To Bridge the Abyss of Time and Death
He stood there in awe.
No one believed him that she still existed. No one really knew.
What was she? Now?
She just stood there, looking absent-mindedly into the pond...she looked....human. But he knew better.
"What do you want, Taichi Kamiya." It wasn't a question. It was a command.
"I-I don't. Know. I think....just to see if you are real or not."
She turned around to look carefully at him. Then laughed. "Of course I'm real."
"Thank you."
She cocked her head curiously. "For what?"
"Saving me."
She smiled. Her smile was beautiful. "You are very welcome." Taichi closed his eyes and smiled, too. He remembered.
Flashback-
Taichi's unease came too late. The attack almost found it's mark. Almost. He felt her push him out of his way, almost taking the attack herself. She rolled and landed in a crouch, a huge stick like a staff in her hand. Her crest began to glow, fiercer and fiercer, untill it blinded the enemy. All he remembered was flailing claws, and a bright, bright light...almost like a digimon attack. Then...he saw the enemy fall and disintegrated into dust. But then the next thing he saw terrified him. She was fataly wounded. She lay on the ground, blood staining the grass.
"NOOOOO!" He could almost here his own scream through the doors of time.
He rushed up to her, holding her close....
"Please! Don't go, please!"
"Taichi....don't cry...."
"I-I-"
She put a weak finger on his lips. "yeah, I know." She shuddered.
"Do NOT leave me!!!"
She opened her eyes, weak and her life fading quickly. "Keep my crest and tag...Do not give up, Taichi. Do not give up..."
end of Flashback-
Tai smiled. How very odd that her last words as a...what was the word, mortal?...were words of encouragement. He had a choice. He could stay with her...he could join her...all he had to do was let go...
"Tai, Tai! Wake up!" Matt's voice drifter further and further away...
"Oniisan!? ONIISAN!" Kari screamed into his ear...but now it was just a faint whisper to him. Tai's body gave a shudder.
"No...." Joe knew what that meant. They all knew what that meant....
Taichi Kamiya was gone.
The same, strange glow enveloped Tai's body. He moved through the forest, gracefully and silent as an owl through the air, following the figure in front of him, chasing her in a playful game of Tag. Then...she dissapeared.
"I will be back, Taichi Kamiya. You must finish your own task...." Her voice faded away, but her presence remained, strong as ever, strong in his heart. He turned back to the grieving digidestined.
"I know. Thank you, Sora Takenouchi."
He turned back to the group, along a familiar path, and rested his hand on Hikari's shoulder. Then looked at a shocked and stunned Matt.
He will lead now.
Matt didn't know how it got there, but the Crest of Courage was resting in his hand.
"Thank you, Taichi. I will do my best." He whispered. A small smiled played about his lips. He would do his best in the honor of his ironic friend and rival.
Taichi smiled. Yes. He had made the best choice.
And somewhere, Sora did the same...
"And so goes on the story of guidance. Death is only a part of life. To quote the others that have gone before us...save this world." They looked up to the voice, and for a minute the thought the saw Taichi, but then in a flash he was gone.
But no one truely went away.
THE END
Hee hee! Madya cry, didn't I! Hey! I'm a poet and I don't know it!!! Dya want another one? Just e-mail me! I keep having momentary inspirations. Also, I do NOT believe in lingering spirits. I just wanted something that'll make someone cry and show how strong the bond between the digidestined really is. Oh, yeah. I do not own digimon! E-mail me at sammieandfoxmon@hotmail.com See ya!
He stood there in awe.
No one believed him that she still existed. No one really knew.
What was she? Now?
She just stood there, looking absent-mindedly into the pond...she looked....human. But he knew better.
"What do you want, Taichi Kamiya." It wasn't a question. It was a command.
"I-I don't. Know. I think....just to see if you are real or not."
She turned around to look carefully at him. Then laughed. "Of course I'm real."
"Thank you."
She cocked her head curiously. "For what?"
"Saving me."
She smiled. Her smile was beautiful. "You are very welcome." Taichi closed his eyes and smiled, too. He remembered.
Flashback-
Taichi's unease came too late. The attack almost found it's mark. Almost. He felt her push him out of his way, almost taking the attack herself. She rolled and landed in a crouch, a huge stick like a staff in her hand. Her crest began to glow, fiercer and fiercer, untill it blinded the enemy. All he remembered was flailing claws, and a bright, bright light...almost like a digimon attack. Then...he saw the enemy fall and disintegrated into dust. But then the next thing he saw terrified him. She was fataly wounded. She lay on the ground, blood staining the grass.
"NOOOOO!" He could almost here his own scream through the doors of time.
He rushed up to her, holding her close....
"Please! Don't go, please!"
"Taichi....don't cry...."
"I-I-"
She put a weak finger on his lips. "yeah, I know." She shuddered.
"Do NOT leave me!!!"
She opened her eyes, weak and her life fading quickly. "Keep my crest and tag...Do not give up, Taichi. Do not give up..."
end of Flashback-
Tai smiled. How very odd that her last words as a...what was the word, mortal?...were words of encouragement. He had a choice. He could stay with her...he could join her...all he had to do was let go...
"Tai, Tai! Wake up!" Matt's voice drifter further and further away...
"Oniisan!? ONIISAN!" Kari screamed into his ear...but now it was just a faint whisper to him. Tai's body gave a shudder.
"No...." Joe knew what that meant. They all knew what that meant....
Taichi Kamiya was gone.
The same, strange glow enveloped Tai's body. He moved through the forest, gracefully and silent as an owl through the air, following the figure in front of him, chasing her in a playful game of Tag. Then...she dissapeared.
"I will be back, Taichi Kamiya. You must finish your own task...." Her voice faded away, but her presence remained, strong as ever, strong in his heart. He turned back to the grieving digidestined.
"I know. Thank you, Sora Takenouchi."
He turned back to the group, along a familiar path, and rested his hand on Hikari's shoulder. Then looked at a shocked and stunned Matt.
He will lead now.
Matt didn't know how it got there, but the Crest of Courage was resting in his hand.
"Thank you, Taichi. I will do my best." He whispered. A small smiled played about his lips. He would do his best in the honor of his ironic friend and rival.
Taichi smiled. Yes. He had made the best choice.
And somewhere, Sora did the same...
"And so goes on the story of guidance. Death is only a part of life. To quote the others that have gone before us...save this world." They looked up to the voice, and for a minute the thought the saw Taichi, but then in a flash he was gone.
But no one truely went away.
THE END
Hee hee! Madya cry, didn't I! Hey! I'm a poet and I don't know it!!! Dya want another one? Just e-mail me! I keep having momentary inspirations. Also, I do NOT believe in lingering spirits. I just wanted something that'll make someone cry and show how strong the bond between the digidestined really is. Oh, yeah. I do not own digimon! E-mail me at sammieandfoxmon@hotmail.com See ya!