Gomamon: That was so sad,
Betamon: yeah, It's almost a shame to continue the story beyond there.
F.t: Sure?
Riley: Wait, I've got a question, if Sora told Tai to go to Rika,
Gomamon: you wouldn't.
F.T.: and Why not?
Betamon: This has got to be a first.
Riley: wait, I though it was a Rukato, not a Taika (Tie-ee-ka)
F.t: only for a while, it'll end up as a Rukato.
Betamon: anyways, that's not the only thing.
Gomamon: yeah, what's with the Imp twins.
Betamon: Riley and Yamaki, are their parents?
F.t: she's older then she looks.
Gomamon: (Rolls eyes,) really?
F.t: fine, their age
Riley 31
Yamaki 35
Betamon: whatever
F.t: Prep
"…"
Gomamon: as F.t is currently out of commission, I will be taking over this story as he has had all his nerves fried.
Riley: hate to be him.
Betamon: one last thing, as to the many annoyances about DarkAgumon, I have explained why he's not black later in this story.
Gomamon: and no, it's not because were racist.
Chapter 8
Yamato's Confession
"Terriermon, Lopmon," Henry barked, "all three of us are going to form a triangle around the younger kids. Don't use you're attacks unless you haft to."
Terriermon did as he was told, but was worried, "we won't be able to do anything just keeping the kids safe, theirs like 50 of them out there. Why don't I just digivolve and take them all out."
Lopmon shook her head, "theirs no way you could keep everyone safe and take out all the Goblimon. Your fire power might end up hurting one of the kids."
Henry nodded, "I know it stinks Terriermon but you'll need to deal."
"Momenti Terriermon, I'll be safe," Suzie said cutely, "and I can help Lopmon out as well."
Henry nodded and turned his eyes to the emerging figures, they started to head towards them. He just hoped his improved hearing and speed along with his Jujitsu training would be enough.
"Digi-Modify," Suzie shouted, "Shurikens activate."
Takashi sealed the piece of ice to the edge of the lake. They were just out of digital field, so he didn't use any more energy to protect Steven, the poor kid had gone through a lot. First the fight with the kids over the blue card, and then Yamshowzu's men coming after them, chasing them for a good half hour.
He walked into the digital field, snapping his ski goggles on as a his hand became a fist of ice, and then a blade that went on top of his hand and extended out five feet. It was more then a blade though, it was a broadsword of ice, and he knew how to use it. All that training in DATS was finally going to pay off for something useful. He looked around at the five Goblimon that had surrounded him.
"…"
"… Long time no see…"
Takato came out of his trance, the other man had left, mostly likely scared out of his wits. Takato picked up his Red buddy, piggy back style. He called 911.
"Yes, I have a man here, he was just punched through a wall of a two story building and is in dire need of help. He'll be laying on the sidewalk… no I can't stay with him, I've got something to do." Takato hung up.
He set his unconscious buddy up against the wall, and dragged the man out to the sidewalk, and set him down. All this happened mechanically as thoughts went through his head.
He gave his red buddy another piggy back as he walked towards the Digital field.
"Shut up Gogglehead, you're blaming yourself for something that you shouldn't have. You need to stop caring so much about hurting somebody. Stick up for what you know is right. He tried harming Guilmon, it's something you need to learn. Buck up." She walked away her back still facing him. She stopped
"Gogglehead, I've lost my memory, I've had my only friends taken away from me, Renamon was almost destroyed, I'm an a place I have no clue about and theirs a force searching for me that I don't know about. Yet I didn't feel an ounce of regret for Daemon when I smashed my knee into his face or kicked him in the crotch or slammed his head up against the wall. Not all of life is pleasant Takato, you still need to learn that." She continued to walk off.
""Shut Up" were her words," He thought as he walked, "she was right, I do need to shut up, I waste to many words for those who just throw them away."
"You're blaming yourself for something that you shouldn't have. No, I'm not blaming myself for hurting him. He injured Guilmon, but what about you Rika, I was the reason you're no longer with us."
"I've lost my memory, I've had my only friends taken away from me, Renamon was almost destroyed, I'm in another world and I'm being hunted. I'm the reason Rika… if I had paid better attention, if I had done something before hand, if I had reacted you would still be with us and none of those things would have happened to you."
"Stick up for what you know is right, But do I? I knew I should be in the digital world looking for you, wherever you may be, not letting others doing what I should be doing. I'm the reason are group is no more, I should be the one fixing things."
"Not all life is pleasant Takato, you still need to learn that, No, it isn't, I have learned that, but far too late."
Takato walked into the digital field and set Guilmon down who stood beside him, with both their eyes red and their hazards flashing…
Synchronized one with another.
"Guilmon, it's time we did things right for once."
"I'm ready when you are Takato… but this time, I won't lose myself."
Takato's digivice was encompassed in a red, and five seconds later he was holding the hazard sign in his hand, "let's do this."
T.k took Kari home the night of Sora's death. They left silently fifteen minutes after Tai had. When Izzy had asked about the wings, T.k had just winked at him and told him that where digitally made. He smiled and got the picture.
