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A Different Destiny, Chapter 9
Sora sighed as she realised that she couldn't put it off any longer. She wanted to talk to Tai and tell him how she felt, but she was really nervous about it. She closed her eyes and found that her heart had led her mind to Tai's exact location.
{Tai, is that you?} She asked quietly through her mind, hoping to find Tai at the other end of her conversation.
{Sora, how are you talking in my mind? Or am I just hallucinating things now? But that can't be right because I feel a lot better now. . . I'm really confused!} Tai's voice told her softly, and she was surprised. She had remembered that not everybody could answer telepathically and if that was the case with Tai, he wouldn't have been able to respond to her question. That he had answered meant that he too had the telepathic powers that she had.
{You're not hallucinating, otherwise I would be too. I got told by this mysterious voice how to do this. How are you feeling? You were pretty sick before when we last saw you,} She felt calmer now that she could hear his voice and her nerves disappeared basically altogether. There was a pause as Tai thought about how he could answer.
{I'm fine now, somebody made it so that if all of us digidestined didn't show courage quickly, then I would get sicker and sicker as time went on, until everyone faced their fears. It was Gennai that did that, when he grabbed my necklace and that's why I fell unconscious straight away; because everybody was hiding something because they were scared. Everyone but one person has now gathered their courage and faced whatever it was, and I have a feeling that that person is you, since I know everything that the others said,} Sora was surprised at his knowledge of what was going on as he was in a castle where the darkness was all around him. Yet he managed to survive and sound okay, of which Sora was relieved.
{Well, yeah, I was going to tell you something. . . Um. . . Tai, I want to say that . . .} She paused for a second, taking a deep breath so she would be able to send the thoughts correctly without rushing them, {I-I think that I'm in love with you.} Silence greeted her for a few seconds as Tai seemed to be taking in this news. Her heart sank as she thought that he was gathering up the words to tell her that he didn't feel the same way. Her mind couldn't work and so the silence continued, until finally Tai broke it.
{I-I uh . . . well, I guess that I will tell you that I know that I love you,} Sora wasn't expecting this answer, especially with the way he had started off his sentence. She smiled happily and she felt as though something had been lifted off her shoulders. She didn't know what she would have done if he had said the opposite to what he had, she would have probably died.
{Really? To think that I was scared that you would reject me harshly. I'm so happy now!} Sora could imagine Tai's smile as she squealed this out telepathically and that made her even happier.
{Yes, I really mean what I said. But if I stay here much longer then my mind may be corrupted by the evil spirit that is here. If that happens then you'll have to stay away from me at all costs and so will the others. This spirit is truly evil and will try to use me to find a way to get to all of you guys and to Kari. I'm just warning you that everything might not be okay when you get here,} Tai's voice had turned serious and Sora knew that even if Tai turned evil, she wouldn't be able to stop herself from going to him.
{Well, we had better hurry up and come rescue you then, shouldn't we? I'd better go and then we'll have you out of that castle faster than you can say 'evil spirit.' I'll see you later and then we'll kick some evil spirit's ass!} Sora knew that Tai was laughing and she quickly cut the connection between the two of them so she could hurry back to the others. It had been hours since she had left them and they might be getting worried about her. Biyomon flew quickly to her side and then they quickly ran back to the shield where the others were waiting for them.
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Tai laughed at Sora's little joke and then he felt her break off the connection between their two minds. He stopped laughing as he remembered his surroundings once again. The darkness was beginning to get to him and Renamon was already seeming to slump into depression. His arm began to ache again, reminding him that it was injured. He knew everything that was happening in the outside world with the digidestined somehow and that was the only thing that stopped him from slumping down into the depression that the darkness wanted.
'No, that is technically untrue. Sora is the thing that is stopping your depression because you love her so much that whenever you think of her everything doesn't seem so bad. She is your light and she is brightening everything around you,' his thoughts told him and he had to admit that they were right. He decided that he would talk to Rena to try and get darkness off his mind and maybe he could help her to do the same.
"How are you doing Rena?" he asked, hoping to draw out a reply. He was answered with a cold silence and Tai had an uneasy feeling that Rena had been taken by the darkness, "Rena, think of the Princess! Think about how she brings out the light in everything! Think of the sun or the moon or anything that gives out light! Fight the darkness before it takes you over!" All of his shouts had no effect on the digimon and she stayed in her curled position as if she was transfixed on staring at the ground. Tai stood up and tried to move to her, but chains bound him to the ground. After he had started to feel better, a huge digimon had come and chained his arms to the wall behind him and his legs were chained to the floor. This made sure that he was maintaining some sort of contact with the darkness that was trying to penetrate into his mind.
