Me: I don't own Digimon and this chapter is based solely on the Season Premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Me: I don't own Digimon and this chapter is based solely on the Season Premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Granted, I only got to see the last 15 minutes of it, but that was the part that counted.

Tai: Yeah-I'm still amazed at how the Scooby Gang brought her back!

Me: True. Makes you wonder what kind of demon caught a ride with her back to town, huh?

Tai: Uh…something like that. So…do I get to find Sora today?

Me: Maybe. Patience is a virtue.

Digimon: The Needs of the Many…

Chapter VI-The Needs of the One outweighed the Needs of the Many

"Some men see things as they are and say 'Why?' I dream things that never were, and say 'Why not?'" –George Bernard Shaw

"My God Bones…what have I done?" –Captain Kirk

"What you had to do…what you've always done: turned death into a fighting chance to live." –Dr. McCoy

"The needs of the one outweighed the needs of the many…" –Captain Kirk, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

(A/N: Once again, I'll let you know what I think those sayings mean to me at the end of the chapter)

"All right!" Tai yelled out to Blightmon, as he was mere inches from the DigiDestined. "We'll give you our Crests-on one condition! That you send a few of your Digimon lackeys over to pick them up, 'cause if you came over, we wouldn't have a chance of surviving. This way, you'll not only get the Crests, but we'll get to leave here peacefully."

Blightmon smiled with ease as he considered the suggestion and actually agreed with it.

"Deal! I'll give you a few minutes to discuss the terms of your surrender with your friends."

Once Tai nodded, Blightmon turned and departed. Tai immediately turned his gaze over to Izzy.

"Here's where I need to count on you guys. Izzy-did you set up that sequence in your laptop before that glowing lamppost used it to send us here?" Tai asked impatiently.

"Affirmative, but I don't see the real use for it-"

"I'll tell you later! Everybody-hand over your Crests! I'm gonna make sure Blightmon doesn't get ahold of them ever. Not now or in the future!" Tai declared as the others handed over their Crests. "Davis, Ken? That means you guys, too."

Wondering what Tai had in mind, Davis and Ken handed over the Crests of Miracles and Kindness.

"What are you planning, Tai?" Cody asked politely. Tai chuckled and shook his head.

"You'll see. Ken, Izzy! Can you guys use the Digiport to send us to a different part of Primary Village?"

Ken and Izzy eyed each other with confused looks on their faces, but nodded. "Sure, but I don't see what the big deal is-"

"He'll let us know later! Get moving!" Matt demanded irritably.

Within seconds, Izzy and Ken had the screen showing them different parts of Primary Village.

"Way to go, guys! Now, home in on the section where Sora, Willis and Michael are at, but a few meters away." Tai suggested while he helped the younger kids, Mimi, Matt and Joe round up all of the Digimon.

"Done!" Izzy spoke up.

"Great! Now-go through it!" Tai insisted as he pushed everybody but himself and Agumon through the Digiport.

"What was that for, Tai?" Agumon piped up.

Tai shivered a bit as he looked at all of the Crests in his right hand, then took off the Crests of Courage and Love and placed them on the top.

"You'll see." Tai bent down to the computer, then typed in a few choice words. The screen went dark, with the exception of the Digiport and started talking in a mechanical voice, "30 seconds until destruction. 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21…"

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Tai, what are you doing?!" Agumon yelped out worriedly.

"Watch." Tai noted as he placed all the Crests on the keyboard then held out his Digivice toward the screen.

"15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10…"

Tai looked up long enough to grab Agumon and hold him tightly around his waist, noticing a DarkTyrannomon and a Monochromon coming his way.

"Hold on, Agumon! Digiport open!"

Just as the two Digimon got to the laptop, the computer spoke up for the final time, "5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0…"

That's when all hell broke loose…in a sense.

The other Digimon Michael and Willis hadn't been able to defeat had made a break for it, finding their master. He hadn't punished them as they thought he would. He sent them to find the Crests. When they did, they were caught in the explosion and were instantly deleted. The Crests hadn't been destroyed in the blast-not entirely. All ten Crests-Courage, Love, Friendship, Sincerity, Knowledge, Reliability, Hope, Light, Miracles and Kindness-had skyrocketed upward into the air and dissolved safely above the DigiDestined's heads. Tai's eyes glistened with tears, but he refused to let them fall down his cheeks.

