I JUST TOLD YOU I WASN'T DEAD!! I WAS JUST LAZING AROUND... but now I'm
back!
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I DON'T OWN DIGIMON, IF I DID IT WOULD BE ALL MUSHY... BET YOU WOULDN'T
LIKE THAT, WOULD YOU?
Taichi Yagami/Kamiya - Tai Kamiya Yamato Ishida - Matt Ishida Koushiro Izumi - Izzy Izumi Jyou Kido - Joe Kido Sora Takenouchi - = Takeru Takaishi - TK Takaishi Hikari Yagami/Kamiya - Kari Kamiya Mimi Tachikawa - =
Just in case Miyako ?? - Yolei Daisuke Motomiya - Davis Iori ??- Cody
-"Meet the love of my life..."- He pulled Tai in sight. Silence took over everything, gasps where coming from everyone. -"Taichi Yagami."-
"Doubting you"
By Baby-chan
Gasps were coming from everyone's mouth; a heavy silence took over the room as soon as Tai came in view. The eyes of everyone else had widened; everyone except Matt and TK's. Tai's parent's hugged each other staring at the boy in front of them, the boy that claimed to be their lost son. Kari got serious and stopped crying, and so did everybody else. They just kept staring at him in disbelief. Tai regretted the fact that he had accepted to come, he felt very nervous and was terrified of what they could say to him or maybe ask him. He wasn't sure how would they react at his answers. He just waved at them shyly and whispered: -"Hi..."- Taichi whispered. But there was no reply, everybody was WAY too shocked to speak, there were still processing what they're eyes and ears were telling them. Tai was getting more nervous and the silence wasn't helping. Also, their confused and doubt filled faces weren't what you would call a warm welcome. He couldn't take it, and ran out. -"Tai!"- Yelled Matt as he ran after him; as he reached the corridor he yelled at Tai again. -"Tai stop!"- But Tai pretended not to hear. -"Please!"- Matt begged him, Tai did as he was told. Matt knew that he was nervous, he felt the same way. He approached to him slowly from behind and placed a hand in his shoulder. -"Look at me Tai."- But Tai didn't move, instead he just kept looking down. So Matt walked in front of him, and talked to him in a soothing way. -"I know it's hard for you Tai, it's hard for me too. But I'm calmed because at least now, I have you with me. And you have me here with you too, no matter what."- Matt placed his hands softly in Tai's face, and caressed it. -"Give them a chance, for three years they thought of you as lost, please Tai, I beg you"-He gently lifted his face, so that now they were looking at each other's eyes. -"So, what do you say Tai? Will you give it another try?"-Matt asked him, Tai stared at him silently before smiling a little and whispering softly. -"Yes, but..."-Tai paused. -"You'll stay with me no matter what... right?"- He asked Matt. -"Of course I will, Now that's the Tai I know! C'mon, they're waiting"- Said Matt, taking Tai's hand and pulling him back inside.
~*Inside*~
They had heard almost everything Matt and Tai had said outside. They saw Matt enter, pulling a nervous Tai behind him. The silence in the room still continued when they entered again. Everybody kept staring at them; some of them had started to believe... others still were processing, and others weren't planning on accepting it. Kari, who above all, knew Tai better than anybody; almost believed completely that this was the real Tai, that this was her brother. But she needed to be 100% sure. So, she walked slowly towards him, and when she was right in front of him, she looked him straight to the eyes. "These are just like his eyes" Hikari thought. But she still wasn't convinced. She lifted her hand to touch his face, slowly and carefully, as if he was to disappear at the moment she reached his face, fearing also, that he resulted in a fake. Everybody knew the fact that Kari would be the one who would discover if he was the real one, and they were all waiting for her judgement to be made. Some of them, like his parents, Izzy and even Kari herself were praying for him to be the real Tai; others, like Mimi and Jyou weren't sure what to think, but they still hoped he was Tai.
