Chapter 36: The Final Battle Part 1

Tai's small group was standing in the airport. Tai, Agumon and Gatomon were hiding in their partner's backpacks and Takatomon and Rikamon were hiding outside. "All right," Sara said, "We should probably split up and try to find out where Hypnos and Dark Sora are hiding."

"How?" Female Tai asked.

"Bait," Derwood said, "Just find a kid with a Dark Spore and wait until one of them shows up."

"What?" Sam asked.

"It's the only way," he said.

"Why don't you try that?" Kari said, "We need to get back to our homes."

"I guess we're going back to the warehouse, huh?" Female Tai asked.

"Better then going home," Kari sighed, "I'm going to get grounded forever."

Meanwhile…

Matt stood in front of the other Digidestined, who were all wearing Dark Rings on their arms. Matt was really Dark Sora, wearing his body.

"We need to find the children with the Dark Spores inside, understand?" he said, "I need those spores to make a new body for me. Then I can become the queen of all reality."

The Digidestined nodded in unison.

"Good," he said, "now get out there and get those kids!"

Outside, a Golden Labrador sat outside of the building. She watched the Digidestined leave, including Matt. She wondered why Dark Sora wasn't able to sense her, but remembered that she didn't have her powers anymore, she wasn't even human anymore. Dark Sora did this to her, and she was going to pay.

Meanwhile….

"Kari, where have you been?" Mrs. Kamiya shouted, "It's been four days since you left!"

"Mom," Kari said, "I was in America with Sora. Didn't you get my phone message?"

"Yes, we did," Mr. Kamiya said, "But that doesn't mean we approve of you just leaving for America like that. Tai's been missing for weeks, and then you just got out of that coma. What is going on here?"

"And if you don't tell us," Mrs. Kamiya said, "You'll be grounded for a month for this stunt."

Kari hesitated but shook her head. "I can't. I promise you that Tai is safe, but that's all."

Mrs. Kamiya pointed to Kari's room. "Get inside, you're grounded."

At Sora's house, Tai was sitting on her bed as she sat down at her desk and started to type into her computer. "What are you doing?"

"I'm going to try to e-mail the other Digidestined," she said. Tai jumped off of the bed, then jumped onto her lap.

Sora smiled and started to pet him. "You started to act like a real cat."

"Don't say that," he said, "I've gone through a lot of changes lately, and now I'm your Digimon partner."

"And we don't even know what you'll digivolve into."

"That's really weird," Sora said, "My IM screen says that everyone's online, but they're not opening a chat room with me."

"What about Kari?"

"She's not online. I guess you were right, and she's grounded now."

She looked at her watch. "Well, it's dinner time. Are you hungry?"

"Yeah."

Sora carried him into the kitchen. They saw Mrs. Takenouchi sitting at the table. "Hi, Sora, did you enjoy your trip?"

She nodded. "Yeah, I really liked seeing America again." She put Tai down and grabbed the cat food from the pantry. She poured it into Tai's food dish and he started eating. Sora grabbed food for herself from the fridge and started eating at the table. Tai felt weird eating on the floor instead of at the table. Even though Sora knew who he really was, he was still stuck in the cat's body. They had to get Ryo back so he could get his real body back, he couldn't live as a cat anymore.

After dinner, Sora decided to watch some tv and Tai jumped onto her lap. Sora started to pet him. "I'm really sorry, but you're acting like a cat."

Tai put his head down on Sora's leg. "I can't be a cat anymore, I can't! What if I can't change back? What will my life be like?"

He imagined his own cat bed in Kari's room, eating from a cat bowl while the rest of his family ate at the table. He sat on Kari's lap when they watched television. His mother carried him on their family vacations. And cats don't even live as long! He needed to get back to normal, before it was too late.

Meanwhile….

Dark Ryo turned to Wong. "You found it?"

"That's right," he said, "I found the entrance to the Ultimate Reality, it's in a summer camp near here."

"That's excellent," he smiled. He turned to Yamaki. "Now we just need the Dark Spores. I want you to find them, right now. And find whoever is daring to steal them from me, got it?"

"Yes," he bowed.

"And I've heard that Tai Kamiya is back in Japan. Do something about that."

"Right, I'll send Terra after them."

After dispatching Terra, Yamaki, Riley and Taily walked down the sidewalk trying to find another kind with Dark Spores. They found a small boy sitting on the swings all by himself. "Great," Yamaki said, "Now we just need to wait until someone tries to take him. Taily, I want you to pretend to be a kid his age. Stay by him."

She nodded and walked over to the playground. She pretended to be five years old and ran around like one. "She's getting worse, isn't she?" Riley asked.

"Her own fault," Yamaki said, "She shouldn't have asked Wong to mess with her DNA like that. She'll just keep getting younger until she disappears."

The Hypnos group didn't notice, but Derwood, Takatomon and Rikamon were hiding on the other side of the park. They got bored waiting at the warehouse so they looked around the city until they saw Yamaki and Riley.

"That's got to be one of those kids," Rikamon said, "Are we just going to wait around until they make a move?"

"Yup," Derwood said, "Get comfortable."

