Last Week: Chaos broke loose all over. Davis attempted a panty raid against Delta Gamma on behalf of Alpha Zeta. What he didn't expect to run into was opposition in the form of Rika, who used a variety of objects to defend her sorority. Takato, who followed Davis to draw the inevitable confrontation, was inadvertently caught red-handed and also drew Rika's wrath. Satisfied with her efforts, Rika was about to walk back in, but heard another knock on the door. She clobbered the visitor with a snowboard, but didn't realize it was Ryo. Meanwhile, things weren't going too well for TK at the campsite. He found Rosa and Cody and decided it would be best to bring Rosa down gently. The results were far from gentle. As he kicked himself, TK saw Catherine waving him out and began to follow her. While that went on, Izzy ran into Talley, who informed him of the dangerous Juggernaut system. TK eventually lost Catherine, but found something much worse: the fiendish ChaosSeadramon, who attacked with great fury. Joe, Kazu, and Kenta came to the rescue, but Guadromon and MarineAngemon didn't fare too well against ChaosSeadramon. But the sinister sea serpent was ultimately defeated by Preciomon, who had reached the Mega level. After ChaosSeadramon was destroyed, Joe went to check on TK and the news wasn't good.
Digimon: The College Years
Episode 30- Backlash!
"I think he's waking up."
TK was finally coming to. He slowly began to open his eyes and his vision didn't clear up immediately. He didn't know where he was. Finally, his eyesight cleared and TK recognized his surroundings. The roof looked familiar and so did the lights. Joe had brought him here before. He was in the Odaiba Medical Center. TK was in the hospital.
"How did I get here?" TK asked weakly.
Nobody answered him. Everybody was busy bringing him to a hospital room and gingerly lifting him off his stretcher. TK was gently placed on the hospital bed. Wanting some answers, he tried to sit up, but quickly laid back down when his whole body brimmed with pain.
"I wouldn't try that again," the doctor said. "It says here that you've racked up quite a few injuries. But a quick shot of pain-killers ought to sedate you for a few hours."
Before TK even realized it, he felt a needle get stuck in his arm. It didn't take long for the sedative to take effect. He began to feel woozy and started falling back on the bed. TK just laid back and passed out.
Matt found himself up bright and early the next day. Tai didn't want to waste any time in finding this undercover government agent Izzy told them about. At first, neither of them knew where to look, but Izzy informed them that this Yamaki guy was working as a College Writing professor. Knowing where they had to go now, Matt and Tai headed over to the liberal arts building where the College Writing classes were held.
Matt and Tai waited patiently for the first session to end. Matt noticed Tai had an intense look in his eye. It was the look of a protective big brother, a look Matt was very familiar with. Tai would stop at nothing to make sure Kari would stay safe.
Finally, the class was dismissed. Matt and Tai waited for everybody to walk out before walking inside, where they both saw a blond-haired man wearing shades in a shirt and tie starting to grade papers while fumbling with a lighter in his left hand.
The man looked up when he noticed Matt and Tai there. "Don't tell me. I said I'd have your names recognized by now. Just give me one second…"
"Uh…we're not students," Tai said.
"In that case, what can I help you gentlemen with?"
Tai leaned over on the desk. "You don't know who we are…but we know who you are…Mr. Government Agent."
Yamaki paused. "Excuse me?"
Tai leaned in closer. "We know your secret. We know who you are."
Yamaki instantaneously dropped his pen. He then reached into his desk and pulled out a sign that said 'CLASS CANCELLED'. He walked over and placed it on the door. He shut the door and lowered all the blinds before turning back to Matt and Tai.
"I demand to know who you two are," Yamaki snarled. "And I demand to know how you discovered my identity."
"I have a few demands of my own," Tai responded. "Why did you think you could hide in our school and pretend to be professors? And why didn't you want to tell us?"
"I don't even know who you are!" Yamaki snapped.
"I'm Tai Kamiya! And I'm a DigiDestined!"
Silence.
"So you DigiDestined know. I warned Talley that we shouldn't trust anybody. I trust you found out from Izzy."
"It took some effort to get him to spill his guts," Tai replied. "But he told us exactly who you are. And I want to know exactly what's going on. What do you know about us? What do you know about what's going on?"
Yamaki removed his shades. "Kamiya. I trust that Kari girl is related to you?"
"She's my little sister."
