GoggleMaster01- Hey hey hey, it's me again! Okay, in case you skipped around (Which I love to do) Tai is choosing to stay in the Digital World. He receives some advice from his future self and is told he needs to find a special tree stump. All copyrights are on pg. 1. No OCs as of yet. (For you folks who don't get the lingo, that means original characters, characters invented by the author for the purpose of a fanfic) So, enjoy my Chapter 3.

Chapter 3

The Other DigiDestined Don't Listen to the Big-Haired Soccer Nut

I jumped off the rock and did a quick somersault. "10 points!" I cried. Agumon scuttled after me. I then began to search for the others.

After about twenty minutes, I found them at the edge of the water, boarding a cable car that was green and white. The other DigiDestined and the Digimon were there, Matt and Gabumon, Izzy and Tentomon, Sora and Biyomon, Joe and Gomamon, T.K. and Patamon, and my own sister Kari and her partner Gatomon. For some reason, I didn't see Mimi or her Digimon Palmon.

"Hey, Tai!" called Sora. "Ready to go?"

"Not exactly," I said.

"Not exactly?" Matt said, sounding really ticked off. "What do you MEAN 'not exactly'? We saved the world, we're done! We need to go home now!"

"This is gonna be really weird, but we've been through a lot of weird already," I said. I then proceeded to tell the other DigiDestined the wacky story of future me and the life I wanted to lead.

"So, you're gonna stay here?" Matt said. "Stupid Tai! All we wanted to do was to go back home. And here it is- our ticket home! So what changed your mind all of a sudden?"

"The truth is, guys-" I began. I paused. How do you put into words that you can't go back home because it never felt like home? I felt scared. Then, I remembered- I was the DigiDestined of Courage! Why should I be scared? I had to stand up and tell them.

"I feel like I belong here in the Digital World!" I blurted out. "And if anyone else wants to join me here, they're more than welcome!"

"Tai, the reason we did all this was so we could go home," Matt said. "And now, here's home! All we have to do is get on this cable car, and we will all be home!"

"I- I think I'm home right here," I said. "I want more adventures, Matt, and if you don't want to stay here, then that's your beeswax! I'm staying!"

"Fine!" Matt stomped onto the van. He turned to me and said, "Oh, and if you want to go blab to Mimi about the Digital World, she's in this van crying for some stupid reason. I wouldn't bug her if I were you." Matt then disappeared from view.

This left five other DigiDestined. "Join me, guys!" I said. "Please, I don't want to be alone!"

"Tai, we have our parents," Joe said. "And school. We can't just give all that up to-"

"GENNAI LIED!" I said really loudly so that Matt and Mimi could hear me too. "I don't know why, but he lied! We're supposed to go to this fake tree stump in the woods! Future me said so! Agumon says that people see their future selves in the Digital World and the tree stump exists, so it's not like I've gone cuckoo for Coco Puffs or anything. This stuff is real."

"We have to go, Tai," Sora said. "Goodbye." She then got on the cable car. One by one, the others followed her.

"If Matt's goin', I'm goin' too," T.K. said. "Take care of Patamon, 'kay Tai?"

"Okay," I said.

Kari jumped off the cable car. "Tai, the truth is I want to stay too, but I don't want Mom and Dad to worry about us," she said. "Besides, something tells me we'll get to see each other again someday. I can't wait!" She smiled.

I sighed. My sister had some kind of mysterious power. Maybe she was right. Maybe this wasn't the end. Maybe I'd see her again someday.

"Tell Mom and Dad the truth," I said. "That I'm staying here and I'm okay."

"I will." Kari got back on the cable car. "I'll miss you, Tai!" she cried out- just as the door to the cable car began to close.

"Kari!" I yelled. But it was too late. The cable car roared to life and lifted away, and I heard the metallic click of the door closing. I could do nothing but watch as the cable car hummed merrily as it took my friends away. I stared until it was nothing more than a spot, a dot, a speck, gone.

"Bye," I said. And with that, I was alone in the Digital World.

My legacy was about to begin.

GoggleMaster01- That's it. Don't worry. The other DigiDestined WILL appear again, though I don't count on them appearing in person for a while. Until Chapter 4, farewell!

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