Litanya: Hi everyone. This is going to be one of those fics that I just let my fingers type and words will appear, so it may be very random and strange. Anyway, I do no own Digimon, nor do I claim to. But if you know my preferred couples, then you might be able to guess what the couplings this fic will be .

IMPOTRANT: The second season has finished, but none of the thirty years later stuff happened, and Sora never went out with Matt. The digimon also went back to the Digital World to live and… yeah, that's all.

Worlds Apart

Chapter One: Preoccupied

She did not know how she was going to do this. They had been dating for a year and a half, and though she cared about him… she thought that she was in love with another. She was not sure how she was going to break up with her boyfriend. He had been her best friend from the day she had turned four and then… they had started dating. She could not hurt him, but she had to do what she felt was right.

"Sora, what's wrong?" he had arrived. It probably wasn't the best place to break up with him, or the best time, but she knew that she had to do it now.

"I-I think that we should break up," she could see something akin to hurt in his eyes, but she had to continue. It wasn't fair to him if she lived a lie, "I-I think that I'm in love with someone else." He took a deep breath and shrugged.

"You should go and tell the lucky guy. May I enquire as to who he is?" it sounded so… formal, but she was surprised he had taken it this well.

"…Matt," she was reluctant to answer the question, but she knew that he deserved to know; "…We're still friends… right?" She hoped that he would say yes.

"The best of friends," he answered quietly, a small smile appearing on his face, "You should tell him at the concert tonight. If you wait any longer then… he might give up on you." Her eyes widened at his words. She had never expected him to take everything this well. Then again, he had been a little preoccupied lately.

"Thanks Tai, you're the best," the bell rang for their next class.

"I know," he grinned cockily, before turning to go to his locker.

"You're still coming to the concert tonight, right?"

"Sorry, I have something else that I have to do. I was going to put it off, but now I realise that it really is important. Good luck with your quest," as soon as he knew she couldn't see him, he turned towards the school gates. It wasn't as if he had any important classes or anything… only Maths and Chemistry and since Sora wasn't in either of those classes; he wouldn't be making her feel guilty.

'What a great week I'm having,' he thought to himself sarcastically as he walked through the school gates, 'My nightmares keep on coming back and now my girlfriend dumps me for my best friend. Please tell me that it can't get any worse!' At that moment it began to pour down with rain. There was no shelter anywhere in sight, unless he went back into the school and turned up late for Maths. He didn't want to do that, so his only option was to keep on walking and get wet. He was aware that he was receiving some strange looks because he was in school uniform, but he didn't really care. What did they know about him anyway?

"Taichi Kamiya, what are you doing out of school?"

'It looks like I'm busted now,' he turned around to face his mother, who was holding three bags bulging with groceries in one hand and an umbrella in the other.

"You see… we have a field trip to the uh… chocolate factory nearby for Chemistry and I missed the bus, so I decided to walk and yeah, here I am…" his mother did not look amused.

"Help me with these bags and we'll talk about your punishment when we get home," she told him sternly, passing him two of the three bags. She held the umbrella out so that he wouldn't get wet and they continued to walk in silence. Finally they reached their apartment. After they had put the groceries away, Mari pointed at the kitchen table and her son sat down hesitantly.

"Now… why were you skipping school? You're 17 and this final year of your schooling life is imperative! Why would you risk missing a class?" he did not answer for a second.

"Sora… she broke up with me," he finally admitted, refusing to meet his mother's eyes, "Just before I left the school. She thinks that she may be in love with Matt."

"Oh… that would change everything I guess," Mari did not know what to say. She remembered back to the first time she had ever been dumped by a boyfriend. It had hurt her very much and so she understood a little of what Tai was going through, "Its okay Tai, you'll find someone else. Sora isn't the only girl in the world you know." He shrugged.

"I'm fine about it and everything but… it does hurt a little. She wants us to be friends and I want us to be friends too but… I don't know. I guess it is just weird because she wants my best friend instead of me…" he shook his head to clear the bad thoughts and smiled a little sadly at his mother, "But hey, like you said, there are other girls." He was trying to be optimistic, but it wasn't helping.

"It'll get better with time. Now, would you like a cup of tea or something?" she offered, "Or maybe a hot chocolate? I know that that always made me feel better when I was your age." He shook his head again.

