Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Dagger in the Heart (R80 Style) ❯ Skeletons In the Kamiya Closet ( Chapter 3 )

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DAGGER IN THE HEART
Part 3: Skeletons In the Kamiya Closet

Original story and concept by TakeruG
Rewritten by Robster80


Author's notes: In a review/email, someone noted that I had made it known to Matt that Mimi was in love with him, when he had no idea in TakeruG's original story. That was an honest mistake. Sorry for the confusion.

Also, this chapter starts during the Digi-Destined reunion. That means it'll be during the 2nd half of the last chapter.



MIMI'S P.O.V.

I shouldn't be here. Yes, that sounds rude, but I don't know if I can stand being in one place when Sora and Matt are so near me, together. If only I didn't have the crest of Sincerity. It would make it easier to lie.

How can Tai stand it? He loves Sora just as much as I love Matt. It must be hard on him as it is to me.

Huh? Tai's motioning for me to move over to that log. Well, I have nothing better to do. Yolei, Izzy, and Ken are talking computers while Cody and Joe are trading stories. I don't know about the others.

I go over and he invites me to sit down. "What's up?" I ask.

He sits next to me. "It still bothers you, doesn't it?"

"About Sora and Matt? ...Does the pain ever go away?"

"I wish. It only lessens as time goes by, and you try hard not to think about it. Lately, I've got other things to worry about now than lost love or finding a girlfriend."

I look at him, curious. A vague idea forms in my head. "Kari?"

He nods. "I'm not supposed to tell anyone, but... it involves Davis and TK."

"If she's dating both-!"

"Worse. She's flirting with TK while dating Davis behind his back. At least she was last time I checked." I watch him sigh heavily. "I really hope she's set the record straight. TK doesn't deserve to be hurt like that."

I zone out as Tai goes on. Kari would lie to TK and bring his hopes up when she's setting him up for the biggest betrayal of his life?! I remember the one time he told me his greatest fear: that he'd end up divorced like his parents or he'd live alone for the rest of his life. Everyone, except for Davis of course, hoped Kari would be the one who could take away TK's fear.

Suddenly, I look around. TK, Kari, and Davis are missing. My gut tells me that's not good. "Tai, they're not here."

He starts to look around as Sora and Matt join us. They look worried, too.

"Tai," Sora starts. "I think something bad's about to happen."

Tai's on his feet quick. "Where's Kari?"

"I saw her and Davis slip off somewhere, and then TK followed them before I could tell him she was with Davis."

Matt grabs Tai by the arm. "Tell me Kari's not dating Davis, Tai! Tell me she's not!"

Tai doesn't even look at Matt. Who could blame him? "...I'm just hoping TK doesn't find them naked."

I can tell Matt's ready to punch Tai. I'm on my feet, ready to make sure that doesn't happen.

"And where were you two?"

We all look. Davis and Kari are coming back. Kari's got something in her hands. It looks broken.

Tai, Matt, Sora, and myself are the first to rush up to them. Matt takes one look at the thing in Kari's hands and he turns pale. "Where... where did you..." He can barely get the words out.

"We found it," Davis starts. "It was just outside a small forest we were-."

Kari cuts him off. Obviously, Davis was about to say too much. "It has my crest on it. And there's some blood on the smaller pieces."

Tai and myself look at Matt. He's still pale. "...It was for Kari," he finally gets the words out. "TK had it made... a special order..."

It all falls into place. TK was going to give it to Kari today, and then ask her to officially become his girlfriend. Kari hadn't told him about her seeing Davis. TK had found out the hard way.

"I'll go look for him," I say before I start running off.

"Wait for me," I hear Matt call after me. I turn and face him.

"No! You'd only make things worse for him."

"He's MY brother-!"

"YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND!!" I start running like mad after I scream that. Matt will probably wonder what I meant by that. He wasn't very bright, after all.

Did I just think that? No, Mimi, focus! Finding TK now is more important than berating yourself for insulting your first love. But where do I start?!

Blood. There was blood on some of the glass Kari back. Maybe if I start at that grove Davis and Kari were at, I'll find a trail. I just hope TK's not bleeding too badly.


TAI'S P.O.V.

Matt just stands there, frozen. I think he's slowly seeing what Mimi was trying to tell him: because he had a girlfriend, seeing him would only make TK feel worse than what he's feeling now.

If Davis was going to say what I thinking he was... I look straight at Kari. "What were you and Davis doing in that forest?"

She's blushing deep red, and looking down at the ground. It's all clear now. TK had seen them having sex.

"What's the big deal?" I hear Davis say, but I don't look at him. My eyes are fixed on Kari. "TK knows that Kari and I are dating, right Kari?"

There's a long silence. Kari doesn't even try to speak. The answer's obvious: TK never knew Kari was using him. The skeleton had come out at the worst time.

My blood's boiling, worse than when I found out Matt had started going out with Sora. I want to strangle Kari right here! She can tell that's what I want to do, because she's starting to back away.

No. That's too good for her. I'll just do what I promised her that day I failed to talk some sense into her.

"I warned you, Hikari."

Now she's moving at me, reaching out for me. "Taichi-!"

