Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Undersea Master ❯ Explanations and Discoveries ( Chapter 2 )
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By: Jenna D. 
Kari informs the other DigiDestined about her situation, and later, her powers once again draw her into another world as she discovers more about them.
Anime/Manga: Digimon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 08.29.2001 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.2K | Visits: 273 | Status: Completed
Kari informs the other DigiDestined about her situation, and later, her powers once again draw her into another world as she discovers more about them.
Anime/Manga: Digimon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 08.29.2001 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.2K | Visits: 273 | Status: Completed
I know, I know, it's been a while since the first part came out and I'M SORRY! I just had horrible writer's block on this thing... grr... damn writer's block... anyway, here we go!
D/C: I own nothing.
Undersea Master 2
"That's not fair Kari!"
"Why does it have to be you?!"
"I don't know, I just don't know."
All the DigiDestined, new and old, were in the park. Mimi joined them via a webcam on Izzy's PineApple laptop. Cody was very angry about the unfairness of the whole situation, Davis didn't understand why Kari was so special, and Kari was still so very confused. She sat, leaning against the tree they'd all sat under so many times, with Tai to her right and T.K. to her left. Next to T.K. was Matt, then the laptop, Izzy, Yolei, Cody, Joe, Davis, Sora, and back to Tai, in a wide circle.
Kari had just explained the whole thing to them. She knew the Scubamon were going to try and take her to their undersea master, Dragomon, again, and it scared her to death. It didn't seem that there was anything the others could do to help her. That's what infuriated T.K. and Davis. The two boys both cared deeply for Kari, and wanted to help as much as possible. The problem was that there wasn't anything they could do.
Mimi spoke up and her voice came through the laptop. "I think it might have something to do with your crest, Kari."
"The crests? Those things disappeared years ago Mimi!" Kari cried.
"But remember, we still kept the meanings inside of us. That's why we got the crests in the first place," Mimi reminded her. "Light; that's yours."
"So, what's the big deal about that?" Yolei asked. "Not trying to dis you or anything, just..."
"I know. I don't get it either," Kari muttered.
"None of us do," Tai said.
"I think Sora and I might," T.K. said.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Sora was confused.
"Remember, the Numemon? They made Kari their queen four years ago and Kari was all glowing and she could heal them," T.K. recalled.
"Yeah!" Sora exclaimed. "You were practically invincible Kari. Nothing could hurt you. It was after you got sick and we were still battling Machinedramon. We discovered Warumonzaemon treating these Numemon like slaves. Then you were surrounded in this bright light and revived all the Numemon, and we could beat Warumonzaemon."
"And don't forget when that being was using Kari to talk to us!" Izzy added.
"I don't remember that," Kari said.
"I know," said Tai. "Afterwards, you woke up and didn't remember a thing."
"So, what happened to me?"
"The thing that had your body was talking to us about how we became the DigiDestined," Matt explained. "It wasn't you, for sure. It was a different voice coming from you."
"That's weird," Kari muttered.
"So, what do we do about now?" Davis asked.
"That's the problem," Tai said.
"No, it's not," Kari interrupted. "After I was at the hospital, the doctors made me see a psychologist. The stupid psychologist knows about us."
"About us? Huh?" Joe said.
"About us being DigiDestined."
Everyone was in shock. Their faces registered confusion and disbelief.
"I know, I can't believe it either," said Kari quietly. "I was just sitting there, he was asking me questions, and he said that he knew Tai and I were DigiDestined and did these spells have anything to do with DigiWorld. Then he started interrogating me on it, I answered a little, then he asked some stuff I wasn't at liberty to tell, then I made a scene and yelled at him, then stormed out of the office. And now we're here."
"Stuff you weren't at liberty to tell?" T.K. repeated. "Like what?"
"Like who you all are," Kari answered. "He only knew that there's me, Tai, and six other kids who saved the city from a bunch of monsters four years ago. Then he asked something about now, said something about me and Tai going to DigiWorld. I told him that Tai didn't go as often because there were three new kids. THEN he was like, "so the four of you-" and I corrected him by saying there were five; another one of the old DigiDestined was still with us."
"Me," T.K. said absent-mindedly.
