TK entered the Kamiya apartment to find his pregnant girlfriend cleaning the kitchen.
"Hey TK." Kari said with her back turned towards TK. TK hung his jacket up on the hook on the wall and walked up to Kari.
"How'd you know it was me?" He asked as he gave Kari a small kiss on the neck. Kari turned around, and dropped the plates she had been holding.
"HOLY CRAP!" She yelped when she saw TK's hair, now buzzed. "What happened to your hair?!"
"I cut it." TK said with a grin as he ran his hand through his hair.
"I can see that, Takeru." Kari sighed. "Why, is a better question."
"I don't know, just wanted to try something new." TK said with a smile. "You like it, right?"
"Well..." Kari started, "It'll take some getting used to, but I'm pretty sure I can cope with it." She said with a sincere smile. She walked up to TK and wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a light kiss on the lips. All of a sudden TK felt this rush come upon him, and first he thought it was because of Kari's kiss, but then he realized it was much more than that when he began to see things.
He saw Kari walking past a building he didn't recognize, then he saw someone come up behind her and shoot her in the back. He couldn't recognize the man, but he could see his face clearly. Then he saw Kari with her arms around his neck with a worried face.
"TK, are you alright?" She asked. TK started panting and motioned to Kari for water. She gave him a filled glass, and he gulped it down. When he pulled the glass away from his lips, Kari took the glass away from his hand and set it down on the counter and led TK over to the couch, where he fell down exhaustingly.
"TK, what happened?" Kari asked worriedly as she brushed away the hair from TK's face.
"I...Don't...Know." TK said between breaths. "At first I was just kissing you, then I saw you in front of this building, getting shot by some guy." He finished. He stared at the ground for a while, and felt Kari rub his back gently.
"I'm sorry you saw that, TK." She said quietly. She kissed his cheek gently and wrapped her arms around him. A few minutes of silence went by before Kari spoke up.
"Was it like a hot flash, or a day dream?" She asked curiously.
"I don't know what it was." TK answered quietly. He rubbed his hands together in frustration, and tried to remember what he just saw. He closed his eyes, and flashed them right back open.
"Kari," TK started with a new, serious look upon his face, "Don't go outside of the house tonight."
"But-"
"Just don't, ok? I'm serious." TK interrupted.
"Ok...?" Kari said curiously, even though she knew TK wasn't going to tell her anything. TK sat up from the couch and went back over the coat rack and put his jacket back on.
"I have to go. I'll be back soon." TK said quickly. He grabbed his keys and practically ran out the door. He went to his car and drove back to his house and ran through his door.
"REESE!!" He yelled as he closed the door.
"Yes?" Reese said from behind TK. TK whirled around to see the face of this voice, and walked up to him angrily.
"What happened? Why did I see Kari get shot?" TK asked furiously.
"Oh dear..." Reese said quietly to himself.
"What? What happened?" TK asked.
"It appears that you had a premonition." Reese sighed.
"Wait, a premonition? You mean like what the Phoebe girl has on Charmed? Those are real?" TK asked impatiently.
"Yes, and yes." Reese answered calmly. "Listen, do you remember anything vital that happened in that premonition?" He asked.
"You mean besides Kari getting killed?" TK asked sarcastically.
"Yes." Reese answered irritatingly. "How was she killed?"
"She was shot." TK answered.
"Shot? Are you sure?" Reese asked curiously.
"Yeah, shot. Why?" TK asked.
"Well...The Child's enemies don't shoot, they use...Other sources." Reese answered slowly. "Do you know anyone that would want to shoot Kari?" Reese asked.
"No, I do-" TK started before he stopped short. "Oh man." TK said quietly.
"What is it?" Reese asked.
"That Derek guy...The one that raped Kari...The police told us that he had some buddies that might try to get even with Kari for putting Derek in jail." TK said.
"Oh great. Do you remember where the place was that Kari was shot?" Reese asked.
"I...Don't know." TK answered.
"Well try to remember! It's very important!" Reese exclaimed.
"Why? I told Kari to stay at home all day!" TK said.
