Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon because if I did, I wouldn't waste my time
writing fanfics. The only thing that I own is the four new characters that I
made up. So please do not sue me! I have no money!

Author's notes: I'm back! Sorry about taking another week's break. The only reason
I'm doing is because I keep getting writer's block and I'm trying to refrain from
giving you crappy chapters. So I hope you enjoy chapter 12.

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Chapter 12: Fighting Love


A week had past ever since me and Tai started training. I gotta admit, Tai had really improved since
we started. He was able to run longer than an hour without stopping but also becoming faster. Not to
mention, he had learned how to use some of his power.

We had just went through the gate back to the Digital World because after a few days, we all decided to
go back home and return back during the afternoon. Everyone else was inside talking and hanging out, while
Tai and I were outside.

I brought Tai and Agumon, along with Mushroomon, to the battle area to teach them how to fight more aggressively
but more in a karate type way.

"Rule number one when it comes to fighting me: do everything I tell you and don't argue." I stated.

"Wow. It's amazing how it's the same rule as the others!" Tai replied sarcastically.

"Tai, I'm serious. I can hurt you so badly, that you will be walking funny for a week!" I warned.

"I got'cha." Tai answered raising his hands up in defense. "Don't have to get so vulgar with me."

"Yeah sure." I began. "Just have Agumon Digivolve to Greymon and we can start."

"Why?"

"What did I just say?!" I asked angrily.

"All right! Don't get your bandanna in a twist!" Tai shot back. "Agumon!"

"You got it!" Agumon replied cheerfully. "Agumon Digivolve to...Greymon!"

I looked up to the towering orange dinosaur. He had gotten bigger over the training I've been giving him.
Though, he was still no match for Veedramon.

"Mushroomon, if you please?" I joked.

"My pleasure Tyler!" Mushroomon answered cracking his knuckles. "Mushroomon Digivolve to...Veedramon!"

"Whoa!" Tai exclaimed.

He better be an awe! Veedramon is a mythical dinosaur that has two large horns portraying from his head and
a spike that was at the top of his snout. He has many scars over his body and one across his left eye and a
large blue "V" on his chest.

"Pretty cool, huh?" I asked.

"Yeah. But not as cool as Greymon!" Tai bragged.

"Keep dreaming!" I replied. "Veedramon! How about you and Greymon and have a sparring match while Tai and I have
a sparring match?"

"No prob! This'll be fun!" Veedramon agreed. "C'mon Greymon."

We watched them walk towards the other battle arena as they shook the ground with each step they took.

"Ready?" I grinned.

"Ready and willing!" Tai replied.

We stood apart from each other and went into a fighting stance. Then we concentrated on our crest power and began
to glow a light orange colour causing pebbles and tiny rocks to float up in the air around us while our hair swayed
wildly through the energy flow.

Then we began to float few centimeters off the ground. Suddenly, we flew straight at each other and clasped our hands
together trying to over power the other while we created a small crater below us.

"Is that all you got Kamiya?" I asked through clenched teeth.

"Nope. I got plenty more." He grinned.

We let go of each other's hands and shot up into the air. Now, we were kicking and punching each other to the other one
gave in. Tai shot a kick at my stomach but I grabbed his leg, making sure he couldn't get it free from my grasp. With my
other hand, I punched him in the stomach making him crouch over in pain. Then to finish the battle, I brought my hands together
and brought it over his back, sending him back into the ground.

I came down and landed in front of him and grinned cockily. No matter how much I trained him, he'll never be able to beat me.

"Good job." I congratulated while wiping blood from my lip with my fist. "You actually made me bleed this time."

"Man!" He groaned while he stood up and rubbing the back of his head. "Why don't you hit me a little harder next time!"

"I told you that I can seriously hurt you." I stated. "But your pretty strong for a guy who's only been training for a week."

"Just one of my many hidden talents." Tai shrugged. "I think I had enough for today."

"That's fine. You don't really need anymore training as far as I can tell." I informed him. "Which makes me think your ready for
something else."

"What is it?"

"Follow me." I instructed pointing towards our headquarters.

We walked towards the house and into the back of the conference room, past everyone who was just sitting around. Soon, Mushroomon
and Agumon ran after us, after noticing that we we're gone and waited patiently behind us. I opened a large black door and groped
for the light switch and clicked it on.

The light illuminated the room revealing the place that Gennai had first shown me when I came to the Digital World. The room was exactly
the same as I first saw it, except there was a large metal trunk in the corner with a large lock on it.

"What's in that thing?" Tai asked.

