Disclaimer: Even though I wish I did, I do not own Digimon.

A/N: Hello! This is my second fic so I hope you all will enjoy it. For all those fans of my first story, Hope's Return Home, don't worry I will finish it. I just got this crazy idea one day and I just had to write a fic on it. I don't know if you guys will like it, but I hope you do. Remember to REVIEW! No flames please, but constructive criticism is welcomed.

The Clone Wars

Chapter One

It was 9:00pm and sixteen-year-old Kari Kamiya was standing right outside of Odaiba High School waiting for her boyfriend TK Takaishi to come out of the school. Right now TK was in the boy's locker room getting dressed after the basketball game. Odaiba High had won the game with a score of 82 to 68. Of course TK was the star player and the captain of team. He was also the most popular guy in school. Every girl in the school wanted to be his girlfriend. He was smart, cool, and, most importantly, he was hot!

Of course these were not the reasons why Kari was so in love with TK. To her it didn't matter that he was the most popular guy in school, she just loved who he was as a person. He's only person in the world who could cheer her up whenever she's feeling down and depressed. He could always make her laugh and somehow Kari could still see the little eight-year-old boy she had met years ago inside him. He really hadn't changed much, though he wasn't such a crybaby anymore, he still had that loveable innocence about him.

Kari waited for a few minutes and then TK finally walked out the school. "Took you long enough." Kari said as she wrapped her arms around his neck. TK smiled and said, "Sorry but I was talking to the other guys for a while. Kari nodded and then kissed him on the lips.

When they broke apart TK said, "Thanks for coming to my game tonight. I know you probably bored since basketball isn't exactly your favorite sport." "Well it's true that I do much prefer soccer to basketball, but my favorite thing to do is watch you so I wasn't bored." Kari said. TK laughed and they kissed again. "Come on, I'll walk you home." TK said after they broke from their kiss.

They walked home hand in hand in silence, both of them just enjoying each other's company. It took them about twenty minutes to get to Kari's apartment. When they got to her front door TK put his arms around Kari's waist and pulled her in for a passionate kiss. After what seemed like forever, Kari finally broke away from the kiss and said, "I better go inside now before Tai walks out here and sees you and I making out." "Do you have to?" TK asked with a childish pout on his face. "Yes I do. I'll see you tomorrow. " Kari replied and then she turned around and walked inside.

When Kari walked in she saw her big brother Tai slouched down on the couched with a bowl of popcorn on his lap looking like a bum. "Bout time you came home. You're lucky mom and dad aren't home or else you'd probably be grounded for coming home this late." Tai told his little sister. "It's not that late and, by the way, mom and dad allow me to be out till 10:30 so I'm actually home early since it's only 10:05." Kari retorted. "It's a school night and mom and dad wouldn't let you stay out this late on a school night." Tai said. "They allow me to stay out whenever TK has a game and he had a game tonight so I went to it." Kari replied. "What are you doing here anyway Tai? Did you forget that you don't live here anymore?" asked Kari. "My stupid roommates decided to throw a wild party at our place and I didn't want to be a part of it since I don't really no any of their friends so I came here." He answered.

Tai had moved out of his family's apartment six months ago and was now living in an apartment with two other guys. He and all the older digidestined are now in college. Kari really wasn't surprised to see him hear tonight since he does come by pretty often. Tai is known to be a bad cook so he comes back to his parents' apartment looking for food every now and then.

Kari just rolled her eyes at Tai explanation for being here tonight. "I'm tired. I'm going to bed now. Good night Tai." Then she went into her room and closed the door. She changed into her pajamas and went to bed.

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TK had arrived home a few minutes ago. Of course his mom wasn't home, which didn't surprise TK. His mom was never home. She always seemed to be at work. TK found some leftovers in the fridge so he warmed them up and had it for dinner.

After eating dinner, TK decided to go to bed. He was about to change into his sleeping clothes when all of a sudden a bright light came from his computer and illuminated his entire room. 'What the hell is going on!' TK thought. The changed from very bright and illuminating to dark. TK saw a dark arm come from the computer. Then legs and another arm and the entire body until finally the whole creature was standing in TK's room.

TK's eyes opened wide when he who it was. The evil gave TK an evil smile and said, "Hello Hope! You're coming with me!" "No!! It can't be you!" TK yelled. The creature laughed and before TK could react, he was being pulled by the monster into the computer. "Let me go!" TK screamed frantically, but it was no use. In a matter of seconds both TK and the hideous monster were gone.

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Kari woke up Wednesday morning and took a shower and then got dressed for school. Then she headed for the kitchen to have breakfast. "Morning mom!" she said to her mother. "Hi honey." Mrs. Kamiya replied.

