Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon. If I did, you can bet episode 50 would've been a lot
different. Anyway, I think Taiora is one of the greatest things out there. Followed closely
by Takari of course.
Author's Notes: Okay, there are a few things you need to know in order for this to make
sense. First, this is after season 2, except episodes 38 and 50 never happened. (I like it
already, don't you?) Also, Matt and TK have their own apartment. I know they're only 17
and 14 (well they are in this anyway), but their parents wanted them to have more time
together and also to learn some responsibility. Also, it was necessary for the storyline.
Besides, I'm the author and I said so!
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No Title Yet
17 year-old Taichi Kamiya Walked through the park. It had been a long day, and he
was anxious to get home. He looked over to his right, and noticed T.K. sitting on a park
bench. He looked pretty bummed.
"Hey T.K., what's up?" The younger boy looked up, surprised.
"Oh, hey Tai. I'm just sitting here and thinking about things."
Tai sat down next to him. "Oh? Anything in particular? You seem pretty upset."
TK was obviously hiding something. "Well, I did something today that I really regret. I
think I hurt somebody very close to me, and I'm afraid I screwed things up pretty bad."
Tai felt sorry for him. "Do you feel like telling me who it is? Maybe I can help."
"No thanks, Tai. I appreciate it, but.I have to deal with this on my own." He got up
and started to walk away. He was on the verge of tears. Tai stood up but didn't follow
him.
`That's weird,' he thought. `T.K. almost never cries. Something must really be wrong.'
He returned to his trip home, thinking deeply.
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"I'm home!" Tai shouted as he walked through the front door of his apartment.
"Tai, honey," his mom's voice came in from the other room. "Could you go talk to
your sister please? She's really upset about something."
"Sure," he said, and headed off to the room he shared with his sister.
"Kari?" He gently knocked on the door and then went in. "You okay?"
"NO!" He could see the silhouette of his sister, sitting in the corner in the dark and
hugging her knees against her chest. He went and sat down in front of her and put a hand
on her shoulder.
"C'mon, Kari. You know you can tell me. Whatever it is, we can work it out together,
right? After all, what are big brothers for?"
She slowly looked up at him, tears welling in her eyes. She had to try a few times
before she could actually speak to him. "I got into a fight with T.K. today," she said as she
sniffled.
Bingo. At that, the whole thing snapped together in Tai's head. That was why T.K.
was so upset! "What happened, Kari?" He was determined to sort this out for his sister
and his friend. They were too close to be fighting like this.
"Well," she started. She was still crying, but she had calmed down a bit. "He asked me
if I was going to go to his basketball game this weekend. I said I couldn't, and he seemed
disappointed. One of us made a comment, I don't even remember who, and the next thing
I knew we were yelling at each other. It got to the point where I didn't even know what
we were fighting about. Then I said I never wanted to speak to him again and I stormed
off!"
It was all coming together. T.K. said he had done something he regretted. Evidently he
remembered more about the incident than Kari did. `Oh man, if you guys could only see
each other. I've never seen either of you so upset.'
"I can't believe I did that! I wasn't really even mad at him!" Kari resumed sobbing, and
Tai hugged her.
"C'mon Kari, everything'll be all right. You two are too good of friends to stay mad
for too long. I bet T.K.'s feeling just as bad as you are."
"But what if things don't work out, Tai? I could lose my best friend."
"Don't worry, Kari. This is going to turn out okay. Just wait and see."
She stopped crying. "Thanks, Tai. I'm going to bed now, I'll see you in the morning."
She walked over and sprawled out on her bed. She was asleep within a matter of minutes,
all that crying had worn her out.
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"What was I thinking!?" Over at Matt and T.K.'s place, things were just about the
same. TK was in much worse shape than he was when he talked to Tai.
"C'mon bro, cheer up!" Matt was doing his best to try and comfort his brother, but it
wasn't one of his strong suits.
"Haven't you listened to a word I've said!?" T.K. blew up. "Kari said she'll never
speak to me again! She's my best friend, and now she hates me! What's there to cheer up
about?"
"I'm sorry T.K.," said Matt. "I'm no good at this. Why don't you try and get some
sleep, and we'll talk about it in the morning."
"Okay Matt, and thanks for trying to make me feel better."
The older boy smiled. "No problem, little brother."
"I think I'll sleep out here on the couch tonight," T.K. said as he lay down. "At least
we've got the week off and I don't have to see her at school. I don't think I could bear to
look at her if she wasn't speaking to me." With that, he shut his eyes, and Matt retired to
his room. It was to be many more hours before T.K. would fall asleep, however.
*Ding-dong*
"T.K., could you get that? I'm still fixing my hair."
"Sure, Matt." Even as cheerless as he was, T.K. was still amused by the fact that Matt
paid more attention to his hair than most girls did.
T.K. walked over and opened the door. He was more than a little surprised by who
was standing there.
"Hey T.K."
"Tai? What are you doing here?" (A/N: Ha! You thought it was gonna be Kari didn't
you?)
"I need to talk to you T.K., it's important."
"Well sure, come in I guess." T.K. was at this point quite confused. "What's so
important Tai?"
