It Begins Once More
First time my title was actually good! Anyways, heres it the next chapter. Tell me what you think! I really like this chapter and the new character, it's an OC. I usually don't like OCs that much, but I decided to have one when I first started this. And I'm really happy on how he turned out.
Look I didn't rant about pointless things this chapter. Well probably at the end. Does it get annoying?
True Colors
Digital World: Sazuka City: Noon
Biyomon's P.O.V.
"What was with this hasty meeting?" Sora was frustrated and I don't blame her. After the pass few days, we seemed to been having much problems. "And why did he only want to talk to Tai anyways?"
Lord Duftmon, an exalted Royal Knight. He is the king of this city. A private meeting with the leader of the digidestined. I really hope nothing goes wrong. But we shouldn't have any problems since its only me and Tai left here in Sazuka. But still we can never be too sure. We all agreed to take separate ways and improve ourselves before the battle with the Demon Lords.
Flashback
"No. Why should we split up? Tai what do you think?" T.K. couldn't comprehend why we would ever want to do this.
"I-" Tai started but was cut off by Davis.
"We need to improve ourselves, and we can't do that by staying in this town for weeks on end. We still can contact each other easily," Davis made a good point. I mean only four of us actually have amulets. And only Agumon and Gabumon can reach mega.
"Well-" Tai again tried to say something but was interrupted by Matt.
"We can't exactly defend ourselves! Look, it'd be much better to train as a group. That way we can guarantee no one will get hurt. Don't be dense you-"
"Enough!" Tai growled, punching his fist into our dining table, splitting it right in half. "I am the leader, I get the last call, understand?"
His eyes glowed with anger, I was actually was kind of scared. I've seen him mad but not like this. Everyone just nodded.
"Alright this is how it will go," Tai said bandaging his hand. "We will split up."
"What! Tai you can't be serious," Matt tried saying.
"Shut up!" Tai shot a glare at the blonde. "First the rules, everyone must have their D-Terminals active at all times. Second, I will assign the teams you will be in. Third, don't be an idiot, we don't need more enemies. So avoid conflict unless its a friendly challenge or duel. We got the whole summer in the digital world. Lets make the best out of it."
Everyone stayed quiet. No one really wanted to upset Tai anymore. It's not really good for his health, and we really don't want any fights.
"First team, Matt and Mimi," this really isn't just to get stronger. It's a test of friendship too.
"Second group, Izzy and T.K. Third team, Yolei, Cody, and Ken. Fourth," Tai eyed the room, looking for another group, then his eye caught Sora. "Sora, it's your choice whether you want to stay with me or go with another team."
"I'll stay with you," she placed her hand on his shoulder. He smiled. The first smile all day, and that one smile changed the mood entirely.
"Davis, Kari, and Joe will be our last group," Tai finally said. "Davis, I trust you with my life and my sister's life. Protect Kari, please. If anything happens to her, I don't know what to do. And Joe, please take care of them."
"You can count on me," Joe nodded.
"Anything for you Tai," Davis walked up to Tai and shook his hand. Tai pulled him in and hugged him.
Soon enough everyone else joined in for the hug.
"This is our last night together for a while," Tai said, I could tell he was fighting off tears. "After tonight, everything will be different. Make me proud."
Flashback End
"Sora don't worry too much, Agumon is with him and Tai can handle himself, they will be fine," I ensured my partner. "Well, while they're gone we might as well do something productive."
"Lets relax a bit, I mean I finally got this damned amulet," the bright red amulet pulsated from Sora's chest. It was actually quite a simple task.
The Hououmon defending the Phoenix Shrine let us in without any trouble after seeing Sora was a digidestined and the bearer of love at that. The surprising thing was once we entered the room Sora's crest began to glow and so did the digisteel she had in her pocket. Once she reached into her pocket the small piece of metal glowed and changed into a beautiful bright reddish orange colored amulet. It was odd, I didn't expect it to be that simple.
Hopefully everyone else is having an easy time like us.
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Digital World: Sazuka City: Leopard's Palace: Noon
Tai's P.O.V.
The building was extremely regal and bright, chandeliers hung above us as we walked through the building. It was nothing like I expected it to be. And the king of this all, Lord Duftmon, a highly esteemed Royal Knight, the Knight of War. It's said that each Royal Knight is allowed to control one major city each. Duftmon just happened to want Sazuka City.
