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Kari's Missing Hope - Chapter 11
*KROOOOOOOOM!!!*
The mouths of Yolei, Cody, and Davis dropped open as their minds tried to dismiss (and at the same time accept) the scene which had just occurred before them. Barely a second ago T.K. and Patamon had returned to help, and then suddenly a possessed Tyrannomon smashed its fist near the dark spire where their two friends had positioned themselves. Yolei wanted to scream, but nothing came out.
Ironically, Davis happened to be the one to deliver the first noticeable response.
"NO! T.K. WAS OUR LAST HOPE! TYRANNOMON, WE'RE TAKING YOU DOWN!!!" Davis bellowed.
"Hey!" yelled a voice from above. "Could you at least wait until I'm dead?!"
The three kids moved their eyeballs upwards, and saw what should have been the impossible. Patamon was in the air, desperately holding onto T.K. by the back of his shirt collar.
"T.K., uh..." went Cody. "WHAT exactly are you doing up there???"
"Uhh...just 'hanging out'?" he (sheepishly) suggested. Looking up at Patamon, he added, "Hey, Patamon, buddy! Can you GENTLY lower me to the ground?"
"Sure thing..." he said in a VERY struggling voice. "But whatever you do...just don't make me laugh!"
T.K. nodded, and soon enough he felt his feet touching solid ground. His three friends ran over to him, and (uncontrollably) crowded around him. They then wrapped their arms around T.K., whom began to have trouble breathing, due to lack of air, caused by the enormous hug his friends unleashed.
From (partially) far away, Patamon was still floating in the air. He wiped his sweaty forehead. "Boy, sometimes I'm really glad people don't shower me with affection like that!"
Meanwhile, T.K. was struggling for his life...against his friends!
"Hey...c'mon...ease up, guys!" he said in a raspy voice.
They reluctantly complied with his instructions, giving him room to breathe. But who could blame them? If you finally see your friend long after he moved away, how are you expected to react?
"But Patamon is free for hugs!" T.K. said, pointing.
Half-jokingly, the other three Digidestined advanced towards the little orange digimon, but he signaled for them to stop.
"Get back! One more step and it's 'Boom Bubble City' for all of you!"
Davis, Yolei, and Cody laughed, and backed off.
"T.K., what are you doing here?" Yolei excitedly asked.
"Well, Kari and I had an argument last night, and Izzy told me that you were all here, so-"
"Wait a sec!" Davis exclaimed. "You mean...the two of you actually had a FIGHT?!?"
"Davis, we didn't actually fight, we just-" T.K. began.
Unfortunately, Davis was already lost in his own private thoughts. He stabbed his fists in the air.
"YES! All right! This my big chance! Kari and 'ol blonde boy went at it- "
Suddenly, Cody tapped Davis on the shoulder.
"Get real, Davis," Cody whispered. "You know you were just as worried as anybody about T.K. here."
"Anyway...Kari's not here," Yolei started to explain. "She-"
"-split off from you guys," T.K. finished. "I know. Izzy and I tracked her position...and she may be in serious trouble."
"Well, we gotta help her, then!" Cody almost yelled.
"It looks like you guys gotta help yourselves first!" T.K. noted.
"UMPH!!!"
The four kids turned their heads to see Flamedramon fall to the to ground from another Elecmon attack.
"Oh, no! Flamedramon!" Davis said as he rushed over to his digimon partner. He grew more worried as he cradled Flamedramon's head in his arms.
"Speak to me, buddy!" Suddenly, Flamedramon's entire body began to glow. In a flash of yellow light, everyone watched in disappointment as the he transformed back into his "rookie" form, Veemon.
T.K. and Patamon put on determined faces as they saw Halsemon and Digmon being pounded into the ground. (Not literally.)
"You guys did your best!" T.K. said heroically. "But now it's our turn! And since that control spire is in pieces-"
"T.K.! Found it!" Patamon flew back to the group and dropped T.K.'s digivice into his hand.
"Thanks, buddy! You ready?"
"I can't wait to get in there and get my hands dirty!"
T.K. raised his digivice high in the air.
"Okay! Patamon, DIGIVOLVE!!!"
The digivice began to glow, as did Patamon.
"PATAMON DIGIVOLVE TO...ANGEMON!!!"
The Digidestined looked upward into the sky, in awe of the transformation that took place then and there.
The small "football"-like digimon became a gigantic humanoid creature with huge wings, ribbons, boots, bracelets, a huge metal helmet completely covering the top half of its face. The heavenly Angemon stood above all in midair, the outline of his body glowing and basking with shining, bright white light.
"Way to go, Angemon!" T.K. yelled into the sky.
Angemon stayed in the air, but even though he seemed far away, his booming voice came in loud and clear.
"The forces of Evil have proven to be quite formidable this day, and have pushed you to your very limits, Digidestined. But this moment marks the true turning point. Here and now...this fierce battle must END!!!"
"Whaddya think he has planned?" asked Cody.
T.K. answered, his voice full of pure faith and powerful hope. "Something noble."
Angemon flew even higher into the air. From where he was now, he had a clear view of all the digimon the others had fought against. He drew his right fist back, as if to throw a punch.
"HAND OF FATE!"
The fist began to glow bright orange, and immediately he punched forward, and a tremendous ray of orange light shot out towards the battle field. It was so bright that even Tyrannomon and Shellmon covered their eyes from the bright attack.
T.K. and the others watched in utter amazement as Angemon released multiple streams of energy clearly aiming for the army of Elecmon. What was even more amazing was the fact that beams of light struck right on target, more accurately, the dark rings, which still seemed partially functional even after the control spire was cracked.
"Whoa!" Davis exclaimed happily. "Awesome!"
Cody and Yolei didn't say anything, but their faces wore the same expression as Davis's. T.K. put on a confident and satisfied face, since he always knew that Angemon would never let anyone down. The red glow from the Elecmons' eyes vanished, and the creatures slowly got up dazed and confused.
