A.N. Hey there, this idea came to me at random a few weeks back but I couldn't figure out a way to tie everything together until recently. This is currently planned as a two-shot or three-shot because I don't think it has much potential as anything more, I just don't have many ideas behind 2-3 chapters max. So I hope you enjoy it, let me know what you think and if you want me to continue. I know it's a little crazy and far away from the amine's storyline, but what fanfiction without a bit of insanity
Summary: After Kari was discovered as the eighth child, Myotismon captured her and Gatomon. In order to give her a chance for survival, a sacrifice had to be made and in wizardmon's place, one of the Digidestined would fall.
"Grizzly Wing!" As the swarming bats raced towards Kari, T.K. found himself in a daze. Kari, Tai's sister was really the eighth child they'd been searching for this entire time, the one they'd been hunting for was right under their noses all along. Now, their efforts were in vain, they were too late, Wizardmon had tried his hardest, but he was still weakened from the last few attacks he had suffered. No matter about Digimon being fast healers, no one could heal in seconds. All the ultimate Digimon and Angemon were too far away and Demidevimon had Kari's digivice. Without it, the Crest of Light of Light was useless to her. As the bats rocketed forward, memories flashed through his mind
Flashback:
"Hey, get ready to run" Hadn't Matt stood up to Devimon despite having been beaten in order to try and give him time
"If I can help others, then what happens to me is unimportant" Hadn't Angemon paid the ultimate price in order to save T.K. from Devimon.
Tai taking him as a surrogate brother when Matt had left him and been trapped at Digitamamon's diner. Tai had been so good to him without asking anything in return. He'd even helped him to patch things up with Patamon
Then another memory from long ago joined the rest. He could still remember Tai, even before Matt and his parents had split up, saying softly to him once "You're her age T.K., you can be there even when I can't. Take care of her okay?" "Sure" "Promise" Tai had asked softly, sounding oddly mature for a child. "Promise" The little boy had replied simply without really understanding what the idea of protecting someone had meant
Everyone had always protected him, helped him out, he'd never really been a part of the team, just the baby that everyone needed to take care of. He'd never managed to stand alone and make a difference; someone had always been there, holding his hand: Matt, Tai, Sora, Angemon, Joe. Tai had trusted him with his sister, to protect her, and there was no way he'd let him down.
"KARI!" Tai's scream pierced Takeru's thoughts and before he knew what was happening, he'd taken one last look at his father, brother and friends before hopping over the ledge of the shattered window and onto the roof. No one even noticed for a second, being too preoccupied with the attack before he heard Matt's yell, quickly followed by several other. Still, his feet had a mind of his own, soon he found himself in front of Kari and her new Digimon partner as the attack sliced into him. As his skin was ripped open by the bat's teeth, he caught a glimpse of Kari's face, his friend of so many years ago remembered him. Still, the look of horror on her face was not a moment to remember as the attack fade and T.K fell onto his back, shaking from the sheer pain.
'This is it, I'm gonna die' was all he could think of as Kari rushed to his side, along with Gatomon, the rest of the group coming as fast as they could. "Pathetic, a child thinking he could stand in my way" Myotismon was standing there still, with a cold smirk on his face, seeming happy to let the Digidestined watch one of their own die.
"T.K., you're gonna be alright, please don't leave T.K." Struggling to speak or move, T.K. managed to turn his head and gasp out "Are you…alright Kari?" "Why did you do that T.K., why did you get involved, I'm so sorry" "Don't be sorry Kari….Gatomon, I have no regrets, this way I know I did something useful on my own. I'm glad we were friends" At these words, Kari and Gatomon's eyes teared up as the young girl whispered "Best friends forever, thank you for everything T.K."