"Because that probably didn't do very good. Kari is very stubborn. You should know this." Reese sighed. "Just try to remember. Think. Was there anything that you might recognize in the premonition?" He asked. TK closed his eyes and tried to remember the building. It was a gray building, but most of the building was made out of glass that was tinted blue. The building wasn't that recognizable, but then TK remembered a park bench that was sitting down near the street. It had a bus sign in front of it, and the sign said 'bus 17.' TK opened his eyes and looked at Reese.
"I know where it is." He said.
"Good. Go there and keep an eye out for the man you saw attacking Kari, or for Kari herself." Reese instructed.
"But I already told you, Kari was staying home." TK sighed.
"Call her and see." Reese said. TK looked at him curiously, but picked up the phone any way. He dialed Kari's number, and it rang 6 times before he got the answering machine. TK hung up the phone and didn't take his eye sight away from it.
"Kari always answers the phone." He whispered. He turned around to see Reese, but Reese was gone. TK groaned frustratingly, then ran out the door, keys and all.
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Kari, despite TK's order, left her apartment to go buy a book down at the Fahrenheit strip mall. She had just purchased a book and was walking home when she remembered something she forgot to get at the grocers'. She turned down a street and noticed that it was blocked off, and she groaned impatiently. She turned around and was headed hoem when she remembered another way to get to the grocery store. She headed down a street that was in between Nile Records and Fahrenheit Park. She was walking along when she tripped over her unlaced shoe, and groaned. She tied her shoe up, and heard someone yell to her.
"KARI!" TK yelled as he ran up to her.
"TK? What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I...Was..." TK said between breaths before someone came up to him and hit him over the head with their hand.
"TK!" Kari yelled as TK dropped to the ground. The man that hit TK was now pointing a gun at Kari's stomach.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Kari trembled. The man grinned disgustingly at her, and cocked his gun.
"Can't tell ya. But what I can tell ya is you ain't gonna live to see yer BOYFRIEND wake up." He said.
"Please, I-" Kari started, but was cut off by a bullet entering her body. She dropped to the ground and fell unconscious immediately.
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Sir? Sir? Are you ok?" A woman's voice said to the barely conscious TK. TK groaned and brought his hand up to his head and felt a bandage.
"What happened..." He moaned.
"You were knocked unconscious. You had a small cut on your forehead, but nothing serious." The nurse said to him. He sighed and opened his eyes slowly to see his new surroundings. He was inside a hospital room. He closed his eyes and moaned again, then shot up from his bed.
"Where's Kari? Is she ok?" TK asked worriedly.
"By Kari, you mean the girl that was with you?" The nurse asked. TK nodded impatiently.
"She's in surgery." The nurse said. "She was shot, probably by the same person who knocked you out." She walked to TK's side and checked one of machines that TK was attached to.
"Well, it seems you're fine, so you're free to go." The nurse said kindly.
"Thank you, but I think I'm going to wait and see how Kari comes out." He replied. He helped the nurse unhook a couple of monitors from him and got off the bed.
"That's fine. She on the third floor. Ask one of the nurses there for information on her exact location. They'll show you where she's being operated on." The nurse said as she started shutting off some of the machines in the room. TK walked out and headed towards the elevator and grabbed an empty one that was about to close. He pressed the number 3 button, and the door closed and headed to the third floor. He was standing there, impatiently waiting for the door to open, while beating himself up for not leaving sooner. If he had, him and Kari wouldn't be in this mess. The elevator door ringed and opened up to reveal the third floor, and TK walked up to the desk.
"Excuse me, I'm looking for a Hikari Kamiya?" He asked the nurse.
"Are you in relationship to her?" The nurse asked.
"Well, I'm her boyfriend, if that's what you mean." TK asked.
"Finally. We've been trying to get a hold of some family for a while now. I need to ask you a few questions." The nurse said. She got up and around the desk and up to TK with a clipboard in one hand and a pen in the other.
"Do you know if she has any allergies of any sort?" The nurse asked.
"No, she doesn't. Or at least, I don't think so." TK replied. "Look, is she ok?"
"She's in surgery right now. Her condition is critical, and there are some questions on here that might be able to help her out." The nurse replied.
