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Chapter 9

Manchester, England (two weeks later, after Sora's departure)

Tai smiled when remembering his time with Sora. He was still sad that Sora needed to go back to Japan, but he thought his own best two weeks from her and put him on fire to do his own best at university and jobs. Tai muttered to himself when looking back to sky,"See you later, my love. I will try my best to finish this major and get job and marry you."

Tai entered his own apartment room. He still could feel Sora's perfume besides him. He felt a little bit lonely but he thought that he had prepared about it and he didn't want this feeling burden him. So he took a rest and thought what had happened these last two weeks.

At first he was surprised with Sora's act to him, but he didn't want to think anything other than she was showing her love to him during her limit time staying besides him. He remembered that she wanted him to remove that tragedy event from his head. So he had tried so hard these past two weeks because of her and now he barely remembered and had gotten something special from her as a present. He didn't know why she was eager to make him forgot that moment, but he thought again that he didn't need to remember again since he had gotten his love life back and both of them had lost their own precious one to each other. He was happier that Sora had saved her own precious for him even she had dated Yamato several months. The thought of Yamato led him sighed and thought,'I hope you were okay Yamato. I didn't hate you for this. It's Sora's own choice at that time. When those demon digimons attacked again, you were the one who could lead against them. I really didn't trust Daisuke's leadership and it's better for you to lead them. I would be impossible to lead, since I needed to do my best since this was my future…. My dream future and the scholarship except that it happened when I was in Japan for holiday. I had said to Sora that I wanted saving as much money as possible for starting family with her.. and I will look for job when it's holiday session and from my scholarship, it was possible for me to look a job.'

Tai thought several seconds and sighed. He would tell Hikari to tell Yamato that he forgave him for whatever he had done to him. He thought that he still his friend, and didn't want to burden him for that last tragedy event. He knew from Sora's story that she had broken their relationship before revelations of horrific ancient crests tragedy. He didn't know why but he felt that he needed to tell him. He wanted Yamato to forgive himself and move on with other girlfriend. Somehow he knew that maybe he couldn't move on without his forgiveness.

Tai was eager to finish the university as soon as possible, especially he knew that medical major would take longer than any other major. He knew that he wouldn't be able to do anything if digimons attacked here. He thought that he didn't meet another digidestined in England and he thought that it was safe place for him. His mind was peace after their meeting ( I mean with Sora) and he could think more clearly and acted more responsible. He wanted to make his parents, his sister along with Sora were proud about him. He smiled and tried his best to fulfill it.

Odaiba, Japan

Sora arrived at the airport and her mother picked her up. Sora was eager to talk to her mom at home and her mother was surprised with Sora's act. She had told her mom to not tell anybody about her homecoming.

Takenouichi's home

Sora and her mom had talked about anything include her love life with her mom. She knew that her mom was supportive towards her relationship with Tai. And she decided to speak something important about the history of her crest. Her mom was surprised and tried her best to understand.

Suddenly, their phone rang and her mom picked up and said,"Hello… it's Takenouichi's home"

"Hello… Toshiko ?"

"Yes….Haruhiko ?"

"Yes… may I talk with Sora ?"

"How do you know ?"

"Do you forget that Sora had shared her ticket with me and wanted to have talk with both of us. I will come home this weekend if she still wants to have that talk."

Toshiko was surprised with Haruhiko's act and nodded. She called Sora and gave her the phone.

Toshiko stood near her and she could hear her very happy daughter to have her father to come home. After several seconds, Sora put the telephone and hugged her mom and said,"Dad will come tomorrow"

"Wow… you have really made him to come home…"

Sora nodded and said,"I really need dad to have some talk along with you mom… I want to talk some sensitive parts, but I don't like to repeat again… so can you hold it until tomorrow ? Dad said he will come and stay for 3 days."

Toshiko nodded and said,"Of course Sora.. I have no problem with that. Now .. unpack your luggage and take rest for the day. I have talked to your headmaster to give you full two weeks absent for you, and he agreed, so you have the rest of weeks to rest and do your homework."

