Me: I don't own Digimon

Me: I don't own Digimon. (sighs) Sometimes, I hate these disclaimers! (turns and sees Tai) What is it now?

Tai: You brought back my Sora, but she's SEVEN YEARS OLD!! What am I gonna do-wait for her to grow up again?!

Me: (smirks) If you love her like you say you do, you will.

Tai: (sighs) You've got a point.

Me: Relax. I'm positive you won't have to wait that long, though.

Digimon: The Needs of the Many…

Chapter V-Quest to save Sora

The second Tai got the news from Izzy, his eyes clouded over with unshed tears. "Are you telling me that…Sora's alive?"

Almost instantly, Agumon and Ms. Takenouchi turned toward him, the faint glimmer of hope shining in their eyes.

"Affirmative, but there's only one problem-she's seven years old. Around that time, we didn't even know what Digimon were until that battle in Heighten View Terrace."

Tai shivered a bit and took a few moments to think while Izzy pinpointed the exact spot where Sora was.

"Probably because of the Digital World-it reconfigured her just like it would a Digimon! Since it took some time for Michael and Willis to find them, she must've been a baby when she was 'reborn,' just like Biyomon. It'll take sometime for Biyomon's egg to hatch and time's a thing we don't have!"

Tai was interrupted from his thoughts when Izzy started talking on the phone again.

"Found her! She's with Michael and Willis, somewhere near Primary Village."

"Got it! Thanks, Izzy." Tai said as he hung up the phone and made a gesturing move toward Sora's room.

"Would it be all right with you if I borrowed Sora's computer for a moment, ma'am?" Tai asked.

"If it will help to bring Sora back, go right ahead."

"Thanks! Come on, Agumon." Tai insisted as he headed off to Sora's room. It took sometime to turn it on, then being forced to wait a few minutes for it to boot up.

"Man, I can see why Sora was always complaining about her mom not getting her a computer! Hope this works. Digiport open!" Tai yelled out as the screen opened up. A second later, Tai and Agumon were sucked in and headed to the Digital World.

Tai looked around in amazement-every single egg was gone!

"What happened to all the baby Digimon? Did they just vanish or something?"

"Probably Elecmon's work. When he heard that Blightmon was in the area, he may have rounded up all the baby Digimon and hightailed it!" Agumon explained.

"So that means that Sora's safe?" Tai asked.

"Don't you remember? She's with Willis and Michael."

"Oh, yeah. That's right. So, where are the others at?"

"We're right behind ya, pal!" Davis said as they all suddenly appeared out of nowhere, which startled Tai and Agumon.

"Can't you guys let me know when you're gonna do that?!" Tai growled impatiently.

"We would, but that wouldn't be as much fun. Have you found Sora yet?" Matt joked cynically.

"No. She's still with Michael and Willis, and I have no idea where to start looking." Tai muttered sadly.

"Don't worry, Tai. Even though she's seven, her love for you has lasted throughout a lifetime. If you can't find her, I'm sure she'll find you." Kari explained. Tai couldn't help but smile.

Speaking of the youngster in question, she was looking for Tai-with Willis and Michael keeping an extra close eye on her.

"Tai! Where are you?" Sora yelled out, making sure to keep the egg close to her at all times.

"Out of curiosity, how much longer are we going to have to search for Tai?" Willis whispered.

"Until either Sora finds him or he finds her, whichever comes first." Michael replied back.

"How about this-what if neither of them find each other, and I get the one thing that should be more powerful than Azulongmon's Digicore-the Crests!" The three gasped as they all looked up and saw Blightmon with a horde of Digimon behind him.

"What are you doing here?" Willis demanded heatedly.

"And what do you want with the Crests?" Michael added.

Sora looked angry…and she was also glowing with a bright pinkish color. "You're not hurting Tai or any of the others! If you want the Crests, you'll have to stop me!" Everyone turned toward Sora and gasped in amazement-she seemed to be aging! Seconds had passed, and she was 11 years old, with her familiar blue hat atop her reddish hair. (A/N: Simply see her via Digimon: Season I; not that hard, since they're showing reruns again!) As for her egg, it had hatched into a baby Digimon and she was glowing too!

"Whoa! She just grew up-in a manner of speaking. And so did her partner! What kind of Digimon is that?" Willis asked.

"We're about to find out." Terriermon said.

"Nyokimon Digivolve to…YOKOMON!!!" Sora's Digimon stood by her side-kind of-with a pink radiance surrounding the two of them.

"I may be a In-Training Digimon, but Sora's got the strength within herself and that's how I'm going to defeat you!" Yokomon spoke up. Blightmon laughed in response.

"Really? And just how are you going to do that, my dear?"

"Like THIS: Bubble Blow!!"

Chorus: I'm going Digital-completely Digital!

Now I'm invincible!

Let's all get Digital!

Yokomon had a decent point-even though she was a In-Training Digimon, using Sora's strength powered up her own attack and actually caused Blightmon some damage!

"Effective. But, I'm still standing. I think I may have discovered the secret to your strength, little one. A question I pose to you-what does Love do without her hero of Courage to protect her?" Laughing evilly, Blightmon vanished into the sky, but not before turning to his Digimon lackeys.

