Thank you guys for your reviews. You are what inspires me to keep going. Here's chapter 12.

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Kari lied on her bed in her room crying. She had been there in that condition ever since she ran home from the park. Tk's words still rang loud and clear in her mind. "I think we should call the wedding off... Kari wasn't sure if she was mad or hurt. Her feelings were a mess right now. Mr. & Mrs. Kamiya had tried to talk to her, but she simply ignored them. She couldn't talk because how much she was crying. Not even Gatomon could get her to cheer up. Finally, her parents managed to get her to tell her what was wrong. They tried to comfort her, but she politely asked to be alone. He parents respected her wishes and let her be. This was the worst pain she had ever experienced. Her heart ached so bad right now. She wanted to just fall asleep and wake up tomorrow and hope none of this had ever happened. That was not an option, unfortunately. This day would haunt her for the rest of her life. Everything had gone to hell. Her life was falling apart at the seams. Kari wondered why Tk would say such a thing. Was there somebody else? Had he just simply fallen out of love with her? Kari's mind raced endlessly. It made her head hurt. Kari turned over and lied face-up now. It was the most movement she had made in quite some time. She looked outside the window in her room. It had become completely cloudy outside. The sun was going down, and dusk was setting in. The setting sun and the cloud cover made the remaining daylight a pretty shade of blue. The light was soothing to Kari. It helped to ease her mind just a little bit. Kari's eyes slowly started to close. The stress of the day had taken it's toll on her. She was just about to fall asleep when her cell phone started ringing. Kari heaved a sigh of annoyance. She reluctantly got out of bed and get her phone. She looked at the caller I.D. Tk calling. Anger started welling up inside of Kari. She flipped her phone open and then closed it right back. I do not want to talk to you right now. She turned her phone off and went back to bed. After several minutes, she fell asleep.


Tk ran right home after he talked to Davis. He had completely changed his mind about everything. He was dead set on getting married to Kari now. He got his phone out and dialed Kari. This is going to annoy her, but I have to tell her I changed my mind. The phone kept ringing. Finally, Tk heard Kari pick the phone up. "Kari! Listen I-" Tk suddenly heard Kari hang her phone right back up. "Huh...?" Tk sighed. Great, she's still mad. Tk dialed Kari again. This time, he got voice mail. "She must have turned her phone off. Damn! What have I done! Oh, this is terrible... I broke my beloved Kari's heart..." Tk tried over and over to reach Kari, every time getting voice mail. "Come on, Kari! How am I supposed to tell you that I really do want to marry you if you won't answer me?" Tk started to get frustrated. "I know!" Tk sent Kari a text message, hoping she would see it the next day. Tk slapped himself on the forehead. "I was such an idiot for ever thinking of saying that to her in the park. I can't believe how stupid I was." Tk tried to call Kari one more time. Once again, it went to voice mail. "Ah, crud... How am I going to get out of this one?"

"Told her, huh?" Patamon said as he flew up.

"Yeah. Oh, I'm such an idiot! Why did I do this!"

"I don't know."

"I acted without thinking. How stupid of me!"

"Yeah. Now, thanks to you, I probably won't get to see Gatomon anymore!"

Tk turned to face Patamon. "What did you say! I'm going through all this, and all you are worried about is not seeing Gatomon anymore! That's so stupid!"

"Hey! My relationship with Gatomon is not stupid!"

"Now's not the time, Patamon. I have a personal crisis right now, and I don't need this."

"Why are you being so rude!"

"Wouldn't it drive you up the wall if you went through something like this with Gatomon?"

"Well..."

"Yeah, see? Look, I'm sorry I said your relationship with Gatomon is stupid. I didn't really mean it. I just... I need some space right now. Can you help me out here?"

"Okay. I hope you and Kari make up."

"Thanks." Tk continued to try and reach Kari.


