(Type a title for your page here) A/n: Part four, is it?


Kari's head was swimming. There was a rushing sound in her ears and thunder crashed through her head. Thoughts roiled together inside her mind, mixing until they fromed one single phrase.
NO!!!!!
Vaugley, she was aware of the rest of her body. Sore arms and legs. Stinging cuts on her hands. A lump on her forehead. The part of her mind that was still logical realized that she must be conscious to feel the rest of her body, but it was pushed aside by the word NO!!!!
A moan escaped her lips. She could hear people talking. She wanted to shut them out, to become lost within the confusion of her mind, but she failed.
"....waking.....now...."
"She.......maybe.....I...think...."
"No......Matt.....wait....stay..."
"Tai....."
Tai. She knew him, from somewhere. He was close to her in some way.
The snatches of conversation were becoming clearer now.
"Fine......guess..."
"...eyes......awake..."
"...they....No...."
Kari opend her eyes slowly. It was bright where she was, much brighter then where she had been.
Where was that?
Everything was blurry. She could make out the forms of two people. One of them had a lot of brown hair. She rememberd it vaugley.
"Tai...?"
"Kari!" said the from with the hair. "Kari, you're all right!"
The forms were in clear foucus now. She rememberd Tai, but the woman next to him.....
"Tai. What...where.....?"
"You're safe no, Kari," he said. "There was a storm, remember? We were on a boat, and it sank. You and TK were washed away from everyone. You were in a little cave. Then it flooded and you came to the surface. It's a very lucky thing that Ken and Davis had just been spotted. You might have drowned."
This was a bit too much information for Kari to comprehend. But soon the memeories came back to her.
She suddenly sat up.
Then she screamed a scream so horrid not even she thought she could stand it.
* * *
Davis looked around. It had been two days since he and Ken had been rescued and they had found Kari and TK. He wrinkled his forehead. It was four days after the accident, he concluded.
He walked slowly down the hallways of the hospital. He was allowed to get up and roam around. Currently, his mission was to find Ken. Then he would go and look for Matt, Tai, TK, Kari, and Sora. Mimi and Joe he had already seen. They had told him about...
Davis stopped suddenly and leaned agaisnt the wall. He felt very weak, all of the sudden. The acid taste od bie filled his mouth. He swallowed it down and took several deep breaths. After a moment, he continued.
He found the room number he was looking for, knocked, and waited for an answer.
"Come in!"
Davis gulped and enterd. Ken was sitting on the white hospital bed, flipping through a magazine. He seemed bored. Davis noticed the tears stains on his face.
"Hey."
"Oh, hi, Davis," said Ken.
"How's it going?"
"It isn't going," said Ken. "Sure, my parents came and cried. Mimi and Joe came, too. But they aren't here now. I would like to get up and go see people, but my hospital gown is the type that doesn't cover my bottom. So I'm stuck here."
"Sorry about that," said Davis, trying not to think about how much he'd like to see Ken's rear end.
Stop that you disgusting perverted freak! he thought.
"Yeah. Have you seen any of the others?"
"Nope. You're my first stop.Any news of the others?"
"Well, I know Sora's leg is broken, and that's it. Mimi and Joe hadn't seen anyone else besides you when they came."
"Did they tell you about....?"
"Yeah," said Ken, lowering the volume of his voice. "We missed Izzy and Cody's funerals. And they can't find Yolei's body."
Davis blinked back tears. "We'll pay our respects as soon as we get out of this place," he said, his voice craking.
"Yeah," said Ken. Davis could tell that he was crying, too. They both sat there, or, in Davis's case, stood for a moment. Eventually Davis wiped his eyes.
"I gotta go now, okay?"
"Okay."
* * *
Joe sat down on his bed. He was ready to go home. He had just finished packing his things in the bag that his parents had used to bring his some clothes. He stared at it.
It isn't fair. I get to leave so soon, yet Sora, TK,and possibly Matt and Kari have to stay longer. He looked around the room.
This whole place is a prison. Maybe I won't become a doctor. He shook his head. No, I will. To help people.
The door opend a crack. Joe's father stuck his head in.
"You ready?"
"Yeah," said Joe, standing up.
