Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday season, and is looking forward to an excellent 2014, filled with lots of good stories!

I'm so relieved to be be done with this chapter, because I've been working on it for well over a month, trying to get it just exactly the way I wanted. I hope that comes across while reading it. It's definitely one of the(if not the) most important chapters! So hopefully there aren't too many problems! Although I know I'll catch mistakes as soon as I post this. Such is the life of an author. Always unsatisfied with our work!

Anyways, enough of my rambling, read and enjoy!


T.K. was running through the forest as quickly as possible. He was terrified that he had gotten separated from the rest of the group. He didn't even know how it had happened. He just turned around and everyone was gone.

"KARI!" He yelled, "Cody! Davis! Ken! Yolei! Patamon! Kari! ANYONE!"

He stopped running and bent over trying to catch his breath. They're not gone. They're fine. I just took a wrong turn! They're looking for me now too!

He shook his head and kept running. Suddenly, he saw something out of the corner of his eye, and changed direction to see what it was.

He came into a clearing, and saw Patamon attacking Kari. Everyone else was already laying on the ground.

"Patamon what the hell are you doing!" T.K. shouted at his Digimon.

Patamon ignored him, as did Kari.

"Now do you think T.K.'s useless Kari? DO YOU?" Patamon shouted at her in an unearthly tone.

"I meant what I said, we didn't need him! He was useless!" Kari shouted back.

"Wrong move," Patamon replied as he attacked again, striking down Kari.

"KARI NO!" T.K. screamed as she fell to the ground. He turned on Patamon, furious with his friend. As he approached, Patamon shrunk into the shadows, and was a dark voice rang out.

"There is no hope…"

"What? Who are you?!" T.K. yelled, spinning around.

"Noooooo HOPE!"

"NO!" T.K. screamed as he woke up.

He sat up and looked around, his head spinning. After a moment, he realised that he was still just outside of Yokomon Village, and everyone was safe.

"Hey, T.G. you okay?"

T.K. turned to see Davis approaching him.

"Uhh, yeah I think so. Bad dream I guess."

"I figured that out oddly enough. Wanna talk about it?" Davis asked.

T.K. was surprised by the sincerity in Davis' voice.

"I don't know what happened. I was looking for you guys. And I found Patamon, or something like Patamon was attacking everyone. Kari said… something I can't remember. And then there was this voice that kept telling me there was 'no hope'."

Davis watched T.K. for a moment, and T.K. hoped Davis didn't realise that he had hesitated when he mentioned Kari. He did remember what she had said, but he didn't want to think about it.

"Look, it was probably nothing," Davis said reassuringly, "Everyone has bad dreams on occasion. Heck I had one the other night, where I wasn't good at soccer!"

The two boys laughed at the thought of Davis not being able to play soccer.

"And come on, you know there will always be hope somewhere. Like, I hope when I get home I won't have to listen to Jun talk about Matt!"

They laughed again, and when they calmed down, T.K. nodded.

"Thanks Davis. That helps. If you want to sleep, I'll take over guard duty for you. It's close enough to our change time anyway."

"Alright thanks!"

T.K. got up and walked to the edge of the camp while Davis went to lie down next to Veemon. As T.K. settled down and started his watch, he continued to think about his dream. For the most part, he had been confused, not frightened. Then he remembered Kari's words.

"I meant what I said, we didn't need him. He was useless," he muttered to himself. For some reason, the idea of Kari saying that in anyway made T.K. feel nauseous and upset, "God I hope Kari doesn't actually believe that."

He shook his head. Of course she doesn't. It was just a dream. If, for whatever reason, Kari didn't like me anymore, she would tell me.

He looked over at her, and smiled at the sight of the back of her head. He turned back around and continued his watch. He never knew that Kari intentionally had her back to him, and had been listening to every word he said since his scream had woken her up.


When everyone woke up in the morning, T.K. didn't say anything about his dream to anyone. Davis noticed that T.K. had acted as though his sleep had been uninterrupted and took the cue not to say anything himself. Kari watched her best friend as the group made their way into the village, but decided she would wait until later to talk to him. He seemed to be in a good mood, and she didn't want to ruin that.

The Yokomon had prepared an extravagant breakfast for them, and Biyomon, who spent a lot of time there when she was in the DigiWorld, told the story of how she first Digivolved into Birdramon.

"It would be really cool to visit all the places where everyone first Digivolved," Ken said when Biyomon had finished.

