TOKYO, JAPAN: 2.22.02

TIME: 4:00 AM

Kari awoke with a start. At once she realized what had awoken her.

Her Digivice lay on the heavily carpeted floor. The screen was lit up and it was beeping like crazy...it was going haywire.

She rose from her bed, careful not to wake up the cat sleeping on her bed. Kari picked up her Digivice and narrowed her dark eyes to read it.

The screen said nothing. It showed no clue as to waht was wrong.

Kari sighed. This was not the first time her Digivice acted like this. It only happened like this when...when...what had that old man said? He had said, "You have the Crest of Light. There is a new Digi-Destined among the people of your city. They will have the Crest of Darkness. When you feel this person's emotions, your Digivice will react to them. You need to find and help this person, like Light helps cast the shadows of the Dark."

Thats what he said, Kari thought. This only happens when the nw Digi- Destined's emotions got the best of them. Apparently right now, the Digi-Destined was having a 'dark moment'. My Digivice reacts when I have a 'light moment'. It makes sense.

Kari shook her head, and dropped her Digivice back onto the ground. She sat on her bed, he short dark hair swinging about her face. At this, the cat on the end of her bed did wake up. She yawned, then fixed her sky blues eyes on Kari.

"Kari?"

Kari turned and smiled at her cat. She picked her up and swung her into her lap.

"Hi Gatomon. Did I wake you up? I'm sorry."

The cat smiled. She was all white, with a long tail and big ears. Gatomon stood up and walked over to the other side of the bed. She jumped down and picked up the Digivice.

"Hey, what's your Digivice doing down here?"

"It started going off, and when I woke up, it was down there!"

The cat nodded, a quick flap of her ears in the wind. She handed up the Digivice to Kari, who took it, then she jumped back onto the bed.

"Kari...this is about the new Digi-Destined, isn't it?"

Kari shook her head yes. Her heart lay heavy with questions. She had nobody to ask them to, of course, except Gatomon, so she started to talk.

"Gatomon, I'm supposed to find them and help them in their time of need. But...I've looked all over. You know that! But...how can I find them when all they are doing is hiding in the darkness?"

Gatomon was listening intenetly. When Kari finished, she sat there in thought.

"Kari...its ok. You will find them soon. I have a feeling things will start to look up!"

The cat yawned and curled up at the end of the bed.

"Now go back to sleep! You're ruining my catnap!"