Authors Notes :: Thanks for all the reviews. I'm going to continue this! OK, here's where it gets tough. This chapter, it's Sora's turn. You'll probably notice a lot of Taiora in this chapter, so don't flame because you don't like the couple. I don't really have any personal preference between Taiora and Sorato, so I've tried my best to include both in some form or another. Let's get on with it...

Disclaimer :: Ah... the disclaimer. Umm, well... I don't own digimon, basically. That's it. Read on.

HOME AWAY FROM HOME?

*Sora Takenouchi*

Oh God. I still can't get over this.

He saved me. He risked his life on that electrified fence. He got in to Datamon's lab. He grabbed me when I was going to fall in to the Dark Network.

And now he's gone. He sacrificed himself to save me. To save all of us.

I could have saved him. I could have made a difference. But I didn't. It's this stupid crest! Why did I even get it in the first place? I think love is the thing I've been practising least lately. How can I ever make Biyomon digivolve if I don't have love for anybody?

I don't think I even love my own mother, for God's sake! I want to get to know her better, but...

I don't think I can.

Being here... just makes you think about stuff that you put to the back of your head before. Maybe I should try to get to know her better. It must be hard with dad away all the time.

Why does nobody else understand me? I bet none of the other kids went through this. Mimi has a perfect life. She never argues with her parents. And Joe, he seems to be OK with his family too.

Maybe I should talk to Matt about this.

His parents are split up, he might know what I'm going through. But wouldn't that be a very touchy subject? I wonder what tai's family life is like. I guess it'll be pretty messed up now that he's... gone. I wonder if he really is dead. Whatever, all that matters is that he's not here now.

Oh jeez, it's thoughts like that that make me wonder why I have the Crest of Love.

Although, that means we're without a leader. I definitely couldn't do it. Well, with me thinking like I am now it would be stupid for me to be a leader. But nobody else seems to want the job either. The only other person I can think of is Matt. Maybe he has his hands full with his brother. Actually, he's probably the sort of person that wouldn't want to be leader.

Then again, I don't really know Matt. He's very... mysterious. I really want to get to know him better as a person. He just seems so isolated and lonely.

Stuck in a desert, with hardly any water or food, with no Tai, and probably no hope. Oh... What would Tai do in a situation like this?

Keep walking in the one direction until we find something, I bet. Without taking a break until someone collapses and we have to stop. Stupid Tai. I just wish he was here to cheer everybody up. We all need that right now.

Especially me...