Digital Powers:
The Red-Winged Angel
"We have to go back…there?" Sora shuddered. Past memories and emotions flooded through her mind.
Gennai nodded slowly. "Yes. I know you have mixed feelings about that place…"
"My emotions aren't mixed, I know exactly how I feel about that place." Tai angrily mumbled.
"I know," Gennai sighed, "but you have to go. Datamon has something hidden there that you must get." He looked around at the 6 original Digidestineds, excluding T.K. and Kari. "But only two of you may enter the pyramid itself, and no Digimon may enter. You must decide on the second, because Sora must go in." he looked Sora straight in the eye, then nodded so she would understand. "Choose wisely. If you select the right one, the purpose of this mission will become clear." He looked around at the teens, not one moving an inch. His gray hair bobbed as he looked from face to face. "Well are you gonna decide?"
Matt stepped forward. "I think we've all chosen the right person in our minds." He smiled. "I believe I speak for us all when I say that Tai should go with Sora."
Gennai looked around to see everyone nod in their brief agreement. He caught Tai's eyes and gained a sharp nod from him. "Good. Now you must go and find what Datamon has hidden within his pyramid walls." They began to file out of the room. "And learn more about your past…" his final words faded away with the footsteps of the last person leaving the room.
~~~
The group walked in silence across the warm brown sand. Sora looked over at Biyomon, who was flying alongside her because the sand had become too hot for the pink bird to walk on. Biyomon caught Sora's gaze and smiled. "It'll be alright Sora." Her blue faceted eyes gleamed brightly in the midday sun.
Mimi wiped back the sweat from her forehead. "I was wondering," she said, looking around at all her friends, "how come only two people can go in the pyramid at once? And no Digimon? It's not like I really wanted to go in or anything, but…"
Izzy quickly cut her off. "Gennai told me that Datamon's Pyramid has sensors of some sort in it. These can detect the power of a Digimon and the power from our digivices. No Digimon can enter because their power will alert Datamon, even a Baby stage Digimon. And our digivices emit the same type of digital power, but not as strongly. When there is more than two digivices the sensors pick up the emitted digital energy.
Mimi looked confused, "So why don't we leave our digivices out here somewhere safe, with our Digimon?" she motioned toward the plant-like Palmon, who was standing beside her.
Izzy closed his dark eyes and shook his head, his short red hair shaking slightly with the movement of his head. "No. I'm sorry, but that wouldn't work. You see: the digital power is within us, the digivices are used for transferring energy from us to our Digimon and vice versa. Even without our digivices, we all still have the same digital power the Digimon have. So if more than two of us go in at a time, the digital energy within us will be a dead giveaway to Datamon." The warm breeze whipped around the teens like a sly fox, pulling the golden sand up into the air and whipping at them. Izzy raised his hand above his eyes to block the sand from his eyes as he looked at his companions.
"Oh. I get it!" Mimi smiled as the wind began to die down. She noticed that the wind had subsided. "What was that all about?" she leaned down and asked Palmon.
Palmon shrugged, the light fuchsia petals on her head waving slightly from the sudden burst of wind. "I don't know." She lifted her leaf-like palms in confusion.
"Whatever it was, I just think that we should keep going." Matt motioned forward across the sand, then walked over to Izzy. "Hey Iz, this digital power, what is it?"
"Each of us six was born with the digital power. It determines, ultimately, who will be, or in our case who is, the Digidestined. But so far as I know it hasn't effected us in any way, just so we could use it to strengthen our Digimon." Izzy picked up his white digivice and motioned to it. "The digital power and our digivices have allowed us to have a bond with the creatures of the digital part of the world - the Digimon." Tentomon flew up beside Izzy as he placed his digivice back onto his belt.
"Hey guys - Look! I can see the pyramid now!" Gabumon shouted, pointing towards the distant figure of an upside-down pyramid among the shimmering sand.
Everyone ran up to where Gabumon was standing. "That stupid thing." Tai muttered with hatred. He closed his eyes to block out the sight of the building.
A warm hand rested on his shoulder. "You don't have to come in with me if you don't want to. I'm sure someone else would…"
Tai turned around to face Sora; "Of course I'll go in with you, Sora. I just hate some of the memories that go along with this place, that's all."
He smiled at her, but she was looking down at the sand. 'If only you knew…" she whispered longingly, more to herself then to Tai.
Tai's face became worried. He softly lifted her chin up with his hand. "If only I knew what?" he asked, but she turned her face away. "Sora…what's wrong?"
"Whatever you two are talking about can wait until you're in the pyramid! Come on!" Matt shouted from the group, waving for them to hurry up.
Sora looked up at Tai, then turned around and ran towards the rest of her friends across the warm sand. Tai watched with concern and then dashed off after her.
~~~
The entire group was seated in a circle on the temperate sand, chatting a little bit after eating the food Joe had brought for their dinner. Sora sat furthest from the pyramid. She dusted off he fuchsia tee shirt and khaki shorts as she looked around at the others finishing off their meals and talking with each other. She looked down at the golden sand and began tracing the symbol of her crest with her index finger in the sand.
She noticed the presence of someone else beside her and she quickly covered up her sketch with her hand.
"Are you ready to go into the pyramid?" she looked over to see Tai sit down on the sand beside her, his navy blue tee shirt also sprinkled with the shimmering grains of sand.
Sora reached up and dusted some sand from the sleeve of his shirt. "Yeah, I guess." She sighed, going back to drawing in the sand.
"What's the matter Sora?" Tai asked.
"Nothing." Sora replied flatly, then turned to Mimi, who was addressing the whole group.
"I was wondering about something else." Mimi said in a bright voice. "What do we when Sora and Tai go into the pyramid?" she motioned with her hands towards Sora and Tai, then to the pyramid as it loomed over them like a mighty fortress.
Joe looked where Mimi was motioning then to Izzy, whom they expected to answer their questions. "And what exactly do Tai and Sora need to find that Datamon has, anyway?"
"I don't know what they have to find," Izzy replied, "Gennai didn't explain that. But he did tell me that we should all go back to his house when they go into the pyramid."
Mimi looked up at the pyramid then back. "Why?" She asked. "It's not gonna take them that long, is it?" Her eyebrows furrowed in concern.
Izzy shook his head. "This mission shouldn't take exceedingly long, so Gennai says. He said to just go back to his house and not worry about Sora and Tai."
Matt rolled his blue eyes, pushing back a strand of loose hair. "Whatever Gennai say…" he said. He tuned towards Sora and Tai as he stood. "Are you guys ready to go? It's getting late." He spoke slowly, motioning toward the lowering sun in the sky.