They were walking up the stairs to Tai's place when Kari finally spoke up, "T.k, you're very distant, what's the matter, I know you're affected pretty bad, Sora meant more to you then any other friend you've ever had, but what's the matter."
Takeru stopped at the platform and looked out the opening. "Kari, I want you to promise me something."
"T.k, what's the matter," Kari said concerned, "I can help."
"Kari, promise me you'll go on with you're life no matter what."
"What?"
"Kari, I think I know who killed Sora, the person who sent the message."
Kari's eyes widened, "T.K… I…Takeru, I won't."
"Kari please, I need to do this alone, it's something that only I can confront."
"Takeru… I understand…
but I want you to know, I will always be right here for you. Sora's last wish to Tai was for him to move on. T.K, I can't do that, you mean to much to me."
T.K grabbed her in a hug and kissed her on the head, "Thank you Hikari, thank you." A tear rolled down his cheeks.
"I'll always be here Takeru, no matter what happens I'll be at your side." They walked up the stairs and Kari looked into Takeru's eyes, they still had a fear of something that she couldn't conceive, but they had more of a relaxed feel to them as well.
They walked up to the door, with Tai standing outside. Tai embraced his sister in a hug. "Thank you T.k, thank you."
"Tai, I…." Kari started.
"Please Kari, don't speak, I won't lose you too."
"I'd better be going," Takeru said. "Tai, I knew Sora better then anyone… and she trusted me with this."
He handed Tai a box. Tai knew what it was without even looking at it. "Kari, will you go inside, I want to talk to T.k alone."
Kari looked at her friend, then went inside, hoping her brother hadn't gotten too overprotective with losing Sora.
As the door shut, Tai looked out at the sunrise, he leaned against the railing, "T.k, I want you to live with us."
Takeru opened his eyes wide, this was the last thing he expected from Tai. What he had expected was be thrown over the edge and have to use his wings to save himself.
"I want you to live with us."
"Will you're parents mind?"
"My parents died."
T.k went quiet.
"Kari doesn't know, but because I wasn't the one to show up, they went ahead and shot my mom and dad. My dad dove in front of her and took most of the impact of the bullet, it killed him instantly and mom watched in horror as he fell to the ground. The people then went ahead and shot my mom." Tai was silent for a minute he then said slowly "Kari needs you now more then ever Takeru, I want you to live with us."
"…"
"T.k, you're all she has left… …Please"
"Tai,"
"Everyone knows about you two having wings now, she'll be persecuted and praised, and you both will want to be studied,"
"…"
"You're the only person I trust,"
T.k looked at Tai, he was begging him. "Tai… I swear I'll keep Kari safe… but I…" he couldn't finish his sentence. It was silent for a minute.
"I understand," Tai said harshly and walked into the apartment. He slammed the door.
T.k stared out over the balcony, "Tai… I just don't know how much longer I'm going to be around."
T.k walked out of the building straight to a place he knew perfectly, "Why bro? Why?"
T.k knocked on the door, it had taken him about forty-five minutes to get to Yamato's house, usually it took less, but he didn't want a bunch of people trying to figure out how he hid wings under a t-shirt.
Gabumon checked the peep hole, "oh, it's you, come on in T.k, Matt's in the back."
"Long night?" T.k asked Gabumon.
"So was yours."
"Get some sleep, or try to." Gabumon nodded and went and slept in the bathroom on his bed.
T.k walked into the back room, he leaned up against the doorway. Matt noticed his shadow over his computer and turned around, "Gabumon I said don't let anyo…"
Their eyes met locked solid onto each other.
"oh… it's you…"
"…"
"…"
T.k stared in silence glaring as hard as he possibly could, he dripped his voice in acid, "what the hell do you think you're doing!"
"…"
"…"
"…"
Matt turned back to the computer, "what's it matter to you." He said coldly.
"Are you serious!" T.k said with as much disgust as he could possibly muster.
"It's not like killed I Kari or anything, you still have you're girl."
"Is that what this is about?" T.k said his voice still dripping in acid. "That Tai and Sora were meant to be together!"
Matt was silent looking at his computer.
"I thought my brother was more mature then me." T.k said, just as furious as he could possibly be. Leaving the room, he found Patamon on the counter eating some French toast they had grabbed on their way over here.
"Is Matt alright?" His flying friend asked.
T.k sat down and pulled the cord off his wings with all his might, letting them stretch.
"Come on T.k, why don't we tell the other's, they can help us with him." Patamon climbed into his arms.
"Yeah, and who do we tell," T.k snapped, "I would lose Tai and Kari's trust forever, Sora's gone, Izzy to wrapped up in finding the equations to life, Mimi would tell everyone, Michael would tell Mimi, Davis is too ignorant, Cody's to scared and all Yolie does anymore is dream of Ken!"
"Sorry T.k," Patamon told his partner, "I was just trying to help."
"I know, it's just… I don't know what to do."
"He's your brother T.k, you have to be there no matter what ."
T.k nodded and thought about what Patamon said, "you're right," T.k bit his lip, "as long as he's my brother… I need to be there," he walked back into the backroom.
"What do you want."
"Yamato…"
"I never meant for anybody to get hurt."
"Nobody except Tai."
"No, not even Tai."
"What did Daemon promise you Matt."
