Author's Note: I do not own Digimon, nor will I ever do so.
Tai: You seem to be pretty keen on having me hurt or depressed in your fics, don't you?
Litanya: Great, now I know that I've been on this site too long. I'm starting to have conversations with my characters.
Tai: I mean it! In every Digimon fic so far you've had me depressed or on the verge of dying!
Litanya: . . . so what if I have? I'm the author and there's nothing you can do about it! I just happen to like depressing fics. . . But you've always gotten better at the end.
Tai: Yeah. . . I suppose. . . Hey, aren't you supposed to be writing the fic?
Litanya: Eep, I'd forgotten about that. Anyway, the ages in the beginning of this fic are the same as 01 ages. That is Tai, Matt, Sora and Mimi are 12, Joe is 13, T.K and Kari are 9 and Izzy is 10 years old. Oh and Ken and Yolie are 12 at the beginning of this fic too. Those are the ages they are only at the beginning. You'll get it in the fic. Now, on with the fic!
Not Only In Heaven: PROLOGUE
"Come on Kari! We're going to be late to my game if you don't hurry!" Tai called to his sister from the door of their apartment, "Dad's going to drive us today because we're running late. Come on!" His little sister came out of the apartment at last, putting the pink string of her whistle around her neck.
"Don't worry Tai; we'll get there on time. It's not like anything bad is going to happen on the way there," Kari felt a shiver go down her spine as she said those words, but she ignored it as Tai herded her out of the door. Tai didn't reply, he just made sure that she was moving. They climbed into the backseat of the car and their parents turned around to make sure that they both put their seat belts on. Tai sat back in his seat and took a worried glance at the sky. Dark clouds were gathering in the sky, not exactly cheering him up.
"Don't worry, we won't be late Tai. And I'm sure that the clouds are not meant for rain," his mother assured him as their car backed out from the car park. Tai brightened up a little and started to throw his soccer ball from hand to hand as they drove along. Just before they turned a corner Tai caught sight of their apartment building. He felt strange, like it was the last time that he was going to see the building. He threw the thought out of his head and began revising strategies for his game in his head. Kari sat quietly in the back seat too, staring out of the water. She was the first of them to notice the rain that had started to fall onto the car. She was just about to comment on it when it began to pour it down.
"S***," Mr. Kamiya muttered under his breath, finding it difficult to see in the downpour. He was finding it hard to see the car in front f him and he could barely see where he was. They drove through some traffic lights without realising that the lights had been on red until they heard the sound of a horn coming from Tai's left. The Kamiya family all looked sharply to their left, their hands turning white as they gripped the sides of their seats in terror. A dark red shape was coming at them, seemingly unable to stop or slow. Tai's eyes widened as he realised that the car was going to collide into them right where he was sitting. Mr. Kamiya tried to find any way to avoid the crash, but nothing was working. All of this happened in about five seconds and soon Tai felt the red car connect with the side of the car and something pierced into his side, causing a second of pain before he blacked out with Kari's scream still ringing in his ears.
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"Is everybody okay?" Mr. Kamiya asked his family once he regained consciousness. He heard Kari groan and he could hear his wife's deep breathing beside him, but he heard nothing from where his son had been sitting. He tried to turn so that he would be able to see his children properly, but it hurt too much as pain was sent jolting down his left side. As the pain coursed through his body he sank down into unconsciousness, his mind blank of any thoughts other than about the pain.
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Kari groaned as her leg began to ache, and she could feel blood on her fingers. She opened her eyes slowly and watched as her father seemed to be trying to move, but then he fell still. She still couldn't take in what was in front of her. Her father was unconscious in the seat in front of her, on the right side of the car. In the passenger seat her mother was also unconscious. Kari wondered why she could feel blood with her left hand. She slowly turned her head to see that her left arm was flung over to the other side of the car, the side where Tai was sitting. Her eyes widened as she realised that it was *his* blood that she was feeling. He was slumped in his seat, unconscious but barely breathing. Kari could clearly see various wounds on him that were bleeding and she felt sick at the sight of all of the blood. Tai seemed to be struggling to breath and he was as white as a sheet. Blood was all over the seat next to him and on the side of their car, although not much of that remained standing. Kari could plainly see the red car that had crashed into them sticking through the car door. Tai's soccer ball was still in Tai's right arm, loosely settled between his arm and the car seat.
