Wings of Courage
By: BlackLiGurl
Digimon
Note: Sorry it took me so long to update. But, here ya go! The chapter title doesn't really match what the chapter's about but, hey! Who cares!
Chapter 4: Hikari no Tsurugi
Tai yawned as he awakened from his slumber. To his surprise, everyone remained asleep. He got up and walked over to the door of the balcony. For some reason, it was beckoning him. Slowly, Tai opened the door and stepped out. The wind careened through each and every feather on his wings.
"Whee!" he said on impulse, "I'm king of the world!"
Mimicking the movie "Titanic", he pressed himself against the railing of the balcony and spread his arms and wings. He let out a quiet, silly laugh as he put his hands on the railings. In the room, Silora woke up to a sudden yell. She sat up and saw a winged, shirtless, masculine figure on her balcony. Silora sighed and walked over to the door. She made her way to him a put a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't you think you should be a bit more quiet?"
The figure yelped and fell off the balcony. Silora snickered as Tai struggled to pull himself up. She looked over the edge.
"Help!"
"You have wings ya know."
"But I don't know how to use them!" he squealed.
"What am I supposed to do? You're heavy."
"Com'mon!"
Silora sighed and grabbed Tai's arm. Although she knew it was futile, she attempted to pull him up. Suddenly, Tai's hands slipped and, because of Tai's weight, both of them fell off the balcony. But, instead of falling to their "doom", they hovered 5 inches above the water that was beneath the balcony.
"I thought you said you didn't know how to use your wings." Silora said skeptically.
"I didn't," Tai said shrugging, "I guess it was instinct."
He flew up to the balcony and sat Silora down.
"Where do you think you're goin'?!" she asked.
"On a test flight," Tai said giving her his one-of-a-kind smile and a thumb up.
"Alright, just come back soon. Breakfast will be in an hour," she yawned.
With that, he soared away. Silora watched him until she couldn't see him anymore. As she sighed dreamily, Raiyo walked in rubbing his eyes.
"What's all the commotion?"
"Nothing."
"Where's that dumb angel-boy?" he yawned.
"He says he went on a test flight since he figured out how to use his wings."
Raiyo looked at Silora and frowned. He knew she had already started to adore Tai, although it was only one afternoon and he worried about his own relationship with her. She saw him frown and tilted her head to the left.
"What's wrong Raiyo?" she asked innocently.
"It's nothing."
In the meantime, Tai was having the time of his life. He orbited the castle with his arms extended to his sides.
'I've never flown on my own before! This feels great!'
He looked down at the green forests and meadows and smiled.
'The forests and fields are never that green-lookin' back home.oh well, I guess it's time to go back.'
Tai flew to Silora's balcony and landed roughly in her room. After getting up, he looked around the bedroom.
"Silora?"
Silora walked into her room wearing a green skirt, a matching short- sleeved jacket with a white haltertop underneath it, and knee-high black boots. Her quarrel was hung over her shoulder, full of arrows, and her bow was in her hand. She looked at Tai with a bright smile on her face.
"Yes?"
"Oh, I was just seeing if you were still here. Breakfast ready?"
"Yep! I was starting to worry you flew away," she said cheerfully, "I'll see you downstairs!"
She ran out the room and down the stairs. Tai smiled and looked in the mirror. He pulled out a feather and looked at it. He didn't notice until now that his wings were still bloody, although it was dried blood. So he took a shower, put his clothes on, and went downstairs. On his way downstairs, he met with Raiyo. Raiyo stood between him and the stairs.
"Uh, could ya move?"
"I have one thing to say to you..." Raiyo said, "don't touch Silora. She may like you but if you return the affection, I'll slice your throat!"
Tai smiled.
"I can't help it if the girls like me," he laughed.
He walked past him, allowing his wings to brush across Raiyo's face. Raiyo growled as Tai turned around and smiled innocently yet mischievously.
"Oops, I'm sorry," he said mockingly.
He laughed at him and went downstairs. Raiyo stood and simply glared at his retreating figure.
"There you are!" Silora said.
At the breakfast table, there was eggs and bacon and pancakes, food Tai haven't had for breakfast in a while. When he was about the jump in and gourge, he saw Silora's parents, the king and queen of the land. Instead, Tai decided he should be polite and do what everyone does when meeting royalty, bow and be respectful.