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Back on Earth, the effects the Angemon's deeds didn't go unnoticed. In the school computer room, the computer screen suddenly flickered. Izzy and May put their faces near the screen.
"Hey, I'm getting a message from Yolei!" Izzy said, relieved.
"Really?" May asked. "That means they somehow fixed those communication problems! What's it say?"
Izzy's lips curled into a smile as he read Yolei's message.
"T.K.'s here...and we're fine now...all that's left...is to rescue Kari!"
"Sounds like they're just fine!" said May, also smiling now.
"That's the Digidestined for you!" Izzy cheerfully replied. "Never underestimate our resiliency!"
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"Well, those Elecmon should be fine now!" said T.K. "But still, I-"
"GGGGGRRRRRAAAAAWWWWWLLLLL!!!!!"
"HUH?!?"
The Digidestined turned their heads in alarm to see Shellmon and Tyrannomon getting ready for another round.
"Uh-oh!" Davis panicked. "We forgot about those two over there! We gotta take care of them..."
But Davis was quickly reminded of Veemon's condition, as he was still weakened from the battle.
"...but I'm not sure that we can, given the situation."
But T.K. remained smiling. "Don't worry, Davis. I think we can help out with that too. Angemon?"
Angemon smiled proudly and nodded. Still in the air, he pulled out his trusty staff and pointed it at the other three Digidestined and their digimon. The tip of the staff began to glow, and shot out a stream of white light at them. Davis, Yolei, and Cody gasped as the beam hit them. The feeling they received felt like none other.
"I feel so...warm!" exclaimed Cody in excitement.
"I feel all pumped up...strong!" Davis declared.
"I feel...full of hope!" Yolei added.
T.K. crossed his arms and smiled at this warm scene. "And you're not the only ones!"
As the bright glow dissipated, the Digidestined saw that this "Ray of Hope" was having the same effect on the digimon.
Halsemon and Digmon slowly got up off their butts, as did Veemon. Davis kneeled down the small blue digimon. Just looking at him, one could tell that Veemon looked better than he did a few seconds ago.
"Veemon! Are you okay? How do you feel?"
Veemon stood up, looking as strong and sturdy as a metal statue.
"I feel great! Like I just ate the most delicious food ever!"
Cody and Yolei laughed.
"How did you...what did Angemon just do?" Cody asked, turning to T.K.
"He generously gave you all some of his energy. We weren't sure if it would work, but..."
Yolei nodded. "Listen, T.K. I think we can take care of these two wild digimon now. You gotta go after Kari and rescue her!"
"Right. I don't know exactly where to look, but I should still be able track her down with my digivice. Angemon, let's go!"
Angemon nodded, picked up T.K., and quickly flew off into the distance.
It didn't take too long for T.K. to locate the signal from Kari's digivice.
"Got anything, T.K.?" Angemon asked.
"Yeah, I think I found her...that way!" he replied, pointing.
Something's not right, T.K. thought to himself. The signal isn't moving! That might mean Kari's unconscious...or...NO! Kari's a Digidestined, and a fighter! She HAS to be all right! I'm coming for you Kari! Just hold on!
Within a few minutes, Angemon landed, and set T.K. down on the ground.
"Angemon, you better digivolve back to Patamon...we'll need to save your strength for when it's really needed!"
Angemon nodded, and began to glow. In less two seconds, Patamon took the place of the gigantic humanoid creature.
"Let's go, T.K.!"
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Somewhere else, in the Digimon Emperor's (REAL) fortress, bitterness, rage and tension was building fast.
The Emperor, who was watching everything that had just transpired on the battlefield, had his fists clenched, as well as his teeth. Wormon slithered in, extremely terrified in asking about anything to his master. But felt it was necessary to take a chance, in this case.
"Uh...m...m...master? What's the matter? Y-you aren't laughing evilly like you usually...?"
The Emperor slowly turned his head and loomed over the little dark-green creature.
"What's the matter? Oh, nothing much," he began, turning back to the video monitors in front of him.
"Then what-"
"It seems that...'trouble' has returned to paradise...MY paradise! How dare those meddling kids think that they can come and go as they please through my private playground! Obviously, they think that they don't have anything to fear from me, but I'll prove them DEAD wrong!"
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"Boy, it's awfully dark in here!" Patamon noted.
"Wait, there's a light coming from around this corner...GACK!"
T.K. kept his back to the corner after seeing what was up ahead.
"What's wrong, T.K.?"
"There's a bunch of Bakemon there...and they don't look friendly!"
"Are they ever?" Patamon shrugged. "Well, no worries, T.K.! I'll just digivolve and-"
"No!" T.K. warned. "I don't think these narrow hallways were built to accommodate a huge angel-like digimon! Besides, you have to conserve your energy!"
"What should we do then?"
T.K. thought for a moment, and took another glance around the corner. The Bakemon hadn't caught sight of them yet, but that might change soon. Then he looked upward and saw that there was only one light (bulb) illuminating the passage. And at the end of the corridor was a door. T.K. and whispered something to Patamon, who soon giggled.
"You got it Patamon? Okay, do it!"
The little digimon snickered, and quickly flew around the corner. T.K. stayed where he was. He didn't need to see what was going on, as he could hear everything.
"Hey there, ghouls and gals!
"HURM!?!"
"Lights out! BOOM BUBBLE!"
*K-TSSSH!!!*
Immediately after T.K. heard the sound of glass breaking, the light went off around the corner and he could hear Patamon yelling to him.
"That's it, T.K.! Move it or lose it!"
Taking a deep breath, he ran around the corner and straight down the hall, all the way to the door at the end. After he made sure that both of them had gotten through, he slammed it shut. There was a little light around the stairway they were at, but it was still pretty dim. Cautiously, they made their way downward. Suddenly, T.K.'s digivice began to beep furiously.
"Hey, my digivice is going off! Kari must be nearby!"
