Fire and Ice
Have You Ever Wondered....?
By Starrysapphire, Taito Empress
Disclaimer - I don't own Digimon and probably never will. I make no money from this and only write it for my own satisfaction.
TAITO as usual. Yaoi. I've warned you, don't you dare pretend that I haven't.
IMPORTANT! READ THIS OR YOU WON'T GET THE STORY!!!!!!
Right, Season 2 has finished (I don't know what's possessed me to include Season 2, I've seen ONE episode and probably won't be seeing anymore for months thanks to CITV's crappy schedules) and a couple of years have passed. Joe's eighteen, Tai, Matt and Sora are seventeen, Izzy and Mimi are sixteen, Yolei's fifteen, Davis, TK, Kari and Ken are fourteen and Iori's thirteen. I've guessed with a couple of ages but I'm hoping it's right (I'm assuming that Yolei's older than TK and co. and Iori's younger than them. And I'm using the Japanese name Iori quite simply because, he is NOT a Cody and Cody's a fairly crap name anyway. Also, it'll piss Saban off). Anyway, they've all returned to the Digiworld to save it again. To be completely honest, I haven't got a clue whether the old Digidestineds can still digivolve normally and to even more honest, I couldn't give a damn. This is my own alternate reality and they all can digivolve damn it! Also, they only S2 Digimon I know are Veemon and Flamedrmon of whatever. So I won't be mentioning their names or attacks.
Additional note - I don't give two damns what was said at the end, Matt and Sora are NOT dating dammit!
Tai sighed and leaned back against the tree he'd chosen to sleep against. Around him, the other Digidestined were fast asleep. But he was restless. He wasn't sure what was keeping him awake but something was bothering him and he just couldn't doze off.
Maybe it was being back in the Digiworld after so long. Maybe it was just worry about everyone else. Whatever it was, Tai didn't like it.
They hadn't been expecting to return to the Digital World. They'd been having a sort of reunion in the original summer camp which had led to the original Digidestined arriving in the Digital World the first time. Then the sky had literally opened, drenching them all with a torrent of rain. As they'd run for shelter, Tai had felt a strange sensation like he was being lifted up, thrown into the air and landing in the exact same place.
Only he hadn't been in the exact same place. He'd been standing up to his ankles in a lake in the Digital World, the others all standing nearby looking confused. Then the Digimon had arrived which had been great but they couldn't help wondering what they'd been pulled back for. The Digimon didn't know of anything particularly dangerous that was happening although a few Digimon seemed to have been fighting more often recently. But that was nothing, could be attributable to the unusual amount of heat that they'd been having in the Digital World recently.
That had been two days ago. And they still didn't know why they'd returned to the Digital World.
Glancing over the group, Tai noticed that although Gabumon was there, Matt wasn't. Now he listened, he could hear the faint strains of Matt's harmonica echoing in the distance. Scrambling to his feet, Tai moved in that direction. Maybe talking with Matt would help clear his head a little.
He found Matt sitting beside the nearby lake. Quietly he sat down next to his friend. Matt stopped playing and glanced at him before turning back to looking at the still water. He hadn't changed much since they were fourteen. He had grown a few more inches and his face looked slightly more mature but mostly, he hadn't changed. Tai couldn't help noticed that his eyes had always stayed the same though the years. A deep blue, ranging from icy when he was angry or morose to an azure colour when he was feeling happy or relaxed. At that moment they were icy.
"Still go off and mope with your harmonica?" Tai joked.
Matt snorted but didn't say anything. Tai sighed.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked.
"Nothing," Matt said "I just wanted to be alone for a little while, that's all."
Tai nodded understandingly. He knew that Matt still needed some alone time no matter how much more relaxed he'd got around the Digidestined group.
"What about you?" Matt asked, still not looking at Tai.
"I'm just worried," Tai admitted "I don't know what we're fighting and I worry about the younger ones. It bothers me being left dangling like this."
Matt just nodded, still not looking at Tai. It made Tai feel a little uneasy and slightly confused. Why wouldn't Matt look at him? Had he done something wrong?
"Matt, what's wrong?" he asked "I know it's more that you've told me."
Matt paused.
"Tai," he said suddenly in a low voice "You've kissed lots of girls haven't you?"
