Me: ok...very sorry i haven't updated yet. what with school, homework, labor day weekend, yada yada yada, but i'm updating now ), so enough o me blabberin, on with the fic
"Uhh..wh-what happened?" Sora said, rubbing her aching head. She instantly blushed, when she realized she was laying on Tai's chest. She quickly sat up. Tai was still unconscious, but she couldn't help but smile at him since this was probably the first peace he'd gotten since they met on the bridge between minds. Sora looked around the room; it was a large room with candles lining the walls, giving an eerie glow to it. Red carpet came from an iorn door to a small platform in the center of the room where the two were, and then going further down to the opposite side of the room, but what caught her attention the most was a large painting covering an entire wall. It was beautiful; the backround was a group of fluffy clouds, the trimmings were different shades of pinks, blues and purples, making it look like the sun was setting. On each of the clouds lay one of the crest symbols, forming a circle; the crest of Courage on the very top, with the crest of Friendship to its right, Sincerity after that, Hope after that, with Light at the opposite end of Courage, Reliability next, followed by Knowledge, and last was her crest: the crest of Love, which was next to Courage, completing the ring. But in the very center of the ring of crests, a silver one was kept; it was a silver cresent moon and a small black star next to the upper tip of the moon, and diagonally from it a black rose hung. Sora stared at the silver symbol for a while. I know I've seen it before. she told herself. Then it hit her. Tai, she thought. That symbol is on Tai's wrist, the one where he keeps his black wrist band. Sora had seen it once and asked him about it, but for some reason he changed the subject. Why is it on this painting, what does it mean, why is it on Tai, and-
"What happened?" he asked as he rubbed his eyes. Sora was taken from her train of thought, but was glad the questions had stopped and that Tai was ok. "Sora are you ok." Tai asked worried.
"Yeah I'm fine, except for the fact that we're trapped with a digimon that wants us both dead." She said angrily. Tai laughed.
"Shesh, you need to relax Sor," he said sitting up, but quickly laying back down, and gritting his teeth. He had forgotten all about his injured chest.
"Oh, Tai are you ok," Sora said, worry filling her voice, when she saw pain streak his face. He gave her a weak smile.
"Yeah I guess," he said, still smiling. "But I don't think I'll be able to move very well for a while."
"I think that maybe I should take a look at it," Sora said blushing a light pink," so, um... take off your shirt," she said blushing a dark red.
"What!" Tai said, also blushing lightly.
"I need to make sure that you're ok, so I need to see how bad you're bleeding," she said, still bright red. Tai looked at her for a little while, but knew she was right. So he quickly pulled his blue shirt over his head, and lay back down. Sora saw a horrible, deep slash across Tai chest, which had fresh blood running down it, as well as many other cuts along the rest of his chest and stomach in slashes and Xs' glisting in fresh blood.
"She did this to you," Sora said running her fingers lightly over his scarred chest. Tai blushed at her touch, but nodded slowly. "No wonder you were in so much pain, you're practically covered in blood from all these cuts." She said wide-eyed. (A/N: by that I mean he has so many cuts he's practically covered in blood, not he's bleeding that much) She quickly took out her first-aid kit and the bandages inside. "Ok this might hurt a little," she said unrolling the thin bandages from the roll. Tai slowly sat up and Sora gently wrapped the bandages around his chest. Tai bit his lip a couple of times to keep from moaning, he knew it wasn't Sora's fault, so he didn't want to make her feel guilty. "There," she finished putting the bandages back in her kit,"that should hold in some blood until Joe can help."
"Thanks Sora," Tai said, his cheeks still slightly pink, he laughed a little,"looks like Joe's gonna have some competition," he said putting his shirt back over his head. Sora laughed a little.
"So-o, how do we get out of here," she asked looking around the huge room.
"Well, unless I bumped my head before we got here, I think we went through the celing." he said scratching the back of his head. Sora laughed.
"Well then I must've hit my head too, because I think you're right," she said still laughing. Tai laughed a little too.