"Well," Tai began as he went over and sat on the couch, "I know why you were upset
yesterday," he said simply. T.K. was a little taken aback, and was sure he was in trouble.
After all, Tai was Kari's brother. He had to take her side, right?
"Oh," was all he could say.
"T.K., I want you to know that Kari feels horrible about this. She thinks it was all her
fault, and she's afraid you'll never want to see her again."
This came as a bit of a shock. When they parted yesterday, Kari seemed to not want to
have anything to do with him. "To tell you the truth," he said to Tai as he sat down, "I've
been feeling the same way."
"I know," Tai said. "That's why I came over here. I can't let you guys drift apart, you
mean too much to each other."
"Wow, I never would've known, Tai. But what do I do know? I have to tell her that
I'm sorry, but I don't know if she'll want to talk to me."
"T.K., I'm going to get right to the point. You're in love with my sister, aren't you?"
T.K.'s eyes went wide. "What!?"
"Don't try to deny it. I've known you guys for to long, and it's not too hard to tell that
you're more than just friends."
"I agree," said a voice. Both their heads snapped up and looked at the door, in which
stood the owner of that voice. Neither of them had been aware that Matt was listening in
on the conversation. (A/N: Calm down! Kari won't be in this for a while yet.)
"What do you mean, Matt?" T.K. asked.
"Oh come on T.K., I've seen you guys together, and I've seen the way you look at
each other. It's obvious to anyone that there's something happening there."
"You can't be serious," said T.K., still with an incredulous look on his face.
"So I'll tell you what I'm gonna do," continued Tai, " I'm gonna set it up so that you
two will stop being mad at each other, and I'm going to get you together all at once. How
does that sound?"
If T.K. hadn't already been already been sitting down, he would've collapsed into a
chair. "I don't believe this. You would actually do that Tai?"
"Of course! And Matt's gonna help, whether he likes it or not. That's what you get for
eavesdropping."
"Hey, it doesn't bother me," said Matt. "I'd love to see those two hook up."
"All right then, here's the plan." they all huddled close together and listened to Tai's
idea. When they were finished an hour later, T.K. had a huge grin on his face.
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". . .and that's what happened," Kari finished with her eyes full of tears again.
"Wow that's rough, Kari," said Yolei, who had a very concerned expression on her
face. "What are you gonna do? I mean, you and T.K. fighting is like.some sort of a
global disaster."
"I know," Kari sniffed. "What am I gonna do?"
"Well, you could always just go and apologize," Yolei suggested.
"Believe me Yolei, I'd like to, but T.K. probably won't even let me talk to him. Just
thinking about that hurts so much that I."
"Oh I know what this is about," Yolei interrupted. "You have a crush on T.K., don't
you?"
"How did you know?" Kari asked.
"Come on, Kari. Give me a little credit, it's not that hard to spot."
"Really? Then I might as well tell you, it's not a crush. Well, not really."
"What do you mean?" Yolei was confused.
"Well, it's more that I have strong feelings for him. A crush is something fleeting,
something that isn't based on anything. But with T.K., I get this warm, fuzzy feeling inside
whenever he's around. I love just being with him." She blushed violently. "I can't believe
I'm telling you this!"
Yolei had a gigantic grin on her face. "Well, now that you have, it's time to do
something about it!" she squeaked happily.
"What do you mean?" asked Kari.
"Forget apologizing," Yolei said, "you're going to do something one hundred times
better!"
"What?" Kari still couldn't follow her friend's rambling.
"You're going to go to that basketball game!" Yolei yelled happily. "You're going to
go to the game, cheer him like you've never cheered him before, and then you're going to
give him the biggest hug of his life! Kiss him if you want to." She said that last part with a
little smirk on her face.
Kari was shocked. "I can't do that! What if he doesn't feel the same way about me?"
"Of course he does! Why else would he pay so much attention to you when he's got a
gorgeous girl like me around?" she said mockingly.
"Yolei! That's no funny!"
"I know, I'm sorry. But seriously, you have to know that T.K. has at least some
feelings for you. How could you miss it?"
"Are you sure?" Kari was growing more and more insecure by the minute.
"Absolutely! I could tell that you liked him, right?"
Kari thought about that for a moment. Then she nodded her head and came to a
decision. "All right! I'll do it!" She stood up and was wearing a giant smile.
"Thatta girl!" said Yolei. "C'mon, we have to go find you something special to wear
tonight!" The two girls ran off giggling happily. Kari could hardly contain her excitement.
This was going to be one night she would never forget!
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Tai, Matt, and T.K. were all standing at the edge of the school gym, in which the
basketball game was to be played that night.
"Are you sure about this, Tai?" T.K. asked.
"Of course I'm sure! You've gotta be free tonight, right?"
"Yeah, but. . ."
"Aww quit worrying, little bro. They'll have it fixed up in no time. Besides, I've always
wanted to do something like this."
"Yeah, me too!" Tai said with a laugh. Now let's hurry up and do this before
somebody sees us and we get caught!"
"All right," T.K. conceded. "One more question, though. Where did you guys get all
this?"
"My band has connections," said Matt simply.
"All right, enough chit-chat," said Tai. "Everybody ready? 1. . .2. . .3! Let her go!"
