Disclaimer: I think everyone knows by now that I don't own Digimon.

A/N: Hi! Thank you to everyone who reviewed chapter 6! I hope this story isn't getting lame because I think it's getting boring. Oh well, I'm trying to keep the story interesting but writing a fic is harder than I thought it would be. Anyway I hope you all will like this chapter. I still have some writer's block but I did manage to come up with an idea for this chapter.

To ARCHANGEMON: I tried to email you like you asked but something went wrong and the email kept coming back to me undelivered so I don't know what the problem is so I'll answer your questions now: This is not a TK bashing fic. TK's too good to be bashed. Kari knows she was wrong for breaking up with TK but she doesn't like to admit it. Also, I'm trying my best not to make this fic corny or too sappy. By the way I sort of used your idea about putting TK with a kick ass chick so thanks for that idea.

Hope's Return Home

Chapter Seven

TK woke up at 10:00am on Saturday morning with a major hangover. 'If I feel this bad then I feel sorry for the other guys. I drank the least last night.' He thought as he managed to crawl out of bed. His face was in pain because of the fight he had last night with Kane. His swelled lip had gone down but his eye was still black and he had a few bruises on his face.

He walked into the bathroom and took a shower, letting the water wake him up a bit. After his shower, he ate breakfast and drank two cups of coffee. Of course he still felt tired and sick.

TK finished his breakfast and, since he had nothing better to do, decided to go by Matt. He left his apartment and took the bus to Matt and Sora's apartment.

TK took the elevator to the fourth floor and walked down the hallway to Matt's place. He rang the doorbell and waited for someone to open it.

Sora opened the door a few seconds later. "Hey TK! Wow...uh... what happened to your face? TK grumbled, then answered, "It's a long story." Then Matt walked out of his room rubbing his head. "Never again will I go out and drunk, never again." Then he looked up and saw his little brother there. "Oh hey TK. What happened to you? Get in a fight last night or what?"

TK sighed and said, "I got into a fight with Kari's date." Sora gasped. "TK don't tell me you saw Kari with her dated and you decided to make a complete fool of yourself." "Well, I made a fool of myself alright. The worst part is I didn't even win. That guy beat the crap out of me. He's a really strong guy actually." "I can't believe you did that TK." said Sora. "Yeah come on TK didn't I teach you that when you fight, you have to fight to win." Matt added.

Just then the front door opened and Tai walked in. "Hey guys! What's up?" "Tai, don't you know that you have to knock before walking in someone's home?" Matt asked. "Oh come on! Both my best friends live here. I'm practically family!" "Whatever." Matt mumbled. "You seem pretty cheerful Tai," said Sora, "didn't you get drunk last night with all the other guys?" "Of course I did, but Dana made me drink about ten cups of coffee so now I'm pretty hyper."

Tai now seemed to notice TK. "Hey TK, what happened to you buddy?" he asked noticing TK's bruises. "I got into a fight with Kari's date last night." TK answered. "What date? Kari had a date last night? She didn't tell me anything about a date." Tai said, switching to 'protective big brother mode'. "Yeah she had a date with another psychologist that works in her building." Sora informed. "Why do you know things about my sister and I don't?" Tai asked.

Then the door opened again and Kari came walking in. "Sora, I need to talk to y-" She stopped when she saw TK standing there. "Hi Kari." TK said to her. "Uh, hi." She said back. The tension in the room grew a lot just then.

"Is it a Kamiya trait to just walk into someone's apartment without even knocking?" Matt asked, trying to break the tension that was building. Kari ignored his comment. "How are your bruises? Do they hurt?" she asked TK. "No. They're fine." TK replied. Kari nodded then walked up to TK and...SMACK! She slapped TK on his cheek. "That was for being such a JERK and picking a fight with my date!" she yelled at him. Everyone just had a look of shock on their faces. "I guess I dissevered that, just please don't do it again. My face is in enough pain already." TK said.

