Me: Okay, I was excited for the second to last chapter, but I am so FRIGGEN excited! You're probably thinking "okay, it's the final chapter of a Taiora, it's gonna be all mushy" but you'll be surprised. I mean, I HATE mushy. And yes, I write Taiora's. Weird, I know.

Tai: Stoneflower, I know you're excited but you don't have to go on about the mushiness.

Me: Yeah, you're right. Yes, I found Tai and Sora! I honestly think they were in Seventh Dimension and then I stopped being able to talk to them when the walls were sealed up. I found them just before. Anyway, I oughta get on with the story. I start the second term at school in and hour and a half and once I start I won't have as much time to write as I have had (that's why I updated so fast). So, I'll ask Sora to do the update, and then we'll start!

Sora: Thanks, Stony. Okay, last time we fought Piedmon. And won. Except it was really close. I think Piedmon was just bragging about the whole "the traps don't weaken me" thing because he was pipsqueak. Turns out the Whoozils were good and the Wheezils were just refugees. Rougle was working for Piedmon, he's going to jail for the rest of his life. Tai and I opened the gate, and so now we're off home!

Disclaimer: Miss-Stoneflower does not own Digimon.

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Seventh Dimension - Final Showdown

"I can't take it anymore!" Matt shouted. He was sitting in his apartment having breakfast just before he left to meet the others at the cable car. It had been six days since Sora had left with Tai and he was freaking out because he idiot had listened to all the idiotic things the others had been saying.

'What happened to trusting Sora?' a voice in Matt's head asked. Matt sighed. Whatever the voice was, it was telling the truth. But, he was still angry. And he still had those scenarios in his mind. He clenched his fists, and knew what he was going to do.
"Matt, you should calm down." Gabumon said. "We don't know how the battle went down. Stop thinking awful things."
"Yeah, sorry, pal. But you know that I'm paranoid. Piedmon is seriously evil, and sometimes I think that not even WarGreymon can stand up to him."
"I know."

"Anyway, we should get going. Sora might've turned up in the night, anyway."

He and Gabumon locked up and the apartment and ran down to the park eagerly. But only the same people were there. But now, even Izzy was getting worried. He hadn't heard from anyone.
"So Tai and Sora didn't show up?" Matt asked. Everyone shook their heads.
"I think maybe they've made new friends and are finding it hard to say goodbye." Yolei said. "Or maybe Piedmon won and they're hanging from their wrists in a dungeon somewhere, but I think that's highly unlikely."
"Yolei, why do you say these things without thinking first?" Cody asked. "What if a fight breaks out because Matt's getting angry."
"Why would I fight?" Matt asked. Izzy sighed.
"Well, you see, Matt....."
"You know you never got to explain yourself six days ago." Joe said quickly. "About Tai leaving."

Izzy bit his lip. "I should never had said anything."
"Why not?" T.K asked. Kari looked down.
"I think I know why." she said. "Don't worry Izzy, you don't have to say it."

"But we wanna know." Davis whined.
"Yeah!" DemiVeemon agreed, whining too.

"Shut up." Gatomon said. "Before I turn you into chew toys."

Patamon chuckled from T.K's bag.

"Look, everyone, I think we should just all calm down." Mimi said. "I'm sure they'll return today."
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"Ouch! That hurts!"

"It hurts me more!"
"Oops, sorry." Sora stood up, and pulled Tai to his feet. They both looked around, and recognized the TV Station. "We did it! We're home!"
"Yeah!"

Sora hugged Tai, and she looked him in the eyes. "I'm so glad we had this adventure together, Tai Kamiya."
"Me too, Sora Takenouchi."
"It was a great way to rekindle our friendship."
"Stop being corny."
"Corny? Think of it as cute."

"Why would it be cute?"

"Well, you see..."

They stared at each other for a long time, then they both leaned in. When their lips connected, Sora felt like she was melting. She pulled away quickly, and they were both stunned. But Sora was remembering her dream – the one about ice, and fire.
"So-sorry." Tai stammered. Sora nodded, blushing.
"We should get to the cable car." she said. "I know. Let's go to the school, then we can enter the park from that direction. Start over new."
"Good idea."

They wandered to the school, Sora on the tennis courts, Tai on the soccer field. Then Tai came over to the tennis courts, and picked up Sora's bag, like he always did. Sora came over and took her bag from him.
"Hello, Tai." she said.
"Hey, Sor." he said. "How was tennis?"
"It was great. How was soccer?"
"I was the best, as usual."

Sora laughed. It was rare that he used that reply. Of course, they were starting over new.
"Shall we go to meet the others?" she asked.

"I think we should. We don't want them to think we bailed out on them."
"Unless you wanna bail."
"Bad Sora."
"Okay, okay, Tai, let's just go."
They linked arms and walked back to the park, but they unlinked as they got nearer to the cable. They noticed that no one was watching out for them, and then noticed that everyone was looking at the floor. They walked in the first door, and Tai grinned at what he saw.
"Hey, cool! Can I face Davis?"

