A/N: Italics are flashbacks. Both the flashbacks are what happened in the cave. Sorry I tool so long to update! Sorry it's such a short chapter! Hope you enjoy.

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Chapter 6

Dawn of Realization

Tai's POV

What I saw I didn't want to have seen. I wanted to believe that there was no way of helping Kari and Kouji. I wanted to believe there was nothing I could do, but the truth was I knew what I had to do. I stood up; I restrained more tears from falling down my cheek. Everybody's eyes were trained on me; I knew what they were thinking. Poor Tai, think of how he must be feeling, poor, poor Tai maybe we can help him. I didn't want their sympathetic looks; I didn't want them to be sorry. The tension was too much!

"I..I think I need to be alone for a few minutes" I said quietly as I walked out of the living room past the kitchen and into the hall. I pressed my head against the hall wall and started crying, till I was aware of someone coming towards me.

Takuya's POV

WHAT AM I DOING! I couldn't stop myself. As soon as Tai had left the room my feet had immediately followed. Instead of going to the hall though, I first entered the kitchen and grabbed a ……knife. WHAT AM I THINKING! I had no control. My thoughts started getting blurrier. I was losing myself. I was right behind Tai now.

"What do you want?" he asked in a whispered anger refusing to face me. I squeezed the knife in my hand and started slowly raising it. I had no reasonable thoughts now, the only thing I could hear repeating over and over in my head was: KILL.

Kouji's POV

"KOUJI" Kari yelled. I thought this was the end as the beam of light came from that things hand. I saw my life flash before my eyes, it was then I realized how pitiful my life really was, how little I had done, how few people really were my friends. I didn't want my life to end not now! I felt this overwhelming force come over me. I felt warmth and I saw a boy with his friends and then a weird symbol. The light stopped and I fell to the floor.

Kari's POV

As soon as he fell I ran over to Kouji and embraced him.

"No, no, no…" I started whimpering slowly, tears began to run down my cheek.

"Wha…?" I heard the cloaked figure say startled. It started to come closer. I saw Ladydevimon appear.

"Dispose of the Digimon" it said curtly.

"NO!" I cried out "don't!" I wanted to run over to the poor defenseless digimon but didn't want to risk leaving Kouji alone with this thing. "Please" I looked up into the hood of the cloaked figure but could see no face. See no emotion.

"HA!" it laughed "why would I spare these pitiful excuse for digimon when they are the ones who took him away from me!"

"Please…" I cried pathetically.

"Why should I?" it asked before it started laughing again. Now I was angry I wasn't going to let her do this!

"Because if you don't my brother will come here and hunt you down and destroy you till there is nothing left of you or your digimon" I growled menacingly.

"Ha your brother is the pathetic one they call Tai? If so I have nothing to worry about," it kept laughing at me like I was some stupid child who knew nothing. I lashed out at it. It easily dodged at grabbed my hand.

"I will make a deal with you… the digimon can be set free IF you say something's for your brother Tai"

"Fine you demonic creep" I replied pulling my hand away. If I could see it's face I could bet it was giving me a crooked smile.

"Just for that" it said, "You will be pulled along my carriage the rest of the way". I grimaced as we get tied to the end of the carriage but I was happy as I saw the digimon get set free. I was hoping to stay conscious the whole ride to the castle…but one could only dream.

Tai's POV

"Takuya…what do you want dammit?" I turned around to face Takuya and for a second I saw a red bull like demon holding a knife, but then I saw Takuya. His face had a terrified expression on it like he was lost. He slowly dropped the knife and crumpled on the floor looking at the ground. He started sobbing, I should have crouched down to comfort the crying boy but I was still in shock… did Takuya just seriously try to stab me?

"T..a….i..I'm..soooo…sorry….I….don't….know.….what….came…..over….me" he looked up at me with pleading brown eyes. "Please forgive me!"

"I..I.. don't know if I can" I said shaking my head. I exited the hallway and went back to the living room. I grabbed Izzy's laptop and headed toward the front door than stopped.

"Guys….it's been really great knowing you all…." I paused "I am going to mi…."

"NO TAI! Don't say things like that!" Sora ran to me and embraced me and started weeping heavily in my chest. "You can't go…." She whispered, "you just can't" I bent down so I could whisper in her ear.

"I have to…" I pulled her chin up and kissed her on the lips. We stayed like this for a few seconds then I pulled away.

"Izzy I will make sure you laptop gets back to you!" and with that I opened the door and started walking down the drive. I took one last glance. Tears were streaming down Sora's face and I could see Takuya leaning against the wall crying as well.

"Goodbye, my friends" I forced a smile and waved before finally turning away. Finally the tears started falling down my face as I realized what I had done and what had to be done.

Kouji's POV

"Are you okay?" I asked attentively, I reached out and touched Kari's arm. We had finished doing the transmission two days and Kari hadn't spoken since. We were stuck in the dungeons once again.

"I don't know!" she started crying. I held her close to my chest.

"Do you know of the virus she was talking about?" I asked.

"No" Kari answered curtly. I looked at her, the moonlight coming through the small window illuminated her face and made her look even more beautiful, it was hard to believe she was quite a few years older than me in the real world.

"It'll all be okay," I whispered. She just whimpered in response. I heard some of the digimon in the other cells start moving around but they stopped within seconds and I heard the rain.

"Listen" I said quietly. It was a thunderstorm. I loved thunderstorms listening to the howling rain, thunder and wind. And seeing the lightning flash.

"I love thunderstorms," she said quietly.

"Me too" we looked into each other's eyes. I brought my head down and kissed her. We held the kiss for a while and when we started to break apart I lingered on her bottom lip.

"I love you…" who was that speaking? I hardly knew this girl and I told her I loved her! What am I thinking? I looked back at Kari she was looking out the window into the rain. I started stroking her hair. I couldn't stop asking myself: what happened to the old Kouji?

To Be Continued…

Ha HA HA! I laugh in your face Moony! I Got it up! MUHAHAHA! First updating this chapter then ruling the world! Or I guess completing this story would be nice too LoL! Okay one thing I can say for sure is next chapter your going to get some feelings from Kari (like about Kouji and T.K.). ummmmm….well anyways sorry I took so long hope you enjoy R&R please!