A/N: Glad to hear you are all enjoying the story so keep the reviews coming glad to hear you are all liking the pirate thing

A/N: Glad to hear you are all enjoying the story so keep the reviews coming glad to hear you are all liking the pirate thing. Next a few days ago I was reading kale's latest story when he mentioned that he had been getting some flak about putting some religious content in his stories.

I found this a little upsetting due to the fact that he and others like him (TK Takanishi) are merely expressing their beliefs and what they find important in their lives. Us authors have come up with some of the most creative and farfetched situations to put our muses in; they are just put something in their stories that most of us relate to and use in our daily lives. So to all of you who are courageous enough to put something as important as religion in your stories a applaud you and beg you not to back down because of a few people.

Now that I have that off of my chest on with chapter 3. For disclaimer see chapter 1.

I Will Always Come For You-

Kari stared at her wall as if willing it to burst into flames allowing her to escape into the nigh away from the nightmare her life had become. Davis had locked her in her cabin just as Tai ordered leaving as soon as she cleared the threshold locking the door behind him. The poor guy had still be reeling from seeing Kari in the arms of another, his heart breaking every time he thought about it. That had been two days ago.

A soft knock at her door moved her glare from the wall to the door as Tai stepped in a tray of food in hand. Her mouth began to water as the tantalizing smell of the chicken made its way to her nose. Her stomach gave a slight rumble and her hands flew to muffle it before her brother heard, she had made it a point not to eat until she was allowed to see TK again.

Tai's soft eyes looked at her with concern as he set the tray in front of her and she turned away barely acknowledging his presence. "Kari you have to eat something" he pleaded grabbing her hand that she pulled back without a word. He sighed unhappily not only had she not eaten since being pulled away from TK but she had refused to speak to anyone on the ship, save Gatomon.

"Come on eat something" he tried again cutting the chicken up for her even holding to fork to her mouth as if he was feeding a baby. She slapped the fork away resuming her interest in the walls of her cabin. "Kari I did this to help you, the Ishida's are a lying bunch of cowards that would do anything for money not to mention they have been our families rivals for nearly 100 years. They were just using you to get to me".

A fresh wave of tears began to form in her chocolate eyes falling down her cheeks as Tai continued. "I'm going to have you marry Davis…it's the only way I know you'll be totally safe he's a good man and will take care of you". The girl bite her lip to keep the sob for escaping her lips "now I'm going to the finalize everything so the ceremony can take place first thing in the morning, I'll leave this food here…"

With that he got up and left his sister if he had stayed a few moments longer he would have seen his sister's heart shatter. He did however hear her sob echo through the recesses of the ship.

The bounty hunter shook his head as he walked onto the deck coming face to face with his betrothed. Sora's normally gentle eyes were narrowed in anger and her hands were on her hips as she held back the urge to slap Tai right then and there.

"Taichi Kaymia what on earth were you thinking," she demanded blocking his path forcing him to face her wrath. "Sora I don't know what you are talking about" he stared seeing the flash in her eyes seconds later knowing he had said the wrong thing.

Anger danced in her eyes "Do you have any idea what you have just done. You destroyed two lives, one of them being your own sisters".

"I'm protecting her" Tai shot back again realizing the error in his ways seconds too late; he had never seen Sora so mad before. "How is locking her in her room, taking her away from the man she loves, and forcing her to marry a guy she can barely stand to be around helping her" Sora flared "You know she wouldn't even be alive if Takeru hadn't saved her".

It was Tai's turn to shoot back "There is no way that boy stopped Izzy he told her to lie so they wouldn't get caught". Sora had no words to answer so she merely drew a sword from her sheath holding it right in front of Tai's face.

"I found this after you drug Kari away, its Izzy's sword!" she shouted throwing it at him before storming into her cabin and slamming the door authoritively leaving a stunned Tai to examine the sword.

Matt gentle blue eyes were full of sadness as he watched TK sleeping a tormented sleep. It had been two days since the fateful ball and TK hadn't spoken, eaten, or even looked at him since. The elder had tried to coax him to eat but nothing worked not even his favorite foods. To make matters worse his heart still ached for Mimi, sure she was his prey but she filled something that he knew he had been missing his whole life.

But she was the enemy who had kidnapped the King's second in command and guardian, holding them for ransom. Joe had received and amended demand the morning after the ball and that had sent the poor king over the edge.