"Yeah. So," Kari said after a deep breath, "he knows that there's ten DigiDestined in the area, eleven if we include Ken, and he knows that me and Tai are DigiDestined. Sorry guys."
"Don't apologize Kari," Sora told her. "But something's eating at me now. If he was able to find out that you and Tai were there, why wouldn't he know about the rest of us?"
Kari muttered something resembling "Shit" and rubbed her eyes with her fingertips. "I can't take this anymore. Why does it have to be me?"
T.K. cautiously put a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay Kari," he soothed. "You can just stay here, and we'll figure something out. You've done enough by just telling us about it."
Sighing again, Kari stretched out her legs and put her hands in her lap. "Okay then. Just throw some ideas around then. Bounce suggestions off each other or something, and don't be surprised if I fall asleep. I have had enough today."
Ideas were thrown, suggestions were bounced, and an hour later, Kari was still wide awake and a solution hadn't been reached. A lot of people had left too. Mimi had gone to bed a while ago, Cody had left for kendo, Matt had a rehearsal, Joe needed to study for a test, leaving Kari, Tai, T.K., Yolei, Davis, Sora and Izzy still struggling with an answer.
"You know, the reason why we don't have an answer is because we don't have a question," Izzy blurted out.
"No question, huh? Well then," Sora said, lying on the cool green grass, "that's what we should have been thinking of in the past hour!"
"I think the problem is that someone who shouldn't knows about us, and we have to know how he found out," T.K. decided. "Does that make sense?"
"Yeah," Yolei agreed. "We need to do some research."
"Like newspapers and stuff?" Davis suggested.
Tai nodded. "We have to go back four years and find out anything we can about the monsters."
"But we know what happened," Kari muttered.
"Yeah, but we have to act like we don't," Sora told her. "Make it seem like we're just innocent bystanders. So let's divide up the options. There's the Internet, newspapers, the library..."
~*~**~*~
Two days later, Izzy was in front of his computer, as usual. He was searching for more articles about the incidents four years ago.
Several sites by television stations had reports, but Izzy hit the jackpot at the web site for the local newspaper.
"Woah! This is huge!" he exclaimed upon reading the article. He immediately printed it out. It was after Myotismon had demolished the television station. A picture showed the kids as they were floating back up to DigiWorld. It was easy to tell who they were once you zoomed in. Izzy was struck with a flashback of that moment. Going back and leaving family behind was hard for all of them. Snapping back to reality, Izzy turned off the computer and phoned Tai.
"Tai, I just hit pay dirt," he announced.
"What did you find?" Tai asked.
"A whole article about the battle with Myotismon. There's even a picture. I think that may be where that doctor identified you and Kari," Izzy explained.
"Where is it?" Tai asked. Izzy gave him the URL of the website.
"It's long and very informative. Although it doesn't name names, the picture is very clear," Izzy said.
"I'll go check it out. Thanks Izzy."
"No problem. I also think I have a lead on the identity of the undersea master."
"Sweet."
"I'll keep you posted. Bye."
"Bye," Tai said. He hung up and told Kari about it. She was happy that something had been found, but she was still angry at the doctor.
"I just don't trust him," Kari muttered. "I've told Mom and Dad but they don't believe me. Do you?"
"Of course I do," Tai said. "I'm going to help you, no matter what."
~*~**~*~
School was fine for the next few days. Kari went, she didn't have any spells, she got great marks on all her tests, and everything seemed to be normal.
Or so she thought.
It was another beautiful afternoon and Kari was walking home by herself, although she felt a pair of eyes boring into her the whole time. It gave her the creeps. She was home when she began to get dizzy and weak. Leaning against the counter in the kitchen, Kari put a hand to her forehead. She wasn't feverish, but the room spun like a banana in a blender. Kari blinked quickly, trying to rid herself of the feeling. Grabbing the telephone, Kari laid down on the couch and tried desperately not to pass out. 'Oh, why isn't Tai home?' she thought. Then she remembered he had a soccer practice that afternoon.
"Kari? What's wrong?" Gatomon asked? "Kari, talk to me!"
"Something's wrong Gatomon," Kari moaned. She turned on the phone and dialed the first number that came to her head -- T.K.'s. Luckily T.K. answered.
