Destiny's Eve part 2:
In an apartment room overlooking a busy main street, two young people dance, as if they are the only two people in the world. The soft music from the stereo drowned out the loud noise of the traffic. Even if it did not, this young couple would continue to dance.
Her name is Miriya Kunjo, daughter to one of the greatest pilots in all history, and his is Taichi Kamiya, leader of the Digidestined. This is their third date after meeting a few weeks ago. Tai could still remember that afternoon in the clothing store. After seeing her he told Davis to take Kari home. He then took Miriya to lunch, trying to find out about her. The only thing definite he did find out about her, was that she was crazy for him. Things were going so well for him, then Matt and Sora came back from America. He thought he had gotten over her, but, when he saw them, tan-lines and all, he felt his depression and jealously return. He loves Sora, how can he love anyone else?
Miriya could sense that something was wrong. "What is it?"
Tai looked at her. She was gorgeous, the same face that Tai fell in love with. "Oh, uh, I'm just amazed at how well you dance."
She flashed him a smile,"Why thank you."
Tai looked at his watch."Oh man, Look at the time. When are your parents getting home?"
"Next weekend. You could stay here the night, the weekend, all of next week, and they could never know. Tempted?"
"Very," Tai said. "S-she's serious!" he thought," And...and..so am I!"
He pulled away from their dance when the music ended. He walked away from her and looked out the window to stare at the busy city beneath him.
"Tai?" Miriya asked.
"This is crazy!" Tai thought,"I shouldn't be here--I should have gone home with Kari and Davis the first day I met Miriya. Each time I see her, I feel the knife twist deeper into my heart."
"What's the matter, what's wrong?" Miriya asked, walking closer.
"And yet," Tai thought,"when I'm with her, I don't care."
"Tai, please talk to me, I want to help!" Miriya said.
"The only way to do that is to get her out of my life, now and forever! Before it's too late."
"You were so happy a second ago," she asked,"What happen? I-I'm sorry if I did anything to make you uncomfortable. I..heh, I really can't believe I asked you about the weekend. I'm usually pretty shy."
"It wasn't you," Tai said, "And yet it is. There was a girl, Sora Takenouchi."
He reached inside his pocket and pulled out a picture. "I was deeply in love with her, but, I waited too long to tell her how I really felt. When I finally drew up the courage to ask her out, I found out that she had given her heart to another."
He handed her the picture.
Miriya gasped at the picture of Sora. "Me..she's me!"
She threw the picture back at him,"I must have seemed the answer to your prayers, huh, Tai? A dream--or perhaps--come true. This takes some getting used to. I ..I have to think about it, alone."
Tai picked up the photo and placed it back in his wallet. Miriya watched him. When he was finished he looked her in the eyes. "Get out!" she said,"Get out now!"
Tai suddenly felt scared, where a second ago, he was ready to leave. "No, Miriya," he said,"Wait, I-I'm sorry, but, its not like I just went out with you because of who you look like."
"Really?" Miriya asked.
Tai nodded. "Yes, I care about you, Sora."
"What?" Miriya snapped.
"Wait," Tai said, holding up his hands,"Miriya, I-its just..."
Miriya stormed over to the door and flung it open. "Out!, get out now!"
Tai sighed deeply. With a depressed look on his face, he left the apartment.
Kari kept her face to the ground as she walked through the halls of the school. She tried to block out the whispers she heard from the students lined up against the walls, but, she couldn't.
"Is that Kari Kamiya?" a boy asked.
"Yeah," another boy answered him,"What's wrong with her?"
"You mean, you haven't heard?" a girl asked.
"No, what?"
"She and T.K. aren't going out anymore."
"What? They were like the class couple! She must be going out with Davis, huh?"
"No!" a boy said,"I heard she's free!"
"Really?" the first boy asked,"Maybe I could get her to go out with me."
"Be carefully, I heard her brother beat the crap out of someone who was bothering her."
"Look at her outfit!" a girl said,"She's dressing like a tramp. She's so use to stealing other girl's boyfriends that, when she gets burned herself, its the end of the world! Damn hussy!"
Kari shook her head, trying to forget what she heard.
"Everything goes so perfect for her!" another girl said,"The perfect snotty princess! Its about time she got what was coming for her!"
"No!" Kari shouted,"Stop it! Stop talking! No more, No more! I'm not a tramp, I'm not perfect! Leave me alone! Stop judging me!" She dropped her books and ran out of the hall. The other kids stared at each other.
