A few people asked me about few characters. I generally don't use the Japanese Names because I know the characters by their German names, so I'll use them. Yamato (Matt) / Izzy (Koushiro) / Yolei(Myako) / Davis (daisuke) / Cody (Iori). I think the rest is obvious. Hope you don't mind too much. So here's the next chapter. Hope you like it!
Problem after Problem
Taichi:
Do you know this feeling when something happened and you're in a half sleep state and you're trying to remember what happened but you just… can't? I don't know how much time passed while I was trying to remember, but the worst thing is; I know that my eyes are closed, I want to open them, but I just can't mobilize enough strength to do it. I feel so weak. I feel like I got hit by a train. By the time I realized that something has happened what caused me to pass out. In my dizzy state I barely can recognize voices around me.
"Did you have to beat him so bad that he still didn't wake up?!" A rather angry voice asked.
"I'm sorry Master; I didn't know that he's the one you needed." The other voice replied, a little nervous, but still a little threatening.
"Yes, but like you see he is the one I need! And in this state he obviously isn't avail for me!"
"Master, if you don't mind me asking. Why do you need a digidestined? And why him of all digidestined?" The second voice asked.
"Because, my dear Friend. He's the only one who knows the password to Gennai's files. And I need these files. So I need him." The first voice replies, now rather calm.
I force myself to open my eyes, but I just can't. And I can feel that I'm passing out… again.
Davis:
I wake up by the sound my cell phone. What the hell? I'm going to kill everybody who dares to send me a message this early! With a look on my display my anger is suddenly gone. Kari sent me a message;
Sora, T.K, Yolei, Ken, Tai and I are going to the beach. You're coming too, right? Come to my apartment at 2pm. You have to help carry some stuff. Thanks: P
Kari.
I quickly respond, tell her that I'm coming. I carefully get up; I don't want DemiVeemon to wake up yet. He probably will get up by himself when he starts to get hungry. With a look in the living room I can luckily determine that my entire family isn't home. I look at the clock to declare with shock that I have to be in the Kamiya apartment in 20minutes. I quickly shower, grab DemiVeemon who now finally woke up but still too sleepy is to notice what's going on and hurry to the Kamiya's.
~Kamiya home~
I enter the apartment without even bother to knock. I mean, I'm practically a part of this family. I enter the kitchen to meet Kari, T.K and a rather nervous looking Sora.
"Hey Guys. Ready to go?" I ask happily.
"Hey Davis. Yes we just wait for my brother to turn up. I'm sure he'll be here in any minute." Kari respond as happily as me. I can't help but think once again how beautiful she is. Her hazel eyes, her now a little longer hair and her perfect, tanned body. Yeah, it wasn't a secret that the Kamiya-Siblings are really good looking. My gaze turns to Sora who's getting nervous any minute which passes.
"Sora, you're alright?" I ask her. She obviously notices the concern in my voice and smiles gently at me.
"Yeah, don't worry Davis." She responds, but I'm sure she's lying.
"Shouldn't Tai have been here, half an hour ago?" T.K asks. He's getting impatient. Or is he just worried?
"Yeah…he said he would be back until 2pm" Sora responds with her gaze at the table. Ah, that's the reason why she's so nervous.
"Maybe we should go and check on him" Kari suggest, now worried because she apparently didn't know that her brother promised to be already back.
"Guys, I'm sure he's fine. Let's go to the beach and write him a message to meet us here. If he isn't back till tonight, we'll go and find him, but I'm sure he's already on his way back here." I suggest. The others look at me. The girls still worried but finally, after a few minutes time to think it over, they nod.
Taichi:
I feel how the dizziness disappears and I'm finally able to find enough strength to open my eyes. The first thing I notice is. That I'm not lying, like I thought I am. I'm sitting in a chair. My wrists and ankles bonded at the chair. I try to move but I notice that there are not only bonds on my wrists and ankles but also on my waist, what makes it impossible for me to move. The room is really big and I can recognize that I'm in the middle of a throne room. Weird, it's like I'm stuck in the middle ages. On the walls are torches which lighten up the room. Oh no, where am I? Why am I here? And suddenly my memory comes back to me. Crap, I'm screwed.
