Chapter Five
Disclaimer: You know the drill by now!
It had been not more then minutes, when Gennai and several of his associates finally could be seen overhead. All the digdestined gave a sigh of relief from the familiar sight of the old man, who had not changed too much from the first time they had met.
"Hello children," His gentle old man's voice said. "I see we are in quite the predicament here."
"Actually Gennai, you said you knew how to help Sora and Tai, forget about the gate a while. We need to help them first." Izzy spoke out.
"True, where are they?" Gennai asked. He was lead to the injured couple lying peacefully; Tai still held Sora's hand. "Hum," Gennai said.
"Are they going to be ok? Can you help my brother?" Kari was almost pleading.
"Don't fret little one, they will be just fine. We can help get them back into shape in no time." The wise old man motioned for his assistants to come. "We will bring them back as soon as they are mended." he assured.
"Can't we come too?" Kari asked.
"No, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid not. But do not worry, trust me." As he said this the two younger looking Gennai's picked up Tai and Sora and whisked off.
"Where are they taking them? And how exactly will they be healed in a short while. Sora might have permanent brain damage, or something?" Joe inquired as he scratched his head. "It's physically impossible."
"Not in the digital world, all things can be achieved, you just need to know the right path." Gennai assured him. "Now on to other matters. We have been noticing strange power levels the past days, so much so, that we were going to get in contact with you in a short period, but you are here now."
"Yes, it's Deamon. He has apparently escaped from the prison of the dark ocean." Ken pointed out.
"Escaped, or set free." Gennai said
"Set free? By what? What can be that powerful?" Izzy questioned.
"That we do not know, yet. But since you are here we will be able to take care of the situation as soon as we understand it. Then, and only then will the gate be opened and you set free to return to your world."
"You mean we are stuck here?" Mimi began to cry. "I don't want to be stuck here with some evil thing rampaging and hurting my friends."
"We have no choice," Ken said in his usual tone.
"There is a safe haven that we have created for you to rest in. It is located five miles to the west. By the time you reach there, Tai and Sora should be waiting for you. That is all I can do at the moment. Now if you will excuse me, I need to help your friends." With that he was gone.
"So, we just need to get there, and that's it, right?" Yolie said confused, "and then Tai and Sora will be all better?"
"Well let's go guys. Keep an eye out for Deamon, we don't want to have to confront him again for a while." Matt said, assuming the leader position in Tai's absence.
"Hey I'm the leader," Davis whined. "I wanted to say that!"
"Well then say it." Matt said annoyed at the young kids stupidity.
"Ok, I will then, Let's go guys!"
Meanwhile- at Gennai's base, thingy (no one really knows for sure where it is, but it's there just the same)
"Where am I?" Tai said as he woke up. "Hey I don't hurt all over…but I thought I…"
"Hello Tai, it is good to see you awake." The gentle voice sounded familiar to Tai.
"Gennai? Is that you?"
"Yes, it is my boy. I see you ran into a little trouble yesterday."
"Um.. You could say that." He held his head; he still had a small headache. "How did you heal me? I was in so much pain earlier today…I don't understand."
"It's hard to explain, but in the simplest way we where able to heal your injuries with data." One of the younger Gennai look a likes said.
Tai jumped up, and stretched. He felt refreshed, like he had just woken up from a long night's sleep. "Hey," he said in a panic, "Where's Sora, is she…"
"She's fine, she just took a little longer to heal, she should be waking up soon." Interrupted Gennai. "She's over there." Gennai pointed to a bed in the corner of the square room. The room itself was pure white. The gentle glow of light was soothing to Tai as he ran to Sora's side. He took her hand and caressed her gentle skin. As he did so, Sora began to move. Tai was excited, she was actually waking up.
"Hey angel do you remember me?" He said as he smiled lovingly at the awaking girl.
"Tai?" She groaned as she wiped her eyes with her hand, she was still soar from the burses, "What happened? Where are we," getting more and more panicked she continued, "Where's Biyomon? Are we….dead?" Tai touched her quivering lips to silence her, and took her hand in his.