When Kari's hand made contact with Tai's warm skin, she felt him shiver and tense; he was nervous. As she ran her hand through his face she felt him relax under her touch. She recognized a few scratches Tai had acquired when they were little. It was him, he was her brother, he was Tai. Her eyes got wet again. -"Hi sis, it's good to see you. I've missed you."- Kari's eyes were about to explode with tears, but she smiled. -"I missed you too... brother."- She hugged him, and he hugged her back, tightly: for all the time they had been apart. -"I missed you so much Tai!"- She could barely speak, for at that moment, she was sobbing wildly. From her eyes were streaming rivers of tears, while Tai's only shined by the tears, but they didn't fall. Her head rested in Tai's chest, which was wet with so much tears. -"Don't cry sis, I'm already here, I won't go."-Tai pleaded, but she couldn't stop. She had missed him so much, he was very important for her. She had him back now; she needed to take out all that pain that she had kept for so long. -"Don't cry Kari, TK will hurt me if I keep making you sad."- Tai said, pointing at a serious Takeru. He had started to worry. -"How... how did you...?"- She started, but Tai hugged her again. -"Matt told me."- Was the answer, Tai had started to cry too. He had also missed her a lot. He hugged her tightly, and she hugged him back in the same way. Tai, finally, pulled apart. He smiled at Kari, she knew what was next, and she smiled back and nodded once. Tai looked at his parents: his mother was crying, his father was trying not to, but you could see his tears glowing in his eyes. -"Hey Mom, dad... I'm back"- He said slowly and calmed. He had never been good with words. -"My baby!"- His mother yelled at the time she threw her arms around Tai's neck and pulled him into her embrace. The pain of a mother that looses a child and the joy of finding him after so long were visible in the way Tai and his mother were hugging each other. Tai, on the other hand, showed the pain of being lost, and the joy of finding his way. -"My boy is back!"- Said Tai's father as he embraced the mother and son. His father was happy to see him again, for him it had been hard too. Losing his only son made him think that he had failed as a father, he couldn't help his son, that had affected his health too. His heart had lost strength, but now, he was sure it'd get it back again. His heart would be as strong as before, now that Tai was back. -"I'm so happy that you're back! My baby! We've missed you so much! It hasn't been the same with out you!"- Mrs. Yagami told his son, his father nodded at that. His father gestured Kari to join the hug and so she did. -"We're all together now! Nothing, never, is going to change that again, never!"-His father told the family. At last the Yagami were all back together, every member of the reunited family had tears in their eyes, but those were tears of happiness. It was a happy reunion after all. Matt smiled sweetly at the sight of the reunited family. -"Together again, as it should have always been."- He thought as he looked at the four Yagami, who were crying their eyes out in that very moment. But he wasn't the only one thinking that way. Almost everyone of the first digidestined were thinking the same way, they wanted to go and hug Tai and be with him now that he was back, but they couldn't interrupt such a sweet moment. I say "almost everyone of the digidestined" because there was someone who wasn't even smiling. -"TAI! I'VE MISSED YOU!"- Yelled an excited Jyou as he ran towards is old and recovered friend and embraced him. This after the Yagami had separated of course, now that Tai was free. He hugged Tai and lifted him from the ground; he was a little excited. Tai just nodded smiling, before trying to wipe the heavy tears that fell from his big brown eyes. -"Whoa! I'm happy to see you too Jyou!"- Tai said smiling at the excitement of the other boy. Jyou was a little taller than Tai was so he kinda lifted him a little high. Mimi ran to hug Tai too, once Jyou had placed him down and released him she jumped onto him and hugged him tightly. -"TAI!"- Was all she could say, for as sentimental as she was, she was sobbing madly. Tai smiled and hugged her back. -"It's good to see you too Mimi"- He said calmly, he had still tears in his eyes. He had missed them all deeply. Matt and TK were smiling at the sight; they were apart from the rest, in a corner of the room, looking. -"I'm so happy for you Tai, you deserve this happy moments and even more... much more". Matt thought as he saw Tai smile and cry of the wave of emotions that were covering him. Izzy didn't run or jump or anything like it He waited 'til Tai was free and walked to him and hugged him smiling. -"Welcome back old friend"- Was all he said to Tai. Tai understood perfectly, for Izzy wasn't a guy of words either; Tai smiled. -"I've missed you guys a lot, it's so good to be back with you, I'm so happy!"