Sora was surprised and said,"WOW…. Thank you a lot mom. I really want to rest…but… I think that I want Koushiro along with Kari and Takeru to come here now… are you okay with that ?"

Toshiko nodded and said,"Of course Sora… but please do it on this living room, not in your room. I really want to know a little for what had happened."

Sora nodded and said,"Thank you mom." And went to message Koushiro along with Kari and Takeru. Then she went to her room, she saw her own picture of Tai and her and smiled weakly. She took the picture and touch their's faces and muttered,"Tai… I am sorry for what I had done to you unconsciously especially at that Christmas event and these past months. I knew that I felt something empty but I didn't care and was stubborn about it. Because of these demon digimon invasion and Kari and Koushiro's talk, I realized that I truly love you. I am sorry that because of me, you need to go away to not feel those feelings which you felt lonely, sad, sorrow. I really love you Tai...Now… I will try my best to come to you. It's my turn to be able to be with you and have you at my side." Then she put back. She took out another photo from her 'date' in England after changing their status besides it and rested.

(Several hours later) (I really don't know how long flight from England arrived in Japan and I am too tired and lazy to search for this, so in this story, I set in the morning and to be exact… it's Wednesday morning so still school time)

Koushiro along with Takeru and Hikari came to Sora's home. They didn't know why Sora wanted them to come here and prepared themselves. Koushiro pressed the bell and several seconds later, they could hear Sora's mom's voices and opened the door and let them to living room.

Sora was sitting tiredly when they came to living room. She saw them and smiled. They smiled too and Koushiro said,"What it's Sora ?"

Sora said,"Take a seat, this will take a while."

Koushiro, Takeru, Hikari sat on sofa besides Sora and her mom came bringing some snacks and drinks and went to the room near living room to arrange flower. Sora sighed and said,"You know that I went to Tai this last two weeks…"

"Y…you really go to meet my brother ?" Hikari said. While Koushiro nodded to himself and congratulated himself for being able to predict it. On the other hand, Takeru smiled and thought,'Yeah… it's the best… I also wanted some good things for what Tai had done to help me when i had trouble. If my relationship with Kari went well, he would become my brother in law.'

Sora nodded. "Of course Hikari… I really need to atone what I had done unconsciously to Tai and …."

"And what Sora ?" Takeru replied.

"I saw Tai manifested some dark aura around him, like you have told me Koushiro in your mail."

Koushiro, Takeru and Hikari looked each other… they were surprised and Koushiro said,"Y…you mean ?"

"When I/he mentioned that Christmas event, Tai's aura around him became dark, and cold. I could also feel some sorrow, hollow, sadness…. And I needed to bring him his other good and happy memories to neutralize it."

"That ancient tradegy…." Koushiro muttered.

"Do you know the truth / the cause of that tragedy Koushiro ?" Sora asked. Koushiro nodded and said,"Yes, my crest has appeared and has told me the full story about it."

Hikari said,"What tragedy ?"

Takeru said,"Those ancient crests tragedy Kari…."

Hikari thought for a while and nodded and said,"Okay…I don't understand or i don't remember... my memory seems easily forger about unimportant things, since my crest has not appeared on me but please continue." She still confused about it but she wanted to know what had happened to her brother.

"Koushiro… Tai also said he thanked you for accompanying him when he felt alone."

Koushiro nodded and said,"It's always my pleasure Sora.. Don't worry about it. Tai is also my first friend. Now… what's important Sora ? Why you need us to come here today ? "

"Koushiro…. Do you know the trigger events for courage darkness to active ?" Sora asked.

Koshiro said,"What do you mean ?"

"Yeah Sora… what do you mean…. I really confuse about ancient crests tragedy." Hikari replied honestly.

Sora sighed and retold all what her crest had told her in her own dream. Koushiro was surprised but he had known it from his own crest. But hearing from another crests especially the one who made it was different. Takeru and Hikari were terrified when hearing the story. They felt really horrible and they knew now that the chance for that tragedy to be happened before that demon digimon's invasion were quite high.

