A/N: Again, I'm sorry for not updating! But I've been so busy, and when I got back from my grandparents, I couldn't get access to fanfiction.net!!! That happens to me sometimes, so I've started to wonder if there's something wrong with every computer I use, or did that happen to you too? Hope there's still someone out there left who reads this fic! Well if there is, please review! ^_^
'No, don't cry now! She'll hear you!" Tai thought. He could still hear Sora's footsteps behind the tree he was sitting by. But he just couldn't help himself and felt his chocolate eyes watering up. They were already red with weeping.
He sobbed quietly into his hands, hoping that when he looked up again, he'd be home in his bed, hearing his mother yell that breakfast was ready.
"Mama..." he whimpered pathetically, curling up into an even tighter little ball, feeling so extremely homesick and small as a person probably could feel.
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All she could see was the thick-stemmed trees and green shrubs. She would never find Tai! Sora filled her lungs with new air and shouted his name again, but just as the other times, the reply was nothing.
She sighed and turned around to leave. But suddenly she heard something. She couldn't hear exactly what it said, but she knew that the sound wasn't from a Digimon.
Sora stood perfectly still, hoping that whatever or whoever made that noise, would make one again.
There it was! She swung around, gazing suspiciously on the large-sized tree that stood in front of her, and then slowly flattening herself against the rather chilly trunk.
"Is someone there?" She asked, making her voice sound strong and self-continent.
No answer.
Sora swallowed hard and gradually peeked out on the other side of the tree. At first, all she saw was other trees and flowers. There wasn't a sign of anything else. She closed her eyes and told herself that nothing dangerous was there, in a desperate try to calm her harshly pounding heart. 'C'mon, Sora, nothing's going to happen!'
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"Is someone there?"
'Shit!' Sora had heard him. 'Be quiet, Taichi.' He thought angrily to himself. He could hear that she still was there, behind the tree.
Then he heard a small twig break. Tai turned his head in the direction he'd heard it.
"Aargh!" Sora screamed crazily as she abruptly jumped out of the bushes, causing Tai to almost jump out of his skin. When she saw who was there, she stopped, visibly shocked.
"Tai?" She asked. This wasn't the boy she had grown up with. His hair was in a mess and his dusty checks were striped with drying tears. And his eyes... They used to be so energetic, but now they were almost hollow looking.
Tai fixed his eyes on something far away from Sora's concerned eyes that she couldn't see, thinking that he must look awful, even if her own crimson eyes were red and swollen as well.
"Tai..." Sora said again, her voice full of concern for her long time friend. She rested one of her hands on his shoulder, but he jerked away from her, still refusing to look at her.
"Go away. I don't want to talk to you." Tai mumbled, his voice a little distorted by all his sobs.
"C'mon, Tai... We should be going back to the others." Sora said, sounding like she hadn't heard Tai's words, despite the fact that she felt rather hurt by them. The brown haired boy didn't answer. He just pulled up his knees closer to his chin.
"You're not the only one who's sad, Tai!" Sora yelled, feeling a sudden anger towards him. "What, You don't think that Tk's sad? Or Joe, Izzy and Mimi? Or your own little sister? Kari. Don't you think she's sad? And do you make it better by just sitting out here in the woods? Or Matt himself? Being in such pain all alone. My god, don't you think I'm sad?" She screamed, feeling own tears prick in her eyes and slowly run down her cheeks. She simply stood there, heavily breathing, waiting for Tai to say something.
But he didn't say something. He just sat there. Then slowly turning his gaze towards Sora, he broke down in uncontrollable sobs.
Sora didn't know what to do. She had never seen him cry before, at least not like this.
She tried laying a hand on his violently shaking shoulder again, and this time Tai didn't pull away. So she bent down and wrapped her arms around him, letting him cry into her sweater, while she was crying into his.
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"And what about you then, Reliability? Are you going to turn everyone down too?" Trasdomon asked almost frenetically. But Joe was already in the same kind of strange 'paralysed-sleep'-trance as the others. The rookie Digimon were lying just as limp on the cave's grimy floor as Matt was.