A soft chuckle emanated from the eight year old as he replied "Thank you too Kari…. Hey Dad, Matt….." As the boy began to breath harder, the massive wounds began to overwhelm him as Matt rushed forward to his brother's side, "T.K. you stupid idiot, why would you do that? God you're so stupid, why T.K, Don't leave me like this!" Struggling to speak, Takeru finally said "I had a promise to keep" Suddenly gulping, the memory flashed back to Tai who whispered "I never meant it like…." As he trailed off Takeru continued "Besides bro….I'll always be with you….Hey don't forget me okay, see you in Heaven" he then whimpered before his eyes closed and the Digidestined of Hope fell dead on the T.V. station roof
As his father held his dead son, the solemn group of seven turned to face the thing that had killed their friend and brother. Along with them every Digimon also turned, Angemon's eyes burning with a desire for vengeance. As Tai saw his surrogate brother's body, he suddenly saw Kari standing up with a determined gaze and, at once, her digivice glowed brilliantly to which Tai leapt forward and grabbed it before throwing it to his sister "Kari here!" Seeing the eighth child's digivice land in her hands, Myotismon's froze in fear as he screamed "NOT HER NO!"
As soon as the device was in her hands, it glowed again and Gatomon leapt forward as the digivolution began:
Gatomon digivolve to……Angewomon!
As the angel Digimon flew forward to confront Myotismon, all the other Digimon joined her, a desire to avenge their fallen friend burning in them all:
"Giga Blaster!" "Wolf Claw!" "Wing Blade!" "Horn Buster!" "Flower Cannon!" "Vulcan's Hammer!" "Hand of Fate!" "Celestial Arrow!"
The cries of all the Digimon chorused as one and all the attacked converged on Myotismon as one. Still, as he had before, he manipulated, dodged, blocked and outmaneuvered every single one with minimal effort. "Don't be so upset children; you'll join that brat soon. He was but the first to fall Hahaha!" "Hand of Fate!" The cry came so suddenly that even the villainous Digimon didn't react in time and he was brought to his knees in pain. If there is ever something to fear, it was a pissed off angel, and Angemon fit that description perfectly at that moment, Myotismon's words had left him burning with rage and the other partner Digimon were stunned at the change in the normally reserved and passive champion Digimon. Still, no amount of shock would leave them unable to take advantage of this opportunity to hit Myotismon at his weakest moment
"Heaven's Charm!" Once all the Digimon had pushed their power into the sphere of light, Angewomon focused the beam into a charged force and, as she fired it, cried out "Celestial Arrow!" The bolt of light struck the demonic creature of data through his chest and he quickly was engulfed in lightning and vanished.
As soon as Myotismon had vanished, the Digimon quickly reverted back to their rookie forms and walked over to where Mr. Ishida was rocking his dead child in his arms, tears falling freely as if begging for the boy to open his eyes. Soon he found the other seven Digidestined and eight Digimon, Wizardmon included; kneeling besides him to pay their final respects to the boy who had gone to such lengths to protects a friend and fellow Digidestined. Reaching out slowly, Matt removed the crest and digivice from the corpse and sighed, tears coming to his eyes as he looked at the reason his brother had died, all because he was involved in this war in the digital world, and unlike a Digimon, he wouldn't be coming back. "Well…." Mr. Ishida snarled while looking at the Digimon around him "Can't you do something, you have all these magic powers, you must have some way to fix this" Unable to even directly mention his son's death, he was clutching at a hope that there might be a way to reverse this. Soon his eyes focused on Wizardmon and grew cold "Well, you, Wizardmon, you have magic, bring him back…" "Dad he…." Matt began softly but was soon cut off by his father "Be quiet Matt, he can do it, so he should…..right…..you can bring him back….right! …….Go on, do it! I said bring him back, I will not bury my son!" Reduced to tears, he sobbed softly over his son's body while his son rubbed his back. "Come on dad; let's get him home, the police will be here soon." His father only nodded softly and refused to let anyone else near T.K. as he carried him out of the totaled building.
With the threat of the prophecy weighing them down and the horrible task of telling T.K's mother about his death in the battle, the Digidestined didn't have time for a proper burial at a graveyard, they did want to give him some sort of funeral though and bury him. T.K's mother had, of course, reacted horribly when her husband informed her of what had happened and the screaming could be heard by everyone of the Digidestined in the vicinity. Not that it mattered, they were all sullen and broken, lost in their memories. After a while, Matt walked over to where Kari was standing with Tai, enclosed in a tight hug and tapped Matt on the shoulder, asking to talk to her. Instinctively, Tai gripped Kari a bit tighter, assuming Matt blamed Kari for his brother's death. Assuring Tai he meant nothing of the sort, Matt pulled T.K. crest and tag from around his neck and placed them around her neck "He'd want you to keep them anyway, keep them safe, this way, you'll always have something to remember him by. Maybe it'll give you hope." Turning his back on the girl to avoid showing his tears and feeling weak, Matt was surprised to feel Kari hug him from behind, stammering her thanks and promised to keep the crest safe.
