Part 5:
Kari was lying down in her bed, staring up at the ceiling. She had come home from school that day and just went straight to her room. She hadn't moved from her spot on the bed in hours. She couldn't, there was just too much on her mind.
"Puppetmon was resurrected ten years ago," Datamon said,"I used his energy as a beacon to draw the other Dark Masters here."
"What are you talking about," Davis asked.
"Where is he?" Patamon asked.
"He's in this room," Datamon said, hovering towards a wall.
"What do you mean?" Kari asked,"Puppetmon is in this room?"
A weird feeling suddenly over came T.K."You mean, he's one of us?"
"Precisely," Datamon said,
"What if," Kari said, finally bringing herself to say it,"What if I'm Puppetmon?"
"Do you really believe that?" Gatomon asked.
"I don't know," Kari said,"I don't know."
Gatomon decided to try something else, "Why do you think that you're Puppetmon? Because of what Datamon said? You should never believe what that guy says. I hear he once asked the original Digidestined to save him from Etemon, but he tricked them and kidnapped Sora."
"I know," Kari said, sitting up, and letting her feet dangling off the edge of the bed,"I heard that story too. About how my brother cried afterwards and how that was when they told each other about how they felt."
"How do you know that?" Gatomon said,"There is no hard evidence when they admitted it."
"I...I don't know," Kari said,"I guess I just forgot where I heard it from, that's all, right?"
"Yeah," Gatomon said,"I'm sure that's it." When, in fact, she wasn't. This wasn't the first time her friend had acted strange about Sora.
"Anyway," Kari said,"Thanks, Gatomon. You're right, I shouldn't believe anything that Datamon says. He's a master manipulator and he loves to toy with peoples emotions."
"No problem," Gatomon said, smiling as she watched Kari walk towards her closet.
"What am I going to wear for the dance Friday night?" she asked, starting to fish through the various garments hanging in front of her.
"Kari," Gatomon said,"Its only Monday."
Kari giggled. "I know, but a girl's got to be ready."
"How about this one?" Kari asked, pulling a sleeveless pink dress out.
"I don't know," Gatomon said,"Maybe."
Kari frowned at her Digimon. "This is the one I'm going to wear. Maybe I'll impress T.K. too."
She hung the dress right in front of her, so she could get an idea of what she'd look like with it on. "Yes, this is perfect. Wait, Gatomon, what time is it?"
Gatomon looked at the clock on the wall. "Oh shoot, its a quarter past six!"
"We're fifteen minutes late!" she cried, throwing the dress back in the closet,"The other's are going to kill me!"
"Where is she?" T.K. asked.
"I don't know," Patamon said,"How many times are you going to ask me?"
"Sorry," he said,"I'm just worried about her."
He and Patamon were by the window, looking out as the front of the school to see when she was going to walk in. The others were by the computer.
"I can see that you care a lot about her," Patamon said.
T.K. started to turn red,"Yeah, you're right, I do, but, I'm worried about what Datamon said."
"About either you or Kari being Puppetmon?" Patamon asked,"He was lying, he had to be!"
"I know," he said,"But she took it pretty hard. I'm wondering if she's okay or not."
"I don't know what to do," Davis said.
"I know what you mean," Jun said,"Can we trust either of them, or are they going to betray us?"
"I'm sure we can," Michael said,"I mean, Cody wasn't quite so good with computers until Izzy's memories were awakened, but Cody's personality remains. So, just because one of them is Puppetmon, doesn't mean we can't trust them."
"I don't know," Davis said,"I mean, I'm Tai, and I've always acted like him."
"Maybe," Cody said, placing his hand to his chin.
"What does that mean?" he asked.
"You were in the room with T.K. and Kari when Datamon said that thing about Datamon, right?"
"Yeah, so-wait, I see where this is going. I can't be Puppetmon, I'm Tai!"
Cody was about to tell him, that that had never been proven, when T.K. suddenly shouted,"She's finally here!"
"About time," Demiveemon muttered.
"Sorry I'm late," Kari said, breathing heavily as she rushed into the room.
"She was too busy picking out an outfit for Friday," Gatomon said.
"You little.." Kari began, when Jun rushed over.
"Really? What are you going to wear? I'm wearing..."
Just then, the computer started talking,"Hello? Is anyone there?"
"Seadramon," Michael said, looking into the screen. The image of the Digital Gate was there, with a picture of Seadramon in the Gate itself. "Did you find him."
"I sure did," the water Digimon said,"He's waiting right here, as soon as you get here we'll leave."