"At least her digivice is!" Patamon stated.
"Whaddya mean?"
"Look!" Patamon flew ahead, and picked up a small pink and white device lying on the ground. Kari's digivice!
"Wha...this...this is...!" T.K. thought raced quickly, trying to shut out the impossible possibility that Kari was...
"KARI! KARI!!!"
"T.K., I'm right here!"
The two of them whipped their heads around and found Kari! T.K. ran over to her, giving an exhale of relief.
"Kari, are you okay?!? Patamon and I were really worried about you!!!"
Kari put up her hands, to silence T.K.
"It's okay! I'm okay! Really!"
"Oh, Kari...I missed you so much!" T.K.'s voice softened, and his eyes began to water as he pulled her into a tight hug.
"You have no idea how I've waited for this moment for so long...so I could..."
"Could what, Kari?"
"So I could do THIS!!!"
"Wha-AHHHH!!!!!"
Kari's eyes flashed red, some of her teeth turned into fangs, and her gentle voice turned into something that sounded like a witch's cackle as her fingernails grew long and uneven. She struck her nails into T.K.'s back, but instead of impaling him, they sent out extremely painful shocks of electricity. Patamon watched in horror as T.K. screamed in agony.
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"DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!!"
Harnessing the power of the Digi-Egg of Friendship, Veemon once again armor- digivolved, with most his body became encased in black armor, with spikes resembling thunderbolts appearing on the nose and rear. He had become the fearful, awesome...
"...RAIDRAMON! THE STORM OF FRIENDSHIP!!!"
Raw electricity crackled from Raidramon's body, displaying just how much power it contained, even without Angemon's help.
"Now..." Davis began, indicating Shellmon. "...let's finish what we started!"
"Agreed! C'mon, Shellmon! Give us your best!" Raidramon growled.
Shellmon wasted no words or time and tried to take out Davis's digimon like before.
"HYDRO BLASTER!!!"
"Raidramon, look out!" Davis warned.
"I see it, Davis!" Raidramon replied. Veemon had multiple abilities, given the fact that he had the power of two Digi-Eggs at his disposal. And operating in sync with the Digi-Egg of Friendship, Raidramon was able to act quick on its feet. Needless to say, he was more than a match for Shellmon's water attacks, nimbly dodging them with ease.
But at the same time, it already felt like it was time to end this once and for all. While Davis thought that Raidramon was just toying with Shellmon, the plan was to let this ferocious water monster blast and miss, creating small puddles from which Raidramon could use to conduct his electrical attacks.
All this misfire (and in combination with the battle with Flamedramon previously) had caused Shellmon to grow tired, resulting in a reluctant "cease fire". Drool (or water, probably) was still dripping from its mouth, like a faucet lets the last drops of water go before it shuts off completely. Raidramon was now ready to act and put a good distance between himself and his adversary. He concentrated hard and let his stored electricity build to nearly unparalleled levels. Then...he let it all go.
"THUNDER BLAST!!!"
Davis shielded his eyes from the light. A wild, concentrated, and bright beam of electricity was unleashed from Raidramon's body and was conducted through the puddles Shellmon created. In almost no time the attack reached Shellmon, whom now experienced nearly unbelievable pain beyond belief. But the digimon was still moving, and Raidramon couldn't give it the chance to recover. Not if he wanted to get that dark ring off of its shell. Raidramon then built up speed, and charged Shellmon. Shellmon flew backwards, and landed hard, finally unconscious. All it took was one more small electric blast, and that dark ring was nothing more than a pile of ashes.
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T.K. struggled from the immense pain he was receiving. But even without the powers of Angemon to help, Patamon wouldn't let this go on. He quickly flew near them, and bit "Kari" on the arm as hard as he could.
The fake Kari screamed in pain and let go of T.K., who was pretty confused. Patamon didn't really need to say it, but-
"T.K., that's not Kari!"
"Yeah, I figured!"
The creature masquerading as Kari morphed and revealed itself as (Yep, you guessed it!) another Bakemon. But Patamon put it down with a quick "Boom Bubble" attack.
"Thanks, Patamon."
"No prob, T.K. I guess it's true when they say 'love hurts'!"
T.K. and his digimon chuckled until they heard a rumbling beneath. Before they, the ground started to crumble, causing T.K. to nimbly move to the side. The hole that was created looked like some sort of mole or groundhog had dug it up. Circumstances would soon prove to be neither, as Gatomon and (the real) Kari stepped up out of the hole!
"See, Kari? I told you turning right would get us outta that cell! Oh...hey, Patamon, T.K."
"T.K.!?!?!" exclaimed Kari. "That's not funny, Gatomon! You know I-"
Kari gasped as she saw what her digimon partner saw. T.K. did exactly the same. He saw Kari, her light chocolate-colored hair messy and in disarray, and her cheeks and chin, (not to mention her clothes) were covered in dirt. But as strange as it seemed, to T.K., the dirt on Kari's face made her look VERY cute. He couldn't help but blush at how...innocent she looked. Kari gulped and did likewise. He offered her his hand, and she accepted, letting T.K. help her out of the hole.
"Kari...is it...is it really you this time?" T.K. slowly asked.
"Y...yeah...it's me...T.K., I just..." Kari replied.
But Kari found that she was unable to say anything else. A dozen emotions raced through her brain, as she was unsure as to how react to this encounter. She wasn't at ALL expecting to see him here. Her thoughts were filled with sadness, confusion, anger, depression, longing, and...love? Through all the craziness that had happened, his moving away, her longing for him, and even when she saw him...kissing another girl...love...HER love for him was always there. Sooner or later, she had to except the fact that no matter what happened between the two of them, she would always love him. She didn't know if she and him were soulmates, or whether or not they ever should have met, but one thing was for sure...she loved him, and at the present moment...that was enough to make Kari run into his arms.
