Chapter 12: Forbidden
TK: Shit! This is not good! I gotta call her!
Anne: Are you even listening? What is the matter with you?!
TK: I can't…I gotta go! I have to find Izzy, Davis and the others!
Mr. Uchida: Here you can see some new specimens that my specialists managed to bring to our world. Please note they are all harmless and if they decide to do something dangerous they will be put down.
Everyone was looking astonished, everyone except the Digidestined who were disgusted by Uchida.
TK: Davis! Davis! The sign! It's there! We gotta find the others! I'll go find Izzy! You find Yolei and Ken!
Davis: What sign?!
TK: The one Gennai told us about! Focus!
Davis: Shit!
TK: Izzy! Izzy! There you are! I need your help! We need to go! Now!
Mrs. Kamiya: Well you have guts I tell you that! How dare you?!
Izzy: Mrs. Kamiya…it's fine. What do you want TK?
TK: The sign! We need to get to Kari as quickly as possible! I don't know but something tells me she's in danger!
Izzy: What?! Not possible! Why do you think she's in danger?
TK: I just have this bad feeling! I can feel it I don't know how…but I can…
Mrs. Kamiya: Danger? What kind of danger? She's with her father! Nothing can happen!
TK: Mrs. Kamiya…I know you don't like me, but believe me something is wrong…there's this darkness around…something is coming…
Mrs. Izumi: How can you feel that?! That's impossible!
TK: I don't know…but I can! Believe me or not! Izzy we have to go! Get Tentomon!
Izzy: He's not here! He went back to the Digital World…
TK: My phone! Kari! She's calling! KARI! Is something wrong?!
In the meanwhile Kari was on her way home with her father.
Mr. Kamiya: Kari…what's up with you lately? You've been acting differently…is it because of TK? Or because your mother forces you into things you don't want?
Kari: It's nothing…I just…I really really really like him! And mom just wants to hook me up with Izzy but that's never going to happen! Do you know why? What does she have against TK?
Mr. Kamiya: She just wants you to be happy…TK for her is a delicate subject…she thinks he is not serious enough…that he only wants you because of your looks…I don't think that…honestly I've never seen any teenage boy look at a girl the way that he does…I mean most boys at that age just want one thing…but he looks at you differently, like he is in love with you…You see you're my little girl and I would never want you to date anyone, but with TK, I could live with that idea…
Kari: You're the best dad in the world! He actually…
Mr. Kamiya: He did what?!
Kari: On the dance floor…he told me he's in love with me, since like forever! I actually always thought he sees me as a sister…
Mr. Kamiya: I'm actually not surprised!
Kari: Well…that's you and all our friends in our group…if you all knew something why did you never say anything?
Mr. Kamiya: And lose you?!
Kari: Daad…you're so sweet! Can you like also convince mom?
Mr. Kamiya: That's gonna be difficult. She's really not fond of TK…
Kari: She'll like him eventually…I hope…
Mr. Kamiya: Huh? What's that? Those dark figures there?
Kari: OH NO! DAD! QUICKLY TURN! THEY MUST NOT SEE US!
Mr. Kamiya: Yes! What are they?
Kari: I have to call TK!
Mr. Kamiya: Shit! Some more! Do you think calling TK is the best thing right now?!
Kari: He's the only one who can help. Gatomon! We might need you!
Gatomon jumped out of Kari's purse. Mr. Kamiya was a bit scared but he trusted his daughter.
Kari: What?! No service! No! No! No!
Mr. Kamiya: What are those things?!
Kari: Creatures from the dark ocean! They managed to kidnap me once…but…
Mr. Kamiya: WHAT?! YOU WERE KIDNAPPED?!
Kari: Well…not so much as I actually thought they were normal Digimon, I answered their call for help!
Mr. Kamiya (already avoiding the dark creatures like a professional driver): And how did you escape?
Kari: If I told you, you wouldn't believe me…I think we got rid of them!
Mr. Kamiya: Kari, there's a lot of things on my mind right now, as to what these things want with you?
Kari: Well…it's too difficult to explain and…
Mr. Kamiya: Try me!
Kari: They want me to help them, uhm, increase their numbers…like they need me to do that…
Mr. Kamiya: That's disgusting! And you went for that already one time?!
Kari: I told you…I didn't know…it was only when TK saved me from that dreaded place that we found out what they wanted, but they retreated and never actually did anything…this has to do with something!
Mr. Kamiya: What?! He saved you?!
Kari: He was the only one who answered my call!
Mr. Kamiya: I always answer your calls!
Kari: Not like that Dad! I didn't have a cellphone! I just called to Tai, to Gatomon, to him…and he was the only one who was able to answer and get to that stupid ocean and get me out of there.
Mr. Kamiya: This goes beyond weird…when we get home we'll have a long talk!
Kari: TK! FINALLY! I GOT YOU ON THE PHONE!
TK: KARI! Is something wrong?! Are you ok?!
Kari: I'm fine! It's bad though! Creatures from the Dark Ocean just appeared in front of us…counted like four but Dad avoided them. They couldn't follow us.
TK: WHAT?! DARK OCEAN? I thought they retreated when we were there that time!
Kari: Well apparently they're back…we need to get everyone together…this is not something to joke about! Do you think it has something to do with what Gennai said?
TK: Kari…did you look at the sky?
Kari: No, why would I?
TK: Gennai's prophecy? Look at the sky!
Kari (looking through the windshield): Are those?
TK: Yes! Our crests! It's the sign! Maybe that's the big danger Gennai warned us about! Are you sure you're alright?
Mrs. Kamiya (ripping the phone out of TK's hand): KARI! DARLING ARE YOU OK! This maniac boy says you were in danger!
