Please Please Be Gentle!This is my first fic ever...I wanted to capture some of kari's feelings and thoughts right before her brother Tai came home and then had to go back to the DigiWorld...

I want to dedicate this to my big brother, who is always protecting and taking care of me. In some ways our relationship is just like Tai and Kari's- giggle- anyways thank you for reading my little story. I hope you like it, and please feel free to review...Thank you!

It's been 4 years; I don't believe my brother remembers what happened that night. My protector, who is always worried about my well being, the one that is liked by everyone, who is funny, short tempered, strong-headed, but he cares a lot for others, always putting himself in danger in order to help his friends and family. He is always busy out with people or playing soccer, or failing in some subject in school- giggle- but never fails to be by my side to make sure I'm well and happy.

He is the complete opposite of me. His quiet, sickly little sister, who always gets others in trouble when they try to protect her from the outside world and the many dangers it holds for a girl this frail. My life mostly consists of staying at home in bed, with a fever, thinking about events of the past and present, especially of how I see things that others don't.

For example, sometimes there are strong earthquakes or blizzards in the middle of summer. In the TV, they show images of such phenomenons, and give explanations of why it occurred and most times blame it on the Global Warming. But I know, I know that this changes in the climate and catastrophes that fall upon the people of this Earth have nothing to do with the Global Warming or any explanation the news channel has given so far. I see them, those creatures, again and again, just how I did 4 years ago, when I was with my brother, on that night…when those creatures appeared along with that strange light, the same creatures that I see when they show the pictures of towns and cities that have been affected by this "phenomenon". They are always there, even though they disappear most of the time, just like the beasts that my brother and I saw 4 years ago. The only difference is that no one can see them the way I do, not even my brother can see them like he saw the ones long ago.

I haven't mentioned those creatures to anyone; I know they wouldn't believe me, not even my brother, since he probably forgot about the ones from long ago. Plus, his too busy, and I don't want to bother him with things from the past that don't hold much meaning to him.

I got up from bed, headed for the kitchen in order to feed Nico, our family cat. I had stayed home today with a fever, and was feeling a bit dizzy as I stumbled to the kitchen. But as I was walking towards the bag full to the brim of cat food, I noticed a note on the dinner table. With curiosity, I walked towards it.

"Gone to summer camp, I'll be back on a few days!"

"He left…"I mumbled in disappointment, thinking of how I was supposed to go to that summer camp along side my brother, but had gotten sick on the last minute, and had no choice but to stay home in bed. A few tears started running down my cheek; I wiped them, ignoring the feeling of sadness that was forming inside me. I shouldn't be feeling sad at all, but happy for my brother, who is probably having a blast with his new friends…

I decided to forget about the summer camp completely and focus on feeding Nico. I took the little bowl that had written "Nico" in front of it, and began filling it with the brown bits of the cat food. Once I was done I began to feel a slight headache and began walking to my room where my brother and I slept on bunk beds, but as I was getting there, my legs started to feel a bit wobbly until they finally gave out on me, and I fainted on the hard wooden bedroom floor.

I must have been out for at least 40 minutes when I heard the door open, and someone having a conversation. I immediately recognized my brother's voice talking with a some-what familiar voice…