- Tai told them, as he shed more tears. The others smiled deeply. -"We've missed you too Tai, very much"-Kari told him -"Yeah, it's so good to have you back with us"-Mimi added, the rest of them nodded... everybody except one person. -"I'm so glad for you Tai, you did a lot for us, thank you"- TK said at him. Tai was smiling, he was no longer shedding tears, he had still some in his eyes but those were all. He was so happy; he had his goofy grin back. He had been accepted by all of... wait a minute, where was Sora? He saw her at the corner of a room; she was serious. Tai and Sora had been ultra best friends; she had to be happy with his return, she was supposed to be happy now that he was back... wasn't she? He thought as he stared at her. She was staring back. -"It's so good that he got accepted right away, he deserves it"- Matt told TK, the smaller boy nodded. -"You're right, I'll be back, I'm going to talk to Kari."- Said TK as he walked towards his girlfriend. -"Kids"- Thought Matt as he looked at his little brother walk away. He looked back to Tai, but he saw Tai looking at something with interest, he turned his gaze to were Tai was looking. He saw that the bush-hair boy was looking at Sora. -"Oh no!" Matt thought, as he guessed Tai's thoughts, he signaled TK and mouthed to him "Sora" TK got worried and looked at Tai. Kari saw Matt saying something to TK and saw the look on TK's face after that. She looked to where TK was staring and saw his brother. -"What happened TK?"- She asked him. TK looked at her and just whispered: -"Sora"- Kari's face too, got worried.
Tai kept staring at Sora, "She must be confused." Tai thought smiling. -"Hi Sora"-Said Tai to her, hoping to receive a smile and a hello or something alike, but that wasn't going to happen... -"Who are you?"- She simply asked, her voice was cold and so was the look in her eyes. Tai stared at her. Everybody heard what Sora asked him, the all got silent. Kari, Matt and TK prayed that she wouldn't start with her nonsense and that if she did, she kept Tai out of it... but she didn't. -"I'm... Tai, who else would I be? Sora it's me!"- Tai said to the girl, but she only looked at Yamato and told him -"It's not funny Matt, Tai's dead."- She paused, and turned her gaze to a confused Tai. -"I saw him die"- She finished. Matt saw Tai look down, her words had a big effect on him. He saw him tremble a little, he couldn't understand why was she acting that way. She had been his best friend, what was going on? -"I've... I've never been dead, well... maybe I was, but I am alive now."- Tai said low. -"And you expect me to believe you? You're out of your mind if you think I will."-She simply answered. -"Don't be so hard on him Sora"- Mimi told her. -"Why shouldn't I?"-Sora asked-"Maybe you're Tai, maybe you're not... who can be sure?"- She said looking at Tai coldly, her voice was harsh too. Tai didn't understand why was she acting that way? -"How can you be so sure he is the real Tai, just because he looks like Tai doesn't mean he is Tai!"- Tai felt bad, Sora's words made him sad. -"Stop it Sora! You know he is the real Tai"- Yelled Matt. -"Yeah Sora! Besides, you haven't heard his story... you should stop questioning him and let him explain!"-TK added. The others were silent. -"Let him explain? Let him explain what Matt? That he wasn't dead? How can't that be? We all saw him die"- She paused, then she asked evilly -"Can't you remember it Matt? That day, in the Digiworld... the day you weren't there to fight with us... we all saw him disappear in thin air. Can't you remember it Matt? Is your memory failing, can't you remember he was killed?"- She asked him icily. She was doing it, TK knew she was doing it again, damned she, couldn't she forget it? Matt just looked down, along with Tai. They both felt bad, but Matt had guilt stabbing his chest. -"Maybe you're right. Maybe he is the real Taichi Yagami. But that would mean... and we all just know what that would mean: it means that we've been badly fooled! It means that we've been feeling sad and guilty for the past three years with out reason. Because the reason for those feelings, for the blame we've carried... Taichi Yagami, has been alive all this time!"- She told the others coldly. Tai felt horrible, he didn't know what was going on, but he just wanted to run out, but he couldn't let Matt down. -"That also means, that he just toyed with our emotions, our feelings! Or what do you call making us believe he is dead for three damned years and then just pops out of plain no where saying that he is alive? Huh? How am I supposed to react? Am I supposed to be happy? I'm sorry... but you're so WRONG! We've only been fools for a long and unnecessary time, that's not funny, and I bet that I'm not the only one that thinks this way... am I?"- She finished, an evil grin spread through her face as she looked at the changing faces of the others. They were no longer smiling, some had confused faces, others had worried ones, but they weren't happy anymore... that you could see it. She smiled slyly, she knew no one else had thought of it, but even so, she was sure that everybody would see it her way in no time. Tai was worried and nervous, she knew she was right in some twisted and weird way. He was afraid of the others reaction, of Matt and Kari's reaction. But they weren't letting him down, they both knew he had his own reasons for the decision he took. Matt's blood was boiling, why did she had to mess with Tai, when the problem was with him. She could tell him whatever she wanted, but Tai didn't deserve it. He was about to say something when Kari walked in front of Sora and...
