Disclaimer- I do not own digimon

Note: Forget the 25 years later stuff at the end of series 2, this may change some of their lives from it. Malomyotismon was defeated a few months early and most people forgot most it but not the digi-destined and some others.

Tai lifestyle change part 13

Kari ran to Sora's. At time she could feel Tai rapping against her back. It took breakfast and a muffin that he nibbled on as She place Tai in the bag. She did not like having crumbs in her bag but it was impossible for her turn down those large brown eyes as he held the muffin in both paw and taking tiny bits from it. She left Mimi to watch the digimons.

Sora's mother greeted the young teen. The two enter the storage/work area. Kari place Tai on the workbench next to plants being nurse back to health. Tai sat silently nibble on his muffin as he watch as Sora's mother show Kari where things were and telling what they are used for. Tai already knew everything that Sora's mother was talking about but Tai like watching Kari being confused. Only a few times in his life Tai seen Kari confused. Sora's mother ended the speech by saying, "Don't worry if you don't remember everything Tai know everything that I just told you so he should be able to tell you what you don't remember. Of course I need to show you about the sale counter. It would not look go if you need to ask Tai how here some thing is while a customer is here."

Tai watch as the two humans left the room. Tai felt something in his heart. It was a weak blend of fear and panic. Tai has been having feeling since he became a digimon but he felt it slowly fading. It is still there but now it is only a nagging tug in his heart. He stuffs as much of the haft of a muffin into his mouth as fast as he could. It took a few bits to finish the muffin because his mouth was smaller. Tai had to get use to the fact that he ate more and his mouth holds less.

When the muffin was gone, Tai push off from the counter. His back paw landed on the ground. Both of his back paws sting. Tai look back to see the counter. If Tai was human then the counter would be a least two stories high. Tai smile that after that high of a jump and only his paw sting. He walks to the door and knock on the door. Kari opens the door.

Tai was about to leave the workroom but Kari moved her leg to block him. Tai look up at Kari, who was pointing at her hand. Tai look at his glove covered paws. As fast as he could, his gloves and tail ring was place in Kari's bag. Tai jump on the sales counter. He hopes he get to keep his new agility when he returns to being human, at least the landing. Tai grew bored of watching Sora's mother show Kari how to work at the sale counter, so he left to explore the flower shop. He never smelled the flower shop like this before.

Kari took a brake from learning when her d-terminal vibrated. "What is it?" Tai asked as he walks over to Kari.

"They're finding new control tower in the jungle," Kari said.

"But you still need some practices," Sora's mother said, "and Sora and Biyomon are still getting ready for the vacation."

"Then Tai can go," Kari said.

Tai grab his tail ring, gloves, and collar with his digivice secured to it. He enters the Digi-World and landed on his head. Tai rubbed his head as he moved into a sitting position. The brush flooded the land around him. Hundreds of trees rose countless times higher than Tai. The overlapping leaves almost blocking out the sunlight but for a few luckily patches. Tai decided to regain his composer before he start to look for the others.

Tai stop rubbing his head when he heard a twig brake behind him. In a flash Tai push himself to his feet as well as facing the origin of the sound. At first it was leaves rustling in the static air, then it was branches stirring the pooled air. He could see from the moment of the leaves covered branches that something was moving toward him. He bent his leg ready to pounce. He pulled his right paw back. Small electric jolts ran down his paw. He held a snarl on his face. He narrowed his eyes. His ears folded bask to make them harder to hit. "Hi Tai," A figure said as it jumps from the brush. In a panic, Tai used his Element Claw. Luckily for the figure Tai did not aim so the figure got away with just a burning hair.

From the glow from the burning hair Tai could tell it was Davis. "Sorry Davis," Tai said as he rubs the back of his head just below his ears. Veemon jumped on Davis and started to beat Davis' head hoping to put the fire out. Gatomon walk from the bushes calmly. After a year of working with Davis and Veemon, she gotten use to one of them getting punished for a foolish act. Sneaking up to a lone digimon was foolish if not deadly.

"Where's Kari?" Gatomon asked not caring about the struggle of Davis and Veemon to save Davis' hair.