The parents in the community center were still not waking up though, the Digidestined were presently as good as useless and a prophecy was spelling out another battle for the Digidestined. Still, none of them knew quite how to go on now the team was cracked. Gennai had preached that for their upcoming challenge the seven original Digidestined needed to find the eighth child, but now that they had, they had lost one of their own in the process and, with the death of the keeper of hope, any feeling of hope for the Digidestined was slipping away.
Wizardmon had been broken up very badly by Takeru's death. Watching the boy sacrifice himself caused him to blame himself for not managing to get in the way of the attack in time. If he had only been a bit quicker, the Digidestined would have lost one of their own and he could have died knowing his life had been worthwhile. Feeling that he could be no help to the Digidestined, he had left the group after saying goodbye to Gatomon and returned to the Digital World.
In a corner by himself sat Patamon, without his partner, he felt lost and powerless. Without T.K. the digivice he had once wielded had gone dark and lifeless, leaving Patamon unable to digivolve. With this, the one Digimon who wanted to fight to avenge his friend and partner was limited from digivolving past rookie level. In the center of the park grounds where the group had congregated lay the fallen form of T.K., next to him were Gatomon, Agumon and Gabumon, working feverishly to dig a hole to bury Takeru in while their was some semblance of peace in Odaiba.
Some time later, the body of a young boy was lowered into the grave and the dirt filled in. Above the grave was a piece of metal taken from a destroyed building. In it, Agumon had used pepper breath and melted in the words
Takeru Takaishi
Son, Brother and Friend
The Digidestined of Hope
An Inspiration for all
We will never forget you
Almost as if time had waited for the funeral to end, the city shook and bats could be seen beginning to form what would become Venommyotismon. Giving a soft gulp, Kari looked at her brother and whispered "Tai….I don't want anyone else to die" Letting a single tear fall at his younger sister's words, Tai could already tell T.K's death would affect her for a long time to come, so when he spoke, he chose his words carefully rather than his usual brash manner. "I know you don't Kari, none of us do, but if we don't fight, lots more people will, besides, T.K. would have just stood there, so…." At this he raised his voice, seeing the rest of the Digidestined had been listening intently to how he responded to Kari "What do you say to one more rumble guys…..for T.K...? What do you say we finish this once and for all?" Seeing the other nodding, he turned to face the forming Digimon and said along with the other "For T.K."
If you looked hard enough, you could even see a light shining softly from where T.K.'s digivice was in Matt's jean pocket
The fight was long and hard, nearly costing all their lives once more, but at long last the prophecy came to pass. With the need of all the other Digidestined and his memories of T.K., Patamon had managed to get T.K's digivice to activate and digivolve with his last bit of strength. As the battle ended and Venommyotismon fell, Angemon fell with him, dissolving into data, only to be sent back to the digital world as data.
Still, as the battle for earth ended and the digital world appeared in the sky, the seven remaining Digidestined knew their battle wasn't over yet. They still had a world to save. T.K.'s mother furiously opposed Matt's return to the digital world, fearing that she would lose her remaining soon, but Mr. Ishida had overruled her, saying that if he didn't go, then their son's sacrifice was in vain. As the Digidestined vanished into the sky and returned to the Digital world for their hardest battles ever, one thought passed through their minds "We'll never forget you T.K."
A.N. Okay, I know it was a little weird, some of it didn't add up perfectly, but hey it's my story, so I can do what I want with it. I just wanted to try a story like this. Like I said before, it's gonna be a two-shot or a three-shot, unless you all really hate it, Now if you do like it, please vote on what other events you'd like me to do. I know I'm gonna do the season two scene where they see wizardmon's ghost and redo it with T.K.'s ghost. But as for the other scene I'm not sure, so please vote for what you want to see.Heaven