"He promised if I got Tai to fight him, then Win or lose, the dark ocean would recede and evil wouldn't ever show it's face in this world ever again."
"yet you were hoping that Tai would lose."
Matt hung his head in shame.
"You have no idea what you just did, do you." His voice was so dripped in acid Matt swore the floor was starting to melt below him.
"You killed off the ONLY PERSON I could EVER confide IN!" T.k said so harsh that Matt had to flinch, "and you killed Light's parents!… you have no idea what that's going to do to her! DO YOU!"
Matt stared at his computer.
"I hate you Yamato… I hate you" T.k grabbed a picture of their family he always carried on him and dropped it. "you're not my brother."
T.k walked out, "Patamon, Gabumon, come on," He said as he opened the door.
"IF YOU GUYS HADN'T INTERFERED EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT!" Yamato roared coming out of the room.
"and you would have killed off you're best friend." T.k said giving him the hardest glare he could muster, "you know what always got me Matt, when you and Sora where going out, it wasn't Tai who tried braking up you're friendship, it was you."
"Takeru" Matt growled demandingly.
"DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME THAT!" T.k roared, "YOU'RE NOT MY BROTHER, I HATE YOU!!"
"…"
"Come on guys," T.k said to the two digimon as he walked out.
"Gabumon, stay!" Matt ordered.
"I'm sorry Matt, I never agreed to this in the first place. Goodbye Yamato." The furry reptile walked out and shut the door, leaving Matt standing their bewildered.
Joe turned up the stairs with Gomamon by his side, he was skipping a class for this, but it didn't matter, he understood most of the material, so it wasn't to bad. He walked up to Tai who was standing outside looking over the city.
"Hey Joe,"
Joe nodded, "enjoying the view?"
"yeah,"
"what ya thinking about,"
"…"
"it's the weather isn't it."
"Yeah,"
Joe rested his arms on the railing, "She always loved Thunderstorms."
"Yeah,"
"But they're aren't going to be anymore, are their."
Tai was silent.
"if it helps at all, I kinda of know what you're going through."
"Mimi?" Tai questioned.
"yeah,"
"what's on you're mind."
"you noticed that,"
"you notice a lot when everything hurts,"
"it's just strange, you know how I've taken to my crest."
"Yeah, you've been there for everybody, always working behind the scenes, you and sky both."
"yeah,"
"So, what do you know,"
"you know I don't part this information easily,"
"you need to get it off you're chest."
Joe sighed, "it's about the relationships?"
"what about them?"
"every girl we've had has had two people contending for their hearts,"
Tai nodded, he knew this.
"the one's who lost tend to be bitter,"
"Matt… Davis,"
"and Izzy."
"Izzy?"
"he's bitter how he knows it. Why do you think he's spent most of his time working on those equation's all the time."
Tai nodded, "everyone… everyone except you."
Joe nodded, "Michael really does love her though, he'll take care of her and keep her safe. I don't think I could have a better person to hand her over too."
"you remind me of myself."
"hmmm?"
"you almost quoted me word for word when Sora started dating Matt."
"…"
Tai sighed and looked at the rising sun,
"you know, dancing with Rika last night, I don't think Sora could have turned you over to a more interesting girl."
"and you strike out again,"
Joe shrugged his shoulders, "she's out their somewhere."
"you know what Joe?"
"hmm?"
"I think you're going to find you're self a girl, I can imagine her now, she's going to be a few years younger then you, she'll be wearing yellow cargo pants and an orange shirt to clash with you're blue you always wear, she'll also be a red head and her shirt will have a hood on it. She'll also be able to use cards like Rika and will have a name close to her's as well."
"Thanks Tai." Joe said cracking a smile.
"No Joe, thank you, you have no idea how much you've helped me."
"…"
"Promise me something,"
"What?"
"That I'll always be able to rely on you."
"Always."
"Thank you Jyou." As Tai said this, he noticed Joe's digivice change.
Joe held his digivice in his hand, "whoa,"
Tai smiled, "it's the looks just like you're crest."
Gomamon stared amazed, "Joe, it's the Digivice of Reliability, but how."
Tai looked at the white seal, "I think, it's a sign that I know I can always rely on Joe. He and Mimi are the only two who have kept their Crests glowing this entire time."
"Hey Joe,"
"yeah,"
"Thanks for last night,"
"What for?"
"you knew exactly what me and Sora needed to hear."
"…You're welcome…"
"…"
"I've got to go Tai, but if you ever need something,"
"I won't hesitate to call." Tai said as he watched Joe walk off. "Michael, you better keep Mimi safe, for your sake and Joe's."
DM Betamon was sleeping on the bed when Gomamon jumped on him, "get up."
DMB was up in a sec, "Gomamon! … oh, it's you."
Gomamon was surprised, "what do you mean, it's me."
DMB shook his head, "no, it's not that, I thought you were my twin."
"wait, you're those twins?"
"Yeah, what of it,"
"Nothing, its just no wonder you became a Dark Master,"
"yeah yeah, what time is it?" DMB asked.
"3:30, you really slept late." Joe told him.
"You kidding me, I was up all night setting up my twin's firewalls around the battle area. Lucky thing I did too, Daemon had set up a virus to run through that area if he lost, it would have wiped out everybody."
