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A/N: Mimi never moved. If you read the second chapter sometime before yesterday I added stuff to it. I suggest you go back and read it..
A Changed Destiny
Sora glanced up at the huge apartment building that stood before her. With her luck Tai was probably up there waiting for Kari to come home. She sighed as she opened the yellow cab door and helped Kari out.
"Sora, I'm sorry this happened. I-" Kari started for the seventh time on the way over, but Sora stopped her like each time before.
"Kari, its okay. Calm down. You don't have to be sorry for something you have no control over." Sora helped the shaking girl into the building and to the waiting elevator. It was empty so Sora continued their conversation inside. "What floor?" She asked as she ran her hand over the different buttons that lead to different floors.
"Seven." Sora hit the button with the seven printed on it and the doors closed. "But I do have control over it. I shouldn't have gotten angry; I shouldn't have gotten so worked up! That's one of my problems. I have to stay calm!"
"Does it hurt?" Sora asked. After she said it she mentally kicked herself. 'Does it hurt? What kind of stupid question is that?' She yelled silently.
"No," Kari lied, looking down at the floor of the elevator. She couldn't meet Sora's eyes right now. She felt too ashamed, angry, and pained. She knew if she looked up Sora would see the obvious pain in her eyes that was impossible to hide.
The elevator came to a slow halt and the doors opened into a long hall lined with doors. "We're in apartment 209." They walked down the hall in silence. Kari straightened up, refusing to let Sora help her. "Taichi's gonna be home. You don't have to come." They both stopped in front of a door marked 209. The name Kamiya was tacked up under the numbers.
"Do you have a key?"
"Yeah, its in my backpack-" She gasped in horror. "Which I left at the ice cream parlor! I have to go back and get it! I-"
"Kari, calm down! Now, do you need it tonight?" Kari shook her head. "Okay, well, I'll stop and pick it up on my way home."
"You go by there?"
"Yep. I'm still live in the same place I always have, across town. Besides I was supposed to work today and my mom's flower shop is near there."
"I'm sorry, Sora! I didn't mean to make you miss work!"
"Kari," Sora interrupted with a laugh. "You worry too much. I'm late, that's all. My mom'll understand. Meet me and my friends at the basketball courts tomorrow. I'll bring your backpack and you can hang out with TK."
Kari blushed at TK's name. "Bye Sora." Kari waved to her before knocking on the door.
The door opened and Kari looked up at her brother standing in the doorway. "Where's your key?" He asked.
"I forgot my backpack at school." He stepped back to let her inside. "Are you mad at me Taichi?"
Tai shut the door and looked down at the frail little girl standing before him. She was way too small for most girls her age and her voice was so quiet. He took a step toward her and wrapped her in a warm embrace. "No, I'm not." He pulled away and wrapped and an arm around her shoulders. "Are you hungry? I can make something for you if you want." He quizzed as he lead her toward the couch.
"No, I'm okay, Tai." Kari sat down beside Tai. She lay down against his chest and his grip around her shoulders tightened. He kissed her forehead and she looked up at him. Only now did she notice his black eye. "Taichi, why did Matt hit you?"
"Don't worry about it, Kari. He's my problem," Tai replied as he looked away from her and out through the glass door that lead onto the patio. The moon shown brightly in the darkening sky.
"But Tai, you're my brother and he's- well, I think he's my friend," Kari argued. Tai still didn't reply. "TK, you know who TK is right?"
"He's Matt's little brother."
"Yeah. He said that you were the leader of something, but he didn't say what."
Tai looked down at her and she saw a look of shame in his chocolate eyes. "Kari, I need you to promise me something." Kari nodded. "If any of them, Matt, Sora, Mimi, Izzy, Joe or TK ever bring up something called the Digital World walk away. Walk away and tell me."
"Okay Tai."
"Promise me!"
"I promise."
"Now I need a second promise. You have to promise never to ask me about it. Please Kari, I'm sure I sound nuts, but you have to promise."
"I-I promise. But Tai-" She was cut off by him kissing her on the forehead once more.