Tai stood up and helped Sora to her feet. "As ready as I'll ever be," he replied. After saying byes to their friends, they headed off.
"Be careful Tai!" Agumon shouted as he turned to leave with the others.
Biyomon flew up into the air as Sora turned to wave. "And watch over Sora for me!" she called.
Tai smiled inwardly. "As always!" he shouted in reply to both his partner and Sora's. Smiling, he turned to walk into the pyramid.
~~~
Sora looked around at the dusty brown walls of the pyramid. She remembered the Gazimon that once roamed the labyrinth-like halls of the pyramid as servants of Etemon, but now all there was left was broken and cracked pieces of the faded tan walls and pieces of scrap metal laid around the corners of the wall.
Tai was observing the same thing. "When did the pyramid have pieces of junk metal lying around the place?" He said out loud to himself, then he looked over at Sora, who was quietly walking beside him.
"Since Datamon took over." Sora replied quietly.
Tai looked over at Sora in surprise. She had never been this way before, except for when she thought her crest wouldn't glow. Something was bothering her. "Sora…tell me what's wrong. I know something's bugging you." Sora closed her eyes and sadly sighed, but kept on going without saying anything. "Sora! This time you're not going to avoid me!" Tai said, stepping in front of Sora and facing her, walking backwards to match her stride. "Please tell me. Sora, you know you can trust me…" a tear rolled down Sora's cheek and Tai sighed in frustration. "Sora…aahhh…!"
Sora looked up to see Tai fall into a large pit in the floor in front of her. "Tai!!"
~~~
Joe glanced at his watch. "I hope they're alright." He looked about at the other concerned faces around the table.
Gennai walked into the room. "Don't worry, they'll be fine!"
"Don't worry? They're our friends!" Mimi exclaimed. "How can we not worry?"
Matt stood up and looked at Gennai with an intimidating gaze. "What exactly do the have to get Gennai?!" he asked.
Gennai sighed, stepping back. "Don't mutiny on me already! You'll see when they arrive back. As I told you before, the purpose of their mission will become clear to you soon." He ushered them out of the dining area and into the living room. "Meanwhile, why don't you all do something resourceful. "Piximon told me how you all are so good at it…" He handed them each something.
"CLEAN YOUR HOUSE?!?" they all shouted.
~~~
Tai shouted as he felt the air pull at him as he fell. He tried to open his eyes against the pressure, and when he succeeded he found that his vision was blurry. Vaguely he could make out the image of something - it wasn't very clear - but he could see a pair of red wings. Suddenly he felt something grasp him tightly, slowing his decent and then pulling him back up towards the top. "Garudamon?" he slowly whispered in an inaudible voice, for the wings were the wings of Garudamon. 'It can't be,' he told himself, 'Biyomon left with the others…' His mind reeled with confusion, then he blacked out.
What seemed like hours later Tai woke up. He slowly opened his eyes when he remembered where he was. "S-Sora?" he whispered, slowly sitting up. His eyes slowly focused on the image resting in front of him. It was Sora, she had her back to him, and upon her back were two red-feathered wings. The feathers were of a dark crimson red; the seven foremost feathers on each wing were banded with two yellow stripes upon the tip. The wings - her wings - slowly quivered with Sora's shaking body. "Sora…' Tai breathed, taking in the sight before him. "They're beautiful…" a tone of awe colored his voice as he spoke to her.
Sora slowly turned to face Tai, tears streaming down her cheeks. She forced a weak smile. "That's what Biyomon said that you would say when you saw them." She whispered, looking down at the floor beside her.
Tai stood up and walked over to her. Sora recoiled when he sat down beside her, ducking her head so she wouldn't have to look at him. "You saved my life." Tai whispered.
"I couldn't just let you fall…' she replied, looking up at Tai. "But I was afraid of what you'd say about…my wings. I thought that you might think that I was some kind of freak…"
"Never." Tai replied. He lifted her chin so she'd look at him. "…How long have you had your wings?" he asked softly, deep concern for her in his eyes.
Sora sighed, looking up to the ceiling. "Since around the time Datamon kidnapped me…a little after that. I had them even before I knew who Garudamon was. I hid because of it. Not knowing how you guys would react added to my worrying about my crest." She sighed. "Sometimes they show up involuntarily. Like one time I was on the Odaiba Bridge, looking over the bay and the city. While I was standing there, a man with a gun came up behind me and threatened to shoot me if I yelled for help. Since I didn't scream because I was too afraid, he thought that it would be fun to throw me off the bridge. I froze in fear then he lifted me up and threw me over, just like I was a bag of garbage. My wings just…appeared and caught me just above the water, and a huge gust of wind arose, tossing the sea and knocking the gunman on the bridge down to his knees. And luckily a police car was nearby and saw the man. They came and arrested him, but they couldn't find me; but that's because I landed roughly on the nearby shore and ran home. I guess my wings disappeared when I was running, because when I got home they were gone. My mama was working at the flower shop, so I just ran upstairs and hid in my room, crying. I wanted to call you, but I was too afraid, I don't know how I would've explained it to you, I didn't understand it myself. I was so scared…"
She glanced up at Tai, who looked horrified at the thought of someone throwing her off the bridge, and Sora could sense the anger and sorrow in his eyes. "You know that strange wind that blew up while we were walking here?" Sora continued. Tai nodded. "Well I caused that wind. Sometimes when I get really worried or afraid, a strong gust like that arises. I can control it if I control my emotions, but I guess they got a little out of control." Sora smiled weakly, wiping the tears from her eyes.
Sora stood up, the feathers of her wings gently shaking with her movement. She folded them to her back. "The reason why I didn't want to come back, but I had to, was because I didn't want to face Datamon again. When he was cloning me, he must've done something that caused me to have wings."
Tai stood up also, clenching his fists as he spoke. "That Datamon, now I dislike that piece of junk more then ever - doing something like that to you." He turned to Sora. 'Lets keep going. I'll be here for you when we face Datamon…our friends must be worried…"
~~~
Matt stood up in front of Gennai, leaning heavily on the broom he has been given to clean with. "Ok, we've cleaned your living room, kitchen, and even your bathroom! Now what? Your attic?" his voice raised in loud annoyance.
Gennai waved his hand, "No you silly boy! I don't have an attic, but you can clean the basement if you want…"
Everyone fell down in astonishment and exhaustion.
"Guess not…" Gennai chuckle. He turned and motioned with his hands. "Follow me then…"
~~~
The firewall sparked and hissed as Sora and Tai stood looking at it. The two teens glanced at each other and then Tai stepped forward. "Well here goes," he mused. He quickly thrust his hand forward, closing his eyes and bracing himself. When no pain came, he sighed in relief and motioned for Sora to come.
