Summary: This is a Yamora/ Taiora.. The digidestined go to the digital world to kick of the beginning of summer vacation. But their vacation soon turns out to be more than they signed up for when Gennai needs their help! (This is only the first chapter so it's not going to have a lot of action.. mostly romance in this part!)

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Digimon

A/N: I used the American names because I watch the American version.. but I do use a few Japanese phrases here and there.. tell me if it bothers you; that I kind of mixed them up.


Pandora's Box


(Part One)


RIIIIINNGG!

"Yeah!" Tai exclaimed, as he ran out of the classroom and to his locker. "No more school!!!"

"Well, at least until next semester Tai!" said a female voice.

Tai knew who it was without turning around or thinking twice. It was his best friend from childhood, whom he had known for how many years. Sora Takenouchi. In his opinion, the most beautiful girl, inside and outside, he ever knew. The love of his life, he thought, if it weren't for?
"Hey guys!" The same person who he felt had interrupted his relationship with Sora interrupted Tai's thought. Matt Ishida.

"Hi Matt", gushed Sora. Tai only nodded his head. Don't get Tai wrong, he didn't hate Matt, but he did resent him for taking HIS Sora away. It may have sounded really selfish of him, but that's how Tai felt. He had known her much longer than Matt did. This was his reasoning.

"Hey you" Matt replied as he slid up against Sora, gliding his arm over and around her shoulders.

At first, this would have killed Tai, but over time, he had managed to numb that awful pain that would have pierced his stomach every time he saw something like that. Tai just looked elsewhere.

"So, are you ready for this weekend Tai?" Matt asked. All of the Japanese Digidestined were going to the Digital World this weekend to kick off their summer vacation. And what better way to kick it off than with their very best friends, their partner digimon?

"Oh definitely! I can't wait to see Agumon!" exclaimed Tai.

"Well, I bet he's feeling the same way too! Okay, well I have to get home now", Sora said, "bye Taichi-kun!"

"Bye" Tai said, as he watched Matt and Sora walk towards the exit of the building.


Later that evening, Matt and Sora were walking back from the movies. Matt looked at Sora sideways. He had always felt a strong connection to Sora, but had thought that it was most likely nothing. He felt that it must have been the love that she sent out to all of her friends, since being the child of love. But when he had inquired about it to his brother TK, he realized that it must have been something else. TK had told him that he did feel Sora's love for him when she was near, but that it wasn't overpowering. But that it made him feel safe, and content.

Matt realized that it wasn't merely her crest's sign, but that it had to be bigger than that. It wasn't until he had been dating Sora for a few weeks, that he realized it must have been HIS love for her that made the connection so strong. Yes, Matt loved Sora. He could remember days when all he wanted to be was alone. And now, as he looked back, he remembered that Sora didn't want him to be that way. Because of Sora, he thought, he was a better person. More loving, and compassionate. Friendship and love go hand in hand, he thought.

Sora could feel Matt looking at her, and she caught his stare. She noticed that he did that a lot. It never bothered her though, because once she looked into his eyes, all she could see was love, swimming through those deep blue pools of his. But no matter how many times she looked into those eyes, she always found herself getting lost in them. She giggled to bring herself out of them. Matt's trance was broken, and he looked at her curiously.

"What?" Matt asked Sora.

"Oh, nothing", said Sora. Matt gave her a look, and she said, "Oh, well, okay. I was just wondering why you always stare at me that way. I always catch you looking at me while we're walking."

"Oh", Matt replied, blushing as his eyes hit the ground. "I was just, well, admiring you?

Sora blushed furiously as these words came out of Matt's mouth. She glanced towards the ground, and then back to Matt. He was still staring at the ground. "Oh?

"Sora, I have to tell you something." Matt said, turning even redder.

"Yes?" she inquired.

"Well, you know that we've been together for a pretty long time, right?"

"Uh huh", Sora nodded. He's so nervous, she thought to herself. I hope it's nothing bad.

"Well, uh, um?well, what I'm trying to say, that is", Matt, mumbled as his eyes looked at everything but Sora.

