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A Long, Lost Love
Chapter 10
The Road To Recovery
Melody froze on her spot as she scrutinized Kevin's features. He took her breath away, despite all the cruel and mean things he had done to Melody, she was awed at his handsome looks. His hazel eyes shone in the pale moonlight and his brunette hair was ruffled around, though it gave him the appealing look. His complexion was fair and light and the look on his face was intriguing and innocent, it seemed hard to picture that this guy was the boy that had tried to rape her.
Kevin looked at her with the oddest expression.
"Melody?" he murmured softly.
Melody slowly backed away. Step by step. Her right hand clutched into a fist, ready to strike.
"Get away from me Kevin!" Melody said defiantly.
"Wait Melody…" Kevin said pleadingly. He tried to hold her hand but she backed away even more.
Melody studied him carefully. He looked different, he seemed changed. She relaxed a tiny bit and let her guard down, she soon found out that it was a big mistake for as soon as she stopped backing away, Kevin grabbed her shoulders and held on to her tightly. He looked at her with such longing in his eyes, he stared at her, drinking her in.
"Oh Melody…" he started to say. "You've grown, my you have… you looked even more astonishing! Well I'll be damned…"
"Kevin…let go of me…" Melody said.
"Beautiful lady you are, Mel…" Kevin said ignoring Melody's words.
"KEVIN GET AWAY FROM ME!" Melody shrieked out.
People stopped to look at them but Kevin simply ignored them.
"Why Melody?" he asked her quietly but with a threatening tone. He tightened his grip on her.
The pain hit Melody so hard that memories of her past life rushed in on her. Tears flowed down her cheeks.
"Oh Melody…" Kevin said comfortingly as he stroked Melody's face, which scared the day's light out of Melody. "Why the tears?"
"You damn well know what for!" Melody spat.
Kevin, ignoring Melody's words, yet again, placed his lips hard on her. It was teasing and brutal. Melody managed to push him away but then he grabbed her again. Others in the area were confused, what in the name of the world was going on?
Melody looked around her helplessly, why wouldn't anyone help her? She felt herself being dragged inside Kevin's car, she tried to put up a fight but it was merely impossible.
"KEVIN! STOP IT! SOMEBODY PLEASE, GET HIM AWAY FROM ME!" Melody yelled.
The people around them stopped what they were doing then start to advance towards Kevin, Kevin, realizing this let go of Melody and pushed her away.
"Alright, fine! Melody, I just wanted us to be together… I'm sorry for all of the things that I'd done to make you feel unsafe when you're near me…but you see, wanting you and can't having you drives me insane… that's why I'm like what I'm like... I can't live without your face Melody… oh I just can't… ask Mother what I was like when you went off to the boarding school and only until now… have I been truly happy…" said Kevin.
"That's a lie Kevin and you know it!" Melody cried out.
"No Melody… it's not a lie… I truly love you…"
"Oh don't give me that bullshit…!"
"Melody! Why do you assume that I'm lying? Can't you see it in my eyes? Look deep into it Melody… what do you see?" Kevin asked.
Melody pretended to look into his eyes and after about a minute she gave him a 'look'.
"I see… insanity, lies, stupidity and … selfishness…" Melody replied.
"Melody! You didn't look!" Kevin cried out.
"Don't need to look, I already know… "
"Melody… "Kevin said softly.
"Can you just get the hell away from me?"
"As long as you're still free… and careless I will be around… "
……………
"MELODY!" A voice cried out.
Melody looked past Kevin and saw Willis running quickly towards her. He reached her and grabbed her shoulders.
"What?" Melody asked annoyed, she still was angry at him for the incident that happened earlier that day.
"Kari… she… she gained her consciousness… and … Joe believe that the people that are near … should come and visit her… and since you're the closest around… I suggest you to come if you want her to get better… " Willis said.
Melody questioned herself, did she want to help Kari get better? Did she want to loose Willis to her? Did she? Did she?
"I believe Melody and I were having a rather important discussion… "Kevin said annoyed with the fact that Willis had interrupted.
"And you are … ?" Willis asked.
"My brother…" Melody answered.
"Step brother…" Kevin said. "Not same blood what so ever!"
"Ok…" Willis replied.
"By the way, Mel… your mother wants to see you…"
"She does?" Melody asked.
"Yes Melody…she's on her death bed… "Kevin said, quivering a tiny bit.
"WHAT?!"
"She has cancer Mel, and the doctors can't get rid of all the cells, there are too much! We've tried all treatment…getting Mum to all different hospitals, but the cells have spread and there is no hope left for her… "
Melody hesitated, could Kevin be lying? It wasn't impossible, but she couldn't take the chance that her Mother was actually on her death bed. Even though her Mother hadn't been the best mother or even a good mother, she was the one who gave her life, she brought her up, she fed her and nourished her with love, she used too anyway.
"Now, Kevin?" Melody asked reluctantly.
"There is no better time, Melody… "Kevin said.
"But Melody…" Willis objected, "You need to see Kari!"
"Oh? I'm sorry Willis, but… my Mother… if she's … on her death bed…" Melody started to say.
Willis nodded frustratingly, he waved his hand up in the air. "Ok, ok… fine!"
"Oh but Willis," Melody said, she got a golden key out of her pocket, it glimmered in Melody's hand. "I have pictures of Kari with me, Sakura and Makoto, maybe that would help… just go to my room and it should be in my black hand bag, the photo album is leathery brown with the scent of rose… *laughs* I think I'm going to too much detail here… by the way it's room 42"
Willis took the key from her hands. He clutched it as if the key could open doors that had magical solutions to all problems.
"Ok then Melody… "Willis said.
Willis witnessed Kevin and Melody getting into the car. Willis thought he saw Melody, shaking a tiny bit.
"Wish me luck…" Melody whispered.
"Good luck then" Willis said.
"Thanks, because I'll need it… "
And with that, Kevin and Melody drove into the night, leaving a confused Willis behind. He looked down the road for a few minutes more then he went to Melody's hotel room. He inserted the key to her room then slowly looked about for the black, hand bag. It took him only a few seconds to find it.
Willis rummaged through the hand bag and soon he felt the leathery cover of some kind of a book. He lifted it out of the bag and studied it carefully. It wasn't brown nor did it smell like the roses. It was baby pink with pictures of cherry blossom petals. Willis's nose prickled the scent of a girl's perfume, it smelt so much like Kari's.
Willis, being very curious about this book, lifted the cover.
This diary belongs to Melody Asuen , age 11-12
My home address is 23 Nokoda Street, Lukaba 8732.
Please return this diary if lost…
Now on to my tragic life….