"Come on Rena; don't leave me alone in here! If you yield to the darkness then I'll be left vulnerable to their forces too and your promise to my parents will be broken! You are strong and I know that you can fight the darkness that is within you!" she still didn't move and Tai looked at the ground in defeat before he muttered, "Please Kari, we need your light before the darkness claims us as prizes. Please help us." He suddenly felt really sleepy and he knew that the darkness had finally managed to get past his defenses, "Please Kari, you're our only hope to bring this darkness to rest." He slid down the side of the wall as all of his energy left him and he fell in a slumber filled with nightmares.
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When Sora reached the barrier of light she remembered something that she found odd.
"Hey Kari, didn't you lose your crest before? Everyone lost their crest except for me, so where did your crest come from?" Kari looked up from where she and T.K were sitting and looked at her, puzzled.
"I don't remember. I lost it and then when we were walking near here it just appeared again. Maybe the crests weren't stolen, but maybe they just were absorbed into us or something. Since you were holding onto yours, it couldn't be absorbed maybe. I'm not sure, but is your crest missing now?" Sora looked down and found that her red crest was nowhere to be seen.
"I-It's gone! It was glowing just before when. . . It was glowing and now it's disappeared! You must be right because there was absolutely nobody around when my crest was glowing," Sora's hand automatically went up to find her crest, but it wasn't there of course. Izzy pondered over the problem for a few seconds from his spot beside Matt.
"What Kari says is probably true. The crests were made of something that my lap top couldn't identify; it was like they were made from the thing itself. When I was holding the crest of knowledge I felt like I was holding knowledge in my hand. Did anybody else feel that way?" he asked, actually taking his eyes away from his computer's screen. They all nodded.
"I felt really hopeful when I held my crest," T.K piped up and from his hand there came a yellow glow. When he looked into his hand he saw his crest glowing away and he smiled, "My crest is back and it's glowing! I hope that we find Tai and defeat this evil that is here!" His crest started to glow even brighter and Patamon digivolved into Angemon and then he started to glow again.
"Angemon digivolve to. . . Magnangemon!" In Angemon's place stood an angel with six wings instead of two. His visor had turned purple and he now held a purple sword in his right hand.
"Wow Angemon, you digivolved!" Everyone stared in awe at the beautiful angel that was standing in front of them.
"When I held my crest I felt really knowledgeable and I know that we'll find Tai and defeat this evil!" Izzy's crest turned up in his hand and started glowing a bright purple. Tentomon was enveloped in the glow and he digivolved to Kabuterimon.
"Kabuterimon digivolve to . . . Megakabuterimon!" Megakabuterimon looked like a giant beetle with wings. He was a brownish-orange in colour and he had a huge curved horn on the top of his head.
"When I held my crest I felt really honest and sincere and I sincerely wish that we can defeat our enemies and find Tai," Mimi's fist started to glow green and Palmon did too. She digivolved to Togemon, her giant cactus form.
"Togemon digivolve to. . . Lilymon!" Lilymon was a stunning plant fairy with four delicate wings. She was tiny compared to the other ultimate digimon, but she looked very strong.
"When I touched my crest I felt really reliable. I know that we can rely on our digimon and each other to defeat this evil and find Tai," a silver light shot out from Joe's hand and Gomamon digivolved into Ikkakumon.
"Ikkakumon digivolve to. . . Zudomon!" Zudomon had a humongous grey-brown shell on his back and he held a giant hammer in his right hand. He was the biggest of the ultimate digimon so far.
"My crest gave me the feeling of friendship; it is a feeling after all. I know that as friends we will destroy the evil together and we will get back our friend as friendship is strong," Gabumon was covered in a light blue light and he digivolved to Garurumon.
"Garurumon digivolve to. . . Weregarurumon!" He stood up on his hind legs and grew blue pants. A brown leather strap stretched from his right shoulder down to his left hip, studded with metal circles.
"I felt the light of the world in my hands and I know that this light will lighten up the darkness and send it away. The light will help my brother too!" Salamon digivolved to Gatomon and then she disappeared for a moment in the pink light from Kari's crest.
"Gatomon digivolve to. . . Angewomon!" A female version of Angemon stood in Gatomon's place. She had a bow and a quiver of arrows slung over her shoulder and the top of her face was covered in a metal mask.
