digi-gal-rox: another chapter, up... a few more to go...
CHAPTER 4
-Future/Flashback-
"Mummy!" the small boy called out desperately. A woman, his mother, entered the room, a gentle smile on her face. She was wrapped in a pink robe. Right behind her was a man, in a green robe. His father.
"What is it, Kai?" his mother asked gently. The small boy only whimpered.
"Another nightmare?" his father asked. Kai nodded. His mother looked at her husband worriedly.
"It has to be something about the next attack," she murmured. He nodded. He didn't like the idea of pressing his son's dream, but they had no other choice.
"Kai, what happened in your nightmare?" he asked gently.
"Don' want to talk about it!" he wailed. The five year old shuddered slightly.
"That's O.K, sweety, you don't have to." his mother said gently.
-Present-
Kai grumbled, as he groggily made his way to the sofa. Kari was in the kitchen, humming a song that he found all too familiar. Pushing the thoughts aside, he switched the TV on, just as Kari appeared, with a cup of coffee at hand.
"Morning," Kai mumbled, forcing himself up the sofa.
"Had a good sleep?" Kari asked, slightly worried.
"S'O.K." Kai shrugged, not wanting to worry her. Still unconvinced, the older woman let it go.
"I'm going to be at work till late, so you can do what ever you want." Kari smiled at him. Nodding mutely, Kai watched her leave the room. Kai sighed heavily, rubbing his temples, before sinking down the sofa again.
-Future/Flashback-
"He's growing afraid of his dreams, T.K!" the woman scowled.
"I know." he said quietly. "We have to give him his crest soon."
"And when is this soon?" she asked.
"I'll know when. Go rest, I need to talk to them again." he said regrettfully, knowing that his wife was going to freak. Freak, was actually an understatment. She was going to be angry.
"Again?!" she asked sharply.
"You know it's an important job! It's part of-" before he could finish his sentence, the door bell rang.
"Just go," she muttered, walking towards the front door. "I don't care anymore."
-Present-
"Kai! Wake up!" an urgent voice came. Opening his eyes, Kai was greated by an older brunette.
"Tai?" he yawned, pulling himself up from the sofa. Tai let out a chuckle, grabbing the remote and turning the TV off. "What happened?"
"You fell asleep by the looks of it," Tai sighed. "Good thing Kari asked me to check up on you. She told me that you didn't seem yourself this morning."
"Oh..." Kai's eyes fell slightly.
"You O.K?" Tai asked worriedly.
"I probaly just miss my mother a lot." Kai responded quickly. "I'm just exhausted. I'll just head on to bed..." Tai watched worriedly as the blonde man staggered his way towards his bedroom.
-Future/Flashback-
"Yes?" she opened the door. Her eyes widened, as a familiar figure stood before her. The woman opposite her smirked, a taunting smile on her lips.
"You should remember me."
"How could I not, Madeline." the name came out venomous. "What do you want?"
"That's a nice way to greet me," Madeline said, pushing her way into the house. Timidly, Kai approached his mother.
"Mummy?"
"Go to your room, sweety." his mother said.
"But-"
"Is your daddy still here?" the small boy nodded. His mother quickened her pace to the study, Madeline right behind her.
"Madeline!" T.K gasped, as his wife entered the study furiously.
"Why is she here?!" she demanded. Madeline let out a smirk.
"Why are you here?" T.K asked the other woman.
"You should ask yourself that. And you know very well why I'm here." T.K narrowed his eyes.
"Honey... uh... can you uh..."
"Leave you alone?" she said sharply. "Damn right I will!" she stompped off. T.K sighed heavily, before facing Madeline.
"You shouldn't be here." he stated calmly.
"Why are you so eager to change history?" Madeline demanded.
"What do you mean?" T.K asked, frowning.
"You know what I mean." she frowned. T.K simply shrugged.
"I love her. You know it. I know it. And my son... he is the child of fate." Madeline narrowed her eyes.
"Are you saying that in your... our past lives, the children you had couldn't?" she asked sharply. He nodded. "This is unbelievable!" she burst out.
"You should leave." T.K muttered. Pushing the other woman out of his apartment, he began to search for his wife, only to find that she was gone.
-Present-
"How is he?" Kari asked quietly, as she entered the bed room. Tai sighed heavily, leaving Joe to watch over the sleeping man. "What happened?"
"He has a fever." Tai responded quietly. "He just needs rest." Kari sighed heavily, as she sank into her sofa. "He keeps muttering some words as well, seems to be having a nightmare of some sort." Kari nodded slowly.
