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Chapter 10: Davis Shows no Friendship

Ash started to help Cody to his feet as the Houndoom ran off. "That Houndoom didn't get you, did he?" Ash asked in a gentle voice. Kari, watching from several feet away, saw the concern that the trainer displayed. Cody shook his head.

"Nah. Armadillomon saved me," he replied.

"Him?" Ash continued question, pointing to the shell-back Digimon.

"That's me," it cheered.

"Thanks for the help." Ash pats the Digimon in the head. Corphish came from behind, wanting to see what's going on. "It's okay, Corphish. You can join."

"Corphish?" Cody wondered. "And that Houndoom?" As they conversated, Kari became amazed about how calm Ash was taking all this.

'To see him fight, without fear, and strategy,' she thought. 'And not to allow anyone to get hurt, whether Cody with that Pokemon, or me at that cliff...' Her cheeks were glowing red, blushing at the trainer's acts. Of course, Davis was acting his jelous ways.

"I don't believe this," he growls, snapping Kari out of the daydream. He walks over to Ash and Cody.

'What was tha-' Kari stops her thoughts, only to relize Davis was willing to hurt Ash. 'Oh no.' "Ash, look out!" She yells. Ash hears her, stands and turns to the approaching goggle-head digidestined. Ash read Davis's face, saying he's willing to fight. Their eyes showed some anger.

"How did you hurt your back?"

"I caught her when we fell off a cliff."

"Oh, really. Is that all?"

"Where are you getting at?" T.K. saw this conversation heading south.

"Davis, calm down," the blonde begged. "He isn't an enemy."

"This isn't your arguement, T-way," Davis snapped back.

"You should listen to what your team wants," Ash roared.

"Ash is right. You're bringing this up becasue Kari blushed at him, isn't it?" Cody spoke as backup.

"Knock it off!" Davis yelled at the top of his lungs. "Leave us. You don't belong here. She doesn't belong to you either." Ash's heart fell to pieces. Ash knew he was disallowed and ran off in tears. Cody was in disbelief.

"What was that for?" he asked his leader in disgust.

"He should know not to get involved with the other digidestined without being one," Davis quoted, believing every word to come from his mouth. Yolei looked over at Kari, who was starting to glow a real angry red. She stomps over to Davis.

"Davis made Kari mad," Tai whispered to Ken.

"Kari, what is it?" Davis straightly questioned.

"Davis..." Kari began whispering, followed with her shouting, "You big Idiot!" She kicks Davis 'right where it hurts.' Davis starts crumbling to the ground when the eighth child grabbed his shirt and pulled him up. "I don't know what's got into you, but this has gone too far." The rest struggle for ten second, trying to calm Kari down. Then T.K. said the right thing.

"You've got to go to him, Kari," he shouted, meaning Ash. Kari stopped struggling with the digidestined and Pikachu for a moment. She let Davis go, and ran off after the back-busted, heartbroken trainer, with the cat and mouse following.

Meantime, Ash was sitting on a fallen control spire, alone and crying, out of Davis's arguement.

As I sit here, and slowly close my eyes,
I take another deep breath, and feel the wind pass through my body,
I'm the one in your soul, reflecting inner light,
Protect the ones who hurt you, cradle in your inner child.
I need serenity, in a place where I can hide.
I need serenity. Nothing change as days go by.

Where do we go when we just don't know, and how do we relight the flame when it's cold.
Why do we dream when our thoughts mean nothing, and when will we learn to control.

Ash begins to remember the moment Kari came to his life. Then, other moments between the two.
Tragic vision, have slowly stole my life.
Tore away everything, and cheating me out of my time.
I'm the one who loves you, no matter wrong or right.
And everyday I hold you, I hold you with my inner child.
I need serenity, in a place where I can hide.
I need serenity. Nothing change as days go by.

Where do we go when we just don't know, and how do we relight the flame when it's cold.
Why do we dream when our thoughts mean nothing, and when will we learn to control.

Kari was running, looking more and more worried about what emotional scars Davis left for Ash. Everything that has happened up to Ash meeting the digidestined was on her mind. 'I'm so sorry, Ash. I should never have brought you here if I knew this would happen," she tearingly thought. Back where Ash was, a redhead girl in a school uniform saw the lone trainer, with tears running down his face.

"I wonder who that is?" she asked herself. She slowly approached Ash by the downed spires. "Hey, you okay?" Ash forcefully shook his head. "Hey, you don't have to get so rough. I'm trying to help."