"Sora's mother would not let her come," Tai said, "Where the others?"

"They're watching Controlmon's new base," Gatomon said. After the fire on Davis' head stop, Veemon took the lead with Davis behind him. Davis was quietly mourning his hair as two felines follow him. They came to the crest of a hill. The other digi-destined on the dirt looking over an open field. Tai crawl over to see what the others were looking at.

Three concentric ring trenches were dug with a control tower in the center with. One trench connecting them. In the trenches were champions and ultimates all under the power of the control towers. Around the outer ring was a wooden wall. Hanging from the wall with nets with in-training digimons tangle in them, like a living armor. On the other side of the trench was a pen filled with rookies.

Virus digimons came to the encampment with digimons limp. The champions had collars placed on them and then kick into the trench. The rookies were thrown into the pit. From time to time a few was drag out to run a course that only a few survive. If they refused then they are beaten and throw back into the pen to wait for the next time. The course had a sick stew of torment and testing. To prevent flying hundreds of flying digimons circles the encampment.

"What do we do?" Yoli asked

"What do you think," Davis said, "We take out the control tower."

"How do we do that?" Yoli asked.

"Davis, Yoli is right," Izzy said, "There too many flying digimons to attack from the air. We can't attack from the ground, we may hurt the digimons hanging on the wall."

"Just because we can't hit the base don't mean we can't hurt it," Tai said. Every one turn to look at Tai not under standing Tai's comment. Tai look at the group and gave a sheepish smile. "It's obvious Controlmon is having a draft and to do that we would need digimons. What would happen if the digimons stop coming in?"

"Then they would need to do something about it," Matt said, "We spread out there forces so we can destroy the tower." Matt started to walk away from the encampment. "We'll spread into smaller groups. The older digi-destineds will be farther from the base and the newer will be closer. If you think you can take the tower go for it. Mimi, Miko, and me will be a group. Joe you'll work with Izzy. Davis, you and Ken. Yoli do you mind working with Cody?"

"I guest that's fine," Yoli answered.

"Good," Matt responded, "TK, you'll brig Tai, Gatomon and Agumon with you." Matt paused and glance at everyone o make it clear what he was about to say is importance to the entire team. "If you think you can take you a patrol then go for it." The heroes nodded and left to the group.

TK and the four digimons were resting. They stop five digimon hunting groups and save at least thirty digimons. The digimons ate berries that Patamon pick. TK watches as Tai throw berries into his mouth. He earned the right to rest because he fought like other digimons. Something bother TK about how Tai responded to the discussion. Tai did not tell them what to do but instead he gives them little hits "Tai why didn't you just told us the plan?" TK asked giving words to his thought, "You love being the leader but now you seam to have given it up like you never wanted it."

Tai walk over and sat next to TK. "TK I love being the leader," Tai said. His ears fell as he looks down at the ground. "But I can't lead with a tail."

"You just did," TK said a little confused.

Gatomon walk up and sat next to TK. She smiled as she said, "What he means is that he can't lead as a digimon. You can't see a battle while fighting. You can only see those you are fighting. While we're fighting, we need someone to think up a plan."

"When Matt's can take care of thinking o his own I'm going to try to become the leader again," Tai said. He pushed himself to his feet and said, "I'm ready to go. Thanks for the brake, TK."

"Everyone quiet," Gatomon said. She raised her ears as high as they could go. A swarm of sound enters her large ears. Gatomon search through the tingle knot of sound until she found what she wanted. "Crying this way." Gatomon push through the brush. The others follow Gatomon.

The group walks silently through the brush. They did not want some random virus digimons to find them but also Gatomon needed to hear the cries. As they push through the robust shrubs, Tai started to hear the cries as well. The cries were muffled like someone hiding in the shadows. They push a few leaves away to see a large tree. They heard the crying from a pile of leaves. They push the leaves away to see a hole. Gatomon jump down the hole.

Gatomon landed on finish boards in a large area. A network of mirrors evenly as well as excellently lighted the entire area. The walls were covered by logs giving the appearance of a log cabin than a hole in the ground. There were a few closed doors. A gabumon stood in the corner with a crying tsunomon in it arms. Several tsunomons hid behind the gabumon. The gabumon was looking as dangerous as possible. "I'm not letting you take another one," the gabumon said in a feminine voice.

