Digimon Adventure Tri: Echo

49) Lost in the Waves

Sora, Mimi, Koushiro, and Jou hadn't been at the rendezvous point for very long when Piyomon and Tentomon both took off into the sky to get a better look at the immediate area. They had arrived at the central point of all of the Chosen Children groups' paths a short while ago, but all of them were still getting antsy over the fact that the others in the party hadn't yet met up with them. Sora was doing her best to not seem too overly agitated for the sake of not negatively influencing those around her, but she would have been lying if she said that she wasn't worried about the fact that the others hadn't yet appeared. 

"You know, we were technically the closest one to the rendezvous point," Mimi pointed out when she noticed the way that everyone else's expressions were knotted with concern. "That means that it makes a lot of sense as to why we were the first ones to show up here. The others will arrive soon, I'm sure. It's just a matter of time before that happens, right?"

Sora nodded her agreement, allowing herself a small smile. "You're right," she agreed. She reached for her Digivice, something that she had managed to keep herself from doing up to that point out of a silent desire to push herself from driving her nerves even further up the wall. However, when she did look at the radar, Sora was immediately met with a pleasant sight. 

"Hey, look over there!" came Piyomon's cry from overhead before Sora could articulate her discovery to the rest of the group. Tentomon shifted his attention in the direction that Piyomon was pointing out, and the others followed suit soon afterwards, doing what they could to watch the area that had captured Piyomon's attention. 

That certainly sealed Sora's newfound revelation to be the truth. She had been close to commenting to the rest of the group on the fact that it seemed as if Taichi, Yamato, Ken, and Daisuke were getting close enough to be in view soon enough, and she wound up being correct. Piyomon was pointing out a set of silhouettes that was coming up on the horizon, and Sora could tell easily that the people that were coming closer were the ones that she had been searching for all this time. 

"Hey there, guys!" Mimi cried out, cupping her hands around her mouth as she jumped to her feet enthusiastically. She waved one hand over her head to try and capture the attention of her targets, and as far as Sora could tell, such an effort ultimately wound up being successful. After all, the quartet of boys and their Digimon partner started to move a bit faster in the direction of the group waiting on the sands. Sora smiled to herself at the sight of them, relief flooding her body at the knowledge that they were alright. That meant that more than half of the team was officially accounted for, and she was certainly going to take comfort in that. 

As the group came to a stop alongside Sora's team, there were cries of joy at being able to see one another again after being separated. Sora found herself gravitating to Yamato amidst the joyful reunions. She and Yamato had never been that open when it came to their relationship, but it was still clear that they cared about each other. Part of her wanted to throw her arms around his body in joy that he was alright, but instead, she ultimately opted to slide her fingers between his. It was a small gesture, yes, but it was comforting regardless and certainly accomplished the impact that she was going for. Yamato's posture began to grow loose and relaxed, a sign that Sora was doing something right in comforting him silently. 

"I'm glad to see that all of you are still alright," Taichi declared as he looked out over the rest of the group. He did a brief headcount before a frown appeared on his face. "Do we know where the others are yet? Are we still waiting to catch up with them?"

"It seems so," Gomamon replied nonchalantly. "We haven't heard anything new from the others, no. I'm sure that they're fine though. They know how to look after themselves, don't they?"

"We're going to have to be all together as soon as possible if we want to be able to defeat Dagomon," Jou pointed out. "It's not going to be easy to take him down if we're at even a fraction of our regular strength. He's incredibly strong, though I suppose the fact that it took us this long to meet up again is more than proof of that, huh?"