Yay it seems this thing is getting interesting, anyway here enjoy!!!

Oh and by the way I think about the Taichi/Hikari part will be most from the POV of Hikari but hey just read and you will find although not in this chapter but probably in the next one.

Chapter 3

It was around midnight, everything looked peaceful or at least that's what Taichi thought. He was sitting in backyard of the Ishida's residence, some hours before they were at party celebrating Hikari's 17 years and everything went good, although for many of the digidestined it was rare to see that both Taichi and Yamato arrived a little late to the event, they didn't cared about the questions being asked towards them and simply joined them.

Taichi right now was in deeply thought, after talking with Yamato about the things that were bothering him, it did helped him to relax a bit but deep within him he couldn't stop worrying for what the future may bring about the warning of Gennai; there has passed a lot of years since the defeat of Apocalymon and now he knew he would return after this so many years but the warning was that he would came back but much powerful than before. His power could probably destroy not only the digital world but also the real one, and that could be dangerous for everyone but another thing was the way to defeat someone like that, and the answer was only to give up into the power of darkness to fight it equally.

He was deep in his thoughts until he heard some footsteps, he quickly turn around to see who it was, there stood Sora the girl she had liked from long a time ago.

"Hey Tai, you couldn't sleep?" She said while rubbing one of her eyes.

"No I was thinking on something, so I decided to take some fresh air…" He took some of his drink which was some juice.

"Mind if I sit down?" She asked.

"No it's ok, after all this is not my house" He teased.

She sat down and looked at him, she was going to talk to him but he indeed was in deep thought, something important must be running right now through his mind she thought. She wondered if what Yamato told her about Taichi and this big problem he was hiding from everyone, she knew how hard was to known what was this problems and it grew more problematic if they had to be with the digital world. He always keep his problems away from others and decided to resolve them by himself, apparently the title of leader did affected him throughout the years of being a chosen children.

"So how it is going your relationship with Yamato?" He was the first one to speak, dam he is quick she thought.

"It's going pretty well, thanks for asking Tai"

"You know when both of you need something I'm here for both of you ok?"

She nodded and reassured him with a smiled, she thought that maybe this would be a good opportunity to know of that problem that has bothered him.

"You know Tai I was wondering… lately it seems you have been like distant to all of us…"

Tai didn't took the turn to turn back and see her, probably Yamato told her about this new problem that could happen any day onward, he just sighed and give another gulp to his juice before turning to see her and to ask.

"So Yamato told you isn't it?"

She just stared at his chocolate brown eyes, he wasn't showing any emotion of anger or hate, but probably within him he didn't want anyone except for him and probably Yamato now that he knew about this. But when Yamato told her she was very concerned and worried for Taichi, he has been her best friend since childhood and most of the time both shared many things even their secrets but she knew that whenever there was a big problem like this one he would reserve it only for him and tried to resolve alone.

"Yes Tai, he told me but he had his reasons you know we care too much for you to hold something so big, and I'm very worried for you, I don't want anything bad happen to you…" She looked a bit down, she really cared for him and she felt horrible each time he had to hide something important like this for himself and didn't even took the time to tell the others. It may happen two years ago but still she had some feelings towards him but she couldn't do anything she decided to stay with Yamato which was the best friend for both of them.

He noted her expression but didn't to look directly at her, it just happened that he fall in love with her and after two years he still had feeling towards her but he knew he couldn't do anything anymore, she had chosen him and he accepted that, but each time that both of them were alone like this moment it was like poison for him, he couldn't resist the urge to kiss her or to have her between his arms but all of that was now in the past. He told himself that he needed to overcome this and to find a new way to live without Sora, it sounded easy but in fact was like the fucking hell, he knew that he didn't do his better being with her as he thought of many reasons they both broke up but it didn't mattered anymore.

"Thanks for caring about me Sora, and yeah I think that sometime I need to let you all know about this, but I don't want anything to happen to you either also for Matt and the other digidestined…"

The crest of Courage was one thing that clearly described him, he would always give himself before the others, he would sacrifice everything he could to protect them all; she remembered the time in the digital world when she was kidnapped by Datamon, he fought bravely to save her and even risked himself into defeating Etemon. These thoughts made her doubtful if she had made a right decision in being with Yamato instead of Taichi.