"Come on then."
"Sure." He grabbed his bag and followed his family out of the hospital. Then he asked,
"Can I come back. You know, after I've put my things away and have eaten?"
"Sure."
Joe nodded. He would come back and see his friends again. Maybe Kari and TK would wake up before Mimi had to leave for America.
Joe took a moment to asses the damages. Izzy, Cody, and Iori were all dead. TK and Kari were unconscious, due to the fact that their brains had gone without oxygen for a while before the rescue workers pulled them out. Matt had a bad case of hypothermia. Tai was well enough to walk about, and was probably with his sister. Ken and Davis were fine and were able to walk around. Sora's leg was broken. He and Mimi were well enough to leave the hospital.
The only ones that really worried him were TK, Kari, and Matt. When Tai and Matt had been found by a rescue boat, Matt had been in the advanced stages of hypothermia. Tai had hypothermia as well, but he was still able to talk. Matt was recovering, but Joe worried about the possibility of another sickness invading Matt's body and finishing him off.
TK and Kari would most likely be fine. They were unconscious, but not in a coma. At least, the doctors didn't think that they were in comas.
"Joe? Joe?"
Joe jumped. "Yes, Dad?"
"Your brother is here with the car."
"Right," said Joe. He looked around once more, then got into the backseat of the car.
* * *
Tai mutterd darkly to himself as he walked to Matt's room. Of all the nerve!
"They kicked me out of my sister's room just because she screamed for no apparent reason," he said under his breath. At least he might be able to see Matt.
But when he asked the receptionist, she told him that he had to bae a family member to see him. Tai cursed and left. Well, there was always Ken, or Davis, or Sora. He knew that he could see them, at least. He decided to see Sora first.
"Hey, Tai," she said when he enterd.
"Hi," he said. "Sorry about your leg."
She shrugged. "I'll be fine. I really messed up my tibia, though. and my knee. Have a seat," she said, indicating to a chair.
Tai sat down and moved it closer to Sora's bed.
"When will you be allowed out?"
She sighed. "In a week. But I'll have on this thing--" she indicated to the cast "--for about five weeks. Then a cast just for my lower leg for another two weeks. Then a brace for a while after that." She grimaced. "How about you?"
"I'm fine. I had hypothermia when they found me, but not as bad as Matt. He was going unconscious and he had been having muscle spasms. I can't see him yet."
"Oh. Have you heard about the others? Mimi and Joe came to see me twice, both times before any of you showed up."
"Well, Ken and Davis are fine."
She nodded. "Davis said hi to me, but he left after around a minute."
Tai shrugged. "Well, he's been through a lot."
"Haven't we all," she mutterd. "Keep going."
"Uh...TK and Kari were found in a little cave, real close to Davis and Ken. It had flooded and they had gone without oxygen for a while before they were pulled out. As far as I know, TK's still unconscious and Kari's up, but she's in hysterics and she doesn't remember much."
Sora sat up a little straighter. "Hysterics?"
"Yeah. She was real groggy when she first woke up. I told her what had happend. She stared at me for a moment, then sat bolt upright and started to scream. It was awful. Then she stopped, turned to me, and said, 'TK! Where's TK?' My mother tried to comfort her, but Kari kicked her away, saying 'Who the hell are you? Where's TK? Tai, where's TK?!' Then she screamed again. Then the doctors kicked me and my mother out."
"Oh," said Sora.
"Yeah, I know."
There was a very uncomfortable silence.
"I'll see you tomorrow, okay? I'm a little tired right now."
"Sure thing. Bye."
"See ya."
* * *
Kari lay in bed, staring blankly at the cealing. Things were so confusing. First a strange woman tried to hug her, then people come in and try to calm her down for some reason. What was she screaming about? There was water.....
"TK!" she screamed, then went quiet. Her throat hurt. Besides, someone had told her that he was alright.
But what did they know. He was drowning.
How would she get to him, though? The people outside would put her back in the bed and tell her to be quiet. That TK was alright.
She diecided she would sneak out. She waited in silence for around ten mintues, then slowly got up. She swung herself onto the cold tile floor. She walked to the door.
