Chapter Two
As he turned the corner he could finally see Sora's apartment. The ninth floor, third window in on the left, he could never forget that place, not in a million years. The street bustled with people and noise, but Tai could not hear any of it. People were walking and going about their business on this bright day in Japan, but all Tai could think or notice was the feeling he had inside.
He practically flew up the stairs and was all of a sudden standing in front of the Takenouchi's door. He was petrified. Just then a million thoughts and emotions ran through him. What if…. Could she.. What am I doing here? He knocked on the door. No stupid, run away his brain told him. His heart countered, no stay, stay. 'Which is it?' He thought.
The door opened, Sora's mom was standing in the doorway. "Why hello Tai, what brings you here on such a nice day?"
"Um…I." he said nervously.
"Mom, if it's Tai, tell him I'll be there in a second." A voice called from with in the immaculate apartment. A few moments later, Sora emerged from her room. Tai's stomach got the butterflies. She wasn't really wearing anything special, in fact she was wearing the same thing she always wore, a pair of jeans that fit her perfectly, and a tee shirt that was not too tight, but accented her figure. "Ok, I'm ready to go. See you later mom." Sora's angelic voice said. "Bye"
They left the apartment together, Tai couldn't say a thing, and he was terrified.
"So, where are we going?" Sora said breaking the awkward silence.
"Um… well, you'll see."
"Ok"
Tai had led them to a secluded place in the alley behind Sora's apartment complex.
"What are we doing in the alley?" She questioned.
"Just wait," Tai said as he set the basket down, and pulled a borrowed laptop out. It was Izzy's old computer, and he had loaned it to Tai for today. "Digiport open," he said as he held his digivice close to the computer. The portal opened within seconds. "All right, let's go."
Before Sora could ask another question they were both whisked into the digital world.
"Do you remember this place?" Tai asked.
"How could I forget? This is the exact spot where we first came to the digital world. Biyomon!" she exclaimed as her little pink digimon came running into her arms. Agumon was close behind her.
"Hey buddy, how's it going?" Tai asked as he petted the small orange dinosaur on the head.
"I smell food!" the little guy said.
"Leave it to you to always be thinking of food," Tai remarked. They all started laughing; it was a well-known fact that this digimon was a bottomless pit. Tai then scouted the area and found the perfect shaded area underneath a tree. He started to set out the picnic.
"It's so peaceful here, I've missed it so much." Sora declared as she took in the familiar scenery. "So when do the others get here? Shouldn't we at least wait till they get here to start the picnic?"
Tai had already set out everything, and Agumon was chomping on a sandwich. "Um. Sora. Why don't you come and sit down." Tai said as he patted the ground next to him.
"What's on your mind Tai, you seem troubled." She said concerned as she sat down on the blanket.
"I.. didn't really invite the others, I just kinda told you that so you would want to come."
"Tai, I would have come even if the other's were not going to be here." She told him.
"I just wanted to spend some time with you, I mean we have been both really busy since school got out."
"Tai, are you ok? You are sweating," she said as she wiped the sweat from is forehead with a napkin. She could tell he was nervous and he had something important on his mind.
"I..did have another reason for this.. I guess, I kind of wanted to…" Those were the only words he could get out. He wanted to kick himself for being so stupid. Stick to the lines; come on Tai, he told himself. "Sora."
"Yes Tai, you know you can tell me anything, don't you?" Her deep crimson eyes met with Tai's.
"Sora.. I was wondering, I mean, do you…. Want a sandwich?" Damn it Tai, those weren't the right words.
"Sure, what do you got?" She knew that this wasn't the right question he wanted to ask her. But she played along. Taking the sandwich he gave her, she nibbled into it. She started to giggle at Agumon, who had taken the sandwich Tai had in his hands, Tai didn't even notice the absence of his sandwich until she broke out into a complete laugh.
"Hey Agumon, that was mine." He said finding his sandwich had gone AWOL and into his friends mouth. "Why don't you and Biyomon go and play or something."
"Fine, we will," retorted the little digimon, "Gee it was only a sandwich." The two digimon ran off laughing at they way their partners were acting.
When they had gone a distance, Tai finally came back to reality finding Sora looking at him with concern on her alluring face.
"Sora, I need to tell you something, and well…. Um, it kind of hard to say. Especially for me." He put his hand in his pocket and felt the box, which increased his uneasiness.
Suddenly the ground in the digital world shook violently, and a series of explosions followed.
"What is that?" Sora cried pointing off to the forest, which was on the horizon. Smoke sprung up from the trees, and a rush of digimon came running from within.
"We should go and check it out." Tai said, kind of relieved that the subject of the conversation had changed.
"Biyomon, Agumon, where are you?" Sora shouted as she got up and went searching for the digimon. Tai followed closely. Both digimon came running towards their partners. "There you are!" she sighed, relieved to see her friend. The ground once, again shook violently. This time worse. Sending Sora and Tai off balance and to the ground.
"Come on Agumon, we have to stop what ever it is that is causing this, before he destroys the whole digital world." Tai shouted over the explosions.
