Ok, the disclaimer everytime is lame. You realize I don't own digimon. You must also realize that ending last chapter was EXTREMELY corny. I simply ran out of ideas for it. Oh well.
The DigiSword
Chapter 9: Sacrifices
TK and Kari found themselves in a grove of trees in the Digital World. The place had changed since the year before. It was repaired by Owikawa's spirit and still remained intact.
"Looks like we've arrived in the forest of File Island," TK observed. "The place where we landed the first time we came here from that summer camp."
"Yeah," sighed Kari. She hadn't been there the first time they had arrived in the DigiWorld.
"Hey, come on," TK smiled. "Let's go find Gennai's house. He'll know what to do."
"Right!" Kari replied.
"DIGIARMOR ENERGIZE!" they both yelled.
"Gatomon Armor digivolve to...Nefertimon, Angel of Light!"
"Patamon Armor digivolve to...Pegasusmon, Flying Hope!"
The two digidestined rode on their armor digimon to the direction of Gennai's House on the Server Continent.
After several hours of flight, the two crossed the ocean and reached the continent of Server. After flying for another hour or so, they landed at a forested area next to a river. "That's good. I'm tired," huffed Kari. TK looked at his watch. (Yes, he has a watch!) It read 10:27 PM.
"Well, this should be a nice place to camp out," sighed TK.
"Yeah. We used to need to do this when we were eight, remember?" Kari smiled.
"How could I forget?" TK laughed. Pegasusmon and Nefertimon reverted back to Patamon and Gatomon. "Hey, I'll get some wood!" Patamon offered. "Me too!" Gatomon yelled. The two digimon ran off. TK began chuckling at them as he sat down next to a tree.
"What's so funny?" asked Kari, sitting down next to him.
"Nothing. It's just that, well, have you seen the way our partners are inseparable at times? If I didn't know better, I'd say they were..."
"TK!" Kari interrupted, shoving him playfully. "Our digimon aren't like that! If they were, then wouldn't we be?"
"It was just a thought," TK laughed, setting down the DigiSword. Just then, the two of them blushed, realizing what they both had just said. Crickets sould be heard chirping as the two stared at each other. "Hey Kari. You cold?" asked TK in his normal, friendly tone.
"A little, I guess," Kari replied. TK put his arm around her shoulder. "That better?" he smiled. Kari nodded and rested her head on his shoulder. TK looked down at the katana he had set a couple meters away. He reached out with his foot and pulled it towards him.
"Hey TK?" asked Kari. "I really need to know something."
"*yawn* What?" he asked.
"I told you not to get involved in my problem with the Dark Ocean again. I didn't want you to get hurt. But...even after I said the reason was because I care for you, you still came. Why?"
"I told you already, Kari. I would've broken a promise to Sora I made during our fight against Piedmon. Did you forget?"
"No, TK. I didn't. I just wanted to know the real reason you came to rescue me."
"Um, that was the reason," TK answered.
"Oh," Kari said coldly as she looked down at her feet. "I thought there was some other reason, but it was silly for me to even think that reason was possible."
"Kari, what did you want to hear?" asked TK. "All I need to say right now is that I care for you and I wouldn't be able to live it down if something bad happened to you. I was still able to protect you, Kari. If I didn't do anything, what kind of friend would I be? Me, not able to protect the girl I l..." TK stopped in mid-sentence.
"The girl you what?" asked Kari.
"Nothing. It's nothing. But you're my best friend, Kari. Nothing can ever change that, and I'll always be here to protect you." Kari smiled at him. Just then, Patamon and Gatomon came back with the wood. "Hi guys!" Kari called, getting up. "Got the wood?"
"Yup," chirped Patamon. "Now we need to start a fire. Any ideas how?"
"How did we do it before?" aske Gatomon.
"Agumon would always use his Pepper Breath," yawned TK. "We need to make a spark or something."
"Like how?" asked Patamon.
"I've got some flint from when I was ten," said Kari, pulling a rock out of her pocket. "Found it on the sidewalk. But we need some metal or something to strike it upon."
TK's eyes brightened as he picked up the Katana. "Will this do?" he asked. Kari smiled. "You always find a way, don't you?"
