Well, here is chapter 2, as soon as I could get it out. I am hoping to see more reviews with more of the story done now. As always, I do not own digimon, or it's characters. There may my lime type material in this story at points, so viewer discretion is advised (only R rated Lime, not bad enough for NC-17) Once again I would like to thank the author's I mentioned in chapter one for giving me the inspiration to start this, my friends Pamela, Meghan, Ree, and Kate, for reading rough drafts and criticing them somewhat, and giving me the confidence to continue to the point of posting. And without further ado, on with the show!!!
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Chapter 2
TK rubbed his eyes tiredly, the light from the window making it so he couldn't fall back asleep. He groaned, shifting, forgetting where he was. That was, until he fell off the couch he had been sleeping on. Staying on the ground a moment, he blinked, getting his wits about him, finally standing up, groaning loudly to himself about the abrupt awakening. Stretching his shoulders, he walked into the bathroom, splashing himself with some cold water to help him wake up faster, before turning the shower water on. He removed the night shirt and shorts he has been wearing to sleep, and jumped into the warm shower, feeling much better.
'I wonder how the picnic will go?' He thought as he scrubbed the wash cloth full of soap across his shoulders. 'I mean, could this be my chance to talk to her and find out how she feels? Maybe... Or maybe something is going to happen... like it always seems to..' Tk sighed a second, but then shook his head. As he started washing himself a little faster, he felt his resolve firming up again. He was, after all, the digidestined of Hope. If he didn't keep hope, then what could he do? Bending away from the shower, he started washing his feet, as another thought came to him. 'What if Kari noticed how I was acting? If she did, and I tell her, she will probably think I am some pervert or something, only coming on to her because of last night... No. I gotta keep my faith. Kari wouldn't think that of me. She knows me better then that.' TK realized, thinking about how Kari had looked, soaked, and then the accidental glimpses he had gotten of her body had made him worse off then he had been last night. 'I swear, this thing has a mind of it's own....' He chuckled to himself. Finishing his shower, he stepped out, drying himself off, as a knock on the door surprised him.
Wrapping the towel around his waist, he opened the door, his hair still dripping, and some steam coming from the bathroom into the hallway. Matt was standing in his boxers, smiling his secretive smile at his little brother. "Feeling fresh now? I just need my hair brush and you can finish getting ready." TK moved, letting him in. Matt had just moved into his own apartment about a month ago, letting TK get a chance to see him a little more often, although not too much since Matt still did a lot with his band. Matt grabbed his brush from the drawer, looking back to TK as he walked out. "Don't take too long, I need to clean myself too, you weren't the only one exhausted last night." He walked out, shutting the door behind him.
TK smiled softly, as he took the towel off, using it to dry himself off again. Matt had been talking about later in the night, when they had gotten into a major food and pillow fight, all started by Davis. He had thought TK had tried something with Kari, and even after a few hours of relaxing, the first of which was spent calming him down from his freaked out state, Davis still had it in his head that something wasn't right with the picture. To try and get even, at least for being proven wrong by everyone in TK's opinion, out of nowhere, he threw a banana from the kitchen at TK! Well not being one to let a challenge go unanswered, TK had thrown a scoop of the ice cream he had been eating at the time back. Unfortunetly, Yolie was the one who got hit, when Davis pulled her from the kitchen into the line of fire. After that, things had just gotten out of hand, until majority of the rooms, save bedrooms, had to be cleaned from all the different foods and pillows all over the place. They had cleaned up the place with Yolie, and left soon afterward. 'At least everyone had fun. Save Davis when Kari walked out, but still.... it isn't often we get to have nights like that all together anymore.'
TK wrapped the towel around his waist again, walking out to see Matt poring a bowl of cereal. He sighed relieved that Matt wasn't trying to cook. The last time he stayed at their dad's house and Matt cooked, he thought his stomach was going to melt inside him. He did have to admit, he had only been 9, but still, that counted for something. He walked over to his things, pulling a grey shirt and pair of matching jeans out, along with clean boxers, and his white hat. He walked back into the bathroom as Matt walked into the living room where he had slept, hearing the TV turn on as he closed the door.