"Hey Kari. You okay?"
"No," Kari groaned.
T.K.'s eyes widened and he lowered his voice. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know," Kari said. "I feel really dizzy and weak, but I don't have a fever. Everything's spinning..."
"Kari, where are you?" T.K. asked.
"On my couch, trying not to pass out," Kari told him. She said in a shaky whisper, "I think I'm going to... you know..."
"Oh no you don't. Kari, you phone someone right away and have them keep you talking. I'm on my way over," T.K. directed.
Kari used three-way calling and phoned Yolei. Once T.K. was sure that Kari would be okay, he grabbed his hat and ran out the door. "I'm going to Kari's! I'll be back before dinner Mom, I promise!" Patamon snuck out after him.
Yolei got Kari into a conversation about the first thing she could think of: T.K. They went on and on about him, and then moved on to other boys, until Kari started to feel a bit better and even laughed a little bit. After a while there was a hurried knock on the Kamiya's door and Kari could hear T.K. outside. "Come in T.K., it's open," she called.
T.K. burst inside and ran to Kari's side. "Are you okay?" he asked frantically. Patamon and Gatomon sat on the back of the couch together.
"I feel a bit better. Hold on," Kari said, and turned back to the phone. "He's here Yolei. Thanks a bunch... I'll remember that. Bye." Kari hung up and faced T.K. "Thanks for coming over."
"Not a problem," T.K. said. "Do you still feel dizzy?"
"Yes," she said quietly. "Do I look like I'm about to fade?"
"I don't know. You didn't really show much of a sign the last time and I can't remember," he told Kari. T.K. slipped his hand into Kari's and held it gently. "When's Tai coming home?"
"His soccer practice should be over in about fifteen minutes," Kari remembered. "Dad's at work, and Mom's taking another crazy cooking class."
"I'll stay with you Kari," T.K. promised.
"Okay," Kari said, smiling slightly. She began to relax as she looked into the pure blue of T.K.'s eyes. Several times Kari started to nod off to sleep, but T.K. wasn't about to let that happen.
"You stay awake," he ordered her. "You're not going to that evil Dragomon."
Kari sat up slowly, not letting go of T.K.'s hand. He climbed up on the couch and sat next to her as she flicked on the television. "Maybe there's something interesting that'll keep me awake."
There wasn't anything on TV. A cooking show, the weather, a little kids cartoon, and the news... Kari stopped at the news channel. "Hey, that's Davis's soccer team on the sports spotlight."
"Only because they lost to Ken's team again," T.K. noticed. "At least it wasn't nine to one."
"Yeah," Kari said. "Only eight-five, and Davis got a hat trick. Good for them!"
Kari and T.K. watched the reporters talk to several members of both teams, including Ken and Davis, who were acting like best friends. "That's strange," Kari commented. "They're on opposite teams, and Ken was the Digimon Emperor."
"You still haven't forgiven Ken?" T.K. asked.
"Davis was trying to convince us to, but I don't think anyone has," Kari sighed.
"I don't think Davis is wrong," T.K. said. "Sounds weird, but I'm siding with Davis on this one. Ken's like our link to the inside, you know? He was on the side of evil before, maybe he has information that'll help us. Kari?"
Kari had gone quiet. Gatomon swiped at the girl's head in an attempt to get a reaction, but nothing happened. "I think we're losing her!" the cat said.
"Kari!" T.K. shouted, grabbing Kari's shoulders and shaking her gently. "Kari, talk to me, please!"
"T.K., are both of you supposed to be fading like that?" Patamon asked.
T.K. stared at his hand and saw that it was fading like Kari had before. Kari was too. T.K. let go of Kari and he stopped fading. "Hold on to Kari! If she's going, we're going to!" he said. T.K. held the girl close and the two Digimon held onto her arms. In a few seconds, all four were gone from the Kamiya's living room.
~*~**~*~
It wasn't the beach this time. It was a lush green forest, filled with trees. Kari, T.K., Gatomon and Patamon found themselves in one of the highest trees.
Kari shook the clouds out of her head and looked at T.K., whose arms she was still in. "How did you come?" she asked.
