A/N: Okay weird chapter. Some things don't exactly match what they can do in the show.

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CHAPTER 4

Tai's POV

I couldn't believe Gabumon was back! I am positive it was Matt's but it doesn't remember anything from that night. It seems kind of funny that Gabumon wants to be with Kouji so bad and Kouji doesn't have a clue what to do about it. Kouji… maybe Gabumon needed a new partner because his old one died… I didn't want to think about it, Matt just had to be alive! Somehow…
"So we are going out to find a crack in the digital world then we go home inform are friends yada yada….right?" I hoped finding a crack would be easy.
"So which way is it?"
"Uummm…let me think we have to find it!" I replied sarcastically.
"Wow you guys are old fashioned"
"What? you warriors and your new fangled things…" I muttered to myself "So what can your new advanced stuff do?" I asked sarcastically.
"It can pin point the exact location to a crack in the digital world"
"Than let's do it and hurry up and get home!" Kouji pulled out his D Tector and started clicking the buttons on it.
"Wow that's strange" Kouji suddenly exclaimed
"What?" I asked trying to get a view of the little screen
"That can't be right" Kouji continued. I turned circles around Kouji trying to get a view of the screen.
"This is ssssooo strange"
"WHAT!" I finally yelled.
"Wow your impatient" Kouji said giving me an odd look, "Well, usually there are like five different cracks we can chose from but I only see two" I moved closer and looked at the screen I was guessing the multicolored lines represented the cracks.
"Well this ones closest" I said pointing to one.
"Yeah, but it in th edirection we just came from, it's probably in the dungeon why else would your digivice and my D Tector go off?" Kouji pointed out.
"Well okay then that one" I said pointing to the only other one. This is going to be one llllllooooooooonnnnnnngggggg trip.

Kouji's POV

We traveled for days and days if I have kept count properly I have been gone abouttwo weeksand I have no clue how long Tai had been gone. Finally the digimon and us arrived at the indicated spot. Immediately my DTector and his digivicestarted beeping but instead of a crack appearing a circular portal appeared instead. It started shrinking rapidly but after a few seconds it stopped.
"What's it doing!" Tai asked.

"We should close the link to the digital world! It is ludicrous keeping it open one day a digimon is going to come out and kill us all!" I exclaimed
"But what about our friends the digimon!" Takuya asked.
"Well it's their own problem now!" We took a vote it was a landslide, I was the only one who wanted to close the link to the digital world.

"They're respecting my dieing wishes! I wanted them to close the link to the digiworld and know they're doing it!"
"How can they though! Time in the digiworld and the real world DON'T parellel!"Tai yelled the wind was beginning to increase as the portal kept shrinking and stopping, shrinking and stopping, "GO TALK SOMESENSE INTO YOUR FRIENDS!"
"No Tai you go!"
"Why! They're your friends!" Suddenly huge Kuwagamon appeared. Gabumon digivoled and we started to fight.
"TAI GO!"

Tai's POV

I couldn't just leave them, but if I didn't go we would both be stuck here.
"Agumon help them," I said using mydigivice to help him turn into Greymon. Than with a last glance to the team fighting Kuwagamon I took the plunge and dove through the little bit of hole that was left. I thought of the place I would most like to be right now and the answer came to my head immediately. Home.