"You'll see." I replied while walking towards it and pulling a key out of my vest pocket.

The lock made a clicking noise when I turned the key and snapped open. I pulled the old rusty lock of the trunk and lifted the lid. Tai
peered in behind me.

"You wanted to show me blankets?" Tai questioned stupidly.

"No moron! I want to show you what's under the blankets!" I spat.

"Geez! Sorry!"

I gently pulled the blankets off the hidden objects to reveal two gleaming swords still inside their sheath.

"Sweet!" Tai exclaimed. "Is one of those mine?"

"Yup." I answered while taking out the sword with a gold shaped figure on it.

"Is this a crest?" Tai asked has I handed it to him.

"It's the crest of Compassion." I stated. "If you look closely enough, you'll find it very familiar." I answered pulling the other
sword out of the trunk.

Tai analyzed the crest mark that was embedded onto the sheath and than raised an eyebrow, giving me a questioning look.

"Why is it half of the crest of Courage and half of the crest of Love?" He inquired.

"You'll see." I grinned.

"Stop saying that?!" He ordered annoyed, then looked at what I was holding. "Is that the Blade of Courage?"

"Yeah. My old buddy." I stated glumly.

Mushroomon came and put a comforting hand on my leg and looked up at me. I looked down to his sorrow-filled eyes like he was
telling me that he knew what I was thinking.

Agumon and Tai exchanged a worried glance and look towards us.

"Ty, you okay?" Agumon asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I replied quickly coming out of my daze.

Tai went back over to the trunk and looked inside again. He found the other little gift I was going to give to him.

"Please tell me these are mine?" Tai pleaded.

"Yeah, there yours." I answered.

"Cool." He stated.

I went over behind him and pulled out a gray outfit out of the trunk and handed the clothes to him.

"Complete with vest and everything." I joked. "But they're not just clothes Tai. There heavier than usual, so when you
train it will increase your fighting power."

"Can I go try them on?" He begged.

"Sure. Go change in my room." I replied.

He ran out of the room and went to change with Agumon in tow. My hand was slung over the side of the open trunk and I
felt something between my fingers. I lifted them up and looked them over. He was going to love these!

"Tyler, are you going to tell him?" Mushroomon asked.

"Tell him what?" I asked innocently.

But before he could answer, Tai came in and swung the door open, smiling like a maniac.

"So, how do I look?" He inquired as he adjusted his vest.

"Like your gramps." I answered. "Except for one thing..."

"Huh?" He questioned puzzled.

"Here. These may not be your goggles, but they'll do." I replied as I placed a pair of silver sunglasses on his head.
I turned him towards the mirror that was hanging next to his grandfather's picture.

"I look just like him." Tai stated in awe. "When he was younger, I mean."

"Hereditary can be scary that way." I replied softly. "C'mon, let's show everyone your new look."

He grinned and walked out the door in front of me as I leaned against the frame of the door. This guy was a glutton for
attention, just like I was.

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Outside the mysterious building, you could hear a procession of battling Digimon and teenagers training for a glorious fight.
Inside the building, down a dark hallway, in a eerie room, stood Mike kneeling before a teenaged boy.

"How are the troops coming along?" He asked while cracking his knuckles.

"Terrific sir. There really itching for a battle." Mike replied. "Though, we still need to find an easy way to bring Tyler down."

"Yes. He keeps getting stronger everyday, along with that Kamiya kid." The figure growled. "There must be way to bring him down
easily. But what?"

Mike look down to the ground and put his hand on his chin in deep thought. Then, he grinned evilly and looked up towards his boss.

"How about Gwen?" Mike suggested.

"What about her?" He asked impatiently.

"What's always the number one weakness to a leader?" Mike asked.

"The person he cares about." The shadow replied smiling, beginning to catch on.

"He cares about Gwen, and Tai cares about Sora." Mike continued.

"And if we kidnap them, they'll fall like an overripe fig." He finished. "Perfect! Send two patrols to kidnap
the girls tomorrow night and then the fun will begin."

"Uh, there's only one problem with that notion," Mike began. "They don't stay the entire night, they go home afterwards."

"Well then, we'll just have to make sure we sabotage the gate back to the Real World, won't we?" He grinned.

"I know just the guys." Mike said. "We have to people here who are skilled with hacking computers."

"Then see to it that they get it done." He answered.

"Yes sir!" Mike replied as he bowed and walked out the door.

The adolescent boy got off of his chair and walked towards the window. He ran his index finger along a scar on his right eye.
He stared hatefully outside his window.

