Hey! Lookie here! It's a Daikari story! (laughs) Anyways, I finally got an idea for a Daikari story. I don't know how long this story's going to be, but I think it's going to be shorter than the others. Sorry for taking so long, but I kinda lost my summary of it and I had to look for it and it took forever! Anyways, the end of "Eternal Memories" and the beginning of "There's More to Life" a.k.a "The Miracle of Love."

DISCLAIMER: "If I owned Digimon, I'd be the happiest girl of the planet and I have a digimon of my own and make all my couples come true!!"

Enjoy!

P.S. This story takes place before Takuya leaves in "Eternal Memories." It's during the year, Takuya is still in Japan and he and Izumi haven't revealed their feelings yet and when Takuya left, it was Freshman year (9th grade), REMEMBER THAT!

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"The Miracle of Love"

CHAPTER 1

Afraid

It's been a year since the defeat of MaloMyotismon and the younger kids are currently starting eighth grade. The older kids have gone off to college outside of Odaiba. The Digidestined only come together for reunions and if there's some Digimon trouble in the Digital World because of everyone's hectic schedules. Yolei and Ken have changed schools because they are so smart, but they often visit their friends who are still in Odaiba. Cody is still in elementary school and T.K. had moved to America to be with his mom. In other words, all the younger kids are still in Japan except T.K. Over the years, everyone has made new friends and best friends.

Kari was walking home from school with Izumi Orimoto, her best friend. Izumi was a blonde who had come back to Japan after being in Italy for 3 years. They were both talking about school, after school activities, and their personal lives.

"Come on, Kari!" Izumi begged. "Please tell me!! I'm your best friend and I still don't know who your crush is!! Even Yolei knows!!"

Kari laughed at her best friend's plead. "Alright alright!! I'll tell you. Just stop whining!"

Izumi smiled. "So… Who is he?"

Kari gave her a clue. "He's one of our Goggleheaded friends."

"Takuya?" Izumi gaped.

Kari laughed. "NO WAY!!"

Izumi sighed with relief. Kari, who noticed her relief, smirked. Izumi thought for a minute of who it could be. 'Tai? Nah… he's her brother for God's sake. Takato? No… he has a crush on Rika already. Takuya? No way! She said so herself… Oh my God! The only one left is…'

"DAVIS MOTOMIYA?"

Kari blushed hotly and nodded.

Izumi was shocked. "Holy crap!"

Kari smiled. She knew it was weird to like the same guy who use to be rivals with Takeru Takaishi and the one who was such a goofball.

"Why do you like him?" Izumi asked, curiously.

Kari giggled. "Because… even if he is a goofball and he always use to try to impress me when we were younger, he is still really sweet and cute. I knew the first time I met him when we were little that I liked him."

"But…" Izumi began. "Everyone expected you and T.K. to be together since you two are like perfect together."

Kari shook her head. "We tried dating but it was kind of awkward. Besides T.K. was more like a brother to me than a boyfriend. I couldn't possibly think of him that way."

Izumi laughed. "I always knew that. Whenever Davis was around you, I saw that you would blush. But it looks like he's gotten over the crush and moved on."

"That's true, but…" Kari said. "He hasn't been seeing anyone. So I think I might have a chance, but I'm scared that he doesn't have feelings for me anymore."

Izumi stopped walking and pulled her friend's hand and looked her straight in the eye. "Kari Kamiya, how can you even say that? You know he loves you! Just because he doesn't show doesn't mean he doesn't! You just have to TELL him or else you might lose the love of your life. And if he doesn't return the same feelings, than he is a bastard for not liking you!"

Kari smiled at her best friend. "Thanks, Izumi. But I should be saying that to you."

"W-What do you mean?" Izumi stammered confused.

Kari smirked. "I saw that you looked relieved that it wasn't Takuya. It's obvious you like him."

"No I don't!" Izumi blushed.

Kari laughed and they both started walking again talking about their day. Kari almost had Izumi in every class except two. Davis was in both of them. In every class, Kari had at least 3 friends in that class and all of them were popular.

