Part 12:

Author's note: This story is for Velox, who wanted me to write this. This is her idea.

The Kamiya Digidestined team nodded proudly to themselves as they sat on the bleachers of the school. They looked out across the green grass of their school's soccer feild."Well," Izzy said,"We won. We beat Piedmon, destroyed the Dark Towers, and sent the invading Digimon army back to the Digital World. We saved this world."

Ken smiled slightly as he turned to Kari. "When you recruted us, you told us that we would have to fight to save the world, you didn't say how good it would feel afterwards."

"Yeah," Davis said,"I just wish we could have saved the world before Mimi died."

They all nodded somemly.

"Yez," Catherine said,"Zhe zeemed like zuch a nice girl. I mean, none can compare to myzelf, but, it iz only natural that after dating me, Tai would go to a perzon like Mimi."

The other Digidestined sighed.

"By the way," Michael said,"Where is Tai?"

"He's going to be a little late," Kari said,"He's bringing a friend."

The others all stared at each other. "A friend?" Davis asked, "Who?"

"There they are now," Gatomon said, walking across the guardrails.

They all turned to the parking lot and saw their leader walking towards them with his Digimon and a young woman with bright orange hair.

"Is that Sora?" Michael shouted out.

"Yes," Kari said, nodding.

"What?" Davis asked,"He brought Ishida's girlfriend here?"

"Calm down!" Kari whispered loudly as her brother walked over to them,"Don't say anything about how you don't like it. I'm very happy for my brother."

"But Kari," Izzy said,"You're team captain, aren't you worried about security risks."

Kari just looked at him for a second, then turned around to see Sora and her brother walking towards them. "Tai," she said, smiling,"You made it."

Tai nodded. "Yeah, guys, I want to introduce you to someone...."

Sora nervously made her way from around Tai's back. She started turning red as she nervously waved at them. "Uh, h-hi guys."

Every one mumbled something and turned their heads. Tai coughed loudly, which brought everyone to attention,"Sora is going to be training under us now. She wants to join our team."

No one did anything for a long moment, then Davis stepped forward. He shook Sora's hand,"Welcolme to the team!"

"There they are," Joe said, putting down his binoculars and turning to Matt. The Ishida team was standing at the edge of the school field, in the parking lot.

"Is there anything else?" Matt asked.

"Yes," Joe said, sighing,"Sora is with them."

Matt shouted as he kicked the side of the building. "Let's go!"

"Matt," T.K. said,"Wait, are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yes," Matt said,"Kamiya is our enimy. We must attack!"

He started to walk across the field, followed by the rest of his Digidestined. "Kamiya!" he shouted.

Tai was talking to his team, when he turned around. He smiled when he saw Matt and the Ishida Digidestined. "Matt, what are you doing here? Are you here to celebrate too?"

"No," Matt said, stopping a few feet in front of Tai,"but, I will tonight, after we destroy you!"

Tai instantly clenched his fist. "Why you little...."

"T.K.," Kari asked,"What's going on?"

"I'm sorry, Kari," T.K. said,"But, I've got to do this. Return Sora to us, now!"

"W-what?" Sora asked, stepping in front of Tai,"This is all about me?"

"That's right!" Matt said,"Get over here, now!"

"No way," Davis said,"Sora's one of us now, you're not going to get her without a fight!"

Both sides stared each other down, as Sora, without her Biyomon, ran to hide underneath the bleachers.

"Even zough I juzt met you, Misouer Derek," Catherine said,"You came here to deztroy uz, and I will ztop you!"

"Floramon digivolve to Kiwimon!"

"I don't want to do this either," Derek said,"But Ishida is me mate!"

"Crabmon digivolve to Coelemon!"

"Its time to finish our rivalry!" Izzy said.

"Tentomon digivolve to Kabuterimon!"

"And I'm going to win it!" Joe said.

"Gommamon digivolve to Ikkakumon!"

"I'm sorry it had to come to this,"Ken said.

"Wormmon digivolve to Stingmon!"

"Not as sorry as you're doing to be!" Cody said.

"Armadillomon digivolve to Ankylomon!"

"You're going down this time!" Davis said.

"Veemon digivolve to Exveemon!"

"I'm going to finish you off!" Yolei said.

"Hawkmon digivolve to Aquillamon!"

"Let's settle our differences now!" Michael said.

"Betamon digivovle to Seadramon! Seadramon digivolve to Megaseadramon!"

"You've got it!" Willis responded.

"Terriermon golden armor digivolve to Rapidmon!"

"And to think that I almost liked you!" Kari shouted.

"I'm sorry, but my brother comes first!" T.K. said.

