Mrs. Kamiya poked her head in the bedroom door. "You two had better get up, breakfast's on the table."
Kari groaned as she sat up in the top bunk. She yawned a few times, then climbed down the latter. She saw that Tai was still asleep, so she just put on her pink robe and walked out to the kitchen table. Her mother smiled as she put a place down in front of her daughter. "Good morning, Tai. Here you go."
"Thanks," she said, slowly picking up her fork.
"Something wrong?" her mother asked.
"I'm just nervous."
"About what?"
"The entrance interview."
"Don't worry," Mrs. Kamiya said, "You'll do fine. I'm sure they'll love to have you at Tokyo University. They'll probably accept you on your soccer skills alone."
"Thanks Mom," she smiled sweetly. She finished eating her breakfast and walked back into her room. Tai was climbing out of bed.
"You're finally awake, huh?" Kari asked.
Tai yawned. "Not really."
Kari smiled. "What are you going to do today?"
He shrugged. "Tk, Davis, Yolei and I are probably going to talk about what we're going to do for the reunion. This will be the first one since…you know."
Kari nodded. "Sora and I are going to see Matt, then we're going to get Mimi at the airport. Just let us know what you guys want to do."
Tai smiled. "It's going to be great. We get to see everyone again, and we'll celebrate you getting into college!"
Kari smiled slightly. "Thanks."
"Kari!" Mrs. Kamiya shouted, "You're breakfast's getting cold!"
Tai sighed. "I'm coming!" He got up and rubbed the top of Kari's head. She pushed his hands away. "Stop doing that."
He smiled. "I can finally do that to you Tai."
Kari frowned. "Just because I'm the little sister now, doesn't mean that you can do that to me."
Tai closed the door on his way out, leaving Kari to stare at her reflection on the mirror on the back.
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New Lives
Kari walked up to the front door of the Takenouchi flower shop and walked inside. She was wearing a pair of jean shorts and a light purple t-shirt. She waved when she saw Tk standing behind the counter. "Hi Sora."
Tk nodded. "Hi, Tai."
Kari frowned. "You have to work?"
"Just until twelve," he said, "Then we can go see Matt."
Kari nodded. "Kari and the others are planning our reunion."
"Do you have any idea where we're going?"
Kari shook her head. "No. I'm really worried about my college interview."
"You'll do fine," Tk said.
"That's what everyone keeps saying," she said, "I'm still worried."
Tk smiled. "Don't worry. Tomorrow you'll get accept into Tokyo University and the day after we'll have our reunion and celebrate."
Kari nodded. "Yeah, I hope so. Since I ended up in Kari's body, I knew that things were going to be different, but I wanted to get into college, no matter what."
"Tai," Tk giggled, "I think that Kari's emotions are starting to affect you, I don't remember you talking so deeply like that before."
Kari frowned. Mrs. Takenouchi walked into the store. "Hi Tai."
"Hi," Kari smiled.
Mrs. Takenouchi turned to her daughter-turned-son. "I need to go out for a little while, but I'll be back before twelve. Tai, could you give him a hand?"
Kari nodded. "Um, sure."
"Just don't get any soil on your clothes. Sora, maybe you should let Tai handle the counter, this way she'll still look nice for your date."
"It's not a date, Mom," Tk said, "We're going to get Mimi at the airport."
She walked to the door. "Okay," she said," I'll be back."
A few miles away, Tai was knocking on the door of an apartment across town. The door was opened by Sora, who was dressed in red pajamas. "Hi, Tk."
"Hi, Kari," Sora said, "I'm going to need a few more minutes."
"Why are you still in your pajamas?" he asked.
"I overslept," she said, walking into her room, "The basketball team was a little late last night."
"I still can't believe how lucky it was that they let you play on the girl's team," Tai said, "Sora played tennis and soccer for so long, that I was afraid she wasn't good at jumping."
"I know," Sora shouted back, "I started training to build up my calf muscles. My old body would have had no problem."
Miss Takashi walked out of her bedroom, already dressed. "Oh, good morning Kari."
Tai nodded. "Good morning."
Sora walked out of her room, dressed in a pair of jean shorts and a pink t-shirt. "Alright, I'm ready."
"Where are you guys going today?" Miss Takashi asked.
"We're just going to talk about what to do for our reunion the day after tomorrow, Mom," Sora said.
"Oh?" she asked, "Any ideas?"
Sora shook her head. "No, that's why we're going to talk to Davis, Yolei, Ken and Cody."
