Wow! I'm surprised I got this written. I had major writer's block once school started. Oh well at least it's up. Yay! Go read, enjoy, and review!
Disclaimer: Don't own, can't sue.
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~ Perfect ~
Sun filtered through the windows, blinding the half-asleep digi-destined strewn around the room. Tai sat up, rubbing sleep from his eyes. Had it been a dream? Looking at all the people around him, reality came crashing down. Everyone had agreed to leave last night, promising to come back the next day. Tai laid back down. Judging by the light, it was sunrise. Better to sleep now, then fall asleep in the hospital. Closing his eyes, his thoughts trailed back to his friend.
Kari was surrounded by darkness. "Hello? Is anybody there?" Frantically looking around, she reached out for something, anything. A bright pink light flashed from her chest, revealing her glowing crest. Looking at it, her surroundings began to lighten.
"Digidestined…"
Kari turned around trying to see the voice. "Hello? Who's calling me?" She was standing in the hospital again, beside Yamato. "Yamato!" A small light floated in front of her face, pulsing with each word.
"The Digital World needs your help again…please help, unbind in between…"
Kari gazed at the pulsing light before her, confusion in her eyes. "Unbind in between what?" The light floated towards the desk beside Yamato, stopping above his digivice.
"Bring them together and the crests will come. If not, he will be lost to the shadows."
The light gave one more pulse before disappearing. "No wait!" Her surroundings darkened. "No please! Come back!" She fell through the darkness into a blinding light.
"Wake up Kari."
Opening her eyes, Kari quickly closed them again. Light flashed in her face. TK was leaning over her, shaking her awake. "Come on, Kari. Time to get up." Mimi stood on the balcony with Sora beside her. Tai was in the kitchen cooking while Yolei and Davis were nowhere in sight. Izzy walked up to them and handed her a glass of orange juice. "You were mumbling something in your sleep. Interesting dream?" Kari nodded, still confused by her dream. Izzy nodded and grabbed his laptop off the table. Sitting on the coach he flipped it open bringing the screen to life. The morning went by almost silent, no one wishing to remind the other of last night.
The hospital was just like last night. We met Cody and Ken in the lobby, they had just heard about the incident. Mr. and Mrs. Ishida were already there at Yamato's side when we came in. They left and told us they would be back in an hour. Joe came in, bringing with him Matt's digivice. He sat down next to Mimi, "I have today off. Yamato had asked me to come hang out, just yesterday. He had just called. Like everything was normal." Izzy turned to Joe. "Is there any hope?" He took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. 'I've looked through my books this morning. Mostly all of them said a transplant was necessary if the condition worsens to a congestive heart failure. But he'd have to go to America for that…" Joe's words sunk in. TK shook his head. "It won't get that bad. He'll get through it."
TK proved to us again, that he was the only person that really fit the crest of hope. I watched as Kari stared at Matt's digivice. "Hey sis, you okay?" She snapped out of her trance. Looking at me she smiled. "I was just thinking, we're all together. Everyone. All the digidestined. Just like we were back then." Sometimes my sister really surprises me sometimes. She was right. We hadn't all been together since the Digital world.
Kari stood up and walked over to the side table, picking up Yamato's digivice. "Bring them together and the crests will come." Everyone looked at Kari with a confused face. "Kari, are you feeling okay?" Joe asked as everyone stood up. "The Digital world is in danger. A light told me in my dream." Tai stepped forward. "Kari…?" She held out his digivice. "I know it! It told me what we have to do! I know what I saw!" Everyone looked at her oddly.
"Digidestined…"
Kari recognized the voice. "It's the light from my dream!" Tai put his hand on her shoulder. "Kari, maybe this is too much for you. I'll take you back home."
"The crests will be reborn when destiny is unbalanced. The destined ones will return and light the beacons, destroying darkness."
Kari watched as the light appeared before her again. Looking closer at the small orb, she saw a figure encased in the light. It's delicate wings fluttered every second, keeping the dainty creature floating. Reaching her hand up to touch it, it darted to the side. "It's so pretty."