Pulling his boxers and pants on, he grabbed the extra brush, and combed his hair straight. 'I hope no one else is coming to this picnic Kari invited me to.' He blushed slightly as he pulled his shirt on. He quickly brushed his teeth and grabbed his hat, not putting it on yet. Walking out, he sat down on the other side of the couch from Matt, collecting his things back together neatly, as Matt continued eating, occasionally shooting a glance at him. TK, finally letting his curiosity get the better of him, paused, looking at him. "You wanna say something, or just keep staring?"
Matt smiled, drinking the milk from his finished bowl, and wiping the small mustage away. "I was just thinking my little brother seems to be growing up more then I realized." TK blinked, blushing slightly, "What's that supposed to mean?" He started finishing cleaning. "It means I saw how you kept looking at Kari last night." Matt stated simply, just watching him. TK froze, quickly making himself start working again as he felt his blush get hotter. "I don't know what your talking about.. I didn't look at her any different then any other time I look at her." Technically it was true. He had felt this way a long time before realizing what it meant, and so had always looked at her this way.
"Really..." Matt just smiled, as he walked into the small kitchen part of the apartment. The way everything was set up, the door opened into the living room, with the kitchen near it, and only a small part of wall separating it. Opposite that wall, was the hallway which lead to the bathroom and bedroom. Over all, TK had been surprised Matt could afford it, but with his band, and the part time jobs he did for extra, it seemed Matt was doing very well for himself.
Matt walked back in, sitting down, as TK set the crest with the symbol of Light and Hope merged on the table between the couch and chair. He didn't realize Matt had moved until he felt a tap on his shoulder, looking up to see Matt holding the crest and looking at it. "And this was just a shop project you happen to make, right?" He ribbed his little brother, setting it back down. TK quickly grabbed it, putting it into his shirt pocket for safe keeping, grabbing his own crest, and setting his things behind the couch again. He put his on over his neck, tucking it into his shirt, as Matt sat down.
Matt smiled as he sat down. "If you want, I have an idea of something I could do to make that a touch more special, if you want me to." TK blinked, looking at his brother. He was afraid to ask, not sure if this was gonna be another joke or not, but figured it was worth seeing. "What, Matt?" The older of the two smiled, reaching his hand out. "I can have a gem put into the center of the light crest. A small one, nothing extreme, but something to accent it."
TK smiled at his older brother. 'Sometimes you still surprise me, bro.' He reached into his pocket, pulling out the small crest and handed it to Matt, who put it in his pocket. "Her favorite gem are diamonds, if you think you can get something to look like one. Are you sure this isn't too much?" Matt stood up, ruffling his younger brother's hair. "Nothing is too much for you bro. Now get going, I need to get into the shower, and then off to band practice. We have a gig in a few nights, and need to keep ourselves ready." He gave TK a quick hug as he stood up, before walking into the bathroom, the water in the shower soon running again.
TK smiled, and looked at the clock. "Almost one. I better get going to meet Kari at the school. Good thing the school leaves itself open for students, even on holidays like today." He walked into the kitchen, grabbing some of the things he had gotten for when he stayed over, running out before Matt was out, heading for the school.
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Tai yawned loudly, as he felt something nudging his ribs. "No more Sora, I'm worn out...." He mumbled half asleep. Nudge Nudge. He sighed softly. "Oh alright, but only because I love you...." He rolled over to the edge of the top buck, opening his eyes slightly, as they came to focus on a very large grin, connected to his sister's face. He stared blankly for a second, before coming to an amazing realization. "Your not Sora."
Kari shook her head slowly at the comment, as she hid something behind her back. Tai blinked again, before straightening up, looking over her shoulder to see a small mini-tape recorder in her hand. "You didn't...." Kari smiled, slowly backing towards the door out of their room. "You did...."
A loud banging woke Mrs. Kamiya from sleeping, followed by loud yelling from her son Taichi and laughing from her daughter Hikari. She pulled her husbands pillow over her head, since he was already at work, and held it tightly there, hoping it would drown the noise out.
