This is one of my first Digimon fanfics. I have a lot written, just have to type them out. Of course there are some I haven't finished yet.
Anyway, hope you enjoy this story
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Ch. 1
S.O.S
With both worlds saved once again, the Digidestineds go about their lives. Playing soccer, studying for important tests, band practice and so on. However, six months after they just got back into their personal lives, the Digimon send an SOS to their human partners.
"Hm?" Tai wonders, leaning on the wall near a window in the hallway of his school during break. Taking his Digivice off his belt to look at the screen. "Agumon."
"Hey, Tai!" Matt hollers from the side, standing beside him with Sora.
"Hm?" Tai turns his head to the side to see them. "Matt. Sora. Did your…"
"Digivices go off with an SOS? Yes," Sora finishes his question.
"School's almost out. We'll head over to Izzy's afterwards," Matt says with a small smile before gazing down at Tai's left leg in a brace. "How's your leg, Tai?"
"Still can't run, yet," Tai replies, standing up straight yet doesn't put much pressure on his braced-up leg. "Honestly, if I go to the Digital World while my leg is still healing… I'd just be slowing the ones who do go, down if there's a reason to run."
"That may be true, but you know no one would ever think that way of you, Tai," Sora tells him honestly.
"Yeah. Plus, Garurumon can always give you a lift. Or Randramon could. I'm 100% sure Davis is going," Matt adds.
"Thanks Matt. Thanks Sora," Tai smiles before the bell rings. "Better get to class."
"Yeah. See you later, Tai," Matt says with a wave, walking off.
"Don't be reckless, Tai," Sora adds before heading off downstairs.
"Eh? Heh. Has that girl met me?" Tai chuckles lightly, limping off to class. "She's right though. I shouldn't be reckless until my leg is fully healed."
The moment school's out, the Digidestineds get an e-mail from Izzy.
~ Come to my place. I'm sure everyone got the SOS from the Digimon. Gennai wants to talk to everyone if possible. And Tai, take your time. I'm sure no one wants you to make that soccer injury worse by rushing over.
-Izzy ~
Matt and Sora walk with Tai towards their destination. Gazing up to see Kari, T.K., Cody, and Yolei just getting to the door. The door opens only a few seconds later to let them in.
"Hm? Guess I was right. Right, kids?" Mrs. Izumi asks, letting all the kids enter. "Something's going on in the Digital World again. So soon?"
"Mother, please relax. Something might be going on there. We're not sure yet. Getting an SOS from our Digimon friends, we can't ignore them," Izzy tells her calmly, coming over.
"I know, Izzy. It's a mother's job to worry about her only child. Just promise me all of you will be careful," Mrs. Izumi tells them.
"We promise," the kids nod before heading into Izzy's room.
"Where's Ken at?" Davis asks out of nowhere.
"Since he lives all the way in Tamachi, he'll meet us in the Digital World. He might be waiting for us already," Izzy explains, typing on his computer. Pulling up the Digital Gate as he turns towards everyone. "Everyone ready?"
"Yeah, let's go already! I'm worried about Veemon!" Davis shouts, holding his D-3 to the computer screen. "Digiport open!" He goes into the Digital World as the others join him.
~In the Digital World~
Davis calls for Veemon like a broken record. They search for their Digimon friends through a dense forest they wound up in.
"Huh?" Tai glances to the left as he comes to a stop. "Was that a…"
"Hm? Hey, Tai. You okay?" Matt asks in concern.
"Uh, yeah. Just thought I saw something moving," Tai replies in an uneasy tone. "Better stay on guard."
"Right," Matt agrees with a nod, walking on. Calling for Gabumon as the others call for their friends. Izzy also calling for Gennai.
"Something is definitely wrong," he says in a warning tone. "Gennai's nowhere around. He told me he'd be waiting for us right where we arrived. Plus, our Digimon are nowhere in sight either."
"I don't like this. Agu- Wah!" Tai shouts, tripping over something, he falls into Matt. Grabbing his shoulder before he fell on his face.
"Whoa!" Matt shouts, losing his balance slightly.
