Digimon Fanfic

Hope of Darkness by Haru Glory

Disclaimer:

The usual, Digimon is not mine, never has and never will, the made up charas are mine though.

A/N: This chapter unlike the first part is only on Tai and Sora, the rest had already done their part and agreed on the terms that their digimon gods gave.

Chapter 8: Adventures Part 2: Final Preparations

Tai and Sora had managed to do their part and passed the second part of the ritual on making the Holy sword of Courage and Love, the Grana Sabre.

Panting and sweating Tai moved over the shade and began to rest for a while before he and Sora continue on the ritual. As he rests he remembered what Pheonixmon said.

Flashback

"There are three phases in making the Grana Sabre unlike the Dragon Shield, and the Digi-Helmet." The mighty Digimon god said.

"And why is that?" Tai asked casually as if he was not in front of a very powerful digimon that can easily take his life away.

"Tai!" Sora warned.

"Oh, sorry." Tai said.

The digimon god, Pheonixmon however doesn't seem to mind as he continued and answered what Tai asked, " It is because the Grana Sabre is one of the very important and very very fragile equipment that will be handed down to your friends, the children of Hope and Light."

"Kari's going to use a sword?!" Tai exclaimed surprised, " She can't even hold a baseball bat up right."

"No, she is not going to use a sword." Reika answered.

"She won't? That's great." Tai said.

"She will be using a bow and arrow." Reika added.

"WHAT?! She can't aim right! What good is giving my sister a weapon if she can't use it properly?" Tai asked both the crest protector and the digimon god.

"You can never tell what a person's capability is until that person is put to the test. " Pheonixmon answered, " have faith in your sister."

Tai bowed his head, he knew that he was wrong to think that his sister would be a weakling, " It's just that, when she was a kid she always had a sickness, that even the easiest thing to do is hard for her."

Then Sora moved towards Tai and placed her hand on his shoulder, " Tai that was a long, long time ago. Kari's cured now."

"I know but somehow I kinda wish that she was still a little kid need protecting.just like before when she used to depend on me a lot." Tai said.

"I'm sorry but we are running out of time, Reika you should tell them what to do." Phonixmon ordered.

"Yes." Then Reika move forward, " You see the first part is really simple."

"First part? How many parts are there?" Sora asked.

"There are a total of three phases. Now the first phase is the simplest phase of the three. All you need to do is awaken your crests." Reika answered.

"Awaken? But the crest's power was used to protect this world a long time ago. It no longer holds any power." Tai said remembering the past when all eight digidestined used the power of the crests of courage, friendship, love, knowledge, sincerity, reliability, hope and light, to ward off the evil during that time.

"You are mistaken, child." Pheonixmon answered, " The crest that you still carry as a pendant still has all the power it holds. It was never drained of its power to begin with."

"That's right or you could never have digivolved Agumon to War Greymon and summon Omnimon during the attack of Diabormon." Reika added.

"You know about that incident?" Sora asked surprised.

"Of course, whatever happens in the net world also affects the digiworld." Reika explained.

"So how do we awaken our crests?" Tai asked.

"Like how you used to when digivolving your digimons to the ultimate and mega levels. I'm sure you haven't forgotten how." Reika answered.

"Of course not." Tai and Sora both answered in unison.

"Anyway, the second phase is a little bit complicated. After awakening your crests you now have to think of the same looking sword and forge that sword you are thinking with the power of your crests." Reika continued to explain.

"So how do we do that? That seems pretty much impossible." Tai said.

"Not to mention hard." Sora added.

"It is hard, it will drain most of your energy. Now to be able to forge the sword, you must put all your worries away and keep your mind pure and clean only thinking about the look of the sword." Reika answered.

"But how do we know if we visualize the same kind of sword?" Sora asked.

"That's not a problem, you will see the sword even if you're not thinking about it. It will come to your minds once all the worries, problems, thoughts in your minds are emptied." Reika answered then continued to explain the third phase, " Now the third and final phase as well as the hardest of all, is sending the sword to where Kari and T.K are."

"Huh? How come that's the hardest?" Tai asked.

Sora agreed, " That's right we can always digivolve Biyomon to Birdramon and let her take it to them."

"It's not that kind of sending the sword. I meant make sure that they are the only once who are allowed to hold the sword. You see it's 'fragile'." Reika answered.

"That reminds me to ask, why is it 'fragile'? It's a sword isn't it?" Tai asked once more.

"Allow me to explain," Pheonixmon answered, " It is because the sword is made of the power of pure light, once a dark thought, worry, problem or a dark being holds it or collides with it, the sword will shatter to pieces or in a case of the dark being it will turn into the Death Sabre. The opposite of the Grana Sabre."

"Now to continue on what I was saying, to teleport the sword we need to use your digivices as well as your crests." Reika continued.

"That's it? Then what's hard about it?" Tai asked.

