This chapter is for Blade Asuska. Thanks for the emails!

1Disclaimer: I do not own digimon or any of the characters but i do own the OC. Oh yeah, in the story italics are what the person is thinking.

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Chapter Three: A New Friend, A New Battle

Tai was mad. REAL MAD. Not only couldn't he sleep last night, someone had the bright idea to wake up early in the morning and make a lot of noise. Agumon wasn't the culprit since he was still asleep on his bed, though very poorly positioned. He glanced at his clock and noticed it was only 7:30 in the morning. This pissed him off even more. He decided to share this with whoever it is. He got down from his bed and walked out of his room toward the misfit. The noise was coming from the kitchen. As he got closer, he saw that the culprit was Kari. She was in the kitchen cooking breakfast. He looked for Gatomon to see if she was with her. Not seeing her, he came to the conclusion that 7:30 in the morning is too early for even a digimon to be up. Tai decided that Kari needed to learn to make breakfast A LOT quieter. He waited for Kari to have her back to him so he could set his plan in motion. He sneakily made his way across the hallway and tip-toed his way up to Kari. Deciding the moment was right, he flung his arms at her and started to tickle Kari like nobody has ever done.

"Ahhhhhh!" was all Kari could muster up to say from her brother's "attack".

"No way. It's 7:30 in the morning and your making more noise than Etemon. I mean how loud do you have to be to make breakfast?" Tai asked as he continued to "assault" his baby sister.

"I thought that I should make you some breakfast since you looked so down yesterday." Tai suddenly stopped tickling his sister. She was still worried. That's Kari for you. "Kari, there's nothing wrong. I was just over thinking about things and you know I don't like to think too much." Tai said with a smile on his face. Unfortunately for him, Kari didn't buy into.

"Tai, your my big brother. I can tell when your lying. Yesterday, I let it go because I didn't think you would want me to talk to you about it in front of mom and dad but I really want to know. What's wrong?"

"I think I might be starting to like Mimi as something more that friends." Tai couldn't lie to Kari and even though this wasn't the main issue, it was still bothering him.

Kari on the other hand had a huge smile on her face. Kari couldn't help herself from getting over excited. Tai only has girl problems. Phew! I'm glad it wasn't anything serious. Wait a minute, did he just say Mimi?

"Tai, are we talking about Mimi, Mimi? Mimi who likes the color pink, loves to cook, and has a Palmon as her digimon partner? OUR Mimi?"

"Yeah, that Mimi. Yesterday, Agumon told me that I'm different around her and that I might like her. And that got me thinking, what if I really do like her? Mimi and I are pretty good friends I wouldn't want to do anything to hurt that relationship but if I do like her as more than friends then how should I go about telling her you know? What if I'm just trying to make myself like her because I want to get over Sora or something? I don't want to hurt her." Tai thought a lot about this last night. Looking back, what Agumon said had merit. He liked hanging around Mimi. She had such a out-going personality. He never said "no" when Mimi asked if he could accompany her to the store or even the library. He didn't know what to do and that was the genuine truth.

"Oh Tai, don't worry I'm sure everything will be fine. It sounds to me like you have your emotions mixed up. Maybe you just need some time away to let yourself figure them out? How about going to the beach or the digital world?" Kari suggested noting the confused and serious expression on his face. The digital world huh. Yeah, nothing like an evil digimon and a dead one that might or might not be alive to help me figure out my emotions. Tai thought sarcastically.

"Yeah, maybe your right." Tai said with a sigh.

A few minutes after their conversation, Agumon and Gatomon were up and about. Gatomon was surprised to see them both awake so early. Breakfast was enjoyable as the four of them ate and talked like a normal family would. Kari decided to use this atmosphere to ask Tai if he wanted to hang out today when suddenly a knock was heard at the door.

"I wonder who that is?" Gatomon asked. "I'll go see," Kari said. She then stood up to get the door. Whoever it is has perfect timing. I finally get Tai to open up and someone just happens to come over. I'm gonna give them a piece of my mind. thought Kari but when she opened the door she just couldn't do it. Standing there was one of the most handsome guy she had ever saw. He had on a white shirt, a black Bushman jacket, jeans, and gray converse chucks. But what really got her attention was his perfectly undone hair and his hazel eyes.