Kari quickly ran out of the room, shutting the door behind her, and putting a chair to hold it shut. She rewound the tape as Tai banged on the door, and played it back, turning the volume up enough for Tai to hear it over the yelling. Hear more of his sleep ridden mutters, most saying how he felt about Sora, he sighed and stopped banging on the door, deciding to get dressed. He grabbed a black T-shirt with a smiley face pulling the bottom eyelid down, and giving someone a raspberry, and a pair of shorts, before knocking on the door calmly. He heard her giggling through the door even. "Do you give up, Taichi?" He said calmly, the tape already off and hidden he guessed. "Yea, Kari, I give. you win this time." He saw the door open to the small cute little sister of his, dressed in a soft blue shirt and matching skirt. 'How in the heck did she keep away from me in that?' It certainly didn't look maneuverable, and she didn't even seem to look tired from running.
"What do you want Hikari?" He knew she was after something, she only got blackmail items when she needed his help, or wanted something from him. "OHH, nothing too exerting, brother dear." She flashed another smile at him. 'ut oh... I don't like how this is heading...' He watched as she started talking again. "Well... I want you to distract Davis and the rest of them from coming into the Digiworld today. At least for awhile anyway." Tai arched a brow at her, scratching his large hair. "Why don't you want them there?"
"Because Takeru and I are going on a picnic, and I want to talk to him alone. And if Davis finds out, you know he will follow along, and he would be worse, if he found us without knowing. So I decided who better to keep him busy, then his idol, my big strong loving brother!" She emphasized as much as she could, obviously playing this up to the best she could. Tai sighed. He didn't dare let Sora hear that tape. She would kill him! "Alright Kari, I'll do my best to keep them out of your hair, but I can't promise anything, incase something comes up. You will call for help if you need it, right?" She nodded, knowing he would ask probably. "Alright. Well, where is Davis today?"
"He is probably at the soccer field right now. I bet if you got ahold of Sora and Ken, you could keep him busy easily, along with Yolie." She winked. Even Tai had seen how Yolie had glanced at Ken every so often, but he wasn't sure if it was on of her legendary crushes Kari had told him about, or something more. "Alright, well get going before I try and find that tape..." She gave him a quick hug and kiss on the cheek, before running for the door, grabbing a small purse of her things as she did. Just as the door shut, Tai stood, blinking again. He looked at the door. "Did she just say she and TK were going on a DATE?!"
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TK walked into the computer lab, breathing somewhat hard. He hoped no one would show up, but he was still not sure if Kari had invited anyone else. He took a drink from the bottled water he had borrowed from Matt and sat down, deciding to wait, instead of going out to look for her.
Hearing footsteps, TK stood up, and looked out the doorway, to see Kari standing right in front of him. He smiled bright, which she gave back in kind. "Hey Kari, good timing." She walked into the room, carrying a small purse. Although she didn't often wear a skirt, he did have to admit she looked nice in it.
She did a small spin, before standing in front of the computer with the gate. "Ready to go then?" She smiled sweetly as she asked, pulling her digivice from her purse.
TK walked over, seeing a small glint of a gold chain around her neck. 'She's wearing her crest today too. I wonder why I find that more comforting somehow...' He pulled his digivice out of his pocket, walking over as she turned the computer on, watching the digiport open. "Lets go, M'Lady." TK held his arm out to her, which she took giggling. They put their D3's to the screen, feeling themselves pulled into the digital world again.
TK smiled as they walked from the TV on the ground, coming on a small lake. He just stood a moment, enjoying the view, before he felt Kari tugging on his arm. He followed, seeing a small blanket set up with various fruits and drinks on it. He smiled more when he saw Gatomon and Patamon finishing putting it together. They walked up to the two digimon, TK opening his free arm to give Patamon a big hug when he saw him and flew into his arm. He felt Kari let go of his arm, allowing him to give his small digimon a better hug, as she did the same for Gatomon. They sat down, holding their digimon in their laps, as TK looked at all the food.
