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Chapter One

Dark Dreams

It was the middle of the night in Odaiba. Inside an apartment building, a room was inhabited by four beings. One was a small white cat, with purple tufts on its ears and tail. It also had green and red striped gloves on to cover its claws. Another was a small, orange dinosaur, with large white claws. The next was a teenager of seventeen, with a head of bushy hair. And the last was a younger girl of fourteen, with brown hair. This girl's sleep was disturbed. She was tossing and turning in her sleep, moaning. Then she suddenly jerked awake, breathing heavily. Kari Kamiya was having bad dreams again. Grumbling about her lack of sleep, she opened the balcony door and went outside into the cool night air. Around her the city was in darkness, lit only by the few people and cars mad enough to be up at this hour.

"Stupid dreams." Kari complained.

A cool breeze blew over her, and she felt her brother come up beside her.

"Dreams again?" he asked, hugging her.

"I thought I had gotten rid of them. But now they're back, and stronger than ever. I don't want to go back to the Dark Ocean again Tai."

Tai hugged her tighter.

"You got out before."

"I know, but it's scary Tai. I don't like it. This thing is always following me. And whoever it was who brought me to the Dark Ocean cant have been happy that I escaped. They wont give up. They'll keep trying until they get me."

She started to cry softly.

"Hey, we wont let anyone take you away. I wont, Gatomon wont, Davis wont, TK wont and Agumon wont."

"Agumon?"

"You're the only one who gives him the fat off mum's liver steaks."

A weak smile appeared on her face.

"Thanks bro."

"Come on. You wont do yourself any favours being out here in the cold. Get some more sleep and we can worry about the Dark Ocean in the morning."

Kari sighed. He might be able to worry about it in the morning, but she wouldn't. She'd worry about it all night.

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The next day was cold and grey. After a hurried breakfast, brother and sister left the house together, Agumon and Gatomon following behind them.

"You look terrible." Gatomon said as they walked.

"I haven't slept in two weeks. It's driving me mad." Kari replied.

Tai looked at his little sister. She was pale, drawn and weary. He didn't want to leave her, but she still had another year left at elementary school. TK would have to do it. And it may help bring them together. It was obvious to everyone but them that they liked each other. However, Kari also liked Davis, and Davis liked her, putting the three of them in a nasty little love triangle.

"Sis, I promise, we'll fix this. Gatomon and TK will have to look after you in the meantime alright?"

"Yeah don't worry Kari. All Gatomon has to do is threaten to cook and they'll run for the hills." Agumon soothed.

After the defeat of MaloMyotismon two years previous the Digimon had been living alongside everyone else. As Agumon and Gatomon had become part of the family, they were expected to help run the home. The previous month Gatomon had served green sausages for dinner by accident. Tai's mum hadn't allowed her to cook after that little accident.

They had reached the end of their road together, and Matt and Sora, who had been going out for two years now, were waiting for them.

"Hey guys." Matt said sleepily.

"what's wrong Kari?" Sora asked in concern.

"Nightmares."

"Dark Ocean?" Matt asked.

"Yep."

Sora patted Kari on the back.

"I'll look after you Kari." Gatomon said, twitching her ears.

"And TK will be here soon." Biyomon, not quite innocently.

Kari shot her a dirty look, and then proceeded on her way.

"Bye guys!"

"Bye Kari."

Izzy suddenly ran up, Tentomon panting behind him.

"Hey guys! What's up Tai?"

"Kari's been having nightmares again." Sora said, looking at her friends retreating back.

"What about?" Tentomon asked.

"Dark Ocean. What if it takes her again? I wasn't around the last two times to help her." Tai said quietly.

"We cant always be around for them Tai. And TK did quite well by himself." Matt said consolingly.

"True." Izzy agreed.

"He'd rather die than let anything happen to her." Gabumon said soothingly.

"Unless he's doing it." Biyomon said happily.

The others all stopped walking and turned to Biyomon in amazement.

"Biyomon!" Sora exclaimed in shock.

"That was in very bad taste Biyomon." Gabumon said.

"She does have a point."

"Shut up Tentomon. Right you little pink chicken, what do you mean?" Tai demanded.

"Oh for heaven's sake, you know full well what she means Tai."

Tai turned scarlet.

"He is not doing that to my sister!"

Matt rolled his eyes at Agumon, who shrugged.

"Get a grip dude. He hasn't even kissed her yet."

"But he will."

"Biyomon!"

"Was that in bad taste too?"

"Yes! Be quiet before your mouth gets you into trouble!"

"Alright."

They were coming up on the school, when a bell tinkled behind them. They turned to see Joe peddle past, with Gomamon in the basket.

