Me: HAHAHAHAAAAA!! Bet you'd think I said I own Digimon, huh? Well I don't, so get over it! This is how Sora's wedding should, and can go on!
Sora: What's going on?
Me: Oh, I'm just writing the epilogue for "The battle known as Digigeddon." You and Tai finally get married!
Sora: (blushes) What? I don't like Tai like that!
Me: Puh-leeze! Whose arms were wrapped around his waist when Whamon swallowed you? It wasn't Mimi's, 'cause she wasn't in danger and not Kari, 'cause she wasn't there at the time!
(Sora's face turns crimson; in enters Tai)
Tai: What's going on?
Me: Just finishing up my story.
Tai: Does Matt get chased by Jun? (snickers)
Me: Shhh! You'll spoil the surprise! And you and Sora get married.
Tai: (blushes; speaks calmly) Sora? Come here.
(Sora walks over to Tai)
Tai: Put your arms around my neck and hold tight.
(While blushing, Sora does exactly that)
Tai: Thank you. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I'LL KILL HIM! LET ME AT HIM, SORA! I'LL GIVE YOU $10,000 IF I CAN JUST REACH HIM!
Sora: Tai don't!
Me: (laughs evilly) On to "A Taiora Wedding!"
Digimon
The battle known as Digigeddon
Epilogue-A Taiora Wedding
"If you love something, set it free, and if it truly loves you, it will return…"
Those words rang true in Tai's ears as he came back from the memory of the event known to the DigiDestined as Digigeddon only 10 years ago. He was now twenty-eight years old, same as his fiancée Sora Takenouchi and his best man, Matt Ishida. There was a problem: The wedding was on the exact day as Digigeddon and Tai was jittery as a bug.
"Okay, Tai. Let's go over everything and make sure you didn't forget anything." Izzy advised.
"Tuxedo?"
"Check."
"Garter?"
"Check."
"Cake?"
"Check."
"Ring?"
Tai worriedly checked his pockets. "SHIT! I forgot the ring at Mom's house!"
A second later, Izzy was alone in the room.
Things are starting to accelerate into something, never stopping, always trouble following
It's getting too insane; I'm trying to maintain
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa…
Chorus: You runaround, I runaround
We're all gonna run, run, runaround
You runaround, I runaround
We all do a run, run, runaround
This is getting closer, more intense, ever spinning, twisting, turning, rollercoaster
It's getting too crazy; I wish I could maybe
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa…
Chorus: You runaround, I runaround
We're all gonna run, run, runaround
You runaround, I runaround
We all do a run, run, runaround…
Tai ran like heck all the way to his Mom's house, unlocked the door and ran to his room.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" The ring wasn't there!
"Sora's gonna kill me for this." Tai thought sadly as he ran back to the chapel.
"Izzy, have you seen Tai around?" Sora asked worriedly as she came in.
"You know that Tai can't see you until you walk down the aisle. Besides, he's at home."
Sora's worried look changed into one of confusement. "Why would he go home? Unless he forgot something."
Izzy sweat dropped a second later. "Yeah! I think he forgot, uh…the garter. That's it!"
Sora gave him a skeptical look that said, "Do I have 'stupid' written on my forehead?"
Luckily for him, Mimi came in.
"Sora, come on! We've got to do something about that hair!"
She was about to protest, but Mimi grabbed her by the shoulder and forcefully dragged her into another room.
"I want my hair the way it is!"
Izzy couldn't keep a smile from across his face…until Tai came back in.
"Couldn't…find…ring…think it…was…stolen…" Tai gasped out as he struggled to catch his breath.
"Hmm. The probability of that happening today is one in a million. I deduce that someone has your ring, but probably forgot to give it to you."
Tai smiled evilly. "I think I know who has it."
WHAM! Davis cried out weakly as Tai slammed him against the wall of the Boys' bathroom.
"Davis, I'm only going to ask you this once. If I have to ask you again, Yolei may have to either fork over a lot of money for your face lift, or may have to find a new boyfriend."
"Tai, I really don't think Davis has the ring." Insists Izzy.
"Not now, Izzy! I'm in the middle of an interrogation."
"Listen…Tai…I never…touched…ring…" Davis managed to gasp out.
Tai quickly searched Davis' pockets. "Gum…Tic-Tacs…Peppermint…Condom?" Tai and Izzy eyed Davis with raised eyebrows.
"That was for my wedding night with Yolei, Tai!"
Tai nodded. "I see. And that would be…"
Davis quickly thought up a date. "2019!"
"You'll propose to her and get married in three years?" Izzy asked in shock.
