Disclaimer: I don't own digimon.
A/N: This is the sequel to Changed Destiny. I strongly suggest you read that fic before you read this one! Otherwise you won't get it!
And I will continue Born Of Angels for all of you who are freaking because I started this one. I got bored with B.O.A. I'll start it again soon. I can do two at a time.
What The Future Brings
"Okay, this is what happened…" Gennai started. "As you realize when a digimon dies they are reconfigured. The data is changed and they are reborn in a place call Primary Village. This is what happened to Kari. She was reconfigured and reborn. When she was reconfigured her memories were taken away and stored with lost data at Primary Village. I found it, but decided not to interfere with her yet."
"Shock of all shocks," Tai mumbled. Kari looked up at him, concern on her pale face. "I'm okay," he smiled at her.
"If she was reconfigured then why is she still sick?" A voice asked from the doorway. They all looked up and saw a young blond man leaning against the frame with his arms crossed.
"TK!" Kari yelled.
He looked up at her and a huge grin spread across his face. "You remember me?" He ran over to her and hugged her tightly.
"I didn't say you could come back here," Gennai said.
"I don't believe its right that not all of us get to hear at the same time," TK replied as he pulled away from Kari. He let Tai put his hands around her again.
"I agree," Davis added.
"Well, this is how I chose to do it. You can stay and listen if you'd like," Gennai said, annoyed.
"Thanks for the permission, but I wasn't going to leave anyway," TK snapped. "And I'd like my question answered."
"When she was reconfigured it took way her injuries that were the cause of her death. The sickness didn't cause her death, Apocalymon did. So the DigiWorld copied the sickness too. The only thing is the disease is unknown here. You can't activate a disease where the data doesn't exist. So it didn't bother her until she went back to the real world. It triggered then."
Davis bit his lip. He had been the one who forced Kari into the real world. 'Stupid! She didn't want to go!' He thought. 'For good reason I guess.' "Why didn't you warn her? Why didn't you let her know that if she went into the real world she'd get sick?" Davis yelled.
"I did. I tried. I gave her the memories of being sick. I thought it would scare her away from the real world. And it did for a while. Unfortunately her friends are a little persistent." Davis hung his head in shame.
"So I'm just a copy of my original self?" Kari asked. Gennai didn't answer.
"So there's nothing to do?" Tai asked. "She's sick and that's it?"
"I'll need to talk to you more about that later. For now I'll leave you to talk. Come Tera."
Gennai walked out of the room and Tera got up to follow. She stopped at the doorway. "I got to get home. Bye TK!"
"Bye Tera," he waved. He looked back at Tai. "Shall I call the others?"
Tai looked down at Kari. "How are you feeling?"
"Tired," she replied.
"Why don't we wait? Let Kari get some sleep and we'll go tell the others," Tai suggested.
Kari gripped his hand. "Don't leave!"
"Alright."
TK looked over at Davis. "We'll tell the others." Davis didn't reply, but did follow TK out of the room.
Kari laid back on the table and Tai pulled the blanket up on her. "I don't want to be sick again, Tai," she whispered. "It hurts so much."
"Do you want to come back to the real world?"
"With you?" He nodded. "Yes."
"Okay, go to sleep. Get some rest." She closed her eyes. He pulled up the stool Tera had been sitting on. "You want to come back. I want you to come back." He closed his eyes and put his hands together. "Dear God, I pray I can take care of Kari. I pray I have the strength to stay sober and to stay strong for her. I can't lose he again. I love her so much.
Sora walked up into the doorway and stopped. Tai didn't notice her.
"I'm not proud of myself or the things I've done. But please let me try again. Please, God. Just give me one more chance. One more chance to hold her and take care of her. Don't take Kari away from me because I can't do this again." He looked at Kari, listened to her steady breathing, and stroked her soft brown hair. He laughed. "Look at me praying. Like anyone especially God would listen. Half the prayers in the world are unanswered, why would mine be?"
"Not all prayers are unanswered." Tai looked up and saw Sora standing in the doorway. "TK and Davis told us what happened. Gennai said I could come back."
