The Day the Light Faded
A/N: These fics are a lot easier to write when you don't have tears in your eyes. Takari4ever!!!
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The blond haired young man, rested his head
on pillow for the first time in his new apartment. This was a big step for him,
first graduating from college now living away from his family he thought to
himself. He couldn't help but reflect on the events of his past, one day in
particular stood out as the one which changed his life forever. It was the day
after the great free-for-all where the digidestined once again saved both the
real and the digital world Some 9 years had past since that day, but for Takeru
Takaishi he could still see every second as if it was occurring right in front
of him because it was the day Kari's light faded.
~~~ @@ 9 years ago @@ ~~~
"I did it, I saved the world" exclaimed Davis (Motomiya Daisuke) before he
turned to see the faces of the rest of the digidestined already starting to turn
red. "Uh… Er…, I mean we saved the world"
"Well It looks like the real world is back to normal, but what kind of chaos
is left in the digital world" said TK with a worried look on his face. After a
short pause "I have to go back and find out" he continued.
"Well I hope you don't think that I'm going to let you go alone" stated
Kari in a rather matter of fact manner.
"Of Course N…" Started TK.
"If Kari is going then so am I" shouted Davis.
"But Davis you must be so tired after saving the world and all" Kari
Replied.
The whole group started to laugh uncontrollably. Just as Davis was about to
reply to the joke his sister Jun came up behind him and started dragging him
home by the ear, pausing just long enough to ask TK to tell his brother that she
said Hi.
"I probably have to be getting home now too" said Cody
"We have to get going too" echoed Ken and Yolie, both blushing after
realizing they both said "We".
"Well I guess that it's just you and me, then." TK said with the sound of
joy in his voice.
"Yep, Hope and Light, just like peas and carrots" responded Kari.
With that said they both walked back to the school in order to use the digiport
on the computer there. When the four of them (Patamon & Gatomon came of
course) arrived at the school and they proceeded to hold up their d3's to the
computer, waiting to be sucked in, but nothing happened.
"Sure just our luck, the batteries ran out" TK joked.
Kari just giggled for a moment and said "TK I've been meaning to ask you
something for a while."
"So ask me" he quickly responded.
Just as Kari was about to speak the digiport opened and they were sucked into
the digital world.
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Kari landed in the digital world with a soft thud.
"TK, where are you." she called as the ground beneath her began to rumble.
She looked down and was met by TK's cerulean blue eyes and his wide smile. The
sight of this caused Kari to jump to her feet realizing that her falling on TK
is what made the landing so soft.
"I'm so sorry I didn't mean t…" Kari spoke only to be interrupted.
"Think nothing of it, besides it's not often that such a beautiful girl
falls from the sky." TK replied, realizing in shock almost instantly what he
had just said.
Both he and Kari sat there silently blushing for a few minutes before TK spoke
again, trying to change (or rather start) the subject. "So Kari what was it
that you wanted to ask me before?"
"Huh, what… oh, don't worry about it, it wasn't that important." Kari
quickly fired back. After another short pause, "So where are we?" she asked,
in part because she wasn't sure, but also because now she was the one who
wanted to change the subject.
"It looks like File Island" TK said softly as if a bit unsure if she really
wanted an answer.
"Wow it's been so long since we've been here that I guess I didn't
recognize it" she replied.
"What, hey who turned out the lights" echoed from beneath TK.
TK jumped to his feet at the shock of the voices that he had heard. There lay
Patamon and Gatomon who apparently had TK land on them upon arriving. Both TK
and Kari laughed at the site in part because they didn't even know that they
landed on top of them, but also at the site of Patamon who looked much like a
deflated football with wings.
"Some friends they are, first they crush us then they laugh" Patamon said
with Gatomon nodding in agreement.
Almost in unison TK and Kari responded "We're sorry it's just that, well
you kind of look like…" Both of them cut themselves off after realizing that
Patamon would not find the flying football joke funny.
"We're Sorry."
"Wow this looks like File Island" both digimon exclaimed.
"Yup, looks like" replied Kari
At that moment TK and Kari, looked at each other realizing how happy that they
were that their friends had changed the subject for them.
"Well I think that we should have a look around." TK stated, taking a
momentary pause from his nervousness to remember what they came here, and what
they had to do.
"Yes, but what exactly are we looking for?" Questioned Kari.
"I suppose were looking for signs that the digital world is still in
disarray." Replied TK, a bit hesitantly not really sure what they were looking
for himself.