T.K. had his arms wide open, and Kari easily accepted them. The two friends hugged warmly and Kari let a few tears escape her (squeezed and) closed eyes.
"Oh...T.K., I...I..."
"Listen, Kari...I have to..."
But Kari silenced him with one of her "looks", and stared him straight in the face.
"T.K., close your eyes."
T.K. nodded and did he was told. Kari gently touched his cold cheek with one hand, and-
*SMACK!!!*
T.K. flew backwards down on the ground, rubbing the red hand-shaped mark on his cheek.
"Whoa! What the heck was THAT for!?!"
Kari's face was now displaying a look of familiar anger.
"I just remembered...I'm still mad at you!"
Patamon and Gatomon put their paws over their mouths, trying (in vain) to silence their giggling and snickering.
"C'mon, Kari! Don't tell me that you're STILL hung up over that incident with May?!?"
"How could I NOT be???"
"But why are you...?"
"T.K., isn't it obvious by NOW??? I LIKE YOU!!!" she said, blushing a bit.
(Yeah, she said "like", but I think we all know what she REALLY meant.)
T.K. sighed. "Look, Kari-"
"Hmph!" Kari crossed her arms and turned away from him.
"KARI, I LIKE YOU TOO!!!" he shouted, grabbing her by the arms, and turning her around to face him.
The angry expression on Kari's face began to soften a little as she realized that at this moment, T.K. was really trying to make his feelings about her clear.
"Wh...what? Did you just say...what I thought you...?"
T.K. nodded with an embarrassed look on his face.
"I...uh...I guess I did," he replied, blushing too and scratching the back of his head.
"But...what about May?"
"There was nothing between her and me. Kari, we can talk about this later, and I promise I'll explain everything then. But right now the others are in trouble and we have to help get them out of this mess with our skins intact!"
"O...okay," Kari nodded.
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"Go for it, Halsemon!" Yolei enthusiastically yelled.
Halsemon flew round and round the Tyrannomon, who angrily tried to grab onto the flying bird, like King Kong swatting at circling planes. In no time, Halsemon had Tyrannomon exactly where he wanted him. Since Tyrannomon couldn't fly, he could only trip over the giant pieces of the control spire that remained on the ground. He (literally) hit the dirt with a loud crash.
"Cody, he's down!" Halsemon called down to him. "Have Digmon finish him off!"
Digmon and Cody nodded. The gold-colored digimon made its way over to the dinosaur-like creature.
"GOLD RUSH!!!"
Gold drills ejected from Digmon's body, directed at Tyrannomon's neck, where his dark ring was located. It was soon destroyed and long forgotten.
"All right!" Davis shouted into the (darkening) sky. "We did it! How do you like THAT, Digimon Emperor!?"
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Back in Emperor's fortress, tension rose about, well, TENfold. (Get it? TENsion, tenfold...aww, forget it.)
"NO!!!!!" the Emperor bellowed, slamming his fist down hard on a nearby console. "I HAD THEM!!! How could the help of just ONE kid turn around this battle?!? I WAS WINNING!!! Well, we're not through yet!!!"
"What do you have planned, Master?" Wormon asked, slithering into the room.
"My trump card," the Emperor snickered almost maniacally, pressing a button. "Just one blast of energy collected from neighboring control spires should put them out of their misery!!! SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEXT WORLD!!!!!"
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"Hey, guys! Look what I found!" yelled T.K, holding Kari's hand.
Kari blushed a little at the fact that they seemed to take each other's hand almost subconsciously, like it was some sort of subliminal phenomenon that occurred automatically.
"T.K., you made it back with Kari! Good going!" Cody happily exclaimed.
"I'm so glad!" Yolei said, relieved.
By now, Raidramon, Halsemon, and Digmon had gone back to their "rookie" forms, and were more than ready to go home, as were the kids. But there was still one more problem...
"Uh, guys..." Davis pointed. "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but check THAT out."
Everyone turned their heads to the horizon, and saw what looked like a terrific bolt of lightning...heading for them! Thankfully, all the digimon they had fought had cleared the area, so it was just them.
"For once I hope I'm wrong, but it looks that whatever it is, it's coming for US!!!" Davis warned.
Yolei had to think fast. "Everybody, calm down! The television we came through is this way! C'mon!"
Everyone ran like there was no tomorrow, though that came of no surprise. Yolei tried to contact Izzy, and warn him of the situation. Thankfully, he already knew of the predicament and was working on a way to salvage the situation.
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"Great, they just can't get a break today, huh?!" asked May.
Izzy turned to May. "Well, I have some good news and some bad news."
"Uh huh," May nodded, signaling for Izzy to continue.
"The good news is that ever since T.K. left, I've been trying to disable the energy field that's preventing transport back here. The bad news is that I've only managed to decode seventy percent of it."
"Well, that's more than halfway there!" May noted. "Couldn't we just pull them back now???"
Izzy sighed. "We COULD...but I simply don't know the risks. If this doesn't work, we could fry their insides or end up with only their torsos intact! Or worse...we could kill them."
"WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY BETTER THAN JUST LEAVING US HERE!" Yolei yelled at Izzy through the computer screen.
"Yeah, Izzy!" T.K. agreed. "If you don't try, we're dust anyway!"
Izzy paused, then nodded determinedly. "Okay, then. Standby! Just give me ten seconds..."
The five kids and their digimon screamed as the energy bolt drew closer...and closer...and CLOSER...
"Try five, whiz kid!" Davis panicked. "Because if you can't...we're the Digi-DEAD!"
TO BE CONCLUDED...
Man, oh, man! I did it! I don't need to tell you what to do, so I won't! Willie make it??? Betty can't! Ha, ha! See ya later!
P.S. Coming soon...the last chapter of "Kari's Missing Hope"! It will be awesome and fantasterastic! (I hope.) DO NOT MISS IT! (How could you not? Sooner or later your gonna read this, anyway! I gotta watch what I type before I post it!) Bye!