"Can we trust him?" Agumon asked, without looking at me. "Duftmon."
"We have to," I replied softly. I've been on guard since we got here. Yeah I might not exactly trust him with my life, but we have some things we should talk over. No, not should. We have to talk over. "This might be our only chance to patch things up with the Royal Knights."
"Yeah, but what if it's just a trap?" Agumon considered. It was possible, but I don't have much of a problem with this.
"I have something in mind, now lets go. I guarantee you we will be alright," I ensured.
We started heading up the stairs where we were met with a boy probably the age of Kari, even a little younger. "Ah, Lord Taichi, you made it," the boy had messy brown hair and red eyes. He was pretty short, probably only measuring up to my shoulder. He had a long blue cape on that would conceal his whole body if spread out. The collar of his cape met his chin. Under it he wore a white blazer with a black shirt under it. His cape had an ornate design of it. A leopard. He stood arms crossed leaning back on the wall beside the door. To be honest, he was adorable! I wanted to pinch his cheeks. But I refrained.
"And who may you be?" I asked, talking to him as if he was a child.
"I am Tatsuya Takeda, but my friends call me Tatsu," he flashed a smile at me. "I am Duftmon's partner. I've heard a lot about you. You don't seem as stupid as people say you are," Tatsu said walking through a large door.
"Wait what?" I said dumb founded.
"That was a joke, now come on, try to keep up," he waved his hand and motioned us to follow him.
"I like this kid," Agumon walked ahead of me following Tatsu.
"I need one of those outfits," I said as I continued through the door. We entered a large room with a table in the center of it. It was like a conference room. At the end were two seats larger than the others. One seated Tatsu and the other Duftmon.
"Come sit Taichi," Duftmon told us. We did as we were told and seated ourselves on the opposite end of the table. "You must be wondering why I called you here. Right? Well, I need a favor."
"Now what is it you would like from me?" I responded to him.
"See, it is very difficult, having humans living in my city," Duftmon stated.
"You have a human partner, what does it matter? You being a Royal Knight and having a digidestined partner not fitting well with the Royal Knights?" I remarked.
"You see no one outside this room knows I have partner," Duftmon answered. "I am not one to be disloyal. But unlike my allies, I do acknowledge the activities of humans in this world. But specifically digidestines."
"Yeah, but what do you need my help for?" Now I am interested. This might secure us an allegiance with the Royal Knights.
"See my partner, Tatsu here, proposed an idea. We want to help you defeat the Demon Lords," Duftmon was staring into my eyes. "Our proposal is allow us to lead your army against the Demon Lords. You do have an army, right?"
"About that, well I decided that we must start improving ourselves individually for a while. So we all split to different parts of the digital globe. We've already spoken about it with our ally Beelzemon," I could see his face change. "Yes he was a Demon Lord. But he has agreed to help us. Anyways, we have information from him that Lucemon too is building an army. But from what I heard progress has been slow. We've estimated about one month and a half months before they have a large enough army to take out a sector. But, what do you think you can offer to us."
"We believe if you defeat the Demon Lords, then the Royal Knights will see you differently. Tatsu is a great fan of yours. He is much like you in some ways. Stubborn, strong willed, and courageous. But he and I together are master strategist. See, Tatsu is a gifted boy," Duftmon smiled looking at his partner.
"Thanks Duftmon. What he is trying to say is that I'm kind of a," Tatsu started, "well I'm very smart. A genius if you wanted to say."
"Okay let me try to comprehend this all," I said slowly. "You want to join our team and lead our army against the Demon Lords. So you can achieve a kind of peace among the Royal Knights and digidestines. And you're saying you want us to let our army fall into the hands of a twelve year old? No offense Tatsu."
"None taken. And I'm thirteen," Tatsu smiled, this time it was like how I would smile. He really did resemble me a bit. He had a tone in his voice that reminded me of myself. And that devilish smile on his face. "If you want us to prove it you..."
"Honestly I have no way in proving if you can lead our army or not," I wanted to believe him. But it was a bit far fetched. I mean thirteen year old genius that can lead an army? Come on!"
"Follow me Lord Taichi," Duftmon got up from his seat and lead us into a dark room. The lights went off and a large machine appeared in front of us. It resembled a battlefield and had small models representing units and troops.