- SLAP -
Kari had slapped Sora, hard. Sora's face was totally turned. Everybody was looking at them, in silence. Waiting for Sora's reaction, with out knowing what to do. They were all confused, except Matt, his brother and Kari. They three knew the reason why Sora was acting the way she was. It was a stupid senseless reason, but to her... it was a big and important reason: it was her reason. Sora glared at Kari, hard. But Kari's face wasn't a nice one either. She had a look of pure anger, what was this... girl thinking? Try to make everybody mad with her brother, she wasn't going to allow that. -"Shut up already! Can't you be nice to Tai? To Matt? MOVE ON! But if you can't then just leave them alone! If you don't want to hear the explanation of my brother, then just leave; but if you're staying you'll behave and be nice, you'll be very quiet or I'll personally kick you out. He had his hard time, can't you understand that? Now what do you choose?"- Kari asked Sora rudely, she wasn't up for leaving this... girl, ruin his brother welcome. Matt and TK were very impressed by Kari's movement, but so was everybody else. Tai thanked God for having such a sister and Matt thanked God that Sora stopped her nonsense blabber. Sora glared at Kari and at the two blonde boys, before turning his glare towards Tai. -"Ok dead-boy, impress me... and make it quick for my time is short and I'm not going to waste it all in you."- Tai didn't know what to do what to say or even what to think. Sora was right in some way, and that made him feel guilty. He had been hiding after all, and they had been suffering with out reason... she was right, he was a fake. He looked down; his hair covered his eyes. He was clenching his fists hard, he was a fake... just a fake. Someone stood in front of him, he didn't know who was, for he was looking down. -"Tai"- It was Izzy, but Tai couldn't see his face, so he didn't know if he was mad or something like it. -"Tai look at me"- Tai did as he was told, and he met Izzy's warm smile. - "You aren't a fake to me. You are my friend, and I know that if you decided to come until know, it was because you had you own reasons. You never failed us, never let us down when we needed you..."- Izzy told him as he placed his hand in his shoulder. -" Why should we fail you? Why should we let you down now that you need us? No Tai, you aren't a fake, that is the last thing you can be for me."- Izzy finished, Tai smiled... good old Izzy. Jyou walked to him too. -"You aren't a fake for me either."-He told him smiling; Tai smiled at him. Mimi walked to him too, only that she hugged him smiling. -"You're back, it's all that matters."- She told him kindly. Tai nodded accepting the hug. -"Do you see Tai? We all missed you! No matter what were your reasons, we are all happy that you're back, even when it's until now."- Kari told him, smiling. -"Of course we all missed you, like hell we did! But now you're here, so everything is fine now!"-TK added. -"Thank you guys, I don't know what to say!"- Tai told them as he smiled again, feeling better. -"You don't have to say anything, you deserve this and more. We mean what we say, we all care about you and we are all happy that you're here again... with us. No matter how long it took to get you back with us, we're all happy that we did."- Matt told him as he walked to where he was. -"No matter what some... people think, we missed you so much, it doesn't matter anything else."- Matt finished, as he gave Sora a depreciatory (B/N: Is that right?) look. Tai looked at them smiling and said: -"Thank you guys."- He paused, he looked at everyone in the room, including a pissed off Sora. -"Really... this is more than what I expected. But it is now my turn to speak, it's time for me to tell you what happened, three years ago, when Piedmon killed me..."-