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"So all I have to do is keep her out until 6:30?" Sora was on the phone with Tai, going
over her instructions one last time.
"That's right," came the reply. "The game wasn't supposed to start until 7:00, but that
doesn't really make much of a difference now." Sora chuckled when she recalled Tai's
description of phase one of the plan. Leave it to those guys to pull something like that.
"All right, I'll do it!" said Sora. Truth be told, she was as excited about this as anyone.
`T.K. and Kari have always been so cute together,' she thought. `It's about time this
happened.'
"Thanks Sora," Tai said.
"No problem. By the way, do you have any idea where she is?"
"Well, Yolei came by a little earlier, and then they ran off to the park. They're probably
not there anymore, though." Tai thought for I minute. "I know!" he exclaimed. "I'll send
Agumon along with you! He's got a good nose, and he could probably track them for
you!"
"Hey, that's a great idea, Tai! I'll be over in a few minutes, okay?"
"Okay, see-ya then, bye."
"Bye."
Sora came over and picked up Agumon. They headed off to the park, and it didn't take
them long to pick up the trail of the two younger girls. After following the trail for several
minutes, Sora spotted them on a side walk not far off, heading into a department store.
"I'll take it from here, Agumon. If they see you, they might get suspicious. Tell Tai that
everything's under control.
"Will do!" The little orange digimon skitted off towards his home, and Sora wen over
and entered the store.
`Oh this is so exciting!' she thought, and then set about on a mission to find Yolei and
Kari.
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"Hey that looks really good, Kari!" Yolei was complimenting her friend on one of the
outfits she had tried on.
"I'll say it does!" came a voice from behind them.
"Sora!" Kari was delighted to see her old friend. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I was walking down the street, and I saw you guys come in here. I figured I'd
come and say hello."
"That was really sweet of you Sora," said Kari.
"Don't mention it," answered Sora. "So what are you two doing in here today?"
Yolei leaned in close to Sora's face. "Well, don't tell anyone," she whispered, "But
we're finding Kari something to wear when she sees T.K. tonight."
Sora was shocked, but figured she'd better get the whole story before she jumped to
any conclusions. "What do you mean?" she asked innocently.
"Well you see. . ." Yolei proceeded to explain their whole plan to Sora. Afterwards,
Sora was ecstatic. `This is unbelievable! They're both planning to surprise each other on
the same night!' That thought reminded her of her mission, and why she had come in here.
"Say, can I help you guys?" she asked.
"Sure!" said Kari. "Join in!"
The three girls spent the rest of the afternoon shopping, and talking about what was
going to happen that night. Sora could barely contain her glee. She alone knew the true
significance of the events that were to come. Neither the boys nor the girls were aware of
the other sides' actions. This was going to be wonderful.
In the last store of the day, Yolei came and sat next to Sora while Kari was in the
dressing room.
"Hey Sora, can I ask you something?"
"Sure Yolei."
"What do you know that I don't?"
"Huh?" Sora tried to look clueless, but it wasn't working.
"You know what I mean! You know something about tonight, and you're not telling
me!"
Sora figured she might as well. After all, if she didn't, Yolei might get in the way. So
she leaned over, put her hand next to her mouth and whispered the whole plan into Yolei's
ear. Yolei's smile got broader and broader as she went on.
"Oh my god!" Yolei shouted when Sora finished. "That's so incredible! She'll be so
happy!"
"I know!" Sora was giggling wildly too, but suddenly regained her composure. "But
you can't say anything!"
"Don't worry, I won't." Yolei promised. Just then Kari came out of the dressing room.
"Hey guys, what was all the shouting about?" she asked.
"Oh, nothing," Yolei squinted her eyes and scratched the back of her head. Sora
looked at her watch; 6:21.
"C'mon you two. We'd better get back so Kari can change for the game." She grinned
inwardly.
They paid for their items, and then began their walk back to the Kamiya residence.
When they got there, Sora's watch read 6:32.
"We'll just wait her for you," said Yolei once they reached the end of the `hall' (long
outside porch thingy) on the right floor.
"You sure?" Kari asked them. They nodded. She walked down to her apartment, and
Tai was standing outside the door.
"Hey squirt, where've you been all day?" his tone was typical of him.
"Nevermind, Tai. Would you please excuse me? I'm in a hurry." She reached for the
doorknob.
"Yeah, whatever," he said. "Say did you hear what happened down at the school
gym?" She paused, her hand resting on the knob.
"No, what happened?" she asked.
"Some weirdoes dumped an entire vat of kool-aid all over the floor. It's a mess.
Everything's all sticky, and some of the floorboards are warped." He laughed. "They had
to postpone the game for a while."
"Oh no!" wailed Kari. "Tonight was my one chance with T.K.! What am I gonna do?"
Tai tried very hard to hide his smile. `Oh this is too perfect!' he thought. `Who
would've thought she was planning something for tonight, too? She's in for a pleasant
surprise!' Out loud he said, "Don't worry Kari, everything will turn out okay. You'll see.
Well, I'm gonna go take a walk, see-ya!" With that, he headed off to where Kari had left
Sora and Yolei standing.