"What was she talking about?" one of the boys asked, "No one was talking.
"She did just tell us to stop calling her a tramp, right?" one of the girls asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"H-how did she hear what I was thinking?"
".....and then she told me to leave," Tai sighed.
"Well," Davis said,"What did you do that for?"
Tai stared at him,"I didn't mean to call her Sora!"
Davis nodded and went back to getting dressed. Both boys were alone in the locker room, changing after soccer practice. "I know, I'm sorry."
Tai sighed deeply. "I know, I'm sorry. Just that I ruin any possible relationships before they really even start. I ruined Sora, and now I've ruined Miriya. I...I guess I'm just destined to go through life alone."
Davis sighed. He knew that Tai was going into deep depression, maybe ending with suicide. He needed to do something. "Well, um....I'm sure that their are plenty of girls that would love you."
Tai didn't say anything.
"Well," he said,"Um, maybe....Catherine?"
"Davis," Tai said, annoyed,"I can't be with any Digidestined girl, remember?"
"Oh, yeah," he said,"......um, maybe.....my sister?!"
"What?" Tai snapped,"Your sister?"
"Sure!" Davis said," She'd be so happy to go out with you."
Tai sighed. "I-I don't know."
Davis got up and grabbed Tai's arm. "Come on, she's waiting upstairs."
"What?" Tai asked, following Davis.
"Well," Davis said,"The thing with Joe's brother fell through, and, well, for the past couple of weeks, she's been fixated on you, and she was going to wait until you were done with soccer practice anyway, and...."
Kari sobbed uncontrollably as she laid on her bed. She curled into a fetal position, crying, and crying. Gatomon stood in the doorway, an extremely worried on her furry face. Kari just came home from school and ran into her bedroom, sobbing. She wouldn't tell her what was wrong, she was crying for hours. Gatomon tried to call Tai, but he wasn't picking up his cell phone. She couldn't have called any of Kari's friends because she couldn't tell them the cat was calling. Even though she knew it would help, there was only one person she could call, and she hoped he would get here soon.
Kari sobbed again. Gatomon looked at the door. "Where are you?"
"OH!" June shrieked, to Tai across the table,"I never got to go to a fancy restaurant like this! Oh!"
"Yeah," Tai thought, thinking of his diminishing wallet,"Well, you're not going to get to go to one of these with me again."
The waiter walked over and placed the menus in front of them. "Hello," he said, in a French accent that reminded Tai of the time he spent in France, "My name is Pierre, I'll be your waiter for this evening. Would you like to see the wine list?"
"Uh, yes," Tai said, "thank you."
"I'll just have water," June said.
Pierre nodded and walked off. Tai opened the menu and gasped. "Oh, look," June said,"Everything on here is free! There's no prices!"
Tai paled. "Oh great! I'm never going to be able to afford all of this!"
"Uh, June," he said,"Maybe this is too...uh...'classy' for us."
June looked like her heart had been broken. "What do you mean?"
"Um...uh....." Tai sighed,"I..well, you see..."
June smiled. "If you want, I can call my brother, and you can borrow some money from him."
Tai chuckled nervously. "Its going to have to be blood money to afford this."
"Do you want to leave?"
Tai sighed. "No, that's okay."
June reached over and touched his hand. "I can't understand why Sora turned her back on you."
Tai smiled lightly. "Thanks. June, I've just realized that I really don't know anything about you."
"Oh," June said,"Well, I was born on..."
Davis clung onto Exveemon as he flew across the Digital Desert. He turned around to the other Digidestined. "Yolei, where is the anomaly that Geni said to check out?"
Riding on top of Aquillamon, she checked her D-terminal,"By using the same technology that enabled us to track Black Wargreymon, it allows us to find warps in the Digital World and..."
Davis snapped,"Yolei!"
"We're coming up to it now," she said, meekly.
"We can see that," Exveemon said, shocked. Davis and Exveemon stopped. They were soon joined by Ken and Stingmon, Yolei, Cody, and Armadillomon on top of Aquillamon, Matt and Sora riding on Garudamon, and Joe riding on top of Ikkakumon. All of them gasped at the sight in front of them. It was a giant crater, crackling with energy, blasting smoke into the air.
"What is this?" Sora asked, as Matt held her tight,"Where did it come from?"
"I'll contact Izzy and tell him to get here as fast as he can," Yolei said.
