Chapter 6: Voices and Thoughts

(Kari's P.O.V)

I don't know where Takuya and Koichi were leading me but the burning was getting worse with every step I took. I was also falling behind them; neither of them seemed to notice I think.

"Kari what's wrong? What happened anyways?" I looked to Koichi who had stopped and looked towards me, he looked pretty worried and I could hear it in his voice as well.

"I don't know what's wrong Koichi, as to what happened I'll tell you guys when people won't listen in and then start calling me a freak or think I'm crazy since it deals with that." Thankfully they got what I was talking about and that it drop at that.

As followed after them my arm where the wound was started to throb in pain, the pain felt like it was being removed from me. The pain was so great that I couldn't help but gasp that came. That drew both of their attention to me.

"Kari just tell us what's happening, you're clearly hiding something." Great Takuya just had to be the one who was always able to tell what was wrong and I was in pain.

"I was in a fight with old and new enemies, which is one of the reasons why I was falling through the sky when I came. She was among them and before I disappeared into the portal she cut me on my arm. I think her poison has gotten stronger over these five years." Their eyes went wide upon hearing that and they both were connection in their head and I knew that I would be in for a long lecture once the poison was gone.

I don't know why it took me so long to take the poison into account and connect the burning sensation to the poison. I looked at my arm and I noticed something else that I hadn't noticed at first, someone had changed my clothes.

I wore a baggy dark blue shirt along with black shorts, something told me that Koji had changed my clothes and at that thought I blushed. There was a bit of blood coming through the bandages.

"Kari you didn't think to mention that you fought them before this? You shouldn't have been moving around, moving around just spreads her poison faster. At times like this I wish we could enter the Digital World from anywhere!" Koichi seemed half pissed and half worried. Was he mad at me or the Digimon that hurt me?

I was shocked, well not that shocked but shocked none the less when my D3 shined. I got used to it randomly glowing over the years since whenever something big was about to happen it would shine. It usually spelled out that Digimon were gonna attack or that something with the chance of someone dying was gonna happen in a matter of moments.

Takuya and Koichi who weren't used to it stared as I pulled it from the pocket of the shorts. I'm glad that whoever changed me had been smart enough to put it back into my pocket.

"What does that mean? Shining Digivices are never agood sign, and with who we're up against it makes me worry what that means." I sighed, oh Takuya you'll worry even more once I tell you what it usually means.

"It means that either we're either gonna be attacked or that something is gonna happen that could cause a death in a matter of minutes. Right now with this poison in my system I'm hoping it's the first one since I don't want to die just yet." I watched as Koichi tightened his hands into fists at words.

I watched as he said something, thing is the words didn't reach my ears as the sound all around me faded away. Most of all everything around me kind of like vanished. I was floating somewhere in light. The burning disappeared, but I knew it was there, it was because I suddenly couldn't feel pain within this light.

"My dear child, you are the one who will make Harmony throughout the worlds. I won't allow you to die here."

(Koichi's P.O.V)

I looked to Kari who was currently in my arms, she had suddenly passed out without any warning. I looked to Lady Ophanimon, I don't know what happened but once her Digivice began to glow even brighter after she passed out we were sucked into some portal and we ended up here.

"Koichi what happened to her? Also I have to ask who isshe, she seems familiar but I can't place her." I sighed, I don't blame Lady Ophanimon for not knowing her. She never met Kari she only heard her over our old D Tectors.

"She's Kari Kamiya, the girl that I, Koji, and Takuya used to know. On her way here she was attacked by old enemies, she didn't say who the enemies were. But I'm pretty sure that she was among them." Lady Ophanimon sighed, she knew who we were talking about.

"Why did Lilithmon have to have that sick obsession with Kari? I only have to hope that Lilithmon didn't taint her and tried to turn Kari into the human she would control." I was confused at that.

"What do you mean that she would 'control' Lady Ophanimon? Also she mentioned that she was attacked by Lilithmon and that's how she received the wound and she guess that her poison became stronger over the 5 years." Why isn't Lady Ophanimon jumping to heal her and take the poison out like I thought she would?

"Each and every Demon Lord, which Lilithmon is the Demon Lord of Lust, can control a human. They use that Human to do their dirty work. If Kari was attacked by more than just Lilithmon there is a chance that the other Demon Lords have been freed. To be on the safe side be careful with who you trust, they'll try to kill the people who can kill them." I bit my lip upon hearing that, just who are we dealing with now?

Will we be able to fight this 'Demon Lords' not to mention will we be able to attack Kari if she has been taken control of by Lilithmon? I don't think we would be able to fight her. Kari means too much to Koji and I, Takuya sees her as a little sister I'm pretty sure.

"Why don't you take a look at Kari's wound? You talk like that and you aren't bothering to check her wound. Either you're not Lady Ophanimon or you know something you're not telling us." I looked to Takuya, he was angry at Lilithmon I knew and he was getting fed up with the way Lady Ophanimon was acting.