Upon steeping through, their eyes took in the sight of the same room Sora had been hidden in. "Ah…so you're here," a mechanical voice called. It sounded like Datamon, but…different. "Now I can learn more about those wings of yours."
Tai leaped forward, "What have you done to Sora, Datamon?" he spat, stopping in his tracks in front of a Digimon that looked like Datamon, but much more advanced.
The Digimon turned to face Tai. "I am no longer the weaker Datamon I was; I have transformed myself into CompuDatamon. And I haven't done anything to your precious Sora."
Sora walked up from behind Tai, slowly revealing her crimson wings. "W-what do you mean?" she asked quietly.
CompuDatamon turned his mechanical head to look over at the girl. His gaze fell upon he softly trembling wings. "Those wings of yours, I did not create them. They were always within you. From the first I could tell that you had strong digital power within you. So when I had kidnapped you, I used your crest to unleash your power - I wanted to use it for myself you see - but it was already configured as those wings you have now, and your power to cause gusts of wind." He turned to the computer behind him and punched a few keys, and a few wires from his body connected to some plug-ins on the monitor. A picture of the younger Sora appeared upon the screen. He continued to speak as he tapped more keys. "When I cloned you I also scanned you for the power and its sources. On the screen is a picture of you from before, and now I must finish my research to see how your wings and the digital power has developed." He chuckled as four beams of light shot out of machinelike structures; each positioned in the four upper extreme corners of the room.
Sora took flight as the beams headed towards her. She knew they were to scan her, but knowing Datamon's - or CompuDatamon's - personality, it probably wouldn't be too pleasant.
Tai watched in horror as Sora dodged the beams of light. CompuDatamon chuckled even more. "That's it," he said in a mock sweet voice, "Use your wings my dear. The more you use them, the stronger they become." He watched in satisfaction as Sora began to slow. A great wind suddenly burst through the room like a pack of hungry wolves, but it faded as quickly as it had begun. CompuDatamon's metal face contorted into a smirk as Sora evidently began to get tired. "So I see you haven't used them much at all. Give up now before you tire yourself out completely. Either way, I'm gonna get what I want."
Sora was straining as she glided on her red feathered wings. Abruptly she couldn't hold herself up, her energy was draining, and she felt herself falling towards the ground.
"Sora!" Tai shouted, leaping in mid air and catching her, feathers falling all around. Landing swiftly on the ground, he tried to shield her with his body.
All four beams directed straight towards the two teens. Pain struck Tai as the first beam hit him.
"Trying to protect her from the scans are you? Well it's not going to work! I'll just gain an image of you both!" CompuDatamon laughed, then turned upon his four robot legs and began to type some more.
Tai could feel Sora shaking underneath his body, and he clenched his teeth, bearing the pain as he held on tightly to the girl, trying to comfort her.
"That's right." CompuDatamon said, watching the screen and then glancing over at the huddled teens. "Now its done." He said, as the beams retracted back into the machines they came from. CompuDatamon chuckled evilly. "Just like a shot - quick and painful." Moving quickly, he looked at the image of the teenage Sora.
Tai struggled to sit up, moving so he wasn't crushing Sora. She lay curled up, her wings flattened out across her back. Tai gently shook her, "Sora…" he whispered. She softly shivered and then lifted her head. "Are you alright?"
Sora nodded her head. "Thanks." She whispered back. She sat up, shaking her head to clear it.
Tai smiled. "We should get what we were sent here for while tin head over there is busy. Then we should get out of here as soon as we've got them."
"Oh, those things." CompuDatamon said, without even taking his eyes off the computer screen. He pressed a button, triggering a panel in the wall. The dull gray slab slid up, revealing a pedestal with two silver claw-shaped objects. Within each metal stand was a crystal; one was a fiery orange, and the other a vibrant crimson red. CompuDatamon chuckled, "Take them if you want, they're of no use to me."
Tai and Sora looked at each other. Tai shrugged and then slowly began to walk across the floor towards the jewels. At a few feet's distance he turned to look back at Sora, and immediately robotic Digimon such as Mekanorimon and Guardromon surrounded him. "You didn't think I was going to just let you have them." CompuDatamon laughed, moving up behind Sora. "You've fallen right into my trap! Ha!"
Tai saw CompuDatamon sneaking up on Sora, attempting to capture her. "Sora!" he shouted.
Sora quickly glimpsed back, then shot up into the air. "Blast you boy!" CompuDatamon growled. "That's the last time you'll ruin my plans!"
Sora agilely dived down; avoiding collision with the mechanical Digimon surrounding Tai, then grabbed Tai by the waist, lifting him up from the mechanical onslaught. "Grab the gems!" she told him, flying over the two gems. "I'll gets us out of here."
Tilting her crimson wings, she swooped closer to the gems, allowing Tai to snatch them up off their claw-shaped stands, one in each hand. Sora made a massive U-turn, clutching on to Tai tightly. The Guardromon and Mekanorimon turned, marching off after the fleeing Digidestineds. Sora closed her eyes and braced herself as she burst through the firewall. She could hear the heavy thuds of the machine-like Digimon's feet as they followed behind. "Hold on tight!" Sora called down to Tai as she flew down the long winding hall. She began to slow as there were getting further from their pursuers.
Tai shoved both of the glittering jewels into his pockets, then looked up at Sora. "You can stop Sora. I don't want you to tire yourself out…"
Sora shook her head. "I have to get us out of here! The entrance is right up there." She narrowed her wings, leaning down to pull through the narrow doorway.
The slowly setting sun filled their eyesight as Sora flew out over the desert. Swooping low, she let go of Tai and he landed on his feet in the golden sand. Sora backwinged, then landed on the sand beside him, falling over from exhaustion as soon as she touched the ground.
"Sora?" Tai whispered, kneeling beside her.
Sora turned her head and looked up into his brown eyes. "…So tired…" she mumbled, trying to lift herself up.
Tai placed a hand on her soft arm. "Don't." he whispered. "I'll carry you." He picked her up effortlessly. Her wings were gone.
Across the whitish-brown sand he headed towards Gennai's house, Sora fast asleep in his arms.
~~~
"Where are they?" Matt demanded. Agumon, Biyomon, and Gabumon sat beside him on Gennai's couch. "We told our parents wed be late for dinner, but not this late!"
"Speaking of dinner, I'm pretty hungry myself."
"Tai!" Agumon shouted, jumping off of the couch and running up to his friend. In Tai's arms lay a sleeping Sora.
"What's with Sora?" Matt asked.