Everyone heard laughter behind them. They turned around and saw Kyle. Of course little kids find it funny to see an adult hit another adult. Matt walked over and picked Kyle up. "Hey buddy. When did wake up?" he asked his son. "Dada," was all the one-year-old said. "I think he wants some breakfast." Sora said. Then she took Kyle into the kitchen to feed him.

"So, what's everyone up to today?" Tai asked, now that the mood was lightened. "Nothing much." Matt replied. "I'm not doing anything." Kari said. "Well, I was planning on inviting everyone over to my place tonight for a little party. I still have a lot of catching up to do." TK said. "Yeah, that'd be great TK! You'll also finally get to meet my wife." Tai said. "We're coming too!" Sora yelled from the kitchen. "Great! Now I just need to invite everyone else." TK said. "Uh, you're coming too, right Kari?" he asked her. "Um, well, uh, sure I'll be there." Kari answered.

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After spending a couple hours at Matt and Sora's place, TK was now at his own apartment. It was now 1:00 so he decided to call the other dds and tell them about the party at his place.

He had finished all the phone calls and everyone said that they would come. 'Now what do I do? I'm bored. Usually I'd go hang out with Kari if I were bored, but I guess those days are over.'

Just then TK heard a knock at his door. Wondering whom it could, he got up and opened it. When he opened the door he saw two guys and two girls his age standing in the hallway. "Hey!! What are you guys doing here?!" TK asked, very shocked to them there. "Jeez TK, we fly all the way to Japan from New York and that's the type of greeting we get. Aren't you even the least bit happy to see us." One of the guys said. "Of course I'm happy to see you guys. I'm just surprised. Uh, how did you guys know where I lived anyway?" One of the girls answered, "We called your mom." "You could have just called me." TK said. "Well, then that would ruin the surprise." Said the other guy.

TK's visitors were his friends from New York. Their names were Rick, Chris, Kat, and Melissa, TK's other ex-fiancé. Rick is the funny, goofy one. He's sort of like Davis. He's a little bit shorter than TK and has red hair. He also plays basketball, in fact, TK met him when they both were on the basketball team at NYU. Chris is more of the silent type, but everyone knows not to mess with him since he's in karate. He's almost as tall as TK and he has blond hair cut so short that he's almost bald. Kat's real name is Katelyn, but she likes to be called Kat. She has short brown hair that reaches to her ears. She's also very intelligent and is the smartest member of the group. Melissa is very tough girl. Actually her sport is kick-boxing! She's not a girl to mess around with. TK was now wishing she was with him last night when he got into that fight with Kari's date. She has medium-length black hair that reaches just below her shoulders that she keeps in a pony tail.

TK was glad to see his friends. Even though he was happy to be back in Odaiba with the dds, he had missed his friends from New York. "So how you guys know where I lived anyway?" He asked his friends. "We called your mom. She gave us your address and directions on how to get here." Melissa said.

It was weird for him seeing Melissa again. 'Great. How am I gonna handle being around another ex-fiancé?' He thought. "So, Mel, how have ya been?" TK asked Melissa. "Fine." Melissa answered. "She's got a new boyfriend." Kat added. "A boyfriend? But we've only been broken up for two weeks. You're over me already? " TK said. "I'm not over you yet, but Josh is making it easier for me to move on." Melissa answered with a smile. "Josh? You mean your kick-boxing trainer?!" asked TK, who was quite surprised. "Well we've been on a date or two...or four." "Four?!" TK yelled. "Did you even miss me?" "Of course I missed you TK or else I wouldn't have flown all the way to Japan to see you." Mel replied.

TK started to feel depressed. It seemed like both his ex-girlfriends were happier without him. Melissa is dating her kick-boxing trainer and Kari is with some jerk who beat him up.

