Me: Once again, I don't own Digimon. I sure wish I did, though.
Davis: Why?
Me: So I could torture you endlessly when T.K. and Kari get married.
Davis: That's no skin off my nose; I've got Yolei.
Me: She's getting married to Ken.
Davis: On the show! Not in real life.
Me: Davis, uh…how can I say this to you delicately…
Tai: Like this-Davis, once the season ends, that's it for us! We won't be on Digimon after this year.
Davis: WHAT?! (passes out)
Me: He took it better than I thought.
Tai: That's Davis. This fic contains Taiora, Mimato, Takari and Daiyako. Too many couples to remember.
Me: I'll give it a try.
Tai: To remember which couple is which?
Me: Yeah.
Sora: Good luck on that. Both of you.
(both of us turn and give Sora the evil eye)
Sora: Whoa, wait a minute, you guys. I was only kidding…
Tai: GET HER!
(Sora shrieks and runs away laughing as the two of us pelt her with water balloons)
Digimon
The battle known as Digigeddon
Chap. IX-A battle of sacrifices
The DigiDestined-elder and younger-observed the darkening skies and knew that Apocalymon had returned from beyond the nether realm like the others had.
Davis was the first to speak. "Who is this guy anyway?"
Tai explained the situation: "Back when we were DigiDestined, we had finally defeated all the Dark Masters but Gennai told us that they weren't the evil we'd been summoned to defeat. The next thing we knew, we were in the sky and it was completely dark! Then Apocalymon appeared-like he is now-and attacked us by using all the original attacks our previous enemies had on us! He crushed our Tags and Crests but didn't destroy them. Still, it prevented our Digimon from Digivolving and then we were turned into data! We were about to give up, but our Digimon kept reminding us about all the good times we'd had during our entire Digital Adventure. That not only gave us the strength to go on, but also restored the Digimon's ability to Digivolve! We returned and beat Apocalymon for good!"
Davis smiled. "In other words, he came, you conquered! The end!"
The others groaned. It seemed that after four years, Davis hadn't changed that much.
"Cable Crusher!!"
WHAM!! Davis was sent flying toward the earth at an incredible speed!
"Davis, hold on!" Veemon yelled as he hurtled himself down after him.
"Veemon Digivolve to…EXVEEMON!!!"
ExVeemon caught Davis mere seconds before he would've become street pizza.
"Thanks, buddy."
That unprovoked attack caused the other DigiDestined to go into action.
"Metal Wolf Claw!!"
The attack caused damage but since the entire area was dark, it was kinda hard to notice.
"Flames of Courage!!"
"Fire Tornado!!"
"Feral Sword!!"
"Flower Cannon!!"
All these combined attacks at the same time and still nothing!
"Remind me again how you guys beat him?" Davis asked irritably as he and ExVeemon came back up.
"Less talking, more fighting!" T.K. demanded impatiently.
"Patamon Digivolve to…ANGEMON!!! Angemon Digivolve to…MAGNAANGEMON!!!"
"He's got a point." Davis admitted calmly.
"ExVeemon Digivolve to…PAILDRAMON!!!"
Davis gaped in shock at the sight of his friend being able to Digivolve to the Ultimate level.
"But-but-HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!" he cried out in shock.
"Simple: Since Hawkmon Digivolved straight to the Mega level without Gatomon's assistance, it's common knowledge that our Digimon can Digivolve past the Champion level without each other as well."
Davis glared at Ken in response.
"Thanks for the history lesson, Professor Ichijouji! Let's see what kind of Digimon you have."
"My pleasure."
"Wormmon Digivolve to…STINGMON!!! Stingmon Digivolve to…DINOBEEMON!!!"
"Terra Destroyer!!"
WHAM! Paildramon and Dinobeemon were hit within seconds.
"Davis! Ken! You guys OK?" Davis looked up and saw Yolei. Her features were etched with worry.
"We're alright! Paildramon, let's do it!"
"You too, Dinobeemon!"
"Paildramon Mega Digivolve to…IMPERIALDRAMON!!!"
"Dinobeemon Mega Digivolve to…GRANKUWAGAMON!!!"
"Impressive. Don't think that will help you any. Heat Viper!!"
Apocalymon's attack soared and repeatedly hit the Digimon-as well as some of the DigiDestined! Tai was having trouble balancing himself on PhoenixGreymon. Sora was trying to help him, but she had some difficulty too.
That's when Tai's terminal beeped. Opening it, Tai read the information inside.
"Davis! Open your terminal. There's something in there you've got to see."
Nodding, Davis pulled out his own terminal, opened it and read it.
"Got it, Tai!"