Willis was surprised with the word 'tragic', what could Melody possibly meant by the word tragic? He's not stupid, he knew what it meant, but someone as smart, beautiful and kind shouldn't have a tragic life, right? Look at her handwriting, amazingly neat! Willis, interested in this diary, sat down on Melody's bed and started reading the entries. So far the events that took place were normal… a girl depressed because her dad died, well that was normal enough. But then he stumbled upon serious matters. Her step brother almost raping her, getting beaten up by her parents though she did nothing wrong. Finally Willis reached her last entry.
Dear Diary,
I hate my mother! I hater her, I hate her! Not just her, but my whole family. Hate them, oh I hate them! They don't realize that each day I'm drifting more and more away from them, one day they're going to loose me and they'll regret it…. they obviously don't need me but the day when I only see them with a blank expression, they'll regret it… oh they will! They don't even know how lonely I am… Sure I have lots of friends but one thing is missing, though I don't know what it is… Why love my mother? When she only cares about my step dad, my step brother and my step sister? She doesn't give a damn about her real daughter who brought nothing but respect from the teachers and the good marks. Yes, she buys me things, but only the things that I desperately need… something that she had no choice but to buy for me… Her precious step son always takes advantage of me… well guess what Mum? I've changed! I wouldn't let anyone take advantage of me anymore… not even you… All you see in me is nothing but trash that can't be discarded… Maybe you actually wanted me to be in that plane with daddy so I can die with him… I almost wished I was… I rather choose death than torture for all my life… I wished I was with him and not you… I'm sure if you were the one who died and I was to live with Daddy… I wouldn't be treated this way…
I am not a slut like what your step son thought of me… do you ever realize how much it hurts Mum? When he calls me something I'm not and yet you believe everything he says, but you never believe me…for goodness sake… I'm your DAUGHTER! Your flesh and blood! No I did not date with 10 different boys (like what Kevin told you) I'm not going to date until you tell me that I can… but for now, I'll live the romance in my imagination without worrying. I used to want a boyfriend but the reason was, I needed someone to listen to me and understands what I'm going through…Someone who will comfort me, but you forbid me from having that warmth and security, your forbid me to be happy and to be 'me'. You don't even realize what I'm going through… all this pain and sorrow… Mum, don't you think I grieve for Daddy's death? Or do you think that I enjoy every single time you're in pain? I grieve so much for Daddy's death… and I also grieve…for loosing the mother I ever had… I lost you mum…and you lost me…I'm never happy but when I'm TRULY happy is when I sleep and go to the fantasy world of dreams…where I can be free and be 'me'.
'If you want to,
I can save you,
I can take you away from here…
So lonely inside, so busy out there…
And al you wanted,
Was someone to care…'
That was my favourite song, sang by Michelle Branch, which suits me very much…
After all I only wanted someone to care
Willis gazed down the page and realized that there was one last sentence at the bottom of the page… and it looked like it just had been written. It said:
And that someone is… Willis….
That concluded the last entry. Willis almost cried. All this time, Melody just wanted comfort and warmth and he was the only one that could give that sense of security. Gosh Melody, if only you told me earlier… he said in his thoughts. Now it was too late, he already told Kari that he was her fiancée when he could have easily said that T.K was her fiancée…
After what her step brother had done to her… wait…step brother… that meant… that Melody just went with her step brother! Willis wrote down Melody's old address and then he dashed to his car. He hoped that that was where Kevin had taken her either than some place else.
~*Taichi and the others at Tai's place*~
"Well… we wouldn't be seeing Matt and T.K in quiet a while…" Tai said.
"Yeah… we guess so… "Sora whispered.
"I hope they're going to be ok…" Makoto said softly. "This is no easy obstacle… they're not just testing T.K's and Kari's love… they're testing our strengths too…"
"Who do you exactly mean by 'they'?" Mimi asked.
"The world, nature…life…" Makoto answered.
"Oh…"
"Oh…a SMS from Willis…" Syaoran said suddenly.
"Read it out…" Sakura commanded.
'Syaoran…tell the others that Kari had gained her consciousness and still conscious right now… I suggest you and the others go there as quickly as possible so she can remember quicker… I already said a few things to her and she knows that I'm her fiancée, but I wish I could take that back… but anyway, I'm on my way to help… someone… and I can't be beside Kari… so I'm counting on you and the others to help Kari… anyway I really got to go… please be in the hospital ASAP!'
Syaoran read out.
"What does he mean? By wishing he could take that back?" Izzy asked.
"Beats me… but let's go to the hospital now…" Tai said and the others nodded their heads in agreement and then they left.
~*Melody*~
Melody saw the familiar scenery of her childhood life. She saw the wide landscape where she used to run around with her dad, flying a kite, playing hide and seek and many other things. Much beautiful memories she had. Memories that she would always cherish in her heart…memories that she couldn't afford to loose. Melody, then saw, the recognizable structure of her house. The little front garden that she and her mother had made was still there, although it didn't look as beautiful as it used too. The roses and the tulips gave the house a lively look. The house was made out of cream coloured bricks and the roof was the colour of the night. Four windows were placed at the second level and two windows were put on the first level. There was a rich-looking door in between the two windows. It looked as if the handle was made out of gold.
Kevin drove into the driveway and turned off the engine. Melody got out of the car before Kevin did. She walked, almost running, to the front door. She rang the door bell and waited a few seconds. Kevin was already beside her when the door was opened. There stood a girl with bright hazel eyes and coffee coloured hair that was tied back into a ponytail. She wore a black skirt and a cream coloured blouse. She came out of the house and kissed Kevin gently on the cheek. Melody, without being invited in, walked in.
"Hey!" The girl cried out.
"Lana…" Kevin started to say. "That stunning grown up girl is Melody…you remember her don't you…?"
"Maybe…" was Lana's poor reply.
Melody walked up the steps and found herself face-to-face with the door to her old room. She touched the wooden door with the tip of her fingers and without hesitating she opened the door. Instead of finding her old bed and her old dresser, she found, other things with shocking bright colours. She never was fond of bright colours, she had always like light, babyish colours.
"What are you doing in my room?" Lana boomed from behind.
Melody turned, surprised.
"Sorry, but this was my old room…" Melody said under her breath.
"Well it's my room now, please leave!" Lana commanded.
Melody did as she was told, she didn't want to start any fights or arguments while she was in her old house, her old home.
Melody journeyed forward to her Mother's room. The door was slightly opened. She took a slight peak and saw her mother lying on a double bed with a blanket over her top half of her body. Darren was sitting beside her on the bed with no expression.
Melody cleared her throat so they could acknowledge her presence. Darren looked up.
"Who are you?" he asked.
Melody strolled into the room and stood beside her mother who stared at her with large, curious eyes.
"Who am I? Is that what you said Darren?" Melody asked.
"If you heard me correctly…yes it was…" Darren replied gruffly.
"Let me give you a clue… someone who you used to abuse and torture…" Melody said.
"Melody…?" Her mother spoke up.
"Yes mother, it is I…" Melody replied and knelt down beside her.
