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Ch. 4 A Plan

The next morning, when Kari woke up, Gatomon was perched in her bed. When she heard Kari getting up, Gatomon turned around and startled Kari.

"Gatomon!" Kari said in surprise, sitting up and Gatomon landed on the floor on all fours.

"I want to ask you something private," Gatomon said seriously. She flicked her tail a bit nervously, and the sun glinted off her tail ring.

"Go ahead, but make it quick," Kari said as she climbed out of bed and started to get dressed for another school day.

"Well…do you like anyone?"

Kari froze as she combed through her hair. "W-what makes you think that?" she asked. Uh oh! Nice way of being subtle.

"It's just…you've been acting pretty absent minded for the past few weeks or so, and last night, me and Patamon heard you wishing someone liked you," Gatomon said.

Kari groaned, and sat down on her desk chair with a thump. "I just had to say that when you were with Patamon," she muttered. Now who I like isn't going to be a secret anymore! Why did I have to say that? She sighed.

"Do you?" Gatomon asked, tilting her head.

"Yes…I do like someone."

"Well…who is it?" Gatomon asked curiously. I hope it's T.K, she thought to herself. I think it is, but you never know…

"You know him," Kari said at last. "And you definitely know his Digimon."

"Tell me!" Gatomon said impatiently, tapping her paws against the floor.

"Promise not to tell him?" Kari asked, staring into Gatomon's eyes.

"But-"

"Promise, or I won't tell you," Kari insisted, her brown eyes pleading. "I don't want him to know!"

Gatomon sighed, and held up her paw to promise. "I promise I won't tell the boy you like that you like him." Maybe T.K will do it, if it really is him, she reflected to herself.

"I like…T.K," Kari quietly confessed.

Patamon's and T.K's wishes will come true! Gatomon silently cheered. Aloud she asked, "Why haven't you told him yet? You guys already know each other pretty well, so I don't see the harm in telling him."

Kari looked miserable now, and she combed through her hair again. "I bet he only thinks of me as a little sister. Or at least, just a friend." I wonder if he'll ever realize that I love him, she thought miserably as she picked up her bag and got out of the room.

Gatomon really wanted to tell Kari that T.K reciprocated her feelings – but she wanted to get Kari and TK together for sure. With Kari's mindset right now, she wouldn't believe her even though she was telling the truth. The truth would have to come from T.K himself for Kari to believe.

This is going to be a long day, she thought with a sigh.

Kari finished her cereal as fast as she could and got ready to leave for school. Gatomon ran after her before she closed the door. "Wait for me!"

"Are you coming to school today?" Kari asked, looking at the little Digimon in confusion. Gatomon made a huge fuss when she had to be stuffed into a schoolbag and pretend to be a plush.

"No, I'm just headed for T.K's. I might stop by later," Gatomon said casually. She waited to see her partner's reaction.

"You're spending a lot of time with Patamon lately," Kari said ruefully with a sigh. If only I could go with her and see Patamon's owner… "Well, if you see T.K, tell him I said hi, okay?"

"Sure," Gatomon said as she walked out onto the sidewalk. "But you'll see him anyway," she added pointedly, which caused Kari to blush.

Gatomon headed on towards T.K's apartment, hiding out of side whenever she saw people. She finally made it to his apartment without being seen. She made a giant leap and rang the doorbell.

T.K ran to the door and threw the door open. He looked around, confused. "Is anyone there?"

"Hi, T.K!" Gatomon said, popping out from behind the door. "Is Patamon here?"

"Yeah…" T.K trailed off when he looked over his shoulder and caught sight of the clock. "Oh no, gotta go! Shut the door behind you!"

With that, he took off at a run, leaving Gatomon at the door with Patamon.

"Hi, Gatomon. Are we discussing how to get T.K and Kari together?" Patamon asked, flying up to shut the door.

"Yeah, but I want a drink first!" Gatomon said, looking pointedly at the juice can Patamon was carrying in his arms.

Patamon opened the fridge and Gatomon took a bottle of apple juice.

"So…Kari confessed to me that she likes T.K! But she made me swear not to tell him, or she wouldn't tell me," Gatomon confided in between sips of apple juice.

"Well…that's a start," Patamon offered uncertainly. "But now we have to get them together and make them confess to each other!"

"Sounds easy, but each of our partners are worrying that the other doesn't like them!" Gatomon said crossly, taking off one of her gloves to lick at her face. "Honestly, humans are so weird sometimes. They don't just go up to each other and say what they want to."