She felt sick and she looked to back at herself to see why her leg was hurting so much. It seemed that another car had crashed into her side of the car, but not very badly. In fact, the metal of the car door hardly seemed bent, but Kari's leg was broken. She didn't know how it had broken, but the bone seemed to have snapped. The pain began to catch up to her even more and she realised that adrenalin had been holding the pain back a bit for her, but now it came back with full force. It was too much for her to bear conscious, so she let the darkness take her and she fell unconscious.
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Tai could only feel pain. He felt nothing but pain and he couldn't get away from it. He was aware that he was unconscious, but in a way that made him even more aware of the pain that he was going through. His left side was on fire and he felt like someone was stabbing him a million times with a small bread knife. But he wasn't really concerned about that. Kari's scream was still repeating itself in his head and it was driving him crazy. He just wished and wished that he knew that he was okay. He decided that he would pray for her, to know that she was going to be okay.
"Dear God, I know that I haven't exactly been a devout Christian, but I know that you're here and you've been watching over my family and I. I just want to thank you for everything that you have done for us, you've made sure that we have had enough food and water and a roof over our heads. I want to thank you for it so much. I ask one, well two, more things of you, God. Please let my family be okay and safe. Even if you can only grant one of my wishes, just let it be this one that you grant. My family is more worthy than myself of your attention . . . they are caring and filled with light. I love them so much. Please let them be safe," another wave of pain hit him and he had to pause for a second before he could continue, his breath coming in short stabs, "The only other thing that I ask you for God, is that you forgive me for all of my sins. I am truly sorry for anything that I have done that is wrong and I repent for being a pert of killing Digimon, but I didn't want to and I regret it. Please forgive me Lord; I am so sorry that I have sinned. . ." these words came from the bottom of his heart and Tai felt like he was slowly being taken from his body. "Goodbye Kari, I'm sorry that I have to leave you. . . I promise that I won't forget you." With that said Tai felt himself jolt as his soul left his body and he went towards death.
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Sora looked at her watch as the rain slowly fell. The weather had been unbelievably strange that morning. Firstly the day had started off extremely sunny, then the rain had just started to pour for about 2 minutes at most, then the rain had almost stopped. It was still falling now, but only lightly. The rain would hardly wet the ground now. Her watch read 9:23am. She was a bit worried.
'Tai should be here by now. Even if it was raining, Tai would still come to the match, no doubt about that. The trouble was, the match had been due to start at 9:00 and he still hadn't arrived. She knew that he was coming because she had phoned him that morning to make sure that he was coming. He had had a bit of a cold the day before and so she had called to check that he was playing. She recalled the conversation to her mind.
~FLASHBACK~
"Good morning, Kamiya residence," Sora instantly recognised Tai's happy voice over the phone and she smiled as she realised that he wasn't sick.
"Hey Tai, are you up for the game today?" she asked, just to make sure. Sometimes Tai would sound okay over the phone when he was sick, so she just wanted to be sure. After all, he was the best player on the team and they were playing the best team in the league other than their own.
"Yeah, I sure am! Dad's going to drive Kari and I there before he and mum go shopping. We're going to drive because Kari isn't going to be ready any time soon and we'll have to drive to get there on time. But I'll be there," Sora smiled, happy that her best friend was going to be there. She heard another voice talk to Tai over the phone and then Tai spoke again.
"I'm sorry Sora, but I have to go. I'll see you at the game!"
"That's okay Tai, I'll see you then!" she hung up the phone, a small smile on her face. Then she quickly got to business and left to get to soccer.
~END OF FLASHBACK~
Sora knew that something was wrong. Taichi was NEVER late to a soccer game- it was his own personal rule. She glanced at her watch again, only to see the minute number on her digital watch turn so that it now read 9:24am. She looked once again to the parking lot and scanned her eyes over the few cars that were there. The Kamiya's car was not there and neither of the Kamiya children had come down to the field.
"Are you sure that Tai was coming?" Matt asked her as he, too, watched for any sign of the boy and his sister. Sora turned to him, a little annoyed at his arrogance.
