I told you I'd try really hard to get this done today but I think this is taking longer than that. So sorry for making you wait but I'm trying! I really hope your liking this so far! I'm enjoying writing this, that's for sure. Ok so, I don't own Digimon and please REVIEW!!!

Digimon: Almost

Chapter 4: Tai's Missing Heart

Davis sat in his living room waiting for Kari to bring Agumon over. He had to take care of him and provide him a place to stay until Christmas. He was excited that Kari was coming over, even if only for a moment. He was a little frustrated though. He really liked Kari but it looked like she liked TK. TK wasn't a bad guy or anything but he was taking his girl! That crossed the line!

Just then, his thoughts were interrupted when the door bell rang. He stood up and answered it. He smiled when he saw Kari and TK at the door.

"Hey guys! Where's Agumon?" he asked. They moved out of the way and he saw Agumon walk in slowly. "Hi Davis." He said and Davis smiled down at him.

"Hey Agumon. I bet you can't wait to see Tai. Plus he really does need you." He told him and Agumon nodded. He had a worried look on his face and Davis looked at Kari and TK in worry. They both gave him the same look back and then picked up their Digimon. "The others are waiting in the bushes down stairs. We should go." Kari said and Davis nodded. "Yeah. I'll see you later." He said with a smile and Kari smiled back before her and TK both turned around and walked away. He closed the door and turned to Agumon. "Come on. You need to get in my room before my parents get home." Agumon followed him into his room and sat on Davis's bed.

"Hey Davis, is Tai really doing that badly?" he asked and Davis sighed. "Agumon, don't worry, we're going to find out what's wrong with him and we're going to fix it." He told him, determined.

It was pretty late when Davis decided to go to sleep. He had been lying in bed looking up at the ceiling. DemiVeemon and Agumon were already asleep and had been for awhile. They needed to find out what was wrong with Tai. And they needed to do it before it was too late.

Cody sat on his bed. It was Christmas Eve and tomorrow, he and Davis were going to Tai's house. Upamon was sleeping already and Cody looked over at him and smiled. He was so still when he slept. He had eaten an entire apple pie that night before going to sleep. It was amazing how much could fit into his little body. He could eat and eat and never get full. It was amazing. Cody closed his eyes and before he knew it, it was morning. He had to go get Davis and Agumon and then they were heading over to Tai's. He got up and got dressed then he grabbed Upamon and ran out the door. He got to Davis's apartment quickly and once he was there he knocked on the door.

"Hey Cody." Answered a sleepy Davis. He was dressed and ready but it looked like he had just woken up. Cody looked behind him and saw Agumon getting into a large box. Cody looked at the box and then at Davis. Davis yawned and then gave him a big smile. "I had an idea for transportation." He told him and Cody groaned.

"We have to carry him?" he asked and Davis nodded with a huge smile.

"It won't be too hard." He assured him with another smile.

"Sure it won't." Cody complained but walked inside to pick the box up anyway. They walked to Tai's and by the time they got there Cody couldn't feel his arms anymore. He looked over at Davis who was looking at his arms like he couldn't feel them either.

"Won't be too hard, huh." He mumbled and Davis frowned.

"Ok, so I was a little wrong. Sue me."

"I'll be sure to when my arms fall off." Cody grumbled.

"Calm down. We're here. We just need to get to the elevator now." They walked over to the elevator and found a sign. 'OUT OF ORDER'

Cody just looked over at Davis and Davis laughed nervously. "Umm, he's only on the eighth floor." He said slowly and Cody just sighed and walked over to the box. "Then let's go." He said, unenthusiastically.

Tai was sitting on the floor in his room. Kari walked into his room and looked at him funny. He looked up at her. "What?" he asked. She just shook her head and mumbled. "Nothing." Then she picked up her shoes and told him she was going out. He nodded numbly and watched her leave before going back to staring at the ceiling. A few minutes later, someone was knocking on the door. He stood up and went to the door. He opened it and found an extremely exhausted Davis and Cody. They smiled up at him and he looked at them in question.

"Hey guys. Uh, what are you doing here?" he asked and they smiled.

Davis was the first to talk though. "We came to give you a Christmas present from all the new DigiDestined!" he said happily. Tai looked behind them at a huge box. He smiled and then looked at them. "You didn't have to get me anything." He told them and Cody laughed.

"Tai, you're the leader of all the DigiDestined. You didn't think you were going to get a present from us?" Cody asked and Tai smiled. It was nice that some people really did appreciate him. He looked at the box and his smile grew. "Ok, well what is it?" he asked.

Davis smiled and pushed the box into the apartment and then waved his hand towards it. "Well go ahead." He told Tai. Tai opened up the box and his smile widened the moment he saw what was in it.

"Agumon!"