"What have I done?" Tai whispered to himself sadly.

"What you've been known for…what you've been known to do-turn death into a fighting chance to live." Matt declared calmly by his side. When Tai didn't respond, Matt grabbed him by his shoulders and shook him, gently but firmly. "Do you hear me, Tai?!"

Tai finally turned toward Matt and nodded, seeing the symbols of their Crests in the sky above them, the symbols of Courage and Love side by side. "I hear you."

Due to a decision from Matt, the DigiDestined had chose to wait until Tai had gotten to where they were at before asking him what he'd done with their Crests. He took some time to explain the situation, then the self-destruct sequence Izzy had programmed into his laptop had went off-Tai promised to buy Izzy a newer laptop when this was all over.

"So, where's Sora and the others?" Mimi said.

"If I had my laptop, I could tell you. Since I don't, we'll just have to guess. Let's try this way!" Izzy advised. Taking the lead, Tai headed in that direction with ease knowing that the others weren't that far behind him.

To put it bluntly, Blightmon was extremely pissed. At who? Tai, of course. Not only had Tai, in a sense, denied him the powers of the Digicore with Sora's death, but he'd also denied him the powers of the Crests. He had instead elected to send them around the Digital World, protecting it from the forces of darkness.

"If I can't have what I want, then Tai can't have what he wants…a chance at true love!"

The DigiDestined hadn't gone that far when they heard a tiny voice yell out, "Yokomon Digivolve to…BIYOMON!!!"

"Biyomon?! That must mean-SORA!" Tai cried out as he burst through the bushes that led into this part of Primary Village to find…

Willis, Terriermon and Biyomon. Sora was nowhere to be seen. Tai's hopes vanished like sands in the hourglass.

"Michael had to go home. Sora went to get some water. She should be back soon." Biyomon explained. Tai and the rest of the team nodded. Agumon hugged the Bird Digimon tightly until her insides felt like they would burst.

"Agumon-(gasps) I'm glad to-(gasps) see you too, but-(gasps) I NEED TO BREATHE!" Biyomon yelled out.

"Don't worry, my dear. You won't need to worry about breathing. You won't be breathing when I'm through with you!" Blightmon growled as he approached them with a menacing look in his eyes.

"How are you able to find us so quickly?! What-do you have some kind of beacon that tells you where we're at?" Davis demanded heatedly.

"I remembered where the Child of Love was at, so I deduced that you all would come here. I only want the Hero of Courage! The rest of you may go."

"Davis, I don't think he means you." T.K. said as Davis prepared himself for a battle.

"You should let the Bird Digimon go with them, too." Tai suggested.

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because, you wish it." Blightmon used a energy beam and sent all of the DigiDestined-including Willis and Terriermon-through the TV set, leaving Biyomon, Tai and Agumon to face him…

"Willis, I'm back-TAI! Is it really you?"

And Sora, who has just come back from finding water to drink.

"Sora, stay back! It's Blightmon." Tai warned as he took a glance at her. She was sporting the sky blue overcoat she'd worn that Christmas along with the pink scarf. (A/N: Late Season II-(shudders)) She looked a bit younger than what she originally was supposed to be, but it was still, unmistakably, Sora.

"Since you've denied me the powers I've sought out, I have decided to deny you a chance at true love. Radiating Heatwave!!"

"Sora, look out!" Tai cried out as he raced forward to save her from the attack.

Digimon!

"Agumon Warp-Digivolve to…"

Digimon: Digital Monsters; Digimon are the champions!

Warp-Digivolve!

"…WARGREYMON!!!"

Digimon: Digital Monsters; Digimon are the champions!

Digimon: Digital Monsters; Digimon are the champions!

Digimon: Digital Monsters; Digimon!

Tai barely managed to tackle Sora to the ground, immediately covering her with his body. WarGreymon deflected the attack with his shield.

"Don't even think about hurting Tai! Or Sora, for that matter! Mega Claw!!" WarGreymon spun around, with his Dramon Destroyers facing Blightmon and hit him! WarGreymon stopped spinning, but took notice of one thing-even though the Digimon was still standing, he was in pain.