"Great," Davis said, turning towards the three girls, giving pointers to each other about their outfits for the Friday Dance. "Hey, Repunsal, Cinderella, Snow White, let's go!"
"What?" all three girls asked at once.
"Never mind," Davis said, shaking his head,"Seadramon's ready."
Cody held up his Digivice and opened the gate. As light streamed into the room and pulled the Digidestined into the Digiworld, Yolei stood beside Davis. "By the way," she asked,"Which one of us was Snow White?"
They appeared on the shores of a beach full of sand, face down. "Yuck!" Jun said, spitting sand out of her mouth,"That's disgusting!"
"I know," Yolei said, taking her helmet off,"I've got sand all in my hair! It'll take hours to get this all out!"
As everyone was shaking the sand off of themselves, Michael walked down towards the shore and shouted,"Seadramon! Seadramon!"
"Michael!" the dragon Digimon said, shooting up out of the water,"I'm here!"
"Have you brought our friend?" Michael asked.
"He's coming now," Seadramon said, as a huge creature emerged from the water and skidded onto the beach.
"What is that?" Davis shouted.
"Whamon!" all the the Digimon said.
"This is the friend you were looking for?" Kari asked,"Good thinking."
"Thanks," Michael said, starting to blush.
"Whamon?" Jun asked,"Is it true that you were a great ally of the original Digidestined?"
"Yes," Whamon said,"But I thought you guys WERE the original Digidestined."
"Oh yeah," Jun said.
"We have to hurry," Seadramon said,"Metalseadramon is heading towards the remains of Spiral Mountain's Peak."
"You found it?" Cody asked, amazed.
"Yes we did," Whamon said, opening his mouth,"Now hurry and get inside, I'll take you there."
Inside his stomach, they found the wires that Izzy used to connect to Whamon's hard drive. It was child's play, for Cody to pick up where he left off. He quickly connected the laptop to the wires and they were instantly able to see the ocean outside.
"I never saw the ocean like this before," Michael said,"This is incredible! Now I understand why you like it so much, Seadramon."
"He can't hear you," Jun said, walking over to him.
"I know that," Michael said.
"I don't know if I like it down here," Kari said,"Its not exactly strategically sound. The only Digimon that can fight under the ocean is Seadramon, but we can't tell him what to do, because he can't hear us outside of Whamon."
"Don't worry," T.K. said,"We'll be all right."
"We're better than that!" Whamon said,"We're here!"
All the Digidestined turned to look at the laptop screen. In the middle of the ocean floor was a large dome shaped structure. "Is that the Dark Master's castle?" Cody asked.
"That is correct," Whamon said.
"That's where my brother's crest is?" Kari asked,"I thought they fought Apocalymon in an area of nothingness."
"Right where Spiral Mountain once was," Whamon said,"But we're certain that the Crest of Courage is inside."
"Then there is nothing left to say," Kari said,"Let's go!"
"Say," Jun said,"How are we supposed to get inside of that castle?"
Everyone was silent as the obvious hit them in the face. "Oh great!" Kari said,"How could we have missed that?"
"Don't worry," Whamon said,"There is air inside of the castle."
"What?" Yolei asked,"How can that be?"
"I don't know," Whamon said,"I never majored in science."
"Ohhh!" everyone said.
Getting out of Whamon and into the dome of the castle proved to be much easier than they originally thought. All that Whamon needed to do was plow right through the stone wall. Seadramon went first, a hole in the wall. Next, Whamon rammed right into the wall, knocked out the wall and the smaller hole. Since he remained there, he blocked the water from rushing in. Opening his mouth, he said,"End of the line. All out."
"Very ingenious," Cody said, looking at the wall around Whamon.
"Thank you," Whamon said,"Hurry. I'll be waiting right here to take you home."
"Thanks," Michael said, following the others into the dark hallway of the castle.
"This place is scary," Jun said, walking over towards Michael.
"I know," Yolei said.
The main characteristic about the castle was that it was dark. Except for an occasional small wooden stand, the hallways were bare. The Dark Masters, apparently, did not like a dwelling full with furniture.
"How much longer until we get to where we're going?" Armadillomon asked.
"We don't really know, do we?" Hawkmon asked.
"I'm afraid not," Yolei said, shaking her head,"That Crest of Courage could be anywhere in here."
"I have a feeling its in the throne room," Kari said,"Right in the center."
"What makes you say that?" Patamon asked.
"I...I don't know," she said.
