Litanya: Hello again. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed this fic, I really appreciate it. And Fruitloop Trooper, the significance of the two of them being on different planets will be addressed later on in the fic, if everything goes to plan. I'm sorry if I confused people… I tend to do that a lot. Anyway, I do not own Digimon, but I do own the planets in this fic other than Earth and the Digital World (of course) and I own the people like Pohe and Aviana etc.

Worlds Apart

Chapter 3

Kari, Tai, Aviana and Pohe looked around warily at the house into which they had been dropped. The house seemed to be empty, and a SOLD sign hung boldly in the front garden. The house had four bedrooms, a small kitchen, a living room and a bathroom. A note sat on the bench, with Tai's name on it.

Dear Tai, Kari, Pohe and Aviana,

This house is for the four of you to stay in whilst you are here. Don't worry about the financial side of things, we have everything covered. You should just spend your time concentrating on your respective tasks. Good luck!

Marnia

Tai read the note out loud and when he had finished Aviana grinned.

"This is so cool! I never knew that my job would involve traveling to other planets. And to think that I used to complain when I was younger because my family was destined to protect you Kari," Kari's response was to just laugh.

"You're never going to change, are you Avi? You're the best protector I could ever have!" she impulsively hugged the hyper-active girl. The two boys watched this exchange with dubious expressions.

"Tai, you don't expect me to act like that, do you?" the youngest in the room asked, "Because I really enjoy being sane, I really do!" Tai grinned.

"Don't worry Pohe, I won't ask you to have a sex change," Pohe laughed and it was the girls' turn to stare. Tai just shrugged their stares off and got to the point.

"Hey Kari, what's our last name going to be? We should say that the four of us are related. I know that we look pretty different, but I can soon change our appearances so that we have a more family-like look. However, I am no good at coming up with names," Kari frowned, indicating that she was thinking.

"How about Yagami? It sounds nothing like Kamiya, but at the same time it sounds like a plausible last name. Now all you have to do is change our appearances. What about we all have blue eyes, like Pohe and Avi? And maybe we should keep our own coloured hair, but make Pohe's darker. Avi's already got brown hair, so it won't really matter. But we will definitely need to make your hair shorter Tai," as she was speaking, Tai was making the changes to the people Kari was indicating. When they were done, they were almost unrecognizable.

"That's pretty cool, isn't it?" Tai grinned, showing off his talent. As soon as he grinned though, he looked a lot like his old self. Pohe hit the elder boy over the head, and that started a mock fight in which Tai ended up winning.

"Uh… sorry to spoil your fun boys, but shouldn't you start focusing on how you're going to meet up with these people?" Aviana asked, bringing them back to the point. Kari looked at her watch to see that it was two o'clock in the afternoon.

"I already have a plan;" Tai told her quickly, "All I have to do is find out which course Sora is taking at Uni and enroll myself in it. Then I can sit next to her in class and start talking to her from there." Kari smiled.

"That's a good idea, but how are you going to find out what she's studying?" Tai thought about it for a second before he began walking out of the room.

"I'll answer that when I have found out," he called over his shoulder, "Pohe, you should enroll yourself at the nearest high school. You're not old enough for university yet." The young boy nodded and the two boys left together, leaving the two girls standing in the room.

"How are you going to find your guy Kari?" Aviana asked, running her hand through her long brown hair, "Are you going to find out where he goes to uni?" Kari shook her head.

"I'm just going to bump into him 'accidentally'. He is so kind that he'll help me up and we can start talking and stuff. But there is something important that I absolutely have to do first."

"And what would that be?"

"I have to change out of these clothes. I want to look especially pretty when I crash into T.K again."

Pohe left Tai as they neared the high school. Tai carried on his way to the university alone, his thoughts wandering back to the girl he was going to find. What happened if he was too late? She could already be engaged to Matt and she could have forgotten all about him for all he knew. It had been four years, and that was a long time as far as he was concerned.

"Can I help you? You look a little lost," Tai jumped as he realised that the girl was talking to him. She had shoulder-length auburn hair and the most beautiful crimson eyes that Tai had ever seen.

"I'm uh… looking for the…" he quickly glanced down and saw her holding a book about educating small children, "I'm looking for the primary education building. I just transferred to this uni from elsewhere and I am kind of lost. Could you please help me?" The girl smiled.

