Hmmm…well, *drum roll* I have decided to continue! HOO-HAH!
And, as I have stated, I do not own Digimon. If I did…well…there would be a few less people in my life. ^_~
Here's the first official chapter!
Chapter One
Monday.
At least there was no school! Kari had begun to believe that summer was created to make sure students didn't just drop dead.
But summer has its problems, too.
"Who to call??"
Kari plopped down on her bed, the lower bed of her and Tai's bunk- bed, to contemplate this. She was still wearing her soaked night-shirt from earlier, but was too lazy at the moment to change. It was only 11:00 AM! Way, way too early to actually get on real clothes.
Gatomon was sitting on the bed beside Kari, looking at her with those crystal blue eyes. She glanced to the bathroom, which Tai was in. The sound of singing, horribly off tune, echoed from the shower. Steam rolled out from under the door, like a mist.
"I've got to record Tai one day," Kari said thoughtfully, with a 'slightly' evil grin.
"Is he singing 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' again?" Gatomon asked, eyes wide. She swiveled an ear in the direction of the bathroom. After a moment she says, "Yep."
"ANYWAY…" Kari piped up, not wanting to listen to the horrible sound of Tai trying to sound like Britney Spears, "Who to call? How about it, Gato?"
Gatomon yawned, stretching out her arms and legs. She was careful not to tear the bed sheets. "I don't know. Aimee?"
"She's in Hawaii," Kari said, remembering. "Hmmm…"
"T.Y.?"
"T.Y.! Great idea!" Kari plucked the phone off the hook and raised it to her ear, then stopped. "Wait. I can't remember her phone number. Didn't she get a new one?"
Gatomon nodded. Kari groaned and flopped back on her bed.
"But you got it," Gatomon said quizzically. "I remember because your mom also wrote her shopping list on it and you almost freaked because you could barely see the number."
"OH YEAH! It's got to be around here somewhere…" At this bit of news Kari began rummaging through her drawers and under her bed, looking for the slip of paper with T.Y.'s number on it. Gatomon watched with interest. Kari stopped after a minute, looking up at her. "Ahh…you're a big help!"
Gatomon smiled sweetly. Kari rolled her eyes a little and continued searching for the slip of paper. Her journey took her under the bed, into all the drawers, under Tai's pillow…
"Ummm…Kari" Gatomon ventured after a few more minutes of this.
"Yeah?"
"I remembered the number."
There was a pause.
"…You remember…the number? T.Y.'s number…?"
"Yes."
Another pause.
"…I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Kari leaped, tackling Gatomon onto the bed. Gatomon yelped but could tell by the look in Kari's eyes that she was just playing. They both laughed, and for a moment Kari almost forgot what had been bugging her.
That dream.
Missing.
What it meant.
Why it came.
For one moment, she could laugh an honest laugh.
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12:00 AM
There was only one thing wrong with talking to T.Y.
She TALKED.
"But Jon, I mean, he was all like 'I'm dumping you for Leanne.' I was all like…I mean, I burst out laughing! Out of school for a few weeks and he's already checking out girls like HER? I mean…wouldn't you laugh too?"
"Huh?" Kari blinked and realized she was still on the phone with T.Y. She had zoned out for a minute…it had mainly been just T.Y. talking for over an hour. Not hearing the question, Kari coughed.
"Wouldn't you laugh too?" T.Y. repeated, exasperated.
"Oh? Of course! AH-HAH!" Kari faked a giggle. Man. She checked out the clock, which read 12:00 AM in red, digital letters. Her day was trickling by!
Had to think of something.
Gatomon, who had been lazing back reading one of Kari's magazines, peeked over the cover and read the distress in Kari's face. "Has she talked your ears off yet?" Gatomon purred.
GATO! Kari mouthed to her.
"Leanne does talk your ears off!" T.Y. replied, misunderstanding the statement over the phone.
Gatomon slipped off the bed and disappeared out of the room. Kari grumbled, believing her friend had abandoned her, but a minute later Gatomon came back with a plastic candy wrapper in paw.
