Phase 13. Back to the Beginning
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T.K: Dumbass
-October 24th, 2008, 7:30AM, T.K and Kari's house-
"This is crazy," T.K muttered as he pulled on his shirt. "The wedding's supposed to be held tomorrow, and no one has told us about where we're going to be married!"
"Something's gotten into everyone's minds," sighed Kari, sitting on the bed, finished getting dressed. "I mean, some of them won't even answer our phone calls now, and I haven't seen
Tai or Matt in days! Do you think..."
"They're up to something?" T.K finished for her, grinning wryly. "Who knows? If they are, I hope it's an ingenius plan to get us out of this crowd-fright mess."
"Honestly, I think you're overreacting to all this," said Gatomn as she leaped up to Kari's lap. "Every wedding involves crowds, and you'll get over it in the end."
"Gatomon, Matt was shaken by his own wedding," T.K told her. "Matt, who's so used to popularity that he doesn't even blink in his concerts. And it took him a few months to get over it."
"But didn't Tai suggest you just take a simple wedding through a drive-through or whatever if you really can't take the pressure?" Patamon asked him curiously.
"He did," admitted Kari. "And it's appealing too... but if we do that our friends might feel betrayed at being left out, won't they? I don't want them to get hurt."
"Oh, you're too nice to save yourselves from a dilemma like this," groaned Gatomon in exasperation.
"Would you have it any other way?" T.K challenged her, and grinned when she shook her head.
KNOCK-KNOCK!
"Coming!" Kari yelled, racing to the door. As soon as she opened it, Tai and Agumon quickly rushed inside, looking as if they've been chased by a pack of angry Seasarmon.
"Good, you're all here," Tai said as T.K, Gatomon and Patamon came over to greet him. "And I see that you're all dressed. Follow me, you lot, and keep quiet."
"What are you talking about, Tai?" T.K asked the DigiDestined leader as he and Agumon began to walk back out. "Follow you to where?"
"Ken will take you, so don't ask me!" Came the urgent reply. "You'll know everything soon enough."
"What...?" T.K muttered as he, Kari and their Digimon followed him out of the door, then stopped in amazement to look at the familiar black-haired man sitting on a large insectoid Digimon
right in front of their house.
"Hop on," grinned Ken, patting on Dinobeemon's back. Before T.K knew it, he, Kari and their partners were being shoved on the Mutant Digimon by Tai and Matt (who had appeared out of
nowhere). When he had recovered enough to protest, Dinobeemon was already bearing them away as Omnimon rose and flew off the opposite way.
"Okay, can anyone please tell us where we're going?" Patamon asked a little crossly.
"Calm down, all of you," soothed Ken, looking at T.K and Kari's distraught faces. "We're takng you to where the wedding will be held. Everyone pretty much agreed that the two of you've
been kept in the dark for long enough."
"We?" T.K asked, raising his eyebrows. "Does all the DigiDestined know of this, then?"
"By now, almost everyone," replied the Bearer of Kindness. "Me and Yolei were informed only two days ago, and we still haven't contacted Rika, Ryo, Henry, Suzie and Kenta."
"Why would everyone get the message in a different time? And to whom were the invitation sent? Is this supposed to be a secret wedding?" Kari bombarded him with questions;
normally she wasn't someone to pry, but this wasn't a normal situation.
But Ken only shrugged. "Beats me, but Matt told me that the crowd will be pretty huge," was all he said. T.K's heart sank at the words, but he decided not to let it show in his face, in
case Kari became even more distraught.
They flew in silence for about a minute before Ken spoke up again: "Um, sorry, but I think I need to go take a leak... can we stop by and rest?"
"The beach is below; there ought to be a bathroom nearby." Patamon pointed out. T.K and Kari both agreed, and Dinobeemon quickly landed on the empty beach (it was October, after
all), leaving Ken to scramble away.
As soon as the Bearer of Kindness was out of earshot, T.K suddenly heard a strange melody coming off from somewhere, which sounded like a sheep braying. Before he could identify its
location, though, a sudden, overwhelming desire to sleep assaulted him. He barely managed to turn his eyes to see that his friends around him were suffering similarly before his vision
began to blur.
"Wha..." was all he managed to croak out before his eyes closed, and darkness swallowed him.
"But how did you manage to stay awake against Pajiramon's Lullaby Beat?" Joe asked Wormmon curiously as he, Ken and Pajiramon loaded the two unconscious DigiDestined and their
partners on Vikemon, who had arrived with his partner about thirty seconds after T.K and Kari fell asleep.
"He did NOT stay awake; Ken had to slap him awake." The Sheep Deva snorted dryly, causing Wormmon to duck his head as Ken, Joe and Vikemon chuckled.
"I'll go ahead, Joe. See you at the place." Ken told his fellow DigiDestined, raising his Digivice. In a great flash, the Bearer of Kindness was flying away on GranKuwagamon's back,
allowing Pajiramon to depart as well.
"Well, let's go." Vikemon shrugged. Joe nodded and climbed onto his partner's back, allowing the Beast Man Digimon to bear their precious cargo out to the sea.
"How long will it take for them to wake up?" Vikemon asked a little while after their departure.
"Don't worry, they won't come to until we reach our destination." Joe reassured him as the novice doctor checked his sleeping friends' conditions.
"It's been a long while since we last visited the place, Joe," Vikemon's voice was far off, as if reminicing.
