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Hope's Return Home

Chapter Eight

It was a nice sunny day and Kari was walking down the streets of Odaiba. She had nothing in particular to do. She had gone to see her brother Tai, but when she knocked on the door of his apartment no one answered, which meant that no one was home. So Kari decided to go visit Yolie and Ken at their apartment, but they weren't home either. After that, Kari decided to just take a nice walk to get her mind off a few things.

Kari had been walking for a little while when she noticed a lot of people coming out of the church across the street. The crowd was clapping and cheering. When Kari looked at the crowd of people she noticed that Yolie was among. Then Kari saw Joe, Tai, Mimi, Sora, and the rest of the digidestined.

Kari was confused and had no idea what everyone was doing there, so she walked over to them and approached Yolie and Ken. "Hey guys. What is everyone doing here?" Kari asked them. "Kari! Uh...hi." Yolie had one of those surprised looks on her face that told Kari that she had just come somewhere that she shouldn't have. "What's going on here Yolie?" Kari asked with suspicion. By now Kari noticed that all the dds were looking at her with looks of horror on their faces. Davis came over to Kari to explain why they were at the church. "Well Kari...uh...you see...we're all here...uh...well...you tell her Tai!" he chickened out. Tai sighed. "Well...what Davis is trying to say is that...uh...well...we're here because TK just got married."

Kari's eyes opened wide with shock. "What do you mean TK just got married!" she shouted. Just then a couple came bursting out of the church holding hands. Kari looked at them and saw that it was TK with...Mel?! TK married Mel! Kari suddenly felt dizzy and lightheaded. TK saw Kari there and walked over to her. "Uh, hi Kari! Isn't this great! I'm married!" He told her excitedly. Kari stood there with her mouth hanging open. After what seemed like forever she finally found her voice. "I thought you two broke up." Kari said. "We did, but then we realized that breaking up was a stupid thing to do so we decided to get married." TK answered.

"TK honey! Lets go we have a honeymoon to get to!" Mel called. TK turned back to Kari and said, "I gotta go now. My wife and I are having our honeymoon at the Bahamas." With that TK and Mel went inside their limousine and drove off. On the back of the limo were the words 'Just Married'. Kari just stood there with her heart broken.

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Kari sat up straight in bed. She couldn't believe the dream she had just had. TK and Melissa getting married? That's crazy! Right? 'Oh no. What if it really happens? What if TK really does marry her?' Just the thought alone made Kari shiver. She laid back down in her bed and tried to get her mind off of the dream. It took a while, but she managed to fall back asleep.

When Kari woke up in the morning, she looked at her clock and saw that it was 11:00am. She got up, took a shower, and ate breakfast, but she couldn't seem to get her mind off of the dream she had that night. 'Why should I care if TK marries Melissa? He could marry her if he wanted. It's not like he and I are together or anything. But why do I feel so nauseous whenever I think of them together. Am I jealous of Mel?' Kari wondered.

The phone rang and interrupted her thoughts. "Hello." Kari said when she picked up the phone. *Hey Kar. * It was TK.

"Oh hey TK."

*I was wondering if you would like to have lunch with me and my friends later today. * Kari was surprised when he said that.

"Uh, sure." She answered. "What time?"

*12:30. Is that an okay time for you? *

"Yeah that's fine."

*Good. I'll see you in a couple hours. Bye. *

"Bye." Then she hung up. Kari sat down on the couch and let out a big sigh. 'What I am thinking by going to lunch with TK. Of course Mel will be there. Do I even want to be around her?' Kari thought.

Kari walked out the door and drove to Yolie's place. She desperately needed to talk to someone.

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TK was now at the mall with Melissa. His other friends were too tired and were still asleep when TK and Mel left. "So are you gonna tell Kari that you're in love with at lunch today?" Mel asked. "I'm not gonna tell her with all of you guys there." TK replied. "How come?" asked Mel. "I'd like to have some privacy when or if I tell her." He answered. "Don't even start that 'if' crap, you know you have to tell her. You dumped me for her. If you don't tell her then I'm gonna kill you and tell Kari myself that you're in love with her." Mel said. "Whatever." TK said.

