Chapter 10
Sora woke to Mimi roughly shaking her back and forth.
"Sora! Wake up! You have got to see this!"
Sora let out a yawn when she sat up, arching her back and stretching her arms above her head.
"What is it Mimi?" she looked around her and noticed Angela and Shiva were both missing from their beds. Kari and Yolie were a few beds over still asleep.
"Shhh," Mimi whispered, "just follow me."
Sora grabbed a bathrobe from the end of her bed and put it on like Mimi had done with hers. She followed Mimi out the bedroom door and noticed, with distaste, that her hair was in complete disarray while passing the mirror. She'd have to fix that later.
They walked down the wooden corridor hearing only the soft padding of their bare feet on the cold floor.
"Where exactly are we going?" Sora inquired, watching Mimi's pink hair bounce happily behind her. Mimi giggled.
"Oh you'll see. Too bad you have a boyfriend or you might have found this more enjoyable."
Sora gave her a look, "Mimi... I'm not sure I like where this is heading..."
Mimi just giggled again.
"Oh, don't worry Sora, we're just going 'sight seeing'. Besides, I know how much you like Matt. I know I wish I had a guy that good looking. You sure know how to choose your men!"
"Damn strait I do!" Sora laughed. Mimi gave her a sly look.
"Yea, Matt's definitely a hunk, but what about Tai?"
Sora stumbled on a loose floorboard.
"Tai? What about him." Mimi caught on to the nervous tone in her friend's voice.
"Well he certainly is sexy, don't you think? I mean his hair is just so cool now! And his body is so lithe and muscular and tan..."
"MIMI!" Sora exclaimed, aghast. She had never heard Mimi talk about boys this detailed before. "I can't think of Tai like that! He's my childhood friend!"
"So what? He REALLY grew up." Mimi pursed her lips in a thoughtful manner. "Hmmm... do you think you would have gone out with Tai instead of Matt if you knew he was going to turn out like this?"
"Are you implying that I would go out with guy's based on their looks?" Sora asked angrily. Mimi held up her hand defensively.
"No, no! Not at all! I was just wondering if you're interested in him right now?"
"No! I'm very happy with Matt thank you very much."
Mimi stopped when they reached the balcony, grabbed Sora by the shoulders and turned her so she was facing the training grounds. The subject of their conversation was below wielding his sword in exercise.
"Are you sure?"
"Um... I mean yes. Yes I'm sure."
Sora's eyes were wide and glued to Tai. Sweat coated his shirtless body during his workout. His tanned skin glistened in the early morning sun with it as it dripped and rolled down his pecks, over his dark nipples, his abs...
"Um, Sora."
Sora tore her gaze away from his torso, "huh?"
"I think you're drooling."
"Am I?" Sora cried out horrified, whipping her mouth frantically. She anxiously peered over the balcony at Tai, hoping her outburst didn't draw his attention to them, and was relieved to see him still swinging his blade around so fast she could only see flashes of silver.
"Told you it was good didn't I?" Mimi smirked.
Sora had to agree with her there, "Well I'm certainly awake now."
"So Sora, " Mimi began in a business like way as they started back to their room. "Since you seem content with Matt, can I have Tai?"
"Excuse me?"
Sora was sure she must have heard Mimi wrong. Did Mimi mean she wanted to date Tai? To kiss and hold him the way a girlfriend would? Then of course she couldn't have him! Tai was her- not hers. Realization dawned on her face. She found it near impossible to comprehend Tai being interested in another girl other than herself. Up until now she had thought Tai was wrapped around her finger, that he would always be there if things with Matt didn't work out. How could she expect Tai to wait around for her while she turned him down in the first place? Was Matt really the right one for her?
Sora found herself becoming more and more distressed about the whole situation, and suddenly she's questioning her relationship with Matt. How could this happen? She had the crest of love for Christ's sake! She was falling for Tai and now she's tied down by another relationship because she couldn't wait for him. Wait... was she only interested in Tai's body or did she really have deep feeling for him? Was she that shallow? And now Mimi wanted him? Could she live with that?