"TK, I need you," Gatomon said. She carefully moved to the side so she would not provoke the gabumon. TK jump into the hole. A grin grew across gabumon's face as the weeping stop. "See we're the digi-destineds and we're here to stop the digimons," Gatomon said.

"This is my village hiding spot," the gabumon said, "We built it after the dark masters were defected. We could have hid where for a while but," gabumon paused to rub the tsunomon in her arms, "This little guy was just created a little while ago ad this was the first time that he left Primary Village."

Patamon and Tai jump into the hiding place. "If this is your village hiding spot where are the other?"

"Capture," gabumon said, "They came from every where. Their flying digimons dive-bomb us as we ran. Many more was grab when we ran into forest. I fell into a river and got away. When I got here, I found this group of tsunomon here. They were showing the new one the hiding place."

"Now that a digi-destined are here can we play sling?" tsunomon asked.

"One time," the gabumon said. Each tsunomon grab the horn of another tsunomon. The gabumon grab the last tsunomon in the chain and started to spin slowly. A little later, a tsunomon release the horn of the tsunomon at the other ended of the chain. The freed trunomon flew into the wall. One by one each trunomon release and slammed into the wall.

"Too bad we're inside or we could go farther," one of the tsunomon said.

Yoli and Cody was not as lucky. Yoli open her eyes. Once again they were gassed. Yoli look around. Cody and her were tied to wooden poles over the pit with glowing red eyes under them. Two virus digimons was standing near by. "Good the last one is awake," one of the digimons.

"The betting done," The other virus said, "Start making their digimons run the course until they get deleted. Remind them if they try anything their humans are food for our digimon." Hawkmon and Armadillomon were push down a slid and landed on a metal platform with holes in it. Blades thrust through the holes. As they ran over the platform the number of blades increased. After the blades, Armadillomon and Hawkmon climb into a net. As Hawkmon and Armadillomon hanging on the net, it lowered bringing them closer to the hungry digimons in the trench.

The only good that happen to the capture digi-destineds were Davis and Ken watching the entire thing. Davis contacted the others. Ken could not believe the vileness of Controlmon. When he was the Digimon Emperor, he did not even did this. Hawkmon and Armadillomon were force to the start of the course.

"TK what the matter?" Patamon asked while sitting on TK shoulder. He never had a need to read.

"Yoli and Cody is in trouble," TK said, "Get Tai and the others." While Patamon was getting the others, TK rested his back on the wall. He took the last few seconds to sit in calmness. The digimons came to the golden hair digi-destined.

They once again were traveling. "Remember me," came from one of the trees.

"Can't say I have," Agumon said rubbing his head as if in deep thought, "it's kind-of hard to forget a talking tree."

"This may help you remained you." Emerging from the tree was a ghost digimon with sickle.

"Phantomon," Patamon said.

"That is correct," Phantomon said, "But I'm not alone." Bakemons started to come from the trees. "This was the only route you could past through to get to our pleasant base. Now are you ready to suffer?"

Agumon walk next to Tai and said, "Tai, I want you to stay near TK. Tai was about to say something but Agumon interrupted, "You're still new at fighting. You never fought more than one digimon at a time. I want you to protect to protect TK." Tai nodded and walk away. Tai did not just stand and watch. He is tired of watching the fight. He is tired of watching Agumon suffer from each blast. Now he is able to help in the fight but Agumon is forcing him to stand back and watch the fight. He walks away with his head hug low as he heard Agumon cheer as he digivolve. Tai stood next to TK and watch three digimons fight the ghost digimons.

Phantomon watch as the Bakemons falls to Greymon, Gatomon and Angemon. Angemon took three out with a single swing. "You're strong," Phantomon said, "but are you fast enough to save the human. Shadow Scythe!" He swung his scythe sending a wave of dark blade energy toward TK.