"You don't understand Tai, once we use the digivice and the crests in transporting this legendary holy sword, you may never come back to this world, see, hear, or even make any use of your digivices and your crest.which means." Reika cut.

"We won't be digidestineds any longer." Sora continued, thunderstruck by what she has heard.

" It is the same as for the others." Pheonixmon assured them, "Except the child of Light and hope."

"Why is it that Kari and T.K. will still be a digidestined after this?" Tai asked getting the feeling that it was unfair.

"Because their job isn't done yet, many more challenges and dangers shall they face in the near future. Understand this and make a choice young ones, either you give up that or watch as those two children face their doom in the hands of darkness." Pheonixmon answered.

End of Flashback

" I knew that it was going to be hard but.I didn't think it was going to be this hard." Tai thought.

"We really don't have a choice in this." Tai said out loud.

Reika and Sora both heard what Tai said.

Reika then stood up and said, " There's always a choice even in the most awkward situations, and it's just that there is only one right choice. The others are either hidden or sometimes leads to something that we might regret."

"Reika's right Tai, besides, we are getting too old for these sort of adventures. Not to mention that there are a lot of digidestineds now to take up on us." Sora agreed.

"So I guess, we won't be hanging around with these two again." Tai said pointing at the sleeping Agumon and Biyomon.

"I guess not, but do they already know about this? I mean about what will happen after we make the Grana Sabre?" Sora asked.

Reika nodded, " Pheonixmon had already told them before they met you here."

"I see.so they took their chances." Tai said.

"It's almost time for the final part Tai, the others are all finished." Reika said.

"Finished? Everyone gave away their power as digidestineds?" Sora asked.

"Yes, everyone. They believe that T.K and Kari's lives is what is most important right now." Reika answered, " So, will we continue?"

"Tai? I'm ready when you are." Sora said standing up.

"Ha-ha-ha." Tai laughed then he stood up. " I'm being stupid aren't I? I'm thinking twice about whether to save my sister and T.K or keep my own happiness.what kind of brother and friend am I?"

"Tai." Sora began but Reika stopped her.

"I'm suppose to be the leader, the one who carries the crest of courage but right now, I'm the one cowering in fear.If everybody else have done it then.then what are we waiting for!" Tai said trying hard not to sob but failing to do so.

"Tai, it's the right choice." Reika assured the in distress digidestined, "So we should continue."

And they did. Focusing all their energy and their crests' power Tai and Sora transported the sword to where Kari and T.K are and once that was done, their crests and digivices began to disappear.

Not far from where Tai and Sora are spending their last hours together with their digimons in the digiworld the four-digimon gods were watching them.

"Those children have done a very noble deed." Bladermon said.

"I understand how that child feels, I too think that it is wrong to take a part of their lives away." Pheonixmon said.

" Everybody needs to make a sacrifice every now and then, those children will never know what life really is if they do not feel the loss of something important. But, I feel sorry for them too, is that really necessary, Azulongmon?" Toquislamon asked.

"Everything is according to how it should be, there are a lot of things that you all don't understand. Let us watch and see how things are going to turn out for our young friends, how far they are willing to give and how far they could go. Even if it is not just, everything is for the future, every signs point to that." Azulongmon answered.

"The way you speak is in riddles again my friend." Toquislamon said, " But I kind of understand what you are trying to say, after all you are the oldest among us."

"Even I do not know what the prophecy really states, there are some parts that are left unsaid." Azulongmon suddenly said.

"You mean you did not tell our crest protectors the whole prophecy? Is that safe?" Pheonixmon asked.

Azulongmon nodded, " Yes, I did not. For I do not wish to see history repeat itself. The Enclaim will start soon my friends; great danger waits for those two children. We should prepare for the near end of the Enclaim."

Pheonixmon, Bladermon and Toquislamon all nodded understanding what Azulongmon said.

To be continued.

A/N:

There that chapter should do it.

Tai: So all of us are out of the picture from here on?

Haru: Not exactly.

Sora: What do you mean?

Haru: You'll soon find out. By the way, the next chapter that I'm working on tells about what was happening before the Grana Sabre was sent to T.K, which means in the next chapter, the Grana Sabre was only being made, and so are the other parts.

Agumon: Grana Sabre? Hey! Isn't that the sword from Grandia two?

Haru: Oh yeah, I borrowed that name and so is the Dragon Helmet (Lunar) unlike the Digi-Shield.

Biyomon: Now he tells us.

Azulongmon: As one of the digimon gods I order you to push that review button.or else I'll send my minions to..

Bladermon: To do what? You can't hurt them.

Azulongmon: Oh.

Pheonixmon: Just review.

Next Chapter

Chapter 9: Message, Roads and Romance.

T.K, Kari, Kenya, Patamon and Gatomon received a message from the Hope of darkness, Tempest. From that point they all began to move towards their destination, Mt. Infinity. But along the way something happens, like they always do.