Digimon: The New Path
Episode Four: Clash of The
Brash
By: Robster80
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Last time: Matt got e-mail from Mimi and sent word of a meeting for that night, but TK said he couldn't make it. Cody found him and Ken later on and apologized about their argument the day before, but still decided not to leave Davis and the others. Then Kari came and got into a fight with TK that ended with Kari calling him a crybaby and TK walking away from her for good. That night, Kari received her old pink scarf back from TK, and learned that Mimi was moving back to Japan soon…
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Kari was beyond happy. She had just
told Davis she loved him, and he loved her back. But, how would they be able to
stay together without hurting TK? She still thought of him as her best friend,
and wouldn't dare try to hurt him. Suddenly, she had an idea. "Davis, why
don't we pretend that nothing has changed? I don't want to hurt TK or the
others."
Davis frowned. "It's too late
for that."
Kari gasped, as Davis suddenly
became TK, who stared at her with mixed anger and sadness. "You lied to
me," he said coldly. "I thought we were friends… but all you care
about is yourself."
Gatomon then appeared. "He's
right, Kari. You wanted to prevent TK from getting hurt, but instead you
planned on lying to him rather than face him with the truth, and then you call
him a crybaby when you know he isn't! So we're leaving you." Then Gatomon
and TK faded away, leaving Kari alone at the dark Ocean.
"Gatomon! TK, NO!" Kari
screamed, but they wouldn't listen. At that moment, she woke up, sweating and
panting like crazy. A dream. It was a dream. Looking down at herself,
she realized she didn't change clothes from yesterday, and she was still clutching
her old pink scarf. Tai had brought it home last night in a shoe box, saying
Matt had given it to him to deliver to her. It was her old scarf that she gave
to TK years ago, the one he swore to keep forever.
Kari looked down at the opened box
and finally notice a small piece of folded paper inside of it. Slowly, she
picked it up and read the small note:
This was given
to the wrong guy, so I decided it would be best if I returned it to you. Though
I made a promise to keep it safe, I think it should in your hands or the one
you love. May you be happy with whomever you chose to be with.
-the Crybaby.
Kari felt her stomach turn at the
signature, and ripped it off the note. She then looked at her mini-calendar. It
was Saturday today. Kari changed clothes and put on her pink scarf before going
into the kitchen for breakfast. Tai, who was stuffing his face with cereal,
noticed her scarf. "Ah, so THAT'S what was in that box! Didn't you give it
to TK a few years ago?"
Kari grabbed a granola bar and ate
it without interest. "I did."
"But, you told him to keep it.
Why would he give it back after all these years?"
"It's nothing, Tai. I think
I'll go see Sora, is she working today?"
"Yeah… now answer my
question."
"Sorry. Gotta go!" With
that, Kari grabbed her spare key and ran out of the apartment, the door
slamming shut behind her. Tai blinked at the door then finished his cereal. I
think I'll pay another visit to Mr. Takaishi… and bring his brother with me.
* * *
"HE DID WHAT?!"
Cody covered his ears as Davis
screamed at him and Upamon in the computer room. He had decided to interrogate
them on why Kari hadn't come with them that day, figuring it had to do with
yesterday. It wasn't until he started to strangle Cody did Upamon speak up.
"Like I told you," the
Digimon said. "He and Gatomon walked away from Kari and shouted they'd never
join us again after Kari-."
Davis threw Cody aside and growled
angrily. How DARE he shout at my girl and steal her Digimon away! That
settles it! We attack them and rescue Gatomon at any cost.
Yolei then said, "I have an
idea! Why don't we go vent our anger on the spires?"
Davis was about to tell her to shut
up, when he got his own idea. "Sure, why not? I'll lead the way." He
shoved Yolei aside and began to search for an area that TK might be nearby.
Finally, he found the area, then shouted, "DIGIPORT OPEN!" Without
warning, everyone there was pulled into the Digital World.
* * *
"…And that's everything,
Sora," Kari finished. She had told Sora everything about the past three
days: dating Davis, TK's hard discovery about them, TK and Gatomon's decision
to leave the team and join Ken, whom TK thinks had reformed; and especially the
fight they had yesterday and the return of her old scarf. She even told her
about her dream last night.
Sora had her arms crossed the whole
time, and her face was neutral. Finally, she shook her head. "Kari, Kari,
Kari. How could you do this to your best friend?"
"I don't know, Sora. I… I
didn't mean to hurt him."
"Well, I'm glad you came to me
about this, for your sake. Tai and Matt would have probably killed you after
hearing you out. As for your intentions, I know you meant to be a good friend,
but not saying anything and keeping secrets from those closest to you only hurt
them more once the truth is out. You're lucky TK stopped you, or else he'd be
really angry with you, more than he probably is now."
"I doubt it. He sure sounded
like he wished he never met me yesterday."
Sora nodded. "Kari, tell me
something. What do you love about Davis?"
Kari looked at her with a puzzled
expression. "What I love? Well, he's always willing to help me or be near
me. He saved me the first time we went back to the Digital World and helped TK
rescue me from Andromon. He has some qualities like my brother, and… well, he
makes me feel special more than anyone else."
