Chapter 17: A Knife, a Kiss, and a Night

"TK," Kari said her odd eyes gazing at him intently, "we need to talk."

"Fine ." TK said following her a short distance from the others. "What do you want to talk about?"

"Us." Kari replied her voice flat. "I want you to answer my questions TK, and I want you to answer them honestly." TK nodded, he tried to remain calm but something was telling him to beware. "Why did you do it TK?" Kari asked.

"Do what?" TK asked confused.

"You know what you did." Kari snarled. "The lying, the betrayal, the desertion; all I want is the reason."

"I have no idea what you're talking about." TK told her. Something in the back of his mind told him to step back and he did. He was just in time, as he stepped back Kari slashed at him with a knife just narrowly missing his neck. TK could hear the others coming towards Kari and himself, but he warned them away. He didn't want anyone to get hurt because of him. "Kari what are you doing?" he asked.

"Punishing you." Kari said, "You need to die." They were circling each other as TK sought keep some distance between himself and his murderous girlfriend. Then disaster struck, TK tripped over a root.

TK rolled to the side and barely avoided a stab from Kari. He rolled onto his knees in an attempt to get up, and realized that she had him. He closed his eyes and waited for the end.

The blow never fell. TK opened his eyes to see Kari standing over him, the knife poised to deliver the final blow. However her hand was shaking, as if she was consciously holding it back, and her eyes were back to normal, though they were filled with grief and panic. "Takeru," she whispered, "get out of here. I don't know how much longer I can fight it."

TK looked at her and raised his chin defiantly, exposing his neck. "Go ahead," he told her, "kill me."

Tears began to form in Kari's eyes as her hand began to slowly, shakily, grind forward. "Please Takeru," Kari pleaded, "I don't want to kill you."

"Then don't." TK told her. "Now if you're going to kill me get on with it." he said his voice dripping with boredom.

Kari's arm began to tremble violently and she shut her eyes and started shaking her head from side to side. Suddenly the knife fell from her fingers and she dropped to the ground beside TK clutching her head.

The others immediately ran over to see if they were okay. No one noticed as Jack scooped up the knife and slipped it into his coat.

"What the hell were you thinking when you did that?" Kari suddenly yelled at TK.

"Well I …"

"I know what you were planning!" Kari yelled cutting him off. "I wanted to know how you could be so stupid!" she punctuated that statement with a slap that snapped TK's head to the side. Then she got up and stomped off.

TK made to follow her, but Melissa stopped him. "Let her go," Melissa said shaking her head, "she needs to be alone. It's a girl thing." she added to prevent any argument.

Kari still hadn't rejoined the group fifteen hours later. She was sitting by the fire silently staring out into the darkness.

"Kari, what's wrong?" TK asked sitting down beside her.

"You shouldn't be this close to me Takeru." Kari stated sadly.

"Why is that?" TK asked.

"Because it's still in there." Kari told him. "Whatever Richard did to make me hate you is still in here. It's struggling to get out, and I don't know if I can hold it."

"You can do it Kari." TK said. "Just believe in yourself, you can beat it."

"How can you be so calm about this?" Kari asked. "One little disagreement and I might lose control."

TK waved it away. "I love you, you love me, and we've been like that for a decade. The bond between us will keep me safe."

Kari didn't look like she believed him. "That almost wasn't enough last time." She said sadly.

TK turned to face Kari and kissed her on the lips. "Stop worrying." he told her, "It won't get you anywhere."

Kari sat there silently gazing into TK's eyes. Slowly, cautiously, she moved in towards him, stopping only when their lips met.

Something about that kiss changed everything. TK pushed Kari onto the ground, straddling her, as she attempted to remove his shirt. As she pulled it up TK slid his own hands under Kari's shirt and began to do the same. They stopped kissing for a moment as they each others shirts and then began again. Kari's hands slipped down to TK's waist and began to fiddle with his pants as he tried to unhook her bra.

"Damn this." TK growled as her fiddled with the offending garment, "Matt always made it sound so much easier."

Kari giggled a little but a look from TK shut her up. This wasn't something he had done before and he was obviously taking it very seriously. Then again this wasn't really something she had done before either. "Trade." she told him leaning back to unhook her bra leaving TK to remove his pants.

When Kari looked again TK had indeed removed his pants. However he had left his boxers on which still attempted to hide his manhood. A rather bad attempt admittedly as a generous potion was still poking out of the leg. As they came together again Kari worked his boxers down and reached for his member.

TK brushed her hand away, "Not this time." he said huskily. With a single movement he grasped her shorts and panties and yanked them off. He let his eyes roam over her body taking in every detail of her form. Kari blushed under his gaze.

"You are the most beautiful person in the world." he told her before lowering his head to the area between her legs. Slowly, as if he was unsure about what he was doing, TK inserted his tongue into Kari's vagina and licked. Kari moaned as his tongue passed over her clit and inwardly TK smiled; listening to the step by step accounts of Matt's sex life obviously hadn't been wasted time. TK continued tasting Kari until he felt her climax and proceeded to lap up all of her juices

TK then began to kiss his way up her body until he reached her breasts. He took one in his mouth and began to lick and suck it as he used one of his hands to massage the other. Whilst Kari moaned beneath him one of her hands became entangled in his hair while the other began to play with his penis.

TK made no move to stop her until he released her breasts and moved back up to eye level. "Ready for the main event?" he asked.

Kari's eyes flicked downward to TK's penis and when she looked up there was a touch of fear in them. It was the first time she had ever actually seen just how big TK truly was. "This is going to hurt isn't it?" she asked.

"Why would it?" TK asked confused.

"Because your cock is so damn huge." Kari said with a gesture towards the aforementioned body part.

"I'll be gentle." TK assured her as he adjusted his position. "Ready?" Kari nodded and TK slowly inserted himself into her.

Kari rolled her eyes, there was such a thing as too gentle. "If you're going to fuck me," she told him, "get on with it and fuck me." TK pulled out a little bit and thrust into her. Kari's breath caught in her throat; it hadn't hurt at all, in fact it felt really good. "More," she begged, "give me more."

TK smiled and thrust into her again, harder this time. "Harder Takeru," Kari ordered, "and faster." TK gladly continued going deeper and faster with each thrust, Kari's moans of pleasure spurring him on.

Finally as he began to feel his peak getting close TK felt Kari clench around him. "Oh god yes!" she screamed, "Oh god Takeru!" Moments later TK let out a similar shout as he came before collapsing next to Kari completely fatigued. "I love you Takeru." She said while nuzzling his chest.

"I love you too Kari." TK said as he draped an arm over her and held her close.