Chapter 1 - Reunited

A/N: Don't know how this will go, but this is supposed to be a version of Digimon Adventure 02 where Takari is actually canon. I'm not that good of an author, so I won't be just rewriting the whole season. Rather, I'll just write chapters based off certain episodes, but with a Takari spin on them. I'll also have chapters that aren't based on episodes. Hope it all goes well. No flames please, and I'd also like to say that I'm not a Davis or Daikari hater. That being said, I still wouldn't recommend reading if you are a Daikari fan.

AGES:

T.K/Kari/Davis - 11

Tai/Matt/Izzy/Sora/Mimi - 14

Joe - 16

Yolei - 12

Cody - 10

(Also, since I'm Australian, I'll be using Australian spelling, like 'Mum' instead of 'Mom')

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Digimon

T.K Takaishi was overjoyed to be moving back to Odaiba.

Six months ago, his mother had received a job offer outside of town as a journalist, so he and his mother had to move. He had been devastated to leave behind his brother, Matt, and all his friends, like Tai, Sora, Izzy and Joe. It was bad enough losing Mimi after she and her parents moved to New York. But the person he knew he'd miss most was Kari. When they had first met, 3 years ago during their adventures together in the Digital World, they had formed a close bond almost instantly, being the two youngest of the original DigiDestined. Young T.K knew that he would have done anything for Kari if it would keep her safe, and he knew that Kari would do anything for him as well. He distinctly remembered the fight with Piedmon, that all he could think about at the time was keeping her safe; he had refused to lose her. After leaving the Digital World and saying a tearful goodbye to Patamon, he was slightly cheered up by the bond he'd developed with Kari. They had become the best of friends, closer to each other than any of the other DigiDestined (except their own siblings, of course), and so had been able to support each other through such a difficult goodbye to their Digimon. From that point on, T.K and Kari had been a duo; partners; doing everything together. As the years passed, they had became very close. It got to a point where, by the time they were 10, they knew absolutely everything about each other. They found they were able to communicate and know what the other was thinking with barely a glance. T.K had also noticed that, not long after their adventures in the Digital World, that he had developed quite the crush on young Kari, as he watched her develop from a cute little girl into an awfully pretty young woman. But then it all came crashing down, when his mother announced they would be moving. Upon his goodbye, he and Kari had hugged profusely, both shaking with tears, refusing to let each other go. Despite swearing to keep in touch, they didn't know when they would see each other again, if at all.

But it didn't matter now. He was coming back; back to Odaiba, back to all his friends, back to Kari (assuming of course, that she was still there). He had not contacted Kari about his triumphant return, wanting it to be a surprise. Today was the day that he would be returning to Odaiba Junior High. Overcome with excitement, he woke, showered, brushed his teeth, dressed and ate at the speed of light before departing. Running down the corridor of his apartment building, he bumped into two other kids, getting into the elevator. One was a tall purple-haired girl with round glasses, and the other was a short, serious looking boy. They were clearly also students.

"Hi! How's it going?" asked T.K

"Fine, thank you," replied the girl

"Great! My name's T.K and my Mum and I just moved into this building. I'm in 7th Grade Class A, nice to meet you!"

"Oh hi, my name is Yolei, would you like to walk to school with us? It takes exactly 12.3 minutes, and that's if there's no wind. It'll be fun! Oh, and this is Cody."

"Welcome to the building, T.K. Come on, we don't wanna be late on our first day," the smaller boy piped up

"Actually, you guys, I'm gonna have to pass on the offer to walk with you. There's someone else I have to meet." T.K blushed as he said this.

"Ooh, a girl?" Yolei smirked, nothing the blush.

"Uhm...y-yeah...sorry guys, gotta go!" T.K said awkwardly as he left the elevator in a hurry.

A few minutes later, as he passed by a park on the way to school, he noticed a soccer ball come flying at him out of the corner of his eye. With the razor-sharp reflexes he had developed from being a part of basketball teams growing up, he turned around and caught it easily.

A strangely familiar kid ran up to him, saying "Hey, thanks! Nice catch!" He was about a half head shorter than him, with spiky hair and goggles atop his head.

'Tai? I'm seeing things...' T.K thought in confusion. Tai was supposed to be slightly taller than T.K, but this kid was shorter. T.K grinned, and threw the ball back to the kid.

"You look familiar," T.K commented, "Must be the goggles!"

"Huh?" The kid asked confused.

"Hey Davis, you're holding up the game!" Yelled a voice from the park.

Davis turned around, kicked the ball back and rejoined the game, grinning broadly.

T.K shook his head and chuckled at himself, before continuing back toward school...and Kari. 'What am I thinking, that can't be Tai! He's a much better soccer player than that kid is!'

Kari Kamiya was trudging toward Odaiba Junior High, dreading another school year. Six months ago, she had lost the best friend she ever had. He hadn't died or anything like that, but he was still gone. Ever since their adventures in the Digital World 3 years ago, and particularly after the final battle with Piedmon, she and T.K had been the best of friends; by each other's side through thick and thin, the good times and the bad. They shared a unique bond of trust and friendship, and would do anything to keep the other safe and happy. After leaving behind the Digital World and Gatomon, she and T.K had been the proverbial partners in crime. They did everything together, and knew each other as well as they knew their own siblings. Not to mention, the guilty crush she had developed on the young man not long after their fight with Piedmon. He had grown into quite the handsome young man, and she also didn't mind the fact that T.K had gotten to be quite tall, a whole head taller than herself by the time he left. But that was just it. 6 months ago, he had left, to follow his mother and her new job. The two had been devastated. Despite hugging fiercely and sobbing that they would keep in touch, they had eventually lost most of their contact. Every day without him there had been hard. School hardly even seemed worth it, without her best friend there facing it with her.