"Destroy them or I will destroy you!" he ordered angrily.

Sora grimaced as she recognized some of the Digimon before her-Monochromon, MetalTyrannomon and a DarkTyrannomon. There was one she didn't know, though.

"Yokomon, what Digimon is that?" Sora questioned as she saw a Dinosaur Digimon come their way.

The Digimon Analyzer appeared as Yokomon exclaimed, "That's MasterTyrannomon, an Ultimate level Digimon! His main attack, a Master Fire move is flammable!"

"I'd say we've got some tough Digimon on our hands!" Michael said as Betamon, Terriermon and Yokomon stood in front of their partners.

Tai suddenly gasped out as he felt energy coursing through him-energy that didn't feel like the energy he got when helping Agumon to Digivolve. He looked down at the two Crests on his neck and was amazed when he saw that the Crest of Love was glowing brightly!

"Sora must be nearby! We've got to find her!" Tai was about to go rushing off, but Matt, as usual, stopped him.

"Hold on, Tai! We need a plan. What if she isn't nearby and that's just a reaction she's giving the Crest from wherever she's at?" Tai rolled his eyes and glared at Matt, making sure to show him his anger.

"Would you be all calm and uncaring if Sora was still in love with you?! You may be right, but what kind of plan would we need to simply find her?" A fight was about to break out, but a certain Digimon was in their way…Blightmon.

"You're right, Child of Courage. What kind of plan do you need to find a dead heroine?" Everyone jerked their heads up and found Blightmon eyeing them with an evil look in his eyes.

"What do you want from us now? You've already taken Sora from us-what more do you want?" Tai growled heatedly.

"Your Crests. That's what I want. Now, hand them over!"

The DigiDestined stood their ground, refusing to back down.

"You want them, you'll have to take them!" Davis said confidently.

"That wasn't a request! Radiating Heatwave!!"

Almost instantly, the Digimon all jumped in front of their partners. They all Digivolved to their highest levels, knowing that Champion level wouldn't be enough to help them.

Blightmon smiled as he found himself surrounded by WarGreymon, WereGarurumon, MegaKabuterimon, Lillymon, Zudomon, Imperialdramon, Sylphymon and Shakkoumon.

"NOW!" Tai and Davis demanded.

"Terra Force!!"

"Wolf Claw!!"

"Horn Buster!!"

"Flower Cannon!!"

"Vulcan's Hammer!!"

"Positron Laser!!"

"Static Force!!"

"Justice Beam!!"

WHAM! All the attacks hit Blightmon and caused him significant damage.

"Nice shot, guys. And all it took was an amount of teamwork!" Tai responded calmly.

Problem is, Blightmon was standing. And even though he was slightly hurt, he still had some juice left in him!

"Izzy, time to activate your Digital Barrier." Tai suggested. Nodding in agreement, Izzy picked up his laptop-that he recovered from Mt. Fuji-and went to turn on the Digital Barrier.

"What's wrong, Izzy?" Ken asked.

"The entire laptop's overheated due to Blightmon using it to take us to the Digital World! I didn't expect him to activate it for his own evil purposes!" Izzy yelled out.

"HELL'S FURY!!"

Tai's eyes narrowed in irritation as the powerful beam came toward them.

"Izzy, the Barrier!"

"Sorry Tai, but I can't!"

"WarGreymon, attack-" Tai's order came too late. The greenish attack of immense radiation overwhelmed the entire team! As Tai was hurtled to the ground, only one thought escaped his mind.

"SORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The eleven-year-old girl suddenly cried out in pain as she remained hidden behind a rock with Yokomon hopping up and down, trying to observe the battle.

"Sora, what's wrong?"

"It's…Tai. He's hurt! Blightmon may have found them already and he might have…" Sora struggled within herself and forced herself not to cry, but she allowed a few tears to roll down her cheeks.

Looking over the rock and seeing Gargomon and MegaSeadramon handle the invading Digimon, Yokomon tried to comfort her friend as best she could.

"Tai's strong and attempting to find you. If you let your heart guide you, he'll be able to find you no matter where you are." Sora smiled and felt herself glowing again. She looked at her hands and realized that she was glowing!

"Thank you Yokomon." Seconds passed and Sora felt the hat disappear, her clothes replaced with her high school uniform.

"You're almost back to your old self, Sora! Now, what are we going to do about me?" Yokomon chattered excitedly.

"Find something to eat? We're starving!" Terriermon said as the others came over and facefaulted as they saw Sora's appearance had changed-a lot! (A/N: Now she looks like she did early Season II-you guys know where I'm going with this, aren't you?)

"WarGreymon, time to show this guy what being DigiDestined's all about!" Tai declared as he forced himself off of the scorched ground. He felt the energy course through him and knew something had happened to Sora-something with good intentions.

"I don't think they can, Tai." Joe said.

"Why not?"
"Look."

Tai looked at the Digimon and couldn't believe what had just occurred-they were all in their Rookie forms! And Blightmon was slowly coming toward them.

"What's the plan now, Tai?" Mimi asked as she was clinging onto Matt's shoulder.

Tai sighed sadly as he looked at the Crests of Courage and Love around his neck. "One of the hardest things I never thought I'd have to do again…"