"By the way TK, What the hell happened to your face? Don't tell me you let some guy beat you up." Rick said. "I didn't let him beat me up. He was just way stronger than me." TK responded. "Well maybe it would have been better if Chris and Mel were there with you." Rick said while chuckling. "Ha ha, I could take care of myself." TK said. "It doesn't look like you can." Kat added. They all laughed except for TK who started to mumble something foul about his friends.

"So TK, When are gonna meet all your old friends?" Chris asked him. "Well actually I invited them all here tonight for a party. You'll meet them tonight at the party." TK answered. "Will Kari be there?" Melissa asked. TK stared at her surprised. "What? I do want to meet the girl you dumped me for." Mel said. "Are you two even together again?" she asked. "Well...no. Things are a bit rocky between us right now." TK answered. "What? You dump me because you say that you're still in love with your ex-girlfriend Kari, and now you tell me that you haven't even gotten back together with her!" Mel yelled. TK was taken aback. "Well it has only been a week." TK responded. They all laughed. "Come on TK. Since when has it taken you a week to get a girl. You had a reputation in New York as the guy who got any girl he wanted." Rick said. "Yeah. You kissed me after knowing me for only three days." Mel added.

TK sighed. He was able to get any girl he wanted or tell a girl how he felt, but Kari's different. She's not like the women he knew in New York. When they were kids growing up together he could tell her any and everything. Now it seemed like they couldn't even talk to each other.

TK didn't want to about Kari right now so he decided to change the subject. "You guys want me to show you around Odaiba now?" He asked his friends. "Sorry TK but I think we'll pass," Kat said, "We just flew from New York to Japan and now we're exhausted. And since there's a party tonight I think we should rest so we'll be energetic for the party." "Do you even have enough room for us stay here?" Chris asked.

That was a problem that TK hadn't even thought about. "Well the couch turns into a bed so two of can sleep on that and I guess someone can sleep on the recliner. The fourth person will just have to sleep on the floor." TK told them. "I think Rick should be the one the floor." Kat stated. "Why me?" asked Rick. "Because you're a guy. Guys need to rough it a bit." Kat told him. "But Chris is guy. Make him rough it." Rick said. "Chris is nicer than so he gets to be more comfortable on you." Kat said. "I think that you should be on the floor Kat!" Rick retorted. (A/N: Don't they remind you guys of Yolie and Davis.) "Would you two quit arguing. I think I have one of those air mattresses that go on the floor so one of you guys can sleep on that." TK said.

His friends found places to rest and they were soon falling asleep. "I gotta go out for a while to buy some stuff for the party tonight. I'll be back in a couple of hours." TK told his friends then walked out the door.

TK was driving to the grocery. When he came to a red light he stopped and looked out the window. What he saw made him angry. It was Kari and the same guy from last night walking together hand in hand. They were talking. The guy must have said something funny because he saw Kari laugh. Now TK knew better than to start a fight with that guy though.

A loud honk from the car behind snapped TK back to reality. He hadn't even noticed the light turn green. He drove off. He hated the fact that Kari was with that guy. 'What does he have that I don't?' TK thought bitterly. 'I'll just have to figure out a way to get Kari back. I won't let her be with that jerk.'

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Kari was now walking around with Kane. He had called her earlier and invited her to go to lunch with him. She liked being with him. He was sweet to her and wasn't annoying like the other guys she had dated.

Still, he wasn't TK. Kari couldn't stop thinking about TK. This morning she was pissed at TK because he got into a fight with Kane last night, but now she was sort of flattered. I mean is wasn't good for him to fight with Kane, but it meant that TK was jealous which means he must still have feelings for her, right? She hoped that's what it meant. But would she get back together with TK if she had the opportunity? Kari didn't know. She liked being with Kane and she wasn't exactly sure if being with TK would be the best idea.

Kari didn't want things to be awkward between her and TK forever. She told him that she would go to the party tonight because she wanted them to be friends like they used to be.

