Chapter 5: The Final Chapter

Kari and Davis flew at tremendous speed over the Digital Forest. The wind blew their hair back and flapped their cheeks.

"Uh, Kari?" Nefertimon asked her companion. Kari looked at her friend and nodded. "Can we make a pit stop? I don't think I'll be able to make it on one giant burst of energy." ExVeemon also turned to Davis,

"Yeah, my wings are getting tired, see how we've been going slower…and slower…" ExVeemon took a deep breath and then he pummeled to the ground.

"AHHHH!!!!" Davis, Kari, and Nefertimon screamed. ExVeemon and Davis went shooting past trees, Davis finally realizing that he had to jump off if he was going to survive. The branches of the trees were becoming fewer and fewer so Davis decided to make his jump….

"NOW!" He screamed, jumping off his friend's back. His hands barely grabbed on to a thick branch, and he pulled his upper body over it. He watched as his companion fell to the ground with a large thump, not moving at all. Davis wanted to cry, but first, he had to find a way to get down.

Joe looked at the body that was his friend, TK. The young boy was still unconscious, but at least he was breathing…barely. He watched as his chest rose very slowly, and then…drop. He watched this process who knows how many times, until Izzy tapped Joe on the shoulder. Joe turned to him slowly, a sad look on his face.

"Yes?" He asked, combing a hand through his blue hair, which hadn't been combed since yesterday. Izzy looked down at the sick boy and then back to Joe.

"How long?" He asked quietly, scratching his head. Joe didn't full understand his question, but then it clicked and he looked back down at the boy.

"Let's just pray that those two get back here before six." Izzy looked at his watch,

"But Joe, it's five thirty!" Joe didn't look up at Izzy, but Izzy could tell that the situation was very grim.

"DAVIS!!" Kari screamed, slowing headed towards the ground on Nefertimon's back. "WHERE ARE YOU??" She heard a soft groan to the right of them and the two saw Davis hanging on for dear life.

"Kari!" He yelped, slipping. Nefertimon flew to his side and Kari helped Davis onto the Digimon. Davis wrapped his arms around Kari's waist, but when he realized what he was doing, he let go quickly, and blushed. Kari smiled and they headed down towards ExVeemon, he had turned back into DemiVeemon. Davis jumped off Nefertimon's back and ran off towards his friend.

He scooped up the little blue Digimon and held him in his arms tightly. "Oh I'm sorry for working you so hard! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" The little Digimon clung on to Davis' shirt and hugged what he could.

"It's not your fault, I should've said something earlier!" The girls watched as the two boys embraced and smiled.

"Guess they're not total jerks after all…" They both thought.

Tai and Sora sat by the shore, letting the wave hit their feet. Sora wasn't in any mood to talk, and neither was Tai. He slowly took her hand, and rubbed it slowly. She gave him a weak smile; she would've reacted a lot differently if it weren't for TK. She looked over her shoulder and saw Matt sitting there by a tree, all by himself, his head in his hands. He had been playing his harmonica, but Sora guessed that it hadn't helped all that much. Sora looked down towards her feet and breathed in deeply.

"Excuse me Tai," She whispered, letting go of his hand. Tai looked confused, but he nodded, placing his hand in his pocket.

Sora got up and headed towards Matt, stopping right in front of him. He didn't look up; he hadn't noticed she was there. She got down on her knees and hugged him around the neck. The sudden grabbing of his neck startled Matt, but when he realized it was Sora, he hugged her right back.

"He'll be ok." She whispered, rocking him slightly. Matt sighed and held back his tears.

"I know, but it's so hard to see him like that." He choked. "I was always able to help him before and now…I'm useless." He started crying now, Sora patting his back as the tears started to soak her shoulder.

After about twenty minutes of rest, Nefertimon took Kari, Davis, and DemiVeemon on her back, and the group was off again.

There was silence as they flew high over the trees; no one really knew what to say in a desperate moment such as this.

Davis had to hold on to DemiVeemon and Kari's waist so that neither of them would fall off. It was a very odd position to be in, but Davis decided not to let his emotions get the best of him. If he had been able to control them yesterday, none of this would have ever happened. He looked at the back of Kari's head.