"Sorry about that, Matt," Tai huffs softly.
"Don't worry about it, Tai. You okay?" Matt tells him, gazing over at his best friend.
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine," Tai reassured him. "I know I didn't trip over my own feet." Turning around to see a pitch-black tree root or thick vine standing in the path. "That wasn't there when the others walked through."
"We better keep an eye out for more," Matt suggests.
"Now that color's unusual for roots or vines," Izzy says, examining it. "Even for this world. We better get out of this forest."
"I agree," Yolei shivers before hearing her D-terminal beep. Taking it out of her pocket to see an e-mail from Ken. "Now that's a huge relief."
"What is?" Cody asks curiously.
"Ken found our Digimon. They're okay, thank goodness," Yolei replies in a sigh of relief. "They're currently trying to find us like we are them. I'm gonna tell him where we are. Hopefully they can help us out of this creepy forest." She types a reply e-mail to Ken.
"Awesome, Ken!" Davis shouts happily, coming over to her. "I can breathe a bit easier now. Knowing Veemon's okay."
"Yeah. Now, let's find a way out of this forest. It's giving me the creeps," Mimi shivers, hugging her arms. They turn around to go back the way they came. Walking for hours, it seemed before they had to stop for a break.
"Gr, this is taking forever! How are we supposed to get out of here?!" Davis complains plopping down in the dark grass.
"Any ideas, Izzy?" Joe asks, going over to Tai. "That was more walking than you've done in a week. Right, Tai?"
"Yeah. Right around here hurts a bit after that hike," Tai groans lightly, pointing to his shin as Izzy gets on his laptop.
"Hm. Cody, Yolei. I need your help to figure this out," Izzy calls as they go over to him.
"I don't have anything cold with me. Might've melted by now if I did," Joe says softly.
"Don't worry about it, Joe," Tai smiles to him. "I'm sure I just need to rest it a while."
"Right." As they rest right there, Izzy couldn't come up with a solution. Neither could Cody or Yolei for that matter.
"Sorry guys. I can't figure out this area," Izzy tells them in defeat.
"One way or another, we'll figure it out. Don't let it get you down, Izzy," T.K. tells him, sitting next to Tai and Kari.
As Matt walk around with Joe to check on the others, the ground around them shakes violently. Everyone grabs onto the closest person to them. After a while, the sudden shaking subsides.
"Ah. Is everybody okay?" Matt asks, looking around at the others.
"That was scary," Mimi says in a shiver.
"That never happened before, unless a Digimon was nearby causing it," Izzy points out. Everyone else says they were alright. Yet he didn't hear from three which got him worried. Gazing at the tree his best friend was leaning against no longer there. No sigh of Tai, Kari, or T.K.
"Not good. Tai!" Matt calls, going over to the hole now in that spot. "T.K.! Kari! Guys, where are you?!" Getting no response from either of them, he gets more worried.
"Okay. We need a plan before we head down there," Sora says, worry in her voice.
"Right," Matt agrees, turning towards the others. "First, any word from Ken?"
"Let me see," Yolei takes a look at her D-terminal again. "Yeah. He says 'Just ran into Gennai. The forest you guys are in is the reason for the SOS. Gennai equipped something to my D-3. I'll explain about that later. We're coming in now, sit tight if possible. Ken.' Okay, so Ken's searching for us with our Digimon now in this forest."
"That makes the plan easier to make," Matt says. "Joe, Sora, Izzy and I will go down this hole and find the others. The rest of you, wait here for Ken. Yolei, tell him the current situation. Once he gets here with our Digimon friends, a couple of you come down and stay together."
"You got it, Matt," everyone nods in agreement. The four older kids begin the climb down the steep hole.
~At the bottom~
T.K. stirs a bit, pushing himself up from the hard rock. Rubbing his head with a groan, "What was that?" Looking around before gazing down to see that he and Kari were on top of Tai. "Oh no. Kari, Tai! Wake up!" Lightly shaking them to receive a groan.