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Taichi Yagami/Kamiya - Tai Kamiya Yamato Ishida - Matt Ishida Koushiro Izumi - Izzy Izumi Jyou Kido - Joe Kido Sora Takenouchi - = Takeru Takaishi - TK Takaishi Hikari Yagami/Kamiya - Kari Kamiya Mimi Tachikawa - =
Just in case Miyako ?? - Yolei Daisuke Motomiya - Davis Iori ??- Cody
-"Meet the love of my life..."- He pulled Tai in sight. Silence took over everything, gasps where coming from everyone. -"Taichi Yagami."-
"Doubting you"
By Baby-chan
Gasps were coming from everyone's mouth; a heavy silence took over the room as soon as Tai came in view. The eyes of everyone else had widened; everyone except Matt and TK's. Tai's parent's hugged each other staring at the boy in front of them, the boy that claimed to be their lost son. Kari got serious and stopped crying, and so did everybody else. They just kept staring at him in disbelief. Tai regretted the fact that he had accepted to come, he felt very nervous and was terrified of what they could say to him or maybe ask him. He wasn't sure how would they react at his answers. He just waved at them shyly and whispered: -"Hi..."- Taichi whispered. But there was no reply, everybody was WAY too shocked to speak, there were still processing what they're eyes and ears were telling them. Tai was getting more nervous and the silence wasn't helping. Also, their confused and doubt filled faces weren't what you would call a warm welcome. He couldn't take it, and ran out. -"Tai!"- Yelled Matt as he ran after him; as he reached the corridor he yelled at Tai again. -"Tai stop!"- But Tai pretended not to hear. -"Please!"- Matt begged him, Tai did as he was told. Matt knew that he was nervous, he felt the same way. He approached to him slowly from behind and placed a hand in his shoulder. -"Look at me Tai."- But Tai didn't move, instead he just kept looking down. So Matt walked in front of him, and talked to him in a soothing way. -"I know it's hard for you Tai, it's hard for me too. But I'm calmed because at least now, I have you with me. And you have me here with you too, no matter what."- Matt placed his hands softly in Tai's face, and caressed it. -"Give them a chance, for three years they thought of you as lost, please Tai, I beg you"-He gently lifted his face, so that now they were looking at each other's eyes. -"So, what do you say Tai? Will you give it another try?"-Matt asked him, Tai stared at him silently before smiling a little and whispering softly. -"Yes, but..."-Tai paused. -"You'll stay with me no matter what... right?"- He asked Matt. -"Of course I will, Now that's the Tai I know! C'mon, they're waiting"- Said Matt, taking Tai's hand and pulling him back inside.
~*Inside*~
They had heard almost everything Matt and Tai had said outside. They saw Matt enter, pulling a nervous Tai behind him. The silence in the room still continued when they entered again. Everybody kept staring at them; some of them had started to believe... others still were processing, and others weren't planning on accepting it. Kari, who above all, knew Tai better than anybody; almost believed completely that this was the real Tai, that this was her brother. But she needed to be 100% sure. So, she walked slowly towards him, and when she was right in front of him, she looked him straight to the eyes. "These are just like his eyes" Hikari thought. But she still wasn't convinced. She lifted her hand to touch his face, slowly and carefully, as if he was to disappear at the moment she reached his face, fearing also, that he resulted in a fake. Everybody knew the fact that Kari would be the one who would discover if he was the real one, and they were all waiting for her judgement to be made. Some of them, like his parents, Izzy and even Kari herself were praying for him to be the real Tai; others, like Mimi and Jyou weren't sure what to think, but they still hoped he was Tai.