I had closed my eyes when I dove into the portal. Finally when I was sure I felt solid ground under my feet I opened them. I was right in front of my moms apartment door. Yes at 22 I lived in my own apartment but to me, this truly was home. I was still in my goofy 12yr old kid clothes with the goofy goggles and my wrist was still in themakeshiftsplint but I couldn't believe it I was home! I ran up to the door and put my ear to it but what I heard didn't comfort me. I heard muffled sobs and many feet shuffling around in the small apartment. I opened the door a crack to see a sea of black. There had to be more than twenty people in the room all endorned with black, the room had been completely rearranged now a shrine to me stood in the doorway enclosed by two black leather couches I had never seen before. There was a single girl sitting on the couch she had taken one of the pictures of me from the table and was looking at it now. The girl wore a black suit and had long orangish hair she was crying while looking at the picture.
"Stupid….stupid…..Tai" she said. No way that couldn't be her could it? She moved her gaze from the picture to the wall beside the door. Oh my god it is her! I stuck my head in the doorway.
"ppppppsssssssttttttt, Sora, pppppppssssssssssttttttt"
"Huh!" the girl now noticed my head. "OH MY GOD! TAI!" I was now sure more than ever this was my good friend Sora. Sora screamed and back away from my head successfully falling off the couch with a loud bang. Everyone ran over to Sora, I quickly closed the door and stood beside the entrance. I heard a lot of are you okays and than Sora's quick response.
"I think I just need some fresh air". As she walked out of the apartment I looked at her, she had left a bit after Matt had died and went to seek refuge in Europe.
"Sora….." I said stepping forward just as Sora shut the door.
"Tai….you can't keep doing this to me! I came all the way from Europe as soon as you dissapperared I was so worried…and it turns out your still alive…" Sora started crying. I went to hold Sora in an embrace, but just as I got my arms around her she pulled away and slapped me.
"What was that for?"
"For putting me in so much misery!" suddenly Sora was going at me with her purse trying to swat me. To outsiders this might look quite comical but when she hit you it friggin' hurt!
"Wait, wait my wrist I broke it please!"
"Then I will hit you anywhere else then your wrist!" Sora replied sarcastically.
"When will you stop!"
"As soon as we can get to my hotel room and figure out what to do next"
"What hotel?"
"Audrburg"
"Okay" So I started running and she started swatting. Fun right?

Kouji's POV

Kuwagamon was no sweat with two champion level digimon at my side.
"Next stop finding somewhere to stay until Tai gets back" I looked to both digimon,Greymon and Garurumon. "Got any ideas?"
"There should be a cave a bit away from here we could stay there"Greymon suggested.
"Well theres no better option" so the group headed out hoping to find shelter and a hope.

Takuya's POV

We did it; we had respected Kouji's last wishes and closed the link to the digital world. I was upset but I knew it had to be done. Kouji and the digital world, why did god want to torture us? The digital world our only refuge to this cruel world was gone just when we needed it the most.

Tai's POV

After getting hit by Sora's purse about fifty times Sora finally calmed down. I explained the current situation to her including the fact that time in the real world and time in the digital world were now paralleling.
"We need to get that wrist looked at, and some new clothes wouldn't be bad either"
"Hey my clothes are fine," I said subconsciously pulling down my way too short shirt down. "But I can't go to the hospital! I'm SUPPOSED to be dead! I can't just walk in saying: Hey remember me? I'm Tai I died a couple of weeks ago and I need my wrist checked. Or walk into the mall! There are people I know that know that I was dead but don't know that is was all a misunderstanding!" Sora took all this in and came up with what she thought was the perfect solution.
"Many of the former digidestine are in town for your funeral which is to be in one week, we could call them up and use their unique skills to help you!" So minutes later Sora was on the phone phoning our old friends and she guaranteed me they would be here in a couple of minutes. So after a few minutes Joe arrived in the room.
"JOE!" Oh ya it was the same old Joe tall, lanky, clumsy, and afraid of everything he saw. He too was adorned with black.
"TAI!" I swear to god Joe wet his pants for as soon as he saw me he asked to be excused went to the washroom and fainted. So as Sora was tending to Joe a knock again sounded throughout the small hotel room. Sora done with Joe went over and answered the door. In walked Mimi her style and grace leaving us in awe, until she tripped.
"Mimi! Are you okay!"
"Yeah it's just this stupid black dress…. So what do you want me for anyways……………?" Mimi slowly stopped as she saw me. I got ready for the: I thought you were dead! But it never came.
"What train wreck were you in!"
"What!" but I had to agree with her, I hadn't had a shower for days, my hair was littered with leaves and twigs, I was wearing my way to small clothes and I had huge goggles on stylish eh?
"What amazes me is that he is still alive" Joe emerged from the bathroom "was it all a lie to get attention?"
"No!" So I had to repeat my story all over again, Joe and Mimi paid close attention and when I finished my story they sat still as if waiting for more. Joe then got up and started pacing the room.
"So why do you need us anyways?" Mimi asked.
"Well I need you to get me a makeover, Joe to look at my wrist, Sora start looking up the name Takuya and somebody try and contact T.K., Izzy and Kari. We'll come up with a plan and then find a way to save the digital world"
"Okay!" Mimi left quickly to go find some clothes.
"Alright" Sora sat down at the desk and started typing on her laptop, while Joe started examining my wrist. This felt so right being the leader again it felt so nice to be with my friends again.
"I can't say for certain, but I'd say you didn't break it but badly strained it you might've even cracked a bone! But I can't say for certain, you're going to have to get x-rays" Joe concluded.
"No way! I can't go into the hospital! Listen I probably just sprained it badly it is starting to feel a bit better it'll be fine okay?"
"No go! Let me at least get a real splint and maybe even a sling" So without waiting for and answer Joe ran out of the room. I laid on the bed listening to the rapid keys tapping it was like a lullaby and I quickly found myself drifting into a sleep, but suddenly the tapping stopped.
"Tai…I'm glad your back" Then the tapping resumed and I fell to sleep, a smile on my face.