I slap her hard. What can I say? I told her and told her, but she wouldn't listen. She had to have her fun toying with TK's emotions. She knew I wouldn't side with her if TK found out on his own.

"I warned you. And now... I'll keep my promise to you. You lost your best friend AND your brother in one shot, Hikari! I have no sister from now on!"

Now I turn to Davis. Even though he might be just a pawn in Kari's plan, he's just as guilty. "And you! If I catch you anywhere near my apartment, I'll-!"

Suddenly, something hard connects with my jaw, and I tumble to the ground. I don't need to see who hit me. In fact, it took Matt longer than I expected to hit me.

"You knew," I hear him roaring at me. "You knew Kari was with Davis all this time! Why didn't you tell TK?! WHY?!"

Cody helps me up while Ken, Joe, and Sora hold Matt back. The way Sora's looking at me tells me she doesn't think highly of me either. Doesn't matter, anyway. I expected to be blamed as well. "Because I tried to convince this... this stupid girl to tell TK herself that he wasn't the guy she wanted. Shows how stupid I was."

Everyone's looking at me. Some are angry, some are scared, and some have mixed feelings. My anger's dropped some, but not a whole lot. I think I'd better take Kari home. There's no reason for me to stay here. I grab Kari by the arm, my grip tight enough so she knows not to fight me.

"We're leaving," I hiss before I drag her away to find the nearest monitor. I can still feel Matt and Sora's glares burning in my back. I then stop to look at Davis.

"If you're still alive after today, and if you wanna stay healthy, you'll never show your face at my apartment again!"



MATT'S P.O.V.

I want to run after Tai. I want to pound his goddamn skull into the ground. He should have told me or TK about Kari and Davis! All of this could have been avoided if he had said something!

I don't care if he's not siding with Kari. Our friendship is dead! He's no better than Kari or Davis.

"She told me he knew."

My eyes turn to Davis, but I still only see red.

"Kari said that she told TK about us," he says softly. "I thought he knew..."

Joe, Ken, and Sora still keep a good grip on me, but I relax myself. Right now, I need to find TK. Beating Tai, Kari, and Davis into bloody smears would have to wait. As soon as Sora and the other let go, I say to Davis. "You get the hell out of my sight. And you and girlfriend are to never come near my kid brother again!"

I turn to face Sora. Seeing her calms me a little, but with TK still missing I'm still scared. "I'm going to find my brother," I tell her, and to the rest of the gang as well. "Alone. Joe, you go to my mom's apartment and wait there. And have the computer ready."


MIMI'S P.O.V.

As I keep following the blood trail, I can't help but worry more and more. It looks like a bad cut from the drops. My pace is quick, so hopefully I can find him soon if he's stopped at somewhere safe.

This would be easier if I had Palmon here now. If she were Lillymon, she could get a better look from up high. Hell, Garurumon would be of more help!

"Princess Mimi! Princess Mimi!"

I skid to a halt at the familiar voices. To my left are some Gekomon and Otamamon running up to me, and they seem relieved yet concerned. "Look, you guys, I'm in a big hurry-."

One Gekomon hops up quicker than his friends. "Mimi, this is serious! We found this one guy, a human with blond hair, running like he was being chased by a Dark Master."

My eyes are wide open. "TK! Is he alright?"

"His one hand was bleeding pretty badly," a red Otamamon said. "And he was crying hard. We recognized him as one of the kids who saved us from the Digimon Emperor, so we took him to our village to try and fix him up. One of our medics said that they had pulled out some good chunks of glass from his wounds, too."

At least TK was safe and his wounds were treated. "Take me to him!"

The Gekomon and Otamamon exchange looks. "We dunno if he'll talk. He keeps repeating the words 'Kari,' and 'why.' Then he sobs harder."

"I SAID RIGHT NOW!!!!!"

The Digimon back off quickly at my outburst, then quickly lead me to their village. I didn't mean to yell like that, but I need to see TK right now before I can email the others that I found him.

As we walk, my D-terminal beeps. I check my mail. Matt's on his way to join me, and he says that Joe's going to TK's place to turn on Ms. Takaishi's computer.

I tell some of the Geko and Otamamon to wait for him where they found me so they could bring him to the village.

This wasn't supposed to happen. We were supposed to have a happy reunion between us Odaiba Digi-Destined. TK was going to ask his best friend to be his girlfriend.

Now... will any of us still be friends after all of this?



To be continued...


Next: Matt joins up with Mimi at the Geko/Otamamon village to take TK home, and Mimi decides to stay with TK overnight to help him cope with his pain. Meanwhile, Davis confronts Kari about how she hurt TK.



Last minute notes: Okay, so Matt wasn't as POed at Tai in the original as he was in here. But, he does have a good point that Tai should have just told TK about his backstabbing little sister. How Tai's gonna try and patch things up with him and Sora is still a mystery, but he's got other problems. Also, I was debating on whom would find TK for Mimi, whether it would be Leomon (we haven't seen him in this Digimon Universe since 01), Ogremon, or the other friendly Digimon from 01 and 02.

Read and review, folks. I'll be back soon.