"Of course I'm sure! I phoned him this morning and he told me that he was coming. His dad is supposed to be dropping him and Kari off here. They had to drive otherwise they wouldn't get here in time apparently. That's what he told me anyway," she snapped at Matt, turning her worry into anger for the second. Matt didn't reply, he knew that Sora cared about Tai and that she would be angry until he turned up with a stupid excuse for being late.
"The other team has forfeited," their coach announced to the team quietly, "Apparently one of their players, their star player, hasn't turned up and they don't have enough players without him as all of the others are sick. So we have won this match by default." The team cheered, but Sora didn't join in with her teammates. She was too worried that Tai hadn't turned up.
"Hmm. . . That's a bit of a bummer that we can't play, but it's great that we won! I heard that the other team's star player, Ken Ichijouji, plays like a pro, just like Tai does. Even though it's a bad thing to win by default, at least we won," Matt said to himself, getting another glare from Sora.
"Hey guys, we just heard that you won by default," Joe told them as the other digidestined gathered around the pair, saving Matt from Sora's wrath. Matt silently thanked God for the great timing.
"I don't care about that at the minute, Tai and Kari haven't arrived yet and I'm worried. Tai told me that he was coming to the game this morning, and he hasn't turned up yet, even though his dad was driving him. Tai would never be late to a soccer game, and now he's 25 minutes late!" Sora was definitely worried and that made her snap at people. The other digidestined, minus Tai and Kari of course, cowered away from her as she moved to yell at them because Tai wasn't there. Izzy sat down and turned on his lap top, surprising everybody for a second.
"What on Earth are you doing Izzy?" Mimi asked the boy genius, "This isn't the time for looking on the internet, not with Sora on the war path," she turned to Sora, "Don't worry. You know Tai; he'll probably rock up in a second or two and his reason for being late will be that he lost his soccer ball or something. You know that." Izzy started to type away at something and then stopped, frowning at the screen as if he was concentrating really hard. T.K leaned down and read out what was on the screen.
"When the skies darken
And the road has gone astray
Light will darken
And Courage will be lost
Kindness and Loyalty will be separated
Until the day of destiny.
The evil will rise
Due to a mistake once made
And peace will be far away
Until the Angels are reunited once again.
What does that mean Izzy?" T.K finished, and the genius shook his head. The other digidestined just looked at each other, confusion etched onto their features.
"I have no idea T.K. I'm pretty sure that it is a prophecy of some sort, but I wouldn't have a clue what it means. I think. . ." he was cut off by his computer making a strange whirring noise.
"Hello? Are you there digidestined?" Gennai's voice came through the lap top, startling the children. They had thought that they would never hear from the old man again, but they were wrong.
"We're here Gennai, although Tai and Kari aren't," Matt replied, moving away from Sora who seemed to be about to burst with anger. Gennai's face was on the screen now, and he was nodding a little sadly.
"I know that the two of them are not there, in fact I know where they are. . ." he trailed off and seemed to be deep in thought. Sora seemed to deflate as she heard that Gennai knew where they were. They probably hadn't come to the game because Gennai had sent them on some mission or something, not because something bad had happened.
"Where are they?" she asked once it became clear that Gennai wasn't going to speak again. He shook his head to clear his thoughts and smiled sadly.
"I'll tell you in a second, just keep your patience. Kari is in an ambulance on the way to hospital at this minute," they gasped and Joe interrupted Gennai hastily.
"Is she alright? What happened?" they all leaned towards the computer, to try and hear the answers straight away. Gennai's smile had disappeared completely.
"Kari will be fine. You know how it poured down with rain for a few minutes before suddenly stopping? Well, Tai and Kari were on their way to the soccer game when they were in a car crash. That's why Kari is on her way to hospital. She only has a broken leg, and a few other minor injuries, so she'll be fine," he stopped speaking to let the kids take everything that he had said in.
"Is Tai okay?" Sora asked, looking Gennai straight in the eye, "You told us that Kari was on her way to hospital, but you never said that Tai was. Is he okay?" Gennai didn't answer for a minute and he looked at the ground.
"Tai was killed in the accident," there was a shocked silence after Gennai's sad words. Nobody cried, nobody spoke, in fact they barely breathed. The silence wasn't broken until five minutes later.
"What?" Mimi asked faintly, not being able to believe what Gennai was saying.
