Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. I had several things to do, plus I got lazy. Anyway, let's answer some reviews before we get to the chapter.
booyah: Maybe, but Angemon and Angewomon won't come in for a couple chapters. I'm gonna have Angemon before Angewomon anyway.
That was it, but that was all I need, just one review to keep me going. I'm not getting picky this time. Anyway, I don't own Digimon or Teen Titans. Read and enjoy! Ja ne!
Chapter 4: Confessions of the Mind
TK and Kari had to admit, the Titans had an interesting way of celebrating a victory. They were at a pizza parlor, discussing the toppings for the pizza. Discussing. Right.
"Dude, how many times do I have to tell you? No meat!"
Let me rephrase that. Robin and Raven were discussing the topic, Beast Boy and Cyborg were arguing over it. Starfire was studying a menu, wondering if she should add her opinion, TK and Kari were listening to Robin and Raven's conversation while Patamon and Gatomon were watching Beast Boy and Cyborg's argument.
"Pepperoni for sure." Robin said.
"Extra cheese." Raven added.
"Should we get some veggies for BB?" Robin asked.
"Naw, he can get his own." Raven answered.
TK sighed. This was almost normal. Where BB and Cyborg was, he and Davis would be fighting over Kari. Cody would be where Starfire was, wondering if the others would take his input. Ken and Yolie would be discussing the Digital World or things that couples talk about. One of the older Digidestined would be where he and Kari were, Tai, Izzy, Matt…
Seeing TK's face fall, Kari took his hand. "Don't worry about it. Just relax, enjoy tonight." She said before kissing his cheek.
Later, after they got back from the pizza parlor, the Titans could be found in the living room, watching a movie. All except TK.
He was sitting on the beach of the island that housed Titan's Tower. The breeze played with his golden hair as his sapphire eyes looked out at sea.
"What are you doing out here?"
TK smiled at the voice. "Nothing, Raven. Just remembering."
Raven sat down next to him. "Must have been good memories to make you smile like that."
"It was a place like this that I taught my little brother how to swim." TK looked at Raven and his grin widened. "Cody isn't really my brother, but he's as close as he can get. He's the holder of the Digieggs of Knowledge and Reliability, my DNA Digivolution partner."
"So tell me about how you taught him to swim." Raven said.
"Well, he was terrified of the water." TK said, unaware that Kari, Gatomon and Patamon were coming up to them. "When he was four, during the Digimon attacks in Tokyo, his plane was hit by a stray Digimon. He was saved by Kabuterimon and Garudamon, but the whole time, Cody thought they were going to fall in the sea and drown."
"I can imagine." Raven said as Kari and the Digimon sat next to them. "I remember that part well."
"After Cody got the Digiegg of Reliability, I took him down to the beach." TK went on. "He was reluctant to get into the water, but I took him in my arms and comforted him. He went in with me, and it soon became a weekend thing."
"They invited me and my friend Yolie once." Kari said. "It was the most fun I've ever had." Then she grinned evilly at the cat in her lap. "Especially when we tricked Gatomon to get in."
Gatomon bristled indignantly. "That was a cheap trick and you know it, Kari!"
TK and Patamon were laughing. "It just goes to show that you're just as overprotective of Kari as Tai!" TK managed to choke out.
Even Raven was beginning to grin. "What happened?"
"We staged where Kari wanted to go farther out into the ocean." TK said. "Yolie said she didn't want to and I had to stay with Cody, so she went alone. She went out and swam for a couple minutes while the rest of us got further away."
"Then, pretending exhaustion, she pretended to be drowning. Gatomon saw that she was the closest and dived in." Patamon continued. "She didn't realize that TK chose the spot to be perfect height for Cody, and that despite how far away Kari was from the shore, the water was barely over her shoulders when she stood up to pick up the furball that we knew as Gatomon."
"You can bet that we got pretty scratched." Kari said, giggling. Gatomon was scowling ever harder.
"I wish my life was as good as yours." Raven said.
"What happened?" Asked TK, Kari, Patamon and Gatomon.
"My mother died when I was very young." Raven said. "And my father…my father was a demon."
The looks on their faces showed that they didn't understand. "Not that. He was cruel, yes. But he was literally a demon." Raven told them. "When I was younger, a couple years before I me TK, he imprinted himself in my mind. He still there, as my anger."
"Is that why you're always so serious?" TK asked. "You're afraid that if you get angry enough, your father will take over you?"
"I don't have to be afraid if it happens." Raven said quietly. "It has happened. I made Dr. Light go mad."
Silence followed this announcement. "After that, Anger wouldn't go away. I made breakfast blow up in Beast Boy's face." Raven continued. "If it wasn't for BB and Cyborg, he would have taken over."
There was silence before Kari asked, "Is he still there?"
"Yes." Raven said. "Even with BB and Cyborg's help, I could only contain him. He now looks like me, only with four red eyes and a red cloak."
Silence filled the air as Raven, TK, Kari, Patamon and Gatomon gazed out at sea.