"Soooooooooraaaaaaa"
Sora looked up to see Mimi waving a hand in front of her face. She saw Angela was also standing in front of her and for some reason was soaking wet.
"I'm sorry, were you saying something?" Sora blushed at her rudeness for spacing out on them like that.
"I said 'it's not likely'." Angela said as she began to ring out her long curls. Water splashed on the hard wood floor, chilling their bare feet.
"What's not likely?" Sora asked.
"That Mimi would get with Tai." She answered simply.
"Why not?"
"Because you'd have to face the wrath of to Shiva. And before you ask, no they are not going out, but I am not exaggerating when I say she's very protective of him. Oh, and there's the small, trifling fact that he's having an affair with Moira." She added as an after thought.
Sora suddenly felt very distant from her body. An affair? With the enemy?
Mimi voiced Sora's thoughts, but with a much fervor.
"An affair? With the enemy? Oh my god! That's so romantic!"
Angela and Sora face-faulted.
"Mimi, that's not a good thing-"
"It a forbidden love!" Mimi raved, ignoring Sora, "Sneaking off at night to share a passionate evening in the moonlight-"
"No, no, NO! They do not love each other" Angela tried to clear up the misunderstanding, "It's only because she was in love with Taro- and Tai happens to be his reincarnation, therefore feeling attraction towards her."
Angela got two blank looks in response from Sora and Mimi.
"Never mind, Gennai will explain it later. Besides, I need to take a shower- I smell like salt" Angela said distastefully as she picked at another piece of her damp hair.
"Well we'll join you!" Sora answered, glad to get out of that conversation. Unfortunately she was thrown back in.
"Hmmm, I wonder how well endowed he is."
"MIMI!" Sora scolded, unwilling to admit she was thinking the same thing at one point during the morning.
"Very well." Angela hooted.
"Hang on, how would you know?" Mimi asked accusingly.
"Co-ed showering!" She answered in a singsong voice, "But if you don't believe me, you can always ask Shiva. She personally knows every inch of his body."
"Ahhh!" Mimi screamed, "Oh my god, have they-?"
"More than once." Angela interjected.
"WHAT???" Sora shouted in disbelief. For the second time in an hour Sora felt her insides turn to ice. "I thought you said they weren't going out?"
Angela gave Sora a dazed look and wondered what she could have possibly said to receive such an outburst from her.
"Well they aren't, but they used to for like six months when they were thirteen. That was their first time together. Now they're just friends with benefits. They only have sex to vent frustration and stuff... or they paintball gun Gennai for that, whatever their in the mood for."
"W-wait a minute. So Tai lost his virginity at only thirteen?"
"Oooh! He's experienced." Mimi appeared impressed by the whole situation. She was very good at being an optimist.
"Yea," Angela sighed, "But he's only had sex with a couple other cheerleaders and that's all. I, on the other hand, have screwed by man more times than I can count."
Her and Mimi giggled and started up a conversation on Griff's sex drive that Sora had no desire to take part in. She couldn't believe him. All this time she thought he'd only kissed a couple of girls and that was it; it was all he told her anyways. Suddenly she felt so inexperienced compared to him. Before she had believed she was ahead of the game and proud of it. After all- she'd already made it to second base with Matt. A great swell of anger gathered in her chest. How dare he. He was sleeping around when he was only thirteen. They were still best friends then and he never thought to tell her. It made her wonder what else he was keeping from her.
"He's gunna get it," she snarled under her breath.
"Pardon?" Angela said politely, breaking her conversation with Mimi.
"Huh? Oh!" Sora blushed realizing she had spoken out loud. Angela smiled knowingly.
"Still contemplating about Tai's sex life are we?"
"My sex life?"
All three girls looked up horrified at being caught. Tai, Griff and Shiva had showered and changed and were standing before them very much amused.
"Tai!" Mimi exclaimed as though the thought of him naked in bed never crossed her mind. "How are you this morning? We were just talking about the weather... and stuff."
"The weather?" Tai asked, fully knowing she was lying.
Mimi giggled nervously, "Yup. The weather."
"Hey what's going on here?" Matt asked as he walked up to the group flanked by the rest of the digidestined. It seemed that in the time since they left the training ground everyone had gotten dressed and ready for the day. Sora suddenly felt more self-conscious about her un-brushed hair than ever.