They continued to walk in the mall. They weren't really going in any stores, they just wanted to hangout together. "How about you buy Kari a gift while we're here at the mall." Mel suggested. "Could we talk about something else other than Kari?" TK asked, he was starting to get frustrated. "Okay, lets talk about you. Why can't you seem to stay engaged with a girl?" Mel asked with a mischievous grin on her face. "I don't think we should talk about that either." TK replied.

As they were walking through the mall TK saw the guy that Kari went on the date with. TK got angry when he saw the guy with another woman. Mel saw TK staring at the couple and asked, "Uh, TK why are you staring at them?"

TK didn't answer Mel. Instead he walked over to the guy. "Hey remember me?" TK asked angrily. "Yeah you're that punk that started a fight with me. If I remember correctly I think I beat the crap out of you. By the way, my name is Kane. We never did properly introduce ourselves to each other." Kane said. "Cut the small talk. I'll tell Kari that you're two timing her." TK said. "I'm not two timing Kari. This is my cousin you moron. She's visiting me for two weeks. Why would I cheat on Kari? She's a great person, any guy would be lucky to have her. You must feel like an idiot since you had her and was engaged to her but you stupidly left her. Well Kari has better taste in guys now, she's with me and I'm a much better guy than you." Kane said.

Kane's statement made TK really angry and he was about to punch Kane but then he remembered the fight they had on Friday night so he decided not to. Instead he found come back against Kane. "If Kari's taste is better now and you're a better man than me, then why is Kari have lunch with me today?" Kane's face fell when he heard that. "Why would Kari have lunch with a looser like you?" he asked. "She didn't think I was looser when we were engaged and she said she wanted to spend the rest of her life with me." TK retorted. "Well Kari told me she broke off the engagement which means that she didn't want to spend the rest of her life with you." Kane replied.

TK was getting angrier and angrier by the second. He just wanted to smack the smirk off of Kane's face. "Listen you jerk, I'm gonna get Kari back. I won't let her be with a jerk like you. You'll never have what Kari and I had." TK told him. Kane didn't seem phased by TK statement. Instead he had a challenging grin on his face and he said, "Kari's been talking about you. She says that you're a great basketball player. Well I've been known to be a great basketball player myself. How about you and I play a little one on one game later today, let's say about 2:00."

TK couldn't refuse. "Sure. 2:00 you and me, one on one." The two guys shook hands and then TK and Mel walked away.

"What was all that about?" Mel asked TK when they left. TK didn't say anything. They left the mall and drove back home.

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It was almost 12:30 and TK was at the restaurant with Mel, Chris, Kat, and Rick and they were all waiting for Kari to arrive. "Man I can't believe we missed seeing TK have a show down a some guy." Rick complained. "You know you'll have to win the game or else you'll end up looking like a completely idiot." Kat pointed out. "Yeah I know." TK said.

Just then Kari walked into the restaurant and she did not look happy. She walked over to the table and sat down. "I talked to Kane today." Kari said to TK. TK gulped, he knew what was coming next. "I hear you accused him of cheating on me." She said. "I was trying to protect you." TK said. "Well thanks for looking out for me, but I know that Kane wouldn't cheat on me. Anyway I'm coming to see the game at 2:00." Kari said. TK groaned. "Do you have to?" he asked. "Yep." Kari replied. "Don't worry TK, we'll be there to back you up." Chris said.

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It was finally 2:00 and TK, Kari, Mel, Chris, Rick, and Kat were at the basketball court in the park waiting for Kane to arrive. He arrived within a couple of minutes. He had a grin on his face that meant that he was confident that he would beat TK. Kari walked over to him and gave him a kiss. Then Kane went over to TK and said, "Are you ready?" TK put on that same confident grin on his face and answered, "I'm ready, but can you promise that you wouldn't cry when I beat you?" "You have a big mouth." Kane said. With that they both walk onto the court and started the game.

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Chapter 8's done. Sort of a cliffhanger. Will TK win of loose the game? You'll to read the next chapter to find out. I think I almos done with the story. There will only a couple more chapters. Please review and tell me if you liked this chapter.