A New Beginning Chapter 4, a digimon fanfic

digi-gal-rox: another chapter up! some shout outs to answer some q's. and Happy Halloween!

Sanctus Ereptor: I was at a friends house, and for some random reason we decided to watch all the Sailor Moon eps, I think it was up to that point, so basically, when I was writing, that ep. was all in my head.

Prozacfairy: I'm not sure if I'll be further explaining it in further chapters or not. I'm still deciding. I might even write a prequel to this story about that.

Pinklightangelstar: Yes, they actually are.

CHAPTER 4 - Starting Over

"I still don't know why you're so accepting of his return." Tai muttered stubbornly. Kari looked at her brother and shook her head sadly.
"In the first place Tai, I'm the one that's meant to be upset. Not you." she pointed out. "I'm just trying to be mature about it." Tai rolled his eyes.
"That guy hurt you. And you expect me to act cool about it?"
"The only thing that happened between him and me was that I had a small crush on him. Nothing more." Tai sighed heavily. "I'm a big girl Tai." he looked away stubbornly.
"I just don't like seeing you get hurt, Kari." he paused, "I wonder how Matt is handling this."
"Tai..."

T.K awoke with a jerk. Breathing heavily, the blonde man climbed out of bed, only to trip over Patamon who was sleeping lazily on the floor. Grunting her rose, carrying the sleeping digimon and placed him on his bed. He watched the digimon for a moment before heading his the kitchen. What was that dream he had, about? For the past month he had been having dreams that he could never really understood. All he knew was that he had to come back, as something bad was going to happen. It had never occured to him that everyone had other committments to attend to. Sighing heavily he starred out the window distractedly.
"The cyrstal light, huh."
"T.K?" Patamon surprised him from the table. T.K turned around and smiled.
"What's up, pal?"
"Are you O.K?" he asked. T.K nodded. Patamon frowned slightly. "Are you sure?"
"Patamon... can I ask you something?" the orange creature nodded. "Do you know anything about kingdoms in the digital world?"
"No," Patamon shook his head. "No one has."
"Hm..."

"Why did he have to come back?" Matt wondered aloud.
"You don't sound pleased that your brother's here." his father frowned.
"It's not that I hate him or anything, dad... it's just that... all of us were just getting to move on." Matt muttered. "Especially Kari. She's been through a lot."
"Kari can take care of herself. And she has Tai." his father said sternly. Matt sighed heavily. "He's your brother, Matt."
"I know." Matt said stubbornly. "I know..." Matt muttered something before heading for the door. "See ya," he said bluntly before leaving the apartment.

"So you don't know anything about a palace or any royal family of the sort?" T.K asked, disappointedly. Gennai shook his head.
"I'm afraid not." he sighed. "How is Patamon by the way? The digimon here have missed him greatly." laughing nervously, T.K brought the orange digimon to the screen.
"You can see for yourself."
"Hiya, Gennai!" a cheerful Patamon greeted happily. T.K smiled warmly, leaving the two to talk as he headed for the kitchen. Whatever this dream was, some part of him knew that it was real and that the digi destined were somehow involved. Sighing heavily, he made himself a cup of coffee, still lost in his own world.
"Crystal light, huh..."

"...sure, you can count on me. See you than. Bye." Tai hung up, with a small smile. Turning around slightly, he found Kari standing behind him, arms folded and tapping her feet.
"And who was that?" she asked, her eye brows raised.
"Just... someone." Tai said lamely, slowly moving away from his sister. "Mum and dad were right. Living with your siblings is tough." he added with a grin. Rolling her eyes, she turned her back to her brother.
"Sora sent an e-mail." she said quietly. "She said that Matt and T.K are going to talk."
"And what? She's asking everyone to spy on them?" Tai retorted.
"Yup."
"I had to say," the older brunette paused, "Where are the two headed?"
"A restaurant close to their place. She's already booked 'our' table." Kari shook her head. "I swear Tai, your ability to annoy others has rubbed of on her."

A ravened haired woman sighed heavily as she stood lazily over the balcony. What had possesed her to come here, she couldn't remember. All she remembered was that she was drawn here by some force. But now that she was here, she didn't know what to do. She turned around slightly, eyeing her computer. It was flashing with some sort of gateway.
"Whatever it is," she murmured, "I will find out what it is." she paused, "Digital World, huh?" she closed her eyes for a moment before opening them at the sound of a familiar voice. Looking down, she saw the blonde man that had helped her previously arguing with an older blonde. "Hm..."

"This is wrong on so many levels," Izzy muttered, hiding his head behind the menu. Sora ignored him completely, as she eyed the two brother talking. "She didn't hear me, did she?" he said, facing the rest of the group.
"Sora." Tai said patiently. She didn't respond. "Sora." he repeated. Again no responce. Sighing he faced the younger man and nodded.
"What would you like to order?" everyone, except Sora, quickly faced the waiter.
"Water." they all said immediatly.
"I'll have lemonade." Sora finally spoke her back still facing the group. The waiter smiled grimly and left, muttering something.

"Matt... look..." T.K started after a while, "I know that you hate me for coming back, but-"
"It's not that I hate you," Matt cut in. "I'm just angry." the older brother paused. "Everyone's been through a lot. Especially the Kamiya's." T.K's eyes fell slightly. "I want to be happy that my lil' brother is back, it's just that everything was going well for all of us." he paused. "Why did you really come back T.K? You made it pretty clear to us that you wanted nothing to do with us."
"That was ages ago Matt." T.K frowned. "I got mixed up in a bad group. I've learnt my mistake." he paused. "Outgrew, actually. But still..." Matt eyed his brother carefully.
"Regardless, you are still my brother." Matt sighed, "Blood is thicker than water..."
"Will... will we be O.K?" T.K asked.
"How's mum?" Matt asked, changing the subject.
"She's well." T.K frowned. "Said that she might try and transfer back here."
"Oh."
"You didn't answer my question." T.K stated bluntly.
"I want us to be O.K. Honest. It's just that... I think I need more time. We all do."

The ravened haired woman sighed heavily as she continued typing into the computer. To her astonishment the screen went blank. After a minute the colourful screen from before appeared. In the tiny screen, the scenery of the other world could be seen clearly as creatures walked past unknowingly being watched. Towards the left, the word appeared. 'OPEN' Her eyes went wide as she backed away from the screen. Screaming, she realized that the computer had sucked her in, leaving the empty room behind.

digi-gal-rox: that's it for now! remember to review!