"How did you get all this set up since yesterday?" Kari giggled, but Gatomon answered. "We did it. When Kari and I got to the camp, she asked me and Patamon to set this up. She also said don't tell any of the other digimon about it, since she only planned to inv.." She got cut off as Kari put her hand over her mouth. "Cats sure can talk too much sometimes, can't they?" The feline mouth a few words under the young girl's hand, before crossing her paws in annoyance. She moved the hand from Gatomon's mouth, looking at her as she talked. "Why don't you two head off and take a nap, since you two worked so hard on this? We'll eat, and when we are ready to go somewhere else, we'll get you. Alright?" The Champion digimon nodded up to her, jumping out of her lap, being followed by a somewhat confused looking Patamon. They both walked into the woods, with Patamon starting to ask Gatomon why they couldn't stay to eat too.
They both chuckled at the small digimon, before they looked at one another, blushing. "Shall we eat?" Kari nodded, and they started eating the assortment of fruits and such the two digimon had collected for them. TK bit into an apple, as Kari started on some berries that were in a small pile. TK watched her as she ate, admiring her as he took another bite of his apple. 'Not yet. Lets finish eating first...' He finished his apple, setting the core aside, and started eating more. Before long, a good chuck of the food had been eaten, and the two pre-teens were laying on the ground, watching the blue sky.
"Aren't you glad it didn't start raining in the real world before we left?" He glanced over in time to see her nod her head. "Especially since you probably didn't wanna get an extra shower in like yesterday....." He threw in playfully, earning him a soft smack in the ribs. He played it up, acting like his ribs suddenly hurt bad where she hit him, and rolled away, hamming up his moan of pain. Suddenly, he opened his closed eyes very partially, to see Kari kneeling over him, a very true worried expression on her face. "Takeru? Oh Takeru I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hit you that hard..." She looked on the point of tears. TK actually blinked, stopping his acting. Kari had closed her eyes tightly, as TK sat up next her. "Kari, I'm ok. You didn't hit me that hard, I was just playing around..." She opened her slightly red eyes. 'She actually thought she hurt me?' He gave her a gentle hug, which she responded and tightened.
"Oh TK, I thought I actually hurt you. Don't do that to me, please. I thought I really hurt you for a moment there..." TK was a little surprised by how she sounded. It was almost as if she was surprised she hadn't hurt him, but relieved at the same time, and maybe annoyed, but that was because of the teasing probably. He brushed her hair gently, enjoying feeling her this close to him, even if it was for something like that. "I'm ok Kari, see?" He tapped his ribs in the place. "Nothing wrong..." He smiled at her. "Anyway... I wanted to talk to you about something... " He blushed badly. He had said it. No turning back from here.
Kari wiped her eyes. She hadn't started crying, but she had been honestly close it seemed. She gave him a slightly puzzled look, and sat back on her legs, adjusting so her skirt wasn't right under her. He watched her a moment, the memories of the last night coming to mind, before he shook his head, keeping it from going in the gutter. She arched a brow at him questioningly. "What about, TK?"
He took a deep breath, sitting down and crossing his legs, his hands on his feet in front of him. 'Might as well start slow...' "Well... You remember when we battled Piedmon?" He waited for her to nod, surprised that it took her more then a moment to do it. "Well, I made a promise back then. One I have kept until now.. and you see...." He paused. This did not sound at all how he wanted to phrase it... "Wait, let me try this again. Um.. Well you know how you are always telling me how Tai really likes Sora alot, but he is just afraid to tell her?" She nodded again, more quickly again, smiling secretively. He almost gave it a though, but decided to wait for now. "Well... I think I might feel that way.... about someone I know."
"Oh? Who is it Takeru?" He listened. Normally, it annoyed him when people used his full name, save his family, but for some reason he liked it when she did. It made him feel special, a little bit. "Well I... what I mean is... I don't want to say yet.." He blushed crimson. "I wanna try wait and see if I am right about what I feel and make sure she doesn't have feels for someone else first." She nodded, smiling at him. "Well I am sure they would be happy if you just told them, Takeru. At the least they may say they only want you as a friend, but what honestly do you have to lose?" She put a hand on his, squeezing it gently. TK smiled back. 'Guess it's now or never...' Just as he was about to start talking again, they heard a russle come from the bushes. TK, acting on his normal insticts from when he was in the digi-world before, stood straight up, in front of Kari to protect her. After a moment though, Patamon's small form fell out of the bush, followed by the head of Gatomon, along with her paw as she tryed to keep him from falling. Patamon layed on his back, with Gatomon staying in the bushes, both of them trying to give as innocent a look as they could.