Tai nodded. He was pretty popular in school and girls liked him. He'd had lots of girlfriends but none really serious.
"Yes," he said uncertainly, wondering what Matt was getting at.
"Have you ever wondered whether it would be different with a boy?"
Tai paused, his brain reeling with shock.
"No..." he said, startled to find that his voice was low and husky.
Matt turned, his eyes staring into Tai's. Tai found himself unable to look away.
"Wouldn't you like to find out?"
Before Tai could respond, Matt reached out and took Tai's shoulders and kissed him gently, his hands stopping Tai moving away. Tai froze in absolute confusion. Matt was kissing him. Yamato Ishida, the boy he'd known for years and years as a best friend was kissing him like they were far, far more than just friends. Matt was right, Tai had kissed a lot of girls. But this felt different to all of them.
Almost instinctively, Tai leaned into the kiss, returning it. Matt instantly tightened his grip, pulling Tai even closer to him. He broke off slightly, letting Tai breathe but kept kissing him lightly before pulling him into another long passionate kiss. Tai still wasn't sure, didn't know if he understood what was happening to him but it felt so nice, was so easy to lose himself in Matt's arms, not to think or worry about anything....
A scream shattered the still night air, causing the two of them to jerk away from each other. For a second they just stared at each other. Then as the scream echoed again from the direction of their camp. Turning, they ran back to the camp.
"TAI!"
It was Kari. She sounded terrified.
"I'm coming Kari!" Tai shouted. Together, he and Matt skidded into the clearing. Then they stared.
Looming over them was a huge Digimon. It appeared to be some sort of wolf animal with giant teeth and claws. It snarled at them. One of it's great grey paws was pinning Kari to the floor. The Digimon had all digivolved except Agumon and Gabumon who were helpless without Tai and Matt. The wolf-Digimon bent down and snapped at Kari. She tried to roll away with another scream.
"Kari!" Tai cried.
Behind him, the other Digidestined were gathering.
"Where were you?" Davis shouted angrily.
Tai could feel himself blushing guiltily. He swallowed.
"Agumon!"
Agumon warp-digivolved to WarGreymon.
"Terraforce!" he shouted.
The wolf-Digimon dodged. Kari finally broke free and threw herself into the safety of the others. Blood trickled from grazes and cuts but she looked all right.
"Full Moon Claw!" the wolf-Digimon shouted.
WarGreymon was sent spinning backwards as the claws struck him. Tai winced in sympathy. The other Digimon were attacking but they didn't seem to affect the wolf-Digimon at all. But it was backing off. Then it turned to face them.
"Know this Digidestined!" it cried. It's voice was decided feminine and very sweet sounding. It would undoubtedly be a great singer "I am Fenrirmon! Remember my name for I will be back to destroy you! When you least expect it, when you are least prepared, I will strike and pick you off one by one!"
Then she - it had to be a she - turned and bounded away. Tai instantly turned to Kari.
"Are you okay?" he asked her.
Before she could reply, Davis turned on him.
"Of course she's not okay!" he shouted "That thing was squashing her! She could have died! And you weren't here! Where the hell were you?"
Tai could feel tears pricking at his eyes.
"We....I was....talking....with Matt," he said slowly. Just saying Matt's name made him burn with shame. If he hadn't been so wrapped up in Matt, maybe he'd have heard something, got there quicker! God, why the hell had he done that? He wasn't gay, he didn't want any guy like that!
He stared at Kari. Sora and Joe were busy examining her wounds. She looked up weakly and smiled.
"It's okay Tai," she said "I'm all right."
Tai gave her a small smile. He caught Joe's eye. Joe gave a sort of shrug. He was worried. Tai felt a pang of guilt.
"We'd better set up watches for the rest of the night," Joe said, sounding firm "We need two as someone should keep an eye on Kari. I'll go on first watch with Tai. Then Matt and Sora, then Davis and Yolei and then Izzy and TK can finish up the night. Okay?"
Everyone nodded. Slowly they settled down. Tai sat there, staring into the darkness, biting his lip fiercely. He was such a fool!
"Tai?"
It was Joe.
"Is Kari okay?" Tai asked.
Joe frowned unhappily.
"I'm not sure," he said honestly "Her wounds don't look bad but I think she might have minor concussion. And..."
He held out a handkerchief. There was some sort of black stuff on it.
