Wings of Courage
By: BlackLiGurl
Digimon
Disclaimer: Digimon doesn't belong to me sadly.
I was a bit depressed when I wrote this so it may be a bit melodramatic and the characters may be out of character because I haven't seen Season 2 in a while.Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 1: Heartbreak
Taichi "Tai" Kamiya laid in his bed staring at the ceiling. It had been a whole year since the defeat of MaloMyotismon and a whole year since Sora Takenouchi, his love, and Yamato "Matt" Ishida, his best friend, started dating. Still, his heart aches when he sees them together although he says he's happy for them. No one knows this better than his little sister, Hikari "Kari" Kamiya, who was standing in the doorway with Gatomon and Agumon, watching him.
"Tai?" she whispered, "Tai, are you awake?"
There was no answer. He was obviously in deep thought. Agumon walked over to Tai and poked him.
"I'm awake..." he said averting his gaze from the ceiling to Agumon.
"Are you going to the Digidestined meeting? You should, you know," Kari said walking toward him.
Tai sat up and stretched.
"I'm comin'," he said yawning, "I was just thinking about something."
"You mean someone, right?"
He gave her a cold glare as he searched his room for a shirt and some pants to put on.
"No. I meant something."
"Whatever you say."
"Yes, whatever I say."
"I'll go see what Mom's cooking for breakfast while you get ready, 'kay?"
" 'Kay," he said lifting up a white T-shirt.
He eyed it for a while then threw it in a big pile of clothes he had already condemned unwearable for today. Kari smiled at him and walked into the kitchen.
"Mom, what's for breakfast?" Kari asked her mother.
"It's a breakfast special, 'Spinach Tempura'!"
Kari shuddered at the thought of spinach, shrimp, and eyes mixed together.
"Um, I'll skip breakfast today." she said looking at her mother.
Mrs. Kamiya frowned.
"But Kari dear, breakfast is the most important meal of the day! It gets your brain gears turning!"
'And you're stomach turning too.' she thought.
Tai walked into the kitchen wearing a black tank top and blue jeans. He looked at Kari, who was looking at the frying pan in disgust, and then at his mother, who was glaring at Kari.
"I'm guessing it's a breakfast special again, right?" he said putting his hands on his brown poof of hair.
"Tai, tell Kari breakfast is important!" Mrs. Kamiya pleaded with her 17 year old son.
"Mom, why can't you just make eggs and bacon like any other stay-at- home mom?" Kari sighed, "Tai, tell Mom that Spinach Tempura for breakfast will kill you."
Tai smiled at the two brunette females.
"You're both right but I agree with Kari more," he said smirking, "Spinach Tempura? Where's the importance in that?"
Mrs. Kamiya glared at him.
"Tai," she said calmly, "you're grounded for a week."
"What?"
"That's right. You shouldn't get smart with your mother. Now I'm pulling rank, eat breakfast."
Tai and Kari groaned in agony as they sat down to eat the yellowish- green fluff that laid before them.
At the Digiworld, a group of kids, the Digidestined, sat in a circle awaiting the arrival of their leader, his sister, and their Digimon.
"Where are they?" Davis Motomiya whined as he scratched his head.
"I hope nothing happened to them," Sora said looking around.
"They're probably okay," Matt said.
"We're here!!" a feminine voice yelled out.
"Here they come!! KARI!!"
Kari and Tai came running up a hill, Agumon and Gatomon trailing behind.
"Sorry about being late," Tai said smiling and panting hard, "Mom made us eat her breakfast specialty and we were throwing up for a half hour."
"Eww," Takeru "TK" Takaishi said.
"I happen to like your mother's cooking!" Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi said proudly.
"You're a robot, that's why."
"That even explains why you're so smart!" Matt laughed.
Everyone started to laugh at Izzy's expense. Tai glanced at Sora with Matt and stopped laughing. Once again, his heart began to ache and he sighed, flopping down on the picnic blanket.