"Good morning your majesty...your highness..." Tai said bowing to them politely.
"Oh! The savior is a polite young man!" Silora's mother said.
"May I join you at the breakfast table?"
'This is SO not me! But, they ARE royalty...' Tai thought after he spoke.
"Please savior, you do not have to be so respectful. We should be bowing to you," Silora's father said.
"Uh? why?" Tai asked finally taking a seat beside Silora.
"Because you are an angel sent by the Gods to save us! You're our savior!"
"Oh...well, uh, could you call me Tai instead of savior? I don't like the whole formal thing..."
"Of course, Tai, and you may call us King and Queen Pavotheo."
"Okay!"
He started to eat when Raiyo came down. Raiyo bowed deeply and greeted Silora's parents then took a seat across from her.
"Savior, I mean, Tai, after breakfast, please follow me."
Tai nodded. When breakfast was done, Tai and King Pavotheo walked down a long winding stairs. It was damp and dugeon-like. At the bottom there was a pure white room with a sword in an altar. King Pavotheo walked over to it and pointed to it.
"Want me to pull it out right?"
"Yes...Tai..."
Tai snickered at the king's akwardness in saying his name as he walked to the sword. He put his hands on the hilt and pulled the sword, but it wouldn't come out.
"Um, sir, it's not coming out..." he said uncertainly.
"Try again."
He just shrugged and tried again. This time, although with the same difficulty, it came out, sending Tai tumbling across the floor. The king laughed and helped Tai up.
"This sword is the Hikari no Tsurugi. The prophecy says that the Savior will be the one to wield it and use it to save us."
"Thanks! I'll just call it...Kari," Tai said smiling at the bright sword.
They came up from the basement.
"Well, you should be on your way everyone. Good luck!"
Note: Hiiii. Don't forget to review! I think I did the Japanese is right. "Hikari no Tsurugi" means "Sword of Light", I think. I'm still in Japanese 1, we haven't gotten to sentences yet. Correct me if I'm wrong, 'kay? ^_^
By: BlackLiGurl
Digimon
Note: Sorry it took me so long to update. But, here ya go! The chapter title doesn't really match what the chapter's about but, hey! Who cares!
Chapter 4: Hikari no Tsurugi
Tai yawned as he awakened from his slumber. To his surprise, everyone remained asleep. He got up and walked over to the door of the balcony. For some reason, it was beckoning him. Slowly, Tai opened the door and stepped out. The wind careened through each and every feather on his wings.
"Whee!" he said on impulse, "I'm king of the world!"
Mimicking the movie "Titanic", he pressed himself against the railing of the balcony and spread his arms and wings. He let out a quiet, silly laugh as he put his hands on the railings. In the room, Silora woke up to a sudden yell. She sat up and saw a winged, shirtless, masculine figure on her balcony. Silora sighed and walked over to the door. She made her way to him a put a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't you think you should be a bit more quiet?"
The figure yelped and fell off the balcony. Silora snickered as Tai struggled to pull himself up. She looked over the edge.
"Help!"
"You have wings ya know."
"But I don't know how to use them!" he squealed.
"What am I supposed to do? You're heavy."
"Com'mon!"
Silora sighed and grabbed Tai's arm. Although she knew it was futile, she attempted to pull him up. Suddenly, Tai's hands slipped and, because of Tai's weight, both of them fell off the balcony. But, instead of falling to their "doom", they hovered 5 inches above the water that was beneath the balcony.
"I thought you said you didn't know how to use your wings." Silora said skeptically.
"I didn't," Tai said shrugging, "I guess it was instinct."
He flew up to the balcony and sat Silora down.
"Where do you think you're goin'?!" she asked.
"On a test flight," Tai said giving her his one-of-a-kind smile and a thumb up.
"Alright, just come back soon. Breakfast will be in an hour," she yawned.
With that, he soared away. Silora watched him until she couldn't see him anymore. As she sighed dreamily, Raiyo walked in rubbing his eyes.
"What's all the commotion?"
"Nothing."
"Where's that dumb angel-boy?" he yawned.
"He says he went on a test flight since he figured out how to use his wings."
