Disclaimer: I wish that I had thought up this show, then it would have ended the right way, but I didn't so nothing is mine.

A/N: thank you for your reviews you guys! I really appreciate it. Sorry it took so long for me to get this out. But I got a promotion at work, and that means more hours and more $$$$. But I had today off so here it is….enjoy….r&r.

Chapter 7: Choices

"What news do you bring?"

"My lord," Daemon said as he bowed in front of his master, "the child of love, sir, she is stronger than we anticipated. The demidevimon that have been watching her have reported that she attacked her own kind. But it seems that even she can not control her own powers, for she collapsed right afterwards."

"Where is she now?"

Daemon looked up at him nervously. "We do not know, my lord."

"Then I advise you find them." His master said venomously.

"Yes, my lord." Daemon said as he bowed, then turned to leave.

"Looks like someone has some work to do." Lucemon said as Daemon walked past him.

Sora awoke later in the afternoon to the bright sunshine shining in her eyes. She yawned and stretched and slowly got out of bed. She was a little sore, but nothing she wasn't used to from sports. She slowly opened her door and peered down the hall. She was greeted with the soft snores from the other rooms. She quietly shut her door and made her way down the hall.

She walked into the cozy kitchen to find food laid out for them. She slowly walked around the table taking in all the food. She stopped at the other end of the table and looked out the kitchen window. The afternoon sun beamed gently through the window. She looked out at the backyard, and saw the lone figure sitting by the edge of the water. Tai had his elbows resting on his knees with his hands by his mouth. He seemed to be in deep thought as he looked out at the water.

Sora turned to go out the back door, but was surprised to find Gennai standing in the doorway of the kitchen. She jumped slightly and put her hand on her heart.

"You scared me." She said with a small laugh.

"I do apologize." He short man said. "Come, sit, eat. We have much to talk about."

Sora turned to look out the window once again and found that Tai was no longer there. With a soft sigh, she turned and joined Gennai at the table and grabbed a piece of toast. Gennai offered her some juice, which she gladly accepted.

"I'm sure you have many questions for me." The old man said as he set the pitcher down.

Sora set her glass of juice on the table, she no longer felt hungry. She looked at the older man sitting across the table from her. It was true, she had many questions to ask, but where she should start, she didn't know.

"How are your hands?" Gennai asked.

"Oh, they're fine; I just…wait… how did you…?"

"There are many things that I know Sora. I know of your wounds, I know of your strengths, and I know of your hearts pain." He said softly as Sora stared down at her lap. "But there is nothing to fear, Sora. I will train you and your new powers. And in time you will know what your heart truly desires."

Sora just nodded her head silently. She hoped Gennai was right about finding the answers she needed. Because right now she was torn between the two. Tai, her best friend since they were four, the one she could spend hours on end with and never get bored, the one she could cry in front of and not feel ashamed, the one she had a crush on since they were in camp. Matt, her good friend since the digital world, he brought her of the darkness that shrouded her and her mother, the one that genuinely showed interest in her before the concert, the one that made her realize that she had waited long enough for Tai. Sora closed her eyes.

'But what if I had waited one more day?' she thought.

Gennai noticed that the young woman in front of him wasn't touching her food. She sat in her chair with her eyes closed and her brow furrowed. She was thinking too much. Gennai put his fork down and got up from his seat.

"Come Sora, let us get some air." He said.

Sora snapped her head back up and sighed as she looked at her food. She threw her napkin back on the table, and followed the older man into the backyard. As the warm sunlight hit her, Sora took a long deep breath and instantly felt less stress. She followed Gennai to the edge of the water. He gestured her to sit across from him on the warm grass.

"Let's meditate. It will help you clear your head for your training." He said as he slowly sat cross legged.

Sora closed her eyes and took another deep breath and let the wind blow her hair, she let the sound of the gentle waves rush to her ear, and as she let the earthy scent reach her nose she let one thing enter her mind.

'Tai….'

Daemon had returned to the dark fortress in the late afternoon. He had searched a majority of the islands in search his Lords new found interest. His ability to open the digital gates made it relatively easy for him to travel long distances in a short amount of time. But that didn't seem to help him today. He had corrupted many data-type digimon to aid him in his search. But in doing so, it had made him weak to the point of de-digivolving.

The satanic digimon entered the fortress to find Lucemon carelessly leaning up against one of the dark stone pillars. He seemed bored, and when Lucemon got bored, it meant that there was hell to pay. Though the digimon of Pride was the image of a small human boy, he held powers that no other possessed. His ability to use the forces of light and dark were a force to be reckoned with. It was this power that drew their lord's attention to him. Lucemon was there master's favorite for quite some time. But now that these children came back into their world, their master's only concern was finding this girl. Lucemon had been cast aside.