"Wait," Stingmon said,"I think I see something down there."
Everyone squinted their eyes and looked to the center of the crater. The image was blurry, but, they could make out a figure walking out of the smoke emerging from the center. Davis and Exveemon jumped into the crater, followed by Ken and Stingmon.
Exveemon soared into the crater and landed a few feet from the figure. Davis could make out that it was a girl, a human girl, with dark brown hair that reminded him of his sister. "Who are you?" Davis asked.
The girl strained her eyes, almost like she recognized him. "Mr. Motomiya?" she asked.
Davis was unsure of what to say. "Davis Motomiya?" the girl asked.
Davis nodded. "Yes, who are you?"
"What year is it?" she asked.
"Its 2000," Davis said,"Why?"
The girl suddenly seemed oblivious to Davis and Ken, who was landed next to him. "Then...I've made it," she said,"But, why hasn't Agumon or Erika made it with me. Where are they? What happened?"
"Who's this?" Ken asked, mentioning to the girl.
"Oh," the girl said,"My name is Kasumi K-K-K-K...." she trailed off when the other Digidestined arrived in the crater. Her eyes bulged out when she saw Sora and Matt, hand in hand together.
"Kasumi?" Davis asked,"Is that your name."
The girl paled. She started shaking. "Y-Yes," her eyes fell back into her head," th...oh................................" She slammed into the ground.
"Well," June said, standing outside of her apartment,"I had a great time."
"Y-yeah," Tai sighed,"So did I."
June just stood outside of her apartment, grinning at him. "W-what?" he asked.
"Oh, nothing," she giggled.
"Well, um, good night!" Tai said, almost running away from her. He ran to the elevator. "Oh man!" he said to himself as the elevator started to descend,"I have never heard a girl talk so much! Every other date with every other girl was my fault, but, I could not have done anything wrong tonight because I couldn't even get a word in! Sorry, Davis, you're going to have to find another guy for your sister."
Tai sighed as he pulled out his wallet. "June's way too classy for me. She won't be happy unless she marries a millionaire. I'm going to be broke for the next five years to pay off this night. Oh geez!"
As he was counting what little change he had left, he caught a glance of the picture of Sora. "Oh Sora," he said to himself,"Why couldn't you have chosen me? Why did you choose Matt?" He sighed,"Why didn't I fight to keep you?"
"Gatomon!"
"T.K.!" Gatomon cried, running to the door, "Come in!"
He slammed open the door and ran to where Kari's Digimon was sitting. "What's wrong? What happened with Kari?"
"I don't know," Gatomon said, nervous,"She just ran home and started crying in her room. And.....and I'm afraid she on drugs."
"What?" T.K. shouted,"Kari's on drugs?"
"I don't know," Gatomon said,"I've found a bottle of aspirin half empty after she goes into the bathroom. Something's the matter with her, and she won't tell me what's wrong, I just hope you can."
"I'll try," he said, walking into her room. He found her lying on the bed, her face buried in the pillow, sobbing.
"Kari," T.K. said, moving towards her.
"Go away!" she screamed.
"I...I can't do that," T.K. said,"I can't leave you alone like this." He moved over and sat down next to her on her bed.
"Go away!" Kari sobbed.
"I won't, "T.K .said,"Not until you tell me what's wrong. I am your best friend, and, for a little while, we were more than that. I thought you would trust me enough to tell me what is wrong with you. I thought that we could still maintain a good friendship, but, I guess I was wrong."
He got up and started walking towards the door, when he heard," T.K., wait."
T.K. turned around. Kari had turned her head so she could see him. "I...I...I'm going crazy!"
T.K. ran to her side. "What?"
"I'm hearing voices inside of my head," she said,"I'm...I'm hearing what other people are thinking!"
"What?" T.K. asked.
"I...think I'm developing psychic powers," she said, her crying starting to stop,"And..I don't know what to do. I...I'm okay now, but....when I'm at school, or in a public place, I can't turn it off! I can't stop! I'm going to go crazy unless I can stop it! Th-that's why I've been taking so much aspirin, its the only thing that can stop the voices. T.K., I...I don't know what to do."
"So you think killing yourself is going to help?" he asked, touching her shoulders,"Kari, too many people care too much about you to let you die."
"Yeah, "Kari said,"I know. Something I forget that. Since Azulongmon's warning, its just like...Tai and I only have each other, just like before we met you guys. It was just the two of us."