"What, how do you know that?" Gomamon asked curiously.
"My brother's the best hacker out there, and I've picked up a thing or two from him. Nothing serious, just some basics."
Joe was bewildered, "to set up that many firewalls is more then the basics."
Betamon looked at him weird, "Not really, my brother would have traced the Virus back to its source and crashed the server from which it came from. He also would have traced to where the live video of Tai and Kari's parents where, and sent an electrical shock through. It would have been just enough to knock everybody out, and then they could have sent somebody to save them. Theirs also probably a million other things he would have done that I can't think of."
"Quite the hacker," Joe said, "but we've got a problem, where's Michael."
"Yeah my bro is," DMB replied, "any way's Michael took MB and went to go and choose their Tux for the wedding with Mimi, then their going to get Mimi's dress."
"Dang, Derak's out too, his sister just got in a car wreck and he's staying by her side while she's in the hospital."
"Derek has a sister?" DMB asked.
"Yeah, but she's only five."
"Well, what's the problem."
"According to an Otamamon, a large digimon is pretty hurt on the beach, so we were going to have Zudomon and Seadramon push them out to sea."
"We'll, I've got enough energy to digivolve, so I'll go with you."
Joe shrugged and wrote a note to Michael about him taking DMB.
"Alright, here we go," He said as he pointed his new Digivice at the computer
Never stopping
never stopping
never stopping now
ohh ohh ohhh
ohh
ohh oh
here we go
ohh ohh ohhhh
Gomamon was the first to spot the digimon as they walked down the beach, "hey, it's a MegaSeadramon, a female one at that too."
Betamon stared at the MegaSeadramon, "no, that's MegaSEAdramon." He sprinted towards the injured digimon, "Mega, Mega, are you alright," he shouted as he came near the head.
"M-m-m-e-e-eta-l?" MegaSEAdramon said weakly.
"oh, Mega, are you alright, what happened,"
"Metal… forgive me… all the time ago… you never were… I see the power you…oh Metal… I'm sorry… for calling you… trash data."
"Mega, please, don't speak, you'll only make it worse." DMB turned towards Joe, "come on Joe, please say she's alright, you haft to help her, she's like this because of me."
Joe took a look at the MegaSeadramon, the first one he had seen in a while, "I'll do what I can Betamon, but I don't know."
Betamon turned back to Mega. "I'm right here Mega, please, conserve you're strength."
"Metal… run… leave me… he's back… please Metal… run."
"Mega, I can't… not anymore."
"Metal… please…go… you're not strong like you use to be…"
"I can't run anymore Mega."
"And it would be useless to try anyways." A voice came from behind them.
"Machinedramon." DMB said glaring as he turned around to face him.
"Looks like I get to score two points in one blow, not only will I be able to get rid of the traitor, but also the holder of Reliability as well."
"Leave them and take me." DMB said, "I'm the one you want, so leave Mega and Joe alone."
"Interesting, so you do care for this wretch of a digimon after all, fine, she'll be the first to go. GIGA CANNON!"
Betamon leapt in front of her, "MEEEGGGAAA!!!!!!"
Takashi slashed a Goblimon and brought his blade around to parry a club swinging at him. His D-ark went off, "Betamon," he said as he leapt back.
Gomamon was typing some code to try and hold Hazard down from getting to out of control. "Brother," He shouted as he heard his cry.
Takashi threw his digivice into the air, and it spun there. Next he grabbed his card and launched it up as well, and caught them both in the same hand he threw them up, his bad left hand. "DIGI MODIFY, ENERGY ABSORB ACTIVATE."
Betamon landed in front of MegaSEAdramon glowing yellow, "you forget, my Tamer won't ever abandon me." He glared as hard as he could, "Take this you son of Numemon! AHHHHHHHHHHHH" Betamon jumped up and did a front flip with the glow acting like a wave behind him, "RIVER OF POWER!"
Gomamon tapped the key's as fast he could, using both his fingers and his hands, "come on, come on." He slammed the enter key.
"RIVER OF POWER, RIVER OF POWER, RIVER OF POWER," Betamon said like a broken record. Gomamon watched as Betamon seemed as if to repeat the same exact motion of launching his attack five times, each time launching a new beam.
" you!" Machinedramon shouted as he tried to dodge as the single beam attack struck his left cannon, which would have been his head if he hadn't moved. The attack tore off both cannon's and shattered them into a billion bits of data.
Gomamon cracked a smile at hearing the large machine digimon say the F word. It was so weird.
Betamon's twin did a three sixty, "yes, it worked, Yahoo." Riley raised his eyebrows, randomly Gomamon had just started typing like mad for twenty seconds and then slammed on the enter key. He had stared at the screen intently for what seemed like a minute. Then he just jumped and did a three sixty.
"That was all I'm able to give you brother, hopefully it was enough."
Takashi saw the data loop and knew Betamon's twin was also helping out, "be careful Betamon… please be careful." He ran his blade through a Goblimon's face shattering it into a thousand bits of data. He searched around, where were the others? He slew another Goblimon and frontflipped over two and started to run searching for the others.