Takuya's POV

"Guys…do you think we should go see Tomoko?" I asked my friends.
"I think so she's been through a lot," Tommy agreed.
"Yeah two sons, became one…." Zoe continued
"And then one became none" J.P. concluded.
"So today's Friday and tomorrow I have soccer so how about Sunday?" All my friends said this sounded like a good plan and since it was getting late they all left. As I waved goodbye I stared into the crescent of a moon, I thought I should ask my mom to buy me some black pajamas so I can properly mourn Kouji.

Tai's POV

Ah! Beautiful Saturday! My wrist may be in a splint and sling but I feel fine! Mimi got me a makeover (boy does Mimi look different her hair is no longer light pink but hot pink! And she wears a new hat everywhere this time it is a Parisian hat!) and Sora found the location of Takuya. Today we were going down to Takuya's to find out what they did to close the link and if there's a way to fix it. As we headed down the street I kept my head buried deep in my hood hoping no one would see my face for everyone believed I was dead. As I traveled down the crowded streets with Mimi, Joe and Sora. When we finally arrived at the house, there looked like there was no life in it. So we rang the bell for a few minutes but to no avail they weren't home.
"Well, where should we go now? We can't go to my place, I've heard they are selling the place since my death" I said.
"Well let's go to the hotel lobby, it's always empty in the middle of the day" Sora suggested. So this time we hailed a taxi and took it back to the hotel. We sat around one of the small circular tables when we heard a commotion up at the front, Sora, Joe and Mimi looked up but I looked down trying to keep my face out of view.
"I NEED TO SEE SORA!" a voice shouted.
"Calm, down sir. She is not at the hotel at the moment but as soon as she's………" the receptionist started.
"I'm not in am I?" Sora asked smirking walking up to the desk while we stayed in our spots.
"Do you know this man?" the receptionist asked. I wanted to see whom it was but I, like the others, couldn't get a clear view.
"Yes" Sora replied, "in fact I was expecting him," Sora continued. As they entered the room I knew who it was immediately. Sora smartly closed the door behind her and I pulled my face from the hood.
"Isn't my sis usually with you lover boy?" I asked, T.K. looked almost exactly like he did when he was twelve but much taller and more muscular.
"Tai! But your dead!"
"Nope"
"Then how could she have been right" TK murmured to no one in particular.
"Hey where is my sis anyways?" I asked.
"Well here's the thing, she had a feeling you were in the digital world so….she went to…find you" I went white all over.

Kouji's POV

Well this sucks. Where is Tai anyways? I have been sitting in this cave for days with Greymon (thank god this cage is big!) and Gabumon as the rain constantly falls nothing has happened, and when I say nothing I mean nothing. No giant digimon attacks, no evilmon, no body at all. That is until today.
"GATOMON NO!" I heard a girl voice cry followed by a shriek of terror. I was instantly on the run, finally something was happening! As I ran through the forest following the shrieks of the girl I finally saw what was happening. A number of Garbagemons surrounded the girl and her digimon partner. The girl seemed to be unconscious and the digimon hurt.
"There gangbeating her! Come on guys let's go!" I shouted and Greymon, and now Garurumon went to join the fight. As the digimon fought off the five garbagemon I went to check on the other digimon and the girl.
"Hey! Are you all right!" I asked running over.
"Who are you?" It was the digimon who replied.
"I'm here to help"
'Well, I'm going to fight" the small cat digimon replied.
"You can't! Those are two champions out there against five champions a rookie won't stand a chance!"
"Who says I'm a rookie?" and with that the digimon jumped off to join the fight.
"Hey guys!" the digimon shouted.
"Gatomon!" Greymon answered in glee.
"Where's Kari?" Garurumon asked. Everyday he was slowly getting his memory back.
"The kids with her, can I trust him?"
"Yeah" both digimon replied and with strong teamwork they fought off the garbagemon. Even though she was injured Gatomon was everywhere scratching a destroying, soon not a single Garbagemon was left.
"Uuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh" Gatomon sighed as she fell to the floor exhausted and we assumed fainted.
"Who are they?" I asked.
"Kari is Tai's sister and Gatomon is her digimon" Greymon responded. Kari looked about my age.
"Well we better get her back to the cave" Garurumon suggested.
"Yeah" So I propped her up in a sitting position on Garurumon and I sat behind her to keep her from falling off while Greymon very delicately carried Gatomon behind us. When we get there I gently laid Kari on what I had been using as a bed and put Gatomon beside her while the digimon went to find some food I stared at Kari's peaceful face and I watched as her graceful features was over come with pain.

