Ch. 18 Who's Hanna?
"Don't worry, I'll be home soon, get better Kari," I heard Tai's voice. I saw an image of when I had to stay home from summer camp. He didn't want to leave me, but he did.
"Tai!" I yelled as if the image was real.
"Who? Who are you?" the image of Tai asked puzzled.
"I'm Kari," I told him.
"What's going on Tai?" the younger image of me said.
"You're not Kari, she's Kari!" he yelled at me.
"Yes I am, I'm what she'll become in four years," I explained.
"Tai! The bus is leaving without you!" little Kari said.
"No! I really wanted to see Sora this summer," he moaned.
"This is all wrong!" I shook my head, trying to fix the image.
"She'll be ok, she might have gotten a little scared, don't worry about it Davis," I heard Izzy's voice; it was sweet, but worried. I must be waking up.
"What if she isn't?" Davis yelled in a shaky voice.
"You ruined this for me!" that image of my brother yelled at me.
"No I didn't!" I yelled, I woke up; they must have heard what I said. They stared at me with confused and sad eyes. I sat up, I was shaking with fear. I shut my eyes and put my hands over them.
Someone put their arm around me. I knew it wasn't Davis. I still had my eyes closed, but I removed my hand, and held the other person, like I was giving them a hug. I started to cry, I couldn't hold them back anymore. Whoever was there, they held on to me tight, they seemed worried. I wanted to know who it was, I slightly opened my eyes. I saw Ken's shirt. I wanted to know where Davis was, why wasn't he holding me? I pulled up my head and looked around the room. There wasn't anyone else.
"Where is everyone?" I asked him faintly.
"They can't come here," Ken said in an evil voice.
"What? Where? Who are you?" I was scared and puzzled, to make this even worse, the room filled with darkness.
"You told your secrets, now you must pay!" he pushed me away and took out a knife.
"No!" I shook my head.
"Make this easy on me, just hand me your other palm," Ken gave me an evil look.
"Ken! I'm your friend, we can fight this evil!" I yelled at him.
"What evil?" he was laughing, and came closer to me.
"Stop it!" I wanted to run, but I couldn't move.
"You can't run away, not this time," he explained.
I figured it out. When Ken and I touched, we went into the Dark World! The evil inside him found out that I told them my secrets. Where was Davis, I could really use him right now.
"What do you want to do to me?" I screamed.
"I want to take you life away, or at least slash the palm of you hand," Ken told me his plan.
"Why?" I asked, I really didn't want to know the answer.
Ken hesitated to answer.
"Do you even know why?" I questioned.
He dropped the knife. Ken looked at his hands. "Why?"
"You have no reason to hurt me anymore. You know I'm good, I'm your friend," I explained.
He knelt down, picked up the knife, and stood back up.
"What are you doing?" I was puzzled.
"It should have been me who died!" Ken yelled and pointed it at his arm.
"No Ken, it isn't your fault, it was his time to go," I told him.
"But what reason do I have to live?" he inquired.
"You have my friendship," I walked over to him, and took the knife; I threw it on the ground.
"But-" he tried to say something, but I cut him off.
"No buts Ken, you have so many friends, a life to live," I put my hand on his shoulder. All of a sudden, the Dark World faded away, we returned to my room.
I was still holding onto Ken, it was as if nothing happened. I opened my eyes, I was crying.
"Kari, I'm so sorry," Ken told me.
"No worries," I let go of him and got up.
"I don't want you walking around, you get right back on that bed," Tai told me.
"I'm fine, where's Davis?" I asked looking around the room.
"He went outside, he was too scared to stay," he responded.
"I'm going to look for him," I opened the door and left.
I walked outside my building. I saw Davis pacing back and forth by the cars.
"What are you doing Davis!" I yelled questionly to him.
"Huh?" Davis turned quickly and stared at me with confused eyes.
"Yeah, I'm talking to you," I had a bright smile on my face.
"Kari, you scared…Are you ok?" he changed what he was going to say.
"I'm fine, now that I found you," I was pleased to see him.
Davis was looking at my hands, he had a shocked, I can't speak look.
"What's wrong Davis?" I asked him.
"Your gloves are ripped," he pointed at my hands.
I looked down at my hands. "What…How?" I stared at the torn gloves, I was shakings.
"How?" Davis repeated me.
"Oh, I got to talk to Ken!" I walked away.
"Wait, Kari!" I heard Davis yelling after me.
I stopped dead in my tracks, turned, and looked at him.
"Why Ken?" Davis questioned me.
"Just come if you're coming," I replied.
I quickly opened the door to my room, Davis was behind me.
"Kari!" Tai jumped up when he saw me.
"Ken, we need to talk," I said emotionless.