What's that? Kari mouthed to her. Gatomon hopped back onto the bed beside her and crackled the paper. She then handed it to Kari, grinning.
Kari blinked, then understood. She took the wrapper and held it up to the receiver, then began rubbing it roughly near it. "Ah! I'm sorry, my phone's breaking up T.Y….I'd better go!" she said in fake horror.
"Oh, dang! I was going to tell you about yesterday!" T.Y. complained.
"What? Can't hear you!" With that Kari hung up and tossed the candy wrapper in the trashcan. She stood, stretched, then bowed to Gatomon. "Thank you, sensei."
Gatomon rolled her eyes. "So, are we going to DO something today? My whiskers are about to fall off from boredom!"
"How about we invite T.K. and PATAMON to eat with us today?" Kari teased, deliberately stretching out the word 'Patamon'.
No emotion flickered on Gatomon's face.
"How about Davis and VEEMON?" Kari continued, narrowing her gaze.
Gatomon began straightening her ears. "You're not getting anything out of me," she said in a monotone voice.
"You've GOT to like somebody!" Kari complained. She walked to her closet, pulling out a pair of blue jeans and a pink shirt. She didn't really LIKE pink as much as she used to, but she was stuck with it. She picked her camera off of her chest and slipped it around her neck.
"Is that an unwritten rule?" Gatomon asked curiously. "I've got to like somebody?"
"DON'T you?" Kari persisted, swiftly changing her clothes. She threw her wet nightshirt up onto Tai's bunk, purposely. He caused the mess; he should deal with it!
"Do I?" Gatomon replied, enjoying this game.
"You do?"
"I might?"
"You DO!"
"I don't!"
Silence. Just the sound of the changing of clothes.
"What about you?"
Kari stiffened a little. "Eh?" She blinked, just getting done pulling down her shirt.
"Aren't you in love with T.K.?"
"WHAT?!?!" All the color drained from Kari's face.
"Davis?"
"No!"
"…Cody??"
"No!"
"KEN??"
"NO!"
Silence.
"Is Tai still in the bathroom?" Kari asked after she finished straightening her shirt out.
"Yep."
Marching over to the bathroom door, Kari gave a swift knock. There were no more waves of steam seeping under the door, no more sounds of a shower, no more Britney Spears. "Tai?"
Knock, knock.
"What?" came a slightly annoyed Tai's voice.
"What are you doing? You've been in there over an hour!" Kari scoffed. "I thought girls were bad about staying in bathrooms forever…"
"I'm doing my hair gel!" Tai replied easily. "It takes time, practice, and discipline."
Gatomon snorted from the bed.
"Tai…" Kari purred, her voice suddenly sweet. "If you don't come out I'm going to call up Kim and tell her YOU'RE the one who dropped off the flowers at her door for her birthday…"
Tai coughed.
"…And left her that little poem…what was it…'Roses are red, violets are sweet, don't know what to say, but I like your feet'?"
Silence.
"Ummm…coming out." There was the sound of shuffling, and a second later Tai opened the bathroom door and smiled sheepishly at Kari. "Ah-hah. I'm done."
Gatomon couldn't hold it. She burst out laughing. "'I like your feet'???" Tai rubbed a hand through his hair and put on a serious face. He the marched out of the room and into the kitchen, where Agumon had been all morning watching TV in the main room and occasionally sneaking some snacks. Kari walked into the bathroom, was almost knocked over by the intense heat caused from the shower, and then proceeded to fix her hair among other things. "Gato?" she called out after a second.
"Yeah?"
"Can you call T.K., Davis, Cody, Yolie, and Ken up? Ask them if they'd like to go out and eat with us today, around 2:00. And bring their Digimon, of course." Kari knew this wouldn't be a problem…Tai would probably want to hand around the apartment with Agumon all day and watch soap operas on TV. Since her mom and dad had gone to work early today she knew they wouldn't mind, and she didn't have anything to do.
