Author: Alright, here's where the story got tricky, this and the chapter after are probably going to be the low points of this whole thing. Mostly because I really couldn't figure out a way to make it work.
I had originally intended to create an original character for this, but I thought that a very minor character, one that lasted only about a dozen minutes in the whole series, would work just as good. Of course I had to make a few tweaks and adjustments to fit into the story. At the end of this chapter is a note explaining why I did what I did.
And now without further adieu, let the chapter begin!
04
A New Purpose
The lone girl walks along the street. Behind her, a battle rages, a battle for not one but two worlds. Human and digimon. Humans and their digimon partners fight desperately against the enemy, in order to save both worlds. But her purpose was done, she had nothing left to make her stay, now that her best friend was gone, she was going to join him.
A bright light caught her eye. Normally she wouldn't have bothered to notice, but this time it felt different. The girl ran over to where the light was shining and found a boy, older then her, in blue and with a lot of hair. The light she saw was coming from a device on his belt. Curious enough she went to touch it and it glowed brighter. This sudden burst of light knocked her back and the digitized image of a WarGreymon appeared before her.
"To whoever may find this," the image began to speak. "I am the crest of courage and this boy is my host. A terrible evil emerged in the world we came from and in order to protect my host, I sent him here, into a different dimension.
His bravery to protect his friends is what fuels my power. But because of his near sacrifice, I now have more power then can be held. Right now I am able to hold it to prevent his body from being engulfed in it. In time though, his body will lose control and he will die from his own power.
Yet there is a way to control such amounts of energy. That is to split it among two hosts. That is why I hoped that someone can find us. I ask you, will you share his power?"
"Me?" the girl asked the projection.
"I will not be able to find someone else after this, you must decide here and now. Know this, even if it will cost his life, he will fight for what he cares for."
"I can't," the girl answered. "I've already completed my purpose, I have no more reason to be here."
"You… are not among the living."
"Soon I will fade away, I finished what I was sent here to do."
"Do you want to have a new purpose? To continue existing?" the projection started to fuzz.
The thought had already crossed her mind. There was nothing here for her now. The WarGreymon noticed the look in her eyes.
"I see. That's-"
The projection fuzzed out and the light disappeared. The boy moaned and opened his eyes. Quickly taking in his surroundings, he saw two important things. The first was a blonde girl in a black dress standing right next to him, and the second was…
"Look out!" Tai screamed and quickly pushed the girl out of the way. A purple monster landed where they just were. Tai grabbed the girl's hand and dragged her out. "What was that thing?"
"The D-Reaper," the girl replied.
"The D-what?" Tai, confused, continued to run. "Is it something from Myotismon?"
"It exists to destroy both humans and-"
A wall ahead of them crashed down and another purple monster with huge arms came through. Turning back, the one they just got away from had caught up. Tai panicked.
"Surrounded, now what?"
The girl thought about what the projection said to her. His bravery to protect his friends is what fuels my power. In time though, his body will lose control and he will die from his own power. Yet there is a way to control such amounts of energy. That is to split it among two hosts.
"Don't worry I'll figure something out," Tai told her as the two monsters were creeping towards them. "I hope."
Know this, even if it will cost his life, he will fight for what he cares for.
He's not from this world, the girl thought to herself. But will he protect it like it was his own? He doesn't even know me, where he is or what is going on. Yet he still protects me.
Tai looked at both sides, he knew that running would be useless. There had to be something…
"What do you fight for?"
"Huh?" Tai looked at the girl he dragged with him, she was looking at him intently. "That's kinda out of the blue."
"I must know," she insisted
"Now's not the time," Tai began to answer. "But if you must know, I fight for everyone. Every human, every digimon, especially my friends. I will never give up, no matter what. That's why I will find a way out this if it's the last thing I do."
"That's good enough," she grabbed his digivice. "I accept."
The digivice glowed brightly, as did a light in Tai's chest. The bright lights soon engulfed both Tai and the girl, Tai had to shield his eyes. The light disappeared, and when Tai opened his eyes, so was the girl. He looked around, but she was nowhere to be seen.
Look out!
Tai turned around to see one of the purple monsters towering over him with its hand in the air. It swung its hand down, Tai instinctively clenched his fist and tries to punch right back.
An explosion rocks the area and smoke fills up everywhere.
The attacking monster dissolved into the air. As the smoke clears, Tai is seen shocked at what he was able to do. His hand glowed with orange power.
"What… is this?"
Behind you!
Tai turns around as the other monster swings one of its arms. Tai shields himself but nothing happened. Looking back up, the monster's hand was stopped by something. Red energy in the shape of the crest of courage.
"What is going on here?"
Do something!
"What?"
Do something!
"Like what?"
Punch it! Or kick! Just hit it! Use your power!
"My power?"
Tai looks at his hand, the orange energy was still there. He held out his palm at the monster. A giant beam of orange light fired off from his hand and destroyed the creature. Tai's eyes widened.
"Bearer of Courage…" a strange voice spoke in his head, breaking his bewilderment.
"Who's there?" Tai search around. "You're not that same voice from before."
"Bearer of Courage, I am your crest."
"My crest?" Tai looked down on himself, the crest of courage was glowing within his chest.
"Your courage grants me power, now I am giving you mine. You and your partner share this power, so that it can be contained, preventing it from destroying you. Use this power to protect those that you want to protect. This is your power now…"
"Wait!" Tai screamed into air. There was no response. "My… power."
That's right. It's your power, and I am here to keep it from exploding inside you.
"You're, that girl from before right?" Tai asked. "Are you, inside me?"
Tai's body flashed briefly, at the end of the flash, the girl was standing next to him.
"My new purpose… is to be your power."
Tai has awakened a new power within him and has somehow landed in a new world. Can he get back? Will he be able to control this immense power? And who is that strange girl he met? Find out next time.
Author: Now Tai has some super powers. Hey, I had to do something to give the digidestined a fighting chance against NightmareMyotismon. This way, not only can they fight back, but it's more personal for Tai. Especially with what I have planned later in the story. Being in there and doing it yourself has more of a dramatic effect then having a partner do it for you. I've never seen Savers/Data Squad but I have heard of what the main guy does to digimon, I have to thank Masaru/Marcus for that idea.
Now about the crossover, I had always wanted to do a crossover between the Adventurers and the Tamers. I figure this was the best way to do it. Of course there's still the problem of the D-Reaper and him getting home. I really don't know how to show off their first encounter while the whole D-Reaper thing is going down. I'll probably just cheat and say "several weeks later..." or something like that to save me some time and agony. I don't want to rewrite the Tamers episodes while putting in a super powered Tai.
There's also the Ryo problem. I'm well aware of his connection with the Adventurers but for this story, and to save me some stress, I'm going to say that never happened.
As for the fusion thing between Tai and Alice, don't think about it too hard, I based it off of the Tamer's Biomerging.