"Hey I've got an idea," Tai said grinning, as he stood up."How about we try the door," he said walking towards it. Sora giggled.
"Wow, the door, I never would have tried that," Sora said trying to hold back her laughter. Soon they both were holding their ribs from all their laughter. But soon Tai fell silent. "Tai what's-"
"Shhh..." Tai hissed. He glanced around the room. something is not right he thought. He felt darkness in the room, lots of darkness. Sora seemed to feel it too, because she was looking at the darkest corner of the room. Tai looked too, but not too long after, a dark kackle was heard coming from the corner.
"HA HA HA, and here I thought you digidestined couldn't get any more pathetic," she said still laughing evily. Sora quickly ran next to Tai, and placed her hand in his. I'm not loosing you again Tai, she said telepathically a smile spreading on her face. Tai smiled at her and gave her hand a small squeeze. "LET THE FUN BEGIN" Emprissmon said loudly, a mocking smile played her lips.
"Guys, we can't just sit here and do nothing," Mimi said throwing her arms up in the air in frustration," WE HAVE TO SAVE THEM!"
"I know we do Mimi, but how do we do that," Joe said, still gazing at the celing," sorry for being Johnny Rain Cloud, but for all we know those two are dead already," two small tears escaping his eyes.
"Don't say that!" Mimi said tears running down her cheeks.
"Guys the last thing we need right now is fighting," TK said trying to stop a blooming argument.
"Guys we need to calm down, at least a little, Tai and Sora are the strongest people I know and they'll find a way out of this for sure," Matt replied, trying to bring everyone's spirits back up.
"Hmm.." Izzy was thinking, a plan forming in his head. Everyone looked over at him. "I think I might have a plan," he said smiling. "What if we short-circut that force-field, then we could get out of here, then we should find our digimon friends, and with their help we should be able to help Tai and Sora.
"Uhh.. good plan Izzy, but how do you plan in short-circutting the force-field," Matt asked.
"Tai gave me an idea when he made Kari's crest glow," he replied, already typing on his computer,"I think that if we get all our crests to glow at once, then shine the light at the bars, then, maybe, we could over power it, causing it to shut down."
"That actually sounds like it could work," Mimi said smiling.
"You expected less," Izzy said smiling, but not taking his eyes away from the computer. Soon the murky black wall appeared before them, still swirling and clouding, as before.
"Well, here goes nothing," Joe said pulling his crest from under his shirt. Everyone else took their's, and before anyone could say anything, a rainbow of bright colors filled the dark cell, and the wall of magic slowly evaporated.
"We did it!" Kari said jumping up and down.
"Great job Izzy," everyone said, looking much more relieved than they had before. "Ok, well what are we waiting for, let's go find Patamon and the others," TK cried out cheerfully. And with that said, they all began running down the corridors, to find their lost friends, and praying nothing bad had happened to any of them.
Got any ideas Tai? Sora asked telepathicially.
I'm working on it. he replied glancing around the room. When his eyes fell on the support beam at the top of the celing a smile spread across his lips. I think I've got it. he told her. He quickly ran toward the wall. He smirked and fired a small silver beam out of his palm, and at the wood holding it to the ceiling. Emprissmon looked up just in time to see what Tai was doing, but was hit in the face by a massive block of wood. Tai laughed a little, and then shadow-orbed back to Sora and they got out of the way just as the wood was crashing toward them. (A/N: you should know what i mean by shadow-orbing) Sora smiled as Tai helped her to her feet.
"Tai that was very reckless, and if I ever catch you doing something stupid like that again, you're history," she joked. Tai laughed.
"Yes mom," he said still laughing. Sora glared at him for a sec and punched him lightly in the arm, but started laughing too. But their fun was soon interrupted as the pile of wood on the ground started shaking violently.
"So-o you thought you could get rid of me that easily," Emprissmon said flying out from under the wood. "We'll see about that," she said smirking.
"Come on guys, they're down here," Izzy cried, pointing down a long tunnel with one hand and holding on to his computer with the other.
"You sure Izzy," Matt asked, skidding to a stop next to him.
