Memory
Prologue: So Close, yet So Far
By Salamon2
Salamon: YOU'RE REWRITING THE ENTIRE STORY BEFORE FINISHING IT!
Salamon2: Important info for chapters 12 and 13 that I've failed to mention before now…
Salamon: YOU BETTER DO THIS REWRITE QUICKLY!
Salamon2: I am… I am… also, please note, that although there is a song in this, this prologue is not a song fic based idea…
Salamon: Salamon2 doesn't own Digimon… okay?
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"Hikari Kaymia!" shouted a man in the front of a classroom. He had just spent five minutes talking to the entire class, and it was pretty evident he was their teacher, as well as that half the class had trouble paying attention to the lesson.
"Yes Mr. Fukiai (Foo – key – ai)?" asked Kari, a young twelve year old brunette with brown eyes. She wore an ensemble of pink clothes, gloves, hair clip, shoes, and striped shirt. She also wore yellow shorts and white socks. She sat up properly in her seat hoping that he had left on the board any clue of what he had just said, darn it, he hadn't.
"Would you like to repeat to me what I just said?" asked the teacher in a slightly demanding way.
"Something about the Meji Restoration making Japan above western standards in fifty years when it had taken the western world two hundred years to reach where they were…" said Kari, remembering only the words Meji, fifty, and two hundred.
"Correct Ms. Kaymia…" said the teacher before he faded from Kari's recollection yet again. Suddenly she saw something fall to the ground, bending over, she picked up a small piece of paper, folded into a tiny square. It had her name on it in a handwriting she knew all too well. She looked over at her best friend and crush, T.K. Takaishi; he was red in the face, his messy blonde hair hidden under his white hat, and sparkling blue eyes held a sort of nervousness as she held the note. The bell rung, and T.K. got up, his yellow (arms, collar, and sides) and green (body, chest, abdomen) shirt he also wore green shoes and shorts, as well as black socks. Kari opened the note as the rest of the class packed and left. There was only a few words written down; "Meet me at the bench beneath the tree after school, T.K."
Kari had two more periods until school was out, and most of them were long and strenuous, Kari wondered why T.K. wanted her to him after school. When her last class was over they did meet on the bench that she had been on the day she had visited the Dark Ocean. She sat down, his locker was on the other end of the school, and she didn't expect him to be there just yet. She just floated off into her thoughts.
'I wonder what T.K. wants to talk about… I mean it's probably something unimportant… or is it? What if… I mean… what if he likes me… like I do him… Ohh… T.K…. or what if he's come to tell me he likes someone else… How could you T.K….!' thought Kari
"Hey Kari…" said a boy named Chouwa, who was Kari's age, he was very short, shorter than her by a couple of inches, he had very neat black hair, and weird hazel eyes.
"Hello…" said Kari half mindedly, not really saying it whole heartedly and the boy expected no more than that. Then a girl came to the bench, and started speaking avidly to Kari.
"That Motomiya kid… how can you stand him Kari! I mean he practically aimed his stupid soccer ball at me and tried to peg me…" said the girl, Omatsu, she had light brown hair and beautiful dark green eyes. Kari muttered a nonverbal response, and the girl continued on, and Kari just faded away from the conversation, into a memory.
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Flashback
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The desert heat was too much for her to bear, she lagged behind the rest of the group, walking on the hot macadam, the heat came up through her sneakers. Gatomon walked faithfully beside her, and then the next thing she knew, she was in a bus stop, the slightly cool shade helping. She felt on her forehead the icy coolness of the damp cloth. Sora looked over her caringly and mothered her. She then felt four eyes look upon her worriedly, her older brother Tai's and T.K.'s.
Again unconsciousness took her, and when she did regain consciousness, she laid on a bed, Sora still took care of her, Tai and Izzy were discussing something, and T.K. sat on the bed with her. She heard muffled arguing and yelling, something about empty boxes, no asprin in the house, and the only one she heard clearly was T.K.
"I'll take care of her!" said T.K.
"T.K…. maybe an-" started Tai
"Tai, I'm not a little kid anymore… Don't treat me like one!" said T.K., and Tai bit his lip then nodded.
"Thanks T.K…." said Tai, who then left the room, Izzy hot on his heals.
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End of Flashback
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"Hey Kari…" said a male voice, and Kari was awakened from her flashback to see T.K. standing in front of her leaning on the tree.
"How long have you been standing there?" asked Kari
"About five minutes… not too long…" said T.K.
"Sorry… I was just thinking on… past times…" said Kari, speaking the last two words slowly, and looking over to watch a Sakura blossom fall.
"Oh… and what were you thinking about?" asked T.K. curiously
"When I was sick in Machinedramon's city, and you said... that you'd take care of me…" said Kari not looking into his eyes, just watching the Sakura behind him touch the ground.
"Oh…" said T.K. who took off his backpack, and sat down next to her.
"You know… if you ever need me… I'm always here for you…" said T.K.
From the tree Kari heard a rustle which paused their discussion; she saw two things which made her smile, an orange wing, and a white and purple stripped tail with a golden ring on it.
From the tree, Gatomon and Patamon watched the situation between their partners develop. Both knowing that both loved one another, and both Digimon awaited the coming moment, when he told her that he loved her, and to see her reaction and his… this was just too good to witness… this was good enough for black mail… and Gatomon had her camera with her to make sure this moment was well documented.
'Come on Kari, get a little closer… it's good for both you and me!' thought Gatomon charging up the digital camera.