"What's wrong Tai," Agumon asked, "don't you think Izzy being a robot is funny?"
Tai looked up at him and smiled.
"No, it's nothing don't worry about it!" he said waving his hand and changing the subject, "so, what's the meeting about?"
"Well, the Digimon said strange things have been happening lately. Disappearances to be more precise," Yolei Inoue said.
"Yeah, it's like, one moment the person is there and then, zoomph! They're gone." Armadillomon explained.
"Nice use of sound effects."
"Thank you Cody!"
"Hmm."
Everyone looked at Tai.
"I'm guessing that noise meant you have an idea right?" Joe Kido asked.
"No."
The group moaned and sighed.
"What?" Tai said looking up from his thoughts, "you think I would be able to come up with something? I, Taichi Kamiya? I never knew you thought of me that way."
"Tai." Biyomon said.
"Yeah?"
"You're the leader!"
"So? You don't ask me for ideas these days. You better look at Izzy or Ken. They're the ones with the brains."
Everyone looked at them.
"What?" they said in unison.
Once again, everyone sighed.
"All I know is that we have to stop this from happening so, lets stay here for the night," Tai suggested.
"See, you do have ideas," Kari said, seeing that her big bro was getting depressed.
'It must be Sora and Matt.' she thought.
"But Tai, what are we going to tell our parents? You know they don't like us coming here let alone staying here," Matt complained.
"We'll tell them we're here!" Tai said in an annoyed tone.
"Uh-oh, they're about to fight." Patamon whispered to the other Digimon.
"It's not like they can come and get us."
"So?! Unlike you, some of us doesn't want to worry our parents!" Matt said getting up.
"Then go home!" Tai yelled, "If you don't wanna help the Digimon here then just go! We don't need you!"
Matt grabbed Tai's shirt and looked him in the eyes.
"You know I want to help the Digimon Tai!! You know that better than anyone! But I'm just saying that we should make an arrangement in advance!!"
"By then, it will be too late," Tai whispered coldly.
"Guys please stop fighting!" Mimi Tachikawa pleaded.
"Tai, Matt has a point. We should make arrangements in advance," Sora said running up to them and grabbing Matt's arm.
Tai looked at her and tuned everything else except her voice out; Matt's growling, Mimi's pleading, everyone's yelling. What she said for some reason, hurt him.
"Sora.there was a time when you would have agreed with what you thought was right and not what your boyfriend says." he said quietly, "what happened to you?"
She stared at him for a second then looked at the ground.
"Don't talk to her like that!" Matt yelled pushing Tai to the ground.
He stumbled back and fell in a puddle of mud. Everything went quiet. No one was yelling. Everyone was expecting Tai to do something. Only thing that could be heard was Sora's giggling.
"See!" Tai yelled, "that's EXACTLY what I mean Sora!"
An uncomfortable silence fell upon everyone as Tai got up.
"I thought I said-"
Tai put his hand up to Matt, not taking his eyes off of Sora.
"Tai."
"You've lost your sense of morality!" he screamed, fighting back tears, "if you want to let the Digital World disappear then fine! Do it without me."
He stomped away and into the forest. Kari was about to follow him when TK grabbed her shoulder.
"It's best if we leave him alone," Gabumon said wisely as he sat under a tree.
Sora and Matt looked at the ground.
"Why does that always happen?" Tentomon asked his partner.
"Yeah. Why do humans have such a bad temper?" Wormmon said.
"Actually, it's just Matt and Tai," Ken Ichijouji said.
Meanwhile, Tai was sitting under a tree, crying uncharacteristically.
"What does she see in him?" he whimpered to himself.
"What DOES she see in him, hmm?"
Tai looked around confused.
"Anyone there?"
"Let's see, Matt's cute. Matt's sensitive. Matt's sensible. Matt's kind. Matt doesn't hurt his friends."
"WHO'S THERE?!" Tai roared angrily.
"Matt doesn't hurt his friends. Matt doesn't hurt his friends. Matt doesn't hurt his friends."
