Chapter 2: Takari
Couple: TK and Kari from Digimon 1-2
Four years have passed without a problem. Then, upon entering high school everything comes crashing down. Well, no one ever said that dating was easy.
The most famous couple of Odaiba Middle School was arguing… again.
"So now it's MY fault?" shouted TK.
"Yeah, it is. Ryuuji was just talking to me, you didn't have to shoo him away" retorted Kari.
"Well sorry if I was just being protective!"
"That's Tai's job, and you know that!"
"He may not be going to college this year but he will next year. So what's the problem with me getting some practice?"
"I'll tell you why! Because then I'll be running out of male friends"
"Don't you mean boyfriends?"
A loud slap resounded through the air. TK touched his red cheek before getting up and leaving the classroom. He slammed the sliding door shut.
Kari sat back down and bit her tears back as she took out her boxed lunch. This was one of those times she wished one of the others were in her class. But Ken was in 1-A, Davis was in 1-D, and Yolie was in 2-B. Mimi and Izzy were third years so they are obviously not in the same class as her. She never felt alone before, but it was only the third day of high school so she didn't have any friends here. Her other friends from Middle School all went to Odaiba High.
"Hey!"
Kari looked up to see a blonde girl looking down at her. She spoke with a slight accent. Kari just couldn't tell what though.
"I heard your screaming argument with your boyfriend. Is it okay if I sit here?" she asked.
"Oh… sure"
"I'm Zoey, by the way"
"I'm Kari"
"Okay this may sound crazy, but you look a lot like Hikari Yagami from that cartoon, digimon" said Zoey.
Kari smiled. After Armageddemon's rampage, Gennai thought it best to erase everyone's memory of digimon. There were still faint memories but he took care of that by making their memories into a television show.
"Um yeah. The producer, Hiroaki Ishida, is my boyfriend's dad and he based the main characters off of his son and his friends" explained Kari.
"Cool"
"You saw our fight. What do you think I should do?"
"I'm not sure. I don't have much dating experience myself. My most successful boyfriend is a guy by the name of Takuya Kanbara in 2-C. We went out for a whole year without problem"
"So what happened?"
"He got overprotective… And he continuously butted into my personal life"
"Just like TK" mumbled Kari but Zoey heard it anyway.
"Listen… TK seems different from Takuya. With Takuya… I felt like I was in a cage that would never open. But I'm pretty sure TK will let you go free one day. Trust me I've gone through a lot more than you can imagine"
"…Thanks Zoey…"
"Call me Z… my friends do"
In the computer room…
"Still nothing" said Izzy.
"I just don't get it. The portal's been closed for five years. I just don't get it. We take down a huge digimon and then Gennai tells us to lay low and not to interfere with future digimon related incidents. Then he seals the portal! That guy better have an explanation when-!"
"Whoa, calm down, Yolie. He probably has a good reason" said Mimi.
Around one year ago, Mimi and Palmon moved back to Tokyo.
"He better or I'll-"
Just then, the door slid open and TK walked in. The other three gasped when they saw his red cheek.
"TK, you okay?" asked Yolie.
"Yeah, I'm fine. How's portal opening going?"
"Uh, not so good" answered Izzy.
TK walked over to the sleeping form of his partner, Patamon before giving a simple 'Oh' in response.
"So… I'm going to guess that you got into another fight with Kari" said Mimi.
TK shrugged. "So, what of it?"
"TK, there's nothing wrong with being protective, but there is with being overprotective" said Mimi.
"So, Yolie is overprotective of Ken"
"Well that's different. All the girls in his class are crawling for him. Well… him and these two other guys, Henry and Kouichi, I believe" said Yolie.
"Right and it's not like all the guys are after Kari. There's that Italian girl, and the daughter of Rumiko Nonaka" said Mimi.
"Wait… Rumiko Nonaka? As in the model?" asked Yolie.
Suddenly the conversation turned to one about the clothes Rumiko has modeled for. Both Izzy and TK sweat dropped.
"Iz, you're on my side right?" asked TK.
"Actually… for once I agree with them for once. TK, all of us, including Davis, all know that you and Kari are made for each other. You don't have to smother it with your protection" said Izzy before turning back to the computer screen.
That night…
TK stared up at his ceiling as the sound of the storm sounded outside. In the total darkness he thought back to the dream he had just before he entered high school. The one where he lost Kari to the Dark Ocean.
But… what would happen if he gave her freedom? Would she be able to stay safe? That's right… she would. It wasn't just him… Gatomon, Tai, Yolie, they were all there. And they always would be.
TK turned to Patamon and shook him awake.
"Huh? Wha- TK?"
"I need your help"
Kamiya residence…
Kari couldn't sleep. Her mind just kept thinking about TK and where their relationship would end up one day.
Suddenly, she heard a tapping on the balcony glass. She thought it was the rain, but part of her knew it wasn't. She stepped out of bed and made her way towards the sliding door. She opened the curtains to find TK out there in his pajamas. Next to him was Pegasusmon.
Kari stepped out on to the balcony. "TK… what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to apologize. Kari… I'm an idiot. I just want you to be happy. And that alone makes me happy"
Kari looked at him for a long moment before realizing she had tears in her eyes.
She leapt into his arms and hugged him tight. In the cold rain, he felt warm. A warmth that hasn't been there for a while now. But it was back and that's all that mattered.
"I'm sorry Kari"
"Takeru… you idiot. I forgive you. If I hadn't, I wouldn't be hugging you"
"We're going to catch a cold"
"Dancing will warm us right up" laughed Kari as she twirled him around.
A dance to the music of rain can lift the heavy burden of one's heart. It's not very healthy but love can happen in the most strangest of places.
They say hope can't exist without light. For Kari, it's the same the other way around.
Sorry, I can't get online very often. But it's here. Get ready Frontier fans, because the next chapter is on Kouzumi. Later!