Hey everyone. This chapter took me quite a while because school started again, so i didn't have enough time to finish the chapter within a week. I'm sorry about that. So anyway thank you everyone for the reviews I'm so glad that you like what I'm doing.
For all these who love Tai so much as I do and wish him to be back finally... I'd love to write more about him, but I planned the story and wrote down everything in my notes. I honestly like the way the story is planned, so you have to wait just a little bit longer for him.
Anyway here's the next chapter.
Enjoy and leave a review if possible (:
Leader
Maybe it wasn't the smartest idea to shot right at one of the giant walls of the castle but I honestly couldn't come up with a better idea and the fact that my best friend is in there doesn't really help me to think straight. The only thing I'm focused on is to get into that castle, find my best friend and leave this place as soon as possible, but unfortunately Myotismon isn't as stupid as I hoped. Since there weren't any minions guarding the castle I thought this would be quite easy... But as I said; Myotismon isn't stupid. As soon as Garudamon shot her attack at the entrance a few digimon got out and are approaching us right now.
I don't really have to ask Izzy who these digimon are. I know one of them already. I heard about Daemon since I was nearby when he attacked the younger digidestined a few years ago, so I am really surprised seeing him back since the younger ones managed to get rid of him...or so I thought. I don't know how but I can feel how strong he is and I can't imagine him being so strong the first time the digidestined met him. A dark aura is surrounding him and his blade is pointed straight at Paildramon who's standing in front of everyone.
The second digimon however looks rather familiar but I'm sure I've never met him before. He owns red ripped wings and wears a rather scary yellow mask. His skin is grey and he's got claws instead of hands. I don't even want to get a better look at him because this guy definitely is giving me the creeps. I inwardly back off a little, standing right next to Sora who's supposed to go with me in the castle.
We came up with a plan before we headed here. While the others fight with the guards Sora and I get into the castle and look for Tai. Cody and Joe stayed behind since Joe really had to return to the real world. Cody for his part just didn't feel like fighting...As for Mimi... she Mimi also had to return home, checking on a few things.
"Izzy who's that?" Sora whispers and I can tell she's quite scared. I don't really know what I should do right now, after all she's Tai's girl so I don't think he'd appreciate it if I'd comfort her or something.
"We all know Daemon already and the second one is called NeoDevimon, but unfortunately my computer can't tell us more since these digimon are out of charts..." Izzy says, staring at the screen of his laptop.
"Out of charts? What does that even mean?" Ken asks backing off too.
After taking a look at our group I notice that everyone backed off so there are just our digimon left in front of us.
"That means that these guys skipped the mega level" Izzy says blankly.
"What?!" I gasp. I can't believe that... okay I never met NeoDevimon before, but how could Daemon get so strong within a few years?! Is that even possible?
"We've faced Daemon before I mean –"T.K starts but Yolei interrupts him.
"Looks like he changed T.K"
Yes... he definitely changed.
"What are you staring at digidestined? Scared already?" Daemon says flying right above us.
"Not in a million years!" Paildramon shouts, flying up in the air along with MagnaAngemon and MetalGarurumon.
"Get him guys!" Davis shouts angrily.
"Garudamon" Sora says simply what causes her digimon to fly straight to her own opponent along with Shurimon, Angewomon and Megakabuterimon.
"Be careful, NeoDevimon is a lot stronger than he looks like!" Izzy shouts from his spot.
I feel someone pulling my arm and follow T.K and the others to a few rocks, looking for a safe spot for us since we don't really can help our digimon.
Daemon flies much higher in the air so we're not able to see our digimon fighting him. Unable to know how my partner I doing right now I try to focus on the fight in front of me. Garudamon, Megakabuterimon, Angewomon and Shurimon started to attack the new digimon with everything they have, but it honestly doesn't really seem like they're going anywhere with it.
"Electro Shocker!" Megakabuterimon shouts, sending an electric shock directly at NeoDevimon. He however just smiles, sending his own attack.
"Stun Claw!" he shouts and shots his own electric shock towards Megakabuterimon attack.
The two attacks met in the middle and cause a massive explosion. We immediately lay down behind the rocks, hoping that this might keep us safe. The impact of the explosion causes the other digimon to fly through the air, crashing right in the trees of the forest on our left side.
"Guys are you okay?" Kari shouts, clinging herself on my arm.
"We're fine Kari", Angewomon shouts, flying back to face her opponent.
"Celestial Arrow!" she calls out, shooting her arrow of light right through the chest of NeoDevimon.
The attack obviously affects him because he falls down to the earth but manages to get up quickly, trembling lightly. The other four digimon all gather around him, aiming their attacks at him.