"Thank you." She looked up at him and saw tears pooling in his eyes.
"Why are you crying, Tai? Answer that please! I want to help!"
"Because when I saw them it hurt. I realized that I really did abandon them." He paused. "Then seeing her in his arms."
"Sora and Matt?" Kari asked innocently.
Tai nodded. "He was always the better man, and the better leader. It figures he'd get her. I guess I lost any chance after I left. Then he mumbled something Kari barely caught. "…the children of Friendship and Love together…"
Kari ignored it and lay against her brother once more, overcome by exhaustion. She felt her eyes droop as she let out a small yawn. She was tired after her long day and sleep beckoned her into darkness.
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Kari walked up to the basketball courts and held up her hand to shield her eyes from the bright, early morning sun. All her friends were gathered on the small bleachers. She could see Sora sitting with Matt's arm around her waist. TK laid stretched out on the bottom seat looking up at them. Mimi sat on the top bench next to Joe who had his arm around her waist, while Izzy was typing furiously on a yellow laptop.
Kari slowly approached them. Izzy looked up from his computer and looked over at Matt who was looking down at TK. "She's here." All of them looked up at her.
TK jumped off the bench. "Hey Kari," he smiled sweetly.
Sora stood up and held up a blue backpack. "Here Kari."
"Thanks," Kari said as she took it.
"Kari can we talk to you?" Matt asked.
"Well, I'm here so go ahead," Kari smiled.
"No, I mean after school," Matt quickly corrected himself.
"Uh…sure," Kari shrugged.
"Okay, well, then meet us here after school alright?" TK said. Kari nodded a reply. He then leaned over to whisper in her ear, "You want to get out of here?" Kari shrugged.
Kari nodded and TK automatically grabbed his backpack and her hand and pulled her away from the group. They heard the older kids giggling as he walked away. "Why are they laughing?" Kari asked.
"Who knows? They're all nuts!" TK laughed. He glanced back at her. A dark blush appeared on his face when he realized he was still holding her hand tightly. He quickly let go. "Sorry!"
"Its okay," Kari laughed. "So where are we going?"
TK stuck his hands in his pockets. "I don't know. Wherever. I just had to get away from all those couples making out!"
"But Izzy was there."
"Yeah, well, he's too interested in his laptop. Who knows what he's doing on that thing!"
They walked across the grassy lawn of the school. "So how come everybody wants to see me after school? Did I do something wrong?" Kari asked as she glanced over at TK. His smile had disappeared from his face. "What is it? Gang initiation?" TK's eyes flinched a little, but her joke had no other effect. "Come on, smile. All of a sudden your no fun?"
"Just wait till after school. Matt and Izzy can explain it better then I can," he shrugged. He glanced up at her. "You know, I've been trying to ignore this because you don't seem to wait to draw attention to yourself, but are you okay? You're as white as a ghost and you keep staggering around."
Kari averted her eyes to the wet grass under her feet. "I'm okay."
"No you not! What's wrong?"
"Nothing!"
"You can tell me! I'm your friend, right?"
"TK, its personal. I c-can't," she stammered as she began to feel a little lightheaded. "Can you help me to the nurse's office?"
"Of course. Come on," he gestured for her to go first. Kari did and stumbled a little. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just need to get to the nurse. She has something I need. I have to go!" Kari turned and began to run from him even though her brain was screaming for her to stop.
TK was too shocked to go after her. Instead he stood, mouth hanging open, watching as the small chocolate colored eyed girl run from him. "Fine! Whatever!" He mumbled. He turned back and started back toward his brother and her friends. He approached the silver bleachers with his head down.
"What's wrong?" Matt asked. "Where's Kari?"
"The nurse's office."
Sora jumped up. "Why? What's wrong with her?"
"I don't know. She was really pale and her voice was really small."
"You said she was going to the nurse's office?" TK nodded. Sora leaned over and gave Matt a firm, fast kiss on the lips. She jumped off the bleachers and began sprinting toward the office.