Melody's mother studied Melody's features and smiled.
"You had always reminded me of him…" she said softly with such a dreamy look on her face. She stroked Melody's face with lots of motherly love.
Oh how Melody had longed for that.
"Mama…are you really sick?" Melody finally asked.
"Yes, I'm afraid I am… I'm going to leave this world soon…"
"Mama…" Melody softly moaned.
"Yes Melody, now during my last moments I would like to say a few things to you…"
Melody brazed herself for this.
"You had always made me proud… always and I mean always… the reason I was so mean to you… was because, you reminded me so much of your father, and I just couldn't forgive him for leaving me and you … why couldn't I just die with him? I always asked myself…and every time I looked at your face, I see him…shining through you… I just couldn't bare that… that's why I had always try to hurt you so you'll look less and less like him, but I was wrong, you continued to grow to be just like him… and I am sorry I had contaminated your childhood with abuse…"
"I'm sorry I had favoured Kevin and Lana and not you, although they're not really my children, and you are my daughter… my real daughter, someone who I should have paid attention too… but I was blinded with my own selfishness and needs…. I am truly sorry for that…"
Melody grabbed her Mother's hand and held on to it tightly.
"Melody…ever since you left…I always carried your smile in my heart… carried your dad's too, because without the both of you…my life was empty… and I guess cancer is my punishment for being so cruel to someone who really loved me…I would gaze at the picture of three of us when we were still one complete family and I would remember, how you always helped me with the cooking and how you had always brought happiness to our home… not just with your grades and achievements but with your pearl laughter, your brilliant smile and your graciousness… Your dad and I were blessed with such a wonderful daughter… "
Melody's mother took a long look at Melody's face and Melody cried her tears.
"You forgive me don't you Melody?"
"Of course Mama, I could never stay mad at you…" Melody said through her tears.
"Good…good…" Melody's mother said. She closed her eyes and fell asleep…and she never woke again. Her mother had a glad smile on her face.
"Mama!" Melody cried out as she hugged her Mother's still body. "Mama… don't leave…not yet….not when I know you still love me…we could be together again…yes we can… I love you Mama…more than anything else… please wake up! Please wake up…"
Melody sobbed then she felt two strong hands on her shoulder. She looked up with blurry eye and she could just outline Willis's face. She got up and fell into his embrace.
"Willis…" she sobbed. "My Mama…she's gone…and I haven't told her how much I had loved her and how much I still do…Willis…please turn back the time…"
Willis kissed her hair and said "I'm sorry Melody, I can't…"
Melody hit Willis's chest with her fist and Willis endured the pain quietly. "You have too! You have too!... oh Willis… you have too…"
"As much as I want to Melody… I can't…" Willis whispered.
Melody soaked Willis's shirt with her tears as she cried on his shoulder. She turned her head to look at Darren, who now, had broken down. His tears flowed freely down his face. It was hard for Melody to believe, someone that was so cold hearted as he, could cry. Kevin and Lana walked in and saw their step mother so still, then they too started to mourn for her death. But Melody knew, she was the one with deepest regret and deepest pain, she didn't get to spend much time with her mother, she left and just came back after six years. Melody's eyes went to her mother's body. How beautiful she still looked. She just realized that she was blessed with her mother's flowing hair and radiance.
"Mama…" she said just above a whisper. "Take good care of Daddy up there for me ok? I'm sure you two are happy with each other now… and nothing else could make me more happier… you two together again… just wait for me ok? Someday we'll be together again… and this time there will be no pain… I love you, Mama…"
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The funeral for Mrs. Asuen's death was held the very next day. Very few people attended for she stopped going out with her friends after her husband died. Willis held Melody's hand to give her support. The tears of sadness, sorrow and pain broke free from Melody's eyelids. She watched her mother's coffin being lowered down to the ground. Now she only had the memories of her mother and father. Now she was truly an orphan. She would live by herself now because no one will make her live with Darren, Kevin and Lana.
Melody grabbed some earth and threw it down to her mother's coffin.
"Good luck Mama… I hope you're happy up there with Daddy… hope you two have a good life up there…together… and someday I'll join you…goodbye and so long…"
Willis tapped Melody's shoulder. She smiled pathetically and walked away from her childhood horror and life with a new companion by her side, Willis.
~*Matt*~
"Welcome Mr. Ishida and Miss. Husaty… are your luggage all here?" A lady with waist length black, silky hair welcomed. She had friendly amethyst eyes and a smile so joyful that it made Matt believed that everything would be fine.
"Yes Tomoyo-chan, they're here…" Miyuki replied.
"Oh cousin Miyuki… you haven't changed…" Tomoyo teased.
"Cousins?" Matt asked.
"Yeah…" Miyuki said. "Her fiancée is a specialist in T.K's condition…he's a professional psychiatrist, now Tomoyo…can you get the luggage in? and ask Eriol to come out to help bring T.K in…"
Tomoyo clicked her fingers and out came ladies in black. They walked humbly to take their luggage in. Tomoyo had a satisfied smile on her face.
"Still having body guards?" Miyuki asked.
"Of course, I need lots of them to take guard of my mansion…"
Matt then realized how big this place was. The garden around it was bigger than the local park at Odaiba. It had different plants everywhere. The breeze was refreshing and welcoming.
The place that he was supposedly to spend his days in was humungous. It had a double door that opened grandly to reveal bits of the inside. Already Matt could see doors to rooms and a marble staircase that led up to other rooms and luxuries.
"Tomoyo, Eriol please…" Miyuki said.
"Oh woops, almost forgotten… " Tomoyo admitted. She inserted her hand to her pocket than she got out a purple and pink cell phone. It had pictures of the moon and the stars on it.
Tomoyo dialed some numbers than place the phone next to her ear.
"Hello…Eriol-kun?"
-
"Can you come to the front door now? Because Miyuki-chan and…"
"Yamato…" Miyuki said.
"And Yamato-san is here…."
-
"Ok…see you soon…"
Tomoyo ended her conversation and smiled. "He's on his way, he should be here in a few minutes…he was upstairs setting up the room for Mr. Takaishi…"
Miyuki and Matt nodded.
"Miyuki why don't you wait here? I'll give Yamato a tour of the mansion…he might get lost…" Tomoyo suggested.
"Yes sure…and oh Tomoyo remember, everything is, furtive…" Miyuki replied.
Tomoyo gestured her hand to welcome Matt in. Matt sauntered in and wished he had lots of eyes to examine everything there. There were amazing paintings on the walls and the floor was made of tiles. He walked on with Tomoyo explaining things. He saw a glass table on the sides. There was a red vase and roses in it. Around it was framed photos. He walked up to the table and examined the photos. He saw Tomoyo when she was younger with a boy with round glasses and stunning blue hair.
"That's Eriol…" Tomoyo said.
Matt nodded.