Patamon flipped over, floating up. "You were right Gatomon, no Evil digimon around here. Lets continue patrolling the area." Patamon's tone sounded so faked, Kari and TK could not help laughing out loud at it, from the cuteness in his tone. Patamon landed, with Gatomon stepping out next to him. She whispered into his ear, "I don't think that worked for making them think we weren't spying..." Patamon shook his head, looking at his laughing friends. TK was actually sitting again, since he couldn;t stand lauging that hard, and Kari had layed down. After a moment, they calmed down, Kari sitting up again. TK looked a the two little digimon. "You guys can stay now. I am sure if any Evil digimon show up, you'll be ready. Just in case, go ahead and have something of what's left, there's plenty for you both." The two digimon smiled, running up and starting to eat, as TK felt Kari put her hand on his shoulder, whispering into his ear. "You should just tell her. If you wait too long, who knows what might happen, right?" She stood up, smiling, offering his her hand to help him stand. He took it, standing next to her, not releasing her hand right away, but still doing it. 'At least I said something, even if I didn't say what I wanted to.... But she does give good advice. I will do it soon, once I know I have some time with her to myself again, since we will have company for the rest of the picnic.' He smiled at their digi-friends who were still eating, and they sat down, waiting for them to finish.
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Arukenimon watched the two digidestined eating with their digmon, snapping a twig off a branch. They were only across the lake from her, easily accessable, and only two of them, instead of six, like last time. But not yet. Her digimon she had made was already accomplishing what it was supposed to, and soon, she would be prepared to create her ultimate master piece to destroy the digidestined brats.
Behind her, Mummymon walked up, bowing. "Arukenimon, They are where you wanted them. We are almost ready." She turned around sharply, her sunglasses catching the light a moment. "Have you found a place with enough control spires for the job?" He shook his head. "I have a place those brats have yet to begin destroying them in, but I haven't found a spot from which you can best accomplish what you plan. I should soon though, M'Love." He bowed again, not seeing her rolls her eyes at his last word. "Well hurry up." As Mummymon turned to leave, Arukenimon started to follow. "And when you go back, send someone to dispose of those digital pests for me, while they are playing decoy." He nodded, and they continued on, the Evil spider digimon's mind devising how best to put her next plan into action.
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Walking slowly, TK walked with Kari next to him, Patamon sitting on his hat and Gatomon relaxing in Kari's arms. After finishing the food, the two digimon had decided to take a small nap, falling almost immediately asleep. Kari had checked her watch, and seeing they needed to get back, they had just picked their digital friends up, taking them with them. As they walked closer to the gate, TK couldn't help but have this feeling they were being followed.
Suddenly, from nowhere, a loud crash sounded behind them. They both turned quickly to see a large, almost human figure, standing about three feet taller then them. He wore a sleeveless shirt and pants with holes in the knees, and the muscles on his body were about as large as a bodybuilder's. He had no hair on his head, and his eyes seemed a dark earthy brown. Patamon woke with a start from the noise, starting to flap over TK's head.
Digi-analizer~(Patamon) "That's Titanmon. He's a Champion level digimon who's very strong. His Titan Smash can leave you shaken up!"