The voice in Tai's head was driving him crazy.
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!!" Tai yelled, "he hurt me! Both him and Sora!"
"You aren't his friend fool," the voice chuckled, "You are his rival. His enemy."
Tai flinched. Suddenly, a dark portal appeared before him and a dark hand rose from it. Tai yelped in surprise as the hand grabbed him and began pulling him toward the portal.
A scream echoed in Kari's head.
"Tai's in trouble!" Kari said springing into action.
Confused, the rest of the Digidestined followed Kari's running figure into the forest. Kari stopped as watched in horror as her brother struggled against a dark hand and losing.
"TAI!" she cried out.
"Kari? AH! KARI! Stay back!" he said gripping at the ground.
"I'll help you!" Matt said running toward him.
He grabbed Tai's arms and began to pull. Instantly, the other male Digidestined either grabbed Tai or Matt and began pulling as well.
"Matt, let go!" Tai pleaded.
"No! Look, I'm sorry!"
"Matt, make Sora happy and let me go!"
"Dude!" Davis spoke up, "no one's letting go!"
Another hand suddenly came up through the portal and brushed the Digidestined away. Both hands grabbed Tai and pulled him in. Everyone just sat there, bemused as the portal disappeared.
"This is all my fault." Sora sighed.
She looked over at Kari who was still staring at the ground where the portal was with a confused, depressed, miserable, it's-all-my-fault look on her face.
'I'm sorry Kari.'
Joe's mouth hung open as Izzy and Ken examined the area. TK and Davis sat beside Kari, trying to wake her out of her depressive trance. Matt was punching the ground, cursing himself and Sora stood above him, watching everyone and everything silently. Mimi and Yolei sat near a corner, wailing and sniveling while Cody watched Izzy and Ken, scared to death. Each Digimon was by their respectful partner either aiding them or attempting to cheer them up. Agumon sat alone by a tree with a mixture of emotions in his heart.
During this time, Tai was falling into a world he's never been in and into responsibilities all too familiar to him.
By: BlackLiGurl
Digimon
Disclaimer: Digimon doesn't belong to me sadly.
I was a bit depressed when I wrote this so it may be a bit melodramatic and the characters may be out of character because I haven't seen Season 2 in a while.Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 1: Heartbreak
Taichi "Tai" Kamiya laid in his bed staring at the ceiling. It had been a whole year since the defeat of MaloMyotismon and a whole year since Sora Takenouchi, his love, and Yamato "Matt" Ishida, his best friend, started dating. Still, his heart aches when he sees them together although he says he's happy for them. No one knows this better than his little sister, Hikari "Kari" Kamiya, who was standing in the doorway with Gatomon and Agumon, watching him.
"Tai?" she whispered, "Tai, are you awake?"
There was no answer. He was obviously in deep thought. Agumon walked over to Tai and poked him.
"I'm awake..." he said averting his gaze from the ceiling to Agumon.
"Are you going to the Digidestined meeting? You should, you know," Kari said walking toward him.
Tai sat up and stretched.
"I'm comin'," he said yawning, "I was just thinking about something."
"You mean someone, right?"
He gave her a cold glare as he searched his room for a shirt and some pants to put on.
"No. I meant something."
"Whatever you say."
"Yes, whatever I say."
"I'll go see what Mom's cooking for breakfast while you get ready, 'kay?"
" 'Kay," he said lifting up a white T-shirt.
He eyed it for a while then threw it in a big pile of clothes he had already condemned unwearable for today. Kari smiled at him and walked into the kitchen.
"Mom, what's for breakfast?" Kari asked her mother.
"It's a breakfast special, 'Spinach Tempura'!"
Kari shuddered at the thought of spinach, shrimp, and eyes mixed together.
"Um, I'll skip breakfast today." she said looking at her mother.
Mrs. Kamiya frowned.
"But Kari dear, breakfast is the most important meal of the day! It gets your brain gears turning!"
'And you're stomach turning too.' she thought.