Kari opens her eyes with a groan, "What happened?" Rubbing her head before recalling. "Tai!" Gazing down to see her brother wincing a little painfully. "Tai?"
"Ah," Tai groans, propping himself up slightly on his elbow. "You two okay?"
"I'm fine," Kari tells him with tears forming in her eyes.
"Yeah. Me too," T.K. nods gazing down at Tai's leg. "Tai. Your brace is wrecked."
"Better the brace than my back," Tai tells him with a smile, finally able to sit up. "Gr." He grabs his right arm suddenly.
"Yeah, but you're still hurt," T.K. tells him in worry.
"I'll be fine. It's not broken. I'm sure the others will find us. We should stay right here," Tai tells them.
"Right," the two young kids nod as they lean Tai against the rock face. Waiting for the others as Tai removes his busted-up brace from his leg. After a short time of waiting, they hear Matt's voice from above. "T.K.! Tai! Kari! You down there?!"
"Heh. Good ol' Matt," Tai sighs in relief to hear his voice.
"We're here, Matt!" T.K. hollers up.
"Is anyone hurt?!" Joe calls.
"Maybe a bruised arm, but that's it!" Tai hollers up before glancing behind his sister and T.K. "What the?" Something is suddenly shot at them as Tai sharply stands up and shields his sister and his best friend's brother. Getting behind them in an instant as he shoves them down, shouting, "T.K.! Kari! Get down!" Whatever was shot at them hits his left arm close to his shoulder. "Ah!"
"Tai!" T.K. and Kari turn around in time to see a vine wrap around Tai's ankle. Yanking him to the ground before dragging him away.
"No! Tai!" Kari shouts, running after him. "Tai!"
"Kari!" Tai shouts back, clutching onto a tree before he got any farther away. "Ah!"
"Tai, hold on!" Kari calls, grabbing onto her brother's arm.
"T.K.!" Matt hollers, making it to the bottom.
"Matt! This weird vine or root thing just dragged Tai that way!" T.K. shouts, tears falling from his eyes.
"Let's hurry!" Sora says rushing off in the direction T.K. said.
"Right," Matt nods as they hurry after Sora. Soon hearing Kari's voice shouting. "I won't let you go, Tai!"
"I'm losing my grip! Gr, Ah!" Tai shouts as the vine pulls on him harder. More wrapping around him. "Ah! Kari!" Their grips slip as Kari falls backwards and her brother vanishing from her sight.
"Kari!" T.K. stops to help her while his brother continues running ahead.
"Tai!" Matt shouts seeing his friend clutch onto a tree branch. "Tai!"
"Ah! Matt!" Tai shouts as another vine wraps around his arm tightly. "Ah! Agumon!" His grip doesn't hold for long. He doesn't get dragged very far either as Matt clutches his friend's wrist while also planting his feet in place.
"I got you, Tai!" Matt grunts out.
"Ah! Matt!" Tai grabs ahold of his wrist as well. Soon; Sora, Izzy, Joe, T.K., and Kari show up. All grabbing onto Tai, "We're not letting go, no matter what!"
"G-Guys!" Tai smiles in a huff. Struggling to hang on as some familiar voices came in the area.
"Pepper Breath!"
"Blue Blaster!"
"Spiral Twister!" All those attacks hit the vines. Some releasing their hold and some not.
"Lightning Paw!"
"Boom Bubble!"
"Super Shocker!" Gomamon bites the last vine off Tai's leg as he colloids into the others with a thud.
"Tai!" Agumon shouts, rushing over to him once he got off the others, clutching his left arm tightly.
"Agumon," Tai smiles, wincing painfully.
"We better go before more show up," Gatomon tells them as Kari takes off one of her long gloves and wraps it around her brother's wounded arm.
"Right. Let's go! Gabumon!" Matt calls, helping Tai stand up.
"On it," Gabumon nods as a light engulfs him. "Gabumon digivolve to… Garurumon."
"Come on guys! Hurry!" Davis shouts next to XVeemon.
"Matt, get on with Tai," Garurumon says bending down to let them on his back.
