A/N- "So what, we're down one digidestined... that's no problem, we can do it.. right?" Tai
The Titan series Part 41
As the sun started to rise, all but one remaining degidestined were awoken by the sound of Matt's
harmonica.
"What a nice way to wake up, to the sound of music." Gabumon smiled
"yeah, thanks." Matt said jumping down from a tree.
Everyone yawned and stretched except for Tai who couldn't get up but was still awake, and Koromon
who wouldn't get up. "It's too early." The digimon complained.
"Koromon," Tai said quietly, and then yelling in his ear said, "GET UP!"
"I'm up!"
"Let's eat. I'm starving." T.K said and followed Matt to help him get some food. "Are we going to
stay here forever?" T.K whined as he picked some fruit from a tree while on Matt's shoulders, because he couldn't walk, and
putting them in his knapsack.
"Nah, just until Tai and you can walk, then we can go."
"Okay, where are we going?"
"I don't know, I guess to find the others."
"Where are they?" T.K asked as he snuck a bite of one of the fruits.
"I dunno."
"Does Tai?"
"How would he?" Matt said annoyed.
"He knows where everything else is."
"No, he just knows how to get us lost and pretend to know his way around. Do you think any of us
know the way around this stupid forest?"
"I do."
Matt rolled his eyes and took T.K down from his shoulders, "Whatever."
* * *
"This isn't as bad as I thought it would be." Tai said putting his hands behind his head, "Okay,
so maybe I can't walk, I can't do anything and Psymon could destroy the Earth at any second, but
atleast I'm getting a well deserved vacation." He closed his eyes and smiled.
"But I wanna fight!" Koromon whined jumping on Tai and waking him from his peaceful thoughts.
"Just wait! Relax." Tai growled.
Koromon jumped off Tai and hopped over to where Kari and Nyaromon where playing. Tai sighed, so
maybe this wasn't so great. He couldn't play, run or fight, one of the things that he can't let
go of his urge to fight. It was bad, and sometimes got the best of him. Tai looked at Kari and
closed his eyes to sleep and remember...
(Tai's dream/flashback and told by Tai himself)
'School's over for today! Know I can play!' I thought as I openned the door to the appartment with
the sign that said 'Kamiya' over the door. I looked around the room for my soccer ball and finally
found it in the mess that was known as 'my room'. I looked on the couch where Kari was lying down.
She missed school today for being sick, 'oh, well,' I thought,'she looks okay know.'
"Come on, Kari!" I said waking her up, "I'll teach you to play soccer."
She got up and we went to the park, "Okay, like this." i said kicking the ball to her. She kicked it
but with little power. I grabbed the ball and looked up at her, she was on the ground unconcious.
I stared at her and didn't know what to do. Finally someone called an abulance and we went to the hospital.
Kari went with a docter while I looked for my parents. I was nervous and I still didn't really want to
find them. When I did my mother yelled at me, "What were you thinking?!" and other stuff along that
line.
Kari didn't come home that day, and maybe little over a week went by, no recovery. And with it being
all my fault, what could I do. All my fault.. I couldn't take it... I had to leave... I couldn't
stay with this on my chest.... I had to do something else.... I had to get this off my mind.....
(End of dream/flashback)
Tai shot his eyes tight trying to forget what had happened.
"Breakfast is served." Matt said laying down the bag of fruit. He looked at Tai, "You okay, man?"
Tai opened his eyes, "Uh, yeah."
"Aren't you hungry?"
"No." He looked off into the trees, that's where he wanted to be. He wanted to be alone, but he
couldn't walk away, atleast he had gotten hurt for a good cause.
"What you get?" Kari asked as she and Nyaromon came to get their breakfast.
"some kind of fruit." Matt shrugged not really knowing what it was.
"It could be poisonous."
"Nah, we already tried some."
"Okay." They all ate and it was pretty much a boring day. Not much to do.
* * *
"Can we go today?" T.K woke everyone up at the crack of dawn.
"Yeah, let's go." Tai yawned.
"You're okay?"
"No, but Greymon can carry me."
"Oh yeah."
"Koromon digivolve to... Agumon!"
"Agumon digivolve to... Greymon!" Greymon lifted Tai up on his shoulder.
"Okay, so where are we going?"
"To find everyone else." Tai said and they started walking.
"Which way is that?"
"I dunno, let's just walk."
'Would it really be that bad if Tai wasn't here?' Matt wondered, 'all he does is get us lost...
"I'm only doing this for T.K.."' The words echoed in his head. What if he didn't have a chance
to say that? Matt shook off the thought, what's done is done.