"A conflict of interest," Yamaki muttered coldly. "I realize you care about your sister. Believe me, I'm doing all I can to ensure her safety against the Digimon infiltrating this world."
"But do you know why those Digimon want her?!" Tai demanded. "Is there anything you're hiding from us?"
Yamaki walked around while fumbling with his lighter. "When I came into this school with Riley and Talley, we came in with very confidential information. However, it's become apparent that once Izzy revealed himself as a DigiDestined, Talley has begun confiding in him more. I wouldn't be surprised if he knows every one of our secrets and motives. I trust he's told you everything he knows. Beyond that, there's nothing more I can tell you.
"All I can say is that there's a reason those Digimon have targeted Kari and those reasons cannot result in anything good. Therefore, we have focused on keeping her safe…while also maintaining our original objective of flushing out the mole on this campus."
"But why keep this all from us?" Tai asked. "We could help you. We know more about the Digital World than anybody!"
"That point can be debated. I've been studying the Digimon phenomena since day one! I've been keeping up with Digimon since the day of the Highton View Terrace attack! Despite all the information that was mysteriously lost, I kept up with everything. While computers can crash and lose all their information, there's nothing that can erase what's written on pen and paper. I've kept journal entries that have chronicled everything involving these creatures! I witnessed the battle between the two behemoths at Highton View Terrace! I was there during the invasion of Myotismon's forces! I saw each and every one of you return to the Digital World and I saw you all battle Apocalymon! And not only did I witness what happened in West Shinjuku, but I spearheaded the operation that took D-Reaper down forever!
"Having said that, there's a reason I kept you all in the dark. We've still been unable to discover exactly who the mole is or where the information leak is coming from. If anybody else knew who we were, our fear was that the mole would eventually find out our identities and attempt to lay low, so we didn't want to risk our identity being revealed through any of you. But it's become obvious that our methods aren't as effective as we previously hoped. With the sudden focus of the Digimon going towards your sister, it's becoming more and more imperative that we find the identity of the mole before it gets to the point that Odaiba University itself becomes subject to attacks."
"Keeping us in the dark isn't helping," Tai growled. "The time for secrets isn't now! Not when things involve my sister!"
Suddenly, Matt's phone began to ring.
Tai sweatdropped. "Matt, couldn't you turn that thing off for one second?!"
Matt answered his phone. "Hello?"
"Matt? It's Joe! I tried reaching you all night! Where have you been?"
"Last night? Oh, I left my phone in my room after I went out with Sora. What is it?"
"Matt...it's TK! There was a Digimon attack at the campsite! TK's in the hospital!"
"WHAT?! Is he ok?!"
"He's alive, but he's in pretty bad shape! The doctor said he'd be ok…"
"Joe, stay where are you are! I'll call you back! Don't go anywhere!"
Matt hung up. He couldn't believe what he just heard. He didn't imagine that his little brother would be at the brunt of an attack. Granted, there was always a risk that came with being a DigiDestined. But after so many years of going through the worst and coming out on top, Matt didn't think something like this could happen.
Tai saw the blank look in his friend's eye. "Hey, man. What's wrong?"
"TK's in the hospital! It was a Digimon!"
Silence.
"The situation is clearly getting worse by the day," Yamaki cut in. "You two should go tend to TK and make sure he's ok. He'd better be. He's one of my brightest students and I think he has quite a future ahead of him. In the meantime, I will continue to search for a way to deal with all that's going on."
Matt decided to take a cue from Tai and get overprotective. "Ok…but I get the feeling you're hiding something from us. This isn't the last you've seen of us. Next time I see you…I want to know EVERYTHING."
Yamaki just fumbled with his lighter again. "Everything will unfold when the time comes."
Matt and Tai made sure to look back at Yamaki before they left. It sounded very obvious that he was hiding something.
Datamon punched more codes into his supercomputer. There were no more signs of ChaosSeadramon. The Mega sea serpent had fallen, but his efforts were not in vain. One of the DigiDestined had been taken down for the moment. If things continued to progress at that rate, everything would roll along smoothly.
Of course, there was still one fly in the ointment. Datamon's dreams of immortality and glory were going by the wayside if he couldn't bring the Dark One out of his prison in the Dark Ocean. And without the Child of Light, there seemed to be no other way to bring him in.
Datamon began to hear footsteps behind him. Somebody was coming in. He knew who it had to be.