"KARI! HEEEEEEY! KARI!"

Her ears seemed to perk up at the sound. She knew that voice. Could it be? No, it couldn't be. Her ears were playing tricks on her. Still, she supposed it couldn't hurt to look. She turned around, and saw him. T.K, her best friend in life, sprinting towards her, a broad grin plastered across his ridiculously handsome young face, and tears sparkling in his eyes. Her mouth dropped open, and unshed tears began to blur her vision. Smiling in joyous shock, she dropped her backpack, and sprinted towards him as well. Upon finally reaching each other, T.K grabbed her around the waist and picked her up over his head, spinning her around as she laughed gleefully. When he put her down, she flung her arms around his neck as he gripped her around the waist tightly. Back together at last.

"T.K! I can't believe it's really you," Kari sobbed, allowing the tears to fall at last, "What are you doing here?!"

"I'm back," he said tearfully, still hugging her tightly, "Mum's going back to her old job here in Odaiba, the new one didn't work out."

"So you're staying?!"

"Yeah, Kari. I'm staying! For good this time!"

The two best friends/oblivious-lovebirds let go of each other, each allowing their touch to linger slightly.

"T.K?"

"Yeah?"

"Please tell me you were placed in Class 7A."

T.K chuckled slightly, "Sure am! I'm not leaving you again, Kari."

"You better not!" Kari replied, wiping her tears.

T.K put an arm gently around the shorter girl's shoulders, as she wrapped one arm around his waist and rested her head on his shoulder, as the reunited BFFs walked towards school together at last.

T.K had to head to his new locker (which conveniently was right next to Kari's) to sort out all his new schoolbooks, so he told Kari to head to their first class alone, promising to meet her there. As she walked into the classroom and placed her books down on the table, her friend Davis also walked in. Kari was all too aware that Davis harboured a huge crush on her (he wasn't exactly subtle), and despite all her hints that she did not feel and would never feel that way about him, he still seemed to pursue her relentlessly. Truthfully, it was getting on her nerves. Despite this, the two remained friends.

"Hey, what luck! You're in my class again, Kari!" Davis said excitedly

"I wouldn't call that luck!" Kari replied, laughing slightly.

"Hey, the weirdest thing just happened! The new kid just said he reminded me of someone, probably thinks I'm a movie star!"

"Actually, Davis-" Kari was about to explain about T.K, when the teacher walked in.

"I'm Mr Hamasaki. I'll be your teacher, and I'd like you all to welcome a new student." He said.

Kari grinned broadly, knowing precisely who the new student was.

As T.K walked in, Davis exclaimed "Woah! It's that kid!"

Staring directly at Kari, T.K said "It's nice to meet you! I'm T.K" with a wide smile plastered across his face. Kari blushed bright red, and grinned even wider.

"Please take a seat next to the girl with the...camera around her neck." Mr Hamasaki motioned to the seat that Kari had saved next to her. T.K grinned even wider, and sat down next to Kari.

"Together again!" He said excitedly to Kari.

"Just like old times! I've missed you so much while you were gone, T.K!" She replied. Unfortunately for her, T.K had noticed the blush Kari had been wearing, and decided to subtly flirt to see if she would respond. Unfortunately, he had no idea how to flirt, and probably came off as either overly friendly or just plain stupid.

"Our teacher looks like Ogremon!" T.K whispered, with what he hoped was a flirty expression on his face. He hoped that his hopeless attempt at flirting had at least somewhat worked.

It must have, as Kari giggled loudly and blushed "Oh T.K, how I've missed your sense of humour!" The look on her face was equally flirty.

'Oh no! They're flirting! That kid's trying to make a move on my girl!' Davis thought angrily, blushing furiously.

After class, Kari and T.K walked back to their lockers. Once they arrived, Kari began a conversation.

"So, T.K, how does your mum like the new apartment?"

"She hasn't seen it yet, she's been on the computer the whole time!" T.K chuckled slightly.

Suddenly, Davis ran in, fuming. "Alright, buddy!" He started, furiously, glaring daggers at T.K. Kari immediately stood in front in front T.K and crossed her arms, ready to defend her best friend.

"His name is not 'Buddy', it's T.K." Kari said fiercely.

"Alright, T.J or J.B or whatever your name is," Davis began to rant, as Kari and T.K exchanged a look of confusion, "how do you know Kari?!" Davis demanded.

"Huh? How do I know her? We've been the best of friends since we were little kids-" A look of comprehension dawned on T.K's face as he explained. "Oh I get it, you're jealous of me!" T.K began to laugh, as did Kari.

Davis flinched. "Grrr, I'm not jealous of anybody!" He said furiously.

Just then, Yolei walked in.

"Oh hi, Yolei." T.K said in surprise. Yolei greeted him in return, before turning to Kari.

"You're Kari Kamiya, aren't you?"

"Yeah, that's right," Kari replied, "why do you ask?"

"Are you by any chance related to Tai? He sent this email."

Yolei produced a printout containing a short message, which T.K and Kari read quickly, before exchanging shocked and worried expressions.

COME TO THE DIGITAL WORLD RIGHT AWAY.

THE DIGIMON NEED OUR HELP.

"My brother needs us!"

"Tai needs us!" T.K and Kari said simultaneously. All four of them ran towards the school computer lab, with T.K and Kari in the lead.

A/N: That's it for Chapter 1. I hope that trend out okay. Most chapters should be around this length, if that's okay. If anyone can review I'd really appreciate it. I'll have Chapter 2 up soon hopefully.