Dark and Light: Part Six

By: Sakura

T.K. scrambled over to Kari's side, not caring about his safety or paying any attention to the Virumon, which had stopped attacking.

Kari was so still and he was almost afraid to move her, but he finally gathered her into his arms and held her tight. T.K. then looked down at her. Kari's face was so pale. Touching it, he felt the coldness in her cheeks. Her breathing was barely audible. Just like what he saw in his dream…The only difference was that Virumon stood stock still behind him.

"Kari?" whispered T.K. softly. "Kari, wake up, you have to!" Nothing he said could generate a response from her. Kari's face remained passive. T.K. couldn't think of what he could do to help her. Again, feelings of uselessness and self-doubt re-surfaced.

"Don't leave me."

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Dark Wing sank to his knees.

No…what had he done? The Child of Light…could she be deleted? He wanted to punch himself, or at least kick himself for being such an idiot. It wasn't supposed to happen that way! Virumon's attack was supposed to hit T.K., not Kari. How could the end result be so different from what he had planned?

Realization dawned on him. Kari must have seen that T.K. did not prepare to move out of harm's way and she herself went and knocked him to the side. He was saved…but she wasn't so lucky. Kari did that for T.K. and she didn't even think of her own safety first. She must really care for him.

How could the DigiDestined be so stupid? How could they possess such weak emotions as loyalty and love? But then again, though not to his advantage, Dark Wing also possessed one of those so-called weak emotions. He loved Kari.

Sure, he had treated her harshly earlier, but he had no intentions of completely annihilating her. The love he felt was growing in him and could no longer be confined in the deep reaches of his heart.

Dark Wing quietly approached the DigiDestined from behind, though he didn't get too close to them. He didn't wish to disturb T.K. He couldn't understand why, but he hoped T.K. could save Kari's life. The problem was that he didn't know how T.K. would be able to accomplish something like that. As his way of helping out, Dark Wing did not give Virumon any orders to attack.

"Could I be weakening?" thought Dark Wing.

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T.K. was just about ready to give up.

But he couldn't, he knew he couldn't give up just yet. He had to keep trying. Looking over to both of his sides, T.K. could see Angewomon, looking as lifeless as Kari, and Angemon, tangled up in the branches of the trees. They had tried so hard to protect the two of them, but now it could mean the end for them. It was hopeless! T.K. groaned with frustration. Nothing could save them now! They were finished. He hung his head with his eyes shut tight. Weird as it seems, T.K. could hear Patamon's words from that very morning in his head, ringing as clear as a bell.

"Have hope - and faith - in yourself. Just believe."

T.K. slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was Kari, lying still in his lap. How could he revive her? It was impossible, wasn't it? Another thought flew into his mind. "She can't die! Not now, not yet!" T.K. closed his eyes as tears formed in his eyes. "I've never had a chance to tell her that I love her." T.K. held Kari; tears began to fall from his eyes as he whispered, "I love you, Kari." The Crest of Hope appeared on T.K.'s chest and it shone brightly.

As T.K.'s tears fell, they splattered lightly on Kari's face. A dreadful silence followed soon after.

"T.K.?"

T.K.'s eyes flew open. Instantly, his eyes locked with Kari's. Her face was wet with his tears…and her own. For a moment, T.K. didn't comprehend what had happened. It was too much of a shock. But when he realized what it meant, he held her tight in his arms, never wanting to let her go. Kari clung onto T.K., and she couldn't stop crying. T.K. lightly stroked her head.

T.K. then pulled back and wiped away her tears. "I thought I would lose you," he whispered fiercely, his voice thick with emotion. "You don't know how much I care for you."

Kari was now leaning against T.K. "But I do know," she said. "You told me." T.K. fell silent. "And T.K.?" Kari's grip tightened on his hand. "I love you, too."

~*~*~*~*~*~

Dark Wing gaped in amazement as Kari awakened. After a while, he really believed that T.K.'s attempts to awaken Kari were futile. But after seeing the powerful glow of the Crest of Hope, doubts were erased from his mind. A change came over him. As he watched the two DigiDestined holding each other, Dark Wing no longer felt that Kari still belonged to him. He didn't feel he had the right to separate them, since, after all, they had worked so hard to be together.