"Sure," Gatomon answered.
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-Takaishi Residence-
Ring ring.
"Hello?" T.K. answered. He looked back to the couch where Patamon was sitting, watching some show about exotic foods.
"Hi. T.K.?" It was Gatomon's voice.
"Yeah. Hey, Gatomon!" T.K. chirped happily. Patamon looked over in his direction, then hopped into the air, gliding over and landing on T.K.'s shoulder to where he could hear the conversation as well. T.K. puckered up his lips at Patamon and mouthed 'Oh, Gatomon!'. Patamon responded with a fwack on his head.
"Well, Kari and I were wondering if you'd like to come and eat out with us today, around 2:00. We're going to see if the others can come, too."
"Sure!" T.K. piped. "Where?"
"Ummm…" Gatomon faltered. "Hey, Kari! Where are we eating?" she called out-loud in the background.
"Huh? How about Yikani's Burgers?" Kari responded, somewhere in the back of the room it sounded.
"Yikani's Burgers sound okay to you?" Gatomon asked into the phone.
"Sure!" Patamon replied before T.K.
"Oh, hey Patamon!" Gatomon replied, recognizing his voice.
"Yikani's Burgers, 2:00," T.K. repeated. "We'll be there!"
"Okay. See ya around!" Gatomon chirped, then hung up.
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-Motomiya Residence-
Ring ring.
"I'LL GET IT!" Davis leaped for the phone, hit the desk, and plopped on the floor, but managed to pull the phone to his ear. DemiVeemon, or Chibimon, crawled into his lap, pulling on his hand to bring the phone closer so he could hear too. Once this commotion was settled, Davis said, "Hello?"
"Hi. Davis? This is Gatomon."
"Hiya Gatomon!" Davis replied happily. Chibimon straightened up some and pressed his blue ear closer to the phone. "Hi Gato!" Chibimon added, sending a little look at Davis.
"Hiya Chibimon! Listen, Kari and I were wondering if…"
"We could eat out somewhere??" Chibimon interrupted, his stomach growling some.
Gatomon laughed. "Yeah. Yikani's Burgers, around 2:00 be okay?"
"Sure," Davis said. "That's close by. We'll be there! My parents are out and I can sneak by Jun's room. I super glued her hair brush to a hamster wheel, so she should be busy for a while."
"Oh. I see. Cool! See ya there."
"Bye Gatomon!" Chibimon squeaked. Gatomon giggled and hung up.
"DAVIS!!!!" Jun yelled from her room. Davis smirked and gave Chibimon a little high-five.
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-Ichijouji Residence-
Ring ring.
"Oh!" Ken's mom picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hi…Mrs. Ichijouji?"
"Oh, why hello Gatomon!" Mrs. Ichijouji responded, smiling. "How are you?"
"I'm fine, thanks," Gatomon replied. "Is Ken around?"
"Oh yes, he's in his room. Ken!"
Gatomon could hear a scuffle, then Ken's voice saying "Gatomon?"
"Hi Ken."
"Hi." Leafmon, sensing something, hopped into Ken's arms as he talked on the phone. "What's up, Gatomon?" Ken asked.
"Would you like to eat out with Kari, me, Davis, Chibimon, T.K., and Patamon around 2:00 at Yikani's Burgers?"
"Let me see…" Ken pulled away from the phone. "Mom…can I eat out with some friends today?"
"Sure," Mrs. Ichijouji replied from the kitchen. "It's nice of them to invite you!"
"Yeah," Ken said directing his voice back to the phone. "We'll be there. Have you tried Yolie and Cody?"
"Yeah," Gatomon said. "Cody has to go with his parents somewhere today, and Yolie's sick."
"Oh. Okay. See you around."
"Bye Ken, by Leafmon."
"Bye."
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-Kamiya Residence-
Kari listened vaguely to Gatomon's conversations with the other Digidestined. She peered into the mirror, having a moment alone with her thoughts.
