Chapter 2: Getting Going


Kari hung up the phone and walked back to her room. She sat back down at her desk. In front of her was a stack of pictures of Tk and her, from the past few years. She was putting them together in an album. On the cover it said, Memories. Kari didn't like it. She got out a pen and scratched out the word. In its place she wrote:

Hope and Light forever

She got out some tissue paper and wrapped the book in it. As a finishing detail she tied a green bow around it.

"Perfect." She sighed to herself.

"What's perfect?"

Kari jumped and turned around. Her big brother standing above her shoulder.

"Did you get a gift for Tk?" Tai mocked.

Kari turned around trying to hide her blush, "Shut up, Tai." She stuffed the present into her coat pocket. "What do you want, anyways?"

"I'm ready to go if you are."

"Yeah." Kari got up and walked past her brother and out of the room, she made sure that her face was still hidden.

Tai followed her out and to the front door. There sat two backpacks and two sleeping bags, two pillows, and two tents. The both picked up their respective stuff as dragged it down to Tai's car.

Tai got in the driver's seat and Kari in the passengers.

"Ready to go pick up your lover boy!" Tai teased while putting the key into the ignition.

Kari blushed, and quickly corrected him, "We're suppose to pick up Sora and Mimi first."

Tai just laughed and drove off.


"TAICHI KAMIYA, YOU'RE 30 MINUTES LATE. AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING MORE RESPONSIBLE?"

"Come'on Sora, don't be two hard on him." Mimi chirped.

"Yeah Sora, don't be two hard on me." Tai gave a goofy smile and started putting her stuff into the back. "Ok let's go."

"Wait, Tai you forgot about my stuff," a look of distress was plastered on Mimi's face.

"What I just put in like 5 bags!"

"That was Sora's, I have another 7." Mimi pointed to a pile of bags 10 feet away.

Tai's mouth gawked open, "What!?!"

All three girls started giggling. "Be a doll and go get them please." Mimi gave off an irresistible smile.

Reluctantly, Tai walked over to the bags his head drooping.

Mimi's bags were shoved into the middle seat because it was bigger and Sora and Mimi crawled into the back seats. They set off driving.

They reached Matt and Tk's apartment within 5 minutes. They were waiting on the curb. Tk quickly walked up to Kari's rolled down window and gave her a wide smile. Matt, on the other hand, opened the door to the van and revealed an already occupied seat. "How exactly are we suppose to fit?"

Tai got out of the car and looked at the back seat, he scratched his head uncomfortably, "I hadn't exactly thought of that."

"We had better call Joe?" Sora offered.

Tai whipped out his cell phone and speed dialed Joe. "Hey Joe, we're having a bit of a problem."

"What's wrong?"

"Mimi and Sora brought too much stuff and now we're out two seats."

"Ok, we'll be right over."

Tai hung up the phone and they all waited around 10 minutes until the rest of the group showed up.

"Ugh, we do have a problem." Joe commented his face squinted in concern.

Izzy, constantly thinking, made a proposal. "Why don't we just put some more of the junk from our car into the middle seat of Tai's car and then it will free up some room for two more people to ride with Joe."

"Wait repeat that again!" Davis asked a glazed expression on his face.

Yolie turned to with an annoyed expression, "Put your junk in Tai's car, than two of them," she point to Tai's caravan, "can ride with us."

A light bulb suddenly went off in his head, "Ok, I get it, so Kari's going to ride with us." He had a dorky smile on his face.

Kari's face forced a smile, she loved Davis and all, but just as a friend. His constant comments were sometimes a little overbearing. Luckily, Tai came to her rescue, "Kari is riding with me."

"Well then I can ride with Kari."

Tk who understood the plan completely now had a slight frown on his face, but it was so slight that only Matt could recognize it. He came to the rescue this time portraying the protective brother act, "No, Tk must ride with me and I'm riding with Tai."

"So then," Ken questioned, "Sora and Mimi are going with us and the siblings are sticking together."

"Yup!" Matt and Tai said on command.

"Oh'darnmit, I wanted to ride with my woman—"

"Your what!?!" Kari asked peevishly.

"My—ah—my friend." Davis responding awkwardly.

Ken and Cody grabbed onto his arms and began dragging him back to Joe's van, "well luckily you'll get to be with seven of your friends."

The group proceeded to putting their junk in the bigger seat of Tai's van. Tai jumped into the driver's seat, while Matt took passenger. This left Tk and Kari to climb over the baggage and into the back seat.

"How you doing back there guys?" Matt asked while turning around to look at him, to his dismay all the baggage blocked them from view.

"We'll, it's slightly crowded, but we'll be fine." Tk answered back.

"What I can't here you, the stuff is making some sound barrier."

Tk yelled, "I said, it's slightly crowded, but we'll be fine!"

"Yeah, let's hit the road!" Kari responded excitedly.

"Ten hours of driving here we go!" Tai shouted as he pulled out.

They were off.


Ok guys, if you're starting to fret that this isn't so great, well all i can say is it get's a hell of a lot better. It's those first two chapters that are the worst to get threw, I promise the next will be great.

Xanpluto

I don't own digimon but this is my own work.