The flames flickered as Patamon and Gatomon fell asleep, with the cat using the bat-pig as a pillow. Kari and TK stayed awake. "TK, now that you hold the DigiSword, what will you do?"
"I'll do my best to protect you with it," he replied. "I don't want to summon Destiny everytime we're in danger. We have our own digimon for that. But, when worse comes to worse, well..."
"You don't need to finish," Kari smiled. "The DigiSword is strong. I'm sure you'll put it to good use." Kari sat down and rested her head on TK's shoulder as she had done earlier. TK slung his arm over her shoulder and rested his head on hers. "It's gonna be a while before we get back, isn't it?" asked TK.
"Yes, but I can't think of anyone I'd rather be stuck with," Kari smiled. TK blushed. "Um, goodnight Kari."
"Goodnight, TK," Kari yawned. Both fell asleep in each other's arms. The flames died out, and a few inseccts could be heard rustling around the two cildren and their digimon as they slept.
*****
Everyone lay huddled in Tai's room. Tai had a big Digidestined meeting arranged, and everyone had decided to stay over. The seventeen-year-old stood on the balcony in his sleeping clothes, looking out at the streets of Tokyo. "This is too much," he said to himself. "First, my sister gets sucked into the Dark Ocean with no way to get back, and now this Neo-Emperor is doing who-knows-what out there. Everything is just going wrong."
"Penny for your thoughts?" asked a female voice from behind Tai. It was Sora. "Couldn't sleep either, huh Tai?"
"You kidding? That Davis snores louder than a lawnmower!"
Sora giggled. "Hey, Tai. So, what are you thinking about all alone out here?"
"You know, about Kari. And the dark emperor. Damn, I wish I knew more of what was going on, but no." Sora walked over next to Tai.
"Kari will be fine, Tai. She's gotten out before. And TK's with her right now. Everything will be okay."
"OKAY?!" he yelled. "How can anything be okay when my sister and her best friend are trapped in another dimension with that freaky guy they put there!"
"You mean Daemon?" asked Sora.
"Yeah, him," Tai spat.
"Look, Tai. I'm sure TK will do everything in his power to protect Kari."
"What if it's not enough?"
"Tai, I'm sorry, but I really need to do this," Sora sighed. She then slapped him hard in the face.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" yelled Tai.
"Look at you, Tai. Your courage and faith has left you! What happened to the Tai Kamiya that saved me from Datamon's Pyramid? You've lost total faith in yourself and your sister!" Tai stared up at Sora.
"Listen, Sora. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell. You're right. Kari's strong, and so is TK. They'll make it through." Sora smiled. Tai got up and looked at her. "Thank you, Sora."
"Tai, I'm sorry for hitting you, but..."
"It was the medicine I needed, Sora. And thanks for giving it to me." Sora moved closer to Tai and put her hand on top of his. Their eyes met, and they drew ever closer to each other. Sora wrapped her arms around Tai's neck, and he pulled her closer to him by her waist. Their lips locked, and both closed their eyes as their tongues found their way into the other's mouth.
From what seemed like forever, the two finally separated. "Looks like I'll be seeing you more often," Tai smiled. Sora laughed, and then walked back to Kari's room. Tai looked back to Tokyo before going back inside. "Take care of her, TK. I'm couting on you."
*****
Later...
TK woke up the next morning as the sun rose over the Server Continent. Life once again arose in the Digital World. "Hey, Kari. Wake up," he whispered into the girl's ear. Kari slowly opened her eyes to find herself facing TK. She quickly got up. "Sorry," she sputtered out, blushing. TK laughed and picked up the DigiSword.
"No problem. Anyway, I'll go with Patamon to gather some food. You can stay here with Gatomon." Kari nodded. As TK began to leave, there was a rustling in the bushes behind him. "Who's there?" he yelled. Right then, a scythe sliced through the trees. TK jumped back. "Who are you?" he demanded.
"My name is Phantomon," he replied. "I have come for the Child of Light!"
"What? No way!" TK yelled. Phantomon chuckled as he signaled two Bakemon to come out of hiding, holding two exhausted Digimon.
"Patamon! Gatomon!" Kari yelled as she saw them.