In the Digital World, Lobomon was carefully observing what Zhuqiaomon's servants were doing. They had just finished building the wall around the village. Guards were starting to run patrols around the wall at all times. As Zhuqiaomon had ordered, guard towers had been built into the wall. An opening was built into the wall so the digimon could get in and out. It was guarded at all times as well. Two digimon would guard the entrance for three hours, then two more guards would walk up to relieve them.

"What are you doing?" some one asked Lobomon.

Lobomon jerked his head over to see who had caught him. It was a Etemon. "I was uh... making sure the guards followed their orders and changed out."

"I don't recall Zhuqiaomon giving any order like that."

"I was... acting on my own, without orders..." Etemon tilted his head to the side. "You see, uh... I took it upon myself to make sure this place is run right. I feel it's my duty to do so." Lobomon started to sweat.

"Well, that be might noble of ya. Uh huh huh huh! Good to know there's guys like you who are willing to go the extra mile for lord Zhuqiaomon. Keep watchin' 'em and make sure they do it right." The Etemon walked away.

Lobomon breath a sigh of relief. "That was too close. I'll have to more careful in the future. Everything is riding on my shoulders." Lobomon wanted to observe the guards some more, but thought better of it. He had almost gotten caught once, he could not risk getting caught again.


Tk sat at his desk in his room. He watched his phone intently. Kari still hadn't answered any of Tk's calls or his text message. Come on, Kari! Answer me already.

Tk got up and started pacing. He wished he had never called Kari to the park. He felt so guilty for what he had done. Tk longed to see her so bad. He missed her charm. Her happy personality. Her beautiful face. God! Please, help me! Tk felt like pulling his hair out. He felt so frustrated. Suddenly, his phone rang. He quickly picked it up and looked to see who was calling. "Joe!" Tk opened his phone. "What do you want, Joe!"

'What's eating you?' Joe's voice came over the phone.

"I'm expecting an important phone call. What do you want!"

'What's going on with you and Kari?'

"Nothing! Don't listen to anything anybody tells you!"

'I heard you two weren't going to go through with it.'

"Yeah, you heard wrong!"

'Uh... okay...'

"Gotta go! Talk to you later, Joe!" Tk slapped his phone shut without even waiting for Joe's reply. "Stupid! What's going on between me and Kari doesn't concern him." Tk paced some more as he waited for Kari to call. Please, Kari. I love you so much... Please, answer me...


Kari walked out of her apartment. She had stayed inside a long time and couldn't stand it anymore. She needed to get out for a while. She didn't know what she was going to do. Probably just take a walk. Anything was better than lying in bed and sobbing. Kari felt a little better than she did yesterday, but still wasn't herself. The thought of Tk rejecting her was killing her. She was a little hesitant about getting married at first, but got over it very quickly. She couldn't bear the thought of not being with Tk for the rest of her life.

Kari got out of the apartment complex elevator and walked outside. She felt like crap. She kept staring at the ground. She wanted the whole world to just leave her along right now.

"Kari! Wait up!" somebody called from behind.

She looked up to see who it was. Oh, great. That's just what I need right now... Tk was running to catch up with her.

"Kari!" Tk said.

"Want to make my day worse than it already is?" Kari said, barely audible.

"Look, I'm sorry-"

"Sorry doesn't cut it."

"Kari, please, listen to me! Don't shut me out."

Kari turned to leave. She tried her best to tune Tk out. "I got nothing to say to you."

"Kari, I know I have been an idiot."

"You sure got that right."

"I have decided, I do want to go through with the wedding."

Kari looked at Tk over he shoulder. "Is this just a big game to you?"

Tk tilted his head to the side in confusion. "What? What's that supposed to mean."

"Has this whole thing been a big joke to you? A big, freaking joke to cheese me off? Well?"

"How can you say that!"

"First, you call me to the park and tell me you don't want to marry and give me a bunch of lame excuses, and now you're trying to tell me you do want to get married after you said all those things?"

"I'm sorry!"

"Yeah, you are sorry, Takeru."

"Look, I know I hurt your feelings really bad back there, but I wasn't thinking."

"Matt give you some of his crack?"

