Me: I can't believe I get these ideas! They keep popping up in my head ever since I had that nap. I don't own Digimon by the way.
Sora: Did you sleep well?
Me: Just like a snoozing baby!
Tai: How can that be?
Sora: (giggles) Tai, it's a metaphor! (eyes me strangely) Is it?
Me: I think it is.
(Tai and Sora groan)
Tai: You've been hanging around Davis too long!
Digimon
The Return of the Evil Clone
Chap. VII-Courage against Darkness
I steeled myself, clenching my hands into fists over and over, waiting for Taichi to take the first move. I knew Sora was watching me from afar, worried that something would happen to me. I myself was scared that something would happen and I'd never get to see Kari graduate like she'd seen me graduate from the high school. I remembered the words of Azulongmon at that moment: "I must warn you-it may require the loss of someone you care about, or you yourself may lose your life if you're not careful." I rose my hand as quick as lightning and fired a hot blast of orange energy at Taichi, who quickly countered with a blast of Dark energy. Just as before, they collided and exploded, but this time, it caused even more damage to the building my clone already destroyed!
"Give it up, Tai. We're both evenly matched, that's true, but eventually, you'll have to surrender to me sooner or later. A part of me sure wouldn't like it if Kari was left without a big brother to look after her, or if Sora was left without her one True Love to keep her safe from the dangers of this world and the Digital-AHHH!" Sick and tired of him ragging on Sora and Kari, I sent a beam of energy at Taichi's face, which seriously hurt him and caused some damage to his Digivice!
"That's it, Tai! Take this jerk down for the count!" Davis yelled out. Making sure to not take my eyes off Taichi for a second, I nodded once to assure Davis that I'd heard him.
"You can do it, Tai! Just have courage!" WarGreymon insisted.
"We're all behind you, Tai! I'll always be by your side!" I turned my head for a few seconds and smiled at Sora, which caused her to blush. Without looking, I countered Taichi's attack with one of my own. The others gasped in amazement.
"I thought Kari was the one with the 6th sense!" Davis said.
"Apparently, it runs in the family." Izzy noted calmly.
I smirked at Taichi, confident in my skills. "I think you're the one who should surrender. The sun's gonna be up soon, and I'm sure we both don't want the media catching wind of two Tai Kamiyas, right? My-excuse me, our-parents would freak out at this news."
I didn't like the smile that crossed my clone's face a second later.
"You've just given me an idea that I'm sure will cause your downfall! But, first things first-" Taichi suddenly disappeared, then reappeared by Sora, and grabbed her right off of Phoenixmon!
"What the…? SORA!" I screamed angrily as I whirled around, poised to attack. Taichi's right hand glowed and he pressed it near Sora's head.
"Ah-ah-ah! One wrong move, and you won't be able to help her bear children-ever!"
I growled as I assessed the situation: Sora was trapped for a second time in the arms of this guy that just had to be pure evil! But, something nagged at me and told me that despite all this evil, there just had to be some good in him! It was just a matter of bringing out the goodness in him. The first thing I had to do was free Sora, though. Taichi laughed evilly as he took off with her still in his arms.
"SORAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"TAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
Near tears, I shot off after them at a fast rate with WarGreymon and Phoenixmon right by me. The others could do nothing but watch and wait for the sun to come up.
"You've got a very determined boyfriend. He's already on our trail and I think he's deduced my plan of attack. What better way to destroy a young man than to get at his parents, who have no powers whatsoever?" Sora squirmed in his grip and struggled in vain to get free.
"I wouldn't try to free yourself from my iron-clad grip, if I were you. The fall from here to the ground-you'd be lucky alone if it killed you; otherwise, you'd be left with extensive brain damage and internal bleeding."
"Terra Force!!"
"Crimson Flame!!"
Taichi winced in pain as two Mega Digimon flew in to the rescue, with me perched on both of their backs, powering up for a big attack! I jumped off and tackled him before he had a chance to retaliate. The three of us spiraled toward the ground for a while; Sora trying to get up to me, me trying to reach her and Taichi actually keeping the two of us separated.