"The two munchkins put up quite a struggle. But we took care of them," Phantomon explained. "Bakemon, set them at their feet." The two ghost digimon put Patamon and Gatomon at the feet of their human partners. TK and Kari picked up their digimon and held them close.
"Why don't you make it easy and surrender to us? Then, we can take the Child of Light, and destroy her Hope." Kari looked horrified at TK. Would he really try to kill him?
"We won't surrender!" TK yelled. "We've been through to much to surrender now!" Phantomon laughed at this.
Phantomon laughed. "You may come out now!" There was a huge rustling in the trees behind TK and Kari. A huge spider came crashing through the undergrowth. A Dokugumon.
"Now, Dokugumon! Attack!" yelled Phantomon.
"POISON THREAD!" she cried, many strings of purple thread came out of her mouth. TK realized the attack was heading for Kari. "LOOK OUT!" he cried, and pushed out of the way. Kari reamined unharmed, but TK took the full force of the blow.
"NO!" Kari cried. TK collapsed in pain, breathing heavily. Phantomon chuckled, and flung a Ball and Chain around Kari's neck, restraining her. "Now, Child of Light, you will come with me!"
"NO! TK!" Kari kept crying as she struggled to break free of Phantomon's grasp. "TK!"
TK barely opened his eyes to hear Kari's screams. "Ka..ri..." he managed to choke. "No..." He then closed his eyes again and fell over, Patamon clutched tightly in his arms and Digisword still in his belt.
"Oh, and take care of that pest over there," Phantomon commanded Bakemon. He flew over and chucked TK into the river, sending him downstream.
"He won't be much more of a nuisance anymore," Phantomon laughed. Kari stared with teary eyes in horror as her best friend floated down the river. "NOOOOOOO!"
"Now, Child of Light, please come this way," Phantomon commanded. Kari unwillingly went with Phantomon, still looking back at the place where TK fell.
"TK, I'm sorry," she said to no one. "I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I-I love you..."
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Cliffhanger! Ouch, that stings! Well, I hope this ending isn't as corny as the last one was. So whaddya think? I know, it's kind of a weird story, but all these ideas keep popping up. Please review, and the Next chapter will be up soon.
The DigiSword
Chapter 9: Sacrifices
TK and Kari found themselves in a grove of trees in the Digital World. The place had changed since the year before. It was repaired by Owikawa's spirit and still remained intact.
"Looks like we've arrived in the forest of File Island," TK observed. "The place where we landed the first time we came here from that summer camp."
"Yeah," sighed Kari. She hadn't been there the first time they had arrived in the DigiWorld.
"Hey, come on," TK smiled. "Let's go find Gennai's house. He'll know what to do."
"Right!" Kari replied.
"DIGIARMOR ENERGIZE!" they both yelled.
"Gatomon Armor digivolve to...Nefertimon, Angel of Light!"
"Patamon Armor digivolve to...Pegasusmon, Flying Hope!"
The two digidestined rode on their armor digimon to the direction of Gennai's House on the Server Continent.
After several hours of flight, the two crossed the ocean and reached the continent of Server. After flying for another hour or so, they landed at a forested area next to a river. "That's good. I'm tired," huffed Kari. TK looked at his watch. (Yes, he has a watch!) It read 10:27 PM.
"Well, this should be a nice place to camp out," sighed TK.
"Yeah. We used to need to do this when we were eight, remember?" Kari smiled.
"How could I forget?" TK laughed. Pegasusmon and Nefertimon reverted back to Patamon and Gatomon. "Hey, I'll get some wood!" Patamon offered. "Me too!" Gatomon yelled. The two digimon ran off. TK began chuckling at them as he sat down next to a tree.
"What's so funny?" asked Kari, sitting down next to him.
"Nothing. It's just that, well, have you seen the way our partners are inseparable at times? If I didn't know better, I'd say they were..."
"TK!" Kari interrupted, shoving him playfully. "Our digimon aren't like that! If they were, then wouldn't we be?"
"It was just a thought," TK laughed, setting down the DigiSword. Just then, the two of them blushed, realizing what they both had just said. Crickets sould be heard chirping as the two stared at each other. "Hey Kari. You cold?" asked TK in his normal, friendly tone.