"No, no. We are alive and everything is going to be ok," he said as he stared into her eyes once again. A single tear ran from Tai's eye.
"What's wrong Tai," Sora questioned as she saw the single drop roll softly off Tai's face.
"I'm so sorry." Tai was about to cry. "It was all my fault, that you got hurt and Byomon was hurt and I was so stupid…"
"Now don't be to hard on yourself young man." Gennai exclaimed as he approached the couple. Sora sat up in her bed, happy to see the familiar face again. "If it wasn't for you, you all might not be here, and might not have been able to get here to help us."
"Thanks Gennai," Tai said, as he composed himself. "What do we do now?"
"Well we first return you to your worried friends and them we wait to see exactly what we are facing." Gennai walked towards the exit, "Follow me please."
Tai help the still groggy Sora to her feet. She was still a bit shaky, but Tai assisted her, never leaving her side as they followed Gennai out of the bright room into a huge room full of many younger looking Gennai's. They were all busy taking readings and measurements from the many machines and instruments in the room.
"Wow," Izzy would have a field day in here." Tai exclaimed looking the hundreds of gadgets.
"They are monitoring the stability of the digital world, for some reason our new found enemies can hide themselves from us."
"Yes, that's exactly what Deamon did. He was hidden and then came out of no where," Sora remembered. "But what happened after the big explosion? I don't remember anything after that."
"You took a nasty hit on the head, you were unconscious for a long time." Tai told her. She was now catching her bearings and was able to stand on her own. But Tai still stood close; he was determined to not let her be injured again, by anything.
"We don't know much right at the moment, so we are going to transport you to a location where your friends should be arriving at soon. We will be in contact. Good bye for now." As Gennai said this the two found themselves instantly in the same house where piximon had 'trained' them during their first trip to the digital world.
"It's exactly the same as it was then," Sora said as she looked around the two level house. Tai followed her in silence. His mind was a jumble of thoughts, he still wasn't sure how Gennai had cured them, but he felt different. Something just was different; he had no clue as to what so he let the thought go. His attention now returned to her. Sora, he had nearly lost her again. That makes it about three times now, he thought. Three times she was taken from him, and almost lost.
"Sora. Sora?" Tai yelled, "Where are you? Sora?" he was beginning to panic, where did she go? He had lost her again.
"Tai? What is it?" Her head popped out from a doorway. She looked much better now, her checks were a flush with color, and her eyes sparkled with the joy of life once more.
"Oh, I thought I had lost you again, that's all." Tai said with a sigh, as he quickly ran to her side.
"Tai, is there something the matter? What did you mean by 'again'?" she inquired.
"Oh, did I say that?" He said quickly, trying to cover up his worries.
"Yes, you did." She looked at him. "Come with me for a sec, will you. There is a garden out back." She led him out the back door of the house, she let go of his hand as she knelt down to smell the beautiful flowers that were growing. "Aren't they pretty? They remind me of my mom's shop. Don't you think they are pretty?"
"Sora, I, oh of course I think they are beautiful, but they don't compare to you… I love you." Tai was shocked. He had said them…those three words. The toughest three worlds in the human vocabulary, but the sweetest. He looked down at Sora. Waiting for her response…. He wanted to run away, when there was silence from his friend. She was standing now; she was shocked. "We.. We have been through a lot, especially in the past few hours, and well, I just love you Sora Takenouchi. I always have, I was wondering if…if… you.um.. felt the …same way?" Still silence. "I mean if you don't it's alright and all.." Her stare had silenced him. He didn't know what to do. She just stared into his eyes, and he stared back. Suddenly his heart started soaring when he realized that they were..kissing. Their lips joined together and created a heavenly bliss. Tai grabbed her tight, not knowing if he had started the kiss, or if she did. But he didn't want to let go. The kiss passionately continued for what Tai thought was forever, until they both had to breath. They gasped for air, and then Tai fell to the ground. His legs were weak. He could not believe what had just taken place. Sora sat down closely next to him and her head leaned into Tai's chest, her hands wrapped around Tai body. Tai instantly held her close, not wanting this moment to end, neither spoke, but just sat there in each other's arms.