I wrenched my hand free from my clone's grip and shoved a beam of energy deep into his back! He roared in pain as his grip on Sora was relinquished. I reached over him, grabbed her hand and held on tight.
"WarGreymon! Phoenixmon! Get over here!" I yelled out heatedly. They both nodded and got under us, with Taichi close behind us.
"Sora, do you trust me?" I asked. I knew she did; I wanted to be certain. She grazed me with a smile and a faint blush of pink on her rosy cheeks.
"With all my heart."
I smiled broadly as I pulled her up close to me long enough to give her a kiss that she wouldn't forget! I knew WarGreymon and Phoenixmon, who were still under us, would keep my clone distracted long enough for us to do this. When we broke apart, her eyes were glazed over in a dreamy look.
"Perfect! As I do this, she shouldn't remember anything about this but the kiss." I steadied myself, then dropped her, the smile still in place on her face and on mine as Phoenixmon caught her. I mouthed a quick "I love you." To Sora as Phoenixmon flew off with WarGreymon, who dreamily waved back. Then, I turned my attention to Taichi. The two of us leapt for each other in midair! We traded blow for blow, punch for punch while suspended between heaven and earth-literally! That's when he suddenly disappeared again! I mentally cursed myself for not trying to take his Digivice when I had the chance.
I pulled out my mini-telescope and noted that Sora was still safe next to WarGreymon and Phoenixmon. I almost wished that I'd told my partner to stay, but I knew he'd help me out better if he first got Sora to safety. Then he could come back to help me-if he knew where I was going. I sped as fast as possible to my house while I still had the chance to save them!
My parents were preparing to have breakfast-Mom was making it; Dad was dreading it!-when the door flew off its hinges! They both gaped in shock as Taichi made his way inside.
"Tai? Is that you?" Mom asked in amazement.
"The name's not Tai, mother-its Taichi." His hand started glowing with Dark energy.
"It's time to make the DigiDestined of Courage suffer for all that he did to me."
"Not today!" I flew in and rammed my fist, which was glowing with orange energy, straight into Taichi's back! The two of us went skidding across the floor! I made sure to yell out, "Hi, Mom! Hey, Dad! How'd your day go?" as we headed to my room and crashed inside! As the two of us battled it out, the other DigiDestined came in from outside. Kari had figured out what Taichi had meant earlier, and Sora had recovered from my kiss just in time to confirm what Kari said.
"Hi, Mom, Dad! Did we ever tell you that Tai has an evil twin brother?" Kari asked calmly.
"I'm sure that's what all parents like to hear, 'Hi, Dad, Mom. How was your day? Oh, by the way, did I ever have a twin or something, 'cause he's been trying to kill me for the past four years and he's trying again?!" Matt joked. Irritated with him, Sora and Mimi elbowed him in the stomach.
That's when they all heard a yell come out from my room-"DIGIPORT, OPEN!" A bright flash of light came out, and exploded into dark energy, then dissipated in the air.
"TAI!" Sora, Kari and my parents rushed to my room to find it demolished, the computer smoldering with smoke and a message on its remains, which Sora read aloud.
"'Prepare yourselves for a funeral, DigiDestined of Love. The next time we meet, your boyfriend will have passed on to the next world. I'm not talking about the World of Darkness-we're already there.
Taichi.'
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" For what could've been the 50th time that day, Sora dropped to her knees and started crying, scared that her worst fears might have finally been confirmed.
The World of Darkness hadn't changed that much since the last time I'd been here. If it was any consolation, as Izzy would say, it's gotten even more disastrous since the last time Kari, Ken or myself had been here! I looked around and found Taichi, a smug smile on his face.
"Why'd you bring me here?" I demanded heatedly. True, Sora, Kari and my family were safe, but that wouldn't mean a thing so long as Taichi was still free.