"Patamon digivolve to Angemon! Angemon digivolve to Magna Angemon!"

"So does mine!" Kari shouted.

"Gatomon digivolve to Angewomon!"

"This ends now!" Tai shouted.

"Agumon warp digivolve to Wargreymon!"

"I wouldn't have it any other way!" Matt said with a simle.

"Gabumon warp digivolve to Metalgarurumon!"

The two sides started running towards each other. They clashed in the center of the grassy yard, each bouncing off to their own separate battlefields. Floramon and Colemon shot off to the right, while Stingmon and Amradillomon jumped to the left. Exveemon and Aquillamon jumped into the air, along with Angemon and Angewomon. Megaseadramon and Rapidmon bounced into the front, near the school, and Kabuterimon and Ikkakumon were moved to the rear, while the two strongest fighters, Wargreymon and Metalgarurumon, moved over towards the bleachers.

"I'm not going to give up!" Catherine said firmly, crossing her arms,"Miseour Kamiya's first lesson, never give up!"

"Well," Derek said,"Me mate, Ishida's first rule, You don't need to worry about giving up, because you'll always win!"

Kiwimon opened her mouth and fired a barrage of smaller birds at her target. Colemon jumped into the air and blasted all of Kiwimon's missiles with a blast of smaller scales. Kiwimon decided to try again, this time with a better plan in mind. She fired a small force of her missiles at Colemon. "Oh, this stupid routine again?" Colemon asked.

Derek's Digimon jumped into the air and fired his scales at Kiwimon's Pummel Peck, they exploded like before, creating a small amount of smoke, which covered Kiwimon's second assault perfectly. "Pummel Peck!"

Colemon heard Kiwimon cry out, and saw the missiles flying towards him, but he was too slow to react. Before he could even move out of the way, Kiwimon's attack pounded into him He twisted slightly in the air before slamming into the ground.

"Yes!" Catherine cheered,"Zcore one for zee girlz!"

"Yeah!" Kiwimon said.

"Alright," Derek said, as Colemon righted himself,"Time for the second round, mate!"

Amradillomon stood on his hind legs and tried to grab Stingmon. "Darn it!" he shouted, trying to swat at Stingmon,"I've got to smash this fly!"

Stingmon just buzzed around in the air only just out of his reach. "Hah," he laughed,"Let's see how you can hurt me way up here!"

"I can't reach him," Amradillomon said, turning to look at his human partner,"What should I do?"

"Don't give up," Cody called out,"You have a long range attack, but all of Stingmon's attacks are close range! He can't hurt you up there, but you can hurt him!"

"Darn it!" Ken said,"He's figured out your weakness, Stingmon, brace yourself!"

Amradillomon moved his tail back, then shot it forward, sending out a hailstorm of spikes, aimed straight for Stingmon. Ken's Digimon threw his arms up in front of his face in an x, and braced for the impact. The spikes slammed into his arms and threw him into the ground. Amradillomon smiled,"Yes!" He galloped over to Stingmon, and jumped into the air, ready to slam down on top of him, but Stingmon shot his blade out of his arm and quickly shoved it into Armadillomon's leg.

"Ahh!" he shouted, hopping back, while Stingmon shot back into the air.

"You're not going to win, Cody!" Ken said.

"We'll see..." Cody said.

"I've been waiting for this ever since we met, you chauvinistic pig!" Yolei shouted, clinging tightly to Aquillamon's back,"You're going to finally go down, Davis!"

"Yeah right," Davis laughed, as he rode on Exveemon,"You are not going to win this fight! Get them Exveemon!"

Exveemon hovered straight in the air, and brought his arms around his chest. "V-Laser!" he shouted, firing his attack at his opponent.

Aquillamon chuckled and hovered into the air and dodged the blast, which slammed into one of the trees surrounding the field, exploding it into toothpicks. "Nice try," Yolei said, smiling, "But we're much better than that, ha!"

"We've been at this longer than you have!" Davis said, as Exveemon soared towards Aquillamon.

"Gimme a break!" Yolei said,"You've got about a week on us! Aquillamon, let's get him!"

The two sky combatants crashed into each other, creating a loud thunder clap in the sky.

As the rookie fighters battled, the more experienced fighters clashed with an almost impossible amount of speed. Megaseadramon and Rapidmon clashed with incredible power, destroying the field around them. Michael watched with extreme worry as Rapidmon slammed his Digimon partner into the grassy field. "Get up, Megaseadramon!" Michael called out,"You've got to get up!"

"Finish him off!" Willis shouted, clenching his fists,"Don't let him get away!"

