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Chapter 1: Anniversary Part I

T.K.'s POV

As the sun was rising over the city of Odaiba, I felt like I was the only one in the whole city awake. I put on my slippers and a nice warm coat and headed to the roof of my apartment complex, as I have done every time I woke up this early for the past 4 years, also making sure not to wake up my partner, Patamon. As I waited in the elevator I couldn't help wondering why I had started doing this, but something about it just felt peaceful. The elevator opened and I walked out and put on my IPod and sat against the ledge. As I sat there I slowly started drifting back to sleep; flashbacks of my adventures started to come back into play: the first time I met Patamon, the time I lost Angemon, The time Kari and I were chased by Piedmon, the first time the two of us got our Digi-eggs, the time I fought Ken, all of the sudden I heard aloud roar and I jumped into a defensive position. I looked up and saw a flock of Airdramon flying by and calmed myself down. Even though it had been 4 years since the Digimon were able to roam freely in our world, and vice versa, I would still react like that sometimes. An hour passed by and I felt like it was time to head back downstairs. When I got back to my apartment I saw a note on the table:

"Saw you weren't in bed so I figured you were on the roof. I headed off to work early. Love you. Mom"

"Guess breakfast is on me." I thought to myself. As I started cooking some eggs I could hear the loud yawn of my loyal flying guinea pig. He always woke up to the smell of food.

"Good Morning Sleeping Beauty"

"I don't understand how you can get up so early sometimes T.K.?" Patamon yawned. I finished cooking and set a place for me and my partner. He looked up at me when he was done,

"So are you excited for today?"

"Yeah, it's always good to see the others and at least today everyone will be there."

"When are we all meeting?"

"Probably around ten."

"Well then I'm going back to sleep for a little while."

"Ok," I laughed as I watched him slump his way back to my room.

An hour later

"Come on T.K., you know Kari hates it when you're late." Patamon yelled from 10 feet down the road.

"I wouldn't be running late if you didn't fall back asleep."

As we arrived at Kari's house I caught myself involuntarily fixing the collar on my jacket and making sure my hat was straight, "Chill out it's just Kari," I thought to myself as I knocked on the door. When it opened there she was, the girl I knew I was in love with but hadn't had the courage to say anything about it.

"You're late," she said sarcastically.

"By like 5 minutes," I argued back. She laughed. "You ready?"

"Yeah, just let me get Gatomon."

The four of us made our way to the park to meet with everyone else. As we approached I could see in the distance all of our old teammates. No one had drastically changed in the last four years. Us younger kids were a bit taller, and even though much taller, Cody was still the shortest. Joe wore his hair in a ponytail now which was kind of funny, Mimi had gotten rid of the pink hair and went back to her original color, and Tai, Matt, and Davis still had the same hairstyles just shorter hair.

"Nice of you two to finally show up." Davis commented

"Sorry everyone. Were you guys waiting long?"

"No not really." Sora reassured me.

"All right now we're all here let's get the show on the road," Tai exclaimed.

Everyone nodded in agreement. We all headed to a restaurant not too far from the park. They sat us down at the biggest table in the restaurant while our Digimon sat on the patio. We were treated like celebrities on this day, the anniversary of the defeat of MaloMyotismon. Later there would be a parade in our honor. We sat there for a good hour just talking and laughing, filling each other in on what's going on with our lives and what we did over winter break for the holidays. We all kind of calmed down after the food got there and once everyone was done eating Tai stood up:

"Well guys it's been 4 years since the defeat of MaloMyotismon and I got to say I'd never thought we'd see the day when we're no longer needed but after all this time I think it's finally come. We've enjoyed peace all over our world and the Digi-world and now we have our Digimon with us forever. I look at everyone at this table and realize that I can't imagine my life without any of you, and I can't think of any better people to have been the original Digidestined with. Cheers!"

"Cheers!" Everyone clanked their glasses together.

We sat there for a little bit longer then we broke to go get ready for the night. Tai walked up to me and Kari,

"Hey Kari, Me and the older kids are going to go have a couple drinks before tonight. T.K., do you mind walking her home for me?

I jumped at the opportunity, "Yeah, of course, I mean if it's ok with her?"

She chuckled, "Why wouldn't it be?"

Tai jumped back in, "Alright thanks, I appreciate it, and you two behave now." He winked at me as he walked over to the others. I hate it when he winks at me like that. I can never tell if it's a "go for it" wink or a "keep your hands to yourself or I'm going to smash your face in" wink.

As we walked to Kari's apartment I thought to myself if now would be the right time. Would I finally get the courage to tell the girl of my dreams how I really feel about her? Can we finally be together now that our duty to the Digi-world is done? Does she even feel the same way about me? As I was asking myself all these questions I finally realized that we had been walking in silence and before I could break it we got to her apartment.

"Well, this is me," she said as she pulled out her key.

"So are you excited for tonight?"

"Yeah, I mean the parade is always fun and I got big plans for tonight."

"Oh really? And they would be?"

"I'm not telling. You're just going to have to wait until tonight, but trust me when I say it's pretty big."

"Looking forward to it," I laughed as she opened the door.

"You know, I feel like tonight is going to be one of those nights."

I answered as calmly as possible, "I got the same feeling. See you tonight."

As I walked to the elevator I wonder if that was a sign, or a hint, or something. Did I have something to do with her plans? Or did she have some news I wasn't going to like. No, I couldn't let that happen. I was resolved that I was going to tell her at the parade. Whether or not she feels the same I have to do it. This would either be the worst night of my life or the night my dream would finally come true.