Chapter 2
Disclaimer: Digimon does not belong to me-
A/N: Thanks to all you loyal Taiora fans who have read & reviewed my fics. You guys are the greatest :) A special shot out to Ryoko Lover 4-ever - Thanks! I am honored. But enough mumbling- on with the story!
PS: I am abbreviating some names in this fic- the key is as follows:
WGM- Wargreymon
MGM- MetalGarurumon
ADM- Armadagedramon
IPM- Imperdralimon
"So you think you stand a chance?" Shin-Sue gleefully grinned as she watched the expressions of the digi destined as her creation came into view.
The dark creature was huge, if the sheer size of the monster didn't demand respect, the low growling sound it emitted sure did. When Ken had created his ultimate fighting creature he took parts from other digimon to create it, but Shin-Sue had somehow been able to harness pure dark energy into her beast. Upon it's long and muscular back two pairs of dark wings emerged- they beat powerfully and allowed the creature to float in the air above its master. It's body resembled WGM's but was three times its size, and spiked armor plated its skin. The creature was the epitome of evil.
"You bet we can!" Sora yelled up at her. She tried her best to suppress the extreme fear in her voice. But Shin-Sue picked up on the waver in the teens voice and scowled down on Sora with a gaze that sent shivers down her spine.
"You won't be so cocky once we kick your ass!" Kari commented. Shin Sue's attention now went to Kari and TK.
"Hope and Light." Shin Sue laughed. "How sad. Those are gone in this world." Shin-Sue turned to her digimon and told them to attack.
WGM, MGM, and IPM all turned on ADM. The angels and the rest of the digimon went to work on devimon. Shin Sue stood with the smirk still on her face as she turned to the powerless digi destined.
"You dared to try and stop me… It's your time to die now." From underneath her cape she pulled a large wand like object.
"Shin Sue- don't do this!" Ken tried to reason with her. "We can help you."
"Oh so you will join with me- return to where you belong- you are the rightful digimon emperor and I will be the digimon queen." Shin Sue offered.
"No, we can get that spore out of you." Ken corrected her.
"Never! The prophecy tells of only three who can stop me, but if I kill you all then none shall stand in my way!"
"What prophecy?" Izzy inquired. (A/n: I know I hate it when the bad guys give away their evil plans and secrets- but if they didn't then the readers would be totally confused)
"After a great evil
One will remain
The land shall be in upheaval
As a dark queen reigns
Outside forces cannot fight the same
Hope, light and the catalyst the powers to tame." Shin Sue smiled. "Lovely isn't it? To bad you don't know who or what the catalyst is." She turned to TK and Kari. "But Light and Hope are right here. You two will be the first to die." Instantly her wand began to glow a dark black. She was drawing energy for an attack.
Sora saw her friends in trouble and with out thinking she began to climb up the wall of the building Shin Sue perched on. All of the digimon were busy fighting at the moment, so it was up to them to deal with Shin Sue and her strange powers.
As Shin Sue was about to release the onslaught upon the cowering teens, Sora threw herself on Shin Sue, taking the full blow and knocking both of them off the building.
The group gave out a great gasp.
"NO! SORA!" Tai wailed as he dove to catch her before she hit the ground. As she was gently caught in Tai's strong arms a bright pink glow came from Sora- giving her digimon the ability to digivolve further into Phoneixmon. With the new powers devimon was subdued for the moment.
Near the base of the building Tai cradles the unconscious Sora. She was limp in his strong, but trembling arms. The rest of the group huddled around them. Once Tai handed Sora over to Joe, he stood up… his fists white with rage.
"Now it's personal.. You ready Matt?" Matt knew what Tai had in mind. "This is for Sora! WGM, MGM NOW!" Just like they had done during the battle with Diaboramon, the two digimon merged together to from Omnimon.
But before the battle could really even get started Shin Sue suddenly shot up with tremendous power. She now hovered in the air above the group. The smirk returned to her face as she looked down on Sora. Joe was trying to find what was wrong with her, but he could do little with his resources.
"Stupid girl… now you will suffer a slow and painful death. No matter, you will all share in her fate sooner or later." And with that Shin- Sue and both her digimon disappeared.
Once the threat was gone, Tai's attention returned to his love.
Joe and Izzy looked quite horrified to find a serious looking wound and massive bleeding. Sora's breathing was shallow and her heart beat steadily, but at a severely weakened pace. Her natural livening glow diminished, as he skin paled.
"Sora?" Joe questioned as he taped her checks. He began applying pressure to her wound. Tai pushed his way through towards Sora. He dropped to his knees. Tears were welling up in his large chocolate orbs. He reached out and touched her cheek. He looked up at Joe, who gave a saddened frown.