"A little, I guess," Kari replied. TK put his arm around her shoulder. "That better?" he smiled. Kari nodded and rested her head on his shoulder. TK looked down at the katana he had set a couple meters away. He reached out with his foot and pulled it towards him.
"Hey TK?" asked Kari. "I really need to know something."
"*yawn* What?" he asked.
"I told you not to get involved in my problem with the Dark Ocean again. I didn't want you to get hurt. But...even after I said the reason was because I care for you, you still came. Why?"
"I told you already, Kari. I would've broken a promise to Sora I made during our fight against Piedmon. Did you forget?"
"No, TK. I didn't. I just wanted to know the real reason you came to rescue me."
"Um, that was the reason," TK answered.
"Oh," Kari said coldly as she looked down at her feet. "I thought there was some other reason, but it was silly for me to even think that reason was possible."
"Kari, what did you want to hear?" asked TK. "All I need to say right now is that I care for you and I wouldn't be able to live it down if something bad happened to you. I was still able to protect you, Kari. If I didn't do anything, what kind of friend would I be? Me, not able to protect the girl I l..." TK stopped in mid-sentence.
"The girl you what?" asked Kari.
"Nothing. It's nothing. But you're my best friend, Kari. Nothing can ever change that, and I'll always be here to protect you." Kari smiled at him. Just then, Patamon and Gatomon came back with the wood. "Hi guys!" Kari called, getting up. "Got the wood?"
"Yup," chirped Patamon. "Now we need to start a fire. Any ideas how?"
"How did we do it before?" aske Gatomon.
"Agumon would always use his Pepper Breath," yawned TK. "We need to make a spark or something."
"Like how?" asked Patamon.
"I've got some flint from when I was ten," said Kari, pulling a rock out of her pocket. "Found it on the sidewalk. But we need some metal or something to strike it upon."
TK's eyes brightened as he picked up the Katana. "Will this do?" he asked. Kari smiled. "You always find a way, don't you?"
The flames flickered as Patamon and Gatomon fell asleep, with the cat using the bat-pig as a pillow. Kari and TK stayed awake. "TK, now that you hold the DigiSword, what will you do?"
"I'll do my best to protect you with it," he replied. "I don't want to summon Destiny everytime we're in danger. We have our own digimon for that. But, when worse comes to worse, well..."
"You don't need to finish," Kari smiled. "The DigiSword is strong. I'm sure you'll put it to good use." Kari sat down and rested her head on TK's shoulder as she had done earlier. TK slung his arm over her shoulder and rested his head on hers. "It's gonna be a while before we get back, isn't it?" asked TK.
"Yes, but I can't think of anyone I'd rather be stuck with," Kari smiled. TK blushed. "Um, goodnight Kari."
"Goodnight, TK," Kari yawned. Both fell asleep in each other's arms. The flames died out, and a few inseccts could be heard rustling around the two cildren and their digimon as they slept.
*****
Everyone lay huddled in Tai's room. Tai had a big Digidestined meeting arranged, and everyone had decided to stay over. The seventeen-year-old stood on the balcony in his sleeping clothes, looking out at the streets of Tokyo. "This is too much," he said to himself. "First, my sister gets sucked into the Dark Ocean with no way to get back, and now this Neo-Emperor is doing who-knows-what out there. Everything is just going wrong."
"Penny for your thoughts?" asked a female voice from behind Tai. It was Sora. "Couldn't sleep either, huh Tai?"
"You kidding? That Davis snores louder than a lawnmower!"
Sora giggled. "Hey, Tai. So, what are you thinking about all alone out here?"
"You know, about Kari. And the dark emperor. Damn, I wish I knew more of what was going on, but no." Sora walked over next to Tai.
"Kari will be fine, Tai. She's gotten out before. And TK's with her right now. Everything will be okay."
"OKAY?!" he yelled. "How can anything be okay when my sister and her best friend are trapped in another dimension with that freaky guy they put there!"
"You mean Daemon?" asked Sora.
"Yeah, him," Tai spat.
"Look, Tai. I'm sure TK will do everything in his power to protect Kari."
"What if it's not enough?"