Oh, just talking about my sex life- my bad," Tai gave a dry laugh, "... I meant the weather." He emphasized on the word weather while shooting the girls a shrewd grin.
"Your sex life?" Kari raised an eyebrow in disbelief.
Oh, so he didn't even tell his sister. Sora thought to herself. Sneaky little bastard.
"I think I'm allergic to sex," Joe declared while pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose with his forefinger. He received quite a few weird looks at that statement.
"You're a sick man Kido." Shiva chortled as she lazily hung an arm around his neck. Joe looked a little uncomfortable for a moment before relaxing.
"I was just kidding-"
"THERE YOU ARE!"
Everyone jumped as Gennai came speed walking down the corridor after the group.
"I've been looking everywhere for you kids! Do have any idea how big this place is? What are you all doing over here? Are you plotting something? I am telling you now I will not fall for any of your childish pranks."
"Talk about paranoid" Davis mumbled. T.K. nodded his agreement.
Tai stepped forward, "We were doing nothing of the sort! We were just having an innocent orgy, I mean- we were talking about the weather."
Mimi, Sora, Angela, Griff and Shiva laughed.
"Whatever, I'm calling a meeting right now, so you know where to go."
Yolie was about to tell him she didn't know what he was talking about but Griff put a hand on her shoulder.
"Its the room with Ace in it." He clarified.
"Wait!" Angela screeched, "I need a shower! I still smell like fish!"
"Fine. Make it fast." Gennai warned.
Angela sprinted down the hall towards the showers, Mimi and Sora running after her.
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About an hour and a half later every one was seated in the meeting room. Gennai had just finished bringing the digidestined up to date on everything going on in the digiworld, as well as the history of it, including the first five digidestined and the identities of the new guardians. Kari was the most shocked at finding out about her brother's lack of humanity and kept shooting him dubious looks throughout the meeting. Izzy, on the other hand, was completely fascinated by it and repeatedly fired questions at Gennai until Yolie became so fed up that she put him in a headlock.
"Yolie!" gagged Izzy, clawing at her arms.
Shiva leaned back in her chair, "Hey, I like this girl!"
"I just have one more question, I swear!" Izzy wheezed, "I thought your house was under a lake, what's up with this."
Apparently Yolie was wondering this as well because she let go of him. Izzy took a dramatic gulp of air.
"Well, I simply decided that for training these halfwits I would need to find a much bigger residence. They've destroyed enough as it is while only in their human forms."
"We resent that." Angela spoke on her comrades' behalf. Gennai just waved her off and continued.
"I gathered a team of skilled digimon to help me move a particularly large coliseum to this fine location. Do any of you originals recognize this place at all?"
"I do!" T.K. spoke up. He appeared to be the only one because the other digidestined stared at him, waiting for him to inform them.
"Come on you guys. This is where Agumon first digivolved into Skullgreymon!"
There was a collective 'OH!' of recognition from the majority of the room.
Gennai cleared his throat loudly.
"Anyway, there is a reason I called you all here. I have another mission for my guardians to go on. But before I go into detail- this is a mission that I think we will need the help of the digidestined for... so naturally I invited some friends." He opened the door and eleven figures charged into the room, each tackling a different digidestined.
"Hey Matt!"
"Gabumon!"
"Yo Joe! How's it hanging?"
"Gomamon! Wait... how's what hanging?"
"Hello Ken."
"Wormmon!"
"Sora! I've missed you!"
"Biyomon!"
"Greetings Izzy" "Tentomon!"
"Kari!"
"Oh Gatomon!"
"Davish!"
"Veemon! What's up dude?"
"T.K.!"
"Patamon!"
"Howdy Cody!" "Armadillomon!"
"Yolie!"
"Hawkmon!"
"Mimi!"
"Palmon! You're skin looks great, have you been getting more sun?"
Griff, Angela, and Shiva looked on utterly perplexed.
"Wow. There's, uh, a lot of hugging going on here." Griff stated baffled.
Angela cocked her head to the side.
"I think it's kind of sweet."