"That's so of you Tai" She let a small giggle. He laughed a bit too, apparently the awkward mood started to fall apart.

"So anyway Tai, how about you and Hikari, how you two being doing?"

"We being good I think, but to tell you the truth Hikari has been acting strangely this last days…"

"Acting…? Like what?" She asked concerned for what have happened to Hikari.

"Well like whenever I got out form the bathroom and she sees me with only pants and without a shirt she turns like beet red, or like whenever we talk about things like you know relationships and those things… well it feels like weird to be around her…"

"I guess that can be normal but at the same time weird, she is your sister, she shouldn't have any problem seeing you like that or feeling shy about talking those things with you in the special case would be if it is very important, but…"

"But…?" He frowned at what Sora was saying, this is getting interested he thought.

"Probably she feels different towards you Taichi…"

Taichi was in shock, hearing that probably his own sister would feel different towards him was indeed impressive and it turned his world upside down.

"I know I'm naïve sometimes but you are not implying that she probably… mm… likes me more than a brother?"

She just nodded, she wasn't sure what to say about this it was something she couldn't imagine, specially coming from Hikari; she always looked happy around Taichi and whenever she needed comfort or a shoulder to lean on he was always there for her, probably that's the reason she developed those feelings towards him. But both of them were cut before they could say anything else, Koushiro came saying something about the digital world meanwhile his digivice was shinning.

"Taichi, I think it's time…"

He just nodded and stood up putting aside the juice can he was holding, he was still in his cloths so he really didn't need to change, before he could go with Koushiro he turned back and said some last word to Sora.

"Stay here with them… please…"

"'k…" Was all she could say, it didn't mattered if he didn't wanted anyone more than himself and Koushiro to be involved in this but this was a matter that was around all the digidestined. Still seeing him like this deep in her heart she felt that he was going to his own end, she felt the urge of kissing him but she couldn't.

Koushiro and Taichi were now talking to Gennai about the situation in the digital world, apparently there were some more savage digimons and started to attack others which were at peace, Taichi asked Gennai about Agumon, he said he was there with him and prepared for the battle.

"Ok this it, Koushiro I'm counting on you, if anything happens to me talk with Yamato…"

"Don't worry but Taichi are you sure you want to do this alone?"

"Yes Koushiro, don't worry I don't want any of you getting hurt or anything like that, if what Gennai told us about the dark side of the Courage then that should be enough"

Koushiro just nodded and waited till his friend disappeared through his laptop; why do I have this feeling that he didn't told everything to Yamato he thought and resumed his work.

It was morning and news about Taichi were unknown to Koushiro, he was very worried for him, probably he could have died but that was something he didn't wanted to think about. It was like a lot of pressure to be like this so he decided to talk with Yamato and Sora, probably all of the digidestined would end going with them to search for Taichi.

Some minutes later all of the digidestined were up and ready to go, but the one who wanted to go most was Hikari, she couldn't believe his brother left without saying something to them and specially to her, she couldn't wait to go and to help him, if the worst case was to find him dead she wouldn't live like that.

"Don't worry, we will find him" The voice of Takeru comforted her.

She just nodded and waited impatiently for the others to get full ready, their digimons partners were with them also waiting; it passed some minutes and they reached the digital world, but what shocked them was how it looked. It was like a war had happened; most of Server was destroyed, fires coming from there, forest completely down.

Gennai greeted them all and quickly explained them about the situation, since yesterday Taichi and Agumon went to fight like a whole band full of dark digimons, most of them corrupted by the power of darkness. He also talked with Taichi about asking for help but received the same answer as Koushiro; quickly all of them got ready to look for him. But before they went to search for them Lilamon get close to them and asked them if she could go with them.

"Mm would you mind if… I can go with all of you?" She said a little shyly, she still wasn't used to be around so many humans. She did known about Agumon partner Taichi and his sister who was a good company also whenever she went to visit the digital world.

Hikari recognized her went to talk with her, her partner also went with her, she was very good friends with her and was thankful that Agumon could find someone to pass time as well to feel comfortable; she thought like that because she also felt Agumon to be her big brother just like Taichi is to Hikari.

"It's a relief to see you are ok Lilamon" Hikari sighed happily too see her all well.

"It was all thanks to Wargreymon and Taichi both of them were the ones who defended all those digimons who couldn't protect themselves" Both Hikari and Gatomon just nodded.