"She's sick again."
"I know." She walked in and hugged him. "She'll get better this time."
"I hope so. I can't deal with another death."
Gennai walked into the room. "I need to talk to you, Tai. Alone."
Sora pulled away from Tai. "I get the hint." She started for the doorway.
"Wait!" Tai cried. "Whatever you have to say Sora can hear it too."
Gennai nodded. "I figured you say that. It's about Kari's heart. She's not going to make it."
"That's real comforting, Gennai?" Tai mumbled.
"She needs a transplant."
"We were too far down the list when she was alive, what makes you think we'll be any closer when she's been dead for a year?" Tai asked.
"You'd be surprised. Here," Gennai placed a wad of cash into Tai's hand.
"What is this? There has to be at least a million dollars here!"
"That should help with medical procedures and school for the both of you. I want to see Kari better. It is my fault she's sick again. Her suffering is my mistake. Make sure she gets better, young Kamiya."
Tai put the money in his pocket. "Yes sir."
"Good boy." He slapped Tai on the back. "Take her and go home. When you get home there'll be a phone call for you. Don't miss it."
"Alright." Tai lifted Kari up. "Sora, go get the others." Sora dashed out of the room. "I assume we can use your computer as a DigiPort."
"Of course."
The other DigiDestined filed in. Matt ran up to Tai. "Everything okay?"
"Not sure yet," Tai replied. "Open the port."
Matt held up his DigiVice. "DigiPort Open." A bright light flashed and they were all standing in Tai's bedroom.
"Where are we?" It was Yolie.
"Your in my house," Tai replied. "Sora, help me." Sora pulled back the blanket on Tai's bed and he laid Kari down. The smaller girl didn't stir. "Come on, everybody out of the room." Tai pushed them out into his living room.
"So Kari's going to stay her with you?" Davis asked.
"Yep," Tai replied. The phone rang and he jumped for it. "Hello?"
"Hello, Mr. Kamiya?" A male voice said. It sounded familiar.
"Dr. Kido? Jim?" Joe looked up.
"Yes, long time no see," the man laughed. "I have some great news. Kari moved up. They have a transplant all read for her at the hospital."
"You're kidding me!" Tai said in disbelief.
"I'm not kidding you. They have the transplant for her. Do you want to go through with the operation? It's a risky and costly procedure."
"Why are you asking me? Isn't this type of thing up to my parents?"
"If they had custody of your sister. But they don't. You do. This is your call, Tai"
"Legal custody? Of course, yes! I want to do this!" Tai yelled into the phone.
"Alright. Let's set this up."
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TK walked into the hospital, one red rose and three white carnations in hand. He walked towards the large hospital room where Kari was staying. He took a deep breath; he didn't like hospitals too much. He turned into the open doorway, but stopped upon seeing Davis sitting beside Kari on the hospital bed. His hand was wrapped around hers. They were talking quietly.
"The coach said I may be good enough to play college ball," Davis said.
"Is that good?" Kari asked.
"Yeah. For a junior." She looked away and out the window. "What's up? You keep zoning out."
"Its nothing," she whispered.
"Hikari," he persisted.
"Dai, I'm scared! What if the heart doesn't work inside me? What if something goes wrong in the operation room? I'm just scared." Tears filled her eyes.
"Nothing will go wrong. You'll go in and then come out as good as new. No pain, no fear, no anything. And when you wake up your friends will be here and your brother will take you home and we'll throw a big party." He put his arm around her and she snuggled against him.
TK's heart fell as he watched the two.
"Tomorrow everything will be better."
"I'm still scared, Dai."
"It'll be fine," he hugged her tighter. The alarm on his watch went off.
"You have to go?" She asked.
"Yeah." He kissed her on the forehead. "I'll be back tomorrow before you go in for the operation." He climbed down from the bed. "Bye Kari."
"Bye Dai."