"I wanted you to feel the pain of defeat at the exact same world that you defeated me in-the World of Darkness! Ironic, isn't it? The exact same foe you defeated years ago gets his revenge in the exact same world in which you trapped him in!" I glared at Taichi, not wanting to hear his talk. He sounded like Matt-but with my hair.
"If you want to battle, then let's get it over with!"
"As you wish, but I must warn you-my powers are double here than what they are in the Digital World." The two of us fired beams of energy, but his was bigger than mine was! Within seconds, his overpowered mine and I felt pure pain emanating from that attack.
I couldn't help myself as I let out a scream that rocked the World of Darkness to its core…
Back in the Real World, as the other DigiDestined were trying to get Sora calm, she suddenly yelled in pain. Biyomon and Agumon ran over to her.
"Sora, what's wrong?" Biyomon asked.
"Is there something wrong with Tai?" Agumon added.
"Tai…he's hurting. He can't stop the pain!" Sora cried out.
"That's it! I'm not standing by while my buddy's being taken out by some clone with an attitude problem that's worse than Matt's is! I'm gonna get to that World of Darkness and help Tai out!" Davis growled angrily. Matt eyed Davis with a look, but said nothing.
"How? You've never been there before." Kari said. Davis smiled in response.
"True, but you have, T.K.'s been there, and so have Yolei and Ken. You guys can be my passport there and back!" Davis insisted. Izzy smiled.
"I see where you're going with this, Davis. If each of you take someone as a buffer between worlds, it should make it easier for us to find Tai and get him out safely."
"I'm going! I've got to save Tai!" Sora demanded heatedly.
"That's two. Anyone else?" Izzy asked.
"We're going!" Agumon and Biyomon chorused.
"I can't let Tai have all the fun, right? Besides, I owe his clone some hits or two." Matt replied.
"Now that we have our rescue team set up, let's go save Tai!" Davis advised.
"Pitiful, in a way. I was hoping that with all the pain you've experienced in the past, that you'd be more of a challenge for me in this world, but without a friend to lend a hand, you're useless to the team. If you'd just let me remain in control, I would've led the DigiDestined to victories you can only imagine! Not only would we have taken out MaloMyotismon, but we could've defeated Daemon for good!" I shuddered as the pain increased. I wasn't able to generate an energy beam due to Taichi increasing his own.
"The only thing…you would've led the DigiDestined to…was pure destruction! I wasn't letting you hurt Sora anymore and I'm not…gonna let you hurt any of my friends and family!" I was finally able to create a strong enough energy burst to deflect his and to overpower his own!
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!" Taichi was sent flying back to the ground within seconds. As I looked up, the skies seemed to change color for a bit and I smiled as I saw Davis, Ken, Yolei, T.K., Kari, Sora, Agumon, Biyomon and Matt come flying downward.
"What are you guys doing here?" I yelled out.
"We weren't gonna let you have all the fun while the rest of us sat around at your house doing squat!" Davis replied. As Sora touched ground, she ran over to me and hugged me tightly, not letting go.
"I was so scared that he'd taken you away from me, Tai."
"Never, Sora. I'd never leave you and I'm not about to start breaking my promises now."
That's where I could've been considered wrong if I wasn't explaining this to you now, but I digress. The skies suddenly turned even darker than they already were and we all looked upward in shock, Taichi included, as Daemon appeared, mad as hell and fully powered!
"I think we're in for some major trouble now!" Davis exclaimed. I smiled as I pulled out Azulongmon's core from my pocket and passed it to Sora. It glowed brightly and she shivered a bit at the immense power it gave off. I knew her powers of Love were being restored to her. She didn't even need to pass it to anyone else; the beam from the orb hit Yolei, Davis, T.K., Kari, Ken and Matt moments later and restored their own powers.
The nine of us-if you included Taichi-activated our powers and prepared for the battle of the Millennium!
Chap. VIII-The Battle of the Millennium will be up soon so don't panic-yet!