"Hi guys! Bye guys!"

He quickly disappeared. They all looked at each other and said:

"Exam."

They were just crossing the road when a taxi sped around the corner and stopped right in front of them. Tai was not in the mood to be forgiving. He was worried about Kari, and Biyomon's comment and had him even grumpier.

"Hey, we're walking here!"

A girl suddenly put her head out of the window.

"Hey guys!"

"Mimi!"

She leapt out of the taxi and sent the guy on his way.

"You never paid him." Izzy said.

"I know. He's too worried that you'll report him for driving too fast. Now lets get out of here before he realises he's been done."

She opened her kit bag and Palmon leapt out.

"Hi!"

"Mimi! What are you doing here?" Izzy asked.

"I'd thought you know." Mimi said, sounding slightly put out.

"Oops."

Matt cocked his eyebrow at Sora as she said it.

"I forgot to tell you, she's moving back to Japan."

Matt snorted.

"That's charming. I'm your boyfriend, and you forget to tell me that your best friend's moving back to town?"

"She was waiting for you to snog her." Biyomon said.

"Biyomon!"

"Oops. Was that in bad taste too?"

"Just a bit." Sora chided.

"Oh dear."

Mimi shot a hurt look at Sora, then proceeded to explain.

"My parents figured that we're no safer in America than we are here, so we're moving back. We'll all be one happy family again!"

"Joe will be pleased." Biyomon said.

"Biyomon!"

Biyomon sighed, and opened Sora's bag. She found the roll of tape inside and wrapped it around her beak.

"Good idea." Agumon agreed.

"So, as my best friend is about as much use as a chocolate ice cream near a Meramon, what's happening?"

"You just missed Joe." Izzy said as they walked to the gate.

"I know. He shot past like a bat out of hell. So what's up Tai? Why are you so bad tempered?"

"Kari's been having dreams about the Dark Ocean." Sora explained.

"And Biyomon has the subtlety of an escaped Monochromon." Matt said, throwing the pink bird a dirty look.

"TK will look after her Tai." Mimi soothed.

"Mimi!" Sora yelled.

"Oh. Biyomon?"

Biyomon handed her the tape and Mimi put a bit over her mouth. She waved goodbye, and Palmon relayed a promise that they would see them later.

"But she's right mate. TK and Davis will look after her. We cant be there for them all the time." Matt soothed.

"I hope you're right Matt."

"Its not as though you've been there much for TK recently." Sora said, then went scarlet.

"Biyomon?" Matt asked sweetly.

The Digimon handed him the tape, and he put a bit over Sora's mouth. They then entered the school gates.

Their English teacher, Miss Deraski, walked past, late as usual.

"Why?" asking about the tape.

"They keep saying things in bad taste." Izzy explained.

Miss Deraski looked puzzled, then shook her head.

"Forget I asked."

Tai sighed. Matt was right. The others would look after her. But the time she nearly died kept coming into his mind. He wasn't about to let that happen again. He hoped.

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Kari was lost in thought, and looked terrible. Gatomon was worried about her. Ever since her first visit to the Dark Ocean, she had been petrified of the place. She had always insisted that there was someone else behind her kidnap. And now she was scared that this person was coming to get her. They turned the corner into the narrow alleyway that led to the back gate of her school. Gatomon had seen her worried, but at the moment she was afraid of her own shadow.

"Kari!"

Kari leapt about a foot in the air as TK called out her name.

"TK!" Kari shouted in shock, sounding on the verge of tears.

Gatomon hadn't noticed that she was close to crying.

"What's wrong?" TK asked, coming up to her.

"Nothing." Kari said, trying to stop crying.

Then she let loose and started to cry. TK was totally flabbergasted, but pulled her into a comforting hug all the same. He sent a bewildered look at Gatomon, who just looked at Kari in sympathy. Patamon finally arrived, looking tired. It was a long fly from the house to school.

"What's wrong with her?" he asked breathlessly.

"Tell you later."

Kari had finally regained her composure.

"What's wrong?" TK asked in concern.

"I keep having dreams about the Dark Ocean TK. They're coming for me again. And I don't want to go back there. I cant. Whatever sent those things last time nearly got me. This time he wont give up."

"Kari, I care about you far too much to let you get taken by the Dark Ocean again. And if you do get taken, I'll come for you. I promise."

Kari looked into his eyes and started to edge closer, when Davis appeared.

"Hey guys!"

Beside them, Gatomon was fuming.

"Told you they wouldn't snog." Patamon crowed.

"Shut it big ears." Gatomon said as she gave him a biscuit, a result of a lost bet that the two would kiss.

