Protection of the Light: Part 2
by Kari
A/N: Hey everybody, here's part 2... even though I haven't gotten that many reviews, but that's okay, the few I've gotten... thank you! But anyway, um... not much to say for this one... Oh, summary. Okay, so Kari and T.K. are going to homecoming, and something happens... that's all I can tell you so I don't give anything away! Read on! Kari ^_^
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T.K. pulled into the parking lot of Odaiba High School. He helped Kari out of the car and offered his arm to her again. She giggled lightly and took it happily. The people the two of them passed looked at them with jealousy and a strange ominous respect. T.K. loved the jealous looks other guys were giving him... it told him he truly had the most beautiful girl in the world at his side. He looked to Kari - her face was brighter than the full moon that sparkled in her crystal brown eyes. She was loving this attention just as much as he was. The couple floated past their classmates and into the cafeteria, where the dance was being held. Kari gasped in awe when she saw the decor. The huge room had been transformed. From the ceiling hung thousands of tiny star-like lights surrounding a single large disco ball that sent even more tiny bits of light dancing around the room. Streamers twirled in the light breezes omitted from the air conditioner. Colored lights danced on each face in the room from their origin near the DJ's table. T.K. was also marveling at the transformation of the room in which just two days before a food fight had completely covered the room in sushi and ketchup. Kari looked up at T.K., both of them caught up in the moment, and smiled. "Come on T.K., let's dance!" "Okay!" T.K. ran happily onto the dance floor, Kari right beside him clutching to his hand. They began dancing to a few fast songs. "You're a wonderful dancer, T.K.!" Kari shouted over the loud blast of the music. "You too!" The music suddenly stopped and the DJ's voice rang out over the crowd from the large speakers. "Heeeeeeeeeeey, hope you all are having a great time tonight!" A chorus of cheers erupted from the crowd of happy students. "This next song is for all you couples that are meant to be!" The colored lights dimmed and the lights from the disco ball and the lights hanging from the ceiling were the only sources of light in the room. They shone brightly over the couples that were beginning to collect in the center of the dance floor. T.K. looked lovingly upon Kari and she smiled sweetly back. "May I have this dance?" he asked her quietly, holding his hand out to her. "Any time you want," she whispered back. T.K. gently drew her to him and put his hands on her waist. Kari reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck. "You having a good time?" T.K. whispered into Kari's ear... his warm, sweet breath sent chills up her spine. "Incredibly," she whispered happily back, and leaned her head on T.K.'s chest. She could hear his heart pounding and she blushed slightly in spite of herself. "I can hear your heart," she said playfully. "You mean your heart, you stole it." Kari looked startled into his crystalline blue eyes. "Huh?" "You stole my heart Kari, so long ago... it beats only for you." Kari couldn't breathe. "T.K...." "I love you Kari." "...!" She was so happy she couldn't even form a reply. All she could do was smile at him as joyful tears filled her eyes. T.K. wrapped his arms tightly around her and pressed his lips to hers. She tightened her hold on him and returned the kiss. "I love you too," she whispered against his mouth. The kiss deepened and their heads swam as a light began to glow faintly around them. With each passing unbelieveable moment the light grew in intensity. The light was a mixture of yellow and pink and it swirled around them like a summer breeze. The other students in the room by now had their eyes fixed on the pair with fascinated, horrified, and soft expressions. "Whoa, where'd that light come from?" a student said in the silent crowd. T.K. and Kari were oblivious to the light around them, but suddenly they could no longer feel the floor under their feet. They broke their kiss and looked beneath them... but there was nothing to be seen - just darkness. Kari gasped at the sight, or lack thereof, and held even more tightly to T.K... out of terror this time. T.K. held Kari to him and looked below them in horror. "T.K...." Kari whimpered in a meek and frightened voice, "w-where are we?" "I don't know," T.K. said frantically, "but we sure aren't in Kansas anymore."