Then a wave of darkness hit her, causing her to cling to the wall. Eventually it passed, and she continued to sneak out of her room. She walked down the hallway, looking into any open doors she could find.
"You have to go now, sir."
"All right, all right," said a voice. Kari recognized it. She peeked around the corner in time to see a large man with brown hair exit a room, followed by one of the strange people that told her everything was okay. Kari pressed herself flat against the wall and waited for their footsteps to recede. Then she dashed around the corner and into a room that hopefully was TK's. She knew the man. He was TK's father or something....
She closed the door quietly behind her, then tip-toed up to the bed. TK lay there, pale as the sheets. She looked at him for a moment. He was breathing. But his eyes weren't open.
"TK?" she whispered. "TK, it's me, Kari. Remember me?"
TK did not answer.
"TK? Wkae up, TK!" she said.
Still no reply.
"Fine, then I'll wait here with you," she said. She looked around for a chair. There was one by the wall, but she found she could not move it. She finally gave up and just crawled into the bed, next to TK. She watched him breathe. In and out. In and out.
He's alive! She smiled to herself. The strangers had been telling the truth.
Then a thought came to her. What if TK stopped breathing? What if he died, and she wasn't there?
"I'm gonna stay here with you, TK. I promise you tat I'll stay here until you wake up," she whispered, stroking his face. She bent over and kissed his cheek, then laid her head next to his and curled up into a little ball. Then she fell asleep.
* * *
Sora stared at the cealing. She had found little designs in the cracks. She was currently looking at a donkey.
"This is so boring," she said.
Someone knocked. Sora pushed herself up. "Come in."
It was Tai. He looked pale under his sunburn, and his eyes had a glazed look to them.
"Tai?"
"Have you seen Kari?" he asked. "She's-she's not in her room. I've been looking everywhere for the past five minutes."
"Is anyone else looking?"
Tai shook his head.
"Not even the doctors?"
He blushed. "I wasn't supposed to be in her room."
"Oh," said Sora. "No, I haven't seen her. Maybe you can get Ken or Davis to help. I won't be much help though." She cast a wistful glance at her leg. "Sorry."
"Right," said Tai. "Well....keep her here if you see her."
"Will do."
* * *

TK stared at the form next to him. Kari was sleeping very soundly. He didn't want to wake her. He just looked at her and smiled.
He reached out a hand and stroked her hair. He knew her from somewhere. Her name was Yagami Hikari. They had been through something horrible together.Only....
Something was wrong. He couldn't remember what it was. He could not name anything in the room, aside from Kari. He could not think in the same way he used to. He felt emotions and everything, but something was missing. Something he needed, and he didn't know how to find it.
Kari stirred and opend her eyes. She smiled.
"TK!" she said. Then she made some other sounds, but he couldn't recognize sounds. They had a pattern to them, he knew he should recognize it, only...
Kari's expression changes from joy to worry and puzzlement. She made some other noises. TK stared at her.
Kari then bit her lip. she said his name again, then more sounds.
Words. TK knew what was missing, words! He knew words: TK, Kari, word. That was it.
"Words," said TK. "Words."
Kari made some more sounds. Then she shrugged and closed her eyes again. TK kissed her forehead and watched her again, before the nurse came in.
* * *
Tai was in his room, with his head in his hands. No one had seen Kari. He blamed himself, for not telling the doctors straight off. When he did tell them, the nurse sent him back to his room and told him to wait. Tai hated waiting.
There was a knock on the door. It opend before Tai could answer.
"Mr. Yagami?" Tai looked up. It was a nurse.
"We've found your sister." Tai smiled.
"However," she continued, "She's got a very high fever. The doctors says that it's pnuemonia. They've put her in intensive care."
Tai's high spirits came crashing down when the nurse said these words. Memories from when he was eight came flooding back to him. Hime taking Kari outside...Taking her to the hospital....His mother yelling at him....
Tai nodded. The nurse left him, closing the door behind her. Tai moaned loudly and coverd his face with his pillow.
"It's...all....my...fault!"



A/N: Uh, yeah. This may be my last posting for a while, because we're moving. (Yet again, but this year it's in October, not November).Finish this as soon as I can!