Disclaimer: I don't own digimon

It was a sunny day out. The sun had risen high. I was sitting one a park bench. The wind was blowing in my hair. I looked along the path and noticed a couple of children playing, a boy and a girl. They couldn't have been more than three years old. I couldn't help but smile.

"Innocent aren't they? I could watch them play all day."

I turned to my left to see a tall teenager, my friend, sitting next to me. He wore a black cap but I could still see his dark bluish black hair stick out in certain places.

"Yeah they are." The smaller boy and girl started chasing each other around the swings. "But you can't, cause you're not real." I turned my head to look at my friend. The cap was gone and so was my friend. I stood up from the bench and proceeded to walk toward the big yellow slide. Those were always my favorite. "I miss you, you know that Ryo."

"I know you do, but what can you do." A teenage boy wearing baggy pants and a gray shirt smiled as he is walking along side me. "That is the question I suppose?" He smiled.

"I'm just.afraid, so much is expected of me what if I fail?" I stop and face Ryo. He changed his clothes. He's now wearing a black suite with a dark moron tie. "I don't want anymore people to get hurt." My eyes get all watery and I can feel a tear slide down my cheek. Ryo raised his right hand and brushed it away. I closed my eyes and felt his cold hands.

Down by the swings the little boy tripped and scrapped his knee on the sidewalk. "For the whole to survive, a few must be sacrificed." He said in a very emotionless tone. I opened my eyes again and watched him as he disappeared in a ball of light. I continued my journey to the big yellow slide.

When I got there a teenage girl slid down the slide. She took out a scrunchy and tied her short red hair into a ponytail, stood up and dusted off her jeans.

"Hey girl." I sat down at the bottom of the slide. "What do you think I should do?"

She looked at me and put her hand on her chin. "Hmmm.it's a tough call girl. If you continue on your path you put us in harms way but if you give up they have died in vain." She pointed to two figures behind me, which I could not look at.

I looked up at Rika and sighed. "So I have no choice in the matter." She shook her head.

"You always have a choice. We say there is no choice only to comfort ourselves with the decision we have already made."

"I've got to stop watching T.V." "That too." She smiled. I looked down at the sand beneath my feet.

"So you ready yet."

"No, not yet give me a moment." I looked over to the children. The boy was crying and cradling his left knee. The girl approached him and handed him a yellow daisy. He stopped crying and just looked at it. "Now I'm ready." A hand appeared in front of me. I confidently took it. "Thanks TK."

"No problem." He smiled at me. As I stood up everything around us turned into a bright white light and then my entire body grew limp and tired.

I groaned as I opened my eyes. Dazed and confused I looked around and stretch my arms in the air. I'm on a couch with several pillows and blankets. TK, where is he. I panicked but was relieved to find him lying against the couch. I slowly get up trying not to disturb him. He needs as much sleep as he can get. When I finally stand up and stretch my legs I notice two sets of clothes along with towels on the carpet next TK. I took what looked liked the ones intended for me and headed to the bathroom. Oh m god the shower felt good. I don't think I've had a decent shower for months. I let the hot water just stream down my body, washing all the dirt and sweat away. If only it could wash away other things. After what seemed like an eternity I step out, grab the towel, dry every aching muscle and bruise and put on the fresh set of clothes. After, I reached into my old clothes and pulled out my blue scrunchy and put my hair up in a ponytail.

When I left the bathroom a saw a girl at the end of the hall leaving the room TK was in. She looked about my age, average height, shoulder length brown hair and eyes. She was looking at me intensely. I could see the determination in her eyes. Could this be the girl TK talked about? What was her name? Kathy, Carrie, no Kari that's it. Could this be her? She took a few steps closer and looked me in the eyes.

"TK's still asleep. We need to talk." She said as she walked past me and into what I presumed to be her room. I shrugged and followed her after all if this was Kari then we definitely needed to talk.

A/n: I hope that cleared up some questions, however this chapter probably created more questions than answers. Oh well I guess you'll just have to keep reading to find out.