"Hold on Tai, we are coming to!" Sora said as she pulled her digivice from her pocket. "Biyomon digivolve!" As she said this Biyomon transformed into Birdramon. "Get on Tai, it'll be faster to ride, then try and travel by foot," she said as she grabbed onto Birdramon's foot, and reached for Tai's hand. As she did so, Tai could feel his stomach once again turned to knots.
"Right, let's go." He grabbed Sora's hand and swung on. "Agumon you know what to do-"
"Yep!" the little dinosaur nodded. "Agumon digivolved to…. Greymon." And with that they were off in the direction of the commotion. But instead of preparing for battle all Tai could do was stare at Sora as she hung on to her digimon. Her auburn hair soared in the wind. Tai thought she was so beautiful and daring; she was his everything.
Before long, they had reached the forest. But they couldn't see anything that could be causing the destruction. Birdramon landed and Sora and Tai hopped off. Greymon was there also- but nothing else. Then a fireball come from out of nowhere and hit Birdramon, knocking her down and returning her to her rookie form.
"No, birdramon, are you alright Biyomon?" Sora cried as she ran to her partner's side. The little bird was out, and did not reply. Sora picked her up and held her.
"Were did that come from?" Tai exclaimed. "We can't fight what we can't see!"
"Look out Tai!" Sora screamed as another fireball came towards him and Greymon. They had enough time to avoid the impact, but the ground blew up and showered down on Sora branches and dirt. Her only instinct was to shield her weakened friend. Tai's heart pumped faster as he saw her getting hit by a barrage of debris- he jumped out of greymon's hands to see if she was ok.
"Sora! Are you ok?" He said as he brushed all the debris off of her back.
"I'm fine, but biyo… she's hurt." Sora's eyes welled up with tears for her hurt companion. She looked up at Tai as she held her digimon close to her chest, "We need help. We can't do this alone Tai."
"We can too handle this." He said, and then he turned and shouted. "Show yourself you coward! Face us! Or are you afraid?"
"So you think you can handle me, do you?" called a dark voice. "Well think again digidestined. Your little toys are no match for me and my powers." With that another fireball came straight for Tai and Sora. Greymon quickly took the hit for them, reverting him back to his rookie state also.
"Greymon!" Tai yelled.
"Sorry Tai" the little dinosaur said, he was weak.
"No, Don't be sorry, we need you buddy, please…" He looked up to the sky and yelled again more furious. "Who the hell are you- get down here and show yourself! You coward!"
"As you wish" The voice cackled… then he appeared.
"What?" Sora screamed as she saw the figure of the digimon appear.
"Oh shit, not him!" Tai gasped
As he turned the corner he could finally see Sora's apartment. The ninth floor, third window in on the left, he could never forget that place, not in a million years. The street bustled with people and noise, but Tai could not hear any of it. People were walking and going about their business on this bright day in Japan, but all Tai could think or notice was the feeling he had inside.
He practically flew up the stairs and was all of a sudden standing in front of the Takenouchi's door. He was petrified. Just then a million thoughts and emotions ran through him. What if…. Could she.. What am I doing here? He knocked on the door. No stupid, run away his brain told him. His heart countered, no stay, stay. 'Which is it?' He thought.
The door opened, Sora's mom was standing in the doorway. "Why hello Tai, what brings you here on such a nice day?"
"Um…I." he said nervously.
"Mom, if it's Tai, tell him I'll be there in a second." A voice called from with in the immaculate apartment. A few moments later, Sora emerged from her room. Tai's stomach got the butterflies. She wasn't really wearing anything special, in fact she was wearing the same thing she always wore, a pair of jeans that fit her perfectly, and a tee shirt that was not too tight, but accented her figure. "Ok, I'm ready to go. See you later mom." Sora's angelic voice said. "Bye"
They left the apartment together, Tai couldn't say a thing, and he was terrified.
"So, where are we going?" Sora said breaking the awkward silence.
"Um… well, you'll see."
"Ok"
Tai had led them to a secluded place in the alley behind Sora's apartment complex.
"What are we doing in the alley?" She questioned.
"Just wait," Tai said as he set the basket down, and pulled a borrowed laptop out. It was Izzy's old computer, and he had loaned it to Tai for today. "Digiport open," he said as he held his digivice close to the computer. The portal opened within seconds. "All right, let's go."
Before Sora could ask another question they were both whisked into the digital world.
"Do you remember this place?" Tai asked.
"How could I forget? This is the exact spot where we first came to the digital world. Biyomon!" she exclaimed as her little pink digimon came running into her arms. Agumon was close behind her.
"Hey buddy, how's it going?" Tai asked as he petted the small orange dinosaur on the head.
"I smell food!" the little guy said.
"Leave it to you to always be thinking of food," Tai remarked. They all started laughing; it was a well-known fact that this digimon was a bottomless pit. Tai then scouted the area and found the perfect shaded area underneath a tree. He started to set out the picnic.
"It's so peaceful here, I've missed it so much." Sora declared as she took in the familiar scenery. "So when do the others get here? Shouldn't we at least wait till they get here to start the picnic?"
