Author: Well, I found my notes. But I think I'll stick to the filler for now, since I'm already in the middle of it -_-... Don't worry, I figure out a way to shorten it somehow and then get right back to the main story.


22

Shooting for the Sky

"ANNNNND IT'S SHOOOOOOWTIIIIIME!" Yolei yelled into the mic as the game started between the Dragoons (Rika, Barbara and Ryo's team) and the Wild Wolves (Matt, Sora and TK's team.)

"Hello everyone and welcome to the first ever inter-dimensional soccer tournament!" Izzy spoke as the players began the game.

"Wow!" Yolei looked into the crowd. "We have quite the turnout here don't we Izzy?"

"Indeed," Izzy nodded. "We've got crowds from both worlds gathered here. Everyone from digidestined and their parents to digimon fans. All of them here to watch the game."

"Speaking of the game," Yolei looked serious. "There were some thoughts about letting the digimon play along side their partners, were there not?"

"Yes," Izzy acknowledged. "However, due to the digimon being of various shapes, sizes and abilities, we believe that it would unbalance the teams severely. Also, we have even reserved a couple stands exclusively for the digimon. So if anyone from this world wants to take pictures of real digimon, they're right there!"

"Is something wrong Tai?" Kari asks her older brother as he was scanning the benches intently.

"Oh, nothing," Tai did his best to brush it off, but after what Izzy had told him before the game started.


"News from Gennai," Izzy calmly had plopped himself at a table, putting his laptop on it. "Apparently he found something very interesting that can help us in our battle against NightmareMyotismon."

Tai places himself right next to Izzy, "Something interesting?"

"Here take a look," Izzy opened a window and pointed at it. "See that?"

"All I see is a bunch of ancient letters," Tai mumbled.

"Exactly," Izzy began opening up some other windows. "These are the Legends of the Crests."

"Legends of the Crests?"

"It's from these Legends that Gennai and his friends made our Crests and Digivices."
"And what does that have to do with helping us defeat NightmareMyotismon?" Tai began his questioning. "We already have all nine crests, but for some reason I'm the only one that can use their true power."

"That's not their true power Tai," Izzy corrected him. "There's nothing in the Legends about the Crests giving a human your type of power. But that's not why I'm here. Take a look at this."

Tai follows Izzy's hand to a wall with lots and lots of writing as well has several cracks and weathered ends. "So, what's it say?"

"I'll bring up the direct translation Gennai gave me."

C...ag. – t. ..and a..... .ll

.a... – .h. s.r..g..t ..l..f

F...ip – t.e . .f .o..s

Lo.. – t.e .tro. e..ti..

Sin..r.t. – t.u.. o. O.

.no..... – ..e . for tru..

..ili.y – .ife f.r o..ers

K...... – ..... o.

..pe – .he b..g.t f..ure

L..ht – c.. aw.y d..s

E..n t.e m.. .f .es c. .a.d the f...es o. A.. t.n c. c...in... .h.n t.. p.w..s o. Co...g., F...., ..i..., ..ve, .i.., ..ow...ge, Re...b..i.y, K.n...s., .o.e a.. L..h., ..i.. as ..., ..e g...te.t g...di.n s.a.. ....e, and t.. w...d fr.. .he g..t .v.l.

"What the-"

"Here," Izzy opened another window. "Using Gennai's knowledge, my knowhow and HYPNOS' computers, this is what we can make out of it with what we have."

Courage – to stand against all

Fa... – the s.r..g..t ..l..f

Friendship – the power of .o..s

Love – the strongest emotion

Sincerity – t.u.. of oneself

Knowledge – the quest for truth

Reliability – life for others

Kindness – .. of life

Hope – the b..g.t future

Light – casting away darkness

Even the mightiest of enemies cannot withstand the f...es of all ten crests c...in... When the powers of Courage, F...., Friendship, Love, Sincerity, Knowledge, Reliability, Kindness, Hope and Light, ..i.. as ..., the greatest guardian s.a.. ....e, and restore the world from the greatest evil.

"Still looks like a bunch of mumbo jumbo to me," Tai confessed.