"No, I think that I'll just go and lie down. Is that okay?" his mother nodded, completely forgiving him for skipping classes. As he left to go to his room, she watched him with a small sigh. She knew how much he cared for the auburn-haired girl, and she had been certain that she had seen the same love in Sora's eyes when Sora looked at Tai. But now it seemed that she had been wrong. After all, Sora had been the one to break up with Tai, and not vice-versa. She just hoped that Tai didn't mope over it for too long. It would be hard for him to get over his first love, but he had to otherwise he would never be happy.

Tai heard the front door open and his little sister's cheery voice announcing that she was home. He heard her talk to her mother, and a slightly deeper voice also entered the conversation.

'Ah, T.K's here. I hope Kari's relationship with him works out, unlike mine with Sora…' he could not get it out of his head. He knew that he should get over it, but for some reason… he couldn't. His whole life had centered on Sora. Many of the things he had accomplished had been because of her help and support. He would never have led the digidestined to victory if she had not been there to keep his head cool. He banged his fist against the mattress that he lay on, frustrated that his thoughts would not stray from her.

"Hey Mum, where's Tai? Shouldn't he be home by now?" he heard Kari ask. They had obviously moved to a position closer to the door because he had not been able to understand what they had been saying before.

"He… came home early. He's in his room," almost as soon as his mother had finished speaking, there was a knock on his door. He sat up, grabbed a book and turned so that he could lean against the wall.

"Come in!" a second later Kari's head poked through the door.

"I heard that you came home early from school. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just… felt like coming home," he couldn't tell her about Sora, not yet. Especially not when T.K was around. T.K was Matt's younger brother and so he might get offended or upset about whatever Tai would say. Kari frowned at her brother's comment. She knew that something was wrong.

"Tai, I'm your sister. I know when you're lying. Just tell me what's wrong," he considered it only for a millisecond.

"I'm just a bit preoccupied with something that is stupid. It's something that I shouldn't be worried about, a minor thing. Are you planning on going to Matt's concert?" she nodded.

"Yeah, T.K and I are planning on going together. What about you and Sora, are you going?"

"She's going, but I'm going to stay home," he did not explain why. Kari had not seen the look of pain flash in his eyes, as he had kept them on the book he had kept holding.

"Why would you stay home? You've wanted to go to this concert since you heard about it three months ago!" but he just closed his eyes and did not answer, "Come on Tai, tell me what's bothering you."

"There's nothing wrong, okay! I just told you that I-I'm just… I am a little preoccupied with something and going to one of Matt's concerts would be the last thing I needed, okay!" he lost his temper and slammed his book shut. Kari was surprised at his sudden anger, "Just leave me alone Kari." She obeyed his command without a word. He sighed and lay back down, dropping the book back to the floor where he had found it. He was tired. The nightmares that he had been having over the past few days had been keeping him from sleeping much. It took him a long time, but he finally fell asleep just as he could hear Kari leaving for the concert.

Kari was puzzled by her brother's behavior, but she had no idea what was wrong.

"Maybe he was just tired?" T.K suggested, his eyes showing that he too was worried. Kari's mother had not said anything either, saying that Tai would tell her if he wanted to. So Kari was left with nowhere to go. Sora appeared on the path ahead of them, sauntering slowly along. Kari's face brightened. Sora would know what was wrong with Tai.

"Hey Sora, wait for us!" the auburn haired girl looked back, but did not smile at the pair, "What's wrong?" Kari asked the older girl as she and T.K caught up with her.

"Are you going to yell at me?" Sora asked quietly, completely surprising the younger pair.

"No, why should I? I was just going to ask if you knew what was wrong with my brother. He was acting a little weird, especially when I asked him if he was coming to the concert," Sora took a deep breath and let it out slowly. She knew that Kari was going to kill her.

"You see… I kind of broke up with Tai earlier today… and told him that I have some feelings for Matt," Kari stopped in her tracks and stared at her. Sora could not meet her eyes.

"You… what? Why would you tell him that you had feelings for Matt of all people?"

"He asked me! I know that it probably hurt him, but… I couldn't lie to him because that would hurt us both. In fact he took the whole thing rather well. It seemed as though he had been distracted by something else before I spoke to him. The other day he sort of mentioned something about a nightmare, maybe that is what was distracting him when we broke up," Sora was aware that she was babbling, but she did not want Kari to yell at her, "I mean, Tai even told me to tell Matt how I felt. I just don't understand what is going on… the Tai I know would never do something like that. In fact, it was almost as if he had wanted me to break up with him. Please don't blame me for making Tai miserable Kari, because I am pretty sure that I didn't." Kari was silent for a moment.

