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A Forgotten Past- Part 9
A.K.A Kari's Secret

"Where do we start?" Matt asked as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"How about the beginning?" Tai asked, his voice mocking Matt.

"Fine, smart-ass, we'll start at the beginning," Matt replied, irritated. They both stared at each other in a moment of silence. "Well?" Matt asked Tai with his arms crossed.

"Oh, you want me to do it?" Tai asked.

"Well, you insisted," Matt smirked.

"Well, I-" Tai started.

"Hey, we don't care who tells, just go!" TK interjected.

Matt and Tai's jaws dropped at the sound of TK raising his voice and Kari giggled a bit. "O-okay," Tai answered. Then glancing over at Matt, "Go ahead."

"You are such a-" He was cut off by a glare from TK. "Fine, fine. Well, as you probably know you both are from the Digital World. You were created by Gennai as Digi-Angels. Your destiny is to protect the Digital World."

"As angels you have the ability to control life and death. You also bring Hope and Light to the lives of Digimon who have lost those things. You can bring it to humans too, that's why you can go to the real world," Tai added.

"You have many powers. Each one is different for the both of you. TK's powers are usually formed as protection. That's why he made a shield when Ken attacked you. Kari's are in the form of light. Light moves freely, that's why she could go through the door and the bars in Ken's dungeon. Your powers are most powerful when you are together or when one of you is in mortal danger."

"Who are you then?" Kari asked.

"Tai and I were also created by Gennai, but we're not Digi-Angel. We're your protectors. We kept you from harms way until you were ready to know the truth and stand up for yourselves."

"So all those times you protected us you only did it cuz you had to?" Kari asked looking sadly into Tai's eyes.

"No, of course not!" Tai shook his head, appalled at the very idea. "I did it because I love you, whether I had to or not."

"So why were we in the real world and not the Digital World?" TK asked.

"Gennai knew about Ken and he knew you two didn't have enough power to defeat him yet. He knew we wouldn't exactly do anything to him either. So, he sent the four of us to the real world. Matt was the leader," Tai answered.

Matt laughed when Tai called him the leader. "You two are destined to be together. You two a destined to save and protect the DigiWorld from future evils. That's why you're here."

"Future evils?" TK asked.

"Some day you'll learn the complete truth," a voice said from behind. Matt and TK whirled around while Tai and Kari looked up to see Gennai standing in the doorway. "Would you like to remember the complete truth?" TK and Kari exchanged uneasy glances before nodding in response. "Okay, I will let Yamato and Taichi take over that part."

Matt and Tai nodded before looking at the younger kids. They both placed a hand on their younger siblings forehead. They closed their eyes and TK and Kari both did the same. They waited, fearing what would happen.

Kari suddenly saw a rush of images go through her head. She guessed it was her as a little girl. She was playing in a grassy area with another boy; she knew him, it was TK, but he was younger. Then she saw a young blond boy, Matt, she could see it was him automatically. Then a new image came, her lying on a bed, asleep. Images floated in her head. One where she was crying, not even three yet. Another where Gennai was doing a test on her. None of them had Tai in them though. Then she realized she was seeing what Tai had seen when he was little, always watching over her. The last image would be sketched in her mind forever. It wasn't an image though. It was a whole scene.

It played out like this: Kari was standing in a field, TK beside her. Matt was next to Tai. From above came a huge, dark Digimon. Within seconds the sky had turned black and a huge ball of energy hit the ground barely missing TK and herself. "TK! KARI!" Matt yelled and both he and Tai were running toward them or her, Kari still couldn't figure out the whole thing of looking through Tai's eyes. "Gennai!" A scream echoed through the air and Kari realized Tai had said it. He had scooped up Kari, herself, in his arms and was running towards a house ahead. Matt had done the same with TK. Mini Kari was crying in Tai's arms and he held her closer. They ran inside the house, calling for Gennai until the young man appeared. It was funny seeing Gennai so young, without wrinkles. "Get them both to the back room," Gennai commanded. Suddenly a part of his house was blown off. He pushed Matt and Tai farther into the house. They reached a dark black room, the only light escaped from a computer monitor that sat in the back. "Type in your names and hit enter!" Tai nodded and did as he was told. C-O-U-R-A-G-E. L-I-G-H-T. A soft light from the computer wrapped around them and the world went dark.

