This is the sequel to Desire and Sorrow. So please be kind when reviewing. Thanx! By the way, this takes place 4 years after the DigiDestined first entered the Digiworld, so that would make Tai, Sora & Matt 15 years old, Mimi & Izzy 14 years old, TK & Kari 12 years old & Joe 16 years old. Disclaimer: This fic is not sponsered by Akiyoshi Hongo Toei Animation, Bandai, or the Upper Deck Company, LLC Digimon, Digital Monsters and all related logos, names and distinctive likenesses thereof are property of Bandai/Toei Animation. Sorry about that, Now on with the fic!
Desire and Sorrow Part 2: The Meeting
TK woke up early next morning as miserable as he was last night. He paced around his room at least a hundred times, still thinking about what he saw last night. It played over and over again in his head, each time being more painful and agonizing. He then noticed the Digivice and Crest placed conveniently atop his dresser drawer. He picked up them both up and placed the Digivice into his pocket. He then examined his Crest of Hope.
"HA, what a joke, Why is it that I was given the Crest of Hope?" he uttered to himself angrily.
He then placed the Crest in his pocket along with the Digivice. He sat down and cried to himself, thinking about that night.
"Oh Kari, if only I had told you I loved you sooner, then maybe you and I could have been together, happy." He said to himself
He then reminisced about all the memories he had about Kari in the past. He also thought about all the chances that he had to tell her how much he cared for her. But now it was too late. He felt helpless in his room. He then thought about how much he hated Daisuke. But then he realized that he has nobody to blame but himself for not telling Kari soon enough. Soon after that, the phone rang.
"TK, it's for you sweetie, It's Izzy!" TK's mother yelled from the kitchen.
"I've got it mom! Hello Izzy?"
"Hey TK, How's it going?"
"Not so good."
"Oh sorry to hear that, did things go well with Kari last night?"
There was a brief silence between the both of them. Izzy could tell that something was wrong.
"No, I found out that she……..loves…… someone else…." TK said in melancholy tone.
"Oh, TK, I am so sorry to hear that, will you be OK?" Izzy asked.
"Yeah, sure, I'll be fine." TK said
Izzy could tell through his voice that he was lying, that he was in serious pain.
"Anyways TK, I need you to get your brother and meet in the park today at 12 o' clock."
"Sure, but what for?"
"You could say that we're having a DigiDestined meeting, be sure to bring your Crest and Digivice as well."
"OK Izzy, and I'll go see my brother and tell him."
"Alright, see ya soon TK!"
"Bye Izzy"
TK hung up the phone and put got dressed. He told his mom that he was going to go see Matt and the others and would be back in a while. But then a terrible thought came to him. 'Oh no, Kari's going to be there, I wont be able to face her. Not now' He started towards Matt's house with a depressed expression on his face. He then looked at his watch; it read 10:55 A.M.
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Kari was up already and went over to wake up Tai from his slumber.
"Hey Tai! Get up! It's already 11 o' clock, don't you think we should get ready for that meeting with Izzy and the others?" She asked as she shook him
"OK! OK! I'am awake. Just stop shaking me!"
They both got dressed and prepared to leave for the park.
"Hey Kari, I didn't here you come in last night. You must have had some date with Daisuke last night, huh!" Tai said with a sly grin on his face.
"Yeah……I guess." Kari said with a doubtful tone.
"Kari is there something wrong?"
"No…..It's just that……Tai, how do you know when you're in love with somebody?"
"That's a pretty serious subject Kari. Care to sit down and talk about it?"
"Sure." She said.
"So what happened last night Kari?" he asked
"Well, Daisuke and I were in the park holding hands…"
"Right."
"And we stood on the bridge and he told me that he loved me…" Kari said.
"And what did you say?" Tai asked.
"I told him that I loved him too."
"Do you really love him?"
"Yes, of course I do, what are you getting at?"
"Nothing Kari, I just don't want to see you get hurt, because there are a lot of guys that play with trustful girls' emotions. I'm just looking out for you li'l sis.