Kari's Missing Hope - Chapter 11
*KROOOOOOOOM!!!*
The mouths of Yolei, Cody, and Davis dropped open as their minds tried to dismiss (and at the same time accept) the scene which had just occurred before them. Barely a second ago T.K. and Patamon had returned to help, and then suddenly a possessed Tyrannomon smashed its fist near the dark spire where their two friends had positioned themselves. Yolei wanted to scream, but nothing came out.
Ironically, Davis happened to be the one to deliver the first noticeable response.
"NO! T.K. WAS OUR LAST HOPE! TYRANNOMON, WE'RE TAKING YOU DOWN!!!" Davis bellowed.
"Hey!" yelled a voice from above. "Could you at least wait until I'm dead?!"
The three kids moved their eyeballs upwards, and saw what should have been the impossible. Patamon was in the air, desperately holding onto T.K. by the back of his shirt collar.
"T.K., uh..." went Cody. "WHAT exactly are you doing up there???"
"Uhh...just 'hanging out'?" he (sheepishly) suggested. Looking up at Patamon, he added, "Hey, Patamon, buddy! Can you GENTLY lower me to the ground?"
"Sure thing..." he said in a VERY struggling voice. "But whatever you do...just don't make me laugh!"
T.K. nodded, and soon enough he felt his feet touching solid ground. His three friends ran over to him, and (uncontrollably) crowded around him. They then wrapped their arms around T.K., whom began to have trouble breathing, due to lack of air, caused by the enormous hug his friends unleashed.
From (partially) far away, Patamon was still floating in the air. He wiped his sweaty forehead. "Boy, sometimes I'm really glad people don't shower me with affection like that!"
Meanwhile, T.K. was struggling for his life...against his friends!
"Hey...c'mon...ease up, guys!" he said in a raspy voice.
They reluctantly complied with his instructions, giving him room to breathe. But who could blame them? If you finally see your friend long after he moved away, how are you expected to react?
"But Patamon is free for hugs!" T.K. said, pointing.
Half-jokingly, the other three Digidestined advanced towards the little orange digimon, but he signaled for them to stop.
"Get back! One more step and it's 'Boom Bubble City' for all of you!"
Davis, Yolei, and Cody laughed, and backed off.
"T.K., what are you doing here?" Yolei excitedly asked.
"Well, Kari and I had an argument last night, and Izzy told me that you were all here, so-"
"Wait a sec!" Davis exclaimed. "You mean...the two of you actually had a FIGHT?!?"
"Davis, we didn't actually fight, we just-" T.K. began.
Unfortunately, Davis was already lost in his own private thoughts. He stabbed his fists in the air.
"YES! All right! This my big chance! Kari and 'ol blonde boy went at it- "
Suddenly, Cody tapped Davis on the shoulder.
"Get real, Davis," Cody whispered. "You know you were just as worried as anybody about T.K. here."
"Anyway...Kari's not here," Yolei started to explain. "She-"
"-split off from you guys," T.K. finished. "I know. Izzy and I tracked her position...and she may be in serious trouble."
"Well, we gotta help her, then!" Cody almost yelled.
"It looks like you guys gotta help yourselves first!" T.K. noted.
"UMPH!!!"
The four kids turned their heads to see Flamedramon fall to the to ground from another Elecmon attack.
"Oh, no! Flamedramon!" Davis said as he rushed over to his digimon partner. He grew more worried as he cradled Flamedramon's head in his arms.
"Speak to me, buddy!" Suddenly, Flamedramon's entire body began to glow. In a flash of yellow light, everyone watched in disappointment as the he transformed back into his "rookie" form, Veemon.
T.K. and Patamon put on determined faces as they saw Halsemon and Digmon being pounded into the ground. (Not literally.)
"You guys did your best!" T.K. said heroically. "But now it's our turn! And since that control spire is in pieces-"
"T.K.! Found it!" Patamon flew back to the group and dropped T.K.'s digivice into his hand.
"Thanks, buddy! You ready?"
"I can't wait to get in there and get my hands dirty!"
T.K. raised his digivice high in the air.
"Okay! Patamon, DIGIVOLVE!!!"
The digivice began to glow, as did Patamon.
"PATAMON DIGIVOLVE TO...ANGEMON!!!"
The Digidestined looked upward into the sky, in awe of the transformation that took place then and there.
The small "football"-like digimon became a gigantic humanoid creature with huge wings, ribbons, boots, bracelets, a huge metal helmet completely covering the top half of its face. The heavenly Angemon stood above all in midair, the outline of his body glowing and basking with shining, bright white light.
"Way to go, Angemon!" T.K. yelled into the sky.
Angemon stayed in the air, but even though he seemed far away, his booming voice came in loud and clear.
"The forces of Evil have proven to be quite formidable this day, and have pushed you to your very limits, Digidestined. But this moment marks the true turning point. Here and now...this fierce battle must END!!!"
"Whaddya think he has planned?" asked Cody.
T.K. answered, his voice full of pure faith and powerful hope. "Something noble."
Angemon flew even higher into the air. From where he was now, he had a clear view of all the digimon the others had fought against. He drew his right fist back, as if to throw a punch.
"HAND OF FATE!"
The fist began to glow bright orange, and immediately he punched forward, and a tremendous ray of orange light shot out towards the battle field. It was so bright that even Tyrannomon and Shellmon covered their eyes from the bright attack.
T.K. and the others watched in utter amazement as Angemon released multiple streams of energy clearly aiming for the army of Elecmon. What was even more amazing was the fact that beams of light struck right on target, more accurately, the dark rings, which still seemed partially functional even after the control spire was cracked.
"Whoa!" Davis exclaimed happily. "Awesome!"
Cody and Yolei didn't say anything, but their faces wore the same expression as Davis's. T.K. put on a confident and satisfied face, since he always knew that Angemon would never let anyone down. The red glow from the Elecmons' eyes vanished, and the creatures slowly got up dazed and confused.
