"Tai," Sora said,"I know you, Something's bothering you, big time! Does it have anything to do with the dream you had last night?"
"Matt told you?" he asked, a little surprised.
"Yeah," Sora said,"He was worried about you." "Well, I'm fine," he said.
She was about to ask him something else, when Mimi suddenly cried out "Ah!"
"Its Metalseadramon!" Tentomon said.
"Digivolve Agumon!" Tai ordered.
"You too, Gabumon." Matt said.
"Agumon warpdigivolve to Wargreymon!"
"Gabumon warp digivolve to Metalgarurumon!" "Terra Force!"
"Ice Wolf Claw!"
Metalseadramon dogged their attacks. "River of Power!" He yelled, attacking the ground. The earth below them was ripped apart and tossed everyone around like rag dolls.
"Kari!"
Tai opened his eyes slowly. He was laying on his back on a pile of dirt. He saw Koromon a few feet from him, asleep, and Matt and T.K. talking a few feet away also. Ignoring the pain in his legs, he stood up. His heart began to race. Where was Kari? He started to run across the landscape. "Kari!"
"Tai!" Koromon said, bouncing over to him. "You can't move yet!"
"No!" Tai said, limping," I need to find Kari!"
"Tai,"Matt said,"You can't move anywhere yet. You can't help Kari if you're hurt!"
"Yeah," Tai said, sitting down. He started sobbing. "You're right."
"Oh man!" Matt thought,"Tai really does have a heart."
"Its my fault," Tai said,"I should have been next to her. Then she wouldn't be off by herself."
"Tai,"Matt said, sitting next to him,"Remember when we were fighting Devimon and he separated us?"
Tai nodded.
"You told me you knew how I felt about T.K. I said you didn't. Well, I would like to apologize! you do know how I feel."
Tai shook his head. "You don't know how I feel! You just are worried because T.K. can be captured by someone else, you didn't nearly kill him!"
"What? Tai, is there something you want to tell me?"
Tai finally told Matt about what happened between him and Kari. "Tai," Matt stuttered,"I...I had no idea!"
Tai looked up at him. "Do you hate me?"
"Of course not!" Matt said. "But you're right, I can only imagine what you must be feeling!"
"I feel like crap!" Tai said,"How could I have been so selfish? I wanted to play soccer, so I didn't care that Kari was sick! How could I have done that?"
Matt wasn't sure what to do. Tai was getting more and more depressed. "Tai, this is only the second time I've seen you cry. You really love your sister, huh?"
Tai sniffled. "Of course I do, but...she hates me! I'm a horrible big brother!
"She does not!" T.K. said, suddenly becoming vocal. "Kari looks up to you so much! She can't stop saying how your the best big brother in the world! That's what she told me! She wants to be just like you!"
"...and nearly kill someone she loves more than anything!" Tai bawled.
"Tai, I've never seen you act like this," Matt said,"Its like your heart...its softened!"
"That's what my psychiatrist said. She said subconsciously, I act cold because if I give in to my feelings, I'll go back to the feelings I had that day in the hospital!"
"So that's way!" Matt thought. "Poor Tai." Outloud he said,"Tai...maybe you should get some sleep. Tomorrow we'll get a stretcher or something and we'll search for Kari, okay?"
"O-Okay," Tai said, laying down.
Matt stared at him as he closed his eyes. "I may not have nearly killed T.K., but I do know what its like to think your the worst brother in the world. I'll do what it takes to find Kari, and help you two. I promise!"
to be continued...