"Piyomon!" Sora shouts as her Digimon partner digivolves to Birdramon. "Everyone on Birdramon!" Without any hesitation, everyone got on Birdramon while Davis got on XVeemon's shoulder. The other Digimon that could fly, did as well as blasting vines coming at Garurumon.
"What's with these vines?!" Davis asks as XVeemon V-lasers a bunch.
"No clue, Davis! Just keep them off our backs!" Matt hollers, hanging onto his cringing friend.
They make it to the cliff they came down as they jump or fly up it. Back to the others, not wasting time with questions they follow Ken. Riding their friends as fast as they could out of the forest. The vines still coming at Garurumon for some reason.
Those vines? Izzy thought, watching them come close to latching onto Tai's ankle before getting hit with an attack. They're after Tai! But why?
"Almost there, guys!" Ken shouts, gazing at his D-3. "Stingmon, up ahead! We have to make sure everyone makes it out first!"
"Right, Ken!" Stingmon nods coming to a stop as Ken holds his D-3 up as a light, shines from it.
"Go through! Hurry!" Ken shouts to them. Without question, Garurumon jumps through the light first.
Hm? Izzy wonders, noticing the vines retreating once Garurumon, Matt and Tai were on the other side. He makes mental notes as everyone else goes through the light. Ken and Stingmon going last, joining the others outside the weird dark forest.
"That was… freaky," Mimi takes deep breaths.
"Ken. Do you know where Gennai is?" Izzy asks, walking over to him.
"Well, yes and no, honestly. He told me 'once you've found the others and get them out of the forest. Head to the hill ahead of you. A transport bubble will bring all of you to my location' then he vanished," Ken explains.
"A transport bubble?" Izzy wonders.
"We better hurry! Tai's burning up!" Matt shouts lightly with a hand on his friend's forehead. Tai's breathing became heavy which worries his friends. They follow Ken to the hill. Standing on top as the campion Digimon go back to their rookie stages. Matt supporting Tai with Joe as the bubble shows up.
Engulfing them before they vanish from the hill. Reappearing in a house far from the dark forest. Izzy looks around, "Wait. This is Gennai's place," he verifies.
"Correct Izzy. I'm relieved Ken found all of you," Gennai says, coming into view.
"Gennai, we need a bed or something for Tai to rest in," Joe pipes in before anything else was able to be said.
"Oh. Of course. Right this way," Gennai nods, leading them to a different room with a bed across the room. Matt lays his friend in the bed after removing his jacket and shirt so Joe could inspect the wound on his arm closer.
"I've never seen this before," Joe gasps, seeing the gash on Tai's arm not even bleeding but all black instead. He cleans it up before binding it in gauze. Taking a look at his other arm to see a bad bruise appearing around the same spot. "Yeah. Bruised arm, alright."
"Hm? T.K.?" Matt wonders, seeing his little brother crying. "What is it, T.K.?" He stands up, walking over to T.K. who buries his face in his brother's chest. "Whoa! Easy T.K.," Matt says softly, wrapping his arms around him.
"T-Tai got hurt protecting me and Kari!" T.K. sobs, gripping Matt's shirt.
"Tai's as stubborn as they come, T.K. He'll be alright," Matt tells him softly.
"Though, I'd say Tai's small fractures are now a bit worse," Joe says, lightly moving Tai's left leg. He digs around in his bag. "I can split it for now but he needs to see a more experienced doctor."
"Right. What the heck was with those vines, anyway?" Sora asks, placing a cold rag on Tai's forehead.
"No clue yet, but it seemed like they were after Tai. They didn't go after anyone else," Izzy says with a finger on his chin.
"Small fractures? What happened?" Agumon asks in concern staying by Tai's side.
"It was last weeks soccer game," Matt explains as Gennai comes in the room with some drinks.
~flashback~
The soccer game takes a break for a while. Tai and his teammates taking a towel to their sweaty faces.
"Looking good out there, Tai," Matt smiles, walking over to him with the others.
"Matt… guys," Tai huffs with a smile. He grabs his water bottle for a drink.