"Matt?" Sora interrupted, "are you breaking up with me?"

"What?" exclaimed Matt, "no of course not!"

Sora exhaled a sigh of relief. "Oh I'm sorry Yama-kun. It's just that you were so nervous and not even looking at me while talking, I was just preparing for the worst."

Matt laughed and said, "Well, you know Sora, it's not everyday that I try to tell someone that I love her, I mean? Matt reddened as his voice trailed off, realizing what he had just said aloud.

Sora's cheeks climbed to a record breaking red and she looked down towards the ground. She shyly looked up to meet Matt's eyes. "You.. you love me?" she asked.

Matt looked into the fiery depths of her eyes, which had just started to glisten with tears that were forming, and said confidently, "Yes, Sora, I do"

"Oh Matt", said Sora, her facial expression going from happy to somber in a fraction of a second.

Matt waited patiently to hear Sora return those feelings, but they didn't come. He tilted her head upwards and softly said, "Sora?"

"I'm.. I'm sorry Matt", she started, "but I don't think I can return those words just yet".

Matt thought his world was going to crash down around him. He managed to choke out "What?" He couldn't believe this was happening. 'This isn't the way it goes' he thought to himself. 'You tell her you love her, and she tells you that she feels the same way, and we live happily ever after, right?'

Sora realized that what she had just said could have been taken the wrong way. "Oh, no no no Matt. I mean, I know that I have strong feelings for you, it's just.. I'm not really sure if it's love. I mean, love is a very strong feeling, and you have to know that it's not something to be taken lightly. I just want to make sure that's what it is before I say anything. Oh Matt, please understand!" she cried.

Matt looked at Sora's pleading eyes. "I think I understand Sora. But I know what I'm saying when I say 'I love you'."

Sora looked up at Matt. "I think I just need more time, okay?"

Matt kissed her lightly and lovingly. "Sure thing. I'll wait forever for you Sora."

Sora kissed him back gently and thought to herself, 'well, maybe I do love him?

Meanwhile, over on the other side of Odiaba:

"Tai, are you okay?" asked Kari Kamiya.

Tai looked at his younger sister who had seen him return from the bathroom with some pills. He took two of the pills and downed them with water.

"Oh, Kari, I'm fine", Tai assured his little sister. "I just needed something for my stomach. It was just all of a sudden that I was having the worst stomachache. Weird huh?" he said, as he climbed into back into bed. "Must have been something I ate?", although he realized that the pain was somehow very familiar.


That weekend:

"Oh no!" cried Sora, as she ran to Izzy's house, "I'm going to be late!!! I hope they're not mad!" 'Why did tennis have to run so late?' she thought. Sora didn't even have time to run to her house and get a few things.

Sora approached his building, and sprinted as fast as she could to Izzy's apartment. She rang the bell impatiently, and flew through the door when Mrs. Izumi opened the door. Sora shouted out a greeting, but it was hardly audible since she was running so fast. She flung open the door to Izzy's room, where all the Japanese digidestined were waiting. They all turned to Sora.

"Go- hhhh- men---- ne-hhh-sei--- hhhh", Sora tried apologizing, but it was hard to make out since she was breathing so hard from her long run.

"Oh that's fine", said Izzy, "we were just waiting a little while. No big deal Sora".

Matt walked over to Sora and asked her what caused her to be so late. "I was getting worried", he said.

Sora waited a bit to catch her breath. "Well, tennis ran unbelievably late. We weren't doing our best today, so she made us do more drills than usual. Again, I'm sorry."

Tai piped up. "Don't worry about it Sora. But now that you're here, Izzy..?"

"Yup! Ken?" asked Izzy.

Ken stepped up to Izzy's computer and held her digivice to the screen. "Digiport open!"


"Tai!" yelled a familiar voice. Tai ran towards the orange dinosaur that was headed for them.

"Agumon!" he yelled.

"Biyomon!" Sora exclaimed as she hugged her Digimon, "Oh, I've missed you so much!"