"Look there, how sweeeeeeet..." a low, menacing voice said from the darkness. "Who's there?" T.K. called out agressively. "What? You've forgotten me already? You only just stole the only thing I've ever loved..." "Davis, is that you?" Kari called out, frightened. "Bingo... at least my girl recognizes my voice." "I'M NOT YOUR GIRL!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT?!?" Kari was getting angry now... she was so annoyed with Davis always thinking she was his, even after all these years of her flirting and spending all her time with T.K. Davis stepped out from the shadows... he looked truly evil. His eyes were dark and were omitting a dark, blood-red glow. They were the only source of light coming from where the angry boy was standing. "W...what's wrong with you, Davis?" "Nothing... just taking a little revenge." "WHY? We never did anything to you!" T.K. was enfuriated. He was having the most perfect night.. leave it to Davis to find some way to ruin it. "YOU did the worst thing to me... you BOTH did... you loved each other." "Davis, we can't help that... you can't just change what you feel, especially after feeling it for so long." "YES! I'll make you change it..." Davis shifted his weight and stepped closer to the pair of frightened and angry teenagers. "You're probably wondering how a moron like me got you here, huh? Probably marveling at my genius?" "Actually, we were wondering... NOT marveling though... we didn't exactly see what happened..." Kari whimpered, looking at T.K. and then to her feet. "You didn't see the glow or anything?" "What glow? All we saw was nothing under our feet." "That's it?" "Yeah." Davis looked angrily into the distance. "Crap... now I have to tell you the long, boring story... if I didn't, this would be any fun." He laughed menacingly at the two as the cowered together. "So here's what happened. After I saw you two together on Thursday, I wanted to kill you T.P... and I was thinking of doing it too, but then that stupid soccer ball hit me in the head. You humiliated me, and so I will humiliate you. I didn't know how to do that at first, so I went to Ken and... *nonchalantly* asked him how he first took over the Digiworld and controlled it and all that. He told me, and then the Scubamon... remember them, wonderfully dark Digimon they are... told me how they used the power of Kari's crest to get her to that other dimension. So I used it... I used the power of both of your crests to get you to this alternative dimension of the Digital World. That's where the glow came from, and all your classmates at the dance just saw the two of you disappear into thin air..." Davis paused for a moment and took a threatening step towards T.K. and Kari. He grinned at them cruelly. "If I can't have Kari, nobody can have her..." Davis lunged forward and tackled T.K. away from Kari, hitting him in the chest with his head. "Ugh..." T.K. groaned. Davis had gotten stronger since they had last fought, and had knocked the air out of him. "DAVIS, STOP!" Kari shouted frantically, tears springing to her eyes. Davis didn't listen to her. He just kept beating the daylights out of T.K. "Davis... stop... I can't pay... for.. this tux..." T.K. stammered through every blow Davis was administering him. "TOO DAMN BAD!" Davis yelled as he continued beating T.K. Kari felt so helpless standing to the side, watching Davis kill her one true love. She at first was afraid... then that fear turned to agressiveness... then the agressiveness flourished into a rage. She felt something inside her give her inhuman strength. She began to glow a fiery pink (Yeah, I know... there's no such color... just imagine it, okay?) as she took slow steps towards the evil Davis. "Davis, let go of him... NOW," she threatened. Davis stopped hitting T.K. and looked disbelievingly to her. His eyes widened when he saw her. T.K. painfully raised his head to look at the glowing girl. "K...Kari..." Kari looked at T.K. and smiled lovingly upon him, and then her eyes turned ice cold with rage as they once again snapped back to look angrily upon Davis. "Davis, if you touch him again, I'll kill you." Davis smirked and stood up to face her. "So Hikari, you're finally coming to me..." Davis grinned evilly, using her real name. "In your dreams Daisuke," she shot back venomously, using his real name as well. She knew he hated it. Davis let out a cry of anger and rushed towards her in an attempt to harm her. T.K. tried to get up to help her, but he was too injured. He watched in horror as Davis drew closer to her...