"I felt the love of the world wash over me when I held my crest. Love fights the darkness and it will help us win our fight. We will defeat the darkness and we will find Tai!" Sora felt her crest appear in her hand and then Biyomon digivolved to Birdramon in the red glow.
"Birdramon digivolve to. . . Garudamon!" Birdramon grew into a huge bird that was colossal in size. She was basically the same colour but she had strange white marking on her.
"Prodigious! All of our digimon digivolved in response to what we said! That is something in itself!" Izzy exclaimed in wonder, staring up at all of the ultimate digimon, "Now let's get in there and fight this evil thingy!" They all cheered at Izzy's words and Sora spoke up.
"I know where the entrance to this place is, but first I have to tell you something. Tai told me to tell you guys that if the darkness managed to take over his mind, we all have to stay away from him. So if anything out of the ordinary happens, then we have to make sure that we watch out for Tai to make sure that he isn't influenced by the darkness," she told them seriously before turning to lead them to the entrance.
"How on Earth did Tai tell you that? You didn't go into the castle when you were thinking to yourself did you?" Matt asked carefully, his voice teetering on the edge of being angry, "If you did then it was very dangerous to do that!" Sora shook her head, but kept on walking.
"Nope, I went to a lake and sat there. But I still have my telepathic powers and Tai has them too, because he managed to answer me when I spoke to him. He told me then," they came to a spot in the wall that looked no different to any other part of the wall. Sora put her hand up to it and reached out, feeling for a small chip in the darkness. She managed to find it after searching quietly for a few moments.
"What are you do-" Joe cut off as a big hole appeared in the wall that was big enough for all of them to go through. Sora just looked at him over her shoulder before they all began walking into the castle. . .
End of Chapter 9
This sounded like a good place to finish this chapter. I'm sorry for the slow updates, but I'm back at school and my teachers are loading me with homework again and I only started on Tuesday! Anyway, in the last chapter with Matt and Izzy talking, they could be talking about anything. It could even be Yamashiro if you really want. It can be anything! Anyway, the site is down at the minute and that's really annoying, so I'll have to wait to post this up. If I have time I'll write another chapter whilst I'm waiting. Please review! Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A Different Destiny, Chapter 9
Sora sighed as she realised that she couldn't put it off any longer. She wanted to talk to Tai and tell him how she felt, but she was really nervous about it. She closed her eyes and found that her heart had led her mind to Tai's exact location.
{Tai, is that you?} She asked quietly through her mind, hoping to find Tai at the other end of her conversation.
{Sora, how are you talking in my mind? Or am I just hallucinating things now? But that can't be right because I feel a lot better now. . . I'm really confused!} Tai's voice told her softly, and she was surprised. She had remembered that not everybody could answer telepathically and if that was the case with Tai, he wouldn't have been able to respond to her question. That he had answered meant that he too had the telepathic powers that she had.
{You're not hallucinating, otherwise I would be too. I got told by this mysterious voice how to do this. How are you feeling? You were pretty sick before when we last saw you,} She felt calmer now that she could hear his voice and her nerves disappeared basically altogether. There was a pause as Tai thought about how he could answer.
{I'm fine now, somebody made it so that if all of us digidestined didn't show courage quickly, then I would get sicker and sicker as time went on, until everyone faced their fears. It was Gennai that did that, when he grabbed my necklace and that's why I fell unconscious straight away; because everybody was hiding something because they were scared. Everyone but one person has now gathered their courage and faced whatever it was, and I have a feeling that that person is you, since I know everything that the others said,} Sora was surprised at his knowledge of what was going on as he was in a castle where the darkness was all around him. Yet he managed to survive and sound okay, of which Sora was relieved.
{Well, yeah, I was going to tell you something. . . Um. . . Tai, I want to say that . . .} She paused for a second, taking a deep breath so she would be able to send the thoughts correctly without rushing them, {I-I think that I'm in love with you.} Silence greeted her for a few seconds as Tai seemed to be taking in this news. Her heart sank as she thought that he was gathering up the words to tell her that he didn't feel the same way. Her mind couldn't work and so the silence continued, until finally Tai broke it.
{I-I uh . . . well, I guess that I will tell you that I know that I love you,} Sora wasn't expecting this answer, especially with the way he had started off his sentence. She smiled happily and she felt as though something had been lifted off her shoulders. She didn't know what she would have done if he had said the opposite to what he had, she would have probably died.
