Disclaimer: I don't own digimon or anything of that crap, so don't pester me about it. Another thing, this is my first fic, so it kinda sucks. live with it. This fic contains some implied Takari, so if you're not that much of a fan of the TK/Kari coupling, well, deal with it.

P.S. I kno im not being very nice, but that's how you write when you're annoyed. Anyways, R+R

*= Author's note

Let's get started then!

The DigiSword

Chapter One: Return of the Darkness...

1 year after the defeat of MaloMyotismon...

"Child, you are wanted here..." a voice echoed.

"Wh-What?"

"Return...return and...become our...queen..."

"It's you again! Stay Away!"

"Return..."

"AAGH!" 14-year-old Kari Kamiya woke up in a cold sweat. She breathed heavily, and brush her chesnut brown hair from her brown eyes.

"Kari?" asked a voice. It was her 17-year-old brother Tai. He had hair like his sister, only it was bigger and he didn't wear bangs. (Duh!) "Come on, sis, snap out of it!"

"Sorry, Tai," she murmured. "It was just a dream."

"I've heard that before, Kari," came another voice.

"The darkness is over with, Gatomon," she smiled. Gatomon was Kari's Digimon partner, a white purple-striped cat with gloves on her two front large-clawed paws. She had found her when she was 8.

"I dunno," frowned a concerned Tai. "Gennai told us that the darkness will never be fully conquered."

"I guess," sighed Kari. "What time is it?"

"its four am," Gatomon replied. "Time for some shuteye."

~~7:34 A.M. that day~~

"What's wrong with me?" wondered Kari. She hadn't slept since the dream. "Snap out of it, Kari. The Dark Ocean doesn't want you back. If it did then I'd feel..." A hand touched her shoulder. "EEK!"

"Whoa, sorry about that, Kari," said the dirty blonde haired boy. "Didn't mean to scare you there."

"TK!" She blushed a slight pink. "It was my fault. I'm sorry."

TK was Kari's best friend since they were eight. He had short dirty blond hair, and blue eyes, and always seemed to wear a hat.

"Kari, we've known each other for a long time," said TK. "I'm sensing something wrong with you."

"It's nothing," sighed Kari. "Just..."

"Kari, there's nothing you can't tell me. You know that. When have I not listened to you?"

Kari thought about this. She had experienced something like this before, and TK showed great concern for her then also. She had always liked that quality about him.

"It's...nothing..."

"Kari, I can tell there's something," smiled TK. "But if you don't want to, I won't force you. Let's just get to class."

The school day was going fine...until last period. TK was busy taking notes, when he glanced at his best friend sitting next to him. "Kari? What's wrong?"

"Nothing TK," she replied.

"I'm not that dense Kari," he retorted. "I've seen you like this once before. It's the dark ocean, isn't it?"

"No TK..."

"Kari, I'm not going to sit around waiting for that weird dimension to swallow you up again!"

"Quit talking back there!" yelled the teacher. TK went back to taking his notes. Kari stared at him. She had remembered this incident once before. And her best friend was the one who got her out of it...

~*~Flashback~*~

'I've got to find her! She could be in danger!' Thought TK as he ran through the halls. "She could be in trouble...she could be...right here," he thought to himself looking out of the window and seeing the chestnut haired girl sitting on a bench outside.

"KARI!" TK called. Kari looked up at her best friend. "Kari, I've been looking everywhere for you. Are you okay?"

"The beach..." she sighed.

"Huh?"

"I had this dream last night," she told TK. "I was at this weird beach, cold, dark..."

*I realize this isn't the real dialogue, but hey. u expect me to remeber after two years of no watching? dont even ask about why im writing this after no watching. Well, back to the story.

"What?"

"Then, there were these dark creatures. They came after me."

"Whoa..."

"I keep thinking I'm in this dark ocean. It happened again on the way to the nurse's office. I saw one."

"Where are they, Kari? If they're after you, we can fight them!"

"I don't know if I can resist any longer, TK," she frowned. "I'm not strong like my brother Tai."

"You're going to give up? Just like that? Kari, I care too much about you to let you go without a fight!"

Kari stared blankly at TK. Had he really just said that he cared for her?

"Err..." TK blushed a little. "I've gotta...go...see ya..."

Several hours later...

"With your power, you could help us fight our undersea master..."

"I trusted you guys!" cried Kari. "And you tricked me!"

"Leave her alone, you creeps!" yelled TK to the Scubamon. Angewomon fired a pink ray at the Scubamon. They retreated into the dark Ocean. "Beware, child," they said. "Our master knows of your power. And he will stop at nothing...to destroy you..."

"I'm ready to go home now," sighed Kari.

"It could be worse," joked TK, putting his hand on her shoulder. "We could be scraping gum at school." Kari looked at the friend who had come to save her. All she could do was smile.

~*~end Flashback~*~

"Kari?"

"Huh?" Kari was back in her classroom with TK standing right next to her.

"Come on, Kari, the bell just rang. We can go home now."

"Right. Um, TK?"

"Yeah?"

"Can you...walk me home? I need to talk to you about something."

"Sure, Kari."

A few minutes later...

"So, Kari, what do you want to talk about?" asked TK.

"TK, you're my best friend," sighed Kari. "I care about you. I don't want you to get hurt."

"Kari, you're not hurting anyone," TK replied. "But what's that got to do with anything?"

"You saw right through me at school, TK," she told him. "It is the dark ocean. I beg you, TK. Don't get involved."

"Kari..."

"Please!" she yelled with tears in her eyes. "TK, I've dragged you and Yolei into the dark ocean before. I want to face it alone. I don't want you to get hurt, TK. Don't go after me this time. I...may not return."

"I'm not sitting out," TK replied. "I couldn't live it down if something were to happen to you, Kari. No. Not when I can actually DO something..."

"Think about yourself for once!" demanded Kari. "I really care about you, TK. Please, TK. Please..." She broke down and started crying. TK held Kari in his arms, letting her cry out her feelings into his shirt. "TK, I never want you to get hurt. The dark ocean is too dangerous."

"Ok, Kari," sighed TK. "Ok. I won't get involved in this. But that doesn't mean I'm not concerned for you. Tell me what happened."

Kari told him about the dream and the voices. TK listened intently. "I see," sighed TK. "Are you sure you don't want me involved? I don't care what happens to me, as long as you're safe."

"Which makes you the most selfless guy I know," she smiled and hugged him tightly. "Thanks for being here, TK. And thanks for walking me to my house."

"No problem, Kari. What are friends for? Well, if anything comes up, I'm always available to talk to," he smiled. Kari smiled back at him and walked to her apartment.

To be continued.

It's kind of a cruddy ending for part 1. Oh well. Please review this, and by the way. If you're impressed with my elaborate spelling, I've always been more or less a perfectionist, even though this took half an hour to write. Quick revision made, so you know.