"Tai was killed in the accident. Have you got the prophecy that I sent you? I think that it has something about this in it," Izzy could only nod at Gennai's question, still too shocked to speak. Silence again dominated the conversation until Gennai spoke again, "I'd better go now. Good luck with deciphering the prophecy and I'm sorry." The transmission ended and the digidestined still hadn't moved from their shocked positions. Tears ran silently down Mimi's face and she turned to Joe because he was nearest and cried on his shoulder. Sora still wouldn't believe it. Tai was their leader, he seemed to be invincible against Piedmon and yet he had died in a stupid car crash! It wasn't right, Tai couldn't be dead. She was startled out of her thought by her mobile ringing.
"Hell?" her voice was expressionless and she couldn't get herself to sound cheerful.
"Sora? Where are you? Your game is supposed to be finished by now! What's wrong honey?" her mother asked her, and Sora shook her head a little.
"Umm . . . nothing mum. I'll be home in a few minutes," her voice was still emotionless and she couldn't force emotion into it, as much as she tried. Her mother was worried, but she just said goodbye and let her daughter go off the phone.
"I have to go now guys, my mum is getting worried. I'll see you later," the others stared after her as she left, worried about the way that she hadn't even seemed to shed a tear. She had just closed up all of a sudden, which wasn't a good thing. Everyone else, even the 'cool' Matt had tears running down his face. It just wasn't natural for Sora to be emotionless. And that scared all of the digidestined. Izzy glanced at the clock at the bottom of his lap top's screen and saw to his surprise that it was 12pm. They had all been so caught up in their thoughts that they had forgotten the time. He slowly packed his lap top up and left quietly, his mind still numb from the news that Gennai had told them.
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Tai looked around and all he could see was red. He was sweating in the unbearable heat and the area that he was in was all red and angry oranges. He knew immediately that he was in Hell. A boy around his age with shoulder length blue-black hair and blue eyes appeared behind him, looking as confused as he himself felt.
"Where are we?" the boy asked Tai, dreading the answer but wanting to know anyway. Tai gestured with his left hand.
"I believe that we are in Hell. I don't know though, we may be somewhere else. All I know is that I died in a car accident, then I cam here. My name is Taichi Kamiya, what's your name?" the blue haired boy was staring around at all of the red flames that were around them in the huge cavern.
"My name is Ken Ichijouji. I died too, I think in the same car accident as you. Yolie, my best friend was with me. I only hope that she didn't end up here," they both froze as another being approached them, dressed all in red. He had a mean look on his face and he seemed to enjoy the harsh, hot conditions of the cavern.
"HEY, YOU NEW COMERS! YOU GET TO WORK NOW STRAIGHT AWAY! YOU ARE SENT HERE TO WORK, NOT CHAT! NOBODY AROUND HERE TALKS, EVER, SO DON'T YOU THINK THAT YOU'LL GET AWAY WITH IT. THESE ARE THE RULES; YOU WORK, YOU SUFFER, YOU WORK WHILST YOU SUFFER. NOW GET TO WORK!" he yelled harshly and Tai and Ken both knew that they had to do what he told them straight away, or they would be in trouble. They bent down and started picking up the rocks and putting them into a big container, just like the other people around them were doing. They hadn't noticed the other people before, but that was because they seemed to blend into the colours of the cavern. They all had mean looks on their faces and looks of suffering and hardship. And they all had a look of resentment in their eyes, and that made Tai's blood run cold. No wonder those people had been sent to Hell, they resented everything. And that made Tai wonder if he would soon start to feel that way. He kept on moving rocks, a pointless job but he had to do it anyway, thinking deeply about the future.
"At least Kari's not here," he thought to himself, "I can take anything as long as Kari is away from this place and is safe. I'll be happy for the rest of my life, as long as Kari isn't here."
End of Prologue
Well, this fic has been in my head for a while, so I'll write this as well as trying to finish "A Different Destiny" but that fic is getting harder and harder to write. I WILL finish it though, chapter 10 is halfway finished. I'm really into this fic, so I may put my other fic on hold whilst I do this one. . . Well it doesn't matter either way, they'll both get finished. There will be couples in this fic and people that know my other fics will know what couples they will be. Anyway, I'll update soon, probably start the chapter right now because I have an hour before I have to go to bed, so yeah. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Tai: You seem to be pretty keen on having me hurt or depressed in your fics, don't you?
