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A/N: Mimi never moved.
A Changed Destiny
Kari stirred slightly. She could hear someone whispering something, but it sounded far away. "It'll be okay. We're gonna get out of here." The voice paused. "We're gonna get out of this alive. I promise, we'll get through this."
Her eyes shot open and she tried to figure out where she was. "Tai. Where's Tai?" TK loomed over her. "TK? What happened?"
"You fell unconscious. And I mean you literally fell," he replied. He tried to make it a joke, but at the moment they both forgot how to laugh. She tried to sit up, but the attempt was futile and she was consumed by pain. She clutched her chest tightly, praying for the pain to ease off. "Don't move," TK whispered softly as he took her hand in his.
"It hurts," she stated. "Where's Tai?"
TK looked down at her with pained eyes. "Kari, he's-"
Yelling cut him off. "You cannot defeat me!" Apocalymon screamed. It was obvious he was losing the battle against Skullgreymon. "I may die, but not before that girl does!" He yelled indicating Kari.
Kari made another attempt to sit up. This time TK didn't refuse her request and helped her. He wrapped his arms tightly around her waist and sat behind her so she could lay against him.
"Tai," Apocalymon yelled. "Destroy her! Prove how evil you are!"
Tai straightened up, catching Matt off guard, and punched the blond boy in the nose. Matt gripped his bleeding nose and Tai punched him in the stomach. Tai immediately turned away from him and toward TK and Kari. He didn't even notice that Sora and Mimi were instantly by Matt's side. Joe and Izzy slowly moved up behind Tai, but TK waved for them to stay back a little.
"Tai?" Kari asked.
"Don't even think about touching her," TK warned. He let go of her, making sure she was stable before standing up and placing himself between Kari and Tai.
"Who do you think your talking to? I'm her brother. And you're younger then me." Tai grabbed TK by the collar of his shirt. "Out of my way, pip squeak!" He pushed TK to the ground. He approached Kari with a sadistic smile plastered on his face. "Hey kiddo."
"Tai, please don't hurt me," Kari begged, close to tears.
"I won't hurt you," he replied. "Much."
He reached down to pick her up, but something tackled him to the floor. "I said don't touch her!" Tai felt someone flip him over and saw TK looking down at him. TK punched the older boy in the lip. "You'll have to get through me to get to her." (How cliché is that?)
Tai smirked and sent the younger boy flying back with one kick to the stomach. "Some protector you are. You failed, just like I did." He pushed himself off the floor and kicked TK in the side.
Suddenly something grabbed his arms and held him back. He struggled to look over his shoulder and saw Joe holding his arms back. "Back off Tai," he warned.
"No," he struggled violently.
Joe kicked Tai's feet out from under him, sending him crashing to the floor with a cry of pain. "Stop Tai."
"Haha, I have won!" Came a loud thundering voice. Everyone looked up and saw Apocalymon towering over a fallen Agumon triumphant. "You will pay for your insubordination!" He looked down at the weakened orange lizard. "Trump Sword!" The sword hit the little digimon causing him to groan in pain.
"Agumon," Tai cried as he stopped struggling with Joe. "Leave him alone!"
"I said destroy her, you incompetent fool!" Apocalymon screamed back pointing at Kari.
Tai closed his eyes like he was in pain. "No, I can't hurt her. Please don't make me."
"Tai, what's going on?" Joe asked still holding Tai to the floor.
"He-he's trying to get in my head. He won't let go. And the pain- agh!" Tai straightened up and screamed.
Joe let go of Tai and dropped to his knees beside him. "Tai! Tai!" Tai stopped screaming and flinching and just laid on the ground with his eyes closed. "Tai, what's happening?"
"Leave him alone! You can't get through to him!" Apocalymon roared as he reached down and lifted Joe up in one big hand. He squeezed the boy for a moment before throwing him aside like a rag doll.
"Joe!" Mimi gasped as tears came to her eyes. She ran over to the blue haired boy and dropped beside him with Izzy and next to her. "Joe," she whispered as she placed a hand on his arm. He just lay on the floor, unmoving and unconscious. "No, Joe. Please wake up."