"How about you and I go out for dinner tonight." Kane said, snapping Kari out of her thoughts. Kari almost said yes but then remembered the party at TK's apartment. "Sorry, I'm going to a friends party tonight." She told him. Kari purposely didn't tell Kane that it was TK's party because she didn't want him to get angry. "Are dates invited?" Kane asked. "Actually...no." Kari said. She did not want Kane and TK to be near each other again. Kane just nodded his head. He looked a bit disappointed but didn't say anything else about it.

The two of them walked together for a couple a few more hours. Then Kari looked at her watch and noticed it was 5:00. "Oh man, I gotta go Kane." She told him. "Do you have to?" Kane asked while pouting like a little kid. Kari smiled and said, "Yes, I really gotta go." Then she kissed him on the cheek and walked back to her apartment.

When Kari got back to her apartment she took a shower and got dressed. She decided to walk to TK place since it wasn't far and also because she hated driving unless it was really necessary.

When she got to the front of TK building Kari saw Davis and his wife Mia arriving as well. "Hey Davis, hey Mia." Kari greeted. "Hi!" They both said. The three of them went up to TK's floor and knocked on the door of his apartment. Matt opened the door. "Hey guys! You're the last one to arrive." Matt stated.

When they walked in Kari saw all her friends there talking, but then she noticed four people that she had never seen before talking to TK. TK looked over and saw Kari, Davis, and a women who he figured must be Davis's wife. He walked over to them. "Hey guys!" TK greeted with a big smile. "Hey TM!" Davis greeted back. "You finally get to meet my beautiful wife Mia." Davis said. TK shook Mia's hand. "It's nice to finally meet you. Oh and by the way, forget what your goofy husband says. My name is TK." TK said. Mia smiled. "Well it's nice to meet you TK." she said.

Kari smiled then said, "Aren't you even gonna say hi to me TK?" she asked him. TK smiled back. "I thought I already did." he replied. Then someone came up behind TK and tapped his shoulder. Kari saw a girl with a black ponytail standing behind TK. "Aren't you gonna introduce us to your friends TK?" the girl asked him. TK nodded and motioned for Kari, Davis, and Mia to follow him.

The little group stopped their conversation when they saw Kari and Davis walking toward them. "Guys, these are the other member of the group. This is Kari, Davis, and Davis's wife Mia." TK introduced them to his other friends. "Hi!" They all greeted. Then TK turned to Kari and Davis and said, "These are my friends from New York. They gave me a surprise visit today." Then he pointed to each one of them. "This is Chris, Kat, Rick and Melissa." "Nice to meet you guys. Actually I don't know why you guys would want to even be friends with TL." Davis said. "In case you guys are confused, Davis never calls me TK. It's always either TA or TS or TP or every letter in the alphabet except for K." TK informed his friends. "Yeah, and I'm the only one who has the privilege of getting to screw up his name." Davis said. They all laughed.

Kari was surprised when she heard the name Melissa. Was this the same Melissa that TK said he was engaged to? If they broke up then why is she here now? Are her and TK getting back together? All of these thoughts raced through Kari's head.

"It's nice to meet TK's other ex-fiancé." Melissa said to Kari. Kari was a little surprised by her statement. "Oh don't worry. I'm not gonna beat you up and tell that TK belongs to me." Mel said with a smile. Kari smiled back. "I wasn't thinking that." Kari said. Kari noticed that TK, Davis and Mia had walked and were now talking to the other dds. They probably wanted to get away from the tension.

"Hey Kari! Come over here!" Yolie yelled from across the room. Kari walked over to her. "You didn't have to yell Yolie." Kari said with an annoyed tone. "Oh sorry. Anyway did you meet TK friends form New York? Did you meet Melissa? She and TK used to be engaged also! I didn't know was engaged to someone else other than you! Isn't this crazy! Both of TK ex-fiancés in the same place?" "Calm down Yolie!" Kari yelled. "I already knew that TK was engaged to her. I just didn't think she would ever come here." Kari said.

