Hiya, peeps!! I'm back!! Did anyone miss me? *ducks rotten tomatoes being thrown at her* Okay, so you didn't miss me. Thanks again to anyone who's reviewed so far, you guys are great!!
Disclaimer: Davis has gone off somewhere to sulk, so I guess I'll have to do this myself. Damn. I don't like having to admit I don't own Digimon, but the closest I'll ever get is owning a copy of the movie. So don't sue me, cuz you wouldn't run up much of a profit, anyway. Just a bunch of papers covered in doodles and writing. Oh, and a dime. But that's only Canadian.
The Difference
Chapter Four
"We can't wait for her any longer," Matt insisted, peering out the hole that was broken into the window. "Somebody is going to get suspicious if all our cars are outside this place for too long."
"He's right, you know," Ken agreed. "The last thing we need is to have the cops get involved with this. We'd never be able to stop Tai if we were all in jail."
"Well, we all know why we're here," Izzy began, looking up from his laptop. "Davis failed, and Tai has only one more building to set up in order to open that giant digiport."
Kari began to cry all over again.
"Excuse me. What are you talking about?" asked Joe as he pushed up his glasses.
"Joe? When did you get to Japan?" questioned Izzy, only just noticing him for the first time.
"He's gonna crash here for a few days," Yolei cut in. "Tai's after him."
"Ah. Well, Joe, Tai is trying to open up a digiport that will allow digimon passage from the Digital World into this one. The results will be horrific! Digimon everywhere! They'll ransack stores. They'll attack people in their homes. They'll…"
"Izzy! I think he gets the point!" snapped Mimi.
"Sorry. Anyway, to do this, devices have to be set up in various key cities across the globe. I'm not sure where he got the funds to do this, but…" Izzy was saying.
"It was me," Joe groaned. "I loaned him the money."
"Nevermind Joe," Izzy comforted him, eager to continue with his story. "Tai has already succeeded in setting up devices in cities in Australia, America, Russia, France, Mexico, China, India, and in Japan. There's only one left," now he addressed the entire group. "My sources tell me it's at Tokyo Tower. For some reason, two had to be set up in Odiba. I'm not real sure why. It could be for any number of reasons. But, the important thing is, we have to be there. This is our last chance. We can't let Tai get away with it."
"Sure, Izzy, but when is he going to try it?" Cody wondered.
"That's kind of where I'm drawing a blank right now," admitted Izzy. "For all I know, it could be tonight."
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"Please don't cry, Sora," Tai pleaded, placing a hand on her shaking shoulder. "I can't stand it when you're unhappy."
"Then why are you doing this, Tai?" She questioned, looking up at him.
"I'm doing this for you," he said. "For Kari. For everyone. No one should have to live like this, Sora. Especially not you."
She knew what he was talking about. The stares. The whispers. The hatred. She knew it all too well. Hell, it happened everyday in her own flower shop. But still, what he wanted to do was not the answer.
"Please, Tai," she whispered, her eyes filling with fresh tears, "just go. Please."
"Okay, Sora. If that's what you want, I'll leave," he spoke, turning to leave. Just before he walked out the door, Tai turned back to her and said, "I love you." Then he was gone.
Sora stared at the door for a long time before her knees finally gave way, and she sank to the floor, crying.
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"Tonight!?!" Mimi exclaimed, practically jumping off the crate she was sitting on in shock. "Izzy, are you sure?"
"No, I'm not. Weren't you listening to me?" demanded Izzy.
"No," she admitted, sitting back down. "Not really. I only caught the last part."
Everybody groaned.
"Anyway… Izzy, I have just one tiny question for you," Matt began, bringing everyone back to the important matter at hand. "How in the frickin' hell are we supposed to stop Tai, if we don't know when he's going to make his move?" he finished angrily.
"Keep your shirt on, Matt. I'll know as soon as I've checked the weather report." Izzy replied.
"Excuse me? The 'weather report'? What exactly does that have to do with anything?" Yolei questioned.
Izzy stared out at the puzzled expressions on the faces of his fellow digidestined. "Isn't it obvious?"
"No, it isn't," returned Ken. "Enlighten us."
"Tai has only ever planted the devices during storms. It must have something to do with the electronics. I wish I knew how they worked…" here he paused for a moment. "But, I'm getting off topic. Anyway, we should be able to predict when he will strike next, based on the time of the next projected storm."
"But, Izzy, if it's that easy, why didn't you do that before we all got here? It would've saved us some time," Cody pointed out.
"What do you think I've been trying to do? I can't exactly do too much if the web page hasn't uploaded yet. My Internet connection is slow. Give me a minute," the technological genius replied.
He once again turned his full attention towards the laptop in front of him. Soon he began typing furiously, but suddenly, he stopped. Turing back towards all of the expectant faces, Izzy said, "Guys, it's tomorrow."
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Kari walked slowly down the street, bathed in the reddish light of sunset. The meeting had ended soon after Izzy's announcement, when T.K. pointed out that their cars had all been parked outside the building for far too long. Kari had volunteered to tell Sora what the others now already knew, even though it was far out of her way. It was more of an excuse to speak with her than anything else. What Kari desperately needed right then, was to talk to someone who would understand.
If she could find her. There hadn't been an answer when Kari had buzzed at Sora's apartment. So she was headed for the flower shop. Kari knew that she sometimes worked late if business had been slow. There was a good chance Sora would be there.
Kari's mind wasn't really on that at the moment, though. Her brother – her own flesh and blood – had killed Davis. How could he have done that? To Davis, the person who looked up to him as though he were some sort of god? To her, his own little sister whom he adored and always tried to make happy? The old Tai would never have even dreamed about doing something like this, that she knew. So who was this other person who claimed to be that same onii-san* she loved? Kari couldn't have told you that, but she could have told you one thing. Her brother was dead. As far as she was concerned, she didn't have a brother anymore.
*Onii-san – big brother, older brother in Japanese
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Well, that's it for now. I thought that was a good place to stop. Honestly, I didn't mean for it to take this long to get this chapter (or the last one) out. Sorry 'bout that. I had to re-work the Kari section in this fic, it just wasn't working for me. Until next time (which will hopefully be soon) toodles!! ^_^