Koushiro had suspected before after learning that story, but his suspicious was confirmed with love crest's story. He wanted to ask his knowledge part, but it didn't give him an answer and said him that it didn't know fully about it. He had promised to himself and the others to help preventing that event. Takeru in the other hand felt really bad. He didn't know that Sora's rejection had the worst effect to Tai and there were many side effects to the rest of them. He sighed and promised to make sure that this accident didn't happen again in the future and also helped to protect Sora. Hikari felt bad. She didn't know that she didn't play her role as sister well. She thought that she had left her brother alone at that time. She felt her own tears fell and sobbed.

Sora was surprised with Hikari's reaction. She hugged Hikari and told her to loose a bit her posture and said,"Don't worry about it Kari. Tai's okay. I have confirmed it and It's really important."

Hikari nodded and said,"Y…yes…I accompany him, but after his condition's worse. Before that I didn't really accompany him and I really had done something terrible to him when he always accompanied me whenever I was sick when I am still kid… "

"Don't worry Kari… Sora is right." Koushiro replied.

"What do you mean ?" Hikari said while wiping her tears with tissue and looking to Koushiro.

"Tai didn't want anybody know his own feeling and would try his own best to solve his own problem." Koshiro replied.

Takeru looked down. He knew now that he had done it to him. He knew that he needed to talk to her earlier after that event but he didn't do it. And with Koshiro's replied and Sora's replied made him felt a little better. He looked to Koushiro and said," Koushiro…. Do you need help for searching this important information ?"

Koushiro looked back and saw a determination from Takeru and smiled and nodded and said,"Always Takeru. It's pleasure."

"By the way, please don't tell anybody that I am at Japan until sunday okay ? " Sora said.

"Why ?" Three of them replied.

"I want to do some private chat with my parents about something important. And my father will come home tomorrow for some serious chat, so I don't want anybody to interrupt my discussion and I want to go with them to some places. My father rarely comes home, and I want to have some important chat with him. Of course you can contact me when there are digimons attack with digivices.." Sora replied.

Koushiro, Takeru and Hikari nodded and said,"Okay. Sure."

Koushiro told them a little bit what his crest had told him. He could see that Takeru and Hikari were terrified that their own crests were destroyed completely. And they could see now that their own crest didn't appear in front of them because of it. Sora also said that she wanted to accompany Tai or on the other hand had to move to England for university with scholarship. Koushiro, Takeru and Hikari were surprised and asked for the reason.

Sora told them that her own crest felt that the darkness didn't leave Tai completely after she had come to him. It had really made her own crest was afraid that if demon lords had known about it and they would try to awaken cor courage with a trigger event and her crest was afraid that the demon lords would awaken cor courage with the same strategy that had been done successfully in the past and that's including love bearer or her. She also told them that Tai had the biggest power but now his power became unbalance between light and dark power after her rejection at Christmas event and it became too unbalance. They were surprised, especially Hikari that she was a little bit upset for not knowing it after all living with him entire time. Sora told them that Tai wanted them to look for reinforcement and to train their digimons. She also said that Tai also wanted Koushiro to search other possible evolution for their digimons. She told that Tai felt that their digimon could evolve again or evolve to another forms. Koushiro nodded and said that his own crest also had said like that but he was surprised with cor courage power. Sora nodded and said that her own crest was also terrified its power. She told them that her own crest had showed her how easy cor courage had destroyed another crests. She was terrified when seeing it last time. Takeru, Koushiro and Hikari nodded. They knew the dangerous situation around them. It's really the best to prevent that event. Then Sora told them that was the only reason she needed to go to him so she could prevent this event.

Takeru and Hikari nodded and were quite. They knew that they needed to protect their own world with their power, but with lose of courage and love… they didn't know how to defend the world. They knew that they had digi armor or imperialdramon, but with that huge power… it's really impossible for them to defeat it now. They sighed and gave them sad face.

