Hey guys! Took me a while, but I finally finished the last part. It turned out to be longer than I expected, but I hope it's still good. Please review.
Sora looked around and couldn't find out where she was. All she knew was that she was feeling cold and frightened. She started thinking if someone actually missed her and was trying to save her. She got desperate when she realized no one knew how to rescue her, since she wasn't in the Digital World.
"I'm gonna be here forever." She whispered to herself. "I don't think they can find me."
"That's right." The voice spoke again. "No one can find you because nobody loves you."
"Nobody loves me?" She repeated. "That's not true. My family and my friends love me."
"You are destined to stay in this place for the rest of your life."
The red haired girl closed her eyes and felt the cold and fear grow inside her heart. When she opened them, the sparkle she had on them was gone. All she could feel was emptiness and sadness.
"Yamato…" Sora was able to say eventually, in a low tone.
"Huh?" Yamato stopped walking suddenly.
"What's wrong?" Takeru turned around and looked at him.
"I think I heard Sora calling my name."
"Really? Where?"
"I don't know, Takeru. If I did, I would have run to her by now."
"Are you sure it's her?"
"I'm not sure, it was really low. Almost like she was losing her power."
"That's not good." The younger blonde seemed to think for a moment. "I think we should split so we can find them faster. I don't believe they are in the same place."
"We can't split. Patamon is with you. What happens if I come across a Digimon? I have no way to fight back."
"You're right. But this is nothing like the Digital World. At least, not like the one we usually go. So you should be fine."
"He's right, Takeru." Tailmon said. "You have Patamon to defend you. I don't mean just Digimon wise, but anything can appear in this world. I'd go with him, but I can't evolve without Hikari."
"Tailmon."
"I don't know what to do." Takeru said nervously. "I want to save Hikari, but I can't leave Sora. She's just as important."
"We'll save them both." Yamato placed his hand on his brother's shoulder. "We'll do it, one way or another."
"But how? You said yourself, Gabumon is not with you." He looked down. "We can't go different ways and that will take us more time to find the girls."
"Well, you can't have everything. We should come up with a plan and decide which one we are going to rescue first."
"Damn it." The basketball player fell to his knees.
"Takeru."
"Hey, don't give up now." The singer knelt down next to him and grabbed his shirt collar. "You were just telling me to keep positive. Where's your hope?"
"My hope?" Takeru's eyes widened. "It's gone."
"It's your Crest! Without your hope we won't get nowhere!"
"You're right." He stood up. "I need my hope to help me achieve what I want."
"That's my brother!" Yamato said proudly. "Now we need to hurry before it gets too late."
"Alright!"
Hikari stopped screaming and removed her hands from her head. She stood up and looked around; a feeling of fear taking over her. She put on a brave face and started walking to her right. A large smile appeared on her lips when she saw her two friends and her partner.
"Tailmon! Takeru!"
"Hikari!" The Digimon ran to her and jumped on her arms.
"I thought no one was going to save me."
"Of course we would." Takeru walked to her side. "I couldn't leave you here."
"How did you get here anyway?" The girl looked at him. "This isn't the Digital World, so it's not easy to come."
"Love. Love activated the gate."
"What?"
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, just a little scared. This place is creepy, I want to get out of here."
"We will." The blonde placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Where's Sora?" Yamato asked. "Was she with you?"
"Yes." Hikari looked down. "Someone took her away."
"Who?"
"I don't know, all we heard was a voice. Sora kept saying she failed and they took her away. I couldn't do anything."
"So there are more dimensions in this world." The rock star looked away. "Great."
"What do we do now, brother?"
"I don't know. If Koushiro was here he would know what to do or where to go."
"Hikari, what happened?"
The brothers turned around and saw Hikari on the ground, covering her head with her hands and screaming.
"No, not again!"
"Hikari!" Takeru knelt beside her. "What's going on?"
"An ocean. A dark ocean. Oh my God!"
"What?" The blonde was now grabbing her shoulder firmly. "Did you see something?"
"I just saw where Sora is." Hikari took her hands away from her head and faced him. "She was in the middle of a dark ocean."
"What are you saying?" Yamato asked nervously.
"Calm down, Yamato." Takeru turned his attention back to his friend. "Do you know where it is or how we can get there?"
"It's right over there." She pointed north and they followed her finger.
"Are you sure? There isn't anything that looks like an ocean in that direction. Just an open area."
"Of course there is. You just can't see it like she does."
"Who's there?" The basketball player asked, looking for the source of the voice.
"Where's Sora?"
"Kids nowadays ask too many questions." The voice said rather annoyed. "Your friend is in a safe place, under my supervision."
