Courage vs. Fear

By: Digilover

Tai was in a fistfight with Dark Tai. Dark Tai told him that he was a nothing and Tai got so mad he got into a fistfight. Matt, T.K., Kari, Joe, Mimi, Izzy, and Sora watched the fight to see who is going to win. The Digimon were watching as well, but cheered Tai on.

"Nice fans you got there, too bad this will be the last time you see them." Dark Tai hissed to Tai, making Tai really mad.

"That's where you are wrong." Tai hissed back.

Tai threw Dark Tai off of him and slammed him into a tree. Dark Tai then shot a beam at Tai, making Tai blind as a bat. Dark Tai laughed as took out a dagger.

"And so ends the life of the Master, such a pitiful ending." hissed Dark Tai, raising the dagger high into the air. But then, Tai got up and slammed into Dark Tai, making him drop the dagger.

"I am someone, you are just my fear and I got to face you because, I have courage to protect my friends and be sure of their safety. And I won't let my friends down." Tai said.

Suddenly, Tai's crest glowed orange and flames surrounded Tai. Everyone backed off, surprised looks on their faces.

"I am the Master! Passion of Fire!" shouted Tai, a flamethrower aimed at Dark Tai had hit its target.

Dark Tai screamed in agony as he melted away. The flames died away and Tai stood there, dazed. Then he fainted, drained of energy. Sora ran over to him and picked him up, dragging him to camp.

Tai woke up and looked as seven human figures stood over him.

"Where am I?" he asked, getting up.

"At camp. You fainted after you burned Dark Tai." Kari responded, looking at him in a strange way.

"Why are you guys looking at me strangely?" Tai asked, realizing they were staring at him.

"Well, after you defeated Dark Tai, you seemed to change." Matt said.

"Like what kind of change?" demanded Tai.

"Look into the lake."

Tai walked over to the lake and saw why they looked at him. His eyes, instead of tan, were now bright red with irises of golden yellow and bright orange. 3 strips of red, orange, and yellow were visible in his hair.

Tai kind of felt sick now. He had changed on the outside, but not inside. Tai looked down at himself as he slowly moved away from the lake. He wished this was a dream but it was real. Kari and the rest were watching him as he backed away. Kari walked up to her brother and held his hand.

"It's okay, Tai." She said, trying to comfort Tai.

Tai took a deep breath and looked at his sister, who was smiling at him. He smiled back, feeling much better.

"We should get going." Tai replied, recovering from his shock.

1 hour later.....................

Sora was looking at Tai as they walked in a forest. She knew he was in shock to see himself changed. Everyone else was too, the moment they found him they were shocked to see the changes. Sora felt bad for Tai, because he was going through a change on the outside. She knew that deep inside he still loves her. Sora wasn't the only one who felt bad for him, Matt, T.K., and Kari felt sorry for him. They realized he was shocked when he looked into the water to see him self a bit different than before.



"Matt is Tai still the same or is he different than before?" asked T.K., concerned for his friend.

"He is the same inside. He still is our leader and friend." Matt said.

....... Genai's house.............

He had just discovered Tai was the Master. Him and the Digimon (besides of the eight) knew Tai was the Master. Tai's power is incredible to any Digimon. They never he had so much power deep inside of him.

"I guess the Master has been born." Leomon replied.

"Yes, it was the crest power that released from Tai. We should call him Master from now on besides of the digidestined and their Digimon." Genai said.

What is going to happen to Tai? Is he recovered from his shock he received when he looked at himself? Find out next time.