Her mind drifted back to this morning.
"I'm Missing…"
That's what it had said. The person, shadow, figure. Why did it come to her every night? Why did it haunt her sleep? Why did the same thing always happen, and what was it trying to do?
Was it friend?
Enemy?
Both?
Or Neither?
Maybe it was all just something her head made up on its own. Being a Child of Light can be stressful.
But I never had dreams before, Kari thought, brushing her hair for the twentieth time while gazing into the mirror. Maybe once or twice, but never over and over…and they always made some kind of sense…Is this a warning? A plea?
She could almost see it again. The brightness, the never-ending space of white.
The shadow.
The voice.
The breaking apart of the space, the dark vortex sucking up everything in its way.
The shadow.
The shadow.
And as she was gazing into the mirror, her reflection shifted. At first Kari didn't notice, but after a second she squinted to see if what she saw was real.
Had the mirror just rippled?
She blinked, watching the mirror again.
Another ripple.
Or was it her imagination?
Her reflection disappeared altogether, and in its place, blackness.
Thump, thump…Thumping echoed in Kari's ears, reverberating in her mind, filling her thoughts. The discomfort quickly turned to a sharp pain, a feeling of burning behind her eyes, of pain shooting down every limb of her body.
A white flash in her vision!
Then…nothing…
Just more darkness as she felt herself slide to the floor…
Thump…thump…
The sound of Gatomon's cry as she saw…
More shadow…
Voices…echoing…
The missing piece of light;
One fallen angel
A soul afraid of dying
That never learned to live
A heart afraid of breaking
That was too afraid to give.
Then…
Nothing.
What's happening with Kari?? Will she be okay? What's all this about her dream?
Will Gatomon ever confess who she likes??
Will Tai ever be able to sing on tune??
Will Jun ever get her hair brush??
Stay tuned for Chapter 2 of "The Missing Piece of Light; One Fallen Angel" to find out!
Thanks for your reviews. ^_^. You reviewers are what encourage me to write more.
Thanks!
Ja ne.
~*Kari*~
And, as I have stated, I do not own Digimon. If I did…well…there would be a few less people in my life. ^_~
Here's the first official chapter!
Chapter One
Monday.
At least there was no school! Kari had begun to believe that summer was created to make sure students didn't just drop dead.
But summer has its problems, too.
"Who to call??"
Kari plopped down on her bed, the lower bed of her and Tai's bunk- bed, to contemplate this. She was still wearing her soaked night-shirt from earlier, but was too lazy at the moment to change. It was only 11:00 AM! Way, way too early to actually get on real clothes.
Gatomon was sitting on the bed beside Kari, looking at her with those crystal blue eyes. She glanced to the bathroom, which Tai was in. The sound of singing, horribly off tune, echoed from the shower. Steam rolled out from under the door, like a mist.
"I've got to record Tai one day," Kari said thoughtfully, with a 'slightly' evil grin.
"Is he singing 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' again?" Gatomon asked, eyes wide. She swiveled an ear in the direction of the bathroom. After a moment she says, "Yep."
"ANYWAY…" Kari piped up, not wanting to listen to the horrible sound of Tai trying to sound like Britney Spears, "Who to call? How about it, Gato?"
Gatomon yawned, stretching out her arms and legs. She was careful not to tear the bed sheets. "I don't know. Aimee?"
"She's in Hawaii," Kari said, remembering. "Hmmm…"
"T.Y.?"
"T.Y.! Great idea!" Kari plucked the phone off the hook and raised it to her ear, then stopped. "Wait. I can't remember her phone number. Didn't she get a new one?"
Gatomon nodded. Kari groaned and flopped back on her bed.
"But you got it," Gatomon said quizzically. "I remember because your mom also wrote her shopping list on it and you almost freaked because you could barely see the number."
"OH YEAH! It's got to be around here somewhere…" At this bit of news Kari began rummaging through her drawers and under her bed, looking for the slip of paper with T.Y.'s number on it. Gatomon watched with interest. Kari stopped after a minute, looking up at her. "Ahh…you're a big help!"
