Hey everyone. I'm having ideas right and left for different stories that I don't think I can keep up with the ones I'm already doing. I'm going to get them done eventually, but my main projects are A New Beginning: Part 2 and then my series on the Dark Ocean. And then my starting up of Season 2 with me in it. That series on the Dark Ocean, I hope to edit this summer, probably when I go to Minnesota or something since I'll be just about ready to skedaddle from KFC.

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon, It belongs to Toi Animation and Saban. The storyline though is mine. I also don't own Comair or Delta.

This is going to be another Takari, but that's what most of them are anyways.

So, here we go.

More Than Just State Champions: They're Digi-destined

Flashback: T.K. and Kari are sitting at the beach enjoying the view while watching Davis, Matt and Tai, getting pummeled at volleyball by Ken and Yolie and Tim. Gatomon is taking a long catnap with Patamon next to her. Veemon is over complaining about the score and Armadillowmon and Hawkmon are building an interesting sand castle.

"Hey, Kari?"

"Yeah, T.K.?"

"How about taking a walk for a while?"

"A walk in the sunset. I'd love that T.K."

So unknown by the others, except for Tim who glanced over his shoulder and smiled at the site, and Mimi and Sora who grinned widely, T.K. and Kari both set off to walk for a while, alone.

"T.K., this was really sweet of you. You're such a gentleman."

"Anything for you Hikari Yagami."

She blushed at hearing her real name. "You know I don't liked to be called that T.K."

"Okay then, how about Light?"

"That's fine. Wait, why Light?"

"Because Kari, you're my light, and I guess I want to say that, well…."

T.K. stopped and stared into her brown eyes and she stared right back into his deep blue eyes. "Well, I love you Kari Kamiya."

Her eyes got teary, "Oh, T.K.!"

Then T.K. felt that she didn't feel the same way. "If you don't then I understand."

"No, T.K., I…I do too."

"Then why are you crying?"

"Because, I'm so happy to hear you say that. I've wanted to but I was always afraid that you'd feel differently. I love you T.K." She started to cry more, but softly.

T.K. gently pulled her up to him and she hugged him. Then the newest couple of the digidestined with their arms around each other looked out towards the ocean to watch the sunset. Little did they know that now the rest of the digidestined and the digimon were watching them and Davis was steaming up finding T.K. and Kari as a couple.

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1 week later:

T.K. is in his room laughing at a message from Kari on his D-Terminal.

From: Kari

To: T.K./ Yolie/ Ken/ Cody/ Tim

Guys, Davis is more annoying than ever. I can't believe him he's trying to get me to forget T.K. and come with him. He's constantly dropping by and trying to get me to go out and telling me how much better he is. It's all that typical Davis stuff. I feel sorry for Veemon."

T.K. laughs at the note not noticing his mom coming through the door.

Mrs. Takaishi clears her throat. "T.K., Patamon? I need to talk to you."

Patamon tapped his shoulder to get him to look up.

"Huh? What is it mom?"

"I'm afraid I have something come up that you won't like."

"What mom? It can't be that bad."

His mom spoke not realizing the Digi-port opening up and the screen showing Tim coming through. "T.K., we're moving. To America."

"Whaat?!?" Two voices exclaimed.

"Aaah! Tim! What are you doing here?" T.K. asked.

"You asked me to come over remember?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot. AMERICA?!?"

"I'm sorry honey."

"But Kari!"

"I'm real sorry T.K., but my job is moving me all the way over there, and there's nothing I could do about it."

Except for Patamon, they had both forgotten Tim was in the room and was equally as shocked as them. "Um, if you don't mind me asking Mrs. Takaishi, but where to?"

"Cincinnati, Ohio." She replied. "In an area called Anderson Township I believe.

Tim's mouth shot wide open shocked. "NO WAY! That's where I live! How about that T.K.?!?"

"But, Kari. I have to be there for her."

His mom tried to solace her, "I'm sorry honey, but there was no way out of it. I had no choice. I know how much Kari means to you. And you can always see her in the Digi-world can't you?"

"It's not the same. How can I leave her? I mean, we just became a couple, this isn't fair."

"When do you leave Mrs. Takaishi?"

She sighed, "In two weeks, on Saturday. Thankfully we have an apartment provided by the company I'll be working for and it'll be paid for until we can get things settled.