Patamon fell flat on his back, and sighed. "Honestly…"

"Hmm….maybe one of us could get lost, and then T.K and Kari will look for us!" Gatomon suggested, her blue eyes wide with excitement.

"Yeah, but how do we get them to spontaneously confess to each other?" Patamon demanded.

"You're right," Gatomon glumly conceded, her tail drooping. The light shone on her tail ring, making it gleam in the sunlight.

Patamon gasped and had a plan. "That's it! We'll say that your tail ring's missing! Then once when we look for it, I'll 'search' for it with you, and T.K and Kari can pair up! We could send them somewhere romantic…"

"That's an excellent idea!" Gatomon said, standing and pacing around the room agitatedly. "Hmm…somewhere romantic…"

"What about the river?" Patamon suggested, propping himself up on the couch.

"That's just perfect! If we could get them to the river when it's almost sunset, that would be a really romantic moment," Gatomon agreed enthusiastically.

"Now…we just have to wait for them to come home," Patamon said, a mischievous look in his eyes.

"And I have to hide my tail ring very well," Gatomon added, taking the ring off of her tail and holding it.

"Can't you just tuck it into your glove?" Patamon asked.

Gatomon scowled at him. "That's not comfortable. I thought you were smarter than that, Patamon!"

"Sorry, sorry," Patamon muttered. "Just hide it before we put the plan in action!"

Kari was doodling in the margins of her notebook as her Science teacher droned on. The bell rang, and she quickly packed up her things.

She looked down at her notebook and almost blushed. She'd doodled a heart and written TK in the margins, but she now erased it and stuffed the notebook into her bag.

"Hey, Kari!" she heard a familiar voice call out to her. She turned around and saw T.K running towards her.

She smiled up at him, taking in how cute he looked with his blond hair, blue eyes, and hat. "Hey, T.K. What's up?"

"I was thinking…since the History project is due in a week, maybe we should go to my house and get a start on it?" he asked, sounding quite shy.

"That sounds like a great idea," Kari said, smiling warmly at him. "Besides, Davis is in the library, and I don't want to be distracted by him hitting on me."

"Man, he always does like to hit on you, huh?" T.K said as they walked out the gates of the school.

Kari thought she was dreaming, but it sounded like T.K sounded a teeny bit jealous. She turned her head to look at him, but the expression on his face was perfectly neutral.

"Yeah. It's like his hobby or something," Kari said, shaking her head with a rueful grin. "Remember that one time he came up with how he was going to save me, 'Princess Kari?'"

"And I remember you saying that it was supposed to be science fiction, not a complete fantasy!" T.K put in, laughing.

"Those were pretty good times, even though we had to keep fighting off villains in the Digiworld," Kari said. A slight breeze blew and she pushed her brown hair back behind her ear.

"I'm glad that our Digimon can come and visit us whenever they want," T.K said as they continued walking through the streets of Odaiba back to his house.

"They always want to stay very long. They love our food," Kari said, laughing. She felt so happy when she was around T.K, and he always made her laugh.

They finally arrived at T.K's apartment building. Somehow, they ended up the only ones in the elevator.

Silence hung between them, and Kari felt her heart race faster. How could T.K not sense what she felt for him? She loved him so much that if something ever happened to him, she would never be able to bear it.

Unconsciously, she found her eyes dropping down to his lips but she caught herself. Don't think about things like that, she scolded herself.

Meanwhile, T.K was staring at Kari's face and marveling at how beautiful she was. Everything about her was beautiful, from those sweet gentle eyes, to her hair, her face, even her personality…

How could I never have noticed that before? he asked himself. And I wonder if she'd ever fall for Davis, even though he's so annoying but he's made it no secret he likes her…I have to tell her how I feel.

"Kari, I want to tell you something," he began.

Kari looked up at him, but what might've been a romantic moment was ruined by the elevator doors opening.

Gatomon and Patamon immediately dashed into the elevator. "We have an emergency!" Gatomon shouted. Patamon looked extremely worried.

"W-what happened?" Kari asked, tearing her gaze away from T.K. She felt so disappointed. What had T.K been planning to say to her?"

"My tail ring's missing!"

Author's note: So after 2 months of leaving this fanfic, I'm finally writing for this again! Probably gunna wrap it up in 1 or 2 chapters. Reviews greatly appreciated :)