Love's True Destiny
Part 4
In the hospital Tai watched Sora's expressionless face then turned to the
computer screen at his side. In it he could see Sora gradually losing her battle
against that Thing and moving to safer ground. He held her small hand so
tightly in his own as if he could pass his strength through it into her. *She has
to win this. I don't know what I'll do without her. I can't lose her. She can't
leave me! I haven't told her how I feel about her!!* Tears made their way down
Tai's cheeks and for the first time in a long while the leader of the Digidestined,
the holder and embodiment of Courage, the young man who was forced into a
situation that called upon his strength, felt weak and wept. He cried for the
friend he may lose, for the girl with endless love, for the one person he loved
most. (I have to say...even I'm going to cry now...*sniff* )
Mrs. Takenouchi stood in the middle of the road surrounded by the icy
night air and a light rain falling upon her as the bright headlights and the loud
horn of an approaching car blinded and deafened her. The car tires screeched to
a halt moments before it collided with the woman in the middle of the street.
The blonde youth who drove the vehicle leapt from his seat and ran up to Mrs.
Takenouchi. "I got worried when you didn't answer me so I decided it would be
good if I came and picked you up." he informed her.
"M-mm-Matt?? Take me to my baby. I need to see my little girl. To
know what happened."she replied shakily.
He led her to the car and drove toward the hospital. They sat through the
ride in a silence so thick a knife could cut through it. Matt walked her to Sora's
room but she began to collapse before she could enter it. *I need to be strong.
For Sora's sake.* When she entered the room with Matt supporting her the
sight that met her eyes was one of sweetness and grief. There sat Tai, asleep,
with Sora's hand in his own and there lay Sora, pale and weak. Attached to her
were many tubes and a wire that led to Izzy's laptop, on a table in the corner.
"Sora..." came the hoarse whisper from Mrs. Takenouchi's lips as she made her
way toward her only daughter. She sat on the bed beside her little girl and held
her hand tightly as if she would wake her up. Tears streamed down the grieving
mother's face, a mother who rarely displayed her emotions in public. "How did
this happen??" she asked the other people in the room as well as herself.
"Mrs. Takenouchi, come with me. Let's go to the cafeteria and get you
something to eat while I explain it to you." He then led the distraught woman
away. For the longest time Mrs. Takenouchi had to be the strong one but this
time she couldn't be strong. She let the boy, whose heart was full of love and
sorrow, lead her through the halls of the hospital.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Is the Guardian of Love afraid of the darkness? You,
the one creature that is said to have love for everything, yet you are afraid of me?
You don't deserve the crest of Love!" exclaimed a raspy voice emerging from the
darkness around Sora.
"What are you? A digimon?? What do you know about me or my crest??"
countered Sora.
"My, my, so full of questions yet you haven't answered mine yet. All will
be revealed in due time my dear. This is a battle you wish you had never taken
up!"
The voice faded back as did the black substance surrounding Sora and
Biyomon. The two stood there contemplating what to do next when something
completely unexpected happened.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tai? Tai, wake up." Izzy urged the sleeping teen.
"Sora?! Is she ok?? Has anything changed??!!!"
"No, not yet. I came by to tell you that last night Gennai sent me a
program that'll let us communicate with Sora through our digivices. I just put
it on the laptop and I thought you may want to try it first."
"Where's everyone else? Did you tell them??"
"I told Matt as I passed him outside but I don't think he was awake
either. He mumbled something about taking Mrs. Takenouchi home to call
Sora's dad and tell him. I called the others as soon as I arrived here. They
should be here soon."
"Ok...hey Izzy? You think I could talk to her first? I mean before they get
here."
"Of course Tai. I'm warning you though that it requires a lot of energy
from the person to keep the line open which means you can only talk for a little
while." replied Izzy before entering something into the laptop. "I'll give you two
some time alone. Maybe wake Matt up."
"Thanks." As soon as Izzy left the room Tai sat before the computer
screen and took a deep breath before holding his digivice in front of it. *This is
it...time to tell her the truth.*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matt thought he heard someone calling him and sure
enough when he opened his eyes there was Izzy standing in front of him.
"Come on Matt. Let's go get you something refreshing, at the cafeteria,
and meet the others there too."
"What's going on Izzy?"
"I'll explain on the way. Come on." replied the redhead grabbing hold of
Matt's arm and hauling him out of the chair in which he had spent the night.