Tai walked into the kitchen wearing a black tank top and blue jeans. He looked at Kari, who was looking at the frying pan in disgust, and then at his mother, who was glaring at Kari.
"I'm guessing it's a breakfast special again, right?" he said putting his hands on his brown poof of hair.
"Tai, tell Kari breakfast is important!" Mrs. Kamiya pleaded with her 17 year old son.
"Mom, why can't you just make eggs and bacon like any other stay-at- home mom?" Kari sighed, "Tai, tell Mom that Spinach Tempura for breakfast will kill you."
Tai smiled at the two brunette females.
"You're both right but I agree with Kari more," he said smirking, "Spinach Tempura? Where's the importance in that?"
Mrs. Kamiya glared at him.
"Tai," she said calmly, "you're grounded for a week."
"What?"
"That's right. You shouldn't get smart with your mother. Now I'm pulling rank, eat breakfast."
Tai and Kari groaned in agony as they sat down to eat the yellowish- green fluff that laid before them.
At the Digiworld, a group of kids, the Digidestined, sat in a circle awaiting the arrival of their leader, his sister, and their Digimon.
"Where are they?" Davis Motomiya whined as he scratched his head.
"I hope nothing happened to them," Sora said looking around.
"They're probably okay," Matt said.
"We're here!!" a feminine voice yelled out.
"Here they come!! KARI!!"
Kari and Tai came running up a hill, Agumon and Gatomon trailing behind.
"Sorry about being late," Tai said smiling and panting hard, "Mom made us eat her breakfast specialty and we were throwing up for a half hour."
"Eww," Takeru "TK" Takaishi said.
"I happen to like your mother's cooking!" Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi said proudly.
"You're a robot, that's why."
"That even explains why you're so smart!" Matt laughed.
Everyone started to laugh at Izzy's expense. Tai glanced at Sora with Matt and stopped laughing. Once again, his heart began to ache and he sighed, flopping down on the picnic blanket.
"What's wrong Tai," Agumon asked, "don't you think Izzy being a robot is funny?"
Tai looked up at him and smiled.
"No, it's nothing don't worry about it!" he said waving his hand and changing the subject, "so, what's the meeting about?"
"Well, the Digimon said strange things have been happening lately. Disappearances to be more precise," Yolei Inoue said.
"Yeah, it's like, one moment the person is there and then, zoomph! They're gone." Armadillomon explained.
"Nice use of sound effects."
"Thank you Cody!"
"Hmm."
Everyone looked at Tai.
"I'm guessing that noise meant you have an idea right?" Joe Kido asked.
"No."
The group moaned and sighed.
"What?" Tai said looking up from his thoughts, "you think I would be able to come up with something? I, Taichi Kamiya? I never knew you thought of me that way."
"Tai." Biyomon said.
"Yeah?"
"You're the leader!"
"So? You don't ask me for ideas these days. You better look at Izzy or Ken. They're the ones with the brains."
Everyone looked at them.
"What?" they said in unison.
Once again, everyone sighed.
"All I know is that we have to stop this from happening so, lets stay here for the night," Tai suggested.
"See, you do have ideas," Kari said, seeing that her big bro was getting depressed.
'It must be Sora and Matt.' she thought.
"But Tai, what are we going to tell our parents? You know they don't like us coming here let alone staying here," Matt complained.
"We'll tell them we're here!" Tai said in an annoyed tone.
"Uh-oh, they're about to fight." Patamon whispered to the other Digimon.
"It's not like they can come and get us."
"So?! Unlike you, some of us doesn't want to worry our parents!" Matt said getting up.
"Then go home!" Tai yelled, "If you don't wanna help the Digimon here then just go! We don't need you!"
Matt grabbed Tai's shirt and looked him in the eyes.
"You know I want to help the Digimon Tai!! You know that better than anyone! But I'm just saying that we should make an arrangement in advance!!"
"By then, it will be too late," Tai whispered coldly.
"Guys please stop fighting!" Mimi Tachikawa pleaded.