"What about TK?"
"I'm not in love with him,
Sora. He's just my best friend-." Kari was cut off by Sora's hand striking
her cheek. "S-Sora!"
"He's just your best friend,
is that it? That's what I said about Tai, and we ended up becoming a couple.
You know, Kari, I think the TK in your dream was right: you only care about
yourself. Have you forgotten that if it weren't for TK, you wouldn't be here
now? Remember Piedmon?"
Kari froze at the memory. TK was
the only one left to protect her after the evil Piedmon turned everyone else
but them and Patamon into key chains. They even held hands at the time. Then
she remembered the time she was pulled into the Dark World. She called out to
him verbally and subconsciously, and he came to her with Gatomon and Patamon in
tow. He even said he cared for her.
"He thinks I lied to
him," she slowly said in realization. "When I said I cared about him…
he thinks he meant nothing to me. Oh god, what have I done?!"
* * *
Ken noticed that TK seemed a little
restless that day, so he watched what he said. Gatomon told him about the
fight, which explained a lot, though TK told her to kindly keep quiet. Anyway,
Ken decided that they should spend all day on wrecking spires, which suited TK
just fine, and they went right to work. By 2 o'clock, they had cleaned up three whose areas and only had one
break. Gatomon still wanted to help out, but without her Digi-Egg, it was
impossible. This caused TK to wonder about something as they approached the
next area to clean out. "Hey, Ken! Is it possible that Gatomon could use
my Digi-Egg?"
Before Ken could answer, they heard
a familiar shout "FIRE ROCKET!" and a nearby control spire began to
fall at them. Angemon quickly flew up and used his staff to shatter the rest of
the falling spire. They looked to see Davis, Yolei, Cody, Flamedramon,
Shurimon, and Digmon looking over at them.
Davis secretly beamed, but he
shouted, "They just tried to sneak up on us! TAKE THEM DOWN!"
"He set us up!" Angemon
said. "We have to explain that-."
"Screw that!" Ken
shouted. "They attacked us first, and I believe that you can't push people
around and then expect them to not push back!"
TK nodded. "Angemon, fire a
warning shot!"
Angemon frowned, but agreed to it.
"HERE'S A WARNING SHOT, YOU SIX! HAND OF FATE!" He fired a shot, but
it was countered by another attack by Flamedramon.
"See?" Davis exclaimed.
"They want to kill us! GET THEM!"
This set off the spark. Stingmon
squared off against Shurimon while Flamedramon reluctantly fought Angemon.
Gatomon remained beside TK while Digmon looked down at them with Cody. Gatomon
glared up at Davis, blaming him for all that was happening. "Stop this,
Davis!" she shouted.
Davis then said to Cody, "Have
Digmon rescue Gatomon! Then we'll go home and surprise my girl."
Just then, something broke out from
the ground and roared in rage as it flew up on its insect wings. Stingmon
gasped. "Oh no! It's Okuwamon, the evolved form of Kuwagamon. He's an
Ultimate level Digimon, so we're powerless to defeat him."
Davis just shrugged. "Your old
tricks won't work this time, Ken! Aim for the Dark Ring or Spiral, gang!"
Yolei's eyes went wide. "Uh,
Davis? IT DOESN'T HAVE ONE!"
Okuwamon overheard her, and turned
to face them. TK then shouted, "STINGMON, ANGEMON, STOP HIM!"
They nodded and attacked, trying to
divert the evil Digimon away from their rivals. TK then pointed his D-3 at
Gatomon. "I know you can use my Digi-Egg, Gatomon. You may be our only hope
now. DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!"
There was a flash of light from the
small screen and the Digi-Egg of Hope flew at Gatomon before they both vanished
in another burst of light.
"GATOMON ARMOR-DIGIVOLVE TO…
GOATMON!"
The light vanished and a goat-like
Digimon in yellow armor appeared where Gatomon once was. "I am Goatmon. As
Gatomon I merged with the Digi-Egg of Hope. My Mystic Bell attack stuns my
enemies with its high-pitched chimes."
Cody was amazed. He looked at
Digmon and said, "Digmon, I say we help them out."
Davis looked at them and said,
"NOT A CHANCE! They attacked us, then called that Okuwamon out after
us-."
That was all Cody could stand.
"SHOVE IT, DAVIS! You attacked them first by knocking down that spire at
them. And how do we even know that they summoned Okuwamon? I've had enough of
you, Davis, so Digmon and I quit!" He then refaced his partner.
"Let's go help those guys!" He hopped onto Digmon's back and they
leapt in to join Stingmon and Angemon.
Davis then grabbed Yolei and said,
"We're leaving right now! C'mon, you guys!" They ran off with
Flamedramon and Shurimon lingering behind them.
Goatmon ran up underneath Okuwamon
and shouted, "Everyone get away! MYSTIC BELL!" A large bell appeared
around her neck, and its chiming was so loud that the evil Digimon shrieked as
it began to fall to the ground. Goatmon ran out of the way just before it
landed with a loud crash. Angemon, Stingmon, and Digmon backed away as several
spires toppled onto Okuwamon, crushing it to death.