Everyone looked up in astonishment. Davis and T.K were on the ground arm wrestling.
"Tai!" Kari exclaimed.
"Sora." Matt said, blinking.
"When'd you guys get back?" Yolei asked. Tai and Sora both looked at their digivices.
"Six days ago." Tai said but Sora elbowed him in the stomach.
"About twenty minutes ago." Sora said. Tai leaned against the door, ready for another elbowing. Matt stood up, and went over to Tai. Tai smiled at his friend, but Sora knew what was coming.

"Matt, don't...."
WHAM!!

Kari got to her feet as well when Matt's fist collided with Tai.
"What the hell was that for?" Davis asked. Everyone else stood up as well. Sora was trying to stop Matt.
"Matt, what are you doing? You and Tai are supposed to be friends!"
"And you're supposed to be my girlfriend." Matt said. "But since I trust you, it's all Tai's fault."

"And what did I do?" Tai asked. "If you're fighting me because I saved Sora's butt a million times while we were there, then I'm not gonna fight."
"Tai, don't fight him." Kari called.
"Yeah, it's our fault." Ken said. "We kept saying 'what ifs' and I think he's taken them to heart."
"Still, he should know better." Tai said.
"Stop it, Matt." Sora said. "Nothing happened! Why did you let the others get to you? You're better than that."

*Flashback*

"I bet he's thinking bad things about that bit in your email about saying that I'm taking good care of you, though."

Tai laughed. "What's he gonna do? Beat the hell out of me when we get back?"

*End Flashback*

'Crap.' Sora thought. 'This is my fault. I told Tai to tell the others that. We know now that Tai doesn't have a broken rib, but still....wait....the others don't know. Joe might, but the others don't.'

"Matt! Stop it, right now!" Sora screamed at the blonde. "You know Tai broke a rib!"
Matt took a step back, his eyes wide. Tai looked at Sora with puzzled eyes too. Joe opened his mouth to say something, but Sora winked at him. Tai saw the wink, and understood. Thankfully, Matt didn't. He backed off, and went back inside the cable car. Everyone sighed a breath of relief, including Sora. She went over to Tai.
"Are you alright?" she asked. Tai nodded. He was smiling. "What?"
"That was good thinking."
Joe came over as well. "So, Tai, is your rib broken or bruised."
"Bruised." Tai and Sora replied in unison.
"I had to say something to get Matt to stop." Sora said. "I remembered telling Tai to tell you guys that I was taking good care of him, and I said that he's probably thinking awful things. This was my fault. But we were the only ones who knew the truth, apart from you, Joe."
"Sor, how was it your fault?" Tai asked. "It was no one's fault, except Matt's. And it was jut a misunderstanding."
"How can you say that?" Cody said. The other Digidestined came over as well in mid-conversation. "You have a broken rib. Matt's attack was uncalled for."
Tai, Sora and Joe looked at one another. They were gonna let them think that, until Tai burst out laughing. Sora rolled her eyes.

"We thought it was." she explained. "But it's just bruised. But since you guys didn't know that, it was a good way to get Matt to stop. But since he's alone, I need to talk to him."

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It was another two days before Tai and Sora crossed again. Sora wasn't allowed out of her mothers sight, and Tai was busy being mothered by his real mom and Kari. But, two days later, Sora was sitting outside her building with Biyomon, arranging something on a piece of paper, when she spotted a familiar figure running to the opposite building.
"Tai!" Sora called. The figure stopped, and walked a little way to her. Sora jumped up and ran over to him. "Hi! How're you?"
"I'm good." Tai said. "Just coming back from soccer practice. They laughed when I told them that while on "holiday" I thought I'd broken a rib by falling out of a tree. Then they were really annoyed when it turned out to be bruised."
"They think it's funny when you get hurt, don't they?" Sora asked with a smile. Tai nodded.
"So why haven't you been turning up to meetings?" Tai asked. Sora rolled her eyes.
"Mom didn't want me out of the apartment, or the flower shop. She's been really protective of me since we returned."

"Oh, I see. Matt apologized, too. We're best friends again."
"Aka. Continuous rivals that hang out with each other."
"Yeah. But don't worry Sora, you're still my favourite best friend. Apart from Agumon."

"As I should be, after what happened in Seventh Dimension."
"Oh, speaking of Seventh Dimension, I found out some of the things they were saying that made Matt go a bit loopy."

"Oh, good. Come over here."
Sora pulled Tai over to the bench, and they sat down. Sora began to arrange her flower petals again.
"So, what did they say?"
"Well, Kari said that after they found out what Seventh Dimension is called, Mimi said that it sounded like Seventh Heaven, and then also when we weren't replying because my D-Terminal broke, and I really need that fixed.....anyway, they said possible 'what ifs', which Matt interrupted with evil glares, so they didn't actually say them. They were going to say dead and something else which I found funny, but you'll hit me if I say it. But Matt didn't like the sound of any of those. And then Kari said that he must've kept thinking those things."