"What's up Kari?" Davis asked, looking at her red eyes.

"Dark Ocean." Patamon said.

TK shot him a dirty look.

"Oops."

Davis patted her arm.

"We wont let them take you again." He promised.

"Hmm. Could it be Daemon?" a voice asked from the corner.

The six present, as Veemon had just joined them leapt about a foot in the air. Ken walked around the corner, Cody and Yolei in tow, with their Digimon following.

"Did you have to do that? Kari's in a bad enough state as it is!" Gatomon yelled.

Yolei put an arm around her friend's shoulder. Veemon, following her example, tried to put an arm around Gatomon's shoulder. There was a flash, and the other Digimon were rolling about laughing, and Veemon had three claw marks down his face.

"Daemon. We got rid of him didn't we?" Davis asked.

"He might have a point. We sent him to the Dark Ocean. It might be him." Cody said.

Since the defeat of MaloMyotismon, Cody and Ken were getting along a lot better after Ken had renounced the Digimon Emperor persona.

"But Daemon didn't want Kari. He wanted Ken." TK pointed out.

"He has a point too." Yolei said.

"Kari's more attractive than Ken." Davis mused.

TK sent him a withering glare, and Kari giggled slightly. Yolei smirked, and the others shook their heads. Davis suddenly blushed, and ran off, claiming he heard the bell. The others sighed and followed.

"Well, we'll just have to keep an eye on you that's all." Ken said.

A few months previous, Ken had moved to the area with his parents so they could be closer to Ken's friends.

"For heaven's sake Ken, I'm not a little girl. I can look after myself!"

Kari then stormed off, leaving the others all very confused. TK frowned and followed her.

"What did I do?" Ken asked in confusion.

A genius he may be, but when it came to girl's feelings he was as ignorant as everyone else.

Yolei sighed, resigned to having to explain the way Kari was feeling.

"Kari is very worried at the moment. She doesn't know what to do. The Dark Ocean scares her, the most scared I've ever seen her. And now everyone is concerned about her. Tai, she's used to him caring about her. And she knows TK and Davis both care about her because they both fancy her. And Gatomon's her Digimon, so it's her job to protect her. But you have to remember, she's very independent. She doesn't want people to mollycoddle her. So, in other words, except people she knows like her, as in like her like her, she doesn't want anyone to worry."

"As in like her love her?" Cody asked.

"Yes."

"But I do like her." Ken said, confused.

"I know you do, and so does she. But Kari doesn't want to cause any trouble. You know what she's like."

"But I can help her." Ken said stubbornly.

"Apart from her, he's the one with the most experience of the Dark Ocean." Wormmon pointed out.

"I know that, but she doesn't want anyone to get into trouble because of her. It's hard."

"No kidding." Ken said looking bamboozled.

"Morning all."

They turned to see their Maths teacher, Mr Fowosaka approaching.

"Ken, you actually look confused. Why?"

"Women."

"Ah!"

For some reason he looked at Yolei and Ken went scarlet.

"Come on. Don't want to miss Maths first thing do we?"

"No."

And reluctantly they followed their teacher into the school.

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Maths, as a rule, was a very boring subject. While the teacher tired to make it interesting, it just didn't work very well. So, as long as they looked as though they were doing work, nobody minded what happened during Maths class. Kari was using it to catch up on some sleep. However, her sleep was once again disturbed by nightmares. Yolei, who sat beside her, was watching her in great concern.

"Kari?"

TK, who sat beside Cody and Ken in front, looked around immediately in concern. Slowly edging out his seat, so as not to draw attention to the fact that Kari was sleeping, he went behind her and prodded her gently.

"Kari?"

She slowly shook herself awake.

"The dreams are getting worse TK."

Then, without warning, she fainted.

"Kari!" Yolei yelled, and TK stooped to catch her.

Mr Fowosaka looked up as Kari came to.

"Hospital wing Miss Kamiya."

"Yes sir."

TK and company looked fearfully after her as she left the room.

"Please be safe." TK muttered.

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Kari staggered outside. She felt very unwell. She put her hand out against the wall, and slid down to the floor. She was shivering in fear and sickness, her head was splitting and she felt like she was going to be sick. Gatomon leapt in the window.

"Kari? What's wrong?"

Kari suddenly started to flicker out of existence.

"Kari!"

She grabbed onto her friend just as TK rushed out. He got there just in time to see Kari disappear.

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They were thrown through a portal into a dark grey world, with no light at all.

"The Dark Ocean." Gatomon said in wonder.

Kari got unsteadily to her feet. She still felt incredibly ill. They were on a dark grey beach, with no light at all. In front of them was the Dark Ocean.