"Kari, NO!" T.K. cried as Davis got to her. She narrowed her eyes and held up her hands in front of her as Angewomon did when she used her Heaven's Charm attack, and an invisible force field conjugated itself in between she and Davis. Davis smacked hard against it and flew back. "What the..." Davis mumbled in angry wonder, rubbing his forehead. "You can't get to me... not while T.K. loves me." T.K.'s eyes widened in surprise. I'm helping her? he thought. "Well then I'll just have to get rid of him, won't I?" Davis turned his back on Kari and lunged for T.K. again. T.K. cried out and held his hands up in front of his face for protection...
"Agh!" T.K. looked up and saw Davis flying back from him once more. He looked above him and saw Kari behind him, standing guard. "I told you... don't touch him again or I'll kill you." "Yeah right Hikari... you don't have the guts. Remember? You told P.J. here that you weren't strong like your brother... and you still aren't." "No..." T.K. sputtered through his bleeding and swollen lip, "you're wrong Davis. She was strong then, and she's always been strong... ever since she was 8, and before that I'm sure, but I didn't know her then... You can't beat her Davis, you might as well give up now..." T.K. propped himself up on one elbow and tried to shield Kari as much as he could. "HA! You idiot, she's weak! Love blinds you, T.I.... her shields didn't even phase me!" "Davis, you're the idiot. And phase... where did you learn that one? They're too advanced for you." "SHUTUP!" Davis lunged for T.K. again, and Kari narrowed her eyes. She put up a shield that was strong enough to keep Davis from harming T.K., but allowed one of his fingers to brush the bottom of T.K.'s foot. "Okay, that's it... you touched him, now you die." Davis looked up in momentary fear, and then in cruel, uncaring triumph. "Go ahead, kill me. I don't have anything to live for anyway, if T.K. has you." Davis stood straight and prepared himself for the blow that Kari was preparing for him. T.K. looked up at Kari in fear. "Kari, don't do it... don't kill him." "T.K., I never go back on my word." T.K. gasped in horror at what Kari had become to protect him. She straightened herself and looked at Davis. "And now Davis... you meet your fate." Davis laughed coldly. "Go ahead." But then Kari did something totally unexpected. She knelt at T.K.'s side and used her power given to her from the crest of Light to heal T.K's wounds. He stood up beside her. "But, aren't you killing him?... I think that's what I remember you saying you were gonna do..." T.K. asked frantically, fearing her answer. "I am... but I don't hurt people physically." Kari jumped up and wrapped her arms around T.K.'s neck and kissed him. T.K. was shocked... but her wrapped his arms around her once more and returned the kiss. "NOOOO!" Davis screamed. The kiss T.K. and Kari were engaged in was so... different from the one they had shared earlier that night... this kiss had more passion - more lust - more love than any other kiss either of them had ever seen, heard of, or experienced before. The dark world around them was filled with a holy light as their tongues intertwined in a dance that was truly meant to be. The light overcame Davis and a darkness from inside him escaped. "AHHH!" he screamed in agony into the light, and as T.K. and Kari kissed passionately, pink and yellow tendrils of light surrounded them and they suddenly felt solid ground beneath them once more. They faintly heard the song they had first been dancing to come to a close, and they finally broke apart. They smiled lovingly into each other's eyes as the colored lights from the crests disappeared and only the lights from the ceiling and from the disco ball remained. A clap rang out from the silent, shocked crowd of students gathered around them, and suddenly, gradually, more and more claps joined in. T.K. and Kari looked around them in surprise. The entire student body surrounded them, clapping and cheering wildly. The couple blushed and smiled at each other and then to the crowd.