Then a picture caught his eyes. The person in the photo looked awfully familiar. The girl had short auburn hair with two red hair ties on either side of her hair. She had emerald eyes and a light complexion. She wore a pink sun dress.
"That's my best friend…" Tomoyo said.
"Oh I see…" Matt said without taking his eyes off the photo. He had seen her somewhere.
"Intrigued by her looks?" Tomoyo asked.
"What? Oh no… she just looked…familiar…that's all…" Matt answered.
"Oh really?"
"Yeah…"
"Well I even got stacks of videos of her, maybe you'll look at it later…but for now I have to continue giving you the tour, I would hate for you to get lost…"
"Ok then…"
"Now that's the pool and that's the … "
~*Kari*~
Kari looked at the people around her. Yes she remembered the one with the amazingly bizarre hair. She had spent lots of time with him.
"Do you remember me now, Kari?" he asked with a tone of excitement in his voice.
"Yes… in fact I do… you're… Tai! Onni-chan!" Kari said.
"Isn't that great guys? She's already starting to remember us…" he exclaimed.
"Do you remember me?" A boy with spiky brown hair asked, he had a goggle around his head.
Kari frowned like a child. "No…I'm sorry…but I recognized the goggle…" she said.
Everyone broke into laughter and Kari, not sure what the laughter was all about, laughed also. Her laughter brought joy and happiness to everyone.
"Now Kari…" A girl with strawberry hair said.
Kari swore that she'd seen this girl before, of course she had. She tried really hard to figure out her name and some memories that she had with her, but she did not succeed.
"We don't want to tire you out with all the thinking and the stressing of who's who…we just want you to recover in a good and healthy way…maybe we should just play games now…" she suggested.
Kari nodded her head, her brown hair flying here and there.
"I think…we should ask people what they like and stuff like that, maybe it'll refresh Kari's memory bit by bit…" A girl with reddish hair.
Kari recognized this one too, but the name of her or what role she played in her life was unclear. One thing for sure, she was her brother's girlfriend.
"We'll start with me…" The boy with the goggles said.
And so they played. Kari didn't remember their names but she had foggy memories now in her head. By the end of the day she only succeeded with remembering one person and that was Makoto.
With the description and talks that Kari had with the other people, she discovered that she was a digi-destined, the queen of numemons, the bearer of light and that she had a cat friend named Gatomon. She overheard a conversation between her brother's girlfriend and her brother.
"We can't tell her about T.K yet…" her brother's girlfriend stated.
"Sora…" he said. "She needs to know, who knows maybe it'll help her remember…"
"No it won't! She might get shocked and scared when she heard of what happened to T.K…" Sora hissed.
Kari didn't hear anymore for she drifted to sleep. That night she had a dream of a blond haired boy with a round hat around his head. He had eyes the same colour of the ocean. He filled Kari with warmth and passion. She didn't know why she had burst with happiness when she saw his face. His face was pure and innocent, as if he had no sin. Kari woke up the next day in high spirits and eagerness for more stories and memories. She was so happy that day that Makoto realized the changes in her.
"You seemed very happy today, Kari…" she said.
"Oh yes, I am…very happy… I had this wonderful dream last night…first of all there was this blond boy that took my breath away… and then he turned into a handsome prince and guess what? I was the princess that he had come to ask hand in marriage….amazing huh? He told me his name was Prince Takeru… Takeru…such a lovely name, a name that indicated he was not weak but kind, caring and loving…. He said I had eyes just like rubies… and that I was pure and sincere…. Well… he had to leave my kingdom but he promised me that he'll come back… the last thing he said to me was… 'My fair Lady Hikari, I will come back to thee, thou shall not forget of I for I'll be greatly disappointed if you do, we'll meet again my Fair Lady, whilst the moonlight shine bright, approving of our love… ' So romantic don't you think?" Kari said.
Makoto was speechless, Sora had forbade her to tell Kari anything about T.K and now she dreamt of him.
"Yes, yes it was…" Makoto said.
"Even though he's not real…he'll live in my imagination, Takeru…. My Prince Takeru… I won't marry unless I find someone that is so much like him!" Kari exclaimed.
"But what about Willis?" Makoto asked.
"Oh Willis? I don't think he loves me… I saw how he looked at Melody, you said her name was? He looked at her with such affection… I'm going to talk about that to him…and we'll see what happens…" Kari said softly.
"Oh…"
"Yes, How thin and sharp is the moon tonight! How thin and sharp and ghostly white…Is the slim curved crook of the moon tonight…!" Kari said.
"Huh?"
"Prince Takeru said that to me when we first met…."
"That was a poem written by Langston Hughes…." Makoto said.
Kari shrugged her shoulders. "It's what I remember…I know! Takeru is a little bit too long to say…I mean it's not long but too formal…I'll call him T.K… the boy of my dreams…T.K…now that name gives me a familiar feeling though I can't put my finger on it…" Kari said.
"Kari! It's time for breakfast, now do you want me to spread the maple syrup on the pancake? Or…?
~*Matt*~
"How is he doing?" Matt asked Eriol.
"He's doing good, he's recovering Yamato, this treatment wont last very long, the pictures of Kari that you provided are effecting him very much… although if Kari was here in person, it would probably cure him!" Eriol exclaimed.
"I hope that can happen…" Matt started to say. "But Kari is suffering memory loss…"
"Oh…"
"Yeah…"
"Ok then…now let's check your brother's condition…" Eriol said.
~*6 months later*~
"And you're Mimi, who went to New York, your digimon partner is Palmon and you are the bearer of sincerity!" Kari said.
"Yay! She remembers me!" Mimi cried out in happiness.
"Yes," Izzy said. "That leaves one person…"
They were all in the park where they once had come up with plans for finding the 8th digi-destined, they were in fact under the same shaded tree. Kari had been released out of the hospital a couple of months ago.
The goggle boy stood in front of Kari, trying to smile but couldn't. Kari remembered everyone but him. No one had mentioned T.K to Kari but Makoto had been hearing more dreams of Prince Takeru.
Kari studied him carefully and closed her eyes and tried to remember. She remembered him in the digital world, with… another boy… fighting over something.
"You're Daisuke Motomiya…" Kari started to say. "And you…you used to fight with… "
Before Kari could finish her sentence Davis had jumped up and down and the park was filled with the laughter from their group.
Under Kari's breath she finished her sentence so ever softly, "Prince Takeru…"
How was this possible? Kari asked her confused self. Prince Takeru was just a guy in her dreams, how could she remember him when she remembered Davis? Her thoughts were interrupted by Sakura.
"Kari, don't forget, tomorrow we leave for Tomoyo's house, gosh I haven't visited her in ages…!" Sakura said.
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What did you think of that? Did you cry? I just want to know because I want see whether I can create a sad scene…well I want my birthday present now… those reviews!!
