Losing Light

kitetherescue

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4everDestined: Cliffhangers are what I do best, so get used to them. I do love Takari. Season two is on ABC Family at 7 A.M on weekends, and I've been taping it and watching it along with my recordings of season one religiously. I must say I'm quite excited to see episode 13 again. I use a lot of stuff from my life to write this, and TK's doodling is based on one of my hopeless romantic guy friends. His best friend, who is also my friend, is gay, and he asked me that once. I love Taito. They just go so well together. I always feel so bad for Davis, so I try to write him as a tolerable character. No worries, I'm sure this made no sense either.

slapmesilly: Thank you very much. I'm so jealous. I would die to have Spencer's crotch anywhere near me. Are you going to Warped Tour this summer? I just love TK as a character, so I try to write him well.

Let's try to make this good now, Kate, instead of your usual shit.

"Kari's gone!"

Comfort Held In Friends

"What do you mean Kari's gone?" TK tried to keep his head, knowing that panic would only make him do something rash.

"She was just sitting at the table, and then she went digital," Davis explained breathlessly. He looked at TK, locking eyes with the blond. "Tai's certain that she's with her." TK nodded, trusting Tai's intuition. "What do we do?"

"There's nothing we can do, Dais," TK said quietly, raking a hand through his hair. He turned away from his friend, feeling Davis' eyes bore into his back.

"We have to do something!" Davis cried in outrage. "Don't you care about her?" TK whirled around, fury boiling in his eyes.

"Davis," He said, voice quiet, lethal. "I am in love with her." His gaze softened as Davis nodded somberly. "So when I say there's nothing we can do, I have gone through all our options, and there's nothing we can do. We don't even know where she is." TK took a deep breath, pressing the heels of his hands into his eyes. "This is Kari's fight, and as much as we want to help her, we just can't."

"Tai wanted to talk to you." TK nodded, walking back into the chaos that was the lunch room. It appeared that everyone in the C lunch had seen Kari disappear, and most were extremely shaken by it. Izzy was talking to their principal, probably explaining to him what happened. Izzy caught TK's eye, nodding him over. TK glanced at Tai who nodded.

"Hey," Izzy said quietly. TK nodded in response. He touched TK's shoulder, turning them both away from their principal. "Are you okay?" TK nodded. They turned back to their principal, who was waiting patiently. "We have reason to believe that Kari was taken to a place in the Digital World, I'm sure you've heard of it, called the Dark Ocean. Only TK, Kari, and a friend of ours named Ken have been there, so we're not exactly sure how to get there." Izzy paused. "How did you get there?" He asked after a moment. TK was quiet a moment.

"She needed me," He replied simply. Izzy nodded, pressing on.

"So there's no sure way to get there, and we can't have anyone who hasn't been to the Digital World yet go in there. So it's quite pointless to call the authorities, because they really can't do anything. Chances are, she'll come back on her own." TK nodded silently. "Go talk to Tai, there was something he wanted to tell you." TK gave a curt nod before shuffling over to where Tai sat, face in his hands. He looked up when TK took a seat in front of him.

"You okay?" Was the first thing he said. TK nodded. "Good."

"You?" Tai nodded. Silence enveloped the two for a moment. "You wanted to talk to me?" Tai nodded again.

"She said something odd before she disappeared," The elder teen said quietly, dropping his voice to a whisper. "She said that the king and queen would rule again. Does that mean anything to you?" TK was silent for a moment.

"Maybe."

flashback

TK smiled as Kari wrapped her arms around his neck, nuzzling her face into his shoulder. He couldn't remember a time when he had felt so happy, so completely carefree. Kari broke away from him as two Majiramon came before them. Both bowed deeply, their heads nearly touching the ground.

"Your majesties," One boomed, straightening from his bow. "It is good to have you back.

end flashback

"That's interesting," Tai murmured. "Do you think it's got anything to do with her disappearance?" TK shrugged. The two lasped into silence before Tai spoke again. "You love her, don't you?" TK didn't even bother to look alarm.

"Am I that obvious?" Tai gave a small chuckle.

"Yeah," He replied, clapping TK on the shoulder. "S'alright though, she's too blind to notice." TK nodded, knowing full well it was true. "Don't worry. Just wait until this madness ends, until the opportune moment." TK nodded silently, feeling too exhausted to do much more.

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Kari landed with a grunt on hard digital soil. She lay there for a moment, too surprised at what had happened to do anything else. She sat up slowly, wincing at the dull throbbing in her head. She looked around, trying to gain her bearings.

"The Digital World," She murmured, putting a hand on her forehead. She looked around again, now gaining familiarity. "File Island." She pulled her D-Terminal from her pocket and started typing. I'm in the Digital World, File Island actually. I'm fine, but I don't know if I can get back. Don't worry. -Kari, she typed, hoping with all hope that her e-mail would go through to TK. It did, and a moment later he sent a reply. I'll come get you, it read. Kari smiled, feeling TK's protection.

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"She's alright," TK said quietly, gesturing for everyone to settle down. "She's in the Digital World, but she doesn't know if she can get back." He glanced at Tai, who looked completely relieved. "I'll go get her." He turned to leave the lunch room, but a hand caught his arm. It was Tai.

"I think we all need to go, TK," He said, something grim in his voice. "Something odd is at work here, and I think we need to have a look for ourselves. TK nodded. The walk to the computer lab was silent, but the apprehension radiating off of everyone was completely evident. TK placed himself in front of the computer that had the port on the screen.

"Digi-port open!" He cried, holding his D-3 out at arm's length. What they found when they arrived was something they thought they would never see.

Oh cliffhanger again. This chapter was too short, and it wasn't that great, but be nice and review anyway.

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