Tai had already set out everything, and Agumon was chomping on a sandwich. "Um. Sora. Why don't you come and sit down." Tai said as he patted the ground next to him.
"What's on your mind Tai, you seem troubled." She said concerned as she sat down on the blanket.
"I.. didn't really invite the others, I just kinda told you that so you would want to come."
"Tai, I would have come even if the other's were not going to be here." She told him.
"I just wanted to spend some time with you, I mean we have been both really busy since school got out."
"Tai, are you ok? You are sweating," she said as she wiped the sweat from is forehead with a napkin. She could tell he was nervous and he had something important on his mind.
"I..did have another reason for this.. I guess, I kind of wanted to…" Those were the only words he could get out. He wanted to kick himself for being so stupid. Stick to the lines; come on Tai, he told himself. "Sora."
"Yes Tai, you know you can tell me anything, don't you?" Her deep crimson eyes met with Tai's.
"Sora.. I was wondering, I mean, do you…. Want a sandwich?" Damn it Tai, those weren't the right words.
"Sure, what do you got?" She knew that this wasn't the right question he wanted to ask her. But she played along. Taking the sandwich he gave her, she nibbled into it. She started to giggle at Agumon, who had taken the sandwich Tai had in his hands, Tai didn't even notice the absence of his sandwich until she broke out into a complete laugh.
"Hey Agumon, that was mine." He said finding his sandwich had gone AWOL and into his friends mouth. "Why don't you and Biyomon go and play or something."
"Fine, we will," retorted the little digimon, "Gee it was only a sandwich." The two digimon ran off laughing at they way their partners were acting.
When they had gone a distance, Tai finally came back to reality finding Sora looking at him with concern on her alluring face.
"Sora, I need to tell you something, and well…. Um, it kind of hard to say. Especially for me." He put his hand in his pocket and felt the box, which increased his uneasiness.
Suddenly the ground in the digital world shook violently, and a series of explosions followed.
"What is that?" Sora cried pointing off to the forest, which was on the horizon. Smoke sprung up from the trees, and a rush of digimon came running from within.
"We should go and check it out." Tai said, kind of relieved that the subject of the conversation had changed.
"Biyomon, Agumon, where are you?" Sora shouted as she got up and went searching for the digimon. Tai followed closely. Both digimon came running towards their partners. "There you are!" she sighed, relieved to see her friend. The ground once, again shook violently. This time worse. Sending Sora and Tai off balance and to the ground.
"Come on Agumon, we have to stop what ever it is that is causing this, before he destroys the whole digital world." Tai shouted over the explosions.
"Hold on Tai, we are coming to!" Sora said as she pulled her digivice from her pocket. "Biyomon digivolve!" As she said this Biyomon transformed into Birdramon. "Get on Tai, it'll be faster to ride, then try and travel by foot," she said as she grabbed onto Birdramon's foot, and reached for Tai's hand. As she did so, Tai could feel his stomach once again turned to knots.
"Right, let's go." He grabbed Sora's hand and swung on. "Agumon you know what to do-"
"Yep!" the little dinosaur nodded. "Agumon digivolved to…. Greymon." And with that they were off in the direction of the commotion. But instead of preparing for battle all Tai could do was stare at Sora as she hung on to her digimon. Her auburn hair soared in the wind. Tai thought she was so beautiful and daring; she was his everything.
Before long, they had reached the forest. But they couldn't see anything that could be causing the destruction. Birdramon landed and Sora and Tai hopped off. Greymon was there also- but nothing else. Then a fireball come from out of nowhere and hit Birdramon, knocking her down and returning her to her rookie form.
"No, birdramon, are you alright Biyomon?" Sora cried as she ran to her partner's side. The little bird was out, and did not reply. Sora picked her up and held her.
"Were did that come from?" Tai exclaimed. "We can't fight what we can't see!"
"Look out Tai!" Sora screamed as another fireball came towards him and Greymon. They had enough time to avoid the impact, but the ground blew up and showered down on Sora branches and dirt. Her only instinct was to shield her weakened friend. Tai's heart pumped faster as he saw her getting hit by a barrage of debris- he jumped out of greymon's hands to see if she was ok.
"Sora! Are you ok?" He said as he brushed all the debris off of her back.
"I'm fine, but biyo… she's hurt." Sora's eyes welled up with tears for her hurt companion. She looked up at Tai as she held her digimon close to her chest, "We need help. We can't do this alone Tai."
"We can too handle this." He said, and then he turned and shouted. "Show yourself you coward! Face us! Or are you afraid?"
"So you think you can handle me, do you?" called a dark voice. "Well think again digidestined. Your little toys are no match for me and my powers." With that another fireball came straight for Tai and Sora. Greymon quickly took the hit for them, reverting him back to his rookie state also.
"Greymon!" Tai yelled.
"Sorry Tai" the little dinosaur said, he was weak.
"No, Don't be sorry, we need you buddy, please…" He looked up to the sky and yelled again more furious. "Who the hell are you- get down here and show yourself! You coward!"
"As you wish" The voice cackled… then he appeared.
"What?" Sora screamed as she saw the figure of the digimon appear.
"Oh shit, not him!" Tai gasped