A Different Reality Part 6
by Cybra
A/N: I've been trying to put this POV off…and I can't do it forever. I'm so nervous…this character is my least favorite character…that's a human. Oh well. I'll give it my best shot.
Disclaimer: You thought I forgot didn't you? Well, I don't own Digimon! Ha ha!
Hi there!
My name is Sora Takenouchi.
I'm a member of the Digidestined and the holder of the Crest of Love.
I think the others already brought you up to date on what's going on so I won't bore you with the details.
As I said before, my Crest is the Crest of Love.
It took me this long to realize I was staring at someone's love right in the face.
Tai's love for me?
I wish.
It's Kari's love for somebody we don't even know.
The strange boy she calls "Light Child".
You'd have to be a total moron not to notice…in Matt's opinion.
I guess I qualify under that statement…
But I think Matt intended that for Tai.
Well, Tai is a little…how can I put this?
I suppose "dense" is the right word.
Of course, I didn't know all this at the time when Biyomon looked up at me as we walked around Piximon's training grounds. A couple of the Digimon training here were pretty surprised to see us, but kept concentrating on their training.
That takes dedication.
Especially when you're training with Piximon.
"Sora, what're you thinking about?" Biyomon asked me.
"I'm just thinking about Kari right now."
Biyomon shifted uncomfortably. "That's another thing I wanted to ask you. Why's she acting so weird?"
I shrugged. "I don't know, Bi. She's not sick or anything…"
"Sora!" Mimi called.
I turned to meet her and Palmon as they ran to catch up with us. I smiled at her. That's when I noticed she was dragging Kari along with her. Poor Kari. Gatomon was running alongside the pair, trying to get Mimi to let go of Kari. Poor Gatomon.
As soon as they caught up, Kari looked down at her shoes. I looked at Mimi in surprise.
"Hopefully, Tai didn't see you dragging her halfway across the training grounds."
"No way. He's talking with the boys on our plan of attack. I didn't want to listen in on that at all. How boring. TK and Patamon are helping Piximon with some of the chores around here and I didn't want to go through that again. So I decided I'd talk to you, but I brought Kari along since she was just staring into space."
"Mimi…" Kari began, but Mimi cut her off.
"Well, Kari, I wanted you to talk with me and Sora for a while anyway. I want you to talk about what's going on lately."
Palmon and Biyomon exchanged a look. Then, the two of them both shook their heads. Gatomon tugged at Mimi's hand, trying to get her to let go of Kari.
"Kari, what is going on?" I asked.
"Nothing's going on."
"Then who were you talking to last night?" Mimi asked.
I looked at Mimi in surprise, but Mimi didn't answer.
"A friend," Kari told us, then shut her mouth.
"Well, can we see the locket he asked you to take care of?" Mimi asked.
Kari opened her mouth, then closed it. It must've been pretty personal. She clutched at her whistle…no, wait. She wasn't holding her whistle really. She was gripping onto something under her shirt. Her Crest, maybe? Or was it this locket that Mimi was trying to force Kari to talk to her about?
"Mimi, if she doesn't want to talk about it…"
Kari shook her head, then looked up at us with utmost seriousness.
"I was just wondering something. Have you ever been with someone and just wished time would stop whenever you were with them? That every second would last hours?"
Mimi and I exchanged a surprised glance.
Gatomon sighed and told us, "I didn't have a clue what she was talking about when she asked me."
I thought I heard her mutter, "But I have a pretty good idea."
"I haven't," Mimi admitted.
"Neither have I," I lied.
'I just feel that way whenever I'm around Tai and we're alone. No big deal,' I thought, but kept the thought to myself.
Mimi's eyes went wide. "So, is he TK?"
Kari gave a look of surprise. "What?"
"It's obvious that somebody's got you wrapped around their little finger," I teased. "So, is this guy TK?"
Kari shook her head. "TK's my friend."
"Then, who is it?"
I thought I'd either scream or just die when she gave me the answer while she began blushing.
"Light Child."
~~~~~
For 10 whole minutes, we stood there staring at one another, not saying a word. Gatomon finally walked with Kari back to the building part of Piximon's training grounds. Mimi and I stood there stupidly, our jaws still dropped.