"Ok." TK sighed. The nurse continued to ask TK a couple of questions, asked Tai over the phone a couple of questions, then showed TK the waiting room. TK sat down on one of the chairs and sighed heavily. He locked his eyes on the wall, but wasn't really paying attention to the wall. He was thinking about what Reese had tried to tell him, and why he didn't listen. He closed his eyes and groaned.
"Why couldn't I had used those powers Reese gave me?" He asked himself quietly.
"TK? What happened to Kari? Is she ok?" Tai asked as he ran into the room with Matt at his heels.
"I-" TK started, but then looked over Tai's shoulder at the doctor standing behind him. Tai gave TK a confused look, but then looked over his shoulder and saw the doctor standing there.
"Are you related to Hikari Kamiya?" The doctor asked.
"Yes, I'm her brother." Tai stated.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Reno." The doctor said as he held his hand out. Tai took it, then the doctor motioned for him to sit down.
"Your sister is in very critical condition." Dr. Reno started. "The bullet hit the just below the stomach and caused some internal bleeding. We got control of that, and right now she's ok, but how her condition will become is impossible at this time to tell."
"Oh man..." Tai whispered to himself. He brought his hand up to his mouth and shook his head very lightly and slowly. TK looked away from the doctor and closed his eyes painfully, then opened them back up and looked back at the doctor.
"Is they baby ok?" TK asked Dr. Reno.
"I'm sorry." Dr. Reno sighed quietly. "The baby didn't make it. The bullet entered his skull and killed him instantly."
"No..." TK whispered. Tai started to cry softly, and Matt let a couple of tears roll down his face.
"How could I let this happen." TK said to himself, so quietly that only he would hear. He dropped to his knees and held himself and just let his eyes empty out. Matt sat down on the floor in front of TK and held TK in his arms while TK cried himself to sleep.
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"TK, wake up." Matt said to his sleeping brother. TK opened his eyes slowly and glanced around the room, and noticed it wasn't a familiar place. Then he remembered he was at the hospital.
"Is Kari ok?" TK asked as he sat straight up.
"She's still asleep, but you can go see her." Matt said. TK nodded and stood up from the four chairs he was sleeping on. He shook his tiredness off, then walked out to the hallway and into Kari's hospital room. He looked at the bed she was sleeping on and walked up to her side. The sight of Kari sleeping made TK smile. She was so calm, so peaceful. He gave her a light kiss on the forehead and took her hand in his. He looked at the blankets that were keeping her warm, and his smile faded. Her stomach wasn't bulging.
"Takeru?" Kari whispered as she stirred.
"Yeah, I'm right here." TK whispered into Kari's ear. Kari opened her eyes slowly and looked at TK.
"Oh, you're ok." She whispered with a smile.
"Yeah, I'm fine. How do you feel?" TK asked as he stroked Kari's hair.
"Let's just say I've felt better." Kari chuckled. TK started to chuckle, then began to cough.
"Here, lay down." Kari said as TK was coughing. She scooted over on the bed so TK could lay down. TK stopped coughing, then took Kari's offer and laid down next to her.
"Oh Kari..." TK sighed as he looked into her eyes.
"TK, what's wrong?" Kari asked when she saw sadness in his eyes. TK didn't say anything in reply, but instead took Kari's hand and placed it over her stomach. Kari didn't realize what he was doing at first, but then felt her stomach was flat.
"TK..." Kari said as she started to cry, "What happened to my baby?"
"He's gone, Kari." TK whispered as his voice started to crack from tears.
"What...What do you mean, he's gone?" Kari asked quietly.
"Do you know what happened to you, Kari?" TK asked.
"Only that I was shot." Kari answered quietly.
"Hika...The bullet shot right below your stomach and went..." TK started as his tears started roll down his face. He cleared his throat and finished his sentence. "...It went through the baby's head and killed him right away."
"No..." Kari croaked as she shook her head in disbelief. She brought a hand up to her mouth and started to sob. TK wrapped his arms around Kari and held her close to him while he cried quietly with her.