Tai's POV

"YOU LET HER GO TO THE DIGITAL WORLD! ALONE!" I yelled at T.K. I couldn't believe him!
"I didn't know…I didn't think she would actually find a way…she left a not I found it this morning…." T.K. I punched T.K. in the face, he fell to the floor I went to hit him again but Sora grabbed my hand.
"Tai no! It's not his fault" she said soothingly "he couldn't have known she was actually going to do it" I took a deep breath but realized something.
"Was she here yesterday?"
"Yes"
"And you found the note today?"
"Yeah"
"Well than there is another way to the digital word! The link isn't totally closed!"
"What?" T.K. asked confused. So again I had to repeat my story. So there is another way to the digital world we just have to find out how.

Kouji's POV

I feel asleep late last night, the digimon had returned with some digital berries I had eaten some and gently tried to wake Kari for Iwas sure she must be hungry. Alas I couldn't get her to wake and Gatomon almost killed my for continuing to try (for she unfortunately had awoken). When I woke up the next morning everything was relatively quite except for the soft breathing of the sleeping digimon. I looked around but couldn't see Kari until I spotted her sitting quietly in the entrance of the cave. I went over to her and sat beside her.
"This is so strange" she said to no one in particular " I look so much younger I must be twelve even though I am really fifteen!"
"It's happened to everybody," I answered.
"Who are you?" she asked turning to me.
"Me I'm Kouji"
"I'm Kari. Nice to meet you Kouji. But not out of mistrust or anything how did Agumon digivolve without Tai, and how did Gabumon digivolve without…. Matt. And why are they both with you!" So I told her my story of this stay in the digital world.
"So my brother was here…"
"Yeah why?"
"I just had a hunch he was"

Tai's POV

My friends and I were walking down the street heading back to Takuya's, maybe he was home. It was a gray Sunday, it was slightly drizzling as I walked down the dull streets I passed by one of the apartments, and in one of the top floor windows I saw a woman looking out. She had a sad expression on her face, as she just stared out the window like she was trying to forget the world she was surrounded in. As I walked down the street I passed by this guy, I couldn't believe it! Was he trying to continue the goggle look! I kept walking until I heard a scream.

Takuya's POV

All was normal we were supposed to visit Tomoko comfort her get out, but all didn't go as planned. Just as we were walking to the building there was a scream from one of the top floors. I bolted in fighting through a sea of people all trying to get out. I had to wonder why but then I realized someone had pulled the fire alarm. Why did I go in the building? Why didn't I just stay out there with my friends? I honestly don't know but it must have something to do with my meeting the guy I was about to meet. Everybody was taking the stairs because they must of thought if there was a fire it might affect the elevators, but as smart as I pretended to be I stepped in the elevator. I was going to Tomoko's apartment. I had a feeling that the scream had come from there and I had a feeling I knew why. So her floor being number twelve I figured it would be faster to take the elevator than rushing through the crowd. Just as the elevator door was closing a guy jumped in. He looked about twentyish and had the biggest hair I had ever seen. As the elevator door closed itself the guy picked himself up and brushed himself off.
"Hi I'm Tai", Tai said sticking out his hand.
"Takuya" I said shaking it as the elevator started it's ascended.