"Well, good luck," she said. She looked at her clock, "I've got to go, bye."
"We've got to go too," Tai said, "Davis should be done with practice by now."
They left the apartment and walked across town to the junior high school field. There were a group a girls wearing soccer uniforms standing in the field. "There she is," Tai said, "Davis! Hey Davis!" he waved.
One of the girls turned around, it was Mimi's body, but Davis's spirit. She ran over. "Hey guys," she panted.
"Are you almost ready?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, just give me a second to get changed."
Around 15 minutes later, Mimi finally came back up, wearing jeans and a stripped tank top. "Ready?"
"Finally," Sora growled, "The others are probably wondering where we are!"
"Chill out, dude," Mimi said, "Jeeze, everything'll be okay."
Back at the Takenouchi flower shop, Mrs. Takenouchi finally came back, so Kari and Tk were able to leave. They walked over to where the Teenage Wolves were practicing and saw Yolei waiting outside for them. "Hi, Matt," Tk said.
She smiled. "I thought you were going to be here at 9:00?"
"My Mom had a meeting and I had to watch the store," Tk said, "Tai helped."
"So, are we ready to get Mimi?" Kari asked.
Yolei shook her head. "I got Mimi by myself this morning. He just went to use the restroom."
The stadium door opened and Davis walked out, wearing a pair of designer slacks and a dress shirt. He smiled. "Tai, Sora! How's are you?"
"We're fine," Tk said, "I see you're nothing wearing any of Davis's clothes."
Davis shook his head. "No way. I know we all traded clothes after we switched bodies, but I couldn't stand anything that he owned. I mean, I know I can't exactly dress in skirts and tube tops anymore, but I'm going to try and look as nice as a boy can, you know?"
"Well, Joe and Izzy can't make it," Yolei said, "Izzy had something to do with his parents and Joe's studying for another doctors exam."
"He's going to be the youngest doctor in the world," Tk smiled.
The four friends walked to a fast food restaurant and sat down to eat lunch. "So, tell me what's been going on?" Davis said.
"Tai's going to apply to college tomorrow," Tk said.
"Really?" Davis asked, "That's great! You're going to do fine!"
"Stop saying that!" Kari shouted, "You're going to jinx me."
"I've got the costumes for the show tomorrow night," Yolei said. She reached into her purse and pulled out a folded picture. She unfolded it and put it on the table. "What do you think?"
"You're really going to wear this?" Kari asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"It's a skirt, and really skimpy too."
"Well, I am a girl now, remember?" she said, "In fact, I think you should wear a dress or a skirt tomorrow on your interview."
"No way."
"I think Matt's right," Tk said, "You are a girl now, you're going to have to accept it. It's been two years, and the rest of us have started acting like our new gender. I mean, you don't even carry a purse."
"Or wear make-up," Yolei said, "Remember we didn't think Mimi would ever stop acting like a girl? Now look at him, he's already got a girlfriend."
"You have a girlfriend?" Tk asked.
"Yeah," Davis said, "Her name's Amy. She's really hot too."
"Seriously, Tai," Yolei said, "You're really going to have to accept it."
"Hey," Davis said, "Does anybody have any idea where we're going on the reunion?"
"Tk and the others are thinking that up right now," Yolei said.
Tai, Sora and Mimi met Matt, Izzy, and Joe in the park. "Hi Yolei, Ken, Cody," Mimi waved.
After small introductions, they started to get to work. "We could have a picnic?" Joe suggested.
"We did that last year, Cody," Matt said, "Wait, I mean the year before we all switched bodies. Anyway, I don't think that's a good idea."
"Wait a minute, Yolei," Izzy said, "I think we should have a picnic, but something else too. Like, see a movie, then have a picnic."
"Why don't we go to the beach?" Mimi asked, "We could hang out in the water, and it would be like a picnic, since we eat on those blankets anyway."
"Are you sure?" Sora asked, "This would be only the second time I've worn a girl's bathing suit."
"Tai's too" Tai said.
"I thought you went to the beach a lot last summer," Matt said.
"We did, but Tai only went once," Tai said, "And Mom and Dad had to drag her into the car." He smiled. "She put up a fight the whole way there and was too embarrassed to take her t-shirt off."
"What was she wearing?" Mimi asked.
"A pink stripped two-piece," he said, "Mom told her that she was going that time, but she put up a fight, so never bought another suit."
