Author: I will obey your requests to update quickly…well only since I'm leaving again this Thursday… I know, so fast huh? Oh well I'll write more while I'm traveling. I promise.
Gatomon: Does that mean it's time for say-the-disclaimer-and-blame-it-on-vermin? It's MY favorite time of the day.
Patamon: Not mine; my favorite time is story time!
Gatomon: That's one of my favorites, but maybe you forget that you're not the one that Demi-veemon's always gawking at!
Patamon: He's gawking at you again?! I'll make him pay! Get out here Demi-veemon!
Demi-veemon: You wanna fight? I'll kick your butt!
Gatomon: Please, no fighting in front of me…I just ate breakfast.
Demi-veemon: Of course not Gatomon! I'd never do anything to displease you. (STILL gawking…and gawking…AND STILL GAWKING!)
Patamon: Don't you dare gawk at MY Gatomon!
Demi-veemon: You're on!
Palmon: Hey Gatomon! Mimi's taking me shopping! Do you want to come?
Gatomon: Totally! Anything to get away from Demi-veemon!
Palmon: Even if it means pink dresses and ribbons? Wait Kari's coming too…so that means no dresses…but still ribbons!
Gatomon: Like I said, anything! Well, not anything…as annoying as Demi-veemon is, he's still better than one other annoying digimon…Veemon…and X-Veemon…and well you get my point.
Palmon: Wait till you see the accessories they're selling today! There's a huge sale! Mimi already reserved 2 dressing rooms, I don't know how…but that's Mimi for you! Come on Gatomon!
Gatomon: Meow! Let's go! The testerone level in here is killing me!
Palmon: L O L!
Gatomon: L O L?
Palmon: It's an American thing…Mimi taught it to me.
Gatomon: I should have known. Now let's escape before Veemon notices.
Palmon: When did he digi-volve?
Gatomon: When you got to the part about shoes…now lets go!
Palmon: Oh right! But aren't we forgetting something?
Gatomon: Ummmmmmm oh yeah! The author owns none of the characters in this fic or any brand names she might decide to use or anything else…Author! Veemon said the disclaimer!
Author: Die Veemon! Now onto the story!
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(By the Seashore) (Hikari (Kari) POV)
"T.K?" I said calmly …apparently too calmly, because he didn't reply.
"What's going on here? Where'd Tai go?" a groggy voice asked.
"Sora! You're okay!" I exclaimed, giving her a huge hug. God knows she needed it. Especially since we all know, okay fine most of us know, that Sora has a major crush on Tai… not that I'm too happy about having by aniki (big brother) dragger away by the mermaid Kaiser either.
"Yeah, but for some strange reason I don't think Tai is. I had a really weird dream that he became a mermaid and some mermaid king kidnapped him. We sure have bad luck with all the Kaisers don't we?" She said.
Gods…I really do have bad luck.
"Umm…Sora that wasn't a dream."
"WHAT?"
"Then T.K….T.K…Takeru really kissed you!"
Bingo!
"I'm still trying to figure that part out for myself. Mind clarifying Takashi? (spellcheck for me someone? I'm not sure if this is T.K's last name) " I know that was totally unnecessary of me…but he broke the spell by kissing me and he didn't tell me?
T.K winced. So maybe I shouldn't have called him Takashi…Then he faked a smile. Gods, being mean to him is so hard! I want to run over to him and tell him I didn't mean it but…no. I have to stay strong! I'll stay strong until at least he tells me what really happened…and then I'll tell him I didn't mean it.
"Well, I guess I do owe you an apology, don't I?" He said, with a fake smile. And an even more fake laugh. How gullible does he think I am?
Surprisingly, Sora was the one who got violent. She grabbed T.K by the shoulders and shook him…hard.
"You better tell me how you got Kari normal! Besides the fact that Kari's our precious Digidestined and the only one not tainted by Tai's mind yet, I have to get Tai back!"
Totally didn't expect that.
"Yeah, T.K." I said pulling Sora off of T.K. "It would be nice if you could tell us what really happened?"
T.K. went all red and he took a really big breath. Here it comes, I guess.
"I saw Kari desperately wanting to be able to walk again…and I thought, I wish I could do something for her. Then I thought that maybe I could…and I figured you'd kill me for it, but you'd be able to run after me a knife instead of swimming after me with a shark."
I suddenly became aware of the salt water rolling down my cheeks. And I'm sure it didn't come from the ocean this time.
"T.K…that's so sweet!" I gave him a running hug. We just barely cleared the rocks…by hitting the water. But that doesn't matter…T.K loves me!
I gave him a huge kiss, and we nearly choked because we forgot to breathe and when we did we remembered we were underwater. Oops. We broke the surface gasping for air and saw Sora calling someone.
"Hey Izzy? I need to find out if there's any chance of this Mermaid Kaiser being connected to the Digi-world." Sora was impatiently pacing around on the sand…apparently she didn't pay attention to my outburst…or actually anything after she found out what she had to do. But first…where's my brother now?
"You did? Well either I wasn't listening or I didn't think it was important. But right now they've got Tai…and we need to get him back." That sea was seriously connected to the digi-world? That's…oh wow. And I thought I loved almost all of the digi-world. That ocean felt like…
"What do you mean we don't need Tai anymore? Izzy? Izzy? That wasn't funny Izzy! Okay so maybe I need him but still can't you please help? Thank you so much!"
That ocean felt like…
"Everyone has to get to Izzy's now. We're going to briefed and then it's rescue mission time!"
Even as Sora dragged me along an uncomfortable feeling raced through me. There was something about that ocean that unnerved me. I hardly ever noticed it…and if you stayed in the palace like Tai used to, you couldn't feel a thing.
But the waters made you feel so alone when you were in deep enough.
The waters felt like ice. It was as if all the light in the world had been driven out of you. That was probably it. I loved the light…the light is my sign. I probably just haven't been out in the sun long enough.
Or maybe my gut instinct was right.
But I still can't figure it out.
"T.K. doesn't it feel like you've been here before?"
"This sea? Yeah…every summer."
"No…like in the Digi-world. There's a place in the Digi-world that's just like this."
"Hmm?"
"A place that doesn't have any light and drives all thoughts of survival out of you. A place that makes you want to just give up. A place that makes you feel so alone."
"That sounds really familiar…"
"A place like…"
What is this place?
What is this ocean like?
I just can't remember!
It's like I tried too hard to forget this…and now I can't remember.
It's a place like…
"T.K! It's the dark ocean!"
I hope you enjoyed this chappie. I'm really sorry I haven't updated in forever…but nothing I ever wrote felt right. And it's taken me forever to finally figure this part of the story out.
I'd love some feedback because I think I'm losing my touch…if I ever had a touch. Anyways, there's a tempting little purple button down there. I promise I'll update soon…I mean it's finally summer…maybe even weekly (sorry I actually have summer school. I know, it's soo eew.)
I love you all and cookies for everyone! Hope you review, and hope you liked it.