Tai yelled, standing up and jumping up and down. "Geez Tai! Do you think you could be a little more graphic?" Matt asked sarcastically. Tai looked at him with a grin and then started jumping about three feet in the air and screaming Sora's name at the top of his lungs. Matt groaned and placed his head in his hands. "I didn't mean literally." He moaned. Sora suddenly seemed to hear Tai and she looked up at them. She grinned from ear to ear as she watched him. Then she turned away and blushed. Tai stopped yelling and sat down, panting. "I'm never going to take you anywhere ever again." Matt said. Davis leaned over to Kari. "Does he always act like this when he goes to a game?" Kari giggled. "Only when he likes the girl playing." She said with a smile.
The game lasted for an hour and five minutes and up until the final five minutes Tai yelled for Sora so loud that she could hear him. A constant blush was on her face. When she won the match, Tai grabbed T.K.'s hat and twirled it on his fingers and whistled as Sora received her roses. She smiled and ducked her head as she walked off the court. T.K. grabbed his hat back from Tai with a grumble. "I don't see why people think this is such an interesting sport." Cody mumbled. "It isn't. But just don't tell Sora or Tai that." Kari said with a laugh.
"Congratulations! I knew you would win!" Tai said happily as the group approached Sora. "Well you certainly made that plain." She said with a smile. "Congratulations Sora! You were certainly handy with that net ball hitter thingie." Mimi said with a blush. "Mimi, it's a tennis racket." Joe whispered. "Of course, I knew that!" She replied. Matt grinned and pulled something out of a bag. "Here. T.K. insisted, even if you didn't win." Matt said with a blush as he pulled out two red roses. T.K.'s eyes widened but before he could protest, Matt's elbow went into his stomach. T.K. put on a grin even while he still clutched his stomach. "Yeah, all my idea. Good job Sora." He said. Matt smiled and handed Sora the roses. Sora accepted them with a grin. "Thank you T.K. and Matt." Matt smiled.
Then the smile faded and a groan escaped his lips. His face went pale and beads of sweat poured down his face. Beneath his black shirt, a fierce blue glow erupted from under his shirt, from his chest where his heart would be. He fell to his knees. Now his face was flushed and red. Then he cried out again and he placed his hands against his head as if to keep something away from him. Tai fell to the ground next to him as Matt's body began to convulse and the others watched in horror. Tai grasped Matt's shoulders and pulled him to him so that Matt's sweaty face was right against his own. "Matt, what's wrong? What's wrong?" He whispered. Matt's dialated eyes pulsed and he closed and opened them several times before he spoke. "Gabumon. It's Gabumon. He's in trouble. Tai make it stop!" He whispered harshly. The blue light from his chest shot out further and Matt's eyes rolled into his head. Tai tried to stop the light from emitting by placing his hands over his heart, but to no avail.
Pale faced, Tai unbuttoned the black shirt and saw the light emitting as Matt began to cry out in pain. Suddenly a force so strong threw Tai to the ground as he tried to stop the light. Matt grabbed at his face and his arms. "Gabumon! Don't go! No! You can't do this! I'm disappearing! No!" He yelled. T.K. dropped to the ground and grasped his brother's head in his hands. "Stop! You're fine! Stop!" He cried out. Suddenly everything stopped. The light emitting from his chest disappeared. Matt's body ceased convulsing and he lay still. The others dropped to their knees, their faces pale. Tai held Matt's body in his arms for a long while before his friend's blue eyes fluttered open. "Agumon saved him. He's safe. For now." Matt whispered, looking into Tai's eyes before his eyes closed once more.
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Tai suddenly sat erect at the lunch table, his laughing falling short. It was strange. The feeling had been striking him on and off all afternoon. "Look Tai. If something's the matter, just say so. Because I'm getting a little sick of you laughing, then straightening, laughing, straightening. It makes me dizzy." Matt said with a laugh. Tai smiled. He hadn't changed much in four years, save for the fact that he was taller. And handsomer than ever. He thought with a smirk, smiling at a cute girl that walked by. Matt was another thing completely. His blonde haired friend had cut his shaggy locks into a cool form fitting do. His blue eyes remained the same crystal and sparkling color, but instead of focusing on simple things, he focused on three things: 1) music, 2) girls, 3) digimon. In that exact order. Tai sighed. His friend was getting alot of attention, especially from Davis' sister Jun, who refused to leave him alone. Come to think of it, it was rather funny to watch him run from Jun's clutches.
"What's so funny?" Tai looked up into the face of Sora, and for some odd reason, he blushed. Well it wasn't odd anymore. It was a known fact that he had a crush on Sora. And he thought, perhaps, that she knew too. "Nothing. We were just having a laugh." Tai said quickly, motioning to the seat next to them. Sora smiled and sat down beside him. Tai smiled happily, but was surprised to see Matt looking at Sora strangely. "What? Is Myotismon behind me?" She joked into Matt's intense blue eyes. Matt started and ran his fingers through his hair. "No. But I think you have something in your hair." He said with a smile. Sora quickly ran her fingers through her red hair, much to Tai's amusement. She turned on him indignantly. "It's not funny Tai." She said. Tai coughed down his laughter quickly, but gave Matt an amused smile. Matt winked, then showed Tai a piece of lint while Sora was still frantically combing her hair.