"Save her Joe… please." Tai began to cry. No one had ever seen Tai like this before. His voice was no longer strong and confident… it now shook and wavered with the ultimate fear- loosing a loved one- but not just any loved one… his soul mate. His whole body trembled as Joe sighed and continued to push down hard on Sora's stomach wound.
Joe was shouting commands so the others could aid him, but to Tai the outside world became silent and time slowed. Finally he become aware of the outside world as Joe slowly handed Sora back over to Tai.
Tai felt her nearly lifeless body in his arms once again. Tai looked up to see Joe wipe the blood off his hands with his rag.
"Joe…" Tai pleaded.
"Tai's there's more to this wound than I can see or even attempt to fix… I don't even think the best surgeons could help her… I'm sorry…"
"No!" Tai cried. He sobbed a heart wrenching sound again and again as he rocked Sora in his arms and held her to him tightly. Everyone was in tears now.
"Why Sora! Please don't leave… I love you." he pressed her tightly to him.
"Stop.. It .. Tai" Came a weak voice. Tai screamed as if he was in pain. "…you're making it feel worse.." Sora whimpered. Tai was in shock, he almost dropped her due to the pure shock he was in.
"Oh God Sor…"Tai caressed her check. "I thought you were dead." He whispered to her ear.
Sora looked around and saw the grim faces of her friends.
"Why Sora?" Tai questioned as he pushed some stray hairs out of her eyes, where unshed tears welled up.
"You heard her… Kari and TK are the only ones who can help her… I had to…" She replied sadly. "besides I love you guys… I couldn't bare to see any of you hurt.." Sora looked up at Tai. Tears began to fall from her crimson eyes. Tai tried to wipe them away, but they came to fast. He, himself was still crying rivers of tears. Sora weakly reached up and touched Tai's cheek.
"I'm sorry." She whispered p to him.
"For what? Silly." Tai said trying to stop crying.
"I… wish I would have told you this when we still had time.. But I love you taichi… I see that I always have…"
"No… we still have time.. You're going to be alright, you'll see…" Tai was in a state of panic and despair. Although he tried to tell Sora she should be fine, his heart knew she didn't have much time left… "please don't go… you can't.."
Kari knelt down and put her hand on Tai's shoulder.
"Thank you Sora." Kari sniffled. "we'll try our best to disserve this." Sora smiled a weak smile.
"Save her will you?" Sora requested. Everyone nodded. Kari stood up and began to weep into TK's shoulder. TK himself cried on her's. Mimi held tightly to Joe's arm. Ken was comforting Yolei, while Cody and Izzy both stood in utter silence. Their faces were grim. Matt was any better. He wanted to run to Sora and kiss her goodbye, but he realized she and Tai needed this time.
"Sor, please, don't leave me. I love you, you just can't go and die.." Tai broke down again.
"Tai, I'm never going to fully leave you. I'll be with you always… that's what true love is…" She tried to pull closer to him, but she was too weak. Tai saw this and pulled her to him. Their lips met for the second time, but this time neither pulled away. The kiss was a sad one, a kiss goodbye more than likely… Tai frantically touched her in a last attempt to memorize every small detail about her. They only broke the passionate kiss when Sora began to choke and gasp for air. Tai looked on in horror as she clung tightly to him.
Tai once again didn't hear the other's calling out his name. All he could hear was Sora's breathing.
"Tai!" Kari shook her brother lightly. Tai reluctantly took his eyes off Sora. When he looked up, his tear clouded eyes saw what he thought would be their savior. It was Gennai and tow younger gennai's standing behind him.
"Gennai!" Tai's eyes light up with hope. "Please.. Can you.." Tai tried to stammer out the question.
Gennai smiled and nodded his head. He walked over closer to Sora, who was still tightly secure in Tai's arms. He set his hand on her head.
"Sora I am so proud of you.. You and your crest have grown to their maximum capacity… you have unselfishly sacrificed yourself fro your friends. There is no better act of love than this. I come to give you a choice…" He paused. "You will surely die soon, or there is a chance you could become like a savior to the digital world and help defeat darkness."
Sora said nothing… Tai pleaded with her to stay.
"Things will not be easy.." Gennai was about to continue.
"What.. about when the evil is gone?" She asked.
"Your body will be fully mended by the new powers you will assume."
"So she'll become…the… catalyst?" Izzy inquired. Gennai simply nodded.
"I'll do it." Sora said weakly. Tai hugged her tightly again. "What do I have to do?"
"We will aid you in the difficult journey." One on Gennai's helpers replied.
"You needn't worry." The other commented.
"First you must go through a series of trails to prove worthiness of heart, soul and body. Then and only then will you possess the key to expelling the darkness."
Sora nodded. "I understand." With that one of the younger looking Gennai's picked Sora up, out of Tai's hands. "I love you." She mouthed out to Tai as she vanished with the two Gennais.