"Sora didn't do anything to be where she is now. Bring her back!"
"Try me."
"Hikari, you think you can find this ocean if we follow your directions?" Yamato asked her.
"I think so." She nodded.
The blonde and his brother started following her as she made her way towards the open area.
Sora was sitting with her arms wrapped around her legs and stared at nowhere. Her clothes were almost losing its colors, so did her skin and hair. The cold sensation was still all over her body and she didn't seem to realize the three people coming to her direction.
"Sora!" Yamato ran to her as soon as he noticed her.
He knelt down in front of her while Takeru and Hikari stood up behind him.
"Who are you?"
"It's me, Yamato. Takeru and Hikari are here too." He looked over to them.
"I don't remember any of you."
"This is not good." Takeru said.
"How can you not remember us?" The rock star turned his attention back to Sora. "We are your friends. We've been through so much together."
"I don't recognize you."
"Try a little harder, Sora. I know there's a memory somewhere in your mind. You probably remember Piyomon, right?"
"Piyomon?" She reacted, to the other's happiness. "That name sounds familiar."
"She's your partner." Yamato said with a smile. "She was with you all the time, when we had to defeat our enemies in the Digital World."
"Sora." Takeru knelt down beside his brother. "It's me, Takeru. Please try to remember us."
"Takeru." She looked at him with empty eyes.
"It's me." He smiled. "We came to save you."
"Save… me?" She said weakly. "But he told me no one else would come."
"Who did that?"
"The voice." Hikari replied, causing the boys to look at her. "He said the same thing to me."
"Idiot!" Yamato punched the ground with his fist.
"Of course we would come to save you, Sora. We would never leave you in this place alone."
"Why?"
"Because we love you, Sora." Yamato grabbed her hand and looked at her. "You mean a lot to me. To all of us."
"What? No one loves me."
"You can't listen to that voice! There are lots of people who love you! Your family, your friends. We wouldn't be here if you meant nothing to us."
"Is that so?"
"Absolutely!"
"I don't belong there."
"Don't say that! You do belong there, you always have." The blonde said firmly. "Open your eyes, Sora! You can't let that voice get into your head and take you away from us. I refuse to let you go without fighting."
"Why are you doing this?"
"Because I need you. Because you've became an important part of my life and I won't let someone I can't even see have you. What am I gonna tell your parents and friends that I failed in rescuing you?"
"Yamato."
"What?" He was surprised to hear her calling his name.
"Keep doing it, brother." Takeru encouraged him. "It's working."
"Don't leave me here." She said weakly.
"I won't do that… ever. All you have to do is hold my hand tighter and trust me."
"I want to go home."
"Squeeze my hand, Sora, and I'll take you home."
Sora closed her eyes and slowly tightened her grip around Yamato's hand. She stayed that way for a while and he apprehensively waited for what would happen afterwards.
The colors on her clothes returned at the same time she finally opened her eyes. Yamato, Takeru and Hikari could barely hide their happiness when they noticed the spark on them had returned. She blinked hard, as if she was trying to understand what was happening.
"Where am I?" She let loose of the blonde's hand and sat up straight.
"This is dark side of the Digital World." Hikari replied, looking around. "It's creepy, isn't it?"
"It really is." Sora rubbed her arms to warm them up. "I want to go back."
Yamato bent down in front of her and grabbed her shoulders firmly. There was a serious expression on his face that startled her, but something about his eyes couldn't let her look away.
"Are you okay?"
"I think I am. I'm just tired."
"Let's get you home." He got up and helped her stand on her feet, keeping her close to his body. He then looked up and frowned. "But how are we gonna do that?"
"Hikari and I can handle that." Takeru looked at Taichi's sister and she nodded. "Patamon and Tailmon will armor-evolve to Pegasmon and Nefertimon. That should be enough to take us back to Earth."
"It's a good thing you two have your partners around. We never know when we might need them."
"I let the darkness of my mind get the best of me… and you were there to save me again."
"I couldn't let any of my friends go without fighting. Especially a close one like you."
"I will never be able to thank you enough, Yamato."
"You don't have to thank me." He said with a smile. "Just as long as you stay safe, that's enough for me."
"You too, Hikari and Takeru. Thank you so much for rescuing me. You are truly amazing."
"Not problem at all, Sora." Takeru replied rather embarrassed. "You know how much we love you, right?"
"Now I do." She smiled warmly, causing the other three to tag along.
"Shall we go back now?" Hikari asked, climbing on Nefertimon.
"Definitely. We spent far too much time on this world."
"Koushiro is probably worried about us now."
Sora joined Hikari while the brothers climbed on Pegasmon and the two Digimon made their way outside that negative world, hoping to never come back again.