He was the only one who was conscious. Suddenly the dim light in the cave gradually disappeared. It seemed to be somehow sucked into the crests of the Digidestindeds. The air felt almost sticky against the Digimon's skin. Trasdomon turned around in panic and gasped. The crests around the kid's necks were darkening! Trasdomon cupped his hands over his mouth. 'No, this mustn't happen!'
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"Tai? Tai, we need to go back... We have to help the others with digging up those razors" Sora said, gently patting her friend's shoulder.
"I-I don't want to..." Tai hesitated, his voice was only a barley hear able whisper.
"What do you mean?" Sora asked, confused.
Tai didn't answer. He just stayed put when Sora tried to drag him to his feats in his arm.
"What?" Sora asked again, letting Tai's arm go. Tai didn't move. He didn't even look at her.
"You mean... You're not... No..." Sora said faintly. "Tai, you have too! We need your help! Matt needs your help! Why don't you want to help him?" she then screamed, letting more tears flow down her cheeks.
"I don't have the... courage..." Tai whispered, his lip trembling.
"Yes, you do, Tai! Don't you remember your crest, the crest of courage?" Sora was feeling so hopeless now. If even Tai didn't have courage enough to help Trasdomon heal Matt, who had? Then she saw a dark spot under Tai's sweater. "W-What's that?" She pointed on the spot. Tai finally made a move, and picked up his crest.
"What? My crest..." The crest was darkening more and more. "I guess this proves I'm not so brave after all..." he said, feeling his eyelids getting heavier and heavier.
"Tai? Tai! Wake up, Tai!" Sora yelled, shaking the brown haired boy. 'No, no, no, no, no!" She kept on thinking. 'Matt...' She felt her heart ache in her chest. She felt some sort of weariness come over her. But she shoved it aside.
"I'm going back to the cave, Tai! And if you don't dare to come, I'm going anyway! Hear me? I'll help Matt, even if I have to dig in a year to get those razors up! And do you know why?" Sora asked, looking Tai straight in his eyes. "Just because I love him! You hear me? I love him!" And with that, the crest of love began to glow. Then the glow changed into a flashing light, shining clearly in a bright red colour.
A/N: Will Sora's love be enough to save Matt? Will the other digidestineds ever regain the power of their crests? Wait for the next chapter and find out!
Please review.
'No, don't cry now! She'll hear you!" Tai thought. He could still hear Sora's footsteps behind the tree he was sitting by. But he just couldn't help himself and felt his chocolate eyes watering up. They were already red with weeping.
He sobbed quietly into his hands, hoping that when he looked up again, he'd be home in his bed, hearing his mother yell that breakfast was ready.
"Mama..." he whimpered pathetically, curling up into an even tighter little ball, feeling so extremely homesick and small as a person probably could feel.
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All she could see was the thick-stemmed trees and green shrubs. She would never find Tai! Sora filled her lungs with new air and shouted his name again, but just as the other times, the reply was nothing.
She sighed and turned around to leave. But suddenly she heard something. She couldn't hear exactly what it said, but she knew that the sound wasn't from a Digimon.
Sora stood perfectly still, hoping that whatever or whoever made that noise, would make one again.
There it was! She swung around, gazing suspiciously on the large-sized tree that stood in front of her, and then slowly flattening herself against the rather chilly trunk.
"Is someone there?" She asked, making her voice sound strong and self-continent.
No answer.
Sora swallowed hard and gradually peeked out on the other side of the tree. At first, all she saw was other trees and flowers. There wasn't a sign of anything else. She closed her eyes and told herself that nothing dangerous was there, in a desperate try to calm her harshly pounding heart. 'C'mon, Sora, nothing's going to happen!'
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"Is someone there?"
'Shit!' Sora had heard him. 'Be quiet, Taichi.' He thought angrily to himself. He could hear that she still was there, behind the tree.
Then he heard a small twig break. Tai turned his head in the direction he'd heard it.
"Aargh!" Sora screamed crazily as she abruptly jumped out of the bushes, causing Tai to almost jump out of his skin. When she saw who was there, she stopped, visibly shocked.
"Tai?" She asked. This wasn't the boy she had grown up with. His hair was in a mess and his dusty checks were striped with drying tears. And his eyes... They used to be so energetic, but now they were almost hollow looking.