"I've gotta find her the perfect ring!" Davis replied irritably.
Tai smirked in response. "Already beat you to that one, Davis. Now if only I could find it!"
He raced out of the bathroom with Izzy hot on his heels. Davis put the Tic-Tacs, gum and peppermint back in his pocket. He reached in his jacket pocket and pulled out a walkie-talkie.
"Blond One? This is Best Man II. Over?"
"Blond One here. Davis, don't call yourself Best Man II. That's T.K.'s name. Over?"
"Whatever. Tai just nearly strangled me to death in the bathroom. He's going' postal. Over?"
"You better mean 'he's losing it!' Over?"
"Of course I mean that! I think he's heading your way. Be on the lookout. Over?"
"Thanks for the 411, Davis. Over and out."
Smiling, Davis put the walkie-talkie back in his jacket pocket.
Sora smiled as she looked herself in the mirror. With assistance from Mimi, her hair was pulled back in a bun.
"I don't think Tai will be able to keep his hands off you!" Mimi declared calmly as Sora twirled around with her wedding dress on. In rushes Matt.
"HA! You can't come in here Tai, 'cause Sora's in here and its bad luck to see your bride before the wedding."
"You can't stay in there forever Ishida! Sooner or later, you'll have to come out!" yelled Tai heatedly.
"Come on, Tai! Let's find someone else for you to strangle." Izzy advised as he pushed Tai out of the other room.
"Did we miss something?" Mimi asked. Matt immediately pulled her out of Sora's hearing range."
"Tai lost the ring somewhere and he can't find it. He's 'interrogating' every guy here! So far, he nearly killed Davis in the bathroom, almost tossed Ken off the roof-"
"What's Ken doing on the roof?"
"He's shellacking it, I think. And Tai almost beat me to a pulp! I'm worried for T.K.'s safety. Who knows what he'll do to him?"
Matt and Mimi turned back toward Sora and waved weakly. Sora waved back.
"I'm going to find Kari and see if she's gotten the Digimon from the Digital World. See ya!"
"Ohhhhh no, you don't!" Mimi grabbed Sora by her elbow. "What if you ran into Tai? Just e-mail her and find out that way. Or, was that your plan all along?"
"But what if he invited that Catherine girl from France? I'm not sure who I should kill-her for being kidnapped by those Mamemon or him for kissing her on the cheek after he and T.K. beat them?" Sora's face was etched with worry.
"Don't worry about it. I've had Izzy scan the list over and over again. Catherine isn't on the list and neither is Jun!" Matt sighed in relief as he collapsed into a chair.
"Jun still chase you around?" giggled Sora calmly.
"She's the only dedicated fan the band and I have these days-besides Mimi, of course."
WHAM! Tai slammed T.K. up against the doors of the church, effectively blocking anyone from coming in.
"Listen, and listen well: The wedding starts in an hour. If I don't have Sora's wedding ring by at least five minutes before that pianist plays 'The Wedding March', heads will roll. Namely yours, Davis, Ken's, Joe's and Matt's! Not Izzy's 'cause he's helped me on this." Tai demanded impatiently.
"Tai, I don't have it! All I know is that it's in a safe place. A place where you'd never lose it…if it wasn't already on you."
Tai let go of T.K.'s shoulders and he slumped down to the ground.
"I can't go torture my Dad. He'd pick me up and toss me farther than I could toss Matt."
"Back when we were younger, maybe. Not these days, Tai."
Tai glared at Izzy for that remark.
"You want me to toss you around for that comment?" he demanded angrily.
"No! Not at all."
"By the way, where's your computer?"
"Oh…somewhere safe in the church."
Kari exited Izzy's computer with a host of Digimon: Agumon, Biyomon, Gabumon, Tentomon, Palmon, Gomamon, Patamon, Gatomon, Veemon, Hawkmon, Armadillomon, Wormmon, Andromon, Leomon, Ogremon, and Gennai, who was still alive after all these years! Cody came dashing into the room, followed by Joe, Davis and Yolei.
"Kari, help! Your brother's lost his mind."
"I KNOW ONE OF YOU HAS THAT RING, AND I WON'T REST UNTIL I GET IT!"
Tai came to a halt in front of Agumon and the other Digimon.
"Do you mean this ring, Tai?" Agumon asked calmly as he reached from inside a bag and revealed a black box.
"Agumon…all this time, you had the ring?"
"The Digital World was the only safe place for that ring to be. The others felt that they couldn't keep up with Sora's ring, so Kari suggested that we keep an eye on it." Biyomon explained.
"Or two, or three, four, or even twelve…" added Tentomon.
