Hey once more! This fanfic is so fun to write and reading your commentary makes it more fun. This chapter uses the prompt 'Absolutely' and no warnings for this one. For those people who keep saying to extend the chapters, I should probably mention this but this is written for the Digimon Fanfiction Challenges Forum for the Tale in Fragments challenge in which it's a requirement for each chapter to be up to 800 words or less than that. On that note, thank you to
Zero Slash One for betareading this chapter and making me look like a better writer than I am. :) Enjoy!
Chapter 4 – We're still in this together
Even though his friends were surrounding him, Tai felt absolutely powerless right now. He didn't feel like a leader at all.
Sora placed a gentle hand on his arm. "Tai, relax we'll find her."
Tai blinked, giving her a small smile, trying to ease the sinking feeling in his heart. "I know but I have no idea where to even look or how to get to that place."
Davis gripped a fist. "No matter where she's gone we'll find her, Tai! Believe in us!"
"Davis is right," Matt said reaching out and touching Tai's other arm, squeezing it. "Even if you don't believe in yourself right now, believe in one thing, Tai. Sora, Mimi, Joe, Izzy and I are still your team. We're still in this together, Tai."
"Always together," Sora promised gently.
"Have hope, Tai," Mimi put in. "I know those are meant to be T.K.'s words but still. It's what Kari would want too."
Tai closed his eyes. He appreciated his friends' support and he knew they were really the only reason he hadn't fallen into completely despair. But at the same time, it didn't change the current scenario. They had no way to enter into the Dark Ocean, no matter how much they tried and so far, they hadn't had any luck opening the Digital Gate either. "I know you guys are right but it doesn't change anything. Kari's still kidnapped and we have no way of getting to her. What…what kind of big brother am I? I promised, I promised to always protect her from everything and now she was taken in front of my eyes and all I could do was hear her cry out in pain and not protect her."
"Tai…" Sora began gently but she didn't have a chance to speak as Matt swung his fist punching Tai in the face, causing him to go stumbling back to the ground.
"Matt!" Yolei chided. "This is hardly the time…"
"Let them be, Yolei," Sora said quietly.
Tai placed a hand on his cheek, feeling as if it made his head clear up a bit. "I think I needed that."
Matt held his hand out to Tai and Tai took it, allowing his best friend to help him up.
"We're going to find a way," Matt said looking Tai in the eye.
Tai nodded. "Yeah, you're right. Sorry. Izzy, please do all you can to open up a gate to the Digital World at least. We're going to need Agumon and the others to help us. Besides," He clenched a fist. "Gatomon will want to help Kari."
Izzy nodded, a determined look in his eyes. "I'll do my best to make sure Kari comes back to us, safe and sound."