"Back so soon? Did you have a nice walk?" Lucemon said as Daemon walked pat him.

Daemon chose o ignore him. He was far too tired to deal with his mockery. But to no avail, Lucemon followed him.

"You know, it's not polite to ignore someone when they are talking to you. But seeing as you are back so early, one would guess that you did not find our master's prize. That's a shame. Master won't be happy when he finds out that you have failed him once again."

Daemon growled lightly, as this constant babble gave him a greater headache.

"But the good news is, is that I will be the one to save your digital ass from banishment. For I, the oh-so-clever Lucemon, have located this precious jewel, and I am already devising a plan on how to deliver her our Lord."

Daemon stopped in his tracks as he heard this. He turned sharply making his cloak billow out, and giving away a bit of his image to the digital boy behind him. Lucemon smiled at him.

"You know with a little moisturizer, it could clear that problem right up."

"You say that you found her? Where could you have searched that I did not?" Daemon said angrily.

"Let's just say I searched more than just the main islands. Goodnight, dear friend." Lucemon said as he turned and walked back towards the entrance of the fortress.

Tai stood out of sight as he watched Gennai put Sora through the most pain he's ever seen her in. Tai could remember the time when Sora had injured her leg during a soccer game; she had winced at the pain, but continued to play. It wasn't until the game was over that Sora had collapsed in tears, clutching her leg. That was when things between her and her mother had gotten bad. But now Tai watched as his best friend tried to control her emotions and the elements around her, and watched her as she dropped to her knees and sobbed in total exhaustion.

Countless times, he had seen Gennai rush over to her and urge her to get back on her feet and try again. He listened to him tell her that she just wasn't use to the sudden waves of emotions running through her at the same time. And every time, Sora got back on her feet and was able to control her powers better than the last. Finally, Gennai had called the session to an end and had Sora meditate with him for a while.

Gennai came out of his temporary bliss and left Sora to make the group dinner. Once inside, Tai slowly came out of his hiding spot from behind the trees and walked over to Sora. He watched as the ocean breeze blew her long fiery tresses into her face, and the slow peaceful breaths she took as she concentrated. She was beautiful.

Sora sat there with not a care in the world, with not a thing on her mind, when she was overcome with an earthy smell. She inhaled deeply, and as she exhaled she opened her eyes to an almost god-like sight.

Tai stood there casually in front of her waiting for her to come back to earth. The sun was setting softly behind him, giving him the effects of a lightly glowing god. He gave her his famous lopsided smile as she stretched her arms out in front of her.

"Long day?" he asked as he sat beside her.

"You tell me." She said as he leaned back on his elbows.

Tai gave her a questioning look, only to receive a pair of rolling eyes.

"I know you were watching. You were behind that tree over there."

"Guilty as charged. It looked like he was putting you through hell." He said as he looked out at the water.

"That's putting it mildly. I don't think I've ever been in that much pain in my life. It was like having every emotion run through you at the same time, one second you're happy and your heart is racing with excitement, then you're filled with doubt, wondering if you can go through with it, and then the next thing you know your heart feels like it's been ripped in two and you're angry with yourself and you just want to run away and cry yourself to sleep. It was horrible." Sora said as she tucked her knees under her chin.

"Yeah it was." Tai said quietly.

Sora turned her head and stared at him. He was staring out at the sea with his squinting at the bright sunset. His face was hard as though all the muscles in his face tensed up. His nose was flared in anger. It was then Sora realized what he met. But before she could ask him about it, he got up and walked back towards the house.

"Tai, wait!" she said as she got to her feet.

Tai stopped and turned to face her. This time she received a hurt look. His eyes were sad, his posture was slouched. He sighed. "What?"

"I…I, I'm sorry…" she stuttered.

He gave her a curt laugh as he looked anywhere but at her. "You're sorry. That's great, Sor, really, that just fixed everything." He said sarcastically.

"Tai…" she started.

"No, Sora. Did it ever occur to you that last night I kissed you with every fiber of my being, I opened my heart to you again after years of shutting you out. And what happens? You run back to Matt, breaking my heart, again. I love you Sora, but I can't keep doing this. You need to decide." And with that Tai walked back into the house.

Sora stood there hugging herself, with tears running down her face. Is that what she had become? A heartbreaker? She was hurting them, both of them with her insecurities. Tai was right. She needed to make a choice.

A/N: Once again I'm sorry it took me a while to get this out, and I'm sorry it's not as long as most of you had hoped for. Oh Well. Till next time…Review please!