"Getting tired already, are we? I haven't even broken a sweat!"

"You haven't even seen the full use of my powers. HELL'S FURY!!"

Sora's eyes widened in shock as a 30-foot range of radiation came barreling toward them; Tai's eyes narrowed with pure anger.

"Dive, Sora!" Tai insisted as he pushed her to the ground again, making sure he took the full brunt of the attack.

"Get down!" WarGreymon rumbled to Biyomon as he grabbed his shield and protected her, knowing he'd be safe due to his armor.

Tai and WarGreymon were amazed when the attack simply passed right over them!

"What the heck…?" Tai replied.

Tai looked at Sora as he helped her up and smiled. She had aged again, but she was back to her correct age, with her hair reaching her shoulders and that familiar glint in her eyes.

"Why'd you come back for me, Tai?"

"Because…" Tai wasn't too sure how to answer her, but remembered something at that instant. "Remember that other movie we saw? Where the captain said to his friend, 'The needs of the one outweighed the needs of the many…'"

WarGreymon smirked as he connected his hands together to create a globe of positive orange energy.

"You've exhausted your power by using them against us one too many times. Terra Force!!"

Chorus: Hey, Digimon! Hey, Digimon!

Monster friends to the boys and girls!

Hey, Digimon! Hey, Digimon!

Champions of the Digital World!

Hey, Digimon! Hey, Digimon!

Ultimate friends to the boys and girls!

Hey, Digimon! Hey, Digimon!

Champions of the Digital World!

WHAM! Blightmon screamed with agony as WarGreymon's attack caused him pain beyond any kind of attack he could muster up. As he started to delete in front of their eyes, Blightmon explained, "You think you've won, but you haven't! Not all of the evil has been eliminated throughout the Digital World and one day, there will be an evil force so powerful, so dark, so infused with the powers of evil that you'll be destroyed in one blast! What do you say to that?"

Sora rose her Digivice to the sky as Biyomon started glowing.

"Biyomon Digivolve to…BIRDRAMON!!! Just this-Meteor Wing!!"

Normally, it wouldn't take just one attack from a mere Champion Digimon to defeat a Mega Digimon like Blightmon, but since he was already breaking up into pieces of data, Birdramon's attack simply hurried things up.

Tai and Sora smiled at each other as their Digimon reverted back to their Rookie forms.

"Are the others…safe?" Sora asked sweetly as she blushed a deep crimson from gazing into Tai's eyes.

"You saved us, Sora! You saved us all! You saved me. Don't you remember?" Tai insisted worriedly.

In response, Tai received a kiss from Sora-one that lasted well until the setting of the sun! They might not have gone back home if it weren't for Agumon and Biyomon who yelled out, "Hey! We're hungry, so quit lip locking and let's go home!"

(A/N: Wow-haven't had to do this since Chapter III, I think. We already know what happened in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock-the title of the movie pretty much gave it away. Kirk put everything at risk in order to save Spock from the planet Genesis-his ship as well as the life of his son. In this chapter, Tai risked his life and the Crests in order to save Sora from Blightmon-and to avenge her, in a sense. "Some men see things as they are and say 'Why?' I dream things that never were and say 'Why not?'" To simplify the whole Taiora/Sorato argument, I'd have to say that George Bernard Shaw put it best. All Sorato fans ask us why are we still supporting Taiora with Season II at an end and we reply with "Why not?" I doubt most of us actually say that, but we don't give up on our dreams-especially me! Never have, never will. "My God Bones…what have I done?" "What you had to do…what you've always done: turned death into a fighting chance to live." Kirk and McCoy sum up what I think Tai's nature is during Season I of Digimon-him running into action without thought of consequence is basically a determined leader trying to change fate, or as McCoy said it-"Turned death into a fighting chance to live."

"The needs of the one outweighed the needs of the many." Kirk's saying reversed what Spock said in the second Star Trek movie, and it fits in well here. Tai figured that Sora's life was worth more than their Crests. Why do you think Tai sacrificed all of their Crests and was still able to help Sora? TAIORA FOREVER!