"We'll get to it," T.K. told him, "There aren't too many more places obviously, since we visited Dragon's Eye Lake last night. But I did promise Davis we'd climb Infinity Mountain today. We'll make one stop at Primary Village and then head up there."

"Well, as long as we get to all the important spots eventually, I'm okay with whatever we do," Cody said, while Yolei and Kari nodded in agreement.

"Well then let's get packed up and head on out again!" Davis shouted.

The group thanked the Yokomon for the food and went back to the camp and began to pack up. Just as they were finishing, Kari noticed that T.K. was missing.

"Hey, where's T.K.?" she asked. Her tone was filled with concern, she still remembered how upset he had been the previous night.

"What? You mean T.V. isn't helping us pack? What a lazy jerk!" Davis cried out, "I'm gonna find him and drag him back here and do the rest for us!"

"No need to get excited," came a voice from behind them. Kari and Davis turned to see T.K. jogging up to them.

"Sorry, I was just talking to Biyomon about something," he told them.

"About what?" Kari asked.

T.K. was about to answer before Yolei interrupted.

"Who cares, let's get going!"

T.K. gave Kari an 'I'll tell you later look' before grabbing his bag, and starting to walk off to their next destination.

It took them most of the morning to get to Primary Village, and they spent a large portion of the time flying there. Davis continuously asked if they could just skip going to the village, and only relented when Kari casually mentioned how much she wanted to go there.

When they finally reached their destination, Davis, Yolei, Ken and Cody were amazed by what they saw. The field of eggs and cribs left them all speechless. T.K. chuckled at their expressions, remembering the first time he came to primary village.

"I was hoping you guys would stop by to visit again soon!" came a voice.

The group turned to see Elecmon approaching them. Patamon cried out in joy and flew over to greet his old friend.

"It's so great to see you again! Do you mind if I get to work?" He asked the electric digimon. Before Elecmon could even open his mouth to respond, Patamon had flown off towards the eggs and started working on hatching them.

"Some things never change, eh?" Elecmon asked T.K.

"Do you really want them to?" T.K. joked, "It's good be back here. I hope you don't mind that I brought some new friends this time. Figured maybe someone else could help you out today."

"Not at all, I'm always happy to have some assistance with the little tykes," Elecmon responded enthusiastically.

Elecmon explained what he did at Primary Village, and showed the others how to hatch the eggs. They all quickly grabbed an egg and started rubbing it. It took a few minutes before one finally hatched. Yolei shrieked in surprise and delight as a Poyomon popped out of the egg. Everyone laughed as they continued to work.

T.K. stood watching everyone with Kari for a while before he turned to talk to Elecmon.

"Elecmon, I need to ask you something," he said in a serious tone.

"Anything for you kid," he responded.

"This wouldn't happen to have anything to do with what you were asking Biyomon would it T.K.?" Kari asked.

"It does," he told her before turning his attention back to the Digimon, "Elecmon, I have to know, has anything been changing on File Island? Any Digimon acting strangely?"

Elecmon studied T.K. for a moment before responding.

"You encountered someone who was stronger than they should have been, didn't you? And then you saw the black dust?"

"How on Earth did you know that?" Kari asked.

"Everyone has noticed it," T.K. said gravely, "Biyomon knows about it too. But she didn't have any answers."

"Well I wouldn't have either, but luckily for you, Leomon was here the other day and filled me in a little bit."

"Good, because we need to know what's going on."

"Well, Leomon isn't completely sure what's happening. But it seems that there has been a dark cloud of ash floating across the island. Sometimes you can see it in the sky, other times it likely travels across the ground. Any Digimon who enter it seem to gain incredible strength. They also appear to take on many qualities of Devil Digimon."

"That explains why Hand of Fate was so strong against Kuwagamon then," T.K. said.

"That seems likely. The strange thing is though, according to Leomon the Digimon who are affected by the Dark Ash don't seem to be causing any problems. They simply continue on as they always did."

"That is strange. But more importantly, I wonder how they're getting the power," Kari commented.

"I think it's more of a question of WHO gave them the power," T.K. replied gravely, "And more importantly, how they're manipulating both the DigiWorld and the Real World."

"What do you mean T.K.?" Kari asked.

"Come on Kari, our schools are shut down at the same time there is suspicious activity in the DigiWorld? Just when we decide to come to File Island? It's not all a coincidence. Our school and Ken's were the only ones affected by whatever happened. Someone wanted us here. And if we don't figure out why soon, then who knows what else could happen," he told her.

The three of them remained silent for a moment, before Kari shook her head.