Tai's POV

Please don't ask me why I dove into that elevator. I have no clue myself, I guess it was impulse and who other to meet there than the return of the goggle kid. When I heard his name I knew why I had just jumped in this elevator….it must be fate.
"Your names Takuya? Like seriously?" I looked down "did you know Kouji?"
"Yeah but he disappeared about three weeks ago why! Why do you want to know!" Takuya was getting seriously freaked out. "Did you make Kouichi's plane disappear! Are you the one who took Kouji away! Now did you hurt Tomoko? And then you came to make sure she stopped screaming? ARE YOU GOING AFTER THEIR DAD NEXT? AND NOW THAT I KNOW EVERYTHING ARE YOU GOING TO KILL ME TOO!" Takuya started banging on the elevator door and screaming help until he realized he could just stop the elevator and open the door. Takuya jammed the emergency stop button and with a quick thump the elevator stopped.
"Oh great guiness now you go and get us stuck!" I exclaimed we were somewhere between the sixth and seventh floor. I looked over to Takuya tears dropped heavily from his eyes. Wow this must be the ten crying warriors. Takuya started banging on the elevator door.
"Kouji, Kouji, please…come back…"
"Takuya… I know Kouji…" I started.
"No! There's no time I'm sure that scream came from Tomoko we have to get off this elevator and save her!"
"Tomoko?"
"She's Kouji's and Kouichis mom" Takuya answered.
"Well fix the elevator than" I said gesturing to the buttons.
"Me!"
"Yeah I am the leader in my group Izzy's the brain" It turns out Takuya and me were very much alike… we think in the same way. When presented with the challenge of making the elevator work again we just pressed as many buttons as possible. Finally with a slight hum the elevator continued to ascend until the number reached twelve. We got off the elevator with Takuya leading the way and me following. As we reached Tomokos Takuya gently pushed open the door.

Takuya's POV

If Tai had known Tomoko before he would have understood the extent to this disaster. Tomoko was always calm and collective and always very friendly, she never complained either. Did I mention she was very neat? This Tomoko was different. The house was torn apart things scattered everywhere. I saw Tomoko is the corner scrunched in a ball crying softly. I came over to her she was holding something in her hand it looked like a frame when I noticed there was blood everywhere!
"Tai come help me!" I called over.
"Takuya…is that you?" Tomokos voice was barely over a whisper. I bent down and placed a hand on Tomokos arm.
"Yeah. Tomoko listen everything will be okay" I looked over to Tai "find the washrooms, I don't care what you bring just get a bandage anything!" Instead Tai merely ripped the sleeve off his jacket.
"Tomoko, can I see your arm?" I asked gently.
"There… both…gone…" Tomoko said a little louder sniffling "both my babies…gone…like the sea carries the sand…there both gone…" I moved to gently pluck the picture from Tomoko's arm at the first little pull I could feel a little restraint but than she slowly let the frame go. I was looking at a bloody picture of Kouichi, Kouji and Tomoko all standing together smiling at the camera, as I stood mesmerized at the picture, Tai was the one who brought me back to life.
"Holy shit… she's slit her wrist" I snapped back to reality. Tomoko's breathing was getting slower and I now realized she was unconscious.
"Quick we need to wrap these up! Takuya go find a phone call the police" Tai took control of this situation he started wrapping Tomoko's arms with the sleeve but I stood still this was too much.
"TAKUYA GO!" Tai screamed, I started running toward the den searching the mess for the phone when I heard sirens in the distance I remember now the fire alarm had been pulled! I heard men's voices as they pounded up the stairs I took one last look at Tomoko's tear streamed face, the mascara running down her face and then it all became a blur of lights.

Kouji's POV

Day in and day out we sat and waited for Tai. I got along really well with Kari; she was a really nice girl what seemed strange though was that her personality was totally unlike her brothers. One night we were sitting talking around a fire eating our dinner of berries and a few fish Gatomon had caught something finally happened. It was a peaceful night Greymon, Garurumon, Gatomon, Kari and I all sat around the fire in this huge digital cave when we heard a noise looking over we saw the entrance surrounded by Ogremon.

Kari's POV

The Ogremon started closing in but the digimon took them out licktey split then something we didn't expect in came Phantomon. He completely ignored us and went for the digimon turning them all into rookies. The phantomon went back to the entrance of the cave and waited soon a cloaked figure emerged into the light of the fire. And with a few symbols of her hand I heard a screaming and looked over to Kouji. He was clutching his arm a look of pain on his face. The cloaked figure laughed.
"I have branded you mortal, remember that night when you felt that metal on your arm this is it! I will dispose of you now" the thing laughed in a voice not male or female and held her arm forward a beam of light jetting from it but instead of it hitting Kouji a protective…shield formed around him and amidst all the light I saw what had saved him for burning on his head a light green was the symbol of friendship.

To Be Continued...

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