~*~ In front of the Kamiya's apartment building~*~
T.K. and Kari sat in Matt's car, tired out from the dance and their battle. "Do you want to go in now? It's getting a little chilly," T.K. said, turning his head to the side to look into Kari's eyes. "No, I just want to stay here with you." "Sweetie, it's almost 3... I'd rather not have Tai kill me today." Kari giggled and playfully punched his shoulder. "T.K... haven't I proven that I won't let anything hurt you?" T.K. smiled and took Kari's hand in his and kissed it. "I guess you're right." He paused and thought for a moment. "Kari?" "Mmm?" "Do you think Davis really died? Or did that darkness die?" "I don't know T.K., but I don't think his physical body really died... maybe just his digital body." T.K. raised an eyebrow in confusion. "What do you mean? You're starting to sound like Izzy..." "I mean that maybe, if it was his digital body that died, maybe he can't go to the Digital World anymore... but I don't know, we'll find out on Monday, I don't want to think about it anymore." T.K. gazed into Kari's shining eyes. "God, I love you Kari," he whispered dreamily. "I love you so much T.K.," Kari replied happily, just as quietly. T.K. exited the car and helped Kari out as well. She stumbled from exhaustion and grabbed hold of T.K. to support herself. "I guess kicking Davis's butt really got to me," she giggled sheepishly. T.K. laughed lighty, wrapped his tuxedo jacket around Kari, and scooped her up into his arms. He carried her up the stairs and to her apartment. When he reache dthe door, he kicked a knock and a wide awake Tai, holding a cup of tea, opened it. "Have fun?" he smirked, looking to his watch. "5 minutes late... I'll let it slide this time." T.K. looked down at Kari lovingly and realized she had fallen asleep. "She's so beautiful..." T.K. breathed aloud. "What happened tonight that made her fall asleep so fast?" "Nothing, she's just tired out from all the dancing." "Well, Sora's in the kitchen making more tea, so you can put Kari in bed and then join us if you want." "Sure, that'd be nice, thanks Tai." T.K. suddenly grinned. "You sure I won't be in the way?" Tai narrowed his eyes. "Just go put her in bed, alright!" he said with an exasperated sigh. T.K. laughed as Tai went back into the kitchen, and he took Kari into her and Tai's room and gently placed her on the bottom bunk. He sat down next to her sleeping form and gently kissed her mouth. Kari stirred in her sleep and awoke to T.K.'s smiling face. "Whoa, deja vu..." she giggled. "I could definitely get used to waking up this way." T.K. smiled at Kari and laughed. "So could I." He leaned down and gently kissed her forehead. She sighed happily, and he kissed the tip of her nose, followed my her cheek, and finally making his way to her lips. He hadn't meant it to be a deep kiss, but he felt her arms gently pulling him down to her. They kissed as deeply as they had at the dance, and couldn't seem to break it. T.K. pressed his lips harder onto Kari's and he felt her open her mouth. Kari sighed happily... T.K. was hers, and she was finally his. Sora and Tai stood silently in the doorway, watching the two with soft expressions on their content faces. "Should I kill him?" Tai whispered to Sora, causing her to giggle lightly. "No... they look like us, Tai," she said, squeezing his hand. "Well, I guess I'll let them be... just as long as the clothes stay on," Tai replied playfully, wrapping his arms around Sora's waist and giving her a small peck on the cheek. Sora giggled and sighed happily within Tai's warm embrace.
T.K. and Kari fell asleep in each other's arms. Tai had called Matt to let him know T.K. had spent the night at their house. "No Matt, they didn't... Sora and I kept an eye on them." Tai and Sora went into the kitchen to start breakfast. It was a truly humbling experience... they felt as if this was some kind of look into their future... cooking breakfast early Sunday morning for the children they someday hoped to have together. T.K. awoke to the smells floating in from the kitchen and looked at Kari. She had her head propped up by her arm and she smiled sweetly into his eyes. "I was wondering when you'd get up," she giggled, running her finger softly down his cheek. "Whenever there's food, I'm up!" He sat up a bit and gave Kari a small good morning kiss. "Hmm, we seem to do this a lot," she sighed playfully upon his lips. "Point being...?" he teased. They broke apart and got up. They realized that they were still in their clothes from the previous evening. "Ugh, I slept in this dress? How uncomfortable." "Easy for you to say... I still had the cumberbun and the tie on from my tux." They walked into the kitchen and smelled the delicious breakfast of eggs, sushi, bacon, and other wonderful smells they couldn't quite separate from the rest. "Good morning you two, care for some breakfast?" Sora said cheerfully. They nodded, smiling hungrily. "Wait a second," Tai said, "first you two change out of those clothes. I know you wouldn't want to pay for that tux if you got anything on it..." "From experience," Sora cut in. Tai playfully shot her a mock hurt look and she laughed and turned back to cooking. "Come on T.K., I'll find you some of Tai's clothes to wear..." Kari said, taking T.K.'s hand and leading him back into the bedroom. "NO you're not, I'LL find him some clothes." Tai motioned for T.K. to follow and Kari tagged along. "Well that was counterproductive now, wasn't it?" Kari giggled, looking around the room she had just left. T.K. chuckled in agreement. "Here ya go," Tai said, tossing a blue shirt and a pair of khaki pants to T.K., "you can change in the bathroom over there," he added, gesturing to a door at the side of the room. T.K. went into the bathroom and changed while Kari changed into more comfortable clothes in the bedroom. After they were done, they returned to the kitchen and sat down to an incredible breakfast. "Wow Tai, you've really outdone yourself this time," Kari commented as she looked around at the food on the table. "Well, it was a special occasion... your first night together."