"Thanks Tai."
"No problem, what are big brothers for? C'mon, lets get going."
"Alright" she said.
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TK finally reached Matt's house and knocked on the door.
His father answered the door and greeted him.
"Oh, hi son, long time no see, eh?" his father asked.
"Yeah, I guess it's been quite a while, hasn't it?"
"Is there something wrong TK? You seem a little down in the dumps today."
"No Dad, I'm fine."
"That's good to hear, Matt will be down in a sec. So, I hear you guys are going to the park."
"Yeah, it's good that I finally get to spend some quality time with Matt"
"Yeah." His father uttered.
Matt finally dressed and headed out the front door. TK almost didn't recognize Matt at first. He looked so much different from when he remembered last.
"Ready to go Matt?" TK asked
"Yeah, lets go li'l bro!"
"You guys be careful, alright?"
"Sure thing Dad, we'll be back soon, don't worry" Matt yelled as he walked with TK towards the direction of the park.
"I take it you got Izzy's message?" TK asked Matt.
"Yeah, do you have any idea what this is all about TK?"
"He said it had something to do with the DigiWorld." He responded in an unhappy tone
"Oh OK", he then noticed that TK was a little depressed. "What's the matter TK? You aren't your cheerful self today."
TK knew he couldn't lie to his older brother Matt, it seems that he always knew when something was wrong with him.
"Well……..It's……… about Kari" he uttered.
"Kari!!!" he said shockingly.
TK started going over the details with his older brother.
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Tai and Kari continued walking along the sidewalk and continued on with their conversation.
"Hey Kari, last night TK came to the house and asked to see you, Did he talk with you last night."
"No, what did he want to tell me?"
"I don't know, but he was really eager to find you, I guess you can ask him about it when you see him at the meeting."
"Alright."
Tai and Kari were walking down the street when Tai noticed that Daisuke was in a vacant alley talking with another girl.
"Hey Kari, isn't that Daisuke talking with Miyako?"
"Yeah it is, let's eavesdrop and hear what they're talking about."
They snuck behind a wall by the alley and listened in on their conversation. Kari was shocked on what she heard next……
"I love you Miyako!" Daisuke told her.
"Oh Daisuke, I love you too! I've been wanting to tell you this for the longest time!" Miyako said.
They both leaned forward and gave each other a passionate kiss on the lips.
Kari was full of rage and depression all at the same time. Tai could see that Kari was hurting inside. He then witnessed something he thought he'd never see Kari do. Kari walked right up to Daisuke….
"Oh, Kari, it's not what it seems, I was just…..I mean….What I meant to say was…I" he mumbled, but it was soon cut short……..
POW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The next thing he knew, he was on the floor bleeding from the nose and mouth.
"YOU STUPID JERK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kari shrieked.
Infuriated, Kari stomped out of the alley. Leaving Daisuke on the floor, With Miyako watching the whole time horrified and frightened.
"C'mon Tai, let's go see the others!" Kari yelled.
Tai gladly followed her from behind.
"Wow Kari, that was amazing! I've never seen you hit someone so hard! Man can you through a punch or what!"
Kari then stopped suddenly and started to cry.
"OH TAI!" She said sobbing "I trusted him, I trusted THAT STUPID IDIOT!! And he…he…he."
"It's OK Kari, I'm here" he said trying to comfort her.
"But Tai….."
"I know it hurts a lot Kari, I know the pain you're feeling. But always remember, that I will always be here, and so will your friends. Matt, Mimi, Sora, Joe, Izzy and TK."
"Yeah." She said sniffling. "Your right Tai."
"And always remember Kari, we'll always be there if you need a shoulder to cry on."
"Thanks Tai, I needed that."
"No problem li'l sis. Now let's get to the park, it's already 12 o' clock!"
"Right, lets go!"
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"Where are they!?" Mimi asked as she and Joe were standing under a tree in the middle of the park.
"Calm down Mimi, it's only 12:04 P.M." Joe said trying to come down the hysterical and overactive girl.