The rest of the journey was in silence as they made their way to what they hoped was the center. After hours of trying and hundreds of dead ends, they finally made it to the center of the castle, the throne room.
"This is it," Davis said, pushing past Kari,"This is the throne room."
"How can you be sure?" Veemon asked.
"Look," Davis said, pointing to a large object,"That's Piedmon's telescope!" He pointed to the couch in the center," and that is Piedmon's throne!" He pointed to the left towards a shimmering part of the floor."And that's the entrance that Metalseadramon used!"
"Yes," Cody said, looking around,"This is the throne room, but where's the Crest?"
"There!" Gatomon shouted, pointing towards an object in the middle of the them and the Piedmon's throne.
Kari ran towards it with the others right behind her. She bent down and picked it up. "This is it?" she said, holding the medallion with the orange sun up.
"Maybe if you wear it," T.K. said,"You might feel power."
"Maybe," she said,"Well, there's only one way to find out." She pulled it over her head, then let it drop.
She instantly felt pain shoot through her head the moment the crest hit her chest. "Ahh!" she cried, dropping to the ground, her hands around head. "What's happening to me?" she shouted.
"Kari," T.K. asked, running to her side,"What's wrong?"
"My head hurts so bad," she moaned,"Make it stop! Please!"
"I see your leader is having some migraines," a sinister, yet familiar laugh said.
"Metalseadramon," Michael muttered as the Dark Master of Water emerged from his entrance.
"What have we here?" another voice asked,"Invaders in our home?"
"Machinedramon," Cody said, as he and the others watched the machine Digimon appear in a burst of light, right next to Metalseadramon.
"What have you done to Kari?" T.K. shouted.
"We have done nothing," Machinedramon said,"The crest is causing her pain."
"Why?"
"Because, perhaps part of her does not want the crest," Metalseadramon said.
"What do you mean?" T.K. asked.
"Enough about that," Machinedramon said,"We knew you would come here, it was only a matter of time."
"What are you going to do?" Davis asked,"Attack us? We're more than ready to face you!"
"That's not it at all!" Metalseadramon said,"Once Piedmon is revived our strength will be even greater than it is now!"
"And that is why we're here," Machinedramon said,"We need to revive Piedmon, but, in order to do that, all of our energies are needed. So, we will need Puppetmon's!"
All the Digidestineds felt a chill up their spine, except for Kari who was still on her knees, moaning about the pain. They were about to find out who Puppetmon was.
Machinedramon reached behind his back and pulled out a square device. "This object was created by Datamon to be used to draw Puppetmon's energy back towards it," Machinedramon said.
He pressed a button on it, and a beam of light shot from his hand. It speeded towards the ground, heading straight for Kari.
"She's Puppetmon?" everyone thought.
The beam headed straight towards Kari, then, when it was a few inches from her head, it quickly changed directions! It flew over her head, and nailed Davis right in the chest!
He fell to the ground, moaning about the pain in his head to. "He's Puppetmon?" Yolei asked.
Davis screamed in pain, his whole body lighting up. He sent a beam of energy towards the device in Machinedramon's hand. "Well done."
The Digidestined looked on in horror as a transparent image of Puppetmon appeared around Davis, then disappeared. He gave one final scream, then fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Davis was Puppetmon?" Yolei asked, again,"But, then who's Tai."
"I can answer that!" Kari shouted, standing up. The crest around her chest started to glow even brighter, sending bolts of orange energy out in all directions.
"The Power of Courage is mine...once more!"
"What do you mean...'once more'?" T.K. asked.
Kari stood, staring the two Dark Masters down. "I am Tai Kamiya!"
Sure enough, a transparent image of Tai appeared around her, then vanished. She grabbed her head again, and fainted.
"Kari!" T.K. shouted, running to his fallen friend, when one of the orange bolts of energy hit him in the head.
"Ahh!" he shouted, grabbing the sides of his head,"That...that bolt, it awaken memories! I know who am I. I'm Matt Ishida!"
"I don't believe this," Jun said, numbly.
Then, just when the Digidestined thought things couldn't get any worse, the entire building started to shake.
"What's going on?" Yolei demanded, looking towards the two Dark Masters.
"We are simply bringing our home back to the surface," Machinedramon said.
"Quickly," T.K. said, flinging Kari over his shoulder,"We need to get out of here!"
Michael, reluctantly, grabbed Davis and followed the others.
to be continued....
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Congrats to Turquoise Cow, the only one to guess that Kari was really Tai. And if any of you are wondering, this will NOT become a Kari/Yolei love story. I need your input to see if I should still make it a Takari.