~CherryBlossom~
A Long, Lost Love
Chapter 10
The Road To Recovery
Melody froze on her spot as she scrutinized Kevin's features. He took her breath away, despite all the cruel and mean things he had done to Melody, she was awed at his handsome looks. His hazel eyes shone in the pale moonlight and his brunette hair was ruffled around, though it gave him the appealing look. His complexion was fair and light and the look on his face was intriguing and innocent, it seemed hard to picture that this guy was the boy that had tried to rape her.
Kevin looked at her with the oddest expression.
"Melody?" he murmured softly.
Melody slowly backed away. Step by step. Her right hand clutched into a fist, ready to strike.
"Get away from me Kevin!" Melody said defiantly.
"Wait Melody…" Kevin said pleadingly. He tried to hold her hand but she backed away even more.
Melody studied him carefully. He looked different, he seemed changed. She relaxed a tiny bit and let her guard down, she soon found out that it was a big mistake for as soon as she stopped backing away, Kevin grabbed her shoulders and held on to her tightly. He looked at her with such longing in his eyes, he stared at her, drinking her in.
"Oh Melody…" he started to say. "You've grown, my you have… you looked even more astonishing! Well I'll be damned…"
"Kevin…let go of me…" Melody said.
"Beautiful lady you are, Mel…" Kevin said ignoring Melody's words.
"KEVIN GET AWAY FROM ME!" Melody shrieked out.
People stopped to look at them but Kevin simply ignored them.
"Why Melody?" he asked her quietly but with a threatening tone. He tightened his grip on her.
The pain hit Melody so hard that memories of her past life rushed in on her. Tears flowed down her cheeks.
"Oh Melody…" Kevin said comfortingly as he stroked Melody's face, which scared the day's light out of Melody. "Why the tears?"
"You damn well know what for!" Melody spat.
Kevin, ignoring Melody's words, yet again, placed his lips hard on her. It was teasing and brutal. Melody managed to push him away but then he grabbed her again. Others in the area were confused, what in the name of the world was going on?
Melody looked around her helplessly, why wouldn't anyone help her? She felt herself being dragged inside Kevin's car, she tried to put up a fight but it was merely impossible.
"KEVIN! STOP IT! SOMEBODY PLEASE, GET HIM AWAY FROM ME!" Melody yelled.
The people around them stopped what they were doing then start to advance towards Kevin, Kevin, realizing this let go of Melody and pushed her away.
"Alright, fine! Melody, I just wanted us to be together… I'm sorry for all of the things that I'd done to make you feel unsafe when you're near me…but you see, wanting you and can't having you drives me insane… that's why I'm like what I'm like... I can't live without your face Melody… oh I just can't… ask Mother what I was like when you went off to the boarding school and only until now… have I been truly happy…" said Kevin.
"That's a lie Kevin and you know it!" Melody cried out.
"No Melody… it's not a lie… I truly love you…"
"Oh don't give me that bullshit…!"
"Melody! Why do you assume that I'm lying? Can't you see it in my eyes? Look deep into it Melody… what do you see?" Kevin asked.
Melody pretended to look into his eyes and after about a minute she gave him a 'look'.
"I see… insanity, lies, stupidity and … selfishness…" Melody replied.
"Melody! You didn't look!" Kevin cried out.
"Don't need to look, I already know… "
"Melody… "Kevin said softly.
"Can you just get the hell away from me?"
"As long as you're still free… and careless I will be around… "
……………
"MELODY!" A voice cried out.
Melody looked past Kevin and saw Willis running quickly towards her. He reached her and grabbed her shoulders.
"What?" Melody asked annoyed, she still was angry at him for the incident that happened earlier that day.
"Kari… she… she gained her consciousness… and … Joe believe that the people that are near … should come and visit her… and since you're the closest around… I suggest you to come if you want her to get better… " Willis said.
Melody questioned herself, did she want to help Kari get better? Did she want to loose Willis to her? Did she? Did she?
"I believe Melody and I were having a rather important discussion… "Kevin said annoyed with the fact that Willis had interrupted.
"And you are … ?" Willis asked.
"My brother…" Melody answered.
"Step brother…" Kevin said. "Not same blood what so ever!"
"Ok…" Willis replied.
"By the way, Mel… your mother wants to see you…"
"She does?" Melody asked.
"Yes Melody…she's on her death bed… "Kevin said, quivering a tiny bit.
"WHAT?!"
"She has cancer Mel, and the doctors can't get rid of all the cells, there are too much! We've tried all treatment…getting Mum to all different hospitals, but the cells have spread and there is no hope left for her… "
Melody hesitated, could Kevin be lying? It wasn't impossible, but she couldn't take the chance that her Mother was actually on her death bed. Even though her Mother hadn't been the best mother or even a good mother, she was the one who gave her life, she brought her up, she fed her and nourished her with love, she used too anyway.
"Now, Kevin?" Melody asked reluctantly.
"There is no better time, Melody… "Kevin said.
"But Melody…" Willis objected, "You need to see Kari!"
"Oh? I'm sorry Willis, but… my Mother… if she's … on her death bed…" Melody started to say.
Willis nodded frustratingly, he waved his hand up in the air. "Ok, ok… fine!"
"Oh but Willis," Melody said, she got a golden key out of her pocket, it glimmered in Melody's hand. "I have pictures of Kari with me, Sakura and Makoto, maybe that would help… just go to my room and it should be in my black hand bag, the photo album is leathery brown with the scent of rose… *laughs* I think I'm going to too much detail here… by the way it's room 42"
Willis took the key from her hands. He clutched it as if the key could open doors that had magical solutions to all problems.
"Ok then Melody… "Willis said.
Willis witnessed Kevin and Melody getting into the car. Willis thought he saw Melody, shaking a tiny bit.
"Wish me luck…" Melody whispered.
"Good luck then" Willis said.
"Thanks, because I'll need it… "
And with that, Kevin and Melody drove into the night, leaving a confused Willis behind. He looked down the road for a few minutes more then he went to Melody's hotel room. He inserted the key to her room then slowly looked about for the black, hand bag. It took him only a few seconds to find it.
Willis rummaged through the hand bag and soon he felt the leathery cover of some kind of a book. He lifted it out of the bag and studied it carefully. It wasn't brown nor did it smell like the roses. It was baby pink with pictures of cherry blossom petals. Willis's nose prickled the scent of a girl's perfume, it smelt so much like Kari's.
Willis, being very curious about this book, lifted the cover.
This diary belongs to Melody Asuen , age 11-12
My home address is 23 Nokoda Street, Lukaba 8732.
Please return this diary if lost…
Now on to my tragic life….
