"wiat will you, I have shorter legs than you"
"oh I'm sorry" he bowed slightly, she smiled at him
"thanks" she said as he slowed his pace "you should be resting anyway"
"I told you, I want to get something for taichi and hikari to say thank you"
"I know, you don't need to you know"
"I want to"
"shouldn't you wait till you're actually better first. How are you going to pay?"
"pay?"
"yes money, you know?"
"money?" he stopped walking "is that the papery stuff?" she nodded, "its special? you can't just use any paper?"
"no" he lent against the wall and sighed
"I don't have any of that, I have some coins and stuff from the digital world"
"that makes sense there really the only thing that can be used in the digital world but you can't use them here I'm afraid. Where did you get them anyway?"
"no comment" she laughed
"come on lets go home, we can do this another time"
"okay, would you like to fly?"
"I don't think you're up to that"
"I'll be okay, I feel bad for making you walk all this way for nothing"
"no worries, let's walk okay?"
***
"good you're back, I was worried about you" hikari smiled as she let the two digimon in "where did you disappear off to?"
Tailmon laughed "it's a surprise" she said "wait and see"
Hikari laughed too "you're just in time for an afternoon snack"
"great!" tailmon leapt onto the table "what we eating?"
"there are some biscuits how about them?"
"sounds good"
***
"how was school today?"
"pretty good I suppose, how are you guys?"
"I'm back!" taichi called coming threw the door "oh biscuits, fantastic"
"why do you always appear when theres food?"
"it's a talent" taichi sat down at the table
"good day?"
"alright, for a Monday. I have soccer practice tonight remember? I might be going out before mum and dad get back will you be okay?"
"taichi, I'm more than capable of looking after myself and besides I won't be by myself" she said gesturing at the digimon
"if these two are here can I come with you to football practice taichi?" asked agumon hopefully
"haha maybe, if we can keep you hidden I don't see why not"
"have you ever tried soccer agumon?" asked hikari
"no!" he exclaimed "taichi?"
"okay, okay but not tonight" he said laughing
"this I must see" said tailmon
***
"tailmon, Wizarmon, I was thinking of putting on a film we have a couple of hours before my parents get back from work"
"that's a good idea"
Wizardmon looked up from a book he'd picked up "film?"
"it's like the book" tailmon smiled "it's a made up story that people act out then the record the footage and we can watch it"
He nodded "that sounds good"
"it's played on a tellivision which is-"
"I spent four years haunting a tv station" he said with a grin
"touche" she said "what shall we watch hikari?"
***
The three of them were sitting on the sofa after the film had finished. It was beginning to get dark.
"are you tired?" asked hikari
Wizarmon shook his head
"you look tired, you can go to sleep if you want"
"it's okay"
"you need to rest to regain your strength" said tailmon "so please sleep if you're tired"
"thank you, but…I…" he didn't finish
"what?"
"the same as you…hikari"
"oh!" hikari exclaimed
"what is it? And what's with the cryptic answers"
"sorry"
"neither of us wants to have another dream…like the one last night"
Tailmon closed her eyes, she swallowed "it's my fault I'm sorry"
"how is it your fault?" asked wizarmon confused
"I'm the one who gets captured, I'm the one who gets us into the mess. And its all my fault you're having these dreams"
"no its not!" exclaimed hikari
"none of this is your fault!"
"maybe" said hikari quietly "we'll be shown how to stop it happening"
"if it's the soverigns or somebody with them again you mean?"
"yes, that way we'll be able to stop it happening, without the dreams we wouldn't be able to do this so in a way, the dreams are good. But its still not your fault"
"we will beat him this time won't we?" asked tailmon "there has to be a way to really defeat him right? I mean he can't…can't….he's not…he wont always be around"
"no" said wizarmon determinedly "one day you will be able to live your life free of his presence, I promise you" he spoke quietly but there was a hard edge to his voice that it did not usually contain
"hikari!? Tailmon!? Wizarmon!?" taichi's voice called "I'm home"
He came into the sitting area
"mum and dad'll be home soon we'd better go into the bed room I havnt got the energy to explain this"
***
Hikari, taichi and the three digimon sat in a circle on the floor to talk
"we really need a plan of action" said taichi "we can't just sit around waiting for him to get stronger"
"your saying exactly the same as diasuke" said hikari exasperated "the digimon still need to gain strength, patamon, tailmon and wizarmon were badly hurt"
"hikari…maybe it would be better if…" taichi started awkwardly
"if what?"
"safer for them if tailmon and wizarmon stayed here"
"what no way" exclaimed tailmon
"we all go or none of us go. The whole team!" said hikari angrily "we need everyone"
"calm down you two" said taichi "it was just a surgestion, he doesn't like any of us"
"you can say that again" muttered hikari
"but you are the ones he's trying to hurt most, for his revenge"
"and we're just meant to sit here and do nothing while you are in danger" tailmon leapt to her feet "you expect me to let hikari go without my protection"
"look, I take it back okay. You obviously want to come so do, but take it easy okay as hikari said you were hurt and be careful"
Tailmon nodded "don't worry I will, I know what vamdemon does to people…"
Wizarmon nodded his agreement "he's-"
"pure evil?" suggested taichi
"no, but yours is better"
"good, you want to come as well, yes?"
He nodded "I want to destroy vamdemon too"
"then the question is when should we go? and how will we get away for long enough?"
"we used camping trip before, and we couldn't do the same plan we're going to need everyone"
"some kind of chosen children trip…but why would we all be going"
"yamatto's concert?" surgested wizarmon
"yes!" yelled taichi "that's perfect we'll all go and see yamatto playing in the concert staying over night or two afterwards, in a hotel or something when we'll go to the digital world. Theres a concert coming up soon isn't there? Oh that's how you knew yamatto did concerts in the first place I must have thought about the one coming up sometime" wizarmon nodded "then this'll be the plan we put into action"
***
"so is everyone allowed to go to yamatto's concert?"
The children all nodded
"my parents trust you older kids to look after us" said iori
"for some reason" finished hikari
"watch it" said taichi jokingly
"so whats the acctual plan here?" asked yamatto
"well we'll watch your concert but we're saying we're staying for a couple of days afterwards to see the city, its Kyoto your playing in right?"
"yep"
"even better right miyako?"
"that's right I remember, Kyoto is closer to other worlds than anywhere else, that means the digimon will cross over easier"
"which will be especially good if we are forced to come back to fight in our world" observed hikari
"but while we say we're sight seeing we'll really be in the digital world!"
"lets just hope that gives us enough time" said sora "oh and I heard from mimi she wants to try and get into the digital world too"
"we'll have to try and open a portal for her once we're inside the digital world" said koushiro thoughtfully "I don't know if it'll work but its worth a try"
"yeah!" yelled diasuke "finally we're doing something"