Vegetable Soup for the Digi-romantic's Soul #9: Kekari
Spending a Day
By Carter Quetzi Tachikawa
(Still taking requests. Oh, I forgot! If you guys would like a second helping of Taiora, Koumi, Takari, etc. you can request that too. Some of you asked for a Koukari, which I have decided to make. It'll be at the end of the Daiyako. Now, I have never written Kekari, Sorato, Michi, Daiyako, or Koukari before so bear with me. I'll also try to get to the other requests in as well. So here's the schedule again. More may be added:
9) Spending a Day-Kekari
10) Sora's Song- Sorato
11) Alone Except for the Moon- Michi
12) Heart to Heart- Daiyako
13) I Believe Love Will Find a Way- Koukari: Kari has a crush on Izzy but no one else understands. They forbid her to see Izzy after a little incident. Will their love prevail? Set to the tune of Blessed Union of Souls "Believe".
One more announcement before I begin. I have decided to make two more Veggie Soups: One for the Yaoi/Yuri Lovers soul and the other for Friendship/ Sibling Love Soul fics. I'll request for those too. Now I don't own Digimon. Let us begin the Kekari!)
"Kari, you have to." Takeru Takaishi was saying.
"TK, I don't know", Hikari Kamiya drummed her fingers nervously. "This is the guy we fought against some time ago. I'm not so sure..."
"You can do it, Kari! Give him a chance."
"I still don't know, TK. What if he hasn't changed at all?"
"He has! Can't you see that?!" Davis Motomiya exclaimed. "Can't you see Ken wants to be part of the group?"
"I don't know, Davis. I feel just like Kari..." Yolei Inoue murmured.
"So do I. I'm not so eager to trust Ken Ichijouji", Cody Hida added. "He was the Digimon Emperor."
"The key word is 'was'", Davis pointed out. "He's not anymore! He's a Digidestined like us! Come on, Kari! I'm agreeing with TD. Spend a day with Ken. You'll like him."
"Yeah, Davis is right...for once. Spend a day with Ken." TK insisted.
"But I don't know what I should do", Kari said uncertainly.
"Take him out for lunch or the movies. Take him to places. Talk to him. It'll work out." TK said. "Please, Kari?"
"Well..."
"If you don't, you have to go on a date with Davis!" Yolei threatened.
"What's wrong with that?" Davis asked.
"I'm starting to see where Davis and TK are going with this. Kari, maybe you should give Ken a chance. Do what they say and spend a day with him." Cody suggested.
"Okay, you guys win. I'll ask Ken to spend the day with me tomorrow."
"That's the spirit! Just don't get...you know", Davis whispered.
"You have one weird mind." Yolei sighed.
"Remember, Kari. If you don't do what you promised, we're gonna make you listen to your brother sing 'Eve of Destruction'." Cody threatened with a smile.
"Accompanied by my brother on the harmonica", TK added.
"I'm still unsure..."
"The Eastern World, it is exploding. Violence flaring, bullets loading", Yolei began to sing. "You're old enough to kill but not for voting. You don't believe in war but what's that gun you're toting?"
"And even the Jordan river's got bodies floating!" Davis added.
"But you tell me over and over and over again, my friend. You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction!" Cody and TK finished together. Kari covered her ears.
"Okay, okay, you win! I'm sure of myself now. But I'll ask him tomorrow!"
"My blood's so mad, it feels like coagulating! I'm sitting here, just contemplating..." they all sang.
"All right, I'll ask him now! Stop singing!"
"Whatever", Davis shrugged still humming the song.
* * *
"Hello? Ichijouji residence?" Mrs. Ichijouji picked up the phone.
"Hi, Mrs. Ichijouji. Is Ken there?" Kari asked.
"Why yes he is! Ken! Ken, sweetie, it's...who may I say is calling?"
"Kari Kamiya, ma'am."
"Kari Kamiya!"
"I'm picking it up in the other room, Mom!" Kari heard Ken say. After a long pause, she heard someone else pick up the phone. "Hello?"
"Ken? This is Kari."
"Oh. How are you?"
"I'm doing good. And you?"
"Just fine. So what's going on?"
"Listen...I wanted to know if you'd like to spend the day with me tomorrow. We can go wherever you want."
"Are you...asking me out? Shouldn't it be the other way around?"
