Chapter 11- Scales
There she was, the most beautiful creature anyone had ever seen, the Archangel, protector of the worlds. Like the traditional angels, she wore a long, flowing, chaste white gown. It had trumpet sleeves, and was belted at the waist with a glowing golden cord, and reached below her ankles. She wore a pair of open sandals on her feet with laces that crisscrossed her slender calves. She sported a pair of great wings, not like the parted appendages that Angemon and Angewomon bore, but the great, muscled swan's wings. A glimmering halo graced her chestnut head and her short silken hair had elongated to her waist in rolling waves. Tied into her belt was a silver flute that seemed to shimmer with a magic of it's own. Kari. The Queen. The Archangel of all worlds. The same life.
And there was a dark arrow, crackling with dark energy was aimed straight for her chest. As it shot straight into the heart of its target there was a huge explosion of light and darkness, and the glowing body of the figure that was the Angel seemed to absorb the dark arrow, but then, slowly, it burst into a shower of vibrant petals of light. The last things to go were her wings, and they finally exploded. When it was all finally over, there was one petal left, and it landed on TK's forehead like a gentle kiss. **Goodbye, Beloved …**
And Hikari Kamiya, known as Kari, the Digital Queen, the Archangel and TK's heart died.
The odd thing was, the instant Kari had stated to disintegrate, the body of OmniApocalymon did too. While they were pondering this mystery, TK stepped over to where her D-3 had fallen, and tucked it in his pocket. It was still a little warm from being close to her body.
Suddenly Yolei remembered what Kari had said to her when she had wished that there would be no evil in the world. There is something like a set of scales for everything. After explaining it all, she concluded with her theory. "And so, without Kari's power of goodness opposing his own power of evil, OmniApocalymon couldn't power himself anymore, so he too had to be destroyed." Then, looking around to make sure TK didn't hear, she said under her breath, "I feel sorry for TK. The poor guy, he must be heartbroken."
Just then, Matt's DigiPalmPilot beeped. He checked it. It read,
'Matt,
What the heck's going on over there?! We just heard several explosions and Kari's D-3 just went out of commission!
Tai'
Matt read it and sighed. "I really hate to break it to him, but…" He sent an e-mail back.
'Tai,
I'm sorry, but, Kari's gone. OmniApocalymon, he destroyed her and himself.
Matt'
There was no response from Tai, and they figured it was still registering. "We'd better go and meet up with them now." Matt said. He wasn't relishing having to see his best friend's face wet with tears. Sora nodded, and went to TK, who was still in a state of shock and he numbly came over and followed them.
Patamon looked at Gatomon, and then over at TK. They both seemed to be in the same frame of mind- it still hadn't quite hit them that Kari was really gone. He wished that there was some way he could comfort them, but he didn't know how. He couldn't exactly say that everything would be all right, could he?
Mission Control
Tai, TK and Gatomon were sitting by the fire. Although he was sitting so close he was sweating, the fire still couldn't warm the cold, empty space in TK's heart. So this was what it was like to be heartbroken. He still couldn't believe that she was really gone.
The purple and white cat that had been Kari's Digimon cried herself to sleep with the realization that her best friend was gone.
It was at midnight that the truth finally hit TK. Kari was gone. Dead. She would never come back. He went out to the dying fire and saw Tai, who turned to him with a teary face, and the two cried together for a good while.
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A/N So, will she live? Does she die? Was this chapter too short? I'm asking too many questions … R+R!!