Joe had run into his quarters and after 10 minutes of clamoring came out in full battle regalia complete with a helmet and sword. The king demanded that both Matt and Tai start to search and he himself would oversee the efforts from Matt's ship. So not only did Matt have to deal with his broken heart, depressed/angry little brother, and a king bent on rescuing the people he called family.

"Have you heard anything?" Joe asked carefully stepping out onto the deck enjoying the cool air against his skin. Matt quickly buried his sadness deep within to address his employer "In fact yes, a message was delivered to the palace with a map and marked coordinates. You are to bring 10,000 gold pieces to the location and when you do both Ken and Gomamon will be returned unharmed as long as we arrive in three days time. It will only take us one to get there."

Joe listened intently nodding when he finished "The gold will be onboard before dawn and I will send word for Tai to be ready to sail tomorrow". Matt's blue eyes flashed at the mention of Tai's name, something the king took quick notice of "I know how much you hate each other but I want both of you there just in case something goes wrong".

"I know now if you'll excuse me I must get my crew ready to sail" Matt finished leaving the king alone in his thoughts.

Mimi let out a sad sigh as she fell back onto the pillows of her plush bed allowing herself a few moments of peace before the coming chaos. Her peace didn't last long when a soft tap at the door signaled Yolei had arrived. "Come in" she called sitting up to greet her first mate.

The lavender haired girl slipped in smiling obviously pleased with herself "The message has been delivered and sources say that the king is already transporting the gold to Yamato's ship". At the mention of Matt's name Mimi winced a little her soft brown eyes filling with sadness. Yolei's own eyes softened as she went into her best friend mode "You really do care for him don't you?"

The pirate knew she couldn't keep anything from her friend even if she wanted too so she gave her sincere answer "Yes I do, when he kissed me it was amazing and when he held me I felt safe, no one has ever made me feel like that before. And you should have seen his eyes they were crystal blue and full of so much love…I must admit I got lost in them".

Yolei smiled as she listened to her friend talk it had been awhile since Mimi had gotten this excited over anything in a long time. "Well he's going to deliver the money with the king why don't we just nab him and throw him in the brig until he realizes how much he loves you". Mimi let out a small laugh and even considered doing it for a fraction of a second "No I want him to come to me because of love not because I forced him into it".

"That's no fun," Yolei pouted before getting up "But don't worry you are meant to be and he will come to you in time after all absence makes the heart grow fonder".

"I hope your right, it sure is on my part" Mimi said "now we'd better set sail I want to be at the coordinates first so they can't have any surprises waiting for us when we get there. You need to go check on our guests, make sure they are okay the king might lower the ransom if they're harmed". Yolei gave a quick bow before leading the way out of the cabin and down to the brig.

Gatomon wiggled in through the porthole leading into Kari's quarter's making a special note to claw Tai's eyes out when this was over. The overbearing brother had forbidden the digimon from seeing her fearing the little cat might aid in an escape. Gatomon had made short work of that using her agility and strength to climb down the side of the ship and through the porthole.

She landed with a small thud on the wooden floor her hear immediately greeted with the sound of Kari crying. Her eyes swept around the room coming the rest on the sobbing girl sprawled out on her bed. The digimon mentally added shattering Tai's nose to her to do list, how could he do this to his own sister. "Kari" she asked tentively "What's the matter?"

Kari's head shot up and another wave of tear rolled from her eyes as she reached from Gatomon seeking comfort. Gatomon leapt into her arms looking up for the answer "Tai's going to make me marry Davis" she stammered.

"I'll kill him" Gatomon muttered before returning her attention to her chosen child "When?"

"First thing in the morning" Kari said the fear and sadness evident in her voice "I don't know what to do I've tried everything to get out of here but nothing works…I just want Takeru…why doesn't he understand".

Gatomon placed a comforting paw on Kari's arm as a plan formed in her clever mind "Kari I can't stop this from happening but I know who can and I'm going to get him. I want you to make them carry you to that church and down the aisle stall as long as you can I promise I won't let you down" she vowed. With that she scampered out of the small hole again disappearing into the night once more.

Kari watched her go before curling into a ball among her pillows willing the nightmare away as one word passed through her trembling lips "Takeru".