"I know. Brings back memories, good and bad."
"That's why it will be the perfect place for them," chuckled Vikemon.
"I know," said Joe, patting his head. Like that the duo sailed away into the blue...
"Hey sleepyheads, wake up." The familiar voice, coupled with a loud, constant rattling noise, was sufficient to shake Kari slowly out of her sleep. She sat up groggily rubbing her eyes, and
opened them to see T.K doing the same thing next to her. Patamon and Gatomon were yawning beneath their seats, and smiling on her left -
"Has my brother and sister-in-law slept well?" Asked a tall, redhaired and quite obviously pregnant woman (Five months, he he) teasingly, with a large, pink bird hovering beside her.
"Sora..." Kari murmured, not quite awake yet. "Where are we? We were at the beach..."
"Joe got you here, that's why Ken dropped you at the beach." Sora informed her. "And as for where we are... why don't you see for yourself?"
Shaking her head to rid the sleep off her, the Bearer of Light looked around to find out that they were sitting inside a trolley cart, one that seemed strangely familiar. Looking out of the
window, she saw a large lake with the evening sun leaning over it, with the trolley slowly clattering along its side. In the center of the lake was a small island, lined with transmission
towers. She stared at the bizzare scene for five seconds before shock jolted her into realization.
"I don't believe it," she whispered. She looked at T.K, who looked even more shocked then her. Understandable, as his memory of the place went deeper than hers.
"The lake where Gabumon fist Digivolved..." murmured Patamon.
"Where we spent our first night in the Digital World..." added T.K.
"And where we had to part from our own partners, atop this very trolley." Sora finished for them. "Back then, I thought my heart would break from being separated from Biyomon... it's
good that we never have to part from each other ever again."
"We were right to bring you here," said Biyomon with a kind smile, seeing T.K and Kari's expression.
"File Island," breathed Kari, utterly touched.
"Who knew it would take you this long to figure that out?" A new voice chuckled from the driver's seat.
"Izzy! Tentomon!" T.K exclaimed. "You've been ignoring our phone calls because you were here?"
"Aye, as this place is largely left for Digimon to inhabit; no people live here, as far as I know. And like Biyomon said, we did right to bring you here. This place is perfect for the wedding."
"It is," nodded Kari; she was moved to a degree of tearing up, but she managed to hold them back when T.K soothingly draped his arm around her shoulders. "It's perfect; thank you."
"Hey! Don't we get an entry into the legendary trolley?" A voice yelled from outside. The Bearer of Light looked out of the window to see Gallantmon and Sakuyamon descending from the
sky towards them. However, another figure quickly whisked forward to block them.
"Sorry you two," said Rosemon cheekily. "Let the happy couple get some peace. Fly ahead, Takato and Rika. Scam, leave them alone."
"We love you too, Mimi." Rika snorted through her partner as she and Gallantmon relented and flew off.
"Thanks," Kari quietly told Rosemon a she floated beside the window. Drifting in through it, she quickly de-Digivolved back into Mimi and Palmon, who immediately plopped down on the
seats across T.K and Kari.
"Still nervous about the crowd thing?" The Bearer of Purity said teasingly.
"Sort of," T.K admitted. "But like you know how we feel; you were never afraid of crowds. Enjoyed them was more like it."
"True, but Joe most certainly was," Mimi giggled. Then she added a little more seriously: "Don't worry, you two. I know you're nervous, but you'll live through it, right? You've been thorugh
much worse things with almost no fear."
"But nothing quite like this," Kari pointed out.
"By the way, why are you all here?" Gatomon asked Sora, Mimi and Izzy. "The wedding's supposed to be tomorrow, so why the sudden rush?"
"Preparations; a good planner always thinks ahead." A voice spoke from directly behind Kari. She whirled around with a surprised yelp, only to blush in embarassment as Omnimon waved
at her right out side the window; the Exalted Knight was walking to match his pace with the slow-going trolley.
"We wanted to make the wedding perfect for you, so we've been working on this island for a few days," explained Tentomon. "And by the way, you can expect all the DigiDestined, their
parents and Gennai to be there for you, plus alpha."
"That' great," said T.K with a thin smile. "I'm worried about the 'plus alpha' part, though."
Omnimon shrugged. "You'll live, kid."
"Where's Joe?" Biyomon asked Mimi.
"Waiting at the mansion," Palmon answeres for her.
"What mansion?" Patamon asked curiously.
"That mansion," said Izzy suddenly, pointing ahead. Following his fingertips, Kari's eyes rested on a magnificent looking mansion up ahead, right in the heart of the forest that surrounded
the lake. Kari was strangely reminded of Puppetmon's house, although the two buildings didn't resemble each other much.
"Wait..." muttered T.K, his eyes going wide in dismay. "Isn't that the mansion where we first met Devimon and got blasted all over the island?"
"Great Sovereigns, no!" Omnimon cried, throwing his hands up. "That place was destroyed, like, eons ago. We built this place ourselves from scratch; took nearly a month. Might as well
as make it useful. This is where you will be staying for today."
"In case you're wondering, you're not getting married inside the mansion," cautioned Sora as the trolley neared the mansion. "I was told that the crowd involved is a little too big."
"So big that it won't fit in THERE?" Kari half-shrieked.
And so part 2 ends. Read and review please... although flames are not recommended.