"Don't worry T.K. whatever's wrong, we'll fix it. We always have, and we always will. As long as we're around, there's no hope for evil and always hope to keep the world at peace," she said with a confident smile.

T.K. gazed off at the others in the field before responding.

"Sometimes I don't think that's true Kari," he said softly and he slowly started walking towards Patamon.

Kari and Elecmon stood dumbfounded at what T.K. had just said.

"Since when does T.K. doubt that there is hope?" Elecmon asked her.

"Never. He's never doubted it," she whispered.


An hour later, T.K. announced to the others should probably leave Primary Village, and was met with loud protests.

"Aww come on this is so fun! The Digimon are so cute!" Yolei said to him.

"I know, but I want to start climbing Infinity Mountain before night falls," T.K. responded calmly.

"It doesn't look like it's that far away though," Cody commented while looking at the mountain.

"It's not, but I want to start climbing from the other side of the mountain."

"Why would you do that?" Elecmon asked very confused, "It's much more of a gentle climb on this side of the mountain."

T.K. bit his lip, "I know but-"

"Why would you make us take the long way C.J.?" Davis asked in an annoyed tone.

"It's just-"

"Are you trying to make our lives more difficult?" Yolei added in.

"No I-"

"So you just decided that it'd be a laugh to-"

"FINE! WE'LL GO UP THIS SIDE OF THE DAMN MOUNTAIN!" T.K. screamed, losing his patience. He looked at his friends stunned faces for a moment, before he blushed and hung his head.

"Sorry, I know you guys were kidding. I don't know what happened there. Just- I just… Sorry," he finished quietly before turning to grab his things.

The others watched him for a moment, not knowing what to do. Kari turned to Patamon, and gave him a quizzical look, wondering if he knew what was happening, but Patamon just shrugged, and shook his head slightly. After a moment, Cody heaved a sigh, and walked over to the blonde.

"Hey T.K., we're sorry about that. We weren't trying to make you upset or anything. If you have a reason to take the long way, then we'll do that," he told him.

"Right," Yolei added, "Like, if the reason was, I dunno, hopefully it's easier to push Davis off a ledge…"

Everyone except Davis burst out laughing and T.K. couldn't help but feel relief that his friends weren't upset with him. He picked up his things and turned to face everyone.

"I'm sure we can find somewhere to push him on this side of the mountain too," T.K. told Yolei.

"Whatever works. I just hope I get to see Davis falling down like a fool!" Yolei laughed.

"Let's just go already!" Davis snapped as he moved to grab his things.

Everyone gathered their belongings, said goodbye to Elecmon, and started to head towards Infinity Mountain.

T.K. and Patamon led everyone through the forest between the mountain and Primary Village for a while, but T.K. soon fell further and further back in the group. No one really noticed this however, since their destination was clearly ahead of them, unlike everywhere else they had travelled. The only person who noticed that T.K. was starting to slow down, was Kari.

Each step they took toward the mountain, she noticed that his expression became graver and graver. It seemed to her that suddenly, T.K. didn't want to climb Infinity Mountain.

But that doesn't make any sense. He was incredibly excited about it earlier, Kari thought to herself.

The longer she studied him, the more she realised that he was extremely apprehensive about reaching the mountain. Even Patamon was becoming more and more solemn as they continued toward their destination. She didn't understand what was happening. She reached out and tapped him on the shoulder.

T.K. turned to look at her with a curious look on his face. The two didn't speak, simply trying to read each other's expressions. Kari, trying to figure out what had changed T.K.'s mind about Infinity Mountain, while T.K. was trying to dissect the concern that covered Kari's face. They slowed to a stop as they continued to look at one another.

"T.K. what's-" Kari began to say, before T.K. placed a finger on her lips. He gave her a sad smile, shook his head, and continued following the others.

Kari watched him for a moment as the light of the slowly setting sun shone on his golden blonde hair. As she began to walk again, she realised that he didn't want her to be troubled with his problems. Little did he know, that it was too late for that.

Silly T.K., I'll always want to help you with everything. Because I want to be there for you forever… She thought to herself, without even realising what she meant.


They reached foot of the mountain just as the last rays of sunlight were shining through the trees behind them. Nobody realised that they had taken much longer than they should have, because T.K. had been walking so slowly. They gazed up at the mountain before them, looking ominous as the peak was still lit while the base was shrouded in darkness.

T.K. felt a chill run down his spine and shuddered, knowing what he would soon have to face.

"Well, I say we make camp here tonight, then try to make for the top tomorrow," he said.