"If you get out of the way I can tell you." Tai replied. Matt got up off of the sofa. "She's just tired, that's all." Tai replied, gently lying Sora onto the couch. He turned to Gennai, "Gennai, can you call all our parents and tell them we're spending the night and will be back tomorrow?"
Gennai nodded, "Already been done."
Izzy turned to Tai. "Did you find the DigiGems?" he asked, standing up from Gennai's computer.
"DigiGems?" Tai asked. "Oh, you must mean these." He pulled the two fist-sized gems out of his pockets and handed them to Izzy.
Izzy accepted the gems, bringing them over to the computer, where two claw-like structures rested - like those in CompuDatamon's lab. He placed the each one in a stand, clamping the talons down tightly onto the gems. "Yes, DigiGems." He sat down at the computer and began to type. "Gennai told us about them; only because Matt bugged him to no end about it, and we were sick and tired of cleaning his house." Tai looked around with a quizzical look and saw Matt smirk. "I'll tell you about them tomorrow when Sora gets up." Izzy replied, turning from the computer screen. He looked over at Sora. "Sora has the right idea. I bet it has been a trying day on you Tai, and the rest of us could also use some sleep. So why don't we do so."
Tai nodded along with the others, and they all settled in for a well-deserved night's rest.
~~~
Sora blinked as the bright morning sun flooded into the room, sat up, and yawned, stretching after what seemed to be a long night.
"Sora! You're awake!" Sora turned her head to see Biyomon's relieved face.
Sora smiled. "Yes Biyomon, thanks!" she giggled as she watched her Digimon.
"Sora…" she looked over to see Tai sitting at the end of the sofa. His eyes held a certain hint of worry that Sora recognized from the day before. "Are you alright?" he asked.
Sora smiled, "Yeah, I'm just a little hungry." She lightly rubbed her stomach in emphasis.
Tai smiled back. "Allow me…" he said, getting up off of the couch and walking into the other room.
Biyomon hopped up onto the couch beside Sora. She rubbed her soft, feathered head against Sora's arm. "I'm glad you're back Sora." She whispered.
"Me too."
Tai stood at the doorway, observing Sora and Biyomon with a plate of food in his hands. Sora was softly scratching Biyomon's feathers.
Biyomon looked up and noticed Tai. "Tai's here with your food Sora." She said to Sora. Tai walked up and handed Sora the plate of food, sitting down on the end of the couch.
"Thanks Tai." Sora said, taking a bite of the freshly fried egg. "I'm glad Matt taught you how to cook, before I would have to be afraid to eat this."
"Thanks," Tai said with a sarcastic tone. Tai watched Sora as she ate, then spoke a few minutes later. "I'm glad yore alright. Mimi wouldn't stop bugging me to tell her what happened."
Sora laid her fork on the emptied plate and laid it on the table in front of her. ""Did you?" she stared straight into Tai's eyes.
"No," Tai shook his head, "but she kept asking me why you were so tired and I wasn't. I just told her that the trip was hard on you."
Biyomon rubbed her head up against Tai. "Sora told me that you took care of her." Tai scratched Biyomon along with Sora.
Tai smiled, looking from Biyomon to Sora. "It's more like Sora took care of me. She saved my life you know - twice."
Biyomon turned her head and looked up at Sora. "Really Sora?" Sora nodded meekly. Biyomon smiled, again rubbing her head against Sora. "That's good." She whispered.
Tai looked at Sora as she lovingly scratched her Digimon, her brown hair falling around her face, and her red-brown eyes closed slightly. Tai stood up from the small couch. "Sora…" Sora looked up at him, never ceasing her Digimon's pampering. "…I'll be just out there, on that cliff," he pointed out the window towards a large cliff overlooking the sea. "Can you tell everyone to meet me out there in a little while?"
"Sure." Sora replied.
Tai smiled, "I'll see you soon then." and he walked out of the room.
~~~
Matt tapped his foot impatiently. "Tai, why did you drag us all out here?" he called.
Mimi looked around at the ocean. "You have to admit, the scenery sure is beautiful…"
Tai turned from looking over the cliff to his five friends, he smiled when he saw Sora. "I've called you all here today…"
"Cut to the chase!" Matt shouted.
Tai rolled his eyes at Matt, "…because I wanted to show you all this…" he turned to face the cliff, then suddenly, he jumped.
"Tai!" Sora shouted, running up to the edge of the cliff. 'Not again…' she thought.
"Tai, what are you doing?!" Matt shouted. He saw Sora jump off the cliff after Tai. 'Sora! …Have they gone nuts?" he turned to Mimi, Joe, and Izzy.
All four ran to the side of the cliff. "I can't see them, the mist from the ocean is too dense." Joe said.
"Somebody go get Biyomon and Tentomon!" Matt shouted.
"Wait!" Mimi called. "I see something. Look!" she pointed just as Sora and Tai flew past them, Sora with two large crimson wings. Mimi stared at Sora in amazement. "Wow Sora…how pretty." She whispered.
"Thanks for saving me again." Tai whispered in Sora's ear as she softly landed them both onto the ground.
"I should have let you fall for planning this and doing this to me." Sora whispered back playfully.
"Tai! Sora!" Izzy, Joe, Mimi, and Matt each shouted.
Izzy looked at Sora. Tai was standing beside her with an arm around her waist, and her wings curved back slightly. Izzy recognized the wing pattern, but he couldn't recall where he has seen it. "Sora," he started. He could tell by her eyes that she was worried about what he would say. "Where did you get the wings? They look amazingly like…"
"Garudamon's." Sora answered.
"Yeah," Izzy replied. "Where'd you get them from? I'd like to know more." He took a step towards Sora.
"Back off Izzy." Tai growled. "This is Sora you're talking to here, not one of your test subjects."
Izzy looked ashamed. "I'm sorry Sora. My curiosity was getting a little out of hand." He looked down at the ground.
Sora smiled. "Its okay Izzy. I'll tell you about it later."
Mimi stepped forward. It's lunchtime. Don't you think we should all go and eat?" everyone nodded. "Then we can go home to our families."
She began walking towards the house with her friends, then she turned to see Tai and Sora enveloped in a deep kiss, Sora's beautiful red wings curved up and around them both. She turned and continued walking back up to the house, and she smiled, whispering to herself. "Tai and his red winged angel…" she grinned. "That sounds like a good name for a story…or even a song…The Red Winged Angel…"
~~Fin~~
…Well, Not quite…
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How'd you like it? If you want, you can read the sequel, once I'm done writing it. Or you can just end at this part, because it makes sense finished this way. Whatever way you want to read it, please tell me how this part is. Thanks!
