1 Master of Courage

Me: I'm back! This is continued off of The Legend of the Elders.

Matt: Is this the one where..

Me: (covered Matt's mouth) Don't say anything!

Mimi: (giggles)

Sora: Is this the one where what?

Me: (shakes her head) You'll find out as soon as I write the fic

Yolei: I guess it's a surprise then

Me: (nods) Only Matt knows what happens in the story. and so do I

Tai: Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon

Me: (smacks Tai upside his head) You're not me!

Tai: (grins sheepishly)

Me: Let's get this story rolling!

Tai and the others were resting in a forest near a lake on a nice sunny day. While the others were out playing Tag, Tai looked at his crest. All of a sudden, it seemed to move around, rearranging itself. The small triangles were already inside one of the circles while the big triangles were pointing inward.

'What's going on with my crest?' Tai asked himself. Kari ran over to Tai, seeing that he was looking at his crest.

"Are you going to play with us?" Kari asked.

"Ok, I'll play this round." Tai said, taking his eyes away from his crest.

"Ok, then you're it!" Kari shouted playfully, running far away from him.

Tai smiled and ran into the woods where all the kids ran. He got Matt, who was already smiling at Tai's attitude. He ran after his brother while the kids kept out of their way. Unknown to the digidestined, Myotismon was watching them.

'Look at them..they're nothing but children but they can cause so much trouble! Tai is already receiving his powers, I must stop him from using them!' Myotismon thought evilly.

"Humilinatomon?"

"Yes lord Myotismon?" asked the fiery Digimon.

"Destroy Tai before he uses or discovers his powers." Myotismon ordered.

"Yes lord, I won't let you down." Humilinatomon bowed deeply before dashing off. Myotismon smiled darkly as he watched them play.

Tai was it once more and the others were running as fast as they could away from Tai. Tai walked around, wondering where the others were when suddenly he got hit by a fireball.

"Ow! Who's there?" Tai asked.

A fiery Digimon stepped out, throwing back his cloak. He looked a lot like Skullmeramon, only the flames were blood-red.

"You're Tai.I must destroy you!" He said in his deep, crackling voice.

"Oh no you don't!" yelled Matt as he and the others came.

"Do not interfere with my battle! I must destroy him before he learns something very dangerous." Humilinatomon said.

Tai then looked at his crest, which had already stopped rearranging itself. The big triangles had small circles inside them while the small triangles were pointing inward to the smaller circle. The crest was no longer orange, it was all the 8 colors of all the 8 crests. Orange was in between blue and red, red had pink beside it and beside pink was yellow. On blue's other side was purple, then green, and gray was beside green. All the colors were glowing brightly as Tai was enveloped in an orange circle of fire. The flames danced around his body and Tai raised his hands outstretched towards Humilinatomon.

"You seem to be too late, Humilinatomon, I have already learned about my power. I am the Fire Elder!" Tai yelled softly as his hands released a ball of light and fire.

The ball hit Humilinatomon so hard it knocked him off balance. He cried out in defeat as he stared into the eyes of the Fire Elder.

"Even though you found you're power, the other 3 Elders haven't." Humilinatomon said as he slowly disappeared.

All of the digidestined stared in shock at Tai. They now know he was one of the Elders that is supposed to protect the world. Tai looked at the others in a way they haven't seen him before. His eyes were still the same chocolate brown but his hair was turning from brown to black. An orange cloak appeared around his body as he swiftly turned to the west and headed off.

"Where you going Tai?" Sora shouted.

"To the place I protect." He shouted back as he disappeared along the horizion.

The Fire Elder was discovered, which one of the 3 remaining Elders is going to get their power? Find out in: Guardian of Ice.