Kari looked out onto the balcony and saw that TK was out there with Melissa. Now it was Kari's turn to be jealous. She didn't like the fact that Melissa was here. Kari was afraid that TK might want to get back together with Melissa. Kari would have felt better if she knew that Melissa was snobby or mean or something so TK wouldn't want to be with her again, but Melissa was actually pretty nice which means that there could chance that TK might want to get back together with her. 'Great, as if me and TK's relationship wasn't bad enough already, now I have to deal with his ex-girlfriend from New York. She's even prettier than me. There's no reason why TK wouldn't want to be with her.' Kari thought bitterly.

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TK was outside on the balcony with Melissa. He first thought that it would be awkward with her like it was with Kari, but it was actually nice seeing Melissa again. Surprisingly enough Melissa wasn't even mad at TK for breaking up with her and TK was even more surprised that Melissa wasn't mad at him because he was still in love with Kari.

"So TK, when are you gonna tell Kari that you love her?" Mel asked him. "I don't think I'm gonna tell her." TK answered. "Huh? Why not?" asked Mel. "I don't think she's interested in me anymore. We aren't exactly getting along right now anyway." TK answered. "Can you blame her? You left her to go to New York." Mel responded. "Hey, don't even blame that on me. She's the one who called of the wedding and broke up with me. She shouldn't be mad at me. The only one who should be mad at is you and you're not." TK stated. Melissa smiled. "I was mad at you, but then I figured there was no point in being mad at you. We're probably better off as friends anyway."

TK smiled. He was glad that Melissa wasn't mad at him. He wouldn't be able to handle having two women mad at him. It was good to know that Melissa understood his feelings for Kari.

Matt opened the back door that led to the balcony and said, " Hey TK, you're the host of the party and you're not even hanging out with your friends. I think we should all leave and have a party at my place and you won't invited." TK laughed and said, "Sorry Matt. Don't worry, I'm coming in."

The three of them walked inside. Davis yelled "Hey TS! Do you have any beer?" "No Davis. Tai got the last one." TK replied. "Oh man! Tai always gets everything." Davis said, frustrated. "Ha! You bet I get everything! You'll just have to be quicker next time Davis!" Tai said.

Ken and Izzy walked up to TK. "So TK, what's it like to be the only guy here with, not one, but two ex-fiancés here?" Ken joked. "Yeah TK. Why don't you go ask Yolie to marry her then break up with her and you could go for the record with three ex-fiancés." Izzy joked as well. Both Ken and Izzy busted out with laughter. "Ha ha, very funny guys. At least I had the opportunity to be married while you haven't." TK retorted. "Hey! I am engaged you know." Ken said. Then Izzy turned to Ken and said, "Hey Ken, if you need advice on the wedding don't ask TK, he's never had one, but he is an expert on engagements." Once again they both busted out in laughter. TK just rolled his eyes.

TK decided to walk away from Ken and Izzy and the abuse they were giving him. He looked over at Kari and saw that she was talking to Tai and Sora. He wanted to go over and talk with her also but decided not to. He didn't really know what to say to her. Well, actually he did know what to say to her. He wanted to say that he was in love with and that he thought that she should stop seeing the jerk that beat him up and that he thought that they should get back together, but for some reason he just couldn't find the courage to tell Kari those things.

TK walked away to talk to everyone else, but for the rest of the night he couldn't stop thinking about Kari. He wanted so bad to be with her, to hold her and kiss her. Even after the party ended and everyone went home, TK still thought about Kari. 'What should I do? Should I tell Kari how I feel or should I just be her friend? When did my life become so complicated?' thought TK. He went to bed and fell asleep trying to forget about Kari.

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That's the end of chapter 7! What do you guys think? Did you like it? I'm beginning to think that this story is getting boring. Review and you're also welcome to give me suggestions on how to make the story more interesting.