"Eagle Claw!" Garudamon attacks him.
"Horn Buster!" Megakabuterimon follows Garudamon's lead.
"Heaven's charm!" Angewomon attacks as well.
"Double Stars" Shurimon attacks with his starts he has.
I don't know if I'm seeing right but I could swear that I saw NeoDevimon smirking just a second ago. The four attacks sure are going to kill him right now but much to my surprise he just raises his hand, looking like he's giving up or something. I honestly don't know if I'm seeing right right now but he as soon as the several attacks hit his hand they get absorbed, leaving the fallen angel unharmed. I can't believe that...he just absorbed one of the most powerful attacks a digimon can come up with like it was nothing!
"How did he do that?!" Yolei shouts angrily. NeoDevimon obviously heard her because he's turning to speak to us for the first time.
"It's funny that you ask that. You obviously didn't notice that I'm a lot stronger than you expected, did you?" NeoDevimon says, smirking.
"We did" Angewomon says, aiming another arrow at him.
"You know dear Angel, this attack isn't going to hurt me a second time" NeoDevimon says, dashing forward, hitting her hard in her chest what causes the angel like digimon to crash into a few rocks.
"Angewomon!" Kari shouts, starting to run towards her but I luckily am a little faster than her because I manage to grab her just in time. Tai would kill me if I'd let his little sister out there.
"Kari if you go out there you just distract the digimon because then they'd have to save you" I whisper calmingly to her. She just nods, staying by my side but I can tell that there's no way she's going to just watch her digimon getting again.
"How do you do this?" Izzy asks the fallen Angel, his curiosity getting the best of him.
"Don't you already know that?" NeoDevimon says, looking at Sora instead of Izzy. I don't really know why he's staring at her but I don't really like his gaze.
"Does Tai have to do something with it?" Sora whispers quietly, but loud enough for NeoDevimon to hear. I don't really have to look at Sora to know how hurt she is right now; I heard it in her voice...
"You're smart, girl. We actually all got a lot stronger because of your friend in there...but unfortunately I can't tell the same about him" he says, laughing evilly. Sora tenses up immediately and I can tell that the hurt just turned in anger.
"Matt we have to find him, quick" she whispers right in my ear. God I couldn't agree more, but unfortunately the digimon are blocking the only way that leads over to the other side. Between our side and the side Myotismon's castle is built on is a deep canyon. I can't even see the ground of it. The only way is a rope bridge.
"You're going to pay for that. Celestial Arrow!" Angewomon shouts angrily, sending her arrow to NeoDevimon who just catches the arrow with his hand, sending it right back to its owner.
The arrow hits Angewomon right in her stomach and she sinks unconscious to the ground.
"That's enough. Wing Blade!" Garudamon attacks once again.
"Electro Shocker!" Megakabuterimon tries again.
"Double Stars!" Shurimon throws hit attack once more at him.
NeoDevimon flies in the air, sending the attacks back to them like he did just a minute ago with Angewomon. Shurimon and Megakabuterimon fly through the air and dedigivolve before they hit the ground. Garudamon for her part was thrown into the trees again.
"Poromon!" Yolei shouts, trying desperately to approach her partner but is held back by Davis and T.K.
"Motimon!" Izzy shouts, trying to wake up his unconscious partner.
"Good, let's end this here and now" NeoDevimon says, slowly approaching the unconscious Angewomon.
"Deep Sorrow!" he attacks her but I don't really can pay attention to that because Kari just ran off.
"Kari!" we all shout in unison but she doesn't even bother to listen to us.
She runs right to her Digimon who's still lying on the ground. I honestly didn't know that Kari can run that fast. She's even faster than Tai when he's after a ball in a soccer match.
"NO!" Sora shouts what causes me to snap back to the scene. It's like everything goes in slow motion, Kari running to her digimon, NeoDevimon's attack making its way to them, Kari throwing herself in front of Angewomon...and the attack hitting the poor little girl right in her back, causing her scream out in pain before losing her consciousness.
"Kari!" Davis shouts, running to her. Oh god, please don't be dead...
"Eagle Claw!" I hear Garudamon shout and the next thing I see is NeoDevimon crying out in pain before shattering in a million pieces of Data.
"No, please..." Sora shouts, running to Davis' side. I don't hesitate and approach the group of people, followed by the rest of the digidestined.
Sora immediately starts to pull out her water bottle and soaks a piece of her shirt with it, laying it down on Kari's burned back. I can't even look at it.
"She isn't dead is she?" Yolei asks kneeling down beside Sora.
"Not yet" Sora says, continuing to soak pieces of her own clothing.
"Someone has to get her to Gennai. I'm sure he can help her" she says with an unusual calm voice. If I were her I'd freak out right now.