"That striker you're up against… something just doesn't seem right," Davis says in an uneasy tone.
"Yeah. No kidding, Davis. So far, it's a tied game. The second half will decide the winner," Tai agrees.
"Be careful out there, Tai," Kari tells her brother.
"I will," Tai smiles, lightly patting her head.
"Kamiya!" calls his coach. Tai goes to him to hear the strategy for the second half. His friends go back to their seats in the stands.
"Ken would've enjoyed this, but he did promise his mom that he'd help her clean their apartment today," Cody says with a smile.
"Yeah. This match is intense," Yolei nods.
For a while, both teams' strikers sit out to rest. With three minutes left in the game, the strikers enter the game. Both teams not giving an inch. With seconds left, Tai gets ready to score the winning goal when the other team's striker slides in. Kicking the ball also tripping Tai in the process.
"Whoa!" Tai shouts. Before he lands on the ground, the striker smacks his foot hard against Tai's left shin. Causing him to let out a yelp as he curls up a bit on the ground.
"Hey! That's a foul!" Davis yells from the stands. Matt rushes on the field to his friend clutching his shin, wincing.
"Tai!" he shouts, kneeling down beside him. Both coaches rush over to them. "Tai, talk to me."
"That was unexpected," Tai groans, pushing himself up. Matt helps him sit up as Tai's coach examines his leg.
"Geez. That red already?" gasps his coach.
"How many times have you promised to stop inflicting injuries on the other team?!" the other team's coach scolds the striker. "I have no choice but to kick you off the team. This can't continue."
"Fine. Whatever," the striker says, unamused as he walks away.
"Can you stand, Kamiya?" Tai's coach asks.
"Yeah," Tai nods, getting to his feet. Taking one step, however, pain shoots through his left leg. Causing him to fall over with a small yelp of pain.
"Tai!" Matt gasps, catching him in time.
"Okay. Stand yes, walk… no. Thanks Matt," Tai groans out.
"We better get you to a doctor," says one of Tai's teammates. Helping Matt support him as they make their way towards the stairs.
"Tai!" Kari shouts, running to him with tears in her eyes.
"Kari. Hey, calm down," Tai tells her softly. "It may not be as bad as it feels."
"Right," Kari nods.
At a clinic, about twenty minutes later, Kari waits in the lobby with her friends. Matt and Joe in the room with Tai and Tai's coach. Joe assisting the doctors since he's still studying to be one. Taking x-rays of Tai's shin while Matt helps him stand.
"Okay. Head back to the room and rest. We'll be in, in a few minutes," the doctor tells them.
"Alright," Matt nods, helping his friend back to the room. Setting him on the bed while he took one of the chairs.
"I can just picture the look on my mom's face once she gets the news about this," Tai sighs. "That guy didn't hold back with that sudden kick."
"No one was expecting that," Matt says, with his arms crossed. Joe comes in the room moments later with the doctor and two others.
"Tai!" they call in worry, going straight to the bed.
"Mom! Dad!" Tai blinks slightly.
"We came as soon as your coach called us," his dad tells him.
"It's a good thing you came when you did, Mr. and Mrs. Kamiya. We have the x-rays ready to view," the doctor tells them as Joe hooks the x-ray pictures to the light strip to view them clearly. Tai's coach comes in the room before the doctor starts explaining.
"From what you've told me before we took the x-rays, you're lucky this injury isn't worse," the doctor tells them.
"There are a few small fractures right where the red is on your shin, Tai," Joe takes over. "Some above and below as well according to the x-rays. Luckily it wasn't a full break. But it'll still take a couple weeks to heal."
"So, no running or putting a lot of pressure on that leg," the doctor tells him. "Just so it won't get worse in doing that." He fills out a prescription sheet. "Take these for a week. Put ice on it when you need to."
"And for now, Tai," Joe hooks Tai's leg up in a cast boot. "You'll need to keep this on until the doctor says you can take it off. At night, you can switch it with a brace."
"Alright. Thanks," Tai nods.
"Thank you, doctor," Tai's parents sigh.