Sora and Koushiro looked to them and then Sora said."Don't worry about it. I really hope you use your time to study, research and train. I really want to help.. but I need to get a very good score for scholarship so I can go accompany Tai. It's really the best that I accompany Tai. When appearing last time, My own crest also wanted the same, since that ancient tragedy would not happen if love didn't reject it. It really burdened her until today. My own crest also feared that if I didn't accompany Tai, the tragedy has a chance to be happened again, even I have apologized to him and have become his girlfriend. I also can see that my crest is afraid that her huge and critical mistake will repeat again in the future even i have done that part and that weakness will also the key to awaken cor courage."

Koushiro nodded and said,"I have started researched some data. But, I can ask for Ken and you Takeru for another help and fasten our researches. May be when we are on holiday or weekend ? we need to go to digital world for researching. The faster we can research, the faster we can get some solution to our problems. After all, we didn't know when those demon digimon would attack again."

Takeru nodded and replied,"Yeah… I agree with you Koushiro."

Hikari sighed and whispered,"S…..so It has some connection to my health…."

Takeru heard about it and asked. Hikari didn't know that she had muttered her own secret, but with puppy eyes from Takeru, Hikari told them her own health problems. Takeru was a bit surprised about it. He knew that Hikari had some serious illness when she was little kid. He didn't know that because of their last adventure, she had gotten some serious one. He couldn't say anything for a while and eyed Koushiro and sora for advices.

Sora looked to Hikari and said,"Kari… I know that you had accompanied Tai. Especially after my last rejection at that Christmas, but I really want you to become healthy. It's really the point. Tai really care about you. He will do anything for helping you besides me. And…." Sora whispered to her ear ,"Tai has proposed to me… I really want my sister-in-law in good health, you know."

Hikari eyes widened with surprise, she looked to Sora and nodded. She whispered to her ears,"Don't worry, I will try my best to be fit again. I am really surprise that Tai have proposed to you. You have better to explain to me later after the boys go home."

Sora smiled, nodded to her. Koushiro and Takeru looked suspiciously to Kari and Sora, but they thought that it was the best that they ignored it for now. They needed their attention to other important things. Koushiro then said,"I think Kari… you need to do treatment and maybe do some aerobic sports or meditate. You can ask Takeru and please inform me or Takeru to accompany you. I also want to try it. Right Takeru ?"

Takeru was surprised with Koushiro's statement. But before he could reply, he could see a puppy eyes from Hikari and he sighed and said,"Yeah… we can. I hope you trust me Hikari and tell me your problems. We can solve it with Koushiro and me."

Hikari nodded. Suddenly, Koushiro's computer started to beep and found that was a mail from Gennai. Koushiro eyes widened and said,"Sorry Sora… I think I need to go. It's from Gennai."

"What do you mean Koushiro ?" Sora asked confusedly.

"There's no problem Sora… but I need to use my desktop computer for helping me to know what Gennai wants and helps me searching it. I have installed his program in my desktop. I don't think that I am comfortable to search something important in my laptop since i have put another data inside my laptop. This laptop has become slower than before. I need to move my important data before I am able to use it like before."

Sora nodded and said," I also like that. Please tell me later okay Koushiro ?"

Koushiro nodded and went home. Sora looked to Kari and Takeru and said,"Okay. I have told what I want you to know. So… what will you do ?"

"If that's okay with you Sora.. I want to talk to you about my brother." Kari asked politely and smiled.

Sora nodded and said,"How about you Takeru ?"

"I need to go home. It's really tired day. i need to think some think alone."

Sora nodded and along with Kari bid goodbye to him.

After they were alone, Sora pulled Kari to her bedroom. Kari gave confuse look and Sora said to her that She wanted to say something important and didn't want anybody to hear beside her. Kari nodded and bombarded Sora about Tai.

