"Kari…Are you ok?" Davis questioned.

"What makes you think I'm not?" I countered.

"No tricks Kari! We need an answer. You seem different today," Ken yelled.

I raised my hand and touched my cheek. "I can't help it. I swear, it has to be that Hanna chick. For some reason, she makes me feel weird. There's just something about her that makes me feel like she's hiding something. I just don't know what."

"You really think she's hiding something?" Davis looked at Ken.

"It's possible. She had a life before Japan and before America. Maybe something happened to her in Australia that she isn't telling us," Ken frowned.

"Kari!" Tai yelled. "Come on! I'm not babysitting your friends!"

"Davis, Ken, I have to get going. I'll see you two later. I promise," I looked away.

"I'll be over at Davis's, so come stop by. We need to talk some more. We have some things to solve," Ken nodded.

"What about Willis and Hanna? I can't just throw them on Tai," I whispered.

Davis grew an evil grin. "No, we'll just throw them on T.K. and Yolei. They owe me anyways."

"Ok!" I walked away.

"I hope you didn't mind coming with us. My mom is very understanding. Out of all of our parents, we have the easy going one. Can't say much about my dad though…He's never home," I smiled.

"It's no problem. It will be nice to see your place again," Willis nodded.

"Yeah, but this time, I don't have a soccer club meeting! There will be no tears, no fights, and no mistakes. But, hey, there might still be pizza," Tai laughed.

"You're in a soccer club? What's so bad about that?" Hanna wondered.

Tai slowly opened his mouth, but before he said anything, he started to stare down at his wrists. He frowned a little. "I got hit by a car…"

"Oh!"

"But, don't worry about that!" he turned and smiled at Hanna. "I'm almost all better now! It wasn't much, just some hurt wrists. I'm ok now, they don't hurt like they used to. I'm ok, really…"

"Tai," I whispered.

"Sorry! Uh, look! Here's the apartment!" Tai raced up the stairs.

"He doesn't sound fine," Hanna noticed.

"Tai doesn't like to talk about that accident. It made him mad to see himself get hurt. I don't think he even thought that it was possible. Tai never could imagine himself in the hospital…Only me," I explained to her.

"It really killed his pride," Willis said.

"Come on!" Tai yelled as we slowly made our way up the stairs.

"Tai will one day be fine. It will just take him awhile. He's the strongest person I know; he'll never let something such as that accident bring him down," I looked at Hanna. "You understand?"

"I think so," she nodded.

"I see no harm with you two sleeping over at the concert place. But, under one condition. You must promise that you won't do anything funny," Mom decided.

"Somehting funny?" I questioned.

"What do you mean by that?" Tai demanded.

"I mean with Sora, or for Kari, Davis…"

"Ah! Mom!" Tai and I yelled at the same time.

"You two are too funny," Hanna giggled.

"Tai, make sure Kari takes her medicine. You guys have food over there right? I'm worried to have you guys go now. What if something happens? Will there be an adult?" Mom worried.

"I think we can handle ourselves! I mean, I am 17!" Tai protested.

"Anyways, there will be two adults there," I smiled.

"Really?" Tai looked at me.

"Isn't Joe 18?" Willis nodded.

I turned to him. "And Lilly will be there. She's also 18." I turned back to my mom. "See, we'll be perfectly fine. I think we're going to order pizza."

"As long as Matt doesn't cook! That guy just shoves anything together and says it's food," Tai complained about Matt's cooking.

"Well, I guess you guys will be going. Have fun. Oh, and it was nice to meet you, Hanna," my mom smiled and waved us off.

"Tai, take Hanna and Willis to the concert place. I have to go meet up with Davis and Ken," I smiled at my brother.

"No way! I said I wasn't doing anymore babysitting. I gave that up once you were old enough to take care of yourself!" Tai argued.

"Please…I promised them! Anyways, if you don't…I-I'll stop taking my medicine again!"

"I hate when you use that against me because I know you'll do that. Fine! But you're being rude. Leaving me with your friends…"

I started to walk off. "But, Tai, you knew him first. You're the one who helped him."

"Stop using things against me!" he yelled back.

