Title: The Courage Child
Author: angel zeniko-chan
Email: zeni24@hotmail.com
Pairing: Taito, Takari, Koushiro/Sora, and Mimi/Jyou
Summary: Back in the digital world. Takes place after their fight with Piedmon. Someone comes for Taichi and the digidestineds are looking for him.
Author's Notes: read please!!!
Disclaimer: Digimon's not mine... happy people? So no flaming!!
*** change of POV or time gap
"speaking"
'thinking'
Italics: letter
The Courage Child
Part 5
"So, did they read it?" Tai asked the group that just returned from delivering his letter.
Griffonmon nodded after Tai dismissed the other two catlimon, who went to get some rest after that long run they just had. "Yes, Master."
"Are they heading this way still?" Tai asked, half of him hoping they were and the other half, hoping they weren't.
Griffonmon shook his head, curious about why his master was asking these questions. "No master. They'll be here in a few days."
Tai nodded. "Good job. You may have the rest of the day off if you'd like. And don't call me master."
The bodyguard looked confused. "Then what shall I call you?"
"Call me by my name, Taichi. Or if you must, then call me king. But not master, because I am not enslaving you." Tai answered him.
Griffonmon had a trace of a smile on his face. This... kid, really did know what he was doing. He had the leader sense in him, and Miliramon made a good choice in selecting him as the king. "Very well... Tai."
Tai nodded again, but this time he smiled. "You may take that rest now." He dismissed Griffonmon, who bowed low before running off, probably towards the kitchen.
Then Taichi turned to his balcony where many of his people were yelling. He opened the door and there was silence. "What is happening here?" He asked one of the pheonixmon who were flying around, trying to ward digimon away from his door.
"They want to hear you play, my lord." The giant fire birds bowed.
Tai smiled. His digimon people had never heard of anything like the music he played from his flute. "Very well. Calm them down and I will play for them." He said. He knew that they wouldn't let him alone if he didn't, and plus, he liked playing for people.
The fiery birds flew off in every direction, getting the digimon to be silent.
They all did when they saw Taichi bring the flute to his lips and blew. The most soothing sound came out and the digimon found themselves falling in love with the music.
Tai was happy in his head. It wasn't all that bad.
***
Miliramon was also smiling from her own balconey. She watched as her young king played his music, entrancing every digimon who could hear the sound.
This Taichi. He seemed destined to rule. Everyone listened to him. Not one digimon in the world was not hypnotised by the music played by their human king's flute.
It almost seemed to Miliramon that Taichi Kamiya was more then just a Digidestined Leader. 'His courage to act out in times of need, the courage he displays... no... it couldn't be...' Miliramon thought to herself. But despite her mind's protesting, her heart told her otherwise.
The Courage Child. The Leader of Peace.
'Perhaps,' she thought, 'I shall watch him furthermore.' She knew that she was fated to serve this Courage Child, which was the reason she first wanted Taichi. She was awaiting the arrival of the Leader. Maybe her wait has just ended. But she wouldn't know unless he actually transformed. 'I will wait.' She thought. 'It is all worth it in the end.'
If need be, she would follow the Courage Child to the ends of the earth.
***
Yamato and the others climbed up to the top of the mountain and looked down. Although Tai had made Jyou the leader, Yamato was the leader because Jyou was always too worried about being attacked by digimon or how they'd survive. So Yamato was the leader because he could come up with decently good plans and strategies.
Jyou didn't mind. He didn't want all the responsibility of others and secretly admired Tai for being about to work under those conditions.
Not standing at the top of the mountain, Yamato scanned the area before him. In the distance, not that far away, he coujld see the towers of a gigantic castle. Surprisingly to him, the castle looked... pleasent.
It was big and made out of red brick. The digimon who lived there were happy and looked in good spirits, doing their everyday thing.
Yamato shook his head and told himself that it was all a lie. Then he turned to the other digidestined who were also looking down at the village. He explained their plan of action to get Tai out and defeat Miliramon.
They all thought it was a dangerous, because there were so many digimon there that could fight, but they went along with it. They all wanted Taichi to be safely back with them, so they relunctantly agreed, Agumon being the first one to do so.
"Let's get some sleep. We have lots to do tomorrow." Yamato said. Their attack was to start at dawn to take the kingdom by surprise and everyone needed to get their sleep.
***
"Wing Blade!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Hand of Fate!"
"Celestrial Arrow!"
"What?!" Miliramon cried, shooting out of her big bed. She ran to the front door of her beloved castle. "What is happening here?" She asked, grabbing a catlimon on the way.
"T-the castle's under attack..." He stuttered.
"I know that. But why who?" She growled.
"D-d-digi...des...t-tineds.." He quivered. He didn't want to be on Miliramon's bad side. She had a quick temper.
Miliramon sighed and threw him to one side. "I'll take care of this myslef." Then she strolled into the open where the digidestineds were waiting.
***
Taichi woke up to the sound of battle, and the cry of Megakabuterimon's Electro Shocker.