"Okay, well. This ways is as good as any other." Tai said snapping Matt out of his thought.
"Which way?"
"Just follow the river." Tai said pointing to the flowing water that they had crossed to get to
MetalPuppetmon's castle.
"Sure." Matt shrugged and walked holding T.K.
"I can walk you know?" T.K said figgiting.
"Okay." Matt said putting T.K down and he fell. Matt smiled and picked him up.
They had been walking for about 30 minutes when they heard a sound just up ahead. "What's that?" They walked
further and saw that the river had gotten larger and the land ended and turned into a cliff where
the river became a waterfall.
"Great plan." Matt said sarcastically as he looked down on the ocean.
"Hey! I didn't hear any of your bright ideas."
"Okay, Why don't we turn back."
"Because we'd waste too much time! Got anything better than that?"
"I have an idea." Kari said.
"And I'm sure it's better than Tai's." Matt said.
"We could jump." kari said as Tai slid down from Greymon, he could stand up but barely walk.
Matt sighed, "Okay, it's not... Is the whole Kamiya family insane?!" Matt yelled at the sky.
"I wouldn't be talking like that if I was you!" Tai yelled grabbing Matt.
Matt put T.K down, "Is that coming from the same Tai Kamiya who was in a mental institute?" Matt laughed.
"Okay, that's it!" Tai yelled and punched Matt in the face.
"Tai! Quit it!"
Tai ignored Kari and hit Matt again. Matt almost fell off the cliff but pushed Tai down and punched him.
"Tai! You're already hurt! Stop fighting!"
"Tai, you should listen to your sister, she just might be a little smarter than you." Matt laughed.
Tai ignored Matt and his sister and the two continued fighting.
"Okay." kari said calming down, "I'm leaving." Kari backed up a bit and ran towards the cliff.
Tai stopped, "Kari! NO!"
But before they could stop her she jumped off they cliff.. (Okay, this part is a little extreme and
also way cool! So I think I should let the jumpers tell this part of the story!
(Kari)
Without even thinking about it I jumped and a second later I realized that I could kill myself like this.
The wind rushed up on me and gravity took it's call. I could fell me stomach almost fly through my
mouth but I had a tough stomach, and besides, I love roller coasters... but I prefer to where a seatbelt.
I looked up and saw everybodies' facing watiching me in amasement, I savored that moment. Then I
saw a little ball jump off the cliff, namely Nyaromon. I smiled, this would be pretty cool.. if I
live to tell about it. And even though this was probably taking mere seconds it felt like an hour,
which i am not complaining about. For amoment I think i flapped my arms as if that could do anything,
asif i could fly, like some sort of bird, although, i felt like i was flying, only with no place togo
but down.. So, down i went... and this was a once in a lifetime opportunity so I sezed every second of
it, I took pictures in my head and I shall never loose them. they say that when u die, u have to
choose a memory that you are happy with replaying for all eternity. Hmmm.. what would mine be?
I think this one, doing this awsome thing and with my friends here too.. altough I'm not quite sure..
which i suppose is a good thing, I have so many good memories that I just can't choose. I looked down,
okay, the water is rushing up pretty fast. I wonder why water is called water and not milk.. I laughed
at myself, the things I think about when I'm falling from a cliff. I stopped laughing, this is it..
"AHHH!!" I screamed as I covered my face with my arms and hit the water. I sank under the water and
uncovered my eyes. I looked down and saw that the water kept going on... forever, or so it seemed.
I smiled and I almost laughed out loud... except I couldn't as I was still under water. I swam up and finally
reached the air. I gasped as a little ball of fluff splashed in the water beside me.
"I hate water!" Nyaromon shook water out of her fur and smiled at me. "That was fun."
I nodded and looked up at the people on the cliff, "It's okay!" I called to them, "The water's fine!"
(end Kari)
They looked down at Kari in awe. "Cool." Tai smiled.
"She's crazy." Matt shook his head.
Tai stood up, "Just like all Kamiyas!" Tai said and jumped.
"He's right, they are all crazy."
(Tai)
I could just hear that beautiful stunt song playing, only one thing missing.. a stunt double!
"WOOO HOOO!!!" I sceamed on the top of my lungs. This was a blast! probably because I already knew
I couldn't die but gravity and my mind tried to proove me otherwise. Ha! Like anyone can kill the
almighty Tai of the Digidestined. I laughed, nothing to fear but fear itself, and my fear is dead.