"Okay, I'll do it" Yolei says trying desperately to stay calm.
"I come with you" Izzy says, lifting Kari up carefully. I can't do anything but look at the limp body of Tai's little sister in Izzy's arms.
Garudamon gently picks up the unconscious digimon on the ground and waits for the digidestined to join her.
"I'll take you to Gennai since your digimon are in no state to digivolve right now" she says offering them her giant hands to climb on. Izzy gently lays down Kari, Yolei immediately joins her side.
"I'll be right back Sora" Garudamon tells her partner who stayed kneeled on the ground, not looking up. She just nods her head and with that Garudamon leaves.
"Look at that" Davis says, pointing straight in the air.
We all follow the direction he's pointing at and finally are able to see our digimon fighting Daemon. Paildramon, MagnaAngemon and MetalGarurumon are attacking the demon like digimon like there's no tomorrow, but unfortunately it doesn't really look like they're going anywhere with it either. Suddenly Daemon grabs Paildramon, spins him around several times before letting go of him what causes him to crash right in front of us in a few rocks. But that isn't all, a lance appears in his grip and he doesn't hesitate to throw it at the fallen digimon. I can't believe the brutality this digimon is showing.
"Paildramon look out!" Ken and Davis shout in unison.
Luckily he heard them and sees the lance just in time. He rolls to one side and the lance hits the spot Paildramon just laid on a second ago... He immediately gets up again and flies in the air, punching his opponent in the chest. The fight between them continues and I can't do anything but stare in pure shock. I turn away and look at the castle instead...that's when something clicks in my head.
"Sora!" I shout but she doesn't really seem to hear me.
"Come on Sora, hurry we have to find Tai" I shout again. Her gaze is fixated on the digimon who are fighting right above us now. I can tell she's scared right now, but we have to find Tai. Now!
"Sora please!" I call her name again and she finally snaps out of her daze, starting to run right over the bridge to the entrance of the castle. I follow her as fast as I can and stop right in front of the giant door.
"And what do we do now?" She asks, trying desperately to open the door.
"MetalGarurumon!" I call out for my partner who immediately turns his gaze to me. Unfortunately I just caused him to turn his back to his opponent. Daemon however doesn't hesitate and sends an attack at him.
"Evil Inferno!" The hellfire of Daemon hits my partner hard, causing him to crash right into the giant door of the castle. The door cracks open because of the impact of MetalGarurumon's crash. I knee down to him, stroking his head gently.
"Are you alright?" I ask him since I really don't know what else to do.
"I'm okay Matt. Go and find Tai, we take care about this son of a bitch" he says, getting up to his feet and returning to the battle.
I feel someone grab my arm and turn to come face to face with a rather calm looking Sora. I honestly don't really know how she manages to stay calm in this situation. The love of her life is in this castle somewhere and these evil digimon our friends are fighting right now are incredibly strong because of him, so there's no doubt that he probably isn't alright...but Sora didn't freak out yet. I can't help but feel deep respect for her right now.
"Come on Matt we have to hurry" she tells me before taking me by my arm and running through a dark corridor. I don't really know where we are going since it's so dark that I can't even see what's in front of us.
Suddenly torches on the walls start to burn, offering enough light for us to face the digimon who's standing in front of us.
"Where do you think you're going?" she says narrowing her eyes.
I can't tell why but I feel like there's something wrong with her. Didn't NeoDevimon say that all minions of Myotismon got stronger? Well...in this case it looks like the opposite happened.
Ladydevimon's wings are shredded along with her clothes. Her eyes are in a deep emerald green shade and I can't help but think they're beautiful...in a way. Her skin is grey and the chains on her body seem to drag her down lightly. Ladydevimon always was one of the digimon who kept her cold façade...but now, I certainly can tell that she's hurt...badly. She obviously got into a fight. Sora probably noticed these things too.
"What happened to you?" she asks backing off a little.
"None of your business" Ladydevimon answers, leaning against the door behind her.
Sora
The first thing I felt when I saw Ladydevimon was hatred. Of course I hate her, every time I met her she proved to be one of the bitchiest digimon alive. But seeing her now in this pathetic state causes me to feel a little sorry for her. Whoever did this to her was quite angry I can tell. The only thing that worries me a little is the fact that her eyes shine in that deep emerald green. They almost look human...I'd probably help her or something, but I don't really have time to take care about an evil digimon that will try to kill me once she's got her strength back.
"Get out of the way" I say, taking a step in her direction.
"If you walk through that door you'll get into Myotismon's chamber, and I don't think you want to face him right now, especially without your digimon" she says, sliding down the wall.
