"Maybe Sora and Kari should go scout." Tai opened his eyes hearing Matt speak. He rolled over and saw the group outside on the shore. He rubbed his eyes and sat up.
"What's going on?" He called and Matt faced him.
"Morning sleeping beauty." Tai stood and yawned,
"why didn't anyone wake me?" He asked joining the others. TK held Patamon and spoke,
"because your sister demanded that everyone let you sleep." Tai looked over and saw Kari sitting on a rock with Gatomon.
"Kari, you should have let the others wake me." He said bitterly and Kari ignored him. Tai frowned and Matt spoke,
"anyways, nothing interesting has happened. We are just trying to coordinate the next step." Tai nodded
"okay what's your idea Matt?" Matt pointed at Sora,
"was thinking of sending Sora and Kari to scout that area over there." He pointed over the rocks and continued,
"Gatomon and Biyomon are still are strongest since neither have gone to mega yet. I thought they'd be the best to go." Tai nodded agreeing.
"Alright that's a good plan."
"I don't think so." TK spoke and Tai frowned,
"what TK?" TK sighed,
"why doesn't someone else go with Sora." Kari then stood,
"I'm going with her." She stated and TK crossed his arms,
"I think you should stay here Kari." He said to her and Kari frowned,
"I'm fine TK." She spat, "I'm going with Sora." She finished and Tai watched TK clench his fists,
"No you're not." He growled and Kari pursed her lips and got mad.
"Leave me alone TK!I'm fine." She then bent down and picked Gatomon up. "Let's go Sora." She said sourly. She stomped away and Sora and Biyomon were quick to go after her. Tai looked at TK,
"what was that about?" He asked and the younger teen rounded on him.
"You should be doing a better job looking out for your sister!" He snapped and Matt jumped in between.
"Whoa squirt! Easy!" TK growled,
"whatever." He cursed and he turned on his heel and walked away. Matt looked at Tai,
"what was that about?" He asked and Tai shrugged, "he's your brother." He said and Matt sighed,
"yeah yelling at your sister." Tai then bit his lip. Matt made a point. He couldn't understand what had happened that caused TK to yell at Kari.
"Alright!" Tai looked at Izzy who had his laptop open.
"What did you find Iz?" Tai asked moving towards the boy. Izzy continued typing,
"I think I found a connection."
"To what?" Mimi asked crouching beside Izzy. Izzy shook his head,
"Home. There's a distortion tear that leads home. Look." He pointed at the screen. Tai couldn't make sense of all the data on the screen but trusted what Izzy was saying. He clasped a hand on Izzy's shoulder.
"Good job Iz."
"But wait we can't go home yet." Matt commented and Izzy nodded,
"I know but it's a last resort. A safety net incase we need a quick exit. All the distortions have been random and have been separating us. At least this one we can control and we know where we are going." Tai watched Matt nod but saw his hesitation.
"Matt so long as we stick together, we can come back. But Izzy is right, we need a safety net just in case." Matt turned away and Tai sighed.
"Good job Izzy, now see if you can locate Meicoomon."
"Kari! Kari wait up!" Sora called scrambling after the young girl. Kari stopped and let her shoulders sag,
"sorry." She mumbled and Sora put a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey what was that about?" Sora asked and Kari sighed,
"nothing." She lied and Kari looked to see Sora frowning.
"You and TK don't fight over nothing. What happened?" Kari glanced down and then shook her head,
"please don't ask me." She whispered. She felt Sora remove her hand off her shoulder and Kari could see slight shock on Sora's face.
"Kari? What's happening?" Kari then walked a head,
"we need to see if we can find any signs of Meicoomon or Gennai." Kari heard Gatomon jog beside her and kept her gaze off her partner, she didn't want to talk about TK. She was so focused on keeping her head up she missed the dip in the ground. Her foot crumpled and Kari fell sideways and slid down some rocks,
"ah!" She yelled surprised,
"Kari!" She heard Gatomon and Sora yell. Kari came to a stop and came face to face with a small green digimon
"Hey! What's the big idea you bully!" The digimon yelled and Kari quickly backed up,
"s-sorry, it was an accident." The digimon's face went red with rage.
"You call destroying my home an accident!" Kari moved and saw she had upset a small dirt home with her fall. She tried to scramble to her feet but slipped again and landed on her rear.
"Hey! Stop!" The small digimon cried. Kari felt awful,
"I-I'm sorry." She apologized and the digimon just continued to look at her disgusted!
"Why are you here! Go home, you're just wrecking our homes!" Kari's mouth quivered and she stared at the digimon. She felt horrid.
"Kari! You okay?" Sora called and Kari nodded
"I'm sorry." She said again to the digimon and she got to her feet and scrambled up the rocks back to Sora and their digimon. Sora pulled her up and Kari felt the older teen survey her. "What happened are you hurt?" Kari could hear the concern in Sora's voice but shook her head.
"There's nothing here. Let's go back." Kari moved past Sora and made her way back to the others. A few tears rolled down her cheeks and Kari was quick to wipe them away. Gatomon came beside her,
"what happened Kari?" Kari stopped a moment and gazed down at her partner. She wondered what it would have been like for them if the digidestined hadn't come at all. If they had just let the digital world be. Another tear rolled down her cheek and Kari wiped it away.
"Nothing." She whispered and then she continued moving back to the others.
Back with the others Kari kept to herself. She heard everyone crowding around Izzys computer discussing their next move. She squeezed her eyes tight. It didn't feel right anymore, being there. She didn't feel like she belonged.
"We'll we have to do something!" Tai said irritated and Kari looked over at her brother. "The digital world needs us!" Kari shook her head,
"what if it doesn't?" She asked and the group stopped to look at her. Kari turned so her back was to everyone.
"What if by us being here, we are doing more harm than good?" Gatomon placed a paw on Kari's knee,
"what do you mean Kari?" Kari sighed,
"I'm just wondering if the digital world even wants us here. We weren't called here, we forced ourselves to come. Maybe we were wrong." She looked to the side and sighed.
"Maybe the digital world is better off without us." The group was silent and Kari felt her heart beat in her chest.
"What a refreshing attitude child of light." Kari heard some gasps and turned to see Gennai standing behind the group. She watched Tai and Matt stand and prepare to fight.
"Alright just who are you?!" The boys asked and Gennai smirked,
"someone who is trying to keep you nine from upsetting the balance." Tai stepped forward,
"by turning Meicoomon into a slave?! By attacking us?!" Gennai laughed,
"don't flatter yourself courage. Not all digimon are bred for greatness. Meicoomon is a virus digimon. You digidestined are upsetting this world by trying to rid it of virus types. If you can't convert them to good you destroy them." Mimi jumped forward,
"we are trying to keep peace!" She yelled and Gennai snapped,
"keeping a balance is keeping peace you stupid girl! You can not have good without bad! We have virus types to balance out the non virus digimon. The reboot was to send the digital world back to its original state before you children mucked it up! The child of light is right, the digital world is better off without you." Kari was shocked and couldn't move. TK stepped forward his fists clenched.
"That's a lie! We were chosen to protect this world and our own! The distortion showed up and-" Gennai cut him off
"and the reboot got rid of them in your world. That was all you had to do. Allow your digimon partners to make the reboot possible by getting meicoomon into the distortion. Your job was done. There was no need for you to come here!" Kari swallowed and felt her stomach tighten.
"I have had it with you children. It is time you leave. For good!" Gennai clapped his hands and hovered in the air. Kari saw Izzys laptop open and the screen was directed at the children.
"Goodbye Digidestined!" Gennai yelled as Kari saw a blinding white light that swallowed her whole.