Litanya: Great, now I know that I've been on this site too long. I'm starting to have conversations with my characters.
Tai: I mean it! In every Digimon fic so far you've had me depressed or on the verge of dying!
Litanya: . . . so what if I have? I'm the author and there's nothing you can do about it! I just happen to like depressing fics. . . But you've always gotten better at the end.
Tai: Yeah. . . I suppose. . . Hey, aren't you supposed to be writing the fic?
Litanya: Eep, I'd forgotten about that. Anyway, the ages in the beginning of this fic are the same as 01 ages. That is Tai, Matt, Sora and Mimi are 12, Joe is 13, T.K and Kari are 9 and Izzy is 10 years old. Oh and Ken and Yolie are 12 at the beginning of this fic too. Those are the ages they are only at the beginning. You'll get it in the fic. Now, on with the fic!
Not Only In Heaven: PROLOGUE
"Come on Kari! We're going to be late to my game if you don't hurry!" Tai called to his sister from the door of their apartment, "Dad's going to drive us today because we're running late. Come on!" His little sister came out of the apartment at last, putting the pink string of her whistle around her neck.
"Don't worry Tai; we'll get there on time. It's not like anything bad is going to happen on the way there," Kari felt a shiver go down her spine as she said those words, but she ignored it as Tai herded her out of the door. Tai didn't reply, he just made sure that she was moving. They climbed into the backseat of the car and their parents turned around to make sure that they both put their seat belts on. Tai sat back in his seat and took a worried glance at the sky. Dark clouds were gathering in the sky, not exactly cheering him up.
"Don't worry, we won't be late Tai. And I'm sure that the clouds are not meant for rain," his mother assured him as their car backed out from the car park. Tai brightened up a little and started to throw his soccer ball from hand to hand as they drove along. Just before they turned a corner Tai caught sight of their apartment building. He felt strange, like it was the last time that he was going to see the building. He threw the thought out of his head and began revising strategies for his game in his head. Kari sat quietly in the back seat too, staring out of the water. She was the first of them to notice the rain that had started to fall onto the car. She was just about to comment on it when it began to pour it down.
"S***," Mr. Kamiya muttered under his breath, finding it difficult to see in the downpour. He was finding it hard to see the car in front f him and he could barely see where he was. They drove through some traffic lights without realising that the lights had been on red until they heard the sound of a horn coming from Tai's left. The Kamiya family all looked sharply to their left, their hands turning white as they gripped the sides of their seats in terror. A dark red shape was coming at them, seemingly unable to stop or slow. Tai's eyes widened as he realised that the car was going to collide into them right where he was sitting. Mr. Kamiya tried to find any way to avoid the crash, but nothing was working. All of this happened in about five seconds and soon Tai felt the red car connect with the side of the car and something pierced into his side, causing a second of pain before he blacked out with Kari's scream still ringing in his ears.
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"Is everybody okay?" Mr. Kamiya asked his family once he regained consciousness. He heard Kari groan and he could hear his wife's deep breathing beside him, but he heard nothing from where his son had been sitting. He tried to turn so that he would be able to see his children properly, but it hurt too much as pain was sent jolting down his left side. As the pain coursed through his body he sank down into unconsciousness, his mind blank of any thoughts other than about the pain.
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Kari groaned as her leg began to ache, and she could feel blood on her fingers. She opened her eyes slowly and watched as her father seemed to be trying to move, but then he fell still. She still couldn't take in what was in front of her. Her father was unconscious in the seat in front of her, on the right side of the car. In the passenger seat her mother was also unconscious. Kari wondered why she could feel blood with her left hand. She slowly turned her head to see that her left arm was flung over to the other side of the car, the side where Tai was sitting. Her eyes widened as she realised that it was *his* blood that she was feeling. He was slumped in his seat, unconscious but barely breathing. Kari could clearly see various wounds on him that were bleeding and she felt sick at the sight of all of the blood. Tai seemed to be struggling to breath and he was as white as a sheet. Blood was all over the seat next to him and on the side of their car, although not much of that remained standing. Kari could plainly see the red car that had crashed into them sticking through the car door. Tai's soccer ball was still in Tai's right arm, loosely settled between his arm and the car seat.