Yolei made her way through the ship that she knew better than the back of her hand carefully balancing the tray of food on one arm while holding the keys in the other. After many twists and turns she arrived at the brig door slipping her keys into the metal door throwing it open making sure that her prisoners didn't jump her, providing they had gotten out of her barred cell first.

The second in command had designed the brig herself and was proud to boast that not one of her prisoners had every escaped the secure little room. She allowed a small smile to cross her lips as her eyes fell on Ken fast asleep on the small cot Gomamon curled up at his feet. It however took a mere few seconds for the smell of food to reach the little digimon nose causing his green eyes to shoot open and his mouth to water.

"Ken she's back," he said nudging his cellmate causing the warrior to wake up a feat the slamming door had failed to do.

"Nice to see your well rested" Yolei said slipping the tray of food through a slot before turning to get some water from a picture. "Don't worry we just got word that the king will be sending the needed ransom and you will be back to your mundane lives in the castle before the week is out". She watched them eat keeping her eyes on the silverware at all time knowing from personal experience that anyone of the utensils could be used as a lock pick or a weapon. "Tell me Ken how did you wind up as the kings guard and second in command?" she questioned deciding to entertain herself while she waited for them to finish.

His violet eyes looked up at her seeming to contemplate whether to answer her question or not. With a small sigh he began to speak "From my brother. The Ichijochi family has been responsible for defending the royal family for centuries, a responsibility that fell to the eldest son". Ken stopped to collect his thoughts "So my brother took the oath and served at Joe's side ever since he was old enough to fight…but one terrible night there was an attack on the castle".

Yolei's memories now kicked in knowing what happened that dreadful night but wanting to hear Ken's version. "My brother died stopping an assassins arrow from killing the then Price Joe and his job fell to me. I have been with the family ever since and one day my own son will take his place at the kings side. My one goal is to live up to the great sacrifice my brother made for the kingdom…."

The pirate sat in a respectful silence bowing her head for the lost soul "What about you?" her head snapped up to meet her prisoners eyes head on. "How did you wind up as first mate on one or the most feared pirate ships ever to sail?" Ken persisted.

For a few seconds she considered not answering the question but realized he had revealed some very personal information so she returned the favor. "My family used to work in the castle, they ran the pantries keeping them stocked and ready for any royal whim. We were there the night the castle attacked only no one was there to stop and assassins arrow from my families hearts" tears flowed down her face causing Ken's heart to ache and his hands tingle to remove the tears. "Hawkmon got me out but when he went back for the others it was too late".

"I'm sorry" Ken whispered speaking nothing but the truth. She looked up studying his face looking for any deceit, when she found none she finished her story "I survived on the streets stealing what I could to scrap by. One day I robbed Mimi's father who caught me but was impressed that I was able to get as far as I did so he took me in and trained me to fight at Mimi's side when the time came for her to take over".

"And you've been terrorizing the seas ever since" Ken finished with a small smile. Yolei nodded proudly taking note that they were done a small tinge of sadness running through her body, she was enjoying Ken's company. Duty was duty though and she retrieved the empty tray making sure she took out what she brought in. As she left she spoke once more "I'm sorry about your brother but you should be proud his sacrifice probably saved us all in the long run". With lose last words she was gone leaving Ken lost in thought.

"What did she mean by that?" Gomamon asked his confusion evident in his voice.

The guard could only shrug as millions of possibilities ran through his head.

Takeru listed carefully as his brother's footsteps echoed down the hall away from his room. Once he was sure that Matt was gone he rose from his bed a small piece of metal in his hands, his means of escape. It had been two terrible days since Kari had been ripped away from him her cries still fresh in his ears. He had tried in vain to explain his love to Matt but his pleas had fallen on deaf ears and TK in turn had just stopped speaking altogether.

Patamon had been allowed into the locked room to keep him company and to try to get the boy to eat. Needless to say TK still hadn't eaten. It had been Patamon who told TK about Matt's run in with Mimi giving the younger ammunition should he ever really need it.

TK knelt down before his door slipping the small sliver of metal into the lock carefully moving it around listening for the click. Patamon watched on silently not wanting to disturb the boy wishing that there was a way he could help more. He had shot his bubbles of air at the door right after the frantic boy had been locked in but the sturdy oak didn't give way.

A soft scratching noise caught the attention of his sensitive ears. Curious he left TK to look out the window letting out a small yelp of surprise when a white blur popped through the window muttering something about Tai and clawing his eyes out. "Gatomon" he squeaked his heart leaping he had grown fond of Gatomon just as TK had of Kari "what are you doing here?"

