1 The Courage to Love

Author's Disclaimer: Once again I do not own Digimon and I am not affiliated with Toei or Saban.

Author's Notes: This chapter will have an insert from the dub. In the Japanese version of Movie 1, Sora did not cheer on Tai during the fight between Greymon and Parrotmon whereas in the dub she did. Well, on to Chapter 2.

1.1 Best of Friends

1 year after Taichi and Sora's first meeting

"I'm getting tired!" complained Taichi. "We've been fixing this stuff for such a long time!"

"It's not my fault, I have to help around a bit more since I'm a bit older" stated Sora.

It was around 2:00 in the afternoon and Tai and Sora were arranging flowers for Mrs.Takenouchi. Tai had come over because his mom went to go shopping with his aunt and they brought along Hikari as well. At first Tai thought that flower arranging would be easy, but after the first 5 broken flowerpots he decided to take his task more seriously.

"Hmm…I know what to do" Tai thought. Taichi sneaked over to some flowers that weren't arranged yet and took some. He went back over to Sora and cleared his throat.

"Ahem…I've brought some flowers for you" said Taichi while holding them out to Sora.

"Oh really Tai? Thank you" Sora's face brightened up and she was just about to take them before Tai put them behind his back.

"Nuh-uh, you don't get them until we can play" Tai had a mischievous look on his face.

"Okay, fine…we can play"

"Alright!" Tai held out the flowers to Sora again and she took them slowly while her brightened expression turned into a dulled one.

"Huh? What's the matter?" asked Tai. Sora arranged the flowers into a small pot and looked at him.

"Tai I told you I have to help, please just wait a little longer" She looked him in the eyes with a fragile look.

"Uhh…well…umm…oh fine" Tai sighed while putting his hands on the back of his head.

"Thanks Tai" said Sora before giving him a small hug. Taichi felt himself blush a little bit so he covered his face. For half an hour Tai watched Sora fix the flowers and after she was done they both took Tai's soccer ball and went outside.

"This should be a good one on one Sora," said Tai.

"You're right about that" replied Sora.

Tai passed the ball to Sora to make her have first ball. The ball landed directly in front of Sora and she quickly took the ball and advanced towards Tai's net. Taichi ran in front of her to steal the ball but she kicked it up and ran past Tai to where the ball was headed. Once again the ball landed right in front of her and she shot a straight goal into Taichi's net.

"That's one for me!" yelled Sora while she ran to Tai.

"I'm not finished yet!" Tai walked over to his net to take the ball out. After him and Sora got into their positions, Tai moved to the side and swiftly started for Sora's net. When he was about 5 seconds away from the net he looked back to see if Sora was close behind him, she was about 4 seconds behind him. Tai smiled.

"I'm gonna get this one Sora!" exclaimed Tai, but before he could reach the net he fell over. Tai tasted the familiar taste of grass in his mouth and got up.

"Okay, who did it this t-time…" Tai looked up and saw a kid about his age but bigger, his stomach was bigger too. The kid had two other friends with him one on the left, one on the right. Both of them were the same size, but not as big as the middle guy.

"Hey mop head, give us the soccer ball" said the one in the middle.

"Yeah right, I'm not afraid of you just because you have a big tummy!" Taichi got up and took his soccer ball.

"Then I guess you won't mind if we take your girlfriend over there. Go get her guys!" The other two went after Sora.

"Sora run!" Tai was running after the other two while he had the big one behind him.

"Tai! Pass me the ball!" yelled Sora. Taichi nodded, put the ball down while he was running and kicked it to Sora. Sora quickly took the ball and faced the other two guys. Before they lunged at her she kicked the ball at one's head and it bounced off and hit the other's. Both pursuers fell down and Tai stepped over them before taking the ball and grabbing Sora's hand.

"Get up you wimps!" said the big kid. By the time the two other bullies got up, Sora and Taichi were long gone. Tai and Sora had run back to Sora's place to make sure they were really safe.

"Next time…I won't…rush…to…play…" Tai said while regaining his breath. Sora giggled while also regaining her breath.

"That…was cool how you…hit those guys with the ball," said Tai.

"Well…I had to make sure…that we wouldn't get into anymore trouble, you would've got into a fight or something…" said Sora softly.

"I would've been fine, but I guess you helping was ok" Tai smiled and put his hand on Sora's shoulder. Sora smiled back. After a moment Sora walked to the fridge and opened it.