"I found if I touched you, then I would start to fade too," he explained. "Gatomon and Patamon are here too."
"Um, why are we in a tree?" Kari sat up and T.K. let her out of his arms.
"I have no clue. Hey, you two, can you Digivolve?" T.K. asked.
"Let's give it a shot," Gatomon said. "Gatomon Digivolve to...! Hey! It didn't work!"
"I see a control spire over there," Kari said. "Somehow I think it's active."
"Then lemme Armour Digivolve," Patamon insisted. "Come on T.K.!"
T.K. pulled out his D3 and shouted, "DigiArmour Engergize!"
"Patamon Armour Digivolve to... Pegasusmon! Flying Hope!"
Pegasusmon moved so he was level to Kari and T.K. Kari climbed on the Digimon's back first, then T.K. Gatomon jumped on and found her way to the front. Pegasusmon flew them down to the bottom of the tree.
"So, now what do we do?" Gatomon asked. "We're here, but this is't the beach."
"I have no idea," Kari murmured. She felt like she was going to pass out.
T.K. jumped off Pegasusmon, and reached up to help Kari down, but she didn't make any effort to move. He put a hand on her arm. It was burning. "Kari, are you okay?"
"I don't know..." she trailed off. Kari closed her eyes and swallowed hard.
"We should go back," T.K. said. "You're not well."
"But I don't know how to go back... just how to come here," Kari moaned. "I think I'm gonna pass out."
"Just... lie down on Pegasusmon's back. You can carry her, right?" T.K. asked.
"No problem," Pegasusmon said.
Kari laid her head down on Pegasusmon's soft mane and fell asleep in about five minutes. T.K. walked alongside his Digimon, watching Kari more than the road. He tripped a few times.
"Walk much T.K.?" Gatomon asked. "Watch where you're going and maybe we'll get somewhere."
"Sorry," T.K. mumbled. "I'm just-"
"-worried about Kari, I know," Gatmon said. "She'll be okay, don't worry. She didn't sleep well last night."
T.K. stared straight ahead and tried not to worry, yet found it impossible. The name pulsated through his mind: Kari... Kari... Kari... Lost in thought, he tripped for about the fiftieth time that day and found himself flat on his face in the dirt. "Shit," he muttered, sitting up and rubbing the goose egg that was now forming on his right temple.
"What did you land on?" Pegasusmon asked.
T.K. looked where his head had hit the ground and saw something silver partly buried in the ground. He clawed at the dirt with his hand and dug out...
"Another Digi-egg?" He held up the small silver object in his palms and looked at the symbol on it quizzically. T.K. had no idea what it could mean... or why it suddenly floated to Kari!
The still-sleeping girl didn't notice the Digi-egg hovering in front of her. T.K. stood and examined the crest on it. It looked like a daisy of some sort. Eventually the Digi-egg stopped floating and fell to the ground. T.K. picked it up and carried it with him as they continued on their journey.
But suddenly, T.K. stopped. "Where are we going anyway?"
"You tell me!"
T.K. did a double take. Yolei? What was she doing here?
"Yolei, how'd you get here?" he asked.
"I have no idea. One minute I'm sitting at my computer, the next, I'm here!" Yolei exclaimed.
T.K. shushed her. "Quiet, Kari's not feeling well. She fell asleep a while ago," he said. "But look what I found!" He showed Yolei the Digi-egg.
"Another one? Woah!" Yolei said. "Who does it belong to?"
"It's Kari's. But I don't know what this crest represents, which is driving me insane," said T.K. "And I have no clue why we didn't go to the beach like before."
"Hmm..." Yolei thought for a moment. "I think the answer to our questions lies within Kari. I'll be she's the reason why I'm here, in some way or another."
"Sounds like a good theory to me," T.K. agreed. "I think we need to find a good place to stay until Kari wakes up. No offense, but I don't think your back is the most comfortable place to sleep, Pegasusmon."
"None taken," Pegasusmon said. "Let's go."
They walked for what seemed like an eternity before finding a quiet clearing near a lazy river. T.K. gently laid Kari under a shady tree, and he and Yolei sat around and attempted to figure out the name of the crest on the new Digi-egg.
