Trials
Chapter Five
D: Blah Blah- legal mumbo jumbo-
A/N: Hi- It's me again. *Audience groans* Hey I heard that! Well this has been an interesting week, I must say- I had a great weekend- my family, friends and I had this huge anime-athon :) Every type of anime imaginable! From good old Digimon to Cowboy Bebop, Trigun and the Gundams :) Sorry I couldn't post this chapter earlier- but It's here now- I'm sorry :(
So anyway- on with the story
Sora heard them calling to her and somehow regained the power to stand. She limped over to where they were kneeling.
Tai was on his back. An ominous red hue painted most of his shirt. Sora again dropped to her knees, tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Oh Tai." She whispered to him as she took him into her arms. He was unconscious. His heart still beat but his breathing was shallow.
Sora cradled him like he had done to her while she lay on death's doorstep.
Sora began to glow a blinding white. It looked like she was summing up energy. The light engulfed her and then Tai. Kari and TK stood and watched as Tai's bloody shirt instantly cleaned and his breathing became normal again.
The light dissipated and Sora slumped down on top of his sleeping body. She began to spit up blood as she gasped for air.
"Sora- are you ok?" TK asked as he helped her sit up. Kari went and saw that Tai's wounds were gone.
"How did you do that?" She asked. Sora looked very shaky as she got to her feet.
"I.. I need to be alone for a while…" She said as she began to limp away. She held her stomach area and soon disappeared into the brush and trees that surrounded the group.
Sora forced her weak body to push on a little ways away from the three. She finally all but collapsed on to a soft mound of grass. She knelt and once again sat in silence, meditating. For some reason when she went into this state of deep thought, her body would begin to recuperate. She didn't understand how she was able to heal Tai, or do any of the attacks she did today. When she healed Tai, it felt as if she took away the injury and took it on herself. She continued to regain strength and composure, but her thoughts returned to the horrific vision she saw the night before.
It took place on earth, and the digital world. The final battle perhaps… she saw herself in pain- maybe even dieing again… but it didn't really look like her.. The world around was black and cold. People were pleading to her, for what and who they were- she didn't know…. Massive carnage filled the land… The dream troubled her beyond words. She broke from her meditation in a cold sweat. She tried to shake the feeling of failure from her mind…. But she had failed… she had failed her friends.
Her friends were gone. She had been hit around like a rag doll. How was she supposed to defeat Shin Sue?
Tai moaned as he began to wake from a deep sleep.
"Tai?" Kari called to him. He saw her and TK looking down on him as he opened his eyes.
"I'm alive." He whispered. "Sora…" His eyes went wide as the memories of the battle flooded back into memory.
"Tai, take it easy." TK said.
"I feel her, like she's inside of me…" Tai touched his chest.
"She somehow healed you." Kari explained.
"She's in pain…" Tai said as he closed his eyes.
"How do you know that Tai?" Kari asked.
"I can feel it.." His hand was over his heart as h said this. "She feels she has failed… Oh Sor.. I need to talk to her.." Tai got up and ran into the woods in the direction he felt Sora was in.
"Should we go too?" Kari questioned TK.
"No, I think they need some time alone.." Kari nodded.
Sora had gotten up and was wandering now. She came to a small pond. The water glistened, as a single star shone through the darkness. As Sora knelt by the pond, the lone star in the sky gave her a small sense of hope. She dipped her hands into the clear water and washed her face. She stayed there for a time staring into her reflection.
'Who am I?' She thought. 'I'm different beyond anything I imagined.. This spirit inside…'
"Sora.." Tai said as he caught sight of her near the pond. He slowly came up beside her. The feeling inside him grew stronger. He felt himself almost being drawn closer to her now. Tai didn't mind the feeling… in fact her loved it.
"Sora." Tai said again, this time Sora heard him and turned around. Her eyes were a mass of emotions. Sparkling droplets ran off her creamy skin. Her tears mixed with the clear water droplets. "Sor…" Tai said as he knelt beside her. There was silence between the two, as they stared into each other's eyes. After a few seconds, the two found themselves in a passionate embrace. Neither said a word as they held tightly to one another. Their lips met for a series of tender, yet strong kisses. When their lips broke, Sora wept in his arms. Tai nuzzled her neck; placing butterfly kisses on her silky skin.