"What do you want NOW, Puppetmon?"
"Datamon…I'm over here."
Datamon looked over and saw Puppetmon had already come in and was standing by the corner with his toys. The one who had just come in was The Digimon Empress.
"I guess your buddy got canned like a tuna," she smirked. "Anymore bright ideas, Puppetmon?"
"He went farther than anyone else we've sent!" Puppetmon pointed out. "He took that little snot, TK, out of the game for now! And once he gets back in, like I know he will, then I'll be ready to finish him off! Besides, it's not like YOU did anything to help!"
"You'd think that, but you'd be wrong," The Digimon Empress chuckled. "I just found out something that'll turn the tide completely in our favor."
"New information," Datamon said proudly. "I couldn't have heard better news. You've done me proud. So what has my trusty mole discovered today?"
"Somebody's had their eye on us. Apparently, I'm not the only one at Odaiba U with a secret. There have been government agents watching us and trying to find me without any luck at all. What they don't know is that I found them first. But that's not all.
"I discovered that they've been trying to take the offensive. I heard them talking about something known as the Juggernaut system. It was once used to destroy a rogue program in West Shinjuku. It's currently being designed to take any Digimon that infiltrate the real world and send them back to the Digital World. However, it's apparently so powerful that the future of Digiports is in doubt. It could turn out to be a major side effect."
"What does that have to do with us?" Puppetmon growled.
Datamon held out his hand. "Wait…"
Datamon thought about what this meant. If there really was such a potent and dangerous program out there, then there was a chance he could use it to his advantage. He had the ability to completely reprogram the system to do his own bidding. In fact, if it was really that powerful…there was a big chance it could bring the Dark One out of the Dark Ocean with the right reprogramming.
"She's right," Datamon said. "This could turn the tide completely in our favor!" He turned to The Digimon Empress. "I want you to stand by and come back tomorrow. By tomorrow, I will have something ready to completely alter the Juggernaut program. In the meantime, I want you to find out where exactly the system is located."
The Digimon Empress smirked. "Consider it…done…ugh…"
The Digimon Empress's smirk faded as she fell to one knee. She held her head as she collapsed to the ground.
Datamon handed an injector needle to Puppetmon. "She's missing her medication. Give it to her."
Puppetmon walked over and was about to inject the drug into the ailing young woman, but pulled back. "What's the magic word?"
The Digimon Empress defiantly pulled herself to her feet. "WOOD-CHIPPER!!"
Immediately upon saying that, she fell back down. Datamon knew what was going on. The Dark Spore was eating away at her again. It was slowly executing her.
"Puppetmon, just give it to her! If we lose our mole, we lose the fight!"
Puppetmon begrudgingly injected The Digimon Empress with the medicine. It didn't take long for the potent medication to kick in. The Digimon Empress managed to coordinate herself enough to slowly get to her feet.
"That's something I'll never get used to," she moaned.
"And if you don't want to stay that way next time, you'd better get going!" Puppetmon snapped.
The Digimon Empress obliged and turned to walk away, but not before shooting Puppetmon a cold stare. Meanwhile, Datamon immediately got to work on his supercomputer, writing the code that would reprogram Juggernaut.
"And just what are YOU doing?" Puppetmon huffed.
Datamon chuckled. "Winning the war."
After the Godzilla-level disaster of the previous night, Davis needed ANYTHING to get what happened off his mind. He didn't come out of that panty raid too successful. In fact, he pretty much came out empty-handed. All he could do was reflect on failure as he laid back on his bed.
"How did I blow this one, Veemon?" Davis sighed.
"You really didn't get a single pair, Davish?" Veemon asked.
Patamon tapped Wormmon on the shoulder. "Ok, pay up."
Wormmon hung his head down and handed Patamon some money. It was clear that the two had money riding on Davis's success…or lack thereof.
"I can't believe it, Veemon," Davis groaned. "All I had to do was come out with at least ONE pair! ONE PAIR!"
"What exactly happened in there?" Patamon asked.
"Everything was going fine until I ran into Rika," Davis explained. "Then she went crazy and just started hitting me with stuff!"
Wormmon snickered innocently. "I can only imagine what would have happened if you had tried to take Rika's underwear. She would knocked you into next week."
A light bulb suddenly appeared over Davis's head. "Hey…THAT'S IT!"