"Anything else I need to know?" Kari asked, worriedly. Tai smiled at her.
"He's fine." he paused. "Do you think we should call T.K?" Kari shook her head.
"No. I can tell... Kai doesn't really like him... well his father." Kari shook her head slightly, "You know what I mean." she added hastily. "Maybe I should take some time off work to watch him..."
"It's O.K," Tai said gently, "Get some rest, O.K? Sora's already agreed to watch him." smiling at her brother, Kari made her way to her room. Sighing heavily, Tai made his way back to Kai's room, where Joe was taking his temperature once again. "Joe?"
"It's quite high." he reported. "Nothing that I've seen before," he added worriedly. "Are you sure you don't want me to take him to the hospital?"
"That'll make Takaishi worry, and Kari hysterical." Tai paused. "He will be alright, right?"
"I hope so,"
-Future/Flashback-
Hoping that his wife had returned, T.K checked all the rooms, only to find that his wife had actually left. Along with his son. Walking dazed to the kitchen, he found a note taped to the fridge from his wife. Reading it, he realized that they weren't coming back. Collasping to the floor, T.K cried out in pain, before resting his head in his hands. They were really gone.
"Kari..."
The small boy looked up at his mother excitedly, holding onto her hand tightly. Waiting for the train, Kai couldn't help but jump for joy.
"Mummy, will daddy be joining us there?" he asked.
"No, sweety. Daddy... has work." his mother replied. When the train arrived, the young mother gently pushed her son into the train, before turning around at the sound of her name.
"Kari!" her husband cried out frantically. She frowned, as he reached her, panting slightly. "Why?" he asked, desperately.
"There are some things you can't change." she said coldly. "I gave up waiting, every night for you. But now that 'she' is here again, I've had enough!" turning her back to her husband she boarded the train, shielding her son from him. She had had enough. She was through waiting. Taking a deep breath, holding onto her sons hand they headed towards their new life.
-Present-
Kari sat uncomfortable at the end of the room. She eyed T.K carefully before glaring at her feet. Yes, it was obvious to say that she was not happy. T.K, who was seating beside the sleeping Kai form, glanced at Tai.
"Why am I here again?" he asked.
"Because," Tai muttered, "Your son here is sick." before T.K could respond, Kai mumbled something. Kari sat up slightly.
"What did he say?" she asked.
"Dad..." Kai mumbled, answering her question.
"Did he just say 'dad'?" T.K asked, his eyes wide, "With... affection?"
"Yeah..." she murmured. "He did."
-Future/Flashback-
It was obvious to say that the fifteen year old did not like his father. His mother didn't have to tell him what had happened. He had basically over heard the entire conversation all those years before, before his mother had taken him away. Ofcourse, it wasn't till he was ten that he fully understood what was going on. The young blonde man smiled as he leaned over the balcony.
"Mum!" he caled, "You should see this! The view is awesome!" his mother shook her head slightly, as she joined the young teen at the balcony.
"Shouldn't you be getting ready for school?" she chuckled.
"Oh man!" he yelped, speeding back into the house. She laughed, watching her son zoom in and out, before he gave a quick kiss on his mother's cheek and rushed out the door. "See ya later, mum!" he called back. Once the door had closed, she slowly turned around to see the view before her. It had been ten years since she had left. Ten years since she had filed for the divorce. She closed her eyes, pushing all memories of him aside. She didn't want to be back here, but she didn't have any other choice.
"Be careful Kai..." she murmured softly.
"Please mum?" the small girl begged. Her father laughed, good naturely watching the small girl give her all famour puppy dog eyes.
"Oh Tai, tell her we can't!" his wife said. Tai smiled, picking his daughter.
"Your mum's right, honey."
"But why not?" the child whined, "Everyone has one!"
"We're not everyone, Kelly." her mother responded. Tai laughed again.
"We're still young Sora," he whispered in her ear. She looked at him furiously.
"We're alway out! She already has...-Kai?" she stopped, seeing a familiar figure. Tai turned around and smiled. His nephew looked at them surprised, before smiling.
"Aunt Sora? Uncle Tai? Kelly?" he exclaimed, running towards them. "Wow! It's so good to see you again!"
"What-cha doin back here?" the small child asked.
"We just moved back here," Kai responded, a slight tightness in his voice. Tai's eyes widened slightly, as he faced his wife. She looked at him worriedly.
"Tai," she warned, "We can't. You know it. We promised."
"Promised?" Kai looked at the two confused.
"We have to though." Tai responded. "It's the only way."
