"Sora's Crest of Love"
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Mimi, Palmon, V-Mon, Koromon and I were all sitting on top of the swan paddle boat while Gomamon swam in the water and Tai and Joe were working the peddles to make it move.
We were getting closer to land so that we could go meet up with Izzy, Matt and TK and find Sora, where ever the heck she went to.
"OK, we're here." Tai said as the boat was at the shore of the forest.
"Whew! I'm tired." Joe said as Tai got out and held his arms out to Mimi.
"Come on Mimi, get off your thrown." He teased while me and the digimon jumped down from the boat.
"Huh! I wouldn't exactly call this a thrown." Mimi said.
"Yeah, well I wouldn' call you a princess." He said.
"Guys over here!" Matt's voice echoed making us all turn and see the blonde leading his group over to us.
"Hey, it's Matt." Joe smiled as the group ran over to us, Patamon and TK going to me and V-Mon.
"It's been so long since I've seen you. My, you've…shrunk." Palmon said to Tsunomon and Motimon as they were with Koromon.
"Don't rub it in!" the three In-Trainings said turning away in a huff while Motimon, the only one with hands, put them on his none hips.
"Dai!" TK laughed as he ran over and we high hived while Patamon sat on V-Mon's head, both laughing.
"TS!" I cheered making him frown.
"Aw, I told you. It's TK!" he said.
"I know, I just like teasing people." I said.
"So where's Sora?" Tai asked.
"We thought you might know. We haven't seen her. Plus, I thought she was with Daisuke." Matt said.
"That's weird. It's not like her to disappear like that. She also left Dai on her own to find us." Tai said.
"Well, actually I think I saw Sora." Mimi said suddenly making us look at her in surprise.
"So where did you see her?" Tai asked.
"At the Gekomon's castle, but I might have been dreaming." She said.
"I think you're right. It must have been a dream." Joe said.
"Actually, I forgot that when I was just about to eat one of those Mushrooms of Forgetfulness when I was Agumon, I heard a voice that sounded a lot like Sora's." Koromon said.
"That's real weird." Tai said.
"But then…if Sora is actually close to where we are, why doesn't she come out and tell us?" TK asked as I bit my lip in thought.
"Well, maybe Sora just doesn't want to. Even worse, maybe she just can't." Matt said, then his digivice went off.
"All I know is we gotta find her quick." He said as most of us checked our digivices to see a red dot away from the one that showed where we are.
"It's almost like we're playing tag with her." Tai said.
"Come on, the signal points this way." Izzy said as we all started walking, searching for them.
As we walked, I saw TK was looking at me.
"What's up?" I asked.
"Did you…find your Crest?" he asked pointing at my Tag and Crest that were shown on the front of my shirt instead of tucked under like the others.
"It sure is." I said with a smile.
"It was being protected by a Magnamon." V-Mon stated proudly making Patamon gasp at that.
"Really?" he asked.
The two digimon then got into a talk about the things they had done before we all met up again and heard that they were all having a problem with this digimon named DemiDevimon.
Honestly, the guy has 'Devimon' in his name.
Could it be any more obvious that he's evil?
It was now getting dark, the sun red as it started going down as we all called out for Sora.
"Oh, why don't we find a spot to rest for the night? Or better yet, the next couple of weeks? My feet are killing me, not to mention every other part of my body." Joe whined as Mimi stopped walking and fell to her knees, worn out.
"I can't go another inch." She said.
"Hold it. I'm getting a reading on my digivice." Matt said.
"Really? Well, what is it?" TK asked.
"What's that buzzing?" Patamon asked.
"I wonder if it's Sora." TK said.
"What's that sound?" the child of Courage asked now that it was getting louder.
Then, this big wasp looking digimon flew down from the sky and came after us, but we all ducked down to not get hit by it.
"Flymon's here!" Koromon said.
Flymon started shooting out his red stingers at us and we all jumped or ran out of the way to not get stabbed to death.
"Maybe this digimon analyzer that Gennai gave me can help us out. Here he is. Flymon." Izzy said as he pulled out his lap top and the image of the bug with its stats came up.
