Convincing Davis and Yolie individually was easy, what wasn't easy was having Davis and Yolie stand together. Kari watched unsure what to do while Davis and Yolie argued.

"Had you been paying attention you would have seen me!" Yolie yelled.

"Not my fault you got in the way of my ball!" Davis yelled back.

"Well you made me drop my project and it was ruined! I took a zero! I can't afford a zero!" Davis rolled his eyes,

"So what? what was that four years ago?" Kari looked at Yolie and thought the girl was gonna pop a blood vessel.

"It was 3 months ago you jerk!" She turned and Kari sat up straighter as Yolie looked at her.

"Now do you see why I don't want to be around this knuckle head?!" Kari stepped forward but TK gently stepped in front of her.

"I get that you guys aren't on the best terms right now but Tai wants to talk to you guys-" Yolie put a hand up and interrupted.

"That's another thing, who is this Tai? Why does he want to see us?! Like I said I can't possibly have something in common with Davis." Kari frowned and stepped next to TK.

"Tai's my brother. Yolie I get that you're not a fan of Davis but you've got to have an open mind. My brother obviously sees something in the three of you that's special. He wouldn't have asked you guys to hang out unless he saw something in you. There's something bigger than all of us he wants to talk to you about." Yolie seemed to soften her face,

"Yeah, Yolie, Tai is the coolest! Still doesn't make sense why you're here." Davis teased. Kari sighed and sat down on the picnic table. TK seemed to step towards Davis and Yolie and she hoped he'd be able to play peace keeper.

"Do you really think we're all that special?" Kari looked to her left and saw Cody sit next to her. She smiled at the younger boy.

"Yeah I do. My brother is a pretty perceptive guy. I think he sees something pretty great in the three of you." Kari didn't know why she thought this. As she and TK had gone around finding the three, she felt a light inside her flick on as she talked with them. Almost like they were missing and she had found them. She could feel something about them was going to piece things together. What, she wasn't sure.

"They're like children." TK sighed as he sat down on Kari's right. Kari put a hand on TK's leg.

"Tai will be here soon." She tried to reassure. Kari removed her hand from TK's leg and looked up at Davis and Yolie. They were scowling at one another. Kari opened her mouth to speak but stopped. Something about this felt familiar. She looked to Cody then to TK. TK looked at her,

"What?" He asked. Kari looked beyond Davis and Yolie.

"Someone's missing." She said quietly. She could feel it someone was missing from their group. They were a group once. Kari didn't know why, but she was sure of it. She looked back at TK.

"TK-" she was interrupted,

"Kari! TK!" Tai's voice broke Kari out of her trance and she was anxious to have her brother near. She felt something was off and it made her feel vulnerable. She could see him, Meiko, Sora, Izzy, Mimi and Matt making their way over towards them. Kari stood,

"Where's Joe?" She asked her brother as he walked up to her.

"Coming. He'll meet us in a bit." Tai responded. Kari nodded and gestured to the group.

"This is Davis, Yolie and Cody. Guys this is my brother Tai, and this is Mei, Sora, Izzy, Mimi and TK's brother Matt." Kari introduced. She looked up at her brother who seemed to be studying the new faces. Kari gently nudged him. He ignored her and stepped forward.

"Hey guys. We were wondering if you wanted to come for a bite to eat with us?" Tai asked in a chipper voice. Kari squinted, she wasn't expecting this. She was confused by her brother.

"Izzy! Oh my god I didn't know the legendary Izzy Izumi!" Yolie pushed her way to stand in front of Izzy, ignoring Tai with her hands clasped and her eyes wide.

"Will you be coming?" She asked her eyes blinking. Kari could see Izzy's discomfort. He took a slight step back and nodded

"Err, yes?" He answered and he locked eyes with Mimi who giggled.

"Ugh Yolie layoff they're not gonna want you to come if you weird them out." Davis crossed his arms snuggly and Kari frowned at him.

"Don't be rude Davis. We want you all to come." Kari looked at her brother for reassurance. Tai nodded and Kari beamed and looked at Davis. Davis stood up straight,

"Of course Kari! I'll go wherever you go." He flirted and Kari stepped back a little uncomfortable.

"Come on, Joe went to get Ken he'll meet us by the water. Chilly fries anyone?" Tai announced and moved to lead the pack of students from the school towards the restaurant.

"I still don't understand why you older kids want to hang out with us?" Cody admitted and TK matched his step. Kari allowed the others to pass her she smiled at TK talking with Cody. Davis was trying and failing to talk with Matt and Yolie was gushing over Mimi now. She stopped walking thinking about something Tai had said.

"You okay Kari?" Izzy and Mei asked and Kari nodded.

"Yeah of course." She replies cheerfully. Izzy and Mei shared a look that Kari noticed. She pushed them forward.