"No one said it had to be. So will you?"
"Um...let me see. I'm free tomorrow at 12. Does that sound good?"
"Yeah. So where do you want to meet?"
"How about I pick you up from your house?"
"That's good. I'll be waiting downstairs."
"Okay then! I'll see you tomorrow at 12."
"Good. Well bye."
"Bye."
"What did Kari want, dear?" Mrs. Ichijouji asked as Ken hung up the phone.
"Um, we're going to spend tomorrow together. We're gonna lunch so you don't need to worry about making anything for me."
"Oh Ken! You're going on your first date! I'm so happy!!!!" Mrs. Ichijouji almost cried when she heard that. "Oh, have fun! Be nice to this Kari!"
"I will." Ken nodded. He had no intention of harming her. Not like before where he had no control of himself. No more Digimon Emperor from that point on. Kari deserved better. All the Digidestined did.
He would make sure that Kari would have the best date in her life! He wanted it to be a day for them both to remember.
* * *
Ken came to Kari's place exactly at twelve the next day. She was waiting downstairs, wearing a pink shirt and floral print skirt. She waved over to him. Ken gulped, holding the single rose behind his back. He'd spent a little dough just to buy it. Walking towards her, he held out the rose.
"It's for you." He said blushing.
"Oh, it's beautiful! Thank you! You're so sweet!" Kari cooed. She sniffed the rose. "It smells so sweet."
"So are you ready?" he asked.
"Yeah. I know this little café where we can sit outside and talk. They sell the best sandwiches and salads so I'm sure you'll like it."
"Sounds good to me. Let's go."
Meanwhile, Gatomon and Minomon were spying on their Digidestined humans.
"So far so good", Gatomon said.
"Has he kissed her yet?" Minomon asked.
"No! They just left the place!"
"He was talking about that last night..."
"Well, we'll see what happens next."
As the two Digimon spies watched their owners, Kari and Ken had found an empty table at the café and were now seated. Kari decided to begin a conversation.
"So...how's school going?" she began.
"It's going fine. Nothing special going on."
"Same here. School's just plain boring." Kari sighed. "Have you gotten along with your classmates?"
"Oh yeah. Always. I just never...knew any of them well enough to make a friend. I was a loner."
"I see", Kari was beginning to get uncomfortable. Ken decided to calm her down.
"Well, tell me about yourself", he said. "I know you're Tai Kamiya's sister."
"Yeah. We get along for the most part." Kari admitted sipping her drink. "Tai bugs me once in a while but that's typical of big brothers."
"My brother Sam used to bug me too", Ken added. "That was a long time ago..." His voice trailed off.
"You miss him, don't you?" Kari asked softly.
"Every single day. I always think that it's my fault Sam died. I never got over it."
"It's hard, I know. But you're starting to pick yourself up, aren't you?"
"Well, yes, but...Sam's death will always haunt me."
"That's also typical." Kari lowered her head. "I almost died one time. I got pneumonia or something and Tai thought it was his fault. Everyone made it seem like it was. I told him that he didn't really hurt me but I guess he didn't believe that. Then again in the Digiworld, I got ill again. Tai freaked out and practically went insane. He got mad enough to hit Izzy! Can you believe that?!"
"No! How'd Izzy take it?"
"He was cool surprisingly but that's Izzy. Anyway, let's get off the subject of sad stuff. I don't want to cry right now."
"Neither do I. I don't want to cry ever again."
* * *
"That movie was hilarious!" Kari giggled. It was well after lunch. Ken had decided to treat Kari to a movie, which had just ended. Gatomon and Minomon had spied on them all the way.
"Have they kissed yet?" Minomon asked.
"Not yet!" Gatomon sighed.
"Darn!"
"So Kari", Ken sighed. "Where do you want to go next?"
"The beach would be nice. Sometimes I go there to watch the sunset", she replied. With that, the two headed towards the beach.
"Sam used to take me to the beach when I was little." Ken reminisced. "We used to have sand castle competitions. Whoever lost would have to do the other's chores for a week. As you can see, I lost a lot of times. But I did beat Sam once!"
"Really? When was that?"
"Mom and Dad took us to the beach on Independence Day. We had our sand castle competition but mine's was the best. I used shells and feathers and other things to make mine look better. I was so proud that day."