"Maybe you're right… I did notice that he was acting a little strangely lately," her eyes widened as she realised that she knew what was wrong with him, "Hey, what's the date?" T.K looked at his watch.

"It's the 25th February, why?"

"It's nothing, it's just that… I think it's something that no one can help him with," Kari knew that they would not be happy with that, but they would have to deal with it. She just wanted them to think that he was fine.

"Are you sure Kari? Maybe he just needs to talk it over with someone," T.K suggested, "Problems should not be bottled up inside because then bad things can happen. We don't want Tai going and committing suicide or something like that." Kari nodded.

"And he won't kill himself. He can't, he has made a promise that he has to keep. Anyway, let's just forget about it, okay? Tai knows how to take care of himself and he doesn't need us looking after him too. Let's just enjoy Matt's concert, when we finally get there!" Sora and T.K did not look very sure of what Kari had said, but they wanted to enjoy themselves too.

"Alright, but if anything happens to Tai in the next week, you have a lot of explaining to do," and with that they entered into a much lighter conversation.

It was two days later and Tai was sitting with Matt and Sora in the library. Matt had been both delighted and yet saddened at the break-up between Tai and Sora. He had been delighted because he liked Sora, and yet he hated the fact that Sora had broken up with his best friend to be with him. He had spoken to Tai about it, but the brunette had been insistent that he was fine with the whole thing. Now the three of them were studying for the Chemistry test that they had the next day.

"Hey Sora, how many electron shells does an atom of calcium have?" Matt asked his girlfriend, testing her memory.

"Calcium is number 20 in the periodic table and therefore has 20 electrons. 2 in the first shell, 10 in the second and 8 in the third I think," Matt was about to affirm as to whether or not she was right when Tai's mobile phone went off.

"Sorry guys, I'll be right back," he apologised, grabbing the phone and then leaving the library. He didn't want to get yelled at for using his phone inside a library. He answered the phone as soon as he was outside. No one knew what happened next, but a few seconds later, Tai's phone was falling towards the ground and the boy was nowhere in sight. There was a soft crunch and then all that remained at the scene was a smashed mobile phone.

"Hey Matt, don't you think that Tai has been a bit too long on his phone call?" the blond looked up from his book and frowned.

"Yeah… how long ago did he leave anyway?"

"About half an hour I think. It was either one Hell of a phone call or something is wrong," she looked to the seat opposite her, where Tai's books were piled up haphazardly. His jacket, wallet and all of his books were still in the library. He would not have left to go home without them, even in an emergency.

"I'll go check to see if he's okay," Matt offered, closing his chemistry books. He left the library quickly, knowing that he needed to study. But when he saw Tai's phone shattered on the ground, he cursed himself for being stupid. He raced back into the library, scaring the librarian at the desk.

"Did you find him?" but as soon as she asked the question, she knew that it had been stupid.

"I couldn't see him anywhere, but his phone is on the ground outside the library. It is in pieces."

"What!" she stood quickly and, ignoring the glares from the librarians, ran outside. There she found Tai's phone, smashed as Matt had told her.

"What do you think this means?" Matt asked her, knowing that something was wrong. Sora took a breath before answering.

"I think that we have got to get to Kari. She might know what is going on because I sure as Hell don't."

Kari was daydreaming when Sora and Matt arrived at her family's apartment. She had had a strange feeling that something was going to happen all afternoon, and she had an idea of what it could be. She had been unable to concentrate on her homework and so she had resorted to daydreaming. She just counted herself lucky that none of her homework was due in the next day.

"Sora, Matt aren't you supposed to be studying with my brother?" she asked the pair as she let them into the apartment. Sora and Matt exchanged glances before putting their things on the kitchen table.

"We were studying with him but… his mobile phone went off and he left the library to answer it. That is normal, it happens a lot. But when he didn't come back after half an hour, we started to get worried. Matt went outside to look for him and all he found was Tai's phone smashed on the ground. We were wondering if you knew what had happened," Sora told her matter-of-factly, not beating around the bush.

"How would I know what it was all about? I haven't spoken to my brother since this morning before school and all he said was 'I'll see you when I get home from the library.' As far as I know, he should have been coming home when you finished," Kari pretended to be surprised, but she wasn't really. She had had a feeling that something bad was going to happen, and she was pretty sure that she knew what it was.