Kari was lying down in her bed, staring up at the ceiling. She had come home from school that day and just went straight to her room. She hadn't moved from her spot on the bed in hours. She couldn't, there was just too much on her mind.
"Puppetmon was resurrected ten years ago," Datamon said,"I used his energy as a beacon to draw the other Dark Masters here."
"What are you talking about," Davis asked.
"Where is he?" Patamon asked.
"He's in this room," Datamon said, hovering towards a wall.
"What do you mean?" Kari asked,"Puppetmon is in this room?"
A weird feeling suddenly over came T.K."You mean, he's one of us?"
"Precisely," Datamon said,
"What if," Kari said, finally bringing herself to say it,"What if I'm Puppetmon?"
"Do you really believe that?" Gatomon asked.
"I don't know," Kari said,"I don't know."
Gatomon decided to try something else, "Why do you think that you're Puppetmon? Because of what Datamon said? You should never believe what that guy says. I hear he once asked the original Digidestined to save him from Etemon, but he tricked them and kidnapped Sora."
"I know," Kari said, sitting up, and letting her feet dangling off the edge of the bed,"I heard that story too. About how my brother cried afterwards and how that was when they told each other about how they felt."
"How do you know that?" Gatomon said,"There is no hard evidence when they admitted it."
"I...I don't know," Kari said,"I guess I just forgot where I heard it from, that's all, right?"
"Yeah," Gatomon said,"I'm sure that's it." When, in fact, she wasn't. This wasn't the first time her friend had acted strange about Sora.
"Anyway," Kari said,"Thanks, Gatomon. You're right, I shouldn't believe anything that Datamon says. He's a master manipulator and he loves to toy with peoples emotions."
"No problem," Gatomon said, smiling as she watched Kari walk towards her closet.
"What am I going to wear for the dance Friday night?" she asked, starting to fish through the various garments hanging in front of her.
"Kari," Gatomon said,"Its only Monday."
Kari giggled. "I know, but a girl's got to be ready."
"How about this one?" Kari asked, pulling a sleeveless pink dress out.
"I don't know," Gatomon said,"Maybe."
Kari frowned at her Digimon. "This is the one I'm going to wear. Maybe I'll impress T.K. too."
She hung the dress right in front of her, so she could get an idea of what she'd look like with it on. "Yes, this is perfect. Wait, Gatomon, what time is it?"
Gatomon looked at the clock on the wall. "Oh shoot, its a quarter past six!"
"We're fifteen minutes late!" she cried, throwing the dress back in the closet,"The other's are going to kill me!"
"Where is she?" T.K. asked.
"I don't know," Patamon said,"How many times are you going to ask me?"
"Sorry," he said,"I'm just worried about her."
He and Patamon were by the window, looking out as the front of the school to see when she was going to walk in. The others were by the computer.
"I can see that you care a lot about her," Patamon said.
T.K. started to turn red,"Yeah, you're right, I do, but, I'm worried about what Datamon said."
"About either you or Kari being Puppetmon?" Patamon asked,"He was lying, he had to be!"
"I know," he said,"But she took it pretty hard. I'm wondering if she's okay or not."
"I don't know what to do," Davis said.
"I know what you mean," Jun said,"Can we trust either of them, or are they going to betray us?"
"I'm sure we can," Michael said,"I mean, Cody wasn't quite so good with computers until Izzy's memories were awakened, but Cody's personality remains. So, just because one of them is Puppetmon, doesn't mean we can't trust them."
"I don't know," Davis said,"I mean, I'm Tai, and I've always acted like him."
"Maybe," Cody said, placing his hand to his chin.
"What does that mean?" he asked.
"You were in the room with T.K. and Kari when Datamon said that thing about Datamon, right?"
"Yeah, so-wait, I see where this is going. I can't be Puppetmon, I'm Tai!"
Cody was about to tell him, that that had never been proven, when T.K. suddenly shouted,"She's finally here!"
"About time," Demiveemon muttered.
"Sorry I'm late," Kari said, breathing heavily as she rushed into the room.
"She was too busy picking out an outfit for Friday," Gatomon said.
"You little.." Kari began, when Jun rushed over.
"Really? What are you going to wear? I'm wearing..."
Just then, the computer started talking,"Hello? Is anyone there?"
"Seadramon," Michael said, looking into the screen. The image of the Digital Gate was there, with a picture of Seadramon in the Gate itself. "Did you find him."
"I sure did," the water Digimon said,"He's waiting right here, as soon as you get here we'll leave."