"Hey, you gonna stare all day or you gonna let us in?" Kari was confused. The lips on the guy in front of me didn't move, I was looking at them, so whose voice was it? Kari thought when she noticed the guy give a heavy sigh.

"Oy, Dracomon, didn't I tell you to stop being so rude to other people?" Oh my god. His voice is so smooth. Wait a minute. Dracomon? Kari looked down to see a little dragon type digimon that looked like it could use a few more hours of sleep. "Sorry about that Miss Kari. He's always grumpy in the morning." He called me Miss Kari. "Um may I ask how you know my name?" Kari asked timidly.

"Oh my bad, I completely forgot my manners. My name is Akira Satou. And as to how I know your name, well everyone knows the names of the digidestined who saved the world twice." Akira said with a smile. Kari was now blushing a bright red.

"Hey girly, why don't you take a picture, it'll last longer. You look like a damn tomato." Dracomon said snapishly.

"Dracomon! For the last time stop being so cranky. I'm sorry he's always like this in the mornings but he gets better later in the day."

"Hey Kari who's at the door?" asked Tai as he came to the door wondering why Kari was taking so long.

"Yo. You must be Tai. I'm Akira and the grumpy little digimon over there is Dracomon. I'm sure Gennai told you about me. Anyways, we can talk on the way you ready to get going?" Akira asked. Huh. So this guy is Akira, Tai thought.

"It's nice to meet you Akira, Dracomon. Agumon and I just finished breakfast so I'll be out in a bit."

"Alright, no problem."

Tai walked back in to go get Agumon, meanwhile Kari was stumped. Not only does a easy-for-the-eyes guy just walk up to the door, but Tai KNOWS him? This was definitely a no-no. Excusing herself, Kari went after her brother inside the house. She heard Akira murmuring to Dracomon about first impressions as she walked back in.

"Tai! Who is that guy? How do you know him? And, what is this about Gennai?" Kari said a little too fast. Tai calmly replied back, "That is Akira. I don't really know him other than he is another digi-destined from Japan. And Gennai wants Akira and I to just check out some rumors in the digital world."

"This is the first time I'm hearing about this. Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Kari was now ticked. Not only did her brother not tell her about any of this, but now he was leaving?

"Because we're just going to check some rumors out in the digital world. I was going to tell you during breakfast but I didn't get the chance. Don't worry, I should be back in a little bit anyways. We can go out to a movie when I come back. Deal?" Tai asked trying to get her sister to calm down.

"Fine. But you need to do some thing for me first."

"Alright, what is it?"

"Can you go ask Akira if I can take a picture with him?" Kari asked shyly. Tai sighed loudly and gave his sister a little smile, "Yeah, alright. Hey, Agumon let's get going Akira is here already."

"Okay Tai. I'll be there in a sec." Tai walked back to the door and relayed the details to Akira. After being introduced to Dracomon, Gatomon instantly disliked the dragon digimon after he made a comment about how the apple doesn't fall far from the digi-partner. Akira agreed to take a picture saying it was okay since it was a cute girl asking him which made Kari blush. After some pleasantries and Agumon finally getting ready, the four said goodbye to Kari and Gatomon, well Dracomon said "I can't believe she actually took a damn picture!" while scratching his head. Tai led the group to the computer in his room. Agumon suggested that they start at Koromon Village since that was where the legend was told. Everyone agreed so Tai held his digivice to the computer and said "Digi-gate Open!" Suddenly the computer screen went blank, when all of a sudden a golden portal appeared. As Tai was being drawn in, the only thing that he could think of was, Chaosdramon, I hope he's nothing but a rumor. When the light died down and everyone had gotten their bearings they looked at where Koromon Village was. The only one that was able to say anything was Dracomon and it matched the other three's thoughts perfectly, "What the fuck?"

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Alright sorry for the lateness of the chapter. My computer crashed, AGAIN, so I only had bits and pieces of the chapter left over so it's different and shorter than what it was suppose to be. I'll try to get chapter 4 out sooner to make it up to you guys. Also as chapter releases go, most likely it'll be bi-monthly since I need time for other things (school and work), but if I get done with a chapter sooner than expected i'll release it early but don't hold your breath lol.