"Oh man…" He thought. "She doesn't know! She doesn't know what I did…" He felt the familiar lump in his throat and he tightened his grip around DemiVeemon. "I'll tell her after this is all over…after TK is all better."

"I can see the ocean!" Kari yelled excitedly. "We're almost there!" She turned around to face Davis. "Do you know what time it is?" Davis nodded, pulling up his sleeve and checking out his digital watch.

"Um, it's five to five."

Yolei, Cody, and Ken wandered up and down the beach. Yolei and Cody had gone back to the real world to tell all the parents that their children had…well, whatever the two could think of at the time. Ken was busy helping Joe and Izzy, although Joe really didn't let him do anything, just to make sure that he was breathing at a normal pace.

"How is he Ken? Really?" Yolei asked him, breaking the silence. Ken closed his eyes, then turned and looked at her.

"Well Yolei, it's not good. From what I was able to tell, his cells aren't immune to whatever the poisoning was, and the T-Cells have no way of fighting it since it's so foreign. Hopefully Kari and Davis get back in time. Although I think it's too—" He stopped himself from finishing the sentence. He turned away from Yolei and looked straight ahead. Yolei's eyes welled up in tears, but she held them back, trying to be strong.

Cody on the other hand, squinted his eyes towards the sky, shading them with his hand.

"They're here." He whispered, stopping where he was. Yolei and Ken stopped to look at him.

"What did you say?" Yolei asked. Cody pointed towards a flying figure. As it got closer, they were able to tell that there were two figures on it's back, waving madly.

"THEY'RE HERE!!" The three of them screamed, turning back and racing towards the campsite. "THEY'RE HERE! THEY'RE HERE!"

Kari and Davis waved towards their three friends, while Nefertimon slowly descended to make her landing as soft as possible. She quietly landed near the burnt out fire, and even before her feet were fully on the ground, Kari and Davis had already jumped off and heading towards Joe and TK.

The others had gotten up and joined them, Joe in front, making wild gestures with his hands.

"Where's the plant?" He asked, trying to stay calm, although you could clearly see the anticipation on his face. Kari opened her book bog and pulled out the red plant, it was a little wrinkled, but other then that, the flower was in good shape. Joe grabbed it out of her hands and ran towards TK, or as Tai had started calling it, the ER.

Joe reached the ER and stuck the flower in this half coconut thing that Cody had found. He poured water in it from his water container and started mashing it up with a large stick he had found. The others stood behind him, careful not to bother. Izzy and Davis watched as the once red liquid turned blue and the two smiled.

"It's working!" They both thought.

Matt had helped TK sit up, although the boy was still unconscious. Joe poured the liquid back into the container, careful not to spill anything. He brought the bottle up to TK's mouth. He lifted his chin and sighed,

"Ok TK, you'll have to deal with me for the time being." Matt helped open his brother's mouth and Joe slowly started to pour in the liquid.

After it was all gone, there was a brief moment of silence, as if they all had anticipated TK waking up right away and it would all be normal again. It didn't happen.

Matt laid TK back down, a disappointed look upon his face. "What do we do now?" He asked, brushing some hair out of his brother's face. Joe stood up and scratched his head.

"I guess we wait, we've done all we could." The Digidestined each gave their own sad sighs.

"Um," Yolei said. "Let's go to that waterfall. It'll clear everyone's mind." A look spread around the circle and finally everyone turned to Matt. He looked at them, then to TK. He nodded.

"Uh, yeah. Let's let him rest. We make to much noise anyways." Kari's face dropped, but she understood Matt.

The waterfall did relax everyone. Matt actually smiled and laughed when Sora and Kari pushed Tai into the lake. Izzy and Joe were checking out the tiny Digimon that lived in the tide pools, taking in information on Izzy's laptop. The younger kids still had their bathing suits on so they shed those, climbed up the side of the waterfall and jumped. (They all screamed "CANONBALL!!!")

The Digimon were also able to relax. Armadillomon and Hawkmon got into a friendly water fight. Wormmon sat upon Veemon's (he had Digivolved) back and the two were taking a tour around the lake. Patamon and Gatomon were lying on their backs, trying to get a suntan, but that was stopped when Veemon splashed them with his large paddling feet.

"This is the LAST straw you little blue vermin!" She screamed, reaching for Veemon, but Patamon grabbed her tail and pulled her back, letting Veemon and Wormmon get away.

