Okay, the end. I don't really like how this came out. I'm not good at ending things. I like the cliffhangers and the emotional turmoil in the middle. I suck at ending series'.

It's longer than the other chapters simply because I didn't want to drag it out into any more chapters.

PS: I know I probably sound kind of mean right now. I just read something in the Gundam Wing section that managed to piss me off and depressed me at the same time. *stupid, stupid people* Anyone who read that piece of crap knows what I'm talking about.

As promised, there is a Yamachi lemon. Just remember that I'm not good at writing lemons okay? I'm just a teenager, what do I know?

Anyway, please enjoy and R&R.

Disclaimer: I don't own digimon.

The first section doesn't really have anything to do with the rest of the fic. That was just me trying to give a PWP some sort of substance.

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Sunlight streamed through the blinds in the bedroom and landed straight on Yamato's face. The semiconscious blonde boy scrunched up his nose and threw one arm over his eyes, mumbling curses under his breath.

After turning over a few times, he decided that it was useless to try and go back to sleep. With a sigh, he sat up and stretched. Matt looked over at the clock. 10:30. He was surprised he had slept that long. He was usually up no later than seven.

'Heh, Taichi must be rubbing off on me.' He thought. The other never even twitched till noon.

Standing up and opening the door to the guestroom he was staying in, Yamato decided to go check on the brunette.

Matt tiptoed over to Taichi's room and slowly opened the door. He smiled.

Taichi was curled up, upside down at the foot of the bed, his head hanging off the end and covers tangled up around him. His mouth was open slightly and he was snoring lightly.

The blonde boy chuckled and quietly closed the door, knowing it would be useless to rearrange his boyfriend since he would be back the same way within minutes. Taichi always was an odd sleeper.

Walking to the kitchen, Matt decided that he would start making breakfast. It was almost eleven and his love would be up in an hour.

Opening the refrigerator, Matt groaned. They were totally out of food. There was baking soda, but he had tried that once when he was really bored…it didn't taste too good.

Matt then tried the cabinets one by one, still finding nothing.

"I can't believe there isn't any food anywhere in this house." He grumbled.

He opened on last cabinet and his eyes widened in fear as a mountain of pots and pans came crashing down on him.

"Owww…damn it…" he growled, rubbing his head as pan lids clattered around him.

"Yami?"

Yamato looked up to see Taichi walking out of his bedroom, sleepy eyes snapping open when he saw him on the ground.

"Are you okay?!" he asked worriedly as he ran over to help Matt up.

"Yeah. I'm fine." Yamato was a bit embarrassed.

Taichi noticed and giggled a little.

"Don't worry about it Yamato. That happens to me all the time."

"Great." With one last growl to the offending cooking devices, he turned to the brunette, wrapping his arms around his waist. "Good morning angel." He said, leaning down and kissing the smaller boy on the nose. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you."

Taichi wrapped his arms around Yamato's neck. "It's okay. I'm glad you're alright. What were you doing?"

"I was trying to find something to eat in this house, but I think that's impossible…"

'I'll have to go to the store to get some groceries, but I can't leave Tai here by himself. I have to take him with me…I wonder if he's ready…'

Yamato cupped Taichi's cheek in his hand and the brunette leaned into the gentle touch, closing his eyes.

Matt leaned down and kissed Taichi's forehead.

"What was that for?"

"Nothing." Matt hesitated. "Tai, do you feel up to going out?"

"Going out where?" he asked cautiously.

"To go get some groceries. Baby, if you don't it's okay…"

"No. I'm fine. I'll be fine. Just let me go get ready alright?"

"Okay…but are you sure you can handle it?"

Tai looked unsure for a moment.

"…Yeah…you're going too. It's not like I'll be alone or anything, right?"

The question would have sounded rhetorical to anyone else, but Matt caught that slight waver in Tai's voice.

"I won't leave you alone."

Tai nodded.

"I'll go get dressed and be right back. You should probably go change too unless you were planning to go in your boxers."

Tai turned and sauntered off to his room. Matt watched him go, smiling. The door closed and he looked at the pots lying on the ground.

'Damn demonic things.' He thought and went to his room.

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"You okay Tai?"

They were almost to the store and it seemed like everyone had discovered they were out of food at the same time. The place was swamped.

The thicker the crowd got, the more Matt could feel Tai shake.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Tai said softly.

