Good's Failure! Hope and Light Is Lost

Chapter Five

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: 1500

TK waited patiently at the entrance of the school for Kari. She was suppose to meet him at two o' clock, which was an hour ago. Why was she late? And she didn't even call him to let him know that she was going to be late. She said nothing to him about having anything to do this morning. They just agreed to meet each other at entrance of the school at breakfast time and they went out on their own. He had notice a slight difference in Kari ever since the day she confronted Dark. They never got an answer out of him. He just stood and left without saying anything to them. She hadn't been acting herself ever since then.

"Whadaya' doing here, Takeru," A friendly, feminine voice asked.

TK turned towards the voice and could have sworn that the person before him was an angel from heaven. He gulped, nervous. "Hey, Katharine," he asked nervously. He could feel his heart hammering against his chest. His breathing increased. His friend he had met in France was just breath-taking. There was no other way to describe her. Unless you counted drop-dead-gorgeous as another, but not everybody would think she was that pretty. "What brings you to school on a Sunday afternoon?" He managed to ask casually.

"I was on my way to the café for a drink." Katharine answered, sitting down on the waist high wall. "What brings you to school on a Sunday afternoon?" She asked him with a smile. She wasn't being totally honest with him, but what did that matter? A little dishonesty for this matter wouldn't harm anyone.

"I'm waiting for Kari," TK answered with a shrug. He wasn't even sure whether she was going to show or not.  Why was she so late? But it didn't matter anymore. His mind was now on a different matter. One hundred percent of his mind was now on the breath-taking girl besides him. All thoughts of Kari were tossed aside and he was focused on Katharine and nobody else.

"What time was she suppose to meet you here?"

"Ahhh," he didn't want to tell her the truth for that question. "Doesn't matter," he said with another shrug of his shoulders. "I was waiting for Kari, but she called and said that she wasn't coming. She said that she had some things she needed to take care of." TK lied. She knew how long he had wanted to go out with Katharine. She would understand if she came and found him gone. Sure, they were suppose to be a couple, but he couldn't let this opportunity slip right pass him.

"Perfect," Katharine leaned over and gave TK a quick peck on the cheek. "Do you mind walking me to the café and having a drink with me? I really don't fancy being alone on a Sunday afternoon like this. We can talk, have a few laughs, and then we can go and do some stuff together." Katharine's eyes widen in shock. "Oh, I'm sorry. I forget that you and Kari are a couple. I wouldn't want to cause trouble between the two of you."

TK honestly felt like killing both Tai and Kari. If they were the cause of him missing a chance with Katharine he would never be able to forgive them. "I'm sure Kari wouldn't mind if I hung out with a friend," he didn't like the last word he said. Kari was a great girl and all, but she was just his best friend and always will be. Besides, he knew that Kari thought of him the exact same way.

"Friends?" Katharine asked with a cocked head. "I thought we were more than that."

TK's mouth slowly fell open. Did she really think that they were more than friends? But then why did she mention him and Kari being a couple? Was she saying that she thought they were more than friends and he had betrayed her and gone for Kari? But they had never been really that best of friends. He hardly talked with her. They never ever hung out together, of course, without the company of their other friends. What did she mean by that last sentence she said? Did she want to be more than friends with him? She was starting to confuse him.

"Forget what I said." Katharine got off the wall. "Shall we?" She said, stretching out her hand.

TK smiled and took her hand. This was the moment he had been waiting for ever since she had moved over to Japan. He wouldn't allow himself to mess this up just because she was starting to confuse him. It wasn't just what she said. He was starting to have unsure feelings about Kari. What he was now feeling wasn't just friendship, it was much more. But he wasn't going to let that interfere with anything. He would figure it out some other time. He finally has his chance with Katharine and he wasn't going to let it pass by.

"TK," Kari's voice called.