TK waited silently for whatever was supposed to happen. Suddenly in a flash of light he saw different images of himself. When he was little. He saw Kari and Tai too, but they were also young. No pictures of Matt though. Until he realized it was through Matt's eyes, which was defiantly weird. But what exactly was weird since he had originally found out about the Digital World? He sighed as he watched the images. There were so many it was over powering. There were a lot of ones where Gennai looked like he was doing tests. Like on him and Kari. And they looked like they hurt too. Then came the last one. He watched Tai and Kari disappear into a computer and Matt approach it holding Mini TK in his arms. He typed F-R-I-E-N-D-S-H-I-P, and then H-O-P-E and a soft light enfolded the two of them. Then the images disappeared into darkness.

TK opened his eyes glanced at Kari who stared at the floor lost in thought. "You need to let this soak in and I need to tend to Tai's wounds or he will not make it, even here."

Kari looked up into Tai's chocolate brown eyes and noticed a hint of hidden pain. "But you told me you were-"

"I'll be fine. I always am," Tai smiled. Then whispering in her ear, "Go to TK. Gennai, Matt, and I have to talk."

She nodded as she climbed down from Tai's lap and walked over to TK. Taking his hand she lead him out of the room and closed the door quietly. She didn't close it all the way and peeked in. Tai's smile had changed to a grimace of pain. Gennai took a vine-like tube and connected it to something on the back of Tai's neck. Gennai typed something on a computer and looked back at Tai. At first Tai's face had a look of nervous and painful anxiety. Then he clenched his teeth in pain and cried out.

Kari backed away from the door and jumped as she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and saw TK. "Its okay," he whispered.

She felt an anger so great it was over power stir inside her. She didn't say anything, but allowed her tears of anger, sadness, and fear slide down her cheeks. TK wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly. "He can't leave. He told me he was okay, but he's in pain. I know him better then he gives me credit for," she cried.

"This is Tai. He's never gonna admit he needs help," TK laughed.

"TK, do you love me like Tai said you should?" Kari asked.

TK thought for a moment. "No," he answered. "I love you because you're sweet and caring and beautiful. I love you because I have the choice and you're the girl I chose."

She hugged him tighter and he kissed her forehead. With that he reached down and picked her up. She tried to fight, only to end up laughing and wrapping her arms around his neck. "Put me-" she started only to be cut off by him planting a kiss on her lips.
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Kari laughed as she kissed TK. Today was the second happiest day of her life. Today she was marrying TK for the second time. This one was for all their friends in the Digital World, and Tai.

They parted and were greeted by a rush of friends. Tai wrapped his arms around her in a warm hug. When they pulled away he shook TK's hand and smiled at them. "Treat her right, TK," Tai warned.

"I will," TK smiled. "I'm an angel, aren't I?" He added with a laugh. TK came up behind Kari and wrapped his arms around her thin waist. They both surveyed the crowd of people mingling and talking. All of their friends were there. The original and the new Digidestined, their digimon, even some old friends like Electmon and Andramon. "Well, did you like your second wedding?"

Kari twisted around so she could look into TK's eyes. "I couldn't have been better."

"I was so worried you would say no," TK replied with a sheepish grin.

"Like I would say no!" Kari smiled when she remembered how TK had proposed to her. At their high school graduation. He was Valedictorian and he asked her in the middle of his speech and of course she said yes.

He kissed her again, but pulled away abruptly. He had a strange, dark worried look in his eyes as his gaze moved toward the horizon in the distance. "TK, what's wrong?" Kari asked.

TK hesitated an answer. Finally he turned back to Kari and smiled, but the dark look never left his eyes. "Its nothing. I just thought I heard something."

"No, what's wrong? I know you better then that!"

"Its nothing," he repeated before taking her hand and leading her back toward their group of friends. But Kari didn't believe him.
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Well, there's the part you were all waiting for. If and only if I get enough reviews will I put up a sequel to this. Other then that I'm DONE!!!! Ahahahaha! Is this part as lame as I think?