"Of course. I happen to be going there now. Do you have a lecture with Professor Lindley?" he nodded, seeing that she had that lecture, "That's where I was heading now. My name is Sora Takenouchi, and you would be?" They began to walk towards a building to Tai's left. He had barely noticed that he had arrived at the uni before Sora had stopped him.

"My name's Tai Yagami. I have a feeling we're going to be great friends," he grinned at her and she stopped suddenly, a funny expression on her face, "What's wrong?" She shook her head and continued to walk, and forced a smile.

"You just reminded me of a friend I had a long time ago. He disappeared four years ago and… his name was Tai and he had a grin that is very similar to yours. His younger sister Kari disappeared a year ago and… it's a very weird situation," Sora explained, a lifetime of memories with her best friend flooding back to her. Tai put on a shocked expression.

"Hey… this may sound weird, but I have a sister called Kari… she's younger than me by three years," he said this purposefully, so she would not find out later and think that he had been hiding it from her.

"That's not weird, it's freaky. Are you sure that you didn't disappear from here and lose your memory and think that you were from somewhere else?" Tai laughed.

"No, I assure you that I remember my whole life. My brother Pohe makes sure of that, though how he seems to know my whole life story when he's only fifteen really gets to me," he had to keep on throwing in things that weren't in the life that she knew, otherwise she would get very suspicious.

"I guess that I was just being hopeful. He was my best friend and I really miss him. Anyway, here is the building. Where are your books?" she asked, noticing that he wasn't carrying anything.

"I have to buy them after class. My uni used a different text, but I'm sure that I will soon catch on," he followed her into the building and hoped that he wasn't going to stuff this up. He really needed to stay near her if he was going to either get over her or make her fall for him yet again.

"Okay, I'm sure you will," for some reason Sora felt as though nothing was missing anymore. It was as if befriending this new Tai she had filled the gap he had left in her life. She pushed the thought firmly away from her mind though, not willing to try and understand what they meant, "Hey, we'd better find a seat soon otherwise we're going to look ridiculous, come on!" He followed her to two seats in the middle row and he sat where she indicated.

"This looks like a pretty fun class," Tai commented, looking around at all of the posters and decorations in the room. Sora nodded.

"Professor Lindley is the best. She never questions you and we have a lot of fun. Why did you choose to do this course anyway?"

"I thought that it would be fun and it sounded like my type of course. And my best friend thought it would be good, so I did it. I don't regret it either," this last statement was true. He was enjoying Sora's company immensely, even though he could not tell her who he was, "What about you?" Sora's expression turned a little sad before she replied.

"Primary school was one of the best times in my life and I had a great teacher. My best friend and I both loved the teacher and she helped us a lot. I have always wanted to give other kids a good time at school, so I did this course. When I was sixteen though, I was thinking about fashion designing, but when Tai disappeared I finally realised that that career did not really suit me. I thought back to what I enjoyed and realised that this course would be the best for me and I haven't regretted it since!" she smiled, "Besides, this job means that I get to play around with the kids and meet a hell of a lot more people. My mother thought I was crazy at first, but she learnt to live with it." Tai grinned inwardly as he pictured the look that Sora's mother would have given her.

"I haven't really known you for very long, but I can tell you that you'll make a very good teacher," Tai told her sincerely, and she blushed in response.

"Thanks… hey, a group of my friends are meeting in the park after this lecture. Do you want to come and hang out with us? You can come and meet all of my friends and my boyfriend and we can learn more about each other. I would like to be friends with you and I know that they'd like you. What do you say?" he was surprised that this was turning out to be so easy.

"Sure! I don't know many people around here and it would be great to meet some more people."

"Great! I'm sure that you'll make a heap of friends in no time," she grinned at him and he was about to reply when the professor walked into the room and began to talk. He sat back and listened, smiling to himself that everything was turning out great. Fate really was being kind to him.

After Kari had gotten changed into something she felt was 'prettier' than what she had previously been wearing, she set off alone to find T.K. To both Aviana's and Kari's surprise the closets in the house had been full of clothes for them to wear. Aviana had changed out of the pajamas which she had been wearing and had gone adventuring into the city of Odaiba, promising to be home by six o'clock. So Kari was walking along to the park, looking intently for her ex-boyfriend.

"Excuse me miss," Kari whirled around to find a blond-haired guy with bright blue eyes looking at her, "But does your name happen to be…" he trailed off when he saw her blue eyes.

