Right, so I'm back long time no writing, I know. I've been thinking the plot for this story through for a while and I'm finally happy with it and it was time to get writing! I'd like to take this opportunity to once again thank everyone who read The Crest Of Destiny! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope you like this just as much. Happy reading! :D

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or Apple iPods

Characters

Tk, Kari, Davis, Yolei and Ken – 16

Cody – 14

Joe- 21

Tai, Sora and Matt- 20

Izzy and Mimi- 19

The blonde stared at his reflection in the mirror intently and sighed. He ran the comb through his hair one last time in a desperate attempt to tame it but it was useless no matter what he did with it, his hair simply refused to remain neat. Usually Takeru Takashi didn't care that his hair stuck out at odd angles or that he constantly looked like he had just gotten up out of bed, today however he did, for today he was finally going to tell Kari Kamiya that he liked her way more than just a friend.

Takeru (known as Tk to his friends) took one last long look in the mirror before deciding he looked acceptable and rushed to his room to get ready. He was due to meet Kari at the school's computer lab in a half an hour and they had planned to spend the day in the digital world, just the two of them. He could hardly wait. He grabbed a hoodie, his iPod, house keys and his D3 and D-terminal and left the apartment.

It was a cold November afternoon and Tk wrapped himself up in his hoodie. As he blasted Guns N' Roses through the headphones of his iPod, he thought about what exactly he should say to Kari. He had liked her for years, eight to be exact. He had liked her since the day he, Kari and all the other original digidestined had finally destroyed Piedmon during their first adventure. "Hmmmm," Tk thought to himself, "it's going to be hard to tell her how I feel after so long."

Tk was lost in his thoughts as it began to lash raining. "Dammit!" he muttered as he quickened his pace to a light jog. "I'll never be able to tell her anything if I get pneumonia before I even make it to the school!"

Ten minutes later a panting and soaking wet Tk finally reached the school. The Heavens really had opened. He had to wring his hoodie out three times before it finally stopping dripping water. Tk threw his hoodie on a chair by the front door, it was useless to him now and there was no point in carrying it around all day. Tk ran his hand through his saturated hair and checked his watch. He was five minutes early for Kari, perfect.

He made his way to the computer lab slowly, his water logged trainers squeaked on the floor as he walked. The school corridors were in darkness as Tk had forgotten to put on the lights when he entered the building. It didn't matter however; Tk knew this place like the back of his hand. As he neared the computer lab he noticed electrical light was seeping through the doorframe. "Oh Kari must have gotten here before me," he thought. "No worries, it means we can leave now I suppose."

As Tk put his hand on the door handle nervousness began to take the better of him. "Just be yourself," he tried to reassure himself. He took a deep breath and swung open the door.

"Hey Kar-" Tk never managed to finish his greeting what lay behind the door had shook him to his core. Kari was there all right, but so was Davis and the pair had their tongues down each other's throats as Tk stood there awkwardly and heartbroken.

Kari broke away from Davis when she heard the door swing open. "Oh hey Tk," she beamed.

Tk was lost for words and it took him a few seconds to find his voice. "Eh hi," he finally managed to say awkwardly.

Davis turned to face Tk and smiled broadly as he wrapped his arm around Kari's waist. "Look who finally agreed to go out with me," he laughed kissing Kari on the cheek. Kari giggled embarrassedly at his affections.

Tk looked down and tried his hardest to hold back the tears, he clenched his fists and dug his nails into the palms of his hands, it felt like someone had a vice around his heart and kept tightening it the pain was unbearable. He raised his head and looked at the couple, they were once again kissing passionately. Tk put on a false smile, "congratulations," he muttered.

Tk couldn't bear to watch the lovebirds and decided to boot up one of the computers and open up the digiport. He turned on the computer nearest him and sat down at it. The school computers were old and often took a few minutes to load. As he waited he stared vacantly out the window. The clouds were frighteningly black. Never in his life had he seen storm clouds so vicious, if he didn't know better he'd have thought it was the end of the world.

"Strange," he thought. He averted his eyes from the window and focused on the computer screen once again. Tk furrowed his brow in confusion. The digiport screen was up all right but it was different than usual, the port was closed and a red light was flashing at the top of the screen something was wrong.

Tk grimaced, "eh guys," he started awkwardly, "something is up with the digiport."

Kari broke away from Davis and skipped over to join Tk at the computer. She leaned over him to get a better view of the screen. Tk wished she hadn't, Kari smelt intoxicating. "Why does she have to smell so damn fine all the time?" thought Tk sadly. Tk looked up at Kari intently and too in her beauty.

She still had he pixie cut hairstyle and wore a captivating flower clip in her hair. She wore light makeup, although Tk didn't believe she needed it and always smelt of jasmine and vanilla, her favourite perfume. She was perfect.

Suddenly Kari slapped Tk on the shoulder. "Listen to me when I'm talking to you Takeru!" she said sternly but couldn't keep the straight face and let out a giggle.

Tk smiled sheepishly. "Sorry," he mumbled.

Kari smiled back and then turned her focus to the screen again. "I don't know what is wrong with it Tk, I've never seen the digiport looking like this before and it doesn't seem to recognise my D3 when I try open the port."

Just as Tk was about to try the digiport with his D3 the screen lit up and a new link to what seemed to be a video feed to the Digital World opened up.

"What's going on?" asked Davis dumbly.

"No idea," answered Tk who was still in awe at what was happening.

Although the three digidestineds could only see a few trees from the Digital World

They could tell something was wrong. The place was just too quiet. Just at that moment a panting and exhausted looking Gennai came into shot.

The old man looked panicked and flustered as he tried to catch his breath.

"Gennai!" said Tk worriedly, "what's happened?"

Gennai finally caught his breath and looked up at the camera with fear stricken eyes. "A virus," he said. "A VIRUS HAS ATTACKED THE DIGITAL WORLD!"

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