An Unexpected Reunion

By Wargreymon01

Chapter III

T.k walked Jasmine over to the pay phones and told her to sit down near the phones. He pulled out the phone book and found the number he was after. He then picked up the handset and started dialing.

Ring Ring Ring

"Hello."

"Is this the Izumi residence?"

"Yes" answered a groggy voice.

"Is Izzy or Yolei there?"

"Yes. This is Yolei. Who is this?"

"Oh great. This is T.k." he replied cheerfully

"Oh?" she said as her voice perked up "How are you T.k?"

"I'm OK, but thats not why I called. Did you know Sora was pregnant again?"

"Well no... We've sort of had our own to deal with" she said trying not to sound to obvious

"You mean your pregnant? Wow thats great. Congratulations. How far along are you?"

"Yep. I'm about five months along. Ya know we weren't trying because we were waiting till we were ready and when I started to get sick I went to the doctors. She asked me a few basic questions and said she wasn't sure until she did some tests. When I went back in for a follow up she said I pregnant. And when I told Izzy he said that he thought it must be time for us to be parents."

"Thats great. Well sounds like your going to be there for a few more months but right now it's Soras turn and I was wondering if you could call Cody, Ken and Davis for me?"

"Yeah sure. I'll call Izzy first to get him home and head down that way. OK"

"Great. I'll try to call Matt and E-mail Joe. Bye. I hope to see you soon."

"Wait what about Kari?"

"I already called her before I came down to the hospital."

"OK. I'll se you later then."

He hung up the phone and asked "are you hungry Jasmine?" "Yea." She replied after jumping off the seat and grabbing T.k's hand. "Unca P.k. Where did Mummy and Daddy go? T.k hesitated when he heard this "Ahhh..."

"Hey T.k" someone shouted. T.k looked around to see who it was. He looked down near the nurses desk and saw a familiar face. "Joe?" T.k said softly as if not believing that Joe was there. "Hey T.k how are things?" Joe said as he came up to them. "There all right. Although Soras gone into labor a little ahead of time. Ah Joe, what are you doing here? I thought you were in Africa with Jim." "Yeah I was. But someone had to come back and report on how things are going and different methods that we use in different situation and other such things." Then Joe noticed Jasmine hiding behind T.k "And whos this." he said kneeling down to her. "Is she yours and Kari's?" "What?!" T.k said blushing like crazy. "No, Kari and broke up about four years ago. This is Jasmine. She's Tai and Soras first." "Well it's very nice to meet you Jasmine. I'm a friend of your mum and dad. My name is Joe Kido." Joe said extending his hand. "Very nice to meet you Mr. Kido." she said with a curtsey. "Wow she's really polite" Joe said standing up "I guess Tai wasn't part of her up bringing so far." "Thats where your wrong. Tai almost raised her by himself. You see with Sora working in the Flower shop she doesn't get to spend much time with Jasmine. So with Tai's schedule not being so cluttered he helped out more than you'd think was capable of." "But isn't he on the road alot?" "Yeah. But she was born at the end of the season so he got to spend most of the off season with her." "Really? Who would've thought that Tai could teach anyone manners" Joe said trying not laugh.

"So have you called anyone else about this?" "Not yet. I was going to get Jasmine something to eat then try to contact Matt and then I was going E-mail you. But thats useless now because your here." "Yeah thats what it looks like. How about this, I'll call everyone while you get Jasmine something to eat and a cup of coffee for me?" "All right. I'll be back in a few minutes." T.k said as he took Jasmines hand and walked away.

Three hours later Cody was there and Yolei managed to get Izzy home early and came down. Cody, Yolei, Izzy and Joe were catching up on old times and T.k was sitting down with Jasmine sleeping in his arms. He was looking around to see what the time was, as his watch was hidden from his sight. He was looking at the clock near the nurses desk when he saw a familiar figure. 'She got here quick' T.k thought to himself. "Joe" he said softly while nodding towards the desk. Joe looked over that way and a smile came across his face.