Kari looked back at her hand on the doorknob and slowly turned it. "This is just great,"
she said to herself out loud. "Now I'm never going to get to be with T.K.! Tonight was
my last chance! He'll probably never want to see me again!"
"I wouldn't bet on it," came a soft voice from inside. Kari looked up. There, standing
right in the middle of her living room, holding a bouquet of roses, was Takeru Takaishi
himself. What's more, he was dressed in a green blazer, tan slacks, and he wasn't wearing
his hat. Kari looked around the room and noticed candles everywhere, and all the lights
were off. She couldn't believe this was happening!
"T. . .T.K.?" was all she could get out. The door fell shut behind her.
"The one and only," he said as he smiled and walked over to her. He handed her the
roses. She was still to stunned to move. It was all she could do to reach out and take the
flowers from him.
"Wh. . .what are you doing here?"
"Didn't you hear? The game was canceled." He continued to smile warmly at her.
"Yes but-"
"I suppose we could've used water, but Matt's band had all that kool-aid mix left over,
and we wanted to be creative."
"YOU did that!?"
"Of course. Who did you think did it?"
"But. . .but why?"
"Well, I couldn't have been with you if I was playing in the game could I? It was the
obvious choice."
She gave him a playful little shove. "You dork." She laughed. Then her tone became
serious again. "You did that just to be with me??"
T.K. looked into her eyes. He was still smiling. "Mm-hmm. And there's something I
want to tell you Kari."
"What is it?"
"Well. . ." he was obviously nervous, "I just want to tell you that. . .I just want you to
know. . .that I. . .that I love you, Kari. I love you more than anything or anyone in the
whole world. I'm sorry about fighting with you earlier. I was just frustrated with myself,
that's all. I've been wanting to tell you how I feel for so long, and it just got to me. I could
never be mad at you, Kari, and I'm sorry about everything. You mean more to me than life
itself."
Kari simply stared into his eyes while all of this sank in. Her eyes quivered with tears.
He loved her! He just poured out everything to her, and forgiven her for everything! She
suddenly jumped into action. She wailed uncontrollably as she jumped onto him, throwing
her arms around him.
"T.K.!" she cried. "T.K. I'm so sorry! Everything was my fault! I love you too, T.K.!"
Happiness overcame them both. He wrapped his arms around her, and vowed right
then and there that he would never let her go. She continued to cry into his chest, and he
began stroking her beautiful brown hair. She slowly started to pull back, and she stared
with wonder into his glimmering, icy-blue eyes.
"Do you really mean it T.K.?"
He looked back at her. He lost himself in her wonderful chocolate-brown gaze. "I do.
Every word."
"Me too. I love you Takeru."
"And I love you, Hikari."
They slowly began moving towards each other, and their eyes closed. Soon they were
locked in a deep, passionate, glorious kiss. It was timeless. It seemed to last forever, while
at the same time it was all too short.
"I can't believe you did all this!" Kari said as she looked around the room.
"Well, Tai helped a little. He and Matt and I were the ones who dumped the kool-aid,
and then he got Sora to make sure you stayed out of the house long enough." He sat
down in the chair next to the couch, and she sat down on his lap and wrapped her arms
around his neck.
"Sora was in on this too?"
"Yep."
"Darn. And I thought I was going to surprise you tonight. She was supposed to help
me!"
"What were you going to do tonight?" T.K. asked, thrilled that she had wanted to
make up and be with him as much as he had wanted to make up and be with her.
"Well, Yolei and Sora and I went to buy me some new clothes. I was going to go to
the game, but not let you see me. Then, when it was over, I was going to run down and
just jump onto you. I was planning on kissing you, too."
T.K. ran the scenario through in his mind. "Wow!" he said. "That would've been the
best surprise ever!"
"Second best," Kari corrected him, and planted another kiss on him. Then she snuggled
up to him, and they fell asleep there in that chair, in each other's arms.
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Tai walked over to where Sora was on the porch. Yolei had already left, knowing that
Kari probably wasn't going to come back out.
"So, how do you think it went?" Sora asked.
"Well, if I know those two, I think it went pretty well," Tai answered her.
"They're so cute," Sora said with a smile. Then she shivered. "Brrr! It's cold out
here!"
"C'mere," Tai said, and he slipped his arm around her. "Better?"
"Yeah, thanks." She smiled.
"Well, I've got a feeling I won't be welcome in there for a while. Wanna go get
something to eat?"
"Yeah sure, let's go." The two of them then headed down the stairs, and down the
street to go eat and have some fun while they waited for Tai's apartment to be habitable
again.
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What will happen now between T.K. and Kari? What about Sora and Tai? Will they get
together? Will T.K. try and repay Tai? Will I stop giving away the plot with stupid
rhetorical questions? Find out.on the next episode of Digimon. . .Digital Monsters!
Author's notes: I know, I know. I wasn't going to write a chapter story, but I kept getting
so many good ideas, and I want to spread them out! Anyway, if you have any comments,
or things you would like to see in the next chapter. . .REVIEW!! I absolutely refuse to
write more until I get at least five! (maniacal laughter) Just remember, your very sanity is
in my hands. Without me, you'll never know how this story ends! Bwahahahahahahaha--
eh, it's not that funny.
different. Anyway, I think Taiora is one of the greatest things out there. Followed closely
by Takari of course.