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Kari forced herself to continue running even though a pain in her chest made her want to stop. Her breathing was ragged and shallow. She pulled open the door and ran inside. "Kari?" A male voice said from behind. Kari turned and saw Tai standing by the doors. "What's wrong?"
"Tai, it hurts!" Kari collapsed into his arms and pressed her face into his chest. "OI didn't take my medication this morning! I was in too big of a hurry!"
"Kari, how could you forget?!" Tai yelled.
"I'm sorry!" She choked.
"Tai, is Kari alright?" Tai looked up and saw Sora standing there, breathing heavily. "TK said she was looking bad. I figured she was having problems again."
"Again?!" Tai yelled.
"I took her out after school yesterday. It happened then too."
Kari was still crying into Tai's shirt. "She forgot to take her medicine."
"It hurts, Tai. I want to go home," Kari forced.
"Alright, let's go." Tai let her go and kneeled down to pick up the books he had dropped when Kari had collapsed into his arms. Kari stood for a moment before swaying and falling backwards into Sora's arms.
Sora slowly laid her down on the tile floor. "Kari? Kari! Wake up!" Sora yelled as she shook her.
Tai was instantly by her side. "Forget taking her home! I'm taking her to the doctor!"
Kari forced her eyes open as she turned on her side and brought her knees to her chest. "I don't want to go to the hospital! I want to go home!"
"Kari, you-"
"NO! I want to go home!"
"Kari," Sora stroked Kari's brown hair softly. "You have to go if you want to stop the pain. It can only get worse if you don't treat it. And Tai can't take care of you by himself."
"Come on, Kari. Please!" Kari nodded slightly and Tai helped her up. He could feel her shaking and he knew he was shaking too.
"I'm going with you!" Sora said as she stood up.
"You should stay. You have school," Tai replied.
"I'm not letting you do this alone! You may be courage, Tai, but your still part of a team!"
Kari let out a small groan. "Let's go!" Tai picked up Kari and the three walked out of the school doors.
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Please read and review.
A/N: Mimi never moved. If you read the second chapter sometime before yesterday I added stuff to it. I suggest you go back and read it..
A Changed Destiny
Sora glanced up at the huge apartment building that stood before her. With her luck Tai was probably up there waiting for Kari to come home. She sighed as she opened the yellow cab door and helped Kari out.
"Sora, I'm sorry this happened. I-" Kari started for the seventh time on the way over, but Sora stopped her like each time before.
"Kari, its okay. Calm down. You don't have to be sorry for something you have no control over." Sora helped the shaking girl into the building and to the waiting elevator. It was empty so Sora continued their conversation inside. "What floor?" She asked as she ran her hand over the different buttons that lead to different floors.
"Seven." Sora hit the button with the seven printed on it and the doors closed. "But I do have control over it. I shouldn't have gotten angry; I shouldn't have gotten so worked up! That's one of my problems. I have to stay calm!"
"Does it hurt?" Sora asked. After she said it she mentally kicked herself. 'Does it hurt? What kind of stupid question is that?' She yelled silently.
"No," Kari lied, looking down at the floor of the elevator. She couldn't meet Sora's eyes right now. She felt too ashamed, angry, and pained. She knew if she looked up Sora would see the obvious pain in her eyes that was impossible to hide.
The elevator came to a slow halt and the doors opened into a long hall lined with doors. "We're in apartment 209." They walked down the hall in silence. Kari straightened up, refusing to let Sora help her. "Taichi's gonna be home. You don't have to come." They both stopped in front of a door marked 209. The name Kamiya was tacked up under the numbers.
"Do you have a key?"
"Yeah, its in my backpack-" She gasped in horror. "Which I left at the ice cream parlor! I have to go back and get it! I-"
"Kari, calm down! Now, do you need it tonight?" Kari shook her head. "Okay, well, I'll stop and pick it up on my way home."
"You go by there?"
"Yep. I'm still live in the same place I always have, across town. Besides I was supposed to work today and my mom's flower shop is near there."
