*waves* Hi, y'all! Soo… Been awhile, hasn't it? Well, with school and extra-curricular activities, you know how it is. But now that I have a nice Thanksgiving long weekend (I'm in Canada) I can get at least one more chapter out. I'll try for more, I don't mean to keep y'all in suspense. …Or do I? *maniacal laughter* Errm… Ahem. On to the disclaimer! *giggles nervously*
Disclaimer:
Davis: …
Me: Whazzamatter? You're supposed to tell everyone that I don't own Digimon. Davis? DAVIS!?! *searches frantically* NOOOOO!! Someone help me!! Davis has been kidnapped!!!!!
Davis: No, I haven't. I'm right here.
Me: *hits Davis over the head as hard as possible* You loser!!!! Don't scare me like that!!!
Davis: Ooww! Sorry! Geez, you don't have to hit so hard!
The Difference
Chapter 6
"Don't be so nervous, Yolei," she told herself firmly as she checked her appearance in the full-length mirror in her bathroom. "You've had a gun in your purse before."
But then, she added silently, it wasn't loaded. I didn't actually have any intention of using it. I just had it to scare people.
"So what? Morals are for people like TK. If I have to, I'll shoot. That's all there is to it."
She didn't bother to mention the fact that she was starting to sound like her mother; worried about every little thing. Like the fact that Yolei herself was a digidestined. Why was that such a horrible thing? She had helped save the world, but, oh no! A few buildings were demolished in the process! That's just soo much worse than the entire planet being engulfed in darkness, isn't it? But Yolei didn't really want to think about that.
"Okay. Dressed to kill and ready for action. Perfecto. Oh, and stop talking to yourself." With that, she grabbed her car keys, and headed out the door.
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"Do you mind the radio?" Ken asked after Joe climbed into the car.
"Not at all. Go ahead. It's your car," Joe answered. "Thanks for picking me up. I wouldn't have been able to stand it in that apartment much longer. I'm allergic to rats. They give me hives."
"I'll sleep better knowing that fact," Ken laughed.
They didn't talk much after that. Joe and Ken just weren't that kind of people. They didn't need to talk all the time to understand each other. They were both thinking the same thing, anyway: Are we really up for this?
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Cody hurried out of the apartment after his kendo lesson.
"Aren't you going to stay for some prune juice?" came the call after him.
"I can't today, Grandpa! I have to be somewhere!" was his reply as he shut the door.
As the tall, serious, young man ran down the street, he heard a familiar voice say, "Hey, Cody! Wait up!"
"Hi, Kari. Are you doing okay?" he asked, once she had caught up with him.
"I don't want to talk about it," she said stiffly. "I've cried enough as it is." Kari managed a weak smile.
"Well, if you ever do feel like talking about it, you know I'm always there." Kari was about to reply, when he continued, "On the bright side, though, if everything goes well tonight, you'll at least have your brother back."
Cody knew instantly that he had said the wrong thing. Kari's eyes glowered, and the smile disappeared from her face. "I don't have a brother, anymore. As for that bastard, he's gonna pay for everything." Cody couldn't believe what he was hearing.
It was hard for anyone not to notice the change this turn of events had caused in Kari. Always before, she had been the one to lighten everyone else's mood, to remember all the good times they had shared with Tai. She had always been the first one in line to forgive him once this was all over. Now, however, she seemed to have left that line completely. Her want for retribution had taken over her soul, like mildew covering a shining tile.
"Don't make revenge the focus of your life, Kari. Eventually, you're going to have to accept what happened and move on," he told her.
Turning to face him, eyes flashing, Kari stopped suddenly and snapped, "I suppose you would know so much about what this is like, wouldn't you Cody?"
"My dad was shot, remember? I think I know a little bit about how to deal with the pain."
"Cody, I…" Kari was instantly sorry. She had forgotten that he had lost his father at a young age.
Cody's anger didn't evaporate as quickly, though. "Forget it. No matter how hard you try, Kari, two wrongs are never going to make a right." Having spoken this, he kept on walking, leaving Kari to stand in the middle of the sidewalk, shadows hiding her face.
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The shadows were slowly lengthening as the short, auburn-haired young man approached the bus stop.
"Evening, Reverend," he greeted the taller, blond man waiting beside him. "You taking the bus, too?"
"You know you don't have to call me that, Izzy," he admonished. "I'm still the same TK as before."
"I know, I know. But, somehow, it just doesn't seem respectful to call a minister by his first name," Izzy replied.
"Then don't think of me that way. Think of me as the annoying little cry baby you first traveled to the Digital World with, if that makes it easier," TK offered.
"Hard to think of anyone as 'little', when they're a good foot taller than me," Izzy joked.
The two old friends stood in silence for a while, both their minds on what lay ahead. It was hard for either of them to believe that it had come to this. While TK's thoughts turned to the times Tai had played substitute big brother to him, Izzy's focused on his good friend all throughout high school. Could things truly have changed this much? Or had he just fooled them all for far too long?
"When will we wake up from this nightmare…?" TK mumbled to himself.
"TK?" Izzy questioned, looking up at him.
"Nothing."
"Can I ask you something?" he ventured to say next.
"You just did," the young minister laughed, "so I can't exactly say 'no'."
"Well," Koushiro fidgeted, as though not entirely sure it was any of his business to know. "Why did you become a minister?"
"I… well," he fumbled for words. "I guess it was kind of because of Patamon. Er… Angemon, really. I realized, after the gate closed, that I couldn't just let him fight the forces of darkness alone. This is… my way of helping him, you might say."
"And… Kari? You two always seemed so perfect. It was a surprise to all of us when…" he didn't finish his sentence. TK knew what he was talking about, anyway.
"Davis needed her more. You must've been able to see that. He was a better person with her. She needed him more, too, I guess. Still does, actually. Tai's gone for her, she hasn't seen him since this whole mess started. Davis was her 'onii-san'* again for her," TK finished, struggling to make sense.
"I'm not sure I really understand," Izzy admitted, "but, I don't think I need to. It's…" his voice was drowned out by the sound of the bus screeching to a halt.
* onii-san – older brother/big brother
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Wheeeeeeee! Chapter 6 is done! Took me long enough, didn't it? Anyway, hope you all enjoyed my explanation for how Daikari works in my story.
Davis: Finally!! Someone who doesn't hate me for being a Tai-wannabe!!!
Me: You're actually admitting that?
Davis: Huh? Admitting what?
Me: That you're a Tai-wannabe.
Davis: *nose in the air* I admit to nothing!!
Me: *rolls eyes* Right. Whatever.
Speaking of onii-san, I wonder if that's what they'd call the show, Big Brother, in Japan?
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