"What! Why are you doing this?" Kari ignored Tk and started walking away. "Kari, wait up." Tk started walking after her.

"Leave me alone."

"Kari, I love you. You're the most important thing in the world to me!"

"Then why did you tell me what you did yesterday?"

"I made a mistake. I was confused. But I've gotten everything straight now. You have to believe me."

Kari stopped dead in her tracks and turned to face Tk. "So, we're supposed to just go on like nothing ever happened? Is that what you are trying to tell me?" Kari spoke the loudest she had since Tk found her.

"Kari, when couples have trouble, they work together to work it out. This is just a little bump in the road. We can work through it."

"I thought you said we weren't ready."

"I was wrong. About everything."

Kari stared at the ground for a minute. She was trying to process what Tk was telling her. "Tk, I... can't do this..."

"What! Why!"

"You broke my heart. I can't just forget about and go on like nothing ever happened. It hurts too much."

Tk dropped to his knees and grabbed Kari's hand. "Kari, please..." Tears started to form in Tk's eyes.

"I'm sorry, Tk." Kari started to tear up, too. "I just can't." Kari pulled her hand away from Tk. She turned and started walking away again.

Tk quickly stood up. "Kari!" He started after Kari.

"Please, don't follow me..." Kari picked up her pace as she walked away.

Tk stood there, watching her walk away. He didn't know what to do. "What have I done...?" He fell down onto the ground below. "Why!" Tears now fell freely from his eyes. Pain surged through his body from the rough landing, but Tk didn't feel it. All he felt was loss. The woman that made his world go round had been completely destroyed, and it was all his fault.


Kari wandered around town in tears. Her conversation with Tk earlier hurt her worse then when he told her that he wanted to call the wedding off. So felt so badly. She found a bench to sit down on and took a seat. She pulled her cell phone out and turned it back on. She saw all the times that Tk had tried to call her. She saw that she had a text message from him. She erased it without even bothering to look at it. She looked through her lengthy contacts list looking for a particular number. She finally found it. "Sora... It's Kari. Are you busy? I'm having a real hard time right now. It's complicated. Can I come see you? Thanks, Sora. I'll be there in a couple minutes."

Kari got up and started making her way over to Tai and Sora's apartment. It was quite a way there, but Kari didn't care. Finally, after much walking, she arrived. She knocked on the door.

Sora opened the door. "Hi, Kari."

"Hey..."

"Come in."

Kari quietly walked past Kari and sat down on the couch. "Where's Tai?"

"He's at work. It's just the two of us."

"Good. I would rather talk to you right now."

Sora sat down next to Kari on the couch. "What's wrong?"

"It's me and Tk..."

"Yeah..."

"I think... that Tk and I.. I think that we're..."

"That you're what?"

"I think we're over."

Sora gasped in shock. "What! What happened! I thought you two were doing good."

"We were. At least I thought so."

"Tell me all about it."

Kari took a deep breath. "Yesterday, Tk called me to the park to tell me something." Sora nodded as Kari talked to her. "I wasn't sure what he was going to tell me. I got over there as fast as I could. I got there and found him."

"What did he say?"

"He said..." Kari started to tear up as she spoke.

"Kari, what is it?"

"He told me he wanted to call the wedding off."

"What!"

"You haven't hear yet?"

"No! I had no idea. Did he say why he wanted to call it all off?"

"Yeah, he gave me all these stupid excuses." Kari was angry now more than she was upset. "He said things like, 'We aren't ready!' and all that garbage!"

"My goodness. I can't believe it."

"I slapped him as hard as I could and ran home. Then, he had the audacity to come find me earlier today and talk more crap to me."

"What did he say?"

"He told me he wanted to get married after all." Sora put her hand on her chin and thought about what Kari told her. "It's like he's trying to play a game with me or something. Like I'm a source of entertainment to him or something!"

"He doesn't think of you like that at all."

"Then why is he doing this?"

"He must have had doubts. But he got over them, and wants to be with you again."