Sora smiled to her and told all stories about him including thanking her about their 'talk' before. Kari was surprised and a bit sad. She never knew that she had never reached him even she had accompanied him. She knew that Tai's and Sora's bond were strong enough, just she didn't expect it. She felt that she knew the source. She said to Sora that now she could predict the real cause of her problems. Sora said to her that she also knew now. She also said to her that she wanted her to become healthy and also said to her that Tai had told his plan to stay at England all time, even holiday. He wanted to save money. Kari nodded and said to her that she understood about it. Then Kari told to her that based on her and Koushiro's story, she could predict that Tai's fall and failure to get her as her girlfriend at Christmas event let his light power decreased so much and she thought that his light power took some of her own power to make sure that his light power had still enough power to keep him from falling to darkness, but she knew that he was losing it. Sora nodded. Her tears fell down. She knew that she had made huge troubles to Tai and Kari because of her rejection. She said sadly to her that she didn't know what he had wanted to do at that event, but she was curious to herself why she couldn't tell him that she had loved him for long time. This event made her thought a lot about it. Especially after that demon digimon's attack.

Kari nodded and hugged her and said,"I am happy that you will become my in-law Sora. I have dreamed that you will become my in-law after you and Tai always play together. I really like the chemistry and aura besides both of you. After that event, Tai's mood became moody and i got a lot of cold treatment from him, not the cheerful and playful one. Now I am more happy when knowing that Tai had proposed to you even that you had hurt him so much. I doubt Takeru or other person will do like Tai's did."

Sora nodded and said,"Yeah… I am really surprised when he suddenly proposed it. Actually I really want to postpone until we finish university and get job and stable financially but the terror of cor courage haunted my mind, my feeling and my heart. It also my guilty from my last rejection also have influenced my decision. I can immediately see his haunted eyes if I reject him again and I think that he will accuse me that I play with his feeling and he will leave me and have him more fragile than before. I am really sure that if demon digimon especially my own corruption crest appears at that time, Tai will immediately leave and that ancient tragedy will be repeated again and it's because of me. And i will become powerless, and i will get a terrible punishment from him like rapes, bondages, etc. Because of that, i can't reject his proposal again or trying to postpone to answer it, or I am sure that Tai will fall to darkness and i will not be able to help him again and he didn't trust me anymore. If that demon digimons knew about it, they would be easy to awaken the father of demon lords and at that time, the ancient accident will repeat without any solutions."

Kari said,"Yeah… I think so…"

Sora said,"Kari… I want to really thank you to open my mind about my relationship to your brother. When i saw him at London for the first time, I could see by my own eyes, hear by my own ear that Tai's inside was truly death. And I was surprised to meet him that his act was still like usual, but I could see inside his eyes sadness, hollow, and felt betray…."

Kari said,"Yeah… he felt really devastated after that accident. I don't think that Takeru will be able to survive like Tai had done, especially after he had worked tirelessly to buy you a present."

Sora nodded and said,"I am really glad that it is over. But not completely over…"

"You mean ?"

"You have heard my story before right ? that I need to accompany him…"

"Oh that one…. "

"Yeah…. I am sure that if corruption crests had known about it, corruption crests may tell demon lords to awaken their father, and demon lord of lust will know what she needs to do to make sure he falls."

"Yeah…. I can see that. And Sora… I want to go back now or my mom will freak me."

"Okay Kari… but please don't tell anybody about my engagement okay ?"

"Why ?"

"Tai and I had agreement after i had accepted his proposal that we will tell when time is right and we want to get marry as soon as we had enough money to start life by ourselves. Or maybe after finishing university and getting job."

"Oh…. Okay. I understand. Good luck Sora."

Sora nodded and hugged Kari and said,"Thank you Kari… I hope you are healthy again so when I and Tai have children, we want you to be able to play with them."

Hikari nodded and said,"Of course Sora. I will try my best to recover and I hope so. So now, bye Sora… see you next time."

Sora POV

I bid Kari and prepared everything what I would need to tell my parents. After finishing, I could rest on my bed. I smiled to myself.

'I really hoped that what i had done to him wasn't too late. I had given my precious and my virginity to him. And i could see that it was not enough. I felt that he wanted more permanent one and wanted me to live besides him even he had known that was a little bit impossible.'