"Can you please tell which room Sora Kamiya is in?" she asked the nurse. "Mrs. Kamiya is in... Delivery Room Three. So you'll have to wait over there." she said pointing towards a small group of people. "Thank you." She turned around to find Joe standing right behind her. "AH. I'm sorry I didn't see you standing there." she said as she moved out of the way. "Well its nice to see that you remember me after all we've gone through Kari." "Um do I know you?" "Thats great you save two worlds and you forget the people who you did it with." Joe said sarcastically. "Umm, you can't be Izzy because your to tall. You can't be Tai cause you look nothing like him. Joes in Africa and Matts in America. So?" she said shrugging her shoulders. "Well as you can I'm not in Africa at the moment. Am I?" "Oh I'm sorry Joe. I didn't recognize you. You look so much different since you went to Africa. So who else is here?" Asked Kari. "Why don't you come and see." With that Joe and Kari started towards the group.

"Hello everyone." announced Kari as she to the waiting room. "Kari!!" shouted Yolei. "Shhhh" T.k hushed them and pointed to a sleeping Jasmine. "Sorry T.k. I didn't realize she was asleep." apologized Yolei. "Hi T.k. How are you?" Kari asked with a half smile. "I'm fine. Long time no see, huh?" "Yeah"

~~flashback~~

Four Years Ago.

T.k was laying on his bed thinking about how he was going to pay the bills without a job anymore when mind drifted to images of Kari and her heart melting smiles. He was snapped back to reality by the phone ringing. He got up and walked to the phone.

"Hello Takaishi residence"

"T.k I need to speak to you. Can you meet me in the park in ten minutes?"

"Yeah, but why?"

"I need to tell you something OK. Bye."

"Bye honey." He said trying to figure out why she wanted to talk and why she was so serious. When the phone rang again

T.k went to the park and saw Kari sitting on the bench where he first asked her out. She looked deep in thought. He walked up to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek which caught her by surprise. She looked up at him and asked him to sit down. "Whats wrong Kari?" T.k asked seeing no emotion on her face. She usually had some sort of emotion on her face weather it be happy or sad. "Well I've been trying to tell you this for a week but I didn't know how to put it. I got a job offer in Nagoya and I have to leave in two days. I'm sorry I didn't tell you when I got it but I wasn't sure what you'd say." "You know that I'd be proud of you no matter what."

T.k looked down at his feet "But I won't be able to go with you." T.k said sadly. Kari looked up in shock and gasped "why not?" "well after you rang I got a call from my dad and he got me a job at the TV station and I accepted. I didn't thinking that you would have this kind of news." He looked back at Kari and tears had started to flow from eyes. the last time he had seen tears like these was when they lost Wizardmon. Kari stood up and said "well I guess thats the end of it." T.k stood up and put his hand on her shoulder, but she just pulled away and ran. T.k began to run after her but thought it would be best just to let her be alone for a while.

The next day T.k went to Karis apartment but she wouldn't answer. He went home and sat down wondering what was wrong. 'Why won't she answer the door? Maybe I should call her.' he thought getting up.

Ring Ring Ring

"Hello Kamiya residence"

"Kari it's m..." T.k was interrupted

"I'm not home at the moment so could you please leave a message after the beep"

BEEP

"Kari it's T.k. I know you're there. Please pick up the phone. We have to talk about this. Please pick up. OK I'll leave you just call me before you leave I want to say goodbye to you in person." He hung up the phone and hung his head and started to cry.

Later that night at about 11.30pm the phone rang which stirred T.k from his sleep on the couch.

"Hello" he said groggily

No reply

"Hello? Is anyone there?"

Still no reply

"Hello? Kari is that you?"

Click.

"Why would Kari call and not say anything?" T.k asked himself as he walked to his bedroom. As he laid in bed he racked his brain as to why Kari would do that until he was so tired that he just fell asleep.