"Let me tell you a story, bearer of Courage. Once upon a time, 8 Digidestined fought against four Dark Masters. They all almost died, but unfortunately they managed to destroy each of the Dark Masters. A couple of years later, the last Dark Master returned and revitalized the other three plus some other enemies of these Digidestined. These enemies luckily have all just one thought; to kill each of the Digidestined."
I don't really have to look at the figure who just stepped out of the darkness. I will never forget this voice, even if I would try.
"You're stories didn't get any better Piedmon" I respond, my gaze fixed on the ground. I can bear the courage to look at my worst nightmare. I can remember the day he nearly killed me in the Digital world like it was yesterday.
"Oh I'm honored that you didn't forget me, old friend" He responds in a provocatively way.
"Don't you dare to call me that again you pitiful clown!" I finally manage to look him in the face. He looks like I remember him. But something is different. He isn't smiling his usual I'm-going-to-kill-you grin. No he's looking at me with a serious expression.
"I can understand why you're acting like that but I'm not going to kill you today. I even healed your injuries, so you don't have to sit here in pure pain. Don't you feel honored?" Now his grin returns back in his creepy face.
"So, if you don't mind my asking. But why did you do this? Why didn't you kill me instead?" I can't help but be curious. This digimon wanted to kill me 7 years before and he had the perfect chance to do it. So why didn't he just finished me off?
"Because I need you Tai" He responds patiently.
I burst into laughter and just can't stop it. He stares at me with a dangerously expression in his face. I can read in his eyes that he would love to kill me now but the fact that he doesn't do it makes me believe that he actually really needs me. I can't think about anything so I simply say the first thing that I'm able to think about.
"Go ahead" He smiles evilly at me. He obviously is thinking that I'm going to help him. Pf, think again.
"I need something Tai. To make a long story short. I need something really powerful and I'm sure there's something written in the files of Gennai."
"And why do you need me for this?" I ask, because I can't find my part in all this.
"The files from Gennai are locked with a password. And you're the only one who knows the password. Not even Gennai himself knows it."
I don't respond. I'm too busy to remember something about files and a password…
FLASHBACK (a week after the defeat of M-Myotismon / Gennai's home)
"So, Gennai what's the matter? What do you need?" Tai asked rather curious because Gennai was really insistent that Tai have to come alone.
"Tai I really need you to do me a favor." Gennai begins. As he notices that Tai doesn't respond he takes that as a sign to go on.
"Over the years I gained a lot of information about things that shouldn't fall in the wrong hands. Everything is written in my files. The informations I'm talking about are things like the legend which helped Agumon and Gabumon to Warp-Digivolve. So I decided to lock these files as safe as possible. And I want you to lock them. I want you to think about a password and I want you to never speak about it ever again. Not even with me."
"Sure Gennai. But why me? Why not Izzy?"
"Because, my friend. You're the one of the digidestined who has the strongest volition. Nothing can bring you to your knees." Gennai replied with an unmistakable proud in his voice.
"Okay I'll do it." Tai respond.
"Fine. But Tai, one more thing.. Keep it safe. And no matter what happens. Never, ever come to the thought to tell it somebody. It could cause a disaster what I'm too afraid to even imagine"
END OF FLASHBACK
Now I remember. But what was the password again?
"So, you're going to tell me?" Piedmon asks, clearly annoyed that I didn't respond so long.
I look at him with an innocent expression written in my face. But I can't help but smirk. My own stupidly saved the digital world.
"I'm not sorry my dear friend but I can't remember that password. As you surely know it was 4 years ago that I locked the files"
I expected him to get angry or at least to be pissed off, but he just grins at me.
"Don't worry Tai. I'll help you to gain your memory back" And with that he rips my shirt from my body.
"How? Are you going to rape me?" I laugh, but that makes him just smile even brighter and I think for a second that he's really going to do it but he takes one of his four swords from his back and points it straight to me.
"You know… I can't tell you the password when you kill me" He can't kill me, he needs me. So I'm save for now. The others will notice that I'm late and will rescue me. I just have to hold on.
"Tai, you would be surprised when you would know what human can survive"
And I'm sure every digimon within a radius of 5miles could hear me yell out of pain when he pierced the sword straight in my stomach.