~end flashback~
"That was mean of that guy," Patamon growls.
"No joke," Matt nods as T.K. finally calms down.
"Since that forest appeared, Digimon have been getting sick all over," Gennai informs them. "Your Digimon partners are fine now, thanks to Ken running into me when he did."
"What do you mean 'they're fine now'?" Davis asks.
"After I sent Yolei that first e-mail that I found them… twenty minutes or so later is when I noticed," Ken says softly, trying to hold back his tears. "T.K. I'm sorry for not informing you when I first noticed. Patamon asked me not to tell you about it. He didn't want you to worry."
"Don't worry about it, Ken. All's forgiven," T.K. smiles to him.
"Yeah, don't sweat it, Ken," Davis places a hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah. Instead of me not wanting T.K. to worry, we all made Ken super worried in your place," Patamon informs them, now sitting on T.K.'s head. "I felt sick first and Ken let me ride on his head just like this."
"Then I felt like coughing up fifty hairballs that were stuck. I didn't want to stop walking but I couldn't take another step," Gatomon tells them. "Ken carried me and Wormmon who caught it next."
"I didn't want to leave any of them behind. Eventually, all of them caught it," Ken explains, looking up at the others. "Not paying attention to where I was walking, I bumped into Gennai. Falling on my back after that, I kind of panicked. Thinking Patamon and the others got hurt."
"I'd imagine T.K.'s face with that much worry after a fall like that for Patamon and the others," Gennai takes over. "Thanks to Azulongmon letting me take one of his orbs to create a vaccine for the Digimon, that's how they are strong now and able to enter that forest."
"What was with that light from Ken's D-3?" Cody asks curiously.
"Ah, yes," Gennai clears his throat. "That's the only way to get out of that forest. It doubles as a GPS in there as well. Only thing is, whoever's shinning the light to get out has to go through last or it'll close for the others. Please; Cody, Yolei, T.K., Davis, Kari. Hold up your D-3s." They do so as Gennai holds up his hands to them. Five beams of light enter their D-3s. "Now, you five have that power as well. This forest is a mystery indeed. Let's talk in the other room. Tai needs to rest."
"Right," the others nod.
"I'd like to stay with my brother," Kari says, sitting down next to the bed.
"Of course," Gennai nods. As the others head out of the room, something unexpected happens. The moment Ken turns towards the door, a pain suddenly shoots through the back of his neck. "Ah!" he shouts, dropping to his knees while clutching his neck.
"Ken!" Davis shouts in worry, dropping down next to him.
"Seems like the Dark Spore inside his body is reacting to something," Gennai says with a finger on his chin. "Hurry."
"Right," Davis nods, helping his friend into the other room. The sudden pain slowly decreases to a small ache. "Ken. Dude, you okay?"
"I… think so, Davis," Ken replies, lightly rubbing the back of his neck. "That's never happened before."
"When that spore first entered your body, you were in so much pain, Ken," Wormmon tells him.
"Right," Ken nods.
"Though, I still can't figure out why those vines targeted Tai," Izzy says with his finger on his chin. "I don't get it. Yeah, us original kids made him our leader for a few reasons, but that can't be the reason."
"Maybe we should explore that forest more," Davis says as everyone stares at him. "Leaving Tai home, of course. Split up in teams to check different parts of it."
"That's actually not a bad idea, Davis," Cody says with a small smile.
"First, I'd recommend getting Tai home. Come back tomorrow after you've all rested up," Gennai tells them. "You can use the port in my garden."
"Thank you so much, Gennai. Matt," Izzy says, glancing over at Matt already at the room doorway.
"One step ahead of you, Izzy," Matt says going in. "How is he, Kari?"
"You can ask him yourself. He's awake," Kari smiles happily.
"Tai?" Matt asks, coming over to the bed.
"I'll live," Tai says softly, his eyes half open. "I heard the conversation. Mom's going to flip."
"Yeah. She will," Kari nods, her smile stays.
"Let's get home," Matt smiles softly, helping his friend up and out to the others waiting in the garden.
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