He nodded his head, got up, and left the room. I took Davis with us.
We were in the hallway. I took my hands and put them in Ken's face. He had this surprised look.
"Davis noticed this, what do you think it is?" I questioned.
"I'm not that sure…Wait, I think I did it," he told me.
Davis looked at us with a puzzled exspression.
"I tried to grab hold of you, I think I might have ripped your gloves with that knife…I'm really sorry Kari, this is terrible," Ken explained.
"Yes, I remembered that. It isn't your fault Ken, remember, that place takes over your mind. I'm just astonished that it doesn't take over me!" I clarified.
"But the weird thing is, I haven't gone back to that place since I met you Kari, and today, when you held onto me, that is when we went there," he was confused.
"When Davis touched my back! He, you, I saw a dark image, then I kind of blacked out or something. When that happened, I thought I was in that Dark World, and Ken, you were there. We were talking about what happened out in the hallway, between Davis and I. I heard Davis's voice, he called for me, and then his kiss, his warm, soft kiss, woke me from the dark, gloominess of the dream. After that, I blacked out again. That time, I imaged Tai and I when we were little. It was when Tai was leaving for summer camp. I was talking to him, as the me right now; I made it where he missed the bus. I heard Izzy saying it will be alright, and Davis asking what if it isn't. I yelled 'No I didn't', the image said I ruined his chance to see Sora, but that wasn't right! I then woke up," I informed them.
"I remember you yelling that," Davis told me.
"It must have a connection," I thought out loud.
"What is the connection between them?" Ken asked.
"T.K. was talking too, when you heard me and Izzy, you must have only heard your crushes. The connection between you and Ken is that Dark World, but what about the image?" Davis was saying.
"That was the day after I saw that Dark World. The day after I got the cut on my palm! I didn't want Tai to leave me alone, I didn't like being alone. I knew he had to go, and now I know why he really wanted to go, he wanted to see Sora, he left me, hurt and scared, all alone," I explained.
"But why did you see me when you first blacked out?" Ken questioned.
"Because I feel safe in the Dark World when you're there. But I didn't feel safe when I was really there, when the world took you under it's control," I decided.
"You changed that though, you broke the power of that world Kari," Ken told me.
"That is because you told me about you slitting my palm the first time. You told me that you would know who is good. I showed you that we were friends, that you had no reason to hurt me. Then that world almost got the best of you, you were about to kill yourself. You told me that it should have been you who died, not your brother. I explained that it was his time to go, that it wasn't your fault," I remembered.
"But what if you didn't-" Ken stopped when the door opened from my room.
"Sorry to stop your conversation, I just needed to use the phone," Cody walked out of the room.
"I'll show you where it is…Davis, Ken, why don't you guys go into the bedroom, I found out what I needed to know," I walked away, they nodded their heads.
I walked Cody to where the phone was. Cody picked up the phone, before he dialed the phone number; he turned and looked at me.
"Why did Ken stop talking when I came out?" he asked as he dialed a phone number.
"I'm not that sure, I guess what he had to say could only be told to me and Davis," I told him.
"Ok…Oh, hello…I'm at Kari's house…What do you mean you don't know Kari…Sorry…But…I will be home later…Fine, no later than 8PM…I'll tell her…Yes Mom…Ok…Yes I am…I'll talk to you when I get home…Bye," Cody was talking on the phone.
"What was that about?" I questioned.
"My mom said I can stay until eight, but only if I eat dinner before I go home," he explained.
"I think we should all go out to eat somewhere, before we send Ken home," I decided.
Cody didn't say anything back; he just walked back to my bedroom. I followed him.
When I walked into the bedroom, after Cody, everyone was staring at me.
I looked at Tai, I didn't know if I was seeing things, but it looked like he was crying. He stood up and came over to me. I was still by the door.
"Kari," Tai said, and gave me a hug. I felt his tears falling; I heard the sadness in his breath.
"Tai, I'll be ok," I whispered to him, I held back my tears.
I looked up, Sora walked towards us. She took her hand and put it on Tai's shoulder. He jumped in fight. Tai let go of me and looked at Sora.
"Go on Tai," I told him quietly.
You could see the redness in Tai's eyes, the tears were still dripping. He stared at Sora. I was looking at Sora; I could see that she was sad, that she wanted to cry with Tai, for Tai.
"It's ok to shed a tear or two," Tai told her.
Tears fell from Sora's eyes. She covered her face with her hands.
"Sora, don't worry about it," Tai gave Sora a hug. I wasn't that sure what he was talking about.
I walked over to where T.K. and Yolei were.
"You had me worried Kari," T.K. told me.
I sat down and looked around the room.