"You don't think that someone tried to attack him… do you?" Matt asked after a silence had fallen over the three of them. Kari froze. She had never thought about that possibility.

"I'll call my parents. Maybe-maybe they called Tai because something happened to them and they couldn't call me. Stay here," Kari rushed over to the phone, her hands shaking so much that she had to dial three times before she could get the right number. She could hardly believe that it was time already. Sora and Matt stood silent and still as they watched Kari's conversation. The girl on the phone went pale as she heard what her mother had to say, "You haven't heard from him at all today? Okay, I know that I'm probably worrying over nothing. I'll see you later." She put the phone down and turned to her two friends.

"No luck?" Sora guessed, seeing the look on Kari's face.

"My parents did not call him, but it could have been anyone that did. I know that he was expecting something; he told me a while ago that he was, but I don't know if that call was what he was waiting for or not. My brother is a hard character to work out. With the way which he has been acting for the past few weeks I'm not sure about anything anymore," she crossed the room and hesitated outside her bedroom door, "Stay here for a second, I'll be back in a moment." Matt and Sora exchanged puzzled glances as the young girl disappeared into her room. A few minutes later she came back out, biting her lip.

"What's wrong?" she did not answer for a second.

"Nothing is wrong. I think that we should just wait and see if Tai comes home. He could have heard some bad news about his soccer team or something and rushed off leaving everything with you guys. As my parents told me, we're probably worrying about nothing. I will call you guys when Tai gets home," Matt frowned. Kari's attitude had changed after she had come out of her room. Before she had been saying that Tai would never leave his stuff behind, but now she had changed her mind.

"Are you sure that Tai would do something like that?" he asked, just wanting to make absolutely sure.

"With Tai, who knows? But I will contact you when he gets back tonight; I promise you that I will," she basically pushed them out of the front door, not giving them much of a chance to ask any more questions. She had no idea how she was going to answer them. After they had gone she leant her head back against the door and sighed. Fourteen years had passed by so quickly. She had not realised that it was time for his promise to come into effect. She only had three years left before she would have to disappear too. Life certainly wasn't fair. She shook her head of those thoughts and went off to peel potatoes for dinner. Her brother had to look out for himself now, and there was nothing she could do about it.

He opened his eyes and was instantly in awe of the beautiful city in front of him. Although there were only two shades used to design the buildings, he felt as though he could see a million different textures and patterns. Black and grey, which had been boring on Earth, were beautiful and multi-layered in the Dark Ocean, or the Planet of Darkness, Malorin as it was called. When he had been three and a half years of age, on the day that Kari had been born, he had made a promise that he would become the leader of Malorin in approximately fourteen years time, when he would be around seventeen years of age. They had called for him now, and so that was why he was here.

"Leader, you're finally here! We have eagerly awaited your arrival," a small child cried out. It was only then that he realised that there was a huge crowd of people standing before him. He was standing at the top of some stairs which led up to a building behind him. A huge mass of people were gathered at the bottom of the stairs, and the young boy who had spoken was one of the many children up the front. He was slightly embarrassed that this huge crowd of people had gathered just to see him there.

"Yes, I know that you have been waiting. I am actually quite happy to be here too," the foreign language came naturally to his tongue, as if he had spoken it all of his life. He neglected to tell the people that he missed Earth though, as he knew that they would not appreciate that. The crowd cheered at his words, and he almost rolled his eyes, "Please, treat me like I am just one of you. My name is Tai." The crowd looked slightly confused. Then the boy spoke again.

"Hi Tai, my name is Pohe," Tai smiled at the small blond boy's courage to speak in front of such a big crowd. Although the buildings were black and grey, the people were the same as those on Earth. When Kari had been transported there, to what she then had called 'the Dark Ocean,' the people of Malorin had used the small power of illusion that they held and had changed their appearances to look like Scubamon, so that Kari and any other digidestined that managed to go there would not find out the secret world that existed.

"Well Pohe, it's nice to meet you. Would you like to show me around the city?" with an eager smile the boy jumped forward and extended his hand to Tai.

"That would be great!" and with that he began to lead Tai down the steps and Tai's life on Malorin truly began.

Back on Earth, three years passed quickly and there still had been no sign of Tai. Sora and Matt were puzzled at what had happened. Nobody had seen the boy disappear, and there was no evidence that he had been kidnapped. The only option left was that he had been attacked.