"Then I guess I'll take off for that day to help you move. And I'm sure we can use the digi-port to transport some of the necessities you'll need."

"Thanks Tim. I'll leave you to think about this for a while T.K and get this digested and talk about it with Patamon."

"Thanks mom."

"I guess I'll head out too then." Tim said.

"No Tim, wait."

"Alright." Tim sighed. "This is really bugging you isn't it?"

"Bugging me? It's eating away at me already! I'm going to lose the love of my life just by moving. How can I tell her?"

"Kari will understand T.K. She's been your best friend for a long time now and now you're a couple. I'm sure she'll take it hard too, and it'll take time to get over it."

"But I'm leaving an area, a family, a group of friends that I really enjoy hanging out with all the time, even Davis."

"I know how you feel there. I had to leave a church family that I had known for years, but we had to leave because the church was becoming corrupted and the wrong things were happening. It took me a long time to get over that."

"Thanks Tim. I feel better some."

"Well, I'm going to go back to the digital world and check up on things. I'll see you man."

Tim went through the portal leaving T.K. and Patamon in the room.

"Patamon, what am I going to do?"

"I'm not sure T.K., but whatever happens I have to go with you."

"Thanks pal."

T.K. picked up the phone next to his bed. He had to call Kari and this was going to be a long two weeks for all of them, not just him and Kari, but for Patamon, Gatomon and the rest of the digidestined and their families. But everything would be alright, wouldn't they? Besides, he already knew four people in America. Mimi and Michael were in New York and Willis was always still in Colorado and he'd be with Tim and his family and friends in Ohio. T.K. sighed and punched the numbers to Kari's apartment number."

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Kamiya's house

RING, RING.

"Hello, this is Tai."

"Tai? It's T.K. Can I talk to Kari?"

"Hey, sure thing man." He placed his hand over the receiver, "Hey Kari, it's T.K."

"Coming Tai." She came over and took the phone from him. "Hi T.K.!" she sang.

"Kari, I have to talk to you. Could you meet me in the park in ten minutes?"

"T.K. you sound upset. What's wrong honey?"

"Could you just meet me at the park Kari?"

"Okay T.K. I love you."

"I love you too Kari."

He hung up the phone. "This is going to be harder than I thought." He told himself. "Patamon, you stay here and help my mom out if she needs anything."

"Okay T.K." the little digimon replied

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Odaiba Park:

Kari is sitting patiently on the bench waiting for T.K. She sees him come up and goes and hugs him. "Hey sweety."

"Morning Kari." He said flatly

"Teek, what's wrong?"

"I wish there was an easier way to tell you this Kari, but," he sighed very nervously.

"What?"

He started to cry, "Kari, I'm….moving."

"Huh? How far? I'm sure it's no problem." She replied trying to sooth him.

"It's…it's to America."

She gasped, "America?!" She repeated.

"Yeah, mom's being transferred. I'll be living close to Tim in Cincinnati and I'll be able to see Mimi, Michael and Willis more often, but I can't stand not being able to see you."
"There's always the digi-port."

"I know, but what about the time difference Kari? And with school, there will be a lot going on."

Now Kari started to cry and T.K. pulled her closer. "I'm so sorry Kari. I wish you could come with, I'll hate being away from you." Kari started to sob more and T.K. took her in his arms and rubbed her back. "There now, it's alright."

"Oh, T.K.! I'll miss you so much, will I ever see you again?"

"I'm sure you will. Now I suggest we make these two weeks count."

"Uh huh."

"I love you so much Kari. You're my light, and that won't change."

They sat there for the rest of the afternoon listening to the birds sing and the people going back and forth. Finally Kari started to get tired. "T.K., take me home please."

"Okay Kari."

"Will you carry me? I'm tired."

"Anything for you, Light."

T.K. picked her up and carried her all the way to her apartment. On the way she fell asleep, so T.K. carefully opened the door and took her to her room. "Good night Kari." He said as he kissed her forehead.

She stirred briefly. "Night, night, Takeru."

He smiled as he walked out.

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2 weeks later: Friday night. The Kamiya's house.

"C'mon T.K.! You can do it!" Tai yelled. "Don't let that Davis beat you at arm wrestling.

"C'mon Teek!" Kari yelled. That had become her pet name for him and used it in exciting situations. This was one of them.