"You have a lot of friends, "T.K. said,"and I'm one of them. I care too much about you to let you kill yourself. What ever the problem is, we'll face it, together."
Kari reached over and kissed T.K. on the lips. He kissed her back. She pulled him down onto the bed. They started to madly kiss. Their hands ran all over each other's bodies. Kari reached up and started to remove T.K.'s shirt. He pulled away from her,"Kari," he said,"Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Yes," she said.
"What about Azulongmon's warning?"
"I don't care," Kari said, removing T.K's shirt,"For this moment, for this night, the outside world doesn't exist. I need you...I love you...."
As the two lovers held tight to each other, the clear night sky above the city, started to fog. Clouds swept over the sky, blanketing the moon and the stars above a gray sheet. Then it started to rain as the clouds began to boom and lighting crashed across the sky.
"Great!" Tai said as he ran to the door of his apartment building,"Now its raining, but, it was clear just a second ago." He ran inside and started to dry off. He was about to walk upstairs, when he found someone waiting on the stairs. "Hi."
"Hi," Miriya said, rubbing her arms.
"How did you find find out where I live?" he asked.
"I did some research," she coughed.
"You're soaking wet," Tai said.
"Yeah," she said, softly,"It, um, kind of just started huh....Tai, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to blow up at you before."
"That's okay," he said,"I didn't mean to act so mean towards you about Sora. I...I'm sorry."
Miriya smiled. "Say, do you want to get some dinner?"
"Um," Tai said,"Actually, I already ate...."
Miriya's smile faded. "Oh, well, I won't bother you anymore..." She turned around to leave.
"Wait," he said,"I, um, think I have room for, maybe a pizza? Along with a rented movie?"
Miriya's smile returned. "Sure, let's go back to my apartment."
The group of shadowy Digimon were silent as the dark hooded figure dropped into the crypt. The hooded figure spread his dark wings and an image of Tokyo with the massive storm cloud over it appeared. "You have all felt it, haven't you?" he asked.
The group murmured their response. "Yes," the figure said,"Our lord is coming. We must prepare for his arrival. Sacrifices must be preformed. I want a small group, a land mass....File Island. I want ever Digimon on that isle to be massacred. Destroy them all!"
to be continued.....
In an apartment room overlooking a busy main street, two young people dance, as if they are the only two people in the world. The soft music from the stereo drowned out the loud noise of the traffic. Even if it did not, this young couple would continue to dance.
Her name is Miriya Kunjo, daughter to one of the greatest pilots in all history, and his is Taichi Kamiya, leader of the Digidestined. This is their third date after meeting a few weeks ago. Tai could still remember that afternoon in the clothing store. After seeing her he told Davis to take Kari home. He then took Miriya to lunch, trying to find out about her. The only thing definite he did find out about her, was that she was crazy for him. Things were going so well for him, then Matt and Sora came back from America. He thought he had gotten over her, but, when he saw them, tan-lines and all, he felt his depression and jealously return. He loves Sora, how can he love anyone else?
Miriya could sense that something was wrong. "What is it?"
Tai looked at her. She was gorgeous, the same face that Tai fell in love with. "Oh, uh, I'm just amazed at how well you dance."
She flashed him a smile,"Why thank you."
Tai looked at his watch."Oh man, Look at the time. When are your parents getting home?"
"Next weekend. You could stay here the night, the weekend, all of next week, and they could never know. Tempted?"
"Very," Tai said. "S-she's serious!" he thought," And...and..so am I!"
He pulled away from their dance when the music ended. He walked away from her and looked out the window to stare at the busy city beneath him.
"Tai?" Miriya asked.
"This is crazy!" Tai thought,"I shouldn't be here--I should have gone home with Kari and Davis the first day I met Miriya. Each time I see her, I feel the knife twist deeper into my heart."
"What's the matter, what's wrong?" Miriya asked, walking closer.
"And yet," Tai thought,"when I'm with her, I don't care."
"Tai, please talk to me, I want to help!" Miriya said.
"The only way to do that is to get her out of my life, now and forever! Before it's too late."
"You were so happy a second ago," she asked,"What happen? I-I'm sorry if I did anything to make you uncomfortable. I..heh, I really can't believe I asked you about the weekend. I'm usually pretty shy."
"It wasn't you," Tai said, "And yet it is. There was a girl, Sora Takenouchi."