"Let's see if the D3 has anything to say about it," Yolei suggested. She took out her D3 and hit a few buttons. "Jackpot!" she exclaimed quietly. The D3 had a complete list of every crest in existence, with detailed pictures. The daisy was near the end. "It says it's the crest of..." Yolei started.
"...Peace?"
TBC... the stupid psychologist will be back, and I assure you, he will die... I think. :-P
D/C: I own nothing.
Undersea Master 2
"That's not fair Kari!"
"Why does it have to be you?!"
"I don't know, I just don't know."
All the DigiDestined, new and old, were in the park. Mimi joined them via a webcam on Izzy's PineApple laptop. Cody was very angry about the unfairness of the whole situation, Davis didn't understand why Kari was so special, and Kari was still so very confused. She sat, leaning against the tree they'd all sat under so many times, with Tai to her right and T.K. to her left. Next to T.K. was Matt, then the laptop, Izzy, Yolei, Cody, Joe, Davis, Sora, and back to Tai, in a wide circle.
Kari had just explained the whole thing to them. She knew the Scubamon were going to try and take her to their undersea master, Dragomon, again, and it scared her to death. It didn't seem that there was anything the others could do to help her. That's what infuriated T.K. and Davis. The two boys both cared deeply for Kari, and wanted to help as much as possible. The problem was that there wasn't anything they could do.
Mimi spoke up and her voice came through the laptop. "I think it might have something to do with your crest, Kari."
"The crests? Those things disappeared years ago Mimi!" Kari cried.
"But remember, we still kept the meanings inside of us. That's why we got the crests in the first place," Mimi reminded her. "Light; that's yours."
"So, what's the big deal about that?" Yolei asked. "Not trying to dis you or anything, just..."
"I know. I don't get it either," Kari muttered.
"None of us do," Tai said.
"I think Sora and I might," T.K. said.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Sora was confused.
"Remember, the Numemon? They made Kari their queen four years ago and Kari was all glowing and she could heal them," T.K. recalled.
"Yeah!" Sora exclaimed. "You were practically invincible Kari. Nothing could hurt you. It was after you got sick and we were still battling Machinedramon. We discovered Warumonzaemon treating these Numemon like slaves. Then you were surrounded in this bright light and revived all the Numemon, and we could beat Warumonzaemon."
"And don't forget when that being was using Kari to talk to us!" Izzy added.
"I don't remember that," Kari said.
"I know," said Tai. "Afterwards, you woke up and didn't remember a thing."
"So, what happened to me?"
"The thing that had your body was talking to us about how we became the DigiDestined," Matt explained. "It wasn't you, for sure. It was a different voice coming from you."
"That's weird," Kari muttered.
"So, what do we do about now?" Davis asked.
"That's the problem," Tai said.
"No, it's not," Kari interrupted. "After I was at the hospital, the doctors made me see a psychologist. The stupid psychologist knows about us."
"About us? Huh?" Joe said.
"About us being DigiDestined."
Everyone was in shock. Their faces registered confusion and disbelief.
"I know, I can't believe it either," said Kari quietly. "I was just sitting there, he was asking me questions, and he said that he knew Tai and I were DigiDestined and did these spells have anything to do with DigiWorld. Then he started interrogating me on it, I answered a little, then he asked some stuff I wasn't at liberty to tell, then I made a scene and yelled at him, then stormed out of the office. And now we're here."
"Stuff you weren't at liberty to tell?" T.K. repeated. "Like what?"
"Like who you all are," Kari answered. "He only knew that there's me, Tai, and six other kids who saved the city from a bunch of monsters four years ago. Then he asked something about now, said something about me and Tai going to DigiWorld. I told him that Tai didn't go as often because there were three new kids. THEN he was like, "so the four of you-" and I corrected him by saying there were five; another one of the old DigiDestined was still with us."
"Me," T.K. said absent-mindedly.
"Yeah. So," Kari said after a deep breath, "he knows that there's ten DigiDestined in the area, eleven if we include Ken, and he knows that me and Tai are DigiDestined. Sorry guys."
"Don't apologize Kari," Sora told her. "But something's eating at me now. If he was able to find out that you and Tai were there, why wouldn't he know about the rest of us?"