"This was around some of the cuts," he said.
"Poison?" Tai whispered.
"Maybe," Joe said "That's why I want people watching Kari all night. We need to know if..."
His voice trailed away uncertainly and he shrugged. Tai gulped.
"Thanks Joe," he said "You keep watch over her then."
Joe patted his shoulder and went back over to Kari. He'd grown up a lot since the first trip in the Digiworld. He no longer jumped at everything he saw and was a mature, responsible person. It made Tai feel better to have him around.
But only a little.
"Tai?"
It was Matt, whispering quietly so Joe wouldn't hear him. He was staring at Tai anxiously out of his sapphire eyes. Tai looked back.
"Are you okay?" Matt whispered.
"No," Tai said "Kari's..."
"I heard," Matt said.
Tai gulped. Then he pulled his gaze firmly away from Matt's.
"I should have been here!" he said, his voice cracking "I should have been here to look after her!"
"You can't blame yourself," Matt said comfortingly.
"No," Tai said "I blame you."
He heard Matt's sharp intake of breath but was too angry and miserable to care.
"If I hadn't been with you, I'd have been able to help her!" he said "If you hadn't..."
His voice trailed off. God, he couldn't believe he'd let Matt do that to him! He wasn't like that, he wasn't gay, he was straight, he was normal.
"Tai," Matt said, his voice sounding small and shaky "I thought you..."
"Wanted that?" Tai hissed. His guilt was turning into rage now and even though he vaguely knew that it was unfair, he continued anyway "No Matt. No way. Thanks to you, my sister could have died. What happened between us was wrong. And it's not going to happen again."
"Wrong?" Matt said, his voice quavering slightly "Tai, it wasn't..."
"It was!" Tai snapped "It was wrong and horrible and....and unnatural!"
He knew that that was a terribly cruel thing to say but he didn't care. He thought he heard Matt give a small sob. Then he heard him move away and lie down, curling up next to Gabumon.
Tai just kept staring out into the blackness of the forest, not letting himself think about Kari or Matt or anything.
End of Part One.
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Have You Ever Wondered....?
By Starrysapphire, Taito Empress
Disclaimer - I don't own Digimon and probably never will. I make no money from this and only write it for my own satisfaction.
TAITO as usual. Yaoi. I've warned you, don't you dare pretend that I haven't.
IMPORTANT! READ THIS OR YOU WON'T GET THE STORY!!!!!!
Right, Season 2 has finished (I don't know what's possessed me to include Season 2, I've seen ONE episode and probably won't be seeing anymore for months thanks to CITV's crappy schedules) and a couple of years have passed. Joe's eighteen, Tai, Matt and Sora are seventeen, Izzy and Mimi are sixteen, Yolei's fifteen, Davis, TK, Kari and Ken are fourteen and Iori's thirteen. I've guessed with a couple of ages but I'm hoping it's right (I'm assuming that Yolei's older than TK and co. and Iori's younger than them. And I'm using the Japanese name Iori quite simply because, he is NOT a Cody and Cody's a fairly crap name anyway. Also, it'll piss Saban off). Anyway, they've all returned to the Digiworld to save it again. To be completely honest, I haven't got a clue whether the old Digidestineds can still digivolve normally and to even more honest, I couldn't give a damn. This is my own alternate reality and they all can digivolve damn it! Also, they only S2 Digimon I know are Veemon and Flamedrmon of whatever. So I won't be mentioning their names or attacks.
Additional note - I don't give two damns what was said at the end, Matt and Sora are NOT dating dammit!
Tai sighed and leaned back against the tree he'd chosen to sleep against. Around him, the other Digidestined were fast asleep. But he was restless. He wasn't sure what was keeping him awake but something was bothering him and he just couldn't doze off.
Maybe it was being back in the Digiworld after so long. Maybe it was just worry about everyone else. Whatever it was, Tai didn't like it.
They hadn't been expecting to return to the Digital World. They'd been having a sort of reunion in the original summer camp which had led to the original Digidestined arriving in the Digital World the first time. Then the sky had literally opened, drenching them all with a torrent of rain. As they'd run for shelter, Tai had felt a strange sensation like he was being lifted up, thrown into the air and landing in the exact same place.