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"Hey TK." Kari said with her back turned towards TK. TK hung his jacket up on the hook on the wall and walked up to Kari.
"How'd you know it was me?" He asked as he gave Kari a small kiss on the neck. Kari turned around, and dropped the plates she had been holding.
"HOLY CRAP!" She yelped when she saw TK's hair, now buzzed. "What happened to your hair?!"
"I cut it." TK said with a grin as he ran his hand through his hair.
"I can see that, Takeru." Kari sighed. "Why, is a better question."
"I don't know, just wanted to try something new." TK said with a smile. "You like it, right?"
"Well..." Kari started, "It'll take some getting used to, but I'm pretty sure I can cope with it." She said with a sincere smile. She walked up to TK and wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a light kiss on the lips. All of a sudden TK felt this rush come upon him, and first he thought it was because of Kari's kiss, but then he realized it was much more than that when he began to see things.
He saw Kari walking past a building he didn't recognize, then he saw someone come up behind her and shoot her in the back. He couldn't recognize the man, but he could see his face clearly. Then he saw Kari with her arms around his neck with a worried face.
"TK, are you alright?" She asked. TK started panting and motioned to Kari for water. She gave him a filled glass, and he gulped it down. When he pulled the glass away from his lips, Kari took the glass away from his hand and set it down on the counter and led TK over to the couch, where he fell down exhaustingly.
"TK, what happened?" Kari asked worriedly as she brushed away the hair from TK's face.
"I...Don't...Know." TK said between breaths. "At first I was just kissing you, then I saw you in front of this building, getting shot by some guy." He finished. He stared at the ground for a while, and felt Kari rub his back gently.
"I'm sorry you saw that, TK." She said quietly. She kissed his cheek gently and wrapped her arms around him. A few minutes of silence went by before Kari spoke up.
"Was it like a hot flash, or a day dream?" She asked curiously.
"I don't know what it was." TK answered quietly. He rubbed his hands together in frustration, and tried to remember what he just saw. He closed his eyes, and flashed them right back open.
"Kari," TK started with a new, serious look upon his face, "Don't go outside of the house tonight."
"But-"
"Just don't, ok? I'm serious." TK interrupted.
"Ok...?" Kari said curiously, even though she knew TK wasn't going to tell her anything. TK sat up from the couch and went back over the coat rack and put his jacket back on.
"I have to go. I'll be back soon." TK said quickly. He grabbed his keys and practically ran out the door. He went to his car and drove back to his house and ran through his door.
"REESE!!" He yelled as he closed the door.
"Yes?" Reese said from behind TK. TK whirled around to see the face of this voice, and walked up to him angrily.
"What happened? Why did I see Kari get shot?" TK asked furiously.
"Oh dear..." Reese said quietly to himself.
"What? What happened?" TK asked.
"It appears that you had a premonition." Reese sighed.
"Wait, a premonition? You mean like what the Phoebe girl has on Charmed? Those are real?" TK asked impatiently.
"Yes, and yes." Reese answered calmly. "Listen, do you remember anything vital that happened in that premonition?" He asked.
"You mean besides Kari getting killed?" TK asked sarcastically.
"Yes." Reese answered irritatingly. "How was she killed?"
"She was shot." TK answered.
"Shot? Are you sure?" Reese asked curiously.
"Yeah, shot. Why?" TK asked.
"Well...The Child's enemies don't shoot, they use...Other sources." Reese answered slowly. "Do you know anyone that would want to shoot Kari?" Reese asked.
"No, I do-" TK started before he stopped short. "Oh man." TK said quietly.
"What is it?" Reese asked.
"That Derek guy...The one that raped Kari...The police told us that he had some buddies that might try to get even with Kari for putting Derek in jail." TK said.
"Oh great. Do you remember where the place was that Kari was shot?" Reese asked.
"I...Don't know." TK answered.
"Well try to remember! It's very important!" Reese exclaimed.
"Why? I told Kari to stay at home all day!" TK said.