Gatomon smiled sweetly. Kari rolled her eyes a little and continued searching for the slip of paper. Her journey took her under the bed, into all the drawers, under Tai's pillow…
"Ummm…Kari" Gatomon ventured after a few more minutes of this.
"Yeah?"
"I remembered the number."
There was a pause.
"…You remember…the number? T.Y.'s number…?"
"Yes."
Another pause.
"…I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Kari leaped, tackling Gatomon onto the bed. Gatomon yelped but could tell by the look in Kari's eyes that she was just playing. They both laughed, and for a moment Kari almost forgot what had been bugging her.
That dream.
Missing.
What it meant.
Why it came.
For one moment, she could laugh an honest laugh.
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12:00 AM
There was only one thing wrong with talking to T.Y.
She TALKED.
"But Jon, I mean, he was all like 'I'm dumping you for Leanne.' I was all like…I mean, I burst out laughing! Out of school for a few weeks and he's already checking out girls like HER? I mean…wouldn't you laugh too?"
"Huh?" Kari blinked and realized she was still on the phone with T.Y. She had zoned out for a minute…it had mainly been just T.Y. talking for over an hour. Not hearing the question, Kari coughed.
"Wouldn't you laugh too?" T.Y. repeated, exasperated.
"Oh? Of course! AH-HAH!" Kari faked a giggle. Man. She checked out the clock, which read 12:00 AM in red, digital letters. Her day was trickling by!
Had to think of something.
Gatomon, who had been lazing back reading one of Kari's magazines, peeked over the cover and read the distress in Kari's face. "Has she talked your ears off yet?" Gatomon purred.
GATO! Kari mouthed to her.
"Leanne does talk your ears off!" T.Y. replied, misunderstanding the statement over the phone.
Gatomon slipped off the bed and disappeared out of the room. Kari grumbled, believing her friend had abandoned her, but a minute later Gatomon came back with a plastic candy wrapper in paw.
What's that? Kari mouthed to her. Gatomon hopped back onto the bed beside her and crackled the paper. She then handed it to Kari, grinning.
Kari blinked, then understood. She took the wrapper and held it up to the receiver, then began rubbing it roughly near it. "Ah! I'm sorry, my phone's breaking up T.Y….I'd better go!" she said in fake horror.
"Oh, dang! I was going to tell you about yesterday!" T.Y. complained.
"What? Can't hear you!" With that Kari hung up and tossed the candy wrapper in the trashcan. She stood, stretched, then bowed to Gatomon. "Thank you, sensei."
Gatomon rolled her eyes. "So, are we going to DO something today? My whiskers are about to fall off from boredom!"
"How about we invite T.K. and PATAMON to eat with us today?" Kari teased, deliberately stretching out the word 'Patamon'.
No emotion flickered on Gatomon's face.
"How about Davis and VEEMON?" Kari continued, narrowing her gaze.
Gatomon began straightening her ears. "You're not getting anything out of me," she said in a monotone voice.
"You've GOT to like somebody!" Kari complained. She walked to her closet, pulling out a pair of blue jeans and a pink shirt. She didn't really LIKE pink as much as she used to, but she was stuck with it. She picked her camera off of her chest and slipped it around her neck.
"Is that an unwritten rule?" Gatomon asked curiously. "I've got to like somebody?"
"DON'T you?" Kari persisted, swiftly changing her clothes. She threw her wet nightshirt up onto Tai's bunk, purposely. He caused the mess; he should deal with it!
"Do I?" Gatomon replied, enjoying this game.
"You do?"
"I might?"
"You DO!"
"I don't!"
Silence. Just the sound of the changing of clothes.
"What about you?"
Kari stiffened a little. "Eh?" She blinked, just getting done pulling down her shirt.
"Aren't you in love with T.K.?"
"WHAT?!?!" All the color drained from Kari's face.
"Davis?"
"No!"
