My Heart and Destiny are where they Belong
Summary: Tai, and three friends leave their own world behind after feeling underappreciated in their own world, they go on an adventure in a world not dissimilar to the Digital World in many ways, but when a new darkness rises, Courage, Sincerity, Hope and Kindness must return to their original world to take up the role of Digidestined once more.
AN: This story is a redo of a story I found called My New Path. I felt it had potential with some changes and additional scenes to make the story line flow better. I tried to contact the author to ask for his permission to post my altered version of his story but received no reply, so I am assuming the story to be abandoned and that the author has no problems with my posting this.
Chapter 1: That Destiny is no more
Taichi Kamiya, or better known as Tai Kamiya, is someone who would stand by his friends and family no matter what anyone says or does. Most people would say he was just arrogant and didn't care about others, just about himself. He was the kid no one wanted to hang out with, to play with. He is the kind of person that will take the blame for a friends troubles and woe, and live with it. He puts others before himself, only caring for them. He is by no means perfect though, and he never tries to act like he is.
He thought that when he became a digidestined, that he and the others would all become friends, if not best friends. And he was right they all became so close to each other, but he was still left out of it. He was still put down by everyone. Hell, didn't he just help save the world!? Why is it that no matter how hard he tries he can never find a place to fit in. Heck he even had a list of who didn't care about him, and they are the ones that should care the most.
But it is over now. The digidestined finally pushed him over the edge, after he was screamed at by his parents. Ever since he almost got their precious daughter killed by accident when he was just a niave and foolish little boy they'd always hated him. Even when he and Kari got caught up in the Digimon's world with Myotismon attacking Odaiba, They only ever blamed him, It was Tai's fault for dragging their darling Kari into all that danger. He never blamed his sister, it wasn't her fault their parents loved her and hated him, it was his penance to bear for been a bad brother, for failing to protect her, and almost causing her death.
So he was a little late to the meeting. They were all saying goodbye to Mimi, but his mom and dad made him late by yelling about something. So when he finally got there everyone was furious at him.
Matt and Sora had got together after his hairpin gift for her birthday had turned out be a great big mistake. She huffed and turned her nose up in disgust at him, while Matt smirked that self-satisfied smirk that made him just want to punch his pretty-boy face in.
Izzy was on his computer probably developing a world changing computer program, either that or playing Tetris. Tai wasn't sure he even knew there was supposed to be a party going on around him.
Joe just stayed quite in a corner while shooting longing glances at Mimi from behind her back, so much for Mr. Reliable, apparently not wanting to get involved in another of the' younger kid's' spats.
Mimi had put a brave face on things but if you looked closely enough you could tell she wasn't looking forward to migrating to the Big Apple, and leaving behind all her friends, at least she had tried to diffuse the situation by saying "better late than never I always say, and this comes from someone who's always fashionably late". It was a good try.
Tk and Kari were chatting near the ordurve's table. Matt's brother shot him a worried look, concern for me warring with his desire to avoid incurring his big brothers temper. Tai's sister remained oblivious to his suffering, their Mum and Dad always made sure she could never hear them yelling at me, and she was used to me and Sora fighting all the time growing up together, and me and Matt butted heads often enough in the Digital World she didn't realize just how serious are current argument was.
They said they didn't want to hear his lame excuses of why he couldn't make it there on time. They told him to go find somewhere else to where he can never inconvenience them again. So now that's what he is going to do.
Whispered:
Can you stop, please?
Can you stop the fire?
You cant stop the fire,
you wont say the words.
Please, Please
Please, please forgive me,
But I won't be home again.
Maybe someday you'll look up,
And, barely conscious, you'll say to no one:
"Isn't something missing?"
You won't cry for my absence, I know -
You forgot me long ago.
Am I that unimportant...?
Am I so insignificant...?
Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?
Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't someone missing me?
Whispered:
Can you stop, please?
Can you stop the fire?
You cant stop the fire,
you wont say the words.
Please, Please
Please, please forgive me,
But I won't be home again.
I know what you do to yourself,
I breathe deep and cry out;
"Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?"
Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't someone missing me?
And if I bleed, I'll bleed,
Knowing you don't care.
And if I sleep just to dream of you
I'll wake without you there,
Isn't something missing?
Isn't something...
Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?
Whispered:
Can you stop, please?
Can you stop the fire?
You cant stop the fire,
you wont say the words.
Please, Please
As Tai left the group for what he felt was the last time, not looking back, he failed to notice two pairs of worried eyes on his back, as if by an unspoken agreement the two left their fellow Digidestined and followed their leader, neither had anything to look forward too by staying themselves, one about to be torn from everything she knew or cared about. And the other having already had that happen to him once before.
Tai had been there for them when they needed him most; When she was been silly and self-centred and needed a good dose of reality. And when he was lost and all alone and been nothing but a big brat about everything. The least they could do is be there for him now.
AN: Mostly the same as the original chapter 1 but with some additional lines to explain why Tai feels unappreciated and that leaving is the only choice left to him, as well as expanding on how two other of his friends ended up following him which was never explained in the original version.