Running Home Chapter 3, a digimon fanfic

digi-gal-rox: well, it's been ages, but finally i've updated! sorri i haven't been updating in a while. with me working more days now, since people are on holidays, it's been kinda argh! but anyways, another chapter for you guys! happy readings! and a happy new year!

CHAPTER 3

"So... what exactly is our future like?" Yolie asked, after a long pause. The digi-destined looked at Yolie before looking at Kai, curiousity beaming in their eyes. T.K frowned at this sight. Sighing heavily, Kai shook his head.
"I... I can't say."
"Oh, come on!" Yolie begged. "Just a tiny glimps?" T.K took a deep breath.
"I think it would be O.K, just to tell a bit," he gave him a small smile. Kai rolled his eyes.
"Fine." he muttered. "It's a very dark place," Kai murmured, his eyes filled with sadness. "They all thought that you were strong enough to defeat darkness, but you weren't. Not even light could stop him.
"Fate..." T.K murmured, "The crest sounds very familiar..."
"How... did your mother die?... That's if you don't mind me asking." Kari added hastily.
"Every destined died the same way," Kai supplied. "The power of darkness enters them, and sucks the life out of them." Kai shut his eyes, the very memory of his mother's death haunting him.
"Kai?" Kari called out softly, "You O.K?"
"Yeah," Kai quickly responded.
"So, basically you're here to help us end this?" Izzy asked. Kai nodded.
"There's something we'd like to ask." Tai stated. "When you were in the other room Kai, and before you arrived Takaishi-"
"Why don't you just call him Hope? You all do in-" he stopped. "Never mind."
"As I was saying," Tai continued, slightly confused, "before you arrived, we all discussed and believed that T.K here is your father." Kai's eyes widened.
"What makes you say that?" Kai asked nervously.
"It's just that you look a lot like him," Kari said gently. T.K bolted up.
"He looks like me?" Kari rolled her eyes.
"Well?" Tai asked. Kai hesitated. He knew that if he didn't answer, they would keep pestering him. But if he did answer the future would change as well. Taking a deep breath, he had no choice but to take the risk. He nodded.
"Yes, he is my... father." the word seemed to forced out of his mouth. "But that's all I can tell you about me. I
can't risk exposing who my mother is."
"Fair enough," Kari cut in before anyone could get a word in, "Tell us when you're ready."
"You might as well tell us now," Matt supplied, "I mean, what happens if something happens to one of us, changing your future? I mean, you may not even exist!" Kai looked at all of them nervously, but shook his head in responce.
"Not yet," he supplied.
"But-" the oldest of the blondes started.
"I can't risk it." Kai cut in, "My mother had suffered many pains, and I don't want to cause her any more." Kai looked at his crest as it began to glow slightly.
"What is it?" Joe asked.
"It's nearly time..."

-Future-

The small group huddled together, hoping that the troops would breeze past them. And they did. Sighing a relief Niki stole a glance at the Guardian of Hope before opening her mouth.
"We can't let him tell anymore Takeru, especially who his parents is!"
"Do you think I'm aware of that?" Takeru asked sharply, "I know if he tells, he''l effect the future. Badly."
"What do we do?" Kay asked. "We don't have the power to go back there."
"Let him tell," Chris said boredly placing his hood over his head. "Eventually they'll find out."
"Chris has a point," Mark murmured.
"Let's hope for the best than." Yuri sighed heavily.

-Present-

"What do you mean by that?" Matt asked, slightly alarmed.
"She's about to come." Kai murmured, clenching his fist.
"Who?" Tai asked.
"The woman who ended my parents marriage." came Kai's sharp reply.
"I was thinking more of a name basis," Tai muttered.
"Madeline."
"Madeline?" T.K asked. Kai meerly nodded, not looking at him.
"Madeline as in T.K's ex?" Mimi asked, mildly surprised.
"That woman ruined T.K's marriage?" Davis asked, "No surprise there." T.K frowned.
"What's that suppose to mean?" he demanded. Davis smirked.
"What do you think it means?" before T.K could respond, Cody had already gotten between the two men who were now on their feet.
"That's enough!"
"But-" Davis started.
"I said that's enough." Cody repeated. Mumbling, Davis sat back down. T.K followed suit. Kai shook his head slightly before closing his eyes.
"Kai?" T.K said uncertainly.
"Did she do this before?" he asked T.K. He looked at the younger man in surprise.
"What?"
"Did Madeline do something like this before, in the past." Kai opened his eyes. "I remember mum saying that it happened before, in another life." everyone faced T.K.
"Well?" Ken asked.
"Spill!" Yolie exclaimed, "Did she?" T.K sighed heavily, rubbing his temples. It was going to be a while.