Koromon floated down and fell beside MegaSEAdramon, "Did I get him?" He asked weakly.
Machinedramon stood up, "not quite, but I'll admit you did very good, maybe you deserve the title of dark master after all."
Joe looked at Machinedramon, "maybe you didn't kill him, but you definitely gave us a chance."
Machinedramon laughed, "this time I'll die with honor though, I won't just have some surprise beat me. Just one question before we fight, what did you do, that was the weirdest looking thing I've ever seen."
Koromon yawned, "I looped my attack. Don't ask me how, I don't know, all I know is that both my twin and my Tamer haven't abandoned me yet."
Machindramon's eyes widened, "Loop?" Loop was a technique used in the ancient days, the ability to use it had died out there, yet this rookie seemed to not only have been able to pull it off, but also damage a Mega severely.
"Gomamon Digivolve to,"
Gomamon's data stripped off him leaving nothing but the wire frame. His body was encompassed by water, and when it fell back down, his was
"Ikkakumon."
"Ikkakumon Digivolve to,"
"Zudomon."
"I never did get to fight you the first time, this will be fun." Zudomon said with his hammer at his side.
Joe looked at the MegaSeadramon and Koromon, "Let's do this."
DIGIVICE DIGIMODIFICATION
Joe was enveloped in a Silver light, he swung his crest down in a slash, brought up his hammer and slashed the other way. He brought the hammer from his side to over his head and slammed it against the ground.
"The Hammer of Reliability."
"So, when do I get one mate?" He heard a familiar Australian voice say.
"Derek, you made it, what about you're sister?"
"She'll be all right, besides, she said that you needed me. How could I not give into that? Ready CrAbmon?"
"Do you even need to ask."
"Let's do this mate."
"CRABMON DIGIVOLVE TO"
CrAbmon's data ripped off him, leaving a wire frame, that morphed into a fossil. There was a bright white light around the fossilized skeleton.
"CoelAmon,"
Joe nodded, "lets do this," he said as he ran towards Machinedramon with the same amount of muscle ratio as Zudomon.
"Fossil bite!" Joe heard as five yellow lines came from the water to his left and collided with Machinedramon not slowing him down at all.
Zudomon was the first to collide with the charging Machinedramon, "VULCAN'S HAMMER!" he shouted as he swung as hammer at Machinedramon. Machinedramon swung his arm to counter and sent Zudomon flying twenty feet back.
"VULCAN'S HAMMER!" Joe shouted as he leapt over Zudomon and let his hammer smash into Machindramon's head. He used the momentum to land behind Machinedramon.
"CoelAmon, fire fifteen feet in front of him."
"Got it,… Fossil Bite!" he shouted as he launched his attack.
"Can't even hit me you, and now Zudomon will pay." Machinedramon said with his cracked head. "MEGA CLA" He shouted as a thirty foot tree landed on him.
"HAMMER SPIKE" Zudomon shouted jumping over Machinedramon and smashing the pointed end of his hammer into Machinedramon, he landed next to Joe.
"Joe, you sure you can hang onto that hammer?" Zudomon teased.
"I'll just haft to try and hope my Klutziness doesn't completely kill me." He replied.
Machinedramon was as mad as a bull, "I'll teach you who you're messing with!" he roared as he charged.
Joe ran forward and leapt up, "VULC…" the hammer slipped out of his hand and flew up into the air, "CRUD, I'M SUCH A CLUTZ," He shouted, feet from Machindramon's open mouth. "HAMMER SPIKE," He shouted driving Zudomon's Hammer into Machindramon's head, and leaping away with the Hammer still stuck in him.
"GRAVITY HAMMER!" Zudomon shouted as he brought down Joe's hammer from forty feet in the air. As it collided with the flat side of his own Hammer already stuck in Machinedramon, he was thrown back fifty feet as Gomamon.
"" was Machindramon's last words as the hammer was drove through his brain, shattering him into a million pieces.
"Well," Derek said five minutes later holding Gomamon, he was fairly badly injured. "That sure was interesting to hear such Metallic cussing."
"It was rather interesting, I just thought it weird he only used the F word." Joe said rubbing some ointment on a sleeping MegaSEAdramon. "I thought for sure he was going to use the S word a few times there."
"Yeah, I'm surprised he didn't." They looked at each other, realized what they were talking about and both burst out laughing.
Joe regained his composure, "man, let's see, who in our group cusses. I know Izzy often refers to a lot of his work as the S word or that it's being an A. But other then that, he doesn't cuss. Davis, he cusses a quite a bit, makes him look cool or something. I know Cody definitely doesn't, Yolei? I'm not quite sure. I don't think anybody else cusses. What about you, you ever cuss."
"No way Mate," Derek said smiling, "I'm LDS, I've get better morals then that."
"LDS?" Joe questioned, "is that Mormon?"
"It's a misnamer, as we don't worship Mormon, but yeah, that's us mate."
"What about working on Sunday, I mean you come to the digital world all the time on Sunday, and I thought that was supposed to be a no work day?"
"Nah, if you notice, the only thing I ever do here on Sunday is help you guys out. Providing service to others and helping people out are something were actually encouraged to do."
"that's why you didn't come to the party that one week."
