Dimensional Turmoil
Disclaimer
I do not own Digimon or any of its characters. If owned Digimon then I would've given Kimeramon Elvis hair when Ken created him..or it...wait did Kimeramon even have a gender. Oh man this is gonna drive me ******* crazy later. Anyway enjoy and thanks for reading.
Dream
Chapter 4 Decisions
It was early in the morning when Tai woke up, for once. This was because something had fallen on his head which gave him a rough awakening. Tai looked around before going down from his bunk of the bed. When he looked he saw neither Kari nor Gatomon were there. He remembered their parents were going to leave early to take care of some things so he went to the kitchen to see if Kari was having breakfast.
"Morning Tai." greeted Agumon.
"Morning Agumon. Have you seen Kari or Gatomon?" asked Tai.
"Yeah. Kari said she was gonna do something to relax on the roof and Gatomon went with her." replied Agumon.
"Alright then. You wanna come?" Tai asked Agumon as he went to the door. Agumon nodded and the two headed for the roof. Once they got there they were surprised at what they saw. Kari seemed to be standing on her right hand with her left arm extended and the rest of her being straight with Gatomon sitting on her feet. Gatomon then jumped off her feet allowing Kari to stand.
"Morning Tai." said Kari with a smile.
"Hey. How long have you been up?" asked Tai.
"About two and a half hours. More or less." replied Kari.
"So what were you doing?" asked Tai.
"To be honest I don't know." replied Kari. "Last night I had a dream where I saw him fighting so when I woke up I just had this weird urge to practice some stuff."
"So how were you able to stand on one hand?" asked Agumon.
"I'm not really sure myself. I just cleared my mind and I felt everything open up. Almost like I could walk on thin air." replied Kari turning to Gatomon. "And I was kinda curious so I asked Gatomon to stand on my feet to test if I could keep my balance."
"Wow." said Tai surprised. "Well mom and dad are gonna be gone for a while so do you want to hang out? Davis said he wanted to have a little soccer game today."
"Alright but did you eat already?" asked Kari.
"Actually I just woke up." replied Tai sheepishly. "So what about you?"
"I ate a little after I woke up. I also made a little extra breakfast for Gatomon and Agumon." replied Kari.
"But not for me?" asked Tai.
"This was 150 minutes ago. If I had made you something back then right now it would have lost most of its flavor. After all food's always at its best fresh off the pan." replied Kari. The four headed back to the apartment where Kari made some breakfast for Tai using a different mixture of ingredients than Tai would've expected.
"So have you thought about what that guy said?" asked Tai.
"I've been thinking about it since I woke up in that room and I think I might accept." replied Kari. "After all how often does one get the chance to go to an alternate reality to meet a completely different team of DigiDestined. Even if they don't use that name."
"That's true. Plus Izzy will probably go too so he can check out all that tech they have." added Tai as Kari placed an omelet in front of him.
"I wonder what they'll be like." said Kari sitting on the couch.
"Who knows." replied Tai. "So when are you gonna tell him?"
"I said I was thinking of accepting. That doesn't mean I'm saying yes yet." replied Kari.
"What's stopping you?" asked Gatomon.
"I just don't like the idea of lying to mom and dad." replied Kari.
"How come?" asked Tai. "I mean we did lie when you guys had to stay in the Digital World to stop the Digimon Emperor."
"Yeah but that was gonna be for a few days." replied Kari. "This time I'll probably be gone for a few months. That's why I'm not so sure."
"Well I'm gonna meet with Davis and a few other guys to play some soccer. Do you wanna come?" asked Tai. "It might help clear your mind."
"Sure." replied Kari. A few hours later after they showered and got ready the two DigiDestined took off with their partners heading to the park. When they got there they saw a few of the other Digidestined as well as a few others from their school. Including, unfortunetely, Davis who almost immediately went up to Kari before being stopped Tai.
"Alright looks like everyone's here." said Tai.
"Not quite. Kazuma's not here. He said he has stuff to take care of at home." said Ken.
"Well then we're one short." said Tai with his hand on his chin. "Who can we call?"
"Why don't I play." suggested Kari.
"Are you sure?" asked Tai still thinking about what had happened several years ago when she wound up in the hospital.
"Don't worry I'll be fine." said Kari with a smile.
"Alright then it looks like we've got sixteen people again." said Ken.
"Alright then how about Davis and I will be captains." suggested Tai. No one objected and the two were trying to decide who was gonna pick first until they finally decided to just flip a coin. "Alright Davis call in the air." he said flipping the coin.