"I'm sorry, Sora! I didn't mean to make you miss work!"
"Kari," Sora interrupted with a laugh. "You worry too much. I'm late, that's all. My mom'll understand. Meet me and my friends at the basketball courts tomorrow. I'll bring your backpack and you can hang out with TK."
Kari blushed at TK's name. "Bye Sora." Kari waved to her before knocking on the door.
The door opened and Kari looked up at her brother standing in the doorway. "Where's your key?" He asked.
"I forgot my backpack at school." He stepped back to let her inside. "Are you mad at me Taichi?"
Tai shut the door and looked down at the frail little girl standing before him. She was way too small for most girls her age and her voice was so quiet. He took a step toward her and wrapped her in a warm embrace. "No, I'm not." He pulled away and wrapped and an arm around her shoulders. "Are you hungry? I can make something for you if you want." He quizzed as he lead her toward the couch.
"No, I'm okay, Tai." Kari sat down beside Tai. She lay down against his chest and his grip around her shoulders tightened. He kissed her forehead and she looked up at him. Only now did she notice his black eye. "Taichi, why did Matt hit you?"
"Don't worry about it, Kari. He's my problem," Tai replied as he looked away from her and out through the glass door that lead onto the patio. The moon shown brightly in the darkening sky.
"But Tai, you're my brother and he's- well, I think he's my friend," Kari argued. Tai still didn't reply. "TK, you know who TK is right?"
"He's Matt's little brother."
"Yeah. He said that you were the leader of something, but he didn't say what."
Tai looked down at her and she saw a look of shame in his chocolate eyes. "Kari, I need you to promise me something." Kari nodded. "If any of them, Matt, Sora, Mimi, Izzy, Joe or TK ever bring up something called the Digital World walk away. Walk away and tell me."
"Okay Tai."
"Promise me!"
"I promise."
"Now I need a second promise. You have to promise never to ask me about it. Please Kari, I'm sure I sound nuts, but you have to promise."
"I-I promise. But Tai-" She was cut off by him kissing her on the forehead once more.
"Thank you." She looked up at him and saw tears pooling in his eyes.
"Why are you crying, Tai? Answer that please! I want to help!"
"Because when I saw them it hurt. I realized that I really did abandon them." He paused. "Then seeing her in his arms."
"Sora and Matt?" Kari asked innocently.
Tai nodded. "He was always the better man, and the better leader. It figures he'd get her. I guess I lost any chance after I left. Then he mumbled something Kari barely caught. "…the children of Friendship and Love together…"
Kari ignored it and lay against her brother once more, overcome by exhaustion. She felt her eyes droop as she let out a small yawn. She was tired after her long day and sleep beckoned her into darkness.
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Kari walked up to the basketball courts and held up her hand to shield her eyes from the bright, early morning sun. All her friends were gathered on the small bleachers. She could see Sora sitting with Matt's arm around her waist. TK laid stretched out on the bottom seat looking up at them. Mimi sat on the top bench next to Joe who had his arm around her waist, while Izzy was typing furiously on a yellow laptop.
Kari slowly approached them. Izzy looked up from his computer and looked over at Matt who was looking down at TK. "She's here." All of them looked up at her.
TK jumped off the bench. "Hey Kari," he smiled sweetly.
Sora stood up and held up a blue backpack. "Here Kari."
"Thanks," Kari said as she took it.
"Kari can we talk to you?" Matt asked.
"Well, I'm here so go ahead," Kari smiled.
"No, I mean after school," Matt quickly corrected himself.
"Uh…sure," Kari shrugged.
"Okay, well, then meet us here after school alright?" TK said. Kari nodded a reply. He then leaned over to whisper in her ear, "You want to get out of here?" Kari shrugged.
Kari nodded and TK automatically grabbed his backpack and her hand and pulled her away from the group. They heard the older kids giggling as he walked away. "Why are they laughing?" Kari asked.
"Who knows? They're all nuts!" TK laughed. He glanced back at her. A dark blush appeared on his face when he realized he was still holding her hand tightly. He quickly let go. "Sorry!"
