Sora was dreaming. Dreaming about a certain boy. Such dreams had been becoming a usual occurrence the last two years. Oftentimes they included her and Tai as a couple. But that was impossible now. Tai and Davis had disappeared two years ago. The day he had found out Matt and Sora had not only been dating but sleeping together as well. He had found out in the worst possible way. He had walked in on them. But this dream was different somehow.
"Tai!" she shouted as she approached the tree that she and her best friend used to sit under when they were kids.
'Figures,' Tai thought sadly. "Hi Sora," he said, donning his now-normal fake smile. It had been years since he had truly smiled. "What are you doing here? Then again you show up in my dreams all the time, so why should tonight be any different? Hey Ishida, you can come out now. I know you two are dying to torment me like usual!" he shouted.
Sora was puzzled. 'He acts as if this is his dream,' she thought, then shrugged it off and decided to play along. Sora sat down beside him. "No tormenting tonight," she said.
"Then I guess I have your undivided attention. That means I can drop the act and tell you what happened to me," he said, a hint of bitterness in his voice.
"Where did you go, Tai?" Sora asked, feeling stupid for asking dream Tai this. "We miss you." Sora saw Tai start to shake, and then realized he was laughing.
"You all miss me. Yep, right. I suppose Ishida needs Omnimon and Imperealdramon paladin mode so he can achieve his ambition of becoming the DD ruler of the DW. I suppose that you all miss Davis for the same reason."
"That not true Tai!" Sora said angrily.
"Did you know that you don't age in the DW?" he asked, abruptly changing the subject. Two years in the DW is a lot longer than in the RW. I found out some interesting things. For example, I found a prophecy. 'When darkness stops her attempts to kill the one of destiny, the world will know a fleeting peace. After three years, three kingdoms will arise. One of evil intent, a virus to the DW headed by the ultimate evil. One by Friendship after embracing Darkness and gaining a long sealed power. The final kingdom shall be revived by the true ruler, the sole survivor of the long dead Ryuzaki royal family. At this time the peace will be shattered by war between the kingdoms. During these troubled times, Darkness and Power will be revealed. Love and Darkness will make a choice that will doom both worlds or mark herself, Courage, and Power as the most powerful two DD of both worlds.'"
"Tai, Matt and TK need you and Davis to help them!" she said, purposefully ignoring his revelation.
"Help them do what Sora? Killing m-Prince Ryuzaki? Not A chance in hell! What have you done for me since that day at the concert?" Tai was shouting now. "Remember our spot? The one you and I promised never to share with anyone! You took Ishida there on your second date! How about that the first championship trophy you ever got? The one I gave you? It's in Ishida's room with the words 'World Class Boyfriend' on it! How about the day that I found out that the Ishidas were voted the new leaders of the DD?!" He was standing now. "Davis was the only one who voted for me; even Hikari voted against me! And every one of the DD knew about you and Ishida but Ken, Davis and I! You all kept it from Ken because you knew he would have told Davis, who would have told me!" Tai stopped to catch his breath, closing his eyes as he calmed himself. "The Virus Kingdom and Yamimon…the Vaccine Kingdom and Yamato Ishida…and the Data Kingdom and Prince Ryuzaki." He opened his eyes and looked straight into hers. "You DD should visit him if you want to know where Davis and I are." Tai paused and then let out a small laugh, and for a moment Sora saw his face full of pain and sadness. "It's funny," he said softly, "I always thought I was unbreakable. Many digimon have tried, but only one person ever had the ability to. She broke my spirit, my courage, and my heart." He started walking away but stopped after a few paces and turned his head to the side. "You always were the only one who could break me, Sora. I felt invincible because I never thought you would ever try to break me…but I was wrong….Dark Princess Sora." 23 4b