The wind blew my hair wildly and I smiled, it's amazing how you can feel at peace when you're falling
from a cliff. Hmm, I guess we can show all those movie people, this isn't at all scary, it's just..
aww, nevermind... who can describe this? Not all the poet guys in the world, that's for sure. Maybe
a painter, artist can express this kind of stuff... I think.. I looked down at Kari who was waving at
me. I laughed out loud, I couldn't even scream loud enough for this! I tried to wave back but it
came out as a wierd back flip thing, actually, I think I looked somewhat like a bird. Well, maybe
a drunk bird or something.. Okay, water here. I put on my goggles just before I hit the water with
a huge splash. I swam quickly back up to the surface with my leg pounding with every kick and caught my breath.
Kari smiled at me, "Did you like it?"
I looked up, "It's not high enough." I joked.
"Right." She splashed me and I was about to splash her back when a huge Greymon cannon balled right
infront of us.
The waves were huge! "Anybody got a surfboard?"
(End Tai)
"Wow! Let's go!" T.K begged Matt.
"No, you can't even walk, who are u supposed to swim?"
"Tai can and he's hurt."
"Yeah, and it's probably killing him."
"I don't care." T.K insisted.
Matt sighed, "Okay, I'll go first and then I can catch you, deal?"
"Fine."
"Okay. Move aside." Matt smiled and ran and jumped.
(Matt)
Wow... I didn't really like rollercoasters but this was different and there is a word for it..
insane! Bungee jumping without a bungee, it's what all the stunt devils do in the movies... actually,
even they are probably not crazy enough to do it... it's probably a dumby. There was probably an easier
way to do this... and how was T.K going to make it, I looked up and realized my mistake. Too late
now and how was he supposed to get down if they didn't jump... oh, well.. too late now. I looked
down at Tai and Kari who were watching me.
"Just sit back and enjoy the ride!" Tai called to me.
'Right' I thought to myself, falling and enjoying. How did Tai stay afloat anyways? Oh, well..
just sit back and enjoy the ride.. I wasn't going to do this again so might aswell enjoy it.. and it
was pretty cool once you got passed the whole falling to oblivian part out of your mind. I saw Gabumon
fall passed me and just before he landed in the water he yelled, "Matt! T.K!" and splashed.
'Huh?' I looked up and saw no T.K looking over the cliff, "T.-" But I was cut off in mid-word as
I hit the water. I swam up until I finally reached the surface where I looked up again hoping to
see T.K, no chance. This was definately a bad idea...
To be continued...
By Black Cat
The Titan series Part 41
As the sun started to rise, all but one remaining degidestined were awoken by the sound of Matt's
harmonica.
"What a nice way to wake up, to the sound of music." Gabumon smiled
"yeah, thanks." Matt said jumping down from a tree.
Everyone yawned and stretched except for Tai who couldn't get up but was still awake, and Koromon
who wouldn't get up. "It's too early." The digimon complained.
"Koromon," Tai said quietly, and then yelling in his ear said, "GET UP!"
"I'm up!"
"Let's eat. I'm starving." T.K said and followed Matt to help him get some food. "Are we going to
stay here forever?" T.K whined as he picked some fruit from a tree while on Matt's shoulders, because he couldn't walk, and
putting them in his knapsack.
"Nah, just until Tai and you can walk, then we can go."
"Okay, where are we going?"
"I don't know, I guess to find the others."
"Where are they?" T.K asked as he snuck a bite of one of the fruits.
"I dunno."
"Does Tai?"
"How would he?" Matt said annoyed.
"He knows where everything else is."
"No, he just knows how to get us lost and pretend to know his way around. Do you think any of us
know the way around this stupid forest?"
"I do."
Matt rolled his eyes and took T.K down from his shoulders, "Whatever."
* * *
"This isn't as bad as I thought it would be." Tai said putting his hands behind his head, "Okay,
so maybe I can't walk, I can't do anything and Psymon could destroy the Earth at any second, but
atleast I'm getting a well deserved vacation." He closed his eyes and smiled.
"But I wanna fight!" Koromon whined jumping on Tai and waking him from his peaceful thoughts.
"Just wait! Relax." Tai growled.
Koromon jumped off Tai and hopped over to where Kari and Nyaromon where playing. Tai sighed, so
maybe this wasn't so great. He couldn't play, run or fight, one of the things that he can't let
go of his urge to fight. It was bad, and sometimes got the best of him. Tai looked at Kari and
closed his eyes to sleep and remember...
(Tai's dream/flashback and told by Tai himself)
'School's over for today! Know I can play!' I thought as I openned the door to the appartment with
the sign that said 'Kamiya' over the door. I looked around the room for my soccer ball and finally
found it in the mess that was known as 'my room'. I looked on the couch where Kari was lying down.