"Because that probably didn't do very good. Kari is very stubborn. You should know this." Reese sighed. "Just try to remember. Think. Was there anything that you might recognize in the premonition?" He asked. TK closed his eyes and tried to remember the building. It was a gray building, but most of the building was made out of glass that was tinted blue. The building wasn't that recognizable, but then TK remembered a park bench that was sitting down near the street. It had a bus sign in front of it, and the sign said 'bus 17.' TK opened his eyes and looked at Reese.
"I know where it is." He said.
"Good. Go there and keep an eye out for the man you saw attacking Kari, or for Kari herself." Reese instructed.
"But I already told you, Kari was staying home." TK sighed.
"Call her and see." Reese said. TK looked at him curiously, but picked up the phone any way. He dialed Kari's number, and it rang 6 times before he got the answering machine. TK hung up the phone and didn't take his eye sight away from it.
"Kari always answers the phone." He whispered. He turned around to see Reese, but Reese was gone. TK groaned frustratingly, then ran out the door, keys and all.
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Kari, despite TK's order, left her apartment to go buy a book down at the Fahrenheit strip mall. She had just purchased a book and was walking home when she remembered something she forgot to get at the grocers'. She turned down a street and noticed that it was blocked off, and she groaned impatiently. She turned around and was headed hoem when she remembered another way to get to the grocery store. She headed down a street that was in between Nile Records and Fahrenheit Park. She was walking along when she tripped over her unlaced shoe, and groaned. She tied her shoe up, and heard someone yell to her.
"KARI!" TK yelled as he ran up to her.
"TK? What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I...Was..." TK said between breaths before someone came up to him and hit him over the head with their hand.
"TK!" Kari yelled as TK dropped to the ground. The man that hit TK was now pointing a gun at Kari's stomach.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Kari trembled. The man grinned disgustingly at her, and cocked his gun.
"Can't tell ya. But what I can tell ya is you ain't gonna live to see yer BOYFRIEND wake up." He said.
"Please, I-" Kari started, but was cut off by a bullet entering her body. She dropped to the ground and fell unconscious immediately.
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Sir? Sir? Are you ok?" A woman's voice said to the barely conscious TK. TK groaned and brought his hand up to his head and felt a bandage.
"What happened..." He moaned.
"You were knocked unconscious. You had a small cut on your forehead, but nothing serious." The nurse said to him. He sighed and opened his eyes slowly to see his new surroundings. He was inside a hospital room. He closed his eyes and moaned again, then shot up from his bed.
"Where's Kari? Is she ok?" TK asked worriedly.
"By Kari, you mean the girl that was with you?" The nurse asked. TK nodded impatiently.
"She's in surgery." The nurse said. "She was shot, probably by the same person who knocked you out." She walked to TK's side and checked one of machines that TK was attached to.
"Well, it seems you're fine, so you're free to go." The nurse said kindly.
"Thank you, but I think I'm going to wait and see how Kari comes out." He replied. He helped the nurse unhook a couple of monitors from him and got off the bed.
"That's fine. She on the third floor. Ask one of the nurses there for information on her exact location. They'll show you where she's being operated on." The nurse said as she started shutting off some of the machines in the room. TK walked out and headed towards the elevator and grabbed an empty one that was about to close. He pressed the number 3 button, and the door closed and headed to the third floor. He was standing there, impatiently waiting for the door to open, while beating himself up for not leaving sooner. If he had, him and Kari wouldn't be in this mess. The elevator door ringed and opened up to reveal the third floor, and TK walked up to the desk.
"Excuse me, I'm looking for a Hikari Kamiya?" He asked the nurse.
"Are you in relationship to her?" The nurse asked.
"Well, I'm her boyfriend, if that's what you mean." TK asked.
"Finally. We've been trying to get a hold of some family for a while now. I need to ask you a few questions." The nurse said. She got up and around the desk and up to TK with a clipboard in one hand and a pen in the other.
"Do you know if she has any allergies of any sort?" The nurse asked.
"No, she doesn't. Or at least, I don't think so." TK replied. "Look, is she ok?"
"She's in surgery right now. Her condition is critical, and there are some questions on here that might be able to help her out." The nurse replied.
