Presenting chapter # 3!

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Mother Dearest, There's a Monster Coming for Me

Everyone stared in awe at the woman. Her long, flowing red hair was in a braid and her ruby eyes glittered. She smiled.

"M..m..mother?" Sora whispered.

"Listen, Sora, I don't have much time. Akio will find out that I'm gone soon." The woman stated.

"Akio?" Violet asked.

"Yes, the pendent that Mimi and Renamon gave Chihiro was a fake. It was poisoned and her spirit is in between."

"A fake!" Tai yelled.

The woman slowly glided over to Sora and placed her hand on Sora's cheek.

"My daughter, oh, how I've missed you. You've grown to be a beautiful and strong young woman. Remember that I've always loved you. The sword is the key in defeating Akio but you'll need more than the sword. You need love." Sora's eyes widened. 'Love? Oh, Yama...'

"Also, your brother is in trouble. He was tricked in going to the Shadow realm. Please, the world is counting on you." The woman placed a kiss on Sora's cheek and turned to the others.

"Only when the elements combined with light and hope will evil be destroyed. Remember that."

And then she was gone. Sora brought her hand up to her cheek, feeling the tears. 'Mother.' Kaonashi saw this and gestured a heart, making her smile.

"What sword?" Yamato asked; he had heard every word. 'Poor Sora.' Everyone directed their attention to her.

"Rin gave it to me. She said it was my mother's." Sora replied.

T.K looked around, a question mark on his face. "Hey, where's Kamajii?"

"Right here."

The digi-destined turned to see a very serious and angry spirit god. "When I get my hands on that...that." He clenched his fist in anger.

"Is Rin here, too?" Asked Tai, nervously. He really didn't like that he couldn't see her.

"No, she decided to stay at her gate. No telling what other tricks Akio has up his sleeve."

"How did Akio trick Rin? It's her gate, she should be able to tell where the gate leads when it opens." Violet said.

Kamajii told them about Akio turning Izzy's spirit into a shadow and tricking them into thinking it was the boy. Rin couldn't tell where the gate opened up to until it was too late. Taomon and the other digimon looked back at Chihiro.

"Poor Izzy!" Mimi murmured. Her heart went out to the boy who had been a good friend despite his faults. Joe shook his head. 'So that's what happened. I knew there was something wrong with that pendent. It felt different.' Taomon walked swiftly over to Sora.

"Your mother said you could save the world and Chihiro by using her sword?"

Sora nodded.

"Then lets find Akio now. I want to taste his blood."

"It's not that easy, Taomon. I know how much you're hurting, but we also need to figure out what she meant by combining the elements with hope and light."

"She's right, Taomon. No matter how much you're hurting, you can't go running head first into danger. We need to make a plan and we need to get Chihiro to a safe place." Biyomon said, looking up at the tall digimon. Taomon looked at the pink bird. 'I've never seen such strength and courage in a rookie before.'

"What plan? The last time we faced him, 3 of us died," Joe and Mimi looked at each other, "and all we could do was lock Akio in the in-between. Do you think we're really powerful enough to stop him?" Yamato asked.

Sora looked at him. There was a fire in her eyes. "You, Yama, should be the one herding us into battle. Your love is on the line. Do you really want Chihiro to stay the way she is?" She looked over at Chihiro, heart wrenching. Yamato looked at Sora with shock. His heart pounded against his chest and all he wanted to do was kiss her. 'But I love Chihiro. Don't I?'

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Phoenix gasped as she felt pain course through her. 'How can I feel pain? I'm a spirit.' She looked into Akio's eyes. There was so much rage.

"I told you I would keep an eye on you. What did you think? That you could go to your precious daughter, speak to her for the first time, and I would no nothing?"

Phoenix glared silently into the eyes she hated so much. She looked at the unconscious boy next to her.

"What do you think you will gain by capturing Haku and keeping Chihiro in- between?" She asked.

"Your daughter." He replied.

Phoenix's eyes grew wide. She no longer felt the pain but a terrible fear for her daughter. Akio turned and whispered into the other spirit's ear. Izzy nodded and Akio disappeared. Phoenix looked at the boy spirit; his eyes were without expression. 'By the gods.'

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Sora shivered, watching the sky grow dark. The wind picked up as her insides constricted in fear. She looked around. 'Everyone's in place.' Chihiro's body had been moved to a safe location and Taomon stood guard over her. She watched as Yamato spoke quietly with his digimon.

"Don't worry, Phoenix."

Sora looked down at her digimon. Biyomon was a rookie with more courage and wisdom than any other digimon she had ever known. Her own mother had a Biyomon as her digimon, too.

"I'm scared, B. What if we don't make it? What if Akio wins?"

"Don't think in what ifs. You've got to believe in yourself and your digimon."

Sora jumped and turned her head to see a bushy headed, grinning Tai. She blinked. It was a very rare time when Tai actually said something intelligent and thoughtful. Violet's eyes were huge as saucers.

"My brother's right. You've got to believe that we'll win. We have to."

Kaonashi made a thumbs up motion with a encouraging gesture.

"Hey, I actually understood that." T.K said in awe. Everyone laughed. Kari patted him on the back.

"That's probably the only thing any of us will ever understand. Except for Sora and other spirits." The girl said, still laughing.

"I don't know what I'd ever do without you guys." Sora said.

"Ah, I didn't mean for you to get all sentimental on us." Tai said.

Violet hit him on the head, causing a huge bump to appear. Tai winced in pain.

"Um, guys, hate to interrupt the party but I think we have trouble on our hands." Mimi said, pointing north. Everyone looked to see a very dark sky and several shadows heading their way.

"That doesn't look good." Tai said. Everyone watched in silence, waiting for their enemy to come.

Sorry it's so short. I've had a huge load of school work and activities dumped on me. What did I expect to happen near the end of the school year? Relaxation? Nooooo....Just a load of school work. BTW, who thought It was going to be Haku and Izzy when Kaonashi turned around? I thought about it but I surprised myself and Sora's mother just came in (against my wishes) to help her daughter.