"You should focus on Tai first" she says looking up at us. By mentioning Tai's name she immediately caught my interest. I knee down in front of her, looking her straight in the human eyes.
"Do you know where he is? Is he alright?" I ask her, trying not to sound too desperate...but I fail miserably.
Ladydevimon looks around the corridor nervously. I can tell she's scared of something...or somebody. She remains silent and tries to get up again, but it's of no use. I try my hardest to be patient and wait for her to answer my questions. I don't know why I bother to ask her... she's the villain after all and I probably shouldn't hope that she would help me. But there's something about her that causes me to do so.
"Tai is connected with Myotismon with a copy of his crest of courage. The stronger Myotismon gets the weaker he becomes. Daemon took the rest of his power just a few minutes ago..." she says in a monotonous voice, staring blankly at some random point behind me.
"What does that mean?" Matt asks in a low voice.
"You have to get him out of here" Ladydevimon says closing her eyes lightly. I can't do anything but look at her in pure shock.
"How do we break the connection?" Matt asks getting a little impatient.
"You go and find him. I'll break the connection" she says, getting up finally. She trembles lightly and I offer her my hand to get a hold but she just glares at me.
"I don't need your help digidestined" she says in her usual bitchy voice.
"Why should we trust you?" Matt asks taking a step closer and looking her straight in her eyes. She smirks and takes a step back.
"I don't know" she says simply.
She's right... there's no reason why we should trust her. There's no way she's going to help us get Tai out of here. She's Myotismon's minion after all. But there's still something that doesn't fit in the picture... why is she the hurt? Who did this to her? Myotismon?...he wouldn't harm one of his strongest minion. Tai?... No there's no way he could harm an ultimate without a digimon. There's just one logical explanation; someone of the other villains did this to her. But why?
"What are you thinking about...Sora?" Ladydevimon asks me, narrowing her eyes.
"Why are you hurt?" I ask her instead of answering her question right away. Her eyes get wide and she takes on more step back.
"As I said; it's none of your business. I go and break the connection; you find Tai and get him out of here. You can trust me" Ladydevimon says looking straight in my eyes.
"How do we find him in here?" I ask, remembering the pure darkness we ran through.
Ladydevimon smiles lightly before she answers. "There's a reason why you own the crest of Love" she says.
"I don't trust you" Matt says frowning a little. Of course he doesn't...Matt never was the type of person who trusts easily.
Ladydevimon doesn't respond, she continues to stare at me...like she's looking for something in my gaze. Since I don't really know what to do right now I do the same thing. I look for something in her gaze that tells me that I can trust this evil digimon. That I can trust her although she tried to kill us several times in the past...and I'm certain that she'll try to do it again soon. Probably not by her will but she won't refuse an order of Myotismon, so much I know.
"I do" I say what causes her to smile one last time before she disappears in the darkness of the walls in here.
The torches continue to burn and I suddenly know where we have to go. I grab Matt's arm again and we walk back the corridor we came from. Just before we reach the entrance again I turn right though I don't really know why. We continue to walk through the corridor. The torches are burning in a warm orange fire and cause the hallway to shine in a comfortable warm color. There's a red carpet on the floor and a few paintings on the walls. I don't bother to look at them though. The only thing I'm thinking about right now is to finally find him. Matt walks in front of me and I guide us by telling him when he has to turn. I'm so concentrated in my own thoughts that I don't notice that Matt stopped walking until I bump into him.
"Impasse" he says simply turning back to me.
Oh god I can't believe this shit! How is that even possible? I was so sure that we're heading in the right direction... I can feel it.
I take a better look at the ground and notice that the carpet is gone. I didn't even notice that...
I knee down and examine every inch of the ground, looking for something that might help. God I don't even know why I come up with the idea that there might be something...it's like my body knows what he's doing without me even do something.
"Sora what are you doing?" Matt asks kneeling down beside me.
"Scanning" I answer. I don't even recognize my own voice, I sound way too confident that I feel right now.
I brush my hands against the cold stone until I feel a brick giving in. Suddenly the ground under us turns into stairs that lead down. The torches go off, leaving us in totally darkness. I immediately grab Matt's arm.
"What do we do now?" I hear him whisper right next to my ear. It's weird being so near to the best friend of the love of my life...but it's better than being alone in this endless darkness.
"Go down" I answer, pulling him close to my body and slowly walking down the stairs. I feel like my heart wants to jump out of my chest to lead me the way...I've never felt something like this before. Though I never have been in such a place before my legs know exactly where they have to go.
The stairs end and we continue to walk through another dark corridor until I finally see a door right in front of us. The torches on the walls burn lightly, bright enough to show me the door.