"Matt's such an emotional teenager."
Tai stared at her. Sora glanced up at him. "What?"
"I can't believe you just said that." Tai said, shaking his head.
"Well, he is. T.K called earlier and said he was crying buckets when I dumped him. Anyway, do you like this pattern?"
Tai standing up made Sora look up. Tai had a bewildered look on his face.

"What?" Sora asked.
"You...dumped Matt?" Tai asked. Sora nodded. "Why? And please don't say it was because of me, because I will feel so, freaking, bad."

Sora shook her head. "Uh-uh. You see, I didn't tell you, but in Seventh Dimension I had this really weird dream, when we were in the Ice Realm. And, then it hit me yesterday, what it was all about."
Tai sat down again. "Tell me about it."
"Okay." Sora said. She took a deep breath, and told him about it. When she finished, she then proceeded to tell him what she thought it meant. "I think my dream was telling me that, well, if I continued to stay with Matt, I'd fall into a hole I'd never get out of."

She had left out the part about fire saving her.
"That's why I dumped Matt. I had to get out."

"I see." Tai said. "Anyway, what are you doing with flower petals and pieces of paper?"
"It's a secret." Sora said.
"Then I can't tell you what I think, because anything I think is a secret."

"If you tell me what you're thinking right now, I'll tell you what my secret is." Sora said. "And it's a very special secret."
"Okay," Tai said. "But this is a special secret too. I've only told one person before. In fact, if I hadn't gone on that adventure with you, I would've left town for the spring because of this secret."
"Oh, please tell me."

"Alright, alright." Tai smiled. "What I am thinking now is that today must be the luckiest day of my life."
"Why?" Sora asked confusedly.
"Well, I just found out that my soccer team got in to try out to represent Japan in international High School soccer."
"That's awesome!" Sora exclaimed. "Congrats."
"And, also..."
"Something else?"
"Yeah. Remember how I told you to remember the Christmas gig Matt did?"
Sora nodded. "Yeah....I wouldn't forget it."
"Let's just say I still feel that way, and I guess you dumping Matt just meant that maybe, I still....have a chance?"
Sora stared at her friend, who was now going red.
"Tai, I...." Sora didn't know what to say. She hadn't realized much. "So...that's why...in Seventh Dimension...."
"I would've done those things anyway." Tai said. "You're my best friend, and I don't see why I can't help you out. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that you're meant to tell me a secret too."
Sora nodded. "Funny that."
"What?"
"What I was going to tell you is that in the past six days, I think I may have realized that actually, I do love you, Tai. And-"

Sora's little speech was interrupted by her lips connecting rapidly with Tai's. When they parted (and it was only a few seconds), Sora was smiling.
"What I think you were supposed to tell me is what the petals and paper are for." Tai said. "But I think I'll survive with that secret."
"I'll remind you anyway." Sora said. "Tomorrow's my birthday, remember?"
"Oh yeah." Tai said. "Do I have to get you anything?"
"I won't get angry at you with whatever you buy."
"If you do consider our adventure deleted from memory."

Tai and Sora continued to talk presents for Sora while Agumon and Biyomon sat at the other end of the bench, cackling quietly at their partners.
"I knew it'd happen eventually." Biyomon said. "I like Gabumon, but hanging with him isn't much fun."
"And we just kicked the strongest Dark Masters butt by ourselves." Agumon said. "That's gotta count for something under the word 'fun'."
"Agumon!"
Agumon looked at Tai, who was standing.
"Come on, we gotta get home or Kari will freak." he said. "Let's leave Sor and Biyomon to do their party invitations."
"Aww...."
"We'll see you tomorrow." Biyomon said.

"Don't forget the present!" Sora called. Tai laughed.
"I won't."

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Mimi: OMG it's finished!! And I barely said anything.

Me: Sorry Mimi, but it was a Taiora and there weren't many main characters, so there weren't enough lines left for everyone else. You're lucky you even got to be in the story, since you moved.

Mimi: That's okay! I get to be here!

Me: Yes you do.

T.K: Don't forget me.

Kari: Or me. Stoneflower, you're really useless at making everything make sense, too.

T.K: Why did you cut off Sora's party?

Me: Come on T.K use your brain. After the last little conversation with Tai and Sora do you really think a party would be a good idea? Okay maybe I wouldn't know. But I'm not ready for school yet so I have to go. But thank you all who reviewed Seventh Dimension and also a big thank you to EVERYONE who read this.
Mimi: THANKS!!!!!

T.K: Thanks a bunch!

Kari: We all appreciate it here!

Me: So I'll see you next time! Thanks again! Bye!