Author's Notes: Okay, there are a few things you need to know in order for this to make
sense. First, this is after season 2, except episodes 38 and 50 never happened. (I like it
already, don't you?) Also, Matt and TK have their own apartment. I know they're only 17
and 14 (well they are in this anyway), but their parents wanted them to have more time
together and also to learn some responsibility. Also, it was necessary for the storyline.
Besides, I'm the author and I said so!
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No Title Yet
17 year-old Taichi Kamiya Walked through the park. It had been a long day, and he
was anxious to get home. He looked over to his right, and noticed T.K. sitting on a park
bench. He looked pretty bummed.
"Hey T.K., what's up?" The younger boy looked up, surprised.
"Oh, hey Tai. I'm just sitting here and thinking about things."
Tai sat down next to him. "Oh? Anything in particular? You seem pretty upset."
TK was obviously hiding something. "Well, I did something today that I really regret. I
think I hurt somebody very close to me, and I'm afraid I screwed things up pretty bad."
Tai felt sorry for him. "Do you feel like telling me who it is? Maybe I can help."
"No thanks, Tai. I appreciate it, but.I have to deal with this on my own." He got up
and started to walk away. He was on the verge of tears. Tai stood up but didn't follow
him.
`That's weird,' he thought. `T.K. almost never cries. Something must really be wrong.'
He returned to his trip home, thinking deeply.
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"I'm home!" Tai shouted as he walked through the front door of his apartment.
"Tai, honey," his mom's voice came in from the other room. "Could you go talk to
your sister please? She's really upset about something."
"Sure," he said, and headed off to the room he shared with his sister.
"Kari?" He gently knocked on the door and then went in. "You okay?"
"NO!" He could see the silhouette of his sister, sitting in the corner in the dark and
hugging her knees against her chest. He went and sat down in front of her and put a hand
on her shoulder.
"C'mon, Kari. You know you can tell me. Whatever it is, we can work it out together,
right? After all, what are big brothers for?"
She slowly looked up at him, tears welling in her eyes. She had to try a few times
before she could actually speak to him. "I got into a fight with T.K. today," she said as she
sniffled.
Bingo. At that, the whole thing snapped together in Tai's head. That was why T.K.
was so upset! "What happened, Kari?" He was determined to sort this out for his sister
and his friend. They were too close to be fighting like this.
"Well," she started. She was still crying, but she had calmed down a bit. "He asked me
if I was going to go to his basketball game this weekend. I said I couldn't, and he seemed
disappointed. One of us made a comment, I don't even remember who, and the next thing
I knew we were yelling at each other. It got to the point where I didn't even know what
we were fighting about. Then I said I never wanted to speak to him again and I stormed
off!"
It was all coming together. T.K. said he had done something he regretted. Evidently he
remembered more about the incident than Kari did. `Oh man, if you guys could only see
each other. I've never seen either of you so upset.'
"I can't believe I did that! I wasn't really even mad at him!" Kari resumed sobbing, and
Tai hugged her.
"C'mon Kari, everything'll be all right. You two are too good of friends to stay mad
for too long. I bet T.K.'s feeling just as bad as you are."
"But what if things don't work out, Tai? I could lose my best friend."
"Don't worry, Kari. This is going to turn out okay. Just wait and see."
She stopped crying. "Thanks, Tai. I'm going to bed now, I'll see you in the morning."
She walked over and sprawled out on her bed. She was asleep within a matter of minutes,
all that crying had worn her out.
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"What was I thinking!?" Over at Matt and T.K.'s place, things were just about the
same. TK was in much worse shape than he was when he talked to Tai.
"C'mon bro, cheer up!" Matt was doing his best to try and comfort his brother, but it
wasn't one of his strong suits.
"Haven't you listened to a word I've said!?" T.K. blew up. "Kari said she'll never
speak to me again! She's my best friend, and now she hates me! What's there to cheer up
about?"
"I'm sorry T.K.," said Matt. "I'm no good at this. Why don't you try and get some
sleep, and we'll talk about it in the morning."
"Okay Matt, and thanks for trying to make me feel better."
The older boy smiled. "No problem, little brother."
"I think I'll sleep out here on the couch tonight," T.K. said as he lay down. "At least
we've got the week off and I don't have to see her at school. I don't think I could bear to
look at her if she wasn't speaking to me." With that, he shut his eyes, and Matt retired to
his room. It was to be many more hours before T.K. would fall asleep, however.
*Ding-dong*
"T.K., could you get that? I'm still fixing my hair."
"Sure, Matt." Even as cheerless as he was, T.K. was still amused by the fact that Matt
paid more attention to his hair than most girls did.
T.K. walked over and opened the door. He was more than a little surprised by who
was standing there.
"Hey T.K."
"Tai? What are you doing here?" (A/N: Ha! You thought it was gonna be Kari didn't
you?)
"I need to talk to you T.K., it's important."
"Well sure, come in I guess." T.K. was at this point quite confused. "What's so
important Tai?"