~ StormDragon (Tirva)
The Red-Winged Angel
"We have to go back…there?" Sora shuddered. Past memories and emotions flooded through her mind.
Gennai nodded slowly. "Yes. I know you have mixed feelings about that place…"
"My emotions aren't mixed, I know exactly how I feel about that place." Tai angrily mumbled.
"I know," Gennai sighed, "but you have to go. Datamon has something hidden there that you must get." He looked around at the 6 original Digidestineds, excluding T.K. and Kari. "But only two of you may enter the pyramid itself, and no Digimon may enter. You must decide on the second, because Sora must go in." he looked Sora straight in the eye, then nodded so she would understand. "Choose wisely. If you select the right one, the purpose of this mission will become clear." He looked around at the teens, not one moving an inch. His gray hair bobbed as he looked from face to face. "Well are you gonna decide?"
Matt stepped forward. "I think we've all chosen the right person in our minds." He smiled. "I believe I speak for us all when I say that Tai should go with Sora."
Gennai looked around to see everyone nod in their brief agreement. He caught Tai's eyes and gained a sharp nod from him. "Good. Now you must go and find what Datamon has hidden within his pyramid walls." They began to file out of the room. "And learn more about your past…" his final words faded away with the footsteps of the last person leaving the room.
~~~
The group walked in silence across the warm brown sand. Sora looked over at Biyomon, who was flying alongside her because the sand had become too hot for the pink bird to walk on. Biyomon caught Sora's gaze and smiled. "It'll be alright Sora." Her blue faceted eyes gleamed brightly in the midday sun.
Mimi wiped back the sweat from her forehead. "I was wondering," she said, looking around at all her friends, "how come only two people can go in the pyramid at once? And no Digimon? It's not like I really wanted to go in or anything, but…"
Izzy quickly cut her off. "Gennai told me that Datamon's Pyramid has sensors of some sort in it. These can detect the power of a Digimon and the power from our digivices. No Digimon can enter because their power will alert Datamon, even a Baby stage Digimon. And our digivices emit the same type of digital power, but not as strongly. When there is more than two digivices the sensors pick up the emitted digital energy.
Mimi looked confused, "So why don't we leave our digivices out here somewhere safe, with our Digimon?" she motioned toward the plant-like Palmon, who was standing beside her.
Izzy closed his dark eyes and shook his head, his short red hair shaking slightly with the movement of his head. "No. I'm sorry, but that wouldn't work. You see: the digital power is within us, the digivices are used for transferring energy from us to our Digimon and vice versa. Even without our digivices, we all still have the same digital power the Digimon have. So if more than two of us go in at a time, the digital energy within us will be a dead giveaway to Datamon." The warm breeze whipped around the teens like a sly fox, pulling the golden sand up into the air and whipping at them. Izzy raised his hand above his eyes to block the sand from his eyes as he looked at his companions.
"Oh. I get it!" Mimi smiled as the wind began to die down. She noticed that the wind had subsided. "What was that all about?" she leaned down and asked Palmon.
Palmon shrugged, the light fuchsia petals on her head waving slightly from the sudden burst of wind. "I don't know." She lifted her leaf-like palms in confusion.
"Whatever it was, I just think that we should keep going." Matt motioned forward across the sand, then walked over to Izzy. "Hey Iz, this digital power, what is it?"
"Each of us six was born with the digital power. It determines, ultimately, who will be, or in our case who is, the Digidestined. But so far as I know it hasn't effected us in any way, just so we could use it to strengthen our Digimon." Izzy picked up his white digivice and motioned to it. "The digital power and our digivices have allowed us to have a bond with the creatures of the digital part of the world - the Digimon." Tentomon flew up beside Izzy as he placed his digivice back onto his belt.
"Hey guys - Look! I can see the pyramid now!" Gabumon shouted, pointing towards the distant figure of an upside-down pyramid among the shimmering sand.
Everyone ran up to where Gabumon was standing. "That stupid thing." Tai muttered with hatred. He closed his eyes to block out the sight of the building.
A warm hand rested on his shoulder. "You don't have to come in with me if you don't want to. I'm sure someone else would…"
Tai turned around to face Sora; "Of course I'll go in with you, Sora. I just hate some of the memories that go along with this place, that's all."
He smiled at her, but she was looking down at the sand. 'If only you knew…" she whispered longingly, more to herself then to Tai.
Tai's face became worried. He softly lifted her chin up with his hand. "If only I knew what?" he asked, but she turned her face away. "Sora…what's wrong?"
"Whatever you two are talking about can wait until you're in the pyramid! Come on!" Matt shouted from the group, waving for them to hurry up.
Sora looked up at Tai, then turned around and ran towards the rest of her friends across the warm sand. Tai watched with concern and then dashed off after her.
~~~
The entire group was seated in a circle on the temperate sand, chatting a little bit after eating the food Joe had brought for their dinner. Sora sat furthest from the pyramid. She dusted off he fuchsia tee shirt and khaki shorts as she looked around at the others finishing off their meals and talking with each other. She looked down at the golden sand and began tracing the symbol of her crest with her index finger in the sand.
She noticed the presence of someone else beside her and she quickly covered up her sketch with her hand.
"Are you ready to go into the pyramid?" she looked over to see Tai sit down on the sand beside her, his navy blue tee shirt also sprinkled with the shimmering grains of sand.
Sora reached up and dusted some sand from the sleeve of his shirt. "Yeah, I guess." She sighed, going back to drawing in the sand.
"What's the matter Sora?" Tai asked.
"Nothing." Sora replied flatly, then turned to Mimi, who was addressing the whole group.
"I was wondering about something else." Mimi said in a bright voice. "What do we when Sora and Tai go into the pyramid?" she motioned with her hands towards Sora and Tai, then to the pyramid as it loomed over them like a mighty fortress.
Joe looked where Mimi was motioning then to Izzy, whom they expected to answer their questions. "And what exactly do Tai and Sora need to find that Datamon has, anyway?"
"I don't know what they have to find," Izzy replied, "Gennai didn't explain that. But he did tell me that we should all go back to his house when they go into the pyramid."
Mimi looked up at the pyramid then back. "Why?" She asked. "It's not gonna take them that long, is it?" Her eyebrows furrowed in concern.
Izzy shook his head. "This mission shouldn't take exceedingly long, so Gennai says. He said to just go back to his house and not worry about Sora and Tai."
Matt rolled his blue eyes, pushing back a strand of loose hair. "Whatever Gennai say…" he said. He tuned towards Sora and Tai as he stood. "Are you guys ready to go? It's getting late." He spoke slowly, motioning toward the lowering sun in the sky.