"Huh? What's it?" Veemon asked curiously.
"I almost forgot! Rika's a Delta Gamma! And she lives on the second floor! I can just go up to Kari's room and sneak out with a pair of Rika's underwear!"
"You just had to give him another bright idea," Patamon grumbled to Wormmon.
"I didn't think he'd actually be crazy enough to try something like that," Wormmon muttered back.
"Wormmon, this is DAVIS we're talking about!"
Without wasting another second, Davis jumped off his bed and rushed to the phone. He immediately dialed the right number.
"Hello? … Hi, Kari! … So is anybody there right now? … Just you and the Digimon? No Jeri? No Rika? … Great! Maybe…this would be the best time to come over? … I'll be right there!"
Davis hung up. Eager to rush over and put his backup plan into action, he ran out the door without even waiting for anybody. In fact, he ran out so fast, he crashed into someone.
"Hey! DAVIS!"
"Oh…sorry about that, Takato."
"It's alright, but…where are you headed in such a hurry?"
"I just have to see Kari for a little bit. I'll see you later."
Davis quickly got to his feet and started dashing off. If the girls were still at the sorority house, then Davis had to take advantage of this plan as soon as possible.
Takato got to his feet. Davis was in a hurry to get somewhere and that could mean only one thing. He was looking for trouble again. But Takato had to make sure of what was going on, lest he get himself into as much trouble. He was still wearing a bandage around the top of his head from the plate Rika shattered over his head.
Rather than follow Davis, Takato simply went to Davis's room and knocked on the door.
"Veemon?" Takato whispered. "You there?"
The door slowly budged open. Takato squeezed himself through the slightly ajar door and made his way inside. Before anyone else could come through, Veemon shut the door.
"What happened?" Veemon asked, noticing the bandage on Takato's head.
"Uh…don't ask. Veemon? Where's Davis off to in such a hurry?"
"You…want to know where Davish is going?"
"That's right. Are you going to tell me…Little Boy Blue?"
Patamon and Wormmon both gave Veemon curious stares. Veemon sweatdropped and tried to avoid their gazes.
"OH! Yeah! He went to Kari's room. He said something about wanting to get a pair of Rika's underwear since he didn't come back with anything during the raid."
Takato sat down and thought about that. "That could be really funny if I could watch everything go down. Especially if things go wrong. But how can I sneak a peek into a dorm room on the second floor?"
"If only there was a way for you to look in through the window," Wormmon cut in.
"Hmm…you know…that might not be such a bad idea. I think I saw a ladder lying around somewhere outside. It just might work!"
"You're on a roll today, aren't you?" Patamon groaned.
"If only Ken was here to hear all of my good ideas," Wormmon grinned.
"I might need some help with this," Takato pointed. "If you two want to help, I can give you each a cameo."
"A cameo for a college comic strip?" Patamon mused. "Sounds like fun! I'm in!"
"Me too!" Wormmon added. "What do we have to do?"
Takato opened the window. "Just follow me."
Kari wished she could put her finger on what was going on. Gatomon and Renamon hadn't said a word to each other in a long time, which was bothering Kari as much as anybody else. She didn't know how to prove it, but something didn't seem right about this at all.
"Will you two talk to each other?"
Silence. Gatomon stayed on her bent litter box and Renamon stayed put on Rika's bed. Neither made any attempt to communicate with the other. Kari could only shake her head.
That's when somebody knocked on the door. Kari felt relieved that she could relax more with Davis around. She opened the door and let him in. She quickly greeted him with a friendly hug.
"I missed you!" Kari giggled. "How long has it been since we've gone out?"
"Too long," Davis answered. "You want to try tonight?"
Kari's eyes brightened. "Sounds great! When should we leave?"
"How about right now? Why don't you wait for me downstairs?"
"Huh? Wait for you downstairs? Aren't you coming with me?"
"I'll catch up. I…just have to make sure I have everything in my wallet."
It was an odd request to say the least. But then Kari remembered who she was dealing with. Davis was a very odd person.
"Uh…ok. I'll wait for you downstairs."
Kari slowly walked out of her room, feeling rather weird. It was almost as if Davis wanted to stay behind. But she shrugged that thought off. She just focused on the positive side.
She was actually getting the chance to go out.
Takato nearly fell over. He tried to keep his balance on that shaky ladder, but found himself nearly falling over on two or three occasions.