"Aww, come on! We're here now, we may as well start up!" Davis complained.

"I agree, there's still some light out, so we could at least make it part way up," Ken added.

T.K. furrowed his brow, trying to think of a reason to delay their ascent up the mountain. He needed something that would be a legitimate reason, without telling everyone what was bothering him. Before he could think of anything however, Patamon came to his aid.

"Well, I'm pretty tired, and it's not like we'll get very far before it's totally dark. Let's just stop here!"

Several overlapping voices began responding at the same time, and no one could figure out who was saying what. Kari stared at everyone helplessly, wishing she had her old whistle so she could try and bring some order to everyone. She looked over at T.K., who had his head buried in his hands and she snapped.

"ENOUGH!"

Everyone instantly went quiet, stunned at Kari's outburst.

"Sorry," she blushed slightly, "But you were all so loud! I'm sure every Digimon on the island heard us!"

"Well they certainly heard you I bet," Yolei joked.

Kari smiled and continued, "Look, why don't we just have a vote about what to do tonight. I'm sure between the twelve of us there will be an outright answer."

"She makes a good point," Cody said, "Does everyone agree to a vote."

Everyone nodded or murmured their agreement, and Kari smiled.

"Okay when you want to vote, raise your hand," she told everyone.

"Or paw," Gatomon said.

"Right."

"Or wing," Hawkmon added.

"Alright, let's just to this!" Kari cried in exasperation, "All in favour of making camp here for the night?"

She raised her hand, along with T.K. and Patamon. She sighed in defeat.

"And all those who want to climb the mountain now?" she asked forlornly.

The nine others all raised their hands, or appropriate appendage.

"Alright let's get going!" Davis shouted, as he started to climb up the slope before them, Veemon right behind him.

As the others started to follow Davis, Patamon flew on to T.K.'s head, and began whispering in his ear. Kari watched from behind as T.K. shook his head and mumbled something back to Patamon, pushing him off his head. He turned around taking one last look at the setting sun before his eyes met Kari's. He gave her a small smile and she felt her heart beat quicken. Before she could register what was happening though, Gatomon leapt onto her shoulder and Kari gave a cry of surprise.

"Did you seriously have to vote to climb this stupid thing tonight," she asked in an annoyed tone once she had calmed down.

"What's the big deal?" Gatomon asked defensively, "It's not like it would have made a difference."

"Haven't you noticed that T.K. and Patamon have been acting strangely all day? And that they clearly would have been more comfortable walking up tomorrow?"

"To be fair, T.K.'s been acting strange since yesterday. It probably just has to do with the Digimon acting strangely," Gatomon told her.

"What about Patamon then?"

"That, I'm not so sure about," Gatomon said, "I'll just ask him what's bothering him. And while I'm at it, I'll ask about T.K. too!"

"No don't do that!" Kari cried out, causing everyone to turn and look at her. She blushed slightly, before continuing, "Sorry, I just, I don't want T.K. knowing that I'm worrying too much."

"Why?"

"I just… don't" Kari finished.

Gatomon examined Kari for a moment before leaping off her shoulder and ran after Patamon. They started talking in low voices and Kari could tell by the look on Gatomon's face, that Patamon wasn't being very forthcoming with information. Kari sighed and continued to walk up the mountain.

No one really talked for the next little while as they were all starting to run out of breath. After about an hour the path levelled off for a few hundred metres and Yolei suggested they rest there for the night. Everyone agreed and began unpacking their things except for T.K. who was looking over the ledge they were on. As he looked out over the valley and trees below them, a look of horror appeared on his face, as he realised where they were.

"We can't stay here," he said loudly, causing everyone to turn in confusion.

"Why on Earth not?" Yolei asked in an annoyed tone.

"We just can't, okay!" T.K. hollered.

"Alright what's gotten into you today T.V." Davis shot back, "You were the one who planned this trip, you were the one who said we could climb the mountain but you're acting like a real idiot right now!"

"Back off Davis! You have no idea what you're talking about!" T.K. yelled at him.

"T.K. listen to me, it's okay!" Patamon cried out, trying to reason with him.

"No it damn well isn't!" T.K. screamed as he fell to his knees punching the ground, "I refuse to relive my greatest failure all night just because everyone else is tired!"

Everyone stared dumbfounded at him. They all looked at Kari, assuming she would know what T.K. was talking about, but she simply shook her head. Her eyes began to water as she watched her best friend punch the ground, helpless to help him.

Patamon was still trying to calm T.K. down, but despite everything he said, nothing was working.