"Who are you looking for?" Yolei asked me.
"Where is Willis…And Davis," I was puzzled.
"They're out on the balcony, I think Ken's out there too," T.K. filled me in.
"Oh, ok…I'm sorry, I just got here, but I need to talk to Willis and Davis, even Ken," I got up.
"That's ok Kari, we understand," T.K. said, Yolei nodded her head in agreement.
I walked out onto the balcony connected to our room.
"I never knew Kari was like this. When I met you guys in Colorado, she seemed so lively, not someone who has her weak points," I heard Willis say.
I quietly opened the door.
"I didn't know at first either, but that doesn't make her different from who she was at first. No matter how weird you might find it Willis, I think she is-" Davis turned around and saw me.
"Hi Davis!" I smiled and turned bright red in the face.
"How long were you listening?" was all he asked.
"I heard what Willis said," I was being honest.
Davis, Ken, and Willis stared at me.
"I see I'm unwanted here, I'll just go," I turned around and put my hand on the door.
"No, I didn't want you to go," Davis told me.
"That's ok, I just wanted to ask Ken and you guys if you wanted to go out to eat in, say 30 minutes. Cody has to go home at eight, and Ken needs to take the sub back to his own place," I explained.
"Sounds great," Willis answered for all of them.
"Now, I need to tell the others, see you guys later," I blew them a kiss as I walked inside.
"I already told them," Cody walked up to me.
"And that makes my life one step easier," I laughed.
"They said that it is a great idea," he informed me.
"Ok, the only question is, where should we eat?" I told him.
"We decided that the resturant by the subway station would be best," he let me know.
Tai walked over to me.
"I haven't been there since, since, wow, in four years," Tai remembered.
"We better get gooing then," I turned around and knocked on the window. Davis saw me, I motioned him to tell the others that we are leaving, and that they need to come with us.
He opened the door, and the came inside.
"Let's go!" Davis smiled.
We left a note for my mom and Izzy's cell phone number. We walked out the front door. We were going to try not to talk about what happene to me. We wanted to have a good time!
We were just walking down the street, walking to the resturant. We talked none stop!
"Matt, do you like anybody? I know you know other girls," I started a topic.
He smiled and started to blush.
"Who is it Matt!" Sora was shocked.
"Her name is Sidney," Matt admitted.
"Oh, her, she's cool," Sora told him.
"You, you know her?" he asked.
"Yeah, real nice girl, she's one of the girls I met at the tennis court," Sora smiled.
"Do you know if she likes me?" Matt's eye lit up.
"No, I can ask her though, bring you up in a conversation," she decided.
Matt smiled and nodded his head in agreement.
"Ken, you live a life we don't know much about, do you have a crush?" Davis asked.
"Yes," Ken simply answered.
"Tell us her name," T.K. insisted.
"Jordan, but she goes to your school, takes the sub everyday," he explained.
"I have a Jordan in my class. She's my height, has short violet colored hair. She wears a long, yellow dress, and she is real nice," Yolei described her Jordan.
"That sounds like her," he was smiling.
"I'm going to tell her for you!" Yolei laughed.
Ken gave her the 'really' look.
"What about Joe, you must like someone," Mimi smiled at him.
"Her name is Lillian, but my class just calls her Lilly. She works at, well, the resturant we're going to. That's funny!" Joe was blushing.
"Willis has heard all of our crushes, and even though we don't live in America, we want to know who you like, who you have a crush," I was staring at Willis.
"I think I have a crush on this girl named Hanna, I have a picture of her, I'll show you when we get to the resturant," he decided.
We arrived at the resturant after 20 minutes of walking.
"How many in your party?" the waitress asked.
I counted heads. "13."
"This way please," she walked us over to two tables and joined them together.
We looked at the menu.
"Let's just get four of the party combos," I decided.
"That will be ready in about 10 minutes," the waitress left.
"Where's Lilly?" Mimi asked Joe.
"She's the one walking this way," Joe was trying to hide himself.
"Joe! You should have told me that you were here. It is nice to see a friendly face! All the people who work here are emotionless creeps!" Lilly laughed.
"Hi Lilly," Joe was blushing.
"Well, I can see you have a lot of friends. My names Lilly, I know Joe from school, isn't he a nice guy. How did you meet him?" she was sweet.
"Summer camp," Tai quickly answered.
"Well, Joe, your friends are almost as cute as you!" Lilly was blushing and left.
"She thinks you're cute!" Mimi screamed.
Joe started to sink in his chair. You could tell his face was bright red.
"Is that Terry?" Izzy saw a girl walk in the door, she looked like Terry, she had another girl her age with her.
"And K.C.," Cody smiled.