"Someone's coming." Gatomon said in a scared voice.

Then, the dark grey shapes with the glowing red eyes appeared from a cave behind them. They were in the same place as they had been the first time they came through into this world.

"Scubamon!" Kari exclaimed in terror.

Scubamon: A champion level Digimon, who serve the Ruler of the Dark Ocean, Dragomon. Their Scuba Strike attack immobilises their opponents.

"Our master requires your presence in his castle. Come with us." The leader said in an oily voice.

"No thank you." Kari said defiantly.

The leader snarled.

"It was not a request."

Kari couldn't stay up for much longer. She was still too feverish.

"I'm not going." Kari said weakly.

"Oh yes you are." The Scubamon said, coming forward.

Gatomon jumped in front of her.

"No she's not."

She looked at Kari, who nodded. The Digi cores that they had been given by Gennai during MaloMyotismon's rein still worked. Time to use them.

"Gatomon digivolve to…Angewomon!"

The angel Digimon glared down at the Scubamon who backed off. Angewomon flew up into the air.

"Celestial Arrow!"

The beam of arrow shaped light blasted right through the lead Scubamon and disintegrated him. The other Scubamon backed off, then leapt up at Angewomon. She cursed. Meanwhile, Kari dropped down to the floor. She was getting worse.

Angewomon saw this and knew she needed to finish this quickly.

"Heaven's Charm!"

The purple light shot out from her hands, disintegrating the swarm of Scubamon as they leapt at her. Confident that the threat was over, she flew down to Kari.

"Kari! Please get up. We need to get out of here."

Kari struggled to her feet.

"Angewomon, I cant keep this up."

"I know Kari. Let's try to find a way out."

There was suddenly a rush of breaking water behind them. Angewomon turned to see a massive dark shape with glowing red eyes emerge from the water.

"Whos' that?" Kari asked, scared.

"Not a clue. Celestial Arrow!"

She fired an arrow at the creature, but he just whipped it away with a claw.

"Tentacle Claw!"

He seized Angewomon from the air and took her crashing under water.

"Angewomon!" Kari yelled in fright.

"Tentacle Claw!"

Kari was seized by a massive, slimy hand that smelt strongly of fish. It overpowered her and she fainted. There was a deep rumbling laugh, and the figure disappeared under water, with Angewomon and Kari as its prisoners.

"At last."

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As the classes moved on, Davis, Ken, Yolei and Cody found TK outside, looking panic stricken and weepy eyed.

"Oh no." Ken moaned, realising immediately what had happened.

"They got her." TK said in a hollow voice.

"The Dark Ocean?" Cody asked fearfully.

"Someone should have went with her. We knew what was happening. We should have looked after her better." Yolei grumbled.

"This is your fault TK! You should have followed her!" Davis yelled.

"Davis shut up. He did follow her."

"I just didn't get there in time." TK said hopelessly.

In a quiet undertone he added:

"I failed her."

"We'll get her back TK." Cody promised.

"We need to get out of here." Ken said.

"And we need to get the others." Yolei said bossily.

"Guys!" Davis called out the window.

Veemon, Wormmon, Armadillomon, Hawkmon and Patamon all poked their head out a tree.

"Where's Gatomon?"

"She's with Kari." TK said dully.

"Right, Kari's been taken. Yolei, go to the High School, and get the others here. We need help. Ken, you're a teacher's pet, find a teacher and get them to cover for us. Cody see if you can get Mimi or Joe to help. TK…"

Davis looked around and saw that TK was gone.

"Where'd he go?" Davis asked in surprise.

"He just vanished. He sort of flickered out…" Veemon said.

"Which means he's went after Kari." Yolei sighed.

Davis sighed. There was a lot more at stake here than just his feelings for Kari.

"Right, let's get going."

"What are you going to be doing?" Ken asked.

He was of to find their registration and English teacher, Miss Ikisi, who could be counted on.

"I'll tell the head and our parents. He likes me."

The others all snorted their amazement as they all went about their chores.

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TK and Patamon looked out at the Dark Ocean.

"Here we go again Patamon."

Hello! This is my first Digimon fic, so please be nice. I've just had to do a system restore on the computer, but my other stories, Harry Potter and the Criminal Chase and Dark Times are still on the go, and I have two new Star Wars ones coming up as well. So, this is the first of six stories, featuring the cast from Adventure (definately the best series). So, Kari's been kidnapped. Who is her kidnapper? All will be revealed soon. But, Dark Times up next, so this one will wait a while. So, enjoy for now! Please read and review!

P.S The bit in bold is the Digimon Analyser