"Tell me Taichi-sama, will you be the one leading the army?" Tatsu asked walked to the other side of the room and took seat on a chair in front of a panel of buttons.
"Well, I think I will be," I replied.
"Good enough," he smiled again. The same as the last. Fiddling with a game piece, a Duftmon, in his right hand, he leaned his elbow on the panel with his head leaning on his left fist. "Take a seat there please." He pointed at the panel opposite of his. "Now this is how this game works. The black units are yours. It is very simple. The megas defeat the ultimates. The ultimates defeat the champions. The champions are like the pawns of chess. This is a proactive game. Your troops react on your command. Once commanded they can be told to stop or retreat. It will be like controlling an actual army. Remember you have range units and melee(close-combat) units. Anything goes, there is no cheating. It's all strategy. First to defeat the enemy's leader, in this case my Duftmon and your Wargreymon, wins."
"So this is how you will prove it to me? By defeating me in a overgrown chess game," I laughed.
"No, I know I will win," he was very much like me. But something about him changed. He has a much more serious tone in his voice now."But it is how it's won that matters. See Tai, I know you aren't much of a planner. You have more of a spontaneous answers for problems. We want to help you."
"Quite cocky are we?" I flashed my smile back.
"Much like you. Now enough chit chat lets start," the digimon then began to move in place. They almost seemed real. But the truth was that they were only holograms.
"Left flank progress forward twenty yards," Tatsu said, the side was lead by a WereGarurumon. They moved forward and progressed through the field.
"Follow suit right side," I commanded. The lieutenant on the right group on my side was a MetalGarurumon. The were very close to each other and I could tell they were going to enter combat.
"Left flank retreat," Tatsu smiled as his troops withdrawed behind the rest of the army.
"Continue forward," I said smiling. I must of intimidated him. Wrong.
"Alright middle group surround his troops from behind and take out their lieutenant," before I can react his brigade surrounded my troops and destroyed each and every one of them. He gave me that devilish smile a gain. "I hate easy fights, don't you Taichi? Too bad these images can't react like true troops. There is always that miracle within a team that always seems to get them out of trouble, no matter what. But no hero here. All strategy. Now everyone progress forward and destroy his troops. We outnumber them, and since this is just a game based on numbers and strategy, there is no recovery."
I grimaced. I would have thought I'd last longer. I can't believe I underestimated him.
"Do you deny me now Taichi-sama?" his voice regressed back to its child-like tone. He almost seemed like a different person on the field of battle. Although this was not a true fight, it did show me his colors. He was gifted indeed.
"I'm speechless, you may be a great addition after all, Commander Tatsuya Takeda," I gave him a grin. I was quite surprised. I might not be the smartest person around, but he clearly had a plan and a goal. To beat me and join us.
"Thank you Lord Taichi for entertaining my partner," Duftmon bowed. "I will enjoy working with you."
"But if you help us won't you be seen as a traitor?" my partner asked.
"That is a sacrifice you have to make sometimes, for peace," Duftmon's smile beamed with integrity. Duftmon is a rare one. He would go far enough to betray his alliance to ensure peace for others. That's why I admire him.
"I should get going Duftmon, but I will be back tomorrow to conference over what's happening," I said bowing.
"Why not stay for a while, have something to eat and play with Tatsu. He is quite bored with no one around. Playing with you is the most fun he's had all week," Duftmon offered.
"I'd love to stay, but I got my girlfriend and my partner's fiancé waiting for us. Plus we still need to finish building our house, we are kind of living with a friend for a while," I responded to the knight.
"Why not stay with us? I mean here you are free from harm and this would be a great place to locate your headquarters," he said.
"That doesn't sound like a bad idea. But I'll have to talk it over with Sora," I explained.
"Why not I invite her and let her look around, I have more than enough room to house you for a while," the Royal Knight grinned. It was true this would be a great place to live and establish an HQ. This might not be a bad decision after all.
Sora's P.O.V.
"What else did Tai tell you?" Biyomon turned to me.
"Nothing he just said I have to go to the palace right away, nothing more," I told her. "Tai makes me wonder sometimes. I just hope he hasn't gotten himself in any trouble."