Agumon jumped out of the box and into Tai's arms. Tai hugged Agumon tightly. He was so glad he was here. He needed a friend, badly. Now he had someone to turn to and he was right at home with him. He couldn't have been happier in that moment. He let go of Agumon and looked up at Davis and Cody. "Thanks guys. This was really nice of you guys. And Kari knew about this?" he asked. They laughed and Cody nodded. "Wow. She's better at keeping secrets then I am, that's for sure." They all laughed and went into Tai's room.

Tai turned and looked out the window for a moment and then looked back at the others. Davis was the first to talk. "We haven't seen you in a little while, Tai. We haven't seen any of the old DigiDestined in awhile. We should all meet up one day. All twelve of us." He said with a smile. The thought of all the DigiDestined together made Tai sick. Matt and Sora would be in that group of people. He tried to hide how he froze up at the thought and then smiled. "Yeah, that would be awesome. All of us…together again." He said looking at the wall. "Just…like…old times." He said slowly.

Davis looked at Tai funny and Tai smiled wider to try to hide his discomfort at the thought. Cody looked at Davis and Tai burrowed his brow. He didn't like that look. He shook it off though and just forgot about it.

"So, are you and Mimi still dating? Or talking since she's all the way in America." Cody said. Tai nodded. "Yep. We talk on the phone all the time." He sighed. "I don't know if I really like Mimi that way but she's a really good friend and I'd hate to lose her as a friend, so until she gets the wrong idea I don't really see a need to break up with her, you know?" Davis nodded and looked at Cody again. Tai didn't like those looks. He pretended to look out the window and out of the corner of his eye he saw Cody shake his head about something to Davis.

"You and Sora are really close too right? I'm surprised that doesn't bother Mimi. Then again Mimi and Sora are good friends so Mimi trusts her." Cody said and Tai clenched his fists. He knew something was up, though he didn't know what.

"No. Me and Sora aren't friends anymore." He said quickly, staring out the window. Davis and Cody looked a little surprised but it was Agumon who was just plain shocked. "What?" Agumon said in confusion. "Tai, what's going on? You and Sora were best friends! And you loved her! She loved you too! I saw you two kiss! Doesn't that mean something to humans? I am really confused and really worried about you Tai. What happened?" He said seriously. Davis and Cody looked shocked by his outburst and Tai turned around slowly, looking into Agumon's determined eyes.

Just then Tai's stupid emotions had to kick in and a tear feel down his cheek. Davis and Cody looked up at Tai in time to catch the tear on his face and the look of surprise on their face turned to true pity. That was the one emotion Tai hated. "What are you looking at me like that for?!" he yelled at them as more tears fell from his eyes. He looked out the window to try and stop the tears but they wouldn't stop. Agumon sat next to him with an arm around him, quietly waiting for Tai to be finished. Davis and Cody looked at Agumon and Tai, waiting until someone spoke. Finally the tears stop and Tai wiped them away. He hadn't cried since his heart had gone missing from his chest and it seemed like he had needed to let it out.

Davis stood up and put a hand on Tai's shoulder. "Tai, you can tell us what happened. We won't tell anyone. We want to help you. What's wrong?" He said calmly. Tai was a little surprised at how compassionate Davis was being. It wasn't like him at all. Then again, he knew that Davis looked up to him so to see him break down like that must have been hard to watch. Tai turned around and looked at Davis. Then he looked over at Cody and he was still unsure. Then he looked over at Agumon. Agumon was watching him intently and had a look of true worry and sadness for Tai. One thing though that amazed Tai was that Agumon had no pity on his face. Not a trace of pity. Tai smiled at his one and only best friend and took a deep breath. Maybe it'd feel good to talk about it. His eyes welled up with tears again when he was about to talk and he sighed. Maybe not. But either way, he was determined to tell his story.

"Agumon, you already know about what happened in the Digital World but Davis and Cody don't, so I should start there. In the Digital World, me and Sora started out being best friends. We had known each other before we went to camp that summer from playing soccer together. I didn't like her then but I started to have feelings for her once we were in the Digital World. She pulled me aside one day and asked me if I liked Mimi. I was shocked because I liked her, not Mimi. But she didn't believe me when I told her I didn't like Mimi so I told her that I loved her and that was why I couldn't like Mimi. That was the day Agumon was talking about because him and Biyomon were there when I told her that and then we kissed. But we never got another moment alone. We were busy running from fight to fight every day. Then when we got home, things changed. We talked in school but about nothing in particular. I called her from time to time but it was clear that we were becoming distant.