"Matt" I turn to him and he just nods before we start running to our aim. My heart beats faster with every step I take and before I even know it I opened the door and stand in a big room.
There's a big window in front of us and a red carpet on the ground. There's even a cupboard and the walls are red. I'd say it's quite comfortable here if we weren't in the hideout of Myotismon. My gaze wanders around the room and sees the king size bed right next to the window. Matt however was a lot faster than me because he already is leaning over the person who's lying there. I could swear I just heard my heart break.
Matt
I carefully lean over the sleeping figure of my best friend. Since I expected him to be hurt physically I'm rather surprised that he hasn't even got a bruise on his face or something. He wears grey pants and a white shirt added to that his jeans jacket...probably the things he wore when he was out Saturday night. His hair is messier than usual...but these things aren't something to worry about. The only thing that's catching my interest is the crest of courage around his neck. This sight wouldn't be bad if there wouldn't be the dark aura surrounding it. Sora steps next to me, brushing through his messy hair.
"What do we do about the copy of the crest?" I ask her quietly. Sora however doesn't respond immediately, she's too focused on Tai.
"I trust Ladydevimon Matt...I can't explain why but I do" Sora says quietly.
"She...loves me" a voice mumbles. Sora and I immediately turn to look at Tai who just opened his eyes lightly. The sight in them however doesn't really look good...
"Who?" Sora asks, leaning forward to take a better look at him.
"She..." he says, closing his eyes again. I immediately panic and push Sora lightly to one side so I can get a better look at his eyes.
"Tai open your eyes" I whisper and much to my relief he opens them fully, looking straight at me. His gaze however is cloudier than ever.
"...Matt?" he says raising his right hand to touch my face as if he doesn't believe that I'm really here.
"Yeah it's me" I whisper, taking his cold hand in mine.
"You...came" he mumbles smiling lightly. He talks like he didn't sleep for about four whole days or something. I turn to look at Sora whose gaze doesn't leave Tai's face.
"We did" I answer what causes him to turn around. Finally noticing that Sora's here too he tries to reach out for her but obviously isn't strong enough to do so.
"We get you out of here" Sora says taking his hand in hers.
I don't waste any time and pick him up. His head lies on my shoulder, his eyes covered with his hair.
"Thanks...Matt" he mumbles before I feel him getting limp on my back. Sora obviously notices that too because she starts to run out of the chamber, leading us out of this place.
I lost track of time, I don't know how much time passed and I'm not sure how long we're trying to find the way out but I sigh in great relief when I finally see the daylight in front of us. We exit the castle just to see that Paildramon and MetalGarurumon desperately are trying to harm Daemon in a way. There's no sight of MagnaAngemon in the sky...
We approach the others and I lay Tai down in the grass, carefully that Daemon doesn't notice anything. Luckily Paildramon and MetalGarurumon keep him busy enough so that he doesn't even has time to care about us.
"Oh my god you made it" T.K calls out, kneeling down next to Tai. "What's wrong with him?" he says, his voice trembling slightly.
The others notice our return and gather around Tai immediately. Davis for his part knees down on Tai's other side and lays his hand over his chest, probably checking if he's still alive. He sighs in relief and sits back, looking at us.
"What happened to MagnaAngemon?" I ask since T.K's digimon is nowhere to be seen.
"He took Yokomon home since Daemon hurt her rather badly" Ken says looking straight at Sora who just started to tremble lightly.
"Is she...alright?" she asks, crossing her arms.
"She will be" T.K says squeezing her hand in a comforting way. Sora however just nods and turns her attention back to Tai.
"What happened to Tai? And what happened to his crest?" Davis asks, his concerned gaze fixated on Sora and me.
"The crest is a copy of his original crest and connects him with Myotismon" Sora says in a monotonous voice, her arms crossed.
"And how do we break this connection? We have to do something! Now!" Davis shouts angrily.
"Ladydevimon is –"Sora starts but I interrupt her.
"You see nothing happened. I said we can't trust her" I say angrily. God I knew we couldn't trust her, she's Myotismon's minion dammit!
Just in that moment the crest around Tai's neck starts to glow in a dark shade before it breaks in millions of pieces. Sora lifts her head and shots me an angry glare...something like. *I-told-you-so* I'm just about to shot her a glare back when someone screams out in pain right above us. We immediately look up in the sky just to see Daemon cringe in pain.
"Looks like we have to delay this" Daemon says before he vanishes in the sky.
"What –?" Ken starts but is interrupted by Sora.
"The connection obviously broke" she says, brushing through Tai's hair.
"Matt! We should take Tai into a safe place!" Tsunomon says, jumping in our direction, followed by DemiVeemon and Wormmon.