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Back on Earth, the effects the Angemon's deeds didn't go unnoticed. In the school computer room, the computer screen suddenly flickered. Izzy and May put their faces near the screen.
"Hey, I'm getting a message from Yolei!" Izzy said, relieved.
"Really?" May asked. "That means they somehow fixed those communication problems! What's it say?"
Izzy's lips curled into a smile as he read Yolei's message.
"T.K.'s here...and we're fine now...all that's left...is to rescue Kari!"
"Sounds like they're just fine!" said May, also smiling now.
"That's the Digidestined for you!" Izzy cheerfully replied. "Never underestimate our resiliency!"
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"Well, those Elecmon should be fine now!" said T.K. "But still, I-"
"GGGGGRRRRRAAAAAWWWWWLLLLL!!!!!"
"HUH?!?"
The Digidestined turned their heads in alarm to see Shellmon and Tyrannomon getting ready for another round.
"Uh-oh!" Davis panicked. "We forgot about those two over there! We gotta take care of them..."
But Davis was quickly reminded of Veemon's condition, as he was still weakened from the battle.
"...but I'm not sure that we can, given the situation."
But T.K. remained smiling. "Don't worry, Davis. I think we can help out with that too. Angemon?"
Angemon smiled proudly and nodded. Still in the air, he pulled out his trusty staff and pointed it at the other three Digidestined and their digimon. The tip of the staff began to glow, and shot out a stream of white light at them. Davis, Yolei, and Cody gasped as the beam hit them. The feeling they received felt like none other.
"I feel so...warm!" exclaimed Cody in excitement.
"I feel all pumped up...strong!" Davis declared.
"I feel...full of hope!" Yolei added.
T.K. crossed his arms and smiled at this warm scene. "And you're not the only ones!"
As the bright glow dissipated, the Digidestined saw that this "Ray of Hope" was having the same effect on the digimon.
Halsemon and Digmon slowly got up off their butts, as did Veemon. Davis kneeled down the small blue digimon. Just looking at him, one could tell that Veemon looked better than he did a few seconds ago.
"Veemon! Are you okay? How do you feel?"
Veemon stood up, looking as strong and sturdy as a metal statue.
"I feel great! Like I just ate the most delicious food ever!"
Cody and Yolei laughed.
"How did you...what did Angemon just do?" Cody asked, turning to T.K.
"He generously gave you all some of his energy. We weren't sure if it would work, but..."
Yolei nodded. "Listen, T.K. I think we can take care of these two wild digimon now. You gotta go after Kari and rescue her!"
"Right. I don't know exactly where to look, but I should still be able track her down with my digivice. Angemon, let's go!"
Angemon nodded, picked up T.K., and quickly flew off into the distance.
It didn't take too long for T.K. to locate the signal from Kari's digivice.
"Got anything, T.K.?" Angemon asked.
"Yeah, I think I found her...that way!" he replied, pointing.
Something's not right, T.K. thought to himself. The signal isn't moving! That might mean Kari's unconscious...or...NO! Kari's a Digidestined, and a fighter! She HAS to be all right! I'm coming for you Kari! Just hold on!
Within a few minutes, Angemon landed, and set T.K. down on the ground.
"Angemon, you better digivolve back to Patamon...we'll need to save your strength for when it's really needed!"
Angemon nodded, and began to glow. In less two seconds, Patamon took the place of the gigantic humanoid creature.
"Let's go, T.K.!"
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Somewhere else, in the Digimon Emperor's (REAL) fortress, bitterness, rage and tension was building fast.
The Emperor, who was watching everything that had just transpired on the battlefield, had his fists clenched, as well as his teeth. Wormon slithered in, extremely terrified in asking about anything to his master. But felt it was necessary to take a chance, in this case.
"Uh...m...m...master? What's the matter? Y-you aren't laughing evilly like you usually...?"
The Emperor slowly turned his head and loomed over the little dark-green creature.
"What's the matter? Oh, nothing much," he began, turning back to the video monitors in front of him.
"Then what-"
"It seems that...'trouble' has returned to paradise...MY paradise! How dare those meddling kids think that they can come and go as they please through my private playground! Obviously, they think that they don't have anything to fear from me, but I'll prove them DEAD wrong!"
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"Boy, it's awfully dark in here!" Patamon noted.
"Wait, there's a light coming from around this corner...GACK!"
T.K. kept his back to the corner after seeing what was up ahead.
"What's wrong, T.K.?"
"There's a bunch of Bakemon there...and they don't look friendly!"
"Are they ever?" Patamon shrugged. "Well, no worries, T.K.! I'll just digivolve and-"
"No!" T.K. warned. "I don't think these narrow hallways were built to accommodate a huge angel-like digimon! Besides, you have to conserve your energy!"
"What should we do then?"
T.K. thought for a moment, and took another glance around the corner. The Bakemon hadn't caught sight of them yet, but that might change soon. Then he looked upward and saw that there was only one light (bulb) illuminating the passage. And at the end of the corridor was a door. T.K. and whispered something to Patamon, who soon giggled.
"You got it Patamon? Okay, do it!"
The little digimon snickered, and quickly flew around the corner. T.K. stayed where he was. He didn't need to see what was going on, as he could hear everything.
"Hey there, ghouls and gals!
"HURM!?!"
"Lights out! BOOM BUBBLE!"
*K-TSSSH!!!*
Immediately after T.K. heard the sound of glass breaking, the light went off around the corner and he could hear Patamon yelling to him.
"That's it, T.K.! Move it or lose it!"
Taking a deep breath, he ran around the corner and straight down the hall, all the way to the door at the end. After he made sure that both of them had gotten through, he slammed it shut. There was a little light around the stairway they were at, but it was still pretty dim. Cautiously, they made their way downward. Suddenly, T.K.'s digivice began to beep furiously.
"Hey, my digivice is going off! Kari must be nearby!"