Willis was surprised with the word 'tragic', what could Melody possibly meant by the word tragic? He's not stupid, he knew what it meant, but someone as smart, beautiful and kind shouldn't have a tragic life, right? Look at her handwriting, amazingly neat! Willis, interested in this diary, sat down on Melody's bed and started reading the entries. So far the events that took place were normal… a girl depressed because her dad died, well that was normal enough. But then he stumbled upon serious matters. Her step brother almost raping her, getting beaten up by her parents though she did nothing wrong. Finally Willis reached her last entry.
Dear Diary,
I hate my mother! I hater her, I hate her! Not just her, but my whole family. Hate them, oh I hate them! They don't realize that each day I'm drifting more and more away from them, one day they're going to loose me and they'll regret it…. they obviously don't need me but the day when I only see them with a blank expression, they'll regret it… oh they will! They don't even know how lonely I am… Sure I have lots of friends but one thing is missing, though I don't know what it is… Why love my mother? When she only cares about my step dad, my step brother and my step sister? She doesn't give a damn about her real daughter who brought nothing but respect from the teachers and the good marks. Yes, she buys me things, but only the things that I desperately need… something that she had no choice but to buy for me… Her precious step son always takes advantage of me… well guess what Mum? I've changed! I wouldn't let anyone take advantage of me anymore… not even you… All you see in me is nothing but trash that can't be discarded… Maybe you actually wanted me to be in that plane with daddy so I can die with him… I almost wished I was… I rather choose death than torture for all my life… I wished I was with him and not you… I'm sure if you were the one who died and I was to live with Daddy… I wouldn't be treated this way…
I am not a slut like what your step son thought of me… do you ever realize how much it hurts Mum? When he calls me something I'm not and yet you believe everything he says, but you never believe me…for goodness sake… I'm your DAUGHTER! Your flesh and blood! No I did not date with 10 different boys (like what Kevin told you) I'm not going to date until you tell me that I can… but for now, I'll live the romance in my imagination without worrying. I used to want a boyfriend but the reason was, I needed someone to listen to me and understands what I'm going through…Someone who will comfort me, but you forbid me from having that warmth and security, your forbid me to be happy and to be 'me'. You don't even realize what I'm going through… all this pain and sorrow… Mum, don't you think I grieve for Daddy's death? Or do you think that I enjoy every single time you're in pain? I grieve so much for Daddy's death… and I also grieve…for loosing the mother I ever had… I lost you mum…and you lost me…I'm never happy but when I'm TRULY happy is when I sleep and go to the fantasy world of dreams…where I can be free and be 'me'.
'If you want to,
I can save you,
I can take you away from here…
So lonely inside, so busy out there…
And al you wanted,
Was someone to care…'
That was my favourite song, sang by Michelle Branch, which suits me very much…
After all I only wanted someone to care
Willis gazed down the page and realized that there was one last sentence at the bottom of the page… and it looked like it just had been written. It said:
And that someone is… Willis….
That concluded the last entry. Willis almost cried. All this time, Melody just wanted comfort and warmth and he was the only one that could give that sense of security. Gosh Melody, if only you told me earlier… he said in his thoughts. Now it was too late, he already told Kari that he was her fiancée when he could have easily said that T.K was her fiancée…
After what her step brother had done to her… wait…step brother… that meant… that Melody just went with her step brother! Willis wrote down Melody's old address and then he dashed to his car. He hoped that that was where Kevin had taken her either than some place else.
~*Taichi and the others at Tai's place*~
"Well… we wouldn't be seeing Matt and T.K in quiet a while…" Tai said.
"Yeah… we guess so… "Sora whispered.
"I hope they're going to be ok…" Makoto said softly. "This is no easy obstacle… they're not just testing T.K's and Kari's love… they're testing our strengths too…"
"Who do you exactly mean by 'they'?" Mimi asked.
"The world, nature…life…" Makoto answered.
"Oh…"
"Oh…a SMS from Willis…" Syaoran said suddenly.
"Read it out…" Sakura commanded.
'Syaoran…tell the others that Kari had gained her consciousness and still conscious right now… I suggest you and the others go there as quickly as possible so she can remember quicker… I already said a few things to her and she knows that I'm her fiancée, but I wish I could take that back… but anyway, I'm on my way to help… someone… and I can't be beside Kari… so I'm counting on you and the others to help Kari… anyway I really got to go… please be in the hospital ASAP!'
Syaoran read out.
"What does he mean? By wishing he could take that back?" Izzy asked.
"Beats me… but let's go to the hospital now…" Tai said and the others nodded their heads in agreement and then they left.
~*Melody*~
Melody saw the familiar scenery of her childhood life. She saw the wide landscape where she used to run around with her dad, flying a kite, playing hide and seek and many other things. Much beautiful memories she had. Memories that she would always cherish in her heart…memories that she couldn't afford to loose. Melody, then saw, the recognizable structure of her house. The little front garden that she and her mother had made was still there, although it didn't look as beautiful as it used too. The roses and the tulips gave the house a lively look. The house was made out of cream coloured bricks and the roof was the colour of the night. Four windows were placed at the second level and two windows were put on the first level. There was a rich-looking door in between the two windows. It looked as if the handle was made out of gold.
Kevin drove into the driveway and turned off the engine. Melody got out of the car before Kevin did. She walked, almost running, to the front door. She rang the door bell and waited a few seconds. Kevin was already beside her when the door was opened. There stood a girl with bright hazel eyes and coffee coloured hair that was tied back into a ponytail. She wore a black skirt and a cream coloured blouse. She came out of the house and kissed Kevin gently on the cheek. Melody, without being invited in, walked in.
"Hey!" The girl cried out.
"Lana…" Kevin started to say. "That stunning grown up girl is Melody…you remember her don't you…?"
"Maybe…" was Lana's poor reply.
Melody walked up the steps and found herself face-to-face with the door to her old room. She touched the wooden door with the tip of her fingers and without hesitating she opened the door. Instead of finding her old bed and her old dresser, she found, other things with shocking bright colours. She never was fond of bright colours, she had always like light, babyish colours.
"What are you doing in my room?" Lana boomed from behind.
Melody turned, surprised.
"Sorry, but this was my old room…" Melody said under her breath.
"Well it's my room now, please leave!" Lana commanded.
Melody did as she was told, she didn't want to start any fights or arguments while she was in her old house, her old home.
Melody journeyed forward to her Mother's room. The door was slightly opened. She took a slight peak and saw her mother lying on a double bed with a blanket over her top half of her body. Darren was sitting beside her on the bed with no expression.
Melody cleared her throat so they could acknowledge her presence. Darren looked up.
"Who are you?" he asked.
Melody strolled into the room and stood beside her mother who stared at her with large, curious eyes.
"Who am I? Is that what you said Darren?" Melody asked.
"If you heard me correctly…yes it was…" Darren replied gruffly.
"Let me give you a clue… someone who you used to abuse and torture…" Melody said.
"Melody…?" Her mother spoke up.
"Yes mother, it is I…" Melody replied and knelt down beside her.