"Its okay," Kari laughed. "So where are we going?"
TK stuck his hands in his pockets. "I don't know. Wherever. I just had to get away from all those couples making out!"
"But Izzy was there."
"Yeah, well, he's too interested in his laptop. Who knows what he's doing on that thing!"
They walked across the grassy lawn of the school. "So how come everybody wants to see me after school? Did I do something wrong?" Kari asked as she glanced over at TK. His smile had disappeared from his face. "What is it? Gang initiation?" TK's eyes flinched a little, but her joke had no other effect. "Come on, smile. All of a sudden your no fun?"
"Just wait till after school. Matt and Izzy can explain it better then I can," he shrugged. He glanced up at her. "You know, I've been trying to ignore this because you don't seem to wait to draw attention to yourself, but are you okay? You're as white as a ghost and you keep staggering around."
Kari averted her eyes to the wet grass under her feet. "I'm okay."
"No you not! What's wrong?"
"Nothing!"
"You can tell me! I'm your friend, right?"
"TK, its personal. I c-can't," she stammered as she began to feel a little lightheaded. "Can you help me to the nurse's office?"
"Of course. Come on," he gestured for her to go first. Kari did and stumbled a little. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just need to get to the nurse. She has something I need. I have to go!" Kari turned and began to run from him even though her brain was screaming for her to stop.
TK was too shocked to go after her. Instead he stood, mouth hanging open, watching as the small chocolate colored eyed girl run from him. "Fine! Whatever!" He mumbled. He turned back and started back toward his brother and her friends. He approached the silver bleachers with his head down.
"What's wrong?" Matt asked. "Where's Kari?"
"The nurse's office."
Sora jumped up. "Why? What's wrong with her?"
"I don't know. She was really pale and her voice was really small."
"You said she was going to the nurse's office?" TK nodded. Sora leaned over and gave Matt a firm, fast kiss on the lips. She jumped off the bleachers and began sprinting toward the office.
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Kari forced herself to continue running even though a pain in her chest made her want to stop. Her breathing was ragged and shallow. She pulled open the door and ran inside. "Kari?" A male voice said from behind. Kari turned and saw Tai standing by the doors. "What's wrong?"
"Tai, it hurts!" Kari collapsed into his arms and pressed her face into his chest. "OI didn't take my medication this morning! I was in too big of a hurry!"
"Kari, how could you forget?!" Tai yelled.
"I'm sorry!" She choked.
"Tai, is Kari alright?" Tai looked up and saw Sora standing there, breathing heavily. "TK said she was looking bad. I figured she was having problems again."
"Again?!" Tai yelled.
"I took her out after school yesterday. It happened then too."
Kari was still crying into Tai's shirt. "She forgot to take her medicine."
"It hurts, Tai. I want to go home," Kari forced.
"Alright, let's go." Tai let her go and kneeled down to pick up the books he had dropped when Kari had collapsed into his arms. Kari stood for a moment before swaying and falling backwards into Sora's arms.
Sora slowly laid her down on the tile floor. "Kari? Kari! Wake up!" Sora yelled as she shook her.
Tai was instantly by her side. "Forget taking her home! I'm taking her to the doctor!"
Kari forced her eyes open as she turned on her side and brought her knees to her chest. "I don't want to go to the hospital! I want to go home!"
"Kari, you-"
"NO! I want to go home!"
"Kari," Sora stroked Kari's brown hair softly. "You have to go if you want to stop the pain. It can only get worse if you don't treat it. And Tai can't take care of you by himself."
"Come on, Kari. Please!" Kari nodded slightly and Tai helped her up. He could feel her shaking and he knew he was shaking too.
"I'm going with you!" Sora said as she stood up.
"You should stay. You have school," Tai replied.
"I'm not letting you do this alone! You may be courage, Tai, but your still part of a team!"
Kari let out a small groan. "Let's go!" Tai picked up Kari and the three walked out of the school doors.
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