"Come on we have to catch up." She didn't want to worry anyone so she was grateful when Izzy and Mei moved in front of her and joined the rest of the pack. Kari let her face fall now that she was at the back of the group. She kept up but she couldn't help something nudging her. Ken... he belongs with us...but why do I know that? She was uncomfortable now, she couldn't shake this feeling that something was wrong. She missed Gatomon. She frowned looking around. People were walking with their friends. Families laughing together. People were happy. She sighed, maybe something was off, but she couldn't help but push it to the back of her mind. Maybe we are all better off with the way things are. She smiled at Mei as she walked next to the girl. Kari decided she wouldn't dwell any further.

Tai watched the Davis as he reenacted a goal he scored at his last soccer match. He smiled and looked around at the others. Ken was stiff and was startled when Davis slapped him on the back. The quiet boy went pale and Davis continued to describe his victory. Tai chuckled and scanned the group to see Yolie and his sister laughing together. Sora then smacked Matt and Tai looked to see his red headed friend frown at Matt. Matt rolled his eyes and then leaned across the table smiling at his brother. Cody nodded at the blond brothers and Izzy leaned over to say something.

"You okay Tai?" Joe asked and Tai looked to his right and smiled.

"It's good to see us all together again." Joe squinted and raised an eyebrow.

"Again?" Joe questioned. Tai nodded and opened his mouth to get the groups attention when one by one each of the digidestined disappeared.

"Huh?" Tai's eyes were wide as fog rolled around him.

"Kari? Matt?" He called for his sister and his friend.

"How are you enjoying things Tai?" A voice asked and Tai turned to see a familiar figure.

"Gennai?" Gennai nodded.

"I wanted to know how you were enjoying things now that the digimon are gone and the balance restored." Tai's lips parted he didn't understand,

"What do you mean?" Gennai turned his back and explained.

"Your sister, she's healthy now." Tai was frozen.

"Your friends all together. The world is at peace." Tai felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up. Something wasn't right. Gennai turned to face him.

"So what's the problem? Why disrupt the life you've always wanted? Why tell them?" Tai's mouth became dry. He didn't understand.

"Gennai I don't..." Gennai then interrupted.

"You don't what? Understand? I gave you a choice. You could have this life do you remember?" Tai's eyes went wide, he did.

He could remember being in his room and then nothing and in that nothing he was given a choice, to give the power from his sister to Gennai and have the balance restored or, try and fight and possibly fail.

Tai nodded slowly.

"Then it's settled, this is the life you have chosen, you stir up trouble and piece by piece your old life will come back disrupting what you want the most. Peace and for your friends to be healthy and together." Gennai s voice sounded threatening and Tai wondered what had happened to the wise old man he had met when he was eleven.

"No one gets hurt?" Tai asked and Gennai smirked.

"The group can not know. Those younger digidestined whom you all forgot stay out of the loop. They knowing their ties to the digital world disrupts the peace you've created." Gennai stopped and smirked,

"That goes for the rest of the group. This deal is between you and me. You tell anyone else and you've failed them. You don't want to be a failure do you Tai?" Tai gasped he felt sick. Something was wrong, this wasn't right.

"You fail them, you fail your sister, Agumon, your friends, the digital world, your world. You fail them all if you tell them." Tai's hands clenched his shoulders shook. He was alone, but he couldn't fail. He wouldn't.

"What must I do." He submitted, choosing to follow Gennai's orders.

Gennai smiles,

"Live, live and don't question it. The digital world is sealed. No one goes in or out ever again. The digimon are gone but you, you are still here. You play along and enjoy your peace. Enjoy having your family together, your friends around. Enjoy this life." Tai felt creat fallen, he felt wrong but squeezed his eyes shut.

"I'll do it." He answered and when he opened his eyes Joe, Davis, Ken, Matt, Sora, TK, Cody, Izzy, Mimi, Yolie and Kari were all staring at him.

"You okay Tai?" Matt asked and Tai was shocked to be back at their table. He looked at each person. They all looked confused and worried.

"You spaced out have you eaten enough today?" Joe asked and Tai felt his heart ache seeing all his friends together. He didn't want anything to pull them apart. Nothing to dampen the beautiful weather.

"Tai?" Kari stood and walked towards him. Tai stared at her and remembered the blood coming out of her nose, how tired she had been, her suffering. He closed his eyes and looked up at his sister.

"I'm fine. I'm better than fine. Maybe we should order more food." He grinned and he could see the group was confused. He could see them hesitate. His sister was standing close to him but stopped moving. He smiled wider.

"And I think Davis you're gonna have to show me that shot again. Did you land on your back or your side when you kicked it in?"?the tension slowly released as Davis stood up and once again demonstrated his goal. Tai looked around seeing the rest all slide back into conversation together. He looked up at Kari who was still not moving she frowned and Tai smiled hoping to get her to go back to her seat. She slowly did and Tai exhaled a breath. This was what he had chosen, peace with his friends and family. This is the life he was granted. He just hoped nothing would disrupt it.

End of part 1