"yeah, we were just hanging out, not actually helping any digimon."
"Yeah Yeah," and impatient CrAbmon said, "can we go get some ice cream now. I want another half gallon of that superman stuff."
Once again every other digimon and human (well, MegaSEAdramon was asleep) stuck their finger down their throat (except Koromon who did it with one of his antenna things). Everybody laughed.
"Sure buddy, we could go for some ice cream."
Hawkmon looked at the other two ancients next to him. "I'm afraid we have no choice. We must get rid of them."
Veemon was confused, "but I thought they were are friends?"
"They are Veemon, and Hawkmon is just trying to pull a load of crap on us."
"Armadillomon," Hawkmon said seriously, "you know the prophecy just as well as I do. They're the ones, and we must get rid of them."
"you don't know that for sure!" Armadillomon defended, "by you're reasoning's it could just as easily be Patamon and Gatomon."
"The prophecy talks of the single paired Angel. We have the single paired Angels within our midst. And have you not also forgotten that the Prophecy says that the ancient techniques will be revived. We now have Armour Digivolution. What more do you want."
Veemon was really confused now, "Wait. Let me get this straight, we haft to kill T.k and Kari, cause otherwise a prophecy that was told by a Angelic digimon will wipe us all out. But we can't kill T.k and Kari, because there are friends."
"That about sums it up," Hawkmon said, "except for the fact that the second they got those wings they became abomination, and must be destroyed before they wipe us out."
Armadillomon sweatdropped, "you just don't get it, do you Hawkmon. Have you ever thought that maybe that prophecy was told to try and get us to destroy the Hope and Light of the world?" Armadillomon was furious, "come on Veemon. Hawkmon's to narrow minded to see that the word friends actually has a meaning to it."
Veemon started to walk off with Armadillomon, "Where are you going Veemon." Hawkmon asked him.
"Well," Veemon stuttered, "Armadillomon made sense, besides, if Gatomon's dead, then I can't try and win her heart from Patamon."
"Were not going to kill Gatomon and Patamon, we're just going to kill the fallen angels."
Armadillomon turned around, "Hawkmon, think about this. We're ancients, we're going to live a long time. If you're wrong, what do you think the others will do. Most of them are going to live as long as us. Agumon's a dragon type, they live practically forever. Biyomon's a Phoenix, they do live forever. Patamon and Gatomon are angels, they live for almost forever. Gomamon's been around since the beginning of time and going to be here tell the end. Only Gabumon, Tentomon and Palmon are going to be reformatted with an erased memory in the next hundred years. You sure you want to deal with all of them."
"If it mean's saving the world, then yes."
"Friends are the world." Armadillomon told his flying buddy, "I'm ashamed to be an ancient because I have some connection to a idiot like you."
Armadillomon walked off a bit of a ways, then turned around. "What about you Veemon, where do you stand in all of this?"
Veemon looked between the two, "I… I stick by Daisuke." Was all he said. Armadillomon nodded, understanding what was going on in the young dino's brain.
"What's that mean." Hawkmon asked fiercely.
"It means that he'll stay by Davis, no matter what his partner does. That's what it mean's Hawkmon. Veemon is a lot younger then us, he hasn't gone through everything we have. He still has some innocence left in him. Don't take it away by pressing him for an answer he doesn't want to make the decision."
Veemon silently thanked Armadillomon and walked out, leaving Hawkmon wondering what had gone wrong. This was the world they were talking about, what could be more important?
Tai had stared over the balcony most of the day. After Joe had left, Kari and Rika had brought him out some lunch. Rika had stayed and talked a bit, but after a while she went back inside.
It was another hour when T.k came over, Tai had hugged him and said thank you. Then he and Kari went on a date. Tai could tell T.k had just done something big, and needed Kari's shoulder to lean on. Both of them had been fairly worried at how Tai encouraged them to go instead of trying to protect Kari. "A lot happens when you lose the most precious person to you. You realize everything you missed out on. I don't want that to happen to you Kari."
The sun was setting now and T.k and Kari hadn't come home yet. Tai started to worry, but didn't do anything about. Once it got dark he would go out and look for them. He sighed with his orange buddy next to him.
"Agumon." Tai said leaning on the railing.
"yeah Tai."
"go in, Biyomon needs you more then I do."
"Are you sure Tai." His partner questioned.
"Yeah… I'm sure, but thanks for sticking by me."
"I'll always be here Tai."
"I know." He said. Agumon sat their for a minute before he went inside.
Tai sighed and looked at the setting sun and the sky. It hurt to see not a single cloud in the sky.
Rika shadow shifted out next to him, "Here." She said handing him a grilled cheese sandwich.
"Thanks Rika."
She nodded, "Sora was quite the girl, wasn't she."
Tai nodded, "She was always their sticking up for everybody, helping from the shadows. Always being the big sister to T.k and Kari, spoiling them rotten, then teasing them about being together."
Rika smiled. It was good to hear Gogglehead speak so lightly so soon after such a hard day. Tai went silent and they both just stared at the sky, enjoying the other's presence as a substitute for the one's they lost.