"Okay" I answer, picking up my best friend once more.
Ladydevimon
The pain I felt when I broke the crystal ball that connected Myotismon and Tai was worse than anything I've ever felt in my entire life and the fact that I was hurt before because of this son of a bitch Daemon didn't really made the situation better for me. After he took the rest of Tai's power I lost control over my actions because I was so angry and attacked him. He however is a lot stronger than me and managed to hurt me...badly. I limp to Tai's chamber that's empty now. I throw myself on the bed and absorb the scent of him. The pain wears off and I'm finally able to move without to wince. I lazily sit up and look out of the window.
The sun is setting...Myotismon is going to wake up soon...
Realizing that fact I get up again and make my way through the depressing dark corridor to the room where I usually find Myotismon. And like usual, he's sitting there with a glass of wine, looking like he hasn't a care in the world.
"Master Myotismon there's something I ha –"I start but he interrupts me with an unusual gentle voice.
"I know that they rescued him Ladydevimon. And I know that you helped them" he says and I stop right in my tracks. I can't do anything but stare at him and I feel how an apocalyptic fear makes his way through my whole body. I start to shiver and I actually consider the opportunity of running away and never come back... maybe he'd never find me if I run far enough...
He slowly stands up and walks over to me, looking straight in my eyes.
"Master I –"I start again but he silences me by laying a finger over my lips.
"I broke your heart by taking all of his power. I think that's punishment enough" Myotismon says, brushing a few brown strands of my face. God I didn't even notice that I changed into my human self again.
"You know... you look really beautiful in that dress" he says, tugging lightly at my dress.
I don't really know which side of Myotismon is creepier; his angry side or his gentle one? Guess the second one because I know how I have to act whenever he's angry... but this is new. And it's making me sick. He gently strokes my hair and I back off a little. I'm not used to something like this...I usually don't let anyone get near to me. Tai was the first one...and the last too. I feel miserable, I don't really know what this feeling is since I never felt like this, but I hate it.
"Master the digidestined are nowhere to be seen" a voice interrupts Myotismon in his tracks.
He turns around and comes face to face with Daemon and someone new. I already met him... his name is Astamon and he's one of the strongest digimon I've ever met. He probably would be stronger than Myotismon if he hadn't taken the power of Tai.
He wears a blue pinstripe suit and a grey cape. He's got as white hair as me and holds a rather nasty looking gun in his left hand. In his right hand he holds a dagger.
"Good evening Ladydevimon" Astamon greets me taking my hand and brush his lips against the back of my hand. I angrily take my hand back and glare daggers at him. How dare he...!
"I see... is there anything I have to know Daemon?" Myotismon asks, taking his seat on the table and turn his attention back to his glass of wine.
I for my part leave Astamon's side and take a seat next to Myotismon, waiting for the other two to join us. They take their seats as well and Daemon starts to tell Myotismon about the fight today. I pay attention since I wasn't there today. He tells us about how the digidestined managed to kill NeoDevimon though he was a lot stronger than they thought. Of course he doesn't miss to mention the fact that I broke the connection between the former digidestined and my master. I'm really surprised that Myotismon doesn't punish me. I take a glance at him and notice that he's staring at me with an unreadable expression. I wish I could read his mind...
"We managed to harm one of the digidestined though" Daemon says and I tense up immediately. Oh please don't say her name...
"Who?" Myotismon asks, taking a sip of the deep red liquid.
"The bearer of light" Daemon answers proudly. Myotismon smiles evilly and leans back in his seat.
Oh thank god they didn't harm her...but isn't the bearer of light Tai's sister? Oh no...
"Did you kill her?" I ask and immediately could slap me for sounding so concerned.
I feel Myotismon's cold hand on my thigh and tense up. I try not to slap him since he could easily kill me right now... but I never felt so uncomfortable. I wish Tai was here... I miss his touch actually...
"No" Daemon answers, glaring at me. I shot him a glare back and lean back in my chair.
Myotismon takes a necklace out of nowhere and shows it to me. There's absolutely nothing special about it. The necklace is silver and has a ruby tag on it. It isn't something I gasp about...but it's beautiful.
"For what?" I ask my master and he just continues to smile lightly, looking at the necklace in his hand.
"I just wanna make sure that you'll never do the same mistake again" Myotismon says, putting the necklace around my neck.
I feel how my appearance changes again and within seconds I turned back to the digimon I really am. But unfortunately that's not all, suddenly an indescribable pain makes his way through my body and I can't do anything but scream out in pain while my master holds me as tight as possible.