~*~The next day~*~
T.K. walked slowly to Kari's apartment. He wasn't exactly looking forward to this day... He reached their door and knocked three times. Kari answered it. "Hey sweetie," she smiled, kissing T.K. on the cheek. He kissed her back, but he wasn't too enthusiastic about it. Kari sensed his apprehension. "You worried about Davis too?" "Yeah... what if we really killed him, Kari? I know we hated each other, but he was still my friend... deep, DEEP down... and I don't know if I could live with the fact that I was responsible for his death." Kari looked into his eyes sadly... they reflected his worry perfectly. "You weren't the one that actually killed him T.K.... it was me, so if we.. I mean I really killed him, you think I could live with that?" T.K. took Kari into his arms and rested his chin on the top of her head. She pressed her head onto T.K.'s chest and listened to his heart. It was beating rapidly, though whether it was out of love for Kari or fear for Davis she couldn't tell. "Well, whatever happened... we'll help each other through it, okay?" "Okay.. I love you." "I love you too." T.K. brieflly kissed the girl he held to. "Well, might as well get it over with," Kari said with a worried sigh, grabbing her bookbag and walking out of the apartment, hand in hand with T.K.
They walked up to Odaiba High School, and the two of them felt curious eyes on them. Obviously the events of Saturday night had gotten around to the remainder of the school that had not attended the homecoming dance. Fingers pointed in their direction. Many people smiled at them and offered a kind hello or a wave. Some said congratulations. A few even clapped as they passed by. T.K. and Kari graciously accepted any comments they heard. Kari suddenly stopped in her tracks and squeezed T.K.'s hand tightly. "What is it, Kari?" "Look..." Kari held up a trembling finger and pointed to a figure sitting on the bench in across from the computer room. "Davis..."
T.K. and Kari walked slowly up to Davis and he looked up at them sadly. "Hey you two, how's it going?" "Great..." "Look, we're sorry about all this," Kari said, looking at the linoleum floor. "Don't be... I realized you couldn't possibly be mine. But that's not even the worst thing..." "What?" T.K. asked him. He was curious. "I can't go to the Digiworld anymore..." Tears found their way to Davis's eyes, but he kept them at bay. He would NOT allow these two to see him cry. "W...what?" Kari said in a faltering voice. "I tried to open the gate and it refused my digivice..." Kari looked at T.K. with fear clouding her usually happy eyes. T.K. looked back at her with a horrified expression. "Oh God..." he said quietly.
To be continued... MAYBE, if I get enough reviews. So how did you like it? I hope you did. If I get enough reviews, I'll write a sequel to this story.... but in a whole different story. I can't just add a totally different story to this one, ya know? It'll be more of a drama than a romance, but it'll have the Takari and Taiora and maybe even a little Mimou or Mimato or Izumi for all you Mimi fans. But I don't know which couple to use... I'm more of a Mimou fan myself, but either couple will work... just tell me which one you'd rather see in the next fic, and that's the one I'll use. ^_^ Anyway, review now, PLEASE! Talk to you peeples later, my next fic is in the making as we speak!! Until next time! ~ 3
Kari :)