"I remember the first time I had to wear a dress," Sora said, "Mom was getting an award for being a reporter. After looking through the clothes that Sora gave me, she brought me to the mall and bought a black, sleeveless dress. Of course, Matt was there too, but since she lived with Dad, she got away with wearing pants."
"My sister forced me to wear a skirt to her graduation party," Mimi said, "She told me I was her sister now, and that I was going to look nice. At least we didn't have to go buy one, Mimi had plenty of clothes to pick from."
"I think we should got to the beach," Tai said, "It would be fun."
"Me too," Matt said, "Any one else?"
"Let's go," Joe said.
"Yeah, I'm in," Sora said.
"All right, that's settled then," Tai smiled. He turned to Sora and imagined how she'd look in her bathing suit. He was surprised, not because he was thinking of a girl, he had been doing that for two years now; it was because Sora was his friend.
Matt was looking at Sora too. As Yolei, she had a crush on Tk, now as Matt, he had a crush on Sora, maybe more. He wondered if Sora would look good in her bathing suit.
Kari wasn't happy when Tai told her they were going to the beach, but said she would go because it was the yearly reunion. She couldn't sleep that night, she was nervous about her college interview. When she finally did get to sleep, she started dreaming about Tk.
The next morning Kari got out of bed early, she didn't sleep anyway. She was too nervous about her college interview. She walked over to her closet and tried to decide what to wear. She reached for a pair of black pants, but thought about what Yolei, Sora and Tk said yesterday. She thought longer, then grabbed a light pink skirt from the hanger. She opened her drawers and looked until she found a matching short sleeve blouse. She thought for a minute, then opened her underwear and sock draw and found brown pantyhose.
"The one day I actually decide to wear something like this," she sighed, "I wish I bought some stuff when I had the chance instead of just wearing Kari's clothes. Oh well."
She took off her pajamas and put them in the hamper. She pulled on the pantyhose, then pulled on the blouse and buttoned it up. She grabbed the skirt and hesitated. She took a deep breath and slid it on. She smoothed it out and looked at her reflection. She didn't look too bad actually. She was glad that Tai left early, she would be embarrassed to see him dressed like this.
There was a knock on the door and her mother walked in. "Tai, are you almost…" She was shocked. "Tai…"
Kari just stared at her. "I…I…um…"
Mrs. Kamiya smiled and hugged her. "Tai, you look so nice! Um, are you going to wear any makeup?"
"I don't know, I didn't really.."
"But you have to, you'd really look nice," she said. She grabbed her son-turned-daughter and brought her to Kari's vanity table. She gave her a small lesson and applied some makeup. For the first time since switching bodies with her sister, Kari actually felt like a girl, and wasn't embarrassed about it.
Her father was surprised too but didn't say anything. After they ate breakfast, they took the subway to Tokyo University. Kari took a deep breath and walked inside.
Across town, Matt was sitting on a park bench and smiled when he saw Sora walk on the sidewalk. She was wearing a green tank top and a blue skirt and carrying a large bag in her hands. "Tk, over here."
Sora walked over and sat down next to him. "Hi, Yolei. What are you doing here?"
"My sister wanted to go shopping but I don't love shopping like I used to," he said, "I'm just waiting for her to get out. What's in the bag?"
"I needed to go shopping too," she said.
"What?"
"I needed to get a new bathing suit for tomorrow."
"Really?" Matt asked, "I've just been using Matt's since I don't really go to the beach any more." He took a deep breath. "Do you want to get something to eat?"
Sora nodded. "Sure."
At Tokyo University, Kari and her parents were sitting in front of the Dean of Admissions, who was looking at Kari's folder.
"It says here that you're 18?"
Kari nodded. "Yeah."
He picked up another piece of paper, "But you're really 16?"
"No," Mrs. Kamiya said, "It says in the folder that Tai was a Digidestined, and that an accident coming back from the Digiworld, made him switch bodies with his sister. We have scientific documentation."
"Yes, I see that," he said, looking through the folder, "I'm just a little confused, that's all. You played sports all through high school?"
Kari nodded. "Yeah."
"Boys or girls team?"
"Boys until I switched," she said, "Why is that important?"
"Your grades have been pretty good," he said, flipping through it. "I'm sorry, I don't think that Tokyo University would be good for you right now."
Kari felt her world fall away underneath her. "W..what?"
"You don't believe us about the switch, do you?" Mr. Kamiya asked.
"Whether I believe it or not is not the case."
"Yes it is!" Kari shouted, jumping to her feet, "You think that I'm confused about who I am, don't you? My name is Taichi Kamiya, and I know how I am!" She ran out of the office, stumbling on the pink high heels shoes she had chosen to wear. She started sobbing on the way.
