Disclaimer: Don't own any digimon. Yet again I do own Lianamon.
Friendship or Love
Chapter 3 T.K's Trio
The sky darkened and out of the centre of it, flew two mega digimon.
"T.K!" They called in unison, "Be careful on your journey. We have given you a gift; a gift of knowledge. You will be able to see what is true and what is false. We have also given Light a gift. She is the interpreter for us. We will be able to talk to you and Light through her. Good luck." With that the two digimon disappeared and I suddenly could feel a wet splash.
T.K's eyes popped wide open as cool droplets of water dripped down his face and all over him. Kari stood there, trying hard not to laugh.
"Kari? You are so going to get it." T.K warned, playfully. He reached for her, but she manoeuvred, wisely, out of the way. T.K scrambled to his feet, but he found that he was twisted in his blankets, resulting in his crash to the floor. Kari burst into giggles, "Here, let me help you up!" She reached out a hand for him to grab. T.K grinned slyly and took her hand, but then pulled her down. He pulled her into his lap and grinned. "I told you I'd get you back." She shrieked as he poked her stomach. She raked her hand through his blond dishevelled hair and messed it even more up.
Suddenly there was a loud cough at the door. Yolei stood there with a questioning stare. T.K and Kari both turned, blushing furiously. Kari took her hand out of his hair.
"We…were just…" T.K stammered.
"I was helping T.K get out of bed." Kari calmly finished for him. He gave her a grateful smile.
"I'm sure. Breakfast is ready." Yolei turned her heel. Kari glanced at T.K and burst into peals of laughter.
"Did…you see…the look on…her face?" T.K managed between bursts of laughter. Kari nodded and grinned.
"Let's get some breakfast." T.K held out a hand to Kari who gaily grasped it with her own.
Everyone was seated on a large round table. T.K stole a look at Matt. He was chatting to Tai and T.K noticed Matt sliding his left hand on top of Sora's. Either Tai noticed or Sora felt it because Matt pulled back and shovelled more rice into his mouth.
"Ahem." Everyone turned to Gennai as he cleared his throat. "I have a map for you to take and some copies of it."
"Why do we need copies?" Tai asked, scratching his boofy hair. Kari, who was sitting next to him, whacked the back of his head. "Why do you think?" She demanded.
"Um…" There was a long pause. "Because we might have to travel in groups?"
"Two points Tai!" Sora joked as she put her hand on his back. Tai flushed at her touch and shrewdly decided not to say anything.
"Yes…Tai is right. You will have to actually go in groups…" Gennai straightened up. Immediately everyone started screaming about who they wanted to go with.
"I wanna go with Kari!" Davis whined.
"Can I be with Sora?" Matt and Tai chorused together. Then they turned to each other and glared.
"People People! You will get to be with the people you want." Gennai waved his arms about. "Just don't forget to bring a map with your group." There was a mad dash as everyone tried to grab a map for their group. Sora, T.K, Izzy and Yolei grabbed a map and the next few seconds were chaotic as the digidestined rushed around the room to find a group to be with. In the end, T.K was with Kari and Davis, Sora was with Matt and Tai, Izzy was with Mimi and Joe and Yolei was with Cody and Ken.
Once everyone was in a group, they turned their attention back to Gennai. He smoothed his crumpled shirt.
"I made up a few kits, for if you get into danger…no you will get into danger. There are other supplies as well." Gennai looked meaningfully at Davis and Tai. They grinned cheekily and slapped a high five. "I guess I won't really be expecting you for awhile. Your digimon should be arriving soon to help out." Gennai stepped back and pressed a quick digit code and a hidden door opened. Out of it came, Agumon, Gabumon, Biyomon, Patamon, Gatomon, Palmon, Gomamon, Tentomon, Wormon, Veemon, Hawkmon and Armidillomon.
"We were beginning to wonder where you guys disappeared to." Davis joked as Veemon jumped into his arms. Patamon flew gladly onto T.K's head.
"Well now that you have your digimon, you should start heading for Lianamon's Track." Gennai said eagerly. The digidestined nodded and bustled out the door in their groups.
"So tell me why you are leading, again?" Davis asked for the millionth time. T.K sighed. "Because I have a better sense of direction then you do." He said, bored.
"Can we have some food?" Veemon asked as politely as he could.