"Tai, what are you planning?" Sora looked at him like he'd just told her that her mom had died.
"Trust me, Sora." Tai pulled off his Crest of Courage and placed it in Sora's hand.
"I'll always love you." Tai pulled Sora into a passionate kiss-one that wasn't broken until Apocalymon grabbed him with his Cable Crusher attack.
"TAI!!!"
The DigiDestined and their Digimon were powerless to do anything as Apocalymon dropped Tai into the darkness.
"YOU HEARTLESS BASTARD!" Davis growled angrily as he jumped off Imperialdramon and hurtled himself toward the growing darkness, turning back only long enough to toss Yolei his Digi-Eggs.
"Davis, NO!!!" Yolei's pleas went unheard as Davis was swallowed up seconds later.
Tai and Davis found themselves in infinite darkness.
"Where are we?"
Tai eyed his former successor. "Inside Apocalymon. This is where we'll defeat him once and for all."
Davis asked, "How do we get out of here?"
Tai's answer was simple. "We don't."
Davis shuddered slightly and waited for Tai to continue. "I hate prophecies! If it wasn't for Gennai and that final piece of the puzzle, we'd be outside with the others right now."
Davis nodded in response. "How'd that go again? 'The DigiDestines of Courage shall enter into the soul of darkness. Only from within can they vanquish the evil. Only from Love's valiant lips shall both heroes of Courage return.' I kinda like the last part!"
"You would. Get out your Digivice." Responded Tai.
Sora and Yolei shook with unshed tears as Apocalymon laughed evilly.
"Now, without your DigiDestines of Courage, this world shall be mine! But first, some redecorating. TOTAL ANNIHILATION!!"
The DigiDestined cried out as they suddenly realized that the world they'd fought so hard to protect was finally being destroyed…until an orange and a blue beam from inside the darkness stopped Apocalymon's attack.
"IT'S TAI!"
"AND DAVIS! THEY'RE STILL ALIVE!"
"Everyone-get your Digivices out!" Matt demanded. Beams of colored light came from the DigiDestines' Digivices and D3's and stopped Apocalymon once again. Despite his imminent defeat, he was still laughing.
"You may have defeated me, but you've also sacrificed any chance of saving your friends! AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA…" Apocalymon vanished in a burst of light. The skies cleared up and the DigiDestined found themselves near the spot where Tai had vanished into the gates of Hell.
"TAI! WHERE ARE YOU?" yelled Sora.
"DAVIS! CAN YOU HEAR ME? COME OUT, YOU JERK!" demanded Yolei worriedly.
They searched around but couldn't find anything, until Agumon and Veemon cried out.
"Over here!"
They all ran over and found Tai and Davis' bodies. They weren't moving.
"Tai? TAI! Answer me! YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE ME!" Sora started crying and hugged Tai's body.
"Davis? I never really knew what love was when I thought I loved Ken or Michael or even Willis. I finally figure out what love is…and I lose him. I LOVE YOU, DAVIS!" Yolei started sobbing on Davis' shoulder.
Kari started crying at the sight of her brother and one of her closest friends. T.K. tried to comfort her, but she didn't want comfort at that time. Mimi started crying on Matt's shoulder. Matt himself was shaking, but only to keep from crying himself. The others were trying to hide their own tears, and failing miserably. That's when Izzy heard his terminal go off.
"Hmm? Sora, Yolei, I think this is the final part of the prophecy. Come take a look."
Reluctantly letting go, Sora and Yolei walked over to Izzy and read the information off his terminal.
"It's worth a try. And you get to tell Davis how you feel." Sora advised.
"Let's do it." That said, Sora and Yolei walked up to Tai and Davis' bodies and kissed them with all the passion they had. Their bodies started glowing brightly. When the glow faded, Tai and Davis were kissing them right back.
"TAI? YOU'RE ALIVE!"
"DAVIS, IT'S YOU!"
Tai and Davis cried out as Agumon, Sora, Veemon and Yolei tackled them-along with everyone else.
Mimi walked right up to Tai and Davis and slapped them both across their cheeks.
"Don't you two ever pull something like that again!"
Tai and Davis would've protested, but Sora, Yolei and Kari came up and stood by her.
"Yes, Ma'am." They both said. The team suddenly cheered.
They'd finally defeated the evil that had plagued their world and stopped Digigeddon.
As Tai got up with assistance from Sora, he remembered something.
"If you love something, set it free…" Tai whispered into Sora's ear.
"…And if it truly loves you, it will return." She whispered back.
"Being dead has given me an appetite. Let's eat!"
"Oh, Tai!"
Finished! If you want an epilogue-like let's say-The wedding!-R&R and let me know.