"Keep it steady, guys."
Takato had more than enough helpers on his side. He had gotten Veemon, Patamon, and Wormmon to help, plus he went back to his room and got Guilmon. It should have been enough labor to keep a simple ladder stable.
Once the ladder was stable, Takato peeked in through a crack in the curtains. He didn't see any sign of the girls, but he did see Davis in there. Renamon and Gatomon had their eyes closed and their backs turned to each other. It was almost as if they hadn't noticed Davis at all.
And Davis Motomiya definitely looked like he was up to something.
Takato held up his sketchbook and pencil while trying to keep his footing. It would be a challenge, but whatever happened, he would be there to draw the whole thing.
Kari waited patiently downstairs, but Davis was taking an awfully long time. Especially for someone who was supposedly just checking his wallet. Maybe he was helping settle things between Gatomon and Renamon. If so, Kari would love him forever for being such a dear.
While she waited, someone walked through the main door of the building. It was Rika and she was leading Ryo in by the hand. Ryo stuck out like a sore thumb with a large bump above his left eye.
Kari gasped. "What happened?"
"A little miscommunication," Rika smirked. "No biggie. I would have eventually knocked him silly anyway. What are you doing down here?"
"Oh…I'm waiting for Davis. He's…"
"DAVIS?! He's lucky to even be alive right now after what he tried to pull last night! Where is he? I want to pound him again!"
"Huh? What do you mean? What are you talking about, Rika?"
"He broke into the Delta Gamma house last night! Davis tried to steal our underwear! I caught him red-handed! He even tried to peek at Danielle in the shower!"
Kari was in shock. "W-What? That can't be right."
"Yeah, well why don't we just go up and pay him a visit. Where is he?"
"He's in our room."
Rika's eyes widened. "You left him in our room…ALONE?! Let's get up there!"
Rika started running while leading Ryo along by the hand. Kari followed right behind, but couldn't grasp what Rika was saying. It couldn't possibly be right. Davis could be eccentric, but he wasn't perverted by any stretch of the imagination. That couldn't be the Davis she knew.
It had to be a mistake.
Although Kari was gone, there was still a fly in this ointment. Gatomon and Renamon were still around. Davis knew he had to do some quick thinking to get out of this one. Then he got an idea.
"Uh…are you two mad at each other or something?"
"What gave you that idea?" Gatomon muttered dryly.
"I'm just angry because she put glue in my sandwich!" Renamon growled.
"I told you I didn't do that!" Gatomon shot back. "And even if I did, it would be perfect payback for you covering me in feathers!"
"That wasn't me! If anything, you likely dipped yourself in them just so you could blame me! You couldn't handle having a superior friend like me, so you decided to frame me!"
"Superior? I'm still better than you are, Renamon!"
"Ha! You are not! I will always be better than you, cat! You should just face that fact!"
"I've got an idea," Davis grinned. "Why don't you try proving who's better right now? How about…oh…I don't know…a duel?"
"A duel?" both Gatomon and Renamon repeated.
"Yeah! Like in the old west. You turn around, take ten paces, turn and fire. But let's make it even better. Can you two do it blindfolded?"
"I have no problem with being blindfolded," Renamon responded. "I have uncanny instincts."
"But we don't have anything for a duel," Gatomon pointed out. "Don't we need pistols or something like that?"
Davis was about to kick himself. He knew he needed pistols for a duel. But luckily, somebody else was around. Davis felt a tugging on his sleeve. It was Impmon, who just happened to have the perfect dueling materials.
"They may not be REAL pistols, but they're good enough on such short notice," Impmon said. "Super Soakers. One for each of youse."
Impmon handed Gatomon and Renamon a Super Soaker and then pulled out two blindfolds. He tied the blindfolds around their eyes and stepped back. Impmon then focused on bringing the two Digimon back-to-back. This was exactly the kind of diversion Davis was looking for. He slyly started backing towards one of the drawers.
Impmon took one step back. "Ok, take ten paces, turn, and fire. Ready…go. 1…2…3…"
As Impmon counted, Davis slowly opened one of the drawers. He only found shirts, so he closed it up and opened the next one. He had found the right one. But as he reached in and grabbed a pair of underwear, he felt a healthy set of teeth clamp down on his finger.
"YEOW!!"
Impmon casually waved his hand. "Don't interrupt. Where was I? Oh yeah…8…9…10…FIRE!"