Davis walked out of the room and straight into TK. The both fell backwards at the force of the impact. Davis looked up with annoyance clear on his face. His frown turned into a smile when he saw TK and he laughed. "Hi TK." He got up and helped TK up. "How's it going?"
"Uh, okay. I guess," TK replied as he dusted himself off.
Davis looked at the flowers in TK's hand. "For Kari?" TK nodded. "Do you like her? I mean, more then friends?"
TK nodded again. "But I'll back off."
"For me?" Davis asked. "Why?"
"Aren't you two…" He trailed off, unable to say the words himself.
"No! Of course net! I love Kari and all, but not like that. More like a sister type thing. I promised myself a long time ago that I'd take care of her and never hurt her. I'd be too afraid of breaking her heart to ever go too far. Go in and see her. She doesn't like being alone too long." He held out his hand and TK shook it. "See you later TK," he said before walking off.
"By Davis." TK stepped into the doorframe and knocked on the door. Kari looked up at him and smiled. "Hi Kari."
"Hi TK!" He held up the flowers and she took them. "For me? Thank you." She patted the bed next to her where Davis had been sitting. "Have a seat."
He sat down facing her. She looked disappointed. "How are you feeling?" She shrugged.
Neither of them spoke for a few moments. "TK," she finally said.
"Hm?"
"Why were you sorry?"
He didn't answer at first. Then he laughed. "This was easier the first time around." He went serious again. "I'm sorry because I couldn't protect you during the battle with Apocalymon. You didn't make it home like I promised. It was my fault."
She smiled. "It isn't your fault. And its not like I'm mad at you or anything." She put her hand on his. He blushed.
"I'm still sorry."
"Then I forgive you."
He smiled. An odd silence passed. Then, "Kari."
"Yeah?"
"Don't be scared, okay."
"I can't help it."
He took the seat beside her where Davis had been. He smiled and took her hand. "Well, then maybe I can give you something to think about instead of the operation. Well, maybe. If you accept, I guess."
"Accept what?"
"Kari, do you think maybe-" He paused and swallowed hard. "When you get better maybe-" He blushed again. "Do you want to go out with me?" He finally got out softly.
At first her face remained emotionless and his heart died. Then a smile lit up her face. "Yes!"
"Really?"
"YES!"
A huge smile crossed his face. He leaned over and kissed her. Ten seconds later he pulled away. "I am so sorry! I shouldn't have-"
She put a finger over his lips to silence him. "Its okay. I liked it. My first kiss," she chuckled. She leaned over and kissed him again.
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Tai sat in silence as he waited for Kari to wake up. She was still unconscious from the anesthetic of the operation and he was starting to worry now. A doctor came into check on her. Tai jumped up out of his seat and startled the doctor. "Should she still be asleep? Is she okay? When is she going to wake up?"
"Mr. Kamiya, its perfectly fine that she's still under. She's fine right now. I'm not exactly sure when she's going to wake. Please be patient," the young doctor said. He walked out of the room.
"Can't stand doctors. Too impersonal," Tai mumbled to himself.
Joe walked in. "I heard that, Tai," he laughed. Mimi was at his side, holding his hand.
"Hi Joe. Hi Mimi," Tai waved as he sat back down.
"Hi Tai," Mimi walked over and hugged him tightly. "She hasn't waked up yet?"
"No. The doctors said so many things could go wrong while she's under the anesthetic. Joe, do you think they lied to me and she's not going to be okay?"
Joe walked over to Kari and looked at the many machines hooked up to her. "No, everything is okay."
"Okay," Tai sighed, defeated.
TK walked in. He had a rose in his hand. "Hi. How're things going?"
"Kari's just fine. She's still asleep," Joe replied, before Tai could tell his own version.
"Alright," TK nodded with a slight smile on his lips.
"Well, Sora just told us to come check up on you. She couldn't come. Some school thing. But I have to go," Mimi said. "Are you going to stay Joe?"
"I'll give you a ride then come back," he replied. They left.
TK glanced at Tai. The older boy looked exhausted. "Tai, why don't you go home? Get some sleep. I'll stay here."
