//------------------------------// // The Search Begins // Story: Shadows of Darkness, Flames of Courage // by SuperPinkBrony12 //------------------------------// The mysterious force that pulled Tai from his own world and planted him in Equestria made sure to leave behind no traces of its work. It made sure that the note Tai had written disappeared for good. Now noone would know where he was, and they would all search helplessly for him. Everything was going according to plan. At first not even Agumon and Kari were worried about the fact that Tai was not asleep on the top bunk. He had always been an early riser after all. Breakfast began as it usually did, without any thoughts whatsoever of where Tai might be. Yuuko had wanted to make breakfast, but her husband Susumu wouldn't let her. He knew all too well how much his wife loved to experiment with new recipes, none of which ever ended well. Susumu was surprisingly enough a very skilled cook, but then that was to expected when one had a wfie like Yuuko. Yuuko meanwhile was relaxing on the couch, watching the morning news with Agumon and Gatomon. She had surprisingly warmed up to them quite a bit since they first revealed themselves to her. In a way they were part of her family. As for Kari, she was taking her daily morning shower. She was looking forward to meeting up with her friend Yolei later on to go shopping. Her boyfriend T.K.'s birthday was coming up and she wanted to get him a present. A very special present that would say "Thank you for being my boyfriend." Just as Kari stepped out of the shower Susumu called out "Breakfast is ready! Hope you like pancakes!" Those words set off a frenzy of sorts within the Kamiya household. Kari quickly got dressed into her clothes, Yuuko shut off the t.v., and Agumon and Gatomon sprang off of the couch as fast as their legs would let them. A moment later everyone was seated at the table, except for Tai. Now worry began to set in, it wasn't like Tai to miss breakfast when his dad was cooking. Heck sometimes he was even willing to try one of his mother's recipes if he thought it sounded good enough. "Tai! Breakfast is ready! Come and get it before it's all gone!" Yuuko called out "It's buttermilk pancakes, your favorite!" There was no reply. "Oh well, you snooze you lose." Agumon said and scarfed down his plate the instant it was placed in front of him. He licked his lips to get some of the delicious maple syrup off of his snot, and into his mouth. Then he let out a loud belch. "Agumon!" Gatomon said angrily. Needless to say she was ashamed of his childish behavior. "Excuse me." Agumon said. Gatomon shot him a death glare that would've made her "Cat's Eye Hypontism" look tame by comparison. "That's a start." Kari said "But try not to be eat so fast next time. You eat all those pancakes like that and you'll get a wicked bad tummy ache. I mean it." Agumon felt so tempted to say "Forget you! I can eat all these pancakes!" but he held his tongue. As he did so he started to grow even more worried. Tai had to be up by now, there was no excuse for him missing out on pancakes. Once breakfast was over Tai still had yet to appear. Everyone in the Kamiya household began to panic, where could Tai have disappeared to? Was he alright? Had he been hurt? Was he in danger? Did something bad happen to him? Had he slipped out and forgotten to mention where he was going? No one knew the answer, and as time passed without any sort of leads their worry only grew. At last the Kamiya's gave up. They had searched every square inch of the house and had not found anything. If Tai had gone somewhere they had no clue where. All they knew was that Tai was missing, and he had to be found at all costs. "Where could my little boy have wandered off to?" Yuuko asked, trying not to cry. It was no use, she was becoming more and more of a wreak with each passing second. "Tai! If you're here now please come out! This isn't funny anymore!" Susumu said. He was trying to comfort his sobbing wife, to no avail. Agumon and Gatomon tried the same, as did Kari, but it was no use. Eventually something inside Kari snapped. "Enough is enough!" she said sternly. Her usual cheerful simle had faded, she now looked quite serious. "I don't know where Tai is but we can't give up hope! We must mount a search party at once!" "But how?" Yuuko asked in between sobs "We have no leads at all. The police will just dismiss it as a lost cause." "I have an idea." Kari explained "Mom and dad, you stay here in case for some reason Tai calls or he shows up at the door. Agumon, Gatomon, you're with me! We're going to find Tai if it's the last thing we do!" "Where you are going Kari?" Susumu asked. "I'm going to meet up with out friends! And with their help we're going to comb the digital world, and perhaps even all of Equestria until we find Tai! And we will not rest til he is safe and sound!" Kari said and with that she, Gatomon, and Agumon bolted out the front door. They ran into Yolei on the way and explained the situation. Yolei wasted no time in rounding all of their friends, human, and digimon. Except for Mimi who was back in America. They all gathered at the Inoue family convenience store in Yolei's room. "Tai is missing?!" they all gasped when Yolei explained. Kari nodded her head. "And we're going to find him, no matter what it takes!" she said with determination. "So are we gonna sit just around talking or are we going to raise some hell?!" Davis shouted. "Yeah!" everyone shouted. "All right listen up!" Kari said "Gather up your supplies and be back here in half an hour! Yolei you need to contact Mimi and notify her of the situation!" "Can do!" Yolei said. "I don't know how long we'll be gone so don't be afraid to pack heavily." Kari said "But try to remember to only bring the essentials. Do I make myself clear?!" "Ma-am! Yes ma-am!" everyone else replied. Half an hour later the digidestined and their partner digimon all gathered back together and with a cry of "Digiport open!" from Izzy they were whisked into the digital world. "Hang on onichan." Kari said "We're coming to save you!"