Kari:
The day at the beach would have been really funny when I wouldn't have thought every single second about my brother. It's now 8pm and still no sight of Tai. And I'm totally panicked. We're all in Izzy's room and just talked about what to do next. Izzy sent Gennai an E-Mail and asked if he knows anything about the absence of my brother. That was an hour ago and Gennai didn't respond yet.
"Okay, that's enough. I'm going to look for him!" Sora stands up from where she was sitting and wants to hold her digivice to the portal but Joe holds her back.
"Sora calm down! You don't even know where you have to go. Let's wait for a response from Gennai. Tai wouldn't want you to put yourself in danger because of him!" That had an effect and Sora sits down next to her partner.
"Guys! I got a response from Gennai!" Izzy shouts in the round.
"So? Tell us Izzy so we can go and help my best friend!" Matt finally says. He spent the last couple of hours to stare at the wall. I can tell by the sound of his voice that he's more than just frightened. He's obviously desperate. Wow, I didn't know that Matt cares so much for Tai. But there's no doubt that he doesn't.
"Gennai wants us to go to his house. Now" Izzy tells us from his sit in front of his computer.
Without any hesitation everybody stands in front of the Computer. Ready to do everything what's necessary to help our leader and best friend. With a bright light we get sucked and a second later I find myself lying in the sand. With a look forward I recognize the lake where Gennai's home is. A second later the lake starts to bubble and the entrance of Gennai's home appears. Gennai's home is really traditional complete with sliding doors and low tables. It really reminds me of the house of my grandparents, beside the fact that Gennai's home is under water of course. Although the new digidestined never have been here, they don't say anything. The atmosphere is just too tense.
"Greetings Digidestined. I really wish we would meet under better circumstances" Gennai greets when he enters the living room in where we were waiting for the past couple of minutes.
"Gennai what happened? Where's Tai? Why isn't he back yet?" Davis begins the conversation but doesn't even bother to concentrate himself enough to ask one question at the time. Understandable, Tai is something like a big brother for Davis.
"I don't want lose any time so I get straight to the point; Piedmon is back. I don't know how he managed this. But that's not all. He also managed to revitalize the rest of the dark masters, Devimon and Armageddemon. Besides of them there's a new digimon. A really powerful one. His name's Astamon and trust me when I say he's probably the most dangerous one of them."
I can't do anything but stare. It's like my worst nightmare has come true.
"But Gennai, you didn't say anything about Tai. Where's my brother? Don't tell me he's dead be-" I start but Gennai interrupts me immediately.
"No Kari, he's definitely alive. And I'm not the right one to tell you what happened to Tai. But there's somebody who can." And with that the door got open and a totally beaten up Agumon enters the room. I'm shocked. But not only about his injuries but also about his eyes. He looks like he was crying for hours. I never ever saw a digimon crying before.
"Oh my god Agumon what happened?" Yolei asks and I can tell that she's about to cry in any moment. I can't blame her because I would probably cry but I'm just too shocked about the new gained information. I take a glance at Sora and sees that she's in the same state as me. She stares at Agumon with wide eyes and I'm sure she's broken inside.
"I-I wanted to protect him. I tried. But I just c-couldn't stand up anymore. He was too strong for me."
"Who was too strong Buddy?" Gabumon asks and tries to comfort his best friend.
"Astamon" Agumon replied with his glance fixed to the ground.
"What about you tell us the whole story Agumon" Gennai suggests.
"Fine. Me and Tai got up early at the morning. We were in a really good mood. We entered the digital world and walked to the village which Izzy marked for us. It was a Numemon village. Tai talked with one of the Numemon and it told us that it saw smoke raise in a village near from there. We wanted to check the village when something started to attack the village. Buildings were destroyed. So I digivolved to Greymon to kick the ass from this Digimon but it was just too strong. Tai couldn't stand there anymore and watch how this Digimon beat the crap out of me. So he decided to distract him. But the plan was really stupid. I couldn't gain enough energy to fight more but I could protect Tai from the attack. Astamon turned again to me and shot one more attack then I dedigivolved to Agumon and couldn't get up anymore. Astamon threw Tai in some buildings and I could see how bad injured Tai was. It broke my heart. I wanted to help him but I just couldn't move anymore. I hoped that he would leave us alone and just go but he actually wanted to kill Tai when Puppetmon showed up and told him that the Master, I guess Piedmon, wanted him alive. So they took him with them."