"At least her digivice is!" Patamon stated.
"Whaddya mean?"
"Look!" Patamon flew ahead, and picked up a small pink and white device lying on the ground. Kari's digivice!
"Wha...this...this is...!" T.K. thought raced quickly, trying to shut out the impossible possibility that Kari was...
"KARI! KARI!!!"
"T.K., I'm right here!"
The two of them whipped their heads around and found Kari! T.K. ran over to her, giving an exhale of relief.
"Kari, are you okay?!? Patamon and I were really worried about you!!!"
Kari put up her hands, to silence T.K.
"It's okay! I'm okay! Really!"
"Oh, Kari...I missed you so much!" T.K.'s voice softened, and his eyes began to water as he pulled her into a tight hug.
"You have no idea how I've waited for this moment for so long...so I could..."
"Could what, Kari?"
"So I could do THIS!!!"
"Wha-AHHHH!!!!!"
Kari's eyes flashed red, some of her teeth turned into fangs, and her gentle voice turned into something that sounded like a witch's cackle as her fingernails grew long and uneven. She struck her nails into T.K.'s back, but instead of impaling him, they sent out extremely painful shocks of electricity. Patamon watched in horror as T.K. screamed in agony.
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"DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!!"
Harnessing the power of the Digi-Egg of Friendship, Veemon once again armor- digivolved, with most his body became encased in black armor, with spikes resembling thunderbolts appearing on the nose and rear. He had become the fearful, awesome...
"...RAIDRAMON! THE STORM OF FRIENDSHIP!!!"
Raw electricity crackled from Raidramon's body, displaying just how much power it contained, even without Angemon's help.
"Now..." Davis began, indicating Shellmon. "...let's finish what we started!"
"Agreed! C'mon, Shellmon! Give us your best!" Raidramon growled.
Shellmon wasted no words or time and tried to take out Davis's digimon like before.
"HYDRO BLASTER!!!"
"Raidramon, look out!" Davis warned.
"I see it, Davis!" Raidramon replied. Veemon had multiple abilities, given the fact that he had the power of two Digi-Eggs at his disposal. And operating in sync with the Digi-Egg of Friendship, Raidramon was able to act quick on its feet. Needless to say, he was more than a match for Shellmon's water attacks, nimbly dodging them with ease.
But at the same time, it already felt like it was time to end this once and for all. While Davis thought that Raidramon was just toying with Shellmon, the plan was to let this ferocious water monster blast and miss, creating small puddles from which Raidramon could use to conduct his electrical attacks.
All this misfire (and in combination with the battle with Flamedramon previously) had caused Shellmon to grow tired, resulting in a reluctant "cease fire". Drool (or water, probably) was still dripping from its mouth, like a faucet lets the last drops of water go before it shuts off completely. Raidramon was now ready to act and put a good distance between himself and his adversary. He concentrated hard and let his stored electricity build to nearly unparalleled levels. Then...he let it all go.
"THUNDER BLAST!!!"
Davis shielded his eyes from the light. A wild, concentrated, and bright beam of electricity was unleashed from Raidramon's body and was conducted through the puddles Shellmon created. In almost no time the attack reached Shellmon, whom now experienced nearly unbelievable pain beyond belief. But the digimon was still moving, and Raidramon couldn't give it the chance to recover. Not if he wanted to get that dark ring off of its shell. Raidramon then built up speed, and charged Shellmon. Shellmon flew backwards, and landed hard, finally unconscious. All it took was one more small electric blast, and that dark ring was nothing more than a pile of ashes.
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T.K. struggled from the immense pain he was receiving. But even without the powers of Angemon to help, Patamon wouldn't let this go on. He quickly flew near them, and bit "Kari" on the arm as hard as he could.
The fake Kari screamed in pain and let go of T.K., who was pretty confused. Patamon didn't really need to say it, but-
"T.K., that's not Kari!"
"Yeah, I figured!"
The creature masquerading as Kari morphed and revealed itself as (Yep, you guessed it!) another Bakemon. But Patamon put it down with a quick "Boom Bubble" attack.
"Thanks, Patamon."
"No prob, T.K. I guess it's true when they say 'love hurts'!"
T.K. and his digimon chuckled until they heard a rumbling beneath. Before they, the ground started to crumble, causing T.K. to nimbly move to the side. The hole that was created looked like some sort of mole or groundhog had dug it up. Circumstances would soon prove to be neither, as Gatomon and (the real) Kari stepped up out of the hole!
"See, Kari? I told you turning right would get us outta that cell! Oh...hey, Patamon, T.K."
"T.K.!?!?!" exclaimed Kari. "That's not funny, Gatomon! You know I-"
Kari gasped as she saw what her digimon partner saw. T.K. did exactly the same. He saw Kari, her light chocolate-colored hair messy and in disarray, and her cheeks and chin, (not to mention her clothes) were covered in dirt. But as strange as it seemed, to T.K., the dirt on Kari's face made her look VERY cute. He couldn't help but blush at how...innocent she looked. Kari gulped and did likewise. He offered her his hand, and she accepted, letting T.K. help her out of the hole.
"Kari...is it...is it really you this time?" T.K. slowly asked.
"Y...yeah...it's me...T.K., I just..." Kari replied.
But Kari found that she was unable to say anything else. A dozen emotions raced through her brain, as she was unsure as to how react to this encounter. She wasn't at ALL expecting to see him here. Her thoughts were filled with sadness, confusion, anger, depression, longing, and...love? Through all the craziness that had happened, his moving away, her longing for him, and even when she saw him...kissing another girl...love...HER love for him was always there. Sooner or later, she had to except the fact that no matter what happened between the two of them, she would always love him. She didn't know if she and him were soulmates, or whether or not they ever should have met, but one thing was for sure...she loved him, and at the present moment...that was enough to make Kari run into his arms.