I knocked on the Motomiya's door. June quickly opened it and gave me a dirty look.

"What do you want?" she demanded.

"I came to see Davis," I tried to smile, but couldn't.

June moved out of the door way. "He's in his bedroom with Ken."

I walked into the apartment and to Davis's room. I softly knocked on the door.

"Hold up! I'm coming! Ken…Get the door," I heard Davis yell.

Davis…You can be so lazy, I thought.

The door opened and Ken peered out. "Hey Kari, come on in."

"Kari!" Davis ran up to the door. "What are you doing here? What's wrong? Did something happen? Was it another nightmare? Did Tai do something wrong? Or was it Willis? How about Hanna? Ooo…Was it your mom?"

"Calm down. I said I'd come by, so I did," I smiled.

"Did you bring Willis and Hanna over to T.K. and Yolei?" Ken wondered.

"No…I dropped them on Tai!" I giggled.

"You're too much, Kari," Davis stared at me.

"Will you two be able to come to the sleep over tonight?"

"Mrs. Motomiya was a little iffy on it at first, but she finally caved in and decided it was fine for Davis to come along," Ken answered.

"What was there to be uncertain about?" I demanded.

"She's worried that something might happen between you and me. My mom keeps on getting on that stupid subject ever since she found out we were going out. She thinks I'm an idiot or something. She thinks I'm going to try something funny. What a joke! I would never do anything like that!" Davis explained to me.

"My mom thought the same way, so no worries."

"Are you feeling better? I know that Hanna can be a pain. Did she cause any trouble?" Ken asked.

"Not trouble, she just kind of hit a sore spot for Tai," I frowned.

"What do you mean?" Davis questioned.

"He told her about getting hit by a car. It was painful for him. She just had to ask about him being in soccer club. But, hey, it was his own fault for bring it up. He tried to cover how much the accident hurt, but I could see through his terrible act. I don't think Hanna or Willis did though. I think they really bought that he could go from being sad and gloomy to being the happiest person on earth."

"I'm sorry," Ken apologized.

"It's not your fault. Ken, you're just too innocent. Too sweet sometimes," I winked at him.

"So should we be going?" Davis wondered.

"I guess we should. Have you heard from the others, Kari?" Ken looked at me.

"Not yet, but I bet Tai went to visit Sora. He should have figured everything out by now," I nodded as we walked out the apartment.

We walked into theo concert place. It seemed to be abandoned.

"Anyone here?" Davis called.

"Guess not," I mumbled.

"I'm going to call Jordan and tell her that I'll be spending the night here. Then, I'll call Matt to see if he knows what's up," Ken walked off.

"I guess if no one else comes, it will just be you, me, Ken, Willis, Hanna, Tai, and maybe Jordan. Wouldn't that be fun?" Davis smiled.

"As long as someone other than just you and Ken are here with me, I'm fine," I nodded.

"What's wrong with Ken?" he demanded.

"I'm just scared from what happened," I admitted.

"When you broke up with me. Is that what you mean?"

"Yes. When the Dark World tried to take over me, it was so scarey. It wasn't that I was trying to kill anyone, it was something else I was trying to do. When the Dark World took over Ken, it would make him want to kill me, but it had a different effect on me."

"What do you mean?"

"I think my inner darkness wanted me to love Ken, not kill him. I know it sounds weird, but I think that's what really happened. When I was taken over, I did feel like I was going to kill him, but it felt like I was going to take his heart and make it mine."

"You really think so?"

"I'm pretty sure," I nodded.

"Kari, are you serious?" Ken walked up to me.

"Ken! How much did you hear?"

"Everything about when the Dark World tried to take you over."

I sighed. "I should have told you this earlier. You should have been the first to know. You both should know that I went to the Dark World by myself. I went the day before T.K.'s pool party. The day that you, Davis, ran out of the classroom."

"I'm sorry. I should of stayed, it's just…" Davis stopped as the door opened.

"Kari! You in here? I brought you back your friends. That will be twenty dollars!" Tai yelled.

I walked up to him. "Tai! I'm broke, sorry."

"Tai decided to stop by Sora's before coming here," Willis explained.