"Classified as an insect digimon. A Virus type and I think we already know what its attack is and it's not very pleasant. And here he comes now!" the child of Knowledge cried as the bug came at us for another attack.
We all ran away as Flymon kept shooting his stingers at us, almost getting my brother and Matt.
"Careful Tai!" Koromon cried.
"Look out Matt!" Tsunomon yelled.
"Koromon digivolve too…AGUMON!"
"Tsunomon digivolve too…GABUMON!"
"Agumon." Tai said smiling.
"Gabumon!" Matt said as he stood beside my brother.
The two digimon fired off their attacks, but missed as Flymon flew out of the way.
"It's just not working. They need more help." Motimon said.
Gomamon used his Marching Fishes, but they missed, then Palmon tried to grab him with her Poison Ivy to hold the bug still, missing him as he fired off his stingers at her and Mimi.
Flymon was about to attack again, but there Birdramon flew in overhead and hit him head on with her Meteor Wing.
"It's Birdramon!" Motimon said.
"If Birdramon's here, then so is Sora." Tai said as the red bird flew away from us after she saved us.
"Sora!" Tai yelled as he ran off to find her, Matt, TK, me and our partners close with us.
"Wait up, Tai!" Agumon said.
"We're coming!" Gabumon said.
"I'm going with you!" TK said.
"I'm not staying behind." I said.
"TK, wait up!" Patamon cried.
We followed Sora as she crossed a small lake, then we all split up, TK and I going with our brothers and digimon so that we could corner her if she tried to run away.
Tai and I jumped out in front of her, surprising the orange haired girl.
"Sora, it's you." Tai panted.
She turned to make a run for it, but was stopped by Matt and TK.
"So why were you running away?" the child of Friendship asked.
"Enough running. Tell us what's going on." Tai said as Sora looked away from all of us with a frustrated and sad look.
"Sora?" Matt asked.
Really, what is going on with her?
What happened to change her so much?
"Sora, does this mean that…you don't like us anymore?" TK asked.
"No of course not." Sora shook her head.
"Then what's wrong?" the child of Hope asked.
A few seconds passed before Biyomon flew over and landed next to her partner.
"Sora, why don' you tell them?" the pink bird asked.
"OK. It happened the night that biyomon and I left camp to find Tai. Dai and V-Mon were with us, but then after the night we were attacked by Kaitoumon and Dai found her Crest. We made camp and they went to sleep while we went for a walk to try and clear my head. I saw a strange digimon. He looked like a bowling ball with wings and he was talking to something in a giant bubble." She explained.
"Could you hear what he was syang?" TK asked.
"Yeah, I heard him talking about our Crests." Sora said.
"What about them?" Tai asked.
"He was saying that each of our Crests has its own special meaning. For example, Tai, yours is the Crest of Courage." She said.
"The Crest of Courage?" my brother asked.
"Oh! That's right. And then the Crest started to glow." He said remembered something.
"And the Crest you have, Matt is the Crest of Friendship." Sora said looking over to him.
"Friendship." Matt said thoughtfully as he held his Crest.
"And mine?" TK asked.
"Yours is special, TK. It's the Crest of Hope." Sora said.
"All right. I hope we can get back home." He said to his partner.
"Dai, you Crest is very special. It's the Crest of Miracles and is connected to all of the Crests." Sora said to me as I looked at my Crest in surprise.
"Izzy's crest is the Crest of Knowledge. Joe's is the Crest of Reliability. And Mimi's is the Crest of Sincerity. And finally mine…mine is the crest of Love." She finished off staring down at her own red Crest with a depressed look.
Tai was smiling as he looked at her while I was wondering why she was so sad.
"Wow, the Crest of Love. That's just perfect for you, Sora." My brother said.
She tensed up and then turned to him with a mad look.
"No it's not! You're wrong! Don't even say that, Tai! It's not like me at all!" she yelled confusing all of us.
But…how is it not?
Sora has always had a big heart and cares for every single one of us.
How can the Crest not be perfect for her?
"But Sora, it is like you. You're always thinking of everyone else." My brother said.