TK abandoned his lock picking gathering the digimon into his arms his eyes shining as he looked at her "How's Kari? Is she alright?" he shot out desperate for any word of his love. Gatomon looked at him with sad eyes knowing time was of the essence "Not for long" she replied. TK's eyes widened with terror and tears pleading for her to continue. She did "Tai's forcing her to marry Davis, the ceremony is at dawn and I can't stop it. You have to do something…"

She didn't get a chance to finish TK stood up grabbing a small bag throwing come clothes into it before putting on his dark cloak. There was a fire in his eyes fueled by his love that no one would be able to extinguish. He backed up standing by his bed taking aim at the door; he didn't have time to be quiet. Gatomon caught on to what he was doing sending a few of her Lightning Paws into the door weakening the wood before TK took off.

With a deep breath he broke into a run putting his shoulder forward slamming into the door with everything he had. Extreme pain ripped through his arms but the wood splintered and gave way freeing him. Gabumon let out a muffled cry of surprise from under the demolished door as he watched TK run down the halls followed by Patamon and a digimon he had never seen before.

"Takeru come back," he cried desperately sounding alarm as he chased the younger Ishida. At Gabumon's shouts heads poked out of the cabins lining the halls as the crew quickly went to chase the boy down. They had all be advised of the situation and as far as they were concerned TK had been put under some kind of spell and by locking him away they were helping him recover.

TK didn't let up as he heard the footsteps growing behind him and he came onto the main deck. Joe looked up surprised when the boy flew out of the door nearly knocking him down in the process. "Yamato your brother…" he cried getting Matt's attention who was up at the helm looking over the map Mimi had sent.

"Takeru get back here," he yelled running down the stairs to cut his brother off before he reached the gangplank. If anything the younger ran faster easily slipping by his men and off of the ship. Matt let out a gasp as he saw Gatomon close behind his brother leaving Matt with one conclusion; Tai had sent the digimon to kidnap his beloved brother.

Sora watched with tears in her eyes as she watched Tai literally carry Kari out of her room dressed in a simple wedding dress. She moved forward in one last-ditch effort to stop the insanity "Taichi please don't do this to her…to them". His brown eyes looked at her with little emotion "I'm doing what's best for her Davis loves her and will protect her even when I'm not here. Most importantly she will be away from Yamato and his sinister plans".

Kari looked at her with pleading eyes Sora was her last hope. Sora didn't fail her putting everything she held dear on the line "Tai if you do this I won't be here when you get back" she said desperate to keep the waver out of her voice. He looked at he with a mixture of shock and betrayal so she rubbed salt into the wound. "I'll go join Izzy's or Mimi's crew…not make that Matt's I'm sure any of them would just love to know your tactical secrets and weaknesses".

Tai bit his lower lip looking at the love of his life and the sister in his arms. He had to decide right there what was stronger ties of blood or ties of the heart. "Sora I'm sorry," he said trying to ignore the sob from Kari "She is my sister and I can't let her be hurt anymore. I love you and I always will…so if you ever come back I'll be waiting".

Sora stood in shock at how deep his hatred for Matt ran, he was going let her go. Kari gave her a grateful look as Tai carried her by "Thank you for trying" she whispered before disappearing around the corner. Biomon came up nuzzling her partners leg in comfort hearing the whole thing "Are you really going to do it?" the pink bird asked. "I'm not going to let this happen," she said in a determined voice heading down to catch Tai arriving just as the carriage pulled away. "I swear Kari I won't let this happen".

Davis was the happiest man in the world at that moment as he heard a carriage arriving at the church carrying the love of his life. He had approached Tai the very night they had found her with TK and proposed the marriage making a promise to protect her to his last breath. It had been more than enough to satisfy the furious bounty hunter and the wedding was arranged.

The priest stifled a yawn as he looked at the excited boy before him looking up when the bride arrived. "Kari" Davis said happily oblivious to her tears and that fact that Tai had to carry her down the aisle. Agumon and Veemon were at their heels following Tai to the front eager to see their first wedding. The priest raised an eyebrow at the condition of the bride "My goodness is the child ill, perhaps the ceremony should take place when she is able to stand under her own power".