As all of the other Digidestined said hello to their Digimon, well, except for the new Digidestined that is, TK and Kari went off to get Mimi from America. They were going to open a digital gate in New York City to let Mimi into the Digiworld.

As everyone started settling down, Sora noticed that everyone else had brought bags as well. It wasn't until Davis yelled, "Yes! Swimming time!" that Sora had realized she hadn't brought her bathing suit, because of the late practice. She scolded herself for not thinking that tennis could have run late and for not packing ahead of time. Matt looked at her.

"Hey, what's wrong?" he asked.

"Oh Matt! I left all of my stuff at home!" cried Sora, "The only things I have here, is my tennis racket, a few tennis balls, and my practice clothes!"

"Ohhh.. so you can't go swimming?" he asked, "Well, that's okay, I'll sit here with you and we can just talk."

"No Matt, you can go.. it's way too hot to just be sitting around!"

"Well.. that means---"

Matt was cut off by a very high pitched "Hey everyone!"

The digidestined all turned towards the direction of the voice, and saw Mimi with Kari and TK. Palmon was with Mimi, as well. Mimi ran towards everyone.

"Ooooooh!" she squealed, as she saw everyone. "Sora! Sora-chan! Oh, you are just the prettiest ever! You better stop it.. before you end up being cuter than me!" Mimi joked. Sora just laughed.

Sora gave her friend a hug. "It's nice to see you again, Mimi-chan!"

She looked at the monstrosity of a bag that Mimi had with her and arched an eyebrow. "Mimi? What is in that bag of yours? A mall?"

Mimi glanced down at her bag. She smiled and said, "Well, I knew that we were going to go swimming and then probably run around and play games later, so I had to bring some clothes with me!"

Tai looked in awe at the size of the bag. "But Mimi, couldn't you just have thrown a bathing suit, a towel, and some jeans into a tiny bag?"

Mimi looked at Tai as if he were crazy. "What? You mean, bring only one swim suit?!"

Sora looked at her friend inquisitively. "Um, Mimi. How many suits did you bring?"

"I think I brought nine", Mimi replied.

Everyone sweat-dropped in exasperation.

"Mimi, why did you bring so many?" Joe asked.

Mimi looked at Joe and said matter-of-factly, "Well, I wasn't sure what color suit everyone else was wearing, and I didn't want there to be too many of us wearing a certain color, so I'm going to wear whatever color which isn't worn by anyone else! Besides, I also had no idea what the scene's coloring was going to be like, so I wanted to make sure that I didn't clash with the grounds and plants!"

Everyone face-faulted.

Sora smiled at her friend. Leave it to Mimi to think so intricately on the matter of swimsuits.

Matt's light bulb went off, and said to Mimi, "Hey, Sora left her swimsuit at home. Do you think she could borrow one, since you have nine?"

Mimi smiled. "Of course she can! That is, after I choose which suit I want to wear", she said, as she winked at Sora.


As the girls and guys separated to get changed into their suits, Mimi asked Sora which one she wanted to wear.

"Mimi", Sora started, "I can't wear one of your swimsuits!"

"Why not? They're brand new! Don't worry, I haven't worn any of them yet!"

Sora shook her head. "No, it's not that. Its just, well, you and I aren't exactly the same size! You're smaller than I am!"

Mimi looked at her friend. "Sora, I don't want to hear about how you're more shapely than I am! You don't have to keep bringing up the fact that I really don't have a shape!"

Sora sighed.

Whereas Mimi had a small figure, with very few curves, Sora was curvaceous, but also very svelte.

Mimi sifted through the swimsuits. She looked at Sora. "Hmmm. Well, you won't be able to wear a one piece of mine, because they'll be kind of small on you?

Sora's head jerked up. "What? But Mimi, all I wear is one pieces!"

"Well, I don't see why. You're older now Sora, and have a wonderful figure. It couldn't hurt to flaunt it a bit!" Mimi replied.

Sora sighed for the umpteenth time that day. "Okay Mimi. But if anyone says anything about it?

Mimi smiled at Sora. "Don't worry. I'll personally beat them up!"


"Waahooo!" yelled out Davis as he jumped off the dock into the water, the water spraying in all directions.