She felt sick and she looked to back at herself to see why her leg was hurting so much. It seemed that another car had crashed into her side of the car, but not very badly. In fact, the metal of the car door hardly seemed bent, but Kari's leg was broken. She didn't know how it had broken, but the bone seemed to have snapped. The pain began to catch up to her even more and she realised that adrenalin had been holding the pain back a bit for her, but now it came back with full force. It was too much for her to bear conscious, so she let the darkness take her and she fell unconscious.
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Tai could only feel pain. He felt nothing but pain and he couldn't get away from it. He was aware that he was unconscious, but in a way that made him even more aware of the pain that he was going through. His left side was on fire and he felt like someone was stabbing him a million times with a small bread knife. But he wasn't really concerned about that. Kari's scream was still repeating itself in his head and it was driving him crazy. He just wished and wished that he knew that he was okay. He decided that he would pray for her, to know that she was going to be okay.
"Dear God, I know that I haven't exactly been a devout Christian, but I know that you're here and you've been watching over my family and I. I just want to thank you for everything that you have done for us, you've made sure that we have had enough food and water and a roof over our heads. I want to thank you for it so much. I ask one, well two, more things of you, God. Please let my family be okay and safe. Even if you can only grant one of my wishes, just let it be this one that you grant. My family is more worthy than myself of your attention . . . they are caring and filled with light. I love them so much. Please let them be safe," another wave of pain hit him and he had to pause for a second before he could continue, his breath coming in short stabs, "The only other thing that I ask you for God, is that you forgive me for all of my sins. I am truly sorry for anything that I have done that is wrong and I repent for being a pert of killing Digimon, but I didn't want to and I regret it. Please forgive me Lord; I am so sorry that I have sinned. . ." these words came from the bottom of his heart and Tai felt like he was slowly being taken from his body. "Goodbye Kari, I'm sorry that I have to leave you. . . I promise that I won't forget you." With that said Tai felt himself jolt as his soul left his body and he went towards death.
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Sora looked at her watch as the rain slowly fell. The weather had been unbelievably strange that morning. Firstly the day had started off extremely sunny, then the rain had just started to pour for about 2 minutes at most, then the rain had almost stopped. It was still falling now, but only lightly. The rain would hardly wet the ground now. Her watch read 9:23am. She was a bit worried.
'Tai should be here by now. Even if it was raining, Tai would still come to the match, no doubt about that. The trouble was, the match had been due to start at 9:00 and he still hadn't arrived. She knew that he was coming because she had phoned him that morning to make sure that he was coming. He had had a bit of a cold the day before and so she had called to check that he was playing. She recalled the conversation to her mind.
~FLASHBACK~
"Good morning, Kamiya residence," Sora instantly recognised Tai's happy voice over the phone and she smiled as she realised that he wasn't sick.
"Hey Tai, are you up for the game today?" she asked, just to make sure. Sometimes Tai would sound okay over the phone when he was sick, so she just wanted to be sure. After all, he was the best player on the team and they were playing the best team in the league other than their own.
"Yeah, I sure am! Dad's going to drive Kari and I there before he and mum go shopping. We're going to drive because Kari isn't going to be ready any time soon and we'll have to drive to get there on time. But I'll be there," Sora smiled, happy that her best friend was going to be there. She heard another voice talk to Tai over the phone and then Tai spoke again.
"I'm sorry Sora, but I have to go. I'll see you at the game!"
"That's okay Tai, I'll see you then!" she hung up the phone, a small smile on her face. Then she quickly got to business and left to get to soccer.
~END OF FLASHBACK~
Sora knew that something was wrong. Taichi was NEVER late to a soccer game- it was his own personal rule. She glanced at her watch again, only to see the minute number on her digital watch turn so that it now read 9:24am. She looked once again to the parking lot and scanned her eyes over the few cars that were there. The Kamiya's car was not there and neither of the Kamiya children had come down to the field.
"Are you sure that Tai was coming?" Matt asked her as he, too, watched for any sign of the boy and his sister. Sora turned to him, a little annoyed at his arrogance.