He reached inside his pocket and pulled out a picture. "I was deeply in love with her, but, I waited too long to tell her how I really felt. When I finally drew up the courage to ask her out, I found out that she had given her heart to another."
He handed her the picture.
Miriya gasped at the picture of Sora. "Me..she's me!"
She threw the picture back at him,"I must have seemed the answer to your prayers, huh, Tai? A dream--or perhaps--come true. This takes some getting used to. I ..I have to think about it, alone."
Tai picked up the photo and placed it back in his wallet. Miriya watched him. When he was finished he looked her in the eyes. "Get out!" she said,"Get out now!"
Tai suddenly felt scared, where a second ago, he was ready to leave. "No, Miriya," he said,"Wait, I-I'm sorry, but, its not like I just went out with you because of who you look like."
"Really?" Miriya asked.
Tai nodded. "Yes, I care about you, Sora."
"What?" Miriya snapped.
"Wait," Tai said, holding up his hands,"Miriya, I-its just..."
Miriya stormed over to the door and flung it open. "Out!, get out now!"
Tai sighed deeply. With a depressed look on his face, he left the apartment.
Kari kept her face to the ground as she walked through the halls of the school. She tried to block out the whispers she heard from the students lined up against the walls, but, she couldn't.
"Is that Kari Kamiya?" a boy asked.
"Yeah," another boy answered him,"What's wrong with her?"
"You mean, you haven't heard?" a girl asked.
"No, what?"
"She and T.K. aren't going out anymore."
"What? They were like the class couple! She must be going out with Davis, huh?"
"No!" a boy said,"I heard she's free!"
"Really?" the first boy asked,"Maybe I could get her to go out with me."
"Be carefully, I heard her brother beat the crap out of someone who was bothering her."
"Look at her outfit!" a girl said,"She's dressing like a tramp. She's so use to stealing other girl's boyfriends that, when she gets burned herself, its the end of the world! Damn hussy!"
Kari shook her head, trying to forget what she heard.
"Everything goes so perfect for her!" another girl said,"The perfect snotty princess! Its about time she got what was coming for her!"
"No!" Kari shouted,"Stop it! Stop talking! No more, No more! I'm not a tramp, I'm not perfect! Leave me alone! Stop judging me!" She dropped her books and ran out of the hall. The other kids stared at each other.
"What was she talking about?" one of the boys asked, "No one was talking.
"She did just tell us to stop calling her a tramp, right?" one of the girls asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"H-how did she hear what I was thinking?"
".....and then she told me to leave," Tai sighed.
"Well," Davis said,"What did you do that for?"
Tai stared at him,"I didn't mean to call her Sora!"
Davis nodded and went back to getting dressed. Both boys were alone in the locker room, changing after soccer practice. "I know, I'm sorry."
Tai sighed deeply. "I know, I'm sorry. Just that I ruin any possible relationships before they really even start. I ruined Sora, and now I've ruined Miriya. I...I guess I'm just destined to go through life alone."
Davis sighed. He knew that Tai was going into deep depression, maybe ending with suicide. He needed to do something. "Well, um....I'm sure that their are plenty of girls that would love you."
Tai didn't say anything.
"Well," he said,"Um, maybe....Catherine?"
"Davis," Tai said, annoyed,"I can't be with any Digidestined girl, remember?"
"Oh, yeah," he said,"......um, maybe.....my sister?!"
"What?" Tai snapped,"Your sister?"
"Sure!" Davis said," She'd be so happy to go out with you."
Tai sighed. "I-I don't know."
Davis got up and grabbed Tai's arm. "Come on, she's waiting upstairs."
"What?" Tai asked, following Davis.
"Well," Davis said,"The thing with Joe's brother fell through, and, well, for the past couple of weeks, she's been fixated on you, and she was going to wait until you were done with soccer practice anyway, and...."
Kari sobbed uncontrollably as she laid on her bed. She curled into a fetal position, crying, and crying. Gatomon stood in the doorway, an extremely worried on her furry face. Kari just came home from school and ran into her bedroom, sobbing. She wouldn't tell her what was wrong, she was crying for hours. Gatomon tried to call Tai, but he wasn't picking up his cell phone. She couldn't have called any of Kari's friends because she couldn't tell them the cat was calling. Even though she knew it would help, there was only one person she could call, and she hoped he would get here soon.
Kari sobbed again. Gatomon looked at the door. "Where are you?"
"OH!" June shrieked, to Tai across the table,"I never got to go to a fancy restaurant like this! Oh!"