"Ok." TK sighed. The nurse continued to ask TK a couple of questions, asked Tai over the phone a couple of questions, then showed TK the waiting room. TK sat down on one of the chairs and sighed heavily. He locked his eyes on the wall, but wasn't really paying attention to the wall. He was thinking about what Reese had tried to tell him, and why he didn't listen. He closed his eyes and groaned.
"Why couldn't I had used those powers Reese gave me?" He asked himself quietly.
"TK? What happened to Kari? Is she ok?" Tai asked as he ran into the room with Matt at his heels.
"I-" TK started, but then looked over Tai's shoulder at the doctor standing behind him. Tai gave TK a confused look, but then looked over his shoulder and saw the doctor standing there.
"Are you related to Hikari Kamiya?" The doctor asked.
"Yes, I'm her brother." Tai stated.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Reno." The doctor said as he held his hand out. Tai took it, then the doctor motioned for him to sit down.
"Your sister is in very critical condition." Dr. Reno started. "The bullet hit the just below the stomach and caused some internal bleeding. We got control of that, and right now she's ok, but how her condition will become is impossible at this time to tell."
"Oh man..." Tai whispered to himself. He brought his hand up to his mouth and shook his head very lightly and slowly. TK looked away from the doctor and closed his eyes painfully, then opened them back up and looked back at the doctor.
"Is they baby ok?" TK asked Dr. Reno.
"I'm sorry." Dr. Reno sighed quietly. "The baby didn't make it. The bullet entered his skull and killed him instantly."
"No..." TK whispered. Tai started to cry softly, and Matt let a couple of tears roll down his face.
"How could I let this happen." TK said to himself, so quietly that only he would hear. He dropped to his knees and held himself and just let his eyes empty out. Matt sat down on the floor in front of TK and held TK in his arms while TK cried himself to sleep.
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"TK, wake up." Matt said to his sleeping brother. TK opened his eyes slowly and glanced around the room, and noticed it wasn't a familiar place. Then he remembered he was at the hospital.
"Is Kari ok?" TK asked as he sat straight up.
"She's still asleep, but you can go see her." Matt said. TK nodded and stood up from the four chairs he was sleeping on. He shook his tiredness off, then walked out to the hallway and into Kari's hospital room. He looked at the bed she was sleeping on and walked up to her side. The sight of Kari sleeping made TK smile. She was so calm, so peaceful. He gave her a light kiss on the forehead and took her hand in his. He looked at the blankets that were keeping her warm, and his smile faded. Her stomach wasn't bulging.
"Takeru?" Kari whispered as she stirred.
"Yeah, I'm right here." TK whispered into Kari's ear. Kari opened her eyes slowly and looked at TK.
"Oh, you're ok." She whispered with a smile.
"Yeah, I'm fine. How do you feel?" TK asked as he stroked Kari's hair.
"Let's just say I've felt better." Kari chuckled. TK started to chuckle, then began to cough.
"Here, lay down." Kari said as TK was coughing. She scooted over on the bed so TK could lay down. TK stopped coughing, then took Kari's offer and laid down next to her.
"Oh Kari..." TK sighed as he looked into her eyes.
"TK, what's wrong?" Kari asked when she saw sadness in his eyes. TK didn't say anything in reply, but instead took Kari's hand and placed it over her stomach. Kari didn't realize what he was doing at first, but then felt her stomach was flat.
"TK..." Kari said as she started to cry, "What happened to my baby?"
"He's gone, Kari." TK whispered as his voice started to crack from tears.
"What...What do you mean, he's gone?" Kari asked quietly.
"Do you know what happened to you, Kari?" TK asked.
"Only that I was shot." Kari answered quietly.
"Hika...The bullet shot right below your stomach and went..." TK started as his tears started roll down his face. He cleared his throat and finished his sentence. "...It went through the baby's head and killed him right away."
"No..." Kari croaked as she shook her head in disbelief. She brought a hand up to her mouth and started to sob. TK wrapped his arms around Kari and held her close to him while he cried quietly with her.
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Sorry this chapter took so long. My internet was down for forever, no thanks to COMCAST. Thanks for the patience. BY THE WAY GO SEE MY OTHER FANFIC 'Can't Profess.' :D