He looked at TK like he was crazy. "I'm not leaving her! Although I do trust you I can't leave her."
"Well then here." He handed Tai three dollars. "Go get some coffee or something."
Tai pushed the money away, but TK insisted. He took the money and stood up. "Thank you, TK. I'll be right back." He walked out of the room and down the hall of the bleak, clean smelling hospital.
He got to a small area where there were three restaurants. He walked towards a small coffee shop, but stopped upon seeing a bar. Just one beer, no one would notice. He took a step forward, towards the bar and stopped. "No, no! I can't do that! Everyone's counting on me!" He turned back to the coffee shop and said to the lady working it, "Coffee, black. As black as you can make it preferably." He handed him a thin cup of hot liquid and he gave her TK's money.
He walked back towards Kari's room, sipping the steaming drink and looking at the walls. Then he began to notice doctors running past him in the direction he was going. He continued down the hall and watched them turn. It was in the same direction as Kari's room. He began to run towards the room, spilling coffee on the floor and some even trickled down to his hand, but he didn't care. He neared the room and ran in.
There were no doctors inside the room. He saw two more run to the room next door. 'Thank you go," Tai whispered relieved. He walked into the room and saw TK sitting on the bed, lips crushed against Kari's. "What are you doing?" Tai screamed.
TK sat up. Kari looked up, drowsy eyed. "Taichi." She murmured, softly.
"Kari?" Tai dropped the cup. He ran to the bed and hugged her tightly.
"Tai, you're hurting me," she whispered.
He pulled away. "Sorry." He glanced over at TK. "What were you two doing before I came in?" TK blushed and Kari just laughed.
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Tai fiddled with the silver and diamond tiara that Kari had left on the table. She had asked him to go and get it for her and he was trying to figure out how it was supposed to stay on her head. He got to her door and knocked. "Is it safe?"
The door opened a few inches and Sora poked her head out. "Yes." The door opened the rest of the way and Tai stepped inside. He looked over at his baby sister who stood in the middle of the room with Yolie on one side of her and Sora on the other. She was dressed in a light blue dress that covered her feet. Thin straps held it up and glitter made her shoulder, chest and face sparkle. Her hair was done up and two side pieces hung down, framing her face. Light makeup made her seem older then she actually was.
"Uh…" He said, speechless. "I don't thinks so! There is no way your going out!" He joked.
"Tai," Kari groaned. "How do I look?"
"Beautiful." He approached her and placed the tiara on her head, hoping he was skilled enough to have it stay on her head. It did.
"Thank you, Tai," she hugged him. The doorbell rang. "That must be my date." She stood up and walked out of the room and to the door. Tai followed closely behind. She opened the door and there stood TK dressed in a black tuxedo. "HI TK."
He nearly dropped the flower he had in his hand. "H-hi Kari. Wow, you look gorgeous."
"You don't look to bad yourself," she giggled. He handed the flower to her and kissed her deeply.
"Hey," Tai scolded. "Wait till you're out of my sight for that."
"Well, are you ready?" TK asked.
"Yeah," she picked up her light blue shawl that went with her dress.
"Wait. I need to talk to Kari really quick," Tai said. He took her to the kitchen.
"Is this about curfew, Tai? Because I'll be home before five in the morning," she grinned.
He laughed. "Alright, that's fine. I just wanted to tell you to be careful tonight. If you get tired or hurt I want you to come home."
She sighed. "Tai, I'll be fine."
"Then there's only one more thing." He hugged her. "I'm so proud of you. I told you that a long time ago, but I don't think you heard."
She smiled. "I heard."
"Its hard to believe you're here again. I love you."
"I love you to, Tai."
"Alright. Go ahead back to your date."
They both walked out and Kari took his arm before walking out of the apartment. "Have fun at prom!" Yolie yelled as they left. They turned and waved before leaving.
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Well, as crapy as the ending seemed it did take quite a bit of effort. It was a TaKari like everyone (almost everyone) wanted. I hope you like it and didn't leave anything left untold. Please read and review!