"Yeah," Tai thought, thinking of his diminishing wallet,"Well, you're not going to get to go to one of these with me again."
The waiter walked over and placed the menus in front of them. "Hello," he said, in a French accent that reminded Tai of the time he spent in France, "My name is Pierre, I'll be your waiter for this evening. Would you like to see the wine list?"
"Uh, yes," Tai said, "thank you."
"I'll just have water," June said.
Pierre nodded and walked off. Tai opened the menu and gasped. "Oh, look," June said,"Everything on here is free! There's no prices!"
Tai paled. "Oh great! I'm never going to be able to afford all of this!"
"Uh, June," he said,"Maybe this is too...uh...'classy' for us."
June looked like her heart had been broken. "What do you mean?"
"Um...uh....." Tai sighed,"I..well, you see..."
June smiled. "If you want, I can call my brother, and you can borrow some money from him."
Tai chuckled nervously. "Its going to have to be blood money to afford this."
"Do you want to leave?"
Tai sighed. "No, that's okay."
June reached over and touched his hand. "I can't understand why Sora turned her back on you."
Tai smiled lightly. "Thanks. June, I've just realized that I really don't know anything about you."
"Oh," June said,"Well, I was born on..."
Davis clung onto Exveemon as he flew across the Digital Desert. He turned around to the other Digidestined. "Yolei, where is the anomaly that Geni said to check out?"
Riding on top of Aquillamon, she checked her D-terminal,"By using the same technology that enabled us to track Black Wargreymon, it allows us to find warps in the Digital World and..."
Davis snapped,"Yolei!"
"We're coming up to it now," she said, meekly.
"We can see that," Exveemon said, shocked. Davis and Exveemon stopped. They were soon joined by Ken and Stingmon, Yolei, Cody, and Armadillomon on top of Aquillamon, Matt and Sora riding on Garudamon, and Joe riding on top of Ikkakumon. All of them gasped at the sight in front of them. It was a giant crater, crackling with energy, blasting smoke into the air.
"What is this?" Sora asked, as Matt held her tight,"Where did it come from?"
"I'll contact Izzy and tell him to get here as fast as he can," Yolei said.
"Wait," Stingmon said,"I think I see something down there."
Everyone squinted their eyes and looked to the center of the crater. The image was blurry, but, they could make out a figure walking out of the smoke emerging from the center. Davis and Exveemon jumped into the crater, followed by Ken and Stingmon.
Exveemon soared into the crater and landed a few feet from the figure. Davis could make out that it was a girl, a human girl, with dark brown hair that reminded him of his sister. "Who are you?" Davis asked.
The girl strained her eyes, almost like she recognized him. "Mr. Motomiya?" she asked.
Davis was unsure of what to say. "Davis Motomiya?" the girl asked.
Davis nodded. "Yes, who are you?"
"What year is it?" she asked.
"Its 2000," Davis said,"Why?"
The girl suddenly seemed oblivious to Davis and Ken, who was landed next to him. "Then...I've made it," she said,"But, why hasn't Agumon or Erika made it with me. Where are they? What happened?"
"Who's this?" Ken asked, mentioning to the girl.
"Oh," the girl said,"My name is Kasumi K-K-K-K...." she trailed off when the other Digidestined arrived in the crater. Her eyes bulged out when she saw Sora and Matt, hand in hand together.
"Kasumi?" Davis asked,"Is that your name."
The girl paled. She started shaking. "Y-Yes," her eyes fell back into her head," th...oh................................" She slammed into the ground.
"Well," June said, standing outside of her apartment,"I had a great time."
"Y-yeah," Tai sighed,"So did I."
June just stood outside of her apartment, grinning at him. "W-what?" he asked.
"Oh, nothing," she giggled.
"Well, um, good night!" Tai said, almost running away from her. He ran to the elevator. "Oh man!" he said to himself as the elevator started to descend,"I have never heard a girl talk so much! Every other date with every other girl was my fault, but, I could not have done anything wrong tonight because I couldn't even get a word in! Sorry, Davis, you're going to have to find another guy for your sister."
Tai sighed as he pulled out his wallet. "June's way too classy for me. She won't be happy unless she marries a millionaire. I'm going to be broke for the next five years to pay off this night. Oh geez!"
As he was counting what little change he had left, he caught a glance of the picture of Sora. "Oh Sora," he said to himself,"Why couldn't you have chosen me? Why did you choose Matt?" He sighed,"Why didn't I fight to keep you?"