The room was dead silent. Nobody wanted so believe what they just heard.
"Okay, so we're going to rescue him. Where did they take him? Gennai do you have any signal?" Matt cuts the silence. Nobody could say something. We're just too shocked.
"I can't find the signal of his digivice but I know where Piedmon hides himself. It's a castle in the south of the digital world. I give you a map. It's really late so you can stay here at night and go for the rescue early in the morning. Take a room which you want. I have plenty of them." And with that Gennai stands up and leaves us alone.
Taichi:
"So Tai, you're gonna tell me the password now?!" Piedmon asks again. I think it's the threehoundred and first time that he asks.
"I told you already I can't remember the password!" I shout,fighting against the tears and ignoring the pain and the dizziness which returned because of the giant amount of blood that I lost. I don't know how long he's torturing me but I'm sure the day already passed.
"What a pity that I don't believe you digidestined!" Piedmon shouts back. And with that he pierces his sword once more in my body. I don't even yell anymore I just close my eyes and try to hide my pain. I feel that my eyelids are getting heavy and I'm sure I'm going to lose consciousness in a couple of minutes.
"Astamon! Take him in a cave. He looks like he's going to faint and I need him awake. Make sure he survives the night!" Piedmon shouts and I feel how somebody takes the bonds away and lifts me up. I'm too weak to even notice what's going on with me. All I want for now is sleep.
Sora:
We're flying on the back of Imperialdramon. Everybody is in his own thoughts and I'm really fine with that. Tai is missing and we don't know how bad his injuries are, what Piedmon did to him or if he was even alive. I spent the night with the thought about what I'm going to do when my best friend would be dead. Fact is, I don't know, but I know that I would kill every Digimon who's involved without any hesitation. We're flying now for nearly an hour and as I already said. Nobody's in the mood to talk.
"Hey guys, what about a joke?" Davis breaks the silence.
"Sure Davis, go on" Cody responses.
"Okay. Knock knock"
"Who's there?"
"Gabu-"
"Gabu- who?"
"Gabu I don't know but it's funny" Davis bursts into laughter. Unfortunately he's the only one who laughs.
"You amateur. Let me tell you a joke" Biyomon says. Davis stops laughing and looks at her.
"Fine go on."
"Knock Knock"
"Who's there?"
"It's me Davis, Biyomon, did you already forget that?" And with that everybody starts to laugh uncontrollably and I can't help but feeling proud that my Partner broke the tense atmosphere. The rest of the flight we talked about everything what came to our mind and I'm sure now that everything's gonna turn out fine.
"Look! There's the castle!" Kari shouts suddenly. And yeah. She was right. There was it. A castle was there and it looked just like the ones in the middle ages. But that wasn't what caught my attention. What really caught my attention were three figures that were positioned in front of the castle. I recognized Puppetmon,Mechindramon and Seadramon. Great, a welcoming committee.
"Sora and Joe, you two go and look for Tai. We take these. Wait until they're distracted enough and then run. Okay?" Matt instructs us.
"Fine" I simply respond.
The digimon immediately digivolve to their highest level. Angemon doesn't hesitate.
"Hand of Fate!" The orange energyblast goes straight in the direction of the enemies. And the fight begins. As soon as all enemies are distracted Joe takes my wrists and pulls me forward the entrance of the castle. We run the through the hallway till I stop him.
"Joe wait! Shouldn't we think about where he could be?"
"Sorry Sora, you're right. I'm just worried and can't think straight."
"Yes I know what you mean. Okay. Let's try and think straight. Where would you hold your prisoner when you would be Piedmon?"
"I don't know Sora I'm not an evil clown-" I'm sure Joe wanted to add something but the explosion from outside was immense. We stare at each other's eyes and I can clearly see the fear in Joe's eyes. I try and turn his thoughts back to our conversation and away from the fight. I just hope our friends are alright..
"I would probably lock them in a cave. – "
"That's it Sora! You're genius! We're in a castle! There has to be a dungeon. And as much as I know from the movies these dungeons are in the lowest part of the castle, right?"
"Right! So let's go!"