"I-can't-take-this." Shiva ground out while buying her face in the back of Tai's shirt. Tai didn't seem to notice her. He just watched all his friends sadly as they cuddled their dearly missed digimon.
"Tai, where's Agumon?" Kari asked while stroking Gatomon's ears.
Tai sighed heavily.
"My digivice exploded when I was appointed as a guardian, meaning I was no longer a digidestined and therefore breaking the bond Agumon and I shared. I can't help him digivolve anymore."
"Oh Tai- I'm sorry..." Sora sincerely felt sorry for him. To loose a bond as strong as one held between digimon and digidestined would be extremely emotionally straining. She found the anger she held towards him in the morning vanish as pity replaced it. Tai just smiled reassuringly at her.
"It's o.k., really, I've seen him around the digiworld every now and then. We're still buds and all. He even sometimes helps us out on raids."
"Alright Gennai, now what about this mission?" Shiva said, clearly trying to prevent Tai from speaking to Sora again. Tai rolled his eyes and kicked Shiva with his heel.
"Ah yes. Very well. First I must explain to the digidestined about the prophecy. For the past few months I have been setting these four out in search of a prophecy in-between their training and raids. This prophecy is needed to finish this war with Moira. I do not know the contents of it, but who ever is in possession of it is most likely to win the war. Now I happen to know where it is- but retrieving it will be the challenge."
"Please don't tell me what I think you are..." Tai prayed. The other guardians exchanged nervous look.
"Moira has it-"
Tai swore. Gennai gave him a warning look and continued.
"- I now believe it's being held in Bastion Hall."
"Bastion- Oh! That giant fortress on Tenbit Island?" Angela asked.
"Yes, it is heavily guarded and we will need all the help we can manage to find."
"Where the hell is Tenbit Island?" Davis asked, clearly annoyed that he was unable to follow this conversation.
"We'll lead you there. Matt should recognize it; it was where we had our first physical brawl." Tai pretended to wipe a tear from his cheek.
"Yea, because you were being an ass!" Matt laughed. Tai faked a scowl.
"I was only working towards the greater good!"
"Whatever you say man."
"So we need to take care of the guards while they get the prophecy?" Ken asked while making a gesture towards the trainees.
"Actually, that's exactly the opposite of what we're going to do." He paused a moment, admiring the confused looks the younger crowd shared. He faced the new guardians.
"Moira is smart. She's been researching each of your weaknesses and hope to lure you into the hall with the prophecy where she and her army of Guardmon can defeat you. That's why we're going to have the digidestined retrieve the prophecy while my successors will take care of the majority of the guards."
Shiva looked thoughtful for a moment. "So basically we're walking into a trap?"
"Pretty much." Gennai replied coolly.
"Cool."
"But doesn't Moira have any weaknesses we can use against her?" Kari asked, looking somewhat fearful at what they were about to attempt.
"Well I can think of one..." Griff threw a meaningful look in Tai's direction. Gennai smiled artfully.
"Yes, her heart does seem to be her downfall."
Tai swiftly caught on what they were doing.
"Don't look at me like that! What do you want me to do? Screw her while you guys make off with the prophecy?"
"Not like you would complain," Shiva snorted. Tai glared at her.
"Never mind that now," Gennai said, making his way over to Ace. "Ace, if you would be so kind as to send these fine young people to Tenbit Island."
"Certainly Gennai," responded the calm female voice. The giant screen instantly glowed a brilliant, mesmerizing blue.
"Ladies first," Griff bowed to Angela, who giggled in return before delicately stepping through the gateway. Griff offered the same liberality to Mimi, Yolie, Sora and Kari- much to their delight.
One by one the digidestined stepped through the portal while Gennai dished out his customary last minute advise.
"Now be aware of you're surroundings, don't underestimate your opponents Tai, you will have to look past on whatever relationship you-"
"-I AM NOT HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HER!" Tai yelled. Shiva grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt and pulled him through the open portal with her.
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Thanks for the reviews!
Sorry if this one didn't have a lot happening. The next chapter's going to have a lot of fighting.
And Tai isn't as big of a man whore as he came off to be either.
