Me: I don't own Digimon, yadda, yadda, yadda…
Davis: Yeah! Let's get to the story already! STORY TIMMMMMMMME!
Me: What's up with Davis?
Yolei: He ate a lot of sugar with his cereal this morning.
Veemon: I tried to warn him about it, but he insisted he'd be all right.
Me: (sighs) That's Davis for you.
Tai: Good ol' Davis.
Me: How would you know about Davis and the cereal incident anyway?
Yolei: I stopped by his house.
Me: Point taken.
Sora: Which DigiDestined does this chapter focus on?
Me: Basically, Matt and Ken.
All: Ohhhhhhh…
Ken/Matt: Oh boy.
Digimon
The Evil Clone
Chap. VII-Friendship and Kindness against Darkness
Cody: Tai and Davis collapsed on us during our trek to restore our Crests and Digi-Eggs. Yolei went schizophrenic on us but Izzy calmed her down and told her that Tai and Davis were resting and that it would take about an hour or so until they would wake up. Sora and Mimi managed to sneak off with Tai and headed toward this source of power that Yolei and Kari were going to as well with Davis. They saw that it was the same temple that Yolei originally got her Digi-Egg of Love at then located a lower level. Arukenimon and Mummymon ambushed them and nearly defeated them, but thanks to Tai and Davis waking up in time and heading over to Sora, Yolei and the others, it allowed them to get their Crests and Digi-Eggs back and allow Biyomon, Gatomon, Hawkmon and Palmon to Digivolve to their Mega levels!
After a tense battle, the girls dropped to their knees and Tai and Davis were faced with the problem of getting them back to us safely!
Yamato "Matt" Ishida managed to hide his anger and disappointment well from Tai and the others when they returned from their recent adventure in the temple. He'd seen the look on Sora's face as they came back on WarGreymon-pure contentment. She'd made her decision…and it wasn't him. But, as long as Sora was happy, then so was he. If she'd chosen him, Tai would no doubt feel the same way.
"Is she okay?" Tai eyed Matt and saw the haunted look in his eyes. Tai's eyes had been like that since the incident outside Matt's concert, so he could relate.
"Just tired. Give them an hour or so, they'll be back on their feet."
Ken Ichijouji smiled as Davis, Kari and Yolei returned on ExVeemon with the other Digimon. They looked all right, but tired. T.K. was exceptionally worried.
"Are they okay?" Davis could've seen the entire situation as funny if he hadn't been involved in it. After convincing Agumon and Veemon that the only way to get the girls-and the other Digimon-safely back would be for them to Digivolve. So, Agumon Warp-Digivolved to WarGreymon and carried Tai, Sora, Mimi and their Digimon back whereas Veemon Digivolved to Paildramon and got Davis, Yolei, and Kari back. Yet on the way back, Paildramon suddenly deDigivolved to ExVeemon. If it weren't for the fact that the others were on his back, Veemon would've Digivolved back to his Rookie form.
"Give them some time to rest. Then we'll be out of here by daybreak."
Taichi smiled evilly as he eyed the elder DigiDestined from their campsite. He knew the DigiDestined of Friendship was in turmoil over the DigiDestines of Courage and Love, so he planned to use that to his advantage-and destroy him!
"I just need to corner him and catch him when he's alone. Then I can take him out of the game! Without MetalGarurumon, they can't DNA Digivolve to Omnimon and the Digital World as well as the Real World will belong to Daemon!"
The DigiDestined were on the move again, but Matt seemed distant from the rest of the team, especially Tai and Sora. They noticed it and were concerned.
"Hey, Matt. You okay?" Tai asked.
"Yeah, I'm all right. No need to worry." Tai grimaced.
"I'm going to regret this." "Break! We'll head out after lunch."
"What's wrong?" Tai demanded heatedly as he and Matt headed out to get some water.
"You know what's wrong-why would Sora choose you over me?!"
"Simple: I haven't tried to sabotage someone's date by lying to the person of my affections! True, I may act like a jerk, but my heart's in the right place! I had plans to marry Sora when we got older, and then she goes and makes those cookies for you, not me! I figured somewhere along the way, she got confused about her feelings, or that I'd done something to push her toward you. Nonetheless, if she was happy with you, then who am I to stand in her way?" Tai finally calmed down, and felt something wet on his cheeks-tears. Somewhere along his explanation, he must've started crying. In front of Matt, of all people!