Yet he's right, she isn't bothering to check and see if Kari has been 'tainted' or anything and it seems like she's buying time. So could there be a chance that the Lady Ophanimon in front of us isn't real and just Lilithmon in disguise or what is she hiding from us?

"Takuya relax. I'm not looking at her wound due to many reasons. If she is being controlled Lilithmon then she was sent with a mission. If she isn't a pawn to kill you, Koichi, or Koji then Lilithmon has probably sent her to kill me. So having one encounter with a Tainted one upon me touching her the embedded instinct to finish the mission would be awakened. It's best if I don't take that chance since I know you two wouldn't be able to attack her. It's best to wait until she wakes so she can tell me about what happened." I looked to Kari, she looked so peaceful in her sleep and it looked like she wouldn't harm anyone.

"How else would we know if she's been tainted Lady Ophanimon?" She sighed and looked at me, she clearly didn't want to tell me.

"She would be able to open portals to this Digital World since in this world at least there is only one entrance; she would've had temporary memory lost, also not to mention since she would be under Lilithmon's control she would be lustful in some way." At that I gulped.

"She opened a portal here which is one sign already…, I doubt that she is under Lilithmon's control through Lady Ophanimon." She and Takuya looked at me like I was crazy.

"How can you be so sure Koichi? It's best to play it safe for right now. We can't be sure if she is or isn't." I stared at Takuya, if I wasn't holding Kari I probably would've hit him.

"Are you forgetting that this is Kari we're talking about Takuya? She's the DigiDestined of Light, she was always strong mentally and she did what she wanted when she wanted it. Don't you remember the one time Lilithmon tried to control her? What happened that day Takuya?" How did I know she's the DigiDestined of Light? She never told me that.

I waited for his reply but he just stared shocked, I'm pretty sure he was wondering how I knew as well.

"Lilithmon ended up having to sever the connection because Kari had tapped into her mind and almost made Lilithmon her puppet. Kari wouldn't fall under Lilithmon's control so easily." What Lady Ophanimon said next caught us both off guard.

"Koichi if Kari was so strong she wouldn't have been pushing her light so hard so she could try and find a way to come here, before I willingly opened a portal to here for her she was trying to find a way to come here on her own. It could be possible that back then Lilithmon didn't sever the tie to Kari just hid it so far down in Kari's soul that she thought that Lilithmon had severed it."

Am I the only one who has faith in Kari? Or is it because of what I had witnessed before we left? When we had been called back here Takuya disappeared first, then Koji, and lastly me. I had seen her cry. Not to mention a few months ago I heard a small voice in my head that I know was her now saying 'why did they have to leave'?

"Koichi weren't you hurt by Barbamon 5 years ago?" I blinked and I looked to Takuya, he looked deep in thought.

"So what if I was?" I couldn't help it, my eyes drifted to my right leg.

In one of my attempts to save Kari I was wounded and the wound scared, before I remembered Kari I never remembered where the scar had come from.

"Koichi if you were hurt there is a chance that you were tainted. From everything I know Lust and Greed worked together, meaning Lilithmon and Barbamon." I stared at Lady Ophanimon, I'm not tainted.

"Well there ain't no chance of it, Takuya and Koji never witnessed it but Kari healed me that day. She made sure that no poison or whatever that Barbamon injected into me was left. She made sure of that, she seemed to know what could've happened." 5 years ago we fought Lilithmon, Barbamon, and Lucemon.

Since we fought them it would explain why Lucemon didn't like me, Koji, and Takuya and tried to us. Lucemon probably remembered us even if we didn't remember him. Yet that doesn't make any sense, if he remembered us and fought us how is it that according to them that he was sealed in the core of the Digital World for millions of years?

"If you two remember you fought a Lucemon, it wasn't the same one that you guys fought 2 years ago. One day I'll explain the Demon Lords to you guys but its best that Koji is present and Kari's awake when I do. In this battle Zoe, Tommy, and J.P. won't be able to help. They won't be strong enough to fight against them." So it'll just be a 4 person team, how strong has Kari gotten over these years?

(Takuya's P.O.V)

My eyes drifted to Kari who was in Koichi's arms. Will she be ok? Ever since I first saw her I got the feeling that Kari has grown to hate fighting and that she won't be up to killing any Digimon anymore.

"We better hope for the best when it comes to Kari then. You'll have to watch her and make sure she doesn't do anything rash." Lady Ophanimon's words went in one ear and out the other.

Kari why did you pass out? I know you would never give into Lilithmon but what would you do if it came to a life or death choice? Would she allow the connection to allow Lilithmon to heal or her or what?

I would've updated sooner but my laptop decided to go wacky on me and I had to move all of my stories onto a flash drive and I had to recover and fix files and stuff and it took me a while to find Chapter 6 that I wrote before my laptop did whatever it did. Also since I forgot to say it I don't own Digimon. Sorry :'(