We run through the castle and I don't even know how we manage that but the walls suddenly started to change. When we entered there were torches and paintings at the wall and the stone was grey, but now there weren't any paintings anymore and the wall was partially destroyed and dark. We turn left in the end of the hallway and I could jump in the air like Koromon when he's happy because in front of us are the caves. I don't even bother to wait for Joe to tell me our next step. I run forward and check every cave. They're all empty and I feel my heart getting heavier per second. In the very last cave I finally found him. My heart sinks and I'm shocked. In the cave lies my best friend. He's totally devastated.
"Tai! Come on buddy wake up! It's me, sora!" I shout, but he doesn't even move. And that's the minute when I notice that he's bleeding! Oh god, he's going to die.
"Joe! I found him. Come on we have to get him out of here!" Joe runs to me and is just as shocked as me but pulls himself together.
"Okay Sora don't panic we have to get him out of here as fast as possible. But first, we have to break this cave"
I search for something, anything what could help me to break this f* cave and spot a rock on the ground. I take it and hit the lock of the cave with all my strength. Lucky me the cave opens and we enter it. Joe knees down and covers Tai's injuries with his jacket. I do the same because I absolutely trust Joe's knowledge and I have to keep me busy because if I don't I probably faint.
"Okay Sora, I lift him up and we run out of here. Same way, okay?"
"Okay, let's get out of here!" Joe lifts Tai up and I can't help but wince when I see how lifeless his body hangs in Joe's arms. We run the way which we came back and I just hope that nobody of the enemies is going to stop us. Luckily that's not the case. Piedmon's ego is obviously too big that he bothers about us. We exit the castle just to see our friends fight against the dark masters. I can happily discover that the fight is balanced.
"Guys! Let's get out of here we have to take Tai to a hospital. NOW!" Joe shouts. He's so fixed about Tai that he doesn't even bother to look how the fight is going. I never saw him that nervous. Imperialdramon instantly throws his opponent in the air what causes the other to do the same. And then, everything went quickly. Our digimon dedigivolved back and we all hurried to get up the back of Imperialdramon. Thank God our digimon aren't badly injured. As soon as everybody was on his back, Imperialdramon flies away with a speed that causes my stomach to tingle.
Joe and I knee next to Tai's unconsciousness body. Within seconds all the digidestined are sitting in a circle around Tai. Matt covers him with his Jacket to keep him warm.
"He's cold as ice..." He mumbles.
"Yeah but he's alive. That's the main thing" Joe responds.
"Izzy where's the nearest Digiport from here?" Ken asks.
"Wait let me check.." Izzy says and opens his laptop. His expression turns from concentrate to pure horror. "There aren't any."
"What do you mean Izzy?" T.K asks unconfident.
"The portals are closed. Every single Portal is closed!" We can't do anything but stare. Totally shocked. We can't go home, and we can't get Tai to a hospital. Oh god, he really is going to die. I can feel how the hot tears make their way.
"Let's take him to Gennai! He's the only one who can help Tai right now" Kari says trough her tears. Poor girl, she could lose her brother just because some digimons wanted to watch him suffer.
Without any word we headed straight back to Gennai's house and because of the incredible speed of Imperialdramon we were back within 30minutes. Matt lifts Tai up and carries him back in Gennai's house.
"Bring him in one of the rooms in the back of the house Matt I take care of him. Hurry up he looks terrible!" Gennai shouts. I never saw him so shocked. Matt brought Tai in one of the rooms and returned back in the living room where we all sit. I comfort Kari who's crying uncontrollably at my shoulder. I would cry too but I don't want her to be more scared and I know as soon as I would start to cry she would think that I'm losing hope and that's the last thing she needs at the moment. So I'm staying strong. Davis for his part is a mess and I can see how he fights against the tears. Sure, he could lose his mentor, one of his best friends. Matt sends me a concerned glance and I just shake my head. No, I really don't need his concern. Thanks but, no thanks. T.K sits next to Matt and they try to comfort each other as good as possible. Yolei and Ken talk quietly in the corner of the couch. Mimi sits next to Davis and tries to talk with him. Izzy tips nervously on his laptop and Joe went a couple of minutes ago to ask Gennai if he could use help. The digimon are all in her In-Trainig state and sleep on the couch. I don't think how much time passed but I probably passed out because when Joe wakes me up the clock shows 2am and all of the digidestined are sleeping.