"Tai…I had no idea you'd planned to marry Sora. That thought never even entered my mind at all. I'm sorry I ever caused you pain, man. I'm sorry about that fight and I'm sorry-"
"Sorry you're about to be defeated!" WHAM! Matt was sent flying a good twenty feet from Tai and hit the ground-hard.
"Matt! Stay back. I'll handle him; you go get the others." Tai demanded as he positioned himself between Matt and Taichi, who'd revealed himself from the bushes. Tai sent an energy ball of red light toward his clone, who retaliated with a burst of dark energy. The two energies collided and exploded in a burst of smoke. When it finally cleared, Taichi was gone, but so was Matt! Sora, Kari and the others came running in to help.
"Tai, are you okay?" Tai pulled Sora close and nodded.
"I'm fine. But Taichi got Matt." Tai looked around and saw that Gabumon wasn't there.
"Where's Gabumon?"
Matt cried out as he and Gabumon hit the ground.
"What do you want with me?" Taichi smirked evilly.
"I want you to join us. The anger you have inside you is truly great. If you could channel it into darkness, you and your partner could have unimanagable power. If you decide to stay with a girl who could never accept you as nothing more than a friend, then I'll simply destroy you."
Matt wouldn't be deterred. "I don't think so! There are plenty of other girls out there besides Sora. And I'm not going to join you. If Sora's happy with Tai, then all I can do is be happy for her and love her, as a friend." That's when Matt felt something-energy. The Crest of Friendship appeared around his neck and he glowed with blue energy.
"Gabumon Warp-Digivolve to…METALGARURUMON!!!"
"Hold on, MetalGarurumon. I've got this one." Matt smiled as he launched a blue ball of energy toward Taichi, which sent him to the ground-hard.
"You want to play hardball? Fine."
"Spiking Strike!!" Taichi yelled out as Stingmon's attack nearly finished him off!
"Ken? What are you doing here?" Matt asked in amazement as Ken revealed himself.
"I saw your signal and figured that you might need help. It's the least I can do after all the trouble I've caused." Ken explained.
"Davis would tell you to quit blaming yourself, so I'm about to tell you to do what he says. You deserve the Crest of Kindness, otherwise you wouldn't have come out here to help." Matt smiled as Ken glowed brightly and he saw that Stingmon was glowing too.
"Stingmon Mega Digivolve to…GRANKUWAGAMON!!!"
The Digimon Analyzer popped up as MetalGarurumon explained, "That's GranKuwagamon, the Mega form of Stingmon. His Dimension Scissors attack is lethal to any enemy Digimon."
Ken smiled as he held a grayish ball of energy in his hand. He sent it flying toward Taichi and he hurtled to the ground. Taichi's eyes narrowed with anger as he got to his feet. "Another time, Digifools! The offer's on the table, Friendship." Then he disappeared.
"Ken, what say we get back to the others before you guys pass out on us?"
GranKuwagamon asked. Ken nodded.
"That's a good idea. I don't think we'll need to DNA Digivolve with Davis anymore."
"Ken?" Ken turned to see Matt with his hand stretched out toward him.
"Good job." Ken accepted the hand with his own.
"Thanks. You too."
"Matt, you all right? What happened?" Mimi asked as he came in on MetalGarurumon.
"To make a long story short, I realized that there are more fish out there in the sea and I got my Crest back. Ken got his back as well, by coming out there and helping me when he didn't have to. Good night." The others sweatdropped as Matt and Gabumon went to sleep.
"And I was going to compliment him on a job well done." Tai remarked.
"I won't need to DNA Digivolve with you anymore, Davis. Wormmon and I aquired the ability to Mega Digivolve when I went out and helped Matt."
"That's great Ken, but why not tell us about it? We could've helped." Davis replied.
"True, but I felt that this was something I had to do on my own. See you guys in the morning." Ken and Leafmon went straight to bed.
"Huh! It's still noon and he's tired? Oh well. More food for us!"
"Exceptional job. Once they retrieve their Crests and Digi-Eggs that's when you'll step in with Black WarGreymon and take them. Then I shall harness their powers for Evil and take over the Digital World!" Daemon laughed evilly with Taichi by his side.
"He has no idea about the powers he's given me! Nor does he know of my true purpose, but he will and when he does, it'll be too late for him and for the DigiDestined!"
It looks like Taichi has something up his sleeve! What does he have planned? Chap. VIII up soon!