Tai looked up with annoyance in his eyes "She is feeling fine she just needs a little help getting though the ceremony" he said setting her down watching her fall to the ground like a limp doll. The priest looked at the crying girl on the floor before him "Good sir it is obvious the young lady doesn't want to be here" he said kneeling down cupping her face in his hands tenderly "My child do you want this?".

Kari knew it was wrong to go against her brother but there was no way she was going to lose TK forever "No" she whispered. Davis sensed things were not going to go his way unless he did something quick so he knelt down holding Kari's hands in his own "Kari I love you and will do anything to make you happy, so lets just get this over with and we can start our new lives together".

She looked up at him with watery eyes "You say you will do anything to make me happy" she said speaking directly to him for the first time in two days. He nodded eagerly thinking he had gotten through to her. "Take me back to Takeru then" she said "take me to the one I love". Davis bowed his head in defeat standing again turning to the priest "Let the ceremony begin".

The man of god shook his head "It is clear to me that she has no desire to marry you and I will not go against her wishes".

"Yes you will" Tai said pulling Kari up forcing her to stand "She is not of age yet and I am still her guardian and she will marry who I see fit. So if you want to go against the law set by the king go right ahead…I am Taichi Kaymia bounty hunter and will make it by personal goal to see that you are tried for your crimes". It was the priests turn to bow his head in defeat as he looked into Kari's soft brown eyes "Forgive me child" he said crossing himself before opening the book before him.

"Dearly beloved…" he began Kari's soft whispers the only thing keeping her together "He will come for me, he will come for me…"

Izzy looked out at the rising sun as the warm rays hit his face. "Do we set sail today?" Cody asked interrupting his peace with the best intentions. "Yes I want to get there early so Mimi doesn't see us coming". They like every other person in the province had heard of the bungled kidnapping and ransom demand, but unlike many others Izzy had gotten his hands on the coordinates where the exchange was too take place.

"You know Cody I feel kind of odd robbing another pirate I mean we are both on the same side" the captain said absently turning to face his first mate. "Its part of the life" Cody said calmly "we all knew what we were getting into when we signed up besides there is not credo saying we can't attack another pirate". Izzy had to smile for he always had an answer for everything.

"Izzy" Tentomon called flying onto the ship his arms full of supplies for the coming outing "there's someone here to see you". Every man who was on the deck drew their swords knowing if anyone wanted to see the captain it was usually for revenge. "Ah they've gotten quick" the digimon said dropping the food in surprise.

"Who is it?" Izzy questioned drawing his own sword with a slight scowl he wasn't used to his blade TK had taken that from him when he ran into him in the castle. Tentomon landed at his partners side "Sora as in bounty hunter Sora".

Izzy raised his eyebrows "As in Tai's fiancée' Sora?". The digimon green eyes shimmered "Yes Armidillomon is with her but she's unarmed and says its and emergency". His men sat in silence while he ran this through his head. Tai had his hands full with the King Joe and his upcoming battle with Mimi. Second he loved Sora more than anything save his sister and he would never knowingly put her in danger. Therefore Tai had gone nuts or Sora was here on her own accord "Let her up".

Cody let out a loud whistle signaling Armidillomon and within seconds the little yellow digimon with Sora and Biomon in tow. Her eyes looked at her surroundings carefully taking count of the men and any emergency escape routes should she need it. She herself couldn't believe what she was doing. After watching Tai drive away in the carriage she had gone straight to Matt's ship knowing if anyone could help Kari it was TK. Yet when she arrived the ship was in chaos with men running off the ship in search of the boy who had been 'kidnapped' by Gatomon.

So she went into town running into Tentomon and followed him to Izzy. The pirate looked at her with suspicious dark eyes as she came before him giving a small curtsey. Izzy let his manners take over bowing with respect taking her hand kissing it tenderly "Milady what brings you hear tonight?" Sora bit her lip pulling out a bag of gold throwing it to Cody.

"Because of you two people who love each other have been ripped apart I want you to help them out until their brothers cool down" she said firmly. Izzy's eyes filled with confusion "You must be referring to Takeru and Hikari what do you mean I have ripped them apart".

Anger filled her veins and she fought to keep control "Because of you their brothers found them together and took them away from each other. Kari has been locked in her cabin for the past two days and as we speak is being married to someone she can't stand. TK is running through the streets with Matt under the assumption Tai kidnapped him so when the two meet…."