A/N: This is the sequel to Changed Destiny. I strongly suggest you read that fic before you read this one! Otherwise you won't get it!
And I will continue Born Of Angels for all of you who are freaking because I started this one. I got bored with B.O.A. I'll start it again soon. I can do two at a time.
What The Future Brings
"Okay, this is what happened…" Gennai started. "As you realize when a digimon dies they are reconfigured. The data is changed and they are reborn in a place call Primary Village. This is what happened to Kari. She was reconfigured and reborn. When she was reconfigured her memories were taken away and stored with lost data at Primary Village. I found it, but decided not to interfere with her yet."
"Shock of all shocks," Tai mumbled. Kari looked up at him, concern on her pale face. "I'm okay," he smiled at her.
"If she was reconfigured then why is she still sick?" A voice asked from the doorway. They all looked up and saw a young blond man leaning against the frame with his arms crossed.
"TK!" Kari yelled.
He looked up at her and a huge grin spread across his face. "You remember me?" He ran over to her and hugged her tightly.
"I didn't say you could come back here," Gennai said.
"I don't believe its right that not all of us get to hear at the same time," TK replied as he pulled away from Kari. He let Tai put his hands around her again.
"I agree," Davis added.
"Well, this is how I chose to do it. You can stay and listen if you'd like," Gennai said, annoyed.
"Thanks for the permission, but I wasn't going to leave anyway," TK snapped. "And I'd like my question answered."
"When she was reconfigured it took way her injuries that were the cause of her death. The sickness didn't cause her death, Apocalymon did. So the DigiWorld copied the sickness too. The only thing is the disease is unknown here. You can't activate a disease where the data doesn't exist. So it didn't bother her until she went back to the real world. It triggered then."
Davis bit his lip. He had been the one who forced Kari into the real world. 'Stupid! She didn't want to go!' He thought. 'For good reason I guess.' "Why didn't you warn her? Why didn't you let her know that if she went into the real world she'd get sick?" Davis yelled.
"I did. I tried. I gave her the memories of being sick. I thought it would scare her away from the real world. And it did for a while. Unfortunately her friends are a little persistent." Davis hung his head in shame.
"So I'm just a copy of my original self?" Kari asked. Gennai didn't answer.
"So there's nothing to do?" Tai asked. "She's sick and that's it?"
"I'll need to talk to you more about that later. For now I'll leave you to talk. Come Tera."
Gennai walked out of the room and Tera got up to follow. She stopped at the doorway. "I got to get home. Bye TK!"
"Bye Tera," he waved. He looked back at Tai. "Shall I call the others?"
Tai looked down at Kari. "How are you feeling?"
"Tired," she replied.
"Why don't we wait? Let Kari get some sleep and we'll go tell the others," Tai suggested.
Kari gripped his hand. "Don't leave!"
"Alright."
TK looked over at Davis. "We'll tell the others." Davis didn't reply, but did follow TK out of the room.
Kari laid back on the table and Tai pulled the blanket up on her. "I don't want to be sick again, Tai," she whispered. "It hurts so much."
"Do you want to come back to the real world?"
"With you?" He nodded. "Yes."
"Okay, go to sleep. Get some rest." She closed her eyes. He pulled up the stool Tera had been sitting on. "You want to come back. I want you to come back." He closed his eyes and put his hands together. "Dear God, I pray I can take care of Kari. I pray I have the strength to stay sober and to stay strong for her. I can't lose he again. I love her so much.
Sora walked up into the doorway and stopped. Tai didn't notice her.
"I'm not proud of myself or the things I've done. But please let me try again. Please, God. Just give me one more chance. One more chance to hold her and take care of her. Don't take Kari away from me because I can't do this again." He looked at Kari, listened to her steady breathing, and stroked her soft brown hair. He laughed. "Look at me praying. Like anyone especially God would listen. Half the prayers in the world are unanswered, why would mine be?"
"Not all prayers are unanswered." Tai looked up and saw Sora standing in the doorway. "TK and Davis told us what happened. Gennai said I could come back."
