Summary: It's TK and Kari's senior year in high school and they take a surprise Thanksgiving trip to America where things get super complicated. It doesn't look good for TK and Kari's relationship when Kari decides to move back to America and have nothing to do with TK. Can their relationship survive the test of time or will Kari's stubbornness keep them apart forever?

Hard to Love You
'I Still Love You'
(Don't own Alexz Johnson either)

"If any one can show just cause why they may not be lawfully joined together, let them speak now, or forever hold their peace." The priest paused for a few seconds. When no one said anything he continued. "Since there are no objections, let us continue with the ceremony."

"I do!"

Everyone in the church turned around to see a young man standing in the doorway in the back of the church. The priest closed his ceremonial book and took a seat to the side. Brian looked at the young man and then back at Kari. He was waiting for an explanation as to why he was here interrupting their wedding. Kari was too mortified to say anything. She stood next to Brian with her eyes bulging out and her mouth hanging open. This part of the wedding was definitely NOT in her dream.

"I do!" He repeated again.

Although he was a little late, TK walked down the isle towards Brian and Kari. He was wearing a white beater underneath an unbuttoned bright blue Hawaiian polo shirt and khaki shorts with sandals. He looked like he just rolled out of bed but he didn't care. When he reached the end of the isle, he stopped and looked up at Kari. She didn't look very happy but he had to try just one last time to win her back. Sora reached for her cell phone that hung from her ankle bracelet and pressed the number one speed dial.

"Hello? This is Sora," she whispered. "Tell the cater, don't open the caviar! I repeat, don't open the caviar!"

"Kari, I love you too much to see you get married to someone else. I know, somewhere in your heart you still love me. I have lost you twice before but I don't want to lose you again," said TK. The wedding guests whispered among themselves. "So, is it going to be me or Brian?"

"What?" Kari asked in disbelief. She couldn't believe TK was at her wedding, making her choose between him and the man she was about to marry.

"I still love you Kari Kamiya. I have always loved you and I know you love me. I knew if I didn't try to win your heart back one last time before you got married, I would regret it for the rest of my life. So here I am and I need to know, who's it going to be? Me or Brian?" TK asked as he stood next to Brian. Brian was furious. He couldn't believe this kid from his past was ruining his wedding.

"Kari...?" Brian fearfully said, he hoped she had enough common sense to choose him.

"Kari?" Angewomon worriedly asked, she was afraid she would get overwhelmed and freak out.

"Kari?" Tai asked concerned for his baby sister.

"Kari?" The priest said when he walked over to her, "what do you want to do?"

Kari didn't know what to do. She deeply loved both of these men. She looked up at Brian and then at TK and then at Brian again and then at TK again. They eagerly waited for her decision. Half the people in the church wanted to see Kari choose TK and the other half wanted to see Kari choose Brian. Her heart was torn. She was starting to get overwhelmed and starting to panic. She became flustered. Her head hurt and her heart ached. Kari wanted to runaway from it all. She closed her eyes and covered her face with her hands, hoping she would just disappear.

When Kari opened her eyes again a few moments later, she was disappointed. Brian and TK still stood in front of her. The congregation was still sitting in their pews. But something wasn't quite right. They weren't moving. They stood and sat perfectly still as if they were statues in a museum. Kari stared at TK and Brian, waiting for one of the to blink. After a few seconds, Kari waved her hand in front of their eyes waiting for them to snap out of their daydream but they didn't. Kari looked at Angewomon, Sora and the rest of her wedding party. They all stood perfectly still too.

"Am I going crazy or did time just stop?" Kari said quietly to herself.

Suddenly, Kari's surroundings started to fade away. The church, the people, the priest, TK, Brian, and the ground she was standing on slowly started to disappear into thin air. "What the hell is going on?" Kari said to herself as she watched everything disappear into a white light. The church and everything in it was replaced with familiar grass and oddly shaped trees. Kari closed her eyes and blinked several times to help her believe what was going on was real.

"Why am I in the Digital World?" Kari asked herself.

