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Once upon a time a girl wished upon a shooting star that digimon would be hers, unfortunatly it wasn't a star it was stupid satalite. Grrrrrr!

Chapter 16: Speaks for a Second

Sora knew the second she walked into the room that this wasn't going to be an easy task. Kari was still asleep in her chair, her hair frazzled, skin pale, clothes distraught, and dark circles under her eyes. She couldn't help but think that there was a pair of red itchy eyeballs, to go with those circles, hidden behind Kari's sweet eyelids and she wouldn't have to wait long to see them.

"Kari. Kari, wake up." Sora gave her a small shake from which Kari opened her eyes immediately. Sora was more shocked then she could have imagined: Kari hadn't been crying, in fact her eyes were crystal clear, only gleaming with worry. "Hey sweetie, are you ok?"

Kari lunged for Sora, leaving her in a tight hug. In a motherly fashion Sora hugged her back and patted her head lovingly. While she was doing this she saw Matt appear in the doorway. He looked sad and distraught, his hair completely messed up. Sora quickly made a shooing motion with her hand. He got the hint and walked off to find Tai and the others.

"Sweetie, what's bothering you?" Kari backed out of the hug and hung her head low. "Are you worried about Tk?" Kari nodded. "I know this might sound strange, but why aren't you crying? You don't have to hold it in around me." Kari looked at her hands nervously. "Sweetie?"

"—he asked me not to."

Sora was so shocked that she had broken through this fast, she was already speaking—but wait, she was speaking gibberish.

"He? Who's he?"

"Tk."

"What? When?" Sora questioned as the confusion deepened.

"Right after he stooped me and told me I didn't want it, right after he carried me back to the road, right after he wiped away one of my tears; he said 'Kari, please don't cry. So, I won't cry.'"

"Didn't want what?" Tears began forming in the corners of Kari's eyes. Sora grabbed her shoulders tightly, "Kari, you have to tell me, what happened in the forest?"

The tears cascaded down Kari's cheeks in big droplets dripping down onto her knees. Sora's grip tightened, "Kari, What did he stop you from doing?"

Kari looked blankly into Sora's eyes and muttered so quietly that if not for Sora's devoted attention she would have missed it, "Sex."

Kari dived for Sora's comfort once again. Sora, who was stuck in shock, didn't notice the sobering girl for a moment, but once she did her arms held her in a kind embrace, "Oh, Sweetie."

Tears fell from Sora's eyes now, as she rocked the distraught girl back and forth comforting her as much as she could.

The rest of the digidestineds walked into the waiting room exchanging glances with each other as they stared at the two crying girls.

"What happened?" Tai asked with an extreme amount of concern in his voice.

Kari hid her face even more from the group going back to her non-talkative manor leaving Sora to respond. "We were just talking that's all," she lied, "What did you find out Matt?"

Matt lowered his head, "that Tk was monitored for a few hours and only just went into surgery an hour ago."

"That's good isn't it?" Yolie asked hopefully.

"No it isn't." Matt responded agitatedly, "Why the hell does he need surgery, he only had some scratches on him. It doesn't seem reasonable for him to have surgery for that…"

"Unless, of course, something else bad happened." Davis unfortunately added which caused Joe, Izzy, and Mimi to elbow him in the ribs, "I'm just as concerned as all of you; I was just stating a fact," he added defensively.

"We know, Davis," Ken responded with a pat on the shoulder, "We're all just a little on edge, though."

The others all responded with a sigh in agreement. It wasn't easy and it didn't seem fair that this was happening to them.

It had been an hour since the digidestineds walked in on the two crying girls and in that time they had not been able to talk to Sora alone, yet, suddenly Tai had an idea.

"Kari, are you hungry?" He said with utmost concern.

She nodded her head.

"Here, go by yourself something from the machine in the hallway." Tai handed her a crumpled 5 dollar bill. She accepted it curiously and slowly made her way out of the room. Tai took the opportunity to bounce. "What'd she say? What's wrong with my sister!?!"

Sora looked back at his fearful eyes and stood firm, "I can't tell you."

"WHAT!" He yelled back at her.

"WHY NOT?" Matt, too, was appalled, "IT MIGHT GIVE US A CLUE TO WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE." He tried to reason.

Sora looked at her nails calmly, "She told me some of what happened out there—"

"So, tell us!" Davis added into the mix.

"I can't."

They were about to argue back, but then the until now silent Cody stopped them, "If she says she can't then she can't; there is probably a good reason for it."

"WELL I'D LIKE TO HEAR THIS REASON." Tai shouted while glaring at Cody.

"The reason I can't tell you," Sora answered coolly, "is because it's personal, not to mention you'd probably murder someone once you heard it."

Tai shut up at that leaving a silenced room, did he really want to think about what could have happened that would cause him to kill someone? After an unbearable few minutes he walked out into the hall to see why Kari was taking so long. To his misfortune she wasn't there.

HERE WE GO AGAIN…