"I see so why should I care, if those two kill each other its all the better for me" he answered leaning against the rail casually. Sora however had an answer for this "If you don't the ransom exchange won't take place and you won't be able to rob it from anyone". Then men let out gasps and they turned to their leader many of them were depending on the money from this raid having no use for the books Izzy had stolen from the castle.

"She has a point there," Cody said voicing what the crew had on their minds. "Fine Cody have Sora lead you to the chapel I have no doubt that is where the boy is heading. If he isn't too late lead them back here, tell them I'll give them sanctuary". Sora shot him a look forcing him to add one more stipulation "They will be allowed to leave at any time for it seems I have already caused them enough suffering".

"Thank you" Sora said pulling out another bag of gold and tossing it too the pirate "now we have to go now". Izzy gave a quick nod signal Cody to follow. He watched the two go giving one more signal for Tentomon to follow just to be safe not wanting his first mate to be led into a trap Cody was like a brother to him and he like Matt and Tai would give anything to get him back.

Kari whispered TK's promise to her over and over as the priest continued reading. He had promised to come for her no matter what so where was he. "And if there is anyone here who believes this couple should not be wed please speak now or forever hold your peace". It was then right on cue the doors to the chapel burst open and a brilliant white horse galloped down the aisle. Tai pushed his sister away drawing his sword with Davis at his side and the digimon before them as the wall of protection.

The figure a top the steed had golden blonde hair and bright blue eyes that sparkled when the fell on Kari. Kari looked up with a hint of fear as the rider had the horse merely jump over the quartet heading straight for her. She backed away but didn't get far it took the rider a second to grab her into his arms and onto the horse and it was then that all her fears washed away. "TK" she said with pure joy as she settled into his arms allowing him to lead the horse away.

"Let her go" Tai demanded waving his sword yet refusing to attack fearing he may hurt his sister. TK just glared at him before leading the horse down one of the side rows and out the door before Tai or Davis could make a move to stop him. Agumon however wasn't going to let Kari go without a fight "Pepper…" he began before Davis slammed his mouth shut "You'll hit Kari".

Tai was already to the door shouting "Come on we can still catch them if we unhitch the horses".

Sora stopped as the street leading to the chapel began. Cody ran into her gasping for air as he did confusion filling his green eyes "Why did you stop?" he gasped peering around her, he saw why she stopped. A white horse that looked like one belonging to the king was galloping down the street with two figures aboard. Sora ran into the middle of the road so that she would be seen.

"TK, Kari this way" she called. The two stopped and what spoke to each other for a few seconds with Kari pointing her way and nodding her head. That had been enough for TK who spurred the horse into another gallop straight at the pair. When they arrived Sora quickly asked the question she had feared the answer too "Was he too late?"

Kari smiled and shook her head jumping into TK's arms as they dismounted the horse sending down another road as a decoy. "I on behalf of Captain Koushiro offer you sanctuary on our ship" a pair of skeptical looka answered his statement "we are offering this on behalf of Sora, she was the one who came to us. I assure you there is no deception here we will not use you as bargaining chips and you may stay as long as you wish".

The far off hoof beats coming from the church forced the two to make the decision. TK looked into her eyes "As long as I'm with you I don't care where we are" he said determination filling his voice. She nodded her agreement and turned to Cody "We accept now which way". Cody led them deeper down the alley onto another side rode heading for the docks with Sora taking the rearing watching as Tai and Davis ran right by not even looking down the alley.

Matt's eyes were wild as he looked down the four way intersection for any sign of his little brother and when he found none let out a frustrated yell that echoed off the brick buildings lining the street. Gabumon placed a comforting paw on his arm attempting to calm his partner down "Don't worry my friend TK can take care of himself".

"Yeah from what I've seen from the kid he'll be fine" Joe chimed in pushing his glasses up. Matt wanted to fall to his knees and cry, he knew TK was strong it was just the fact he felt so helpless feeling there was nothing he could do. "I know but what if they hurt him or worse…" Matt chocked out stopping when a pair of men riding of horseback approached.

Matt knew them instantly due to the busy brown hair shining in the afternoon sun. "Taichi" he shouted running at his rival pulling him off the horse onto the cobblestone street hard. "What have you done with Takeru?" he screamed pinning him to the ground. Davis jumped off his horse ready to help only to be stopped by the king himself "They need to do this" he said calmly.