"Of course I'm sure! I phoned him this morning and he told me that he was coming. His dad is supposed to be dropping him and Kari off here. They had to drive otherwise they wouldn't get here in time apparently. That's what he told me anyway," she snapped at Matt, turning her worry into anger for the second. Matt didn't reply, he knew that Sora cared about Tai and that she would be angry until he turned up with a stupid excuse for being late.
"The other team has forfeited," their coach announced to the team quietly, "Apparently one of their players, their star player, hasn't turned up and they don't have enough players without him as all of the others are sick. So we have won this match by default." The team cheered, but Sora didn't join in with her teammates. She was too worried that Tai hadn't turned up.
"Hmm. . . That's a bit of a bummer that we can't play, but it's great that we won! I heard that the other team's star player, Ken Ichijouji, plays like a pro, just like Tai does. Even though it's a bad thing to win by default, at least we won," Matt said to himself, getting another glare from Sora.
"Hey guys, we just heard that you won by default," Joe told them as the other digidestined gathered around the pair, saving Matt from Sora's wrath. Matt silently thanked God for the great timing.
"I don't care about that at the minute, Tai and Kari haven't arrived yet and I'm worried. Tai told me that he was coming to the game this morning, and he hasn't turned up yet, even though his dad was driving him. Tai would never be late to a soccer game, and now he's 25 minutes late!" Sora was definitely worried and that made her snap at people. The other digidestined, minus Tai and Kari of course, cowered away from her as she moved to yell at them because Tai wasn't there. Izzy sat down and turned on his lap top, surprising everybody for a second.
"What on Earth are you doing Izzy?" Mimi asked the boy genius, "This isn't the time for looking on the internet, not with Sora on the war path," she turned to Sora, "Don't worry. You know Tai; he'll probably rock up in a second or two and his reason for being late will be that he lost his soccer ball or something. You know that." Izzy started to type away at something and then stopped, frowning at the screen as if he was concentrating really hard. T.K leaned down and read out what was on the screen.
"When the skies darken
And the road has gone astray
Light will darken
And Courage will be lost
Kindness and Loyalty will be separated
Until the day of destiny.
The evil will rise
Due to a mistake once made
And peace will be far away
Until the Angels are reunited once again.
What does that mean Izzy?" T.K finished, and the genius shook his head. The other digidestined just looked at each other, confusion etched onto their features.
"I have no idea T.K. I'm pretty sure that it is a prophecy of some sort, but I wouldn't have a clue what it means. I think. . ." he was cut off by his computer making a strange whirring noise.
"Hello? Are you there digidestined?" Gennai's voice came through the lap top, startling the children. They had thought that they would never hear from the old man again, but they were wrong.
"We're here Gennai, although Tai and Kari aren't," Matt replied, moving away from Sora who seemed to be about to burst with anger. Gennai's face was on the screen now, and he was nodding a little sadly.
"I know that the two of them are not there, in fact I know where they are. . ." he trailed off and seemed to be deep in thought. Sora seemed to deflate as she heard that Gennai knew where they were. They probably hadn't come to the game because Gennai had sent them on some mission or something, not because something bad had happened.
"Where are they?" she asked once it became clear that Gennai wasn't going to speak again. He shook his head to clear his thoughts and smiled sadly.
"I'll tell you in a second, just keep your patience. Kari is in an ambulance on the way to hospital at this minute," they gasped and Joe interrupted Gennai hastily.
"Is she alright? What happened?" they all leaned towards the computer, to try and hear the answers straight away. Gennai's smile had disappeared completely.
"Kari will be fine. You know how it poured down with rain for a few minutes before suddenly stopping? Well, Tai and Kari were on their way to the soccer game when they were in a car crash. That's why Kari is on her way to hospital. She only has a broken leg, and a few other minor injuries, so she'll be fine," he stopped speaking to let the kids take everything that he had said in.
"Is Tai okay?" Sora asked, looking Gennai straight in the eye, "You told us that Kari was on her way to hospital, but you never said that Tai was. Is he okay?" Gennai didn't answer for a minute and he looked at the ground.
"Tai was killed in the accident," there was a shocked silence after Gennai's sad words. Nobody cried, nobody spoke, in fact they barely breathed. The silence wasn't broken until five minutes later.
"What?" Mimi asked faintly, not being able to believe what Gennai was saying.
