Sorry I haven't updated in awhile, but final projects studying for exams, ugh...but anyway here's chapter 5. Enjoy!! ^___^

Oh... I forgot the disclaimer....

TJ:Way to go

Shut up!!

TJ:Make me.

Dad!! I know what happened to your....

TJ:*Covers my mouth*Okay okay you win *uncovers mouth*

*smiles* Okay since I win you can say it.

TJ:Fine Akira does not own Digimon or Angel. Just us...her brothers...and michel....

The digidestined and the digimon sat around a fire in the forest. The diner was in ruins, destroyed by Myotismon and Michel, so they had fish on sticks cooking over the fire. "So let me get this straight," said Jason. "Michel and Myotismon are alive and working together to destroy the digital world?"

"That's pretty much it," said Gotomon eating a piece of fish. "They came here about a few weeks ago, saying that they are taking over."

"Where are the other digimon?" Tai asked.

Gotomon shrugged. "I don't know."

"When the M team came," said Darkrizamon. "We split, to try and start a rebellion."

"So first things first," Kari said taking a bit out of her chocolate granola bar. "Find the other digimon, and then send the sons of b…"

"KARI!!" Angel said.

"Sorry. Send them back to he…."

"Kari…"

"To where ever they came from?" Angel shook his head. Then turned to Spike.

"I blame you."

"For what?" Spike said in innocence.

"Corrupting my youngest and only daughter."

"Hey, I didn't do anything that she didn't want to."

"Okay, guys. Enough, we have one fight on our hands we don't need another." Kari said getting between her father and best friend. Then she looked at Angel. "I blame living in LA and going to Caritas. Besides I owe Spike my life." She looked at the blonde vamp and smiled at him.

Spike just shook his head. "No, Pet, you don't. I owe you mine."

"Okay, enough of this mushy stuff," said Jeremy. "We need to decide who's gonna keep watch."

"I'll take first watch," Angel said.

"Me and James will take second," volunteered Jamie.

"I'll take third," said Matt.

"So first thing in the morning we go looking for the other digimon," said Davis.

"Yep," said Kari. She stretched, yawned, and popped her fingers. "Gah, I'm so tired."

"I don't see why," said her look-a-like. "You slept all day. And you were up 2 hours before your boyfriend brought us here."

"He is NOT my boyfriend. He was one of my many mistakes," Kari missed the pained expression on Matt's face when she said this. "And now I'm gonna make sure he stays dead, even if…"

"Don't finish that sentence," Spike said sternly. "You are not going to die. Not on my watch."

"I will, if that is what it takes to get him out of our lives for good. Aren't you the one who told me that there is no price to high when it comes to saving the world?"

"Look," Yolie cut in. "We don't even know if it's going to come to that."

"Yolie is right." Cody agreed. "I think we just need to get some sleep. And then find the other digimon." Kari smirked.

"Yeah, I'm pretty beat," she said going over and sitting against a tree. She stripped off her jacket and draped it over herself. Spike shook his head and went to sit beside her. She leaned her head against his shoulder and closed her eyes. "Shut up, T.J." she said suddenly. Everyone, except her brothers and Angel, looked at her weirdly.

"What? I didn't say anything," TJ said innocently. Kari opened her eyes, amusement in them, something that the Obidahians hasn't seen in four years.

"I know what you are thinking."

"And what was I thinking?"

"That me and Spike should just fu…"

"Kari…" Angel warned.

"Do each other and get it over with."

"What?" TJ pointed to himself. "Me? I would never."

"I wouldn't object to that," Spike said and Kari elbowed him.

"Goodnight," She said again, and it wasn't too long before she and the others, except Angel, were all fast asleep.

*8 hours later*

Matt was staring at the fire, as everyone else slept. He was thinking about his talk with Angel before.

"Do you still love her?"Matt looked at Angel in surprise.

"What?" The others were ahead of them, out of earshot, well for the humans.

"Do you still love Hikari? It's not a hard question."

"Yes. I never stopped. Even after 4 years."

"Did you love her when she left?"

"Yes."

He meant that. He had always loved her, he just didn't realize it until was too late. He sighed, 'Why didn't I just see it before?' He shook his head. 'Maybe I could have fixed this, if only I went to LA. But now it's too late, she's with that guy.'

"What are you thinking about?" a voice asked behind him. He turned to see Kari standing and coming to sit beside him.

"Nothing," he said shaking his head. "Just how we've all changed since the last time we were here."

"Yeah, but Davis is still annoying," she said with a soft laugh. "How've you been?"

"Okay. You?"

"Good as can be living with 8 guys."

"Your boyfriend's not living with you in that big hotel?"

"Who? Spike?" She laughed again. "He's not my boyfriend. He's just my best friend that's helped me through a lot of stuff. And, although he'll argue, I owe him my life." She looked over at Spike as he still slept.

"How's that?" Matt asked. She turned her head to look at him, and after a moment she looked into the fire.

"About a year after I arrived in LA, I met Michel, not Mimi's Michel, but anyway. I was at the bookstore, getting something for Dad, and I bump into this guy, and at first I thought it was you with your hair died, but then I realized that it wasn't. So we get to talking, and the next thing I knew he asked me out, and I said yes.

"That first date was so wonderful, it felt like a dream. And then we became an item. After a few months we moved in together, and everything was perfect. I was happy, I was finally able to forget about what happened." She looked at Matt and saw the sad face that showed before he covered it up. "Look, Matt the only things I regret are not telling the others sooner, and not staying and trying to make things work. But anyway, the first six months were great, but then one night…" She paused after that. Not really wanting to tell the rest of the story.

Matt looked at her worriedly. He knew some of what had happened, because her brothers. "What happened?" He prompted. He put his arm around her shoulders. She took a breath and shuddered at the memory of that first night he hit her.

~Flashback~

I had come home late, because I was with Dad and my brothers, and I was doing some paper work for them. I opened the door and saw that he was sitting at the bar in the kitchen. He looked like he was upset, I thought it was because something happened at work.

"Where have you been?" He asked, his voice low. He stood up and walked towards me.

"Sorry, I had to finish up some paper work for Dad and…." The rest was cut off as he slapped me across the face. I lifted a hand to my cheek where he hit me.

"I don't want to ever come home and you aren't here," he grabbed a handful of my hair and jerked my head towards him. "You understand me?" I nodded. "Good. And from now on I want the house spotless and dinner ready for me when I get home." He let go me go. He went to the bedroom and slammed the door.

I sat down on the couch and let the tears that I had been holding back. I couldn't believe that this was happening. He was supposed to be my knight in shining armor. And now he was my captor.

After that night, I did as I was told, but he would always find something wrong, and he would beat me. Dad and the others knew something was up, and would ask me about it. And I would tell them to mind their own business. I know that they feel guilty about it, but there was nothing they could do.

One night when he was beating me for something, he almost killed me. I won't go into details, but if it were not for Spike coming over then, I would not be here.

~End of Flashback~

Kari looked back at her best friend, who was still sleeping. "You have no idea how much I am grateful for him," She looked back at Matt, who was looking at her intently with his ocean blue eyes, that she fell in love with. Blushing she turned to look back at the fire hoping he wouldn't notice. "He's like my guardian angel."

"Yeah. Kari?"

"Hmm…" She looked back up at him.

"Do you…never mind." Matt shook his head. "You should get some more sleep. Who knows how long today's gonna be."

"Yeah," she got up, and bent down and kissed his cheek. "It's good to see you." She whispered before she went back to Spike's side.

So here you go....I hope you like it. I don't think it was good, I was kinda in a rush.