This is the end. In case you get a little confused by the chapter's beginning, I retold the ending events from last chapter in Kari's pov so it starts a little before TK actually got hit.

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Kari

Complete darkness clouded my mind as I dropped to my knees, clutching my head. Someone put their arms around me, but I couldn't see them. I couldn't see or hear anything. I was alone.

"Useless, that's what you are. How can you live with yourself knowing everyone who came to save you is going to die? Oh and it must be hell knowing you're the one who's going to kill them."

I knew he was taunting me, but I knew it was true. He had done something to my digivice, making it so that his attacks came through it. It was bad enough that my friends were here because of me, but knowing I could be responsible for their deaths . . . .

"Get out of my head!" I internally screamed.

TK. Angewomon. Where were they? They should've been there trying to snap me out of it. Normally, they would've been. Why couldn't I see them? Why couldn't I open my eyes?

Something warm and soft pressed against my lips, and I realized in an instant that someone was kissing me.

My shaking stopped as the dark pressure evaporated and my senses returned. I felt his arms around me better than ever. The voice tried to cut in, tried to bring me back into his control, but then something entered my mouth, startling me . . . Was that . . . TK's tongue?

I forced my eyes open, the darkness disappearing in an instant. TK was still kissing me, but he pulled away a moment later, smiling at me. In the middle of a fight with his worst nightmare, he was actually smiling.

"Welcome back," he said.

"Kari, quick! We need to do something!"

I looked to Gatomon. What was going on? Last I checked, she had been Angewomon.

TK turned back to me, determination taking over his features as he took my hands and helped me up.

Gatomon darted toward the digivice. "Kari, I need to digivolve! Angemon's in trouble!"

I hesitated. Something was clearly wrong with my digivice for those dark lights to be coming from it, and if Angewomon already changed back to Gatomon once, what could happen next?

"It's okay, we can do this. Everything will be fine," TK whispered, still holding my hands.

My eyes widened as I saw past him. A large, dark beam was coming our way. I wanted to warn TK, but I couldn't get my mouth to work, or my legs. Luckily, TK turned his head.

Before I could process what was happening, TK threw me to the ground several feet away. Then, I watched in horror as he turned to the beam, just as it engulfed him.

"TK, no!" My voice had mixed with another, and I turned to Angemon for the first time since I had opened my eyes. Seconds ago, he had been on the ground, but now he was flying toward his partner. I crawled over to TK, and even Gatomon, my digivice in her mouth, ran toward us.

I cradled TK's head in my lap as I studied him. Anyone who didn't know what happened would've thought he was just sleeping, but with every second my heart was breaking.

"TK," I managed. "Tk, open your eyes. Talk to me."

He didn't budge. His chest rose and fell, though not as fast as it should have. That gave me hope.

I didn't dare look at Angemon, and I ignored the laughter and taunts coming from Devimon. At least, until he said something that shook me to the core.

"Go ahead, child of light, let the world feel your pain. Join me in engulfing the world in darkness!"

I gripped TK tighter. "Never!"

My hands balled into fists as anger and despair filled me. Before I could do anything though, TK's digivice glowed, and light shot toward Angemon and he digivolved.

Before the seconds would pass and confirm this, I knew I wouldn't see TK's chest rise again.

My tears fell onto his pale face. I had to get a grip. TK wasn't here to snap me out of it anymore. I had to be strong. I had to finish this fight, for TK.

"Kari, look!"

I looked to Gatomon, then to my digivice which was now levitating in front of her, bright white light surrounding it. Beams of light shot from it, going in every direction, striking me, TK, Gatomon, and MagnaAngemon.

Despite everything that was happening, I felt refreshed. The giant black cloud that had been clouding my mind vanished, leaving no traces.

The light surrounding Gatomon had allowed her to digivolve again. As for MagnaAngemon, there was no longer any evidence of the damage he sustained as Angemon. But, as for TK . . .

I looked down at my hero's limp body. I had no idea what the light did for him, if anything.

"No! What did you do?" My gaze shot up to Devimon who looked worse than he did a few moments before. He seemed smaller almost, if that were possible. Then, I remembered . . . he had been gaining strength off of the fear and negative emotions inside me. If those feelings were gone, then that meant he was losing strength.