Renamon nodded shadow shifting out to where Rika and Tai stood, they were just staring, Rika leaning her head against Tai's shoulder. Renamon shifted back inside. DarkAgumon came out of the room Biyomon was in, he'd been in their all day comforting her. Agumon had too, but he had left for a few hour's to be with Tai.
"Hey DarkAgumon, shouldn't it be BlackAgumon?" She questioned.
"Yeah, it should, I was wondering about that to." He said grabbing a grilled cheese sandwhich."
"Did you just like the name DarkAgumon, or are you actually different."
"I think that I'm actually different. I'm more of a direct Virus of version of Agumon."
Renamon raised her eyebrows.
"What I mean is. Here let me put it this way. BlackAgumon is a Koromon that has been affected with a Virus to digivolve into a virus Type Digimon. So theirs some difference in the structure of the Agumon and BlackAgumon. Me however, I'm more of a copy. My data is actually the exact same as Agumon's, as with a BlackAgumon's it's different. Well, I've got two things different with my data. The first one being that my color stream is Black and not orange. The other is that instead of being labeled as a Vaccine, I've been labeled as a Virus."
"So you're an Agumon that's been labeled as a Virus Type instead of a Vaccine."
"That about sums it up. We can let Izzy figure out all the details."
"How about a wager?"
Renamon raised her eyebrows. "I'm listening."
"Izzy figures all the details out within two days and you go on a date with me."
Renamon thought for a minute, "alright, but if it takes him four, then I get to do something humiliating to you."
"And three days?" DarkAgumon asked.
"Nothing happens."
DarkAgumon put out his paw. "Deal."
"Deal."
Rika had just gone inside again, leaving Tai to look at the setting sun again. He heard a noise by the stairs, and turned to see Yamato, with his head hanging down. He turned back to the setting sun and let Matt come to him.
"Is Gabumon here?" Matt asked.
"No, he left with T.k." Tai told him stilling staring over the edge, "you two got into some fight. He looked like such a range of emotion's when he got over here that I was surprised he hadn't just broken down and cried right their. I sent him and Kari off though. She'll take care of it."
Matt was astonished, "Tai… I" how could he tell Tai this. He had just done everything he possibly could to help out his brother. The person he should be watching out for. "you know what always got me Matt, when you and Sora where going out, it wasn't Tai who tried braking up you're friendship, it was you." T.k was right, here four years later, and Tai still thought of him as his best friend like nothing had ever happened.
"So, what did you or T.k do that made him so upset." Tai asked.
Matt couldn't find the word's to say. Here Tai was showing more of his crest then he had in six years.
"If you don't want to tell me, that's fine, but I worry about T.k and you Matt. He always looks up to you, and you don't even realize how much he's always respected you Matt." Tai told his friend.
"He… He…" Matt couldn't get the words out to, no not his friend, he didn't deserve the right to call him his friend.
Tai was silent, "why was Gabumon with him?" he finally asked.
"Tai…, I…, he…, I'm…, Tai…" Matt couldn't come up with the courage to tell Tai that he was the reason his parents and Sora were dead.
"Matt…, I've learned a lot. Please, I'm worried about you two, tell me what's going on."
"You're an idiot Tai." Matt said shortly.
"Yeah, your point."
Matt stared at Tai, amazed at his answer. Could this really be the same kid he fought all those years back. He looked into Tai's eyes. He had grown more in the past two days then Matt had ever seen anybody grow.
"Tai, you're the one trying to help me. I should be the one helping you threw what you just went threw." How could Tai be like this. Both his parents are Sora were killed and all he could do was try and help him and T.k through their problem.
"You know, if the fight was that bad, you should just tell me you don't want to talk about it. You don't need to go changing the subject Matt. I understand if you don't want to talk about it. That's fine with me."
How could Tai continue about helping him when he had so much pain in himself. "T.k, we had a fight, he… disowned me." He said looking at the ground.
"That's a little extreme, don't you think. Just give him some time, he'll cool down and you'll be able to talk then."
"No…, I don't think so."
"He's you're brother Matt. No matter what Kari did, I would always protect care for her. If Kari told me that she had killed Sora, then I might feel like doing what T.k did, but I would still protect her no matter what."
Matt looked at the railing, "you don't understand do you Tai. I did just that."
"Well, then I suggest you get out there and start watching him from the shadows until he calms down. Then you can go talk to him and sort things out. Protecting somebody just isn't physically, but mentally and emotionally too."
"You just don't understand Tai," Who was Tai to be so calm and ignorant about what he just did, "I killed Sora Tai, I'm the reason you're parents are dead. It's my fault, it's my fault. T.k was right to disown me."
"What?" Tai asked, not mad, but confused, turning around. "But why?"
Matt shook his head, "Daemon promised me. He promised if he could duel you alone then the Dark Ocean would receded and this world would be cut off from all outside evils, like the dark masters and Etamon and Myotismon."
Tai stood looking out at the sky, the sun had gone down and the stars were just starting to come out. "you did the right thing Yamato, you did the right thing."
"You're a fool Tai."
"No I'm not. Had I been in you're shoes I probably would have done the exact same thing. Everybody likes to herocize themselves when the talk, but when faced with a situation, not very many people actually live up to what they say."