I sighed and continued my thought,' I had really regretted that event and had wondered myself why i had confessed my own feeling to Yamato at that time….i knew that it was my own mind that always said friendship and love but my heart had loved Tai wholehearthly... Why i couldn't confess to Tai ? i had really wondered and had thought a lot during my free time in London. But after all events that had happened after my rejection at that Christmas event and my own crest had appeared, i had known that i really had made a huge and very critical mistake.'

I looked to my photo collections with him (before i had rejected him at that christmas event) 'I was afraid that Tai would fall to darkness after i had learned from Koushiro about ancient tale of their crests, which digital world had faced the biggest and the most serious problem and had made demon lords because of my ancestor's critical mistakes.'

I took another photo from my first meeting with him inside his apartment building,'It still haunted me and i still could see with my own eyes that Tai's eyes had turned to a bit dark and i could see that it had contained a lot of hollow, sorrow, sadness, cold and a bit lifeless when i had seen him two weeks ago for the first time, and immediately had known that it was really my mistake. i had never seen his eyes like that before.' I sighed and looked to sky thru my windows and said,"Tai…. My Tai… I will try my best to come to you. I will do anything and everything you want me to do... It's really my mistake that i have made you become like this. I know that if you are still here, we will have chance to win. But…. The damage has already done…. By me… to you…. And I will help you to redo all effects because of my rejection… Tai… I am …sorry." And my tears fell silently.

'I missed you a lot Tai... after two weeks had lived and had done what every housewife would do when not working beside households. I really wanted to be able to live with Tai beside i wanted to atone what i had done and had hurt you, and the important one was i loved him totally and had imagined that i would live with him for the rest of my life and i could see that my family was happy about it.' I closed my eyes and took a long breath and opened my eyes. I had set a new determination that now i needed to do my own part, since this was happened because of me. And tiredness from long distance flight caught me and i fell sleep.

Digital world.

"Is there any change Doburumon ?"

"No.. there's any changes. Not yet, I think."

Gennai nodded to one of his comrades. He had asked piximon to prepare a stronghold and train good digimon to prepare for future war. Gennai looked tiredly to sky ,"I hope we are not too late to defend this world from destruction. From ancient tale, demon lords along with corruption courage had destroyed totally and had killed all guardians in digital world.." He had gone to Azulongmon who would tell zhuqiomon personally to let tamers from their world to come to help when time was come.

Yagami's home

"Is there any problem Kari ?"

"No problem mom. What is it ?"

"No.. but Tai has sounded happily when I have phone him two weeks ago until yesterday. But today, he seems a little bit sad. I don't know but I really hope it was nothing to worry."

Kari tried her own lie to hold her feeling and said,"I think that he was worry for not getting major he has wanted to take."

"I think so… now take a rest Kari…"

Kari nodded and went to her room. Kari sat on her bed and took the picture beside her bed which consisted of her, Tai, Sora and Takeru when Sora hadn't rejected Tai at Christmas event. She looked and touched their faces picture and said,"I hope you are okay Tai… my beloved brother… I really hope that you have found your happiness.." She whispered,"I was surprised when Sora told me that you had proposed to her… I think you are brave and foolish. But I can see by my own eyes that Sora had realized which was the most important person to her and had realized her critical mistake to you. Especially after that event."

Beep, beep, beep

Kari put the picture back and took her phone. She looked and found that there is a mail from Tai. Kari smiled when reading it. She had known him and he forgave somebody even somebody had done bad things to him and nodded to herself. She forwarded his mail to Takeru. She knew that Takeru would tell Yamato about it. She sighed and hoped that their worst nightmare wasn't come fast.

Takaishi's home

Takeru was surprised when receiving email from Hikari. He had known her for long time that she had never sent anything to him by mail besides the important one. He opened it and was surprised that it was from Tai for Hikari. He read mail and smiled to himself. He would show this mail to Yamato.

Chapter end