Summary: "See, now you look like you have battle scars!" he exclaimed, brimming with the joy of a million lights. "Don't say a word—you know they fit you!" Some things just don't change; but it's hard to notice when things are changing all around you anyway. A Digimon x KH crossover, in which Taichi and Yamato end up in the first place they need to be, but in the last place they want to be.
It was a little unnerving to say that the older brother of the next princess in line and the older brother of said princess' future spouse was inseparable at birth. At one point, someone had the gall to point out that maybe they arranged their siblings' marriage from the start.
No, they did not, because they were just a few years older than their younger siblings. And that would be especially trying for their parents if a royal marriage was to be determined by the eldest sibling.
Especially trying for the specific parents of those two specific eldest siblings.
(However, it wasn't like anyone would've had it any other way, since they seemed so happy together. So there wasn't much judgement on that part).
The Princess of Japan's Light, Yagami Hikari, was to marry with Ishida Takeru, a small boy with the might of all of his knightly-ancestries before him. Was Hikari interested in Takeru's knightly-ancestries? Taichi will never truly know—although he does know that his younger sister's judgement is pretty great, so he knows what Hikari sees in Takeru is true.
Not everything was supposed to turn out happily, however.
When Taichi was a newborn, he arrived with a sword and shield in hand. Or, at least, that's what his mother used to tell him, no matter how true or false it may have seemed. A sword and shield was what Taichi ended up wielding anyway, as he grew older.
There were a few... interesting somethings about the first day he was allowed outside of the bed he called a training room and into the Royal Apprentice's Training Grounds. One; he met someone that wasn't supposed to be there. Two; the people he saw were fighting really, really well.
Three...
"Hey, how come you guys were let out so early?"
The two people in question turned their heads towards the voice, giving him a few moments of "glare-time." Why? Well, the two people in question looked like they'd be around the same age as him. Well, at least one of them do... he couldn't tell how the other person looked like. They sure seemed to like their armour sealed up tight.
The one who wasn't covered in armour that wouldn't make him sweat until he was dry had a dirty blond mop of hair on his head. He gave off a commanding attitude, alike to the one that his father used whenever Taichi reached his hand too far into the cookie jar. This was further anunciated by his sharp voice, "What's it to you? We're training, aren't we? That's what these grounds were made for."
The armour-clad person was abashedly tucking their sword behind them. The voice that came out was not at all what Taichi was expecting, "Well, I guess we did kind of sneak out..."
Taichi's mouth circled into a neat, little window, as the blond boy's hands went to try to cover up the other's mumbling. "Shhh, do you want to get in trouble?"
But the dent was already made. "Wait, you're a girl?"
Said armour-clad girl seemed really offended at this, even going as far as taking her helmet off and throwing it on the ground indignantly. "Yeah, well, what's it to you? I can fight too, you know!"
Taichi lifted his hands up, ready to go back to his room instead of staying in such an awkward conversation. "I-I didn't mean anything bad by it! I think it's pretty cool, actually!"
The girl blinked a few times. "R... really?"
"Yeah!" Taichi replied. "We should spar a few times soon! You guys seemed really good at it!"
The girl turned her head towards the blond boy. "Well... I guess it wouldn't hurt to try. What do you think, Yamato?"
He crossed his arms. "No, it wouldn't. But... no one else will catch wind of this. Or else you're toast."
Taichi laughed. "Hey, that's my line! See?" He sparked up a bit of Fira magic from his hands. "I don't burn!"
The girl snickered a bit, while Yamato rolled his eyes. He raised up his sword defensively. "Well, if you're done cracking jokes, I think it's time to continue what we came here for."
Both Taichi and the girl gave knowing smiles to each other, then lifted both of their swords at Yamato. "Well, then, I won't go easy on you!"
"I hope you weren't planning to in the first place," the blonde snarked. "And don't gang up on me! It's a one-for-all!"
They were all a few interesting somethings, that's for sure.
AN: I planned this to be a one-shot... but the idea of Tai and Matt being the equivalent to Lea and Isa was too tempting for me. Don't worry—if you don't know who I'm talking about, that's okay, because I'm going to be making different variation to how I'm fitting Matt and Tai into the world of Kingdom Hearts. I have a whole AU, actually, if anyone would like to hear me ramble about it in the DMs. With that being said, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm gonna make this fanfiction a bit short on the short side, but trust me, we'll be getting into the angst soon! Thanks for stopping by!