"We had breakfast just awhile ago." Gatomon frowned. Veemon blushed and said nothing. They walked in silence, or in Patamon's case, he flew. Suddenly T.K felt a presence in his mind.
Relax. Don't be scared. It's me, Azulongmon. You know, from your dream?
T.K jerked. Did he just imagine that or was it real? He glanced at Kari. She stared steadily back at him and gave him a knowing smile.
That's right. Through Light I am talking to you. Do not tell anyone about Light or your powers. Great disasters may occur.
T.K listened intently to the voice and was surprising disappointed when he felt the voice leave.
"Hey T.G! I've been calling you for 3 whole minutes. You in there? Or has some evil digimon taken over!" Davis mocked. T.K was a little shocked to some similarity in what Davis had said, but he quickly regained his composure.
"What?" T.K said impatiently.
"Is that rock supposed to be so big?" T.K suddenly turned to see a hideous shape that resembled a rock.
That is no rock. Walk through it.
T.K walked through the rock and Davis was speechless.
"What're you doing?" Davis walked briskly forward to stop T.K, but surprisingly Kari pulled on his arm.
"Let him go." Her words were small, but they had a huge impact on Davis. Davis nodded and watched T.K disappear through the 'rock'.
"This might be a bit too much for you to see." Kari whispered uncharacteristically of Kari. She covered both of her small hands over his eyes and sang a soft song that kept him from taking her hands off. Gatomon kept Veemon preoccupied by feeding him some snacks. While Kari and Gatomon were doing this, T.K had somehow turned the rock smaller and was fighting the inner digimon, a Lianamon.
"Backss away huummansss." the Lianamon hissed. Its slimy olive green arms waved about.
"Not until we get what we want." T.K said firmly. Patamon jumped into the fray.
"Patamon digivolve into…Angemon!" Patamon disappeared and in his place was a tall shining angel.
"Hand of fate!" Angemon sent the attack straight at the Lianamon. It blocked the attack.
"Spiky trap!" The Lianamon's attack pummelled Angemon.
"T.K! I need to digivolve," Angemon stood slowly getting up.
"Angemon digivolve into…Magnaangemon!" The forest was overwhelmed by the splendour of the angel.
"Gate of destiny!" The Lianamon fell into the gate and disintegrated. Then, with another burst of light, Patamon fell into T.K's arms, exhausted.
Davis sneakily slipped an energy bar from the kit that T.K was currently carrying and managed to finish it before T.K even noticed. It was only after they stopped for a break that T.K found out that Davis took some food.
"One less energy bar for you!" he joked. Davis pouted and quickly gobbled down his other snack before T.K took any of his food.
"We there yet?" Davis whined. They had been walking for almost forty five minutes. He was answered with silence. T.K glanced at the map and turned left and continued walking. "We're nearly there."
Kari comfortingly placed a hand on T.K's arm. He smiled gratefully and the trio walked on.
"Eww! It stinks here. Can you two smell it?" Davis complained holding his nose. T.K glanced at Kari and immediately understood that they were at the heart of the Lianamon's Track.
"We're supposed to look for a small opening in a wall." T.K informed the other two.
"Why?" Davis asked dumbly. Everyone besides Davis sweat dropped.
"Because we're at the heart of the Lianamon's Track." Gatomon explained, irritated.
Davis sneaked another chocolate bar when T.K's back was turning and quickly swallowed it, but not before accidentally smearing it all over his hands. A few minutes later, they crawled all over the wall looking for a small opening. The task was almost impossible because there were many cracks in the wall. Then, Davis got lucky.
"Hey guys! Is this it?" He had his hand stuck in a hole, unknowing to all three, leaving a chocolate hint. T.K and Kari walked over and examined it.
"I hope so." Davis wriggled his hand about and was rewarded with a great light from the opening. The three stood in awe as they were greeted with the most beautiful scene. There were small digimon running about a waterfall and tall colourful trees provided shade for everyone.
"Is this really it?" Davis asked.
"I guess so. Let's go in." Kari suggested. They walked in and were speechless with the engravings on the walls.
"Wow. This really is it." T.K said. They stood in awe and time seemed to stand still.
Author's note: Thanks for reviewing! Izzy, Joe, Mimi, Yolei and Cody don't have much of a part do they? They'll be mentioned later.