Tai stood up and helped Sora to her feet. "As ready as I'll ever be," he replied. After saying byes to their friends, they headed off.
"Be careful Tai!" Agumon shouted as he turned to leave with the others.
Biyomon flew up into the air as Sora turned to wave. "And watch over Sora for me!" she called.
Tai smiled inwardly. "As always!" he shouted in reply to both his partner and Sora's. Smiling, he turned to walk into the pyramid.
~~~
Sora looked around at the dusty brown walls of the pyramid. She remembered the Gazimon that once roamed the labyrinth-like halls of the pyramid as servants of Etemon, but now all there was left was broken and cracked pieces of the faded tan walls and pieces of scrap metal laid around the corners of the wall.
Tai was observing the same thing. "When did the pyramid have pieces of junk metal lying around the place?" He said out loud to himself, then he looked over at Sora, who was quietly walking beside him.
"Since Datamon took over." Sora replied quietly.
Tai looked over at Sora in surprise. She had never been this way before, except for when she thought her crest wouldn't glow. Something was bothering her. "Sora…tell me what's wrong. I know something's bugging you." Sora closed her eyes and sadly sighed, but kept on going without saying anything. "Sora! This time you're not going to avoid me!" Tai said, stepping in front of Sora and facing her, walking backwards to match her stride. "Please tell me. Sora, you know you can trust me…" a tear rolled down Sora's cheek and Tai sighed in frustration. "Sora…aahhh…!"
Sora looked up to see Tai fall into a large pit in the floor in front of her. "Tai!!"
~~~
Joe glanced at his watch. "I hope they're alright." He looked about at the other concerned faces around the table.
Gennai walked into the room. "Don't worry, they'll be fine!"
"Don't worry? They're our friends!" Mimi exclaimed. "How can we not worry?"
Matt stood up and looked at Gennai with an intimidating gaze. "What exactly do the have to get Gennai?!" he asked.
Gennai sighed, stepping back. "Don't mutiny on me already! You'll see when they arrive back. As I told you before, the purpose of their mission will become clear to you soon." He ushered them out of the dining area and into the living room. "Meanwhile, why don't you all do something resourceful. "Piximon told me how you all are so good at it…" He handed them each something.
"CLEAN YOUR HOUSE?!?" they all shouted.
~~~
Tai shouted as he felt the air pull at him as he fell. He tried to open his eyes against the pressure, and when he succeeded he found that his vision was blurry. Vaguely he could make out the image of something - it wasn't very clear - but he could see a pair of red wings. Suddenly he felt something grasp him tightly, slowing his decent and then pulling him back up towards the top. "Garudamon?" he slowly whispered in an inaudible voice, for the wings were the wings of Garudamon. 'It can't be,' he told himself, 'Biyomon left with the others…' His mind reeled with confusion, then he blacked out.
What seemed like hours later Tai woke up. He slowly opened his eyes when he remembered where he was. "S-Sora?" he whispered, slowly sitting up. His eyes slowly focused on the image resting in front of him. It was Sora, she had her back to him, and upon her back were two red-feathered wings. The feathers were of a dark crimson red; the seven foremost feathers on each wing were banded with two yellow stripes upon the tip. The wings - her wings - slowly quivered with Sora's shaking body. "Sora…' Tai breathed, taking in the sight before him. "They're beautiful…" a tone of awe colored his voice as he spoke to her.
Sora slowly turned to face Tai, tears streaming down her cheeks. She forced a weak smile. "That's what Biyomon said that you would say when you saw them." She whispered, looking down at the floor beside her.
Tai stood up and walked over to her. Sora recoiled when he sat down beside her, ducking her head so she wouldn't have to look at him. "You saved my life." Tai whispered.
"I couldn't just let you fall…' she replied, looking up at Tai. "But I was afraid of what you'd say about…my wings. I thought that you might think that I was some kind of freak…"
"Never." Tai replied. He lifted her chin so she'd look at him. "…How long have you had your wings?" he asked softly, deep concern for her in his eyes.
Sora sighed, looking up to the ceiling. "Since around the time Datamon kidnapped me…a little after that. I had them even before I knew who Garudamon was. I hid because of it. Not knowing how you guys would react added to my worrying about my crest." She sighed. "Sometimes they show up involuntarily. Like one time I was on the Odaiba Bridge, looking over the bay and the city. While I was standing there, a man with a gun came up behind me and threatened to shoot me if I yelled for help. Since I didn't scream because I was too afraid, he thought that it would be fun to throw me off the bridge. I froze in fear then he lifted me up and threw me over, just like I was a bag of garbage. My wings just…appeared and caught me just above the water, and a huge gust of wind arose, tossing the sea and knocking the gunman on the bridge down to his knees. And luckily a police car was nearby and saw the man. They came and arrested him, but they couldn't find me; but that's because I landed roughly on the nearby shore and ran home. I guess my wings disappeared when I was running, because when I got home they were gone. My mama was working at the flower shop, so I just ran upstairs and hid in my room, crying. I wanted to call you, but I was too afraid, I don't know how I would've explained it to you, I didn't understand it myself. I was so scared…"
She glanced up at Tai, who looked horrified at the thought of someone throwing her off the bridge, and Sora could sense the anger and sorrow in his eyes. "You know that strange wind that blew up while we were walking here?" Sora continued. Tai nodded. "Well I caused that wind. Sometimes when I get really worried or afraid, a strong gust like that arises. I can control it if I control my emotions, but I guess they got a little out of control." Sora smiled weakly, wiping the tears from her eyes.
Sora stood up, the feathers of her wings gently shaking with her movement. She folded them to her back. "The reason why I didn't want to come back, but I had to, was because I didn't want to face Datamon again. When he was cloning me, he must've done something that caused me to have wings."
Tai stood up also, clenching his fists as he spoke. "That Datamon, now I dislike that piece of junk more then ever - doing something like that to you." He turned to Sora. 'Lets keep going. I'll be here for you when we face Datamon…our friends must be worried…"
~~~
Matt stood up in front of Gennai, leaning heavily on the broom he has been given to clean with. "Ok, we've cleaned your living room, kitchen, and even your bathroom! Now what? Your attic?" his voice raised in loud annoyance.
Gennai waved his hand, "No you silly boy! I don't have an attic, but you can clean the basement if you want…"
Everyone fell down in astonishment and exhaustion.
"Guess not…" Gennai chuckle. He turned and motioned with his hands. "Follow me then…"
~~~
The firewall sparked and hissed as Sora and Tai stood looking at it. The two teens glanced at each other and then Tai stepped forward. "Well here goes," he mused. He quickly thrust his hand forward, closing his eyes and bracing himself. When no pain came, he sighed in relief and motioned for Sora to come.