-Past-

"I don't want you going there anymore, Takeru." the Guardian's wife stated heatedly.
"Look, Madeline. This is part of my life. I have to protect them." Takeru muttered.
"What about Christopher? There's two of you! We could move away." the woman responded. Takeru's train of thoughts began to stray when he noticed two familiar figures across the street.

"You sure about this, Hikari?" her companion asked.
"I'm sure, Yamato." she nodded her head. "I think we should all do it. Not just me."
"I'm with you all the way," Yamato said, with slight determination, "But what would 'he' think?"
"It's none of his concern." came Hikari's sharp reply. "This is our life. Not his." she paused. "I know he's your brother, but there's nothing he can do to stop us. We have to do it." Yamato smiled at her and nodded.
"I'll let the others know." giving her a small nod, he walked of in another direction. Taking a deep breath, Hikari fished out her crest, giving it one good long stare.
"Well..." she murmured, "We're about to make it happen."

"Takeru?!" Madeline called out to her husband. Following his gaze, she noticed the long haired brunette across the street, narrowing her eyes, Madeline called out to her husband in a louder tone. "Takeru!"
"Huh?" slightly alarmed, he looked down at the angry woman. "Sorry," he said sheepishly, "I was... uh..."
"Looking at her?" Madeline asked sharply. "Don't you love me?" she asked. Takeru sighed heavily, running his hand through his hair.
"Madeline..." he started.
"Do you or don't you?" she demanded.
"Ofcourse... I do." he said slowly. She smiled at him. Taking his hand they began to walk home.

-Present-

"So why'd you marry her, if you were in love with someone else?" Yolie asked.
"She was engaged than. I wanted her to be happy." T.K repied, a hint of sadness in his eyes.
"Her marriage didn't last long?" Davis asked. T.K nodded.
"But by than, I was already with... her." T.K glanced at Kari who was seated by her brother, her eyes glued to the floor. Kai who sat next to her, seemed angry.
"And you never saw her again?" Cody asked.
"No," he shook his head. "They all went into battle, and she died..." T.K took a deep breath, "I never forgave myself. I was there the whole time, but I didn't do anything."
"Why?" Kai asked, a little to sharply. The incident, seemed to play to closely to his mother's death.
"Something in me was telling... no, forcing to let them go. It was their life. But I should have been there to help them, at least." T.K murmured softly.
"What does this have to do with us?" Kari asked.
"The prophect is about to happen again. And history is about to repeat itself." T.K supplied.
"History? As in..?"
"The incident that took place eons ago." T.K responded. "The fall of the Legendary Destined." T.K Paused, allowing them to soak in the information. "I made a mistake once, I'm not about to make it again."

-Future-

"Isn't there anything we can do?" Tim asked.
"I'm afraid there isn't," Mark responded regretfully.
"There has to be!" Takeru exploded, "If one thing changes, it'll effect our time!" no one made a sound, "My son is in the past, undoing this... this evil! And there's nothing we can do?!"
"We knew what was going to happen, Takeru." Kelly said firmly, yet gently. "We knew what would happen, but had no other choice."
"Kari's dead because of me. I don't want to loose him too. He's all I have left." Takeru muttered. "I shouldn't have let him go back there..." cursing silently, the blonde man sank to the ground. "He's all I have left..."
"We know, Takeru. We know." Chris said quietly.

-Present-

Waking down the streets, the young woman realized that she was walking by the familar park where the older destined would normally hold their meetings, in their youngers years. It didn't take her long to realize that a figure sat alone on the swings. Curious as to see who it was, Kari stepped foward, only to realize that it wasn't who she thought it was. Turning around quickly, a hand had already took hold of her wrist, spinning her around.
"You can't keep running, Kari." he said. She frowned.
"What makes you think that?" she asked.
"You keep avoiding me," he responded.
"You know very well why, T.K." she spat. He released her, running his hand through his hair.
"I know that you're angry with me-"
"Angry is an understatement,"
"-but you've got to put it behind you." Kari narrowed her eyes slightly.
"There are somethings you can't." she responded, before walking away. This time T.K made no attempt to stop her.