"Almost positive, unless Emprissmon has done something with the data in this place, thier coordinates are down there." he replied.
"Well then lets go, I'm sure that when we find Patamon and the others we'll be able to help Tai and Sora," TK said already running down the black corridor.
"Wait!" Joe cried, being the last to make it to the others," This pant is way pant too easy."
Everyone looked at him, they knew he was right, they just didn't want to admit it.
CRASH
"What was that?" Mimi asked, her voice paniciky.
"Something tells me Tai and Sora are putting up a pretty good fight," Kari said eyeing the ceiling which towered above them.
"Too easy or not we've gotta chance it, if we don't then none us stand a chance against Emprissmon," Matt said running down the hallway. Everyone followed him, knowing this was true. Joe sighed in defeat, but ran after the others.
"I can't see a thing," Mimi said through the darkness.
"Yeah me neither," Kari said.
"Mimi is that you," a familiar voice echoed.
"Palmon!" Mimi yelled.
"Mimi it is you!" Palmon cried after hearing the voice of her partner,"Guys look Mimi and the others made it."
"Told ya they'd be ok" Patamon said happily.
"Yeah, but we're not all ok," Matt said running up to the bars where Gabumon was being kept.
"What do you mean Matt?" Gabumon asked.
"Tai and Sora were taken captive by Emprissmon," He replied, taking his crest out and penitrating the magic barrier.
"But what does she want with Tai and Sora?" Agumon asked after he was freed.
"Tai is the Heir of Light Agumon," Izzy said after giving his best friend a hug,"as for Sora I really have no idea."
"That's a first," Tentomon said hovering above everyone.
"Wait, wait, wait, Tai is the Heir?" Agumon said wide-eyed.
"Hey that means Agumon is the one who will defeat Emprissmon," Biyomon said standing next to him. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Let's worry about the whys after we save them," Kari said still hugging Gatomon.
"Right," Gatomon agreed.
"Then come on everybody, after that loud crash we know something's going on," TK said running out of the corridor with Patamon riding on his head.
"Right, they'll probably need all the help they can get," Izzy said whila trying to catch up with TK.
"Then lets give it to them," Matt said with Gabumon at his heels.
"Right," everyone said in usion, as they ran to help their friends.
"THORN STRIKE!" Emprissmon yelled, while sending her vine-like whip at Tai. He dodged it, but just barely, and got a deep cut along one of his arms. Emprissmon smirked when she saw him wince and cover the wound with his other hand to stop the blood flow.
"Tai are you ok?" Sora cried after recovering from the fall she had to make in order to avoid the attack.
"I will be, um... give me a few weeks and a lot of TV, and I will be," he said smiling at his friend.
"Sorry, but you being ok is not part of the plan," Emprissmon said smirking. "You might be near invincible in spirit Heir, but you are far from that in heart," she said looking over at Sora.
"The heart is the weakest point in all you humans, but I've witnessed that you care much more for your friends than your own life, so let's watch the thing you fear most come to life. Someone you love die because of you and your actions." Emprissmon said grinning darkly as she saw the silver flash return to Tai's eyes. "ROSE DART!" she cried sending a black rose with sharp black thorns hurdling towards Sora.
"STOP!" Tai cried his eyes glowing brighter than ever, and to his suprise everything did stop. Emprissmon still had a dark grin on her face, and the Rose Dart was only inches away from Sora's petrified face. He looked around and relized not only did they stop, but everyone and everything he saw stopped. It was as if time just froze after hearing Tai plea. "What just happened?" he asked the air.
"What you wished for," a semi-familiar voice called from behind him. Tai spun around and came face to face with a beautiful woman. She had sapphire blue eyes and long blonde hair, she also had a colorful band around her forehead, and wore a long white dress with bellowing sleeves . Tai stared at her with confusion.
"Who are you, and what did you mean by what I wished for," he asked still not convinced that he should trust this person, or digimon, or whatever she was. The mysterious figure chuckled softly.