"Well for me there is no problem in letting her come with us but don't know if the others would like that, maybe you can convince them Hikari?" Gatomon turned to see her partner and friend; she just nodded and quickly went to talk with the other digidestined. They waited some seconds before she returned and told them that all agreed with them but that it would be better to go now and search for the two of them, Lilamon and Gatomon nodded and quickly followed the others.

After hours of searching they couldn't find anything, not sight of Taichi or Agumon, all of them were getting really desperate specially Hikari, not finding her brother was like killing her little by little, if they found them both of them dead then it would be the end for her life. Not was until Birdramon caught sight of the big body of Wargreymon which could be easily distinguished from what it looked to be a forest or at least what is used to be. She quickly came down and told them, they weren't too far away from it, everyone quickly started to run to the direction Birdramon told them meanwhile she arrived faster than them and checked if Taichi was there with his partner.

They took some minutes before reaching Taichi and Wargreymon, everyone was felt relieved to see them but now the problem was if they would be still alive. It appeared as if they went directly to some sort of war, you could say at because the environment felt like it and because how it looked; when they were too close to them three little fellows appeared, everyone looked at them with surprise apparently they were been protected by Wargreymon and Taichi, they recognized two of them, one was a Nyaramon and the other one a Poyomon which were the fresh forms of Gatomon and Patamon; the third one was a little different none of them could figure what digimon it was but it had two large ears that looked exactly like those of rabbits and three horns in her upper part of the head, the color of its body was brown and her eyes were black.

"Who are you…?" Asked the rabbit like digimon with a little of fear in her voice.

They tried to get close to them but the three of them quickly made a step back, it was clear that they were scared and probably weren't used to see humans, it wasn't until they recognized Lilamon that the three of them run towards her and hugged her or well at least they tried because she needed to kneel down.

"Lilamon!" The three said in unison; she smiled at them and started to comfort them with some words, meanwhile the others looked surprised at the reaction of the three of them.

"You don't need to worry about anything Loopmon, its ok they are friends that came to help us" She said with her gentle voice, this probed in the three of them to be more comfortable as they trusted her. The digidestined were taken back by a voice, they turned to see it was none other than Taichi.

"It's glad to see you all guys…" He smiled at them but quickly coughed a little, he was feeling really tired and also he was hurt most likely by attacks from digimons. Sora and Yamato helped him to stand up as it was very hard for him, both of them were really worried for him, he was all alone with only his digimon and probably in this battle he have had it could have ended in his dead.

"Man you scared us like hell, what happened to you?"Said a concerned Yamato.

"It will take some…(cough) some time…"Said Taichi.

"Maybe we should all go back to the house of Gennai, and let Tai rest then he would tell us what happened" Finished Sora, everyone agreed just in the exact moment Wargreymon de-digievolved back to Koromon, Lilamon took him into her arms, she sobbed a little thinking the worst happened to him also, some of her tears fall in his face and thus made him to wake up. He stared at her, it surprised him because the last thing he remembered before fainting was to slash though a bunch of digimons which were the last ones attacking and then he fainted; although this made him happy at first but then he didn't knew what was the reason for her to be crying.

"You ok… Lilamon?" He tried to say with little effort as his throat hurt from keeping yelling and grunting.

She was surprised as he called for her, he turned her head to see him, and there she met with his eyes, he looked as if nothing had happened, he just stared at her wondering why she was crying and at the moment she couldn't help but hug him even tighter, she felt so relieved to see he was alright.

"Li…lamon …can't breathe…" Koromon stammered.

Everyone laughed at Koromon's comment, but at the same time the tense disappeared it was good this way they could discuss what to do next without worrying too much for the digimons as they were now safe thanks to Taichi and Wargreymon, but the real problem was the cause of evil digimon to appear all over the Digital World.

"So Taichi you feeling any better?" Sora turned to ask Taichi who was leaning in the shoulder of Yamato and hers, but he didn't showed any reaction, she got scared for a moment but Yamato told her he just fall asleep, she nodded and then again returned her view towards their way.