Matt sighed. He knew they should turn around right then, but he was sure if he suggested it Tai would only argue more that he was fine. So he simply wrapped his arm around Tai that much tighter.

He felt Tai take a shaky breath as they entered the store.

"Just stay close to me, alright angel?"

Tai nodded and gripped Matt's hand.

They quickly headed to the back of the store. Matt didn't get a buggy or anything 'cause he only wanted to get a few necessities. He really didn't want to keep Taichi out any longer than he had to.

Finally Matt found what he was looking for.

"What kind of cereal do you want Taichi?"

No answer.

Yamato looked over at Tai. His eyes didn't look focussed. The crowd was starting to get to him.

"Tai?"

"Huh?" Tai noticed Matt's worried expression and quickly gave him as reassuring a smile as he could. "I'm alright. Umm…whatever you like. My mom experiments on us a lot so I'll eat anything."

Matt was about to say something, but suddenly an alarm went off. The fire alarm.

People began screaming and running toward the exit, pushing and shoving as they went. And it didn't help at all when all the lights in the store went out.

"Matt?!"

"It's okay Tai, just get to the doors. It's alright."

Taichi obeyed and tried to move, but the crowd was pushing in around them and it was getting hard for him to breathe.

Yamato knew this was not going to go well. He still had a firm grip on Taichi's hand and he could feel the smaller boy's fingernails digging into his skin. It was deafeningly loud in the confusion, but Matt was almost sure that Tai was crying.

Yamato watched as someone slammed into Taichi, pushing him hard into the wall. The blonde growled, but couldn't do anything about it in their current situation.

They kept moving through the crowd, but suddenly all Taichi could hear was people screaming and his own heartbeat in his ears. Suddenly, everything went black before his eyes. He was still aware of where he was and what was happening, but he was blind to it.

Noticing something was wrong, Matt pushed his way through the crowd so that he was in front of Taichi and turned to him.

Taichi was frozen, his eyes were wide and silent tears were running down his cheeks.

Yamato spoke slowly, but loudly.

"Taichi, can you understand me?!"

The brunette blinked slowly, eyes focussing slightly and nodded.

"Stay as close as you can to me and don't let go of my hand."

Matt turned and began shoving people out of the way with one arm while he kept a hold of Tai with the other.

After what seemed an eternity to Matt and probably even longer to Tai, they were out of the store and on the sidewalk. Yamato pulled Taichi quickly away from the crowd, which was gathering right outside the store to see what had happened.

When they got a few feet away, Matt turned and pulled Tai so he could see his face. He was sobbing and gasping for air.

"It's okay Tai. Calm down. Just take a deep breath okay? You gotta breathe baby." Matt soothed, running one hand through Tai's hair and wrapping the other around his waist.

Tai nodded and closed his eyes, trying to slow down. He took a deep breath.

Matt just held him for a few minutes until he was at least a little better. Then he pulled away slightly and looked at the shaking brunette.

"Let me see your arm. Did you get hurt?"

"I…I don't know…I don't think so…"

Yamato took Taichi's arm and examined it, grimacing. A large bruise was already forming from where he had hit the wall.

Yamato saw that Taichi was still very much upset, but knew he couldn't really help too much until he got him home where he felt safe. He was about to do just that when he saw the police had come and were leading a cuffed man back towards the car, which also happened to be the direction he was in.

"He's the one that pulled the alarm!" someone shouted and pointed.

Matt was suddenly absolutely overcome with anger.

"Taichi, stay right here and don't move."

Yamato stalked up toward the cop and the cuffed man.

The policeman saw the angry teenager approaching and looked behind him to the crying brunette he had been with. He knew what the kid was going to do. Still holding the middle of the cuffs in his hand, the officer looked away, pretending to cough.

While he did that, Yamato walked up and punched the man. Hard. The man stumbled back and the cop looked up and again began leading the man to the car.

Yamato growled at the man, unable to form any words and simply walked away as the crowd that had been watching applauded.

"What the hell's wrong with you man! He hit me!" the criminal yelled at the cop.

"If I didn't see it I can't do anything about it." The policeman said, a slight smile hidden by his mustache.

Yamato got back to Tai and immediately wrapped his arms around the smaller boy, guiding him back toward the apartment as the suspect was led away cussing and kicking.