"Gatomon!"
"T.K.!" Gatomon cried, running to the door, "Come in!"
He slammed open the door and ran to where Kari's Digimon was sitting. "What's wrong? What happened with Kari?"
"I don't know," Gatomon said, nervous,"She just ran home and started crying in her room. And.....and I'm afraid she on drugs."
"What?" T.K. shouted,"Kari's on drugs?"
"I don't know," Gatomon said,"I've found a bottle of aspirin half empty after she goes into the bathroom. Something's the matter with her, and she won't tell me what's wrong, I just hope you can."
"I'll try," he said, walking into her room. He found her lying on the bed, her face buried in the pillow, sobbing.
"Kari," T.K. said, moving towards her.
"Go away!" she screamed.
"I...I can't do that," T.K. said,"I can't leave you alone like this." He moved over and sat down next to her on her bed.
"Go away!" Kari sobbed.
"I won't, "T.K .said,"Not until you tell me what's wrong. I am your best friend, and, for a little while, we were more than that. I thought you would trust me enough to tell me what is wrong with you. I thought that we could still maintain a good friendship, but, I guess I was wrong."
He got up and started walking towards the door, when he heard," T.K., wait."
T.K. turned around. Kari had turned her head so she could see him. "I...I...I'm going crazy!"
T.K. ran to her side. "What?"
"I'm hearing voices inside of my head," she said,"I'm...I'm hearing what other people are thinking!"
"What?" T.K. asked.
"I...think I'm developing psychic powers," she said, her crying starting to stop,"And..I don't know what to do. I...I'm okay now, but....when I'm at school, or in a public place, I can't turn it off! I can't stop! I'm going to go crazy unless I can stop it! Th-that's why I've been taking so much aspirin, its the only thing that can stop the voices. T.K., I...I don't know what to do."
"So you think killing yourself is going to help?" he asked, touching her shoulders,"Kari, too many people care too much about you to let you die."
"Yeah, "Kari said,"I know. Something I forget that. Since Azulongmon's warning, its just like...Tai and I only have each other, just like before we met you guys. It was just the two of us."
"You have a lot of friends, "T.K. said,"and I'm one of them. I care too much about you to let you kill yourself. What ever the problem is, we'll face it, together."
Kari reached over and kissed T.K. on the lips. He kissed her back. She pulled him down onto the bed. They started to madly kiss. Their hands ran all over each other's bodies. Kari reached up and started to remove T.K.'s shirt. He pulled away from her,"Kari," he said,"Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Yes," she said.
"What about Azulongmon's warning?"
"I don't care," Kari said, removing T.K's shirt,"For this moment, for this night, the outside world doesn't exist. I need you...I love you...."
As the two lovers held tight to each other, the clear night sky above the city, started to fog. Clouds swept over the sky, blanketing the moon and the stars above a gray sheet. Then it started to rain as the clouds began to boom and lighting crashed across the sky.
"Great!" Tai said as he ran to the door of his apartment building,"Now its raining, but, it was clear just a second ago." He ran inside and started to dry off. He was about to walk upstairs, when he found someone waiting on the stairs. "Hi."
"Hi," Miriya said, rubbing her arms.
"How did you find find out where I live?" he asked.
"I did some research," she coughed.
"You're soaking wet," Tai said.
"Yeah," she said, softly,"It, um, kind of just started huh....Tai, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to blow up at you before."
"That's okay," he said,"I didn't mean to act so mean towards you about Sora. I...I'm sorry."
Miriya smiled. "Say, do you want to get some dinner?"
"Um," Tai said,"Actually, I already ate...."
Miriya's smile faded. "Oh, well, I won't bother you anymore..." She turned around to leave.
"Wait," he said,"I, um, think I have room for, maybe a pizza? Along with a rented movie?"
Miriya's smile returned. "Sure, let's go back to my apartment."
The group of shadowy Digimon were silent as the dark hooded figure dropped into the crypt. The hooded figure spread his dark wings and an image of Tokyo with the massive storm cloud over it appeared. "You have all felt it, haven't you?" he asked.
The group murmured their response. "Yes," the figure said,"Our lord is coming. We must prepare for his arrival. Sacrifices must be preformed. I want a small group, a land mass....File Island. I want ever Digimon on that isle to be massacred. Destroy them all!"
to be continued.....