Finally T.K. got a strong grip and started to pull harder on Davis. Finally after 2 minutes of battling it out T.K. slammed Davis's hand against the table. "YEAH! How about that?!" T.K. yelled.

The whole digidestined team had decided to have one last full throttle digi-destined party. Everyone was there. Tim had even gone to pick up Mimi, Michael and Willis. Even Gennai and his counterparts joined in the fun, of course Izzy took the opportunity to meet them all and have entire conversations on the digital world which took just around the whole night.

"Okay, everyone." Tim yelled out. "Now that T.K. has been declared the arm wrestling champion of our digidestined group here, I thought this to be a good time to share some memories of the last few years that we've all had about each other and mainly about our good friend T.K. I've even invited some of our old digimon friends to join in.

Yolie went first. "Well, T.K., you've been an awesome friend and you have really helped our group out a lot with your experiences and I just want to say thanks for some great memories and I hope we continue to have more in the future."

Ken spoke up next. "T.K., thanks for all those punches you threw at me back there in my base." Everyone looked at him and then T.K., especially Davis who was shocked. "I think that helped me to wake up a little bit and realize what I was doing wrong. I'm also glad that you, and not just Davis, were willing to give me a second chance quickly. It really means a lot to me. Thanks man."

"Oh yeah, where was I when I was pummeling you back there?" T.K. replied sarcastically

Tai stood up. "Wow T.K. First of all, I'd like to say thanks for helping us out of some of those jams way back when we fought in the old days. It seems that you were always a main cause in defeating each evil digimon after another of course you had to have Patamon to do it. But you've grown up so much from just being a shrimpy little eight year old to an unbelievable b-ball player and I'm proud to have you as a friend and my sister's guardian, you really proved yourself saving her from Piedmon and then saving her from the Dark Ocean as well. Thanks a bunch."

"Thanks, no problem Tai."

Izzy was next. "Well, you all may think I spent too much time on my computer to notice any of the things going on around us," Everyone laughed at that, "but I think T.K. is great. He's always ready to go, no matter what and he was a hard worker too. And you did a prodigious job back then outsmarting Puppetmon in his overgrown toy house. Thanks for all the memories."

"T.K., as your DNA digivolving partner, I'd like to say thanks. You really helped me to understand that the powers of darkness is no laughing matter and something we shouldn't play around with. You confused me at first getting upset at every little thing BlackWarGreymon, Kimeramon and Ken did, but I understand a lot better now. You're an awesome friend T.K."

Sora spoke up next. "T.K., you're obviously not that little kid we once knew back there in the digital world. You've grown up so much it's so hard to believe that you were a little kid. Just don't lose your hope and if you need to talk to me you know where I am or how to reach me. I really enjoyed you being around."

T.K. hugged Sora, "Thanks Sora. It means a lot."

Mimi was next. "T.K., first I can't wait for you to be closer, but I know it will be hard moving away from here. It was for me too. You're a great kid T.K. and you know where I'll be."

Matt didn't say much, but it was classic. "T.K., well, you're my brother, there's too many memories, I don't have to say them."

Everyone laughed at the musician.

Joe was next. "T.K., I'm real glad I saved you from drowning that time and I bet if we had to do it again, you'd be the one saving me since you can probably swim now. That's all except, good luck in America."

Davis was the last one of the digidestined to speak up. "Well, T.M., I have to say that you're one of the most best friends I've ever had man. I still say I should get Kari, but she's yours. When I first met you I was jealous like crazy because she was your best friend. But you turned out to be much calmer than I ever was. You've taught me a lot, especially about friendship. Thanks dude."

"Hey Davis. Do me a favor."

"What T.J.?"

"One, my name is T.K." Everyone roared hearing this. "And second, you have a duty to take care of Kari for me. Do you accept?"

"Hmm, Kari's guard for T.K., let's see, sure why not! I can't wait! At least I can do something for Kari!" Everyone laughed.

"Davis," Tai said, "Take it from me, you have a lot to learn about girls."

This caused everyone to laugh even more.

Mr. Fujiyama walked in. "Well, I heard everything and I have something to say T.K. WOW HAVE YOU GROWN! You were just a small kid at summer camp five years ago you were always my favorite one there, always one to get right to the point. I just wish you had done that last year when the Digimon came back again. I would have understood your dilemma completely and probably even try to help you guys out. And as for you Tai Kamiya, you have a lot to learn about girls."