Disclaimer: You know the drill by now!
It had been not more then minutes, when Gennai and several of his associates finally could be seen overhead. All the digdestined gave a sigh of relief from the familiar sight of the old man, who had not changed too much from the first time they had met.
"Hello children," His gentle old man's voice said. "I see we are in quite the predicament here."
"Actually Gennai, you said you knew how to help Sora and Tai, forget about the gate a while. We need to help them first." Izzy spoke out.
"True, where are they?" Gennai asked. He was lead to the injured couple lying peacefully; Tai still held Sora's hand. "Hum," Gennai said.
"Are they going to be ok? Can you help my brother?" Kari was almost pleading.
"Don't fret little one, they will be just fine. We can help get them back into shape in no time." The wise old man motioned for his assistants to come. "We will bring them back as soon as they are mended." he assured.
"Can't we come too?" Kari asked.
"No, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid not. But do not worry, trust me." As he said this the two younger looking Gennai's picked up Tai and Sora and whisked off.
"Where are they taking them? And how exactly will they be healed in a short while. Sora might have permanent brain damage, or something?" Joe inquired as he scratched his head. "It's physically impossible."
"Not in the digital world, all things can be achieved, you just need to know the right path." Gennai assured him. "Now on to other matters. We have been noticing strange power levels the past days, so much so, that we were going to get in contact with you in a short period, but you are here now."
"Yes, it's Deamon. He has apparently escaped from the prison of the dark ocean." Ken pointed out.
"Escaped, or set free." Gennai said
"Set free? By what? What can be that powerful?" Izzy questioned.
"That we do not know, yet. But since you are here we will be able to take care of the situation as soon as we understand it. Then, and only then will the gate be opened and you set free to return to your world."
"You mean we are stuck here?" Mimi began to cry. "I don't want to be stuck here with some evil thing rampaging and hurting my friends."
"We have no choice," Ken said in his usual tone.
"There is a safe haven that we have created for you to rest in. It is located five miles to the west. By the time you reach there, Tai and Sora should be waiting for you. That is all I can do at the moment. Now if you will excuse me, I need to help your friends." With that he was gone.
"So, we just need to get there, and that's it, right?" Yolie said confused, "and then Tai and Sora will be all better?"
"Well let's go guys. Keep an eye out for Deamon, we don't want to have to confront him again for a while." Matt said, assuming the leader position in Tai's absence.
"Hey I'm the leader," Davis whined. "I wanted to say that!"
"Well then say it." Matt said annoyed at the young kids stupidity.
"Ok, I will then, Let's go guys!"
Meanwhile- at Gennai's base, thingy (no one really knows for sure where it is, but it's there just the same)
"Where am I?" Tai said as he woke up. "Hey I don't hurt all over…but I thought I…"
"Hello Tai, it is good to see you awake." The gentle voice sounded familiar to Tai.
"Gennai? Is that you?"
"Yes, it is my boy. I see you ran into a little trouble yesterday."
"Um.. You could say that." He held his head; he still had a small headache. "How did you heal me? I was in so much pain earlier today…I don't understand."
"It's hard to explain, but in the simplest way we where able to heal your injuries with data." One of the younger Gennai look a likes said.
Tai jumped up, and stretched. He felt refreshed, like he had just woken up from a long night's sleep. "Hey," he said in a panic, "Where's Sora, is she…"
"She's fine, she just took a little longer to heal, she should be waking up soon." Interrupted Gennai. "She's over there." Gennai pointed to a bed in the corner of the square room. The room itself was pure white. The gentle glow of light was soothing to Tai as he ran to Sora's side. He took her hand and caressed her gentle skin. As he did so, Sora began to move. Tai was excited, she was actually waking up.
"Hey angel do you remember me?" He said as he smiled lovingly at the awaking girl.
"Tai?" She groaned as she wiped her eyes with her hand, she was still soar from the burses, "What happened? Where are we," getting more and more panicked she continued, "Where's Biyomon? Are we….dead?" Tai touched her quivering lips to silence her, and took her hand in his.