Sora
We all sit in Gennai's living room. I love his house, it's kind of comforting. There's one glass wall that gives us the opportunity to look at the fishes and digimon in the ocean. Someone lit up the chimney a while ago so there's almost no sound but the sizzling noise of the fire. I'm sitting on the couch with Tai's head in my lab. I covered him with a blanket since he was shivering a while ago. He doesn't move at all and I don't really know if he's ever going to do it again. I lightly brush my fingers through his messy hair, causing it to get messier every time I do so...but I just can't help it. It kind of calms me down.
Gennai left a while ago to find out about what exactly happened to Tai. Kari has several nasty burns on her back and is still unconscious lying in one of Gennai's bedrooms. After Gatomon woke up and heard what happened she freaked out and refused to left Kari's bed for the past few hours. The other digimon are all worn out and sleep happily in the rooms of their respective partners.
Davis is quietly talking to T.K, Izzy's gaze is fixated on the screen of his laptop, and Cody went to sleep a couple of minutes ago along with Joe and Mimi. Yolei is leaning on Ken's shoulder and just enjoys the silence. Matt however sits right next to the fire playing with his ring.
I turn my attention back to the angelic face of my best friend. Although he spent about four or five days in Myotismon's castle I can tell he lost weight. His body is still amazing though, but the fact that his cheekbones are more visible, prove me that he definitely did lost weight. But luckily that's the only thing that changed about him; his lips are still full and unharmed. I can't help but feel the urge to kiss him...just one time, but I force myself to get a grip. I'm definitely not going to take advantage of his state. I carefully stroke his cheek, checking if his skin is still as cold as it was before. To my relief his body temperature feels normal again.
"Digidestined?" Gennai's voice makes us all snap out of our dazes. We immediately turn all our attention to him.
"We have a problem..." he says, taking a seat in front of us. Matt left his place next to the fire and joins my side, taking Tai's left hand in his own.
"What kind of problem?" Yolei whispers quietly, clinging herself on Ken's arm.
Gennai however doesn't respond, his gaze wanders around the room until his eyes find Tai lying on my lab. He stares a while at Tai's sleeping figure until he turns around again, facing the group. Since I feel like he's not going to say much I take the lead and start the conversation.
"Can I ask you something?" I ask quietly, still brushing through Tai's hair. Gennai turns to look straight at me and just nods.
"When is he going to wake up?"
Gennai's expression changes into one I've never ever saw before on him. I saw him being angry several of times...or stressed. But I've never ever saw him being sad...and the fact that he looks like that right now makes me shiver lightly. I feel Matt tense up next to me and dare to take a look at him; his head is lowered so that his hair is covering his eyes...and as usual; he's playing with the ring on his finger.
"He's not going to wake up. Not by his own" Gennai answers after a while, leaning back in his seat and staring at the fire in the chimney.
"What do you mean he's not going to wake up?!" Davis bursts, getting to his feet and facing Gennai with a furious expression.
Ken and T.K immediately get up as well, trying to get him down on the sofa again. Davis however doesn't really seem like calming down because he shakes them off of himself.
"Well?" he asks, not less angry than before. Gennai for his part keeps cool and turned back to look at our leader.
"Tai lost the power of his crest. This power is very important for you original digidestined since it's similar to your vitality. If you lose the power of your crest you actually lose the power to do anything. Though Tai's still alive he's not going to wake up with the power not being in his body. And what's worse than that...Myotismon's power of darkness actually managed to get into Tai's body so we don't really have a lot of time to fix that. But he's not dead...you have to know that a digidestined won't die, unless the sovereigns want them to" Gennai tells us finally.
The room is dead silent and I don't really bother to check on the others. This is about Tai, and only him. I continue to stare at his beautiful face and carefully lay my hand on his chest, feeling his heartbeat. Though the situation is shit right now, it kind of comforts me to feel his chest rose and fall over and over again.
He's just sleeping... he's going to wake up. I'm not going to let him down twice.
"So what's the plan?" I ask, not bothering to raise my gaze.
"The sovereigns already arrived in the temple of Fanglomon. We're going to meet up with them and try to convince Fanglomon to give Tai his power back" Gennai answers simply.
"Convince?" T.K asks from his spot next to Davis who obviously calmed down again and sits next to him, staring at Tai.
"Yes...as you probably noticed. They aren't really into humans...and Fanglomon. Well, you have to meet him by yourself" Gennai says, approaching me and Tai.
"You have to excuse me Sora but I want to take Tai by myself to the temple of Fanglomon" Gennai says, lifting up Tai's limp body of my lab. I immediately feel like he just ripped out something very important of my body.
"Are you coming with us?" Ken asks, getting up as well.