The Digimon then returned to their
previous forms and sighed with content. "That was cool, Gatomon,"
Patamon said, making his girlfriend smile.
Cody then walked up to them all.
"Could you use an extra member in your group?"
TK smiled. "You bet,
Cody."
Ken shook Cody's hand. "Welcome
to our side of the fence."
Suddenly, a tall man with brown
hair appeared, wearing a tan tunic. He smiled. "At last, I finally found
you, Digi-Destined. Hello, TK, Patamon, Gatomon. You all look well."
Patamon then gasped.
"GENNAI!!"
The man nodded. "Yes, it's me.
I do apologize for not being here when you all came back, but I had died and it
has taken a long time for me to be reformatted into the young man you see
know." He then looked at Cody and Ken. "However, during that time, I
learned all about you new Digi-Destined. Even you, Ken. There is a lot I wish
to speak about with you."
TK then asked Cody, "By the
way, what was the meeting about last night? I forgot to ask Matt this
morning."
"You don't know? Mimi's moving
back to Japan real soon."
* * *
Mimi walked out into the busy
airport and sighed. She was home again, for good, but the jet lag had dampened
her joyful mood. After fixing her watch so it was at Japan's time, she let out
a deep yawn.
"I know how you feel,"
she heard a voice from behind say to her. "Though I've never experienced
jet lag before in my life."
Mimi happily faced the boy behind
her and kissed his cheek. "That's because you've only flown to Florida and
the Bahamas, Rob. Believe me, you're going to love it here."
Rob kissed her back. "As long
as I'm with you, I'll be content. But first, we need some rest. Let's go get
our luggage." With that, he took Mimi's hand into his and they walked down
to luggage claim.
* * *
"DAMMIT!" Davis screamed
as he furiously punched the computer lab wall. "Not only did we fail to
rescue Gatomon and beat the crap out of TC for Kari, but Cody's now joined that
traitor and his group!"
DemiVeemon sighed. "Davis,
Kari didn't ask us to do any of that stuff. I doubt she'd want us to beat TK
up."
"Shut it, DemiVeemon! We have
to think up a new plan to get Gatomon back, especially now that TB's forcing
her to Armor-Digivolve with his Digi-Egg."
Yolei picked up Poromon and said,
"We'll think up something later. I have to get home." Not waiting for
a response, Yolei walked out in a hurry, taking her Digimon with her as Davis
continued to fume and DemiVeemon to worry.
"Why are we going home now,
Yolei?" Poromon asked.
"We're not, Poromon. You and I
are going to see Kari. Davis is becoming more and more obsessed with her and
TK, and I think she has a right to hear my thoughts about it. Personally, I
think he's not in love with her, but TK is."
"But what can we do?"
"Kari's our friend, and we
have to look out for her. I'm going to tell her how I really feel about her and
Ken… er, I mean Davis!"
Poromon's eyes went wide.
"Yolei, you STILL have a crush on Ken?!"
"Well, TK was right about us
not giving him a chance to reform. Cody just beat me to the punch with his
comment and TK snapped before I could say anything."
"There's hope for you yet,
Yolei."
Yolei was about to ask what that
meant when her D-terminal buzzed. She opened it and checked her mail. "Oh
my gosh, Mimi's home! She just arrived!"
* * *
Matt sighed heavily as he turned
off his terminal and Tai walked up to him and they walked into the airport.
"TK won't come, again. And he still won't tell me what's wrong!"
Tai said, "Kari knows something,
but she only told me that she had a fight with Gatomon and they separated for a
bit. You know that box I gave her from
TK? It had her old pink scarf in it, and she won't say why she has it
back. Coincidence?"
"Not bloody likely!"
The two caught up with the other
kids, minus TK, Cody, and Davis. Yolei explained that Davis was upset about
something, but didn't know what, and that Cody had kendo practice. Kari was
somewhat relieved, but also depressed that TK wouldn't be there. Either he's
staying away to prevent another fight, or he's still angry with me.
"HEY EVERYONE!"
Joe was the first to see Mimi run
up to them. "Welcome home, Mimi!"
Mimi smiled. "It's nice to see
you all-! But, where are Davis, Cody, and TK?"
"Mimi, wait up!"
Everyone looked to see a teen with
short dark hair and glasses rush up, carrying two suitcases. Mimi came up to
him, apologized, then kissed him. Joe, Matt, and Izzy gasped. "Who is
that?" all three of the asked.
Mimi hugged the teen and said,
"This is Rob Gittler. His father and mine are business partners, and he's
my boyfriend."
Rob shyly raised his hand and
waved. "Uh, hi."
The three teens facefaulted while
Tai snickered madly. Kari grew more depressed. She kept thinking more of TK,
and less of Davis. Who do I love?
End Episode 4
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Next: The kids get e-mail from
Gennai and they rush to the Digital World to see him while Mimi and Rob get
some rest. Tai and Matt confront Kari about what's going on, but suddenly the
mysterious Arukenimon and her evil Digimon kidnap Ken. Then a fight ensues between
Davis and TK about whether or not Ken should be saved, but who will win? A
Digi-Destined will fall, and an ally will be lost…