Gatomon and Renamon both turned around and started firing. Unfortunately, being blindfolded like they were, both missed their targets. Renamon accidentally squirted Impmon while Gatomon was squirting Davis right in the face.
"ACK! Cut it out!" Davis shouted.
Suddenly, the door opened. "What's going on here?!"
Everything stopped in an instant. Gatomon and Renamon both lowered their blindfolds and then slowly turned their heads towards the door. Impmon gulped and looked at the door, as well. Davis nearly turned white when he saw who was at the door, because he had now been caught with his hand in the proverbial cupboard.
Standing at the door, now having seen everything…were Rika, Ryo…and Kari.
Rika turned beet red. "What's your hand doing in my drawer?!"
Davis shifted his eyes to his right hand, which was still in Rika's drawer. His right hand was still being held by a pair of teeth. He slowly pulled it out to reveal a pair of panties on his wrist…and Calumon clamping down on his hand. He waved his hand around frantically, but Calumon had an iron grip to go with a healthy set of chompers. He wouldn't let go.
"You see, Kari?!" Rika huffed. "Caught him red-handed AGAIN!"
Kari was in a state of shock. "Davis…what are you thinking?! What are you doing?!"
Davis was stuck. He didn't know what to say. "Kari…I can explain…"
Rika crossed her arms. "Oh, I've got to hear this."
Kari eyed her roommate. "Rika…I'd rather leave this as a private argument, if you don't mind."
Rika held up her hand. "One second. If this is anything like last time…let me have a look around."
Rika started wandering around her room. It was obvious she was looking for somebody. Davis didn't know who she was expecting to find, because he was acting alone. Then she reached her curtain and gripped it tightly.
"AHA!"
Rika opened up the curtain and revealed somebody watching outside. Of all people, it was Takato on a ladder. He was looking inside and holding up a pencil and a sketchbook.
Davis was caught off-guard. "Takato?!"
"Big mistake, Goggle Head!" Rika snarled.
She opened up her window and was about to tip the ladder over. Takato grabbed her wrists for dear life.
"Rika, NO! This isn't what you think it is! If you just give me a chance to explain…!"
"Talk to the grass!"
With that, Rika pushed the ladder forward…tipping it over.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
Takato fell right along with the ladder. With the goggled Tamer on the grass, Rika simply dusted off her hands and shut her window. She walked by Davis and snatched her underwear away and stuffed them in her pocket. Then she casually took Ryo's hand and started leading him out.
"Ok, NOW I'll leave you two alone. But do me a favor, Kari. If you're going to hit him, give him one for me. Let's go, Ryo."
Rika started leading Ryo away by the hand. He could only shake his head.
"I don't even know what's going on. I'm just a spectator."
Rika shut the door behind her after leading Ryo out. Kari looked around and shot cold stares at every Digimon in the room. Gatomon and Renamon both exchanged looks and headed into the closet. It was the first thing they had agreed on since they started fighting again. Impmon was quick to follow. Kari then shot Calumon a glare. He finally let go of Davis's hand and ran into the closet to join the other Digimon. That left Kari and Davis alone.
"I want to give you the benefit of the doubt," Kari began, "so I'm going to give you a chance to explain. Davis Motomiya, what were you doing peeking through Rika's underwear drawer?"
Davis scratched the back of his head. "Uh…you really want to know?"
"Tell me!"
"Oh…ok…uh…Kari…this was…an initiation ritual. The frat wanted me to raid the Delta Gamma house and come out with their underwear. They wanted me to go on a panty raid. But I didn't expect Rika to catch me there, so I didn't come out with anything. And then I decided to…come in here and try to get Rika's underwear."
Kari was getting angrier by the second. "So…you tried to come in here…push me out of the room…just so you could take Rika's underwear?! You never even planned on taking me out tonight, did you?! You just used me as a complete tool, didn't you?!"
"No! It's not like that!"
"How could you do that, Davis?! How could you do that to me and to my friend?! And all for a stupid fraternity?! I thought you were better than that!"
"Kari, I just wanted to get in…"
"At what cost?! Look what you've put Rika through, look what you've put Takato through…"
"Ok, I don't know WHERE Takato came from…"
"…and Davis…look what you put ME through! You haven't had any time for me at all since this whole frat nonsense started! You haven't even talked to me! And the only reason you even talked to me at all today was just to use me! Just to shoo me out so you can get a pair of underwear for those stupid frat guys!"