Tai pushed himself off the floor, ignoring Mimi's cries and TK's groans of pain and Sora's voice trying to talk to Matt. All he heard was the voice of Apocalymon in his head telling him to get Kari. 'No, this is wrong. Kari, I can't hurt Kari,' he protested. But the pain, the horrible pain that would come if he objected scared him. 'No, I would take anything to protect Kari.' Tai forced his feet to stop.
"Don't you dare challenge me!" Apocalymon swung and hit Tai sending him flying forward a few feet. Now he was just feet away from Kari.
"Tai?" She called. "Tai, get up! Please don't be hurt!"
"I said kill her," Apocalymon repeated.
'Darkness in my head. Everywhere. Nothing, but darkness. Kari is light; she could save me. No, I'm too far gone. Apocalymon said it himself. Kill the light; feed the darkness. No, that's wrong. What's wrong, what's right?' Things floating around in Tai's head refused to allow him off the black floor. 'Fight it; too weak to fight. I failed; I'm not the leader. I lost it; I lost everything. I kill Kari, my everything, and I'll have lost it. I can't, I won't. Don't defy; can't defy. Pain, no more pain. She's in pain; I can't stop her pain. I hurt Sora; I failed her. I left Matt to pick up my burden; he's changed; he's different. I changed him with my lack of caring and responsibility. Izzy, Joe, and Mimi; they use to back me up; now what? Gone, all gone. What's the point? End now, walk away. Nowhere to go. Kill the light and feed the darkness. Feed my empty soul. Nothing left, nothing.'
Tai forced himself off the ground. His eyes were hard, no life appear ant. Darkness. "Tai?" Kari asked as she looked up at her brother. She wished she could stand and run, but her legs wouldn't work. They were too weak. She felt drained and her chest hurt. It was a bearable level, but pain is pain. It stops you. "Taichi?"
Tai could hear her speak. Her voice was low and full of fear. Her eyes shown with her hidden pain. She trembled. 'No, I can't do this.' But he wasn't in control. His hand shot out and picked up Kari by the arm. He gripped her arm tightly; too tight, tears were building in her eyes already. There would be bruises.
"Please don't hurt me, Tai," she cried as she looked up at him wide-eyed. "I'm sorry. Whatever I did I'm sorry. I shouldn't have taken those things from your drawer. Please, Tai, I'm sorry, I swear." Tears streamed down her face.
'No, you did do anything wrong! I did, I failed you.' Tai thought. He threw her to the floor hard. She cried out. 'No, I have to stop. I have to save her. Can't hurt her.' He walked over to her and picked her up. She was crying harder now. So hard she was choking. 'I can't do it. I won't do it.' Tai wrapped his arms tightly around Kari as they both sank to the ground. "I am so sorry. I'm so sorry," he cried tears filling his eyes in shame. "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you."
"Tai, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" Kari sobbed into his shirt.
"Don't be sorry. None of this is your fault. Don't think like that!" Tai argued. Kari started choking again and her breathing got ragged. "Calm down."
"You fool! Why do you fight me? You will die!" Apocalymon yelled as he pulled Kari from Tai's arms.
"Kari!" Tai screamed. "No!"
"Tai!" Kari screamed back. She was about to call his name again, but Apocalymon started to crush her in his hand once again.
"I will kill that light," Apocalymon announced, closing his fist tighter around Kari. She screamed in pain.
"Kari!" Angewomon screamed. "Celestial Arrow!" She launched the attack, but it hit Apocalymon without an effect. He whipped around and knocked the angel out of the air. She landed with a devastating crash.
Kari gave another cry before she silenced completely. "Kari?" Tai yelled. Kari hung limply in Apocalymon's hand. "Kari, no! Wake up! Please!"
Apocalymon laughed. "Darkness won, boy. The Digidestined have failed." He allowed Kari to fall from his hand and she landed on the black ground with a soft thud.
"No," Tai shook his head in disbelief. "No." He ran over to her and dropped to his knees. "Kari, wake up. Come on, wake up! This isn't funny! I'm sorry! Please don't go! Kari, please!" He cried. Tears streamed down his face. She wasn't breathing. "Kari." He sat back. She was gone. He had lost her. "I'm sorry," he whispered.
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Well, there's part 8. Sorry about the shortness, but its 11:30 and I have school tomorrow. Please read and review. I really would like to know what you thought of Tai's speech, where he's battling himself. I really need the reviews! Please. Til next time, later dayz!