"Come on K.C., let's see if Izzy and his friends will let us sit with them," Terry motioned K.C. to come with her. They walked to our table, K.C. walked slowly.
"Hey Cody! I'm glad to see you again," Terry pulled a seat from another table to sit on; she motioned K.C. to do the same.
"Who's that Terry?" Izzy asked.
"This is my twin K.C.," she told him.
Terry was Cody's age. She wore blue jeans and a long sleeved, black t-shirt. Her hair was a black color, and it was short.
K.C. on the other hand, had a sweet look. She was also Cody's age. She wore a skirt that went to her knees; it was a light blue color. She had a darker blue tank top on. Her hair was in a ponytail, it was a light blonde color, it made her look cute, nothing like her twin.
"K.C., there's a chair over here if you would like to sit," Cody said to her.
"Thank you, your name is Cody, right?" K.C. said sweetly.
He nodded his head and pulled out the chair.
"Thanks!" she smiled.
"Why are you guys here?" Izzy asked.
"I just got home from a camp on the other side of town; Terry was nice and met me here. I was really hungry, so we decided to stop and get a bite," K.C. explained.
"Well, we already order, we should have enough food to share," I told them.
"We'll help pay for it, what is your name now?" she was proper.
"Oh, my name is Kari, here let the rest of them introduce themselves," I looked at the others.
"I'm Sora, and this is Tai," Sora said and pointed at Tai.
"My name is Yolei, and that's T.K.," Yolei told her.
"The name is Mimi, and that's Izzy," Mimi looked at Izzy.
"My name is Davis," Davis was smiling.
"Ken is my name," Ken announced.
"I'm Willis, I come from America," Willis was proud to say where he was form.
"Hi, my name is Matt, and this guy next to me, who still is speechless, is Joe," Matt pointed out.
"Lovely names you guys and girls have," K.C. said.
"Here's your food," a waitress put four plates on our table.
We ate the food, it was good.
"Come on K.C., we better get going," Terry went outside.
Cody walked K.C. to the door. I went up to pay for the meal.
"Oh, before I go, what's your phone number?" I heard K.C. ask Cody.
"Let me write it down, hold on please," he took a pen from a counter and a napkin to write on. He wrote his number on the paper. Cody then handed it to K.C.
"I'll call you sometime, ok? I got to go, I hope to see you again," she opened the door and left.
I walked up to him.
"Hey Cody, ready to go?" I asked him.
"Yeah," Cody replied.
"I think she likes you…She is a smart girl Cody. I think you picked a good person to like, I'm just glad it isn't Terry. I don't really like her, she's rude. I'm just glad you found someone you like. K.C. is really nice, just like you, I guess you will be perfect for each other," I told him.
"She wants to see me again," he was smiling.
"Perfect match," I laughed and walked over to get the others.
"Hey Kari," Willis said to me as I arrived at our table.
"Come on, we have to get going, Ken, the sub will leave in 30 minutes, we better get you to the station," I told them.
"Right," Ken replied. He picked up his bag from the ground and smiled at me.
"Where's Davis?" I asked him.
"I think he went to the bathroom," Ken answered my question.
"We have to go, and I'm not going in the guy's bathroom to get him," I looked at the others.
"I'll get him," Tai offered, he then walked to where the bathrooms were.
"This was nice Kari, I'm glad we decided to come here," Ken pointed out.
"It was, wasn't it, I think Cody and Joe liked it a lot," I told him. Joe was talking to Lilly; Cody was talking with Yolei and T.K.
"I can't believe Yolei knows the girl I like," Ken said.
"I can't believe that she's going to tell her!" I was laughing.
"Willis, you never showed us that picture," Ken turned around and saw Willis writing.
"Let me get it out," Willis was being shy. He flipped to the back of the notebook he was writing in. Willis pulled out a picture, smiled, and handed it to Ken.
"She is cute, for an American," Ken started to laugh.
"She isn't American, she's from Australia," Willis pointed out.
"I love her name," I told them.
I stared at the picture. A girl my age stood by a tree. She wore a short white shirt. You could tell that she had a blue jean skirt on, a mini skirt, I thought. Her hair was a strawberry blonde color; it was up in a bun. She looked elegant and sweet.
"She looks familiar, like I've seen her before," Ken told us.
"Hanna did live in Japan for a year, before she moved to America," Willis informed us.
"She went to my school! Her last name is Delfort?" Ken commented.
"Yeah, that is weird," Willis had this cute confused face.
"Here comes Tai and Davis, we better get going, now we only have 20 minutes," I explained.
"Hey Kari, let's get going," Davis was smiling.
"Come on everyone, time to go!" I yelled to the others.
We walked out of the resturant and down the street to the subway station.