TK turned around, saw Kari, and released Katharine's hand. "Kari," TK said nervously. He told Katharine that Kari called and said she wasn't coming. Now he was really in deep trouble. "What are you doing here? I thought you said you couldn't make it." TK's eyes pleaded her to play along. He knew that she knew that he had wanted a chance with Katharine for a very long time. He only agreed to pretend to be Kari's boyfriend because he knew he didn't have a chance with Katharine. But here was his chance.

Kari's chest started to hurt, she didn't know why. "I couldn't, but I couldn't simply ditch my boyfriend either. Now could I, Katharine?" Kari asked, giving Katharine a look and was paid back with the same look. Whenever TK was involved with anything, they couldn't seem to get along. If they were talking about TK or Katharine brought up TK in a conversation they usually started fighting with words. If TK was around they didn't get along, but tried their best to keep their cool.

TK felt the tension between the two females. He really hoped they wouldn't end up in a cat fight. He knew that Kari was being the way she was being because she cared for him. She seemed awfully convinced that Katharine would drop him if he dated her. He wasn't sure why Katharine was being the way she was being right now though. He had to find some way to break the two up. "Kari, why don't you tag along?" He didn't want her too, but there was no other way he could sort this out.

Kari shook her head. She smiled at him and Katharine. "I'm sorry, TK," For keeping you from being with Katharine, she wanted to add but kept it to herself. Whether she liked it or not... she was in... no! She wouldn't allow herself to be. He was her best friend, making the wrong move could cost her a friend. She wasn't going to let anything jeopardize their friendship. Even if it meant keeping away from him and letting him go to another girl. He would still be her best friend. He probably would ditch her a few times because of Katharine, but at least he would be still there for her. Face it, he didn't have a choice. They lived in the same house, same room.

"Sorry for what?" TK said, confused.

Their pretend relationship would end tomorrow afternoon at school. She would break up with him at the cafeteria for all to see - in front of her schoolmates, in front of her friends, and in front of Katharine. TK would then be able to have the relationship with Katharine that he had always wanted. She would get out of his way before he hated her for making him lose someone he cared deeply for. He cared deeply for her, but it would never be more than friendship. At least with Katharine, he cared for her and it would probably become love in the future. She wished there was another way, but she couldn't think of another way. This was the only way.

"You'll find out tomorrow." Kari said softly so he wouldn't hear the sadness in her voice. "You go on with Katharine," she said, nodding her head towards the blonde besides him. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do," Kari joked. "Do you think you'll be coming home for dinner? Or are you going to book a room at a hotel and stay there with Katharine tonight," she had to keep the jokes going. Otherwise she wasn't going to make it.

TK couldn't help but blush. "Kari, quit joking around. I'll call you to let you know whether I'll be home for dinner."

"Okay," Kari smiled at him. "I'll talk to you later then."

~*~*~*~*~

MONDAY AFTERNOON: 1600

She wasn't going to let it end this way. She was going to break up with TK if it was the last thing she did. In this case, it just might be the very last thing she did. But it would be kind of stupid. There they are, on the brink of death, and she goes up to TK and breaks up with him and tells him that he would be able to date Katharine now. He probably would think that she was crazy to bring that up at this time. She tried to break up with him at the cafeteria, but a there were too many distractions and she forgot. She then tried to break up with him after school, but a Digimon just had to be rampaging through the school. They fought a good battle, but they were losing.

"Kari, are you okay?" TK asked through gritted teeth because of the pain in his side. He had taken a portion of the blow that was meant for HolyAngemon. They were going to lose whether they liked it or not. HolyAngemon was lying unconscious on the ground not far away. Angewomon was lying unconscious besides him. Imperialdramon was struggling to get onto his feet on top of a building. The rest of the Digimon were either down or trying their best to get up. The Frontier gang was all back to their human forms, all breathing hard and leaning against the wall. Things were looking good for the good side.