Meanwhile,

Matt walked down the mall and saw that a lot of girls were staring at him. "No matter what world, I guess Matt always makes the girls stare at him." He kept walking until a girl ran in front of him. She was his age, wearing a sleeveless shirt and a skirt ending in her mid-thighs.

"You're Matt Ishida, right?"

He nodded. Might as well play along. "Yeah."

She giggled. "Um, I was wondering if you would sigh an autograph?"

Matt smiled. "Why don't you come with me?"

Across town, Sora was walking towards Kari's apartment with Tai in her backpack. She saw Izzy and Joe walking towards her. "Hey, Izzy! Joe!" she shouted.

They turned and stared at her. "Sora, were have you been?" Joe asked, not emotional at all.

"I was in America, with Tai," she said

"I thought Tai was missing," Izzy asked, in the same tone as Joe. "Where is he?"

Sora stared at her two friends and knew something was wrong. "I don't know. I haven't seen Tai for almost a month."

"That's too bad," Izzy said, "You should tell us when he comes back. We would like you, Tai and Kari to see Matt as soon as possible."

"I..I'm meeting Kari right now," Sora said, "I'll tell her when I see her."

"Good," Joe smiled, "I will see you again."

She waited until they were gone before whispering to Tai. "They sure were acting weird. What happen here while we were away?"

They were waiting for Kari outside of the apartment building. She finally came down, with Gatomon in her backpack. "I had to sneak out," she said, "We've got to finish this really soon, or I don't think I'll ever be allowed out of the house again."

They were walking down the street, when a giant figure dropped down in front of them. The people on the street started scream and ran away. "Terra?" Tai asked.

"Lord Ryo wants to see you at once."

"Forget it!" Sora shouted, "We're not going anywhere."

Kari dropped Gatomon on the sidewalk. "Gatomon digivolve to Angewomon!"

Sora held her Digivice in her hands. "Tai, are you ready to try?"

He nodded. "All right. Taimon digivolve to Biyomon!"

"Biyomon?" Sora asked.

Tai sighed. "I had a feeling this was going to happen. Man, I hate being a girl! All right, digivolve me again."

"Biyomon digivolve to Birdramon!"

"Birdramon?" Sora, Gatomon and Kari gasped.

Tai flapped her new wings and flew into the sky. "All right, let's get this over with so I can change back."

"I'm right behind you," Gatomon said. "Gatomon digivolve to Angewomon!"

"Go get him, Angewomon!" Kari shouted.

"Tai, please be careful," Sora said.

Angewomon started to attack Terra right away, but Tai was still flying in the air. "I can use Birdramon's attacks. Meteor Wing!" The balls of fire smashed into the ground. He hit everything except for Terra, it was like her attacks were shooting all over.

"You're not very good at this are you?" he asked.

"Don't worry," Angewomon said, "Don't try to control the attack after you start it, just point and go."

Tai pointed her new mouth at Terra. "Meteor Wing!" This time, the balls of fire hit Terra, but the fire portion of his body just absorbed them.

"Great," she said, "Now what?"

"Let me," Angewomon said. She formed her Celestial Arrow and fired into Terra's fire arm. He yelled out in pain, but he pointed his other arm at the two flying Digimon and they were hit by a powerful blast of air.

"Keep hitting him!" Kari ordered.

Tai used her Meteor Wing again, but this time aimed for Terra's wing arm. He yelled out in even more pain. Angewomon fired her arrow at the arm. It exploded, leaving him with only one arm.

"All right!" Tai shouted.

Terra jumped into the air and smashed both of his feet into the ground. Water and rocks flew up at Tai.

"Tai, no!" Sora shouted, "Tai!" A small area near Sora's heart started to glow.

"It's my crest," she said, "My spiritual Crest of Love." She looked at Tai and saw him start to glow. "Tai, you can digivolve!"

"Birdramon digivolve to Garudamon!"

Tai looked over her new body. "At least I've got arms again."

"Now we've got two Ultimates," Kari said, "All right, finish him off!"

"Wing Blade!"

"Celestial Arrow!"

The attacks combined together and hit Terra directly in the chest. He fell onto his back before disappearing in a burst of smoke. Angewomon changed back into Gatomon and Tai changed back to his cat form. They landed in their partner's arms. "Let's hurry up and get out of here," Tai said, "Before the people get their courage back and come back."

Meanwhile,

Derwood, Rikamon and Takatomon were about to give up when Cody and Yolei showed up. "Are they part of Tai and Kari's Digidestined?" Derwood asked, "What are they doing here?"

Yamaki and Riley were surprised too, but just watched as Cody and Yolei grabded the little boy and walked off. They followed them, and Derwood and his two Digimon partners followed them. They walked across town to Oikawa's old warehouse. The rest of the Digidestined and Matt were standing outside.

"This should be the last one, except for Ichijoji," Matt said, "I'll have my new body very soon, and I'll rule every reality! Me, Sora Takenouchi, the Queen of all Reality!"

Yamaki, Riley and Taily stared at each other. "The Digidestined of this world are under that Digimon Queen Sora Takenouchi? This is interesting indeed. Let's get back to Lord Ryo."

They didn't see Derwood, Takatomon and Rikamon as they left. "We've got to tell the others," Takatomon said, "Now."

To be continued….

Sorry this is so short, but the next chapter will be longer, promise.