"Hey Matt, do you think that Tai is ever going to be found?" Sora asked her boyfriend as they walked through the park together. It was exactly three years after Tai had disappeared and the event was lingering in both of their minds. Tai's parents and Kari had been desperately searching for him through the Police and on the news, but no one had seen a thing and now they were beginning to lose hope.

"I don't know. I used to believe that this type of thing would never happen to us, that it was impossible for someone we knew to disappear. We can only hope that Tai comes back safely, though it's been three years and… I just think that if he ever is found, he won't be alive," Sora shuddered as she realised that her boyfriend was right. The chances of finding Tai alive and well were very slim indeed.

"I feel sorry for poor Kari. She's had a tough year. How's T.K handling their break up?" The bearers of Light and Hope had dated for a while, almost a year and a half, before they had suddenly decided that they should go back to being best friends. It reminded Sora of her own break-up with Tai.

"He's doing okay. He still won't tell me what happened though. It's kind of ironic that they broke up a few days ago, isn't it? It's almost the same time that you and Tai broke up," she didn't say anything in reply, just watched the Sun start to hide behind the horizon, "Come on Sora, it's not your fault that he disappeared you know. You had no idea that he would go missing that day."

"I know you're right Matt but still… I feel as though I could have done something! He was my best friend, I should have known that something bad was going to happen," Matt shook his head slowly.

"Sora, he was my best friend too, and we could do nothing to stop what happened. Come on, let's go and see how Kari's handling this today. She must be feeling terrible," Sora nodded, and tried to think about something else.

"Yeah, let's go before the Sun sets. I hate walking around here in the dark now," they hurried to the Kamiya's apartment to find Mr. and Mrs. Kamiya almost running out of the front door.

"Whoa, what's wrong?" Matt asked Mr. Kamiya as the man almost ploughed him down. Mr. Kamiya stopped for a second, and held up a letter.

"Have you seen Kari in the past two hours? She's written this note and we can't find her anywhere and…" Sora stopped paying attention and the colour drained from her cheeks. This could not be happening. She saw Matt take the letter and she leaned over his shoulder so that she could read what Kari had said.

Dear Mum, Dad and everyone,

I am sorry that I have to leave, but I cannot stand it anymore! I know that my brother is alive somewhere and I have to find him. He would have done the same thing for me if I had been the one to go missing. I will miss you all very much, but my mind has been made up. I have to find Tai. I love you all very much, but please understand that I must go. I will see you again once I have found Tai.

Love, Kari

Sora felt her heart almost stop in her chest. They had lost both of them. The two Kamiyas were gone, and she knew that they would not come back for a long, long time, if they ever did.

Kari tried to blink away the tears that were forming in her eyes as she surveyed the city that was to become her home for the rest of her life. She immediately saw a cluster of people standing in front of her, but they were all silent. The pristine white buildings around them sparkled in the purple light from the sun, sending dancing shadows all over the place. Finally, after the group had stared at her for a few moments, a teenage girl not much younger than Kari stepped forward.

"Great Leader, we welcome you at last to our homes. We know that it is hard for you to come to an unfamiliar place, but we are also happy for your presence," the language of the people of Livania was very light and delicate. Kari blinked the last of her tears away before she spoke, conscious of the fact that she was being watched closely.

"I too am happy to be here, although it is a little hard to leave my old home. My name is Kari and it is good to meet you all," the language felt strange coming from her own mouth, but she was just glad that she somehow knew it. It must have been programmed into her when she had agreed to be the Guardian of Livania when she had been three and a half years old.

"I am Aviana, from the family that is destined to protect the Guardian. It would be my honour to give you the grand tour of our city," it seemed that the Livanians were a very formal group of people. Kari smiled and nodded, reaching out for Aviana's hand.

"And it would be my honour to go with you on this tour," and with that, Kari's life on Livania began.

End of Chapter One

Litanya: Okay, this originally started out as a one-shot wannabe, but it would probably take 100 pages to fit everything in, so I am making this a chaptered fic. It probably won't be many chapters. The next update will probably be in just under two weeks, when I am eventually on Easter holidays for school (ignoring the fact that Easter was four days ago of course). Please review if you have constructive criticism or if you feel like it, but if you only have negative things to say in a negative way, then don't say it at all. I won't flame you, even if you do flame me. Goodnight/morning etc. Hope you enjoyed this.