"Tai was killed in the accident. Have you got the prophecy that I sent you? I think that it has something about this in it," Izzy could only nod at Gennai's question, still too shocked to speak. Silence again dominated the conversation until Gennai spoke again, "I'd better go now. Good luck with deciphering the prophecy and I'm sorry." The transmission ended and the digidestined still hadn't moved from their shocked positions. Tears ran silently down Mimi's face and she turned to Joe because he was nearest and cried on his shoulder. Sora still wouldn't believe it. Tai was their leader, he seemed to be invincible against Piedmon and yet he had died in a stupid car crash! It wasn't right, Tai couldn't be dead. She was startled out of her thought by her mobile ringing.
"Hell?" her voice was expressionless and she couldn't get herself to sound cheerful.
"Sora? Where are you? Your game is supposed to be finished by now! What's wrong honey?" her mother asked her, and Sora shook her head a little.
"Umm . . . nothing mum. I'll be home in a few minutes," her voice was still emotionless and she couldn't force emotion into it, as much as she tried. Her mother was worried, but she just said goodbye and let her daughter go off the phone.
"I have to go now guys, my mum is getting worried. I'll see you later," the others stared after her as she left, worried about the way that she hadn't even seemed to shed a tear. She had just closed up all of a sudden, which wasn't a good thing. Everyone else, even the 'cool' Matt had tears running down his face. It just wasn't natural for Sora to be emotionless. And that scared all of the digidestined. Izzy glanced at the clock at the bottom of his lap top's screen and saw to his surprise that it was 12pm. They had all been so caught up in their thoughts that they had forgotten the time. He slowly packed his lap top up and left quietly, his mind still numb from the news that Gennai had told them.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Tai looked around and all he could see was red. He was sweating in the unbearable heat and the area that he was in was all red and angry oranges. He knew immediately that he was in Hell. A boy around his age with shoulder length blue-black hair and blue eyes appeared behind him, looking as confused as he himself felt.
"Where are we?" the boy asked Tai, dreading the answer but wanting to know anyway. Tai gestured with his left hand.
"I believe that we are in Hell. I don't know though, we may be somewhere else. All I know is that I died in a car accident, then I cam here. My name is Taichi Kamiya, what's your name?" the blue haired boy was staring around at all of the red flames that were around them in the huge cavern.
"My name is Ken Ichijouji. I died too, I think in the same car accident as you. Yolie, my best friend was with me. I only hope that she didn't end up here," they both froze as another being approached them, dressed all in red. He had a mean look on his face and he seemed to enjoy the harsh, hot conditions of the cavern.
"HEY, YOU NEW COMERS! YOU GET TO WORK NOW STRAIGHT AWAY! YOU ARE SENT HERE TO WORK, NOT CHAT! NOBODY AROUND HERE TALKS, EVER, SO DON'T YOU THINK THAT YOU'LL GET AWAY WITH IT. THESE ARE THE RULES; YOU WORK, YOU SUFFER, YOU WORK WHILST YOU SUFFER. NOW GET TO WORK!" he yelled harshly and Tai and Ken both knew that they had to do what he told them straight away, or they would be in trouble. They bent down and started picking up the rocks and putting them into a big container, just like the other people around them were doing. They hadn't noticed the other people before, but that was because they seemed to blend into the colours of the cavern. They all had mean looks on their faces and looks of suffering and hardship. And they all had a look of resentment in their eyes, and that made Tai's blood run cold. No wonder those people had been sent to Hell, they resented everything. And that made Tai wonder if he would soon start to feel that way. He kept on moving rocks, a pointless job but he had to do it anyway, thinking deeply about the future.
"At least Kari's not here," he thought to himself, "I can take anything as long as Kari is away from this place and is safe. I'll be happy for the rest of my life, as long as Kari isn't here."
End of Prologue
Well, this fic has been in my head for a while, so I'll write this as well as trying to finish "A Different Destiny" but that fic is getting harder and harder to write. I WILL finish it though, chapter 10 is halfway finished. I'm really into this fic, so I may put my other fic on hold whilst I do this one. . . Well it doesn't matter either way, they'll both get finished. There will be couples in this fic and people that know my other fics will know what couples they will be. Anyway, I'll update soon, probably start the chapter right now because I have an hour before I have to go to bed, so yeah. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!