"Megakabuterimon?" Tai jumped out of bed in only his pants. He ran out the door faster then anyone could say Agumon. "What is happening?" He asked Griffonmon, who was angry from being awaken so early in the morning.
"An attack on the castle. Digidestineds, your majesty."
"Digidestineds?" Tai asked, not noticing that his guard's captain called him 'majesty'. His mind was whirling, full of thoughts.
Griffonmon nodded. "Lady Miliramon has gone to sto-" Before he could finish his sentence, Taichi ran out of the door, to the front yard where the battle was held.
Miliramon and her guards were at the front, facing Tai's friends. Both sides got ready to launch their most powerful attacks.
"Attack!" Miliramon and Yamato cried at the same time.
A splitsecond later, Tai ran out and the attacks hit him, surrounding him by each side, giving him no chance to escape.
"Tai!" The humans cried, horrified.
"My lord!" The catlimons shouted, stopping in their tracks.
Miliramon stood in front, her mouth open, staring at the bright light which fell from the sky and came from deep beneath the earth. "It is..." She said, awed.
Everyone watched as lights flowed from every direction to where Tai stood just a while ago. Each light twisted itself to form Tai's crest. The Crest of Courage. Then it shoot to the giant light beam covering Tai's body. There was a flash of white and everyone closed their eyes from the harsh glare.
When they opened their eyes, the beam was still there, but someone was coming out of it.
Yamato looked around. He was still standing at the front door of Miliramon's castle. All his friends were there too. Then the first thing he saw from the beam of light, was a pair of mocha coloured eyes.
The figure from the light wore a pair of blue pants, which flared a bit at the bottom. His chest was barre, the muscles showing many fights and battles. On his back were a pair of big, white angel wings. At his shoulder, was the sun that signified Courage. His hair neatly fell over his chocolate eyes, over the blue headband he wore. And to finish his outfit, he had white combat boots and white fingerless golves.
"Tai..." Yamato said, awed as he stared at his beloved. He'd always thought that Tai looked like an angel, and this proved his thought even more so.
"The Courage Child... my lord."
Everyone gasped as Miliramon bowed low to Taichi. "I've waited so long for you to come." She said, in a voice of deep respect.
The person who was Tai, smiled. He looked older as well as wiser. "Miliramon, thank you for always having faith in me." The Courage Child's voice was a soothing and gentle voice.
Then the angel turned to the Digidestineds. "I'm the Courage Child, otherwise known as Taichi Kamiya in your world. I am also the Leader of Peace, the protector of the digital world." He told them.
Koushiro had taken his laptop out and was typing furiously at the keyboard.
The Courage Child smirked and everyone could see the resemblence in Tai and the Courage Child.
"It's no use, Joushiro. I am not a digimon."
"Then what are you?" Gabumon asked, curious.
"And what did you do with Tai?" Agumon clenched his fists (paws).
The Courage Child smiled softly and looked to his counterpart's digimon partner. "I'm... I guess you could say that I'm an angel."
"Really? You were always an angel to me..." Yamato muttered. Then noticing that everyone was staring at him, he blushed wildly and turned away. "Sorry..." He said softly. He didn't mean to say that out loud. It had just popped up.
"I'm Tai. We are one person." Tai explained, but everyone was still confused, so Taichi continued. "I will always be the same Tai would led you guys to battle. I will just have double the responsibility. And plus," He gave them a winning smile, "I get to fight instead of watching from the sidelines."
Everyone knew how much he hated that and nodded their agreement, but Agumon was still not convinced. Now that Tai was even more powerful then he was, his human/protector partner didn't need anyone to protect himself.
Taichi saw the look on his face and shook his head. "Agumon, I still need you. We're a team. No matter what happens."
Then TK's stomach grumbled, followed by everyone else's in the digidestined group.
"I still have many things to explain." Taichi said and settled down on the ground. "But first, I bet you're all hungry." He raised his arms and a giant picnic appeared before the castle. He waved to the delicious food which sat upon the ground and welcomed everyone to it. "Dig in."
While they ate, he explained everything he knew about his existence. He was the one who looked after the digital world. "I expect that I do have several digimon attacks, but I've never tried using them before." He chuckled, while sipping a bit of the drink he had conjured up.
At the end of their discussion, everyone was happy and full up and they were also good friends. Miliramon let them stay at the castle as long as they wanted to. She and Mimi had gotten along very well, talking about the latest fashion in the real world and in the digital world.
After the delightful meal, everyone left to explore the giant palace. Everyone except for Tai, Yamato and Kari.
"I'm glad you're back, big brother. Don't ever leave me please..."
Tai hugged his sister back. "I love you too much to leave you again. Now go in. Me and Yamato have some things to talk about."
Yamato looked at him. Taichi smiled right back, making him blush.
"Oh... OH!" Kari understood what her brother was going to say to the blonde. She smiled and gave the thumbs up to both of them then ran to catch TK's hand during their tour of their new shelter for the next while.
Yamato looked at the one he loved. He was so beautiful. The sun was just setting and the rays of light bounced off Tai's hair, making it shine to an almost brownish gold glint. His brown eyes sparkled while he watched Yamato.