Tai fixed his eyes on something far away from Sora's concerned eyes that she couldn't see, thinking that he must look awful, even if her own crimson eyes were red and swollen as well.
"Tai..." Sora said again, her voice full of concern for her long time friend. She rested one of her hands on his shoulder, but he jerked away from her, still refusing to look at her.
"Go away. I don't want to talk to you." Tai mumbled, his voice a little distorted by all his sobs.
"C'mon, Tai... We should be going back to the others." Sora said, sounding like she hadn't heard Tai's words, despite the fact that she felt rather hurt by them. The brown haired boy didn't answer. He just pulled up his knees closer to his chin.
"You're not the only one who's sad, Tai!" Sora yelled, feeling a sudden anger towards him. "What, You don't think that Tk's sad? Or Joe, Izzy and Mimi? Or your own little sister? Kari. Don't you think she's sad? And do you make it better by just sitting out here in the woods? Or Matt himself? Being in such pain all alone. My god, don't you think I'm sad?" She screamed, feeling own tears prick in her eyes and slowly run down her cheeks. She simply stood there, heavily breathing, waiting for Tai to say something.
But he didn't say something. He just sat there. Then slowly turning his gaze towards Sora, he broke down in uncontrollable sobs.
Sora didn't know what to do. She had never seen him cry before, at least not like this.
She tried laying a hand on his violently shaking shoulder again, and this time Tai didn't pull away. So she bent down and wrapped her arms around him, letting him cry into her sweater, while she was crying into his.
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"And what about you then, Reliability? Are you going to turn everyone down too?" Trasdomon asked almost frenetically. But Joe was already in the same kind of strange 'paralysed-sleep'-trance as the others. The rookie Digimon were lying just as limp on the cave's grimy floor as Matt was.
He was the only one who was conscious. Suddenly the dim light in the cave gradually disappeared. It seemed to be somehow sucked into the crests of the Digidestindeds. The air felt almost sticky against the Digimon's skin. Trasdomon turned around in panic and gasped. The crests around the kid's necks were darkening! Trasdomon cupped his hands over his mouth. 'No, this mustn't happen!'
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"Tai? Tai, we need to go back... We have to help the others with digging up those razors" Sora said, gently patting her friend's shoulder.
"I-I don't want to..." Tai hesitated, his voice was only a barley hear able whisper.
"What do you mean?" Sora asked, confused.
Tai didn't answer. He just stayed put when Sora tried to drag him to his feats in his arm.
"What?" Sora asked again, letting Tai's arm go. Tai didn't move. He didn't even look at her.
"You mean... You're not... No..." Sora said faintly. "Tai, you have too! We need your help! Matt needs your help! Why don't you want to help him?" she then screamed, letting more tears flow down her cheeks.
"I don't have the... courage..." Tai whispered, his lip trembling.
"Yes, you do, Tai! Don't you remember your crest, the crest of courage?" Sora was feeling so hopeless now. If even Tai didn't have courage enough to help Trasdomon heal Matt, who had? Then she saw a dark spot under Tai's sweater. "W-What's that?" She pointed on the spot. Tai finally made a move, and picked up his crest.
"What? My crest..." The crest was darkening more and more. "I guess this proves I'm not so brave after all..." he said, feeling his eyelids getting heavier and heavier.
"Tai? Tai! Wake up, Tai!" Sora yelled, shaking the brown haired boy. 'No, no, no, no, no!" She kept on thinking. 'Matt...' She felt her heart ache in her chest. She felt some sort of weariness come over her. But she shoved it aside.
"I'm going back to the cave, Tai! And if you don't dare to come, I'm going anyway! Hear me? I'll help Matt, even if I have to dig in a year to get those razors up! And do you know why?" Sora asked, looking Tai straight in his eyes. "Just because I love him! You hear me? I love him!" And with that, the crest of love began to glow. Then the glow changed into a flashing light, shining clearly in a bright red colour.
A/N: Will Sora's love be enough to save Matt? Will the other digidestineds ever regain the power of their crests? Wait for the next chapter and find out!
Please review.