Anger surged within me, but it was different. There was no darkness to accompany it. I laid TK back on the ground and stood up as Angewomon flew past me, heading for Devimon. MagnaAngemon was already there.

Angewomon sent several arrows toward Devimon while MagnaAngemon attacked with excalibur. Devimon tried to fight back and dodge their attacks, but he couldn't dodge them all.

They were going to win.

I should've been happy, but it was impossible. Devimon already won, at least partially. He wanted to kill TK and I and plunge the world into darkness. He killed TK. What did that mean?

I dropped back to the ground, pulling TK against my chest, relishing in the fact that he was still warm.

"Please, stay with me." I ran my fingers through his soft blond hair. Denial would only hurt me later on, but part of me refused to believe he was actually gone, that I'd never see his smiling face again. That just wasn't possible.

I turned back to the fight, just as MagnaAngemon readied the gate of destiny. Perfect. This way meant he couldn't come back ever again.

Angewomon had Devimon in a state of paralysis. I remembered the first time she digivolved and did this to Myotismon. The look on his face was similar to the horrified look on Devimon's now.

They had everything in place. All they had to do was get him through the gate and it would be settled.

Laughter came from Devimon. The paralysis must've been wearing off.

"You think you've won, but you haven't! Your precious soulmate is dead! It doesn't matter if you destroy me or not. He won't come back, and you'll still be filled with darkness and despair."

A shudder ripped through me as I glared at him. I wouldn't let him get to me ever again.

Black light surrounded Devimon just as Angewomon tried to grab him, and she recoiled.

When the light disappeared, Tsukaimon was in the place of Devimon.

He tried to get away, but Angewomon grabbed him. This would be even easier than I imagined, or so I thought.

A portal appeared beneath us, sucking us in before I could blink.

When I opened my eyes, I was surrounded by color. The contrast made my eyes hurt for several seconds, but I was relieved nonetheless. We were inside someone's home, but whose I wasn't sure.

I looked around, finding Gatomon and Patamon back to their normal selves. TK was on the floor in front of me.

Patamon was at his partner's side, the tears I was certain he had been holding back for the last several minutes of the battle falling freely down his face. Kneeling down, I scooped him into my arms, feeling my heart break all over again as he sobbed into my chest.

"I'm sorry, Patamon," I said. "He should be here right now."

Footsteps came toward us, snapping me back to the present situation. I looked up, finding Genai.

"He is here, Kari. Look at his chest."

I looked down, just as his chest rose and then fell.

"H-How? That's not possible. He was dead."

"He was," Genai said. "You brought him back before his soul could go anywhere."

"She can do that?" Gatomon asked.

Genai nodded. "Creation. Life. Your crest represented all that is good, Kari. In the same way TK gave his energy to Angemon, you gave TK some of yours, enough to keep him alive."

I watched his chest rise again. "When will he wake up?"

"His body needs time to heal," he said. "For now, he needs to rest. He'll wake up when he's ready."

I released Patamon and he landed on TK's chest.

"Genai, do you think we could stay here?" I asked. "I can't exactly take TK back to our world like this."

He nodded. "Actually, I would prefer it." He scooped TK into his arms. "Come on. I have a room set up for you."

The room he led us to didn't look like it required much setting up, given it only had two beds, but that was all we needed. Genai laid TK on one of them.

"There is something you should be aware of." He turned back to me. "I don't know what you should expect when he wakes up. His body was essentially crushed by darkness and then brought back to life by the light. I've never seen it happen before, so I can't tell you what to expect."

I nodded. "I understand."

"I'll leave you four alone and go find you something to eat. You must be hungry. Then, I'll email Izzy and let everyone else know what's going on."

I nodded, realizing I hadn't eaten anything since last night at Yolei's. That seemed like a hundred years ago now.

Genai had placed the beds a foot apart, but I moved them together and laid down on the other one. Patamon laid down on TK's chest, and I wrapped my arms around his torso. Gatomon perched at the head of the beds, looking down at us.

"He told Tai he would sacrifice himself if it meant saving you," she said. "He wasn't kidding."

I knew he wasn't joking that day when he said it at school, but that didn't mean I wanted him to.

I brushed the hair away from TK's eyes and kissed his cheek. When he woke up, we were going to have a long talk. For now, all we could do was wait.