"Forgive me, I forgot you've only heard my voice before, I am, as the Numemon called me, Queen Kari. I am the one who told you your purpose for being in the digital world. I am also one of the few who choose who the Heir of Light would be, although we only knew his characteristics, and not his name. As for your second question, your wish was for Emprissmon to stop attacking the Bearer of Love, and she has as you can see," Queen Kari said motioning the frozen battle before them. (A/N: ok writing Queen Kari is a waste of my time so I'm just gonna write her as Queen K o-ok) "And I am sure you have many questions for me so you may ask anything you wish to know about why you were choosen," she said smiling a warm smile. Tai nodded, he had a feeling that told him this woman was telling the truth.
"I'd like to know that of everyone I know, not to metion the millions of others, why me. I mean, Sora told me what Genni said about the Heir, and that I was choosen thousands of years ago, but I can think of others that would make a better Heir than I ever would, like Kari, or Sora, or TK, or...really anyone." As he finished, his eyes wandered over to Sora, and pain shimmered in his eyes as he thought that the fear she was feeling at that moment, was all his fault. Again Queen K chuckled.
"Tai, you are much more qualified for being the Heir than anyone I could have ever picked. Emprissmon was right about one thing; you do care for others more than yourself. And this obstacle is just one of the times you've shown it. You also show all the qualities of the crests more than any of the others, which I'm sure all your friends and family have noticed, even if you haven't. Tai, although it may not feel like it now, being choosen as a supreame being like the Heir of Light is truely a great thing. It means that of all people on the earth as well as all the digimon on the digiworld, you have more light and care in you than anyone else. That is also the reason why time stopped, it was not for yourself, but for another, and that is how I heard your cry." She finished, she rested a hand on Tai's shoulder, but for the first time she noticed how beat up Tai looked. He had bruises on his cheeks, and his arm was still steadily bleeding from its encounter with Emprissmon, and his shirt was still soaked from all the blood. She shook her head knowing who was the cause of all his injuries. "Tai I can tell you care a lot for the Bearer of Love and the rest of your friends, and that is why I am giving you a choice. Now the choice you make will determine your's and her future," she said looking at Sora," either you allow her to die by Emprissmon, or you could magically switch places with her, and risk dying for her, it is your choice." Tai looked at Sora, and he knew he didn't need to think about it. Sora was his best friend, she was always there when he needed him, and his heart told him he loved her.
"I'll switch places with her," he said, he wasn't sure why, but a small smile tugged at his lips.
"You are certain," Queen K asked," because once you swich there is no turning back."
"I'm sure," Tai said smiling.
"Very well, your heart is true young one, but I have a bit of information to share with you. You have heard the tales of the Empriss and the Heir, have you not?" she asked turning serious. Tai shook his head. "Thousands of years ago, there were two rulers of the digiworld; the Heir of Light and the Empriss of Dark. They ruled over an ancient world called Digitania with their digimon partners; Emprissmon and Emperor Greymon. The digiworld stayed in perfect harmony, that is, until the Empriss became mad with power. She eventually tore Digitania in two with war against the Heir and his followers. When it was down to the final fight only the Heir, Emperor Greymon, the Council of Sages and the Gardians were left to defend their home against the Empriss and Emprissmon. And with every ounce of their power they sealed the two in a magic prison, and sent them to live eternity in Digitania's core. The council of Sages were the keepers of each element and they all held a magic Elemental Crest that helped activate their powers, they also held a Shard of Digitania; the Ten Shards of Unity; these shards were what gave the Elemental Crests their power. These shards were scattered throughout Digitania, and when the world fell into darkness, the Shadow Masters, who are the evil digimon you've met, gathered them and placed them into the darkest and most evil parts of Digitania, but the Heir and the council of Sages recovered all of them and helped restor Digitania to it's former glory. Shortly after, they met digimon, who became their partners, they were known as the Gardians, and kept a watchful eye on their partners and the rest of the world. The Sages and Gardians happen to be your friend's past lives; and when the Empriss turned evil all of them joined their powers and imprisoned her and Emprissmon in a bubble-like prison that resisted any black magic. Then with the last of their power they sealed away the ancient world of Digitania, for the evil that emerged from it should never be released. And this prison has kept the Empriss at bay...until now. Tai, you were the Heir of Light in your past life and your friends were the Council of Sages and Gardians, you were the ones who kept the Empriss at bay all those years ago. That is why certain things in this place are familiar to you, such as the marking on the doorknob, or Emprissmon herself. I'm sure you recognize this symbol," she said motioning the painting with all the crests, and specifically the silver moon and black star symbol. Tai gasped and grabbed his arm with the black wristband on it.