Kari muttered something resembling "Shit" and rubbed her eyes with her fingertips. "I can't take this anymore. Why does it have to be me?"
T.K. cautiously put a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay Kari," he soothed. "You can just stay here, and we'll figure something out. You've done enough by just telling us about it."
Sighing again, Kari stretched out her legs and put her hands in her lap. "Okay then. Just throw some ideas around then. Bounce suggestions off each other or something, and don't be surprised if I fall asleep. I have had enough today."
Ideas were thrown, suggestions were bounced, and an hour later, Kari was still wide awake and a solution hadn't been reached. A lot of people had left too. Mimi had gone to bed a while ago, Cody had left for kendo, Matt had a rehearsal, Joe needed to study for a test, leaving Kari, Tai, T.K., Yolei, Davis, Sora and Izzy still struggling with an answer.
"You know, the reason why we don't have an answer is because we don't have a question," Izzy blurted out.
"No question, huh? Well then," Sora said, lying on the cool green grass, "that's what we should have been thinking of in the past hour!"
"I think the problem is that someone who shouldn't knows about us, and we have to know how he found out," T.K. decided. "Does that make sense?"
"Yeah," Yolei agreed. "We need to do some research."
"Like newspapers and stuff?" Davis suggested.
Tai nodded. "We have to go back four years and find out anything we can about the monsters."
"But we know what happened," Kari muttered.
"Yeah, but we have to act like we don't," Sora told her. "Make it seem like we're just innocent bystanders. So let's divide up the options. There's the Internet, newspapers, the library..."
~*~**~*~
Two days later, Izzy was in front of his computer, as usual. He was searching for more articles about the incidents four years ago.
Several sites by television stations had reports, but Izzy hit the jackpot at the web site for the local newspaper.
"Woah! This is huge!" he exclaimed upon reading the article. He immediately printed it out. It was after Myotismon had demolished the television station. A picture showed the kids as they were floating back up to DigiWorld. It was easy to tell who they were once you zoomed in. Izzy was struck with a flashback of that moment. Going back and leaving family behind was hard for all of them. Snapping back to reality, Izzy turned off the computer and phoned Tai.
"Tai, I just hit pay dirt," he announced.
"What did you find?" Tai asked.
"A whole article about the battle with Myotismon. There's even a picture. I think that may be where that doctor identified you and Kari," Izzy explained.
"Where is it?" Tai asked. Izzy gave him the URL of the website.
"It's long and very informative. Although it doesn't name names, the picture is very clear," Izzy said.
"I'll go check it out. Thanks Izzy."
"No problem. I also think I have a lead on the identity of the undersea master."
"Sweet."
"I'll keep you posted. Bye."
"Bye," Tai said. He hung up and told Kari about it. She was happy that something had been found, but she was still angry at the doctor.
"I just don't trust him," Kari muttered. "I've told Mom and Dad but they don't believe me. Do you?"
"Of course I do," Tai said. "I'm going to help you, no matter what."
~*~**~*~
School was fine for the next few days. Kari went, she didn't have any spells, she got great marks on all her tests, and everything seemed to be normal.
Or so she thought.
It was another beautiful afternoon and Kari was walking home by herself, although she felt a pair of eyes boring into her the whole time. It gave her the creeps. She was home when she began to get dizzy and weak. Leaning against the counter in the kitchen, Kari put a hand to her forehead. She wasn't feverish, but the room spun like a banana in a blender. Kari blinked quickly, trying to rid herself of the feeling. Grabbing the telephone, Kari laid down on the couch and tried desperately not to pass out. 'Oh, why isn't Tai home?' she thought. Then she remembered he had a soccer practice that afternoon.
"Kari? What's wrong?" Gatomon asked? "Kari, talk to me!"
"Something's wrong Gatomon," Kari moaned. She turned on the phone and dialed the first number that came to her head -- T.K.'s. Luckily T.K. answered.
"Hey Kari. You okay?"
"No," Kari groaned.
T.K.'s eyes widened and he lowered his voice. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know," Kari said. "I feel really dizzy and weak, but I don't have a fever. Everything's spinning..."
"Kari, where are you?" T.K. asked.