See?
"No way! I don't care what happen to everyone else. The truth is, you don't know the first thing about me. So back off!" she said.
After her rant, she seemed to figure out what she had just said and gasped in horror before she looked down ashamed.
"I'm sorry, Tai." She said.
"Sora, what's the matter?" my brother asked.
"It's just that my Crest…it won't glow! It's because I don't have any Love." She said shocking us even more.
We all sat down as we waited for the others to show up.
"You love us, don't you, Sora?" TK asked.
"I don't get it. Why is it that girls always have to get so emotional when it comes to love?" Tai asked making me give him a look.
Why are boys always dumb when it comes to love?
And just about everything else.
"No offense, but you're stupid." V-Mon deadpanned.
I've said I love my partner, right?
"Leave her alone, Tai." Matt said.
"I was just joking around." Tai said.
"The digimon thought I was funny too." Sora said as she told us about what DemiDevimon had said to her, saying that he thought it was funny that we thought we were 'hot stuff, and that she would never get her Crest to glow.
"That's it? I thought it was something serious, like they were gonna stop making those stuffed bean bag animals. Besides, DemiDevimon is a liar." Tai said.
"It's true. It started back when I was on a girls' soccer team. My family owned a flower shop. It was my mom's whole life." She explained.
She went into this story on how her mother didn't let her go to the final match because of her wounded knee and then talked to her about quitting soccer to take over the shop, which Sora wasn't too happy about.
"I walked around for hours. I found myself at the soccer field. The game had just finished." Sora said.
"What happened?" Tai asked.
"We lost the game 6/3. My teammates were so depressed, that they didn't even notice when they walked by me. I felt like I had let them all down. Like it was all my fault. My mom said I had to be part of the family business. No questions. That's how she is. It's like it's the only thing that's important to her. She doesn't understand. That's why I know he wasn't lying when I grew up not knowing what love is." Sora said as she stood up, yelling and about to throw her Crest away, but Tai rushed over and grabbed her hand.
"Sora, stop it!" he said.
"Let go!" she yelled.
"Even if what you said is true, you shouldn't believe a word from that loser DemiDevimon. He's just a creep who's trying to hurt you." Tai said as Sora then burst into tears, shocking all of us.
Man, whoever this DemiDevimon is, I'm gonna hit him so hard his teeth will rattle.
How dare he do this to my friends, the people I care about?
"Wait, wait! Don't cry, Sora. Matt, help me out. I don't know what to do with her when she starts blubbering." My brother begged looking out of place.
"Just let her go, Tai. She'll be OK." Matt said looking away with his arms crossed.
"Boy, Matt's like a real grown up." Agumon said.
"Now, if only he would cut his hair." Gabumon said.
Dude, he is not a grown up.
The only reason he said that was because he's just as freaked as Tai, only he won't admit it.
He has no idea what to do or say to help calm her down.
It would be a miracle if any guy did.
…Would that be a pun coming from me?
"Sora, I forgot to thank you." TK said softly making her stop and look at him in surprise.
"You told us not to eat the mushrooms, didn't you? I wanna thank you for saving us." He said.
"Right, TK. We thought DemiDevimon was up to no good, so we kept out of sight and made sure you guys stayed out of trouble. We were even there when you guys were working in the restaurant, Matt." Biyomon said.
"Huh? I had no idea." The blonde said.
"That's why you told us to separate." I gasped figuring it all out.
I rushed up to stand in front of Sora, looking up into her eyes.
"You didn't want me to be a part of it in case you got caught and I would be in danger, didn't you?" I asked.
"Right, Dai." Biyomon nodded.
"You didn't have to hide from us. We were all worried." Tai said.
"Sora just needed to be alone for a little while. But she really didn't want to be separated from you guys, please understand." Biyomon said.
"Sora, I like you." TK said.
"Huh?" she asked looking at him.
"So please, don't go away again. I don't like being away from you. When you're round, I don't miss my mom as much." He giggled.
"And I always feel like I have another sister to look out for me and care about." I said as TK and I shared a smile.
