The New Kid in School.
In this story the characters are OOC, but especially Tai in all his angst. It's going to be Taito, eventually, with a little Sorato. I really don't like that pairing, so it won't last very long. Other pairings to come.
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.
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A/N: I am sorry I haven't updated in awhile. I have a lot of stuff on the go right now. But I will try to update again soon, and add an epilogue to my other story, Destiny's Road.
On with the story:
School passed by fairly quickly, and I was glad the weekend was here. I hadn't told the rest of the Digidestined who got the last D-3. I figured it should be a surprise. I know I was. I headed towards the park. I walked a bit more slowly, knowing everyone else would be there when I got there. But I just needed some time to myself to think things through. Yes, we now have all of the Digidestined. But we still needed to figure out why Willis became the Digimon Emperor. And we also needed to find Gennai. Could Willis be holding him hostage or is another more evil force holding Gennai and controlling Willis?
I arrived at the park and walked into the clearing. As predicted, everyone was there waiting for me to arrive. I had informed everyone of Davis and Cody being Chosen as well. I walked up to them and sat down and waited for everyone to give me their undivided attention. When they did, I began to speak:
"I see everyone has been introducing themselves to our new Chosen Children, Davis Motomiya and Cody Hida. I would also like to tell you that I know who the Child of Reliability is. Yesterday, when he came to visit me, he noticed that the D-3 was glowing, and now I would like to introduce him to all of you: Matt Ishida is our new Child of Reliability." I waited for everyone's reaction. They were all surprised to say the least, and then one by one they began to stare at Matt, until he grew so uncomfortable he hid his face in the crook of my neck. It felt weird having his face in my neck, as I felt the warm breath of his being caressing my skin. It felt weird, but nice. Not that I would ever let it show. I had wanted Joe to have the D-3. I didn't want him to be replaced! I trust Joe. I do NOT trust Ishida. And he is still hiding, the coward! I have kept my eyes focused ahead, with a cold edge in them. The others are still staring, and Ishida, it seemed, had no intention of moving away from me. Guess I'll have to break the spell, I like my personal space. And I do just that.
I grab him by the back of his neck, and force him away from me. He looks at me with confused eyes, and everyone else has caught their breath. They know I hate people invading my space without my permission. In my coldest voice I say to Matt, "If you are quite done, Coward, I would like to get on with the meeting." And then I release him, and wait patiently.
"Wow, Matt. That's pretty cool. You get to be a digidestined after all. Do you get a new Digimon too?" T.K. broke the silence first in his excitement after the inital shock wore off.
"Ummm, I'm not. . .sure, Teeks. . . . .Do I Tai?" Matt looked at me with unsure eyes as he asked the question.
"And hurt Gabumon's feelings? That's just cruel Matt," I smirked at him.
"A simple yes or no would have sufficed Tai," Matt glared back.
"I'm going to make this real clear for you, so that there is no misunderstanding: I don't want you as the Child of Reliability. I don't need to rely on you for anything, and I never will. I trust Joe a lot more than I ever will you."
Everyone gasped, except for Matt, who replied back, "You've known Joe a lot longer than you have me, I expect you to trust him more. But one day, you will come to rely on me." To this I barked with laughter. Kari answered for me:
"Matt, don't hold your breath. Tai relies on no one. Not even me. He looks after us. He's the one that gets things done and protects us."
Matt continues to look at me, and then holds down his head and says, "It must get pretty lonely for you then."
"Can we get on with this damned meeting? I have had enough of your childness," I look at everyone as I say this.
"Tai! We are children. . . .," Mimi started, before I cut her off.
"Children? The way you all act how do we ever hope to stop Willis, save Gennai, the Digiworld, and possibly our own. You know what? This meeting is over. None of you are acting serious enough." I stand up. Kari stops me.
"Tai, you are being unreasonable. We haven't even started the meeting yet. How can you say we are not taking this seriously enough?"