"No, no. We are alive and everything is going to be ok," he said as he stared into her eyes once again. A single tear ran from Tai's eye.
"What's wrong Tai," Sora questioned as she saw the single drop roll softly off Tai's face.
"I'm so sorry." Tai was about to cry. "It was all my fault, that you got hurt and Byomon was hurt and I was so stupid…"
"Now don't be to hard on yourself young man." Gennai exclaimed as he approached the couple. Sora sat up in her bed, happy to see the familiar face again. "If it wasn't for you, you all might not be here, and might not have been able to get here to help us."
"Thanks Gennai," Tai said, as he composed himself. "What do we do now?"
"Well we first return you to your worried friends and them we wait to see exactly what we are facing." Gennai walked towards the exit, "Follow me please."
Tai help the still groggy Sora to her feet. She was still a bit shaky, but Tai assisted her, never leaving her side as they followed Gennai out of the bright room into a huge room full of many younger looking Gennai's. They were all busy taking readings and measurements from the many machines and instruments in the room.
"Wow," Izzy would have a field day in here." Tai exclaimed looking the hundreds of gadgets.
"They are monitoring the stability of the digital world, for some reason our new found enemies can hide themselves from us."
"Yes, that's exactly what Deamon did. He was hidden and then came out of no where," Sora remembered. "But what happened after the big explosion? I don't remember anything after that."
"You took a nasty hit on the head, you were unconscious for a long time." Tai told her. She was now catching her bearings and was able to stand on her own. But Tai still stood close; he was determined to not let her be injured again, by anything.
"We don't know much right at the moment, so we are going to transport you to a location where your friends should be arriving at soon. We will be in contact. Good bye for now." As Gennai said this the two found themselves instantly in the same house where piximon had 'trained' them during their first trip to the digital world.
"It's exactly the same as it was then," Sora said as she looked around the two level house. Tai followed her in silence. His mind was a jumble of thoughts, he still wasn't sure how Gennai had cured them, but he felt different. Something just was different; he had no clue as to what so he let the thought go. His attention now returned to her. Sora, he had nearly lost her again. That makes it about three times now, he thought. Three times she was taken from him, and almost lost.
"Sora. Sora?" Tai yelled, "Where are you? Sora?" he was beginning to panic, where did she go? He had lost her again.
"Tai? What is it?" Her head popped out from a doorway. She looked much better now, her checks were a flush with color, and her eyes sparkled with the joy of life once more.
"Oh, I thought I had lost you again, that's all." Tai said with a sigh, as he quickly ran to her side.
"Tai, is there something the matter? What did you mean by 'again'?" she inquired.
"Oh, did I say that?" He said quickly, trying to cover up his worries.
"Yes, you did." She looked at him. "Come with me for a sec, will you. There is a garden out back." She led him out the back door of the house, she let go of his hand as she knelt down to smell the beautiful flowers that were growing. "Aren't they pretty? They remind me of my mom's shop. Don't you think they are pretty?"
"Sora, I, oh of course I think they are beautiful, but they don't compare to you… I love you." Tai was shocked. He had said them…those three words. The toughest three worlds in the human vocabulary, but the sweetest. He looked down at Sora. Waiting for her response…. He wanted to run away, when there was silence from his friend. She was standing now; she was shocked. "We.. We have been through a lot, especially in the past few hours, and well, I just love you Sora Takenouchi. I always have, I was wondering if…if… you.um.. felt the …same way?" Still silence. "I mean if you don't it's alright and all.." Her stare had silenced him. He didn't know what to do. She just stared into his eyes, and he stared back. Suddenly his heart started soaring when he realized that they were..kissing. Their lips joined together and created a heavenly bliss. Tai grabbed her tight, not knowing if he had started the kiss, or if she did. But he didn't want to let go. The kiss passionately continued for what Tai thought was forever, until they both had to breath. They gasped for air, and then Tai fell to the ground. His legs were weak. He could not believe what had just taken place. Sora sat down closely next to him and her head leaned into Tai's chest, her hands wrapped around Tai body. Tai instantly held her close, not wanting this moment to end, neither spoke, but just sat there in each other's arms.