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Yamato stepped into the apartment with Taichi. After making sure the door was closed and tightly locked, he turned his attention back to the brunette, guiding him toward the couch.

He sat down and Taichi immediately curled up on him, grasping a handful of Yamato's shirt in his trembling hand.

Matt sighed and held his love tightly.

"I'm so sorry Tai…I should have known something like this would happen…" the blonde apologized.

Tai giggled a little. A small, shaken laugh.

Matt pulled back and looked down at Tai questioningly.

"Taichi?"

Tai shook his head against Matt's chest and looked up at him.

Tears were still in his eyes and on his face, but he was smiling softly.

"There was no way you could have known anything like that would happen Yami." Tai assured him. "Don't think it was your fault because it wasn't."

Yamato grinned slightly and placed a hand on Tai's cheek.

"Still…" Matt trailed off. "Are you alright angel?"

Tai nodded, sighing and cuddling more into Yamato.

"I'm just a little shaky, that's all. I'll be alright."

Matt accepted that. A few weeks ago, Tai would have had a complete breakdown right there in the store. Now, though, he seemed almost calm again. His breathing had evened out and the tears were drying on his cheeks.

Yamato couldn't resist that serene gleam in his love's eyes and bent down to capture the brunette's lips in a gentle kiss.

He had meant for it to end there, but he felt Taichi's hands tangle themselves in his hair, pulling him deeper into the kiss. Yamato's eyes widened in surprise at Taichi's actions, but he soon smiled and complied with the other's demands.

After endless heavenly minutes, they both pulled away, panting slightly.

"Tai…"

Matt stood up, bringing Taichi with him and locked them back in a kiss.

Taichi giggled into his boyfriend's mouth as the blonde guided him backward into the bedroom.

Matt didn't even break the kiss as he kicked the door closed with his foot. He had Taichi backed up, legs touching the bed, but stopped.

The brunette had a confused and somewhat hurt look in his eyes as he pulled away.

"What's wrong?"

"Taichi…" Yamato was fighting very hard not to just pin Taichi to the bed and never let him go. "Tai, are you sure you want to go through with this?"

Tai smiled and nodded.

"I'm ready Yamato."

Yamato still looked skeptical

"I want to be with you Yamato. I…I want to know what it's like…with the one I love."

Simple truth.

The blonde then captured Taichi's lips with his own once more.

Never saying a word, Yamato lifted the lighter boy into his arms and gently laid him down on the bed.

Clothes gradually disappeared and more skin was visible. Yamato tenderly helped Taichi remove his clothes when the boy became embarrassed that he couldn't get his shirt completely off using his injured arm.

When they were both undressed Taichi opened his eyes. He saw Yamato's beautiful face above him and marveled at the flawless skin of the other's body. Mindlessly, he tried to wrap his arms around Yamato's neck. A sharp, agonizing pain shot through his left arm and drew his attention. He looked again to Yamato's gorgeous body and then saw his own arms which were still wrapped around Yamato's neck, not even properly. He had to hold his left hand with his right to keep it around Matt. It hurt too much otherwise. He noticed the scars that covered them, knowing that equally terrible marks marred the rest of him as well. Some from Miaki…and some from himself…

Taichi quickly withdrew his arms from Matt's neck and clutched them close to his chest, shivering slightly.

Yamato instantly stopped what he was doing. Looking down at Taichi as he twisted his arms around, obviously trying to hide the worst of the scaring.

"Tai-chan…" Yamato felt tears threatening his eyes. Matt got off of Taichi so that he wasn't straddling him anymore and pulled Tai up against him, his head resting on Yamato's shoulder and under his chin.

"Shhh…It's alright angel. I'm here…" Matt moved so that he could see Taichi's face. He had that far away, disconnected look in his eyes again. Tai still had his arms clenched at his chest, but he was kind of clawing at his hand. Not scratching hard enough to draw blood, but leaving red marks.

Yamato quickly grabbed the brunette's small hands.

"Taichi stop." Yamato choked. "You're hurting yourself."

Taichi looked up at him.

"I…How can you love me Yamato?" Taichi sobbed. "After everything…how can you…?"

Yamato grabbed Taichi's shoulders and looked him in the eyes.

"Taichi, listen to me. I love you because of who you are. I fell in love with your spirit Taichi. Nothing could ever make me stop loving you because nothing can change your spirit. I think you're beautiful Tai. Inside and out."