"Tai…" Matt couldn't stand Tai's presence anymore. He should be taking his claws and tearing Matt apart right now. Not just standing their making it like it was no big deal. "… do you even love Sora." He asked harshly.
"…" Tai was silent for a moment. He looked Matt straight into his eyes, "More then anything else in the world."
Matt knew the truth of his words, and that Tai couldn't even come close to putting into words how much he already missed Sora. "Tai…" He said. He couldn't stand this anymore, he couldn't stand himself anymore. "I'm sorry Tai, I'm sorry." He said as he launched himself over the edge, sixteen stories up.
T.k had completely broken down in front of Kari when they had gone to the park. He told her everything he had on his mind at that moment. Kari just sat and listened, realizing exactly how much Sora had really meant to him. The bond he had with Sora was something that she had never ever seen before. Sora was a big sister to T.k, yet she was more then that. She had been the only friend when Kari had been really hurt, lying in the hospital with everyone wondering whether she was going to be alright or not.
After T.k had told her everything, she had held him, they stayed like that for the longest time, when T.k had wanted to go home. They were walking towards the apartment building when Kari spotted something.
"No, that can't be." She said as a figure started to fall right out side were Tai lived. Along with the changes, she had gained better hearing and had what one might call a sixth sense. T.k had better sight and sense of smell.
"MATT!" T.k shouted, "Matt, No, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it Matt." He yelled ripping off the cord showing his massive gray wings to everybody who was watching.
As soon as T.k had seen the figure fall, he knew it was Matt. He didn't even have to look with his green glazed eyes. "Oh know, Matt" He thought, "What have I done, Matt!"
As he tore off the strap and was flying at full speed, he knew he wasn't going to make it in time. That's when he saw the most beautiful white figure he had ever known fly past him. "Hurry Kari," he said knowing that she was much more of a sleek and agile figure and she maneuver better then him. Amazing what you can learn with just a little a wing dancing. "Please, I don't know what I would do without him."
Kari heard his plea and pushed forward even harder.
"I DON'T THINK SO YAMATO!" Rika yelled as she shadow shifted and hardly touching the ground leapt over the balcony.
"RIKA!" She heard Tai call, but it didn't matter, she needed to save Matt. She straightened herself up so that she fell faster. She finally caught up to Matt as they hit the seventh floor.
"Just let me di" Matt started to say when Rika grabbed onto him and nailed him in the head knocking him unconscious.
"DIGI-MODIFY" She shouted as the slashed card started to break apart. "HYPER WING ACTIVATE"
Renamon who had also jumped and started to fall, now dived with six angelic wings. "Rika," She said shadowing talking to her, letting gravity take control of her body. "I'm not falling fast enough," Rika nodded and got out a card, "Rika, are you sure, you only have one of those."
"Do we have any other choice?" Rika snapped.
"DIGI-MODIFY" As the card went through her D-Arc "DIVE BOMB ACTIVATE."
Renamon picked her speed up triple, and grabbed them with ten feet left to go. She tried to level herself and let the pair go five feet from the ground.
"YEEOOOCH!" Rika shouted as she took the impact of the fall holding Matt up. She heard her legs snap and pain coursed through her body.
She rolled and flopped beside Yamato who she had dropped, "I'm going to kill you myself if you survive." She muttered before passing out with pain.
T.k hadn't left Matt's side since the doctor's had let him in. Kari had brought T.k all of his meals for the past two days. Matt had broken three ribs when Rika had dropped him. They were lucky, Renamon knew what she was doing and had slowed them as much as she dared without out completely wigging out their systems. She had then let them drop, in which Rika had stuck out her legs, snapping them both, but it was enough to survive.
Kari came in beside T.k, "Tai's almost spent as much time in Rika's room as you have in here." She handed him so hot coco.
"how is she." He asked.
"Well, she's conscious, but so looped up on drugs, that I think Tai is having way to much fun messing with her in her current state." She told him.
"She saved Matt's life."
"T.k, I'm sorry, I just couldn't get their fast enough," She said almost on the verge of tears.
"Kari, it's alright," He said grabbing her in a hold, "It's not you're fault Kari, it's not you're fault."
Kari nodded, she then laid her head in T.K.'s lap. T.k stroked her long brown hair until she fell asleep.
Betamon: alright, just a few things here.
Gomamon: Yeah, since it's Christmas, we'll lay off all our bad jokes.
F.t: Well, it's still Christmas were I'm at. It's not my fault I live in the second to last Time Zone.
Gomamon: oh, and about Matt. No, we are not Yamato haters. Somato is actually the only couple that I can really see other then the one's I put up, but yeah.
Betamon: Just a note, If you wanta be really confused about this story. Just go ahead and Read Dot Hack Tamers. The first chapter is up and we're going on a 3 modification chapter to one Dot Hack. Part of the reason being Dot Hack is this stories sequel.
F.t: Oh, and don't miss the next Chapter, Sora's Story. Or maybe it's going to be the next "III" chapter's as it's probably going to a lot more then just one part. Basically it's some of the later stuff that happened in Second season that we don't see concerning Sora, Matt and Tai. It'll also explain the "lost of Biyomon" and what happened to the crests in second season.
This is my Christmas Gift to all my readers out their, so
MERRY CHRISTMAS!