"She's sick again."
"I know." She walked in and hugged him. "She'll get better this time."
"I hope so. I can't deal with another death."
Gennai walked into the room. "I need to talk to you, Tai. Alone."
Sora pulled away from Tai. "I get the hint." She started for the doorway.
"Wait!" Tai cried. "Whatever you have to say Sora can hear it too."
Gennai nodded. "I figured you say that. It's about Kari's heart. She's not going to make it."
"That's real comforting, Gennai?" Tai mumbled.
"She needs a transplant."
"We were too far down the list when she was alive, what makes you think we'll be any closer when she's been dead for a year?" Tai asked.
"You'd be surprised. Here," Gennai placed a wad of cash into Tai's hand.
"What is this? There has to be at least a million dollars here!"
"That should help with medical procedures and school for the both of you. I want to see Kari better. It is my fault she's sick again. Her suffering is my mistake. Make sure she gets better, young Kamiya."
Tai put the money in his pocket. "Yes sir."
"Good boy." He slapped Tai on the back. "Take her and go home. When you get home there'll be a phone call for you. Don't miss it."
"Alright." Tai lifted Kari up. "Sora, go get the others." Sora dashed out of the room. "I assume we can use your computer as a DigiPort."
"Of course."
The other DigiDestined filed in. Matt ran up to Tai. "Everything okay?"
"Not sure yet," Tai replied. "Open the port."
Matt held up his DigiVice. "DigiPort Open." A bright light flashed and they were all standing in Tai's bedroom.
"Where are we?" It was Yolie.
"Your in my house," Tai replied. "Sora, help me." Sora pulled back the blanket on Tai's bed and he laid Kari down. The smaller girl didn't stir. "Come on, everybody out of the room." Tai pushed them out into his living room.
"So Kari's going to stay her with you?" Davis asked.
"Yep," Tai replied. The phone rang and he jumped for it. "Hello?"
"Hello, Mr. Kamiya?" A male voice said. It sounded familiar.
"Dr. Kido? Jim?" Joe looked up.
"Yes, long time no see," the man laughed. "I have some great news. Kari moved up. They have a transplant all read for her at the hospital."
"You're kidding me!" Tai said in disbelief.
"I'm not kidding you. They have the transplant for her. Do you want to go through with the operation? It's a risky and costly procedure."
"Why are you asking me? Isn't this type of thing up to my parents?"
"If they had custody of your sister. But they don't. You do. This is your call, Tai"
"Legal custody? Of course, yes! I want to do this!" Tai yelled into the phone.
"Alright. Let's set this up."
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TK walked into the hospital, one red rose and three white carnations in hand. He walked towards the large hospital room where Kari was staying. He took a deep breath; he didn't like hospitals too much. He turned into the open doorway, but stopped upon seeing Davis sitting beside Kari on the hospital bed. His hand was wrapped around hers. They were talking quietly.
"The coach said I may be good enough to play college ball," Davis said.
"Is that good?" Kari asked.
"Yeah. For a junior." She looked away and out the window. "What's up? You keep zoning out."
"Its nothing," she whispered.
"Hikari," he persisted.
"Dai, I'm scared! What if the heart doesn't work inside me? What if something goes wrong in the operation room? I'm just scared." Tears filled her eyes.
"Nothing will go wrong. You'll go in and then come out as good as new. No pain, no fear, no anything. And when you wake up your friends will be here and your brother will take you home and we'll throw a big party." He put his arm around her and she snuggled against him.
TK's heart fell as he watched the two.
"Tomorrow everything will be better."
"I'm still scared, Dai."
"It'll be fine," he hugged her tighter. The alarm on his watch went off.
"You have to go?" She asked.
"Yeah." He kissed her on the forehead. "I'll be back tomorrow before you go in for the operation." He climbed down from the bed. "Bye Kari."
"Bye Dai."