Disclaimer: Digimon does not belong to me-
A/N: Thanks to all you loyal Taiora fans who have read & reviewed my fics. You guys are the greatest :) A special shot out to Ryoko Lover 4-ever - Thanks! I am honored. But enough mumbling- on with the story!
PS: I am abbreviating some names in this fic- the key is as follows:
WGM- Wargreymon
MGM- MetalGarurumon
ADM- Armadagedramon
IPM- Imperdralimon
"So you think you stand a chance?" Shin-Sue gleefully grinned as she watched the expressions of the digi destined as her creation came into view.
The dark creature was huge, if the sheer size of the monster didn't demand respect, the low growling sound it emitted sure did. When Ken had created his ultimate fighting creature he took parts from other digimon to create it, but Shin-Sue had somehow been able to harness pure dark energy into her beast. Upon it's long and muscular back two pairs of dark wings emerged- they beat powerfully and allowed the creature to float in the air above its master. It's body resembled WGM's but was three times its size, and spiked armor plated its skin. The creature was the epitome of evil.
"You bet we can!" Sora yelled up at her. She tried her best to suppress the extreme fear in her voice. But Shin-Sue picked up on the waver in the teens voice and scowled down on Sora with a gaze that sent shivers down her spine.
"You won't be so cocky once we kick your ass!" Kari commented. Shin Sue's attention now went to Kari and TK.
"Hope and Light." Shin Sue laughed. "How sad. Those are gone in this world." Shin-Sue turned to her digimon and told them to attack.
WGM, MGM, and IPM all turned on ADM. The angels and the rest of the digimon went to work on devimon. Shin Sue stood with the smirk still on her face as she turned to the powerless digi destined.
"You dared to try and stop me… It's your time to die now." From underneath her cape she pulled a large wand like object.
"Shin Sue- don't do this!" Ken tried to reason with her. "We can help you."
"Oh so you will join with me- return to where you belong- you are the rightful digimon emperor and I will be the digimon queen." Shin Sue offered.
"No, we can get that spore out of you." Ken corrected her.
"Never! The prophecy tells of only three who can stop me, but if I kill you all then none shall stand in my way!"
"What prophecy?" Izzy inquired. (A/n: I know I hate it when the bad guys give away their evil plans and secrets- but if they didn't then the readers would be totally confused)
"After a great evil
One will remain
The land shall be in upheaval
As a dark queen reigns
Outside forces cannot fight the same
Hope, light and the catalyst the powers to tame." Shin Sue smiled. "Lovely isn't it? To bad you don't know who or what the catalyst is." She turned to TK and Kari. "But Light and Hope are right here. You two will be the first to die." Instantly her wand began to glow a dark black. She was drawing energy for an attack.
Sora saw her friends in trouble and with out thinking she began to climb up the wall of the building Shin Sue perched on. All of the digimon were busy fighting at the moment, so it was up to them to deal with Shin Sue and her strange powers.
As Shin Sue was about to release the onslaught upon the cowering teens, Sora threw herself on Shin Sue, taking the full blow and knocking both of them off the building.
The group gave out a great gasp.
"NO! SORA!" Tai wailed as he dove to catch her before she hit the ground. As she was gently caught in Tai's strong arms a bright pink glow came from Sora- giving her digimon the ability to digivolve further into Phoneixmon. With the new powers devimon was subdued for the moment.
Near the base of the building Tai cradles the unconscious Sora. She was limp in his strong, but trembling arms. The rest of the group huddled around them. Once Tai handed Sora over to Joe, he stood up… his fists white with rage.
"Now it's personal.. You ready Matt?" Matt knew what Tai had in mind. "This is for Sora! WGM, MGM NOW!" Just like they had done during the battle with Diaboramon, the two digimon merged together to from Omnimon.
But before the battle could really even get started Shin Sue suddenly shot up with tremendous power. She now hovered in the air above the group. The smirk returned to her face as she looked down on Sora. Joe was trying to find what was wrong with her, but he could do little with his resources.
"Stupid girl… now you will suffer a slow and painful death. No matter, you will all share in her fate sooner or later." And with that Shin- Sue and both her digimon disappeared.
Once the threat was gone, Tai's attention returned to his love.
Joe and Izzy looked quite horrified to find a serious looking wound and massive bleeding. Sora's breathing was shallow and her heart beat steadily, but at a severely weakened pace. Her natural livening glow diminished, as he skin paled.
"Sora?" Joe questioned as he taped her checks. He began applying pressure to her wound. Tai pushed his way through towards Sora. He dropped to his knees. Tears were welling up in his large chocolate orbs. He reached out and touched her cheek. He looked up at Joe, who gave a saddened frown.
