Andy: I wanna hear a story.

H-4-T: But you don't like stories.

Andy: Yeah I know. I wanna hear a story!

H-4-T: Ok, which on do you want?

Andy: I want that one.

H-4-T: But you don't like that one.

Andy: Yeah I know. I want that one.

Kari stifled a yawn as she entered the apartment. The last thing she needed was her mum to give her her homemade vitamin pills, or rather, mush.

She opened the door and went to her room. She had just been talking to T.K at the park about random things to get her mind off what had happened earlier. Tai followed her in and closed the door behind him, not bothering to knock.

"What is it Tai?" Kari asked, her voice warm and welcoming.

"I just wanted to talk for a minute." Kari turned to face him and offered him a seat on her bed. He accepted and she sat next to him.

"What is it? Girl troubles? Exam worries?"

"Girl troubles…are you a girl?" He teased. She picked up a pillow and hit him over the head with it.

"No, duh, I'm an alien."

"I always wondered why you weren't human."

He looked around her room and noticed a lot of changes since the two had shared.

"I see you've re-decorated." Kari nodded, proud of her work.

She was about to say something when her mother called.

"Hikari? Honey? Could you just nip down to the grocery store for me?"

"See ya Tai!" She said as she left her room.

There were distinct mutterings, what sounded like a less-than-enthusiastic 'hooray', and then the apartment door closed.

Tai stood up and walked around the room.

The walls had changed to a lovely shade of creamy-beige. As he looked around, he noticed that all the crests had been painted on the wall.

Over by the window, there were two. Above the pane of glass was the crest of courage and below was the crest of friendship.

Opposite the wall with door on was a high sleeper (((a cabin bed I think they're also called. The top bunk of a bunk bed.))). The rails were a metallic pink and the duvet on it was lilac with a homemade Gatomon teddy at the bottom.

Underneath that was a desk with a computer on it. On the wall behind it were two more crests, sincerity by one side and love by the other.

A vanity table stood on the wall opposite the bed. It had a few candles that stood just infront of the mirror. Tai assumed that her make-up (though she rarely ever wore it) was in the cupboards underneath the top surface. By that desk was knowledge and reliability.

As Tai went to walk out of the room, he realised something. He had not yet seen the crests of Hope and Light. Knowing Kari, she would have put them somewhere.

He looked around the room for almost an age before he gave up. Obviously, wherever they were, he couldn't find them. He walked out of the door but something caught his eye.

He looked up and there they were, above the doorframe. Hope and Light, next to each other, painted in metallic colours and outlined in glitter.

Tai smiled and left the room. He walked into the sitting room and sat down. He turned on the TV as a very flustered Kari entered the apartment. She gave her mum the bags and came and sat next to him.

"Ten minute warning," she whispered, "mom's making three bean salad." Tai rolled his eyes and pulled a face. Kari smiled, "So what did you want to talk about before?"

Skipping the usual prep-talk, he went straight into it.

"Why didn't you tell them about the transformation thingy?" He asked.

"I…I don't know. Something in my head kept telling me not to tell them, yet." She replied, "They'll know soon enough. I can feel it."

"Anything else? Like…you don't want to make it more dramatic and get everyone's attention." Hikari's face changed into a sly grin and her voice changed slightly.

"Mebbe…" Tai laughed. His sister sure was a good girl.

"Master. I have found someone."

"Speak."

"She is close to the leader. The eldest leader. It looks as though he is her brother."

"That would be the one we captured, yes?"

"Yes, master." A sly grin overcame his master's face, but soon faded.

"We cannot use him again. We have already used him once, and they may be expecting another attempt to try and break him, not her."

"Yes master."

"Keep on the job, Piedmon, I want her."

Andy: I don't want it now.

H-4-T: Why?

Andy: I can't read.

H-4-T: throws hand up in defeat I hate it when my chapters get this short. Tell you what, though, I bet you didn't think that it would and up like this, huh? To tell the truth, neither did I. Oh well, cest la vie.