Then Izumi waved good-bye so that she could walk across the street and into her own house. Kari loved Izumi like a sister. They shared everything with each other and besides, Takuya; Kari was a friend that Izumi could really talk to about private things. Kari was walking home which was only going to take five more minutes when a man in his late 40's turned around the corner.

Kari smiled lightly.

When she passed him, he turned around and grabbed her hand.

Kari, who was shocked, turned around and faced him.

Kari didn't seem to know why there was a Latino man hanging around in Japan but she was scared of what he might do.

"W-W-Who are you?" Kari asked in fear.

The stranger smiled evilly and grabbed her and covered her mouth so that she couldn't scream for help.

He whispered. "We're going back to my place."

Kari gasped in fear. She realized what he was going to do and tried to struggle free, but she couldn't because of his strong arms. Suddenly, Kari heard a yawn.

"Kari? What's going on?" Her feline digimon asked. She had been in Kari's backpack, napping when the backpack started to violently shake.

Kari bit the man and yelled. "Gatomon! Run and get help!!"

Gatomon looked up to see a man holding Kari. She yelled angrily. "Hey! That's my friend, buddy!! Lightning Paw!"

Gatomon punched the man and Kari screamed. He tried to get her again but Gatomon punched him again.

*** Meanwhile at the Kamiya's***

Tai, who was home for a visit, heard a scream and quickly realized it was his little sister. He ran out the door to go see what was wrong.

***At the Orimoto's***

Izumi had just walked up to the front porch when she also heard the scream. She quickly remembered that she had left Kari alone and dropped her backpack to help her friend.

Izumi had gotten there first saw that Gatomon was defending her fallen friend. Kari was sobbing and Izumi ran to help her. Tai who had just come around the corner saw Izumi with Kari and Gatomon defending them against a Mexican man.

Izumi screamed at her friend's big brother. "TAI!! Help us!!"

Tai sped over there and punched the man once more with rage. "That will teach you to mess me or my sister!!!"

The man fell into unconsciousness.

Tai ran back to his little sister and her friend.

Izumi was consoling her friend. "Kari? Are you okay? What happened?"

Kari just kept sobbing, her face red and puffy from crying so much.

Tai said. "I think we should take her home, Izumi. Tomorrow we'll find out what happened."

Izumi nodded. "Can I stay with her tonight? I'll call my parents later to tell them where I am."

Tai agreed. "Okay. Gatomon, you and Izumi take Kari home while I call the police to have him arrested."

They nodded and slowly lifted Kari up and walked home with her.

Tai took out his phone and dialed 911.

***

Soon the police arrived and arrested the man for attempted kidnapping. They asked Tai what happened but he just said that the man was trying to kidnap his sister and when she screamed, he heard and ran to help her. Her friend and her digimon were there helping her too.

The policeman nodded and left the scene with his partner and the criminal. He only said. "We'll be back later so that your sister can testify against him."

Tai nodded and walked into the house. He saw that Izumi just hung up on the phone.

"So how did it go?" Izumi asked.

Tai replied. "It went well and they said they'll be back later to ask Kari some questions."

Izumi nodded. "My parents said that I can sleep over here tonight."

Tai nodded and she headed to Kari's room.

Tai was thinking. 'It's a good thing Kari has a good friend like Izumi to help her. I have a feeling Kari's not going to be the same after today.'

Tai walked into his room and shut the door to start his homework.

***

Kari was shaking in fear after the incident the day before. With her parents' permission, she was allowed to stay home because of what happened. Izumi and Tai told them what had happened when they got there and Kari, slowly, told them the parts that they were missing.

Her parents told the principal of what happened and he said that she could take a break for a while so that she could get herself together.

Izumi promised that she would be there with Kari everyday after school and Tai would watch over her at home.

Everyone from school was wondering what happened to Kari because she never missed school. They knew she loved school and that she would grow up to be a teacher.

Especially Kari's group of friends, they knew something was up, but didn't know what. Davis was very worried for his friend and wanted to ask Izumi since she was the closest friend Kari had besides Yolei.

