VII

The slayer and me Part 1

"Once you have found him, you know what to do." The hologram of a man said to the black shape.

"Of course I know, get rid of him." The shape answered.

"Good, but be cautious."

"I will, don't worry." The shape said. "I better return before they find out."

And with that the hologram faded and the shape disappeared.

"Where's Vazz?" Matt asked looking for him.

"He left very early in the morning, like an hour ago." Sora answered.

"How do you know that?" Matt asked inquisitively.

"I was talking to him when he told me that he had something to do and left."

"I wonder where he is." Kari said a little bit worried.

"Don't worry Kari, he is okay, after all he is Vazz." Mimi said confidently.

"Well I'm gonna look for him." Matt said

"You shouldn't, it's dangerous." Izzy told him.

"I can perfectly take care of myself, thank you." Matt answered annoyed.

"I'm coming with ya." Sora said.

"I already told ya, I can perfectly take care of myself." Matt answered harshly.

"I know… I just wanted to be with you." Sora answered, hurt by Matt's words.

Matt looked at her, repented.

"Sorry dear… I just don't know what's going on with me." Matt said apologizing.

"It's okay, don't worry." She answered.

"But I would really like you to come with me dear, if you want of course."

"I will." She said standing up and walking toward him.

Vazz arrived just fifteen minutes after the couple left.

"Where are Matt and Sora?" Vazz asked.

"Looking for you." Mimi answered smiling.

"Well I should find them, this forest can be dangerous." Vazz said.

"No, leave them." Izzy said.

"Yeah, they need a little time alone." Mimi said agreeing with Izzy.

"Hmm… I see…" Vazz answered doubtfully.

Matt and Sora were walking silently under the trees. Even when none of them was saying anything the silence was peaceful and comfortable. They could understand each other perfectly even without talking.

Sora came closer to him looking for his warm and he put his arm around her shoulders. Sora stopped and embraced him.

"I love you Matt." She said quietly.

"I live you too dear." He answered closing his eyes.

Suddenly he felt a little drop of water in his chest, and then Sora started trembling.

"What's wrong dear?" Matt asked very concerned.

Sora continued sobering. Why I'm crying? She asked herself.

"Why are you crying hon?"

"It's just that I… that I'm afraid of loosing you like we lost Tai." Sora said sobbing. Like I lost Tai…

She wasn't lying, but what she was saying wasn't entirely true either. She was worried about Matt of course about everyone else, but the meaning of her tears was… may be it was…

"It's okay dear, I'll be okay, everything is gonna be okay, we will find Tai and everything is going to be back to normal." He said.

"You are right." She said recovering her smile as she cleaned her face. "After all, Vazz is with us."

Suddenly a stab of jealousy came to him.

"You are putting too much hope on him, don't ya think?" Matt said in a way that reminded an accusation.

"Well yes, I do." She answered firmly.

Vazz was sitting silently, looking at the woods trying to hear anything that could mean a risk for the missing couple.

"Don't worry they are okay." Mimi said noticing Vazz's tension.

Vazz stood quiet still trying to hear even the most insignificant sound.

"Mimi is right, try to relax a little bit." Izzy said watching the screen of his laptop.

"It's been a while since they left, may be we should look for them." Joe proposed.

"They need a time alone, we better leave them, they will be back sooner or later." T.K. said.

"Yeah, may be they need time to do 'that' or 'that'." Mimi said with an evil tone.

"Mimi! Stop saying that kind of things." Joe said fixing his glasses.

"Joe is right; these woods would be a very uncomfortable place to do that." Kari said laughing.

"Yeah we should stay here." T.K. said. "What do you think Vazz?"

Vazz wasn't paying attention to their conversation; he was lost in his thoughts. I have a bad feeling about this. He thought.

Sora and Matt were walking when they heard the sound of a river, they walked toward it but they found that the river was at the bottom of a cliff. Even with that, the road was quite wide, so they kept walking.

After some minutes walking beside the cliff Matt stopped.

"We should come back, it's been like an hour since we left." He suggested.

"You are right, probably Vazz is already there."

Just after a few steps Sora stopped.

"Did you hear that?" She asked.

"What?"

Suddenly Sora pushed Matt just a few seconds before some huge rocks fell down the cliff and one of those grey and black giant digimons appeared, with the shape of a grotesque turtle. The monster stood between Matt and Sora.

"Matt you must escape, go and get Vazz, I'm gonna distract the monster!" Sora, who was trapped on the other side by the monster and the cliff, shouted.

"I can't leave you here!" He shouted.

"There's nothing we can do, go and get him, I will be fine!" She cried, and started running.

There's nothing I can do? The only one who can fight is him? The only one capable of protecting Sora, of finding Tai? He asked to himself and started running to the other side.

He was running with all his speed but he was still too far, too far… He fall on his knees, desperate.

I'm weak… there's nothing I can do… and because of that I'm gonna loose her, cuz I can't protect her. He thought as tears began to fall down his face.

Vazz was sitting quietly, when suddenly he heard or felt something and he stood up quickly.

"What's wrong Vazz?" Izzy asked.

"Damn it!" He shouted ignoring Izzy, but before anyone could say anything he disappeared.

After some minutes running at his maximum speed he found Matt, he was on his knees, crying. Suddenly he felt something like a cold blade on his chest. Where's Sora?

"Matt are you okay?" Vazz asked without receiving an answer.

"Matt are you okay?" He asked again, getting the same answer.

"Where's Sora?" He asked, but nothing.

"Where is Sora?" Vazz asked almost shouting.

"Everything is lost…" Matt said quietly.

Vazz took Matt from the arm and made him stand up, once he was on his feet, he gave him a very strong and quick punch on the face.

For a strange reason the punch reminded him of Tai and the way he used to punch him bringing him back to reality.

"Where's Sora?" Vazz asked again confident, of this time, receiving an answer.

"Follow this path, and then the sound of a river." He said pointing the way.

"Okay." Vazz answered. "Now I need you to return with the others and wait for us."

Matt controlled himself and just nodded.

"Please take care of them." Vazz said before disappearing.

Sora was trying desperately to escape from the monster, but even when it was slow, it was gigantic, so it was close to catch her. Suddenly she fell down and the monster reached her. The monster attacked her but she was able to avoid it. That was close.

The monster roared and attacked again, but the attack was stopped by something, something wearing a black tunic and holding a katana on his right hand.

Vazz gave a high jump and cut the beast, which regenerated instantly. Crap. Vazz thought and returned to Sora side.

The beast roared and threw some spikes to them, Vazz took Sora and avoided them but one was able to hurt him in the arm.

I think I don't have any other option. He thought and gently put Sora on the ground. He sheathed his sword and closed his eyes. He stood that way for a moment and then opened his eyes, moved one of his feet back, and put his right hand on his sword.

"Final judgment." He said quietly as he unsheathed and sheathed his sword at an incredible speed three times. Then three purple orbs appeared surrounding the beats and becoming a great amount of slashes they turned the beast in very small pieces.

Once the monster was eliminated he turned back to Sora.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

She nodded and tried to stand up. But in that very moment he noticed that Sora was at the very edge of the cliff, but he was just able to give one step before the piece of the cliff where she was standing broke taking her to the river at the bottom, Vazz quickly went after her, falling to the void of that cliff…

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It's been a while since i updated I apologize, even when this chapter is a little bit boring and short it's just the first part of a longer one about Sora and Vazz... and Tai hehehe so enjoy please RR

I wanna thank all my reviwers this chapters are for you.