"…Cody??"
"No!"
"KEN??"
"NO!"
Silence.
"Is Tai still in the bathroom?" Kari asked after she finished straightening her shirt out.
"Yep."
Marching over to the bathroom door, Kari gave a swift knock. There were no more waves of steam seeping under the door, no more sounds of a shower, no more Britney Spears. "Tai?"
Knock, knock.
"What?" came a slightly annoyed Tai's voice.
"What are you doing? You've been in there over an hour!" Kari scoffed. "I thought girls were bad about staying in bathrooms forever…"
"I'm doing my hair gel!" Tai replied easily. "It takes time, practice, and discipline."
Gatomon snorted from the bed.
"Tai…" Kari purred, her voice suddenly sweet. "If you don't come out I'm going to call up Kim and tell her YOU'RE the one who dropped off the flowers at her door for her birthday…"
Tai coughed.
"…And left her that little poem…what was it…'Roses are red, violets are sweet, don't know what to say, but I like your feet'?"
Silence.
"Ummm…coming out." There was the sound of shuffling, and a second later Tai opened the bathroom door and smiled sheepishly at Kari. "Ah-hah. I'm done."
Gatomon couldn't hold it. She burst out laughing. "'I like your feet'???" Tai rubbed a hand through his hair and put on a serious face. He the marched out of the room and into the kitchen, where Agumon had been all morning watching TV in the main room and occasionally sneaking some snacks. Kari walked into the bathroom, was almost knocked over by the intense heat caused from the shower, and then proceeded to fix her hair among other things. "Gato?" she called out after a second.
"Yeah?"
"Can you call T.K., Davis, Cody, Yolie, and Ken up? Ask them if they'd like to go out and eat with us today, around 2:00. And bring their Digimon, of course." Kari knew this wouldn't be a problem…Tai would probably want to hand around the apartment with Agumon all day and watch soap operas on TV. Since her mom and dad had gone to work early today she knew they wouldn't mind, and she didn't have anything to do.
"Sure," Gatomon answered.
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-Takaishi Residence-
Ring ring.
"Hello?" T.K. answered. He looked back to the couch where Patamon was sitting, watching some show about exotic foods.
"Hi. T.K.?" It was Gatomon's voice.
"Yeah. Hey, Gatomon!" T.K. chirped happily. Patamon looked over in his direction, then hopped into the air, gliding over and landing on T.K.'s shoulder to where he could hear the conversation as well. T.K. puckered up his lips at Patamon and mouthed 'Oh, Gatomon!'. Patamon responded with a fwack on his head.
"Well, Kari and I were wondering if you'd like to come and eat out with us today, around 2:00. We're going to see if the others can come, too."
"Sure!" T.K. piped. "Where?"
"Ummm…" Gatomon faltered. "Hey, Kari! Where are we eating?" she called out-loud in the background.
"Huh? How about Yikani's Burgers?" Kari responded, somewhere in the back of the room it sounded.
"Yikani's Burgers sound okay to you?" Gatomon asked into the phone.
"Sure!" Patamon replied before T.K.
"Oh, hey Patamon!" Gatomon replied, recognizing his voice.
"Yikani's Burgers, 2:00," T.K. repeated. "We'll be there!"
"Okay. See ya around!" Gatomon chirped, then hung up.
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-Motomiya Residence-
Ring ring.
"I'LL GET IT!" Davis leaped for the phone, hit the desk, and plopped on the floor, but managed to pull the phone to his ear. DemiVeemon, or Chibimon, crawled into his lap, pulling on his hand to bring the phone closer so he could hear too. Once this commotion was settled, Davis said, "Hello?"
"Hi. Davis? This is Gatomon."
"Hiya Gatomon!" Davis replied happily. Chibimon straightened up some and pressed his blue ear closer to the phone. "Hi Gato!" Chibimon added, sending a little look at Davis.
"Hiya Chibimon! Listen, Kari and I were wondering if…"
"We could eat out somewhere??" Chibimon interrupted, his stomach growling some.