"NO JOE!! I will not calm down! Don't you realize that I could be getting my hair done by now!? But noooooo." She trailed off and started to talk about other reasons why she shouldn't be in the park today.
Joe sighed and looked at his watch again ignoring Mimi's sudden outbursts of anger.
"Hmmm……12:08 P.M." he said to himself. "I hope they get here soon, I don't think I can take much more of this" he said looking in Mimi's direction.
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"And that's the whole story Matt."
Matt looked at TK shockingly, he couldn't believe what he just heard.
"I am so sorry to hear that TK, maybe Kari just wasn't the right person for you." He said staring at him, "But don't worry!" he said trying to cheer his brother up. "There are plenty of fish in the sea."
"But I only want that fish!" he said still thinking about Kari.
"Oh TK, I know it hurts a lot right now, but you'll get over it, then you'll meet someone new and have a good relationship and forget all about Kari."
"But I don't want to forget about Kari!"
"Listen TK, we're here, we'll talk about this a little later"
"Alright Matt, thanks for trying to cheer me up"
"No problem"
They both spotted Mimi and Joe under a large tree in the park, they walked over and greeted them.
"Hey Mimi! Hey Joe! How's it going?" Matt said in a cheerful tone.
"Hey Matt! Hey TK! I'm doing just fine, but I'm not so sure about Mimi………"
"WHERE WERE YOU TWO, YOU'RE FIFTEEN MINUTES LATE!!!!" Mimi shrieked.
"Whoa! Sorry Mimi, don't you think you should calm down a little first before you yell at us"
"Oh, I'm sorry Matt and TK, I didn't mean to yell, It's just I like to keep things on schedule."
"It's OK Mimi, we forgive you." TK said.
Both Mimi and Joe noticed that TK wasn't his usual fun-loving self today.
"Is there something wrong TK?" Joe asked.
"Well……."
"We'll talk about this later Joe, I think I see Izzy and Sora." Matt said cutting TK off short, he knew that TK didn't feel like sharing the information with them right now.
"Hey guys, sorry we're late." Sora said.
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"We better get moving Kari, we're pretty late." Tai said.
"Right, lets get going"
They finally reached the park and saw the entire gang there under a large tree.
"Hey Guys! What's happening?" Tai asked lively
"Nothing much." Sora said. "We're all just waiting for your sorry butts to get here!"
"Sorry about that, we ran into a little trouble, but I took care of it" Kari said.
"It's OK, we all forgive you."
"Gosh, how long has it been since the eight of us were together?" Matt asked
"Too long!" Joe replied.
"Yeah!" TK said.
"Anyways Izzy, Why did you call this meeting anyway?" Tai asked.
"Well, first order of business, did everyone bring their Digivices and Crests?"
"YES!" They all replied at the same time.
"Good, because we may need very soon. Anyways, let me tell you what happened last night after TK left. I received an e-mail from Gennai last night….."
"What did he say!?" Kari asked excitedly.
"He infomed that the Dark Masters have reurned to the DigiWorld!"
"WHAT!!!!!!!!" They all yelled at the same time.
"Did I hear you right in saying that the Dark Masters have returned to the Digiworld?" Joe asked.
"That is correct Joe" Izzy assured.
"But that's impossible!! We defeated the Dark Masters years ago! How did it happen?" Tai asked
"They have been brought back to life through an ancient prophecy. So you know what this means don't you?"
"Right, we have to go back and finish them off once and for all." Izzysaid.
Everybody was shocked at this sudden outburst from Izzy.
"Yeah, Izzy's right everybody , let's go!" Kari said
"Right, we did it once and we can do it again!"Sora exclaimed.
"But it wont be that simple, They will not be as easy to defeat! They have been given immense amount of power through the ancient prophecy.
"All right, that settles it, we all have to go back." Tai announced. Everybody hold out your tags and crests and we'll get going."
"Wait Tai!" Joe said
"What is it Joe?"
"Don't you think we're all being a bit hasty here! Sure we've defeated them before, but didn't you here what Gennai said. They are a whole lot stronger now and it's gonna take a lot more to defeat them this time."