When Kari's hand made contact with Tai's warm skin, she felt him shiver and tense; he was nervous. As she ran her hand through his face she felt him relax under her touch. She recognized a few scratches Tai had acquired when they were little. It was him, he was her brother, he was Tai. Her eyes got wet again. -"Hi sis, it's good to see you. I've missed you."- Kari's eyes were about to explode with tears, but she smiled. -"I missed you too... brother."- She hugged him, and he hugged her back, tightly: for all the time they had been apart. -"I missed you so much Tai!"- She could barely speak, for at that moment, she was sobbing wildly. From her eyes were streaming rivers of tears, while Tai's only shined by the tears, but they didn't fall. Her head rested in Tai's chest, which was wet with so much tears. -"Don't cry sis, I'm already here, I won't go."-Tai pleaded, but she couldn't stop. She had missed him so much, he was very important for her. She had him back now; she needed to take out all that pain that she had kept for so long. -"Don't cry Kari, TK will hurt me if I keep making you sad."- Tai said, pointing at a serious Takeru. He had started to worry. -"How... how did you...?"- She started, but Tai hugged her again. -"Matt told me."- Was the answer, Tai had started to cry too. He had also missed her a lot. He hugged her tightly, and she hugged him back in the same way. Tai, finally, pulled apart. He smiled at Kari, she knew what was next, and she smiled back and nodded once. Tai looked at his parents: his mother was crying, his father was trying not to, but you could see his tears glowing in his eyes. -"Hey Mom, dad... I'm back"- He said slowly and calmed. He had never been good with words. -"My baby!"- His mother yelled at the time she threw her arms around Tai's neck and pulled him into her embrace. The pain of a mother that looses a child and the joy of finding him after so long were visible in the way Tai and his mother were hugging each other. Tai, on the other hand, showed the pain of being lost, and the joy of finding his way. -"My boy is back!"- Said Tai's father as he embraced the mother and son. His father was happy to see him again, for him it had been hard too. Losing his only son made him think that he had failed as a father, he couldn't help his son, that had affected his health too. His heart had lost strength, but now, he was sure it'd get it back again. His heart would be as strong as before, now that Tai was back. -"I'm so happy that you're back! My baby! We've missed you so much! It hasn't been the same with out you!"- Mrs. Yagami told his son, his father nodded at that. His father gestured Kari to join the hug and so she did. -"We're all together now! Nothing, never, is going to change that again, never!"-His father told the family. At last the Yagami were all back together, every member of the reunited family had tears in their eyes, but those were tears of happiness. It was a happy reunion after all. Matt smiled sweetly at the sight of the reunited family. -"Together again, as it should have always been."- He thought as he looked at the four Yagami, who were crying their eyes out in that very moment. But he wasn't the only one thinking that way. Almost everyone of the first digidestined were thinking the same way, they wanted to go and hug Tai and be with him now that he was back, but they couldn't interrupt such a sweet moment. I say "almost everyone of the digidestined" because there was someone who wasn't even smiling. -"TAI! I'VE MISSED YOU!"- Yelled an excited Jyou as he ran towards is old and recovered friend and embraced him. This after the Yagami had separated of course, now that Tai was free. He hugged Tai and lifted him from the ground; he was a little excited. Tai just nodded smiling, before trying to wipe the heavy tears that fell from his big brown eyes. -"Whoa! I'm happy to see you too Jyou!"- Tai said smiling at the excitement of the other boy. Jyou was a little taller than Tai was so he kinda lifted him a little high. Mimi ran to hug Tai too, once Jyou had placed him down and released him she jumped onto him and hugged him tightly. -"TAI!"- Was all she could say, for as sentimental as she was, she was sobbing madly. Tai smiled and hugged her back. -"It's good to see you too Mimi"- He said calmly, he had still tears in his eyes. He had missed them all deeply. Matt and TK were smiling at the sight; they were apart from the rest, in a corner of the room, looking. -"I'm so happy for you Tai, you deserve this happy moments and even more... much more". Matt thought as he saw Tai smile and cry of the wave of emotions that were covering him. Izzy didn't run or jump or anything like it He waited 'til Tai was free and walked to him and hugged him smiling. -"Welcome back old friend"- Was all he said to Tai. Tai understood perfectly, for Izzy wasn't a guy of words either; Tai smiled. -"I've missed you guys a lot, it's so good to be back with you, I'm so happy!"- Tai told them, as he shed more tears. The others smiled deeply. -"We've missed you too Tai, very much"-Kari told him -"Yeah, it's so good to have you back with us"-Mimi added, the rest of them nodded... everybody except one person. -"I'm so glad for you Tai, you did a lot for us, thank you"- TK said at him. Tai was smiling, he was no longer shedding tears, he had still some in his eyes but those were all. He was so happy; he had his goofy grin back. He had been accepted by all of... wait a minute, where was Sora? He saw her at the corner of a room; she was serious. Tai and Sora had been ultra best friends; she had to be happy with his return, she was supposed to be happy now that he was back... wasn't she? He thought as he stared at her. She was staring back. -"It's so good that he got accepted right away, he deserves it"- Matt told TK, the smaller boy nodded. -"You're right, I'll be back, I'm going to talk to Kari."- Said TK as he walked towards his girlfriend. -"Kids"- Thought Matt as he looked at his little brother walk away. He looked back to Tai, but he saw Tai looking at something with interest, he turned his gaze to were Tai was looking. He saw that the bush-hair boy was looking at Sora. -"Oh no!" Matt thought, as he guessed Tai's thoughts, he signaled TK and mouthed to him "Sora" TK got worried and looked at Tai. Kari saw Matt saying something to TK and saw the look on TK's face after that. She looked to where TK was staring and saw his brother. -"What happened TK?"- She asked him. TK looked at her and just whispered: -"Sora"- Kari's face too, got worried.