"Well, you all look happy, content, and you got a great night's sleep. It doesn't look as if any of you have anything of value to offer up as far as ideas or plans go. Otherwise, you would have stopped that ridiculous bantering between Matt and myself. All any of you do is look to me for the ideas and plans. Have an original thought for yourselves, and when all of you do, or are at least willing to discuss it seriously, we'll do this again. I am so out of here." I turned and walked away calmly.
I learned much later that after I left, everyone had sat in silence for awhile until Matt had spoken up to carry on the meeting without me. While everyone had agreed with that, no one seemed able to offer anything up for discussion. When they realized I was right (cuz I always am), they decided to go their separate ways to go to the amusement park. I called them idiots when I heard. I can't believe I'm the leader of a bunch of no good, lazy children. No one wanted to take this seriously, so I did what I had to do. While they were all having their non-meeting, I went to the Digiworld for a recon mission. A dangerous one at that.
I had met up with all of the Digimon. They of course wondered where their partners were, and I told them they weren't coming. That they didn't treat this seriously enough. They were hurt and upset to say the least.
"C'mon guys! We have to shake this off. We can't worry about them right now. Tai is here to help us, and he can make us all digivolve. We can get mad at them later. Now, who's with me?" Agumon encouraged. He's my partner, and he's a damn good leader.
"I am with you, always," Gabumon stated. They're best friends, and Gabumon is Agumon's second in command. They always look out for one another. That is unlikely to happen for me and Matt.
Gomamon is probably one of the sneakiest digimon I know. So I had him scout around for Willis base of operation. He gave us directions and we met up with him there. We crouched down, hidden in the bushes at the edge of the forest where Gomamon was waiting and hiding.
"How's it look? We're you able to get any closer?" I asked him.
"Yeah, I was able to get inside. A couple of days ago, the back entrance was right near the edge of the forest, so I was able to slip in. I was able to search everywhere but the top floor and the basement. They were heavily guarded. Maybe Gennai is in there. I was also able to get in the control room and rewire a few things. And I also switched control over to Izzy's old laptop that he left here. All we need to do is activate it, and we are in business."
"Excellent work, Gomamon. When did they start cutting down the forest then?" I asked.
"While I was in there. This used to be a pretty thick forest. They had started at the front and worked backwards. They then posted look outs all around the Emperor's HQ. And there are 10 patrols making rounds at all times." I started thinking of a plan.
"What do we do now Tai?" Agumon asked.
"We're going to need an army, and some careful planning, and an excellent strategy to get in and find out what is on those two floors that are guarded. Everyone get some rest, and find as many of our old friends that you can. We're going to need everyone to pull this off. Maximum power, and no casualities, for us anyway. If we can get organized and prepared, we can manage that. Agumon. Gabumon. Run drills with everyone. I'm heading home to think over a plan of action."
In the school library.
I had said a quick goodbye to the Digimon, and entered a Digigate to take me back to the school's library computer lab. Unfortunately, Sora and Izzy were both there staring at me, after they witnessed my arrival out of the computer. It was made even worse because Biyomon had decided to come with me, and she recognized Izzy and Sora.
"Hey Traitor," Biyomon sang in her sweet voice to Izzy. She then looked at Sora and got excited as she flew right into Sora's arms. "Hi Sora, I'm Biyomon. You were suppose to come to me four years ago. How come you never came? I'm suppose to be your partner."
Sora was shocked, and I hardly cared. I told Izzy he can fill her in if she asks. I already had to fill in one digidestined I depise, I'd rather not do it again. Izzy had asked me who, and I relished in telling him about all the new digidestined, especially the one who replaced him. I then gathered Biyomon up, and left for home.
It seemed no one was home when I got there. Servants don't really count. So after grabbing a tray of food to take up for me and Biyomon to share, we entered the room. I had just enough time to set the tray down, before a pair of arms circled around me, turned me around, and a pair of lips were on my own. I knew, even with the lights off that it was Matt.
Is it really Matt? Will the digidestined start to act seriously? Will Sora try to join them? Will Izzy try to rejoin? Will Tai let them? And how will things fair out in the Digiworld? Find out next chapter. And review as always please.