"On my couch, trying not to pass out," Kari told him. She said in a shaky whisper, "I think I'm going to... you know..."
"Oh no you don't. Kari, you phone someone right away and have them keep you talking. I'm on my way over," T.K. directed.
Kari used three-way calling and phoned Yolei. Once T.K. was sure that Kari would be okay, he grabbed his hat and ran out the door. "I'm going to Kari's! I'll be back before dinner Mom, I promise!" Patamon snuck out after him.
Yolei got Kari into a conversation about the first thing she could think of: T.K. They went on and on about him, and then moved on to other boys, until Kari started to feel a bit better and even laughed a little bit. After a while there was a hurried knock on the Kamiya's door and Kari could hear T.K. outside. "Come in T.K., it's open," she called.
T.K. burst inside and ran to Kari's side. "Are you okay?" he asked frantically. Patamon and Gatomon sat on the back of the couch together.
"I feel a bit better. Hold on," Kari said, and turned back to the phone. "He's here Yolei. Thanks a bunch... I'll remember that. Bye." Kari hung up and faced T.K. "Thanks for coming over."
"Not a problem," T.K. said. "Do you still feel dizzy?"
"Yes," she said quietly. "Do I look like I'm about to fade?"
"I don't know. You didn't really show much of a sign the last time and I can't remember," he told Kari. T.K. slipped his hand into Kari's and held it gently. "When's Tai coming home?"
"His soccer practice should be over in about fifteen minutes," Kari remembered. "Dad's at work, and Mom's taking another crazy cooking class."
"I'll stay with you Kari," T.K. promised.
"Okay," Kari said, smiling slightly. She began to relax as she looked into the pure blue of T.K.'s eyes. Several times Kari started to nod off to sleep, but T.K. wasn't about to let that happen.
"You stay awake," he ordered her. "You're not going to that evil Dragomon."
Kari sat up slowly, not letting go of T.K.'s hand. He climbed up on the couch and sat next to her as she flicked on the television. "Maybe there's something interesting that'll keep me awake."
There wasn't anything on TV. A cooking show, the weather, a little kids cartoon, and the news... Kari stopped at the news channel. "Hey, that's Davis's soccer team on the sports spotlight."
"Only because they lost to Ken's team again," T.K. noticed. "At least it wasn't nine to one."
"Yeah," Kari said. "Only eight-five, and Davis got a hat trick. Good for them!"
Kari and T.K. watched the reporters talk to several members of both teams, including Ken and Davis, who were acting like best friends. "That's strange," Kari commented. "They're on opposite teams, and Ken was the Digimon Emperor."
"You still haven't forgiven Ken?" T.K. asked.
"Davis was trying to convince us to, but I don't think anyone has," Kari sighed.
"I don't think Davis is wrong," T.K. said. "Sounds weird, but I'm siding with Davis on this one. Ken's like our link to the inside, you know? He was on the side of evil before, maybe he has information that'll help us. Kari?"
Kari had gone quiet. Gatomon swiped at the girl's head in an attempt to get a reaction, but nothing happened. "I think we're losing her!" the cat said.
"Kari!" T.K. shouted, grabbing Kari's shoulders and shaking her gently. "Kari, talk to me, please!"
"T.K., are both of you supposed to be fading like that?" Patamon asked.
T.K. stared at his hand and saw that it was fading like Kari had before. Kari was too. T.K. let go of Kari and he stopped fading. "Hold on to Kari! If she's going, we're going to!" he said. T.K. held the girl close and the two Digimon held onto her arms. In a few seconds, all four were gone from the Kamiya's living room.
~*~**~*~
It wasn't the beach this time. It was a lush green forest, filled with trees. Kari, T.K., Gatomon and Patamon found themselves in one of the highest trees.
Kari shook the clouds out of her head and looked at T.K., whose arms she was still in. "How did you come?" she asked.
"I found if I touched you, then I would start to fade too," he explained. "Gatomon and Patamon are here too."
"Um, why are we in a tree?" Kari sat up and T.K. let her out of his arms.
"I have no clue. Hey, you two, can you Digivolve?" T.K. asked.
"Let's give it a shot," Gatomon said. "Gatomon Digivolve to...! Hey! It didn't work!"