Tai kept staring at Sora, "She must be confused." Tai thought smiling. -"Hi Sora"-Said Tai to her, hoping to receive a smile and a hello or something alike, but that wasn't going to happen... -"Who are you?"- She simply asked, her voice was cold and so was the look in her eyes. Tai stared at her. Everybody heard what Sora asked him, the all got silent. Kari, Matt and TK prayed that she wouldn't start with her nonsense and that if she did, she kept Tai out of it... but she didn't. -"I'm... Tai, who else would I be? Sora it's me!"- Tai said to the girl, but she only looked at Yamato and told him -"It's not funny Matt, Tai's dead."- She paused, and turned her gaze to a confused Tai. -"I saw him die"- She finished. Matt saw Tai look down, her words had a big effect on him. He saw him tremble a little, he couldn't understand why was she acting that way. She had been his best friend, what was going on? -"I've... I've never been dead, well... maybe I was, but I am alive now."- Tai said low. -"And you expect me to believe you? You're out of your mind if you think I will."-She simply answered. -"Don't be so hard on him Sora"- Mimi told her. -"Why shouldn't I?"-Sora asked-"Maybe you're Tai, maybe you're not... who can be sure?"- She said looking at Tai coldly, her voice was harsh too. Tai didn't understand why was she acting that way? -"How can you be so sure he is the real Tai, just because he looks like Tai doesn't mean he is Tai!"- Tai felt bad, Sora's words made him sad. -"Stop it Sora! You know he is the real Tai"- Yelled Matt. -"Yeah Sora! Besides, you haven't heard his story... you should stop questioning him and let him explain!"-TK added. The others were silent. -"Let him explain? Let him explain what Matt? That he wasn't dead? How can't that be? We all saw him die"- She paused, then she asked evilly -"Can't you remember it Matt? That day, in the Digiworld... the day you weren't there to fight with us... we all saw him disappear in thin air. Can't you remember it Matt? Is your memory failing, can't you remember he was killed?"- She asked him icily. She was doing it, TK knew she was doing it again, damned she, couldn't she forget it? Matt just looked down, along with Tai. They both felt bad, but Matt had guilt stabbing his chest. -"Maybe you're right. Maybe he is the real Taichi Yagami. But that would mean... and we all just know what that would mean: it means that we've been badly fooled! It means that we've been feeling sad and guilty for the past three years with out reason. Because the reason for those feelings, for the blame we've carried... Taichi Yagami, has been alive all this time!"- She told the others coldly. Tai felt horrible, he didn't know what was going on, but he just wanted to run out, but he couldn't let Matt down. -"That also means, that he just toyed with our emotions, our feelings! Or what do you call making us believe he is dead for three damned years and then just pops out of plain no where saying that he is alive? Huh? How am I supposed to react? Am I supposed to be happy? I'm sorry... but you're so WRONG! We've only been fools for a long and unnecessary time, that's not funny, and I bet that I'm not the only one that thinks this way... am I?"- She finished, an evil grin spread through her face as she looked at the changing faces of the others. They were no longer smiling, some had confused faces, others had worried ones, but they weren't happy anymore... that you could see it. She smiled slyly, she knew no one else had thought of it, but even so, she was sure that everybody would see it her way in no time. Tai was worried and nervous, she knew she was right in some twisted and weird way. He was afraid of the others reaction, of Matt and Kari's reaction. But they weren't letting him down, they both knew he had his own reasons for the decision he took. Matt's blood was boiling, why did she had to mess with Tai, when the problem was with him. She could tell him whatever she wanted, but Tai didn't deserve it. He was about to say something when Kari walked in front of Sora and...