"Tai and I used to do that too!" Kari pointed out. "And I used to lose until one Independence Day when I won! Tai had to do everything from making my bed to helping Mom clean the bathroom!"
"Same thing with Sam. Very same thing", Ken sighed and looked sad. Kari saw that a tear had started to run down his cheek.
"Looks like we have more in common than I thought", she said softly.
"Yeah. Did your brother buy you ice cream cones from the snack bar?"
"He sure did. I bet you miss that."
"More than anything. I'd be splashing in the water while Sam would buy two ice cream cones, vanilla for him and chocolate for me. He did that almost every time that we came to the beach."
"So did Tai. Only he'd get strawberry for both of us. Did you and your brother walk alongside the shore?"
"Yes. You chased the seagulls?"
"My favorite thing in the world to do. I almost caught one!"
"They're hard to catch", Ken looked up. The sun was starting to go down. "I remember that right before we left, we'd watch the sun set."
"So would we. Tai and I would sit close to the water and watch as the day came to a close. The sky was so pretty, all pink and red."
"I know. We'd stay there for a minute and then go home."
"Yeah", Kari sighed.
"Kari", Ken began. "I had a great time today."
"So did I. Thanks for the rose."
"You're welcome. Thanks for lunch, the movie, and asking me to spend the day with you."
"My pleasure."
The sun was starting to go down. Kari turned around to say something but before she could, Ken kissed her firmly on the lips. It was the most sensational feeling she'd had in her life.
"They kissed!" Minomon whispered to Gatomon.
"Shhh! I know!"
The kiss lasted for a while until Ken broke it off.
"Is something wrong?" Kari asked.
"No. I just wanted to ask..."
"Yeah?"
"Let's watch the sunset together."
Kari held Ken's hand and they walked down to where the water touched the sand. They made sure that only their feet would get wet and nothing else.
Holding hands, Kari and Ken watched the sky turn pinkish-red and the sun dip down behind the ocean. The day was over.
Kekari is down! How'd I do? Sorry if I still haven't grasped the idea of Kekari yet. It's something completely new. I never wrote one before. Anyway, r & r. Sorato is up next! Carter
Raven_DeLuca@excite.com
Spending a Day
By Carter Quetzi Tachikawa
(Still taking requests. Oh, I forgot! If you guys would like a second helping of Taiora, Koumi, Takari, etc. you can request that too. Some of you asked for a Koukari, which I have decided to make. It'll be at the end of the Daiyako. Now, I have never written Kekari, Sorato, Michi, Daiyako, or Koukari before so bear with me. I'll also try to get to the other requests in as well. So here's the schedule again. More may be added:
9) Spending a Day-Kekari
10) Sora's Song- Sorato
11) Alone Except for the Moon- Michi
12) Heart to Heart- Daiyako
13) I Believe Love Will Find a Way- Koukari: Kari has a crush on Izzy but no one else understands. They forbid her to see Izzy after a little incident. Will their love prevail? Set to the tune of Blessed Union of Souls "Believe".
One more announcement before I begin. I have decided to make two more Veggie Soups: One for the Yaoi/Yuri Lovers soul and the other for Friendship/ Sibling Love Soul fics. I'll request for those too. Now I don't own Digimon. Let us begin the Kekari!)
"Kari, you have to." Takeru Takaishi was saying.
"TK, I don't know", Hikari Kamiya drummed her fingers nervously. "This is the guy we fought against some time ago. I'm not so sure..."
"You can do it, Kari! Give him a chance."
"I still don't know, TK. What if he hasn't changed at all?"
"He has! Can't you see that?!" Davis Motomiya exclaimed. "Can't you see Ken wants to be part of the group?"
"I don't know, Davis. I feel just like Kari..." Yolei Inoue murmured.
"So do I. I'm not so eager to trust Ken Ichijouji", Cody Hida added. "He was the Digimon Emperor."
"The key word is 'was'", Davis pointed out. "He's not anymore! He's a Digidestined like us! Come on, Kari! I'm agreeing with TD. Spend a day with Ken. You'll like him."
"Yeah, Davis is right...for once. Spend a day with Ken." TK insisted.
"But I don't know what I should do", Kari said uncertainly.
"Take him out for lunch or the movies. Take him to places. Talk to him. It'll work out." TK said. "Please, Kari?"