"All we know is," Izzy started. "There's a 10th Crest out there, and we need to find its bearer in order to have a better chance against NightmareMyotismon."

"A 10th Crest..." Tai thought about it for a minute. "After all that trouble with the 8th, I don't think I want to go through it again now. Besides, I need to get ready for the games."

"AHH! The tournament! I almost forgot!" Izzy packed his laptop and rushed away.

"... So long Izzy," Tai stood there dumbfounded, waving his hand.


"Well then, oh!" Yolei notices the field. "It seems as though Sora is heading towards the net!"

"It's not big surprise, seeing as she's one of-"

"GOOOOOAAAAAAL!" Yolei screamed. "That's 1-0 for the Wild Wolves."

"Wow!" Kari awed. "Sora's really tearing it up!"

"Still," Tai mumbled. "Something seems off."

"What do you mean?"

"It's too early to say right now," Tai watches Sora closely.

"Well, Alice?" Tai had found a small secluded area where he can talk to her freely.

"All I found out was that there were bandages on their necks," Alice rubs her own neck. "Sora's and Kari's. They think it has something to do with Nightmare Myotismon."

Tai's eyes widened. "You mean they don't know how they got them?"

"I don't know, I couldn't find out. I think they do though."

"This is bad," Tai begins to think. "Nightmare Myotismon did something to them. But what? We'll need to be careful, for now just keep this between us."

"Not like anyone can hear me or anything."

"Oh, right…"

"Hey look!" Kari broke his memory visit. "The Tamers are actually doing it."

Tai focused his eyes back onto the field again, "Ah, I see."

"What?"

"The Tamers are trying to keep the ball away from Sora, trying to keep the ball away from the best player. Hopefully they won't underestimate the others."

"Oh, Matt just took the ball!"

"And now Matt has just taken the ball away from Rika and is heading straight for the net!" Izzy comments.

"Matt passes the ball… Ryo steals it!" Yolei adds. "Now Ryo is heading for the net! Wait! Sora's catching up fast, Ryo passes the ball to Henry. Henry's going for the shot… it bounces off the net! Sora's rushing to reclaim the ball, Rika steals it and takes a shot! GOAL!"

"Now this game is 1 all," Izzy stated. "Those Tamers are really surprising, being able to score a goal."

"Now I know something is wrong," Tai takes a closer look at Sora.

"Didn't you say that you played with the Tamers a few times?" Kari asks.

"Yeah but it's impossible for anyone to get that good in such a short time. Something's up."

"Other then your hair?" Kari giggled.

"Her style," Tai tries to remember back to the good old days. "It's different then before. She was normally faster yet defensive. She just seems… unbalanced now."

The game goes on as Tai continues to observe Sora, as a fellow soccer that has played by her side for a long time, he knew her style of play very well. At least, he knew what they were, as she had switched to tennis not too long ago.

The commentators continued to describe the game as time passed. The Dragoons were pushed to the defensive as the Wild Wolves started to become more aggressive. Matt and TK seem to be perfectly capable of working together, though surprisingly so are Ryo and Rika. The other players are just as everyone expected, average.

Time continues to wind down as the game goes on. Tai continues to focus his gaze on Sora, it's been a real long time since he's seen her really enjoy herself in the sport, though through his memories she seemed… happier then before.

"And we hit the half time!" Yolei yells as the loud bell rings. "It's been an impressive game so far hasn't it Izzy?"

"Indeed," Izzy replied. "And here come Gabumon, Patamon and Biyomon to their partners in the Wild Wolves while Renamon, Terriermon and Cyberdramon head over to the Dragoons."

"Come on!" Terriermon screamed into Henry's ear. "Is that the best you can do? Go kick their butt or something!"

"Terriermon," Henry chuckled. "That'd be cheating."

"Impressive skill display Rika."

"Thank you, but it's still not enough, we were barely hanging on the last few minutes."

"You should play more aggressively Ryo."

"I prefer smartly."

"That was great playing TK!" Patamon flew around a happy TK.

"I'm just surprised I can keep up with Sora and the Tamers," TK smiles.

"Don't say that," Gabumon broke in. "You all played great."

"Still," Matt looks over to the other team. "They're not too shabby aren't they Sora?"