As soon as Kari had uttered those three syllables, the Crest of Light appeared on Kari's chest. A bright flash shot out from the Crest. Dark Wing instantly covered his eyes. Virumon had been hit by it and he was instantly obliterated. The light soon touched Angemon and Angewomon; they were both revived to their full power. Angewomon flew up into the air and Angemon, freeing himself from the branches of the trees, flew to her side. The light continued to spread toward the ends of File Island, taking with it Raremon, Gesomon, and Mammothmon. Those Digimon would no longer pursue the other six DigiDestined.

The light had not only come in contact with Digimon. After reviving the Angel Digimon and deleting Virumon, the stream of light hit Dark Wing's mask with full force and the mask disintegrated. Dylan crumpled to the ground.

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After several moments had passed, the light died down. Angemon and Angewomon flew toward their partners and landed by their side. T.K. and Kari looked at their Digimon, their faces lighting up at the fact that they were all right. The pair stood up and both embraced their partner.

Angewomon smiled as she said, "I'm glad you're all right, Kari." Turning to T.K., she added, "Thank you for protecting her." T.K. blushed and murmured something incoherent.

Turning from Angewomon, Kari looked around. Virumon was destroyed, but where was Dark Wing? She then spotted Dylan, lying several metres away. She walked over to his crumpled form and knelt down next to him.

T.K. and the Angel Digimon joined Kari's side. "Will he be okay?" asked T.K.

Kari shook her head sadly. "I don't know," she replied. Her eyes looked downcast.

Angemon looked towards Angewomon's direction and she nodded. "Angemon digivolve to…MagnaAngemon." T.K. and Kari both jumped back in surprise. "Magna Antidote." said MagnaAngemon. The light from his wings, aimed toward Dylan, hit him and slowly healed him. All of Dylan's dark wounds were sealed. All of his good memories re-surfaced and counteracted the evil.

Dylan slowly sat up, a little confused. Kari smiled. "Welcome back, Dylan," she said. "I…" Looking back at her friends who smiled back at her. "We knew you could make it." She offered him a hand, to help him stand up. Dylan accepted it, though shame for his actions plagued him and told him that he did not deserve such kindness. Standing up, he saw T.K. stretch out a hand to him.

T.K. smiled at him. "Hi, Dylan," he said. "My name's T.K. I don't think we've met yet."

Dylan shook his hand. "No, we haven't, though Kari has told me quite a bit about you."

T.K. laughed. "I hope it wasn't anything bad."

"On the contrary. She made you sound like the most amiable guy."

They all shared the feeling of laughter. Angewomon and MagnaAngemon, no longer needed at such a high level of energy, de-digivolved back to Gatomon and Patamon. The two Digimon looked at each other and smiled.

Suddenly, the whole group disappeared. The clearing was empty as the sun broke through and a new day was born.

~*~*~*~*~*~

Kari looked out into the pink fog. Wait a minute, since when was fog pink? Where was she? She turned to find T.K. next to her. He smiled reassuringly. Looking further, Kari saw a house in the middle of all the fog, though, where the house was located, it was clear of the fog. Fish were swimming by. Fish? This was getting confusing.

"Kari!"

Kari spun around to see who had called her. To her surprise, she saw Tai and all the other DigiDestined. Tai ran to her and hugged his little sister tight. "You're all right," he said. "I was getting worried about you."

"Good, you're all here," came a voice.

"Gennai?" They all exclaimed.

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All of the DigiDestined and their Digimon were assembled around a table inside Gennai's home. They were all famished and were chowing down the food. Gennai just laughed at the sight of them and their healthy appetites. When all were done, they turned to face Gennai. He beamed at them.

"It's good to see you all again," he started. He walked over to where T.K. and Kari were sitting. Placing his hands on their heads, he continued, "I have to thank you two especially for the great work you've done." Everyone looked at each other, mystified.

"But, Gennai," said Tai, standing up. "Why are we here?"

"I transported you here."

"I meant to the Digital World, not your home."

"So did I."