This made Tai get red fast and everyone just burst out in gut laughter.

After that, all the digimon were next for T.K. and Patamon. First Agumon, then Gabumon, Biyomon, Veemon, Hawkmon, Armadillomon, Palmon, Gomamon and then Tentomon. The others that showed up to the occasion also spoke briefly, Gennai, Leomon, Andromon and even Ogremon who apologized for the incident at the primary village. T.K.'s other friends from Odaiba Elementary also came to say good bye and wish him luck and his teammates told him to keep up in basketball.

It was a long night and ended with Matt singing, but T.K. decided to head outside for some fresh air. Kari saw him and followed.

"Hi….T.K."

He took her into his arms. "Hi there Light."

They stood there quietly in each others arms and then turned to look at the moon. "Look T.K., a full moon. It's so pretty."

"Mhmm. Just like you."

She looked at him and smiled weakly blushing. "Thanks T.K." she said and then hid her head into T.K.'s chest.

"Kari," he said putting his head down onto Kari's, "Unless you're at home, at Yolie's, or school, make sure you let Davis know where you are and if you feel like the Dark Ocean is pulling you back again, tell him immediately and I'm sure with Ken's help he'll get you back safely if you end up there, and make sure to stay away from Daemon there, okay?"

"Yeah, okay. T.K.?"

"Yes?"

"Why Davis?"

"Because, even though we're together, he still cares about you and he's the best one to take care of you when I'm not around. You understand, right?"

"Uh huh."

They sat there for the rest of the night until about eleven until Kari fell asleep on T.K. He then took her in his arms and carried her back inside and into her bed. He then kissed her forehead lightly. "Sweet dreams Kari."

He then walked back to the family room to find that most everyone had left. The digimon, Gennai and his counterparts had already gone back to the digital world with the exception of the digidestined's. Cody and Yolie had left as well as Ken, who still lived across the bay. Mimi, Michael and Willis had already gone back to America through the Digiport. Izzy was packing up his sound equipment before leaving and Sora, Matt, Tim and Tai were all talking.

"Hey guys."

"Hey man." Tai replied. "Where's Kari?"

"She's in bed, she's tired."

"I'm sure. She's had a long two weeks." Sora said.

"Well, I best be getting going."

"Why not stay a little longer and hang out?" his brother insisted.

"Sorry Matt, but I've got a long day tomorrow and we leave at seven tomorrow evening and we've still got a few things left to pack up."

"You're right T.K." Tim said heading towards the computer. "I'd better head out to then if I'm going to help with the last of the packing. I'll need to get rested up."

With that he pointed his D-3 towards the computer and went back through the gate. T.K. also headed out the door and walked home in the silent, moonlit night, or at least that's what it seemed. He didn't notice the small shadowy figure hidden in one of the trees. "So, the digidestined will be minus one. This will be perfect."

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Takaishi Apartment. 6 P.M. Japan time.

"Ooof! Well, T.K. I think that's the last of it." Tim said as he put the last box of things down and opened up his laptop to open the digiport to send all the rest of the packed things through to the Primary village where their old friend Elecmon was watching all the stuff for them while they packed up. "Digiport Open!"

Everything was sucked through the portal and that was it. Tim and T.K. looked around.

"It sure is empty."

"Yeah." T.K. replied. "I'm going to miss it. So many memories." He thought of all the times everyone was over, birthday parties, digidestined meetings. It was a quiet moment.

"So, are you going with your mom on the plane?"

"No, I don't want to be sitting in a seat all night on a plane thinking about Kari and my friends."

"I understand."

T.K.'s mom walks into the apartment. "Well, I guess this is it. Are you ready son?"

"Yeah, but I'll meet you there mom. I'm going by the Digital World."

Mrs. Takaishi saw her son's disappointment and understood. "Okay, I'm glad the company paid for these tickets so it won't be a waste of my money if you don't go on. Bye honey and I'll see you in a while. Say goodbye to Kari for me if you get the chance."

"Okay mom. Bye."

She gave her son a hug, "Don't worry about it honey, you'll see her again." She said holding back tears.

He held back tears as well, "I know. Bye mom."

"Bye Mrs. Takaishi, we'll be at the airport to pick you up in a while." Tim said as she walked out her door for the final time.

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That's the first chapter, I figured it was getting a little long.