She missed school today for being sick, 'oh, well,' I thought,'she looks okay know.'
"Come on, Kari!" I said waking her up, "I'll teach you to play soccer."
She got up and we went to the park, "Okay, like this." i said kicking the ball to her. She kicked it
but with little power. I grabbed the ball and looked up at her, she was on the ground unconcious.
I stared at her and didn't know what to do. Finally someone called an abulance and we went to the hospital.
Kari went with a docter while I looked for my parents. I was nervous and I still didn't really want to
find them. When I did my mother yelled at me, "What were you thinking?!" and other stuff along that
line.
Kari didn't come home that day, and maybe little over a week went by, no recovery. And with it being
all my fault, what could I do. All my fault.. I couldn't take it... I had to leave... I couldn't
stay with this on my chest.... I had to do something else.... I had to get this off my mind.....
(End of dream/flashback)
Tai shot his eyes tight trying to forget what had happened.
"Breakfast is served." Matt said laying down the bag of fruit. He looked at Tai, "You okay, man?"
Tai opened his eyes, "Uh, yeah."
"Aren't you hungry?"
"No." He looked off into the trees, that's where he wanted to be. He wanted to be alone, but he
couldn't walk away, atleast he had gotten hurt for a good cause.
"What you get?" Kari asked as she and Nyaromon came to get their breakfast.
"some kind of fruit." Matt shrugged not really knowing what it was.
"It could be poisonous."
"Nah, we already tried some."
"Okay." They all ate and it was pretty much a boring day. Not much to do.
* * *
"Can we go today?" T.K woke everyone up at the crack of dawn.
"Yeah, let's go." Tai yawned.
"You're okay?"
"No, but Greymon can carry me."
"Oh yeah."
"Koromon digivolve to... Agumon!"
"Agumon digivolve to... Greymon!" Greymon lifted Tai up on his shoulder.
"Okay, so where are we going?"
"To find everyone else." Tai said and they started walking.
"Which way is that?"
"I dunno, let's just walk."
'Would it really be that bad if Tai wasn't here?' Matt wondered, 'all he does is get us lost...
"I'm only doing this for T.K.."' The words echoed in his head. What if he didn't have a chance
to say that? Matt shook off the thought, what's done is done.
"Okay, well. This ways is as good as any other." Tai said snapping Matt out of his thought.
"Which way?"
"Just follow the river." Tai said pointing to the flowing water that they had crossed to get to
MetalPuppetmon's castle.
"Sure." Matt shrugged and walked holding T.K.
"I can walk you know?" T.K said figgiting.
"Okay." Matt said putting T.K down and he fell. Matt smiled and picked him up.
They had been walking for about 30 minutes when they heard a sound just up ahead. "What's that?" They walked
further and saw that the river had gotten larger and the land ended and turned into a cliff where
the river became a waterfall.
"Great plan." Matt said sarcastically as he looked down on the ocean.
"Hey! I didn't hear any of your bright ideas."
"Okay, Why don't we turn back."
"Because we'd waste too much time! Got anything better than that?"
"I have an idea." Kari said.
"And I'm sure it's better than Tai's." Matt said.
"We could jump." kari said as Tai slid down from Greymon, he could stand up but barely walk.
Matt sighed, "Okay, it's not... Is the whole Kamiya family insane?!" Matt yelled at the sky.
"I wouldn't be talking like that if I was you!" Tai yelled grabbing Matt.
Matt put T.K down, "Is that coming from the same Tai Kamiya who was in a mental institute?" Matt laughed.
"Okay, that's it!" Tai yelled and punched Matt in the face.
"Tai! Quit it!"
Tai ignored Kari and hit Matt again. Matt almost fell off the cliff but pushed Tai down and punched him.
"Tai! You're already hurt! Stop fighting!"
"Tai, you should listen to your sister, she just might be a little smarter than you." Matt laughed.
Tai ignored Matt and his sister and the two continued fighting.
"Okay." kari said calming down, "I'm leaving." Kari backed up a bit and ran towards the cliff.
Tai stopped, "Kari! NO!"
But before they could stop her she jumped off they cliff.. (Okay, this part is a little extreme and
also way cool! So I think I should let the jumpers tell this part of the story!
(Kari)
Without even thinking about it I jumped and a second later I realized that I could kill myself like this.
The wind rushed up on me and gravity took it's call. I could fell me stomach almost fly through my
mouth but I had a tough stomach, and besides, I love roller coasters... but I prefer to where a seatbelt.