After breakfast Kari walked out the door to go to school. She waited outside for a little while since she usually walked to school with TK, Yolie and Cody. "Hey Kari." Yolie said as she and came approached Kari. "Hi guys. Where's TK?" asked Kari. "We don't know. He wasn't home this morning." Cody said. "He had some work to get done at school this morning so he left little earlier." Yolie added. "Yeah probably." Kari said.

The three friends walked to school and in twenty minutes they were there. Then Kari saw TK at the front of the school flirting with some girl. Naturally she got jealous so she walked over to them. "Hey TK", said Kari, "Why didn't you walk to school with me, Cody and Yolie?" TK shrugged and said, "I don't know, I just felt like coming alone." Kari was a bit surprised. TK had never blown her off like that.

The bell rang, telling the students that it was time to go to class. Kari and TK walked to their math class. When they walked in they saw Davis there. "Hey Kari, hey TP." Davis greeted his friends. "Don't call me that you jerk." TK said to Davis. Davis was taken aback. "Wow chill out TK. I call you that everyday and you never flip out like that." Davis said. "Well stop. My name is TK." TK replied and walked to his seat. "Davis turned to Kari and said, "What's up with him." Kari shrugged. "I don't know, he's acting kind of weird. He didn't even walk to school with me, Yolie and Cody this morning." Kari told him.

Their math teacher walked into the room so Kari and Davis had to stop their conversation and go to their seats. "Alright class today you're learning-" "Excuse me, Mr. Nero." TK interrupted the teacher. "What is it Mr. Takaishi?" Mr. Nero asked. "Do we have work today? Everyone here knows that math is totally lame so we shouldn't have to do it." TK said. All the students started to laugh, except for Kari and Davis. They were shocked by what TK had said. Mr. Nero had a very angry look on his face. "Well, Mr. Takaishi, if you don't want to work then you don't have to. You get to go to the principal's office. TK laughed as he walked out the door and headed to the principal's office.

For the rest of the class Kari had a hard time concentrating. She was thinking about TK and wondering why he was acting like this. When the bell rang at the end of class Kari grabbed her stuff and headed to her locker to get her books for the next class. She saw TK walking down the hall with a big smirk on his face.

"How'd your meeting with the principal go?" she asked him. "That old fool only gave me a detention. No big deal." TK answered. "Uh TK, why are you acting like this?" Kari asked him. "Acting like how?" He pretended he had no clue what Kari was talking about. "You're acting different." Kari answered. "Whatever. Anyway, I'm bored here let's leave." TK said. Kari was surprised. "What? We can't skip school." "Come on. Have some adventure in your life." he said. "TK I'm not gonna skip school. I'll get in huge trouble." She told him. "Well your loss. I'm going. Bye!" Then he left.

Kari stood there with her mouth hanging open. She couldn't believe TK just walked out of school like that. The bell rang, which meant that Kari was late for class. "Damn it." Kari said to herself as she ran to class.

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At lunchtime Kari, Yolie, Davis, Cody, and Ken all sat together and were talking. "I can't believe TS skipped school." Davis said. "Yeah that isn't like him at all." Ken said. "Did something happen between you two last night?" Yolie asked Kari. "No. After the game we talked and he walked me home and that's it." Kari answered. "Maybe something happened after he took you home." Cody said. "Maybe." Said Kari.

Kari had no idea what was going on with TK, but it was starting to worry her. She could usually read TK like a book, she could tell when he's mad or depressed. Now, however, she just didn't know what was going on. It almost seemed like he wasn't TK at all.

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For the rest of the week TK hadn't shown up in school. His mom was getting worried because he was coming home later and later each night. Every time Kari tried to talk to him, he would blow her off or give her some sarcastic remark. He was being mean to the other digidestined and was hardly talking to them. On Friday night he even had to be escorted home by a police officer because he was caught drinking with a bunch of other guys.

It was Saturday morning now and Kari was on her way to the park to meet the other dds. She had called them and told them that they need to have a meeting. She had been watching TK and was now starting to figure out what was going on. At least she hoped that she had figured it out. Her idea did seem rather farfetched.

When she arrived at the park she saw all the dds there waiting. "What'd you want to talk about sis?" Tai asked. "Yeah why'd you make get up early on a Saturday?" asked Davis. "It's about TK." She said. "Why would we want to talk that jerk!" Yolie said. She was obviously pissed off at the way TK had been acting lately. "Well I think I may know what's wrong with him." Kari stated. "Oh yeah? What do you think it is?" Matt asked. He was starting to worry about his brother and also had his own theories as to why TK was acting like this. "Well you guys have to be open minded about my theory. I mean, it took me a while to believe myself." Kari said. "Well what is it?" Mimi asked

"I don't think that is the real TK." Kari said.

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That' s it for chap. 1!! Did you guys like it. Please, please, please review and tell me what you think.