Light Child?
She had a crush on the kid who we see only when we were in some serious hot water.
I had to have heard wrong.
I looked at Mimi, hoping that my expression wasn't also on her face.
Just my luck. She'd heard what I thought I'd heard, too.
Kari had a crush on someone she'd only met in person once.
At least…as far as we know.
If what Mimi said was true, then Kari and Light Child had been together at least one other time.
"I guessed that was who she was talking to on the balcony last night. I just…didn't know…" Mimi muttered, filling in the silence.
Biyomon and Palmon started asking questions immediately after the silence was broken.
"What does 'wrapped around their little finger' mean?"
"What did she mean when she said she wished time would stop when they were together?"
"What happened last night?"
Mimi quickly told us about what had happened the night before. I was surprised beyond belief.
"We've got to tell, Tai."
Palmon looked confused. "Why?"
"We don't know this guy, Palmon. Besides, I think Tai might want to know what's going on with his sister."
~~~~~
Tai was taking this relatively well.
"She has a crush on him?!"
"Relatively well" meant that he hadn't died of a heart attack when I told him.
"It's pretty natural, Tai. Sure, she's a little young to have her first crush, but she's a lot more mature than most kids her age. I guess it makes sense. Sorta," I told him.
Matt was trying his best not to laugh at Tai's reaction. I could just tell. "Mr. Cool" was turning a bright red color as he put his hand over his mouth. He was also shaking uncontrollably.
Joe looked pretty calm about the whole situation…much to my complete surprise. Usually, he's the one panicking over a situation.
Tai's supposed to be the one who's all gung-ho about something.
Tai turned around to Matt. "Say one word and you're dead meat."
Agumon looked embarrassed for Tai. Gabumon just shook his head as Matt tried to keep a straight face (unsuccessfully I'll add) as he nodded. Gomamon was laughing his head off at Tai.
Joe put a hand on Tai's shoulder…a look of amusement in his eye. Apparently, he'd thought that Tai's reaction had been funny. Still, his blue eyes looked serious.
"Tai, calm down. Kari's little crush is probably based on the fact that he saved her life not only from a short distance away, but also in person. Think about it. Light Child actually swooped down with Kabuterimon to rescue her from Skullgreymon. He hasn't done that for the rest of us since we haven't been caught like she had been. She'll get over it."
I nodded in agreement with Joe.
Matt, while trying not to laugh, said, "Yeah, Tai. No need to get worked up about it."
That seemed to calm down Tai…for now at least.
Now that I was sure that Tai wouldn't kill anybody, I decided to go help Mimi dust the furniture on the 3rd floor.
I should've known that Piximon would put all of us to work at some point…
That is, if you weren't working on our plans of attack.
Oh well.
However, I was definitely not looking forward to the hours it would take just to dust the 3rd floor.
Knowing Piximon, he'll probably make us dust the rest of the place.
What fun.
TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N: TK's POV is also guaranteed to be short, so watch out. I don't really know how he'd react in this situation. I was sort of planning to do the POV's of the different Digidestined's in a certain order, but after working on Sora's and Mimi's…I've decided that would be pretty difficult. So basically, after I get one the POV done for each kid, I'm going to scramble them all up! For all you know, Tai could have 2 POV's in a row!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
Thanks go to…
Kyra: Work on Gem Warriors!!! :::gets down on her knees and bows::: I'm begging you and Matt!!!
Her Royal Weirdness: Your "muse" is working her butt off! Hope you liked the product!
Kelly Moon: Another Izzy worshiper! Thanks for letting me post this on your site! I suppose I'll forgive you for liking Sora. ;)
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Kyra's Fanfic Archive: You will submit to Kyra's small, but growing, site. A very nice site with very original page titles. :) :::turns to Kyra::: You still haven't paid me yet. J
World Under Ours: Her Royal Weirdness' site with various couple shrines! Spiffy!
The Crest of Knowledge: Kelly Moon's Izzy shrine!!! WOOHOO!!! Izzy lovers, submit here!!!