"Why'd you run off like that Kari? You kind of made me worry," Hanna admitted.

"I'm very sorry," I slightly bowed. "I had to get Davis and Ken."

"I understand."

"Why couldn't they just come here on their own?" Willis wondered.

"Because Ken doesn't live around this area and Davis gets lost easy," I lied a little.

"Kari…"

Hanna walked away from us. I walked up close to Willis. "I had to talk to them about some things. One being the Dark World and what happened when it tried to take over my body. I was trying to tell them something else, but Tai had to come in. I can't tell them with Hanna here. I don't think she would understand the whole Dark World thing and I'm not ready to tell another person."

Willis patted me on the head. "Lets get over by the others."

"Don't pat me…!"

"If there are going to be all of us here, that means we're going to need to order a lot of pizzas. How many of us are there again?" Sora wondered.

"Twenty people!" I heard T.K. call from the other side of the room.

"But I only counted 18," I announced.

"We invited Josh and Al to come along. They should be here in a few minutes," Yolei explained.

"Without asking us?" Tai demanded.

"Even if we did ask, your vote no longer counts," T.K. smiled.

"What do you mean by that?"

"We voted on it a few days ago," Davis nodded.

"Where was I?"

"We voted to not tell you about the vote," Yolei giggled.

"Are you serious!"

"Tai…you're an idiot," I shook my head.

"How could you believe something as stupid as that?" Sora questioned.

"I don't know," Tai looked away.

"Hey! Anyone here?" Al yelled.

"Over here!" I waved her over.

"Thanks for inviting us," Josh smiled.

"Who are these two? I don't think I've ever seen them before," Al looked at Willis and Hanna.

"You two must be the friends Kari told me about. I'm Willis and this is Hanna," Willis explained.

"W-Willis? You're the guy from America, aren't you?" Al looked surprised.

"Yeah."

"Ken?" I heard Jordan's voice call.

"Jordan's here," he ran up to her. They walked back up to us.

"I saw the others as well, but I decided to come in. They were walking so slow," Jordan explained.

"That means everyone was about to come," I smiled.

"That's good, it's no fun with only some of us," Davis winked.

"What made you guys think you could just come in here?" Matt demanded.

"Really? Don't you have any manners? This isn't a place for your fun!" Siudney laughed.

"Kari told us to," Davis lied.

"What? Don't blame things on me!" I yelled.

Matt messed with Davis's hair. "So young, so stupid."

"H-hey!"

"Sorry it took so long, my father was having an issue with me going. He doesn't like me being away from the house," Sidney frowned.

"It's ok, the thing that matters is that you were able to come," Sora smiled.

"Sean was being an idiot. He was sitting there begging me to take him with me. My mom made me sneak out her bedroom window with out him knowing," Jordan explained.

"Mrs. Izumi and my mom were talking for hours! They just wouldn't let Izzy and me go. Just remembering that conversation…" Mimi shivered.

Izzy stared at me. "Hey, Kari, are you ok?"

"Huh? Yeah…Of course!" I nodded.

"Now that everyone is here-"

"Yolei! Where is Cody?" T.K. looked at the girl.

"He said he would come on his own. Cody wanted to wait for Liz. I guess they're still at her house. I don't really know," Yolei said.

The door opened quickly. Cody walked in with Liz beside him.

"Sorry for being so late," Cody apologized.

"My sister didn't really want me to come. I'm thankful that she let me come, but I kind of feel bad for leaving her all alone," Liz looked around the room.

"All alone? Won't your parents be there?" Sora wondered.

"Oh! I never told you guys, did I? Both, my mother and father, are dead. I live with my older sister, Emma. We've been living by ourselves for three years. My parents died in a fire while on a trip in Paris."

"I'm so sorry," I was shocked. She was such a happy girl, I would have never guessed that her parents were no longer with her.

"Please, think nothing of it."

"If you guys are ready, we can have some real fun now. I already ordered pizza for us. We can start talking about what we're going to do for Christmas and everything," Matt told us.

"Christmas is a family thing, so maybe we should spend Christmas morning with our family and in the afternoon we can get together here and give out gifts," I smiled.

