"Wow," said Gatomon in amazement, "that was incredible. Kari think of all the people you could help with these powers!"
"Gatomon, I don't think I can do it on command, now come on, help me put him in bed." The two digimon each grabbed one of T.K.'s legs while Kari stood behind him and lifted him from under his arms. With a little maneuvering the three of them managed to lay T.K. down on top of his bed.
Kari stepped away from the bed and gazed down at the sleeping boy. His shirt was still lying on the floor, torn and soaked in blood, giving Kari a full view of his smooth, heavily muscled chest. It wasn't the first time that she had seen him without a shirt; after all, they had gone swimming together plenty of times, but now she just couldn't pull her eyes away.
While Kari gazed down at him she noticed her own bloody hands and recalled how badly she needed a shower. T.K.'s alarm clock blinked 10:32, it had been almost two days since Kari had bathed or even changed.
"I hope T.K. doesn't mind if I use his shower," said Kari as she left the bedroom and made her way down the hallway. A few minutes later a steamy shower was running and Kari was just stepping underneath the spray when Gatomon knocked on the door and shouted something that Kari couldn't quite make out. Wrapping a towel around herself, Kari reluctantly backed away from the tub and opened the door for Gatomon.
"Matt's here!" she burst out. "Well, he's at the door, Patamon wouldn't let me let him in, he doesn't want Matt to know that T.K. was hurt."
Kari nodded along, really just thinking about her shower, but she followed Gatomon out of the bathroom and unlocked the apartment door for Matt. It could have been because she was dressed only in a towel, but Matt seemed surprised to see her.
"Is T.K. here?" he asked, a curious expression on his face, "I need to talk to him."
"Uh…," Kari stammered, "he's…uh…he's sleeping."
"Oh," Matt said, with a nod, not really believing Kari's statement, "Is my mom here?"
"She went to Kyoto," Patamon answered, "but she's coming back tomorrow."
"I see. Well I'm here because Izzy called me today, he said that he was worried that you two were in danger and he wanted me to check it out. So I guess you're both okay then…"
"Yeah, we're fine…" Kari answered, listening to the water running in the bathroom.
"Okay then. I'll call T.K. in the morning. See ya later then."
"Okay, see ya," Kari said as she followed Matt towards the door. Then as Matt was walking down the hallway of the apartment building Kari called out, "Hey Matt, would you please not say anything to Tai…about today…please?"
Matt pulled back his hand that was already creeping towards his cell phone to call Tai and smiled at Kari, "No problem," he said and continued towards the stairs.
After Matt left, Kari enjoyed her steamy shower and when she got out was amused to find that Patamon was going to wash her clothes. Until they were done he found one of T.K.'s shirts and a pair of his boxer shorts that she could wear. It was late and Kari knew that her family was probably really worried about her, but she wanted to stay at T.K.'s place until he woke up, just to make sure that he was absolutely all right. She wasn't sure what was happening to her. Had she always had these talents? Why had she never been able to use them before now?
She got dressed and left the bathroom, wandering the apartment searching for the telephone that Gatomon had probably left in some random place after trying to call Joe. Gatomon was curled up in a ball on the couch, fast asleep while Patamon watched over her.
"Patamon," Kari whispered, not wanting to break the silence. "Why didn't you want Matt to know that T.K. was hurt?"
"T.K.'s alright now," Patamon quickly responded. "I just didn't want Matt to freak out or anything." Then he rose into the air and flew down the hallway into T.K.'s room.
Kari sat down on the couch next to Gatomon, trying to work out just what was bothering the little digimon. "He doesn't like that you, and Matt, and Joe, could help T.K. when he couldn't," Gatomon answered, understanding the object of Kari's contemplation. "I think it's one of those male ego things."
The comment made Kari giggle, but before she could reply, Gatomon was already falling back asleep. With no one left to talk to, and no sign of the telephone, Kari left the couch and headed back towards T.K.'s room. Patamon was resting on the edge of the bed, near T.K.'s feet, staring aimlessly above the sleeping boy's head.
Kari approached the two silently, sitting down on the floor beside the bed. "I'm sorry if I upset you Patamon; and I wanted to say thank you. It was very brave of you and T.K. to come and rescue me today. Not many digimon would have dared to take on Devimon and LadyDevimon alone."
Patamon's face lit up at the praise, his confidence once again restored. "You really think so?"
"I know so," Kari said, giving him a hug. He blushed as he pulled away from her embrace and flew to his makeshift bed on T.K.'s desk.
"I think I'm going to go to sleep now to," he said. "You can sleep in here if you want, I'm sure T.K. won't mind. Or you can sleep on the couch with Gatomon, T.K.'s mom keeps extra blankets in the hall closet."
"Thanks Patamon, good night," Kari said, noticing that his eyes were already closing.
"Good night Kari," he managed to say before he too fell into sleep.