Taichi shook his head, looking at his arms. Yamato placed his hands over the marks and kissed Tai on the cheek.

"You. Are. Beautiful. Taichi, don't ever think anything different."

"But…"

"Battle scars Taichi…just battle scars…"

Taichi giggled and sniffed. Shaking his head, he looked up at Yamato.

"I love you."

"I love you too Taichi."

Yamato expected Tai to just want to be held for the rest of the night. He wouldn't have minded. Certain parts of his body would have, but he wouldn't. But as he was trying to wrap Taichi back in his arms, the smaller boy suddenly sealed their lips together in an absolutely soul-searing kiss.

"Taichi?!" Yamato gasped when they pulled away. "You still want to?"

Tai nodded.

"I want to be yours Yami. I love you. Please…please make me yours."

"You're sure?"

Tai was about to answer, but Matt placed a finger over his mouth.

"Think for a minute Taichi. Are you absolutely sure? I don't want you to regret anything."

Taichi nodded.

Yamato stared for a minute, but the brunette's eyes were clear of doubt.

"Okay." Yamato pushed Taichi back to the bed a little more eagerly than he had meant to.

"Taichi. If I do anything you don't want me to, if you get scared, if you need to stop. Just tell me to stop and I swear to you I will alright?"

Tai grabbed Yamato's hand between his own and kissed it.

"I trust you."

Yamato smiled and ran a hand down Taichi's arm, not meaning to, but tracing the worst scar with his fingers.

Taichi shuddered a little.

"Don't even worry about it." Yamato leaned down and began ghosting kisses along Taichi's jaw and moving to his neck.

Taichi felt Yamato's mouth move over the spot Miaki had marked him. Nobody had really touched that spot since it had happened and it scared him a little.

Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, Taichi turned his head to the side, exposing the spot more to Yamato. Putting complete trust in him.

Matt stopped when Taichi turned his head and realized where he had been kissing Taichi. He saw Taichi's eyes close and suddenly just knew what he wanted.

He could remember Taichi telling him once a few weeks ago that he felt like all the other marks Miaki had left on him could be erased…except that one. That he didn't know how to get rid of it...now he thought he knew how.

Yamato knew this was a big sacrifice for Taichi. That it was harder than anything else for him to expose that spot.

"I want you to make me yours Yamato, completely."

Matt didn't say anything, but kissed Taichi's cheek silently asking if he was sure.

A nod.

Yamato slowly kissed his way back over to Taichi's neck, making sure that if Taichi decided he didn't want him to do this, then he had time to stop.

When Tai didn't tell him to stop, he placed his mouth directly over the marks Miaki had made and bit down as gently as he could.

Taichi gasped slightly in pain, but wove his hands into Yamato's hair, telling the blonde that he was alright.

Yamato bit down just deep enough that the new marks he had made would scar over the old ones. Erasing the last of Miaki's marks from Taichi's body and, for the present, from his mind.

When Yamato pulled back, there was no blood around the imprints, just a small amount of bruising.

Taichi turned back to Matt and the blonde panicked at seeing tears in his eyes.

Taichi saw this and quickly shook his head.

"I'm alright. It's alright."

"You sure?"

"Um hmm."

Taichi leaned up and kissed Yamato. After a few seconds, he pulled back.

"Take me Yamato."

The blonde nodded and nuzzled Taichi's neck, hoping to distract him.

Taichi squeezed his eyes tightly shut, bracing himself for the horrible pain he knew was coming…

Yamato slowly inserted one finger into Taichi.

Taichi gasped and Yamato stopped.

"Are you okay?"

"Wh-What are you doing?"

Yamato withdrew his finger from Taichi.

"Stretching you out. I don't want to hurt you…did I hurt you?"

"No. no." Taichi assured the other. "I…It's just…he…never did that…"

"Oh, Tai…" Matt whispered.

"Yami…keep going Yamato…please?"

Yamato locked one hand with Taichi's.

"If you're sure…"

"I am."

"…okay."

Matt entered Taichi again, this time with two fingers as Taichi gasped beneath him.

He continued with three fingers and moved them around in Taichi, pulling them in and out a bit until he was sure Taichi was stretched enough.

By this time, Taichi had his head thrown back, shaking and sweating in pleasure.

"Matt…Yamato…please?" he whimpered desperately

"Shhh…Almost angel."