Davis was stuck. "Kari…I wanted in so bad…"
Kari shook her head and opened the door. "Davis…just leave. Get out!"
"Kari…"
"GET OUT! PLEASE!"
Davis hung his head down. Kari wasn't just angry, but from the look in her eyes, she was also hurt. That's when Davis began to realize everything. He hadn't been that wonderful guy he should have been. He had finally had his long-awaited chance with Kari…and he was blowing it over a stupid fraternity.
He looked sadly at Kari. "I'm sorry…"
Kari closed her eyes. "Please…just go…"
From looking into Kari's ruby-colored eyes, Davis knew he wasn't going to get anywhere. The time to talk about this wasn't now. So he simply started leaving. Kari didn't even look at him as he left.
As he left, Davis was starting to think that maybe the frat really wasn't worth it, after all.
Kari just shut the door. She couldn't believe Davis would try something like that. It was so unlike him. And it definitely wasn't the guy she had been falling for. It sounded so much like…the old Davis. She couldn't believe it.
She looked at the closet. "You guys can come out now!"
The closet slowly opened. Calumon walked out, followed by Impmon. Renamon stayed in while Gatomon walked over to Kari, who had plopped down on her bed and had her face buried in her pillow.
"Kari…are you ok?"
"NO! How could he be this way, Gatomon? That's not the Davis I know!"
"Kari, it'll be ok. Maybe Davis will eventually realize what an idiot he's been."
Kari sat up. "You know, I was seriously wondering if maybe things would ever REALLY work out between me and Davis. I think this is making my decision a lot easier."
"What do you mean?" Gatomon asked.
Kari was about to answer, but she was interrupted when the phone rang. Since no one else was there, Kari reached over and picked it up.
"Hello? … Hi, Matt. … What? … WHAT?! … Oh my God! I'll be right there!!"
Kari hung up the phone and quickly got her things. Gatomon hopped down and headed to cut Kari off. Kari's partner had noticed that the girl was now visibly shaken.
"Kari, what is it?"
Kari uttered the words she never wanted to say in her life. "TK's in the hospital!"
It was still dark out in the skies of Server. Nobody in their right mind was up at this hour. Everyone was asleep and nothing was stirring, not even an evil villain.
But then there was a crash.
That was all it took to get Datamon's attention. He immediately stormed towards the source of the racket. They were the unmistakable sounds of destruction. Things were being smashed and Datamon began to think it was Puppetmon going on an impromptu tirade.
But when he walked into the base, he was shocked to see that it wasn't Puppetmon. Something else was there and it was attempting to destroy every piece of equipment in the Server base. Datamon was literally watching every piece of his work get destroyed by a mysterious culprit, who couldn't be seen through the shadows.
"YOU! Who goes there?!"
The culprit turned around, still covered by the darkness. An identity couldn't be made out. The mysterious intruder started running out at great speed. It wasn't shaped like a human. It was a Digimon.
"Stop that Digimon!"
The intruder tried to make a clean getaway. There seemed to be nobody who would stop the trespasser, but there was someone to intercept the intruder. It was ChaosGallantmon, who had come out of his chamber.
"Dark Saber!"
His Dark Saber attack narrowly missed. The mysterious trespasser moved around the attack and kept running. ChaosGallantmon tried to give chase, but couldn't catch the speedy intruder in time. The offender had escaped. But before the culprit made a clean getaway, Datamon managed to notice that whoever it was matched up in height with ChaosGallantmon.
Deciding to go analyze the damage, Datamon walked over to the main chamber. To his chagrin, his precious supercomputer had been completely destroyed. The delicate equipment was in shambles.
"It took me years to construct that apparatus!" Datamon shouted. "Whoever did this shall pay dearly!"
Too late to do anything, Puppetmon walked in and surveyed the damage. "Hey, it looks like I missed out on some party. I hate not being invited to parties! The last guy who didn't invite me to a party got a taste of my hammer!"
"This WASN'T a party!" Datamon groaned. "SOMEBODY destroyed our equipment! And…I don't know who!"
Puppetmon saw ChaosGallantmon returning to his post and standing inert once more. He walked over and gave the mighty dark knight a verbal thrashing.
"You call yourself a secret weapon?! Why didn't stop that Digimon, whoever it was?! You poor excuse for a tuna can!"