"T.K. it wasn't your fault! No one could do anything! Don't blame yourself for my decision!"

As Patamon said those words, something clicked in Cody's mind, and he gasped, finally realising why T.K. had suddenly become so emotional.

"It can't be," he said softly.

"What can't be?" Ken asked.

Cody shook his head and approached T.K., placing a hand on his shoulder.

"This is where it happened, isn't it? This is exactly where Angemon sacrificed himself," Cody asked, though it wasn't really a question.

T.K. stopped hitting the ground, his breathing laboured. He raised his head and looked at Cody for a moment, before nodding. He slowly got to his feet, his hands still balled into fists and he walked back to the ledge, his back to everyone else. Cody stood up again and turned to the others.

"I think we should push on for a little while longer. It's still not that late, and if we can find a better spot, then I'm sure we'll all be happier," he told them.

"That's a load of crap!" Davis shouted, "There's not going to be a better spot than this!"

"As much as I hate to admit it, he's right," Yolei said, "I doubt there's another flat and open area anywhere else on the ascent."

"This isn't about sleeping in a comfortable spot," Cody growled, "It's about T.K. not being able to handle being here!"

"We all have places we'd rather forget about! I don't know what the big deal is," Davis said folding his arms.

"Of course you don't" Ken said calmly, "If Angemon really did die here… You don't understand what it's like to lose your Digimon. It changes you. And you want to forget about it."

"But Patamon came back!" Davis retorted, "So everything works out. I don't see why we have to climb further just because T.K. has childhood issues he can't get over!"

Everyone gasped and T.K. spun around and marched up to Davis, until their faces were inches apart.

"Say that again Goggle Boy," T.K. whispered menacingly, "I dare you."

Davis took a step back but glared right back at T.K., "Look, I'm just saying everyone has things they need to confront. You've faced worse! Stop acting like a little pansy!"

"Davis stop!" Kari shouted at him, as Ken and Cody grabbed T.K.'s shoulders, restraining him from attacking Davis, "You're supposed to be our leader! Stop acting like a child!"

"Me?!" Davis yelled in response, "At least I'm not the one who thinks my problems are more important than everyone else's and that no one understands me!"

T.K. roared in anger and broke free of Ken and Cody. He lunged at Davis and tackled him to the ground. There was a short scuffle before T.K. was kneeling over Davis. Before anyone could stop him, T.K. raised his fist and punched Davis right in the jaw, causing blood to spray all over the rocks.

"SHUT YOUR GODDAMN MOUTH ABOUT THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" T.K. screamed, "YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE! SEEING SOMEONE SACRIFICE THEMSELVES FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE HELPLESS!"

It took the combined efforts of Ken, Cody, Veemon and Armadillomon to pull T.K. off Davis, who slowly got to his feet, his hand covering his mouth.

"Look T.K. I'm sorry! I didn't know-"

"No, you didn't," T.K. said in a low voice, "And I hope that you never, EVER do!"

With that, T.K. turned and started running back the way they came.

"T.K., where are you going?" Kari cried out as she started to run after him

"Wait!" Cody yelled, grabbing her arm, "Don't go, we should stick together! T.K. won't go too far!"

Kari yanked her arm out of Cody's grasp, "I'm not leaving him alone when he's this upset!" And she ran off before anyone else could try and stop her.

"I'm going too," Patamon said as he started to fly off.

"No!" Gatomon shouted, as she grabbed his leg, "Cody's right we need to stick together. They'll be okay together. And if anyone can help T.K., it's Kari."

They watched Kari as she disappeared around the mountain, running as fast as she could. T.K. was already far enough ahead of her that she couldn't see him, but the echoing sounds of his feet still reached her ears, which gave her the drive to keep after him.

Kari's chest began to hurt as she continued to run, wishing she was as athletic as T.K. was. It was a good thing that she was determined to catch up with him, otherwise she would have lost her nerve running along the ledge of a mountain. But she was so focused on her goal, that all other thought was driven from her mind.

As she felt her lungs scream from overuse, Kari realised that the echoes of T.K.'s feet had stopped, and there were now the cracks of many tree branches. She continued on for a few more metres, looking through the trees as she passed them, until she noticed a patch of white amidst a sea of green leaves.

Kari looked around for a moment before finding the closest branch to the ledge, and she carefully stepped onto it. She slowly made her way through the trees, using whatever she could hold on to for support.

Boy it sure would be nice to be as agile as Gatomon right now. She thought to herself with a small smile.