"That's the symbol on my wrist, that glows when I get upset," he said still clutching his wrist.
"Precisely," she implied motioning his wrist. "This marking means that you are the Heir of Light, and the symbol means Choice. I know you would like to ask more but my time here grows short. But if you are back now, that means the Empriss is back too and if you and your friends get out of this mess, you must find her and stop history from repeating itself. Also...now that your powers are back, memories from the past will return to you as well. And sadly, not all of them are plesent." Tai nodded, still trying to let his brain catch up with all she said. "Very good, and I wish you the best of luck." and with that she snapped her fingers and the room went back to normal. Tai was about to turn around and see if Sora was ok, but instead he fell to the floor, grabbing his heart in pain, when he looked at it he saw a black rose piercing through his skin, with blood gushing out.
"TAI!" Sora cried, she wasn't exactly sure how all of the sudden Tai was where she was standing just a second ago, but she decided to worry about that later. She rushed over to where Tai was laying, he was gasping for breath and cluching his heart. "Oh Tai, hold on, you're going to be ok," she said, tears already forming in her eyes," you're going to have to tell me how you did that when you're feeling better." she said holding Tai close to her, his head resting on her shoulder.
"I'm...not sure...I'll...be able...to...Sora," he said slowly.
"What do you mean Tai?" Sora asked as tears started trickling down her cheeks. He had a small smile on his lips.
"I made...a choice Sora, I...took my life...instead of yours...and you know what...I'd do it again...a thousand times over." by now Sora was sobbing. Tai rested his head against her, and his eyes slowly closed.
"Tai? TAI? Tai you can't leave us, you can't leave me, Tai please, Tai you can't just die, please we need you, I need you, Tai I LOVE YOU," she cried out through tears. But as she said those last three words, probably the most powerful words in the universe, a teardrop slowly fell from her crimson eyes, and landed gently on Tai's unmoving chest. At first nothing happened, but a bright glow started ratiating from his chest and a glowing silver crest appeared around his neck and suddenly red ripples came from his heart, and spread out through his body. The blood on his shirt and the wounds that covered him slowly vanished, his shattered gogggles suddenly were repaired, and all that was left of his injuries were scars that covered him where blood once flowed out of his skin. Sora held her breath as she saw Tai's chest start to move up and down steadily. And slowly his eyes fluttered open, revealing his chocolate brown eyes. "TAI!" Sora screamed and threw her arms around him.
"Wow, I must be in heaven," Tai said smiling. "Hey Sora," he tapped her on the shoulder, and leaned closer to her ear and whispered,"I love you too." Sora felt her heart jump up and down as she hugged him tighter, they released each other about arms length, their eyes danced with happiness. They leaned closer until their lips met, and suddenly the two crests that were still hanging around Sora's neck began to glow. The glow covered them and quickly spread out bathing the room in an orange and red glow. Emprissmon, who had watched the whole thing, sheilded her eyes from the intense light. Soon the light covered every hallway, every room, and every dark corner of the castle. And as the glow finally dimmed it revealed Tai and Sora standing hand in hand, waiting for the battle that was sure to come, as well as the rest of the digidestined who stood in the doorway with their digimon pals. "Well Emprissmon, if it's a fight you want, it's a fight you're gonna get." Tai said as his eyes slanted and turned silver.
me:WOW! my fingers are tired! but I have to say that's probably my best chapter yet ).
So-o who will win the final showdown between the digidestined and Emprissmon, look for my next chapt. to find out. Oh and Review Review Review!
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