"That's a good idea. We shouldn't leave out our families just because we want to spend time with our friends. If we split up our day, we can be with both," Sora agreed.

Davis nodded his head. "We can have another sleepover here too."

"That sounds like a lot of fun. You guys sure do know how to plan things out," Hanna pointed out.

"We've learned that we have too. In the past couple of years, we became real busy. Last year, we noticed that our group was splitting apart. We didn't want that," Izzy explained.

"So, we started to plan things out. Make days worth living. We never have a dull day anymore. We make sure we make time for each other. We never want to see the group go through a breaking. We don't want to ever risk breaking up again," Tai said.

Hanna's eyes widened. "Hold on, I no something! Willis told me this!"

Everyone turned to Hanna.

"Um…Everyday is dull when Tai is around!"

"I like this girl already," Sidney laughed.

"You better start running for it…Willis!" Tai stood up.

Willis jumped up and backed away from Tai. "Hold up, I didn't tell her to say that!"

"I'll kill you!" Tai began to run for Willis.

I saw Izzy pull his arm where Tai would trip on it. He fell flat on his face.

"Down boy," Izzy snickered.

"Oh, you're so going to regret that later," Tai pointed at Izzy.

Izzy closed his eyes. "You know you wouldn't hurt me. You wouldn't hurt anyone. On the outside you act tough, but we all no that you're just a big softly."

Willis sat back down. "See, and you said I was mean…"

"Izzy isn't being mean, he's being truthful," Davis told him.

"You're just as soft as I am, if not more!" Tai yelled.

"No way!"

"Yeah!"

"Prove it!"

"You can shine with me," Yolei, T.K., and I said at the same time.

Davis's face turned a bright red.

"I think that's good enough proof!" Tai decided.

Davis covered his face with his hands. "Why did you have to bring that up?"

"Because, it's cute," I smiled.

Yolei looked at Davis. "It shows that you have a soft side. Davis, don't think that having a soft side means you're weak or weird, because it doesn't. Having a soft side means you care, no matter how strong you are, no matter how mean you get, you can still be nice. You can still care."

"The bad thing is, you only turn soft around Kari," T.K. snickered.

"Yeah, you never show us yourt soft side. Come on Davis, say something cute," Mimi begged.

Davis turned to me. "Kari…" He walked up to me and placed his mouth by my ear. "No matter how much darkness lies in your heart, no matter how much sadness, you always smile. You always have such a sweet smile, no matter how much you're hurting. Without the strength you give me, I wouldn't be able to survive. No matter how much pain you hold, you always stay on the positive side. It's because of you that I can be this way. That's why I only talk to you this way. You're the only one that should know why I can say these types of words. It's because of our love."

I began to blush. "Th-thank you…?"

"You were supposed to let us hear!" Jordan complained.

Davis turned to her. "You know what, Ken is really lucky to have a girl like you. He needs someone who can joke around. He needs someone like you. I am sorry for what I said about you without even getting to know you. It was wrong of me. You really are a nice person."

"Uh…" she was stunned.

We continued to talk until the pizza came. After we ate, we talked some more and planned out what we were going to do for Christmas. I couldn't wait for the day to come. Finally, we became tire and decided to go to bed.

"Kari, could I talk to you before we go to sleep?" Hanna wondered.

"Sure," I nodded.

We walked out into the hallway.

"Kari, because of you I think I'm finally ready to admit something," Hanna explained.

"What is it?" I wondered.

"I used to have depression. Because of you, I remembered how painful it was for me. It started in Australia and continued to Japan, and even to America. The thing is, it wasn't just depression. I really hated my life. I was even suicidal. I tried to kill myself and everything. Of course, I stopped that, but not without getting permanent damange."

"Permanent damage?"