"Well," Tai began as he went over and sat on the couch, "I know why you were upset
yesterday," he said simply. T.K. was a little taken aback, and was sure he was in trouble.
After all, Tai was Kari's brother. He had to take her side, right?
"Oh," was all he could say.
"T.K., I want you to know that Kari feels horrible about this. She thinks it was all her
fault, and she's afraid you'll never want to see her again."
This came as a bit of a shock. When they parted yesterday, Kari seemed to not want to
have anything to do with him. "To tell you the truth," he said to Tai as he sat down, "I've
been feeling the same way."
"I know," Tai said. "That's why I came over here. I can't let you guys drift apart, you
mean too much to each other."
"Wow, I never would've known, Tai. But what do I do know? I have to tell her that
I'm sorry, but I don't know if she'll want to talk to me."
"T.K., I'm going to get right to the point. You're in love with my sister, aren't you?"
T.K.'s eyes went wide. "What!?"
"Don't try to deny it. I've known you guys for to long, and it's not too hard to tell that
you're more than just friends."
"I agree," said a voice. Both their heads snapped up and looked at the door, in which
stood the owner of that voice. Neither of them had been aware that Matt was listening in
on the conversation. (A/N: Calm down! Kari won't be in this for a while yet.)
"What do you mean, Matt?" T.K. asked.
"Oh come on T.K., I've seen you guys together, and I've seen the way you look at
each other. It's obvious to anyone that there's something happening there."
"You can't be serious," said T.K., still with an incredulous look on his face.
"So I'll tell you what I'm gonna do," continued Tai, " I'm gonna set it up so that you
two will stop being mad at each other, and I'm going to get you together all at once. How
does that sound?"
If T.K. hadn't already been already been sitting down, he would've collapsed into a
chair. "I don't believe this. You would actually do that Tai?"
"Of course! And Matt's gonna help, whether he likes it or not. That's what you get for
eavesdropping."
"Hey, it doesn't bother me," said Matt. "I'd love to see those two hook up."
"All right then, here's the plan." they all huddled close together and listened to Tai's
idea. When they were finished an hour later, T.K. had a huge grin on his face.
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". . .and that's what happened," Kari finished with her eyes full of tears again.
"Wow that's rough, Kari," said Yolei, who had a very concerned expression on her
face. "What are you gonna do? I mean, you and T.K. fighting is like.some sort of a
global disaster."
"I know," Kari sniffed. "What am I gonna do?"
"Well, you could always just go and apologize," Yolei suggested.
"Believe me Yolei, I'd like to, but T.K. probably won't even let me talk to him. Just
thinking about that hurts so much that I."
"Oh I know what this is about," Yolei interrupted. "You have a crush on T.K., don't
you?"
"How did you know?" Kari asked.
"Come on, Kari. Give me a little credit, it's not that hard to spot."
"Really? Then I might as well tell you, it's not a crush. Well, not really."
"What do you mean?" Yolei was confused.
"Well, it's more that I have strong feelings for him. A crush is something fleeting,
something that isn't based on anything. But with T.K., I get this warm, fuzzy feeling inside
whenever he's around. I love just being with him." She blushed violently. "I can't believe
I'm telling you this!"
Yolei had a gigantic grin on her face. "Well, now that you have, it's time to do
something about it!" she squeaked happily.
"What do you mean?" asked Kari.
"Forget apologizing," Yolei said, "you're going to do something one hundred times
better!"
"What?" Kari still couldn't follow her friend's rambling.
"You're going to go to that basketball game!" Yolei yelled happily. "You're going to
go to the game, cheer him like you've never cheered him before, and then you're going to
give him the biggest hug of his life! Kiss him if you want to." She said that last part with a
little smirk on her face.
Kari was shocked. "I can't do that! What if he doesn't feel the same way about me?"
"Of course he does! Why else would he pay so much attention to you when he's got a
gorgeous girl like me around?" she said mockingly.
"Yolei! That's no funny!"
"I know, I'm sorry. But seriously, you have to know that T.K. has at least some
feelings for you. How could you miss it?"
"Are you sure?" Kari was growing more and more insecure by the minute.
"Absolutely! I could tell that you liked him, right?"
Kari thought about that for a moment. Then she nodded her head and came to a
decision. "All right! I'll do it!" She stood up and was wearing a giant smile.
"Thatta girl!" said Yolei. "C'mon, we have to go find you something special to wear
tonight!" The two girls ran off giggling happily. Kari could hardly contain her excitement.
This was going to be one night she would never forget!
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Tai, Matt, and T.K. were all standing at the edge of the school gym, in which the
basketball game was to be played that night.
"Are you sure about this, Tai?" T.K. asked.
"Of course I'm sure! You've gotta be free tonight, right?"
"Yeah, but. . ."
"Aww quit worrying, little bro. They'll have it fixed up in no time. Besides, I've always
wanted to do something like this."
"Yeah, me too!" Tai said with a laugh. Now let's hurry up and do this before
somebody sees us and we get caught!"
"All right," T.K. conceded. "One more question, though. Where did you guys get all
this?"
"My band has connections," said Matt simply.
"All right, enough chit-chat," said Tai. "Everybody ready? 1. . .2. . .3! Let her go!"
