He Lives in You

It scared me.

And no, I don't mean Kari's emerging ESP…although that is a bit creepy.

I mean Sora.

How badly she must have wanted Matt, to keep him here like that. Even I let him go.

Well…reluctantly, but I did.

"TK?" TK looked up, startled, at Tai's voice.

"Tai." He slowed his pace, letting Tai catch up. "What're you doing here?"

"Nothing. Got a couple of days off, thought you might like some company."

"Afraid I'll pull a Sora on you?" He grinned. "It's not that, Tai. I just couldn't meet Kari yesterday."

"Or the day before, or two days before that, or a week ago." Tai murmured. The grin fell from TK's face.

"All right, Tai, I get it. But honestly, there's nothing going on. I've just…been busy."

"With what?" TK groaned inwardly; Tai, for once, had thrown himself into his diplomatic studies with a vengeance. He knew he'd have to be careful what he said.

"It's…tell you what. Come back to the apartment and I'll show you." Catching Tai's hesitation, he added, "Mum's not home."

"All right, but I'm due home in an hour."

"We'll be done. This'll just take a few minutes."

"So what's up?" Tai asked, when they'd settled in the living room. TK pulled out a few sheets of paper, flushing as he did so.

"Well, you know how, when Matt was upset, or he couldn't figure out the right way to say something, he wrote a song about it? I've been kinda upset lately, so I was trying to write one too. But I can't write music…I'm going to ask Ben." Tai nodded; Ben, one of Matt's friends from band, had been keeping an eye on TK, much the same way Tai had.

"Can I see?" TK nodded, holding out the sheets.

"It's a bit funny, but try and picture it with African music. That helps." Tai nodded, already skimming through the paper.

Night

And the spirit of life

Calling

Wait

ThereÆs no mountain too great

Hear the words and have faith

He lives in you

He lives in me

He watches over

Everything we see

Into the water

Into the truth

In your reflection

He lives in you

He lives in you

He lives in me

He watches over

Everything we see

Into the water

Into the truth

In your reflection

He lives in you

He read through it three times before he could put it down, and even then his eyes kept flickering back to it.

"Well? What d'you think?" TK was practically bouncing off the seat, he was so nervous.

"It's great, TK. It's…is that how you feel?"

"Well, it's true, isn't it? He was with Sora for ages, and he told me he wouldn't leave me, either."

"You look like him." Tai murmured, wondering how he'd missed it before. TK was growing to be just like Matt.

"My mom said that a few days ago. That's what made me think of this." He tapped the last couple of lines. "He does watch us, you know." Unconsciously, Tai shuddered briefly at that. TK's face fell again.

"Sorry, TK, I've never been real happy around ghosts. I know it's not quite the same, but…" He shook his head. "Ah, whaddo I know. Never mind me." He rose to his feet before pausing. "TK, can I hang on to a copy of this?" TK blinked.

"Sure, if you want. I'm going to talk to Ben about it, though."

"I think that's a great idea, TK." Tai smiled at the younger boy.

Six months later…

Tai read the program for the sixth time. For Yamato Ishida, it read. The songs he never got to sing.

The concert was a one-of-a-kind, put together to mark the five year anniversary of his death, and the Digidestined were honoured guests. TK was practically biting his nails off with nerves, prompting Davis to throw some not-very-mean remarks at him.

At the third encore, Ben called TK up on stage.

"We have a special treat for you all! Matt's brother is going to sing a song he wrote in honour of Matt. Can we have quiet for TK, please." TK flushed and grinned all at once.

"I dunno, Ben…think you might be building their hopes up, there…" he turned to appeal to the crowd. "I'm not a song-writer, not like Matt was. But Ben did a fantastic job with the music, so at least that'll be ok. Ok? You ready?" The crowd cheered and whooped, and TK nodded at Ben, who led the band into the song.

Unlike most of their songs, it was a rhythmic song with a lot of vocal improvisation. TK waited for a minute before leading into the words.

Night

And the spirit of life

Calling

Wait

ThereÆs no mountain too great

Hear the words and have faith

He lives in you

He lives in me

He watches over

Everything we see

Into the water

Into the truth

In your reflection

He lives in you

He lives in you

He lives in me

He watches over

Everything we see

Into the water

Into the truth

In your reflection

He lives in you

He had to sing it twice before the crowd would let him off the stage. When he finally made it back to his friends, several of them were in tears; Sora, Mimi, Kari, and he himself. Tai was wiping his eyes every few minutes, and even Davis seemed to be affected by the general air of sorrow.

"That was great, TK." Kari smiled warmly at her boyfriend.

"Yeah, TS. That was really something."

"Ah, a chimp could sing that song. Ben did really good with it." TK demurred.

"No, TK, it was good. Honestly." Izzy told him. "The range of the acoustics was quite pleasing to the ear." TK looked puzzled.

"It sounded good." Yolei translated.

In the end it was Sora who gave him the best compliment of the evening, and she waited for it until after they'd avoided TK's new hordes of screaming fans. When they were dropping her off at her flat, she said quietly,

"Matt would have liked it."

The End

Legal Disclaimer: Digimon belongs to Saban/Toei. 'He lives in you' belongs, I think, to Tina Turner, and features in 'The Lion King 2'.

Personal Disclaimer: I can't get this series out of my head!