"TK, Dai. I'm…so, so sorry." Sora sniffled as she rubbed at her eyes to stop the tears.
"Hey!" Joe's voice sounded making us all look over to see the rest of our friends had arrived.
"Hey, what took ya guys so long?" Tai asked.
"Well, we would've been here sooner, but Joe fell in the river." Mimi said.
"Hey, Mimi, you're the one who was hungry and tired and had to sit down every five minutes." Joe said while I got this weird feeling like we were being watched, but I wasn't Kaitoumon.
Great, something bad is gonna happen.
We all started a camp fire and lied down to sleep for the night since we were all too tired from all of the work we had done.
"Sora, watch out!" Biyomon's voice cried waking me up.
I groaned and looked up to see that Biyomon was covering Sora's body with her own as a large needle was in her side and a creepy looking blue head with bat feet and wings with yellow eyes was near us.
"Biyomon!" Sora cried in worry.
"What happened?" V-Mon asked as he woke up, then jumped up and stood in front of me when he saw who I guessed was DemiDevimon.
"No, Biyomon! Please wake up! BIYOMON!" Sora cried as she pulled the needle out.
"Sora, I will protect you." The pink bird said.
"Sora, what's wrong?" Tai asked as he and the others woke up.
"Oh! DemiDevimon!" TK gasped.
DemiDevimon flew back with a grimace as the sky got dark, the only light coming from the fire that was still burning.
When the dark clouds moved away, the full moon was red and a creepy black dragon pulling a black carriage was flying towards us.
"Hey, what is that?" Tai asked as the snarling monster got closer.
Everyone cried out as a coffin that was black with gold decorating it fell out of the carriage as the dragon flew off.
The coffin opened up and a man wrapped up in a cape was floating down to us.
"Digidestinds. Your journey ends here." He laughed darkly.
"That's it! That's the thing DemiDevimon was talking too." Sora said.
"He's not a thing. He's Lord Myotismon." Demidevimon said making me, Sora and V-Mon gasp as we remembered Kaitoumon mentioning him once before and…having a Crest?
"Myotismon?" Tai asked.
"That's Lord Myotismon!" DemiDevimon yelled as the freak in the cape laughed.
"These Digidestinds are making me feel a little…batty." Myotismon said before he pulled his cape out, a swarm of bats coming after us called Grizzly Wing.
Oh great, a vampire with a sense of humour.
"Come on, guys. Let's go!" Agumon said as he led the digimon out to fight and protect us.
He and Gabumon fired off their attacks as Motimon digivolved into Tentomon and used his Super shocker while Patamon used his Boom Bubble, the bats getting burned to a crisp, electrocuted or blown away.
"They're still coming after us!" Mimi gasped.
We cried out as some of the bats got through the wall of fire that the fire breathing digimon made and flapped around our heads.
"Mimi!" Palmon cried out.
"Palmon digivolve too…TOGEMON!"
"Let me try to get my point across." Togemon said as she rushed at the bats and then used her Needle Spray, taking out most of them.
"Way to go!" Gomaon cheered.
"Gomamon digivolve too…IKKAKUMON!"
Ikkakumon used his Harpoon Torpedo to attack Myotismon, smoke blocking our view.
"Wow, way to go!" Joe said.
We all gasped when the vampire flew through the cloud of smoke, not a scratch on him.
"Can't defeat me that easily." He taunted as he used his Crimson Lightning, a whip made from red light and hit Togemon with it, hurting her.
He laughed like a maniac as he hit Ikkakumon with a second whip, then flew down and used both whips to hit all of our digimon.
"Tai, he's just too strong for us." Agumon said.
"Now what?" Tai asked.
"I've gotta do something to help them." Biyomon said weakly making Sora look down at her in shock.
The vampire was stalking closer to us, me watching V-Mon as he struggled to get up on his feet to come help us, but was too weak.
"I'm the only one left to fight Myotismon." The bird said.
"It's no use! You can't do anything in your condition." Sora said.
"Please understand, Sora. I have to go." Biyomon said as she tried to go, but the orange haired girl wrapped her arms around her to hold her back.
