Chapter 1 (ff)

Kari was walking through the digital world with her son, Seth. He was the splitting image of his father. He had blond hair and the brightest blue eyes. Kari loved spending time with her son, whether it was at home or in the digital world.

The only thing that made Seth different from the other kids of the digidestions was that his digimon partner was not like his parents. His partner was a Gaomon named lobo.

Kari always made sure that her son and his digimon stayed within eye sight of her and Gatomon. But on this day Seth ran ahead with lobo. Kari and Gatomon soon picked up the pace to catch up with them. After catching up they saw that Seth and lobo were taking care of a Patamon that looked exhausted.

After she helped them take care of the Patamon. Kari loved the fact that her son was so caring. He even put others needs before his own.

"Come on Seth it's time to go home," Kari said.

"Do we have to?" Seth asked.

"Yes we do, your dad will be home soon and I have to start dinner," Kari said.

"Ok," Seth said.

Kari turned around and started to head back to the portal to go head home when suddenly both she and Gatomon were pushed foreword. They both turned around just in time to see a massive fireball hit both Seth and lobo.

Kari shot up in bed screaming as tears flowed down her face. Tk was woken up by this and turned to look at his wife. He didn't have to ask what we wrong with her, he could tell by her face. He wrapped her in a tight hug and let her cry into his chest. He rubbed her back the entire time, in hopes it would calm her down.

After about 30 minutes of crying, Kari finally calmed down.

"There we go, want me to make you a cup of tea?" Tk asked.

Kari just nodded and Tk kissed her forehead and then went to the kitchen to make the tea.

Once Tk entered the kitchen, he grabbed the tea pot and filled it with water, then placed it on the stove. Just then he hears some foot steps behind him. He turned around and saw Patamon behind him.

"Gatomon too?" he asked.

Patamon merely nodded and flew up and landed on the counter. They both looked out the window and noticed it was storming.

"Can't believe it will be five years tomorrow since he died," Tk said still staring out the window.

"Yeah I can't believe either. Gatomon and I saw Lobo as our own child even though he wasn't," Patamon said.

They both continued watching the storm when the tea pot whistled. Tk walked over and poured some hot water into two cups. He handed one to Patamon, for Gatomon, and took the other to Kari.

When he entered the room, he noticed that Kari was staring out the window at the storm as she held the picture of the three of them. Tk walked over to her and took the picture from her hands and replaced it with the tea.

"He loved to watch thunder storms," Kari said sipping the tea.

"That he did and I loved watching them with him," Tk said.

Tk wrapped his arms around Kari while she continued to sip her tea. After awhile Kari feel asleep in Tk's arms. Tk smiled and soon after fell back to sleep as well. They both had a very emotional day coming up.

The next morning they got and got dressed. Today they would be going with the other digidestions to visit Seth's grave in the digital world. The group did this every year because he was special to each of them in a different way.

Kari and Tk got in their car and drove over to her brother's where everyone was meeting up before hand.

"You know you don't have to go Kari, I'll understand as will everyone else," Tk said.

"I want to go Tk, it's really the only time we all get together anymore," Kari replied.

Tk smiled and placed his hand on top of hers and held it the rest of the way there.

After awhile they pulled down a dirt road that led to Tai and Sora's house. After Tai and Sora got married they decided to get a house out in the country. This way they could raise their daughter Alice and not have to worry about dealing with the busyness of the city.

After a couple minutes of driving they pulled into Tai's driveway and saw they were the last to arrive, which was normal for them.

They got out of their car and walked to the front door and knocked on the door. After a moment the door opened and Sora was on the other side. She gave both Tk and Kari a hug and invited them inside.

They walked inside and talked with the others for a bit before they went to the digital world.

While everyone was inside, Gatomon was sitting outside wondering if she really wanted to go. As she was sitting there she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around to see her husband Patamon.

"You ok babe?" Patamon asked sitting next to her.

"I don't know," Gatomon replied.

"Want to talk about it?" Patamon asked.

"I don't know if I really want to go, that's all," she replied.

Patamon leaned over and gave her a kiss on the cheek, "You don't have to. I'm sure the others will understand."

Gatomon smiled, "I'm going to go."

"You sure?" Patamon asked.