Davis walked out of the room and straight into TK. The both fell backwards at the force of the impact. Davis looked up with annoyance clear on his face. His frown turned into a smile when he saw TK and he laughed. "Hi TK." He got up and helped TK up. "How's it going?"
"Uh, okay. I guess," TK replied as he dusted himself off.
Davis looked at the flowers in TK's hand. "For Kari?" TK nodded. "Do you like her? I mean, more then friends?"
TK nodded again. "But I'll back off."
"For me?" Davis asked. "Why?"
"Aren't you two…" He trailed off, unable to say the words himself.
"No! Of course net! I love Kari and all, but not like that. More like a sister type thing. I promised myself a long time ago that I'd take care of her and never hurt her. I'd be too afraid of breaking her heart to ever go too far. Go in and see her. She doesn't like being alone too long." He held out his hand and TK shook it. "See you later TK," he said before walking off.
"By Davis." TK stepped into the doorframe and knocked on the door. Kari looked up at him and smiled. "Hi Kari."
"Hi TK!" He held up the flowers and she took them. "For me? Thank you." She patted the bed next to her where Davis had been sitting. "Have a seat."
He sat down facing her. She looked disappointed. "How are you feeling?" She shrugged.
Neither of them spoke for a few moments. "TK," she finally said.
"Hm?"
"Why were you sorry?"
He didn't answer at first. Then he laughed. "This was easier the first time around." He went serious again. "I'm sorry because I couldn't protect you during the battle with Apocalymon. You didn't make it home like I promised. It was my fault."
She smiled. "It isn't your fault. And its not like I'm mad at you or anything." She put her hand on his. He blushed.
"I'm still sorry."
"Then I forgive you."
He smiled. An odd silence passed. Then, "Kari."
"Yeah?"
"Don't be scared, okay."
"I can't help it."
He took the seat beside her where Davis had been. He smiled and took her hand. "Well, then maybe I can give you something to think about instead of the operation. Well, maybe. If you accept, I guess."
"Accept what?"
"Kari, do you think maybe-" He paused and swallowed hard. "When you get better maybe-" He blushed again. "Do you want to go out with me?" He finally got out softly.
At first her face remained emotionless and his heart died. Then a smile lit up her face. "Yes!"
"Really?"
"YES!"
A huge smile crossed his face. He leaned over and kissed her. Ten seconds later he pulled away. "I am so sorry! I shouldn't have-"
She put a finger over his lips to silence him. "Its okay. I liked it. My first kiss," she chuckled. She leaned over and kissed him again.
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Tai sat in silence as he waited for Kari to wake up. She was still unconscious from the anesthetic of the operation and he was starting to worry now. A doctor came into check on her. Tai jumped up out of his seat and startled the doctor. "Should she still be asleep? Is she okay? When is she going to wake up?"
"Mr. Kamiya, its perfectly fine that she's still under. She's fine right now. I'm not exactly sure when she's going to wake. Please be patient," the young doctor said. He walked out of the room.
"Can't stand doctors. Too impersonal," Tai mumbled to himself.
Joe walked in. "I heard that, Tai," he laughed. Mimi was at his side, holding his hand.
"Hi Joe. Hi Mimi," Tai waved as he sat back down.
"Hi Tai," Mimi walked over and hugged him tightly. "She hasn't waked up yet?"
"No. The doctors said so many things could go wrong while she's under the anesthetic. Joe, do you think they lied to me and she's not going to be okay?"
Joe walked over to Kari and looked at the many machines hooked up to her. "No, everything is okay."
"Okay," Tai sighed, defeated.
TK walked in. He had a rose in his hand. "Hi. How're things going?"
"Kari's just fine. She's still asleep," Joe replied, before Tai could tell his own version.
"Alright," TK nodded with a slight smile on his lips.
"Well, Sora just told us to come check up on you. She couldn't come. Some school thing. But I have to go," Mimi said. "Are you going to stay Joe?"
"I'll give you a ride then come back," he replied. They left.
TK glanced at Tai. The older boy looked exhausted. "Tai, why don't you go home? Get some sleep. I'll stay here."