Raiyo looked at Silora and frowned. He knew she had already started to adore Tai, although it was only one afternoon and he worried about his own relationship with her. She saw him frown and tilted her head to the left.
"What's wrong Raiyo?" she asked innocently.
"It's nothing."
In the meantime, Tai was having the time of his life. He orbited the castle with his arms extended to his sides.
'I've never flown on my own before! This feels great!'
He looked down at the green forests and meadows and smiled.
'The forests and fields are never that green-lookin' back home.oh well, I guess it's time to go back.'
Tai flew to Silora's balcony and landed roughly in her room. After getting up, he looked around the bedroom.
"Silora?"
Silora walked into her room wearing a green skirt, a matching short- sleeved jacket with a white haltertop underneath it, and knee-high black boots. Her quarrel was hung over her shoulder, full of arrows, and her bow was in her hand. She looked at Tai with a bright smile on her face.
"Yes?"
"Oh, I was just seeing if you were still here. Breakfast ready?"
"Yep! I was starting to worry you flew away," she said cheerfully, "I'll see you downstairs!"
She ran out the room and down the stairs. Tai smiled and looked in the mirror. He pulled out a feather and looked at it. He didn't notice until now that his wings were still bloody, although it was dried blood. So he took a shower, put his clothes on, and went downstairs. On his way downstairs, he met with Raiyo. Raiyo stood between him and the stairs.
"Uh, could ya move?"
"I have one thing to say to you..." Raiyo said, "don't touch Silora. She may like you but if you return the affection, I'll slice your throat!"
Tai smiled.
"I can't help it if the girls like me," he laughed.
He walked past him, allowing his wings to brush across Raiyo's face. Raiyo growled as Tai turned around and smiled innocently yet mischievously.
"Oops, I'm sorry," he said mockingly.
He laughed at him and went downstairs. Raiyo stood and simply glared at his retreating figure.
"There you are!" Silora said.
At the breakfast table, there was eggs and bacon and pancakes, food Tai haven't had for breakfast in a while. When he was about the jump in and gourge, he saw Silora's parents, the king and queen of the land. Instead, Tai decided he should be polite and do what everyone does when meeting royalty, bow and be respectful.
"Good morning your majesty...your highness..." Tai said bowing to them politely.
"Oh! The savior is a polite young man!" Silora's mother said.
"May I join you at the breakfast table?"
'This is SO not me! But, they ARE royalty...' Tai thought after he spoke.
"Please savior, you do not have to be so respectful. We should be bowing to you," Silora's father said.
"Uh? why?" Tai asked finally taking a seat beside Silora.
"Because you are an angel sent by the Gods to save us! You're our savior!"
"Oh...well, uh, could you call me Tai instead of savior? I don't like the whole formal thing..."
"Of course, Tai, and you may call us King and Queen Pavotheo."
"Okay!"
He started to eat when Raiyo came down. Raiyo bowed deeply and greeted Silora's parents then took a seat across from her.
"Savior, I mean, Tai, after breakfast, please follow me."
Tai nodded. When breakfast was done, Tai and King Pavotheo walked down a long winding stairs. It was damp and dugeon-like. At the bottom there was a pure white room with a sword in an altar. King Pavotheo walked over to it and pointed to it.
"Want me to pull it out right?"
"Yes...Tai..."
Tai snickered at the king's akwardness in saying his name as he walked to the sword. He put his hands on the hilt and pulled the sword, but it wouldn't come out.
"Um, sir, it's not coming out..." he said uncertainly.
"Try again."
He just shrugged and tried again. This time, although with the same difficulty, it came out, sending Tai tumbling across the floor. The king laughed and helped Tai up.
"This sword is the Hikari no Tsurugi. The prophecy says that the Savior will be the one to wield it and use it to save us."
"Thanks! I'll just call it...Kari," Tai said smiling at the bright sword.
They came up from the basement.
"Well, you should be on your way everyone. Good luck!"
Note: Hiiii. Don't forget to review! I think I did the Japanese is right. "Hikari no Tsurugi" means "Sword of Light", I think. I'm still in Japanese 1, we haven't gotten to sentences yet. Correct me if I'm wrong, 'kay? ^_^