"Well..."
"If you don't, you have to go on a date with Davis!" Yolei threatened.
"What's wrong with that?" Davis asked.
"I'm starting to see where Davis and TK are going with this. Kari, maybe you should give Ken a chance. Do what they say and spend a day with him." Cody suggested.
"Okay, you guys win. I'll ask Ken to spend the day with me tomorrow."
"That's the spirit! Just don't get...you know", Davis whispered.
"You have one weird mind." Yolei sighed.
"Remember, Kari. If you don't do what you promised, we're gonna make you listen to your brother sing 'Eve of Destruction'." Cody threatened with a smile.
"Accompanied by my brother on the harmonica", TK added.
"I'm still unsure..."
"The Eastern World, it is exploding. Violence flaring, bullets loading", Yolei began to sing. "You're old enough to kill but not for voting. You don't believe in war but what's that gun you're toting?"
"And even the Jordan river's got bodies floating!" Davis added.
"But you tell me over and over and over again, my friend. You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction!" Cody and TK finished together. Kari covered her ears.
"Okay, okay, you win! I'm sure of myself now. But I'll ask him tomorrow!"
"My blood's so mad, it feels like coagulating! I'm sitting here, just contemplating..." they all sang.
"All right, I'll ask him now! Stop singing!"
"Whatever", Davis shrugged still humming the song.
* * *
"Hello? Ichijouji residence?" Mrs. Ichijouji picked up the phone.
"Hi, Mrs. Ichijouji. Is Ken there?" Kari asked.
"Why yes he is! Ken! Ken, sweetie, it's...who may I say is calling?"
"Kari Kamiya, ma'am."
"Kari Kamiya!"
"I'm picking it up in the other room, Mom!" Kari heard Ken say. After a long pause, she heard someone else pick up the phone. "Hello?"
"Ken? This is Kari."
"Oh. How are you?"
"I'm doing good. And you?"
"Just fine. So what's going on?"
"Listen...I wanted to know if you'd like to spend the day with me tomorrow. We can go wherever you want."
"Are you...asking me out? Shouldn't it be the other way around?"
"No one said it had to be. So will you?"
"Um...let me see. I'm free tomorrow at 12. Does that sound good?"
"Yeah. So where do you want to meet?"
"How about I pick you up from your house?"
"That's good. I'll be waiting downstairs."
"Okay then! I'll see you tomorrow at 12."
"Good. Well bye."
"Bye."
"What did Kari want, dear?" Mrs. Ichijouji asked as Ken hung up the phone.
"Um, we're going to spend tomorrow together. We're gonna lunch so you don't need to worry about making anything for me."
"Oh Ken! You're going on your first date! I'm so happy!!!!" Mrs. Ichijouji almost cried when she heard that. "Oh, have fun! Be nice to this Kari!"
"I will." Ken nodded. He had no intention of harming her. Not like before where he had no control of himself. No more Digimon Emperor from that point on. Kari deserved better. All the Digidestined did.
He would make sure that Kari would have the best date in her life! He wanted it to be a day for them both to remember.
* * *
Ken came to Kari's place exactly at twelve the next day. She was waiting downstairs, wearing a pink shirt and floral print skirt. She waved over to him. Ken gulped, holding the single rose behind his back. He'd spent a little dough just to buy it. Walking towards her, he held out the rose.
"It's for you." He said blushing.
"Oh, it's beautiful! Thank you! You're so sweet!" Kari cooed. She sniffed the rose. "It smells so sweet."
"So are you ready?" he asked.
"Yeah. I know this little café where we can sit outside and talk. They sell the best sandwiches and salads so I'm sure you'll like it."
"Sounds good to me. Let's go."
Meanwhile, Gatomon and Minomon were spying on their Digidestined humans.
"So far so good", Gatomon said.
"Has he kissed her yet?" Minomon asked.
"No! They just left the place!"
"He was talking about that last night..."
"Well, we'll see what happens next."
As the two Digimon spies watched their owners, Kari and Ken had found an empty table at the café and were now seated. Kari decided to begin a conversation.
"So...how's school going?" she began.
"It's going fine. Nothing special going on."
"Same here. School's just plain boring." Kari sighed. "Have you gotten along with your classmates?"
