Dear Readers,

Here is the second chapter. I hope you enjoy it. We are open to any tips or constructive criticism so please feel free to give us some.

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Ch2: Off to Sora's

Sora's POV

Sora was sitting in Matt and her own apartment watching TV. Matt had his arm around her shoulder and they were just enjoying each other's company. Suddenly the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it," said Matt, getting up. Sora sighed as the contact between them was lost.

She heard the door open and Matt yelled back to her.

"Sora! You may want to see this!" Sora got up grumbling. It was probably one of those people asking for money for one foundation or another. As she turned into the corridor her mood suddenly changed.

"Kari!" She squealed. Sora run up to Kari and gave her a big hug, almost knocking Kari over.

"Careful Sora," Matt said. "You don't want to get her injured on her first day back here," Sora stepped back with an apologetic smile on her face. Although whether Kari saw it or not she didn't know, for in the next moment Matt had swept Kari up one of his bear hugs. Realising that he had tricked her, she slapped him lightly on the arm. Matt smiled. He stepped back from the embrace and invited Kari in.

Kari's POV

Kari looked over at Sora and Matt. They were sitting on a couch next to each other. They knew of the awkwardness for other people if they were too affectionate, so they just held hands. Kari looked at the happy couple.

Sora was a tall red-head, and had kept her old hairstyle, although Kari noticed that now she held the stray bits of hair back with the headband she was wearing. She was casually dressed, wearing a t-shirt, cardigan and jeans. The cardigan was a soft brown colour, bringing out her hazel eyes.

Matt had a tall muscular figure and messy blonde hair. His sky-blue eyes shone out from his face and reminded Kari of T.K. He was also wearing very casual clothing, jeans and a t-shirt.

Kari talked with them; however it was a very different conversation to the one she had with Yolei. She conversed with them quite comfortably as they made up for the time apart, but it was a three way conversation with a male's opinion as well. When she was a Yolei's Ken didn't say much. However, here at Sora's, Matt was as much a part of the conversation as she herself was.

As she was thinking this, Kari looked over at Matt. His blue orbs flashed in the sun, reminding Kari once again of T.K.

T.K!

Kari gasped. She had almost forgotten about T.K! He was the person she wanted to see the most. And she was interested to know what Yolei meant earlier.

She looked up at the couple who were now looking at her in surprised. She supposed that their attention was gained by her sharp intake of breath. She smiled, assuring them that nothing that important had happened. They went back to their conversation.

"Hey, how's T.K?" Kari asked casually after a while. "Can I see him?" Matt and Sora fell silent. Kari waited for them to answer. When they didn't answer she started to grow worried. What had happened to T.K while she was away? Was he... possibly... dead? Fear started to choke her.

"H-he isn't... you know... dead... is he?" Kari croaked. The couple looked at each other.

"No," Matt said slowly. "He isn't dead." Kari realised that she had been holding her breath and slowly let it out, and filled her lungs with fresh air. Matt and Sora fell back into silence and looked at her with worry etched on their faces. Kari noticed their worried expressions and thoughts started running through her head of all the things that could have happened.

"What happened to him then?" Kari asked firmly. She was determined to get an answer. "Why is everyone acting weird when I mention his name?"

"Well," Sora started. Kari sat there listening to Sora explain and bring her up to date with what had happened while she was away.

Kari's POV

Kari left Sora's apartment at about 5pm. Closing the door she started walking down the stairs and then down the street. She was thinking over what Sora had told her. She quickly texted Tai, to tell him, that she was on her way to the hotel.

Tai had come to Japan with her and it was also his first time here for five years as well. He had also gradually lost contact between his old friends and had no doubt been spending his first day doing what she herself had been doing. Sora told her that Tai had visited her and Matt in the morning.

Yolei had invited Kari and Tai to her place for dinner and was organising to have all of their old friends over as well. Kari was looking forward to seeing them all again. She was just going back to the hotel to freshen up before the party.

Finally Kari was at the hotel. She walked up to her room and unlocked it. She quickly had a shower and got changed. After drying her hair she put it up. Grabbing her bag and the little presents she had brought from Australia she was ready to go.

Yolei's POV

Yolei looked at the phone. Should she call TK and invite him? Would he come? It would be nice of her to at least invite him. Knowing him he probably wouldn't come. Maybe she should just leave it. But then it wouldn't be all of them. She wanted all the Digidestined from the two groups that Kari was from to be there. Sighing she picked up the phone. She would try her best to get TK to come.

Kari's POV

Kari knocked on the door of Yolei's apartment. She could hear the soft hum of people talking. Suddenly the door opened. In the doorway was Yolei. She was wearing a short dress and had her hair out flowing over her bare shoulders.

"Come on in," Yolei said. She gestured to Kari, who followed her in. In Yolei's lounge room there were people chatting. Yolei had pushed her couches to the sides of the room so people could talk in the middle of it. Small tables dotted the room, carrying snacks for the guests to nibble on. When the others saw Kari come in they all stopped their conversations and rushed over to give her a hug and to say hello. Everyone was here. Even Cody had come, barely recognisable from the young boy that Kari had known. Noticing that her brother was already there, Kari realised that she must have been one of the last to arrive, maybe the last even. Braking away from everyone's embrace she looked around the room. Everyone was here except...

A sharp knocking came from the door. Everyone knew who it was and the once cheerful chatting fell silent, with everyone staring at the door. The knocking came again.

Yolei slowly walked towards the door. She gestured to the rest of them to continue their conversations. Kari could hear Yolei open the door down the hall.

"I'm glad you could make it!" She heard Yolei say. A grunt was heard in response. Footsteps came up the hall and Yolei appeared with TK beside her. TK looked around the room with his bright blue orbs. But they were no longer full of happiness. The boy who was once full of hope was now stripped of it.

So there's the end of the second chapter. I hoped you enjoyed the story.

Angel of Peace