Note: Another one I just now stumbled across. This was written about 1, maybe 2 years ago, so don't be too harsh. This is TAIORA. It basically starts off in the episode, "The Crest of Friendship." But it by no means follows the plot. I just used the battle.

I hope you like it. Please R+R, but please be kind. I was barely into Middle School when I wrote this. NO FLAMERS!

Disclaimer: ………just go away……….

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"Get 'em Wargreymon!" Tai shouted

Wargreymon was getting beaten badly by Piedmon and Sora and T.K. hadn't returned with Matt and the others yet. Tai knew that they couldn't win by themselves, but he kept telling Izzy and Kari to stay out of the fight.

"Your digimon might be our last hope!" he shouted. "They need to save up their energy!"

"Tai I wanna help you!" his sister screamed.

"No Kari, you have to stay there. Izzy, keep Kari safe!"

Izzy was trying his best to do what Tai said, but he wasn't sure if his plan would work. Everything depended on the others all making it there in time to help. Wargreymon and Tai had been fighting Piedmon for almost an hour now and there was no sign of him weakening. However, it was quite obvious that neither Tai nor Wargreymon could last much longer against him.

'If only the others would get here, then maybe…' Izzy's train of thought was broken when he heard Tai yell as he was thrown back hard against the ground by another one of Piedmon's attacks.

"Tai!"

Kari wanted desperately to help her brother, but she also believed in him, so she followed his orders and stayed with Izzy and their digimon.

Tai was trying to help Wargreymon win, but he was being hurt by the attacks too. He struggled to get up as Piedmon released another attack.

"Trump Swords!"

Three vicious looking blades came hurtling at Wargreymon. One sliced the side of his face and another hit his armor. The third one missed him completely, but hit Tai instead.

"Tai, No!" Kari yelled

Kari looked on in horror as the sword sliced Tai's arm. She heard her brother cry out in pain and watched him grab his badly bleeding arm as he dropped to his knees on the ground. He tried to stand up again, but couldn't. That was all Kari could take.

"Leave my brother alone!"

She held up her digivice and Gatomon digivolved into Angewoman.

"Kari, don't!" Tai called out, desperation straining his voice.

"I guess we'd better help too Tentomon." Izzy told his friend.

"Right!"

"Tentomon digivolve to… Megakabuterimon!"

'Great.' Tai thought 'Now Piedmon's going to see them as targets too. Sora…T.K…. Where are you guys?'

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After a bit of an ordeal, Sora, T.K., Matt, Joe, Mimi, and their digimon friends were racing back to the battlefield where Piedmon and the other digidestined were.

"Do you think Tai and the others are alright?" T.K. innocently asked Sora

"I'm sure they are TK, don't worry." She replied. They had been gone for nearly an hour looking for the others and Sora was really worried that they might be too late to help, but she didn't dare show it.

Matt was also concerned for the safety of his friends. As they got closer to the battlefield he started to have a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach, telling him that something was wrong. He only hoped that when they got there, there would still be something to fight for.

"Look! There they are!" Mimi yelled.

The group was close to the battle now. They could all feel the tension in the air, but there was relief too because their friends were still fighting. The relief didn't last long though. They saw two digimon fighting what looked like Piedmon.

'Two?' Sora thought. 'Only Wargreymon was supposed to be fighting…what's going on…'

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The fight was going badly, Wargreymon was too weak to fight and Angemon and Megakabuterimon were getting whipped.

Kari looked over at Taichi and saw him slowly getting up. She wanted to run over and help him, but she needed to help Angewoman too.

'We can't beat this guy! Maybe we should've stuck with Tai's plan. Man, Tai's gonna kill me for not trying to stop Kari from getting into the fight.' Izzy's panicked thoughts kept running through his head.

Tai, still holding his injured arm, stood up and ran over to Wargreymon who was lying on his back, totally exhausted.

"Wargreymon! Are you okay buddy?" Tai asked with alarm.

"Yeah, I'm alright, just a little winded."

His reply was strong and Tai knew he would be all right, but there was no way to win unless the others arrived soon. Tai looked back and saw the battle going on. The digimon weren't winning, but then he saw the other digidestined coming. Matt and Joe riding Garurumon, Mimi and Sora riding Birdramon, and TK being carried by Angemon.