"I love you Sora." Tai whispered into her ears as he kissed them.
"I know Tai.. I love you so much too." She sniffled into his strong chest.
For the rest of the night they basked in the warmth of their love. Neither said much as they stayed locked in the loving embrace.
As the sun peaked over the horizon, Tai woke up. He looked down to see a peacefully slumbering Sora cradled in his strong arms. Tai was content right there. They were truly meant to be together he smiled thinking this. As he looked down on her, his mind continued to worship every inch of her.
But soon the present predicaments reasserted themselves. 'What if Shi Sue wasn't lying?' he thought. He couldn't live with out Sora anymore, not after everything they now had.
"No." Tai said out loud. Sora gave a cute little moan as she began to come out of her slumber. Tai didn't mean to wake her yet, but she was now. Her crimson eyes looked up at him. She saw the worry in his chocolate orbs.
"Taichi.." She whispered up to him, as she began to cuddle up closer to his chest, which had acted like a pillow for her during the night. "Don't worry." She sighed happily.
"Don't worry?" Tai almost screamed at her. "How can I not worry? I love you Sora… I don't want you to sacrifice your life for this world, or any world.. I don't care about them…. All I care about is you…"
Sora held Tai as he broke down and began to weep. She knew he was frightened about the impending battle.
"Tai.. I'm not exactly sure what the out some of today will bring, but I just want you to know I'll never stop loving you…"
"Sora, I know you are just as scared as I am.. I feel it… I feel you inside me.."
Sora nodded. "When I healed you I gave you a part of me, of my soul in exchange for a part of yours, and the wounds.."
"Sor, please- what can I do to get you to reconsider? I can't live without you."
"Tai you have to trust me. We can do this. The catalyst inside me feels much stronger- I can defeat the dark spore…" Tai opened his mouth about to reply but Sora drew her lips to his before he could speak again. After their passionate kisses she released his lips.
"I have even more to fight for Tai.. You have given me a glimpse at a future I want more than ever. I won't die until we've lived our lives together. We're going to get married Tai, have a little house with a garden. And two little children that will look just like their daddy." Sora was trying to get Tai's mind off the immediate future by describing their blissful life ahead.
"Two? Oh no, at least four." Tai said as he kissed her neck. Causing Sora to giggle lightly.
"Oh really?" She smiled as Tai pulled her down to the ground with him lying on top of her.
"Fine, you talked me into it, how about five then?" He smiled down her. She reached her hand up and caressed is cheek.
TK and Kari were now just waking up from their full night of sleep. They had built a small fire, which was now cold, and cuddled close.
"So should we go and find them?" Kari asked.
"Sure, we better get moving before anything else happens." And with that the two began their trek slowly into the woods.
TK heard faint voices coming from a little ways away. He began to quicken his pace. He recognized the voices; they had to be Tai and Sora's.
Kari was a little distance behind TK now, as he came closer to his friends.
Suddenly he stopped cold in his tracks as he watched his best friends frantically making out with each other. TK blushed. He had never really seen anyone make out before… he felt really awkward just standing there so he quickly turned around snapping a branch when he started to walk away.
"TK?" Sora said as she pulled away from Tai. She was startled. They had been so wrapped up in each other {literally ;) } that she didn't hear TK calling for them. Tai looked a little mad, because of the interruption.
"Um.. Sorry to interrupt… um…. I think I better go." TK mumbled as he took off in the opposite direction.
"Um.. Kari, why don't we go over this way for a sec?" TK said as he took Kari's hand and pulled her off. Before she could see what Sora and Tai were doing.
Both Sora and Tai were laughing. They had never seen TK get so nervous.
"I don't think I've ever felt so awkward in my life." Sora said as her attention turned back towards Tai. "I suppose we better get up." She added quietly. Tai rolled off of her, allowing her to sit up and to collect herself.
"Sora.." Tai started.
"Yes Tai." She pulled near him once again.
"I know you probably already know what I'm going to say- but I want to say this. When we get back home… will you marry me?" Sora didn't answer. "I know we're young, and well.." Sora silenced him with her answer. It was sweet and quick. A livening kiss told Tai the answer was a 'yes.'
"Of course I will." Sora breathed happily as Tai stood up and helped her to her feet. They walked hand in hand back to find TK and Kari. They had a long day ahead of them, but they would get through it together.
