Disclaimer: I wished I owned Digimon, but sadly, I don't...

A/N: TK, Kari, and Davis are...say...14. You can imagine the other ages from that. This is my
first fic, so please R/R!

-- KetchupBoy
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Joys of Being Evil
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Takeru Takaishi raced up the large, green hill, hoping he'd get to where he was running to in time.
He then came upon two tunnels, one of which, would lead him in the wrong direction. That was
the tunnel he took. As he made his way through the dark and damp tunnel, TK remembered the
scene earlier that evening.

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"All right guys, we're done," Matt congratulated the new digi-destined on a job well done.
"I don't think I've seen Primary Village this great before. It's fully restored!"

"Well, that's what we get out of a day's work!" Davis patted himself on the back and went
over to play with Veemon. He was right. The ChosenChildren had worked for a day, it seemed.

"All work and no play makes all of us bored all day..." Kari rhymed. TK just smiled, and waited
for Davis's huge laugh to go with Kari's small jokes...but it never came.

"Bored, eh? Why don't we have a little game?" asked Ken.

"Let's have a race back to the Digi-Port!" Cody suggested.

"We could make a bet out of it!" added Yolei.

"Okay, loser has to--" but Matt was interrupted by a huge wave of sound....

"GO!!!!!!" screamed Davis, TK, Ken, and Cody, as they ran off for the portal.

"Boys..." mumbeled Yolei as she started to give chase....

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TK now realized he was going the wrong way. Cursing himself, he turned around and ran to the other tunnel.


Kari Kamiya had grown to be as tall as TK in the past year, but still shorter than Yolei, of course. She had also
started running, and grew into being a track star for her school. This gave her a huge advantage in the race.
Kari sat down next to the portal, waiting for her friends to come, and playing with Gatomon.

"So, who do you think is gonna be the one to buy us all pizza?" question the cat.

"I don't know who's going to lose. All I know is, I won, and someone owes us pizza." she smiled, as Matt
came panting up the hill.

"Geez...*deep breath*...Kari,...no wonder...the track coach...*cough*...loves you...." the older teen
gasped out.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Eventually, Ken, Yolei, Davis, and Cody made it all back to the Digi-port. Which just left TK. The boys
hadn't known the terms of the bet, but Matt and the girls did. Oh, TK is in for it... Matt spoke to himself.

"Looks like TW lost." cracked Davis. Matt, in the background, just grinned an evil grin.

"You won Kari? Nice race." Ken complimeted his fellow track runner.

"Thanks Ken."

A few moments later, TK ran up the hill, and realized he was the last to the port. "What were the terms of the bet?"
he sighed.

"You owe--" Kari started,

"The loser is the winner's slave until Saturday, midnight. This should be fun to see..." Matt interrupted,
saying the last part a bit quietly.

"Harsh..." Cody barked out as the other boys laughed. TK just wanted to know who won.

"Who won?"

"Kari."

"Oh...o-okay, cool."

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Matt walked into the door with TK, since their dad was out of town. The
apartment was empty, and their mom had left a note on the door, so they
were alone for the night.

"Okay...," TK started conversation, "HOW could you think of some bet like THAT!?!?"

"Whoa, down boy. You guys didn't listen to what I was gonna say. You could have
just said that you didn't want to go through with it after you heard the terms of
the bet. But, you just sped off!" Matt shot back.

"Besides, won't this give you time to talk to Kari about how you LOVE her, and you
think about her all the time, and dream about her..." the older boy teased, TK's face
becoming more and more crimson with each word.

"...One phone call, and Mimi knows everything. Another one, and Jun is over here in a few
seconds."

"You win."

The two sat down and started to watch TV.

"Matt..."

"Yeah?"

"How did you know when you really did like Mimi?"

Matt thought about his answer before speaking. "Well... I just felt it, you know? It's that
warm feeling I get when I'm near her, it just makes me feel good. It's like the day brightens
when I see her..."

"Matt, you just told me some of the lyrics from one of the band's songs..."

"That's not the point!"

"Sorry, go on...."

"Takeru...all I can tell you is, you'll know when you really feel like that about Kari.
And you'll know how she feels about you."

"Then how come you haven't talked to Mimi about it?"

"Well, that's the thing. I don't know how she feels." he turned back to the TV.

TK sighed. "It's getting late, I'm going to bed." He walked over to his room.
Poking his head out the door, he said, "Oh, and Matt. I think you should talk to Mimi."
Matt's face flushed with a puzzled look.

*****

"So TK has to do what you want until Saturday night?" asked Tai

"Yup," Kari beamed.

"What are you gonna do to him?"

Kari looked up with an evil face. "Anything I want."

"Oh really? You'll try to get a chance to be alone with him, won't you? And then--"

"TAI!!!"

She then chased him around the entire apartment, until she finally pinned him down back
on the sofa where they had been sitting.

"You better not try to finish that sentence!"

"Why not Kari, everybody knows you love him!

"I-- what?"

"It's true. And kinda funny too. Everyone knows you've got this huge crush on TK. Except
...well, TK," Tai sat up. "And to tell you the truth, I think he likes you."

Kari turned to Tai in suprise.

"So what are you going to do now Kari?"

She smiled. "Anything I want."

"You're evil Kari."

"Yeah, I know," Kari laughed.

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