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Friendship or Love
Chapter 7 Yolei at Gennai's House
The digidestined sleepily waited for Gennai to return from getting hot drinks. When Izzy had emailed Gennai saying that they had figured out the code, Gennai had asked them to come back to his house. All the digidestined had groaned at this, but they knew they had to. Yolei was wary of T.K and Kari always together. She liked T.K, secretly of course, and she didn't like it how Kari was always with him. They are best friends. So maybe that's why they're so close.
"No need to worry, I'm back!" Gennai appeared with a tray of steaming mugs. Everyone crowded around him happily, waiting to get their drink. After they had settled back against the couches and chairs, Gennai spoke again. "So T.K and Kari are given the power and Sora and Matt will help share it. Is that right?" They all nodded. "I wonder how you will be able to use it." T.K fidgeted uncomfortably. Kari put a reassuring hand on his arm. Yolei was full of frustration, but she chose not to show it, as that wouldn't be as helpful right now. "What's wrong, T.K?" Gennai asked gently.
"It's nothing." T.K quickly replied.
"What I think will happen is that when you are full of emotion from your crest, it will activate it. We'll discuss it more tomorrow. Right now, you should all get some sleep. See you in the morning!" Gennai called and waved them off to bed.
Yolei woke up happily. She had dreamt of a good dream where T.K had rejected Kari and had gone with Yolei.
"That will probably never happen." Yolei said bitterly. She crept out of her room and decided to visit T.K. Just outside the door, she could hear two hushed voices. She peeked from the corner and saw T.K and Kari sitting together, apparently discussing something. Yolei clenched her fist in anger. Why is it that Kari's always with him? I never get a chance. Yolei crept away from the door and walked into the kitchen. Sitting at the table was Tai.
"Morning." Yolei greeted softly. Tai nodded at her. "Morning."
"What are you doing up so early?" She asked.
"I could ask the same for you."
"You first." Yolei sat down.
"I was just thinking."
"About…?"
"How unfair it is that Sora and Matt also got the power."
"Well Azulongmon and Zhuqiamon chose them. We didn't really have a say in it."
"I know, but it's still unfair." Tai played with the lacy tablecloth. "So why are you up so early?"
"I just woke up early and couldn't go back to sleep." Yolei replied.
"Something must have been on your mind."
"Yeah." Yolei said ruefully.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Yolei thought about it. What are the odds that Tai would tell Kari? Yolei shook her head.
"Well just like you don't like it how Matt and Sora get the power, I think it's really unfair with T.K and Kari…"
"And you like T.K?" Tai interrupted. Yolei stared at Tai in shock. "How did you know?"
"That's why I'm jealous of Matt and Sora." They fell back into silence. Suddenly Matt appeared at the door, followed by Sora. "Speak of the devil." Tai muttered softly to Yolei. "Devils." She muttered back.
"Did we miss anything?" Matt asked.
"No."
"Okay." Sora plopped down in the seat next to Yolei. "So…" Awkward silence.
"Everyone should be coming soon." Tai said brightly.
Gennai led the digidestined outside. The digidestined sat in a circle and watched as Gennai got one of the digimon to come out. Yolei was ecstatic to see Hawkmon.
"Hawkmon will be used for the demonstration." Gennai explained. He gestured to Yolei to stand next to Hawkmon.
"Since Hawkmon's first digiegg was Love, I need you to be full of Love." Gennai said seriously. Yolei closed her eyes and felt the Love that she had for T.K flow out of her and into Hawkmon.
"WOW!" Hawkmon cried. "I feel so alive and so strong." Gennai nodded.
"Yolei was full of Love, so all the energy flew into Hawkmon." Hawkmon demonstrated his strength by racing through the sky and hauling huge logs for wood. He did this about six times.
"Just think. If a stronger power was added to that, who knows what could happen?" T.K and Kari grinned at each other. Yolei stared bitterly at them. She wished she could have that power.
"So the prophecy said to go to Diamonte Peak and meet Tyrantmyotismon?" Gennai asked. The digidestined nodded.
"Well you should pack your stuff and get ready to go because from what I hear, Diamonte Peak is very far from here. Go and pack now and I'll explain some more after you've finished." Gennai hurried them back into the house.
Yolei walked into the kitchen, armed with her bags. She was surprised to see most of the digidestined there.
"Yolei's here. So we're just waiting for Sora, Matt and Tai." T.K grinned. Yolei turned her head to hide her blush. Gennai typed a few numbers in his computer and the digimon appeared through a white light.
Sora, Matt and Tai suddenly appeared at the door.
"Sorry we're late, we had a few problems." Sora said meaningfully. They settled down on chairs with their digimon.
"I decided that it would be better to travel together because I heard from the last trip, some people took a lot longer than others. You'll only need one map. So don't lose it." Gennai stared at Tai teasingly.
"Be careful and stick together. Just trust and believe in your crest. In addition, you might want to be aware of the things you will see on Diamonte Peak. They aren't very nice because Tyrantmyotismon has done a few renovations. Good luck and good bye." Gennai waved them off and the digidestined set off on what was hopefully their last and successful journey.
Author's note: Thanks for all the reviews. Happy New Year! Hope you like this chapter.