Sora woke to Mimi roughly shaking her back and forth.
"Sora! Wake up! You have got to see this!"
Sora let out a yawn when she sat up, arching her back and stretching her arms above her head.
"What is it Mimi?" she looked around her and noticed Angela and Shiva were both missing from their beds. Kari and Yolie were a few beds over still asleep.
"Shhh," Mimi whispered, "just follow me."
Sora grabbed a bathrobe from the end of her bed and put it on like Mimi had done with hers. She followed Mimi out the bedroom door and noticed, with distaste, that her hair was in complete disarray while passing the mirror. She'd have to fix that later.
They walked down the wooden corridor hearing only the soft padding of their bare feet on the cold floor.
"Where exactly are we going?" Sora inquired, watching Mimi's pink hair bounce happily behind her. Mimi giggled.
"Oh you'll see. Too bad you have a boyfriend or you might have found this more enjoyable."
Sora gave her a look, "Mimi... I'm not sure I like where this is heading..."
Mimi just giggled again.
"Oh, don't worry Sora, we're just going 'sight seeing'. Besides, I know how much you like Matt. I know I wish I had a guy that good looking. You sure know how to choose your men!"
"Damn strait I do!" Sora laughed. Mimi gave her a sly look.
"Yea, Matt's definitely a hunk, but what about Tai?"
Sora stumbled on a loose floorboard.
"Tai? What about him." Mimi caught on to the nervous tone in her friend's voice.
"Well he certainly is sexy, don't you think? I mean his hair is just so cool now! And his body is so lithe and muscular and tan..."
"MIMI!" Sora exclaimed, aghast. She had never heard Mimi talk about boys this detailed before. "I can't think of Tai like that! He's my childhood friend!"
"So what? He REALLY grew up." Mimi pursed her lips in a thoughtful manner. "Hmmm... do you think you would have gone out with Tai instead of Matt if you knew he was going to turn out like this?"
"Are you implying that I would go out with guy's based on their looks?" Sora asked angrily. Mimi held up her hand defensively.
"No, no! Not at all! I was just wondering if you're interested in him right now?"
"No! I'm very happy with Matt thank you very much."
Mimi stopped when they reached the balcony, grabbed Sora by the shoulders and turned her so she was facing the training grounds. The subject of their conversation was below wielding his sword in exercise.
"Are you sure?"
"Um... I mean yes. Yes I'm sure."
Sora's eyes were wide and glued to Tai. Sweat coated his shirtless body during his workout. His tanned skin glistened in the early morning sun with it as it dripped and rolled down his pecks, over his dark nipples, his abs...
"Um, Sora."
Sora tore her gaze away from his torso, "huh?"
"I think you're drooling."
"Am I?" Sora cried out horrified, whipping her mouth frantically. She anxiously peered over the balcony at Tai, hoping her outburst didn't draw his attention to them, and was relieved to see him still swinging his blade around so fast she could only see flashes of silver.
"Told you it was good didn't I?" Mimi smirked.
Sora had to agree with her there, "Well I'm certainly awake now."
"So Sora, " Mimi began in a business like way as they started back to their room. "Since you seem content with Matt, can I have Tai?"
"Excuse me?"
Sora was sure she must have heard Mimi wrong. Did Mimi mean she wanted to date Tai? To kiss and hold him the way a girlfriend would? Then of course she couldn't have him! Tai was her- not hers. Realization dawned on her face. She found it near impossible to comprehend Tai being interested in another girl other than herself. Up until now she had thought Tai was wrapped around her finger, that he would always be there if things with Matt didn't work out. How could she expect Tai to wait around for her while she turned him down in the first place? Was Matt really the right one for her?
Sora found herself becoming more and more distressed about the whole situation, and suddenly she's questioning her relationship with Matt. How could this happen? She had the crest of love for Christ's sake! She was falling for Tai and now she's tied down by another relationship because she couldn't wait for him. Wait... was she only interested in Tai's body or did she really have deep feeling for him? Was she that shallow? And now Mimi wanted him? Could she live with that?