Only he hadn't been in the exact same place. He'd been standing up to his ankles in a lake in the Digital World, the others all standing nearby looking confused. Then the Digimon had arrived which had been great but they couldn't help wondering what they'd been pulled back for. The Digimon didn't know of anything particularly dangerous that was happening although a few Digimon seemed to have been fighting more often recently. But that was nothing, could be attributable to the unusual amount of heat that they'd been having in the Digital World recently.
That had been two days ago. And they still didn't know why they'd returned to the Digital World.
Glancing over the group, Tai noticed that although Gabumon was there, Matt wasn't. Now he listened, he could hear the faint strains of Matt's harmonica echoing in the distance. Scrambling to his feet, Tai moved in that direction. Maybe talking with Matt would help clear his head a little.
He found Matt sitting beside the nearby lake. Quietly he sat down next to his friend. Matt stopped playing and glanced at him before turning back to looking at the still water. He hadn't changed much since they were fourteen. He had grown a few more inches and his face looked slightly more mature but mostly, he hadn't changed. Tai couldn't help noticed that his eyes had always stayed the same though the years. A deep blue, ranging from icy when he was angry or morose to an azure colour when he was feeling happy or relaxed. At that moment they were icy.
"Still go off and mope with your harmonica?" Tai joked.
Matt snorted but didn't say anything. Tai sighed.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked.
"Nothing," Matt said "I just wanted to be alone for a little while, that's all."
Tai nodded understandingly. He knew that Matt still needed some alone time no matter how much more relaxed he'd got around the Digidestined group.
"What about you?" Matt asked, still not looking at Tai.
"I'm just worried," Tai admitted "I don't know what we're fighting and I worry about the younger ones. It bothers me being left dangling like this."
Matt just nodded, still not looking at Tai. It made Tai feel a little uneasy and slightly confused. Why wouldn't Matt look at him? Had he done something wrong?
"Matt, what's wrong?" he asked "I know it's more that you've told me."
Matt paused.
"Tai," he said suddenly in a low voice "You've kissed lots of girls haven't you?"
Tai nodded. He was pretty popular in school and girls liked him. He'd had lots of girlfriends but none really serious.
"Yes," he said uncertainly, wondering what Matt was getting at.
"Have you ever wondered whether it would be different with a boy?"
Tai paused, his brain reeling with shock.
"No..." he said, startled to find that his voice was low and husky.
Matt turned, his eyes staring into Tai's. Tai found himself unable to look away.
"Wouldn't you like to find out?"
Before Tai could respond, Matt reached out and took Tai's shoulders and kissed him gently, his hands stopping Tai moving away. Tai froze in absolute confusion. Matt was kissing him. Yamato Ishida, the boy he'd known for years and years as a best friend was kissing him like they were far, far more than just friends. Matt was right, Tai had kissed a lot of girls. But this felt different to all of them.
Almost instinctively, Tai leaned into the kiss, returning it. Matt instantly tightened his grip, pulling Tai even closer to him. He broke off slightly, letting Tai breathe but kept kissing him lightly before pulling him into another long passionate kiss. Tai still wasn't sure, didn't know if he understood what was happening to him but it felt so nice, was so easy to lose himself in Matt's arms, not to think or worry about anything....
A scream shattered the still night air, causing the two of them to jerk away from each other. For a second they just stared at each other. Then as the scream echoed again from the direction of their camp. Turning, they ran back to the camp.
"TAI!"
It was Kari. She sounded terrified.
"I'm coming Kari!" Tai shouted. Together, he and Matt skidded into the clearing. Then they stared.
Looming over them was a huge Digimon. It appeared to be some sort of wolf animal with giant teeth and claws. It snarled at them. One of it's great grey paws was pinning Kari to the floor. The Digimon had all digivolved except Agumon and Gabumon who were helpless without Tai and Matt. The wolf-Digimon bent down and snapped at Kari. She tried to roll away with another scream.
"Kari!" Tai cried.
Behind him, the other Digidestined were gathering.
"Where were you?" Davis shouted angrily.
Tai could feel himself blushing guiltily. He swallowed.
"Agumon!"
Agumon warp-digivolved to WarGreymon.
"Terraforce!" he shouted.
The wolf-Digimon dodged. Kari finally broke free and threw herself into the safety of the others. Blood trickled from grazes and cuts but she looked all right.