"Well let's get walking then." Sounded Kari as she began to walk briskly
down the path that lay ahead of them. TK quickly followed and together they
continued.
"Hey wait for us." Patamon Screeched as he and Gatomon followed quickly
behind their friends.
The four of them followed that path for what seemed to be hours before deciding
to stop and rest for a while.
TK glanced over at Kari and couldn't help but notice how worried she looked.
"Are you OK." TK asked hoping that the answer was yes.
"I guess, well it's just…" Kari said before pausing.
TK hung on those words wondering, could it be she feels the same way about him
that he feels about her?
Kari started to continue her thought. "…it's just, I'm glad that we
haven't found anything tearing apart the digital world, but have you noticed,
we haven't found much of anything."
TK a bit disappointed in what Kari said none the less realized that she was
right. They had been walking for hours and yet with the exception of themselves
and their digimon hadn't seen another living thing.
"To be honest TK I'm a little worried." Kari said much like she was still
the same little kid TK had met those years ago.
"I'm sure there's no reason to worry, perhaps all the digimon are just
hiding, after all there was an awful lot to be scared of around here the last
few weeks."
"Besides look at how beautiful y… it is today." TK said almost having a
stroke at what he almost let slip.
Kari heard what TK said and almost had a heart attack.
"Oh TK I lo…" Kari started to say but she was interrupted. By a
low-pitched laugh, which sent shivers down the spines of both of the
digidestined.
Almost instantly the sky darkened and an ominous figure appeared before them.
This creature which hovered before them said to the children. "I have no true
name, but all those who I have destroyed in the past had referred to me as The
Evil One. This monstrous figure then asked the two which one wished to be the
first one to die.
Looking upon this evil the children although scared, thought to themselves that
they had faced evil before and defeated it and this would be no different. With
that they both gave a nod to their digimon friends, who instantly digivolved to
angels.
The angels fought with all of their might, but in the end their attacks seemed
to pass right through this evil and they were defeated. The angels then returned
to their previous forms of Patamon and Gatomon unable to move from their
injuries.
This monster looked down again upon the children and asked the same question
again. "Which one of you will be the first one to die."
TK stood up with an angry look on his face and looked into the glowing red
globes of eyes that the creature had and said "I will never let you hurt
her."
"I see we have a volunteer." The Evil One said looking at the boy knowing
that there was nothing he that the boy could do. With that he let out a wave of
darkness which headed for TK to destroy him, but right before it reached him
something stopped it.
TK screamed when he realized what had just happened.
"Kari NO!!!" but it was too late Kari had jumped in front of the attack to
save her love.
The Evil One laughed at the site but TK could not here him. He held Kari in his
arms and he and she both softly said, I love you.
As these words were spoken something happened both of their crests started to
glow brighter that had ever before. Soon the light faded, but behind them where
Patamon and Gatomon once were stood a being of pure light.
This being who identified itself as Angelicmon looked The Evil One in the eyes
and attacked it saying only the words "Light of Hope" and destroying the
evil.
TK looked, back down at Kari's broken body and began to cry once more knowing
that her life had faded.
TK then looked up at Angelicmon and pleaded with the creature "please bring
her back, there are so many things that I need to tell her."
Angelicmon just looked upon the boy and said to him that he could only heal her
body hoping that it would be enough. With a flash of light Angelicmon was gone.
TK looked back down at Kari's body seeing that her wounds were healed, but it
was too late, for her light had completely faded.
He bent down to her and with tears in his eyes he kissed her softly and said
what he always new was true "Kari you can't leave, because I'm still here
and I can not survive without you."
TK was crying too much to notice what was happening above their heads. A symbol
was forming which looked like the symbol of Light superimposed with that of
Hope.
The symbol then formed an arrow and in a single shot pierced both of their
hearts.
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Takeru shot straight up in bed because of the horrible images that he had just
remember.
He thought of that arrow and then thought again to himself how he could not
survive without his love Kari.
Takeru then mouthed to himself the only thing that he knew for certain was that
their two hearts were as one. Even if her candlelight had gone out the fire of
their love could never keep them apart.
With that he turned to the face of the beauty that lay asleep beside him and
whispered into her ear…
"Good night Mrs. Hikari Takaishi."
It was true that Kari's candle had gone out those nine years ago, but she did
not die. They both survived, because the fire because the fire of their love
burned bright enough that as long as they were together it could never be
extinguished.
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A/N: Just for the record if it isn't clear from the word Kari survived in the
real sense of the word, meaning she was still breathing and actually laying next
to Takeru in the bed.
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