"Soooooooooraaaaaaa"
Sora looked up to see Mimi waving a hand in front of her face. She saw Angela was also standing in front of her and for some reason was soaking wet.
"I'm sorry, were you saying something?" Sora blushed at her rudeness for spacing out on them like that.
"I said 'it's not likely'." Angela said as she began to ring out her long curls. Water splashed on the hard wood floor, chilling their bare feet.
"What's not likely?" Sora asked.
"That Mimi would get with Tai." She answered simply.
"Why not?"
"Because you'd have to face the wrath of to Shiva. And before you ask, no they are not going out, but I am not exaggerating when I say she's very protective of him. Oh, and there's the small, trifling fact that he's having an affair with Moira." She added as an after thought.
Sora suddenly felt very distant from her body. An affair? With the enemy?
Mimi voiced Sora's thoughts, but with a much fervor.
"An affair? With the enemy? Oh my god! That's so romantic!"
Angela and Sora face-faulted.
"Mimi, that's not a good thing-"
"It a forbidden love!" Mimi raved, ignoring Sora, "Sneaking off at night to share a passionate evening in the moonlight-"
"No, no, NO! They do not love each other" Angela tried to clear up the misunderstanding, "It's only because she was in love with Taro- and Tai happens to be his reincarnation, therefore feeling attraction towards her."
Angela got two blank looks in response from Sora and Mimi.
"Never mind, Gennai will explain it later. Besides, I need to take a shower- I smell like salt" Angela said distastefully as she picked at another piece of her damp hair.
"Well we'll join you!" Sora answered, glad to get out of that conversation. Unfortunately she was thrown back in.
"Hmmm, I wonder how well endowed he is."
"MIMI!" Sora scolded, unwilling to admit she was thinking the same thing at one point during the morning.
"Very well." Angela hooted.
"Hang on, how would you know?" Mimi asked accusingly.
"Co-ed showering!" She answered in a singsong voice, "But if you don't believe me, you can always ask Shiva. She personally knows every inch of his body."
"Ahhh!" Mimi screamed, "Oh my god, have they-?"
"More than once." Angela interjected.
"WHAT???" Sora shouted in disbelief. For the second time in an hour Sora felt her insides turn to ice. "I thought you said they weren't going out?"
Angela gave Sora a dazed look and wondered what she could have possibly said to receive such an outburst from her.
"Well they aren't, but they used to for like six months when they were thirteen. That was their first time together. Now they're just friends with benefits. They only have sex to vent frustration and stuff... or they paintball gun Gennai for that, whatever their in the mood for."
"W-wait a minute. So Tai lost his virginity at only thirteen?"
"Oooh! He's experienced." Mimi appeared impressed by the whole situation. She was very good at being an optimist.
"Yea," Angela sighed, "But he's only had sex with a couple other cheerleaders and that's all. I, on the other hand, have screwed by man more times than I can count."
Her and Mimi giggled and started up a conversation on Griff's sex drive that Sora had no desire to take part in. She couldn't believe him. All this time she thought he'd only kissed a couple of girls and that was it; it was all he told her anyways. Suddenly she felt so inexperienced compared to him. Before she had believed she was ahead of the game and proud of it. After all- she'd already made it to second base with Matt. A great swell of anger gathered in her chest. How dare he. He was sleeping around when he was only thirteen. They were still best friends then and he never thought to tell her. It made her wonder what else he was keeping from her.
"He's gunna get it," she snarled under her breath.
"Pardon?" Angela said politely, breaking her conversation with Mimi.
"Huh? Oh!" Sora blushed realizing she had spoken out loud. Angela smiled knowingly.
"Still contemplating about Tai's sex life are we?"
"My sex life?"
All three girls looked up horrified at being caught. Tai, Griff and Shiva had showered and changed and were standing before them very much amused.
"Tai!" Mimi exclaimed as though the thought of him naked in bed never crossed her mind. "How are you this morning? We were just talking about the weather... and stuff."
"The weather?" Tai asked, fully knowing she was lying.
Mimi giggled nervously, "Yup. The weather."
"Hey what's going on here?" Matt asked as he walked up to the group flanked by the rest of the digidestined. It seemed that in the time since they left the training ground everyone had gotten dressed and ready for the day. Sora suddenly felt more self-conscious about her un-brushed hair than ever.