"Yes. And we're going now" Gennai answers, is gaze fixed on Tai's face leaning on his shoulder.
"Why now? It's in the middle of the night" Izzy states confused.
"Because we have exactly 24hours to get Tai's power back"
~later~
We don't really have to fly long to reach the temple of Fanglomon. I never heard about him, I just knew about the sovereigns. Gennai however told me a few things he thinks I should know about. The four sovereigns represent and rule over the cardinal points of the compass, Ebonwumon for the north, Zhuqiaomon for the south, Azulongmon for the east and Baihumon for the west. There's also a fifth member, Fanglomon, who represents and is enshrined in the "Center", from which he supervises the others. He's also the only one who can give Tai his power back but unfortunately he's not going to give him the power as easily as we hoped. We have to convince him somehow and I honestly don't know how we're going to manage this. If we fail Tai's not going to wake up, his state will get worse until his heart stops and I'm definitely not going to let that happen.
I decided to fly with Biyomon again since it's in the middle of the night and I just don't feel like being with the others right now. Matt for his part also decided to ride on MetalGarurumon's back. The rest of us are seated on Imperialdramon's back. I turn to take a look at Gennai who's holding Tai's sleeping figure in his arms. I can't help but smile lightly at the sight of that, I knew that Gennai likes us but I've never seen him actually show how much he cares about us.
"Sora, take a look at this" Biyomon suddenly says and I turn to check our surroundings.
We're flying right over a small lake and there in front of us is a large japanese gate, like one of these you see just before you enter a temple garden. Biyomon lands right under the giant gate next to Imperialdramon. Gennai carefully slides down to the ground, not letting go of Tai and waits for us to follow him. Since we don't really feel like talking we just follow him, walking in a rather comfortable silence. I can't help but start to miss Kari; she's still unconscious and badly injured back in Gennai's house. Since we couldn't let her alone Ken, Yolei, Cody, Joe –who finally came back – and Mimi who also returned stayed there to look after her.
We walk through the great garden and over a small pond. I stare straight ahead until I finally see the temple... there in front of us is a giant Japanese temple. I never was in one before though there's one not far from where I live. There are several lanterns over the place and there's also a lake behind the temple. It's awesome.
"Are you ready?" Gennai asks quietly, looking at everyone of us. I turn to take a look at Matt whose expression is blank and if I didn't know any better I'd say he's sleeping with his eyes open. I carefully nudge him in his side what causes him to wince.
"You okay?" I ask quietly since I'm sure Matt doesn't want everybody to know how he's feeling right now. He nods lightly, giving me a small smile.
"Let's go already" Davis says, starting to walk to the entrance of the temple.
The inside of the temple includes one big room with five thrones. The first sovereign my gaze catches is Ebonwumon, I smile lightly, remembering the nicest sovereign. Next to him is Azulongmon and on the right side there's Zhuqiaomon beside Baihumon. In the middle of them is a giant golden dragon-like digimon I recognize as Fanglomon. His body shines lightly in a beautiful golden shade; his gaze however doesn't really seem nice at all. He stares at Tai's limp body in Gennai's arms before turning to me, finally saying something.
"I've been expecting you Digidestined..."
To be continued...
So that was the chapter. I hope you liked it and I can assure you...that was the last one without Tai being in it. I'm looking forward to write the next chapter because it includes one of my favorite moments I planned for this story. So please keep reading the story and don't give up on me just yet. I thank you everyone who are reading this story and I'm so glad to know that people actually like the stuff I'm writing. Anyway I'm sorry that this chapter is shorter than the past ones but I actually think that the past ones were way too long anyway. But you can tell me your opinion, if you want me to write longer/shorter chapters just tell me.
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Well there's a small preview for you, and don't forget, this preview isn't going to be exactly the same as in the story.
Preview:
Matt
"You convinced every one of us but me... I have to admit I didn't expect something like that. But there's more needed to make me give your leader his power back" Fanglomon says after a rather long silence.
I can't express how disappointed I feel right now since I really thought that we impressed him by our arguments of how important Tai is for everyone of us and how we need him in our life. I know that I as his best friend should say something too and try to convince him, but I can't open up in front of them. Tai knows exactly what he means to me and he's the only person who's even allowed to know about this. There sure are about a hundred people I rather tell than the sovereigns. I don't know why but I really grew to hate most of them. I turn to look at Sora who also remained silent for the past half an hour. She catches my gaze and sends me a pleading look...something like *please-do-something*
I take a deep breath before I step in front of my closest friends and the harmonious ones, thinking about a way to convince this golden dragon digimon.
Hope you like it. I'm sorry again if there are error's in grammar. I try my best, I really do. I work with as much dictionaries as I have.
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