The following morning, the group sat silently at Matt's apartment, listening to Kai's dark future and T.K's past. Sighing heavily, Tai sank back into the sofa, shaking his head slightly.
"So... everything was meant to happen?" Kari asked.
"Yeah, the death, the heartache..."
"The divorce of your parents?" Tai asked.
"I'd like to think so." Kai responded, ignoring T.K's surprised expression. "Mum was in a lot of pain, but she was happy." a small smile appeared on his lips.
"You miss her," Kari said softly.
"She meant everything to me," Kai nodded. "She raised me all by herself, after-" Kai stopped.
"Did she die out of anger, to end it?" Izzy asked.
"No," Kai shook his head. "She risked her life to protect me."
"What's the real reason you're here?" T.K asked, a slight authority in his voice.
"I can't tell, not yet." Kai responded heatedly.
"Than how are you meant to help us?" Ken asked, "If you're not going to tell us what's going on."
"Nothing I can say will do anything. You'll find out soon."
"How soon?" Cody asked.
"A lot sooner than you think..."

-Past-

The digimon, digivolved, stood their ground ready to fight. The crests that hung around the necks of the Chosen Children began to glow, as the darkness began to surround them. Nodding to one another, they stood their ground.
"Let's go!" Taichi shouted, as the digimon took off.
"No!" a voice bellowed from behind. Turning around sharply, the Chosen Children found themselves face to face with Takeru.
"What are you doing here, Takeru?" Hikari asked.
"You can't do this! You're all going to die!" he said urgently. "You have to get out of here now!"
"We'll die with honor!" Yamato snarled.
"You were never meant to fight this!" Takeru cried out, desperation in his voice.
"Well, you're too late now, to stop us." Hikari narrowed her eyes, before facing her digimon.
"Celestial Arrow!" Angewomon's voice was heard over the loud roars, hitting the digimon. Not before a dark arrow had made its way towards Hikari.
"HIKARI!" Taichi roared, as the arrow hit her. Looking down at the arrow, and looking back arm, the woman fell to the ground. "Hikari!" the voice seemed to grow fainter. Running towards his sister's aid, the older man held onto the woman tightly, fighting back the tears that threaten to fall from his face.
"This... this was never meant to happen," Takeru murmured regretfully. "MagnaAngemon, do it." he commanded. The angel light digimon nodded, before facing the dark digimon before him.
"Gate of Destiny!" in a moments flash, every dark digimon had vansished, and all that was left was the parshly destroyed digital world.
"That should hold them for now," he muttered, before walking towards the group that had surrounded the lifeless body.
"May she rest in peace," Taichi murmured.

-Present-

Everyone stared at T.K in shock, before facing Kari. There was something in her eyes, that reflected fear.
"If that's how she died, surely in the future it's the same." she managed to get out.
"They weren't meant to go there. Not alone." T.K supplied.
"They had each other," Matt retorted.
"You're the one that's running away," Kari muttered.
"Huh?" T.K looked at her blankly.
"You said that I was running away. But you're the one that has been running." Kari closed her eyes for a moment before opening them again. "You ran away from her... them, back than. And now you're running from us." everyone looked at her surprised. "Why is it that you tell us that you wanted to do something, but you never did. Why is it that only now you want to make a change?"

-Future-

"Let's do our best till he is done." Mark announced.
"Right," they all nodded their head, as they ran out to the open field with their digimon. Around them, the other digimon that also believed in them stood their ground ready to fight. Around them, the remaining destined stood prepared to fight for the end, ready to fight in the honour of the Legendary Destined.
"Let's do it!" Catherine shouted. The digimon charged towards the dark enemy before them, prepared to give it all they got.