Tai laughed as he hugged Agumon and plucked the box from his hand and put it in his jacket pocket. He then rose his arm up and pulled Kari down to Agumon's level of hearing.
"The next time you do something like this without informing me, I'm going to kill the both of you." Tai warned quietly.
Tai squirmed uncomfortably as Agumon and Gabumon stood next to him.
"I'm so nervous. What if she's left me? What if she's crying in another room? What if-"
"What if Apocalymon returned and tried to kill us? Calm down, Tai!" Agumon insisted. As Best Mon, Agumon felt it his duty to keep Tai calm and quiet during the wedding.
Biyomon, across from the others, was Mon of Honor. She stood patiently, waiting for the others to arrive.
After seeing T.K. and Kari appear, then Matt and Mimi, then Davis and Yolei arrive, Tai thought he'd lose it. His parents showed, then Izzy came in with Sora's mother. Finally, when Tai thought he'd have to tear the church down, "The Wedding March" finally started playing. Lillymon exited first and shot her Flower Cannon attack. Rose petals went flying toward the ground as Sora started her walk down the aisle. Tai couldn't help but stare at her. She looked absolutely gorgeous with the sparkles on her dress and her hair pulled back. "Must've been Mimi's idea for the hair." Tai thought as Sora came down with Joe, who'd been given the honor of giving her away.
"Welcome honored friends and family members. We are gathered here to celebrate the union of Taichi Kamiya and Sora Takenouchi. If there is anyone present who feels that these two should not be joined in holy matrimony, speak now or forever hold your peace." Everyone turned to Matt, who immediately sweat dropped.
"What? I have Mimi!"
"The bride and groom have prepared their own vows."
"Sora, I've known you ever since the day I saw you in the hospital room years ago. I've stood by you through all the good times and all the bad. I've watched a sweet tomboy grow into a beautiful young woman with all the potential in the world. I've waited for you ever since that time you brought those cookies for Matt at his concert. If I could think of any person that I'd want to spend the rest of my life with, it'd be you. I love you, Sora and I'll always be by your side whenever you need me."
Once Tai finished, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Sora's eyes filled with tears that eventually spilled over.
"Oh, Tai…I've spent almost every moment of my life thinking about you. I thought I'd joined the boys' soccer team in order to impress you, but it turns out I really joined to be with you. I've loved you ever since that time in the hospital room, but I never knew what it felt like to truly be in love. I've seen you grow from a goggle-wearing, big haired boy to a handsome young man with the ability to be whatever he wants. I was confused in what I wanted in life when I made those cookies for Matt, but he convinced me to go to the one my heart led to. I can't think of anyone else my heart would tell me to go to but you. I love you too, Tai, and I'll be glad to spend the rest of my life with you."
Once Sora finished, the teary-filled people didn't get a chance to dry their eyes. Tai's eyes filled with tears that eventually spilled over.
"Where are the rings?"
Smiling, Tai pulled out the ring from the box and carefully placed it on Sora's ring finger; Sora received the ring from Mimi and placed it on Tai's ring finger.
"Finally, it's almost over." Davis muttered. Yolei elbowed him in the ribs.
"Do you, Taichi Kamiya-"
"I do."
"Uh, do you, Sora Takenouchi-"
"I do."
"Then by the powers vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may-continue kissing the bride."
"Awesome! I caught the garter!"
Davis couldn't believe his luck. Once Tai had thrown the garter, it had landed on Davis' head. That meant he'd be the next one to get married! The women gasped as Sora stood up and tossed the bouquet. It soared far and landed on Yolei's lap. Davis gulped in shock.
Minutes later, Tai and Sora raced outside the doors of the church, jumped into a car and raced off. The others came out in surprise.
"That wasn't Tai's new car." Declared Izzy.
"Wasn't that…?" Davis asked in shock.
"Oh, yeah." Replied Yolei.
"HE STOLE MY CAR?! I'LL KILL HIM! When they come back from their honeymoon."
Sora snuggled close to Tai as best she could while he drove Matt's '57 Chevy. He'd taken the liberty of "borrowing" his keys while interrogating him earlier for information earlier.
"Was it smart of us to take Matt's keys?" Sora asked.
"I figured he owed me. And since that blender isn't really a good one, this will do for about a week or two." Tai replied.
Me: Now I'm finished!
All: YES! (everyone turns to leave)
Me: Except for this: I don't own "Runaround" off the Digimon: The Movie soundtrack.
Now I'm finished. (turns and sees everyone gone) The joys of being a writer…R&R! TAIORA FOREVER!