"Tails." called out Davis. When Tai caught the coin he placed his hand over it before removing it.
"Sorry. It's heads. So I go first." said Tai. The two then stepped in front of everyone else who stood in a line.
'Please don't pick Kari. Please don't pick Kari. Please don't pick Kari.' Davis thought to himself.
"Kari." said Tai which caused Davis to become disappointed.
"Alright Ken." said Davis looking to his DNA Digivolve partner.
"TK." said Tai. After about two or three minutes the teams were set. As they were about to start Tai noticed someone he didn't really expect to see. Mimi sitting by a tree which surprised him. However when he turned to her she smiled causing him to also smile. Once they started playing everything was pretty simple as with the start of just about any other soccer game but with one small difference. Tai became surprised at how good Kari seemed to be playing. She was able to pass the ball to her brother while someone tried to take the ball from her allowing Tai to score. Both siblings were able to keep playing without talking. Almost as if they could read each others minds. Although the other team wasn't gonna simply take defeat. By the end of the first half of their game the score stood at 4-3 in favor of Tai's team. By then some of the DigiDestined who hadn't been a part of the game had showed up to watch including Izzy who was noticing that not only did Kari seem to be playing very good but she was doing movements he'd never seen her do before. So far the game was tie at 4-4 and the two teams were getting ready when Kari called time out as she went up to her brother.
"Hey Tai I've got an idea." she said.
"What's up?" asked Tai. Then Kari whispered something into his ear to which he listened intently. When she was done she asked "What do you think?"
"Alright. Let's do it." said Tai with a smile. Currently Ken had the ball and was head towards the other goal when Kari went by him taking the ball which caught the former emperor by surprise. Then when the two players from Davis' team were heading for her she passed the ball to Tai before running up ahead which the others ignored. Well except for the goalie who noticed Kari was heading towards him but didn't think it really mattered. However in that time Tai had gotten passed the other and was a few meters away from him. The goalie was ready to block when Tai kicked the ball but catching him by surprised because Tai kicked it higher than he needed. It wasn't until he turned and that he saw Kari jumping off the top pole on the goal. He tried to jump but Kari kicked the ball back to Tai who in turn kicked the ball straight into the widest part of the uncovered goal.
"Alright!" called out Tai. Kari was looking towards her brother with a smile but also began wondering how it was that she knew a lot of what she had done.
'So how are you feeling?' asked Shigeki appearing next to Kari.
"Pretty good actually if only a little hungry." replied Kari.
'Remember one thing. We will always be at your side.' said Dark Magician appearing next to her as well.
'You are way too quiet.' said Shigeki.
'I'm sorry but I only just got my energy level high enough to sustain a spiritual form.' said Dark Magician.
"So were you resting in the card?" asked Kari.
'No but if I might make a small suggestion.' replied Dark Magician. 'We're a part of your soul so you can communicate with us through thought. That way you won't have to worry about people thinking something is wrong with you.'
'Okay.' thought Kari. 'So are you two gonna be like my concious?'
'I don't think so.' said Shigeki.
"Hey Kari." said Izzy going up to the DigiDestined of light.
"Oh hi Izzy." she greeted with a smile as Gatomon went up to them and Tentomon landed next to Izzy.
"So have you decided?" asked Izzy going straight to the point.
"I've been thinking about it for a while and right now I'm thinking I'd like to but I'm still uncertain." replied Kari sounding a little nervous.
"Well you can rest assured that whatever you decide I'll be with you." said Izzy. "After all how often does one get the chance to travel from one Universe to another?"
"I know what you mean." said Kari as Izzy noticed something.
"Hey what's that?" he asked looking at her pocket.
"Oh this?" she asked pulling a black device. "I think it was his PSP."
"You took it from his room?" asked Izzy.
"Well might as well since the holohim did say everything that was his was now mine." replied Kari.
"Fair point." said Izzy.
"But he listened to very weird songs." replied Kari.
"Like what?" asked Izzy.
"Well..." began Kari looking away and slightly blushing. Then she turned it on and played the song it was on before placing it next to Izzy's ear. When he heard the song Izzy's face turned red which caused Kari to giggle. "I was thinking the same thing but after a while it was kinda catchy."
"Are all the songs in it like that?" asked Izzy.
"No. There are a lot of different kinds of songs." replied Kari. "I actually spent part of the night listening to a few of them."