Yamato withdrew his fingers completely from inside Taichi and moved up so that he was hovering over the other boy.

'I've got to be careful.' Yamato thought. 'Gentle, I have to be gentle. This is his first time since…since Miaki raped him…Oh, god. Tai was a virgin. This is like his first time. I'm taking his virginity…he…trusts me…"

"Matt?"

Yamato looked down at his love.

"Is something wrong?"

Yamato smiled.

"No. Everything's perfect."

Matt kissed Taichi on the lips once.

"Stay relaxed Angel."

Taichi took a deep breath and nodded.

Yamato began nibbling on Taichi neck to distract him once more. He positioned himself and slowly pushed in.

Taichi gasped, arms wrapping around Yamato's back, instinctually seeking comfort.

"Taichi, are you alright?! Do you want me to stop?" Yamato's panicked voice asked.

Taichi shook his head, not yet trusting his voice.

It didn't hurt. Well, not nearly as much as he thought that it would…as it had before…it was just the shock of feeling Yamato penetrate him so fully. Knowing that he was with his true love…and that he always would be.

"Tai?"

"I'm fine." Tai smiled, eyes closed. "I love you Yamato."

Yamato brought his hand up to lightly brush the side of Taichi's face as his eyes opened.

"I love you too Tai-chan."

Taichi leaned up and caught Yamato's lips. When they broke away, they were both breathless.

"Move…" Taichi breathed in Yamato's ear.

Matt smiled as he lay his forehead against Taichi's and stared into his eyes.

"Anything you say, angel."

Yamato withdrew from Taichi's body slowly and reentered just as gently.

Taichi gasped lightly in pleasure. He never knew it was supposed to feel so good.

They stayed like that, foreheads touching, staring into each other's eyes for endless minutes as Yamato continued his slow pace.

Taichi began crying as they both felt their ends approaching. He wrapped his arms around Yamato tighter, pulling the boy as close to him as he could out of pure need, pure love.

Yamato threw his head back as he thrust one last time into Taichi's small body and felt himself come. Even as he was lost in the haze of pleasure, all Yamato could think of was how beautiful Taichi looked.

Taichi cried out as he felt Yamato come inside of him. The feeling of finally being marked, claimed, by his soulmate sent Tai over the edge and he came right after Yamato.

Everything proved to be too much for Taichi. He saw darkness creeping into his vision and felt the strength leaving his body.

The brunette's last conscious thought for the night was vocalized in a small, almost inaudible whisper into his lover's ear.

'Perfect.'

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Taichi moaned, stretched, and squinted his eyes open as the sunlight assaulted him.

'We've gotta do something about those blinds.'

A soft kiss was placed on his cheek.

"Good morning beautiful."

Taichi smiled and turned to his boyfriend.

"Morning Yami."

Taichi curled up more into Yamato's side, head on his chest.

"Are you okay angel?"

Taichi smiled.

"I'm fine, just a little sore…did I black out?"

Matt chuckled and nodded.

"Yes, you did. Scared the hell out of me, but in retrospect, I'm flattered."

"You're such a hentai…thank you Yamato."

"For what?"

Taichi turned his head up so he could look at Yamato.

"For making me feel loved, safe. Not just last night, but all the time. You're always there. I don't know why, but you are."

Yamato kissed Taichi's forehead.

"Because I love you. Because you are the most perfect creature that will ever exist." Matt wrapped his arms tighter around Taichi, pulling him closer. "I will always protect you from anything and everything love."

"I know."

"I love you my Tai-chan."

"I love you too Yamato. Forever."

They were both content to lie in each other's arms for a while, completely at peace

Yamato sighed.

"We should probably get up."

Taichi moaned and curled up more as Yamato took his small wrist in his hand.

"Why?"

Matt smiled at how cute, how right, the smaller body looked lying against his. He could hardly wait to wake up to this angel every morning.

The blonde began kissing Taichi's arm up and down.

"Because it's almost two in the afternoon. Can't let the world pass you by Tai-chan."

Taichi was still for a moment. He felt Yamato's, his Yamato's strong arms wrap back around him. He felt safe here. For the first time in a long time, he felt completely safe and protected as long as he was here in these arms. Yamato loved him. And he knew that he would always love him. For as long as time decided to last.

"As long as I'm with you Yamato," Taichi sighed and nuzzled his partner's neck. "Let the world go round."

The End

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