"What do you mean?" Kai asked. Sighing heavily, Tai faced his nephew.
"There's something we should've told you when you were younger... before any of this happened. We need to call them. All of them." he said, emphasising on the them. Kai frowned.
"By any chance, does this have anything to do with my father?"
"Mostly," Sora relied regrettfully. "Your mother isn't going to be too happyy about this."
"What do you mean?"
-Present-
"How exactly did he say it?" Davis asked curiously.
"With feeling," Kari responded. "Come to think of it, it's the first time I've heard him say it with feeling. Other times, it seems like he is forcing the word out."
"It's amazing how he looks exactly like T.K." Yolie murmured.
"Sleeps like him as well," Matt muttered. T.K looked at him surprised. "I wonder who his mother is," he added. Tai sighed heavily, before glancing at Joe.
"Should we tell them?" he asked.
"Tell us what?" Cody asked.
"Well... we took a blood test, just in case there was anything else wrong with him..." Joe started.
"And...?" Izzy pressed on.
"Well, his mother is-"
-Future/Flashback-
Kai sat nervously in the room. Everyone was talking quietly to one another, debating whether or not to give it to him. His mother quietly pulled away from the group and joined her son at the corner.
"You O.K?" she asked quietly. He shook his head.
"What's going on mum?" he asked.
"Come on," she murmured, urging him to the group. He noticed a familiar figure in the centre of the room. Kai narrowed his eyes. "Let's just get this over and done with, O.K T.K?" his mother said sharply.
-Present-
"Me?" she managed to squeek out.
"It's all on paper." Joe responded.
"How did you even get my-" Kari stopped. "Tai!" she growled at her older brother who laughed weakly.
"You shouldn't have done it Joe." T.K said quietly. "This... was something we had to discover on our own."
"You're one to speak," Kari muttered.
"Right now we have more important things to work on," Tai said hastily. Kari rose to her feet.
"I'm going out for air. Don't bother following me." Kari announced before leaving the room.
"Kari!" T.K called out after her. She ignored him, slamming the door behind her. Sighing heavily, he collasped back into his sit, resting his head in his hands.
-Future/Flashback-
Looking at the crest, eyes wide, Kai looked up at his mother again who looked agitated.
"You have so gotta be kidding me," he breathed.
"We're not." Kari managed to get out. Kai looked at his mother.
"But... why?" he asked.
"You're the one," T.K simply stated. Kai glanced at his father.
"He's right, Kai." Matt hastily jumped in, "You are the one to help. There isn't much time left for us. We need your help."
Kai opened his eyes, as he stared out at the darkened sky. Standing beside him, was his mother who gripped his hand tightly. They watched as his uncle and aunt were lowered to the ground. His crying cousin stood beside his mother, hugging tightly to the bear her parents had bought her the week before. He realized that his father wasn't present at all.
"Typical," he muttered to himself, as he led his mother and cousin back to the car. Climbing to the drivers seat, he quietly drove them home. "What do we do now?" Kai asked his mother quietly. She looked at him with a small smile, wiping the tears from her eyes. She didn't answer. Kai frowned, focusing his attention to the road. He knew that his mother was planning something, and was not including him in it. That very night, he failed to hear his mother's foot steps disappear as she made her way to the computer, before disapearing in a flash of light.
-Present-
"Mum..." he moaned, as he began tossing and turning in the bed. T.K stirred slightly, before opening his eyes to see his son in a troubled state. Concern, he leaned forward slightly, brushing some of Kai's hair aside.
"What happened there?" he murmured, watching over the young man. He sat back down, overwealmed with curiousity, before boltiing up. Rushing out of the room, he saw everyone else in deep conversation. "Somethings happened to Kari," he said urgently. Tai frowned slightly, unconvinced.
"And you know this... how?" he asked.
"Try calling her," T.K challenged. Tai did so. When no reply came, Tai hastily put his phone aside.
"He's right," Tai muttered. "Do you know where she is?" he asked.
"I'm guessing the digital world." T.K murmured.
"We have to go," Izzy said, rising to his feet slightly.
"We can't," T.K sighed heavily, "Whoever is behind this... probaly knows about Kai as well. A few of us should go."
"We'll go." Ken decided getting to his feet. Davis nodded in agreement.
"Are you sure?" Sora asked.
"Yeah." Davis smiled. Walking up to the laptop Izzy had open, Davis held his D-3 towards it. Nodding to the older group before him. "Digi-port open!"