"Yeah, you can be a very persuasive digimon," Gatomon replied.

"True, if I wasn't, how would I have gotten you to marry me," Patamon said.

"No, I'm talking about the events of that night. Half the things we did I never would have tried, but since you asked me to try and if I didn't like then we would never do it again," Gatomon replied.

Patamon just smiled as he stared at his lovely wife. "Do you think we could get Tk and Kari to watch our child so we can some alone time."

"Maybe, but for now let's go inside, it's about time to leave," gatomon said.

"Ok," Patamon said.

They went inside just as everyone was gathering to leave for the digital world.

After arriving in the digital world, they met up with the rest of the digimon that didn't live with their partners and headed to the site of Seth and Lobo's graves.

When they finally arrived at the location, Tai stepped forward and stood between the graves.

"We gather here to pay memory to two brave beings that gave their lives selflessly. These two always put the needs of others over the needs of their own. We will all take turns saying something we remember or some way they helped us," Tai stated.

Matt walked up and stood next to Tai, "I remember my band's first concert after we hit it big. I brought him along as an early birthday gift, because I wouldn't be around when it came. The other guys and were really nervous and he jumped on the table and told is this small but moving saying. He said.' go knock them dead' and that's all it took to prepare us for our big concert. Then when we left for our tour, he left the same saying as a voicemail for me."

After Matt was finished he went back to where he was standing and Mimi walked up.

"I never got to see Seth that much, but whenever I did get the chance my visits were always filled with laughter. I don't remember a time I went home after a seeing him that I didn't have a smile on my face. There is one memory that stands out above all the rest. I was just about to go to my first day of work and I noticed I had a message on my answering machine. I played the message and it was him telling me to have a good day at work and that I had no need to be nervous. I still play the message everyday before work." Mimi said then returned to her spot.

This continued till everyone had gone and every digimon as well. They had a moment of silence then proceeded to head home.

After returning home, Tai went outside and started up the grill for the memorial cookout they had in both Seth and Lobo's honor. Everyone soon made their way outside except Kari, who went to the front to answer her cell.

"Hello, Kari speaking," she said.

"Hey it's Dr. Smith," the voice said.

"Hey Dr. Smith, how can I help you?" she said.

"I have the results of the tests we did last time you were in," he said.

"What were the results?" she asked.

"You're pregnant," he replied.

Kari was speechless at what was just told to her.

"Kari, you still there?" he asked.

"Yeah I'm here, was just surprised that's all," she responded.

"Want me to call your husband and tell him?" he asked.

"No, I tell him" she said even though she was going to wait.

"Ok, just call my office tomorrow to set up an appointment," he said.

"I will," Kari said.

"Ok bye," he said.

"Bye," Kari said as she hung up the phone and walked back inside.

Kari noticed that everyone was outside laughing and having fun. She went into the kitchen and grabbed a glass and filled it with water and started to drink it. She then turned on the TV to check the news.

"And now for an unusual story," the reporter started, "Today a boy around the age of ten was found on the edge of a wooded area. He appeared to be unconscious and looked badly beaten up. The kid had weak vitals and was barely breathing. The kid was rushed to the hospital, where he is currently undergoing treatment. If this is your kid please go to the hospital and pick him up."

The kid in the picture had blond hair and blue eyes.

Kari stared at the picture and dropped her glass she was holding.

Tk heard the sound and ran inside to see what happened. "You ok Kari?"

Kari didn't respond.

"Kari please tell me what's wrong," Tk said placing his hand on her shoulder.

"Give me the car keys," Kari said not looking at him.

"What?" Tk asked.

"Please give me the car keys," she said again but in a more commanding voice.

"Kari, I don't think you should drive," Tk replied.

Kari shot her head toward him, "Give me the god damn keys right now!"

Tk took the keys out of his pocket and handed them to her. She took the keys and grabbed her purse and went to get in the car.

About that time Tai walked in and heard the sound of squealing wheels. "Where is she going and when will she be back?"

"I don't know Tai, I don't know" Tk said as he headed back out to the backyard and sat under a tree.

Tai turned and saw the report on the news, "So it's begun, this is going to be interesting." he turned off the TV and returned outside to attend to his grill.