Everything for you
Chapter Three: "hurry up and save Sora"
"I Turn around, I turn around" Matt sang as the crowd cheered. He began playing his guitar and flipped his hair flashing his trade mark smile as his female fans screamed. That night, Matt was going through the motions, but nothing more. He was disappointed that Sora couldn't make it, her mother had needed help in the flower shop. 'Oh well' Matt thought striking some power chords 'I guess she can't make it to all of them.'
Just when Matt was about to start singing again BlackWarGreymon burst through the back of the tent and attacked Matt, his Mega Claw attack missing only by a hair. Matt scrambled back to his feet as Gabumon jumped from his seat and said "Gabumon Warp-Digivolve to… MetalGarurumon!"
MetalGarurumon jumped at BlackWarGreymon and shoved him out of the tent. "Matt, are you ok?" The Cyborg wolf asked
"Fine, go take care of that guy." Matt said
As soon as the two mega level Digimon were battling outside Matt felt a sharp pain in the back of his head and he fell to the ground. He looked back and saw Tai his hands clenched together.
"You know Matt, if I were you I'd stop singing that song in concert, it seems like every time you do, a Digimon attacks." Tai said
"What'd you hit me for Tai?" Matt said jumping to his feet
"What? Like stealing Sora isn't enough? I've been waiting a long time for this, and I'm going to enjoy it." Tai said
"Stealing her? Don't you remember our talk?" Matt said just before he caught the evil glint in Tai's eye. Matt laughed.
"What's so funny?" Tai shouted
"You're not the real Tai. You've got the sort of killer intent that my friend never did. You know what that means?" Matt asked
Tai glared at Matt and said "Wha-" before he caught Matt's fist in his gut.
"It means, I don't have to hold back" Matt said before throwing another fist at Tai's temple. His fist connected and sent Tai flying.
Tai wiped the blood from his mouth and said "Pretty good, let's see how you do without a sucker punch."
Outside the battle grew more intense, the two Digimon were very evenly matched, however BlackWarGreymon was still stronger, if only a little bit.
"Metal Wolf Claw"
BlackWarGreymon pulled out his shield to block the attack but it was surprisingly weak.
"Giga Missile"
The attack had been a distraction and MetalGarurumon was now behind him. With only seconds to act he threw his shield at MetalGarurumon hitting his missile at point blank range to MetalGarurumon. The explosion with the added force of the dark shield caused MetalGarurumon to go down hard.
"Let's end this. Nova Destroyer." BlackWarGreymon launched his signature attack and blasted MetalGarurumon within an inch of his life. Weak and drained, MetalGarurumon reverted to Tsunomon.
A few feet away Tai flew out of the tent and landed on his back with Matt running to continue his attack. He clenched his fist and pulled it back to deliver a huge punch to his defenseless target when a black claw was inches from his face and BlackWarGreymon said "Stop now, unless you wish to die."
Matt dropped Tai and put his hands up. Tai stood up and proceeded to pummel Matt howling with a satisfied, though very evil, laugh.
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From his cell Tai saw a flash of light and his double emerge with Matt, who looked like he had just been through a meat grinder. He opened the cell next to Tai's and threw Matt and Tsunomon in it.
Datamon entered dragging Joe behind him and said "Good, now you need to get Takenouchi and our army will be complete."
"As you will" Tai said. He threw on last nasty look at the original and walked through the portal.
Datamon threw Joe in a cell and grabbed Izzy and left again.
"Tai." Matt said through swollen lips "Come here for a sec."
Tai walked over to him and Matt pulled something out of his pocket and handed it to Tai.
"Lock picks" Matt explained "Joe sent me an E-mail and told me everything, I grabbed these in case I wasn't strong enough to beat that copy."
Tai took them and said "Thanks Matt." Tai walked over to his cell door and went to work unlocking it.
"Tai, that when your double attacked me, he said that I stole Sora away from him… you. Do you really feel that way?" Matt asked
Tai paused for a moment then continued picking the lock and said "A little bit I guess…"
"You idiot, you should have told me sooner." Matt chuckled
Tai's cell door popped open and Tai dashed over to Matt's. "Don't worry about the rest of us, just hurry up and save Sora." Tai nodded and ran over to Kari and said "Pass these down to Davis, I taught him how to pick locks a while ago." Kari took them and nodded as Tai and Agumon ran through the portal.