A/N: Mimi never moved.
A Changed Destiny
Kari stirred slightly. She could hear someone whispering something, but it sounded far away. "It'll be okay. We're gonna get out of here." The voice paused. "We're gonna get out of this alive. I promise, we'll get through this."
Her eyes shot open and she tried to figure out where she was. "Tai. Where's Tai?" TK loomed over her. "TK? What happened?"
"You fell unconscious. And I mean you literally fell," he replied. He tried to make it a joke, but at the moment they both forgot how to laugh. She tried to sit up, but the attempt was futile and she was consumed by pain. She clutched her chest tightly, praying for the pain to ease off. "Don't move," TK whispered softly as he took her hand in his.
"It hurts," she stated. "Where's Tai?"
TK looked down at her with pained eyes. "Kari, he's-"
Yelling cut him off. "You cannot defeat me!" Apocalymon screamed. It was obvious he was losing the battle against Skullgreymon. "I may die, but not before that girl does!" He yelled indicating Kari.
Kari made another attempt to sit up. This time TK didn't refuse her request and helped her. He wrapped his arms tightly around her waist and sat behind her so she could lay against him.
"Tai," Apocalymon yelled. "Destroy her! Prove how evil you are!"
Tai straightened up, catching Matt off guard, and punched the blond boy in the nose. Matt gripped his bleeding nose and Tai punched him in the stomach. Tai immediately turned away from him and toward TK and Kari. He didn't even notice that Sora and Mimi were instantly by Matt's side. Joe and Izzy slowly moved up behind Tai, but TK waved for them to stay back a little.
"Tai?" Kari asked.
"Don't even think about touching her," TK warned. He let go of her, making sure she was stable before standing up and placing himself between Kari and Tai.
"Who do you think your talking to? I'm her brother. And you're younger then me." Tai grabbed TK by the collar of his shirt. "Out of my way, pip squeak!" He pushed TK to the ground. He approached Kari with a sadistic smile plastered on his face. "Hey kiddo."
"Tai, please don't hurt me," Kari begged, close to tears.
"I won't hurt you," he replied. "Much."
He reached down to pick her up, but something tackled him to the floor. "I said don't touch her!" Tai felt someone flip him over and saw TK looking down at him. TK punched the older boy in the lip. "You'll have to get through me to get to her." (How cliché is that?)
Tai smirked and sent the younger boy flying back with one kick to the stomach. "Some protector you are. You failed, just like I did." He pushed himself off the floor and kicked TK in the side.
Suddenly something grabbed his arms and held him back. He struggled to look over his shoulder and saw Joe holding his arms back. "Back off Tai," he warned.
"No," he struggled violently.
Joe kicked Tai's feet out from under him, sending him crashing to the floor with a cry of pain. "Stop Tai."
"Haha, I have won!" Came a loud thundering voice. Everyone looked up and saw Apocalymon towering over a fallen Agumon triumphant. "You will pay for your insubordination!" He looked down at the weakened orange lizard. "Trump Sword!" The sword hit the little digimon causing him to groan in pain.
"Agumon," Tai cried as he stopped struggling with Joe. "Leave him alone!"
"I said destroy her, you incompetent fool!" Apocalymon screamed back pointing at Kari.
Tai closed his eyes like he was in pain. "No, I can't hurt her. Please don't make me."
"Tai, what's going on?" Joe asked still holding Tai to the floor.
"He-he's trying to get in my head. He won't let go. And the pain- agh!" Tai straightened up and screamed.
Joe let go of Tai and dropped to his knees beside him. "Tai! Tai!" Tai stopped screaming and flinching and just laid on the ground with his eyes closed. "Tai, what's happening?"
"Leave him alone! You can't get through to him!" Apocalymon roared as he reached down and lifted Joe up in one big hand. He squeezed the boy for a moment before throwing him aside like a rag doll.
"Joe!" Mimi gasped as tears came to her eyes. She ran over to the blue haired boy and dropped beside him with Izzy and next to her. "Joe," she whispered as she placed a hand on his arm. He just lay on the floor, unmoving and unconscious. "No, Joe. Please wake up."
