This took a while! :O
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TK and Kari spent a long time sitting on that curb, thinking. The rain was getting lighter, and the clouds floated silently away, revealing a full moon. Thunder and lightning then came from the receding rain cloud, and Kari shivered.
TK sighed. "Let's go home, Kari. Tai must be worried sick about you, and Ma…" TK stopped. "Let's go home." Kari nodded. They stood up and water poured off of their clothes. TK looked at his watch. "We've been here an hour! We'd better walk fast." Kari left her D3 in the puddle of murky water. The moonlight, together with the streetlights, gave the area an eerie, yet extraordinarily beautiful look. Sniffing the frigid, night air and admiring the beauty of their surroundings, neither said anything.
"So…" TK finally spoke up, in a sarcastic-like tone. His voice suddenly turned serious. "If you want to try this dating… love… whatever thing again…"
Kari swiftly answered. "No." She briskly increased her speed and walked in front of TK.
"Weren't you the one who got upset? We could try it again. It wouldn't kill us."
Kari turned around, tears emerging in her eyes. "It might." She turned around and started walking quickly again.
'Darn,' TK thought to himself, 'can't she see I still love her?' He was too distraught over the entire night to say anything. He saw droplets of water hitting the ground in front of him. He looked up, and was staring straight at the moon. Not a single cloud was to be seen. He looked at Kari, and was about to say something about it when he saw another droplet touch the ground. It had rolled off of Kari's cheek. For the sake of his mental health, he did not ask her what was wrong this time, regardless how much his subconscious told him to. The road split up, and without saying a single word, they each went their own way.
TK woke up the next morning feeling dazed. He had forgotten when he had gotten home, but he was thankful he was there. TK's mom was in the kitchen cooking breakfast and listening to the radio. TK turned on the TV and flicked the channels. He stopped on a local news channel, and sat there horrified as he listened to the story.
"Hikari Kamiya was found dead this morning by her father. It appears as if she had commited suicide, driving a knife through her heart."
Just then, Kari's D3 flew through the open window of TK's apartment. Hovering, it projected a small holographic image on the floor. Kari's voice – it was all around him! Behind him, in front, to the left, the right… Kari's holographic image was very clear and very real.
"By now, TK, your mom will have heard. She should be talking to my father now." TK slowly turned his head. His mom was crying, and holding the phone very close to her mouth. Kari's holographic image began crying. "I love you, TK. You are the one for me. I am sure. But you'll never take me back now. Not with real love, anyway. I didn't want second best, TK. I wanted you. I wanted your love. I wanted to be the mother of your children." Kari smirked. "I wanted too much, didn't I? Too many unachievable things. I must kill my heart. It is what caused all of this!" Kari picked up and knife and shoved it in her chest. For a split second, the holographic image became real. A tear, mixed with blood, had stained TK's carpet. The image went blank. The D3 shut off. It fell, and shattered into a million pieces. TK could see something gold in the bits of plastic and wiring. He picked it up. It was made of pure gold. A small rectangular shape, and stamped into it was half of the crest of hope, and half of the crest of light. TK held the golden object close to his heart. "I'll keep this forever." A tear rolled off of TK's cheek and mixed in with Kari's.
The End