Upon steeping through, their eyes took in the sight of the same room Sora had been hidden in. "Ah…so you're here," a mechanical voice called. It sounded like Datamon, but…different. "Now I can learn more about those wings of yours."
Tai leaped forward, "What have you done to Sora, Datamon?" he spat, stopping in his tracks in front of a Digimon that looked like Datamon, but much more advanced.
The Digimon turned to face Tai. "I am no longer the weaker Datamon I was; I have transformed myself into CompuDatamon. And I haven't done anything to your precious Sora."
Sora walked up from behind Tai, slowly revealing her crimson wings. "W-what do you mean?" she asked quietly.
CompuDatamon turned his mechanical head to look over at the girl. His gaze fell upon he softly trembling wings. "Those wings of yours, I did not create them. They were always within you. From the first I could tell that you had strong digital power within you. So when I had kidnapped you, I used your crest to unleash your power - I wanted to use it for myself you see - but it was already configured as those wings you have now, and your power to cause gusts of wind." He turned to the computer behind him and punched a few keys, and a few wires from his body connected to some plug-ins on the monitor. A picture of the younger Sora appeared upon the screen. He continued to speak as he tapped more keys. "When I cloned you I also scanned you for the power and its sources. On the screen is a picture of you from before, and now I must finish my research to see how your wings and the digital power has developed." He chuckled as four beams of light shot out of machinelike structures; each positioned in the four upper extreme corners of the room.
Sora took flight as the beams headed towards her. She knew they were to scan her, but knowing Datamon's - or CompuDatamon's - personality, it probably wouldn't be too pleasant.
Tai watched in horror as Sora dodged the beams of light. CompuDatamon chuckled even more. "That's it," he said in a mock sweet voice, "Use your wings my dear. The more you use them, the stronger they become." He watched in satisfaction as Sora began to slow. A great wind suddenly burst through the room like a pack of hungry wolves, but it faded as quickly as it had begun. CompuDatamon's metal face contorted into a smirk as Sora evidently began to get tired. "So I see you haven't used them much at all. Give up now before you tire yourself out completely. Either way, I'm gonna get what I want."
Sora was straining as she glided on her red feathered wings. Abruptly she couldn't hold herself up, her energy was draining, and she felt herself falling towards the ground.
"Sora!" Tai shouted, leaping in mid air and catching her, feathers falling all around. Landing swiftly on the ground, he tried to shield her with his body.
All four beams directed straight towards the two teens. Pain struck Tai as the first beam hit him.
"Trying to protect her from the scans are you? Well it's not going to work! I'll just gain an image of you both!" CompuDatamon laughed, then turned upon his four robot legs and began to type some more.
Tai could feel Sora shaking underneath his body, and he clenched his teeth, bearing the pain as he held on tightly to the girl, trying to comfort her.
"That's right." CompuDatamon said, watching the screen and then glancing over at the huddled teens. "Now its done." He said, as the beams retracted back into the machines they came from. CompuDatamon chuckled evilly. "Just like a shot - quick and painful." Moving quickly, he looked at the image of the teenage Sora.
Tai struggled to sit up, moving so he wasn't crushing Sora. She lay curled up, her wings flattened out across her back. Tai gently shook her, "Sora…" he whispered. She softly shivered and then lifted her head. "Are you alright?"
Sora nodded her head. "Thanks." She whispered back. She sat up, shaking her head to clear it.
Tai smiled. "We should get what we were sent here for while tin head over there is busy. Then we should get out of here as soon as we've got them."
"Oh, those things." CompuDatamon said, without even taking his eyes off the computer screen. He pressed a button, triggering a panel in the wall. The dull gray slab slid up, revealing a pedestal with two silver claw-shaped objects. Within each metal stand was a crystal; one was a fiery orange, and the other a vibrant crimson red. CompuDatamon chuckled, "Take them if you want, they're of no use to me."
Tai and Sora looked at each other. Tai shrugged and then slowly began to walk across the floor towards the jewels. At a few feet's distance he turned to look back at Sora, and immediately robotic Digimon such as Mekanorimon and Guardromon surrounded him. "You didn't think I was going to just let you have them." CompuDatamon laughed, moving up behind Sora. "You've fallen right into my trap! Ha!"
Tai saw CompuDatamon sneaking up on Sora, attempting to capture her. "Sora!" he shouted.
Sora quickly glimpsed back, then shot up into the air. "Blast you boy!" CompuDatamon growled. "That's the last time you'll ruin my plans!"
Sora agilely dived down; avoiding collision with the mechanical Digimon surrounding Tai, then grabbed Tai by the waist, lifting him up from the mechanical onslaught. "Grab the gems!" she told him, flying over the two gems. "I'll gets us out of here."
Tilting her crimson wings, she swooped closer to the gems, allowing Tai to snatch them up off their claw-shaped stands, one in each hand. Sora made a massive U-turn, clutching on to Tai tightly. The Guardromon and Mekanorimon turned, marching off after the fleeing Digidestineds. Sora closed her eyes and braced herself as she burst through the firewall. She could hear the heavy thuds of the machine-like Digimon's feet as they followed behind. "Hold on tight!" Sora called down to Tai as she flew down the long winding hall. She began to slow as there were getting further from their pursuers.
Tai shoved both of the glittering jewels into his pockets, then looked up at Sora. "You can stop Sora. I don't want you to tire yourself out…"
Sora shook her head. "I have to get us out of here! The entrance is right up there." She narrowed her wings, leaning down to pull through the narrow doorway.
The slowly setting sun filled their eyesight as Sora flew out over the desert. Swooping low, she let go of Tai and he landed on his feet in the golden sand. Sora backwinged, then landed on the sand beside him, falling over from exhaustion as soon as she touched the ground.
"Sora?" Tai whispered, kneeling beside her.
Sora turned her head and looked up into his brown eyes. "…So tired…" she mumbled, trying to lift herself up.
Tai placed a hand on her soft arm. "Don't." he whispered. "I'll carry you." He picked her up effortlessly. Her wings were gone.
Across the whitish-brown sand he headed towards Gennai's house, Sora fast asleep in his arms.
~~~
"Where are they?" Matt demanded. Agumon, Biyomon, and Gabumon sat beside him on Gennai's couch. "We told our parents wed be late for dinner, but not this late!"
"Speaking of dinner, I'm pretty hungry myself."
"Tai!" Agumon shouted, jumping off of the couch and running up to his friend. In Tai's arms lay a sleeping Sora.
"What's with Sora?" Matt asked.