"Sorry," he whined. "It's that Davis guy."

"He yelled at you for getting too close to Kari and Yolei, didn't he?"

"Is that always his way of being a leader?" The redhead sat beside the jet-black haired. Ash looked at her, and almost tripped when he got a good look. "M-M-Misty?" The girl didn't understand who he just named.

"Who?" she questioned. Ash realized it wasn't 'Misty.'

"Oh, sorry. It was a name of an old friend I knew."

"It's okay." Another girl, with pink hair, saw the two and wanted to know the deal.

"There you are, Sora. Who's he?" the pink-haired asked.

"Don't know. I found him here. From what he told me, Davis has something to do with it, Mimi," Sora replied.

"All I did was help Kari return to here, and that's probably what fueled the anger," Ash pointed out, still with the sad expression. That's when Pikachu appeared from the woods and to where his master was.

"(Ash!)" Pikachu shouted. Ash looked over to see his little friend running to him. Usually, it would jump to Ash's shoulders, but it instead sat by him. Kari and Gatomon immediatley followed.

"No way that can be a Digimon," Sora pondered. Kari walked to the group. Mimi suddenly noticed.

"Hey, Kari."

"Did you do anything to him?" Kari demands an answer.

"No, he was like this when we found him," Sora answered. "Besides, he says he's still shook up about what Davis did." Kari sat on the other side of Ash.

"Ash, you helped me when I was lost in your world. You introduced me to your friends that liked me with open minds. It was my fault for getting you into DigiWorld without thinking of the consequences. My fault for being in your world. I'm sorry." Ash shot his head up and looked at Kari, who was starting to cry. He placed his hand on her cheek, causing her to her hand on his. Pikachu decided to see it from Sora's shoulder, as Gatomon got on Mimi's. Then, Kari jumped on Ash to give him a hug.

"Kari, thank you," Ash whispered. "For everything you've done for me." The other four couldn't help but watch in awe.

"Touching, isn't it?" Gatomon smirkly said.

"(It is.)" Then, Kari's D-terminal sounded. Both she and Ash broke to let her reach the D-terminal. As she worked on her device, she reads a newly recieved e-mail.

IT SEEMS YOU BROUGHT A TRAINER THAT MANAGED TO BEAT UP MY HOUNDOOM. BRING HIM OVER TO THE PEAK ON MOUNT INFINITY-GIOVANNI

"Mount Infinity?" Ash wonders.

"Houndoom?" Sora asks.

"Giovanni?" Mimi question. All three looked at each other.

"This has got to be the man who attacked you with the Pokemon, Kari," Ash spoke.

"If anything, I want to be by your side," Kari roared. Ash nodded in agreement.

"Well, Mimi, should we?" Sora noted. The two girls brought out their digivices and pressed a button to signal their Digimon. A little while later, a pink bird and a green plant with a flower for hair arrived. "Biyomon, Palmon, we need your help."

"Well, for what?" Palmon questioned.

"You two need to transport those two to the top of Mount Infinity," Mimi said. "Someone named Giovanni wants to fight him, and Kari wants to go as well."

"Okay," Biyomon grinned. "Biyomon Digivolve to...Birdramon!" Biyomon became a large fire bird.

"Palmon Digivolve to...Togemon." Palmon became a large cactus with boxing gloves.

"Whoa, that's awsome," Ash shouted in amazement.

"I'm not done yet. Togemon Digivolve to...Lillymon." Now, Togemon became something of a plant-teenager hybrid. Ash was staring in amazement. Kari, then remembered something.

"Before we go...Corphish!" Kari yelled out. Corphish appeared with Ash's cap and sweat-tee in grip. Ash wasted no time putting on his gear.

"Thanks, Corphish," Ash said in compliment. He grabs its Pokeball. "Return." Corphish returned into the ball, then stood up. "You, too, Kari." The eighth child blushed. "So what's the plan?"

"You two can board Birdramon via talons while the other two will be on Lillymon," Sora pointed out.

"Okay," Kari said with a nod. "You ready?"

"You bet," Ash replied. Both of them got on to Birdramon's talons while Pikachu and Gatomon jumped on Lillymon. Both flying Digimon started to take off.

"Next stop," both humans said in unison. "Mount Infinity!" Afterwards both flew away.

TO BE CONTINUED...