- SLAP -
Kari had slapped Sora, hard. Sora's face was totally turned. Everybody was looking at them, in silence. Waiting for Sora's reaction, with out knowing what to do. They were all confused, except Matt, his brother and Kari. They three knew the reason why Sora was acting the way she was. It was a stupid senseless reason, but to her... it was a big and important reason: it was her reason. Sora glared at Kari, hard. But Kari's face wasn't a nice one either. She had a look of pure anger, what was this... girl thinking? Try to make everybody mad with her brother, she wasn't going to allow that. -"Shut up already! Can't you be nice to Tai? To Matt? MOVE ON! But if you can't then just leave them alone! If you don't want to hear the explanation of my brother, then just leave; but if you're staying you'll behave and be nice, you'll be very quiet or I'll personally kick you out. He had his hard time, can't you understand that? Now what do you choose?"- Kari asked Sora rudely, she wasn't up for leaving this... girl, ruin his brother welcome. Matt and TK were very impressed by Kari's movement, but so was everybody else. Tai thanked God for having such a sister and Matt thanked God that Sora stopped her nonsense blabber. Sora glared at Kari and at the two blonde boys, before turning his glare towards Tai. -"Ok dead-boy, impress me... and make it quick for my time is short and I'm not going to waste it all in you."- Tai didn't know what to do what to say or even what to think. Sora was right in some way, and that made him feel guilty. He had been hiding after all, and they had been suffering with out reason... she was right, he was a fake. He looked down; his hair covered his eyes. He was clenching his fists hard, he was a fake... just a fake. Someone stood in front of him, he didn't know who was, for he was looking down. -"Tai"- It was Izzy, but Tai couldn't see his face, so he didn't know if he was mad or something like it. -"Tai look at me"- Tai did as he was told, and he met Izzy's warm smile. - "You aren't a fake to me. You are my friend, and I know that if you decided to come until know, it was because you had you own reasons. You never failed us, never let us down when we needed you..."- Izzy told him as he placed his hand in his shoulder. -" Why should we fail you? Why should we let you down now that you need us? No Tai, you aren't a fake, that is the last thing you can be for me."- Izzy finished, Tai smiled... good old Izzy. Jyou walked to him too. -"You aren't a fake for me either."-He told him smiling; Tai smiled at him. Mimi walked to him too, only that she hugged him smiling. -"You're back, it's all that matters."- She told him kindly. Tai nodded accepting the hug. -"Do you see Tai? We all missed you! No matter what were your reasons, we are all happy that you're back, even when it's until now."- Kari told him, smiling. -"Of course we all missed you, like hell we did! But now you're here, so everything is fine now!"-TK added. -"Thank you guys, I don't know what to say!"- Tai told them as he smiled again, feeling better. -"You don't have to say anything, you deserve this and more. We mean what we say, we all care about you and we are all happy that you're here again... with us. No matter how long it took to get you back with us, we're all happy that we did."- Matt told him as he walked to where he was. -"No matter what some... people think, we missed you so much, it doesn't matter anything else."- Matt finished, as he gave Sora a depreciatory (B/N: Is that right?) look. Tai looked at them smiling and said: -"Thank you guys."- He paused, he looked at everyone in the room, including a pissed off Sora. -"Really... this is more than what I expected. But it is now my turn to speak, it's time for me to tell you what happened, three years ago, when Piedmon killed me..."-
*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/ Hehehe... a lil cliffhanger, I'll update it soon, promise.