"You cannot defeat the New Breed," the little faerie looking Digimon side. It looked like it was just an In-training but it was actually in Champion. Nobody could figure out how so many higher levels could not defeat a Digimon just in its Champion form. "Master has made sure we would be unbeatable," the Digimon's smirk that he had on his face was replaced with a frown. "Mandermon's death..."

"Was for the better," a voice said from behind the Digidestineds.

They all looked behind to see Dark standing op top of a building.

Kari couldn't help but smile. He actually came. She had asked him to come before she started running after her friends who were headed for the rampaging Digimon. He only looked at her for no more than five seconds, turned, and left without a word. "Dark, you came!" Kari said; her spirits lifted.

Dark just took a quick glance at her. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a device. "Why don't we even this fight?" Dark suggested to the Digimon. "Advance to your Ultimate form." His voice wasn't worried or shaky. He sounded confident that this Digimon was just a loser and he was going to win for sure.

"What!" All of the Digidestineds exclaimed.

The Digimon smiled. "Why not?" The Digimon flew into the air. "Faremon digivolves to... Farmamon!" The Digimon turned into something that looked a cross between a faerie and some sort of beast. "The scores are even human," the Digimon said. "Shall we fight?"

"Darkmon, attack!" Dark tossed over his shoulder.

The Digimon who had saved the Digidestineds before jumped out from behind Dark.

"How dare you insult me by asking me to Digivolve to a higher level and then send out a rookie?" Farmamon asked angrily. "You shall pay!" The Digimon yelled as he launched himself towards Darkmon.

Darkmon smirked. "Heat Laser!" A red beam came out from the red mark on his face.

The beam hit Farmamon, he screamed in pain, and then turned to loose bits of data. 

"Data store!" Darkmon absorbed the Digimon's data.

"Simple fights I don't want." Dark said to Kari. "Next time you ask me to tag along make sure it takes me more than one hit to destroy it." He turned his back to them. "Darkmon," he called. The dog like Digimon jumped over to Dark's side. "Your Digimons are all losers," he said as he put the device in his hand back into his pocket. "Ja, then," he lifted his hand in farewell and walked off with Darkmon.

At his words, everyone gasped in shock. Just because they were losing didn't mean he had a right to say that they were all losers. Even a winner sometimes loses. Not everybody always wins. What gave this guy the right to call them losers just because they lost one fight? Okay, maybe two. That guy was worse than they thought. They just thought that he preferred to be alone then with people and that was why his personality at school was the way it was. But this gave them a whole new opinion about him.

"Come on, guys," Kari said. "I'm sure he meant it in a good way." Kari said, a bit unsure of her own words.

"Like how?" They all asked.

Kari shrugged and forced herself to stand. "I dunno." She stretched out her hand at TK, offering help. He took it and she pulled him up. Their Digimon partners had devolved and came running over to them. Kari picked up Salamon and TK picked up Tokomon. It had been a while since they last saw their partners in this form. "Anybody dead?"

"No, but I think we better check." Davis said in reply. "Yolei, Cody, Ken, Takato, Rika, Henry, Ryo, Takuya, Kouji, Zoe, J.P., Tommy," he called each name and it was answered. "Make sure all your partners are still alive. I don't want to have to call their names." Davis picked up Chicomon. "I think we all need a vacation from all this fighting."

"Agreed!" Everybody responded.

"TK!" A female voice yelled.

TK turned around to see Katharine and Floramon running towards them. Just at the sight of her he didn't feel the pain that had been afflicted upon him anymore. "Hey," he said weakly with a smile. Okay, so he could still feel the pain in his side. "You missed the battle," TK said, looking around at the destroyed area. "I was wondering where you were when we left. But I have to admit that I'm glad you missed this battle," TK said, scratching the back of his head. "I don't want anything bad to happen to you," he said, slightly blushing.

"Oh, TK," Katharine said. "You're so sweet." She said, hugging him.