Chapter Five
D: Blah Blah- legal mumbo jumbo-
A/N: Hi- It's me again. *Audience groans* Hey I heard that! Well this has been an interesting week, I must say- I had a great weekend- my family, friends and I had this huge anime-athon :) Every type of anime imaginable! From good old Digimon to Cowboy Bebop, Trigun and the Gundams :) Sorry I couldn't post this chapter earlier- but It's here now- I'm sorry :(
So anyway- on with the story
Sora heard them calling to her and somehow regained the power to stand. She limped over to where they were kneeling.
Tai was on his back. An ominous red hue painted most of his shirt. Sora again dropped to her knees, tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Oh Tai." She whispered to him as she took him into her arms. He was unconscious. His heart still beat but his breathing was shallow.
Sora cradled him like he had done to her while she lay on death's doorstep.
Sora began to glow a blinding white. It looked like she was summing up energy. The light engulfed her and then Tai. Kari and TK stood and watched as Tai's bloody shirt instantly cleaned and his breathing became normal again.
The light dissipated and Sora slumped down on top of his sleeping body. She began to spit up blood as she gasped for air.
"Sora- are you ok?" TK asked as he helped her sit up. Kari went and saw that Tai's wounds were gone.
"How did you do that?" She asked. Sora looked very shaky as she got to her feet.
"I.. I need to be alone for a while…" She said as she began to limp away. She held her stomach area and soon disappeared into the brush and trees that surrounded the group.
Sora forced her weak body to push on a little ways away from the three. She finally all but collapsed on to a soft mound of grass. She knelt and once again sat in silence, meditating. For some reason when she went into this state of deep thought, her body would begin to recuperate. She didn't understand how she was able to heal Tai, or do any of the attacks she did today. When she healed Tai, it felt as if she took away the injury and took it on herself. She continued to regain strength and composure, but her thoughts returned to the horrific vision she saw the night before.
It took place on earth, and the digital world. The final battle perhaps… she saw herself in pain- maybe even dieing again… but it didn't really look like her.. The world around was black and cold. People were pleading to her, for what and who they were- she didn't know…. Massive carnage filled the land… The dream troubled her beyond words. She broke from her meditation in a cold sweat. She tried to shake the feeling of failure from her mind…. But she had failed… she had failed her friends.
Her friends were gone. She had been hit around like a rag doll. How was she supposed to defeat Shin Sue?
Tai moaned as he began to wake from a deep sleep.
"Tai?" Kari called to him. He saw her and TK looking down on him as he opened his eyes.
"I'm alive." He whispered. "Sora…" His eyes went wide as the memories of the battle flooded back into memory.
"Tai, take it easy." TK said.
"I feel her, like she's inside of me…" Tai touched his chest.
"She somehow healed you." Kari explained.
"She's in pain…" Tai said as he closed his eyes.
"How do you know that Tai?" Kari asked.
"I can feel it.." His hand was over his heart as h said this. "She feels she has failed… Oh Sor.. I need to talk to her.." Tai got up and ran into the woods in the direction he felt Sora was in.
"Should we go too?" Kari questioned TK.
"No, I think they need some time alone.." Kari nodded.
Sora had gotten up and was wandering now. She came to a small pond. The water glistened, as a single star shone through the darkness. As Sora knelt by the pond, the lone star in the sky gave her a small sense of hope. She dipped her hands into the clear water and washed her face. She stayed there for a time staring into her reflection.
'Who am I?' She thought. 'I'm different beyond anything I imagined.. This spirit inside…'
"Sora.." Tai said as he caught sight of her near the pond. He slowly came up beside her. The feeling inside him grew stronger. He felt himself almost being drawn closer to her now. Tai didn't mind the feeling… in fact her loved it.
"Sora." Tai said again, this time Sora heard him and turned around. Her eyes were a mass of emotions. Sparkling droplets ran off her creamy skin. Her tears mixed with the clear water droplets. "Sor…" Tai said as he knelt beside her. There was silence between the two, as they stared into each other's eyes. After a few seconds, the two found themselves in a passionate embrace. Neither said a word as they held tightly to one another. Their lips met for a series of tender, yet strong kisses. When their lips broke, Sora wept in his arms. Tai nuzzled her neck; placing butterfly kisses on her silky skin.