Tai glanced to the group as they watched Kari wander through her own world. "Kari, time to snap out of it." He grabbed her shoulders and shook her. Kari pulled away from him and stepped closer to the bedside.
"Child of Light, please, help my lady. She lost everything so long ago, do not let her lose what she has found."
Kari nodded. "Of course I'll help. How do I find her?" The light twittered around her.
"She will come. She has sent me to you to help you on your quest. The digivice..."
Kari held out the digivice to the little creature. "Here." Tai looked to the others. Izzy felt Kari's head. "Do you think she's hallucinating?" Tai shook his head. "My sister doesn't do drugs, Izzy." Izzy half-smiled at Tai's remark. "I meant Tai, do you think she caught something from the hospital?" Tai shrugged and looked back to his sister, who was currently talking to air.
The little fairy smiled at the digivice. "That's it. Tell your friends to look at me." Kari nodded confused. Didn't her friends already see the light? Looking at their worried faces, she realized they didn't and for all that they knew she was crazy.
"Guys?" Tai sighed. "Finally Kari, you were scaring us there." Mimi gasped. "What is that?" Everyone looked to where she was pointing. A small light floated beside Kari. Kari nodded in understanding. "This is the light from my dream. It was talking to me just a second ago." Bewildered looks passed along, until Izzy nodded. "It's just like when Kari heard the voice in the Digiworld. Remember?" Sounds of 'oh yea' passed about the room.
"Digidestined. Now is the time to return to the Digital World. Shadows have returned, casting their havoc. Please, aid my lady in returning the world back to it's original state."
The Digital World need their help again. What a surprise. Joe stepped forward. "You guys go. I'll stay here and look after Yamato." The light darted in front of Joe. "No. All must go."
Tai shook his head. "No way. We're not leaving Yama alone. The Digiworld can wait." The light looked between them and Yamato. "My lady…I have failed. Digidestined, I will give you back what you need to defeat the dark. Here take my lady's gift to you."
Eight shots of light streamed from the creature, onto each of the original digidestined necks. "Decide soon digidestined. The worlds remain in your hands." Their crests appeared and the orb of light disappeared.
Sora looked at her crests. "I thought these were destroyed." Everyone looked at their own crests. TK looked at Yamato. "Maybe we should go. Yamato will be all right until we get back." Tai gazed at his own digivice. "I don't know. After our last trip, I thought we were done saving the world. And now with Yamato sick, how are we gonna defeat any evil with just one mega digimon?"
Tai's hand flew up to his face where a red mark burned. Sora stood before him. "Taichi Yagami! You above all people should be the first one to jump through the digiportal. Have you forgotten that all of us are behind you? Yamato will be too, once he gets better. I'm going, with or without you. Make up your mind Taichi." Sora held out her hand to him. Tai looked at the floor.
"Well I'm going." Mimi placed her hand onto of Sora's. Kari nodded. "I'm in." The rest quickly followed. Sora looked to Tai, who was looking at all of them. "Tai…" He smiled and put his hand with them. "Right. Let's do this."
A shrill ring filled their ears. All of their digivices were shaking. "What's happening?" Yolei shouted over the blaring sound. They looked to Yamato, where a bright light emitted. Yamato's crest glowed brightly around his neck, sending a blue hue about the room. A voice rang out from the digivices:
"One beacon of Friendship true,
Lit by powers other then you,
Seven beacons remain dim,
Complete your quest and conquer them."
The blue glow vanished, leaving a bewildered group behind. TK and Kari looked at their digivices. They had returned to their original shape. "What in the world?" The group froze as a rainbow beam surrounded them. "We're going back!" Mimi shouted as they started to rise from the ground. Tai smiled. "All right guys, let's get the bad guys, then come back to Yamato." They nodded and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
"Master they have returned." The shadow bowed low before the figure in the throne. The dim lights only showed the figures gleaming white teeth as it whispered, "Perfect."
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Woah, long chapter. I guess I went overboard. Oh well, probably won't update soon, so this will have to tide you guys over. Well R&R and please e-mail me if you have any suggestions. Thanks!