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Sora had just finished a long day at the flower shop. They were making flowers for a wedding and had their hands full making everything even with Biyomon helping fetch the flowers they needed. None of that mattered now they were on their way to Matt's concert, they would only catch the very end now, if that. At the very least she'd be there in time to ward off fan girls and protect her boyfriend… She sighed. No matter how many times she said things like that they just never seemed to sound right. Oh well, it was a problem for another day. She walked up to the tent and walked inside and her breath caught in her throat when she saw the gaping hole torn into the back of the tent, and even in the dim moon light she recognized the unique shine of blood on the stage.
"It took you long enough, I was starting to wonder if I had picked to wrong spot to wait." said a familiar yet very cold voice.
"Tai? Is that you?" Sora asked
"Can't get one past you, Sora." Tai said walking out of the shadows cast by the tent into the moon lit area.
"What happened here?" Sora asked walking up to the stage.
"What? Oh, you mean this." Tai said wiping the blood with his shoe "Well there was a fight."
"I can see that." Sora said "How did it start?"
Tai laughed and it caused Sora to shiver, but not in the same way Tai's laughs normally did, this time she was shaking in fear. "You want to know how this all started. That's funny, coming from the person who set the wheels in motion."
"Me? What are you talking about Tai?" Sora said stopping at the fifth row back
"You started all this when you broke my heart. You are the one who caused all this violence when you ripped my heart out and tore it in two." Tai said
"What? Oh, Tai, I'm so sorry, I never meant to-" Sora said
"But you did!" Tai interrupted "And now it's time to pay."
BlackWarGreymon lunged from the shadows and dashed towards Sora his claws in striking position.
"Sora look out!" Biyomon shouted trying to shove Sora out of the way as she clenched her eyes shut. She could sense the dark power house coming ever closer, as if in slow motion until…
Clang!
The sound of metal hitting metal caused Sora's eyes to snap open. WarGreymon stood in front of her and had blocked the attack by thrusting his own claws upwards and catching the gauntlet in his own.
"I won't let you ever lay a hand on her!" shouted a voice from the entrance to the tent.
"You!" shouted Tai from the stage "But that's impossible!"
"Not quite!" WarGreymon shouted as he tossed BlackWarGreymon at the stage.
Sora looked at the entrance and saw Tai standing there looking as determined as he'd ever been. He looked at her and said "Hey Sora, you might want to move, I've got this weird gut feeling that this is going to be a battle field soon."
Sora was dumbstruck, why was Tai telling jokes at a time like this? Never the less she ran back to the entrance and stood next to him.
"Come on Tai, let's take care of this guy." Sora said brandishing her Digivice.
Tai grinned and said "Sorry Sora, but this is personal."
On the stage Dark Tai was laughing "How do you expect to fight me when that will only fuel your rage, and me in turn!"
'So that's why he was joking earlier, he's trying to stay calm.' Sora thought
Tai grinned and said "Still working on that one."
"Enough talk!" BlackWarGreymon shouted as he dashed at WarGreymon. WarGreymon dodged and grabbed BlackWarGreymon's shield and threw him into the air and dashed after him. BlackWarGreymon steadied himself and shouted "Nova Destroyer" and threw the fire ball at WarGreymon who said "Nova Force" and threw one back. The two giant fireballs collided in midair and exploded the force caused WarGreymon to be flung to the ground and BlackWarGreymon farther up. BlackWarGreymon flew down at top speed at struck at WarGreymon, who rolled to the side causing BlackWarGreymon to bury his claw in the ground. WarGreymon spun on his back and kicked BlackWarGreymon into the air again.
'I've got to stay calm.' Tai thought but it was getting harder and harder
'I've got to remember I'm fighting myself, just have to predict what I'd do" WarGreymon though as he pursued BlackWarGreymon. BlackWarGreymon corrected himself and shouted "Terra Destroyer!" He spun into a tornado of blades and flew at WarGreymon who nimbly dodged it at shouted "Nova Force!" he threw his signature attack and hit BlackWarGreymon dead on.
"How?" Dark Tai shouted "It's like he knows what BlackWarGreymon is going to do before he knows himself." Then the light went on in Tai's head "BlackWarGreymon, he's predicting your movements, fight without thinking!"