T.K. had his arms wide open, and Kari easily accepted them. The two friends hugged warmly and Kari let a few tears escape her (squeezed and) closed eyes.
"Oh...T.K., I...I..."
"Listen, Kari...I have to..."
But Kari silenced him with one of her "looks", and stared him straight in the face.
"T.K., close your eyes."
T.K. nodded and did he was told. Kari gently touched his cold cheek with one hand, and-
*SMACK!!!*
T.K. flew backwards down on the ground, rubbing the red hand-shaped mark on his cheek.
"Whoa! What the heck was THAT for!?!"
Kari's face was now displaying a look of familiar anger.
"I just remembered...I'm still mad at you!"
Patamon and Gatomon put their paws over their mouths, trying (in vain) to silence their giggling and snickering.
"C'mon, Kari! Don't tell me that you're STILL hung up over that incident with May?!?"
"How could I NOT be???"
"But why are you...?"
"T.K., isn't it obvious by NOW??? I LIKE YOU!!!" she said, blushing a bit.
(Yeah, she said "like", but I think we all know what she REALLY meant.)
T.K. sighed. "Look, Kari-"
"Hmph!" Kari crossed her arms and turned away from him.
"KARI, I LIKE YOU TOO!!!" he shouted, grabbing her by the arms, and turning her around to face him.
The angry expression on Kari's face began to soften a little as she realized that at this moment, T.K. was really trying to make his feelings about her clear.
"Wh...what? Did you just say...what I thought you...?"
T.K. nodded with an embarrassed look on his face.
"I...uh...I guess I did," he replied, blushing too and scratching the back of his head.
"But...what about May?"
"There was nothing between her and me. Kari, we can talk about this later, and I promise I'll explain everything then. But right now the others are in trouble and we have to help get them out of this mess with our skins intact!"
"O...okay," Kari nodded.
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"Go for it, Halsemon!" Yolei enthusiastically yelled.
Halsemon flew round and round the Tyrannomon, who angrily tried to grab onto the flying bird, like King Kong swatting at circling planes. In no time, Halsemon had Tyrannomon exactly where he wanted him. Since Tyrannomon couldn't fly, he could only trip over the giant pieces of the control spire that remained on the ground. He (literally) hit the dirt with a loud crash.
"Cody, he's down!" Halsemon called down to him. "Have Digmon finish him off!"
Digmon and Cody nodded. The gold-colored digimon made its way over to the dinosaur-like creature.
"GOLD RUSH!!!"
Gold drills ejected from Digmon's body, directed at Tyrannomon's neck, where his dark ring was located. It was soon destroyed and long forgotten.
"All right!" Davis shouted into the (darkening) sky. "We did it! How do you like THAT, Digimon Emperor!?"
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Back in Emperor's fortress, tension rose about, well, TENfold. (Get it? TENsion, tenfold...aww, forget it.)
"NO!!!!!" the Emperor bellowed, slamming his fist down hard on a nearby console. "I HAD THEM!!! How could the help of just ONE kid turn around this battle?!? I WAS WINNING!!! Well, we're not through yet!!!"
"What do you have planned, Master?" Wormon asked, slithering into the room.
"My trump card," the Emperor snickered almost maniacally, pressing a button. "Just one blast of energy collected from neighboring control spires should put them out of their misery!!! SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEXT WORLD!!!!!"
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"Hey, guys! Look what I found!" yelled T.K, holding Kari's hand.
Kari blushed a little at the fact that they seemed to take each other's hand almost subconsciously, like it was some sort of subliminal phenomenon that occurred automatically.
"T.K., you made it back with Kari! Good going!" Cody happily exclaimed.
"I'm so glad!" Yolei said, relieved.
By now, Raidramon, Halsemon, and Digmon had gone back to their "rookie" forms, and were more than ready to go home, as were the kids. But there was still one more problem...
"Uh, guys..." Davis pointed. "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but check THAT out."
Everyone turned their heads to the horizon, and saw what looked like a terrific bolt of lightning...heading for them! Thankfully, all the digimon they had fought had cleared the area, so it was just them.
"For once I hope I'm wrong, but it looks that whatever it is, it's coming for US!!!" Davis warned.
Yolei had to think fast. "Everybody, calm down! The television we came through is this way! C'mon!"
Everyone ran like there was no tomorrow, though that came of no surprise. Yolei tried to contact Izzy, and warn him of the situation. Thankfully, he already knew of the predicament and was working on a way to salvage the situation.
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"Great, they just can't get a break today, huh?!" asked May.
Izzy turned to May. "Well, I have some good news and some bad news."
"Uh huh," May nodded, signaling for Izzy to continue.
"The good news is that ever since T.K. left, I've been trying to disable the energy field that's preventing transport back here. The bad news is that I've only managed to decode seventy percent of it."
"Well, that's more than halfway there!" May noted. "Couldn't we just pull them back now???"
Izzy sighed. "We COULD...but I simply don't know the risks. If this doesn't work, we could fry their insides or end up with only their torsos intact! Or worse...we could kill them."
"WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY BETTER THAN JUST LEAVING US HERE!" Yolei yelled at Izzy through the computer screen.
"Yeah, Izzy!" T.K. agreed. "If you don't try, we're dust anyway!"
Izzy paused, then nodded determinedly. "Okay, then. Standby! Just give me ten seconds..."
The five kids and their digimon screamed as the energy bolt drew closer...and closer...and CLOSER...
"Try five, whiz kid!" Davis panicked. "Because if you can't...we're the Digi-DEAD!"
TO BE CONCLUDED...
Man, oh, man! I did it! I don't need to tell you what to do, so I won't! Willie make it??? Betty can't! Ha, ha! See ya later!
P.S. Coming soon...the last chapter of "Kari's Missing Hope"! It will be awesome and fantasterastic! (I hope.) DO NOT MISS IT! (How could you not? Sooner or later your gonna read this, anyway! I gotta watch what I type before I post it!) Bye!