When they got back to their apartment, Tai, Mimi, Tk and Yolei were waiting for them. They all gasped when they saw what Kari was wearing. "You look really nice," Tk said, blushing.
"How did it go?" Mimi asked.
"I didn't make it, all right?" Kari shouted. She ran into her room and slammed the door. She saw herself in the mirror and what she was wearing. She yanked off her skirt and almost ripped her pink blouse. She pulled off the pantyhose, and pulled on a pair of sweat pants and a sweat shirt. She looked in the mirror, but she still looked like a girl. She climbed into her bed and started sobbing into the pillow.
She didn't come out for the rest of the day, but the next morning was the reunion. Tai was already dressed in his swimsuit and walked over to where Kari was lying in the bunk bed. "Aren't you coming?"
"No."
"Oh, you have to," Tai said, "Come on, all our friends are there."
"I don't want to!" she shouted.
The doorbell rang. Mrs. Kamiya opened the door a second later. "It's Davis."
Tai walked into the hall. Mimi was standing by the couch wearing a denim skirt, a green blouse and the top of a green bikini. "Where's Tai?"
"She said that she's not coming," Tai said, "Maybe you should talk to her."
Mimi shrugged. "If you think I can help." She walked into the room and closed the door. "Hi, Tai."
Kari looked up from her pillow, then buried her face again. "Go away, I'm not going."
"Why not?" Mimi asked, "Because one college didn't accept you? So what. Who needs them? Find a college that doesn't care what happened to you. If they rejected you, they're probably a bunch of snotty people who can't stand anyone being different, right?"
"I'm not going!" she shouted.
"Because you'll have to wear a girl's bathing suit?" she said, "Come on, you're a girl now, accept it. Your mother told me how you chose to wear that outfit yesterday by yourself. I think you started to accept it."
Mimi started rubbing her back. "Come on, don't be sad forever. You told me that we were all special one, with a destiny. I'm sure you'll find yours. Now come on, don't you want to see your friends again, on the beach with the wind and sun? Don't you want to see Sora without his shirt on?"
Kari did want to see that, so she said. "All right. Give me a minute to get changed."
Mimi giggled and walked out of the room. Kari got out of bed and walked over to her dresser and pulled out her swimsuit, the same two-piece stripped suit. She took off her pajamas, panties and bra and put the suit on. She went to grab a pair of shorts, but stopped. She remembered how she felt yesterday, dressed like a girl for the first time. She wasn't embarrassed or ashamed until after the college interview. She remembered what Mimi said, about how that guy at the college was probably just trying to protect what he thought was normal. Yolei was right, she was a girl now, and she should act and dress like one.
She put the shorts back and started looking through her other draws until she found a light yellow skirt that she pulled on, and a white tank top. She went over to her desk and opened the bottom drawer where her purse was. The old Kari put it there after she realized she'd never need it again. The new Kari put her wallet inside, then grabbed a beach bag with towels and a change of clothes.
She walked outside and both Mimi and Tai were shocked at her appearance. She hugged Mimi. "Thank you."
"For what?" she asked.
She smiled. "I guess for being my friend. Thanks Davis."
Nothing bad happened at the reunion. Everyone was surprised by Kari's clothes and tried to make her feel better about not getting into Tokyo University. Yolei told her that she was jealous of Kari's bathing suit. She was wearing her one piece, cow print one. When Tai saw Sora's blue bikini, he could barely control himself. He was upset when he saw Matt and Sora kissing, but was happy about Kari and Tk spending the day together.
"Let me buy you some dinner," Tk said. He grabbed Kari's hand, "I still need to get used to paying for the meal."
Kari nodded. "I've got to get used to be taken out."
"Why don't we try that now?" Tk asked. "Tai, would you like to go with me up to the boardwalk?"
Kari nodded. "Sure Sora." She smiled as she followed Tk. It had been two years since they switched bodies, but she was finally going to accept it. She had a new life ahead of her, and she couldn't wait.
Author's note:
You might be wondering why this chapter has nothing to do with the first chapter. This story is going to be like the Twilight Zone or the Outer Limits. So each chapter will be like a different story. If you want to add a story to this, e-mail it to me, and you'll get credit. It just has to be one chapter, but if it's more then one chapter, I need all the chapters at the same time. And it has to deal with some kind of transformation, gender, age, animal, and it has to do with Digimon.