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"So all I have to do is keep her out until 6:30?" Sora was on the phone with Tai, going
over her instructions one last time.
"That's right," came the reply. "The game wasn't supposed to start until 7:00, but that
doesn't really make much of a difference now." Sora chuckled when she recalled Tai's
description of phase one of the plan. Leave it to those guys to pull something like that.
"All right, I'll do it!" said Sora. Truth be told, she was as excited about this as anyone.
`T.K. and Kari have always been so cute together,' she thought. `It's about time this
happened.'
"Thanks Sora," Tai said.
"No problem. By the way, do you have any idea where she is?"
"Well, Yolei came by a little earlier, and then they ran off to the park. They're probably
not there anymore, though." Tai thought for I minute. "I know!" he exclaimed. "I'll send
Agumon along with you! He's got a good nose, and he could probably track them for
you!"
"Hey, that's a great idea, Tai! I'll be over in a few minutes, okay?"
"Okay, see-ya then, bye."
"Bye."
Sora came over and picked up Agumon. They headed off to the park, and it didn't take
them long to pick up the trail of the two younger girls. After following the trail for several
minutes, Sora spotted them on a side walk not far off, heading into a department store.
"I'll take it from here, Agumon. If they see you, they might get suspicious. Tell Tai that
everything's under control.
"Will do!" The little orange digimon skitted off towards his home, and Sora wen over
and entered the store.
`Oh this is so exciting!' she thought, and then set about on a mission to find Yolei and
Kari.
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"Hey that looks really good, Kari!" Yolei was complimenting her friend on one of the
outfits she had tried on.
"I'll say it does!" came a voice from behind them.
"Sora!" Kari was delighted to see her old friend. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I was walking down the street, and I saw you guys come in here. I figured I'd
come and say hello."
"That was really sweet of you Sora," said Kari.
"Don't mention it," answered Sora. "So what are you two doing in here today?"
Yolei leaned in close to Sora's face. "Well, don't tell anyone," she whispered, "But
we're finding Kari something to wear when she sees T.K. tonight."
Sora was shocked, but figured she'd better get the whole story before she jumped to
any conclusions. "What do you mean?" she asked innocently.
"Well you see. . ." Yolei proceeded to explain their whole plan to Sora. Afterwards,
Sora was ecstatic. `This is unbelievable! They're both planning to surprise each other on
the same night!' That thought reminded her of her mission, and why she had come in here.
"Say, can I help you guys?" she asked.
"Sure!" said Kari. "Join in!"
The three girls spent the rest of the afternoon shopping, and talking about what was
going to happen that night. Sora could barely contain her glee. She alone knew the true
significance of the events that were to come. Neither the boys nor the girls were aware of
the other sides' actions. This was going to be wonderful.
In the last store of the day, Yolei came and sat next to Sora while Kari was in the
dressing room.
"Hey Sora, can I ask you something?"
"Sure Yolei."
"What do you know that I don't?"
"Huh?" Sora tried to look clueless, but it wasn't working.
"You know what I mean! You know something about tonight, and you're not telling
me!"
Sora figured she might as well. After all, if she didn't, Yolei might get in the way. So
she leaned over, put her hand next to her mouth and whispered the whole plan into Yolei's
ear. Yolei's smile got broader and broader as she went on.
"Oh my god!" Yolei shouted when Sora finished. "That's so incredible! She'll be so
happy!"
"I know!" Sora was giggling wildly too, but suddenly regained her composure. "But
you can't say anything!"
"Don't worry, I won't." Yolei promised. Just then Kari came out of the dressing room.
"Hey guys, what was all the shouting about?" she asked.
"Oh, nothing," Yolei squinted her eyes and scratched the back of her head. Sora
looked at her watch; 6:21.
"C'mon you two. We'd better get back so Kari can change for the game." She grinned
inwardly.
They paid for their items, and then began their walk back to the Kamiya residence.
When they got there, Sora's watch read 6:32.
"We'll just wait her for you," said Yolei once they reached the end of the `hall' (long
outside porch thingy) on the right floor.
"You sure?" Kari asked them. They nodded. She walked down to her apartment, and
Tai was standing outside the door.
"Hey squirt, where've you been all day?" his tone was typical of him.
"Nevermind, Tai. Would you please excuse me? I'm in a hurry." She reached for the
doorknob.
"Yeah, whatever," he said. "Say did you hear what happened down at the school
gym?" She paused, her hand resting on the knob.
"No, what happened?" she asked.
"Some weirdoes dumped an entire vat of kool-aid all over the floor. It's a mess.
Everything's all sticky, and some of the floorboards are warped." He laughed. "They had
to postpone the game for a while."
"Oh no!" wailed Kari. "Tonight was my one chance with T.K.! What am I gonna do?"
Tai tried very hard to hide his smile. `Oh this is too perfect!' he thought. `Who
would've thought she was planning something for tonight, too? She's in for a pleasant
surprise!' Out loud he said, "Don't worry Kari, everything will turn out okay. You'll see.
Well, I'm gonna go take a walk, see-ya!" With that, he headed off to where Kari had left
Sora and Yolei standing.