"Hey watch it!" yelled Izzy, "try not to splash onto my laptop!" He tried to block the spray of the water with his body.

"Izzy, why are you typing on your computer when you should be in the water?!" asked Tai.

"I'm just trying to get a few things finished up here", he replied.

Tai then got an idea and whispered into Joe's ear. They walked up behind Izzy, placed his laptop to the side, and then grabbed him.

"Hey!" exclaimed Izzy, "what are you doing?!"

"We're going to be the fun police, and we say that you're not having any fun! So we're going to have to do something about it!" Joe said.

"Wait a minute guys", Izzy started, "what are you going to do?"

"Oh you'll see", Tai told him. "One, two, THREE!" he yelled, as he and Joe threw Izzy into the water.

Everyone started laughing, even Izzy, when he surfaced. "Guys! Thanks, I guess I needed that", as he swam for the shore.

Matt laughed at the scene, but his breath stopped short when he saw Sora come from behind the bushes where the girls had been changing. He couldn't believe his eyes, or his luck that this was HIS girlfriend.

Sora had on a pale blue two piece suit, with a triangle top and boy cut brief bottoms, which seemed to make her glow. The color complemented her fiery hair and eyes perfectly. Where as the suit would have hung a bit loosely on Mimi, it hugged Sora in all the right places.

'I feel so naked!' Sora thought to herself, as her face reddened at the sight of Matt looking at her.

It actually wasn't so much looking than gawking. If he hadn't been so occupied with the sight of Sora in a two-piece, he probably would have noticed that Tai had the same look on his face as well. TK smiled at his older brother. He elbowed him in the ribs and said, "Hey, I don't think you've drooled that much since you were a baby!"

Matt was startled out of his trance, and blushed. Everyone laughed. Everyone except for Tai that is. Kari gave her brother a sympathetic smile. Matt made his way up to Sora, as everyone ran towards the water or started playing volleyball. She saw that he was coming, and cast her eyes downwards. Matt tilted her face upwards, so he could look at her. Sora raised her eyes to Matt's, and said shyly, "Hey."

"Hey back. Are you aware of how great you look?" he asked her. Sora blushed even harder.

"Please Matt. Don't make this any harder than it already is!" she pleaded with a smile.

He smiled back. "I'm just stating the truth. And wondering how I got to be so lucky," he said, as he leaned in for a quick kiss.

"Hey you love birds!" yelled out Yolei, "do you want to play volleyball?"

They both nodded and ran over to the net.


"I can't believe what I'm hearing!" exclaimed Gennai. He just looked at Azulongmon. "I thought we had more time!"

"I'm sorry friend, but unfortunately, we had miscalculated the situation; it appears as though we'll be expecting this much sooner than we had thought" Azulongmon's wise and powerful voice replied. "What do you plan on doing?"

Gennai thought for a moment. "Well, I guess we have no other choice but to call for help?


"I got it! I got it!!!!" cried Davis as he dove for the volleyball. He hit the ball as he hit the sand, and it went flying over the net towards an un-expecting (and un-experienced volleyball player) Mimi.

"Get it Mimi!" shouted Ken.

Mimi saw the volleyball coming towards her and screamed as she ran for cover. The ball hit the sand with a joyous thud, and the opposing team cheered victoriously.

Yolei laughed at her teammate. "Mimi.. the point of volleyball is to hit the ball, and not run away from it.. that's dodge ball that you're thinking of!"

"But, I just got a manicure! I can't hit that ball! What if I break a nail?" she whined.

Mimi's team sweat dropped.

"That's okay, Mimi", said Cody, as he threw the ball over to Tai on the other side of the net. "Alright, next serve!"

"Hehehe", laughed Tai, "this is easier than playing soccer with my grandma!"

As Tai was about ready to serve the ball, a voice called out to them. "Digidestined", the familiar voice said.

Tai whipped his head around to see a glowing holographic figure. "Gennai?" he asked.

All the kids ran over to where the holographic Gennai was standing.

"Hello kids", said Gennai.