Kari just sat there, looking into his eyes; she was caught now… she faded off staring into his Cerulean Blue eyes. And he just happily starred into her Chestnut brown ones, both lost in each other's souls.
"T.K…. what did you want to say?" asked Kari slowly coming out of the lovely trance.
"Kari… for many years now… I have been-" started T.K. but they were both interrupted by beeps from their D-terminals. Both sighed.
"We never a peaceful moment as Digidestined…" said Kari, and both opened their mail to find Izzy had called for an emergency meeting in the Computer Lab. They hurried off, their Digimon coming down from the tree lagged behind a little.
"Rats… they were so close…" said Patamon
"Rats is right! I was this close to having a happy partner and free catnip for the rest of my nine lives!" said Gatomon and the two picked up their pace to catch up to the two humans. They finally got to the computer lab, and after a long moment of panting.
"Finally you two are here…" said Izzy
"Izzy, you took me out of Tennis practice… this better be good…" said Sora, quite annoyed at the red haired boy.
"Gennai just emailed me today, saying that we were to go to the Digital World with our Digimon… he mentioned that it was necessary for the reprogramming, or cleaning of the Digital World… that all Digimon be there… he's already emailed other international Digidestined, saying that if they went into the Digital World after it was 'cleaned' they'd be digidelted and reformatted…" said Izzy
"But why do we have to go then?" asked Matt
"Because all of our crests, except one, would do the same, reformat us if we ever entered the Digital World, we'd become Digimon… unless we go in now while it's being cleaned…" said Izzy
"Wait a minute… our crests were destroyed…" said Joe
"He apparently returned them to us when he gave back Gatomon's tail ring… because now that Oikawa's spirit is protecting the Digital World we can have them back…" said Izzy
"Nice of him to tell us…" said Tai sarcastically.
"Who's the one who won't be affected?" asked Ken
"Kari… she has the only crest that this can do…" said Izzy
"What?!" said Kari, taken aback.
"Yes, now Kari, if you'd like instructions on what to do…" said Izzy, pulling her aside. She was confused, and didn't want a long explanation from Izzy, which would be complicated.
"Izzy, please don't start with complicated terms… speak slow and with terms any normal person with an I.Q. below 130 can understand…" said Kari, hoping he would follow her request.
"Alright… Well, first you open program Digi and type in the code: Digi code-94657260476943gateclosedyears0cleanactivate... then when it says that it's done cleaning, open up the portal by putting in the same code except typing in opened where closed is…" said the boy, handing her the info on a piece of paper, the rest of the computer room was getting very bored.
"Can you hurry up Izzy... the clock is ticking!" said Tai
"Alright, you got it Kari?" he asked the girl.
"Yeah..." said Kari nodding. She looked down at Gatomon and lifted her up and gave her to T.K. to take to the Digital World for her.
"I'll see you in a little bit Gatomon…" said Kari and the Digimon nodded.
"Take care of her T.K…. you here me… if I hear of any mistreatment…" started Kari
"I know… you'll have my head…" said T.K. laughing at the end of it, knowing she wouldn't really have his head, but would be angry. Both his Digimon and Gatomon got into a long conversation, Gatomon in his arms, and Patamon on his head. T.K. looked at Kari, longing to have told her… but it could wait until he returned from the Digital World.
"Digi-Port OPEN!" shouted Yolei, and eleven children entered, their Digimon waiting for them in the Digital World. Kari then came to the Computer, sat down and opened the program Digi, and started to type: Digi code-94657260476943gatecloseddigiyears3timeoffbalancecleanactivate. Kari saw her mistake and attempted to hit the erase button but by accident hit the enter button, and suddenly the computer screeched, and sparked. The sparks flew everywhere, the poor girl was sent flying backwards into the wall and knocked unconscious, and suddenly an electrical fire came about with computers around the whole room exploding, soon the fire started catching on the ceiling, by this time the sprinklers would have come on, but they were broken. And the room continued to burn and burn, until about five minutes later Kari was rescued by a fireman, she was very lucky, she only had 1st degree burns on her arms, and 2nd degree burns on her legs, the fire, hadn't really gotten to the part of the room she had been.
She was taken to the hospital and remained there for a few days and then returned home.
"Kari, why are you up?" asked her mother to her injured child.
"I'm tired of just sitting around..." said Kari
"But the doctor said for you to get plenty of rest and to drink lots of fluids..." said Mrs. Kaymia pushing her child back down on the couch.
"Mom, besides being tired of sitting down, you've pumped me with so much liquid that I have to go to the bathroom!" said Kari
"Oh... then go..." said Mrs. Kaymia who let Kari rise and hobble to the bathroom. Kari shut the door, and her dad came home.
"I'm home!" said Mr. Kaymia
"Oh Susumu! How was your day at work?" asked Yuuko Kaymia.
"Fine... how's Kari? You called me when I was in a meeting... and where's Tai?" asked Susumu Kaymia
'Who's Tai?' thought Kari as she sat on the toilet.
"Kari was the only one found in the computer room..." said Mrs. Kaymia
'Were there others? Then how come I don't remember them...' thought Kari
To Be Continued…
Next: Just another Normal School Day…
Preview: "I mean, I must be the luckiest guy in the world, she was all over Motomiya and Takaishi in the beginning of Junior High, and I have to admit I liked her then, and love her now… but it was almost a perfect timing… well, sadly unfortunate for them, and lucky for me, that they both died in that fire three years ago… I wonder why she doesn't talk about them much…" said Chouwa