Datamon looked through the remnants of his supercomputer. The damage was bad, but it wasn't irreparable. It would take time, but it would eventually be as good as new. And the important thing was that Datamon still had the one thing that would keep the tide in their favor. The disk he had created was still in one piece. He kept it in his possession to ensure its safety.
"Leave ChaosGallantmon be!" Datamon said. He held up the disk. "As long as we have this…the advantage shall remain ours!"
TK finally opened his eyes. It was the middle of the night. Everyone in the hospital was asleep. The sedative had worn off and the young man was now wide-awake. He tried to sit up, but felt a shot of pain run through his back. It didn't take any more than that to send TK lying back on the bed.
This certainly gave him an opportunity to think. As pain ran through his body, TK thought about how hard he had been hit and how lucky he was to be alive at that moment.
TK looked up at the ceiling and sighed. "Being a DigiDestined never USED to be this hard."
TK closed his eyes as he laid on his back. Suddenly, the door opened. TK sat up, but visibly winced as he did so. He saw a nurse waiting by the door.
The nurse saw TK was awake and turned to someone standing outside the door. "He's awake. You may see him now, Ms. Takaishi."
TK couldn't believe it. Immediately, he thought it was his mother. He never wanted her to find out about this. He started to wonder if Matt was the one who made the call.
That's why it surprised him so much when he saw Kari walk in with a loving smile on her face.
"Kari?"
Kari nodded and giggled. "Yeah…Kari Takaishi…your loving sister."
TK was stunned. "You told them you were my sister?"
"Yeah. It was the only way they would let me in at this hour. They wouldn't let anybody in who wasn't an immediate family member."
TK fell back on his bed, unable to maintain a seated position. "What are you doing here, Kari?"
"I wanted to see if you were ok. I was concerned. TK…what happened?"
TK briefly hesitated. "It was…a Digimon. I was attacked at the campsite. Joe, Kazu, and Kenta eventually reached me, but I was beaten pretty bad by then. I heard Gomamon made it to Mega."
"A Digimon did this to you?" Kari gasped. She clenched her fist. "They were probably looking for me. TK…this is my fault!"
"Don't even go there," TK growled. "This had nothing to do with you."
"But they've been going after me. I never wanted anybody to get hurt. Maybe it would be better if I just gave myself up."
"Not gonna happen!" TK grunted. "I may be here, but there are a bunch of other DigiDestined and Tamers that are willing to step up and fight for you! You can't sacrifice yourself, Kari."
"I don't want anymore people to get hurt!" Kari cried.
"But you don't know what they want you for," TK pointed out. "If you give yourself up, there's a chance MORE people could get hurt."
Kari looked down. "Either way, somebody's getting hurt."
TK smiled. "Might as well be me. You can't say I didn't have it coming. I've made a lot of mistakes lately." He leaned over to kiss Kari on the cheek, but couldn't make it before feeling the stabbing pain in his back. "The biggest one being not trusting you."
Kari stood up. "I didn't come here to talk about that."
TK frowned. "You know I'm sorry about what happened, right? I had a lot of time to think about it. I was stupid. I'm really sorry." He paused. "Our senior prom should have been something really special."
"I have to go."
As Kari started walking away, TK couldn't help but believe he didn't make things better at all. Bringing up bad memories couldn't have possibly eased tensions between the two. And there was no worse memory than the night of their senior prom…when TK and Kari broke up.
"Hey!" TK called out. When Kari turned around, his face brightened. "Thanks for visiting…sis."
Kari giggled. "Get well soon, bro."
TK was never fussy. It didn't take much to get his mind off the pain and seeing his ex-girlfriend visit him was more than enough to make him feel better.
With that, TK would sleep well tonight.
Next Week: All's quiet in Odaiba U, so Kazu and Kenta decide to fix that…by throwing the biggest party the freshman dorms have ever seen! The RA's have a busy night ahead of them. Meanwhile, Kari isn't doing much partying, because she's ready to fix things between Gatomon and Renamon once and for all. And it all involves…Tai's motorcycle? Davis isn't doing much partying, either. After all that's happened, he's finally ready to take a stand…and Takato's right there to draw everything that happens. And the villains are ready to panic over the mysterious intruder and they have their eyes on their first suspect! Who is it? Find out on the next Digimon: The College Years!
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