The next morning T.k was woken by a loud knocking at his door. He looked at the clock on his bedside table and it said 8.15am. 'Why would anyone be here this early?' he asked himself. He dragged himself out of bed and to the door. When he opened the door he was surprised to that Tai standing at the door looking a bit peeved. "How come you didn't come to see Kari off? She was in tears because you weren't there!" He said as his face got redder and redder. "Hey don't look at me. I didn't know she was leaving untill two days ago. And I wanted to see her before she left and she knew that." Tai's face went straight when he heard this news. "What do you mean she said she told you over a week ago. But that still doesn't explain your abscence this morning." "Look I wanted to see her before she left and asked her to call me and tell me when she was leaving." Tai looked shocked for a moment and asked "Why wouldn't she call you?" "She did or at least I think she did." T.k replied letting Tai in. "Whadda ya mean 'at least you think you did'?" Tai asked as he sat down at the table. "Well last night I got a call with no reply and when I asked if it was Kari they hung up." "Why wouldn't she want to see you?" He asked with an inquisitive look on his face. "It might have something to do with the fact that after she told me about the job I told her that I got another job. She stood up and said 'well I guess thats the end of it.' and when I tried to comfort her she ran away and I let go to cry. When I tried calling her and going to her apartment yesterday and she wouldn't answer." "Well that explains why she was crying." Tai said getting up from the table. "Um Tai next time you see her can you tell er that I still love her and that I always will?" T.k asked as he walked Tai to the door. "Yeah sure and thanks for explaination. Seeya." Tai said walking out the door "bye." replied T.k as he closed the door.

"So how was he Tai?" Tai was asked as he got into his car. "He was fine but a bit heart broken. And he said that he still loves you and that he always will Kari." came his reply as he started his car. "I know he will, but he'll have to move on like I have to."

~~end flashback~~

There was an awkward silence between T.k and Kari for a few minutes until Kari asked "So who is this clinging to you? Is she your daughter?" "Why does everyone keep asking me that? No she's not my daughter. Kari this is Jasmine." T.k replied as loudly as he could without waking Jasmine. "Wow she really has grown. How old is she now? She'd almost be two wouldn't she?" Kari asked blushing like mad. "She's closer to three actually. But hey you haven't seen her since she was born so it's understandable." Then out of nowhere Yolei said "So looks like the happy couple are back together again?" "Um we haven't been together for nearly four years now Yolei." T.k replied sheepishly.

"Do you have anywhere to stay Kari?" asked Cody. "Well I thought I would be able to at Tai's place but I'll have to find another place till tomorrow. Any volunteers?" Kari asked looking around. "Well I can't put you up because I've only got one spare room and Izzy and Yolei have already got that. I'm sorry Kari." Cody said in an apologetic voice. "It's not your fault Cody. Besides they needed a place to stay more than I did, what with the walking house over there." she said pointing at Yolei with a smile. "Hey lets see how you look when you get pregnant." screamed Yolei. Luckily enough she didn't wake up Jasmine. "Why don't you stay at my place tonight and we can come back down here tomorrow and see Tai about his place OK?" T.k said getting up. "Come on I'll take you now if you want and besides I've gotta put Jasmine into a real bed." Izzy walked over to him and whispered "you sly dog, you. First you get her back to your place then you go in for the kill." "It's not like that. I may still love her but I know were just friends now and thats how it will be until I'm told otherwise." T.k replied trying not to say it to loud. "What are you two whispering about over there?" asked a suspicious Yolei. "Nothing honey. Just guy stuff." replied a nervous Izzy. "If you two are done can we go because I've a long day and the trip here didn't help." Said an aggrivated Kari. "Sure thing." T.k said picking up her travel bag.

On the car ride home it was quiet until T.k asked "so how have you been?" "Not to bad I'm in charge of negotiating the prices with the regional TV stations. And how have you been?" "It's funny that you should mention your job because if this didn't happen we would have been talking a lot. So it turns out that we would have been talking either way." Kari looked at him and saw one his playful grins on his face and it made her smile. When they arrived at T.k's apartment Kari got Jasmine out of the car and carried her while T.k carried Karis travel bag. If you didn't know them you would think that they were a happy little family.