Kari looked back at her hand on the doorknob and slowly turned it. "This is just great,"
she said to herself out loud. "Now I'm never going to get to be with T.K.! Tonight was
my last chance! He'll probably never want to see me again!"
"I wouldn't bet on it," came a soft voice from inside. Kari looked up. There, standing
right in the middle of her living room, holding a bouquet of roses, was Takeru Takaishi
himself. What's more, he was dressed in a green blazer, tan slacks, and he wasn't wearing
his hat. Kari looked around the room and noticed candles everywhere, and all the lights
were off. She couldn't believe this was happening!
"T. . .T.K.?" was all she could get out. The door fell shut behind her.
"The one and only," he said as he smiled and walked over to her. He handed her the
roses. She was still to stunned to move. It was all she could do to reach out and take the
flowers from him.
"Wh. . .what are you doing here?"
"Didn't you hear? The game was canceled." He continued to smile warmly at her.
"Yes but-"
"I suppose we could've used water, but Matt's band had all that kool-aid mix left over,
and we wanted to be creative."
"YOU did that!?"
"Of course. Who did you think did it?"
"But. . .but why?"
"Well, I couldn't have been with you if I was playing in the game could I? It was the
obvious choice."
She gave him a playful little shove. "You dork." She laughed. Then her tone became
serious again. "You did that just to be with me??"
T.K. looked into her eyes. He was still smiling. "Mm-hmm. And there's something I
want to tell you Kari."
"What is it?"
"Well. . ." he was obviously nervous, "I just want to tell you that. . .I just want you to
know. . .that I. . .that I love you, Kari. I love you more than anything or anyone in the
whole world. I'm sorry about fighting with you earlier. I was just frustrated with myself,
that's all. I've been wanting to tell you how I feel for so long, and it just got to me. I could
never be mad at you, Kari, and I'm sorry about everything. You mean more to me than life
itself."
Kari simply stared into his eyes while all of this sank in. Her eyes quivered with tears.
He loved her! He just poured out everything to her, and forgiven her for everything! She
suddenly jumped into action. She wailed uncontrollably as she jumped onto him, throwing
her arms around him.
"T.K.!" she cried. "T.K. I'm so sorry! Everything was my fault! I love you too, T.K.!"
Happiness overcame them both. He wrapped his arms around her, and vowed right
then and there that he would never let her go. She continued to cry into his chest, and he
began stroking her beautiful brown hair. She slowly started to pull back, and she stared
with wonder into his glimmering, icy-blue eyes.
"Do you really mean it T.K.?"
He looked back at her. He lost himself in her wonderful chocolate-brown gaze. "I do.
Every word."
"Me too. I love you Takeru."
"And I love you, Hikari."
They slowly began moving towards each other, and their eyes closed. Soon they were
locked in a deep, passionate, glorious kiss. It was timeless. It seemed to last forever, while
at the same time it was all too short.
"I can't believe you did all this!" Kari said as she looked around the room.
"Well, Tai helped a little. He and Matt and I were the ones who dumped the kool-aid,
and then he got Sora to make sure you stayed out of the house long enough." He sat
down in the chair next to the couch, and she sat down on his lap and wrapped her arms
around his neck.
"Sora was in on this too?"
"Yep."
"Darn. And I thought I was going to surprise you tonight. She was supposed to help
me!"
"What were you going to do tonight?" T.K. asked, thrilled that she had wanted to
make up and be with him as much as he had wanted to make up and be with her.
"Well, Yolei and Sora and I went to buy me some new clothes. I was going to go to
the game, but not let you see me. Then, when it was over, I was going to run down and
just jump onto you. I was planning on kissing you, too."
T.K. ran the scenario through in his mind. "Wow!" he said. "That would've been the
best surprise ever!"
"Second best," Kari corrected him, and planted another kiss on him. Then she snuggled
up to him, and they fell asleep there in that chair, in each other's arms.
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Tai walked over to where Sora was on the porch. Yolei had already left, knowing that
Kari probably wasn't going to come back out.
"So, how do you think it went?" Sora asked.
"Well, if I know those two, I think it went pretty well," Tai answered her.
"They're so cute," Sora said with a smile. Then she shivered. "Brrr! It's cold out
here!"
"C'mere," Tai said, and he slipped his arm around her. "Better?"
"Yeah, thanks." She smiled.
"Well, I've got a feeling I won't be welcome in there for a while. Wanna go get
something to eat?"
"Yeah sure, let's go." The two of them then headed down the stairs, and down the
street to go eat and have some fun while they waited for Tai's apartment to be habitable
again.
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What will happen now between T.K. and Kari? What about Sora and Tai? Will they get
together? Will T.K. try and repay Tai? Will I stop giving away the plot with stupid
rhetorical questions? Find out.on the next episode of Digimon. . .Digital Monsters!
Author's notes: I know, I know. I wasn't going to write a chapter story, but I kept getting
so many good ideas, and I want to spread them out! Anyway, if you have any comments,
or things you would like to see in the next chapter. . .REVIEW!! I absolutely refuse to
write more until I get at least five! (maniacal laughter) Just remember, your very sanity is
in my hands. Without me, you'll never know how this story ends! Bwahahahahahahaha--
eh, it's not that funny.