Rapidmon pointed his gun arms at Megaseadramon and fired. Micheal's Digimon was blasted in the tail, which brought him back to consciousness. Before the second missile could hit, the serpent Digimon shot into the air, and slammed his head into Rapidmon.

The two Angel Digimon were clashing in a fantastic battle not seen since the Creation. Magna Angemon slashed his sword in the air, aiming from Angewomon's stomach, but she placed both of her hands together and slammed into Magna Angemon's head.

T.K.'s Digimon lost his bearings, and twisted slightly in the air, before righting himself. When he looked, up, Angewomon slammed her foot into his chin. "Stop doing that!" he shouted,"Your heels really hurt!"

"Deal with it!" Angewomon shouted, slamming her knee into Magna Angemon's stomach. He grabbed her and slammed her into the ground.

As the other battles were raging, Sora kept her eyes on the fight that completely held her interest. Both Tai and Matt had flames in their eyes that were burning even more intense then their Digimon. As Metalgarurumon and Wargreymon tore into each other, the two most powerful Digidestined stood with their eyes locked, and their fists clenched.

"Give up now!" Tai said,"You're not going to win this fight!"

"Neither are you," Matt said,"You're going down!"

"No, you're finished!" Tai shouted, tackling Matt to the ground. He raised his fist and crashed it into Matt's nose. Matt brought his knee up and slammed it into Tai's stomach.

"No!" Sora shouted, emerging from behind the bleachers,"Stop it! Please, don't fight any more, you're going to kill each other!"

"Stay out of this, Sora!" Matt shouted,"Stay there, I'll be over as soon as I win this battle."

"You don't have your Digimon here," Tai said, dodging one of Matt's fists,"Stay there out of harm's way."

"Tai..." Sora said,"I..I don't want anything to happen to you..."

Matt stopped fighting for a second, and looked at Sora. She had such concern in her eyes. "No!" Matt shouted,"She is falling in love with Tai, I won't let her! She belongs to me!"

Matt brought his fist back and slammed Tai in the nose. He then brought his other hand up and crashed his other fist into Tai's nose. Tai stumbled backwards and fell onto his back. He turned over and started to get up, when Matt grabbed a large portion of the tree that Exveemon blasted He lifted it above his head, and slammed it into the back of Tai's head. Tai crashed into the ground, when Matt slammed the tree trunk again into Tai's head, again, and again, until Tai crashed into the ground, and did not get back up.

Wargreymon suddenly stopped moving, which totally surprised Metalgarurumon. Tai's Digimon was covered in a burst of white light, and shrunk back into a Koromon.

"Oh no!" Angewomon said, said to the person ridding on her back, as she stopped her battle with Magna Angemon,"Kari, look! Wargreymon's been turned back into Koromon."

"And Tai's lying on the ground!" Kari shouted, watching as her brother's busy brown hair was slowly starting to turn red,"If Wargreymon's losing energy, that means that Tai's either unconscious, or he's.....TAI!"

Angewomon flew to where Tai was lying on the ground, when something grabbed her leg and threw her around. "T.K.!" Kari shouted at the person who was ridding on Magna Angemon,"I'm warning you..."

"I can't let you get away," T.K. said,"End this now, Magna Angemon."

His Digimon obeyed and flew forward, with his sword arm pointed at Angewomon's face. She braced ready to defended her head, when Magna Angemon pierced his sword through Angewomon's stomach, and into her passenger. Kari's head shook slightly as Magna Angemon withdrew his sword,"T-Tai....." she mumbled, before her head hit Angewomon's back.

Angewomon's drew her hands together as she watched Magna Angemon fly away. With her last bit of energy, she made sure that T.K. would not celebrate his victory. "H-Heaven's C-Charm!"

Magna Angemon quickly turned around and saw the energy wave zooming towards him. "Ahh!" T.K. shouted, as the energy wave ripped through him and Magna Angemon, removing them forever.

"T.K, Magna Angemon!" Yolei cried, as Aquillamon dodged blasts from Exveemon's V-Laser,"No!"

"I'd worry more about yourself!" Davis cried, as Exveemon slammed his foot into Aquillamon's head, spinning him and Yolei around in the air,"Kari and Tai are dead, and it's all your fault!"

"Then you should have just given up!" Yolei shouted, as Aquillamon slammed his horns into Exveemon. As Davis and his Digimon began to fall towards the Earth, Exveemon held tight to Aquillamon. When they crashed into the school, Yolei and Aquillamon were buried with them.

"Yolei, no!" Willis cried out,"Rapidmon, avenge her!"