Oh, just talking about my sex life- my bad," Tai gave a dry laugh, "... I meant the weather." He emphasized on the word weather while shooting the girls a shrewd grin.
"Your sex life?" Kari raised an eyebrow in disbelief.
Oh, so he didn't even tell his sister. Sora thought to herself. Sneaky little bastard.
"I think I'm allergic to sex," Joe declared while pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose with his forefinger. He received quite a few weird looks at that statement.
"You're a sick man Kido." Shiva chortled as she lazily hung an arm around his neck. Joe looked a little uncomfortable for a moment before relaxing.
"I was just kidding-"
"THERE YOU ARE!"
Everyone jumped as Gennai came speed walking down the corridor after the group.
"I've been looking everywhere for you kids! Do have any idea how big this place is? What are you all doing over here? Are you plotting something? I am telling you now I will not fall for any of your childish pranks."
"Talk about paranoid" Davis mumbled. T.K. nodded his agreement.
Tai stepped forward, "We were doing nothing of the sort! We were just having an innocent orgy, I mean- we were talking about the weather."
Mimi, Sora, Angela, Griff and Shiva laughed.
"Whatever, I'm calling a meeting right now, so you know where to go."
Yolie was about to tell him she didn't know what he was talking about but Griff put a hand on her shoulder.
"Its the room with Ace in it." He clarified.
"Wait!" Angela screeched, "I need a shower! I still smell like fish!"
"Fine. Make it fast." Gennai warned.
Angela sprinted down the hall towards the showers, Mimi and Sora running after her.
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About an hour and a half later every one was seated in the meeting room. Gennai had just finished bringing the digidestined up to date on everything going on in the digiworld, as well as the history of it, including the first five digidestined and the identities of the new guardians. Kari was the most shocked at finding out about her brother's lack of humanity and kept shooting him dubious looks throughout the meeting. Izzy, on the other hand, was completely fascinated by it and repeatedly fired questions at Gennai until Yolie became so fed up that she put him in a headlock.
"Yolie!" gagged Izzy, clawing at her arms.
Shiva leaned back in her chair, "Hey, I like this girl!"
"I just have one more question, I swear!" Izzy wheezed, "I thought your house was under a lake, what's up with this."
Apparently Yolie was wondering this as well because she let go of him. Izzy took a dramatic gulp of air.
"Well, I simply decided that for training these halfwits I would need to find a much bigger residence. They've destroyed enough as it is while only in their human forms."
"We resent that." Angela spoke on her comrades' behalf. Gennai just waved her off and continued.
"I gathered a team of skilled digimon to help me move a particularly large coliseum to this fine location. Do any of you originals recognize this place at all?"
"I do!" T.K. spoke up. He appeared to be the only one because the other digidestined stared at him, waiting for him to inform them.
"Come on you guys. This is where Agumon first digivolved into Skullgreymon!"
There was a collective 'OH!' of recognition from the majority of the room.
Gennai cleared his throat loudly.
"Anyway, there is a reason I called you all here. I have another mission for my guardians to go on. But before I go into detail- this is a mission that I think we will need the help of the digidestined for... so naturally I invited some friends." He opened the door and eleven figures charged into the room, each tackling a different digidestined.
"Hey Matt!"
"Gabumon!"
"Yo Joe! How's it hanging?"
"Gomamon! Wait... how's what hanging?"
"Hello Ken."
"Wormmon!"
"Sora! I've missed you!"
"Biyomon!"
"Greetings Izzy" "Tentomon!"
"Kari!"
"Oh Gatomon!"
"Davish!"
"Veemon! What's up dude?"
"T.K.!"
"Patamon!"
"Howdy Cody!" "Armadillomon!"
"Yolie!"
"Hawkmon!"
"Mimi!"
"Palmon! You're skin looks great, have you been getting more sun?"
Griff, Angela, and Shiva looked on utterly perplexed.
"Wow. There's, uh, a lot of hugging going on here." Griff stated baffled.
Angela cocked her head to the side.
"I think it's kind of sweet."