Tai pushed himself off the floor, ignoring Mimi's cries and TK's groans of pain and Sora's voice trying to talk to Matt. All he heard was the voice of Apocalymon in his head telling him to get Kari. 'No, this is wrong. Kari, I can't hurt Kari,' he protested. But the pain, the horrible pain that would come if he objected scared him. 'No, I would take anything to protect Kari.' Tai forced his feet to stop.
"Don't you dare challenge me!" Apocalymon swung and hit Tai sending him flying forward a few feet. Now he was just feet away from Kari.
"Tai?" She called. "Tai, get up! Please don't be hurt!"
"I said kill her," Apocalymon repeated.
'Darkness in my head. Everywhere. Nothing, but darkness. Kari is light; she could save me. No, I'm too far gone. Apocalymon said it himself. Kill the light; feed the darkness. No, that's wrong. What's wrong, what's right?' Things floating around in Tai's head refused to allow him off the black floor. 'Fight it; too weak to fight. I failed; I'm not the leader. I lost it; I lost everything. I kill Kari, my everything, and I'll have lost it. I can't, I won't. Don't defy; can't defy. Pain, no more pain. She's in pain; I can't stop her pain. I hurt Sora; I failed her. I left Matt to pick up my burden; he's changed; he's different. I changed him with my lack of caring and responsibility. Izzy, Joe, and Mimi; they use to back me up; now what? Gone, all gone. What's the point? End now, walk away. Nowhere to go. Kill the light and feed the darkness. Feed my empty soul. Nothing left, nothing.'
Tai forced himself off the ground. His eyes were hard, no life appear ant. Darkness. "Tai?" Kari asked as she looked up at her brother. She wished she could stand and run, but her legs wouldn't work. They were too weak. She felt drained and her chest hurt. It was a bearable level, but pain is pain. It stops you. "Taichi?"
Tai could hear her speak. Her voice was low and full of fear. Her eyes shown with her hidden pain. She trembled. 'No, I can't do this.' But he wasn't in control. His hand shot out and picked up Kari by the arm. He gripped her arm tightly; too tight, tears were building in her eyes already. There would be bruises.
"Please don't hurt me, Tai," she cried as she looked up at him wide-eyed. "I'm sorry. Whatever I did I'm sorry. I shouldn't have taken those things from your drawer. Please, Tai, I'm sorry, I swear." Tears streamed down her face.
'No, you did do anything wrong! I did, I failed you.' Tai thought. He threw her to the floor hard. She cried out. 'No, I have to stop. I have to save her. Can't hurt her.' He walked over to her and picked her up. She was crying harder now. So hard she was choking. 'I can't do it. I won't do it.' Tai wrapped his arms tightly around Kari as they both sank to the ground. "I am so sorry. I'm so sorry," he cried tears filling his eyes in shame. "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you."
"Tai, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" Kari sobbed into his shirt.
"Don't be sorry. None of this is your fault. Don't think like that!" Tai argued. Kari started choking again and her breathing got ragged. "Calm down."
"You fool! Why do you fight me? You will die!" Apocalymon yelled as he pulled Kari from Tai's arms.
"Kari!" Tai screamed. "No!"
"Tai!" Kari screamed back. She was about to call his name again, but Apocalymon started to crush her in his hand once again.
"I will kill that light," Apocalymon announced, closing his fist tighter around Kari. She screamed in pain.
"Kari!" Angewomon screamed. "Celestial Arrow!" She launched the attack, but it hit Apocalymon without an effect. He whipped around and knocked the angel out of the air. She landed with a devastating crash.
Kari gave another cry before she silenced completely. "Kari?" Tai yelled. Kari hung limply in Apocalymon's hand. "Kari, no! Wake up! Please!"
Apocalymon laughed. "Darkness won, boy. The Digidestined have failed." He allowed Kari to fall from his hand and she landed on the black ground with a soft thud.
"No," Tai shook his head in disbelief. "No." He ran over to her and dropped to his knees. "Kari, wake up. Come on, wake up! This isn't funny! I'm sorry! Please don't go! Kari, please!" He cried. Tears streamed down his face. She wasn't breathing. "Kari." He sat back. She was gone. He had lost her. "I'm sorry," he whispered.
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Well, there's part 8. Sorry about the shortness, but its 11:30 and I have school tomorrow. Please read and review. I really would like to know what you thought of Tai's speech, where he's battling himself. I really need the reviews! Please. Til next time, later dayz!