"Sorry Sora, I thought you want to know first what's going on with him" he whispers.
"Yes! How is he?" I whisper back, now totally awake. My heart beats so fast that I think I have to throw up any minute. Joe smiles gently at me.
"He's awake and he asked about you."
"He did?"
"Yes"
"Can I see him? Don't you dare to say no Joe" I say half playfully and half serious.
"Of course. I'll show you the room." And with that I got up, carefully, I don't want to wake Kari who's sleeping on my shoulder. We walk together trough the Kitchen. Joe stops before a door. "So. Now it's your turn. I'll go to sleep. Goodnight Sora."
"Goodnight Joe, and thanks" He just smiles at me and goes back in the front part of the house. My heart beats fast when I slide the door to the side and enter the room.
"Takenouchi! Where have you been?" Tai smiles at me. He looks so weak but even now he manages to show his trademark grin. His chest and Shoulders are bandaged, his hair is messier than ever although it's shorter now and the fact that he lost a lot of blood is obvious because his face looks almost the same as the white blanket. I sit on the edge of the bed and can't do anything but smile brightly at him. He's alive! And he's looking at me. And suddenly all of the pressure of the day is gone and I start sobbing uncontrollably.
"Sor, come on don't cry." He embraces me gently. "It's alright Sor, I'm here. I'm fine okay? Come on stop crying you crybaby" He tries to be funny but the fact that he uses my nickname again and that he acts like nothing happened makes me just cry harder and he just waits until I calm down by myself. I finally am able to look him in the eye again and he just smiles again.
"How are you?" I ask. Probably the stupidest question ever but what should I say?
"Fine" Oh I knew it.
"Okay and now that you tried this one let's try that again but this time the truth"
"The truth is, I feel like I got hit by an airplane" He replies simply. Okay time to change the subject..
"I was worried Tai.."
"Yeah I guess you all were" he lets out a raspy laugh.
"I thought I lose you today" I can't stand his chocolate brown eyes anymore and stare at the blanket.
"To be honest. I didn't really believe that I survive this torture"
"Why did he do this to you? Don't get mad but why didn't he just kill you?"
"Don't get mad Sor, but I really don't want to talk about this now."
"Sorry" Why am I so stupid?!
"Don't worry. So, I just wanted to see you. I'm sorry that Joe had to wake you up. You really should sleep." He grins at me. Oh God he looks so weak..
"Yeah I probably really should sleep. But –" I don't want to leave you. I really want to say it but I just can't find the courage to do it.
"But?" He raises an eyebrow.
"Oh, don't mind" I trail of.
"Let me guess, you don't want to leave me in case that I pass out again?" He smirks sheepishly at me. How embarrassing, how did he know that?! I don't respond I lay next to him instead and snuggle once again close to him. He tenses himself and I realize that I totally forgot how much pain he must have right now.
"Oh god I'm so sorry Tai. You know what. I'll just go and sleep in another room." I want to get up but he takes my shoulders and pulls me back next to him. He buries his face in my neck and whispers; "I didn't leave you when you needed me. So please don't leave me when I need you" I turn around to look him in the eyes. His chocolate brown eyes. "Of course I'm staying" He falls asleep pretty fast. I try to figure out if I just had started to love him, or if I just realized that I always did.
Taichi:
~Two days later~
I don't know what Gennai did to me but I'm feeling much better now but I didn't tell anybody about what Piedmon wanted from me. I don't know but I don't think it does matter for now. I finally managed to get rid of Kari and find some space to think about a plan how we get out of this disaster. The digiports are all closed so we can't escape, most of our enemies from the past are back and wants us to see dead and we don't have any chance to fight them. So it's up to me to figure something about. So I'm sitting here on the ground of my temporary room and stare out in the endless, dark sea. The door slowly opens and Matt enters the room. He didn't leave my side for the past two days.
"You alright?" Matt asks and I can tell he's still worried about me. I never saw him like that.
"Yes but I can't figure out a plan to win this Matt.."
"Understandable. We're screwed but we can't give up you know that right?"
"Of course. But what else can we do? I mean. I fought against Astamon and I can tell you I never saw anything like that and there's something about Piedmon what makes me really nervous. He seems.. stronger but I can't tell why."
Matt thought for a moment.