"No! Biyomon, you can't! You'll get hurt! I won't let you! My decision is final!" Sora said.
"Sora, why can't you understand?!" Biyomon cried shocking her partner.
"Biyomon digivolve too…BIRDRAMON!"
The red bird took to the sky and used her Meteor Wing to get Myotismon, but he just covered himself with his cape and didn't get hurt.
Why is it so hard to kill a freaking vampire?!
He flipped his cape out of the way, then hit Birdramon with his Crimson Lightning, making her screech in pain.
"BIRDRAMON!" Sora cried.
She started running towards her partner as she fell from the sky in pain.
"Birdramon, no! I LOVE YOU!" Sora cried making her Crest and digivice glow red.
I gasped when I felt this warm, pleasant feeling in my chest where my heart was and my Crest was glowing at bit for some reason.
What is this?
It's so nice and comforting.
"Birdramon digivolve too…GARUDAMON!"
Garudamon was a bird creature that stood up on her legs with arms and had two wings on her back with long blonde hair, she was red with blue and white markings all over her and she was ready for a fight.
"What? Where is that glow coming from?" Myotismon asked as he shielded his eyes.
Garudamon went over to Sora and gently picked her up in her hands, looking down at her with pretty green eyes.
"Sora, I can feel your love. It's making me strong!" Garudamon said.
"My Crest…it glows." Sora said.
"Garudamon is the Ultimate form of Birdramon. She commands the sky and protects the earth. Her attack is a flaming bird called Wing Blade." Tentomon explained.
"Ah! Why is it now the Crest of Love glows as I was about to claim victory?!" Myotismon growled.
'Cause we're awesome like that?
"I'll protect you, Sora." Garudamon said as she flew up and hen used her Wing Blade attack, which was a giant bird made out of flames that went down to Myotismon, who countered with Grizzly Wing, the attacks both equal.
"I did not anticipate such strength." Myotismon said as he blocked the light.
"Come on everyone, climb on." Garudamon said as she came over to us.
We did as she said and she quickly flew off before Myotismon recovered and attacked us.
"Next time you won't escape!" he called after us.
Yeah, yeah.
Clichéd much?
We all exclaimed in glee as we saw the sun rising in the sky as we were flown to a safe place, the light being a very welcome thing after that nightmare.
Garudamon found a place to set us down where we would be and safe then she transformed back into Yokomon, hopping over to her partner.
"All you had to do was stop worrying about it, Sora and you got your Crest to work!" Tai said as we all sat down to rest.
"When Biyomon was in danger of getting hurt, I realized that I was acting just like my mom. Know what I really realized? My mom loved me all along." Sora said with a loving smile.
"It was your love that helped me digivolve, Sora." Yokomon said cheerfully.
"I'm glad." Sora said to her.
"You see? You are capable of love after all." Yokomon said.
"I felt something. I guess it was your love shining through." Tai said.
I'm pretty sure it was more than just her love, bro.
"I felt something too. It made me feel uncomfortable." The child of Reliability said making us look at him weirdly.
"Love shouldn't make you feel like that." TK said.
"That's right, TK. I know why you feel uncomfortable, Joe." Mimi said as she walked over to him with her hands cupped together.
"Why?" He asked her.
"These were in your pocket." Mimi said as she handed over some seeds that she held and Matt played his harmonica making me smile.
I wondered when I was going to hear Mr. Cool play again.
"Oh, I guess it wasn't love." Joe sighed.
We all laughed at him, happy that we were all together.
Matt stopped playing as thunder boomed and black clouds rolled in as that annoying evil laughter echoed around us.
"I know that laugh." Sora said standing.
"OK, evil laughter should be out lawed for villains. It's so annoying!" I growled standing up.
"You wanna tell him that?" V-Mon asked as he stood in front of me protectively.
Everyone huddled together, the older kids standing in front of us younger ones to keep us safe as the digimon went on guard to fight.
"You foolish Digidestinds! The eight of you are no match for my power. Prepare for your ultimate destruction." Myotismon laughed as he hid in the dark sky.
I really, really hate that guy.
TBC