"Gennai, what's up?" asked Matt.

"Well, I'm sorry to interrupt your plans for a relaxing weekend, but? Gennai was interrupted by Joe.

"Wait", said Joe, "let me guess. There's another evil Digimon bent on either taking over or destroying both the Digital World and the real world."

Gennai looked seriously at Joe. "Unfortunately, you are correct. But I'm not too sure if it's actually a Digimon."

All the kids and Digimon looked at Gennai inquisitively.

"What do you mean Gennai?" asked Agumon.

"Well, we don't have any files on him. And he's not here yet. We know he is coming because of an ancient prophecy told. 'When a million points of light band together, the darkness will fade. But an alien feeling shall disrupt the world.' We don't know who or what it could be."

Izzy thought for a moment. "Gennai, remember when you told us that there were more worlds out there than just the Digital World and the real world? Well, I was thinking, what if this new enemy is from one of those worlds? The prophecy did mention the word 'alien'."

Gennai looked at this young prodigy and nodded. "Actually, that's what we were thinking Izzy. But unfortunately, that means we don't know what he is capable of doing, and if he can be defeated by our Digimon."

Davis spoke up and said, "We can do it. Our Digimon have the power of our good feelings, and as long as we still have those, we can defeat this guy!"

Tai looked at Davis. 'Wow, for a young kid, he sure can motivate pretty well!'

Izzy whipped out his laptop and started typing away at something. He brought up a map of the Digital World.

"Where is this guy located Gennai?" asked Izzy.

"Well, um, that's the bad news," started Gennai. "The prophecy says nothing about his location.

Tai balled his hands into fists and said confidently, "Don't worry Gennai. We'll get that evil dude!"

"That's what I'm counting on", said Gennai. "I believe in you, and you know well enough that the Digital World and the real world do too. Good luck Digidestined!" he cried out as the figure faded.

"Well, so much for our vacation, huh?" stated Mimi.

Palmon looked up at her friend. "Come on Mimi. The world needs us!"

Mimi smiled at her Digimon partner. "You're right. And I'm going to help save it, because I need the world!"

Matt looked over at Izzy. "Hey, so where do we start looking if he could be anywhere in the Digital World?" he asked.

Izzy stared at the map on his computer. "I don't know."

"So, does that mean we just have to go on a wild goose chase, looking for him?" asked Sora.

"Hmmm. Honestly, I have no idea where he could be," said Izzy, "I think it will have to be a wild goose chase, Sora".

Ken thought for a moment. "Well, I have a suggestion. Why don't we split up into two groups or something? We'll be able to cover more ground that way, and we can always communicate with each other via D-terminals."

"That's a great idea Ken," said Tai.

"But how will we decide who will go with who?" asked Yolei.

Ken looked at the eleven other people. "Well, maybe we should do this by what kind of Digimon each person has. First, we can't split up the DNA digivolving partners. So Davis and I have to be in the same group, Cody and TK have to stay together, and so do Kari and Yolei."

Izzy made up a mental list. "Okay, and Ken, because you know the Digital world very well, and I always have my map on my computer, I'll go with the other group. And oh wait, I think I have it. Group one will consist of me, Cody and TK, Tai, Sora, and Matt. And group two will consist of Ken, Davis, Mimi, Kari, Yolei, and Joe. The reason that group one will have Tai and Matt, is because their Digimon can digivolve to Mega, while Veemon and Wormmon can DNA digivolve together to become Imperialdramon. So both sides are fairly even in strength. Also both sides will have flying type Digimon and water Digimon, so no matter what part of the Digital world we are in, we will still be able to fight."

Tai commended his friend. "Good thinking Izzy! Now, remember, if anyone runs into this guy, we contact the other group immediately! Good luck guys!"

The two groups said their goodbyes and went off in their separate directions.

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Hey, I hope you like it so far! I'll try to finish up the next part as soon as I can, but it will take a while since I'm working most of the week. Man, I just want August to come so I can head back to school and get away from home! Wow, never thought I'd hear myself say that! E-mail me some feedback please! ^_^ Arigatou gosei mas!

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