"What's wrong?" she asked, seeing that he looked a little crestfallen. He sighed and looked a little embarrassed.

"I'm sorry about that… it's just that you look a lot like my little brother's ex-girlfriend and… she's been missing for just over a year now and I guess I was just hoping that you were her," Kari just smiled.

"My name is Kari Yagami, it's nice to meet you," she told him, watching his eyes widen as he heard the name Kari, "I may not be your brother's ex-girlfriend, but I am a nice person." He smiled.

"There's no doubt that you are. My name's Matt Ishida and it's nice to meet you too. I'm sorry to have bothered you," he apologised.

"It's okay; I have nothing to do anyway. My brothers, my sister and I just moved here and so I don't know anybody around. I was just having a walk around to see what Odaiba is like. My brother Tai always tells me that I should get out of the house more often," Matt could hardly believe his ears.

"That's weird… my brother's ex-girlfriend's name was Kari and she had an older brother named Tai… I mean, if you want to meet some people I'm on my way to meet some friends of mine. You can come along if you wish," her eyes lit up. This was exactly what she wanted.

"I'd love to come and meet some new people. Are you sure that's okay?" the blond nodded.

"Yeah of course it's okay! My friends and I could do with meeting new people. We're supposed to meet in about ten minutes, so we should hurry. We're meeting near the university because my girlfriend has a class. You're more than welcome to attend."

"Thanks; it would be my pleasure to attend. Hopefully you and your group of friends will help me and my rather strange family to settle in here," Matt smiled and began to lead the way.

"So you have a brother called Tai and you mentioned something about a sister?" he asked, genuinely interested in her family life. She nodded.

"My brother Tai is twenty-one… around your age I think. My younger brother Pohe is fifteen, and my sister Avi is my twin sister. My parents died a couple of years ago, so Tai basically looks after us. We're a rather strange family, but it all works out in the end," she paused, a little unsure what to say next, "What about your family? You mentioned that you have a little brother."

"Yeah, my little brother T.K… he is a good little brother. When Kari disappeared last year he kind of went back into his shell a bit. I feel as if I barely know him anymore… but you don't need to listen to me complaining about my little brother. My parents divorced when I was about eight years old, and T.K lives with my mum whilst I live with my dad. My mother recently got remarried and I inherited a step-sister, but I don't know her well at all. T.K knows her a little, but she is fifteen and so we don't really have much in common."

"Ah, I know what you mean. When we were younger Tai complained that we were leaving Pohe out all of the time, so he went and made up a language with Pohe so that he wouldn't be left out. They don't speak it very much now, but when they want to keep secrets, they use it often," they entered the park and continued to walk through so that they could get closer to the university.

"Isn't Pohe a weird name? I'm sorry if I offended you or anything, but it seems to be a little weird to me," Matt admitted politely, not wanting to insult her 'brother.' Kari just laughed.

"My parents were… weird is one way to describe them. Completely wacky is another way. My mother was a health food nut and she concocted terrible meals of "Spinach Omelet Surprise" and other crazy things like that. My siblings and I spent most of our time throwing up after we ate her food. Pohe's name was the result of a dare, if I remember correctly. But he's used to it and he likes that fact that our parents were daring enough to be different. Avi's name would also be considered a little different, although it sounds like it could be a name. Her full name is Aviana you see," Matt just shook his head, a small smile on his face.

"You certainly do have a weird family. Anyway, a couple of my friends are over there. Let's go and introduce you to them," they walked over to where Ken, Yolie, T.K and Izzy were waiting.

"Hey guys," Matt said easily as he approached them.

"Hey Matt…" the voices trailed off as they saw Kari. Their eyes went wide, but as she came closer, their expressions changed to that of disappointment.

"This is Kari Yagami. I accidentally mistook her for Kari and… yeah. Her family just recently moved here and so she doesn't know anyone," they all politely nodded at her, still shocked at her resemblance to the Kari they knew. Everyone quickly introduced themselves and soon they managed to hide their disappointment that she had not been the person they wanted her to be.

"Why did your family choose to move here? Ever since the 'terrorist attacks' here a few years ago, more people have been moving away than have been moving here," Izzy's curiosity was shining through again and Kari could barely hide a smile. She quickly thought up an alibi before she answered.