"No, don't let him!" Michael cried,"Tai's dead, Megaseadramon, we've got to avenge him!"

Megaseadramon flew upward where Rapidmon's guns were pointing at him. He quickly wrapped his tail around Willis's Digimon and pointed his horn at Rapidmon's gun barrel. "No!" Rapidmon cried,"Don't!"

"Thunder Javelin!" Megaseadramon's attack blasted into Rapidmon's missile chamber, detonating the explosives inside, creating a force that not only destroyed the two Digimon, but their human partners as well.

Sora had tears forming in her eyes as she surveyed the battlefield. There was no trace of Willis, Michael, T.K. or their Digimon, and Davis, Yolei and their Digimon had been crushed to death. Derek and Crabmon were lying with stab wounds in their stomachs, while Catherine and Floramon had small rods sticking out of their chests. Izzy, Tentomon, Joe, and Gommamon had sevear burns all across their bodies. Cody was lying on the ground, with a deep wound in his chest from where Stingmon stabbed him with his blade, while Wormmom and Ken were lying where they had been crushed moments before Ankylomon returned to his Armadillomon form. Kari was gone, but Gatomon was still alive, although, she was soon be joining her friends. She spent her last moments alive curled up next to Kari, as she did so many nights. Tai had been lying so still for the past five minutes, and Sora was now certain that he was no longer on this Earth.

"T-Tai," she whispered, walking past the burning grass and smoking craters, keeping an eye for Matt. She lost track of him after he killed Tai, she had no idea where he was, but, she really didn't care, Tai was all that matter.

Koromon was lying lifeless next to his human partner, one more casualty added to the list, but Tai was all that matter. "Tai," Sora said, as she made her way to him,"T-Tai...Oh Tai, y-you can't be gone..."

Suddenly a figure appeared in front of her,"Matt," she said, her heart starting to beat even faster. Her spine was ice as she looked at the eyes she was once in love with.

Matt moved in front of Tai's body and stared at Sora. "Come on," he said,"We're leaving."

"I'm not going anywhere with you!" Sora said, backing away from him.

"Oh, yes you are!" he said, walking towards her,"You belong to me, remember? I beat Tai, you're mine!"

Sora continued to walk backwards, when she tripped on something and fell onto her back. She was almost hyperventilating as Matt came closer to her, an evil glare in his eyes. She was about to scream, when Tai suddenly jumped up behind Matt. His head was covered in blood, and in his hands he held the same log that Matt used to smash his head. Before Matt could turn around, Tai slammed the tree stake through Matt's back and out of his chest, before he fell to the ground. Matt stumbled for a few seconds, then gave Sora a final look. "I...love...you..." he mumbled, before he crashed into the ground.

Sora was still gasping for breath, when she slowly got to her feet. She was in shock as she stared at the destruction around her. "I...I'm the only one left," she said, looking around, "T..they destroyed each other..for...for me...This is all my fault! THIS IS ALL MY FAULT!"

She fell to her knees, sobbing uncontrollably,"Tai...Matt...." She lowered her face into the grass, crying louder than she had ever cried before.

"This is Sandy Tule, reporting for the Ten o'clock news. Our top story tonight is a fearsome battle that had been fought earlier tonight at the Odiba High School. A final battle between a war that apparently had been fought for some time, between two gangs of Digidestineds. One side was funded and lead by Taichi Kamiya, son of the owner and C.E.O, of Kamiya Industries, while the other was headed by Yamato Ishida, the son of the famous reporter who owned many newspapers and television studious. There is only one survivor from this horrible tragedy, a young girl, who claims that she was responsible for this final battle. We are not certain, but our sources tell us that these Digidestineds, were the same ones that lead the Digidestineds around the world as they fought to save the Earth, from the Digimon Invaders, as well as stopping the destruction of the Internet, from the inside.

It is uncertain how this destruction of the High School will influence world leaders as they ready to pass a bill that would require any and all Digidestined to be registered with Government Agencies, but there is an almost certainty, that the bill, will become International Law. This is Sandy Tule, signing off."

Geni sighed as he turned the t.v. off. "So sad," he said to himself,"They were the most powerful Digidestineds on Earth, yet they could not work together. They chose instead to hate and loath one another. Instead of embracing friendship and tolerance, they embraced hate and revenge. Death and violence only leads to more death and violence. Revenge only leads to revenge. It is a circle that has existed throughout the centuries. If only they could have broken that circle, if only one side could have chosen not to fight, then this kind of tragedy would never have happened. They fought and killed each other, simply because their ideas were different, but, when you go to war, you are no better than the enemy you are fighting. If only..."

THE END.