"So since when do you know english?" asked Izzy.
"To be honest I think since I started listening to his music." replied Kari as the two and their partners began walking to where the others were.
"Fascinating." said Izzy. "Anyway I actually came here to tell you that Gennai wants to see us. Joe went ahead with Cody and Yolei."
"What about Matt?" asked Kari.
"Cody sent him a message." replied Izzy as the other DigiDestined went up to the two.
"Alright so what are we waiting for?" asked Tai.
"Hang on. Gennai said he wanted us to enter through a specific location." replied Izzy.
"Where?" asked Ken.
"Through a computer that..." began Izzy before checking his laptop. "...is about five blocks from here."
"Well then let's go." said Tai. The group headed to said location which turned out to be an empty warehouse with a computer on the floor near a wall. "Okay this place is a little creepy."
"Yeah but at this point isn't creepy normal for us?" asked Davis.
"You got a point there." said Izzy as he went up to the computer. However when he got close his digivice began reacting causing the digivice of all the present to start glowing. This in turn made the computer to turn on. When it did a digiport instantly opened.
"Well that's new." said TK.
"Well no point in just waiting around." said Davis as they all pulled out their digivice. But they didn't get the chance to point them because the second they pulled out their digivice they were all sucked in along with their partners into the computer and shot out at the lake that Gennai's house was under. Within a minute the lake opened up allowing the group to go into it and into Gennai's house. Upon entering they saw the remainder of their friends waiting.
"Took you guys long enough." said Matt with a smile.
"Well we were in the middle of game when Izzy came." said Tai sheepishly. "Anyway what's all this about?" he asked looking at Gennai.
"Well it has come to my attention that Kari and Izzy might be travelling to a parallel reality." said Gennai.
"Wait. How did you know?" asked Sora.
"The others like me check all the computers in your world for information that may lead to the digital world and one reported about you and Izzy." replied Gennai. "Anyway the information also said that they needed to put you two into a chamber to semi digitize you but they were still having trouble with a certain part of the machine."
"So why are we here?" asked Kari.
"I recalibrated what I used to allow Agumon, Gabumon, Tentomon, and Patamon to enter the net to fight Diaboromon so it'll should work." replied Gennai.
"Wait just why do they need that?" asked Tai concerned for his sister.
"To be honest I'm not sure. All I know is that the ones you'd be helping became part digital themselves after they left from the digital world in their own reality. I don't really understand all the details myself." replied Gennai. "Anyway for now just step in." he said as two of the trees arose. Izzy and Kari stepped in them uncertain of what to expect. But it was pretty anticlimactic because they made a lot of noise but didn't do much other than send a slight shiver up their spines. Within three or four minutes they were let out.
"How do you feel?" asked Joe.
"Pretty much the same." said Izzy.
"What about you?" Joe asked kari.
"I feel a little weird but to be honest I can't really tell if there's a difference between how felt before we got here and now." replied Kari as she held her hand out causing it to be surrounded by fire before it dissipated.
"So I'm guessing by now you've made your choice." said TK.
"Well I've been thinking a lot and at this point I think I'm gonna say yes since it'll probably be the first chance any of us meet DigiDestined of an alternate reality." replied Kari. "By the way why did you want us to do through that computer in that warehouse?" she asked looking at Gennai.
"Because that gate is the closest one to here and the most secure." replied Gennai. "Anyway you'd better get going." The group then nodded and left. Once they were back in the real world Kari decided to head to the company but lied to the other and said she was going to check something out at a store. When she got to the company building she took a breath before going in. After entering a man that was behind a desk walked up to her.
"You must be miss Kari." he said politely.
"Yes I am." she said sounding a little surprised.
"The CEO has been waiting for your answer. Please come this way." he said leading her to the elevator. Then he pressed a button which had an X on it. The elevator stopped within a few seconds and the man slid a card on the side of the door causing it to open. This allowed Kari to step out and into the hall before walking to the end of it to a large set of wooden doors. She was about to knock when she heard a male's voice say come in. She went in with a sigh.
"So you must be Kari Kamiya." said the man in a black suit behind a desk.
"Yes I am." replied Kari.
"I'm the CEO of this place. Name's Rev." he said extending his hand to Kari who shook it. "So have you made you're choice?"
"Yes I have." replied Kari. "I've decided to go but I wanted to ask something."
"What is it?" asked Rev.
"Well I'd like to be certain my parents won't worry." said Kari.