"Tai, I'm sorry, but I really need to do this," Sora sighed. She then slapped him hard in the face.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" yelled Tai.
"Look at you, Tai. Your courage and faith has left you! What happened to the Tai Kamiya that saved me from Datamon's Pyramid? You've lost total faith in yourself and your sister!" Tai stared up at Sora.
"Listen, Sora. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell. You're right. Kari's strong, and so is TK. They'll make it through." Sora smiled. Tai got up and looked at her. "Thank you, Sora."
"Tai, I'm sorry for hitting you, but..."
"It was the medicine I needed, Sora. And thanks for giving it to me." Sora moved closer to Tai and put her hand on top of his. Their eyes met, and they drew ever closer to each other. Sora wrapped her arms around Tai's neck, and he pulled her closer to him by her waist. Their lips locked, and both closed their eyes as their tongues found their way into the other's mouth.
From what seemed like forever, the two finally separated. "Looks like I'll be seeing you more often," Tai smiled. Sora laughed, and then walked back to Kari's room. Tai looked back to Tokyo before going back inside. "Take care of her, TK. I'm couting on you."
*****
Later...
TK woke up the next morning as the sun rose over the Server Continent. Life once again arose in the Digital World. "Hey, Kari. Wake up," he whispered into the girl's ear. Kari slowly opened her eyes to find herself facing TK. She quickly got up. "Sorry," she sputtered out, blushing. TK laughed and picked up the DigiSword.
"No problem. Anyway, I'll go with Patamon to gather some food. You can stay here with Gatomon." Kari nodded. As TK began to leave, there was a rustling in the bushes behind him. "Who's there?" he yelled. Right then, a scythe sliced through the trees. TK jumped back. "Who are you?" he demanded.
"My name is Phantomon," he replied. "I have come for the Child of Light!"
"What? No way!" TK yelled. Phantomon chuckled as he signaled two Bakemon to come out of hiding, holding two exhausted Digimon.
"Patamon! Gatomon!" Kari yelled as she saw them.
"The two munchkins put up quite a struggle. But we took care of them," Phantomon explained. "Bakemon, set them at their feet." The two ghost digimon put Patamon and Gatomon at the feet of their human partners. TK and Kari picked up their digimon and held them close.
"Why don't you make it easy and surrender to us? Then, we can take the Child of Light, and destroy her Hope." Kari looked horrified at TK. Would he really try to kill him?
"We won't surrender!" TK yelled. "We've been through to much to surrender now!" Phantomon laughed at this.
Phantomon laughed. "You may come out now!" There was a huge rustling in the trees behind TK and Kari. A huge spider came crashing through the undergrowth. A Dokugumon.
"Now, Dokugumon! Attack!" yelled Phantomon.
"POISON THREAD!" she cried, many strings of purple thread came out of her mouth. TK realized the attack was heading for Kari. "LOOK OUT!" he cried, and pushed out of the way. Kari reamined unharmed, but TK took the full force of the blow.
"NO!" Kari cried. TK collapsed in pain, breathing heavily. Phantomon chuckled, and flung a Ball and Chain around Kari's neck, restraining her. "Now, Child of Light, you will come with me!"
"NO! TK!" Kari kept crying as she struggled to break free of Phantomon's grasp. "TK!"
TK barely opened his eyes to hear Kari's screams. "Ka..ri..." he managed to choke. "No..." He then closed his eyes again and fell over, Patamon clutched tightly in his arms and Digisword still in his belt.
"Oh, and take care of that pest over there," Phantomon commanded Bakemon. He flew over and chucked TK into the river, sending him downstream.
"He won't be much more of a nuisance anymore," Phantomon laughed. Kari stared with teary eyes in horror as her best friend floated down the river. "NOOOOOOO!"
"Now, Child of Light, please come this way," Phantomon commanded. Kari unwillingly went with Phantomon, still looking back at the place where TK fell.
"TK, I'm sorry," she said to no one. "I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I-I love you..."
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Cliffhanger! Ouch, that stings! Well, I hope this ending isn't as corny as the last one was. So whaddya think? I know, it's kind of a weird story, but all these ideas keep popping up. Please review, and the Next chapter will be up soon.