-Present-

Kai froze, looking disturbed. T.K who was still in shock at Kari's accusation remained quiet, absorbing it all in.
"Kai?" Sora murmured gently, to the frozen man.
"Myotismon..." Kai breathed, his eyes suddenly going wide.
"What did you say?" T.K finally spoke, finding his voice.
"Myotismon is behind this...! He sent her out to end it! He's the reason my mother's dead..."
"Myotismon?" Tai repeated. "Didn't we-"
"Yeah," Ken nodded. "Someone must've brought him back. But who?"
"Devimon," T.K snarled.
"Devimon?" Davis stared blankly at the Guardian.
"It has to be him," Kari nodded, glancing at Tai, who nodded.
"He's the only one that would do such a thing."
"Think we still have time to stop him?" Izzy asked.
"You can't." T.K said surprising everyone. "No matter how much I agree with you, you have to fight the foretold prophecy, or it'll happen over and over again."
"What do you mean?" Ken asked.
"In the past, the same thing happened. They made the same mistake you're about to do. I wasn't there in time to warn them." he stoped, "They tried to stop him, but wasn't sucessful. Devimon was able to bring him back. With..." he trailed off, unsure whether or not to finish the sentence.
"With what?" Joe asked.
"The Key."

-Past-

"It's your fault, Takeru!" Taichi exploded, ready to throw a punch at the Guardian. Easily doudging the attack, Takeru went on the defence.
"How is it my fault? You all went to fight!"
"You should've left us, ever since she found out!" Taichi went on.
"I did! But I had bussiness to attend with her! She's the Key, and I've sworn with my life that I'll protect her!" Takeru cried out.
"But you didn't." Taichi narrowed his eyes. "Now the world will be covered in darkness, because of you. Christopher could've done a better job." Taichi smirked. Takeru's eyes flashed.
"What. What did yo say?" he asked sharply.
"Christopher could've done a better job," Taichi snarled. Before he could through another missed attack, Yamato jumped between the two men.
"Stop it!" he hissed, "Takeru, like Taichi said, you should've left when she found out. Taichi, we have to do our best to stop it. Takeru's done his best to contain it. Who knows how long it'll remained locked up. The least we we could do is do our best till the next generation of digi destined is ready to fight." narrowing his eyes Taichi walked away.

-Present-

No one said a word. Kari looked down to the ground, avoiding both eye contact from T.K and her brother. Fidgetting with her hand, the brunette ignored her surroundings completely. Sighing heavily, Tai turned his gaze to T.K, who sat quietly, waiting for someone to respond.
"He blamed you?" Tai finally asked.
"More or less." T.K shrugged. "It was your past life." Tai snorted slightly.
"Sounds like something I would do." T.K closed his eyes before opening them again.
"I don't blame him... you at all." he said quietly. "But what Yamato said, if no one is strong enough, you have to leave the next generation a message of some sort. The saem message they left you."
"Are you saying that the prophecy is by them?" Kari asked, finding her voice. T.K nodded, much to Kai's amazement.
"Yes, but this time you have something they didn't have." T.K said, trying to sound bright and positive.
"What's that?" Matt asked, not amused by T.K's slightly brightened attitude.
"Them." he said, pointing to Davis, Yolie, Ken and Cody. "Together, all of you maybe strong enough to end this. Once and for all."

Sitting alone on the swings, the teenager starred out into the starry sky. A smile grew on her lips, as each star seem to twinkle down at her, as if it were talking to her. She jumped of the swing, and started to walk somewhere. Pulling to a stop, she noticed that no one was around. The lights in the apartment buildings across were all out. Frowning slightly, she began to wonder where everyone was. Before she could take a step forward, the sound of foot steps could be heard approaching her. Biting her lip nervously, she spun around to see a hodded figure, making its way towards her. But for some reason she wasn't afraid. It was as if she knew who it was. The hooded figure smiled down at her. It was a lot taller, but there was something in his smile that told her that he was still youthful. Her eyes fell upon the man's lips as he began to say something. No sound came out. The hooded figure smiled again, and leaned forward...

"Hope!" she cried out, jolting from the bed. Looking around her surroundings, Kari realized that she was in her room. Breathing heavily, she forced herself out of bed. Rubbing her eyes, she began to wonder about her dream, and who the hooded figure was. Sighing heavily, she quickly checked on the sleeping form of Kai. Her eyes softened slightly. She felt sorry for the younger man. Growing up, only in a world of darkness. Closing the door, the brunette made her way to the balcony. Breathing in the night air, she wondered what life would be if they were able to end this war. A figure caught her attention, as it began to walk away. She gasped sharply at the familiarity of the figure. Than it hit her. The hooded man in her dreams. "T.K..."

digi-gal-rox: OK, that's it for now! I'll try and get the next part up as soon as I can. happy readings!