"Yama..." Tai started after their long silence.
Yamato cut him off, not looking into the deep pools of brown. "Tai, I need to tell you... I care for you too. I've loved you since we first met. Remeber the day when we first bumped into each other? Your eyes, your smile, everything of you attracted my attention." He turned away. "But now... I realized that..." He broke off. He had to tell Taichi how he felt. "I realized that... you're too perfect for me. You belong to someone better... Even if I can't have you, I'll always love you..." He trailed off, his eyes filling with tears.
Taichi reached one hand over to brush the tears away. Then he cupped Yamato's face in his hands so that the blonde looked straight into the angel's eyes. "I love you too."
Then to Yamato's surprise, he started to laugh.
Yamato liked his laugh a lot. In fact, he's always been jealous because Sora could make Tai laugh like that and he couldn't. But right now, it hurt. It hurt a lot to see and hear Taichi laugh at him. He got up, ready to leave.
Tai calmed down just enough to pull Yamato back down. "Yama..." When the holder of Friendship didn't answer him, he sighed. "Sorry. I didn't mean to laugh at you. It's just that I always thought you were too perfect for me..."
Yamato stared at him, his mouth open.
Tai smiled. Then he gently brought his lips down to meet Yamato's. And there, under the sunset, they shared the most wonderful kiss ever while their friends watched and sighed at the cute sight.
***
Yamato woke up the next morning to the browing of roostermon. The sun had just come up, creating a wonderful scene. The blonde smiled and closed his eyes, envisioning how his love would look before he looked down.
Tai's unruly hair just trailing down the side of his face, some of his long bangs hanging in front of his eyes and the smile on his face making look like an absolute angel, (no pun intended since Tai-chan is an angel). Yamato looked down at his beautiful angel and gasped.
Tai was hunched over, his form crawled up into a ball. His beautiful brown eyes which Yamato longed to see were squeezed up tightly and his breathing was shallow... Too shallow for Yamato's liking.
"Tai! Taichi!" Yamato tried calling Tai's name and shaking his shoulders gently.
"Oh no!" Yamato suddenly realized that Tai had gone too many days with the poison in his veins.
"Koushiro!" He ran into Sora and Koushiro's room, where they were wrapped in a tight embrace, their clothing still on.
"Wh-what?" Koushiro asked, relunctantly letting go of Sora and rubbing his eyes tiredly. "What's happening?"
"The cure! The antidote!" Yamato cried. He was afraid that Tai might... might... He pushed the idea away from his mind. "Hurry up! Tai's not good. We gotta get it to him now!"
Koushiro's eyes widened and he was awake. "Shit!" He and Yamato ran into Jyou's room where the soon-to-be-doctor and the soon-to-be-model were sharing a passionate kiss.
"Hey!" They both cried, falling back as a frantic Koushiro and Yamato rushed in, interrupting their romantic moment.
"No time. We have to get the antidote to Tai before he dies from something horrible and we're left to ourselves!!!" Koushiro said in one breath. Yamato dragged Jyou and his medicine bag out of the room to his and Tai's shared room with the computer nerd running behind them, shooing them along.
"What's happening here?" Miliramon asked, stepping aside a second before Koushiro, Jyou and Yamato ploughed through.
"Somethin' 'bout Tai n' an antidote..." Mimi yawned sleepily while telling her friend.
Miliramon's eyes widned. "No! I didn't mean to!" She cried out. Mimi patted her back. "It's ok. Tai's tough. He's the leader, he'll get through." Miliramon nodded and with new hope in their hearts, Sora and them followed the boys to Yamato and Taichi's room.
Jyou and Koushiro tried to hold Tai down while Yamato tried to pour the antidote down his throat, but Taichi shook too much to do so.
The girls, helped restraint the shaking Tai, but try as he might, Yamato couldn't get the potion in. Finally he got an idea and poured it into his own mouth.
Everyone looked at him, shocked. "YAMATO!" They shouted. Tai needed every single drop, but Yamato had a plan. He went over to Taichi with the potion in his mouth and kissed him, prying the dark angel's mouth open. Yamato forced him to swallow every last bit until Tai stopped shaking and fell asleep.
"Whew..." Everyone sighe in relief that it was over. After making sure that Taichi was really okay, they all went back to sleep, despite the fact that it was almost noon.
So when the youngest of the digidestineds, Kari and TK, woke up, they wondered why many hours later, their friends were still asleep, not knowing the panic the older digidestineds had gone through.
***
The dark angel's eyes opened slightly. "Thanks Yama..." he whispered. He knew what had happened from the Courage Child inside him. Then he pulled the sleeping Yamato into a loving embrace. "I love you, Yamato Ishida." He kissed Yamato's forehead.
"I love you too, Taichi Kamiya, my angel..." Yamato said in his sleep.
Both smiled and fell asleep in the other's safe, warm, loving arms, vowing never to let go of the other again.
The End
angel zeniko-chan: how was that? Good? Bad? Please let me know!!! And looked for my next story, which I haven't decided yet... Most likely another Taito! They're so cute together!