"I see a control spire over there," Kari said. "Somehow I think it's active."
"Then lemme Armour Digivolve," Patamon insisted. "Come on T.K.!"
T.K. pulled out his D3 and shouted, "DigiArmour Engergize!"
"Patamon Armour Digivolve to... Pegasusmon! Flying Hope!"
Pegasusmon moved so he was level to Kari and T.K. Kari climbed on the Digimon's back first, then T.K. Gatomon jumped on and found her way to the front. Pegasusmon flew them down to the bottom of the tree.
"So, now what do we do?" Gatomon asked. "We're here, but this is't the beach."
"I have no idea," Kari murmured. She felt like she was going to pass out.
T.K. jumped off Pegasusmon, and reached up to help Kari down, but she didn't make any effort to move. He put a hand on her arm. It was burning. "Kari, are you okay?"
"I don't know..." she trailed off. Kari closed her eyes and swallowed hard.
"We should go back," T.K. said. "You're not well."
"But I don't know how to go back... just how to come here," Kari moaned. "I think I'm gonna pass out."
"Just... lie down on Pegasusmon's back. You can carry her, right?" T.K. asked.
"No problem," Pegasusmon said.
Kari laid her head down on Pegasusmon's soft mane and fell asleep in about five minutes. T.K. walked alongside his Digimon, watching Kari more than the road. He tripped a few times.
"Walk much T.K.?" Gatomon asked. "Watch where you're going and maybe we'll get somewhere."
"Sorry," T.K. mumbled. "I'm just-"
"-worried about Kari, I know," Gatmon said. "She'll be okay, don't worry. She didn't sleep well last night."
T.K. stared straight ahead and tried not to worry, yet found it impossible. The name pulsated through his mind: Kari... Kari... Kari... Lost in thought, he tripped for about the fiftieth time that day and found himself flat on his face in the dirt. "Shit," he muttered, sitting up and rubbing the goose egg that was now forming on his right temple.
"What did you land on?" Pegasusmon asked.
T.K. looked where his head had hit the ground and saw something silver partly buried in the ground. He clawed at the dirt with his hand and dug out...
"Another Digi-egg?" He held up the small silver object in his palms and looked at the symbol on it quizzically. T.K. had no idea what it could mean... or why it suddenly floated to Kari!
The still-sleeping girl didn't notice the Digi-egg hovering in front of her. T.K. stood and examined the crest on it. It looked like a daisy of some sort. Eventually the Digi-egg stopped floating and fell to the ground. T.K. picked it up and carried it with him as they continued on their journey.
But suddenly, T.K. stopped. "Where are we going anyway?"
"You tell me!"
T.K. did a double take. Yolei? What was she doing here?
"Yolei, how'd you get here?" he asked.
"I have no idea. One minute I'm sitting at my computer, the next, I'm here!" Yolei exclaimed.
T.K. shushed her. "Quiet, Kari's not feeling well. She fell asleep a while ago," he said. "But look what I found!" He showed Yolei the Digi-egg.
"Another one? Woah!" Yolei said. "Who does it belong to?"
"It's Kari's. But I don't know what this crest represents, which is driving me insane," said T.K. "And I have no clue why we didn't go to the beach like before."
"Hmm..." Yolei thought for a moment. "I think the answer to our questions lies within Kari. I'll be she's the reason why I'm here, in some way or another."
"Sounds like a good theory to me," T.K. agreed. "I think we need to find a good place to stay until Kari wakes up. No offense, but I don't think your back is the most comfortable place to sleep, Pegasusmon."
"None taken," Pegasusmon said. "Let's go."
They walked for what seemed like an eternity before finding a quiet clearing near a lazy river. T.K. gently laid Kari under a shady tree, and he and Yolei sat around and attempted to figure out the name of the crest on the new Digi-egg.
"Let's see if the D3 has anything to say about it," Yolei suggested. She took out her D3 and hit a few buttons. "Jackpot!" she exclaimed quietly. The D3 had a complete list of every crest in existence, with detailed pictures. The daisy was near the end. "It says it's the crest of..." Yolei started.
"...Peace?"
TBC... the stupid psychologist will be back, and I assure you, he will die... I think. :-P