TK looked up at Patamon who nodded back to him. He quickly pulled his D3 out, holding it towards his digimon. "Digi-Armor, Energize!" A beam of light enveloped Patamon as his digi-armor formed. "Patamon armor digivolve to...Pegasusmon, Flying Hope!" Pegasusmon landed next to TK, armored and taller now, his tail swishing softly, and his wings stretching. TK quickly got on him, looking to Kari, who was just backing away, Gatomon still in her arms, watching Titanmon closely. She set her down, pulling her own D3 out, and looked hesatintly at it. Not waiting, TK nudged Pegasusmon, who took to the air, flying over the large digimon, and quickly turning around, flapping his wings. "Shooting Stars!" Small stars flew from his wings, striking the creature on it's back, causing it to turn around, looking at them, instead of Kari. It reached over, grabbing a tree, and pulled it out of the ground. It threw it at TK and Pegasusmon, who narrowly dodged it. TK heard Kari in the woods, as she yelled, "Digi-Armor Energize!" Now TK knew something was wrong, because no light was coming from the woods.
"Pegasusmon, we gotta make sure Kari and Gatomon are ok. Think you can get past this bruiser?" Pegasusmon nodded, flying lower. "Aquisis Beam!"The green light shot from the mythical digimon's forehead, hitting Titanmon in the chest, knocking him over long enough for for them to fly past, seeing Kari staring at her digivice in pure shock, Gatomon watching Titanmon. Pegasusmon landed and TK quickly jumped off, running over to Kari. "Kari, what's wrong? What happened?" She looked to TK, her look of shock fading very slowly.
"I..I don't know... But it won't let Gatomon armor digivolve. What do we do now, TK?" She looked at him with her crimson brown eyes, obviously hoping he had an answer.
Tk stood in shock a second. He knew there were ways to block a digimon from digivolving before, it was why they had needed the armors to be able to defeat Ken, when he was the Digimon Emperior. But even Ken had never been able to block their armor, so what was causing this? As he thought, he realised he had paused too long, when Gatmon let out a small scream, looking back behind him again. TK spun around, seeing Titanmon closer, his fist coming down fast.
TK lept fast, pushing Kari out of the way, as Pegasusmon and Gatomon moved themselves, his winged digimon taking to the air with Gatomon on his tail. "Titan Smash!" The ground shook, not giving TK or Kari enough leway to get up, laying a few feet from the huge digimon who seemed uneffected by his own attack. TK looked over, seeing him get closer, fearing what was about to happen. But as he brought his hand up, he could hear their digimon from behind him attacking. "Shooting Stars!""Lightning Claw!" He could see a small explosion of light as the two attacks connected with the muscular digimon, as it froze in place a second, before the outer coating broke, showing the control spire center for a moment, before that too disintegrated into digital dust. Pegasusmon and Gatomon landed next to them, as TK helped obviously shaken Kari stand up, holding her arm. Pegasusmon walked over, with Gatomon on his back, how flipped over onto Kari's shoulders. He helped her over to his flying digimon, and helped her onto his back. 'What happened? Why hadn't she been able to make Gatomon armor digvolve into Nefaretimon? Looks like we need to talk to Izzy soon, in case this is gonna be a new problem we all face...' He climbed on behind Kari, holding her as she held Gatomon tightly, letting Pegasusmon fly them the rest of the way to the Digi-gate. He de-digivolved back to Patamon, and flew into TK's arms. "Good job, Patamon. Ready to head back with us?" The small digimon nodded, as they heard a soft whisper, and saw Kari and Gatomon talking a moment softly.
Gatomon finished and looked at TK and Patamon. "I'm staying here. We need to know why I couldn't digivolve, and if it is something around here, I can find it faster then if I left. You guys just come back as soon as you can, since it seems our break is over already..." She leapt out of Kari's arms, running into the woods. Patamon looked at TK, who nodded to him. He knew he wanted to follow, and let him go, watching him fly after the feline digimon.
TK looked at Kari, who wasn't even holding a smile, watching the direction Gatomon had gone. He touched her shoulder, causing her to jump slightly, and then blush. "You alright Kari?" She nodded quickly. "Then lets head back. We can figure this out at home. Hopefully with with Izzy and Ken's help, we can figure out what happened." They held their digivices to the small TV, being sucked into it in a flash, back to the real world.
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Well, I am ending part 2 . As for Chapter 3.... It has been delayed currently, only for problems of Writers block. I recently updated these, and hope to get the inspiration to continue this story soon. I hope I get some more reviews, by the time I get the next chapter in. Thanks for reading all!!