Chapter 9

"Well T.K, this should be interesting"said Snave with his and Kari's voice in usion.

T.K took out his deck and shuffled.

"The only way to save both of us is to somehow break Kari free of his control, but I don't know if she can even hear me"thought T.K placing his deck down.

"There, my deck is shuffled"said T.K solemnly.

Kari, or rather Snave shuffled her deck, and placed it down. Both drew their hands.

T.K trembled as he made his first move.

"Nervous T.K? You shouldn't be, after all Kamiya is just an amateur compared to you. Plus you know like everyone else how weak she is, everyone tells her, even her own family believe it. Why do you think I took the girl in"said Snave(do I really have to say Kari's voice was in the mix? Well not any more, it should be obvious by now)

"Patamon. I'll protect him with his special ability to fly"

Snave snickered.

"Time to crank things up. First out is Ratmon. Then the card Flytrap, trapping Patamon, and reducing his power by 20 points. Now Ratmon can wipe it out"

Snave/Kari:100

"I have to buy some time"thought T.K drawing.

"Gommamon, swim deep and protect yourself"

"C'mon, fight me back. It's so much fun when you struggle"

"C'mon Kari, you're so much stronger then this. Fight it Kari, you can fight him, I know it"said T.K holding Kari's hand.

At first, Kari seemed to comeback, but her head shook quickly, Snave was back in control. He snatched Kari's hand away.

"You fool, Kari is too weak to resist my overwhelming power. Now quit being a coward and continue this match"

"Why don't you quit being a coward, and battle me face to face instead of hiding behind my friends you coward"

Snave merely had Kari draw.

"I know I reached to her somehow. If I keep going, I can snap her out of this creep's mind control"thought T.K.

"I play Digivolution, now Ratmon has become MetalVegiemon, who's effect gives him an extra 100 points for winning"

T.K drew.

"Kari, you are stronger then this. Forefitting your spot was the right thing to do for Davis, it takes strength to do that. Only weak people would refuse, but you risked it all for a friend, that takes true strength, more then anyone else your age has shown"

T.K's hand was still trembiling.

"You're my best friend, no one thinks you're weak Kari Kamiya. You can overcome this, I know it. You're stronger then this creep who's controlling you. C'mon, you have twice the heart of any one of us, you can break free"

Kari finally pushed herself mentaly. She was back to normal.

"T.K, thanks"she said.

But it didn't last long. Her hands clenched at her head.

"No, leave me alone"said kari.

"C'mon Kari, fight back"said T.K.

Her head felt such force it felt like it was going to explode.

"It's too strong"said Kari.

T.K held her hand.

"You can fight this, just believe"said T.K.

But the pressure was too much. Snave knocked T.K's hand away.

"You'll pay for that"said Snave.

He took out a pocket knife, and made a small cut on Kari's arm.

"YOU CREEP"

"Try another stunt like that and I will kill her"

T.K knew better then to test him.

"I surrender Snave"

"HA! You can't surrender, this is a fight to the finish, now make your next move"

"Warp Digivolution, now I have MetalAngemon"

T.K:300

"I'll keep him in the water for nowe"said T.K.

"I have to buy time. In order for the both of us to make it out of here alive, Kari has to break free from his mind control"thought T.K. ***************************************************

Kari was mentaly pushing herself, the force holding her back was great. She tried to just lash out, but no use. Okay, she could try to control a body part. No use. She kept pushing.

"NO! YOU WILL NOT WIN"she thought.

She was now in the main chamber of her mind, Snave standing there.

"Get out of here Snave"ordered Kari.

Snave turned around. He snickered.

"Apparently you aren't too familiar with how the mind works"said Snave snapping his fingers.

Yolie arrose next to her! She quickly grabbed Kari's arms, and held her in place. Kari pushed with all her might, but Yolie was too strong.

"The mind is a powerful thing Kamiya. When inside it, I can think up any kind of defense to stop you from taking over. Yolie, take care of her"

Yolie turned into some kind of Red rope, and wrapped herself around Kari's body, causing her to fall to the ground. Struggiling was useless, the rope was way too tight.

"T.K, GET AWAY"yelled Kari.

"How can he? He's shackled. Besides, he can't hear you. As long as I'm on control of your mind, you are defenseless against your very own mental defenses"

"I can't let him win"thought Kari.

She used the force of her legs to push herself up. Snave turned around.

"A stubborn one, very well"said Snave shaking his head.

A lash came out, and smacked Kari across the face. She quickly fell back down. Kari was able to get about half of her hand out. She finally pushed her whole arm out. She elevated her arm and destroyed the rope rather easily. She saw Snave contending with T.K. That's when it struck her.

"He can't focus on defending himself and Dueling T.K at the same time. So if I keep doing this, he'll lose control"thought Kari. **********************************************

"If you plan to win this you'll have to attack me eventualy, it's my turn"

Snave drew.

"I'm not sure if you know, but Kari has possesion of the Digimon card Asuramon. And It has 2 digivolutions:MetalVeggiemon is one of them. Now I play Ultimate Digivolution, making him strong enough to destroy your Mega digimon and win me the match"said Snave.

"You may have beaten my first, but here comes another Patamon! He will fly in the air, making him untouchable"

"You ARE a coward, fight me"

"Why don't YOU fight me creep? Face to face, what's the matter, are you really that bad on your own?"

That's it, you- ***********************************************

Kari shoved Snave out of the way, and took control.

"No you don't"said Snave.

"You can do nothing now that I am in full control, and am aware of you"

Daggers were flying down at Snave.

"This isn't over Kamiya"

Snave vanished, giving Kari full control. ********************************************

Kari was resting in bed, Tai and T.K talking outside her room.

"Thank you for saving my sister T.K, she means the world to me"

"If it wasn't for you giving Kari that cell phone, we never would've made it out alive"

"So we'll call it even"

"Yeah. I better go, tell Kari I said hi when she wakes up"said T.K.

"You got it"said Tai.

Tai walked back into Kari's room, and sat on the bed beside her sleeping sister. Even though she was older now, she still seemed as cute sleeping when she was younger. **************************************************

Raven snickered.

"Well Kaiser, Snave has failed. T.K is the only one leaft in the tournament of the Digidestined. I want you to win back Kamiya's slot, and get the other 2 to enter"

"What about Motimiya?"

"Let Snave keep him. Besides, if I know that fox, he's probaly gonna use Davis to comepete"

"But that would mean he's using his slot. Why did he need the other slot"

"I'm sure he has another slave in mind to be sent" ************************************************

A young girl found herself at Snave's prision. She had Orange hair, a White T-shirt with Blue jeans and Red sneakers. She seemed about 13.

"Welcome"

She gasped as Snave walked out.

"Who are you, why am-

Snave put a hand up to silence her.

"You wish to redeem a loss from the last tournament, yes?"

She nodded.

"I have an avalibable slot for you in the tournament, and can ensure you victory, Refuse, and your loving family will be brutalized by my mind slave. You will have a will of your own, unlike the rest. I have 10 slaves around your house, so you better accept"

She nodded reluctantly.

"Good to have you aboard Rika"

TBC ***********************************************

Rika? Isn't she a Digidestined? What is going on, we'll find out soon enough! Please review, make me feel that I'vve done my job in giving you a story worth your time!