You are my Sunshine…
Time: Four years ago
Location: Digital World, in sewers
"What's going on?" Tentomon panicked as he glowed purple and pink.
"It's okay, Tentomon, calm down," Kari said as the pink light around her was absorbed by Tentomon. Kari slumped to her knees. Izzy ran over to her.
"I'm fine," she said before he could ask. Izzy bit his lip, but he believed her. The purple light from his crest faded too, it was being absorbed by Tentomon.
"What's going on?" the bug digimon asked.
"That's the same thing that happened to me not long ago," Koromon said.
"Are you saying he's going to warp digivolve?" Izzy asked, and just as he did, Tentomon was completely surrounded in a bright light: this one was golden. The light grew larger and larger until it was lost as big as the sewers itself.
"Tentomon warp digivolve to-!"
Izzy shielded his eyes against the light; even Chaosdramon stopped his rampaging to watch.
"HercalesKabuterimon!"
"Look at that," Kari said as Izzy helped her to her feet. "He looks like a giant golden beetle."
"That's HercalesKabuterimon," Koromon informed them. "He's the mega level from of Tentomon. His Mega Electro Shocker and Giga Scissor Claw will make you wish you brought bug spray."
"Hercales," Izzy muttered. "Kabuterimon?"
"It's your digimon," Kari smiled. "And he was born without the use of knowledge."
A smile slowly crept on Izzy's face. "Woohoo! Go get him HercalesKabuterimon!"
"With pleasure," the large golden digimon said. His golden armor spread apart on his back, and four white wings appeared, carrying through the sewers to Chaosdramon.
"Giga Scissor Claw," HercalesKabuterimon said. His large pincers chopped at Chaosdramon, capturing him.
"Mega Electro Shocker."
Chaosdramon was electrocuted by the blast, and he exploded into pieces of digital dust. Izzy jumped up and down with Kari as HercalesKabuterimon glowed again, this time into a tiny figure that landed in Izzy's arms.
"How did I do, Izzy?' Motimon asked.
"You did prodigious," Izzy said, hugging him.
"That was awesome," Kari said, making the little digimon blush. After a few rounds of laughter, footsteps were heard in the distance.
"Kari!" came a voice.
"Tai!" Kari called back. "We're over here."
Great, Izzy thought, is smile fading. Now he comes back.
Time: Present
Location: Naples, Italy
"Carina! I can't hold on any longer! I'm going to slide off!" ((Just a little note, Carina's name is pronounced 'chah-ree-nah'))
"Almost there, Matt! Just hang on."
Izzy laughed from the side door of the motor scooter. Matt was sitting behind Carina, hands around her waist.
"I can tell you that do this all the time!" Izzy called over the howling wind. Carina looked at him and nodded.
"How else do you expect me to get to school? This is the only legal way to get to school."
"And driving a motor scooter at the age of eleven is legal?" Matt shouted. Carina smirked.
"We're almost there," Carina said. "Do you see the stadium?"
"Yeah," Izzy said. "You can stop now, we can make it in there from here!"
"Are you crazy?" Carina yelled. "This is the one chance I get to see a live soccer game."
"Don't tell me she's going to drive into the stadium?" Matt asked Izzy. Izzy shrugged. Sure enough, Carina managed to drive past the ticket vendor and security guards.
"I can tell Carina isn't going to have the clearest criminal record," Matt muttered. Izzy laughed.
"You'd be surprised these days."
Carina stopped the bike and jumped off. Izzy climbed out of the side car and Matt slid off, a little bow legged.
"Remind me never to get a motorcycle, motor scooter, motor car, or motor anything."
"I'll make sure to tell you the moment you get that convertible you wanted so much," Izzy said. But now, we have to find Tai."
Matt and Izzy ran through double doors and found it led to the bottom of the stadium.
"30 seconds until the middle of the game," Matt said. "That'll give us time to talk to him."
"We want more than just talk," Izzy said as the timer continued to tick down.
"Wow, they're amazing, aren't they?" Matt said, taking a stab at starting a conversation.
"Remind me never to listen to Sora," Izzy said. Matt frowned at him.
"Why? Because we ran into a crazy little Italian girl? At least she got us here."
"Yeah," Izzy replied. "And I prefer motor scooter over the digital portal."
"I dunno," Matt said. "They both seem the same to me."
The clock honked as it reached 00:00. Matt pointed.
"There he is."
"He's coming this way," Izzy said. Tai was sweating and panting; he returned to the bench by the doors and wiped his head with a towel.
"Tai."
Tai jumped and his mouth opened wide as he saw them. "Izzy! Matt! What are you doing here?"
"That's the question I was about to ask you."
Tai blinked in surprise. "Izzy? Are you mad at me?"
Matt managed to get Tai behind the double doors and away from the crowds in the stadium. Izzy poked Tai's chest angrily.
"You didn't tell us where you were!" Izzy snapped.
"I thought I did," Tai said. "I could've sworn I said something-"
"You didn't tell us a few days ago," Izzy interrupted. "And now Kari's in trouble!"
"What happened?" Tai asked. Anger bubbled inside Izzy. Why didn't Tai sound more worried? Izzy clenched his fists.
"She's in a coma, Tai," Matt muttered. Tai paled.
"What? But how?"
"If you would've been around, you would know!" Izzy said. He snapped. Before Izzy knew it, he brought his fist back and hit Tai right in his nose. Tai gasped as he clutched his nose and fell backwards, skidding a bit on the floor.
"I'm so sorry, Tai," Izzy said as he and Matt ran over to Tai. Tai moved his hand and examined the blood on it. His nose was bleeding like crazy.
"My goodness, Izzy," Tai said. "No wonder you never fight. I thought I was going to die with that punch."
"No you didn't," Izzy said, helping Tai to his feet. "And I'm sorry, but you were provoking me."
"That's not it," Tai said, looking at Izzy. "Something happened four years ago in the sewers. You weren't too happy then."
"I'm going to look for our driver," Matt said, and he left them. Izzy looked away.
"It's nothing."
"Did…Kari do something to you?" Tai frowned.
"No!" Izzy shouted forcefully. He blushed as he realized he was reckless. "Um, no. Nothing like that."
"Then you have to tell me," Tai said. "You didn't have punched me like that because I didn't know about Kari."
"Well, you didn't," Izzy said. "And you never told us where you were going."
"You're getting off topic," Tai stated. "What happened four years ago?"
Izzy took a deep breath and explained everything. He tried to leave the CPR part out, but Tai had someone wriggled it out of him.
"That's what happened."
"I see," Tai said. "You know, Izzy. Those feelings of doubt you were having about Kari, it isn't because you like her."
"What are you talking about?" Izzy demanded, blushing.
"It's because you think of her as a sister."
Izzy blinked. "A sister?"
"Yeah," Tai said. "I mean, those feelings you have when you brought her back in the sewers, I get those feelings too and I tend to act reckless."
"Just like when you punched me?" Izzy crooned.
"Hey, you got me back," Tai said, wiping the blood off with his shirt. "Well, now that that's done, time to go back to Japan."
"Just like that?" Izzy frowned. "What about the soccer game?"
"Forget it," Tai said. "Now, how do we get back?"
"Here comes Matt with our driver," Izzy replied. Tai's face fell when he saw Carina with Matt.
"That shrimp's going to take us home?"
"That shrimp got us here, didn't she?" Izzy said, feeling at ease. Tai sighed.
"How are we getting home?"
"Through the Digital World," Izzy said, laughing at Tai's expression. "And a motor scooter."
Note: Hey guys! I'm almost done with the story, thanks for being so patient and I hope you continue to read it in the future!
-Chelle