"Yeah, he acted like I was just supposed to forget all about what he said to me and go on like it never happened."

"Calm down, Kari."

Kari took a deep breath. "Oh, I feel so bad right now."

"It feels like your whole world is crashing down around you, doesn't it."

Kari cast a surprised glance at Sora. "Yeah."

"I won't say I know exactly how you feel, but I know about where you're coming from. I've been through some tough times in my life, too."

"Tell me, Sora, what should I do? I... still want to be with Tk, but I don't think I can. It's hurts too much."

"Do you love Tk?"

"Of course I do!"

"Does he love you?"

"I..."

"Tell the truth, Kari."

"...Yes... He does..."

"Kari, you have to forgive him. I know he hurt you, but it's only going to hurt you more if you hold onto this."

"But..." Kari couldn't fight the tears. "It's not that simple."

"It's only complicated if you make it that way. You and Tk were made for each other. There will be some hard times, but I know you two can work through them."

Kari sobbed and wiped her eyes as she listened to Sora. "So... I should forgive Tk?"

"Yeah. It will make you feel better."

"It's so hard, though..."

"I know. I never wanted to forgive Matt back when we broke up. But I did."

Kari gave Sora a hug. "Thanks, Sora. You're a real friend. I don't know what I would do without you."

"So, you and Tk are going to make up, right?"

Kari pulled away from Sora. "Yeah. I'm going to call him right now.

Sora smiled. "Atta girl."


Tk sat lying over his desk. He had his arms crossed and was resting his head on them. He felt so bad over what happened with Kari earlier. He had cried his eyes out, and they were red and bloodshot. He wished he could take it all back. He wanted to hop in a time machine and go back and stop himself. He wished with every fiber of his being that he could some how make it up to her. Tk sat up and reclined in his office chair. He looked up at the ceiling and heaved a heavy sigh. He felt like he had been run over by a herd of Centarumon, chomped up by a Tyrannomon, stepped on by VenomMyotismon, and rammed by a Monochromon. He ran his hands over his face. He wished he could feel normal again. This was terrible. He never felt this bad before. Not even after Angemon was destroyed. Not even when he replaced Davis as leader of the new Digidestined. It was unbearable. Suddenly, his cell phone rang. He look and saw it was Kari. The heck...? Tk flipped the phone open and put it up to his ear. "Hello?"

'Tk...'

"Kari?"

'Come meet me. I'm at the cafe all the Digidestined gather at.'

Tk didn't get a chance to reply as the line went dead. Meet at the cafe? What's she going to do? Tk reluctantly got up and started making his way to the cafe. The whole way there, Tk couldn't help but wonder what was about to happen. Was Kari going to say she didn't want to see him again? That she just wanted to be friends? Tk arrived at the cafe and walked inside. He looked around and saw Kari sitting at a table in the corner. She waved him over. He walked over towards her, uncertainty overtaking him. He reluctantly sat down across from her. "You... wanted to see me?"

"Yeah... I want to talk. About us."

Tk sighed. "Listen, if you never want to see me again after all that I have done, I understand."

Kari jerked her head back after hearing this. "That's... not what I want to talk about."

"Well, what do you want to talk about?"

"You said that when a couple has a problem, they work it out together."

"Yeah?"

"Well, I... I want us to try and work this thing out."

"You... do?"

"Yes, I do."

"How can you say that after I hurt you?"

"Things might not be quite be the same between us again, but, I can't stand the thought of not being with you for the rest of my life."

"Kari, I... I love you."

"I love you too, Tk."

"So, will you marry me, again?"

Kari ran around the table and embraced Tk in a hug. "Yes, I will!"

Tk returned the hug. "I'm so sorry..."

"I am too. I said some things I shouldn't have back there."

"I promise, I won't ever intentionally say anything to hurt you ever again."

The two of them shared a kiss. "Get a room!" said one of the other people in the cafe.

"Well, I never!" Kari said.

"Yeah, get a life, pal!" Tk said.

The two of the promptly walked out, holding each others' hand.