"I-can't-take-this." Shiva ground out while buying her face in the back of Tai's shirt. Tai didn't seem to notice her. He just watched all his friends sadly as they cuddled their dearly missed digimon.
"Tai, where's Agumon?" Kari asked while stroking Gatomon's ears.
Tai sighed heavily.
"My digivice exploded when I was appointed as a guardian, meaning I was no longer a digidestined and therefore breaking the bond Agumon and I shared. I can't help him digivolve anymore."
"Oh Tai- I'm sorry..." Sora sincerely felt sorry for him. To loose a bond as strong as one held between digimon and digidestined would be extremely emotionally straining. She found the anger she held towards him in the morning vanish as pity replaced it. Tai just smiled reassuringly at her.
"It's o.k., really, I've seen him around the digiworld every now and then. We're still buds and all. He even sometimes helps us out on raids."
"Alright Gennai, now what about this mission?" Shiva said, clearly trying to prevent Tai from speaking to Sora again. Tai rolled his eyes and kicked Shiva with his heel.
"Ah yes. Very well. First I must explain to the digidestined about the prophecy. For the past few months I have been setting these four out in search of a prophecy in-between their training and raids. This prophecy is needed to finish this war with Moira. I do not know the contents of it, but who ever is in possession of it is most likely to win the war. Now I happen to know where it is- but retrieving it will be the challenge."
"Please don't tell me what I think you are..." Tai prayed. The other guardians exchanged nervous look.
"Moira has it-"
Tai swore. Gennai gave him a warning look and continued.
"- I now believe it's being held in Bastion Hall."
"Bastion- Oh! That giant fortress on Tenbit Island?" Angela asked.
"Yes, it is heavily guarded and we will need all the help we can manage to find."
"Where the hell is Tenbit Island?" Davis asked, clearly annoyed that he was unable to follow this conversation.
"We'll lead you there. Matt should recognize it; it was where we had our first physical brawl." Tai pretended to wipe a tear from his cheek.
"Yea, because you were being an ass!" Matt laughed. Tai faked a scowl.
"I was only working towards the greater good!"
"Whatever you say man."
"So we need to take care of the guards while they get the prophecy?" Ken asked while making a gesture towards the trainees.
"Actually, that's exactly the opposite of what we're going to do." He paused a moment, admiring the confused looks the younger crowd shared. He faced the new guardians.
"Moira is smart. She's been researching each of your weaknesses and hope to lure you into the hall with the prophecy where she and her army of Guardmon can defeat you. That's why we're going to have the digidestined retrieve the prophecy while my successors will take care of the majority of the guards."
Shiva looked thoughtful for a moment. "So basically we're walking into a trap?"
"Pretty much." Gennai replied coolly.
"Cool."
"But doesn't Moira have any weaknesses we can use against her?" Kari asked, looking somewhat fearful at what they were about to attempt.
"Well I can think of one..." Griff threw a meaningful look in Tai's direction. Gennai smiled artfully.
"Yes, her heart does seem to be her downfall."
Tai swiftly caught on what they were doing.
"Don't look at me like that! What do you want me to do? Screw her while you guys make off with the prophecy?"
"Not like you would complain," Shiva snorted. Tai glared at her.
"Never mind that now," Gennai said, making his way over to Ace. "Ace, if you would be so kind as to send these fine young people to Tenbit Island."
"Certainly Gennai," responded the calm female voice. The giant screen instantly glowed a brilliant, mesmerizing blue.
"Ladies first," Griff bowed to Angela, who giggled in return before delicately stepping through the gateway. Griff offered the same liberality to Mimi, Yolie, Sora and Kari- much to their delight.
One by one the digidestined stepped through the portal while Gennai dished out his customary last minute advise.
"Now be aware of you're surroundings, don't underestimate your opponents Tai, you will have to look past on whatever relationship you-"
"-I AM NOT HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HER!" Tai yelled. Shiva grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt and pulled him through the open portal with her.
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Thanks for the reviews!
Sorry if this one didn't have a lot happening. The next chapter's going to have a lot of fighting.
And Tai isn't as big of a man whore as he came off to be either.