"That will be taken care of." said Rev. "You see you will be given an IEM address."
"IEM?" asked Kari.
"Interdemensional Electronic Mailing Address." explained. Rev. "It's basicallly an email address that allows you to send messages though the dimensions. Your friend Izzy will be given one too so he can send messages to his family." he said handing Kari two cards and a badge.
"What are these?"
"Well since SDG died we followed his will accordingly so all the funds he had saved up in his account have been transfered to another under your name." explained Rev pointing to the first card which had sixteen numbers as well as Kari's name on it. "The other one is an ID and the Badge is to help you get past certain authority in case you need to investigate something. It'll come in handy if you need to get into anything the police or any government agency may be investigating. Most know one of these badges when they see it so they won't give you trouble despite your age."
"Really?" asked Kari as she looked at the badge.
"Indeed. Most world wide government agencies will recognize it because they believe these to be from some kind of special agency." replied Rev. "And don't worry about the equipment he left you. Everything there will be taken to the house you will be living."
"Alright. Thanks." said Kari with a bow before leaving. As she left Kari felt a strange urge. Following it she went into an alleyway, transformed, and took to the roofs. However when she got close to the apartment building her family lives at Kari snuck into another alleyway and returned to normal heading into the building. After arriving home she saw her mom trying to decide what to cook. "I'm home." she said.
"Oh welcome home sweetie." said her mom. "Where were you?"
"I actually wanted to talk to you and dad about that." said Kari.
"Talk about what?" asked her father as he got out of the bathroom. Tai, having heard Kari's arrival, stepped out of the room the two still shared.
"Well I recieved an email about something." began Kari. "You see a company wants to sponsor me."
"Sponsor for what?" asked her mother.
"To study abroad." replied Kari. "They said they'd been observing certain students in some schools and that I was picked along with someone else to be sent to another country to study." When her parents heard this their first reaction was to proudly hug their daughter before thinking of something.
"So where will you be staying?" asked her mom.
"All they've told me is that I'm gonna be staying in a dorm." replied Kari. "They also said they'll be supplying money every month for groceries and other things I may need."
"How much are they gonna be giving you?" asked her dad.
"I don't know. They haven't told me yet." replied Kari.
"Well we're proud of you sweetie." said her mother. "So when do you leave?" As if on cue the phone rang. Tai, being closest, answered the phone before handing the phone to Kari.
"Hello?" she asked. "Okay. Mhm. Okay. Alright. Thanks." she said before hanging up. "Well..." she said turning. "They said I'm gonna be leaving the day after tomorrow."
"Well then did they say where we had to take you?" asked her father.
"They said a private bus is gonna pick me up to a place where a private plane will take me and the other chosen student." replied Kari.
"Well then we'd better start getting things ready." said her mom. Tai then went up to Kari.
"So what did they really say?" he whispered.
"They said a bus would be picking me and Izzy up." she whispered back. The following day both Kari and Izzy were excused from class because the schools received a call explaining of their students being chosen so Kari's mom took her shopping for what she might need while Izzy's mom did the same. The day after the two were picked up by buses at noon after saying bye to her parents and promising to email them when she could. The two "chosen" were taken into a secret sub level with their parnters. Once there a silver veil appeared in front of them.
"Alright here may need this." said Rev handing each of the two humans a small box about the size of a deck. "Now just go though. Someone will meet up with you to tell you where you will be staying." said Rev. The four nodded and stepped though. When they did they found themselves in the middle of an empty park at what appeared to be mid day.
"So what do we do now?" asked Kari. Izzy was about to answer when they saw a strange glowing creature flew by them catching them by surprise.
"What do you think that is?" asked Gatomon.
"I don't know. It doesn't appear to be a Digimon." replied Izzy. At that point the both noticed their digivices were glowing. When they pulled them out they saw their digivices change into newer models which were larger and included a screen that had a ring around it and an opening on the left side that was very thing. Other than that the new digivices straps which had a clip at the end. Kari's new digivice was mostly pink with the ring and a few lines on opposite sides of the front being a darker shade of pink while Izzy's was mostly dark purple with a light shade of purple on the ring and lines on the sides. Kari look at her digivice carefully.
'This was a month and half ago.' thought Kari to herself looking at her digivice before looking to where she saw a three kids about her age run into a fog with their digimon partners.
In case anyone is wondering what song Kari showed Izzy it's Mother Lover by the Lonely Island.