"Tai transferred his uni course to this uni because he hated the lecturers at his past one. Pohe didn't care either way… he is only in high school and he's generally a quiet kid, and Avi and I like seeing new places, so we didn't care either. And anyway, Tai's the one looking after us so we didn't really have much of a choice. Pohe, Tai and Avi are my siblings by the way," they were looking at her as though she had grown a second head or something. The appearance of a Kari and the mention of a Tai had seemingly been too much for them, especially as Kari looked so much like her old self.

"KARI!" she turned quickly to see Mimi and Joe making their way towards the group. Mimi had been the one to call out, an amazed expression on her face. As they came closer however, her expression changed. Joe, who had been readjusting his glasses as though they were responsible for the mix-up, just sighed.

"You got the right name, but I'm afraid that I am not the Kari you are looking for," she wasn't really lying, because they were not looking for Kari, the leader of Livania, but plain old Kari Kamiya, "My name is Kari Yagami. It's nice to meet you." Mimi blushed a little.

"I'm sorry for my outburst it's just that…"

"I look a lot like a girl called Kari that you all used to know. It's freaky, but true. What is your name?" the introductions extended a little further as Joe and Mimi introduced themselves to Kari. A few seconds after they had finished, Pohe walked up behind Kari and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Hey, have you seen Tai?" the boy looked different due to Tai's illusion and Kari would not have recognised him had he not spoken Malorinen, the language of the people from Malorin.

"Pohe, you know that I don't understand you when you speak like that," she pretended, and he jumped.

"Uh… sorry, I keep on forgetting that for some reason. I was asking if you had seen Tai, he needs to sign something at the school," she was surprised.

"Isn't he back from uni yet? I thought that he would be back by now," she frowned and then she remembered that Matt's girlfriend had had a class. If she was right, then Matt's girlfriend was Sora and Tai had set out to look for her so that he could join her class, "Actually, now that I think about it, I remember him telling me that he had a lecture. He should be home soon. Why don't you wait around here with me for a while? These people are really nice… they heard that we didn't know anyone and offered to be our friends." Pohe shrugged, guessing that these were the people which they had been looking for.

"I don't really mind. The longer it is before I find Tai, the better. I'm not that fond of school," she laughed.

"Hey guys, this is my little brother Pohe. He's a little strange sometimes, but then again, once you meet my other brother you will see that he's not one-of-a-kind," Kari smiled at Pohe, who just gave her a 'look.'

"Hi," was all he said, trying to get his mind around the fact that he was supposed to be speaking Japanese. He knew the language well, as Tai had taught him, but it was a little difficult to adjust to the language. They chatted for a while as other digidestined arrived, and Kari was beginning to find it tiresome to keep on repeating the same story. Finally only Sora was yet to arrive.

"She's often late," Matt commented when Ken asked where she was, "Her lectures tend to go over-time because… well, she explained it to me once, but I didn't really understand. She said something about it was interesting to talk to the lecturer afterwards about things… or at least that's what I think she said anyway." Matt was still in his band it turned out, and they played all around Japan. His band had even been interviewed on the T.V. and they were looking forward to touring overseas sometime soon.

"Lecturers are interesting people to talk to if you're interested in what they are talking about," Davis told him, stating the obvious very simply. Everyone just laughed.

"Ah Davis, you're never going to learn, are you?" T.K asked him rhetorically, shaking his head at his friend.

"Huh?" was Davis' only reply. Mimi rolled her eyes and looked for a way to change the subject.

"Oh look, Sora's coming now," everyone turned to look where Mimi was pointing.

"Hey Pohe, I guess that answers your question," he raised his eyebrow, confused by what she had just said.

"You asked where Tai was, and that's the answer. He must be in the same class as your friend," she referred to Matt in the latter sentence and he shrugged.

"Sora does like to make friends at uni. Anyway, let's go meet her and then we can finally get all of these introductions over with," everyone shrugged at his attempt at humour and followed him to greet the two new arrivals…

End of Chapter 3

Litanya: I'm sorry to end it here, but I have to go and do my history essay, and my brain refused to let me until I finished this chapter. Actually… I think I'll do my TOK homework first… anyway, please review if you like and I hope that you enjoyed this chapter. I promise that the romance parts will come soon, when I have time. School starts again on Tuesday, so I may not have much time to write, but I will try and get the next chapter up soon. Anyway, goodnight/day or whatever!