"If you get out of the way I can tell you." Tai replied. Matt got up off of the sofa. "She's just tired, that's all." Tai replied, gently lying Sora onto the couch. He turned to Gennai, "Gennai, can you call all our parents and tell them we're spending the night and will be back tomorrow?"
Gennai nodded, "Already been done."
Izzy turned to Tai. "Did you find the DigiGems?" he asked, standing up from Gennai's computer.
"DigiGems?" Tai asked. "Oh, you must mean these." He pulled the two fist-sized gems out of his pockets and handed them to Izzy.
Izzy accepted the gems, bringing them over to the computer, where two claw-like structures rested - like those in CompuDatamon's lab. He placed the each one in a stand, clamping the talons down tightly onto the gems. "Yes, DigiGems." He sat down at the computer and began to type. "Gennai told us about them; only because Matt bugged him to no end about it, and we were sick and tired of cleaning his house." Tai looked around with a quizzical look and saw Matt smirk. "I'll tell you about them tomorrow when Sora gets up." Izzy replied, turning from the computer screen. He looked over at Sora. "Sora has the right idea. I bet it has been a trying day on you Tai, and the rest of us could also use some sleep. So why don't we do so."
Tai nodded along with the others, and they all settled in for a well-deserved night's rest.
~~~
Sora blinked as the bright morning sun flooded into the room, sat up, and yawned, stretching after what seemed to be a long night.
"Sora! You're awake!" Sora turned her head to see Biyomon's relieved face.
Sora smiled. "Yes Biyomon, thanks!" she giggled as she watched her Digimon.
"Sora…" she looked over to see Tai sitting at the end of the sofa. His eyes held a certain hint of worry that Sora recognized from the day before. "Are you alright?" he asked.
Sora smiled, "Yeah, I'm just a little hungry." She lightly rubbed her stomach in emphasis.
Tai smiled back. "Allow me…" he said, getting up off of the couch and walking into the other room.
Biyomon hopped up onto the couch beside Sora. She rubbed her soft, feathered head against Sora's arm. "I'm glad you're back Sora." She whispered.
"Me too."
Tai stood at the doorway, observing Sora and Biyomon with a plate of food in his hands. Sora was softly scratching Biyomon's feathers.
Biyomon looked up and noticed Tai. "Tai's here with your food Sora." She said to Sora. Tai walked up and handed Sora the plate of food, sitting down on the end of the couch.
"Thanks Tai." Sora said, taking a bite of the freshly fried egg. "I'm glad Matt taught you how to cook, before I would have to be afraid to eat this."
"Thanks," Tai said with a sarcastic tone. Tai watched Sora as she ate, then spoke a few minutes later. "I'm glad yore alright. Mimi wouldn't stop bugging me to tell her what happened."
Sora laid her fork on the emptied plate and laid it on the table in front of her. ""Did you?" she stared straight into Tai's eyes.
"No," Tai shook his head, "but she kept asking me why you were so tired and I wasn't. I just told her that the trip was hard on you."
Biyomon rubbed her head up against Tai. "Sora told me that you took care of her." Tai scratched Biyomon along with Sora.
Tai smiled, looking from Biyomon to Sora. "It's more like Sora took care of me. She saved my life you know - twice."
Biyomon turned her head and looked up at Sora. "Really Sora?" Sora nodded meekly. Biyomon smiled, again rubbing her head against Sora. "That's good." She whispered.
Tai looked at Sora as she lovingly scratched her Digimon, her brown hair falling around her face, and her red-brown eyes closed slightly. Tai stood up from the small couch. "Sora…" Sora looked up at him, never ceasing her Digimon's pampering. "…I'll be just out there, on that cliff," he pointed out the window towards a large cliff overlooking the sea. "Can you tell everyone to meet me out there in a little while?"
"Sure." Sora replied.
Tai smiled, "I'll see you soon then." and he walked out of the room.
~~~
Matt tapped his foot impatiently. "Tai, why did you drag us all out here?" he called.
Mimi looked around at the ocean. "You have to admit, the scenery sure is beautiful…"
Tai turned from looking over the cliff to his five friends, he smiled when he saw Sora. "I've called you all here today…"
"Cut to the chase!" Matt shouted.
Tai rolled his eyes at Matt, "…because I wanted to show you all this…" he turned to face the cliff, then suddenly, he jumped.
"Tai!" Sora shouted, running up to the edge of the cliff. 'Not again…' she thought.
"Tai, what are you doing?!" Matt shouted. He saw Sora jump off the cliff after Tai. 'Sora! …Have they gone nuts?" he turned to Mimi, Joe, and Izzy.
All four ran to the side of the cliff. "I can't see them, the mist from the ocean is too dense." Joe said.
"Somebody go get Biyomon and Tentomon!" Matt shouted.
"Wait!" Mimi called. "I see something. Look!" she pointed just as Sora and Tai flew past them, Sora with two large crimson wings. Mimi stared at Sora in amazement. "Wow Sora…how pretty." She whispered.
"Thanks for saving me again." Tai whispered in Sora's ear as she softly landed them both onto the ground.
"I should have let you fall for planning this and doing this to me." Sora whispered back playfully.
"Tai! Sora!" Izzy, Joe, Mimi, and Matt each shouted.
Izzy looked at Sora. Tai was standing beside her with an arm around her waist, and her wings curved back slightly. Izzy recognized the wing pattern, but he couldn't recall where he has seen it. "Sora," he started. He could tell by her eyes that she was worried about what he would say. "Where did you get the wings? They look amazingly like…"
"Garudamon's." Sora answered.
"Yeah," Izzy replied. "Where'd you get them from? I'd like to know more." He took a step towards Sora.
"Back off Izzy." Tai growled. "This is Sora you're talking to here, not one of your test subjects."
Izzy looked ashamed. "I'm sorry Sora. My curiosity was getting a little out of hand." He looked down at the ground.
Sora smiled. "Its okay Izzy. I'll tell you about it later."
Mimi stepped forward. It's lunchtime. Don't you think we should all go and eat?" everyone nodded. "Then we can go home to our families."
She began walking towards the house with her friends, then she turned to see Tai and Sora enveloped in a deep kiss, Sora's beautiful red wings curved up and around them both. She turned and continued walking back up to the house, and she smiled, whispering to herself. "Tai and his red winged angel…" she grinned. "That sounds like a good name for a story…or even a song…The Red Winged Angel…"
~~Fin~~
…Well, Not quite…
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How'd you like it? If you want, you can read the sequel, once I'm done writing it. Or you can just end at this part, because it makes sense finished this way. Whatever way you want to read it, please tell me how this part is. Thanks!
~ StormDragon (Tirva)