I looked up and saw everybodies' facing watiching me in amasement, I savored that moment. Then I
saw a little ball jump off the cliff, namely Nyaromon. I smiled, this would be pretty cool.. if I
live to tell about it. And even though this was probably taking mere seconds it felt like an hour,
which i am not complaining about. For amoment I think i flapped my arms as if that could do anything,
asif i could fly, like some sort of bird, although, i felt like i was flying, only with no place togo
but down.. So, down i went... and this was a once in a lifetime opportunity so I sezed every second of
it, I took pictures in my head and I shall never loose them. they say that when u die, u have to
choose a memory that you are happy with replaying for all eternity. Hmmm.. what would mine be?
I think this one, doing this awsome thing and with my friends here too.. altough I'm not quite sure..
which i suppose is a good thing, I have so many good memories that I just can't choose. I looked down,
okay, the water is rushing up pretty fast. I wonder why water is called water and not milk.. I laughed
at myself, the things I think about when I'm falling from a cliff. I stopped laughing, this is it..
"AHHH!!" I screamed as I covered my face with my arms and hit the water. I sank under the water and
uncovered my eyes. I looked down and saw that the water kept going on... forever, or so it seemed.
I smiled and I almost laughed out loud... except I couldn't as I was still under water. I swam up and finally
reached the air. I gasped as a little ball of fluff splashed in the water beside me.
"I hate water!" Nyaromon shook water out of her fur and smiled at me. "That was fun."
I nodded and looked up at the people on the cliff, "It's okay!" I called to them, "The water's fine!"
(end Kari)
They looked down at Kari in awe. "Cool." Tai smiled.
"She's crazy." Matt shook his head.
Tai stood up, "Just like all Kamiyas!" Tai said and jumped.
"He's right, they are all crazy."
(Tai)
I could just hear that beautiful stunt song playing, only one thing missing.. a stunt double!
"WOOO HOOO!!!" I sceamed on the top of my lungs. This was a blast! probably because I already knew
I couldn't die but gravity and my mind tried to proove me otherwise. Ha! Like anyone can kill the
almighty Tai of the Digidestined. I laughed, nothing to fear but fear itself, and my fear is dead.
The wind blew my hair wildly and I smiled, it's amazing how you can feel at peace when you're falling
from a cliff. Hmm, I guess we can show all those movie people, this isn't at all scary, it's just..
aww, nevermind... who can describe this? Not all the poet guys in the world, that's for sure. Maybe
a painter, artist can express this kind of stuff... I think.. I looked down at Kari who was waving at
me. I laughed out loud, I couldn't even scream loud enough for this! I tried to wave back but it
came out as a wierd back flip thing, actually, I think I looked somewhat like a bird. Well, maybe
a drunk bird or something.. Okay, water here. I put on my goggles just before I hit the water with
a huge splash. I swam quickly back up to the surface with my leg pounding with every kick and caught my breath.
Kari smiled at me, "Did you like it?"
I looked up, "It's not high enough." I joked.
"Right." She splashed me and I was about to splash her back when a huge Greymon cannon balled right
infront of us.
The waves were huge! "Anybody got a surfboard?"
(End Tai)
"Wow! Let's go!" T.K begged Matt.
"No, you can't even walk, who are u supposed to swim?"
"Tai can and he's hurt."
"Yeah, and it's probably killing him."
"I don't care." T.K insisted.
Matt sighed, "Okay, I'll go first and then I can catch you, deal?"
"Fine."
"Okay. Move aside." Matt smiled and ran and jumped.
(Matt)
Wow... I didn't really like rollercoasters but this was different and there is a word for it..
insane! Bungee jumping without a bungee, it's what all the stunt devils do in the movies... actually,
even they are probably not crazy enough to do it... it's probably a dumby. There was probably an easier
way to do this... and how was T.K going to make it, I looked up and realized my mistake. Too late
now and how was he supposed to get down if they didn't jump... oh, well.. too late now. I looked
down at Tai and Kari who were watching me.
"Just sit back and enjoy the ride!" Tai called to me.
'Right' I thought to myself, falling and enjoying. How did Tai stay afloat anyways? Oh, well..
just sit back and enjoy the ride.. I wasn't going to do this again so might aswell enjoy it.. and it
was pretty cool once you got passed the whole falling to oblivian part out of your mind. I saw Gabumon
fall passed me and just before he landed in the water he yelled, "Matt! T.K!" and splashed.
'Huh?' I looked up and saw no T.K looking over the cliff, "T.-" But I was cut off in mid-word as
I hit the water. I swam up until I finally reached the surface where I looked up again hoping to
see T.K, no chance. This was definately a bad idea...
To be continued...
By Black Cat