The black bland slice through a tree as it moved toward TK. Tai ran between TK and the bland hoping he could block it. He did not care what happen to him as long as TK survive. TK's D-3 started to beep as Tai's tail ring glowed a golden color. Tai felt energy enter his body and force it apart. "Taigermon digivolve to Immightmon!"

The dark blade hit golden scales that overlay itself like plate armor. TK look at the digimon Tai became. There an elegant dragon stand before TK. Golden scales covered his body. Tai was giving Phantomon a death staring, as his lips remain unbent failing to hide his blade like teeth. A panel reaches from the back of his head like a crown tip with six horns. His neck was about five feet long. Not a single spike was on his spine from the start of his neck to the tip of his tail. At the end of his tail was shape like a double side battle-axe. His wings were held tightly to his body. His four feet claw hybrid was fixed on the ground.

Tai look at the phantom digimon. An aura came from his crown. He dug his nails in the ground. His wings unfolded taking in the sunlight. The energy moves along his scales to his crown. "Immortal Light," Tai yelled as he pointed his noise toward the sky. He lowed his head covering the area with a golden light. When the light faded all the ghost digimons were knockout on the ground.

Gatomon ran over to Tai, who was now back in his taigermon form. Tai look up at Gatomon with wearied eyes. As Gatomon helped Tai to his feet he asked, "Why can't I stay digivolve for long?"

"It takes a while to get your energy reserve high enough," Gatomon said, "Agumon took months to get enough energy. You've not been a digimon for more than a week. Beside look at all the Bakemons you took out with one shot."

TK came running to Tai. "Are you okay?" TK asked.

"I'm just tired and hungry," Tai said.

"What do we do with all the digimons?" Angemon asked.

"Look like they want to play sling," Gatomon said.

"While we're at it, we should return them to home," Greymon said, "Tai how about an upgrade?" Tai nodded and soon Greymon digivolve to Metal Greymon. Metal Greymon and Angemon grab a ghost digimon and flew into the sky.

Hawkmon and Armadillomon were at the hanging net for the fifth time. Armadillomon is a heavy digimons ad his claws were not made to clime. Hawkmon was worst. A blade stab through his right wing moment ago. Both were fighting to walk.

Haft way across the net, Hawkmon hug the net with his good wing. His talons were closed tight around the net. Armadillomon was also clinging to the net. Every moment the net was getting closer the pit field with digimon over ran by rage. The hanging digimon could hear their partner cheering them on but the soul can only push a batter body so far. A tyrannomon was eager for the rookies to fall into its wide mouth.

Hawkmon could no log and release the net. The world around him was I slow motion as he fell. He was too weak to apologize to Yoli. All he could do is wait for the end. He did not care of a load bang. Then he heard, "Are you ok up there?" This simple phrase woke Hawkmon up from his private world. He looks down to see that he was resting on the tyrannomon that moment ago wanted to eat him. Still recovering, Hawkmon look around.

The encampment was flooded by chaos. The control tower was tip over with a Bakemon lying near by. Virus digimons were trying to restrain the rage filled champions. A few champions were freeing the over digimons. Every where digimons were using their attacks. It only became worst when digi- destineds' digimons got into the fight. It only started to calm down when the virus digimons, out number and over powered, started to flee.

Soon all he digi-destineds regroup at the rubble of the once encampment. "How did you take out the control tower?" Cody asked. "Agumon cheated," Patamon said.

"What?" Agumon respond, "We couldn't miss on out first try so I throw the Bakemon."

"I learn that TK is my partner," Tai said.

"How do you know?" Davis asked a little disappointment. Many of the over digi-destineds look the same way.

"My tail ring has his crest on it," Tai said as he grabs his tail.

"Then can I see that ring of yours," every turn to see Jennai coming toward the group. Tai walk up to Jennai with his Tail and ring in his paws. Jennai kneed down and started to examine the ring. He started to speak to himself as his eyes scan the ring. "The crest of light, and hope and courage."

"So Tai's my partner too," Davis said.

"No it not courage and friendship just courage," Jennai said.

"But digimons can't be their own partner," Izzy said.

"You're right but you are thinking too small," Jennai said as he rose to his feet, "I'll try to make it as simple as possible."

~~ Cliffhanger