'Alright,' he thought, 'Now we've got a fighting chance.', but soon he realized that it would be a few minutes before they got here and he didn't know if Izzy and Kari could hold out that long.

"Be careful Kari…"

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'I've gotta win for Tai.' Kari thought.

"Alright, that's it!" Piedmon said. He released a burst of energy at the two fighting digimon.

"Angewoman, look out!" Kari yelled.

The energy hit Megakabuterimon, but Angewoman dodged it because of Kari's warning.

"What?! Why you annoying little pest! I'll get you!"

Piedmon threw a ball of light at Angewoman. The ball surrounded Angewoman and trapped her inside it.

That's when the other digidestined arrived.

"Piedmon!" Matt yelled. "Now that all of us are here you won't win!"

Piedmon seemed to ignore this comment and the new arrivals all together; his attention was on Kari.

Tai didn't like this one bit, Piedmon was planning something. He looked at his sister and Piedmon and it clicked in his mind what was going to happen.

"Kari…" Tai's heart raced as he began running to Kari just as Piedmon made his move.

A massive ball of dark energy began to materialize above the clown.

It was then that the others realized that he was aiming at the little girl in front of him who had made him miss his target, Kari.

Piedmon smiled evilly and pointed the energy at the bearer of Light.

"Enjoy your last seconds of life little one. Eternal Dark!'

The energy flew at Kari. No one knew what to do. She was frozen in place, as were the others.

"Kari! Look out!" Tai yelled as he pushed her out of the way.

A blinding light enveloped the entire group. When it faded, and everyone's eyes adjusted, they saw that Kari was kneeling on the ground, blood on either side of her.

The entire group, digimon and all ran up to her, totally ignoring Piedmon, who soon retreated back to his castle to watch the fun.

"Kari!" TK yelled as he ran.

The group approached expecting to find the girl hurt, but as they saw the awful scene, the fear in their eyes turned to sheer terror.

Kari was kneeling on the ground in a pool of blood, but it wasn't her blood.

Tai lay on his side in front of his crying sister, he wasn't moving.

Sora ran up to her childhood friend and gently turned him over onto his back. His shirt was soaked in blood; she pressed two fingers to his neck feeling for a pulse…she felt nothing. She pressed harder, desperate now for any signs of life. There, she could feel his heat beat, but it was so faint…

Joe ran to them, he was the first one other than Sora to break away from the shock. The others slowly realized what was going on too. Matt told the digimon to take Kari and TK away. He didn't want them to see Tai like that…he didn't want to see Tai like that.

A bit of a struggle insured as TK tried to pull Kari away from her brother, but she went when he said that they would be in the way.

Matt and the others were now all gathered around their wounded friend. Sora clutched Tai's limp body in her arms protectively, only letting go when Joe began trying to help.

"God…" Matt said under his breath as he looked at Taichi. He saw Joe very carefully push up Tai's shirt so he could see the wound more clearly. It was bad…

'Very bad…' Matt thought. 'How could he survive after that…' but as he looked down at Tai's pale face, he saw the person that had always kept him and the rest of the team going, had always provided them with a way out when they were out of options and had always kept them safe from danger. He saw the friend that had never given up on him and had never let him give up on himself.

'Tai…I'm not going to give up on you either…' Matt thought

"We need to get him out of the open and someplace safe." Joe finally said

Everyone nodded their heads and Matt immediately came over to help Joe carry Tai.

They saw a cave that was only a few yards away and the whole group moved there.

Joe and Matt carefully laid Tai on the ground. Sora and Agumon came up next to Joe.

"Will he be alright?" Sora asked in a shaky voice.

"I don't know, Sora…I don't know…" Joe began to clean and bandage the wounds on Tai's chest and arm.

Matt helped TK and Izzy start a fire while Mimi and Sora helped Joe with Tai. Agumon stayed by his friend's side while the other digimon tried to console Kari who was standing a few feet away from Taichi and the others.

As hard as the tried, they couldn't get her to move. Her mind was in shock over everything that had happened and as she stood there watching the others try to help her brother all she could do was silently repeat the same words over and over again in her head.

'I'm sorry Tai…It's my fault…I'm so sorry…'

To be continued….

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