The digimon too stayed back watching in awe and Tai flipped over now pinning Matt to the ground "He took my sister" Tai screamed back "now where are you keeping her…if you've hurt her so help me I'll rip your heart out!". Both were beyond reason or rational thought with the desire to find those they'd sworn to protect and love consuming their minds.

It was the coolheaded Joe who was able to put two and two together "Stop this now" he bellowed forcing both to stop with their fists raised ready to smash the others face in. "Now if you two would stop and think for two seconds you would see that no one has been kidnapped and the two just ran off together. You have no one to blame but yourselves to blame for it. I am paying you both a very nice sum of money to help me rescue my friends so unless you want to back out I want both of you on your ships ready to sail within the hour or I'm going to find someone else to help me".

"What about TK and Kari?" Davis asked stunned that the king had that outburst in him. Joe seemed a little less tense as he replied, "They will return when they're ready, they know how to find you so are you in or out".

The two sat on the street weighing their options each one knowing Joe was right. "In" they both grunted getting up refusing to help each other up before trudging their separate ways.

Izzy looked up as four digimon bounded onto his deck each one in a very good move assuring the captain the mission had been a success. Cody was the first person onto the deck giving Izzy piece of mind seeing him okay. Sora was next with a look of contentment on her face and she approached the captain with TK and Kari hand and hand at her heels.

TK's bright blue eyes twinkled as he came before Izzy giving him a bow of respect before clasping his hand "Thank you so much for the sanctuary". Izzy returned the clasp "Its my pleasure its my honor to house such a talented fighter you are one of the few who have ever bested me with a sword. But you both must be hungry I have left a meal in your quarters and there is something you must know before you retire. As you both know your brothers are setting sail to help the king deliver the ransom, I plan to also be there to claim it for myself. You may come and stay in your cabin during the attack or you can leave now".

Kari answered for the two not even giving it second thought "We are going and we promise not to interfere".

Izzy smiled warmly "Then I welcome you to my ship feel free to look around nothing is off limits. I do encourage you to see my library it is my pride and joy containing books from all over the world. As for you" he said turning to Sora "I recommend that you return to your ship before your fiancée' misses you".

Sora lowered her head letting her brown hair fall over her face to hide her tears "I told him that I wouldn't be there if he went though with the ceremony…so if you don't mind too much I would like to stay with you. I will pull my weight by working as one of your crew and will train your men in any form of combat you want".

"I like someone who can stick to their principles despite the adversity welcome aboard and like your young friends you may stay as long as you see fit". The captain turned to address he crew "All right men there is a heavy ransom out there calling out names so set the sails and turn hard to port I want to be at the rendezvous by sunset". The men worked like a well-oiled machine saluting their captain and going straight to work without question each one knowing their job without being told.

Izzy held his arm out to Sora "I will give you and the digimon a tour of the ship while the men get under way, Cody escort TK and Kari to their quarters from the sounds of their stomachs a good meal is overdue". Both blushed as Cody led them away and Sora accepted the captains arm her amber eyes still on the men working flawlessly on the mast high above her.

Cody led the pair to a cabin just off down from the main deck "Here you go" he said opening the door to the simple yet elegant room done entirely in royal purple. On a small table in the corner lay a huge pile of fruits next to steaming loaves of bread. "Thank you" TK muttered his eyes fixed on the food. "I'll leave you alone now," the brown haired boy said with a smile on his face.

It took Kari all of three steps to get to the table her eyes eagerly seeking what she wanted first; she didn't find it on the table. She turned to TK with tears in her eyes as she ran to his waiting arms "You came for me" she said happily.

He stroked her hair enjoying holding her again "I promised I would and I never break a promise" he whispered pulling away a little so he could see her face. He looked into her eyes moving his hands to her cheek as she nuzzled her face into it enjoying the feeling of his love for her. She looped her hands around his neck pulling him into a kiss that she had been longing for since they had been pulled apart.

They met in a sweet kiss unleashing their pent of love, passion, and fear for loosing each other in those few seconds losing themselves to each other.

To Be Continued:

A/N: Chapter 3 down so I hope you liked it. Yes I know a few people were out of character but its my fic and its all for a good cause. I guarantee more of the other couples to come in the next chapter so be sure to tell me what you think in a review and as always suggestions are always welcome.