"Great," Davis said, turning towards the three girls, giving pointers to each other about their outfits for the Friday Dance. "Hey, Repunsal, Cinderella, Snow White, let's go!"
"What?" all three girls asked at once.
"Never mind," Davis said, shaking his head,"Seadramon's ready."
Cody held up his Digivice and opened the gate. As light streamed into the room and pulled the Digidestined into the Digiworld, Yolei stood beside Davis. "By the way," she asked,"Which one of us was Snow White?"
They appeared on the shores of a beach full of sand, face down. "Yuck!" Jun said, spitting sand out of her mouth,"That's disgusting!"
"I know," Yolei said, taking her helmet off,"I've got sand all in my hair! It'll take hours to get this all out!"
As everyone was shaking the sand off of themselves, Michael walked down towards the shore and shouted,"Seadramon! Seadramon!"
"Michael!" the dragon Digimon said, shooting up out of the water,"I'm here!"
"Have you brought our friend?" Michael asked.
"He's coming now," Seadramon said, as a huge creature emerged from the water and skidded onto the beach.
"What is that?" Davis shouted.
"Whamon!" all the the Digimon said.
"This is the friend you were looking for?" Kari asked,"Good thinking."
"Thanks," Michael said, starting to blush.
"Whamon?" Jun asked,"Is it true that you were a great ally of the original Digidestined?"
"Yes," Whamon said,"But I thought you guys WERE the original Digidestined."
"Oh yeah," Jun said.
"We have to hurry," Seadramon said,"Metalseadramon is heading towards the remains of Spiral Mountain's Peak."
"You found it?" Cody asked, amazed.
"Yes we did," Whamon said, opening his mouth,"Now hurry and get inside, I'll take you there."
Inside his stomach, they found the wires that Izzy used to connect to Whamon's hard drive. It was child's play, for Cody to pick up where he left off. He quickly connected the laptop to the wires and they were instantly able to see the ocean outside.
"I never saw the ocean like this before," Michael said,"This is incredible! Now I understand why you like it so much, Seadramon."
"He can't hear you," Jun said, walking over to him.
"I know that," Michael said.
"I don't know if I like it down here," Kari said,"Its not exactly strategically sound. The only Digimon that can fight under the ocean is Seadramon, but we can't tell him what to do, because he can't hear us outside of Whamon."
"Don't worry," T.K. said,"We'll be all right."
"We're better than that!" Whamon said,"We're here!"
All the Digidestined turned to look at the laptop screen. In the middle of the ocean floor was a large dome shaped structure. "Is that the Dark Master's castle?" Cody asked.
"That is correct," Whamon said.
"That's where my brother's crest is?" Kari asked,"I thought they fought Apocalymon in an area of nothingness."
"Right where Spiral Mountain once was," Whamon said,"But we're certain that the Crest of Courage is inside."
"Then there is nothing left to say," Kari said,"Let's go!"
"Say," Jun said,"How are we supposed to get inside of that castle?"
Everyone was silent as the obvious hit them in the face. "Oh great!" Kari said,"How could we have missed that?"
"Don't worry," Whamon said,"There is air inside of the castle."
"What?" Yolei asked,"How can that be?"
"I don't know," Whamon said,"I never majored in science."
"Ohhh!" everyone said.
Getting out of Whamon and into the dome of the castle proved to be much easier than they originally thought. All that Whamon needed to do was plow right through the stone wall. Seadramon went first, a hole in the wall. Next, Whamon rammed right into the wall, knocked out the wall and the smaller hole. Since he remained there, he blocked the water from rushing in. Opening his mouth, he said,"End of the line. All out."
"Very ingenious," Cody said, looking at the wall around Whamon.
"Thank you," Whamon said,"Hurry. I'll be waiting right here to take you home."
"Thanks," Michael said, following the others into the dark hallway of the castle.
"This place is scary," Jun said, walking over towards Michael.
"I know," Yolei said.
The main characteristic about the castle was that it was dark. Except for an occasional small wooden stand, the hallways were bare. The Dark Masters, apparently, did not like a dwelling full with furniture.
"How much longer until we get to where we're going?" Armadillomon asked.
"We don't really know, do we?" Hawkmon asked.
"I'm afraid not," Yolei said, shaking her head,"That Crest of Courage could be anywhere in here."
"I have a feeling its in the throne room," Kari said,"Right in the center."
"What makes you say that?" Patamon asked.
"I...I don't know," she said.