"Here, let me try." Matt said, leaning over the table and quickly dropping the lint in her hair. To Tai's surprise, Sora held perfectly still as Matt pretended to fumble through her hair gently, and pull out the piece of lint he had just put in. "Tada!" Matt said, holding the lint out with a flourish. Sora looked at Matt in pleased relief. "Thank you Matt! I have a big date this afternoon!" Tai stopped still and stared at Sora. "With who?" He gulped. Sora looked at him unconcerned as she placed her comb in her purse. "With a tennis racket. I have a big meet. You guys didn't forget did you?" She asked as her brown eyes narrowed. Tai put his arms around his head and grinned at his error. "Well of course not." He said. "We wouldn't miss it Sora." Matt concurred. Suddenly Matt's face froze. His hands trembled and his face paled. Then he stopped and his face returned to it's normal position. "What was all that about?" Tai asked. Matt shook his head. "I don't know. We'll meet you at the tennis court Sora." Matt said, nodding at Sora, who stood up. "Good. Don't be late. Bring the others too." She said with a smile as she walked away.
"Matt, what's up?" Tai asked. Matt shook his head and took a drink of his pop. "Like I said before. I don't really know. It was weird. Like a twinge of something like pain, but not really." He said uneasily. "That's what I was feeling." Tai said excitedly. Matt shook his head. "What was weird?" Izzy asked suddenly as he approached the table. Matt and Tai smiled at their friend. "Take a seat partner. Feel any pains lately?" Tai asked. Izzy sat down by Matt. "Yes actually. Something of an unknown origin that I cannot identify. You?" Matt smiled at Izzy's vocabulary, a great one for a boy of fourteen. "Same here. Any ideas?" Matt asked.
"Well, it could be something connected within our subconsious, or we could all be getting colds." Izzy said cheerily. "Could be. You coming to Sora's meet today?" Tai asked. Izzy nodded. "Yes actually. I was forced into it by allowing myself to be shoved up against a locker before I said I would go." Izzy said with a shake of his red head. Tai smiled. "Sora?" Izzy nodded. "She's a very persuasive girl." Matt smiled. "I bet. Well I'm gonna go. I don't want to be late for class. If I am, it's detention and then Sora will kill me." He said as he stood. Tai and Izzy did the same and walked off towards the school rooms. "You said that Mimi and Joe were coming into town for Sora's game too?" Tai asked Matt. Matt nodded. "They're coming home to visit their families, mostly Mimi. So we'll all be together again." Matt said happily. "Dear me, this WILL be interesting." Izzy remarked, much to the amusement of his friends.
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"GO SORA!!!" Tai yelled, standing up and jumping up and down. "Geez Tai! Do you think you could be a little more graphic?" Matt asked sarcastically. Tai looked at him with a grin and then started jumping about three feet in the air and screaming Sora's name at the top of his lungs. Matt groaned and placed his head in his hands. "I didn't mean literally." He moaned. Sora suddenly seemed to hear Tai and she looked up at them. She grinned from ear to ear as she watched him. Then she turned away and blushed. Tai stopped yelling and sat down, panting. "I'm never going to take you anywhere ever again." Matt said. Davis leaned over to Kari. "Does he always act like this when he goes to a game?" Kari giggled. "Only when he likes the girl playing." She said with a smile.
The game lasted for an hour and five minutes and up until the final five minutes Tai yelled for Sora so loud that she could hear him. A constant blush was on her face. When she won the match, Tai grabbed T.K.'s hat and twirled it on his fingers and whistled as Sora received her roses. She smiled and ducked her head as she walked off the court. T.K. grabbed his hat back from Tai with a grumble. "I don't see why people think this is such an interesting sport." Cody mumbled. "It isn't. But just don't tell Sora or Tai that." Kari said with a laugh.
"Congratulations! I knew you would win!" Tai said happily as the group approached Sora. "Well you certainly made that plain." She said with a smile. "Congratulations Sora! You were certainly handy with that net ball hitter thingie." Mimi said with a blush. "Mimi, it's a tennis racket." Joe whispered. "Of course, I knew that!" She replied. Matt grinned and pulled something out of a bag. "Here. T.K. insisted, even if you didn't win." Matt said with a blush as he pulled out two red roses. T.K.'s eyes widened but before he could protest, Matt's elbow went into his stomach. T.K. put on a grin even while he still clutched his stomach. "Yeah, all my idea. Good job Sora." He said. Matt smiled and handed Sora the roses. Sora accepted them with a grin. "Thank you T.K. and Matt." Matt smiled.
Then the smile faded and a groan escaped his lips. His face went pale and beads of sweat poured down his face. Beneath his black shirt, a fierce blue glow erupted from under his shirt, from his chest where his heart would be. He fell to his knees. Now his face was flushed and red. Then he cried out again and he placed his hands against his head as if to keep something away from him. Tai fell to the ground next to him as Matt's body began to convulse and the others watched in horror. Tai grasped Matt's shoulders and pulled him to him so that Matt's sweaty face was right against his own. "Matt, what's wrong? What's wrong?" He whispered. Matt's dialated eyes pulsed and he closed and opened them several times before he spoke. "Gabumon. It's Gabumon. He's in trouble. Tai make it stop!" He whispered harshly. The blue light from his chest shot out further and Matt's eyes rolled into his head. Tai tried to stop the light from emitting by placing his hands over his heart, but to no avail.
Pale faced, Tai unbuttoned the black shirt and saw the light emitting as Matt began to cry out in pain. Suddenly a force so strong threw Tai to the ground as he tried to stop the light. Matt grabbed at his face and his arms. "Gabumon! Don't go! No! You can't do this! I'm disappearing! No!" He yelled. T.K. dropped to the ground and grasped his brother's head in his hands. "Stop! You're fine! Stop!" He cried out. Suddenly everything stopped. The light emitting from his chest disappeared. Matt's body ceased convulsing and he lay still. The others dropped to their knees, their faces pale. Tai held Matt's body in his arms for a long while before his friend's blue eyes fluttered open. "Agumon saved him. He's safe. For now." Matt whispered, looking into Tai's eyes before his eyes closed once more.