"I love you Sora." Tai whispered into her ears as he kissed them.
"I know Tai.. I love you so much too." She sniffled into his strong chest.
For the rest of the night they basked in the warmth of their love. Neither said much as they stayed locked in the loving embrace.
As the sun peaked over the horizon, Tai woke up. He looked down to see a peacefully slumbering Sora cradled in his strong arms. Tai was content right there. They were truly meant to be together he smiled thinking this. As he looked down on her, his mind continued to worship every inch of her.
But soon the present predicaments reasserted themselves. 'What if Shi Sue wasn't lying?' he thought. He couldn't live with out Sora anymore, not after everything they now had.
"No." Tai said out loud. Sora gave a cute little moan as she began to come out of her slumber. Tai didn't mean to wake her yet, but she was now. Her crimson eyes looked up at him. She saw the worry in his chocolate orbs.
"Taichi.." She whispered up to him, as she began to cuddle up closer to his chest, which had acted like a pillow for her during the night. "Don't worry." She sighed happily.
"Don't worry?" Tai almost screamed at her. "How can I not worry? I love you Sora… I don't want you to sacrifice your life for this world, or any world.. I don't care about them…. All I care about is you…"
Sora held Tai as he broke down and began to weep. She knew he was frightened about the impending battle.
"Tai.. I'm not exactly sure what the out some of today will bring, but I just want you to know I'll never stop loving you…"
"Sora, I know you are just as scared as I am.. I feel it… I feel you inside me.."
Sora nodded. "When I healed you I gave you a part of me, of my soul in exchange for a part of yours, and the wounds.."
"Sor, please- what can I do to get you to reconsider? I can't live without you."
"Tai you have to trust me. We can do this. The catalyst inside me feels much stronger- I can defeat the dark spore…" Tai opened his mouth about to reply but Sora drew her lips to his before he could speak again. After their passionate kisses she released his lips.
"I have even more to fight for Tai.. You have given me a glimpse at a future I want more than ever. I won't die until we've lived our lives together. We're going to get married Tai, have a little house with a garden. And two little children that will look just like their daddy." Sora was trying to get Tai's mind off the immediate future by describing their blissful life ahead.
"Two? Oh no, at least four." Tai said as he kissed her neck. Causing Sora to giggle lightly.
"Oh really?" She smiled as Tai pulled her down to the ground with him lying on top of her.
"Fine, you talked me into it, how about five then?" He smiled down her. She reached her hand up and caressed is cheek.
TK and Kari were now just waking up from their full night of sleep. They had built a small fire, which was now cold, and cuddled close.
"So should we go and find them?" Kari asked.
"Sure, we better get moving before anything else happens." And with that the two began their trek slowly into the woods.
TK heard faint voices coming from a little ways away. He began to quicken his pace. He recognized the voices; they had to be Tai and Sora's.
Kari was a little distance behind TK now, as he came closer to his friends.
Suddenly he stopped cold in his tracks as he watched his best friends frantically making out with each other. TK blushed. He had never really seen anyone make out before… he felt really awkward just standing there so he quickly turned around snapping a branch when he started to walk away.
"TK?" Sora said as she pulled away from Tai. She was startled. They had been so wrapped up in each other {literally ;) } that she didn't hear TK calling for them. Tai looked a little mad, because of the interruption.
"Um.. Sorry to interrupt… um…. I think I better go." TK mumbled as he took off in the opposite direction.
"Um.. Kari, why don't we go over this way for a sec?" TK said as he took Kari's hand and pulled her off. Before she could see what Sora and Tai were doing.
Both Sora and Tai were laughing. They had never seen TK get so nervous.
"I don't think I've ever felt so awkward in my life." Sora said as her attention turned back towards Tai. "I suppose we better get up." She added quietly. Tai rolled off of her, allowing her to sit up and to collect herself.
"Sora.." Tai started.
"Yes Tai." She pulled near him once again.
"I know you probably already know what I'm going to say- but I want to say this. When we get back home… will you marry me?" Sora didn't answer. "I know we're young, and well.." Sora silenced him with her answer. It was sweet and quick. A livening kiss told Tai the answer was a 'yes.'
"Of course I will." Sora breathed happily as Tai stood up and helped her to her feet. They walked hand in hand back to find TK and Kari. They had a long day ahead of them, but they would get through it together.