Tai clenched his fist 'that was our only advantage!'
"Good, I can feel your frustration! It's just the boost we'll need to beat you!" Dark Tai taunted
Tai released his fist and realized something; if BlackWarGreymon wasn't thinking he'd make a critical error and leave himself wide open for a counter attack. Tai just hoped WarGreymon would realize it too, then, as if by psychic connection, WarGreymon nodded and said, "I understand, that just might work."
BlackWarGreymon suddenly flew at WarGreymon as if to strike but stopped at the last minute at shouted "Nova Destroyer!"
WarGreymon shouted "Terra Force" and spun into BlackWarGreymon. At that point blank range there was nothing he could do. The ball of fire dissipated and BlackWarGreymon fell to the ground most of his armor broken.
WarGreymon floated high above as BlackWarGreymon tried to get up. "I'm… not through… just yet."
"Don't try it." Tai said "You've reached your limit."
"Giga Destruction!"
Two missiles flew in and hit WarGreymon severely damaging the already tired Mega.
A BlackMetalGarurumon flew into the tent followed by NeoDevimon, LadyDevimon, a blue MegaKabuterimon, Zudomon, Lillymon, Ankylomon, Aquilamon, and Paildramon. As the rest of the Digidestined walked onto the stage and stood next to shadow Tai, evil smirks on the lot of them.
'There's no way we could beat them all, even if Sora helped.' Tai thought clenching his teeth until he felt a hand in his own. He looked down and saw Sora holding his hand. He looked back at her and saw tears shimmering in her eyes. That was it. That was why he was doing all this, all for Sora, and he wasn't going to let something like a total mismatch stop him. He gently squeezed her hand and shouted "Come on WarGreymon! Let's do this! One more Time!"
WarGreymon slowly rose and said "Right…" he got into a battle stance then began glowing, as did Tai.
"What's going on!" shouted dark Tai
"WarGreymon, Biomerge to… VictoryGreymon!"
A blinding light flashed and when Sora looked she saw Tai was gone, and WarGreymon looked way different. He looked stronger somehow, and it wasn't the new armor, the giant sword, or the increased muscle mass.
VictoryGreymon pointed his sword at the group and said "You who would taint the good name of others and attack children, you servants of darkness, who bend to the demented will of evil, you will face judgment by my hand!" His voice sounded like two voices speaking in perfect harmony, one of them WarGreymon's and the other… Tai's?
"Metal Wolf Spike!"
"Horn Buster!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Vulcan's hammer!"
"Guilty Claw"
"Evil Wing!"
"Tail hammer!"
"Desperado Blaster!"
"Blast Rings!"
All the attacks flew at VictoryGreymon who calmly raised his left arm and said "Victory Shield"
A giant diamond shaped shield appeared and blocked the group's attack.
"What are we going to do?" Shadow Joe shouted
"Those were our strongest attacks!" Shadow TK said
"We'll beat him, we're the Digidestined!" Shadow Tai said
"No you're not!" shouted Sora
"We are!" boomed VictoryGreymon "Terra Trident!" VictoryGreymon pointed his sword at the group and it began to buzz with power until it shot a giant fire blast at the entire shadow group. When the dust cleared Sora was astonished to see BlackWarGreymon still alive, He had used his shield to block the worst of the attack, but it had long since reached its limit as well. The dark metal fractured and crumbled in to a pile of scrap. From his hiding place behind BlackWarGreymon Dark Tai shouted "How! We had all your powers, Courage, Friendship Reliability, all of them! Where did you find this power?"
VictoryGreymon grabbed his sword and got into a ready stance then shouted "Love!" and dashed at BlackWarGreymon "Victory Charge!" he shouted as he stabbed BlackWarGreymon through the gut, his sword extending all the way into Dark Tai's chest.
BlackWarGreymon dematerialized like all Digimon do and Tai said "I think I finally understand…" before following his partners lead and becoming nothing more than harmless data.
DT: Well looks like Tai took Phantom Sora's advice at the end of chapter one, took that word and made it a battle cry, somehow I don't think it was supposed to be taken that literally… So I hope you're enjoying this story so far, the next chapter I'm taking this back to my roots and getting to what makes this a Taiora, so I hope your excited to see that.