"Taichi do you want to drink something?"

"Sure, anything"

Sora took out some orange juice that she made early in the morning. Of course it was still very fresh. Sora took out two cups and poured equal amounts of orange juice into both cups. She handed one to Tai and watched him drink his before she drank her own, she wanted to see how he liked it. At first Tai took a little sip, but after tasting it he gulped the whole thing down very fast.

"Aaaah! That was good!" Tai said sounding refreshed. He had a big smile on his face.

"You really think so? I made it this morning," said Sora. Tai looked at her.

"You really made the juice?" asked Tai. Sora nodded, slightly blushing.

"Well you should keep making it, its great!" Tai took Sora's cup and gulped the juice down. Sora's eyes widened when Taichi suddenly took the cup, but then she smiled knowing that Tai appreciated what she made. After talking about what happened at the soccer field for a while Sora and Taichi put the cups in the sink and washed them. On their way out of the kitchen area Tai yawned.

"I'm getting sleepy…" Tai was slumped forward while walking.

"Why don't we go to my room then? My mom always tells me to go there we I need a nap" suggested Sora.

"Sure…" said Tai, all he could do was concentrate on sleeping. Sora led him to her room and he immediately jumped onto her bed. All Sora could do was giggle while she got up onto her bed beside Taichi. She looked at him, his eyes were closed but he wasn't asleep yet. She slowly moved her face towards his and gave him a light kiss on the cheek. She then saw how fast his cheeks turned from normal to pink to red. She giggled again and lay beside him. She closed her eyes and drifted asleep while Taichi tried to get to sleep after the kiss on the cheek.

Sora's mom arrived home a few minutes later from the flower shop and found Taichi and Sora sleeping. She smiled at the scene and decided not to wake them up. An hour later Mrs.Yagami came and picked up Tai. Tai was too sleepy to notice where he was going or what he was doing so he just left with his mom without complaining. Sora was still asleep and unaware that Taichi had left.

When Taichi was in his bed at home all he did was dream about what tomorrow would be like with Sora…

1 year later



"GRAAAAGH" the sounds of slashing, snapping, and growling could be heard throughout Highton View Terrace. Taichi was holding onto his little sister Hikari.

"Come on Greymon! You can do it!" Tai yelled to a very large dinosaur like creature. The dinosaur was in a fight with another large creature that resembled a parrot. The parrot had used a bright blue attack and shot it at its opponent. Greymon stumbled down to the ground and was covered with crushed pavement.

"Noooo, Greymon.." cried Hikari. She tried to blow her whistle between sobs to wake the creature up but she couldn't do it. It was then that Taichi took the whistle from his younger sister and blew hard. The piercing noise rang through the area and lasted a very long time. From her window, Sora could see Tai blowing the whistle.

"Come on Tai…you can do it" She held her hand to her chest.

After the whistle's sound had died down a silence, which seemed long, took place. When hope looked like it had ran away, an eye opened from underneath the rubble.

Greymon got up from the debris and roared loudly before throwing its head forward and blasting an enormous flame. The parrot like creature screeched and disappeared in the flame. Greymon had also disappeared.

"Greymon!, Greymon!" Hikari was yelling at the top of her lungs. Taichi looked around at the former battleground around him.

"Taichi!" Sora came running towards him.

"Sora!" Tai watched her run up to him.

"Are you okay?, I saw that whole thing…" Sora looked very worried.

"I'm fine, I was just wondering where those big things went…" Tai kept looking around when suddenly Sora flung her arms around him.

"I was worried…I'm glad you're okay…" Sora allowed a few tears to run down her cheeks. She kissed Tai on the cheek and hugged him tighter. Tai blushed and held onto her.

"I wonder why those monsters showed up…will I see Greymon again?" Tai whispered to himself. He felt a tug on his shirt and turned around.

"Onii-chan can we go home?" asked Hikari, she looked very tired.

"Yeah, we can go home…" said Tai. Sora let go of Taichi and Taichi took Hikari's hand.

"Sora would you like to come with us?" asked Tai. She silently nodded and took Taichi's other hand.

Taichi, Sora, and Hikari all walked to the Yagami's apartment hand in hand not aware of what would happen to them in the not too distant future.



A/N: Onii-chan = brother, or older brother if you didn't know. Sorry if this took too long and if its too short. I was in a rush to make it! The other Digi Destined will show up soon I promise! Please review, thanks!