It has passed 3 hours since they found out Taichi and since he fall asleep, Koushiro, Sora and Yamato took care of him when they arrived at Gennai's house, the other digidestined were curious to know if he was alright they just simply answered – yeah he is ok, so no worries- so most of them had enough with that answer except for Hikari, she was still very worried for her brother she knew how much weight he consider having being the leader of the digidestined. She also felt a little jealous for not be able to go in the room where his brother was and take care of him instead of Sora; it has passed two years since both of them dated each other, she still remembered when her brother returned with the news and she just smiled at him but deep she was cursing Sora for being her the one dating his brother and not her.

Taichi woke up, he rubbed one of his eyes as he still felt a little sleepy and dizzy for the last thing he could remember was being picked up and carried by Sora and Yamato, he felt a little pain coming from his forehead although it was less than before but still it bothered. He looked at the room it was like those of villages, everything was made of wood and some carpets; he stood up with a little effort as he was weak but he tried again until he could stood up properly after that he made it to the door and opened it, the rays of the moon could be seen as well as many stars in the sky, it looked beautiful and amazing as it was very rare for him to be admiring the scenery or to even put attention. He tried to recognize where he was, he finally remembered that he was in the digital world and probably this place would be Gennai's home.

"I think… no I should go and find them, they probably would like to know what the fuck is going on…" He said still rubbing his forehead from the little pain that was there. After that he started to walk, he started to hear some voices "probably is the guys" he thought so he walked a little bit faster until he reached the room from where they coming, he was going to open it but before that it opened and from in Hikari appeared, both of them stared at each other and she hugged his brother as some tears started to fall from her eyes.

He turned to see that all of his friends were there, but was happy to see him he smiled and nodded before giving Hikari a kiss in her forehead and also to return the hug.

"It's ok Hikari, I'm ok" He patted her head a little.

Both of them broke the hug and then entered the room, Taichi greeted all of them and then sat down, he was filled with a lot of questions like –What happened or why you didn't tell us before- he was going to answer each one of them but whenever he tried he was cut by another question. It wasn't until Sora practically yelled at them to stop and to wait before each of their questions could be answered.

He turned to see her and just blinked as how impressive it was that Sora could put under control each of them, she calmed down now that everyone one of them were more tranquil though she did caught a glimpse of Taichi staring at her meanwhile he smiled, she returned the smile and blushed a little.

After so many questions Daisuke asked another one, which brought up the attention of the others.

"So dude how come you and Wargreymon defeated all of those digimon, sure it was more than a group of 20 or more"

"In fact they were around 100 Diasuke" Taichi cleared his thoughts. Everyone stared at Taichi with mouths opened, how he and Wargreymon could have defeated a large amount of digimons. True was that it was Mega digimon but one against 100 was more than enough.

"So how exactly they were all defeated Tai?" Asked Yamato still surprised by the quantity of digimons.

"Well there is a hidden power within the Crest of Courage…" He pause before continuing, he took a little of breath as he still felt a little weak from the damage he received.

"It is to transfer some power to my own digimon but to do that I need to give up some part of my own soul" He stated, then silence all of the room was at silence, although he knew everyone was looking at him like if in surprise or as if he was kidding with them, but it wasn't he was serious at this and also thought what probably they would reprimand him for doing such a dangerous thing and indeed he received an answer coming from Sora which practically yelled at him.

"Taichi why did you do that before asking for our help, don't you know we are very worried for you!!!"

He exactly knew what he did but what has passed has passed, and for Sora he didn't mind to be yelled or to be reprimanded he was getting used to it as this wasn't the first time it happened. He looked at her, he locked his own eyes in hers which showed a bit of sadness and anger, he just smiled at her and then stood up, he decided the mood was getting awkward and decided to leave the room as the other just followed him with their eyes.

But before he stepped out of the room their digivices started to blink and emit a sound, everyone knew what was going to, more digimons and more problems for all of them.

"Tai he is here!!!" Koromon yelled as he was coming towards him, at his back the others one were following him.

He didn't need a minute to understand what his partner just said; this was the time to confront him again.

"Wait Tai, you are not going to…" Sora said although her voice sounded with concern than with anger or sadness.

"Yes it is the time… Yamato I need t you to take care of them, probably some digimons will try to hurt others and to come here to destroy you so please be careful… Come one Koromon!!!"

Koromon nodded and followed his partner, both of them ready to sacrifice themselves for the others; meanwhile their friends just looked at them going to battle.

So here it is hope you have liked it, so please review and tell me how it was.