Melody's mother studied Melody's features and smiled.
"You had always reminded me of him…" she said softly with such a dreamy look on her face. She stroked Melody's face with lots of motherly love.
Oh how Melody had longed for that.
"Mama…are you really sick?" Melody finally asked.
"Yes, I'm afraid I am… I'm going to leave this world soon…"
"Mama…" Melody softly moaned.
"Yes Melody, now during my last moments I would like to say a few things to you…"
Melody brazed herself for this.
"You had always made me proud… always and I mean always… the reason I was so mean to you… was because, you reminded me so much of your father, and I just couldn't forgive him for leaving me and you … why couldn't I just die with him? I always asked myself…and every time I looked at your face, I see him…shining through you… I just couldn't bare that… that's why I had always try to hurt you so you'll look less and less like him, but I was wrong, you continued to grow to be just like him… and I am sorry I had contaminated your childhood with abuse…"
"I'm sorry I had favoured Kevin and Lana and not you, although they're not really my children, and you are my daughter… my real daughter, someone who I should have paid attention too… but I was blinded with my own selfishness and needs…. I am truly sorry for that…"
Melody grabbed her Mother's hand and held on to it tightly.
"Melody…ever since you left…I always carried your smile in my heart… carried your dad's too, because without the both of you…my life was empty… and I guess cancer is my punishment for being so cruel to someone who really loved me…I would gaze at the picture of three of us when we were still one complete family and I would remember, how you always helped me with the cooking and how you had always brought happiness to our home… not just with your grades and achievements but with your pearl laughter, your brilliant smile and your graciousness… Your dad and I were blessed with such a wonderful daughter… "
Melody's mother took a long look at Melody's face and Melody cried her tears.
"You forgive me don't you Melody?"
"Of course Mama, I could never stay mad at you…" Melody said through her tears.
"Good…good…" Melody's mother said. She closed her eyes and fell asleep…and she never woke again. Her mother had a glad smile on her face.
"Mama!" Melody cried out as she hugged her Mother's still body. "Mama… don't leave…not yet….not when I know you still love me…we could be together again…yes we can… I love you Mama…more than anything else… please wake up! Please wake up…"
Melody sobbed then she felt two strong hands on her shoulder. She looked up with blurry eye and she could just outline Willis's face. She got up and fell into his embrace.
"Willis…" she sobbed. "My Mama…she's gone…and I haven't told her how much I had loved her and how much I still do…Willis…please turn back the time…"
Willis kissed her hair and said "I'm sorry Melody, I can't…"
Melody hit Willis's chest with her fist and Willis endured the pain quietly. "You have too! You have too!... oh Willis… you have too…"
"As much as I want to Melody… I can't…" Willis whispered.
Melody soaked Willis's shirt with her tears as she cried on his shoulder. She turned her head to look at Darren, who now, had broken down. His tears flowed freely down his face. It was hard for Melody to believe, someone that was so cold hearted as he, could cry. Kevin and Lana walked in and saw their step mother so still, then they too started to mourn for her death. But Melody knew, she was the one with deepest regret and deepest pain, she didn't get to spend much time with her mother, she left and just came back after six years. Melody's eyes went to her mother's body. How beautiful she still looked. She just realized that she was blessed with her mother's flowing hair and radiance.
"Mama…" she said just above a whisper. "Take good care of Daddy up there for me ok? I'm sure you two are happy with each other now… and nothing else could make me more happier… you two together again… just wait for me ok? Someday we'll be together again… and this time there will be no pain… I love you, Mama…"
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The funeral for Mrs. Asuen's death was held the very next day. Very few people attended for she stopped going out with her friends after her husband died. Willis held Melody's hand to give her support. The tears of sadness, sorrow and pain broke free from Melody's eyelids. She watched her mother's coffin being lowered down to the ground. Now she only had the memories of her mother and father. Now she was truly an orphan. She would live by herself now because no one will make her live with Darren, Kevin and Lana.
Melody grabbed some earth and threw it down to her mother's coffin.
"Good luck Mama… I hope you're happy up there with Daddy… hope you two have a good life up there…together… and someday I'll join you…goodbye and so long…"
Willis tapped Melody's shoulder. She smiled pathetically and walked away from her childhood horror and life with a new companion by her side, Willis.
~*Matt*~
"Welcome Mr. Ishida and Miss. Husaty… are your luggage all here?" A lady with waist length black, silky hair welcomed. She had friendly amethyst eyes and a smile so joyful that it made Matt believed that everything would be fine.
"Yes Tomoyo-chan, they're here…" Miyuki replied.
"Oh cousin Miyuki… you haven't changed…" Tomoyo teased.
"Cousins?" Matt asked.
"Yeah…" Miyuki said. "Her fiancée is a specialist in T.K's condition…he's a professional psychiatrist, now Tomoyo…can you get the luggage in? and ask Eriol to come out to help bring T.K in…"
Tomoyo clicked her fingers and out came ladies in black. They walked humbly to take their luggage in. Tomoyo had a satisfied smile on her face.
"Still having body guards?" Miyuki asked.
"Of course, I need lots of them to take guard of my mansion…"
Matt then realized how big this place was. The garden around it was bigger than the local park at Odaiba. It had different plants everywhere. The breeze was refreshing and welcoming.
The place that he was supposedly to spend his days in was humungous. It had a double door that opened grandly to reveal bits of the inside. Already Matt could see doors to rooms and a marble staircase that led up to other rooms and luxuries.
"Tomoyo, Eriol please…" Miyuki said.
"Oh woops, almost forgotten… " Tomoyo admitted. She inserted her hand to her pocket than she got out a purple and pink cell phone. It had pictures of the moon and the stars on it.
Tomoyo dialed some numbers than place the phone next to her ear.
"Hello…Eriol-kun?"
-
"Can you come to the front door now? Because Miyuki-chan and…"
"Yamato…" Miyuki said.
"And Yamato-san is here…."
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"Ok…see you soon…"
Tomoyo ended her conversation and smiled. "He's on his way, he should be here in a few minutes…he was upstairs setting up the room for Mr. Takaishi…"
Miyuki and Matt nodded.
"Miyuki why don't you wait here? I'll give Yamato a tour of the mansion…he might get lost…" Tomoyo suggested.
"Yes sure…and oh Tomoyo remember, everything is, furtive…" Miyuki replied.
Tomoyo gestured her hand to welcome Matt in. Matt sauntered in and wished he had lots of eyes to examine everything there. There were amazing paintings on the walls and the floor was made of tiles. He walked on with Tomoyo explaining things. He saw a glass table on the sides. There was a red vase and roses in it. Around it was framed photos. He walked up to the table and examined the photos. He saw Tomoyo when she was younger with a boy with round glasses and stunning blue hair.
"That's Eriol…" Tomoyo said.
Matt nodded.