-Future/Flashback-
Stirring slightly, Kai woke up with a start. He could just hear the humming of the computer. He frowned. He remembered leaving the computer off. Slowly climbing out of bed, he went to check on his mother, only to find her room bare. Cursing silently, he quickly made his way to the computer, holding his digi-vice before it. He knew instantly that his mother was there again, trying to make a difference. Holding it firmly in place, he vanished from the room, to the digital world.
Looking around the darkened sky, Kai slowly made his way towards an open field where he could just hear the taunting laughter of a digimon. His eyes widened when he saw his mother and her digimon fighting.
"Angewoman!" she shouted, as the angel like digimon dodged an attack. Panicing, the young man quickly ran towards her, tugging at her arm slightly.
"Mum!" he yelled, over the loud roars, "Don't do this!" she ignored him, focusing her attention to the dark digimon before them. "Mum!" he turned around slightly, as a dark shadow slowly crept up towards them. His eyes widened. He knew that his mother had sensed it too. Gently pushing her son aside, she took the full blow. Kai watched in horror, as his mother slowly fell to the ground. "MUM!" scrabbling to the body, the young man held onto the body tightly, crying out softly towards his mother's cold body. Shutting his eyes tightly, he waited for the shadow to attack once again, but nothing happened. Opening his eye, he realized that he was back in the apartment, with the computer left blank.
He watched as his mother was lowred to the ground. He was the lost of the digi destined to be standing. What had happened was no mistake. Closing his eyes painfully, Kai allowed the tears to fall from his face. Opening them again he noticed a familiar figure not too far away. Anger filling up inside of him, he made his way towards them. Towards the Guardians...
-Present-
Waking up with a start, Kai realized that everyone was cramped up in his room. Looking at the carefully, he noticed that they were all looking at him releaved. Joe stepped foward, placing a hand on his forehead. Kai frowned slightly confused.
"Wha-"
"Fevers gone." Joe murmured. "Looks like everything's fine."
"Fever?" Kai rasied an eye-brow. His eyes widened. "Oh!"
"Oh?" Tai raised an eyebrow. "This isn't something that you should be so easy about."
"That... happens a lot." Kai responded hastily.
"A lot?" T.K asked worriedly.
"You wouldn't understand," Kai responded tartly.
"What do you mean a lot?" Izzy asked.
"It's kinda hard to explain," Kai murmured softly, "But as a kid, I had these... dreams that were able to predict attacks. Weird. I know." he added at their surprised looks. "As a child, they came in as nightmares. But as I got older, they came as fevers." he paused. "My mother didn't know why it was, but she realized because of it, my... dreams become longer, whether it was the past or future."
"You saw into the past as well?" T.K asked, his eyes wide. Kai simply shrugged.
"Where's Kari and the others?" he asked.
"We're not sure." Matt sighed, "Kari went missing and the others are lookin for her in the digital world." cursing silently, Kai slowly got out of bed, shoving T.K's attempts to help him up.
"You're the reason she's there." he said sharply. "Myotismon has her."
"What?" Sora suddenly jumped up. "Myotismon? How do you know?"
"He's the one that killed my mother." Kai muttered quietly. "If you want to save her, you have to go now." he closed his eyes before facing his father. "You have to go as well." T.K's eyes widened. Tearing his gaze away from him, Kai faced the rest of the group, "You all have to... before it's too late."
"We..." Joe started. Tai shook his head. "But-"
"Your mother means a lot to you, doesn't she?" Tai asked quietly. Kai looked at him oddly before nodding. "Kari's your mother, isn't she?" Kai hesitated before nodding. "It's going to be O.K, we're going to save her."
"You don't get it," Kai murmured. "It's just not a matter of saving her. It's a matter of preventing the darkness from entering the two worlds. She's the key." Kai breathed heavily. "It doesn't matter whether or not that I save her from her fate, I just want her to have a normal life without any pain."
"You blame him for her death?" Mimi asked. Kai shook his head.
"I don't blame him. I blame-"
"Me." T.K cut in heavily. Rising to his feet, T.K debated whether or not to place a firm grip on Kai's shoulder. Kai turned around stubbornly. "I'll go alert the Guardians." he said quietly. Walking up to Izzy's laptop, he vanished in a flash of light.
Looking at her surroundings, Kari realized that she was not in the streets of Obida, but in a dark room. She presumed it was a dark castle of some sort. Trying to rise to her feet, she winced. Bringing her hand to her ankle, she realized that it was swollen. Groaning, she remained still, feeling the ground for something. She froze at the sound of a familiar laughter. Gasping sharply, she saw two dark glowing eyes, before her world went dark.
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