"Then one day I called her and she told me she was going out with Matt. I didn't know that she had stopped liking me and started liking Matt. I didn't think that everything that happened was lost. Well anyway, to make a long story short, I over reacted and started yelling at her. She got really quiet. Normally Sora's the type of girl to start yelling back but she just remained quiet and then told me calmly that she had to go and hung up. So I was really upset and thinking about what she had accused me of in the Digital World. I was feeling a bit childish so I called up Mimi and asked her out. I already told you how I feel about that and for some reason I think she feels the same. You see, we never kissed or anything on any of our dates. We'd both stay quiet and just stare off into space a lot. I don't know what she was thinking about, but I was thinking about Sora the whole time. We're just really good friends, is all.

"But that's not even the biggest thing…" he said and Davis, Cody, and Agumon remained silent. "I thought it would be best if I stopped talking to her. She would know that I was upset and then she'd just pity me or feel bad that she caused the sadness and I wouldn't ever want her to feel bad for me or be sad because of me so I thought I could take myself out of her life and she could just be happy with Matt. I don't blame her for anything. It's not her fault. I just thought I'd make life easier for her. And that's it. That's everything. I ripped out my own heart and threw it into a shredder-" He shrugged. "-for her." He finished and looked out the window again. He didn't want to look at his friends just yet.

Davis looked at Tai for a long time when he finished talking. He had tears in his eyes for Tai. He couldn't even understand the pain Tai was going through. He was a broken man and it was a sad sight. He looked at Cody and he had the same, sad, worried, and holy-crap-what-are-we-going-to-do face on. Davis stood up and everyone looked up at him. No one had moved for about ten minutes so the sudden movement surprised them all. Tai looked at Davis and when tears spilled out of Davis's eyes, he looked a bit shocked. "Tai. You need to talk to her." He said quietly.

Tai stood up to say something but Davis held up a hand to him and shook his head. "Look, by you leaving her and not talking to her, you're hurting her too. Even if you don't know how she feels about you, you know that she loves you as a friend and it must have hurt when you stopped talking to her. How did she react when you told her you weren't going to talk to her anymore?" he asked and Tai looked down at the ground.

"She freaked out." He said quietly and Davis looked at him with an I-thought-so face. "See? She was hurt. You're hurting her more than if you stuck around. Besides, you should look out for yourself. You're too brave for your own good. I know you see for yourself what this is doing to you. Talk to her before it's too late." He said, looking at the floor.

Agumon stood up and looked at Tai. "I agree. You need to talk to her. Think about yourself for once." He said quietly.

Cody and Upamon looked around at everyone else who was standing and slowly stood too. Then Cody looked at Tai. "I think she'd be glad to hear from you." Tai looked at them all and smiled. "You guys are right, aren't you?" He said. Davis smiled and nodded. Tai sighed. "I really hate it when that happens." He chuckled. "I'll think about it. I just need to get my head straight. Maybe you guys should leave. I have a ton of stuff to do today. It is Christmas." He told them and smiled. "And thanks. You guys are true friends." Davis smiled and picked up DemiVeemon. "Anytime Tai."

Davis and Cody began to leave and Tai came with them to the door. "Oh and by the way, tell Kari I said thanks too. I know she had to have something to do with this." Davis smiled. "What are you talking about? You don't think I could think of something this good?" Tai just rolled his eyes and closed the door of his apartment. They began to walk down the stairs and Davis looked over at Cody. "That went well." He commented.

Cody looked at him for a moment and smiled. "You know, you're a lot more compassionate than I thought. I guess it's just when you choose to be." He said with a chuckle.

Davis laughed. "Yeah. It depends on my mood." He told him and Cody laughed too.

"I hope the others get information like we did." Cody said in a hopeful tone.

"I'm sure they will. I have faith in Kari, TK, Joe, Ken and Yolei." He said with a smile.

"Maybe we should call Joe and tell him we did it." Cody suggested.

Davis nodded. "He wasn't meeting Izzy until around dinner time anyway so he's not even going to be over there." He assured Cody and Cody nodded, taking out his phone. He dialed quickly and then began filling Joe in. He didn't tell him too many details, just that they did it and not to worry about them getting to information. Joe said he was going to tell the others to meet again at the same park to talk about the information that they got from the others. Cody told Davis all this as Joe said it and Davis nodded. He was ready to help Tai. He hoped Sora felt the same way about Tai because then things could be fixed easily.

Tai sat on his bed with Agumon thinking about what Davis and Cody told him. They were right but how would he get himself to talk to Sora? It had been so long that it would seem like something was up. He decided that he'd go up to her in school and talk to her a little one day. Just a few words and then slowly get close to her again. That could work. He hoped that he wouldn't make her feel uncomfortable. He hoped that them being friends again could at least return his heart, even if it would be all broken…

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YES!!! I DID IT!!! I finished it on the day I promised I would!!! Even though it's 11:58 pm and I'm really tired, I still did it!!! Just like I told you I would. What I said above doesn't matter anymore because I did it! I feel accomplished. Well anyway, PLEASE REVIEW!!! I really love reviews and staying up so late and finishing this for anyone who's reading this was hard so you should review!