{Really? To think that I was scared that you would reject me harshly. I'm so happy now!} Sora could imagine Tai's smile as she squealed this out telepathically and that made her even happier.
{Yes, I really mean what I said. But if I stay here much longer then my mind may be corrupted by the evil spirit that is here. If that happens then you'll have to stay away from me at all costs and so will the others. This spirit is truly evil and will try to use me to find a way to get to all of you guys and to Kari. I'm just warning you that everything might not be okay when you get here,} Tai's voice had turned serious and Sora knew that even if Tai turned evil, she wouldn't be able to stop herself from going to him.
{Well, we had better hurry up and come rescue you then, shouldn't we? I'd better go and then we'll have you out of that castle faster than you can say 'evil spirit.' I'll see you later and then we'll kick some evil spirit's ass!} Sora knew that Tai was laughing and she quickly cut the connection between the two of them so she could hurry back to the others. It had been hours since she had left them and they might be getting worried about her. Biyomon flew quickly to her side and then they quickly ran back to the shield where the others were waiting for them.
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Tai laughed at Sora's little joke and then he felt her break off the connection between their two minds. He stopped laughing as he remembered his surroundings once again. The darkness was beginning to get to him and Renamon was already seeming to slump into depression. His arm began to ache again, reminding him that it was injured. He knew everything that was happening in the outside world with the digidestined somehow and that was the only thing that stopped him from slumping down into the depression that the darkness wanted.
'No, that is technically untrue. Sora is the thing that is stopping your depression because you love her so much that whenever you think of her everything doesn't seem so bad. She is your light and she is brightening everything around you,' his thoughts told him and he had to admit that they were right. He decided that he would talk to Rena to try and get darkness off his mind and maybe he could help her to do the same.
"How are you doing Rena?" he asked, hoping to draw out a reply. He was answered with a cold silence and Tai had an uneasy feeling that Rena had been taken by the darkness, "Rena, think of the Princess! Think about how she brings out the light in everything! Think of the sun or the moon or anything that gives out light! Fight the darkness before it takes you over!" All of his shouts had no effect on the digimon and she stayed in her curled position as if she was transfixed on staring at the ground. Tai stood up and tried to move to her, but chains bound him to the ground. After he had started to feel better, a huge digimon had come and chained his arms to the wall behind him and his legs were chained to the floor. This made sure that he was maintaining some sort of contact with the darkness that was trying to penetrate into his mind.
"Come on Rena; don't leave me alone in here! If you yield to the darkness then I'll be left vulnerable to their forces too and your promise to my parents will be broken! You are strong and I know that you can fight the darkness that is within you!" she still didn't move and Tai looked at the ground in defeat before he muttered, "Please Kari, we need your light before the darkness claims us as prizes. Please help us." He suddenly felt really sleepy and he knew that the darkness had finally managed to get past his defenses, "Please Kari, you're our only hope to bring this darkness to rest." He slid down the side of the wall as all of his energy left him and he fell in a slumber filled with nightmares.
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When Sora reached the barrier of light she remembered something that she found odd.
"Hey Kari, didn't you lose your crest before? Everyone lost their crest except for me, so where did your crest come from?" Kari looked up from where she and T.K were sitting and looked at her, puzzled.
"I don't remember. I lost it and then when we were walking near here it just appeared again. Maybe the crests weren't stolen, but maybe they just were absorbed into us or something. Since you were holding onto yours, it couldn't be absorbed maybe. I'm not sure, but is your crest missing now?" Sora looked down and found that her red crest was nowhere to be seen.
"I-It's gone! It was glowing just before when. . . It was glowing and now it's disappeared! You must be right because there was absolutely nobody around when my crest was glowing," Sora's hand automatically went up to find her crest, but it wasn't there of course. Izzy pondered over the problem for a few seconds from his spot beside Matt.
"What Kari says is probably true. The crests were made of something that my lap top couldn't identify; it was like they were made from the thing itself. When I was holding the crest of knowledge I felt like I was holding knowledge in my hand. Did anybody else feel that way?" he asked, actually taking his eyes away from his computer's screen. They all nodded.
"I felt really hopeful when I held my crest," T.K piped up and from his hand there came a yellow glow. When he looked into his hand he saw his crest glowing away and he smiled, "My crest is back and it's glowing! I hope that we find Tai and defeat this evil that is here!" His crest started to glow even brighter and Patamon digivolved into Angemon and then he started to glow again.