"Oh, TK," Kari mimicked in disgust. "You're so sweet." Kari muttered. Salamon could only smile at Kari's mimicked words of disgust. "Who does she think she is?" Kari asked herself angrily. "He's my boyfriend. Okay, so we're just pretending," she admitted. "But he's still my boyfriend in a way." Kari didn't realize she was strangling Salamon till a certain someone told her she was.

"Kari, you're killing Salamon." Katharine informed.

Kari looked down and quickly released Salamon from her deadly grip. "Sorry," Kari apologized. She hated herself right then and there. She was jealous. How could she be this jealous as to almost kill her partner Digimon after almost being killed by evil? Things weren't looking good. First, there was this so called 'New Breed' of Digimon. Second, Dark thought they were all losers and probably wouldn't hang with them because of it. Thirdly, she was becoming jealous over her best friend who was just pretending to be her boyfriend because of her good for nothing brother! What in the world was wrong with her?

"TK," Kari called. She was going to break up with him here, in front of everybody.

"Yeah, Kari?"

"Things between us aren't--."

TK knew what she was doing and he wasn't about to let her do it. "I perfectly agree," he interrupted her. "This would buy him enough time to come up with something. Usually, a person would say that but not really understand what the other person was trying to say but he knew perfectly what she was trying to say and he wasn't going to let her so he was going to make her think that he did know what she was about to say but he actually didn't know what she was about to say but he actually did know what she was going to say. He was starting to confuse himself.

"You do?" Kari asked in shock and disbelief.

"Yes, of course," he lied. "And I agree with you."

She was suppose to be breaking up with him! Not them breaking up with each other! Things definitely weren't looking good. She couldn't allow him to break up with her at the same time she was going to break up with him. Then it would have been a 'broke up with each other' thing. That wasn't going to happen. Wait! He felt the same way? That meant that he didn't want to pretend anymore. It meant he was choosing Katharine.

"Things between us aren't serious enough," TK said. This was the only way to get her to stop from what she was doing. He knew it meant that he would never get a change with Katharine, but he was Kari's friend and he was going to stick with that friendship. He stepped in front of her. "We need to get serious." He said seriously.

His words shocked Kari, Katharine, and the rest of the group.

"TK, that's not--."

TK shook his head as he covered her mouth with his own. The thoughts going through his head were: She is so going to kill me when we get home. They had never kissed in front of anybody before. Except for Davis, who was hiding behind a trash bin and thought that they didn't know he was there. Their first kiss took place the day Kari was brought to the Dark Ocean. This was probably their third kiss. She was definitely going to kill him for kissing her in front of everybody. He was so dead.

~*~*~*~*~

MONDAY NIGHT: 2300

TK had been avoiding Kari since he kissed her. He had broken the kiss, placed a finger to her lips, whispered something into her ear, and ran off. He had heard that she was looking for him on his run and fear came to him as he searched desperately for somewhere to hang. He thought that maybe he would go back in the middle of the night while she was sleeping and wake up extremely early so she would never know that he came home. It wasn't the best plan he had ever come up with but it would have to do. So, now he was just wandering the streets.

"Oh, man," a mocking voice said from behind TK. "How could you kiss her, man?"

TK turned around and saw R.J.

"Sorry, man," R.J. apologize. "I don't choose to read minds, I just do." R.J. walked over to TK. "Best of friends pretending to be a couple, one of them falls in love with the other, he kisses her to stop her from breaking up with him, and is now running from being killed by her. This is really rich, man."

"Ha, ha, very funny," TK said sarcastically.

"Trust me, man," R.J. said placing his hand on TK's shoulder. "Go home, give her another kiss or two before she cane say or do anything and everything will be kay between you two." R.J. patted TK's shoulder. "TK, my man, trust me. I may not have ever had a girlfriend, don't want one, and never will have one but I know. Take it from me, man. I read plenty of women's minds, I think I would know." R.J. waved as he walked away.

To Be Continued