After about and hour- hour and a half – the group headed back, Davis telling them jokes.

"So then she says, 'I can't believe it! It's tastes like chicken!' DUH!!!" The group roared in laughter and Davis bowed in front of them. Then Cody just…stopped. Davis ran into him, falling back and starting the domino effect on everyone else. "What are you doing?" Davis yelled, rubbing his bottom. Cody just pointed his hand out towards the ER.

"Where's TK?"

The group ran towards the ER and sure enough, TK was nowhere to be found. His shoes were gone, and the blanket that had been covering him was neatly folded and placed at the end of the bench.

"Looks like he's better…" Joe said, causing everyone to smile. "But he probably freaked when he woke up, having no one here."

"Oh I'm sorry!" Yolei cried. "I should've never had suggested leaving!" Matt put a hand on her shoulder, causing Yolei to blush furiously.

"Don't worry Yolei, we all needed a break." She nodded, hiding her face. Tai got in front and opened his arms.

"Okay then, it's operation: Find TK."

"Where would he have gone?" Kari wondered.

"So, how are you feeling young one?" Gennai asked TK. TK shrugged, squinting his eyes and looking out into the ocean.

"Better. I guess. Just wish that someone had been there." Gennai nodded and stared into the ocean with the boy.

"Ah, but they had been with you the entire ordeal, they deserved a break." TK nodded, rubbing his eyes.

"I know, but it would've been nice if I had woken up to Matt…or Kari." He blushed and looked away from the beautiful sunset.

"Yes. I know what you mean." Gennai then sat down on the sand and put his legs under him. TK did the same, thinking that it was only polite. "Tell me TK, what did you dream of?" TK was taken aback, why would he want to know that?

"Um, I would have normal dreams…but there was something strange about them." Gennai turned to the blonde boy. "There would be this…I don't know how to describe it…a dark angel? He looked like Angemon, but…" He chuckled. "Dark. I don't know. He would appear in the background, in every dream. I guess he was death knocking at my door…" His voice trailed of, thinking about what he had just said. He was so close to death…

"No young one, he was not that kind of angel…" Gennai said, looking out towards the ocean again. "This is a sign Takeru." TK's eyes widened. No one had called him that since he was a baby, since before Matt thought up his nickname. "The next time you see this…dark angel, you tell me. I have a strong feeling that this means what the old books have been saying." TK thought about this, but he didn't ask Gennai what he had meant. It was probably some old prophecy that he had been looking up. A dark angel? Maybe it was just a coincidence.

"TK!!" A voice screamed. The two looked over to their left and saw a lone figure walking towards them. TK could tell right away from the way they walked that it was Kari. He looked towards Gennai, and Gennai nodded.

"Go young one." He gave a dismissing gesture. "Go, you both have been waiting for this." TK smiled, and patted Gennai on the shoulder.

"Thank you."

"KARI!!" TK screamed, running towards Kari. Not at his normal fast speed, but fast enough for a boy who had been poisoned. Kari saw him and also started running. He's okay! She thought happily. I helped him!
When the two finally met, TK wrapped his arms around Kari's waist and lifted her up, spinning around. The two laughed as Kari floated back to the ground. Staring into each other's eyes, the two moved closer and joined together in a deep kiss, one that they had never experienced before.

Matt watched as hi brother and Kari kissed. The others joined him, and Tai had to be held back by Sora ("Tai…don't you dare!" "But! She's my baby sister!!" "SHE'S FOURTEEN!"). Matt smiled and decided to let the two finish whatever, and headed back over to the campsite.

Davis watched the two for a few seconds, finally letting the last remaining romantic emotions towards Kari float away, into the ocean. He turned around and headed towards the campsite with the others.

A dark figure watched the two young ones embrace. Alone in the forest, his long black hair hanging loosely around his head and his tattered wings were folded on his back. His evil grin grew as he watched TK and Kari tighten their hug, and kiss deeply again.

"The angels have joined, and so it begins…." He whispered, and then disappeared into the air.

Okay, there is an epilogue coming, so sorry if it just kind of, ended. Who is that dark figure? Ooh, I'll just tell you that it's a seed…

Until then…

S.C. Hardy