Then a picture caught his eyes. The person in the photo looked awfully familiar. The girl had short auburn hair with two red hair ties on either side of her hair. She had emerald eyes and a light complexion. She wore a pink sun dress.
"That's my best friend…" Tomoyo said.
"Oh I see…" Matt said without taking his eyes off the photo. He had seen her somewhere.
"Intrigued by her looks?" Tomoyo asked.
"What? Oh no… she just looked…familiar…that's all…" Matt answered.
"Oh really?"
"Yeah…"
"Well I even got stacks of videos of her, maybe you'll look at it later…but for now I have to continue giving you the tour, I would hate for you to get lost…"
"Ok then…"
"Now that's the pool and that's the … "
~*Kari*~
Kari looked at the people around her. Yes she remembered the one with the amazingly bizarre hair. She had spent lots of time with him.
"Do you remember me now, Kari?" he asked with a tone of excitement in his voice.
"Yes… in fact I do… you're… Tai! Onni-chan!" Kari said.
"Isn't that great guys? She's already starting to remember us…" he exclaimed.
"Do you remember me?" A boy with spiky brown hair asked, he had a goggle around his head.
Kari frowned like a child. "No…I'm sorry…but I recognized the goggle…" she said.
Everyone broke into laughter and Kari, not sure what the laughter was all about, laughed also. Her laughter brought joy and happiness to everyone.
"Now Kari…" A girl with strawberry hair said.
Kari swore that she'd seen this girl before, of course she had. She tried really hard to figure out her name and some memories that she had with her, but she did not succeed.
"We don't want to tire you out with all the thinking and the stressing of who's who…we just want you to recover in a good and healthy way…maybe we should just play games now…" she suggested.
Kari nodded her head, her brown hair flying here and there.
"I think…we should ask people what they like and stuff like that, maybe it'll refresh Kari's memory bit by bit…" A girl with reddish hair.
Kari recognized this one too, but the name of her or what role she played in her life was unclear. One thing for sure, she was her brother's girlfriend.
"We'll start with me…" The boy with the goggles said.
And so they played. Kari didn't remember their names but she had foggy memories now in her head. By the end of the day she only succeeded with remembering one person and that was Makoto.
With the description and talks that Kari had with the other people, she discovered that she was a digi-destined, the queen of numemons, the bearer of light and that she had a cat friend named Gatomon. She overheard a conversation between her brother's girlfriend and her brother.
"We can't tell her about T.K yet…" her brother's girlfriend stated.
"Sora…" he said. "She needs to know, who knows maybe it'll help her remember…"
"No it won't! She might get shocked and scared when she heard of what happened to T.K…" Sora hissed.
Kari didn't hear anymore for she drifted to sleep. That night she had a dream of a blond haired boy with a round hat around his head. He had eyes the same colour of the ocean. He filled Kari with warmth and passion. She didn't know why she had burst with happiness when she saw his face. His face was pure and innocent, as if he had no sin. Kari woke up the next day in high spirits and eagerness for more stories and memories. She was so happy that day that Makoto realized the changes in her.
"You seemed very happy today, Kari…" she said.
"Oh yes, I am…very happy… I had this wonderful dream last night…first of all there was this blond boy that took my breath away… and then he turned into a handsome prince and guess what? I was the princess that he had come to ask hand in marriage….amazing huh? He told me his name was Prince Takeru… Takeru…such a lovely name, a name that indicated he was not weak but kind, caring and loving…. He said I had eyes just like rubies… and that I was pure and sincere…. Well… he had to leave my kingdom but he promised me that he'll come back… the last thing he said to me was… 'My fair Lady Hikari, I will come back to thee, thou shall not forget of I for I'll be greatly disappointed if you do, we'll meet again my Fair Lady, whilst the moonlight shine bright, approving of our love… ' So romantic don't you think?" Kari said.
Makoto was speechless, Sora had forbade her to tell Kari anything about T.K and now she dreamt of him.
"Yes, yes it was…" Makoto said.
"Even though he's not real…he'll live in my imagination, Takeru…. My Prince Takeru… I won't marry unless I find someone that is so much like him!" Kari exclaimed.
"But what about Willis?" Makoto asked.
"Oh Willis? I don't think he loves me… I saw how he looked at Melody, you said her name was? He looked at her with such affection… I'm going to talk about that to him…and we'll see what happens…" Kari said softly.
"Oh…"
"Yes, How thin and sharp is the moon tonight! How thin and sharp and ghostly white…Is the slim curved crook of the moon tonight…!" Kari said.
"Huh?"
"Prince Takeru said that to me when we first met…."
"That was a poem written by Langston Hughes…." Makoto said.
Kari shrugged her shoulders. "It's what I remember…I know! Takeru is a little bit too long to say…I mean it's not long but too formal…I'll call him T.K… the boy of my dreams…T.K…now that name gives me a familiar feeling though I can't put my finger on it…" Kari said.
"Kari! It's time for breakfast, now do you want me to spread the maple syrup on the pancake? Or…?
~*Matt*~
"How is he doing?" Matt asked Eriol.
"He's doing good, he's recovering Yamato, this treatment wont last very long, the pictures of Kari that you provided are effecting him very much… although if Kari was here in person, it would probably cure him!" Eriol exclaimed.
"I hope that can happen…" Matt started to say. "But Kari is suffering memory loss…"
"Oh…"
"Yeah…"
"Ok then…now let's check your brother's condition…" Eriol said.
~*6 months later*~
"And you're Mimi, who went to New York, your digimon partner is Palmon and you are the bearer of sincerity!" Kari said.
"Yay! She remembers me!" Mimi cried out in happiness.
"Yes," Izzy said. "That leaves one person…"
They were all in the park where they once had come up with plans for finding the 8th digi-destined, they were in fact under the same shaded tree. Kari had been released out of the hospital a couple of months ago.
The goggle boy stood in front of Kari, trying to smile but couldn't. Kari remembered everyone but him. No one had mentioned T.K to Kari but Makoto had been hearing more dreams of Prince Takeru.
Kari studied him carefully and closed her eyes and tried to remember. She remembered him in the digital world, with… another boy… fighting over something.
"You're Daisuke Motomiya…" Kari started to say. "And you…you used to fight with… "
Before Kari could finish her sentence Davis had jumped up and down and the park was filled with the laughter from their group.
Under Kari's breath she finished her sentence so ever softly, "Prince Takeru…"
How was this possible? Kari asked her confused self. Prince Takeru was just a guy in her dreams, how could she remember him when she remembered Davis? Her thoughts were interrupted by Sakura.
"Kari, don't forget, tomorrow we leave for Tomoyo's house, gosh I haven't visited her in ages…!" Sakura said.
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What did you think of that? Did you cry? I just want to know because I want see whether I can create a sad scene…well I want my birthday present now… those reviews!!
~CherryBlossom~