"Angemon digivolve to. . . Magnangemon!" In Angemon's place stood an angel with six wings instead of two. His visor had turned purple and he now held a purple sword in his right hand.
"Wow Angemon, you digivolved!" Everyone stared in awe at the beautiful angel that was standing in front of them.
"When I held my crest I felt really knowledgeable and I know that we'll find Tai and defeat this evil!" Izzy's crest turned up in his hand and started glowing a bright purple. Tentomon was enveloped in the glow and he digivolved to Kabuterimon.
"Kabuterimon digivolve to . . . Megakabuterimon!" Megakabuterimon looked like a giant beetle with wings. He was a brownish-orange in colour and he had a huge curved horn on the top of his head.
"When I held my crest I felt really honest and sincere and I sincerely wish that we can defeat our enemies and find Tai," Mimi's fist started to glow green and Palmon did too. She digivolved to Togemon, her giant cactus form.
"Togemon digivolve to. . . Lilymon!" Lilymon was a stunning plant fairy with four delicate wings. She was tiny compared to the other ultimate digimon, but she looked very strong.
"When I touched my crest I felt really reliable. I know that we can rely on our digimon and each other to defeat this evil and find Tai," a silver light shot out from Joe's hand and Gomamon digivolved into Ikkakumon.
"Ikkakumon digivolve to. . . Zudomon!" Zudomon had a humongous grey-brown shell on his back and he held a giant hammer in his right hand. He was the biggest of the ultimate digimon so far.
"My crest gave me the feeling of friendship; it is a feeling after all. I know that as friends we will destroy the evil together and we will get back our friend as friendship is strong," Gabumon was covered in a light blue light and he digivolved to Garurumon.
"Garurumon digivolve to. . . Weregarurumon!" He stood up on his hind legs and grew blue pants. A brown leather strap stretched from his right shoulder down to his left hip, studded with metal circles.
"I felt the light of the world in my hands and I know that this light will lighten up the darkness and send it away. The light will help my brother too!" Salamon digivolved to Gatomon and then she disappeared for a moment in the pink light from Kari's crest.
"Gatomon digivolve to. . . Angewomon!" A female version of Angemon stood in Gatomon's place. She had a bow and a quiver of arrows slung over her shoulder and the top of her face was covered in a metal mask.
"I felt the love of the world wash over me when I held my crest. Love fights the darkness and it will help us win our fight. We will defeat the darkness and we will find Tai!" Sora felt her crest appear in her hand and then Biyomon digivolved to Birdramon in the red glow.
"Birdramon digivolve to. . . Garudamon!" Birdramon grew into a huge bird that was colossal in size. She was basically the same colour but she had strange white marking on her.
"Prodigious! All of our digimon digivolved in response to what we said! That is something in itself!" Izzy exclaimed in wonder, staring up at all of the ultimate digimon, "Now let's get in there and fight this evil thingy!" They all cheered at Izzy's words and Sora spoke up.
"I know where the entrance to this place is, but first I have to tell you something. Tai told me to tell you guys that if the darkness managed to take over his mind, we all have to stay away from him. So if anything out of the ordinary happens, then we have to make sure that we watch out for Tai to make sure that he isn't influenced by the darkness," she told them seriously before turning to lead them to the entrance.
"How on Earth did Tai tell you that? You didn't go into the castle when you were thinking to yourself did you?" Matt asked carefully, his voice teetering on the edge of being angry, "If you did then it was very dangerous to do that!" Sora shook her head, but kept on walking.
"Nope, I went to a lake and sat there. But I still have my telepathic powers and Tai has them too, because he managed to answer me when I spoke to him. He told me then," they came to a spot in the wall that looked no different to any other part of the wall. Sora put her hand up to it and reached out, feeling for a small chip in the darkness. She managed to find it after searching quietly for a few moments.
"What are you do-" Joe cut off as a big hole appeared in the wall that was big enough for all of them to go through. Sora just looked at him over her shoulder before they all began walking into the castle. . .
End of Chapter 9
This sounded like a good place to finish this chapter. I'm sorry for the slow updates, but I'm back at school and my teachers are loading me with homework again and I only started on Tuesday! Anyway, in the last chapter with Matt and Izzy talking, they could be talking about anything. It could even be Yamashiro if you really want. It can be anything! Anyway, the site is down at the minute and that's really annoying, so I'll have to wait to post this up. If I have time I'll write another chapter whilst I'm waiting. Please review! Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!