The rest of the journey was in silence as they made their way to what they hoped was the center. After hours of trying and hundreds of dead ends, they finally made it to the center of the castle, the throne room.
"This is it," Davis said, pushing past Kari,"This is the throne room."
"How can you be sure?" Veemon asked.
"Look," Davis said, pointing to a large object,"That's Piedmon's telescope!" He pointed to the couch in the center," and that is Piedmon's throne!" He pointed to the left towards a shimmering part of the floor."And that's the entrance that Metalseadramon used!"
"Yes," Cody said, looking around,"This is the throne room, but where's the Crest?"
"There!" Gatomon shouted, pointing towards an object in the middle of the them and the Piedmon's throne.
Kari ran towards it with the others right behind her. She bent down and picked it up. "This is it?" she said, holding the medallion with the orange sun up.
"Maybe if you wear it," T.K. said,"You might feel power."
"Maybe," she said,"Well, there's only one way to find out." She pulled it over her head, then let it drop.
She instantly felt pain shoot through her head the moment the crest hit her chest. "Ahh!" she cried, dropping to the ground, her hands around head. "What's happening to me?" she shouted.
"Kari," T.K. asked, running to her side,"What's wrong?"
"My head hurts so bad," she moaned,"Make it stop! Please!"
"I see your leader is having some migraines," a sinister, yet familiar laugh said.
"Metalseadramon," Michael muttered as the Dark Master of Water emerged from his entrance.
"What have we here?" another voice asked,"Invaders in our home?"
"Machinedramon," Cody said, as he and the others watched the machine Digimon appear in a burst of light, right next to Metalseadramon.
"What have you done to Kari?" T.K. shouted.
"We have done nothing," Machinedramon said,"The crest is causing her pain."
"Why?"
"Because, perhaps part of her does not want the crest," Metalseadramon said.
"What do you mean?" T.K. asked.
"Enough about that," Machinedramon said,"We knew you would come here, it was only a matter of time."
"What are you going to do?" Davis asked,"Attack us? We're more than ready to face you!"
"That's not it at all!" Metalseadramon said,"Once Piedmon is revived our strength will be even greater than it is now!"
"And that is why we're here," Machinedramon said,"We need to revive Piedmon, but, in order to do that, all of our energies are needed. So, we will need Puppetmon's!"
All the Digidestineds felt a chill up their spine, except for Kari who was still on her knees, moaning about the pain. They were about to find out who Puppetmon was.
Machinedramon reached behind his back and pulled out a square device. "This object was created by Datamon to be used to draw Puppetmon's energy back towards it," Machinedramon said.
He pressed a button on it, and a beam of light shot from his hand. It speeded towards the ground, heading straight for Kari.
"She's Puppetmon?" everyone thought.
The beam headed straight towards Kari, then, when it was a few inches from her head, it quickly changed directions! It flew over her head, and nailed Davis right in the chest!
He fell to the ground, moaning about the pain in his head to. "He's Puppetmon?" Yolei asked.
Davis screamed in pain, his whole body lighting up. He sent a beam of energy towards the device in Machinedramon's hand. "Well done."
The Digidestined looked on in horror as a transparent image of Puppetmon appeared around Davis, then disappeared. He gave one final scream, then fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Davis was Puppetmon?" Yolei asked, again,"But, then who's Tai."
"I can answer that!" Kari shouted, standing up. The crest around her chest started to glow even brighter, sending bolts of orange energy out in all directions.
"The Power of Courage is mine...once more!"
"What do you mean...'once more'?" T.K. asked.
Kari stood, staring the two Dark Masters down. "I am Tai Kamiya!"
Sure enough, a transparent image of Tai appeared around her, then vanished. She grabbed her head again, and fainted.
"Kari!" T.K. shouted, running to his fallen friend, when one of the orange bolts of energy hit him in the head.
"Ahh!" he shouted, grabbing the sides of his head,"That...that bolt, it awaken memories! I know who am I. I'm Matt Ishida!"
"I don't believe this," Jun said, numbly.
Then, just when the Digidestined thought things couldn't get any worse, the entire building started to shake.
"What's going on?" Yolei demanded, looking towards the two Dark Masters.
"We are simply bringing our home back to the surface," Machinedramon said.
"Quickly," T.K. said, flinging Kari over his shoulder,"We need to get out of here!"
Michael, reluctantly, grabbed Davis and followed the others.
to be continued....
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Congrats to Turquoise Cow, the only one to guess that Kari was really Tai. And if any of you are wondering, this will NOT become a Kari/Yolei love story. I need your input to see if I should still make it a Takari.