"You make a good point Joe! But we're the DigiDestined, we have to go back, otherwise both our worlds will be in great peril" Izzy said.
"Right, so let's go!" Tai exclaimed.
Everyone agreed to this and held out their Crests. The Crests started reacting to this and one by one shot out a beam of light towards the sky. Everyone was excited that they were going to reunite with their Digimon companions after such a long time. Everyone that is, except for TK. He was still in a depressed state and couldn't even get excited about seeing Patamon again. Kari noticed that everyone was excited except for TK and became very concerned. After everybody entered the light, they levitated towards the sky and were ready to be sent back to the DigiWorld.
After a few moments, everyone found themselves in the forest. Everybody got up and brushed themselves off.
"Okay everyone! the first thing we need to do is find our Digimon." Matt anounced.
"That's a good idea, we can use our Digivices to help locate them." Izzy said.
Soon after, they found their Digimon, one by one, first it was Agumon and Gomamon, then later it was Biyomon and Gabumon, Then it was Palmon and Tentomon, finally it was Gatomon and Patamon. Everybody was happy to see each other. They were together again. Everyone set up camp for the night. They started a campfire and the Digimon told them stories of their adventures in the DigiWorld while they were gone. They all fell asleep one by one. Everybody except for TK. He stayed and looked at the many stars in the sky.
Then he shot a glance at Kari and thought about all the good times he had with her. He was extremely sad and started to cry again.
"Oh Kari!" he sobbed. "It's all my fault, if I only had the courage to tell you sooner, then maybe you would of……" He stopped and sat there thinking for a while and Patamon woke up.
"TK! What's wrong? Why are you crying?" The confused little Digimon asked him.
"It's nothing Patamon." He lied and sniffled "Go back to sleep."
"TK, I know you're not telling me the truth, just tell me, it might make you feel better."
"All right then." TK said, he explained every detail to the little Digimon.
"Wow! That's really tough TK. Gosh!"
"Yeah, that's the whole story Patamon. I cant even look at her the same anymore" He started to cry again.
"Don't cry TK, it will be all right, I know how you feel. I am here for you buddy"
"How can you say that? Nobody could possibly understand the pain I'm feeling right now." TK got up and started to walk away from the camp site.
"Where ya going TK?" Patamon asked.
TK stared at the little Digimon and told him simply…..
"I don't know, but I need some time to myself to think this out."
"Please TK! Let me come with you!"
"Not this time buddy, you stay here and tell the others that I've gone off for a while and I'll be back later. Please do me that favor Patamon."
"OK TK, but promise me that you'll return safe and sound."
"You've got yourself a deal, Bye Patamon!" TK waved as he walked off in the other direction.
The next day everyone woke up and noticed that something was wrong about a quarter way through breakfast.
"Hey wait a minute!" Kari said as she started counting.
"Let's see 1….2…..3…4….5…6…and I would be seven, Where's TK!"
Everyone started frantically looking around and calling out his name, but they received no answer.
"Hey guys" Patamon yelled. "I think I know where TK went."
"Where!!!?" Asked everybody at the same time.
"He said he needed some time to think and went into the forest" patamon said.
Everybody was shocked at this information.
"No, not now, we need him to beat the Dark Masters!" Mimi yelled
"Okay, everyone split up. Mimi Palmon, Gomamon and Joe, You go off in that direction. Tai, Agumon, Biyomon and Sora search in that direction. Me, Tentomon, Gatomon, Gabumon, Kari, Matt, and Patamon will search for TK in the forest. Okay?" Izzy announced.
"Right!!" Everyone said at the same time and they broke off into groups to search for the lost boy.
"We'll all meet back here in two hours! OK?"
Everyone sped off in their assigned direction to search for TK.
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Don't you just luv the irony of it all. So how was this one! Let me know what you think, I'd like to here from you guys, I plan to write another story to this sequel. Okay, bye bye! Sorry to everybody for yet again, another cliffhanger.