"I'll say," Sora smiles at him. "It's been way too long since I felt like this!"

"But Sora," Biyomon started. "Didn't you play better before?"

"Give me time Biyomon. Besides, I wouldn't want make this too one-sided." Sora smiles at her partner and then stares at the crowd. She notices Tai glaring at her with a concerned look on his eyes. I should've known I couldn't fool him. But, I don't think he knows yet what's bugging me. I hope he doesn't find out.

The players all take their break as the crowds chat with each other.

"Well, what do you think Tai?" Kari asks her brother.

"Still hard to tell," Tai thinks for a minute. "I was expecting Sora's team to win easily. But with the way Sora's been playing, I dunno. Also, the Tamers seem to be better then I expected, but not quite good enough to stay on the offensive. It's still leaning towards the Wild Wolves."

"Interesting," Kari smiles. "I don't think I've ever seen you and Sora on opposite teams, that's sure to be a good match."

"Don't go looking too far into the future just yet," Tai warned. "Sora's team still has to win and we're against both Davis and Ken, the two of them are pretty good players in their own right."

"Yeah, you're right."

"ALRIGHT EVERYBODY!" Yolei screamed into her mic. "It's time to start the second half! Wild Wolves, Dragoons! Take your positions!"

Both teams take to the field and the game quickly resumes, Tai notices Sora starting to become what she was.

"Now this is interesting," Tai mumbled.

"MATT!" Sora quickly passes the ball to Matt.

"TK!" Matt calls out to his brother.

"On it!" TK runs around Ryo in an attempt to lose him.

Matt does what he can against Henry, as Sora tries to shake of Rika. The Tamers are on the heavy defensive now, Sora's game has really picked up in the past couple minutes, then can sense it.

"Now!" Matt kicks the ball towards TK.

TK manages to get the ball in his control, Ryo rushes in and hits it away to one of his teammates. Sora's team begins to move back to the defense. The player kicks the ball towards Rika. Sora steals it and heads towards the net!

"Is that-?" Tai watches eagerly.

"Now Sora is doing a solo rush to the Dragoon's net!" Izzy exclaimed.

"Can she score a goal on her own?" Yolei asks.

"The Sky Shot…" Tai muttered.

"The what?" Kari looks at Tai, he was smiling happily.

"Sora kicks the ball!" Yolei cries.

Sora's shot flew across the air towards the net, everything seemed to run in slow motion as the ball dashed across the air. The goalie jumps in an attempt to stop it. The ball seems high in the air, it looks like it could either make it in or fly over it. The ball bounces off the top of the net and is heading straight back above Sora!

Sora quickly jumps high into the sky, she quickly twists her body around. The ball is right above her now, and she's in the perfect position, a bicycle kick. Sora kicks the ball hard, the goalie was still recovering from his jump. The ball flies right into the net easily as Sora hits the ground.

The crowd roars at the second goal.

"What an amazing shot!" Yolei cried out. "To think that Sora was capable of doing something like that."

"A shot like that must be very hard to pull off," Izzy added. "It's just a testament of her skill."

Matt helps Sora up from the ground and they both return to the defensive.

That one shot pretty much finished the game. The Tamers panicked and tried to be more aggressive, only to have TK score yet another goal. By this time Sora's team switched to the heavy defensive and kept the opposing team from scoring at all.

"TIME'S UP!" Yolei screamed. "With a score of 3-1 the Wild Wolves WIN!"

Sora's team celebrates their victory. Several of their digimon come down to help with the occasion. Tamers team went over and congratulated them for their victory. Tai watches closely at Sora's smiling face.

"What did you call that kick?" Kari asks her brother.

"The Sky Shot," Tai answers "Her mother came up with the name. Sora means sky. Quite fitting, I think. Specially since it's such a tricky aerial stunt, I can't pull it off."

"Looks like she hasn't lost anything at all," Kari smiles.

"Well, it looks like things will be interesting after all," Tai smirks.


Author: There's a couple of things in this chapter that aren't filler though, I just plopped them on after finding my notes again (actually one of them was always in my head, since it was mentioned briefly in the previous filler chapter). It's something to think about once the story get back on track.