Kari stood alone in her wedding dress in the middle of the Digital World. The Digi World's sunny blue skies immediately were replaced by dark, deary storm clouds.

"Great, this is exactly how I pictured my wedding would go!" Kari sarcastically said. She wanted to cry. Kari was alone and scared and it looked like it was going to rain any second. Her hair, make-up and not to mention her dress would all be ruined. Bright flashes of lightning raced across the sky as a long snake like digimon popped in and out of the clouds.

"Only I would get stuck in the Digi World without Gatomon when an evil digimon decides to attack me!" Kari complained in frustration as she watched the digimon continue to pop in and out of the clouds.

The transparent digimon was the biggest and longest digimon Kari had ever seen. It's body was covered in chains and small wings. It's face masked by a blue and yellow shield. The longer Kari looked at the mysterious digimon, the more it looked like the Kyoto Dragon. Finally, the digimon stopped moving and from it's position in the sky faced down at Kari.

"It's about time I get to meet the famous Child of Light," the mysterious digimon said.

"Who are ya?" Kari bravely asked, "what do ya want with me?"

"I am Azulongmon, the guardian of the eastern hemisphere of the Digital World and keeper of the spheres of Light and Hope," the digimon introduced himself.

"So you're not gonna hurt me?" Kari sheepishly asked.

"No," Azulongmon chuckled, "I am a good digimon, I wouldn't hurt a Flymon."

"But why am I here? What do ya want with me?" Kari asked confused.

"To help you fulfill the prophecy you are destined for," Azulongmon answered.

"Prophecy? You mean that same prophecy Izzy was telling me about a few days ago?" Kari asked the wise digimon.

"That would be the one," answered Azulongmon. "You see, I preserve the balance of Light and Darkness here in the Digital World. Many, many years ago, the Dark Masters sealed me and my powers and they shaped the Digital World to fit their needs."

"That was almost twenty years ago!" Kari said to herself.

"Has it been that long? Anyway, the Light and the Darkness became unbalanced allowing evil digimon and evil forces like Daemon and the Dark Ocean to try to take over the Digital World," explained Azulongmon.

"But what does that have to do with me?" Kari asked confused.

"It was your Light and TK's Hope that broke the seal and freed me. Yet I am not completely free and the Digital World is not completely balanced. These heavy chains the Dark Masters gave me interfere with my powers. There was a time about ten years ago when I was almost freed of these awful chains and then you moved away from Japan, and TK. Because of that, the Light was dramatically weakened which made it easy for the Darkness to take over," answered Azulongmon. "Just like the first time you moved to America, Daemon became powerful and tried to take over the Digital World. And most recently the second time you moved away, digimon began to slip into your world and cause trouble."

Kari was beginning to understand. She really did have an effect on the Digi World after all. But she wasn't sure how she could help Azulongmon or the Digital World. Kari was seconds away from marrying Brian. "So what do I do?"

"Do not lose the light inside," Azulongmon vaguely answered.

"What is the light inside?" Kari asked.

"Hope," answered Azulongmon. "Because when you and TK are together, the Light gives Light to the Digital World and the Hope continues to shine."

"So... you're saying I should choose TK?" Kari clarified.

"In a nut shell, yes. You two are destined for each other. With your powers combined, you would free me of these heavy chains and the Digital World would be safe from the powers of Darkness from taking over until death do you part," explained the guardian digimon. "By then, there will be a new generation of digidestin to protect, and if need be, save the Digital World."

"What happens if I don't choose TK?"

"I don't think you'll have to worry about that." Azulongmon chuckled and disappeared as quickly as he came.

Kari stood alone in the Digital World again trying to sort out the information she just received. She couldn't believe it. She had heard it countless times that her and TK would end up together but never imagined it was a freaking prophecy! Slowly the green grass and the oddly shaped trees started to fade away and disappear from sight. Slowly, the church, the people, the priest, Brian and TK started to reappear. They still stood perfectly still just like they did before they faded away the first time.

"Kari, what do you want to do?" The priest asked her, nearly startling her. From the corner of her eye, she could see people moving, breathing and blinking again.

"If I may, I'd like to say something."