Hello me again! Thanks for reviewing! I just want to explain a little before I continue the story. I have now decided that this is set just before the start of season 2. That means Yolei, Davis, Cody and Ken have not yet made an appearance, and Sora and Matt aren't together.

Enjoy!

Chapter 9: The noose

"No...stop...please...!"
A flash of blue and white lightening...
A scream...
Silence...

Tai and Sora sprinted towards their friend's home. Tai's sister was also on her way there.
"Hey Tai, Sora! Wait for me!" Kari called as they sprinted past her
"There's not much time, hurry!"
"I've got my D-terminal! (Did they have them in season1? I dunno, but they do now) We can get to the digital world here! Quick" The three of them held their digi-vices to the screen and vanished.

In the digital world...

'This is it. This is the end. I'm going to die. I'll never see my mother again. I'm never going to see Matt or dad. I'll never get to say goodbye to Kari! I'm going to die here where no one is going to find me! This is it' Tk thought sadly as the shadow that had been torturing him approached him yet again, this time holding a long rope.
"I have prepared a little surprise for you" It hissed as it untied Tk from the wall where he had been bound. Tk fell to his knees as the ropes binding him were cut. "Get up boy" The shadow hissed dragging him to his feet and tying his hands behind his back. The shadow lead his prisoner out of the cave where he had been torturing him and out to the edge of the cliff (the cave was dug in the wall of a really high cliff). There was a tree near the edge. Tk gasped he knew what was coming...

"Good you're here!" Izzy looked frightened. Mimi looked like she was about to cry. Joe was panicking. Matt looked like he was calm but he was terrified on the inside. Tk was no where to be seen!

"What's going on guys?"
"I don't know but I reckon Tk's got himself into trouble again, he's the only one not here."
"Oh no" Kari's eyes filled with tears
"Don't cry" Sora put an arm around her friend to comfort her.
"We'd better look for Tk!" The group set off at a run following the tracking device on their digivices (dunno if they have them, but they do now)
"Any last words?" The shadow hissed

Tk had many things to say, but no one to say them to. The shadow took his silence as a no and tied Tk to the tree so he could not escape.
"Look at the view and enjoy it. It will be your last" The shadow cackled menacingly. Tk looked at the spectacular sight around him, wishing he could enjoy it knowing he wasn't about to die, instead of taking it in while awaiting his execution
"You can see an awful lot of the digital world from up here. I wonder if you can recall any memories" Tk tried hard not to listen. He could see almost everywhere he'd ever been and he could remember the good and the bad times he had shared with the digi-destined. The memories stung. He felt a tear spill down his cheek as he thought of Patamon, Kari and everyone; everything they had done together.

The shadow took another rope and threw it over a low branch. It took the two ends and made a loop; a noose. It slipped to noose over Tk's head and tightened it before untying him from the tree. The branch was low enough so that Tk could stand up without hanging himself. A cold wind blew his hat off his head. He saw it falling and falling until it reached the ground.

"I wonder if little Takeru can see a few people he recognises" The shadow caught sight of the digidestined" Tk saw them too
"Say good bye little Tk, this is the last time you'll see them"
"Kari, I love you" he whispered
"Aww I'm touched" The shadow said sarcastically "But I don't think she heard you. I don't think she knows how you truly feel! And she's not ever going to know unless you speak a little louder. Why not confess before you die?"
"What makes you think she doesn't know?" Tk spat at the shadow angrily
"Oh I know. I'd shout to her if I were you! She deserves to know. Besides it makes killing you worth the trouble."
"What's that supposed to mean?" He growled

"Well I'll be killing you physically, but I'll break her little heart in the process. She'll be dying on the inside every day with you gone. So I'm killing two birds with one stone or should I say killing two digidestined with one noose." It cackles again. "If you want her to live then you'd better tell her. If you don't tell I'll kill her anyway. It will be a lot less painful if you do it."
Tk didn't know what to do. Maybe if he stalled his death for a little longer the digidestined would find him. They were drawing closer. He could see them clearer. He saw Kari running to the cliff. She'd seen his hat. She'd found him if she looked up. His life could be saved yet.

Erm I'm gonna leave it there coz I'm mean and I don't want to let you know what's gonna happen yet. Ok in truth I'm too tired to continue and I'm off to bed coz its past midnight and I have to get up early in the morning to walk the dog. Please review! I'll update soon coz this was yet another short chapter. Please review! Kari Rose xx