"I tried to kill myself, and I almost did. I was so close, but I lost too much energy, and passed out before I could finish the job. My parents weren't home, but when they came home and saw me in the bathroom covered in my own blodd, they rushed me to the hospital. I was already starving myself, so losing that much blood didn't help. I was so weak, and I still am. I had enough blood to live on, so I didn't get anymore. The doctor sais, that even though I am able to live, I will never be the same person. I gave up my suicidal ways when I heard the news. Though, I was still depressed.When I became popular in America, I became very happy, and I no longer had the depression. Though, I have to say Ken and Sean helped me a lot. Ken was my first friend here, but he never knew about the depresion, just like I never knew about his. Sean helped because he was my first love. We went out without anyone knowing, though I also loved Ken."

"Hanna, what did you mean when you said the news?"

"I…I could die any minute."

"You're lying!"

"I wish I was. I have so many problems, it's not even funny."

"Does Willis know?"

"I don't want him to know. I don't want him to worry like my parents do. I don't want him to have to suffer over this."

"What if you just die one day? Your parents will explain everything and he'll feel worse. You need to tell him. It may be painful, but you have to let him know."

"Why?"

"Because, don't you think it would be better if he knew all of this from you, not someone else?"

"He has been there for me."

"Willis will understand. He understood everything I ever told him, and there was a lot of secrets I kept from everyone. My depression was one of them. Willis was the reason I told everyone."

"But, it will hurt so much."

"I know. Believe me, I know…"

"Tell me about your depression. Please."

"Well, as you can tell, my depression doesn't always stay with me. I can be a very happy girl at times. My depression, it just comes at random. Of course, there are things that always trigger it. Some of those things include when Tai got hit by the car, when T.K. moved, when I kissed Ken, when I kissed Willis, when I broke up with Davis, when I kissed T.K., and so many more things. Of course, Ken and I have a connection when it comes to our depression."

"A connection?"

"Yes, we call it the Dark World…"

I ended up explaining everything to Hanna. I explained the Dark World, the reasons for all the times I fell under depression. I even told her everything about when Davos and I broke up. She was really understanding and loved talking to me. It felt good to get everything out.

"Kari, thank you so much. I now understand that Willis is the person who is keeping me out of depression," Hanna smiled.

I nodded. "As I told you, my depression is tricky. Davis is both the cause of my depression and the person who is saving me from it. It's confusing, but if I gave him away, I would never be able to be happy again. He's my healer and my pain."

We walked back to where we were sleeping. We quickly fell into a comforting slumber.

"Wake up!" I heard Tai yelling. "Come on! Up, up, up!"

I opened my eyes, but I could not get up. Davis had me wrapped up in his arms so tight that I couldn't move. He wouldn't budge and he wouldn't get up.

"I'm awake, but I can't get up," I frowned.

Tai placed his mouth by Davis's ear. "Davis, time to wake up."

Davis still didn't move.

"Get off my sister before I kill you!" Tai yelled in his ear.

He slightly moved. Davis pulled up his hand and hit Tai in the face. "Five more minutes June. Just five more minutes."

"Nope, get up now!" Tai pulled Davis's hair. "Get up, or I'll do serious damage to your already small brain!"

"Tai! Stop being mean!" I smacked his hand to get him to let go of Davis's hair.

"Good night!" Davis fell backwards.

"Davis…"

"Kari, don't," Tai begged.

I leaned closer into Davis. "Davis…"

"No, Kari."

"Davis…"

"Kari…!"

"Get up Davis."

"It's not going to work."

"Davis, wake up or I'll tell everyone every single cute thing you have ever said to me. I mean it!"

Davis jumped up. "Look at the time! I can't believe I slept that long. I guess it's time we get going!" He began to laugh.

I looked around the room. I saw Hanna pulling Willis to the side. I knew what she was going to do. She was going to tell Willis what she told me last night.

"Davis, do you always have a hard time waking up?" I wondered.

"Not really. It's only when I'm really comfy!" he smiled.

"You were a little too comfy," Tai poked him.

"Aww, don't be mean Tai," I smiled.

"Yeah, don't be mean," Davis stuck out his tounge.

"Please, don't say that!" I heard Willis yell.

"Oh no," I whispered.

"Kari, what's going on?" Davis wondered.

"It can't be true. I won't let it be!" Willis fell to the ground. I knew he was in tears. Hanna turned to me, frowning. I knew I was now needed.

"I'll be back. Stay here," I walked away from them.