We approached a large gate that sealed the rest of the grounds off. Guarding the gates were two Knightmon. "We've been expecting you Miss Takenouchi. Go on and head inside. The master is waiting for you and so is his guest." Must be Duftmon and Tai.
"Should we go inside?" my partner shifted towards me.
"It won't hurt us any to go in," I said as I pushed the doors opened. We walked in slowly to see Tai running after a boy. They were all over the place.
"Tatsu you better get back here! Once I get a hold of you... Sora? Finally you got here," Tai stopped and greeted us. The boy, Tatsu I think that's what Tai called him, brushed by Tai, but was caught by the arm and swung over to Tai's side. "Meet Tatsu. Isn't he cute?" my boyfriend smiled.
"Hello, my name is Tatsuya Takeda," the boy gave a polite bow. He was adorable. He had a somewhat innocent look in his eyes. Like Kari used to have.
"Hello I'm Sora Takenouchi, Tai's girlfriend," I let my hand out to shake his.
"He's a new addition to our team," Agumon said as he stepped towards us. Was he being serious? Someone else is joining us? And a boy at that? Who is his partner? Unless...
"Duftmon is my partner," he gave me a smile. "I can't wait to work with you guys."
"He's our new commander, he will be leading our army," Tai paused for a moment. "When we build one."
Okay, now I'm lost.
Tai's P.O.V.
I explained everything to Sora. From our first meeting to our little competition. Yeah, she sat in awe. But finally for the icing on the cake.
"He also mentioned," I looked away for a second, "that we can make this our new home and headquarters."
"Are you serious Tai?" both Biyomon and Sora shouted at the same time.
"What's the ruckus about?" Duftmon popped his head in to see what we were doing.
"Sorry Duftmon, just telling them about your offer," I shifted my eyes back on Sora and Biyomon. "So how about it? Do you guys acc-"
"Yes," Biyomon said quickly. "I mean of course, we will take your offer. Thank you Lord Duftmon."
"Don't mention it. My first act of kindness to my new team," he grinned. This is turning out better than I expected. Looks like Duftmon won them over. "Now, why not I show you to your rooms. Tatsu get the keys for them. I think you are tiring poor Agumon out."
"I'm actually having a lot of fun," Agumon grinned.
"Okay," Tatsu said. He and Agumon were getting along very well. I'm glad they are having fun. Tatsu is a great kid. Now that he is wearing normal clothes rather than his cape and blazer he actually looks like an ordinary boy.
Tatsu lead us to our rooms while Duftmon showed Sora and Biyomon to their room.
"Taichi-sama this will be you and Agumon's quarters," he opened the doors and revealed a large room fit for a king. The bed had to be as large as my room at home and the balcony had a great view of the whole city. There was a desk with a computer and a large closet. The walls were white and lined with a silver border.
"Woah," I gaped at the magnificant room. "We need to start moving our stuff over soon."
"Definitly," Agumon still looking over the new room.
"Hey Tatsu," I said as he was walking out of the room.
"Yes?" He turned around
"Thanks for everything. I really appreciate all this. I'm glad you joined our team. You will be a great asset to our team. I bet we will become the best of friends," I walked to him and tried to shake his hand, but instead I was met with a quick hug.
"I won't let you guys down, I promise I'll do my best to help you guys bring peace."
New team member!
What does this mean? You will find out later on!
Don't you guys love Tatsu? I tried to make him as lovable as possible. Lol. He will be like a Daisuke except less annoying(Don't worry Daisuke fans, I'm a fan too). Oh and smarter.
Tell me what you think guys and thank you reviewers!
Kyoshira7 – Yes it sucked! But this is better. I hope.
– Hope you enjoy this chapter! And I will try to get these up faster. Been busy.
Skipper713 – Yeah, I hated it. Probably going to go revise it or something later on. Not now. I expect to start revising chapters after this first "season" of my story is done.
Ballislife – They might digivolve, they might not. Just wait and see. And Patamon and Gatomon are still only ultimates.
Dragonmaster77 – Yeah if you liked that chapter you should love this one.
I've been trying to catch up with anime and ect. I just finished watching Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. Great series I highly recommend it to anyone who likes a great storyline and a sad story. Lol. Honestly I could of cried watching that. It was beautiful. I'm contemplating whether or not I want to type out a fic for that. I don't know.
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