"We fight once again and try to figure out some weaknesses" He finally says. Bad idea, but I don't have a better one.
"This whole thing would be much easier when we would have our crests."
That causes Matt to smirk sheepishly. "Who says we don't have them?"
Totally confused I can't anything do but stare at him. What causes him to smirk even brighter.
"Gennai wants to talk to us. That's why I came here. So let's head back to the living room" And with that Matt stands up, grabs my arm and pulls me out of the room. A couple of minutes we're all sitting in the living room, our glances at Gennai.
"As you all probably realized 'till yet that you can't win this fight the sovereigns decided to give the original digidestined their crests back, so you're able to reach the Mega Level again. We think that that would probably be a solution for our situation" I turn to Matt and he simply smiles happily at me.
"And how do we get them? Where are they?" Agumon asks from his spot next to me. Gennai smiles gently at him and opens the box which he holds. And there they are. The eight tags which include the crests. I notice that nobody is going to take his crests so I make the first move and take mine. At the moment when I touch my target it glows in a bright orange and I can feel how the energy which I lost during the couple of days comes back. The others grab their crests one after another and the room was filled with the diverse colors of the crests.
"Okay. Who wants to kick someone's ass?" Davis asks with a bright smile on his face. I can't help but smile as bright as him. The digidestined cheered and within a couple of minutes it's settled. We're going to beat some clown's ass. I turn to look at Sora just to notice that she's staring at me with an elusively look in her eyes. She obviously realizes that I'm looking at her because she averts her gaze and I'm sure her cheeks are the same color as her hair. We spend the rest of the day resting and preparing to go out and find Piedmon. When the time finally came we all left Gennai's in a group.
"So how are we going to find Piedmon?" Yolei asks after we'd been walking for a few minutes.
"I was wondering the same thing. Tai do you have some sort of plan to find him?" Joe asks, and I look back at him from where Agumon and I were leading the group.
"Well... I was actually thinking that we'll let him find us" I say innocently.
"We really need to work on your planning buddy." Matt says with a sigh and I just grin at him.
"I actually like his plan." A voice which made my blood froze states. We all turn towards the voice, which obviously belongs to Piedmon who is flanked by Astamon. "Back for some fun? Tai didn't you already have enough?"
"Shut it! You're going to regret what you did to Tai!" Davis shouts in response, earning him a glare from Piedmon.
"I think not." Piedmon replies in a deadpan and steps forward. That is more than enough reason for our digimon to digivolve to their highest forms, blocking Piedmon's path.
"Do we really have to do this? Didn't your leader already tell you that you haven't any chance against Astamon and me?" Piedmon asks the digimon and his only response is a growl from pretty much every one of them. "Very well, Astamon"
The digimon jumps forward to attack, only to be met in the air by seven of the Ultimates, who proceeded to attack him. That left Piedmon facing WarGreymon, MetalGarurumon and Magnamon.
"Get him Magnamon!" Davis shouts and his partner rushes forward.
"Magna Blast!" A giant energy shot out and hits Piedmon and all around him. "Alright!" Davis cheeres. Too early buddy...
"Clown trick!" A blast of red energy hits Magnamon, blasting him out of the sky as Piedmon reappeared, unharmed by the attack.
"One down, two to go" Piedmon smirks evilly at WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon.
"Why don't we have finally some fun?" WarGreymon stated as Matt and I step forward, our digivices glowing.
"What?" Piedmon asks, obviously really confused by WarGreymon's statement.
"Go for it guys!" Matt and I shout, triggering the DNA digivolution.
Both digimon seemed to be sucked by an immense light. I watch Piedmon's eyes get wide as he watched them digivolve together, and starts to smile gleefully, until he jumps forward.
"Clown trick!" Piedmon unleashes a much larger red blast of energy than before and hit the still forming Omnimon just in time to anticipate the digivolution.
All the power that was being used to create Omnimon releases itself in a sudden blast, knocking everyone off of their feet.
"Astamon, we're leaving!" I hear Piedmon shout. Several seconds later the blast seemed to stop, leaving us with an unconscious Koromon and Tsunomon.
So that's it. The next chapter is going to be (probably a lot) shorter than that one. I try to post the next one during the next two days. Review would be helpful! Tell me what you like and what I could do better. I'm happy about every criticism.