He looked at TK like he was crazy. "I'm not leaving her! Although I do trust you I can't leave her."
"Well then here." He handed Tai three dollars. "Go get some coffee or something."
Tai pushed the money away, but TK insisted. He took the money and stood up. "Thank you, TK. I'll be right back." He walked out of the room and down the hall of the bleak, clean smelling hospital.
He got to a small area where there were three restaurants. He walked towards a small coffee shop, but stopped upon seeing a bar. Just one beer, no one would notice. He took a step forward, towards the bar and stopped. "No, no! I can't do that! Everyone's counting on me!" He turned back to the coffee shop and said to the lady working it, "Coffee, black. As black as you can make it preferably." He handed him a thin cup of hot liquid and he gave her TK's money.
He walked back towards Kari's room, sipping the steaming drink and looking at the walls. Then he began to notice doctors running past him in the direction he was going. He continued down the hall and watched them turn. It was in the same direction as Kari's room. He began to run towards the room, spilling coffee on the floor and some even trickled down to his hand, but he didn't care. He neared the room and ran in.
There were no doctors inside the room. He saw two more run to the room next door. 'Thank you go," Tai whispered relieved. He walked into the room and saw TK sitting on the bed, lips crushed against Kari's. "What are you doing?" Tai screamed.
TK sat up. Kari looked up, drowsy eyed. "Taichi." She murmured, softly.
"Kari?" Tai dropped the cup. He ran to the bed and hugged her tightly.
"Tai, you're hurting me," she whispered.
He pulled away. "Sorry." He glanced over at TK. "What were you two doing before I came in?" TK blushed and Kari just laughed.
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Tai fiddled with the silver and diamond tiara that Kari had left on the table. She had asked him to go and get it for her and he was trying to figure out how it was supposed to stay on her head. He got to her door and knocked. "Is it safe?"
The door opened a few inches and Sora poked her head out. "Yes." The door opened the rest of the way and Tai stepped inside. He looked over at his baby sister who stood in the middle of the room with Yolie on one side of her and Sora on the other. She was dressed in a light blue dress that covered her feet. Thin straps held it up and glitter made her shoulder, chest and face sparkle. Her hair was done up and two side pieces hung down, framing her face. Light makeup made her seem older then she actually was.
"Uh…" He said, speechless. "I don't thinks so! There is no way your going out!" He joked.
"Tai," Kari groaned. "How do I look?"
"Beautiful." He approached her and placed the tiara on her head, hoping he was skilled enough to have it stay on her head. It did.
"Thank you, Tai," she hugged him. The doorbell rang. "That must be my date." She stood up and walked out of the room and to the door. Tai followed closely behind. She opened the door and there stood TK dressed in a black tuxedo. "HI TK."
He nearly dropped the flower he had in his hand. "H-hi Kari. Wow, you look gorgeous."
"You don't look to bad yourself," she giggled. He handed the flower to her and kissed her deeply.
"Hey," Tai scolded. "Wait till you're out of my sight for that."
"Well, are you ready?" TK asked.
"Yeah," she picked up her light blue shawl that went with her dress.
"Wait. I need to talk to Kari really quick," Tai said. He took her to the kitchen.
"Is this about curfew, Tai? Because I'll be home before five in the morning," she grinned.
He laughed. "Alright, that's fine. I just wanted to tell you to be careful tonight. If you get tired or hurt I want you to come home."
She sighed. "Tai, I'll be fine."
"Then there's only one more thing." He hugged her. "I'm so proud of you. I told you that a long time ago, but I don't think you heard."
She smiled. "I heard."
"Its hard to believe you're here again. I love you."
"I love you to, Tai."
"Alright. Go ahead back to your date."
They both walked out and Kari took his arm before walking out of the apartment. "Have fun at prom!" Yolie yelled as they left. They turned and waved before leaving.
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Well, as crapy as the ending seemed it did take quite a bit of effort. It was a TaKari like everyone (almost everyone) wanted. I hope you like it and didn't leave anything left untold. Please read and review!