"Oh yeah. Always. I just never...knew any of them well enough to make a friend. I was a loner."
"I see", Kari was beginning to get uncomfortable. Ken decided to calm her down.
"Well, tell me about yourself", he said. "I know you're Tai Kamiya's sister."
"Yeah. We get along for the most part." Kari admitted sipping her drink. "Tai bugs me once in a while but that's typical of big brothers."
"My brother Sam used to bug me too", Ken added. "That was a long time ago..." His voice trailed off.
"You miss him, don't you?" Kari asked softly.
"Every single day. I always think that it's my fault Sam died. I never got over it."
"It's hard, I know. But you're starting to pick yourself up, aren't you?"
"Well, yes, but...Sam's death will always haunt me."
"That's also typical." Kari lowered her head. "I almost died one time. I got pneumonia or something and Tai thought it was his fault. Everyone made it seem like it was. I told him that he didn't really hurt me but I guess he didn't believe that. Then again in the Digiworld, I got ill again. Tai freaked out and practically went insane. He got mad enough to hit Izzy! Can you believe that?!"
"No! How'd Izzy take it?"
"He was cool surprisingly but that's Izzy. Anyway, let's get off the subject of sad stuff. I don't want to cry right now."
"Neither do I. I don't want to cry ever again."
* * *
"That movie was hilarious!" Kari giggled. It was well after lunch. Ken had decided to treat Kari to a movie, which had just ended. Gatomon and Minomon had spied on them all the way.
"Have they kissed yet?" Minomon asked.
"Not yet!" Gatomon sighed.
"Darn!"
"So Kari", Ken sighed. "Where do you want to go next?"
"The beach would be nice. Sometimes I go there to watch the sunset", she replied. With that, the two headed towards the beach.
"Sam used to take me to the beach when I was little." Ken reminisced. "We used to have sand castle competitions. Whoever lost would have to do the other's chores for a week. As you can see, I lost a lot of times. But I did beat Sam once!"
"Really? When was that?"
"Mom and Dad took us to the beach on Independence Day. We had our sand castle competition but mine's was the best. I used shells and feathers and other things to make mine look better. I was so proud that day."
"Tai and I used to do that too!" Kari pointed out. "And I used to lose until one Independence Day when I won! Tai had to do everything from making my bed to helping Mom clean the bathroom!"
"Same thing with Sam. Very same thing", Ken sighed and looked sad. Kari saw that a tear had started to run down his cheek.
"Looks like we have more in common than I thought", she said softly.
"Yeah. Did your brother buy you ice cream cones from the snack bar?"
"He sure did. I bet you miss that."
"More than anything. I'd be splashing in the water while Sam would buy two ice cream cones, vanilla for him and chocolate for me. He did that almost every time that we came to the beach."
"So did Tai. Only he'd get strawberry for both of us. Did you and your brother walk alongside the shore?"
"Yes. You chased the seagulls?"
"My favorite thing in the world to do. I almost caught one!"
"They're hard to catch", Ken looked up. The sun was starting to go down. "I remember that right before we left, we'd watch the sun set."
"So would we. Tai and I would sit close to the water and watch as the day came to a close. The sky was so pretty, all pink and red."
"I know. We'd stay there for a minute and then go home."
"Yeah", Kari sighed.
"Kari", Ken began. "I had a great time today."
"So did I. Thanks for the rose."
"You're welcome. Thanks for lunch, the movie, and asking me to spend the day with you."
"My pleasure."
The sun was starting to go down. Kari turned around to say something but before she could, Ken kissed her firmly on the lips. It was the most sensational feeling she'd had in her life.
"They kissed!" Minomon whispered to Gatomon.
"Shhh! I know!"
The kiss lasted for a while until Ken broke it off.
"Is something wrong?" Kari asked.
"No. I just wanted to ask..."
"Yeah?"
"Let's watch the sunset together."
Kari held Ken's hand and they walked down to where the water touched the sand. They made sure that only their feet would get wet and nothing else.
Holding hands, Kari and Ken watched the sky turn pinkish-red and the sun dip down behind the ocean. The day was over.
Kekari is down! How'd I do? Sorry if I still haven't grasped the idea of Kekari yet. It's something completely new. I never wrote one before. Anyway, r & r. Sorato is up next! Carter
Raven_DeLuca@excite.com