Gatomon laughed. "Yeah. Yikani's Burgers, around 2:00 be okay?"
"Sure," Davis said. "That's close by. We'll be there! My parents are out and I can sneak by Jun's room. I super glued her hair brush to a hamster wheel, so she should be busy for a while."
"Oh. I see. Cool! See ya there."
"Bye Gatomon!" Chibimon squeaked. Gatomon giggled and hung up.
"DAVIS!!!!" Jun yelled from her room. Davis smirked and gave Chibimon a little high-five.
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-Ichijouji Residence-
Ring ring.
"Oh!" Ken's mom picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hi…Mrs. Ichijouji?"
"Oh, why hello Gatomon!" Mrs. Ichijouji responded, smiling. "How are you?"
"I'm fine, thanks," Gatomon replied. "Is Ken around?"
"Oh yes, he's in his room. Ken!"
Gatomon could hear a scuffle, then Ken's voice saying "Gatomon?"
"Hi Ken."
"Hi." Leafmon, sensing something, hopped into Ken's arms as he talked on the phone. "What's up, Gatomon?" Ken asked.
"Would you like to eat out with Kari, me, Davis, Chibimon, T.K., and Patamon around 2:00 at Yikani's Burgers?"
"Let me see…" Ken pulled away from the phone. "Mom…can I eat out with some friends today?"
"Sure," Mrs. Ichijouji replied from the kitchen. "It's nice of them to invite you!"
"Yeah," Ken said directing his voice back to the phone. "We'll be there. Have you tried Yolie and Cody?"
"Yeah," Gatomon said. "Cody has to go with his parents somewhere today, and Yolie's sick."
"Oh. Okay. See you around."
"Bye Ken, by Leafmon."
"Bye."
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-Kamiya Residence-
Kari listened vaguely to Gatomon's conversations with the other Digidestined. She peered into the mirror, having a moment alone with her thoughts.
Her mind drifted back to this morning.
"I'm Missing…"
That's what it had said. The person, shadow, figure. Why did it come to her every night? Why did it haunt her sleep? Why did the same thing always happen, and what was it trying to do?
Was it friend?
Enemy?
Both?
Or Neither?
Maybe it was all just something her head made up on its own. Being a Child of Light can be stressful.
But I never had dreams before, Kari thought, brushing her hair for the twentieth time while gazing into the mirror. Maybe once or twice, but never over and over…and they always made some kind of sense…Is this a warning? A plea?
She could almost see it again. The brightness, the never-ending space of white.
The shadow.
The voice.
The breaking apart of the space, the dark vortex sucking up everything in its way.
The shadow.
The shadow.
And as she was gazing into the mirror, her reflection shifted. At first Kari didn't notice, but after a second she squinted to see if what she saw was real.
Had the mirror just rippled?
She blinked, watching the mirror again.
Another ripple.
Or was it her imagination?
Her reflection disappeared altogether, and in its place, blackness.
Thump, thump…Thumping echoed in Kari's ears, reverberating in her mind, filling her thoughts. The discomfort quickly turned to a sharp pain, a feeling of burning behind her eyes, of pain shooting down every limb of her body.
A white flash in her vision!
Then…nothing…
Just more darkness as she felt herself slide to the floor…
Thump…thump…
The sound of Gatomon's cry as she saw…
More shadow…
Voices…echoing…
The missing piece of light;
One fallen angel
A soul afraid of dying
That never learned to live
A heart afraid of breaking
That was too afraid to give.
Then…
Nothing.
What's happening with Kari?? Will she be okay? What's all this about her dream?
Will Gatomon ever confess who she likes??
Will Tai ever be able to sing on tune??
Will Jun ever get her hair brush??
Stay tuned for Chapter 2 of "The Missing Piece of Light; One Fallen Angel" to find out!
Thanks for your reviews. ^_^. You reviewers are what encourage me to write more.
Thanks!
Ja ne.
~*Kari*~