Hello again. This is a short chapter, because I just wanted to get something for you to read that would again poke at you interest. Well, somehow, I have come to terms with the fact that I don't own digimon, but, I wouldn't mind if they gave me the rights...

Thank you to the two other people who reviewed, your support is greatly appreciated. And hear you go- ch5.

"Thanks Matt!" called TK as his older brother drove off, leaving him standing holding his about to be used D3. He turned and trotted toward the entrance to the school where Kari stood waiting. He was glad to see that her smile was still in place after his brothers comments about them sitting all alone together. 'But they kinda followed what I was thinking earlier,' a small hidden part of his brain whispered 'you still haven't told her that you care for her.' Stopping that train of thought, he came up beside her and held open the door so they could go inside.

"Your brother hasn't really changed much, has he?" She asked with a slight frown.

"Well, no, not really. But I don't really notice him anymore."

Giggling, Kari turned up the stairs to the computer labs hall.

"Say, Kari," TK started, "you know that dance coming up?"

Mind racing, Kari unconsciously stood a bit straighter. 'Is he going to ask me? What do I say? Does he like me?' Thoughts racing, she cautiously answered "yes?"

"Well, uh," He paused, trying to gain time to think exactly how to say this, and as they came to the hallway where the computer lab was, he started again.

"Well, I was, uh wondering - " he broke off, and they both froze. There was a slight, muffled wailing sound, as if somebody was sobbing his or her heart out into somebody else's shoulder. It was coming from the lab door.

Glancing at each other, they race into the room expecting to see some horrible thing, but the scene was relatively normal, other than Yolie had her face buried in Kens chest, and was shaking uncontrollably. Ken looked a bit shell-shocked, but was trying his best to comfort the weeping girl.

"What's wrong?" was the first thing to come out of Kari's mouth.

At the same time, TK's question was "What happened?"

Looking around the room, Kari's eyes focused on Cody, the person who she knew she could trust to give an honest answer. He looked as if the world had just ended for the second time.

Cody looked into her eyes, and saw the fear that had sprung in them. Hesitantly he started to respond. "Uh, well, there has unfortunately been a slight, uh, malefaction with the, um, separation between, err, the processor and the slightly odd place that-"

TK had had enough. "Cody!" He said exasperatedly. "Just tell us already!"

"Um, yeah." came the response. Slowly, he started again. "Well, the gate won't open."

The distressed sobs from Yolie redoubled at this announcement. And in the silence that fell they sounded even more pathetic. Ken looked over apologetically. "She had been really looking forward to seeing everybody again." He said as an explanation. "She's really missed them all."

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so- you've all figured out that I lied, and it didn't quite get to the digital world, but I did want to give you something, so I just stopped at a convenient cliff hanger. Come on, I'm just getting back into the flow here. ( well, I promise that they will do more in the next (and hopefully longer) chapter. till then! (but not too long, I hope!)

Radire