"Tai, Matt has a point. We should make arrangements in advance," Sora said running up to them and grabbing Matt's arm.
Tai looked at her and tuned everything else except her voice out; Matt's growling, Mimi's pleading, everyone's yelling. What she said for some reason, hurt him.
"Sora.there was a time when you would have agreed with what you thought was right and not what your boyfriend says." he said quietly, "what happened to you?"
She stared at him for a second then looked at the ground.
"Don't talk to her like that!" Matt yelled pushing Tai to the ground.
He stumbled back and fell in a puddle of mud. Everything went quiet. No one was yelling. Everyone was expecting Tai to do something. Only thing that could be heard was Sora's giggling.
"See!" Tai yelled, "that's EXACTLY what I mean Sora!"
An uncomfortable silence fell upon everyone as Tai got up.
"I thought I said-"
Tai put his hand up to Matt, not taking his eyes off of Sora.
"Tai."
"You've lost your sense of morality!" he screamed, fighting back tears, "if you want to let the Digital World disappear then fine! Do it without me."
He stomped away and into the forest. Kari was about to follow him when TK grabbed her shoulder.
"It's best if we leave him alone," Gabumon said wisely as he sat under a tree.
Sora and Matt looked at the ground.
"Why does that always happen?" Tentomon asked his partner.
"Yeah. Why do humans have such a bad temper?" Wormmon said.
"Actually, it's just Matt and Tai," Ken Ichijouji said.
Meanwhile, Tai was sitting under a tree, crying uncharacteristically.
"What does she see in him?" he whimpered to himself.
"What DOES she see in him, hmm?"
Tai looked around confused.
"Anyone there?"
"Let's see, Matt's cute. Matt's sensitive. Matt's sensible. Matt's kind. Matt doesn't hurt his friends."
"WHO'S THERE?!" Tai roared angrily.
"Matt doesn't hurt his friends. Matt doesn't hurt his friends. Matt doesn't hurt his friends."
The voice in Tai's head was driving him crazy.
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!!" Tai yelled, "he hurt me! Both him and Sora!"
"You aren't his friend fool," the voice chuckled, "You are his rival. His enemy."
Tai flinched. Suddenly, a dark portal appeared before him and a dark hand rose from it. Tai yelped in surprise as the hand grabbed him and began pulling him toward the portal.
A scream echoed in Kari's head.
"Tai's in trouble!" Kari said springing into action.
Confused, the rest of the Digidestined followed Kari's running figure into the forest. Kari stopped as watched in horror as her brother struggled against a dark hand and losing.
"TAI!" she cried out.
"Kari? AH! KARI! Stay back!" he said gripping at the ground.
"I'll help you!" Matt said running toward him.
He grabbed Tai's arms and began to pull. Instantly, the other male Digidestined either grabbed Tai or Matt and began pulling as well.
"Matt, let go!" Tai pleaded.
"No! Look, I'm sorry!"
"Matt, make Sora happy and let me go!"
"Dude!" Davis spoke up, "no one's letting go!"
Another hand suddenly came up through the portal and brushed the Digidestined away. Both hands grabbed Tai and pulled him in. Everyone just sat there, bemused as the portal disappeared.
"This is all my fault." Sora sighed.
She looked over at Kari who was still staring at the ground where the portal was with a confused, depressed, miserable, it's-all-my-fault look on her face.
'I'm sorry Kari.'
Joe's mouth hung open as Izzy and Ken examined the area. TK and Davis sat beside Kari, trying to wake her out of her depressive trance. Matt was punching the ground, cursing himself and Sora stood above him, watching everyone and everything silently. Mimi and Yolei sat near a corner, wailing and sniveling while Cody watched Izzy and Ken, scared to death. Each Digimon was by their respectful partner either aiding them or attempting to cheer them up. Agumon sat alone by a tree with a mixture of emotions in his heart.
During this time, Tai was falling into a world he's never been in and into responsibilities all too familiar to him.