"Soon, I will finally have my revenge!" The figure thought.

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A few hours later, I was walking towards my room to sleep because for some reason we were unable to open the gate between the DigiWorld
and the Real World. In other words, we were stuck!

"Tyler?" A voice called out as I was about to open the door to my room.

I looked out to the hall and saw Sora walking into the light revealing her face.

"What's the matter Squirt?" I asked.

"Can you be serious for a second? I need to talk to you about something important." Sora stated.

"What about?" I questioned as I walked into my room and gestured her to come inside.

"You and Gwen." She replied while she sat down on my bed.

I rolled my eyes as I sat down in a chair.

"Is Serge putting you up to this?" I asked angrily while leaning back.

"No. This is all my doing." She began. "I wanted to talk to you about it sooner, but you've be busy
this passed week."

"If you wanted to talk to me, ya could have just pulled me aside, y'know?" I explained.

"I doubt you'd want Serge to overhear this." She answered. "Anyway, do you love her?"

My eyes widened and my jaw dropped when she finished saying that sentence. I just looked at her dumbly.

"W-What?" I asked.

"Do you love her?" She repeated.

"Well, that's blunt." I mumbled. "I don't know."

"All right then, what if I were to ask you, why did you have a picture of Gwen under your bed?" She asked.

I felt my face burn and knew I was blushing.

"You found that?" I said dumbfounded.

"Forget about what I found, answer my question." She stated.

"I don't know Sor. You could say, I like her a lot."

"So, what is it?" She began. "Like? A Crush? Or love?"

"Please, refrain from using the "L" word." I answered.

"What's with men and being scared to admit how they feel?" She sighed.

"Maybe because we're always having to make the first move in everything." I replied. "Look, are you doing this because I was
bothering you about Tai?"

"No. You think I would stoop as low as you?"

"Ouch! That hurts!" I joked. "C'mon, seriously, why are you doing this for?"

"As a favour to a friend." She said bluntly while standing up.

"Favour? Wait a minute!" I thought. "Sora, do you know something?"

"Maybe." Sora smiled.

"Please, don't imitate me." I begged grabbing her shoulders. "Did Gwen tell you something?"

"Gwen told me that..." She trailed off and looked up at me cutely.

"Okay. I know I deserve this, but be nice to me and tell me if she told you something." I stated.

She sighed and looked up at me noticing how pathetic I probably looked.

"Gwen said that she wants to be in relationship with you but is scared to tell you how she feels because she thinks your
interested in Amanda."

I was on cloud nine when she mention that Gwen liked me. I don't care if people could hear, I was finally going to get Gwen.

"Thank you!!!!!!" I shouted and grabbed Mushroomon and swung him around in a circle making him dizzy.

"I'm glad your happy!" Sora chuckled.

"Happy is not a strong enough word to describe what I'm feeling!"

"How about on the verge to barf is what describes what I'm feeling right now?!" Mushroomon choked.

"Oh, sorry bud!" I apologized putting him down.

"Look at all the stars!" Mushroomon said dizzily.

"So, are you going to tell her?" Sora questioned.

"What, now?"

"Why not? You like her, she likes you." She explained.

"It's not that easy," I began. "I have to figure out what to say to her."

"Well, it's 8:00 now. I think you have a enough time to figure what to say to her."

"Might as well get it over with." I sighed.

"Great." Sora replied walking out the door. "Good luck."

"Y'know Sora," I began as I stood near the door holding the knob while she was walking down the hall. "You should take your own
advice and do the same."

She stopped in her tracks and turned around, looking angrily at me with fire in her crimson eyes. Then she came running at my
door ready to kill me.

"Tyler!" She yelled as I slammed the door in her face. "You're impossible!"

"Look who's talking!" I shouted back on the other side of the door. "At least I can admit when I like someone!"

"You know who I like! I told you back at home!" She argued.

"Maybe I should tell Tai you were screaming and jumping around when I told you about what's going to happen to you two later!"

"Don't you dare, Tyler Takenouchi!" She ordered. "Or I'll tell Serge what just happened now."

"Chill Squirt!" I teased. "I'm joking!"

"You better be," She mumbled.

"Go to bed," I ordered. "You can yell at me some more tomorrow!"

"Fine." She murmured as she walked towards Gwen's room.

I shook my head amusingly and was chuckling slightly. I really got to start backing off a bit before Sora loses her
temper and beats the crap outta me.

"Now for me," I said to myself. "This ain't going to be easy."

to be continued...

A/N: Reveiw me, please?