Tai sat back down, perplexed. "Actually," continued Gennai, "I had only intended to call Kari and T.K. to the Digi-World, not all of you. I made a little error there."

Now they were all bewildered, T.K. and Kari especially.

"Why did you want to call only us, Gennai?" questioned T.K.

A door slid open and in walked Dylan. He was surprised to see the whole group assembled there. He seemed a little indecisive about what to do, but then made up his mind. Dylan bowed to Gennai. "I'm sorry for interrupting, Master Gennai, I'll talk to you later." Dylan turned to leave, but Gennai stopped him.

"T.K., Kari, this is why," he said, gesturing to Dylan. "You see, Dylan is my student, learning and training under my instruction. But somehow, Myotismon's mask and a dark spirit, after fusing together, had fallen into young Dylan's hands. With the mask on, Dylan would forget many good memories and only remember evil. I needed Kari's Light to free him from the power of the mask."

"The problem was that Kari's Light could not be unleashed on it's own. This is where I needed T.K. Only Hope could unlock the power of the Light."

Kari turned to face T.K., with a happy smile lighting up her features. She gave him a kiss, to the astonishment of their brothers. T.K. responded with his own.

"I told you you're not useless," she whispered afterwards.

~*~*~*~*~*~

"Kari," started Dylan.

The two were standing outside while everyone else was saying their goodbyes to Gennai and their Digimon.

"I'm sorry for lying to you." Kari looked at him quizzically. "About being a DigiDestined and all. And," his gaze shifted to the ground. "I'm really sorry for hurting you."

Kari gave Dylan a hug. "You didn't really know what you were doing," she said. "With that mask controlling you and all. But everything worked out and you're back to normal." She smiled. "That's what counts."

Dylan nodded. He then stepped forward and kissed Kari on the cheek, much to her surprise. "I'm going to miss you," he said.

Kari nodded. "I'll miss you, too."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

After saying goodbye one last time to their Digimon, the eight DigiDestined were transported back to their own world. The Digimon were soon transported back to above the waters surrounding Gennai's home.

"Gennai," said Dylan, walking back with his mentor after the DigiDestined had left. "Will they, the DigiDestined, remember what has happened?"

Gennai looked thoughtful for a moment before answering. "They won't remember anything. To them, it would all just be a dream. The Digimon won't remember either."

"It's a shame, then," thought Dylan. "That T.K. and Kari could become so close but never to remember what happened. It's just too bad."

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T.K. sat up on the sofa and rubbed his head.

"What a weird dream," he thought.

Matt also waking up, noticed the troubled expression on his brother's face. "What's wrong, T.K.?" he asked.

T.K. scratched his head, trying to remember. "I had a dream…"

"Oh, yeah?" said Matt. "What's it about?"

"I can't remember anymore," answered T.K.

"Oh." Matt turned off the television, got up, and headed toward the kitchen.

Odd as it seemed to T.K., he could still feel Kari's lips brushing his, but that was impossible, seeing how he had never kissed her before. He blushed at that thought. "I wonder what it would be like to kiss Kari…"

~*~*~*~*~*~

Kari sat up on the floor of her balcony.

"Gee, I'm starting to fall asleep anywhere." She stood up and looked out over the railing into the city. It was getting darker and lights were being lit. The city view was soon dotted with many lamps. It looked beautiful through her eyes.

Kari slowly walked inside. She had a very strange dream, but for some reason she couldn't remember what happened in it. Except T.K. was there…Kari then noted she had a few bruises, but concluded that they appeared when she hit the balcony floor. How she could fall asleep there she didn't understand.

Hearing the phone ring, Kari walked into the hallway and answered it.

"Hey, Kari," said T.K., through the phone. Kari's stomach fluttered at hearing his voice. "Want to go out and get a pizza or something?"

Kari's face broke out into a smile. "Sure!"

"Great, I'll see you in a few minutes!"

"Okay," she replied. "Bye."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Far away, in another world, a young boy looked up into the night sky.

"I'll never forget you, Kari Kamiya. Thank you for everything."

~*End*~

Author's Note: This is my first ever fan fic, only I wrote it under a different name before. I hope you liked it! ^_^

*Sakura

~The Animé Archives Team