After a few minutes of navigating her way through the trees, Kari finally reached the white hat she saw, and carefully sat down. She looked at T.K. for a moment, not saying anything before she reached for his hand, gripping it softly. He squeezed her hand back and turned to look at her, his eyes filled with shame.

"Kari I- I'm so sorry," he whispered softly, his voice wavering.

She slid closer to him, resting her head on his shoulder.

"You don't have to apologise T.K. Not to me."

"Yes I do. I acted like a complete jerk back there and I had no right to!"

"What do you mean no right?" Kari scolded, raising her head, "T.K. if anyone has a right to lose control, then it's you! No one except Ken knows what you've gone through, and he was a lot older than you were. He was aware of the mistakes he had made and knew how to fix it. You lost your best friend and didn't understand why. Anybody would lose control at that."

"I know exactly why I lost him," T.K. said harshly looking away from her, "It was because I'm weak and can't do anything to help anyone."

"Stop it T.K.! Stop it right now! How dare you say you can't help anyone! I've lost count of how many times you've helped me, let alone everyone else!"

"Anyone could have done that. I didn't do anything special"

"Yes you did!" Kari cried out, "What's gotten into you T.K.? I've never seen you act so down on yourself. It's not the guy I know and it sure as hell isn't the friend I care about!"

T.K. shook for a moment, trying to keep his emotions under control. Kari tightened her grip on his hand, and with her free hand, she turned his face back to hers. They gazed into each other's eyes for what seemed like an eternity before T.K. finally spoke.

"Kari, I'm scared," he said softly, his voice full of shame.

"Of what?"

"Of what's happening. Something's not right here. This strange new power, who knows what it is and how dangerous it could be. And seeing where Angemon sacrificed himself for me because I wasn't strong enough… It's too much. Plus, well..." T.K. trailed off not knowing if he should continue.

"You're dream?" Kari asked, guessing what T.K. was trying to avoid talking about.

He looked at her in surprise, "How did-"

"You woke me up when you screamed. I heard you and Davis talking," she said blushing slightly.

"Oh," T.K. replied looking ashamed of himself.

Kari figured out what he was thinking and squeezed his hand again.

"It's okay T.K., you don't need to share everything with me right away. You don't need to share everything with me at all if you don't want to. But I want you to know, that no matter what, there is always hope. No matter what."

"How do you know?" T.K. asked skeptically.

"Simple," Kari smiled, "Remember what Azulongmon told us? The light inside us, is hope. As long as there is light inside someone, and there always will be, then there is hope."

"How do you know there will always be light?"

"I don't know. I just hope," she said, winking at him. T.K. finally smiled at this, and she continued.

"Everyone always thinks that the light is the most important thing to defeat the darkness. That's why I always feel that I need to be strong for everyone. But because light and darkness are so balanced, my strength alone isn't enough. The hope inside me gives me the strength to keep fighting. Without it, I would be lost. So my strength is really just yours."

T.K.'s smile widened, as he wrapped his arms around Kari, pulling her into a strong hug. She smiled, as she slipped her arms around his waist, holding on to him tightly.

"Thank you Kari," T.K. whispered into her hair.

"Anything for you," she said softly.

The two friends held on to each other for several minutes before breaking apart, but the continued to look deep into each other's eyes. After a while, Kari finally spoke.

"There is one more thing about your dream that I have to mention though T.K."

"What's that?" he asked nervously.

She smiled and leaned in a little closer to him, "It was the last thing I heard you say about it. And it was absolutely ridiculous. You're far from useless. And I will always need you."

T.K. blushed and looked up at the moon for a moment, lost in contemplation. When he looked back at Kari, he instantly became lost in the beauty of her soft brown eyes and smiled. Happy that they were alone.

"It's a good thing Davis isn't here right now," he said slyly edging closer to her.

"Oh, and why is that?" Kari questioned him with an eyebrow raised.

"Well, you said that he'd have to visit any romantic places on the island alone. And this spot is pretty romantic."

Kari blushed as well, but continued to gaze into T.K.'s deep blue eyes. The two friends slowly leant their heads closer together…

And the tree began to move.

"AHHH" Kari shrieked, grabbing on to T.K., "T.K. what's happening?!"

"I don't know," he said holding onto his friend, "But I don't think we're alone."

"Oh no," said a sly voice beneath them, "No you are not!"


Was it mean that I just did that? I feel like it was a little mean. :P

Anyway, hope that cliffhanger keeps you all interested! Please review and let me know what you think!