"Save her Joe… please." Tai began to cry. No one had ever seen Tai like this before. His voice was no longer strong and confident… it now shook and wavered with the ultimate fear- loosing a loved one- but not just any loved one… his soul mate. His whole body trembled as Joe sighed and continued to push down hard on Sora's stomach wound.
Joe was shouting commands so the others could aid him, but to Tai the outside world became silent and time slowed. Finally he become aware of the outside world as Joe slowly handed Sora back over to Tai.
Tai felt her nearly lifeless body in his arms once again. Tai looked up to see Joe wipe the blood off his hands with his rag.
"Joe…" Tai pleaded.
"Tai's there's more to this wound than I can see or even attempt to fix… I don't even think the best surgeons could help her… I'm sorry…"
"No!" Tai cried. He sobbed a heart wrenching sound again and again as he rocked Sora in his arms and held her to him tightly. Everyone was in tears now.
"Why Sora! Please don't leave… I love you." he pressed her tightly to him.
"Stop.. It .. Tai" Came a weak voice. Tai screamed as if he was in pain. "…you're making it feel worse.." Sora whimpered. Tai was in shock, he almost dropped her due to the pure shock he was in.
"Oh God Sor…"Tai caressed her check. "I thought you were dead." He whispered to her ear.
Sora looked around and saw the grim faces of her friends.
"Why Sora?" Tai questioned as he pushed some stray hairs out of her eyes, where unshed tears welled up.
"You heard her… Kari and TK are the only ones who can help her… I had to…" She replied sadly. "besides I love you guys… I couldn't bare to see any of you hurt.." Sora looked up at Tai. Tears began to fall from her crimson eyes. Tai tried to wipe them away, but they came to fast. He, himself was still crying rivers of tears. Sora weakly reached up and touched Tai's cheek.
"I'm sorry." She whispered p to him.
"For what? Silly." Tai said trying to stop crying.
"I… wish I would have told you this when we still had time.. But I love you taichi… I see that I always have…"
"No… we still have time.. You're going to be alright, you'll see…" Tai was in a state of panic and despair. Although he tried to tell Sora she should be fine, his heart knew she didn't have much time left… "please don't go… you can't.."
Kari knelt down and put her hand on Tai's shoulder.
"Thank you Sora." Kari sniffled. "we'll try our best to disserve this." Sora smiled a weak smile.
"Save her will you?" Sora requested. Everyone nodded. Kari stood up and began to weep into TK's shoulder. TK himself cried on her's. Mimi held tightly to Joe's arm. Ken was comforting Yolei, while Cody and Izzy both stood in utter silence. Their faces were grim. Matt was any better. He wanted to run to Sora and kiss her goodbye, but he realized she and Tai needed this time.
"Sor, please, don't leave me. I love you, you just can't go and die.." Tai broke down again.
"Tai, I'm never going to fully leave you. I'll be with you always… that's what true love is…" She tried to pull closer to him, but she was too weak. Tai saw this and pulled her to him. Their lips met for the second time, but this time neither pulled away. The kiss was a sad one, a kiss goodbye more than likely… Tai frantically touched her in a last attempt to memorize every small detail about her. They only broke the passionate kiss when Sora began to choke and gasp for air. Tai looked on in horror as she clung tightly to him.
Tai once again didn't hear the other's calling out his name. All he could hear was Sora's breathing.
"Tai!" Kari shook her brother lightly. Tai reluctantly took his eyes off Sora. When he looked up, his tear clouded eyes saw what he thought would be their savior. It was Gennai and tow younger gennai's standing behind him.
"Gennai!" Tai's eyes light up with hope. "Please.. Can you.." Tai tried to stammer out the question.
Gennai smiled and nodded his head. He walked over closer to Sora, who was still tightly secure in Tai's arms. He set his hand on her head.
"Sora I am so proud of you.. You and your crest have grown to their maximum capacity… you have unselfishly sacrificed yourself fro your friends. There is no better act of love than this. I come to give you a choice…" He paused. "You will surely die soon, or there is a chance you could become like a savior to the digital world and help defeat darkness."
Sora said nothing… Tai pleaded with her to stay.
"Things will not be easy.." Gennai was about to continue.
"What.. about when the evil is gone?" She asked.
"Your body will be fully mended by the new powers you will assume."
"So she'll become…the… catalyst?" Izzy inquired. Gennai simply nodded.
"I'll do it." Sora said weakly. Tai hugged her tightly again. "What do I have to do?"
"We will aid you in the difficult journey." One on Gennai's helpers replied.
"You needn't worry." The other commented.
"First you must go through a series of trails to prove worthiness of heart, soul and body. Then and only then will you possess the key to expelling the darkness."
Sora nodded. "I understand." With that one of the younger looking Gennai's picked Sora up, out of Tai's hands. "I love you." She mouthed out to Tai as she vanished with the two Gennais.