"Full Moon Claw!" the wolf-Digimon shouted.
WarGreymon was sent spinning backwards as the claws struck him. Tai winced in sympathy. The other Digimon were attacking but they didn't seem to affect the wolf-Digimon at all. But it was backing off. Then it turned to face them.
"Know this Digidestined!" it cried. It's voice was decided feminine and very sweet sounding. It would undoubtedly be a great singer "I am Fenrirmon! Remember my name for I will be back to destroy you! When you least expect it, when you are least prepared, I will strike and pick you off one by one!"
Then she - it had to be a she - turned and bounded away. Tai instantly turned to Kari.
"Are you okay?" he asked her.
Before she could reply, Davis turned on him.
"Of course she's not okay!" he shouted "That thing was squashing her! She could have died! And you weren't here! Where the hell were you?"
Tai could feel tears pricking at his eyes.
"We....I was....talking....with Matt," he said slowly. Just saying Matt's name made him burn with shame. If he hadn't been so wrapped up in Matt, maybe he'd have heard something, got there quicker! God, why the hell had he done that? He wasn't gay, he didn't want any guy like that!
He stared at Kari. Sora and Joe were busy examining her wounds. She looked up weakly and smiled.
"It's okay Tai," she said "I'm all right."
Tai gave her a small smile. He caught Joe's eye. Joe gave a sort of shrug. He was worried. Tai felt a pang of guilt.
"We'd better set up watches for the rest of the night," Joe said, sounding firm "We need two as someone should keep an eye on Kari. I'll go on first watch with Tai. Then Matt and Sora, then Davis and Yolei and then Izzy and TK can finish up the night. Okay?"
Everyone nodded. Slowly they settled down. Tai sat there, staring into the darkness, biting his lip fiercely. He was such a fool!
"Tai?"
It was Joe.
"Is Kari okay?" Tai asked.
Joe frowned unhappily.
"I'm not sure," he said honestly "Her wounds don't look bad but I think she might have minor concussion. And..."
He held out a handkerchief. There was some sort of black stuff on it.
"This was around some of the cuts," he said.
"Poison?" Tai whispered.
"Maybe," Joe said "That's why I want people watching Kari all night. We need to know if..."
His voice trailed away uncertainly and he shrugged. Tai gulped.
"Thanks Joe," he said "You keep watch over her then."
Joe patted his shoulder and went back over to Kari. He'd grown up a lot since the first trip in the Digiworld. He no longer jumped at everything he saw and was a mature, responsible person. It made Tai feel better to have him around.
But only a little.
"Tai?"
It was Matt, whispering quietly so Joe wouldn't hear him. He was staring at Tai anxiously out of his sapphire eyes. Tai looked back.
"Are you okay?" Matt whispered.
"No," Tai said "Kari's..."
"I heard," Matt said.
Tai gulped. Then he pulled his gaze firmly away from Matt's.
"I should have been here!" he said, his voice cracking "I should have been here to look after her!"
"You can't blame yourself," Matt said comfortingly.
"No," Tai said "I blame you."
He heard Matt's sharp intake of breath but was too angry and miserable to care.
"If I hadn't been with you, I'd have been able to help her!" he said "If you hadn't..."
His voice trailed off. God, he couldn't believe he'd let Matt do that to him! He wasn't like that, he wasn't gay, he was straight, he was normal.
"Tai," Matt said, his voice sounding small and shaky "I thought you..."
"Wanted that?" Tai hissed. His guilt was turning into rage now and even though he vaguely knew that it was unfair, he continued anyway "No Matt. No way. Thanks to you, my sister could have died. What happened between us was wrong. And it's not going to happen again."
"Wrong?" Matt said, his voice quavering slightly "Tai, it wasn't..."
"It was!" Tai snapped "It was wrong and horrible and....and unnatural!"
He knew that that was a terribly cruel thing to say but he didn't care. He thought he heard Matt give a small sob. Then he heard him move away and lie down, curling up next to Gabumon.
Tai just kept staring out into the blackness of the forest, not letting himself think about Kari or Matt or anything.
End of Part One.
Comments? Complaints? Suggestions? Begging notes for me to continue? You know what to do! (See the box, write things in the box, Taito Empress pleased and passes blessings on you and read your stories if signed review).