Kari: What? No! We're cool here! Right dad?
Mr. Kamiya (shouting so his wife could hear him, understanding that Kari did not want to share everything with her mother as well): Yupp!
Mrs. Kamiya: Thank God! I'll see you then! (she hung up)
Mrs. Kamiya: YOU LYING BASTARD! Get away from my face!
Mrs. Izumi: I thought you were a kind boy. But it seems I was wrong! Trying to trick people into thinking that you have some sort of supernatural bond with Kari…you're pathetic! I never thought I would say this of you! And I always admired you and your brother!
Clarice: Hey! That's my son you are talking to!
Mrs. Kamiya: Tell your son he is never to talk to my children again! They don't need such an influence!
Clarice: What did you do?
TK: I tried to fool them into believing something that's not true. I understand why you all don't like me. I get it. I'm sorry for trying to fool you.
Mrs. Kamiya: Yes! You should be! Now disappear from my sight! Go to that Mai girl cause that's the only thing you know how to do! Get all girls twirled around your fingers! Not my daughter!
Clarice: HEY! If someone will educate him, it's me!
Mrs. Izumi: We should all leave. Thank God everyone is more concerned with those monsters…
Davis: TK! I got everyone! We gotta go to Kari!
TK: No need…false alarm…
Ken: What?
TK: Yes…just leave it be.
Mai: Is everything in order here? I saw you were not with the rest of the group?
Mrs. Izumi: Oh yes dear! Don't worry. We wanted to leave actually.
Mai: So soon? TK you'll stay? Davis? Ken? Yolei?
Davis: I'm staying…
TK: I'll go. Sorry, thanks for a beautiful night. Mom, let's go. I'll get grandma and grandpa.
Clarice: Thanks again Mai!
Mrs. Kamiya: Thank you indeed. Please give your father our regards!
Izumi car:
Mrs. Kamiya: I'm terribly sorry for how this night ended. I hope I did not cause any discomfort!
Mr. Izumi: Please, don't worry! Teenagers and their drama!
Izzy: Really it's no big deal. Don't worry!
Mrs. Kamiya: My daughter…what does she see in that boy?!
Izzy: Well…
Mrs. Kamiya: What do you mean Izzy? I thought you liked her?
Izzy: I do…but I don't think it's the same. For them it's like that kind of interstellar attraction. I've been trying to tell you mom…
Mrs. Izumi: Ah please…
Mrs. Kamiya: What do you mean?
Izzy: Never mind…
Mrs. Kamiya: Anyway…I don't even know if I have any influence…I mean did you see the way they were looking at each other?
Izzy: That's what I mean! She doesn't look at anyone else the same way! Neither does he!
Mrs. Izumi: So you mean to tell me that there's such a deep love between them already? I mean they're 16!
Izzy: I know! I haven't seen anything like it either!
Mrs. Kamiya: I have…I was their age…I know what they both feel…but it will never end well.
Mr. Izumi: We're here!
Mrs. Kamiya: Thanks for the lift! Have a good night!
Takaishi car:
Jacques: TK! What the hell is wrong with you?!
TK: Ah, just leave me alone. I don't want to talk about it!
Anne: It has to do with that girl, Kari…He was about to kiss her in front of Mai and that girl's boyfriend.
TK: Izzy's not her boyfriend! He's just a friend of ours, her mom has forced her to take to this dance!
Anne: Aha…and she wants you?
Clarice (excited, as she liked Kari a lot): So TK…did you kiss her?
TK (smiling): No…didn't get to do it…thanks to grandma and Kari's mom! Thanks by the way!
Clarice: Why did you stop him? He's been drooling over that girl since he was 8!
Jacques: Really?
TK: Can we change the subject?
Anne: I did not know it. But it was still disrespectful towards Mai!
TK: I don't care about her! Neither of that asshole of a father of hers! And…the moment was just perfect. She was perfect…the hair, the dress, the necklace…her eyes were shining…it was like looking at an angel…I couldn't hold it in anymore…
Clarice: You're a real romantic! My son finally has a girlfriend! I'm sorry, he has THE Girlfriend! Everyone loves Kari!
Anne: I don't!
Clarice: You never talked to her! That girl is so sweet! She is truly breathtaking!
Anne: Fine…I will try to adapt…
Kamiya residence:
Kari was still awake when her mother had arrived. She was watching TV curled up on the couch. Her father and Tai were already asleep.
Mrs. Kamiya: You should go to bed!
Kari: I'm not sleepy…
Mrs. Kamiya: What you pulled today…
Kari: I'm sorry. I'm sorry for being in love…
Mrs. Kamiya: Kari…I saw the way you looked at each other. (she sat down next to her daughter)
Kari: So why do you oppose?
Mrs. Kamiya: You see…when I was your age, I had a boyfriend who looked at me the same way. I was truly in love, but when it got serious he backed out. He left me on my prom night and since then, I swore to not be with guys like that. Guys like TK are not trustworthy. They only want as many girls as possible. And I don't want you to get hurt!
Kari: Mom…I never knew that…and you know I always appreciate your advice, but TK is different…I've actually been in love with him for 8 years now…
Mrs. Kamiya: 8 years?! I thought you were just friends when you were kids!
Kari: We were…but I developed quite quickly feelings for him…even when he was that little crybaby (she smiled) and it turns out he was the same.
Mrs. Kamiya: Kari…please don't rush into it! Who knows those feelings could have been only friendship. I urge you not to date him. At least not for now! Plus he is in too deep with the Uchida family. Please promise me you will not do anything foolish.
Kari (disappointed): I promise…