Disclaimer: Um, do I have to say this? Alright, alright, :Sigh: I don't own digimon.
White Tiger Lady: Um, well, um. It's a little depressing, but things get explained in this chapter. Isn't that funny, but the next one will be funnier. Have to read all the others to understand this one.
Li: That's all she could say?
Biyomon: Leave her alone.
Kero: Hey! I'm not the only one that looks like a stuffed animal!
Biyomon: GRRR.
WTL: Leave her alone, I would actually like not having to break up a fight.
Kero: Whatever.
Biyomon: Only this time.
Li: Pathetic.
WTL: Li, please wait for me in the back. This is depressing in the beginning but it becomes happier in the end. This part also has some Taiora parts, okay it's mainly Taiora. So all those Michi, Sorato, Joe-Sora, Izzy-Sora, T.K.-Sora, Kari-Tai, and all those other categorie lovers beware! Now enjoy the story!
(In the background WTL is yelling her head off at Li)
The same night…
Everybody was sitting around Kari and T.K. They were all sitting in a horseshoe ring, so everybody could hear them, and their faces were all sober.
"You guys, it has been really tough for Sora in these last two years. This has been the first time that I have seen her so happy." (Kari)
"Why what happened to her?" (Mimi)
"I remember her mentioning something about her mother's death, but that's it." (Tai)
"You see, about two years ago Sora's mother was feeling very strange so she went to the doctor. Sora insisted on going with her mother. There Sora found out that 6 years ago her mother had been diagnosed with cancer." (T.K.)
Everybody gasped and stared at T.K. as he continued talking.
"Her mother didn't tell Sora, because she didn't want Sora to worry. The strain of cancer that she had was very serious. It was a very rare disease, and the doctors only gave her a year to live, but miraculously Sora's mother lasted for 2. The doctors thought that she was in remission, but unknown to them was that the cancer was actually just hibernating, resting. It broke out again one year later unknown to the doctors, then after another year Sora's mother keeled over." (T.K.)
"Sora rushed her mother to the hospital, where she found out everything. Since that day Sora grew quieter and quieter. During those three months Sora kept trying to contact all of you, but you guys were all either too busy, or unavailable. She was heartbroken. Finally after three months of waiting day after day in the hospitable, Sora visited her mother. I was with her, and I witnessed everything." (Kari)
Everyone shared guilty glances when they thought about how uncaring they had been.
"Sora had gone into her mothers room, where her mother was lying. Her mother whispered, "Sora, please go! Live your life, leave your old mother here, I will die anyway." At those words Sora exploded. To me it just seemed that the past two months of pressure had built up and exploded. Sora answered her in a voice that was unbelievably hard, "Mother, I have waited for three months I will not give up now! You will not die. Can't you see how much you mean to me!" "Oh Sora, I know and I love you but Sora you must promise that when I die you will plant some tulips wherever you will be." "MOTHER YOU WILL NOT DIE! YOU CAN'T!" "Oh Sora but I must." Then Sora started to shout and cry, "MOTHER THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! IF YOU HAD TAKEN BETTER CARE OF YOURSELF YOU WOULDN"T BE HERE RIGHT NOW! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I WON'T PLANT ANY STUPID TULIPS, AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR STUPID FLOWER SHOP! YOU WILL NOT DIE!" Sora's mother reached out her arm to Sora, but Sora just jerked away and ran." (Kari)
Everybody was sitting in shock to hear of how Sora had yelled at her mother.
"The crescent mark on Sora's shoulder that Tai saw, was made by Sora's mother. When her mother reached out, there had been a needle in her hand. When Sora turned away the needle made a curved crescent mark." (T.K.)
"Anyway, Sora had gone and played some soccer once she left the hospital, then she went to the tennis courts. When she was finished playing she was happier, so she walked back to the hospital to apologize to her mother." As Kari finished speaking she moved toward T.K. as if she suddenly felt a deep coldness in her heart.
"At the hospital she headed straight toward her mother's room to apologize. I saw her and tried to stop her but she wouldn't listen. I stood outside the door, and watched as Sora opened it. The room was silent, all the monitors, and other stuff had been turned off. The bed was empty. Sora turned to me, and her voice was dead, "T.K. where is my mother?" I just stood there silently as it dawned on her. Then she did something that I will never forget. She turned and stared at the bed, screaming, "MOTHER!!! YOU CAN'T LEAVE!! I DIDN'T GET TO APOLOGIZE." I left her sobbing and for the next couple days she seemed dazed, but Kari and I thought that she would snap out of it." (T.K.)
"But she didn't. It got worse when none of you guys came to her mother's funeral. All the other digidestined (season 02) came and comforted her, but it wasn't the same. Now she has been serious, and conservative, trying everyday to make up for what she did. She took over the flower shop, and in the garden has a huge assortment of tulips, but she has never been the same since. We thought that now you guys were here she would heal, and she seemed to, but when Tai reminded her of the scar, we realized she hadn't." (Kari)
"Even worse Sora has forgotten what the meaning of her crest is. Completely." (T.K.)
The whole room had been silent but when T.K. said that everyone gasped.
"But Sora seemed so happy!" (Mimi)
"I see they told you my story." (Sora)
Everyone turned around in shock when they heard Sora. She was standing in the doorway with tears glistening on her face, and one single tulip in her hand.
"Oh Sora, I'm sorry for you." (Mimi)
"Are you okay?" (Matt)
"Yeah do you wanna see a psychiatrist?" (everybody glared daggers at Joe)
"Sora, will you be fine?" (Izzy)
"Don't worry about me! I just had to cry a bit, and I'm back to normal." (Sora)
Tai looked warily at her, so did T.K. and Kari, but everyone accepted her answer. Sora smiled and said, "I'm going to be upstairs okay? I feel tired."
Everybody nodded and let her go upstairs, but the atmosphere had become strained and it wasn't long before everyone headed upstairs. Tai was the last to go upstairs, and he didn't go straight to his room, instead he knocked on Sora's door.
"Come in." (Sora)
"Hey Sora." Tai walked in and saw that Sora was sitting huddled against the corner of the wall.
"Hi Tai." (Sora)
"Listen, if you ever need anyone to talk to, or just listen I'll be there. I'm sorry that I acted like such a jerk the other night, but I wasn't thinking." Tai saw that Sora was still sitting in the same position so he turned to go, but then he heard a voice say, "Tai wait."
Tai closed the door and turned around as Sora slowly got up. He walked toward her and was about to say something when she burst out crying. Tai enfolded her in his arms, and stroked her hair. He could smell her flowery perfume, the same perfume she had worn for the past 5 years.
"Tai, she DIED thinking I hated her! I never got to apologize!" (Sora)
"Sh Sora, it'll be alright, just cry it all out." And she did. They sat in the softly lit pastel painted room. Tai holding onto Sora and stroking her hair while Sora cried all her tears of anguish, and pain.
"Tai do you think that I'll ever be able to make it up to her?" (Sora)
"Sora, anything is possible you learned that in the digital world." (Tai)
Sora continued to cry, but her tears softened and Tai felt Sora start to relax. After a while Tai noticed that she had fallen asleep, smiling he picked her up and gently placed her on the bed. He kissed her forehead and said, "Good night Sora." He turned off all the lights and he left the room, but as he headed back to his room he whispered, "I love you."
WTL: Okay that was a short part, but I didn't want to spoil the moment. Maybe I will one day Arte-chan. The next part will contain Izzy's part and Sora's part. So R&R, and everything else.