On there way to the cafeteria Izzy explained the situation as of that morning
and explained it yet again while they waited for Takeru, Kari, Yolei, Davis and
Cody to arrive from school. When the new Digidestined arrived the headed
back to Sora's room while Matt, who had heard the story twice, explained what
had happened the previous night.
Tai was just finishing his conversation when he was joined by the others.
Mimi and Kari claimed the computer before anyone else could move. They
shared their fears and hopes with Sora and then allowed Joe and Izzy to talk to
her.
Sora learned that they were trying their best to help her and Izzy's
revelations about her crest startled her. Soon she had spoken to everyone and
had done what little she could to reassure them. The newer Digidestined were
still in shock at the possibility that they may lose one of their guides through
their journey. Sora however was disappointed when she finally said bye, for the
time being. The information she had just received from Tai along with a certain
blonde's desire to not talk to her at all left her puzzled and dejected.
Matt wanted to beat himself up. How could he just stand there acting
like he had four years ago during their battles with the Dark Masters. He
hadn't spoken to her, hadn't tried to comfort her, all because he was scared.
Scared he'd lose another person he cared about. *Some friend I'm being right
now.* he thought bitterly. *I'll talk to her tonight. I'll tell her while I keep
watch tonight.*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When Sora saw the remnants of her friends' faces
disappear into the air the darkness returned.
"I hope you enjoyed that. After all it will be one of the last times they
will talk to you, or at least your mind."
"What are you talking about?"
"I won't let you hurt Sora! You'd have to kill me first!"
"I will take great joy in killing you little pink one. But I must tell you who
I am. It is your face that your friends will soon be hating after all when I use it
against them. Maybe your holder of Knowledge will be able to help you. It will
make it more of a challenge to fight you that way. I do not like pushovers."
"We'll fight you and we'll win! You can't beat us!!" exclaimed the
brightly colored bird.
"I won't let you hurt my friends! I love them too much!!"
"Very well then. This shall be an amusing battle." With those words the
darkness around Sora and Biyomon grew darker, if that was possible. A
shadowy figure enfolded in grim violets and grays. Behind it trailed a cloak of
black and red. It's eyes matched the color of its violet shirt and its skin was a
bleaker replica of its gray pants. It wore its clothes in a Victorian style and
carried itself well, as if it was at one time royalty.
"W-w-who are you?!!" exclaimed a startled Sora.
"I am called by many names. Digimon and Digidestined alike have called
me Sinful Death. Among my enemies I am known as a Immortal's Poison.
Some even refer to me as the Devil on Land. None of the living know my true
identity or face yet now you know both. I am neither digimon nor human,
vaccine, virus nor data, living nor dead. My true name is Mephistopheles. And
to all who know me while they are living, I am death."
"W-what?" stuttered Sora disbelievingly while quivering.
"I shall return soon. I am not so cruel to Love as to not permit you to
prepare for your demise. I remember Love before you and of the two I like you
better but that shall not change your fate."
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Izzy tapped away on his extra laptop while Sora explained what had
happened. He searched under all the names she had given him but had only
come up with vague accounts of a demon like creature with no heart torturing
families of digimon or digimon in love. One story claimed that the demon
destroyed an entire island because a group of the most caring, friendly, and
gentlest digimon inhabited it. It said the island disappeared from the digital
world and the digimon never seen again, probably extinct.
"Ok this is our last chance. Search: Mephistopheles."
The computer processed the information before presenting the young man
with the information he was looking for. "It says...oh shit...."
A/N: ok here's chapter 4....what'd u think??? It sucked didn't it?? Yea I
know that. Nuriko its here! You've been waiting so here it is!!!...: )....The votes
for the ending were tied so I decided I'll either do the original or I'll do the 3
separate endings. Hey did anyone like all the nice monologues? Like the
villain's!?...He is truly evil isn't he?....I hope you're wondering what Izzy found
out about him and what Tai told Sora and what Matt wants to talk to her
about. Most of the other characters have very minor roles in this but the ending
I have is kinda nice. And they all sing!! Sorry about that, I'm just not patient
enough to write dialogues for all the 12 Digidestined. You understand right?
Nuriko you better review. Considering the long review I gave you last time and
how you seem to be waiting for this fic you BETTER review!!!!