Then one day, he and Takuya confronted her.

***

Izumi was sitting under a tree in the park, watching Gatomon chase the birds and eat her salmon. Kari had told her of all their Digimon adventures and that she had one too. And Izumi did the same and when Kari wondered where was her digimon, Izumi told her the truth. The same went with Davis and Takuya. Kouji and the others didn't know, but Ken and Yolei knew the entire truth.

Izumi was wearing a normal lavender t-shirt and a pair of jeans with flip-flops. She was reading a book. She was with Gatomon because Kari still wasn't feeling well, so Kari asked Izumi to take Gatomon out.

She looked up from her book and saw Davis and Takuya.

She shut her book and waited for them, patiently.

Takuya smiled. "Hey Izumi!"

Izumi blushed lightly. "Hi guys! So what's up?"

Davis, who was also smiling, turned his face into a serious look. "We want to know where Kari is. She's been missing school for days and it's obvious something's wrong because she would never miss school for anything."

Izumi took in a big breath and gestured them to sit down. 'I knew this day would come, but did it have to come so soon?'

"Well… you know how I usually walk home with Kari everyday, right?" Izumi asked.

The boys nodded.

Izumi continued. "Well. A few days ago, we were walking home and talking about our day and other stuff. I had to leave her because I live like across the street from Kari. When I had gotten to the front porch, I heard a scream. I quickly realized that it was Kari because I had left her alone. I ran to help her and I saw there was a man in his late 40's standing near her. Kari was on the ground crying and Gatomon was in front of her, protecting Kari. I ran to help Kari and then I saw that Tai had come from around the corner. I screamed at him for help and he ran and punched the man. He was knocked unconscious. Tai called the police and told Gatomon and me to help Kari into the house. Later that night, we told Kari's parents everything and they and the principal decided to allow Kari a break from school to put herself back together." Izumi finished with a sigh.

The guys were in shock. There was silence among the friends except for Gatomon's chewing.

Davis then broke the silence. "So we're the only ones who know besides you, Kari's family, and the school principal?"

Izumi nodded and said. "Kari hasn't been the same since. Sure she eats and drinks but then it looks like Kari doesn't have that light or innocence in her that she used to. Kari is afraid to even go outside. She just sits in her room all day and stares out the window from her room."

"So what should we do? Should we tell the others?" Takuya asked.

Izumi shook her head. "I don't think we should tell the others yet. She doesn't want to worry everyone. I think that we should continue to be good friends and just comfort her."

Takuya nodded in response, but Davis wasn't so sure. "Why shouldn't we let everyone know? Not the school but our friends? If we were ALL here, then we would be able to help her through this. Kari shouldn't have to go through this alone and besides she still needs to learn how to live again, not stay shut up in that room all day."

Takuya and Izumi looked at Davis with surprise. Takuya spoke up. "Wow Davis! You actually said something smart and it actually might work!"

Davis grinned. "I know! HEY! What do you mean by that!!"

They laughed. Izumi thought. 'I think Davis can help Kari since he is the one she has feelings for. He is after all, really hyper and is cheerful all the time. But Kari might get mad at me for telling them. I think we should go with Davis's plan; Kari needs to know that there are good things in life too. Like the love she has for the Child of Miracles.'

Izumi cleared her throat to get Takuya's and Davis's attention. "I think Davis is right. We should get everyone to help."

Everyone nodded even Gatomon, who had been listening the entire time.

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Jeri's voice: "Hi everyone, it's me, JERI!! Ruff ruff!! Poor Kari! How will her friends help her through this darkness and show her the light? Will Kari speak out about her feelings to Davis? And will he return them if she does?

Find out next time on "The Miracle of Love!" See you later, everybody! Ruff ruff!"

Well! It's finally here! The Daikari story!! Yes I changed the title again, but this time it feels right! Anyways, I won't update until I get 5+ reviews, so start reviewing!! I hope you guys liked the story so far!! Arigato!! ^^