Aftermath
Sequel to Digital Deception
Part 2: A New Hero
(TK's Story)
Takeru Takashi stared at the computer screen from behind Yolei as she brought up a map of the digital world. "That dark force is spreading," she said, typing fast.
Ken Ichijoji put a hand on her shoulder saying, "I know but what do we do?"
Davis Myiomoto clenched his fists and shouted, "We go to the digital world and fight it! Right now!"
TK spoke up, "No, not right now."
Everyone turned to him.
"We don't know about this enemy to fight it yet. We'll get ourselves killed."
Davis let his temper get the best of him yet again. He stood an inch from TK's face and shouted, "What if this evil thing takes over the digital world while we sit here and do nothing? Huh, TS?"
Kari quickly jumped to the blonde's defense. "Davis! His name is TK! And he's right. Besides, its late, we should all go home and get some sleep."
"Right," agreed TK. "C'mon Kari, I'll walk you home."
"Thanks, TK." Kari took his hand and they left, leaving Davis dumbstruck with his mouth hanging open.
"TK?" Kari said softly as they walked.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks."
"For what?"
"For making sure Davis doesn't get us killed."
"Sure. Someone has to do it Kar."
"Yeah…you know, his heart is in the right place but his head is on Mars."
They reached the Kamiya apartment and shared a deep kiss before TK whispered, "Good night Kari. I love you."
"I love you too. See you tomorrow."
TK reluctantly let go of her; he had a strange premonition that something bad was going to happen but he just shook it off and headed home.
It turned out, however that TK was right. That night as he tossed and turned in bed, his d-terminal went off, waking him from his restless sleep. The device showed a very fuzzy distress call from Kari. TK threw on some clothes and head down towards the beach.
TK ran into the Yolei and the others on the way to the cliff over looking the ocean. He knew Kari was back in that alternate dimension; that whatever had tried to get her before had her now.
Once the group had assembled on the cliff, Cody said, "Kari is that other dimensions again, huh TK?"
Davis, still in his pajamas, shouted, "Where ever she is, I've got to save her!"
TK looked at Davis and said calmly, but firmly, "No, Davis, I have to."
"No way, TJ! Kari's MY girl! I'm gonna save her!"
"Davis, she's not your girl! She's my girl and she loves ME."
"I don't care I'm still gonna save her."
"You don't understand, I have to save her."
"Why? I love her just as much as you do!"
"That's not it, Davis. True, I love her more than anything but that's only part of the reason. I promised Tai when he died that I would protect Kari in his place. He asked to take care of her and I plan to do just that. You have to understand, Davis that if I let you go instead of me, I'd be breaking a promise to a hero."
"Tai told YOU to look after Kari?" Davis was stupified by this news.
Yolei, who'd been quiet until now, spoke up. "TK, you have to let me go with you! Kari's one of my best friends…I couldn't live with myself if something happened to her."
"I'm sorry, Yolei, I have to do this alone."
"But TK…"
Ken took her hand, saying, "Yolei, this is something he has to do. Let him go."
"O-ok, Ken…. TK, go get Kari back for us!"
"Right!" TK held his digivice in his hand and, with Patamon by his side, stepped off the cliff and into the alternate dimension.
He soon found himself on the same dark beach, yet this time it seemed more foreboding. The atmosphere was strangely calm except for an odd light coming from a cave. TK went to investigate and discovered a legion of Divermon guarding an unconscious Kari tied to a pole. A dark figure TK couldn't make out loomed behind her. As TK advanced, the dark figure came into the light. He stopped dead in his tracks; he had come face to face with…. himself.
TK turned to Patamon and whispered, "You take out the Divermon while I deal with…well…me."
"Got it…Patamon armor digivolve to….Pegasusmon!"
As his digimon worked on the Divermon, TK stared into a pair of deep blue eyes that matched his own except the compassion had been replaced by ice.
"Who are you?" TK asked.
"I'm you." The stranger replied.
"That's impossible."
"No. I'm the opposite of everything you stand for. Where you have love, compassion and kindness, I have hatred, and violence. Where you have friendship, I have solitude. I was created out of pure evil for the single purpose of destroying you."
"But why put Kari in the middle? I don't care what you do to me, but I swear, hurt Kari and I'll-"
"Your courage sickens me. I had to use her. It was the only way to ensure that you'd come. I know how much you love her and how you could never break that promise."
TK was shaking from anger by now. "I can't believe…You…I.." Without a second thought, he threw the hardest punch he could mange strait at his twin's nose. He flew back and hit the wall of the cave, rendering him unconscious. TK, quickly untied Kari, located his digimon, who had finished off the Divermon, and headed back the real world.
That night, Kari woke up to find herself on a couch in a strangely familiar. She looked up into a pair of concerned azure eyes. "T-TK?" she questioned.
"Yeah, it's me Kar."
"What happened? The last thing I remember was getting pulled into that dimension again...seeing someone who looked like you...then…then I can't remember anything else..."
"Well…" TK launched into the story of the events and she listened with solemn interest. When he was finished she asked,
"So, you came and rescued me again? Even though you knew…."
"Kari, I almost had to give my life in place of yours and I'd do it again. I promised Tai I'd look after you but more importantly, I love you."
Kari threw her arms him and said, "I love you too, TK. Thank you for saving me and being my best friend…. And just everything…."
TK smiled. "No problem…" He put a hand on her cheek and stared deep into her crimson eyes for a moment before kissing her deeply and passionately.
"TK?" Kari said as the kiss broke.
"Yeah?"
"You're my hero."
"Thanks."
As TK held Kari in his arms, he knew he had kept a promise to a hero and would continue to for the rest of his days so, because of this, he had become the new hero.
THE END
A/n: I'm sorry I took so long to get this up, I've been real busy. I'll have the third part up ASAP, so don't worry, k? Please review!!